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Nuclear Disarmament- Below and Helping Santa - Page 4 Page - 12 Christmas Whale - Page 14 Pacific Grove’s Fridays Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM Dance to DJs Adults $10/Teens $5 Youth Free • 1st Time Free [email protected] • Saturdays Dance at Chautauqua Hall • Dec. 23-29, 2016 Your Community NEWSpaperTimes Vol. IX, Issue 13 Fri. Dec. 23 Howard Burnham reads Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” 6:30 PM $10 Adv/$15 door We Wish You a Merry Christmas! Carmel Art Assoc. Dolores between 5th & 6th Carmel

December 23 - January 2 Pacific Grove City Hall Closed Reopening Jan. 3, 2017 • Dec. 31, 2016 New Year’s Eve Dance 8PM-Midnight Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove Cost: $10 for non-members, $5 for members. • Thurs Jan. 5 Genealogy Society Monthly Meeting 1025 Noche Buena, Seaside 7 PM • Jan. 13-15 and 20-21 Santa Catalina School Cub Scouts from Pack 125 went caroling in the medical wing at Canterbury Woods, as they do every year, to the delight of “You Can’t Take It With You” residents. There’s more about the Scouts on Page 12. Santa Catalina School Performing Arts Center 1500 Mark Thomas Drive, Monterey Dear Santa... Ticket info page 17 PGHS Senior • Delivers Message of Disarmanent to UN Conference in Japan Eric Cuellar received a rare opportunity recently: A trip to Japan, “Like” us on Facebook with airfare, hotel, and meals paid by the Japanese government, plus where we post short updates, the chance to interact with other students from many countries, as traffic, weather, fun pictures well as foreign dignitaries in a United Nations conference focused and timely stuff. If you fol- on discussing ways to achieve a nuclear-weapons-free world. But low us on Twitter, you’ll also he earned it. get local sports updates and The Pacific Grove High School senior was offered the chance after writing an essay and submitting it to organizers at Middlebury we even tweet tournaments Institute. He was chosen, along with only two others nationwide, to and playoffs. attend the conference in Nagasaki, Japan, one of the two cities where nuclear bombs were dropped in 1945. With him as chaperone was his English teacher, Mrs. Karinne Inside Gordon. “To the Japanese people, nuclear weapons represent an evil that Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts...... 8 must never be unleashed upon the world again under any circum- Cartoon...... 2 stances, and the Youth Communicators dedicate themselves to com- Cop Log...... 7 municating the message of hope for a world free of nuclear weapons. Finance...... 10 This is the first year students outside of Japan have been invited to Homeless in Paradise...... 18 Keepers of Our Culture...... 14 help deliver that message, so it truly was a unique honor for Eric to Legal Notices...... 19 be included among the accepted applicants,” she said. Otter Views...... 8 Zoey Miller and her brother, Zack found Santa loading toys “I am so incredibly proud of how professionally Eric presented Peeps...... 5 himself. He even read part of the statement the Youth Communicators Rain Gauge...... 2 into the car on Cedar Street when they walked by with their Real Estate...... 5, 7, 2016 mother. The next day, she brought a lovely Christmas card (above) and the best ever ginger cookies. See ERIC CUELLAR Page 12 PENROLLMENT From Page 1

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On December 23 @ 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM The Christmas classic will be performed by Howard Burnham in the manner of Dickens’ 1867 tour of the USA. Charles Dickens visited America twice, in 1842 and 1867. By an oversight, he failed to come to California on either occasion, but this will be rectified at the Carmel Arts Association on Friday, December 23 at 6:30 p.m. British born actor, Howard Burnham, now of Pacific Grove, will perform his popular characterization of Charles Dickens giving a dramatic ‘reading’ of his most beloved Christmas book. For the past decade, Burnham has been the featured “Mr. Dickens” at the Myrtle Beach Dickens Christmas Festival. He has given this acclaimed show in England and across the nation to standing ovations. He creates a “cast” of 40 characters from the curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge to winsome little Tiny Tim to give a heart-warming, life-affirming and humorous interpretation of the beloved Christmas story. Tickets: $10 in advance (up until 5:00 p.m. on the day of the performance) /$15 at the door. Carmel Art Association is located at Dolores between 5th& 6th in Carmel.

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Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR Regular Contributors: Jan Austin • Mike Clancy • Scott Dick • Rabia Erduman • Ron Gaasch • Kyle Krasa • Dixie Layne • Peter Mounteer • Wanda Sue Parrott • Jean Prock • Jane Roland • Patrick Ryan • Katie Shain • Bob Silverman • Peter Silzer Near Lovers Point • Joan Skillman • Tom Stevens Distribution: Amado Gonzales, Ryan Nelson Data reported by John Munch at 18th St. Cedar Street Irregulars Near Lovers Point Bella G, Ben, Benjamin, Coleman, Dezi, Griffin, Holden, Jesse, John, Week ending morning 12/22/16...... 41" Jacob, Josh, Leo, Luca, Manuel, Nathan, Tom Total for theData season reported by(since John Munch 7/1/16) at 18th...... 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Many Monterey County government offices will be closed or have limited hours Salinas police arrested Juan Govea, 35, Thursday morning, Dec. 15 at his home in of operation during a Winter Recess scheduled from December 27 - 30. Salinas. Govea faces charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, felony oral This recess is in addition to already designated holidays of December 26 (Christ- copulation of a minor, and misdemeanor mas) and January 2nd (New Year’s). charges of molesting a child under 18, The recess will not close any critical or public safety ‘24/7’ operations. according to Salinas Police. A schedule for all county offices during this time period is available on the county School district officials say they website www.co.monterey.ca.us. immediately notified police when they learned of the alleged relationship. They stressed that Govea’s relationship with the teenager occurred about six months after Santa (and Sparky) Came Early he left his job at Salinas High. He was booked into Monterey County Jail. He had not been arraigned as of press time. At this time there is no evidence that any alleged sex acts took place at school or when Govea was employed by the district, according to Salinas Police. They declined to state how the district learned of the relationship. Govea taught biology at Salinas High. In 2011, he was selected as a Teaching Juan Govea in June, 2015 Ambassador Fellow for the U.S. Depart- ment of Education. In 2015, he participated in the national discussion on “Rethink School Discipline” a roundtable hosted by the White House in Washington, D.C., according to the Salinas Californian. In June, 2016, Cedar Street Times published an interview with Govea who had recently taken a position with the Museum as the director of exhibits and education. Govea was hired to oversee exhibits and run the Museum’s active education department. In an interview with KSBW-TV, the museum’s executive director, Jeanette Kihs, said, “We have no reason to believe this has anything to do with the museum or his role here.” Santa enlisted the help of Sparky the Fire Dog (and some Monterey Fire personnel with their engine) to distribute toys that were donated at various firehouses throughout the Peninsula. They delivered in Seaside on Saturday Be seen by thousands! and in Pacific Grove on Sunday, Dec. 18. For the past 20 years, Santa has teamed up with Monterey firefighters to deliver toys to local families in need. Call 831-342-4742 about FYI “Thanks to community support, our toy drive collected over 1,000 gifts this year,” said Fire Chief Gaudenz Panholzer. “We couldn’t have done it without the generosity of the volunteers and community.” Toys were collected in marked barrels at all five fire station locations. Nearly 100 volunteers wrapped the gifts at Monterey High School on December 16. With lights flashing, fire engines delivered the gifts to local family doorsteps. Spearheading the delivery program was Division Chief Felix Colello, who has worked for the Monterey Fire Department for over 40 years. “Kids come to the door with smiles on their faces, and parents with tears of joy in their eyes,” said Colello. “This is one of many rewarding programs that the Monterey Firefighters Association puts on.” Over 200 children from 78 local families received gifts from this year’s toy drive. Watch a video from the toy delivery at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrqXRH- FABbc. For more information about Monterey firefighter community programs and events, visit www.facebook.com/3707communityevents/.

City of Pacific Grove Annual Notice of Vacancies BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES The City of Pacific Grove is seeking applications for the following Boards, Commissions and Committees for vacancies that currently exist and/or terms that ex- pire January/February 2016. For a complete description of the purposes and meeting schedule of each of the available Boards, Commissions, and Committees, please visit the City’s website at http://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/boards • Administrative Enforcement Hearing Officer Panel (4) • Architectural Review Board (4) • Beautification and Natural Resources Committee (4) • Economic Development Commission –Downtown (1); General Business Owners (1); Citizens at large (4) • Golf Links Advisory Commission – At Large (2) Hospitality (1) • Historic Resources Committee (2) • Library Board (3) • Planning Commission (3) • Recreation Board(1) • Traffic Safety Commission (2) Appointees must be registered Pacific Grove voters, except for the Economic Development Commission. Applications for these vacancies will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Interested persons may pick up an application at the City Clerk’s Office, 300 Forest Avenue or a copy may be downloaded from the City’s website at: http://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/sites/default/files/forms/city-clerk/application-app-boards-commissions-12-14-09_0.pdf Further information may also be obtained by contacting the City Clerk at (831) 648-3181 or by emailing cityclerk@ cityofpacificgrove.org Page 4 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 23, 2016 Paul Tomasi Named Director of Public Safety, Police Chief for City of Carmel-By-The-Sea has overseen both the Operations and Ad- training at Fort Benning, GA. He was ministration functions for the department. later stationed and Fort Ord and fell in Both Tomasi and Rerig said that love with the Monterey Peninsula. He has the main functions of the police chief spent nearly 30 years living and working are to keep the community safe and to on the Peninsula. protect its residents, visitors, businesses In 2008, while working as a police and employees. detective in Citrus Heights, Tomasi ap- Tomasi added that being the chief plied for and was hired as a sergeant for is also “about maintaining relationships the Carmel Police Department. and building trust with the community. “It was an opportunity to return to the It is important the community trusts the Peninsula and work for a community I got police and is comfortable asking for our to know over the years and wanted to be a assistance. Policing and the community is part of,” he said. a partnership, something that is essential Tomasi earned as Associate of Arts to keeping the community safe.” degree at Monterey Peninsula College is “Paul understands community po- 1992, a Bachelor of Arts degree with an licing and he is also a very compassionate emphasis in teaching at CSUMB in 1997, human being,” Rerig said. “He’s worked and a Master’s in business administration in several communities and he’s found his in Public Safety from Alliant University niche here. He thrives best in our unique, in 2014. high-touch community where traditional Before joining the Carmel Police enforcement policing is as important as Department, he was a community service the manner in which we police and protect officer and then a patrol officer at CSUMB, the community. I have developed a strong initially working part time while attending Cdr. Paul Tomasi will be Carmel’s top cop effective Jan. 1, 2017. interpersonal connection with Paul and school, and later a patrol officer and a feel he will serve our community for many detective in Citrus Height. Carmel Police Department Com- the community. In 2009, he initiated a years to come.” “My overriding philosophy has been mander Paul Tomasi, a member of the Juvenile Diversion Program, which aims Outgoing department head Calhoun customer service,” Tomasi said. “It was department since May 2008 and a veteran at educating first-time juvenile offenders expressed strong back for his replacement. ingrained in me as a child by watching my of 21 years in law enforcement, has been rather than subjecting them to the court “I’m honored to have had the op- parents interact in the family business and named the Director of Public Safety and process. Tomasi began a similar program portunity to work alongside and mentor something I have been further mentored in Chief of Police for the City of Carmel-by- while working in the Citrus Heights Police Commander Paul Tomasi during his tenure throughout my law enforcement career.” the-Sea by City Administrator Chip Rerig. Department, near Sacramento, then as a with the Carmel Police Department,” Cal- While working part time as a Com- Tomasi will replace Mike Calhoun, juvenile detective. houn said. “There’s nothing greater than munity Service officer at the CSUMB who currently holds both positions and is With the help of local volunteers knowing your successor has earned the Police Department he was asked to retiring at the end of the month after 32 he created a program here where youths respect of the community, City staff, the consider being a police officer. Tomasi years with the Carmel Police Department. who commit low-level misdemeanor vio- Police Department and the City Council. originally intended to become a teacher, Tomasi will assume his new duties on lations can do community service, attend Hiring from within is a compliment to our but he changed his direction when given January 1. educational classes and in return get their organization ad we are all very proud of the opportunity to work as a police officer. Rerig, in announcing the selection charges dismissed. him. This is a great leadership opportunity “I was fortunate enough to have of Tomasi, said, “Paul has the demeanor, “This program continued the tradi- for Paul and I wish him and the Police been given that opportunity at CSUMB,” the experience, the approachability and tion of community service in our organiza- Department the very best in his new role.” he said. “I always had the philosophy to certainly the skill set to serve our unique tion and helped create strong relationships Within the city’s hierarchy the Police try and do something positive each day community. He will be a healthy addition in our community,” Tomasi said of Carmel. Chief manages the department and the to balance out the negative things police to the team that I am building.” “The program has been very successful Director of Public Safety has oversight officers have to do. Through this philos- Tomasi, 48, called it “an honor for over the years and has been a model for over police, fire, ambulance service and ophy I constantly look for new ways to me to continue with this department in the other Monterey Peninsula agencies in the Emergency Operations Center. work with the community to build strong capacity of Public Safety Director.” dealing with juvenile offenders.” Tomasi is a native of Marquette, MI., relationships. And this is something I look Since being hired as a police In January 2013, Tomasi was pro- and was one of nine children. He joined forward to continuing as the chief.” sergeant in Carmel in 2008, Tomasi has moted to the position of commander for the U.S. Army in 1986, serving for three Tomasi and his wife, Amy, have been worked to find ways to better connect with the Carmel Police Department, where he years in the Infantry, and he did his basic married since 1999 and have three sons. Annual Delivery of Toys collected from the 18th The toys were delivered via patrol vehicle convoy annual Toy Drive by law enforcement entities to the Kris Kringle Christmas Tree Lot on Rio Road in Carmel. The toys donated will be distributed to needy children throughout Monterey County. Churches and Service Agencies have identified the children and will help Santa by wrapping all the new toys they select. Representatives from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, Carmel Police Department, California Highway Patrol, Pacific Grove Police, Sand City Police Seaside Police Department, CSUMB & Presidio of Monterey participated. Agencies that will distribute the toys include Boys and Girls Club of Monterey, Natividad Hospital, Monterey County Behavioral Health, Monterey County Probation Department (Child Advocates), and churches such as Our Lady of Refuge. All are grateful to the donors for the annual drive. Above: PacificGrove officers Cdr. Rory Lakind and Billy Hawkins among those from five jurisdictions who delivered toys donated in their communities. Below are POM’s Ofcr. Quintenderino and CHP officer Chalk. Above, right are Carmel officers Boucher, Woznuk and DiMaggio. PENDING

