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By KELLY NIX and his family via Facebook and “f**k them up.” He also said Jester, a skydiving instructor, told him he would rape alternatives to THE MAN who became a YouTube hit late last year his wife. The comments, Grasmuck said, made him angry after a drunken BASE jump from Bixby Bridge in defiance and fearful for his family. of a CHP officer was found guilty by a jury Wednesday of “I told my wife and daughter ‘Watch out, because I regional desal threatening the officer — a felony — and three lesser don’t know what this guy is going to do,’” Grasmuck testi- crimes. n Other projects to be outlined at The day after hearing testimony Tuesday, the jury found See JESTER page 12A Steven Jester, 47, guilty of threatening vio- October forum in Monterey lence against a peace officer, driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of less than an By KELLY NIX ounce of marijuana and disobedience of a peace officer’s lawful order. On Dec. 8, 2010, WITH PLANS for the Monterey Bay Regional Jester, wearing a parachute, leapt from the Desalination Project stalled over conflict-of-interest allega- Bixby Bridge to the beach below. tions involving a former county water board member, and When he’s sentenced Nov. 2, Jester could with rationing likely in the near future, California American get up to five years in prison, but it’s more like- Water has produced a study of other ways to supply the ly he’ll receive felony probation, which carries Monterey Peninsula with H2O. A community forum Oct. 26 a maximum of one year in county jail. will give the company an opportunity to present the alterna- Jester’s jump from the bridge — which he tives. performed after CHP officer Ben Grasmuck “Given all that is at stake,” Cal Am spokeswoman happened upon the scene and warned him, “Don’t even think about it” — was videotaped See WATER page 9A by a friend and posted on YouTube. The video has had more than 1.8 million views. But it wasn’t the jump that got Jester into ATER MAIN BREAK the most trouble, it was what he said to W Grasmuck afterward. During the one-day trial — presided over by SCREENSHOT FROM YOUTUBE VIDEO DRENCHES P. B . L ODGE Monterey County Superior Court Judge Steven Jester was smiling before he jumped from the Bixby Bridge in Pamela L. Butler — Grasmuck testified that December 2010. But he made vicious threats to a CHP officer who arrest- By MARY SCHLEY after his arrest Jester threatened to find him ed him for the stunt, according to a jury that convicted him of a felony. A 12-INCH water main ruptured Wednesday night, flooding shops, offices, banquet rooms and part of the hotel at the Lodge at Pebble Beach before a Cal Am crew shut it Crossroads sues down. Pebble Beach Fire Capt. William Smith estimated the PLUG IN YOUR VOLT OR company, which owns the pipeline that burst, lost 300,000 Pacific Tweed for gallons of fresh water during the hour it flowed. LEAF AT SUNSET LOT The call came in around 9 p.m. Sept. 28 from a concierge past and future rent who reported “they had a large flow of water, and they didn’t See BREAK page 28A n Bankruptcy documents paint grim financial picture Faulty fireplace burns By KELLY NIX
THE OWNERS of an upscale clothing store that went Spindrift guesthouse bankrupt this summer are being sued by their former land- lord for more than $90,000 in back rent and much more in By MARY SCHLEY future rent due under a long-term lease, according to court documents filed this week. A FALSE alarm that turned out not to be false and a gate On Sept. 22, Carmel Valley Partners, which owns The that wouldn’t open hampered firefighters’ efforts to put out a Crossroads shopping center, filed a lawsuit against Pacific fire in a Carmel Highlands guesthouse early Sunday morn- Tweed owners David Bernahl, Sean E. Murphy and Todd A. ing, but they still managed to keep it from spreading to the Tempalski over “breach of guaranty” related to their former large main home. A faulty fireplace is being blamed for the clothing store. blaze that triggered an automatic alarm in the Spindrift Lane Carmel Valley Partners alleges the men, who opened residence at 3 a.m. Sept. 25. Pacific Tweed with great fanfare in 2003, failed to pay rent The residents initially thought it had simply been activat- and reneged on a lease they signed to make monthly rental ed by fireplace smoke and notified their alarm company payments to the shopping center until March 2020. there was no fire, according to Cal Fire Battalion Chief
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Goodman of Documents show Pacific Tweed’s credi- San Francisco. tors include Monterey County Bank, 2011 Bernahl, 32, who launched the store when $211,301.44; Patrick Keeley, $125,000; Best General Contractor he was in 20s, told The Pine Cone they tried clothing company Brioni USA, $80,577; to keep it afloat but were simply unable to. Fraser Trust, $60,000; Al Saroyan, $50,000; “When the economy crashed a few years Joe Howard, $45,000; Debby Polomo, back, we saw sales at Pacific Tweed drop by $33,000; Joe Howard, $45,000; Nancy General Contractors Inc. Lic# 504797 over half in less than a year,” Bernahl said. Bernahl, $40,000; and the California State “We reacted quickly and made major cuts in Board of Equalization, $44,227. 21 Mandeville Court, Monterey, CA 93940 expenses — including, at times, zero salaries Assets at the time the store closed includ- t 831.375.1890 f 831.375.1480 for the founders.” ed $141 in petty cash, $9,000 in fixtures and Bernahl said it was those sacrifices that $175,515 in “mens and ladies’ clothing, [email protected] kept the store going for the past few years. shoes and jewelry.” “Our employees and our families were Bernahl said he and his business partners our primary concern,” he said. “We did “proactively worked with our vendors and everything we could to preserve employee others to manage expenses and made terrific jobs.” progress in reaching terms that allowed us to According to the lawsuit, Pacific Tweed cut expenses.” owes the shopping center $91,586.70 in past But even with the cuts, “every penny we rent and $1,275,053.70 in future monthly earned was going to rent,” he said. rent for the 3,550-square-foot space. In addi- While Pacific Tweed, Inc. had been work- tion to the base rent, CVP was entitled to 5 ing with the landlord, “suddenly local man- percent of annual gross sales in excess of $2 agement advised us that their [San million, according to the lease. Francisco] Bay Area law firm would handle The Crossroads is also seeking $265,824, all communications and negotiations — for future monthly maintenance fees immediately things changed,” according to ($1,476/month), taxes ($756/month) and Bernahl. promotion fees ($324/month) until the end His attorney, Jeannette Witten, said at the of the lease. time Pacific Tweed filed bankruptcy, the Once Pacific Tweed vacated the store, amount in question with the Crossroads was CVP repossessed the space and tried to re- $40,000. Though the owners of Pacific rent it but has not been able to, according to Tweed offered to pay all disputed amounts in the suit. cash and give the Crossroads a percentage of Bernahl, who owns 28.55 percent of the sales, the Crossroads refused, she said. Pacific Tweed, Inc., is also a partner in the “The complaint that the Crossroads has Monterey-based Coastal Luxury now brought against the founders was filed Management, the company that owns the in bad faith,” according to Witten. “The Cannery Row Brewing Company and Crossroads has taken an alleged $40,000 Restaurant 1833, Pebble Beach Food & Wine claim against three upstanding community and Los Angeles Food & Wine. Tempalski members, refused all efforts to settle, and also owns 28.55 percent of the company, turned it into $1.6 million malicious prose- while Murphy is listed as owning 16.3 per- cution. We are confident that the citizens of cent. 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Catherine Bowie told The Pine Cone. “We time he was on the board of the Monterey — and “The People’s Moss Landing Water The forum will be held Oct. 26 from 7 to believe it’s simply a matter of good planning County Water Resources Agency. The results Desal Project,” a proposal by another group. 10 p.m. at the Monterey Conference Center, to begin a preliminary examination of alter- of a Monterey County District Attorney’s Per an agreement by several Peninsula 1 Portola Plaza. The event will be open to the natives to the regional project.” Office investigation into the conflict is mayors, Meurer may present the results of a public. The water provider’s study explores 10 expected to be released soon. alternatives to the regional project, including Other obstacles have set back the project. expanded aquifer storage and recovery, In August, the California Coastal smaller desal plants, the use of Salinas River Commission rejected a permit to operate a ment plans. test well for the Marina desal plant until the PLANS The resolution, which would have to be water, recycled-water projects and a deepwa- From page 1A ter desalina- Collins matter is resolved. Still unresolved is adopted by the city council, would prompt tion opera- a lawsuit the Ag Land Trust filed against the the state-run program to calculate how much tion in Moss county over water rights related to the pro- Carmel would be on the hook if it chose to Landing. ject. enues are also declining. get out. The calculation process would take One option But with And the county, which has taken an The city could reduce its exposure by at least six months. the Monterey increasingly tentative role in the water pro- decreasing the level of CalPERS benefits or But when CalPERS told the city the total is a desal plant Peninsula ject, has refused to pay consultant RMC replacing the retirement plans with a combi- amount of its liabilities, according to Sharpe, near the Naval facing a Water & Environment more than $400,000 nation of Social Security and a defined con- the council could say, “Thank you very water deficit for work it performed on the water project. tribution pension plan like a 401(k), he told much. We choose not to terminate.” Postgraduate of 10,000 “It is prudent to begin looking at contin- the council. The committee also recommended reduc- School acre-feet a gency options to be sure we will be prepared But first, city taxpayers would have to ing retirement benefits for new employees year — 70 to meet the state cutback order in case the foot the bill to get out. — which occurred that same night when the percent of disagreements surrounding the regional pro- Committee members discovered the city city approved a new contract with the gener- the total sup- ject remain unresolved,” Bowie said. owes CalPERS $6 million, a loan on which it al employees’ union. ply — will The alternatives studied by Cal Am is being charged 7.75 percent interest. The After Sharpe concluded his report, coun- these projects be enough? include a desal plant on the west side of Del group recommended the city work to pay off cilman Jason Burnett remarked that the city’s “The first question the study looks at is Monte Boulevard within the Naval the debt, which it became saddled with in huge CalPERS liability was the first issue he how much water a new project must produce Postgraduate School’s jurisdiction, a desal 2003 when CalPERS set up a “side fund” set out to tackle after his election in 2010, to comply with cutbacks and ensure a reli- plant in Marina using slant wells, and the use based on estimated previous underfunding of and it was a key point he made during his able water service to meet customer of Salinas River water. the system. Carmel was pooled with several campaign. demand,” Bowie said. Another project the MRWPCA will dis- other cities in the fund, and its debt was At the Sept. 13 meeting, he encouraged The Cal Am review also looks at costs cuss is the possibility of aquifer augmenta- based on the difference between its CalPERS the council to take action quickly on the and permitting requirements for each pro- tion, which involves taking highly treated assets and how much it owed, according to committee’s suggestions, though McCloud ject. sewage water currently used for irrigation Sharpe. The committee suggested passing a said the plan was to hold a workshop on the “It will show apples-to-apples cost fig- and injecting it into an aquifer so it can be bond and taking money from reserves to pay issue after new city administrator Jason ures of each alternative and look at what it used as drinking water. The process is simi- it down. Stilwell — who moved into city hall Sept. 28 will take to get each one to the finish line,” lar to a successful project launched by the In addition, the city’s “termination liabil- — “gets his feet wet first.” according to Bowie. Orange County Water District in 2008. ities” — how much it would cost taxpayers Burnett responded that he and council- Monterey city manager Fred Meurer told to pull out of the state’s pension plan — were man Ken Talmage had requested the forma- The Pine Cone the Oct. 26 forum will allow Analyzing needs and costs roughly estimated at another $14.4 million, tion of a CalPERS committee in the spring of the public to hear about the alternatives, Though the Oct. 26 forum is still in the though the reality is probably much worse, 2010, and letting more time pass was akin to comment and ask questions. planning stages, Meurer plans to invite rep- according to Sharpe. wasting money. “Basically, everybody has great concern resentatives from the Monterey Peninsula “Whatever the number will be, it’s much “Every day that goes by that has a higher about the current feasibility of executing Water Management District, the Monterey more than $14.4 million,” he said. “It may interest rate than you are earning on capital Plan A,” the regional desalination project, he Regional Water Pollution Control Agency well be the only way to get a more precise is money down the drain,” he commented. said. “So the communities and the mayors of and others. and formal number is to go through the res- “So I feel a sense of urgency to make the six Peninsula communities are very con- Meurer will ask the water district about olution to terminate” the CalPERS retire- progress.” cerned about Plan B. 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After that, the day of Jester’s bridge jump, testified he unveils new Grasmuck, who described Jester as hav- officers, “basically assaulted me,” he called 911 to report a driver in a black Isuzu ing “mood swings,” said Jester at one point claimed. drifting into the other lane and swerving. The catalog of classes offered to give him “free skydiving lessons” Jester said the eight- to 10-second driver was later determined to be Jester. if Grasmuck let him go. The officer turned “assault” left him with a detached tendon in The 911 tape was played to jurors who down the offer. his left bicep and a bruise “the size of a bas- heard Arratia tell a dispatcher that Jester and activities But while Jester, of Aptos, testified he ketball” on his back. nearly rear-ended another car. insulted Grasmuck by calling him names at “I thought they broke my arm at first,” “It was more than swerving, [he] almost THE LATEST edition of “Let's Go points during the 90-minute ride in a CHP- Jester said. He rolled up his sleeve to show caused and accident,” Arratia testified. Outdoors,” the Monterey Peninsula Regional issue Ford Expedition from Bixby Bridge to the jury what he said was an injured bicep. CHP officer John Correa, who responded Park District's biannual catalog of offerings, a substation in Salinas, he strongly denied Questioning the seriousness of his to Bixby Bridge after Jester was arrested, is hot off the press. making threats and talking about Grasmuck’s injuries, Monterey County Deputy District recognized the license plate number on The 16-page fall/winter edition features wife. Attorney Joe Buckalew in cross examination Jester’s Isuzu, which matched the description nearly 80 classes, workshops, activities and “I didn’t mention anything about his asked if Jester had sought medical treatment given by Arratia. events on a wide variety of outdoor-related wife,” Jester said in response to questions for the injuries. Jester said he hadn’t. Correa also searched the Isuzu and found subjects, including “The Enchanted Oaks of from his attorney Michael Pettit. “That’s a Mitchell, who shot the video featuring a two bags of marijuana, which Jester was also Jacks Peak,” “Mushroom Mania,” complete fabrication.” boastful and obviously intoxicated Jester, charged with possessing. “Moonlight Photography in Big Sur,” “Wild Jester also said he told Grasmuck that the testified Jester picked him up in Marina and BASE is an acronym for buildings, anten- Watercolor Workshop,” “Bugs in Your officer would “be a YouTube star” as a result that they drove to Big Sur, stopping at a gas nas, spans and earth. Though Jester’s Garden,” “Batik Mystique,” “Beginning of the video and requested the officer send station in Carmel beforehand. Mitchell said YouTube video was largely entertaining Woodcarving,” “Owls of Central California” him a request on Facebook so he could “tag” he wanted to try out his new video equip- because of his encounter with Grasmuck, and “The Power of Plants.” him in the video. ment. Bixby Bridge for years has been a popular “The guide is designed to encourage peo- At the substation, however, Jester said Though Jester testified he drank “one or spot with BASE jumpers, and others have ple to explore the outdoors,” explained Grasmuck and another officer became infu- possibly two” glasses of vodka and cranber- posted YouTube videos of their jumping Jackie Nelson, the MPRPD's environmental riated when they noticed he had a cellphone ry juice at the bridge before jumping, he exploits at the bridge. education supervisor. “Each week can be a and was speaking to his friend, Tyler denied drinking before his arrival there. 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Enjoy food and wine at the Oct. 2 - All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Ninth Lisa See will talk about her latest novel, Dreams of Preview/Reception Friday, Sept. 30, from 5-7 p.m. and Dolores, offers an Evensong service, Sunday, Joy, which debuted #1 on the New York Times Best Self-guided walking tours Saturday/Sunday, 11 Oct. 2, at 5:30 pm. An Anglican tradition dating a.m. to 5 p.m, includes lectures, family activities back to the 15th century, Evensong embraces Sellers List, during a luncheon and will autograph and more. For more information or to buy tickets chant, anthems, hymns, prayer and meditation. A books following her presentation. ($15-75), go to ArtintheAdobes.org, the Monterey light supper follows the service. All are welcome. Museum of Art on Pacific Street or call (831) 224- Call the church for more information at (831) 624- Sunday, October 23, 2011 2754. 3883. 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Tickets are award winning book and app, Flying Poodles - A required for the keynote address by renowned Geraldine Low-Sabado will share untold stories of the history of the Christmas Story, Saturday, Oct. 1, at Diggidy Dog author Paul Theroux and a bazaar-themed inter- Chinese fishing village while leading a walking tour through Cannery Pet Supply Shop 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. She will be sign- national reception, but all proceeds go toward a Row past sites significant to early Chinese immigrants and their ing her limited edition, signed and numbered Peace Corps scholarship at MIIS. For more infor- descendants. The tour will conclude at McAbee Beach with a tea books along with a star of the book, Miss Lucy mation visit. ceremony honoring Chinese ancestors who contributed to the success Ball, her poodle. (650) 363-1600. Oct. 13 – Roy’s at Pebble Beach Hawaiian of Monterey and the Monterey Bay Lion Dance Team will perform. Oct. 1 – Chamber Music Monterey Bay to pre- Luau, 6 - 10 p.m. Enjoy live Hawaiian music, hula Meet in the Ball Room at 1 PM. sent St. Petersburg String Quartet, with Anton Nel, dancers and a traditional luau buffet. Chef Roy piano, Saturday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m. Sunset Center, San Yamaguchi will autograph cookbooks and share Tickets for Lunch, Talk, Signing: $40 • Reservations Required Carlos Street and Ninth, (831) 625-2212. tips on his special dishes. $130 per person, Advanced tickets can be purchased by phone or in person at the Monterey Public Library. Oct. 1 - The Old Fisherman’s Wharf $29.95 for children 10 and under, all inclusive. Association in Monterey is sponsoring Art on the Gate fee waived. Call (831) 647-7441 for reser- To purchase tickets or for more information, please contact Sirie Thongchua Wharf, Saturday, Oct. 1,10 a.m. - 7 p.m., which is vations. at (831) 646-5632 or [email protected] a very special free, fun, interactive event for all Nov. 5-7 - Monterey High Class of 1961 will Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940 ages that showcases the work of talented local hold a 50th class reunion Nov. 5, 6 & 7. Cost is artists from Monterey County and the historic Old $99 for Nov. 5 & 6. For more information go on www.monterey.org/library The Friends of the Monterey Public Library is a 501(c) (3) Fisherman’s Wharf, and provides many opportuni- line at or contact Carole Steudler at (831) 277- nonprofit organization, Tax ID #91-1976593. ties to have fun and create art, too. There will also 5850. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by the law.
