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Saturday, June 6
Art opening’
Book Signing
John McCleary with
photographs, artwork and
memorabilia of the 1960s and
1970s.
3-6

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Tuesday, June 30
One-day class
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$50 (includes lunch)
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Reg. deadline June 23
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Mondays
June 22-July 6
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Through June 30
Memories of a Photo by Skyler Lewis
Giants Fan It takes a lot to cut the ribbon when the project is as big as Howard Cowen Stadium, the Pacific Grove High School
SF Giants Breakers’ new home. Renovated with Measure D funds voted on by the citizens, the stadium has been under construc-
Memorabilia tion for nearly a year. For more pictures of the ceremonies, see our website at www.cedarstreettmes.com.
at PG Library

Museum Big Sur: June Update

from the collection of
Jana deck
PRESS RELEASE
Free
Tues. noon-7:00 p.m.
To: All Media
RE: SF Giants Memorabilia Exhibit at PGPL
PR Date: June 4, 2009

Wed. & thurs. 10-5

agreement
Exhibit Dates: Exhibit runs through June 30, 2009
Date/Time: During library hours (see below for specifics)
Event Location: 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove
Contact:
Fri. & Sat. noon-5
Jana Deck: picketfenceknits@sbcglobal.net (please don’t publish address)
By Cameron Douglas and Darci D’Anna
SFG
SF IAN TS M
GIANTS emorabilia o
Memorabilia nD
on eck
Deck
The public is
With reports coming in of deeper budget
Courtesy of Jana Deck

invited to the

crawls
Pacific Grove
Public Library cuts and possible state park closures, there’s
during the
month of June
a lot of concern about local revenue in the
for Memories of
a Giants Fan, a
Big Sur village. Many are wondering what
the summer will bring in the way of camping

forward
free exhibit of
San Francisco
Giants treasures and tourism.
from the
collection of
Teresa Bradford, owner of the Heart
Pacific Grove’s Beat Gallery at River Inn, suggested there
greatest Giants
fan, Jana Deck. might be ways to keep park maintenance
The display includes items commemorating some of the all-time great Giants players, including Willie on track if regular park workers were laid
McCovey, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, and Deck’s favorite Giant, Robby Thompson. Pacific Grove Museum Foundation off. Bradford pointed out that California
An array of signed caps, baseballs, programs, buttons, and dolls hearken back memories of events ranging
from the Giants’ move to San Francisco in 1954 to the last game played at Candlestick Park. Croix de member Judd Perry told the City Council has an untapped labor resource in the prison
that he and other volunteers have spent what
Candlestick buttons, a souvenir bag from Stitch-N-Pitch (one of the annual MLB-wide knitting events), and

system. “Put the low-risk inmates to work,” Bailey Bridge

collectibles from the fateful 1989 World Series are also on display.

June 6
For more information about exhibits at the PGPL, contact Linda Pagnella at (831) 648-5760, or email
amounts to thousands of hours working on she said. “We’re already paying their living
Deadline
lpagnell@pacificgrove.lib.ca.us. The Pacific Grove Public Library is located at 550 Central avenue. The Library is open

details of an agreement between the newly-

free to the public Tuesdays from 12:00 noon - 7:00 p.m., Wednesdays & Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., and

expenses.”
Fridays & Saturdays from 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m. Please call to confirm hours, as they may change without notice.

Feast of Lanterns formed foundation and the City of Pacific Rene Robles, General Manager of Big in flux.” Price told us, “A lot of things are
Art competition Grove to form a public/private partnership Sur Lodge, gave his perspective on the on the table. We’re operating as a normal,
324-4742 for details operating agreement and lease for the Pacific possibility of park closure. “It’s still under summer camping season.”
or see page 3 Grove Museum of Natural History. discussion. Maybe they’ll close it (the park), Price explained that because of
The Museum Association has spent but I don’t think they will. There’s always the April mudslide, the usual advance
• countless hours on the agreement, and will a solution. It’s a big industry. There’s a lot campsite registration for Memorial Day
Ongoing Mondays hold another meeting next Wednesday, of revenue, for the state park and for the didn’t happen. Crews worked long hours
Certified Farmers Market June 11. community. The private sector is interested, to install the Bailey bridge and get things
4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The City Attorney, City Manager, and and things can be worked out. I think the ready as best they could. As soon as word
Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove Director of Management and Budget have government is asking us, “What can you do went out that reservations were open for
Free, For Info: 831-384-6961 also spent hours and hours of staff time to keep the park open?” Memorial Day, the campgrounds sold out
• working on the agreement. Out by the road, construction crews in an hour and a half.
Ongoing Tues. & Thurs. The City Council itself has heard worked to complete a wider entrance to the The mudslide originated from
Salsa Dancing hours of public discussion and has bantered park and a left turn lane from southbound Pfeiffer Falls. Cedar Street Times learned
7 p.m. details back and forth, something they Highway One. that the Falls area is now open, but due
Chautauqua Hall must do in public at City Council meetings On site at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park to extreme damage to parts of the trail,
Central & 16th Avenues Curtis Price, State Park Superintendent of
Free See MUSEUM Page 2 the Monterey District, said “The situation is See PARKS Page 2
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P PARKS From Page 1 P MUSEUM From Page 1 be calculated and the

a minor detour has been routed. “Just follow the signs,” say rangers. because of Brown Act City’s contribution
The Superintendent also cleared up some questions about the installation of a one- restrictions.
lane, temporary “Bailey Bridge” to the campgrounds. “The idea was to re-align how Despite all that What’s the to the Museum will
increase accordingly.
vehicles get in and out of the park. We took the old bridge out because of the potential work, there is more yet rush? Conversely, if the
for mudslides after the fires. We started new projects to install a vehicle bridge and to do. The City Council The American City’s budget goes
pedestrian bridge. Four abutments have actually been poured. But when the 2000 Parks voted unanimously Association of Museums down, so does the
& Water Bond funding got frozen, the contractor was told to go home.” Price further to approve the accreditation visit is contribution to the
explained that the old bridge had aged to the point where it was not worth putting back first reading of an set for October, 2009. Museum. The City
in. Hence, the Bailey bridge. ordinance approving The biggest obstacle to also retains the right
Price expressed some puzzlement over Sacramento’s proposed cuts in state parks as the agreement, but continued accreditation is to reduce the annual
a means of solving budget problems. “Why the emphasis on state parks?” Price asked. various members raised the question of financial support beyond that
“I mean, we’re one-tenth of one percent of the state budget.” questions – some also support by the “parent” formula if the City
It’s a good question. As groups rally to support our state parks, some also point out posed by members organization, the City. Council finds an
that a reduction in park supervision is potentially quite dangerous. of the public – and The Foundation, the emergency need to do
Price summed it up this way: “It’s been a challenging year, with the fires, the mud asked for answers and Museum Association, so.
and the loss of bond funding. But the public really supports the parks. This park is revisions before hearing the Museum Manager In addition,
extremely popular. The demand here far outweighs the supply.” the second reading. Lori Mannel and curator the cost of half an
And that will require a Mark Walker are anxious employee and materials
special meeting. to be able to show the for janitorial will be
The Council was accreditation team that borne by the city, but is
due for an annual agreements are in place already included in the
vacation and was not and that proper care is public works budget.
scheduled to hold a thus being taken of the Some of the other
meeting on June 17, collections. With that in issues included a
but they will do so in hand, the Museum can clause in the agreement
order to hear the second both lend and borrow concerning naming
reading. artifacts and improve rights. It is common
As Mayor Dan Cort exhibits at the Museum. practice to offer
said, “The definition of naming rights to major
a good deal is when donors, and questions
both parties go away a arose concerning the
Above, left: Lodge entrance three days after the mudslide in April, 2009.
little unhappy.” length of such naming rights should the
Photo courtesy Rain Greenslate. above, right: work on the entrace and
Questions raised included points about agreement fall through at some future
the highway. Below: Tourists arriving at the Lodge in June, 2009. Photos
the loan of artifacts to other institutions date.
by Cameron Douglas.
and the borrowing of artifacts. A big issue was made of the rights
A member of the public asked about for the Museum Foundation to use the
the cost for liability insurance for injuries: Museum. Chautauqua Hall, the City
Will it fall on the Museum Foundation Community Center or other City property
or the City? The City, Attorney Laredo for private events. Currently, such use will
responded, has insurance already so there be allowed free of charge unless, within
will be no additional cost. The Foundation 30 days, a third party is willing to pay for
will pay for its liability insurance and will the space on the same date. The Museum
indemnify and defend the city. Foundation would then have the option
The City, under the agreement, of paying the rent or losing the space.
keeps ownership of the building and so Should the foundation charge fees for a
will pay for fire insurance. But questions Museum-related event, all proceeds woul
arose about who has the liability for go to the foundation. If they were to hold
repairs and upgrades, especially the very a non-Museum event, they would agree
expensive upgrades necessary to meet to split the proceeds with the City. The
ADA guidelines. Foundation would obtain its own licensing
Fiscal impact questions around for any alcohol served at such events.
potential hidden costs also came up Other questions, such as operation
from Councilmembers and the public. of the Museum Store, donations from the
The City’s contribution, according to Butterfly Sanctuary, responsibility for a
Director of Management and Budget Jim survey of the collections at the Museum,
Becklenberg, will be about $150,000 per the Lighthouse, and City Hall remain to
year for the next three years, which is be hammered out.
the same amount the City had budgeted Signatures on the agreement will
already. The City’s contribution is based on likely happen, but there are many review
a ratio formula relative to the city’s budget. deadlines and checks and balances so it
If the City’s entire General Fund budget may be months before the ink actually
goes up, the percentage increase would dries.

