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By CHRIS COUNTS

THE BIGGEST controversy in the history of literature iscoming to town this weekend.

For the third time in the event’s 32-year history, Carmelwill host the Shakespeare Authorship Conference, a gather-ing of scholars, history buffs and literary detectives dedicat-ed to debunking the idea that William Shakespeare actuallypenned the works attributed to him.

“There is definitely reason to doubt that Shakespearewrote the plays,” explained Stephen Moorer, PacRepTheatre’s creative director and a leading debunker whoplayed a big role in bringing the event to Carmel. “And thereis so little that is known about the man, it just fuels thedebate.”

In the world of Shakespeare scholarship, those who ques-tion the traditional view of the author are often called anti-Stratfordians, a reference to Stratford-upon-Avon, thewriter’s alleged hometown. They believe the true author ofShakespeare’s works was an aristocrat or, perhaps, a group ofaristocrats. Moorer believes it would be impossible for a manfrom Shakespeare’s humble origins to have such uncannyinsight into the world of the privileged and the titled.

“In Shakespeare’s work, there is such realism and depth inthe aristocratic characters,” Moorer said. “The peasants often

RATEPAYERADVOCATESPROPOSE CHEAPERWATER PLAN■ Treated sewage could become part of Peninsula’s supply

By KELLY NIX

A GROUP that advises the California Public UtilitiesCommission has proposed a water supply for theMonterey Peninsula it says will cost $100 million lessthan California American Water Company’s desal plant.

“The thought was, are there any other local alterna-tives that could be implemented faster, cost less and havefewer environmental concerns?” said Keith Israel, direc-tor of the Monterey Regional Water Pollution ControlAgency and a member of the Regional Project TechnicalWork Group appointed by the PUC Division of RatepayerAdvocates. “That is how this process started.”

The new plan — called the “regional urban water sup-ply evaluation” — was drawn up to identify the best andcheapest water solution for the Monterey Peninsula as analternative to Cal Am’s proposed Coastal Water Project,which will cost about $230 million.

The new plan would provide from 12,500 to 28,400acre-feet of water per year, according to its creators.

“We took every project that agencies in Monterey havelooked at at some point in the past,” said Steve Kasower,senior research economist with University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz Center for Integrated Water Research, and aconsultant to the DRA, “and we stuck some of themtogether.”

Although the plan calls for a bulk of the Peninsula’swater to come from a desalination plant, the plant wouldbe smaller than the one proposed by Cal Am. Combininga small desal plant and several other projects would beless expensive to local ratepayers and be less controver-sial, Kasower said. Although not any one of the compo-nents on its own would be able to supply the Peninsula

Renegade Shakespeare scholars convenecome across as fools.They have funny namesand they’re the subjectof ridicule. Whenthey’re portrayed as amob, they’re a threat.That’s a very aristocrat-ic attitude.”

Anti-Stratfordiansoffer several leadingcandidates as the trueauthor or authors ofShakespeare’s work —Francis Bacon,Christopher Marloweand Edward de Vere,the 17th Earl ofOxford. DeVere is con-sidered such a popularcandidate that he hasinspired his own sub-genre of anti-Stratfordians known as Oxfordians.

“His life’s story reads just like Hamlet’s,” Moorer insisted.

William Shakespeare

By PAUL MILLER

HE TOOK the summer off after finishing twocomplicated movies in one year, but former CarmelMayor Clint Eastwood is about to resume his role asof one of Hollywood’s hottest directors. And thistime, he’s making a thriller with perhaps the world’smost controversial movie star.

Filming of “The Changeling,” starring AngelinaJolie, begins in two weeks.

“I’ve never worked with her, but she’s a very goodactress and I think she’s a very good choice for thisrole,” Eastwood told The Pine Cone. “A lot of actress-es were trying to get it.”

The movie tells the story of a woman whose sondisappears. When police find him and return him tohis mother, the woman claims it’s not the right boy.

Filming will be at various locations around LosAngeles and at Universal Studios. The producers areRon Howard, Brian Grazer and Rob Lorenz. Arelease date has not been set.

“It’s a dark story but a very interesting story witha lot of intrigue,” Eastwood said, “and it’s a little dif-ferent from what I’ve done before.”

Eastwood, 77, has two Best Director Oscars — for“Unforgiven” (1992), a grim western, and “Million DollarBaby” (2004), a love story set in the world of semi-profes-sional boxing. His biggest fame as an actor came fromaction movies, such as “Dirty Harry,” which was released in1971.

That was also the year Eastwood launched his career asa director, with “Play Misty For Me” — a thriller filmedentirely on the Monterey Peninsula and featuring numerouslocal landmarks. It’s currently being offered, along withseveral other Eastwood films, by Comcast’s On Demandservice. “I saw it again not too long ago and it’s held uppretty well,” Eastwood said.

Before heading to Los Angeles this week, Eastwood alsoconfirmed he will be a principal in the Rancho CañadaVillage housing project in Carmel Valley, which waslaunched by Nick Lombardo before his death in May 2005.

“There’s always the dilemma of where to provide work-

Angelina Jolie (left) will be directed by Clint Eastwood in a thriller,“The Changeling,” with filming beginning in two weeks. The formerCarmel Mayor is also working on a Carmel Valley housing project.

force housing,” Eastwood said. “I was very conscious of itwhen I was mayor, and it’s even worse now, with a lot ofpeople who work on the Monterey Peninsula driving fromplaces like Soledad.”

He said the Rancho Cañada project might result in lesstraffic on local roads as people who live there are relievedof their long commutes. Water for the 280-unit project willcome from a reduction of water use on the Rancho Cañadagolf course.

The latest general plan being considered by the countymight make it difficult to build the Rancho Cañada project,Eastwood acknowledged. Two weeks ago, his business asso-ciate, Alan Williams, asked the board of supervisors to leavethe door open for the project as the county works on GPU5.

Affordable units in the Rancho Cañada project, includ-ing 140 apartments and townhouses, would be subsidizedby market-rate homes.

“It’s something I will be proud to invest in,” Eastwoodsaid.

Second story removed,but neighbor sayshouse is still too big

By MARY BROWNFIELD

EVEN THOUGH Rick Kashfi decided to lop off thesecond story of the home he plans to build at the south-east corner of San Antonio and 10th, neighbors stillobjected at last week’s Carmel Design Review Boardmeeting. But the board, which had approved the originaltwo-story proposal that was overturned by the citycouncil in August, decided he had conceded enough andagain voted in his favor.

After the council sent him back to the drawing boardwith a request to minimize the impacts on neighbors byreconfiguring the second story, changing the roof pitchand height, and excavating to lower the entire home’sposition on the property, designer Darren Davis draftedplans for a new 2,460-square-foot, one-story, U-shapedhome. Stucco-sided with a cedar-shake roof, it wouldcontain four bedrooms, three bathrooms, an attached

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By MARY BROWNFIELD

PEOPLE OFTEN complain about parking in Carmel.Ninety minutes is not enough time ... $30 overtime tickets area drag ... sometimes it takes 15 minutes just to find a spot.

At the recommendation of police chief George Rawson,the city council decided Tuesday night at least one of thoseannoyances should change. The 90-minute limit imposeddowntown will grow by 30 minutes, and some of the half-hour green zones will also become two-hour spots. Theextended limits could be in place in time for holiday shop-ping.

“In my six years here, I can’t tell you how many com-plaints I’ve gotten regarding the time limits,” Rawson told thecouncil Oct. 2. “Ninety minutes is just not time to properlypatronize downtown Carmel.”

A survey revealed the business district contains about1,790 marked parking spaces, 1,284 subjected to time limits.Of those, 773 are 90-minute zones, and 113 are 30-minutegreen zones. The change would affect all the 90-minute spotsand a handful of half-hour spaces, and Rawson estimated thecost of replacing the signs at $15,450.

Councilwoman Paula Hazdovac, who sits on the city’straffic/parking committee with resident Carl Iverson and

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design review board member Michael Lynch, said merchantscomplained the 90-minute time restrictions scaring “all thevisitors and residents away from the downtown area.”

“That’s where the idea [of extending the parking limits]came from,” Hazdovac said. In addition, green zones oftengo unused, possibly “because we don’t have as many resi-dent-serving businesses as weused to, so there’s not as muchneed to run in for a quick 15-minute errand.”

Carmel Chamber ofCommerce CEO MontaPotter said she told memberbusinesses about the possiblechange and reported noobjections.

“People vote with theirfeet, and there are not manypeople here to protest this,”she pointed out.

The downside could bereduced turnover, according to Potter, who said the needremains for a garage, a shuttle service or some other meansof providing more parking.

Will GPS help?The increase would also allow people who work down-

town to occupy valuable spots for longer, complainedMeredith Crowell, who owns Linens & Such at San Carlosand Eighth. Mayor Sue McCloud said a study several yearsago revealed business owners and workers took up 700spaces in the business district that could have been used byshoppers.

“People need to be hammered over the head to get theiremployees to stop parking in the downtown area,” comment-ed Alex Heid, who handles advertising for Pebble BeachMagazine and GuestLife-Monterey Bay.

Michael Adamson, businessman and chairman of thechamber board, said he required his new employees atMonterey County Bank to sign an agreement pledging theywould not use timed spots.

“There’s plenty of parking in this town. It’s the responsi-bility of the merchants to find parking so they can free upparking for paying customers,” added Hazdovac, who owns astore on Dolores Street with her sister. “People feel they areentitled to park in front of their businesses, and then they arethe first to complain they don’t have any business.”

McCloud and Rawson speculated the problem might dis-sipate with the introduction of new enforcement technology.In June, the council voted to spend more than $70,000 on aparking-patrol unit that uses cameras and a GPS system todetermine whether a car has been parked overtime.

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We’ve taken our high-quality cardiac services to the nextlevel with the introduction of the Tyler Heart Institute.Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula nowoffers open-heart surgery, so Peninsula residents nolonger have to leave the area for this critical service.

For decades we’ve been building our arsenal againstthe effects of heart disease, the number-one killer ofmen and women.

We’ve retained a nationally renowned cardiovascularsurgical team. And we completed an unprecedentedexpansion of the hospital — opening eight new operatingsuites and doubling the number of beds in our IntensiveCare Unit. Finally, to help women understand theirpersonal risk for and symptoms of heart disease, welaunched the Women’s HeartAdvantage

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5 Wraps on s tage

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20 Footbal ler- turned-pol i t ic ian Swann

21 Inn’s offer ing

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50 Dinner spread

51 Food label abbr.

52 Rocky Mtn.highs?

55 Patron saint ofmetalworkers

56 Not skip a beat?

59 Go-go-go

61 Not go by one’sown locomotion

62 Connect ions

63 Family V.I .P.’s

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66 Oiled, in amanner

68 Sign of comingdanger

72 To be handled by

75 ___-eyed

76 “TV Funhouse”show, for short

77 Key holder?:Abbr.

80 “Fantast ic Mr.Fox” author, 1970

81 Upshot

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87 Special case?

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89 Roman his tor ian

91 Jazzy Anita

92 Sharp bend

94 Drif ter

98 Colorless ,f lammable gas

101 Imitator

102 What “dele”means

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115 Actress/spokeswomanBelafonte

116 Ancient Greekregion

117 Tin: Pref ix

119 Barnyard f ix ture

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125 Toy companywhose name is ananagram of 124-Across

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127 One-l iners

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25 Home of “TheDiane RehmShow”

30 Put away for good

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35 Future residents

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39 Designer Cassini

40 Some cl i ffdwellers

41 EnglishplaywrightAyckbourn

42 “I’m game!”

