Wilkes Bashford makes hasty departure from Carmel Plaza
By MARY BROWNFIELD decision to close the store which it opened, complete with a decided to tell the employees Monday morning,” she said. “It full bar, superlative customer service and extravagant price was done in adherence to whatever is the appropriate way of THE CLOSURE of upscale clothier Wilkes Bashford’s tags, three years ago. informing people the store is closed.” store in Carmel Plaza Monday caught many, including its “The decision was made very recently, so it’s not one of Although the dressed mannequins remained in the display seven employees and the shopping center’s management, by those situations where there was a great deal of time windows this week, the store’s contents had been loaded onto surprise, as did the nighttime loading of merchandise onto involved,” she said. Although the recession was cited as the trucks Sunday. But spokeswoman Melissa Krantz said that reason for closing the store, the move to shut its doors was See WILKES page 13A surprise was simply a byproduct of the company’s quick made in just a few days’ time, according to Krantz. “When company managers made the decision, they also BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID CARMEL, CA Permit No. 149
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Y OUR S OURCE F OR L OCAL N EWS, ARTS AND O PINION S INCE 1915 Police arrest ex-con in fire-bombings Voters ready to decide By MARY BROWNFIELD lives in the 800 block of Taylor Street, had been cited by MPD Oct. 20 for allegedly ■ Flanders opponents ■ C.V., sign thieves get A 35-YEAR-OLD Monterey man was vandalizing a street sign, according to jailed on $500,000 bail Oct. 23 for allegedly Sonne. outpace supporters busy as incorporation burning two businesses with Molotov cock- While work- tails last July. Police became suspicious of ing on the in fundraising emotions heat up Nathan Abel Augustine when an officer con- case, detec- By MARY BROWNFIELD By CHRIS COUNTS tacted him to follow up on an unrelated van- tives discov- dalism charge, Monterey P.D. Lt. Leslie ered he was ITH VOTERS set to decide the fate HE TEMPERATURE has been rising Sonne said Tuesday. And one of the victims on probation W T of Flanders Mansion at the polls next in Carmel Valley and it has nothing to do said she believes the man was once asked to out of Tuesday, committees on both sides are with global warming. leave her business for racist behavior. Ventura undertaking their final campaign efforts. So After nine years of heated public hear- Augustine, a self-employed commercial County for far, the group opposing the ings, dueling lawsuits and fisherman and construction worker who vandalism Nov. 3 ballot measure has contentious debates, Carmel and raised more money and spent Valley residents will vote on weapons less on its campaign, accord- incorporation Tuesday, Nov. violations, ing to documents filed with Polls open 3. Meanwhile, in the few making him ‘Indigent’ Bergstrom the City of Carmel last week. days left before the Measure subject to Tuesday from Between Sept. 20 and Oct. G election, it’s probably a search and Nathan Augustine 19, the Monterey-based 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. good idea to keep a close eye files appeal from seizure by Committee to Oppose on your campaigns signs. law enforcement. Measure I and Save Mission They took advantage of that and searched San Quentin Trail Park raised $5,600 in Now you see them ... his house, where they reportedly found contributions from 21 donors, bringing the When Carmel Valley resident Heidi ammunition, which convicted felons are not By MARY BROWNFIELD total to $8,200 for the year. The biggest Miguel heard her dog growling last Tuesday, allowed to possess. checks of the period were from MaryAnne she figured a friend was coming to visit. Sonne said other discoveries in the resi- CONVICTED SODOMIST and former Teed and former councilwoman Barbara When she opened her door, though, she saw dence led them to suspect he was connected physician Carl Bergstrom is now in San Livingston, who each gave $750. a man in her driveway getting into a truck to the Molotov-cocktail arson fires at Quentin State Prison serving his six-year Livingston’s campaign contributions for the and driving away with her two “Yes on G” Creative Visions body art and tattoo studio sentence, according to court records. year total $1,000. signs. Miguel said she got a good look at the on Lighthouse Avenue July 13 and Lattitudes Meanwhile, a nonprofit that provides attor- Several people donated $250, including culprit, whom she described as a tall man Restaurant at Lovers Point two days later. neys for appellants who can’t afford their former city manager Doug Schmitz, attorney between 25 and 30 years old, with short hair While only a small section of the roof burned own is preparing to represent him. Skip Lloyd and former councilman Jim and a lean build. He was driving a new black at the restaurant, the body-art studio, owned In July, a jury found Bergstrom guilty of Wright. Flanders Foundation President SUV with a small pickup bed in the rear. by City of Carmel employee Margi Perotti, forcible sodomy on a woman at his Carmel Melanie Billig gave $300, while several “I looked him in the eye,” she recalled. “I suffered significant damage and was closed Woods home. Defense attorney Tom other Measure I opponents made $100 and think he was surprised. It didn’t look like for weeks. Worthington had objected to instructions $200 contributions. anybody was home.” “They saw some items that piqued their jurors received before they deliberated, and The campaign’s total expenses for the Miguel was livid over the theft. “What he interest,” Sonne said, so the detectives sealed after Monterey County Superior Court Judge period were $4,002.96, including $1,000 for did was criminal,” she added. campaign consultant Boots Road Group and Last Wednesday, apparently, was a busy See BERGSTROM page 19A See ARSON page 7A $575 for campaign consultant Daniel day for local sign thieves. McCormick. Graphic artist Sarah Kincaid “Early this morning, thieves stole most of was paid $650 for designing the campaign the large ‘Yes on G’ signs in Carmel Valley, button, and photographer Randy Tunnell and many smaller ones,” reported Glenn Cat killer baits antifreeze with food received $800 for his work on the mailing. Robinson, a candidate for town council. The group paid Copy King $365.34 for post- “All these signs were on private property at By KELLY NIX “I found a little plastic container with cards and fliers for handouts and mailings, the request of the property owners. In most bread and antifreeze,” she said. “A resident with the balance covering the costs of sort- cases, the sign and metal ground stakes were THE PERSON who placed a dish of found the bottom of a Coke bottle. It had antifreeze in a flower bed of a Pacific some sort of fish and antifreeze in it.” See FLANDERS page 13A See TOWN page 13A Grove apartment complex to kill a tenant’s Edwards said she was shocked to think cat in September set out two more bowls of the person still wants to kill cats. the poison, this time adding food to the “It makes me sick to think that this per- CUSD: Habitat classroom too costly toxic soup so it would be more enticing to son is continuing this malice,” Edwards felines. said Wednesday. Jackie Edwards’ cat, Lily, died Sept. 28 The apartment manager, who declined after being poisoned with ethylene glycol, to be identified, said she called the police, the ingredient in automobile antifreeze. who made a report of the crime. Officers Someone had placed a bowl of the chemi- suggested she install video cameras in the cal, which can be appealing to cats and complex. “We are just watching and look- dogs, inside Edwards’ apartment complex ing,” she said. and one outside near the P.G. recreation Edwards and the apartment manager trail. believe a tenant set out the bowls of antifreeze. The manager issued a notice to Bread and fish tenants letting them know that they would On Oct. 13 and 15, two more bowls of be reported to police and evicted if caught. antifreeze were discovered at Edwards’ “I also told people to keep their cats apartment complex by the building’s man- inside,” she said, adding that there are only ager. One dish was found on the third floor one or two cats living at the complex off landing and another in the garden. Unlike Lighthouse Avenue. the first bowls, these also had food soaked By the time the architect is done redesigning the green building for the Carmel Middle School in antifreeze. See ANTIFREEZE page 12A habitat, it might not look like this earlier proposal, but the district hopes it will be much less expensive to construct. See page 8A.
