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VolumeThe 107 No. 7 Carmelwww.carmelpinecone.com Pine ConeFebruary 12-18, 2021 T r u s t e d by locals and loved by visi t o r s s i n c e 1 9 1 5 Moreno, vaccine rollout debated during ‘State of City’ n Adams: Hard to keep up rollout, she said, “I hear so many people say Dr. Moreno is not the great- with constituent calls est communicator. Dr. Moreno is the most shy person I have ever met, and By MARY SCHLEY this is agony for him to have to speak publicly. He also is very conscious of WHILE THE Carmel Chamber giving precise and correct answers.” of Commerce’s State of the City pre- Unmentioned during the call was sentations Friday might have intended the fact that Moreno’s job description to focus on city issues, it was Mon- requires him to be able to “prepare terey County 5th District Supervisor clear and concise written and oral re- Mary Adams’ comments that had ports,” and “speak effectively before PHOTOS/MICHAEL TROUTMAN, DMT IMAGING some viewers spitting out their coffee. large groups.” In her presentation, Adams men- Clockwise from left: CBS Sports broadcaster Jim Nantz, just days tioned some issues facing the coun- Bad names after calling the Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla., was the announcer for ty, such as $600 million in deferred MacMurdo urged Adams to “get an “Every Shot Counts” charity event on Wednesday, with celebri- maintenance on county roads and ties like Kathryn Newton (“Big Little Lies”), Larry Fitzgerald and Bill back to your constituents, and get Murray. And during Thursday’s opening round of the no-fans AT&T the search for ways to pay for it, and back to them in a timely manner so Pro-Am, an official tries to answer the question, “If you signal for qui- complaints about traffic and illegal that they fear less,” and the supervi- et and there’s no one around, do they still make a sound?” parking on Scenic Road around Car- sor replied that she receives more than mel Point, but it was her defense of 200 emails a day, “and it’s very hard Monterey County Health Officer Dr. to keep up.” She also said her assis- Ed Moreno and her own efforts during tant is forced to listen to complaints, the past year that got people talking. “ugliness,” and “vitriol,” “so it’s tough to pick up the phone to someone who ‘He’s so shy’ has just read you the riot act and called After chamber CEO Jenny Mac- you bad names and say, ‘How can I Murdo raised the issue of communica- help you?’” tion problems with the county, which And she said “it’s difficult” when has been slow to release information “people are asking questions they al- throughout the pandemic and is often ready know the answer to, and all they unresponsive to questions, Adams told want to do is complain.” viewers she sends out an e-newslet- Jessica Faddis, executive director ter every other week, but that people of the Carmel Youth Center, asked have to call the county to subscribe, why nonprofits are barred from apply- Nantz comes home to cover one-of-a-kind Pro-Am and she’s proud of the five town hall ing for the second round of county-ad- meetings held to share information ministered coronavirus relief grants. By MARY SCHLEY down in brutally cold weather, he said, “you can about last summer’s fires and their af- Adams said she must be mistaken bet there are going to be some spectacular cam- termath. and that nonprofits were eligible, but FRESH OFF a whole lot of sportscasting era angles for a lot of America to enjoy.” “And you can call our office or Adams was incorrect. The applica- firsts — first live broadcast of a major event af- “As many times as you can put a blimp in you can email us or text us, so we can tion window for the new round of 825 ter the start of the pandemic, first NFL games the sky and look down on the Monterey Penin- serve as a liaison to get you the an- $10,000 grants opened Feb. 8, and without fans, first Super Bowl with a home-field sula, there’s a lot of value in that for the view- swers that you want,” she said. nonprofits are listed as “ineligible” on advantage — longtime CBS sportscaster Jim er living vicariously through that broadcast,” As for Moreno, who is often under the Monterey County Workforce De- Nantz returned home to Pebble Beach this week he said. “They can watch and hopefully be fire for his poor communication skills, velopment Board website. to cover another first: the AT&T Pro-Am being failure to crack down on the county’s played without amateurs and celebrities, as well See NANTZ page 26RE hot spots and dysfunctional vaccine See DEBATED page 31A as without fans. Grateful for the chance to spend the week at home with his family instead of quarantined in Musk begins testing satellite internet in Big Sur hotels as he’s been for the past several months, Nantz said Tuesday he’s delighted to be able By CHRIS COUNTS ceiver/transmitters to provide internet connections. Each satel- “to walk to work every day” during the AT&T, lite weighs about 500 pounds and has its own solar array. More which started with practice rounds and culmi- BIG SUR has long had lousy internet and cell service, than 1,000 satellites have been launched so far, and the compa- nates with a final round Sunday following three but that could change, thanks to Elon Musk’s low-orbit satel- ny hopes to have 4,000 in orbit by 2024, with long-range plans days of tournament play. lite-based internet service, Starlink. to increase that number to tens of thousands. The satellites will “Starlink will begin offering service in your area beginning be in orbits just 350 miles high and, unlike traditional commu- Blue skies ahead mid- to late-2021,” reads a recent email from the company to While he doesn’t work for the Golf Channel, one local resident. See STARLINK page 30A which covers the AT&T during the week, Nantz According to Butch Kronlund of the Community Associa- was asked to announce Wednesday’s Charity tion of Big Sur, the impending arrival of service has many curi- Challenge by Steve John, chairman of the Mon- ous about it. “Yesterday, this opportunity went live, and several terey Peninsula Foundation, which hosts the Big Sur locals have already signed up,” he said. tournament. “We’re going to have a five-hole match, and Rural and connected I think it’s a great idea, since there are no ama- Internet service is notoriously bad in Big Sur — especially teurs and celebrities this year,” he said. “This is along the South Coast and in remote canyons. But Kronlund the 75th anniversary of it being in Pebble Beach, said he’s hopeful the new system will make it better — and of- and there had to be some sort of connection with fer enough bandwidth so people can stream movies, play online the spirit and the lifeblood of such an important games or use the internet for phone calls. tournament.” “There are many places in Big Sur where nobody can get a On Saturday, Nantz will step into the CBS signal, and there are other places where service is poor,” Kro- booth with his crew to begin coverage of the fi- nlund said. nal two days of the tournament, which will be Starlink said “rural and remote” communities — where con- treated more like a standard pro event, without nectivity has been a challenge — are “ideally suited” for the the usual camera shots of celebrities and their service. antics seamlessly meshed with footage of some The company is offering pre-orders of its service for $99 a of the world’s best players vying for part of the month, plus $499 for a router and other equipment. GRAPHIC/STARLINK $7.8 million purse. To make Starlink possible, Musk is assembling a constella- Once it has thousands of mini satellites in low-earth orbit, Starlink says it’ll And, as some of the country is hunkered tion of small satellites that will work in tandem with ground re- be able to offer high-speed internet almost anywhere.

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Science Over Stigma: How You Can Make A Change

Th e Epidemic in Our Backyard fi nd the answers, we have to fund the science – the research – that is so desper- ately needed right now. Many of us knew Ginger as the young blonde woman who excessively walked around Carmel and Pebble Beach. Th is is how AIM is leading the way. While many mental health organizations focus on de-stigmatization eff orts, once we move past the stigma and get folks Her short blonde hair, emaciated frame, and in the door to treatment, the innovation ends abruptly. Th is is why AIM is determination to move constantly disguised committed to funding the research - so that the positive changes don’t end at the Ginger who once was. In reality, Ginger eradicating stigma but that we continue to improve upon our means and meth- Doyel was so much more: a valedictorian, an ods to make treatment as eff ective as possible. accomplished artist, an author, a lady from a diff erent era. What many of us did not know AIM Beyond COVID Youth Mental Health Research Fund was that she had been experiencing an eating disorder since 18 years old. In December In 2020, AIM established the AIM Beyond COVID Youth Mental Health Re- of 2018, she passed away at 39 years old. search Fund, supporting studies to take treatments virtual to provide help to more families. Today, the number of our young people suffering with adverse mental health conditions Like Ginger, many young people are resistant to physically going to a facility or --suicide ideation, addiction, depression, doctor’s offi ce for treatment. But by going virtual, more children are accepting and/or crippling anxiety -- is at critical lev- help. Virtual treatments are the new normal. According to AIM Scientifi c Ad- els, and that was prior to COVID-19 sky- visory Board member, Dr. Barbara Cornblatt, who works with severely men- rocketing conversations surrounding mental tally ill youth, in one study she saw a 0% dropout in the virtual intervention health into the zeitgeist, allowing more folks funded by AIM. to be open about their mental health.

COVID-19 shined a light on what already was a global pandemic - youth struggling with their mental health.

As terms like “self care” are seemingly ubiquitous across our feeds today, it seems that one light of the pandemic has been the collective acceptance for mental health and community care. With a pre-COVID rate of one in four Americans experiencing challenges with mental health, the need for research and treatment has only grown more imperative.

“Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness,” states Janice Bremis, Executive Director of the Eating Disorders Resource Center (EDRC) in San Jose, California. “Yet dollars allocated to research do not refl ect the incidence of this life-threatening physical and mental illness.”

Science And Stigma - AIM is Leading the Way

Th e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that, during this pandemic, younger adults (18-24 years old) reported having experienced disproportionately worse mental health outcomes, increased substance use, AIM is funding a collaborative eating disorders study, the AIM Ginger Doyel and elevated suicidal ideation. Honorary Grant, led by two of the foremost authorities in the fi eld, Dr. Walter Kaye at University of California San Diego and Dr. Jim Lock at Stanford. Th e solution? Th e CDC recommends increasing intervention and prevention eff orts to address mental health conditions. To meet this crisis head-on, AIM “COVID has made it much more diffi cult for those with eating disorders to Youth Mental Health is working to fund research to fi nd the solutions. fi nd treatment,” says Dr. Kaye. “Th e intent of this study is to extend our evi- dence-based treatments using telemedicine to young people in their homes. Just like we need the science to fi nd vaccines for COVID-19, we need the sci- AIM is making this possible.” ence to fi nd better treatments for mental illness. While talking about mental health is important, it is not enough. We need to fi nd the answers, and to Dr. Lock, head of the Eating Disorder Program Stanford Children’s Health, refl ects: “With the pandemic, we have seen a spike in eating disorders in youth and the gap between availability of therapeutic resources and need which was already large has become a chasm. For example, our own referral list for initial evaluation has increased from a 2 month wait time a year ago to over 9 months AIM FOR AWARENESS now. Th is study funded by AIM will allow us to address this growing need through developing online self-help strategies for parents who need help while YOUTH DESIGN CHALLENGE they are waiting for care.”