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71 Role in “TheColor Purple”

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Police, Fire &Sheriff’s Log

HERE’S A look at some of the significantcalls logged by the Carmel-by-the-Sea PoliceDepartment, the Carmel Fire Department andthe Monterey County Sheriff ’s Office lastweek. This week’s log was compiled by MaryBrownfield.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambu-lance responded to a fire alarm activation atLincoln and Seventh at the Cypress Inn. Uponarrival, the hotel staff was in the process ofevacuating the building and did not silence thealarm prior to the arrival of fire personnel, perinstruction. Firefighters discovered an alarmsounding, with the panel referring to a specificroom. A check of the room showed no indica-tion that something in the room set the alarmoff. Hotel staff was advised to have a technicianrespond and check the system.

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Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance dis-patched to Carmel Center Place for the victimof a fall. On arrival, a female in her 80s wasfound conscious, alert and oriented. Per CalFire on scene, a bystander stated the patientwas initially unresponsive. Patient stated shenever lost consciousness and her fall was pure-ly mechanical. Patient denied any complaintsother than pain to her nose and wrist where shehad a small laceration and a small avulsion.Secondary exam revealed patient was hypoten-sive. Ambulance crew aggressively attemptedto convince the patient to travel to the hospitaldue to concerns of underlying conditions thatcould lead to disability and/or death. Patientrefused transport but consented to go toCHOMP by personal vehicle with a firefighterdriving.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance dis-patched to Highway 1 and Ocean Avenue for anunknown medical. Cal Fire with patient refus-

ing medical care. Ambulance canceled.SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Victim reported theloss of a fabric camera bag with zipper anddrawstring containing 23 memory cards for adigital camera. Reporting party had been walk-ing along the beach-front area north of FourthAvenue. If located, please notify RP.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Citizen reported apossible drunk in public on Dolores Street.Contact was made with the subject who hadbeen drinking but did not meet the criteriafor arrest. He was interviewed and was clearof any wants or holds. He was provided acourtesy escort to his place of employment.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Carmel P.D. respond-ed to Palou and Fourth on a report of construc-tion being conducted in violation of the CMC.Contact made with two laborers out ofRedwood City. The subjects were conductingminor construction work inside the residenceand were advised of the muni code violation. Arecords check showed neither party had everbeen contacted for prior muni code violations.Identifying information was obtained with areport being forwarded to the Carmel buildingofficial for contact with the general contractorand/or the owner of the residence. Both sub-jects were cooperative and packed up theirequipment and left upon request.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Retail store on

Mission Street reported the theft of two men’shandbags sometime between 1400 and 1530hours. No suspect information at this time.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Reporting party calledin regards to a minor traffic collision thatoccurred today on San Carlos Street north ofFifth Avenue.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Suspicious circum-stances on Third Avenue.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: A male called 911.The caller said he was having a “psychoticepisode.” Caller stated he may need to commithimself for 5150 evaluation. During the middleof the call, the line was disconnected. Unitsresponded to the caller’s residence. After arriv-ing, the officer spoke with the male caller. Hesaid he was on the phone with the crisis centerwhen the officer arrived. He told the officer hedid not want to hurt himself or anyone else. Hetold the officer he would be calling the crisiscenter back. On Sept. 24 at approximately 0225hours, the same male called Carmel P.D. andinformed dispatch he was feeling fine andthanked everyone for assisting him.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine respond-ed to a smoke investigation in the area of RioRoad and Lasuen behind Carmel Mission.Prior to arrival, firefighters were advised byCal Fire of a barbecue taking place at theMission, which was confirmed.

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Six-foot, 650-pound ‘Trumpeter’to greet Carmel Plaza visitors

See SCULPTURE page 17A“Trumpeter,” by Richard MacDonald

By MARY BROWNFIELD

AFTER DESCRIBING themselves asill-equipped to define “art” and decide whatcan be displayed in public view on privateproperty, planning commissioners nonethe-less unanimously voted last month to allowRichard MacDonald’s “Trumpeter” to beinstalled in a planter near the entrance toCarmel Plaza.

The commission had earlier approved thesame bronze piece for installation outsidethe Dawson Cole Fine Art Gallery on SanCarlos Street, but assistant planner NathanSchmidt recommended granting the Plaza’srequest to have the 6-foot-tall, 250-poundsculpture moved to a planter outside LouisVuitton. With the dissolution of the CarmelArt Board last year, Schmidt said the plan-ning commission is henceforth responsiblefor deciding “the quality and placement of

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CarrieAnn of Dawson Cole said the Plazaapproached her gallery with the idea of plac-ing the “Trumpeter” near its Ocean Avenuegate. MacDonald is a widely collected sculp-tor who uses traditional methods for workingin bronze. (He also designed the golfersculpture erected at Peter Hay golf course forthe 2000 U.S. Open and did the bust of DelMonte Forest founder S.F.B Morse installednear the 1st Tee of the Pebble Beach GolfLinks.) CarrieAnn said the “Trumpeter”would remain for sale at $188,000, and thegallery would pay rent for the planter spot.

Though he could not attend the Sept. 12hearing, marketing manager Ryan Williamswrote in a letter to the commission, “CarmelPlaza feels that adding this feature to itscommon area will enhance not only the cus-tomer’s experience, but also add to the Cityof Carmel’s flavor of a true art colony andrepresent a local artist and all of his creativ-ity.”

Carmel Art Association sculptor and for-mer CAB member Eleen Auvil objected tothe commercialism, and resident MonteMiller suggested the planning commissiondefer from making decisions regarding mat-ters of art.

The enrichment questionAccording to city policy, the planning

commission should base art-related deci-sions on whether the request would meetseveral goals, including:

■ “to enrich the public environment” forresidents and visitors through incorporationof the visual arts;

■ “to nurture, enhance and encourage”the artistic community;

■ to enable the city to “sustain and

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By MARY BROWNFIELD

HAILED BY Carmel Authors and IdeasFestival organizers as “the greatest story-teller of our time,” Frank McCourt, whosethree autobiographies chronicle an impover-ished upbringing in Ireland, his trek to theUnited States and a 30-year teaching career,opened the inaugural festival at SunsetCenter Friday night.

The three-day gathering, which featuredthe opening-night reception Sept. 28, fol-lowed by talks, autograph sessions and smallgroup meetings with more than two dozenauthors Sept. 29-30, was organized byCarmel residents Jim and Cindy McGillen.They modeled it after the celebrated SunValley book festival, which they have attend-ed for years.

Following welcome comments by CarmelMayor Sue McCloud and an appearance by aconvincing John Steinbeck, Shannon Millersang “Danny Boy” — reportedly McCourt’sfavorite song. A Santa Catalina School sev-enth grader introduced the celebrated speak-er.

“Don’t you have anything better to dotonight?” McCourt asked the audience — hisdourness offset by a wry sense of humor, thewhole package tempered by his clear Irishbrogue and small stature. “Does anybodywork in Carmel?”

He told the audience of several hundredpeople he met Jim McGillen in Sun Valleyand agreed to come speak in the city hedescribed as “one of the prettiest places onthe face of the earth.”

The only thing missing in Carmel, hepointed out later, is a bookstore. “Maybe Ishould come back and open one myself,” hesaid, adding that he has the money to lose.

McCourt spent most of his roughly 45minutes on the Sunset Center stage talkingabout teaching, the vocation he stumbled

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“Nobody reads Joyce,” he confided to theaudience.

In search of a career, he considered jour-nalism but decided he lacked the proper per-sonality, and given his love of books andenjoyment of kids, he settled on teaching.

“I didn’t realize what I was getting myselfinto,” he said. “It’s the hardest job in theworld” — especially at a vocational highschool in New York, an experience McCourtchronicles in his third autobiography,“Teacher Man.” (First was the Pulitzer-win-ning “Angela’s Ashes,” about his “miserablechildhood,” followed by “’Tis.”)

He read an excerpt about his first day at aschool where the teenagers managed todetect his weaknesses “like heat-seekingmissiles.”

Within hours, he found himself in theprincipal’s office trying to explain why heate a balogna sandwich thrown by one of hisstudents, and the following day he was backto talk his way out of an inappropriateremark: One of the boys asked if he went outwith girls in Ireland, and in exasperation, hehad replied, “No, we went out with sheep!”

But he got them to work. As a writingexercise, he had them practice a skill manyhad tried already: the excuse note. Write anexcuse note from Adam or Eve to God, hetold them. He also asked them to write obit-uaries of teachers.

Successful inaugural festival exercises brains overtime


Tattoos, piercings on display at Monterey Museum of ArtBy MARY BROWNFIELD

‘SO MANY times, people see somebody with a tattooand are afraid to look at them, but now they can.”

That’s one of the reasons Margi Perotti, an administrativecoordinator for the City of Carmel and the owner ofMonterey tattoo and piercing shop Creative Visions, happilyobliged when the Monterey Museum of Art asked her toorganize an exhibit for its Arts Lounge@La Mirada quarter-ly series. “Monterey Ink: A Night of Living Art,” will runfrom 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and feature two dozen livemodels showing off tattoos and piercings by Perotti, whostarted tattooing 18 years ago, and the other artists in hershop.

“They’ll be set up like paintings and statues on littlepedestals,” she said of the men and women who agreed to bepart of the art for the evening. They will be spread through-out La Mirada, the Monterey Museum of Art’s historic prop-erty off Fremont Street near Monterey Peninsula College.

“We chose a wide variety of people who have largeenough work to be able to be seen from a couple of feet away,with details,” she said, “and who would make a good impres-sion and be able to sit there and answer questions.”

All are clients of her shop, and almost everyone wasgame, though Perotti said one person backed out because hefelt uncomfortable with the idea of people scrutinizing hishalf-naked body for two hours.

Attendees — who are encouraged to sport their own tat-toos during the event if they have any — will see a wide vari-ety of work, including traditional biker tattoos, Asian fusionart, intricate flowers and dragons. They will also have theopportunity to examine tattoos in various stages of comple-tion.

Several will exhibit body piercings, including “corsetry,”which involves patterns of rings down the back with ribbonlaced through.

“The body piercings will be a little bit shocking for a lotof people,” Perotti said.

And how did such an exhibit end up within the halls of theMMA, which has a permanent collection of 15,000 paint-ings, photographs, works on paper, and Asian ceramics,including many pieces by notable and collected Californiaartists from the last century?

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The Oct. 5 Arts Lounge issponsored by Creative VisionsTattoo and Body Piercing onLighthouse Avenue, and by TheOl’ Factory Café in Sand City,which will host an after-party.Music and “lounge concepts”will be provided DJ ToddProphet and Brian Bode.Mendocino Brewing Companywill pour the suds, and Ventana

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P.G. COUNCIL, FACING $2M SHORTFALL, APPROVES 16 LAYOFFS

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By KELLY NIX

THE PACIFIC Grove City Council Wednesday unani-mously approved a reorganization of the city government thatwould eliminate 24 city employee job positions and save thecity about $570,000 a year.

The council made its decision after a packed, three-hourdiscussion at city hall, which drew passionate public com-ment from those critical of the reorganization.

“There is a whole gamut of things that are revenue pro-ducing that I don’t think have been looked at,” said formerP.G. mayor Jeanne Byrne.

But council members said they didn’t think there was anyother option but to approve the plan.

“I know the impact this kind of move has on people,” saidcouncilman Dan Davis. “Unfortunately, my responsibility isto ensure the financial well-being of the city. I just don’t seeany choice.”

The reorganization, which means 16 employees will belaid off in January, was recommended by city manager JimColangelo, who contends the cuts would not mean a reduc-tion of services and would make the city run more efficient-ly.