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the Korean-based Pulmuone are being sued for entering into before Nov. 7, Wheeler explained. “Basically, the company is ■ Lawsuit alleges 3,500 share- a deal to sell Monterey Gourmet stock for an unfair price, going to be sold to the highest bidder.” according to Georg Thurmann, who filed the class action suit A press release issued by MGF Oct. 8 indicated the com- holders got raw deal Oct. 16 in Monterey County Superior Court. pany’s plans to sell to Pulmuone for $2.70 per share, which By KELLY NIX Thurmann alleges Monterey Gourmet Foods agreed to the company said represented a premium of nearly 58 percent sell its 16 million shares of stock to Pulmuone for $2.70 each more than the average of the company’s shares for the past 30 A LOCAL food company is the target of a class action — a price Thurmann says is too low and would cheat the trading days. lawsuit that alleges thousands of shareholders were cheated company’s roughly 3,500 shareholders. Though the lawsuit acknowledges Monterey’s stock had as the result of a $45 million deal to sell the business to an “The proposed transaction is the product of a flawed sales plummeted this year, dipping below $2 per share, it claims Asian food giant. process and is being consummated at an unfair price,” the the company was on an upward economic swing, rebounding Monterey Gourmet Foods Inc., its board of directors and lawsuit alleges. from the recession. The defendants failed to disclose details of the business “Accordingly, Pulmuone is picking up MGF at the most proposal to stockholders and initiated a deal designed “to opportune time, at a time when MGF is poised for growth attempt to eliminate the public shareholders’ equity interest,” and its stock price is trading at a huge discount to its intrin- according to the suit. sic value,” the suit says. The suit also accuses MGF and Pulmuone of failing to Monterey Gourmet Foods, which has about 120 products “maximize Monterey’s value” in violation of their fiduciary under several different brand names, is distributed in nearly duties. 10,000 retail and club stores in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America and Asia. Bidding still open The company began in a modest location on Lighthouse Pulmuone U.S.A. Inc. in California and its parent compa- Avenue in Monterey, but in 1992, MGF moved to Salinas, ny, Pulmuone Holdings Co. Ltd. in Korea, are both defen- where it now manufactures about 60 percent of its food prod- dants in the suit. MGF markets products under several ucts. Other products are manufactured in Kent, Wash. About brands, including Monterey Pasta. 30 percent of the company’s products are organic, Wheeler MGF chief financial officer Scott Wheeler told The Pine said. Cone from his Kent, Wash., office that the offer from Pulmuone, which the suit says is a “leader in fresh/health Pulmuone to purchase MGF was the most lucrative it foods,” manufactures organic tofu, noodles and other health- received. food products, and has annual sales of about $1 billion. “What I can tell you is that the board was very cognizant that they wanted every opportunity to get as high a price for this company as they could,” said Wheeler, who is also listed as a defendant, along with eight other MGF executives and directors. Wheeler said a “go-shop” provision in the merger agree- Chamber plans China trip ment with Pulmuone states MGF can sell to another higher bidder within 30 days of the transaction date. THOSE WHO missed out on the remarkably cheap trip to “Anybody could come in and offer more for the company” China organized by the Carmel Chamber of Commerce a couple of years ago will be given another opportunity in 2010. The new trip will take place April 6-14 and is open to anyone, regardless of chamber membership, at a cost of $1,799. The fee covers all transportation, lodging, food, tour guides and admission to cultural sites. The basic tour will include stops in Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, and Hangzhou, but participants can also pay extra to take optional side trips to see the Terracotta Warriors at Xi’an or cruise the Yangtze River. Citslinc International, which works exclusively with chambers of commerce to bring people to China and orches- CALLING ALL WOMEN! trated past Carmel trips, is organizing the spring tour. Traveling by airplane and bus, with English-speaking guides, participants will visit the Great Wall, palaces, temples, gar- 30 Days for $30 dens and other cultural sites. They will also be taken on obligatory shopping expedi- tions and tours of a jade factory, pearl farm, silk embroidery 626-2878 at the National Embroidery Institute and other destinations. Anyone interested in visiting China should call the cham- 26360 Carmel Rancho Lane • Carmel ber at (831) 624-2522 for more information.
