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Classic films are back! - Page 9 Blessing - 8-19

against City in retirement ordinance

Host at teen party gets suspended sentence

A charge has been filed with the Public Employment Relations Board in Sacramento which claims the city Council acted illegally when it passed the “Sustainable Employee Retirement System Initiative” in August, 2010. The charge was filed by the Pacific Grove Police Officers Association, which represents the City's police officers, corporals, sergeants, animal control officers and other law enforcement professionals. The ordinance limits the city's contribution to the state Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) on behalf of all city employees, include police officers. The ordinance began as a citizens' initiative early in 2010. When, by summer, the

proponents had gained enough signatures to place the item on the Nov. 2 ballot, they brought it to the city council. The council had a choice to place the item on the ballot as it was and, alleging that the initiative was flawed, decided to place a city charter amendment, which is called Measure R, on the ballot instead and to enact the initiative as it was. Measure R would “fix” inconsistencies if passed. Both City Attorney David Laredo and City Manager Tom Frutchey as well as Christopher Darker of United Public Employees of California Local 792

POA files charge

On Friday, Sept. 24 Eric Lian of 17th Street in Pacific Grove noticed what we hope is a “scout” Monarch feeding on a Lan-tana bush in his yard. He photographed it and sent it along. On Saturday, Oct. 2 the traditional Butterfly Parade will take place downtown Pacific Grove, with grade school children dressed in costume to honor “the Wanderers.”

Are they on their way?

Christopher Veloz, the 19 year-old accused of hosting a party where minors were served alcohol, has pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge and, in an agreement among the defense attorney, the City’s attorney, David Laredo, and the judge was sentenced to six months in county jail, suspended for one year provided Veloz submits proof he has finished 40 hours of community service by Jan. 7. The case will likely be reviewed in September and Veloz may seek to have the suspended sentence lifted and the misdemeanor conviction converted to an

Friday, October 1Chautauqua Days Begin!See Schedule on Page 4

•Saturday, October 2

10 PM – 5 PMFall Fun!

Miss TrawicksGarden Shop

644 Lighthouse Avenue375-4605

Everyone is Welcome!•

Sunday, October 312 – 3 PM

Microtonic HarmonicMusic in the Park

Jewell Park•Free•

Sunday, October 31 – 3 PM

“Dabbling” Quilts by Barbara Hamilton

Reception for the ArtistBack Porch Fabrics & Quilt

Gallery157 Grand Ave. at Central

Pacific Grove 831-375-4453

•Tuesday, October 5

7:00 PMMeasure Q Public Debate

PG Community Center515 Junipero Ave

Please Join Us and Be Informed

•October 1 – October 17

Fridays – Sundays at 7:30 PM

Romantic Comedy “Twelfth Night”

21st Annual Shake-speare Festival

Carmel Outdoor Forest Theatre

Corner of Mountain View & Santa Rita

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October 2 – January 2, 2011

10 AM – 5 PM • Tues-SunGlow: Living Lights

PG Museum of Natural History

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Saturday, October 910:00 AM – 1:00 PM

“Tune it!”I Cantori di Carmel16th Annual Choral

Workshop Get Reservations or Info

@ 831 644-8012 • www.

icantori.org$15 advance / $20 at-the-

doorFree to Youth under 21

•Ongoing Mondays

Certified Farmer’s Market4 - 7 PM

Central & Grand, Pacific Grove

Info: 831-384-6961•

Ongoing Events at Chautauqua Hall

Wednesdays Samba to live drumming

7 – 8 PM•

FridaysDance Jam

Central & 16th Avenue Info: [email protected]

$10 Adults • $5 Kids•

Tuesday, November 96:30 PM

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p POA From Page 1warned that that legal challenges would result if the council passed the measure. It did so, with council member Bill Kampe dissenting. At the time the City Council approved the measure, CalPERS senior pension actuary Barbara Ware reminded them that CalPERS would sue the City, not the employees, for the difference between what the employees paid plus what the city paid and what CalPERS expected. Under the labor contract previously approved by the council and effective through Dec. 31, 2012, the city is required to pay any shortfall over 9 percent to the employees' CalPERS account. The first 9 percent is paid by the employees. The city of Pacific Grove has until Oct. 25 to respond to the complaint. The Public Employee Relations Board will review the complaint and issue a decision about whether the complaint is warranted. A court challenge could be filed as to the legality of the ordinance as well.

infraction.Veloz, a minor himself, hosted a party apparently while his mother and stepfather were not at home.

Witnesses say that he was asleep when Aaron Corn, 18 years old, took Veloz’s vehicle, allegedly without his permission, and crashed it, injuring four in the car, including himself.

New restaurant in townArmando Cruz has opened a new restaurant, called Mando’s, on the premises recently vacated by Zoccolo’s

at 162 Fountain Avenue in Pacific Grove. Mando’s will serve an American breakfast and lunch from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Mexican dinners,

Canterbury Woods receives accreditation with honors

Canterbury Woods Retirement Community has again received CARF-CCAC’s (Continuing Care Accreditation Commission) highest ranking with a 5-year accreditation for providing quality, value, and optimal outcome of services centered on enhancing the lives of persons served.

This voluntary process is a rigorous and detailed onsite survey and Canterbury Woods met many of the detailed criteria in this peer review at 100 percent. Executive Director Norma Brambilla is proud of the efforts of her staff whose dedication demonstrates the commitment to continuous improvement needed to meet these International standards for the industry.

Bill Valuch, holding Maggie, has decked out Miss Trawick’s for fall fun. Photo by Katie Shain

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UntitledEugenia Wang

They built a castle around my birth

And I live in the basement.

I breathe life into the cogs and gears that run this fabled place

I whisper into the dark, and hear, echoing back,

The smooth mutter of ‘function.’

I was born into the guts of a structure

And I benefited, warm,

I sapped the stomach dry until it cracked.

I was blind in the dark; I could only feel my way around,

Baby-hands clawing at the tissue that separates, and the tissue that con-

nects,

Until I dug a hole through the wall and tumbled down the cellar.

Do I live now in the dust-dirt floor paved thick with the fumes of alcohol,

Or in my castle, still?

Blind, and with four stone hands to comfort me,

I think I must come from the same place that I live, now.

PG Dog Gone Dog ReportWhere are my Humans?

A man reported that he found a small dog running loose in the 100 block of Lighthouse Ave. he looked for the owner but was unable to locate anyone. He put a blue collar on the dog and was kind enough to keep it overnight. The dog was surrendered to PGPD where it was photographed, fed and put in a pen.

No pulling the wool over this Pagrovian’s eyes.A woman came in to the PGPD to report that she had advertised her

couch for sale on Craigslist and had been in email contact with a subject. After several emails were exchanged and $450.00 was agreed upon in exchange for the couch, the subject sent a check for $2,450.00 stating his bank filled out the wrong amount, the subject then instructing the woman to cash the check and send the remaining funds to him via wire transfer. She did no such thing. The PGPD copied the check and it was destroyed.

Ok so this isn’t quite what we meant by call a cab but it’s better than driving a car.

A subject was stopped riding his bicycle in the 400 block of Forest Ave. He was found to be intoxicated and was arrested. Subject was booked at PGPD and released after signing a cite to appear.

Rip Van WHAT?A juvenile reported seeing a nude man on Congress Ave. in the bushes across

from Rip Van Winkle Park. She said the male was holding his “man parts” and moving his hand up and down. She said the man appeared to be in his 40’s, he had dark chest hair and his face was unshaven. The male did not speak to her and she ran home and told her mother (good girl). Officers conducted an area check but were unable to locate the subject.

Rings, Wallets and Things 1) A cell phone was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 100 block of

Stuart Ave. No leads.2) A Microsoft MP3 player and cable was stolen from an unlocked vehicle

in the 2800 block of David Ave.3) An iPod was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the Lobos Ave. area.4) A man lost his wallet. The last time he saw it was at the market. Wallet is

black leather, contains his ID and credit cards and $180.00 cash.5) A mountain bike was found near the curb on Lighthouse Ave. The bike is

being housed at the city yard.