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WRITER AND musician Richard Fariña — whose COURT OF THE FOUNTAINS WEBSITE promising career was cut short when he died at the age of 29 in a 1966 motorcycle accident on Carmel Valley Road — will be remembered Saturday, Oct. 1, when television producer Omar Lugones presents a talk about him at Carmel Valley Library. Fariña is perhaps best known for writing the countercul- ture classic book, “Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me.” He was also married to Mimi Baez, the sister of folk legend Joan Baez. The pair toured as a folk duo and record- ed three albums. Fariña was a close friend of iconic songwriter Bob Dylan. Dylan played harmonica and sang background on several of Fariña’s recordings, although due to contractual obligations, he’s credited anonymously as “Blind Boy Grunt.” The two were later rumored to have a falling out — in fact, Fariña is one of several people credited with being the object of Dylan’s scorn in his classic, “Positively 4th Street.” Fariña’s “Morgan the Pirate” is said to have the returned the
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THE HERITAGE SOCIETY OF PACIFIC GROVE & PACIFIC GROVE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE presents PACIFIC GROVE’S 42nd ANNUAL HISTORIC HOME TOUR Writer and musician Richard Fariña, pictured here with his wife, Mimi, will be the subject of a Oct. 1 talk at the Carmel Valley Library. Fariña died in a 1966 motorcycle accident on Carmel Valley Road.
MONTEREY INSTITUTE AND PEACE CORPS: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT Saturday, October 8, 2011 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ~ Movie screening, photo displays, comments and panel discussions featuring Congressman Sam Farr, Maureen Orth and others (free) 4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. ~ Keynote address & reception featuring best-selling author Paul Theroux (tickets required*) Monterey Institute of International Studies McCone Building, 499 Pierce Street, Monterey *Tickets for the Paul Theroux lecture and reception are $20 and benefit the Monterey Institute’s Peace Corps Scholarship Fund. For more information visit go.miis.edu/pcevent or call 831-647-6606 Happy F t Sunday, October 2 • 10 am - 3 pm III Annual Tour of Pacifi c Grove’s Historic Homes & Properties Gift Certificates Available INCLUDES The Best Gift for your loved one Artists in Chautauqua Body Massage Heritage House for the Birds $ Historic Walking Tour 55 PER HOUR TICKETS: $20 Foot Massage $ Tickets available at: Pacifi c Grove Chamber of Commerce 28 PER HOUR Includes: Head, Neck, Shoulder, www.Pacifi cGrove.org • www.Pacifi cGroveHeritage.org Back and Leg Massage Important Notice: Historic properties that retain original architectural features may not be accessible to all. 831.622.9168 If you have special access needs, please call (831) 373-3304. Shoe coverings provided, no high heels please. East side Dolores St, (Bt 7th & 8th) FOR MORE INFORMATION: 831-373-3304 Carmel-by-the-Sea OPEN DAILY: 10:00AM - 9:00PM Give your community a stimulus plan — shop locally! www.happyfeetcarmel.com September 30, 2011 The Carmel Pine Cone 15A Russian quartet returns to Sunset, Irish duo plays in historic hall
By CHRIS COUNTS n From County Clare to County Monterey CHAMBER MUSIC Monterey Bay kicks off its 2011- One of the most famous of all Irish fiddlers, Martin Hayes 12 season with a performance by the St. Petersburg String teams up with guitarist Dennis Cahill Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Quartet Saturday, Oct. 1, at Sunset Center. Chatauqua Hall. “We love it when they come here,” said Amy Anderson, A six-time winner of the All Ireland Fiddle Championship president of Chamber Music Monterey Bay. “They are such while he was still a teenager, Hayes is a native of County wonderful players, and they perform with such passion. And Clare and a gifted instrumentalist whose music transcends the Russian community comes out in droves when they visit.” the confines of traditional Irish folk music. Founded in 1985, the string quartet features Alla Cahill, meanwhile, was born in Chicago. His love of Irish Aranovskaya on first violin, Evgeny Zvonnikov on second music was passed down by his parents, who come from violin, Boris Vayner on viola and Leonid Shukaev on cello. County Kerry. Aranovskaya and Shukaev are founding members. Two years ago, Hayes and Cahill made their debut at When it performs at Sunset Center, the string quartet will Chatauqua Hall. be joined by pianist Anton Nel. A child prodigy in his native “Both Martin and Dennis loved playing there,” said Bob South Africa, Nel made his debut at 12. He came to the Breheny, president of the Celtic Society of Monterey Bay, the United States at 22, and a year later he was appointed to the local nonprofit group presenting the show. “They are just so faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. unique in the way that they seem to delve into the music. According to Anderson, Nel “absolutely clicks” with the Like the way Samuel Beckett does with words, they break string quartet, which is no small challenge. “They are very things down to the elemental.” demanding,” she said of the Russian ensemble. Earlier this year, Hayes and Cahill performed a St. At Sunset Center, the string quartet will perform Piano Patrick’s Day concert at the White House for President Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, by Johannes Brahms, Five Barack Obama and members of Congress. Miniatures on Jewish Folk Themes by Sulkan Tsintsadze and The music starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $22 in advance, Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, by Antonín Dvorák. $20 at the door and $18 for members of the Celtic Society. The St. Petersburg String Quartet, pictured above, will be Anderson called the pieces by Brahms and Dvorák “big, For more information, call (408) 847-6982 or visit joined by pianist Anton Nel Oct. 1 at Sunset Center. The con- bold masterpieces.” The piece by Tsintsadze, meanwhile, www.celticsociety.org. cert is presented by Chamber Music Monterey Bay. may be obscure, but it’s an “incredible gem,” Anderson added. Saturday’s performance marks the first of five concerts SUNSET PRESENTS offered this season by the nonprofit CCMB. The schedule also includes visits to Carmel by the Morganstern Piano Trio Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack (Nov. 11, 2012), the Calefax Reed Quintet (Feb. 24, 2012), the Eroica Trio (March 23, 2012) and the Daedalus String Quartet (April 14, 2012). The St. Petersburg String Quartet’s concert starts at 8 p.m. Tickets range from $41 to $65, with discounts available for children and students. Sunset Center is located at San Carlos Friday A hilarious, nostalgic and Ninth. For more information, call (831) 625-2212 or visit www.chambermusicmontereybay.org. October 7 journey through the
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festival with By CHRIS COUNTS Francis McComas and Mary DeNeale Morgan. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ CARMEL’S RICH creative heritage will “There’s such a wealth of late 19th and be well represented at this weekend’s inau- early 20th century artists who lived and gural Art in the Adobes festival in Monterey. By CHRIS COUNTS worked on the Peninsula, and who later The three-day event, which begins Friday, became famous far beyond the local area,” Sept. 30, brings to light a fascinating collec- ERHAPS LITERATURE’S most explained James Bryant, president of the Old P tion of Early California paintings that will famous cautionary tale of romance and prej- Monterey Business Association. “In many hang in some of Monterey’s most important udice, “Romeo and Juliet,” opens Saturday, cases, these paintings have been in storage historical buildings. Oct. 1, at the Outdoor Forest Theater. for 75 years.” Featured at the festival will be work by Presented by PacRep Theatre, “Romeo The art will be displayed in the Cooper- many painters who lived in Carmel or were and Juliet” was originally scheduled to be Molera Adobe, Colton Hall, the Stevenson members of the Carmel Art Association, the first of two plays presented in this year’s House, the Monterey Museum of Art, Casa including Jo Mora, Armin Hanson, E. 22nd annual Carmel Shakespeare Festival. Serrano, Few Memorial Hall and the Thomas Charlton Fortune, Charles Chapel Judson, But because of the ongoing renovation of the Oliver Larkin House. The exhibits are curat- Arthur Hill Gilbert, Abel Warshawsky, Golden Bough Playhouse, a performance of ed by California art history scholar Julianne Ferdinand Burgdorff, Linford Donovan, “The Tempest” was cancelled. Christian Jorgensen, Arthur Mathews, “After ‘Hamlet’ and ‘King Lear,’ it’s prob- See ART page 20A ably one of the greatest plays ever written,” explained Ken Kelleher, who is directing. PHOTO/PACREP THEATRE “It’s more than just a love story. It’s exciting, PacRep Theatre’s “Romeo and Juliet” opens Oct. 1 at the Outdoor Forest Theater. See SHAKESPEARE page 21A “Vieux Port, St. Tropez,” by E. Carmel-by-the-Sea Marina Carmel-by-the-Sea Charlton Fortune, will be displayed at this CHAMBER MUSIC MONTEREY BAY MRWMD DAWSON COLE FINE ART weekend’s inaugural presents presents presents Art in the Adobes St. Petersburg OPEN HOUSE RICHARD festival in Monterey. & TOURS MACDONALD String Quartet Artist Reception October 1 October 1 October 1 & 2 See page 20A See page 13A See pages 13A Pacific Grove Carmel-by-the-Sea Carmel-by-the-Sea PACIFIC GROVE CHAMBER SANTA BARBARA BANK & TRUST SUNSET CENTER 42nd Annual presents the 23rd Annual presents Taste of Carmel Sandy Hackett’s HISTORIC Footloose & HOME TOUR Fancy Fare RAT PACK October 2 October 6 October 7 See page 14A See page 17A See page 15A Mangia del’Arte 'SJEBZ 0DUPCFSrQN IN STUDIO 105 Monterey Pebble Beach Carmel-by-the-Sea LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE MONTEREY INSTITUTE AND ROY’S PEBBLE BEACH WINTERS FINE ART Presented by Peter Lesnik PEACE CORPS presents presents presents in association with Sunset Center Celebrating 50 Hawaiian FALL & WINTER SHOW Years of Global Engagement LUAU Reception October 8 October 13 October 20 See pages 14A See page 4A See page 11A Carmel-by-the-Sea Monterey DiningAround the Peninsula SUNSET CENTER FRIENDS OF MONTEREY PUBLIC LIBRARY presents present A delightful dinner theatre CARMEL Anton & Michel ...... 14A MANGIA LISA SEE experience blending comedy, Casanova ...... 7A Lunch, Talk, the live music of a capella stars DEL’ARTE Book Signing Dametra Cafe ...... 6A So Vo Só and whimsical L’ Escargot ...... 17A October 21 October 23 See page 16A See pages 13A circus acts! MONTEREY Baan Thai ...... 18A Tickets include a 3-course Italian dinner from Grasing’s Restaurant PEBBLE BEACH and wine from Vino Napoli. Roy’s at Spanish Bay ...... 4A InYourDreams October A CELEBRATION OF THE CARMEL LIFESTYLE
