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Y OUR S OURCE F OR L OCAL N EWS, ARTS AND O PINION S INCE 1915 TRAVELS WITH GREASY Cal Am’s plea: Stop By PAUL MILLER using so much water! JOHN STEINBECK would have been envious. In a journey that was part youthful lark, part political By KELLY NIX statement and part environmental experiment, a young man who grew up in Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach has WHEN THE Monterey Peninsula’s 6,000 biggest residential just finished driving across the United States in an RV water users answered their phones last Friday morning, they got a powered with used vegetable oil. message from the water company: “Conserve more.” Kean Matthams, 24, a graduate of RLS high school in California American Water Co. issued an automated voice mes- Pebble Beach, was working as an actor and model in New sage Dec. 21 to households that con- York when wanderlust struck last fall. sumed more than 7,500 gallons in “I was getting tired of all the superficiality in the busi- November — far more than they 20 percent ness, and I realized I’d never seen any of the middle states,” were supposed to. Some of them did- Matthams said. “So I just decided I wanted to travel across n’t like the message at all. of residential the country.” “We got a couple of calls from But how to pay for the trip was a problem — especial- people who were upset,” said users consume ly with the price of gas upwards of $3.50 a gallon. Catherine Bowie, community rela- 46 percent Also, his car, an Audi sportscar that was a gift from his tions manager for Cal Am and voice parents when he was 17, was in a garage on the Monterey of the message. “I think they object- of the water Peninsula. ed to being singled out.” So he started searching the Internet for a vehicle that Cal Am routinely reminds its cus- would be in his price range to buy, and also not too expen- tomers to conserve. But this was the sive to operate. company’s first direct message targeting the biggest users since That’s when he got wind of an experimental type of 2004, Bowie said. The company hopes the message will convince vehicle that runs on waste vegetable oil. “Greasecar” is a them to save money, protect the environment, and help the commu- common name. nity avoid fines for too much water use. “Basically, all you have to get is some sort of heating PHOTO/COURTESY KEAN MATTHAMS “Did you know you are one of our biggest water users?” the mes- sage asked. “Whether you have a big family, or lots of outdoor land- element around your fuel tank,” Matthams said. With the title to their grease-powered RV in hand, scaping, you can make a significant difference by conserving more Kean Matthams and his mother, Sharon, prepare to See GREASY page 10A leave Key West for their Monterey Peninsula home. See WAT E R page 20A USS Monterey — stealthy Nonprofit stretches $$$ predecessor of the modern battleship to build foreign schools

By GEORGE SABATO Naval warfare, an era that continues to this day. By MARY BROWNFIELD In fact, the monitor-class ships, which took their SHIPS CARRYING the name “monitor” invari- name from the Civil War original, quickly evolved into FOR LESS than it would take to build a single classroom at a ably remind people of the famous ironclad, the USS new hybrid steel monitors, and eventually, the modern public school on the Monterey Peninsula, a Carmel-based nonprofit Monitor, which dueled the CSS Virginia (formerly the day battleship. can construct an entire schoolhouse in Africa. Merrimack) off the coast of Virginia in 1862. That piv- Civil engineer Jon Raggett is director of Schools3, which has otal Civil War battle ended a brief period of Not fast, but well armed raised money to build more than 30 schools since 1999. Most are in Confederate supremacy on the high seas. But more The USS Monterey was one of the second genera- Mali, a Sahara Desert country with the worst literacy rate and the than paving the way for Union victories, the battle of tion of monitors — mastless, steam powered, low in the lowest school attendance in the world. Mali needs some 9,000 the Monitor vs. Merrimack showed that iron vessels — water and with ominous gun turrets on deck. schools to serve its children, according to Raggett. The rest of his ponderous and slow, but difficult to spot and even hard- Completed in 1893, the USS Monterey had the er to sink — could be militarily significant. The devel- honor of being the first ship in the United States’ new See SCHOOL page 23A opment of iron ships opened a new era of armored “steel navy.” Weighing 4,084 tons, it had a service speed of 13.6 knots and cost more than $2 mil- lion. The USS Monterey was built with the mis- sion of patrolling the western coast of the United States. Its low profile meant there was less of the ship to cover with armor, while presenting a high degree of concealment. In severe storms, the water washing over the monitor’s decks actually served to stabilize the ship. While monitor-class ships were not known for their speed or seaworthiness, the USS Monterey would sail the oceans on many impor- tant missions in her 29 years of service.

A 7,000-mile crossing Built in the Union Iron Works in Oakland, the USS Monterey was commissioned in San Francisco in February 1893. The ship’s first mis- sion was to steam up and down the coast, from California to Washington. With the United PHOTOS FROM THE STEVE CRANDELL COLLECTION States just beginning to be recognized as a world PHOTO/SCHOOLS3.ORG power, in 1895 the vessel took a grand tour cruis- The low profile of the USS Monterey — which served with dis- At a village in Mali, children show their enthusiasm for the new school- tinction in the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars — is house built Jon Raggett’s charity, Schools3. clearly visible in this newly restored, 100-year-old image. See MONITORS page 21A Get your complete Carmel Pine Cone every Friday morning in convenient pdf format as an email attachment. Free subscriptions available at www.carmelpinecone.com. 2A The Carmel Pine Cone December 28, 2007 Elkhorn Slough group’s lawsuit fails in appeals court

By KELLY NIX But a 98-page opinion from California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal, issued Dec. 14, upheld an earlier decision AN APPELLATE court has rejected a lawsuit filed by from Monterey Superior Court Judge Robert O’Farrell that an environmental group trying to stop the Moss Landing the permit was valid. power plant from using seawater for cooling. “We find no merit in appellant’s contentions concerning The Voices of the Wetlands, an Elkhorn Slough advocacy the interpretation and application of ... the Clean Water Act,” group, filed suit after a discharge permit was issued to the appellate judge Richard J. McAdams said. power plant’s former owner, Duke Energy. Specifically, the environmental group had challenged a The group contends the plant’s cooling system kills an permit — issued by the Regional Water Quality Control unacceptable number of marine organisms. Board — which allows the power plant to cool its generators by taking water from Moss Landing Harbor and discharging it back into Monterey Bay. The process is known as once- through cooling. Voices of the Wetlands claimed the permit violated feder- al law because Duke did not use the “best technology avail- Season’s able,” required by the Clean Water Act, to minimize adverse environmental impacts. The power plant is next to Elkhorn Slough, a biologically Greetings sensitive wetlands area, which is home to hundreds of resi- dent and migratory bird species and rare plants and animals, according to the environmental group. An attorney for Voices of the Wetlands could not be reached for comment this week. But North County activist khaki’s . . . the Madeleine Clark, who filed the lawsuit, but later withdrew best in men’s herself from it, said she believes attorneys for the Voices of clothing See POWER page 21A

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By KELLY NIX very young ones, probably one or two years Akeman said he’s asked the city to post “We definitely wouldn’t approach them old,” he said. “They may have left Año warning signs so people don’t disturb ele- under any circumstances,” he said. “Elephant IN WHAT is thought to be a first-of-its- Nuevo, which can be a madhouse during phant seals or harbor seals in the event they seals, much more aggressive than the others, kind occurrence, elephant seals — animals breeding season, for safety and rest.” take to the beach again. The city is consider- have sharp teeth and can bite your arm off if that don’t live on the Monterey Peninsula — The Pine Cone found out about the seals ing it. you get close enough to challenge them.” were spotted lounging on Lovers Point from Akeman after the paper published a Beach last Thursday. photo last week of an elephant seal at Lovers Two young elephant seals were at the Point Beach. The paper incorrectly stated the popular beach much of Thursday, Dec. 21, animal was a harbor seal. sunning themselves, but were gone the next The photo had ran in connection with a morning. front-page story about the City of Pacific “To the best of anybody’s knowledge,” Grove taking steps to deter harbor seals from said Thom Akeman, who is on the City of establishing habitat at Lovers Point. Pacific Grove’s Beautification and Natural Although similar in appearance, harbor Resources Committee, “they’ve never been seals have distinct differences to elephant on the beach at Lovers Point.” seals, according to Jim Covel, manager of Elephant seals visit the Peninsula once in Guest Experience Training & Interpretation awhile, but their main colonies are Año for the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Nuevo, south of Half Moon Bay, and Piedras “The configuration of the nose is very Blancas, north of San Simeon, where the different from a harbor seal, even for a young pinnipeds number in the thousands. elephant seal,” Covel said. “A harbor seal is “There’s been an occasional one on the going to be much smaller by comparison, other side, the narrow beach just west of and harbor seals tend to have dark spots Lovers Point,” Akeman said, “an occasional against a light colored fur, while the fur of one on the beach east of Otter Point, and elephant seal juveniles tend to be a uniform there are sometimes a few at the protected color.” beach next to Hopkins.” Elephant seal breeding season begins in Nancy Hagio, a volunteer with the December. The male bulls, which can be up Marine Mammal Center was called to Lovers to 16 feet long and weigh up to two and a Point when concerned citizens mistakenly half tons, battle each other to establish dom- identified the elephant seals as harbor seals. inance. “They were about a year old and were Covel said as the elephant seal numbers very healthy,” Hagio said. “I saw both of increase, there is growing competition for them and made the assessment we would beach space. Researchers are now seeing ele- leave them there for them to go back out with phant seals on many smaller “pocket beach- the tide.” es” up and down the central coast. The elephant seals’ sighting at Lovers “For the past couple of years,” Covel said, Point doesn’t likely mean they’ll establish a “young elephant seals have been seen briefly third colony in Pacific Grove anytime soon, on the beach at Hopkins Marine Station. So according to Akeman. it’s not surprising they would check out the “The two at Lovers Point Thursday were beach at Lovers Point.”

A young elephant seal, not a harbor seal, at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove last Thursday.

