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Oct. 29 - Nov. 4, 2010 Pacific Grove Community News Vol. III, Issue 6

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Memorial mural - 3 DV Awareness - Page 17

Friday, October 29 6-9 PM

Art OpeningPG Art Center

and Art Walk FinaleDowntown Pacific Grove

No Fee•

Friday, October 29 & Saturday, October 30

Fall Dance ConcertMPC Main Stage Theatre

General $10 Students/Seniors $7

Information: 831•646-4220•

Sun., Oct. 3111 am – 3 pm

Museum of Natural HistoryHalloween Science Sunday:

Bats and Spiders! FREE!

•Sunday, October 31

3:00 PMA DRAMATIC LECTURE

Things that go Snap and Slurp in the Night

Special guest: Laura AkardChautauqua Hall

Adults $10 / Students 12-18 $2Under 12 years Free

•Wed., Nov. 3

4:00 PM Touring Folk Guitarist

Christopher DeanReturns to Canterbury Woods

651 Sinex Ave. Free Celtic Music program

RSVP 657-4193•

Thurs., Nov. 410:00 AM

Medicare Update 2011Presented by Bob Petty

from the Alliance on AgingCanterbury Woods

651 Sinex Ave.Free & Open to the Public

Call 373-3111 for info.•

Nov. 4 - 21, 2010THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY

HOLLOW MPC Storybook Theater

Call for timesInfo: (831) 646-4213

•Fri., Nov. 5

Until 8 PMFIRST FRIDAY

Pacific Grove MerchantsBrown Bag Promotion

Free & Open to the Public •

Sat. Nov. 69 AM - 3 PM

Winter Craft FairPG Middle School GymBenefits Robert H Down

School PTA•

Sat. Nov. 62:00 PM

Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns Annual General Meeting

Chautauqua Hall,Central and 17th

•Tuesday, November 9

6:30 PMVelvet Coat; the Ragged Luck of

Robert Louis Stevenson Monterey Public Library

625 Pacific Street, Monterey831- 646-3949

•www.monterey.org/llibraryRSVP • Free

•Wed., Nov. 10

2pm - 7pm 2010 Monterey Bay Green

Building Expo 831.633.WISE

or www.buildingwise.net•

Sat., Nov. 135:30 pm-8:30 pm

10th Annual Fashion Show Party at the Inn at Spanish Bay

Info: (831) 373-3304$30 per person

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Perfect Cross Country weatherThese few days of “weather for locals” are perfect for PGHS’ Cross Country team -- not too hot, not too wet.Addison Miller, passing the second mile, races alongside Highway 68 during a recent cross country meet.

Photo by Skyler Lewis

Monterey Fire Chief San Mazza, who became Pacific Grove’s fire chief when the two departments began a shared services agreement a little more than a year ago, has announced his retirement effective December 17, 2010.

Mazza, 59, has more than 32 years of fire service experience including service with the California Department of Forestry.

He has no concrete plans for his retirement, though he says he plans to stay in the area. He lives in Salinas with his wife and middle school-aged daughter. “I want to be helpful somewhere,” he said. “I’m open to anything.

Mazza said he hopes to see a decision, even an interim one, on the JPA for fire

to help it happen.Suggested as a successor is former

Pacific Grove Fire Department Chief Andrew Miller, now Assistant Chief of Monterey Fire Department.

Miller is 51. He has more than 30 years in the fire service, 25 with Pacific Grove and nearly two with Monterey, and brief stints with Cal Fire and Tri County Fire.

“Nothing has been decided,” said Miller, who indicated he would like to take the position.

He lives in Pacific Grove with his wife and four children; Maryn, John, Eric and Zack.

“It’s Fred’s [Meurer] choice,” said Mazza.

Meurer says he will make a public announcement soon.

Two state officials have issued proposed decisions, viewed as very important steps on the road to completion of the Regional Water Project. The decision could modify the proposed Settlement Agreement among the parties and hopefully result in approval of the Regional Water Project. Both officials recommend approval of the desalination project agreement as the most feasible way to provide water for customers of California American Water, the utility most of the Monterey Peninsula; but there are some differences in how they suggest that project

go forward.After a series of public meetings and

input by Cal Am, Marina Coast Water District and the Monterey County Water Resources Agency -- the three “partners” to the project -- PUC Commissioner John Bohn and Administrative Law Judge Angela Minkin issued the rulings last week. Judge Minkin is the presiding officer in the proceeding while Bohn is a commissioner on the Public Utilities Commission.

Lowering cost caps and limiting cost recovery from customers in the event of cost

overruns are two of the proposed changes. In fact, Minkin suggests that Cal Am be prohibited from charging customers for cost overruns for the Cal Am-only facilities. She suggests a capital cost cap of $95 million (which was the most probably estimated cost of construction) with an absolute cost cap of $106.875 million. Costs over that absolute cost cap could not be charged back to ratepayers according to Minkin’s proposal.

Bohn leaves that door open a bit by

Chief Sam Mazza Asst. Chief Andrew Miller

services for the Monterey Peninsula before he retires. He’s willing to stay on as a consultant

Chief Mazza retiring: Is Miller next up?

Regional Water Project: Ruling is in

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Cop log (But wait! there’s more!)

Sandy Hamm

• CEDAR STREET Times • October 29, 2010

It’s an honor to serve the citizens of Pacific Grove. I

appreciate your support, and I’ll do my best to represent

you well and be responsive to your concerns. Please visit

my website:

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“Special Coyote Report” From the PG Dog Gone Dogs

Keep a close eye (leash) on your furry companions

We have had a rash of reports and sightings of coyotes in and around the Grove in the last couple of weeks.

10/18/2010 In the area of Arena Ave. Public Works contacted the PGPD about a coyote sighting. When the officer arrived the Public Works folks were standing by for contact. The coyote was finally located in front of a home on Sunset Ave. The coyote is very mangy, missing hair and has crust around its ears and eyes. Please be advised that this animal and possibly more could have mange.

10/19/2010 an officer was in route to work and noticed a coyote in the roadway at Pine and Fountain. As the officer approached the animal he could see that it was crouched down gnawing at something on the road. As his headlights illuminated it the coyote looked up, but did not move. It continued to chew at whatever was embedded in the road. It knelt there for approximately two to three minutes. The animal was in extremely poor condition, very thin and malnourished with some sort of obvious skin disease. The coyote was disinclined to move out of the way until another vehicle drove up alongside the officer.

Only then did it trot down Fountain Ave. toward Laurel.

10/21/2010 A report came in of a coyote on Lighthouse Ave. near town. When officers arrived the reporting person stated that people were getting out of their cars trying to catch the coyote (OK folks, this is a wild animal not a puppy, just saying.) BTW no one caught it. That same day another coyote was spotted on Sunset Dr. near the Country Club Gate entrance at Pebble Beach.

10/23/2010 Coyote was spotted again this time going into Pebble Beach near the Congress Gate area.

OK, now as far as the rest of the canine family is concerned. . .

A man reported in the Hillcrest Ave. area that his neighbor threatened his dog. The neighbor stated that “Your dog wakes me up every morning, I want to kill your dog” (OMG, really dude?) The reporting man stated that he didn’t think his neighbor would really hurt his dog but he wanted to report it just in case.

900 block of Hilby in Seaside. All suspects were booked into the Monterey County Jail on felony charges of possession of stolen property. The driver had an additional charge of flight from a peace officer with disregard for safety of person or property due to the reckless abandonment of the suspects’ vehicle.

Rings Wallets and ThingsTwo cell phones lost, a

digital camera lost, a wheel chair found (that’s unusual) , a watch (Rolex) lost, a hand bag lost, a wallet (Guys every week we get lost wallet reports. Maybe for some of you it’s time for a “Man Bag,” like we said before)

Another shout out to watch out for Craiglist Scams

A woman reported that an unknown person attempted to fraud her via Craiglist with a counterfeit check.

Legally stoned in PGA report came in that the

odor of marijuana was coming from a neighbors apt. Officer made contact with the resident of the suspected apartment and discovered that they were in possession of medical marijuana for an elder and suspect had recently smoked marijuana.

*Special Report From the Cop Log

Just try and get away PGPD Getting the Job

Done

As we all know lately here in the Grove there have been an unusually amount of car break-ins and a lot of personal items stolen as a result. Well, on Sunday October 24th at approximately 3:50 am a Pacific Grove Police Officer noticed a White Chevy Blazer moving erratically while traveling east bound on Lighthouse Ave. in the downtown area. The officer attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle and at first the vehicle did not yield to the officer’s red lights and siren. After several blocks the vehicle the vehicle abruptly stopped and three male occupants exited the vehicle and ran from the police (Yes, I said ran, can you believe it?) leaving the vehicle in the middle of the roadway. Now unoccupied it began to roll down the street heading for a steep embankment and nearby parked cars. In that moment the officer pulled the police car in front of the Blazer and blocked the vehicle, preventing damage to

other parked vehicles or traveling motorist near by.( Reflexes like lighting our Pagrovian officers have, indeed.) Upon inspection of the suspect’s vehicle police found a variety of personal property items typically taken in thefts from vehicle or vehicle burglaries. Folks, if you have been a victim of car burglaries you might want to read on. There were approximately 12 electronic map devices (i.e. “Tom Tom” “Garmin” and “Magellan) and approximately 12 vehicle cell phone charging cords, several cameras, several cell phones and numerous miscellaneous items. One of the items appeared to be that of a earlier theft reported to police in the Grove. PGPD put out a description of the three suspects and began an area search with the help of the Monterey PD.

At approximately 4: 47 a.m. our PGPD found one of the suspects hiding between two parked cars (smart…) near the interception of Laurel and 1st Street. The suspect was identified as 18 year old Manuel Rodriquez-Hernandez of Seaside. He had been a passenger in the vehicle.

At approximately 6:27 a.m. Monterey PD detained a person who matched the suspect’s description. He was found walking on the Rec Trail near the 200 block of Hannon St.

PG Police arrived and confirmed it was the driver of the suspect vehicle who fled from the earlier vehicle stop in PG .That person was taken into custody and identified as 18 year old Francis Ruiz-Perez of Seaside.

As PG residents awoke on Sunday morning, many in the western part of PG (near the Methodist Church on Sunset, in the area of Washington Park, and the area around Municipal Ball Park at Pico and Seventeen Mile Dr.) found that items had been removed from their vehicles.

Many of the items found in the suspect vehicle belonged to those victims.

During the course of the day, the third suspect was identified as 19 year old Julio Cesar Rodriguez of Seaside. He was taken into custody at approximately 5:15pm in the

Cop log

Sandy Hamm

Manuel Rodriguez-Hernandez

Francis Ruiz-Perez

Julio Cesar Rodriguez

Below: Two shots recently taken by PGPD of the coyote seen in Pacific Grove

Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010, and is published weekly at 311A Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Friday and is available at various locations throughout the city as well as by e-mail subscription.

Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson News: Cameron Douglas, Katie Shain, Marge Ann Jameson

Contributors: Betsy Slinkard Alexander • Guy Chaney • Jon GuthrieAmy Coale Solis • Rhonda Farrah • Neil Jameson • Dorothy Maras • Richard Oh

Photography: Cameron Douglas • Skyler Lewis • Nate PhillipsDistribution: Kristi Portwood and Stacy Loving

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“I appreciate the remarkable community Pacific Grove is and Iʼll work to preserve its character, enhance our businesses and make the difficult choices necessary to secure our financial future.” Ken Cuneo

KioskFri., Nov. 12 & Sat., Nov. 13

9am-6pmBig Sur Marathon Health & Fitness

EXPOFREE to the public.

[email protected] 831-625-6226

•Sat., Nov. 13

9am-3pm St. Mary’s Episcopal Church

Annual Holiday Bazaar Admission is FREE

For more info call 373-4441 •

Sat. , Nov. 13 deadlineOperation Yellow Ribbon (Monterey) on

Nov. 17th. Donations needed for Troops overseas!

All donations are tax deductible. Info:831-625-5128

•Sun., Nov. 14

2:00pmMayflower Presbyterian Church

celebrating 100 years Free organ concertInfo:831-373-4705

•Sun., Nov. 14

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Now - November 30 “Dabbling”

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Ongoing MondaysFarmer’s Market

4 - 7 PMCentral & Grand, Pacific Grove

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Ongoing WednesdaysChautauqua Hall

Samba to live drums 7 – 8 PM

FridaysDance Jam

Central & 16th Avenue Info: [email protected]

$10 Adults • $5 Kids•

Sat., Nov. 135:30 – 8:30 PM

PG Chamber Annual Holiday Fashion ShowThe Inn at Spanish Bay

831• 373-3304Tickets $30 per person

•Fri., Nov. 19

7:30 p.m. Tempest and Black Irish Band

At Performing Arts Center (Middle School auditorium)

$20 general, $10 studentsInfo: 831.241.2771

•Now – Jan. 2, 2011

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suggesting the company be allowed to charge customers for cost overruns if “exceptional circumstances” can be proven in a “rigorous reasonableness review.”

Minkin proposed a $275.5 million cost cap and Bohn proposed $272.5 million. The current proposed cost is $297.5 million. A cap could, historically, have a negative effect on financing. Marina Coast and MCWRA are considering Private Activity Bonds through the California Pollution Finance authority to find the construct debt, the interest accrued on the debt through the construction period, and the reserve funds that would be needed in order to sell the bonds. The Public agencies, too, are considering bonds as well as the potential use of grant funding.

Judge Minkin’s proposed decision suggests that any fees charged by Marina Coast Water for new connections on the former Ft. Ord be used to reduce the debt of the Regional Water Project and thus reduce costs to Cal Am ratepayers. She “removed the idea” of a fees limit, while Bohn looks to set Marina Coast’s contribution at $25 million — $22 million in new connection fees plus $3 million for “intangible benefits” the utility would

receive from participating.Minkin stated that, even with capital

cost caps in place, the project will be costly for ratepayers. She said, “. . .we cannot agree that the proposed cost-per-acre-foot of $2,200 is a viable amount that will allow this project to go forward. We are faced with a difficult choice, but we are persuaded that even the revenue requirement implied by the worst case scenario is likely preferable to the severe water rationing and restrictions that would be imposed by the Cease and Desist

Order.” She said she could not ignore the duty to balance the need for additional water and the fiscal impact on ratepayers.

She thus requires Cal Am to file and serve a financing plan for intensive review.

“The approach we adopt today should balance the needs of the Settling Parties to have certainty with regard to cost recovery, allow the Settling Parties some flexibility in obtaining financing, and still protect Cal-Am’s ratepayers,” she said, adding that shareholders’ needs must also be considered.

Along with the Settling Parties, which include Cal Am, Marina Coast Water District, Monterey County Water Resources Agency, Monterey Water Regional Pollution Control Agency, Surfrider Foundation, the Public Trust Alliance and Citizens for Public Water, Minkin wants to see a “Municipal Advisor” added to the Advisory Committee. The Water Purchase Agreement defines the Municipal Advisor as “two representatives appointed from time to time by the Cities of Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Sand City and Seaside.” Such a position would likely be held by Peninsula mayors.

”The mayors collectively took the stand that they would accept non-voting category on the Advisory Committee,” said Pacific Grove Mayor Carmelita Garcia. “We agreed that we would not do anything that would delay the process,” she added, saying that giving the Municipal Advisor full voting status it could jeopardize financing by allowing the Municipal Advisor to call for arbitration under section 6.6 of the Water Purchase Agreement.

Bohn does not feel full voting status is warranted for the “Municipal Advisor, even though Minkin said that having full Party status under the Water Purchase Agreement would guarantee that differing areas of technical and managerial expertise would give varying political perspectives.

The proposed decisions are not set in stone as yet. Only when the Public Utilities Commission acts will those decisions become binding; the PUC may choose to accept, amend, modify or even set the decisions aside and prepare its own. The Public Utilities Commission may act as soon as 30 days from the mailing date of the proposed decision, or it may elect to postpone action until later.

But time is of the essence in this issue: Settling Parties intend to analyze the final financing package at the end of 2010, and there’s the Cease and Desist Order hanging over everyone’s head as well, not to mention construction time.

What is the “Settlement Agreement?”The Settlement Agreement proposes a public-private partnership. Under the

Agreement reached by the Settling Parties, Monterey County Water Resources Agency would “own, construct, operate and maintain the source water wells and raw water conveyance facilities to the desalination plant.” The desalination plant would be owned, constructed, operated and maintained by Marina Coast Water which would also own water conveyance facilities to a delivery point, That delivery point becomes California American Water’s intake point. Cal Am would then “own, construct, operate and maintain the pipeline, conveyance and pumping facilities necessary to deliver the water to its customers.” That would include the transfer pipeline, the Seaside pipeline, the Monterey pipeline, the Valley Greens pump station, the Terminal Reservoirs and the Aquifer Storage and Recovery facilities. The Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Authority would “own, operate and maintain the outfall” for the returning waste brine to the ocean.

Order WR 95-10In 1995, the State Water Resources

Control Board issued Order WR 95-10 requiring Cal-Am to cease diverting “water to which it has no legal rights” from the Carmel River and to undertake additional Measures to reduce its allowed diversions. By December 31, 2016 Cal Am must terminate all such diversions.

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Pacific Coast Church522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942

Peninsula Christian Center520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431

First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741

St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal ChurchCentral Avenue & 12th Street, 831-373-4441

Community Baptist ChurchMonterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311

Peninsula Baptist Church1116 Funston Avenue, 831-647-1610

St. Angela Merici Catholic Church146 8th Street, 831-655-4160

Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove442 Central Avenue, 831-372-0363

First Church of God1023 David Avenue, 831-372-5005

Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove1100 Sunset Drive, 831-375-2138

Church of Christ176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove804 Redwood Lane, 831-333-0636

Mayflower Presbyterian Church141 14th Street, 831-373-4705

Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove325 Central Avenue, 831-375-7207

Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula375 Lighthouse Avenue, 831-372-7818

First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr., Pacific Grove - (831) 372-5875

Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m.

Feast of Lanterns sets annual general meeting and board elections

New board members soughtPacific Grove Feast of Lanterns will hold the annual General Meeting on

Nov. 6, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Chautauqua Hall, Central and 17th in Pacific Grove. Any member of the public who contributed to the Feast of Lanterns in the past fiscal year is considered to be a member and can vote for and/or become board members (but not for officers). If one volunteered for any event or activity of the Feast of Lanterns one is considered to be a member as well, and can vote for and/or become Board members. Board members must also be residents of or work or own businesses in Pacific Grove.

At the general membership meeting, individuals who seek a seat on the board may prepare a short statement of what they can contribute to the board and nominate themselves. The general membership will then vote on selections for the board. Board members will then vote for officers.

Board terms of office are for a maximum of three years. At present, there are five seats available for three-year terms and four seats open for unfulfilled seats for two-year terms and two available for one-year terms.

Talent is particularly sought in the areas of fund-raising, event planning, stage management, parlaimentarianism and financials.

The Feast of Lanterns is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. The Board meets monthly year round and participates in events year round, both as fund-raising events and ambassador events, as well as meeting more frequently in the months of June and July for the Feast of Lanterns, which takes place in July. The dates for the next Feast of Lanterns will be the week ending July 30, 2011.

For more information, call President Sue Renz at 831-649-8737.

Macrophotography, bird research classesat Monterey Regional Park District

A class in macrophotography at Palo Corona Regional Park and a research program

in bird migration at Andrew Molera State Park and among the upcoming offerings of the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (mprpd.org).

Details on these programs are below. See the Let’s Go Outdoors! fall/winter guide or go to mprpd.org for information

about all The Park District’s programs into early April.

Macrophotography at the Old Barn The historic Palo Corona barn is the perfect “studio” environment to work with

both natural and flash lighting. This workshop concentrates on utilizing various camera settings and apertures to alter the depth of field. Discover different types of lighting, from flash to reflectors to capture intimate and compelling images.

Ages 18 and up, Saturday, Oct. 30, 8 AM- 5 PM, Palo Corona Regional Park, entrance is on east side of Highway 1, approximately 200 yards south of Carmel River Bridge, which is just south of Rio Road, $145 (district resident), $160 (non-district resident). Plus $10 instructional handout fee. Instructor: Doug Steakley.

Autumn Migration in Big Sur Coastal California is renowned for its birding “hot spots” where southbound

migrant songbirds stop to rest, drawn to biologically rich topography and vegetation. Join a research session at the Ventana Wildlife Society’s Big Sur Ornithology Lab; learn how the “bird banders” ID, classify and release birds captured in “mist nets.”

Ages: 13 and up, Saturday, Oct. 30, 9AM-2 PM, Big Sur Ornithology Lab, at Andrew Molera State Park, which is on west side of Highway 1, 20.8 miles south of Rio Road, $20 (district resident), $22 (non-district resident). Instructor: Bruce Elliott.

Pre-registration is strongly suggested for all classes and programs offered by the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD). Register online at www.mprpd.org or in-person between 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Tuesday-Friday at the MPRPD office, 60 Garden Court, Suite 325, Monterey (check, money order, Visa or MasterCard accepted). If space is available, there is an additional charge of $5 to register the day of the class. On-site registration begins 20 minutes prior to the start of the class. All check-in and registration closes 5 minutes before the class begins. Contact is Joseph Narvaez, at 372-3196, ext. 3.

HalloweenScience Sunday:

BATS AND SPIDERS

DATE: October 31, 2010

TIME 11 am - 3 pm

WHERE Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove

Come to the Museum on Halloween for fun with spiders and bats!

Drop in anytime between 11am and 3pmto hold a live tarantula, build a bat house,

view spiders under microscopes,make bat and spider masks,trick or treat for bat candy

and more.See live bats from 12- 2pmwith Monique Smith from

the California Bat Conservation FundFree.