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By MARY SCHLEY the Taste of Carmel, including David Fink’s eat their food and buy raffle tickets,” he said. Barbara Bank & Trust — which is providing Cantinetta Luca, Will’s Fargo restaurant, “His work goes for about $5,000, and it ties commemorative glasses for everyone — and THE CHAMBER of Commerce’s annu- Mesa del Sol winery, Caraccioli Cellars and into something that’s very, very Carmel, Hayashi & Wayland Account & Consulting. al homage to the town’s best food and drink Coastview Vineyard. which is art.” will take place under the night sky at the Other purveyors set to appear that night The evening’s sponsors include Santa Continues next page Carmel Mission from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, are A.W. Shucks Cocktail & Oyster Bar, Oct. 6, with a flair of 1980s excess. Themed Andre’s Bouchée Bistro & Wine Bar, Anton “Footloose and Fancy Fare,” this year’s Taste & Michel, Aubergine at L’Auberge Carmel, of Carmel will star 30 Monterey Peninsula Bahama Island Steakhouse, Basil, Bountiful chefs and 20 wineries from throughout the Basket, The Carmel Coffee House, county sharing their best with the evening’s Earthbound Farm, Forge in the Forest, Fresh Rio Grill chef Cy guests — many of whom will be costumed Cream, Grill on Ocean Avenue, Highland’s Yontz demonstrates renditions of Madonna, the Goonies and Inn, Hola! Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, Il the art of empana- other icons of the era. Fornaio, Kurtz Culinary, Nielsen Bros. da-making during “We have a younger committee, so they Market & Deli, PortaBella and Terry’s at the the final fun (and were into the ‘80s, and we knew ‘Footloose’ Cypress Inn. tasty) cooking class was going be remade this year,” event coor- in a three-part series Enlisted wineries include Bernardus, at the Crossroads dinator Ben Beesley explained. “So as we Carmel Ridge, Chateau Julien Wine Estate, restaurant. were playing with the names, ‘Footloose and Figge Cellars, Heller Estate Organic Fancy Fare’ seemed to flow very well.” Vineyards, J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines, The group didn’t know then that Joullian Vineyards, Ltd, Morgan Winery, “Footloose” star Kevin Bacon and his broth- Robert Talbott Vineyards, Ventana/Le er would be performing with their band at Mistral, Vino Napoli and Wrath Wines.
Sunset Center in September, but organizers Beesley said a few changes have been PHOTO/MARY SCHLEY are getting him to autograph a poster that made for this year’s Taste, including entering will be auctioned or raffled at the event, through the main gate, rather than the side adding to its thematic flavor. gate directly to the courtyard, which will Beesley said he would try to get the make logistics easier while capitalizing on Bacon Brothers, who were on the calendar at the Mission Basilica’s beauty. Sunset to play with their band on Sept. 29, to “It’s a much grander entrance,” he said. stay for the week. He may not succeed, but at “To be able to showcase that and walk in least he will have a souvenir. right in front of the Basilica is a wow factor.” The event has become a destination that In addition, organizers are grouping some attracts out-of-town visitors but has a partic- of the auction items to give them greater ularly strong draw among locals, he value for bidders. The silent auction will fea- observed. ture about 60 items and packages. “We have a lot of events on the Monterey Also new this year, artist Simon Bull will Peninsula, but because it’s our own restau- paint the tableau throughout the evening, and rants and own wineries, it’s more local, so I participants can purchase raffle tickets for a think there’s a lot of pride in this event,” chance to win the finished piece. “Simon Beesley said. “It’s really a who’s who within Bull is incredibly renowned in our area, and our community.” it’s going to be a live scene of what’s going About 20 percent of the wineries and on at our event, so they’ll be able to watch restaurants participating this year are new to what he’s doing as they drink their wine and
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Dinner Nightly from 5:30 pm 831.620.1942 – www.escargotcarmel.com on Mission at 4th, Carmel-by-the-Sea 18A The Carmel Pine Cone September 30, 2011 FOOD & WINE From previous page er. In Carmel, part of the proceeds will help pay for updating n Learn your gnocchi Sunset’s north-side meeting and conference rooms. Tickets are $75 per person until Saturday, Oct. 1, when they He said Studio 105, which is downstairs from Sunset’s Executive chef Jason Balestrieri will lead an Oct. 20 class increase to $85. The Carmel Mission is located on Rio Road. main theater, is the perfect place to host Mangia del’Arte, on the secrets of making the best gnocchi. The diminutive For more information, call (831) 624-2522 or visit www.tas- with its high ceiling and an ambiance that exudes the feel of dumplings made of semolina, wheat flour, potato or any teofcarmel.com. cabarets and speakeasies — “just the slightest bit naughty.” other of several binders should be soft and pillowy, but over- He also said the venue has ideal theatrical sound and light- worked dough and poor cooking methods can leave them n Mangia del’Arte ing, both of which are imperative in pulling off such a the- dense and gummy. atrical show. From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Balestrieri will share his culi- Former Sunset Center executive director Peter Lesnik is The Friday, Oct. 21, dinner theater will begin at 6 p.m. nary skills and knowledge with just 10 people, who will learn returning to his old stomping ground Oct. 21 with his new with a no-host reception in the Sunset Center lobby. Tickets how to make the pasta, how to cook it and how to create tasty endeavor, Mangia del’Arte, a dinner theater on which he’s are $95 for general admission and $150 for VIPs, and all sauces to accompany it. collaborating with longtime choreographer Tandy Beal. The include the show, food, wine, and taxes and gratuity. Call The cost is $50 per person, plus an automatic gratuity of venue will be the center’s intimate Studio 105, which Lesnik (831) 620-2048 to reserve. 18 percent and 7.25 percent sales tax. Drinks are not includ- said is an ideal location for a small production combined ed. Cantinetta Luca is located on Dolores between Ocean and with a fabulous Italian feast and great wine. It seats 150. n Roy’s Luau Seventh next to Piccadilly Park. To reserve a spot, call (831) The show will involve cabaret, cirque, antics and humor 625-6500. See www.cantinettaluca.com. backed by live music from the very talented a cappella group, Celebrity chef Roy Yamaguchi will make a special SoVoSó. Jeff Raz will serve as ringmaster, aided by sidekick appearance at his restaurant, Roy’s, in the Inn at Spanish Bay n Pizza pizza pizza Calvin Kai Ku, who will direct the evening’s internationally in Pebble Beach, where he will join chef Pablo Mellin for a known acrobats, contortionists and jugglers. Hawaiian luau Thursday, Oct. 13, from 6 to 10 p.m. Live Rumor has it that October is National Pizza Month, so Chef Kurt Grasing, chef/owner of his namesake restaurant Hawaiian music and hula dancers will lend authenticity to the TusCA Ristorante at the Hyatt Regency Monterey is peddling downtown, created the evening’s Italian menu to complement traditional luau buffet, and Yamaguchi will autograph cook- pizza specials — even a sweet one for dessert — during the show, and restaurateur Rich Pèpe of Vino Napoli will pro- books for fans and share culinary tips. lunchtime all month long. Chef Russell Young is creating piz- vide the wine. Pupu platters of Roy’s signature dishes and sushi will zas for each week. The feast will begin with insalata di panzanella of roast- open the meal, followed by a buffet stocked with salads, For Oct. 2-8, customers can enjoy a fire-roasted pizza ed sweet peppers, house marinated mozzarella, toasted bread, grilled chicken, grilled fresh fish and rotisserie pig. Desserts with grilled Royal Rose radicchio, prosciutto, pears, gor- arugula and aged balsamic reduction with a lemon vinai- will include Kona coffee chocolate s’mores, coconut panna gonzola cheese and balsamic reduction, accompanied by a grette, followed