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In This Issue
Kiosk
Fri., Jan. 25
Improv Comedy: Mirth’O’Matics
Golden State Theatre
8 PM, $12
402-8940
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CE
Fri. Jan. 25
Johnston/Ortiz Instrumental Music
Plaza Linda Cantina, CV
7-9 PM, $10
659-4229
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Sat. Jan. 26
Infinitee & Jazz Cats
7-9 PM, $10
659-4229
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Local boy shows off - Page 18
Throwing a Sunday party - Page 21
Breaker Basketball - Page 27
Pacific Grove’s
Sat. Jan 26
Science Saturday
Amazing Migration
PG Natural History Museum
11 AM-3 PM, Free
648-5716
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Sat. Jan. 26
Rotary’s Cioppino & Vino
St. Angel’s Parrish Hall
6 PM, Dinner at 7 PM
$55 online/ $60 by mail
277-4388
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Sat. Jan. 26
SPCA Telethon
KION-TV 46
6PM-10PM
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Sat. Jan. 26 & Sun. Jan. 27
Whalefest Monterey
Fisherman’s Wharf
9 AM-5 PM
Free, 649-6544
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Sun., Jan. 27
Whalewatching Trip
American Cetacean Society
Monterey Whalewatching
$30 Adult, $15 Children
8 AM, 419-1051
January 25-Jan. 31, 2013 Times
Your Community NEWSpaper
Vol. V, Issue 19
Jazz All-Stars
Pacific Grove students
selected to the 2013 All
State Honor Band are,
L-R: Ella Scwirzke, Cameron Reeves, Reece
O'Hagan, Rachel Choi,
and Zachary T. Miller. This
is why we support our
students!
More pictures of the
concert on page
This photo by Robin Lewis,
Robinlewisphotography.com
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Sun., Jan. 27
at 5:00 p.m.
Travelogue and slide show
Pura Vida on a Motocicleta
in Costa Rica
Michael Polkabla’s 3-week tour
Light Refreshments
Motorcycle Museum
305 Forest Ave., PG
FREE
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Sun., Jan. 27
at 1:00 p.m.
Lecture
“Robert Louis Stevenson in
Monterey”
Proceeds benefit Heritage Society
PG Performing Arts Center
Tickets: Free for Heritage Society
Members, $10 for non-members
and $15 for family/couples nonmembers. Call 831-372-2898
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Sun. Jan. 27
Meet the Author
Pacific Grove Museum
Julia Kennedy Cochran, Editor
of Ed Kennedy’s War: V-E Day,
Censorship, and the Associated
Press
2:30 p.m.
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Mon. Jan. 28
Hostel Potluck/Travel Program
“Why Keep Ft. Ord Wild?”
Monterey Hostel
Free, 6 PM
372-5762
Inside
Animal Tales
& Random Thoughts.................. 12
Cop Log....................................... 3
Dining......................................... 9
Green Page................................ 19
Health & Wellness..................... 14
Homeless Chronicles................. 16
Otter Views................................ 18
Puzzle......................................... 9
Seniors...................................... 13
Shelf Life................................... 11
Sports.................................. 26, 27
Up & Coming.......................... 6, 7
Young Writers Corner................ 11
Governor’s
budget outline
for schools
spells optimism
By Marge Ann Jameson
Pacific Grove School Board trustees
received some good news – and some bad
news, too – as Assistant Superintendent Rick
Miller outlined Governor Brown’s January
budget proposal for 2013-14 to the Board of
Trustees. The January budget is an estimate
used by most school districts as a basis from
which to begin working on their own budgets.
Another revision will be issued in May.
As a basic aid district, Pacific Grove
stood to lose out as proposals were made at
the state level to redirect property tax funding
to the state level to be reallocated at a lower
level. Instead, it appears that basic aid districts (22 in the state in all, including Carmel
and Pacific Grove) will continue to be locally
funded from local property taxes.
Federally funded categorical programs
such as Child Nutrition and Special Education
will remain outside the new formula proposed
by Gov. Brown.
A cost-of-living allowance of 1.65
percent for special education is proposed.
The governor proposes to remove special
education Federal Local Assistance from
the apportionment under AB602 and provide
those funds to Special Education Local Plan
See BUDGET Page 2
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Valley on top of the home delivery.
This month we chose the Super
Bowl for the theme of our special section, and we have a great story about
why we can’t call it our “Super Bowl
Section.”
PGUSD numbers
again on the rise
By Marge Ann Jameson
Enrollment and staffing projections for
the 2013-14 school year show increases on
each campus.
As Pacific Grove Unified School District staff and trustees begin to contemplate
the next year’s budget, it is imperative to
estimate the number of students expected
to be enrolled.
Changes in enrollment influence staffing levels as well as changes to Site Allocations and other internal budgets that
receive funding based on enrollment, though
revenues overall will not be affected by
changes in enrollment.
Enrollment has increased steadily over
the past six years and the coming year is not
expected to be different. Officials expect an
increase of 116 students in regular education, to a total of 2,155. This compares with
a low in 2007-08 of 1,675.
The current contract agreement with the
PGTA states that Forest Grove and Robert
Down shall each have an average studentteacher ratio of 29:1. The Middle School
shall have an average of 26:1, and the High
School 28:1. While the district recognizes
that there are some classes at the elementary
school that exceed the ratio, the total enrollment does not.
Forest Grove enrollment is expected to
increase by 13 students to 485. With the
current number of teachers, the student-
See ENROLLMENT Page 2
Page 2 • CEDAR STREET
Times • January 25, 2013
pBUDGET From Page 1
Areas separately.
But the Governor’s proposal wipes out the existing Adult Education structure and
transfers the responsibility for providing such adult education programs as vocational
education, English as a second language, and citizenship to the community colleges,
and provides more than $300 million with which to do it. According to Miller, “This
is a proposal that will have a significant impact on the Pacific Grove Unified School
District...” and he promised more information as details emerge.
Still, more good news followed as Miller outlined the budgeted and actual receipts of property tax revenue at the the recent school board meeting. Pacific Grove,
which depends on property taxes as its main source of income, can look forward to
$10,953,537, an increase of $264,598 in property tax receipts as of December, 2012. By
the end of the fiscal year, those figures should show a total of $19,394,897, an increase
of 1.73 percent or $329,910. The district has budgeted that amount for the remainder
of the current fiscal year.
In the past decade, beginning with the year 2002-03 when revenues were
$12,335,984, the schools’ share of property tax revenues rose steadily until 2008-09,
when it leveled off at $19,157,664. There were a couple of years of falling revenue
during 2009-10 and 2010-11, but in 2011-12 the totals began to rise again with an
upturn in real estate sales and values.
The school district receives the majority of tax receipts in December and in April.
Miller pointed out to the board that by the time they begin budget deliberations, the
district should have year-to-date receipts through April, when 98 percent of all property
tax receipts are in, to use as a basis.
pENROLLMENT From Page 1
teacher ratio will increase from 26.2 to 26.9.
• Robert Down enrollment is expected to increase by 28 students to 515. With the
current number of teachers, the student-teacher ratio will increase from 25.6 to 27.1.
• Middle School enrollment is expected to increase by 50 students to 516. With the
current number of teachers, the student-teacher ratio will increase from 23.1 to 25.5.
• High School enrollment is expected to increase by 26 students to 619. With the current number of teachers, the student-teacher ratio will increase from 21.2 to 22.1.
Current efforts to meet these agreements have resulted, in some cases, with siblings
attending different schools because of “bulges” in enrollment. A kindergarten student,
for example, may be enrolled at one campus while a 5th grade sibling is enrolled at another. There are some 20 families in the district that find themselves in this predicament.
In prior years, the District has proposed concentrating grades K-2 on one campus
while 3-5 were at the other, a plan dubbed “reconfiguration.” It would have solved the
problem of student-teacher ratios but was unpopular with parents.
Pacific Grove Weekend Forecast
Friday
Saturday
18th
19th
Sunny
68°
41°
Chance
of Rain
0%
WIND:
NE at
6 mph
Partly Cloudy
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43°
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WIND:
ENE at
5 mph
Sunday
20th
Partly Cloudy
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42°
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WIND:
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5 mph
Monday
21st
Sunny
67°
42°
Chance
of Rain
0%
WIND
E at
3 mph
Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge
Data reported by Jack Beigle at Canterbury Woods
Week ending 01-24-13.................................... .14
Total for the season....................................... 9.53
To date last year (01-27-12).......................... 5.05
Cumulative average to this date.................... 9.57
Wettest year............................................................. 47.15
during rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98
Driest year.................................................................. 9.87
during rain year 07-01-75 through 06-30-76
Architects tell timetable for Fountain Ave. project
Ken Yamauchi, Architect presented an update to the school board at their recent
meeting on the site improvement behind the Middle School which will create a permanent division on Fountain Avenue between Hillcrest Avenue and Sinex Avenue with
cul-de-sacs and form a pedestrian walkway from the campus to the athletic field. The
walkway will offer additional safety for students crossing to and from the athletic field
while the cul-de-sacs will provide additional pedestrian drop-off space away from busy
Forest Avenue. Removable bollards will allow emergency vehicle access across the
pedestrian walkway from one side of Fountain Avenue to the other.
Another portion of the project will provide a designated play area with rubber tiles
for safety and maintenance alongside the track. A retaining wall will double as a “ball
wall” play area outside the existing track.
A formal lease agreement between the school district and the City of Pacific Grove,
which owns the street, was reached on June 28, 2013 and the fire marshal has reviewed
the project for preliminary acceptance.
Construction documents are complete and were to be sent to the Division of State
Architect and City of Pacific Grove Public Works Department on Jan. 25, 2013. The
review period is set for Jan. 28 to March 11, 2013. The architects will back-check the
plans and gain approval between March 12 and April 9, 2013 and issue notice to potential
bidders on April 1, 2013. The contract should be awarded on either May 5 or May 16
by the School Board, with construction kick-off on May 22, 2013.
The project should be under construction from June 3-Aug. 6, 2013.
Yamauchi is with the firm of Hibser Yamauchi Architects, Inc. who were awarded
the job earlier in 2012.
MST seeks input on
potential service cuts
The Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents Monterey-Salinas Transit
workers, has asked the U.S. Department of Labor to withhold federal transit grant
funding from MST and other public transit operators throughout California, including
those serving the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Sacramento and San Diego. The
union’s action is in response to concerns with the recent adoption of the 2013 Public
Employees Pension Reform Act by the California state legislature and Governor Jerry
Brown. In the event the federal government agrees to the union’s request to withhold
the funds from MST, the agency plans to implement emergency measures to reduce
its bus service by approximately 30 percent, to a level that it says can be supported by
state sales tax, state fuel tax and passenger fares.
MST will hold the following community workshops to solicit input from the public
as to what are high priority routes and services:
Pacific Grove
Monday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers, 300 Forest Ave.
Marina
Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 11:30 a.m.
Marina Senior Center, 211 Hillcrest Ave.
Seaside
Tuesday, Jan. 29 at 5:30 p.m.
Oldemeyer Center, 986 Hilby Ave.
Monterey
Monday, Feb. 4 at 10:00 a.m.
MST Administrative Offices, One Ryan Ranch Rd.
Anyone wishing to comment but unable to attend workshops may submit written
comments to: Hunter Harvath, Assistant General Manager for Finance & Administration, One Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey, CA 93940, via e-mail at [email protected], or via
fax at 899-3954. The deadline to receive written comments for this series of public
hearings is Friday, February 1.
Based on the input received through this series of workshops, MST will then develop a reduced bus service plan, which will be presented for questions and comments
from customers at a subsequent series of public hearings to be scheduled in March.
Depending upon the outcome of this dispute between the Amalgamated Transit Union
and the US Department of Labor regarding state pension reform, the reduced service
plan may be implemented.
Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal
newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. It is
published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.
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January 25, 2013 • CEDAR STREET
Pedestrian robbed at gunpoint
in residential neighborhood
On Jan. 29, 2013 at approximately 7:15 p.m., Pacific Grove Police responded to
a report of an armed robbery in the area of 17 Mile Drive and Dennet Avenue.
The victim reported he was walking in the area when he was approached by three
males, 16 to 20 years old, ranging in height from 5’8” to 5’10”, wearing dark-colored
clothing with hooded sweatshirts hiding their faces. One of the subjects pointed a gun,
possibly a toy, at the victim and demanded money. The victim did not have any money
with him but gave the subjects the flashlight he was holding. The suspects ran off and
were last seen running towards Dennet Avenue. The victim was not hurt during the
robbery and the subjects are still at large.
If you have any information reference this matter, please call the Pacific Grove
Police department at 831-648-3143.
Santa Catalina contractor’s employee
arrested on charges involving minors
On January 16, 2013 at 3:30 PM, officials at Santa Catalina School, 1500 Mark
Thomas, Monterey, notified the Monterey Police Department that an adult male was
providing alcohol to minor students at the school. Further investigation found that
Juan Pablo Mata, a 29-year-old male from Seaside, was involved in multiple criminal
acts with at least two minors at the school between November 2012 and January 2013.
Mata was employed by Bon Appétit Management Company, a contract food service
company working at the school.
On January 17, 2013 at 3:45 p.m., Mata was arrested at the Monterey Police Department. He was booked at the Monterey City Jail on two counts each of possession
of obscene matter of a minor in a sexual act, selling liquor to a minor, contributing to
the delinquency of a minor, sending harmful material to a minor and lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, with a bail of $250,000. After being transferred to the Monterey
County Jail he was found to be a previously deported alien and was placed on an immigration hold.
Officials at the school are fully cooperating with the investigation, and at this time,
no other students have been identified as additional victims.
CERT Disaster response training
will begin January 26
Community Emergency Response Team is a Federal Emergency Management Agency program that teaches basic disaster response skills, such as
fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization and disaster medical
operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises,
CERT members can assist their family and others in their neighborhood or
workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. The next Monterey CERT training runs consecutive Saturdays, January 26-February 16, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Preregistration is required. To register, call 646-3416 or email montereycert@
hotmail.com. This training is offered free of charge, and family participation
is encouraged. For more information, see www.montereycert.org.
Commander’s estranged wife pleads not guilty
Kristin Nyunt, 38, the estranged wife of Pacific Grove Police commander John
Nyunt is being held on $250,000 bond for ID theft, forgery and credit card fraud.
She has entered a plea of “not guilty” to six counts involving three victims and dollar
amounts in the low thousands. Police Chief Vicki Myers said that Cdr. Nyunt, who
filed for a divorce in 2010, has cooperated and is not under suspicion. The alleged
crimes date back to 2011.
The district attorney's office says that the investigation is ongoing.
Cioppino and Vino offered
at annual Rotary event
The Fifth Annual Cioppino and Vino fundraiser will be held Saturday, January 26
at St. Angela’s Parrish Hall, featuring food from Phil’s Fish Market, including cioppino, salad, wine, bread and entertainment. The evening is sponsored by the Monterey
Pacific Rotary Club.
Appetizers will be served and a silent auction conducted starting at 6 p.m. Dinner
will be at 7 p.m. Tickets are $55 per person online, or $60 by mail. Visit www.montereypacificrotary.org or call 277-4388 for more information.
The parrish hall is located at Lighthouse Avenue and 10th Street.
Joy Welch
“Joy’s quiet strength,
persistence and care for her
clients is legendary on the
Monterey Peninsula.”
Lic. #00902236
Cell: 831-214-0105
Email: [email protected]
Times • Page 3
Marge Ann Jameson
Cop log
School welfare checks made of all campuses at random intervals. Foot
patrol and staff contacts.
This week there were some six incidents of “welfare checks” for individuals in distress. We don’t like to report each one as some are very private
matters and some are about mental health issues. But the public needs to
know that our police officers don’t just ride around in their patrol cars all day
drinking coffee and eating doughnuts.
When you trip your burglar alarm accidentally, it takes three officers out
of commission to respond to the call. For Pete’s sake, be careful!
Lost and found
Wallet at Pebble Beach Gate. Returned to owner.
Cell phone lost on Asilomar Blvd.
California drivers license lost on Gibson.
Girl’s bicycle left at the Youth Center.
Identity Theft
Subject’s Social Security number is being used in Texas and other states.
Mail scam
A person who lives on Fountain came into the station to report a mail
scam she received.
Stray cat
A person on Laurel Ave. said she had been advised to trap a certain
stray cat and that a police officer would transport it to the SPCA. That’s not
normal protocol, but the person was unable to transport it herself. The cat
was housed at Ocean View Veterinary pending acceptance by Animal Friends
Rescue Project, and if they won’t take it, it will be transported to the SPCA.
Alarm activation 6th Street
False alarm, unregistered.
Alarm activation Brentwood Ct.
Permitted alarm sounding at back door. Area cleared.
Shoplifting beer
On Forest Ave. Suspect is a regular customer and in one day made four
visits to the store, stealing beer on two of those visits.
Bone finding
Bones were found on a beach turnout and determined to be part of the
Indian burial grounds. The bones were left in situ per preservation laws, and
proper authorities were notified.
Juveniles partying, Rip Van Winkle Park
Reporting party said there were juveniles drinking in the park, and
something was either shot or thrown near her son. Investigation showed the
incident was in the Pebble Beach so Monterey Sheriffs were notified. Found
at the scene were empty beer bottles and airgun pellets.
Trespassing, Pacific Ave.