CALLING ALL MIDDLE & HIGH Investments in youth mental health research sadly remain few and far between. Th ere is an urgent need for a coalition of philanthropists and leaders from the SCHOOL STUDENTS! public and private sectors to join forces to move the needle in changing the Time to think like an advertiser! trajectory of the youth mental health fi eld. AIM is committed to being a driving force in paving the way for this to happen by scaling youth mental health research initiatives.

With AIM, Researchers Can Expand Treatments - But AIM Needs Your Help

“I founded AIM when I discovered how little money was going into mental health research. It is shocking given the number of people suff ering from mental illness. You would think that it would be a priority at top medical centers, but, in reality, it’s the opposite. Clinical science research -- the research that can be translated into better treatments to actually help and save young people’s lives today -- is grossly underfunded.” AIM Founder Susan Stilwell

While de-stigmatization eff orts are vastly important for getting folks’ foot in the door to treatment, we need to simultaneously be developing research to keep those treatments relevant and eff ective. AIM wants YOU to join our movement If you would like to support AIM, please visit AIMymh.org. by designing an Ad for AlM to raise Or call 831-372-1600. awareness for youth mental health.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT 6A The Carmel Pine Cone February 12, 2021 Suspected thieves, counterfeiters arrested downtown in separate incidents

By MARY SCHLEY terey resident Stanley Mendez was driving on an expired driver’s license and was wanted for theft and shoplifting. A HUSBAND and wife were arrested Jan. 30 for The passenger, wife Jeannie Mendez, 50, also had out- counterfeiting and various other crimes after an officer standing warrants for shoplifting and theft. noticed their odd driving, and two men were taken into During a search of their vehicle, the officer found custody Jan. 31 after one of them stole three purses from counterfeit money, as well as tools burglars use for steal- Coach and ran away, according to Carmel Police Sgt. Jeff ing vehicles, and metallic foil tape, which can be used to Watkins. disable the door sensors that beep when someone walks Last Saturday, “my officer was on patrol and noticed a into a store. Stanley Mendez also had a fake $50 bill in person driving in the downtown area who was stopping, his pocket. getting out, looking at business windows, getting back in The couple’s car contained several items that appeared — kind of like he was casing,” he said. to have been stolen, including a woman’s bag with the se- Noticing the car was missing a front license plate and curity device still attached, a Roomba vacuum cleaner and had expired registration, the officer pulled the driver over a set of knives, according to Watkins. at Mission and Seventh and discovered 51-year-old Mon- Police arrested both on multiple charges, including Cesar Rodriguez William Estrada

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While Sales tax is trending as expected, head- By MARY SCHLEY last June. the adopted budget forecast property tax- ing for a total of $4,936,796 this fiscal year, When the council adopted the 2020- es at $6,822,304 — the single largest rev- but revenues from what the city charges for GANGBUSTER REAL estate sales 2021 spending plan just a few months into enue source, given declines in sales and permits and other “services” are down, driven by fleeing urbanites have pumped the pandemic, no one knew what the im- hotel taxes — actual numbers are trending most notably in the building department, hundreds of thousands of unanticipated tax pacts and consequences of the virus and its toward a year-end total of $7,419,963, ac- which is now estimated nearly $400,000 dollars into the city’s 2020-2021 budget, related shutdowns would be, so the budget cording to Friedrichsen, with $4,205,363 below the $1.08 million target. Charges for and better-than-expected hotel business was conservative, anticipating $19.7 mil- received so far. services were expected to bring in a little has helped, too, budgets and contracts di- lion in spending and $18.5 in revenues, “Based on December 2020 receipts more than $2 million overall, but Frie- rector Sharon Friedrichsen told the city with the balance covered by previous from the County of Monterey, there will drichsen revised the estimated total for the council last Tuesday during her report on years’ surpluses. be $600,000 more in property tax revenues year to just over $1.7 million. the first six months of the fiscal year. “It’s important to think about our bud- than budgeted,” she said. But other revenue sources, like fees for get framework and what the assumptions “If we had a crystal ball that worked Spend v. don’t spend city services, are coming in lower than ex- were in the spring and June of 2020 when well, we would have seen that people in On the expense side, spending is gen- pected, and given the tumult caused by ev- the budget was adopted,” Friedrichsen re- more urbanized areas all of a sudden could erally where it should be, though some er-changing coronavirus-related shutdown minded the council. work remotely and decided to move to the departments have spent more than a half- Monterey Peninsula,” where they have year’s allocation, and others have spent bought up most of the available inventory, less. The council’s decision to refinance the Rerig said. Sunset Center bonds carved $427,000 out Mary Bell of the estimated $1.2 million to be spent on Shown by Appointment That’s a lot Exceptional Representation For Individual Needs debt this year. 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By MARY SCHLEY explained. “They could possibly have a new classroom or to open due to an unnecessary delay. Is it really necessary teacher.” The timing is appropriate because it will be the to wait another four weeks when we were going to open end of the trimester, with a natural transition built in. ITH THE rate of new coronavirus infections in Feb. 1?” W Dellis said it will take about four days to get the tech- Monterey County down 80 percent in the last month, Car- She also wanted to know why kids won’t be in school nology working properly, set up the students in their new mel Uniﬁed School District acting superintendent Trisha on Fridays with the new schedule, and if grades that have online classrooms, ﬁnalize the new bus schedules and get Dellis said Wednesday night that kids will be back in ele- few students in the classroom could meet every day instead everything else in place. mentary school for hybrid learning starting March 8. of alternating between in-room and at-home schooling. “That’s a two-week rollout to get us to March 8 to have But a handful of parents who phoned in to the Feb. 10 Her calls for urgency and other complaints were echoed hybrid and in-person learning,” she said. “We’re excited board of education meeting complained that’s not soon by several other callers. about this.” enough and worried the numbers could go up again and Shara McIntyre asked how Dellis and the others could prevent a repeat of the waiver situation. “While I’m cau- thwart the reopening, as happened after the district got ap- Do it faster proval of its waiver last November to reopen but was pre- tiously optimistic about the March 8 reopening, I absolute- Most of the nine parents who called in asked the board vented from following through when Gov. Gavin Newsom ly don’t want to tell my child about it, because it was such to override Dellis’ timeline and get the schools open soon- shut everything down again last December. a disappointment last time,” she said. Her daughter is in er. “I would beg this board to reconsider delaying to March The district had settled on a Feb. 1 reopening, Dellis 8,” Sarah Miller said. “With the waiver, you lost the right See SCHOOLS page 18A said, but in the meantime, the state handed down new rules saying schools can’t reopen for in-person learning when case numbers are higher than 25 per 100,000 people per day. “I know that caused a lot of confusion for people.” Even though the county isn’t yet below that threshold, Dellis and other school administrators anticipate it will be and are preparing to have kids on campus starting March 8. “We are very, very excited to see those numbers are trending down,” she said. The work ahead The district submitted the required Covid-19 safety plan and other documents to the Monterey County Health Department and the state and plans to move ahead, barring any objections from them. “Those documents are also required to be put on our website and are there if you want to look at them,” Dellis added. The district has already been testing faculty and staff for Covid infections and has worked to create a safe environment. Following a break next week, teachers will be back Feb. 22 and will be working on assessments and report cards, she said. The week of March 1, faculty and staff will begin preparing themselves, their classrooms and their students for hybrid teaching, which has groups trading time between in-person and online instruction, with Fridays saved for kids meeting with teachers and distance learning in the morning, and teacher prep, planning and collaboration the rest of the day. The new setup likely means some students’ teachers and classmates will change. “We’ll still transition students that week, even if the numbers aren’t trending the way we would like,” Dellis

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First mention — He found fame, but never success — then he bought the course

By ELAINE HESSER the first place.” In 1978, Palmer was again paired with Ford, whom the More winters than not, Palmer came back here, thrilled paper called “the most famous golfer who never broke IN JANUARY 1962, The Pine Cone reported that that the fans and lost. In January 1970, The Pine Cone hopeful- 80.” A year later, Palmer recalled, “I didn’t give him much year’s Crosby Clambake would feature Arnold Palmer and ly prognosticated, “Arnold Palmer, the only major golfer help,” either. He also expressed his gratitude that the tour- TV personality Phil Harris in a foursome with a 33-year- never to have won the Bing Crosby National Pro-Amateur, nament was continuing, and he remained a popular draw old James Garner and Bob Rosburg, a pro from Palo Alto will really be pushing for a win.” who’d won the previous year’s tournament. The article was See FIRST page 19A the first time the newspaper printed the name of one of the A famous Ford leading figures in the history of professional golf. He might have pushed, but to no avail. Bert Yancey At the time, Palmer was already golf’s top money win- took that year’s $25,000 top prize, with Jack Nicklaus ner, but he didn’t win the Crosby that year. In fact, he nev- nipping at his heels. Of Palmer, the paper said, “The er won it. Not for lack of trying, mind you. Near the end $327 he collected for his finish will do little to cheer of his career, Palmer estimated he’d played in the Pebble him up.” And this was after playing in “almost an- Beach Pro-Am “close to 30 times,” including not only a kle-deep mud,” left over from “two days of high winds bevy of Pro-Ams, but the 1972 and 1982 U.S. Opens. and driving rain.” In 1999, he said, rather enigmatically, “I was remiss In January 1977, President Gerald Ford, who was that I never won a tournament at Pebble Beach.” But noth- soon to leave office, accepted an invitation to the ing seemed to dim his love of the course or the area. tournament, and Palmer was his partner. The pairing “should draw galleries beyond belief,” The Pine Cone Thrilling the fans forecast. In October 1962, The Pine Cone reported that Palmer Palmer’s usual partner, Mark McCormack of Inter- was in town to film two days of play at Pebble Beach and national Management Group, was permitted to stand Monterey Peninsula Country Club course with Gary Play- in for Ford in the first round of play on Jan. 20, since er, Ken Venturi and Byron Nelson, for “The Arnold Palmer Ford had to be in D.C. for the inauguration of his suc- Show,” a short-lived TV golf program. cessor, Jimmy Carter. Things went smoothly at Pebble, but then hit a snag. Bing Crosby died that fall while playing golf in MPCC’s board of directors asked for $1,000 and the Spain, but the tournament went on with son Nathan- PHOTO/PINE CONE FILE show’s producers “wouldn’t go much over $500.” Said the iel — barely 16 — taking over as host. Years later, he board’s golf chairman, Jim Mustard, “We felt the fee was told a group of fans that golfers tried to bribe him with Arnold Palmer, aka “The King,” in the 1982 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. not unreasonable. Besides, we didn’t much want them in candy bars for an invitation to play. Despite never winning there, he loved the course enough to help buy it.