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damage only. ambulance personnel with changing the dress- Carmel-by-the-Sea: Reporting party called ing on the left forearm of a female in her 70s in regards to a subject digging a hole in a com- who had sustained an abrasion earlier in the mon garden area on Mission Street. There was morning. The patient denied any further treat- Police, Fire & no damage to any of the landscaping or hard- ment or transport and signed a medical release. scaping. RP counseled. She was advised to see a doctor to ensure Carmel-by-the-Sea: Subject reported he against infection or further possible complica- Sheriff’s Log left an unopened Christmas card at a local tions. restaurant containing an undisclosed amount of money. He called the restaurant the next day, but they were unable to locate it. Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and Carmel-by-the-Sea: Parking officer ambulance responded to a smoke investiga- observed a vehicle on Mission Street display- tion on the north side of Second, east of Weapon brandished by 69-year-old ing a plate in the front that came back to a dif- Dolores, at 1218 hours. Firefighters discov- ferent vehicle. The plate was confiscated and ered smoke from a normal fire in a fireplace, HERE’S A look at some of the significant ed contact; however, no one was home. A warn- the owner contacted. The owner said that he rendering no merit to the call as far as dan- calls logged by the Carmel-by-the-Sea Police ing notice was left on the gate. A second com- owned a dealership and the plate must have ger. Department, the Carmel Fire Department and plaint was received regarding the same matter. been inadvertently placed on the wrong car by the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office last On this date, at approximately 1615 hours, the a mechanic. The vehicle in question was cur- week. This week’s log was compiled by Mary owner of the dog returned home and contact rently registered and had just received its own Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambu- Brownfield. was made regarding the barking and to check plates from the DMV. The owner was coun- lance responded to a fire alarm activation at on the dog’s welfare. The owner’s information seled and told he could pick up his plate at the San Carlos and Fifth at a hotel. Firefighters SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 was obtained and the party was counseled. police department. were met by the fire marshal on scene. He Carmel-by-the-Sea: Reporting party on Carmel-by-the-Sea: Found purse in the advised no further assistance was needed. The Carmel-by-the-Sea: A citizen reported Santa Rita Street provided documents chroni- business area on Ocean Avenue returned to system had been malfunctioning and a techni- excessive barking from a dog on Dolores Street cling a series of events with their neighbor, owner cian was requested to respond and make throughout the evening and into the early including littering. Party counseled. Carmel-by-the-Sea: On-duty personnel repairs. morning. The citizen was also concerned for Carmel-by-the-Sea: Traffic collision on responded to a walk-in medical emergency at the welfare of the dog. Patrol officers attempt- public property on Carmelo Street. Property Carmel Fire Station. Firefighters assisted See POLICE LOG page 10RE

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“WHAT’S GOOD FOR CARMEL BUSINESS IS GOOD FOR CARMEL!” Green Ribbon of Excellence Calendar of Events Congratulation Carmel Chamber of Commerce My wife and I recently returned from a Green Ribbon of Excellence Award Winners! January 2008 short buying trip in France where gasoline Honoring the Best of 2007 Jan 1 18th Annual Rio Gril Resolution Run, now costs the equivalent of around $8.50 a Crossroads Shopping Village, Carmel, gallon and diesel about $7.30 a gallon. We Accommodations - Cypress Inn 645-4777, www.riogrillresolutionrun.com don’t realize how fortunate we are here! Art Gallery - Lynn Lupetti Gallery Jan 3-Feb 5 Annual Fine Art Sale, Carmel Art The price of crude oil is about the same Cultural Organization - Pacific Repertory Theatre Association, Carmel, 624-6176, everywhere but European governments Dining - Grasing’s www.carmelart.org Jan 9 “Ice Has Turned the Heat Up on I-9 Micheal Adamson impose very high taxes on fuel and, this, Media & Marketing - Monterey County Weekly Board Chair, Compliance!” Training Program, TPO's together with our weak dollar, accounts for Personal Service - Church of the Wayfarer Professional Development Center, Monterey, Monterey County the difference between what we pay here Bank Retail - Homescapes, Carmel 647-7292, www.tpohr.com and what it costs in many other parts of the Real Estate - Aronson Team, Keller Williams Realty Jan 9 City Connections, Breifing by San Francisco world. I made the mistake of exchanging dollars for Euros at Service to Residents - Country Home Care Convention & Visitor Bureau, MCCVB, San Francisco Airport where the exchange rate was $1.60 for Service to Visitors - Monterey Peninsula Regional Park Carmel Chamber of Commerce & City of every euro. Using my ATM card in France, the exchange rate District Carmel, 3 p.m., La Playa, 415-227-2611, dropped to $1.48. So the moral is: use your debit and credit [email protected] Business of the Year - Sunset Center Jan 10 Carmel Chamber of Commerce Member cards in Europe. Don’t carry dollar traveler’s cheques as Volunteer of the Year - John Haveles Orientation, Carmel’s Bistro Givoanni, banks in Europe will no longer accept them. 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A SUSPECTED dryer fire damaged one room and sent smoke throughout the rest of a home on Monte Verde Street just before noon Dec. 22. The residents, who had been renting the home for the past month-and-a-half, safe- ly made it out of the house with their dog and watched as firefighters, ambulance crews and police attempted to con- fine the fire. Carmel police were the first to arrive and used a dry chemical extinguisher on the fire “to slow its progress down for firefighters to make a quick containment,” according to the Carmel Fire Department report. Carmel

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Firefighters quickly con- tained a fire in a home on Monte Verde Street Saturday. As they checked for more hot spots (far left) and shut off the power (right), the residents, who were renting while the owners are out of the coun- try, took refuge with their dog in the yard (left).

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At room temperature, vegetable oil is too thick to be “She runs like a beaut,” Sharon said. “We ended up going atomized and burned efficiently. But heated to 180 degrees, kinda slow up hills a few times, but everybody was really it can be used in standard diesel engines. nice.” BSLT The technique was developed in the late-1990s as a way to “We got a lot of thumbs up,” Matthams said. From previous page provide affordable fuel for diesel generators in developing And wherever they stopped, they got questions about what countries. it was like to drive a waste vegetable oil vehicle. Some peo- and land conservation groups work in tandem, in part Since then, hundreds of vehicles in the United States have ple recognized it from the large sign hand-painted on the because cows have a healthy appetite for nonnative plants. been converted to run on what is nothing more than leftover back. Others were curious about Grease Lightnin’ because of “Well-managed grazing of the property ... is an important cooking oil from French fryers, donut shops and Chinese its distinctive odor. “It smells like food, but you can’t really tool for controlling invasive weeds and maintaining grass- restaurants. tell what sort of food,” Matthams said. land health,” the deed explains. On their way across the country, every time they stopped As the easement holder, the Big Sur Land Trust has the Meeting mom in Key West for fuel, it was at a Chinese restaurant — preferably one with right to remove all bullfrogs and nonnative salamanders from The idea piqued Matthams’ interest, not only because it an all-you-can-eat buffet featuring plenty of fried food. Only the property’s ponds and streams. They also have the right to would allow him to travel cross-country with very little out- in Dallas was none available, and that was because a recy- put fences around water sources to protect “sensitive habitat lay for fuel, but because it would liberate him from the fossil cling company had bought the rights to all of it. from the impacts of livestock and feral pigs.” According to fuel industry and its addiction to Middle East oil. Without vegetable oil, Grease Lightnin’ was also the deed, the Violinis have hunted pigs and deer on the prop- “I started searching Craigslist for any sort of older diesel equipped to run on regular diesel. “But you have to remem- erty since they acquired it. vehicle that could be converted to run on waste vegetable ber to hit the switch under the dash to change fuel tanks,” The BSLT can offers tours of the property on a limited oil,” he said. After two months, an RV turned up for sale in Matthams said. “If the engine quits, you lose power steering basis as long as they don’t conduct more than three tours per Key West, Fla., that had already been converted. It had even and brakes, and that can be pretty scary.” year without owners’ written consent. Tours will be limited to been given an appropriate name: “Grease Lightnin’.” The He had a close call on I-10 coming down the Grapevine, 25 people or less. price was $9,000. when Grease Lightnin’ almost slipped into a drainage ditch. The Violini family retains the right to fish (non-commer- “The odometer had 149,000 miles on it,” Matthams said. But he made it home safely in time to celebrate Christmas cially) Rana Creek Pond. Limited commercial and non-com- “At least, we think it did.” with his family at their new home on Jacks Peak. 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A DECADE AFTER Smuin Ballet returns to Sunset with new ITS INCEPTION, leader, same unconventional approach BIG SUR ARTS GROUP REFOCUSES ITS MISSION

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IN A world where reading, writing and arithmetic are considered the three pillars of education, the Big Sur Arts Initiative aims to teach children — and their families — about the importance of creativity. “Art is a universal communication tool,” explained Lisa Goetell, the new director of the Big Sur Arts Initiative’s Arts Bridge program. “It crosses cultural boundaries and familial boundaries. It allows us to communicate in a non-threaten- ing, expressive and authentic way. Art can bring people together.” Founded in 1997 by Big Sur painter Erin Gafill, and her husband, photographer Tom Birmingham, the Big Sur Arts initiative offers art programs for Big Sur children and their families. Now, after a decade of guiding the organization, Gafill and Birmingham are stepping back and handing the reigns of the group to a paid staff. According to BSAI’s new executive director, Karen Blades, BSAI fills an important void by bringing arts educa- tion to a community that is isolated by its geography. Carmel, Pacific Grove and Monterey offer diverse arts programs for children and adults. In comparison, while Big Sur is world-

See BIG SUR page 12A PHOTO/SMUIN BALLET From the left are Smuin dancers Robin Cornwell, Courtney Hellebuyck and Nicole Treris. With new leadership, the group will perform at Sunset Center this weekend. ■ Longtime dancer takes over after death of founder Michael Smuin

By CHRIS COUNTS “Michael left us with a unique vision, an incredible lega- cy and a strong organization,” she offered. “I will dedicate WHEN SMUIN Ballet performed at Sunset Center six myself to nurturing and months ago, the groundbreaking and internationally inspiring our gifted artists, acclaimed San Francisco dance company was reeling from assuring our audiences that Performances the recent and unexpected death of its beloved founder, Smuin Ballet will continue to Michael Smuin. bring them great joy and at 8 p.m. Smuin Ballet returns to Sunset Center Friday and delight. It is an honor for me Saturday, Dec. 28-29, to present its annual holiday program. to lead this incredible compa- Dec. 28 and The performance comes just a month after the ballet compa- ny forward.” 2 & 8 p.m. ny named Celia Fushille-Burke to succeed Smuin as its artis- Fushille-Burke first tic director. worked with Michael Smuin Dec. 29 “This is exactly what Michael would have wanted,” said when he was co-director of Patti Hume, board chair for the nonprofit group. “It was a San Francisco Ballet. When unanimous vote of the board and one which we are thrilled to Smuin decided to start his own company in 1993, Fushille- announce. Michael and his dancers have always depended Burke joined him. upon Celia’s strength. Now, they will have her artistic leader- She started as a dancer, later assuming the title of ballet ship.” Fushille-Burke knows she’s filling some big shoes. See SMUIN page 20A