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Lic. #01147233 December 23, 2016 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 5 Your Achievements Peeps Haley Ross Named to Dean’s List Susan E. Chapman Named Monterey County Public Defender at Biola University The Monterey County Board of Supervisors announces the selection of Susan E. Haley Ross was named to Biola University’s Dean’s List for academic excellence Chapman as Monterey County Public Defender. for Fall 2016. Ms. Chapman is an attorney specializing in criminal defense with an office in Ross, from Carmel, was one of 1,575 students who were named to the Dean’s List. Salinas. Since June 2016 has been serving as Monterey County’s Interim Chief Alter- Biola students are placed on the Dean’s List to honor those with a grade point average nate Defender and supervising this office and staff which represents clients in criminal of 3.60 or higher while enrolled in 12 or more credit units and whose cumulative grade cases where the Public Defender’s Office has a conflict of interest or is unable to accept point average is at least a 3.20. representation. “Inclusion on the Biola Dean’s List is an indication that this student is performing Chapman was selected for the position after an extensive recruitment and will begin exceptionally well in a rigorous academic program,” said Patricia Pike, Vice Provost her duties December 24, 2016. Her starting salary will be $203,476. for undergraduate education. “Our Dean’s List students are bright, motivated, engaged, Ms. Chapman is a graduate of the University of Iowa (1975) and Monterey Col- competent, and personable. They are already demonstrating the characteristics of success lege of Law (1986). She was admitted to the Bar in 1986 and opened her private law that results from applied intelligence and that will support future endeavors in society, practice that same year. community, career, and family life.” Chapman has extensive trial experience in complex and high profile local cases, Biola University is a leading Christ-centered university in Southern California that such as People v. Carrillo, People v. Dr. Mangar and People v. Hernandez. Chapman offers a premier, nationally ranked education and has been named one of the nation’s also began working with the Alternate Defender’s Office in 2003 before becoming the “up and coming” universities by U.S. News & World Report four times in the past Interim Chief Alternate Defender this year. five years. Founded in 1908, Biola is committed to the mission of biblically centered Chapman will supervise an office of approximately 47 attorneys, investigators education, scholarship and service - equipping men and women in mind and character and support staff. The Public Defender provides legal representation to indigent adults to impact the world for the Lord Jesus Christ. With more than 6,300 students at its Los and juveniles charged with crimes and violations of law in Monterey County. It also Angeles-area campus and around the world, the university offers more than 150 aca- provides representation for mental health clients whose liberty may be restricted due demic programs through its six schools, ranging from the B.A. to the Ph.D. For more to mental disease or defect in civil court. This office is an important component of the information, visit www.biola.edu. county’s criminal justice partners departments. Emilia Siletto of Carmel Valley Admitted to Cornell College Blair Miller Achieves Fall 2016 Dean's Cornell College is proud to announce that students from around the country were admitted to Cornell for the Fall 2017 semester, including Emilia Siletto of Carmel Valley. List at Belmont University One of the select “Colleges That Change Lives,” Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Blair Miller, a Carmel native, qualified for the Fall 2016 Dean's List at Belmont Iowa, is a national liberal arts college with a distinctive One Course At A Time curricu- University. Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality lum. The One Course schedule provides students the chance to dive into their studies, grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C. focus more intensely on the disciplines of their choice, and learn authentically with the Approximately 30 percent of Belmont's 7,700 students qualified for the Fall 2016 unique freedom to shed the confines of the traditional classroom to study off-campus, Dean's List. Belmont Provost Dr. Thomas Burns said, "This achievement for the fall pursue research, or accept an internship -- all without missing out on other classes. semester indicates that these students have placed a high priority on their work at Cornell is nationally recognized for its value, including by Kiplinger’s, which Belmont and have invested time and energy in their studies. It is our strong belief that included Cornell on its list of the 100 best values in private colleges for 2016, and the consistent application in this manner will reap great benefits, which will equip them Fiske Guide to Colleges, which named Cornell College one of the 24 “Best Buys” for a lifetime of learning and growing." among private colleges. Ninety-three percent of Cornell graduates earn their degrees in four years. In 2013 Cornell was named one of the 25 colleges with the best professors by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. Emily Phillips of Pacific Grove Among For more information, visit www.cornellcollege.edu. Winter 2016 Graduates at UA Emily Phillips of Pacific Grove was research university that draws the best Gratitude for the Season among some 2,270 students at University and brightest to an academic community of Alabama who were awarded degrees committed to providing a premier un- during winter commencement Saturday, dergraduate and graduate education. UA Patrick Ryan Dec. 10, 2016. Phillips received a bach- is dedicated to achieving excellence in elor’s degree. With this graduating class, scholarship, collaboration and intellectual UA will have awarded more than 257,000 engagement; providing public outreach Local Real Estate Update degrees since its founding in 1831 as the and service to the state of Alabama and state’s first public university. the nation; and nurturing a campus envi- The University of Alabama, the state’s ronment that fosters collegiality, respect oldest and largest public institution of and inclusivity. The holiday season is a time of year around you are joyous. Misery truly higher education, is a student-centered that means different things to different does love company. people. We all have our own way of It wasn’t until I learned to practice celebrating, reacting, and absorbing gratitude that I came to appreciate the the next two weeks. For some it is a fact that all does not have to be perfect Buyer Beware: Celebrity Ties very religious time of year, for others in order to experience peace and joy. It it is a time of family and friends, some was those times of sadness, those valleys to Real Estate Could Be Make-Believe just love to shop, and for others it can of lows and feelings of loss that have Scott Dick be a time of sad reflection when going allowed me to truly understand that all through tough times. For some of us it does not have to be perfect in order to Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors can be a combination of all of the above personally experience peace and joy. It and more. We all experience it in a was only in the last few years, when my different and very personal way. family and I went through a major life Market Matters For me this time of year has come to change, that I was able to understand Source: The Los Angeles Times mean one word and that word is grati- what gratitude is and the effect it can tude. I have experienced both the joys have on one’s life. And that has made As if home buyers didn’t have enough price. Star-specific amenities such as of the season and have also experienced all the difference in my ability to enjoy factors to weigh when purchasing a home, bowling alleys and horse stables can com- the sadness one can feel when you are the moment, perfect or not. buyers in La La Land also face weighing plicate sales, and the homes can be more not feeling the joy that those around So here is wishing all of you a sea- the pros, cons and truthfulness of celebrity difficult to show due to privacy concerns. you are feeling. At the age of 50, I have son of gratitude. If you have not found ties to a property. In Los Angeles, a proper- Note the language sellers use when come to realize the importance that it in your life yet, don’t give up. Start ty’s connection to the rich and famous can linking famous people to property. For ex- gratitude plays in my life. It is a learned small and just pick any moment of your add intrigue – and a hefty price premium. ample, was the structure built “in the style trait and one that needs to be worked on day and give thanks for that moment. But a celebrity-connected property of” an architect or the architect himself. daily for it to have its desired effect. That is all you have to do to practice can also risk value if the legend doesn’t Find the proof by asking for the prop- I have experienced those seasons gratitude. You will be amazed at how it hold up or if buyers think attaching a erty’s original plans and other documents where all is great and it is truly a joyous changes your life for the better and the celebrity’s name to their home is tacky or to verify lore. time filled with friends and family and more you do it the easier it will become exploitative – or both. Often, homes linked If the seller can’t provide substantive everything just seems perfect. I have until you reach that point where it really to the famous attract interest and curious documentation, hire a building biographer also experienced those seasons where I makes sense. You will then wonder why foot traffic, which doesn’t necessarily who can sort through records to determine have felt a sense of loss, of sadness, and you didn’t start sooner. So have a great translate into actual buyers. a home’s pedigree and background. of being detached from the joy around holiday season and here is to a great A Redfin study of 60 celebrity homes Ask questions, especially what the me. It is ironic that when one is in that New Year… found they stayed on the market for rough- premium is on a home with Hollywood sad zone, it seems to deepen when those ly 36 days longer than comparable homes connections. What would a similar home, and sell for less than the original asking without the name-dropping, sell for? Page 6 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 23, 2016 Programs at the Library For more information call 648-5760. • Tuesday, Jan 3 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, ages 2-5 • Wednesday, Jan. 4 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday Stories: stories, science and crafts for all • Wednesday, Jan. 4 • 5:00 - 6:30 pm “Lego” My Library: lego fun for all ages • Center for Spiritual Awakening Thursday, Jan. 5 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months 522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942 Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207 Chautauqua Hall Dance Club Chabad of Monterey January 620 Lighthouse Ave., Entrance on 18th • 831-643-2770 Note: all fees will go up by $5 in the New Year (starting Jan 1): annual mem- Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove bership will be $15, with members paying $10 for admission thereafter. All drop-ins will be $15. Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours and buffet of 442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363 healthful snacks. Church of Christ 176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741 Sat. Dec. 31, 2016, NY’s Eve., 8PM-12 midnight No dance lesson Community Baptist Church Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311 Cost: $10 for non-members, $5 for members. Annual membership fee is $10. Contact: Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653 First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or 246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741 Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/ First Church of God 1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005 Sat., Jan 7, 6-10PM Dance lesson by Rosa Jong: Cumbia at 6PM First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m. $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15 (new rates). 915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875 Contact: Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653 For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or Forest Hill United Methodist Church Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/ Services 9 a.m. Sundays Background: Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is 551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956 dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove in partnered social dance. 1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138 Additional info: No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove with an adult. PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636 Manjushri Dharma Center 724 Forest Ave. • 831-917-3969 Gentrain Society Lectures www.khenpokarten.org • [email protected] The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in January, 2017. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks Mayflower Presbyterian Church please see the Gentrain website. 141 14th St. • 831-373-4705 Peninsula Baptist Church Wednesday, January 4, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: Sea Otters in Elkhorn Slough 1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712 Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 Peninsula Christian Center 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM 520 Pine Ave. • 831-373-0431 Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; [email protected]; 372-0895 St. Angela Merici Catholic Church 146 8th St. • 831-655-4160 Two citizen scientists, Ron Eby and Robert Scoles, will describe their decade of ex- periences studying the southern sea otters in Elkhorn Slough, where they observed St. Anselm’s Anglican Church behaviors that ran contrary to their earlier training through the NOAA TeamOcean Sundays 9:30 a.m. kayak program and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Eby and Scoles noted that otter 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620 behaviors in this estuarine environment differed from coastal behaviors, and in Fr. Michael Bowhay collaboration with other scientists have co-authored several papers. • St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Central Avenue & 12 th St. • 831-373-4441 Gentrain Society Lecture: Shallow Pools & Deep Oceans Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818 Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Shoreline Community Church Information: www.gentrain.org ; [email protected] ; 372-0895 Sunday Service 10 a.m. Gamble Madsen, MPC Art History instructor, will offer an international survey of Robert Down Elementary, 485 Pine Ave. • 831-655-0100 artistic interpretations of “The Phenomenon of Water.” The lecture will consider www.shorelinechurch.org water-themed art created in Western and Eastern contexts, including depictions of Christian miracles, Chinese landscapes, nautical imagery by Joseph Turner, and OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE contemporary projects. This talk is in association with MPC’s cross-disciplinary Bethlehem Lutheran Church exchange project with faculty from a Northern Iceland secondary school. 800 Cass St., Monterey • 831-373-1523 Pastor Bart Rall Congregation Beth Israel 5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel • 831-624-2015 Monterey Center for Spiritual Living Watch for Sunday Service 10:30 am 400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326 Cedar Street Times www.montereycsl.org year in review 2016 Beginning Next Week! WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE

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Lincoln between Ocean & 7th & SW Corner, Carmel-by-the-Sea | 7th & San Carlos, Carmel-by-the-Sea | 211 Grand Avenue, Pacific Grove Page 8 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 23, 2016 The Story of Sandy- Christmas 2016 Podmo’s Big Adventure Jane Roland A Christmas Fable Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts Tom Stevens Otter Views I find it hard to believe that it is time for the annual Christmas column “The Story of Sandy”. Were time to fly any faster it will be Christmas 2017 tomorrow. My often quoted Maggie Smith observation “the trouble with getting old is that breakfast comes every half hour” is so true. We put away our decorations and five minutes later are taking them out again. This past year has been uneventful. Ellen, Shawn and the boys came for the week before New Year’s last year, and Jennie and the girls last summer, wonderful visits with both.. We saw a monthly movie and were involved in Rotary projects. I loved my monthly book club and weekly bridge games, but we have lost friends and members and such activities may be winding down. I still work four days a week, my volunteers are dear friends and I look forward to every day. Our little dog Annie is a charmer. She also goes to work when John volunteers and everyone loves her. Toby, the remaining cat (my Sammy did not come home), spends his evening on John’s lap. Out life is quiet. I deeply miss my old friends, those who have left us and those who are far away or indisposed. I thank God for the happy memories and wish you all a warm wonderful holiday. Live each day as if it were the last and if you receive happiness pass it on. A smile does wonders for you and for the recipient. And now for my annual story. “Christmas is around the corner. No longer are there parties every day and festive dinner events. We are all older and entertaining is not something that comes easily. It was once a more peaceful time. Christmas Eve was spent for, close to thirty years, at the home of my cousin, Mary Shaw, who entertained the family in this manner until the numbers became too large and many of us spread for our own celebrations. Mary is my first cousin on my mother’s side; we are the last of the second generation of the George W. Morse’s of Boston. There is a genetic love of animals in our background. Mary epitomizes those who go to any end to help or save a creature in need. Yet, there is no fanfare, she is modest, beautiful, kind, diligent, humorous, and Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, conquests. They readied a drone probe (would you believe it) shy. She said that, “after I lost Sally, my standard poodle, and far away, lived Podmo the Small. He to explore another blue and green planet Ruggles a fine fellow of indiscernible ancestry, I felt very alone” She went to the SPCA was the youngest in a fishing family who rumored to lie third from the sun in a and found a dog with a cute face “a ragged long-haired animal with a beautiful fluffy dwelled on an ocean planet dotted with remote galaxy known to them as The tale. He greeted me with undiluted joy, wiggling from nose to tale tip, saying, “Take islands and circled by five suns. Salty Way. me please”. The rest is history. He was with her through difficult and happy times, was Like his parents and siblings, Pod- Word of the plan reached Big Dad- 16 or 17, deaf but enjoyed his walks and playing with his toys, until he went to play mo was round and furry. He had bright dymo in his cell. “You must get aboard with the former Shaw menagerie in the Pastures of Heaven. golden eyes, a stub tail, a warm nose and that probe and go for help,” he told When I returned to the Monterey Peninsula Mary decided that she would like to a lively sense of humor. With their stout Podmo, who had been smuggled into the start an Auxiliary for the SPCA. With a few other women we met regularly, asked Sean limbs and webbed swimming paws, his slave barracks in a swordfish pie. “You Flavin to lead us and commenced an operation that brought a considerable amount people looked like large, seagoing teddy are the smallest one, but our biggest of money to the organization. For those who think that our endeavors were those of bears. All except Podmo, who looked hope.” pampered society women, think again. Many of us were certainly not affluent; those like a small, seagoing teddy bear. “Be brave and smart, my cub,” who were didn’t think about it. We had two parties a year, one in the summer one in Before The Invasion, when such Lady Mymo whispered from the next the winter; we cooked all of the food and, initially did the clean-up, including dishes things still mattered, Podmo’s parents cell. “Take this pendant and wear it for and floor washing. As the popularity increased we saved a little of our income to pay worried about his small size. Even at the me.” She pressed into his paw her only for kitchen people but still did all of the cooking. Mary was the driving force and age of six monsoons, he stood no taller treasure, a small black pearl on a thin later, when we published a cookbook, she and Joyce Nicholas were the workhorses, than a jellyfish jar. chain of gold. testing every recipe, finding publishers, artists and marketing. The stock room was in “I’m afraid our little cub will never At length the probe ship stood ready Mary’s garage. She handled all of the bookkeeping and, when necessary, shipping. gain full stature,” said Big Daddymo to on its firing pad, but before the gantries Ultimately the Auxiliary ended, as did most hands-on groups. When they existed it Lady Mymo, Podmo’s mother. “He’ll be rolled away, slave laborers had hidden was the halcyon days of fund raising. too small to take his place at the nets.” little Podmo in the barrel of blue ink that Mary has housed animals of all kinds, many times thanks to her children. There “It’s so sad,” she agreed, wringing fed the probe’s salinity printers. He wore have been reptiles, birds, rodents, chickens, horses, and, of course cats and dogs. I her paws. goggles and breathed through a snorkel. remember many of them, back to the days when my mother lived at the River Ranch Podmo’s siblings and friends were Traveling at the speed of light in the fifties and the Osborne and Morse families moved out for the summer. There aware of the situation, too, but they nev- squared, the probe rocket soon streaked were creatures all over the place, joining the four legged permanent residents. When er teased him about it. Instead, they put beyond the five suns. Popping open the Will, Mary’s husband, was living, there were great characters, even a cat (not Mary’s Podmo in charge of the smallest fish in ink barrel, Podmo took off his goggles favorite species). There were Fuzz and Sally, standard poodles; Sharky, who always the catch, and he did his job proudly. and padded unsteadily to the camera carried a ball in his mouth, left in Mary’s care by Polly; Mozart, a fabulous yellow lab; Podmo was herding minnows in the viewport. There he saw his reflection. “I Ruggles, another SPCA special and several others. There are animals of yesterday and family holding pond the morning The am blue now,” he thought sadly. today who would not have survived had it not been for this good woman, who I am Invasion came. The first sign was the But dismay at his new color van- proud to claim as my closest relative. Sandy left us a few years ago, but we know he darkening of the sky, a profound shock ished as he beheld the heavens beyond. is flying with the angels, looking down and wishing all a blessed Christmas. on a planet whose five suns provid- Pressing his nose to the viewport, he I hope that all are looking forward to a peaceful and blessed Christmas. A remind- ed continuous overlapping daylight. gazed in rapture at the black velvet jewel er: Think of the animals in your holiday donations. Animal Friends Rescue Project Because Podmo’s people had never seen box of space. Stars flashed blue, yellow, operates on a shoe string, out of a store front; animals are fostered by those devoted to other worlds, they did not suspect there white, green, and red. Spiral galaxies the need of those unable to care for themselves. Dogs such as Sandy and the animals might be other beings on them; beings shimmered and pulsed with nets of in our home were all rescued critters. Donations will enable organizations to save more with no sense of humor at all. silken light. Crab nebulae throbbed with and care for them. If you bring or send a donation, mention the shop or this column, The Voracians! distant, fiery majesty. just so it is known that our networking pays off for the critters. When the massed Voracian star fleet Finally the probe’s engines fell Visit the website or on Face book https://www.animalfriendsrescue.org. darkened their world, Podmo’s people silent, and Podmo found himself orbiting Jane Roland, Manager AFRP Treasure Shop [email protected] felt fear ice their hearts. But as was cus- a blue and green planet that circled a sin- tomary when greeting travelers among gle yellow sun. Also orbiting the planet their own kind, they stood in family was a single moon, as gray and barren groups, lifted the paws skyward, and as its larger companion was colorful and sang their ancestral songs of welcome. cloud-moist. “This will be easier than I thought,” At a signal from the Voracian ad- the Voracian admiral hissed to his offi- miral half a universe away, the probe’s cers, his yellow tongue flicking like a surveillance camera whirred to life . whip. “Gum them!” With that, a blizzard . . but the Voracians had not foreseen of whirling, gummed nets descended on a small blue stowaway. Grasping the Podmo’s people, ensnaring them swiftly camera controls, Podmo aimed the unit and completely. away from the target planet and toward All except Podmo, that is, who was the airless, cratered surface of its barren small enough to slip the net and hide moon. in a jellyfish jar. There he watched in Seconds later, electronic impuls- horror as the reptilian invaders enslaved es crossed deep space and beeped the his people and set them to work mining ocean salt to feed the Voracian Empire. Podmo’s world was a rich find, See PODMO’S Sandy by Genevieve Roland Smith with Christmas Angel Mary Shaw but the Voracians soon lusted for more BIG ADVENTURE Next Page December 23, 2016 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 9 PPODMO’S BIG Goodwill Moving Headquarters Closer Goodwill Central Coast celebrated the ADVENTURE start of construction on their new Salinas From Page 8 Headquarters with a ceremonial ground- following readout in Voracian: “Oxy- breaking ceremony. Attendees enjoyed gen, negative. Water, negative. Edible refreshments provided by the Goodwill sodium, negative. Contact planet of no Culinary Academy. apparent value. Recommend terminate Relocating from Santa Cruz to Sali- probe.” nas, the new headquarters will be a safer, “Slime!” cursed the admiral, larger and more efficient space designed gnashing his fangs. “That planet’s not to be barrier-free for all current and future worth its salt!” He then stabbed the red employees. Plans for the Salinas property “Detonate” key on his console, his fury include newly remodeled administrative leavened slightly by the pleasure of offices, a salvage center, a donation center blowing something up. and an outlet store. At 98,000 square feet, The command zipped through space the new facility will be more than double at the speed of light cubed, but it was the size of the existing headquarters. molasses compared to the bright, winged This relocation will provide opportu- being who now appeared before Podmo nity to increase Goodwill Central Coast’s in the probe’s cabin. He had never seen a employee base in a more centralized being so lovely, or one his own size. location. All employees who work at the “Come with me, Podmo,” she current headquarters have been offered smiled, taking his paw in her little warm jobs in Salinas or at other sites in Santa hand. “We have places to go and people Cruz County. to see. This is a very special night.” “This move will not only benefit our “But I can’t go with you,” he said, employees but will, logistically, give us a better position to serve the three counties dabbing sudden hot tears. “I’m a swim- With the shovels are (left to right): Paul Schulz. Salinas Mayor mer, not a flyer. And I can’t breathe out of the Central Coast,” Goodwill Central there.” Coast CEO Ed Durkee said. “We will Joe Gunter, Walter Henning, Ed Durkee (Goodwill Central “You can do anything,” she said. be creating more positions within our Coast President and CEO), Joe Pulford, Supervisor Simón “Just believe, and it will be so.” organization, improving our employee’s “You’re an angel,” he said. work environment and getting closer to Salinas, Lino Bell “Yes, I am,” she smiled. “Hold on!” our vision of thriving communities that With that, Podmo and the little are powered by economic opportunity 2017. For more information on Goodwill ed a plaque to Goodwill Central Coast and angel streaked earthward hand-in-paw and growth.” Central Coast, visit ccgoodwill.org. expressed his excitement and gratitude in while the sky behind them lit up like The new headquarters will be located It was an exciting morning. As seen making the move, and looks forward to a magnesium flare as the probe ship at 1566 Moffett Street in Salinas, and is in the photos, both the Mayor and District working with the organization to create detonated. The intense, fiery light would scheduled to be completed in summer Supervisor were there. The mayor present- jobs and improve lives. hang in that part of the heavens for days. In the desert darkness far below, three wise but travel-weary kings looked Work on Soon-To-Be Starbucks is Progressing up as a new star lit the Levantine winter sky. “There it is, as foretold,” said Balth- At Country Club Gate Center, interior demolition azar. “Let us follow its beacon.” leaves the former McDonald’s gutted and the kitchen And in fields where shepherds lay long gone. with their flocks; in towns where beaten people ached for peace; where orphaned Construction has begun on a new roof line, and children ached for love; an angel rushed eventually the Starbucks will take shape. Still un- through the night, bringing tidings of known is who will take the other one-third of the comfort and joy. space, but it is zoned/grandfathered for fast food, The chronicles of that great night one of a very few in Pacific Grove. do not include Podmo, though some witnesses claimed a blue garment trailed the The location is close to another Starbucks, one on Christmas angel on her rounds. Nor does Lighthouse in New Monterey, which took the place any earthly account list among the gifts of a Kentucky Fried Chicken and Long John Silver left at the Bethlehem manger a small fish and chips establishment. It will not, however, black pearl on a thin chain of gold. have a drive-through window as the City Council But the chronicles of Podmo’s world zoned against it some 10 years ago. shed some light. It is written there that Podmo the Small rode a rocket to another world, saw the stars, met an angel his own size, and discovered he could do anything he wanted if he just believed. 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If you can, request a meeting with many keys look alike and some are in $1 Million in 2016 something that you do for the people your attorney and your children so that fact duplicates. I developed a system The nonprofit Big Sur Marathon you love. Often the primary motivating everybody has an understanding of how where I coordinated keys with specific organization raised and distributed nearly factor for clients to engage in their estate the plan will function when needed. keyrings and provided instructions to $1 million in 2016 to a variety of local planning is the unpleasant experience Keep in mind that certain assets easily identify each key. organizations and national charities, the of administering a decedent’s estate that such as retirement plans, life insurance, I put copies of these important doc- highest amount ever. was not addressed properly. In addition and certain types of annuities will not be uments on duplicate flash drives, leaving These funds included $325,000 dis- to having to grieve your loss, a poorly titled to your trust while you are living one flash drive with the binder, giving tributed directly to more than 100 local execute estate plan – or no estate plan at but should have up-to-date beneficiary one to each of my successor trustees, groups affiliated with the race events, to all – can leave your loved ones mired in designations. Contact each financial and leaving one in my safe deposit box. more than $400,000 raised by participants years of unnecessary confusion, delay, institution to make sure that your assets 3. Calendar Regular Updates in support of 16 national charities, to dol- expense, and frustration. Conversely, are either titled to your trust or, if ap- It took me several hours to update lars collected for California State Parks a compressive, up-to-date, and detailed propriate, have the correct beneficiary my estate planning and to create records and the JUST RUN youth fitness program, estate plan will serve as one of the best designations. of important information. If I wait too to the organization’s $122,000 cash dona- gifts you can make to those you care 2. Record-Keeping long before reviewing it, it will quick- tion to the fire-fighting efforts in Monterey about. If having an up-to-date plan is the ly become obsolete. I made an early County this summer. A collective total of Recently, the loss of a dear family first step, the second step is making sure New Year’s resolution to review and $987,213 was provided to nonprofit orga- friend motivated me to focus upon my that your loved ones can find your plan update my estate planning information nizations, agencies, and schools. own family’s estate planning. Below are and have all the information they need to every Christmas break and to give my “This is a significant amount for an or- the steps that I took. carry out that plan with ease. successor trustees copies of the updated ganization of our size,” noted race director 1. Review and Update After updating my estate plan- information each year. While my son Doug Thurston. “Our direct contributions As an estate planning attorney, of ning and my father’s estate planning, I might be excited about what Santa will to the local community are more than 15 course I drafted my own estate plan as made sure to keep copies in accessible bring him each year, the most important percent of our annual budget. The success well as updated my father’s estate plan. places. First, I created folders on my gift I can make to my family is the peace and popularity of our events allow us to But it had been several years since I had computer that featured final versions of of mind knowing that a detailed plan is support so many worthy agencies in our reviewed any of the documents. While all documents. I also created documents in place in the event of an unexpected area.” there were elements of both estate plans that provide an overview of the assets incapacity or death. Built into the mission of the Big Sur that I had in mind to change, I kept and how they were titled. With regard Marathon organization is a commitment putting off addressing those issues. As to non-trust assets such as retirement KRASA LAW, Inc. is located at to “giving back” to the local community. clients constantly relay to me, my good plans, life insurance, and annuities, I 704-D Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, A robust grant program is in place for the intentions were overshadowed by family, kept a separate folder of the confirmed California and Kyle may be reached at organization’s two major races – the Big work, and social obligations. Motivated beneficiary designations. I made a list of 831-920-0205. Sur International Marathon in April and by not embodying the old expression professional advisors such as my CPA, Disclaimer: This article is for gen- the Half Marathon on Monterey Bay in of the “shoemaker’s kids not having my financial planner, and my insurance eral information only. Reading this arti- November. In addition, the organization any shoes,” I finally buckled down and agents. I also provided a detailed list cle does not establish an attorney-client made contributions of $27,494 to various cleared a weekend where I finally took featuring important elements of how I relationship. Before acting upon any of local causes and schools. In August, the charge to update my family’s estate run my business with certain instruc- the information provided in this article, planning. tions. I executed a document allowing a you should consult a competent attorney If you are not an estate planning “practice administrator” to help run my who is licensed to practice law in your See CONTRIBUTIONS attorney, you should make an appoint- law firm in the event of my disability or community. Next Page ment with your attorney to review your death. existing estate planning documents. Ask I realized that while I know (for the your attorney to explain your plan and most part) what various keys at home Let Go, Laugh and Live Out Loud! Improv classes help you unwind, feel free and do weird things publicly. Most of those weird things are still legal! Imagine a New Years Eve Party without alcohol or co-workers. All the fun without the regret and drama. • Wednesday: Drop-In Class from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., $10. Beginners welcome. Bring a friend. • Advanced Class from 7:35 – 9 p.m., $15. Beginners sacrificed at the altar. Classes take place at New Beginnings Health Care (The best Chiropractic Office in town, if I say so myself) 205 Montecito Avenue, Monterey See you there! *Check us out at mirthomatics.com. December 23, 2016 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 11 PCONTRIBUTIONS David Lyng Real Estate From Previous Page governing board responded to critical and immediate Welcomes Debby Beck needs to battle the Soberanes Fire, one of the most ex- pensive fires ever fought in the United States, by donating David Lyng Real Estate is pleased to announce that Debby Beck $60,000 to two local fire brigades, $30,000 to the Big Sur has joined them as their new Monterey County Division Manager. Debby Health Center to help the ongoing health needs of those is a widely respected, top producing realtor, and community leader. most affected by the fire, and $30,000 to the Community Born and raised in Monterey County, Debby and her family live Foundation’s fire relief fund. The organization also made in Pebble Beach and Pacific Grove. She has been a board member of a contribution to the family of a worker killed fighting Shelter Outreach and is very involved in the Pacific Grove community. the fire. Debby is currently serving on the Monterey County Civil Grand Jury. Big Sur Marathon board chair, Tom Rolander, said, Debby brings a true passion to the profession. She has an honest, “We’re extremely proud to be able to help and support straight-forward style and is known for her knowledge, preparation, these dozens of local and national groups and individuals. diligence, and astute negotiation ability on behalf of her clients. These Runners are by nature an altruistic group, and it certainly attributes have kept her among the top producing agents and have showed in their contributions to a variety of causes.” gained her a devoted clientele. Debby sets the standard for outstanding The 2017 event season for the organization opens real estate service. “Providing guidance, advice, and leadership, to both peers and with the 32nd annual Big Sur International Marathon Debby Beck weekend of races April 29-30. clients, as well as having a reputation for integrity, loyalty, and honesty is what attracted us to Debby,” says David Lyng, company president. Debby was attracted to David Lyng Real Estate because it is a local, family-owned and operated business that has had tremendous success in the Monterey Bay Area. Founded in 1980 by David and Sally Lyng, the company has grown to nine offices, seven of which are Send your calendar items to in Santa Cruz County and two of which are located in Carmel, with a total of 230 agents. While David Lyng Real Estate is a local brand, [email protected] it has strong national and international exposure and reach through its affiliations with Who’s Who in Luxury Real Estate, the #1 portal as our new manager come new opportunities to expand,” says David. worldwide for luxury properties and buyers, and as an Elite Company David Lyng Real Estate will be opening its 10th office in Pacific Grove with the DuPont Registry. at 211 Grand Avenue. Debby and the David Lyng team look forward to See our website, under “About Us” “Our company has attracted a high percentage of the area’s top their future growth in Monterey. They believe in being an integral part for hints on writing press releases producers. Our agents and our clients like that we are locally owned and of the community and look forward to further expanding their service to operated. We are a big part of the communities we serve. With Debby their agents and clients with these exciting changes in 2017 and beyond.