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By CHRIS COUNTS “When we have more information, we’ll be announcing what our intention to do is,” he said. “We’re still removing WHILE WORKERS are busy fixing damage to High- trees, branches and debris. way 1 that was caused by recent storms, it’s still uncertain when a 150-foot chasm in the road at Rat Creek will be Closure area shrinking repaired — or even how it will be done. The closure area along Highway 1 has been shrinking “Intensive assessment continues at the Rat Creek site,” as progress is made. For now, the southern closure is at Caltrans said. “Surveys by land and air have provided the Willow Creek, but sometime in the next week or so, the necessary data to describe the topographical conditions closure will be moved north to Big Creek, where a turn- now in place after the immense debris flow. Geotechnical around is being built. The road is closed to the north, at and environmental studies also continue. There is no cur- least for now, at Esalen Institute. A second turnaround is rent estimate of a timeline for when this assessment phase being built just south of Esalen at Lime Creek. will be completed.” Businesses north of Esalen remain open, along with Workers were also busy this week making repairs to the State Parks day use areas, while camping at Pfeiffer Big pavement south of Rat Creek, which also sustained signif- Sur State Park resumed this week after a pandemic-related icant storm damage. hiatus. Campgrounds and day use areas will reopen to the “There is still much repair work to be done on High- south when the highway access makes that possible. way 1 between Rat Creek and Big Creek,” the state road Caltrans signed an emergency $5 million contract with agency continued. “This stretch of road will continue to be Papich Construction of San Luis Obispo County to assist a high priority for crews and contractors. This section of with repairs to Highway 1. road contains multiple locations of plugged culverts which The washout at Rat Creek was the worst of at least were overwhelmed by debris flows.” 60 sites along Highway 1, and at least 18 sites along Na- Late this week, Jim Shivers of Caltrans told The Pine cimiento-Fergusson Road that suffered storm damage in Cone that the agency is “very much in assessment mode.” recent weeks.

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CELEBRATING #ATTPROAM 75 YEARS OF MEMORIES

Everybody reads The Pine Cone 16A The Carmel Pine Cone February 12, 2021 Gregory J. Franks Flags planted at P.G. park to regory John Franks was born on February 3, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio, Gto Jerry Franks and Eleanore Paul Franks at 9:15 in the morning at University Hospital in Cleveland. Both of them were 26 when Greg was memorialize victims of coronavirus born. By KELLY NIX Mortuary. The idea was Pacific Grove City For his early years he lived in a small, Councilman Joe Amelio’s. He talked to ethnic suburb of Cleveland called ABOUT 300 American flags will be Ammar about it and they got the ball roll- Newburgh Heights. Then the family planted in the grass of Pacific Grove’s Lov- ing. moved to Parma, a new suburb, ers Point Park next week as a memorial “I have been following people who southwest of Cleveland. There he went to those in Monterey County who ha-9ve have died nationwide and in Monterey to St. Charles school, a K-8 parochial died while infected with the coronavirus, County, and felt that we should honor those school. From there they moved to the city’s chamber of commerce announced who have died here,” Amelio told The Pine Akron, Ohio where Jerry had bought a this week. Cone. As of Feb. 11, 301 people in the coun- house. Those were some happy years Representatives from 14 churches and ty had died with the virus, and the Pacific for the family and Cindy (Cynthia), other places of worship will hold a prayer Grove Chamber of Commerce and Paul and remembrance ceremony Friday, Feb. Greg’s younger sister was born in Mortuary are organizing the flag tribute. 19 at 10 a.m. Distancing and masks are re- 1946. Eventually the family bought Each flag will represent a person who has quired. For more information, call the P.G. a new house in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio succumbed. They will be placed on Feb. 17 Chamber at (831) 373-3304. which is located south of Cleveland, and remain in the park near Kent, Ohio. for four days. Greg went to Holy Family grade school and to Hoban High School (a “On behalf of the lo- Catholic High School run by brothers). He had some close friends in high cal business community school and dated. Those were good years. we wanted to express Ài}Ü>ÃÌ iwÀÃÌi Ãv>ÞÌ}ÌVi}i >Û}Lii>VVi«Ìi` our sympathy and sor- row to the families of at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He majored in Business Administration, the victims of the dead- but his heart was not in it. He was interested in the Army and joined the ly pandemic,” chamber ROTC at Ohio University, distinguishing himself over the years. Eventually president Moe Ammar he graduated with a Distinguished Military Graduate award. Only one other said. “Our thoughts person in his graduating class received a DMG, that person went into the and prayers go out to Marine Corps. Greg choose Army. He wanted Infantry, but got Artillery for the people who are suf- which he was soon grateful. He did get his Business Administration Degree fering the loss of loved and graduated in June of 1962. ones. We wanted them He met his wife, Susan Katherine Otto, at Ohio University. They fell in to know that we share love and were engaged in February of 1963 with wedding plans for after their pain — they are he graduated from Airborne and Ranger schools. He was off to his basic not alone.” Artillery course after the graduation ceremony in June of 1962. Went The small flags are A demonstration of what the coronavirus memorial in Pacific Grove’s through Airborne and Ranger school and Susan and Greg were married on being paid for by Paul Lovers Point park will look like when it’s set up Wednesday. ÛiLiÀÎä]£ÈÎ>`ÜiÀivvÌÃiiÌ iÜÀ`°/ iÀwÀÃÌ>ÃÃ}iÌ Ü>ÃÌÌ À>}}] ÌÌ inÓ`čÀLÀi°/ ÃiÜiÀiÃiwi`>ÞÃ° / iÀwÀÃÌÃ]ivviÀÞč>À>ÃÜ>ÃLÀč«À£È]£Èx° >Þ£ÈxÀi}ÜiÌÌ6iÌ >vÀÌ iwÀÃÌÌiÃÝÜiiÃ>vÌiÀivv was born. He was assigned as an advisor in the Mekong Delta to the ARVN, Ì i,i«ÕLVv6iÌ >>ÀÞ®°-«iVwV>Þč i*ÀÛVi°iÜ>Ã very successful in his interactions with the Vietnamese soldiers as well as civilians. He returned in 1966 and was assigned to the Artillery Advanced Course at Ì°-]/iÝ>Ã°7iÃ«iÌÈÌ Ã>ÌÌ°-ÃÌÕ`Þ}i`čÀÌiÀÞ>`Î months at Ft. Bliss studying Air Defense Artillery. The two, Field Artillery and Air Defense Artillery eventually split into two separate branches of the Army. ÀÌ iÀiÜiÜiÀiÃiÌÌÌ°`/iÝ>Ã°čÃÃ}i`ÌÌ i£ÃÌčÀÀi` Division, Greg had his command. He commanded the 1/73rd Artillery which was assigned to the 1st Armored Division. From there we were sent to Chiengmai Thailand where Greg was again an advisor in Jusmag to the Royal Thai Army. That was in 1968. We had a most wonderful tour of duty in Thailand. I was in Thailand for three years; Greg JAMES FORSMO for two. The difference was that I chose to stay in country while Greg went 1931 • 2020 on a second tour to Vietnam with the 4th Army. Our daughter, Jennifer Edith Franks was born on December 16, 1970, just days before Christmas. James Forsmo of Pebble Beach, California was born on April 4, 1931, in Greg was able to come home for Christmas 1970 to see his new daughter. Wausau, Wisconsin and died unexpectedly December 7th, 2020, after We all left in 1971 and were assigned to White Sands Missile Range in New suffering a stroke. iÝVÜ iÀiÀi}ÃiÀÛi`ÀiÃi>ÀV >`ìÛi«iÌ°7i >`ÌÛi Growing up in Wausau, Jim was active in the Boy Scouts and attained White Sands because of the critical nature of the assignment. Our second the rank of Eagle Scout. son, Alec John Franks was born on December 31, 1972 at the small Army hospital during a blizzard. He was also a member of the Army Reserve for 4 years and served £Ç{ Üi w>Þ }Ì Ì i>Ûi 7- ,] ÃiÌ } >` Lii } RQDFWLYHGXW\IRU\HDUVDVDQRI¿FHUZLWKWKH2FFXSDWLRQ)RUFHVLQ Germany after World War II. forward to for years. Greg was assigned to Ft. Bragg, NC back to the 82nd Airborne. We could not have been more thrilled. Again, those were some He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in iÝViiÌÞi>ÀÃ° economics and began his business career with McKesson Corporation From Ft. Bragg, we got orders to Verona, Italy with NATO with language as a district sales manager in Danville, Illinois. In 1960 he relocated ÃV wÀÃÌ>ÌÌ i iviÃi>}Õ>}iÃÌÌÕÌi ÌiÀiÞ] č°7ìÀvÕ to San Francisco and was soon promoted to National Sales Manager time. We got to Verona in January 1978. It was an ideal place and situation. and later became Director of Sales and Marketing with responsibility After our three years there, we came back to the states with an assignment for domestic and international sales. Jim retired from McKesson in ÌÌ°"`]Ã«iVwV>ÞÌÌ i L>Ì Ý«iÀiÌ>Ì >` ® 1986 and started a new career with Challenge Dairy Products, Inc as where Greg again was in Research and Development. National Industrial Sales Manager retiring in 1999 as Vice President Greg left the service in June of 1984 after 21 years of service. and Division General Manager. From there he went to work as a stock broker, but the crash of 1987 ended Jim married JoEllen Johnston in Redondo Beach, CA in 1964. They that career. So he went back to work at CDEC as a civilian, working there raised their family in the San Francisco Bay area before moving to for ten years. Pebble Beach in 1999. Then, we got into the wine business. We sourced our grapes from Edna Jim was an avid golfer and skier. He was a Valley and Rancho Sisquoc and made our wine at a custom crush facility in member of the Monterey Peninsula Country ->Ì> >À>pÌ iwÀÃÌÃÕV «>ViÌ i>Ì°"ÕÀLÀ>`Ü>ÃV>i`/ Club in Pebble Beach and a member of the House and we made all reds, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Syrah. Peninsula Golf and Country Club in San "ÕÀwÀÃÌÀii>ÃiÜ>ÃÓääävÕÀ£n*Ì ÀpL} Ì°"ÕÀwÀÃÌ Mateo. Jim and JoEllen enjoyed traveling and Cabernet Sauvignon (1999) was voted best cabernet in California at the they visited all 50 states and over 50 foreign >vÀ>-Ì>Ìi>À]Ì iwÀÃÌÞi>ÀÌÜ>ÃÀii>Ãi`°7 >Ì>Ì ÀÌ >ÌÜ>Ã° countries meeting many different people We had a different tin house for each brand and a story about how the and gaining lifelong friends. Jim’s friends V >À>VÌiÀvÌ iÜiÜ>ÃÀiyiVÌi`Ì iÌ ÕÃiÌ i>Li° remember his loyalty, thoughtfulness, and We made our last wine in 2010. Greg was not able to make the wine any sense of humor. more because of the Alzheimer’s disease. Jim is survived by his wife JoEllen of 56 years, his daughters, Jill Romnes (Paul), Susan Bean, four grandchildren, and extended family Condolences may be written in Wisconsin and Texas. They enjoyed many good times together and to the family at www.bermudezfamilyfunerals.com are so proud of the legacy Jim left behind. A life well lived with hard work, integrity and no regrets. February 12, 2021 The Carmel Pine Cone 17A