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PHOTO/BIG SUR ARTS INITIATIVE By CHRIS COUNTS who can see her is her own mother.” Stage Kids, a summer camp that teaches performing arts, is According to Gotch, the play successfully balances drama one of many programs offered by the Big Sur Arts Initiative. WHILE MOST playwrights dream about seeing their with comedy. work performed on Broadway, one big city author is thrilled “I love it when we find a play that has humor and still has to see his play make it to a stage in Carmel. a point to make,” he said. Los Angeles writer Gary Goldstein’s original play, Picking a winner in the contest wasn’t easy for the folks “Curtain Call,” recently took home first prize in PacRep at PacRep. “We had three really good finalists,” Gotch said. Theater’s inaugural Hyperion Project competition. “Gary just won out.” DiningAround The play, which straddles the fine line between drama and His earlier work includes the comedies “Just Men,” the Peninsula comedy, tells the story of a woman who awakens from a “Parental Discretion” and “Three Grooms and a Bride.” BIG SUR CARMEL VALLEY coma, only to find herself with a limited amount of time left “Parental Discretion” was developed by Warner Brothers into Big Sur River Inn ...... 2A Gardiner’s Resort ...... 00A to sort out her life. The bittersweet story examines the per- a Jennifer Anniston-produced pilot. sonal choices we make in response to life’s challenges and The contest came about after being pushed for years by MONTEREY CARMEL our own collective pursuits of happiness. Gotch and fellow PacRep writer and director Walt deFaria. Amir’s Kabob House ...... 00A “It’s a really humorous play about a very serious subject,” “We finally decided to take a chance on it and see if we could Bouchée ...... 00A Round Table Pizza ...... 00A Cypress Inn ...... 00A explained PacRep’s Dan Gotch, who will direct the play, foster some new work,” Gotch noted. da Giovanni ...... 00A PACIFIC GROVE scheduled to be presented in November 2008. “It’s about a Entrants for the next year’s Hyperion Project, which is Flaherty’s ...... 00A Fandango ...... 00A mother who dies, but comes back. She gets a second chance limited to California authors, will be accepted from Feb. 1, Hola at The Barnyard ...... 00A Lattitudes ...... 00A to put her life in order and say the things she wants to say to 2008 through the end of April. For more information, call Passionfish ...... 00A her children and her ex-husband. The only character, though, (831) 622-0700 or visit www.pacrep.org. 12A The Carmel Pine Cone December 28, 2007

garden, the Big Sur Hidden Gardens tour, Stage Kids sum- The way Goetell sees it, artists need a healthy environment. BIG SUR mer camp and a mix of workshops. It also coordinates visits “It’s not about environmental politics,” she insisted. “The From previous page from local musicians who participate in the Monterey ocean, the rivers and the mountains are inspiration for artists. Peninsula-based Jazz Masters program. We’ve got to take care of what inspires us.” famous for its colorful and creative culture, it offers little in Perhaps Blades’ biggest challenge is simply staying Children aren’t the only would-be artists in Big Sur. the way of arts education focused. She said BSAI is literally inundated with new ideas “People who never considered themselves artists come “If you’re driving your kids to town twice a week for from a receptive community. here, and the next thing you know, they’re carving wood or music lessons, that costs money and takes time away from “We’d love to have a $1 million budget, but that’s not the painting,” Blades observed. work,” Blades explained. case,” Blades conceded. “We’d love to support every pro- Big Sur, it seems, has a knack for inspiring creativity in To alleviate the problem, BSAI has developed a variety of gram. Sometimes saying no isn’t easy.” people of all ages. projects, including an after-school art program, a children’s Many of BSAI’s programs have an ecological component. “It’s a culture of creative license,” Goetell said. “It’s a cul- ture of expressive freedom.” While BSAI’s primary focus is providing arts education for local kids, one of the group’s more ambitious projects, Arts Bridge, aims to support aspiring professional — and “MONTEREY COUNTY BANK mostly adult — artists by teaching them about the business of art. Wants YOUR Business!” Last week, BSAI unveiled an updated web site. This week, they’ll go live with an online gallery promoting the work of local artists. Over 100 artists are currently represented by BSAI, a remarkable number considering hardly 1,000 resi- #1 SBA LENDER IN dents actually live in Big Sur year round. “We want to get the word out that we have an incredible MONTEREY COUNTY pool of creative talent in Big Sur,” Goetell said. “This is an art mecca.” For more information about BSAI, call (831) 667-1530 or Use SBA LOANS for: visit www.bigsurarts.org. xBusiness purchase xNew business start-up Linda Fernandez Charles T. Chrietzberg, Jr. Sarah Gaebelein xAdditional working capital, equipment SBA Loan Processor President/CEO SBA Loan Processor or tenant improvements for your CALL OUR Sandy Claws existing business SBA LOAN Team TODAY xPurchase of commercial real estate to ((831) -649-4600 By Margot Petit Nichols house your business We Give YOU THE BUSINESS BANK ;Specialists in SBA loans ;“Preferred Lender” status from the Small Business Administration CONVENIENT BRANCHES: ;Loans approved in-house, resulting in Monterey 649-4600 Carmel Rancho 625-4300 faster turnaround for YOU Pacific Grove 655-4300 Carmel 626-6999

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By MARGOT PETIT NICHOLS San Carlos courtyard, specializing in $3 DRINKS Champagne and other sparkling wines, caviar House Wine, Draft Beer, Well Drinks ‘BUBBLY FISH’ — a fish market ... and more. aquarium emporium ... a toy shop? This holiday week, Bubbly Fish Cafe is cel- As it turns out, it’s none of the above. ebrating its one-year anniversary and will do so $5 APPETIZERS It’s a boutique, 24-seat restaurant in Paseo in grand style on the night of Dec. 31. A ten- Crab Cakes • Seared Ahi Tuna • Bay Shrimp Cocktail course menu, “New Year’s Fried Calamari • Bacon Wrapped Prawns Eve Indulgence,” is being Caesar Salad • Deep Fried Artichoke Hearts presented by partners Deborah Pearcy and Claude Poisson at 5:30 and 9 o’clock seatings. And, yes, his name truly is Poisson. Guest chef for the evening will be Master Chef

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FOR RESERVATIONS PLEASE CALL 831-659-2207 14 A The Carmel Pine Cone December 28, 2007 rnet SauSauvignonS && ltgonFoodF Wine Champp MMerlotMerl lot DDeDinneDin NUCOP From previous page Bubbly Fish on weekends. OR I Pearcy has a thirty-year history in the restaurant business C having worked “in three of the biggest restaurants around,” Thierry Phelipot, who is an “haute cuisine chef, a graduate of according to Poisson. “Deborah has been with The the Cordon Bleu in Nice,” according to Poisson, “formerly Peppermill, Elbow Room and Compangnia restaurants. with the Carlton in Cannes, a manager of Spago’s, chef of Either Pearcy or Poisson will sit down with you to discuss François Payard, but who now owns a bakery in Fresno.” your tastings, if you like.” In fact, they both take delight in Pearcy and Poisson also hail from the Central Valley city discussing their offerings. and credit Phelipot with helping come up with the concept of Poisson is considered the executive chef of Bubbly Bubbly Fish Pearcy said, “Claude has always been passionate about See BUBBLY next page Organic Produce & Grocery food and wine, and has an Cheeses • Wines • Gifts impeccable palate.” They Vitamins & Natural Bodycare met, appropriately enough, 5% Senior Discount • Case Discounts at a farmers market. Although Poisson is in med- 625-1454 ical supplies during the week, he feels his true voca- Flaherty’s Famous Chowder, 26135 Carmel Rancho Boulevard • Carmel tion is fine food. He is at King Crab, Assorted Salads, Fruits, Cheeses, Desserts, Fresh Fish, MARKET Salmon, “Peel & Eat Shrimp”... & DELI and more! $24.95/per person “Carmel’s Finest” SINCE 1953