October 29, 2010 •CEDAR STREET Times•

By Cameron Douglas

“I am a sheet music store,” states Bookmark owner Marcia Stearns. Some might say that Bookmark is the sheet music store. This Pacific Grove establishment has garnered awards from the Alfred Music Publishing Company and the Retail Print Music Dealers Association, with accolades from other organizations. They are regular suppliers to area schools, and have gained a worldwide clientele.

Opening on October 1, 1994 Bookmark quickly established itself as the place to go for sheet music on the Monterey Peninsula. The 1,200 square-foot store is carefully organized by style, artist and genre. “If you play a musical instrument and want sheet music, this is the place,” says Stearns. While her focus is on the music itself, there is also a selection of harmonicas, recorders and tin whistles — all with their own music books. Accessories include piano bench covers and piano lamps. Other items include colorful scarves, neckties, guitar strings, capos, coffee cups, knick-knacks and kids’ instruction books.

In fact, an entire section is dedicated to supplying schools with materials for the music classroom. A Stevenson School teacher calls on the phone to request a rare piece of music for the Honor Orchestra audition. Stearns pulls it off the shelf.

So what’s next? Stearns sums it up with one word: “Digital.” The Internet and various online services have opened

Sweet Sixteen and not to be missedBookmark: A music haven looks forward

easier to sing within an individual’s vocal range.

Amid the proliferation of online

up a new world for musicians and singers looking for music: especially music in different keys, that make popular songs

music services, the Bookmark store has maintained its status as a world leader in its field, servicing clients in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Scotland and the UK. Besides taking orders over her website (“Our database changes, so it’s still best to call”), Stearns has expanded her service into streamlined online searches for music. This way, a student looking for that certain piece of recital music can contact the helpful people at Bookmark, who will go directly to the appropriate sources, saving hours of search time. The Bookmark store offers its connections and expertise for this purpose. They can look for songs, verify its availability in print and download directly through publishers or importers. “We’ve had this service for years,” says Stearns. The fee for this service is quite reasonable.

While on this topic, Stearns points out the shortfalls of online sheet music service as it is presented to general consumers. “It’s impersonal. You can click on a box — but what if the box isn’t there? Many vendors will take a whole category down if even only one item is out of stock.”

“We’re trying to maintain your right to good service,” says Stearns. “Our agenda is to make sure customers get what they need.”

The Bookmark sheet music store is located at 307 Forest Avenue in Pacific Grove. Open from 11-5 Mon-Sat., and 11-7 on Wednesdays. Call (831) 648-0508. www.bookmarkmusic.com

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES2010 Annual Notice of Vacancies

The City of Pacific Grove is seeking applications for the following Boards, Commissions and Committees for vacancies that currently exist and/or terms that expire January 31, 2011. For a complete description of the purposes of each of the available Boards, Commissions, and Committees, please contact Lawrence Bangert, City Clerk, at 831-648-3181/3106, or visit the City’s website at www.ci.pg.ca.us/boards:

City of Pacific Grove300 Forest AvenuePacific Grove, CA 93950

Administrative Enforcement Hearing Officer Panel - (2 vacancies: all-citizens at large)

Architectural Review Board - (3 vacancies: 1-citizens at large, 1-design professional & 1-construction professional)

Golf Links Advisory Commission – (1 vacancy: non-golfer)

Historic Resources Committee – (3 vacancies: 2-design professionals & 1-construction professional)

Natural Resources Commission – (6 vacancies: all-citizens at large)

Planning Commission – (1 vacancy: citizen at large)

Recreation Board – (2 vacancies; all-citizens at large)

Traffic Safety Commission – (3 vacancies: all-citizens at large)

In addition: There are two vacancies on the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District Advisory Committee, which will be appointed by the Mayor.

Applications for these vacancies will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 10, 2010. Interested persons may pick up an application at the front desk in City Hall, 300 Forest Avenue or a copy may be downloaded from the City’s website at: http:// www.ci.pg.ca.us/boards. Further information may also be obtained by contacting Lawrence Bangert, City Clerk at (831) 648-3181/3106 or via email at [email protected].

_________________________________/s/Lawrence L. Bangert, City Clerk

The sun will set an hour earlier Sunday, November 7, when Daylight Savings Time ends. Sunset will occur at approximately 5 pm during peak traffic time. As darkness makes it more difficult for drivers to spot pedestrians, Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) is encouraging both drivers and pedestrians to extra cautious this season.

On average in the U.S., a pedestrian is killed in a traffic crash every 120 minutes and injured in a traffic crash every eight minutes. Seventy percent of those fatalities happen at night. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) Wearing bright or reflective clothing is recommended when traveling during dark hours of the day.

Beginning Wednesday, October 27, MST will be giving away reflective strobe lights to aid pedestrians in being seen in the dark. The public is encouraged to visit an MST customer service location (listed below) to obtain a strobe light, limit one per customer, while supplies last.

MST Bus Stop Shop 150 Del Monte Avenue, MontereyMonday-Friday8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & 1:30-4:45 p.m.

Salinas Transit Center

110 Salinas Street, SalinasMonday-Friday 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. & 1:30-4:45 p.m.

Marina Transit Exchange280 Reservation Road, Marina

Monday-Friday 8-11:30 a.m. & 12:30-4:45 p.m.

For more information, visit www.mst.org or call Monterey-Salinas Transit toll free at 1-888-MST-BUS1.

Pedestrian safety: MST offers free strobe lights while supplies last

8th Annual SpooktakularHalloween Dance Jam

J o i n u s f o r t h e 8 t h a n n u a l SPOOKTACKULAR Halloween Dance Jam. Dress ghoulish, dress goofy and be prepared to boogie to Theo's tunes!

Costume Contest: take a stroll down the cat walk and have an opportunity to win best costume. The winner will receive a gift certificate for 5 free dance jams.

Bring a picture to honor the beloved deceased on the Day of the Dead altar and besure to stay for the annual group photo!

Friday October 29Chautauqua Hall, 16th and Central

8pm - 10pm followed by closing circleSpecial Event :$10 adults / $5 youth /

small kids free with adult


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PG City CouncilThe residents of Pacific Grove are a caring and giving community. I believe we are all willing to participate in city activities in order to further improve our quality of life and environment.

Alan Cohen

I support:• Restoring the Monarch Sanctuary• A tree management program• Bringing our youth center to full service• Police Resource Officer back in our schools• A funded Pacific Grove Library• Pacific Grove’s traditional events• Encouragment and attraction of businesses to

our community• Revitalization of our commercial districts

Together, we can make a differenceand improve the quality of life in our town!

The News … from 1910.T. A. Work team runs away

The Work Company can now offer run-away deliveries to its customers. That’s because the firm’s four-in-hand team—used to deliver hay, wood, building supplies, etc.—ran away Saturday evening shortly before six o’clock.

The four horses bolted from the property of the E. B. Gross Transfer Company, where they had been left standing for a moment by Work employee E. B. Walker. The animals then slowed and trotted toward their own barn, which was but a short distance from the Gross Transfer barn, but spooked and began rushing down 16th Street past the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hearst, where the wagon destroyed a hitching post. Another hitching post was broken father down 16th Street in front of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Filcher.

When the horses reached the smooth, cement sidewalk in front of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Prussia’s residence, one of the animals fell and was dragged along for several feet. That horse was injured by the long wrench-pin which passes through the tongue of the wagon to hold the whiffletrees in place. Three stitches were required to sew up the animal’s injury. The horse is expected to recover fully. The wagon was not damaged. *

Tognazzini sued by partnerThe Grovian partners, R. Tognazzini and C. W. Ferriui, are at odds.Ferriui alleges that he and Tognazzini struck up a partnership intending to enter the

beer-brewing and saloon business. The partners planned to open a brewery in Salinas and assorted, area saloons.

Ferriui now complains that he entered into the arrangement a year ago at a meeting held in the dining room of the Pacific Grove Hotel. Ferriui states that he gave Tognazzini a considerable sum of money to open the brewery and to establish saloons in every railroad town of the Salinas Valley. Tognazzini, however, according to Ferriui, used $500 of that money for his own personal purposes. Ferriui also alleges that no progress had been made on either the brewery or the saloons.

Tognazzini then filed suit in superior court asking that the partnership be dissolved, the $500 returned to the company account, and that all remaining funds then be divided equally. *

Freeholders squabble over school mattersThe Board of Freeholders, who are now framing a charter, had a stormy session

last meeting as there was a great difference of opinion regarding control of schools.A number of members desire that the control of the schools not be changed, which

would mean leaving it in city hands. Another faction, however, is bent upon throwing the schools into the hands of trustees. These members issued assurance that members of this school board would be subject to recall for control purposes.

No action was taken, but the matter is to be again brought up at the next meeting. *

Dogs cause woman to break legMiss Josie Bardwell met with a peculiar accident near her home on the corner of

7th and Laurel Friday.Two dogs, either playing or fighting, ran against Miss Bardwell and knocked the

young woman to the ground. Upon attempting to rise, Bardwell found that she could not. She cried out for help.

Miss Bardwell’s plea was heard by several women in the neighborhood, but Miss Bardwell refused to accept aid from the females, saying that the women would not be strong enough to lift her. Instead, Bardwell lay on the sidewalk for another 30 minutes before men came around willing to place her on a stretcher and carry her home. *

Summoned to tend Miss Bardwell, Dr. H. N. Yates found that her leg was broken just below the knee. He dressed her injuries and she is getting along as well as could be expected. Bardwell stated that she had previously had trouble with the limb, and it was not in perfect physical condition.

Freshmen welcomedThe juniors and seniors of Pacific Grove High School feted incoming freshman

with a reception held at the T. A. Work auditorium Friday evening. The young people enjoyed a jolly good time throughout the evening. A very entertaining program was followed by an address presented by Prof. J. A. Meizt. Refreshments were served afterward in the banquet room.

Notes from around the area…• It has been decided that all Pacific Grove’s Sunday afternoon concerts should

be held in the park across from the Museum of Natural History rather than at Lovers Point.

• From now on, the office of the Phillips Optical Company in the Robson block will be open for business every day except Sunday from 9 until 10 am.

• The Pavilion Link is providing a temporary space for the meeting of the El Bethel Mission. The “Preaching and Praise” service is planned for Sunday afternoon at 3.

• The Boy Scouts of Pacific Grove took a hike of several miles along the Seventeen Mile Drive this weekend. The boys ended activities with a Frankfort roast in a shaded area near the reservation. *

The cost of living…• The total indebtedness of the City of Pacific Grove now amounts to the sum of

$18,500.• Kinser & Company are offering Old Tyme Comfort shoes. Try a pair and ease

your aching feet. $2.60.• Creamy butter, none better, churned by F. J. Wyeth, the grocer. 22¢ a quart.• Tennis rackets are waiting for you at the Fair in Pacific Grove. White ash frame.

Gut string. $2.70.

Notes1 The term “four-in-hand” indicates that four horses can be controlled with one

hand. A whiffletree is the pivoted swinging bar to which the traces of a harness are fastened and by which a vehicle or implement is drawn.

