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Fri., Dec. 7 Living Nativity Presentation Carmel Presbyterian Church 5:30 PM, Free 624-3878 • Fri., Dec. 7 First Friday Poems of Inspiration Under the Wishing Tree 6:30 PM, Artisana Gallery 307 Forest Ave. Free Honored - Page 7 Tree Lighting and Santa - 14 Studying pitch canker - Page 23 • Fri. & Sat., Dec. 7 and 8 Living Nativity and Celebrate the Creche First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove’s Pacific Grove 915 Sunset Drive @ the corner of 17 Mile Drive 7:00pm - 8:30pm • Fri., Dec. 7 Improv Comedy Appearance Mirth’O’Matics Stardust Playhouse, Monterey 8 PM, $10, 831-402-8940 • Sat. Dec. 8 Times Jingle Bell Run/Walk Dec. 7-13, 2012 Your Community NEWSpaper Vol. V, Issue 12 8:00 AM Lovers Point • Dec. 7-15 Vandalism at Rip Van Winkle “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” Ariel Theatrical 320 S. Main St., Salinas Fridays 7 PM, Saturdays 2 & 7 PM School Board Tickets $10; Sr, Student, Military $8; to ask recount Children 3-12 $6, Under 3 Free. 775-0976 • of “A” votes Fri. & Sat., Dec. 8 & 9 School Board president John Thibeau Annual Model Train Show said last week that, with 66.37% of the vote 10 AM going for the school measure and needing American Tin Cannery A citizen reported vandalism to some 66.6 percent, “We owe it to the people 125 Ocean View Blvd. 12 trees deep in Rip Van Winkle who worked so hard on Measure A to do Free everything we can to ensure the vote gets • Park. Someone has painted sym- bols and arrows with spray paint, counted right.” Sun., Dec. 9 The school district will invest $3,600 Patron Show Drawing along with the words “Believe” and PG Art Center, 2 PM “Love” on the trees and on a log. Of- in a full recount, looking for 14 more votes. $50 Members, $75 Non-Members ficials are investigating and trying to It’s cheaper than investing $40,000 in a 375-2208 determine whether the damage can special election, says PGUSD’s Rick Miller. • be covered. Anyone with information If the votes are there, the school district Sun., Dec. 9 is encouraged to call Pacific Grove will not be required to pay the $3,600 and Heaven’s Door Concert Police at 831-648-3143. the extension and increase of the current Pacific Coast Church Photo by Al Saxe. parcel tax will take effect when the current 7 PM one sunsets. Tickets at Mindshop $15, Seniors $12 372-2971 • Sun., Dec. 9 Flows to Bay! Discussion On Dec. 5, Pacific Grove Public Works was “Is Gluten Making You Sick?” dismayed to get a report of soap suds at The Works, 667 Lighthouse Ave. Lovers Point. Resembling icebergs on a 3-5 PM, Free miniature scale, the bubbles were flowing 372-2242 from the sewer outfall there. Public Works • turned on the Urban Diversion so no more Thur., Dec. 13 suds got getting into the bay. Sanctuary Advisory Council Canterbury Woods Environmental Programs Manager Sarah 8:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Hardgrave guessed it was liquid soap Open to Public poured into a sewer line. There are 12 manholes and Public Works tested each one • up the line, and finally at the last one deter- Thur., Dec 13 mined it was a 55-gallon drum of body wash Republican Women Luncheon Rancho Canada Golf Club dumped into the sewer by a group home. $22 for Members, The beach was posted. Tests continue to $25 Non-Members learn the level of toxicity, if any, but the body wash is biodegradable. She does not believe the group home will be fined. More pictures Inside on page 2.

Animal Tales & Random Thoughts...... 15 They solemnly swore Cop Log...... 3 Food...... 12 The new City Council and mayor Green Page...... 23 were sworn in Wed., Dec. 5. L-R: Bill Health & Wellness...... 6, 8 Kampe, Mayor and Councilmembers High Hats & Parasols...... 4 Casey Lucius, Dan Miller, and Robert Homeless Chronicles...... 16 Huitt and City Clerk David Concepcion. Money...... 20, 21 Robert Huitt was selected as mayor pro Opinion...... 10 tempore. Four interim priority topics Otter Views...... 10 were identified ahead of a January 19 Peeps...... 7 Puzzle...... 15 workshop: Water supply, the city’s pen- Seniors...... 17 sion obligation, business vitality, and a Sports & Leisure...... 13 review of infrastructure and services Up & Coming...... 5, 9 provided by the City. Young Writers...... 22 Page 2 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 7, 2012 Sudsy sewer line (from page 1) Dog Park Christmas Tree

Above, the suds were flowing from the sewer outfall on Wednesday, December 5, and into the rocks below at Lovers Point (below).

Photos by Al Saxe

Ryan (L) and Matt Nelson weren’t the decorators, but they’re enjoying the decorated tree deep in the dog park, along with Cubby and Scooter.

Chanticleer’s sumptuous blend of voices rings in the season with profound, peaceful and joyous music A Chanticleer Christmas December 10-23 Dec 21, 6pm & 8:30pm Carmel Mission

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Federated Luncheon Dates & tickets: www.chanticleer.org | 415.392.4400 | 800.407.1400 The monthly luncheon of the Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Federated club will be held on Thursday, December 13 at Rancho Canada Golf Club, 4860 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel Valley. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office will be accepting teddy bear donations for Child Crisis Intervention. The public is always welcomed. The cost is $22 per member, or $25 for non-members. RSVP before Monday, December 10. Adapted by Richard Hellesen Call Pat at 375-3573 or contact Diane via email at [email protected].

Pacific Grove Weekend Forecast Directed by Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Gary Bolen 7th 8th 9th 10th Adapted by Richard Hellesen

