VolumeThe 101 No. 9 Carmel On the Internet: www.carmelpinecone.com Pine Cone February 27 - March 5, 2015 TRUSTED BY LOCALS AND LOVED BY VISITORS SINCE 1915 Baby sheep melt hearts at Grand jury Mission Ranch, including Clint’s communications
By CHRIS COUNTS Milagro has won the affection of Eastwood, who to remain secret attended the Oscars in Hollywood this week with his girl- CLINT EASTWOOD might play a tough guy in the friend Christina Sandera, the former manager of the By MARY SCHLEY movies, but the recent arrival of 13 baby sheep at Mission restaurant at Mission Ranch. Ranch brought out his sensitive side. WHILE A January letter from the Monterey County “He loves those lambs,” Barbara Wigham of Mission See SHEEP page 12A Civil Grand Jury to the City of Carmel demanding personnel Ranch said of the filmmaker and actor, who has files of several employees was made public, all other com- owned the hotel and restaurant since 1986. “He munications between officials and members of the civil comes to visit them every day.” grand jury investigating the town’s operations and dealings In an effort to boost the size of the ranch’s flock under former city administra- of Scottish blackface sheep, a ram was introduced tor Jason Stilwell will remain last August to the herd’s 20 ewes. Nature took its under wraps, according to an course, and over the last month, 15 lambs were email from interim city clerk born. All but two have survived. Lee Price Feb. 19. One lamb in particular has melted just about “Pursuant to the penal Citing state everybody’s heart, including Eastwood’s. code, the civil grand jury’s law and fearing “His twin died, and he was very lethargic for work is confidential,” Price three or four days,” recalled Wigham, who has wrote. “Each person called ‘being subject added the title of sheep manager to her duties at before the grand jury signs a to legal action’ Mission Ranch, where she works as the hotel’s pledge to keep his/her com- events director. “He was so weak, he couldn’t ments and any matters raised stand and reach his mama. I didn’t think he was or documents sought by the going to live.” panel confidential.” In an effort to save the lamb, Wigham inter- An outside attorney vened. advised the city the California Public Records Act “does not “One of the men who works here, Lamberto, override the penal code’s confidentiality provisions,” she and I learned how to milk the mother and feed the said. “Thus, the city and its agents cannot release any mate- baby with a bottle. The first day we did it, the rials pertaining to the civil grand jury or its investigation mother was very nervous and agitated — she had without potentially being subject to legal action initiated by never given birth before. So Lamberto started the civil grand jury.” singing Christmas carols to her in Spanish, and PHOTO/COURTESY BARBARA WIGHAM, MISSION RANCH In January, civil grand jury foreman pro-tem Louis she calmed right down. It was really cool. I said, Panetta, chairman of the Carmel investigative committee, ‘It’s a miracle,’ and Lamberto said, ‘milagro.’ So An employee at Mission Ranch feeds Milagro, a lamb who recently joined demanded information from the personnel files of the late we named him Milagro.” the hotel’s flock of sheep but was too small and weak to reach his mother. Steve McInchak, Margi Perotti, Leslie Fenton, John Hanson, Art Black, Tim Meroney and Susan Paul. McInchak died of a heart attack while on paid leave, and Perotti and Fenton were terminated under Stilwell but have since been given Officials to discuss roundabout concerns back pay and rehired, as was Hanson. Black and Meroney left the city’s employ years ago, though they had a contract to do By KELLY NIX Highway 68, since left turns from the professional center will be prohibited. See SECRET page 23A GROWING CONCERNS over ambulance access to And that, according to the hospital, could create a logjam Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and other at the entrance to CHOMP, and preventing ambulances, doc- issues once the Highway 68 roundabout is fully under con- tors and others from entering and exiting the hospital during Serial rapist struction, and even after it’s open, will bring together city emergencies. officials, project planners and others next week in hopes of That concern — and others, including longstanding wor- resolving their differences over the project. ries about traffic through the area while the road is being torn to be released in CHOMP officials last week said they’re worried that once up for the roundabout project — will likely be hashed out at the roundabout is open in 2017, drivers who want to head a closed-door meeting hosted by 5th District Monterey Monterey County eastbound on Highway 68 from nearby Carmel Hill County Supervisor Dave Potter on March 2. Representatives Professional Center, which CHOMP owns, will be forced to from Carmel, Pacific Grove, the Pebble Beach Co., By KELLY NIX make U-turns at the hospital intersection to return to California Highway Patrol and the project’s backers, the Transportation Agency for Monterey County and the City of A SEXUALLY violent predator from Seaside who raped Monterey, will attend. several women in the 1970s and 1980s has been cleared for “The main genesis of the [meeting],” Potter told The Pine release from a state hospital Judge to rule whether Cone Thursday, “is that there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot for sex offenders and could of talk about traffic circulation. The meeting will be an soon be a Monterey County opportunity for anybody who is going to be answering the resident again. water district fee phone during construction to find exactly how it’s going to Eldridge Lindsey Chaney work.” Jr. was convicted of rape and will be on Nov. 3 ballot The meeting is apparently needed because, even though assault with intent to commit the roundabout has been in the works for years, a lot of peo- rape on several women By KELLY NIX ple seem to be just starting to think about it. including a military wife and A TAMC official said this week that the agency was a 16-year-old girl. Chaney, THE TAXPAYERS group that sued the Monterey caught off guard by CHOMP’s comments to The Pine Cone who’s in his early 60s, spent Peninsula Water Management District nearly two years ago that it’s concerned about emergency vehicle ingress and about 20 years in prison over a disputed “water supply charge” that’s being added to egress to the hospital, especially considering CHOMP agreed before being transferred for everybody’s monthly Cal Am bills asked a judge this week to to the left turn prohibition at Carmel Hill Professional Center treatment at state hospitals in put the issue on the November ballot so voters can