After Derelict Boats Drift Across Bay Toward West Shore

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By DEIRDRE McCROHAN By HANNAH WEIKEL [email protected] [email protected] ——— ——— The Belvedere-Tiburon Library At least a half-dozen boats broke Agency board of trustees has free of their Sausalito anchorage awarded the construction contract amid gusting winds Sept. 26 and for the Belvedere-Tiburon Library drifted across Richardson Bay expansion project to Richmond- toward West Shore Road in Belve- based Alten Construction, marking dere, prompting a local resident to a milestone in the years-long ef ort hop on his jet ski to try to tow the to add on to the current facility. boats away from the shoreline and The six-member board at its Sept. his neighbors’ homes. 25 meeting voted unanimously to ROY WICKLAND Jaime Burnes, who lives on West award the contract to Alten, which In this image taken from video, West Shore Road resident Jamie Burnes uses his personal watercraft during gusting Shore Road, said he saw the boats had submitted the lowest of four winds to tow a boat clear of a home on Sept. 26. Several boats broke loose from the Sausalito anchorage and drifted and realized help was not going to bids for the project at $12.63 million. across Richardson Bay to the Belvedere shore. arrive in time, so he took to his jet ——— ski and spent a couple of hours that See LIBRARY, PAGE 29 afternoon battling whitecaps and accelerating winds as he dragged Paul clinches Tiburon Challenger the unoccupied boats away from Mill Valley ﬁ lm shore. Top-seeded American edged No. 8, Aussie Kokkinakis, for pro singles title One sailboat got within 5 feet of festival returns his neighbor’s dock, he said. By MATTHEW HOSE “It was complete chaos,” he said. with feature [email protected] “I would take them out far enough ——— hoping the anchor would catch. from Tiburon A bathroom break at a pivotal I just kept going back and forth, moment in a thrilling Tiburon towing one out as another blew exec producer Challenger f nals match Sept. back in.” 29 led to a controversial penalty Eventually a local diving service that helped f rst-seeded Ameri- By HEATHER LOBDELL joined Burnes on the waves and [email protected] can Tommy Paul take home the towed the loose boats one by one ——— top tournament prize. back to the anchor-out community This year’s Mill Valley Film Fes- Australian f nalist and eighth of the shore of Sausalito. It’s un- tival will showcase 215 f lms from seed Thanasi Kokkinakis was ——— 52 countries, including the world penalized a full game for tak- See BOATS, PAGE 22 premiere of “Team Marco,” a fam- ing a long bathroom break be- ily feature executive produced by tween the second and third set FRANK FENNEMA / FOR THE ARK Tiburon’s Steve Malley. of the f nal singles match. Paul Meanwhile, in the doubles American Tommy Paul (seen here), Radio authority to “Team Marco” is one of 13 f lms then seized on the momentum, tournament, the third-seeded the No. 1 seed, beat Australian that will have their world premiere hitting a number of high-speed host meeting on team of Robert Galloway of Thanasi Kokkinakis, the No. 8 seed, at the festival, which runs Oct. 3-13 aces in the third set to dispatch South Carolina and Roberto at the $100,000 Tiburon Challenger antennas, including and brings A-list actors and famed the Australian and win the Chal- singles tournament at the Tiburon ——— lenger tournament 7-5, 6-7 (7-3) ——— Peninsula Club on Sept. 29. Mount Tiburon’s See FESTIVAL, PAGE 20 and 6-4. See TENNIS, PAGE 29 See story, page 5