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THE FEAST OF LANTERNS WANTS YOUR INPUT!!!

Listed below are events that the Feast of Lanterns have presented to you over the years. Which of them is important to you? Please let us know by circling a number with 10 being the most important and 1 being the least important. Opening Ceremony 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Closing Ceremony 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Tea & Fashion Show 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Feast of Salads 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

BBQ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Pet Parade 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1(Pet Parade is actually a City event in cooperation with the SPCA. Ice cream is usually provided by employees of the post office.) Street Dance 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Sock Hop (Indoors, fee) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pageant indoors 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Pageant at the beach 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Entertainment leading upto pageant 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Lighted Board Parade 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1(Boat Parade is actually provided by the Monterey Yacht Club members at no cost to the Feast of Lanterns)

Silent auction 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Fireworks 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Other events, such as senior citizen visitation, pre-school visitation, Obon Festival, Monterey Fourth of July Parade, Salinas Rodeo, Holi-day Parade of Lights, Good Old Days (undertaken by the Royal Court as ambassador events, either representing the Feast itself or the City of Pacific Grove) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

What events or activities would you like to see added? ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

What events would you support during the year as fund-raisers?Moveable Feast 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Tennis Tournament 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Golf Tournament 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Other 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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If you haven’t heard about Chautauqua Days by now, you’ve been either out of town or in a typical Pacific Grove fog.

The new ci ty event which encompasses many traditional ones will begin Friday, October 1.

There will be many free and fee events downtown, including the Butterfly Parade of grade-school children and the Heritage Homes Tour.

New to the schedule is a performance on Sunday, Oct. 3 by Keith Decker as Robert Louis Stevenson at the lighthouse from about 12-3.

Friday, October 1Pacific Grove Art Center

Monterey County Artistists Open Studio Tour ExhibitNoon-5 p.m. • Free

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Pacific Grove Museum of Natural HistoryOpening reception for Glow: Living Lights Exhibit

5 p.m. - 8 p.m. • $10 (Free for members)w

Pacific Grove BusinessesFirst Friday PG • 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. • Free

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Chautauqua HallFreestyle Dance Jam

8 p.m. - 10 p.m. • $10 adults/$5 teens/kids free with adult

Saturday, Oct. 2Pacific Grove Art Center

Figure Drawing with Model • $10 model feew

Annual Butterfly ParadeParade Route from Pine to Fountain to Lighthouse Ave. and back

10:30 a.m. • Freew

Butterfly Bazaar • Robert Down SchoolFollowing the parade • No cost to attend

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Pacific Grove Museum of Natural HistoryGlow: Living Lights Exhibit • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Free

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Chautauqua HallLecture: Top 10 things to know about the Pt. Pinos Lighthouse

1 p.m. - 2 p.m. • Freew

Pacific Grove Public LibraryChildren’s Puppet show: Big Bad Bruce • 2 p.m. • Free

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Chautauqua HallLecture: Who Glows Below: the Diversity of Marine Bioluminescence

Schedule of Events

Keith Decker will portray Robert Louis Stevenson

at the Lighthouse on Sun., Oct. 3 from 12-3.

Photo by Batista Moon

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p CHAUTAUQUA From PREVIOUS PAGE

Music in the Park

SundayOctober 312-3Jewell Park Free

Presented by theCultural Arts Commission

Fun, feel good musicBluegrassGypsy-JazzFunkFolkCeltic& Original

Special readingsPacific Grove’s

Poet-In-ResidenceBarbara Mossberg

with

Bring your lunch and a blanket!

CelebrateChautauqua Days

1 p.m. - 2 p.m. • Freew

Pacific Grove Public LibraryPlay: Fortune’s Way, or Notes on Art for Catholics (and Others)

See story on page 13 • 7 p.m. • $15 (includes tea)w

Sunday, Oct. 3Throughout Pacific Grove

41st Annual Historic Homes Tour • 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. • $20Call the Chamber of Commerce for tickets and information 373-3304

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Chautauqua Hall7th Annual Artists in Chautauqua Showcase and Sale

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. • Free admissionw

Elmarie Dyke Open Space (Next to Chautauqua Hall)Heritage Houses for the Birds Contest and Auction

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. • Free admissionw

Downtown Pacific GroveGuided Historic Walking Tour, 25 per group • 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. • Free

Call the Chamber of Commerce for information 373-3304w

Jewell ParkBluegrass Music with Microtonic Harmonic and Family Picnic in the Park

12 noon - 3 p.m. • FreeBring your lunch! Rain adjourns to Youth Center

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Pacific Grove Public LibrarySilent Auction Ends • See story on page 2

1 p.m. - 3 p.m. • Free admission


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High Hats & Parasols

Pacific Coast Church522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942

Peninsula Christian Center520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431

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

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

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

Peninsula Baptist Church1116 Funston Avenue, 831-647-1610

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

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

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

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

Church of Christ176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741

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

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

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

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

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

Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m.

The News … from 1910.

DeNuff act works at WorkJoe DeNuff was a year ago employed in doing concrete work about Pacific Grove.

During his time here, DeNuff made many friends around town. These friends were all surprised at learning that DeNuff no longer worked for the village and at seeing DeNuff on stage at the Work, presenting a Vaudeville act. 1

DeNuff, who surely has an iron jaw, comes on stage and picks up a chair with his teeth. Then he picks up a table in the same manner. The culmination of his act occurs when DeNuff offers a wager of $100 that he can chew a railroad spike in half within minutes. He warns the audience that in the past year, he has already severed 164 railroad spikes with his teeth and that one more, making the total 165, won’t be much of a task … which it evidently isn’t.

To close his act, DeNuff fastens an iron bar so that it can lift a chair. He then seats a volunteer from the audience in the chair, stands on the table and, with nothing but his teeth, lifts man and chair while the audience roars.

This weekend marks the conclusion of DeNuff’s appearances at the Work. The iron-jawed actor indicated that he plans next to head toward San Francisco for performances there.

Yours for humanity and GodIt will be a great satisfaction to know, as we pass out of this life, that we have done

what we could to end suffering and assist the fallen. The Salvation Army’s collection drive is just getting under way. Your donation will be very much appreciated. Don’t give to anyone else for this effort. Adjt. C. Stedman, Collector. 2

Stanford graduates to teachPrincipal George Schultzberg, who was designated by the trustees to select teachers

for the coming year, announced the following nominations, both of whom graduated from the Leland Stanford University, and then attended San Jose Normal School for a year of additional study.3 The two are Miss Bessie McKee of Pacific Grove and Miss Eva Taylor from San Jose. The pair will no doubt be approved by the Board of Trustees.

Stolen jewels recovered unstolenThe fortune in gems allegedly taken from a Pittsburgh woman have been recovered

months later.The jewels of Mrs. Henry Rea, sister of United States Senator Oliver, which were

thought stolen, are back in hand. Being valued at more than $100,000 prompted Mrs. Rea to engage a strong box at a local bank while visiting in the Grove where she placed the valuables … and promptly forgot about them.

The Pinkerton Detective Agency, which Mrs. Rea retained to recover the jewelry, believed they had located them here. After being reminded, Mrs. Rea instantly recalled placing the valuables in a secure spot. The detective agency acquired Mrs. Rea’s permission to enter the rented box, where the jewels were found.

However, the detective agency refused to stand for the veracity of the story. 4

Notes from around the area…• The Rev. Walter Tanner is taking over pastoral duties for the Emanuel Baptist

church, temporarily located at the corner of Hoffman and Foam in New Monterey.• A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Camp, Mrs. Adolph Boswick, and Mrs. Clinton

Smith (and daughter), came in from the valley to spend a few weeks vacationing. Mr. Camp said that after the valley’s heat, the group enjoyed the cool weather of Pacific Grove.