“The status quo is not an option,” Colangelo told thecouncil. “On the current path, we run out of money about thistime next year. Eighty percent of our costs are salary. Wearen’t going to make a big dent in reducing costs unless wereduce salaries.”

City budget director Jim Becklenberg outlined the P.G.’sfinancial straits in a detailed report to council, which out-lined a potential $2 million shortfall next year.

“We have a $2 million problem to solve in order to have asustainable community and have the services we think thecommunity expects,” Becklenberg said.

Despite the figures presented by Becklenberg andColangelo, many members of the public asked the council topostpone its decision until there is more public review of thereorganization. One citizen, Richard Ahart, suggested thecouncil scrutinize Colangelo.

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Davis argued it was crucial in a room that would other-wise be quite dark due to surrounding homes and trees.

“Mr. Kashfi has really gone the extra mile on this houseto reach a compromise,” he said.

When it was his turn to speak, Kashfi asked the board toapprove his scaled-down design.

Resident Robert Cook, who owns property to the east,asked the board to prevent Kashfi from planting trees thatcould grow as tall as 20 feet and interfere with his view. Theboard decided to grant the request by limiting the plants tovarieties that will max out at 10 feet.

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Board members decided Kashfi had already been a goodenough neighbor after removing the second floor from hisplans even though the city council had only asked for aredesign. “Considering where they would have been had thefirst concept been built, although I can see there is going tobe some loss of view, under the circumstances, it’s really kindof minimal,” board member Michael Lynch said.

Bell complimented Davis on his revised design. “Youhave a big lot and used it effectively,” she said. “I am con-cerned and feel badly the McKnights next door are going tolose a little bit of their view, but considering Mr. Kashfi hascompletely taken off his second story, I don’t have any objec-tions to the project.”

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In recognition of its status, the park willhost its first Community Day Saturday, Oct.6.

The event, which pays tribute to PointLobos’ remarkable natural and cultural histo-ry, offers locals an opportunity to enjoy oneof the Monterey Peninsula’s greatest trea-sures.

“For such a small piece of property, PointLobos has such incredible diversity,” saidChuck Bancroft, a California Department ofParks and Recreation ranger who has workedat Point Lobos for nearly 27 years. “AnselAdams once said, ‘You can point your cam-era in any direction and get a great photo.’”

Located just three miles south of Carmel,the park was founded in 1933. Its first resi-dents — indigenous people now known col-lectively as the Ohlone — first occupiedPoint Lobos between 2,500 and 3,000 yearsago. After the Carmel Mission was estab-lished in 1771, Spanish vaqueros grazed cat-tle there. By the middle of the 19th century,Chinese fishermen were commercially har-vesting abalone at Point Lobos. In 1862,Portuguese fishermen set up an extensivewhaling operation that thrived for more thantwo decades. Just before the turn of the 20thcentury, Japanese divers began harvestingabalone, a venture that was so successful itonce accounted for 75 percent of the abalonesold in California. Later, a town was planned

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While Point Lobos is a user-friendlyplace, Saturday’s event makes it particularlyeasy to learn about the park’s history andnatural resources.

“The event is a nice way of saying,“Thank you, to the community,” Bancroftsaid. “On a typical day, we offer one or twoguided nature walks. On Saturday we’ll offer16. We’re also going to have three volunteerswith spotting scopes posted at different loca-tions.”

Bancroft will serve as one of two wander-ing “poets” as he recites the work ofRobinson Jeffers, Jeanne D’Orge, ElliotRuchowitz-Roberts and others.

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Point Lobos Community Day C.V. road work postponed until JanuaryBy KELLY NIX

CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WaterCo. has agreed to postpone its water mainwork in Carmel Valley Village untilJanuary but will continue road work eastof the Village later this month.

For four years, Cal Am has been in theprocess of upgrading the valley’s waterpipes, which serve as the MontereyPeninsula’s principal water artery. But res-idents have complained about traffic tie-ups on Carmel Valley Road, while busi-ness owners said traffic delays are detri-mental to sales.

“October is still one of the most popu-lar months for visitors,” said Cal Am com-munity relations manager CatherineBowie. “So the businesses asked us todelay the work until January, which is aslower time for them.”

This month, Cal Am will resume nightwork on Carmel Valley Road past the vil-lage in the one-lane area known as “thebucket.”

Jeffrey Andrews, owner of AvantGarden and Home in Carmel Valley

Village, collected hundreds of signaturesand met with Cal Am seeking to have thework done at night and postponed untilJanuary, when business is slower for shopsand restaurants.

“Everybody is pretty happy about it,”said Andrews, who also met with Cal Amand Monterey Peninsula Engineering, theconstruction company performing thework, in hopes of modifying the schedule.

The January construction will be fromVillage Drive to Holman Road, and east ofthe Village on the one-lane section ofCarmel Valley Road past KlondikeCanyon Road. All the work beginning inJanuary will be done during the day.

Although Andrews sought to have thework performed at night, he said the he’sgenerally satisfied with the agreement.“Hats off to Cal Am and MontereyPeninsula Engineering for listening andworking with us,” he said.

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warm stay in San Diego, but, alas, it was not to be.At the end of the week my friend, Chris Laing, another

sailing buddy from Monterey, joined me for the trip toVentura, which I planned as a leisurely voyage up theSouthern California coast. This is also an uphill sail, but theconditions are normally mild and pleasant. The “AltaCalifornia Bash” begins whenyou round Point Conception.

Visiting SouthernCalifornia by boat is a dream.The coast is beautiful, theweather mild, and the townsare pretty and fun with terrif-ic marinas and restaurants.This is Southern Californiawithout ever getting into a caror near a freeway. I love it!

I did not know that Chrishad been raised mostly inMonaco, and he is full ofentertaining Monaco tales. One of the fun things on boats isgetting to know your mates. Chris was not only a good sailorbut great company.

We mostly motored, but had one full day of sailing acrossSanta Monica Bay from Marina del Rey to Malibu. We tookshort hops up the coast, including overnight stops inOceanside, Dana Point, Newport Beach, Marina del Rey andMalibu. We were able to get guest slips at yacht clubs all theway to Marina del Rey. In Malibu we anchored in ParadiseCove in front of the mansions of the stars, including BarbraStreisands’ place that apparently hit the news while I wasaway. We were the only boat anchored in that delightful cove.

We wrapped up our six-day trip in Ventura on a Saturdaymorning, rented a car and drove back to Carmel the next day.

Hardly any peopleLater, I returned to Ventura for a weekend trip to Santa

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From Mexico to Monterey — the final leg of a long, tragic voyageBy PAUL BROCCHINI

WE HAD made our way from Cabo to Ensenada in sixdays. I did not expect such a quick and easy passage but wasgrateful for it. We had to bid adieu to Jose, because he doesnot have an American visa. He flew back to La Paz, whileJuergen and I prepared for the 85-mile run to San Diego.

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Schmidt said the sculpture would meetthose criteria, but planning commissionerSteven Hillyard was uncertain of his abilityto agree or disagree.

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Commissioner Robin Wilson said organi-zations and artists should decide what to dis-play, not just the Plaza or a single gallery, butcommissioner Alan Hewer disagreed.

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“After Allegra won the History Day competitions, shestarted getting some press,” Moorer said. “She’s a greatexample of a young scholar in training. That’s what it’s goingto take to solve this 300-year-old mystery. Eventually, some-one is going to solve it.”

Teachers and students will be admitted free to the lectures.For more information about the conference, call (831) 622-0100 or visit www.shakespeare-oxford.com and click on“2007 Conference.”

■ ‘Midsummer,’ ‘Macbeth’With so many Shakespeare scholars in town, it seems only

natural that PacRep Theatre would pay tribute to arguably thegreatest writer in literature, whoever he might be. PacReppresents performances of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’sDream at the Outdoor Forest Theater, Friday and Saturday,Oct. 5-6, at 7:30 p.m. They’ll also offer matinee perfor-mances of Macbeth at the Circle Theatre Saturday andSunday, Oct. 6-7, at 2 p.m. For tickets, call (831) 622-0100or visit www.pacrep.org.

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By CHRIS COUNTS

MYTHOLOGY provides inspiration for many artists —and not just the mythology of the ancients, with its wingedbeasts, fire-breathing dragons and multitude of gods. Onelocal artist draws his inspiration from the modern legend ofthe hardy, free-spirited and rebellious motorcycle rider.

“There exists in America this image of the biker as an out-sider,” explained sculptor Doug Downs, whose work will befeatured in a new group exhibit, “On [and Off] the Road,”which opens Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Carmel Art Association.“It’s an important image in Americana. Motorcycle riderskind of see themselves in heroic terms.”

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In “On [and Off] the Road,” Downs is joined by paintersAlicia Meheen and Wilda Northrop, who provide the back-drop for the Pacific Grove sculptor’s study of motorcyclesand the heroes — or anti-heroes — who ride them.Meheen’s oil and watercolorlandscapes are particularlyrelevant. They chronicleMeheen’s personal travelsalong the back roads ofAmerica in an RV.

“When my husband and I travel, the images build up inmy camera and in my head,” she said.

Back in her studio, Meheen recreates photographs fromher road trips on canvas — no small challenge for an artistaccustomed to painting in the plein-aire style.

Northrop, meanwhile, takes a different approach. ThePacific Grove watercolor painter trains her brush on still lifesand close-ups, providing a nice contrast to Meheen’s workand helping to create a diverse and dynamic scenic back-ground for Downs’ mythic motorcycles.

The somewhat challenging theme of the exhibit suitsNorthrop just fine. The painter is taking more chances thanever. “My work is getting louder and brighter as I get older,”Northrop offered. “I’m going all out.”

■ Seascapes and golden rolling hillsThe art association is also hosting new exhibits by Cyndra

Bradford and Jeff Daniel Smith of Pacific Grove. Bradford’sshow presents a collection of new oil paintings that celebrateone of the Monterey Peninsula’s greatest natural treasures.

“I’ve been working on a series of large paintings of sun-sets at Point Lobos,” Bradford explained.

“I’m painting with a thick palette knife,” he said. “It’salmost like I’m sculpting — it’s a wonderful medium forseascapes.”

Smith, who is married to Bradford, is a plein-aire painterwith a particular affection for the golden, rolling hills ofSteinbeck country. Favoring the late afternoon light, Smithphotographs scenes in Carmel Valley and along the Highway68 corridor, then creates larger paintings in his studio.

“The paintings focus on the land, the light and shadows,”Smith said. “The look of the land is the one aspect thatdefines the California landscape.”

The art association will host a reception from 6 to 8 p.m.The exhibit will continue through Nov. 6. The venue is locat-ed on Dolores Street between Fifth and Sixth. For moreinformation, call (831) 624-6176 or visit www.carmelart.org.

■ L.A.’s dark sideIn “Valley Noir,” a exhib-

it of paintings by SanFernando Valley artistRandye Sandel, openingFriday, Oct. 5, at the CarlCherry Center, parts ofSouthern California are por-trayed as truly forebodingplaces.

“Her work is devoted tothe dark side of LosAngeles,” said Robert Reese,executive director of theCherry Center. “Some of thelocations are the landmarksof old Hollywood. It’s verydramatic.”

The Cherry Center is alsopresenting a show of paint-ings by Jeanne D’Orge. Alsoknown as Mrs. Carl Cherry,D’Orge was a gifted writer,poet and painter who found-ed the center in 1948.

“She did a whole series ofportraits and landscapes thatare dark in nature, composi-tion, color and theme,”Reese offered. “They’re real-ly a nice complement toRandye’s work.”

