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Y OUR S OURCE F OR L OCAL N EWS, ARTS AND O PINION S INCE 1915 ‘Backyard dogs’ and Firefighters: We didn’t have enough their owners subjects water for Robles del Rio blaze of enforcement effort By MARY BROWNFIELD

By KELLY NIX THE HISTORIC Robles del Rio Lodge, designed and built by M.J. Murphy in the late FOR TWO years, Rhonda Somerton listened to the 1920s as a focal point of Carmel Valley Village, incessant barking of her neighbor’s dog, an animal that lived burned to the ground early Sunday morning after mostly in solitary confinement in a backyard and was given being vacant for a decade due to lack of financ- little shelter and care, let alone love and affection. ing for the owners’ expansion plans. The lonely dog, a border collie/Labrador mix named Firefighters from the Carmel Valley and Cole, prompted Somerton to spread the word about “back- Monterey County Regional fire protection dis- yard dogs” — a term for dogs left by their owners to live their tricts who responded to the blaze said they existence outside, sometimes chained, with little care. couldn’t get enough water from nearby hydrants “What we have is sort of an epidemic of people who get to battle it effectively, and the fire could easily dogs and just keep them isolated and alone in the backyard, have spread to the surrounding neighborhood. with really no contact,” said Somerton, of Seaside. “These Neighbors in that hillside subdivision began dogs become unsocialized. It’s a form of neglect.” calling 911 shortly after 3 a.m. May 23, and by Though most dog owners understand the importance of the time the first fire engine arrived four min- giving an animal affection, Somerton and her mother, utes later, the building was already engulfed in Dorothy Somerton, are sending the message to neglectful flames, according to Carmel Valley Fire dog owners that it’s not OK to leave a dog penned up and Division Chief Miles Schuler. ignored. After standing for “The roof had already collapsed,” he said. “Dogs have been bred for thousands of years to be com- eight decades, “There were a couple of walls standing when we panions to man,” she said. “When they are isolated, it’s real- Robles del Rio lodge got there, but they weren’t standing for long.” ly horrific for them.” burns to the ground Hampered by the cyclone fence surrounding The Somertons are preparing to distribute fliers provided early Sunday, leaving the property, firefighters got through but then by the SPCA for Monterey County that let people know what piles of rubble and a had to contend with the area’s old water system, fireplace standing. to do if they believe a dog is being neglected or abused. which Schuler said lacks adequate storage to “The fliers explain who we are, what we do to help ani- defend the homes there from a wildfire. The 18 mals, and what cruelty and neglect are,” said SPCA spokes- crew members worked for two-and-a-half hours woman Beth Brookhouser. “They encourage people to call PHOTOS/(TOP) KATHERINE to bring the conflagration under control. KLAWANS SMITH, (BOTTOM) MARY BROWNFIELD See DOGS page 20A See FIRE page 31A Mistaken for sniper, bird researcher SUPES DECLARE MORATORIUM ON WELLS By PAUL MILLER volume of only 2 percent, as opposed to 10 gets visit from armed deputies to 20 percent in alluvial soils,” county envi- DESPITE A paucity of evidence that an ronmental health director Richard LeWarne By CHRIS COUNTS was also hiding behind a camouflaged emergency exists — and with only a few per- told the board. blind, which perhaps added to the bicy- mits in the pipeline — the Monterey County He cited two subdivisions in northern MAX MEHLMAN is adept at hiding Board of Supervisors enacted an “urgency” Monterey County that have had problems from woodpeckers at Hastings Natural See BIRDS page 19A moratorium this week on well permits in with fractured granite wells running dry and History Reservation in upper Carmel most of the Monterey Peninsula and suggest- implied the same thing could happen with Valley. But while Mehlman was surrepti- ed the restrictions could later be extended to wells for single homes. tiously keeping an eye on a woodpecker’s the entire county. nest Sunday afternoon, he was completely After complaints from several residents See WELLS page 18A unaware that someone was watching him of Carmel Woods about owners of vacant as well. Imagine his surprise when he dis- lots in the neighborhood drilling wells so covered a sheriff’s deputy standing just a they could build on their land, 5th District few feet away and pointing a shotgun at Supervisor Dave Potter requested an ordi- Local beaches him. Two other deputies, each pointing a nance be drafted to study whether the wells Glock pistol, flanked the officer with the were viable for long-term use. shotgun. “This is the responsible direction to get good grades Mehlman was apprehended, questioned head,” Potter said Tuesday before supervisors and released by deputies who decided he unanimously adopted the moratorium. By KELLY NIX wasn’t a sniper, despite a report from a “Some of these lots are awfully small sites, bicyclist on Carmel Valley Road who and if you have multiple homes drilling wells AN ENVIRONMENTAL group called the Monterey County Sheriff’s on multiple sites, it could affect health and has given eight Monterey Peninsula Office to report someone hiding with a safety of the water supply.” beaches nearly perfect marks for low gun in the brush. Officers understandably Ironically, the moratorium doesn’t apply levels of harmful bacteria. approached the bird researcher with every to wells that tap into the Carmel River In a report released Wednesday, possible caution. aquifer, where a water shortage has caused a Heal the Bay, a Southern California “The poor kid was terrified,” recalled 15-year moratorium on water permits from nonprofit that every year issues report Mark Stromberg, the resident director of the Peninsula’s water company, Cal Am. cards for dozens of West Coast beach- the reserve. Instead, this week’s ban applies to property es, gave beaches in Carmel, Pacific While it is unknown who alerted the PHOTO/COURTESY HASTINGS RESERVE owners whose land sits on top of “fractured Grove, Pebble Beach, Spanish Bay and sheriff’s office, it is likely that Mehlman’s Max Mehlman uses a camouflaged blind granite,” which can contain substantial water Monterey scores of A’s, with the excep- spotting scope gave the bicyclist the and a spotting scope to study woodpeck- but is not as reliable a water source as tradi- impression that a sniper was lurking. He ers. He does not use a gun. tional aquifers. See BEACHES page 29A “Fractured granite has a water storage Get your complete Carmel Pine Cone every Thursday evening in convenient pdf format via email. Free subscriptions available at www.carmelpinecone.com. 2A The Carmel Pine Cone May 28, 2010 COUNTRY Sandy Claws HOME CARE By Margot Petit Nichols Private Duty Home Care CNA’s • Caregivers • Companions XOUBIT MOREY, 5, thought she was being kid- napped the day Mom Suzy adopted her when she was 11 weeks old. Xoubit (pronounced Zoo-bee), a very Celebrating 28 Years of Award Winning Service! fetching beagle, set up a terrible howl on the way to When Caring Counts… Count on Country Home Care Carmel. When she arrived at her new home and saw her personal bed lined with toys, she went into what Mom 831-333-2070 called “her Stockholm syndrome” — loving her abductor. www.CountryHomeCare.com Xoubit is Mom’s constant companion. They go for a Judy Higgerson, RN, MBA walk every afternoon on the path above Carmel Beach, President Certified Senior Advisor where Xoubit looks for her favorite couple, Dave and Cathy, who always have a treat for her. Her fave person, other than Grandma Virginia and Mom Suzy, is Molly Brown, and the “mixed couple” to whom she is most par- tial is Liz and Tilly — Liz being a mom and Tilly being a rat terrier. moles who live underground near the walking path. No Mom Suzy describes Xoubit as a “social butterfly,” matter how many times she gets sandy earth kicked up which has gotten her into trouble in the past: Her in her face by a mole during her investigation, when the favorite ploy for getting beach playmates is to hunker mole’s head appears, kind Xoubit never attacks, merely down in a “let’s play” posture, enticing even big dogs to stares at it as if to say, “Who are you and what do you chase her. Once during this game, she was tackled by a mean in the infinite scheme of things?” great big dog who inadvertently broke her tail. She ate a bee once, but after the vet administered Xoubit is curious about everything, especially about Benadryl, her pretty head returned to its normal size.

CCC visitor center hosts open house

WITH THE primary goal of ensuring everyone knows how to direct tourists to the Carmel Chamber of Commerce’s visitor center by the time the town is flooded with foot traf- new location fic during the June 14-20 U.S. Open golf tournament at Pebble Beach, the chamber will host an open house Friday, June 4, executive director Monta Potter announced this week. “All Carmel businesses should send their permanent and temporary summer staff to the visitor center for food, drink and door prizes,” Potter said. Guests will also have a chance to meet and mingle with chamber workers, volunteers and other members of the business community, as well as peruse the information and brochures distributed at the visitor center, and pick up stacks Hilary Teague Kitch of free maps and guides to take back to their shops, hotels, December 25, 1941 ~ May 24, 2006 special grand opening reductions restaurants and offices. The event, which will run from noon to 5 p.m., with door AVE UXOR ET MATER prizes drawn at 4, is free and open to everyone. The visitor center is located on the west side of San Carlos Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. For more information, call the chamber at (831) 624-2522.

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SUNDAY, MAY 9 find a male in his 30s who was in an altered state of conscious- ness due to a possible seizure. He was argumentative and com- Carmel-by-the-Sea: A patron of an Ocean Avenue business bative, and had a history of not taking his seizure medication. Police & was upset that the necklace that she bought three years ago was Carmel Valley: Victim at the 28000 block of Dove Court not authentic as originally understood. The patron was contact- reported he was battered by five or six unknown males. ed and counseled, along with the manager of the store. Civil Carmel Valley: Female driver failed to yield to deputies who Sheriff’s Log remedy will be sought. No further action — information only. were trying to conduct a traffic stop along the 28000 block of Carmel-by-the-Sea: Person reported the loss of a disabled Dove Court. The suspect also resisted deputies when she was person’s placard from his unlocked vehicle while it was parked being taken into custody. on Seventh Avenue sometime between 1630 and 1700 hours on Friday, May 7. Information only — no further leads available. MONDAY, MAY 10 Carmel-by-the-Sea: Subject reported the loss of her I.D. Car with running engine case/wallet while in the area of Fifth Avenue near the post office. Carmel-by-the-Sea: Unknown suspects vandalized two Carmel-by-the-Sea: Loose dog found on Carmel Beach; businesses on Lincoln Street. was just an oversight collar but no tags. Owner not in immediate area. Anonymous Carmel-by-the-Sea: Vehicle towed from Seventh Avenue for person captured the dog and turned the dog over to the custody blocking a driveway. of an officer in the area. Owner of the dog contacted CPD at Carmel-by-the-Sea: Camera phone located on Carmel HERE’S A look at some of the significant calls logged by 1824 hours; dog was returned to owner at 1835 hours. Beach and turned in to CPD for safekeeping pending return to the Carmel-by-the-Sea Police Department, the Carmel Fire Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambulance dispatched owner. Notification made to owner through contact in phone’s Department and the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office last to Dolores between Fifth and Sixth for a medical assist. Arrived directory. Phone returned to owner at 1410 hours. week. on scene to find a female in her 60s experiencing left ankle pain Carmel-by-the-Sea: Person requested assistance in regards This week’s log was compiled by Mary Brownfield. after a fall. Wrapped ankle and provided ice, packaged patient to a domestic-related matter involving her and her husband. The and gathered information. party was counseled. Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambulance dispatched Carmel-by-the-Sea: Person on San Antonio Avenue stated to a motel on Junipero for a medical assist. Arrived on scene to his ex-girlfriend is threatening his family and stalking him. Carmel-by-the-Sea: After receiving a report of a DUI driver in the business area, police contacted the 61-year-old male driver of an SUV that was stopped just shy of the highway. During an investigation, the driver was found to be under the influence and arrested for DUI. The driver was later transported to county jail. Carmel-by-the-Sea: A 47-year-old male subject was arrested on San Carlos Street for DUI with a prior, possession of marijuana and driving on a suspended license. He was lodged in county jail and his vehicle impounded for 30 days. Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine dispatched to a residence on Torres south of Ninth Avenue for a lockout. Arrived on scene to find an elderly female on crutches locked out of her residence. Looked for house keys unsuccessfully; gained access to residence and advised resident to have a new lock installed to replace the old, unreliable one she had. Big Sur: Victim reported someone took his watch from the bathroom at Lucia Lodge.

