Kiosk In This Issue Fri. Oct. 2 First Friday Downtown Pacific Grove Free • Sat. Oct. 3 Butterfly Parade Pine Ave. Starting 10:30 AM • Fri. Oct. 3 Edge of the Sea Old Gardeners - Page 10 The Principal Shuffle - Page 11 Back Winning - Page 13 Fine Art Juried Show PG Public Library 5:30-7:30 Free Pacific Grove’s • Fri., Sat., Sun. Oct, 2, 3, 4 Chautauqua Days Including Tours and Art Shows and the Butterfly Parade Downtown Pacific Grove SEE INSIDE FOR MORE EVENTS • Oct. 3 & 4 PGHS All-Class Reunion Times Sat. events $65/person September 25-October 1, 2015 Vol. VIII, Issue 1 Sun. brunch $30 Your Community NEWSpaper Hyatt Regency http://www.pgusd.org/alumni • Saturday Oct. 3 What Remains Poetry in the Grove Discussing Sharon Olds Mary Adams 3:00-5:00 p.m. Little House in Jewell Park, 578 Central Ave Jumps Into Donations accepted • District 5 Saturday Oct. 3 First Saturday Book Sale Supervisor's 10 AM - 4 PM PG Library, out front Race 2016 • After months of speculation about her Tues. Oct. 6 plans following her retirement from the po- CHP Drivers’ Class sition of United Way CEO, Mary Adams has 1:00-3:00 PM made clear what she was quoted as saying Sally Griffin Center at the time: “I feel like what I do next will Free for older drivers require me jumping right in.” • Yesterday, Sept. 30, she jumped right Sat. Oct. 17 into the race to unseat 19-year County Super- The Music of John Denver with Jim Curry and special guest visor Dave Potter by declaring a campaign Pete Huttlinger based on change, truth and honesty, and at Performing Arts Center transparency. 835 Forest, Pacific Grove “Transparency? That's my middle $25 admission name!” she said in an interview Oct. 1. online at She told of a professor she had in her www.performingartscenterpg.org youth who said that if something crosses your or at the door mind “that you think we should talk about, • then we should talk about it.” Sat. Oct. 24 “You can't obfuscate. You should be Downtown Trick-or-Treat straightforward and honest, and do nothing for children accompanied by adults • Free behind closed doors,” said Adams. “You'll • get more support for your views and a much Sat. Oct. 31 better outcome if you do.” Monster Dash Fundraiser for PTA Check In at 7:30 a.m. Race starts at 8:00 a.m. PG High School stadium Cost is $20 per adult plus $3.95 ACTIVE fee, or $10 per student (no ACTIVE fee for students). See page 10 this issue for info

Bill Farrington, former Carmel Valley resident, took this shot of the remains of the Mary Adams already has a campaign Tassajara Fire. website at maryadams.org. For more live music events The Fire began 19, 2015 and burned 1086 acres — 12 residences and eight out- try www.kikiwow.com buildings. There was one death, and a joint investigation between Cal Fire and The primary election for the District 5 the Monterey County Sheriff’s office has determined that the fire was caused as a seat will be held in June 2016. result of that individual, Steve McAlpine, committing suicide. He and his wife had District 5 includes a good part of Mon- owned a business in Carmel Valley from which they had retired. The reason for terey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach and un- Inside his suicide remains under investigation. incorporated parts of Carmel Valley. The fire was declared 100 percent contained on Sept. 27, 2015 at the CalFire Mary Adams was CEO of United Way Animal Tales 6:15 p.m. update briefing. for Monterey County from 2001-2015, when & Other Random Thoughts...... 14 Cooperating agencies included Monterey County Sheriff, US Fire Service - Los she retired. She has worked with community 100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove...... Dark organizations as a volunteer or employee “all Cartoon...... 2 Padres, California Highway Patrol, Red Cross, Monterey County Regional Fire Cop Log...... 5 Protection District, CAL Trans, Cachaqua Fire Protection District, Office of Emer- my life,” she said. She has been a lobbyist Homeless in Paradise...... 17 gency Services, SPCA of Monterey County, Monterey County Office of Emergency for the American Cancer Society and the Finance...... 15 Services, PG&E, Monterey County Public Works, California Department of Cor- American Heart Association. She stresses Keepers of Our Culture...... 18 that she has kept on top of issues facing the Legal Notices...... 16 rections and Rehabilitation. Opinion...... 12 Firefighters continue to mop up and patrol the fire area, making sure hot spots are Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Otter Views...... 10 mitigated and control lines are strengthened. attending meetings either in person or by Peeps...... 14 The Community Foundation for Monterey County has created The Tassajara Fire watching on television. Performance Review...... 15 Fund to assist in recovery efforts. Those wishing to contribute can make an online She feels ready to tackle “hot button Poetry...... 14 issues” such as Monterey Downs, Laguna Real Estate...... 20 donation at www.cfmco.org/tassajara, mail a check to the Community Foundation Sports...... for Monterey County, 2354 Garden Road, Monterey, CA, 93940 “Attention: Tassaja- Seca County Park, and the Carmel Canine ra Fire Fund,” or call 831-375-9712 Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 5:00 p.m. Sports Center. Page 2 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 2, 2015 Joan Skillman Blessing of the Monarch Sanctuary Skillshots

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(831) 372-3524 Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson Regular Contributors: Ben Alexander • Jack Beigle • Jon Charron• Scott Dick • www.cottageveterinarycare.com Rabia Erduman • Dana Goforth • Jonathan Guthrie • Neil Jameson • Kyle Krasa • Dixie Layne • Travis Long • Jean Prock • Jane Roland • Katie Shain Peter Silzer • Joan Skillman • Tom Stevens Providing a full spectrum of Interns: Ivan Garcia, Cole Paris state of art medical and Distribution: Debbie Birch, Shelby Birch Cedar Street Irregulars surgical services Ava, Bella G, Ben, Benjamin, Coleman, Dezi, Gabriel, Jesse, John, in our quaint cottage setting Kai, Kyle, Jacob, Josh, Josh, Meena, Nathan, Ryan, Shay 10% Discount 831.324.4742 Voice Military, Seniors and Peace of Mind adoptions* 831.324.4745 Fax ( * Contact office for full details ) [email protected] Calendar items to: [email protected] OFFICE HOURS: website: www.cedarstreetimes.com M-F 7:30-6:00 SAT 8:00-5:00 SUN Closed October 2, 2015 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 3 Planning for Disaster Disaster: What about your pets? Ready.gov asks individuals to do First aid kit three key things: get an emergency supply Whistle to signal for help Recommendations from SPCA of kit, make a family emergency plan, and Dust mask, to help filter contaminated air be informed about the different types of and plastic sheeting and duct tape to Monterey County emergencies that could occur and their shelter-in-place The following recommendations are based on the SPCA for Monterey County’s appropriate responses. Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plas- experiences assisting animal owners during and after fires, floods, hurricanes, and All Americans should have some ba- tic ties for personal sanitation earthquakes. Pet owners should take a few simple measures to prepare for disasters. sic supplies on hand in order to survive for Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities If you are given an order to evacuate, take your pets and livestock with you. Any at least three days if an emergency occurs. Can opener for food (if kit contains situation that is dangerous for you is also dangerous for your animals. The SPCA will Following is a listing of some basic items canned food) Local maps always be there for you. that every emergency supply kit should Prescription medications and glasses If you need to leave your pets behind for any reason, contact the SPCA immediately. include. However, it is important that Infant formula and diapers We provide emergency rescue whenever possible. individuals review this list and consider Pet food and extra water for your pet Be prepared for no electricity or phone service for at least 72 hours to one week. where they live and the unique needs of Important family documents such as Police and emergency services may be severely limited. their family in order to create an emergen- copies of insurance policies, identifi- Keep your pet’s vaccinations current and always keep a collar and tags on your cy supply kit that will meet these needs. cation and bank account records in a pets. Microchip your pets. Many pets are never returned due to lack of identification. Individuals should also consider having waterproof, portable container Create a disaster preparedness kit for your pets and livestock. A complete list is at least two emergency supply kits, one Cash or traveler’s checks and change available here. full kit at home and smaller portable kits Emergency reference material such as Practice disaster training for your animals. Horses should be comfortable loading in their workplace, vehicle or other places a first aid book or information from in to trailers. Dogs should have basic obedience training and be able to listen to you and they spend time. www.ready.gov respond to commands in an emergency. Cats and small animals should be comfortable Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each being placed in, and traveling in, pet carriers. Water, one gallon of water per person per person. Consider additional bedding Keep a current list of local hotels and motels that will accommodate pets. This day for at least three days, for drinking if you live in a cold-weather climate. list will come in handy during extended power outages, as well as disasters situations. and sanitation Complete change of clothing including a Food, at least a three-day supply of long sleeved shirt, long pants and sturdy non-perishable food shoes. Consider additional clothing if Battery-powered or hand crank radio you live in a cold-weather climate. and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone David Laws to Address Rotary Household chlorine bleach and medicine The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Inn alert and extra batteries for both dropper – When diluted nine parts water Spanish Bay, 2700 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, will have as speaker on October 6, Flashlight and extra batteries to one part bleach, bleach can be used David A. Laws -Silicon Valley: A pictorial history of the people, products and places as a disinfectant. Or in an emergency, that changed our world. 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390 Lighthouse Avenue, PG Call 831-375-4191 or visit www.ThePaulMortuary.com FD-280 Page 4 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 2, 2015 October 2, 2015 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 5 Victims Interrupt Burglary In Progress Laura Peet On September 29, 2015 at approximately 4:40 p.m., Pacific Grove Police were dispatched to an interrupted burglary to a residence on Chestnut Street. The reporting party observed a subject exiting the home as she and her family arrived home The Cop Log victim was able to provide a description of the suspect and suspect vehicle to the 9-1-1 dispatcher. A Be On the Lookout was placed and the Monterey County R.O.P.E. (Road- Cop Log September 18-25 block Observation Plan of Enforcement) system was activated. Officers from Seaside Mountain Lion strikes again and CSUMB police departments stopped the vehicle on Highway 1. A deer was found dead on Ocean View Blvd. due to what is believed to be a The two occupants were taken into custody without incident. Arrested were Arismel mountain lion attack. Ponce and Gabby Perez of Salinas. The two were held in County Jail on charges of burglary and possession of stolen property. If only there were cameras… Pacific Grove Police request anyone with further information to call the department Four cameras were stolen from a residential facility on Funston Ave. at 831-648-3143. Napping for preschoolers only A homeless man was reported to be sleeping outside at the preschool portion of Mayflower Presbyterian. The director requested the police advise the subject that he Seal Coating to Close Carmel Valley Rd. will be cited for trespassing in the future. Monterey County Public Works advises theywill close Carmel Valey Road from Reckless Driving and Alcohol Rancho Fiesta to Fore Road between October 5 and 7. A reckless vehicle was reported on Ocean View Blvd. The driver was discovered This work will require the closure of traffic lanes and placement of appropriate on the beachfront and to be in possession of alcohol. traffic controls. To reduce impacts to commute traffic, work will be done between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. While inconvenient, seal coating extends the service life of Missing Person Found pavement. You patience is appreciated. A missing person was located on Ocean View Blvd, where she had been sleeping in her car. She was advised to contact her family and/or friends. Civil Dispute A caretaker requested a civil standby on Jewell Ave. to ask a former client sign her time card. The client refused and believes the caretaker to have lied about the number of hours worked. What’s that they say about men and directions? A man was reported as voluntarily missing after he got into a dispute with his wife for trying to give him directions to an address in Seaside. He got out of the car and left the area on foot. The wife went home and contacted the police to look for him. Before he had been entered into the system, he was already back home. Not-so-Neighborly An altercation between neighbors on Crocker Ave. became physical. Arguments over Instagram Neighbors reported a man for disturbing the peace at their complex on Grove Acre. His wife said that he had been using drugs and arguing with her over the course of a few days and became further upset after seeing provocative photos of her on Instragram. Fighting like cats and dogs A woman reported her neighbor’s dog is habitually off-leash while walking in the area and chases her cat. Despite her previous requests for the neighbor to use a leash, no such action had been taken. The neighbor was informed of the leash law and associated fines. The cat sighed with relief. Fraud Reports Officers dispatched to an attempted fraud in progress on LighthouseAve. A report of fraud on Gibson Ave. Lost and Found A piece of jewelry was lost in the area of 663 Lighthouse Ave. A Navy flare cylinder found on the beach and detonated by bomb squad. A wallet was lost in the area of 100 Forest Ave. Items of clothing were found and turned in from City Hall. A dog was found on Sinex Ave. and returned to owner. A phone was turned in that had been mistakenly taken at Bench Restaurant in Pebble Beach. A driver’s license was found on Pine Ave. A wallet was lost in the area of Forest and David Avenues A man found ammunition on his property and surrendered it for destruction Vehicle Vandalism On Pacific Grove Ln. An ex-boyfriend cut a tire and left the scene. On Cedar St.