Craft Show and Sale in an Olive Grove Local people creating, growing and collecting for your home, garden, pets and of course, you! NOW OPEN Saturday, November 7th 9am- 5pm Homemade natural soap, silk wine bags and lavender sachets, wood works, home made jam, vanilla from Tonga, one of a kind hand made jewelry, local honey, lavender oil, pottery for the home and garden, local olive oil, vintage kitchen collectables, vintage linens, handmade cards and gift tags, garden art of all types, plants, collectables of all types, bird houses, crafts by local young people, paintings, vintage jewelry, yarn work and textiles, glass blown gourds and pumpkins wood cutting boards,
Bring your friends, come check it out and enjoy Complimentary Iced tea and coffee! Fattoria Muia Olive Grove 144 West Carmel Valley Rd • Carmel Valley CA 93924 October 30, 2009 The Carmel Pine Cone 3A CHOMP to make exceptions to under-18 visitor ban
By KELLY NIX some. Monterey resident Ana Lykken, who has COMMUNITY HOSPITAL of the an 18-month-old boy and is delivering her Monterey Peninsula will limit those under 18 second child by Caesarean section at years old from visiting patients in order to CHOMP during Christmas week, said the prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu virus but new rules could prevent her from seeing her will make exceptions in some instances, a son, Ross, for the several days she’ll be hospital spokeswoman said this week. admitted to CHOMP. Besides the restriction on age, the hospi- “It’s heartbreaking to me to be separated tal will only allow two designated visitors from him for so long,” Lykken said. per day for patients who have the flu. The If the hospital doesn’t allow her son into new rules, now in effect, also apply to the hospital, Lykken said she will walk out- CHOMP’s Westland House — the hospital’s side hospital doors to visit with him while hospice and rehabilitation facility in her husband or a relative takes care of him. Monterey. “My son is just as much a part of the Brenda Moore told The Pine Cone last whole baby experience as we are,” she said. week the hospital was considering imposing Lykken and her son were given the H1N1 restrictions. Salinas Valley Memorial Health vaccine this week. Care System and Natividad Medical Center Moore said CHOMP could also make an in Salinas have similar restriction policies. exception for expectant mothers and those CHOMP’s general rule will be that even who have already delivered to receive visits those under 18 who have had the H1N1 vac- from their young children while they are in cine won’t be allowed into the hospital the hospital. unless “a visit is deemed critical because of They “can call the nursing supervisors in the patient’s condition.” charge ahead of time and talk to them and CHOMP’s rules could be relaxed for chil- see if they want to make an exception,” she dren who arrive in the emergency room with said. a family member who’s seeking treatment. Hospitals are imposing age restrictions “Especially in the emergency department, because the swine flu is more likely to occur we don’t have the hard and fast rule,” Moore and can be more serious among children and said. “If it’s an emergency, you often don’t young people, according to the U.S. Centers plan for those things.” But the new restrictions are worrying to See CHOMP page 27A PLEASE VOTE YES ON MEASURE “I” ON NOVEMBER 3RD OR BY ABSENTEE BALLOT
• Flanders is and will remain an historic single family residence for its local • Restoration of Flanders in 2005 was estimated to cost $1.7-$2.2 million. significance. • None of the many trails in the Park intersects the parcel. • No municipal use for the 1.252 acre parcel has been found despite 35 years of • The City has 138 acres of open space completely accessible to the public. study and input from 5 citizen groups • Each of the past 6 City Councils has taken action toward the sale of Flanders. We support the sale of the “Flanders Mansion” (partial list): Carolyn Akcan Corky Duke Kelly Johnson Pam and Steve Meyer Pat and Dick Sippel Pat and Mike Allen Lillian Eccher Martha Jordan Marikay and Bob Morris Nancy Slade Susan and Ted Ardell Patricia and Bill Eggleston Casey Jones Martha Mosher Mary Jane and Kurt Sligar Robert Ballard Riane Eisler Mary Jones Gisela and Peter Murray Leslie and Charlie Snorf Josh Banks Gloria and Lee Eldred Karen Juhring Lillian and Warren Neidenberg Jean Sonoda Mary Janet Barger Janis and Randy Elliott Sally and Bill Kadell Jody Norman Susan Sory Mitsu and Bart Bartron Roberta and David Elliott Les Kadis Dick Nystrom Bob Spencer Susan and Bob Belk Carroll Fergusson Florrie and Paul Kagan Linda O’Connor Connie and Robert Spencer Mary Bell Mary Ann and Joe Ford Carol and Jesse Kahn Lani & Tom O’Day Pat Steele Sarah and Clay Berling Joyce and Jerry Frasca Liz and Scott Kantor Lynn and Bob O’Neill Dick Stewart Judy and Woody Beville Midge Frick Jack Kendall Joyce Gil Osorio Cathy and Larry Stewart Barbara and Roger Bolgard Peppy Garner Norma Jean and David Keyston Roger Parkes Pat and Rod Stofle Judy and Dick Borda Charles Gibilterra Pam and Clyde Klaumann Burt Pike Virginia Stone Angele and Silvio Borello Barbara Genovese Marguerite and John Krisher Jim Pretzer Brendan Sullivan Justin Borello Lois Genovese Erl Lagerholm Jane and Jim Price Nancie and Merv Sutton Phil Bowhay Karol and Jerry Gleason Elinor Laiola Judy Profeta Ken Talmage Sylvia and Buck Breiholz Patricia Golman Gary LaMar Debbie Quayle Anne and Chris Tescher Paul Brocchini Donald Graham Casper (Bud) Larson Nancy Reese Carrie Theis Barbara Bucquet Alice and Paul Gutierrez Doris Lawton Diane and Bob Reid Judy and John Thodos Linda Calafiore Dolores (Dee) Hagey Jill Lee Jan and Niels Reimers Martha Thomas Chris and Pam Carroll Joy and Bob Hall Suzanne and Jeff Lehr Mary and John Ricksen Georganne Thurstun Betty and Joseph Chaffers Barbara and Dick Hammond Brian Leidig Maureen and Benjamin Vonda and Dan Tibbitts Sarah and Gary Chang Patty and Robert Hammond Marian and Glenn Leidig Richards Sally Tierney Gene and Bob Clifford Diane and Bruce Hanger Jody LeTowt LaVonne Rilling Paula and George Tipton Gene Conley Lindsay Hanna Denny LeVett Nita Robbins Rosaleen Trambley Susan Conway Harriet Harrell Bernice and Bob Little Chris and Graeme Robertson Hilary Traynor-Duda Marilyn and Lee Cox Hildegunn Hawley Robert Little Joan and Steve Robinson John Wagner Mary Kay Crockett Lillian Hazdovac Keira and Matt Little Mary and Brian Robotti Patty and George Walker Jerian and Al Crosby Paula Hazdovac Judy and Gary Logan Gloria and James Rodda Perry Walker Judy and Mike Cunningham Jim Heilig Judy Lyle Paige and Carl Roetter Suzanne Webb Lucia Dahlstrand Alexander Heisinger Michael Lynch Ronni Roman Carla and Jeff White Kim De Benedetto Michael Heisinger Caroline MacDonald Gerard Rose John Whitt Walt deFaria Pamela and Jim Heisinger Ruth McClendon Anne and Jim Rurka Ramie Wikdahl Kathleen DeMaria Dale Hekhuis Sue McCloud Mark Ryan Susan Willey Tina DeMaria Dorothy and Howard Herning Alton McEwen Shan Sayles Robin Wilson Fleece Dennis Constance and Kenneth Hess Mia and Gerry Maddoux Gail and Bill Scearce Susan and David Wirshup Dixie Dixon Steve Hillyard Sheila and Joe Mark Debbie and Dennis Sharp Pat and Bill Woska Nancy and Bill Doolittle Suzanne Holm Susan and Rich Mastio Karen and David Sharp Renate and Don Wunsch Liam Doust Kay and Don Holz David Mauldwin Sharon Sieve Anna Yateman Hallie and Brad Dow Todd Hornick Linda and Walter McCarthy Donna Shore Linda Yellich Jean Draper Angie and Bob Irvine Gene McFarland William Shreve Edna Young Francis Duda Donna Jett Jude and Phil Melrose Paid for by the Committee for Aye on Measure I, P. O. Box 22351, Carmel, CA 93922 • 831-624-6543 4A The Carmel Pine Cone October 30, 2009