• The Christian Science church is offering extra sermon sessions at 7:30 am and 6:30 pm. All who are serious about worship are welcome.

• Big bargain in real estate. Two small houses in New Monterey. Will sell either furnished or unfurnished, but prefer furnished. Near corner of Lilly street and David avenue. Owner must leave town and will sell cheap. See Mr. Charles Norton, Realtor.

• The Fair of Pacific Grove is attempting to become your official headquarters for sporting goods. Check at the Fair for needed fishing gear, fresh or salt.

• Shovels of every kind except snow are available at Wright’s Hardware.

The cost of living…• Ladies’ straw hats in a variety of styles. 50¢ each. Come and see them at Roth-

Coney Company in the Grove.• Everyone is satisfied with our work. Gentlemen’s collars steamed, starched, and

pressed. 15¢ at the Grove Laundry. Phone Red 43. At the corner of 12th and Lighthouse.

• Spacious, clean rooms at the Hotel Del Mar. First class in every respect. $1.50 per night (without private bath), Monday through Friday. $2.50 per night weekends.

• The Pacific Grove Realty Company is managing winter cottages at $15 monthly. Move in immediately. 5

• Puritan Preserves. Oliver Grocery Company offers the best in sweet, canned fruit preserves. 25¢ each by the jar.

Notes1 Mr. Joe DeNuff evidently invested his time working for the City of Pacific Grove

to perfect his act. Unfortunately, this came at the very end of the Vaudeville era. Flickers were here and the Talkies were coming!

2 A century ago, fund raising frequently turned competitive. One agency often asked givers to ignore another agency (or all other agencies). The Salvation Army is a charitable movement founded in England by William Booth in 1865 and operated in a military manner. The Army has grown to take in more than 80 countries while preaching the gospel in about 112 languages at 16,000 evangelical centers. The Army operates more than 3,000 social welfare institutions, hospitals, and schools. Its international headquarters is in London.

3 San Jose Normal School, the forerunner of San Jose State University, served as a California teacher’s college. Graduates of other institutions often invested a year at San Jose Normal School in order to earn teaching credentials.

4 Safe deposit boxes available at banks were just coming into vogue. It is not incredible that the aging Mrs. Rea forgot that she had stashed her jewelry in such a place. “Refusing to stand” meant that the detective agency desired no publicity.

5 Summer rates in the Grove ran about $10 per cottage / month higher.


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Culp an honor grad as an Army Pfc.Army Pfc. Julie K. Culp has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort

Sill, Lawton, Okla., as a Distinguished Honor Graduate and received a Letter of Commendation. The soldier's academic and military accomplishments were a direct result of energetic application of sound judgment and newly acquired technical knowledge. The soldier's attention to detail, appearance, cooperative spirit, military bearing, and military courtesy were commendable and exemplary, and contributed to the Battery Cadre of the 19th Field Artillery successful mission accomplishments.

During the nine weeks of Basic Combat Training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.

Culp, a UH-60 helicopter repairer, is the daughter of Leslie J. Spang of Seaside and Joseph J. Culp of Pacific Grove.

By Cameron Douglas

A journey to France inspired cancer survivor Sheila Bilich to see what she could do to make a difference in the lives of other women going through the difficulties before, during and after their cancer treatments.

Bilich lives in Pacific Grove and is the office manager at Bilich Associates Inc., where she shares office space with her husband Michael. Working at home with her two sisters and a few close friends, Bilich began making “HappiHats” as a way to show support for cancer patients. The hats are made on home sewing machines, with three ladies sewing and one cutting material. Their hats are meant to be inspiring, and they are. In the face of a disease that threatens life, there is light, love and vibrancy emanating from every stitch. The styles are elegant and very clean. And just as each experience of cancer is personal and different, each HappiHat is also unique. “No two are alike,” says Bilich.

Last June, benefits from their first show held at the Bilich home went to the American Cancer Society. Everyone there bought a hat.

To give your support, contact HappiHats at (831) 655-5432.

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Councilmember Lisa Bennett joins Hospice Foundation

Pacific Grove City Council member Lisa Bennett is joining the nonprofit Hospice Foundation of Monterey as director of fund development.

The Princeton graduate is a credentialed Certified Fundraising executive and has spent 22 years in fundraising. She was also an adjunct faculty member at Indiana University for 20 years.

She was director of development and public relations at York School and has a consulting practice.

Sure you do! But do you really know what I do? If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard a bajillion times. “I always wanted to be a food writer/restaurant critic. It must be sooo fun to go out and eat all the time and then write about it.” Yep, in many ways it is just that. But as every good foodinista knows, every pancake has two sides.

About The Local Food WritersIt is a tough business. As a writer

you’re supposed to go out to every type and style of restaurant there is from the obscure taco shack with neon cerveza signs serving as light fixtures to the newest hoity-toity place in Carmel, replete with name brand china and Riedel stemware. Somehow, you are supposed to put your experience into words that everyone from the highly refined and well-traveled diner to the layperson will understand. While writing all of this ethereal stuff, you are also supposed to keep in mind that these same places that you are reporting on may spend big bucks advertising in the publication you are writing for. Therefore, money, politics and the threat of a defamation suit or a quick swim in a cement bikini come into play.

Unfortunately, due to the litigious nature of our society, a majority of food critics per se, have evolved into oatmealy-beige folks who happened to eat out and write it down. Not really a review of the place, just a list of menu items and a general overview of the experience. If there is any reference to something negative, it is so heavily veiled, softened and padded with fluff that the readers would generally never catch it. This is a huge disservice to the public and the people who work so hard in their restaurants to make things as right as humanly possible and would actually welcome a constructive assessment of their establishments.

Conversely, a few negative strokes of the keyboard can kill a place if they are unfounded or are written without having the correct qualifications to do so. It is a very fine line to walk and occasionally the choices are whittled down to: my integrity vs. the truth vs. constructive criticism vs. ruining someone’s reputation. Now, how’s that for F-U-N??

I appreciate every food writer’s position of being between a lawyer and a hard place, but come on you guys grow some and talk to your editors and publishers and push the envelope a little

bit. Just be sure to duck when the letters to the editor start flying! And for every person out there reading this out there that would like to do my job for a day; send me a sample of your critique of your most recent dining experience in 500 words or so. I’d love to have some readers’ opinions included in The Cedar Street Times. Send all submissions to [email protected].

I can’t guarantee we will publish them, but you could find yourself ‘behind one of my hats’ one of these days….

What’s Up Around PG?

Lattitudes at Lovers Point is no longer open for business. That makes for a pretty dark corner down there with both The Old Bath House and Lattitudes closed. I’ve heard through very reliable sources that another prominent Fisherman’s Wharf restaurateur has designs on reopening the location very soon.

About The Old Bath House Location…unfortunately, the Walters of Passionfish fame have decided against becoming the new tenants at the previously popular spot that has been closed for nearly five years. The good news is that the developer, Robert Enea has all of the permits in place and is continuing on the project and seeking a new tenant. I’ve seen the plans and the place will be completely awesome when it is built out. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed that a great operator will be found to breathe some life back into the old, gray lady at Lovers Point.

A New Vegetarian/Gluten Free Restaurant is Open! Good news for everyone who is not a carnivore or a fan of Wheaties (don’t count me in that group J). Where Matteo’s Deli Café used to be at the top of Forest Ave., in the very rear end of the little cluster of ethnic restaurants at 1180 Forest Ave. is a newly opened spot called Julia’s. I haven’t had a chance to pop in and try the goods as of yet, but you will read about it here when I do. Any of you “wanna be food critics” who have been to Julia’s let me know your opinions. I’ve heard good things from many diners so far.

I. Ada Lott

Eating Out in PG

A day in the life of a Food WriterOooooh! I Wanna Do What YOU Do!