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By MARY BROWNFIELD the hospital,” Nyunt said. Emergency staff at Community Hospital A MAN who allegedly stabbed another of the Monterey Peninsula treated the vic- in the chest during a fight over his girlfriend tim’s wounds and reported the crime to was jailed for attempted murder May 16, police. according to After interviewing the victim and learn- Pacific ing the identity of his alleged attacker, offi- Grove Police cers tracked Lyon down via people who Cmdr. John know him, and they encouraged him to talk Nyunt. The to police. altercation “We asked him to come and turn himself occurred in in, and he did,” at the station in P.G., Nyunt the 1100 said. block of Police are seeking a charge of attempted MONTEREY BAY CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET Forest murder because they have evidence of Lyon’s Avenue intent, according to the commander. Some of around 2 that evidence is the suspect’s reported admis- a.m., and sion he brought two knives with him to the K CARMEL FARMERS MARKET police meeting with the other man and then threat- learned of ened him. Ê the stabbing / iÊ >ÀÞ>À`Ê- ««}Ê6>}iÊ Alexander Lyon CARMEL FARMERS MARKET from hospi- Every Tuesday 9 am to 1 pm (WYAND#ARMEL6ALLEY2D #ARMEL tal staff who called them shortly after 4. The 20-year-old victim told officers Pollacci to be Monterey resident Alexander Lyon, also 20, sentenced Friday attacked him with a knife, Nyunt said. MONTEREY FARMERS MARKET ÌiÀiÞÊ*iÃÕ>Ê i}iÊ The suspect and the victim, respectively &REMONT3TREET -ONTEREY described by Nyunt as “the boyfriend and the PEBBLE BEACH resident Tom Pollacci, / ÕÀÃ`>ÞÃ]ÊÓ\ÎäÊ«ÊqÊÈÊ«Ê ex-boyfriend,” decided to meet on Forest jailed since a jury convicted him of rape late Avenue, perhaps to duke it out, after arguing last month, is set to appear in Monterey over the phone. County Superior Court Judge Russell Scott’s “They were basically pissed off at each courtroom Friday, June 4, for sentencing. He K DEL MONTE FARMERS MARKET other, and they got in a fight,” Nyunt said. faces a maximum of eight years in prison “They started yelling at each other, and the and could be eligible for parole after serving suspect, during the fight, pulled out the knife four years, since the jury did not find him In front of Whole Foods and started stabbing the victim.” guilty of forcible rape. Every Sunday 8 am to 12 noon Wielding a 3-inch blade, Lyon allegedly Pollacci was convicted April 26 of raping slashed at the other man, stabbing him at a Colorado woman in the loft of Ron’s iÊ ÌiÊ- ««}Ê iÌiÀÊÊ least four times in the chest and abdomen. Liquors in April 2008. He later dropped her $EL-ONTE#ENTER -ONTEREY Lyon then left, and, unable to get away on off at the emergency room with a head his own, the injured man called his friends to wound so serious she remained hospitalized come pick him up. for a week. The sentencing is set to take For More information www.montereybayfarmers.org “His friends thought they could take care place at 8:45 a.m. June 4 in Courtroom No. ÀÊvÀ>Ì]Ê«i>ÃiÊÛÃÌÊÕÃÊ>Ì\ÊOr Call 831-728-5060ÜÜÜ°ÌiÀiÞL>Þv>ÀiÀÃ°À} of him, but they couldn’t, so they took him to 2 in the Salinas courthouse complex.

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By KELLY NIX tion with the California Public Utilities Commission to potable water for irrigation. expand the moratorium even further. In November 2009, a Monterey County judge issued a TO COMPLY with a state order limiting the amount of Until the PUC makes a decision on the ban, Cal Am said stay of the SWRCB order, but in In April, a Santa Clara judge water that can be pumped from the Carmel River, water it will still install a few new meters. dissolved the stay allowing the cease, and desist order to take provider California American Water last week took a step “Until we have the moratorium in place, we have to issue effect. toward banning new water connections — even for property connections,” said Cal Am spokeswoman Catherine Bowie. Cal Am has said the order could mean customers would owners who have a water permit. “If you have a permit with the MPWMD and you come to us be limited to about 50 gallons per person per day, 20 gallons Almost all new water connections have already been pro- today or tomorrow, we will issue a connection.” less than the average amount customers use on the Peninsula. hibited since 1995. But on May 21, Cal Am filed an applica- The new water connection moratorium was a condition of Once the PUC accepts Cal Am’s request for the moratori- a cease and desist order issued in October 2009 by the State um, the public has 30 days to submit responses and protests. Water Resources Control Board, which calls for a drastic cut- Various conferences, briefs and hearings on the matter back of water from the Carmel River, the Peninsula’s prima- could push a PUC decision on the matter to November, ry water source. according to Cal Am’s application. “Everybody knew that when the CDO went into effect, this would happen,” Bowie said. “And now it has.” The state has deemed most of Cal Am’s pumping from the Carmel River illegal since the water company doesn’t have the rights to the water it’s been delivering to customers. Cops plan DUI checks Protection of steelhead trout and red-legged frog habitat also make it impossible for the water company to get new pump- IF YOUR three-day weekend involves beer drinking or ing rights. wine sipping, beware: The police are out to get you. Officers The cease and desist order indicates Cal Am must stop in Salinas, at the Presidio of Monterey and in South County illegal diversions by Dec. 31, 2016. will set up sobriety checkpoints throughout Memorial Day Because of bureaucratic tie-ups, it could be months before weekend. “The four-day effort starts at the first minute of the ban takes effect, however. Friday, May 28, and continues until midnight Monday, May The PUC will also determine how long any new water 31,” according to campaign coordinator Sgt. John Lynn. connection ban shall remain in place. Two DUI checkpoints will be set up Friday night — one Exemptions to the moratorium include connections in Salinas and the other in CHP territory. POM police will set served by the Carmel Area Wastewater District in Del Monte up several checkpoints in different locations at various times Forest, Sand City and portions of the Highway 68 corridor of day throughout the weekend. MPD also plans to boost including Pasadera and Hidden Hills. enforcement efforts. The California Office of Traffic Safety The SWRCB cease and desist order also calls for tens of pays for the added DUI efforts with tax dollars from the millions of dollars in Cal Am system upgrades and restricts National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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ENDORSED BY: ORGANIZATIONS Mayor Ralph Rubio, Mayor of Seaside National Latino Peace Officers’ Russ Jeffries, Former Mayor of Salinas Association California Peace Officers’ Association SALINAS CITY COUNCIL Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Council Member Janet Barnes Commerce Council Member Gloria De La Rosa Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce Council Member Sergio Sanchez Monterey County Park Ranger Council Member Tony Barrera Association Monterey County Association of Realtors LAW ENFORCEMENT Ministerial Alliance of the Monterey James Huggins, Retired District Attorney Peninsula Investigator Ruben Sanchez, President Monterey FORMER SHERIFFS OF Chapter National Latino Peace Officers MONTEREY COUNTY Association Bud Cook Pat Duvall, Retired Deputy, MCSO Norm Hicks Greg Ahern, Sheriff, Alameda County Gordon Sonne Martin Ryan, Sheriff, Amador County Scott Marshall, Sheriff, Colusa County MONTEREY COUNTY LAW Warren Rupf, Sheriff, Contra Costa Bill Cogbill, Sheriff, Sonoma County Shirley Lavorato ENFORCEMENT County Adam Christianson, Sheriff, Stanislaus Denny LeVett Nancy Cuffney, Undersheriff Dean Wilson, Sheriff, Del Norte County County Lawson Little Ed Lorenzana, Chief Deputy Operations Margaret Mims, Sheriff, Fresno County Clay Parker, Sheriff, Tehama County Lucy Pizzaro Ray McLaughlin, Chief Deputy Custody Gary Philp, Sheriff, Humboldt County Lorac Craig, Sheriff, Trinity County Alan Purlmutter Operations Ray Loera, Sheriff, Imperial County Bill Wittman, Sheriff, Tulare County Don Ratcliff Steve Deering, Chief Deputy Bill Lutze, Sheriff, Inyo County Bob Brooks, Sheriff, Ventura County Bob Eggars Administration Donny Youngblook, Sheriff, Kern County Steven Durfor, Sheriff, Yuba County Jerry Rava Jr. Joe Grebmeier, Chief of Police, Steve Warren, Sheriff, Lassen County Fermin Sanchez Greenfield John Anderson, Sheriff, Madera County ADDITIONAL SUPPORTERS Al Saroyan Bill Freeman, Undersheriff, retired Brian Muller, Sheriff, Mariposa County AND COMMUNITY LEADERS Doug Steiny John Calzada, Chief Deputy, retired Tom Allman, Sheriff, Mendocino County Louis Fetherolf, Salinas Mike Weaver Mike Brassfield, Chief Deputy, retired Mark Pazin, Sheriff, Merced County Nick Baldiviez, King City Maureen Wruck Rick Scholl, Sheriff, Mono County Paul Miller, Gonzales Joel Panzer RESPECTED CIVIC LEADERS Doug Koford, Sheriff, Napa County Jaime Fernandez, Soledad Dr. Bill Barr Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator Keith Royal, Sheriff, Nevada County Eddie Rodriguez, Marina Mark Stilwell Anna Caballero, Assembly Member, Ed Bonner, Sheriff, Placer County George Rawson, Carmel John D’Arrigo 28th District Stan Sniff, Sheriff, Riverside County Ron Langford, Del Rey Oaks Tonya Antle Bill Monning, Assembly Member, Lou Blanas, Ret. 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Hills, who lives in Carmel, said the pair wrote the book Hills is also the author of “The Body Love Manual - How AUTHORS LILY Hills and Karen Hudson seem to have because women are so hard on themselves. “We’re more to Love the Body You Have As You Create the Body You what every woman wants. They’re attractive, intelligent and stressed out and more depressed than we need to be,” Hills Want.” The event starts at 4:30 p.m. and is free. The Works is successful — and they live on the Monterey Peninsula. But said. located at 667 Lighthouse Ave. in Pacific Grove. For more Hills and Hudson each believe they possess something far “This book offers simple practices to help develop a hap- information, call (831) 372-2242. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE J u n e 2 0 1 0 C a r m e L Chair Message Business Mixer June Calendar of Events No particular theme this month, just a hodge podge of Who: Carmel Plaza, Ocean & Mission May 27-June 20 “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson presented by thoughts. Thanks to all of you who attended the Annual When: Wednesday, June 2 Forest Theater Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 Membership Luncheon and made it such a successful Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm June 1 “Don’t Pave Main Street” - Films in the Forest presented by event. Singing the Abalone Song was one of the high- Cost: $10 members, $15 non-members Forest Theater Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 Celebrate Carmel Plaza’s 50th Anniversary with an exhibition night June 2 Carmel Chamber Business Mixer, Carmel Plaza, Carmel, lights, particularly under the tutelage of Thompson Lange, 624-2522 who could hardly breathe from his bruised ribs. And of the upcoming “Jazz at the Plaza” summer concert series. Festivities June 2 “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” - Films in the Forest presented by thanks to the research expert, Michael T. Lynch, who include music by The Steve Ezzo Trio, a cheese tasting station by The Forest Theater Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 tracked down the history, verses and score. Cheese Shop, catering by Bistro Beaujolais, wine poured by Ventana June 3 Aubergine Spring Vegetable Dinner, Aubergine at L’Auberge Vineyards and a caricature artist. A business card raffle includes Carmel, Carmel, 622-5907 The city is in the thick of budget crunch and be June 4 Carmel Visitor Center Open House - “International Fiesta”, Vicki Lynch, prizes from many of the stores and $50 Plaza Gift Cards in celebra- warned, paid parking is under consideration. The Labor tion of the Plaza’s 50th Anniversary. Carmel, 624-2522 2010 Board Chair Management Committee is recommending the following June 4-5 Smuin Ballet - Spring Program, Sunset Center, Carmel, areas, in order of priority: Ocean Avenue, Del Mar 620-2040 (Carmel Beach), Junipero between 3rd and Ocean, Vista Lobos and the Visitor Center Open House – “International Fiesta” June 5-6 World Ocean Day Celebration, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, 648-4800 remaining commercial district areas. As I have reported before, there have Where: Carmel Visitor Center, San Carlos btwn 5th & 6th June 6 Evensong at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Carmel, 624-3883 been mixed feelings about this, so be prepared for lots of discussion. If paid When: Friday, June 4 June 8 “Madagascar” - Films in the Forest presented by Forest parking does come to pass, be assured that it will be administered by kiosks, Time: 12:00pm – 5:00pm Theater Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 not ugly meters on metal poles. Cost: FREE! June 9 Hands-On Pastry Class - Tarts, L’Auberge Carmel, Carmel, 624-8578 And finally, the US Open is now upon us. Carmel has a wonderful oppor- See all that the Carmel Visitor Center has to offer! Learn location, June 9 “Bottle Shock” - Films in the Forest, Outdoor Forest Theater, tunity to greet thousands of first-time visitors from all over the world. The hours, information, and the services offered to visitors and business Carmel, 626-1681 Carmel Chamber is once again providing shuttle serve to Pebble Beach. The members. We will also be celebrating the release of the brand new June 10-July 3 “The Clean House”, Pacific Repertory Theatre, Circle City has generously provided a marketing opportunity for the retailers and 2010-2011 Guide to Carmel! We welcome visitors from around the Theatre, Carmel, 622-0100 restaurants in Carmel-by-the-Sea so we hope you took advantage of that world every day and so this year the open house has an “International June 10 Carmel Chamber of Commerce Member Orientation, Fiesta” theme. A variety of food and drinks will be served. Open to Carmel’s Bistro Giovanni, Carmel, 624-2522 “Passport” offer. The brochures and the Chamber Guide to Carmel Visitors June 10 Hands-On Pastry Class - Raw Food, Aubergine at L’Auberge Guide will be distributed to the spectators as they get on/off the shuttle bus. everyone! Questions? Call Visitor Center manager Lisa 624-2522. Carmel, Carmel, 624-8578 They will be looking for places to eat, drink and shop so we hope you are plan- June 10 “Tall in the Saddle” - Films in the Forest presented by Forest ning to open early and close late. Hopefully, you are planning special offers. Vagabond’s House Inn: (left to right) Theater Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 Board Chair and Writing on the Wall June 12 Carmel Heritage Society’s Annual House and Garden Tour, I am aware of some retailers who have scheduled trunk shows and are staffing Various Locations, Carmel, 624-4447 accordingly. Just like the in-laws coming to visit, we want to make sure we owner Vicki Lynch, Denny and Amanda LeVett of Vagabond’s House June 12 Book & Garden Sale, Community Church of Monterey make a good impression and they leave happy! Inn, with City Council members Karen Peninsula, Carmel, 624-8595 Vicki Lynch, chair of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce board of direc- Sharp and Ken Talmage at a ribbon June 12 Ice Cream Social - Carmel Art Association Summer Kick- tors for 2010, is the owner of Writing on the Wall. In addition, she is Co-Chair cutting to celebrate the grand re- Off, Carmel Art Association, Carmel, 624-6176 opening of Vagabond’s House Inn, June 14-20 2010 U.S. Open Golf Tournament, Pebble Beach Golf Links, of Carmel’s Forest and Beach Commission. 908-234-2300 located at Dolores & 4th. Everyone June 15 “The Jazz Singer” - Films in the Forest presented by Forest enjoyed an art exhibition featuring Theater Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 Mazda Raceway local artists and food & wine from June 16 “Sleeper” - Films in the Forest presented by Forest Theater Laguna Seca Terry’s Lounge at the Cypress Inn. Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 Community Chamber Photo credit: DMT Imaging June 17 “Casino Royale” - Films in the Forest presented by Forest Theater Mixer: The Carmel Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 Chamber participated Khaki’s Men’s Clothier of June 18 Wine & Cigar Dinner, Chateau Julien Wine Estate, Carmel, in a fun-filled multi- Carmel: Mayor Sue McCloud 624-2600 chamber mixer kick- (left) with Board Chair Vicki June 21 Carmel Academy of Performing Arts Open House, Carmel, ing off Mazda Lynch (right) hold a ribbon cut- 624-3729 Raceway Laguna ting with Jim and Connie Ockert June 22 “Vicky Christina Barcelona” - Films in the Forest presented by Seca’s race season! of Khaki’s Men’s Clothier of Forest Theater Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 Attendees got to tour Carmel (center) to celebrate the June 23 Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Live, Sunset Center, the racing paddock at store’s new location in Carmel Carmel, 620-2040 sunset and watch the Plaza! The store has an exquisite June 23 Library’s Nonfiction Book Club, Babcock Room at Sunset high-tech American collection of Khaki’s men’s Center, Carmel, 624-2811 Le Mans Series test in clothing, shoes and accessories. June 23 “City Slickers” - Films in the Forest presented by Forest Theater preparation for their 6-hour race on Saturday afternoon! Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is Photo credit: DMT Imaging Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 located at 1021 Monterey-Salinas Highway. Photo credit: DMT Imaging June 24 Monterey County Vintners & Growers Association Golf Tournament, Bayonet Blackhorse Golf Course, Seaside, 375-9400 James J. Rieser Fine Art & June 24 “La Cage Aux Folles” - Films in the Forest presented by Forest Carmel Chamber of Commerce Sponsors Showcase: Chamber CEO Theater Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 Executive Leadership Council Monta Potter (left) with June 25 Cima Collina 5 Pinot Fridays, Carmel, 620-0645 Alain Pinel Realtors • Carmel Development Co. • Carmel Plaza Board Chair Vicki Lynch June 26-27 SummerFest Arts & Crafts Faire, Pacific Repertory Theater, Carmel Realty Company • Central Coast Delivery Service • Country Home Care (right) joined Suzanne and Custom House Plaza, Monterey, 622-0700 Crossroads Shopping Village • D. Mitchell Taylor Law Office Jim Reiser and staff of James June 26 Winery Walk, Monterey County Vintners & Growers Association, First National Bank of Central California • Forest Lodge • Hale-Williams Interiors J. Rieser Fine Art & Paraiso Vineyard, Soledad, 375-9400 Hayashi & Wayland Accounting & Consulting, LLP Showcase (center) at its new June 26 6th Annual Founder’s Day, Carmel Mission, Carmel, 624-3600 Khaki’s Men’s Clothier of Carmel • Monterey County Bank • gallery addition directly June 26 Chocolate Fest, Community Church of Monterey Peninsula, Monterey County Weekly • Weathers Real Estate and Relocation • Wells Fargo across the street from Su Carmel, 624-8595 Vecino Court. The new space June 29 Pizza Secrets Class, Cantinetta Luca, Carmel, 625-6500 will provide an exciting venue June 29 “Revenge of the Pink Panther” - Films in the Forest presented for exhibitions on a rotating by Forest Theater Guild, Outdoor Forest Theater, Carmel, 626-1681 6 2 4 - 2 5 2 2 www.carmelcalifornia.org basis, opportunities for June 30 “Moonstruck” - Films in the Forest presented by Forest Theater emerging artists and community outreach. 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By CHRIS COUNTS local hike, the terrain at Point Lobos FFunun in in theSun theSun is relatively level, so none of the hikes FAMOUS FOR its restaurants, are particularly strenuous. And just art galleries and lively theater scene, about every route leads to a world Carmel is a very civilized place. But class picnic spot. for anyone who loves the outdoors, If you have the time, spend an the town’s greatest charm is unques- entire day here exploring the reserve’s tionably the extraordinary spectacle secluded coves and Monterey pine of nature that surrounds it. While forests. If not, try the Cypress Grove some are content to appreciate nature trail, which leads to the otherworldly from a distance, others insist on see- Allan Memorial Grove. Or take a ing it up close. Thankfully, the walk along the North Shore Trail, Monterey Peninsula, Carmel Valley which offers dazzling views of and Big Sur are filled with hiking Carmel Bay. trails. All you need is a few hours, a You really can’t go wrong follow- sturdy pair of walking shoes, a little ing any of the trails at Point Lobos. bit of stamina and a good description The reserve is small, the paths are of a place to hike. This article aims to well marked and it’s virtually impos- provide a list of summer day hikes sible to get lost. Just remember to that aren’t too strenuous and can be bring along warm clothes — the area easily reached from the Monterey is a virtual magnet for summertime Peninsula. fog, which seemingly can appear out of nowhere, even on the sunniest of ■ Point Lobos days. The first and most obvious place ■ Garrapata State Park to go for a hike is at Point Lobos State Reserve. Located just three Located about seven miles south miles south of Carmel along of Carmel along Highway 1, Highway 1, the 750-acre park fea- Garrapata State Park offers two very tures 14 different trails, which add up distinct hikes that are well suited for to about six miles of walking. hikers of any level — the Sobranes If you’re walking or riding a bicy- Canyon Trail and an unnamed mile- cle, you can get into the reserve for long route that circles Sobranes Point. free. But if you’re traveling in a car, A third route, the Rocky Ridge Trail, An explosion of poppies add a you’ll have to pay an entrance fee of is ungodly steep and is best avoided splash of color to Point Lobos State $10 or park outside along the high- unless you’re up for a serious work- Reserve, which offers a bounty of way. On summer weekends, the out. day hikes and picnic spots. reserve’s limited parking lots can fill The best place to park is along the up fast, so parking along the highway highway near mileage marker 65.8. might be your only option. East of the highway, the Sobranes A trail map is available at the front gate. Perhaps more than any other Continues next page May 28, 2010 The Carmel Pine Cone 15A