Victim reported that a suspect trespassed into her apartment during an
argument over parking.
Threats, Arkwright Ct.
Victim said suspect came to her apartment and tried to dissuade her from
pressing charges around a previous incident. She said he threatened to harm
her. The suspect was gone when officers arrived.
Medical assistance
Subject flagged down an officer and complained of pain from an accident
several days prior. He was transported to CHOMP and declined to take his
personal property with him. His bicycle was locked up at ATC at his request.
Hit and run
Past tense hit and run, 17th St. No leads
Fall on City property
16th Street. Subject tripped on a curb and fell. Refused medical transport.
Animal welfare
A dog at large was returned to its owner on Pico. The dog appeared to
be substantially underweight and the owner was advised to feed it more. He
owner said the vet had also told him to feed it more. Animal Control will be
checking on it in the coming weeks.
Theft of bicycle, David Ave.
A bicycle was left outside the apartment and was stolen. It was a Huffy
matte black bike.
Drunk mother
A mother and daughter were visiting from San Francisco and staying in a
local hotel. The mother became intoxicated and the daughter called her father
in San Jose. She was allowed to leave with him and the hotel requested the
mother vacate due to the peace disturbance.
$80 worth of liquor?
A person on Syida found stuff on his lawn. The owner was located and
said she’d been drinking and didn’t remember having left it on the guy’s lawn.
Everything was returned to her except $80 she said she had, but she was just
happy to get her stuff back. No crime committed.
Jon Guthrie
High Hats & Parasols
Please bear in mind that historical articles such as “High Hats & Parasols” present
our history — good and bad — in the language and terminology used at the time.
The writings contained in are quoted from Pacific Grove/Monterey publications from
100 years in the past. Please also note that any items listed for sale in “High Hats”
are “done deals,” and while we would all love to see those prices again, people also
worked for a dollar a day back then. Thanks for your understanding.
The News … from 100 years ago.
Notice to creditors
In the matter of Ella Mann, now deceased, notice is given that all who hold claims
against the Mann estate should now come forward with the proper evidence. The final hearing is to be held three months after first publication of this notice. A. J. Pell,
Administrator.
Miss Edith Pickering weds
Lieutenant Ford of the 12th United States Infantry, and Miss Edith Pickering were
wed at the pretty, little chapel of the Presidio on Monday. Miss Pickering is the sister of
Captain Pickering of the same regiment, through whom the couple met. The ceremony
was performed by the Reverend E. H. Montony, rector of St. Mary’s by the Sea, Pacific
Grove. The bride, who is one of the most popular young ladies of the entire peninsula
and very pretty, was charming in a white satin gown trimmed with lace. Miss Pickering also wore a long veil held in place with a coronet of orange flowers. A wedding
breakfast was enjoyed at the Centralia in the Grove before the couple departed for a
San Francisco honeymoon.
Second community meeting on CalPERS
The City of Pacific Grove will hold its second community meeting with Karol
Denniston to address next steps for the City regarding CalPERS on Wed., Jan. 30, 2013
at the Community Center, 515 Junipero Avenue. More information can be obtained on
the City’s website (http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/) or from David Concepcion, the City Clerk.
Jane Flury offering art classes
Art classes now being offered with Jane Flury include a beginning watercolor
class from 9:30 a.m.until12:30 p.m. on Thursdays at Vista Lobos, 3rd and Junipero,
Carmel. All media and skill levels are welcome. All classes are beginner friendly. The
cost is $65 for the 10-week session. Drop-ins are welcome, but must pay for the entire
session. Register through Carmel Adult School at 624-1714. Students are being taken
now. Limited space is available.
Botanical illustration is being taught for children and adults in conjunction with
gardening with well known local gardeners at the Lyceum, 1073 6th St., Monterey. The
emphasis will be on beginning to advanced drawing with individualized instruction.
Students may take gardening, botanical illustration, or both. The class is ongoing, on
Fridays, 3:30-5:00 p.m. The six classes cost $85, which includes materials. Contact
the Lyceum at 372-6098 for more information The next session begins February 1.
Watercolor for kids will be taught through the Lyceum, January 9- February 6,
Wednesdays, 3:30–5 p.m. Beginning basics will be taught, including science about
how color works and creative play. The cost is $85 for the six-week session. The cost
includes materials. Registration is still open.
Outdoor and indoor private lessons are available. All media and skill levels and
ages are invited to attend. Indoor lessons are taught at the Pacific Grove Art Center.
Outdoor painting is taught in the Santa Cruz/ Capitola area.
For information contact: 402-5367 or [email protected].
Twenty-days’ time
Yesterday, a man named P. J. Moore was brought over from Gonzales to begin
serving a twenty-day sentence for obtaining goods under false pretenses. The crime
was committed against the Widemann Company and was quite ingenious. Moore telephoned the Widemann Company and ordered goods in the name of the Jacks Company.
The goods were subsequently picked up. When once challenged, Moore threw a fit and
threatened to cut off future purchases for the Jacks Company. He then proceeded to
peddle the goods, mostly in Pacific Grove.
Single tax opposed
The single good reason for proposing a tax land so many years ago, was that back
then there was not much of anything else to tax. The growth of many California communities have been since stunted. This single tax was talked against several years ago
by Mr. Henry George, state representative. George said that the rest of the state should
compare itself to Los Angeles, the most highly-taxed city in the nation. Want more
growth? We must begin now to repeal this single-tax on land.
Serenaded
Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Holman returned to the Grove Sunday, after extensive travel,
to be greeted by a surprise. Friends had arranged an old-fashioned serenade which
was performed on the steps of the Holman home upon their arrival there. Mr. Holman
listened intently for a while, complimented the musicians, and disappeared inside. The
serenade continued a short while, then, without anyone to perform for, the musicians
packed up and departed. The next day, Holman said that he had appreciated the music
but was too tired from his travels to really listen.
Entertainment set
Mrs. C. L. Carrington has announced that she will present an entertainment at the
Colonial Theater on Friday, next. The principal feature will be the cantata, Ye Little
Olde Folkes. The local group, the Abt Orchestra, will back up Carrington. The program
throughout is to be one of high spirits. The price is only 25¢ a seat. For children not
yet 12, 15¢.
County Board in session
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors was in session yesterday. Present were
Messer. Casey, chair, and Messers. Abbott, Roberts, Talbott, and Stirling. The board was
addressed by two representatives of the Panama Exposition San Diego who begged the
cooperation of Monterey County. The men will meet on Wednesday in Watsonville with
representatives of several counties. Stirling offered to attend on the behalf of Monterey
County. Messer. Henneysey, superintendent, along with the principal of the Soledad
School spoke in favor of dividing Soledad into two school districts. The supervisors
agreed, and so voted. Another family has moved into the Jamestown School District,
recently closed for lack of children, and the need to reestablish the school district was set.
The way to save
There is but one way to save money and become independent. That way is to
invest in real estate. Charles Norton offers you exactly that way, easy. You can buy an
operating farm in the Valley. Five acres or up. Has water. Two hundred dollars per acre.
Come on by and set your own terms and conditions. 571 Lighthouse, Pacific Grove.
Tidbits from all over…
• A. J. Stenbeck has departed for Utah to work a Utah mine.
• Roy Bright of the Grove holds a variety of secondhand hardware items offered for
sale.
• J. K. Paul has laid in a supply of beautiful wallpaper.
• Paint your home with paint from Wright’s Hardware. We also sell roof oil.
• Bay View House offers cheap, attractive rooms at 159 12th street. Housekeeping
extra.
• Less than three days and nights to Chicago on the Overland Limited. Special prices.
See Passenger Agent Estabrooke. Southern Pacific.
And your cost is…
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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
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SPCA’s annual telethon set for Saturday
The SPCA for Monterey County’s
twelfth annual Pet Telethon airs live on
KION-TV 46 on Sat., Jan. 26 from 6:00
p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The telethon will also
stream live online at SPCAmc.org.
The Pet Telethon features dozens of
wonderful pets looking for new homes,
heartwarming animal rescue stories, and
information about your SPCA, the heart
of animal rescue since 1905. The SPCA
will be open for adoptions on Saturday
evening for the duration of the telethon.
Watch for special messages from your
friends, neighbors, and favorite celebrities.
You’ll met pets like Jolie, who the
SPCA rescued from a life of neglect. The
young, neglected dog gained training
and confidence through the SPCA’s Take
Beth Brookhouser
Animal Chatter
the Lead program, which pairs shelter
dogs with at-risk youth with the goal of
improving all their lives. Dogs like Jolie
learn all the skills they need to find a
new home while the teens learn empathy, compassion, and the joy of unconditional love. Jolie is now adopted into an
amazing home where she enjoys weekly
hikes and adventures.
You’ll learn how the SPCA helps
thousands of pets in our community
every year — puppies that come to us
injured and in need of major medical
care, kittens that are too young to be
adopted and need love from our foster
families, horses rescued from abusive
and neglectful homes, and the many
amazing pets who arrive at our door with
no problems at all except the need for a
new, loving home.
You will hear about the SPCA’s
Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Center, which rescues over 2,500 injured
and orphaned wild animals right here in
Monterey County every year.
You’ll laugh with our hosts, KION’s
Marc Cota-Robles, Jasmine Viel, Norm
Hoffmann, and Jon Brent, Telemundo’s
Claudia Otero, and KHIP The Hippo’s
Kenny Allen.
The SPCA’s doors are open to all
animals in need, from dogs and cats to
horses, exotic pets, wildlife, and more.
All donations go directly to help animals
in need in our community. Plus, all
credit card donations of $120 or more
made on the night of the telethon are
automatically entered in the on-air drawings held each hour to win great prizes,
including an escape to Spanish Bay and
a $500 shopping spree at the Crossroads
Carmel.
The SPCA is not a chapter of any
other agency and does not receive funding from other SPCA’s or Humane Societies. Everything we do is made possible
by our donors.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for Monterey
County is a nonprofit, independent,
donor-supported humane society that
has been serving the animals and people
of Monterey County since 1905. They
shelter homeless, neglected and abused
pets and livestock, and provide humane
education and countless other services
to the community. They are the local
agency you call to investigate animal
cruelty, rescue and rehabilitate injured
wildlife, and aid domestic animals in
distress. For more information, visit
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Arts and Events
Up and Coming
A celebration of Robert Burns’
birthday in drama and music
Taelen Thomas will dramatize Robert Burns’ wild and passionate life on
January 26 at the Indoor Forest Theatre in commemoration of Burns’ 254th
birthday. There will be an emphasis on Burns’ classic “Auld Lang Syne,” and
the stories behind many of his other well-known songs.
The show features fiddle music composed and preserved by Robert Burns,
performed by Laura Burian of the hills of Virginia and the group “Heartstrings”
of Monterey.
In addition to writing his own often thrilling, funny, heartbreaking and
revolutionary poetry and songs, Burns collected and preserved over 200 traditional Scottish songs, many of which found their way to America, especially
to Appalachia, where Laura Burian learned to play them on the fiddle, Burns’s
own instrument of choice.
This performance, co-produced by Pacific Repertory Theatre, will take
place on Sat., Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m., at Carmel’s Indoor Forest Theatre, corner of
Santa Rita and Mountain View. Admission is $10. For more information contact
[email protected].
SoDA presents “Words on Stage”
A Valentine Fair at the Art Center
Join the Pacific Grove Art Center on Sat., Feb. 2 for a vendor fair of individualized products from the creative people of our community. Also featured will be select
open studios of various PGAC resident artists. Among the select goods for sale: fun
hand-crafted art cards by Plumeria PaperCraft, painted silk by Carol Baker, enticing
aromatherapy sprays by Marilee Childs, creative art goods by Arlene Stigum, and more.
The Valentine Fair takes place in the David Henry Gill Gallery.
Free Admission
Gallery Hours: Saturday February 2nd, 12-5:00 p.m. One day only.
In the Nadine Annand Gallery: Paola Berthoin will be featuring her book, Passion
for Place.
Book talk: Censorship of the press in WWII
Friends of the PG Library presents a book talk by Julia Kennedy-Cochran,
editor of "Ed Kennedy's War: V-E Day, Censorship, and the Associated Press."
January 27, 2013 at 2:30 p.m.
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Edward Kennedy lost his job as a journalist for breaking the story of the
German surrender in World War II. He later served as editor and associate
publisher of the Monterey Peninsula Herald. Join Julia Kennedy-Cochran as
she discusses the book she edited based on her father's memoirs.
Collage class offered at Scholze Park Center
Catie O’Leary is offering a class on collage on Tuesdays from Feb. 5 through
March 12 at Scholze Park Center, 280 Dickman Ave. in New Monterey. The class
will meet from 1-3 p.m. Collage Classics Class is a series of creative projects using
images from magazines, books and miscellaneous papers, odd juxtapositions with the
familiar, obtaining unexpected. Results. The class is open to all levels. The cost is
$50 to Monterey residents for the course, or $65 for non- residents Call 646-3878 for
more information.
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Three local actresses, Julie Hughett, Susan Keenan and Anne Mitchell, will
portray the legendary writer in readings from her works in “Isak Dinesen: Stories
from ‘Out of Africa’ and More.”
January’s free offering from PacRep
Theatre’s School of Dramatic Arts “Words
on Stage” series features the work of Isak
Dinesen, writer of the famous memoir,
“Out of Africa.” In addition to excerpts
from this well-known biographical work,
the program presents selections from her
stories and letters, as well as moments in
the life of this remarkable writer. Three
local actresses, Julie Hughett, Susan
Keenan and Anne Mitchell, will portray
the legendary writer in readings from her
works in “Isak Dinesen: Stories from ‘Out
of Africa’ and More.”
Karen Blixen was the Danish writer
known by her pen name Isak Dinesen, and
perhaps best known for “Out of Africa,”
which became a feature film starring Meryl
Streep. It was Blixen’s account of living
in Kenya in the early 20th century, where
she ran a coffee plantation and became
friend and physician to the many Africans
who lived nearby or worked on her farm.
It recounts her personal tale as a solitary
European woman struggling in an African
colonial setting, and tells of her loves
and relationships, her adventures in East
Africa, and her emergence as something
of a feminist.
Beyond her biographical writing, Isak
Dinesen was also a remarkable storyteller.
Inspired by the oral tradition of storytelling
in Africa and by 19th century European
fiction, she believed that, “The divine art
is the story.” “In the beginning was the
story,” she wrote. Among the most famous
of her stories is “Babette’s Feast,” subsequently made into an Academy Award
winning film and “The Immortal Story,”
adapted for the screen by Orson Welles.
Through her stories and letters, the
program provides a glimpse into the life
and work of one of the great writers of
the twentieth century. Though nominated
several times for the Nobel Prize, she
never received that prestigious award.
Nonetheless Blixen is an unforgettable
character and a marvelous writer whose
work delights and intrigues.
“Words on Stage” is a regular series
offered by the School of Dramatic Arts,
presenting informal readings of great
literature, both poetry and prose, to local
and visiting audiences.
The February 17 and 18 program,
just in time for the Valentine season and
Presidents’ Day, is “Love Letters of John
and Abigail Adams”.
Admission is free. Donations are
welcome and support the scholarship fund
of Pacific Repertory Theatre’s School
of Dramatic Arts. Two performances of
Dinesen’s work will be given on Sunday,
January 20 at 2 p.m. and Monday, January
21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Indoor Forest Theatre
(underneath the stage of Carmel’s historic
outdoor Forest Theatre) at the corner of
Santa Rita and Mountain View, Carmelby-the-Sea. For more information visit
www.schoolofdramaticarts.org
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Tickets and information at:
Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce
584 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
831-373-3304 • www.pacificgrove.org
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Arts and Events
Up and Coming
Stevenson School Performing Arts presents
Little Shop of Horrors
Performances: Thurs., Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 9, 7:30
p.m.; Fri., Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m.; Sat., Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 17, 2:00 p.m. (matinee)
Tickets; General: $12.50 online / $15 at the door
Students, seniors & military: $6.50 online / $10 at the door
Visit www.stevensonschool.org/boxoffice for more information and to purchase
tickets. Information line: 831-625-8389.
Location: Keck Auditorium. Stevenson School - Pebble Beach Campus, 3152
Forest Lake Road, Pebble Beach
All performances take place in Keck Auditorium on the Pebble Beach campus.
From any of the Pebble Beach gates, follow the signs to "R.L. Stevenson School."
Background About the Play
Based on the film by Roger Corman
Screenplay by Charles Griffith
Originally produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director)
Originally produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City by the WPA Theatre,
David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the Shubert Organization
Little Shop of Horrors is presented through special arrangement with Music
Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by:
MTI
421 West 54th Street
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-541-4684
Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com
Contact
Jeff Barrett, Director of Technical Theater
831-625-8338
[email protected]
or
Warren Anderson, Assistant Director of Communications
831-625-8352
[email protected]
Trio Globo to perform at All Saints’
Trio Globo will be presented in concert as part of the Music at All Saints’ performance series, Friday, January 25, 8 p.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 9th &
Dolores, Carmel. A reception will follow.