by a main course of lasagne alla Bolognese cotta with mango salsa, passionfruit mousse with wedge salad. with braised beef, fresh tomatoes, onions, garlic with freshly caramelized bananas, and platters of cookies. From Oct. 9 through Oct. 15, they can order a traditional grated Parmigiano. Dessert will be tiramisu tradizionale: While not tropical, the wines slated for pouring that Caesar salad and bite into a pizza of radicchio, roasted toma- Italian ladyfingers soaked in espresso layered with sweet evening will be delicious nonetheless. Talbott, Morgan, Tobin toes, Gilroy garlic and pesto, and during the third week, cus- mascarpone. James, Bernardus and Paraiso are on the list. tomers can savor a pizza with radicchio, braised duck, mush- Lesnik said he is thrilled to see an idea that had been The cost to attend is $130 per person; $29.95 for children rooms and smoked gouda with vanilla orange sauce. The fea- “incubating and marinating for a year” finally come to 10 and under. To reserve, call (831) 647-7441. tured salad that week will include Romaine lettuce, green fruition. The traveling show will make three stops on its inau- olives, red and yellow peppers, red onions and balsamic gural mini tour, first in San Francisco, then in Carmel, and n B&B Oktoberfest dressing. finally in Santa Barbara. At each, it will serve as a fundrais- And from Oct. 23 through Oct. 29. guests will be offered The Wenzlers, owners of Baum & Blume in Carmel a Bibb salad with marinated roasted vegetables, salami, wal- Valley Village, will celebrate Oktoberfest Oct. 14-15 with nuts and herb vinaigrette, accompanied by a pizza with radic- special menus for lunch and dinner available from noon to 8 chio, grilled peaches, pistachios, grilled chicken and garlic NUCOP p.m. both days. Adding to the cause for revelry is the fact that cream. OR I Oct. 17 will be B&B’s 43rd anniversary. The dessert pizza, which will be available for $6 all month C Lunch offerings will include speck with beer cheese and long, will be made of chocolate short dough with vanilla pickled eggs, strammer max (“sturdy max” — dark bread, bean gelato, salted caramel sauce and mixed berries. sweet butter and ham topped with a fried egg), yellow split TusCA is located in the hotel at 1 Old Golf Course Road pea soup, grilled bratwurst with housemade mustard and in Monterey. To learn more, call (831) 657-6657. German potato salad, and handmade chocolate pretzels. For dinner, consider smoked salmon with dark bread n Mixing it up at Zeph’s and creamy cucumber salad, celery root and apple salad, bockwurst mit saurer sahnensosse (steamed veal sausage in To help people get in the holiday spirit — i.e., inspired to Organic Produce & Grocery sour cream-chive sauce), rotkol and spatzle (red cabbage and spend money — the Salinas Valley Chamber of Commerce is handmade German noodles), fisch mit grune sosse und Cheeses • Wines • Gifts holding an after-hours mixer at Zeph’s One Stop, which also kartoffel (grilled salmon with herb sauce and steamed pota- includes Portobello’s and Gifts on the Go., at 1366 South Vitamins & Natural Bodycare toes), frankfurter kranze (layered yellow cake with vanilla- Main St. in Salinas. 5% Senior Discount • Case Discounts almond buttercream) and apfelpfannkuchen (caramelized The mixer, which will involve a lot of food, wine and apple crepes). ideas, is set for Monday, Oct. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. 625-1454 Baum & Blume is located at 4 El Caminito Road in The cost is $10 for chamber members and $20 for Carmel Valley across from the Bernardus tasting room. 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From previous page Attendees then sat down to a four-course empanada lunch. The first, which is on the Rio Grill menu, mirrored those prospective members. Register and pay online at www.sali- made by the students and was accompanied by avocado naschamber.com, or pay at the door. Questions? Call (831) crema and cotija cheese. They drank the sangria with it. 757-3947. Next came a salad of wild arugula with grapefruit, pick- led onion, pumpkin-seed agave vinaigrette and an empanada n of Cabrales bleu cheese and bacon. That was paired with a Shadowbrook’s Winemaker crisp white Albariño. Wednesdays Third was seared ahi tuna and mango-habañero coulis Worship over black bean cake with an empanada of rock shrimp, Capitola’s romantic Shadowbrook restaurant is promoting cilantro, queso fresco and cotija. The wine was a red Rioja local wineries by featuring a different one each Wednesday in CARMEL CARMEL VALLEY crianza, which means it was aged in oak for a year. MONTEREY PACIFIC GROVE a series that kicks off Oct. 5, when Storrs will be showcased. And for dessert, an empanada of Abuelita chocolate and That night, Storrs’ wines will be offered by the bottle or banana with Rompope crema (made with rum) was paired glass at half price, and a representative of the winery will be with Sandeman sherry. Church of the Wayfarer on hand in the Rockroom Lounge to offer tastes to customers All throughout, Yontz answered questions about cooking, (A United Methodist Church) and discuss each wine. Featured vintages and varietals will his background, where he likes to eat and shop, the restaurant This week’s message will be also be available in flights of 2.5-ounce pours, also for half business and his wife, Inga, who bakes the incredible tarts How Much is Fido Worth? off, with a free appetizer. and pies sold whole or by the slice at the Rio Grill. presented by Dr. Norm Mowery. Winemaker Wednesdays are being organized in collabora- Look for the class series to resume next year. Guest Artist is Stephanie Brown, Violinist. tion with the Santa Cruz Mountain Winegrowers Association. A Blessing of the Animals with music will take place For a schedule and other information, call (831) 685-VINE in the Wayfarer Garden at 11:00 a.m. (8463) or visit www.scmwa.com. Bible Study at 8:45 and 11:15 AM Lois Renk Wythe Sunday Worship at 10:00 AM • Loving Child Care n The empanada secret Children’s Sunday School at 10:15 AM 1921–2011 Lincoln & 7th, Carmel-by-the-Sea Rio Grill chef Cy Yontz taught a couple dozen guests last Born in Boise, Idaho, and holder of a Phi Beta Kappa 624-3550 • www.churchofthewayfarer.com Saturday how to make empanadas, a lesson accompanied by key, Lois Renk Wythe will be remembered for her many First United Methodist Church restaurant manager Joe Valencia’s cocktail demonstrations years as Carmel’s top Real Estate Agent. Lois married of Pacific Grove and a lunch that starred four iterations of the tasty fried architect Joseph Wythe in 1973 and subsequently moved to found at www.butterflychurch.org Sandpoint, Idaho, where they started the Sandpoint Worship celebration @ 10:00 a.m. turnover. Friends Meetings, the local Farmers Market, a chapter of The session was the final installation of a three-class the Idaho Native Plants Society, the Panhandle World Communion Sunday series, and learning doesn’t get much more fun than a two- Environmental League, and the Arboretum. Guest Speakers: Vickie Zufelt & Jane Cross hour demonstration and lunch led by Yontz, who sat down to will share stories from their eat with his students after showing them how to press balls of Her first husband, Eldred Renk, and their son Robert mission trip to Swaziland preceded her in death. She is survived by husband Joseph dough into disks, fill them with a mixture of house-smoked Wythe and many family members. She passed away in her tri-tip, Hatch green chiles and cheese, and pinch them closed sleep at their home, “The Peaceable Kingdom.” into little half-moons. To further their education, participants received their own Contributions may be sent to The Arboretum of #HURCH IN THE &OREST tortilla press (Yontz’ personal press is emblazoned with the Kinnikinnick Native Plants Society, P.O. Box 1092, Sand- point, Idaho, 83864. Multi-denominational handwritten command: “Do Work.”), a ball of freshly made dough, and a recipe for making the dough, forming it and 9:309:30 am Service AM Service Everyday Living With a Saint frying it. Also in the bag was a personal-sized bottle of Sermon Title Here Spain’s sparkling Cava. The Rev. Dr. William B. Rolland The Rev. Minister Name While the table was cleared and set for lunch, Valencia 9:15 am Pre-service Concert demonstrated how to make delicious, not-too-sweet sangria, Loran Loyal Speck Katherine9:15 Edison,AM Pre-service soprano Concert followed by the Brazilian Caipirinha, a quick Mojito that Melinda Coffey Armstead, piano and organ December 16, 1943 - September 16, 2011 requires no mint muddling, and a spectacular flaming In celebrationPlaceholder of the for Feast the ofmusician Saint Francis or group of Assisi Spanish coffee that will soon be on the bar menu at the Rio. 3TEVENSON 3CHOOL s &OREST ,AKE 2OAD s 0EBBLE "EACH s CITF MBAYNET s WWWCHURCHINTHEFORESTORG All Saints’ Episcopal Church Dolores & 9th, Carmel-by-the-Sea • www.allsaintscarmel.org 8:00 AM Traditional • 10:30 AM* Choral • 5:30PM Spoken (Evensong - 1st Sun., 5:30 PM) (831) 624-3883 *Childcare provided at 10:30AM Carmel Mission Basilica Sat. Mass: 5:30PM fulfills Sunday obligation. Sun. Masses: 7:30 AM, 9:15 AM, 11:00 AM; 12:45 PM and 5:30 PM Confessions: Sat. 4:00 to 5:00 PM (Blessed Sacrament Chapel) Communion Service (Spanish) at Big Sur: Saturdays at 6:00 PM. 3080 Rio Road, Carmel Loran Loyal Speck passed away September 16th. Born Dec 16, 1943. There will be a public Christian Science Church Memorial on Saturday, October 8, 2011, 12-6 p.m. Sunday Church and Sunday School 10 a.m. at Loran Speck Gallery, 6th & Dolores, Carmel, Wednesday Testimony Meetings 7:30 p.m Childcare & Parking Provided CA. Funeral Arrangements by Alta Vista Mortuary. Sundays 11:00-11:30am Online condolences to www.altavistamortuary.com. Lincoln St. btwn 5th & 6th • 624-3631