FUN IN THE SUN RIDING SCHOOL Hunters • Jumpers • Equitation From previous page splits into two forks. Take the right fork, which is the beginning of the Beach Trail. The path gently winds its way past Canyon Trail follows Sobranes Creek as it winds its way up majestic sycamore trees and patches of colorful bush lupine a brushy canyon. The chaparral soon gives way to dense as it parallels the river for about three-quarters of a mile LESSONS groves of towering redwoods and a lush carpet of sorrel. For before the waterway spills into the ocean. South of the river & CAMPS about 1.5 miles, the trail follows a gently meandering creek mouth is a small but picturesque beach that makes for a per- before the route takes a sudden ascent up a steep ridge. This fect picnic spot. For many hikers, the beach is an ideal desti- FUN & marks a good place to turn around. nation. FRIENDSHIPS On the west side of Highway 1, a trail veers toward If you’re looking for a longer hike, the Bluff Trail begins Sobranes Point, passing through dense maritime chaparral. just south of the beach. Like its name implies, the route fol- Along the way, hikers can glimpse unreachable, surf-battered lows the bluffs for about 1.5 miles before reaching the short coves and listen to the barking of sea lions. The hike ends but not-to-be-missed Spring Trail, which ends at a secluded atop Sobranes Point, which offers a comfortable bench for a beach. picnic and a birds eye view of the coastline south to Rocky Another worthwhile day hike begins at the north end of 659-4004 Point. the parking lot. From there, the Headlands Trail — like the 456 W. Carmel Valley Rd. at Los Laureles Grade ■ Garland Ranch Regional Park See HIKES page 27A While fog blankets the coast on many summer days, the area surrounding Carmel Valley Village is usually drenched in glorious sunlight. Adjacent to the village is Garland Ranch VENTANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY Regional Park, which includes 4,500 acres of grasslands, oak Conserving Native Wildlife and their Habitats woodlands and chaparral, offering a bounty of hikesIf you’re traveling east along Carmel Valley Road, the park’s main entrance is located 8.6 miles from Highway 1. Extensive free parking borders the road. From there, a pair of bridges cross the Carmel River. A visitor center offers free trail maps and a wealth of information about the natural and cultural history of the park, which was once a cattle ranch. An extensive network of trails at the park can accommo- date any level of hiking ability. If you’re looking for an easy summer day hike, you can’t go wrong by making the park’s “La Mesa” your destination. The lower portion of the park features a vast network of trails that often criss-cross one another. While it is difficult SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS 2010 to get lost, it is quite easy to find yourself walking in circles. To reach “La Mesa,” follow the trail along the river east of • NATURAL SCIENCE DISCOVERY CAMP (AGES 8-12) the visitor center for about a half-mile through open grass- $310 per child • $250 for current VWS members ❏ June 14-18: Oceans ❏ July 26-30: Habitats lands. From there, the trail narrows and and enters a wooded ❏ June 21-25: Mountains ❏ Aug 2-6: Oceans area. Soon you’ll pass a 70-foot waterfall and begin a steady ❏ July 12-16: Habitats quarter-mile climb up a ridge before reaching “La Mesa,” which is home to a year-round pond and offers sweeping • CONDOR WILDERNESS CAMP (AGES 13-18) views of Carmel Valley. $425 per participant ❏ June 23-25 ❏ July 21-23

■ Andrew Molera State Park • SINGLE DAY ADVENTURES (AGES 8-18) $55 per participant For those who love the outdoors, there is no place in Big ❏ June 14: Ages 13-18 ❏ July 19: Ages 13-18 Sur that can match Andrew Molera State Park for its versa- ❏ June 15: Ages 8-12 ❏ July 20: Ages 8-12 tility and easy access to just about every type of terrain and plant community the region offers. Yet the park is not nearly TO REGISTER: call our office OR mail the application in. (Registration materials will be mailed to you, as well known as its more famous neighbors, Pfeiffer Big Sur or are available online at www.ventanaws.org) State Park and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park. The entrance to Molera State Park is located on Highway 831-455-9514 1, about 20 miles south of Carmel. Like Point Lobos, there is Limited scholarships are available limited parking available at $10 a vehicle. If the lot is full, parking along Highway 1 is your only option. Ventana Wildlife Society From the parking area, a seasonal bridge crosses the Big 19045 Portola Dr., Ste F1, Salinas, CA 93908 Sur River and a trail begins. After a short distance, the path www.ventanaws.org