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By CHARYN PFEUFFER According to organizers, some loyal locals come back every year. Tickets are $325. Call (866) 266-5442 or go to 38%/,&-(:(/5<$8&7,21 AS MUCH as I like to play party clothes, sport imprac- www.pebblebeach.com. :DWFKHV tical footwear and sip flutes of champagne, New Year’s Eve Steal: In its keep-it-simple-but-do-it-right style, Brophy’s 5ROH[*HQHYH.W is one night I usually opt to stay home, and if I must venture Tavern at Fourth and San Carlos is hosting an intimate fête .WJROGPHQVDQG LHV:LGHVHOHFWLRQRI out, I do it in the company of an intimate group of friends. for 45 or so folks. $75 a head will get you a raw bar with GLDPRQGVROLWDLUHV Most years, there’s something missing from my stay-at- clams, mussels, prawns, ahi tuna and lobster, a filet mignon FW3ULQFHVV home routine. N.Y.E. happens to be my boyfriend’s birthday dinner, two cocktails and champagne toast, and live music by &XW'LDPRQG (good tax deduction planning by his parents!), and he’s usu- Kim Edmundson Band. Space is limited, but if anyone knows ally working at his restaurant-industry job. But this year, I’m how to throw a lively shindig with lots of quality partygoers, the luckiest girl in Carmel Valley, because he’s taking a rare it’s these folks. Call (831) 624-2476 or go to www.brophys- holiday off to celebrate. Yippee! It’ll be a great night out for tavern.com. FW5XE\ us. 'LDFWWZ FW And for those of you who also want to kick up your stilet- ■ Sundry stuff FWWRFW6ROLW tos and paint the town crimson (with a designated driver, 29(5),1(-(:(/5<,7(060867*283)25%,' please), here are a couple of suggestions: After a long wait, Austino’s Patisserie, formerly Kalisa’s, 0DQ\\JJS ILQH EUDFHOHWV ULQJV QHFNODFHV HDUULQJV SHQGDQWV DQG PRUH FW WR FW Splurge: The Inn at Spanish Bay is once again offering a is open for business under the expert hand of Chris Shake. GLDPRQGVHQJDJHPHQWULQJVDQGEDQGV'LDPRQGWHQQLVEUDFHOHWVJJ JXSWRFDUDWV S 3XUH JROGJJ FRLQV ODUJH UDUH WDQ]DQLWHV SS VDSSKLUHV HPHUDOGV FW RYDO UXE\7DKLWLDQ \ can’t-be-beat New Year’s party, with a lavish buffet and danc- Expect specialty coffees and teas, Island Oasis smoothies and 3HDUOVSSJ FW GLDPRQG QHFNODFH FW RYDO VDSSKLUH ULQJ ZLWK GLDPRQGV .  . ing in three ballrooms. 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He also makes paper thin pota- color, and truffle whitefish, a truffle-infused golden white- 1RWDI¿OLDWHGZLWKDQ\*RYHUQPHQW$JHQF\0HPEHURI&DOLIRUQLD-HZHOHUV$VVRFLDWLRQ to chips sprinkled with truffle salt, prepares plates of salumi fish caviar. selections, a soup of the day and chocolate tasting plates as A cheese plate consists of Jean de Brie, Le Chevre Noir, well. Truffle tremor Humboldt County, Epoisses de Bourgogne — While Pearcy and Poisson were being interviewed, the all cow and goat milk served with rose petal jelly and apricot restaurant was enjoying a brisk late luncheon trade. Three and white cherry jam and bread. women were celebrating a birthday with a tasting brunch that Cheese, salumi and pate tastings are $15.95, with a single started with carrot soup topped with a ginger emulsion and selection running $7.50. Caviar 20-gram tastings run from ginger-infused whitefish caviar. Next, they enjoyed a tasting $20 to $120. of four caviars accompanied by mini in-house belinis and The wine list of bubbly and still wines is excellent, and Professionally Managed crème fraîch. This was followed with a chocolate tasting of there are dessert wines, too, including a superb Jaden Pinot Italian, Belgian and French chocolate. All of this was accom- Noir Icewine from British Columbia — excellent with the LIVE-IN & HOURLY CARE panied by a bottle of Billecart-Salmon Brut Reserve chocolate or the cheesecake tasting. Many wines are offered Champagne and followed by cafe filtre. in 2-ounce tasting glasses, by the glass or by the bottle. At another table a couple simply indulged in a glass of Sometime in the new year, Bubbly Fish will serve brunch There’s No Place Like Home... champagne each with an order of Blue Point oysters and lob- on the patio, and will be available for caterings at home and • 4 to 24 Hour ster sabayon topped with caviar. businesses, for weddings and corporate gatherings. In-Home Care Pearcy stressed that they welcome those who drop by just However you experience Bubbly Fish, it unquestionably for a glass of champagne, or even just coffee. Roger will be a true indulgence for all your senses. • Personal Care Hernandez, a retired vineyardist, plays a mellow guitar in the Bubbly Fish will be closed the middle two weeks in • Transportation courtyard on weekends and sunny days. There is outdoor January. It is located between Ocean and Seventh Ave. in the • Meal Preparation seating, overhead radiant heating and black soft blankets Paseo San Carlos Courtyard. Winter hours are Monday and folded neatly over the chair backs in case the chill is too Thursday, 4 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 2 to midnight, • Provide Workers much. and Sunday 2 - 10 p.m. For information and reservations, call Compensation It is in this patio area that a “Doggie Menu” is presented (831) 626-8226. Insurance to canines accompanied by their parents. Three courses are offered: “Gazpoocho” housemade chicken broth with mixed • Provide for vegetables, all natural homemade meatloaf, and a yummy Social Security biscuit.” • Comply with IRS Your Tastings of caviar, chocolate and cheesecake in various Happy Regulations combinations are offered from a menu very easy to read and STAY-AT-HOME Holidays! Alternative $1.99 PIZZA BY SLICE NEW GARDEN FRESH Proviidiing Peace Of Miind to Famiilliies SALE! 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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME del demandante que no tiene aboga- with interest thereon as provided in said VIEW RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE, follows: on N/A. STATEMENT File No.20072651. The do,es): Note, plus the fees, charges and 11905 Bascom Ave., Ste. 105, San A.Present name: I declare that all information in this following person(s) is(are) doing busi- ROBERT T. BRATTY, expenses of the trustee and the trusts Jose, CA 95128 . This business is con- ZHOUGIAO ZHAO statement is true and correct. (A regis- ness as: INTIMA EUROPEAN LIN- Plaintiff, in pro per created by said Deed of Trust. THIS ducted by a corporation. Registrant Proposed name: trant who declares as true information GERIE, West side of Mission Street P.O. Box 170, Bass Lake, CA 93604 PROPERTY IS BEING SOLD IN AN commenced to transact business under JOY ZHAO which he or she knows to be false is between Ocean Avenue and Seventh (559) 760-6699 “AS-IS” CONDITION. ADDITIONAL the fictitious business name listed THE COURT ORDERS that all per- guilty of a crime.) Street, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921; Date: Sept. 19, 2007 INFORMATION AND DISCLOSURES: above on: Nov. 29, 2007. (s) Julia sons interested in this matter shall S/ Cheryl A. Gidding P.O. Box 2556, Carmel-by-the-Sea CA NOTICE TO THE PERSON (1) At the time of sale, the opening bid Schlass, CEO. This statement was filed appear before this court at the hearing This statement was filed with the 93921-2556. POURDEUX. INC. West SERVED: You are served as an individ- by the beneficiary may not represent a with the County Clerk of Monterey indicated below to show cause, if any, County Clerk of Monterey County on side of Mission Street between Ocean ual defendant. full credit bid. The beneficiary reserves County on Dec. 4, 2007. Publication why the petition for change of name December 04, 2007. Avenue and Seventh Street, Carmel-by- Publication Dates: Dec. 7, 14, 21, the right, during the auction, to increase dates: Dec. 14, 21, 28, 2007, Jan. 4, should not be granted. NOTICE-This Fictitious Name the-Sea, CA 93921; P.O. Box 2556, 28, 2007. (PC1207) its bid incrementally up to a full credit 2008. (PC 1215) NOTICE OF HEARING: Statement expires five years from the Carmel-by-the-Sea CA 93921-2556. bid. (2) The Trustee’s Deed Upon Sale DATE: Jan. 25, 2008 date it was filed in the office of the This business is conducted by a corpo- (TDUS) will not be issued to the suc- TIME: 9:00 a.m. County Clerk. A New Fictitious ration. Registrant commenced to trans- SUPERIOR COURT cessful bidder until the bidder’s pay- SUPERIOR COURT DEPT: TBA Business Name Statement must be act business under the fictitious busi- OF CALIFORNIA ment has been deposited in the OF CALIFORNIA ROOM: CIVIL filed before that time. ness name listed above on: Aug. 22, COUNTY OF MONTEREY trustee’s bank and cleared (all holds COUNTY OF MONTEREY The address of the court is 1200 The filing of this statement does not 2007. (s) Sylvie R. How, President. This released). The bidder may have to take In re the Estate of FRANCES MEIN Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. of itself authorize the use in this state of statement was filed with the County ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE additional actions as required by DE BRETTEVILLE, Deceased. A copy of this Order to Show Cause a Fictitious Business Name in violation Clerk of Monterey County on Nov. 15, FOR CHANGE OF NAME trustee’s bank in order to facilitate the Case No. MP-18877 shall be published at least once each of the rights of another under Federal, 2007. Publication dates: Dec. 7, 14, 21, Case No. M87839. deposit and clearance of bidder’s funds. NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF week for four successive weeks prior to State, or common law (See Section 28, 2007. (PC 1201) TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: (3) If, prior to the issuance of the TDUS, FRANCES MEIN DE BRETTEVILLE the date set for hearing on the petition 14411 et seq., Business and petitioner, MEGAN PEARCE, filed a the trustee shall become aware of any Notice is hereby given to the credi- in the following newspaper of general Professions Code). petition with this court for a decree defiency in the foreclosure process, or if tors and contingent creditors of the circulation, printed in this county: The Original Filing FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME changing names as follows: the trustee becomes aware of any above-named decedent, that all per- Carmel Pine Cone, Carmel. 12/21, 12/28, 1/4, 1/11/08 STATEMENT File No.20072604. The A.Present name: bankruptcy or other legal proceeding sons having claims against the dece- (s) Lydia M. Villarreal CNS-1249248# following person(s) is(are) doing busi- MEGAN CORA PEARCE affecting the validity affecting the validi- dent are required to file them with the Judge of the Superior Court CARMEL PINE CONE ness as: CARMEL CANDLE CO. & Proposed name: ty of the foreclosure sale, then, after Superior Court at 1200 Aguajito Road, Date filed: Dec. 13, 2007. Publication dates: Dec. 21, 28, MOSTLY CERAMICS, 27487 Schulte MEGAN CORA PEARCE-OSGOOD consultation with its attorneys, the Monterey, California 93940, and mail a Clerk: Connie Mazzei 2007, Jan. 4, 11, 2008. (PC1221) Road, Carmel, CA 93923. ROSA L. B.Present name: trustee, in its sole discretion, may copy to CHARLES LOCKE DE BRET- Deputy: Edward Arias BRITTAIN-McDANIEL, 27487 Schulte ALLYSON NICHOLE PEARCE decline to issue the TDUS and return TEVILLE and PETER DE BRET- Road, Carmel, CA 93923. This busi- Proposed name: the bidder’s funds, without interest. TEVILLE, Co-Trustees of the Trust Publication dates: Dec. 21, 28, SUPERIOR COURT ness is conducted by an individual. ALLYSON NICHOLE PEARCE-OSGOOD Dated: DEC. 5, 2007 Witkin & Eisinger, dated January 15, 1994, wherein the 2007, Jan. 4, 11, 2008. (PC1219) OF CALIFORNIA Registrant commenced to transact THE COURT ORDERS that all per- LLC., a limited liability company, as said decedent was the Settlor, at San Carlos COUNTY OF MONTEREY business under the fictitious business sons interested in this matter shall Trustee 530 SOUTH GLENOAKS Betw. 7th & 8th Sts., P.O. Box 805, name listed above on: Nov. 9, 2007. (s) appear before this court at the hearing BOULEVARD, SUITE 207 BURBANK, Carmel, CA 93921, within the later of Loan: N/A Other: Investor Loan#: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Rosa L. Brittain-McDaniel. This state- indicated below to show cause, if any, CA 91502 (818) 845-4000 By: Carole four (4) months after the date of the first File: 2862876 DLH FOR CHANGE OF NAME ment was filed with the County Clerk of why the petition for change of name Eisinger Trustee Sales Officer TAC: publication of this notice, or, if notice is A.P. Number 241-241-004 Case No. M87382. Monterey County on Nov. 9, 2007. should not be granted. 764297B PUB: 12/13 12/20 12/27 mailed or personally delivered to you, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Publication dates: Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, NOTICE OF HEARING: Publication dates: Dec. 14, 21, 28, 30 days after the date this notice is NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE petitioner, KAMAL and IMAN SALEH, 2007. (PC 1205) DATE: January 11, 2008 2007. (PC 1212) mailed or personally delivered to you, or UNDER DEED OF TRUST filed a petition with this court for a TIME: 9:00 a.m. you must petition to file a late claim as decree changing names as follows: DEPT: TBA provided in Section19103 of the YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A A.Present name: FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME ROOM: Loan: B1928 Other: Investor Loan#: Probate Code. A claim form may be DEED OF TRUST, DATED 6/13/2006, NAWAR MOHAMMAD SALEH STATEMENT File No.20072708. The The address of the court is 1200 File: 2862838 obtained from the court clerk. For your UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO- Proposed name: following person(s) is(are) doing busi- Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. DLH A.P. Number 416-022-023 protection, you are encouraged to file TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE MAWAR KAMAL SALEH ness as: LIGHT UP YOUR LIFE, 329 A copy of this Order to Show Cause NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE your claim by certified mail, with return SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU B.Present name: English Ave. ERIC SONNE, Monterey, shall be published at least once each UNDER DEED OF TRUST receipt requested. NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NURAN MOHAMAD SALEH CA 93940; 329 English, Monterey, CA week for four successive weeks prior to YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A This statement was filed with the NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING Proposed name: 93940. This business is conducted by the date set for hearing on the petition DEED OF TRUST, DATED 1/4/2006, County Clerk of Monterey County on AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON- NURAN KAMAL SALEH an individual. Registrant commenced to in the following newspaper of general UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO- Dec. 5, 2007. TACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby THE COURT ORDERS that all per- transact business under the fictitious circulation, printed in this county: The TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE (s) UTE M. ISBILL given that First American Title sons interested in this matter shall business name listed above on: Nov. Carmel Pine Cone, Carmel. SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU Attorney for Co-Trustees, Insurance Company, a California corpo- appear before this court at the hearing 27, 2007. (s) Eric Sonne. This state- (s) Lydia M. Villarreal NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE San Carlos between 7th and 8th ration, as Trustee, or Successor indicated below to show cause, if any, ment was filed with the County Clerk of Judge of the Superior Court NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING Sts. Trustee, or Substituted Trustee pur- why the petition for change of name Monterey County on Nov. 27, 2007. Date filed: Dec. 5, 2007. AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON- P.O. Box 805 suant to the Deed of Trust executed by should not be granted. Publication dates: Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, Clerk: Connie Mazzei TACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby Carmel, California 93921 Ian Andrew Trosky and Amy Marie NOTICE OF HEARING: 2007. (PC 1206) Deputy: C. Williams given that First American Title Trosky, husband and wife Recorded on DATE: Feb. 8, 2008 Publication dates: Dec. 7, 14, 21, Insurance Company, a California corpo- Publication dates: Dec. 14, 21, 28, 06/16/2006 as Instrument No. TIME: 9:00 a.m. 28, 2007. (PC1208) ration, as Trustee, or Successor 2007. (PC1217) 2006053735 in Book n/a Page n/a of DEPT: Civil SUMMONS Trustee, or Substituted Trustee pur- Official Records in the Office of the ROOM: TBA (Citacion Judicial) suant to the Deed of Trust executed by County Recorder of Monterey County, The address of the court is 1200 CASE NUMBER: 07 CE CL 08485 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Columbia Pacific Investments, a SUPERIOR COURT California, and pursuant to the Notice Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: STATEMENT File No.20072727. The California Corporation Recorded on OF CALIFORNIA Of Default and election to sell thereun- A copy of this Order to Show Cause (Aviso al demandado) following person(s) is(are) doing busi- 01/06/2006 as Instrument No. COUNTY OF MONTEREY der recorded 8/20/2007 in Book n/a, shall be published at least once each DR. CHARLES HARPER, ness as: UNIQUE FOCUS MEDIA, 304 2006001587 in Book n/a Page n/a of Page n/a, as Instrument No. week for four successive weeks prior to individually and dba CAPITAL ONE Dela Vina Ave. #3, Monterey, CA 93940. Official Records in the Office of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 2007065216 of said Official Records, the date set for hearing on the petition INVESTMENTS, INC. URIEL SEBASTIAN ALFARO, 304 Dela County Recorder of Monterey County, FOR CHANGE OF NAME will sell on 1/11/2008 at At the north in the following newspaper of general YOU ARE BEING SUED BY Vina Ave. #3, Monterey, CA 93940. California, and pursuant to the Notice Case No. M87138. wing main entrance to the Monterey circulation, printed in this county: The PLAINTIFF: (Lo esta demandando el KYSHA KAE ALFARO, 304 Dela Vina Of Default and election to sell thereun- TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: County Courthouse, 240 Church St., Carmel Pine Cone, Carmel. demandante) Ave. #3, Monterey, CA 93940. This busi- der recorded 8/6/2007 in Book n/a, petitioner, CASANDRA MARIE Salinas, CA at 10:00AM at public auc- (s) Lydia M. Villarreal ROBERT T. BRATTY ness is conducted by a husband and Page n/a, as Instrument No. RODRIGUEZ, filed a petition with this tion to the highest bidder for cash Judge of the Superior Court You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS wife. Registrant commenced to transact 2007061639 of said Official Records, court for a decree changing names as (payable at the time of sale in lawful Date filed: Dec. 17, 2007 after this summons and legal papers business under the fictitious business will sell on 1/4/2008 at At the north wing follows: money of the United States), all right, Clerk: Connie Mazzei are served on you to file a written name listed above on: May 1, 2007. (s) main entrance to the Monterey County A.Present name: title and interest conveyed to and now Deputy: C. Williams response at this court and have a copy Uriel Sebastian Alfaro. This statement Courthouse, 240 Church St., Salinas, CASANDRA MARIE RODRIGUEZ held by it under said Deed of Trust in the served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone was filed with the County Clerk of CA at 10:00AM at public auction to the Proposed name: property situated in said county and Publication dates: Dec. 21, 28, call will not protect you. Your written Monterey County on Nov. 28, 2007. highest bidder for cash (payable at the SYLVIA YADIRA MELENDREZ state hereinafter described: As more 2007, Jan. 4, 11, 2008. (PC1222) response must be in proper legal form if Publication dates: Dec. 7, 14, 21, 28, time of sale in lawful money of the THE COURT ORDERS that all per- fully described in said Deed of Trust The you want the court to hear your case. 2007. (PC 1209) United States), all right, title and inter- sons interested in this matter shall property address and other common There may be a court form that you can est conveyed to and now held by it appear before this court at the hearing designation, if any, of the real property FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME use for your response. You can find under said Deed of Trust in the proper- indicated below to show cause, if any, described above is purported to be: 220 STATEMENT File No.20072842. The these court forms and more information LOAN: TANKERSLEY J E OTHER: ty situated in said county and state why the petition for change of name Upper Wadden Road, Carmel following person(s) is(are) doing busi- at the California Courts Online Self- 3442752 FILE: D2007-0858 hereinafter described: As more fully should not be granted. Highlands, CA 93923 The undersigned ness as: PALISADES VINEYARD, 18 Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca. CKE INVESTOR LOAN #: described in said Deed of Trust The NOTICE OF HEARING: Trustee disclaims any liability for any Scarlett Rd., Carmel Valley, CA 93924. gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or A.P. NUMBER: 001-713-003 property address and other common DATE: JAN. 11, 2008 incorrectness of the property address JOHN A. STAFSNES, 18 Scarlett Rd., the courthouse nearest you. If you can- NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE designation, if any, of the real property TIME: 9:00 a.m. and other common designation, if any, Carmel Valley, CA 93924. IATHAN T. not pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk UNDER DEED OF TRUST described above is purported to be: DEPT: shown herein. The total amount of the ANNAND, 18 Scarlett Rd., Carmel for a fee waiver form. If you do not file YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A 27604 Schulte Road, Carmel, CA ROOM: unpaid balance of the obligation Valley, CA 93924. This business is con- your response on time, you may lose DEED OF TRUST, DATED JANUARY 93923 The undersigned Trustee dis- The address of the court is 1200 secured by the property to be sold and ducted by a husband and wife. the case by default, and your wages, 21, 2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION claims any liability for any incorrectness Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. reasonable estimated costs, expenses Registrant commenced to transact money and property may be taken with- TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT of the property address and other com- A copy of this Order to Show Cause and advances at the time of the initial business under the fictitious business out further warning from the court. MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF mon designation, if any, shown herein. shall be published at least once each publication of the notice of sale is: name listed above on: Sept. 1, 2007. (s) There are other legal requirements. YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF The total amount of the unpaid balance week for four successive weeks prior to $554,367.82 In addition to cash, the John A. Stafsnes. This statement was You may want to call an attorney right THE NATURE OF THE PROCEED- of the obligation secured by the proper- the date set for hearing on the petition Trustee will accept a cashier's check filed with the County Clerk of Monterey away. If you do not know an attorney, INGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD ty to be sold and reasonable estimated in the following newspaper of general drawn on a State or National Bank, a County on Dec. 18, 2007. Publication you may call an attorney referral ser- CONTACT A LAWYER. NOTICE is costs, expenses and advances at the circulation, printed in this county: The check drawn by a State or Federal dates: Dec. 21, 28, 2007, Jan. 4, 11, vice. If you cannot afford an attorney, hereby given that Witkin & Eisinger, time of the initial publication of the Carmel Pine Cone, Carmel. Credit Union or a check drawn by a 2008. (PC 1223) you may be eligible for free legal ser- LLC, a Limited Liability Company as notice of sale is: $505,770.05 In addi- (s) Robert O’Farrell State or Federal Savings and Loan vices from a nonprofit legal services trustee, or successor trustee, or substi- tion to cash, the Trustee will accept a Judge of the Superior Court Association, Savings Association or program. You can locate these nonprof- tuted trustee pursuant to the Deed of cashier's check drawn on a State or Date filed: Nov. 30, 2007. Savings Bank specified in Section 5102 SUPERIOR COURT it groups at the California Legal Trust executed by JOYCE E. TANKER- National Bank, a check drawn by a Clerk: Connie Mazzei of the Financial Code and authorized to OF CALIFORNIA Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifor- SLEY, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN State or Federal Credit Union or a Deputy: Edward Arias do business in this state. In the event COUNTY OF MONTEREY nia.org), the California Courts Online Recorded on 01/27/2004 as Instrument check drawn by a State or Federal tender other than cash is accepted the Self-Help Center No. 2004007173 in Book n/a Page n/a Savings and Loan Association, Savings Publication dates: Dec. 14, 21, 28, Trustee may withhold the issuance of ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by of Official Records, in the office of the Association or Savings Bank specified 2007, Jan. 4, 2008. (PC1216) the trustee's deed until funds become FOR CHANGE OF NAME contacting your local court or county County Recorder of MONTEREY in Section 5102 of the Financial Code available to the payee or endorsee as a Case No. M88138. bar association. County, California and pursuant to the and authorized to do business in this matter of right. Said sale will be made, TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Tiene 30 DIAS DE CALENDARIO Notice of Default and Election to Sell state. In the event tender other than SUPERIOR COURT but without covenant or warranty, petitioner, TELLIS FEARS, TABITHA thereunder recorded 09/04/2007 in cash is accepted the Trustee may with- OF CALIFORNIA express or implied, regarding title, pos- FEARS, filed a petition with this court después de que le entreguen esta hold the issuance of the trustee's deed session, or encumbrances, to satisfy citación y papeles legales para presen- Book, Page, As Instrument No. COUNTY OF MONTEREY for a decree changing names as fol- 2007068782 of said Official Records, until funds become available to the the indebtedness secured by said deed, lows: tar una respuesta por escrito en esta WILL SELL on 01/09/2008 at THE payee or endorsee as a matter of right. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE advances thereunder, with interest as A.Present name: corte y hacer que se entregue una SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTY Said sale will be made, but without FOR CHANGE OF NAME provided therein, and the unpaid princi- JALEN KENDEL GRIER copia al demandante. Una carta o una COURTHOUSE, (FACING THE covenant or warranty, express or Case No. M87138. pal balance of the note secured by said Proposed name: llamada telefonica no lo protegen. Su COURTYARD OFF CHURCH ST.), 240 implied, regarding title, possession, or TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: deed with interest thereon as provided JALEN KENDEL FEARS respuesta por escrito tiene que estar CHURCH STREET, SALINAS, CA at encumbrances, to satisfy the indebted- petitioner, TESTIN AJA PINA, filed a in said note, fees, charges and expens- THE COURT ORDERS that all per- en formato legal correcto si desea que 10:00 A.M. AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO ness secured by said deed, advances petition with this court for a decree es of the trustee and the trusts created sons interested in this matter shall procesen su caso en la corte. Es posi- THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, thereunder, with interest as provided changing names as follows: by said Deed of Trust. Dated: appear before this court at the hearing ble que haya un formulario que usted (payable at the time of sale in lawful therein, and the unpaid principal bal- A.Present name: 12/14/2007 First American Title indicated below to show cause, if any, pueda usar para su respuesta. Puede money of the United States) all right, ance of the note secured by said deed TESTIN JARA PENA Insurance Company, as said Trustee a why the petition for change of name encontrar estos formularios de la corte title and interest conveyed to and now with interest thereon as provided in said Proposed name: California corporation 330 Soquel should not be granted. y mas informacion en el Centro de held by it under said Deed of Trust in the note, fees, charges and expenses of the TESTIN AJA PINA Avenue Santa Cruz, CA 95062 (831) NOTICE OF HEARING: property situated in said County and trustee and the trusts created by said THE COURT ORDERS that all per- 426-6500 By: Deborah L. Howey, DATE: Feb. 1, 2008 Ayuda de las Cortes de California Deed of Trust. Dated: 12/3/2007 First Foreclosure Officer P346625 12/21, (www.courtinfo .ca.gov/ State hereinafter described: AS MORE sons interested in this matter shall TIME: 9:00 a.m. FULLY DESCRIBED ON SAID DEED American Title Insurance Company, as appear before this court at the hearing 12/28, 01/04/2008 DEPT: selfhelp/espanol/), en la biblioteca de OF TRUST. The property address and said Trustee a California corporation indicated below to show cause, if any, Publication dates: Dec. 21, 28, 2007, ROOM: leyes de su condado o en la corte que other common designation, if any, of the 330 Soquel Avenue Santa Cruz, CA why the petition for change of name Jan. 4, 2008. (PC1220) The address of the court is 1200 le quede mas cerca. Si no puede pagar real property described above is pur- 95062 (831) 426-6500 By: Deborah L. should not be granted. Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. la cuota de presentacion, pida al secre- ported to be: 445 CORTES STREET, Howey, Foreclosure Officer P341740 NOTICE OF HEARING: A copy of this Order to Show Cause tario de la corte que lé de un formulario MONTEREY, CA 93940. The under- 12/14, 12/21, 12/28/2007 DATE: Jan. 25, 2008 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS shall be published at least once each de exencion de pago de cuotas. signed Trustee disclaims any liability for Publication dates: Dec. 14, 21, 28, TIME: 9:00 a.m. NAME STATEMENT week for four successive weeks prior to Hay otros requisitos legales Es any incorrectness of the street address 2007. (PC 1213) DEPT: File No. 20072754 the date set for hearing on the petition recomendable que llame a un abogado and other common designation, if any, ROOM: The following person(s) is (are) in the following newspaper of general inmediatamente. Si no conoce a un shown herein. The total amount of the The address of the court is 1200 doing business as: circulation, printed in this county: The abogado, pueda llamar a un servicio de unpaid balance of the obligation FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. FREEDOM CENTER WEST, 1170 Carmel Pine Cone, Carmel. remisión a abogados. Si no puede secured by the property to be sold and STATEMENT File No.20072774. The A copy of this Order to Show Cause Marilyn Lane, Aromas, CA 95004. (s) Lydia M. Villarreal pagar a un abogado, es posible que reasonable estimated costs, expenses following person(s) is(are) doing busi- shall be published at least once each Cheryl A. Gidding, 1170 Marilyn Judge of the Superior Court ness as: Lane, Aromas, CA 95004. cumpia con los requisitos para obtener and advances, projected to the sale week for four successive weeks prior to Date filed: Dec. 19, 2007 date, at the time of the initial publication 1. AMERICAN DREAM REALTY the date set for hearing on the petition This business is conducted by an Clerk: Connie Mazzei servicios legales gratuitos de un pro- of the Notice of Sale is: $98,500.21 * 2. REALTY WORLD AMERICAN in the following newspaper of general individual. Deputy: C. Williams grama de servicios legales sin fines de *The actual opening bid may be more DREAM REALTY circulation, printed in this county: The The registrant(s) commenced to lucro. Puede encontrar estos sin fines or less than this estimate. In addition 3. RW AMERICAN DREAM TRAVEL Carmel Pine Cone, Carmel. transact business under the fictitious Publication dates: Dec. 28, 2007, de lucro en el sitio web de California to cash, the Trustee will accept a 443 Webster Street, Monterey, CA (s) Lydia M. Villarreal business name or names listed above Jan. 4, 11, 18, 2008. (PC1224) Legal Services, (www.lawhelpcalifornia. cashier’s check drawn on a state or 93940. RUBEN DOMINGUEZ JR., 9 Judge of the Superior Court org), en el Centro de Ayuda de las national bank, a check drawn by a state Via Esperanza, Monterey, CA 93940. Date filed: Dec. 7, 2007. Cortes de California, or federal credit union or a check drawn DEBORAH DOMINGUEZ, 9 Via Clerk: Connie Mazzei (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/ by a state or federal savings and loan Esperanza, Monterey, CA 93940. This Deputy: Edward Arias CARMEL PINE CONE EARLY DEADLINES espanol/) o poniéndose en cantacto association, savings association or sav- business is conducted by an individual. con la corte o el colegio de abagados ings bank specified in Section 5102 of Registrant commenced to transact Publication dates: Dec. 21, 28, locales. the Financial code and authorized to do business under the fictitious business 2007, Jan. 4, 11, 2008. (PC1218) FOR ALL DISPLAY ADS, CLASSIFIED, LEGAL The name and address of the court business in this state. In the event ten- name listed above on: May, 1995. (s) is (El nombre y direccion de le corte der other than cash is accepted the Deborah Dominguez. This statement & CALENDAR SUBMISSIONS es): Trustee may withhold the issuance of was filed with the County Clerk of SUPERIOR COURT SUPERIOR COURT OF the Trustee’s Deed until funds become Monterey County on Dec. 5, 2007. OF CALIFORNIA NEW YEAR’S (PUBLICATION DATE OF JAN. 4) CALIFORNIA, available to the payee or endorsee as a Publication dates: Dec. 14, 21, 28, COUNTY OF MONTEREY Thursday, Dec. 27, 5:00PM COUNTY OF FRESNO matter of right. Said sale will be made, 2007, Jan. 4, 2008. (PC 1214) 1100 Van Ness Avenue, Second but, without covenant or warranty, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Floor - Room 200 express or implied, regarding title, pos- FOR CHANGE OF NAME FRESNO, CA 93724-0002 session, or encumbrances, to satisfy FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Case No. M88016. The Pine Cone office will be closed The name, address and telephone the indebtedness secured by said Deed STATEMENT File No.20072763. The TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: number of the plaintiff’s attorney, or of Trust, advances thereunder, with following person(s) is(are) doing busi- petitioner, JAMES KENNETH plaintiff without an attorney, is (El nom- interest as provided therein, and the ness as: MONOPOLY MORTGAGE WILLOUGHBY and DAIMIN ZHON- Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008 bre, la direccion y el numero de tele- unpaid principal balance of the Note AND REAL ESTATE, 500 POLK WILLOUGHBY, filed a petition with this fono del abogado del demandante, o secured by said Deed of Trust together STREET, MONTEREY, CA 93940. BAY court for a decree changing names as December 28, 2007 The Carmel Pine Cone 17A In other local wine news, Ventana Vineyards’ 2005 food was well executed, nuanced FOOD Ventana Vineyard Chardonnay, Arroyo Seco ($18), achieved and pretty damn delicious at From page 15A highest honors (first place with 96 points and four hearts, or every turn. 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COUNTY OF MONTEREY EUGENE PIPPI, Decedent Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of If you object to the granting of a thoughtful (and seemingly Case Number MP 18842 an inventory and appraisal of estate the petition, you should appear at the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE assets or of any petition or account hearing and state your objections or FOR CHANGE OF NAME lucrative) gesture for local restau- To all heirs, beneficiaries, credi- Case No. M88079. tors, contingent creditors, and per- as provided in Probate Code section file written objections with the court rant employees seeking post-shift 1250. A Request for Special Notice before the hearing. Your appearance sons who may otherwise be inter- TO ALL INTERESTED PER- cocktails and a light bite. Hint, ested in the will or estate, or both, of form is available from the court clerk. may be in person or by your attorney. SONS: petitioner, IVY MAUK HALEY, MICHAEL (MIKEL) EUGENE PIPPI. Attorney for petitioner: If you are a creditor or a con- filed a petition with this court for a hint, Monterey area restaurant A PETITION FOR PROBATE W. JAMISON COX tingent creditor of the decedent, decree changing names as follows: and bar establishments .... Ventana’s award-win- has been filed by RHONDA 160 EAST BAY STREET, you must file your claim with the A.Present name: ning 2005 WILLIAMS in the Superior Court of SUITE 201 court and mail a copy to the person- IVY MAUK HALEY One last thing: Tickets went on California, County of MONTEREY. CHARLESTON, SC 29401 al representative appointed by the Proposed name: Chardonnay The Petition for Probate (843) 853-5577 x 105 court within four months from the IVY MAUK BERMAN sale for World of Pinot Noir requests that RHONDA WILLIAMS (s) W. Jamison Cox, date of first issuance of letters as (www.worldofpinotnoir.com), be appointed as personal represen- Attorney for Petitioner. provided in Probate Code section THE COURT ORDERS that all This statement was filed with the 9100. The time for filing claims will persons interested in this matter shall March 7 & 8 in Pismo Beach, and are selling f-a-s-t. If you tative to administer the estate of the appear before this court at the hearing decedent. County Clerk of Monterey County on not expire before four months from have any interest in attending this West Coast pow wow for Dec. 20, 2007. the hearing date noticed above. indicated below to show cause, if any, THE PETITION requests the why the petition for change of name decedent’s will and codicils, if any, Publication dates: Dec. 28, 2007, You may examine the file kept major league Pinot lovers (it’s less than a three-scenic-hour Jan. 4, 11, 2008. (PC1225) should not be granted. be admitted to probate. The will and by the court. If you are a person NOTICE OF HEARING: drive away), I’d hop on getting your tickets right now. If you any codicils are available for exami- interested in the estate, you may file DATE: Feb. 1, 2008 nation in the file kept by the court. with the court a Request for Special TIME: 9:00 a.m. attend the festivities, make a dinner reservation at Lido at A hearing on the petition will NOTICE OF PETITION Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of DEPT: Dolphin Bay Hotel & Residences (www.thedolphinbay.com). be held on in this court as fol- TO ADMINISTER ESTATE an inventory and appraisal of estate ROOM: lows: of ELEEN SUTTON MOORE, assets or of any petition or account The address of the court is 1200 Chef Evan Treadwell is creating some of the tastiest and most Date: Jan. 11, 2008 Decedent as provided in Probate Code section Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. innovative cuisine I’ve experienced in Central California. Time: 10:30 a.m. Case Number MP 18895 1250. A Request for Special Notice A copy of this Order to Show Dept.: Probate To all heirs, beneficiaries, credi- form is available from the court clerk. Cause shall be published at least once Room: tors, contingent creditors, and per- Petitioner: each week for four successive weeks sons who may otherwise be interest- GLENN H. MOORE prior to the date set for hearing on the Address: Superior Court of petition in the following newspaper of California, County of Monterey, ed in the will or estate, or both, of 1729 MENDOCINO ST. ELLEN SUTTON MOORE. general circulation, printed in this 1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA SEASIDE, CA 93955 county: The Carmel Pine Cone, 93940. A PETITION FOR PROBATE (831) 899-4529 Carmel. If you object to the granting of has been filed by GLENN H. (s) Glenn H. Moore, (s) Lydia M. Villarreal MOORE in the Superior Court of Petitioner. 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photograph,” he explained. “The ocean real- were caught on the granite shoulder of an have to know your limits, but you also need IMAGE ly was cyan. And the sky really was silvery 11,000-foot peak.” a positive attitude. These experiences are a From page 24A gray.” The next morning, the hiking party decid- large part of who I am and she supports that.” Traveling to exotic, faraway places in ed to abandon the journey. Knight, though, Knight said the oddysey took a physical Knight was unsure how well his camera search of creative inspiration is almost com- elected to continue alone, often traveling the toll on him, but it was well worth it. captured the iceberg, but he had a good feel- monplace for Knight. He has visited all final 60 miles in waist-deep snow with a “It was probably the most physically- ing about it. seven continents, and currently he is plan- heavy pack weighed down by photographic demanding thing I’ve ever done,” he conced- “It’s so hard to tell if a place translates to ning another trip that will take him to both equipment. ed. “It was absolutely spectacular.” photography,” he said. “But it was a very Africa and Antarctica in 2008. In fact, just After winning an international photogra- special day.” two weeks before flying to London in ‘Faith in good decisions’ phy prize and completing an epic back coun- At first glance, Knight’s image looks like October to accept the Shell award, Knight No doubt many spouses would object to try adventure, Knight certainly deserves a the creation of a Photoshop expert. finished hiking the entire 230-mile John their loved ones making solo journeys little rest. But it’s doubtful he’ll take even a Evidently, the contest’s judges had similar Muir Trail from Yosemite valley to Mt. through the Sierra high country during foul short break. concerns, and they asked to see a high reso- Whitney. weather. But not Knight’s wife, Lynde [pro- “It’s very exciting to share the news,” he lution copy to verify that the image hadn’t After hiking about 170 miles along the nounced “Lindy”], a speech pathologist who added, “but it’s back to work for me.” been altered. Muir Trail, Knight’s hiking party was sur- works for Community Hospital of the The prize-winning photograph is on dis- Knight’s work passed the scrutiny, and he prised by a violent storm. Monterey Peninsula and local schools. play at Knight’s gallery, which is located on was awarded the prize. “We encountered an enormous lightning “She has faith that I make good decisions the east side of Dolores, between 7th and “They wanted to make sure it was a real and snow storm,” Knight recounted. “We and trust my judgment,” he explained. “You Ocean.