Phyllis Meagher, the new Executive director at Beacon House, greets Carmelita Garcia as she receives a memorial award for National Drug and Alcohol Recovery Month in the name of Carmelita’s late husband, Dan Murphy. Dan was a counselor at Beacon House. “Dan really made a lot of difference in the lives of many people, and this is something he would have done — honor those working in the field,” said Meagher. Recovery Month, said Meagher, is designed to reach out to those still in need, to honor those working in the field, and celebrate the millions of people who are recovering from drug and alcohol abuse.

The first award was given to Carmelita, and thereafter will be given to a deserving person in the field.

Guy Rinna, Chair of the Board of Directors stands by. In the background is Dr. Lee Larimer, Clinical Director of Beacon House.

Recovery Month honored

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Legal NoticesFICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

File No. 20101855The following persons are doing business as Encore Print at 807 Brentwood Court, Pacific Grove, Mon-terey County, CA 93950; Michelle Noseworthy, 807 Brentwood Court, Pacific Grove, CA 93950; Joanna Pryor, 29007 Robinson Canyon Road, Carmel, CA 93923. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 27, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/26/2010. Signed: Michelle Noseworthy/Joanna Pryor. This busi-ness is conducted by a general partnership. Publication dates: 09/17, 09/24, 10/01, 10/08/10

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 20101943

The following person is doing business as Peninsula ATMs at 395 Del Monte Center, Suite 254, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940; Matthew Alexander DeWolf, 1330 Skyline Dr. #13, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on September 13, 2010. Registrant com-menced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 08/12/2010. Signed: Matthew DeWolf. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 09/17, 09/24, 10/01, 10/08/10

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The following person is doing business as Showroom Flooring at 1767 Truckee Way, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93906: Joel gregory Smith, 1767 Truckee Way, Salinas, CA 93906 and Allan Barrette Jones, 14016 Orilla Del Agua, Castroville, CA 95012. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey Coun-ty on September 22, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on September 22, 2010. Signed: Joel G. Smith. This business is conducted by a gen-eral partnership. Publication dates: 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15/10.


The following person is doing business as Man-Made Artifacts Company at 575 Lewis Road, Watsonville, Monterey County, CA 95076: Scott M. Hoffman, 575 Lewis Road, Watsonville, CA 95076. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Au-gust 27, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name or names listed above on August 27, 2010. Signed: Scott Hoffman. This business is conducted by an individual. Publica-tion dates: 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15/10.

A b i g s c r e e n , s t a r s t u d d e d swashbuckling spectacle directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone, and Olivia de Havilland, The Adventures of Robin Hood continues to be the best screen version of the Sherwood Forest legend. One of the earliest films in three-strip Technicolor, the film is a sparkling example of the bright, vivid, super-saturated cinematography. Flynn’s winning smile and heartthrob good-looks are pitted against the evil Rains and Rathbone to win the wholesome and lovely de Havilland, and the hearts and minds of the Saxon people.

The story of Robin Hood has been brought to the screen a couple of dozen times – silent, short, black and white, Technicolor, sequel, musical, Loony Tunes, spoof, TV series, TV movie, and, most recently, a prequel starring Russell Crowe who, in promoting his film said that his was finally a “real” portrayal of the man.

What makes a movie seem real? Well, realism is a tricky concept. In The Adventures of Robin Hood, and all classical Hollywood films of the 30s and 40s (and for the most part still today), the important thing was to hide or smooth over any crack in the artifice, so that the narrative was fore grounded. All the techniques of filmmaking – artificial light and studio sets, continuity editing, synch sound, genre formulas, typecast actors and reliable stars, supportive music and historically accurate costumes – helped to allow the viewers into a real, believable space where the story lived, beginning, middle and end. We want to believe that the people and events we see on the screen are real, even though we know they aren’t; this is the suspension of disbelief, and it is a solemn oath between filmmaker and audience, and the rock on which Hollywood verisimilitude is built.

At the same time, European and American independent filmmakers fought against this by presenting simple stories with looser plots, non-conclusive endings, non-professional actors, playing seemingly real people with real lives, usually poor and suffering, filmed in real places with mostly available light. And later, in the 60s, American independent

Sherwood Forest comes to Pacific Grove: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Bring the kids!

filmmakers rebelled against Hollywood and determined that in order to portray the truth, what we saw on the screen had to be dirty, violent and chaotic. Nowadays, we are to believe that 3D films give us a truly real experience.

In fact, none of these styles have any more claim to realism than any other; every film is artifice, every film represents choices imposed on the subject being filmed. Many films feel real when they first come out and most feel less so with age. This is particularly true for special effects and computer graphics, but also for out dated acting or writing styles. The test of a film’s value -- and enduring value -- is not its claim to realism (sorry Mr. Crowe) but it’s ability to entertain. Not surprisingly, The Adventures of Robin Hood never did make any claim to realism. In its original review of the film, Variety praised it as “cinematic pageantry at its best, a highly imaginative telling of folklore,” and it is these qualities that endure.

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a film that you may think is just too dated for modern audiences, especially children used to “realistic” (i.e. dirty, violent, chaotic) action. Think again. Think knights on horseback, kings, outlaws, flags, bows and arrows, archery tournaments, and above all swordfights.

Young children who love Star Wars love this film, and if they’re young enough, they have no cultural baggage with which to judge the film’s realism. As a matter of fact, the fight scenes, whatever they lack in the sweat, filth, and grim reality preferred by Mr. Crowe, are the film’s “realest” element. Fencing master Fred Cavens, in choreographing the fight sequences and swordplay, insisted that they look like fights, not fencing matches, and the archery is all actual sharp-shooting, performed by master archer Howard Hill. Flynn and the other actors performed all the swordfights and most of the stunts themselves, and there was no hint of the cinematic wizardry of computer generation that “heightens the reality” of modern movies.

So our definitions of real and realism shift with time. Although it was made under the strict Hollywood rules of verisimilitude of 1938, the film is very low-tech compared with the action sequences in films today. Consequently, the swordfights stand out almost like one of those Italian neo-realist films: no fakery, no hype, no artifice, and therefore, more real. Swash! Parry! Thrust! Slice! See you at the Lighthouse Cinema, Wednesday or Thursday at 7:30.

Back by Popular Demand!The Lighthouse Cinema is

bringing back its successful Classic Film Series.

Starting October 6, a different film will play each week until Christmas, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30.

Check with the theater at643-1333 or go to

www.srentertainmentgrp.com/lighthouse4.asp

to confirm show times.

October 6-7 – Adventures of Robin Hood October 13-14 – The Pink Panther October 20-21 – Jailhouse Rock October 27-28 – Dial M for Murder

November 3-4 – A Night at the Opera November 17-18 – Giant November 24-25 – break for Thanksgiving December 1-2 – White Christmas (to be confirmed)

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

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

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Opinion

Veloz, a minor himself, hosted the party apparently while his mother and stepfather were not at home. So where did he get the alcohol, or did his guests bring it with them? And where did they get it, if they indeed brought it with them?

Witnesses say that he was asleep when Aaron Corn, 18 years old, took Veloz’s vehicle, allegedly without his permission, and crashed it, injuring four in the car, including himself. Chelsie Hill, a passenger, was paralyzed and it’s anyone’s guess whether she’ll walk again.

So how does a host sleep through a party, especially one where drinking teenagers are the guests?

Corn, of course, is in Monterey County jail, held without bail, and facing charges of felony drunk driving causing injury and taking Veloz’s car without permission. He is a repeat offender, and was at the time of the accident on probation for an infraction which occurred when he was a juvenile. Many in town know what it was, and rumor has it that it, too, involved drinking and driving. Mr. Corn is apparently a slow learner.

Rumor has it that some of the victims’ friends were drinking at a party the following weekend. Rumor also has it, and there were photos on Facebook of all things, that some of the victims have been to drinking parties since as well. “It’s OK,” I was told, when I confronted their parents. “There was a designated driver.” Designated driver? Hey, it’s against the law for people under 21 to drink whether they’re driving or not. Slow learners, the parents. Slow learners, the victims.