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By MARY BROWNFIELD ing out the latest technology, you can find it all in one of the of accompanying activities and support races, along with country’s most beautiful locales. dozens of vendors, make the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix a not- ANYONE WITH a healthy respect for internal combus- July 23-25 means motorcycles, with the arrival of the to-be-missed weekend for race fans, who also flood Cannery tion engines and a fondness for the vehicles powered by them MotoGP world championship and the AMA national cham- Row in a long-held tradition Friday and Saturday nights. For will have no trouble finding ways to indulge that passion on pionship at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tens of thousands more information, visit www.mazdaraceway.com or call the Monterey Peninsula this summer. of fans converge on the area to see the most talented racers (800) 327-SECA. Whether you’re into the world’s fastest motorcycles and from all over the globe pilot their quick, high-tech machines When August rolls around, it’s all about cars. highbrow concours, or shopping for memorabilia and check- through Laguna’s 11 turns, reaching triple digit speeds. A ton This year, the formerly private warmup for the vintage races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will be open to the public Aug. 7-8. Anyone who buys a ticket for the big event Aug. 12-15 can spend time at the track the weekend earlier for just $15 per day, seeing rare and beautiful collector cars doing what they do best: moving. www.mazdaraceway.com Birthday Parties On Tuesday, Aug. 10, Carmel-by-the-Sea hosts Concours on the Avenue. Launched in 2007, COTA, which is free to attend, effectively filled a niche by showcasing cars not cele- and Events brated elsewhere, and doing so during a particularly slow day of the week. Founded by devoted car buffs Doug and Genie International award-winning facepaint Freedman of Atlanta, Ga., the event draws oglers to meander artists available right here on the through beautifully presented specimens entered in a multi- tude of classes, like American, British, European and Monterey Peninsula. Japanese Family Favorites; Hot Rod; Historic Race Car; Micro Car; Motorcycle; British, German, French and American Sport; British, European and American Luxury; Party base prices start at Shelby; and multiple Porsche and Ferrari classes. $225 for an hour and half www.motorclubevents.com The best sale of the week is held Aug. 10-11. Automobilia with one artist painting up Monterey, The International Expo at Embassy Suites in to 15 full faces. Seaside was founded by a Carmel Valley enthusiast who calls his event, “the serious collector’s Candy Store,” Automobilia Monterey is purportedly the largest sale in America of gen- Events large or small, uine car-related collectibles. www.AutomobiliaMonterey.com. we have artists for On Aug. 11, the Monterey Jet Center at the airport hosts them all. the biggest toy show around: McCall’s Motorworks Revival. The Revival is an extravagant celebration of fascinating vehicles — from vintage racers and luxurious tourers, to brand- [email protected] new innovations from major marques — and captivating private, military and vintage aircraft accompanied by food, wine www.smileyorca.com and finery. Proceeds benefit the Naval Postgraduate School Smiley Orca Foundation and the California Highway Patrol’s 11-99 Foundation. www.mccallevents.com Come Aug. 12, more than 100 rare and collectible vehi- Face Painting cles will tour the Monterey Peninsula and stop in downtown Carmel during the 13th Annual Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance presented by Rolex. The most exciting (and least expensive) way to observe more than half of the stunning 831-375-4336 vintage cars invited to enter the renowned Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is to see them in motion on scenic Monterey Peninsula roads during the tour. Toward the end of their drive, participants — many dressed in period clothing to match their autos — leave their treasures parked on Ocean Avenue in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea while they picnic in Carmel reads The Pine Cone Devendorf Park. The cars remain motionless for a couple of

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By KELLY NIX longer than a day, there’s also the old-school said Shannon Beltran, Monterey’s recreation Theater camp overnight summer camp. supervisor. Children “get dropped off on IT’S SUMMER and the kids are out of For kids who would rather spend their Perhaps the best known in Monterey Monday and picked up on Friday afternoon.” school. That’s great, but it also means par- time being creative, the Ragamuffin Musical County is the City of Monterey’s Camp The camp, at Toro Regional Park, offers ents have to find ways for their children to Theatre Summer Camp, which runs four Quien Sabe, which has been in operation for traditional activities, complete with camp- stay occupied, other than by staring at the TV weeks, is the perfect outlet. more than 50 years. fires, canoeing and stargazing. For more screen with their hands gripped on the Xbox. Kids from 8 to 18 will spend their days “It’s an overnight camping experience,” information, visit www.monterey.org/rec. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of sum- developing theater performance skills, mer to-dos for children ages 2 to 18 who live including dance, voice and acting. They’ll on the Monterey Peninsula. From theater also work on behind-the-scenes stagecraft. FUN IN THE SUN classes, to ball games, to summer camps, The camp, which will be in the P.G. youth keeping children involved in indoor and out- center June 14 to July 11, is run by Dianne door activities should be a cinch. Lyle. “She is the just the best thing since apple pie,” Mothershead said. “She is very Day camps knowledgeable and makes all the costumes The City of Pacific Grove has a host of herself. She gives it a lot of heart and soul.” children’s programs ranging from day camps Children will eventually perform in the for little ones, to soccer classes for all ages. summer production, “Into the Woods,” a After a three-year absence, the city this cockeyed, Broadway version of several of the year brought back its Summer Adventure Grimm fairy tales that features characters Day Camp, which runs June 7 to Aug. 6 and Cinderella, Red Riding Hood and the wolf, offers children in grades three to six activi- and Jack and the Beanstalk. Harrison Memorial Library Summer Reading Program ties and themes for each of the nine weeks of Other activities at the coed camp, which the camp. Parents can drop off their children invites inexperienced and seasoned perform- Youth Services — Park Branch • Starts June 21st - Ends July 31st for the day, go to work, then pick them up ers, include indoor and outdoor games, afterward. theme days and talent shows. SPECIAL PROGRAMS Fees range from $700 to $775. For more The Monday-to-Friday camp allows as • Thursday, July 1 - 1:30 pm: many as 20 kids per week from 7:30 a.m. to information, go to www.ci.pg.ca.us/recre- 5:30 p.m. to immerse themselves in games, ation or call (831) 648-5730. WHERE THE WET THINGS ARE! A Storytelling Safari with lots of audience participation, sports, arts and crafts, singing, movies, art coming to entertain you all the way from New Mexico. Library fun and other activities. • Thursday, July 8 - 1:30 pm: Prices are $140 for a five-day week for Motivating children to read when there DAFFY DAVE will entertain you with his clowning, magic, juggling, music, and balloons! P.G. residents and $165 for nonresidents. are other distractions can be tough some- From June 7 to Aug. 6, P.G. will offer the times. Fortunately, the Harrison Memorial • Tuesday, July 13 - 1:30 pm: Caledonia Park Playground Program for Library in Carmel has a summer reading club, which rewards children for reading. It ANDY Z is a singer/songwriter & performer of children, whose music will also entertain adults. boys and girls ages 7 to 12. For ages 10 and under. Ball sports are the name of the game at runs June 21 to July 31. the playground program, said Don The library also has a bunch of other • Thursday, July 15 - 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 pm: events beginning July 1. Some of the them Mothershead. the city’s recreation coordina- TWEEN ART PROGRAM - Drawing and painting fun with local artist Dante Rondo. Students tor. Whiffle ball, kickball, dodge ball, soccer include, “Where the wet things are,” a “storytelling safari” with lots of audience partic- will create an art project based on ocean, water & landscapes, or marine life in their choice of and basketball, as well as board games, charcoal, colored pencils, or acrylic paints. For ages 11 to 15, maximum of 15 students. crafts and local excursions supervised by ipation; Daffy Dave, who will entertain children with juggling, music, clowning and city employees will keep kids busy during • Thursday, July 22 - 1:30 pm: the program and leave them pooped at the magic; Andy Z, a singer songwriter; a Tween end of the day. Art Program painting with Dane Rondo; and TOMMY’S SPLASHY PIRATE ADVENTURE - Puppet Show with Art Gruenberger of Puppet The program costs $25 per day for resi- a magic show with Magic Dan. There’s also Art Theater is back by popular demand. Tommy’s Splashy Pirate Adventure, a puppet dents, $30 for nonresidents. The nine-week • Thursday, July 29 - 1:30 pm: program cost $150 for residents or $180 for show with puppeteer Art Gruenberger. MAGIC DAN will amaze you with his magic show! AND make you laugh! He has many tricks nonresidents. For information about the library’s events, Registration for P.G. summer camps is at visit www.hm-lib.org/kids or call (831) 624- up his sleeve. P.G. City Hall, 300 Forest Ave. For more 4464. A special thank you to Pizza My Heart, Carmel Bakery, and the Carmel Valley Youth Center information about the camps, go to for their generous support. Overnight camp www.ci.pg.ca.us/recreation or call (831) The Park Branch Library is located at Mission and 6th, Carmel-by-the-Sea; 831-624-4664 If children are looking to get away for 648-5730. Children under the age of 8 must be accompanied by a parent or child age 12 or older.

New this summer! “Water your Mind,” an adult summer reading program. CHS students present Shakespeare Please call 624-4629 for details. THEATER William Shakespeare’s lighthearted look From page 21A at the folly of young love, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” will be performed by the “Treasure Island” will be performed Carmel High School Drama Department Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through May 28-29 at the Carmel Middle School CATALYST SOCCER June 20. Friday and Saturday shows start at 8 Amphitheater. p.m., while Sunday matinees begin at 2 p.m. “I like to do this play with high school Friday’s opening night performance will be students,” explained its director, Michael World Cup Summer Schedule preceded by a reception at 7 p.m. Jacobs. “It’s easier than some of 1 SPECIAL WEEK FOR THE MOTIVATED Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors Shakespeare’s other plays to understand the PLAYER AND TEAM! and $15 for students and children over 5. language. The plot is very clear and very Advanced Scoring, Attacking and Matinee tickets are $20 for adults and $10 funny.” Goalkeeper Camp: for students and children. For more about the The play starts at 6 p.m. Admission is Week 1: June 22-26th (Tues-Friday) Forest Theater Guild, call (831) 626-1681 or free. The school is located at 4380 Carmel Carmel (Carmel Middle) visit www.foresttheaterguild.org. Valley Road. (Boys and Girls. Ages 6-14) Time: 9 a.m. to noon Cost: $100 THREE MORE GREAT WEEKS FOR ALL option of moving well locations if a well AGES AND ABILITIES! WELLS runs dry,” Potter said. He also said one prop- Super FUNdamentals From page1A erty owner’s well could use up the water (Boys and girls ages 6-14) beneath adjacent lots. Time: 9 am.-12 noon After the meeting, LeWarne said owners “We need time to study the issue to make Cost: $125 (t-shirt included) of vacant lots who have no water for building sure we’re making the right decisions.” LITTLE SKILL BUILDER should wait until Cal Am builds a desal plant Potter said. (Boys and girls ages 4-6) to supply new water. But the current plan, But a local hydrogeologist told the board Time: 9:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Cost: $75 (t-shirt included) known as the Regional Water Project, will it was simply false that fractured granite WEEK 2: JUNE 28TH-JULY 2ND only produce enough water to eliminate ille- wells are necessarily unreliable. PACIFIC GROVE (Pacific Grove Middle) gal pumping from the Carmel River. It won’t “We do rigorous pump tests and have to WEEK 3: JULY 26-30th supply any new water. meet very strict standards to prove that a well MARINA (Glorya Jean Tate Fields) A county ordinance forbids property When a young is adequate for its intended use,” Aaron player can WEEK 4: AUG. 2nd-6th owners from having their own desal plant; Bierman testified. “There are no cases of watch a CARMEL (Carmel Middle) this week’s ban on new wells effectively fractured granite wells failing on the coach, who is Go to requires them to leave their property unde- Monterey Peninsula.” a high-level veloped, with no end in sight. And land use attorney John Bridges player, www.catalystsoccer.com But Potter said drilling wells on small lots agreed with Bierman that no emergency do the skill, or call 831.423.3556 into fractured granite isn’t the answer, and he they will for details! exists. learn more. Celebrating 11 years said the well moratorium isn’t NIMBYism. “There is no factual basis for this ordi- “In Carmel Woods, there are actually 60 nance,” Bridges said. “There is no legal basis vacant parcels that would be prime for the to enact it, even for 45 days.” situation we’re talking about here, and when But the board disagreed and will revisit you’ve got a lot that’s 40-by-100 and you’re the issue in June. At that time, the moratori- drilling in fractured rock, you don’t have the um could be extended for a full year. May 28, 2010 The Carmel Pine Cone 19 A FUN IN THE SUN

working at the reserve for four months as a “I can see their point,” he said. “They Cmdr. Mike Richards, told The Pine Cone BIRDS field assistant. “They were 15 to 20 feet don’t know who they’re dealing with.” that the officers who responded to the From page 1A away. I tried to explain, but one of them said, And while the reserve seems like a partic- reserve Sunday were simply doing their job. ‘Shut up and put your hands in the air.’” ularly peaceful and serene place, Stromberg “There have been cases of snipers along Mehlman was handcuffed and directed to admits there are a few places in the area that highways,” Richards explained. “Once we clist’s suspicions. crawl under a barbed wire fence. He was warrant the sheriff’s attention. “Parts of determined who he was, everything was fine. “I had been staring at a tree for about searched and one of the officers confiscated upper Carmel Valley are a little rough.” It’s better to be safe than sorry.” three hours, and I was getting ready to head a pocket knife he was carrying. Meanwhile, out when I heard voices,” recalled Mehlman, the other two officers climbed up the hillside who recently graduated from the University and searched his blind. Eventually he con- of New Hampshire with a B.S. in zoology. vinced them he was merely a bird researcher The voices Mehlman heard sounded doing his job. “I was totally in shock,” he insistent and angry, so he climbed out of his added. “I was shaking uncontrollably.” blind to see what all the commotion was %LJ6XU While the incident was unsettling for about. “I saw two police officers pointing everybody involved, Stromberg said he pistols at me and third was pointing a shot- understands that sheriff’s deputies have a gun at me,” said Mehlman, who has been very challenging job. MARTIAL ARTS SUMMER CAMP 6WDJH June 7th through July 2nd Monday - Friday 9 am - 2pm Ages 6-12 (all levels welcome) .LGV Have your student enjoy their summer by participating in a Martial Arts theme Summer Camp! 6SRQVRUHGE\%LJ6XU/HDUQLQJ3URMHFW3 Games, field trips and many activities... :HHN-XO\ don’t forget Pizza Friday’s! :HHN-XO\ Call NOW to reserve your week. :HHN-XO\ +RXUV0) )ULGD\HYHQLQJ Ask for Mr. Durney for more details (831) 372-KICK SHUIRUPDQFHDWWKH%LJ6XU*UDQJH+DOO