decide on in 2006 as a condition to building its Forest and South pavil- Atascadero and Coalinga. the fee. ions. But on Oct. 7, 2014, a The request was made during a trial Tuesday in which “It would be an understatement to say that we were sur- Monterey County Superior Monterey County Superior Court Judge Efren Iglesia heard prised by the comments made by the hospital,” TAMC com- Eldridge Chaney Court judge — whose name arguments for and against the monthly surcharge, which munity outreach coordinator Theresa Wright told The Pine in the 1980s was not released by a county makes up a good chunk of the water district’s budget. The Cone this week. spokesman — ordered Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association, which filed suit Wright said improvements were already made to accom- Chaney’s release from Coalinga State Hospital to begin “out- over the fee, contends it’s a tax that should be repealed. modate U-turning vehicles at the CHOMP intersection, patient treatment” somewhere in Monterey County. The fee, imposed in October 2012, is calculated at including a second left-turn lane from CHOMP onto “We’ve been notified that the search for housing in
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The woman was has not been released — was scampering stabilized, placed in a basket and carried along Soberanes Creek in Garrapata State along the trail until another team of rescue Park Tuesday afternoon just after 3 p.m. workers arrived with a stretcher that could be when a boulder, estimated to weigh 300 wheeled out. By the time she was loaded into pounds, came loose and briefly pinned her an ambulance, it was about 7 p.m. foot against another rock before rolling The woman was transported to away. Community Hospital of the Monterey The incident happened about two miles Peninsula. up the canyon and a short distance from the “It took a little while to get in there, and official hiking route, the Soberanes Canyon it took a little while to get her out, but she Trail, state parks lifeguard Shane Scoggins was OK,” Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jude told The Pine Cone. He said the woman’s Acosta told The Pine Cone. boyfriend was nearby when she was hurt. Scoggins, meanwhile, was impressed by Seeking help for his girlfriend, the man the help the woman received from others returned to the trail and soon met a group of who were hiking along the trail. hikers. Part of the group returned to the “People do a really good job of taking scene of the accident, while the others hiked care of one another on that trail,” he added. back to Highway 1 to alert authorities and “It was another instance where a hiker was in request medical assistance. a precarious situation, and people took hours The hikers and the woman’s boyfriend out of their lives to help her.” CELLINI DUAL TIME Repeat offender picked up in stolen car By MARY SCHLEY Further, Kenyon was on felony probation — and out on bail pending felony charges. CASEY KENYON, a 23-year-old “A search of the vehicle was conducted, unemployed man who’s been in trouble with and the suspect was found to be in posses- the law more than once, was arrested again sion of burglary tools,” and later, during a Wednesday evening after a Monterey County body search at the jail, “deputies found Sheriff’s Deputy pulled him over at Highway methamphetamine hidden in the suspect’s 1 and Ocean Avenue, and reportedly discov- crotch area,” Crivello said. ered he was driving a stolen car. Kenyon was booked into Monterey Deputy Joseph Crivello stopped Kenyon County Jail on charges of possession of nar- in a 2001 Honda Civic for “minor traffic vio- cotics, possession of stolen property, proba- rolex and cellini are trademarks. lations,” at around 7:40 p.m. Feb. 25, and then found out the Honda had been stolen. 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Triggered by heavy rains, the slide took See TRAIL page 13A PHOTO/COURTESY VENTANA WILDERNESS ALLIANCE Volunteers from the nonprofit Ventana WIlderness Alliance build a temporary trail around a large slide along the Pine Ridge Trail in Big Sur. NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WORKSHOP regarding the Airport Master Plan for SIMPLE TIPS MONTEREY REGIONAL AIRPORT FFOROR HHEALEALLTTHYTHY OAKOAK TREES!TREES! Tuesday, March 10, 2015 5:30 - 7:00 P.M. Short Presentation at 6:00 P.M. Topic: Recommended Development Alternative Monterey Peninsula Airport District Board Room 2nd Floor of the Airport Terminal Building 200 Fred Kane Drive, Monterey, CA 93940 EVERYONE WELCOME! For more information, please call: 831-648-7000 ext. 208 or visit our website : www.montereyairport.com and click the Airport Master Plan website project link. February 27, 2015 The Carmel Pine Cone 7A P.G. gets bad marks in pension study Casey Lucius may run for Congress By KELLY NIX about $10 million. By KELLY NIX Lucius, who has held her council seat Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe also since 2012 and holds a Ph.D. in political sci- PACIFIC GROVE is among the most wasn’t aware of the report but said it looked CONGRESSMAN SAM Farr may have ence, said she’s seeking feedback from con- “financially distressed” cities in California, thorough. “Yes, we have a very heavy burden a formidable challenger in 2016 if he decides stituents and others about her consideration and joins Carmel as among the “most heavi- from CalPERS and we have been working to run again for the seat he’s held for more to run, which she is not taking lightly. ly indebted,” according to a nonpartisan very hard to change it,” he told The Pine than two decades. Under federal law, Lucius think tank that studied the pension burdens Cone Tuesday. Pacific Grove City would have to quit her job at of more than 400 municipalities. For instance, Kampe said the city requires Councilwoman and Naval NPS before announcing her The California Policy Center study higher employee contributions than most Postgraduate School pro- intentions. She has a husband, released Feb. 17 indicates that of the 459 cities and pays employees in a way that helps fessor Casey Lucius, a 38- Bob, a former Marine, and a 5- cities it analyzed, P.G. ranks as the eighth alleviate future pension burdens. “We have year-old Republican, year-old son, Bobby. most financially distressed, considering ratio taken steps that put us among the leaders in announced this week she’s “We have a family, a mort- of total pension debt to total annual revenue. reducing pension costs in California,” he considering taking on gage and responsibilities,” she In the “California City Pension Burdens” said in his State of the City address Tuesday. Farr, a 73-year-old said. “I have to be realistic report, the Tustin-based group found that the “In fact, we