Slow learners, too, the justice system.Thirteen years ago, on the Fourth of July, my friend’s 18 year-old

son attended a party at a home in Boulder Creek. The parents were not around. There was alcohol. Bryce Kurek, then 18, the host, took four friends joy-riding in his parent’s car. He slammed the car into a tree. It burst into flames, suffocating and burning to death three (including my friend’s son) and maiming a fourth, none of whom could get their seat belts undone in time to escape. Kurek was not hurt.

I stayed by my friend through the ensuing months, running interference for her against the press and the curious, and reading testimony aloud for her when it came time for the penalty phase. Kurek pleaded guilty so thankfully there was not a trial, just the testimony around the penalty. He got eight years in prison.

I remember people, including fellow students and friends of the dead boys, saying at the time, “Poor Bryce, he’ll live with their deaths for the rest of his life. Don’t be too hard on him.” One of the victims’ mother, a gentle woman to be sure, asked everyone to forgive him as he had surely suffered enough.

In five years he was out, and shortly thereafter was in court again, facing a DUI. He was 26 and still had not learned a thing.

I don’t know what he’s doing with his life these days, but I see his name in the Men’s Club scores at Boulder Creek Country Club so apparently he has time to enjoy himself on the golf course. My friend’s son, a football player who worked with youth, who was looking forward to college and who was a Key Club member, is still dead.

In less than a year, this young man in Pacific Grove will have picked up some litter, or whatever they assign him to do, and will likely apply to have his misdemeanor reduced to a mere infraction. Meanwhile, Chelsie will still be struggling to walk again, the parents will all be fighting a civil suit about money, and somewhere another 19 year-old will host another party and serve alcohol to minors.

There will, I guess, always be slow learners.

- Marge Ann Jameson

We seem to be a societyof slow learners

Christopher Veloz, the 19 year-old accused of hosting a party where minors were served alcohol (a Pacific Grove city ordinance), has pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge and, in an agreement among the defense attorney, the City’s attorney and the judge was sentenced to six months in county jail, suspended for one year provided Veloz submits proof he has finished 40 hours of community service by Jan. 7. The case will likely be reviewed in September and Veloz may seek to have the suspended sentence lifted and the misdemeanor conviction converted to an infraction.

This is not even a slap on the wrist. It’s more akin to a disapproving glance.

Marge Ann Jameson

Editorial

Who should have accessto Breaker Stadium?Editor:

Houston, we have a problem. As a PG taxpayer who voted for the Measure D school bind, gaining access to the PGHS stadium field on Saturday or Sunday is virtually impossible as out-of-town soccer leagues play games one after another from the early morning until well into the night. In addition, last Sunday (Sept. 19) afternoon while walking on the track, I witnessed a full-on brawl between the two teams playing.

Is this what we want for our stadium? Is our stadium supervised? Do the taxpayers of PG deserve access to the field? Let your school district officials know how you feel.

James ClarkPacific Grove

Editor:

People complaining joining the county system wasn’t investigated are likely trying to draw attention away from the recent county report highlighting problems PG would have if PG joined the county system. You can read the report at yesonpglibrary.com under “Read It.”

In contrast to assertions joining the county system would be free or the county system would provide better services, the county librarian laid it on the line. Joining the county system would cost PG a minimum of $6,600,000 over the first 10 years. The current staff would be reduced by 1.25 full time equivalent professionally trained librarian positions, though there’s no commitment to keeping the current staff—that would be “negotiated.” The county system would provide no guarantee of hours or service levels. Joining wouldn’t provide accountability—the county system doesn’t keep budgets by branch and, amazingly, there’s no guarantee money paid by PG would be spent in PG! The report also says the county system considers “ideal” the takeover of the PG collection of 99,000 items, a collection insured for $7 million.

Having the county library system take over the PG Library is not a good idea. How many times must we investigate it? Please vote YES on Measure Q!

Julie McCulloughPacific Grove

Don’t investigate the issueto death: Just vote

Butterflies should be freeEditor:

Though I’ve lived in Carmel Valley for over 40 years, I have always spent much time on “our” Peninsula.

Seeing the headline last week “Bring on the butterflies” reminded me of how shocked I was some years ago when certain “powers that be” decided to tag “our” Monarchs with stickers to see where they went.

Thoughtless and heartless are a couple of feelings that came to mind. I was assured by a “docent” at the Butterfly Sanctuary that these stickers did not in any way harm the butterflies.

I was taught as a child that one should not touch the wings of a butterfly as the oil on our fingers damages the delicate wings.

Something didn’t happen after this tagging. The mass of Monarchs didn’t come back.

This wanton destruction of “our” Monarch butterflies should not have happened. It’s a no-brainer that maybe they are looking for greener and more peaceful pastures.

Butterflies are free.Joeph D. Ortman

Carmel Valley


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Demonstrate Fiscal ResponsibilityTake steps now and in the future to make sure that our budgets remain balanced and ensure that the city builds up its current reserves in case of future needs. Enhance Community VitalityWork with the City Council, Chamber of Commerce and business leaders to find ways to stimulate growth and increase business for Pacific Grove shops, restaurants, hotels, and other businesses. I will also push for support for the many events that make Pacific Grove such a special community.Protect and Improve our Infrastructure Preserve and renew our city assets and natural resources; not just the sewers, streets, and sidewalks; but also things such as the Butterfly Sanctuary, Point Pinos Lighthouse, Golf Links, Coastal Trail, and parks and forests that we all love and that bring visitors to our town.

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Opinion

Alec Murdock

Guest Commentary

Don’t be surprisedif the library measure fails again

Despite this headline, I’m optimistic about the library. I’m confident that most of us in PG – far more than the 66 percent reflected in the last library measure vote – believe deeply in the profound importance of education and libraries in general, and the PG library in particular. And I think there’s every reason to believe that our library will survive this difficult time.

Here are some of the ways that could happen: (1) the economy is coming back, and as a result, our city and state governments will naturally take in more revenue; (2) the state government will be pressured into no longer raiding its cities’ coffers; (3) without new tax money, our library will permanently pledge itself to achieving full funding through private donations and will quite possibly find more support than the tax would provide; (4) through the work and ingenuity of staff and volunteers, our library can and will get by with fewer days a week, as it has, until more donations come in and/or City Hall finds the wherewithal to restore its best budget.

You may be thinking, “Hold on, don’t tell me why the library will ‘get by.’ Explain why in heck the measure will fail.” But you see, the very impression that the library can survive without the tax is what makes the measure more likely to fail. Many people don’t believe this emergency is as dire or long-lasting as supporters of Measure Q believe.

As letters to the editor indicate, many are framing the debate in terms of our own library versus a county library. But in the voting booth, those choices will be seen for what they are: separate. The property tax increase of Measure Q will be considered all by itself – up or down. But will that help or hurt the measure’s chances? I think it will hurt.

Another problem with Q – voters generally resist electoral “redos.” You’ve probably noticed that when something appears on the ballot more than once, the votes usually fall the same way the second time around. People who’ve been persuaded to vote for the measure are balanced by those who come out because they don’t think redos are right. And they have a point. Isn’t a redo saying, “we don’t care what the voters said the first time, we’re going to keep trying because we know we’re right and they’re wrong”? People get their backs up.

And of course, the other big reason the measure may fail is one nasty fact of life called taxes.

Some supporters of the measure may get angry when they think about people voting down such a noble and necessary cause as our library just to selfishly save themselves a few bucks. But understand that opponents are angry too. Few speak up in the face of a known and sometimes vehement 2/3 majority, but instead take solace in knowing they have one discreet friend to fall back on – their secret ballot. And the anger that drives them to vote springs from the increasingly obvious fact that there is no mercy where ever-rising taxes are concerned. Voters know that if one tax is approved, it only encourages our voracious leaders to come up with more. Taxes beget taxes.