Department and the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office last Pebble Beach: Man discovered someone stole his Nokia cel- week. This week’s log was compiled by Mary Brownfield. lular phone from his unlocked vehicle while it was parked on Forest Lodge Road. Police & SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 Big Sur: Two unknown suspects broke the window of a vehi- cle while it was parked Highway 1. They were scared away by Sheriff’s Log Carmel-by-the-Sea: Lost camera on Lincoln Street. the vehicle’s alarm and did not take any items. COLUMBUS DAY Carmel-by-the-Sea: Report of a past-tense burglary to a residence on San Antonio Avenue. Taken were a refrigerator Carmel-by-the-Sea: Report of an injured raccoon in the and a washer. roadway on Junipero. Upon arrival, the injured raccoon was cap- How not to handle tured and wildlife services were notified. Carmel-by-the-Sea: Camera lost somewhere in the area of Carmel-by-the-Sea: Person called in regards to property Ocean Avenue. damage on Lincoln Street. The responsible party who caused the a small wet spot Carmel-by-the-Sea: Traffic accident reported on Casanova damage was contacted and agreed to resolve the matter. No fur- Street. ther action. Pebble Beach: Women reported someone stole the CD play- Pebble Beach: Anonymous person requested a welfare check HERE’S A look at some of the significant calls logged by er and a Banks PDA from her unlocked Dodge pickup truck of an elderly female. the Carmel-by-the-Sea Police Department, the Carmel Fire while it was parked on Bird Rock Road. Carmel area: Person at a Crossroads restaurant stated a female had been contacting him and accusing him of a crime. Case continues pending further investigation. Carmel Valley: A Carmel Valley resident reported an intox- icated subject might try to drive away from her home. Deputies contacted the male subject and arrested him for violation of pro- bation, two counts. Carmel area: Residences Your Local Concierge Doctor near Carmel River and Highway 1 were told about a flash flood warning from the Appointments granted within 24 hours. Direct, immediate Natural National Weather Service. access to your own personal doctor. Visits lasting at least Pebble Beach: Man 45 minutes. And house calls. See why we’re on call for the called the sheriff’s office after area’s finest resorts, and why our patients love us. Because Stone discovering his employer’s in addition to house calls, we’ve brought back another lost home on Sloat Road had been art — the bedside manner. Courtesy of Dr. Qamar. burglarized. Carmel area: Victim Adult Medicine - Pediatrics - Geriatrics received a disturbing post on As featured in Forbes, The Monterey County Herald, Good Morning her online profile. Monterey Bay, The Californian, NPR Radio, and various other forums. Carmel Valley: A Carmel resident reported finding lost No membership necessary, accepting new patients. property on Carmel Valley Road at Prado del Sol. Deputies took possession of M.S. Qamar, M.D. the found property. Case con- Diplomate, tinues pending claim of own- ership. American Board of Family Medicine TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13 Nineteen Upper Ragsdale Drive • Suite One Hundred Ten Hwy 68, Salinas Ryan Ranch • Monterey • Main Office 831.373.1366 455.1876 Carmel-by-the-Sea: CPD Questions? E-mail [email protected] Open Daily www.mcshanesnursery.com See POLICE LOG page 6RE October 30, 2009 The Carmel Pine Cone 5A Criminals increase sophistication in old lottery scams
By MARY BROWNFIELD “It seems like it’s on the rise again,” she said Wednesday. tax on it, and she needs to Moneygram or Western Union “We’re a little bank, and we’ve had three customers in the back $3,950, plus $700 to a tax agent in London,” Segali THE LOCAL branch manager of a major bank has seen past couple of weeks come in and ask, ‘Are these real?’” said. “People think they’re ahead right away, so they deposit three customers come in with fraudulent checks designed to Typically, the envelope has a Canadian postmark but con- the checks and send them money, and of course the checks bilk them out of hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars in an tains letterhead bearing the name of a large American com- then come back as fraudulent.” old scam with increasingly deceptive characteristics. Theresa pany, like Pepsi or Reader’s Digest, Segali said, “so people Her bank, which is one of the nation’s largest but which Segali wanted to warn residents that any letter that describes think it’s legitimate.” she did not want named in this story, caught the fake checks award winnings and includes a check to cover taxes — and The specific amounts will vary from scam to scam. Often, before the victims lost their money, but she worried other also requires the recipient to wire a smaller sum of cash out the check will include the name of a small or nonexistent victims might deposit the checks without having someone to cover fees — is a scam. financial institution, while the routing number will belong to determine whether they are genuine. She said she reported Chase or another major U.S. bank in order to prevent bank the first of the three fakes to police, who advised her to try to computer systems from detecting the forgery right away. spread the word through the media. Several customers have brought the checks, sometimes “So far, we’ve caught them all, but it’s very easy for banks with the accompanying letters, to Segali with questions about to take the check because they don’t see the letter,” she said, Diamond peddler loses their legitimacy. and therefore don’t immediately recognize it as fake. “The “The one I’m looking at right now is she’s been told she’s only reason we know they’re phony right away is the letters $58K in stones winning $450,000, and they’ve given her $4,950 to pay the are always the same.”