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said. She thanked the board and teachers for working hard. students, in part due to the work required to make all the SCHOOLS “There are parents on the sidelines who aren’t as loud, but technology work. And another survey would just delay the From page 13A we’re cheering you on,” she said. whole process another couple of weeks. Board members sympathized with the parents and kids The only way to move the schedule up a week would who are struggling. Anne-Marie Rosen suggested teachers be to suspend report cards, assessments and conferences. fourth grade at River School. “If the numbers spike again, and administrators skip next week’s break and get straight “But would that be helpful?” River School principal Jay how can we avoid being set back again? It’s important for to work on reopening, and Seaberry Nachbar asked about Marden asked. “Do we know how much our kids do and us to get rolling on a hybrid situation, even if it’s only for surveying parents one more time. do not know? To suspend that would be exceptionally un- the last few months of the year, so we’re better prepared wise.” for next year.” Everyone agrees They also dismissed the idea of doing academic work Another parent asked if administrators have a plan for Nachbar also asked about planning for a full return to with students on Fridays and working during their week bringing all students back to the classroom. “If we could the classroom and asked if there’s a way to use Fridays off. start projecting for a full return, that would be so helpful for activities that involve students. Everyone on the board Dellis and the principals said they would be communi- for parents,” she said, adding that the “lack of predictabili- wants in-room teaching to begin as soon as it’s conceiv- cating all the latest information to the parents. ty,” is “being translated as a lack of urgency.” able, she added. And another said she’s been listening to the board meet- The March 8 date will be a challenge to meet as it is, ings for a year and has heard the parents’ complaints and according to Tularcitos principal Ryan Peterson, in part frustrations. While she shares their concerns, because her because the end of this trimester is already very busy with Woman’s Club dresses child is struggling, too, she said she’s one of many who assessments, report cards, meetings and other demands. believe “the board is doing what it can.” Her child will stay “To do that in one week is already a massive crunch on up for Valentine’s Day with distance learning. teachers,” he said. Parents have known what the hybrid schedule was In addition, making the transition to hybrid will be going to be since last October and should accept it, she complicated and challenging for the teachers and their

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1983. His partner for the 1995 outing was former Presi- nold Palmer: Never won at Pebble, but he’ll soon own it.” FIRST dent George H.W. Bush. Escrow closed July 30, and the investors gathered to watch From page 14A Palmer was invited back and accepted for the 1996 the first AT&T Pro-Am under their ownership in 2000. event, which some readers may remember was an epic washout that was canceled after just 36 holes. In 1997, ‘An unpretentious gentleman’ Seventeen years later, speculation abounded about Palmer was recovering from surgery for prostate cancer. It In 2004, Palmer and former President Bush kicked off whether 1995 might mark Palmer’s last Pro-Am at Peb- seemed as if his time here with the Pro-Am was at an end. the inaugural First Tee Open (now the PURE Insurance ble. His last professional win was in Virginia in 1988, and But all that changed in 1999, when Palmer told report- Championship) at Pebble Beach. He also played in his last he hadn’t made the cut at the Masters Tournament since ers in Florida that he was “bidding on Pebble Beach,” thus Masters Tournament and received the Presidential Medal blowing the lid off hush-hush negotiations between the of Freedom. Japanese resort company that had owned Pebble Beach Palmer died at 87 in Pennsylvania on Sept. 25, 2016. BOOKS since 1990 and a group headed by Peter Ueberroth, Dick The golf world mourned, and five days later, in a front- From page 12A Ferris, Clint Eastwood and Palmer. page obituary, The Pine Cone described Palmer as “an For the next several months, the impending purchase unpretentious and affable gentleman,” with “unique mag- made headlines in The Pine Cone, one of which read, “Ar- netism” and “charisma.” called the book racist and sexist, but Twain himself described it as a “satirical exposé of slavery.” In 1885, library officials in Concord, Mass. — where the American Revo- Vivian Eyre Sweeney lution was launched barely a century earlier — called the 1928 - 2021 book “trash and only suitable for the slums.” Vivian Eyre Sweeney of Carmel, California, died Monday, January 25, 2021. Born 1928, “Ironically, Huck Finn was conceived only after an London, England. Graduated from St. Mary’s Academy, Denver, CO and attended Rosemont earlier explicit exposé by Twain of slavery was censored,” College, Rosemont, PA. Married John Francis Toren noted. “Twain supporters contend that the author Sweeney, 1949, Denver. was anything but racist and insist that the Adventures of Survived by her children: Marna Haley (Dennis), Huckleberry Finn was a satire in which Twain sought to Michael Sweeney (Wen), Tim Sweeney (Bill), highlight the hypocrisy of the society in which he grew up. Carol Ulis (Elwin), Katie Kikawa (Colin), Edward Defenders of the book also insist that Jim comes across as Sweeney (Kathy); her daughters-in-law: Susan having more common sense and as being more talented Sweeney and Aylin Emeksiz; her sisters: Elisa than either Huck or his best friend, Tom Sawyer.” Brennan (Christopher) and Jane Schuster (Bruce); her grandchildren: Jason Haley, Sarah ‘Current orthodoxy’ Michael, John Sweeney, Andrew Sweeney, Adam Women can run also afoul of the censors. A book that Ulis, Philip Kikawa, Caroline Kikawa, Luke the library carries, Abigail Shier’s “Irreversible Damage,” 6ZHHQH\ DQG (ULQ 6ZHHQH\ DQG ÀYH JUHDW questions the campaign for transgender rights for children. grandchildren. Toren noted that Amazon carries the book, but refuses to Predeceased by her husband, John F. Sweeney, promote it, which he describes as “nothing more than the parents, Wilfred and Marjorie Eyre, sons, Jeff suppression of ideas that contradict the current orthodoxy.” and Mark Sweeney, brother, Richard Eyre, and Another book the library carries, Alice Walker’s “The granddaughter, Monica Ulis. Color Purple,” has been hailed for its portrayal of slav- She loved her family, painting, piano, gardening, ery. But Walker, it turns out, is considered anti-Semitic by travel, needlepoint and knitting, and her many many. So should she be canceled? dogs. She lived in London, Denver, Aspen and “People can have bad ideas, and it does not eliminate Carmel. the possibility that they have good ideas as well,” Toren Funeral and memorial info: Family is making suggested. arrangements. While most of the library’s visitors have taken the ,QOLHXRIÁRZHUVWKHIDPLO\DVNVIRUGRQDWLRQV banned book section in stride, others have objected to to be made in memory of Vivian to the Carmel certain titles, Shier’s “Irreversible Damage” in particular. Mission Foundation, a foundation she was passionate about, at P.O. Box 221351, Carmel, CA Toren said copies have been vandalized, and one was even 93922, or www.carmelmissionfoundation.org. flung off the library’s back deck into the canyon behind it. Toren readily admits that some titles in the library’s “recommended” books list will ruffle feathers, but he’s hopeful they will also inspire some healthy debate. “The Nazis were the ones who burned books,” Toren Church of the Wayfarer added. “We don’t do that anymore. 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chomp.org/joint | (831) 625-4994 February 12, 2021 The Carmel Pine Cone 21A THIS WEEK Choral group sings online, duo plays love songs Virus alters CAA’s TO RAISE money for the Monterey County Food G. Sviridov’s Bogomater v gorode, Robert Schumann’s plan for spring show Bank, The Choral Artists of Carmel, premiers a fund- “Ich grolle nicht,” Shawn Kirchner’s “America the Beau- raising virtual concert Sunday. tiful,” Richard Thompson’s “Dawn” and two pieces by Formerly known as the Hartnell Community Choir, the J.S. Bach, his Third Sonata in C Major and Herr, unser ON DISPLAY at the Carmel Art Association is its an- group changed its name about a year ago. Herrscher from his St. John Passion. nual March Catalog Show — even though March is still Led by director Robin McKee Williams, the choral weeks away, and there are no plans to actually print a cat- group has a repertoire spans the centuries from early ba- alog this year. roque to pop. On a High Note “Normally we host an annual all-artist-members’ “We have a core group of about 15 singers,” Williams March Catalog Show that includes the distribution of a told The Pine Cone. “It’s a mix of professional and amateur singers. They’re not only extraordinary musicians, but By CHRIS COUNTS they’re wonderful people. We’re doing this so we can give Art Roundup something beautiful back to the community — music is The program also includes an interview with Thomp- such a powerful gift.” son. Sunday’s program includes Ola Gjeilo’s “Sacred Heart,” Baritone Kiril Havezoz, soprano Leberta Loral and By CHRIS COUNTS tenor Arthur Wu, along with violinist Jorge Avila and dancer Julie Fotheringham, will be featured as soloists. catalog of the show’s contents,” gallery manager Sally Ab- Tickets are $25. The music starts at 3 p.m. A Zoom re- erg told The Pine Cone. “This year we’ve had to forego ception follows the performance. For more details, visit publishing the catalog. Instead, we’ve reset this exhibit to www.choralartistsofcarmel.org. See ART page 24A Q ‘Grab your sweetheart’ Mandolinist Dave Holodiloff and pianist Michael Martinez celebrate Valentine’s Day Sunday at Julia’s Veg- etarian Restaurant in Pacific Grove. “We’re going to play love songs from around the world,” Holodiloff said. “It’s a program we’ve done for the last four years on Valentine’s Day. We’ve added some new stuff to our repertoire, and there will be something for everybody. So grab your sweetheart and head on down to Pacific Grove for the show.” The concert starts at 10:30 a.m., and tickets are $20. Located at 1180 Forest Ave., the restaurant offers abundant outside dining. For more details, visit daveholodiloff.com. Q Live music Feb. 12-18 Big Sur Vineyards in Carmel Valley — singer-songwriters Tom Faia and Kate Miller (Americana, Sunday at 4 p.m.). 1 Del Fino Place, (831) 652-3020. Julia’s Vegetarian Restaurant in Pacific Grove — singer and guitarist Rick Chelew (folk, Friday and Sunday at 5:30 p.m.) and mandolinist Dave Holodiloff and pianist Violinist Jorge Avila will play a Bach sonata when the Choral Art- Painter Jeff Daniel Smith’s “Desert Barn” is included in a show that ists of Carmel present an online concert Sunday. See MUSIC page 24A will be on display at the Carmel Art Association through March.