have reached the practical limits Democrat, who’s been vir- about whether this could total amount owed by Pacific Grove — in the of what a city can do locally.” tually unchallenged since work.” form of pension obligation bonds or its Pacific Grove resident John Moore, who he was first elected to the While Farr has said he’s not unfunded pension liability — is 151.5 per- has been highly critical of P.G.’s pension job in 1993. ready to retire, Lucius said she cent of the city’s total annual revenue. mess, said that while city officials contend “I think I could gener- will make a decision regardless While Pacific Grove took in $24,393,663 the balance on the pension bonds is about ate some energy and of his intentions. in revenue in 2013, its pension debt was $12 million, he figures the city is on the enthusiasm in the job,” “I think he has served the $36,962,420, according to the policy center, hook for more than $26 million. Lucius told The Pine which said it compiled “key financial data “They will tell you that the principal bal- Cone. Casey Lucius See LUCIUS page 13A for California cities, with a focus on the ance is only $12 million, but that is mislead- impact of pensions on cities’ fiscal health.” ing because there is substantial accrued Carmel and P.G. are also among 58 cities interest that should be added to principal,” the report lists as the “most heavily indebt- Moore said. “The fact is, the bonds cost ed,” a category that includes cities that had about $1.8 million a year through 2029 and pension obligations as of June 30, 2013. that is over twice the $12 million.” Carmel has issued $6,280,000 in pension Kampe said Moore is “looking at the pay- bonds and has $19 million in revenue, while ments over a period of time. That is typically P.G. — which pays about $1.8 million annu- not the way you look at your liabilities on a ally for such bonds — has issued balance sheet. You look at your debt out- $19,365,355. standing.” Carmel city administrator Doug Schmitz Oakland, Costa Mesa and Richmond were ~TRAVEL TO~ was unaware of the report but said Carmel is the top three most financially distressed financially “healthy,” and has reserves of cities, according to the analysis. 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A local veteri- “It’s not that we’re not dog-friendly, but we’re sheep- “Clint knows Milagro and plays with him,” she said. “He narian, Sean Hardcastle, “has stepped in and taken the lead” friendly,” said Sue Carota, the general manager of the Mission will put his hand out and Milagro, who is very playful, will and has “been there whenever we needed anything.” She cred- Ranch. “They’re part of our family here.” ram it. The little lamb frolics in the meadow and kicks up his ited a husband-and-wife team of shepherds, Don and Jocie While Wigham couldn’t say when the present flock of heels. He is so happy to be alive. I keep Clint informed about Hoch, with providing invaluable assistance. “It’s been a group sheep arrived, she said sheep have grazed in the meadow “off Milagro’s progress.” effort,” she explained. and on” during the past century. 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Trail. The destination for many was Sykes Camp, which is “The main thrust of this case,” Thum told Iglesia during famous for its enticing but somewhat overrated warm sulphur her closing arguments, “is the unfairness to the public and Water district’s ‘life blood’ springs. the property owners. They have been marginalized. They In defense of the surcharge, Colantuono told Iglesia that “Social media is driving it,” Murphey said. “It gets built up have not been given the right to vote on this referendum.” without the funds, “it’s an immediate cutoff to [the water dis- as a Shangri-La and everybody has to get there. It’s getting trict’s] life blood.” loved to death.” Petition rejected However, the judge questioned whether Colantuono’s Mike Splain, the executive director of the VWA, agreed. After the water district imposed the fee, the taxpayers statement was “exaggeration,” and he pointed to previous “Big Sur is bursting at the seams,” Splain said. “It’s stagger- group circulated a petition to overturn it, and filed suit in comments by the district that it has other means of revenue to ing how many people are coming.” June 2013 after the water district’s board of directors rejected stay in business. With the onslaught of backpackers come many who have the petition, even though about 4,100 voters signed it. “We are not trying to live off this thing,” Colantuono little experience with camping in a wilderness area. They The water supply charge garners about $3.7 million every responded. “We are trying to provide a service.” often leave behind garbage and equipment they don’t want to year — money the district uses to fund water projects, pay its The taxpayers group, though, says that not only do voters carry out. staff and cover other expenses. have the right to reject the fee, the water district charges “We have 300 pounds of trash collected by volunteers that Water district attorney Michael Colantuono argued that above and beyond what it needs. In the first year of the fee, is stashed near Sykes,” Murphey explained. “But the storms the agency doesn’t need to ask voters for permission to make he said, it carried over $1.4 million to the next year. Thum keep dropping trees across the trail, so we can’t get mules in them pay a fee because it has the “legislative authority” to also argued that the district double bills customers, since the there to haul it out.” impose the fee on its own. surcharge is said to help pay for a water storage facility that “We are entitled to charge for the services we provide,” he Cal Am funds, a point Iglesia seemed to agree with. There’s more than one trail said of the water district, which was formed on June 6, 1978. “Under the present arrangement, Cal Am pays for the cost As the forest service and the VWA brace for what promis- to operate the [water storage project] to the district,” Iglesia es to be a very busy year on the Pine Ridge Trail, officials are said, “and Cal Am then passes this cost onto the customers. encouraging people to consider hiking elsewhere in the area. And so consumers effectively have to pay twice.” Murphey and Splain agreed that the vast majority of hikers PARK But Colantuono said that while Cal Am and the district only walk along the 10-mile stretch of trail between Highway From page 10A collaborate, each entity provides its own set of services. 