Trio Globo epitomizes the quintessential ensemble for the 21st century. The trio
has crafted a totally original voice in contemporary acoustic jazz. With roots in jazz,
classical and sacred music, rhythmic influences derived from travels in six continents,
and a combustible spontaneity, cellist Eugene Friesen (formerly of the Paul Winter
Consort), pianist and master harmonica player Howard Levy (formerly with Bela Fleck
and the Flecktones, Kenny Loggins and Paquito d’Rivera), and percussionist Glen
Velez (formerly with the Paul Winter Consort, and Steve Reich) are true originals and
have re-invented their instruments in new music, personal and global.
Purchase tickets at www.allsaintscarmel.org; by calling 624-3883; at Bookmark
Music in Pacific Grove; or at the door the night of the performance. General seating
is $30; premium seating is $45; students pay $10.
For more information call 624-3883 or visit www.allsaintscarmel.org.
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One Billion Rising Flash Mob rehearsals will be hosted by the Dance Jam community on Friday evenings from 7-8 p.m. at Chautauqua Hall. The Flash Mob rehearsal
will be followed by the Dance Jam from 8-10 p.m. Rehearsals will continue on January
25 and February 1. There will be no rehearsal on Feb. 8.
The One Billion Rising Flash Mob will take place on February 14 from 4-8 p.m.
at the Monterey Center for Spiritual Living, 400 W. Franklin Street, Monterey, as part
of the movement to end domestic and sexual violence against women around the world.
For more information visit the One Billion Rising Monterey Facebook page.
CSUMB Have a Heart Dinner
raises money for scholarships
Jasmine Viel and Marc Cota-Robles,
news anchors on KION TV, will help auction off dozens of items – including tickets
to the Panetta Lecture Series and the
Central Coast Wine Classic, jewelry from
Tiffany, a seven-day stay at a condo in
Maui, lavish dinners and lots of wine – at
the 15th annual Have a Heart for Students
dinner and auction at California State University, Monterey Bay on Feb. 23.
The event passed a huge milestone
last year when the $1 million mark in
scholarship support was reached. Over
the years, hundreds of students, many
from Monterey, Santa Cruz and San
Benito counties, have benefited from the
generosity of the community. The need for
student scholarships is more urgent than
ever because of the continuing financial
crunch many families are experiencing.
Dozens of faculty and staff volunteers
help in the effort to raise money for the 65
percent of CSUMB students who receive
some form of financial aid.
This year’s planning committee is
co-chaired by Leslie Taylor and Shahin
Anable. “Efforts like this are really community events,” Anable said. “They’re
about our future – wherever we live.”
Live and silent auctions will highlight the event, which will be held in
the ballroom of the University Center on Sixth Avenue. A reception and
silent auction will get under way at
5 p.m. Dinner will start at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are $95 per person and can be
reserved by calling 582-4141. For more
information or to purchase tickets online,
visit csumb.edu/heart. For driving directions and a campus map, visit csumb.edu/
map.
Hostel travel program
focuses on Ft. Ord lands
The Monterey Hostel Society’s Mon.,
Jan. 28 potluck/travel program,“Why
Keep Ft. Ord Wild?” features avid hiker/
bicyclist Bill Weigle, a member of Sustainable Seaside and Keep Ft. Ord Wild. Weigle will discuss the relationship between
the new Fort Ord National Monument and
the adjacent undeveloped lands threatened
by proposed developments.
Using pictures and maps Weigle will
Over the past few weeks, a tremendous amount of work has been completed
by the volunteers and the City, in collaboration, for the restoration of the Point Pinos
Lighthouse. The City retained the services
of Chris Wilson Plumbing to upgrade the
wastewater sewer line. This job consisted
of replacing over 600 feet of Orangeburg
sewer line that has been out of service
for more than 15 years with new SDR26
plastic sewer pipe.
The process that was used to replace
this line was a method known as trenchless
sewer line replacement, or “pipe bursting.”
It is a non-disruptive method that utilized
two manholes that were already in place
on the property. Chris Wilson Plumbing
seamed together all of the pipes above
ground, and then, starting at the manhole
on the Lighthouse property, pulled the new
pipe through the existing sewer line to a
manhole located above the driving range
on the golf course. Once that connection
was made, then the new pipe was pulled
from the golf course manhole at a new
cleanout that was installed just to the side
of Asilomar Blvd.
The two Coast Guard housing units
located at the lighthouse property were tied
into the new line and the line is functioning properly.
In conjunction with Wilson Plumbing,
Building and Grounds staff also completed
several upgrades including a new water
line for the lighthouse. The lighthouse has
been using water supplied from the Coast
Guard housing units, and a stipulation
of the deed between the City and Coast
Guard for the
Lighthouse property specifies that the
City get all utilities in the City’s name. The
water meter has been in place for about
three months, and this connection will end
the last utility service that has needed to be
separated from the Coast Guard units. The
City anticipates this job will be complete
early in the week of Jan. 20-26 and then the
Lighthouse utilities will be independent of
the Coast Guard.
The City and volunteers have also being doing all of the preparation work for
the two new outbuildings-- the visitors’
center/gift shop and restrooms. The City
is preparing an RFP for their construction;
they will replicate outbuildings that once
stood on the property. Plans have been
drawn for the buildings and are being
reviewed by the building department, in
order for the permit to be issued.
From the City Manager’s Weekly Summary
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Public Works is cleaning the bike trail
show where and what the contiguous
undeveloped Wild Fort Ord is and how
it is currently being used by thousands of
recreationalists from around our region. A
potluck will be at 6 p.m.; the program will
start at 6:45 p.m.. Setup help at 5:30 p.m.
will be appreciated. The public is welcome
to come at no charge. For information call
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The streets division of the City’s Public Works Department has been working to
cut back all the vegetation that has encroached into the bike trail from Asilomar State
beach to Asilomar Boulevard just beyond the Golf Course’s 18th tee. This consisted of
removing thousands of pounds of vegetation from ice plant to trimming back Cypress
trees and everything in between as the bike trail had really become overgrown and it
was becoming a safety issue for pedestrians and bike riders.
The streets department completed this during the week ending Jan. 18 and is now
working on the trails along the coast line that run along Sunset Drive, cutting back
vegetation that has encroached into the trail paths.
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Rehabilitation Loan Program, which provides affordable financing for repairs and
improvements of owner occupied homes
in the City of Pacific Grove. The intent of
the program is to help residents improve
the safety of their homes and to preserve
and protect the current housing stock.
The City will be applying for a new
2013 Community Development Program
grant to continue to fund this valuable
program.
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Monterey Bay Charter School
announces open house schedule
For parents interested in alternative schooling for their kindergarten through eighth
grade children, Monterey Bay Charter School is offering an open house to learn about
its Waldorf-inspired curriculum. The Kindergarten Open House will be held Saturday,
February 2 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Seaside Children’s Center, 1450 Elm Street in
Seaside. The school’s main campus in Pacific Grove will hold an open house for grades
1-8 on Saturday, February 9 from 10 a.m. to noon at 1004 David Avenue.
MBCS is a tuition-free public school chartered by the Monterey County Board of
Education and open to all Monterey County residents. Enrollment requests received by
March 1 will be included in a random drawing (lottery) to fill openings for next school
year. Enrollment forms are available on the school website, www.mbayschool.org, and
at the school office at 1004 David Avenue, Pacific Grove.
Waldorf-inspired methods used by MBCS are based on an instructional model
that recognizes the developmental stages of the child and views education as an art.
Each subject, whether math, science or English, is presented through direct experience
augmented with art, storytelling, poetry, or music. The school’s two-year kindergarten
program is a play-based, pre-academic program focusing on cognitive, emotional,
physical, and social tasks that children need to master before beginning the academic
program in first grade.
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Independent Contractor Vs. Employee:
1099s Due Jan. 31
New Opportunities
Travis H. Long, CPA
Planning for
Each Generation
Travis on Taxes
By the end of this month, business
owners will have sent 1099s to their independent contractors and W-2s to their
employees. Many business owners think
it is their choice, or perhaps a choice
they can make together with the person
performing the services on how they are
to be treated. It is not.
Business owners certainly see the
savings to treat workers as independent
contractors - no payroll taxes, no overtime, no break periods, no meal periods,
no workers' compensation insurance, no
benefits, or a myriad of other California
laws to follow. Even if the worker gets
higher pay to cover the extra taxes incurred as an independent contractor, he
does not have to carry unemployment insurance or disability insurance on himself
and sometimes thinks that is a personal
benefit. Of course, not having insurance
is problematic for the worker and for the
system as a whole, which depends on
people paying premiums.
At the end of the day, people who are
employees wearing the cloak of an independent contractor, are usually getting the
short-end of the stick, because they really
are dependent on the employer, and no
longer have the ordinary benefits afforded
by labor laws. California knows this, and
they come down hard on the employers
when it is discovered that employees are
misclassified as independent contractors.
Unfortunately, even for business owners
that treat a misclassified independent
contractor well, it can come back to
haunt them if the individual becomes
disgruntled.
Misclassification can get extremely
expensive, or even sink a small business.
Besides legal fees, you could be hit with
the tax liability, penalties, and interest
from the IRS and FTB for all the back
payroll taxes for the employee during the
period misclassified. You may also have
to pay back wages and benefits the employee would have been entitled to. The
California Labor Commission can also
fine you $5,000 to $25,000 per violation.
So, how do you know if someone is
an employee or an independent contractor?
According to law it comes down to the
right to direct and control the details and
means of the work. The IRS published
Revenue Ruling 87-41 listing 20 points to
consider as a guide. They have also published their own internal auditor's training
guide, which provides more insight. You
can even file a Form SS-8 Determination
of Employee Work Status for Purposes of
Federal Employment Taxes and Income
Tax Withholding to get an IRS determination in writing. This form is most often
used by disgruntled workers along with
Form 8919 when they feel the employer
misclassified them and they now owe tax
or cannot get unemployment or disability
benefits. However, employers may also
file the Form SS-8, or simply use it internally as a kind of double check to see if
they feel they are classifying workers correctly. All of these documents mentioned
are available free online with a simple
Google search.
Here is a simplified rundown of the
twenty points from Revenue Ruling 8741 which would help in the determination
process. You do not have to have all of
them and no single one is decisive, but the
first three are given a lot of weight. You
may have an employee if: 1) you require
the worker to follow specific instructions
on when, where and how work is to do be
done; 2) you provide formal or informal
training for the worker; 3) the worker has
predetermined earnings and always get
paid for the work and does not have the
ability to make a profit or incur a loss;
4) the services performed by the worker
are highly integrated into your own and
affect business success; 5) the worker is
personally required to perform the services
instead of having the option to have their
own worker perform the services; 6) you
hire, supervise, and pay for your worker's
assistants; 7) you have a continuous relationship with the worker - such as working
with you every day; 8) you dictate the
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Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.
In my last column, I commented on
how the fiscal cliff legislation made the
estate and gift tax exemption (the amount
that can be gifted during life or transferred
upon death without any estate or gift tax)
permanently high at $5,000,000 adjusted
for inflation. I mentioned how this much
higher permanent exemption made the
majority of A/B Trusts unnecessary as
an estate tax planning tool. The higher
permanent exemption affects many other
areas of estate planning, including lifetime
gifting.
In addition to the estate tax (which
is a tax applied to the value of an estate
at death) there is also a gift tax. The idea
behind the gift tax is to prevent families
from averting the estate tax by making
lifetime gifts, thereby reducing the size
of their estates upon death. The general
rule is that each lifetime gift of $1.00
reduces the donor’s estate tax exemption
by $1.00. For example, if Gwen gives
away $250,000 during her lifetime and
she dies in a year when the estate tax
exemption is $1,000,000, her estate tax
exemption is reduced to $750,000. While
there are exceptions to this general rule,
most notably the annual gift tax exclusion
(currently $14,000 per donee / per year),
every lifetime transfer needs to take into
consideration the reduction of the estate
tax exemption.
Although the estate and gift tax exemption has been in flux for over a decade,
there was always a good possibility that the
estate and gift tax exemption would return
to as low as $1,000,000. This meant that
lifetime gifting – even if it had nothing to
do with estate tax planning – had the possibility of negatively impacting the donor’s
estate tax exemption. As a result, gifting
had to be limited and carefully measured.
Now that the fiscal cliff legislation
has made the estate and gift tax exemption
permanently $5,000,000 adjusted for inflation (the 2013 estate and gift tax exemption
is $5,250,000), most middle class households will not be affected by the estate
and gift tax as their estates are far below
the exemption. As a result, most families
are able to make significant lifetime gifts
without having to worry about how those
lifetime gifts will impact their estate and
gift tax exemptions. This creates new
gifting and overall estate planning opportunities that previously were not available.
A common estate planning problem
occurs when an asset is titled jointly
between on adult child and a parent for
“convenience purposes” with the “understanding” that upon the death of the
parent, the child will “do the right thing”
and distribute the asset equally to the other
children. Historically, this would create an
estate and gift tax problem for the adult
child who was on the account. Although
the understanding between the family
members was that the asset really belonged
to the parent and it should be divided
equally, legally the asset belongs solely
to the adult child. By distributing equal
shares to the other children, the adult child
would be making gifts, thereby reducing
his/her estate and gift tax exemption.
When the exemption was low, this
could create a serious estate planning
problem. Now that the exemption is
permanently high, it might not matter to
the adult child if he/she uses hundreds of
thousands of dollars of estate and gift tax
exemption as long as his/her estate is not
likely to exceed $5,250,000 upon death.
As parents accumulate wealth and
have more than then need to live comfortably, they might start to be concerned that
old age and future medical problems might
create long term care or other health care
needs that would put their hard earned
assets in jeopardy. They might like the
idea of gifting a significant portion of
their assets away while they are still free
of medical problems and have no debts
on the horizon. The higher estate and gift
tax exemption allows them to give much
more of their estate away in this situation
without significantly impacting gift tax or
estate tax rules.
The permanently high estate and gift
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H. LONG
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Kyle A. Krasa, Esq. is
Certified as an Estate,
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704-D Forest Avenue • Pacific Grove
Phone: 831-920-0205
www.KrasaLaw.com • [email protected]
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pKRASA From Previous Page
PGHS Students
tax exemption created by the fiscal cliff legislation changes many fundamental assumptions about estate planning. Whether or not it is good policy, it greatly frees up estate
planning and creates new opportunities. We have only begun to understand how an
ostensibly simple rule change can have dramatic impact on many areas of planning.�
KRASA LAW is located at 704-D Forest Avenue, PG, and Kyle can be reached
at 831-920-0205.
Young Writers’ Corner
A New Age
By Robin Olson
I am from gossip.
From a place where bad reputations emerge from hidden enemies.
Where pain, struggle, and tears amuse those who cause them.
And compassion is overrated.
Linnet C. Harlan
Shelf Life
I am from bathroom whispers.
A place where friends can backstab and lie.
No consequences for the predator.
Only a lifetime of suffering for his victims.
New Librarians
In the last few weeks, you may have spied a few new faces among the library
staff. They include two new part-time librarians as well as an on-call librarian.
Mariam Intrator is our new Reference/ Local History Librarian Archivist. She
received her Master of Library Science (MLS) degree from the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill and is writing her dissertation for her Ph.D. in history. Also a
linguist, she is fluent in French with basic conversation skills in Portuguese, Spanish, German and Czech. Alison Jackson is our new Reference/Children’s Librarian.
She has her MLS from San Jose State and edited the California Library Association
newsletter for children’s services. In addition to her work as a librarian, Ms. Jackson
has published of four novels and seven picture books for children and young adults.
We also have a new on-call librarian, Karen Weill, who is currently in the San Jose
State Library Science program.
Where has all the love gone?
Where is the importance of community and respect?
The smiles exchanged between strangers in the hall?
Vanished as we gaze into handheld gadgets more important than human contact.
Slipped through the supposed“maturity”we all gained after junior high.
Conquered by computer screens and iPhones.
With the click of a button, our love has dissolved.
Spitting on the once-cherished bonds we possessed.
Teen Graphic Novel Discussion Group
We have all surrendered to the trends of our time.
Leaving the ones we used to love behind.
pLONG From Previous Page
hours or days the worker performs services; 9) the worker works full-time for you; 10)
you require the worker to perform services at your work site even though it could be
done elsewhere; 11) you require the worker to perform services in a specific order or
sequence; 12) you require written or oral reports regularly; 13) you pay hourly, weekly,
or monthly versus by invoice or project completion; 14) you reimburse the worker's
travel and business expenses; 15) you provide the worker's supplies, tools, computers,
etc.; 16) you provide an office for the worker; 17) the worker does not provide the
same services to anyone else; 18) the worker does not advertise his own services to the
general public, have business cards, etc.; 19) you can discharge the worker at any time
instead of having to honor contract terms; 20) the worker can terminate his services
without having to honor any contract terms.
Ultimately, the determination is a legal issue. If you do not feel comfortable making the decision on your own, an attorney that focuses on employment practice matters
should be consulted.
Prior articles are republished on my website at www.tlongcpa.com/blog.
IRS Circular 230 Notice: To the extent this article concerns tax matters, it is not
intended to be used and cannot be used by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding
penalties that may be imposed by law.
Travis H. Long, CPA is located at 706-B Forest Avenue, PG, 93950 and focuses
on trust, estate, individual, and business taxation. He can be reached at 831-333-1041.
Puzzle Solution Puzzle is on page 9.