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A family chance to purchase a piece of fine art day pass is available for Sunday’s events. Tickets are avail- for a bargain price, and at the same able Friday at the Cooper-Molera Adobe, and Saturday and time, support the nonprofit art center. Sunday at the Monterey Museum of Art. For tickets or more The show is the art center’s biggest information, call (831) 224-2754 or visit www.artinthead- fundraiser of the year. obes.org. Donations will be accepted through Oct. 22. All work should be valued at “Spanish Dancers,” by Mary DeNeale Morgan, a founder of the Carmel Art n Show illuminates sculptor’s $100 or be framed and wired for dis- Association, captures the colorful history of Monterey. The painting will be displayed creative process play. at the Art in the Adobes festival. The art center is located at 568 An exhibit opening Saturday, Oct. 1, at Dawson Cole Fine Lighthouse Ave. For more information, call (831) 375-2208 Chataugua Hall (Central and 16th). The 3 p.m. event is $5, Art offers a sneak preview of an ambitious memorial sculp- or visit www.pgartcenter.org. although it’s free for museum members. tor Richard MacDonald is creating to honor Ninette de A reception at the museum which includes live music and Valois, the founder of the Royal Ballet. n ‘Blue Seas, Green Seas’ a dance performance starts at 5 p.m. and is free for members The 5,000-square-foot memorial is scheduled to be and $10 for non-members. installed next year in London at a historic royal retreat now Alaskan painter Ray Troll — whose artwork adorns the The exhibit will be on display until Jan. 29, 2012. The home to The Royal Ballet School. NOAA building near Point Pinos — is getting his own show museum is located at 165 Forest Ave. For more information, By including drawings, paintings and smaller-scale pieces at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. call (831) 648-5716 or visit www.pgmuseum.org. in the show, “Recent Works,” also provides a glimpse into “Blue Seas, Green Seas,” which opens Saturday, Oct. 1, MacDonald’s creative process. features a display of 40 original paintings of sea life that n Longtime Carmel artist remembered “Richard starts in quarter-size, and then, if the figure comprise the NOAA mural. Also included in the show are shows promise, he re-sculpts it in a larger size,” explained the copies of several murals Troll has created, including one that A member of the Carmel Art Association since 1955 and sculptor’s daughter, gallery director Michele MacDonald hangs in the Smithsonian Institute. a familiar face around town for seven decades, Jerry Jayson. “Over a period of time, it evolves to heroic size. This “They’re colorful, quirky and fun,” said Annie Holdren, Wasserman passed away Sept. 16. He was 90. way, he gets a better idea of what the heroic-size sculpture museum curator. Wasserman — who lived in Spain, France and Greece will look like.” The exhibit’s title refers to natural, cyclical changes in before settling in Carmel in 1946 — was a gifted painter who As a sculptor, MacDonald has long sought to capture the ocean temperatures — during the “blue sea” phase, the water was never afraid to try something new on his canvas. “His art beauty, strength and grace of athletes in motion. As a result is warmer, while during the “green sea” phase, the tempera- was always evolving,” said Stephen Brown, Wasserman’s of his skill, MacDonald’s work is not only on display in the ture drops. Sardines, for instance, thrive when the water is longtime friend and the trustee of his estate. NFL and NBA halls of fame, but he has created works for the warm. Anchovies, on the other hand, do better when the Brown, who met Wasserman in 1967, remembered him U.S. Open golf championship and the Olympics Games. water is cooler. Troll’s paintings illustrate the contrast in sea for his sense of humor, his sense of taste and his love of art If all goes according to plan, MacDonald’s Royal Ballet life between the two phases. history. memorial will be unveiled by Prince Charles in 2013. The “This isn’t just art,” Holdren explained. “This is the sci- “He was always elegant, well dressed, well mannered and memorial will comprise between four and eight figures. ence behind the art.” well traveled,” Brown recalled. “He thought of himself as an The gallery will host receptions for MacDonald Saturday Troll present a talk about his art work Saturday at ex-patriot who just happened to live here in Carmel.” Last November, the CAA helped him celebrate his 90th birthday by staging an exhibit of his new work. At the time, the CAA is executive director marveled at Wasserman’s Two Girls St. Petersburg String Quartet youthful energy. “It’s amazing how prolific he is at 90,” “An unbeatable Susan Klusmire said. 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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 21, 2011. (PC927) directly with the Coastal tions for the alteration of an existing Michael & Anna Szabados tions for the substantial alteration of an STATEMENT File No. 20112009. The Commission for no fee, by filing a residence located in the Single Family W/s Monte Verde 4 N 13th existing residence located in the Single following person(s) is(are) doing busi- written notice of appeal with the Residential (R-1), Beach and Riparian Block 134, Lot(s) 15 & 17 Family Residential (R-1), Beach and ness as: WICK & WAX, Ocean St. at PUBLIC NOTICE Coastal Commission’s Central Coast (BR) and Park Overlay (PO) Districts. Consideration of Design Study and Riparian, Archaeological Significance San Carlos, Space 112, Doud Arcade, office in Santa Cruz. Such appeals Coastal Development Permit applica- and Park Overlay Districts. Carmel, CA 93921. Monterey County. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that must be filed within ten working 3. DS 11-94 tions for the substantial alteration of an *Project is appealable to the REBECCA SUXANNE FLAUUM, 201 the Planning Commission of the City days of the Coastal Commission’s Bill Taormina existing residence located in the Single California Coastal Commission San Benancio Rd., Salinas, CA 93908. of Carmel-by-the-Sea will conduct a receipt of the City’s Final Local SE Monte Verde & 3rd Family Residential (R-1) District. Date of Publication: September 30, This business is conducted by an indi- public hearing in the City Hall Action Notice. Block 32, Lot(s) 2 & 4 2011 vidual. Registrant commenced to trans- Council Chambers, located on the Consideration of a Time Extension 7. DR 11-15 PLANNING COMMISSION act business under the fictitious busi- east side of Monte Verde between If you challenge the nature of the for Design Study and Coastal Don Mackey City of Carmel-by-the-Sea ness name listed above on: Oct. 9, Ocean and Seventh Avenues, on proposed action in court, you may be Development approvals for the sub- E/s San Carlos 3 S 7th Leslie Fenton, Administrative 2006. (s) Becky Flauum. This statement Wednesday, October 12, 2011. The limited to raising only those issues you stantial alteration of an existing resi- Block 90, Lot(s) 10 Coordinator was filed with the County Clerk of public hearings will be opened at or someone else raised at the public dence in the R-1 District. Consideration of Design Review, Publication dates: Sept. 30, 2011. Monterey County on Sept. 22, 2011. 4:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as hearing described in this notice, or in Coastal Development Permit, Use (PC928) Publication dates: Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, possible. Note: one or more of the written correspondence delivered to the 4. DR 11-4 Permit and Variance applications for the 21, 2011. (PC926) items may be on the Consent Planning Commission or the City Warren Carmel Doud Prop. construction of a two unit multi-family Agenda. Items on the Consent Council at, or prior to, the public hear- SW Ocean & Mission structure located in the Residential and NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL Agenda will be approved without dis- ing. Block 77, Lot(s) 1 & 2 Limited Commercial (RC) District. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME cussion unless someone requests Consideration of a Design Review DATE OF FILING APPLICATION: STATEMENT File No. 20112004. The otherwise. For all other items staff 1. DS 11-3 application for minor modifications to an 8. MP 11-9* JUNE 24, 2011 following person(s) is(are) doing busi- will present the project, then the Chris Wire existing store front located in the City of Carmel To Whom It May Concern: ness as: applicant and all interested members E/s Camino Real 3 S 11th Central Commercial (CC) District. NW Ocean & San Antonio The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/are: 1.THE TREADMILL of the public will be allowed to speak Block L Lot(s) 8 Consideration of Design Review FAISAL ISSA NIMRI 2. TREADMILL or offer written testimony before the Consideration of Design Study 5. DR 11-11 and Coastal Development Permit appli- The applicants listed above are apply- 111 Crossroads Blvd., Carmel, CA Commission takes action. Decisions (Concept & Final) and Coastal Peter & Susan Loewy cations for habitat restoration land- ing to the Department of Alcoholic 93923. Monterey County. THE TREAD- to approve or deny the project may Development Permit applications for Dolores 3 SE 3rd scape plan for a portion of the North Beverage Control to sell alcoholic bev- MILL, INC., CA, 111 Crossroads Blvd., be appealed to the City Council by the substantial alteration of an existing Block 34, Lot(s) 8 Dunes of Carmel Beach. This project is erages at: Carmel, CA 93923. This business is filing a written notice of appeal with residence located in the Single Family Consideration of Design Review, located in the Coastal Commission OCEAN AT LINCOLN conducted by a corporation. Registrant the office of the City Clerk within ten Residential (R-1) District. Use Permit, Variance, Demolition and Appeal Jurisdiction. 