- Page 12 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 23, 2016 Cub Scout Pack 125’s Annual Service Projects in 2016 Cub Scout Pack 125 is part of the Santa Lucia District in the Silicon Valley Monterey Bay council. It currently has 42 scouts in 1st through 5th grade. Pack 125 is chartered by St. Mary’s By-The-Sea Episcopal Church and supported by the Robert Down elementary school in Pacific Grove, CA. It is led by 10 volunteer registered adult leaders. In March/April 2017, Pack 125 will celebrate its 50th anniversary. For over 20 years, Pack 125 has conducted five community service projects each year. In 2016 Pack 125 reported 226 hours community service. The projects are: • Presenting a Christmas caroling program at the medical wing of Canterbury Woods in Pacific Grove • Collecting canned food for St. Mary’s By-The-Sea’s Collecting canned food for St. Mary’s-By-The- Sea food pantry Picking up trash left by fans of the Feast of Lanterns food pantry for the local needy on the beach and in the park at Lovers Point • Participating in the California Coastal Cleanup at Asilomar State Beach • Conducting the opening flag ceremony for Pacific Grove’s Feast of Lanterns community event • Cleaning up the beach and park areas at Lovers Point Park in Pacific Grove after the Feast of Lanterns event Pack 125 also marches in Pacific Grove’s Good Old Days parade to promote scouting. Lance Wright is the current Cubmaster of Cub Scout Pack 125 and can be contacted at (cell) 831-238-4680 or (home) 831-646-8468.