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The California Center for the Book has donated the short-term use of 10 copies
of selected graphic novels, a form of entertainment and communication popular with
today’s teens. These graphic novels will be discussed in a teen graphic novel discussion group which will meet at the Teen Center at the library, beginning at 5:00 p.m.,
on Thursdays 1/24; 1/31; 2/7; and 2/28 as well as on Saturday 2/9. Selections for the
club include, American Born Chinese, Astro Boy, Persepolis and Pride of Baghdad.
If enough people are interested, there may also be a comic book/graphic novel book
swap, tentatively scheduled for 4:00-5:00 Saturday, March 2. For further information
on the discussion group or to express an interest in the book swap, please see Catrina
Coyle at the reference desk.
Meet the Author Event
The next Meet the Author event will be on Sunday, January 27, at the Pacific
Grove Museum beginning at 2:30 p.m. after the Friends of the Library Annual Meeting. It will feature Julia Kennedy Cochran, Editor of Ed Kennedy’s War: V-E Day,
Censorship, and the Associated Press. Ms. Kennedy Cochran will speak about her
father, journalist Ed Kennedy, who broke the news of German surrender in World
War II to a war-weary United States. That act of courage cost him his job. Now the
Associated Press hails him as a hero. Ed Kennedy defied the US military’s embargo
on the news about V-E Day. He knew that Germany was releasing the news to its
citizens while the US public was to be kept in the dark. Ed Kennedy was also Associate Editor and Publisher of the Monterey Peninsula Herald from 1949-1963.
Volunteers for Meet the Author Events
There are currently openings on the Meet the Author committee of the Friends
of the Library. Members of this committee help choose and recruit the authors who
appear at these events and help publicize the events. Participating in this committee
helps ensure a continued stream of interesting authors’ appearances at the library. If
you’re interested, please contact Barbara Moore at [email protected]
Please put “Meet the Authors Volunteer” in the subject line.
Who’s Reading What
In addition to the nearly 400 pages of agenda reports they read for each council
meeting, our city council members also read for pleasure and edification.
Mayor Bill Kampe, an astronomy enthusiast, likes to read Astronomy magazine.
He says, “We have marvelous clear skies in Pacific Grove. The view is so much
richer with some appreciation for incredible dynamics of our universe and our growing understanding of how it has formed. The current issue has a wonderful article
on Supernova and how they generate the elements that make up our world. It fits
directly with a recent talk by local author Elin Kelsey on how we are literally stardust. The articles help me keep just the right connection with science and the spirit
of inquiry.” While the library does not subscribe to Astronomy magazine, it does
subscribe to Sky and Telescope magazine. There are also 65 entries under the topic
of “Astronomy” in the combined PG-Monterey catalog, including a Great Courses
course titled Understanding the Universe, an Introduction to Astronomy. If you,
like Mayor Kampe, are an astronomy enthusiast, you may be interested in exploring
some of the library’s offerings on the subject.
Mayor Pro Tempore Robert Huitt is currently reading Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, having just finished
The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, by Robert A. Caro. Huitt
says, “Not everyone would consider this pleasure reading, I suppose, but I have really enjoyed these finely crafted works about two of the most powerful and politically skilled of all American presidents, who served at times of great national turmoil.
It helps put current and local problems in perspective.” The library has both these
books as well as the three Caro books on LBJ that preceded The Passage of Power.
Other members of the city council will be featured in subsequent Shelf Life columns.
First Saturday Book Sale
Some of you may have noticed a particularly fine selection of large print books
at the January book sale. Thanks to Forest Hill Manor for that donation. Since
the book sale consists of donated books, you never quite know what will be there.
There’s always a strong selection of paperbacks, a surprisingly large selection of
art books, as well as fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, gardening books, and even a
smattering of books in foreign languages. Stop by the library on the first Saturday of
every month as early as 11:00 a.m. and see what’s on offer. This month’s sale will
be February 2.
Amy Coale Solis MH
Jane Roland
Animal Tales and
Other Random Thoughts
The Ladies of the Club
Reading groups have been around for a long time, although Oprah
Winfrey deserves much credit for instilling a love of literature in her viewers.
The origins of reading groups can be traced back to the 1720s, but those who
benefited were the literate, the wealthy, upper class and educated. Men were
the first gender to popularize the concept; women were soon to follow. Rachel
Jocobsohn, author of “The Reading Group Handbook,” recalls a group comprised of “white gloved, tea-drinking, elitist old white women” from the late
1800s which was restricted to members who inherited a place in the coveted
club.
The club to which I belong is most likely the first of its kind on the
Monterey Peninsula. The women who started it are long gone. They were
the intellectual community movers and shakers. In the sixties and seventies
there were but a few non-profit fund raising “social” groups. The Symphony
Guild was the favorite. Numerous children’s aide societies thrived. Organizations had their own fund raising crews. My husband and I were involved in a
number, which was great fun when we were youngish and full of energy. The
social group was small enough that when one attended an affair he/she knew
everyone there.
Our little group was made up of 12 of these women: Jean Ehrman, Kay
Spaulding, Elinore Melvin, Isabelle Montgomery, Mildred Cross, Ann Germaine, Natalie Branson, Vivian Drye and Mary Sigourney among them. When
I was invited to participate in 1973 there were four vacancies. Shirley Thomas
came aboard; I recruited Becky Flavin and Bunty MacFarland. Barbara Dubrasich filled out the roster and there we remained for several years.
We meet the third Wednesday of each month; the hostess provides lunch;
the reviewer covers a book she has read, followed by a discussion. The next
month, the hostess of the previous month reviews. As time catches up with us
the membership changes, but we have managed to remain quite constant in our
quest for a dozen. We even have our own dynasty, with the MacFarland girls,
Caroline and Sandee, in their late mother’s place.
We were the only group of its kind in our area until “...And Ladies of the
Club,” by Helen Hooven Santmyer, was published in 1980. Reading groups
then popped up all over the place, especially in libraries. Each book club
has its own dynamics. Our members read a book and review it, followed by
discussion It doesn’t matter if someone is familiar with the work; we are there
for camaraderie and idea exchange. Victoria Carns likes to cover a number of
books and then serve lunch. (Last time Mike was present and helped; then, to
the ladies’ pleasure, joined us in our repast.)
As in any “society” there are amusing little tales. One member couldn’t
find the home of a new person, got angry, and quit. Later she rejoined.
Virginia Stone and I went together to Alice Felix’s house where Helen
Schull had the book. As we walked in, Helen asked Virginia to review her
book. “But Helen,” demurred Ginny, “I haven’t read ‘The Accidental Tourist.’”
“Oh, that’s all right. I am sure you will do fine.” (As I recall she did.) That
was Helen’s last meeting. (She was going blind.)
Years before, Kay Spaulding entertained us with a technological treatise
on the workings of the brain. Becky Flavin and I, who both enjoy less weighty
subjects, sighed in relief when it was over. “Oh, my” said our founder, Kay. “I
will simply need to continue this next month. There is so much more.” (Indeed
there was so much more.)
The wedding vow, “in sickness and in health,” also applies to our group
(and I am sure others). We have included our fellows with Alzheimer’s, broken
limbs, terminal illnesses. The bond remains tight.
Once upon a time, Shirley Thomas (recently deceased, after a valiant 20year battle with cancer) broke her leg, and was confined to a wheel chair. We
were at Nancy Thomas’s home in the Hacienda. A mouse ran in. Kay Mitchell
jumped onto a table. Others attempted to corner the rodent (in from the fields
for some literary enlightenment). I grabbed one of Shirley’s crutches and
chased the little fellow out of the patio door.
We have talked of writing a cookbook. I think we should. In the meantime, we will read, listen and enjoy each other’s company. If there are two
members there will be a meeting, “until death do us part.”
Jane Roland manages the Animal Friends Rescue Project Treasure Shop
at 160 Fountain Ave., in Pacific Grove. Contact her at [email protected] or
649-0657.
Sustainable Homemaking
Sustainable Homemaking, Homesteading
or Sustainable Living… The First Eight
Steps for living a Sustainable Lifestyle
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Personal Self-Care
Seasonal Cleansing
Body Movement
Staple Meal Planning
Choosing Natural Alternatives
Support Sustainable Practices
Start Composting
Begin Gardening
Are you reaching an understanding
that sustainability is a personal responsibility? Big change happens when we
take small but consistent steps towards
sustainability within our daily lives and
in our homes.
I was recently asked on the Sustainable Homemaking Facebook page to share
my advice on “how to transition into a
Homesteading lifestyle”... This note was
from a lady who had just purchased a few
acres, and is going to begin to transition
her family from the city to their new rural
homestead.
Whether you’re beginning sustainable
homemaking, homesteading or sustainable
living these are the first eight steps for
living a sustainable lifestyle I have found
to be very supportive and foundational in
order to thrive.
1. Personal Self-Care: When you prioritize personal self-care not only are
you taking care of yourself the way
you should and reaping all the benefits,
but you are also showing the universe
you are in fact showing up, caring for
and valuing the well-being of yourself,
your home and the ones you love. This
is important in a sustainable living, it’s
from the heart and it begins with you.
Taking care of yourself the best you
can also boosts your confidence and
releases feel good hormones that keep
you youthful, balanced and healthy.
2. Seasonal Cleansing: It’s important to
replenish and gently purify the system
with the changing of the seasons in order to stay healthy, keep your energy up
and to keep in great health. Cleansing
not only gives you a fresh start, but also
supports creativity and acclimates the
body to the upcoming season. By giving
your body a little attention there can
be many benefits. When you give your
body the proper nutrients, fibers and
detoxification tool it needs, it naturally
begins to release the environmental and
emotional pollutant we have been storing up. Energy levels, weight balance,
better health and hormonal balance are
all known to improve when the body is
less burdened.
Joining the Free Online “7-Day
Replenishing Smoothie Cleanse” Spring
Cleanse February 3 -9 is a great place
to begin. Get your module and shopping
list at http://amyherbalist.com/smoothiecleanse.
3. Body Movement: Body movement is a
missing link, I have found. A combination of Yoga, Tai Chi and hiking are my
favorite activities for body movement.
Do what you love, but be sure to give
this to yourself. Body movement supports purification, brings oxygen to the
body and allows time outdoors with
nature. It is rebalancing and healing for
the mind, body and sprit.
4.Staple Meal Planning or making
healthy meals for your family is the
heart of sustainable homemaking. I
share a whole segment about Staple
Meal Planning in weeks 2 and 3 of the
Sustainable Homemaking 8-Week Program. Learning to save time and money,
while keeping healthy meals on the
table is essential and very rewarding.
There is nothing like homemade food
that’s made with love. It is the decisions
we act on within our home that provide
an immediate and long-term effect on
the energy and wellbeing of our family
and our loved ones, the health and learning abilities of our children, and in the
long run will cause change and demand
for change in order to create a healthy
sustainable food chain. What is needed
is a healthy staple meal plan that’s good
for the budget, put into place within the
home to keep healthy homemade food
prepared and ready to go.
5. Choosing Natural Alternatives: From
using herbs, spices, whole foods, natural supplements and to the clothes you
wear, choose natural alternatives. As an
Herbalist-Nutritionist-Natural Health
Specialist I believe in choosing natural
alternatives such as herbs, teas, essential oils, supplements and more. I share
my honored system within the Sustainable Homemaking 8-Week Program.
6. Supporting Sustainable Practices
means putting your money where your
mouth is whenever you can. Supporting
local sustainable businesses, companies
and shopping organic or at the farmers
markets is a great place to start. When
we spend our dollar we’re showing who
we support, like a vote; it can make a
change or demand for change on many
levels.
7.Start composting: Composting is a
system of eliminating garbage, while
giving back to the earth and creating
healthy soil. There are a few ways to
compost even if you don’t have a large
plot – compost bins or earthworm bins
to name a few. When you begin to
garden this will provide excellent soil,
fertilizers or compost tea.
8.Begin to Garden: Growing our own
food is our personal duty even if it’s
as simple as a window seal or barrel of
herbs and greens. This creates sustainability and self-reliance by creating zero
need to transport or ship these foods.
The quality of what you grow is unlike
anything you can get from the store,
not to mention the healing and positive
energetic of eating food you grew and
prepared yourself. From here you can
begin to freeze and “put up” as produce
becomes abundant. Especially if you’re
considering more advanced things like
getting laying hens or milking goats…
caring for a garden is a great place to
begin. Knowing you can keep a few
tomato plants alive before you go bringing home any livestock can be very
good idea.
Amy Solis, Master Herbalist,
CNC
The Sustainable Homemaking 8-Week
Online Correspondence Course begins
March 7, 2013. Stay healthy naturally,
support sustainability and save time
and money while keeping healthy meals
on the table. Staple Meal Planning,
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Times • Page 13
New You
Health and Wellness
Is it the accolades? Why do what you do
As I have been privileged to write
this column, many people have approached me and expressed their
appreciation for my efforts. In several
cases complete strangers have sought
out my contact information to do this. I
have been called, emailed, and texted by
people I do not know... It is a wonderful feeling to know in some way I have
made a difference in the lives of others.
As I sit to write this submission, I
discovered a certain need, or angst, to
write what would be accepted. I felt a
need to qualify the accolades and satisfy
the ego. In a sense, tempted to write for
performance rather than expression. It
is an uneasy feeling, and as I followed
this feeling down the rabbit hole, what I
concluded was anything developed from
such a place would be done for self,
rather than being done to be of service
to others.
For a few hours I sat with this
thought, the idea that I would write in
order to hear the accolades rather than
earnest expression. As I pondered, I
found myself contemplating the dangers
of performance-based existence. This
idea of performance has run amok in
my mind, and I considered myself no
different from a child who would do
something for attention. Why would a
person choose to perform rather than be
honest in expression? Once that question
appeared, my spirit sank as I thought
of children who would do anything for
affirmation from mom and dad, and how
volatile this is.
My mind continued to drift as I
considered how, if these affirmations
were not received, what this would do to
the minds and souls of teenagers. Then,
in my mind I see young adults standing
at the altar ready for nuptials and life’s
strongest commitment, I wonder if this
would be true self expression or a weakened spirit performing and seeking vali-
Dirrick Williams
Principle Living
dation. How important is performance to
our society, and how does it show up?
When you take time to give this
question serious thought, you may be
alarmed at what you discover. So much
of what we do in our culture is based
on image, performance, comparison,
and competition, and while these tools
or platforms of measurement within
themselves are not bad things, they are
horrific to the soul, spirit, and mind
when used for definition.
All day every day most of us are
bombarded with messages of image,
performance, comparison, and competition. We live in a culture that seems
motivated by these four messages and
these four alone. It seems life for many
of us is governed by these four, as we
are indoctrinated from infancy to accept
our role, fill their role, live up to the
role, and then pass on the role to the next
generation.
Why are image, performance, comparison, and competition so prevalent in
our society? Why do schools teach more
about performance than feelings and
how to process them? Why do so many
of us find it hard to be fully present in
our on lives, and what if anything prevents you from showing up in true form,
in your own life?
The questions could go on and on,
and even still what is most important is
not the question or the answer, but the
process and dialogue surrounding them.
It is a bit challenging to write
Transform your negative beliefs. . .
transform your life.
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Author of Veils of Separation
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about how I caught myself in the act of
performance rather than honest expression. It is even harder to admit I nearly
gave into it. It is obvious that I am in the
same boat with you when dealing with
this sort of thing. As a matter of fact, if I
don’t remind myself to slow down from
time to time, to breath and relax, I could
very easily end up serving my ego rather
than being of service and building relationships. Just the same, after allowing
this to take place I am left with asking
you how you are doing in this area. Are
you performing your life or aspects of
your life, seeking accolade, affirmation,
or acceptance, on your job, in school,
with your friends, at church, in your
marriage, or more importantly, in the
mirror? How much of yourself is present
through out the day, and how much of
your day is performance?
There is one thing I am certain
about, and that is that the world and time
both want, and are waiting for you to
show up. Not in a sense of thinking and
trying to do what appears to be right, but
from a sense of feeling and trust, accepting that you already know what is right.
Knowing what is right is a large and
very bold statement, one that flies in the
face of image, performance, comparison, and competition. Knowing what
is right requires a few things most of
us have either not been told or taught.
To know what is right requires awareness of self, our feelings and the ability
to process our feelings responsibly. It
also means spiritual awareness; discernment, and the willingness to live in hope
through faith. In essence, trust.
The problem with image, performance, comparison, and competition is,
at the core their message is “I am not
enough.” It says as I use this platform
to identify and define self, I am admitting that as a creating being, I consider
myself insufficient or to inadequate to
openly and transparently participate in
the process of life. The wonderful thing
about their message is deep within ourselves we know that they are not true.
I almost wrote an article that would
have surely got you to say “Gee, that
was a nice piece.” Instead what you
have is a piece that cares less about accolades. If you read this paper and for
the next three days live asking yourself,
how can I be more present in my own
life, if you ask yourself where in my life
am I performing or pressuring others to
perform rather than allowing honesty
and true self expression, if you decide
to stop the charade of projecting false
image, posturing through performance,
validating by comparison, or qualifying
by competition and live your own truth,
then for me no accolades are required, or
could ever be sufficient.
When you show up in true form
your world and my world are that much
better. The world is a better place when
we give ourselves permission to be
ourselves. For me that is all the accolade
I will ever need.
Pray and meditate daily... it makes a
difference.