for them to use water more efficiently. These Peninsula’s highest commercial users via SMUIN WATER are the highest water users in our system, and postcard to cut back on their use. That’s From page 11A From page 1A we are hoping everybody in the system can because phone messages might not make it find some ways to cut back.” to the decision makers, Bowie said. mistress. Fushille-Burke retired from per- water.” This month, Cal Am exceeded its pump- Since 1995, Cal Am has been under state forming about a year ago, assuming a role as According to the list, most of Cal Am’s ing targets by one to six acre-feet every day order to drastically reduce pumping from its the ballet company’s associate director. biggest water users are in Carmel, Carmel except Christmas. An acre-foot is about primary source, the Carmel River. If it does- Smuin Ballet shatters any usual definition Valley and Pebble Beach. Collectively, these 325,000 gallons. n’t, heavy fines will be imposed that will of ballet. The group combines classical bal- 6,000 residential customers, 20 percent of likely be tacked on to customers’ water bills. let with contemporary dance, often using the total, use 46 percent of all the residential A warning And by 2021, Cal Am must reduce pump- rock ’n’ roll, jazz and even bluegrass music water. The Monterey Peninsula Water ing from the Seaside Aquifer by 2,200 acre- as a soundtrack. Residential customers make up more than Management District recently warned water feet. (An acre foot is about 325,000 gallons.) “Were not a conventional ballet,” 50 percent of Cal Am’s total customers, users to turn off sprinklers and irrigation sys- “That amounts to a 1 percent reduction in explained Smuin in a 2005 interview with while commercial accounts are 20 percent. tems to help avoid strict conservation rules overall customer demand each year,” Bowie The Pine Cone. “What makes us unusual is The remainder of the water goes to public and even rationing. said. our choice of music is so far reaching. The lands, golf courses and industrial use. The water company keeps individual Statistics provided by Cal Am show that if music determines what the ballet will be Some customers called and said they accounts private. But Bowie said most of Cal the 6,000 biggest users reduced their water about. I don’t think anyone else has ever were appreciative of Cal Am letting them Am’s 32,000 residential customers are doing use by one unit per month, the company used bluegrass in a ballet.” know how much water they were using, well conserving water. could save 13 acre-feet each month. Performances start at 8 p.m. on Friday, Bowie said. “It’s kind of the 80/20 rule,” she said. “We And if the biggest users — about 1,300 and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets “I would say the main outcome we want,” have 80 percent of our customers under 10 households that use more than 15,000 gal- are $40-55. For more information, call (831) Bowie said, “is to get people to contact us for units [7,500 gallons] a month and 20 percent lons a month — were to limit their indoor 620-2048 or visit www.sunsetcenter.org or our free landscape and water audits where who are over.” use to normal levels, about 15 million gal- www.smuinballet.org. we actually go to their homes and find ways In January, Cal Am will also notify the lons would be saved every month. SERVICE DIRECTORY • • • Reach the people who need your service for as little as $16.00 per week. Put The Carmel Pine Cone to work for you! (831) 274-8652.

