July 20th, 2012 Issue

In This Issue

InsideCop Log .................................3Food ....................................14Green Page ..........................16Health & Well-Being ...........12High Hats & Parasols .............4The Homeless Stories.............8Legal Notices .......................10Opinion ...............................10Peeps ...................................15Sports ....................................9Up & Coming ..........5, 6, 7, 13

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Rescuing fish - page 16Sports - Page 9 Sea bass pairing - 14

Cedar Street Times has moved offices

to 306 Grand Ave.Pacific Grove

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Fri. July 20Art Walk

Downtown Pacific Grove6-9 PM

Info 373-3304•

Sat. July 21Mike Beck

and The Bohemian SaintsFine Americana music on tap at

the Pacific Grove Art Center,569 Lighthouse Ave

8:00 p.m. to midnightTickets at the door

•Sun. July 29

The Summertime Musical Love-Fest 3:00-5:00 PM

Pacific Grove Art Center,569 Lighthouse Ave

Tickets is $15Something Cool Trio

Richard and Norma Mayer

Council votes to retain membership in FORA and Mayors’ water JPA

The City Council voted to retain membership in the beleaguered organiza-tion charged with oversight of the former Fort Ord property for the time being and, in a separate vote, decided to remain in the Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority as well.

Bill Kampe is Pacific Grove’s repre-sentative on the FORA board and is on the finance committee there. Del Rey Oaks Mayor Jerry Edelman, also a member of FOR A, spoke high praise of Kampe’s con-tribution and urged the Council to continue membership.

With Councilmember Dan Miller dis-senting, the Council agreed that the region-alization aspect of FORA is important to the City despite the fact that Pacific Grove does not have land on the former Ft. Ord.

There was full agreement, however, on the question of remaining in the Mon-terey Peninsula Regional Water Authority, nicknamed the Mayors’ JPA. Questions had arisen about the benefits and the legality of continuing representation in the JPA since Pacific Grove has chosen to back one of the three water solutions under consideration by the JPA, the People’s desalination project.

Former Carmel Mayor Sue McCloud urged the Council to postpone any decision to leave the JPA until the Technical Advisory Committee reports are in the hands of the JPA members. Edelman concurred, saying that the Peninsula mayors need to present a united front before the California Public Utilities Commission as hearings come up in the fall of this year, though Miller reported that Carmel Mayor Jason Burnett has held private meetings with a member of the CPUC to urge for the Groundwater Replenishment and Aquifer Storage por-tions of the Cal Am proposal and to let Cal Am bill the ratepayers for it.

Pacific Grove has already spent $5,000 to join and another $33,000 for its share of JPA operating expenses. Mayor Carmelita Garcia indicated that the JPA will soon ask for another $45,000 from Pacific Grove to hire an independent counsel and asked the City Manager, Tom Frutchey, what it has al-ready cost in staff time. Frutchey estimated that he has spent an estimated five hours per week between JPA meetings and Technical Advisory Committee meetings since the JPA was formed six months ago.

In response to questions from Council-member Ken Cuneo, he also advised that the money is available in the general fund should the JPA ask for the $45,000.

Final OK votedfor Fountain Ave.cul-de-sac

The City Council has adopted the agree-ment with the Pacific Grove Unified School District to license a portion of Fountain Avenue located behind the Middle School so that the school district could build a pair of cul-de-sacs and a pedestrian crossing and extend some sidewalks. Using Measure D funds already allocated, the district will over-see the construction of the project intended to provide additional safety for students crossing to the athletic fields and an area, safe from Forest Avenue traffic, where parents can drop

Citybalks on tobacco retailerfee and licensing

Though Monterey County supervisors voted a fee and a set of guidelines intended to cut down the number of underage smok-ers, and recommended that the various cities do the same, the Pacific Grove City Council has elected not to join them.

“I don’t want any more regulation or fees,” said Councilmember Alan Cohen.

The proposal would have extracted a fee and demanded a licensing procedure for all retailers selling tobacco in the City limits, using the fee to pay for enforcement.

Agreement to agree on desalplant receives final approval

The formation agreement which would make Pacific Grove the public agency for Nader Agha’s Moss Landing Commercial Park desalination plant has been finalized and signed, but Robert Huitt and Bill Kampe both disagreed with the role, though not necessarily with the project itself.

Huitt remained firm in his resolve that being a go-it-alone public agency is not the proper role for Pacific Grove. “It should be a regional process,” he said.

The “agreement to agree” is a commitment to negotiate a desalination agreement ac-cording to City Manager Tom Frutchey, and though it is a binding agreement, there are exit procedures built in, he pointed out.

“We need answers to some questions,” he said, “before we can complete the agree-ment.” Agha has agreed to pay for the City’s expenses around the agreement, including a water engineer/project manager who would define questions and make a feasiblity report.

Councilmember Alan Cohen raised a couple of those questions: Will Cal-Am buy the water? And can we buy the right-of-way for the pipline needed? He said he is looking forward to the CPUC’s July 26-2 workshop to find answers to some of the questions.

The Mayors’ JPA Technical Advisory Committee has made a preliminary – though

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Pacific Grove? Really?

Lack of fog may be confusing regular visitors and residents, but the tourists are loving the view to Hopkins Marine Lab from Lovers Point. Photo by Peter Mounteer

Feast of LanternsSchedule of Events

Sat. July 21Family Fun Day

(including chalk fest)11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Museum of Natural History - Free

Wed. July 25Opening Ceremonies

1:00 p.m.Chautauqua Hall - Free

Entertainment by Gordon Coleman Celebration Cakes

(Sponsored by Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce)

Thurs. July 26Feast of Flavors

11:00 a.m. ‘til the food is all goneChautauqua Hall - $10/person

Fri. July 27Pet Parade

Participants gather at 2:00 PM at Caledonia Park

Parade begins at 2:30 p.m.Downtown Pacific Grove

Fri. July 27Feast of Dancing

6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.Chautauqua Hall - Free

Sat. July 28 Feast DayLovers Point Park and Pier

Children’s Activities 11-5:30 PMEntertainment begins 12:30 PMSand Castle Contest begins1 PM

Sponsors Walk & Pageant 7:45 PMFireworks at the conclusion

Sun. July 29Closing Ceremonies

2:00 p.m.Chautauqua Hall - Free

Entertainment by La Iku and Umi

• CEDAR STREET Times • July 20, 2012

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 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Fri. and is available at various locations throughout the county as well as by e-mail subscription.

Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson News: Marge Ann Jameson, Peter Mounteer

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Current YTD (June 2012) Number Prior YTD (June 2011) NumberFire 11 12EMS/Rescue 415 464Hazardous Condition 39 58Service Calls 135 149Severe Weather 2 0False Call 56 22Total Responses 658 705Total Code 3 Calls: 522 552Response Times ≤ 5 minutes: 96% 91%

Three council terms up for election in fall:deadlines to file

The City of Pacific Grove gen-eral municipal election will be held on November 6, 2012 for the follow-ing offices: Mayor (one two-year, full-term office) and Councilmember (three four-year, full-term offices).

Candidates may obtain nomina-tion forms from the Pacific Grove City Clerk’s Office, 300 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, (831) 648-3181. Completed forms must be filed with the City Clerk’s office by no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, August 10, 2012, unless an eligible incumbent does not file for reelection, in which case the nomi-nation filing period will be extended until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15, 2012.

not complete – finding in favor of Agha’s proposal.

Cal Am is currently challenging the County’s requirement for a public agency partner in any desalination project under-taken. If the CPUC should find for Cal Am, the need for Pacific Grove’s role in the People’s project, estimated to cost an eventual $130 million, could disappear though having a public agency partner would assist in gaining funding for the project.

Kampe withheld comment on the item though not his dissenting vote. Later, discussing the Mayors’ JPA item on the agenda, he said that he believed that the Water Management District has a role to play, and questioned why there is an effort to dismantle the District once again.

off and pick up students. The cul-de-sacs will be under the control of the City while the other areas will be under the school district’s purview.

The agreement included the convey-ance of small portions of Middle School property to the City which complete the bulb-out at the end of each cul-de-sac so that all paved portions are part of the City’s liability. Should the two parties mutually agree to remove the cul-de-sacs, those portions would revert to the school district.

The plan can be viewed on our web-site at http://www.cedarstreettimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/September-30th-2011-Issue.pdf

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Instead, Councilmember Robert Huitt asked if the Pacific Grove Police Depart-ment could be contacted and asked if the City has a problem this sort of proposal could solve.

Staff was directed to send a letter to the Board of Supervisors stating that Pacific Grove had decided not to go along with the county’s suggestion.

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Due to federal cutsMST downsizes service for military

Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) will modify schedules on Lines 82 and 83 effective Saturday, July 14, 2012. Funding for the Federal Transit Benefit, which supports MST’s military partner-ship program with Fort Hunter Liggett, decreased in January 2012 from $230 per person per month to $125, while the federal parking benefit increased from $230 to $240 per month. The decreased per-person transit benefit has reduced the overall budget for the Fort Hunter Liggett bus program, thus forcing this reduction in service levels. In addition, Congress neglected to include restora-tion of the federal transit benefit in the “MAP-21” multi-year Transportation Authorization legislation that it approved last Friday and that was signed into law by President Obama on July 6, 2012. As such, MST must reduce service on Lines 82 and 83 to meet the lower level of funding available to support this military partnership.

On Lines 82 and 83, the number of daily trips will be reduced on weekdays and Saturdays, and Sunday service will be discontinued completely effective July 14, 2012.

For more information, visit www.mst.org or call Monterey-Salinas Transit toll free at 1-888-MST-BUS1. Follow MST on Twitter at www.twitter.com/mst_bus for the latest service alerts.

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Cop logMarge Ann Jameson

We don’t repeat reports of sexual violence or domestic violence, mental illness or dementia. We do not report on deaths by natural causes.