2 The partnership seemed arranged on the basis of a verbal agreement. Nothing written was presented to the court.

3 The “freeholders” were citizens who held property outright and had the right to lease, rent, or sell as the owner pleased.

4 During the era of “house calls” being carried home was preferred by most to being delivered to a hospital.

4 “Frankfort” was probably a typographical error. The editor probably meant “Frankfurt,” a kind of sausage. “Frankfort” is the capital of Kentucky.

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22 people who live or work in Pacific Grove graduated from the Pacific Grove Citizens’ Police Academy on Oct. 21. (Back row, standing L-R) Levent Sener, Hsueh-Ying Wang, Allison Bauer, Mike Milliorn, Moe Ammar, Ed Lake, David Terry, George Shayne, Ken Cuneo. (Middle row, L-R) Ray Coopersmith, Michelle Neisess, Melanie Rogers, Janet Crowley, Robert Frost, Daniel Gould, Donna Gould, Alice Englander, Bill Englander, Jennifer Campbell. (Front row, L-R) Chief Darius Engles, Commander John Nyunt, Cameron Douglas, Mayor Carmelita Garcia, Officer Angelo Di-marco. Not pictured: Alan Cohen, Vickie Zufelt.

Individual, high-resolution photos are available for all Academy graduates.

Stevenson seniors honored byNational Merit Scholarship Corp.

Eighteen talented seniors from the Stevenson School class of 2011 have been honored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for their outstanding academic achievement as National Merit Semifinalists and Commended Scholars.

High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT / National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), a test which serves as an initial screen of approximately 1.5 million entrants each year. Of these, approximately 1 percent or 16,000 students nationwide are selected as semifinalists in the program, and about 2 percent or 34,000 students are identified as Commended Students recognized for their exceptional academic promise.

Four S tevenson s tuden ts were selected as National Merit Semifinalists including Matthew Bruckmann, Edward Lu, Claire Margolis, and Isaac Qiao.

Fourteen Stevenson students were named National Commended Scholars including William Aime, Madeleine Bairey, Andrew Clark, Cole Clark, Patrick Cudahy, Yicun Du, Jeffrey Goodman, Byron Greene, David Jaye, Uriel Kim, Ivy Parry, Janisha Patel, Tobin Paxton, and Cheng Yu Tung.

Michele Grogan, Head of the Pebble Beach Campus at Stevenson School , sa id , “This nat ional recognition is well-deserved, and we congratulate these talented and hard-working students on their outstanding achievement. These honors recognize these students’ dedication to setting high academic standards for themselves and their willingness to invest the personal effort it takes to achieve their goals.”

Stevenson School is a PreK-12, independent, co-educational, college preparatory, day and boarding school. The school, founded in 1952, is located on two campuses in Pebble Beach and Carmel, California.

– Warren Anderson

Winter Craft Fair!Saturday

November 6th 20109am - 3pm

Pacific Grove Middle School Gym800 Block of Fountain Ave.

Presented byRobert H. Down

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Citizens Academy graduates 2010

Safe Halloween treat bags to begiven away free at PGPD

Pacific Grove Police Officers’ Association and the Pacific Grove Police Management Association will distribute free reflective trick-or-treat bags to the first 500 children who come to the police station at 580 Pine Avenue through Halloween, Sun., Oct. 31. The bags are decorated with Halloween safety tips and are made of a reflective material for additional safety.

Chief Darius Engles said he is hoping the person who annually anonymously donates glow sticks will do so again this year as well.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 20102168

The following persons are doing business as Pacific Grove Scones and Best of Show Scones, 529 Central Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; Michel Keith Reynolds, 406 16th St., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on October 12, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. Signed: M. Reynolds. This business is conducted by an indi-vidual. Publication dates: 10/22/10, 10/29/10, 11/5/10, 11/12/10


The following persons are doing business as BAY-believersandyou, 432 Pheasant Ridge, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940; Preston Saunders, 432 Pheasant Ridge, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Octo-ber 13, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/15/10. Signed: Preston Saunders. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 10/22/10, 10/29/10, 11/5/10, 11/12/10


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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20102170

The following persons are doing business as Thaiwai-ian Bistro at 1 1184 Forest Ave. Ste. E, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; James Watari and Venus Watari, 1207 Forest Ave. Apt. 3, Pacific Grove, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on October 13, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 4/9/2004. Signed: James M. Watari. This business is conducted by a husband and wife. Publication dates: 10/15/10, 10/22/10, 10/29/10, 11/5/10

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The following persons are doing business as Excelsior, 2824 Pine Circle, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950, P.O.Box 51502, Pacific Grove, CA 93950; Brian Clay Dadiw and Laura Jeanne Dadiw, 2824 Pine Circle, Pacific Grove, CA 93950;. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on October 15, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. Signed: Brian C. Dadiw. This business is conducted by a husband and wife. Publication dates: 10/22/10, 10/29/10. 11/5/10, 11/12/10


The following person is doing business as Chula Child, 25597 Morse Drive, Carmel, Monterey County, CA 93923; Robbin Pritchard MacRae, 25597 Morse Drive, Carmel, CA 93923. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on October 18, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 6/29/10. Signed: Robbin MacRae. This busi-ness is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 10/29/10. 11/5/10, 11/12/10, 11/19/10

Change for the sake of change isn’t always the best idea when it comes to restaurants. In treacherous economic times it may be wise to stick with the tried and true. The proprietors of the newly opened Mando’s Restaurant located at 162 Fountain Ave. right next door to all of the cute little adoptable kitties and bunnies at Posh Pets are obviously of this mind-set. If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery, then the previous tenants at Zocalo should be very, very flattered.

The buzz around the foodie-types indicated to me that the fellow that did all the cooking at Zocalo had stepped up to the ownership plate and renamed the joint for himself. O.K., that sounded hopeful to me. I always liked the food at Zocalo but had numerous issues with the overall way the place was run, the lack of upkeep and cleanliness and some other nit-picky things that I’ll explain later if you are still reading this by that time.

About the AmbianceEvery town needs to have a semi-

funky Mexican place to adore and call their own. Mando’s is now ours and gosh darn it, you gotta like its sense of funkiness. Not much has changed since Zocalo went South (wink, wink) so to speak. It still wears the same orange-y desert sunset colored walls and yes, what would we do without those tan linoleum squares that are definitely throwbacks from all of our elementary school floors to add to the funkified look?

The previously mustachioed, scowling Frida Khalo self portrait has been traded in for a bunch of non-descript, paintings that absolutely nothing to do with Mexico or its food. Odd, but at least she (Frida) can take a well deserved break from that scowl. Didn’t her mother tell her face would stick like that? Mine would’ve!

Also missing in action is any sort of music, which may be a good thing or a bad thing depending on your taste. Previously a well-worn boom box was balanced precariously in a corner, singing whatever the local Latin station wanted us to hear. Banda music can wear on this gringas nerves after about the first two songs, but

complete silence is a little too golden in a restaurant. On my three visits to Mando’s the only sounds were those of the patrons licking their fingers and munching on chips. Maybe a little bit of music would be a nice addition?

The good news here is that funky no longer implies unsanitary. I had big issues with the lack of attention to keeping the place clean before. Armando and his band of merry men and women have obviously given the whole place a big, long overdue bath. The tables, chairs and walls which were a more than a bit grungy look far more appealing now that they’ve been shown some love.

What’s Good to Eat? Almost everything. I say almost

because the one thing I attempted to order on all three visits wasn’t available….three times? C’mon guys, chorizo isn’t that hard

to get in these parts of Cal-i-for-ni-A. My longing for a crock of that bubbly-hot queso fundido with hunks of glistening, fatty chorizo swimming around, waiting for my chip to dip into it, will have to be quelled until some chorizo can be found.

Other than the MIA Chorizo the rest of the menu is a complete replication of Zocalo’s, which leads me to believe that the backbone of Zocalo was indeed, as I had suspected all along…Armando. The moist, flavorful hunks of Carnitas are still available for wrapping in those warm, soft tortillas. The Totopo chips are all there waiting to be gobbled up with their cool, avocady (that’s not a word?) sauce. All of the tacos, burritos and quesadillas are ready, willing and able to be eaten. You get my point…if you liked Zocalo, just close your eyes and pretend Frida and her unwaxed ‘stache are staring at you and its like they never closed….except for one,

not-so-small thing….

Donde Esta Servicio Por Favor ?Yikes! Armando, you may be The

Man, in the kitchen but you’ve gotta get some decent service working for you out in the dining room. I know this is all new for you guys, but people who are out for their lunch hour, really only have about 45 mins. including travel time. On two occasions I watched people twitch and turn in their seats waiting to order, waiting for chips ‘n salsa, waiting for beverages to arrive and waiting for their bills at the end of their meals.

Food arrived promptly from the kitchen once the orders got there, but it was a matter of not having enough hands and legs running around the room during peak lunch hour times that were to blame. The second set of arms and legs didn’t make an appearance on the dining room floor until about 12: 30pm which was precisely the time that the one and only server, up til then had gone deep into the weeds and was playing a desperate game of catch-up.

Overall I’d Say…Bully for you Armando! Congrats

on sticking your own name on the joint. Rock on, live the American dream and please buy some extra Chorizo for me brother. It’s nice to have you back with or without Frida.

The New Mando’s Restauarant(aka Zocalo Version 2.0)

The Big Sur International Marathon has awarded $184,000 in grant funds from its 2010 marathon events. Recipients include 78 charity groups and organizations from throughout Monterey County, most of which provide vital volunteer services to the race organization. Groups awarded ranged from scout troops to high school athletic teams to health and human service organizations, local volunteer fire brigades, senior groups and many more. Half of the funds assist non-profit groups in the Big Sur area.

Since its inception in 1986 the marathon organization has contributed nearly $3 million locally, including grant funds from the newer Big Sur Half Marathon on Monterey Bay and Big Sur Mud Run. The race events also serve as a vehicle for dozens of other national and regional charities to raise millions of dollars in contributions.

The Big Sur International Marathon will celebrate its 26th Presentation on May 1, 2011.