A new piece by KathleenCrocetti, “Infestation,” willbe unveiled in the center’ssculpture garden. Reesedescribes the work as “verycreepy.”

The three exhibits trans-form the Cherry Center intoa somewhat spooky place,which seems appropriateconsidering Halloween isapproaching.

The Cherry Center willhost a reception from 5 to 7p.m. The shows will contin-ue through Nov. 23.

For more information,call (831) 624-7491 or visitwww.carlcherrycenter.org.

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■ Bigger can be betterWhile the growing popularity of miniature paintings is

proof that bigger isn’t always better, Gallery North payshomage to bigger with a new show, “Big Art, Small Art,”

which opens Saturday, Oct. 6.“We decided to do a show with one large,

smashing piece from each of us,” explainedartist Barbara Kreitman.

Also featured in the show are GalleryNorth artists Maria Aliotti-Ford, Dr. Bayesteh“B.G.” Ghaffary, Sarah Healey, Cornelia

Emery, Sarah Long, Rick Carpenter, Matthew Klein, TomDavies, Sheila Delimont, Mary-Liz Houseman, PattyBiederman and Holli Moon.

The exhibit will also feature a small (10-by-10-inches)painting or sculpture from each of the member artists.

The gallery, which will host a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.,is located on Dolores between Fifth and Sixth. The show willcontinue through Nov. 30. For more information, call (831)620-1987 or visit www.gallerynorthcarmel.org.

■ In memoriam: Mezzotint masterG.H. Roth, a gifted artist and onetime Carmel resident

who was acclaimed for her work engraving mezzotints, diedrecently in Geneva, Switzerland. She was 72.

Born in Poland in 1935, Roth was forbidden to become anartist, so she trained as a goldsmith instead, the family said.Her talent for crafting precious metals complemented herengraving work. Sheproduced more than380 copper plates,many as large as 24inches by 36 inches.Each plate required atleast 500 hours oflabor to complete.Ultimately, she pro-duced about 70,000mezzotints, which areconsidered one of themost difficult art formsto create.

In 1968, Roth wasawarded the VillaRomana Fellowship,the oldest art prize inGermany. She owned ahouse in Carmel from1978 to 1999 and oper-ated the G.H. RothGallery.

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Doug Downs of Pacific Grove hascreated a series of sculptures thatcelebrate motorcycles and theheroes — or anti-heroes — whoride them.

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By CHRIS COUNTS

MANY AMERICANS are familiarwith the samba and the bossa nova. But thesetwo genres represent only a small slice ofBrazilian music, which comprises a rich andvaried collection of styles, rhythms andinfluences. This weekend, the Big Sur SpiritGarden pays tribute to Brazilian music whenit hosts a fundraising concert Saturday, Oct.6.

“Brazilian music moves the spirit, thesoul and the body,” explained CoreyCostanzo. “Everybody starts dancing andsmiling and having a good time. It’s impossi-ble not to dance to Brazilian music.”

Headlining the festival will be ClaudiaVillela. A familiar face to local jazz fans,Villela has been performing on the MontereyPeninsula for two decades. Also featured atthe event will be Trio Nova, Bangoshe, FabioOliveira, Sambahemians, Ginga Brasil,Tropicalismo Brazilian, Boa Gente Capoeiraand Grande Capoeira Angola.

Proceeds from the festival benefit theRoots for Life Project, an orphanage inBrazil for homeless children. Costanzolearned about the orphanage from PenhaSimon, a longtime Big Sur resident who wasborn in Brazil and visited the orphanage afew years.

The orphanage, which is located just out-side Rio de Janiero, was founded by a retiredschool, teacher, Dona Tania, who opened herresidence to homeless children and providedthem with food and shelter despite her ownmeager resources.

“There are more than 12 million home-less children in Brazil,” Constanzo said.

Simon was moved by Tania’s selflessefforts.

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“She decided to make it her mission tohelp Brazil’s homeless children, and how shedoes it is through the orphanage.”

Simon in turn, told Costanzo aboutTania’s work.

“After watching Penha’s PowerPoint pre-sentation, I was sobbing,” Costanzo recalled.“It lit a spark in me to help people.”

The festival starts at 2 p.m. The Big SurSpirit Garden is located at Loma Vista, about27 miles south of Carmel on Highway 1. Formore information, call (831) 667-1300 orvisit www.bigsurspiritgarden.com. For moreinformation about the orphanage, visitwww.therootsforlife.com.

Bates to receiveYellow BrickRoad honor

PINE CONE cartoonist Bill Bates willreceive an award from the Yellow Brick RoadBenefit Shop at its annual VolunteerAppreciation Luncheon Thursday, Oct. 18, atRancho Cañada Golf Club.

“He has allowed us to use one of his car-toons of the benefit shop for our invitations.In addition, he and his family patronize ourstore on a regular basis, and his cartoons ofthe shop have helped to establish us as alocal hallmark,” explained Susan Lukowski,who referred to Bates as “a local institution.”

“We would like to highlight the service heperforms for the community by recognizinghim in the presence of our 75 volunteers, ourstaff and our board of directors,” she said.


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HE PRACTICED law on the Monterey Peninsula for ayear before an irresistible opportunity presented itself: In1994, Nico Mavris bought La Dolce Vita restaurant inCarmel-by-the-Sea from Domenico Vastarella and AlanBaylor and became a chef/restaurateur in the very diningestablishment where he had waited tables while attendinglaw school in Monterey.

Mavris met Enzo Pagano and Isiais Alonso at La DolceVita as colleagues and became fast friends there. Then, tenyears ago, Mavris and Pagano became partners when theycreated Nico Ristorante Mediterraneo (in Le Bistro’s oldspot) just up San Carlos from La Dolce Vita — but muchcloser to Ocean Avenue. Alonso joined them as head chef.They ran the two restaurants simultaneously until selling LaDolce Vita in 1999.

“We don’t really have titles for each other,” Mavris said.“The three of us are always in the kitchen. We all cook.

They cook with amore and want you to linger at Nico Ristorante“Enzo is from Calabria and I’m from Athens. We create themenu, which is Greek and Italian; together it becomesMediterranean.”

Isiais is from Oaxaca, Mexico, and is the “day-to-day chefde cuisine,” Mavris said. “We’re real-ly like a family here; we’ve beentogether 15 years, counting the timeat Dolce Vita.”

What they have in common is apassion for food and what it repre-sents. “Food is not just a substance,”Mavris said, indicating it is the unifier that brings friends andfamily together — the sustenance that binds.

“We [at Nico] try to gently educate people about food —to take time over food. We have no idea how long we will betogether in this life,” he said, suggesting that momentsaround the table are precious.

The recent accidental death of Vastarella — who appar-ently drowned in a neighbor’s Carmel Valley swimming pool

— shocked the food community here. “He was my mentor, asoulful person, part of my family,” Mavris said. “He use tocome over and we’d talk about recipes together. We misshim.”

Mavris said he met his wife,Lejla, at the restaurant when shewas a student at the MontereyInstitute of International Studies.They married during the millennialyear of 2000. “We were the first offour couples to get married after

meeting here at the restaurant,” he said.Mavris associates food with family and family gatherings

because as a child he watched his mother making moussakaor spanikopita in their kitchen. It was his mother who taughthim how to make galaktoboureko, a milk custard dessertbaked in filo dough with warm honey spooned over it.

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More recently, his mother sent a wheel ofkefalograviera cheese to make an unusualdish called saganaki. Mavris interrupted thisinterview in the restaurant’s back patio byleaping up for a trip to the kitchen. Hereturned with a sizzling hot pan in which hehad browned a triangle of the cheese lightlycoated in flour. He quickly poured in a smallglass of Metaxa brandy, ignited it into aflaming spectacle, and by squeezing a lemonhalf over it, extinguished the flames.

Not only was it a dramatic show, butserved with toasted pita points, the cheeseproved to be delicious. Mavris said kasseri

cheese can also be used for this dish.While the Nico menu is composed pri-

marily of Greek and Italian dishes, there area number of Mediterranean specialties aswell, such as a rosemary roasted Moroccanchicken in a tangerine reduction served withcouscous.

Pagano’s Italian heritage is seen in LaCaprese salad of tomato, mozzarella andbasil, spaghetti al carbonara, and crab ravio-li in a Champagne cream sauce.

Mavris’ Greek influence is evident in amoussaka with eggplant, potato, vegetables,goat cheese, Parmigiano and béchamelsauce, and also in Aegean grape leavesstuffed with herbed brown rice.

Alonso’s heritage is brought out in a pael-la of seafood, chicken and seasonal vegeta-bles in saffron.

Asked to suggest a complete meal for apatron dining at Nico for the first time toexemplify the style and breadth of their tal-ents, he recommended these signature dish-es:

To begin, a starter of grilled portobellamushrooms with rosemary and roasted pinenuts. An entrée of Monterey Bay herb-grilledsalmon on a bed of saffron risotto, or a pastaof whole wheat linguine with fresh clams,sun-dried tomatoes and roasted garlic — orperhaps bistecca alla Fiorentina, a grilled ribeye with Tuscan flavors and green olive oil.And for dessert, baklava or real Italian gela-to from Gelatomania in Watsonville.

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THIS WEEK’S column is coming to you by way ofAruba. My mission to explore all of the ABC Islands is offi-cially two-thirds complete. Curaçao was tackled earlier in theyear and Bonaire is on my early-2008 “to visit” list. More onthe “A” island of Aruba’s eats and drinks when I return. Sofar, the local Balashi beer is treating me right.

In other travels, my beau and I had the pleasure of a five-day stay at The Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea(www.fourseasons.com/maui/) last week. The resort justunderwent a $50 million makeover, and as a food, wine andtravel writer with destination wedding and honeymoonclients, I try to (ahem) do my homework and stay on top ofthese developments. Hands down, it was the finest, mostamenity-filled and flawless hotel service experience I’veever had. The highlights reel includes: Japanese Kobe beef atDUO, the property’s newest restaurant. DUO is the onlyestablishment on Maui serving the melt-in-your-mouth mar-bled delicacy, which is being flown in direct from Japanevery third day. At $176 for a 6 oz. piece, it’s a major splurge,but I can say with 100 percent certainty that this meat deliv-ered a carnivorous experience I didn’t know steer was capa-ble of. The tasting menu at Wolfgang Puck’s Spago alsodelivered above and beyond my expectations. The first sug-gested wine pairing? A Talbott Chardonnay. We hit the bar atSpago another evening for a light bite and talked a honey-mooning twosome from Tampa into trying a bottle ofMorgan Sauvignon Blanc. They loved it. Less extravagant,yet equally delicious were the creative sushi rolls at Sansei inKihei — especially the panko-crusted ahi sashimi sushi rollwith fresh island Yellowfin tuna.

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foodies (I admit, I have yet to go). Homemade bread, lightlybattered artichoke hearts with handmade French garlic aioli,escargot (David Babcock of Clementine’s Kitchen swearsthey are the best snails west of Paris), pureed chicken andmushroom soup with a touch of curry, and filet mignon aupoivre with gratin of potato and gruyere are among the trèsFrançais menu items.

Christine gets up at 4 a.m. to bake the restaurant’s breadand runs the front of the house. Her husband is the chef andher sons multitask as waiters and bus boys; their daughter-in-law kicks in wherever needed. The bad news is Christine’shusband has fallen quite ill with leukemia and has no healthinsurance. Mounting medical bills, several surgeries on thehorizon, sky-high restaurant and apartment rent, coupledwith being a Carmel newcomer, are causing major financialstress on the family. Despite this, numerous sources have toldme that the food and service hasn’t skipped a beat. In thespirit of supporting family-owned establishments and spread-ing some kindness, I encourage you to go support ChezChristine. I’m making a reservation this week.