1 and Sykes Camp. Yet there are over 300 miles of hiking relieve pressure from other parks in the area and result in less “If Cal Am were independently capable of providing all trails in the immediate area. At places like Bottchers Gap, the cars parked along Highway 1. the services, the district never would have been created,” Los Padres Dam, Escondido Camp and China Camp, trails Payan brushed aside Kemp’s complaints about the view- Colantuono said. “The district was created to provide those lead to backpacking sites as scenic as anything you’ll find shed, noting that “from Inspiration Point you can see thou- things that only a government can provide.” along the Pine Ridge Trail — minus the overrated sulphur sands of homes.” And he said many of her other concerns Iglesia took the case under submission and will issue a springs. “There are so many other destinations that are quiet will be addressed in the lengthy public process to develop a written ruling. and nice,” Splain noted. longterm access plan for the park. In addition to Payan, others urged the planning commis- believe it’s a foregone conclusion that the county’s next rep- sion to back the parking lot plan, including park district LUCIUS resentative will be a Democrat. board member Kelly Sorensen, Big Sur Land Trust board From page 7A “One of the pieces of feedback I’ve gotten is it’s going to member Nigel Lovett and affordable housing advocate Alfred be hard for a Republican, since it’s a Democratic district,” she Diaz-Infante. district well, but the world has changed,” Lucius said. “The said. “We live in a one-party state where there is one-party Before the vote on the project, Carmel area planning com- security environment has changed, and I think it’s time for a rule. But I don’t think that is what the people of California missioner Martha Diehl recused herself because the issue new generation of leadership, new ideas and a new way of want. I think the people want a two-party political system.” “might have an effect on something I have an interest in.” The thinking about things.” Jimmy Panetta, son of former county congressman, CIA Carmel area’s other representative on the planning commis- Lucius’ interest in national security is no coincidence. She Director and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, told The sioner, Keith Vandevere, said he’d like to see access to the teaches a class on national security decision making at the Pine Cone in early 2013 that he’s considering running for park increased immediately. “If I could, I would vote to allow Naval Postgraduate School’s Naval War College, a position Farr’s seat, but only when Farr retires. the public to park along Highway 1 like they do at every she’s held for six years. “I teach the policy making process in One of the best pieces of advice Lucius said she’s gotten other park in the area,” Vandevere said. terms of U.S. foreign policy,” she said, “but also how, for so far is that politics is a long game, not a short one. Even though the parking lot can’t be used for at least two example, what influence the United Nations, our partners, “It’s not always what happens in two years,” she said. “It’s years, park officials want to build it as soon as possible so allies and our adversaries, have on our decision making.” about establishing credibility and a reputation for yourself, they won’t lose a $250,000 grant from the California Rivers Though there are far more Democrats than Republicans in and demonstrating to people you are doing this for the right Parkway Program, which expires this year. 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If you get a chance, check out Patty Oto Brennan combines encaustic painting Feb. 27, at Carmel Plaza, will help fund the “It’s a very fun and worthwhile Brennan’s encaustic artwork, which is on with other art forms. “I have long been construction of a school somewhere in the event,” Jon Raggett of Schools3 told display at Joe Rombi’s La Piccola Casa attracted to encaustic artwork because of the world where children live in poverty. The Pine Cone. “We’ve been putting on restaurant in Pacific Grove. interesting surface textures I can achieve, as Presented by a Carmel-based nonprofit, these art sales every other year since 1999.” For those who aren’t familiar with the well as its compatibility with oil, collage and Schools3 has helped fund increasing popular creative medium, encaus- assemblage,” he explained. the construction of 67 schools tic art involves melting beeswax, adding pig- The exhibit continues through May. La in Mali, Senegal, Malawi and ments to it and painting with the heated liq- Piccola Casa is located at 212 17th St. Visit Art Roundup Honduras. Each school costs uid. While the medium is all the rage these www.joerombi.com. about $25,000 to build, Raggett explained, and when By CHRIS COUNTS completed, will serve about vIn est In Home Heating Security 150 students. Schools3, the event will feature paintings by While most of the schools provide an David Ligare, Jan Wagstaff, Kathy education for children in the first, second ÊÊ ,U- * , * Ê ÊÊ ,U-/, - -// Ê - 6"/- Sharpe, Lucas Block, Gerrica Connolly, and third grades, some schools serve stu- ÊÊ ÊÊ *U-U ""7 ÊÊ ÊÊ "U ,/ U/ Ê // Ê -/ 1 ",* Cornelia Emery, Brenda Morrison and dents up to the ninth grade. others. The sale starts at 4:30 p.m. in the vacant Also included in the sale will be photo- space where Coldwater Creek was once graphs by Mary Hill, Peter Hiller and located. 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Ask participating dealer for details and rebate form. © 2015 Hunter Douglas. All rights reserved. All trademarks used herein are the property of Hunter Douglas. THIS ENTERTAINMENT • ART EEK RESTAURANTS • EVENTS Food&Wine February 27 - March 5, W2015 CARMEL • PEBBLE BEACH • CARMEL VALLEY & THE MONTEREY PENINSULA Dueling shows kick off Spielberg at Jewish Film Fesival — festival, celebrate the ‘Stranger than fiction’ Israeli air force story heyday of jazz By CHRIS COUNTS Ironically, the first planes in the Israeli air force were German Messerschmitts, which the fledgling country pur- OFFERING A preview of the fun to come over the next FACING A coordinated attack by five Arab countries, chased from a cash-poor Czechoslovakia. three days, the Portola Plaza Hotel in downtown Monterey the new nation of Israel desperately needed to build an air “The story seemed stranger than fiction,” Spielberg told will be the site of two events Thursday, March 5, that pay force from scratch in 1948. In her new documentary, “Above The Pine Cone. “It was too crazy to believe. I wasn’t looking tribute to the golden age of jazz in the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s. and Beyond,” film producer Nancy Spielberg tells the amaz- for a story at the time — the story just plain-old grabbed me. We3 — a trio featuring pianist Jeff Barnhart, clarinetist ing story of how fewer than 200 volunteer pilots — more I said to my husband, ‘This has my name all over it.’” Bob