Kiosk In This Issue • Fri., June 28 Janet Robin The Works 7:30 PM, $12 372-2242 • Fri.-Sun., June 27-July 28 “Hamlet” Forest Theater 8 PM, 2PM, $25/$20/$10 419-0917 Pinocchio - Page 7 Dove at first sight - Page 12 Planting natives - Page 20 • Sat., June 29 Whale Watching Trip Cetacean Society Monterey Bay Whale Watch Pacific Grove’s 8:45 AM-1 PM, $40 419-1051 • Sun., June 30 Sixties Party for Dogs Peace of Mind Dog Rescue Carmel Mission Inn 1-4 PM, $40/$50 718-9122 • Sun., June 30 Times Author Talk & Book Signing June 28-July 4, 2013 Your Community NEWSpaper Vol. V, Issue 41 Mike Medberry The Works 3-5 PM, Free 372-2242 • Ready... Set... Dive in! Thu., July 4 July 4 Concert, BBQ Forest Theatre 6-9:30 PM, $10 419-0917 • Thu., July 4 Living History Day Cooper-Molera Adobe 11 AM-3 PM, $3/$2 649-7172 • Photos L-R: City Council members (back row) Rudy Sat., July 6 Fischer, Ken Cuneo, Casey Lucius (cutting the ribbon), Screen Printing Wrkshp. Mayor Bill Kampe along with Steve Thomas and (front PG Art Center row) Beverly Stillwell and Chamber volunteer Marilyn 1-4 PM, $25 Andreas do the honors. 310-562-3155 • Center, Miranda Salinger takes the “first dip,” an honor Sat. July 6 her parents, Wendi and Dave, won at an auction. Right, everyone else jumps in! More on Page 2 The Kiosk on our website At right, Richard Stillwell addresses the crowd while is updated daily. Steve Thomas and others look on. The Stillwell family www.cedarstreettimes.com pledged a matching donation of $100,000 for the con- struction of the pool, which has been named “Stillwell Children’s Pool at Lovers Point.” New distribution time Photos by Peter Mounteer Cedar Street Times, which has been available on Thursdays, will now Fire Chief Andrew Miller Desal Test Well Site be on the street on Friday afternoons/ to Retire July 9 Being Reconsidered evenings. 33 Years in Fire Service By Cameron Douglas Subscribers will Fire Chief Andrew Miller Concern about the impact of drilling in the habitat of a native continue to receive of the consolidated fire depart- bird has gained the attention of at least one California legislator, their electronic link ment will retire officially July and he has persuaded the California American Water Company 9. Miller, who spent 25 years on to reconsider the location of a desalination test well. The util- earlier than the print the Pacific Grove Fire Depart- ity plans to drill a well on the property of the CEMEX Lapis version. There will ment and was chief for 10 years, Sand Plant, located off Del Monte Boulevard in the north end of be NO adjustment became assistant chief of the Marina. Monterey Fire Department and Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA 20) sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and in deadlines. We then became chief when Chief Wildlife Service last month, encouraging them to look into appreciate your Sam Mazza retired. the matter. “I am writing to seek clarification on where on the ad reservations by Chief Miller has 33 years CEMEX plant property in Marina, CA, the California American fire service experience, includ- Water Company (CalAm) could place a desalination plant test Mondays and your ing serving as chief of both well to avoid disturbing snowy plover nesting and other activi- press releases by Pacific Grove and Carmel-by- ties,” Farr wrote. Wednesdays. the-Sea from 2005 to 2008. The Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) is a small, wad- Newly-appointed Assistant ing bird in the plover family. It breeds in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Chief Jim Courtney, also from southern and western U.S. and the Caribbean. It breeds on sandy Pacific Grove, will become act- coasts and brackish inland lakes, feeding on insects and other Inside ing chief during the recruitment invertebrates. It obtains food by a run-and-pause method that process. differs from the steady probing of other waders. The Pacific Coast Animal Tales Chief Miller is from Pacific Grove. He said, “It has been an population has been designated a “threatened” species under the & Random Thoughts ................. 11 honor to have worked with the men and women of the Monterey Endangered Species Act. Diggin’ It .................................. 20 Farr convened a meeting with representatives from Cal Am, Food (Richard Oh) ........................ Fire Department. They are all willing to put their lives on the line Green Page™ ........................... 23 for the citizens of the cities they protect.” He pointed out that the The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Army Corps of Engi- Money ...................................... 21 individual firefighters and associations have done much in Pacific neers, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and the Otter Views ............................... 