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■ If you grill it, they will comeNot one to shun the occasional gas station meal, al fresco

Friday lunch in the parking lot at the Chevron in CarmelValley is a grilled frenzy not to be missed. Here’s the deal:Every Friday, Joe Solis’ Good Time Catering crew sets up itssprawling grilling spread in the Chevron parking lot. Pickyour sandwich or plate and pay at the register inside the gasstation, hand your ticket to someone manning the grill andwalk away with a hefty portion of freshly grilled goodness.

Some of sandwich highlights include Kahlua Pulled Pork($6.75), Tri-Tip ($7.75) or Joe’s Big Boy Hamburger ($6.50).Heartier appetites may opt for the meal deals, which includepotato salad, chili beans and garlic bread. The pork rib plateis a steal at $8.50.

Or take home a whole tri-tip for $21.50 and spare yourselffrom end-of-the-work-week cooking.

If you want to “dine in,” there are also a few outdoor pic-nic tables with surprisingly lovely views of the valley.

Carmel Valley Chevron, 38 W. Carmel Valley Road, (831)659-4149. (Call first to confirm — every so often, they skipa week.)

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tie up a dinghy, allowing for some great hiking. The island isdivided between the National Park Service, which ownsapproximately 20 percent at the west, and The NatureConservancy, which owns the rest. The property line is atPrisoner’s. I had purchased a landing permit from The NatureConservancy but the group’s land was posted with “keep out”signs due to their pig eradication program.

So we hiked on the national park side, climbing to a sum-mit where we could look out over at the Pacific rolling awayto the south. We met an exceedingly entertaining skipper andhis daughter near the top. They had sailed over from SantaBarbara and regaled us with funny stories about their anchor-ing experiences at Santa Cruz Island.

In our two-and-a-half days on the islands, we encounteredabout 10 people. The remoteness and solitude of the ChannelIslands — only about 20 miles from California — areastounding. If you have not been to the Channel Islands, finda way to get there. Trips can be found in Ventura.

Although I enjoyed the weekend with Matt, I discoveredthat the deep joy I normally have when I sail was absent.Grieving and good times, for me at least, could not co-exist.I needed to get Athena home and end the Mexico/Californiavoyage.

Seasickness and too much kelpThe return trip was set to begin the weekend of July 20.

While the weather between Point Conception and Montereycan be challenging, the forecast seemed doable, though notideal. Small craft advisories were up, with winds from 15 to25 knots. I would have preferred less, but the boat was wellprepared to handle those conditions.

Richard Henry Dana, in “Two Years Before the Mast,”gives an idea of how tough this stretch can be. On board Alertin December of 1835, his ship took 20 days to sail from SantaBarbara to San Francisco, getting hammered continuallyfrom Point Conception north. I figured we could make the280-mile passage in about two days, employing our up-the-Baja strategy of a double-reefed mainsail and a hardworkingengine. We would leave Ventura in the morning, get aroundPoint Conception at night after the afternoon winds had sub-sided a bit, and keep right on going.

This approach would put us at notorious Point Sur early inthe morning, the best time to pass that potentially furiouspromontory.

We were a crew of three: myself; my sailing buddy fromPacific Grove, Bob McCormick; and Bob’s friend, RichardCarr, of Monterey. Both are experienced sailors, though thiswas to be their first West Coast, uphill off shore experience.Richard has owned sailboats for years and keeps his currentsloop on Chesapeake Bay.

Initially, everything went as planned. We left Ventura at10:30 a.m. on July 21, with a full tank of diesel and 25 gal-lons of additional fuel in jerry cans on deck. The first time Ibrought Athena up from Ventura in 2003, we sailed all theway to the Cojo anchorage near Point Conception. On thattrip we made two stops, first at Cojo and then at San Simeon.

This time there was not enough wind to sail, so we motor

sailed to Point Conception. We were barely underway whenRichard got seasick. His past experiences with seasicknesshad been transitory: He got sick and then recovered and wasfine. His luck ran out on this trip.

He valiantly stood his three-hour watch the first night, amildly rough ride up from Point Conception and past PointArguello, Point San Martin and Point Buchon. On Sunday he

was pretty much comatose all day and was unable to holddown either food or water. Richard is a trooper and nevercomplained. Late in the afternoon, after we had passed PointPiedras Blancas and were beginning our ride up the Big SurCoast, we realized that Richard was in much worse shape

PHOTO/COURTESY PAUL BROCCHINI

More than nine months afterhe sailed out of MontereyHarbor for what was sup-posed to be a pleasure trip to Mexico, PaulBrocchini finally returnedhome, but without his wife,Nellie, who died of a brainhemorrhage last March 28in Baja California. Here,Brocchini and his sailingfriend, Bob McCormick,approach the slip inMonterey.


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By now it was 11:30 p.m., and we were notgoing anywhere. I decided to get into thewater in back of the boat, going down theswim ladder with a very sharp fishing knifeto try to cut the kelp away.

By the time I got undressed and into thewater, the kelp had miraculously fallen away.My chance for mini-heroism having van-ished , I hopped back into the boat, dried off,got dressed and got the boat underway.

We got stuck in the kelp a few more timesbut were able to free ourselves rapidly untilwe finally cleared the spindly traps. It wasmidnight, and Bob and I were at last on thelast leg.

It was a windy, bashy, cold and miserablenight and morning with intermittent fog thatreduced our visibility to almost zero

With the help of our radar and sturdyautopilot, we chugged away, clearing PointSur around noon, passed Point Lobos andcrossed Carmel Bay between 4 and 5 p.m.,rounded Point Pinos at 6, and backed to ourslip, A77 at Monterey Harbor, at 7 p.m. onJuly 23.

My friendJean Du Preezand his 2 year-old son, Luc,were on handto greet us.

After ninemonths and15 days, them o m e n t o u s— and tragic— Athenavoyage hadended.

than we had realized.We decided his safety trumped our

schedule, so we turned the boat around,sailed south past Point Piedras Blancas andheaded east to the gorgeous San Simeonanchorage. We anchored there about 5 p.m.,deployed our dinghy, and dinked Richardinto the beach.

I was a bit nervous about the beach land-ing as the only other time I had landed there,in July of 2003 with Nellie, we got swamped,flipped the dinghy in the surf and drownedthe outboard motor. This time Bob and Iengineered a perfect landing and left a veryhappy Richard on the beach waiting for hiswife to drive from Monterey to pick him up.

We returned to the boat, prepared dinnerand took an hour nap before departing in thepitch black at 10:30. We motored out to thegreen entrance buoy, raised the main, turnedright and began to motor sail back out toPoint Piedras Blancas

We had one more adventure in store forus. We had noted immense beds of kelp nearshore when we came in during the afternoon.We had totally forgotten about them and inthe pitch black innocently motored into avast forest of kelp. The boat came to a deadstop.

There are a couple of ways to rid yourrudder, prop and keel of kelp. One is merelyto stop, and sometimes the kelp will drop off.Another is to run the prop alternately in for-ward and reverse to cut if off the prop. Athird way is to use the boat pole to pull thekelp out from under the boat.

We tried all of these and nothing worked.Paul and Nellie Brocchiniin December 2006.

A HARVEST Bounty fashion show lun-cheon fundraiser to benefit local schools willtake place Saturday, Oct. 20, at EmbassySuites in Seaside.

The event, sponsored by Monterey BayRepublican Women Federated, will featureclothing by many local shops, includingChico’s, Soma Intimates, Coldwater Creek,Wasabi, J. Jill, Macy’s and the AmericanCancer Society Discovery Shop.

The event will also feature guest com-mentator Anne Dickinson, wife of Ed

Dickinson, the host of Magic 63 Radio’s“Way Back Now” program.

There will also be a silent auction thatfeatures, among other items, gourmet foodand wine.

All proceeds will benefit MontereyPeninsula schools for books, art supplies,sports equipment and other needs.

The event will be held at Embassy Suites,1441 Canyon Del Rey, Seaside, at 11:30 a.m.The cost is $45. For reservations, call (831)392-1915 or (831) 620-0355.

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OOcctt.. 66 -- ““HHoooorraayy ffoorr HHoollllyywwoooodd,,”” presentedby Friends of Monterey Symphony at SunsetCenter Oct. 6. This musical production featuresthemes from hit movies sung by Broadway artistsSusan Egan and Michael Maguire with symphonydirected by Arthur Post. Gala follows with fine din-ing and dancing. Tickets and information: (831)624-8511.

OOcctt.. 77 -- HHeerriittaaggee SSoocciieettyy ffuunnddrraaiisseerr —— admis-sion is free to this annual event showcasing 20local artists. There will be painters, potters, pho-tographers, fiber artists, glass artists, a gourd artistand more selling their creations between 10 a.m.and 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 7, at ChautauquaHall, corner of 16th and Central in Pacific Grove.The event benefits the Heritage Society of PacificGrove.

OOcctt.. 1122 -- ““RReemmeemmbbeerr WWhheenn”” — Brinton’s 8thAnnual Holiday Premier Benefiting PacificRepertory Theatre and Meals on Wheels of theMonterey Peninsula, Friday, Oct. 12, from 6-9 p.m.at 546 Carmel Rancho Shopping Center. Enjoy15 percent off shopping, hors d’oeuvres by RioGrill, live music and wine. Donation at the door,$15/person. (831) 624-8541.

OOcctt.. 1133 -- OOKKTTOOBBEERRFFEESSTT –– Saturday, Oct. 13,4:30-7:30 p.m., at All Saints Church in Carmel.Food prepared by CHEF ANDRE OF LUGANO’SSWISS BISTRO. Dancing, Singing and Fun!Adults, $25, children, $5.

OOcctt.. 1133 - All Saints’ Episcopal Church 4thAAnnnnuuaall AAnnttiiqquueess aanndd CCoolllleeccttiibblleess FFaaiirree, Saturday,Oct. 13, at the church grounds, 437 RogersAvenue, (off Martinelli St.), Watsonville, 10 a.m. to4 p.m. Free. Preview Party Friday, Oct. 12.$20/person at door. $15 in advance andincludes delicious food and beverages. Call (831)724-5338, Mon.- Fri. 9 a.m. - Noon.

OOcctt.. 1166 - Yes! for Carmel Presents an EEvveenniinnggwwiitthh NNeeaall HHootteelllliinngg 5-8 p.m., Carpenter Hall,Sunset Center. Hotelling, noted local historian, willgive a presentation on the history of the PebbleBeach Golf Links, including tournament andcelebrity lore. Doors open at 5 p.m., the presenta-tion begins at 6 p.m. Admission free.

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lance responded to a medical emergency on San Carlos Street.Firefighters assisted ambulance personnel with patient assess-ment, diagnostics, packaging and gathering information on afemale in her 60s who was experiencing extreme pain in her leftlower quadrant toward the posterior. The patient was transportedto CHOMP.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance dispatched to OutlookCourt for an elderly female with altered level of consciousness.Patient transported Code 2 to CHOMP.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance dispatched to Carmel HighSchool football field for a juvenile with a football injury. Patienttransported Code 2 to CHOMP.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambulance respondedto a medical emergency from a Lifeline alert on Dolores Street.Firefighters assisted ambulance personnel with patient assess-ment, bleeding control and packaging of a female in her 90s whowas experiencing a non-controllable nose bleed. Patient trans-ported to CHOMP.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance dispatched to Rio Road fora male with difficulty breathing. Patient transported Code 3 toCHOMP.