Vandalism at Carmel Mission Correlation to Canonization of Fr. Junipero Serra Indicated Sometime between the night of Saturday, September 26, 2015, and the morning of Sunday, September 27, 2015, an unknown number of individuals vandalized numerous statues, gravesites, doorways and a fountain at the San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo Mission (Carmel Mission, 3080 Rio Road, Carmel). A volunteer discovered the damage on Sunday morning at ap- proximately 0630 hours and the Carmel-by-the-Sea Police Department was notified at approximately 0700 hours. A private security guard was present at the Mission on the night of vandalism. However, police have learned that security cameras were not operating. The acts of vandalism consisted of gallons of wet paint poured and thrown on entryways, statues, gravesites and a fountain in the courtyard, basilica, mausoleum and cemetery. A marking pen was also used to inscribe derogatory comments on statues and signs of Junipero Serra. Some of the vernacular consisted of the terms or phrases, “Greed,” “Genocide,” and “Saint of Genocide.” Detectives from the Carmel-by-the-Sea Police department are investi- gating this case and searching for clues to charge those responsible with the vandalism. We request that anyone with information that may be beneficial to identifying the individual or individuals responsible for these acts, to please come forward and contact the Carmel-by-the-Sea Police Department at (831) 624-6403. Page 6 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 2, 2015 What ‘Chautauqua Days’ is all about: Pacific Grove History and Culture Abound Chautauqua Days symbolizes the nated a small octagonal building to hold dedication, spirit and intelligence of those the growing collection of specimens and Center for Spiritual Awakening who founded our home town. Cultural books, which was replaced in 1932 with institutions born in the early days of Pa- a permanent museum building built at 522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942 cific Grove history are joining with newer the same site. The original museum also Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove cultural organizations to revive the Chau- contained a library, which evolved into tauqua — providing popular education the Pacific Grove Public Library housed 325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207 combined with entertainment in the form in the 1908 Carnegie library building we Chabad of Monterey of lectures, concerts and plays. This year’s still enjoy today. celebration will be October 2-4, 2015 In 1905 members of Pacific Chau- 2707 David Ave. • 831-643-2770 throughout Pacific Grove. Bring the family tauqua Alumni Association, with the Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove for fun, art and history in Pacific Grove. help of the Pacific Grove Board of Trade, 442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363 Chautauqua History launched the first Feast of Lanterns to The Chautauqua Institution was creat- celebrate the close of the assembly. The Church of Christ ed in western New York State in 1874, and first Feast of Lanterns in Pacific Grove was 176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741 featured Sunday school teacher-training held at Lovers Point on July 22, 1905 and classes, musical programs, lectures, and was a huge success. The event continues Community Baptist Church other forms of public entertainment. In to this day. Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311 1878, the organization was reborn as the The Chautauqua tradition continued Chautauqua Literacy and Scientific Circle: in Pacific Grove into the 20th century, but First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove a four-year course of required readings in attendance dwindled. The advent of radio 246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741 various subjects. This was often the only and movies, coupled with increasing op- opportunity for higher education in the portunities for more conventional college First Church of God days before colleges reached areas outside education, marked the end of the Chau- 1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005 of large population centers. tauqua here. Perhaps it is no coincidence As early as 1879, the first Pacific that in 1926 the last Chautauqua was held First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove coast assembly was held in Pacific Grove. in Pacific Grove and the Grove Theatre Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m. In 1875, a group of Methodist ministers opened on Lighthouse Avenue. meeting in San Francisco created the Pa- In July 1989, Pagrovians celebrated 915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875 cific Grove Retreat Association and their the renovation of Chautauqua Hall and Forest Hill United Methodist Church camp meeting ground was situated at the the centennial of the incorporation of site currently occupied by Jewell Park. In the City of Pacific Grove by holding the Services 9 a.m. Sundays 1881, the Pacific Improvement Company first Pacific Grove Chautauqua event in 551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956 (predecessor of the Pebble Beach Com- 72 years, a celebration symbolizing the Rev. Richard Bowman pany) constructed the large wooden hall dedication, spirit, and intelligence of those that became Chautauqua Hall to serve a who founded our home town. Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove variety of uses for the organization. This 1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138 historic building is now recognized as a Chautauqua Days is sponsored by National Registered Landmark. In 1883, City of Pacific Grove Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove the Pacific Improvement Company do- PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636 Manjushri Dharma Center 724 Forest Ave. • 831-917-3969 Chautauqua Days www.khenpokarten.org [email protected] Mayflower Presbyterian Church Heritage Society th 141 14 St. • 831-373-4705 Historic Walking Tours Peninsula Baptist Church Walk the historic streets of Pacific Grove on a tour led by Don Beals, Heritage So- 1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712 ciety Barn Curator. Learn about the buildings, houses and the people who used or lived in them as we walk by. Each tour takes 90 minutes and covers approximately one mile. Peninsula Christian Center The tours take place on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Tours are limited to 25 persons per 520 Pine Ave. • 831-373-0431 tour. Tour times: 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Tours start at Chautauqua Hall. Tickets: $5 donation per person. Tickets may be St. Angela Merici Catholic Church purchased via the Heritage Society Website; [email protected] , at The th 146 8 St. • 831-655-4160 Barn, 605 Laurel Ave., Pacific Grove, on Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. or at the Heritage Society Table in Chautauqua Hall on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4. Please contact the Heritage St. Anselm’s Anglican Church Society with questions at 831.372.2898. Sundays 9:30 a.m. 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620 Pacific Grove Natural History Museum orig- Fr. Michael Bowhay inally housed in this small octagonal build- St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church ing provided by the th Central Avenue & 12 St. • 831-373-4441 Pacific Improvement Company 1883. Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818 Shoreline Community Church Sunday Service 10 a.m. Robert Down Elementary, 485 Pine Ave. • 831-655-0100 www.shorelinechurch.org OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church 800 Cass St., Monterey • 831-373-1523 PG High Alumni Association Pastor Bart Rall Reunion Set for October 3-4 Congregation Beth Israel The Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association (PGHSAA) will hold its annual all-school reunion Sat. and Sun., Oct. 3 and 4. PGHSAA members and their 5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel • 831-624-2015 guests are invited to download a registration form from the Association’s web site. Monterey Center for Spiritual Living Those who attended Pacific Grove schools can join the PGHSAA in order to be able to attend activities that weekend. Sunday Service 10:30 am The reunion weekend includes a dinner on Sat., Oct. 3. The cost is $65 per per- 400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326 son; no-host bar opens at 6:00, and dinner will be served at 7:00. On Sunday, October www.montereycsl.org 4, a buffet brunch will be served from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The cost of the brunch is $30. Both events will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Conference Center, 1 Old Golf Course Road, in Monterey. October 2, 2015 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 7 Chautauqua Days Classmates - I just received this from from Heritage Society Raffle Mary 'Sue' Taylor After many years traveling Join our fund raising efforts as the Heritage Society of Pacific Grove raffles a Crazy Quilt, a historic photo, and an annual membership to the Heritage Society. The with his family, “Big George” is coming home. Crazy Quilt, assembled of velvets, silks and silk ribbons by hand, circa 1890, is in good George died of a heart attack in 1992, and his condition. The quilt evaluation completed by N. Bavor, San Jose Quilt Museum Curator of Collections will be available for further information regarding the quilt. Raffle items ashes will be interred at El Carmelo Cemetery can be viewed at Chautauqua Hall on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4. in Pacific Grove on Thursday, Oct. 1, at 11 Ticket cost is $5 donation per ticket or 3 tickets for $12. Tickets are available for purchase at the Barn, 605 Laurel Ave., Pacific Grove on Saturdays from 1-4 p.m. a.m., at the new Garden Mausoleum. Anyone Tickets may also be purchased on Oct. 3 and Oct. 4 at the Heritage Society Table in in town for the reunion or who knew George Chautauqua Hall. Contact Claudia Sawyer should you have questions 831.372.2898. and wants to pay their respects, are invited to come say hi. His sisters Sally ’61 and Suzie ’68 will be there to watch the installation of his plaque and ashes. There will be no ceremony as such. Tom McDonald