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1901 FREMONT BOULEVARD, SEASIDE, CALIFORNIA 22A The Carmel Pine Cone February 12, 2021 FOOD & WINE A committee with lots to do, more V-Day happenings, and Big Sur sharing MONDAY MARKED the first public meeting of a ter 10 p.m. and emptying their outdoor dining areas by 11 nancially because of the pandemic. That’s why organizers city committee established last year to deal with the com- — because that’s when his business is typically just getting of the Big Sur Big Share work to get surplus produce and plexities of outdoor dining, from restaurateurs who won’t going. other food to those in their community who need it. follow the rules, to what kinds of light fixtures should be The universal closing time is meant to spare downtown “Our goal is to create more free exchange and encour- allowed in parklets. Led by Mayor Dave Potter and coun- residents from too much late-night revelry and to make age a sharing economy in which the health and wellness of cilman Bobby Richards, the group of city officials, res- enforcement easier for police who might be called every our community become sustainable,” said the folks behind idents and businesspeople decided Feb. 8 that restaurant time someone thinks a restaurant is open too late. Under the effort. “We believe there is plenty for everyone.” owners must get rid of all their extra signs and banners normal circumstances, restaurants’ permits dictate their At the Big Sur Grange every Monday from noon to 2 in the next few weeks, that a Lincoln Street bar might be closing times, which vary widely throughout the city from p.m., Big Sur residents and workers can stop by to pick able to stay open later than everyone else — and that they as early as 5 p.m. to as late as 2 a.m. up boxes of produce and other goods, and organizers also should meet once a week, because there’s so much more Logan’s complaining resonated with some committee deliver when needed. members. Richards suggested going with the times indi- Of course, in order to have good food to share, they cated in the permits and allowing Sade’s to stay open until need people to donate it, so contributions can be brought Soup to Nuts perhaps midnight. Restaurant owners Rich Pepe, David to the Grange during those hours or picked up. Harvesting Fink and Bashar Al Sneeh supported the universal closing help is also available. time, but Fink and Sneeh also said Logan should be given Find all the details at thebigsurbigshare.com. By MARY SCHLEY some latitude, since Sade’s is unique — and is usually bus- iest after the restaurants close. Q Produce in Monterey to talk about. Carmel was the first city on the Peninsula to let restau- Begone, banners The City of Monterey and the Food Bank for Monterey rants begin using parking spaces and sidewalks to serve On the topic of aesthetics — which will be more thor- County continue to offer their drive-through produce dis- customers after pandemic-related shutdowns forced them oughly discussed if the city decides to make outdoor din- tribution in the Dennis the Menace Park lot at 777 Pearl outdoors last spring. Since then, conflicts have arisen over ing in public spaces permanent — the group focused on St., with the next session set for Feb. 22 between 10 a.m. what parklets should look like, how many people should the ubiquitous A-frames, banners and other brightly col- and 1 p.m. All produce is pre-packaged, and everyone gets be allowed to sit in them, what color the umbrellas should ored signs that have popped up during the pandemic to the same thing. be, and myriad other issues. The planning department set advertise restaurants’ operating hours, pancakes, cocktails Go to monterey.org/rec to make an appointment. Re- rules that the code enforcement officer and police have had and whatnot. Potter said he’s received several complaints to enforce, like not playing amplified music outside and about them, and while Carmel is typically quite strict about Continues next page not running extension cords across the sidewalk. signs, new planning director Brandon Swanson observed, “Desperate times, desperate measures.” When is last call? “I think we are being a lot more lenient than we normal- At Monday afternoon’s meeting, Parker Logan, own- ly would be,” he said. er of Sade’s bar, reiterated the plea he made to the city Restaurateurs should have to remove those signs soon, council last week that he not be held to the new universal perhaps by the end of the month, they decided. closing time imposed on restaurants — seating no one af- Is outdoor dining in parklets — a word Rerig hates — here to stay? That remains to be seen. But if it is, Ocean Avenue clothing store owner Todd Tice said, there should be a cap, since downtown parking congestion is often a problem, and restaurants should pay for their use of public property for personal profit. Winetasting will go back inside as soon as it’s allowed, Potter noted, which will free up some downtown spaces, and he wondered if restaurants that have outdoor areas on private property should be prevented from using public space once they can serve indoors, too. Because there are still so many more questions than answers, the committee decided to meet every Monday at 4 p.m. — except for next week. 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From previous page Q New Estéban chef also mium” bag, which also includes a com- will feature the next best thing: chef Jason ready for V-Day memorative wine glass and a face mask, is Giles of Salinas Valley Memorial hospital cipients are asked to stay in their vehicles $100. Contact-free drive-through pickup of preparing vegetable curry with bok choy and keep their masks on, and will be asked Mario Garcia is the new executive chef the gift bags will take place Feb. 27 from 1 and lentils during the first session, and chef to unlock or open the trunk so volunteers of Estéban Restaurant, replacing Gus Tre- to 3 p.m. in the Pacific Street parking lot Brandon Miller of the Chef’s Stash show- can load the produce without making any jo, who moved on to the Dream Inn in next to the Monterey Public Library. Deliv- ing how to make cauliflower gazpacho in contact. Anyone with questions can reach Santa Cruz. Garcia “brings over 14 years ery is also available for an additional $10. the second. Monterey Recreation at montereyrecre- of acclaimed culinary experience and un- Visit investinmpl.org to sign up. Everyone’s Harvest, the nonprofit farm- [email protected] or (831) 646-3866. derstands what it takes to lead culinary ers market organizer, is hosting the two operations, provide unbeatable customer Q Online cooking demos cooking demos, which are free and will Q Wine for women in need service, and work with local sources to begin at 4 p.m. on Zoom. The meeting ID utilize the finest and freshest local ingre- Can anyone remember the last time a for Giles’ session is 880 4260 4632 and the Silvestri Vineyards, which has a tasting dients,” said Sue Dreyer, spokesperson for chef did a cooking demonstration in per- passcode is 482017, while Miller’s is 869 room on Seventh between the restaurant and the Casa son? Feb. 16 and Feb. 23, both Tuesdays, 6315 0914, with a passcode of 053131. San Carlos and Dolores, is Munras hotel. Most recent- donating 100 percent of the ly, he was executive chef sales proceeds from a pair at the Sardine Factory, and of select wines to Gathering he also worked under exec- for Women, a nonprofit that utive chef Pablo Mellin at helps homeless women by Roy’s in Pebble Beach. providing a variety of ser- Garcia plans to roll out vices, supplies and support. his new seasonal menu Through Feb. 15, Silves- mid-month and will also Dinner Specials tri is selling a two-pack of offer a special three-course 2017 estate pinot noir and Valentine’s Day dinner on 2017 estate chardonnay the patio and to go for $60 Try our famous weekly carving station for $50. It represents a $16 per person. Thursday Friday Saturday discount, and all the money Available between 4 goes to the charity. and 9 p.m., the dinner will Prime Rib ✴✴Prime Rib Prime Rib Go to silvestrivineyards. include salt-roasted beet com to learn more. Mario Garcia salad, followed by grilled Boneless Porkloin Baked Salmon Leg of Lamb Wagyu steak and seared Served with sautéed veggies, scalloped potatoes, garlic bread and sauce choice. Q Be my Big Sur scallops with crispy po- Valentine tatoes, roasted carrots and sauces. Des- 4pm - until sold out 831-624-3821 sert will be chocolate and caramel pot de Curbside Available 6TH & JUNIPERO, CARMEL From noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, crème. the Big Sur Vineyards tasting room in Car- Estéban is located at 700 Munras Ave. mel Valley Village will celebrate Valen- in the Casa Munras hotel. Call (831) 375- tine’s Day by offering a glass of sparkling 0176 for reservations or to order takeout. rosé or a flight of six wines, plus a plate of sweet and savory treats, for $25. Q Wine and chocolate The Carmel Pine Cone Press Release guidelines And Tom Faia and Kate Miller will play (virtually) live music from 4 to 7 p.m. It all takes place outside, of course, due The Monterey Public Library Friends & to current shelter orders, and reservations Foundation hosts the 16th Annual Choco- Press releases about newsworthy events should go to the following are recommended by calling (831) 686- late & Wine Benefit virtually this year, in- Pine Cone reporters: 4550 or emailing lenora@bigsurvineyards. viting supporters to order their chocolate, com. The tasting room is located at 1 Del wine and other goodies and participate in a Mary Schley: Carmel-by-the-Sea, food & wine, police, fire, Fino Place across from Kasey’s. virtual gathering Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. criminal courts and schools ...... 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singer and guitarist Adrea Castiano (Sun- artwork of nonagenarian painter Susan MUSIC day at 1 p.m.). In the Crossroads shopping ART Reith. From page 21A center, (831) 625-5436. From page 21A And online, the annual “For the Love Tarpy’s in Monterey — singer and vi- of Art” contest and exhibit also continues olinist Razzvio (Friday at 4 p.m.), singer through March 2. Michael Martinez (world music, Sunday and guitarist Mike Creech (Saturday at run for two months — February and March The juried show calls attention to the at 10:30 a.m.). 1180 Forest Ave., (831) 1 p.m.) and singer and guitarist Stephen — and we retitled it ‘All Together Now’ creative talents of 47 local high school stu- 656-9533. Shook (Sunday at 1 p.m.). 2999 Highway to reference the vital role that art plays in dents, who compete for awards. Massa Tasting Room in Carmel Valley 68, (831) 647-1444. knitting together our arts community. This Located on Dolores between Fifth — singer and guitarist Rick Chelew (folk, The Trailside Cafe in Carmel Valley — is especially critical in isolating times like and Sixth, the gallery is open Thursdays Sunday at noon). 69 W. Carmel Valley Rd., singer-songwriter Dave “Nomad” Miller these.” through Mondays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (831) 659-6221. (Friday at 6 p.m.) and singer-songwriters About 50 members of the downtown Walk-ins may require a brief wait outside Rio Grill — singer and guitarist Ste- Tom Faia and Kate Miller (Americana, nonproﬁt gallery have up to three new due to Covid protocols, and appointments phen Shook (Friday at 4 p.m.), singer and Saturday at 6 p.m.). 3 Del Fino Place, (831) pieces of art in the show, which will be are available by calling (831) 250-3347. violinist Razzvio (Saturday at 1 p.m.) and 298-7453. on display through April 6. The artwork For more details, visit www.carmelart.org. comes in an array of me- diums and sizes. Participating artists include Jeff Dan- CALENDAR iel Smith, Lucas Blok, Pamela Takigawa and many others. Aberg Feb. 13 — “In Love with Provence” — A Feb. 18 — Aspire Health Plan Presents: called the exhibit “a Very Special Valentine’s Dinner-to-Go! Emotional Eating, a Virtual Community must-see.” 'HOHFWDEOH FRXUVH SUL[Ɠ[H a HQWUHHV Connections Class (YHU ƓQG \RXUVHOI /DPE 3URYHQ©DO Z5DWDWRXLOOH &KHYUH HDWLQJZKHQ\RXDUHQōWKXQJU\"-RLQXV More until March 6WXIIHG &KLFNHQ Z0XVKURRP7DUW 6HDIRRG WR DP WR OHDUQ ZKDW HPRWLRQDO HDWLQJ 0HODQJH*UDWLQ«H'HVVHUW7DUWHDX&LWURQ LV KRZ LW ZRUNV DQG VWUDWHJLHV IRU GHDOLQJ Two other shows IRU3LFNXS)HE%DXP %OXPH ZLWK LW 7KLV HYHQW LV IUHH :H DVN \RX WR continue at the Carmel DQG 7KH &DUULDJH +RXVH (O &DPLQLWR UHJLVWHUVRZHFDQNQRZKRZPDQ\SHRSOH Art Association through &DUPHO9DOOH\ 0HQXZZZ WRH[SHFW5693WR RUZZZ March 2. EDXPDQGEOXPHFRP DVSLUHKHDOWKSODQRUJFRQQHFWLRQV “Somewhere in Time” showcases Lilli-anne Feb. 14 — Big Sur Vineyards at 1 Del Fino Feb. 23 — Aspire Health Plan Presents: Price’s latest landscapes Place in sunny Carmel Valley Village Heart Healthy Burgers, a Virtual and seascapes, while Printmaker Pamela Takigawa’s “Meditation on Covid-19” is featured celebrates Valentine’s Day QRRQWRSP Community Connections Class 7KHUHōV “Voyage” celebrates the in a new show at the Carmel Art Association. -RLQWKHPIRUOLYHPXVLFZLWK7RP)DLDDQG VRPHWKLQJ QHZ FRRNLQJ LQ WKH %OXH =RQHV .DWH0LOOHU WR (QMR\DJODVVRIVSDUNOLQJ .LWFKHQ-RLQ XV WR SP IRU D &RRNLQJ URV«RUŴLJKWRIZLQHVSOXVDSODWHRIVZHHW 'HPRDQGVHHKRZHDV\LWLVWRVHUYHXSD DQG VDYRU\ WUHDWV IRU 5HVHUYDWLRQV IUHVKWDNHRQKHDOWK\7KLVHYHQWLVIUHH:H ARTIST MARCH 5, 2021 VXJJHVWHG RU OHQRUD# DVN\RXWRUHJLVWHUVRZHFDQNQRZKRZPDQ\ P ROFILESR ELJVXUYLQH\DUGVFRP SHRSOHWRH[SHFW5693WR RU ZZZDVSLUHKHDOWKSODQRUJFRQQHFWLRQV Individual highlights of local artists to be featured To advertise, email [email protected] in a new group page in the The Carmel Pine Cone. $0.50 per word ($25 min. charge) • Add a photo for your event for only $25 • Meena Lewellen • (831) 274-8655 Jessica Caird •(831) 274-8590 [email protected] [email protected]