Marathon announces grant awards


The following persons are doing business as The Hel-lenic Journal, 1839 Ygnacio Valley Rd., Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA 94598; Western Hellenic Journal, Inc., 1839 Ygnacio Valley Rd., Walnut Creek, CA 94598. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on September 30, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 04/01/01. Signed: Joanna Phillips, Secretary. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 10/29/10. 11/5/10, 11/12/10, 11/19/10


Glow:Living Lights

The Bizarre Worldof Bioluminescence

A Major Traveling ExhibitionPacific Grove Museum of Natural History

165 Forest Avenue • Pacific GroveOctober 2, 2010 - January 2, 2011

Admission: Free to members$10 adult non-members, children free

For info call 831-648-5816 • www.pgmuseum.org

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PGHS Young Writers’ Club

Young Writers’ Corner

Excerpt from Newbraper96 Ryan Walker

Hi my name's Rayn Blueberry. Kinda dumb I know, but my mom and dad love it. I guess they thought I needed some sort of exotic name, since my hometown of North Park, Colorado is far from exotic. As if culturally diverse names are even appreciated here. Our town is mostly composed of your snow park shredding, buck-toothed bros, and then people like me. You know, those who enjoy the great indoors. I mean, who could dislike the warm glow of a flameless gas fire and a steady supply of hotpockets? Anyway, for the past 3 years I've had the perfect routine. 7:55am - wake up for school. 8:15am to 3:00pm - go to school. 3:05pm to 3:17pm - play Wii Fit to burn those extra calories. And finally, from 3:20pm to 10:35pm - immerse myself in the World of Warcraft. Over the past few years my Warlock has developed into a “Level 55 dark mage” able to conjure over thirty-three different black magic abominations. And until recently I was happy as a clam to “pawn newbs” during my spare time, which I may add is fairly abundant. But one day I realized something that made me look a bit more introspectively into my life. I had no friends, no job, and no other accomplishments other than my stupid overpowered Warlock. I had, for the most part, spent a preponderance of my time sitting on the same worn-out chair, looking at the same computer, which emitted the same uselessly bellicose images from the same spot on the same dusty desk for three years! Plus, as a result of my worthless efforts, my fingers have gotten really tired from pressing Control-W (to cast my demon spawn) and then there's always my mom's nagging.....

A BUNCH OF REASONS WHYWE LOVE THE (PUBLIC) LIBRARY

Facing the library's bright windows,I obey impulse and step inside.My first steps into the tranquil roommake my heart beat faster and faster.To be here, where it smells like roses, is to wonder.

Did you know, you can pick any book you want?The soft pages fill me with with secrets.Whispers running though my head.

When I read books,I am producer, director, actor.Reading is like push-ups for your mindand, if it's a splendid book,I crawl inside the story.

I can have the twelve children I forgot to have.Books about the New York Italiansof my childhood smell of garlic.

Babies nestled in their mothers' arms,suckling, snoozing, listeningas Lisa holds their big brothersand sisters entranced with the turning of a page.The library helps kids read.

Knowledge is stored inside the books.I need the library for reports.When I get a book on-hold, it's always on time!

I love how a librarian can say, "How about this one?"And you can take it and weave a magic carpet.Swifting, page by page, I hold wonder in my hands.I'm in a room full of butterflies holding booksover my head in a magic kingdom.

Books with trees stand tall and proud.I can smell the piney woods.A waterfall of ink washes over me, a river of knowledge.

If you don't know what day it is,the librarian will tell you.If you go often enough,the librarians will know you,and if they're not too busy, they'll chat.

The library loves me.If it were gonemy love for books might disappear.

How thankful we should be,for thoughtful Carnegie.

Here everything is possible!All this for free.

Community Poem by Patrice Vecchione

A new twist on an old craft fromMonterey Peninsula Quilt Guild

The Monterey Peninsula Quilt Guild will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, Nov. 8 at the Pacific Grove Community Center. There will be a social hour at 6:30 followed by the business meeting and speaker at 7:00. The Community Center is located at 515 Junipero Street, Pacific Grove.

The featured speaker is Pam Rocco of Santa Cruz, who has been quilting for 40 years, ever since she taught herself how to quilt. While in Appalachia with Teacher Corps in 1969, Pam met women who REALLY knew how to quilt, and learned much more about quilting. Pam started making britches quilts (quilts made out of old clothes). Pam’s specialty is loud and peculiar fabrics, which somehow look good together. Nancy Crow and African-American quilters influence her work. Pam has written articles for Quilters Newsletter and, in her other professional life; she’s a bilingual speech pathologist and works with children in two languages.

Marge Ann Jameson

Editorial


Your letters

OpinionRetired librarian says parcel tax worksEditor:

With Measure Q, the very important library parcel tax question soon to be decided, I thought voters would like to know that a similar measure has worked very well. I am a retired librarian who worked for the Santa Clara County Library System which serves seven cities and the unincorporated areas of the county. Facing severe funding problems in 1994, the library system placed a parcel tax measure on the ballot that had a 10-year life much like Measure Q. It passed with 71 percent of the vote. The results were so successful that in 2005, 72 percent of the public voted to continue the parcel tax for another 10 years!

I worked at the Milpitas Public Library and, as a result of the guaranteed funding, we were able to continue operating as a high quality library and added new materials and services that became available with technological advancements. I retired in 2000 and that year we checked out 1 million items. In 2009 the circulation was 2 million! The Parcel tax works!

The passage of Measure Q will ensure that the Pacific Grove Library will continue to be a very successful library that provides outstanding service to all of its patrons.

Ed CavalliniMonterey

Don’t forget children in library equationEditor:

Enough, I’m tired of reading “a better way to go” is to provide County Library services to Pacific Grove, or let’s wait to increase library hours from its current 24 hours/week. Anything, but pay $90 per year.

The “better way to go” completely forgets our children. The County System has 17 libraries with ONE children’s Librarian. The County Library serves 90,000 children with 28 percent borrowers, whereas Pacific Grove has 2200 children with 2800 borrowers. Our children’s circulation is 32.3 books/child versus the County’s 2.9/ child (a factor of ELEVEN times).

Why the incredible differential? We have an EXCELLENT Children’s Program and collection of Children’s material. Despite only 24 hours/week, we have FIVE times the children’s programs of the average County Library and more than Carmel and Monterey combined. Further, our Library would provide an enormous resource to our high school students if the hours weren’t so limited. The Library needs to be open in the evening NOW, not when these children are adults raising their own families. It is no wonder the PGUSD School Board voted unanimously to Support Measure Q. The expanded Library would be an important asset to the children.

Hank Heilbron

Small miracles and truth in a libraryEditor:

“It was my mother who taught me how to wander through the racks of the Belvedere-Tiburon library, and wander through a book, letting it take me where it would. She and my father took me to the library every week when I was little. One of her best friends was the librarian. They both taught me that if you insist on having a destination when you come into a library, you’re short-changing yourself. They read to live, the way they also went to the beach, or ate delicious food. Reading was like breathing fresh ocean air, or eating tomatoes from old man Grbae’s garden. My parents and librarians along with way taught me about the space between words; about margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library you can find small miracles and truth, and you might find something that will make you laugh so hard you may get shushed, in the friendliest way. I have found sanctuary in libraries my whole life, and there is sanctuary there now, from the war, from the storms of our families and our own minds. Libraries are like mountains or meadow or creeks: sacred space. So this afternoon, I’ll walk to the library.”

Quotation from “Plan B – Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott, 2005

Anti-Q flyer shows desperation levelEditor:

In most contests, you can often judge an opponent’s true state of mind by their level of desperation. By this yardstick, the opponents of Measure Q seem to be in their final throes. Fanatically true to form, and not content to go gentle into that good night, they’ve recently distributed a flyer to local renters (myself included) impressive only for the level of inaccuracies, obfuscations, and fear-mongering it contains -- arguments truly held together with holes.

“The sky is falling!” it seems to trumpet, “It might cost renters $45 dollars a year!” Given this style of debate, with its constant stream of petty and inane distractions, I’m reminded of the phrase “chronically adolescent” (with apologies to actual adolescents).

Have we truly come to this? Lift yourself up out of the gutter. Perhaps then we might come together and debate Measure Q like adults.

Michael ReynoldsPacific Grove

Letters to the EditorCedar Street Times welcomes your letters on subjects of interest

to the citizens of Pacific Grove as well as our readers elsewhere. We prefer that letters be on local topics. At present we have not set limits on length though we do reserve the right to edit letters for space constraints, so please be concise.

We will contact you to verify authenticity so your email address and/or telephone number must be included as well as your name and city of residence.

We will not publish unsigned letters or letters which defame or slander or libel.

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Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is printed on Friday and is available at various locations throughout the city as well as by e-mail subscription.

Marge Ann Jameson, Editor/PublisherPhone 831-324-4742

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I’ve been heartened by the number of people who stop me on the street to tell me they appreciate the effort I make to present information to Pacific Grove citizens in a clear, unbiased manner. I’ve also been criticised not only for my stand on certain issues, but for taking a stand at all.

I make every effort to keep opinions out of news stories. If one of Cedar Street’s columnists takes a stand -- and many of them have done so at some point -- I label it as an opinion, unless it’s so blatant I feel I don’t have to shout the word out. I stand by my columnists, all of whom are mature individuals whose opinions I trust.

Opinions are fair game on the opinion page, however, and that’s what I try to give you. Though there are those who believe I weight the letters from the public that I print, the truth is that I print virtually every letter I receive, regardless of which side it takes. Often that’s how I find out about issues important to my readers.

During this recent campaign season, I refused to print only one letter because, while well-written, it was so full of untruths that I couldn’t countenance printing it.

Did you see a lot of letters from proponents of Measure Q? Funny thing, because that’s exactly what I received. I didn’t receive very many against the measure, and I did print all but that one mnetioned above. To be fair, I even invited a local journalist/writer to write op-ed pieces. I didn’t have to do that. I’m paying the printing bill, remember.

So here we are a few days before the election. I have one last chance to persuade undecided voters to my point of view.

What can I say that has not been written by someone else, especially on my own pages? Here’s one: If Salinas could do it, how could Pacific Grove not do it? Faced with te closure of their libraries, the citizens of Salinas voted to tax themselves. How could Pacific Grove do less?

We have before us as near perfect a proposal as there could be. It’s a fair amount. There are safeguards against misappropriation. It has a sunset clause. There is a provision for citizen oversight. There is provision for those unable to come up with $90 per year as property owners. All the things that were wrong with Measure J in the last election have been fixed.

I was in on the ground floor when the search for an alternative began, and I strongly believe that Measure Q is the best course for Pacific Grove.

There is no alternative on the ballot. There is no better alternative for keeping the library open and even improving it.

Don’t do it for the children. Do it for yourselves.

Do it for yourselves

Editor:Some things are worth paying for. Without them our lives would be diminished.

Certainly the PG Library is one of these.Three years ago the City and the Council decided to halve the Library budget. This

decision did not recognize the value that PG residents put on their Library. A library visited by 500 people per day. A library that 65.9 percent of voters were willing to tax themselves to keep open, in last year's election.

Three years have gone by. There is a new City manager and a new Council. All recognize the problems impacting the City's financial health and are willing to work toward a solution. All recognize the importance of the Library. Shouldn't we give these new City leaders a chance to demonstrate that they can work through the City's financial difficulties?

As citizens we will need to be vigilant as the City and Council tackle City problems. While Measure Q ensures some City annual funding for the Library it also provides for strict limits on the use of money raised and for a citizens oversight committee.

Don't penalize the Library for past fiscal decisions by the City. Give the Library and the City a chance.

Vote "YES" on Measure Q to secure the future of the PG Library.

Tom ArchibaldPacific Grove

Editor:A recent letter in the Herald by an opponent of Measure Q concludes, “. . . Pacific

Grove will always have a public library.” I wish I were so certain.Libraries do close down. Do you remember what happened in Salinas a few years

ago?After several years during which Salinas library hours were reduced and reduced,

from a three-branch total of 171 hours per week to just 33, that entire three-branch system was totally shut down briefly in 2005. When it reopened, one branch was open only 13 hours per week and the other two just 10 hours per week. It took several years for hours to be restored, and that happened only after Salinas voters increased the city sales tax, with a portion going to the library.