To illustrate: more than two years ago, almost no one noticed or even heard a brief comment by then private citizen Bill Kampe. He was on the pro-tax side of the debate over Measure U which raised our sales tax to 8¼%. When asked why no sunset clause had been attached to that measure, Mr. Kampe replied that there would never be a time when we wouldn’t need the extra tax. Chilling, huh? And now our sales tax is 9¼%. No mercy. Taxes beget taxes. And voters take notice.

I know I have. In fact, I’ve come to believe that the nearly automatic way we reach for each others’ pocketbooks in order to solve every problem has actually become more of a threat to our future than an undernourished library.

Do you know the average home value in PG? According to Zillow.com, it’s about $615,000 – that’s after the huge plunge in values. But still, it means the new owner of that house pays $6,150 in property tax. Oh, wait, I’m sorry. That’s just the 1% allowed by Proposition 13. That owner pays an extra $550 on top of their property tax. And Measure Q would push that up to $640 annually. I don’t know why, but these additional charges seem impervious to Prop 13, and they just keep multiplying, don’t they?

The Cedar Street Times rightly pointed out that supporters of Measure Q aren’t naïve. Keep in mind that the opponents aren’t naïve either. And they know that more is at stake than just $90 a year for Measure Q. Taxes beget taxes.

Here’s how most of us, pro or con, will ultimately decide about Measure Q: we’ll weigh the odds that the library will be closed or permanently crippled against the cost of an added annual $90 out-of-pocket plus implications for future taxes. Do more than 2/3s of PGers feel it’s worth it to keep the library budget flush? Or do more than 1/3 feel they are being nickel-and-dimed to death unnecessarily?

Whichever side wins, it won’t be the end of the world. Let’s keep in mind that we all share an abiding love for this little town. We all want what’s best for PG, but just have different ideas of how to get there. Either way, hail Andrew Carnegie!

- Alec Murdock

Gues Commentary


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

3 days of activities celebratingPacific Grove’s heritage

Art shows • Exhibits and Lectures • Dance Jam • Silent Auction • Music • Puppet Show

Traditional Butterfly ParadeAnnual Historic Home Tour

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Academy log, week 6: The court systemBy Cameron Douglas

From the judge’s chairAssistant Presiding Judge Tim Roberts opened this week’s class with a layout

of court organization, programs and services. The California court system is the largest in the U.S., serving 37.7 million people in more than 500 court locations. At an estimated $3.76 billion in annual costs, our courts still only make up 2.6 percent of the state budget. The state court system consists of Superior Courts, Courts of Appeal and the California Supreme Court. In Monterey County, the court system budget runs an average of $24.5 million annually.

There are county court locations in Monterey, Marina, King City and two in Salinas, the main court and the juvenile court. While there is some overlap in the functions of different court branches, they also do different things. Traffic cases and small claims are handled at Marina and King City. Civil matters are heard in Monterey, and all criminal cases currently go to Salinas. There were a total of 63,581 case filings from 2009-10, with 45,697 of those as traffic infractions.

The judge’s job, after the case is heard and a verdict is rendered, is sentencing the accused to a period of incarceration and/or a fine. There are two types of felony sentences: determinate, which is a specific length of time, and indeterminate, which is life. Sentencing gets more complicated with mandatory penalties, such as when a gun is used in the commission of the crime.

In his years on the bench, Roberts has pretty much heard and seen it all. He has seen defendants exercise their constitutional right to self-representation. That works in some instances; but in criminal cases, “it’s never a good idea,” Roberts remarked. The court has a self-help center and currently sees about 1,400 self-represented litigants a month.

Roberts talked about jury service. “We need everybody to come and help,” he said. He pointed out the stiff penalties for ignoring a jury summons. He also praised the current system’s efficiency and pointed out the large number of people who are excused when they call in the night before to see if they are still needed.

In 2013, the Monterey County court system will add a new south county location in Greenfield that will take some of the load and handle crimes that occur in prison.

The prosecutor’s viewListening to Deputy District Attorney Todd Hornik is like grabbing hold of a

live electrical line. The man’s mind is absolutely on fire. He paces back and forth, gesturing vigorously, alternately amusing and shocking. When a question is asked he slams his eyes closed, giving total attention to the words being spoken to him, then the eyes snap open and he fires his response. He could probably win court cases on the sheer force of his persona; but it’s his knowledge of the law that gets the job done. A self-described “front-line felony guy,” Hornik at one point had 1,300 felony drug cases cross his desk in one year. He sees himself as a protector of the community and

a representative of the people.Hornik, who has also taught classes at the real Police Academy, states that his

conscience never bothers him about the work he does. As a prosecutor, his duty is always clear. If he can prove his case, then he will push it as hard as he can. If the case cannot be proved, he has an ethical obligation to drop it. But that’s rare.

The deputy DA talked about a key difference between prosecutors and defense attorneys. In some cases, both lawyers may know the defendant is guilty. Hornik frankly states he has difficulty understanding how the defense lawyer functions in that situation. He summed it up with one chilling example. Hornik mimicked a defendant accused of a violent crime, leaning in toward his defense attorney and quietly admitting that he did it, that he enjoyed it and would do it again. In that situation the defense attorney may resign from the case but cannot divulge what he has learned to the prosecution. This has to do with confidentiality and defendant’s rights.

On the other hand, as Hornik explained it, a prosecutor may have a star witness admit to him that they have falsely identified a suspect for whatever reason, usually spite. When that happens, the prosecutor must immediately notify the court and the defense, and more often than not, drop the case.

Hornik said there has been a rise in domestic violence cases, and these are sometimes quite complicated. There are instances where a complainant will change their mind and ask for the case to be dropped, but in the face of facts and the knowledge of a crime committed the DA must still go forward with charges.

The caseload is mountainous. According to Hornik, less than five percent of the criminal cases filed actually go to trial. The vast majority of cases are settled between the defense attorney and the case prosecutor in a sort of poker game, except the cards are all on the table. Offers are made to the defense lawyer, who confers with the accused. “DA’s and attorneys talk all the time,” Hornik said. “If all cases went to trial, the system would collapse.”

Hornik’s job is to present a body of evidence that suggests that a jury will find cause “beyond a reasonable doubt” to convict. The prosecutors have the burden of proof, with a sharp investigative team backing them up. By the time they have compiled the facts, a trial looks unattractive to the defense. Said Hornik: “My job — my intention — is to send them [felony offenders] to prison for as long as I possibly can.”

Hornik spoke highly of Monterey County District Attorney Dean Flippo. “I’m tremendously proud to be part of the DA’s office,” he said, adding that he could not imagine being any other kind of lawyer.

For the defense Although a public defender had been scheduled to talk to us, no one from that

office was able to make it.

(L-R) Academy student Mike Milliorn with Assistant Presiding Judge Tim Roberts and Deputy District Attorney Todd Hornik.


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Gordon and Virginia Coleman stopped by Music in the Park at Jewell Park a few weeks ago and, though they hadn’t brought a picnic lunch, said they had a great time listening to the Bluetail Flies. Another opportunity will be had on Sunday, Oct. 3 as Microtonic Harmonic performs. Pacific Grove’s Poet-In-Residence, Barbara Mossberg, will also deliver appropriate verse.

Music in the ParkI Cantori di Carmel

Presents

TUNE IT!Our 16th Annual Choral Workshop

with Vocal Coach

KATHERINE EDISONVocal Skills for Choral Singers

Improve Intonation - Feel the Pulse!Fune-tune Diction - Challenge Old Habits!

•Saturday, October 9, 2010

10 a.m. to 1 p.m.•

Monterey Peninsula College, Choral Music Room M119Workshop participants can attend as singers or observers

Reservations and Information(831) 644-8012

Cost: $15 for advance reservation • $20 at the doorFree admission for participants 21 years of age or younger

Order by phone or on-line at www.icantori.orgService charge of $1.25 for on-line purchase

This event is funded in part by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation Youth Fund


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Pacific Grove!