Remember, Dirrick Williams is on the
air live, each Sunday at 7a.m. on KRXA,
540am radio
Out and About with Seniors
Make This a Golden Age
Annual genealogy conference
set for January in Seaside
On January 26, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. the 32nd Annual Ancestor
Roundup Genealogy Conference will be held. Nationally known genealogist, author
and college instructor Karen Clifford, AG, is keynote speaker and one of over a dozen
instructors at the all-day genealogy conference. $30 includes lunch and a syllabus
with early registration by January 15, 2013. Co-sponsored by the Commodore Sloat
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints. Location: Family History Center and classrooms at the LDS Church,
1024 Noche Buena (at Plumas), Seaside CA. Information and registration, Serita Sue
Woodburn, 831-899-2121 or email [email protected].
What Every Baby Boomer
Should Know About Medicare
Susan L. Alexander, Esq. (J.D., M.P.A., LL.M.)
Spotlight on Seniors
AFRP Treasure Shop sale on entire estate
The AFRP Treasure Shop in Pacific Grove provides much-needed funds to support
homeless AFRP dogs and cats by offering gently used clothing, furniture, jewelry, art,
collectibles, books and more. The AFRP Treasure Shop is located at 160 Fountain Ave
in Pacific Grove, and is open seven days a week. Stop by to see some fabulous January Sale items, and support animal rescue by donating items you no longer need. New
volunteers are always welcome. Currently the shop has an entire estate of Ethan Allen
and other beautiful furniture for every room in the house, as well as draperies, dishes,
art work by Robert Winter, an antique spinning wheel and much more. there will be
a 50 percent off sale on most items until the end of January. For information contact
Jane Roland at 333-0491.
These days, seniors are more active than ever before and may work well past their
65th birthday. Oftentimes, they delay enrollment in Medicare for various reasons, a
mistake that could raise their Medicare premiums for the rest of their lives. To avoid
mistakes, here are five tips to help you navigate Medicare.
1. You must sign up for Medicare when you turn 65.
The only exceptions are for people already receiving Social Security benefits -- in
which case you’ll be automatically enrolled -- or are employed (or whose spouse is) and
getting health insurance through work. There is a caveat, though, if you are still getting
employer-coverage: If you (or your spouse) are working for a firm that has fewer than
20 employees, you must sign up for Medicare because, under insurance rules, Medicare
is considered the primary insurer for seniors working at these small businesses. You
can sign up -- online, via a toll-free telephone number or in person at a local Social
Security office (make an appointment first) -- three months before your 65th birthday.
The World Affairs Council’s informal and impartial Great Decisions group will You have an additional three months after your birthday month to apply before penalties
meet 4-5:30 p.m. every Monday in February and March, facilitated by the organiza- kick in. If you hold off because you (or your spouse) are employed and covered by a
tion’s president, Peter Powles. The Foreign Policy Association’s “2013 Briefing Book,” company plan, you have eight months to enroll after the employment ceases.
2. Medicare is not free.
written by policy experts, covers all eight sessions, and is available at the class for $20
With all the talk about the high federal budget costs of Medicare, some may erronewhile supplies last. The book is also available at www.fpa.org for $20 plus shipping.
Featured topics include: February 4, “Future of the Euro;” February 11, “Egypt;” ously think the government pays for all Medicare services. Far from it. Beneficiaries
February 18, “NATO;” February 25, “Myanmar;” March 4, “Humanitarian Interven- have to pay monthly premiums, deductibles and co-payments or coinsurance. Figurtion;” March 11, “Iran;” March 18, “China in Africa;” March 25, “Threat Assessment.” ing out your coverage and costs can be challenging, so be sure to seek help from an
Admission is free and an RSVP is not needed. The meetings are at Monterey Penin- organization like the Alliance on Aging.
3. Medicare does not cover everything, but it may cover a lot more than you think.
sula College, Social Science Building, Room 102, 980 Fremont Street, Monterey. Free
public parking is available in MPC Lot D. For more information see www.wacmb.org . A good rule of thumb is ‘Medicare doesn’t cover most things above the neck.’ For
example, Medicare doesn’t cover hearing aids, dentures (or most dental procedures) or
eyeglasses, although it does cover cataract surgery. Basic Medicare also doesn’t cover
extended stays in nursing homes or treatment overseas, although some of the more
expensive Medigap plans do cover overseas travel. The 2010 health-care overhaul law
made a number of preventive care services free for beneficiaries, including annual mamThe American Cancer Society Discovery Shop is an upscale benefit shop located mograms, flu shots and periodic colonoscopies, as well as screening tests for cervical
at 198 Country Club Gate in Pacific Grove. Profits from sales go to cancer research, cancer, prostate cancer and high cholesterol. Also covered is an annual wellness visit.
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Inauguration Day
Tom Stevens
Otter Views
As if to counter the 800,000 who thronged the Eastern Seaboard for
Monday’s inaugural, the Monterey Peninsula welcomed thousands of happy
visitors to its own coasts. It seemed made to order: a three-day weekend, sublime weather, glassy waves, whales just offshore. Add Sunday’s 49er football
victory, and there were many reasons to smile.
I spent a fair part of inauguration day in the ocean, trying to body surf
the beautiful blue combers that rolled into Asilomar and Spanish Bay. But it
wasn’t all hedonism. Waiting for sets and swimming back and forth, I had
time to ponder events on the opposite coast.
There, a lanky brown guy from Hawaii, Indonesia, Harvard and Chicago
took the oath of office for a second term as America’s president. I read later that
he swore upon bibles that had belonged to Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther
King, and that a Latina Supreme Court justice administered the oath of office.
Frankly, I was stoked. I realize the nation remains bitterly divided and
that the president still has millions of angry detractors, but I was heartened
he took the oath a second time. I was also amazed he was still standing. To
have weathered four years of character assassination, legislative sabotage,
“birther” idiocy and blistering media demonization suggests the man can
indeed keep his cool.
He’ll need it. As his address indicated, immense challenges lie ahead:
debt resolution, immigration reform, health cost control, energy independence,
minority rights, veterans’ support, gun death abatement, and climate change
planning, to name a few. And those are merely the obvious ones. “Unknown
unknowns” like 9-11 and the BP oil spill doubtless lie ahead as well.
For all his manifest shortcomings as a cloakroom conciliator and halefellow-well-met, I give President Obama credit for courage and common sense.
In this age of delusion and hysteria, it was remarkable to hear a U.S. president
invoke history and science; talk openly about gay rights and climate change;
even propose steps to limit future firearms massacres in the nation’s schools,
malls and multiplexes.
An account in Tuesday’s Herald mentioned that, before leaving the stand,
the president turned and gazed for a reflective moment at the crowd on the
National Plaza. “I won’t see this again,” he said. I might add that we won’t
see a president like Obama on the inaugural stage again, either. He’s unique.
I got that when I saw photos of then-Senator Obama bodysurfing shoulderhigh shorebreak at Sandy Beach on Oahu. I knew immediately he wasn’t from
Kenya. He was riding high in the pocket, parallel to shore, piked up on both
hands, streaking along in the barrel. As a longtime Sandy Beach devotee, I
could see this was no photo op. The guy knew what he was doing.
He won my ballot right there. How many times will I get to vote for a
presidential candidate who can bodysurf the gnarly, tubing shore pound at
Sandy Beach? I will swear on Lincoln’s bible: any other candidates would
have broken their necks. Now, I realize bodysurfing ability does not by itself
confer statecraft, wisdom, vision and leadership, but it does teach useful
presidential survival skills.
As a Sandy Beach bodysurfer, Obama had to learn early in life to pay
close attention to wave power, swell direction, backwash and currents. He
learned to recognize and respond to forces beyond his control. He learned not
to panic when things got crazy. He mastered planning, timing and execution.
When a monster set loomed up, he learned to swim out and dive under it, not
retreat up the beach.
Monster sets are rolling in now and will likely continue through a second
Obama term. A vicious civil war shatters Syria. Islamic extremists threaten
Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen and the Sahel. A right-wing Israeli government
seeks war with Iran. Asian nations squabble over mineral rights in the South
China Sea; Arctic nations do the same in the far north. And all over the globe,
the industrialized world’s high-carbon hubris begets ruinous climate change.
On domestic shores, Obama will have to contend with head-slapping
backwash from Congress and the Supreme Court; wicked rip currents from
the coal, oil, gas and gun lobbies; sneaker waves from rebellious state legislatures; and the powerful sucking undertow of financial corruption on Wall
Street and K Street.
It was fitting Obama invoked Lincoln and Martin Luther King, as they
faced virtual tsunami conditions. Hopefully this president will only see 20foot faces. A few of those thundered into the west coast over the weekend,
triggering the Mavericks big wave challenge. I was delighted to read that the
six finalists, as they paddled out for their heat, agreed to split the $50,000
prize money equally.
Cooperation and sharing. If only the nation could take the hint.
Times • Page 15
PACIFIC GROVE
DINING GUIDE
DELI
AMERICAN
17th Street Grill (LD)
Best hamburgers, wraps and quesadillas
in town! Outside patio dining or inside.
617 Lighthouse Ave......... 373-5474
Mauricio’s Restaurant (BL)
Local Favorites...Breakfast & Lunch 7:303:00.
589 Lighthouse Ave......... 645-9051
Grand Ave. Liquor & Deli (L)
Located in the new Grand Ave Liquors.
Build your own sandwich or ready made,
salads, paninis, take out or eat in. Custom
party platters. Deli meats & Cheeses by
the pound. 150 varieties local & Mediterranean wines, vast assortment spirits.
Call orders welcome.
229 Grand Avenue........... 375-7474
The Red House Café (BLD)
Come enjoy freshly prepared meals in a
cozy red, historic Victorian house in the
heart of PG.
662 Lighthouse Ave......... 643-1060
www.redhousecafe.com
ITALIAN
Pizza My Way (LD)
Winner of the 2010 PG Restaurant of the
Year Award from the Pacific Grove
Chamber of Commerce. Family owned
since 1999. Pizzas made with all fresh
ingredients, daily. M-T 4-9:30pm, F-S
11am-10pm, Sun 12n-9:30pm.
1157 Forest Ave., Ste D... 643-1111
www.pizza-myway.com
MEXICAN
PENINSULA
DINING GUIDE
PIZZA
BARBECUE
Henry’s BBQ (LD)
Voted Best BBQ** Ribs, Chicken Brisket,
Pulled Pork, Sandwiches and more! Cozy
indoor dining, heated pet-friendly patio.
Take-out and catering available. Happy
Hour M-F 3-6; $2 off all beer & wine and
all appetizers! Military Mondays 10% off,
excluding alcohol. Open daily at 11 AM.
401 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey.....
646-6999
Me-N-Ed’s Brick Oven Pizza
(LD)
Two funny guys, one serious pizza! Daily
lunch buffet $5.99. Catering and group
specials available. Open 10-11 weekdays,
11-11 weekends.
880 Broadway Ave., Seaside............
899-0101
www.HenrysFamousBBQ.com
CALL FOR INFORMATION
ON LISTING YOUR RESTAURANT
831-324-4742
Obama body surfing in Hawaii © Alex Brandon
Artisana to host monarch and seal photography exhibit
Artisana Gallery will host the premiere of: “From Monarch Trees to the Sea in
Pacific Grove” featuring the photography of local film maker Robert Pacelli and Kim
Worrell on First Friday, February 1 from 5-8 p.m. The public is invited for complimentary refreshments and to meet the artists. The photography will show at the gallery
for the entire month of February, and proceeds will be contributed to the fund for trees
in the Monarch Sanctuary.
A few words from Robert Pacelli
“I have been filming the monarchs in the Pacific Grove Sanctuary for over 20
years. I have committed the last four years to the cause of restoring the monarch habitat.
Also, I have been recognized for my achievements by the Barcelona International Film
Festival, the Cine Eagle, Lilles International Film Festival, the Hiroshima Film Festival,
the San Francisco Chronicle and Art Weekly. My work has been featured at museums
Monarch in the Sanctuary by Robert Pacelli
Monterey Regional Parks
District offers two free classes
A class in basic composting at the Monterey Regional Waste Management District
site two miles north of Marina and restoration of the Marina Dunes are among the
upcoming nature programs being offered by the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park
District (mprpd.org). Both of these are free.
For full information on these programs, see below. To learn about all activities of
the MPRPD go to mprpd.org or see its LGO! fall/winter guide.
•
Composting Made Easy: Basic (Free)
Let nature help you recycle your garden trimmings and food scraps by composting
them into a nutrient-rich soil amendment. Organic material represents approximately
one third of all household waste. Composting helps reduce the amount of “garbage”
going into local landfills and instead turns it in a beneficial resource for your garden.
Instructors: Monterey Regional Waste Management District staff.
Ages 9-adult, Sat., Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m., Monterey Regional Waste Management District, 14201 Del Monte Boulevard, free.
•
Park Restoration:
Marina Dunes Preserve (Free)
The coastal dunes are an area where native plant cover creates a living blanket that
insulates the dunes from the constant force of winds that cause erosion. Like fabric, the
dunes can be mended. Come learn about this ever-changing habitat and help to restore
the dunes by planting native plants. This is a free Community ALIVE! (Act Locally
In Volunteer Endeavors) event. Please call 659-6065 or e-mail [email protected] for
more information. Instructors: Returns of the Natives-CSUMB.
All ages, Sat., Jan. 26, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Marina Dunes Preserve, north end of Dunes
Drive off Reservation Road, Marina, free.
•
To register online, go to mprpd.org and register with Visa, MasterCard or Discover.
Walk-in pre-registration is accepted Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the MPRPD office, 60 Garden Court, Suite 325, Monterey (checks, money orders and credit cards
accepted). Pre-registration is required for all fee-based classes and is strongly recommended for all free programs. No day-of-registration for fee-based programs will be
accepted. For more information, please call Joseph at 372-3196, ext. 102, or send an
e-mail to [email protected].
Concert to benefit Women’s Crisis Support
The Haute Enchilada Café will present singer-songwriters Alisa Fineman and
Kimball Hurd on Sunday, January 27 in a concert to benefit Women’s Crisis Support. Ten dollars of every ticket sold goes to support Women’s Crisis Support.
Tickets are $25. One complimentary glass of Ventana Vineyards Wine and small
bites are included with the ticket price. The show starts at 5 p.m.
The Women’s Crisis Support~Defensa de Mujeres in Santa Cruz County has a
35 year history of providing advocacy and services to women and children affected
by violence. Those services include court accompaniments, restraining order assistance, counseling, emergency shelter, a 24-hour crisis line, outreach and education
and support groups.
The Haute Enchilada is located at 7902 Moss Landing Rd, Moss Landing. Reservations are required. Call 633-5843.
throughout the world, such as San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Laguna Gloria
Museum at Austin, TX and more recently at the Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA.”
A few words about Kim Worrell
Kim has spent most of her life caring for animals as a veterinarian assistant. She
is a volunteer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and one of only two people who have
been given the special duty of grooming the baby sea otters. Kim spends many hours
at the Hopkins Marine Station Beach photographing sea life there to include being one
of the first people to capture the giant squid and elephant seal. Her unique perspective
of the coastal world around us is reflected in her photography.
Artisana Gallery is located at 309 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove. Call 655-9775 for
more information.
Young elepant seal at Hopkins Beach © Kim Worrell
CSUMB to offer fully
online graduate degrees
California State University, Monterey Bay will be among the first CSU campuses
to offer degrees through the new Cal State Online, an initiative intended to expand
access to fully online bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Programs offered through CSUMB include:
• Master of Science in Instructional Science and Technology (MIST) The MIST program is a 36-unit program intended for classroom teachers, corporate trainers and
e-learning developers who want to learn how to enhance learning with advanced
technology. The interdisciplinary program integrates information technology, instructional design and learning sciences and is designed for those working in the areas
of teaching, instructional design and training. Classes start on May 6. Two courses
will be offered during each eight-week session over the 16 months of study. Find
more information at http://www.calstateonline.com/cso/home/montereyBayMIST
• Master of Science in Management and Information Technology (MSMIT) The
MSMIT program prepares leaders and managers in technology-focused business
units, corporations, organizations and entrepreneurial ventures. The interdisciplinary
program integrates information technology with business management. It is designed
to cultivate the next generation of leaders in technology management such as chief
technology officers and high-tech entrepreneurs. Classes start Sept. 2. One course
will be offered during each eight-week session over the 20 months of study. Find
more information at http://www.calstateonline.com/cso/home/montereyBayMSMIT
Applications are now being accepted for both programs. Students can apply to
these and a variety of other bachelor’s and master’s program at www.calstateonline.
net. Cal State Online offers students the ability to learn on their time, from anywhere,
without having to put their career or family life on hold. It offers one-on-one attention
from faculty and staff members in a supportive learning environment.
Programs will initially operate on a self-supporting basis, with tuition set at competitive market levels. Financial aid is available.
For more information, visit the website at www.calstateonline.net or call 1-800247-5268 to speak with a Cal State Online coach.
Styrofoam recycling ends Jan. 31
The Monterey Regional Waste Management District, in partnership with Waste
Management, Inc., is offering a special collection event to recycle polystyrene foam.
The MRWMD is collecting polystyrene foam at its recycling drop-off area through
Thursday, Jan. 31. The drop-off area is located at 14201 Del Monte Blvd., two miles
north of Marina.
The polystyrene foam will be trucked to WMI’s recycling facility in Castroville,
where it will be densified and shipped to a recycler who will convert it to architectural
molding and other extruded products.