1STS/E commenced to transact business under (10) working days following the date Coastal Development Permit applica- CARMEL BY THE SEA, CA 93921 the fictitious business name listed of action by the Planning 2. DS 11-83 tions for the demolition of an existing 2- 9. DS 11-57 Type of license(s) applied for: above on: Oct. 3, 1983. (s) Deborah K. Commission and paying a $295.00 Schilling Residence unit building and the construction of a Jon & Jen Lambert 21-Off-Sale General, Rothhouse, President. This statement appeal fee as established by the City Scenic 5 SE 9th new 2-unit building in the Residential & E/s San Antonio 4 N Ocean 42 - On-Sale Beer And Wine - Public was filed with the County Clerk of Council. For those projects listed as Block A2, Lot(s) 8 Limited Commercial (RC) Districts. Block HH, Lot(s) 10 Premises Monterey County on Sept. 21, 2011. appealable to the California Coastal Consideration of Design Study and Consideration of Design Study and Publication dates: Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, Publication dates: Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, Commission, appeals may be filed Coastal Development Permit applica- 6. DS 11-89 Coastal Development Permit applica- 2011. 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IN A few weeks, a distinguished panel of judges from the California 6th District Court of Appeal and its staff will travel to Salinas to try to resolve a law- suit that is almost six years old and involves a public controversy which has been unresolved for almost four decades. Millions of dollars have been spent on the controversy — mostly by taxpay- ers. Dozens of public hearings have been held, elections have been contested, extensive environmental studies have been prepared, and thousands of pages of legal documents have been filed. And with the issue unresolved, important pub- lic resources have been held in limbo. With all that time, money and attention being spent, you’d think the issue must be pretty important. But it’s not. It’s just plain old Flanders Mansion, which the people of Carmel long ago decided to sell. Incredibly, the issue for the appeals court will be whether a state law, the California Environmental Quality Act, requires them to keep it. To say it’s a waste of time for anybody in state government to concern him- self with the Flanders Mansion issue is a gross understatement. A few local activists are the instigators of the suit, hoping the state will hand them the vic- tory they couldn’t achieve at the city council or at the ballot box. But do the peo-
ple in Eureka, San Diego and Truckee have a reason to care whether Flanders “We just bought a lot in Carmel and if the planning commission Mansion is converted from public ownership to private? Of course they don’t. gives us an OK before we die you must come see us.” The issue is a classic one of state over-reaching into areas which aren’t its busi- refused to stop. Dr. Phil raged: “Are you that ness, and of the waste that invariably follows. arrogant and self-absorbed? You don’t have If any reform of CEQA is needed, Flanders Mansion shows that the very first Letters the RIGHT! I’m on those streets! My MOTHER is on those streets! All of our fam- change should be to exclude projects of a purely local nature. ilies are out on those streets!” to the Editor Those remarks apply to the women I see Weirdly enough, there is a powerful movement afoot in the state Legislature each weekday racing past the Mission School to limit the scope of CEQA, but not by deciding it doesn’t apply to local projects ‘Are you that arrogant?’ in their luxury SUVs — yakking it up on Dear Editor, their cell phones just as tots stream out at 3 without any negative effects on the environment that rise to the level of a On my daily six-plus mile walk around p.m. and into the busy Rio Road crosswalk. One second can irretrievably change many statewide concern. Carmel, I spot approximately 30 scofflaws driving Mercedes, Range Rovers, Jags, etc., lives forever — including their own. Instead, the Legislature, for all its brilliance, decided that the projects that while illegally talking on cell phones or tex- Suzanne de Cornelia, Carmel ting, which obstacle-course testing has need protection from CEQA are huge ones with monumental environmental proved is as dangerous as drunk driving. A solid fire solution impacts. This week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 900, which greases the skids The National Safety Council estimates at Dear Editor, least 28 percent of all crashes are caused by Robin Hamelin, an employee of Cal Fire, for a colossal NFL stadium to be built in Los Angeles, and will allow the gov- drivers using cell phones and texting. In brought up some excellent points in his Sept. 2009 alone, these drivers caused 1.6 million ernor to give the same preferential treatment to other mega-projects as they pre- 23 letter to the editor. The majority of these accidents, resulting in 6,000 deaths and points have already been addressed by the sent themselves. Specifically, with the governor’s OK, the law provides that any 500,000 injuries. Carmel Fire Department under the solid Despite these widely known dangers — lawsuit challenging a major development project for non-compliance with guidance and leadership of both Carmel and an 18-year old Sonoma State coed was tex- Monterey Fire Departments over the past few CEQA will immediately be considered at the appeals court level, which must ting when she struck and killed 2-year-old years. I am confident his points and any Calli Murray as the toddler clung to her remaining concerns regarding the contract resolve the case within 175 days. mother’s hand in a crosswalk. Calli’s mother will be thoroughly addressed and resolved spent months in the hospital — waking from "We're going to protect the environment. But there are too many damn regu- with the Monterey fire department. a coma to learn from her emotionally devas- It seems odd to me that Hamelin has cho- lations. I've got some power now. Let's cut the barriers and regulations and move tated husband that their beloved only child sen to voice his concerns after the City of was dead. Carmel voted to move forward with a draft ahead." That’s what the governor said. Handsome 19-year-old Eric Okerbloom contract with Monterey. If he was really con- was known for his kind, compassionate Meanwhile, as we have just observed, the insignificant sale of meaningless cerned with the level of fire protection in nature and was a brilliant National Merit Carmel he should have raised these concerns Flanders Mansion has been tied up in the courts for six years — a situation that Scholar when he was mowed down in bright years ago. Over the past five years there have daylight by a woman driving 60-miles per AB 900 does nothing to rectify. been multiple opportunities for these con- hour while texting. cerns to be raised and addressed. Crazy? You bet it is. On his TV show, Dr. Phil interviewed a Due to Hamelin’s employment with Cal teenaged driver who smirked that she sent Fire, I question the real motivation behind over 5,000 texts a month and was ticketed for sending one while driving 80 mph. Still, she Continues next page
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Putting a puzzle together Cal Fire investigator Richard Lopez pieced the rubble back together in order to determine precisely where and how the fire started, according to King. BENEFITING THE NORCAL POODLE RESCUE “He reconstructed the whole fireplace that was there,” he said. The house contained a zero-clearance fireplace — essentially, an insert and stovepipe covered in a heavy stone facade. “Rich found there was a place where the stonework on the inside had failed and allowed a spark to get between the liner of the fireplace and the stonework, and there were wood members in there that started burning,” he said. “It had prob- ably had fires in it in the past. It had been doing this for a while, where it would burn in an area that was so well sealed that it would burn up all the oxygen up in that area and put itself out.” During the decade of use of the fireplace, however, char- coal built up inside, and eventually the fire burned through, finally gaining access to more air and spreading. “He pieced it all together like a big jigsaw puzzle,” King said of Lopez’ recreation. “It was kind of like ‘CSI.’” The main home contains two of the same fireplaces, so the contractor is inspecting them to see if they have similar problems, according to King. Meanwhile, he credited the Cal Fire crews from the Carmel Highlands and Cypress fire districts with saving the large home. Because the utility room contained complex electrical systems that burned, power and water were cut off to the main house, so the occupants were displaced, but King said they could return as soon as those systems are back online. “Those houses right on the ocean — they don’t give them away,” he observed. “That was a pretty big-dollar save, since the main house was spared.”