Council set to designate Safe Baby Surrender Site

By Cameron Douglas
At their next scheduled meeting on June 17,
the Pacific Grove City Council will consider a
Safely Surrendered Baby program, which would
designate the fire station as a safe surrender site.
The Safely Surrendered Baby law (SB1368)
first went into effect on January 1, 2001.
Governor Schwartzenegger signed legislation
extending the law permanently as of January 1,
2006.
The law provides that no parent or person
having legal custody of a newborn infant less
than 72 hours of age may be prosecuted for
abandonment if he or she voluntarily surrenders
physical custody of the child to a hospital or
any other safe surrender site designated by the
County Board of Supervisors.
Safe surrender sites receive a supply of kits
consisting of program information, identification
wristbands for the infant and surrendering adult,
and a voluntary questionnaire about the infant.
The voluntary questionnaire is intended to
provide information to assist medical personnel
and the County pertaining to any potential health
No parent or person having legal custody
of a newborn infant less than 72 hours of
age may be prosecuted for abandonment if
he or she voluntarily surrenders physical
custody of the child to a hospital or any
other safe surrender site
issues that may impact the surrendered infant.
As of last June 30, there were 251 newborns
safely surrendered in California. Los Angeles County
led the state with 59 babies safely surrendered since
the program started. On the other side of the issue,
another 149 infants had been found alive across the
state following their illegal abandonment.
Under the SSB law, a parent or person with lawful
custody can safely surrender a baby without fear of
prosecution within 72 hours of birth. The law requires
the child be taken to a public or private hospital, fire
station or other designated site. This provides a safe
alternative for desperate parents who are unwilling or
unable to keep their babies.
At the time of surrender, an identification
bracelet is placed on the baby. A matching bracelet
is provided for the surrendering parent or lawful
guardian in case they decide to reclaim the child.
The babies are then given medical treatment
and placed in a foster or pre-adoptive home. The
surrendering parent or lawful guardian is given up
to 14 days from time of surrender to reclaim the
baby.
Forty-six other states have such programs in
place to help prevent abandonment.
Kelly Davidian, a Monterey fire captain,
explained what happens when a baby is surrendered
at a fire station. “We basically treat it like a
medical. We call for an ambulance, turn the baby
over to the ambulance team and they take the child
to the hospital.” (For Monterey and Pacific Grove,
that hospital would be CHOMP.) “The hospital
contacts the county Child Protective Services and
notifies them that a baby has been surrendered.”
Costs associated with the requested action are
negligible and can be accommodated within the
existing fire department budget. The Monterey
County Board of Supervisors must concurrently
approve the program before it can start in Pacific
Grove.
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Feast of Lanterns Art Competition Guest

Writers’ Corner
issues a call for artists to enter
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and the Pacific Grove Feast of
Lanterns have issued an open call for entries to all artists for its juried art competition.
Artists’ entries celebrating this 104 year-old festival may be in the form of paintings,
photography, fabric art, or mixed media. Entries must be received no later than 5:00
pm on June 6, 2009. There is a cash prize for the winner.
Art submitted must be original work and represent this year’s theme: Feast of
Lanterns – Lanterns From All Nations Make a Brighter World. All entries must be THE GREAT BEYOND
received by the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns via Cedar Street Times, Monday
through Thursday, office located at 311A Forest Avenue in Pacific Grove by 5:00 pm By Bruce Cowan
Saturday, June 6. Artists may also make special arrangements to drop off their work
on weekends by calling Sheree Flisakowski at 831.657.9509. I am six, but remember not when I was born
Accepted entries will be exhibited in the Museum from June 27 through July I remember only three years past
26. A lifetime lies within three years hence
Grade school, vacations, I’m just a kid
Many lifetimes lie ahead
. . . And then the Great Beyond

I am ten, but remember not when I was born

I do remember seven years past
My lifetime grows in seven years hence
Junior high, High school, Military? College?
Many lifetimes lie ahead
. . . And then the Great Beyond

I am twenty, but remember not when I was born

I remember those seventeen years past
Peninsula Christian Center One lifetime stretches seventeen years hence
520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431 Graduate school? Marriage? Career? Retire?
At least three lifetimes lie ahead
First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove . . . And then the Great Beyond
246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741
I am fifty, but remember not when I was born
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Forty seven years in my mind have passed
My lifetime stretches to its final end
Central Avenue & 12th Street, 831-373-4441 Perhaps one lifetime lies ahead
. . . and then the Great Beyond
Community Baptist Church
Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311 I am seventy, but remember not when I was born
My head recalls sixty seven years past
Peninsula Baptist Church My future stretches--years, months--until what day?
1116 Funston Avenue, 831-647-1610 Will I simply fade away
. . . Into the Great Beyond
St. Angela Merici Catholic Church
146 8th Street, 831-655-4160 Looking ahead is different now
I may be somewhere else
Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove I may be someone else
442 Central Avenue, 831-372-0363 I may be nowhere at all
. . . In the Great Beyond
First Church of God
1023 David Avenue, 831-372-5005
Cedar Street Times has supported the Young Writers’ Club of Pacific Grove High
Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove School by publishing the poetry of the members. Now that the school year is over,
1100 Sunset Drive, 831-375-2138 we welcome pieces by the public, both poetry and short prose. Please email your
submissions to editor@cedarstreettimes.com and include your name and contact
Church of Christ phone number. We would like to present such pieces on a space-available basis.
176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741
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804 Redwood Lane, 831-333-0636
Mayflower Presbyterian Church
141 14th Street, 831-373-4705
Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove
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Jon Guthrie Cedrick Hunter