Tennis, continued from page 1 ——— Maytín of Venezuela needed just two straight sets to beat the unseeded pair JC Aragone of Yorba Linda, Calif., and Dar- ian King of Barbados, who had taken down the f rst-seeded team earlier in the tournament. The two matches were the culmination of the weeklong tournament played Sept. 23-29 at the Tiburon Peninsula Club. A nonprof t event, the Tiburon Challenger is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour, one level below the association’s World Tour. Players in the Challenger Tour are trying to earn enough points to become eligible for the World Tour and Grand Slam tournaments, which include the Australian Open, French Open, Wimble- don and U.S. Open. Paul, who is ranked 81st in the world, edged out Kokki- nakis, who is ranked 161st, in a wild three-set match that featured a number of extended baseline rallies, with both men launching powerful forehands past each other. It was the f rst time they had played against each other. After the match, Paul noted that he didn’t have an easy path to get to the f nals, as his f rst two matches both went to three sets. “It was def nitely a good week for me,” Paul said. “It didn’t start of so great — my f rst round I didn’t really play so well — but I just felt like I kept building momentum.” FRANK FENNEMA / FOR THE ARK Paul, who is from North Carolina, took the f rst set against Third-seeded Roberto Maytín of Venezuela (seen here) and Robert Galloway of the U.S. won the $100,000 Tiburon Challenger doubles Kokkinakis 7-5, but it wasn’t easy going: the set featured a tournament at the Tiburon Peninsula Club on Sept. 29, defeating the unseeded duo JC Aragone of Yorba Linda and Darian King of Barbados. total of f ve broken serves. With that f rst set tied at 5-5, Kokkinakis, who in 2018 defeated the world’s No.1-ranked Roger Federer before suf- to win the game. He then broke Kokkinakis’s serve with four early in the second set, going up four games to one. However, fering a series of injuries, was serving down a few points straight points the next game to win the match, which lasted Aragone and King gave a last ef ort, breaking back to tie the when a line judge called one of his shots out. Kokkinakis nearly two hours, the longest of the tournament. set at 5-5. disagreed and argued with the umpire, but he lost the game. Kokkinakis said after the match that Paul “deserved to But the comeback was stopped short when Maytín and Paul then held his serve to take the set. win.” Galloway held their serve to go up 6 games to 5, then broke “Especially in that third set, he played lights out.” their opponents’ last service to win the match. In the second set, both men kicked up the energy. In one Tiburon Peninsula Club Tennis Director Brendan Curry Galloway, who won four doubles Challenger titles in 2018, standout point, Kokkinakis rushed the net and hit a drop called the match the “best f nal we’ve ever seen here” as he said he knew Aragone and King were going to f ght back shot that seemed out of reach for Paul, who was standing presented the cash awards and announced donations to sev- after the f rst set, since they had won a number of second at the baseline. However, Paul showed his speed and scram- eral charities, including the Special Olympics of Northern sets in the tournament. He also pointed out his partner, May- bled across the court, hitting a passing winner to break the California, the USTA NorCal Tennis Foundation, the Rotary tín, actually beat him in the Tiburon Challenger tournament serve. Kokkinakis expressed frustration on the court shortly of Tiburon, the Foundation for Reed Schools and Youth Ten- last year. thereafter, exclaiming after one miss: “I hate this so much.” nis Advantage. “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” he said. But Kokkinakis battled through the second set, with one For winning the tournament, Paul took home a cash prize Aragone noted he and King were getting “crushed for a game featuring six deuce points. Kokikinakis hit a number of $14,400, while Kokkinakis took $8,480 for second place. second” and that the wind was bothering him throughout of rocket-speed winners past Paul, who couldn’t get his serve the match, but he said they didn’t give up. going, and won the set in a tie-break. Galloway-Maytín get doubles win “We tried to come back,” he said. Things didn’t go Kokkinakis’s way after that set, though. in straight sets And King said he thought he and Aragone played well In the break between the second and third sets, the chair In the doubles match, which was played before the singles considering it was their f rst time playing doubles together. umpire imposed the one-game penalty on Kokkinakis for f nal, the duo of Maytín and Galloway used powerful serves “It’s always a pleasure being here,” King said. “The crowd taking too long on a bathroom break. The imposition led and strong work at the net to control the f rst set of the game, is awesome.” to loud boos from the crowd, and Kokkinakis got into an overpowering the unseeded team of Aragone and King. As f nalists, Aragone and King took home a $3,600 cash extended argument with the umpire. Paul was awarded a The two teams both held their serves until the f fth game prize, while Galloway and Maytín took home $6,200 for the one game to zero lead before hitting a ball in the third set. in that set. Then King, who won the 2016 Tiburon Challeng- tournament victory. Kokkinakis referred to the incident in a post-game inter- er singles title, double-faulted during his serve to go down view and wrote a post on Twitter after the game. 30-40. Galloway and Maytín played aggressively, and they “I’ll take a leak on court next time,” Kokkinakis tweeted. broke that serve as well as the next one to win the set, 6-2. Contributor Matthew Hose is an independent writer and The one-game lead in hand, Paul found his serve again. As the weather alternated between shady and sunny and former award-winning reporter and photographer for The With the set tied 4-4, Paul scored three aces out of four points the wind kicked up speed, Galloway and Maytín broke again Ark.

Library, continued from page 1 mit; however, he didn’t have a f rm timeline • $1 million from the building fund of the Local projects include modernizations of Bel ——— for when the permit would be awarded. Library Agency, the public government en- Aire Elementary and Del Mar Middle schools. Community Development Director Sung tity that operates the library. “We live in Marin, so we’re very excited,” The bids were unsealed Sept. 17, after Kwon noted there are several items left on • A $4 million line of credit from Mechan- said Shannon Alten, who attended the Sept. which Alten’s bid and supporting documents the library’s to-do list before a permit can ics Bank, which library of cials say they 25 meeting with her son, Bobby Alten, a were vetted by the project architect, BRA Ar- be issued. Library of cials need to submit hope to not use to avoid interest fees. Marin native who also works in the f rm as chitects of San Francisco. a stormwater-pollution prevention plan, pro- • A need-based contribution of up to its estimator. “We love working in our neigh- With the contract awarded, library of - vide additional information for an encroach- $600,000 from the town of Tiburon, payable borhood, in our community.” cials are now waiting on a building permit ment permit and revise their plan for phasing in four annual payments of $150,000. At the meeting, Library Agency Board from the town of Tiburon to break ground construction, among other details. Isaacson said Belvedere-Tiburon Library Chair Tom Cromwell noted the last 18 months before winter. The entire cost of the expansion project is Foundation board President Barry Moss was of prepping the project and fundraising have The project will add 8,617 square feet to the estimated at $17.64 million, which includes committed to not touching the $4 million line been “challenging.” existing 10,500-square-foot library located at construction as well as architecture and en- of credit. “But the agency and the (library) founda- 1501 Tiburon Blvd. The additional space will gineering fees, furniture and equipment, per- In a Sept. 27 email, Library Agency board tion and the staf , and several of you in this be used to enhance the children’s, teen and mitting and more. Chair Bill Smith also noted the agency would room who are not part of any of those, have adult libraries and create new administrative The library agency currently has about be working to raise additional funds “that persevered and hung together and kept going areas and conference rooms. $18.7 million available to cover the cost of the will allow us to not use our line of credit as to get this thing accomplished,” he said. Of cials have said they hope to begin con- project. That includes: last dollars.” struction sometime this fall. • About $14 million through the nonprof t Alten, a family-run company owned by Deirdre McCrohan has reported on Tiburon “We’re almost there,” project manager Belvedere-Tiburon Library Foundation’s fun- Bob and Shannon Alten of Marin, has com- for more than 30 years. Reach her at 415- Glenn Isaacson said about the building per- draising proceeds. pleted more than $750 million in projects. 944-4634.