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At 12:56 p.m., the Monterey Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 345 Asilomar Boulevard in Pacific Grove. Upon arrival, Monterey fire crews found heavy fire involvement in a single story, single family residence. Firefighters were able to quickly contain the fire to the rooms that were involved on their arrival and keep the fire from spreading to the rest of the house and surrounding homes.

The two residents were not home when the fire started. Two dogs were in the home at the time of the fire. One dog was able to escape before firefighters arrived; the second dog was unable to escape and perished in the fire.

Monterey Fire Department responded with 4 fire engines, 1 ladder truck, 2 chiefs and 2 fire investigators for a total of 19 personnel. Pebble Beach Community Service District provided 1 fire engine via automatic-aid.

The home sustained approximately $175,000 of structural and content damage. The fire is currently under investigation by the Monterey Fire Department.

House fire claims family pet

Granddaughter won’t get the keys for a looooong timeSheriffs in pursuit of a vehicle contacted PGPD to get a hold of

the owner of the vehicle. Turned out granddad had lent the keys to his granddaughter – but the driver wasn’t her. Other vehicles were struck and damaged by the driver, but the registered owner (granddad) declined to press charges as he assumed the driver was known to his granddaughter. The vehicle was impounded.

No eyes put outA group of boys found a BB gun in a park near their residence and

admitted they played with it before turning it over to one of the boys’ mother. The BB gun was turned in for destruction.

Ammo, gun turned inA gun and some ammunition were turned in for destruction and fees

were collected for disposal. The party said they weren’t interested in it any more.

Not such good friendsTwo friends got involved in an altercation on Ocean view. Neither

wanted to press charges against the other, however, so maybe the friend-ship is intact.

DUIEber Ruiz was stopped for traffic violations and subsequently arrested

for DUI.

FoundPurse, bank card, wallet, cell phone – all in separate incidents.

Smooshing evidenceOscar Moreno Flores was stopped for traffic violations and found

to have a suspended license. Also found to have a glass pipe. . .which he smooshed with his foot. He was booked anyway.

Urinating while drinkingNot sure of the vehicle code, but Gustavo Gomez-Barajs was ar-

rested for urinating and drinking, plus the fact that he couldn’t pass the FSTs.

Hiding under the bed, but not well hiddenA probation check while the probationer was away revealed a jar with

what was proved to be marijuana, as well as two empty beer cans, under the bed.

More paraA class pipe and a digital scale set to grams with crystal meth residue

were found in a probation search.

We know you’re scammingA potential victim received a letter stating she had won $250,000 and

enclosing a check, but said she knew it was a scam. The police officer called the number provided and when the officer quizzed the person on the phone, they hung up. Given that the check and letter came from Cana-da, it probably wasn’t worth $250,000 anyway. The current exchange rate is 99 cents.

False alarmOcean View Blvd., alarm registered.There was also a false alarm on city property on Del Monte Blvd. but

the city was not charged.

Back to classA fire engine backed into the fire house and broke off the mirror. Oops.

Set the brake, curb the tires. Wait. Are there curbs in a parking lot?

An unoccupied vehicle at Country Club Gate rolled backward into a parked car. No injuries.

Large dog at large: Known suspectA chocolate lab was reported at large on Central at 12th. The reporting

party had captured the offender, and the officer knew the dog from previous contacts. It was taken to the station, cited for being at large and not having a license, and given a court date in September. The dog should probably take his owner to court with him inasmuch as the owner paid the license fees.

Bark bark bark – he just wanted to go for a rideA dog left behind in an apartment while the owner took her husband to

work was bark bark barking. It quit when the owner came home.

Not the sort of thing you want to loseA bag and some women’s clothing were left at George Washington

Park. In the bag were identification, marijuana, unlabeled prescription meds and a glass pipe. The owner, it was learned, was in the hospital but had no prescription for the marijuana so it, the unlabeled meds and the pipe were all confiscated for destruction.


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 are quoted from Pacific Grove/Monterey publications from 100 years in the past. 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.

The News … from 1912.

Forest Hill United Methodist Church551 Gibson Ave., Services 9 AM Sundays

Rev. Richard Bowman, 831-372-7956Pacific Coast Church

522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942Peninsula Christian Center

520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove

246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal ChurchCentral Avenue & 12th Street, 831-373-4441

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

Peninsula Baptist Church1116 Funston Avenue, 831-394-5712

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

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

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

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

Church of Christ176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific GrovePG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave., 831-333-0636

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

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

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

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

Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m.Congregation Beth Israel

5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel (831) 624-2015Chabad of Monterey

2707 David Avenue, Pacific Grove (831) 643-2770

Democrats plotting to close SF mint?Democrat members of the United States Congress have been accused of making

plans to close the federal mint at San Francisco. Businesses conducted in ‘Frisco will be gradually shifted to the mint in New Orleans. The people of New Orleans are said to be celebrating, San Franciscans have fallen into deep mourning, and members of the House Appropriations Committee simply shrug and say the move will save the government significant money.

Those savings, of course, will be at the expense of the jobs of all those currently employed by the San Francisco mint … of whom many are heroes. During the quake and fire of 1906, several mint workers let their own homes and property be destroyed and pillaged while they stood guard over the mint for four days and nights. Several Grovians, who work at the mint during the week and travel home during the weekend, stand among them.

It is the opinion of this editor that all employees, indeed all Californians, should lose no time in preparing to resist any attempt to close that grand institution, the San Francisco mint.

Judge Flenner to address ChautauquaJudge J. D. Flenner of Boise, Idaho, who is staying at the Pacific Grove Hotel, is

in the Grove in order to talk to Chautauquians. The topic of his address will be “Un-derstanding American Literature.”

On Tuesday of this week, Judge Flenner warmed up by presenting an entertainment during the International Order of Foresters gathering at the high school. On Thursday, the Judge is expected to attend the Board of Trade meeting and discuss some of the plans Boise has for increasing commerce. Saturday, however, is to be Flenner’s big day at the Chautauqua. Everyone should plan to attend in order to hear this gifted man speak.

Mexican situation improvesBoth the United States Departments of State and War are regarded as believing

the situation in Mexico as having improved. No reports of untoward events have been received for three days from army officers positioned as observers along the Rio Grande River and the western border with the United States. From Oaxaca comes word of considerable unrest, but no outbreaks of violence. Quiet also prevails at Ensenada. Americans stranded in Nogales because of a destroyed bridge are still stranded, and will be until repairs can be made. 1

Local boy loses three fingersWilliam Philstead, who resides with his parents on David avenue in New Monterey,

has been badly injured by an exploding dynamite cap. Among other emergency medical treatments, three fingers had to be amputated.

The boy was on his way home after escorting the family cow to a vacant lot for the cow’s evening browsing. Skipping along, Billy spotted several objects that appeared like fun toys to play with … but were actually dynamite caps. After picking one up, the cap exploded causing severe injuries. Fortunately, the incident was witnessed by Jack Duttle, a neighbor, who rushed to the boy’s assistance. Duttle decided immediate medical attention was called for and, rather than take the lad home, he hurried the boy to the office of Dr. Yates, which was nearby. 2

The following morning, Duttle escorted the city constable and several others to the scene of the explosion. While looking around, the group discovered a can of blasting caps hidden within a crevasse. Further searching revealed numerous additional caps scattered around the area like land mines. No one can say where the caps originated or why they were there

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the constable or the editor of the Pacific Grove Review. A $10 reward is being offered.

Fish cannery on fireA fire was discovered in the salmon packing shed on the Pacific Coast Steamship

wharf on Sunday morning about half past two o’clock. The origin of the blaze remains a mystery, but arson is being considered. The fire was discovered among a number of barrels of fish oil which were stored in a corner of the shed. It was discovered just in time to prevent a disastrous fire. A number of fishermen did good work fighting the fire until firemen arrived. The blaze was then extinguished and the loss figured out to be about $50.

City-owned, but no deedCity Trustee E. Berwick invited Mr. A. D. Shepard, secretary and manager of the

Pacific Improvement Company, to visit with him and go on tour of the strip of land ly-ing along the ocean front running for four blocks just east of Carmel avenue. Berwick pointed out that it had long been assumed that the Pacific Improvement Company had made a gift of the land to the city, but that no deed had been forthcoming. Shepard agreed to immediately rectify the situation by issuing a deed.

Snippets …The Hawkeye Association of Pacific Grove has announced its annual picnic to be

held on the beach near the foot of 17th street. In the unlikely event the weather turns inclement, the event will move into the basement of the Methodist-Episcopal church.

The National League for Medical Freedom will meet Monday evening at the Pacific Grove Hotel.

And the cost is …J. K. Paul has just received a line of fine tapestry. Both price and quality are right.

Two-ply, ingrain, throw carpet, 36” wide, 10¢ per yard.Spoon & Hicks offers the very best in kitchen supplies. Long-handle milk dipper,

made of genuine tin. Just 35¢.

Author’s Notes1 The “Mexican situation” referred to was the junta by Gomez attempting to wrest

governmental control away from Madero.2 Today, it would be difficult to bring oneself to such a decision without the consent

of parents, but the solid concern of one person for another (and each other’s kids) was of topmost importance one hundred years ago.

References: Pacific Grove Review, Monterey Daily Cypress, Del Monte Weekly, Salinas Index, Monterey County Post, Bullions’ Grammar (1890).William

Jon Guthrie

High Hats & Parasols

July 20, 2012 • CEDAR STREET Times•

Arts and Events

Up and Coming

PACI FIC GROVE CHAMBER OF COMMERC E

831.373.3304 • www. PAC I F I CG ROV E .org

FREE EvEnt • PlEnty oF PaRkingWalk maps available at all locations

Friday, July 20 • 6-9 PM

The Pacific Grove Art Center will be open from 7-9 PM.

Studio Nouveau 170 B. Grand Avenue

Glenn Gobel Custom Frames562 Lighthouse Avenue

Strouse & Strouse Studio Gallery178 Grand Avenue

Barry Marshall Studio213 Grand Avenue

Artisana Gallery309-A Forest Avenue

Sprout Boutique210 ½ Forest Avenue

Sun Studios208 Forest Avenue

Tessuti Zoo171 Forest Avenue

Wine, Art & MusicWALK

Art by Lyn Burghall and Sandra Rae Lake.