Draga and drummer Danny Coots — present a concert than half from the United States — succeeded in that task, After teaming up with director Roberta Grossman, starting at 7 p.m. in the hotel’s Bonsai Room. Just steps away, a swing dance party, “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” begins at 7:30 p.m. in the hotel’s De Anza Ballroom. The sec- ond event showcases the talents of Swing Fever, an eight- piece band that will back cabaret singer Denise Perrier. Tickets are $30 for the We3 show, $25 for the swing party, or $50 for both. The two events kick off the 35th annual Jazz Bash by the Bay, which happens Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 6-8, On A High Note By CHRIS COUNTS on eight stages at the hotel and the adjacent Monterey The “Above and Beyond” crew (left) Conference Center. captures a flyover by a vintage airplane Once known as Dixieland Monterey, the festival changed in England. Nancy Spielberg (above) its name to better represent the many different forms of jazz poses with former pilot Harry Livingston. that thrived between the two world wars, including swing, ragtime, zydeco, blues, gypsy jazz and others. risking not only their lives, but in some cases their citizen- Spielberg set about locating the pilots from the war who were This year’s lineup features 35 musical acts, including ship and jail time, to aid the struggling nation. still alive. She said about 190 fought in the conflict, and 15 Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums — which played last One of eight entries featured at this year’s fifth annual were found and interviewed. year in Sunset Center’s Studio 105 — Le Jazz Hot, The Carmel Jewish Film Festival, the documentary screens “I think it is important to capture as many stories as pos- Royal Society Jazz Orchestra, singer Banu Gibson and Saturday, March 14, at the Middlebury Institute of sible from that generation, whether they are Holocaust sur- young stride piano sensation, Stephanie Trick. International Studies in Monterey. The festival kicks off vivors or pilots from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War,” she The performers breath new life into the music that provid- March 7 and continues through March 22. explained. “Their twilight is fading. Once they’re gone, ed the soundtrack to the Roaring Twenties, the Great The sister of the celebrated filmmaker with the same last we’ve lost something very critical.” Depression and World War II. name, Spielberg became fascinated with the story of the Spielberg also interviewed Shimon Peres, who served as “The music from that era still resonates today,” festival Israeli Air Force after reading the obituary of Al Schwimmer Israel’s president from 2007 until last year. A member of spokeswoman Betsy Shea told The Pine Cone. “It’s the in 2011. Using deception, ingenuity and improvisation, Israel’s Haganah defense forces during the 1948 conflict, Schwimmer led the effort to smuggle both planes and pilots Peres had an intimate knowledge of the creation of his coun- See MUSIC page 27A into Israel on the eve of the country’s first and most signifi- try’s air force. cant war with its neighbors, who rejected a plan by the “They couldn’t shut him up,” recalled Spielberg of the United Nations in late 1947 to carve a Jewish state out of interview, which lasted twice as long as its scheduled 45 min- Palestine. utes. “He had a twinkle in his eye as he was transported back Israel’s need for airplanes was dire because Egypt was to the days of his youth.” supplied with Spitfires from Great Britain. But the effort to To recreate the visual spectacle of planes and pilots in create an air force faced two major obstacles. First, Great combat, Spielberg enlisted the services of the best in the Britain and the United States embargoed arms sales to Israel. business, George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic, the divi- And second, U.S. citizens were prohibited from joining the sion of his film company that created the visuals in the fight. Some who defied the order — including one who was- n’t even Jewish — were later jailed or lost their citizenship. See FILM page 26A Sitkoovvetsky Piano T Trrior ART “outstanding” “robust” “fiery” “delightful”d Beethoven On the Piano Trio in March 7-8 E-flat minor 10am-5pm Daily Plaza Op. 70 No 2 WEST COAST PREMIÈRE Carl Vine MONTEREY Piano Trio The Village Historic Custom House Plaza* Dvoˇrákr Friday Across from Fisherman’s Wharf Piano Trio No 3 March 6 in F minor, 8PM Op. 65 FINE CONTEMPORARY ARTS & CRAFTS Sunset Center Paintings, Handmade Paper, Original Clothing, Carmel Jewelry and Accessories, Raku, Photography, Glass, Wood, Garden Decor FREE ADMISSION Convenient Parking @ Del Monte & Washington For Information call the Carmel Art Guild Featuring Shay and Michael, the Black Brothers return Sunday to St. Sandpiper Production (831) 625-0931 Mary’s By-The-Sea in Pacific Grove. The two are siblings of famed *California State Park TKETIC 83S: 2125.2.621 O www.chambermusicmontereybay.org Irish singer Mary Black. Pre-concert Lecture 7pm O Call about “Kids Up Front & Free” February 27, 2015 The Carmel Pine Cone 17A FOOD & WINE Bernardus on the road, new goodies at La Piccola Casa, and bubbles & caviar WITH BERNARDUS Lodge closed Phillips opened Rancho Cielo with 22 restaurant, the culinary students have a good Bistro, private events and other clients. The until late March for remodeling, chef Cal kids in 2003. Since then, it’s grown to serve chance of finding jobs. lodge was closed early last December for an Stamenov and his executive sous chef, Eric hundreds, and includes a gym, a wide range “So when they leave the nest, they’re extensive remodel, including expansion of Piacentine, were more than happy to take of programs, an amphitheater and, most ready to work,” he said. the restaurants and upgrades to all the guest over the kitchen at Rancho Cielo in Salinas recently, transitional housing for 30 boys that Stamenov also brought longtime sous chef amenities, and while originally set to reopen for a while. was built by the kids themselves. The ranch’s Anna Steege, food and beverage director in mid-February, it’s now slated to open its The nonprofit tries to get teenagers next big project is a $4.5 million vocational Michael Marcy and restaurant manager Jeff doors toward the end of March. who’ve been in trouble with the law back on center that will include welding, tractor Jung to the popup dinner, and, working with Last week, the group that owns the lodge, mechanics, a small Taylor the students, they created “a menu that would Woodside Hotels (which also owns the Farms processing facility and incorporate things these kids wouldn’t have Monterey Plaza Hotel), announced the hiring soup to