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FREE Histori™Historic Walkin›Walking TourTours GallerGallery Nigh Night Chautauqua Hall PacifiPacific c Grove Grove Art Art Center Center 1s 1st SaturdaSaturday BooBook SalSale 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m...... $5 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. PacifiPacific c GroveGrove PublicPublic LibraryLibrary FREE 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ButterflButterfly  Stor-tim Story-time CelebratioCelebration of Musi™Music PacifiPacific c GroveGrove PublicPublic LibraryLibrary 1st United Methodist Church 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m...... FREE 2:00 p.m...... FREE Saturday-Sunday, October 3-4 13t13th AnnuaAnnual ArtistArtists iin Chautauqu Chautauqua Ar -Wha Art-What iis i it Goo†Good For? Chautauqua Hall PacifiPacific c GroveGrove ArtArt CenterCenter 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m ...... FREE SAT: 12-5 p.m...... FREE SUN: 1-4 p.m...... FREE SpeciaSpecial ‚Exhibit hibi Museum of Natural History 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m...... FREE Poin Point PinPinos Lighthous Lighthouse 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m...... Donations A BRIEF HISTORY: The lighthouse was constructed 1853-1855, lighted on the firstfi rst of of February February of of 1855. It was partially rebuilt following the 1906 earthquake. It remains the oldest continuously operating lighthouse on the PacificPacifi c Coast. Coast. The The lighthouse lighthouse resides resides on on the the National National Register Register for for Historic Historic Places Places and and has been the beacon of hope and safety for decades, serving both civilian and military seafarers with honor and distinction. The Point Pinos Lighthouse remains an integral part of U.S. and PacifiPacific c Grove Grove history. Chautauqua Days is sponsored by City of Pacific Grove and funded in part by a grant from the City of Pacific Grove’s Economic Development Commission For more information, visit: www.ci.pg.ca.us Page 8 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 2, 2015 ‘Extra’ Recalls Dr. Wayne Dyer Film Made in Pacific Grove By Bob Silverman name selected for the movie was “The and others illustrate the doctor’s an- Dr Dyer appeared relaxed and claim Shift.” swers to issues that confront all couples. during all the times that we saw or heard Dr. Wayne Dyer passed away in The film demonstrates the answers Early in the film Dr Dyer explains that him. Any one that loves Pacific Grove Maui, Hawaii at the age of 75. Time to various problems in life as Dr. Dyer is “Asilomar” means “refuge by the sea” and Asilomar will enjoy this movie. The Magazine reported that “Dyer was interviewed and the lives of two couples and that sets the mood for the entire film. extras that worked in the film were well diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic taken care of as they enjoyed a vacation leukemia in 2009.” Dr. Dyer was a world from everyday life in the comfort of the famous author whose writing had a ma- Asilomar Lobby while waiting for their jor impact on readers around the world moment in the movies. as he taught how one could remove barriers and live better lives. Dr. Dyer starred in one movie and Flavors of Pacific that was filmed entirely in Pacific Grove and the surrounding area. The film was Grove Comes released in 2009 and most of the filming was at the Lodge At Asilomar. The cast- Around Again ing director included many local Monte- On Saturday, November 7, the Pa- rey County extras as well as others. cific Grove Chamber of Commerce will showcase the talent of the town’s chefs at The film was produced by Hay Flavors of Pacific Grove: A Celebration House Publishing and directed by Mi- of the Great chefs of Pacific Grove, from chael Goorjian who made arrangements 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at The Inn at Span- for local extras to see an advance show- ish Bay. More than 10 chefs have signed ing of the film at Asilomar. My wife and up to serve hors d’oeuvres and tastings I saw a small ad in the Herald asking to the guests. The flavor of some of their for extras and we were invited to the best dishes will be paired with wonderful Lodge for assignment. We were in two wines. The tasting will include a full show parts of the movie and can be seen as by The Money Band. guests walking up to the Lodge to check A partial list of chefs who will be in with suitcases in hand as other extras featured includes: Thamin Saleh - jeninni Kitchen and Wine Bar, Dory Ford - Point followed us up the steps. Photo by Bob Silverman The main stars of the movie were Pinos Grill, Evan Lite - The Beach House Asilomar, the “refuge by the sea,” sets the mood for Dr. Wayne Dyer’s film, “The Restaurant, Dean and Debbie Young Michael DeLuise, Portia de Rossi, Ed Shift,” made at Asilomar. Kerr, and Shannon Sturges The final - Classic Catering, Danny Abbruzzese - Asilomar Conference Grounds; Robert Kershner and Tim Hrusa - Canterbury Woods, Mark Davis - Vivolo’s Chowder House, David Stamm - The Bridge Cu- linary Training Center, Chris Friedman - Pizza My Way, Butch Adams - Kai Lee Creamery, Trader Joe’s, Knox Brewing - Sparky’s Root Beer, Nothing Bundt Cake, Cima Collina, Taste of Monterey, Percheron-McFarland. There will also be a silent and live auction. The event costs $50 per person in advance and is limited to 300 tickets as this event sells out. For more information and to buy tickets : www.pacificgrove. org or (831) 373-3304.

Poetry Collective Discusses Sharon Olds Saturday Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 2013 and the T.S. Elliot Prize for Poetry, Berke- ley-raised poet Sharon Olds writes of politics, family and passion. Au- thor Michael Ondaatje says of her work, “Sharon Olds’ poems are pure fire in the hands, risky, on the verge of falling, and in the end leaping up. I love the roughness and humor and brag and tender- ness and completion in her work as she carries the reader through rooms of passion and loss.” Please join us for discussion and readings. All are welcome. Poetry In The Grove meets from 3:00-5:00 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month at the Lit- tle House in Jewell Park, 578 Cen- tral Ave, Pacific Grove. A different poet is discussed each month. Cosponsored by the Pacific GrovePoetry Collective, and the Pacific Grove Public Library, donations for the Pacific Grove Public Library gratefully accepted. www.facebook.com/PacificGrove- PoetryCollective October 2, 2015 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 9 Little Free Libraries and Bird Houses: What’s Not to Love? On Sunday, October 4, the Heritage Houses for the Birds Contest and Auction will 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 4. A silent auction will be held until 2:30. All are wel- take place after a two year hiatus. This year an added feature will be the inclusion of come to join in this event and bid on a birdhouse or library. The live auction for some Little Free Libraries. creations will end at 3:55. Built and donated by members of the community, they will all be on display at There will also be prizes for the best-of-show, people’s choice, and other catego- Elmarie Dyke Park (next to Chautauqua Hall, corner of 16th and Central) starting at ries. For more information please check our website at: www.pacificgroveheritage.org

Clockwise from top left: Little Free Library by Michael Groshong; Love Nest by Peter Silzer: Bird3 by Steve Honegger: Flicker Flophouse by Ed and Vanessa Bredthauer; Worm Your Way In by Steve Honegger; Cafe Rustica for the Birds by Jeanie Anton and Michael Groshong; Birding on the Li River by Steve Honegger

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cracked pine planks the sun’s slow transit from day to jobless day. Backlit dust motes sparkled in shafts of shadow. Our stained leather gloves curled up like old book covers. Requiem for Quiet Gardeners One by one, hands over our ears, we quiet gardeners stole out into the real world, where clangor became our karma. My path led first to New York City, where fire en- gines, police sirens, garbage trucks and city buses brayed out a cacophony so constant I eventually stopped hearing it, or much of anything. Tom Stevens Even the music was loud. Some hipsters induced me one evening to join them at a storefront jazz club called Slugg’s on the lower east side. This was during the mid- Otter Views 1960s, when John Coltrane’s powerful “sheets of sound” style prompted other questing horn players to tear the sonic envelope in new and chaotic ways. Several of these modernists shared the small stage at Slugg’s, honking, blaring and In the apartment right now, the prolonged scream of nearby leaf blowers battles a screaming so violently through their horns that patrons rotated outdoors at intervals K-Mozart broadcast of Johann Sebastian Bach’s soulful “Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor.” to restore lost hearing. It was like saxophone combat. You couldn’t have heard a fire It’s no contest. alarm in there. Pitched somewhere between a garbage disposal and a Husquvarna chain saw, the Compared to Manhattan, Pacific Grove is blessedly quiet, though probably not so leaf-blower’s strident, wall-piercing whine turns a quiet autumn morning into a shock much as when it was mocked as “Pacific Grave.” The town’s emergence as an après- therapy session from hell. I push the glass doors shut and slide the windows closed. race destination fills its streets periodically with booming motorcycles and roaring No difference. turbo-cars. Last weekend belonged to the Porsches. Granted, there are louder noises. In Hawaii, I heard the neighbor’s roosters crowing Now that summer’s over, the performance auto and cycle devotees will thunder all night long. On Guam during the Vietnam war, B-52s taking off to bomb Hanoi, Laos off to other venues, and PG will again hear seagulls, surf and the city hall bell tolling and Cambodia sounded apocalyptic. Summer thunder in Ohio is also louder than a leaf quarter hours. At some point, weather prognosticators suggest, we may even hear the blower. So are 100 Harleys on a run. forgotten sounds of rain. But at close range, the leaf blower ranks right up there among mankind’s most In the meantime, rain or shine, autumn leaves still turn color, dry up, and take flight. deafening inventions. I appreciate that the blowers are fast and efficient, but my heart Quiet gardeners will corral the leaves with scratch rakes, creating traceries in the dirt goes out to the operators wearing eye and ear protection. Watching them attack each as elegant as zen pebble gardens. The greater likelihood, alas, will be swift and noisy new debris line, I’m glad my landscaping career predated this devil spawn of a device. leaf dispersal by high-tech means. Now that the Porsches have gone, autumn belongs Back in the day, we prided ourselves on being “quiet gardeners.” Push-reel mowers to the leaf blowers. were the noisiest machines we used, and even these could be whetted to a soft, whirring murmur. On a sleepy afternoon, our clients could mimic the Lovin’ Spoonful song and lie down on their “new-mowed lawn” to daydream. We quiet gardeners likewise eschewed noisy, smoky, gas-powered hedge trimmers, lawn edgers, leaf mulchers and weed whackers. Instead, we plied scratch rakes; sturdy, spring-torsion loppers; and hand-grip edgers that produced a rhythmic “clip-clip-clip” as soothing as a barber’s shears. We were slow, of course, but we were thorough. By the time dusk lowered her pale violet crinoline over one of our accounts, every leaf had been bagged, every bough trimmed, every weed evicted, and every shrub lovingly shaped. Out on the soft, rolling carpet of the lawn, no blade of grass stood taller than its neighbor. Our favorite saying was: Why ruin a tranquil summer day with noisy power tools?” Our clients had a favorite saying too. They would cup their hands over their mouths and shout into the gathering darkness: “Are you slugs finished out there yet?” As the seasons passed and time became money, we quiet gardeners grew very quiet indeed. Customers now wanted their property groomed speedily, and tranquility be damned. The hot new yard crews sped between accounts in jumbo trucks and gunned their ride-on mowers like drag racers. They blasted the pliant earth with leaf blowers, power trimmers, and whizzing weed whackers. In time, our accounts dwindled away, and our fine old hand tools sat idly in their [Editor’s Note: Take heart, Tom. Those old garden tools are now shed. Still faintly redolent of machine oil and stone-whetted steel, they marked through worth a fortune. Don’t you watch “Antique Roadshow?”]