Royal Court visitsArt Competition

Stop by Artisana Gallery and join the Royal Court in celebrating local artists during the Feast of Lanterns Art Com-petiton. The public is invited to vote for a People’s Choice award to be given to one of the pieces. Refreshments and entertain-ment will round out the evening.

Art sales from the competition benefit the Feast of Lanterns. Show will be up through July 31.

Artisana Gallery is at 309 Forest Ave. (across from City Hall) in Pacific Grove.

Artisana Gallery is open Monday-Saturday 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Sunday by appointment; phone Artisana Gallery 655-9775

Learn all about deer with Parks

Ever wanted to get a bet-ter understanding of local deer? Well, the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District’s (mprpd.org) is offering a four-hour nature program for you at Palo Corona Regional Park.

Information is below. To learn about all nature activities presented by the Monterey Pen-insula Regional Park District, see its Let’s Go Outdoors! guide or go to mprpd.org.

•Wild Adventure Palo Co-

rona: Deer Learn to identify unique

hoofed mammals that roam the wilds of California. Examine the life history of our local deer and the fascinating mountain lion-deer relationship. Begin the program indoors, and then head out to gain a new perspective of our neighborhood deer in the hills of Palo Corona Regional Park. Instructor: Bruce Elliott.

Ages 12-adult, Saturday, July 21, 9 AM-1 PM, Palo Corona Regional Park, (entrance is on east side of Highway 1, approxi-mately 200 yards south of Carmel River Bridge, which is just south of Rio Road), $20 (district resi-dent), $22 (non-district resident).

•To register online, go to

mprpd.org and register with Visa, MasterCard or Discover. Walk-in registrations are accepted Tuesday-Friday from 11 AM to 1 PM at the MPRPD office, 60 Gar-den Court, Suite 325, Monterey (checks, money orders and credit cards accepted). Pre-registration is strongly recommended. There will be an additional charge of $5 to register on the day of class (space permitting). On-site reg-istration will begin 20 minutes prior to the start of class. All check-in and registration closes 5 minutes before the class begins. For more information, please call Joseph at 372-3196, ext. 102, or send an e-mail to [email protected].

For 25 years, scientists at the independent Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have been discovering amazing animals and solving mysteries of the deep ocean – the largest habitat for life on Earth.

You can share in their discoveries – and make some of your own – during MBARI’s annual open house on Sat., July 21 from noon to 5 p.m. in Moss Landing, 25 minutes north of Monterey.

Among the highlights: high-definition video of cool animals like vampire squid, spookfish and siphonophores, and scientific talks about expeditions to the Gulf of California and Sargasso Sea. You’ll meet scientists and engineers whose work is changing what we know about the deep. You’ll also get to explore their labs, see the ships and undersea robots they use in deep-sea expeditions, and shops where much of the equipment is built.

MBARI will host plenty of hands-on activities for kids, in-cluding workshops where they’ll get to build their own remotely operated vehicles.

At 12:45 p.m.the Aquarium’s Executive Director, Julie Packard, will christen MBARI’s newest ship, the R/V Rachel Carson.

MBARI to hold open house Sat. July 21

Remote vehicles help scientists explore the deep ocean.

Arts and Events

Up and Coming


Monterey Jazz Festival and Monterey Bay Aquarium“Evenings by the Bay”

Summer Concert Series returnsThe Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the fifth year of the “Evenings by

the Bay” concert series, produced in collaboration with the Monterey Bay Aquarium.Taking place Saturday and Sunday evenings from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. in the

Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Gallery through Sept. 2, the 20-performance concert series features some of the Monterey Peninsula’s most talented professional musicians, as well as student musicians in the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Education Programs. The “Evenings by the Bay” series provides a much-needed outlet for live music, and enhanced value and entertainment for Aquarium visitors, already an internationally renowned destina-tion for all ages. The concerts are included with regular admission to the Aquarium.

Since its inauguration in 2008, Evenings by the Bay has brought live music to the Monterey Bay Aquarium each summer, transforming an already exciting visit into something special for both visitors and performers. The 2012 concert series will feature saxophonists Paul Contos, Roger Eddy, Gary Meek, and Stu Reynolds; pianist Bill Spencer; bassists Pete Lips and Dan Robbins; vocalists Lauri Hofer, Julie Capili, and Scotty Wright; flutist Kenny Stahl; as well as the bands Along Came Betty, Aporia, Monterey Bay Jazz Orchestra; and Bayside Jazz from Monterey Peninsula College. In addition, hand-selected students from the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Education Programs will also perform.

All concerts will take place on the first floor in the Marine Mammal Galleries sec-tion of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Evenings by the Bay schedule / All performances from 6:00-8:00 p.m.July 21: Pete Lips with Lauri HoferJuly 22: MPC Combo: Bayside JazzJuly 28: Gary Meek & FriendsJuly 29: Kenny Stahl & FriendsAugust 4: Two Bass Hit: Pete Lips, Dan Robbins & FriendsAugust 5: Roger Eddy & FriendsAugust 11: A Tribute to the Brecker BrothersAugust 12: Aporia featuring Julie Capili & Scotty WrightAugust 18: Along Came BettyAugust 19: Paul Contos & FriendsAugust 25: Kenny Stahl & FriendsAugust 26: Bill Spencer & FriendsSeptember 1: Monterey Jazz Festival StudentsSeptember 2: Monterey Bay Jazz OrchestraAbout the Monterey Jazz FestivalThe Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates the legacy of jazz and expands the boundaries

of and opportunities to experience jazz through the creative production of performances and educational programs. www.montereyjazzfestival.org

The Monterey Jazz Festival’s national all-star student group, the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra will perform at the newly-constructed Carmel High School Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, on Saturday, July 21 at 6:00 p.m. The performance will be the premiere of the 2012 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and is the first of two U.S. appearances before their departure for a tour of Japan on July 23. It is their only appearance in Monterey County. The July 21 concert will also be the first public event not associated with the Carmel Unified School District to take place at the $10.1 million, state-of-the-art, 350-seat performing arts center, completed in the fall of 2011.

The Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, founded in 1971, selects the best student musi-cians from across the United States to represent the Monterey Jazz Festival. Conducted by Monterey Jazz Festival Education Director Paul Contos, the 2012 band features 21 students from nine states, including California, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. The band will also perform at Yoshi’s San Francisco on July 22 before their 15-day tour of Japan. The Orchestra will also perform at the 55th Monterey Jazz Festival on September 23. Tickets for the show are $10, and are available at the door. For more information, please call 831.373.3366.

The 55th Monterey Jazz Festival partners include Alaska Airlines, Amoeba Music, Big Sur Land Trust, Carmel Road Winery, DownBeat, Gallien-Krueger, Inns of Mon-terey, The Jazz Cruise, JazzTimes, Jazziz, Jelly Belly, KGO 810, KUSP 88.9, Monterey Peninsula College, North Coast Brewing Company, Remo, San Jose Mercury News, Yamaha Instruments, and Casa Vinicola Zonin.

Monterey Jazz Festival also receives support for its Jazz Education Programs from AT&T, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Community Foundation of Monterey County, D’Addario Music Foundation, Joseph Drown Foundation, Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Harden Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Pebble Beach Company Foundation, Quest Foundation, Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, Rotary International, Upjohn California Fund, Surdna Foundation, Robert & Audrey Talbott Foundation, and generous individual contributors.

All-star jazz student group to perform July 21Monterey Jazz Festival students form first public conert at Carmel auditorium

Come join in a Summertime Musical Love Fest! The Something Cool Trio (Bill Minor, piano and vocals; Jenn Schaaf, drums; Heath Proskin, bass) will offer a host of jazz standards to tunes by Radiohead and Tom Waits to love songs sung in four lan-guages (Russian, Greek, Italian, Hawaiian). They will be joined for a tune or two by Richard Mayer on flute, and a full set will feature the glorious award-winning voice of soprano Norma Mayer, who has thrilled audiences from the Italian opera stage to the African-American church―presenting love songs and arias arranged and accompanied by her husband, Richard Mayer.

The Summertime Musical Love-Fest will be held Sunday, July 29 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Cost for tickets is $15, and all proceeds benefit the Pacific Grove Art Center, located at 568 Lighthouse Ave. in Pacific Grove.

Bill Minor trained as a visual artist. He published his first book of poems (and prints), Pacific Grove, in 1974; and since that time, five others―the latest Some Grand Dust (Chatoyant Press), a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award. He has published three nonfiction books on music: Unzipped Souls: A Jazz Journey through the Soviet Union, Monterey Jazz Festival: Forty Legendary Years; he also served as scriptwriter for the Warner Bros. film documentary of the same name; and Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within. He recently completed work on a memoir, The Inherited Heart. A professional musician since the age of 16, he set poems from his book For Women Missing or Dead to music and released a CD, Bill Minor & Friends, on which he plays piano and sings, and another spoken word/original music CD, Mortality Suite. Commissioned by the Historic Sandusky Foundation to write a suite of original music to accompany a married couple’s exchange of letters throughout the Civil War, he has also released a CD called Love Letters of Lynchburg. His website is: www.bminor.org.

Jenn Schaaf has played drums for over twelve years and has performed with sev-eral bands, including Wamando, Dani Paige Band, Malinda DeRouen, Kangaroosters, Olive and the Chasers, and other groups ranging in style from big band, jazz trios to funk and rock. Jenn has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival and Monterey Bay Blues Festival. She appreciates all forms of musical expression and is a highly versatile drummer who truly listens and responds to whatever music she is a part of. Her own major influences and favorite genres are jazz, funk, and R&B. Her favorite drummers are Jeff Hamilton and Stanton Moore. She participated, along with Heath Proskin, in the 2nd Annual Jerry Garcia BDAY Bash Tribute Concert.