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WHAT IF you stepped outside on a cloudless morn- poet/novelist Paul Laurence Dunbar, and politician and wanted an environment that gave me some independence.” ing, looked up, and discovered that the only thing brighter film director Andrew Young. The Performing Arts Depart- She was an eighth-grader when she toured Stevenson than the sun was your future? ment spawned actor-director Phylicia Rashad, comedian/ School in Pebble Beach on a rainy day, and came home In the spring of 2019, as a sophomore at Stevenson producer Marlon Wayans, recording stars Sean Combs and with a less-than-sunny impression. School, Kyla Cotton set three records in track and field. Roberta Flack, and many others. While her athletic ability probably came from her fa- ‘Dark and gloomy’ ther, Cotton is quick to credit her mom, Dr. Kawanaa Car- “Honestly, I was thinking, ‘Wow, this place is very dark Peninsula Sports ter, for other important attributes. and gloomy,’” she said of the private boarding school. “My mom is a neurosurgeon — very, very smart, emo- “That’s basically how I remembered it until we returned tionally and intellectually,” she said. “She also is a go-get- for a couple of other visits, and then I saw it in a much By DENNIS TAYLOR ter, 100 percent, and I’m pretty sure that’s where I get that different way.” trait from.” Among the diverse elective classes available to her In the fall of her junior year, she led the volleyball team Cotton decided at age 13 that the large, public middle were songwriting, which Cotton took as a freshman, ce- in kills and blocks (including 22 in a single match). Ev- school she was attending in Sacramento didn’t offer the ramics and 3D architecture (sophomore year), and making ery winter, she breaks the heart of every coach, pushing environment she craved. movies (her junior- and senior-year electives). athletics aside to take a starring role in Stevenson’s annual “I was looking for better opportunities for myself — As a boarding student, she also found the level of in- musical. She’s a singer, a pianist, a songwriter, a creative a place where I felt like I could thrive, hone my talents, writer, and dabbles in art. build the skills I was looking to cultivate,” she said. “I also See SPORTS page 29A As she approaches graduation, Cotton, a stellar student, has academic scholarship offers from Loyola Marymount, Drexel University, and a few other colleges. The track coach at Johns Hopkins University dangled an athletic scholarship. Stevenson volleyball coach Maddy Under- wood has little doubt that she could have played NCAA Division I volleyball if that had been her focus. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it,” was the advice offered by baseball Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra … but what if the “fork” leads in a half-dozen different directions, and they all look wonderful? NYU, USC and Howard Cotton’s aspiration, turns out, is to become a filmmaker, which is why the school at the top of her “short list” is New York University, whose creative-arts alumni include Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, Ang Lee and M. Night Shyamalan, to name only a few. Her second choice is the University of Southern Cali- fornia where her father, Marcus Cotton, was an All-Pac-10 linebacker who played for the Seahawks, Browns and Fal- cons. It counts among its graduates George Lucas, Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, Elizabeth Allen, Jon Chu, Sam Peckinpah, John Singleton, Brian Grazer, Judd Apatow, Ryan Coogler, Jon Landau and John Carpenter. And Cotton, an African-American, already has been accepted into the film program at Howard University, a PHOTOS/COURTESY STEVENSON SCHOOL prestigious, predominantly Black school whose alumni include Vice President Kamala Harris, Supreme Court Jus- (Left) Kyla Cotton, Jessie Merenda, Trinity Mobley and Dana Diniz of Stevenson School celebrate a school record in the 4x100 relay in tice Thurgood Marshall, the late Sen. Elijah Cummings, the spring of 2019. (Right) Genevieve Baldwin and Cotton share the leading roles in ‘Freaky Friday,’ Stevenson’s 2020 musical production. 26A The Carmel Pine Cone February 12, 2021 BEST of BATES Editorial Finally, the hot spots

OF ALL the debacles perpetrated by state and county health officials during the coronavirus epidemic, the most incomprehensible has been the failure to focus prevention efforts on the places where the virus has been worst. In East Salinas, Greenfield, Castroville and other communities, infection rates are more than 10 times higher than in Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, etc., yet all parts of the county have been subject to the exact same rules when it comes to business shutdowns, school closings and social distancing. At most, the hot spots may have gotten a few extra dollars in targeted community-awareness campaigns, but that’s it. We also haven’t seen much attention paid to why the infection rates are so much higher in those areas. Meanwhile, the toll the disparity in infection rates has taken on the health of residents of the hot spots has been immense, even while the high infection rates in a few neighborhoods have cost people in all parts of the county their livelihoods. Which is to say that, while everyone has suffered because there’s been so much sickness and death in a few parts of the county, the residents of those hot spots have suffered the most — so nobody was doing them any favors by letting them off the hook when it came to stricter social distancing rules or more enforcement of the rules we have. “Have you lived here all your life?” “Not yet.” This week, the county finally came up with a policy that targets the hot

