There's a story on the Green Page, as well as a picture on the front page, of our two-ton tourists, a couple of young elephant seals who are camping out with the harbor seals. Are they on their way north or are they on their way south? Even Thom Akeman doesn't know. Peter Mounteer brought in a great tale of two cities. . . actually, two pen pals. Elayne Azevedo here in Pacific Grove has kept virtually every letter and card and has tons of pictures from a 40-year correspondence that started when she was a teenager, writing to Ursula Dean in England. What a testimony to the power of friendship! We've got sports and arts and all sorts of other things, too, so make a cup of tea and enjoy this issue.
In This Issue Jan. 13-19 2012 Your Community NEWSpaper Vol. IV, Issue 17 Times Send your calendar items to: [email protected]Make us your friend on Facebook Follow us on Twitter to receive calendar updates and reminders on your Facebook page! Kiosk See CELL Page 2 Inside Cop Log.................................3 Green Page ....................15, 16 Health & Well-Being .............5 High Hats & Parasols .............4 Legal Notices.........................8 Opinion.......................... (dark) Peeps .....................................5 Rain Gauge ...........................2 Shelf Life ...............................8 Sports ................................6, 7 Up & coming Events ........9, 10 Year in Review............... 11-14 Young Writers’ Corner .... (dark) Through February 28 Robert Sadler, photography Reception Sat., Jan. 14 4:00 - 6:00 PM Free/refreshments At The Works, PG • Sun. Jan. 15 Meet R.L. Stevenson Charaterization by Howard Burnham The Works • 5:30PM • $10 cover • Sat. 1/14 City of Pacific Grove Community budget update Public meetings at 11:00 AM Community Center • Jan. 16-22 Monterey to Big Sur Screenings 5 PM Sat. Jan. 21 and Sun. Jan. 22 Matinees 1 PM Lighthouse Cinemas • Sat. Jan. 21 Adult Art Class at Pacific Grove Art Center One-day intensive – Portraits in Pastels 10AM – 3:30PM Register: 831-901-5238. More ongoing classes offered 831-375-2208 • Sat. Jan. 21 HOOTENANNY at Pacific Grove Art Center 7-10PM FREE, songbooks provided 831-375-2208 • Fri. Jan. 27 DJ Theo at Dance Jam 8-10 PM Adults $10/Teens $5/Youth Free Chautauqua Hall 16th and Central, PG • Fri., Jan. 27 Lunar New Year Milonga “The Year of the Dragon” Wave Street Studios 774 Wave St., Monterey 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Pre-Milonga Class & Milonga $20 DJ David, Los Angeles Tango Instructor • Sat., Jan. 28 Tango workshops Ladies Only Technique 12:30 -1:30 PM Tuition $25 Partnering Technique 2:00 - 5:00 PM Tuition: $60 Two Ton tourists- 16 40 yrs. and 5000 miles - 10 Writing on writers - 5 By Marge Ann Jameson What if you went through proper chan- nels for your agency and negotiated, on their behalf, a one-year contract with an option for a second year, signed it and filed it away, only to find out a year later that it was, in fact a two-year contract? This may be what happened as the Pacific Grove Unified School District Board of Trust- ees, in October of 2010, authorized a lease agreement for a wireless, temporary, portable antenna at the Adult School property at 1825 Lighthouse Avenue. The School Board, in 2010, had autho- rized staff to negotiate an agreement, but negotiations did not take until late that year, according to the October 21, 2010 school Rate for ‘most serious crimes’ down dramatically in 2010 ‘It’s a safe community but you aren’t immune’ Crime statistics are in from the Uni- form Crime Reporting Program, and the Pacific Grove Police Department reports that Part I crimes – the most serious – were reduced by 24 percent in 2011. It is the sec- ond year in a row crimes have gone down. Part I Crimes are the most serious crimes: criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary (breaking or entering), larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In 2011 the Pacific Grove Police de- partment responded to more than 16,000 “events” and took 1,371 “general case” reports and 1,074 information reports. See CRIME Page 3 Cell on Wheels at Adult School The temporary cell tower in question at Pacific Grove Adult School. Photo by Peter Mounteer Six Peninsula mayors, including Pacif- ic Grove Mayor Carmelita Garcia, recently agreed to form a joint Powers Authority ostensibly aimed at rescuing the Regional Water Project or finding another source of water for the Peninsula to replace Carmel River water for Cal Am. These are the same six mayors who, back in June, 2011, signed a “secret” non- disclosure agreement to “memorialize their commitment” to maintain confidentiality regarding controversial issues surround- ing the proposed Regional Water Project. That agreement backfired when Attorney Michael Stamp filed a formal request for the documents under the Public Records Act. Meetings leading up to the JPA might not have been publicized, well or at all, but each mayor’s signature is now going before their respective city councils, beginning with Carmel on Tues., Jan. 11, continuing with Pacific Grove in a special meeting Thurs., Jan. 12 and continuing until all the four have met by Jan. 24. Carmel voted 5-0 for the agreement after discussion. At the Carmel City Council meeting, serious questions were raised about the authority and effectiveness of the Mayors to influence any result on the ongoing water issue, given that they do not represent the entire constituency – some 34 percent lives in unincorporated areas – and the fact that there is already an agency charged with Tourist kicks up a fuss A 3-year old elephant seal has come to visit the beach near Hopkins Marine Lab, attracting droves of visitors. He flips sand on himself, probably to protect his skin from the sun. We’ve devoted a page to the phenomenon on page 16. Kim Wor- rell, a volunteer for Bay Net, has taken many pictures of the seal and his buddy, who showed up last week. See JPA Page 3 Area mayors forming water JPA
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In This Issue
Jan. 13-19 2012 Your Community NEWSpaper Vol. IV, Issue 17
Fri., Jan. 27Lunar New Year Milonga“The Year of the Dragon”
Wave Street Studios774 Wave St., Monterey
8:00 PM - 12:00 AMPre-Milonga Class & Milonga
$20DJ David, Los Angeles Tango
Instructor•
Sat., Jan. 28Tango workshops
Ladies Only Technique12:30 -1:30 PM
Tuition $25Partnering Technique
2:00 - 5:00 PM Tuition: $60
Two Ton tourists- 1640 yrs. and 5000 miles - 10Writing on writers - 5
By Marge Ann Jameson
What if you went through proper chan-nels for your agency and negotiated, on their behalf, a one-year contract with an option for a second year, signed it and filed it away, only to find out a year later that it was, in fact a two-year contract?
This may be what happened as the Pacific Grove Unified School District Board of Trust-ees, in October of 2010, authorized a lease agreement for a wireless, temporary, portable antenna at the Adult School property at 1825 Lighthouse Avenue.
The School Board, in 2010, had autho-rized staff to negotiate an agreement, but negotiations did not take until late that year, according to the October 21, 2010 school
Rate for ‘most serious crimes’down dramatically in 2010‘It’s a safe community but you aren’t immune’
Crime statistics are in from the Uni-form Crime Reporting Program, and the Pacific Grove Police Department reports that Part I crimes – the most serious – were reduced by 24 percent in 2011. It is the sec-ond year in a row crimes have gone down.
Part I Crimes are the most serious crimes: criminal homicide, forcible rape,
robbery, aggravated assault, burglary (breaking or entering), larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.
In 2011 the Pacific Grove Police de-partment responded to more than 16,000 “events” and took 1,371 “general case” reports and 1,074 information reports.
See CRIME Page 3
Cell on Wheelsat Adult School
The temporary cell tower in question at Pacific Grove Adult School. Photo by Peter Mounteer
Six Peninsula mayors, including Pacif-ic Grove Mayor Carmelita Garcia, recently agreed to form a joint Powers Authority ostensibly aimed at rescuing the Regional Water Project or finding another source of water for the Peninsula to replace Carmel River water for Cal Am.
These are the same six mayors who, back in June, 2011, signed a “secret” non-disclosure agreement to “memorialize their commitment” to maintain confidentiality regarding controversial issues surround-ing the proposed Regional Water Project. That agreement backfired when Attorney Michael Stamp filed a formal request for the documents under the Public Records Act.
Meetings leading up to the JPA might
not have been publicized, well or at all, but each mayor’s signature is now going before their respective city councils, beginning with Carmel on Tues., Jan. 11, continuing with Pacific Grove in a special meeting Thurs., Jan. 12 and continuing until all the four have met by Jan. 24. Carmel voted 5-0 for the agreement after discussion.
At the Carmel City Council meeting, serious questions were raised about the authority and effectiveness of the Mayors to influence any result on the ongoing water issue, given that they do not represent the entire constituency – some 34 percent lives in unincorporated areas – and the fact that there is already an agency charged with
Tourist kicks up a fuss
A 3-year old elephant seal has come to visit the beach near Hopkins Marine Lab, attracting droves of visitors. He flips sand on himself, probably to protect his skin from the sun. We’ve devoted a page to the phenomenon on page 16. Kim Wor-rell, a volunteer for Bay Net, has taken many pictures of the seal and his buddy, who showed up last week.
See JPA Page 3
Area mayors forming water JPA
board agenda report, “AT&T agent failed to respond to repeated communications.”Also according to the Oct. 21, 2010 agenda report, the income to the district – more exactly the
Adult Education program – would be $500/month or $6,000 for the year.The temporary site license, under negotiation later, was to have been effective April 15, 2011
through April 15, 2012. It designated a license fee of $500 per month to be paid to the school district. The “extension of term” portion called for an extension of two additional six-month periods at the sole discretion of the licensee, New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC and its affiliates.
Fast forward to January, 2012. What’s in the School Board’s files, signed by a District official and a representative of AT&T, is a Temporary Site License dated Jan. 25, 2011 and effective Feb. 1, 2011 through Feb. 1, 2013. It lists a fee of $1000 per month and offers an extension at the sole discretion of the licensee, AT&T.
What happened in the interim is anyone’s guess. The official has retired and there are no agenda items listing the question of the cell tower. He has made phone calls to the District’s attorney, but it appears, according to Assistant Superintendent Rick Miller, that it’s an airtight contract.
None of this would be as urgent if it weren’t for a neighbor of the adult school, Karuna Gomez, who insists that the radio frequency emissions from the cell tower are harmful to her, other nearby residents, school children in the preschool, and the butterflies at the sanctuary. She says she’ll go to the District Attorney if the cell tower remains after February, 2012.
“I wonder if legal challenges wouldn’t take until the lease expires anyway,” to be resolved, said Miller. Legal fees for the District come directly from General Fund monies and would affect money available for instruction, he said.
There are also discrepancies in the records of the licensee. AT&T’s representative John Britton says their records show the site went on air in Nov. or Dec., 2011. He says it should have improved cover-age in the area of Pacific Grove from approximately the golf course to an area encompassing George Washington Park. He told Cedar Street Times that AT&T will likely seek a permanent site soon because
of demand, but that it won’t necessarily be at the same site as the temporary one.
He says that AT&T normally invests about $450,000 in establishing a site once a need is indicated.
The Federal Communications Commission regu-lates and strength of such cell sites (Federal Communi-cation Commission Office of Engineering Technology Bulletin 65). A report on the expected exposure to RF (Radio Frequency) emissions from the mobile cell site at the Adult School points out that that the antennas which actually emit the electromagnetic waves are 57’ feet in the air. There are six such antennas mounted on the cell-on-wheels apparatus. The range at which “training for employees” is suggested is 11 feet from the antennas’ face, or roughly a space 60 feet in the air and 11 feet around the tower.