Big Sur: Vehicle burglary occurred at Andrew Molera StatePark between 1430 and 1730 hours. Right front passenger win-dow smashed out. Total loss value: $800.

Big Sur: Deputies were dispatched to the area of SoberanesPoint on Highway 1 approximately five miles south of Carmelregarding two suspicious women looking into cars. There havebeen multiple window-smash type car burglaries along theHighway 1 corridor between Big Sur and Carmel over the pastfew months. The witness reporting the suspicious women pro-vided a vehicle description and license plate. Deputies beganlooking for the car. The car was located and stopped while trav-eling north on Highway 1 just south of Hurricane Point. Whileinvestigating the case, a new victim reported their car being bur-glarized at Highway 1 at Molera State Park. Property from thatcar burglary was found in the car occupied by the two women.The suspects were arrested for vehicle burglary and possessionof stolen property. One of the women is also suspected of using,or attempting to use, stolen credit cards (taken from other carburglaries) at businesses around the Peninsula. Investigationcontinues.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Subject came into the station to reportan incident that occurred with his bank account. He wished fora civil standby at his bank to help resolve the problem. The offi-cer met with the subject and the bank on Mission Street andfound that the bank had closed his account because the subjectwas abusing his ATM card and making harassing phone calls.He was given 30 days to find a new bank before the account wascompletely deactivated. The subject complied.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Vehicle burglary on Camino Real.Carmel-by-the-Sea: Report of a theft of articles from an

unlocked vehicle parked on Torres Street.Carmel-by-the-Sea: Citizen reported receiving harassing

calls from estranged ex-wife at his place of business.Carmel-by-the-Sea: Person reported last using her wallet at

a store in the Carmel Plaza. Search of the Plaza and contactswith the Carmel Plaza management was met with negativeresults. Reporting party stated she had her ID, credit cards, trav-elers checks and miscellaneous papers located inside her bi-foldwallet.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance dispatched along with CalFire to Stevenson Drive in Pebble Beach for an elderly malecoughing up blood. Patient transported Code 2 to CHOMP.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambulance respondedto a report of wire down at Torres and Eighth. Fire and policepersonnel discovered broken cable wire in the street that was not

hazardous. The wire was moved to the east side of the street andmarked with yellow tape. The cable company was notified andall units returned to the station.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine responded to a requestfor assistance to public works for a grease spill at MonteVerde and Sixth. Engine on scene. Crew assisted with theapplication of four bags of absorbent along the north side ofSixth, the parking lot entrance and the walkway for a spill ofapproximately 10 to 15 gallons of tallow that had spilledfrom a drum while being picked up. The building inspectorwas on scene and conducting a followup with the tallow com-pany and cleanup efforts.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance dispatched to a medical aidon Rio Road.

Big Sur: Reporting party had a wallet stolen somewhere inBig Sur.

Pebble Beach: Pebble Beach Security reported the theft ofa large rock from south Moss Beach at Spanish Bay.Responsibles were contacted and put the rock back. No pros-ecution desired.

Carmel Valley: Anonymous party reported suspicious activ-ity on Dorris Drive.

Carmel Valley: Staff found a resident deceased in her bed-room at Hacienda Carmel. Case suspended.

Big Sur: Resident reported a neighbor damaged a gate toPfeiffer Ridge. She wanted a police report for insurance purpos-es only.

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Carmel-by-the-Sea: Reporting party on Lorca Lane wasconcerned because the tenant below her is leaving her lettersabout hearing her footsteps, and the letters have been more andmore aggressive. She lives just outside in the county area, butjust in case an incident may arise, she wanted Carmel P.D. toknow. She also made a report with the Monterey CountySheriff’s Office.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Accident. Traffic collision on privateproperty on Casanova Street. Vehicle was drivable.

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Carmel-by-the-Sea: Victim reported losing her bracelet inthe business district of Carmel or on Scenic Road on Sept. 23.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: A citizen reported finding a small dogthat was unapproachable and attempted to secure it in a yard.On the officer’s arrival on Dolores Street, the dog was locatedin the front yard of a residence. The officer approached thegrowling dog and secured it on a leash. Shortly after, the ownerarrived from two houses away. Information was obtained andthe dog was returned to the owner with a warning. Followupneeded for the dog license expiration date.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: While on patrol, officer observed aloose dog in the area of Junipero and Mountain View. The offi-cer approached the dog and the dog started to walk away. Theofficer followed the dog to a residence and made contact withthe owner. The front gate to the residence was open to theowner’s fenced yard. The owner was admonished and it wasestablished that the dog’s license was current.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Female suspect, age 45, arrested onCamino Real for battery on a spouse.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: At-risk missing person reported fromArroyo Trail.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambulance respondedto a reported fire alarm activation at a restaurant on Missionsouth of Ocean at 0502 hours. Investigation from the exterior ofthe building showed no problem or cause for the activation. Onarrival of the owner, the occupancy was checked and the activa-tion appeared to be a malfunction of the system. The owner resetthe system and was to contact the alarm company to have thesystem serviced.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambulance respondedto a medical emergency on Casanova. Engine and ambulance onscene. Crew assisted with c-spine, vitals, IV, report informationand loading for a male in his 20s who had fallen off a wall whilepainting and complained of hip pain. Patient transported toCHOMP.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambulance respondedto a medical emergency on Lincoln Street. Engine and ambu-lance on scene. Crew assisted with ALS procedures includingCPR, IV, intubation and defibrillation for an elderly male in fullcardiac arrest. ALS procedures discontinued per CHOMP con-tact and K-unit advised. Carmel P.D. also responded.

Carmel area: Resident of main house on Lorca Lanereported receiving messages from downstairs tenant aboutexcessive noise from upstairs.

Carmel area: Person on Ocean Avenue reported problemswith her granddaughter.

Pebble Beach: Victim reported a theft of money from hisvehicle on Mestres Drive.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Report of an alarm activation on SanAntonio Avenue. Contact was made with a guest who did notdeactivate the alarm properly.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Victim on Santa Rita Street stated thather name was used as a cosigner to establish a line of creditthrough a finance company.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Person reported losing her bracelet onSept. 22 at 2200 hours somewhere near a restaurant on MissionStreet.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Person reported a suspicious subjectyelling and threatening tourists at the Carmel Mission. RP stat-ed he did not want the subject loitering at the Mission anymore.Subject was contacted and warned that if he was contacted onthe Mission property, he would be arrested for trespassing.Subject stated he understood. He was FI’d [field interviewed]and released.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance dispatched to a motor vehi-cle accident at Highway 1 and Fremont Street. Canceled byFireComm.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambulance respondedto a medical emergency on Seventh Avenue. Crew assisted withvitals, EKG, oxygen, report information and loading for a malein his 70s near syncope. Patient transported to CHOMP byambulance.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Ambulance responded to a medicalemergency on Willow Place for a possible drug OD. On scenewith Cal Fire. Transported Code 2 to CHOMP.

Carmel Valley: Person reported two adults were foundusing the hot-tub after hours at a facility on Rancho SanCarlos Road. Both suspects were nude.

Carmel area: Person reported a fight at a Dolores Streetrestaurant/bar. A suspect was arrested for being drunk in public.Later, at a location on Ocean Avenue, during a stop to meetanother deputy, he then spat on a deputy and kicked another.Ambulance responded to the location. Sheriff’s office wantedabrasions on the person in custody cleaned. Patient was combat-ive and only minimal treatment was done.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Subject came in to report his vehicle onCarmelo Street was vandalized during the night. The windshieldhad been shattered.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Theft on Mission Street Suspect, a 49-year-old male, was seen by the reporting party taking recy-clables from the private property of a restaurant. The suspectalso had a $10,000 warrant for his arrest, for which he was takeninto custody.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Accident. Traffic collision public prop-erty on Crespi Avenue. Property damage only.

Carmel-by-the-Sea: Fire engine and ambulance respondedto a residential fire alarm activation at Camino Real and Fourth.Engine and ambulance on scene. The activation was due to con-struction dust from workers on scene. The alarm was reset by thecontractor on scene and the alarm company was notified as tocause of activation.

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“What we really want people to do is go walking for a dayand then driving for a day, or take the Grapevine Express,”Potter said.

The wedding-themed brochure is ready to print but needsan advertiser to help defray costs so the chamber isn’t stuck

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few months ago said seeking outside help torun the city’s recreation department wouldmean a lower quality of service.

“There is a severe disconnect with out-sourcing,” she said, “and that’s what you willbring to the City of Pacific Grove...”

Colangelo said the consolidation of cityservices would mean better overall customerservice and an improvement in the city’sbuilding inspection services. He also said thecity would explore the possibility of privatiz-ing some services.

Longtime resident Ted Hollister toldcouncil members the layoffs would be a fur-ther blow to the spirit of city employees.

“In 48 years,” he said, “I have have neverseen employee morale as low as it is now.”

Councilwoman Vicki Stilwell said thecouncil was aware of the problem and said ithad to change.

“Morale sucks in this town,” she said.Surprisingly, no employees affected by

the layoffs addressed the city council. Oneemployee, who wanted to remain anony-mous, suggested a possible reason for thesilence.

“Public comment is discouraged,” accord-ing to the employee. “And the word ‘insub-ordination’ has come up more than once.”

annually, according to city figures.But another figure provided to The Pine

Cone shows the cumulative employee expe-rience lost to the job cuts amounts to about265 years.

“I have a concern about losing the knowl-edge and experience that a lot of theseemployees have,” said city councilman AlanCohen. “I see the tradeoff as a hard thing toswallow.”

Colangelo said most of the 16 employeeswould be able to retain their jobs but wouldhave to settle for a pay cut. He said in somecases, the newly drawn positions wouldrequire less responsibility, which he saidcould merit the adjustment in salary.

The reorganization also calls for the city’syouth center to be run by the Boys and GirlsClub and the YMCA to operate the city’syouth soccer and basketball recreationleagues. Colangelo said the contracts wouldprovide the same service at a lower cost.

But a woman who worked as a formerrecreation coordinator with the city until a

decades, the Cape of Good Hope to see jack-ass penguins, Zambia to see Victoria Fallsand, of course, safari adventures.

“I have found the South Africa safariexperience to be superior to the East Africaexperience,” Presser said.

Presser said, ideally, visitors on the tripwill see the “big five,” of African game —lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo.

“In the evening you find a lovely spot andput out a table with tablecloths and havewhat is known as a sundowner,” he said.“You watch the animals as you have anevening cocktail in the bush. It’s fabulous.”

The EARS safari will also include gameviewing from boats, Presser said.

“Watching the animals as they come tothe shoreline to drink is a phenomenal expe-rience,” he said, “because there are no treesto block the wide panoramic views. Everymoment is chock full of excitement as yoursafari drifts down river.”

ELEPHANTSFrom page 13A

Boys choir concert benefitWhile EARS has two main fundraising

events — a dinner, dance and auction and acar show called EARS & GEARS, —Sammut said he hopes the safari and a Nov.3 concert by the 40-member All-AmericanBoys Chorus will be regular events.

“It will be the chorus’ first time inMonterey County,” he said. “They go all overthe world. It’s going to be a very interestingconcert. They will be filmed with the ani-mals.”

Other fundraising events are needed sinceEARS’ overhead costs are going up while thefunds raised every year remain about thesame.

“These two events, which we would liketo do every year, should allow us to comfort-ably care for the elephants,” he said.

Tickets for the All-American BoysChorus cost $75 per person, with a VIPreception offered at $125 per person, includ-ing premium seating, cocktails and an horsd’oeuvres reception. To purchase tickets orfor more information, call EARS at (831)455-3180.