A TRAVELING salesman last week reported he lost an envelope containing $58,000 worth of diamonds while in town Sept. 23. According to Carmel Police Sgt. Paul Tomasi, after a visit to Lussori on Ocean Avenue, “he noticed that four diamonds were missing.” The salesman told police he was carrying the cut stones, which ranged from .90 carats to 2.71 carats, inside a pink pouch kept in a case tethered to his body. When he later looked for it, the pouch was missing. PEST CONTROL “He said the last time he remembered seeing the dia- Serving the Carmel Area Since 1946 monds was here in Carmel, and when he left, he checked and • TERMITE INSPECTIONS See LOST page 9A • RODENT CONTROL • INSECT CONTROL • LANDSCAPE PESTS (831) 624-8211 $39 CHIMNEY SWEEP License PR516 & SAFETY INSPECTION San Carlos & 7th • P.O. Box 4977, Carmel CA 93921
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TYLER HEART INSTITUTE MEDICAL DIRECTORS (From left) Terrance Moran, MD Cardiac Wellness Vincent Gaudiani, MD Cardiac Surgery Pir W. Shah, MD Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Richard Gray, MD Tyler Heart Institute Soteria Karahalios, MD Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Services
CARDIOLOGY TEAM (From left) Michael Galloway, MD Stephen Brabeck, MD Nicholas K. Chee, DO Terrance Moran, MD Riaz Ahmed, MD Thomas Kehl, MD Soteria Karahalios, MD
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, INTERVENTION, AND PACEMAKER TEAM (From left) Harlan R. Grogin, MD Pir W. Shah, MD G. Wendell Yee, MD Hardwin Mead, MD Steve Lee, MD Kerala Serio, MD Michael Allan Plainse, MD James Joye, DO Stanley Hwang, MD
CARDIAC SURGERY TEAM (From left) Gregory Spowart, MD Vincent Gaudiani, MD Richard Kelly, MD
625-4538 October 30, 2009 The Carmel Pine Cone 7A JUDGE ORDERS ONION PROCESSING STOPPED TO PROTECT WINE
By KELLY NIX the air and then were absorbed by the vines, making the about the onion smell until 2008, five years after the compa- resulting wine smell and taste like “chicken soup.” J. Lohr ny began processing onions. A JUDGE has ordered a food processing company to said it lost at least $1.6 million because of wine tainted by The attorneys also said the winery didn’t “preserve grape stop dehydrating onions at its Greenfield plant, which near- Sensient’s processing of onions. samples and other physical evidence relating to its claims.” by J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines said was making some of its J. Lohr wants Sensient to compensate it for those losses J. Lohr hired a wine aroma and flavor expert who identi- wine taste and smell like onion juice. and is also seeking punitive damages and damages for incon- fied a molecule responsible for the onion characteristics On Oct. 23, Monterey County Superior Court Judge Lydia venience, annoyance and emotional distress. found in the J. Lohr wine as a result of the onion dehydration Villareal ordered Sensient Dehydrated Flavors to stop pro- Sensient “is knowingly and willfully destroying J. Lohr’s process, the winery’s lawsuit says. cessing onions after J. Lohr filed a lawsuit claiming the grapes, vineyards, winemaking business and reputation,” The researcher and his team identified mercaptans (a sul- process was tainting the flavor of its grapes and wine. according to the lawsuit, filed by J. Lohr attorneys Brian furous organic substance) as being responsible for the Villareal ordered Sensient to stop processing onions until Finegan and Chuck Warner. cooked onion aromas and flavors found in the J. Lohr wine. it has a county permit. The company is authorized to process According to court records, Sensient said it believed J. J. Lohr, which annually produces more than 1 million celery, peppers and parsley, but not onions. Lohr was trying to “lay all responsibility” for its bad wine on cases of wine, has about 900 acres of vineyards in Greenfield Earlier this month, Sensient was cited by the Monterey the company because of the company’s onion processing. which produce several cool climate varietals, including County Resource Management Agency for being in violation And in an Oct. 23 answer to the J. Lohr suit, Sensient Chardonnay, Riesling, Valdiguié and Pinot Noir. J. Lohr also of its permit. The company has since filed for an amended attorneys J. Kenneth Gorman and Charles L. Coleman denied has about 2,000 acres in Paso Robles which produce permit that would allow it to process onions. the winery’s allegations and said J. Lohr didn’t complain Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and other red wines. J. Lohr’s lawsuit, filed Oct. 13, contends chemicals released from the process of dehydrating onions permeated ADOPT TODAY “My passion for the ocean Bluebell is the Purrfect Companion! keeps me working for a ARSON sustainable future...” From page 1A Named for her pretty blue eyes and sweet disposition, Bluebell is an 8-year-old Lynx Point Siamese mix with a off the residence and stationed an officer outside for a couple soft coat in shades of of hours until they could obtain a search warrant specific to the arson case. That search turned up a firearm — another chocolate and cream. The item felons are not allowed to possess — and “other evidence ultimate diplomat, she gets the detectives believe connect him to the two arson fires,” along well with everyone, Sonne said. They arrested Augustine for the ammunition, firearm and oth human and feline. Blue two arson charges, and booked him in to Monterey County l loves to be held in your Jail the night of Oct. 23. ms and enjoys curling in Detectives are also investigating whether Augustine might r lap. She dreams of be responsible for other suspicious fires, including the Sept. 30 blaze at a David Avenue apartment complex, according to ng a home of her own-- Sonne. ou help make her wish “There’s a lot of information we’re not able to release at true? Please call today. this time, because we’re still actively investigating other cases,” she said. In addition, officers are looking further into Augustine’s CALLCAAAL 333-0722 Sponsored by: criminal history. A check of Monterey County Superior Passionfish Court records indicates felony charges were filed against him /LJKWKRXVH$YH3DFL¿F*URYH*URURYRYHYH food from the heart in June and September 2003, though they do not show what the allegations were, which agency initiated them or how they were resolved. “I know our detectives are looking at all those and trying Church in the Forest to get individual reports related to them,” Sonne said. at Stevenson School • Forest Lake Road, Pebble Beach 831-624-1374 • www.churchintheforest.org