spots. Instead of a crackdown, they’re getting earlier access to vaccines. It’s zip codes don’t apply.” I moved to Pebble Beach two years ago not a move that will sit comfortably with everyone, but we support it, be- Letters with my husband, who is a retired orthopedic surgeon. My experience is 40-plus cause the sooner the epidemic gets under control in the hot spots, the sooner to the Editor years of working in both the hospital and it will be behind us. physicians’ clinics. I completely under- The Pine Cone encourages submission of let- stand the concept of the “most vulnerable,” The 12 zip codes identified as hot spots by the county this week — 93930 ters which address issues of public importance. but it’s a first for me that it goes by zip Letters cannot exceed 350 words, and must in- code. The high cases coming from other (King City), 93927 (Greenfield), 93960 (Soledad), 93926 (Gonzales), clude the author’s name and home town. We areas don’t indicate they are more vulner- reserve the right to determine which letters are able. I also understand that people feel if suitable for publication and to edit for length and 93901 (Salinas), 93905 (Salinas), 93906 (Salinas), 93933 (Marina), 93955 clarity. these areas are vaccinated it will help slow The Pine Cone only accepts letters to the the virus. (Seaside), 95012 (Castroville), 95039 (Moss Landing) and 95076 (Pajaro/ editor by email. Please submit your letters to But every 65-to-75-year-old in my area [email protected]. or any other area of this county is vulnera- Las Lomas) — have 74 percent of the county’s population, but almost 90 ble to this virus and in need of the vaccine equally. percent of its coronavirus cases. And when it comes to one of Gov. Gavin Making vaccine There should be no zip code priority! I Newsom’s key metrics for reopening the economy — the seven-day average distribution fair feel very strongly about this as I am in that Dear Editor, category and my cancer history makes me of new cases per 100,000 population — the hot spots do even worse. Right I am writing this letter concerning the very vulnerable. Dawn A. Reimer, blatant disregard for some of the people Pebble Beach now, the seven-day average of new cases per 100,000 is zero in Big Sur, on the Peninsula in regards to vaccine distribution. I understand completely the tier Thanks for coverage 1.1 in Carmel-by-the-Sea and 3.7 in Pacific Grove, while in Castroville, the concept of distribution and also understand Dear Editor, the most vulnerable that need to be first in As a long-time resident and reader of number is a shocking 42.4, in one Salinas zip code it’s 51.1, and in Moss line. Healthcare, emergency, assisted liv- The Pine Cone, I think I can speak for the entire community in stating our gratitude to Landing, it’s a sky-high 71.7. ing elderly, 75 and older, ag workers, etc. I don’t understand is when the 65 and older Paul Miller and his staff for the regular coro- Clearly, getting those numbers down should be the county’s No. 1 pri- are up for vaccinations that we start a zip navirus updates they have provided us all. code priority. While I often disagree with The Pine ority. If they won’t do it with strict enforcement of social distancing rules, Yes, we are all aware of the high num- Cone’s editorial positions (although many bers in the north/south county and the of them I do agree with), Miller and the lo- we’re glad they’ve decided to do it with more vaccine. While the policy reasons why, highest number of cases are cal newspaper have provided us with clear there. Also aware of the amount of vac- information during such a difficult time means Peninsula residents will have to wait longer to get their shots, they cines coming into the county. This does not which we are all experiencing. Hopefully, explain why certain zip codes have been we can survive this crisis and return to our can console themselves knowing that everyone benefits when fewer people left out of this next distribution phase. I normal lives in the city and area we all are guess I would really like to know in writing so lucky to share. catch the virus — no matter where they are. how the county will explain “why certain Larry Biegel, Carmel

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THE 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro- whole event, the organizers agreed they RATHER THAN walking hand-in- that Edward Weston was world famous un- Am has turned out to be one of the odd- would find a date to return and finish the hand with the 800-pound gorilla of her til I started working for my father in my est in history. Thanks to the coronavirus, professional side of the tournament. family tree, Cara Weston chose a different late teens, touching up and mounting my it’s being played with only the pros, and It was Aug. 17 before most of the pros path for most of her life. grandfather’s prints,” said Weston, who without the amateurs, the field of golfers came back to complete the tournament as She focused instead on motherhood was a 1-year-old when Edward died. “My is smaller, so they’re only using two golf a 54-hole event. The field split across the — “still my greatest accomplishment,” dad gave me a 35-millimeter camera, but courses — Pebble Beach and Spyglass three courses. Phil Mickelson fired a 67 at she said — and avoided the intimidating he never really wanted me to be part of that Hill. And since there are only two courses, Poppy Hills to notch his first of five Pebble shadow cast by her grandfather, Edward stuff, so I just wasn’t headed in that direc- the cut is being made after two rounds in- Beach Pro-Am victories. Weston, widely regarded as among the tion.” stead of after the three-course rotation that most influential, and innovative photogra- Indeed, Weston, 64 and the grandmother Just two courses phers in American history. of two, credits the abundant skills she dis- As for using just two Her uncle Brett Weston, who had his plays in her art today to the years she spent History Beat courses, it happened in first international exhibition at age 17, was studying and working with the black-and- 1952. When entertain- described by another legendary imagemak- white photography of her grandfather and er Bing Crosby began the er, Van Deren Coke, as “the child genius of uncle. Her only formal training, she said, By NEAL HOTELLING Crosby National Pro-Am in American photography.” came from a photography class she took at 1937, it used just one course Her father, Cole Weston, whose resume Monterey Peninsula College from another has been uniquely standard for the AT&T at Rancho Santa Fe in southern Califor- included a short stint with Life magazine, revered local shooter, Henry Gilpin. Pebble Beach Pro-Am. nia. It was last played there in 1942, and found his own niche shooting color pho- She believes theater — not photography While 2021’s Pro-Am will go in the re- then canceled in the following years due to tography, unlike Edward cord book as an oddity, believe it or not, all World War II. and Brett, who worked this has happened before — just not in the After the war, Crosby moved the event exclusively in black-and- Carmel’s Artists same year. to Pebble Beach, and in 1947, he made it a white. Cara’s big brother, 54-hole, three-day tournament using three Kim Weston — also highly Pros only courses. There was no split field. All the accomplished — writes on By DENNIS TAYLOR In 1998 the pros came to Pebble Beach teams played Cypress Point on Thursday, his biography that he knew without the amateurs — in August. If you Monterey Peninsula Country Club’s Dunes from the age of 6 that photography was his — was her father’s true love. Cole Weston were here, you remember the devastating course on Friday, and Pebble Beach on future. established the second Forest Theater Guild El Niño storms in February 1998. Two Saturday. There was no cut, nor a Sunday in Carmel, directed more than 30 plays on years earlier, the tournament was rained finish. Cole Weston, director? the outdoor stage, and was involved with out. It was the first uncompleted PGA Tour In 1952, winds gusting to 45 miles per Cara Weston’s portfolio today, built over the physical construction of the Indoor event since the 1949 Colonial. Officials did hour led to high scores at Cypress Point, the past 25 years, is packed with crisp im- Forest Theater (a small theater beneath the not want it to happen again, even though and it was even reported that Cary Mid- ages — all black and white — of crashing outdoor stage), hauling concrete and oth- 1998 was much worse than 1996. dlecoff came in from the 16th Tee com- waves, tumbling waterfalls, gnarly trees, er building materials himself. He was in- In 1998, the tournament began with the plaining that the wind was so strong the ominous cloud formations, emotion-evok- volved with the guild for 50 years. usual Pro-Am teams, but due to rain delays, ball wouldn’t stay on the tee. Pebble Beach ing figures, flora and fauna, architecture, Cole and his second wife, Helen (Pross- it took two days to complete the first round. golf professional Peter Hay, serving as lead both scarred and pristine, and abstracts. er) Weston, divorced when Cara was 5, and The amateurs still played alongside the marshal and rules official, insisted there But her journey was much different Cara and her siblings spent the next six pros as the second round was completed on was no rule requiring golfers to use a tee than those of her celebrated relations. years living with Prosser on a hilltop in Big Saturday. Rain prevented play on Sunday and told him to finish his round. He did, “I had no plans to do photography. It Sur, near Garrapata State Park. and Monday, and the forecast for the week wasn’t really encouraged for women in “My mother was a waitress at Nepen- ahead was terrible. Rather than cancel the See HISTORY next page our family, and I didn’t even understand the, raising my three brothers and me on top of this mountain, which, back then, was very isolated — dirt road, no other homes up here,” said Weston, who still lives on the Garrapata mountaintop where she spent her childhood. “My mom was hoofing it to Nepenthe to work her shifts as a waitress, leaving us home alone, but that’s what she had to do. Childhood memories “She was really a crazy lady, a fun person,” she said. “She’d take us down to Big Sur and let us play in the river. She had this old, beat-up VW Bug, and when it stormed she’d have all of us kids sitting on the rear bumper for traction as we tried to make it up the hill. We’d wander through these old, burned-out homes, looking through their trash piles. My dad had a trout farm, where people came to fish, and we’d have these big, family-style cook- outs. We were kind of poor, but my childhood was really fun until I was 11.” That’s when Prosser died of cancer, and the Weston siblings moved in with their father and his third wife, Maggi