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However, another war quickly broke out, unknown photographer a century ago into maritime photographs, are available in Giclee MONITOR with the Philippines seeking independence, the digital age. print format from Steve Crandell’s Historic From page 1A and the USS Monterey remained on patrol. First, the original glass plates were Fine Art, Placerville, California (530 621- In September 1899 her large guns destroyed scanned into digital format. Then, each 1849). ing to Mexico, Panama and even Peru. a large military emplacement at Subic Bay. image underwent dozens of hours of pixel- George Sabato received his BA and MA The outbreak of war would bring the USS Even while the Philippine War continued, in by-pixel restoration, taking into a sharp and from Stanford University. A Fulbright Monterey to its greatest calling. The loss of 1900 the USS Monterey cruised into Hong lasting vision of a ship and crew that played Scholar and history teacher for 30 years at the USS Maine on February 15, 1898, in Kong, China, where she was fitted with new such a vital role in American naval history. Edwin Markham Middle School, he is also Havana harbor brought the United States boilers. Later, she was based at Shanghai, These historic photographs from Steve the Assistant Editor of the Social Studies into war with Spain. The USS Monterey and a diplomatic mission took her up the Crandell’s personal collection have never Review. A well known artist, his work can be soon got its orders to sail from San Diego to Nanjing River in 1902. Upon return to the before been published. Restored prints of seen at http://geocities.com/2artists@sbc- the Philippines to reinforce the Asiatic United States, the ship was assigned to ports the USS Monterey, as well as other historic global.net/ Squadron under the command of on the East Coast. Commodore George Dewey. The USS Monterey was decommissioned But many feared the Monterey would not in December 1904, only to be recommis- be able to make the 7,000-mile crossing of sioned for service during WWI as a subma- the Pacific Ocean. One Senator even wrote rine tender. The well decorated ship was Navy Secretary Teddy Roosevelt that, “we finally retired at Pearl Harbor in 1921. Her are not going to lug that monitor across the last voyage was back to her birth port, Pacific for the fun of lugging her back Oakland, where she was scrapped. The mon- again.” itors had become obsolete, even while they Nevertheless, the USS Monterey’s gun ushered in the age of the battleship. power was a welcome addition to the The modern U.S. Navy has a guided mis- American flotilla. On August 13, 1898, sile cruiser once again called the USS Dewey’s ships poised off the Manila harbor, Monterey. But the historic ship that bore the ready for the assault. The mere threat of the name has been brought back to life in a firepower on the horizon was sufficient to newly restored photographic image. Steve cause the Spanish to surrender, giving con- Crandell, of Historic Fine Art, Placerville trol of the Philippines to the United States. has taken images set on glass plates by an