“The general public would not normally be able to approach the antennas. Therefore, no significant impact on the general population is expected,” says the report, going on to state that the field strength is less than the existing FCC standard. Additionally, no significant impact on the environment was expected. The report was authored by Evan Wappel, an electrical engineer who specializes in the analysis of RF emissions, and dated Sept. 30, 2010.
Britton also said that “by law, health reasons are not sufficient reason to refuse a cell site.” though aes-thetics would be sufficient. To that end, he says, there are cell sites in the Bay Area in such places as church steeples and bell towers, and even one inside a Burger King sign on Highway 80. This information has not yet been verified.
At the June 2, 2011 meeting, there was an item on the Pacific Grove Unified School District Board agenda seeking a lease for a cell site at the District property. Ten mem-bers of the community spoke “in adamant opposition” to the cell tower being placed anywhere on Pacific Grove Unified School District property. On a motion from Bill Phillips and John Thibeau, and after a 5-0 vote, the project proposal was quashed. Minutes do not show what the objections were, however.“In the discussion about the agenda item, Board Members may or may not have agreed with the data presented, but the bottom line was simply that we want to be a good neighbors, and that is why we did not approve the cell tower at the District Office site.” said John Thibeau, current Board president. “While I can’t speak for my fellow board members, I believe our decision was based solely on that without the science of the technology or tower aes-thetics needing to be debated.” He senses that the Board will decide similarly on the renewal of the tower at the Adult School site. Those discussions will now await final resolution on the question of the expiration of the current license.
Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. It is published weekly at 311A Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Fri. and is avail-able at various locations throughout the city as well as by e-mail subscription.
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Week ending 01/04/12 .................................... .00Total for the season ...................................... 3.64To date last year (2010) .............................. 10.00Wettest year ............................................................ 47.15during rain year 7/1/97-6/30/98*Driest year ................................................................. 9.87during rain year 7/1/75-6/30/76*High this past week .....................................................66°Low this past week ......................................................40°*Data from http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/renard.wx/
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Eight former Carmel Fire Department em-ployees were sworn in and began employment with the Monterey Fire Department on January 1st to provide a larger system of emergency services support and reduced cost share for fire services to the City of Pacific Grove.
Miller pleads no contest25-year old Jacob Miller, son of Sheriff Scott
Miller, who was arrested in June at his apartment attached to Sheriff Scott Miller’s Pacific Grove resi-dence, pleaded no contest to possession of narcotics for sale at the Salinas Courthouse on Tuesday, Jan 10. He will be referred to the Monterey County Probation Department for pre-sentancing reporting, and will be sentenced on Feb. 23, 2012.
As of January, 2012, statistics show that 92 percent of the adult population has mobile/cell phones. Only 70 per-cent – and dropping – have land lines.
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In 2010, Part 1 crimes went down in Pacific Grove by 11 percent.
“In 2009, we had experienced a significant jump in Part 1 crimes,” said Chief Darius Engles. Most of the increase was in property crimes. We were bucking the national trend; going up in property crime while the country as a whole was going down.”
One factor in the increase, he be-lieves, was the reduction in staff. Prior to 2009, the police department would field four to five patrol units per shift, but was down to three patrol officers by 2009.
“Property crimes can be crimes of opportunity; if the opportunity presents itself, the crime is more likely to occur. As the City now had reduced its patrol force by 20 percent to 40 percent there was more opportunity for bad guys to commit property crimes,” he said.
Another factor in crime rates is “vic-timization,” or looking at the traits of the victim. “Pacific Grove Police Officers fre-quently talk to residents who thought they were so safe that they could leave their doors (vehicles and homes) unlocked,” said the Chief. “We found that many folks insisted that ‘nothing happens in PG’ until of course, they become a victim.
“One of our challenges was to con-vince our residents that ‘stuff’ does happen in PG, but without causing undue alarm. We work hard to keep PG safe, and it is a relatively safe city, but we are not immune from crime,” he said.
In his report on the crime statistics, Engles wrote: “The TLC (Take, Lock & Close) program is an education and aware-ness program that challenges residents to secure homes and vehicles and to be
aware of suspicious activity. The TLC program became a significant component of our success this year. Commander Miller brought the program from the City of Vacaville and we tailored it for PG. Our Citizens’ Academy Alumni furnished the funds for the TLC posters and helped cir-culate them throughout our city. Our local press were kind enough to run frequent PSA’s on the TLC program.
“A significant aspect of the program is that it made our residents more aware that although it is not common, it is possible to be victimized in PG. Many folks took the TLC program to heart and actually locked their stuff.”
He said that awareness also led citi-zens to be more likely to call police to re-port suspicious activity. In 2010 and 2011 “suspicious person” calls increased more than 20 percent from the previous years.
With the encouragement from the TLC program, residents were calling the police more often.
“An equally significant component of any law enforcement program is quick and adequate response from police,” he added.
Engles also credited participation in Neighborhood Watch and other programs with increasing the awareness and alert-ness to crime over previous years. “The TLC Program, Neighborhood Watch, and Citizens’ Academy are good examples of the Community Policing Concept and how to effectively reduce crime via police and community working together.”
He also gave credit to the motorized unit, pointed out that jurisdictions with high-profile traffic enforcement plans and motorcycle police often have less crime overall as well.
Monterey’s new Police Chiefhands out thank-yous
When Monterey’s new Police Chief, Philip J. Penko was sworn in on Fri., Jan. 6, 2012, he addressed the celebrants in the nearly full Steinbeck Forum. On hand were many rank-and-file officers, California Highway Patrol officers, and Sheriff Scott Miller.
Chief Penko pointed out chiefs and commanders who came from as far away as Yuba City and Glendale, California, officers he knew and with whom he had worked.
Then he thanked one man in particular.Penko said that when he was a junior in high school, part of his civics class
requirement was to do a ride-along with a police officer. He went on that ride-along, and said that it was that officer on that evening that made him decide to be a police officer. The officer was Darius Engles, now our Chief of Police in Pacific Grove.
YukA portable toilet was tipped over on Asilomar Blvd.
FoundSome money was found on the bike path.
Lost, lost, lost, lostA purse was reported lost near Forest Grove school. It was brown leather.A 1” hoop earring with rhinestones was lost near Pine on 18th.A wallet was lost at a gas station in Pacific Grove.A wallet was lost on the Rec Trail somewhere between the wharf in Monterey
and the Aquarium.
Bark bark barkComplaint of barking dogs on Pine Garden Lane, but the reporting party
wasn’t upset enough to file a complaint.
He just wanted to go on vacation, tooA dog on Melrose was bark bark barking. Eventually a pet sitter was tracked
down who said the dog wasn’t supposed to be outside.
Barking endemic to Melrose Place?Reporting party came in to report ongoing problems with her neighbors’ dogs.
There are two tenants and the dogs are left outside all night. Lately they’ve been bark bark barking more and more and keeping the family awake.
Missing car, Kenet Pl.A car was there on Jan. 4th and by Jan. 5th it wasn’t.
Stolen car, Carmel Ave.The next night a car was stolen on Carmel Ave.
Missing husband New Years DayA woman reported her elderly husband was last seen at home eating soup
on New Years Eve. He then drove off and hasn’t been seen since. Perhaps there’s more to the story.
Incidents around porchesLost his friend?
Someone on Morse Drive reported a drunk person sleeping on their porch. The subject was given transport to DLI. Later, another person reported to have been with the first person was reported missing. Maybe he was on someone else’s porch.
Package stolen from porchA package left by UPS on a porch on Lighthouse was apparently opened and
the contents stolen. The empty box was found by a neighbor.Medical equipment left on porch
Some medical equipment was left on a front porch on Bentley. The officer checked with the neighbors but no one owned up. It was returned to Advantacare.
DUIDeena Lynn Welch was stopped for a traffic violation on Hawthorne St. and
was found to be drunk, was booked and released.
Possible mail scam reported on Cedar St.No indication as to what the scam might be.
False alarmsThere was a false alarm on Bayview Avd.An unregistered alarm went off on Fountain Ave.An unregistered alarm went off on Sunset Dr., too.
Abandoned vehicle Patterson LanePlenty of notice and lots of marks, but no one turned up or moved it so it
was towed to Monterey Garage.
Time to move out on your ownAn 80 year-old woman called and wanted to have her daughters, both in their
50s, evicted because they argue so much.
I cannot tell a lie. I hit that car.A person with a New York drivers license and insurance turned herself in
at PGPD, advising she’d hit another car in Monterey. By grabby, there was a report in Monterey! So they put two and two together and everyone feels better.
doing exactly the same thing, the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District.Pacific Grove’s newly-elected representative to the MPWMD, Jeanne Byrne points
out that the MPWMD was formed to represent everyone, not just the citizens of cities. “They’re creating another agency that does the same thing” as the WMD.
Speaking for herself, she says the MPWMD has, over the years been used as a growth control body, and that could be a good reason why the project was taken out of their purview.
But the JPA has no source of funding. “If the mayors really want to put the cities in a governance position they need to pay to play,” said Byrne. “$100,000 each would pay off RMC,” referring to the consulting group hired by California American Water an the $700,000 bill hanging unpaid.
In addition to the RMC fees, there would be fees around environmental impact reports and other costs should it become necessary to find a water source besides the Re-gional Water Project. The cities have no experts on staff and have no planning expertise.
And “the Regional Water Project is dying, or dead,” said Carmel City Councilman Jason Burnett. “We’re just waiting for the coroner’s report.”
Once the pet project, the Regional Water Project has run into dams: the question of governance, rising costs, and questions of representation for Cal Am customers. There have also been also criminal charges filed against Stephen Collins, former county Water Resources Agency board member on a series of criminal charges alleging he benefited from his dual role in the Regional Desalination Project.
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Dear Readers: Please bear in mind that historical articles such as “High Hats & Parasols” present our history — good and bad — in the language and terminology used at the time. The writings contained in “High Hats” are not our words. They are quoted from Pacific Grove/Monterey publications from 100 years in the past. Our journalistic predecessors held to the highest possible standards for their day, as do we at Cedar Street Times. Please also note that any items listed for sale in “High Hats” are “done deals,” and while we would all love to see those prices again, people also worked for a dollar a day back then. Thanks for your understanding.
Jon Guthrie
High Hats & Parasols
The News … from 1911.
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
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.
Graft in dairy bureau suspectedH. D. Bryant, State Dairy Inspector, has forwarded to Gov. Johnson his resigna-
tion. He was appointed two months ago. Bryant refuses to make public his reasons for resigning and says that he will not do so until Gov. Johnson is aware of his resignation.
In a guarded statement, Bryant intimated that the problem began in the course of his inspections of various dairies. Therein, he came across one dairy owned by a member of the state dairy commission, by which he is employed. Bryant suggested that he had received orders from the head of the dairy commission to overlook the deplorable conditions which he found there.
Bryant declares that he refused to take this order and has communicated the facts in the case to Gov. Johnson, accompanied by the resignation. The governor will be free to accept either the report or the resignation.
Bryant will not name the member of the board at this time, but says that he may do so after the governor has read the report.
Young man set straightThe Bank of E. Cooke Smith recently picked up a new depositor who had been
sent there by a potential employer.The depositor was a young man who had applied with a Grove merchandiser for
work. The merchandiser asked to see the young man’s savings deposit book. The young man, stumbled around for a minute or two, and then admitted that he was engaged to be married and that expenses related to the wedding precluded his putting aside cash for savings. The depositor lectured the young man, telling him that savings were the most important thing on earth and the sign of a suitable employee. He bid the young man to have a nice day, and dismissed him.