The collection box is located at the MRWMD Recycling Drop-off area, which also
provides recycling for cardboard, wrapping paper, plastic containers, glass, and metal.
More information is available by contacting Jeff Lindenthal, MRWMD Public
Education and Recycling Manager, 384-5313, [email protected], or Jay Ramos,
WMI Material Recovery Facility Manager, 633-7878, [email protected].
Times • Page 17
Whalefest will focus on the bay, the wharf and whales
Whalefest Monterey is a free family
event that celebrates the Monterey Bay,
Old Fisherman’s Wharf, and whales, while
benefiting many local marine organizations. It features dynamic, and informative
events and exhibits from over two dozen
marine organizations, and a 60-foot gray
whale.
Whalefest will be held at Old Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey near the Custom House on Saturday, January 26 and
Sunday, January 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Whalefest is held during the migration
of the gray whales, although whales are
spotted in the Monterey Bay year-round.
Whalefest Monterey is a fund-raising
event to benefit many local marine
non-profit conservation organizations,
sponsored by the Old Fisherman’s Wharf
Association in association with California
State Parks, Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Sciences, Monterey History and
Art Association and BLUE, A Global
Oceans Film & Conservation Summit.
The day will feature a wide array
of activities including a special marinethemed concert with Barbara Joy and
Community Children’s Chorus at 3 p.m.
at the Wharf Theater. Tim Thomas will
Business speed networking
event Wednesday, February 6
The Professional Women’s Network of the Monterey Peninsula will host a speed
networking event during its Wednesday, February 6 meeting at the Embassy Suites in
Seaside at 5:45 p.m.
Successful entrepreneurs understand that face-to-face meetings are one of the more
important keys in successfully building and maintaining long term relationships in business. Speed networking events are a catalyst in laying a solid foundation for word-ofmouth marketing and even revitalizing an existing referral base. In any economy, with
any kind of business, word-of-mouth and referral marketing is invaluable.
Speed networking is a fun, energetic and dynamic way to meet other professionals
in a short period of time. Anyone, whether a master of networking or new to owning
a business or simply needing to learn how to network, is invited to attend this event
and launch into a new circle of people waiting for connection. The speed networking
portion of this meeting will be facilitated by PWN Board member Julie Foucht of Life
Tools Coaching.
Non-members are welcome to attend and encouraged to fully participate in Wednesday’s event, and may register as guests at www.pwnmonterey.org The guest fee is $20.
To get the most out of the event, come with the mind-set to take every opportunity to connect. Come prepared with business cards, a tag line, a niche and
a target audience. Listen and take notes. Collect business cards and be sure to
note the person’s interests and goals you can help achieve Prepare for follow-up
by setting appointments. The magic happens in the weeks and months to come.
Celebrating 30 years, the Professional Women’s Network, founded in 1983, is an organization of professional women, with approximately 200 women (and some men)
members representing a wide spectrum of professions. It is the network’s vision to create
the environment for our member community to connect, engage, learn and collaborate
in fun, inspiring ways. Guests are welcome to all PWN meetings and events. For more
information, visit the website at http://www.pwnmonterey.org.
conduct Wharf Walks at 10 a.m., Noon and
2 p.m. on both days. Monterey Academy
of Oceanographic Science will bring a
remote operated vehicle. A beach cleanup will be headed by the Wahine Project.
The “Take It to the Streets Clean-Up” will
be organized by Marine Life Studies. A
costumed otter, whale, sea turtle and jelly
fish wandering the Wharf and explaining
about the marine environment will be
provided by Save the Whales. A 60-foot
gray whale will be there for kids to climb
inside. Monterey’s Fire Boat will shower
the marina with water. Coast Guard boat
tours, a demonstration of fish net mending,
Randy’s Guided Whale Watching, and a
concierge desk for information will also
be available.
During her concert with the Community Children’s Chorus at 3 p.m. at
the Wharf Theater, Barbara Joy and the
children will perform songs including
her original composition, “Don’t Let Us
Go,” a song dedicated to the oceans and
marine wildlife. Barbara Joy is a singer/
songwriter/guitarist and recording artist.
She performs in concerts and on stages
across the country. She also writes musical themes for nonprofits and performs
in concert with children and choruses at
fund-raising events. Peggy Stap of Marine
Life Studies will be there with her dog,
Whiskie, the Whale Spotter. The concert
will be presented by Marine Life Studies, a
non-profit organization dedicated to teaching and inspiring the public to protect the
environment and marine wildlife.
Among the other talented musicians
playing on the Wharf will be The Whales,
Nick Fettis and many others.
Lecturers include Steve Palumbi of
Hopkins Marine Station. Save the Whales
will have two presentations that day.
Schedule (subject to change):
Saturday, January 26
10 a.m.-1 p.m., “Take It to The Streets”with
street clean up by Marine Life Studies
10 a.m., Noon, 2 p.m., Wharf Walks with
Tim Thomas
• 2 p.m.-3 p.m., Bryant Austin lecture,
“Beautiful Whale” @ Museum of Monterey
• Noon-1 p.m. Save the Whales presentation
• 3 p.m., Barbara Joy concert and a
Community Children’s Chorus. Also
Peggy Stap of Marine Life Studies and
Whiskie, the Whale Spotter.
• Noon-4 p.m., Smiley Orca Face Painting
• 1 p.m.-2 p.m., Save the Whales Presentation
• 3 p.m.-4 p.m., concert with Barbara Joy
and Community Children’s Chorus, and
Peggy Stap.
Sunday, January 27
• 10 a.m.-noon, Beach Clean Up with The
Wahine Project
• 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m Wharf Walks with
Tim Thomas
• 12:00 pm.- 4:00 p.m., Smiley Orca Face
Painting
Lectures and documentaries by BLUE
Ocean Film Festival at MOM
• Noon, a collection of short films: “Fish
Tale: My Secret Life As Plankton,”
“Ocean Oases,” “Sea Jellies: A Summer
Swarm in Monterey,” “Oceans at the
Tipping Point,” “Ocean Giants,”
• 2:30 p.m., “Planet Ocean” The Portola
Hotel and Spa, Comfort Inns on Munras
and North Fremont, and Best Western
De Anza Inn, are offering a special rate
to the Whalefest attendees. Attendees
must contact the hotels directly to get
the special rate.
The participating marine conservation
organizations that will line the Causeway
at Old Fisherman’s Wharf include American Cetacean Society, BLUE, California
State Parks, Camp SEA Lab, Department of Fish and Game, Elkhorn Slough
National Estuarine Research Reserve,
Marine Life Studies, Monterey Academy
of Oceanographic Science, Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary Education
Department, Monterey Bay Sanctuary
Foundation, Monterey History and Art
Association, Monterey Peninsula Yacht
Club, Monterey Public Library, Monterey
Regional Waste Management, National
Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Pacific
Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific
Shark Research Center, Save Our Shores,
Save The Whales, Surfrider Foundation,
The Marine Mammal Center, The Otter
Project, and United States Coast Guard.
Other supporting organizations include
the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Special thanks go to The Wharf Theater. The mission of Whalefest is to bring
public awareness to the dynamic marine
organizations that affect the Monterey
Bay National Marine Sanctuary. For more
information, to volunteer or to become a
sponsor, call Bob Massaro at 649-6544 or
email bmassaro@bostrommanagement.
com and check out the website at www.
montereywharf.com.
Whale watching with the experts
Whale experts in the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society will
lead an annual fund-raising trip to watch the gray whale migration up close on Sunday,
Jan. 27. The two-hour boat trip will leave at 8 a.m. from Monterey Whalewatching on
Fisherman’s Wharf.
The southern migration of gray whales from the Arctic to the Gulf of California
in Mexico―should be near its peak at that time. This trip is scheduled in conjunction
with Monterey s Whalefest around Fisherman s Wharf that weekend.
Reservations are strongly recommended by sending checks: $30 for adults, $15 for
children under 12, to ACS/MB, PO Box HE, Pacific Grove 93950. More information
is available at 419-1051 or www.acsmb.org.
Amazing migrations at the Museum
Could you travel hundreds, even thousands of miles by only using your memory,
or your sense of smell? Come see how well you can migrate! Try matching scents
as salmon do when they try to find their home river, paint a hummingbird feeder, and
try other fun activities as you learn just what makes these migrations so amazing.
Come to the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History on Sat., Jan, 26, and drop
in anytime between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to participate. This fun filled event will
be held at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History at 165 Forest Ave. in Pacific
Grove. If you have any questions, please contact the Museum at [email protected] or (831) 648-5716 ext. 20.
New life at the Golden State Theater
By Mike Clancy
Pacific Grove native Scott Grover really has lively plans
for the Golden State Theater in downtown Monterey. Lessee
of the theater since September, Grover is determined to bring
a full range of diverse events to the venue that will satisfy
Monterey County’s thirst for top-notch entertainment. And he
is off to a great start, producing 52 events in his first 100 days
at the theater.
A small fire in the electrical room on March 16, 2012,
put the Golden State Theater out of business for more than
six months, but actually proved to be a blessing in disguise.
The pause in activity allowed time for significant upgrades to
the theater’s electrical, musical and physical infrastructure,
producing better lighting, better sound and better bathrooms
to enhance audience experience.
Grover’s ambitious focus is to put on 20 shows per
month at the theater. He plans to include a wide variety of
musical acts ranging from top name talent in the main theater,
which has seating for up to 1000 patrons, to up-and-coming
regional bands performing lobby shows that will accommodate audiences of 150. Comedy acts and theatrical productions will also be an important part of the theater’s offerings.
Film festivals will continue to be a mainstay, says Grover. In addition to the United Nations, Blue Ocean and Banff
Mountain Film Festivals that have run at the Golden State in
the past, Grover would like to add an American Animation
Film Festival, an Indie Film Festival and a Traditional Hollywood Film Festival into the mix. And with quite the sparkle
of magic delight in his eyes, Grover speaks of producing
“Vaudeville Evenings” that will feature local performers and
celebrity guests.
Peninsula audiences can expect some wonderful live
entertainment in our own back yard. Their web site is www.
goldenstatetheater.com where you can find information about
upcoming events. Look for reviews of many of these events
in future editions of the Cedar Street Times.
Classic rock fans, be sure to get your tickets for Yes on
the Main Stage March 10.
Above: A full house at the Golden
State Theater. Right: Another full
house to hear Bob Weir of the Grateful
Dead. Below, right: the theater at dusk.
The architecture and interior alone are
worth the visit. Photos courtesy the
Golden state Theater.
Below: Scott Grover and his everpresent cup of coffee. Staff photo.
Pacific Grove Middle School presents
The Music Man — a Musical
The Tony award-winning musical The Music Man opens Feb. 8 at the Pacific
Grove Auditorium at the Middle School. Under co-directors Michelle and Sean Boulware Pacific Grove students perform this musical with such well-known hits as “76
Trombones,” “Trouble,” “Marian the Librarian” and many others.
The show tells the story of con man Harold Hill who comes to River City to convince parents he can teach their children to play musical instruments. His plan is to
take orders for instrument s and then take off with the money but he falls in love with
the local librarian, Marian.
More than 30 middle schoolers are involved in the production which opens Fri.,
Feb. 8 at 7:00 p.m. The show continues with Saturday performances at 3:00 p.m. and
7:00 p.m. and another matinee on Sun., Feb. 10 at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the door
of the Performing Arts Center.
For more information call the school office (831) 646-6568
Art Association meeting
features Will Bullas
Entertainment scheduled
in Carmel Valley
The line-up of live entertainment this week at Plaza Linda Restaurant & Cantina
in Carmel Valley includes Sam Johnston & Camillo Ortiz on Friday, Jan. 25. They will
play flute & guitar instrumental music. Infinitee and The Jazz Cats will play smooth
jazz on Saturday, Jan. 26.
On Friday, Feb. 1, Martin Shears will play pop and classics. On Saturday, Feb. 2,
Kiki Wow and Vibe Tribe will perform.
Plaza Linda is located at 27 E. Carmel Valley Road. Call 659-4229 for questions.
A $10 donation is suggested. Weekend shows are Fridays and Saturdays from 7-9 p.m.
Legal Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20122369
The following person is doing business as KIMSON ROBOTICS, 1204 Patterson Ln #3, Pacific
Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950/P.O. Box 5902,
Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93944. JESSE
JUNGHYUN KIM, 1204 Patterson Ln #3, Pacific
Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the
Clerk of Monterey County on 12-21-12, File Number
20122369. Registrant commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed
above on n/a. Signed: Jesse Junghyun Kim. This
business is conducted by an individual. Publication
dates: 01-04, 01-11, 01-18, 01-25-13.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20130119
The following person is doing business as
SHANGHAI OUTSOURCING USA, 1014 Del
Monte Blvd., Pacific Grove, Monterey County,
CA 93950. LEWIS B. SHANKS, 1014 Del
Monte Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950 and BARBARA C. SHANKS, 1014 Del Monte Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed
with the Clerk of Monterey County on Jan. 18,
2013. Registrant commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name or name(s)
listed above on n/a. Signed: Lewis B. Shanks.
This business is conducted by a married couple.
Publication dates: 1/25, 2/1, 2/8, 2/15/13
Pigot Noir, Will Bullas
Nationally recognized Carmel Valley watercolorist and humorist Will Bullas will present “The Fine Art of Fun” at the regular monthly meeting of the
Central Coast Art Association, Mon., Jan. 28 starting at 7 p.m. The association
meets 7–9 p.m. on the fourth Monday of the month at the Monterey Youth
Center, 777 Pearl St., Monterey (next to Dennis the Menace Park). Attendance
is free and open to the public.
Bullas will narrate a video demonstrating his award-winning process, step
by step, from thumbnail to finished painting. He will describe his inspiration,
technique, materials and sources with anecdotes and examples of his work.
Will Bullas is a Vietnam combat veteran born in Ohio. He studied at
Arizona State University and at the Brooks Institute of Fine Arts in Santa
Barbara with master painter Ray Strong. He has exhibited twice at the National
Academy of Design in New York, is a member of the Knickerbocker Artists
of New York, a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and the
American Watercolor Society, which awarded him the Mario Cooper and Dale
Meyers Medal for his contributions to watercolor. Will is a past president and
continuing member of the Carmel Art Association. Discover more about Will
Bullas and his work at: http://www.willbullas.com/ or call 372-2841 for more
information.
Times • Page 19
All that jazz in concert
Center, above: Todd Clickard directs the multicampus jazz club band in concert. As profiled in
our Jan. 18, 2013 issue, the students and their
families self-fund the group out of the love for
jazz -- it is outside of the school curriculum. The
concert was held Jan. 20 at the Pacific Grove
Performing Arts Center. On our front page are the
winners of the challenge who will go on the represent the Monterey Peninsula in the state All-Star
Honor Band
Photos
by
Peter
Mounteer
The Green Page
Hoping to become legal
A look at California ferret restrictions and legalization efforts
valid,” LegalizeFerrets.org invoked
the Public Records Request Act to
find out who read the report and
when. On their Facebook page,
A growing movement is makLegalizeFerrets.org recently posted
ing renewed efforts to make ferrets
a response from the Fish and Game
legal pets in California. Interested
Commission declaring it “has no
groups are gathering signatures in
information to comply with your
hopes that Governor Brown, and
request…other matters of higher
even President Obama will take an
importance currently exist.”
interest. Ferrets are still illegal in
Cedar Street Times placed
California, though not in any other
another call to Fish and Game and
state except Hawaii, under Fish and
talked with Deputy Director Scott
Game Code Section 2118, and the
Barrow. “We’re being hit with
California Code of Regulations.
several different listings for species
It is not illegal in California for
right now,” said Barrow, adding
veterinarians to treat ferrets that are
that those species have all been pekept as pets.
titioned. The list includes the great
The ferret (Mustela putorius
white shark, the Northern Spotted
furo) is considered a domestiOwl, the Pacific Fisher, the Blackcated mammal, a close relative of
backed Woodpecker, Townsend’s
the polecat, though it is unclear
big-eared bat and the Gray wolf.
whether they are a form of Euro“After reviewing the ferret issue so
pean polecat, the Steppe polecat,
many times, we’re just not interor a hybrid of the two. They have
ested in pursuing it,” Barrow said.
been domesticated for more than
Information on ferrets as pets
2000 years. Because of their close
can be found in various places on
relation to polecats, ferrets in
the Internet, among them the Cathe wild can cross breed easily,
nadian site http://www.ferrets.org/
spawning feral colonies of hybrids
Caring_For_Ferrets.htm
that have been perceived to harm
Persons interested in learning
native fauna, perhaps most notably
Little bandit: Will ferrets become legal as pets in California? Photo courtesy of Wikimedia more about ferret legalization efin New Zealand. But in the United
forts can log on to: legalizeferrets.
Commons.
states, it is virtually impossible
org/ Those wishing to sign a ferret
to purchase an un-spayed female
legalization petition can go to: petitions.
as they sicken and die if they go into
whitehouse.gov/ Click “Find a petition.”
estrous without being bred. Male ferrets
fitch.
When the new window opens, look for
are also neutered as a matter of course.
Not much changed until the 1970’s,
ret attacks in Monterey County,” said
the green “search” button. When the
And there are no large, verifiable inwhen Fish and Game adopted new
Jessica Shipman, Wildlife Center Susearch window opens, type in “ferret.”
stances of feral populations in the United regulations and began border checks
pervisor at the Monterey County SPCA.