Sunny Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Mostly Sunny Music by Chance Chance Chance Chance David DeBerry of Rain of Rain of Rain of Rain 61° 0% 61° 0% 65° 0% 67° 0% WIND: WIND: WIND: WIND Orchestrations by N at NNE at ENE at NE at 43° 7 mph 43° 6 mph 44° 4 mph 43° 3 mph Gregg Coffin December 6-23 Based on the novella by Charles Dickens Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Bruce Ariss Wharf Theatre, Monterey Data reported by Jack Beigle at Canterbury Woods Sunday, Dec. 16th - Post-show talkback with Gary Bolen, Richard Hellesen Week ending 11/29/12...... 3.25 & Cast Members following the matinee performance Total for the season...... 5.994 MPC Box Office 831-646-4213 (Wed. - Fri. 3:00 - 7:00) Online www.mpctheatre.com or TicketGuys.com/mpc To date last year (2011)...... 3.35 $25 Adult, $22 Senior, $15 Young Adult & Military, $10 Child under 15 Cumulative average to this date...... 4.07 Dinner & Theatre $36 $18 Online Purchase Adults/Seniors $20 Advance by Phone Adults/Seniors Buy Tickets Wettest year...... 47.15 Now! during rain year 7/1/97-6/30/98* Driest year...... 9.87 during rain year 7/1/75-6/30/76* Bring a NEW pair of child/young adult shoes or bag of non-perishable food... and get one FREE Ticket to any Thursday performance. December 7, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 3 Marge Ann Jameson Butterfly Church burgled Cop log Suspect arrested Lost, found, and otherwise brought to the attention On Sunday evening, Dec. 2, someone broke into the offices of the First United of the police Methodist Church of Pacific Grove, also known as the Butterfly Church for its striking A wallet was reported lost along the bike trail. leaded glass windows, and stole checks and bank records. A camera was reported lost at Asilomar beach. Later, a backpack turned up at Seaside Police department which had the checks, A bible was found on Hwy. 68 by the SFB Morse Gate. Owner was identified and bank records, and other items. One of the checks had a name in the “Pay To The Order the bible was returned. Of” space which gave police a suspect. Personal belongings of a guy who was arrested were photographed and logged in. By matching a footprint found at the scene with shoes the suspect was wearing He can claim them when he gets out of the pokey. when arrested as well as a key in his possession, police fingered Christopher Tolbert California drivers license and debit card were found in the street on Moreland. The for the burglary. He was booked, and made bail. owner was contacted and said they’d pick it up Sunday or later. Guess they weren’t Church staff stopped payment on the check, but have not had to go to considerable going anywhere. expense to re-key all the locks and change bank accounts. Debit card and two student body cards were given to the reporting party. They had Despite the difficultires, the seasonal Living Nativity will be held: been found in another city. A wallet was found at Monterey Peninsula College by the pool. By calling the Friday, December 7 & Saturday, December 8 Monterey police the owner was identified and his father contacted. They came to Pacific Living Nativity and Celebrate the Creche Grove and picked it up. First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove A purse/wallet was found in a shop on Forest and turned in. A message was left 915 Sunset Drive @ the corner of 17 Mile Drive for the owner. 7:00pm - 8:30pm A green and white beaded necklace was found a couple of weeks ago in front of All are welcome! the hardware store and turned in. Bike found on Sunset and turned in. Student overdoses on prescription drug Dog at large A dog was found and turned in. Owner was contacted, dog was claimed. Owner Shared with a friend as well; both are OK was fined but the dog wasn’t. On Dec. 4 at about 12:27 p.m., Pacific Grove Police Dept. officers responded with Small dog at large Monterey Fire Dept. and AMR personnel to Pacific Grove High School regarding a A terrier sort of dog was found on Ruth Ct. The dog had a collar but the officer student who had possibly overdosed on prescription medications. The 15-year-old male couldn’t read it. Dog was put in doggie jail and Animal Control Officer notified. was observed by school staff to be acting strangely, uncoordinated and very lethargic, and had been taken to the school nurse’s office. Unaltered dog at large The officers determined the subject had possibly obtained four Adderall pills. A dog was found on Maple St., turned in and lodged in doggie jail. The owner Adderall is a prescription drug used in the treatment ADHD and narcolepsy. The pills was contacted and allowed to claim the dog after being advised of (and paying) the were possibly obtained from another juvenile in Monterey. The subject had swallowed Unaltered Dog at Large and Lodged in Doggie Jail Fee and being given two weeks to two of the pills, then crushed and inhaled half of a third pill. license the dog in Pacific Grove. He then gave another 14-year-old male student the remaining pill which was then People hollering at people swallowed. The 14-year-old also appeared lethargic. Reporting party heard her neighbor hollering about her cell phone, and said she The 15-year-old was transported by AMR to Community Hospital of the Monterey heard pounding on the wall, but by the time police arrived everyone appeared to be Peninsula where he was treated and later released. The 14-year-old was assessed by going to bed. paramedics at the school and then released to his parents. A woman entered a business on Lighthouse and asked if they hired people who The Pacific Grove Police Dept., in coordination with Monterey Police Dept, identi- use methamphetamine. She then began ranting and finally left. When police contacted fied the 17-year-old female who may have supplied the pills. She voluntarily came to her, she seemed normal but was admonished and told not to trespass. the Pacific Grove Police Department. After she had been interviewed, there remained Husband and wife were hollering and the wife was slamming doors. He called the questions as to the validity of claims she had provided the pills. She was not arrested. police and left for work so she had to deal with it. In an update on Dec. 5, police advised that the drug in question was Xanax and Subject told reporting party that he only had plastic to recycle, but it turns out he that the student had taken it from his parents’ prescription medications. had glass to recycle. They got angry and cussed at each other. The guy with the recycling threw a bottle on the ground and broke it. The other guy called the police but the guy with the recycling was gone by the time they arrived. Sheriff’s Office announces Fall down go boom A motorcycle was found lying on its side on Lighthouse. The officer stood it back open position up on the kickstand. It didn’t appear to have suffered damage in the fall. The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce the opening of the Laundry stolen Deputy Sheriff - Recruit position beginning Mon., Dec. 3, 2012; a position that has Bedding items were stolen from a hotel room on Ocean View Blvd. The door was not been open for almost three years. As this is an entry level position, no prior law unlocked. enforcement training and/or experience is required. Stolen from laundry Successful applicants will be invited to the written and physical agility testing A person reported someone stole her box of dryer sheets at a laundromat. which will be held at 8:00 AM and 1:00 PM on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the How’s he going to help if he’s drunk? Sheriff’s Office in Salinas. Applicants that pass the testing will be invited to an oral A drunken neighbor on 15th approached the reporting party on their shared front board the following week. Those applicants who are successful in the oral board will porch and wanted to “help her with her business.” She was uncomfortable about it and be given two weeks to return a Personal History Statement before participating in a wanted the incident recorded. thorough background which includes polygraph, psychological and medical exams. Recruits that are hired will be attending the P.O.S.T Academy coordinated by the South This is not a good thing, especially in the rainy season Bay Regional Training Consortium at Monterey Peninsula College in March of 2013. Two vehicles were parked next to each other and each had the windshield wiper One of the more exciting changes new Monterey County Sheriff’s Deputies will on the driver’s side damaged by an unknown vandal. experience is, upon completing the Academy; they will begin their training in Patrol. Same thing happened to a car parked on Central Ave. Unlike prior years where initial training was focused in the jail, new deputies will begin Ditto First St. their training with patrol and then progress through jail training. The goal of this new process is to provide a better-rounded training program to new Deputies, ultimately making them more experienced and versatile by the end of their training program. Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a Anyone interested in this position should apply on-line at: www.co.monterey. legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. ca.us/personnel beginning Dec. 3. Check-in for the testing on Dec.14 begins one hour It is published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. before the testing begins; photo ID is required. Applications will be available the day Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Fri. and is avail- of testing. Questions about the application or testing process can be directed to the able at various locations throughout the county as well as by e-mail subscription. Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson Sheriff’s Office Human Resources (831)755-3744. Copy Editor: Michael Sizemore Opportunities to practice the physical agility test will be offered by calling News: Marge Ann Jameson, Peter Mounteer, Al Saxe (831)755-3829. Graphics: Shelby Birch Regular Contributors: Ben Alexander • Mary Arnold • Jack Beigle • Roberta Campbell Brown • Jacquelyn Byrd • Laura Emerson • Rabia Erduman • Jon Guthrie • John C. Hantelman • Kyle Krasa • Travis Long • Amy Coale Solis • Rhonda Farrah • Dorothy Maras-Ildiz • Neil Jameson • Richard Oh • Jean Prock • Katie Shain • Dirrick Williams Advertising: Mary Ann Meagher Photography: Peter Mounteer, Al Saxe Distribution: Kellen Gibbs, Peter Mounteer, Duke Kelso • Website: Harrison Okins 831.324.4742 Voice 831.324.4745 Fax [email protected] Email subscriptions: [email protected] Calendar items to: [email protected] website: www.cedarstreetimes.com Page 4 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 7, 2012 Jon Guthrie High Hats & Parasols Grove. Dear Readers: Please bear in mind that historical articles such as “High Hats & Parasols” present our history — good and bad — in the language and terminology • Point Lobos abalone, delicious and appetizing, sold to you by your local grocer after used at the time. The writings contained in are quoted from Pacific Grove/Monterey your order is received. $1.50 by the flat. publications from 100 years in the past. Please also note that any items listed for sale • Can you solve the mystery? A wrapped “dime” may be held within one of the loaves in “High Hats” are “done deals,” and while we would all love to see those prices of bread you purchase from the Grove Bakery. On special this week, 12 loaves cost again, people also worked for a dollar a day back then. Thanks for your understanding. just $1. Author’s Notes The News … from 100 years ago. 1 The 1912 author proved a bit pessimistic about the future of the manatee. This creature still prospers at locations around the world. Packed excursion to Apple Annual 2 By Carthage and Tyre, Verlaine referred to the trade quarrels occurring between the There was a bulging turnout of Grove people gathered at the depot this morning two locations in ancient Greece. intent on traveling to Watsonville to enjoy the Annual Apple Festival. One car was filled to capacity and a second car filled after the train paused in the old capitol to take References: Pacific Grove Review, Monterey Daily Cypress, Del Monte Weekly, on another merry crowd of festival-goers. The train departed the Grove right at 8 Salinas Index, Monterey County Post, Bullions’ Grammar (1890). o’clock this morning amid much whistle blowing and bell ringing. The excursionists are expected to arrive back home in a much quieter fashion Sunday evening between 6 and 7 o’clock. The vanishing sea cow While the sea cow, or manatee, is an extremely popular curiosity, the creature is – alas – rapidly nearing extinction. One of the largest fish that has ever inhabited the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding environs, the sea cow was found in great numbers a century ago, and even a few years back the creature was still quite plentiful in certain localities. It is very gentle for a large fish, and easily captured in heavy nets which are usually stretched across the mounts of rivers emptying into the ocean. The flesh is delicious and brings a high price at market, having a strong resemblance to the finest veal. The skeleton is valued at $100 or more, and the skin – properly removed and tanned – fetches a like amount. This fish often grows from ten to twelve feet in length and weighs about 2,000 pounds. It is so gentle, it will not strike any craft fishing for it, and when hooked it shows no resistance whatsoever. It is safe to say that in the next quarter of a century, this creature will be extinct. It lives wholly in salty water, eats vegetation, and hangs out near the mouths of rivers. 1 Forest Hill United Methodist Church 551 Gibson Ave., Services 9 AM Sundays The Spell of London Rev. Richard Bowman, 831-372-7956 The greatest of modern French poets, Paul Verlaine, fell instantly under the spell of London, even though he came to it as an exile hoping to earn a wretched living as Pacific Coast Church a teacher of the French language. 522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942 “As a whole,” he wrote, “London came to me most unexpected, and a hundred times more amusing than Italy or Paris or the banks of the Rhine. The docks are Peninsula Christian Center exceptionally wonderful, a sort of Carthage and Tyre mishmash, all rolled into one.2 520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431 No matter, this incredible town, this incredible conurbation is very black, as black as First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove a crow, and noisier than a duck.” In Verlaine’s view, London has no more remarkable monuments than its docks. For 246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741 those interested in visiting London, contact Paul Verlaine and receive excellent literature. St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 tsp.h Street, 831-373-4441 Notice to creditors In the Superior Count of the State of California, in and for the County of Mon- Community Baptist Church terey, in the matter of the estate of Ada L. Mann, deceased, notice is hereby given by Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311 the undersigned administrator of the said estate that within four months after the first publication of this notice the distribution of the estate shall be made public at the law Peninsula Baptist Church offices of H. G. Jorgensen, Esq. in the Rowe Building. Leave word with Jorgensen to 1116 Funston Avenue, 831-394-5712 be kept up to date. St. Angela Merici Catholic Church Chili con carne (with meat) 146 8th Street, 831-655-4160 Dear Editor: The facts stated herein are in response to the quip published in your Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove paper which reads as follows: “If you have a bit of news, send it in / Or a joke that will amuse, send it in / A story that is true, send it in / An incident that’s new, send it 442 Central Avenue, 831-372-0363 in. Remember always, ESHOWE.” First Church of God Now it may not be known what ESHOWE stands for, but it is seen on the front 1023 David Avenue, 831-372-5005 gate at 122 17th street in the Grove. I can tell you, however, that this word is the name of a town located in South Africa. It is there that L. B. Denman and his family resided Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove for 14 years. Upon returning home, the family first set up housekeeping at 162 19th 1100 Sunset Drive, 831-375-2138 street, Grove, where there is a cottage with the suggestive but erroneous sign over the door: “Seldom Inn”. Church of Christ Mr. and Mrs. Denman fetched home with them a recipe for chili containing a 176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741 bounty in meat. At noon, a steaming bowl of this chili would be offered with beverage at a price of 25¢ per bowl. This was before the admonition was added to the Review’s Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove poetical effort: “If you want a recipe hot and fair, see Denman!” PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave., 831-333-0636 Mayflower Presbyterian Church Snippets from around the area… th Principal Pearl Huyck reminds all parents to prepare themselves and their children 141 14 Street, 831-373-4705 to be out of school during the holidays. Teachers are being asked to make up packets Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove of instruction for home study. 325 Central Avenue, 831-375-7207 The Pacific Grove Review is prepared to furnish engraved calling cards on short notice at San Francisco prices. If you have a plate, bring it in. If you are in need of Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula a plate, we will make it for you. Engraved wedding invitations are also furnished at 375 Lighthouse Avenue, 831-372-7818 city prices. First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove Buy by the sack or in one-ton lots. This is hot stuff for stoves, grates, and fur- naces. Your first sack is free as a trial order. Rocky Mountain Coal from the Pacific 915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr., Pacific Grove - (831) 372-5875 Improvement Co. Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m. And your bill amounts to … Congregation Beth Israel • I hold 95 acres given over to the growing of oranges within Lake County. Part of 5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel (831) 624-2015 this land is irrigated. Your purchase of this property will result in good and steady income. My mortgage amounts to $3,000 and my equity is $1,000. Pay me my eq- Chabad of Monterey uity and take over payments on mortgage. Contact TJ at the Review office in Pacific 2707 David Avenue, Pacific Grove (831) 643-2770 December 7, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 5 Arts and Events Up and Coming Local artist sets reception What’s Happening Local artist Terrence Zito will offer his plein air paintings for sale at a reception at Trailside Café in Monterey on Sat- the Seventh Night of Chanukah? urday, December 15, from 2-4 PM Zito is a long-time Pacific Whether you spell it Hanuk- more. Everyone is invited to bring a Non members adults $30, children Grove resident who specializes in outdoor scenes. Trailside is kah, Hannuka, or Chanukah, join dessert to share at the oneg follow- under 12, $17. located at 550 Wave Street above Cannery Row. Call 373-3326 us Friday evening, Dec. 14, at 6:00 ing services. Advance reservations Please bring a homemade Cha- for more information. PM for a holiday dinner prior to are required for everyone so we nukah menorah and win a special our Sabbath and Chanukah service. can set up the room. Call CBI at prize. The rabbi will also hold his Candlelight Christmas Eve Worship We’ll sing Chanukah songs and 624-2015 no later than December annual dreidle-spinning contest. A service of Candles, Carols and Scripture, enjoy a delicious meal. For CBI 10 and let us know if you want to Everyone will win chocolate gelt. created for the entire church family featuring music members the catered dinner, which join us for this catered Chanukah Services will follow at 7:30 PM with organ, harp, handbells & choir will include latkes, costs only $20 dinner buffet/ If you wish to pay Congregation Beth Israel is for adults and $12 for children at the door, cost for CBI member located at 5716 Carmel Valley under 12. Non-members pay $5 adults $25, children under 12, $17. Road, Carmel. For unto us Join us for this lovely service celebrating the birth a child is born of Christ and capture the spirit of God’s Love for you this Christmas. and his name Everyone will receive a candle to light and we will You’re in good hands shall be called; sing your favorite carols as well as Silent Night On November 30 at 9:30 a.m., Palm turnout was left open. The and a special time for the children. Chief Officer for the duration of the Wonderful, the Monterey Fire Department held predicted wind event at no cost to Sea Palm turnout is fairly sheltered a conference call regarding current Pacific Grove. from wave action and is at a higher Counselor, severe weather conditions. Chief Public Works closed all park- elevation than all the others. the Mighty God, Miller and Emergency Services Police ran close patrol on the ing turn outs to the beachfront that the Everlasting Father, Coordinator Dave Potter, updated have chains and area closed signs. rocks for individuals putting them- the Prince of Peace. You are invited to join us and experience the love of Christ. city officials from Monterey, Pacific Based on experience, only the Sea selves at risk. Every Sunday at 10:00am. Grove, Carmel-by-the-Sea and oth- er partner agencies with National Weather Service Monterey County Office of Emergency Services storm prediction intelligence. The update also included Emergency Operation Center contingency plans and review of emergency response deployment. Due to sustained wind Bay Area Guest Artists predictions and significant ground saturation as well as concern with 2 Shows: potential downed trees and power SAT DEC 22 lines, the Monterey Fire Depart- 7:00 PM ment augmented the Pacific Grove Fire Station with a second staffed SUN DEC 23 Engine Company and an extra 2:00 PM Performed at Santa Catalina "The Christmas Ballet" Smuin Ballet School December 7-8, 2012 Performing Arts Tickets 8:00 pm Friday Center Adults - $18 December 14–15 2:00 pm Saturday Senior/Military/Student - $15 Children 12 & under - $12 Special kids rate : 2 for $12.00

Sunset Center Available At: San Carlos Street Bookmark - 307 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove (between 8th and 10th) Thinker Toys - 480 Del Monte Shopping Center, Monterey Carmel (cash or checks at these venues only) Tickets also available online at www.balletfantasque.org

(831) 620-2048 or General Info: 372-0388 www.smuinballet.org A Non-Profit Co. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the Arts Council for Monterey County through funding from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, Tickets ($43-$65) Yellow Brick Road and the Microsoft Match Giving Program.

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The Holiday Season is Rabia has a B.A. in Psychology, and here. Thanksgiving just past, Christmas Rabia Erduman uses the Clarity Process, Alchemical Hyp- is right around the corner. As children we notherapy, Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy, get very deeply conditioned about what Polarity Therapy, and Trauma Release Thanksgiving and Christmas mean, all Self discovery to assist clients in their process of self- the expectations, shoulds, should nots. discovery. She teaches Chakra Balancing, As much as you may be looking forward Intuitive Touch, and Spiritual Awakening to the Christmas gifts, it can also be a workshops. Rabia has been in private prac- traumatic experience. Do you remember my life. I come first.” made. tice since 1983 and teaching since 1984. hoping, praying for your favorite gift, so An inspiring lecturer, Rabia has given 3. As a child your survival depended on 7. Your Self-Love Chamber is in the excited for weeks... then you open the gifts talks on chakras, hypnotherapy, past life your caregivers, you didn’t have much middle of your chest. Put both of your at Christmas - and you got something else? regression, and living life in ecstasy, choice. Now as an adult you have hands there and send yourself uncondi- How sad and disappointing it was! among other topics. She has also been in- choices you didn’t have back then. Feel tional Love. Feel it spreading through Very often when the Holiday Season terviewed on Radio and Television Shows. in your gut the fact that you can choose your body. is approaching we feel stress, without Rabia is the author of Veils of Separa- to take care of yourself now and ask for 8. Say to yourself: “I love myself exactly always consciously knowing why. One of tion - Finding the Face of Oneness, and what you want. “I deserve to ask for as I am.” the main reasons is lack of self-care and has four Guided Imagery CDs: Relaxation, what I want.” self-love. We tend to be very outwardly 9. Imagine your ideal Christmas. Write it Meditation, Chakra Meditation, and Inner focused, thinking about what is expected 4. Take a few deep breaths, all the way down, then read it outloud. Guides. of us, how to do the “right” Thanksgiving down into your belly. 10. Write down 2-3 self-care actions you To those wishing to understand her dinner, find the “right” Christmas gifts 5. Ask yourself what you want in this can do every day until Christmas. work, she says, “I have found working for our family and friends, neglecting our Holiday Season. How would an ideal with the combination of mind, body, and own wants and needs. If you didn’t get the Christmas look like and feel like? Biography energy to be highly effective in reaching Christmas gifts you had really wanted as 6. Making mistakes is part of being hu- Rabia Erduman was born in Istanbul, optimum balance. My life and work are a child and teenager, that sets up another man. We can learn from our mistakes, Turkey and later spent ten years in Ger- about being in the moment, free of fear layer of tension and stress today, because apologize, and forgive ourselves. Real- many before arriving in the United States and the feeling of separation. Deep joy is a childhood experiences create an assump- ize that who you are is always lovable in 1983. She has traveled extensively in natural expression of this process.” tion in the subconscious that the same no matter what mistakes you have Europe, India, and Bali and is fluent in experiences will happen today. Here are some of the ways to take care of yourself, so that you can experi- ence more relaxation and joy during this Self-discovery workshops offered Holiday season than you had before. Rabia Erduman, a Pacific Grove teacher and certified hypnotherapist, will facilitate To place 1. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths two self-discovery workshops each month. into your belly. Ground yourself first. In Salinas on the first Saturday each month she will offer “Say Yes! To Life and legal notices Get a sense of your feet on the ground, Love,” including breathing exercises, movement, meditations, partner and small group call connected to the earth. Feel your tail exercises, all designed to help participants learn to use Tantra as a way to live a joyful 831-324-4742. bone, and imagine that from the tip of and love-filled life. The workshop will cost between $15 and $30, on a sliding scale. your tailbone a strong grounding cord Time for the meetings is 7-8:30 PM Contact Rick King for directions to the workshop, is coming out, like a tree. Your ground- at 444-2997 or 443-8183. Call Rabia with questions at 277-9029. We do the ing cord is moving deep into the earth, Rabia and Tom Burns will facilitate a workshop titled “Remembering Who You proof of publication. all the way into the very center of the Are” on the second Monday of each month at the Clubhouse at 456 Dela Vina in Mon- We accept earth, and is anchoring itself there. Feel terey from 7-8:30 PM The cost is $10-$25 on a sliding scale. Participants will explore yourself deeply connected to Mother their thoughts, beliefs, ideas, emotions and concepts, using acceptance of them as a credit cards. Earth, grounded in this moment in a path of discovery. Call Rabia at 277-9029 or Tom at 601-6925 for more information peaceful and relaxed way. or reservations. 2. Realize that this is your life, you come first. Say to yourself out loud: “This is