High Hats & Parasols Snippets from the station log

Pacific Grove news from 1912
Grove teams defeated
The high school girls and boys who traveled to San Jose did so for the purpose of
playing basketball against the boys and girls teams from State Normal School. The
journey proved to be of little avail. The boys played a close game, which the school
from San Jose won 27 to 25. The State Normal girls defeated its Grove counterparts
by a score of 40 to 10.
Country club organizing
The Del Monte Golf and Country Club has filed articles of incorporation in the office
of corporations in the office of county clerk T. P. Joy. The principal place of business
is Del Monte. The club’s purposes, as set forth in the articles, are to acquire, improve,
and maintain a club house for social intercourse among its members under such rules
and regulations as may be established.
Directors are H. R. Warner, Emett S. Husted, and Thomas Lee of Del Monte; E. H.
Hotonu of Pacific Grove; and W. O. Teaby of Monterey.
As pecuniary benefit is not an object, the corporation has no capital stock.
Chinese prisoners unable to put up bail
Mah Tin Leh, Gal Wong Chin, and Lei Unima have been charged with conspiracy to
violate the immigration laws of the United States.
The men were given preliminary hearings. They are suspected of being involved in
the operations of the smuggling launch, Comrade, which drops anchor at night along
the beaches at Monterey and Pacific Grove to discharge its human cargo.
Pending the hearings, the Chinese had been at liberty due to the postings of nominal
bonds. After the preliminary hearing, Commissioner Daugherty raised the bond
amount to $7,000 for each man. The prisoners will probably be shipped, shackled,
to Los Angeles for federal trial. If found guilty, the men may be imprisoned or sent
back to China.
Card party at hotel
The assistant manager of the Pacific Grove Hotel, J. W. Foster, believes it necessary to
acquaint more people with the presence and services of the hotel for which he works.
Foster has therefore organized a free card party to which all are invited. Refreshments
will be served throughout. Mr. Foster will serve as host.
Two Grove stores burglarized, crooks nabbed
The Pacific Grove stores, Cummings Jewelry and McEachren’s Furniture, have been
burglarized. Thanks, however, to the fast work of PG Constable Phil Oyer, the men
have both been captured and placed behind bars in this city’s lockup.
One military man, from the Presidio, and one civilian have been captured and accused.
The arrested are Private J. Gundy and Mister I. Smith. Both men have confessed and
have relinquished all their loot. Most of the loot was buried in the ground near the
Presidio gate.
Chief of Police Englund praised the work of Oyer profusely.
Popular Pacific Grove girl marries
Miss Carolyn Macauley, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Macauley, was married
yesterday. The young man of her choice was Clayton Pierce McGuire, who has been
living in Auburn, Pacer County. Miss Macauley had been dwelling with her parents on
Spruce Avenue in Pacific Grove. The couple said that they planned to reside in Auburn.
The parents indicated they approved of the match and the move, Rev. Macauley adding
that he considered the groom an exceptional chap.
The ceremony was performed in the parsonage of the Methodist Church by the Rev.
Wm. Burchett.
Check-ins at the Pacific Grove Hotel
J. L. Blair (San Jose), J. P. Weir (San Francisco), B. W. De Ross (Pacific Grove), H.
Benjamin (San Francisco).
From the market place…
ü You may leave an order to have your chimney swept at the office of the Pacific
Grove Review. The work will be accomplished within a week by a skilled team
of Japanese sweepers.
ü Paul’s Furniture Store is offering beautiful, handmade section tables at special
pricing for a short time only.
ü A good mare with foal is being offered to the right buyer. The horse and her
colt may be seen at 226 Cedar Street.
ü If you covet a piano on which to make beautiful music, visit Wright’s Hardware
Store.
Send us your history
Have you been holding on to a historical story of general interest
relating to Pacific Grove and area? Participate in High Hat and
Parasols by writing a few notes and sending them in. We’ll turn your
draft into newsworthy print material for inclusion in our historical
column, High Hats and Parasols. Be sure to include the approximate
date of the happening. Mail to: Jon Guthrie, High Hats and Parasols,
c/o Cedar Street Times, 311A Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove 93950.
Prefer e-mail? profjon@hotmail.com.
Would the lady who wrote about her uncle (or great uncle) and the
fireworks accident please write again? We have misplaced your letter
and are anxious to begin the research.
No hard feelings
PGPD was notified of three “intent to reposess” actions pending in the city. Two of
the registered owners had been notified and were waiting. The third registered owner,
who lives on Fountain Avenue, may not be quite so cooperative. He is believed to be
unaware of the action.
Off to jail
An audible alarm summoned PGPD officers to a business address. Upon arrival, they
noticed a male subject attempting to flee. They further discovered that the subject
had apparently attempted to gain entry by breaking a glass door with a hammer. The
subject was arrested and transported to county jail.
Anyone there?
A resident living on Forest Avenue reported having been bothered by annoying phone
calls. The resident had no suspect information.
Hatfields and McCoys?
Neighbors living next door to each other haven’t been getting along. In fact, the two
parties have confessed to an on-going feud. Each has stooped to harassing acts. Most
recently, one of the neighbors opened and left a can of cat food on the roof of the other’s
car. No damage was done, but cat prints were obvious on the roof. The victim indicated
that he wanted the police notified, even though he had no proof of the act.
Alleged bill collector threatens to get tough
A Pacific Grove resident notified police of receiving a large number of phone calls. The
caller identifies himself as a representative of a loan company. The resident denied the
claim, and asked the caller to stop calling. The representative refuses and gets verbally
abusive. He then threatens the victim’s family with abusive acts in retaliation. The
victim could provide the police with no suspect information.
Stay out, please
A tenant and landlord are at odds. The landlord has threatened to enter the tenant’s
dwelling without notification. The tenant has asked the landlord not to. Police were
summoned. The landlord was advised that if he did enter the residence without proper
notification he could be charged with trespassing.
Everything checks out fine
A representative of Adult Protective Services asked police if an officer could join him
for a welfare check of an individual living on Maple Avenue. A neighbor had called,
stated that he was worried having not seen the individual for several days. After
arrival, the officers could not locate the man, but everything else appeared in good
order. It appeared that the subject was able to care for himself. No cause for further
investigation was discovered.
Burglary suspect apprehended after foot chase
Chief of Police Darius Engles highly praised the work of Officer Jeff
Haas and Sergeant Jeff Fenton in apprehending a “smash-and-grab” burglary
suspect.
The officers were patrolling on foot on Tuesday, June 2 at 3:15 a.m. in the
area of 15th and Central when they heard the burglar alarm sounding at the Central
Avenue Pharmacy located at 133 15th Street. The officers observed a subject
running away from the scene and a foot pursuit ensued. The subject was caught
on 15th Street near Ocean View Blvd. The subject was identified as Jesus Romo
(age 29) from Castroville. Evidence was located at the scene and on his person
linking him to the crime. Additiomally, surveillance footage from the pharmacy
placed Romo at the scene.
Pollacci release terms changed
Thomas Pollacci spent several days in jail after spending too much time at church
last Friday. Superior Court Judge Russell Scott ruled that was a violation of Pollacci’s
release.
At his attorney’s suggestion, Pollacci had been under GPS surveillance and
confined to his parents’ home in Pebble Beach except for meetings with lawyers
and to attend church. The surveillance
showed he had stayed away too long
last Friday. Scott raised the bail from
$300,000 to $400,000, but did away
with the electronic surveillance and lifted
the home confinement. Pollacci was no
longer in custody as of Wednesday.
Pollacci has pleaded not guilty to
three counts of rape from an incident at
Ron’s Liquors, where he worked in April
2008. There will be a hearing in Scott’s
courtroom on July 10 to determine if
there is enough evidence for a trial.
“He’s free to leave his house,” said
prosecutor Christina Johnson. “Under
the court order, he’s not to be with any
unrelated females without supervision,
not to give any false names and not
to work in any capacity where he is
checking anyone’s identification.”
It was not made clear what the judge
considers to be proper supervision, other
than the presence of another adult.
The Pacific Grove Police
Department has been advised of these Thomas Ronald Pollaci