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Roggeman was approached to take over at Forest Grove this school year. He said it was a difficult deci- sion, because he had grown to love the middle school and the students there. Roggeman first came to this area as a reporter for the Monterey Herald in 1992. After two years there he went into education, and, he said, “I never looked back.” First he taught at Gonzales High School

Final EIR for Groundwater Replenishment Project Now Available

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CERTIFY THE FINAL EIR FOR THE PURE and within the cities of Salinas, Marina, Seaside, Monterey, and Pacific Grove. WATER MONTEREY GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT, ADOPT FINDINGS AND A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, AP- Final EIR: The Final EIR consists of the oral and written comments received on the PROVE A MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, AND Draft EIR, and presents responses to environmental issues raised in the comments. In addition to the responses to comments, the Final EIR contains revisions, updates, APPROVE THE PROJECT OR AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PROJECT and clarifications in response to public comment on the Draft EIR. The Final EIR is available at the project website (www.purewatermonterey.org), the MRWPCA website Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to requirements of the California Environmental (www.mrwpca.org), the MRWPCA administrative office at 5 Harris Court, Building D, Quality Act (CEQA), the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWP- Monterey, CA 93940, and the Water Management District administrative office at 5 Harris CA) has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) for the proposed Court, Building G, Monterey, Ca 93940. The Final EIR is also available at the following Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project (GWR Project). The MR- libraries during normal business hours: Seaside Public Library, Marina Public Library, WPCA Board of Directors will conduct a public hearing to consider certification of the Salinas Public Libraries, Castroville Public Library, Monterey Public Library, Carmel EIR, adoption of findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations, approval of a Valley Public Library, and Harrison Memorial Library (Carmel). Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and approval of the GWR Project or an Alternative to the GWR Project at a special meeting scheduled for Thursday, October Public Hearing: The MRWPCA Board of Directors will conduct a public hearing to 8, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. at the MRWPCA administration office at 5 Harris Court, Building consider certification of the EIR, adoption of findings and a Statement of Overriding D, Monterey, California. Considerations, approval of a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and ap- proval of the GWR Project or an Alternative to the GWR Project at a special meeting Project Description: The proposed GWR Project would create a reliable source of to be held on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. at the MRWPCA administrative water supply for northern Monterey County. The GWR Project would consist of two office at 5 Harris Court, Building D, Monterey, CA. A copy of the meeting agenda can be components: 1) purified water for recharge of the Seaside Groundwater Basin, and 2) found at the Board of Director’s public meeting website at: www.mrwpca.org/about_gov- recycled water to augment the existing Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project’s agricul- ernance_public_meetings.php tural irrigation supply. Water supplies proposed to be recycled and reused by the GWR Project include municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, urban stormwater runoff, For additional information regarding the GWR Project and and surface water diversions. The GWR Project is being proposed by MRWPCA in Final EIR, you may contact: Bob Holden, Principal Engineer, partnership with the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (Water Management MRWPCA, at [email protected]. District). The GWR Project would be located within northern Monterey County and would include new facilities located within unincorporated areas of the Salinas Valley Page 12 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 2, 2015 Your letters The Butterfly Ball returns this Weekend Opinion One of the Museum’s most glamorous events returns in October, just in time for the return of the monarch butterflies to The only difference between a homeowner Pacific Grove. and a long term renter is the down payment Editor: years at a time. The author seems to be In general, long term renters interact I find it interesting that the proponents quite the capitalist bigot – all but saying with and care about their neighbors and of short term rentals (or any development that Pacific Grove would be better off if community, they are very much part of scheme) invariably resort to name calling only the very wealthy could afford to live the fabric. Does a family or party staying when met with opposition. According to and vacation here. I suppose he is confi- here for one night care if the dogs they these people, anyone who advocates slow, dent that he could bus in participants for bring with them bark all night while they thoughtful, inclusive growth is labeled a the “quaint” Feast of Lanterns celebration. are enjoying a wonderful evening out by crank, fear-monger, anti-growth and even After all, we must maintain the illusion of the bay? worse “old biddies.” I would remind these the advertised “Last Hometown!” Is the City Council willing to print investors (and sadly most of our City Listed are some FACTS regarding their own home phone numbers on every Council) that without us cranks, Pacific Short Term Rentals – Not Fear-mongering: utility pole so that people can call them Grove would long ago have been turned The majority of short term rentals are in the middle of the night to complain into a soulless conglomeration of high owned by investors who have acquired about noise? rise hotels, condos, luxury boutiques and several properties for the sole purpose If all the city cares about is reaping water sport venues. Without “old biddies” of turning them into high profit vacation more taxes, perhaps they should consider there would be no San Francisco Bay. No cottages - not “poor, struggling families “EXTRA Short Term Rentals”. Think of it! Marine Sanctuaries. No Butterfly Groves. who must rent out a room to make ends If you can make $300 a night – how much In fact, there would be no Pacific Grove meet.” In fact, as the author of the screed could you make renting by the hour!!!! at all! There is something to be said for gleefully noted, the more short term rentals Whoooo-Hoooo! That’s capitalism! protecting and nurturing what we have – we allow, the higher the property values Does the term “Zoning” mean any- which is the very thing developers wish to and the higher the taxes. Sounds to me like thing anymore? What is so hard to under- The 2015 Butterfly Ball dances into capitalize on and, if unopposed, ultimately those “poor struggling families” he seems stand about “Commercial Zoning” versus the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural destroy. If you think you have enough to care so much about will eventually find “Residential Zoning”? One is for business History on Saturday, October 3, beginning money to keep you sitting pretty in this themselves forced to sell. – if you want to run a hotel, you must buy at 6 p.m. The colorful evening will begin city, remember there is always someone Short term rentals will use much more a property in a “Commercial” zone. Duh. with wine tasting, a silent auction, a photo with more money than you. water with daily laundering, showers and And finally….. Often, long term rent- station and be followed by live music, a Regarding VRBO’s. I am appalled by Jacuzzis. Landscaping likewise will need ers are even better stewards of a property strolling dinner provided by Aqua Terra the full page screed printed in the Cedar to be maximized. Long term renters who and community than the landlord. It’s time Culinary, dancing, dessert and a no-host Times advocating for more short term pay their own water bill are much more to stop disrespecting - and start valuing - bar. Pierce Vineyards will provide wine rentals. According to the author, the good conservative in their water use. long term renters. tasting for the event. people of Pacific Grove who have lived Short term rentals pose a greater fire Pacific Grove will only be a “desirable Live jazz music will be provided by here for years as Long Term Renters are hazard from the use of often antiquated destination” so long as it is preserved as Bill Englander on keyboard and Jack Stan- somehow inferior in every way to short gas stoves and furnaces by vacationers an authentic town, with diverse people, ley on sax. DJ Noel Saucedo of DJ Booth term vacationers. According to him, regu- unfamiliar with the appliances. Not to wildlife, clean air, views, and a thriving, Music Co. will provide music during the lar renting citizens trash their properties – I mention the inevitable increase in the use protected natural marine sanctuary unsul- event as well. would assume he is including the countless of outdoor fire pits. Our “cottages” are old lied by recreational overkill and asphalt. The 2015 Butterfly Ball sponsors military families who rent here two to five and wooden, people! Get a clue! Developers have been salivating over this include Union Bank, Bank of America, tiny burg and bullying its residents for and Aqua Terra Culinary. years. They can call me an “old biddie” Auction items for the event include but I plan to continue to be a thorn in their gift certificates, wine, whale watching voracious sides until my bones feed the tours, and much more. roots of the last tree standing on this tiny Executive Director Jeanette Kihs beleaguered peninsula. said proceeds from the ball benefit the Let’s stop the name-calling and open Museum’s proposed interactive monarch our minds to the novel idea that perhaps – exhibit, including design, labor, hardware, just perhaps – money isn’t everything! It’s theming and management. Poetry In The Grove all about respect. Paradise is to be shared “We’re excited to see the positive - not sold to the highest bidder. Respect changes here at the Museum and hope what is here including those who live here Explores the poetry of contemporary poet and everyone will join us for this beloved now and insure that you do no harm to the event,” Kihs said. 2013 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, perfection you wish to dwell in. Formal invitations were mailed to Sharon Olds, Museum members in September. Tickets on Saturday, October 3, 2015, from 3:00-5:00 pm Micah de Menos are also available for purchase on the at the Little House in Jewell Park Pacific Grove Museum’s website at http://www.pgmu- seum.org/museum-events/2015/10/3/ The Unborn the-butterfly-ball. In the Dead Letter Office

A poem by Sharon Olds Sometimes I can almost see, around our heads, like gnats around a streetlight in summer, the children we could have, the glimmer of them. Sometimes I feel them waiting, dozing in some antechamber - servants, half listening for the bell. Sometimes I see them lying like love letters in the Dead Letter Office. And sometimes, like tonight, by some black second sight I can feel just one of them standing on the edge of a cliff by the sea in the dark, stretching its arms out desperately to me.

