Carmel Pine Cone, June 13, 2008 (Main News)
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New theater Famed singer helps Powder Puff company presents Hidden Valley thinks she’s people ‘Pericles Redux’ raise a roof — INSIDE THIS WEEK BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID CARMEL, CA Permit No. 149 Volume 94 No. 24 On the Internet: www.carmelpinecone.com June 13-19, 2008 Y OUR S OURCE F OR L OCAL N EWS, ARTS AND O PINION S INCE 1915 RED CROSS TOLD TO STICK TO ALUMINUM Big increase in By MARY BROWNFIELD trailhead break-ins, RED CROSS Executive Director Sharon vandalism Crino called them “a dis- By CHRIS COUNTS grace” during a planning commission meeting FTER SIX days backpacking in the Big Sur wilder- Wednesday. But the alu- A ness, Brian Mack was enjoying the blissful feeling of being minum windows in the far from civilization — a feeling that evaporated in seconds Red Cross building at when he returned to the China Camp parking lot on Chews Dolores and Eighth are Ridge and took one look his 2007 Toyota Tacoma. important to the building’s “It had been broken into architecture, the commis- and taken for a joyride,” sion decided, and can’t be Mack reported. replaced with vinyl clad. The vandals apparently The nonprofit wants to broke a window and located a Easy pickings replace the deteriorating spare key. windows in the 53-year- “They scratched it, tore when you park old chapter house with out the leather around the double-paned windows your car and gear shift and took out the that are more energy effi- battery and put in their old disappear cient. But according to PHOTO/PAUL MILLER battery,” he said. “They tried assistant planner Marc for a day or two The Red Cross chapter house in downtown Carmel needs new windows, according to its to get the gas, let the air out of Wiener, the city’s design executive director. On Wednesday, she asked for permission to replace the old, inexpensive, one of my tires and, to top it guidelines say aluminum aluminum windows with new vinyl-clad windows, but the planning commission said, “No.” off, they puked on my wind- windows would be more shield.” appropriate for the building’s architecture. “There are only two makers of aluminum windows left, The incident was part of a rash of car break-ins and van- Crino told the commission she received four estimates because demand is going down,” she added. dalism that has plagued remote parts of Monterey County — for replacing the old aluminum windows and determined Chairman Bill Strid said he agreed with Wiener’s rec- particularly where people park their cars and then head over vinyl-clad, double-paned, divided-light windows were the ommendation to reject the vinyl-clad windows. the nearest ridge for several hours or several days. And the only option the nonprofit could afford. Unclad wood win- “I would personally like to see a replication of the alu- increase in crime is happening over a wide area. dows “were astronomical,” she said, and aluminum win- minum windows,” he said. According to U.S. Forest Service public affairs specialist dows do not meet state code requirements for energy con- Brenda Kendrix, while there hasn’t been a spike of crime on servation. See WINDOWS page 10A federal park land in general, there has been a surge of law- breaking in remote rural areas. “There’s nobody around, so there’s more of a chance for [a thief or a vandal] to get away with something,” she said. She hopes increased funding will help combat the prob- Carmel High theater gets $1M donation lem. “We’ve pretty much doubled our law enforcement pres- By MARY BROWNFIELD several years ago. Bialek was surprised to learn of the honor at a school board meeting Tuesday night, when it was also See CRIME page 8A THE $10.5 million performing arts center slated for announced she had given $1 million for the theater. Carmel High School will be named after Bertie Bialek — For years, the Carmel Unified School District mulled over who donated almost a tenth of its funding — and her hus- the idea of building one, and Bialek was an early donor, pro- band, Hilton, a staunch public-school supporter who died viding $500,000 in seed money that allowed administrators Farmers’ market delayed, to “make the statement that we were going to do this project, one way or another,” CUSD Superintendent Marvin Biasotti may be called off told The Pine Cone. Retirement destination: With the passage of a $12.5 million school bond in November 2005, design work got under way for a perform- ■ P.G. council action invalidated because public notice wasn’t printed Africa and the