Right: Marching in the Good Old Days parade. Far right: Conducting the opening flag ceremony at the Feast of Lanterns pageant

PERIC CUELLAR From Page 1 (a program sponsored by the government of Japan) delivered to the UN conference,” “Textbooks do a poor job of relaying to American students the impact of the drop- Gordon added. “I could not be prouder of him and of our community of Pacific Grove ping of the bombs,” said Eric. to support such a positive endeavor.” “We need to get across how important it is to ratify the CTBT.” (The Comprehen- Youth Communicators like Eric met preparatory to the conference via e-mail sive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, a multilateral treaty that bans all nuclear explosions, for and Google Drive to establish a proposal about what they think a potential nuclear both civilian and military purposes, in all environments.) non-proliferation treaty would look like. “It’s also important to secure fissile material at hospitals and so on,” he added. “The Japanese people are optimistic of a total ban [of nuclear weapons] but they The American students have partnered with a school in Nagasaki to gather signa- realize it’s going to take time,” said Eric. He also said that he fielded many questions tures calling for the ratification of CTBT. about the recent election results and what it could mean for nuclear weapons. It was a life-changing experience for Eric, which he says he will not be able to There were a number of highly-ranked dignitaries at the conference, and Eric do again. At school, he is a member of the robotics team and as a CAD designer, he was thrilled to be able to talk with many of them. The parliamentary vice minister of designs and 3-D prints the parts. He also participates in aquaponics at school, and notes foreign affairs of Japan was one, along with an ambassador from the United States and that the school just got $14,000 funding for the culinary classes. one from Israel. There were many college professors in attendance as well. He met Eric thinks of himself as a mechanic engineer and that’s what he’ll be aiming for Ambassador Saryba from Kazakhstan and the Japanese ambassador, and was able to in college. He has made applications, but has not yet decided where he’ll go. talk with them in an open Q&A. Another of his interests is fog catchers, an apparatus involving a mesh screen which He was also able to speak with some hibakusha – survivors of either of the atomic captures atmospheric moisture and turns it into potable water. explosions at Hiroshima or Nagasaki in 1945, an experience he found very moving. He is learning about cyber security with the CyberPatriots through Monterey On the plane home, he was invited to continue the conversation with James M. Peninsula College and the U.S. Air Force. CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Acton, the co-director of the nuclear Policy Program with the Carnegie Endowment Education Program. for International Peace. Clearly, Eric Cuellar is a young man to watch. A burden to take the message back home was placed on the American students. More information about the UN Conference can be found at http://unrcpd.org/ What short-term, potentially achievable goals could they establish? event/26th-united-nations-conference-on-disarmament-issues/

From left, bottom: A group photo of the Youth Com- municators.

Left, top: A Nagasaki newspaper article about the conference; Eric is pictured at the far left.

Above: Eric addresses the conference.

Above, right: Eric Cuellar and his chaperone from Pacific Grove High School, Mrs. Karinne Gordon.

Right: Youth Communicators meet.

Cedar Street Times hopes to post Eric’s speech and more photos online. December 23, 2016 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 13 A Winter Day’s History Hike Through the ‘most historical spot in California’ By Tom Stevens sailed to Hawaii, recruited a hundred na- natives visited Vizcaino’s camp daily with Other visitors left other tales. George tives as warriors, and returned to the West red abalone harvested by the men and reed Vancouver picked up cattle in Monterey as Just uphill from Monterey’s Coast Coast commanding two ships and several baskets woven by the women. gifts for Hawaii’s King Kamehameha. Fa- Guard station and within earshot of cannons. He planned to “sack and burn” “The Rumsien were the first divers to ther Junipero Serra and Gaspar de Portola passing traffic sits a modest wood frame coastal cities, starting with Monterey. go into that bay,” Thomas gestures. “Re- showed up in 1770 and celebrated mass museum. The building is an early stop on After exchanging threats and cannon search on burial finds showed the males beneath the same “ancient oak.” Tim Thomas’s walking tour of a 26-acre balls with the Spanish garrison at the had ‘surfer’s ear’ from long exposure to In 1836, Thomas relates, the Presidio park he calls “the most historical spot in Presidio, Thomas says, Bouchard’s forces the cold water.” figured in a quirky “rebellion” where a California.” launched a surprise attack by climbing Before Vizcaino, he adds, the Rum- single cannonball fired by a young rival the back side of the hill from what is now sien people had lived for 10,000 years put to flight Monterey’s then-governor. Cannery Row. around Monterey Bay, a site so abundant The American commodore John “A hundred naked Hawaiians came in elk, bear, deer, water fowl and marine Drake Sloat one-upped that during the charging down the hill,” Thomas grins, life that its natives likely experienced “no Mexican-American war in 1846 by sailing “but when they reached Monterey, it was time of hunger.” Vizcaino’s visit, he says, into the bay with a 250-man force. Without deserted. The Spanish had withdrawn to might be the source of a Rumsien folk firing a shot, Sloat seized Monterey and Salinas. There wasn’t much left to sack, tale about a whale that swallows a brown claimed for the U.S. enough Mexican terri- and the adobe wouldn’t burn. So after six man in Santa Barbara and later disgorges tory to form California and six other states. days, Bouchard sailed off to attack Santa a white man in Monterey. The rest, as they say, is history. Barbara and San Diego. He didn’t do any better there, but he’s a national hero in Argentina.” By this point in the tour, we’re high enough up the hill to picture pirate ships departing and to imagine a similar winter day two centuries earlier. That was December 16, 1602, when three vessels commanded by the Basque fortune hunter Sebastian Vizcaino dropped anchor in the bay he would name for his sponsor, Spain’s Count of Monterey. The following day, Thomas continues, Tim Thomas the expedition priest held mass beneath a Hanging from the museum rafters prominent oak tree along the shoreline. are flags of Monterey’s successive rulers: The Spanish flag was duly planted and the Spain, Mexico, Alta California, the Bear land claimed for the king. Republic, and the U.S.A. Among them is “The Spanish camped up on this a curious outlier: a blue and white striped hillside because springs popped up here,” banner best known to soccer fans. Thomas relates. “But it was so cold their “Argentina,” Thomas explains. “For water bottles froze.” The bay’s Rumsien six days in November, 1818, California was Argentinian territory.” This is one of many oddities Thomas reveals on a Saturday morning walking tour around the Presidio Historical Park, a grassy hillside that has overseen 400 years of pivotal events and outsize personalities. Among the personalities on our walk are physicians Dan and Stacey Milanesa of Salinas, their daughter Abby and Abby’s grandma Valerie Hanlon. The Milanesas are keen to brush up on backyard history after touring the East Coast. “We hit the high spots back there,” recounts Stacey. “D.C., Williamsburg, the original Jamestown, Gettysburg, West Point.” A West Point graduate himself, Dan also has history with Monterey’s Presi- dio.He studied German at the Defense Language Institute 180 years after the Argentinian incursion. That incident wasn’t in the DLI curriculum, but Pacific Grove native Thomas has it covered. “The Napoleonic Wars drew Spain’s attention away from its New World colonies,” he relates, “so the colonists started rebelling. The French privateer Hipolito Bouchard signed on with Argentine revolutionaries.” Like would-be California emperor John Sutter, the pirate Bouchard was a man with a plan. As Thomas tells it, Bouchard

Above: Tim Thomas explains memorials, and shows Rumsien grinding stones.

At left, thede- faced statue of St Serra will be repaired as the head has been found. Page 14 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 23, 2016

Whether yourThe greeting is “MerryGhost of Christmas Cookies Past Christmas,” “Happy Hanukkah” or the their hands. all-inclusive “Happy Holidays,” there’s All of the older generations of my one thing we can all agree on—this time Keepers of our Culture family are gone now, and it’s fallen to me of year, our thoughts just naturally turn to carry out the family traditions, such to food! Tamales on Christmas Eve … as they are. As a life-long “singleton,” stollen for Christmas morning … latkes Patricia Hamilton Christmas dinner has run the gamut of a and chocolate gelt … a classic Kwanzaa full-course home-cooked meal with my dinner of sweet potatoes, collard greens and Joyce Kreig brother and his family, to going out for and black-eyed peas. No matter the holi- Chinese with a friend. But every December day we celebrate, the first days of winter finds me cracking open my mother’s old just seem to make us crave feasts that bring Betty Crocker cookbook and pouring over back memories of similar meals laden with her well-thumbed recipe cards, measuring family legend and lore. and mixing, chopping and melting, creat- In this week’s “Keepers of Our Cul- ing those Seven Layers, Toffee Squares ture,” Joyce Krieg uses food as a theme for and Snowballs. But when it comes to accessing memories of the holiday season, those sugar cookies … well, I ’fess up. I past and present. just don’t have my mother’s patience for All About the Cookies doing all that decorating with the colored In our house, it was all about the frosting and toothpicks. Yes, I still make cookies. Looking back, it seems like my them, but in recent years, I’ve used just the mother started the shopping and baking star cutter and a mixture of powdered sug- process weeks before Christmas, but I’m ar, water and food coloring to paint them. sure my child’s mind stretched the time These artistic attempts run the gamut from out in agonizing slow motion, just as time random doodles to popular text shorthand, seems to fly by now. Mom made these reflecting a sense of humor that can be treats only at Christmas, which made them Mom Krieg’s 1956 Betty kindly described as quirky. all the more special. Crocker cookbook, earned So excuse me, but I just heard the First came the dense, calorie-laden by redeeming dozens of box timer go off and I’ve got more cookies to goodie known as Seven Layers, a gooey tops. pull out of the oven! concoction of chocolate chips, butter- Joyce’s somewhat strange yet festive attempt at decorating sugar cookies. scotch chips, coconut, chopped walnuts Share Your Story in Our Book! and crushed Graham crackers, bound together with the contents of a can of years, Mom would add other delights to us to admire each others’ Christmas trees Have similar holiday memories? condensed milk. Toffee Squares consisted her repertoire—the experiments with bour- and decorations, and it ensured that no Share your stories in “Life in Pacific of a brown sugar crust topped with melted bon balls were especially memorable—but one housewife was stuck with all the Grove,” a 444 page book filled with stories chocolate and chopped nuts. Snowballs these “core four” were a constant part of cooking. Thus we might have appetizers by and for PG residents and visitors, to be came from the pages of my mother’s 1956 every holiday season. at Marc’s home in Santa Clara, soup and/ published in fall of 2017. All proceeds will Betty Crocker cookbook, which arrived or salad at Uncle Carl and Aunt Gartha’s benefit the Pacific Grove Public Library. A Non-Political Progressive Party To help you get started on writing your at our house after Mom collected enough As to Christmas dinner, my memories in Campbell, and the main course with box-tops from Betty’s cake mixes and Uncle Robbie and Aunt Jane back in Santa story for “Life in the Grove,” make plans focus on the event, not to the food itself. to attend the next FREE writing class Jan- other products. The cookbook actually For most of my tween and teen years, Clara. Dessert was always at our place, the calls these mounds of powdered sugar San Jose party house, because we boasted uary 19 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Little my family and our relatives living in and House in Jewell Park. Patricia Hamilton and butter Russian Tea Cakes, but in our around San Jose had a tradition that we an old-timey player piano with dozens of house, they were always Snowballs. Most rolls with the lyrics printed on the side, is available to give a presentation to your called a progressive party. Having nothing group, book club, service organization, special of all were the sugar cookies, rolled to do with politics, this is a dinner party an antique version of a karaoke machine. and cut out in shapes of Christmas trees, Christmas night would end with we cous- friends and family, and lead a writing ses- that travels from one house to the next. sion to gather stories, beginning January Santas, reindeer, snowmen, angels, stars, The progressive Christmas dinner served ins gorging on cookies and the grown-ups and holly, all painstakingly decorated us- gathered around the piano for a sing-along, 15, 2017. Contact her at keepersofourcul- three important functions: it spread out [email protected] to set up a date and time. ing colored frosting and toothpicks. Some the fun and feasting for hours, it allowed cigarettes and hi-ball glasses clutched in

Celebrating with the Whales at Berwick Park Just wanted to thank you for taking a positive approach to the whales in Berwick Park! We live up the street and know the artist and although there were several missteps along the way despite the best of intentions of all involved, at the end of the day, it is art and well, let’s enjoy it ! Thanks for focusing on the positives. :-) Janice Dyer

Jean Justice McNeil, 90 years old and a 17-year resident of Pacific Grove and Canterbury Woods retirement community, was taken out to lunch for her 90th birthday by her son,Dan McNeil. They took a ride to Berwick Park to enjoy seeing the breaching whales. “What a beautiful sight to behold at 11 a.m.,” she said in a letter. “And then to enjoy clam chowder at a local fish shop.” Dan McNeil is a Colorado artist, and blacksmith, who creates sculptures of all kinds in wrought iron. Jean said, “Here’s my photo. I love having the ocean behind me, as I sit on the sign saying “DO NOT CLIMB!”