The letter writer says he’s part of the “anti-tax crowd.” Well, nobody likes taxes. But sometimes they’re necessary for the greater good of a community and its residents. That is clearly the case with the Pacific Grove Public Library.

That is why I am voting Yes on Measure Q.Michael BondPacific Grove

An opportunity in Measure QEditor:

We’re poised on the brink of an opportunity: to ensure our library’s survival for a decade. It’s an opportunity to come together as a community and provide a solution for one of our city’s pressing challenges. To provide stable library funding while the city, county, and state put their shaky finances in order.

I’ve seen the severe decline of library services thanks to PG’s financial troubles. I’ve fought against that decline, by raising $33,000 with the help of PG’s kids and many generous donors, to replace lost funding for children’s books and programs.

I’ve participated in forums and committees searching for solutions, and have done the homework to know that if the city could afford the County option, they could—and would—adequately fund the library we’ve got.

Measure Q’s passage puts the library’s near-term fate in our own hands. But by demonstrating our community’s commitment, we can also jumpstart a library foundation for long-term library support, to supplement city funding when the parcel tax ends.

We have a one-time chance, with Measure Q, to provide Pacific Grove with a thriving, vibrant library for the next decade and beyond. Don’t let it slip by.

Every vote counts. Please vote Yes on Q.

Linda BaileyPacific Grove


Rudy FischeRfor Pacific Grove city council!

Vote Rudy Fischer for Pacific Grove City Council!

Goals:• demand fiscal responsibility and balanced budgets.• enhance community vitality and support city special events.• Protect and improve our city assets and natural beauty.

civic experience:• Member of the Pacific Grove Golf Links Advisory commission.• Volunteer with Good Old days Festival, summer Fest, and working on

the “Little house” in Jewell Park.• Puts his own money into local causes and has made donations to the

Monarch habitat Trees Fund for the sanctuary, the Pacific Grove Library, Point Pinos Lighthouse Maintenance and Restoration fund, and the Monterey sPcA.

endorsed by:• The Monterey county herald• Monterey county hospitality Association• Monterey county Association of Realtors• Monterey county Weekly• cedar street Times• Lisa Bennett, and hundreds of Pacific Grove homeowners.

Rudy Fischer for Pacific Grove city council, 1120 Forest Avenue #153,Pacific Grove, cA 93950; [email protected] (831) 236-3431

Good for business, good for the environment, good for our neighborhoods - good for Pacific Grove.

The Monterey County Elections Department advises that to date, there are 160,215 qualified registered voters. “This number now surpasses the final registration number for the 2008 Presidential Election which was 158,391. With over 106,000 ballots issued, just more than 66 percent of Monterey County’s registered voters have already received an official ballot, said Linda Tullett,

The Department reports that nearly 27,500 ballots, or just over 26 percent, have already been voted and returned.

Though the deadline for mailing applications for absentee ballots is past, voters may go to the Monterey County Elections Department to obtain a ballot in person Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and up to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, November 2.

To find out about voting by mail, if the Department has received your voted ballot, to find your polling place, or find out when Election Results will be released to the public, visit www.MontereyCountyElections.us or call the Elections Department at (831) 796-1499.

Farr joins Measure Q supportersThe Yes on PG Library Committeehas announced that Congressman Sam Farr

has endorsed Measure Q, which would ensure the future of the Pacific Grove Public Library for the next 10 years.

“I am pleased to add my name to the long list of those who are supporting this key measure in Pacific Grove,” Farr said. “Adequate funding for the historic Pacific Grove Public Library would be guaranteed by voter approval of Measure Q. I strongly hope that this much-needed measure will get the necessary two-thirds vote that it needs to be passed.”

Farr joins a long list of those who have endorsed Measure Q. It was placed on the ballot by all seven members of the Pacific Grove City Council and has also been endorsed by all five members of the Pacific Grove Unified School District Board, five of the six living former mayors of Pacific Grove, and all City Council candidates, including both challengers.

Election Day is Nov. 2.

Your letters

OpinionDon’t penalize the library forthe City’s past fiscal decisions

No guarantee we’ll always have library

26 percent of county votershave already voted by mail

Seen at the Oct. 5 Measure Q debate on the refreshment table


Pacific Grove’s Rain GaugeData reported by Guy Chaney

Week ending 10/27/10 ................................... ..51Total for the season ...................................... 1.01To date last year (2009) ................................ 3.04Wettest year ............................................................ 47.15during rain year 7/1/97-6/30/98*Driest year ................................................................. 9.87during rain year 7/1/75-6/30/76**Data from http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/renard.wx/

Photo courtesy of www.pacificgrove.com

Halloween Carolers from Mrs. Yant and Mrs. Detomaso’s Forest Grove 1st & 3rd grade buddy-classes came to treat Canterbury Woods residents for the upcoming holiday.

Special Halloween lyrics sung to a variety of familiar Christmasy tunes, had the residents singing along on the Fa-La-La-La-La parts.

The children enjoyed some treats and a nice chance to visit. The residents enjoyed hugs from the kids and hearing about their Halloween costume plans along with the very creative songs.

Photos by Marley Knoles

Halloween carolers at Canterbury: Why not?

Monarchs love Echium

Echium candicans (Pride of Madera) is not a native plant, but native Mon-archs sure like it. While no part of the plant is edible for humans, the poison-ous butterflies seem to thrive on the last blooms of the year. Photo by bob Pacelli.

First rain gauge of the seasonIn future, we will likely put the rain gauge on page two. Our rain guy, Guy, is also the rain guy for KSBW and we’re so grateful that he sends us the figures each week, along with the season totals and last year’s totals for comparison.


Open Hours for thePacific Grove Public Library

2007 — 52perweekMarch2008 — 44perweek

July2008 — 31perweek

July2009 — 24perweek

If Measure Q is defeated — ???

• Don’tRisktheFutureofourLibraryProtect and Save It

• MaintainLocalControlofOurLibrary Preserve a Century-Old Tradition

• KeepOurLibrary’sCollectionIntactMake Sure it isn’t Scattered Around the County

• ForPGLibraryQualityKeep Our Staff of Professional Librarians

• ForPGLibraryQuantityRestore Services, Materials and Hours

There is no alternative on the ballot to Save the Library

Vote Yes on Measure Q on Nov. 2

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Paid for by Yes on Pacific Grove Library Measure Q Campaign Committee

Sponsored by the Cannery Row Business Assoc., a mural depicting Chinese fishermen of more than 100 years ago now graces a wall at MacAbee Beach on Cannery row -- thanks to the talent of Pacific Grove painter Jerry Boyajian and collaborators Arthur Simons and Mari Gilmore and the inspiration of Kent Seavey of the Monterey Historical Preservation Committee.

Simons, communications director at CSUMB, picked the photo (above). “Kent recommended me to finish the mural after Arthur drew the original composition on the wall,” said Boyajian.

“I asked Marie Gilmore, another fine artist in PG, to help me with the project since she has experience in mural painting, especially with human figures,” said Boyajian,

“Arthur says that it will take another five years of weathering for the painting to be where he wants it--a ghostly image from the past,” said Jerry.

PG artist memorializesChinese fishermanin life-sized mural

ATTENTION ALL BASKETBALL HOT SHOTS!

Show off your basketball shooting skills at the Elk’s National Hoop Shoot Basketball Free-Throw Contest

and The Peninsula Elk’s Hotshot Basketball Skills Contests

Sunday, November 7 – 4:00 p.m. at thePacific Grove High School Gymnasium

SponsoredbytheP.G.RecreationDepartmentandtheMontereyElksLodgeThisFREEcompetitionisopentochildrenages8-16*whoresideinthe

PacificGroveUnifiedSchoolDistrict.

Competitionsareseparateforbothboysandgirls,inthreeagedivisions:HoopShoot–*8-9yearolds,*10-11yearolds,*12-13yearoldsHotshot–*8-10yearolds,*11-13yearolds,*14-16yearolds

*AgeisdeterminedasofApril1,2011.

First-place winners will competein the Peninsula finals!

HoopShoot(FreeThrows)–Sat.,Dec.11@Boys/GirlsClub@9amHotshot(Skills)–Sat.,[email protected]@6pm

No pre-registration needed for the City contestsCall the Recreation Department at 648-3130 for more

information, or email:[email protected]


Going to the MoviesMary Albert

When times are tough, people want to forget their troubles and laugh a little. The Great Depression of the 1930s was also a golden age of movies. Every city had hundreds of movie houses, and the studios produced an endless supply of big screen entertainment: dramas, musicals, comedies, low brow, high brow, cheap, cheerful and plentiful. Everybody went to the movies. This week’s entry in the Lighthouse Cinema’s Classic Film Series, the Marx Brothers’ A Night At The Opera, from 1935, really made people laugh and it still does. Everyone has their favorite Marx Brothers movie, and this one is mine.

In 1935, when A Night at the Opera was made, Groucho Marx was 45 years old. He and his brothers had been performing since they were teenagers, as a traveling vaudville act and later on radio and on Broadway, where they were the first comics to enter the exalted world of the New York theatre. So by the time sound technology finally got to the movies, the Marx Brothers were already huge stars, and their rapid-fire verbiage and physical antics were a natural for the talkies. Their first films were essentially versions of their stage revues, with hardly a plot to hang a hat on. They made four movies for Warner Brothers: Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers and Duck Soup, each as insane as the last. A Night at the Opera was their first film for MGM, and it is markedly different. The MGM producer, Irving Thalberg, pushed them to incorporate a clear storyline into the antics, so intermingling with the swirling chaos is a musical romantic comedy written by playwright George S Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind, with bits supplied by Buster Keaton.

In a Marx Brothers movie the gags build as lines bounce around like pinballs and characters cut and undercut each other until the screen can’t hold the number of tops that have been set spinning. All the gags were carefully worked out and rehearsed. In fact, the Marx Brothers continued to tour with their vaudeville act, and used the live performances to perfect the set pieces in A Night at the Opera, like the famous “crowded stateroom” scene and the “party of the first part” contract scene, to the point where they knew exactly how to time them to allow for audience reaction and laughter when they came to film the movies. All the fast talking crazy antics and chaos were finely tuned and planned like clockwork.

Old black-and-white movies that have outlived their stars, that have academic dissertations written about them, and that are shown in museums have, by definition I suppose, entered the realm of high art. Still, it feels silly to use hushed tones to discuss the Marx Brothers, who would just as soon spray seltzer down your pants as participate in a panel discussion on “the importance of comedy during the Depression.” So I will only quickly mention that A Night At The Opera, released at the depths of the Depression in 1935, is itself a beautiful send-up of the schism between high and low art, between opera and “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, which Groucho sings as he tosses peanuts to the opera house audience. The plot, the songs, and the attitude all take aim at the high class elite and was gobbled up by the masses of unemployed.