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Rabia Erduman, CHT, CMP, RPP, CST Author of Veils of Separation 831-277-9029 www.wuweiwu.com Transpersonal Hypnotherapy • Reiki Craniosacral Therapy • Polarity Therapy Nervous System Healing • Trauma Release CDs: Chakra Meditation, Relaxation, Meditation, Inner Guides December 7, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 7 Your Achievements Peeps Benjamin Todd Jealous Announced as Winner of the Medal of Valor awarded 2012 Puffin/Nation Prize for to Monterey firefighter Creative Citizenship Prize Recognizes NAACP’s Leadership in Civil and Human Rights Movement; York School alumnus Ben- jamin Todd Jealous, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) received the annual $100,000 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. This prestigious award was presented to Jealous on Monday, December 3, 2012 at The Nation Institute’s (L-R) Div. Chief Felix Colello, Div. Chief Stewart Roth, Annual Dinner Gala in New York honoree Firefighter Neal Hurd, Monterey Fire Chief City. Andrew Miller and Monterey Mayor Chuck Dela Salla. The Puffin Foundation and The Nation Institute co-sponsor this annual award, given to an On December 4, Monterey July 18, 2012, Firefighter Hurd, individual who has challenged Mayor Chuck Dela Salla and Fire without hesitation, put his own life the status quo through distinc- Chief Andrew Miller presented the at risk to prevent a fellow firefighter tive, courageous, imaginative, Monterey Fire Department’s high- from succumbing to serious burn and socially responsible work est meritorious conduct award, the injuries by expeditiously pulling of significance. Recipients are Medal of Valor, to Firefighter Neal him from a ventilation hole that drawn from a broad range of oc- Hurd in recognition of his bravery was engulfed with active fire during cupations and pursuits, including and courage, above and beyond dynamic structural firefighting roof academia, journalism, public the call of duty, by risking his life ventilation operations. “His he- health, literature, art, the environ- to save a fellow firefighter under roic, selfless actions most certainly mental sciences, labor, and the Benjamin Todd Jealous conditions that put him at extreme prevented a fellow firefighter from humanities. The prize is intended to personal risk. receiving serious life threatening encourage the recipients to continue with helping save the life of a white According to the citation, on injuries,” said a fire department their work, and to inspire others to chal- inmate who was being threatened for spokesperson. lenge the prevailing orthodoxies they helping convict corrupt prison guards, face in their careers. free a Black small farmer who was be- Jealous is receiving the award for ing framed for arson, and spur official his unwavering dedication to civil and investigations into law enforcement Central Coast Senior Services CEO human rights. As the youngest person corruption. to lead the NAACP, Jealous has invigo- As president of the NAACP, Jeal- receives caregiver award rated civil rights by building new alli- ous has opened national programs on John O’Brien, CEO and owner of Coalition of Monterey County, RotaCare ances across progressive communities. education, health, and environmental Central Coast Senior Services, is the 2012 Clinic of the Monterey Peninsula, Mon- Under his leadership, the NAACP has justice. He has also greatly increased the recipient of the Invisible Disabilities As- terey Bay Geriatric Resource Center, and taken on an array of the most pressing organization’s capacity to work on issues sociation Caregiver Honors Award. John the Senior Living Associates Group. issues of our time: inequity in oppor- related to the economy and register and was chosen based upon his passion and Currently John is vice-chair of the tunity and education, climate change, mobilize voters. commitment to personally care for his Board of Trustees for Natividad Medi- supporting marriage equality, fighting to Jealous is the thirteenth winner of the wife and her journey with illness. This cal Center; treasurer for Monterey Bay save the life of Troy Davis, and end- award. passion for people living with illness and Geriatric Resource Center; a member of ing the death penalty. The NAACP has Previous winners are playwright pain also moved John to co-found Central the Alzheimer’s Association; chair, of the worked tirelessly to expand and protect Tony Kushner; Planned Parenthood Coast Senior Services, a home care agency RotaCare Free Clinic of the Monterey the franchise, registering thousands upon President Cecile Richards; environmen- which provides professional and compas- Peninsula; an executive board member of thousands of voters while fighting voter tal activists and authors Van Jones and sionate care-giving. Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Penin- suppression efforts at every turn. Bill McKibben; former Texas State ag- John brings more than 20 years of sula; a member of the Monterey Regional Perry Rosenstein, President of The riculture commissioner Jim Hightower; professional experience in the health care Health Development Group; treasurer of Puffin Foundation Ltd., the co-sponsor human rights lawyer Michael Ratner; industry to his role. He is responsible the Senior Living Associates Group and of the Creative Citizenship award, said Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman; for the design, promotion, and delivery chair of the Community Health Plan. “Benjamin Todd Jealous, President educator and author Jonathan Kozol; of quality CCSS programs, products, Committed to his community, John of the NAACP, is bringing creativity journalist and author Barbara Ehren- and services. Overseeing more than 100 is a board member and Past President of and estimable energy to this oldest and reich; professor and anti-death penalty employees, John ensures that the human the Pacific Grove Rotary Club, and has largest civil rights organization. From advocate David Protess; labor activist resources, administration, client services, received such honors as the Pacific Grove the ballot box to the classroom, death Dolores Huerta; and civil rights pioneer and education divisions of the company Chamber Entrepreneur of the Year, 2001; row to the Supreme Court, Jealous is a Robert Parris Moses. operate cohesively and in accordance with Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce front-line fighter of justice and equality, A Pacific Grove native, Jealous at- current laws and regulations. Citizen of the Year, 2004; Alzheimer’s As- and a visionary who sees the intercon- tended York School from 1986 to 1990. A graduate of the University of sociation Philanthropist of the Year, 2004; nected nature of all kinds of human In September 2008, he kicked off York’s California with a degree in Psychology and the Volunteer Center’s Community rights struggles. Benjamin Todd Jealous “Think Forward Forum” series, address- and Psycho-biology, John has a wealth of Service Award, “Outstanding Adult Vol- has not simply answered the call to lead, ing and inspiring students, parents, and experience in home care. Prior to establish- unteer,” 2004. He received a Certificate he is inspiring us. We are proud to honor the Monterey community. He is the only ing CCSS in 1996, he worked in leadership of Appreciation from the Area Agency on him with the Puffin/Nation Prize for student from Monterey County to have roles at Alliance on Aging. Aging in 2004, was recognized on Na- Creative Citizenship.” become a Rhodes Scholar, attributing He has provided leadership for numer- tional Philanthropy Day for “Outstanding Over past two decades, Jealous has his success in part to his York experi- ous organizations, including: Area Agency Contributions” in 2005, and was awarded helped organize successful campaigns ence: “I would not have gone to the on Aging Advisory Council for Monterey a Certificate of Appreciation from the to abolish the death penalty for minors, Ivy League, I would not have become a County, Alzheimer’s Association Mon- Salinas Senior Center in 2006. stop Mississippi’s governor from turn- Rhodes Scholar, I would not be leading terey County Region, Central Coast Area The Invisible Disabilities Association ing a historically Black university into the largest civil rights organization in Health Education Center, City of Pacific is a national Non-Profit, that encourages, a prison, and pass federal legislation this country, let alone in the entire world, Grove Housing Committee, Community educates and connects people and orga- against prison rape. Before joining the if I hadn’t gone to York. It’s where I got Health Plan, Meals on Wheels of the nizations touched by illness, pain and NAACP, his investigative journalism the confidence and the skills I use to this Monterey Peninsula, Monterey Regional disability. at the Jackson Advocate was credited very day.” Health Development Group, Inc., Respite Page 8 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 7, 2012 The Healthy Woman During the Holidays to support bone health. Animal protein, saturated oils promotes healthy reproduc- Jacquelyn Van Deusen-Byrd, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M., Conversely, a protein and sodium- tion. Nutritional supplements, including rich diet may increase calcium loss, selenium, vitamin C and E, and zinc may increasing the risk of osteoporosis. For also be beneficial. Modern Health those who are lactose intolerant, or with This holiday season, nourish your an inadequate calcium intake, calcium mind, body, and spirit for a joyful and on the Monterey Peninsula supplements (combined with vitamin D3, healthy season . magnesium, and trace minerals) may be Jacquelyn Byrd is an acupuncturist helpful. and herbalist at Pacific Grove Acupuncture Today’s woman evokes images of woman, and specific needs around repro- and Five Branches TCM Clinic in Santa mother and daughter, student and profes- Reproductive health, successful fertil- duction, menopause, and immunity. If ity, and healthy babies are important in any Cruz. She also teaches Chinese Herbology sional, artist and athlete, nurturer and chronic indigestion, bloating, and fatigue at Five Branches University, San Jose. companion. Blending traditional femi- society, particularly as the trend towards are presence, there may be an excess of delayed childbearing continues. Nutri- You can reach her at (831) 393-4876, or nine and contemporary roles, the modern dampness and yin in the body. If there is visit our website at www.pacificgrovea- woman rises to meet and exceed today’s tion becomes vital for women postponing irritability with cold hands and feel, the childbirth. Statistical evidence suggests cupuncture.com expectations. At just over 50 percent of the Liver Qi may be stagnant and affect both Take advantage of our new patient population in the United States, American that alcohol and caffeine decrease fertil- digestion and mood. ity in both women and men, while a diet coupon (see page 20, this issue) in the women are a vital force in our society. 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During the holiday season, Our definition of health may vary, so the spices of cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, let’s consider a definition from the WHO. and ginger can promote warmth and en- Plaza Linda offers varied live According to the World Health Organiza- ergy throughout the body and dispel cold, tion (WHO), health is a state of complete painful arthritis. physical, reproductive, mental, and social According to the National Institute entertaiment in Carmel Valley well-being, not just the absence of disease for Health (NIH), calcium is needed for The lineup for live entertainment this month at Plaza Linda Restaurant & Cantina or infirmity. The WHO seems reasonable. our heart, muscles, and nerves to function in Carmel Valley includes The Driftless, James Woolwine, Simon Lynge, Scarlett Road Nutritional needs and preferences properly. Adequate calcium and mineral and Kenny Stahl. Weekend shows are 7-9 p.m.; a donation of $10 is suggested. for women may vary slightly, but bone intake, particularly before age 30 while On Friday, December 7, the Driftless will play bluegrass. James Woolwine will health and cardiovascular wellness are bone production is high, promotes bone appear on Saturday, December 8. Scarlett Road will perform “obscure bluegrass” on particularly important. Certainly, we strength. Weight-bearing exercise and a Friday, December 14, and Kenny Stahl will bring a special Christmas performance on know a balance of protein, dairy, fruits calcium-rich diet help retain bone strength Saturday, December 15. and vegetables, along with complex car- and slow down age-related bone loss, par- Plaza Linda is located at 27 E. Carmel Valley Road in the Carmel Valley Village. bohydrates aid normal development and ticularly important for post-menopausal Call 659-4229 for questions. growth. However, the quality of what we women who are prone to osteoporosis. Symon Lynge will perform a Carmel Valley house concert at 7 PM on Tuesday, eat and drink is important, particularly Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder char- December 11. Call Kiki at 235-7662 for reservations. given today’s consumption of processed, acterized by a reduction in bone mass packaged, and fast foods. and micro-architectural damage, which An excessive intake of foods contain- increases bone fragility and the risk for ing additives, salt, sugar, corn syrup, and fracture. Peace of Mind Dog Rescue to hold adoption event hydrogenated oil may have a cumulative We can leverage Western nutrition, at Whole Foods in Capitola and detrimental effect on our health, par- and follow a calcium-rich diet including Peace of Mind Dog Rescue will hold an adoption event Sat., Dec. 15 from 11 ticularly cardiovascular (according to the cheese, yogurt, milk, sardines, dark leafy a.m.-1 p.m. at the Whole Foods Market in Capitola. 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© 2009 Hunter Douglas. ® Registered trademark of Hunter Douglas. 30799 December 7, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 9 Arts and Events Up and Coming Oral histories to be screened Art Center Patrons’ Show at National Steinbeck Center drawing Dec. 9 The public is invited to a screening of oral histories that represent a collaboration The Pacific Grove Art Center’s Annual Fundraising Exhibition, the Patrons’ Show, between CSU Monterey Bay and the National Steinbeck Center. These interviews are will be held Sunday, December 9 at 2 p.m. at the Center at 568 Lighthouse Ave. The intended to document and preserve diverse community members’ memories of agri- show will feature donations of fine art that will be awarded to ticket holders. The number cultural Salinas, Old Town and Chinatown. of tickets sold will be equal to the number of pieces donated to ensure that each ticket At 12:30 PM on December 13, video interviews conducted by CSUMB students holder will win a piece of original art. will be screened at the Steinbeck Center. They are part of two projects: Salinas Old Ticket sales are in progress and continue during the Center’s office hours until the Town between the Two Wars, and Latinos in Salinas and Multicultural Chinatown. day of the drawing. Tickets are $50 for members and $75 for non-members. Included The Old Town project involves interviews with Salinas old-timers on their memo- will be oils, watercolors, photography, fabric art and more. Ticket holders must be ries of the city in the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s. These interviews will be featured at the present to win. 2013 Steinbeck Festival in early May. The theme of the festival is “home,” and it will See www.pgartcenter.org for more information or call 375.2208 feature programs that capture the history and heritage of Salinas. The second project involves Latinos in Chinatown and is a continuation of the Chinatown project that has been featured at the Steinbeck Center each spring for the last three years. (Those three exhibits featured the Chinese, Japanese and Filipino com- Sounds of the Season! munities in Chinatown.) It focuses on families who settled in Salinas before World War II or who came with the Bracero program in the 1940s and ’50s. Monterey Peninsula Voices’ Concert The event is free, but reservations are requested and can be made by contacting Monterey Peninsula Voices, formerly Season” is filled with so many different Elizabeth Welden-Smith at [email protected] or 775-4728. The center is located the Monterey Peninsula Choral Society, feelings and moods. The focus of this at One Main St., Salinas. presents their annual winter concert, concert honors holiday traditions as well as Sounds of the Season!, featuring a pro- entering into some new music that will set gram of humorous holiday songs; stirring, the mood for an amazing holiday season. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” a musical moving pieces; and finishing with a grand We hope to unite our community in song and exciting song. The concert is set for and spirit and usher in the music and feel- Dec. 18 at 8:00 p.m. at the Sunset Center, ings we all cherish this time of the year.” coming to First Presbyterian Church San Carlos at 9th Avenue, Carmel. Tickets The program includes humor: “She A musical will be performed at First Presbyterian Church of Monterey on are $25 for adults and $15 for children 16 Goes Shopping for Gucci” and “The 12 Fri., Dec. 7 and Sat., Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. A final matinee performance will be and under. They may be purchased online Days After Christmas” as well as stirring on Sun., Dec. 9 at 2:00 p.m. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted through Sunset Center Box Office or by and thought provoking music: “All My and child care is provided. Reservations are recommended. Call 831.373.3031. calling 831 601-8577. www.sunsetcenter. Heart, On This Night Rejoices!” by Z. “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”, a musical about family and hope in the org. For more information call 831 659- Randall Stroop. The stunning and excit- “Golden Days of Radio,” takes place during 10 days in December, 1941. It 0436. ing: “Gloria” by John Rutter with brass is a heart-warming story of a family and their love of radio. They experience Sean Boulware, conductor, describes and percussion. There is something for the joys and trials of a family trying to make sense of the Christmas season the concert: “The music from our up- everyone to love. These are the “Sounds when worldwide war appears to be “just around the corner.” All ages will coming holiday concert, “Sounds of the of the Season!” enjoy the jazzy sounds of the big band era, punctuated with music based on familiar Christmas carols. Holiday songs and stories to be presented in Carmel Zmak Creative Holiday Open The public is invited to celebrate this holiday season in song and story on Sun., Dec. 16, at 2 p.m., at Carmel’s Indoor Forest Theatre, located at the corner of Santa Rita and Studio helps animals of AFRP Mountain View. This lively and uplifting show features Christmas songs and carols sung Zmak Creative Studio will hold a special one-day sale to benefit Animal Friends by Mary Lee Sunseri. Joining her will be classical harpist Lynda Jardine playing tradi- Rescue Project in Pacific Grove on Sunday, December 9 from 11 a.m. until 4 PM The tional songs. Renowned bard Taelen Thomas will perform Dylan Thomas’s masterpiece, sale will offer fine art photography by Steve Zmak and handcrafted jewelry by Tina “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” along with stirring tellings of the true stories behind other Zmak. Also featured will be limited and numbered edition photographs, lithograph Holiday classics. This event is co-produced by Pacific Repertory Theatre. Admission is $10. prints, note cards, “A Year in the Vineyard” books, a preview of the Alaska exhibit and more. Earrings, necklaces and wine charms created with gemstones, cultured freshwa- ter pearls and crystals will also be available. Most items, including lithographs, note Is gluten making you sick? cards, earrings and wine charms, are priced at $15 or less. Ten percent of all proceeds from the event will be donated to AFRP. Zmak Creative is located at 3200 Crescent On Sunday, December 9 from 3-5 p.m., The Works hosts local experts on the topic Avenue, Marina. Admission is free. See www.stevezmak.com (photography) or www. of wheat and gluten: Are they contributing to your headaches, weight gain, bloating, zmakcreative.com/elementz (jewelry) or call 883-4459. osteoporosis, and fatigue? Wild Coast Foods will present samples of gourmet gluten- free foods. Professor Francesca Ferrari, licensed acupuncturist, will share information on hidden health issues associated with gluten intolerance. The Works is located at 667 Writers’ open mic set for Dec. 20 Lighthouse Ave. Admission to the event is free. Call 372-2242 for more information. The Holiday Writers’ Open Mic event will be held Thursday, December 20 at the East Village Coffee Lounge at 498 Washington St. in Monterey at 5:30-7:30 p..m. Writers’ Open Mic is a monthly event open to the public every third Thursday. Anyone can come early and sign up for a five to seven minute reading from any genre: prose, screenplay, poetry or essay. The open mic session follows 15-20 minutes from Monterey Library to host integrative a featured published reader. December’s featured reader, Barbara Chamberlain, will be reading from her latest medicine talk Dec. 10 mystery novel, “Slash and Turn,” the second book in the Jaden Steele Carmel Mystery Dr. Bill Benda will speak on “Integrative Medicine 2012 − Where Have Series. Barbara, who previously worked at Harrison Memorial Library in Carmel, con- We Come over the Last 10 Years?” at the Monterey Public Library, on Mon- ceived the idea for the Jaden Steele Mysteries while taking walks through the village. day, December 10, 6 - 7:30 p.m., in the Library Community Room. In a nutshell, the residents of Dolores Court in Carmel-By-The-Sea are thrilled to be Health care has changed dramatically over the past decade, and so has the invited to the opening night performance of the “Nutcracker” by the Russian Kurloff alternative/holistic/integrative arena. Therapies, research, education, and busi- Ballet Company. The premiere night turns to terror when the director of the company ness are now mainstream, along with the political pressures being mainstream is murdered backstage. A killer is stalking company members and Jaden Steele fears brings. Learn how to navigate the maze of marketing and hype of alternative/ that the murderer used a knife stolen from her cutlery store, A Slice of Carmel. She integrative medicine and choose the path appropriate for your individual must find the murderer in the shadows. needs. Barbara has published many short stories. Recently, her story “Mall Santa” was This lecture is part of “The Next Chapter: Designing Your Ideal Life” included in the Harlequin collection, “A Miracle Under the Christmas Tree.” She lecture series which covers health and well-being, planning for the future, fol- is a professional storyteller and president of the Northern California division of the lowing one’s spirit and other interesting topics for the second half of life. This National League of American Pen Women. “A Slice of Carmel” has been reviewed in program series is sponsored by the Friends of the Monterey Public Library The National Pen women Magazine. In 2009 Barbara’s story for youth, “A Bowl of and the Monterey Public Library Endowment Committee. Rice,” won first place in a Writer’s Digest Competition. Her juvenile historicals, “The Adults are invited to attend and admission is free. Seating reservations Prisoner’s Sword” and “Ride the West Wind,” based on Quakers coming to America, are required. Call 646-5632 or email [email protected]. The were named recommended reading by the National Council of Teachers of English. Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. Interested listeners are always welcome. For questions, contact phanson@csumb. edu, or call �601-9195. Page 10 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 7, 2012