PGHS Class of �09 Valedictorian: Jeehee Cho
By Cameron Douglas
In the summer before her seventh
grade, Jeehee Cho moved from Pleasant
Grove, Utah, to Pacific Grove, California.
Since then, her academic and athletic
achievements have accelerated to the
honor of class Valedictorian for 2009.
Jeehee took time out from her busy
schedule to stop in and chat with Cedar
Street Times.
CST: What motivates you to excel?
CHO: Education is a big part of the
Korean culture. My dad came to
the U.S. to go to graduate school
at Brigham Young University, and
decided to stay because there are so
many educational opportunities in
this country. He wanted his children
to have that. Education has been a
really big part of our family. My
parents have always supported me
through it. They’ve never pressured
me. They just told me to do my best.
Going off to college, I take that
same idea. I want to gain a better
understanding of everything that’s
going on. I want to have enough
education to educate my children as
well.
CST: Are you thinking of home
schooling at some point?
CHO: Not necessarily. A lot of people
don’t value the occupation of stay-
at-home mom. When I was young,
my mom did that, and I think it
really helped my education. I’m not
saying I don’t want a career. After I
pursue a career and get married, if I
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one who taught me how to write.
Even after she retired, she took
more English classes, more poetry
classes, always seeking to broaden
her knowledge. That’s something I
admire.
In seventh and eighth grade, I
had a science teacher named Mr.
Osborne. He made science fun.
Another one would have to be my
history teacher, Mr. Powers. He
really helped me learn the material
thoroughly.
CST: Tell us about Hot Chocolate Party
Productions.
CHO: Michael Yanoska is one of my
really good friends, and he’s the
founder of that group. We make
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version of the TV show, “The
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Open space parking plan is complete

By Joe Fabeets
Cost estimate $3,900
The Pacific Grove Public Works
recommendations for parking at the Rip
Van Winkle Open Space were continued
once again by the PG City Council when
other agenda items took needed time.
The item had been continued from May
20 and will now be rescheduled a second
time. The City Council, which was due
for a summer recess, will instead meeton
June 17 to discuss the matter of the public/
private partnership between the City and
the Museum Foundation, but at this time it
is not know whether the recommendations
regarding Rip Van Winkle Open space will
be heard.
The process began last summer, when
CAL FIRE, the contracted agency for fire
protection in Pebble Beach, contacted
the City of Pacific Grove with concerns
about access through the Open Space at
the Congress Avenue fire gate.
In January, at the request of several
regular park users, City Council directed
the Traffic Safety Commission to form a
subcommittee consisting of City Staff,
members of the Traffic Safety Commission
and the Beautification and Natural
Resources Committee. The subcommittee Above: Zone B before improve-
created a plan to address parking and safety ments. At right, a diagram of the
issues while maintaining access to fire proposed changes.
roads. The Traffic Commission received
the subcommittee’s recommendations Photos: Left, Malcolm Knisely,
on April 14, and, after selecting an Pacific Grove’s Traffic Engineer,
alternative, made its recommendation to and right, Celia Martinez, the
City Council. city’s Public Works Director.
The proposed plan continues to
incorporate the parallel parking established
by City staff, creates five zones and adds approval from the Monterey
decomposed granite to stabilize the Peninsula Regional Park District,
ground. The proposed plan enhances the and from the successor to Del
parking area located south of the gate by Monte Properties. The Open
removing two stunted oak trees and a large Space extends all the way to the
stump. Another oak tree would be removed edge of the pavement on Congress
to facilitate more parallel parking. The Avenue.
planting of other oak trees within the Open Costs for the project are
Space area would mitigate the removal of estimated at $1,200 for staff
that tree. time and equipment, $1,700 for
In his report, Traffic Engineer Malcolm materials and $1,000 for tree
Knisely noted that all proposed changes work and planting, for a total of
to the Open Space Park area require $3,900.

Below, left: Sarah Lewis and Jan

Roehl, Traffic and Safety Commis-
sioners, and right: George Shayne,
Chairman.

Other members of the Traffic and

Safety Commission include Tony
Prock, Winston Elstob, Henry Leinen
and David Terry.
June 5, 2009 CEDAR STREET Times • Page 7

Butterfly
Criterium
flies
home
After a hiatus of nearly 30 years, a
prestige event in the cycling world
returned to Pacific Grove last
weekend. Though sparsely attended
by the local public, the field of
participants was full and drew
racers and fans from all parts of the
state. We spoke with race fans from
Visalia, San Jose, Santa Rosa and
Monterey as well as people from
Pacific Grove.

There were races in many categories

for men and women, and a race for
the younger set which drew smiles
from onlookers.

About 20 vendors had booths, of-

fering everything from free hats and
massage to bicycle tune-ups and
information.