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Rolland which they refused to do and asked him not to return. multi-denominationalmulti-denominational Two of the artists “told him that he wasn’t welcome in the shop anymore because he was slamming black people while The Christian Church Brandon was tattooing this black guy from the DLI,” she Church of the Wayfarer (Disciples of Christ) Daniel Wm. Paul, MDiv ~ Pastor (A United Methodist Church) said. “It was just wrong.” 442 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Because Creative Visions shares a building with Troia “Red Light Green Light” (831) 372-0363 • Fax (831) 647-8467 Dairy & Ice, the damages to the roof, carpet, paint and the by Pastor Norm Mowery Childcare & Parking Provided front window through which the Molotov cocktail was Special music by Kevin Jordan, instrumentalist Email: [email protected] • www.pacificgrovechurch.org reportedly thrown were covered by Troia’s insurance compa- ny, according to Perotti. Bible Study at 8:45 and 11:15 AM All Saints Episcopal Church But she spent about $9,000 repairing and replacing dam- Sunday Worship at 10:00 AM • Loving Child Care Dolores & 9th, Carmel-by-the-Sea • www.allsaintscarmel.org aged furniture, equipment and other items in the studio, Children’s Sunday School at 10:15 AM 8 AM Traditional • 9:15 AM* Informal which reopened a few weeks ago. 10:30 AM* Choral • 5:30PM Spoken Lincoln & 7th, Carmel-by-the-Sea (Evensong - 1st Sun., 5:30 PM) “My insurance picked up squat,” she said. “They wrote 624-3550 • www.churchofthewayfarer.com me a check for $800.” (831) 624-3883 *Childcare provided Perotti has yet to determine whether she will sue Augustine — if he is guilty — in civil court for the cost of Carmel Mission Basilica First United Methodist the damages, not to mention the distress of being awakened Sat. Mass: 5:30PM fulfills Sunday obligation. Church of Pacific Grove before dawn to learn her business was on fire, and then going Sun. Masses: 7:30AM, 9:30AM, 11:00AM, 12:30PM & 5:30PM Confessions: Sat. 4:00 to 5:00 “The Butterfly Church” through the pains of cleaning and replacing everything. Mass at Big Sur: Sundays at 10:30 AM ALL SAINTS SUNDAY “Does he having anything, or is he just a felon who is liv- 3080 Rio Road, Carmel ing hand to mouth? I don’t know,” she said. “I think I have to “Holy Partners in a Heavenly Calling” Rev. Mark R. Wendland talk to the police first.” Christian Science Church Sunday Worship at 10:30 AM Sunday Church and Sunday School 10 a.m. Loving Child Care • Children’s Sunday School Wednesday Testimony Meetings 7:30 p.m. Reading Room - Mon-Fri 10am to 4pm • Saturday 11am - 3pm 915 Sunset Drive (at 17 Mile Drive) Open Wed. 6:45-7:15pm • Sundays 11:00-11:30am • Open Holidays Pacific Grove, CA 93950 EARS fundraiser Child Care Available 831-372-5875 • www.butterflychurch.org Lincoln St. btwn 5th & 6th • 624-3631 • Free Parking THE ALL-AMERICAN Boys Chorus will bring its 32 Community Church Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church young voices to Wild Things in Salinas for a fundraiser of the Monterey Peninsula “In the Heart of Carmel Valley Village” Saturday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. The ensemble, comprising Reverend Greg Ward, Guest Pastor singers ranging in age from 9 to 14, will present audience Sat. Vigil Mass: 4:30pm (Fulfills Sunday obligation) 10:00 Worship Service and Sunday School Sunday Mass 9 am and 11:15 am • Confessions: Sat. 3:30 to 4:00 favorites spanning the eras of American music. Carmel Valley Road, 1 mile East of Hwy. 1 9 El Caminito Rd., Carmel Valley And given the venue, with its rescued exotic creatures and (831) 624-8595 • www.ccmp.org www.ourladycarmelvalley.org celebrity lions, tigers, bears and other animals, the concert promises to be unique. The event will benefit the Elephants St. John’s Chapel of Africa Rescue Society, the nonprofit elephant sanctuary at Advertise Your Church Services here 1490 Mark Thomas Dr., Monterey Wild Things, with all proceeds going to support its five ele- ◆ $20 per week ◆ Traditional Anglican Worship • 1928 Prayer Book phants. Tickets are $55 for adults and $35 for kid. To pur- Call The Carmel Pine Cone • (831) 274-8590 Sundays: 8:00 & 10:30 a.m. chase, contact the EARS office at (831) 455-2447. Wild 831-375-4463 Things is located at 400 River Road in Salinas. E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.stjohnschapel.com 8A The Carmel Pine Cone October 30, 2009 Candidates for water board seat couldn’t be more different
By KELLY NIX Rey Oaks, is eight-year MPWMD director Judi Lehman, project has been built to stop overdrafting the Carmel River who will square off with Andy Clarke, a 31-year-old accoun- or protect Peninsula residents from drought. In fact, the A LONGTIME Monterey Peninsula Water Management tant for Alco Water Service. Peninsula legal water supply has shrunk during that time by District director who prefers conservation over desalination Formed in 1978, the MPWMD’s mission is to manage, more than 50 percent, and Lehman is one of a handful of will square off with a Del Rey Oaks accountant who said he augment and protect water resources for the benefit of the water board members who don’t think a major new water believes a water project is needed to meet the needs of the community and environment. The agency was created by vot- project is needed. Peninsula. ers in response to a severe drought. The Peninsula’s water concerns were complicated last In the race for the seat for District 2, which includes Del But after more than three decades, no major water supply week when the State Water Resources Control Board issued a cease and desist order against water provider California American Water, which could mean rationing and other severe penalties for water users. You’re invited to our Howl-O-Ween OPEN HOUSE Clarke said he’s a “doer” and wants the board to try its best to help implement a water project. Come By If You Dare . . . “The water board has