The USS Monterey, which served from 1893 to 1922, was a technological descendant of the Edythe (Pete) Kathyrn famed USS Monitor of Civil War fame. Pedersen Goode the cooling system. March 15, 1920 to December 24, 2007 POWER Duke, the regional water board and the From page 2A California Energy Commission also devel- oped a mitigation program to “minimize the Wetlands intend to appeal the case to the adverse environmental effects of the intake U.S. Supreme Court. system on the Elkhorn Slough watershed Carmel - Pete died at Westland House, Community Hospital, of Monterey, CA The decision has implications for a future resources.” on December 24, 2007. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri, grew up near water supply for the Monterey Peninsula, In 2001, Clark filed the suit, which took Curtis, Nebraska, and attended University of Nebraska. She married William because California American Water Co. many administrative twists and turns before Goode and lived near Kansas City, Kansas for seven years. They moved to mid- wants to use the power plant’s once-through finally reaching the appellate court. peninsula of the Bay Area and resided there from 1949 to 1972. Upon Bill’s retire- cooling system for a desalination plant. When the case finally got there, the envi- ment they moved to Carmel, California. Another company, Poseidon Resources, ronmental group argued the permit process Pete became a Real Estate Agent in Carmel and remained an active agent for wants to use the same technology at a site was “fatally flawed,” and that the water board about 15 years. across the street from the power plant. erred in making its determination of best Pete became an active member of the Monterey Bridge Club. She came very technology available because it failed to close to achieving Master status. A long battle apply a discernible standard and it acted with She also became a noted local photographer and an active member of the In November 2000, the regional water “unfettered discretion.” Friends of Photography. She taught photography classes at the Carmel Foundation. board approved Duke’s discharge permit, but The Moss Landing power plant, which is She was an avid traveler and led many photographic trips abroad. Through her trav- added a requirement Duke modify the sys- the biggest in California, is now owned by eling and collecting she became an authority on Oriental antiques and artifacts. tem to minimize killing of fish sucked into LS Power of East Brunswick, N.J. Pete was predeceased by her husband, Bill Goode, in 1976. She is survived by her sons, Bill & Doug, her brother, Richard Pedersen of Texas; beloved friends and relatives. A private family memorial will be held. Get your complete Pine Cone by email — In lieu of flowers, please send contributions to: The Carmel Foundation, P.O. Box 1050 Carmel, CA 93921. 831.624.1588. free subscriptions at [email protected] www.carmelfoundation.org www.carmelpinecone.com