Photos top, left and right, by Vince

Tuminello. Photos left and below by
Dixie Layne.
Page 8 • CEDAR STREET Times • June 5, 2009
PG Community High School graduating class ʼ09
Their mascot says it all: “You show the world: You are the Phoenix”
They come to Pacific Grove Community High
School for many reasons, but they’re all going places
when they graduate. On their last day of high school,
they were finishing up their yearbook and looking
forward to the summer vacation. Younger students were
working on the computers, painting banners, reading.
The students are self-motivated and have diverse skills
and aspirations, and the best part is that they all seem to
be friends.
Pacific Grove Community High School Vision
Statement
Pacific Grove Community High School will:
Provide Students with the opportunity for high school
graduation and pursuit of vocational goals and post
high school education;
Ensure competency in academic, critical thinking and
problem solving skills;
Maximize opportunities for students to develop the
positive values of self-reliance, initiative, kindness,
resourcefulness, creativity and responsibility;
Maintain a learning situation which encourages the
student to follow his or her own interests and pace.
Recognize that the best learning takes place when
the student, in partnership with staff, cultivates his
or her own desire to learn and recognizes personal
responsibility for the education process.
Jenna Rambo will attend Monterey Peninsula
College. She eventually wants to go into the film
industry, but hasn’t decided which end of the camera
she prefers.
Joey Davies is interested in producing movies as
well, but says that he will wait until spring to begin
college. He works for his father’s company, Joseph
Davies Window Cleaning, where he has for the past
eight years.
Matthew Williams will also attend Monterey
Peninsula College. He intends to take general education
Below: The student garden wa
beds were installed, and proper soil was brought in. A fence to protect the garden from deer was installed. Students can grow their choice of vegetables,
herbs, or flowers and the harvest is theirs to use as they wish. Artichokes, zucchini, sweet peas, bok choy, red and white onions, dill, cilantro, tomatoes, cab-
bage, strawberries, pumpkins and more are part of the bounty. Over the summer, advisor Elena Diebolt will care for the gardens and they’ll be ready for the
new students next fall.
classes at first, but eventually will major in automotive
repair where he knows he will likely always be able to
find work.
Kyle Sumpter has already taken steps to join the
United States Marine Corps, having completed one test
already. Many of his family members are in various
branches of the military, but none are in the Marines
which is why it’s his first choice. He wants to go
overseas.
Chris Butler is considering joining his brother
and sister at Ft. Stewart in Georgia, where they are in
the military, for the summer. He intends eventually to
become a massage therapist and chiropractor, because
he sees that there is a need for it among military
personnel.
Persis Tomingas intends to move to Japan and
learn to produce music there. Her mother is Japanese,
and Persis speaks the language, so she’s willing to go
abroad alone. She’s not particular about what style of
music she produces – she just wants to learn how to do
it.
Mikey Selbicky, who works at Grapes of Wrath
catering, will likely attend Monterey Peninsula College
for a year but he intends to transfer to Orange Coast
Community College. The guitarist, who has performed
locally on a number of occasions, wants to move to
Orange County with some friends from Pacific Grove.
Petika Hilton also wants to move to Southern
California -- Costa Mesa to be exact, where she has an
aunt. She’ll continue working at a frozen yogurt stor on
Cannery Row to save the money for her move.
Michaella Miller, who works at PG Juice and
Java, will also continue her job but she plans to go to
Monterey Penincula College and major in psychology.
She wants to take some more writing classes and
pursue her art.
Principal Matt Bell opened the graduation
ceremonies on June 5 and turned the podium over to
Front row, L-R: Jenna Rambo, Joey Davies,
Persio Tomingas, Kyle Sumpter: Back Row, L-R:
Chris Butler, Mikey Selbicky, Matthew Williams.
Separate photos: Petika Hilton, left, and Michaella
Miller, right.
Brad Woodyard.
Brad is the head teacher at Pacific Grove
Community High School. He teaches science,
mathematics and art, including jewelry making. He’s
hoping to find local artists and musicians willing
to share their skills with the students in the coming
year. He gave the dedication speech at the gradiation
ceremony, thanking friends, teachers, counselors, and
especially parents for their support of the students. He
also gave thanks for Charlyse Estes, the administrative
assistant who “holds everything together.” She reports
to principal, Matt Bell.
Elena Diebolt teaches English and Social Studies
there. She is dedicated to the students and works with
them in the garden project of which she is justly proud.
Elena took turns with Brad introducing each
student as they were given their diploma. They said
something personal about each student, and each
student was given a rose with their diploma, which
they then carried into the audience and handed to their
mothers.
Joey Davies, the class valedictorian, gave a
brief speech ending with “May you all live long and
prosper!” and in place of more speeches, the audience
was treated to music by Mikey Selbicky, Joey Davies,
and Blaise Fletcher-Naar (a junior). Mikey and his
mother did a duet of “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.”
Altogether, it was a unique ceremony for a unique
group of graduates.
Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don’t matter
and those who matter don’t mind.
-Dr. Seuss, quoted at the
PG Community High School graduation.