been around longer than I have, and they haven’t really done anything,” said Clarke. & Give Some Pets A Little Care! Clarke, who is also on the Del Rey Oaks planning com- Friday, October 30th mission, said that besides solving the Carmel River problem, there should be water for infill housing and lots of record. Come by our office on Junipero between 5th & 6th And Clarke said the water supply should support “respon- From 12-3 we’ll be hosting sible development,” including water for affordable housing. “We need to develop things smartly,” he said. “And we A SPECIAL SPCA PET ADOPTION need water for that.” Tell everyone about it! Come by and help support our Clarke said he’s a good fit for the water board because he efforts for the organization and pick up one of our doesn’t have any “baggage” with Cal Am or other interests. APR Doggy Bandannas for your favorite pet to strut “I hope to bring some consensus building,” Clarke said. their stuff the next day at – City of Carmel’s Birthday “The board is kind of polarized. I can usually bring people Parade. together.” His list of endorsements include the Monterey Peninsula Our friend NILES, Del Monte Aviation’s “loyal mascot” modeling one of our bandannas. Chamber of Commerce, the Monterey Commercial Property Owners and the Monterey County Hospitality Association. To preview all homes for sale in Lehman, an event planner at Asilomar Conference Monterey County log on to Grounds, is running for her third four-year term on the board. A slow-growth supporter, Lehman won’t endorse a water NE Corner of Ocean & Dolores apr-carmel.com project that would help solve the Carmel River overdraft Junipero between 5th & 6th problem. “I hate to say I’m going to support one plan, 831.622.1040 because if they start tweaking it and you change your mind, then they call you a flip-flopper,” Lehman explained. Though there is wide support for a project that would include a desalination plant in Marina, Lehman isn’t sold on the plan. “As strongly as everyone feels about desal,” Lehman said, she has major reservations about desal’s “environmental impacts, cost and energy.”
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School board rejects expensive construction bids for CMS project
By MARY BROWNFIELD
CONSTRUCTION OF a cutting-edge green classroom building at Carmel Middle School will have to be delayed after the Carmel Unified School District board of education voted last week to reject bids on the project. Slated to be built with proceeds from the school bond vot- ers approved in 2005, the one-story structure, adjacent to the school’s habitat project and containing classrooms and cook- ing facilities, was designed to have a living roof, photovolta- ic panels, a wind generator, radiant heating, windows that facilitate natural ventilation and light, a system to capture rainwater, recycled materials and other aspects that would make it a tangible, living example of environmentally friend- ly construction. In it, students would be involved in every aspect of plant cultivation, from sprouting seeds, to cooking the vegetables they grow in the habitat garden. But ambiguities in the design, including whether it would be built onsite or constructed offsite and then assembled at the school, led the two contractors who bid on the project — locals DMC Construction and SBI Builders — to propose $1.2 million to $1.3 million price tags, according to district business official Rick Blanckmeister. When the building was designed, costs were estimated in the $800,000 to $900,000 range. As a result, the board voted to reject the bids and send the project back to Berkeley-based architect Arkin Tilt for a redesign that calls for less expensive items and methods of construction. The board also voted to have a professional estimator go through the the project’s specs. Part of the challenge is the unusual nature of the building, according to Blanckmeister. Much construction for school districts is fairly standard, but a green building such as that slated for the middle school is far less common. “There aren’t many districts that are doing this type of project,” he said. “This was designed from the ground up. That’s probably a large contributor to the costs’ coming in higher than expected.” District officials anticipate it will take about two months to get the building out to bid again, depending on how long the state architect, which oversees all construction projects at public schools, takes to approve the new design once it’s fin- [email protected] ished. October 30, 2009 The Carmel Pine Cone 9A Commission chooses incentives for green building projects
the use of incentives and asked the planning commission to rules. ■ Date of mandatory suggest what they should be. “This whole thing is such a watered-down, low-threshold Other communities often offer increased floor area and ordinance, and I think it speaks for itself and most people are compliance extended height, and waive setbacks, but Conroy said even the state’s using a lot of these measures,” he said. By MARY BROWNFIELD foremost environmental guardians — the California Coastal Commission — probably wouldn’t like to see the rules loos- ‘A little too nice’ THE CITY should do more to encourage people to use ened very much. New planning commissioner Victoria Beach objected to environmentally friendly materials and methods in their con- A little extra basement space might be offered, he said, the proposed volume bonus, which she called “radical.” struction projects, the planning commission decided Oct. 14. along with a 25 percent discount on permit fees and the abil- “I like all the incentives, but that one seems a little too Commissioners also voted to delay mandatory compliance ity to jump to the head of the permit queue. nice,” she said. with the new green building ordinance until August 2010. It Architect Michael Waxer suggested the city could offer And commissioner Robin Wilson objected to the fee had been set to take effect Jan. 1. more incentives, and a green building group with which he is reduction. “Because of the slowdown in the economy and the con- involved submitted a list of options. “Fees are paid in order to cover the costs that the city struction industry, staff is recommending extending the dead- Architect Safwat Malek, a member of the city green incurs in reviewing the project,” he said. “It’s a real cost that line,” Conroy said. building committee that helped develop the ordinance, said needs to be paid by the people using that service.” Commissioners agreed, unanimously voting to delay the committee could review Waxer’s list and make sugges- Commissioners vote 4-1 to recommend, in order of pref- mandatory compliance with the ordinance until next summer. tions. erence, the bonus floor area, permit streamlining and fee In order to encourage property owners and developers to He also said many people are already following the green reduction as incentives. Wilson dissented. do more than the minimum required in the ordinance — which uses checklists that give points for green processes and products — the city council approved