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THE RECONFIGURATION and resur- amount and the MPE estimate will probably THE CARMEL High School girls tennis Scannel, Ursi Eisinger and team captain facing of the beach parking lot at the foot of come from the reserve fund for capital team won a nail-biter Tuesday against Sarah Anderson of Carmel High won their Ocean Avenue — and replacement of two improvements. Stevenson School, giving the Padres their matches. Anna Romeka of RLS also took 10,000-gallon underground water tanks with The first task at hand is to have the first win over the rival Pirates in nearly 18 home a victory. RLS, meanwhile, won the a 25,000 tank — will start Nov. 1, at the ear- 25,000-gallon tank constructed. Once years. other two doubles matches. One winning liest, according to public works superinten- installed, it will capture an underground The two schools were tied at three match- team featured Sydney Sharek and Sarah dent Stu Ross. Monterey Peninsula spring to use for irrigation, street sweeping es each when Carmel High’s Helaine Ridilla Lehman, while the other included Kirsten Engineering, which won the city contract and emergency use by the fire department if and Brittany File faced off against Haley Smith and Ashleigh Mitchell. with the low bid of $526,010 earlier this the water mains shut down, Ross said. Blumn and Madysen Share of RLS. CHS For the CHS girls, the win over RLS was month, will have 60 days to complete the According to the report presented to the lost the first set, 2-6, but evened the match their first since 1993, noted coach Michael job, weather permitting. city council Sept. 13, most of the parking lot by winning the second set, 6-4. Ridilla and Zury. At the halfway mark in their season, The project had been discussed for years will be accessible while the tank is installed, File then proceeded to capture a thrilling, tie- the Padres are 10-0. Their next match is before it was allocated $471,308 in this and half of it will be available during the two breaking third set, 10-8. Tuesday at Santa Catalina. The competition year’s budget and a construction contract weeks it will take construction crews to put In the singles competition, Megan starts at 3:30 p.m. approved by the Carmel City Council. in new planters. The entire lot will be off- The balance between the budgeted limits for two days while it is resurfaced. Shoe store helps Soles4Souls Remembering Mary Kay Johnson’s FROM OCT. 1 through Oct. 15, Lloyd’s suffering and collects used shoes to support Shoes in downtown Carmel will offer $5 dis- micro-business efforts to eradicate poverty.” counts on purchases and donate $5 in cash The store is offering one promotion per Everlasting Love On Her 100th Birthday per purchase when customers bring in a pair customer. Lloyd’s is located on Ocean of new or gently used shoes to donate to the Avenue between Dolores and San Carlos Mary Katherine Van Doran Johnson transitioned into the Light nonprofit Soles4Souls, which “collects new streets. For more information, call (831) on August 15 of 2007, weeks short of her 96th birthday, with her shoes to give relief to the victims of abject 625-1382 or visit www.lloydsshoes.com. daughter & son-in-law holding her hands in hospice care at Monterey’s Carmelo Park.
She was born September 30, 1911, the first child of 3 in Des Moines, Iowa, to Bertha May Thomas & Wilfred Hume Van Harry C. May Doran, owners of the Ladora Ledger Newspaper. After her father July 9, 1921 – September 20, 2011 passed from the flu epidemic in 1918, the 3 children were schooled, supported and resided at Mooseheart in Batavia, Harry C. May, Lt. Col. (Ret.) USAF, of Pacific Illinois a residential educational campus funded by the Moose Organization, to which Grove passed away at Westland House on Tuesday her father belonged, where she graduated in 1930. September 20, 2011. She married Thomas Kellet of Aurora, Illinois, and was widowed in 10 years. She then After growing up in Chicago, Harry joined the married Edwin Herbert Johnson with whom she had one daughter Cynthia. “Hub & Army Air Corps immediately after Pearl Harbor Katie” lived in Aurora until Hub’s death in 1969. and became an instructor pilot in the central valley. He subsequently served 24 combat missions in Katie worked a trusted accountant and office manager. She was a member of The World War II as a B-29 airplane commander in the Pacific. Following the Eastern Star and loved playing bridge with her longtime friends of many years. post-war years as a pilot for United Airlines, he returned to the Air Force as Creatively she loved making hats, clothing and her daughter’s many dance costumes. a career officer. After retiring from the military, he spent over 16 years on the staff at Ohio State University and while in campus planning played an She moved to Escondido, CA. in 1979 and in 1993 to Carmel to be close to her only important role in completing several new academic buildings and satellite family, her daughter & son-in-law, Cynthia & Daniel Bianchetta of Big Sur & Carmel. campuses. She made many new friends at Pacific Meadows where she made her home. Both of her brothers preceded her passing. Harry will be deeply missed by his loving wife Betty of 64 years, son Randy May and daughter-in-law Carol Greenstreet, all of Pacific Grove. Mary Kay is remembered for her kind heart, compassion, friendly nature & loving pres- ence that she so generously shared with her family and many many friends. Visitation will be 6-8 pm Monday September 26 at Paul Mortuary in Pacific Grove. Funeral services and interment will be at the family cemetery plots in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. We miss you Mom & Happy Birthday…. Your Love is forever lasting!
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BREAK shops below. It also flooded the road in front of the Lodge’s main From page 1A “It was going all over the place,” he said, estimating the entrance, flowing around the bend and down a service entry flow at 3,000 to 5,000 gallons per minute. “It pooled and and loading ramp into the security office, a couple of banquet know where it was coming from,” Smith said. eddied at the base of the stairs and crept under the doors of rooms, a banquet office, the employee restaurant and the Crews found the break in the roadway near Wells Fargo the establishments,” including Coldwell Banker Del Monte basement of the Alvarado hotel building. It did not reach any Bank, with water flowing along the road to a pedestrian real estate, Robert Talbott Studios, the Kidz store and the of the guest rooms. “Water follows the path of least resistance,” Smith observed. “At its deepest, I would have to guess it was 12 to plishments. 14 inches.” FARINA Fariña’s father gave the young Lugones a letter that only From page 14A piqued his curiosity about Fariña. Sent by Fariña to his father Not a Cal Am pipe when he was in college, the letter expresses why he wanted One truck, four engines and other vehicles from the to drop out of school and what we wanted to do with his life. Pebble Beach and Carmel Hill stations and the Cypress Fire favor. “The letter is so haunting,” said Lugones, who hopes to Protection District responded, and 25 fire personnel worked After achieving modest success as a musician, Fariña one day produce a documentary about Fariña’s life. “He said together to stop the water from flowing into the buildings, released “Been Down So Long” in 1966. Two days after its he wanted to write, he wanted to sing, he wanted to paint and turning a 5-inch diameter fire hose into a makeshift dam by release, he attended a book signing event at the Thunderbird he wanted to see the world. Even though he died young, he laying it out and filling it, creating a route for the water to bookstore, which was located in Carmel Valley at the time. pretty much accomplished everything he wanted to accom- flow where it would cause little damage. After the reception, he caught a ride on the back of a motor- plish.” “We stretched it out and diverted water onto the golf cycle that was heading east on Carmel Valley Road. He died In the letter, Fariña also expressed his belief that if his course,” Smith said. On the roadway in front of the Lodge, minutes later when the motorcyclist lost control on a turn and words or music could touch just one person, all his efforts they used sandbags to send it down two large manholes into crashed. would be worth it. “He had such a unique take on life,” the sewer system. Eighteen years later, Lugones became interested in Fariña Lugones suggested. “Once we got our plan of action together and in place, it when he learned the two were related. He was just nine at the After reading the letter, Lugones felt a strong bond was maybe 30 minutes later that Cal Am was able to get the time. “Richard’s father was my grandfather’s brother,” between himself and Fariña. water shut down,” Smith said. explained Lugones, who lives in Los Angeles. “I resonated with his words,” he said. “I wanted to learn Firefighters spent several more hours cleaning up, and Cal The son of a Cuban immigrant, Fariña excelled in school everything about him.” Am workers immediately began excavating the road where and earned a scholarship to Cornell University. But he later Decades later, Lugones’ research led him to the Carmel the break occurred. Once they reached the pipe, they realized dropped out to pursue his creative aspirations, which was Valley Library, which he contacted in an effort to discover it belonged to the Pebble Beach Company, not the water util- hard for his father to understand at the time. Lugones, the precise location of Fariña’s motorcycle crash. The ensu- ity, according to Smith. though, said the elder Fariña eventually came to respect his ing conversation with library staff not only solved the mys- The following day, before Smith and other firefighters son’s decision and appreciate his talent. tery, but inspired Saturday’s event as well. returned to the Lodge to survey the destruction in more Because Fariña’s father was the only family member of his The talk starts at 10:15 a.m. and is free. The library is detail, he told The Pine Cone, “The dollar damage, I could- generation who spoke English, Lugones’ older relatives, located at 65 W. Carmel Valley Road. For more information, n’t even begin to make a guess on that. It’s substantial — understandably, had little comprehension of Fariña’s accom- call (831) 659-2377. there’s going to be a lot of carpet and flooring to replace.”
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