Peace Corps See DONATION page 14A By KELLY NIX By MARY BROWNFIELD HE LONG awaited Pacific Grove farmers’ mar- HILE MANY people move to Carmel-by-the-Sea to T W ket, scheduled to debut in July, will be delayed for at retire, David and Wendy Banks are celebrating theirs by leav- least two weeks — and could be called off altogether ing town. This week, the couple departed for a two-year stint this year — because of an advertising blunder in the with the Peace Corps in Tanzania. Monterey County Herald, city officials said. “We’re in good health and retired, so we thought this was Scheduled to debut July 7, the farmers’ market will the time when we could do this,” Wendy Banks said Friday as be set back because the Herald failed to print a public she stood amidst boxes and suitcases, preparing for the flight hearing notice for last week’s city council meeting in to Washington, D.C., June 7. which the market was discussed. Residents of Carmel since 1968, the Bankses raised four “It’s too bad it will be delayed,” P.G. Mayor Dan Cort children here and have long been involved in the community told The Pine Cone, “because we are all so excited about through church and other outreach efforts. With their retire- the farmers’ market.” ment last year — she as a teacher for the Carmel Unified At its June 4 meeting, the city council adopted an School District, and he as a pharmacist — they came to the ordinance to allow the Pacific Grove Certified Farmers’ realization they could contribute to the world far beyond their Market every Monday on Lighthouse Avenue between hometown. Forest Avenue and 18th Street. Joining the Peace Corps was not a new idea. In fact, it had But before final action on an ordinance, state law been in the back of their minds since the early 1960s, after A $1 million donation from Bertie Bialek will help ensure the See MARKET page 9A See RETIREMENT page 10A new theater at Carmel High School becomes a reality. 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 June 13, 2008 Trees, books, employees benefit from $14.3M city budget By MARY BROWNFIELD for now, the council decided. Woods resident Joyce Stevens, president of Monterey Pine City administrator Rich Guillen opened the June 10 meet- Forest Watch. AFTER DECIDING city trees need more watering, the ing by presenting a few changes to the draft $14,354,434 The Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club also sent a letter, precious archives kept at the library should not be drenched spending plan he released in May. After the city’s tax consul- and former councilwoman if the fire sprinklers activate, and a few other items should be tant took a more dismal view of sales tax income — one of Barbara Livingston said, “We made priorities during the fiscal year that begins July 1, the the budget’s major sources — Guillen reduced the anticipat- are not talking about a very Carmel City Council adopted a $14,294,494 budget Tuesday ed revenues by $68,940, to $14,285,494. large expenditure. We are, Public night. The total represents a 2.5 percent increase over the On the spending side, he shifted the $162,400 earmarked however, talking about restrooms, 2007/2008 budget. for new high-tech police and public works radio equipment preservation of our vaunted Two city employees, IT manager Steve McInchak and to the 2009/2010 fiscal year, because Monterey County is village character. We are a cameras in human resources manager Jane Miller, will keep their jobs working on another way to pay for the project. village in a forest by the sea.” But he added $65,500 for the first phase of constructing Clayton Anderson of the police cars restrooms on Scenic Road at 10th and 13th avenues, $12,960 Friends of Carmel Forest said and another for cameras in two police cars, and $15,000 for a consultant the city’s forest, as well as its to manage the city’s art collection. beach, draw the tourists part-time And after hearing testimony from several residents, the whose dollars keep its gov- waterer council decided to tack on a few other expenses. ernment running. He encour- A dozen people spoke or submitted letters pleading for a aged the council to ensure full-time worker to water and tend to the city’s young trees. both receive the money need- khaki’s The forestry department pays $20,000 annually for an 18- ed for maintenance and care. hour-per-week position, and Guillen said making it full time Councilwoman Paula Hazdovac said the city should hire would cost $52,000, including health and retirement bene- another part-time tree waterer for $20,000, and everyone else summer fits.