Heath Proskin played electric bass with the Suborbitals and Superlucky Elephant. He studied jazz arranging and improvisation at Berklee College of Music in Boston and played jazz frequently on the East Coast before moving to California. He has performed with the Monterey Bay/CSUMB Jazz Orchestra (directed by Paul Contos), and now plays with Along Came Betty, Dottie Dodgion, the group Aporia, and many other highly respected jazz musicians on the Peninsula: Kenny Stahl, Eddie Mendenhall, George Young, and Bob Phillips. Also a member of Kangaroosters, he participated, along with Jenn Schaaf, in the 2nd Annual Jerry Garcia BDAY Bash Tribute Concert.

The glorious award-winning voice of Norma Mayer has thrilled audiences from the Italian opera stage to the African-American church. Critics have been ecstatic in their praise. Norma has performed throughout the United States, as well as in Europe, in operas and concert appearances. Recent tours have taken her to Italy, Russia, Estonia, Germany, and France. An avid recitalist, Norma often collaborates with her husband, flutist Richard Mayer. The two performers have recorded three CD’s together (At The Rimsky-Korsakov Museum, In Concert At L’Eglise St.-Pierre, and Cathedral). The Mayer’s have also recorded several DVD’s (Norma and Richard Mayer Live in Estonia, Spirituaalid Norma ja Richard Mayer, and Spirituals Concert at Wave Street Studios).

Flutist Richard Mayer is at home in many musical genres, including classical, jazz, and pop. He was a founding member of the influential Russian rock group ZA in 1970’s Leningrad, which pointed the way for the subsequent acoustic folk-jazz movement there. Richard also performs extensively with his wife Norma Mayer, the operatic soprano. Together they play a vast repertoire encompassing early music, art songs, opera, African-American spirituals, show tunes, and jazz. He has performed the latter with Bill Minor at Wave Street Studios, East Village Coffee Lounge, and Asilomar Conference Grounds.

Summertime is the time for Something Cool

at Pacific Grove Art CenterJoined by Richard and Norma Mayer


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Up and Coming

Bike museum to open August 4-5

Neil Jameson, whose motorcycle museum at 305 Forest Ave. has been the subject of much speculation, will be volunteering at Laguna Seca during Moto GP and so advises that the museum will open for weekend visits on the weekend of Aug. 4 and 5.

A grand opening is planned.On display will be a number of vintage motorcycles, in as-is condition,

from his collection. There is no cost to visit the museum.Other vintage motorcycle owners will display their machines from time

to time in future months and years. Jameson will present photos, films and videos of general interest to motorcyclists and a comfortable space will be offered for riders to swap lies, kick tires and tell people how fast they went in their younger years.

On Friday, July 27, 2012 at 8p.m. the Alternative Cafe, 1230 Fremont Blvd, will host the Women of Whimsy as they perform an improv comedy show. Admis-sion is $12. The performers will ask the audience to suggest scenarios which the Women of Whimsy will turn into hilarious scenes on the spot. It promises to be an upbeat, fun, funny and family friendly show which will also include musi-cal improv. The Alternative Cafe is open daily from 7a.m.-7p.m. and features a variety of sandwiches, coffees, fruit drinks, soft drinks, wines and beers. For more information on this event please contact 831-394-3031 or email [email protected].

Improv comedyat the Alternative Cafe

Chalk Fest kicks off Feast of Lanternsat the Museum Sat., July 21

On July 21 from 11-3 p.m. the Feast of Lanterns Chalk Fest will take place at the Museum of Natural History. In attendance will be the Royal Court. Chalk drawing begins at 2:00p.m. Don’t draw on Sandy the Whale! Children are also invited to decorate lanterns they can take home. For more information, please contact Lori Mannel at (831) 648-5716).

Friday, July 20, at 7:30 pm Elizabeth Gaver, fiddle and song; Mattias Thedens, fiddle and dance; and Hans-Hinrich Thedens, banjo, guitar and song will perform old-time fiddle tunes and songs from the Appalachian Mountains, Cajun tunes and Norwegian traditional music. The family performs Norwegian music under the band name Feleboga and played a concert at the Cherry Center last summer.Tickets: $15 Reservations: (831)624-7491, or carlcherrycenter.org. The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts is located at Fourth and Guadalupe in Carmel.

Norwegian fiddle, Cajun and Appalachian music

Internationally acclaimed surrealist artist Kenji presents her current col-lection of work at the Peace Resource Center at 1364 Fremont Blvd in Seaside during the month of July and until mid-August. The Peace Resource Center will host a reception for her on Sunday, August 5, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Suggested donation: $5.00. You can find her online at www.kenjiartdesign.com. For more information please contact Akin Miller at [email protected] or at 831 224-4980; or Deanne Gwinn at [email protected] or by phone at 831 444-2166.

Surrealist artist Kenji showing at the Peace Center through August


Erica Fiske is a Pacific Grove resi-dent and former journalist. She tasted homelessness herself when, after being an in-home caregiver for years, her patient died and she found herself un-able to secure another client. When her landlord raised her rent from $1,800 to $2,500, homelessness was a real spectre.

With her background in journalism, Erica became interested in the stories of local homeless people and has written a series. Her stories will appear weekly for the foreseeable future, as there are many, many homeless out there.

Homeless on the PeninsulaErika FiskeIt would be unusual not to see

Mark dozing off on a couch at the back of Juice and Java coffee house. That’s where he naps during the day, after spending his nights in a car, or reading in a booth at a 24-hour-restaurant. When he finally stands to leave the coffee shop, he walks with a noticeable limp, with one leg two inches shorter than the other. But the limp is the least of his problems. Mark is a school teacher and homeless.

Life hasn’t been easy for this 49-year-old California native who suf-fers from cerebral palsy. Despite being a special needs student all his life, and one of 10 children, he managed to earn a teaching degree and find work, until the economy ended his job and put him out on the street.

Now he has to earn an advanced degree to find work again. But in the meantime, Mark’s had no place to live since the end of May. Just this past week he was told not to park by the Home Depot at night although non-citizens from south of the border fill the parking lot during daylight hours, hoping to find work.

A home and job aren’t all Mark’s lost. “In the early ‘80s, I moved in with my girlfriend. She dropped out of high school and had a third grade reading level. She was functionally illiterate,” he said. “We lived together for 10 years.”

The couple worked at Staff of Life natural foods market in Santa Cruz. She washed dishes and he ran the cash register. After being injured on the job and failing to get proper care, Mark’s girlfriend wound up in a wheelchair. The couple later broke up.

“I haven’t seen her in 30 years,” he said.

Mark moved to this area in 1998 and today he’s working on a master’s in education with emphasis on special education from Cal State University. He hopes to return to teaching special ed students. But school has never been easy for Mark. “I have processing differenc-es,” he noted. “It takes me a lot longer to highlight a book and process what I’m reading.”

What takes one student a little over an hour to study takes Mark up to three hours. “I have a lazy right eye,” he said, noting that when he talks with people, they’re not sure he’s even looking at them.

As he speaks, Mark looks tired. He took a while to decide if he even wanted to talk about his situation. “I have no home at the moment. My mother moved to Washington state last year. My father lives in L.A.,” he said. They worked for years as vice president of Security Pacific Bank and on the staff at Camp Pendleton and UCLA, respectively.

Although Mark’s siblings were close at a young age, they’ve all earned degrees and gone their own ways. One

Give him a jelly donut, a cup of coffee and the courage to succeed

Homeless special ed teacher sleeps in his car ... for now

brother lives in P.G., but is dealing with raising children after a divorce. In mid August, at least, Mark will be able to move into student housing.

To survive, Mark has been selling off electronics and had his phone shut off, although he’s holding onto his com-puter. Sometimes friends let him sleep on the floor of their apartments, but after cold nights in the car, “I’ll find a donut shop that opens at 4 in the morning and is nice and warm,” he said. He’s hoping for some financial help from Dad in the near future.

“Between the 24-hour restaurants like Denny’s and the early-opening do-nut shops in town, one can do okay. I go for comfort—a jelly-filled donut and a cup of coffee,” he said, smiling slightly. Mark can scrounge up a meal for under $3, and for around $22 a month, he can take showers at a Seaside swim center.

But he isn’t sure what he wants out of life. “A Brazilian girl says I should go to Brazil. She says I could teach English there,” he said. “I’ve also thought about Ireland, and I have a sister in Australia who did some teaching there.”

In the end, Mark always comes back to special ed students, because he knows what they’re going through. “I went through school without special ed,” he said. “I didn’t learn how to study until I got into college.”

For many of these students, day-to-day living can be a challenge, from cooking and social skills to reading bus schedules and getting around town. What better teacher could they have than someone who’s overcome a learning disability of his own and gone on to deal with two major life challenges—being homeless and working on an advanced degree.

Children from kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to

take part in Fiesta!, a local Vaca-tion Bible School (VBS) program taking place at Mayflower Pres-byterian Church July 30 through

August 3.

Games, songs, crafts, Bible adventures and themed snacks are among the Fiesta festivities

offered during the weeklong pro-gram at Mayflower. Volunteers

from the church will lead the students through five fun-filled mornings from 9 a.m. to noon.

Registration forms are available at Mayflower Church, located on

the corner of Central Ave. and 14th Street, from 9:30 to 2:30,

or by calling the church at 373-4705. The cost is $10 per child

or $20 maximum for a family with two or more children.

For more information contact Julie Armstrong at 831-521-0704

And all it took was an occasional jelly donut, a cup of hot coffee and just a bit of courage.

Vacation Bible School at the Mayflower Church

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Men’s Softball League (Socko)

signups openWant to play City League

Men’s Socko? Then register at City Hall, 300 Forest Avenue, by Wednesday, August 29.

To qualify for registration as a team a minimum of 10 players per team is required. The fee for team registration is $500, while individual players can regis-ter for a $50 fee. Please make checks payable to the City of Pacific Grove.

League play will be on weeknights, primarily on Tues-days and Thursdays starting on September 11. Each team is guaranteed a total of nine games. All games are one hour and start at 6:15p.m., 7:20p.m., and 8:20 p.m. Warmups are scheduled at 5:45p.m.