I suppose today people in their millions go to see Jackass 3D for a similar escape from recession woes, but, really, wouldn’t you rather forget your troubles with the Marx Brothers? See you there, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30.

A night at the movies with A Night At The Opera

I don’t want to spoil the fun for anyone who hasn’t seen the film by quoting any of its classic bits, but here are a few classic Groucho Marx jokes to get your mouth watering:

I wish you’d keep my hands to yourself.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

If you want to see a comic strip, you should see me in the shower.

Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.

He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don’t let that fool you. He really is an idiot.

I could dance with you till the cows come home, on second thought I’ll dance with the cows till you come home.

I sent the club a wire stating, “Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.”

I wish to be cremated. One tenth of my ashes shall be given to my agent, as written in our contract.

I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.

Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas and how he got in my pajamas I’ll never know.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Now there’s a man with an open mind - you can feel the breeze from here!

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

There’s only one way to find out if a man is honest...ask him. If he says ‘yes,’ you know he is a crook.

Those are my principles. If you don’t like them I have others.

Time wounds all heels.

One for Measure Q supporters:I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book.

And one for Giants fans:Don’t point that beard at me, it might go off.

Classic Marx Brothers linesstand the test of time

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Hors d’oeuvres and RefreshmentsDoors open ’ 6PM

Silent & Live Auction

Dinner ’ 7pmCatered by Grove Market

TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED DURING AL HOME GAMES AT THE MERCHANDISE WINDOW IN THE

CONCESSION STAND OR FROM ANY BREAKERS CLUB BOARD MEMBER

THIS IS AN ADULTS ONLY EVENT

COST $30


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Further information is available at 657-4112.

Spooky contact lenses can be a frightening choice for HalloweenIncreasinglypopularlensescancauseseriouseyedamageifnotproperlyfitted

The California Board of Optometry is warning consumers about using decorative Halloween contact lenses without a prescription.

When not fitted properly or when purchased without a prescription from an eye care professional, costume contacts can damage the eye. Injuries associated with improper wear of decorative lenses range from painful irritation and redness to infection, scratched cornea, impaired vision, and even loss of eyesight.

"Costume lenses are especially popular among teens and young adults, who may not know the risks involved with unsanitary lenses, swapping of lenses, and

not having contact lenses properly fitted," said Board of Optometry Executive Officer Mona Maggio.

Blood red vampire eyes, 'rave' lenses that glow under a black light, and cat eyes are some of the popular lenses sold as accessories to Halloween costumes. However, decorative contact lenses, like all contact lenses, are considered medical devices and must be obtained with a prescription written by a licensed optometrist or an ophthalmologist.

Frequent ly, cosmetic contact lenses are sold in flea markets, novelty shops, Halloween costume stores, the Internet, and even gas stations without a

prescription, but this is against the law.According to the Federal Trade

Commission, businesses that sell cosmetic contact lenses must verify that consumers have a prescription. Many people mistakenly believe that zero-powered cosmetic contact lenses cannot pose the same eye health risks as corrective prescription contact lenses, but they can.

Problems associated with contact lens wear may affect the eyelid, the conjunctiva, the various layers of the eye including the cornea, and even the tear film that covers the outer surface of the eye. There have been reported cases of serious corneal ulcers and infections

associated with wear of cosmetic contact lenses. Corneal ulcers can progress rapidly, leading to internal ocular infection if left untreated. Uncontrolled infection can lead to corneal scarring and vision impairment. In extreme cases, this condition can result in blindness and eye loss.

Flea markets, novelty shops, or seedy Web sites are not good places to obtain lenses. Do not buy from any place that does not require a prescription. It is the law and for your safety. Remember, good hygiene and the use of proper lens care products make contact lens wear safe, enjoyable, and on those special occasions, even scary.


Bt Katie Shain

It has to start somewhere. Friday, Oct. 15 marked

the Twelfth Annual Domestic Violence Conference held at the Embassy Suites of Monterey in Seaside. “Dying to live and Living to Die” was the title for the topic marking October as Domestic Violence Month.

S h e r e e G o l d m a n , i n collaboration with Conference Committee members Shandell Brunk, Julia Garcia, Nancy Hatton, Pamela Patterson, Rosemary Soto and Jerry Teeter organized the event.

Those in attendance had the opportunity to further their understanding of the factors that contribute to domestic violence and gang violence and understand the direct connection between the two.

While the presentation was prepared especially for RN’s/LVN’s/MFT’s & LSCW’s for continuing education units, others in attendance found content for those educated on the regular shootings and reports of death by youth on the nightly news. These occurrences in the streets and around the rural homes in the suburbs on the Monterey Peninsula have left the residents at a loss as to what to do.

The conference was a perfect opportunity for making raw reality connections between the rampant, silent domestic violence circumstances that surround us on a daily basis, many of which are undisclosed and less-than-obvious.

Presenters drove home the fact that anyone exposed to/or witnessing domestic violence is most likely to learn, adapt, continue and perpetuate a similar pattern of behavior for life if not given an opportunity to gain intervention or understanding.

Dying to Live and Livingto Die brought a small but impressive roster of names together to sponsor the link between Domestic Violence and Gang Violence; Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, The Diocese of Monterey, local Peace Officer Associations, Deputy Sheriffs Associations, both District Office and private practice attorneys, Child Abuse and Prevention, Memorial Fund for the DVCC, and an individual, Jessie Robles.

Among those present, were former Chief Scott Miller, a found ing member o f t he Domestic Violence Coordinating Council of Monterey, as well as Deputy District Attorney Elaine McCleaf.

Establishing the tone for the day ‘Identifying the Antecedents of Intimate Partner Violence,’ a

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program created and presented by Lt. Charles Wilson, offered practical remedies to identify and reduce intimate partner recidivism. Wilson’s presentation was designed to illustrate the benefits of knowing how these violent crime strategies affect relationships on gang and Domestic Violence resolution.

The Keynote speaker was Melanie Washington. Washington is Founder and Executive Director of Mentoring A Touch from Above, located in Long Beach, California.

Her dream, she says, is to demonstrate how participation in society as productive and contributing citizens has an infectious potential effect on each of those that are touched.

Elaine McCleary presented w e l l - d e s e r v i n g “ G o o d Citizen” awards to outstanding p r o f e s s i o n a l s a n d l o c a l neighborhood hero’s having demonstrated honor and valor under extraordinary duress and circumstances.

Ryan Migurk, former Pacific Grove detective/interrogator, and predominantly responsible conduit for the recent finalization of the widely televised Ryan Bunnell Crow case, as well as Commander Jaque Savion were among the honorees.

Immediately following the awards, “ViolenceConnected”an o r ig ina l documen ta ry produced by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office was featured. Guest speakers were documentary interviewees and staff members from Homeboy Industries. Joseph Escamilla and Augustin Lizama, along with Josselyn Velasquez, shared their heartfelt realities both on screen and in-person.

The motto for Homeboy Industries is “Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job.” They advocate “jobs not jails”

Georgina Mendoza, Salinas Senior Deputy Attorney described local efforts addressing gang violence in Salinas. Mendoza r ecen t ly ga ined na t i ona l attention for her strategic plan developments on Youth Violence Prevention.

Retired judge The Honorable John Phillips, also a founder of DVCC, gave closing remarks by offering some eye-opening revelations.

Philips began by telling how his 91 year-old mother having one day called upon him in need of his help. Phillips spoke of his surprise in seeing the level of personal conviction that he observed for the first time in his socially, well-cultivated, domestic mother as she displayed her concern regarding her household employee. He said she loved her housekeeper as

‘one of her own’, however said she simply would not, under any circumstances, tolerate the employ of anyone that would allow themselves to be abused by domestic violence.

Phillips referred to always having thought of his mother in simple terms as just a mild domestic homemaker, as one having “never driven a car.”

Phillips tolf how the process of aiding his mother to obtain a restraining order for her employee had caused him to realize his mother was “tougher than he thought”.

Judge Phillips spoke on about recalling the number of men that he had to convict to life imprisonment for violent crimes, compounded by eventually having to convict children to life imprisonment during his tenure as a U.S. District Court Judge.

Ultimately, Phillips said he saw the dichotomy between the circumstances and events and began to make the connection between his mother’s social dignities against the lack of the same in all of the court cases that had come before him.

He experienced a personal epiphany and has been actively sharing it ever since. It was the inspiration of Rancho Cielo, located today in the foothills of Salinas.

Rancho Cielo is a100-acre tranquil ranch with an educational component, vocational training, and recreation for at-risk youth. “Job training is one of the few things that helps these kids break the cycle of violence they find themselves trapped in.” Their programs have demonstrated measured success by 73 percent recidivism reduction rate since the first students arrived in 2004.

This connection may surprise many. When the connection is made that abusers, in nearly every case, have all been exposed to first hand abuse by one form or another, it is easy to site the commonality pointing to the original sin.

Monkey see, monkey do. Sad truth, this is the same means by which humans also learn. No one is exempt. Until each individual, fully and consciously chooses and, in many cases needs to learn, the decision to implement non-violent behavior, the problem is continued. And it can be extremely subtle to recognize if one is not apprised of its appearance in its myriad disguises.

There is obviously a great deal for society to learn as a whole about human kindness and decency. It has been said before; it is never too late to learn.

For more information please contact: Sheree Goldman at: [email protected] .ca.us

Links between domestic violenceand gang behavior told

Above, L-R: Josselyn Velasquez, Agustin Lizama, Sheree Goldman, Joseph Escamilla and Rosemary Soto.

Life size cut-outs in honor of local victims of death by domestic violence place outside the conference doors taken during the conference at the Embassy Suites on Oct. 15.


The Arts

Now ShowingOpening

Pacific Grove Art Center568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove

Art Center Open Wednesday-Saturday 12-5 p.m

The 2010 Patrons’ Show Annual Fundraiser October 29-December 16, 2010

Opening Reception Friday, October 29, 2010, 7-9 pm

With Music on Irish Flute by Marc Rush

The Work of Studio Artists Mark Farina and Connie Pearlstein, and Students From Julie Heilman’s Adult Watercolor Class

Please enjoy the Pacific Grove ArtWalk on Friday evening, October 29, before the Art Center opening. Many galleries in the area will open at 6 pm, one hour before the Art Center galleries open at 7 pm.

David Henry Gill GalleryThe 2010 Patrons’ Show Annual Fundraiser

The 2010 Patrons’ Show is dedicated to the memory of the late Rollin Pickford, who supported the Art Center for decades with his donations to our fundraisers and solo shows. His family has requested donations to the Art Center in his memory. The Patrons’ Show is one of our major fundraising events, and it could not take place without the generous support of local artists and benefactors, who donate artwork to the raffle. Tickets are sold equal to the number of pieces donated, and the person whose ticket is drawn first will be able to choose a piece from all of the art in the gallery.

Ticket prices are $50 for members and $75 for nonmembers, and sales will begin at 7 pm on Friday, October 29, 2010, when the Patrons’ Show exhibit opens.