nuts other amenities. A golf-course worked with before,” Stamenov said. of Sean Damery as vice president and general greens-keeping program is in Bernardus Winery, although no longer under manager. With more than two decades’ expe- the works, too, and Phillips the same ownership as the lodge, provided rience in the industry, Damery will be By MARY SCHLEY said the new center will allow the wine. responsible for day-to-day management of Rancho Cielo to double the Their first course was a beautiful salad of the lodge. His previous posts include execu- number of kids it serves. heirloom apples with strawberries, fennel, tive vice president at Devil’s Thumb Ranch the straight and narrow, and offers a culinary At the ranch’s Drummond Culinary roasted beets, feta cheese and citrus vinai- Resort in Colorado, general manager of the academy for those interested in careers in the Academy, headed by chef Paul Lee, the stu- grette, paired with 2013 Saignée de Pinot Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa, and director of hospitality industry. Last week, the two chefs dents learn front-of-the-house and kitchen Noir, followed by lobster chowder, where the operations at the Monterey Plaza. collaborated with young people in the acad- skills, often guided by guest chefs who take deeply flavored bisque was poured over each emy to create a dinner worthy of being the time to share valuable insights, tools and bowl of clams, Meyer lemon, Yukon Gold n La Piccola Casa grows served at any high-end resort. techniques. Bakers have shown them how to potatoes, snap peas and butter brioche crou- At the Feb. 20 dinner, Rancho Cielo make bread, and PigWizard Jonathan tons, paired with 2012 Monterey County Restaurateur Joe Rombi has owned La founder John Phillips, a recently elected Roberts spent a week taking them through Chardonnay. Third, squab breast, seared and Piccola Casa on 17th Street in Pacific Grove county supervisor and retired Superior Court the process of butchering and processing served rare, with blackberry, sweetbreads, for a decade. After selling his restaurant next judge, told the story of the former county- whole hogs into all sorts of products, accord- squab liver mousse and Savoy cabbage, door, La Mia Cucina, in 2013, he put all his owned boys’ ranch that covers 100 acres ing to Lee. paired with 2011 Santa Lucia Highlands focus on the little café, transforming it to northeast of the city of Salinas. Wanting to But, he added, “cooking is the easiest Pinot Noir, and for the main course, Colorado more of a full-line restaurant. While he do a better job with wayward juveniles than part.” The challenge comes in teaching stu- lamb with Morroccan spices, currant cous serves coffee and pastries daily, La Piccola just sending them to jail, Phillips conceived dents how to write resumes, dress for inter- cous and herb yoghurt, paired with an amaz- Casa is open for lunch and dinner Wednesday of Rancho Cielo as a means of teaching them views, speak professionally and present ing library wine: the 2002 Signature through Sunday, offering Rombi’s signature vocational skills and giving them the struc- themselves. Armed with the skills to create Marinus, the winery’s flagship Bordeaux pastas and other Italian dishes. ture they’d need to make their way in the real sophisticated dishes in the kitchen, and to blend. Finally, the students and guest chefs, “I do all the cooking and am also the world. deftly and smoothly serve clients in their with advice from former Bernardus pastry barista,” said Rombi, adding that he hopes to chef Ben Spungin, crafted their version of a put his restaurant on people’s radar, just as fig newton, with thyme and local honey ice the neighboring La Mia Cucina was for so cream, served with 2009 Griva Late Harvest long. His wife, Laurie, makes the breakfast Sauvignon Blanc. Attendees were suitably pastries and desserts from scratch, including impressed, showing their appreciation by giv- indulgent carrot cake, a fudgy brownie, a sat- Joe Rombi (second ing the Bernardus team and student chefs a isfying breakfast cookie and a few different from right) appreci- standing ovation. muffins and breads. ates his crew at La Soon, Stamenov and his crew will be back “She has a knack for it,” he said. “Baking Piccola Casa in at work in the kitchen at the lodge, turning Pacific Grove, including Oscar out dishes for Marinus restaurant, Wickets Continues next page Contreras (right), who has worked for him for 18 years, SUNSET PRESENTS Anival Ponciano and Maria Garcia. Rosanne Tickets are going Cash Thursday, March 19 at 8PM PHOTO/MARY SCHLEY fast! Winner of “Best Americana Album,” 2015 GRAMMY® Awards. New York Gilbert Monterey’s Favorite and Sullivan Players: Bar Menu! HMS Available all night at the bar and everywhere until 6:30 Pinafore Friday, March 20 at 8PM CRISPY ORGANIC CAULIFLOWER Roasted Red Pepper Aioli 8 Ride a wave of music and laughter PRIME RIB EGG ROLLS Caramelized Onions, Three Cheese Blend 10 in this seafaring romp! The Whaling Station Restaurant STEAK SANDWICH ALSO COMING: Choice of PRIME Rib Eye or Kobe Sirloin proudly features on Garlic Toast Fancy Nancy The Musical The World’s Best USDA PRIME Steaks Roquefort Iceberg Wedge and Fries 18 Saturday, April 25 at 3PM BLACKENED KING SALMON FILET Aged to Perfection! on Garlic Toast ABBA Mania Roquefort Iceberg Wedge and Fries 19 Thursday, April 30 at 8PM SLOW-BRAISED PRIME BEEF SHORT RIB Bourbon Barbecue Sauce 19 Buddy ULTIMATE FRENCH DIP Shaved USDA PRIME PRIME RIB, Sourdough Roll, Au Jus, Guy Roquefort Iceberg Wedge and Fries 18 Friday, April 3 at 8PM WHALING STATION CHEESEBURGER Ground Filet Mignon on a Toasted Bun Blues legend, GRAMMY® winner, Sauteed Mushrooms and Onions Melted Gruyère, Fries 16 and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. OPEN-FACE BBQ BEEF SANDWICH Shaved Prime Rib, Piled High on Garlic Toast House-Made Bourbon-Based BBQ Sauce Martha Graham Roquefort Iceberg Wedge and Fries 18 Dance Company: FILET MIGNON MEDALLIONS OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Spinach Essential Port Wine-Mushroom Sauce 19 at 4:30pm for Cocktails • Dinner Service begins at 5pm PAN-FRIED SAND DABS Graham Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes, 763 Wave Street Citrus Beurre Blanc, Sautéed Spinach 18 Wednesday, April 22 at 8PM (Just Above Steinbeck’s Cannery Row) WS BAR CAESAR SALAD Whaling Station Garlicky Anchovy Dressing The most celebrated modern dance Parmesan Cheese, Toasted Croutons 8 Monterey, California Add: company in America. French-Fried Calamari 7 Blackened King Salmon Filet 12 (831) 373-3778 Sliced Grilled Kobe Sirloin 12 “If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?” www.sunsetcenter.org • 831.620.2048 www.whalingstation.net John