Your Opinion Advent Underwood Letters Tom Stevens Otter Views Kudos on streetlights and on forest restoration project Editor: “Seeing Pacific Grove in a new light” (Vol. V, No. 11; November 30, 2012) about the installation of more efficient street lighting in Pacific Grove highlights one more step the city is taking in the direction of greater sustainability. We applaud the city for going that route. Another point of interest relates to the resulting savings the city will realize with the new lighting. This should please all taxpayers in Pacific Grove, who like to see their tax dollars pay for essential services rather than for wasted energy. It shows also that “green practices” and economic benefits go hand in hand. In this light (no pun intended!), we hope more energy efficient lights will be installed on a larger scale throughout the city. It is worth mentioning that the adoption of more energy efficient light- ing exemplifies the implementation of Action 5 of the US Mayors Climate Among the 24 images on the Trader Joe’s advent calendar this year is a classic Protection Agreement endorsed by the city. Energy savings means lower Underwood typewriter, the icon for Dec. 15. It stands out from its colorful yuletide CO2 emissions, which is at the heart of the goals set by the Agreement. neighbors because it is coal black, the only color in which the sober, sensible Under- wood No. 5 came. I recognize the model because I worked for several poorly capitalized little To Al Saxe: newspapers back in the pre-computer era. Their equipment plan – and a sober, sen- I was delighted to read the article in the Cedar Street Times about your sible one it was – dictated that if something worked well, keep on using it. forest restoration project in Pacific Grove. What a worthwhile cause to involve And so we did – for years. Each time I was hired by a paper and shown my new our local youth with. I am glad to see that additional funds have been made work station, an Underwood sat on the desk. From the surrounding debris pattern available in support of your work. of cigarette burns, coffee spills, ink stains and eraser dust, it was clear the machine You and your students will like to know that your restoration project helps hadn’t moved in years. Anyone who has tried to lift one will understand why. The the city meet one of the Actions (#11) proposed by the US Mayors Climate Underwood No. 5 is the grand sumotori of typewriters. Protection Agreement adopted by the city in October 2006. We all know the While I didn’t actually use one until my mid-20s, I had seen Underwoods on importance of trees for the absorption of CO2 and how they contribute to the silver screen for years. They populated every vintage newspaper movie from the mitigating the carbon emissions. 1920s onward and provided the clattery soundtrack for cheerful Hollywood news- Sustainable Pacific Grove (SPG) is the local group dedicated to helping rooms. But when I finally confronted an Underwood, it made several impressions. our community transition to more sustainable practices and who promotes As I drew up my cub reporter’s creaky swivel chair, the tall black machine projects that build community and make us more resilient as we are confronted seemed to loom over me. I was 23, perhaps half the typewriter’s age. With its lofty with the environmental and economic impact resulting from climate change frame and cantilevered Victorian architecture, the Underwood seemed as darkly and the depletion of our non-renewable natural resources. Please check us out mysterious as some Dickensian widow’s mansion. From where I sat, I could imagine at www.sustainablepg.org . a ghostly Miss Havisham peering palely from some hidden recess. Thank you for your dedication and your great work improving Pacific But once I started typing, I realized the No. 5 was a mechanism for the rapid and Grove’s tree canopy, for the benefit of us all. efficient transfer of information onto paper. Its four tiers of keys and “single shift” Denyse Frischmuth levers put all 84 characters within easy reach of the typist’s nimble fingers. As each SPG co-chair key was struck, a slender steel arm would snap out onto an inked ribbon that traveled between two spools, stamping a sharp, clean character onto the paper beneath the ribbon. The springy keys would snap back just as swiftly, readying the paper for the next strike. A well-oiled, well-maintained No. 5 was so tensile and responsive it made typ- ing fun. At one point, I get up to 75 words a minute, but I was humbled by the sports editor. He could do 140 a minute. When he hit his stride, the individual keystrokes blended, and his Underwood sounded like a sewing machine. Even at lower velocities, the Underwood seemed a marvelous throwback to the Age of Steam. It was a sort of literary locomotive, its carriage rolling on metal First Night buttons now on sale tracks, the keys clicking and clattering, the carriage return banging, the bell chiming, First Night Monterey admission but- the Hamptons, an alternative Indie pop the shift lever thumping, and a slender black train of sentences lengthening across tons are now on sale. Buying a button group, who will fire us into the New Year. the page. supports the celebration and directly sup- Carleton Hall’s sanctuary will be I don’t mean to give the impression the Underwood produced faultless copy. ports performers fees. A button provides filled with classical and jazz performances It was only a machine, after all, in a time before machines were self-correcting. At entrance to all indoor performances. But- featuring the MC Symphony Brass the small dailies where I and my colleagues toiled, speed usually trumped spelling. tons may be purchased in advance at a Quartet, and the I Cantori di Carmel, an Thus, we used carbon paper to produce two copies of everything. The “carbon” was reduced price. a capella ensemble group, Trio Amanha, a strong but tissue-thin paper heavily inked on one side. When properly inserted FNM is a festive New Year’s Eve featuring the sounds of bossa nova, samba between two sheets of typing paper, the carbon would produce a blue ghost of the community arts celebration designed and Brazilian jazz. The Golden State The- original. This gave the reporter a slightly smeary copy for the records, while the bet- for the pleasure and entertainment of all ater comes alive with the perennial FNM ter version went to “mark up.” ages. The streets of historic downtown favorites, The Black Irish Band and Red This marking up was the job of chain-smoking editors who kept pints of whis- Monterey are transformed into a festive Beans and Rice, who will bring us into the key in their desks. While we reporters hastened to our next stories, the editors would setting featuring an array of displays, food New Year. And so much more from 3 PM slash their stubby number one pencils across the mess they had just been handed. and performances by musicians, dancers, until midnight. Working at light speed, the editors covered each page with secret glyphic symbols – singers, poets, and other entertaining arti- The First Night opening ceremony be- arrows, squiggles, circles, carets, re-spellings and other corrective marginalia. sans. Music styles offer a wide selection of gins at 3 p.m. with two hours of drumming, These heavily annotated pages would next be snatched up by a “copy boy” or classical, folk, jazz, salsa, reggae, rock and puppetry and art activities at Colton Lawn “copy girl” for speedy delivery to the “type cutters.” These ancient worthies plied world music, with many featured groups on Pacific Street. Interactive art activities, “linotype” machines so massive and complex they made the Underwood seem rudi- performing at more than 22 indoor and non-stop entertainment and activities are mentary. Feeding soft “slugs” into their machines, they would ply their keyboards to outdoor venues. offered until midnight. fashion metallic letters, numbers and punctuation that clinked into wooden racks and Buttons may be purchased at all At 5:30 PM the Twilight Procession boxes to create wording. Monterey County Safeway Stores, Wal- travels through downtown and features The next stop would be the “compositors,” an even more druidic group whose greens in downtown Monterey, Seaside various costumed performers, floats, drill specialty was assembling the many racks of cut type into pages that could be locked and Marina, Nob Hill Foods in Monterey and dance teams, bands, street musicians, into flats for the press gang. Because the press would reverse and invert the type, and Salinas, The Works in Pacific Grove, stilt walkers and other celebrants. First the compositors had to be able to compose and read the pages backwards and upside the Monterey Museum of Art, and online Night is an alcohol-free community arts down. Leonardo da Vinci would have made a good compositor. at www.firstnightmonterey.org. event. A complete performance schedule In closing, I would be remiss if I failed to mention the 14-ton Underwood cre- Through December 8 prices are will be posted on the FNM Web site, www. ated for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. A lovely model sat atop every key. $15 for adults and $10 for youth. From firstnightmonterey.org. December 9-30, prices are $20 for adults Monterey-Salinas Transit offers free and $12 for youth. There is an online transit from all locations to the event for special through December 29. (Prices are all who wear a First Night Admission But- Rotary to hear Museum director available on line.) On December 31 adult ton, from 2 p.m. to 1 a.m. Park and Ride at tickets will be $22 and youth tickets will the Del Monte Center offers free off-site The Pacific Grove Rotary Club will have as speaker on Dec. 11, Lori Mannel, be $15. Children five and under are free. parking and MST shuttles run every 10 Executive Director, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. The meeting is at The The Serra Ballroom in the confer- minutes from this location. For further Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, at 12:00 noon. Lunch is $20 and reservations may ence center is a dedicated dance venue in information, call 373-4778, or visit www. be made by calling Jane Roland at 649-0657 the evening with the energized sounds of firstnightmonterey.org. California Cowboys followed by Fire in December 7, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 11 Internationally acclaimed mariachi group celebrates in Mirth’O’Matics get stardust in their sight The Mirth’O’Matics improv troupe will make its first appearance at the Stardust Playhouse in Monterey on Fri., Dec. 7. It’ll be an evening of impro- “Music for the Millennium” vised comedy as the Mirthers turn audience suggestions into hilarious scenes The Media Center for Art, Educa- ever it has to be well tuned, arranged, and theater games made up on the spot. tion and Technology Foundation will and composed. But, above all, it has to The Mirthers are one of two short form improv troupes on the Peninsula, honor the multi-cultural heritage of the be well performed. Therefore, musical a style made popular for television audiences by Whose Line Is It Anyway? central coast region by exploring the education is essential for our Mexican Games run from three to five minutes challenging the actors to achieve certain diverse musical traditions of Mexico music to be respected across the world.” objectives, such as “Box,” a game in which the actors are required to be in two on Saturday, December 8. The concert, Popular holiday songs, lively maria- different scenes as the game unfolds. The game also includes dubbing in which “Music for the Millennium,” will be pre- chi favorites, and original compositions one actor simply mouths lines while the other speaks. Often improvisational sented at the Steinbeck Institute for Arts by José Hernández have been adapted singing is added to the game as well. “It’s a fast paced and upbeat format with and Culture at Sherwood Hall in Salinas. by this Mariachi ensemble. Mr. Hernán- lots of audience interaction,” said troupe director Gerry Orton. This gala performance features interna- dez is respected for his eclectic musical The Stardust Playhouse is located at 2115 Fremont Ave. in Monterey. Tickets tionally acclaimed Mariachi Ambassa- inspirations, ranging from Leonard Ber- are $10 and can be purchased on line at stardustplayhousemonterey.com, or at dors Sol de México de José Hernández. nstein to Glenn Miller to José Alfredo the door 30 minutes prior to show time. The show begins at 8 p.m. Individuals “This special engagement is a great Jimenez. Event sponsors will enjoy a may also call 402-8940 for more information. opportunity to offer Monterey County black-tie dinner and VIP reception prior residents a most enjoyable, rich, and to the performance, at which several accessible musical experience,” said celebrity guests, including internation- Phil Esparza, Interim President of the ally acclaimed author and playwright, MCAET Foundation. “In this concert Luis Valdez, will be present. Musicians the passion of the Mariachi is tribute will be available after the performance to the rich heritage of Mexico. It’s a to meet with audience members and par- cultural experience you cannot get in big ticipate in a private post-performance cities at this affordable price.” gathering for sponsors and special Holiday Open House & Sale December 8, 12-5 The event will benefit student guests. Learn more about sponsorship programs in Monterey County through opportunities by calling 596-0351. the Media Center for Art, Education and Tickets are on sale now and priced at Technology, including the new Millen- $50, $75 and $100. Visit www.MCAET- nium Charter High School, which opens Foundation.org or call (800) 838-3006. to freshmen and sophomores next fall. Spanish speakers are available. MCAET is a program of the Mon- terey County Office of Education, offer- About the performers: ing student programs that provide youth Mariachi Ambassadors Sol de with the skills and education alternatives México de José Hernández have history they need to make positive life choices. as rich and colorful as mariachi music Programs enhance critical thinking, itself. A proud fifth generation mariachi creativity, imagination, problem-solving, musician, Maestro Hernández’ roots and leadership. trace back to 1879 to the birthplace of All proceeds raised through this mariachi, the state of Jalisco, México. musical extravaganza benefit Monterey Since he founded his Mariachi Sol County students. deMéxico in1981, José Hernández has “‘Music for the Millennium’ raises gone on to break countless barriers in the awareness of the critical programs that world of mariachi music and is recog- the MCAET Foundation supports county- nized as having turned the genre into the wide,” explained Esparza. “However, this international sensation it is today. Mr. concert is also an opportunity to expose Hernández is the first mariachi musi- Monterey audiences to the diverse musi- cian to have arranged, composed and cal rhythms of Mexico such as bolero, conducted for numerous international Christmas in the Adobes 2012 ballads, son, and ranchero as it has been symphony orchestras. Mariachi Sol de successfully presented by Mariachi Sol México are an undeniable institution de México across the world. This kalei- in the world of mariachi music, and December 7 & 8 ~ 5 pm to 9 pm doscope of sounds brings arts education continue to leave an incredible legacy to a new level in Monterey County. It’s through many of their recordings as well Visit 22 historic adobes! an opportunity to reach out to the com- as their contributions to Hollywood, munity and underscore the importance of including film scores for “Sea Biscuit,” maintaining arts in our schools.” “Old Gringo,” “American Me,” “Don Deeply committed to musical Juan de Marco,” “A Million to Juan,” education for youth, José Hernández “Glory Road,” “Beverly Hills Chihua- Tickets available dedicates much of his time and ef- hua,” and, most recently, “Rango.” It forts providing workshops and music has been well documented throughout at instruction to youth with the convic- the mariachi world that José Hernández tion that music provides youth with a and his Mariachi Sol de México are not 525 Polk St. strong sense of accomplishment and only responsible for setting a new self esteem. Hernández states, “Mariachi standard for all mariachi groups today, at Munras music is passionate and joyous. 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I enjoy food and wine pairings im- pumpkin mix and place equally into bowls. mensely. I have had the great pleasure of Richard Oh Last, add the remainder of the egg whites working with some of the best chefs of to the top of the cups. Monterey County to Los Angeles, serving Place on a sheet pan and bake for 30 from four course small plates to six course minutes. Do not open the oven to check! four-hour dinners. I’m fortunate enough to Oh, have a taste! Check at exactly 30 minutes and if they be able to taste the food and know which have risen and are lightly browned on the wine to pair it with. It truly is amazing top remove and eat right away. when you find the right combination -- food and wine alone are great but the A little more about Bistro Monterey: correct pairing is magnificent. in a mixer or use an emulsion Chef Marc’s menu will change seasonally I love showing and sharing people and he feels this should be an industry this aspect of my life. So today I like to blender. The longer the oil sits the better it gets. You can standard and not a trend. He uses what is share three recipes from Chef Marc Jones. available in the produce and seafood world We came up with a three course pairing make the oil the day before. Place the cube of butter on the currently. He will not ask for ingredients that you can do at home. from his suppliers to build a menu but ask We’ll start off with a fruit salad with filet and drizzle the basil oil over the top. Add a sprinkle what is in abundance from the local land mixed greens. Marc tries to use local and sea to determine what his menu will produce and other local ingredients when- of salt and pepper. Fold the parchment paper be that day, week or month. It will always ever possible. Chef Marc recently opened be three to five appetizers, entrees and des- Bistro Monterey located within the Hotel once from the bottom over the salmon and veggies so the top serts to choose from at any given time due Abrego. The hotel went through a com- to the size of his kitchen. The menu will plete transformation from the ground up. corners of the paper meet. Next, fold the paper from the reflect a variety of feelings such as fun, It’s a new property with a historic feel. seriousness, nostalgia, sarcasm, comfort The restaurant seats about 50 and is open left or right at an angle so the first fold goes along the and responsibility. daily for breakfast and dinner. Marc gets his inspiration from talking We paired the salad with the Otter meat and veggies at a right angle. Keep folding about a to the guests and seeing what they enjoy, Cove Chardonnay. It’s a very nice way flavors we remembered as a child and com- to start your dining experience. half-inch all the way around and fold the parchment paper binations that seem crazy but work. It’s a Fruit salad with an under at the other end. The fi- labor of love for sure. The staff is very car- apple cinnamon vinaigrette nal product should look like a ing and Marc works hard to make sure they 1 bag of Salinas mixed green calzone. Make sure you have have time for their families as well. For 1 tablespoon of apple vinegar Salmon en papillote with basil oil a tight fold. example, on Thanksgiving all of his serv- ¼ cup of olive oil Place the papillote on a ers and kitchen team were scheduled so 10ea cherry tomatoes sliced sheet pan and bake for 8-12 they could have their Thanksgiving dinner ½ teaspoon of minced garlic with greens, add fruits. Makes 6 servings. minutes. When the bag looks like a blow- before or after their shift with their fam- ½ teaspoon of cinnamon Enjoy! fish it is ready. Place on a plate, carefully ily. In addition, they did a special dinner Salt n pepper The second course is a baked salmon slice open lengthwise and enjoy! for employees and their families in their ½ Granny Smith apple sliced or cubed private dining room that day. He definitely paired with Otter Cove Pinot Noir. It’s The third course is the pumpkin 3 ea sliced strawberries or other fruit baked in parchment paper, which seals in wants you to be part of their family and (handful) soufflé paired with Maestral Wein der therefore the dining experience should feel the juiciness and flavors of the salmon. Eisbox, Riesling, Santa Lucia Highlands, ¼ cup shaved Parmesan It’s a great way to keep the salmon moist like you are sitting at the Chef’s table at Monterey County. It’s basically ice wine any table in the dining room. Method so it doesn’t dry out. — first of its kind from the Santa Lucia Marc and his staff look forward to Slice apple and keep in a can of 7up Salmon en papillote with basil oil Highlands. It is a classic-styled wine made meeting you soon. Beer and wine are or Sprite and put to the side. The soda 1 salmon filet from Alsatian and German Riesling from available now, however, a full bar is com- will preserve the color of the apple until 2 cups of fresh veggies (small veggies like the Santa Lucia Highlands. It is a single ing shortly. They are open seven days a serving. In large mixing bowl whisk sliced carrots, asparagus, cherry tomatoes, vineyard from Tondre Grapefields. It has week for breakfast and dinner. Seasonal apple vinegar, oil, garlic, cinnamon and sliced Brussels sprouts) riped peaches and honey on the nose. poolside menu, offsite catering, cooking a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss dressing ½ cup of fresh basil You’ll get peaches, apricots, honeysuckle, classes, and a private dining room are also 1 small cube of butter bright acid with a nice long syrupy finish. available. Bistro Monterey is located in 1 tablespoon of extra vir- The residual sugar is 21.3 percent so it’s a the Hotel Abrego, 755 Abrego St. Mon- gin oil very sweet wine. It is considered ice wine terey, CA 93940. Call 831-372-7551 for Salt n pepper to taste when the grapes are picked frozen from reservations. 1 piece of parchment pa- the vines. Since it doesn’t get that cold per ½ sheet pan size in Santa Lucia Highlands, Dan Tudor, Method Winemaker, freezes them post Preheat oven to 350°. harvest. They were picked when Place parchment the grapes reached 27.6 percent lengthwise on a cutting sugar. Typically only healthy board. enough grapes survive later in the Place veggies equiva- year to freeze on the vine. This is lent to size of salmon what gives ice wine that refresh- filet on the parchment ing sweetness balanced by high paper about 1/3 up on the acidity characteristic. The sugars parchment paper. This don’t freeze but the water content will act as a bed for the in the grapes do. This allows for salmon. Place the filet on more concentrated grape must to the veggies. For the basil be pressed off which results in Fruit salad with an apple cinnamon vinaigrette oil puree the basil and oil smaller more intense very sweet wine. Ice wines: It’s a great pair- ing with heavier desserts. Pumpkin Soufflé 3 egg whites 1 cup of pumpkin puree 2 teaspoons of cinnamon ½ cup of brown sugar 1 teaspoon of nutmeg 2 egg yolk 1 teaspoon cream of Tatar Half cup of cream 1/3 teaspoon of pumpkin spice Method Pumpkin soufflé Preheat oven to 400°. Butter or oil four oven safe cups. Coffee cups work fine or equivalent If you have any suggestions or com- size baking cups, set aside. Use dry mixing ments, please email me at: Richard@ bowl and whisk egg whites, pumpkin spice ottercovewines.com and tartar until eggs are stiff and peak. Cheers! In another bowl mix cinnamon, sugar, pumpkin puree, nutmeg, cream and egg yolks. Fold 1/3 of the egg whites into the December 7, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 13 Pacific Grove Sports and Leisure Breakers basketball off to a slow start At Monterey Regional Parks this weekend The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District’s (mprpd.org) Breaker Classic this weekend has scheduled a pair of outdoor nature programs within the next week. One is a photography journey through the back roads of Mon- From @BreakerBball: At the half of the game with Seaside Spartans, the Spar- terey and San Benito counties, and the other is an evening at Garland tans had the lead, 33 to 11. The Spartans started out with a three pointer, then a two Park watching the Geminid Meteor Shower. pointer leaving the breakers behind 5-0. One minute into the first quarter, the Breakers Details follow. To learn out about all activities offered by scored their first two points. The Breakers then failed to score for about 2 1/2 minutes the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, see its Let’s Go Out- allowing the Spartans to score 12. Then in the second quarter, the Spartans did not doors! fall/winter guide or go to mprpd.org. allow the Breakers to score for 5 minutes and 6 seconds, while they scored 11. The • end result saw Seaside High Spartans winning 64-21 in its season-opening non-league Roads Less Traveled game at Seaside. Explore little-known back roads of Monterey and San Benito Berly Bajaras had five points and Luke Lowell four to lead the Breakers (0-2). counties for outstanding scenery and photographic opportunities. Pacific Grove hosts Colfax Friday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Breaker Classic. For more With an emphasis on composition and learning to “see,” develop