That afternoon, the young man returned and asked for another interview. He waved a deposit book issued by the Bank of E. Cooke Smith, proving that he had a savings account. The would-be depositor said that his fiancée, agreeing with the prospective employer, insisted that he assure the couple’s financial future. The young man agreed. With his deposit book in hand, he returned to the merchandiser and asked for a second chance at the job.
The young man gained three things of value. First, he learned the value of frugal living and putting money aside. Second, he got the job. Third, his deposited savings are earning him 1% paid by the Bank of E. Cooke Smith.
New water mains laidThe Monterey County Water Works have laid new and larger water pipes on Lo-
cust street from Lighthouse to Pine avenue. The company also installed two new fire hydrants, one at the corner of Laurel and Locust streets and one at the corner of Short and Locust streets.
Parties living within three hundred feet of these new hydrants will now be entitled to a lower insurance rate.
Earned big moneyYour editor has just learned that the poet / author Lord Byron received the total of
$21.27 in payment of Byron’s poem Chide Harold. The Pacific Grove Carnegie Public Library invites you to drop by and enjoy Lord Bryon’s writing. 1
Violin and violinist to visitJan Kubelík, the famed Hungarian2 violinist, arrived in New York this week, brought
here by the German liner Wilhelm, and will soon commence the performance tour which will bring him in this direction. Kubelík brought with him his newly-obtained Stradivarius violin, which he has named “The Emperor”. Although Kubelík bought the instrument for only $20,000, he has purchased insurance on it in the amount of $235,000.
Kubelik is here for a tour of the United States and Canada. When his western stops and schedule are publicized, word will immediately be published.
Snippets from around the area…• Pacific Grove Trustee E. Berwick leaves tomorrow for San Francisco. On Saturday
he will speak at the Grape Festival at Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County.• A California importer-exporter estimates the total publication of books throughout
the world at 128,530 first copies of new volumes.• Thomas Cope & Company is offering cans of all sizes for canning fruit and veg-
etables. Get ready early for your spring canning.• Two nicely located lots (not far from the new high school building) are being of-
fered for sale. Get particulars from the Review office.• Japan has more suicides in proportion to its population than any other country in
the world.• The rumors have not stopped! Please recognize this claptrap as untrue. J. A. Eu-
stace’s store, 589 Lighthouse, will remain open all year long, and is not closing.
And your bill amounts to …• On special this month, Youth’s Companion has reduced its one-year subscription
price from $1.50 to $1, delivered by mail. Order at the Pacific Grove Review office or the Monterey newspaper office.
• Watch the window of our store to view the most recent, most popular songs on sheet music. C. H. Moyer music store. 221 Forest avenue. Decorative Folio in which to keep your music. Cloth-covered sides, fine quality. $1.12.
• Real estate loans available from Strong & Camp for 4%. We also manage rental
cottages and have some for rent for as little as $15 monthly. 508 Lighthouse avenue.
Author’s Notes1 The editor erred in citing the poem as Chide Harold. The mentioned poem, pur-
chased by the publisher, was titled: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Objections to the error from the library were not found.
2 Even though the editor cited Kubelík as being Hungarian, he was actually Czech. Born in 1880 and deceased in 1940, Kubelík began seriously studying the violin at age 5. Mentored by his father, he devoted 10 to 12 hours each day to his music. His wife, Countess Anna Julie Marie Széll von Bessenyö,� was Hungarian. The couple gave birth to eight children, five of whom became celebrated violinists.
References: Pacific Grove Review, Monterey Daily Cypress, Del Monte Weekly, Salinas Index, Monterey County Post, Bullions’ Grammar (1890).
January 13, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times• Page 5
Life is short, they say, and art long. Could be. Below, alphabetically: seven of fourteen Monterey
Bay Area writers and poets of the ‘40’s, ‘50’s and ‘60’s’, most of them long gone.
The first seven appeared in our Jan. 6, 2012 issue. Please see our website for the essays as one piece.
MILTON MAYER, Carmel writer/pacifist. In the early ‘50’s, when Senator Joe McCarthy was riding high, I worked as news editor of a tiny radio station, KTIP, in Porterville, south of Tulare. One weekend, I visited the Monterey Bay area with my wife-to-be, Winnie, to attend a lecture by Milton Mayer at Asilomar. Ordinarily, I shun lectures by anyone and everyone, anywhere, so the Asilomar trip was - – to put it mildly -– an unusual one for me. Although I did not share Mayer’s pacifist convictions, I was enormously impressed by his views, eloquently and elegantly ex-pressed monthly in the Progressive Magazine (Madi-son, Wisconsin). Some years later, when I moved to
the Highlands, my regard for Mayer’s work spread to the man himself.
Among his books: “They Thought They Were Free,” an account of his postwar year in a small town in occupied Germany, bridging the chasm between himself and ten Nazi neighbors.
Other notable books: “If Men were Angels,” “Biode-gradable Men” and
“What can a Man Do?”
HENRY MILLER, Big Sur. Like Carmel poet Robinson Jeffers, Miller is well known to the public. His novels, banned in the U.S. at the time, were rou-tinely smuggled into the country by tourists returning from France during the ‘50’s. Constant attempts by the gendarmes to stop U. S. publication thrust Miller into the middle of some sensational courtroom dramas.
As book editor of the San Francisco Examiner in 1961-62, I’d once testified in a Marin courtroom against censorship of Miller’s best-selling “Tropic of Cancer” –- porn, I thought, with what the lawyers call redeeming social value -– but my personal contact with the man was limited to the day I bumped into him while on to a visit to a friend who’d briefly rented a house near Miller’s on Partington Ridge.
The introductions were a bit strained, I thought. In my daily column at the Examiner, I once had com-pared the dignity shown by George Orwell in the pages of “Down and Out in London and Paris” to Miller’s begging bowl pleas for money from his readers to ease the hardships of his Paris days.
It turned out the “strain” was imaginary -– Miller had never heard of me or my column. Moreover, he came off as likable. That shouldn’t have surprised me. After all, he’d won the esteem of Ephraim Doner, a mensch whose bountiful vitality, laughter and joy went limp in the presence of phonies.
Even my belief that Miller was a shameless money-grubber turned out to be shaky. A lengthy, surprisingly in-depth interview of Miller in Cava-lier magazine (1963) by Lionel Olay avers that Miller -- then age 70 –- “owns but one suit, has only a bicycle to take him where he has to go and, aside from a gourmet palate and a fine nose for expensive wines, is still as disinterested in cash as ever.”
“I still have a list in my notebook of my debts,” Miller is quoted as saying, “the $2, $5, $6 kind of debts. As I pay them, I cross each one out.”
RAYLYN MOORE, Pacific Grove poet/writer/teacher. Like her husband, Ward, Raylyn published numerous short stories in the top science fiction maga-zines of yore. Her books included “Wonderful Wizard, Marvelous Land” and “What Happened to Emily
Les Gorn, Pacific GroveAutobiographical: pertinent background: author, The Anglo Saxons, a novel reprinted in soft cover as The Greater Glory; teacher (story lab, world literature, great plays), Monterey Peninsula College; S. F. Black Writers’ Workshop (its only instructor and only white guy), and University of California Extension; screenwriter, three movies better forgotten; and a stint as book editor and daily columnist, San Francisco Examiner.
We Pass This Way But Once~ by Les Gorn
Good?” But it was her poetry that won the greatest admiration and esteem of fellow writers.
A week or two before Raylyn’s unexpected death in 2005, she gave a poetry reading at the Barnyard in Carmel. I’ve rarely seen an audience so moved. Like Eric Barker and many another poet of excellence, Rayly never gained the recognition she and her poetry merited.
WARD MOORE, Monterey. A bearded, yarmul-
ka-wearing volcano of a man, Ward sometimes joined the writers, artists, would-be’s and newsmen at lunch on the terrace at Ring’s, the popular Munras Street restaurant-hangout run by Vic and Bessie Knight. Invariably, Ward’s presence created a stir. Diners at nearby tables edged closer. Ward played no favorites. Everyone in the vicinity was equally entitled to benefit from his literary pronouncements.
Not that his literary pronouncements lacked substance. Almost invariably, they were authoritative. Sometimes they were brilliant.
Although Ward was best known for his science fiction, his finest work was “Melons of Egypt,” a liter-ary blockbuster destroyed by the author after sev-eral publishers adjudged it (accurately, I think) a non-moneymaker, a fate similarly accorded Bob Bradford’s open-eyed, fictional look at his growing-up years in Colorado.
In 1978, Ward was stricken by a stroke and confined to a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down. I drove down from San Francisco to see him. His long beard, now snow-white, had transformed him into an Old Testament patriarch. He could utter only three words, which he transmuted into one eloquent three-syllable word, end-less repeated. “Goddamit! Goddamit!” He died about a week afterward, sweet Raylyn by his side.
Among his more popular books: “Greener than You Think,” “Bring the Jubilee” and “Cloud by Day.”
LIONEL OLAY, Pacific Grove. Lionel’s published work included two novels, “The Dark Corners of the Night“ (crime) and “The Heart of a Stranger” (Hollywood) and a number of magazine articles, including a moving tribute to Lenny Bruce at his death; a long, hard, freewheel-ing look -– for Cavalier -- at San Francisco’s purported myths and fantasies; and –- for the Monterey Herald, if I remember -- a probing piece on what Lionel took to be the Monterey Bay area’s illusions and realities.
Hunter S. Thomp-son regarded Lionel as his close friend and mentor.
According to William McKeen, “Rolling Stone’s” managing editor in 1970, Thompson greatly
Thompson’s tribute to Lionel, titled “The Ultimate Freelancer,” explored his originality, integrity and intellectual honesty. “After fighting the good fight and serving alongside Castro, “ Thompson said, “Olay died
of a stroke, not yet of middle age.”It’s difficult to reconcile Thompson’s Lionel Olay
with the Lionel Olay I knew, although the swashbuck-ling charm does strike a faint bell.
Very faint.During the off-season, low-rent months of 1957,
I lived on Balboa Island, near Laguna Beach. It was there I met Lionel and his likeable femme fatale wife, Kay. Since the island (shaped like a cigar) was only about thirteen short blocks long and one to three blocks wide, we (my wife, Winnie and I) saw them frequently. Lionel was not averse to frequently dropping in at din-nertime.
As April loomed, the talk turned to the im-pending high rent season and the need for impecunious writers to move on. Instead of returning to Holly-wood and renewing the struggle for a toehold there, I’d decided to follow a friend’s suggestion and move to Monterey. Lionel listened with keen interest. The next morning, we had a visit from his milkman. (Yep, we had milk delivery at the time.) Lionel had vanished. The milkman wanted to be paid.
Over the next few days, we had several such visi-tors, including Lionel’s landlord and auto mechanic and newspaper delivery boy.
We were reunited with Lionel in Monterey. Unabashed, he gave us a hearty hello. We saw quite a lot of him until he went into his second vanishing act. Among the friends and creditors he’d stiffed this time was a Herald newsman who -- moved to lend a helping hand to a talented and charismatic newcomer -– had rented Lionel an apartment at a scaled-down rental rate.
How all this equates with Lionel’s having fought the good fight here and in Castro’s Cuba is more than I can fathom.
JOHN SMITHBACK, Monterey poet. In 1966, John opened the Bull’s Eye Tavern on Washington Street in Monterey. Instantly, the pub -– beer on tap, wine by the glass, dartboards, ear-splitting rock, puls-ing strobe lights –- became a popular hangout of the with-It young and won Esquire magazine’s imprimatur as “the only place to go in Monterey.” On occasion, things got a bit obstreperous in the crowded bar, and John found himself a new talent -– that of bouncer.