Just Call Him B: His Coffee House Story
By Jon Guthrie
Bunrim Pin enjoys having people call him B. That’s
“B” as in “B’s” coffee house of Pacific Grove, where
Bunrim … er, B serves as manager and proprietor. The
“B” works out well. Few can either pronounce or spell
his other name.
So why does B dabble in beverages? Well, B says
he’s trying to provide Pacific Grove with a place of
camaraderie, conversation, and (of course) delicious
munchies and superior coffee. Actually, you can write that
superior with an upper case “S” and you have the name of
B’s roaster-supplier: Superior Coffee of Fremont.
Now B has moved B’s Coffee House from downtown
on Lighthouse to a new location where once the Black
Forest held sway.
For B, customers are what the coffee business is all
about. He likes people. “If I can do something to improve
someone’s day, I’ve done what I set out to do. Selling
coffee is secondary.”
Now B, his special someone Rebecca Gamecho, and
Make kraut whether you’re a race fan or not
Neil Jameson
The Retired Firehouse Cook
Some crazy friends of ours (and most of them are
about a bubble off) have an annual party to celebrate the
24 of Hours of Le Mans race in Europe. They set up the
big screen TV and the DVD player and open their Pebble
Beach home to all the race fans they know for a huge 24-
hour pot luck and sometimes slumber party. They show
old footage as well as watching the minute-by-minute
action and it’s great fun.
We go for the food. Though we’ve volunteered for
SCRAMP for nearly 15 years and just a couple of weeks
ago went to the Indy 500, we’re not up on drivers and
manufacturers and teams. It’s just a good time and an
excuse to eat.
This year, Dean and Monica’s invitation said that
they’ll be honoring Audi’s big win last year by serving
sauerkraut and sausage as a main course. Dessert will pay
tribute to Peugeot with crepes. Me, I’ll probably take salsa
as my contribution – it goes with everything.
I got to thinking about sauerkraut. We always have
some on hand to have with sausage, pork roast or pork
chops, and I’ve always been a fan of those foods, even
should Corvette win the race.
Back in the days of sailing ships and long sea
voyages, they would take barrels of kraut on the ships
because it was a naturally preserved vegetable, and being
high in vitamin C it helped prevent scurvy
Sauerkraut is nothing more than fermented cabbage
and the only other ingredient needed besides the cabbage
is salt. I’ve had sauerkraut with caraway seeds in it, but
that’s not vital to do anything more than salt.
The salt draws the sugary juices out of the cabbage
and lets it ferment. If you want to make your own
sauerkraut (and what self-respecting German household
doesn’t have a 5-gallon crock out on the service porch,
full of kraut?) here’s how to do it.
Making your own sauerkraut
Firstly, use non-iodized salt. Iodine prevents the
fermentation so this is very important. Get pickling salt
or canning salt.
Secondly, the cabbage: The larger the cabbage, the
sweeter.
Thirdly, you will need a shredder (or a lot of energy)
and a crock. Do not use a metal pot of any type, and if
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because there are chemicals in those storage containers.
You might be able to snag a food grade 5-gallon bucket
at a restaurant’s back door, or hunt around the thrift shops
for crocks.
If five gallons sounds like too much, and you plan
to make a miniature quantity, remember that the ratio is
2.5 percent salt to cabbage by weight. That works out to
about 3 tablespoons of salt for every 5 pounds of cabbage.
Too much salt wilts the kraut (you want it crunchy), too
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Wash the cabbage well and shred it into long thin
pieces. Put the first 5 pounds in a big bowl, add the salt,
and mix it well. Let it stand for about 10 minutes to wilt
the leaves slightly and begin to draw out the sugary
juices.
After 10 minutes, put it in the crock. You can press
it with a wooden spoon or take a dinner plate and put it
on top of the kraut and press it until enough of the juice
rises to the top to cover the kraut with at least an inch
of juice.
Keep doing this, layer by later, until your chosen
container is full. Leave 4 or 5 inches at the top. Get a food
grade plastic bag, fill it with salt water (again – no iodine!)
and put it on top to make a lid. This little magic trick
reduces the odds of spoilage, though the old-fashioned
way was a clean clock with a dinner plate on top and a
crock lid. Most of those got broken so you will probably
not find one in a thrift store!
The kraut really needs to be protected from the air
while it ferments or you’ll end up with something even
the raccoons won’t want.
Put your container someplace where the temperature
is constant. At room temperature, it will probably take 3
weeks. Any warmer (like the top of the refrigerator) will
speed it up and any colder will slow it down.
Check your kraut every day. You may find that yeasts
and molds form on the surface, and it’s not fatal. Just skim
them off, along with any discolored cabbage. If you’re
using a cloth instead of a bag of salt water, rinse it out
every day. Seal it up carefully after each check.
When your kraut is ready to eat, you can rinse it to
make it less salty.
If you intend to eat it every day, you can probably
just leave it in the crock and dip into it but I’d recommend
canning it or freezing it. We don’t live where you can put
it out in the freezing weather. Personally, I only make
enough for an industrial-sized mayonnaise jar and I keep
it in the refrigerator.
Here’s a way to fix it with pork roast:
Use a baking dish. Put the pork roast in it and shake
some pepper and garlic powder on top. Put a couple of
inches of sauerkraut all around the roast, and you may
want to add some small baking onions or Pippin apples,
quartered and cored. Or both.
Bake the pork roast for two to three hours, depending
on the size, in a 350 degree oven. You want the meat
thermometer (if you use one) to reach 180 degrees.
You can put it all out on a platter and slice it, or if
you’re at the firehouse, just slice it in the baking dish.
Pork roasts don’t have a lot of fat so the sauerkraut won’t
be greasy.
So on June 14-15, while you’re relaxing or mowing
the lawn, think of me pretending to be in Monaco and
eating sauerkraut.
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The Green Page
Marvin Sheffield, DVM
Coast Live Oaks an alternative
in local home landscaping Living Wild in PG
Bruce Cowan
Expert Opinion
Whenever I contemplate the possible
extinction of some of our most interesting
and impressive fauna, I ponder what
mental aberrations the individuals of
so-called humanity that were responsible
for bringing these species to potential
annihilation, possessed.
In addition to Monterey pine (Pinus radiata) and Monterey cypress
Among the most endangered species
(Cupressus macrocarpa), a third tree dominates most of the forests and
are mammals and many bird species that
landscapes of Pacific Grove and the greater Monterey Peninsula. This is the
once were so very plentiful, that that
coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia).
no one ever considered the possibility
Coast live oak has a far greater natural range in coastal California than
that human excesses regarding hunting,
either Monterey pine or cypress. In most of Pacific Grove’s forested areas, at
trapping, and destroying their habitats
least where protected from direct ocean winds, the oaks become the climax
could wreak upon some of these popular
trees because they are more shade tolerant than pines. Oaks thrive in the
species.
shade of pines, while pines cannot grow well under oaks.
Many of you may have heard of the
Oaks are preferable in many ways as landscape trees for small yards
conflicts between the Timber Industry and
because they do not grow as large as pines or cypress, and healthy oaks
biologists, over the Spotted Owl. Those
seldom blow over in windstorms. Oaks are long-lived, up to 300 years
who live in the North Central States,
under ideal conditions.
and parts of the Rocky Mountain States,
Unfortunately, many oaks have shorter lives in landscapes because of a
may be aware of the animosity that some
pathogen--oak root fungus (Armellaria mellea). While prevalent in many
ranchers have for the Black Tailed Prairie
of our soils, the fungus doesn’t kill most oaks growing in the forest or
Dog, a member of the ground squirrel
unirrigated landscapes.
family.
Oaks are accustomed to our natural climate, cool rainy winters and
Others may have heard of the
warmer dry summers. When oaks are heavily irrigated during summer
relentless shooting of the Passenger
months, the fungus grows more rapidly and can kill roots and girdle the lower
Pigeon, a really beautiful bird, once so
trunk. This can cause the tree to die in a few years. Soil piled against the
numerous that ignorant wastrels had fun
trunk can also cause death by oak root fungus.
times shooting them out of their roosting
To prevent oak root fungus, as a general rule irrigation should not
trees, or killed them by hundreds of
be done closer than ten feet from the trunks of mature oaks. Water
barrels full for feeding swine. Oddly
should never splash on the trunks. Lawns should not be planted under oaks.
enough, the passenger pigeon, was not an
Better groundcovers under oak canopies include natural oak leaf mulch with
obnoxious bird like the imported European
unirrigated native plants such as wild iris (Iris douglasiana). Wood or bark
starling, nor did it damage or consume
chips can also be used.
human crops, since these native American
Newly planted oaks may be irrigated for several years.
pigeons, were forest dwelling birds that
A new pathogen--sudden oak death (Phytophthora ramorum) has killed
fed on acorn mast and seeds, nuts and
large numbers of trees in Big Sur but has so far not affected many oaks in
berries of our forest trees.
Among the mammals, few were shot
as wantonly as our American bison, whose
numbers once were in the many millions,
and whose range extended from Western
Pine trees to the rescue New York and Pennsylvania to the Rocky
Mountain states, south to Texas, and North
deeply into Canada.
As soon as the cross continental
railroad was completed, many of the
adventurers headed westward often
amused themselves by indiscriminately
shooting into the remaining bison herds
from the moving trains, thereby wounding
or slowly killing hundreds of bison that
they never could recover.
Decades later, wolves were often shot
for merely being a wolf; they too were
victims of unbridled ignorant hatred, and
Old World phobias and superstitions.
When the Northern and Western parts
of America and some Indian lands were
being ravaged by foreign settlers; trappers
for the fur trade occasionally encountered
the wolverine. This extremely endangered
mammal is one of America’s most
interesting, however more superstitions
and folklore nonsense abounds regarding
this intriguing member of the weasel
family than virtually any other species
on earth.
Wolverines are the largest species
Photo by Joe Fabeets
and most handsome of Mustelids, to which
the tiny ermine and long tailed and short
Derogatory statements made about Monterey Pine trees might have to be
tailed weasels belong to; however the
retracted, after four of them stood up for themselves and prevented a cer-
closest relative to American wolverines are
tain roll-over accident off Highway 68 on May 30. A 1992 Honda Civic left
the Scandinavian subspecies (Gulo gulo)
the roadway and slid down the embankment, headed for disaster when the
found in limited numbers in Northern
heroic trees caught it. No one was seriously hurt in the accident.
Scandinavia, except Denmark.
Humans have always tended to
anthropomorphize their own behavior
to non human domestic or wild animals;
never considering the fact that wolverines
having been pushed to the limits of habitats
where prey can be very scarce. Since the
trappers were a greedy and basically
ignorant lot, only intent upon how much
money pelts could be worth, they never
considered the demise of a species, but
were intent upon getting “theirs” while
the supply lasted. Some of the better
educated wild animal seekers were paid
by zoos, to obtain wolverines for exhibits
especially in Scandinavia, but countries
such as Austria, Germany, and Norway
wanted handsome unblemished specimens
to exhibit. The uninformed gave the
wolverine the name “Glutton” as the
pursuit of wolverines meant these hapless
animals were forced to keep running from
their would be captors, or fur traders.
Any mammal that has to hunt for prey
animals over huge distances, especially
in the taiga, or Alaskan tundra north of
the tree line, is likely to be very famished
when it does find any prey sources. They
naturally tend to eat ravenously or gorge
if possible, since they may go for weeks
before additional prey is found. If possible
wolverines who sometimes may overcome
an injured caribou, or find the remains of a
wolf or bear kill, may eat quickly and then
remove some part of the carcass and try to
cache it for future feedings.
What do wolverines look like and
how large are they? Are they a menace
to humans?
The average male wolverine is
roughly the size of the original Shetland
sheepdog, or Shelty. Their heads are
broader between the ears, and their upright
ears are rounded, and sort of bear-like.
Their muzzles are medium sized and much
blunter than a Shelty’s would be, their eyes
are a beautiful dark brown, not protruding,
and in general their
head and face is that of an intelligent
looking quite attractive mammal. Their
body is robustly built and their forelegs
are slightly short for their torso and
powerfully built, with broad paws. Their
coats are usually a dark mink-colored
brown, with a sash of yellowish-white
running lengthwise down their body. The
tail is medium-short in length and bushy.
Their furry coat which is quite dense in the
winter is often their undoing also. I have
met Alaskan trappers who still insist that
frost will not form on wolverine fur, and
many itinerant trappers sell the pelts to use
as frost free collars, or ruffs..
I found that to be another of the myths
surrounding this rare mammal. The average
male wolverine may weigh 40 pounds, and
many are much less, depending on the
availability of prey. Wolverines will and
do scavenge and when hard pressed for
food will attempt to chase a solitary wolf
from a kill. Depending on the size of the
wolf, and its determination, the wolverine
may sometimes succeed, and the wolf may
yield to it. However wolverines avoid
wolf packs, who may or may not target
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it. As for its “legendary” ferocity, that too has been
greatly exaggerated. Biologists that I know and trust
in Alaska, have informed me that wolverines are
usually quite timid of people, and even when they
attempted to dig some out of a den, to see if pups
were present, the mother wolverine growled and
snarled but fled from the den. Wolverines that have
languished in a painful leghold trap for several days,
will attempt to bite as they are being dispatched,
and why shouldn’t they? As for being dangerous,
wolverines have far more to fear from the human
biped than we ever could from them.
Like other mustelids, wolverines have anal
scent glands, which they may discharge when
extremely frightened or stressed just as some of our
domestic dogs do involuntarily also.
I’ve only seen one wild wolverine in my life,
and that was when I was returning from the Alaskan
North slope and was close to Gates of The Arctic,
a most beautiful part of Alaska. The wolverine was
quite distant, but through my binoculars, I watched
as this beautiful animal was running northward, with
its characteristic semi gallop semi-bounding gait. It
kept this up as it traversed hills and the valley without
breaking its pace.
I have seen captive wolverines, in the New
York Zoological Park. The keeper would enter their
enclosure and they seemed to be very friendly to
him. He related and demonstrated how playful they
can be, and he also introduced me to a book called
“Demon of the North”, written by Peter Krott, an
Austrian Forester by education; who spent many
years researching and owning, handling wolverines
in Finland. The book is excellent reading and
contains many photographs taken by the owner.
I have been informed that a solitary wolverine
had been seen in the Sierra Mountains of California.
Hopefully it has come to no harm but ALL Fish
and Game Departments are derelict if they still
allow trapping of wolverines. California has had
a very poor record in that respect, but Alaska is
an absolute disaster regarding trapping of any fur
bearing wildlife! This animal needs our protection
immediately, and should be on the Endangered
Species List NOW!