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Poetry In The Grove meets from 3:00-5:00 pm $ 90 on the first Saturday of each month at the Sunset Suppers 9 Little House in Jewell Park, 578 Central Ave, The Beach house aT Lovers PoinT Pacific Grove. A different poet is discussed Dinner & cockTaiLs From 4Pm DaiLy each month. Cosponsored by the Pacific Grove Poetry Collective, and the Pacific Special menu served daily when seated by 5:30p and ordered by 6p. Subject to change without notice Grove Public Library. www.BeachHousePG.com www.facebook.com/PacificGrovePoetryCollective Dinner Reservations: 831-375-2345 At Lovers Point Beach This event is offered at no cost, donations for the PG Public Library gratefully accepted. 620 Ocean View Blvd. Pacific Grove October 2, 2015 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 13 Girls’ Golf: Breakers Back Pacific Grove in the Win Column - By Jon Charron Results – Pacific Grove Golf Links Front 9-red tees Sports After losing their first two matches of the season, Courtney Vogel’s 36 helps lead Pacific Grove – 255 the Breakers back into the win column, Courtney Vogel 36 with a 255-296 victory over North Monte- Hayley Yukihiro 41 rey County at the Pacific Grove Golf Links Ashley Aguilera 51 on Wednesday afternoon. [09-30-15] Esther Lee 50 Inaugural 3K Monster Dash Playing three matches in three days Garima Gurung 77 was grueling on the girls, especially after North Monterey County – 296 Coming to a school near you! playing their first two matches against Vanessa Zaragoza 49 Getting in shape for the PG Fun Run 3K Monster Dash? You should not undefeated Santa Catalina and RLS. The Michaela Galli 54 only be getting in shape, but preparing a monster costume! Breakers made it work however, with a Samantha Figueroa 61 Sponsored by the PTAs of Forest Grove Elementary, Robert Down Ele- solid day. Improving to 5-2 on the season. Katie James 66 mentary, Pacific Grove Middle School, and Pacific Grove High School. Funds “We’re definitely better than last Alivia Peters 66 will be used to support student activities at all four year,” senior Ashley Aguilera said about Medalist – Courtney Vogel, PGHS 36 schools. the main difference from last season. Register at ACTIVE.COM. Register/Check In “Adding Courtney [Vogel] has obviously Results from matches on Monday and on October 31 at 7:30 a.m. The race starts at 8:00 helped, but Hayley [Yukihiro] and I have Tuesday. a.m. at the Pacific Grove High School stadium. stepped up our game. We both used to be in Results – 29 September 2015 Cost is $20 per adult plus $3.95 ACTIVE fee, the lower 50’s, but now we’re in the 40’s.” Pacific Grove Golf Links or $10 per student (no ACTIVE fee for students). Pacific Grove’s new girl, Courtney Back 9 par 35 You must register by October 14 to be eligible Vogel, has been a big boost for the Break- Stevenson – 220 for the T-Shirt! ers so far this season. “She’s not only Antonia Malate 36 http://www.active.com/pacific-grove-ca/run- helped us get better,” Aguilera said. “But Cece Rivera 45 ning/distance-running-races/3k-monster-dash-2015 she’s inspiring” India Di Balbo Bertone 43 Last year, while living in Sacramento, Savannah Thompson 47 Courtney made it to State and has her eyes Angela Zahn 49 set on the prize again this year. “I just want Sally Wang 50 non-counter to end my senior year on a good note and Pacific Grove -245 Honor Our Fallen 5K and 10K Run at work toward that goal,” Vogel stated about Courtney Vogel 37 making it back to state and trying to win it. Hayley Yukihiro 46 Fort Ord Dunes State Park October 24 Vogel is also really excited to be in a Esther Lee 49 The 3rd Annual Honor Our Fallen 5K & 10K Run will be held Saturday, October different environment. “Moving here from Ashley Aguilera 53 24 at Fort Ord Dunes State Park on the Monterey Peninsula. The course is a fast 10K Sacramento is a huge life change for me Andrea Kelley 60 loop that rolls gently along the dunes of the Pacific Ocean just off Hwy 1 with beautiful and the weather is a lot different. Being Rachel Choi 63 non- counter views of the Monterey Bay. able to come here is definitely an honor. Medalist – Antonia Malate, RLS 36 The event is appropriate for all runner levels and open to the public. Registration I’m very thankful to be here and the golf is required for participation in the runs. environment is definitely fitting for me Results – 28 September 2015 Packet pickup begins at 6:30 a.m. with opening activities at 8:45 a.m. The 5K because it’s more competitive. I’m loving Pacific Grove Golf Links Run starts at 9 a.m, and the 10K Run starts at 9:15 a.m. Festivities, including food and every moment out here.” Front 9-red tees Pacific Grove – 253 music, will be available between 10-11:45, followed by Run awards and additional Courtney Vogel 37 food, activities, and fun. Ashley Aguilera 43 Parking is available at the CSUMB lot on 2nd Avenue near Lightfighter Drive, the Hayley Yukihiro 46 main entrance to former Fort Ord. Participants and spectators will be shuttled to and Esther Lee 55 from parking and the race site via the Monterey-Salinas Transit trolley (MST Trolley) Andrea Kelley 62 throughout the event. Rachel Choi 65 – non-counter Honor Our Fallen was established to honor the sacrifice of the sons of Monterey Santa Catalina 232 County who gave “the last full measure of devotion” in the recent wars in Iraqi Free- Coco Chai- 41 dom and Operation Enduring Freedom. Proceeds from the event will be donated to Alison Mody 46 the Central Coast Veterans Cemetery Foundation and the Veterans Transition Center. Valeria Gonzalez 43 For more information and to register online, visit www.honorourfallen10k.com . Emma Leamy- 50 Lily Sato- 52 Isabelle Ting 62 – non counter Medalist – Courtney Vogel, PGHS 37 Courtney Vogel, who shot a 36 in her match against NMC Follow on Twitter @jonwaynecharron