Free, fun,informativeLook nofarther!

On the First Friday of each month including Oct. businesses, services, artists, organizations and volunteers in the city of Pa-cific Grove will stay open until at least 8 p.m. We invite you to visit and find out what’s happen-ing. Might be music, might be snacks, might be something you need.

FREEAll you’ve got to do

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FIRSTFRIDAY

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Cedar Street TimesArtisana Gallery

BijouterieBob Pacelli

Don and Donna Wobber

BookmarkI’m Puzzled!

Murphy Robins/Crack Pot Gallery

Silzer StudioDress For ChangeStrouse & Strouse

GalleryMiss Trawick’sCarried Away

Pacific Hot GlassMarita’s Boutique

and Marita’s ShoesTessuti Zoo

The Discovery ShopSmokin’Ron Rice

PG LiquorsMauricio’s

A Niche in TymeChocolate Dreams

Pacific ThaiNancy’s AtticDiscover PGThe Works

AFRP Treasure ShopPacific Grove Inn

Prim & ProperLe Chat Moderne

First Friday PG coming Oct. 1

Local merchants have contributed some great discounts and prizes to help the Pacific Grove Music Boosters this year.

Valid for 1 year, the PG Breaker Card, which is the size of a credit card, can be used again and again at local merchants until Sept. 30, 2011.

High school and middle school music students have been asked to sell at least four of the PG Breaker Cards for $10 each. The sale ends on Thursday Oct. 14.

Participating merchants and business include: Pacific Grove Hardware, Glenn Gobel Custom Frames, Round Table Pizza Pacific Grove, Grove Market;

Sunshine Freestyle Surf Shop, Mum’s Place, Dress For Change , Lighthouse Coffee Company, Cypress Cleaners, Alpha Stationers, Marita’s Shoes, Marita’s

PG Breaker Card: Brought to you by your friendly local high school or middle school music student music student

Boutique;Sockshop Pacific Grove Tin Cannery, Pizza My Way, Rose Nails, UPS Store

Pacific Grove, Archies’s American Diner, Matteson’s Auto Repair, Pacific Motor Service and Vivilo’s Chowder House.

Also offering assistance by donating prizes for the young salespeople are Michael’s Taqueria , First Awakenings, Bookmark, 17th Street Grill, iTunes , Apple Store, Platos Closet

The cards will be available at the Butterfly Bazaar on Saturday, October 2 at Robert Down School.


The Arts

Now ShowingOngoingPacific Grove Art Center568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove

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

Marcia Stearns’ photography covers the gamut of subjects, but this exhibit is of a subject near and dear to the hearts of Pacific Grove folks: butterflies. But not Monarchs. These are Rainforest butterflies, “shot” on a day trip Marcia made to the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. There, in a huge four-story habitat, Stearns says there are “butterflies everywhere. We had to check each other for clinging butterflies before we got on the elevator to leave. It was incredible to be that close to them.” She said she felt she was “just a bystander” as she photographed the butterflies.In her new show at Artisana Gallery will be 8x10 and 5x7 photographs, mat-ted and framed. Stearns owns The Bookmark in Pacific Grove.

"Fragile Beauty" Rainforest butterfly photography by Marcia Stearns

“Perceived Connections” is an ongoing body of work using copper etchings mounted in wood shadow boxes. The etchings represent earth images, laby-rinths, crop circles, sacred geometry, topographic maps, human brain and nerves along with fighter jets, space shuttles, craters from bombs and craters on the moon. We have the ability to use our power for creative or destructive influences, all these decisions are either life enhancing or life threatening.”

By Katie Shain

It would seem that breaking cultural new ground has never been foreign to Barbara Hamilton, a retired electrician whose quilt show will grace the walls of Back Porch Gallery from Oct. 3-Nov. 30.

Growing up in Carmichael, it wasn’t until she began going on job interviews in her final year of college that a job offer was made by the Federal Aviation Administration of Redding, California. Though asked to start immediately, she declined in favor of finishing her degree. Turns out the job was still available when graduation day came in 1977, and Hamilton became the first woman electrician employed by the California FAA, in the San Francisco Sector.

Later, when the opportunity arose to relocate to the Monterey Peninsula, she began the search for a home and settled on Pacific Grove. The search was not without many disheartening comments such as “you just can’t afford to live in Pacific Grove.” Hamilton didn’t give up and eventually located her home in 1986. It possessed the required prerequisites and she held the necessary qualifications to eventually satisfy the bank. It may be more common today for a single woman to qualify for a home loan, but it was far less common in the 1980’s.

not delivering for Meals on Wheels, as he has done for the past 30 years, or volunteering for Carmel-by-the-Sea Kiwanis, he can usually be found preparing a sumptuous repast for/or with his wife Barbara. They married on December 1, 1990, it was a ‘blue moon’ that night, and it looks like their 20th anniversary is on the rise.

Hamilton loves fabrics, sewing, knitting, photography, and arts and crafts of all kinds. When the countdown to the final day of Hamilton’s retirement in August of 2002 arrived, she was ready. Hamilton began to explore a multitude of creative endeavors, including assisting her husband for about five years in his devotion of service to Meals on Wheels.

But the day eventually came when she discovered her major passion, quilting. Her interesting use of color sets her work apart.

“I just love doing what I love,” said Hamilton. She has attended numerous conventions and workshops and has traveled to France in search of fabric knowledge. The Monterey Peninsula Quilters Guild has awarded Hamilton a first place for design. Currently she has gathered 28 of her quilt hangings for her show “Dabbling.”

The public is invited to join her during a Reception for the Artist this Sunday from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Back Porch Gallery is located at 157 Grand Avenue at Central in Pacific Grove and is open Mon.-Satu. From 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4:00 p.m.

Barbara Hamilton, quilter: ‘I just love doing what I love’Today Barbara Hamilton lives happily in her home

with her husband David Husby, their two cats ‘Hank’ and ‘Henry’, and ‘Raven’, their surviving black lab. David is retired from NOAA (National Oceanographic Atmosphere Administration) and holds his Masters degree in Physical Oceanography. Husby designs and handcrafts original pen and pencil sets carved of various exotic woods and makes them available for sale at PG Farmer’s Market and other local venues. When he is

At Artisana Gallery 309 Forest Avenue"Perceived Connections" Copper etchings in wooden shado boxes

by Jody Royee

Barbara Hamilton’s quilts, including “Bed of Roses”

(third from left) will be shown at Back

Porch Gallery


Memorial Tree Program growsFriends of the late John Fischer friends at the Crest, where he lived, got together

and collected funds to dedicate a tree in the Sanctuary for him. Mayor Carmelita Garcia helped them coordinate the effort and also contributed to help them out. “They really liked and will miss John immensely,” she said.

They are Betty Preddy, Kim Worrell, Janet Marklay, Bill Lyon and Carmelita Garcia. City of Pacific Grove Public Works Departent has a Memorial Tree Program under

which citizens can make a gift which will be used to purchase and care for a tree in the Monarch Grove Sanctuary, El Carmel Cemetery, Recreation trail or Pacific Grove Golf Links. The City Forest division will supply and plant the tree, and the attendance of the the contributor in planting is encouraged.

Species recommended for planting are: At El Carmelo Cemetery and at Pacific Grove Golf Links are: Monterey Cypress, Coast Redwood, Canary Island Pine, Liquidamber, Coast Live Oak and Cork Oak. On the Recreation Trail, Monterey Cypress. At the Monarch Sanctuary, preferred trees are Coast Redwood, Canary Island Pine and Coast Live Oak.

Recognition includes a memorial plaque on a small wooden mantel next to the tree.Citizens should allow at least three weeks from receipt of the request to arrange

for tree planting.

Pacific Grove Museum of Natural Historyoffering monthly native garden workshops

By popular demand, the Museum of Natural History’s Native Garden will now be open every 3rd Monday of the month during the Farmer’s Market. Every month, there will be an informative workshop or garden activity free and open to the public.