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a 90-minute live broadcast of the Sunday 20 years, and part of the reason was that I HISTORY finish to more than 150 stations across ARTIST was just unhappy,” she said. I was done From previous page the country. With television, the purse, From previous page raising my kids, felt like my job was done, which had begun at $10,000 in 1947 and and didn’t know what to do with myself.” increased to $15,000 in 1956, jumped to But at 40, Weston felt less weight from and along with more than half of the field $50,000 for 1958. The field had increased she said, as a student at Carmel High (Class the family name, along with a desire to of 84 professionals, failed to break 80. to 120 teams, but the split field continued of ’75), which she remembers as “a party shoot fine-art photography for her own Five foursomes were not even able to to be just on the two courses. The 36-hole school” in those days. gratification. finish the first round before dark and had to cut was planned for the low 50 teams, to “It was a whole different school by “In some ways, I think it’s better that I return to Cypress Point the next morning, ensure completion during the live Sunday the time my daughters went there, but we got into photography that way, because I when much of Pebble Beach was without broadcast. didn’t learn anything there. And, honestly, really do it for myself,” she said. “If some- power and trees were down throughout the Because of ties, 59 pros actually made I really didn’t want to go to school — I just body buys one of my photographs, that’s forest. The second round, scheduled for the the cut in 1958, and for the first time played wanted to ride my horse.” icing on the cake — I get a lot of joy when Dunes course, was canceled. two rounds on Pebble Beach. There were Two years after graduating, she married someone likes my work — but by the time On Saturday, the golfers completed the 47 amateurs that made the Pro-Am cut future Central Coast homebuilder Brian I got serious, I didn’t care anymore about tournament at Pebble Beach; it had become and also played the two-round finish. Billy Riddell, gave birth to daughters Roslyn living up to the Weston name.” a 36-hole event using just the two courses. Casper won his first of two tournaments in (Carmel High Class of 2000) and Nikki Weston recently donated the van she’s First-round leader Jimmy Demaret, who 1958 and finished second in the Pro-Am (Class of ’03), and devoted her energies to been driving for 17 years to a homeless was paired with Bob Hope, went on to win with Bob Reynolds, just one stroke behind being a mom. woman, replacing it with a 2003 Toyo- the professional event. As a team, they fin- Jay Hebert, who was partnered with two- She also worked for many years as di- ta truck with a 2006 pop-up camper. Her ished third, one stroke behind two teams time state amateur champion Roger Kelley. rector of the internationally known Weston plan, when the pandemic eases, is to drive that tied for the win. That was the only year, until this year, that Gallery, curating exhibitions for luminar- to isolated places, often with no fixed desti- there were two rounds on Pebble Beach af- ies such as Yousuf Karsh, Michael Kenna, nation, in search of interesting photos. A 36-hole cut ter a 36-hole cut. grandpa Edward Weston, and family friend “I’ll just get on the road and start driv- In 1953, Crosby and the PGA changed In 1959, the field grew to 150 teams, Ansel Adams. ing. I can find something interesting to the format, and to ensure they would not and for the first time, the tournament used photograph alongside a freeway, in Death run into another incompletion due to dark- the now-familiar three-course rotation pre- Memories of Ansel Adams Valley, in somebody’s backyard…” she ness, they split the field. Doing so also ceding the cut — 50 teams, 100 golfers on “Ansel was wonderful. I didn’t know said. allowed them to increase the number of each of the three courses on the first three him well, but my father and stepmom Weston also hopes to return to plac- golfers from 84 to 100 teams. Half of them days, with the low-60 pros and low 45-50 (Maggi) were married at his home … we’d es she’s visited before, including Iceland, played at Cypress Point on Thursday and teams playing Pebble Beach on Sunday. see him at parties … he’d bring his prints New Zealand, Ireland and Tasmania. “I’m half played the Dunes. On Friday, they The three courses have changed over into our gallery … he always impressed me ready to go explore and get excited again,” switched. Then, for the first time, there the years, with Spyglass Hill replacing the as a really genuine person,” she said. “And, she said. was a cut after 36 holes. Only the low 60 Dunes in 1967, Poppy Hills replacing Cy- of course, I thought his photographs were Her photography is represented by the teams played Pebble Beach for a single press Point in 1991, and then the Monterey beautiful.” Weston Gallery (Sixth Avenue and Dolores round on Saturday. Peninsula’s re-designed Shore course re- Weston’s own focus on fine art photog- Street), and can be seen online at cara- Lloyd Mangrum led after 36 holes with placing Poppy Hills in 2010. The number raphy didn’t intensify until her daughters westonphotography.com. a 67-66 start and scored his second victory of teams making the cut has been reduced were grown. Dennis Taylor is a freelance writer in at Pebble Beach with a final round 71 for a to 25, but in general the format has been “Brian is a really good guy — we’re still Monterey County. Contact him at scri- 204, four strokes better than Julius Boros constant for the past 60-plus years. Here’s good friends — but we got divorced after [email protected]. and three better than local star Lawson Lit- hoping the 2021 format goes into the re- tle. Cary Middlecoff tied for fourth, while cord books as a one-off oddity, especially he and Ed Crowley won the Pro-Am out- since for the first time it has no gallery — sentenced to 64 days in jail but given credit right in 1957, the last time the tournament and that has never happened before. DUI for time served, and was placed on proba- used this 54-hole format. Neal Hotelling has been researching From page 3A tion for five years. 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might have accomplished on a basketball Someone had seen him in the yard of one SPORTS court during the winter months will never ARRESTS of the houses there, so officers set up their From page 25A be known, because she spends that quarter From page 6A search boundaries and then slowly closed performing in the school musical. in on their suspect, a 31-year-old transient “Kyla so busy during the day that she’s from Salinas, Cesar Rodriguez. dependence she wanted, along with a man- not able to take acting classes, so I end up “We called the sheriff’s office for assis- “They ended up catching him under date of responsibility that led to invaluable teaching her onstage, during our rehears- tance, and they came and set up a perim- someone’s porch,” he said. life-building skills. als,” said Stevenson Theater Director Kim eter,” in the area of Randall Way, a short The men were arrested for grand theft, “The beginning stages of dorm life are Schmittgens, who directs the school musi- street on the north side of Ocean between conspiracy, mail theft, possession of bur- awkward. You make a lot of errors and you cal. “She has impeccable timing — some- Highway 1 and Carpenter, Watkins said. glary tools, resisting arrest and shoplifting. find out a lot about yourself very quickly,” thing you can’t teach — but what’s really she said. key in musical theater is she has a beautiful As an athlete, Cotton discovered abili- singing voice, and she knows how to tell a economic slump. ties she never realized she had. story through song.” BUDGET Councilman Bobby Richards asked “Kyla played volleyball for the first time Cotton and her close friend, Genevieve From page 8A what the ramifications of holding off on as a freshman on the JV team, and was Baldwin, had co-leading roles in the 2020 the greenhouse gas study would be and very raw, with no real volleyball training at production of “Freaky Friday.’ opposed earmarking money for projects all,” said Underwood, Stevenson’s varsity Theis are working on in their committee. that are “special” to any particular council Stage fright coach. “I started coaching here during her “Just to use an example that I’m close member, while Mayor Dave Potter strongly sophomore year, and immediately noticed “I actually have incredible stage fright with, if we wait six months to do the green- objected to any additional spending. that she was very strong and powerful — — my school does something called Cof- house gas work, we will not get our climate “The only thing that’s going to compel just steaming with potential.” feehouse, where anybody can get up and change project done in time,” he said. The me to support any allocations of any dol- Two weeks into preseason workouts, perform a song — and I’ve never partic- study is estimated to cost $20,000. lars right now is some level of urgency,” he Underwood decided to give her a trial with ipated,” Cotton said. “But, in a musical, Councilwoman Karen Ferlito agreed. said. “I don’t think anything else out there the varsity team. “She was very shocked to I’m playing a character, and that’s a big “This is something the city has to do, and is going to compel me to spend any more be invited to play varsity,” the coach said. difference. I don’t feel nearly as nervous, they are woefully behind,” she said. “I think money until I get a look at the budget as a “But she outworked everybody, earned a knowing I’m just part of a whole cast, and we would be penny-wise and pound-fool- whole.” starting spot, and wound up winning our everybody is supporting everybody else. ish not to get those studies done to com- Parting with dollars now would be irre- Most Improved Player award that year.” We can’t really see the audience — we can plete this project.” sponsible, he said, “when we do not know That spring, she surprised herself on only hear their reaction — and if we hear Theis said it would be prudent to get the consequences.” Stevenson’s track team, establishing new them laugh, or gasp, or applaud, we know started on the study, calling the climate “We’re halfway through our budget that school records in the high jump (5-foot- we did something right.” action plan a “mandate by the state,” but we shed a lot of blood over,” he said, in- 2), 4x100-meter relay (50.99 seconds with Cotton also has a scholarship in hand was more cautious about spending without cluding layoffs. “Our employees suffered, teammates Trinity Mobley, Dana Diniz, to travel to Rennes, France, this summer, knowing how the rest of the year will go. and I think we ought to honor that.” and Jessie Merenda), and the 100-meter pandemic permitting. There, she’ll study She also said unanticipated income Ultimately, the council decided not to hurdles (15.79) — an event she had never literature and creative writing (earning should be used to offset the 2020-2021 commit to any additional spending but tried until coming to Stevenson. four college credits) for four weeks, during budget’s reliance on more than $1 million asked for a report next month on what “She actually set the hurdles record in which she’ll have the opportunity to im- in savings and to repay the employees who deadlines, exactly, have to be met regard- the semifinals of the Central Coast Section merse herself in the culture, explore the gave up pay to help the city get through the ing the climate change plan. Championships,” said Ron Provost, the country, and become more proficient in the Pirates’ head track coach. “And she did it French language, a passion of hers. despite wrong-footing the second or third “In a perfect world, I’d like to someday hurdle. 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From page 10A corner that’s extremely public, I would pre- Peninsula Pediatric Medical Group that Airola wrote to county health officer fer to see a landscape plan that includes the health department would no longer ap- Dr. Ed Moreno directly to ask for more, those trees,” he said. “I’m very pleased to prove allocations to Monterey Peninsula but isn’t very hopeful. “I think my quest gets by these planning commissioners.” see something happening here.” Pediatric Medical Group.” to get the vaccines out is now drawing to As a group, the commission was happy Chair Michael LePage said he, too, sup- However, the pediatric clinic has not re- a close,” she said Wednesday. “We give to learn the dilapidated home will finally ports the project. ceived any additional vaccines out second shots on Sunday, and then who be getting some love, especially since it’s “It’s had an unfortunate history and Airola also wrote to 4th District Mon- knows when, or if, we will get any more.” the last house at the end of the city’s main caused a lot of stress for the communi- street leading to the beach. ty because of its prominent location,” he ten note, postcard or letter can be even “I’m thrilled that someone is going to said, adding that he appreciated Jeselnick’s SENIORS more welcome. “That’s a dying art, that do something with this piece of property, efforts to make it less bulky, including From page 9A pen-pal experience. But you can have a because this is like another piece of this changing the gabled roof on the garage to good relationship through written letters,” unfinished symphony” of abandoned proj- a flat roof that will be covered with vege- he said. ects, including the giant pit at Dolores and tation. meaning,” like volunteering, attending He also said token gifts that encourage Fifth, commissioner Gail Lehman said. “I Commissioners unanimously approved church and so on. “Covid removed all the some kind of activity, whether an adult col- like what you’ve done, Adam. I like the the project, with the condition that Jesel- handholds and footholds, and some people oring book or book of puzzles, can also be softness of it.” nick work with the city forester and the don’t know what to grasp onto. They need a pick-me-up. “It’s imperative for elders “I hope it gets done,” added commis- planning department on the landscape plan to create new sources of meaning, connec- right now to keep their minds and bodies sioner Stephanie Locke. and that Waffle work with him to ensure tion and activity.” active, learning and exploring new things,” Bolton echoed their comments but said the metal roof is matte, not shiny. For many older people, even routine Melcher noted. doctor visits could be an important part of their emotional lives. No nagging “When they’re at the doctor, someone Most importantly, he said, when you do listens, takes care of them and dispenses talk with someone, don’t just share infor- JOIN OUR VIRTUAL advice,” Melcher explained. 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Sotheby’s International Realty and the Sotheby’s International Realty logo are registered (or unregistered) service marks used with permission. Operated by Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. Real estate agents affiliated with Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. Are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. SIR DRE License Number: 899496, Mike Canning DRE#01004964, Jessica Canning DRE#01920034, Nic Canning DRE#01959355, Ellen Krausse DRE#02046046, Brian Keck DRE#02070480 Dave Reese DRE# 02121762