Ashley Aguilera tees off hole 1, with Hayley Yukihiro looking on Hayley had a few birdies on her day, leading her to a 41. Team Up for Jingle Bell Run Join us to kick off the 2015 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis! It’s time to kick off the Jingle Bell Run season! Gather your team members, friends and family (registered or not!) and join us at the Jingle Bell Run/Walk Team Kickoff. There will be great food and great fun. Kick Off Wednesday, October 14, 2015 • 6:00pm-8:00pm Il Fornaio at Pine Inn Hotel, Carmel Ocean Ave between Lincoln & Monte Verde Call or write Alexandra Fallon at [email protected] or 831-620-1699 Your Jingle Bell Run/Walk Team P.S. Forward this information to your friends and family who have not yet regis- tered – everyone is invited! Special Thanks to our Local Sponsors Presenting Sponsor • Monterey Spine & Joint The Orthopedic Center at Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula Aspire | Victory Dealership | DePuy Synthes | Treadmill Central Coast Senior Services | VNA & Hospice | Amgen Gorman Real Estate | Springer Construction | Pebble Beach Company Genentech | In Shape | Janssen | Volunteers of America | Cedar Street Times | Monterey Penninsula Volunteer Services | Novartis | Monterey County Herald Page 14 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 2, 2015 Your Achievements A Wonderful Bird Jane Roland Peeps Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts A Fancy Affair A flock of birds flew over the ocean on a day that produced a sky with soft clouds and flocks of birds. One such gathering consisted of pelicans, heading, I guessed, to a site which would offer a bounty of fish. Suddenly one detached itself and landed on the gentle waves. There he bounced poking his head under the water from time to time. He was getting his lunch. Those of us inside The Beach House on the Seventeen Mile Drive watched with awe. I have known this area for over 75 years and never have I seen a more perfect day. Nature was paying homage to the wonderful woman whose life we were celebrating at luncheon hosted by her family in her memory. She was a famous skater about whom I have written. Her husband, Phillips Wylly, was a Hollywood producer, writer, director and an accomplished author. Those who had known Shirley were skaters, actors, writers, acclaimed business people and simply those, such as John and I, who had admired and loved her. Once again it struck me how modest many famed individuals can be. One must pry to ascertain accomplishments. I sat next to Shirley’s 16-year-old grandson, Roan, who lives in Colorado with his dad, Mark, and is starting his senior year in By Judy Avila high school. He is articulate and bright, I hope to connect him with daughter, Jennie, as he is an aspiring artist. One of the guests, Nancy Green, had known Shirley in Recently I had the opportunity and pleasure to attend a major event at Carmel’s Winnipeg when they took skating lessons together. They both went on to star with Sunset Center: a special awards presentation for Pacific Wine & Spirits Company. Our famous companies but rarely together. They connected again when the Wyllys owned younger son, Duart, is their vice president for Northern California. The Secret Garden in Carmel. Nancy went in to shop and there was her old friend; When we arrived about 7:00 pm, the party was just getting started; there were the years melted away. Every year when ice covered Custom House Plaza, they cocktails and appetizers being served to all 600 guests. These company employees were would go and skate, Shirley with pink boots. Last year, Nancy told us “We skated staying at Asilomar Conference Grounds for their annual meeting and were bussed in for 15 minutes, then went and had a glass of wine.” It was a gorgeous gathering and from Asilomar to attend the awards presentation in Carmel. tribute. Everyone was elegantly dressed in evening attire. At 7:30 the theater doors were As we sat there I thought of the first time I saw that house, or remember seeing opened, all guests took their seats, and the show was on. Late night TV host Jimmy it. It stuck out like a sore thumb, a white stone edifice with no windows on the Drive Kimmel came on a large screen via satellite to congratulate the company for their ex- side, and little foliage. Mother knew the woman who lived there and we stopped cellent performance and to crack few jokes to everyone’s enjoyment. by to visit. It was originally built as an addendum to the “Bathing Pavilion,” by the After a few introductions, the awards presentation took place with the two Vice Monterey Peninsula Country Club. It was converted to a residence leased to a private Presidents, Duart Avila and Fred Fox, giving out the awards, alternating accordingly individual for more than 40 years. The lease was terminated and it reopened as a between the Northern and Southern California regions. Everything was extremely well members’ party house in 1999. The ocean side is all windows and it is steps from the organized. A photographer was on site to capture every recipient at their proud moment. beach. It is hard to concentrate on food with the panorama in front of us. I have been Many congratulations and words of praise were offered. This was in every aspect as if there many times and have appreciated the view, but this was simply stupendous in you were watching a Hollywood awards show. its glory. To top things off, and the icing on the cake for me, the last award was presented by Years ago as one would cruise along 17 Mile Drive, there was, down the road the president of the company, a handsome young man by the name of Lewis Kenrick. from The Beach House, a sand mining plant which kept Del Monte Properties afloat He started by saying the person receiving this last recipient was certainly an asset, when the Depression created havoc on the hotel business. I tried to find some infor- always willing to go the extra mile for everyone, and after much praise he called out: mation about when it closed, but haven’t as yet. I recall that, during summer break “DUART AVILA!” to receive this award. from college, my cousin, Sam Morse III (Sammy) stayed with Mother in the Valley As a mother I would not be honest if I didn’t share with you that I felt an enormous and went every morning to work at the plant. His aunt always fixed him lunch. Peb- sense of pride to see my son receiving this award. I was thrilled to be included in such ble Beach has changed in all respects since the early days. However, what hasn’t? a special evening. It’s progress after all. I have been thinking about all of the controversy about the weekly activities on the Monterey Peninsula and how expensive it has become to be a resident. I don’t recall much about economics in the ‘50s. We all had jobs, enough money to be en- Legal Serices for Seniors tertained and families who afforded us entry to events, if, indeed that was necessary. Most activities were either free or very reasonable. Receives $10k Grant When I returned in the ‘70s and married John, I was immediately propelled into Legal Services for Seniors is proud to and the Peninsula. the world of volunteer work. When I wasn’t at work earning a livelihood I was out announce receipt of a $10,000 grant from This year LSS celebrates its 30th raising funds for others. John was involved with non-profits and my new friends Hospice Giving Foundation for End-of- Anniversary of successfully helping more enlisted my services. Sue Dewar immediately insisted I Life legal services to Monterey County than 84,000 Monterey Country Seniors join the Symphony Guild, an organization I adored for seniors age 60 and older. with legal issues such as landlord-tenant many years. serving on the board and as President. In Since its inception in 1997, Hospice conflicts, Medicare insurance mix-ups, those days it was not difficult to find a weekend for an Giving Foundation has granted more than consumer fraud, financial and physical event. There was a woman whose name I have forgotten $22 million dollars to local programs elder abuse, wills, advance health care who set up a calendar of yearly activities. It was wonder- dedicated to strengthening and improving directives, guardianships and more. ful and would have been more so had people bothered to palliative, hospice and other end-of-life Appointments can be made to see use it. There were not that many charities vying for dates. services. a Legal Services for Seniors’ attorney Occasionally there might be two things going on, but Legal Services For Seniors provides or legal advocate at 831.899.0492 and rarely. We would check the calendar, call the Chamber of no-cost legal assistance to Monterey 831.442.7700. LSS Executive Director, Commerce and pick our date, knowing that we would have good participation as we County seniors 60 years of age and above Kellie D. Morgantini, has more than 17 were “the only game in town.” with an emphasis on serving those who are years of experience with senior legal There were society columns which helped with the public relations. It was an socially and/or economically needy. We issues, is available for interviews on a easier, gentler time. It has been written and quoted that the myriad of activates sup- have offices in Seaside and Salinas and variety of legal topics. port the Monterey Peninsula. Unfortunately, the income doesn’t seem to do anything outreach in South County, North County for the roads which must appall the millions of visitors. I will get off my soap box: we simply don’t leave our houses on many week- ends. It is frustrating to spend an hour attempting a (normally) 15-minute drive, and fight the rude visitors who speed, cut in and raise a finger to those who don’t move fast enough. I guess it is their right, they are paying for the privilege. Republican Women Will Hear Back to yesterday and the lovely afternoon. Back to the peaceful couple of hours and to the pelican with whom we shared a few minutes... Senatorial Candidate Duf Sundheim A wonderful bird is the pelican, The monthly luncheon meeting of Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Feder- His bill will hold more than his belican, ated will be held on Thursday, Oct. 8, at Rancho Canada Golf Club, 4860 Carmel Valley He can take in his beak Road, Carmel Valley. The speaker will be Duf Sundheim, U.S. Senatorial Candidate, Enough food for a week who will be speaking about the 2016 race to win the Senate seat from California that But I’m damned if I see how the helican! Barbara Boxer will be vacating. Social is at 11:30, lunch at 12:00 noon. Lunch cost is $22.00 for members, $25.00 for non-members. Men are always welcome to attend. Jane Roland manages the AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue gcr770@ RSVP by October 5, Sylvia at 484-1104 or Cindy at [email protected]. aol:com October 2, 2015 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 15 Back to Basics Part XXIV - Form 8283 - A Question of Capacity Noncash Charitable Contributions Kyle A. Krasa, Esq. Planning for Travis on Taxes Each Generation We take for granted the fact that we Section 811 of the California Probate Code have the basic civil right to make personal provides several factors as evidence of The donation of noncash charitable is that it is a cumulative limit through the decisions for ourselves. We can decide incapacity. These factors include: items such as clothing, furniture, toys, whole year. So theoretically if you gave where we are going to live, with whom “(1) Alertness and attention, including, but books, etc. to thrift shops run by orga- away things in the early part of the year, we are going to associate, what we are not limited to, the following: nizations such as Goodwill Industries or and then do a major clean-out at the end going to eat, who will be our health care (A) Level of arousal or consciousness. The Salvation Army are nearly ubiquitous of the year, putting you over the thresh- professionals, what kind of medication (B) Orientation to time, place, person, and with people who itemize deductions. We old, the IRS would expect you to have an we will take, and what kinds of medical situation. all have stuff we no longer use or enjoy, appraisal covering the items you already procedures or treatments we will undergo. (C) Ability to attend and concentrate. and in lieu of the effort involved with a gave away - good luck! We also take for granted the fact that (2) Information processing, including, but garage sale we find it extremely conve- Knowing this rule, you might plan we have the basic civil right to make finan- nient to drop it off or have it picked up, not limited to, the following: to split large donations between two tax cial decisions for ourselves. We can decide (A) Short- and long-term memory, includ- and hopefully get a tax benefit from it as years instead of giving the items away how we are going to make our money, how well. Note that as of a few years ago, the ing immediate recall. all at once. we are going to invest our money, how we (B) Ability to understand or communi- IRS requires that the items be in "good" The standard for donation value is are going to spend our money, whether we condition or better to get a deduction - so cate with others, either verbally or generally fair market value at the time of will make gifts to loved ones, and whether otherwise. no more deducting your junk! the gift, although there are exceptions to and to what extent we will make donations Noncash donations do not just include (C) Recognition of familiar objects and this, especially when you give away things to support our favorite charitable causes or familiar persons. household items, but could also include the that are worth more than what you paid express our political beliefs. house itself - real estate! Other examples (D) Ability to understand and appreciate for them or you are donating depreciable Estate planning is designed to ensure quantities. would be donations of stocks, bonds, assets. If you give away property, that that these wishes will be carried out by vehicles, as well as intangible items such (E) Ability to reason using abstract con- if sold, would have resulted in ordinary trusted individuals of our choosing when cepts. as copyrights or patents. Essentially any- income, such as donating inventory you we are no longer in control due to mental thing you give to a qualified charitable (F) Ability to plan, organize, and carry bought at wholesale or donating self-cre- incapacity or death. Although we know out actions in one’s own rational organization other than money would be ated works of art, or if you give away a that it is important to execute a compre- a noncash charitable donation. If your self-interest. capital asset held for a year or less that hensive and detailed estate plan, we often (G) Ability to reason logically. aggregate noncash charitable donations for would have resulted in a short-term gain, tell ourselves that we have plenty of time the year are below $500, you can deduct you have to back out the amount that to accomplish that task. Of course, if we (3) Thought processes. Deficits in these them directly on Schedule A. If they ag- would have been taxable if you had sold wait too long, it might become too late. functions may be demonstrated by the gregate more than $500, you have to use it. Essentially you are limited to deducting Not only must we make such arrangements presence of the following: Form 8283 to report them. your adjusted cost basis in the property. before death, we must also take care to (A) Severely disorganized thinking. Depending on the type and amount For instance, an artist cannot paint make sure that we get our wishes in order (B) Hallucinations. of donation, you may need a qualified a painting, donate it, and then take a before we lack the mental capacity to (C) Delusions. appraisal by a licensed appraiser, and you deduction for the price he or she would execute an estate plan. (D) Uncontrollable, repetitive, or intrusive may or may not need to attach it to the tax have listed it for in a gallery. The de- An estate planning attorney should thoughts. return. There are also many very specific duction is essentially limited to the cost be considerate of capacity issues when a (4) Ability to modulate mood and affect. details about appraisal requirements to of the canvas and oils, since anything in client makes an estate plan. The California Deficits in this ability may be demon- review should you be donating a high excess of that would have been ordinary Probate Code contains the “Due Process in strated by the presence of a pervasive value item. (My experience has been that income. Another way to think about this, Competence Determinations Act” which and persistent or recurrent state of licensed appraisers sometime do not even is that charitable deductions are typically is designed to provide a legal framework euphoria, anger, anxiety, fear, panic, know what the IRS technically requires available for donations of after-tax dollars for determining whether a person has depression, hopelessness or despair, for certain appraisals.) or things purchased with after-tax dollars. the mental capacity enter into a contract, helplessness, apathy or indifference, For household items, the threshold to The government is essentially rebating make a gift, make medical decisions, get that is inappropriate in degree to the require an appraisal is $5,000. Unless you you for tax you already paid when you married, and execute wills or trusts. individual’s circumstances.” are trendy and have expensive tastes you donate to a charity. So if you haven't ever While Section 810 of the California The California Probate Code has probably will not have this problem. But paid tax on the money, as in the case with Probate Code states that there is a rebut- additional sections detailing elements of people sometimes cleaning out an entire the artist, there is no tax to rebate, so no table presumption that all persons “have capacity in general and a specific test as house for a move or after someone passes the capacity to make decisions and to be away could run into this issue. The rub See LONG Page 16 responsible for their acts or decisions,” See KRASA Page 16 Page 16 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 2, 2015