All good things, they say, come to an end. Inevita-bly, another Monterey pub opened its doors to gain in-stant cachet, and the with-It young promptly abandoned the old for the new, as the young are wont to do.
In 1976, John opted for a change of scene. Selling his house and possessions, he conquered his long-time fear of flying and took off to Hong Kong, where he quickly landed a University job teaching Eng-lish. There, he met and married Ching Yee, a pretty nurse with a gift for cartooning. Combining talents, the two began doing a daily feature for a Hong Kong newspaper: a cartoon illustrating a particular English idiom with a caption explaining the idiom’s mean-ing. The feature caught on and soon was syndicated to other newspapers in the Far East. Today, John and Ching Yee are the co-authors of some forty “language learning” books and games under such titles as “Idiom Magic” and ”Fun with Idioms.”
A book of John’s poetry, “Silent in the Dawn,” saw publication last year.
Milton Mayer
Henry Miller
Ward Moore
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Gonzales High boys soccer hosted the Breakers of PG Wed. Jan. 11 in the second round of league play. Gonzales JV beat PG 3-0 in a game that didn’t match the score line. PG had numerous shots on goal but the Gonzales goalie was solid and held a shut out result.
PG varsity started quickly and earned a penalty kick in the first five minutes. David Oh read the goalie well to put PG up 1-0. Sophomore Jordan Jones scored the final two goals from a gorgeous assist by David Oh and another by Luca Talone. Gonzales scored in the 55th minute to try to turn the game’s momentum but PG held strong to a 3-1 result. PG is now 8-1-1 overall and 2-0 in league.
Big game this Friday night, Jan. 13 at the Breaker stadium where PG hosts the long-term rivals Carmel. PG is hungry for a sporting win against Carmel. “Please encourage everyone to come out. We have an open concession stand for warm coffee and cocoa!” said head soccer coach. Brad Weber.
JV, 3:30, Varsity at 5:30.- Coach Brad Weber
Khalid Ismail led Breakers scorers in the Jan. 4 game against Carmel. Photo by Joel Bowman
On Fri., Jan. 4, the Pacific Grove High School Boys and Girls Basketball teams hosted their rivals Carmel High. Starting 5 years ago, the schools decided to play both the boys and girls game at the same gym on the same night. This creates an outstand-ing atmosphere and allows people to watch nonstop basketball from 1:30 pm to 9 pm.
The Varsity boys’ tilt was full of anticipation as both teams entered league play with 1-0 records. Carmel jumped on the Breakers with 15-2 first quarter and never trailed as they prevailed 35-27. Despite a rough first quarter, the Breakers battled back in the fourth quarter and cut Carmel’s lead to six points, 27-21. Carmel answered with a run to seal the game. Khalid Ismail was the only Breaker in double digits scoring a game high 14 points.
On Jan. 11, the Breakers traveled to Soledad High School and had a thrilling 43-41 victory over the Aztecs. Khalid Ismail hit a game-winning shot with two seconds left to steal the victory. Ismail led the Breakers with 18 points and Miles Cutchin chipped in 10 points. The Breakers improved to 2-1 in the MTAL and 4-8 overall.
In the week ahead, the Breakers host their rival Stevenson this Fri., Jan. 13 at 7:00 p.m. On Mon. Jan. 16, the Breakers will travel to San Luis Obispo to take on Mission Prep in their final non-league game at 5:00 p.m. The Breakers return home on Wed. Jan. 18 to host Gonzales.
Please come out and support our team and check out our website www.breaker-basketball.org.
-Coach Dan Powers
Boys basketballCarmel takes PG; but PG has thrilling victory over Soledad
Boys of Summer prep Lobos’ field
A pair of Monterey Peninsula College Lobos baseball team were among many team members who turned out to prep the field and clean up the surrounding area as they get ready for the new season. Coach Dan Phillips says they have begun working out.
Breaker boys soccer continues victorymarch: 2-0 in league, 8-1-1 overall
Last Friday, Jan. 6 the Breakers took the court versus their arch rivals, Carmel. From the jump ball through the first half, PG looked crisp and refined, playing with an intensity that is expected when playing the Padres. Lilli Consiglio led the way for the Breakers, scoring all of her 12 points in the first half. With Pacific Grove ahead 19-16 rolling into the 3rd quarter, Carmel mounted a comeback exploding with 25 points in the quarter. While Carmel shot a tremendous percentage in the half, the Breakers could not match and lost momentum throughout the rest of the second half. With the loss, Pacific Grove will build on their tremendous first half looking to play better versus Soledad in their next league game.
Wednesday night opened with a very fast paced game that pushed the tempo of both squads in Pacific Grove and Soledad. Again the Breakers found themselves ahead at the half, 23-22. As the third quarter opened up, the pace never stalled. Scoring 16 points in the quarter, Pacific Grove never trailed until the 4th quarter. Trading baskets with the Aztecs for most of the game, the Breakers experienced a span of back to back turnovers which led to easy buckets for Soledad. With Soledad ahead by 5 points, Maggie Snyder hit a pivotal 3 pointer to get within 2, 51-49. A sideline out of bounds play for PG led to another open look at a triple for Snyder to win the game, but fell short. The Breakers were led by 3 girls in double figures; Sabrina Riffle with 10 points, Vanessa Villareal with 11 points, and Jessica Mathews with 14 points. They hope to carry their intensity into this Friday night's game versus RLS at 6:30. Come catch some high school basketball and support the Pacific Grove Girls!
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Prominent local painter and art teacher, Jan Wagstaff will demonstrate her vivid technique at the regular monthly meeting of the Central Coast Art Associa-tion, Mon. Jan. 23, starting at 7:30 pm. Ms. Wagstaff serves on the art faculty of York School and is a signature member of the Carmel Art Association.
The Central Coast Art Association meets the fourth Monday of the month, 7:30 – 9:00 pm at the Monterey Youth Center, 777 Pearl St (next to Dennis the Menace Park), Monterey. Non-members are welcome.
For more information, contact: Deborah Russell – 920-8130 – [email protected] (CCAA Program Coordinator); Shirley Moffitt – 384-6681 – [email protected] (CCAA President) or Harry Wareham – 372-2841 – [email protected] (CCAA Publicity Coordinator)
Learn more about Jan Wagstaff and her art at: www.janwagstaff.com/
Jan Wagstaff to offer workshopat Central Coast Art Association
City seeks volunteersThe City of Pacific Grove is recruiting volunteers to serve in several
positions within the City government structure. The city has established a volunteer program to bring people inside government to build understanding and create advocates.
Pacific Grove residents have a strong history of citizen volunteering on boards, committees and various other areas of the City. “A strong volunteer program brings new partners and new resources into the city,” said Tom Frutchey, Pacific Grove City Manager. “They augment programs and compei-ment our services.”
Local residents have made it clear they want to find ways to help their community. A structured volunteer program will coordinate these efforts and assure they are utilized efficiently and effectively with maximum benefits for both the residents and the city. Currently, volunteers are needed at City Hall, the Library, and the Public Works Department.
If you are interested in volunteering, you are invited to call the Program Coordinator at 831-648-3109 or visit the city website at www.ci.pg.ca.us/volunteer.htm for a complete list and description of volunteer opportunities.
Art reception for French artist Marie-Christine Safford
at Artisana GalleryFeatured artist for January, Marie-Christine Safford has brought a magnifi-
cent collection of paintings, Lumen and Cliche Verre photos, bronze sculpture and porcelain ceramics to the gallery at Artisana Gallery. There will be a recep-tion for the artist on Fri., Jan. 20 from 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Complimentary refreshments and live entertainment will be offered.Marie-Christine Safford has traveled in many countries drawing her in-
spiration from many customs and cultures around the world. While living in France she studied psychology and art in Paris, Bordeaux and Lorient where she was also a member of City Council. In the early 80s she moved to California where she received a degree in Fine Art. Marie-Christine has exhibited her work in many of the Monterey Peninsula’s finest galleries and art exhibitions.
“I am always fascinated by the mystery which emanates from a stone sculpture, witnessing so many secrets and memories from the past,” says Safford. “Art to me is a bath of light and music where my fingers dance in harmony to create what I feel in my soul. As a light of spiritual truth, I like to bring life to my sculptures.”
Marie-Christine’s art can be viewed at Artisana Gallery in Pacific Grove where she is a featured artist for January, and at Venture Art Gallery in Mon-terey, Avant Garden Gallery and Titus Gallery in Carmel.
Friends of the Library setsannual meeting for Jan. 21
The Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Pacific Grove Library will be held Sat., Jan. 21 at the P.G. Museum. The meeting will begin with a book and puzzle swap (limit of 5 of each) that is open to the public. Participants can join or renew Friends’ membership at the door.
The business meeting portion of the Annual Meeting will begin at 2:00 p.m. and be followed by a presentation by Michael Katakis and Kris Hardin, authors of “Photograph and Words.”
Katakis and Hardin recently returned from London where they were introduced to the Queen who viewed a show of Michael Katakis’ works at the British Library. All of their works have been acquired by the British Library for its collections.
The Friends of the Library exists to support the Pacific Grove Public Library through fundraising and volunteer efforts. The Pacific Grove Public Library, which attracts approximately 10,000 attendees per month, benefits from more volunteer hours per year than any other City department.
Online registration for the 2012 Spring Baseball and Softball Season is in full swing and can be accessed through the League’s website at pgpony.org. Register before Jan. 27 and save $10.00 per player.
“We are all excited about what is in store for the league this next season”, says League Board Member and Webmaster, Neil MacLaren. “We recently launched our newly remodeled web site that not only includes an online registration option to make that process more convenient for our busy league families, but also has player and coaches’ tools designed to be a resource for players, families, and coaches alike all season long.”
Pacific Grove Pony depends on the sup-port of sponsors in the community.
A “Sponsor Dugout” was created as well at the site to not only demonstrate the league’s gratitude, but also to better recognize league sponsors for their generosity and continued support. Sponsorship Director Brian “Woodie” Wood says “Pacific Grove Pony could not pro-vide the baseball and softball experience for the youth of Pacific Grove without the gener-ous donations of our sponsors, some of whom have been working with our organization for more than 20 years. Our sponsors are great examples of the community spirit that resides in America’s Last Hometown.”
For additional information on becom-ing a sponsor please go to www.pgpony.org or contact Woodie at [email protected].
Baseball and softball field improvements remains a priority for the League. Field Im-provements Coordinator Mike Consiglio says working in conjunction with the City and Pacific Grove School District several projects are under way. New railings are to be installed along the top of the bleachers at Muni Field as well as a sprinkler system for wetting the infield. The lower David Avenue fields, as well as the Pacific Oaks/Community High School field, will have base receivers installed. Other improvements to the fields include cinder replacement, gopher abatement, additional storage for field equipment and base receiver installation at the Forest Grove upper field.
“The site redevelopment was a real team effort”, says MacLaren, “only made possible by the valuable input and hard work of our coaches, players, their families and our board members”.
President and long-time Board Member Craig Bell is excited about new efforts the League is making in the area of manager and
Pacific Grove Pony Baseball and Softball League announces opening of online registration
coach development. PG Pony has adopted a new coaching philosophy known as the Posi-tive Coaching Alliance that is sweeping the Nation. The mission of the Positive Coaching Alliance movement is to transform youth sports so that sports can transform youth. One main theme of the “PCA” is to foster the dual-goal-coach. The dual goal coach is one who can create a competitive respectful environment while using the sport to teach life lessons.