12 Peeps .............................. 9, 10, 11 See MILLER Page 3 See PLOVER Page 2 Page 2 • CEDAR STREET Times • June 28, 2013 pPLOVER Kiosk From Page 1 California Public Utilities Commission. First Saturday Book Sale The meeting focused on “various regula- Pacific Grove Public Library tory issues” connected with Cal Am’s Noon-5 PM proposed Monterey Peninsula desal plant Benefits Library Book Fund project. In the course of that meeting, the • USFWS representative stated concerns Sun., July 7 about the snowy plover should Cal Am AFRP Yappy Hour go ahead in its preferred location. Cal Monterey Hyatt 2-4 PM, From Menu Am’s response, Farr wrote, was to re- 333-0722 quest clear direction from USFWS as to • which locations on the CEMEX property Wed., July 10 would avoid impacts to the bird. Double Nickels Lunch While Farr has not yet received a Good Shepherd Church formal reply from USFWS, his press Noon-1:30 PM, $5 secretary, Adam Russell, told Cedar 484-2153 Street Times via email that “USFWS • staff have worked with Cal-Am to iden- Sat., July 6 tify the particular sites on the CEMEX Opening Reception property that would be suitable for a test Carmel Art Association well.” 5-7 PM, Free 624-6176 Right: A snowy plover. Image cour- • tesy of surfbirds.com/ Sat., July 6 Wharf Walk Fisherman’s Wharf 10 AM-Noon, $20/$15 521-3304 • Reconfiguration may spell answers to class size Thu., July 11 Around the Campfire Monterey Library problems for Pacific Grove’s school district requiring more driving and scheduling. 2 PM (6+ Yr.), 3 PM (10+) By Kacie Clark and any concerns, with plans for a survey Free, 646-3934 Suggested solutions to this issue in- to go out. • cluded an alteration of the bell schedule The school board officially reintro- Kathleen Lee, a Forest Grove parent, Sat., July 20 and transportation between schools to duced the topic of school reconfigura- advised the board to educate the parents Cardmaking Workshop make sure children could be picked up at tion during the Thursday, June 13 board about the plan. PG Art Center the same school, at the same time. meeting. “Parents didn’t know this was com- 1-3 PM, $35 Board member Mike Niccum voiced The idea, which has been introduced ing. I think you can tell by the empty seats 512-9063 reluctance to move ahead with the plan • and failed three times previously, consists that they weren’t expecting it tonight,” she unless he saw clear teacher support. Mon., July 22 of reconfiguring Pacific Grove Unified continued. “Form committees of teachers, “You [in response to Sollecito] say it’s “You’re Never Too School District (PGUSD)’s campuses by parents and alumni. At least people will the parents, but it’s the teachers who will Old to Raise a Little Hell” grade level, so that all of the students in the feel listened to.” make the difference here,” Niccum said. Peace Resource Center same grade attend school together. The importance of being listened to “If the teachers don’t think this is a good 7 PM, Donation Possible splits include kindergarten was echoed by Barbara Hirst, a second- idea, we’re wasting our time. The parents 899-7322 through second grade at Robert H. Down grade teacher at Forest Grove. will be talking to their teachers. I want Elementary School, and grades three “Teachers do like to be listened to,” to emphasize to the administration; start though five at Forest Grove Elementary she said, “and parents do listen. We don’t talking to the teachers now.” School. There are also possibilities of feel listened to. Decisions don’t reflect Niccum continued to say that he bringing the sixth grade students back into what we’re trying to say. Get teachers on would not consider taking action with an elementary setting, creating a middle board.” Oops the plan unless teacher support could be A focus of just grades K-5 was de- school of grades seven through nine, with proven. the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades cided on, rather all grades K-12. Last week we ran a story about the “Come back when two-thirds of the remaining at the high school level. “We need to phase it. I wouldn’t Fountain Avenue cul-de-sacs and stated teachers support this idea,” he said. Last time the plan was introduced, even consider anything except elementary that they will be behind Robert Down As part of moving forward, the board it met resistance from parents, according school,” Niccum said. Shool. Well, they’re really behind the expects to have some kind of session to board member Tony Sollecito, because Board member Debbie Crandell dis- Middle School. Hope you didn’t go there with the elementary teachers to better of the perceived inconvenience of having in your sidewalk superintendent outfit and understand their positions on the subject, get disappointed.