City League rules will be observed, namely no metal spikes or cleats are permitted, no alcoholic beverages are allowed in any public area with a zero tolerance policy enforced, no infield or outfield practice, no night practices, limit noise and no litter.

There will be a required manager’s meeting on Tues, Sept. 12 at the Pacific Grove Community Center in the Ku-watani Room, 515 Junipero Ave., Pacific Grove.

For more information please contact Don Mothershead at the Pacific Grove Recreation Depart-ment, (831) 648-3130.

I was on the golf course walking 9 holes with some of the members a few days ago. I had a lot of fun meeting some new players and coaching some of the players as well.

I noticed a common fault with a few of the players. As the player made their swing and attempted to make a fol-low thru with their body trying to follow thru toward the target, they fell back-ward away from the target and the ball could go anywhere ... and it did.

Here is a basic tip. Always follow through toward the target. What this means is: Finish your golf swing with your chest, belt buckle and right knee facing the target, not falling backward. This will allow the club face to square up more consistently.

I did it!Pacific Grove High School Vice Principal Barbara Martinez, right, celebrates her shot last Sunday at a ladies special 9-hole event hosted by the Pacific Grove Golf Links. Pro Joe Reikana and Teaching Pro Ben Alexander were on hand to give tips.

Below, a threesome urges the ball along.

For more information on the Golf Links, call 831-648-5775.

Photos by Peter Mounteer

As the City Council, City staff, Nader Agha's staff and attorneys for both parties continue to go back and forth, the public is weighing in on the potential agreement more and more frequently. And the clock is tick-ing.

I really cannot see anything wrong with the People's physical desal plans. There's a nice piece of profit in it for Mr. Agha, who has worked very hard on the project. We would have our water in plenty of time to meet the State mandate. We can quit worrying that Cal-am's potential slant wells will fail. The unused refractory, which once operated in a way that a desalination plant needs to operate, would cease being a blight on the landscape and become something we can all point to with pride.

Solve the issues of the delivery, ownership of gray water for recy-cling, rights of way for delivery and the question of forcing Cal-Am to buy the water plus a few other details, and we could be sailing along toward solutions.

But I agree with Robert Huitt that the City of Pacific Grove has no business playing a role in this, not with all we have on our collective plate.


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Forum changed his mindPeople’s desal project sounds good to him

Editor:

I attended the Pacific Grove WaterPlus Forum at Sally Griffin Center on July 16. The issue of Pacific Grove being the leader for Nader Agha’s Peninsula-wide desal project had, up to this point, seemed rather risky to me, both legally and financially.

Councilmembers Dan Miller and Rudy Fisher were part of the panel. Both said they had looked into this in depth, and both were convinced that the risk, if any, would be very minimal, while the importance of obtaining this new source of water is very high considering the extreme water rationing which will occur by 2017 if nothing is done. Lack of water would inconvenience all of us, and severely damage PG’s economy which depends on hotels and restaurants having adequate water to function. At any point, they said, if things start going wrong Pacific Grove could back out without any financial liability.

The panel included professional consultants with PhD’s who evaluated the project including construction from an environmental standpoint, and lawyers who stated pos-sible legal issues, their chances of occurring, and how they could be resolved.

Comparing prices, Mr. Agha’s WaterPlus project would be a whole lot less expen-sive, and rates charged to customers much lower, than proposed projects by CalAm and others, partly since Mr. Agha owns the land in Moss Landing where it would be built, while CalAm would have to buy land.

In short, this meeting totally changed my perspective about the issue. Since the proposed arrangement requires public ownership of the water by the Public Utilities Commission, I think PG should strongly consider taking a leadership role in this as long as there is no financial risk to the City. The consultants and lawyers who spoke at the meeting seemed very competent in handling the environmental, financial, legal and permit issues, so these wouldn’t have to be done by City Staff.

Bruce CowanPacific Grove

Public/Private Partnerhip: The answer is somewhere in the middlefor the Moss Landing deslination project

Yet I also agree with Rudy Fisher that public and private entities on the Peninsula need to get off their duffs and do something about the water issue, and that Pacific Grove jumping in the middle of it may well be the impetus that pushes others into a decision.

And I agree with Alan Cohen that there are far too many unan-swered questions about this agreement and about the project itself, yet I think they can be answered to everyone’s satisfaction.

Should Cal-Am win out and escape the County's ruling that desali-nation plants require a public agency, Mr. Agha then could see fit to go it alone, too, though financing would be a problem without a public agency to attract the lower interest bonds. But I worry that, if the project ‘goes south,’ Pacific Grove will be left holding the bonds, low-interest or not, and will be subject to litigation. We just plain do not have the money, even if Mr. Agha is footing the bills.

Despite assurances from Mr. Agha's attorneys, I believe that, if there's a complete “hold harmless” from litigation on the parts of the City and Mr. Agha, there's no incentive to perform.

Rudy Fisher alluded to something at the end of the July 18 City Council meeting which offers me a glimmer of hope: He said that, in effect, if some other public agency were to take this off Pacific Grove's plate, he'd be happy.

So would I. And I think that agency should be the Water Manage-ment District. Invite them in and we can go back to worrying about butterflies.

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By Pauline Roccucci

City officials throughout California were stunned when the State Water Re-sources Control Board issued its initial draft of the revised Phase II small municipal separate storm sewer (MS4) permit on June 7, 2011. The highly prescriptive 93-page permit, drafted to replace a 20-page permit that had expired three years earlier, con-tained a number of stringent, unfunded mandates that more than 200 smaller Cali-fornia cities, including Pacific Grove, would be required to meet. The cities had just 30 days to respond to the draft permit requiring them to implement new programs for public outreach, water-quality improvement and monitoring, business inspec-tions and enforcement. With no state money and Propositions 218 and 26 essentially prohibiting cities from paying for the programs through fees, reimbursements or tax increases, funding would have to come from the cities’ beleaguered General Funds.

Looking at the PriceTo assess the cost impact, two cities with strong water-quality programs put

numbers to the new requirements. In Roseville, staff conservatively estimated that implementation costs would initially more than quadruple, and in the long run more than triple the city’s stormwater program budget ― from $800,000 per year to $3.5 million in year one, with an average permit term cost of $2.9 million per year. Simi-larly, the City of Napa estimated implementation costs at $4 million the first year ― an amount 10 times greater than the city’s current stormwater budget.

Businesses Face High CostsWhile increased costs are enough to set off municipal alarms in any economy,

the impact on local businesses raised equal concern. As written, the permit required a long list of businesses to retrofit properties by installing stormwater treatment vaults and covering trash enclosures and loading docks. In addition, they would need to implement operational best management practices and comply with extensive report-ing requirements. The implementation and business disruption costs could cause a number of the state’s struggling businesses to close.

We see these permits having significant implications on businesses across the state, affecting their pocketbooks and livelihoods,” says Courtney Kienow, director of government affairs for the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce. “We all want clean water, but there has to be a more realistic way to achieve that goal.”

Questioning Benefits Versus CostsStaff at many cities questioned the scientific basis for certain permit aspects,

including extensive water-quality monitoring; frequent, redundant business inspec-tions; and an onerous process of categorizing and inspecting catch basins. They also questioned the need to create a costly community-based social marketing program based on ― and later validated by ― statistically valid phone surveys and focus groups.

Heidi Niggemeyer, program manager of the Monterey Regional Storm Water Management Program, questions some of the mandates, but has a more tolerant view of the permit’s genesis. “The permit mirrors many of the points spelled out in the 2008 National Research Council Report to the EPA on urban stormwater man-agement,” she says. “It’s a dream document that simply can’t be implemented in California. Many of the ideas are good ones, and they may be possible in states with stormwater utilities that collect fees or taxes to cover costs. But Prop. 218 prohibits collecting funds without a voter supermajority, which is all but impossible to achieve on an issue like water quality. Without a funding mechanism, the permit becomes untenable.”

Though the permit is a regulation in all but name ― it’s mandatory, enforce-able and leaves cities subject to fines and open to third-party litigation for noncom-pliance ― the state’s permitting process is not required to conform to the federal Administrative Procedure Act (APA). Because of this fine-line distinction, the State Water Resources Control Board was not required to conduct cost or economic impact analyses.

“In any business, we have to decide whether an action makes economic sense,” says Ken Denio, a businessman in Roseville. “We determine if the benefits of the ac-tion outweigh the cost and how we’ll pay for it. My biggest heartburn on this permit is that the State Water Resources Control Board is not tasked with assessing costs or determining the cost-benefit ratio and economic impact. Any government body that has the legal authority to mandate actions should be required to study and support the economic argument.”

The State Water Resources Control Board conducted very limited stakeholder outreach before releasing the first draft of the permit, and current rules prohibit stakeholders from talking directly to board members. The initial draft allowed stake-holder input through written comments submitted within 60 days of draft issuance, which was later extended to 90 days, and a three-minute presentation at the State Water Resources Control Board hearing.

New Coalition Gathers VoicesAs the full impact of the permit mandates on cities and businesses became clear

and magnified by the limited ability to have a voice in the process, staff at the City of Roseville decided its geographic proximity to Sacramento made it the best candi-date to help cities address the issue. Roseville staff proposed the idea of a Statewide Stormwater Coalition. The coalition soon attracted a number of municipal govern-ment and other organizations that would be regulated under the permit, which could also cover school districts, higher education institutions, fairgrounds, harbors, ports, marinas, military bases and more.

The coalition’s first act was to secure bipartisan legislative support for a response extension. At the July, 2011 State Water Resources Control Board public

Draft stormwater permit draws cities togetherhearing, Assembly Member Mariko Yamada (D-Davis) requested a 60-day exten-sion on behalf of the Statewide Stormwater Coalition. The board granted a 30-day extension giving stakeholders until Sept. 8, 2011, to respond to the draft permit. During the extension, the coalition worked to get the word out to others who would be impacted by the permit.