I used one of the Whales for my Christmas Card, attached. Photo on Dec. 8 by my friend Tammy Davies. I used a little PhotoShop to copy and paste the Santa hat on to Send Us Your Selfies with the Whales! the whale. We love pictures of locals and tourists with our newest attraction, the whale sculptures in The whale was not touched or harmed in any manner Berwick Park. You may email them to [email protected] or snail mail them to 306 during the shoot. GrandAve., Pacific Grove 93950 Kevin Clement December 23, 2016 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 15 “Safe Space” Status Message from the President of at Monterey Peninsula College Middlebury Institute: Aiding Our By Walter Tribley Undocumented Students Dear Members of the Middlebury Community, In response to recent rhetoric on the national level about changing immigration policies that may negatively affect undocumented immigrant students, Monterey Pen- I write today to underscore Middlebury’s support for all undocumented students, insula College governing board members, administrators and staff have communicated to state what our principles are as an institution in this area, and to announce two new to students that the college provides a safe space, providing education to all students steps we are taking to demonstrate this commitment. regardless of immigration status. In recent weeks our community has repeatedly shown its solidarity with, and sup- In concert with my leadership team, a letter was recently distributed to the MPC port for, students and other individuals who are concerned that their ability to live and community stating that MPC supports the academic and career goals of all of our stu- study in this country is in jeopardy. Undocumented students (including DACA students), dents through our educational and student services programs. These quality programs American-born students who have undocumented family members in the country, and will continue to be offered to our “Dream Act Students” on an ongoing basis. Further, international students whose ability to travel to and from the United States may no longer MPC values our diverse student and workforce population. We are a college of inclusion. be assured all have stressed the potential impact of changes in immigration policy and A college that creates “safe spaces” so our students can be challenged and grow. The enforcement on their ability to pursue an education in the United States. Last week’s national conversation will not change our mission or our resolve to teach and support rally and protest outside Old Chapel was an inspiring display of empathy and support – so ALL our students can grow. for and by our fellow community members. I thank the many students who organized In a special meeting last Wednesday (12/14), the MPC governing board unanimously and attended the event and the faculty and staff who joined them. We have seen similar adopted a resolution of support and commitment to undocumented students. The res- displays of support among students, faculty, and staff at the Middlebury Institute. olution is consistent with the positions of the University of California and California Middlebury is and will remain unwaveringly committed to providing educational State University systems and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office opportunities to students without regard to nationality, place of birth, immigration guidance on values and commitment to undocumented students. status, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or economic status. We also support Adhering to that guidance, MPC security officers will not question any individual the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows undocu- solely on the basis of (suspected) undocumented status. In addition, MPC will not co- mented individuals who arrived in the United States as children to remain in the country operate with any federal effort to create a registry of individuals based on any protected without fear of deportation. characteristics such as religion, national origin, race, or sexual orientation. Today there is understandable concern over the future of DACA, though the in- Finally, MPC will not release confidential student records, including information coming administration has not commented on its plans. Similarly, discussions about related to immigration status, without a judicial warrant, subpoena, or court order, potential deportations of some undocumented residents and the introduction of tighter unless authorized by the student. restrictions for individuals entering or returning to the United States from certain parts MPC has an ethnically diverse student population and is designated under federal of the world would have the potential to disrupt families and economic structures. Such law as a Hispanic-serving Institution. The college does not seek or keep record of the changes could complicate the lives of students who leave and reenter the country to citizenship status of its students. study abroad, to conduct research outside the country, or to visit family. Our mission is to support student success for everyone. In an effort to support our No one can predict what will happen right now. But I can tell you what Middlebury’s students and campus community, the college would like to make its student body and approach will be. We will take every legal measure to support our undocumented students the community aware that support sessions have been scheduled that may assist indi- as we continue to live up to our principles of educational access and inclusivity. We will viduals with their ability to handle anxieties related to post-election concerns, or others. continue to safeguard student records and will not voluntarily share them with federal Our students are learning to form and express their points of view in a manner that or state law enforcement or other officials. We will continue to provide pro bono legal should lead to a generation of politicians that can put their ideologies in perspective to assistance to undocumented students who seek advice regarding their ability to fully work together for our nation. It is through such education that we can hope for a future participate in Middlebury’s academic programs. And we will work with our Vermont in which harmful partisan rhetoric is not valued in our candidates. congressional delegation to encourage the continuation of DACA and the passage of Again, MPC is a safe space for all students. We are a great institution and one with the DREAM Act, which would create a pathway to legal residency for undocumented a rich history of providing our diverse communities a high-quality education enriched immigrants who entered the country before the age of 16, who have lived here for at least with extraordinary student support. This has not changed because of politics at the five consecutive years, and who graduated from a U.S. high school or received a GED. national level. Today I am announcing two additional steps we are taking. First, starting next year for applicants to Middlebury College’s Class of 2022, we will evaluate applications (Walter Tribley is President/Superintendent of the Monterey Peninsula Community from undocumented prospective students under our need-blind admissions policy with College District.) a commitment to meet full demonstrated financial need. In taking this step, we are signaling to the thousands of ambitious and academically gifted young students from immigrant backgrounds across the country that Middlebury College seeks to enroll the best and most promising students regardless of their circumstances. Second, we will increase the amount of pro bono legal assistance we make available to students at the TAMC moves to implement Measure x College and the Institute to assist with immigration and travel-related questions and Now that it’s clear that Measure X has passed with 67.71 percent voter approval, the issues. We will bring an immigration attorney to the Middlebury campus in the next Transportation Agency of Monterey County (TAMC) is moving forward to implement two weeks for an information session and individual meetings and we will schedule a the Transportation Safety & Investment Plan that voters approved through Measure comparable day in Monterey. We will provide more details in the coming days and weeks. X’s 3/8 percent sales tax. Finally, we will continue to work with other institutions to advance the goals of “We are thrilled with the outcome and thank voters for recognizing the need and diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. To that end, I have joined with other the importance of this Measure. Now, it’s time for us to get to work on the next phase college and university leaders in signing three statements in recent days that affirm our of the process; putting procedures and processes in place. These have to be established highest principles as an institution. before we can begin to work on the projects identified in the Investment Plan,” said A statement supporting DACA signed by more than 100 college and university Debbie Hale, Executive Director of TAMC. presidents. The next phase includes establishing agreements, procedures and safeguards; many An open letter to President-elect Trump, signed by more than 100 presidents of of which are outline in the “Policies and Project Descriptions for the Transportation liberal arts colleges, asking him to condemn and work to prevent the harassment, hate, Safety & Investment Plan” with various agencies, organizations and jurisdictions. and acts of violence we have seen perpetrated across our nation. Some of these include: A statement from educational leaders in Vermont, including the governor and Assembling and establishing documents for the State Board of Equalization. The governor-elect, reiterating support for diversity, equity, and inclusiveness in Vermont. Board will collect the tax which goes into effect on April 1, 2017 and then distribute I want to thank everyone at Middlebury who has contributed ideas and support the funds quarterly to TAMC. for our efforts to ensure the safety and security of undocumented students. Working Develop an agreement with Monterey County Controller’s/Auditor. The Controllers’ together, I believe we can achieve meaningful progress toward making our campus office will be responsible for distributing the 60 percent revenue share to the cities/ and others the inclusive places they were meant to be. My warmest wishes for a happy County quarterly. Thanksgiving holiday. Develop tax sharing agreements with each city and the County. Laurie Patton Appoint a Measure X Citizens Oversight Committee. President Identify a list of early projects for launching. Develop and finalize pavement management program with the cities/County.

The State Board of Equalization will release the initial revenue from Measure X on July 1, 2017. Hale went on to say that voters should not expect to see any new road maintenance or improvements right away. She said, “We are hopeful that the revenues Letters to the Editor to the cities and County will enable them to start working on filling potholes and making road maintenance improvements in their communities by the fall of next year.” Cedar Street Times welcomes your letters on subjects of interest to the citizens of Pacific Grove as well as our readers elsewhere. We prefer To learn more about the Measure X and the Transportation Safety and Improvement that letters be on local topics. At present we have not set limits on length Plan, visit the TAMC website at www.tamcmonterey.org. though we do reserve the right to edit letters for space constraints, so please be concise. We will contact you to verify authenticity so your email address and/or telephone number must be included as well as your name and city of residence. Previous editions of Cedar Street Times We will not publish unsigned letters or letters which defame, slan- can be found at der or libel. Cedar Street Times is an adjudicated newspaper published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. www.cedarstreettimes.com Marge Ann Jameson, Editor/Publisher Back issues are located under the tab Phone 831-324-4742 • Fax 831-324-4745 [email protected] “Past Issues” Page 16 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 23, 2016