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FUND-RAISING • CALL 831-648-3130 FUND-RAISING • CALL required. Instructor: David J. Gubernick. GOAL Ages 18 and up, Sat., Dec. 8, 9:30 a.m.- 5 p.m., East Carmel $200,000 Valley, $149 (district resident), $164 (non-district resident). Breaker of the Week • _ Geminid Meteor Shower (free) _ Jessica Matthews Considered by many the best, most reliable meteor shower _ of the year, this celestial event can produce up to 120 multicolored _ _ Sophomore meteors per hour at is peak. On this night, the new moon guaran- _ Varsity Girls Basketball tees a dark sky for an out-of-this-world show. Rain, fog or cloud _ cover cancels event. Please pre-register at mprpd.org. Instructors: _ MPRPD staff. _ All ages, minors must be accompanied by an adult, Thurs., _ Dec. 13, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Garland Park, 700 W. Carmel Valley Road, _ free. _ _ • _ To register online, go to mprpd.org and register with Visa, _ MasterCard or Discover. Walk-in pre-registration is accepted _ Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the MPRPD office, 60 Garden _ Court, Suite 325, Monterey (checks, money orders and credit cards _ accepted). Pre-registration is required for all fee-based classes and is _ strongly recommended for all free programs. No day-of-registration _ _ Breaker of the Week sponsored by for fee-based programs will be accepted. For more information, _ Central Coast Silkscreen & Embroidery please call Joseph at 372-3196, ext. 102, or send an e-mail to nar- _ [email protected]. _ 215 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove _ _ 831.372.1401 _ _ _ _ _ Breaker of the Week Golf Tips _ _ John Buttrey _ _ Sophomore Ben Alexander PGA _ Varsity Boys Basketball PGA Teaching Profes- _ sional, _ _ Pacific Grove Golf _ Links, _ Poppy Hills Golf Course _ PGA Teacher Of The _ Year, No Cal PGA _ 831-277-9001 _ www.benalexandergolf. _ com _ _ _ _ _ Breaker of the Week sponsored by _ _ Pete’s Autobody & Glass _ 214 Fountain Ave., Pacific Grove _ _ 831.372.2755 _ _ _ _ Save the Pool Campaign Update _ The Fundraising campaign to “Save the Pool” at Lovers Point reports: _ • 147 individual donors (from 18 cities and 3 states), contributed a total of $31,413.05. Prioritize your practice _ _ • Two local service clubs -- PG Youth Action and Marina Motorsports, Inc. --have I just returned home from the Bay Area Golf Show where Each mark = $1,000 _ donated a total of $5,000. I had a chance to see some old friends and make some new _ • Our Grand Total (deposited) is $33,971.65. _ ones. I had a chance to speak on the main stage as a guest _ • We have also been awarded a $40,000 matching Grant from the Monterey Peninsula speaker and some of the questions I received from the audi- _ Regional Park District. (Please thank your representatives at the MPRPD) ence were the best I have heard. One man asked about his _ Thus, we are almost a quarter of the way to our goal! three wood, and another asked about the sand trap. This made _ _ Please remind your friends and family that all donations are tax deductible and me realize we all have an issue with certain parts of the golf _ can be addressed to the City of Pacific Grove – Save the Pool Campaign and they can game. So here is the tip of the week: Make sure you take _ contribute by visiting http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/savethepool enough time to practice all parts of your golf game, but spend a lot of time with the main problem area. That way you can Save The Pool Campaign get the confidence you need to play better golf. Total is now $36,413.05 Page 14 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 7, 2012 Holiday excursion train departs from Santa Cruz For the first time in more than 50 years “We’re thrilled to launch The Train ALL ABOARD! passenger train service returned to Santa to Christmas Town in Santa Cruz,” said Annual Model Railroad Show Cruz when Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Iowa Pacific President Ed Ellis. “We oper- Railway unveiled its newest holiday train ate holiday trains around the US and UK Saturday and Sunday ride called “The Train to Christmas Town.” and find parents and grandparents enjoy December 8 and 9 The excursion train is based on the re- the experience just as much as the kids. It cently published holiday book, “The Train will become a family holiday tradition.” 10:00 AM to Christmas Town,” which tells the tale of Each child receives a copy of the a young girl’s journey to trust in the magic book, “The Train to Christmas Town,” American Tin Cannery of Christmas through the support of family, and all passengers receive hot cocoa, friends and a host of characters including gingerbread cookies, a candy cane, a gift a cuddly polar bear named “Bumblebee,” from Santa and a ticket for one of three free a cat named “Zephyr,” birds, a squirrel, games at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. elves and, of course, Santa Claus. A gift shop is located at the Boardwalk and During the hour-long ride that departs parking is available for $6 per vehicle in from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and the Beach Boardwalk parking lots across travels to Christmas Town, passengers from the departure platform. will hear a retelling of the story of young The Train to Christmas Town is oper- Janice and her brother Paul. Along the way ated by the new Santa Cruz & Monterey passengers are served refreshments, talk Bay Railway and will run through January with characters from the book and listen 6 with several departures five days per to a new musical score created specifi- week. Tickets are now on sale and can be cally for the event by four-time Grammy purchased online at TrainToChristmas- nominated band Trout Fishing in America. Town.com or by phone at 888-978-5562. When the train arrives at Christmas Town, Tickets are $25 for children, ages two to12, Santa and his elves climb on board, talk and $35 for ages 13-adult. 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I just want to Cedar St. #14: had arrived during the first plumbing inci- bottle them up as I have wanted with all dent. Jason leapt in and started to cook. He of my little grandchildren when they are Born in San Francisco prepared everything that wasn’t brought by at the magical age, full of love and joy. others. My friend Vicki dropped by with a Across Down: special pumpkin dessert. The next morn- 1. Takes off 1. CCR song about town 70 mi E of SF I manage The AFRP Treasure Shop 2. Parseghian and others ing as the turkey was being embellished, in Pacific Grove. I am truly thankful for 5. Inclined plane the sink backed up again. This time John 9. Johnny-come-latelies, in 3. 40-year anniversary of Hastings the opportunity to support such a great 4. Thought aloud removed pipes and cleaned them out; and Internet slang organization and work with caring, won- 14. Black-and-white killer 5. Ringing he and Jason had water running smoothly. derful folk. Help us reach our goal of 6. Size (abbr) The turkey was cooking, the football 15. Dubai leader raising $75,000 for the animals at our 15th 16. Things like Shrek 7. Actress Sorvino games were humming and guests arrived: Holiday Fundraiser on December 8, at 17. “Good Night, and Good 8. Place to cache a Czech? our son Jay, with his wife Denise, and the Monterey Beach Resort. There will be Luck” star (1949) 9. What a bachelor has, sometimes two boys (young men) Justin and Spen- auction items such as timeshares, weekend 20. Patron saint of Madrid, locally 10. Athens mascot cer, Lydia Criley and her granddaughter getaway packages, gift certificates for res- 21. Fever 11. Washer additive Thea, and Sarah, a darling friend. The 22. National and former Athletic 12. Halloween-like taurants, shops, hotels or spas and more. 13. Application IDs food was fabulous, the company happy, We are also seeking wine donations for pitcher Gonzalez wine flowed, the atmosphere mellow. We 23. Abbrev. for Empire State’s right-hand 18. Hans’s three our exciting “Instant Wine Cellar” draw- 19. Sousaphone relative toasted those who were with us, those who side ing. Donate a bottle from your favorite 25. Latin “where” 24. Village People hit of 1978 were not, and those who had gone before. wine shop or from your private collection. 27. “Egad” Jay went out to start the monumental clean 26. Chiffons #1 hit “___ So Fine” (Minimum retail value $15 please.) Drop 27. Noted publisher and castle builder 28. “I think this non-humbly,” in up. (You all know what that means. On your donation off at the AFRP Adoption (1863) Internet slang such a day dishes and cookware piled to Center in Pacific Grove. Don’t forget 33. “Typee” sequel 29. Address for photographer Snowden the ceiling.) And, you guessed it, the sink the shop’s annual Holiday Open House 34. CPO, for one 30. ___ Ipsum, typesetter’s text backed up. This time it was Jay to the tonight from 5 – 7 and running through 35. British gun 31. Lakes mnemonic 32. Barrel part rescue, again removing pipes and reaming the weekend. 37. Earl De La ___ after whom a state is out. The problem was once again resolved. named 36. FDA aide 39. Food readiness All the dirty items were washed and many Jane Roland may be contacted at 38. Rays’ bay 41. Med. School subj. 40. Like a sloth, for one stored away. The day ended with thanks the Treasure Shop 333-0491 or gcr770@ 42. Place for corn that we were not looking forward to getting aol.com 43. Theaters 45. “Human” act 44. Blindness 48. Hasty Services for Nancy Shammas, friend and fellow Rotarian 46. ___ Beach, FL 47. “Bitter” journalist and satirist (1842) 49. San Luis ___, Calif. univ. town My friend and fellow Rotarian, Nancy Shammas, died last week. Her passing 50. Apple product is a great loss for all of us her life was a blessing, she did so much for everyone. 51. Miller of “Easter Parade” 53. Yellow dog 51. “___ Of Angels…” God bless you, Nancy, fly with the angels. The memorial service is at 11:00 AM on 54. DLI site, to locals 52. Low point Friday, December 7 at St. Angela's Church in Pacific Grove. 55. Posey’s equipment 57. Boat stick 56. Ending with gen- and kin- 59. Heroin, in slang 58. One of the lines of a TV screen’s scan 60. Brand of sandals 63. Sugar magnate after whose father a 61. New Haven grads local town is named (1857) 62. Invitation invitation 66. Children, in Chihuahua 64. Giggles, in text There’s more to do than run or 67. Rodent of Central and S. America 65. Old TV maker 68. Tel ___ 69. With an understated wit walk at Jingle Bell Run/Walk Solution is on page 22 Only 10 more days until the Jingle MD, Susie Suh, MD Amy Dore, DPT. 70. Type of exam Bell Run/Walk. Online registration closes For more information and to register 71. Reaction of surprise December 5. Those who have registered please visit: www.jinglebellrunpacgrove. have the option of avoiding long registra- kintera.org or email [email protected] tion race day lines by picking up their bibs – 831-620-1699 at the Pacific Grove Chamber of Com- Special thanks to Jingle Bell Run/ merce visitors’ center, 100 Central Ave. Walk National Sponsor Abbott, and to in Pacific Grove (across from Nob Hill). sponsors; Treadmill, Central Coast Senior Monterey Library annual book sale The Jingle Bell Run/Walk is a fund- Services, Alliance Home Health, Victory The Friends of the Monterey Public Library will hold their annual Giant Used raising event that benefits those who have Dealership, Nova Medical Equipment, Book Sale on Sat., Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., in the Library Community arthritis. There is a 5K timed run/fun walk, VNA & Hospice, Wells Fargo, Peninsula Room. There will be a members-only preview sale on Friday, Nov. 30, from as well as an 1K Elf Run for kids. Santa Wellness Center, Pebble Beach Company, 3 - 5 p.m. Non-members are welcome to join at the door. will be there along with MY Museum, and UCB, Whole Foods, The Herald, Cedar Choose from a huge selection of gently used books at bargain prices. On Sat., holiday kids activities in the park. Street Times, Culligan, KION, KWAV, from 4-5 p.m. fill up a shopping bag with books for only $5. (Bring your own The Ask A Doc booth provides par- 97.9 ESPN FM, 630 ESPN AM, Springer bags, please) All proceeds go to purchase new library books and other materials. ticipants with the opportunity to ask arthri- Construction, Pacific Grove Chamber, For information call 831-646-5602. The Monterey Public Library is located at tis related questions to our expert panel of Peet’s Coffee & the Mission Ranch. 625 Pacific St., Monterey. health professionals; Christopher Meckel, Page 16 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 7, 2012 Learning from the homeless, one lunch box at a time He has a calmness and kindness about him that shows in his to a blanket, a coat, or dry socks. More than 50 homeless were adopted, and one or two families with face--and eyes. Something happens to those who are about to lose children were given shelter. everything, or almost die. This is a story about someone who was fac- This spirit of giving and service spread to all his businesses. A number of homeless began helping ing both, and lived to do good. But more than that, it’s about a group out and studying the Bible at places like the church in Fort Ord. “Everybody shows up every day,” he of workers who took this man’s dream and ran with it. said. “And a number of guys are about ready to get off the streets.” In a book entitled “Falling Upward,” the author explains how Recent rains finally led to that church offering homeless men and women a place to sleep during those who experience life-changing events often go through a change the downpours—with dinner, a movie and breakfast—similar to I-Help for men. “One Wednesday they within themselves. Possessions, money, power and self-importance came to the Bible study (at the Seaside business) and it was pouring. They came in like wet rats,” the don’t matter so much anymore. Suddenly, their eyes are opened to the businessman said. “We couldn’t allow that to happen.” poverty, suffering and homelessness around them. They open their Everyone agrees that since the business and workers took on the homeless issue, they are waving hearts to the ragged, the hungry and the sick. to homeless friends wherever they go, calling out their names, sometimes offering a ride, always get- ting a wave and a smile back. One employee—the driver for Wednesday’s lunch delivery—admitted that helping with this ser- Homeless Chronicles vice actually turned his son around. “My 21-year-old son was a great kid, but lost. A lot of things were handed to him over the years,” he admitted. When the son was ready to have Dad fund his golf career, the latter put his foot down: First he Erika Fiske must come to Bible study and help feed the homeless. After six months, “He was changed,” the father said. And to this day, when his son is in town, he comes along for the Bible study and lunch delivery to the homeless. That’s what happened to the man in this story, when he hit bottom “It was incredible to watch those people change my son,” he said, admitting that he too changed. in 2008. He was about to lose the business he had worked a lifetime “God softened my heart.” to build. If that wasn’t enough, he had a heart attack and nearly died. But when he turned to prayer, he found “himself” during that cold, dark time in his life. And for whatever reason, his business survived and flourished. “Only God’s grace got us through ’08,” he noted. “And I’ve been blessed over the years since then.” Earlier in the week, this businessman reluctantly agreed to talk about those years since 2008, on condition he remain anonymous. He Drive for warm blankets, doesn’t seek recognition for his efforts, but remains humble, looking to God for guidance. And he’s inspired others to do the same. Over the past few years, this man helped transform a Wednesday coats and more morning prayer meeting at his business into a growing volunteer outreach to the homeless here and at his other businesses. But he emphasized throughout this interview that it was those around him for local homeless people that did all the work, and made it happen. Homeless Documentary Project is looking for blankets, Once a week, after Bible study, employees and family members drive around to groups of homeless living on the streets and distribute sleeping bags/pads, tarps and coats to distribute to the food, bikes, tents, sleeping bags and other necessities. Employees local homeless population. Please drop off what you can at contribute what they can, while the business funds larger projects-- the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts located at Fourth and -from purchasing lots of rain gear during recent showers, to helping fund a major project entitled “A Village of Peace, Hope and Charity,” Guadalupe in Carmel before 4pm, Monday - Friday. and being planned by Christian Memorial Tabernacle in the Fort Ord area. The “village” will involve job training, education and housing for the homeless, including veterans and the mentally disabled. Much of this will be funded through the Blessed to Serve Foundation. But these volunteers do more than just drop off supplies. Instead of keeping the homeless at arm’s length, they don’t hesitate to offer a big hug to those who are so alone in the world. And their generosity isn’t isolated. Other groups on the Peninsula provide similar items on various days, including Saturday breakfasts by Lake El Estero, which include tents, sleeping bags, bikes and bike repair, and a Sunday morning service and breakfast by Window on the Bay.