The coalition also made its case to the Senate Select Committee on Job Creation and Retention on Oct. 6, 2011. Through testimony by Statewide Stormwater Coali-tion members, the coalition brought the permit issues and underlying process flaws to the Legislature’s attention. During the committee hearing, the State Water Re-sources Control Board admitted the need to substantially revise the permit and meet with stakeholders to evaluate the cost impacts of permit changes.

Tentative SuccessThe coalition’s efforts paid off. In May 2012, the State Water Resources Control

Board released a new draft permit for public review with notable changes. The new draft omitted several permit sections, such as the industrial and commercial retrofit-ting requirements, and reduced complexity in other sections. Many requirements re-main that will be challenging for cash-strapped cities to implement without funding support, but it’s too early for the affected cities to provide full cost analyses. Public comments on the new draft are due by July 23, 2012.

Reforming the Permitting ProcessCosts for the revised permit may be unclear, but one thing became apparent to

Statewide Stormwater Coalition members who fought for the changes. While some of the initial permit’s most onerous sections were simplified or removed, the time-consuming effort required to effect change underscores the need to overhaul the permitting process. Specifically, coalition members believe many future problems could be averted if the State Water Resources Control Board were required to:• Meet with all stakeholders statewide to fully understand their various viewpoints

and concerns;• Allow ex-parte communication between the board members and permit stakeholders;• Produce a cost analysis covering the costs to cities, businesses and other affected

entities;• Include only requirements that are justified by an economic analysis showing that

the benefits will exceed the cost to implement the requirements; and• Include only requirements that an external scientific peer review confirms will result

in appreciable improvements to water quality.

These fundamental process changes would help eliminate well-intended but misguided permit drafts and create a more collaborative approach to permit develop-ment.

This article originally appeared in the July, 2012 issue of Western City magazine. Any changes, deletions, or additions have been approved by their editorial staff.

Post card from Pacific Grove

Sharon Erickson noticed an interesting tour bus Sunday evening, July 15: The Oscar Mayer Weinermobile was stopped at the Pacific Grove Post Office for a short time.Mybe they were mailing a post card, but maybe they were picking up a Cedar Satreet Times! The Wienermobile has toured the United States for over 70 years. The first Wienermobile was created in 1936, and nine have since been built. We also received photos from Bob Pacelli.


Transform your negative beliefs. . .transform your life.

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Health and Well-BeingIn the past, serving as a minister,

when I was asked to perform marriages I would ask the couple to rate him- or her-self on what I call the 14 love adjectives. 1 Patience2 Compassion3 Jealousy4 Arrogance5 Pride6 Discrediting or praising; self and

others7 Egocentric or self-seeking8 Anger, anger management or re-

sentfulness 9 Forgiving; for self and others10 Vindictiveness or being spiteful 11 Protecting: recognizing and respect-

ing boundaries12 Trusting13 Optimism14 Perseverance and resolve

Perhaps you would like to try this. Grab your significant other, each find a pencil and piece of paper, and using a scale of one to ten, (“10” being good and “1” being poor) answer these four simple questions. Answer each of the questions as fast as you can (I would say 30 seconds is a long time). Answer us-ing your first thought… and remember, while you are doing this there should be no discussion and of course no peeking.

How do you rate yourself in each of the 14 areas? How do you see yourself in the area of patients, kindness, being honorable, anger, etc.?

On a scale of one to 10, how do you rate your significant other in each of the areas? In other words, how does your counter-part rate as being patient, kind, honor-able, angry, etc.?

How do you think your significant other rates themselves in each area?

How do you think he or she rates you in each area?

When I did this with the prospective bride and groom, after the room went quiet and they were given time to think about their answers, I would ask for their answer sheets and exchange with the other sheet so we could read and discuss them.

After the exchange, but before they read the other person’s response, I would ask: What does love look like to you? We would discuss this for a few mo-ments, giving each person equal time to express their thoughts. After each person finished speaking and felt they have been heard, I would sit quietly as they reviewed the other person’s answers. A

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few moments later, in the midst of their candid conversation, I would ask: How do you feel about what you have just discovered?

The point of this exercise was to open the door of communication and create a dialogue that two people would most likely share for the rest of their lives. As well, to edify that love is not only what I think it is, or what he or she thinks it is, but in this case, what we think it is. In other words, what decisions can or will we make that will ensure the feelings required to maintain the commitment/relationship.

Often I am asked why love it is not listed as a principle in my book Princi-ple Living. Love is an extremely difficult topic to write about; there are to just too many variables to consider. We all have our own idea of what love is and how love should work for us, and frankly I feel the word love is so over used that it

is in danger of losing its luster. According to the bible, “love is

patient, love is kind, does not envy, does not boast, is not proud, does not dishon-or others, is not self-seeking, is not eas-ily angered, keeps no record of wrongs, does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth, always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”

I call this list of descriptors the love adjectives (the previous list is based on this text). In this biblical explana-tion of what love is and is not, of the 14 adjectives and 1 statement only one is not a decision - love never fails. Based on this, we come to understand that love is a series or combination of on-going decisions. However, much of what we call love is how we “feel,” not what we decide. The feelings of love and the decisions to love are two separate, but tangent realities that are often confused.

The decisions we make to love deter-mine the feelings we experience as love, and what we enable as love has more to do with are our feelings - not our choices.

Normally, when asked about love, more times than not, the question has more to do with “feelings” and typi-cally comes one-sided. In most cases, someone is trying to justify their feelings without taking responsibility of their choices. Rarely do I get the impres-sion that the question is being asked in concert with the decisions we make regarding love, and hardly ever does the question address the symbiotic relation-ship between feelings and decisions. Even still, most people who ask are sur-prised to hear me say, I do not think love is a principle and this is how I justify my answer.

The bible says, “And these three remain, hope, faith, and love, and the greatest of these is love.” To which I ask; Why is love the greatest? From a Principle Living Perspective, love is the greatest because love fully encompasses hope and faith at all times.

With that said, one of the primary thought of Principle Living is that there is no time when we do not hope or exercise faith… and as we as we cannot live without hope or faith, and as love fully encompasses hope and faith, we then become love - at all times. Love is not a principle because love is what

we are! Love is what created us. Love is what we are created in the image of. Love is what we are created to express and experience. Love is what we are created for the purpose of, and love is what we have been created to manifest. Love is not something out side of self to obtain; it is self. You are love, I am love, we are love, they are love, and if there is a problem with love or loving, it is normally because we fail to hold to the thought that love is what we are.

From the example of love and the people I have married, as with all rela-tionships, love is riddled with individual meaning, and requires compromise and negotiation to flourish between two people. I usually ended those sessions in this way. The bible says, “Love thy neighbor as thy self.” I say you cannot love any other way except as you love yourself. I encourage that each person first love themselves, it is from this love where we discover, maintain, and project love for another.

P.S. Remember: You are love and love never fails.

Just a thought.

Pray and meditate daily… it makes a difference

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The feelings of love and the decisions to love are two separate, but tangent reali-ties that are often confused.

What’s ‘love’ got to do with it?


Discovery Shop ‘Blast From the Past’On Saturday, Aug. 4 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 5 from 12:00 p.m.-

4:30 p.m. the American Cancer Society’s Discovery Shop will hold its “Blast from the Past” fundraiser event. For sale will be various antiques, vintage items and collectibles, with proceeds going towards cancer research, education, advocacy, and service. For more information, please contact Jeanie Gould at 831-372-0866.

Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room Monterey Announces August Mahalo Mondays Recipient:

Animal Friends Rescue ProjectFamily owned and operated since 1998, Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room, at 622

Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, offers Mahalo Mondays. This lively locals’ restaurant features an amazing tropical dining experience with a menu infused with Asian, Latin and Caribbean touches all with a Hawaiian inspiration in an island-style setting. Dine on any Monday in August and 10 percent of the total sales will go to Animal Friends Rescue Project. Animal Friends Rescue Project (AFRP) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit orga-nization based in Pacific Grove. AFRP was founded in June 1998 by four individuals who were passionate about making a difference to companion animal overpopulation. They are dedicated to finding good permanent homes for abandoned, stray, and abused companion animals and ending the pet overpopulation crisis through focused spay/neuter programs. AFRP is led by an active Board of Directors and a dedicated staff. They also rely on incredible volunteers, which now number over 300.

Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room is located at 622 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey. Hula’s is open from lunch Tuesday-Saturday from 11:30 a.m.-4:00p.m., dinner nightly from 4:00p.m.-close, and happy hour Tuesday-Saturday 2:00p.m.-6:00p.m. and Sunday and Monday 4:00p.m.-6:00p.m. For more information go to or call (831) 655-HULA. Hula’s gives back 10 percent of total sales every Monday in each month to help a local charity. Over the past four years Hula’s has raised over $50,000.00 for local charities.

If you would like more information on this topic, or to schedule an interview with Hula’s Management, please contact Andria Cambridge at 619-888-5520 or email [email protected].

Country Club Gate to hold ‘Block party’ July 26Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce presents the Country Club Gate Center

Block Party hosted by: Michael’s Taqueria, The Wine Market, Quest Diagnostics, and Discovery Shop-198 Country Club Gate Center on Thursday, July 26, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Come celebrate the opening of the new Discovery Shop, enjoy Jose Barraja’s appetizers at Michael’s, and sip some wine presented by George Edwards of Wine Market. Great give-a-ways at Quest Diagnostics and complimentary admission. For more information please contact Moe Ammar at 831-373-3304

Haiku added to First FridaySneak Preview of Motorcycle Museum Aug. 3

First Friday Pacific Grove August 36:30 pm - 7:00 pm

at Artisana Gallery, 309 Forest AvenueJoin us for a chorus of classic and contemporary poems in the haiku poetry tradition

read by Adrianne Jonson, Donna Wobber, Taylor Rhyne, and Susie Joyce to a luscious backdrop of improvisational music created by musician and writer, Yoriko Hongo.