By the age of 13 some 70 percent of kids quit playing sports. Pony League wants to do everything they can to keep kids involved. The League has Positive Coaching Alliance instructors scheduled to visit and hold training seminars designed to instill the PCA philoso-phies in League Board Members, managers, and coaches as well as those that may have simply have an interest in coaching.
People intrested in coaching may register to coach now at www.pgpony.org and “get in on the ground floor of this life changing movement,” says McLaren.
“As Board Members, we look forward to continuing to serve our players and families in our community,” says long-time Board Member and current League President, Mi-chele Ross. “We are again offering scholar-ships to those in need to make certain that, during these difficult economic times, all of our young players have an opportunity to participate in, and grow through the sports of baseball and softball. President Craig Bell adds, “The League feels fortunate to be in a position to fund 10 percent of all registra-tions each season from our scholarship fund in an effort to assist our League families and players.”
Scholarship information can be obtained by sending an email to [email protected].
PG Pony was founded in 1974 and is committed to providing organized Baseball and Softball to the youth of the community. The Mission of Pacific Grove Pony is to rein-force in our youth ideals of good sportsman-ship, honesty, loyalty as well as courage and respect for themselves and others. The League meets this objective by providing supervised competitive games and practices with the goal of creating stronger and happier youth who will grow through League play to become healthy, well adjusted adults. PG Pony Base-ball and Softball is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors presided over by current Presidents Craig Bell and Michele Ross.
- Neil MacLaren
‘Monterey to Big Sur’ held over
Due to the popularity of Monterey to Big Sur at Lighthouse Cinemas in December, the theater has re booked the film for a week’s run starting January 16 thru 22. Showtimes 5:00 p.m. daily with additional matinees Sat. and Sun. Jan. 21 and 22 at 1:00 p.m.
John Harris will also be appearing on Theresa Wright’s “Feedback @ 5” on KSBW-TV, January 15, 2012.
Santa Rosa Entertainment Group, which operates Lighthouse Cinemas will be booking the film in more of its theaters later in January. Updates to come.
Congregation Beth Israel sets Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Congregation Beth Israel invites the public to attend their scholar-in-residence program with Dr. Deborah Lipstadt. Dr. Lipstadt is a Professor of Modern Jewish and Ho-locaust Studies at Emory Universityon Fri. and Sat., Jan. 20-21. Maybe best known for her book, His-tory on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier, it outlines the story of her libel trial in London against David Irving who sued her for calling him a Holocaust denier and right wing extremist. The trial was described by the Daily Telegraph (London) as having “done for the new century what the Nuremberg tribunals or the Eichmann trial did for earlier generations.” The Times described it as “history has had its day in court and scored a crushing victory.”
The following presentations are open:Fri., Jan. 206:00 p.m. Catered Chicken Dinner$20 for CBI Members, $25. for non-members, $12. for Children Under 137:00 PM Shabbat Service and First Presentation“Jewish Ethics: A Pathway to Spirituality”Sat. Fri., Jan. 2010:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Morning Presentation“The Ten Commandments: A New Look”Bagels and cream cheese along with coffee will be pro-vided.(Donations always appreciated)2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Afternoon Presentation“Beyond Belief: The American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust”Learn how the American press covered the news of the persecution of European Jewry between 1933 and 1945. “What did the American public know and when did they know it?”
7:00 p.m. Havdalah Service and Chocolate Dessert BuffetFinal Presentation focusing on Dr. Lipstadt’s book, Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory
Dr. Lipstadt will analyze the major issues involved in her lawsuit in London and link them to the rise of “new anti-Semitism.” While this evening event is free for CBI members, we will request a $10 donation from non-CBI members.
Dr. Lipstadt has taught at UCLA and Occidental College in Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. from Brandeis University. She has appeared on CNN, 60 Min-utes, Today Show, Good Morning America, NPR’s Fresh Air, the BBC, Charlie Rose Show, and is widely quoted in a variety of newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and the New York Times.
This program is made possible by endowment of the Ted Orliss Scholar-in-Residence Program. For more infor-mation, contact Congregation Beth Israel - 5716 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel, CA 93923 Phone: 831.624.2015 E-mail: [email protected] www.carmelbethisrael.org
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Events
Up and Coming
St. Angela’s Merici Church in Pacific Grove, the site of California impressionist E. Charlton Fortune’s first liturgical commission more than 80 years ago, will present a dramatic staged reading of the play “Fortune’s Way, or Notes on Art for Catholics (and Others)’’ on Friday evening, Jan. 27 at 7:00 p.m.
The performance ties in with St. Angela’s feast day, which is January 27 of each year.Fortune, considered one of California’s greatest artists, in 1928 founded the Monterey Guild, which was devoted
to ecclesiastical art. The Guild commission at St. Angela’s was the first of more than 30 that were completed across the United States over the years, leading to recognition by Pope Pius XII. Examples of Fortune’s and the Guild’s work can still be seen at St. Angela’s.
Fortune’s Impressionistic paintings today are among the most sought after of early California artists and have reached seven figures at auction. Because she turned to liturgical art in middle age her impressionistic art is rare. Fortune survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
The play, written by Pacific Grove writer and playwright Steve Hauk, looks back over Fortune’s career – which included a silver medal from the Paris Salon and a gold medal for design from the American Institute of Architects – as the artist gives a slide lecture in Kansas City in the early 1940s during the final days of World War II.
Prominent Monterey Peninsula actress Teresa Del Piero, who originated the role in 2010, plays Fortune, and John Brady is Fortune’s friend, Bishop O’Hara. The play is staged by Conrad Selvig, founder of the Carmel Bay Players. John Castagna is graphics consultant.
“Fortune’s Way’’ premiered at the Carmel Mission in 2010 and has also been performed at The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Pacific Grove Public Library and the Carmel Art Association.
Eva Lothar, the French filmmaker who made the acclaimed documentary on 1970s Cannery Row, “Street of the Sardine,’’ has prepared a French translation of the play for possible production in France.
Tickets for the performance are a $10 donation. Tickets are available at the church office at 146 8th Street, Pacific Grove, or by calling 655-4160. The doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Workshop for men offered Jan. 21On Saturday, Jan .21 from 9:30a.m. to 4:30p.m. the Unitarian Church at
490 Aguajito Rd. in Monterey will host an all-day workshop by author David Richo, on behalf of the Breakthrough Men’s Community. The workshop is based upon Richo’s most recently published work, titled How To Be An Adult In Faith and Spirituality, and is designed for the average person and is not biased for or against any religious tradition. Spend a day with David Richo as he shares his ideas on adult faith and spirituality, along with a lengthy question and answer session at the end. The event is open to the public and the cost is $60 for Break-through Members and $80 for non-Breakthrough members. For more informa-tion or to place reservations, please contact the Breakthrough office for at (831) 375-5441.
Fortune’s Way to be presented at St. Angela’s
Dr. Deborah Lipstadt
Tango workshops celebrate‘Year of the DragonFri., Jan. 27Lunar New Year Milonga“The Year of the Dragon”Wave Street Studios774 Wave St., Monterey8:00 PM - 12:00 AMPre-Milonga Class & Milonga $20DJ David, Los Angeles Tango Instructor
Sat., Jan. 28Tango workshopsLadies Only Technique, 12:30 -1:30 PMTuition $25; Partnering Technique. 2:00 - 5:00 PM Tuition: $60Sun., Jan. 29Beginners Workshop. 1:00 – 2:00PM Tuition: $30Evolution Studio @ American Tin Cannery,125 Ocean View Blvd., Pacific Grove
Marriage that lasts is topicfor 8-week session
Beginning on Jan. 18 at the Mayflower Presbyterian Church, there will be an eight-session discussion titled “Marriage that Lasts” based upon Rob Parson’s “21st Century Marriage” a DVD that includes humor and real life insights on marriage. Topics covered include: knowing we matter, acceptance, when everything screams out “It’s over!”, time for Love, when sparks fly, dealing with debt, the affair, and love in the real world. There is no cost for the series. A free dinner is provided at 6:00 p.m. with the discussion 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. The Mayflower Presbyterian Church is located at 141 14th street. For more information, please call the church at (831) 373-4705.
Rotary Cioppino Feed comingMonterey Pacific Rotary Club presents its Fourth Annual Cioppino & Vino featuring World Famous Phil’s
Fish Market cioppino plus wine, salad, bread, entertainment and more on Sat., Jan. 28 at St. Angela Merici Parish Hall.
Appetizers and a silent auction begin at 6:00 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:00 p.m.. Tickets available at $55.00 per person at www.montereypacificrotary.org or by mail at $60.00 per person. Please call Geoff at 277-7087 or MaryNina at 917-6763 for more information. Space is very limited.
PeepsYour Achievements
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By Peter Mounteer
Imagine being best friends with someone for forty years. Through thick and thin you and your best friend have been there for each other, you might say that the two of you are closer than siblings. Sounds good. But one other thing, you’ve only met nine times in the last four decades, and communicate primarily via snail mail. That’s the relationship between Elayne Azevedo, a Pacific Grove resident, and Ursula Dean, of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Their relationship began 1971, when Azevedo, was a fourth grader living in Maxwell, California. She noticed an ad in the lo-cal newspaper for an organization called “League of Friendships” which offered to connect subscribers to a pen pal in a different country. Azevedo obtained a form and filled it out, requesting a pen pal in an English speaking country. She received her first letter on October 29, 1971 from Ursula Butler of Accrington, Lancashire, a sizable city in northern England.
Their stories were about their lives, and they got to know each other’s family and friends. “My dad wasn’t too well on Sunday, so mum and I went to see the exhibition of fashion in the Victoria and Albert Museum…” was one such line from Ursula’s second letter to Azevedo on Nov 23, 1971 as they began to let each other into their lives. They discussed where they lived and their interests.
“She was involved in Girl Guides, and I was into 4H,” Aze-vedo said describing their similar interests. However, while they shared interests, they had their differences as well. For example, Ursula came from urban Accrington, while Azevedo lived on a farm in Maxwell, a census designated place, which are usually very small, unincorporated communities.
Azevedo received her 100th letter from Ursula on April 26, 1977. They would send each other packages, birthday and holiday cards, music recordings on tape, etc. “For the longest time we exchanged stamps and our favorite songs.” Azevedo said. “[For a while] our letters were about breaking down stereotypes about…British stiff upper lip and the Hollywood portrayal of typical American girls.” Azevedo stated.
And so their correspondence continued, with letters coming to each household every few weeks. They did not meet until the sum-mer of 1975, by which time Azevedo has slightly modified her first name, because there were two other girls named Elaine in her class. “Dear Elayne, SOME GREAT NEWS: Summer 1975, I am coming to the U.S.A.” reads the first line of letter number 64. Ursula jour-neyed to Washington State with a her mother and a friend of theirs, and stayed in California with Azevedo for 10 days, during which time she saw Giant Sequoia redwoods, San Francisco, and learned how to play poker. Ursula visited Elayne again in 1977 after she won a contest in a British teen magazine to go to Hollywood.
Azevedo then made her first European visit in 1978 and spent three weeks in the south of France with the Butler family before swinging up to London to visit her English grandparents for two weeks. Their next reunion wouldn’t come until over a decade later, in 1989 when Ursula visited the United States again, during the same year in which she met her life partner, and changed her name to his, Dean. They saw each other again in 1994 during another visit by Dean, and in 1995 when Azevedo went across the pond. Azevedo went again in 2003, followed by a 2006 visit by Dean to America, and finally, Azevedo’s most recent visit to England in 2008.