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See us on the web & download forms at www.cetstaffplayers.org Monterey Peninsula, Pacific Grove and Carmel Unified School Districts neither endorse nor sponsor the organization or activity represented in this document. 20A The Carmel Pine Cone May 28, 2010 “I’m very upbeat about things and have intervention programs. list. SHERIFF built up a lot of momentum,” he said. “Never “The juvenile impact program was elimi- “I still continue to believe that the No. 1 From page 11A having run for political office, it’s been an nated; we don’t have school resource offi- priority is stopping the bickering and the eye opener.” cers,” he said. “These are programs we have feuding out there, and trying to raise the Garcia said the biggest challenge facing to get back into, to reinforce our connection level of professionalism of the entire organi- even when that meant making tough deci- the sheriff’s office is the budget. with the kids. Kids as young as 10 and 11 are zation,” he said. “And I would do that sions, he said. “The crisis of the county budget is the top involved in shootings.” through my perspective, my many years as a “My first responsibility is to the public priority, when we talk about people losing Connecting with the community will help police executive, and the things I know need and the community,” he said. “I’m concerned jobs and the staffing shortages we currently people see the sheriff’s office as a useful fixing. Right now, the sheriff’s office is pret- about the public’s morale. I think I’m doing have,” he said. resource, according to Garcia. ty broken, and in many areas close to dys- a good job.” “My plan is to restructure the depart- “People are afraid to call the police when functional, compared to high professional Among his other accomplishments, ments to eliminate upper management posi- they don’t really know the police,” he said. police standards.” Kanalakis pointed to the creation of the tions, because we are top heavy.” “We need to reestablish that relationship, Until things are working well internally, MCSO website, including online report fil- Garcia said the sheriff’s office is short 39 where the citizens own the deputies. Then the department won’t be able to accomplish ing for people who might not otherwise con- deputies to patrol the streets and keep order they’re more willing to get involved.” other important goals, according to Miller, tact a deputy about a crime, and the exis- in the jail. Garcia criticized Kanalakis for failing to who said the agency’s management, person- tence of the bomb squad, the sexual assault “And yet, we’re fully staffed for sergeant, face critics in Big Sur, Carmel Valley and nel and policies all need “serious revamp- response team, the ag crime task force and commander and above,” he said. “I’ve been Castroville. ing.” other groups targeting specific crimes. looking at the way it’s set up and have been “If people are not happy with you, you “When people who work at the sheriff’s In addition, he pointed to the programs at looking at the positions. I’ve worked with have to go talk to them. You may not like it; office complain to me, one of the major the jail designed to teach inmates skills, such other people in the departments to determine you may take a beating, but as sheriff, you’re things they complain about is lack of fair as forklift operation and janitorial services, positions that could be cut and others that a public servant,” he said. treatment, based on what camp you’re in,” which they can use to make honest livings could be consolidated.” “They do not want to be upset and have Miller said. “And it should never be that after their sentences are complete. Garcia said reorganization could cut $1.1 the sheriff send an underling — they want to way.” He also touted his leadership, honesty, million or more from the annual budget. That talk to the man.” He pointed to the conflict between integrity and loyalty, as well as his nearly money could then be spent on hiring He also blamed morale issues on a sheriff Kanalakis and Garcia that began almost a four decades in public service and his local deputies, as well as the professional staff who thinks more about himself than those year. roots. needed in the crime lab. who work for him. “And they’ve been picking sides inside “I have the superior qualifications in “We have a backlog of about 3.5 months “You can’t isolate yourself, you can’t put the department,” he said. “People are on this every way,” he said. of processing of evidence,” he said. yourself in a cocoon where you don’t associ- side or on that side, and if you just want to go To address gang issues — particularly the ate with them,” he said. “I was commander to work and get your job done, it’s been a ■ Fred Garcia violence that has led to almost 70 homicides of the King City station for three years, and tremendously difficult department in which in just over two years and an escalation in during those years, the sheriff came not one to be working.” A member of the sheriff’s office for 29 South County — Garcia said he supports a time to visit the station and the staff.” Meanwhile, evidence goes unprocessed years, Garcia has been “campaigning full “really strong suppression effort,” along with Garcia said he is grateful for the deputies’ in the crime lab, where Miller said standard time” since his retirement in February. community policing, and drug and youth endorsement of his candidacy. Dan Mitchell operating procedures are also lacking. of the DSA reported that 268 of the organi- “They’re a floundering ship,” he said. “It zation’s 300 members voted, with Garcia can only be expected to continue if either of tionally being malicious, Hoefler said. Often winning their endorsement “by a significant my opponents wins.” DOGS they don’t understand how a dog should be margin.” While Garcia received the deputies’ sup- From page 1A treated, while others don’t have the financial As for the jail issue, “the reality is, there port, Miller said it was only from slightly resources to provide for a dog. isn’t $150 million sitting around for more than 50 percent of the membership. us, and they explain that all calls are confi- Every case is different, and sometimes Monterey County to build a new jail,” he Miller acknowledged he received the fewest dential.” SPCA officers are able to change a person’s said, and waiting for grant money that many votes but said that made sense, considering Lisa Hoefler, director of operations for perception about dog ownership, sometimes other agencies also want would mean need- he’s never worked at the sheriff’s office. the SPCA, said the organization gets several not. The SPCA can seize a dog if its owners less delays. “I would treat everyone with respect and potential dog neglect calls a week. The num- refuse to provide the animal with basic But there’s no ignoring the fact the facili- dignity — not just those who supported my ber of dogs left in backyards with little atten- needs, though pets are often voluntarily sur- ty is overcrowded and needs to be expanded. campaign,” he added. tion is not uncommon. rendered with the threat of prosecution, “My vision is a 350-to-400-bed expan- Miller also pledged to work hard on the “It’s a countywide problem,” Hoefler Hoefler said. sion on the property right next to the jail,” he budget and tackle gang problems, which he’s said. “Some people have this idea you have a “We try to tell them it’s just costing you said. helped fight since 1980. dog that goes in the backyard and on a chain, money to feed the dog,” Hoefler said. “We Garcia said his vision and his decades of “Those are critical issues we should have and you give it food once a day and that’s tell them we can make this all go away for experience with the department, including been focusing on for last 12 months, and we what a dog is there for.” you if you give us the dog so we can [give it seven years in management positions, make will be when I’m sheriff,” he said. “It will be But isolation and the lack of interaction another home].” him a strong candidate for sheriff. the best, most professional law enforcement with people and even other dogs can lead to The SPCA seizes about one dog per “I have the experience, know the structure agency we can possibly be — that’s my main dog behavioral problems, including stress, month and files about five animal neglect and the complexities, and know the person- goal.” depression and aggression. and cruelty cases with the Monterey County nel and department,” he said. Like Garcia, Miller criticized Kanalakis In addition to handing out the fliers them- District Attorney’s Office each year. for failing to face his detractors. selves, Rhonda Somerton said she and her “We have a 100 percent [conviction] rate ■ Scott Miller “It’s reprehensible that when he takes crit- mother will drop off the SPCA fliers with the so you don’t want it to go that far with us,” icism, he doesn’t show up,” he said. “He just City of Seaside’s animal control and at busi- Hoefler said. A veteran of Salinas P.D. and the former blows them off. That’s just not the way for a nesses such as PetSmart in Sand City so they chief of police in Pacific Grove, Miller also sheriff to act.” can be distributed to customers. Up for adoption served on that city’s council. In his bid for Miller said voters have been responsive to Meanwhile, Cole’s living situation has the county’s top law enforcer, he has received his message and supportive of his campaign. Daily visitations greatly improved over the last two months, endorsements from the Monterey Herald and “If it has to do with qualifications and the Feeling sorry for her neighbor’s dog, Rhonda Somerton said. the Californian, as well as the county’s feedback I’ve received from people, then Rhonda Somerton eventually began visiting At the end of April, Cole and his back- deputy district attorneys. things are looking pretty good,” he said. “If it Cole twice a day for six months, talking to yard mate — a younger female dog named Miller puts internal problems in the sher- has to do with having more 4-by-8 signs in him and petting him through the neighbor’s Blanca, who Cole’s owners more recently iff’s department at the top of his must-fix key locations, maybe I won’t win.” fence. She came to realize the dog barked left to fend for herself in the same backyard mostly because he didn’t get any attention — got loose. The dogs were taken to the and was bored. SPCA’s shelter off of Highway 68. His owners “wouldn’t pay him any atten- Even though Cole was going to be eutha- tion at all,” she said. “I just couldn’t under- nized because he showed some signs of stand why they wanted him. They didn’t aggression — likely because he had little walk him or anything.” contact with people and dogs — Somerton Somerton said it was clear her daily visits said “his owner didn’t want to pay the fees to were lifting Cole’s spirit. “He was excited to get the dogs out of impound.” see me,” Somerton said. “He was needy. You So Somerton arranged for Cole to be could tell he just soaked up the attention.” released from the shelter because she But providing a dog with food and water believed that with some socialization and and giving a dog attention are two separate training, the dog’s behavior would improve. things, and only one of them can be enforced And it has, she said. by the law. “He is really sweet and loyal,” Somerton “The law doesn’t say you have to love explained. “Our dream is to find Cole a your dog,” Hoefler said. “But the law does good, permanent home. I think he would be say you have to provide food, shelter, water perfect for someone who is retired or works and veterinary care when needed.” It’s also from home and has the time to give him love illegal to keep a dog tied up. and attention.” For pet owners who don’t provide those Somerton’s brother has been fostering needs, an SPCA humane officer will tell Cole until he can be found a new home. them about the law that requires that pets Cole’s interaction with her brother’s own have access to food, water and and shelter. If dogs have already helped mellow Cole out. a dog is chained, they’ll tell them that’s But Somerton said they are hoping someone unlawful in California. will sponsor Cole to help pay for more of his Keeping in line with the SPCA’s goal of training. educating dog owners about how to take care Blanca was recently adopted after a brief of their pets, officers also tell receptive own- stay at the SPCA. Cole, whose picture is ers that their own lives can be enriched if available on Peace of Mind Dog Rescue’s they have more interaction with their pets. website at www.peaceofminddogrescue.org, “We try to get them involved in the dog’s is available for adoption or fostering. life somehow,” Hoefler said. For information about fostering or adopt- Some neglectful dog owners aren’t inten- ing Cole, call (831) 394-2344. This Senior Living • Entertainment eekFood Restaurants& Wine • Events • Art W May 28-June Carmel • Pebble Beach • Carmel Valley & The Monterey Peninsula Auction offers rare chance to own a After a century, ‘Treasure Island’ painting by elusive Big Sur artist returns to Forest Theater