25,000 signatures are needed by Feb. 5,
States, save for the black-footed ferret,
to detect illegally imported ferrets. By
“We do get ferrets from out of state for
2013.
a native species. Ferrets allegedly came
1980, the Commission saw an increase
adoption. Sometimes people come here
The California Fish and Game
over on the Mayflower for mouse and rat in the number of requests for legal ferret
not knowing possession is illegal, usuCommission will hold meetings on Feb.
control.
possession in California. Neutered male
ally people in the military. We can take
6 and 7 in Sacramento. All meetings are
The odds of a feral population
ferrets were permitted for a brief time,
them in and refer them to ferret rescues
open to the public.
taking hold are small, say advocates of
along with a limited number of spayed
in other states such as Nevada.”
Current import restrictions on ferlegalization, because ferrets imprint on
females. Permits were then issued only
Illegal ferret possession in Califortheir food as babies and, unable to find
to persons moving to California who
nia carries civil penalties. Each violation rets are as follows:
Cannot be imported into Australia.
that food in the wild, will starve. And
already possessed pet ferrets.
is a misdemeanor punishable by not
A
report
drafted in 2000 appears to be
ferrets cannot perspire, making it likely
By 1986, pro-ferret groups had
more than six months imprisonment.
the most recent effort to change the situthat they will die in warm climates. They stepped up their efforts. At that time,
Fines vary from $500-$10,000 dependation there.
have sweat glands, but because of their
the Department of Food and Agriculture
ing on locality. The ferret is seized,
In Canada, a ferret brought from
fur cannot perspire by evaporation in hot provided Fish and Game with a requestand it is up to the person who had the
anywhere
except the U.S. requires a
temperatures.
ed analysis of potential ferret problems.
ferret to decide the animal’s fate. A state
Law still strictly forbids ferrets in
Fish and Game directed the Department
wildlife officer will usually be the one to Permit to Import from the Canadian
Food Inspection Agency Animal Health
Hawaii, where they are viewed by that
of Health to cease issuing permits for
dictate the options. The person who had
Office. Ferrets from the U.S. only need
state as potential carriers of the rabies vi- ferrets, unless they were already pets.
the animal must bear all the costs.
rus and potential competition for native
Many organizations are involved
In the 1990’s, an organization called a vaccination certificate signed by a
veterinarian. Ferrets younger than three
species. The territory of Puerto Rico has on both sides of the issue, including
the California Domestic Ferret Associamonths are not subject to any Canadian
a similar law. Popular as pets because of but not limited to, the California Fish
tion led the cause to legalize ferrets as
import restrictions.
their playful disposition, loving nature
and Game Commission, the California
pets. Bills were introduced in the LegisThe European Union, as of July
and tendency toward independence, ferDepartment of Fish and Wildlife, the
lature and made it all the way to thenrets are still restricted in certain specific
California Department of Public Health
Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk before 2004, allows ferrets to travel freely
cities, such as New York and Washingand the California Department of Food
failing. The Fish and Game Commission within the EU under the Pet Passport
scheme. To cross a border, ferrets require
ton, D.C. They are also prohibited on
and Agriculture. Of these, the Fish and
declared in 2000 that a regulatory acat minimum a EU PETS passport and an
many military bases. Some areas require Game Commission has set and held the
tion on their part is considered a project
identification microchip. Some counpermits to own ferrets; others require
restrictions and prohibitions on ferrets in
under the California Environmental
tries will accept a tattoo. Vaccinations
permits to breed them.
the state.
Quality Act, and stated that proponents
Under case law, ferrets are classified
“This is not a new movement,” said
would have to fund any studies to assess are required. Most EU countries require
a rabies vaccine, and some call for a
as “wild animals,” however statutory
Adrianna Shea, Deputy Director of the
potential environmental impact of ferret
distemper vaccine, along with treatment
law has re-classified them as “domestic” California Fish and Game Commission.
legalization.
in several states.
She listed concerns about threats to naA series of public forum testimonies for rabies and ticks 24 to 48 hours before
entry.
The California prohibition dates
tive wildlife and the possibility of ferrets before the Fish and Game Commission
The United Kingdom accepts ferrets
back to August 1933, when wild animal
out-competing native species.
in 2011 and 2012 led to a letter from
and bird regulation made it unlawful
The Department of Public Health
Assembly Member Ben Hueso directing under the EU’s PETS travel program.
Ferrets must be micro chipped, vacto import and transport certain species
adds rabies to the list of ferret concerns
the Commission to work with Legalizecinated against rabies and documented.
without permission from the Fish and
via their website.
Ferrets.org to clarify the next steps for
They must be treated for tapeworms and
Game Commission. These “Rules and
Shea states there were 450 ferret
the Commission to objectively consider
ticks 24 to 48 hours before entry. They
Regulations Governing the Importation
attacks on people in the United States
the matter.
must arrive via an authorized route.
of Wild Birds and Animals” were soon
between 1978 and 1987. About 100 of
LegalizeFerrets.org states that they
Ferrets arriving in the United Kingdom
formally adopted by the Fish and Game
those happened in California. This compaid for a Preliminary Environmental
from outside the European Union may
Commission and the Department of
pares to approximately 800,000 reported
Impact Report and submitted it to Fish
be subject to quarantine for six months.
Food and Agriculture, which specifically dog bites nationwide each year.
and Game. When the study was rejected
prohibited the importations of ferret and
“I’ve never really heard of any feras “too limited and not scientifically
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January 2013 Game Day Special
Super what? A
bowl, you say?
Never heard of it.
This Sunday equates to some kind of
national holiday. One that is so special, so
unique, and so trademarked, that it must not
be named. In the world of publishing, we
must operate under the strict rules laid out
by not only the National Football league, but
the rule of law, too.
It is funny the hurdles advertisers need
to jump through just to lay out their ads for
the weekend. Take a look this year and you
will see an invented sporting event such as
the Gigantic Game. Perhaps there will be
a Big Game this weekend. Of course, that
could just be a water buffalo.
This may be crazy but it does happen
for a good reason. The NFL has spent years
and a colossal fortune building the Super
Bowl brand. It is without a doubt the most
valuable contest in American sports, and
the NFL deserves the right to enforce its
trademark. It is a unique creature that come
along once every year and, let’s face it, the
only reason to watch football. Sure it may
be fun to watch our favorite team through
the whole season, if you are lucky, that is,
but until the world knows who the best of
the best is, there really is no point.
That all makes sense, but the result is we
get weekly circulars with tortured references
that only allude to what we all know is the
Super Bowl. Even the likes of the mighty
Walmart are de-fanged, forced to use limp
phrases like “big game.” It’s about as unsuper as it gets.
But, as we all know, the NFL is a business and the term "Super Bowl" is a registered trademark of the National Football
League. Heck, even NFL is a trademark
of the NFL. So are the team names, for
that matter. The trademark for NFL was
filed and registered in 1969. Interestingly
enough, the NFL had to buy the trademark
from the original owner, a manufacturer
who came out with a football-type board
game in December 1966, on the eve of the
first Super Bowl.
There are dozens of infringements that
have been successfully squelched by the
NFL, e.g., The Super Bowl of Poker, Souper
Bowl, and even a few cases where churches
have been told to cancel their Super Bowl
parties.
It's been that way for some time now.
Yes, the term "Super Bowl" is trademarked
and the NFL protects their trademark vigorously. The only advertisers who can say "Super Bowl" (mostly for printed and radio/TV
ads) are OFFICIAL Super Bowl sponsors. If
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you're the NFL and you were selling those
ad slots for millions of dollars apiece, you
would want to make sure not just everyone
was misusing your trademark....costing you
millions of dollars.
The National Football League runs the
Super Bowl and owns a million trademarks
related to the Big Game, but fortunately the
American people own the Constitution, including that pesky little First Amendment.
There's a lot of confusion in newsrooms and media shops at this time of year
about how to refer to the Super Bowl. The
NFL has an army of lawyers to make sure
that other people aren't making money
off their trademarks, whether the Super
Bowl, the various NFL team trademarks,
the moniker Super Sunday, even the phrase
"the Big Game."
The final score? The news media can
use the terms Super Bowl, Super Sunday,
Big Game or any other euphemism in reporting on the event. The legal protection
is something called "nominal fair use," but
you might also call it "common sense," at
least in a free, constitutional society such as
ours. It's not a trademark violation to report
on the Super Bowl any more than it is to
refer to Mayo Clinic, Spam or Big Macs.
Advertisers have to be more careful —
if you own a pie shop, you can't claim to
be the Official Pie Shop of the Super Bowl
or something like that (unless, of course,
you've paid a handsome fee to the NFL).
But can you put a sign in your window or
run an ad in a local newspaper that says,
"Eat our delicious pie while watching
the Super Bowl"? Only so as no one is
confused that the NFL has approved or
sponsored an ad, you are allowed to make
nominative use of the name and it is not a
violation of the trademark law.
The NFL routinely argues otherwise,
and so it is no wonder that given the NFL's
aggressive history on the issue major advertisers are skittish. Naturally the best
advice is, when it comes to commercials,
don't use the term “Super Bowl". It may not
be the most precise advice, and it may not
even be the most legally accurate advice,
but it's certainly the safest advice.
Meanwhile, the corner bar with a
banner promoting chicken wings and big
screen TVs for Super Bowl Sunday is probably OK, at least for now.
In any case, for reporters and private
citizens, you can take a deep breath and say
"The Packers should be in the Super Bowl"
all you want. But it still makes you wonder.
Who are the bruisers in this situation? The
men on the field, or the ones in the suits?
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Arts and Events
A Brief History
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Feb. 6, 2011
Feb. 5, 2012
ShowingsTeam Name
Wins
8
Pittsburgh Steelers 6
8
Dallas Cowboys
7
New England Patriots3
6
San Francisco 49ers 5
6
Denver Broncos
5
Green Bay Packers 4
5
New York Giants
4
5
Washington Redskins3
5
LA/Oakland Raiders 3
5
Miami Dolphins
4
Balt./Indianapolis Colts
4
Minnesota Vikings 0
4
Buffalo Bills
0
3
LA/St. Louis Rams 1
2
Kansas City Chiefs 1
2
Chicago Bears
2
Baltimore Ravens
1
2
Cincinnati Bengals 0
2
Philadelphia Eagles 0
1
New York Jets
1
1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1
New Orleans Saints 1
1
San Diego Chargers 0
1
Atlanta Falcons
1
Tennessee Titans
0
1
Carolina Panthers
0
1
Seattle Seahawks
0
1
Arizona Cardinals
0
0
Cleveland Browns 0
0
Detroit Lions
0
0
Jacksonville Jaguars 0
0
Houston Texans
0
Bowl
Memorial Coliseum Orange Bowl Orange Bowl Tulane Stadium Orange Bowl Tulane Stadium LA Memorial Coliseum
Rice Stadium Tulane Stadium Orange Bowl Rose Bowl Superdome Orange Bowl Rose Bowl Superdome Silverdome Rose Bowl Tampa Stadium
Stanford Stadium
Superdome Rose Bowl Jack Murphy Stadium Joe Robbie Stadium Superdome Tampa Stadium
Metrodome Rose Bowl Georgia Dome Joe Robbie Stadium San Devil Stadium Superdome Qualcomm Stadium Pro Player Stadium Georgia Dome Raymond James Stadium
Superdome Qualcomm Stadium Reliant Stadium Alltel Stadium Ford Field Dolphin Stadium U of Phoenix Stadium Raymond James Stadium
Sun Life Stadium Cowboys Stadium Lucas Oil Stadium City
Los Angeles
Miami
Miami
New Orleans
Miami
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Houston
New Orleans
Miami
Pasadena
New Orleans
Miami
Pasadena
New Orleans
Pontiac
Pasadena
Tampa
Stanford
New Orleans
Pasadena
San Diego
Miami
New Orleans
Tampa
Minneapolis
Pasadena
Atlanta
Miami
Tempe
New Orleans
San Diego
Miami
Atlanta
Tampa
New Orleans
San Diego
Houston
Jacksonville
Detroit
Miami
Glendale
Tampa
Miami
Arlington
Indianapolis
Teams and scores
Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10
Green Bay Packers 33, Oakland Riders 14
New York Jets 16, Baltimore 7
Kansas City 23, Minnesota 7
Baltimore 16, Dallas 13
Dallas 24, Miami 3
Miami 14, Washington 7
Miami 24, Minnesota 7
Pittsburgh 16, Minnesota 6
Pittsburgh 21, Dallas 17
Oakland 32, Minnesota 14
Dallas 27, Denver 10
Pittsburgh 35, Dallas 31
Pittsburgh 31, Los Angeles 19
Oakland 27, Philadelphia 10
San Francisco 26, Cincinnati 21
Washington 27, Miami 17
Los Angeles 38, Washington 9
San Francisco 38, Miami 16
Chicago 46, New England 10
New York Giants 39, Denver 20
Washington 42, Denver 10
San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16
San Francisco 55, Denver 10
New York Giants 20, Buffalo 19
Washington 37, Buffalo 24
Dallas 52, Buffalo 17
Dallas 30, Buffalo 13
San Francisco 49, San Diego 26
Dallas 27, Pittsburgh 17
Green Bay 35, New England 21
Denver 31, Green Bay 24
Denver 34, Atlanta 19
St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16
Baltimore 34, NY Giants 7
New England 20, St. Louis 17
Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21
New England 32, Carolina 29
New England 24, Philadelphia 21
Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10
Indianapolis 29, Chicago 17
New York Giants 17, New England 14
Steelers 27, Arizona Cardinals 23
New Orleans Saints 31, Indianapolis Colts 17
Green Bay Packers 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 25
New York Giants 21, New England Patriots 17
Losses% WonSeason
2
75.0% 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1995, 2005, 2008, 2010
5
3
62.5% 1970, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1992, 1993, 1995
4
42.9% 1985, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011
0
100% 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2012
2
4
33.3% 1977, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1997, 1998
1
80.0% 1966, 1967, 1996, 1997, 2010
1
80.0% 1986, 1990, 2000, 2007, 2011
The record for consecutive wins is two and
2
60.0% 1972, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1991
is shared by seven franchises:
2
60.0% 1967, 1976, 1980, 1983, 2002
1967-68 Green Bay Packers
2
3
40.0% 1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984,
1973-74 Miami Dolphins
2
2
50.0% 1968, 1970, 2006, 2009
1975-76 Pittsburgh Steelers
4
0%
1969, 1973, 1974, 1976
1979-80 Pittsburgh Steelers
4
0%
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
1989-90 San Francisco 49ers
2
33.3% 1979, 1999, 2001
1993-94 Dallas Cowboys
1
50.0% 1966, 1969
1998-99 Denver Broncos
1
1
50.0% 1985, 2006
2004-05 New England Patriots.
0
100% 2000, 2012
2
0%
1981, 1988
2
0%
1980, 2004
There have only been six times that the same franchises have met in multiple
0
100% 1968
Super Bowls.
1
0
100% 2002
The first was Super Bowl XIII, which featured a rematch of Super Bowl X,
0
100% 2009
with the Pittsburgh Steelers beating the Dallas Cowboys in both contests.
1
0%
1994
The two franchises would meet for a third time in Super Bowl XXX, with the
0
1
0%
1998
Cowboys leaving victorious.
1
0%
1999
The Washington Redskins avenged their loss in Super Bowl VII by defeating
1
0%
2003
the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII.
1
0%
2005
The San Francisco 49ers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in both Super
1
0%
2008
Bowl XVI and XXIII.
0
—
N/A
The only back-to-back rematch came in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII, with
0
—
N/A
the Dallas Cowboys defeating the Buffalo Bills in both contests.
0
—
N/A
Most recently, Super Bowl XLVI featured the New York Giants defeating the
0
—
N/A
New England Patriots, the same result as Super Bowl XLII.
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In the Kitchen
Neil Jameson
The Retired
Firehouse Cook
There’s nothing that says “Super
Bowl Party” like Buffalo Wings. A
sports bar staple since the late 1960s,
they’re hot and spicy, so they’re traditionally served with bleu cheese or
Ranch dressing and celery sticks (to put
out the fire). They can be deep fried or
oven fried and one can vary the “fire” by
adjusting the amount of cayenne pepper
or hot sauce used in the recipe.
But where did they come from?
The Jim Galbo Story
I am originally from Buffalo, NY
and I recall “wings” popping onto the
bar scene in the late 1960s . . .
The origin? I know Anchor Bar has
been telling their story(ies) for many
years but consider this: My late father
told me of a barbeque shack on the East
side of Buffalo that he and some friends
used to frequent for chicken, lake fish
Game Day favorite
Buffalo Wings: The stories
and the definitive recipe
and ribs. The owner was an older black
man (name unremembered) who relocated from the south (not sure where)
who didn’t barbeque the wing portion of
his chickens because they often burned
and the customers complained. He froze
the wings and a couple times per month
he would thaw and deep fry them, toss
them in his hot sauce and sell them for
almost nothing. No celery or carrot
sticks, no bleu cheese or ranch dipping
sauce, just southern fried wings in hot
sauce.