The two women have maintained their lengthy relationship primarily via pen and paper writing. “There’s nothing like getting a real letter, and I really value pen to paper” Azevedo said. “It’s therapeutic, very personal and intimate, and a very good way to communicate.” Azevedo said that they had tried telephoning and Skype, an online video calling service, but they both agreed that they prefer to write on paper.
They enjoy sharing American and British slang with one another. The families send each other Christmas cards, Azevedo herself is close with both Ursula’s ex-husband’s family, and her current partner’s family as well. “We’ve been an important anchor in each other’s lives, her first marriage ended some time ago and I helped her through that, and she was there for me after my husband died.” Azevedo said. “We really feel like sisters.” Indeed, Ursula has referred to Azevedo as “sis” since at least 1979, as samples of her letters indicate. Although they share photographs with one an-other via email, Dean lamented in a letter to Azevedo in July 2011 “It’s lovely to have something that you can read as and when you like. Emails aren’t the same!”
Through the years, the two remain very close. According to Azevedo, she is working on having a reunion trip sometime in 2012, to celebrate the 41st year of their relationship. Azevedo is currently approaching companies like Sheaffer, an American pen manufacturer – of course – to sponsor Ursula’s trip to the United States.
Pen pals for 40 yearsPacific Grove woman and her UK friend
Beginning in 1971. Elayne Azevedo of Pacific Grove (then Maxwell, CA) and her pen pal Ursula Dean, then from Lancashire, UK have sent pictures, post cards, greeting cards and parcels back and forth across the miles.
Interspersed with occasional visits on both sides, the two have maintained a 40-year friend-ship
Elayne has maintained a record of the re-lationship, beginning with the second letter Ursula sent. The most recent picture, right, was taken in 2008. Elayne is on the left.
Daylene Alliman has been hired by the Monterey Regional Waste Manage-ment District (MRWMD) as its new Hu-man Resources Manager. She replaces Richard Norton, who retired at the end of 2011. He had been with the MRWMD for 22 years.
Alliman, who began in her new position this year, has extensive expe-rience in government and the private sector. She came to the MRWMD from the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA), where she was executive assistant, deputy clerk and human resources administrator.
Prior to that, Alliman was princi-pal consultant at CSI Human Resources Group in Monterey. She also was a limited-term principal personnel analyst for Monterey County for more than four years, and she has served as an adjunct professor for six years at Brandman (Chapman) University in Monterey.
“We are delighted to have a person of Daylene’s background, experience and character join us,” said William Merry, general manager of the MRWMD. “She brings with her a thorough understanding of human resources work.”
Alliman has a bachelor’s degree in social science from Portland State University and a master’s in organizational management from the University of Phoenix in San Diego. She is a 2004 graduate of Leadership Monterey Peninsula.
She makes her home with husband Mike in Pacific Grove.
January 13, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times • Page 11
New HR Director named byWaste Management District
Daylene Alliman
Marina Motorsports, Inc. is a non-profit service organization. Our primary goal is to provide family oriented automotive related activities while benefiting local service clubs, other non-profit organizations and the City of Marina.
Treasurer John Molton says, “Our slogan says it all: ‘Wheels in motion for community benefit.’ ”
Since 2003 Marina Motorsports has donated $104,000 to various non-profit organizations.
2011’s donations = $22,040Alliance on Aging: $500American Cancer Society/Relay for Life: $500Animal Friends Rescue Project: $500Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County: $500Court Appointed Special Advocates, “CASA” of Monterey County: $500CM Star Riders: $500Cal Poly (scholarship): $500First Church of God (school supplies): $500First Night Monterey: $500Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries: $500Friends of Marina Library: $500Gateway Center of Monterey: $1,000Legal Services For Seniors: $500MPC Fire Academy Trust (scholarship): $2,000Marina Recreation Department: $2,690Marina Air Faire: $200Marina in Motion: $1,000Marina International Festival of the Wind: $600Marina Volunteers Fire Fighters Assoc. Toy Drive: $750Marina Youth Arts: $500Pacific Grove Library: $1,000Pacific Grove Recreation Department: $1,000Operation Care and Comfort: $500Rancho Cielo: $1,500SPCA for Monterey County: $500Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation: $1,800Save Our Shores: $500Seniors Council-Foster Grandparent Program: $500
For more information on Marina Motorsports, see their website at http://www.marinamotorsports.org/.
Marina Motorsports, Inc. tells 2011 donations to nonprofits
Your Achievements
Peeps
City Employee of the QuarterTony Marino
Pacific Grove Parking Enforcement Officer, Tony Marino, has been selected as a recipient of the City of Pacific Grove’s distinguished Employee of Quarter Award. Marino has been working for the city at his current position since 1997, and is recognized for going above and beyond the scope of his regular duty assignments. While on duty one morning, Marino came to the aid of a heart attack victim near Asilomar State beach and provided him with unassisted CPR after contacting dispatch, until fire personnel arrived and transported the victim to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Marino will be recognized with a certificate of appreciation at the Jan 18, 2012 City Council meeting.
Friends of the Pacific Grove Library presents:
Michael Katakis, photographer
Don’t miss this world class event!
Saturday, Jan. 21 at 2:30 p.m.Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Ave.
Books will be available for purchase at the event.Suggested donation to benefit the library is $10. Refreshments are included.
For more information call 648-5762 or go to pacificgrove.lib.ca.us
One of America’s distinguished photographers and writers, Michael Katakis collaborates with social anthropologist Kris Hardin to present a portrait of humanity. They will discuss their book, Photographs and Words, featuring highlights of their life-long work and world-wide travels, focusing on periods of social change or aspects of daily life from the United States to Sierra Leone.
Nervous System Healing • Trauma ReleaseCDs: Chakra Meditation, Relaxation, Meditation, Inner Guides
Rabia Erduman
Self discovery
Why your diet doesn’t workIt’s the season of dieting, but before you start, be sure the approach you’re choos-
ing makes sense.Dr. Mark Vierra will talk about “Truth in advertising: Why your diet doesn’t work,”
during a free lecture and question-and-answer session from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, January 21 at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
Vierra will talk about the science behind weight control and weight loss, assess what’s right and what’s wrong with some of today’s common diets, and offer approaches that are sound.
The talk will be held in the main conference rooms at Community Hospital, 23625 Holman Highway, Monterey. For more information, please call 625-4505.
Talk on acupuncture set at Monterey LibraryJoin Maureen Manning, L.Ac., Laura Paris, L.Ac, Kristan Roth, L.Ac, and Kaz
Wegmuller, L.Ac on Wed., Jan. 18 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. and find out all about acupunc-ture, a method of encouraging the body to promote natural healing and to improve functioning. Dr. Ellinoy will lead a discussion with a group of Licensed Acupunctur-ists. They will discuss the education, training, professional practice and services of the acupuncturist, which they believe can greatly help us with our individual health challenges in the current health care environment.
This lecture is part of The Next Chapter: Designing Your Ideal Life Program Series that covers health and well-being, planning for the future, following ones spirit and other interesting topics for the second half of life. This program series is sponsored by the Friends of the Monterey Public Library and the Monterey Public Library Endow-ment Committee.
Workshop on redefining relationships at PG Library
On Saturday, January 14th, the Pacific Grove Library will host Susanna Bon-ner as she facilitates a discussion-based workshop on Recommiter--a framework for creating and exploring relationships. Bonner, always interested in conscious relating and communication, is offering this workshop to start a shared dialogue about ways to craft healthy relationships.
Recommiter is a simple step-by-step tool that helps people stay curious, present, and willing, as they expand into new aspects of their relationships. The Recommiter model can be used individually or collaboratively, and addresses many common dif-ficulties that arise in relationships.
The workshop will be from 10 AM to noon, and a requested $5 donation will benefit the library directly. RSVP to reserve a spot by calling the library at (831) 648-5760 or 648-5762.
Imagine you’re a child. For one rea-son or another, you’re not getting your needs met. Children are naturally help-less and dependant on grown ups (Mom, Dad, family) for survival. If your needs aren’t being met, it naturally triggers your survival fear and will very likely lead to a temper tantrum. As a child you are very intuitive, sensitive an intelligent. Feeling angry when your needs are not being met is a very healthy response. Then what happens? We live in a culture filled with shoulds and should nots, that feelings are not okay to express, to show. You’re a bad girl/bad boy for having a temper tantrum. You get judged, punished for showing your natural anger. Around the age 4, after being angry naturally and expressing at lots of times and being made wrong, you have to close the door and repress your anger,
Can you love Anger?
because this is the safest decision you can make in those circumstances.
Sometimes repressing your anger doesn’t give you the attention and care you need from mom and dad. If you’re the youngest of eight kids, your older siblings may be getting all the attention, leaving you lost and lonely. By trial and error you experience that the only way you get enough attention from your parents
and caregivers is when you are loud and angry. Your subconscious mind gets stuck in believing that this is the only way to be seen and heard.
Anger is part of our fire energy. Our healthy fire is connected to our inner power, excitement about life, being mo-tivated to take action, feeling warm like the sun. It gives us the knowing “This is my life. I have a right to exist. I am equal to everyone else.”
The fire energy is in your stomach, head, and eyes mainly.
Now, as the Adult that you are, you have choices you didn’t have as that child. Let yourself look at this child, who is now your “Inner Child” in your heart, deeply understanding why she/he had to either repress his/her anger or get stuck in it. Feel your compassion, your unconditional Love embracing her/him.
Love heals. When you love your wounded Inner Child unconditionally, your Love penetrates into the anger and transforms it into healthy fire, allowing a deep healing to happen.
We all are born as “Magical Chil-dren.” Over the first 4-5 years, when we are rejected, judged, punished, our magi-cal qualities get pushed down, repressed; we become the “wounded child.” Loving your Inner Child’s anger unconditionally allows her/him to relax in your arms, in your heart, and his/her natural, magical qualities start emerging, coming to the forefront. The door opens.
Your wonderful Inner Child is now back to being the Magical Child, her/his natural Self. Now you two can have a
lot of fun in life. You can utilize her/his natural Fire energy to feel excited about life, to feel your natural power, be able to say “yes” and “no” in healthy, creative ways, take good action in an inspired way, know that you deserve the best like everyone, feel the warmth of the sun in your cells. Your eyes are sparkling with delight.
Here you are, holding your lovely Inner Child in your heart, being in this life together as a great Team, feeling your magical power spreading into your life.
BiographyRabia Erduman was born in Istanbul,
Turkey and later spent ten years inGermany before arriving in the United
States in 1983. She has traveled exten-sively in Europe, India, and Bali and is fluent in English, German, and Turkish.
Rabia has a B.A. in Psychology, and uses the Clarity Process, Alchemi-cal Hypnotherapy, Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy, Polarity Therapy, and Trauma Release to assist clients in their process of self-discovery. She teaches Chakra Balancing, Intuitive Touch, and Spiritual Awakening workshops. Rabia has been in private practice since 1983 and teaching since 1984.
An inspiring lecturer, Rabia has given talks on chakras, hypnotherapy, past life regression, and living life in ecstasy, among other topics. She has also been in-terviewed on Radio and Television Shows.
Rabia is the author of Veils of Separa-tion - Finding the Face of Oneness,
and has four Guided Imagery CDs: Relaxation, Meditation, Chakra Medita-tion, and Inner Guides.
To those wishing to understand her work, she says, “I have found working with the combination of mind, body, and energy to be highly effective in reaching optimum balance. My life and work are about being in the moment, free of fear and the feeling of separation. Deep joy is a natural expression of this process.”