Prayer and Food for the Homeless Wednesday was another wet day in Seaside and Monterey. As the rain poured down, one person after another stepped into a warm, dry room at the Seaside business. Some were homeless men and women from the area. Shaking off the rain, they eventually filled chairs around several tables. The businessman opened his Bible and began to read. For the next hour or so, listeners commented on what the verses meant to them, asked for prayers if needed and helped themselves to donuts and coffee. One woman broke down in tears as she tried to talk about her daughter. When the meeting ended, most of those present filed into the main building to put together lunch boxes for the homeless. With a carload of lunches and a few passengers, the driver (a business employee) hit the rainy streets in search of homeless. And he found them, some drenched and walking the streets, others trying to stay dry under trees or downtown overhangs. All welcomed the food. One older man limped toward the car with his cane, clearly suffering from an injury to his leg. He was painfully thin, but smil- ing and thankful. The volunteers took joy in delivering the lunches and spent hours driving up and down streets to find homeless hiding out from the rain. “We get so much more than we give,” the driver said. “They have no idea how much they give us.” But for those under trees in the park behind Whole Foods, volun- teers had to leave the car across a busy street to deliver lunches to the homeless. Security at the Del Monte Shopping Center doesn’t want anyone encouraging nearby homeless and told volunteers to stay away.