This month, on October 18th at 5:00 p.m., a Butterfly Gardening Workshop will take place. Come learn the methods and benefits of creating backyard butterfly habitats. Information about the Museum’s “Monarch Madness” event will be available as well.

Glow:Living Lights

The Bizarre Worldof Bioluminescence

A Major Traveling ExhibitionPacific Grove Museum of Natural History

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

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

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

© E. WidderMelanocetus Johnsoni

On Sat. Oct. 2, Marina Motorsports, Inc. will hold its 28th semi-annual “free” Automotive Swap Meet & Car Corral at Marina Municipal Airport on the Monterey Peninsula.

Gates open for vendors at 7am, and the public at 8:00 a.m. There will be free admission, free vendor spaces and free car corral spaces. A $3 donation to Boy Scout troop 134 will be accepted for parking.

There will also be a barbecue by Marina Volunteer Firefighters Association.Marina Motorsports was first formed in 1995 with the partnership of five automotive

enthusiasts. Over the years board members have come and gone, but three of the original founding members remain, Robert McCaffrey, John Moulton and David Murphy. Our fourth long standing board member is Ronald Cowen. Marina Motorsports became registered as a non-profit 501 (c) (4) corporation in 1996.

Marina Motorsports, Inc. is a non-profit organization, formed in 1995. Their primary goal is to provide family oriented automotive related activities while benefiting local service clubs and non-profit organizations. Recently they hosted the first-ever The Little Car Show in downtown Pacific Grove and donated the proceeds to the Pacific Grove Library.

Patterning their by-laws after Sports Car Racing Association Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP) which hosts major automotive and motorcycle events at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Marina Motorsports has hosted smaller events such as go-kart racing, autocrossing, driving schools and automotive swap meets at Marina Municipal Airport, the former Fort Ord’s Fritsche Field. Our goals are the same in that we provide a motorsport venue to allow other service groups such the Boy and Girl Scouts, Kiwanis, Rotary etc. to benefit.

Says John Moulton of Pacific Grove, an original board member and the Event chairman, “Our slogan says it all: ‘Wheels in motion for community benefit.”

For more information please call: (831) 384-1200 or go to www.marinamotorsports.org. Hundreds of visitors attended the last semi-annual Free Swap Meet, held last

June, at Marina airport. the event is hosted by Marina Motorsports, Inc. as a fund-raiser for non-profits.

Swap meet as fund-raiser set for Sunday

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Breakers

Sports

The Aptos Mariners sailed their way through the Breakers dealing out a 41-7 loss. PG started off on a good note scoring 7 points in the first quarter, when Ryan Rose and Kellan Gibbs connected on a 37-yard touchdown. With PG lacking its key players due to injury, the Mariners dominated the Breakers leaving them winless.The Breakers will host Marina this week , as league play begins.

-Stacy Loving

Photos by Nate Phillips


Descendents of original residentsA warm, sunny day in the Sanctuary brought dozens of butterfly affecionados out to witness something probably not seen for more than a hundred years, if ever: Members of the Ohlone-Castanoan-Esselen Nation, original residents of the Monterey Peninsula and environs, came to Pacific Grove to give a tra-ditional blessing, in native language, of the peaceful Monarch sanctuary.

At the invitation of Helen Johnson, the Native Americans led a prayer and performed rites aimed at a successful year for the winged visitors who have been in short supply recently.

Also on hand were city officials, docents of the sanctuary and a number of out-of-town tourists.Philip Laverty, an ethno-histo-rian, gave an engaging talk on the history of the Ohlone people.

Tribal Chairwoman Louise Ramirez wrote a special story for the event, in traditional style, telling of a young child who gathered Monarch caterpillars thinking they would be good to eat but soon learned they were to be left alone. The story was read in the Ohlone language and again in English.

Participants were invited to join the Ohlone in a dance, accom-panied by traditional percussion instruments, and were treated to a Butterfly Dance performed by Delphina Penrod. A “smudg-ing” of the particpants, to encourage good health, was per-formed with a mixture of sage, mugwort and tobacco and then Ramirez ‘smudged’ the Grove. Participants were encouraged to performed their own private rite of blessing as well.

While there were many interesting and inspiring parts before, during and after the ceremony, perhaps the most thrilling to participants was the flight of a lone, wild scout Monarch butter-fly across their field of vision, as if accepting the blessing, in the middle of the rite.

Above: Monarch benefactor and environmental champion Helen Johnson brough a vivarium full of adult Monarchs, some eggs and caterpillars. Below, left: Bob Pacelli, who organized a campaign to bring in potted trees to provide a windbreak for the butterflies, watches as Louise Ramirez ‘smudg-es’ the trees. Kneeling, Clemencia Pacelli viodeotaped the event.Below: (L-R) Louise Ramirez, Philip Laverty, Delphina Penrod, Steven Pen-rod during the prayer reading.Bottom left, Delphina Penrod performs a Butterfly Dance.Bottom right: The crowd recites a blessing in native Ohlone language, spelled out for their benefit by the tribal members.

Photos by Cameron Douglas except as noted.

Photo by Neil Jameson

Photo by Marge Ann Jameson


Top: Tree-gatherer Bob Pacelli (left) confers with long-time area volunteer Don Slaiter.

Center, left: Many ances-tral photos were displayed, including Edith Rose Piazzoni, Rodeo Queen (right).

(L-R) Cedar Street Times pub-lisher Marge Ann Jameson, City Manager Tom Frutchey and council member Alan Cohen.

Center, right: Members of the O.C.E.N. delegation

Bottom, left: Ethno-historian Philip Laverty delivered a com-pelling account of tribal heri-tage, from Spanish missioniza-tion to California’s attempted extinction of area natives.

Delphina Penrod leads a sa-cred dance.

bless the Monarch Sanctuary


The Green Page

Above: Judy Wahle (left) and John Grunder hunt for cigarette butts by Asilo-mar State Beach.Right: (L-R) Lovers Point site captain Sarah Hardgrave with volunteers Jerome Riedl, Kyle Reyes, Tom Frutchey and Ken Cuneo.BOTTOM: The Ehmke family from Dublin, California showed up to help out. (L-R) Jenna, Chris, Jordan, Kerri, Jace and Charlotte. Kerri represents Kaiser’s community services; Jordan is involved with Greenpeace through Dublin High.Below, right: Surfrider Foundation reps (L-R) Dan Dzumek, Mark Bowen and Travis Speegle stand with a substantial amount of collected trash. “This is how we give back,” said Dzumek, who surfs here daily.

Photos by Cameron Douglas

By Cameron Douglas

Beaches are precious to many people, and they turned out in droves to participate in the annual Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 25. According to the California Coastal Commission, California Coastal Cleanup Day is “the premier volunteer event focused on the marine environment in the country.” It is the highlight of the Coastal Commission’s “Adopt-A-Beach” program, and has been hailed by the 1993 Guinness Book of World Records as “the largest garbage collection.” Last year, more than 80,600 volunteers collected more than 1,300,000 pounds of trash and recyclables from California beaches, lakes and waterways.

Volunteers picked up a surprising amount of refuse in Pacific Grove. The event here this year was organized and sponsored by Save Our Shores, a non-profit marine conservation organization based in Santa Cruz. More than 6,000 volunteers worked in 85 sites in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. Through those efforts, nearly 20,000 pounds of trash and recyclables were kept out of the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary.

“Eighty percent of ocean trash is from land, and ninety percent of that is plastic,” said Senior City Planner Sarah Hardgrave, who acted as site captain at Lovers Point. The impact of that trash on animals and birds includes ingestion, entanglement and suffocation.

Another major offender is the squashed cigarette butt. They are virtually everywhere, and get snatched up by hungry birds. Every cigarette butt on the ground is garbage, and those who leave them there are guilty of littering.

Whole lot of pickin’ goin’ on

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