The Carmel Foundation hosts Lyceum Announces Winter and Spring Enrichment Classes Philanthropic Foodies: The Lyceum’s upcoming 2017 enrichment programs are posted at www.lyceum. org, and registration is open. There are a number of new programs, along with many An event to be savored, benefiting favorites. Find a link on the website to classes listed below to learn more about an individual program, or go directly to the Enrichment Class page on the website to see services for seniors in our everything. Complete List of Winter & Spring Classes community The Heart of Collage Art Executive Chef Boris Ilabaca of La Playa Carmel and The Carmel Founda- Saturday, January 28th, 2017; For ages 8 - 11. tion present “Philanthropic Foodies,” an exquisite gourmet dinner paired with 10:00am - noon; Fee: $30 fine wines to benefit services for seniors in our community. This event will BE MINE: Couples Intro to Salsa feature a champagne reception followed by a decadent plated dinner paired with Saturday, February 11th, 2017; For ages 15 - adult. fine wines from local vintners at La Playa Carmel. The event will be held on 1:00 - 2:30pm; Fee $25 per couple Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. FAMILY DANCE: Intro to Salsa Menu Sunday, February 12th, 2017; For ages 8 - adult. Lobster Bisque en Croute 1:00pm - 2:30pm; Fee: $25 per couple Blair Estate 2015 Pinot Gris Drawing and Painting Marine Life Warm Roasted Wild Mushroom Salad Two Sundays, Feb 12th & 19th, 2017; For ages 12 - adult Honey Jerez Sherry Vinaigrette 1:00-4:00pm; Fee: $90 DiOrio Cellars 2012 Pinot Noir Fun Learning Mandarin Chinese Roasted Center Scotch Beef Filet Ten Fridays, beginning February 17th, 2017; For ages 6 - 12. Farro * Barley * Root Vegetables Mélange 4:00 - 6:00pm; Fee: $250 ($230 for returning students) Includes textbook and materials. Scheid Vineyards 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Make Your Own Herbairum Chocolate Pot de Crème Two Saturdays, Feb 18th & 25th, 2017; Ages 12 - adult Ginger Tuile 1:00-3:30pm; Fee: $80 Drawing and Painting Birds Dinner is $120 per person and seating is limited! Reserve your seating by Saturday, March 11th, 2017; For ages 8 - 12 January 6th with Leanne at 831.620.8702 or www.carmelfoundation.org. 3:00pm-5:00pm; Fee: $35 About The Carmel Foundation Pen and Ink with Watercolor The Carmel Foundation is an organization that serves members 55 and better Two Saturdays, Mar 18th & 25th, 2017; For ages 12 - adult in the Monterey County area and beyond. The Foundation is located in Carmel 1:00pm - 3:30pm; Fee: $80 on the southeast Corner of 8th and Lincoln. The Carmel Foundation gives se- Cosmic Puzzles II niors an opportunity to live productive, enriching lives by offering a luncheon Six Wednesdays, Mar 29th - May 3rd, 2017; For ages 11 - 14 program, homebound meal delivery, free medical equipment loans, in-home 3:30 - 5:30pm; Fee: $140 services and respite grants, free lending library, Saturday movie, Technology Batik Workshop Center, low-income housing, and more than 50 classes and activities each week. Saturday, April 1st, 2017; For ages 12 - adult For more information, contact Kimberly Willison, Director of Development at 10:30am - 3:30pm; Fee $75 (includes materials) [email protected], www.carmelfoundation.org, or 831.620.8701. Painting Rainbows Saturday, April 15th, 2017; For ages 8 - 12 3:00-5:00pm; Fee: $35 Drawing and Painting the Seashore Two Saturdays, Apr 22nd & 29th, 2017; For ages 10 - adult 36th Annual Ancestor Roundup 10:00am - Noon; Fee: $70 (includes materials) Fairyland at the Lyceum Two Saturdays, May 6th & 13th, 2017; For grades: K - 3rd Genealogy Seminar 10:00 - 11:30am; Fee: $60 Flower Power Saturday, May 6th; For ages 8 - 14 A full day of family history classes 3:00 - 5:00pm; Fee: $35 January 21, 2017 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Location: Family History Center & Classrooms, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1024 Noche Buena at Plumas, Seaside Move Into Mindfulness to Heal Since 1981, Monterey Peninsula family historians have been fortunate to have Ourselves and Our World a major annual genealogy seminar right in our backyard. On Saturday, January 21, 2017, the 36th Annual Ancestor Roundup Genealogy Seminar presents a full day of Wave Street Studios will host a in such a high state of anxiety. Infinite classes for family researchers — 14 instructors will teach over 30 classes, from Absolute 3-hour workshop on Sunday, January 8, Body™ practice helps bring us back to Beginning Genealogy, DNA Research and Courthouse Records to German, Scottish 2017 at 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Move our ‘wisdom mind’ – the inherent knowl- and Irish Research. Into Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and edge that all creatures possess – to help The keynote speaker, genealogist Robert Givens, Our World. us stay grounded, centered, and emotion- has been researching, teaching and writing about fam- Visiting certified holistic move- ally strong. This gives us better focus ily history for more than 40 years. He is the author of ment instructor Stephanie Prima distills so we can stay on track, achieve a more four genealogy books, and his specialty is Pennsylva- teachings from her Infinite Body Joyful positive outlook on life, and influence nia and New England research. For his Keynote pre- Joints™ classes and her own personal those around us with beneficial effect,” sentation at 8:30 a.m., Givens will explain the Research practice to offer a unique workshop said Stephanie. Wiki, a powerful online research for genealogists. with discussion, group exercises, and The movements can be adapted to Commodore Sloat Chapter DAR member Shelley flowing, circular movements that bring standing or seated positions, and are McFadden will teach a special workshop for three class together the mind/body connection and suitable for all ages, body types, and periods, “Finding Your Revolutionary War Ancestors,” eliminate the detachment from our real mobility levels. Everyone participates at to help prospective new members to the DAR with feelings. their own level; there is no judgement, their research. Stephanie believes “True mindful- and no special clothing or previous Cost for the day-long genealogy conference is ness is not just about ‘being present’ experience required. $30 (for the seminar, lunch and printed syllabus) with but about continued self-healing and Once a stressed-out, dissatisfied early registration by January 15, 2017; $20 (for the cultivation to allow the inherent beauty, fury, a diagnosis of cancer was Stepha- seminar, lunch and an E-Syllabus (PDF). Sponsored creativity, and goodness in us to come nie’s wake-up call. She embarked on a by the Commodore Sloat Chapter, DAR, the Ancestor through. This in turn has a ripple effect journey of self-discovery to holistically Roundup is held at the Family History Center and on the world around us.” heal from cancer and a laundry list of classrooms at the LDS Church, 1024 Noche Buena, Robert Givens, Workshop participants will learn niggling physical problems and emotion- Seaside CA (Monterey Peninsula). For information Keynote Speaker tools to: al unhappiness. Today she is a vibrant, and registration, call or email Serita Sue Woodburn, • Move and breathe fluidly again with happy, inspirational force. Recognizing 831-899-2121, [email protected]. And like less pain and improved balance how critical the Infinite Body System us on Facebook: 36th Annual DAR Ancestor Roundup. • Bring energy and relaxation into daily was to her recovery, she completed the life 18-month intensive training to teach • Soothe and balance the mind Infinite Body Joyful Joints™ and now Genology Society Holds Monthly Meeting • Release anxiety and fears offers classes, and private health mentor- The Monterey County Genealogy Society, Inc. (MoCoGenSo) will hold its regular • Develop personal power ing, including distance learning, through monthly meeting Thursday, January 5 at 7 p.m. Meetings are held the first Thursday • Instinctively stimulate lasting health her business, Move Into Mindfulness. of each month at the Family History Center, located at the LDS Church, 1024 Noche and harmony com. Buena, Seaside. • Establish the mind set to achieve The cost is $97. To register go to This month’s meeting will include a Family History Center Open House Celebration lasting change http://bit.ly/2hlAhmE. Or for more in- and “How to Find our American Civil War Ancestor” by Shelley McFadden. formation, call (831) 655-2010 or email The meeting starts at 7 p.m. with doors open at 6:15 p.m. The Library will be open “In modern life, we live in our head, [email protected]. Wave until 9 p.m. for research after the meeting. All meetings are free and open to the public: and are easily swayed and stressed by Street Studios is located at 774 Wave everyone is welcome. For further information, call 375-2340, or visit the website at the pulls and expectations of daily life, Street, Monterey. www.mocogenso.org. particularly now when our country is December 23, 2016 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 17 MST to provide limited Santa Catalina School Winter Play bus service for the holidays ‘You Can’t Take it With You’ Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) will operate limited Centered around the “You Can’t Take It With You” call the box office at (831) 655-9340 or re- schedules for the upcoming holidays. Vanderhof family, You Santa Catalina School Performing Arts serve tickets online at www.santacatalina. On Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve all routes Can’t Take It With You Center org. Advanced reservations recommended. will operate a Saturday schedule, with the exception of invites you into their 1500 Mark Thomas Drive, Monterey General admission – $12.00 lines 19 Del Monte Center - CSUMB via East Campus madcap and eccentric Fri. Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Senior, student, military – $10.00 Express, 25 CSUMB - Salinas, and 26 CSUMB - East home and lives. Led by Sat., Jan. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Children (12 and under) – $8.00 Campus Express, all of which will not be in service. Grandpa Martin, each Sun., Jan. 15 at 2:00 p.m. Call for group rates. On Christmas Day and New Year’s Day the following family member marches Fri., Jan. 20 at 12:45 p.m. For more information please contact lines will operate a holiday schedule: to the beat of their own Sat., Jan. 21 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets, the Box Office at (831) 655-9340. · JAZZ A Monterey - Sand City via Hilby (Service be- drum, pursuing hobbies tween Monterey Transit Plaza and Sand City Station such as snake collecting, only. No service to MPC.) making fireworks (in the · JAZZ B Monterey - Sand City via Broadway (Service basement!), writing plays between Monterey Transit Plaza and Sand City Station that never get published, only.) and ballet lessons. The · Line 1 Monterey (Service from Lighthouse & Fountain only normal character to Monterey Transit Plaza only. No service to Asilo- is young Alice, a Wall mar.) Street secretary, whose · Line 2 Pacific Grove via Forest Hill (Service from fiancé is the son of her Monterey Transit Plaza to Lighthouse & Fountain boss and the epitome of only.) success and normalcy. · Line 20 Salinas - Monterey via Marina But when Tony, her fian- · Line 24 Grapevine Express (Service between Monterey cé, and his parents come and Carmel Rancho only.) for dinner—on the wrong · Line 41 Northridge - Salinas via East Alisal night—things don’t go