PKRASA From Page 15 The Gentrain Society to whether a person has the power to make medical decisions. upcoming free lectures Capacity is often an important issue with respect to estate planning. While it is important that you have an opportunity to execute a legally binding plan to carry out Wednesday, October 7, 2015 your wishes, it is equally important that there is reasonable certainty that you are able to “Beating BRAC”- Monterey’s Approach to Surviving the Base Closure Process! think clearly about your wishes and understand the significant risks, benefits, reasonable Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 alternatives, and the probable consequences to you and to those affected by your plan. 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 KRASA LAW, Inc. is located at 704-D Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California, Information: www.gentrain.org ; [email protected] ; 372-0895 and Kyle may be reached at 831-920-0205. Disclaimer: This article is for general information only. Reading this article does Three former City of Monterey administrators, ex-Mayor Dan Albert, ex-Assistant not establish an attorney/client relationship. Before acting on any of the information City Manager Fred Cohn and ex-City Manager Fred Meurer discuss the multi-pronged presented in this article, you should consult with a competent attorney who is licensed strategy that successfully navigated the military’s Base Realignment And Closure to practice law in your community. (BRAC) process in 1993, 1995 and 2005 to protect the Naval Postgraduate School, the Defense Language Institute, and the other military operations in Monterey County (Fleet Numerical, Navy Lab, Defense Manpower Data Center, Ft. Hunter Liggett, Satellite Communication Center at Camp Roberts). There is currently strong pressure in the PLONG From Page 15 Department of Defense for another round of BRAC. The panelists will highlight the deduction available. success of the “Monterey model” that is now being copied at over fifty communities Sometimes you can have your cake and eat it too. If you give away property that across the country. would have resulted in a long-term capital gain, you can generally deduct the fair mar- Wednesday, October 21, 2015 ket value in full (such as a piece of jewelry that has appreciated, or appreciated stock Gentrain Society Lecture: How Your Seafood Choices May Affect Climate Change held more than a year), but you are subject to a 30 percent limit of your adjusted gross Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 income instead of the normal limitation of 50 percent. Most working-class people 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm are not giving away 30 percent of their adjusted gross incomes every year, so that is a Free; MPC Parking $2.00 non-issue for most. Information: www.gentrain.org ; [email protected] ; 372-0895 However, later in life, people will sometimes give away substantial assets. Since excess charitable contributions can only carry forward for five years, this limit becomes Dr. Arlene Haffa, Associate Professor, Division of Science and Environmental a bigger problem. The IRS allows you to make an election to choose the 50 percent Policy at CSU Monterey Bay, explores the surprising role of iron, a common element limit instead of the 30 percent limit, but if you do, you give up the ability to deduct it in soil, in mitigating climate change. Sea life stores and delivers iron, enabling photo- at its fair market value, and are instead limited to the adjusted cost basis. But this can synthesis and the ocean absorption of carbon dioxide. However, low iron concentrations still be useful given the right circumstances. For instance, recently inherited assets in one third of the global oceans cannot now support maximum photosynthesis. Dr. that are given away will often have a cost basis similar to the fair market value, so it Haffa presents estimates of how much iron has been lost to the commercial marine could be an easy decision to make the election in such a case. harvest over the past half century. The donation of vehicles was tightened up substantially a few years back after the IRS noticed a huge gap between the aggregate amount of deductions taxpayers were claiming for vehicle donations versus what charities were reporting as received. Now your deduction is limited to the amount the charity actually sells the car for, and you must report specific information from a Form 1098-C which must accompany the tax Programs at the Library return. Pretty much the only time you can use a Blue Book price is when the charity uses the vehicle internally, instead of selling it, and you get a certification of this fact. Saturday, October 3 • 2:00 pm The Form 8283 is a two page form. Part I of the first page handles most small Chautauqua stories: Stories and activities about all things Pacific Grove, for all donations. Part II handles donations when you have attached strings to the donation, ages. Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Avenue such as conditions that must be followed for the donation to be considered complete. • Page two handles larger donations which typically require an appraisal. Parts I and II Tuesday, October 611:00 am handle the details of the item(s). Part III is a signature block for the appraiser, and Part Pre-School stories, ages 2-5 IV is a signature block for the donee organization. Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove If you have questions about other schedules or forms in your tax returns, prior • articles in our Back to Basics series on personal tax returns are republished on my Wednesday, October 7 • 3:45 pm website at www.tlongcpa.com/blog . "Wacky Wednesday" after-school program presents Fall Frenzy: stories, sci- Travis H. Long, CPA, Inc. is located at 706-B Forest Avenue, PG, 93950 and focuses ence and crafts for all ages, Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Avenue. on trust, estate, individual, and business taxation. He can be reached at 831-333-1041. • Thursday, October 8 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time: rhymes, songs and stories for babies, birth - 24 months. Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue Fourth Annual Downtown Trick or Treating Event On Saturday, October 24 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. families from around the Penin- For more information call 648-5760. sula and beyond are invited to enjoy a day of trick or treating throughout downtown Pacific Grove along with live music and the annual “PGPD Halloween Safety Zone” in front of Rabobank. Please note: All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. This free event is open to all. The S.T.A.R. Foundation of Monterey County Announces Latest Grants Since its inception in 2009 the Foun- Opera Cinema for 3000 plus students dation has distributed grants amounting to a total of over $825,000.00. Benefit Performance: Legal Notices The following groups have been The Monterey Museum/La Mirada awarded grants in September 2015: hosted a benefit concert on September 11, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT 2015 - “Beside the Golden Door”- File No. 20151942 File No. 20151939 Sol Treasures, King City: $5000.00 The event brought in nearly $1500.00 The following person is doing business as BAY The following person is doing business as TRAILS for the new High School musical program to fund college scholarships for students BRAKES AUTOMOTIVE & TIRES, 598 E. Franklin END MOBILE MANOR, 800 Doln Rd., Moss Land- St., Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: DEL ing, Monterey County, CA 95039: GARY KUBISCH, Monterey Jazz Festival: $6000.00 involved in the performing arts. MONTE INVESTMENTS, INC., 598 E. Franklin St., 19633 Tarcy Way, Redding, CA 96003 and KEITH to be used for the Traveling Clinician The Paraphrase Production perfor- Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with D. BARBER, 509 Encino Dr., Aptos, CA 95003. This Program mances in August 2015 of “Little Shop of the Clerk of Monterey County on September 22, 2015. statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey Coun- PacRep: $3225. for SoDA (School of Horrors” netted $700.00 after their costs. ty on September 22, 2015. Registrant commenced to Registrant commenced to transact business under the Dramatic Arts) scholarships and tickets for fictitious business name or names listed above on transact business under the fictitious business name or 1/1/14. Signed: Erle Macdonald, President This busi- names listed above on 9/22/15. Signed: Keith Barber. community youth to attend performances. For more information go to star- ness is conducted by a corporation. This business is conducted by a joint venture. Camerata Singers: $250.00 music for foundationmc.org OR contact susanne@ Publication dates: 9/25. 10/02, 10/09, 10/16/15 Publication dates: 9/25. 10/02, 10/09, 10/16/15 Futures (youth) and up to $2500.00 for starfoundationmc.org tickets for youth to attend performances. Reg Huston, Founder and Executive FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20151780 File No. 20151738 Occhiata Foundation: In School Pre- Director , P.O. Box 2538 Salinas, CA The following person is doing business as TRAN- th The following person is doing business as PETS & sentation in preparation for Metropolitan 93902 QUILITY PRODUCTIONS, 906 ½ 19 St., Pacific PURRS BARKERY, 4017 Costado Road, Pebble Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: KEVIN M. th Beach, Monterey County, CA 93953: KRISTEN HAMABATA, 906 ½ 19 St., Pacific Grove, CA MARIE NEUBECKER, 4017 Costado Road, Pebble 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Beach, CA 93953. This statement was filed with Monterey County on September 1, 2015. Registrant the Clerk of Monterey County on August 24 2015. First Saturday added to commenced to transact business under the fictitious Registrant commenced to transact business under the business name or names listed above on 8/25/15. fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signed: Kevin M. Hamabata. This business is con- Signed: Kristen Marie Neubecker This business is Weekend Events ducted by an individual. conducted by an individual. Monterey Bay Artisans is a non-profit art gallery featuring original Publication dates: 9/18, 9/25. 10/02, 10/09/15 Publication dates: 8/28, 9/4, 9/11, 9/18/15 work by local artists and artisans. The gallery is located in the American Tin Cannery. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT On Saturday October 3, the First Saturday monthly art walk will take File No. 20151817 place from noon to 5:00 p.m in the common area between stores and business- The following person is doing business as CREATIVE VISIONS INK, 856 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey, Mon- es at the historic American Tin Cannery. This free community event features terey County, CA 93940: SEAN POLAND, 699 David Ave., Unit A, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was the original work of local artists and artisans, along with food and live music. filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on September 4, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under The goal of First Saturdays is to give our local artists more opportunities the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signed: Sean Poland.This business is conducted by an individual. to exhibit and sell in their own communities. Publication dates: 9/18, 9/25. 10/02, 10/09/15 October 2, 2015 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 17 Winter is coming What would you do if you found yourself homeless? Step 3: Protect your valuables Part One Wanda Sue Parrott Pacific Grove City Council- man Rudy Fischer recently asked, “With winter coming, are home- less persons eligible for Section 8 Homeless in Paradise housing?” I said, “Some are, but those The homeless leading Step 1: Change your address who qualify for Section 8 housing the homeless First, establish an address where can’t use their vouchers because One woman says, “I didn’t know mail can be received by renting a post most local landlords won’t take where to turn or what to do, so I tried to office box. If you become both homeless them.” wrap up and stay warm in my car.” Another and broke, try the free technique used by says. “I was in a daze. I couldn’t sleep.” A transient workers who follow the crops or If you have valuable items like jewel- man intimates he felt drunk, but was stone “travelers” migrating along California’s ry, documents, securities, photos, keys or cold sober. coastline. cash, store them in a safe place. The best They concur that being unsheltered is According to Wikipedia, Poste restan- way to protect valuables is to deposit them hard on both sexes, but “by nature, man te (French: post remaining) or “general in a safety deposit box. can roam, while woman needs a home.” delivery” is a service where the post If you cannot afford your bank’s safe Both genders drift into “families” that office holds mail until the recipient calls deposit box fee (around $100 per year), try camp together, then disband. for it. It is a common destination for mail what a 58-year-old unemployed chef from A man can roam; a woman for people visiting a particular location Seaside did. He says, “When I became needs a home who have no need, or no way, of having homeless, I used a friend’s yard, dug a A prominent activist for homeless mail delivered directly to their place of deep hole, and buried jewelry, cash and a women lost her job last year, then her residence at that time. vial of gold dust in a tightly sealed glass family home. “I slept in my car in a hotel Most, but not all, branches of the U.S. jar. Instant buried treasure!” Postal Service offer General Delivery parking lot,” she says. “Next morning Step 4: Seek help at once I went into the bathroom. In the past, I through which you can collect your mail from the counter for up to 30 days from Contact County of Monterey Depart- attended meetings and luncheons in that ment of Social Services, which adminis- hotel. Now, homeless, I felt guilty and receipt. HUD’s “Section 8” govern- If you need a street address, use that ment-subsidized housing assistance scared someone would see me washing my face and brushing my teeth in the ba- of the post office. Be sure your preferred program has changed its name but sin. I felt devastated and tried to keep my post office branch offers General Delivery. not its purpose. No applications homelessness secret, but failed.” Then, fill in your free Change of Address were being taken for waiting lists, She confided her situation, and couch form as shown (uppercase spelling is pre- ferred): but that has also changed. (See surfed with friends until a job and afford- ters seventy programs for an estimated “News Flash!!” sidebar. ) able room materialized. “I was actually MRS JANE Q SMITH GENERAL DELIVERY 100,000 Monterey County residents at Acknowledgment of the afford- homeless just one night,” she says, “but it http://www.mcdss.co.monterey.ca.us to able housing shortage led Monterey changed my life by giving me empathy.” 0000 CONSTITUTION LANE (street address optional) get your case filed with the proper agen- to recently approve 19 low-income Women can’t pee freely WASHINGTON DC 20090‑ 9999 cy. One or these phone numbers might units earmarked for the elderly and like men do If you don’t k now the 4-digit addition to help you start: disabled on Van Buren Street—the your Zip Code, use 9999; it is postal code Crisis (like need for evacuation/ first such action in 25 years—but for General Delivery. rescue) call 2-1-1. Information on 2-1-1 they won’t be ready for occupancy in California: www.cairs.org and ww- Step 2: Advise others you have moved w.211us.org/status.htm. for about three years. People could Notify your bank, creditors, doc- shiver away in that time. Emergency (accident or life threaten- tors, dentists, family and other important ing situation) call 9-1-1. Risks of homelessness contacts of your new address. Estimates vary about causes of home- Telling others you are homeless is (Next week: Social services phone list, lessness. As high as half, to as low as one optional. Giving them a way to contact food and shelter.) fifth, the population of Monterey County you is vital. is estimated at being one or two paychecks Smart phones, e-mail and other Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at amyki- away from homelessness. Poverty is only electronic means also provide ways con- [email protected] or at The Yodel one cause of homelessness. The sudden tact can be made with you regardless of Lady, 831-899-5887. loss of one’s home can happen because of Newly homeless women without cars where you happen to sleep. fire, flood or tornado, foreclosure, divorce, often live out of suitcases, then transfer to domestic violence or eviction because a tote bags, sacks, baby strollers or shopping landlord wants the apartment for a friend carts for transport and shelter. Men use or family member. bookbags, backpacks, trash bags, bikes At 80, I am comfortable, thanks to my with attachments and shopping carts. News Flash! generous son and daughter-in-law, who An 82-year-old woman says, “I nearly provide my shelter; I could not otherwise froze in my van packed with clothing and live on my Social Security of less than One day left to apply for rental vouchers papers. It was a mess. I slept in my clothes, This announcement appears on the website of Monterey County Department $900 per month. and used a can for a urinal. Women can’t If I were suddenly homeless, with no of Social Services: pee freely like men do.” Housing Authority announces reopening of waiting list for the Housing hope of getting affordable housing before Homeless people under 40 gravitate winter hits, what would I do? If it hap- Choice Voucher Program (formerly Section 8). “The Housing Authority of the toward tribal relationsips. Over 40, people County of Monterey (HACM) will be accepting pre-applications for the Housing pened to you, what would you do? are more solitary. The Boy Scout motto holds the an- Choice Voucher Program (formerly Section 8). The waiting list will be open for An unsympathetic Monterey shop- TWO WEEKS ONLY. We will be accepting on-line applications from Sept.19 swer: Be prepared. How? By learning from keeper calls the homeless “skanks” and survivors of homelessness who agree “the to Oct. 3, 2015 at www.waitlistcheck.com/CA1361 or www.hamonterey.org recommends they “forget about surviving and clicking on the wait list link.” first night is the worst.” and get lost.” Formerly homeless persons offer survival tips.