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The kids told him he should write a book,according to McCourt. “And I do what I’mtold.” He described the desire to draft thememoir as “an itch,” and he finished thework in 13 months. It became a best seller.

Just for startersMcCourt’s Friday-night appearance was

preceded by offerings of select MontereyCounty wines, hors d’oeuvres from AMoveable Feast, nibbles offered by TheCarmel Cheese Shop, and every author’sbook offered for sale in the Sunset Centerlobby by Borders.

Throughout the evening, many attendeesremarked that the festival seemed a perfectnew match for the city’s beautifully renovat-ed cultural center. But the Friday was just thebeginning ....

Saturday and Sunday, authors took turnslecturing from the Sunset Center main stage,signing books and conferring in small

“breakout sessions.”Elizabeth Edwards, breast-cancer sur-

vivor and wife of presidential candidate JohnEdwards, was Saturday morning’s headlinerand was invited to talk about her book,“Saving Graces,” and her experiences fight-ing cancer.

Margot Petit Nichols, a lifelong biblio-phile and former book reviewer for The PineCone, described the festival as “a smashingsuccess.”

“Every detail had been attended to,” shesaid. “Everybody was happy and said howwonderful it was.”

Nichols spent the weekend listening tothe authors who made their presentations inthe main auditorium, rather than attendingthe breakout sessions. Students of variousages from public and private schools aroundthe Peninsula introduced the speakers.

Nichols particularly enjoyed IrshadManji, described by the New York Times as“Osama bin Laden’s worst nightmare” andrecipient of Oprah Winfrey’s inauguralChutzpah Award for “audacity, nerve, bold-ness and conviction,” according to festivalorganizers.

“She does have chutzpah,” Nichols con-firmed, adding that Manji talked about herupbringing in a Muslim neighborhood inAmerica.

Investigative reporter, New Yorker maga-zine contributor and author Seymour Hersh

discussed the possibility of war in Iran andthe conditions in Iraq. While he sees warwith Iran as highly likely, he urged his lis-teners not to despair.

“He left on an optimistic note,” she said,marveling that “he spoke absolutely withoutnotes and is just on fire about his subject.”

Afghani-born, American-educated TaminAnsary, who wrote “West of Kabul, East ofNew York,” discussed hopping on a planefrom Cairo to Kabul for his first visit andlanding without any idea of what to do orwhere to go.

He ultimately found his home village andformer family compound — since bombedto destruction in wartime — and the grave ofhis father.

Jason Roberts chronicled the life of ablind man who traveled the world and man-aged to “see” more during his journeysbecause he was not distracted by the physicalsights in his book, “A Sense of the World,How a Blind Man Became History’s GreatestTraveler.”

“He spoke the way I imagine he writes —it was just beautiful,” Nichols recalled.

Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prizewinner Doris Kearns Goodwin closed thefestival Sunday afternoon with an hour-longlecture on “The Political Genius of AbrahamLincoln,” the subject of her latest book.

“She really made him come alive,”Nichols said. “She is quite a dry person but

really warms to her subject.”Goodwin also reportedly diverged onto

the topic of another of her passions: baseball.Nichols remarked that every detail, even

the tasty box lunches and the colorful flagsoutside Sunset Center, combined to providea memorable festival complemented bysuperlative weather and the pleasure of see-ing many familiar faces.

“It fulfilled all my expectations, and I wasjust so impressed,” she said. “There were nohitches or glitches, as far as I could tell.Everything was on time, the audience wasreceptive, and the longer speakers had manyquestions from the audience.”

She was by no means alone in her praise.At Tuesday’s Carmel City Council meet-

ing, attorney and resident Skip Lloyd saidthe festival and Sunset Center are a perfectmatch.

Mayor Sue McCloud, who attended allthree days, proclaimed it a great success andsaid the McGillens have already secured nextyear’s dates.

Considering Carmel’s founding fathersadvertised more than 100 years ago for“brain workers,” McCloud said, “your brainsworked overtime” at the inaugural CarmelAuthors and Ideas Festival.

“We are indebted to Jim and CindyMcGillen, and I hope we will have them atthe next council meeting to thank them per-sonally,” McCloud said.

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Bello in jail, according to Carmel Police Cpl.Steve Rana.

Bello’s traffic warrant, issued out ofSalinas, included charges for providing falseinformation, being an unlicensed driver, run-ning a stop sign and having no insurance,Rana said.

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SERVICE DIRECTORY

J. BALLARD & SON UPHOLSTERYFamily owned since 1948. Highest QualityWorkmanship. Free estimates. Fabric samplesshown in your home. (831) 375-5665. TF

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SERVICEDIRECTORY

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NIELSEN CUSTOM FINISHES, INC.Serving the Peninsula since 1987

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with all the water it needs, collectively they could, he said.

A combination of solutionsTo provide the Peninsula with 12,500 acre-feet of water

per year, the plan calls for 8,330 AFY of desalination, 300acre-feet of stormwater reuse, 150 acre-feet from conserva-tion, 920 acre-feet of aquifer storage and recovery, 2,500acre-feet of groundwater replenishment and 300 AFY ofrecycled water. A larger regional plan, which could beexpanded in another phase, could provide as much as 28,400acre-feet of water.

One acre-foot of water is 325,851 gallons, which isenough to provide for three families for about one year.

The group has identified about 1,700 acre-feet of water itcould “implement immediately,” including conservation,stormwater reuse, aquifer storage and recovery, and desalina-tion from Sand City’s plant, which alone would provide 300acre-feet per year.

“We are calling some of these projects the low-hangingfruit,” Kasower said. “These are projects that could get goingeasily.”

Although Kasower said a component such as stormwaterreuse isn’t a “big-ticket item,” and on its own won’t providethe Peninsula with a large amount of water, he argued it’s onepiece of the puzzle.

“Why not do it even if it’s two acre-feet?” he asked.

The stormwater would be captured in parking lots anddirected to aquifers. Oils and pathogens would be removed asthe water percolated through layered berms.

Big dollars savedBesides being a more environmentally friendly solution to

solving the Peninsula’s water supply problems, Kasower saida multi-component project would cost much less than CalAm’s Coastal Water Project.

“We are looking at a magnitude of perhaps $100 millionor so savings,” Kasower said.

But it’s unknown exactly how much each componentwould cost. Kasower said the group is still seeking morestudies to determine that. It’s also unknown how long itwould take to implement the components.

But Kasower said the community probably can’t wait.“We don’t know when the state water board will put the

hammer down” and start imposing fines for overpumpingfrom the Carmel River, Kasower said.

One of the more ambitious projects includes using treatedsewage to recharge aquifers from which drinking-water isdrawn. Although off-putting, the method is being used in LosAngeles and Orange counties, Israel said.

“The water would go through microfiltration, reverseosmosis, ultraviolet disinfection and hydrogen peroxide treat-ment and be brought up to beyond drinking water quality,” hesaid.

After being treated, the water would be injected into theSeaside aquifer, where it would remain for about a yearbefore being distributed to Cal Am customers.

The project, which would provide at least 2,500 acre-feet

per year, would be the first of its kind in Northern California,Israel said.

Admittedly, however, there is a public relations challengein convincing customers that drinking treated wastewater ispalatable and safe.

“It’s very hard to get people to understand that this tech-nology is not rocket science, it’s not new,” Kasower said.“The community is going to have to become comfortablewith this.”

P.G. Historic Home Tour MORE THAN a dozen homes will be featured on the 38th

Annual Historic Home Tour in P.G. Sunday, Oct. 7.Docents at each home will answer questions and provide

historical information. The tour, which is from 10 a.m. to 4p.m., benefits the Heritage Society of Pacific Grove, thePacific Grove Arts Center and the P.G. Chamber ofCommerce.

In conjunction with the home tours, local artists will gath-er in the 1881-built Chautauqua Hall to offer home decora-tions, fabrics, ceramics and jewelry for sale.

There will also be an auction of birdhouses fashionedafter historic houses, with bidding closing at 2:45 p.m.Admission to Chautauqua Hall is free.

Tickets for the Historic Home Tour are $20 each and areavailable to the chamber of commerce. Call (831) 373-3304for more information.


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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File No. 20072054. Thefollowing person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness as: VARGAS LATH & PLASTER-ING, 9690 Martin Lane, Salinas, CA93907. NICOLAS VARGAS, 9690Martin Lane, Salinas, CA 93907. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual.Registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious businessname listed above on: N/A. (s) NicolasVargas. This statement was filed withthe County Clerk of Monterey Countyon Aug. 30, 2007. Publication dates:Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 2007. (PC919)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File No. 20072126. Thefollowing person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness as: SBARBORO ZANETTAVINEYARDS, 7 Trampa Canyon Road,Carmel Valley, CA 93924. EDWARD J.SCHNEIDER III, LLC, California, 7Trampa Canyon Road, Carmel Valley,CA 93924. This business is conductedby a limited liability company.Registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious businessname listed above on: N/A. (s) EdwardJ. Schneider III, President. This state-ment was filed with the County Clerk ofMonterey County on Sept. 10, 2007.Publication dates: Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5,12, 2007. (PC 920)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File No. 20072164. Thefollowing person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness as: DDD QUIK SIGNS, 845 WestMarket St., Suite P, Salinas, CA 93901.OMAR VALERA, 26 Harvest St.,Salinas, CA 93901. MIE VALERA, 26Harvest St., Salinas, CA 93901. Thisbusiness is conducted by a husbandand wife. Registrant commenced totransact business under the fictitiousbusiness name listed above on: Sept.13, 2007. (s) Omar Valera. This state-ment was filed with the County Clerk ofMonterey County on Sept. 13, 2007.Publication dates: Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5,12, 2007. (PC 921)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File No. 20072150. Thefollowing person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness as: BENJAMIN FRANKLINPRESS, 25700 Shafter Way, Carmel,CA 93923. DAVID LOYE, 25700Shafter Way, Carmel, CA 93923. Thisbusiness is conducted by an individual.Registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious businessname listed above on: Sept. 1, 2007.(s) David Loye. This statement was

PUBLIC NOTICES • PUBLIC NOTICES • PUBLIC NOTICESfiled with the County Clerk of MontereyCounty on Sept. 12, 2007. Publicationdates: Sept. 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 2007.(PC 922)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENTOF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME File No. 20071967. The follow-ing person (persons) have abandonedthe use of the fictitious business name:1. ARTISTIC GLASS DESIGN2. AWARDS, TROPHIES ANDPLAQUES3. CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED LOCK-SMITHS4.CALIFORNIA CERTIFIED LOCK-SMITHS OF MONTEREY COUNTY5. GONZALES LOCK & KEY6. GREENFIELD LOCK & KEY7. KING CITY LOCK & KEY8. MONTEREY COUNTY LOCK &KEY9. SOLEDAD LOCK & KEY10. SOUTH COUNTY LOCK & KEY11. SOUTH VALLEY ENGRAVING12. SOUTH VALLEY LOCK & KEYThe fictitious business referred toabove was filed in Monterey County on04/05/2006. DIANE BRUEGGEMAN,267 Palo Verde Street, Greenfield, CA93927. JOHN BRUEGGEMAN, 267Palo Verde Street, Greenfield, CA93927. This business was conductedby an individual. (s) John Brueggeman.This statement was filed with theCounty Clerk of Monterey County onAug. 20, 2007. Publication dates: Sept.21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 2007. (PC923).