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“Past Issues” Page 18 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 23, 2016 Ho-ho-holiday Greetings Legal Notices Homeless Santa and the Houseless Census are comin’ to town Doc#: 20162470 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: List Fictitious Business Name Below: Wanda Sue Parrott AT&T Mobility, County of Principal Place of Busi- ness: Monterey Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 1620 North Main Street, Suite 1620, Salinas, CA 93906 Name of Corporation of LLC as shown in the Ar- Homeless in Paradise ticles of Inc. / Org. / Reg.: New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC, State of Inc./Org/Reg. Delaware, Resi- dence Street Address/Corporation or LLC Street Ad- for Women (I-HELP) at the Unitarian Uni- the near future. dress: 1025 Lenox Park Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 versalist Church of the Monterey Peninsu- Christmas Cheer from CeliaSue This business is conducted by: la on Christmas night. Between 10 and 20 a limited liability company. Remember Granny Annie’s summer homeless women are expected as guests at Registrant commenced to transact business under the advice to homeless journalist Celia- the holiday banquet, following which they fictitious business name or names listed above on Sue Hecht to write publicly about her 1-30-2007. will sleep in the cozy sanctuary. plight? Sue did just that. She discusses BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT I Also, the city of Monterey finally her article about being unhoused while HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE RE- approved a private site for homeless VERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM AND THAT ALL in her 60s that was published online in women who live in their cars at St. John’s INFORMATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A early October, http://www.vox.com/ registrant who declares as true any material matter Episcopal Church, 1490 Mark Thomas Dr., first-person/2016/9/29/12941348/home- pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Pro- Monterey. Thus ends a long contentious less-over-50-statistic : fessions Code that the registrant knows to be false process that started early this year with is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not “I received emails from around the city council’s veto of Monterey United to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also world. Offers for housing came from Tur- Methodist Church as an adequate location aware that all information on this statement becomes key, New York, Texas. . . the Middle East. public record upon filing pursuant to the California for the One Starfish Safe Parking Program. . . most offers were not tenable. But I also Public Records Act (Government Code Sections As many as six women may now sleep According to hearsay, Homeless received a couple of writing job offers. . . 6250-6277). Sign below (see instructions on reverse overnight at St. John’s Chapel. for signature requirements): Santa’s coming to town; if accurate, he I jumped on those. Signature: Jackie Begue won’t don a purple costume like he did Homeless Census Takers Needed “A kind English gentleman and I Printed Name of Person Signing: Jackie Begue in a scheme orchestrated by Ernie, the Meanwhile, at least four homeless spoke. . .and soon I was editing and rewrit- If Corporation or LLC, Print Title of Person Signing: entrepreneurial homeless gay chef, two women in their 80s and one in her 90s ing his agency’s once-a-week newsletter. Manager could be out in the cold on the Monte- Date: 11-10-2016 Christmases ago. His organization works with over 300 Filed in County Clerk's Office, County of Monterey Ernie ‘s get-rich scheme flopped be- rey Peninsula during this frigid holiday nonprofits worldwide. . . I was hired ini- on December 08, 2016. cause his white-bearded Homeless Santa season. If these statistics are correct, as tially for a two-months probation period. NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of was a no-show whose youthful stand-in shared with the Social Justice Commit- Now they want me to continue working. Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement gener- panhandler passed out on a bench near tee at its Dec. 18 meeting at UUCMP, ally expires at the end of five years from the date on . . My responsibilities and hours will be which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. noon. they should be confirmed or amended in increasing. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section Ernie no longer serves dumpster-dived January. “…Considering going back to the 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change dishes to homeless holidaygoers. He is The 2017 Point-in-Time Census is desert, where I can buy a few acres and in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to learning a creative new profession: wig scheduled for Wed., Jan. 25 to count men, build my own tiny home on a trailer… Section 17913 other than a change in the residence women and children who are homeless address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious styling for women recovering from chemo, Dreaming of a nest to call my own. With Business Name Statement must be filed before the or male-pattern baldmess, or simply in throughout Monterey County. The census or without goats and chickens and a horse expiration. The filing of this statement does not of need of fast hairdos. is coordinated by the Coalition of Home- with no name. Cheers!” itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Ernie promises to share a post-holi- less Services Providers in conjunction with Business Name in violation of the rights of another day gourmet recipe soon. community partners. CHSP is available by under Federal, State, or Common Law. (See Section phone (831) 883-3080, or email chspmon- 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Feast at the Fairgrounds STEPHEN L. VAGNINI The 31st annual free Christmas dinner [email protected] . MONTEREY COUNTY CLERK If your New Year’s resolutions include BY: Deputy sponsored by Kiwanis Club and volunteers Original Filing will be noon to 3 p.m., Sun., Dec. 25, in getting active in grassroots democracy, and especially to work toward easing suffering CN931918 10252886 SO Dec 23,30, 2016, Jan 6,13, the Monterey Room of Monterey County 2017 homelessness causes those who prefer to Fairgrounds, 2004 Fairground Rd., Monte- Doc#: 20162472 rey. Assuring that homeless advocate Mrs. be housed, I heartily urge you to join me FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Claus is part of the community celebration as a volunteer homeless-census-taker. See The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: details at www.chspmontereycounty.org . List Fictitious Business Name Below: AT&T Mobility, featuring roast turkey and the trimmings. County of Principal Place of Business: Monterey A little anonymous elf told me that A Peek at Peninsula Points of Interest Street Address of Principal Place of Business: 494 Del Mrs. Claus and Santa bear remarkable Besides preparing to send out letters Monte Center, Space 42B, Salinas, CA 93940 Name of Corporation of LLC as shown in the Articles resemblances to Marge Ann Jameson, inviting all Monterey Peninsula cities So, who is Homeless Santa? He’s the of Inc. / Org. / Reg.: New Cingular Wireless PCS, publisher/editor of the Cedar Street Times, to participate in the 2017 Matching invisible guy I’m dancing with under the LLC, State of Inc./Org/Reg. Delaware, Residence and her jolly bewhiskered husband Neil Funds Challenge project to help support Street Address/Corporation or LLC Street Address: hat in this Tap Bananas salsa solo. We of Jameson’s Motorcycle Museum fame. non-profits that serve the homeless, 1025 Lenox Park Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30319 wish you Feliz Navidad! Merry Christmas. This business is conducted by: Festivities start at noon and run through 3 Monterey City Council is in the process Happy Hanukah and Candlelit Kwanzaa. a limited liability company. p.m. Reservations are not necessary. of revisiting its earlier nix on second and Registrant commenced to transact business under the I am serving as a non–anonymous hol- granny units as a means of adding afford- fictitious business name or names listed above on Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at amy- iday hostess at the second annual Interfaith able dwelling spaces to its limited housing 1-30-2007. [email protected] or call The Homeless Emergency Lodging Program stock. Greater details will be covered in BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM AND THAT ALL INFORMATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 LocalAuthors Can Be Ordered Online of the Business and Professions Code that the regis- New books by three Central Califor- None of the characters or events in this Town to Pebble Beach: The Story of the trant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor pun- nia authors - Donald Craghead, Tony Al- story are real - but that shouldn’t stop the Singing Sheriff” is an American saga. Pat ishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars bano and Pat DuVal - can now be ordered noble reader from thinking about what grew up in the segregated “Jim Crow” ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes public record upon filing pursuant online on Digi-Tall Media’s Story-e-Book is possible. His book is now available Deep South, where he struggled to find to the California Public Records Act (Government sales site out of Dallas, in addition to being on Amazon and at: http://story-e-books. his footing, and his soul. His time in the Code Sections 6250-6277). Sign below (see instruc- sold in various Monterey, Carmel, Salinas, com/shop/the-enchanted-emerald-by-don- Army helped and, upon discharge at Ft. tions on reverse for signature requirements): Big Sur and Santa Cruz shops and on Am- ald-craghead/ Ord, he was named the county’s first black Signature: Jackie Begue azon. Great holiday gifts at just $15 per deputy sheriff. DuVal also was finally able Printed Name of Person Signing: Jackie Begue If Corporation or LLC, Print Title of Person Signing: book. The newly-represented authors are: Tony Albano writes about “Life is a to follow his dream of singing, everything Manager Donald Craghead is known as a Bump Road, smoothed out by the people - from opera to country to rock-’n-roll, and Date: 11-10-2016 Carmel landscape artist – but wait until and the dogs - you meet along the way.” A he earned the moniker of The Singing Filed in County Clerk's Office, County of Monterey on you read his new fantasy fiction, “The host/waiter at Carmel’s Il Fornaio for more Sheriff. He’s been filmed with many vo- December 08, 2016. NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Enchanted Emerald.” It’s a romping tale than 20 years, his 28 short stories tell about calists and in innumerable Clint Eastwood Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally about good and evil, and the powerful role life in the NY projects as a ‘60s hippie-mu- movies. His book is available at: Lemos expires at the end of five years from the date on which of two magic stones – an emerald for good, sician, about how a three-legged dog ended “76” Service Station in the Carmel Ran- it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, a ruby for evil. But the world’s technology Tony’s depression after losing his own leg cho Center; Hacienda Hay and Feed and as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where has disappeared, and magicians are now in a car accident, and much more! It will Valley Hills Deli; Carmel Valley Business it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a in charge. The book is listed as a young cause you to smile, and pause to think. His Service and the Lemon Tree in Carmel change in the residence address of a registered owner. adult fantasy…but adults will love it, too. book is available in Monterey at Luminata Valley Village; River House Books and A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be There are bar fights and first love - and Books and Gifts and at Aguajito Veterinary Spencer’s Stationary in the Crossroads; filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement locals may recognize that the magician’s Hospital, in Carmel at Kris Kringle, Whit- Bruno’s Market and Pilgrim’s Way Books does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of castle sounds a lot like Hearst Castle, and takers, Grooming by the Sea, and at DO in Carmel; Old Capitol Bookstore in Mon- another under Federal, State, or Common Law. (See the demolished book room resembles Re Mi Music & Video in Carmel Rancho terey; Nepenthe, Ripplewood Resort and Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). Monterey Library. His book was only Shopping Center, in Salinas at Downtown River Inn in Big Sur; Star Market, Salinas; STEPHEN L. VAGNINI launched in mid-December, and is selling Books & Sound, on Amazon and now at: Bookshop Santa Cruz, Amazon and now MONTEREY COUNTY CLERK fast! This 228-page story is pure fiction, http://story-e-books.com/shop/life-is-a- at: http://story-e-books.com/shop/from- BY: Deputy Original Filing produced by Craghead’s fertile mind that bumpy-road-by-tony-albano/ colored-town-to-pebble-beach-the-story- CN931917 10252886 SO Dec 23,30, 2016, Jan 6,13, has spent a lifetime reading and imagining. Pat Duval’s book, “From Colored of-the-singing-sheriff/ 2017 December 23, 2016 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 19 Public Hearing Giants to set up at S F Airport Service Needs for the Low-Income Population The Monterey County Department of Social Services Community Action Part- nership is conducting a Public Hearing. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to Bob Silverman gather information from the public regarding service needs for the low-income population in Monterey County. The Community Action Partnership provides funding in support of services to the low-income population San Francisco Giants Updates This Public Hearing will allow members of the community to give input regarding service needs that will influence the agency’s service-funding decisions. The Public Hearing will take place on Thursday, January 12, 2017, 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Vineyard Church of Salinas, 1122 E. Alisal St., Salinas, CA 93905 This meeting will be conducted in English and Spanish. For more information please call Teresa Pureco at (831) 796-1553 or via email at [email protected]. ca.us If you are unable to attend the public hearing and would like to provide written testimony, please contact Margarita Zarraga at 831-755-8492 or by email at [email protected] Giant’s Sign Mark Melancon As New Closer (c2016 S.F. Giants) The San Francisco Giants announced that they will be forming a partnership “to create the San Francisco Giants Clubhouse in terminal 3” at the San Francisco Interna- tional Airport. This will be the first time that the Giants created “ a restaurant experience Legal Notices outside the park” as announced by Giants’ CEO Larry Baer. The new feature at the airport will have a wrap-around showcase of sports entertainment that will be open before the end of 2017. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20162481 The Giants have made some major changes as they prepare for the 2017 Spring The following person is doing business as THE CHOP SHOP SALON, 8071 Moss Landing Rd., Moss Landing, Training and regular season. The Giants signed RHP-Closer Mark Melancon to a four- Monterey County, CA 95039; ANGELICA MEDLICIA PELISSIER-FRANCO, 18340 Dolan Pl, Castroville, year contract as announced by Larry Baer at a recent press conference with General CA 95012. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 12/0916. Registrant commenced to Manager Bobby Evans and Manager Bruce Bochy present. Melancon is 31 years old transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 10/2006. Signed:Angelica Pelis- and pitcher for the Pirates and Atlanta in 2016 with a 2016 1.64 ERA. The new closer sier-Franco. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 12/23/16, 1/6/17, 1/13, 1/20/17 is a three time ALL STAR that had 47 saves last season. Melancon has played in a total of 444 games over nine years. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Giants’ pitcher Chris Heston has been traded to Atlanta after being with the Giants File No. 20162337 Organization for eight years. The Giants signed former All Star Phil Neven as their The following person is doing business as BLAZE A BRILLIANT PATH and BLAZING WOMEN ENTREPRE- new third base coach and former River Cats’ manager Joe Alguacil as the new first NEURS, 187 Ocean View Blvd., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950, mailing address P.O. Box 316, Pa- cific Grove, CA 93950; BARBARA LYNN LAZARONY, 187 Ocean View Blvd., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This base coach. statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 11/16/16. Registrant commenced to transact business The Giants hosted their 16th Annual Children’s Party for Homeless Families at under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 03/01/16. Signed: Barbara L. Lazarony. This busi- AT&T PARK on Dec. 13. Pre Spring Training News should be available soon. The ness is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 12/16/16, 12/23/16, 1/6/17, 1/13/17 Giants Roster now stands at 39 with the trading of Heston.

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PEBBLE BEACH PEBBLE BEACH MONTEREY 1001 Wranglers Trail Road | $2,000,000 1634 Sonado Road | $1,375,000 7825 Monterra Oaks Road | $1,095,000 Dave Randall 831.241.8871 Paul Riddolls 831.293.4496 Mike Jashinski 831.236.8913

PACIFIC GROVE MONTEREY MONTEREY 3006 Ransford Circle | $950,000 710 Woodcrest Lane | $875,000 8155 Manjares | $700,000 Mark Capito 831.915.9927 Kathryn Picetti 831.277.6020 Mike Jashinski 831.236.8913

MONTEREY PENINSULA BROKERAGES | SOTHEBYSHOMES.COM/MONTEREY CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA 831.624.9700 | CARMEL RANCHO 831.624.9700 | CARMEL VALLEY 831.659.2267 | PACIFIC GROVE 831.372.7700

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