In collaboration with 1st Friday Pacific Grove, the newly formed Pacific Grove Poetry Collective celebrates poets and writers in our community with monthly poetry events at Artisana Gallery at 1st Friday Pacific Grove on Aug. 3, Sept. 7, Oct. 5, No-vember 2 and Dec. 7. The Sept. 7 poetry performance will feature PG’s insightful and wildly entertaining Poet in Residence, Dr. Barbara Mossberg, from 6:30 to 7:00 pm at Artisana Gallery for a combined Art Walk and 1st Friday event.

Artisana Gallery is one of the participating businesses in Pacific Grove that host special events and refreshments from 5:00-8:00 pm on the 1stFriday of every month. Look for the green flags...Green for GO! Follow 1stNight PG and Artisana Gallery on Facebook for upcoming events.

The Classic Motorcycle Museum at 305 Forest will offer a sneak preview on First Friday. The official opening is set for Aug. 4-5.

Visit the Pacific Grove Poetry Collective on Facebook to connect with other poets and writers, post local performances and workshops and participate in upcoming events, including poetry flash mobs, hosted by PG’s Poet in Residence, Dr. Barbara Mossberg.

Local husband and wife artists, Bernie and Jean-Marie Ferrara will host a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception 5 – 7 pm, Friday, July 20 at the Sally Griffin Center, 700 Jewell Ave, Pacific Grove, near Lovers Point to exhibit their art. Admission is free and open to the public.

Bernie’s realistically colorful oils and Jean-Marie’s fanciful watercolors are on display 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday at the Sally Griffin Center now and through September 7, sponsored by the Central Coast Art Association.

For further information, please contact: Bernie or Jean-Marie Ferrara –[email protected] or Jan Scott at bjweed@montereybaycom or Harry Wareham at [email protected].

Reception tonight at Griffin for husband-wife artists

Butterflies Are Free by Jean-Marie Ferrara

Movies of 1967: ‘In Like Fint’ to screenThe Monterey County Film Commission, in collaboration with the Museum of

Monterey (MOM), will bring the fun of “In Like Flint” to the monthly film series, “9 Films Marking 1967.” The series is held in conjunction with the Museum of Monterey’s 2012 exhibition, “Music, Love and Flowers: Youth & Culture Monterey 1967 & Now.” The screening of “In Like Flint” will be on Friday night, July 27, and Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Museum of Monterey Theatre at 5 Custom House Plaza in Monterey. On Friday night the museum will be open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for visitors to enjoy a no-host wine bar and all museum first floor exhibits. The film will be screened at 7 p.m. Admission to the movie is free with a $10 paid admission to MOM. REEL Friends of the Film Commission members and members of MOM receive a discounted admission of $5 plus a glass of wine. “In Like Flint” stars James Coburn and is a spoof of action and James Bond films of the era. In it, a super-agent must save the world from a secret organization of women who plan to seize power. Remaining screenings in the film series are: July 27 and 28 “In Like Flint”, Aug. 24 and 25 “In the Heat of the Night”, Sept. 28 and 29 “Riot on Sunset Strip” Oct. 26 and 27 “The Trip”, Nov. 23 and 24 “Valley of the Dolls”, Dec. 23 and 24 “Wait Until Dark” Jan. 25 and 26, 2013 “Easy Rider”. For more information on the series or memberships in MOM contact Lisa Coscino at 831-402-9141 or go to www.museumofmonterey.org. For film commission REEL Friends memberships, call 831-646-0910 or go to www.FilmMonterey.org. The Monterey County Film Commission was created by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in 1987. It is a nonprofit organization proactively marketing Monterey County as a destination for the motion picture, television and related industries, for the purpose of stimulating economic development, creating jobs, providing and supporting educational opportunities in those areas.

Arts and Events

Up and Coming

Stock Market talk at Monterey LibraryThe Friends of the Monterey Public Library and the Monterey Public Library En-

dowment Committee present Quarterly Market Update with Anthony Liu on Wednes-day, July 25, 3 - 4:30 p.m., in the Library Community Room.

In this lecture you will learn the driving forces behind recent developments in influ-encing the financial markets and the US economy; the factors affecting the performance of domestic and international equity markets and what drives changes in bond-market interest rates and valuations. Guest speaker Anthony Liu is Vice President and Regional Planning Consultant for Monterey Investor Center, Fidelity Investments.

Adults are invited to attend and admission is free. Reservations are required. Call 831.646.5632 or see www.monterey.org/library. The Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.


Richard Oh

Oh, have a taste!

Mero with Dijon Mustard SauceDijon Mustard Sauce

1 Bulb Shallot Diced 1/2 Cup White Wine (Otter Cove Ries-ling)2 Cups Vegetable Stock1/2 cup Heavy Cream1/8 Cup Dijon Mustard 1/8 Cup Grainy Mustard

Procedure:Sautee Shallots in 1 table Spoon Canola Oil and 2 table spoon butter. Cook until translucent. Dust with flour to create a roux.Deglaze with white wine and add stock to create sauce. Add Cream and Mustard stirring all ingredients.Finish with small pats of ButterSeason with Salt and White Pepper to taste

The Fish:Mero (Japanese Seabass) is highly re-

garded in Japan for its intense richness and versatile qualities. This fish has extremely high oil content making it impossible to dry out. Snow white and flaky, its amazing buttery sweet flavor presents taste buds with a lingering presence of scallop, crab and lobster. Delicious sautéed, baked or grilled over intense high heat for sweet, crispy caramelized edges and moist and tender on the inside. The Chef pan-seared the Mero then baked it on high heat for 5-7 minutes.

The Chef Chef Owen Appelt was born and

raised in the Philippines. She came to the United States as a 15 year old. She was encouraged by her dad to follow a career in the hotel and restaurant industry. She found her love of the culinary arts while at-tending Diablo Valley College in Concord, CA. After graduation, Chef Owen started her career at the Concord Hilton Hotel under the guidance of Executive Chef Beat Giger. The mentoring he provided inspired her. So when a position was offered to follow him to the Lodge at Pebble Beach,

it was an easy decision. Her journey with the Pebble Beach Company spanned al-most 20 years culminating as a Sous Chef at the Beach and Tennis Club. Owen has had the privilege of working with many talented and inspiring chefs who exposed her to a wide array of cuisines. This has led Owen to creating her own style, a blending of “old school” tradition with a more modern culinary approach. The Restaurant at Mission Ranch considers itself very fortunate to have Executive

Chef Owen Applet. She has brought her special touch to the menu enhancing it with innovative sauces, new and exciting entrees, and popular appetizers.

The restaurantThe historic Mission Ranch Resort

sits on 22 acres with spectacular views of Point Lobos, Carmel River Beach and the Pacific Ocean. It was one of the first dairies in California. The rich history of this ranch was preserved and restored by

former Carmel Mayor, Clint Eastwood. A longtime Carmel resident, Clint Eastwood rescued this landmark resort from condo developers, and renovated the entire prop-erty to provide a unique resort experience. The Inn now consists of 31 hotel rooms located within ten buildings on the prop-erty. While dining at the restaurant, you can watch the sheep graze in the meadow while enjoyng the music from the piano bar. Located just nine blocks south of downtown Carmel and eight blocks from Carmel Beach, the views and tranquil lo-cation make the Ranch a special place for romantic getaways, weddings, corporate dinners or family vacations. Please visit the restaurant soon. The staff as well as the food are amazing. The food portions are generous. Steve, the charasmatic manager, will make sure your dining experience will be very memorable.

The Wine2010 Off-dry Riesling. This is a new

release and is being served at the Mission Ranch. It is a single vineyard from the Santa Lucia Highlands. It’s very refresh-ing with peaches, apricots, hints of honey and bright acid. This Riesling will pair well with many different dishes since it has just the right amount of sweetness. I have paired this with appetizers to seafood to spicy foods to desserts. Making this a very versatile wine. It went amazingly well with Chef Owen’s creation. The richness, whisper of sweetness and cara-melized fish complimented the wine. The subtle spice from the mustard was soothed by the sweetness of the Riesling. Most of the oil from the fish departed from the heat leaving a moist and tender inside enhancing the texture and structre of the wine. Try it for yourself and see how the perfect combination of food and wine can be a fabulous experience.

Mero with Mustard Sauce: Chef Owen blends ‘old school’ with a new culinary approach

Sea bass (mero) with a Fijon mustard sauce is perfectly paired with Otter Cove Riesling, served at the Mission Ranch,

Monterey Library presents talkson changes facing baby boomers

The Monterey Public Library presents Boomer Up! Boomer Education 101: A Two-part Series on Monday, July 30 and Wednesday, August 1, 5:30 - 7 p.m. Join Bob Petty, an advisor with Partners for Transitions, LLC, for this two-part program designed to help members of the Baby Boomer Generation prepare for some major changes that are just around the corner. Topics included Medicare benefits, Social Security and continued employment after age 65.

Admission is free and no reservations are required. For more information call 831.646.5602 or see www.monterey.org/library. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.

Science Saturdays: bugs

and fossilsThe Pacific Grove Museum of Natural

History will host “Science Saturdays” between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. A July 28 event will focus on insects, featuring live specimens, a build you own bug workshop, and a bug hunt. August events will focus on fossils. These events are free and are supported by the Community Foundation of Monterey County and the Monterey Peninsula Foundation.

By Peter Mounteer

On June 24, the Hospice Foundation celebrated its 15th anniversary of opera-tion, and a total of $19 million in grants given to various hospice care facilities in Monterey and San Benito Counties so far. Foundation staff, supporters, board members and select donors gathered at The New Masters Gallery in Carmel for a catered celebration, with live harp accom-paniment to complete the event.

The Hospice Foundation was created by the sale of Hospice of the Central Coast to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) in 1997. At the time, Hospice of the Central Coast provided home care nursing services and maintained Resource Center libraries in Monterey, Salinas and Hollister. Following the sale to CHOMP these were integrated into CHOMP’s system of services. The founda-tion maintained its support of CHOMP’s hospice services and then broadened its focus to include efforts to fund end of life care coordination and emotional sup-port services for terminally ill children and their families, via the Palliative Care Coalition.