Letters
Opinion
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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.Cedar Street Times is an adjudicated newspaper published weekly at 311A Forest
Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is printed on Fri. and is available at various locations throughout the city as well as by e-mail subscription.
Marge Ann Jameson, Editor/PublisherPhone 831-324-4742 • Fax 831-324-4745
Public meetings are set so the community can learn about about the City’s budget
and financial forecast. Bring your questions, ideas for service priorities, and capital project needs.
· Saturday, 1/14 at 11:00 a.m. – Community Center (515 Junipero) We have a right to know about genetic modifications in our foodIt’s different from breeding for better resultsEditor:
The right to choose what we eat and what we feed our children should be a given, understood right. In 1962, President Kennedy presented the Consumer Bill of Rights for the people, which included the right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose, and the right to be heard. Three years later, the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act required that all consumer products in interstate commerce be honestly and informatively labeled, including food.
Today, the agendas of lobbyists too often undermine our efforts to feed our fami-lies healthy whole foods. Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on behalf of huge companies that both adulterate the seeds of our natural foods and those that process them. There are many things that are askew in our food system. Label GMOs’ sole focus is the labeling of genetically engineered food.
Since the 1990s, our food supply has been systematically modified with food that has been manipulated in ways that could never occur in nature. A “desired” DNA marker from one bacteria, plant, or animal is forced into the DNA chain of another most often via a virus. For example, Bt corn contains the DNA from a soil bacteria known to have insecticidal properties and the Aquabounty salmon contains DNA from an eel that promotes quick growth. Approximately 70 percent of our processed foods contain one or more of the big 5 genetically engineered crops: corn, soy, canola, cotton (cottonseed oil), and sugar beets, even though much of the prelimi-nary FDA studies indicated that they were not safe to deregulate. Whether or not you agree with the use of genetically engineered foods is not the issue that we are addressing with this initiative; we are simply demanding that genetically engineered foods be labeled. Fifty other countries have these labeling requirements for their citizens to make a choice. Don’t we still have the right to safety, to be informed, to choose, and to be heard?
No doubt old arguments will arise touting that genetically engineered foods are the way to feed the hungry. Labeling GMOs would not impede these companies from attempting to feed the world if the world’s hungry want to take this path.
Arguments will declare that the tax payers will end up paying for the costs asso-ciated with this testing and labeling. It wasn’t until 1990 when the Nutrition Label-ing and Education Act (NLEA) was passed that it was required that all packaged foods must bear nutrition labeling, and all health claims for foods must be consistent with terms defined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Consumers could now make educated choices. We forget that we haven’t always had this information. What would make the labeling of genetically engineered foods different? Companies are already doing it for export. Furthermore, companies are currently working on other packaging information regarding healthy point systems on a voluntary basis. How often do you see packaging change with the seasons? Don’t let the arguments complicate the simple fact that we have the right to know what we are consuming and the food companies will gladly pay for the right to keep our business.
The month of February of 2012 marks the petitioning phase of the Right To Know: Label Genetically Engineered Food Act. Petitioners, the majority volunteer, will be gathering the signatures of registered California voters in so that we are able to vote on this initiative in November 2012. Regardless of your stand on genetically engineered foods, vote to keep our right to know what we are eating. Do not take this freedom for granted. Please sign the petition and vote yes in November.
For more information on the Right to Know campaign or to volunteer, go to LabelGMOs.org. For Monterey County information, visit labelgmosmonterey2012.blogspot.com, or call 831-204-8633.
Colleen IngramLabel GMOs
Thank you, Bruce Cowan forgiving us tree choicesEditor,
I hope longtime resident and countless hours volunteer forest-tender, Bruce Cowan, will keep sending in his suggestions of suitable trees for yards in Pacific Grove. I ap-preciated the accompanying descriptions (size, shape, growth rates, etc.) and photos. I chose not to replace my recently pitch canker, beetle and termite destroyed Monterey pine with another only because there was another similarly infected tree within 20 feet. If I had persevered on Google images and seen the photo of how beautiful the Canary island Pine looks in maturity, I wouldn’t have given my “gawky”, Charlie Brown look-ing specimen to the City and put in a Coast Live Oak.
Perhaps Mr. Cowan has suggestions for suitable trees in smaller yards, as well as yards already full of upper canopy trees. What trees and shrubs (please, I need hedges for sound and Google camera proofing) under pine and oak trees aside from Mr. Cowan’s pet peeve, French (NOT SCOTCH!) Broom?
And since City staff is now suggesting in the Urban Forest Management Plan that native species will be required tree replacements on lots greater than 4,000 sq. ft., can Mr. Cowan list a few for all of us?
Barbara ThomasPacific Grove
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 20112562
The following person is doing business as COAST TO VALLEY, 609 W. Curtis St., Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93906; Robert J. Esposo, 609 W. Curtis St., Salinas, CA 93906. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on December 19, 2011. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on December 19, 2011. Signed: Robert Esposo. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 12/23/11, 12/30/11, 01/06/12, 01/13/12
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME:Petition of YANG JUNG CHEN
Case No. M115578 Filed DEC. 30, 2011. To all interested persons: Petitioner CHEN, YANG JUNG filed a peti-tion with this court for a decree changing name as follows: present name YANG JUNG CHEN to proposed name EUNICE CHEN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above myst file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of hearing date: Feb. 17, 2012 Time: 9:00 a.m., Dept. 15. The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, 1200 Aguajito Rd., Monterey, CA 93940. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CE-DAR STREET TIMES. DATE: Dec. 30, 2011Judge of the Superior Court: Lydia M. Villareal. Publication dates: 01/06, 01/13, 01/20, 01/27/12
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME:Petition of HAYTHAM ABDELMALAK/IVY ELLSWORTH-FARMER
Case No. M115484 Filed Dec. 28, 2011. To all interested persons: Petitioner HAYTHAM ABDELMALAK/IVY ELLSWORTH-FARMER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: a.) present name HAYTHAM ABDELMALAK to proposed name HAYTHAM MALAK; b.) present name NOAH ISAAC ABDELMALAK to proposed name NOAH ISAAC MALAK; c.) present name JAMES MICHAEL ABDEL-MALAK to proposed name JAMES MICHAEL MALAK. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above myst file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of hearing date: February 10, 2012 Time: 9:00 a.m., Dept. 14. The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, 1200 Aguajito Rd., Monterey, CA 93940. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CEDAR STREET TIMES. DATE: Dec. 29, 2011Judge of the Superior Court: Kay Kingsley. Publication dates: 01/06/12, 01/13/12, 01/20/12, 01/27/12
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Great CoursesThanks to the generosity of its loyal patrons, the Friends of the Library and an
anonymous donor, the Pacific Grove Public Library has increased dramatically its holding of Great Courses lectures in the last six months. The patrons have donated gently used courses and cash to purchase new courses; the Friends of the Library have donated money for purchases of new lectures and the anonymous donor donated money used as a challenge grant to encourage PG library patrons to further heights of donations.
If you aren’t already familiar with the Great Courses, you owe it to yourself to try one or two. The Great Courses are lectures presented by some of the most gifted teachers in the United States. They are passionate about their subjects and have spent years researching their subjects. Their lectures are both polished and engag-ing. Rather than watching a rerun of “Two and a Half Men,” consider spending half an hour with a professor who engages your mind while challenging you to think about the world.
One way to begin interacting with the Great Courses is to select your favorite subject and watch courses in that discipline. A less intuitive method of interaction is to choose a subject in which you have little or no grounding and see what hap-pens when you learn the subject from an excellent professor who is also an excellent lecturer. You might be surprised.
The library has a good selection of choices in many different subject areas. Here’s a quick review:• Art―among the library’s recent acquisitions are “The World’s Greatest Paint-
ings,” “Museum Masterpieces: the Louvre,” “How to Look at and Understand Great Paintings,” “Museum Masterpieces: the National Gallery London,” and “A History of European Art.”
• Music―If you love music, you’ll love the lectures the library has on offer, but if you think you don’t know anything about music, you’ll love the courses even more. Robert Greenberg, the professor who gives most, if not all, of the lectures in music, is such a popular professor he has recorded over 500 lectures for the Great Courses. You might wonder if quality has been sacrificed for quantity, but no. Professor Greenberg can teach you how to write a fugue. The most recent addition to the collection in music is “The Music of Richard Wagner,” with new additions expected over the next few weeks.
• Science and Mathematics―if you are interested in science and mathematics, you may have an insatiable curiosity about how the world works, but you may have met your match, or at least an honored challenger, in the Great Courses. The library’s recent additions in these two areas include “Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear,” “The Joy of Mathematics,” “What Are the Chances: Probability Made Clear,” “Mathematics: Describing the Real World,” “Experi-encing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe,” and “Sci-ence Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It.”
• If you’re interested in writing, try “Analysis and Critique: How to Engage and Write about Anything” or “Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer’s Craft.”
• If you’d like to know more about architecture, check out “Understanding the World’s Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Moder-nity.”
• If you’d interested in philosophy, the library has “Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition.”
• If you want to be healthier, consider ‘Stress and Your Body” or “Nutrition Made Clear.”
• If you’re interested in business, try “Games People Play: Game Theory in Life, Business and Beyond” or “America and the New Global Economy.”
• Teachers (as well as other patrons) can check out “The Art of Teaching: Best Practices from a Master Educator.”
• Fans of the Weather Channel can learn from “Meteorology: an Introduction to the Wonders of the Weather.”
• Those of you (statistically the majority) terrified by the thought of public speak-ing may be able to allay your fears through “The Art of Public Speaking: Les-sons from the Greatest Speeches in History.”
• And, having watched all or some of these these courses, you can finally plop on the couch with something to relax you, “The Everyday Guide to Wine.”The library is grateful to its generous patrons and proud of its growing collec-
tion of Great Courses lectures, though the current collection barely scratches the surface of the more than 300 courses available. If you have gently used courses, please consider donating them to the library so other library patrons can benefit from these excellent tools for learning.
Donating Other DVDsIf you have other gently used DVDs taking up shelf space, please consider
donating them to the library also. All of us have movies we watch over and over. We’re not asking for those DVDs if you can’t bear to part with them. But, face it, while you might re-watch Kenneth Branagh’s “Hamlet” or “Henry V” innumerable times, once you’ve watched his “Dead Again” and discovered both “who done it” and the nuances you missed on the first viewing, you’re unlikely to watch that movie again. Let your gently used DVD take on a life of its own by donating it to the library.
Book DonationsDoes every womens’ magazine January issue contain an article on organization
or clearing the clutter? If you’re a book lover, you know the tendency to hold on to your books because you “might read them again.” Soon you’ve got bookcases in every room in the house as well as in the garage. Of course you love your books, but you need your space at home. While the library can’t promise to include every donated book in the collection, the books you donate go to readers. If the book isn’t added to the collection, it might be sold and re-sold through the library’s book sales. Books are meant to be read. Let your books fulfill their destinies by serving as many readers as possible. If you’ve got a book that’s in good shape (and not a college textbook), please consider donating it to the library.
Museum of Monterey offers artworkshop for children Jan. 28
Kids Create: small paintings @MOM is a workshop for children of all ages. It will be held on Sat., Jan. 28 from noon – 2:00 p.m. At the Museum of Monterey, 5 Custom House Plaza, in Monterey.
This lively workshop for children ages encourages learning about the visual arts as well as historical and cultural traditions. It will include a thoughtful gallery discussion and story to accompany a hands-on art project inspired by the “Chicanitas” exhibition. Kids will use what they have learned through visual observation and cultural discussion to create their own small painting.