By CHRIS COUNTS 1998 at the age of 74, is relatively unknown By CHRIS COUNTS a sense of humor to this role.” outside of Big Sur, his artwork has attained Meanwhile, the stage at the Forest IT’S HARD to imagine there’s a place an almost mythical status there. NINETY-SEVEN YEARS after it was Theater has been transformed into the deck with more artists per capita than Big Sur, “It’s probably safe to say that he is the first performed at the Forest Theater, Robert of the Hispaniola, the schooner that takes the which has long been a magnet for painters, most loved Big Sur artist of all,” said Louis Stevenson’s beloved “Treasure Island” crew to Treasure Island. The set was sculptors and photographers. While the list Magnus Toren, director of the library and a will be presented by a local theater group on designed by Nichole Bryant Stevens and of artists who have lived and worked along longtime friend and neighbor of Choley. the same stage. built by Reed Scott. Monterey County’s south coast is lengthy While many artists go to great lengths to One of the most memorable of all pirate and impressive, one particular artist — the market their work, Choley seemed to avoid stories, “Treasure Island” opens Friday, May See THEATER page 18A late George Choley — attained a level of the attention his work attracted. With his 28. The play is part of the Forest respect and admiration that none of his con- skill, he could have spent every day at the Theater’s centennial celebration. temporaries could match. easel, but he seemed equally content to clear “Who hasn’t read ‘Treasure The Henry Miller Library is presenting a brush for his neighbors and fix clogged cul- Island?’” asked Rebecca Barrymore, silent auction of three of Choley’s paintings. verts on Partington Ridge Road. For him, who serves as artistic director for the The library will receive a generous commis- manual labor was just another art form. Forest Theater Guild. “It’s a timeless sion from the sale of the paintings, which is “Everything he touched turned to gold,” story that everyone can identify welcome news for the Big Sur nonprofit. recalled Toren’s wife, Mary Lu. with.” Although Choley, who passed away in According to Toren, Choley was a unique While “Treasure Island” has been personality with an extraordinary performed thousands of times, creative gift. “There is an uncompro- Barrymore said her group’s produc- mising honesty that exudes from his tion closely follows a version that work,” he explained. “He dedicated was first staged in Carmel in 1913. his life to the pursuit of his creative “It’s the classic version of the passion.” story,” Barrymore said. “It’s wonder- Many Big Sur residents own one fully fun and dramatic.” of Choley’s works, which he often Tanner Young plays the role of gave as gifts. But few are willing to Jim Hawkins, the young boy who part with them. finds the treasure map that sets the “I haven’t heard of any being story in motion. offered since his family’s estate sale “Tanner is only 10 years old, but in the late 1990s,” Toren added. he’s been performing since he was The silent auction continues 5,” Barrymore observed. “He’s been through June 15. To place a bid or a creative force during the produc- learn more about the library, call tion of the play.” Three paintings by the late George Choley are being (831) 667-2574 or visit www.hen- Keith Decker portrays the ruth- auctioned off by the Henry Miller Library. rymiller.org. less Long John Silver. “Keith has been performing locally since 1963,” Barrymore PHOTO/FOREST THEATER GUILD Library fundraiser more critical than ever explained. “He brings a richness to Keith Decker, left, and Tanner Young star in “Treasure the characters he plays, and he brings Island,” which opens Friday at the Forest Theater. THE BIG Sur Library will host its 22nd funds to buy books and periodicals. We’re annual Book and Bake Sale May 29-31, from hoping for a big turnout to cover these bud- 1 to 4 p.m. each day. get deficits,” library volunteer Dick “The county library system has eliminat- Whittington explained. ed its book-buying budget and has asked the The library is located on Highway 1 adja- Friends of the Big Sur Library to use their cent to the Ripplewood Resort and Cafe. Carmel Carmel- Carmel- CARMEL MUSIC STUDIO & LA PLAYA HOTEL CARMEL MUSIC LIVE SUNSET CENTER presents presents 20th Annual MEMORIAL J AM SMUIN May 29 Spring Program ytPran Gdera See page 3A June 4 & 5 June 6 See page 27A See page 26A

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By MARGOT PETIT NICHOLS He moved up quickly at Le Petit Pier, reading cookbooks California coast looking for and experimenting a lot. “The chef recognized my ability and the perfect spot. “Then I had PERHAPS YOU’VE heard of Ted Walter for his advoca- gave me more responsibility — as I do now with my kitchen a brainstorm,” he said. cy of seafood sustainability, or perhaps you’ve heard of him staff. I worked there two years, and by the time I left, I was “Salinas had everything I in respect to reopening The Old Bathhouse restaurant at the chef. I was 23 years old.” was looking for! I had saved Lovers Point. But without a doubt you’ve heard of him as the Defoe opened another restaurant, this time at Incline, some money and opened fine executive chef who, with his called Wildberries, with 45 seats, and Teddy’s on Main Street in staff, produces memorable dinners at Walter was handed even more 1985. In my own restaurant, his Passionfish restaurant on responsibility. I learned a lot and took busi- Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove. “I was the chef and had complete ness courses. The business At Passionfish, Walter has made control of the menu. It was very side of running a restaurant a name for himself in the culinary exciting,” he said. “I experimented a is all important, but it intrud- world. But it didn’t happen chef profile lot, which was original in 1983 and ed on my focus on food. I overnight. ’84.” was doing paychecks, books “When I was 12, I started cooking dinner for my family. When Walter read Gourmet Magazine, he was inspired to and advertising. Teddy’s My mom loved it,” he said. He began restaurant work at the go to New York, where he discovered Big Apple restaurants closed in 1988.” Harvest Queen in Salinas at the age of 17 while a student at were way behind California where culinary innovation was He met Cindy in 1986 Salinas High School, then washed dishes and bused at concerned. and married in 1988. Andre’s and Picasso’s at the Barnyard in Carmel. “They were still doing everything with sauces and demi- At that juncture, they His first cooking job was at The Faculty Club while an glace. They hadn’t freshened up anything there,” he recalled. went to Tahoe. “We found a undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara. He graduated in 1981 “Then Jeremiah Tower came along in San Francisco, opening beautiful building in Chef Ted Walter with a degree in English, harboring an inner wish to become his Stars restaurant in ’84. He was like a lightning rod.”. Incline.” he said. “The a novelist. “But I didn’t have the knack for telling stories,” he Meanwhile, back at Wildberries, Walter would change the kitchen was already in place, and with no money needed up said, so he turned his creative talent to cooking at Lake Tahoe menu every week. “I had 15 items on the menu, and I was liv- front, I opened Inclination” — but it closed after two years. at Le Petit Pier owned by John Defoe, at Tahoe Vista. ing and breathing it. That’s what passionate cooks do.” There followed two years of cheffing at the Lodge at Bear “It was at Tahoe I ate my first fabulous meal,” he said, and After Wildberries, Walter decided to open his own restau- he decided he wanted to become that accomplished. rant. By way of research, he traveled up and down the See WA LT E R next page