Cleese San Carlos Street at Ninth Avenue, Carmel-by-the-Sea The Monterey Peninsula’s Premier Performing Arts Facility Brought to you by Sunset Cultural Center, Inc. a Non-Profit 501 ( c ) 3 18A The Carmel Pine Cone February 27, 2015 FOOD & WINE PACIFIC GROVE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE From previous page Participants must be at least 21 years old to take part. For Look for the green flags more information, call (831) 372-5863. . . .green for GO! is a science.” For his part, Rombi has added more pizzas and pastas to n Pigs, Pinot & More the lineup. “One pasta wasn’t enough,” he explained, so now La Piccola Casa regularly carries Bolognese, pesto and The 5th Annual Pigs, Pinot & More will be held Saturday, Alfredo. His famous spaghetti and meatballs are available Feb. 28, from 5 to 10 p.m. in the Salinas PAL Armory every Friday (Sunday is meatball night at La Mia Cucina, and Building at 100 Howard St. Hosted by the Rotary Club of he didn’t want to compete with the restaurant’s new owners.) Salinas, the evening of “wine, food and fun” will benefit th 5 Anniversary5R5 arch5l55R55lȇo p.m. He offers a wide range of items to go, too, including the beautification efforts in Oldtown, and costs $85 per person. aforementioned meatballs — which are also available on a Local chefs will prepare porcine (and other) treats to pair panini with mozzarella and parmesan, and on one of his piz- with local Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon zas, accompanied by tomato, red onion, tomato sauce, basil from 5 to 8 p.m., followed by an after party with music and and Asiago cheese. dancing running until 10 p.m. Prices remain reasonable, with pizzas maxing out around The dress is “festive party attire,” and guests must be 21 to $13, panini ranging from $9 to $11, pastas for $11, main attend. Tickets will be available at the door. courses (like the fabulous sand dabs) for $12, and salads and soups for less. His wine list is varied, interesting and afford- n Bay View Deli opens new place able, too. La Piccola Casa is open at 6:30 a.m. daily, with dinner Bon Ton L’Roy’s L ighthouse Smokehouse opened just Pacific Grove Art Center Crack Pot Studio Studio & Gallery served until 9 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, and is located before Valentine’s Day on Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, Artisana Gallery Fusion Confusion Studio Nouveau at 212 17th St. in Pacific Grove. For more information, visit after owners Lenny and Valentina closed their Bay View Deli Bookmark Music Planet Trout Studio Silzer www.joerombi.com or call (831) 373-0129. Butterfly Strouse & Stouse ...and much MORE! BBQ on Cannery Row at the Monterey Bay Boatworks after more than a dozen years. The pair lost their lease, they said, R5 55R555R n Champagne and caviar because the landlords no longer wanted them there. R5 5R “In their opinion, we were not upscale enough,” they said. nig8imi8iifj555R5551118# #,)0 8),! The American Institute of Wine & Food will hold its 10th “A place where scuba divers track in sand and mud, and fish- annual Champagne and Caviar Tasting Sunday, March 1, ermen come to buy bait and ice. People from all over our from 1 to 4 p.m. in Sunset Center, located at San Carlos and community, state, country and the world come to enjoy our Ninth in Carmel. heartfelt, love-filled food offerings.” Personal Chef Crystal Caraccioli Cellars will share its sparkling brut, discussed But they turned their sadness in to joy by taking over the by winemaker Michel Salgues, while Tsar Nicoulai’s Jeffrey former Amir’s Kabob House at 794 Lighthouse Ave., and they March 5th Senna will talk about the caviar. named it Bon Ton L’Roy’s L ighthouse Smokehouse. The Charlotte Muia of Fattoria Muia in Carmel Valley will be name is a play on the French saying, commonly heard in New Spanishanish paella with shrimshshrimp, the chef for the evening. Orleans, “Laissez les bons temps rouler,” or, “Let the good chickenhickencken andnd AndouillAndouille sausausasausage The cost is $110 for AIWF members, while AIWF-spon- times roll,” and the restaurant offers barbecued ribs and sored guests are $140 per person. Join AIWF for a year at chicken, pulled pork, smoked sausage and tri-tip, as well as Quinoa,uinoa,inoa, grilledilledled corn anand blblablack beabean $100 and receive the member price. smoked turkey, smoked salmon and smoked pastrami. Gulf stuffedfedd bellll pepper anand ststeasteamedsteame Payment required with RSVP. Pay by credit card or check Coast seafood is in the offing, too. The restaurant is open for haricotharicot ververt to Amy McDonald, 618 Gilroy Drive, Capitola, CA 95010. breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night snacks, with Happy www.aiwf.org Hour from 4:20 to 6:20 p.m. Herbb rroastedoastedasted chicken brbbreabreasbreast “Our motto is, ‘If you can’t have fun here, you can’t have withith roroastedastedsted red potapotatopotatoesoe anandd n fun,’” they said. Bon Ton L’Roy’s opened Feb. 13 “with posi- ssteamedteamedeamed broccbroccolli Taste Tequila for a cause tive feedback.” Classicassicc chchickenckenen aandd dudumdumplindumplingsdumpling The Monterey County Fair Heritage Foundation will hold its annual Margarita Mania and tequila tasting Saturday, Feb. n Knuckles beer and burgers Sweet and sousour pork 28, to raise funds for the fair while celebrating the all-impor- with brown rice tant National Margarita Day. The cocktails and liquors will be Knuckles Sports Bar at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel complemented by a special nacho pairing, new this year, is launching its Beer and Burger of the Month, starting in $225 Meal Plan for two according to coordinator Jennifer Chivers, and VIP upgrades March. The inaugural burger-and-beer pairing will be “The will be offered to the first 60 ticket holders. Kilt” — Strauss natural grass-fed beef topped with aged Weekly meal plan packaged in bfbpa free, microwavable containers. The Chicano All Stars will perform, too, and sponsor smoked gouda and brown sugar peppercorn bacon, served Delivered right to your door. 8.5% sales tax not included. Pocket Full of Plans will operate a photo booth. with Scotch Ale. ChefCrystal.Com [email protected] 831-206-4575 Margarita Mania will be held in the Monterey Room at the The beer exhibits rich caramel notes complemented by fairgrounds from 6 to 10 p.m., with parking along hints of cedar, spice, smoke, dried fruit and molasses. Fairgrounds Road. For tickets, visit Located at 1 Old Golf Course Road in Monterey, Knuckles www.MontereyCountyFair.com.Heritage-Foundation. Sports Bar is open Monday through Friday at 4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. For more information, call (831) 372-1234. Puttin’ on tthe Ritz n Plan ahead Bernardus Winery is celebrating its Silver Anniversary SWING DANCE Party this year, and while the key event isn’t until April, tickets are 7:30-11pm expected to sell out quickly, so organizers wanted to get it on March 5tth Pine Cone readers’ calendars now. On Sunday, April 26, the featuring winery on Parrot Ranch Road in Cachagua will hold a lavish SW W IN G FEVER MAKE YOUR OWN HERBARIUM! and lively party from 1 to 4 p.m. Guest chefs who have long had a connection with jazz orchestra Historically herbariums have been used by botanists and garden- $25 per person ers to preserve and catalog their plant collections. Learn about Bernardus will prepare dishes for the garden party, which will famous herbariums such as those made by Lewis and Clark, be attended by owner Bernardus “Ben” Pon, vineyard manag- online or at the door Charles Darwin and Emily Dickinson. Complete the process by er Matt Shea and winemaker Dean DeKorth, among others. constructing an artistic plant collage. Those in attendance will not only have ample opportunity Ages: 13 - Adult . to eat fantastic food and drink fine wines, but they’ll be able Instructor Sharon Nelson to blend their own, with DeKorth’s guidance, to take home. Dates: Two Saturdays, Feb 28, March 7th 2015 Live music, as well as a raffle to benefit the Cachagua Fire Protection District and Carmel Valley Village Improvement THE LYCEUM 1073 6th Street , Monterey | 372-6098 Continues next page Pine Cone (831) 274-8652 WOMEN in March 6 BUSINESS Portola Hotel Prestige Classifieds & Monte FOR DISCRIMINATING READERS March 13, 2015 Convention C A special section honoring ART & ANTIQUES BOOKS WANTED SITUATION the women of the WANTED Monterey Peninsula jazzbashbythe Collections/ Estates --- PURCHASING--- ENERGETIC RETIRED RN seeks Call Meena Carpe Diem Fine Books 831-754-8 19th & 20th Century position as a companion / assis- (831) 274-8655 - NOW BUYING - tant in the Monterey Peninsula Estate Artwork 245 Pearl St, Monterey area. Also able to travel. Call [email protected] 3/20 Trotter Galleries 831-643-2754 Tu-Sa 12-6 (615) 336-4788 The Carmel Pine Cone (831) 238-4631 Deadline: Tuesday 4PM Email: [email protected] February 27, 2015 The Carmel Pine Cone 19A FOOD & WINE From previous page ner, with wine, for $40 per person, starting at 6 p.m. The cost is $120 per person, excluding tax and tip, and the The restaurant is located at Poppy Hills, 3200 Lopez Road gate fee will be waived for attendees. Call (877) 907-5674 for in Pebble Beach, and reservations are required. Call (831) reservations. Pèppoli is located in The Inn at Spanish Bay, Committee, are on the schedule, too. 622-8240. 2700 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach. www.pebblebeach.com More details will be revealed in the coming weeks, but anyone interested should grab up tickets, which cost $65 n Pèppoli hosts Vignalta Estate n Jacks Happy Hour apiece, sooner rather than later. They are available at the tast- ing room at 5 West Carmel Valley Road, via the website at Pèppoli at Spanish Bay will present a six-course menu of Jacks at the Portola Hotel offers Happy Hour daily from 4 www.bernardus.com, or by calling (831) 298-8021. Guests traditional Italian fare paired with Vignalta Estate wines to 6 p.m., with drink specials and small bites. The lineup must be at least 21 years old, and only 400 tickets will be sold. Friday, March 6, with open seating beginning at 5:30 p.m. includes bottled beer for $3, well drinks for $4, barrel-aged Round-trip transportation will be offered, too. Founded in 1980 by Lucio Gomiero in the Euganei Hills of cocktails for $6, and house red or white wine for $4. Veneto, Italy, Vignalta Estate “produces beautifully blended Nibbles, priced at $5 apiece, are hummus with grilled flat- n March’s full moon wines, showcasing the mineral-rich terroir in which the bread and olives, corned beef sliders with sauerkraut and grapes are grown.” Dijon aioli, Pacific cod ceviche with avocado and fresh lime, Porter’s at Poppy Hills Golf Course will host its next La At the dinner, Lucio Gomiero will join chef Angela risotto fritters stuffed with Fontina cheese and zesty marinara, Luna dinner, in honor of the full moon, Thursday, March 5. Tamura for a celebration of the excellent food and wine of and soy marinated beef skewers on sugar cane with a Korean- Chef Johnny DeVivo will prepare a special three-course din- Northern Italy. style green onion slaw. Visit www.portolahotel.com. :GOUR HWDHK7 U It don’t’ mean a thhing, RIUH3JQLUS6 LUH6VWU$JQLPU HV if it aii’ttin’t got ththaatt swing ..... Duke Ellington 1931 6DQ-RVH But it does! 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March 7 & 8 - The 26th annual “Art on the Plaza” returns Feb. 28 - Book Sale!! Quality used books by the thousands, Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8, adjacent to “Jazz Bash by the or email all topics, huge bargains! Saturday, February 28, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bay.” Show with exhibitors for original art, wood, ceramics, photog- [email protected] St. Mary’s by the Sea Episcopal Church, Central Ave. at 12th St. raphy and a selection of accessories and fashion jewelry. Custom Pacific Grove. (831) 373-4441, www.stmarysbythesea.org/. Put House Plaza State Park is across from Fisherman’s Wharf in down those Kindles and join the fun. Monterey. Free. Information: (831) 625-0931. Feb.23-May 18 - A Grief Recovery Group, offering caring March 4 - John Russo, Founder of Carmel Lavender, March 9 - Monterey Peninsula Chapter of the support through the grieving process after the death of a loved one, will present a talk on "A Bee's Life and Society" at the Embroiderers' Guild of America meets monthly. The March 9th will be held Mondays, Feb.23 to May 18, 7-8:30 p.m.at Carmel Carmel Valley Women's Club March 4, 2015 Luncheon, 11:30 a.m. meeting will be at the Monterey Senior Center, 280 Dickman St. Presbyterian Church, corner Ocean and Junipero. Materials $15. to 1:45 p.m., at Carmel Valley Ranch's Golf Club House, 1 Old Monterey from 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. We will be working on a drawn For questions and to register, Gayle at (831) 626-1395 or Ranch Rd. $35 per guest. Call (831) 659-0934 to reserve or go to thread project. Stitchers of all levels are welcome. The meeting and GriefShare.org. www.carmelvalleywomensclub.org/events. program will be followed by a mini stitch-in at Harden Foundation in Feb. 27 - Schools3 Art Exhibit and Sale, a benefit to raise March 7 – 10:15am – Friends of the Carmel Valley Salinas from 1:30-4 p.m. Please call (831) 373-2094 for more infor- funds for our 70th school in Africa and Central America. 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