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YOUNG REPORTERS know the drill. If you have no seniority, you get assigned to cover “Getaway Day,” or “Black Friday.” These utterly boring stories — about routine travel and shopping events — show up year after year, on seemingly every TV news broadcast and every news- paper front page. The reporters hate to do them. The readers and viewers learn nothing from them. Yet, irritatingly, they come back every year. Just like your in- laws. “After-Christmas shoppers look for deals” — front-page headline in the Dec. 27 Monterey County Herald. “Tonight, the big holiday getaway is underway ... on the ground ... and in the air ... millions of people on one of the biggest travel days of the year ....” — lead story on the CBS Evening News with Kate Couric, Dec. 21. “There are lots bargains out here ... lots of bargains!” — shopper in Buffalo, N.Y., on a nationwide NBC News radio broadcast, Dec. 26. Now, we have nothing against commerce and travel. These activities are essential expressions of human ambition and creativity. Unlike the Herald’s edi- torial page, we do not think it’s a “rave” if the stores and the airports aren’t busy. But neither do we think it’s news that a lot of people go shopping the weekend before Christmas or that airports are busy the Sunday after Thanksgiving. And that’s why we never cover those stories in The Pine Cone. Too boring. There’s another thing which is utterly predictable, but which remains a staple of newspaper, radio and TV news coverage. When something happens which is getting a lot of attention but which does- n’t have much depth — say, a sudden increase in the price of gasoline, or a hor- “We’re in a mixed relationship. He’s a Republican and I’m a Democrat.” rific murder, or a tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo — news editors desper- ate for a way to flesh out the story will invariably assign reporters (junior Watch where you’re going! reporters) to gather reaction to the story from the Common Man or, as he is Dear Editor, called in the news biz, the Man on the Street. In assignment editor shorthand, Letters When I read about Kathleen Kerry suing the City of Carmel for falling (Pine Cone. that’s MOS. to the Editor Dec. 21), it makes me boil. Here arere a few examples to illustrate the phenomenon: What I hope the judge will do before The Pine Cone encourages submission of letters throwing the case out is to ask Ms. Kerry to which address issues of public importance. Letters take some walking lessons and at the same Reporter: “How are these higher gas prices affecting you?” cannot exceed 350 words, and must include the time I hope people will stop blaming others author’s name, telephone number and street address. for their stupidity or lack of awareness. MOS: “I don’t like them.” Please do not send us letters which have been sub- Unless Ms. Kerry is blind, our creator gave mitted to other newspapers. We reserve the right to us eyes to watch where we are going and we determine which letters are suitable for publication should use them accordingly. Reporter: “As a resident of the neighborhood, how does the murder make you and to edit for length and clarity. This is another example of our society feel?” The Pine Cone does not accept letters to the edi- going off the rails.... tor by fax. Please submit your letters by U.S. mail, e- Grant Bailey, Carmel MOS: “I never thought anything like this would happen here.” mail, or in person (addresses are provided below). Make libraries a priority Reporter: “Do you think you’ll ever be safe in a zoo again?” Parking too confusing Dear Editor, Dear Editor, The late columnist, Carl Rowan, made the MOS: “Nobody told me tigers were dangerous.” As a community we should be very proud following comment: “The library is the tem- and supporting of our Monterey Symphony. ple of learning, and learning has liberated During Sunday afternoon concerts, the more people than all the wars in history.” We also never do these stories in The Pine Cone. Too meaningless. City of Carmel has no attendant in the I suggest the Pacific Grove City Council Also never appearing on these pages: The phrase, “critics say ....” (translation: Sunset parking lot and many older people recognize the library as a first priority in cannot work the parking machines. So they funding. insert reporter’s view here), or “... it was one of the worst [whatever] in recent get a $30 ticket. Bill Griffith, Pacific Grove memory” (translation: the reporter has no idea how the storm, plane crash or We suggest three alternatives: Aquarium should pay its share earthquake compared to other similar events, but he is pretty sure it was bad). 1. The city work with the symphony and let us purchase a season ticket for parking. Dear Editor, Dictionaries define “news” as, “information about recent events.” But we 2. An attendant be present on days of con- We all recognize the importance of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. But the aquarium think something essential is missing from this definition. “News” should be certs. 3. Better yet, the city open the lot on con- should no more expect free rent for its land new. And, therefore, something which happens year after year, or is routinely cert days as a way to support one of the area’s than it would expect its employees to work without compensation. It should volunteer to reported with the same boring clichés, cannot be news. premier attractions. Six Sundays a year is not too much to ask. pay market rate to both Monterey and Pacific After all, it’s not called, “Olds.” Curtis Hussey, Grove for the public land occupied. Monterey Michelle Albany, Monterey

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degrees in engineering from Princeton and $360, Mali has few natural resources and el to Mali in the spring. SCHOOL Stanford, Raggett owns West Wind needs help educating its children, according “I don’t go to the sites often because we From page 1A Laboratory, Inc., and specializes in the wind to Raggett. have a partner group that oversees construc- dynamics of bridges and buildings. He has “We’re not trying to force the schools on tion,” he explained. “They are Malian group’s projects are in Honduras, India and conducted studies of projects throughout the them. We’re trying to address the requested employees who actually hire the laborers and elsewhere in Africa. United States, Central and South America, need from the Ministry of Education,” he coordinate with the village.” “One school is under construction now, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific Rim, said. The ministry decides where they should The small buildings serve as public pri- and four more are scheduled to begin build- and has won several awards. be built and provides the certified teachers to mary schools in the daytime, adult schools at ing in January, so that will carry us through He became involved in school projects run them. night, and community centers whenever pos- 37 schools,” said Raggett, who is in the mid- overseas after a Honduran priest spoke at All Each three-room schoolhouse, which also sible. Another nonprofit group regularly dle of his annual quiet pitch for donations. Saints Church about running an orphanage. has a storage room and a bathroom, costs checks in, to “ensure they continue to be “We are collecting funds for the 38th. It’s just Inspired, Raggett decided he “should be about $10,000 in materials and $7,000 in used as schools and not a chicken coop, or going gangbusters.” doing something,” and he founded labor. The general design calls for a metal something like that,” Raggett said. A soft-spoken man who holds multiple Development Engineering Research Institute roof, concrete-block walls, and plaster inside Since undertaking the work in Mali, he in 1994 “with the mission to use all relevant and out. Before the dollar fell, the schools has had the satisfaction of seeing statistics engineering and technical means to aid were even cheaper, totaling less than $8,000. improve from a roughly 74 percent illiteracy development and to reduce poverty in devel- “That was when the Euro was 88 cents, rate. oping countries.” and now it’s about $1.50,” he said. “But “But still, the illiteracy rate is about 60 FIRE Raggett helped engineer a school in Haiti they’re still a good deal.” percent, and it’s not that good for women,” From page 6A affiliated with St. Dunstan’s Church in Unskilled laborers help with construc- he said. “Only 25 to 30 percent of school- Carmel Valley. “I came back and said, ‘Our tion, with between six and 20 people volun- aged children are actually enrolled in organization can do this,’ so we started in teering daily. They get the sand and gravel on school.” Carmel firefighters used tank water from 1999 building schools,” he said. site for free, and the community donates the To learn more about Schools3 and its pro- their engine to douse the flames, and a land. Only the job superintendent, a steel jects in Mali, Honduras and India, or to make Cypress Fire Protection District engine stood Mali needs the most worker, a brick maker and a plasterer receive a donation, visit www.schools3.org, call ready to run water from the hydrant if need- With a per-capita annual income of about pay, “so there’s tremendous volunteer (831) 883-1534 or email ed. Firefighters and ambulance crew mem- involvement,” said Raggett, who visits the [email protected]. bers from Cypress and sites every few years and is planning to trav- Carmel worked inside and outside the house to put out the fire and remove the BROCCHINI • RYAN smoke by forcing ventilation with a powerful fan. 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By CHRIS COUNTS countries. Knight, 37, is the owner of Robert A2IDETOTHE Knight Gallery on Dolores Street. DESPITE LIVING in one of the world’s He came upon the iceberg in December most beautiful — and photogenic — places, 2006. It was late in the afternoon, and he was Carmel nature photographer Robert riding in an inflatable Zodiac boat not far Salisbury Knight literally traveled to the end from a larger ship that brought him to !IRPORT7ITHOUT of the globe to capture an image that would Antarctica. earn him one of his profession’s most presti- “We were traveling down to South gious awards. Georgia Island just before sunset,” Knight A dramatic and otherworldly image of an recalled. “I saw this iceberg sitting in the bay, -ISSING7ORK iceberg off the coast of Antarctica took home and we decided to explore it. As we circum- first prize in the “Wild Places” category of navigated it, the iceberg revealed itself to be the annual Shell Wildlife Photographer of this beautiful ice sculpture. It was kind of the Year competition. Hosted by the BBC surreal.” and London’s Natural History Museum, the competition drew 32,000 entries from 78 See IMAGE page 20A

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