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By MARY BROWNFIELD delicately touched the fairly conventional menu — all since he missed cooking and started doing little jobs in the kitchen, his arrival last October. including working in a fishing lodge in Alaska and at the QUAIL LODGE has it tougher than most when it comes Peninsula residents might know Ramirez as the founding Sardine Factory. to wooing customers. With the closure of its hotel and fine- chef of Cocodrillo in Pacific Grove, and then the Fishwife When Quail came calling, having never worked at a coun- dining restaurant last November, even though the clubhouse and Turtle Bay restaurants, which he sold after spending 21 try club, Ramirez figured, “Why not?” and Edgar’s restaurant remain intact, the place comes to mind years running his own business. He said an illness made him “So I came for the interview, and the same day, I got the less often when people are contemplating where to eat. realize life is for living now, so he retired and traveled. But job,” he said. But management can’t make the major menu changes that He started making behind-the-scenes changes right away. would regain Quail the spotlight, because the club’s 300 “The place was running really rich, purchasing-wise — members might die of shock. ‘Buy this, buy that’ — so there was a lot of leftover food from Brilliantly, the lodge hired executive chef Julio Ramirez to not calculating well for the size of the events,” he said. run the two-level kitchen that supplies Edgar’s and catered Cleanliness and equipment maintenance weren’t quite up to events. Charming and caring, Ramirez, who was born in his standards, either. Nicaragua and lived in Spain before coming to the states with “All of that is important,” he pointed out. If a stove hood no English and nothing more than a wooden suitcase a few goes unchecked, for instance, it will “catch fire, and they will decades ago, has galvanized the crew, made the place spot- say, ‘The chef burned the kitchen.’” less, tightened up operations, streamlined purchasing and Ramirez also committed to purchasing local ingredients — a philosophy already espoused there before his arrival — and hired executive sous chef Selene Johnson, who was working at Quail in more administrative capacities, like scheduling and event logistics. Among other tasks, she keeps WALTER track of how, when and where to buy the best. From previous page “If I hadn’t found her her, I would have been completely lost,” he said. Valley, with Cindy as food and beverage manager. Then a He has cooked, tweaked, reviewed and perfected every move to Carmel where Walter was the chef at Rio Grill and recipe on the menu, from the Castroville artichoke, to the Cindy was concierge at Post Ranch. wild caught salmon, but hasn’t made any significant changes Fast forward to 1997, the year the Walters purchased — in order to “keep the pirates from mutiny,” Johnson said, Cocodrillo Restaurant from chef/restaurateur Julio Ramirez. referring to the club’s members. The location — Lighthouse at Congress in Pacific Grove — PHOTO/COURTESY MARCI BRACCO Ramirez has coached the cooks in his spotless and effi- was perfect. It seated 140 patrons in four adjoining rooms. Lulu the MizUnderstood Princess and Geno the Wonder Dog They changed the wild and joyous decor of Cocodrillo to a will help collect pet-food donations at Kitchen Studio in See FOOD next page quiet sea green, and Seaside June 12. enhanced the walls with • HANG-TIME COSMO • BAKED OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL • DEHLINGER CHARD • • black and white photos of CORNMEAL CRUSHED IDAHO TROUT underwater sea creatures by They’re Back! LOCAL’S BREAKFAST SPECIAL $495 Scott Campbell. Two eggs with choice of meat and toast, With Chef Walter in and potatoes or cottage cheese charge of the kitchen, Cindy Crispy Soft Shell Crabs Mon.-Fri. 7 am - 8:30 am takes care of the front of the Also try our famous French Toast with secret syrup house, the books and PR/advertising. CARMEL’S BEST EARLY DINNER The exceptional wine list Where the locals eat Wed-Sun 4-6 pm $ 99 has been created by Janna • SOFT SHELF CRAB GRAPE-TINI For only 13 Lizza, and Walter has priced Dolores between 5th & 6th • Carmel-by-the-Sea • 625-6780 the wines “a little above Open Daily 7 am - 3 pm (Breakfast & Lunch) Dinner from 4 pm retail.” His menus go in a seasonal direction: Right now, he’s 831-626-8000 planning summer changes CARMEL ~ ON LINCOLN BETWEEN 5TH & 6TH for the current spring menu. Dinner Nightly from 5pm • Closed Tuesday Walter has six or seven www.christophersonlincoln.com cooks on the line, and SALAD TOMATO HEIRLOOM & MOZZARELLA FRESH Artemio Perez is his sous • RITA-TINI • NIMAN RANCH BBQ SHORT RIBS • TONDRE GRAPEFIELD PINOT NOIR • 6SULQJ9HJHWDEOH'LQQHU chef. The Walters are known Ah, Springtime. The earth bursts with fresh ﬂavors and good health. for their passionate partici- NUCOP What better time to appreciate luscious vegetables, elevated to new heights pation in and talks on sus- OR I tainable seafood. Every year, C by the creative hand of Executive Chef Christophe Grosjean with equally Walter participates in fabulous desserts by Executive Pastry chef Ron Mendoza. Cooking for Solutions at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Listening to him discourse on this subject, one is impressed with the profound understanding and concern he has for the dwindling population in the seas. Organic Produce & Grocery They live in Carmel Cheeses • Wines • Gifts Valley with their new 9- Vitamins & Natural Bodycare week-old, roly-poly golden 5% Senior Discount • Case Discounts retriever, Bubba. They get up Recently voted “Top 10 to Healdsburg as often as 625-1454 New Restaurants in the they can to see their daugh- U.S” by Gayot.com ter, Megan Glaadand, her 26135 Carmel Rancho Boulevard • Carmel winemaker husband and lit- 7KXUVGD\-XQH tle 8-month-old daughter, Hayley, the Walter’s first $150* per person, including wine pairings selected by grandchild. Their son, Kevin CATERING Wine Director Thomas Perez. ALSO has been stationed in Iraq on AVAILABLE an airbase for three months. Limited seating. Reception 6:30 pm, Dinner 7:00 pm As for bringing The Old Hola!Hola!Mexican Restaurant & Cantina Bath House to life again by “ The Most Unique HolaMexican Restaurant HOT on the Peninsula” Daily Specials Upcoming moving Passionfish to the restaurant at Cooking and Pastry Lovers Point, Walter said Classes there are still months of HOT HOT TUESDAY NIGHT Call for details. work to do for obtaining permits, so nothing is planned 1/2 Off for the near future. the Entire Food Menu The landmark for accommodations, dining and gracious Passionfish, 701 Excluding all drinks • Gratuity added to bill architecture in the heart of Carmel Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, is open nightly from Happy hour M-F 3-6 pm bar area only • Drink specials & Complementary appetizers Telephone 831 624 8578 5 p.m. until closing. For 3600 The Barnyard, Carmel, CA information or reservations, Open Sun & Tues. -Thur 11am - 9pm • Fri-Sat 11am-10:00pm Monte Verde at Seventh, Carmel-by-the Sea (831) 626-1814 • www.holarestaurant.com Call and Make your call (831) 655-3311. Reservations Today! GIFT ! (831) 626-1814 CERTIFICATES *prices are exclusive of tax and gratuity 24 A The Carmel Pine Cone May 28, 2010 is in the three-course menus served on Thursdays, which guests in the Fireplace Lounge Patio at the Hyatt Regency on FOOD have become so popular that reservations sell out in 24 hours, Old Golf Course Road in Monterey every Thursday through From previous page and 90 percent of the customers order the special menu. This September. The annual Paws for a Cause series, which bene- week’s, for instance, was entitled East to West and featured fits the SPCA for Monterey County, launched this week. cient kitchen, encouraging them to take pride in their work. sweet pea fritter with arugula salad and raspberry vinaigrette, Locals and hotel guests are encouraged to bring their “You can see the difference,” he said. “You can taste the cumin and honey Sonoma lamb medallions with sweet pota- pooches and dine in the patio between 4 and 7 p.m., when 15 difference and see how proud they are.” to rösti and sautéed garden greens, and cardamom panna percent of all food and beverage sales will be donated to the Where he and Johnson can freely express their creativity cotta. The cost of the prix fixe is $25 per person, plus tax and SPCA. The nonprofit will also bring adoptable dogs to the tip. gathering the fourth Thursday of each month, in hope of find- Ramirez and Johnson ing their new families among the attendees. said they really enjoy their work and working together. ■ June at Moulin — Oui! Q. Where’s Holly? They also appreciate the warmth and hamische the Bistro Moulin, Monterey’s little French bistro, is turning members bring to the restau- 3 in June, so chef/owner Didier Dutertre and wine director A. Holly’s at Me ... too! rant. Colleen Manni are celebrating by offering fabulous pommes Luxury Salon “It’s a very welcoming frites (served with delicious aioli) and glasses of bubbly for place, and since the mem- $3 apiece all month. bers feel at home, the whole Also beginning in June, the bistro will add Sunday nights NOW AVAILABLE FOR MANICURES/PEDICURES place feels comfortable,” to its dinner schedule, making it an option every night of the Johnson said. week beginning at 5 p.m. Bistro Moulin is located at 867 (831) 236-2266 On Tuesday, June 1, Wave St. in Monterey and can be reached by calling (831) Edgar’s will host Wine 333-1200. To sign up for email alerts and information about Tasting & Tapas in the patio, specials, send a message to [email protected]. with small bites, Bernardus wines and live music. The ■ Dinner and a movie Luxury Salon cost is $35, and reservations are required. Visit The Films in the Forest annual outdoor movie series 831.625.5008 www.quaillodge.com or call begins June 1, and the American Institute of Wine & Food is (831) 620-8910. hosting its traditional fundraising dinner and appropriately Carmel-by-the-Sea’s Premier Luxury Salon themed flick Wednesday, June 9. This year, the nonprofit’s ■ Paws for a Monterey Bay chapter is showing “Bottle Shock,” an embell- Call for an appointment to see the Difference! ished telling of the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting that pitted cause is back California Chardonnays and Cabernets against the best Mission Street & 8th Avenue • Carrmel by the Sea • www.metoosalon.com Dogs are the featured French Burgundies and Bordeaux, with the West Coast wines prevailing. An inspired buffet of California and French dishes prepared by AIWF board members will accompany wines provided Chalone Vineyards, which placed third in the Paris tasting and whose founder, Richard Graff, was also a founder of AIWF. 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$2.1 million. By 2004, that had dwindled to $1.4 million, and by 2007, only $205,000 was left, according to the state. Some of the charity’s money was spent on personal expenses, such as expensive meals, moving and storage, a mortgage payment and steam-cleaning a carpet in a private home, according to the lawsuit, signed by Deputy Attorney General Susan J. Kawala. Former board members and employees listed as defendants include former executive director and P.G. resident Wayne Johnson, P.G. resident Michael Ibarra and Daniel Yoshizato of Carmel. The state’s complaint does not list in detail what each defendant is unlawfully suspected of doing within the organization. But the complaint says MCAP directors failed to keep adequate records of expenditures, com- mingled assets in violation of a court order, used funds improperly and failed to account for assets and cash. “The organization’s record keeping was so sloppy and incomplete that it’s hard to determine exactly where all the money went,” according to the news release. The defendants “used restricted charitable assets to pay their salaries and to pay personal expenses incurred on MCAP credit cards,” according to the suit. In 1999, Monterey County resident Douglas Madsen bequeathed his estate — which included a Big Sur residence and more than $370,000 cash — to MCAP. Though a judge “explicitly stated” that the cash and the proceeds of the home’s sale should be used to provide housing for people with HIV, and not for salaries or other costs, that didn’t happen, the state has alleged. “Those in control of MCAP withdrew approximately $1.8 million of restricted charitable assets from the housing endowment, which were then misappropriated, misapplied or wasted,” the lawsuit says. The suit targets Johnson, a former MCAP executive director who signed the organization’s checks and contracts, and had a key role in the decisions surrounding the MCAP housing endowment. Along with other employees, Yoshizato made decisions about how funds from the housing endowment would be spent. Yoshizato failed to make “reasonable inquiries” when other workers “appeared to engage” in wrongdoing, the suit says. The attorney general’s complaint contends it is “necessary that MCAP be dissolved and all assets be placed in trust for a like-kind public benefit corporation.” Many of the defendants in the lawsuit have unlisted phone 831.624.9222 [email protected] numbers. A woman related to Yoshizato turned down The NW Corner of 6th & San Carlos Pine Cone’s request to pass on a message to him. Carmel-By-The-Sea A voicemail message left with Kathleen Banks was not returned. May 28, 2010 The Carmel Pine Cone 25A 26 A The Carmel Pine Cone May 28, 2010 tinues with its In the Kitchen Breakfast ■ Wrath whites Johnson’s Ranch watermelon with Elsa SOUP Series, which benefits the Food Bank For Estate 25-year balsamic vinegar of Modena From page 24A Monterey County. “Tea Time ... A Journey Chef Brian Overhauser will prepare a and a Point Reyes Blue fritter, cold poached for the Senses,” will be held June 15 from special seasonal menu to accompany a tast- wild king salmon with lemon thyme-infused The cost to attend is $25 for members and 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., and the July 6 class will ing of three Wrath whites from the winery’s heirloom tomato water, and Monterey spot- $35 for nonmembers, and checks should be focus on the “mysteries of olive oil.” sustainably farmed estate vineyard Sunday, ted prawn tempura with Meyer lemon risotto written to AIWF Monterey Bay and mailed Kitchen Studio is located at 1096 Canyon June 13. and baby green pea sprouts. to P.O. Box 1858, Monterey, CA 93942. For Del Rey Blvd., and the classes cost $20 each. Wrath’s 2008 Destruction Level The tasting will be held at 1 p.m. in the questions or to pay by credit card, call Carol To reserve, call (831) 899-3303. Sauvignon Blanc, 2009 Ex Anima beautiful, airy winery at 35801 Foothill Hilburn at (831) 626-9369. The Forest Chardonnay and 2007 San Saba Vineyard Road in Soledad and costs $55 per person. Theater is located at Mountain View and ■ Oh Madeleine, Chardonnay will be enjoyed, respectively, Space goes quickly, so call (831) 678-2212 Guadalupe in downtown Carmel. alongside Overhauser’s creations of to reserve. [To find out about the rest of the Films in where art thou? the Forest lineup, visit www.filmsinthefor- Damien Georis’ Madeleine wines — est-carmel.org. The cost to attend the movies especially his Cabernet Franc — are delight- (including “Bottle Shock,” if you would ful and reasonably priced, but they’re not rather not have dinner and support the always easy to find. Fortunately, with every AIWF) is $6 for adults and free for kids vintage, they seem to appear in more local La Playa Hotel’s under 10. Concessions are available, and pic- restaurants and stores, and his distribution nicking is also encouraged.] list presently contains many that are worthy 20th Annual Garden Party of visiting. Sunday, June 6th Noon - 4:00 p.m. ■ Kitchen Studio doings In Carmel, you can get a bottle at a table in Mundaka tapas restaurant, Le St. Tropez, Kitchen Studio in Seaside is hosting all Casanova and Aubergine, while shoppers can Please join us for an afternoon of sorts of activities, many of which benefit find it at the Cheese Shop and Rancho Wining and Dining as we again support the local nonprofits. On Saturday, June 12, the Cellars. studio will hold a food drive for the Hope Those in the valley or Big Sur might stop Carmel Youth Center in the Gardens of La Playa! Center, which collects goods to distribute to at the Big Sur Deli, Cachagua General Store, poor families on the Monterey Peninsula. 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NERO MAY have fiddled while Rome burned, but at least he didn’t throw gasoline on the flames. Where the Monterey Peninsula’s no-matter-how-much-it-rains water shortage is concerned, however, not only was the shortage created by the government, quite a few officials are actually making it worse. A lot worse. The latest example was the inexplicable decision by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors this week to declare an emergency moratorium on drilling new wells in a small part of the county — the very part where water is actually available underground. But according to county environmental health director Richard LeWarne, the water can’t be used because there is no way to guarantee that wells sunk into “fractured granite” will last forever. Fractured granite is what you find underground in vast parts of California. But under LeWarne’s doomsday scenario, a homeowner who relies on a well drilled into fractured granite to supply his family with water for cooking, cleaning etc., will be flirting with disaster, not only for himself, but for his whole neighborhood — because when the fractured granite well dries up (which, according to LeWarne, is quite likely, if not inevitable), he’ll have to use tanker trucks to bring water to his home. And what evidence did LeWarne have to demonstrate that fractured granite wells are unreliable? That several wells in North County have, in fact, failed. Unmentioned was the fact that many thousands of fractured granite wells in California function very well year after year, supplying homes, groups of homes and even entire towns with plentiful and healthful water. Indeed, while the Monterey County Board of Supervisors may have needed an elementary-school- of Schools. There is no substitute for being at level lecture about the fundamentals of various types of water wells and how the ground level and dealing with those Letters issues on a daily basis. they work (which LeWarne provided), the subject matter has elsewhere been sci- Donna lives in south Monterey County to the Editor and is trusted as an effective and caring entifically studied and regulated for decades, and is the subject of extensive leader. She knows how to build a team and rules. Fractured granite wells work just fine, thank you very much. Anybody The Pine Cone encourages submission of letters get things done. She has the track record to which address issues of public importance. Letters prove it. The incumbent has been with the who’s been paying attention knows that. cannot exceed 350 words, and must include the MCOE for seventeen years, and the prob- Furthermore, if the failure of one or two wells anywhere is a justification for author’s name, telephone number and street address. lems persist. Please do not send us letters which have been sub- It’s time for a pro-active approach to the stopping the drilling of wells everywhere, then LeWarne’s beloved wells into mitted to other newspapers. We reserve the right to serious issues confronting education in determine which letters are suitable for publication Monterey County. Donna is the right person alluvial layers should also be banned, because it is the unreliability of that very and to edit for length and clarity. at the right time. Please vote for Donna type of well (in Carmel Valley) that has put the people of the Monterey Peninsula The Pine Cone only accepts letters to the editor Alonzo Vaughn as our next Monterey by email. Please submit your letters to County Superintendent of Schools. in their present, untenable water supply situation. The wells in Carmel Valley [email protected] Karl Pallastrini, Principal (retired) most of us rely on are already seriously overpumped; in the next severe drought, Carmel High School it is likely some of them will run bone dry. Elect Donna Alonzo Vaughn Dear Editor, ‘Celebrated’ trees And, while this week’s moratorium therefore utterly fails on technical Many of your readers will remember Dear Editor, I really don’t understand the handful of grounds, it also fails on legal grounds, because the cure is much worse than the Donna Alonzo as a counselor at Carmel Middle School. As you know, she is running residents on Scenic who are so militant disease. People with undeveloped property have a constitutional right to use it. for the office of Monterey County regarding the replacement of our ageing Superintendent of Schools. Donna served as Cypress trees along Scenic Avenue. If unfet- And, according to longstanding legal principles, they own the water under their school counselor at CMS for five years, tered ocean views are so important to these people, maybe they should consider moving land. To force them to leave their property undeveloped, and to cut off their helping to build a student-centered environment that brought many students back from to Pacific Grove. access to something that belongs to them, should only be done under dire cir- private schools. The excuse of lowered property values is absurd. Just look at the countless postcard cumstances and for very important reasons. The meager justifications put forth Donna has since held many positions in education and currently serves as images celebrated the world over of Carmel by LeWarne for the well moratorium do not even begin to meet that standard. Superintendent of the Salinas City Beach. These photos are always shot through the graceful silhouettes of our beau- Instead of having 30 seconds more discussion about cutting off anyone’s Elementary School District. Donna has done an incredible job of turning the district tiful Cypress trees. They are what gives water supply, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and its health depart- around, regardless of the difficult issues sur- Carmel Beach its unique beauty. rounding the Salinas school districts. Her I can’t help but feel that this group of dis- ment should simply be making sure their constituents have the water they need. interpersonal skills and first-hand knowl- gruntled and short-sighted residents are shooting themselves in the foot! Unfortunately, they have things backwards. edge of school finance, curriculum and bi- lingual education are exactly what we need Dean De Korth, in the next Monterey County Superintendent Carmel