Elmarie Dyke Gallery“At First Glance,” Watercolor, Pen and Ink, and Mixed Media

by Julie Terflinger

Louise Cardeiro Boyer Gallery“Illuminations,” Ink, Oil, and Metal Leaf on Glass by Katherine Moore

Nadine Annand Gallery“Sanctuary,” Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild

"FragileBeauty"RainforestbutterflyphotographybyMarciaStearns

At Artisana Gallery309ForestAvenue

"PerceivedConnections"CopperetchingsinwoodenshadoboxesbyJodyRoyee

Honoring 7 Generations Welcometoourannual

“DayoftheDead”communityaltar.Spaceinourgalleryissetasideforhonoringourbeloveddepartedfamily,friends&pets

duringthisspecialtimeofyear.~Pleasetakeafewmomentsandthinkaboutyourlovedone.Thenwritetheirnameandasmallmessageononeofthepopsiclesticksandplaceitoneofthebasins.Thisisasimpleandsymbolicwayofhonoringthoselovedoneswhohavepassed.ThesemessageswillremaininplaceuntilNovem-ber2nd(DayoftheDeadorAllSoulsDay)atwhichtimetheywillbegath-eredanddriventoAsilomarBeachtobereadaloudandthenceremoniouslyburnedinasmallfirethere.Pleasecomebyduringthenextfewweeksandcontinuehonoringthosewhohavemadethewaypossibleforustobeherenow.~

Allareinvitedtoshareintheclosingceremony.

Season finale Art WalkPacific Grove Chamber of Commerce will host the season finale Wine, Art &

Music Walk on Friday, October 29, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. In downtown Pacific Grove. Participating venues are Lighthouse Coffee – 510 Lighthouse Avenue; Glenn Gobel Custom Framing - 562 Lighthouse Avenue; jjgray photo art - 591 Lighthouse Avenue, Suite 21; The Loft - 208 Forest Avenue; Tessuti Zoo - 171 Forest Avenue; Artisana Gallery - 309-A Forest Avenue; Strouse and Strouse Studio Gallery - 178 Grand Avenue and the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History - 165 Forest Avenue.

The Pacific Grove Art Center will be open from 7:00-9:00 pm as well. The event is complimentary and open to the public. Art Walk maps are available at any of the above locations or the Chamber. For more information, contact the Chamber at (831) 373-3304.

Art Classes through PG Art CenterWatercolor Class with Jane Flury 6-9p.m. Tuesdays at the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave.,Pacific Grove. This is an overview class using the limited palette method and includes the basics to experimental with watercolor printmaking; a super simple method great for holiday cards. Class works from still life on towards a model. Beginners welcome. Six week session $90. Next session starts November 9. For more information call 402-5367 or e-mail:[email protected].

“Things That go SNAP andSLURP in the Night: The Dramatic Myths and Legends of Werewolves and Vampires”(With special guest Laura Akard)

Chautauqua HallSunday, October 313:00 pmAdults $10Students 12-18 $2Children <12Free

Howard Burnham presentsA DRAMATIC LECTURE

in conjunction with the City of Pacific GroveCultural Arts Commission and Recreation Department

“FallVineyard,”PaintingbySharonStrouse

The popular “A Celtic Winter’s Eve” concert that has delighted Peninsula audiences for four seasons will return on Friday, November 19 with performances by acclaimed music groups Tempest and Black Irish Band. The show will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center (Middle School auditorium) at 835 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove. A pre-concert “Celtic Fest” reception will be held at 6:00 p.m. at Canterbury Woods, 651 Sinex Avenue, Pacific Grove.

Tempest is world-renowned for its innovative fusing of folk rock, Irish reels, Scottish ballads and other world music elements. Tempest is regularly featured at international folk festivals and will energize the audience with its creative musicianship. The Black Irish Band has pleased fans for two decades with traditional maritime, railroad and ethnic tunes from Ireland, Italy and America performed in its lively musical style.

The Celtic Fest reception will take place Fri., Nov. 19 at 6:00 p.m. at Canterbury Woods, 651 Sinex Ave. Tickets for reception and concert $50.

At 7:00 p.m. there will be a procession of reception participants across the street to concert, led by Pipe Major Michel d’Avenas on bagpipes.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the concert only are $20 general, $10 students. Tickets for “A Celtic Winter’s Eve” and the “Celtic Fest” reception are available at: Bookmark Music at 307 Forest Ave., The Works bookstore at 667 Lighthouse Ave., and the Pacific Grove Hometown Bulletin at 620 Lighthouse Ave., or online at www.performingartscenterpg.org.

A Celtic Winter’s Eve returns


FIRST FRIDAYBROWN BAG DRAWING !

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The contest opens October 29

and runs through November 8.

Drawings will be held on November 10.

Artisana Gallery309 Forest Ave.

The beauty of artisan bazaarsin the heart of Pacific Grove

Nancy’s Attic566 Lighthouse Ave.

Something old,Something new

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at their business to win a certificate.The more merchants you visit, the better your chances!

Bookmark Music307 Forest Ave.

Not just sheet music -a musician’s paradise

Cedar Street Times311A Forest Ave.

NEWS, events and opinionfor Pacific Grove

Dress for Change223 Forest Ave.

Beautiful, Affordable,Sustainable!

Strouse & StrouseStudio & Gallery178 Grand Ave.

Featuring 15 award-winning artists

Silzer Gallery170B Grand Ave.

Photography andCards

Carried Away178 Lighthouse Ave.

Accessories boutiquePurses • Clothing • Jewelry

Pacific Thai663 Lighthouse Ave.

Authentic Thai Cuisine

Discovery Shop198 Country Club Gate

American Cancer SocietyResale Shop

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E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONSThe Green Way To Get Your Local News

Send your name and e-mail address to: [email protected]’ll get you signed up, and you can opt out at any time. But why would you want to do that?

Get the best of local news and great local photography each Thurs-day, at least 12 hours before everyone else. We’ll send you a link to the latest issue of Cedar Street Times online. Read it at your leisure and you won’t have to go out and try to find it on the newsstands.

But if picking up Cedar Street Times is your excuse for a walk, don’t let us stop you. You can find it at more than 100 locations across Pa-cific Grove, Carmel, Seaside and Pebble Beach beginning Thursday nights.


Water Awareness Day set for May 14Set for Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 11am-4pm, the Water Awareness

Committee of Monterey County, Inc. (WAC) and Del Monte Shopping Center will present the Second Annual Water Awareness Day Celebration. With a mission to help develop inspired water stewards that strive to protect local watersheds and water supplies through water conservation and innovative water-wise practices, this event draws hundreds of businesses and community members throughout the area.

In celebration of the event’s second year, the WAC will feature the work of a local artist with a passion for water conservation, environmental stewardship and sustainability. The selected artist’s piece will be included on promotional posters, programs, advertising and other marketing materials.

The Green Page

This week’s Monarch AlertTo report tagged monarchs: 877-897-7740

http://monarchalert.calpoly.edu/

Weekly Monarch reportThe most recent monarch overwintering counts were completed this week in

Monterey and SLO Counties, and tag re-sighting was conducted in SLO. For the latest data (through Oct 25), go to our website and check out the complete population graphs:

http://monarchalert.calpoly.edu/html/current_trends.htmlMonterey County Lead Researcher Erica Krygsman writes:During counts this past weekend on 23 and 24 October temperatures were moderate

and it began raining late morning on the second day. The majority of Andrew Molera State Park was counted on Sunday from late morning to early afternoon, but visibility was poor towards the end due to increasing rain. Still not able to find any monarchs at Point Lobos, Palo Colorado, Prewitt Creek, or George Washington Park and only able to spot 4 loners at Plaskett Creek. Next counts will be on Monday and Tuesday, 1 and 2 Nov.

JessicaGriffith’snote:IfyouhappentobehikingatPointLobosandyouseeanymonarchseitherflyingorclustering,letmeknowwhereyousawthem.Themonarchsneverseemtodothesamethingtwiceatthatspot!

By Cameron Douglas

Life is definitely speeding up for Lt. Col. Robert Lucius. With a blossoming humanitarian project plus helping to care for his ten-month-old son, the U.S. Marine Corps officer is running hard. Deprived of sleep but anxious to move forward, he is pushing to take his life’s calling to the next level. That calling is to guide people in other countries toward actions of compassion and mercy. It starts with animal advocacy in Vietnam, where he served as a military attaché from 2005 to 2008.

Marines are taught how to kill; but that doesn’t mean they have a disregard for life. For Lucius, it’s quite the opposite. Catching a glimpse of a doomed creature on its way to certain slaughter showed him how precious life is. One day in Hanoi, he happened to see four caged dogs strapped to the back of a passing motorbike. One of the dogs looked right at him. Lucius soon learned the dogs were being transported to a place where they would be killed in a most inhumane fashion. They would then be eaten. Some Vietnamese men eat freshly killed dogs in the belief they gain power from the animals. Before the dogs die, they are terrorized and pain is inflicted to raise their adrenaline levels. The power released is believed to be passed along to the man who eats the flesh.

Lucius was horrified. And very limited to take action because of his status as a military attaché. So he took time to study the culture around him. He figured out ways to work within the Vietnamese society as it exists. After returning to the U.S. and moving

to Pacific Grove with his wife Casey, he formed the Kairos Coalition. Its mission: reverence for all life; respect for the dignity of each person; the power of empathy and mercy; and the compassionate exercise of personal responsibility for achieving a cruelty-free and sustainable world.

Kairos, says Lucius, happens “when destiny intersects with opportunity.” At such a juncture, there is no room for hesitation or doubt. Lucius saw the window open last year and jumped through it. In a November 2009 interview with Cedar Street Times, Lucius outlined his proposed course of action. Since then, he has recruited personnel for the coalition and gained funding from the Humane Society International and the Farm Animals Movement. Now it is time to launch a pilot project that will train people to

conduct educational outreach. His team in Vietnam will engage people there and begin to spread the message through various forms of traveling theater. Lucius calls it, “edu-tainment.” It takes many forms. One is called “cognitive dissonance,” a sort of play that presents an ethical dilemma. Members of the audience are asked to stop the play when they think of a solution and come forward to present it.

The teams will gain skills to go into communities for planning and implementation of outreach programs. Instead of attempts at “westernizing” the Vietnamese people, Kairos’ programs will work within their existing culture. Traveling theater has long been used for education in other countries. In Vietnam, culture houses exist in almost every village. The Communist Party used this to their advantage when they

Progressing toward a better worldcame to power in the 1970’s; staging puppet shows to extol the virtues of communism.

Working in Vietnam today gets political. The government makes outside ventures very hard to implement. Lucius has paired with a non-government organization (NGO) that has access to schools there.

Lucius quotes the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius as saying, “Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.” With this idea, he hopes to inspire the first generation of Vietnamese animal advocates. Currently, there are no animal protection organizations in Vietnam. Lucius will see to it the education is there for people to learn how to care for strays, and how to conduct spay and neuter clinics. And that’s just the beginning.

Vietnamesedogsontheirwaytoslaughter.

Lt.Col.RobertLuciuswantsabet-terworld.Hisshirtreads,“Compas-sionoverkilling.”

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