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Saturday, May 9 and
e
Sunday, May 10
Mother and Others
Luncehon Tea
the Centrella Inn
612 Central Ave.
Pacific Grove
$20 per person
Ages 12 and under $10
Reservations required Family portrait • Page 5
REMEMBER PGHS Salutator
Read-A-Thon • Page 6 Trees • Below and page 7
372-3372 ian • Page
3
• New book set
Through May 31 Through May at Ft. Ord •
31 Page 7
75th Birthday 75th Birthday New exhibit
the Dionne opening • Page
the Dionne Quintuplets Quintuple 8
A special exhibit ts
A special exhibit from the collection of from the
collection of Snick Farkas Snick
at the PG Public Farkas
at the PG Public Library Library
Free Free
• •
Thursday, May 14 Tuesday May
Good Morning, PGHS DANCE 26
Pacific Grove SHOW
Senior project
Chamber of commerce hosts PGMS auditorium
“Marketing Your Business to $4 Amer. Cancer
PG Innkeepers and Visitors Soc. benefi
7:00 p.m. t
Pacific Grove Museum May 22-29,
8-9 a.m.
May 8-14, 2009 Pacific Grove Community News Vol. I, Issue 33 • 2009
• Pacific Grove

Preliminary
May 19 Community

Low On Water
News

budget releas
Central Coast Writers Club Vol. I, Issue

PG kids take over the library

35
Guest Speaker:

ed
Travel Writer Brad Herzog
on By Joe Fabeets There were
City’s proposed no real surprises on
“The Memoir: the
How Not to Fake It” was unveiled budget for 2009/10, which Becklenb
May 20. But
at the City Council on Pacific erg estimated the impact
Casa Munras Hotel Winter is over and the results are there were some meeting Grove negotiating salaries,”
Monterey Director of new issues. year if the state to be $451,000 this said Councilme
in. If this year’s precipitation were a does raid local and Mayor Pro
No-Host Dinner and social hour Becklenberg Management and Budget While such a coffers. Tem Vickie Stillwell.mber
homework assignment, the student Thursday May revised Jim “grab” In so many
begins at 5:30 p.m. would be getting a C minus. According 28 loss to $1.5 million his estimated revenue cities within three must be repaid to the Carmelit words. Councilme
Main program begins at 7:00 to the California Department of Water
Youth Center a previous estimate in the current year from – the issue remains years – with interest concessiona Garcia said that mber
Open House failure of California’of $1.3 million. And “what-ifs.” clouded in doubts s are vital to such
Resources website, 2008-09 is the third the and afloat, while keeping the
6-7 p.m. meet voter approval s budget proposition Another gloomy Councilmember City
consecutive dry year for the state, with s to was a little more Lisa Bennett
below average precipitation and runoff
• May 19, 2009 in the special
election of possibility that there will
prospect is
the salaries 10 direct: : “Ratchet
May 29-31 from cities by raises the specter of a “grab” concessions on salaries, be no employee percent across back
beginning in the fall of 2006. The current 3rd Annual
Monterey
the state. which could result raises and benefits That’s it,” she said. the board.

New fee sch

drought is rated “severe,” which means Rock & Rod and delays. “We in protracted negotiation In his presentatio
communities without adequate water Festival need to do a s Becklenb erg n to the
told them that Council,
edule include
Benefitting better job of
supplies may have to enact mandatory Gateway Center there are
Sock Hop Fri. May See BUDGET
29
s green fee incr
conservation practices. The next stage Page 2
6:00 p.m.
would be a full-scale, “extreme” red
ease
Tickets $20
alert. Saturda
Here are some statistics from the Music of The y night
Turtles
• CDWR regarding precipitation between Flo & Eddie featuring
and
July 1, 2008 and April 1, 2009. Out of 12 Ron Dante
May 29-31 of
reservoirs around the state, the highest the Archies
3rd Annual Monterey Photo by Nate Phillips + many others
is New Bullards Bar on the Yuba River
Rock & Rod Festival at 80 percent of capacity. The lowest is Sat. and Sun.