At the celebration, current Hospice Foundation president and CEO of 14 years, Alice Kinsler, announced her inten-tion to retire at the close of the fiscal year,

which ends on June 30, 2013. Kinsler started the foundation’s grant program to fund local hospice care and other such services for individual at the end of life. Per the foundation’s website, Ralph Thompson, Chairman of the foundation’s Board of Directors, spoke highly of Alice’s time with the foundation, stating that she has provided “’…extraordinary vision and leadership…” in her time as President and CEO. The search for a replacement will be overseen by board members Susan Merfeld and John Young.

Other highlights of the anniversary gathering included assessing the future of the Hospice Foundation’s services. Hospice programs around the peninsula receive reimbursement for their services from medicare, if their patients are Medi-care eligible. However, not all patients are Medicare eligible; some are younger than 65 years old, the minimum age to qualify, so hospice programs around the penin-sula who care for younger patients are not reimbursed for the costs of doing so. Additionally, Medicare reimbursements are also “going down”, according to Lisa Bennett, Director of Development, “while inflation is going up, plus the increased demand with baby boomers qualifying for Medicare.” What’s more, Medicare also considers San Benito and Monterey coun-ties as “rural counties” which assumes a lower population density than “non-rural” counties and further assumes less need.

However, Bennett maintains that the costs of providing Hospice services in Monterey and San Benito counties is “nothing like rural costs, so most hospice providers need [Hospice Foundation] grants to make ends meet.”

The area’s higher need for medicare reimbursements for hospice programs is exactly where the Hospice Foundation fits in, and Medicare reimbursements go-ing down will be critical for the future of Hospice programs served by the Hospice Foundation.

According to Bennett, the money for grants comes from donations and fundrais-ers. “What donors give is granted right back out [to hospice care providers] or it goes into long term funds to help us meet our need in the future,” Bennet maintained. The Hospice Foundation accepts donations via direct mail, over the phone with a credit card, and at several fundraising events. These events include the annual Golf Scramble, the 30th iteration of which will be held September 4, 2012; other events include the Trees of Life celebrations during the holidays, and the Southern Comfort BBQ and Auction.

This year, the Hospice Foundation awarded a total of $1.4 million in grant money 12 agencies this year, with par-ticular focus given to The Pediatric Col-laborative, a trio of agencies served by the foundation that provide end-of-life care to chronically and terminally ill children.

Hospice Foundation celebrates 15 years plus $19 million in grants


Your friends and neighbors

Peeps

Will Crandell, Equipment Mechanic IIPacific Grove’s Employee of the Quarter Will has a can-do attitude and will help

out other divisions when the need arises. He has taken the lead in being an example of cross-training and trained to jump in any position where the divisions come up short. Will has assisted not only as a mechanic, he has assisted in constructing storm drain grates, various concrete work on sidewalks, curb and gutter replacement, patching potholes, tree root removal, and tree trimming, chipping and removal. Will is a team player and an asset to not only the Public Works Department, but to the City as well. Will began his career with the City as a Volunteer Firefighter (March 2002) and was hired on as a full-time Equipment Mechanic October 3, 2005.

Pacific Grove’s CityEmployee of the Quarter

“At Last My Love Has Come Along . . .”

By Peter Mounteer

For some at the end of life, human song is the most comfortable amenity during the dying process. Soft, soothing, loving, gentle harmonies sung in person at the bedside of a dying family member, to ease their pain, fear or distress at the end of life, may end up being the best part of their last days. For Susie Joyce and others, helping dying individuals this way is something of a passion. She’s what’s called a threshold singer. Joyce is a founding member of the Pacific Grove chapter of the Threshold Choir, a non-profit organization with a presence in dozens of cities across the United States, all with the same mission in mind: to sing for and with those at the thresholds of life.

The volunteer organization was started by Kate Munger, who drew comfort for herself and a dying friend in 1990 when she sang a comforting song for him at his bedside, and took that ex-perience to choir friends and colleagues. Munger expanded and helped to found various other Threshold Choir chapters around California and eventually in other states, Canada, and overseas. There are now 100 chapters worldwide. Susie

Joyce is part of one of the newest chap-ters, the Pacific Grove chapter, started in February of 2011, after she left the Santa Cruz choir to establish one closer to home.

Threshold Choirs have a repertoire of some 450 different songs, many of which were written by Kate Munger her-self, with music professionals contribut-ing their own pieces as well. Most of the songs are very short, soft pieces that are non-denominational, soothing, affirming and supportive.

What drew Susan to threshold singing was a unique experience that fostered a loss of fear of death: both her sons nearly died in childbirth. “I remember feeling the life leave their little bodies, and come back to them,” Joyce recalled. “Since then I’ve been really interested in death and the death

experience, I’ve lost my fear of death and I think it’s become my path in life to help others come to an understand-ing that death isn’t something to fear.” Many singers come to Threshold Choir because they think it makes a very positive impact. But not any member of a choir can be a Threshold Singer. It takes a certain conviction and strength to sing someone who is dying, someone with whom you aren’t really acquainted. But Joyce contends that that is where the beauty of threshold singing is, “It’s a real privilege, and its very bonding to sing to [the dying]. Most threshold sing-ers would agree.”

In order to sing at a bedside, Susan and the two other Threshold Singers with the Pacific Grove chapter, Suzan Kelly and Jill Bernier, must be invited to a household, hospice care facility, etc. This is usually accomplished by a family member who knows of the Threshold Choir, as the organization and its chap-ters engage in no advertising beyond their online presence, people generally hear about the services of a Threshold Choir via word of mouth. Joyce and the Threshold Choir of Pacific Grove have also sung for people who are stressed, in pain or discomfort, but not necessarily dying, and people have been invited to

Threshold Choirs

Music can ease the transition from life to deathpractices who have a need to be sung to, even if they aren’t dying.

However, before a threshold singer can get to a bedside, they must undergo some months of training, memorizing a minimum of 30 songs, learning to softly harmonize with other singers as one multi-person voice -- which takes a lot of vocal control according to Joyce -- but must also undergo standard hospice training. There’s a big time commitment that Joyce stressed as well: The amount of time it takes to practice and then familiarize oneself with being comfort-able with death and dying, coming to terms with ones own mortality is key. “We sing in a very special way,” Joyce said. “We sing very softly and blend our voices together, it takes a lot of control. It’s like when you are a baby and your mom sings lullabies to you. It’s very soft and loving.”

In her career as a threshold singer, Joyce has sung at 10 bedsides, at all stages of the dying process. The Pacific Grove chapter is currently making con-nections with various hospice care facili-ties around the peninsula. She stressed the need for more singers in the Pacific Grove chapter as well, and encourages anyone interested to call her at (831) 685-0663 for information on Threshold Choirs.

“... I think it’s become my path in life to help others come to an under-standing that death isn’t something to fear.”

- Susie Joyce

Strains of Etta James wafted through the air at Lover’s Point in Pacific Grove as MPC English Teacher Eric Fetler’s bride to be, (now Mrs. Alexandra Fetler) strolled toward him. Above, L-R: Tim Hyten, Ryan Kerby, Phil Hixon, Erik Fetler, Alexandra Fetler, Marina Quirit. They were Wed on July 14, at 4:30 p.m. Photo by Ivee Baquir Streator.

The Green Page • CEDAR STREET Times • July 20, 2012

By Rachel Martinez, MPWMD

As of the second week in July, the first five miles of the Carmel River are dry in sections. As pumping in the river continues in order to meet drinking water needs, Monterey Peninsula Water Management District officials anticipate the river will dry to somewhere between river mile seven and nine.

Parts of the lower Carmel River typically dry each summer as water extraction demands exceed sustainable amounts on the river. Last year, above normal rainfall and restrictions on pumping reduced overall demand and the river was able to run continu-ally to the sea for the first time since Calendar Year 1998. Unfortunately, dry conditions this year are causing the river to dry again, despite conservation efforts and continued restrictions on pumping.

The District picked up elements of its Mitigation Program last month as Carmel River flows near Highway 1 dropped to less than 8 cubic feet per second and reaches of the river began drying.

Steelhead rescues began June 12, about a month and a half earlier than they had in the past several years due to drier conditions. During the first four weeks of rescues,

Monterey Peninsula Water Management District staff use hand nets and electrofish-

ing equipment to rescue Steelhead in a Carmel River pool prior to the water drying

up. Rescued fish are transported to the District’s Sleepy Hollow Steelhead Rear-ing Facility where they will be reared until

river flows reach adequate levels again in the Fall or Winter. (Photo Courtesy of

MPWMD)

Left: Monterey Peninsula Water Man-agement District staff use a seine to catch Steelhead in a Carmel River pool prior to the water drying up. On aver-age, the District rescues nearly 16,000 Steelhead from the Carmel River as it dries each year. (Photo Courtesy of MPWMD)

more than 4,000 Steelhead were rescued from drying reaches.The District also began supplemental watering of riparian vegetation at six of the

District’s riparian habitat restoration sites. These sites, near Cal Am production wells in the lower Carmel Valley, are irrigated in order to offset the vegetation impacts that are associated with water extraction. Vegetation that has been damaged by water extraction practices are unable to resist high winter flows, often resulting in erosion and instability.

The District’s mitigation efforts, to include fish rescue and rearing, and irrigation of riparian vegetation, began as part of the 1988 Interim Relief Plan to offset the nega-tive impacts of water extraction by California American Water and other pumpers on the Carmel River. Since then, the District’s legal responsibility to continue a mitigation program was solidified under two CEQA rulings, State Water Resources Control Board Order 95-10 and operating permits for aquifer storage and recovery.

Until such time when a new water supply is brought online and over-pumping on the Carmel River ceases, thereby eliminating or reducing the need for mitigation on the river, the mitigation activities must continue. These activities are done in conjunction with Cal Am, who directly funds about two-thirds of the cost. If the legal obligations fail to be met and mitigation activities cease prior to the delivery of a new water supply, the community could face rationing and State fines.

Water District mitigates effect on fish of a drying Carmel River

July 20th, 2012 Issue

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