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Since 1990, Heal the Bay has given “Lovers Point scored a summer dry Is your Commode making you Cranky? beaches A-F grades based on their bacterial weather A grade despite independent studies Call us to Upgrade to a Comfort Height toilet to enjoy the benefits of: pollution levels and the risk of getting sick on multiple occasions suggesting that the from swimming there. beach has a pollution problem,” according to ✓ Asilomar State Beach, Spanish Bay, the report. More comfortable seating Stillwater Cove, the Beach at the Monterey At various times over the years, Lovers ✓ Reduced Stress on your $100 Beach Hotel and San Carlos Beach each Point Beach has been closed to the public backside REBATE received an A+ for both dry and wet condi- due to high bacteria levels. ✓ tions. Carmel Beach was given an A+ for dry Because of the inconsistencies between A High Seat conditions and an A for wet. the county’s tests and the independent ones, ✓ Easier on and off Lovers Point Beach in Pacific Grove, Heal the Bay recommended Monterey which in the past has had elevated levels of County officials move their monitoring of bacteria including human waste, received an Lovers Point beach to a storm drain outlet A+ for dry conditions and an A for wet con- just south of the beach, because runoff from ditions. the streets is a likely source of bacterial con- The beach that received the lowest marks tamination. was Monterey Municipal Beach at the com- “This will capture data that will give a 831-633-6145 Office mercial Fisherman’s Wharf, which received clearer picture of the water quality at this 831.915-7925 ask for Dave an A+ for dry conditions and a B for wet. location on a weekly basis,” according to the The beach tests were conducted by the Heal the Bay report. *$100 rebates available on qualifying models and areas through the Smart Rebates program see www.cvwcc.org. County of Monterey Environmental Health The top 10 “beach bummers” in the state Agency, which monitored the Peninsula’s include Cowell Beach in Santa Cruz, eight beaches on a weekly basis from April Capitola Beach and Baker Beach at Lobos through October as far north as the Monterey Creek in San Francisco County, according to Beach Hotel at Roberts Lake in Seaside and the report. as far south as Carmel Beach. To view the Heal the Bay report card for The Heal the Bay report points out that local beaches, go to www.healthebay.org. Mary Ann (Kelly) Harrington Sweeney Barrett Businesses ready for summer crowds 1919 – 2010 Mary Ann (Kelly) Barrett of Laguna Woods, CA passed SUMMER IS almost upon us — and a very between …” is how Avant Garden and Home away Friday May 14, at the age of 91. Born Mary Ann busy summer it promises to be. The first wave of owner Jeffrey Andrews bills his store. Featuring Harrington in Monterey, she was the last of seven children visitors seems to have already arrived and, for items for home decor, garden accents, handmade those folks who haven’t been to Carmel in a clocks, furnishings and ladies’ wear from around born to John and Alice Harrington. After attending Monterey while and the locals who may not have been pay- the world, the store recently opened on the west schools, she went to work at the Hotel Del Monte. There she met her first love and hus- ing close attention, there are some nice new sur- side of San Carlos next to Thinker Toys in the band, Larry Sweeney. They married in 1943 and settled in Carmel where Mary Ann prises in store throughout the business district. site vacated by the Winters Gallery. John and For those in the market for a humorous greet- Joan Winters, meanwhile, have relocated their became a fixture in the business community. For many years she managed the Carmel ing card or a whimsical gift or who just need an popular gallery to a new spot at the southeast Toy Store and Carmel Sports Shop. She served as President of the Soroptimist Club of instant mood brightener, corner of Ocean and the Monterey Peninsula. She and Larry spent many wonderful summers on the Carmel Chuckles Cards and Monte Verde. Bay, where Larry chaired the Stillwater Yacht Club Race Committee. Gifts will fit the bill. BUSINESS UPDATE Be sure to save your Owners John and Claudia appetite for the debut of Following Larry’s death in 1967, Mary Ann continued her commitment to Monterey McCotter, recent Carmel Pastries and Petals, set to business, joining Himalayan Industries and opening a camping equipment outlet on transplants, had a quarter century in the retail open June 4. The store, moving into the former Cannery Row. On a cruise, she met her second husband, Steve Barrett. They married clothing business in several high-end resort Le Coq D’or spot on Mission between Fourth areas but decided it was time for a lower key and Fifth, combines lavish floral arrangements and retired to Leisure World (Laguna Woods Village). They enjoyed all that retirement business in a more relaxed locale. After moving with homemade breakfast goodies, delectable offered, travel, recreation and family. Mary Ann served as the President of the Leisure from Scottsdale, Ariz., to Carmel shortly before cookies, pies and cakes, all baked on site. World Equestrian Club and Head Supervisor of the Leisure World Sewing Room. After Christmas, they settled on a business idea in Finally, in the spirit of the upcoming 2010 February and got ready to launch quickly. They U.S. Open Championship, From Tee to Green is Steve’s death, Mary Ann continued to supervise in the Sewing Room, helping neighbors found the right location (the former Sandy by the now open in the Carmel Plaza. The store, which and raising money for local charities. Sea on Dolores Street between Fifth and Sixth) moved into the spot vacated by Impressions (in a She is survived by daughter and son-in law, Tricia and Jim Kendall of Pensacola and got to work, transforming their store into a new Plaza location), is next to J. Lawrence place that is bright, cheerful and inviting to Khaki’s Men’s Clothier, facing Ocean Avenue. It Florida, her son James Harrington Sweeney of Chicago, IL and grandson, Jameson passersby. John said the whole community has is a full-service retail store that specializes in Kendall (Julie) and three great grand children, three step children Robert, (Cindy) Tony been most welcoming, and they have received women’s golf apparel, shoes, clubs, accessories (Jan) and Sally (William) along with seven grand children and two great grand chil- referrals from other area businesses. Claudia and instruction. Store hours are Monday through remarked that several people walked into the Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays dren. She also leaves behind many nieces, nephews and family friends that loved her store, ready to make a purchase, while they were from noon to 5 p.m. very deeply. A memorial service is being planned. Her ashes will be scattered on the still in the remodeling stages. The store is open To contribute something for this column, Monterey Peninsula. Donations can be made in her memory to the Foundation of from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and please contact Molly Laughlin at Carmel City from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Hall, (831) 620-2019 or Laguna Woods Village, P.O. Box 3279, Laguna Woods, CA 92654-3279 benefiting “Playful to classic, and the unexpected in [email protected]. seniors in need.

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The delay worried Burnett. that than be surprised on the downside,” he said. In the long term, Burnett said the city should look into “My concern is that pushing this off again will limit the He recommended cutting costs and raising revenues expe- sharing more services, similar to the regional fire department public’s ability and the council’s ability to deliberate on this ditiously but said doing so will be like ripping off a band-aid. currently under consideration by Peninsula cities. important and complicated document,” he said this week. “It will hurt,” he said. “I’ve talked to [police chief George Rawson] about this in “It’s going to be a very difficult conversation, because if we the police department,” he said. “But I don’t think we’re draw less from reserves, where do we find that money? Each Big issues, not line items going to find savings in the short term.” chunk is going to be a long conversation.” Council members discussed the matters that will present the greatest financial challenges in coming years, including Spend more retirement spending, the potential economic effects of state- Some residents asked the city to spend more, not less. imposed water rationing on the hospitality industry, and the Carla Ramsey wondered if more could be done about enforc- CHS rising costs of public safety. ing 48-hour parking limits in the residential district, and From page 7A They also discussed ways to bring in more money. Monte Miller pointed out the city is not spending the Talmage, a fan of charging applicants for all the costs of pro- $660,000 recommended by a traffic engineer for annual road adding that they are on track as well. cessing the permits the city requires, said fees should be maintenance. Regarding other bond work, Blanckmeister said the raised. While Carmel Residents Association members often CUSD board of education decided to hire a Gilroy architect “We can’t cut our way out of this situation,” he said. accuse the council of not spending enough on trees, the to review several projects that have long been planned at the Carmel Chamber of Commerce executive director Monta beach and other issues in town, Miller also commented, “I high school, including upgrading the science classrooms and Potter suggested implementing paid parking. like the idea of making a budget that doesn’t use reserves.” reconfiguring the administration building to be more effi- Resident Steve Dallas said the library and Sunset Center Mayor Sue McCloud responded, “If we follow that, you’re cient. budgets are top heavy and could be cut. going to have to help us by telling us what you can do with- At Carmel River School, bids will soon be sought for the Former council member Barbara Livingston said fines for out.” elementary school’s multipurpose room, so work can begin in doing construction or cutting trees without permission Rather than comb through the proposed budget line by the fall. 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Monday-Friday 11AM - 6PM or by appointment 831-622-9290 MID VALLEY CENTER ...for all of your full automotive services Shell 624-1324 Valero 624-0722 May 28, 2010 The Carmel Pine Cone 31A More questions than answers sold it to the Gurries family, FIRE Because the devastation was so complete, which also built and operat- From page 1A Monterey County Regional Fire District ed the Tickle Pink in Division Chief Paul Pilotti — who called the Carmel Highlands, among “Basically, it was a ‘surround and destruction of Robles del Rio Lodge “a other endeavors. drown,’” he said. “We just got as big of hose shame,” and lamented the “loss of a real icon “It had been closed for a lines as we could supply and kept all the in the community” — has his work cut out couple of years and was embers from floating down the valley and for him in determining the fire’s point of ori- overgrown with weeds,” starting something else. It’s good thing it gin and cause. Collaborating with Cal Fire Gurries recalled. “We fixed wasn’t July or August.” investigator Chris Pentony, who volunteered it all up and opened it with- Due to low water pressure and failing his assistance, Pilotti has developed a rough in a couple of months, and hydrants, the crews relied on three water ten- idea of where the fire began and collected then had fun with it for ders — fire engines with large storage and samples for the state crime lab to determine many years.” pumping capacities — that took turns dri- whether any flammable substances might Daniel Barduzzi, who ving to the valley floor to fill up at a hydrant have been used to start it. had worked at Pebble Beach and then navigating the narrow road back up. Pilotti said he also needs to determine if and the Highlands Inn, Not much remains of the Robles del Rio grand piano after “The water up there is terrible. There’s no the property had PG&E service and find out joined the lodge workforce Sunday’s fire. pressure, no adequate storage,” Schuler said. the location of the nearest live connection. and named the Ridge “And once we opened up one hydrant up In addition, he’s contacting some of the Restaurant. there, all the rest went dead, so we had to many people who reportedly trespassed to “Bill Wood was our next-door neighbor loans, the partners obtained permits, closed shuttle from the bottom. We didn’t have the shoot pellet guns and play paintball wars on during the majority of our ownership, and he the lodge and started construction, but the water to support it, so we had to scramble to the grounds of the old lodge. The area is lit- was very proud of how things were going,” significant financing they had believed get another water tender.” tered with colorful pellets from air guns, and Gurries said. “He was very supportive, and would come never materialized, according to Catherine Bowie, spokeswoman for neighbors reported trespassers as recently as would come over and have continental Gurries. California American Water, which owns the Friday, according to Pilotti. The Monterey breakfast.” “We even had a hotel company interested, system, said the storage is adequate but County Sheriff’s Office is assisting him in He also reminisced about decorating the at one point,” he said. Gurries remained a admitted the old 4-inch lines “do limit the locating and contacting people who have lodge for Christmas — an extensive task that partner until 2003. amount of water pumped at high pressure — information. took several weeks. “It was a very special With the economy further deteriorating at that elevation — to nearby hydrants.” “Due to the damage, it’s going to be very place, and we would have a big community and no investors interested in the lodge and Therefore, she said, the plan for fighting difficult to pin down the exact cause,” he party,” he said. “Everyone wanted to be its expansion plans, the project floundered. fires in more rural hillside communities like said. “But we’re working on it.” invited to the Robles del Rio party.” Finally, the property — upon which a $6 Robles del Rio is to fill the fire department’s In 1995, developer Greg Blackwell and million mortgage was taken out in 2007 — water tenders elsewhere, as occurred Sunday Hard times two others joined Gurries as partners in the was set to be auctioned at a trustee sale on morning. Former owner Glen Gurries, whose fami- Robles del Rio Lodge. April 29 in Salinas, but the sale was delayed “Our crews were on the scene to ensure ly purchased the lodge from longtime owner They planned to rehabilitate it, add an due to the mortgage holder’s bankruptcy, and adequate water supply was available to fill Bill Wood in 1985, recalled its former glory. upscale spa and more guest rooms, and make another institution has ended up with the the trucks and transport to the site,” she said. Frank Powers had it built in the late 1920s other improvements. note. The auction was rescheduled for June 4 “We regularly work with local fire depart- and surrounded it with a pitch-and-putt golf “It was a beautiful place, but for today’s at 10 a.m. ments to test hydrant flows and help ensure course. According to Gurries, it was to be the standards, it needed a few extra things,” he “There really is an opportunity there,” adequate fire protection throughout our ser- anchor of the subdivision Powers was devel- explained. Gurries said. “I hope someone steps up to the vice territory.” oping. With their own money and some bridge plate.” Closed and neglected, the property was Wood purchased Robles del Rio in 1939 also overgrown with weeds, according to and ran it as an exclusive resort for members Schuler. If that vegetation had been dry, the and their guests, Gurries said. Decades later, Pergolas fire could have spread quickly and violently Wood sold it to a man who undertook reno- Solid Wood or with devastating effects — a reminder of the vations, including installing fire sprinklers in Maintenance-Free by Four Seasons Sunrooms importance of clearing vegetation around the main building, and then Wood bought it Aluminum Pergolas buildings. back out of foreclosure. 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