City to turn 93 on Halloween
WHAT BETTER way to begin Halloween revelry than heading to Carmel for the city’s annual parade and birthday party? This year, Carmel-by- the-Sea will celebrate its 93rd birthday Saturday, Oct. 31, beginning with the 11 a.m. parade, in which all are welcome — especially kids and dogs in costumes. The parade will assemble in front of Sunset Center and then wend its way up and down Ocean Avenue. Afterward, participants will return to Sunset Center, where their civic pride will be rewarded with free ice cream. The Sunset Center parking lot and grounds will also host the birthday bash, 6DYH\RXUSODQWV6DYHWKHHDUWK which includes a hot-dog lunch and live entertainment beginning around noon. $5 $QGVDYHPRQH\WRR tickets are on sale at Carmel City Hall For more informa- tion, call (831) 620-2020.or email [email protected] ,W·VWLPHWRWXUQRIIDXWRPDWLFVSULQNOHUV\VWHPV ca.us. LOST From page 5A
couldn’t find them,” Tomasi said. The man had not shown the stones at Lussori, as he had not intended to sell them there. “When I talked to the store, they said they didn’t see anything,” he said. “They didn’t see the dia- monds, he didn’t take them out, and they didn’t see what he was carrying them in.” No video surveillance footage was available for the timeframe of the visit by the &RQVHUYLQJZDWHULVDVKDUHGUHVSRQVLELOLW\IRURXUFRPSDQ\DQGRXUFXVWRPHUV² time the salesman reported DJRDOZHFDQDFKLHYHWRJHWKHU:H·UHKHUHWRKHOS the loss on Oct. 22. The Southern California man did not accuse anyone of stealing the stones and requested the police report in order to file a claim with his employer’s insurance company, according to Tomasi. “He said there was no WE CARE ABOUT WATER. IT’S WHAT WE DO. way someone lifted them, that he lost them,” he said. ZZZFDOLIRUQLDDPZDWHUFRP “He wasn’t accusing any- one.” 10A The Carmel Pine Cone October 30, 2009 DIFFERENT Cal Am and MPWMD file suit over cutback order From page 8A By KELLY NIX and warned it could “result in [Cal Am] providing 68 percent But Lehman is supportive of Cal Am’s project to store less water to the people of the Monterey Peninsula than [Cal excess winter flows from the Carmel River in aquifers, and is UPPING THEIR battle to stop a state agency from Am] currently provides, and could jeopardize the health and “intrigued” with the so-called Hybrid Regional Plan, backed sharply curtailing the Monterey Peninsula’s water supply, safety of the people of the Monterey Peninsula.” by groups that oppose most new development, including California American Water and the Monterey Peninsula The SWRCB issued the order to protect the steelhead LandWatch Monterey County and the League of Women Water Management District filed lawsuits this week against trout, which inhabit the Carmel River. Voters. the State Water Resources Control Agency. The Sierra Club and the Carmel River Steelhead The plan includes conservation, groundwater replenish- The lawsuits, filed Tuesday in Monterey County Superior Association urged the board to go forward with the order. ment and a desalination plant that would produce much less Court, challenge a cease and desist order imposed Oct. 20 by “The SWRCB has a duty to ensure sufficient water is water than the Marina plan. the SWRCB compelling Cal Am to reduce pumping of the available to meet the health and safety needs of the citizens Lehman said she would like to see a combination of ele- Carmel River by almost 20 percent over seven years. of the Monterey Peninsula,” said MPWMD attorney Dave ments from the regional project and the hybrid plan to solve The SWRCB order could force Cal Am’s 40,000 water Laredo in a news release. “Unfortunately, the state board the Peninsula’s water shortage. customers into rationing. adopted an order that threatens our health and safety, and “I’m a firm believer not one project is going to solve all “The order calls for cutbacks that are unfair to our cus- does not meet the needs of our local economy.” of our concerns,” she said. tomers, who already save more water than anyone else in the Meanwhile, the California Public Utilities Commission is When asked if she believed in water for infill housing or state,” said Cal Am spokeswoman Catherine Bowie. “We expected to release its final environmental impact report any type of new development, Lehman said, “new develop- truly believe the energy and focus should be placed on get- Friday for Cal Am’s proposed Coastal Water Project, which ment is going to happen. Water has to be in the city’s alloca- ting a new water supply.” includes a desalination plant in Moss Landing. The EIR will tions, and the planning and allocation and distribution comes In the company’s 27-page lawsuit, Cal Am called the from the general plan.” SWRCB cease and desist order “flawed and unreasonable” See SUIT page 31A Lehman said she believes she has the experience and the “analytical and investigative mind” for another four years on the board. “I think we have a really good board right now,” she said. “Even though we don’t always agree, we walk out of there at Here’s a thought: the end of the night knowing we have given it our best.” For Halloween, you dress up like a client, and we’ll dress up like real estate brokers. ARE YOU READY TO LET STRESS GO NOW? Enjoy profound relaxation and greater You come by our office, ring the bell, health with Reiki. Pronounced “ray-key” and we’ll find a house to put in your bag! meaning universal life force. 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