Reading marathon raises cash

Benefitting Gateway Center Classic Car
Lake Isabella on the Kern River at only Show all day
Sock Hop Fri. May 29 Golf fees
6:00 p.m. See WATER Page 2 Two-day adults
Tickets $20
Saturday night as children surpass goals Two day child
Saturday
$25
6-12 yrs. $7

PG City tree
Music of The Turtles featuring Saturday only only adult $20
child
Flo & Eddie and Sunday only 6-12 yrs. $5
Sunday only adult $10

ordinance
Ron Dante of By Jon Guthrie child 6-12 yrs.
the Archies www.montereyrockro $5
d.com
+ many others •

review
Sat. and Sun. Friday May
Saturday proved to be a day of wonderment at the public library of Pacific Wine, Art & 29
Classic Car Show all day Music
Walk
Grove. And that goes for grown-ups as well as for kids. Downtown

continues
pacific Grove
Two-day adults $25
Under the direction of Linda Bailey, program originator, children showed 6-9 p.m.
Two day child 6-12 yrs. $7 up by the dozen to “take a chair” and read their hearts out. Many came Free
Saturday only adult $20 accompanied by a parent. Some parents even shared the chair and read books •
Saturday only child 6-12 yrs. $5 of their own. One mom escorted a lively group of five all the way from Salinas Sunday, May
By Cameron Douglas
31
Butterfly Criterium
Sunday only adult $10 to join the fun.
Sunday only child 6-12 yrs. $5 The project has a multiple purpose, according to Bailey: to acclaim the and Bruce Cowan Bicycle From any angle,
www.montereyrockrod.com values of reading, to promote the community values of libraries, and to assist in Racing starts Race PG’s golf course
at 7:30 a.m. is beautiful.
• raising funds to help keep our library operational and running smoothly. Last race 3:30 The agenda Will raising
p.m. greens fees
Friday May 29 “We’ll be in business for twelve hours,” explained the director. “During
Members of the city’s Beautification public discussion item which received more make it any
and Natural Resources Committee and the than cuts to players and provides less so? Photo
at the recent
Wine, Art & Music Walk that time we’ll have fourteen chairs constantly occupied. Sponsors have agreed
general public are waiting for a single, City council library funding discount from the steepest
by Cameron
Douglas
Downtown pacific Grove to donate funds for each hour a kid reads.” Some visitors were so impressed by proposed fee meeting was
the standard
definitive version of Pacific Grove’s schedule for the least 42 percent, fee (at players. It provides
6-9 p.m. the kid’s efforts that on the spot they turned into donors. Ms. Bailey noted that Golf pro Joe the golf course. a significant
Free controversial tree replacement ordinance. Management Riekena and at non-peak more discount discount from
one woman had dropped by to check out a book and, instead, wound up writing and Budget Director times) the standard
Mayor Cort asked the committee to review presented a recommen Jim Becklenbe of golf at no additionaland allows for least 27 percent, fee (at
a check for $300.
the ordinance after recent brou-ha’s for golf at the dation to increase rg slower months. charge in the non-peak times). more discount at
Reading choices turned out to be varied and eclectic. Nicholas Mah, for
regarding the law’s specific provisions offered a “new City’s municipal course
fees cost frequent The card would would pay $120 Non-residents
instance, concentrated on a book about Star Wars. Rachael Sands preferred
and penalties for non-compliance. recommended model” for golf rates. They
and ($500 for resident
resident golfers
$600, This change for the card.
• reading about the Three Blind Mice. Everywhere visitors looked, different increase in may represent
Ongoing Mondays topics leaped into evidence. One child tried reading two books—different
The city’s tree law states, “to the be increased that the daily fee for 18-holes “Lighthouse” seniors). With
card a resident the the
very frequent rate paid per round by
an
extent feasible, every tree which is from $40 on play for at $28
on weekends weekdays and
subjects—at the same time. $45
could Pacific Grove players. For example,
Certified Farmers Market removed shall be replaced on site by a to
on weekends. $42 on weekdays and which is the on summer weekends, a
4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Why do these kids do it? This increase $48 time purchases an resident who currently
minimum of two trees, of a comparable generate approxima is expected for golf, instead of highest demand annual card
Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove Danielle Zelinda said that it was really very simple. “If you want to read • times per week and plays four
use and size as determined by the city Ongoing Monday tely $70,000 to of $48 which of the standard rate
Free, For Info: 831-384-6961 some book, and you don’t have it ... well, you can just come to the library and Seeking to
maintain Pacificper year. is per round. The pays approximately $5.41
• forester.” This is to be done at the property s
Certified Farmers position in market frequent players.proposed for less recommended
check it out. I’m reading to help raise money to save our library.” as “the best Grove’s be more than “The $28 may could cost
the same resident rate model
Ongoing Tues. & Thurs. owner’s expense within 30 days after a 4 p.m. to 8 Market in the area,
despite rate golf value the current “annual (assuming play $10.38
tree removal permit is issued. p.m. proposed two increases,” pass” players
Salsa Dancing Last year’s marathon raised $10,000, which was the goal the children set
Lighthouse
Ave., new “frequent they pay,” said the three times per once per weekend and
7 p.m. Some argue that replacing one tree Free, For Info: Pacific Grove cards”: player annual report, “But staff week).
the
Chautauqua Hall
for this year. And they have shattered that goal, raising $12,600 as of press
with two is excessive, especially in the
831-384-6961 discounted rate card offers a steeply However, this
rate remains
time. Says Bailey, “We still had close to 40 kids there listening to ghost stories • “Lighthouse for frequent competitive with extremely
Central & 16th Avenues case of Monterey pines. According to Card” is aimed • The proposed players.” other golf courses
at midnight.” More photos inside. at frequent $20 “Monarch area. in the
Free aimed at residents Card” is
See TREES Page 7 and less frequent
Many members
of the public
See GOLF
FEES Page
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Robert Lewis Bill Monning hosts artist reception

Now Showing
Assemblymember Bill Monning will host a joint open house and reception for
Monterey Featured Artist Erin Gafill at his Monterey District Office on June 12, 2009,
from 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. The Assemblymember’s Monterey District Office address is
99 Pacific Street, Suite 555-D in Old Monterey and the public is welcome to attend.

Ongoing The Peace of Art

Artisana Gallery
Artisana Gallery, 309 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, 831-655-9775 or
artisanaonline.com
Gallery Talk by Princess Simpson Rashid
Saturday, May 30, 2009, 2-4:30 p.m.
Live painting demo at 3 pm. Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific
Grove.
“The Peace of Art”
New Exhibit at Le Beau Soleil Gallery
featuring Carole Bestor
Le Beau Soleil Gallery, in Pacific Grove , presents a new exhibit featuring the work
of Carole Bestor. Carole Bestor’s acrylic and watercolor inspiration comes from nature
and light. Her passion for painting brings her great joy and peace and she wishes to share
this with others through her art, hence the title of this show, “The Peace of Art”.
Le Beau Soleil Gallery has occupied a place in the heart of beautiful downtown
Pacific Grove on Forest Avenue near the intersection of Forest and Lighthouse Avenues
for nearly six years. Its lofty walls of mural work and plaster embellishments create a
unique and appealing atmosphere for the display of talented local artists such as Carole
Bestor, two new artists June Levin and Sally Giddings Smith, and the other Le Beau
Soleil artists, Dick Gorman, Elizabeth Meyer, Kathy Sharpe, and Murray Wagnon.
For more information about the artists and directions to the gallery, go to www.
lebeausoleilgallery.com, or contact gallery owner Robert Lewis, at 831-402-8406.
Pacific Grove Art Center Le Beau Soleil Gallery, in Pacific Grove ,
PG Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove 831-375-2208 or pgartcenter.org
presents a new exhibit featuring the work
of Carole Bestor and others. Carole Bestor’s
MG By the Sea Gallery
MG Gallery specializes in cartoon heroes, science fiction, horror and nostalgia art acrylic and watercolor inspiration comes from
from around the globe. Michael Goodell rcently opened at 170A Grand Avenue. nature and light. Her passion for painting
brings her great joy and peace and she wishes
Ongoing Wednesdays to share this with others through her art; hence
Figure Drawing the title of this show, “The Peace of Art”.
6-9 pm at Pacific Grove Art Center • Model fee: $10
Instructor 373-0886
Le Beau Soleil Gallery, 210 ½ Forest Avenue , Pacific Grove

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