Studying the Bible Wasn’t Enough More than a year ago, this business owner decided that studying the Bible didn’t mean much if there was no action. So those attending started taking food to the homeless---beginning with just 12 lunches. That number jumped to 18, then 20. “Then we realized we were the ones getting the blessing,” he said. The volunteers also discovered the homeless had been invisible to them all these years. As they began to open their eyes and see them, the number of lunches delivered slowly increased to 100 or so—the number delivered today. “As we became friends, we started to see their needs,” the busi- ness owner said. A few months ago, the company and employees began a program to adopt homeless individuals. Forms were distributed and the homeless told them what was needed---from tents and bikes December 7, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 17 Out and About with Seniors Make This a Golden Age

Seniors will hear how to protect Gentrain hosts free lectures against abuse and fraud “Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas” Dec. 19 The Pacific Grove Police Depart- Attorney Rick Storms will present valu- “Following Papyrus: Studying Trade Networks in the ment, in partnership with the Monterey able information and tips that will focus Ancient Mediterranean World and Beyond” Jan. 16 County District Attorney’s Office, will on the areas of recognizing and avoiding host a town hall meeting for senior elder abuse and how to quickly recognize Gentrain at Monterey Peninsula recent research and scholarship has led citizens entitled, “Protect Yourself from scams. After the presentation, Mr. Storms College will present several lectures in conductors to interpret musical details Abuse and Fraud.” The meeting will be and members of the Pacific Grove Police December and January. All lectures are from this time period differently than the held on Dec. 17 at 6:00 p.m. in the Pacific Department will be on hand to answer from 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the MPC Lecture last generation of conductors. The use Grove City Council chambers. questions from the public. Forum 103 at the main campus at 980 of ornamentation and decoration, along Monterey County Deputy District Mr. Storms is in charge of the Mon- Fremont St. in Monterey. Admission is with articulations and dynamics, and use terey County district Attorney’s Office An- free. of modern and period instruments will nuity Fraud Prosecution Unit. Mr. Storms On December 19 the lecture will be explored. Modern recordings vary in Food Bank donations graduated cum laude from Tulane Uni- be “Charles Dickens and the Inven- these details, hence, listening recommen- versity School of Law after which he was tion of Christmas.” To speak of Charles dations will also be offered. Humorous accepted at firehouse a law clerk with the Louisiana Supreme Dickens is to conjure up fanciful visions anecdotes about the time period will be The City will once again participate Court. He worked in the civil field as Bond of Christmas: images of holly, plum pud- included, along with historical perspec- in the Food Bank for Monterey County’s Counsel and specialized in the areas of ding, caroling, merriment and goodwill. tives of Baroque life. annual canned food drive. The drop-off tax, municipal finance, and debt securities. At the beginning of the Victorian period, On January 16 Elizabeth Dilkes Mul- location will be at the Fire Station (600 He also worked as in-house counsel for a however, the celebration of Christmas lins will lecture on “Following Papyrus: Pine Avenue). software company and practiced law in the had been in a long period of decline. Studying Trade Networks in the Ancient The Food Bank will pick up through area of intellectual property. It was largely due to Dickens, who did Mediterranean World and Beyond.” the 1st week of 2013. Drop off will be more to influence the way we celebrate Mullins, Instructor of History at MPC, 24/7. Christmas than any single person in will talk about the history of papyrus history, that the joy of the season was re- as a crucial mass-produced product of kindled. This illustrated lecture, given by the ancient world. Over 4,000 years ago Nancy Johnson, will trace the pagan and Ancient Egyptians cultivated the wild religious foundations of our Christmas reed, Cyperus papyrus L., to produce the traditions, examine Dickens’s contribu- first paper-like sheets on which business tions to reviving the celebration of the records, mathematical lessons, wills, season, and pay special attention to one stories, legal documents and ancient re- of the most influential works ever writ- ligious texts were recorded. But papyrus ten, his enduring “A Christmas Carol.” lived on far beyond the days of ancient On January 9 Dr. Todd Samra will Egypt as a necessary import for civiliza- lecture on “Baroque Era Performance tions all over the Mediterranean world Practices of Modern Listeners.” Dr. until the Middle Ages. By tracing the Samra is Director of Music at All Saints’ rise of papyrus, its production, and trade, Episcopal Church in Carmel. In addition, we can study the connections between he gives lectures for the Monterey Sym- the world’s first empires, how they com- phony and the Carmel Bach Festival. municated with one another and what Previously he was a they left behind for us to construct his- professor of music at Saint Joseph’s tory. Mullins is a Ph.D. candidate at the College in Indiana, where he taught a University of California, Santa Cruz spe- variety of classes in music, from choral cializing in U.S. and world history. She ensembles to music history courses. He joined the faculty at Monterey Peninsula teaches private voice and piano, and College in 2010 and teaches courses for performs regularly. history, women’s studies and Gentrain. This lecture will focus on histori- Call 646-4224 for more informa- cal interpretations of music from the tion, or visit www.gentrain.org. Baroque Era (1600-1750), and how

Homeless Women Documentary Project Fund Community Foundation for Monterey County recently established “The Fund for Homeless Women.” Your direct donation to this Fund can help make a difference to the many women in Monterey County who sleep outside. Thank you! www.cfmco.org/index.cfm/id/6/Give-Now/ Page 18 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 7, 2012 Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Celebrants turned out on a warm -- for the season — evening to see the lighting of the City Christmas Tree at Jewell Park, across from the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. After enjoying chorus and choir music, provided by the Defense Language Institute Choir and school choir conducted by Ms. Hedlind, parents and children went to Chautauqua Hall to eat cookies, drink cider...and visit with Santa.

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For more information on the auditions, please call our Financial Focus Executive Director, Rebecca Barrymore at 831-419-0917. “Snow White” is the well-known, classic story of the ill-fated princess who is Now that another school year is drawing to a close, your young children are a step deposed by the evil Queen and flees to the safety of the forest and the cottage of the closer to the day when they’ll be heading off to college. Of course, as you’re probably Seven Dwarfs. Revealed to the Evil Queen, Snow White is discovered and falls prey to aware, higher education doesn’t come cheap — and the costs seem to continuously climb. a poisoned apple. In her deep sleep, Prince Charming comes to awaken her and frees You can help your children — or even your grandchildren — meet these expenses by the kingdom of their spell and their wicked Queen. investing in a 529 plan. And this college savings vehicle offers estate-planning benefits. The production will open in mid-May on the Outdoor Forest Theater stage with As a college funding vehicle, a 529 plan offers some significant benefits. When you performances on Fridays 7:30 P.m., Saturdays 2:00 P.m. and 7:30 P.m. and Sundays contribute to a 529 plan, your earnings accumulate tax free, provided they are used for with 2:00 P.m. matinees. Tickets we go on sale at online at www.foresttheaterguild. qualified higher education expenses. (Keep in mind, though, that 529 plan distributions org beginning in January 2013 and will be $25 adults, $20 Seniors and Military, $10 not used for qualified expenses may be subject to federal and state income tax and a children under 18 yrs old. 10% IRS penalty.) Furthermore, your 529 plan contributions may be deductible from Children under 4 will receive free admittance to the performances and tickets are on your state taxes. However, 529 plans vary, so be sure to check with your tax advisor. sale one hour before the shows at the box office on site at the Santa Rita and Mountain And the lifetime contribution limits for 529 plans are quite generous; while these limits View venue. vary by state, many plans allow contributions well in excess of $200,000. Plus, a 529 plan is flexible: If the child, grandchild or other beneficiary decides against college, you can transfer the unused funds to someone else, tax and penalty free. Legal Notices Now, let’s turn to a 529 plan’s estate-planning benefits. If you think that you may need to reduce the size of your taxable estate, and you also want to create a legacy you may be able to enjoy during your lifetime, you may find that the 529 plan offers a solution for you. When you establish and contribute to a 529 plan, the assets leave your estate — but they don’t leave your control. 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The fictitious business name was filed in REZ, 367 San Juan Grade, Salinas, CA 93906.This sion, so you can give large amounts each year without incurring the gift tax. Monterey County on 03/21/11, file number 20110650. statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey Coun- In the investment world, you can find many vehicles that can help you make progress Registered owner: PACIFIC COAST CARE CEN- ty on November 6, 2012. Registrant commenced to toward one goal. But it’s far less common to find something that may give you a boost TER, LLC, 680 South Fourth Street, Louisville, KY transact business under the fictitious business name or toward two. And when the two goals are helping a child or grandchild go to college 40202, A DE LLC. This statement was filed with the name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Marissa Gutier- Clerk of Monterey County on November 16, 2012. rez. 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We Speak Tax Maria Poroy Take CareCITY OF PACIFIC GROVE CaliforniaWe Speak tax law Tax changes NOVEMBER 6, 2012 ELECTION FOR OFFICERS By Jack Warrington, Ea & Mary lou McFaddEn, Ea, cFP® The week after ThanksgivingEnrolled to Practicewe went and to rourepresent annual taxpayers Tax Update Before seminar the irS in San The city of Pacific Grove general nation filing period will be extended Luis Obispo. The majority of the time is spent on review of new IRS code and revi- municipal election will be held on until 5:00 p.m. on wednesday, Au- sions toI rtheS code.offers However, How thisto fyearix Errorssignificant m adetime onwas spentYour on Tax several return important November 6, 2012 for the following gust 15, 2012. offices: mayor (one two-year, full- changesOn July to the 16, California the Irs taxwebsite law. pre- than one year of tax returns, Another ToYear, date, the following have taken As you know, on November 6 Proposition 30 was passed by California voters. term office) and council member out the papers for the November sented this interesting article with prepare a separate 1040X (three four-year, full-term offices). Prop10 tips30 is onretroactive amending for income income tax taxto January 1, 2012.for each This meansyear andthat themail new them election: increasedreturns. tax rates will affect 2012 income. However,separately if you are toaffected the appropriate by this cAnotherandidates may obtain nomina Deductible…- Mayor provision, it is important to understand that the proposition also contains a waiver of tion formsOne thing from I know the Pacificfor sure is Grovethat most of you reading this have been If you discover an error after you service center (see “where Bill Kampe underpayment penalties for this retroactive assessment. If your taxable income is less citymaking clerk’s resolutions, Office, and 300 many Forest are health Av- oriented. So hear this now: JUST file your tax return, you can- cor to File” in the Form 1040 in- STOP! A lesson I got in corporate management is thatc settingarmelita reasonable Garcia than $250,000 ($500,000 for a married couple filingstructions). jointly) you are not affected by enue, Pacific Grove, cA 93950, rect it by amending your tax return. (831)objectives 648-3181. gives peoplecompleted the morale forms boost that comes from achieving an objec- theHere new are rates. the 10 tips from the Irs: 6. The Form 1040X has three If your California taxable income is above these amounts then the marginal tax musttive. be Setting filed impossible with the goalscity cruinslerk’s morale and leads toCity decreasing Council perfor- columns. column A shows office by no later than 5:00 p.m. on rates1. willGenerally, be 10.3 percent, you should 11.3 percent file andan 12.3 percent. If your income is over these mance. We all have stress in our lives. 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Sheriff’s Office conducting annual teddy bear drive Pacific Grove High School The Monterey County Sheriff’s office hospital emergency rooms and pediatric is once again collecting newly purchased teams, crisis groups, and homes serving teddy bears and stuffed animals to donate children. Young Writers Corner to needy children who may not otherwise Children who might not otherwise receive a gift for the holidays or who need have a Christmas gift are presented teddy WINTER to be comforted during a traumatic event. bears and other stuffed animals via agen- By Lila Afifi The drive continues through December 31. cies conducting special holiday events This program was originally estab- for the needy. It’s that time of year again lished to provide these bears to patrol Cash donations are also accepted. When snow-capped trees reach for the sky deputies and detectives throughout the year Checks should be made out to the “Sher- Busy-goers cross the plain to present to children when responding to iff’s Advisory Council” and mailed to one And secret presents pile high calls that may be traumatic for a child, such of the locations listed below, attention to Snowball fights ensue rapidly as abuse or domestic violence. Addition- the name listed for the station. Please Snowmen and snow-angels are created by children ally, the coroner’s office uses teddy bears write “teddy bears” in the memo portion Ornaments cling to leaves steadfastly when making death notifications, where a of the check. Gifts seek hiding spots by the millions child may be present. During the holidays, Locations receiving checks include: While paper and ribbons race to the finish the sheriff’s office presents the teddy bears Coastal Station, 1200 Aquajito Rd., Mon- Anything and everything all paid in gallions to needy children throughout the county. terey, 93940; Castroville CFO, 10680 As hungry stomachs continue to replenish Throughout the year, the sheriff’s Merritt St., Castroville, 95012; South Thanksgiving, then Christmas, and Hannukah throughout office also places teddy bears and stuffed County Station, 250 Franciscan Way, Mean, harsh words have been de-clawed of their talons animals into the arms of those who need King City, 93930; and Central Station, So appetites for gourmet food stall between the bout comfort, including crime victims who 1414 Natividad, Salinas, 93906. Then comes New Years and time for joy are served by various other county agen- Contact Dave Crozier at 759-6675 With plates and drinks to way us down cies. Teddy bears are also given out via with questions. There are toys being played with by girls and boys While the grand new puppy-dog waddles round and round All these things come in the winter Discovery Shop holds And only stops when spring arrives But for now beneath the bright white sky we’ll banter And stall the green that soon will thrive semi-annual sale Winter is a jolly time for all The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop is presenting their Semi –Annual 50 For shoppers and sellers and wishers and frogs percent off Store-Wide Savings Fund-Raising Event on Friday and Saturday, December The wish-lists fulfilled just down the hall 14 and 15, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. The Discovery shop is located at 198 Country Club But no one should ever like wearing red clogs Gate. Call the Discovery Shop at 372-0866 for more information. Just boots and sweaters with tea next to books Look out the window there’ll be snow on the ground With everything hidden in crannies and nooks No one will care to look and just lounge Jameson’s Classic Motorcycle Museum As winter is brought on, by snow on the falling down will be open FIRST FRIDAY Wish By Naiya Biddle Dec. 7 with live music by James Woolwine I saw a shooting star today Soaring across the dark sky 6-8 PM • Free admission as always I pondered at the curious sight Deciding what to wish for Closing my eyes I made a wish Puzzle Solution #14 Just one simple little wish And then 䰀 䄀 䴀 匀 刀 䄀 䴀 倀 一 唀 䈀 䔀 匀 open my eyes again To see the star had flown out of sight 伀 刀 䌀 䄀 䔀 䴀 䤀 刀 伀 䜀 刀 䔀 匀 I hope my wish comes true tonight And I hope you enjoy it too 䐀 䄀 嘀 䤀 䐀 匀 吀 刀 䄀 吀 䠀 䄀 䤀 刀 一 My shooting star should meet you soon My little wish 䤀 匀 䤀 䐀 刀 伀 䄀 䜀 唀 䔀 䜀 䤀 伀 to you