Kids Create workshops encourage kids to explore a variety of mediums, from paint to charcoal, pencil, ink, clay and more. All materials are provided.
Korea subject of talk at Peace CenterOn Mon., Jan. 30 “Korea and the militarization of the Asia Pacific” is the subject
of a talk by Christine Hong, Assistant Professor of Asian American Literature at UC Santa Cruz and a fellow at the Korea Policy Institute scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont St. near Sonoma St. in Seaside.
Ms. Hong is a steering committee member of the Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea and a member of the National Campaign to End the Korean War, a coali-tion of groups whose goal is promoting peace and reconciliation between the American people and the people of Korea.
The talk is open to the public. Donations are welcome. Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m., the presentation will start at 7 p.m. and there will be a question and answer period following the talk. The event is sponsored by the Peace Coalition of Monterey County.
For more information, contact An McDowell at 595-9657
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Draft Urban Forest Management Plan posted for public review
The Draft Urban Forest Management Plan is now available for public re-view. It has been posted and is available to download on the City’s website at:
http://ci.pg.ca.us/pubworks/forestry.htmHard copies are provided to the City Council, NRC, and UFAC. Hard cop-
ies are also available for viewing at City Hall in the Community Development Department or at the Pacific Grove Library.
The Urban Forest Advisory Committee will continue its review of the Urban Forestry Standards (Draft UFMP Chapter 5) and the Ordinance on January 10 and January 17 at 4:00 p.m. at City Hall. Agendas will be available and posted prior to the meetings.
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A public lecture, “Sperm Whales: Kith and Kin,” by Dr. Sarah Mesnick, NOAA is scheduled at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Ave. on Thurs., Jan. 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Cost will be $5 for the general public (free to museum members)This lecture is the last in a series that complements and informs an exhibit of
Ray Troll’s original artwork, which closes on Jan. 29 at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.
Sperm whale researcher Dr. Sarah Mesnick of NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center will talk about current research on giant sperm whales, and bring a world-wide and regional perspective to their study. She is the Science Liaison for the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC), an ecologist in the Protected Resources Division. Co-author of numerous papers and articles on these whales and an engag-ing speaker, she brings insights into sperm whale intelligence, population structure, social complexity, the “culture” of sperm whales (“it takes a village ….”), life history and reproductive behavior. The sperm whale, like other cetacean species, live, raise young and contend with predators in the open ocean. This talk demonstrates that the integrity of the bonds developed through association, cooperation and lactation, are as strong as blood relations. This is bound to make a fascinating evening focused on these amazingly clever, highly acoustic creatures.
For more information, contact Annie Holdren, Exhibitions Curator, 648-5716 x17, [email protected]
Lecture on sperm whalesat PG Museum of Natural History
Sperm Whales by Ray Troll, part of the current exhibit at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Monarch counts up againErica Krygsman & Tama Olver conducted this week's Monterey County
monarch counts on Jan. 4 and 5. Average number at the PG Sanctuary was 11,645, an increase from last week's count. At Andrew Molera State Park # decreased to 3,104. At private property site in Big Sur the number decreased to 6,633. Temps were very warm both days and and flying and sunning activity was high. Clusters at several sites were smaller, less dense, and occurred on more trees than noted in previous weeks.
COUNTS - MONTEREY COUNTYPacific Grove Sanctuary 11,645George Washington Park 7Point Lobos Reserve 681Andrew Molera State Park 3,104Private Property, Big Sur 6,633Plaskett Creek 1,173
Update:Shore Pines vs. Torrey PinesBy Bruce Cowan Environmental Landscape Consultant
In the January 6 issue of Cedar Street Times, article SAFER PINE TREES FOR PACIFIC GROVE RESI-DENTIAL AREAS, I recommended shore pine (Pinus contorta) as a more appropriate selection than Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) for small yards. I mentioned that I had no knowlege of its susceptibility or resistance to pine pitch canker disease.
Monterey City Forester Robert Reid replied:"That is good information Bruce. A few years ago Cal
Trans planted a few Shore pines (Pinus contorta) along the Hwy 1 corridor near the N. Fremont and Casa Verde off ramps. They appeared to be very susceptible to pitch canker and might already be gone, but in my travels I will check and let you know.
"Another pine we have been using with good success is the Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana) it is native to the San Diego area and appears to be resistant to pitch canker. We have some planted on Rec Trail B just west of Fishermans Wharf and have also planted some along Rec Trail A from Casa Verde to the Naval Postgraduate School parking lot area off Del Monte. They are a very stately pine that grows to about 60 feet."
Sunset Western Garden Book says about Torrey Pine: "Broad, open, irregular growth when exposed to sea winds. Less open growth when grown in heavy soil. Don't prune; cut branches back to the trunk. Resistant to oak root fungus."
In Pacific Grove some Torrey pines can be seen growing in the large median along Lighthouse Ave. between David. Ave. and downtown PG.
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Torrey pine
Beginning at 7p.m. on Sat. Jan. 28 at the Peace Resource Center on 1364 Fremont Boulevard in Seaside, there will be a slideshow, fundraiser and crafts sale to provide supplemental food for the children of Guatemalan dump workers working at the sanitary landfill in Guatemala City, Guatemala. More than 4,000 people, including up to 2,000 children, live in squatter settlements and shacks made of recycled wood, cardboard and metal. The event hosted by the Peace and Resource Center is on the behalf of Plenty International, an organization devoted to providing nutritious food to these children. A DVD will be shown about the project. A $5 minimum donation is requested per attendee. For more information please contact Lisa Wartinger at [email protected].
Fund-raiser for Guatemalandump workers set for Jan. 28
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The beautiful weather we’ve enjoyed this winter has brought a lot of tourists to town. The high surf last week drew many to the Rec Trail to see the waves, and, as of New Year’s Day, to see a peculiar visitor as well – a male elephant seal. He has been drawing crowds who, luckily enough for them, are held back by the fence. Because this particular tourist is a big boy, weighs in at perhaps a ton or more, and has a nasty disposition if he’s unhappy. He has set up a beachhead at the cove by Hopkins Ma-rine Lab, the same place that pudgy little harbor seals often visit all year round, and where they produce their pups, much to the delight of locals and visitors.
But elephant seals aren’t nearly as common, let alone as cute. Was he driven here by the heavy surf? We asked Thom Akeman, Bay Net volunteer. “It has noth-ing to do with the current waves. Elephant seals have been visiting the beach west of Hopkins Marine Station for more than sev-en years, so regularly that they were here more than half the time in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.” They have not made a rookery of the beach, but there were as many as 13 on the beach at one time in December 2010. “For some reason they didn’t show up in 2011,” said Akeman. “There were only six that I know of that year, all small and only one at a time.”
The elephant seal now visiting Pacific Grove came in on New Year’s Day. Some Aquarium volunteers saw it and the word spread.
“This is one of the bigger ones that has visited here, a male probably 3 years old,” said Akeman. “There have been two others of that age and size since the observations first started in December 2004. Those both showed up in 2010 – one in February, one in November – and they both caused prob-lems for the local harbor seals that have been hauling out on that beach the past 50 years.” One of the male elephant seals had been here a few weeks when he suddenly decided to clear the beach for himself. Akeman said, “He bit a harbor seal, prob-ably killing it, to show his seriousness. The other harbor seals eventually left and let the aggressive elephant seal have the beach to himself.” Obviously, the two species don’t get along very well on a confined beach.
“The other big guy was here a few weeks too before he was excited by a young female elephant seal that came ashore and he ended up trying to mate with the harbor seals, which are about a fourth the size of the young elephant seal.” Testosterone starts running in male elephant seals at about age 3, the approximate age of the current visitor, says Akeman, which might explain the aggression.
This one has so far been docile, sleep-ing most of the time. He can be seen flip-ping sand onto himself, perhaps to protect his skin.
And the harbor seals have been giv-ing him a wide berth -- flushing into the water a couple of times when he moved a bit.
An interesting video can be seen by following links on our website at www.cedarstreettimes.com/about-pg. Kim Wor-rell, also a Bay Net volunteer, has observed the harbor seals co-existing with their large boarder.
What’s the attraction?“No one is sure why the elephant
seals have been coming here,” said Ake-man. Volunteers have been keeping track of them. “That [the beach at Hopkins Marine] is a quiet beach in a cove, with a fence keeping people away, so it is a good place to rest. Elephant seals are in the ocean about 10 months a year and generally only come ashore at this time of year – December into February – to gather in their breeding colonies.”
“They come for another few days about May to molt (shed their skins). The best known elephant seal colony is probably Ano Nuevo, north of Santa Cruz. That particular colony is about 40 years old, according to Akeman, and usually hosts 5,000 to 8,000 animals each year.
Most of the colonies are in islands off California and Mexico, but there are now four on the California mainland. The new-est (about 20 years old) and largest is south of Big Sur, at Piedras Blancas, stretching down to San Simeon. It’s up to about 16,000 elephant seals a year now. The better known one (about 40 years old) is in Ano Nuevo State Park north of Santa Cruz, which usually has 5,000 to 8,000 animals each year. There’s a smaller one now at Point Reyes State Park north of the Golden Gate, and a very small one that’s very dif-ficult to get to down by Gorda, in Big Sur. Whether the elephant seals showing up in PG are coming from or going to San Simeon or Ano Nuevo is anybody’s guess, as very few are tagged for tracking.
But in general, the population has been growing and thriving. There are an estimated 150,000 Northern Elephant seals in the North Pacific these days, compared to about 5,000 in the 1950s. Researchers at UC Santa Cruz say the elephant seals are thriving while more local species are suffering because they swim so far across the Pacific each year. The male elephant seals swim as much as 5,000 miles during their 10 months in the water. By covering such distance, they swim right on through the food-short areas and dying parts of the ocean that adversely impact local animals and keep going until they find pockets to gorge on.
Two+-ton tourists at Hopkins beach
Elephant seals are large seals that inhabit the coastal waters and shores of North America and Antarctica and come in two species, the Northern and Southern Elephant seal. Some quick facts of elephant seals are listed below. Our visitors at Hopkins Marine Station are Northern Elephant Seals:
- Males up to 20ft long, while females usually up to 10t long
- Males can weigh up to 4,500 lbs, with females weighing in at 1,500 lbs
- Primarily live in large colo-nies.
- Elephant seals can dive to depths of up to 5,000 ft and remain submerged for up to two hours!
- Their diet primarily consists of deepwater marine animals such as ratfish, swell sharks, spiny dogfish, eels, rockfish and squid.
- Each winter, Northern elephant seals come ashore along the Western coast s of North America to mate and give birth, with males arriving prior to females, in order to establish dominance.
- A pup will typically weigh about 75 lbs and measure four ft long, and will nurse for about a month, gaining about 10 lbs a day.
- Females will nurse their pups and then mate with dominant males on the beach before returning to the sea.
- They were, at one point in the early 20th century, so severely over-hunted, that only 100 elephant seals remained by 1910, all on Guadalupe Island.
- They were once hunted for their blubber, after oil hunters stopped relying on whales to provide the blubber for lamp oil.
- Conservation efforts over the last century have increased the population of elephant seals to its current peak number, 150,000.
- The elephant seals average life span is approximate 9 years for Northern Elephant seals, and 20 years for the southern variety.
Tourists line up along the fence to see the elephant seal visitor. On this day, he apopeared to have driven all the harbor seals to the smaller beach.
Left: Guy Chaney photographed the first visitor who appears to have made peace with the smaller Harbor Seals. Above, Kim Worell was there to catch both elephant seals at rest later in the week.