President’s Speaker Series kicks off with look at housing The regional housing challenge will economy? What are the appropriate policy affordable mixed-use developments in This year’s speaker series is made be the topic addressed by a panel of experts levers in zoning and strategic planning? California. possible by a generous contribution from on Oct. 6, when the President’s Speaker What other economic elements, such • Jennifer LeSar, an expert in real estate, Bud and Rebecca Colligan. Series returns to Cal State Monterey Bay. as alternative funding sources, must be urban revitalization and investment The discussion will start at 3:30 p.m. A thriving region requires not only present? The panelists will address these banking. She received a master’s of in the World Theater on Sixth Avenue near jobs and a trained workforce, but also an and other issues. business administration degree and a A Street. A question-and-answer session adequate and affordable supply of housing. Panelists include: master’s in urban planning from UCLA. and a public reception will follow. Driving The Monterey Bay region is in the midst • Carol Galante, professor of housing and • Owen Lawlor, principal of a land use directions and a campus map are available of a housing crisis in terms of available urban policy at UC Berkeley and a and real estate development firm in at csumb.edu/maps. stock and affordability. Only 15 percent former official at the U.S. Department Santa Cruz. He earned a master’s de- The community is invited to this free of people in Santa Cruz County and 27 of Housing and Urban Development gree in real estate development from event. Reservations are requested and percent of Monterey County residents can in the Obama Administration. Earlier Columbia University and a bachelor’s can be made by calling the World Theater afford to own a home. in her career, she served as president degree in environmental design from box office at 582-4580, or going online at How can the region ensure this essen- of BRIDGE Housing Corporation, UC Santa Cruz. https://csumb.edu/rsvp. tial component of a productive regional the largest non-profit developer of Page 18 • CEDAR STREET Times • October 2, 2015 Finding Her 13th House Writing about home—especially a childhood home—is a powerful exercise Liz Davis Guest Columnist for anyone writing a memoir or life story. In Guided Autobiography classes, students even make drawings or floor plans of their Keepers of our Culture childhood homes as a method of accessing deeply-held memories about the place that By Patricia Hamilton played such an important role in shaping the adult they were to become. In the fol- and Joyce Krieg lowing essay, Pacific Grove resident Liz Davies shares thoughts about the many houses she has lived in throughout her life In her dementia, she forgot that her Everett, Washington. Once on the plane “The oil painting in this room hung in in her search for the comforts and security parents were long gone and her daughters back to Los Angeles, I vowed to find my our living room in prominence over of home. Liz Davis is an Editor of Interior were caring for her in Monterey. Before new nest, closer to sisters and new friends, an antique table. When I hung it in Staging for Sotheby’s Realty and may be she passed two months later at Carmel somewhere near the sounds I loved with this my first staged home in Pebble reached at [email protected], Hills, she made us promise we’d take her sea air warming and re-booting my spirit. Beach, I was touched in melancholy 831/920-7868. home, by train, to her Pacific Northwest Three months later I moved to the reminder how quickly they grow up. to be buried next to her mother and father Monterey Peninsula. I placed my Realtor’s My dad gave this oil to me when my We can remember the day—the hour in Everett, Washington. license with a broker and started over daughter was born. Her parents were and moment, the scent of the storm, the Looking for That Elusive Comfort again, for it was on the Peninsula that my there on their honeymoon. An oil by wind-swept freshness of cut grass on a fall When the Coast Starlight left the little Mom said her last goodbye. Having a Hudson valley school of art ances- day and all those moments—when home is Salinas station at 11:00 p.m. bound for owned a staging service in Southern tor, the mountain is the Junfrau in missed. Home was our childhood comfort, Seattle, her final long journey home to California, I contacted a company that Switzerland. Home touches us in so that safe place with no exception. When a her parents, all her daughters settled back hosted live-in staging of empty homes many ways.” longing for home grabs at our hearts our in our shared sleeping rooms to do what for sale. Within four days I was relocated current time is paused, forcing us to ques- sisters do on a mission such as this: to from L.A. to Pebble Beach, to the first of happy nights barbequing at the craggy giggle, talk, cry, laugh, drink wine and my 12 live-in staged homes. I moved into rock pier above the deep-green tide of stay up too late talking about our little each home as a furniture artist, perfecting Noroton Bay, nights blanketed by stars and Mom. One by one, my sisters nodded off, interior emptiness with refined furnishings sounds of seals barking—it was all here. but I stayed awake with my head pressed and my style, and all the while searching Memories soothed my heart in a comfort to the window, thinking and watching the my heart for my comfortable corner of the I’d forgotten. Town dwellers lingered at train slither, snake-like, over the Siskiyou Peninsula, near to two sisters. coffee shops and talked with one another summit. I was thinking about home and From Pebble Beach, where I navigat- en route to the beach. Writers, artists and that elusive comfort I yearned to find. ed tall pines of the Del Monte Forest, to Realtors all collided at the local restaurants Where was that place, the one that would Monterey’s Flagg Hill Estates overlooking give me back home? the flight path to Monterey Regional Air- I was raised in Santa Monica, a child port, to the tree section of Monterey near of beach volleyball, the Malibu pier and endless summer. My children were raised from junior school through high school in coastal Connecticut amidst a garage crammed full of windsurfing rigs and rowing shells. Noroton Bay summers were launched on Memorial Day with kiddy parades of banging pan lids and balloon-decorated bikes. It continued unabated until the air turned cold the day after a much-celebrated Labor Day “To this day I remember the cold stur- weekend, taking my happiest times with it. diness of the flagstone steps that we This photo was 1949, canyon rim of When I returned to Pacific Palisades “With my artist hand yearning for home sat on for this Christmas photo 1949—I San Vicente in Santa Monica. A year I tried to recreate my past hometown life, my piano was placed with its backdrop remember sitting there in awe of my later a fourth daughter was born. but time had stolen my familiarity, so I at Monterey Bay, a recreation of the family around me.” moved to La Quinta where the Santa Rosa placement of our family piano in our in joyful balance of lifestyle and living. It Mountains would soothe me. Highway childhood home with its backdrop of was here, in Pacific Grove, that I would 111 led me to a great job, a new home, Santa Monica Bay. “ tion our happiest sense of place. abundant restaurants and eternal sunshine. look for my 13th house and call it home. I drove to Monterey in one of those After four years living behind walled Presidio “Taps” at five, to Carmel Valley moments to see my little 100-year-old neighborhoods with signs that read ‘Mem- where red-tailed hawks flew over dusk’s —Correction for Nancy Jacobs mother, maybe for the last time. bers Only,’ however, a lingering isolation silent simplicity, to Carmel hillside, my previous column: Husband’s photo and I left Los Angeles early with my forced me to sell my home in a 106-degree enchantment with the Peninsula grew. My Nancy’s photo with curly hair in the park coffee in the cup holder and my window May morning and return to Los Angeles 12th home however, was a cottage by the were 1980s era. Nancy was destined for cranked slightly to let in early morning air. feeling more isolated than ever. Where was golf course one block from the ocean in an art career when she met her husband I was escaping to touch her hand and feel that happy “single” home for me? Pacific Grove. Overnight, I awakened to and that changed. safe in her room again. When I walked the notion that I was no longer visitor in Making a Vow to Find a New Nest into her room after the four hour’s drive a strange land. Park Place Publications can help you north, however, she greeted me with a plea The Coast Starlight trekked effort- turn stories like these into a printed book, In P.G., Her Memories of Home as sharp as the snap of a turtle. “Take me lessly around the summit, inching past a lovely keepsake for family and friends. A Came Together home. I mean it now, take ME HOME.” redwood boughs that sparkled under book of family stories makes a unique and Garages were once again crammed “Where’s home?” I teased her as I put snowdrops and moonlight. I had suc- thoughtful holiday gift. Now is the time to with surfboards and rowing shells, and my purse down on the couch of her room. cessfully raised my children, leaving get started for books intended for delivery neighbors and sea birds and waves noised “You know,” she begged with a soft my empty house a sad reminder of old in December. For details on our services, their sea language on Ocean View Bou- pain in her eyes, “to the Northwest and the memories. This night I was safe with my and about Guided Autobiography, visit levard. Kids played by day and ocean sea at Puget Sound—you know—to my sisters—but we, too, would scatter once keepersofourculture.com. For a free con- sounds soothed the night chill. It was here home where Mother and Father are waiting back at our own lives and desks. The train sultation, call 831/649-6640. that all my memories of home collided at for me. Now take me!” she pleaded. chugged in morning light across the plains of Oregon to our mom’s resting place in once. My childhood in Santa Monica, the

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