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圀 䤀 䰀 䰀 䤀 䄀 䴀 䠀 䔀 䄀 刀 匀 吀 Book-signing and book sale at Monterey library 伀 䴀 伀 伀 一 䌀 伀 匀 吀 䔀 一 Renowned children’s author Anne Ylvisaker will sell and sign copies of her new- est book, “Button Down” at the Friends of the Monterey Public Library’s Giant Book 圀 䄀 刀 刀 吀 䄀 䴀 倀 䄀 䄀 一 䄀 吀 Sale on Saturday, December 1, from 10 a.m. until noon. The book sells for $15 and all profits benefit the Friends of the Monterey Public Library. The Giant Book Sale takes place throughout the day (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.) in the Monterey Public Library Community 伀 䐀 䔀 䄀 䔀 刀 刀 嘀 䔀 刀 伀 Room. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information call 831.646.5602 or see www.monterey.org/library. 䄀 䴀 䈀 刀 伀 匀 䔀 䈀 䤀 䔀 刀 䌀 䔀

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䈀 䄀 吀 䔀 匀 䤀 匀 刀 䄀 匀 吀 䔀 刀 Annual genealogy conference 䄀 䐀 伀 䰀 倀 䠀 匀 倀 刀 䔀 䌀 䬀 䔀 䰀 匀

一 䤀 一 伀 匀 倀 䄀 䌀 䄀 䄀 嘀 䤀 嘀 set for January in Seaside On January 26, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. the 32nd Annual Ancestor Roundup Genealogy Conference will be held. Nationally known genealogist, 䐀 刀 夀 䰀 夀 伀 刀 䄀 䰀 䜀 䄀 匀 倀 author and college instructor Karen Clifford, AG, is keynote speaker and one of over a dozen instructors at the all-day genealogy conference. $30 includes lunch and a syllabus with early registration by January 15, 2013. Co-sponsored by the Deadline for publication of Legal Notices Commodore Sloat Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and The is noon Wednesday before publication. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Location: Family History Center and classrooms at the LDS Church, 1024 Noche Buena (at Plumas), Seaside We accept all credit cards. CA. Information and registration, Serita Sue Woodburn, 831-899-2121 or email Call 831-324-4742 for details. [email protected]. December 7, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 23 The Green Page

On the trail of the lonesome pine Asilomar State Park Scientist Cyndi Dawson Makes a Difference sioner’s office, are determined to unravel 2001 is http://pitchcanker_infestation_ multiple injections with a hypodermic By Al Saxe the Pitch canker disease ravaging our studies.blogspot.com/)A second study needle. When the study was halted those urban forest. Each Monterey Pine tree, is about to begin which will evaluate trees inoculated didn’t appear to have whether the level of Pitch canker affect- a significantly higher survival rate than Cyndi Dawson, Environmental six inches in diameter or more, on the ing each tree has increased or lessened those that weren’t. Scientist for The California State Parks Asilomar Conference Grounds over the over time. The method most commonly used Department at Asilomar, is on a mission. past 10 years has been monitored for the In a study conducted at Año Nuevo now by those planting Monterey Pine She and her co-principal investigator, Pitch canker pathogen. (A weblink to State Park it was determined that those seedlings in our area are to gather seeds Dr. U. Win, who is currently affiliated information on the original study results forests that had endured Pitch canker from healthy Monterey pines and grow with the Monterey Agricultural Commis- for the study Dr. Win conducted in 1999- over a long period of time seemed to de- the seeds in vials in protected green- velop some resistance to the disease. The houses. After a few months the young study which Cyndi is about to conduct at seedlings are moved outside to accli- Asilomar will evaluate if the Monterey matize to the outdoors. Between six Pines planted at Asilomar during the and eight months the seedlings are then 2000/2001 time frame validate the Año removed from their vials and planted. Nuevo findings. If they do, Cyndi will This method is also labor intensive. then look for scientific correlations. Did Another method is presently under those pines planted closer to the ocean way at Asilomar. Installation of new have better outcomes than those planted ADA-compliant pathways at Asilo- closer inland? Did larger or older trees mar required the removal of Monterey fight off the disease better than younger Pines needed to make way for the new ones? pathways. These healthy trees were put The State Park staff at Asilomar through a chipper and mulched. This certainly gets an A for effort in their at- process enabled the seeds from the cones tempts to combat Pitch canker. In 2005 to become scattered in the mulch. The an inoculation program was started on mulch was then spread over areas at pine seedlings grown on- site in their Asilomar needing reforestation. These nursery. The study was eventually dis- seeds will now come up voluntarily and continued due to the project being costly hopefully restore Asilomar’s Monterey and laborious. The young trees required Pine Tree canopy.

Flanking Environmental Scientist Cyndi Dawson are (L) Anthony Ordiniza and Senior Park Aide Bill Garner (R), who is a retired Los Angeles school principal.

Sanctuary Advisory Council to meet NOAA’s Monterey Bay Na- participation in the management of tional Marine Sanctuary will hold a the sanctuary. The volunteer council’s public meeting in Pacific Grove on 20 voting members and five ex-officio Thursday, December 13, from 8:45 members represent a variety of local a.m. until 4:15 p.m. The Advisory user groups, the general public, and Council will receive a series of pre- state and federal governmental juris- sentations and updates on various dictions. Specifically, the council’s topics affecting the sanctuary. The role is to provide the sanctuary super- meeting will be held at Canterbury intendent with advice on the sanctu- Woods at 651 Sinex Ave. The public ary’s resource protection, research, is welcome. education and outreach programs. For The Monterey Bay Sanctuary more information, contact Jacqueline Advisory Council was established Sommers at 647-4206 or email jac- When these ADA-compliant paths were added to the array at Asilomar State in 1994 to assure continuous public [email protected]. Park, some Monterey Pines were removed. They were then mulched and re- used on site, in hopes that the seeds would sprout naturally. A study of pitch canker disease, which threatens local Monterey Pines, is under way as a part of the project. Photos by Al Saxe. Coastal Commissioner supports completion of coastal trail From the City’s Weekly Summary: After reviewing the comprehensive report and plan developed by Bill Peake’s ad hoc Wednesday, December 12 group, Mike Watson at the Coastal Com- mission has shared his support of the City’s 7-8:30 PM efforts on completing the coastal trail. He confirmed that the mitigation funds from the Pebble Beach enforcement and the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History additional funds that we will be receiving Be part of SPG's annual social event. No speaker, no program, but an informal gathering of SPGers around from State Parks could be used for trail improvements as part of the overall land- refreshments to celebrate another year of SPG successes. Share your suggesations for green gift-giving and scape/native dune habitat restoration at the ideas for sustainable 2013 resolutions. Bring your ideas for programs you'd like to see PSG present next year. great tide pool site. Mike also concurred the steering committee would love your input. Enjoy holiday sustenance provided, and feel welcome to bring with the idea of one Coastal Permit for yourself! the entire project area, which then could your own favorite holiday goodies. Bring a mug for cider and sustain be implemented incrementally as funding Questions: [email protected] becomes available. Page 24 • CEDAR STREET Times • December 7, 2012

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thiS WeekS preMier realtor For more detailed information CongratulationS to on market conditions or for information on other areas of the arleen hardenStein! Monterey Peninsula please call... Bill Bluhm, Broker IncomIng PresIdent of (831) 375-2183 x 100 monterey county AssocIAtIon Featured rentalS of eAltors for Houses Monthly r 2013. 2/1 Close Dwtn Mtry, DLI, NPS (pets ok) Monterey $2,300 2/1.5 Wood floors, granite Kitchen, FP PG $2,000 1/1 Duplex Close Dwtn Mtry,DLI,NPS (pets ok) $1,200 We couldn’t be Prouder And Apartments 2/1 Close to town/beach PG $1,325 WIsh you A terrIfIc yeAr ! Studio Close to MPC Monterey $1,175

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1111 Lincoln Ave. 875 Spencer St. 675 Mermaid Ave. Pacific Grove Pacific Grove Pacific Grove Super cute Pacific Grove cottage amid the oaks Light and bright Mediterranean 2 bedroom, 2 Great location with Bay views and close to the in quiet neighborhood. Two bedrooms, one bath home with 2 car garage in New Monterey. waterfront. Main house has 2 bedrooms and 1 bath, double paned windows, one car garage and Great bay views from living room, dining room, bath with a one car garage. The 200 sq. ft. guest a fully fenced, tiered backyard. All appliances bedroom and bath. Prime location for starter, house has 1 bedroom and 1 bath. Property needs included. Great starter! second home or rental property. TLC but has lots of potential. Clancy D’Angelo Bill Bluhm Se Habla Español Ricardo Azucena Offered at $435,000 (831) 277-1358 Offered at $495,000 (831) 277-2782 Offered at $495,000 (831) 917-1849

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Call for Details 1001 Funston Ave., #5 1334 Lawton Ave. Pacific Grove Pacific Grove Pacific Grove Picture perfect, immaculate 1892 vintage Wonderful 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1,292 sq. ft. Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on a quiet, beach cottage located in the P.G. Retreat. This condo. Brand new kitchen with tile flooring, private street in Del Monte Park. Nice, open 2 bedroom, 1 bath home features Carmel stone stainless steel appliances and granite counter top. floor plan, cozy fireplace new bamboo laminate fireplace, wood floors, high ceilings, updated Crown molding throughout. Plantation shutters flooring, double pane windows, 2 car garage, systems plus garage. Close to ocean, town and in bedrooms. large yard. rec trail. Deane Ramoni Helen Bluhm Al Borges Offered at $599,000 (831) 917-6080 Offered at $380,000 (831) 277-2783 Sold! (831) 236-4935

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30 Tanglewood Rd. 3051 Larkin Rd. 988 Madison St. Monterey Pebble Beach Monterey Light, well maintained 2 bedroom, one bath end Great chance to own a beautifully updated one Secluded 3 bedroom, 2 bath hidden treasure unit situated in the Tanglewood condominiums level turnkey jewel. Spacious, light filled rooms located just a few blocks up the hill from of Skyline Forest offers a great opportunity. with wood, tile and marble floors. Master suite downtown Monterey. Fireplaces in living room Convenient location. Traditional sale! oasis with dream closet and elegant bath. Sunset and master bedroom, plenty of decking and a views from living room and front patio. low maintenance yard. Arleen Hardenstein T.J. Bristol Joe Smith Offered at $312,500 (831) 915-8989 Offered at $805,000 (831) 521-3131 Offered at $630,000 (831) 238-1984

open houSe liSting - deC 8th - deC 10th Market SnapShot (as of December 4, 2012) Monterey Pacific Grove Salinas $312,500 2BR/1BA Open Sat 2-4 $380,000 2BR/2BA Open Sat 1-4 $398,000 3BR/2BA Open Sun 1-3 Pacific Grove Number of Median Average Days on 30 Tanglewood X Skyline Forest 1001 Funston Ave., #5 X Patterson 9359 Bur Oak Place X Charter Oak Single Family Properties Price Price Market Arleen Hardenstein 831-915-8989 Shawn Quinn 831-236-4318 Arleen Hardenstein 831-915-8989 Current Inventory 45 $779,000 $1,309,871 137 $495,000 2BR/2BA Open Sun 1-4 $599,000 2BR/1BA Open Sat 1-3 875 Spencer St. X David Ave. 128 4th St. X Central Ave. Properties 28 $572,500 $633,392 65 Shawn Quinn 831-236-4318 Deane Ramoni 831-917-6080 in Escrow Closed Sales $630,000 2BR/2BA Open Mon 1-4 $599,000 2BR/1BA Open Sun 2-4 November 2012 17 $650,000 $712,359 89 988 Madison St. X Monroe St. 128 4th St. X Central Ave. Ricardo Azucena 831-917-1849 Piper Loomis 831-402-2884 Closed Sales Year to Date 184 $552,000 $623,183 98