The Anchor Bar Quintet of
Stories
The surprise guest version
Buffalo wings were first prepared at
the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY by Teressa Bellissimo, who owned the bar with
her husband Frank. Their son, Dominic,
showed up one evening with several of
his friends. Teressa needed a fast and
easy snack so she came up with the idea
of deep frying chicken wings (normally
thrown away or reserved for stock) and
tossing them in cayenne hot sauce.
The snowstorm version
There was a harsh snowstorm in
Buffalo. When is there NOT a harsh
snowstorm in Buffalo? The owners of
the Anchor Bar were snowed in. In order
to keep from starving, Teressa deep fried
chicken wings – normally thrown out –
and served them as a dish.
The Catholic customer version
Dominic Bellissimo (Frank and
Teressa’s son) told The New Yorker
reporter Calvin Trillin in 1980: “It was
Friday night in the bar and since people
were buying a lot of drinks he wanted to
do something nice for them at midnight
when the mostly Catholic patrons would
be able to eat meat again.” His mother,
Teressa, came up with the idea of
chicken wings.
There was mis-delivery of wings
instead of backs and necks for making
the bar’s spaghetti sauce.Frank Bellissimo says that he asked Teressa to do
something with them and she invented
the dish.
The John Young
Wings ‘N Things Story
John Young claims credit for serving chicken wings in a special “mambo
sauce”. Chicken wings in mambo sauce
became the specialty at his Buffalo
restaurant in the mid-1960s. His wings
were breaded. Young had registered the
name of his restaurant, John Young’s
Wings ‘n Things, at the county courthouse before leaving Buffalo in 1970.
This is the original spicy Buffalo chicken wings recipe from the
Anchor Bar in Buffalo, NY. You can adjust the heat by adding more or
less cayenne and Tabasco.
Makes 6 Servings of Buffalo Chicken Wings (6 per person)
Ingredients:
36 chicken wing pieces (one wing makes 2 pieces - the “flat” and
the “drum”)
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 tsp. salt
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 Tbsp. white vinegar
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. Tabasco sauce
1/4 tsp. salt
6 Tbsp. Louisiana hot sauce (Frank’s is the brand used in Buffalo)
6 Tbsp. unsalted butter or margarine
Seasoned Popcorn
Pop a batch of popcorn – in
fact a lot of batches of popcorn
– and instead of salt and butter,
consider seasoning it with and of
the following:
Italian seasoning
Parmesan cheese
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
If necessary, cut whole wings into two pieces. The wing tip doesn’t
really have enough meat on it to make it worth your while, so either
toss them out or use them for stock.
In a bowl toss the wings with the oil, and salt. Place into a large
plastic shopping bag, and add the flour. Shake to coat evenly. Remove
Home Improved Chili
If you’re putting on the party, you don’t want to be slaving over a hot
stove and then be too tired to enjoy the game – and the commercials
and the half time entertainment. So, thought I would not enter this
in a chili contest where the purists would drum you right out, what’s
the harm in heating up a big (and I mean big – a #10 can) of chili con
carne?
At the firehouse, we would have our own little Super Bowl parties,
and even though we might not get to see the whole game, we got to
eventually eat all the food.
To home improve your #10 can of chili, make it in crock pot (less
chance of burning it on the stove).
To your favorite #10 can of chili: add 1 can of Mexican style diced
stewed tomatoes.
In a large frying pan, saute a pound of hot pork sausage, a large yellow
onion (diced), 1 or two jalapeno peppers (diced), 1 or two bell peppers
diced, 1 Tbsp. Chili powder, 2 Tbsp. Chopped garlic, 1 Tbsp. Cumin
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Game Day Special • January 25, 2013
Hot Artichoke/
Spinach Dip
Bacon Wrapped
Delights
This dip is amazing -- so cheesy and
fragrant. If you don’t like artichokes,
don’t worry -- you’ll never know they’re
in there! My only question is: Is it okay
to just eat it with a spoon right out of the
dish?
A delicious and visually stunning appetizer is easily made by wrapping
asparagus bundles and enoki mushrooms
in strips of bacon before roasting in the
oven.
Prep Time: 25 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Ready In: 40 Minutes
Servings: 6
Servings: 12
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese,
softened
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup grated Romano cheese
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
12 spears white asparagus
4 ounces enoki mushrooms
24 slices bacon
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
salt and pepper to taste
1 (14 ounce) can artichoke hearts,
drained and chopped
1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed
and drained
1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
4 ounces shiitake mushrooms, stemmed
and sliced 1/4-inch thick
DIRECTIONS:
1.Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2.Bring a pot of water to a boil. Blanch the asparagus until it is barely cooked
and still crisp, 2 to 4 minutes. When done, plunge the asparagus into ice water
to stop the cooking. When cool, trim the asparagus to 8-inch lengths. Wrap a
bundle of 6 asparagus spears with six strips of bacon, side by side, securing each
slice with a toothpick. The bacon should be wrapped around twice so that there
are two layers.
DIRECTIONS:
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a small baking
dish.
2.In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese,
Romano cheese, garlic, basil, garlic salt, salt and pepper. Gently stir in artichoke
hearts and spinach.
3.Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish. Top with mozzarella cheese.
Bake in the preheated oven 25 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned.
3.Trim the enoki mushrooms, and separate into 12 pieces. Stuff each enoki piece
with four pieces of shiitake. Wrap each bundle with a slice of bacon, wrapping
around twice, and secure with a
toothpick. Place the bundles on
a wire rack placed over a baking
sheet.
“Save the Pool”
Benefit Spaghetti Feed
4.Roast in preheated oven for 6
minutes, then flip the bundles over,
and cook for another 4 to 6 minutes,
until the bacon is brown and crisp.
5.To serve, remove all 24 toothpicks,
and slice the asparagus bundles
between the bacon. Drain on paper
towels for a moment before serving.
Guacamole
Date: January 26th
Time: 4pm-8pm
Join the
Pacific Grove
Masonic Lodge #331,
as they generously host a
spaghetti feed benefitting the
Lovers Point Children’s Pool
Fundraising Campaign.
$10 per person
$5 Kids 12 & Under
Dine-In or Take-Out
Meal Includes:
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Yummy Spaghetti w/Meat
or Vegetarian Sauce
Salad
Garlic Bread
Choice of Water, Ice Tea or
Lemonade
Location:
The Masonic Lodge
130 Congress Ave., Pacific Grove
(by Caledonia Park & the PG Post Office)
For tickets and more info call:
Don Mothershead • 831.648.3130
Or stop by City Hall
Cilantro and cayenne give this tasty
guacamole a kick.
Servings: 4
INGREDIENTS :
3 avocados - peeled, pitted, and mashed
1 lime, juiced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup diced onion
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
2 roma (plum) tomatoes, diced
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 pinch ground cayenne pepper, optional
DIRECTIONS:
1. In a medium bowl, mash together the
avocados, lime juice, and salt.
2. Mix in onion, cilantro, tomatoes, and
garlic.
3. Stir in cayenne pepper.
4. Refrigerate 1 hour for best flavor, or
serve immediately.
January 25, 2013 • CEDAR STREET TIMES
Game Day Special • Page 5
Beer Battered
Cod Sliders
German-Style
Pretzels
INGREDIENTS:
3 3/4 cups bread flour (20 ounces), plus
more for dusting
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
These chewy pretzels develop a shiny,
professional-looking crust as they bake.
A delicious and visually stunning appetizer is easily made by wrapping
asparagus bundles and enoki mushrooms
in strips of bacon before roasting in the
oven.
Cook Time: 15-20 Minutes
Ready In: 4 Hours
Servings: 6
Servings: 4
10 cups lukewarm water
1/2 cup baking soda
Coarse salt or pretzel salt, for sprinkling
(see Note)
DIRECTIONS:
1.In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine the
3 3/4 cups of bread flour with the warm water, yeast, kosher salt and butter and
knead at medium speed until the flour is evenly moistened, 2 minutes. Increase
the speed to high and knead until a smooth, elastic dough forms around the
hook, 8 minutes.
2. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. Cover loosely with a dry kitchen
towel and let rest for 5 minutes. Cut the dough into 8 equal pieces and form each
one into a ball. Cover the dough balls with the towel and let rest for another 5
minutes.
3. On an unfloured surface, roll each ball of dough into an 18-inch-long rope,
tapering them slightly at both ends. To shape each pretzel, form the rope into
a U shape. Cross the ends over each other twice to form the twist, then bring
the ends to the bottom of the U and press the tips onto it. Arrange the pretzels
on 2 large baking sheets lined with parchment paper and let stand uncovered
in a warm place for 45 minutes, or until slightly risen. Refrigerate the pretzels
uncovered for at least 2 hours or overnight.
4. Preheat the oven to 400°.
5. Dissolve 1/2 cup baking soda in 2 quarts of boiling water. Boil the pretzels for
30 seconds, then drain on wire racks before salting and baking.
6. Sprinkle the pretzels with coarse salt and bake on the top and middle racks of
the oven until shiny-brown and risen, about 17 minutes; shift the pans halfway
through baking. Let the pretzels cool slightly on the baking sheets before
serving.
7. Pretzels baked without salt can be frozen for up to 1 month. Spray the frozen
pretzels with water and sprinkle with salt before reheating in a 275° oven until
warmed through, about 20 minutes.
INGREDIENTS:
Ingredients
Caper Lemon Tartar Sauce:
1 cup mayo
2 tablespoons capers, drained and
chopped
2 tablespoons pickle relish
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Kosher salt and freshly ground black
pepper
Fennel Slaw:
1 1/2 cups red cabbage, sliced thin
1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves, chopped
1 medium bulb fennel, trimmed and
thinly sliced, save fronds for garnish
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from
about 1 lemon)
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
pepper
Fish:
6 cups peanut oil, for frying
2 cups plus 1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon table salt
One 12-ounce bottle good beer (Irish
stout preferred)
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 pound cod fillet, cut into pieces the
length of the buns
pepper
Sandwich Build:
8 parker house rolls, buttered and
griddled until toasted
DIRECTIONS:
1. For the caper lemon tartar sauce: Mix the mayo, capers, relish, lemon juice,
vinegar and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper, cover
and refrigerate for 15 minutes marry the flavors.
2. For the fennel slaw: Mix the red cabbage, parsley and fennel in a large bowl.
Whisk the lemon juice and mustard in a small bowl; whisk in the oil until
the dressing is smooth. Toss with the fennel mixture and season with salt and
pepper. Slaw can be stored in an airtight container and refrigerated up to 2 days.
3. For the fish: Heat the oil to 375 degrees F in a heavy-bottomed Dutch oven or
deep fryer.
4. Whisk 2 cups flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Add the beer and egg
and mix until combined.
5. Sprinkle the fish with salt and pepper. Dredge the fish in the remaining 1/2 cup
flour, shake off any excess, then dunk into the batter mixture, letting the excess
drip off. Fry the fish in the hot oil until golden brown and crispy, 4 to 5 minutes.
6. For the sandwich build: Place the hot, fried fish on the rolls. Then top with the
slaw and slather the top bun in the tartar sauce. Garnish with a fennel frond.
Grab with both hands and bite hard.
Living ‘La Pura Vida’ on a Motocicleta
Join us for an exciting travelogue by Michael Polkabla
about his recent 3-week trip through Costa Rica
on a motorcycle!
Sunday
January 27, 2013
5:00 PM
Rain or shine!
Slide show
Light refreshments
Bring a friend!
No need to be able to speak
Spanish, but you will learn what
“Salida!” means, at least when said
by a Nicaraguan border guard.
Jameson’s Classic
Motorcycle Museum
305 Forest Ave.
Pacific Grove
[email protected]
831-331-3334
LOVERS POINT PARK POOL
FUND-RAISING • CALL 831-648-3130
Pacific Grove
Sports and Leisure
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Boys
Thursday- Wednesday
Compiled by Kellen Gibbs
Soccer:
Wednesday
Friday- Vs. Santa Cruz (Kirbys); Away
Varsity: 10 Breakers, 1 Kirbys
Tuesday- Vs. Anzar; Home
Varsity: 4 Breakers, 0 Anzar
Basketball:
Friday- Vs. Marina; Home
JV: 64 Breakers, 48 Marina
Varsity: 66 Breakers, 45 Marina
Wednesday- Vs. King City; Home
JV: 44 Breakers, 40 King City
Varsity: 67 Breakers, 53 King City
Ben Alexander
Golf Tips
Ben Alexander PGA
PGA Teaching Professional,
Pacific Grove Golf
Links,
Poppy Hills Golf Course
PGA Teacher Of The
Year, No Cal PGA
831-277-9001
www.benalexandergolf.
com
Each mark = $1,000
__
$200,000
Breaker Scores: January 17 - 23
Girls
Soccer:
Thursday
Vs. RLS; Home
JV: 0 Breakers, 1 RLS,
Varsity: 1Breakers, 1 RLS
Wednesday- Vs. Gonzales; Home
JV: 0 Breakers, 6 Gonzales
Varsity: 5 Breakers, 2 Gonzales
Basketball:
Friday- Vs. Santa Catalina; Away
JV: 38 Breakers, 22 Santa Catalina
Varsity: 41 Santa Catalina, 33 Breakers
Wednesday- Vs. King City; Away
JV: 34 Breakers, 20 King City
Varsity: 40 Breakers, 53 King City
Breaker of the Week
Bianca Rosa
Bianca Rosa is a Senior and
plays Varsity Girls Soccer.
She scored two goals in PG's
win against Gonzales.
Breaker of the Week sponsored by
Central Coast Silkscreen & Embroidery
215 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove
831.372.1401
Check your shaft
I recently watched a movie about the golfers in 1900.
The shafts they used were made out of wood; the club faces were made
out of solid steel. The technology was really high tech for the time, but
the problem was many of the wooden shafts broke on a regular basis.
The shafts didn’t have a lot of bend or whip to them as compared to
the shafts of today. Any PGA professional will tell you the shaft is the
most important part of the golf club. The amateur player usually looks
at the styling of the club, which is also important. For lower scores
in the 2013 season, make sure to get your golf club shaft checked for
proper specifications to your golf swing.
Pool Update as of Jan. 23, 2013
208 individuals have pledged more than $39,000 total; seven service
groups have pledged more than $9.000; four employee associations
have pledged a total of $7,000. the total today pledged or collected is
$96,490.12 toward a goal of $200,000.
Breaker of the Week
Josh Wren
Josh Wren, Sophomore plays JV Boys
Basketball.
He scored 16 points in the win against
King City.
Breaker of the Week sponsored by
Pete’s Autobody & Glass
214 Fountain Ave., Pacific Grove
831.372.2755
By Kellen Gibbs
It was definitely a good night for Pacific Grove Boys Basketball on Wednesday, Jan. 23 with the Breakers grabbing
wins against the King City Mustangs in
both Junior Varsity and Varsity. The JVs
ended with a score of 44 to 40 though
Varsity gave a little bit more leeway,
finishing 67 to 53.
The Breakers took the lead early on
in the JV game and, though it came close,
never let go of it. At the end of the first
half, the Breakers led the game 28-19
and went into the third quarter looking as
if they had the game in hand. But King
City came out ready to respond bringing
the game to a close score of 34-31 in the
end of the third. As the seconds were
dwindling down in the fourth, King City
hit a 3 pointer to bring the game one point
away with a score of 41-40. It was two
unfortunate penalties on King City that
put this tight game to rest with a final
score of 44-40.
As soon as the JV game ended the
Varsity team took the court and the
Breakers came out ready to play. Just
like the JV game, the Varsity Breakers
quickly took the lead over the Mustangs
with each player contributing to the first
quarter score of 16-10, Breakers leading.
It wasn’t till the second that some names
started to stand out in the announcer’s
booth; # 23 Jordan Borne, #4 Luke Lowell, and #30 John Buttrey helped the team
to a 22-point lead, topped off with a nice
three-pointer from #3 Kevin Russo to
end the half with a score of 37-12. The
Breakers were dominating. The third
quarter had a lot of action that seemed to
Left: JV’s Uche Ebo #23
a King City player. Right:
Miles Cutcheon #32 on the
defense of the basket.
Below, Left: Noah Dalhammer heads down the courtt.
Center: Luke Lowell, #4,
passes to Miles Cutcheon
#32 who Right: goes up for
the goal.
Left: Renzon Morata has possession. Below: Jordan
Borne us under attack by three King City players.
Times • Page 27
fall in favor of the Mustangs, cutting the
Breakers' lead down to a tighter 16 points.
In the final period of the game King City
fought hard but were matched by the
Pacific Grove’s ability to answer the call.
It was a valiant effort by the Mustangs
but in the end the Breakers came on top,
67-53 putting them at 4-and-2 in league.
The Breakers will be back at home
this Friday against Greenfield, Monday
against York and will travel to Carmel
on Wednesday to play the Padres. Go get
‘em Breakers!
Real estate Bulletin
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Pacific Grove
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Pacific Grove
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305-307CypressStXPineAve
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Monterey
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Pacific Grove
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Offered at $380,000
Joe Smith
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Market SnapShot (as of January 22, 2013)
Pacific Grove
Single Family
Number of
Properties
Median
Price
Current
Inventory
35
$719,000 $1,300,254
128
Properties
in Escrow
31
$599,000
$664,661
73
Closed Sales
January
5
$540,000
$550,000
79
Closed Sales
Year to Date 2013
5
$540,000
$550,000
79
Average Price
Days on
Market

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