SUPERIOR COURTOF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF MONTEREY

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Case No. M86434.TO ALL INTERESTED PER-

SONS: petitioner, PIA BAKER &FRANK JARMAN, filed a petition withthis court for a decree changingnames as follows:A.Present name:MARIE ELIZABETH BAKER-JARMANProposed name:MARIE ELIZABETH JARMAN

THE COURT ORDERS that allpersons interested in this matter shallappear before this court at the hearingindicated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of nameshould not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING:DATE: Nov. 2, 2007TIME: 9:00 a.m.DEPT: TBAThe address of the court is 1200

Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940.A copy of this Order to Show

Cause shall be published at least onceeach week for four successive weeksprior to the date set for hearing on thepetition in the following newspaper ofgeneral circulation, printed in thiscounty: The Carmel Pine Cone,Carmel.

(s) Kay T. KingsleyJudge of the Superior CourtDate filed: Sept. 18. 2007Clerk: Lisa M. GaldosDeputy: C. Williams

Publication dates: Sept. 28, Oct. 5,12, 19, 2007. (PC924)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. GM-109680-C Loan No. 0359261972

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 9/30/2005.UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BESOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATION OF THENATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGAGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auctionsale to the highest bidder for cash,cashier's check drawn on a state ornational bank, check drawn by a stateor federal credit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or federal savings andloan association, or savings associa-tion, or savings bank specified inSection 5102 of the Financial Codeand authorized to do business in thisstate, will be held by the duly appoint-ed trustee. The sale will be made, butwithout covenant or warranty,expressed or implied, regarding title,possession, or encumbrances, to satis-fy the obligation secured by said Deedof Trust. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the property address or othercommon designation, if any, shownherein. TRUSTOR: ALBERTOVASQUEZ AND ANA BERTHAALVAREZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE, ASJOINT TENANTS Recorded 10/6/2005as Instrument No. 2005106734 inBook, page of Official Records in theoffice of the Recorder of MontereyCounty, California, Date of Sale:10/19/2007 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale:At the main (South) entrance to theCounty Courthouse, (facing theCourtyard off Church St.), 240 ChurchStreet, Salinas, California PropertyAddress is purported to be: 11561CRANE STREETCASTROVILLE, CA95012-0000 APN #: 030-047-008 Thetotal amount secured by said instru-ment as of the time of initial publicationof this notice is $539,382.40, whichincludes the total amount of the unpaidbalance (including accrued and unpaidinterest) and reasonable estimatedcosts, expenses, and advances at thetime of initial publication of this notice.Date: 9/20/2007 EXECUTIVETRUSTEE SERVICES, LLC 15455 S.F.Mission Blvd., #208 Mission Hills,California 91345 Sale Line: 714-259-7850 Ileanna Petersen, TRUSTEESALE OFFICER ASAP# 90604909/28/2007, 10/05/2007, 10/12/2007

Publication dates: Sept. 28,Oct. 5, 12, 2007. (PC925)

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE

of JEANNETTE ANN TROTTER-LIPTAC

Case Number MP 18764To all heirs, beneficiaries, credi-

tors, contingent creditors, and per-sons who may otherwise be inter-ested in the will or estate, or both, ofJEANNETTE ANN TROTTER-LIP-TAC.

A PETITION FOR PROBATEhas been filed by KENNETHCOWEN in the Superior Court ofCalifornia, County of MONTEREY.

The Petition for Probaterequests that KENNETH COWENbe appointed as personal represen-tative to administer the estate of thedecedent.

THE PETITION requests thedecedent’s will and codicils, if any,be admitted to probate. The will andany codicils are available for exami-nation in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requestsauthority to administer the estateunder the IndependentAdministration of Estates Act. (Thisauthority will allow the personal rep-resentative to take many actionswithout obtaining court approval.Before taking certain very importantactions, however, the personal rep-resentative will be required to givenotice to interested persons unlessthey have waived notice or consent-ed to the proposed action.) Theindependent administration authori-ty will be granted unless an interest-ed person files an objection to thepetition and shows good cause whythe court should not grant theauthority.

A hearing on the petition willbe held on in this court as fol-lows:

Date: October 26, 2007Time: 10:00 a.m.Dept.: 17Room:Address: Superior Court of

California, County of Monterey,1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA93940.

If you object to the granting ofthe petition, you should appear atthe hearing and state your objec-tions or file written objections withthe court before the hearing. Yourappearance may be in person or byyour attorney.

If you are a creditor or a con-tingent creditor of the decedent,you must file your claim with thecourt and mail a copy to the person-al representative appointed by thecourt within four months from thedate of first issuance of letters asprovided in Probate Code section9100. The time for filing claims willnot expire before four months fromthe hearing date noticed above.

You may examine the file keptby the court. If you are a personinterested in the estate, you may filewith the court a Request for SpecialNotice (form DE-154) of the filing ofan inventory and appraisal of estateassets or of any petition or accountas provided in Probate Code section1250. A Request for Special Noticeform is available from the courtclerk.

Attorney for petitioner:WILLIAM B. DANIELSHeisler, Stewart & Daniels, Inc.563 Figueroa StreetMonterey, CA 93940(831) 372-3361(s) William B. DanielsAttorney for Petitioner.This statement was filed with the

County Clerk of Monterey County onSept. 19, 2007.

Publication dates: Sept. 28, Oct.5, 2007. (PC927)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. GM-109680-C Loan No. 0359261972

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 9/30/2005.UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BESOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATION OF THENATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGAGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A public auctionsale to the highest bidder for cash,cashier's check drawn on a state ornational bank, check drawn by a stateor federal credit union, or a checkdrawn by a state or federal savings andloan association, or savings associa-tion, or savings bank specified inSection 5102 of the Financial Codeand authorized to do business in thisstate, will be held by the duly appoint-ed trustee. The sale will be made, butwithout covenant or warranty,expressed or implied, regarding title,possession, or encumbrances, to satis-fy the obligation secured by said Deedof Trust. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the property address or othercommon designation, if any, shownherein. TRUSTOR: ALBERTOVASQUEZ AND ANA BERTHAALVAREZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE, ASJOINT TENANTS Recorded 10/6/2005as Instrument No. 2005106734 inBook, page of Official Records in theoffice of the Recorder of MontereyCounty, California, Date of Sale:10/19/2007 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale:At the main (South) entrance to theCounty Courthouse, (facing theCourtyard off Church St.), 240 ChurchStreet, Salinas, California PropertyAddress is purported to be: 11561CRANE STREETCASTROVILLE, CA95012-0000 APN #: 030-047-008 Thetotal amount secured by said instru-ment as of the time of initial publicationof this notice is $539,382.40, whichincludes the total amount of the unpaidbalance (including accrued and unpaidinterest) and reasonable estimatedcosts, expenses, and advances at thetime of initial publication of this notice.Date: 9/20/2007 EXECUTIVETRUSTEE SERVICES, LLC 15455 S.F.Mission Blvd., #208 Mission Hills,California 91345 Sale Line: 714-259-7850 Ileanna Petersen, TRUSTEESALE OFFICER ASAP# 90604909/28/2007, 10/05/2007, 10/12/2007

Publication dates: Sept. 28,Oct. 5, 12, 2007. (PC928)

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No. T07-27595-CA Loan No. 0097178875

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER

A DEED OF TRUST DATED 05-01-2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTIONTO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE.IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATIONOF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOUSHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Apublic auction sale to the highest bid-der for cash, cashier's check drawnon a state or national bank, checkdrawn by a state or federal creditunion, or a check drawn by a state orfederal savings and loan association,or savings association, or savingsbank specified in Section 5102 of theFinancial Code and authorized to dobusiness in this state will be held bythe duly appointed trustee as shownbelow, of all right, title, and interestconveyed to and now held by thetrustee in the hereinafter describedproperty under and pursuant to aDeed of Trust described below. Thesale will be made, but withoutcovenant or warranty, expressed orimplied, regarding title, possession,or encumbrances, to pay the remain-ing principal sum of the note(s)secured by the Deed of Trust, withinterest and late charges thereon, asprovided in the note(s), advances,under the terms of the Deed of Trust,interest thereon, fees, charges andexpenses of the Trustee for the totalamount (at the time of the initial pub-lication of the Notice of Sale) rea-sonably estimated to be set forthbelow.The amount maybe greater onthe day of sale. Trustor: MANUELAHERNANDEZ AND CRECENCIOHERNANDEZ, WIFE AND HUS-BAND, AS JOINT TENANTS DulyAppointed Trustee: CR Title ServicesInc. Recorded 05-11-2006 asInstrument No. 2006042428 in book,page of Official Records in the officeof the Recorder of MONTEREYCounty, California, Date of Sale: 10-18-2007 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale:AT THE MAIN (SOUTH)ENTRANCE TO THE COUNTYCOURTHOUSE, (FACING THECOURTYARD OFF CHURCH ST.),240 CHURCH STREET, SALINAS,CALIFORNIA Amount of unpaid bal-ance and other charges:$591,303.26 Street Address or othercommon designation of real proper-ty: 1757 HAVANA STREET SEA-SIDE, CA 93955 A.P.N.: 012-113-017 The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address or othercommon designation, if any, shownabove. If no street address or othercommon designation is shown,directions to the location of the prop-erty may be obtained by sending awritten request to the beneficiarywithin 10 days of the date of firstpublication of this Notice of Sale. TheTrustee shall incur no liability for anygood faith error in stating the properamount of unpaid balances andcharges. For Sales Informationplease contact AGENCY SALESAND POSTING atWWW.FNASAP.COM or 714-259-7850 REINSTATEMENT LINE: 800-430-5262 Date: 09-28-2007 CR TitleServices Inc. P.O. Box 1500 RanchoCucamonga, CA 91729-1500 888-485-9191 HEIDI MUCHA, TRUSTEETECHNICIAN Federal Law requiresus to notify you that we are acting asa debt collector. If you are currentlyin a bankruptcy or have received adischarge in bankruptcy as to thisobligation, this communication isintended for informational purposesonly and is not an attempt to collecta debt in violation of the automaticstay or the discharge injunction.ASAP# 907053 09/28/2007,10/05/2007, 10/12/2007

Publication dates: Sept. 28, Oct.5, 12, 2007. (PC930)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT File No. 20072237. Thefollowing person(s) is(are) doing busi-ness as: RICKYANN’S GOURMETSANDWICHES, 3785 Via Nona Marie#108, Carmel, CA 93923. THE HOUSEOF STRAUSS, INC., 26078 DoughertyPlace, Carmel, CA 93923. This busi-ness is conducted by a corporation.Registrant commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious businessname listed above on: July 10, 2007. (s)Richard M. Strauss, President. Thisstatement was filed with the CountyClerk of Monterey County on Sept. 24,2007, 2007. Publication dates: Oct. 5,12, 19, 26, 2007. (PC 1001)

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Date of Filing Application:September 27, 2007.

To Whom It May Concern:The Name of the Applicant is:

NAFT PETROLEUM INCThe applicants listed above are

applying to the Department of AlcoholicBeverage Control to sell alcoholic bev-erages at:

7 Carmel Center PlaceCarmel, CA 93923-8662

Type of license:20 - Off-Sale Beer and Wine

Publication dates: Oct. 5, 12, 19. 2007.(PC1002).

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE

of DAVID SCOTT MENMUIRCase Number MP 18786To all heirs, beneficiaries, credi-

tors, contingent creditors, and per-sons who may otherwise be interest-ed in the will or estate, or both, ofDAVID SCOTT MENMUIR.

A PETITION FOR PROBATEhas been filed by SUE OWENS inthe Superior Court of California,County of MONTEREY.

The Petition for Probate requeststhat SUE OWENS be appointed aspersonal representative to adminis-ter the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the

decedent’s will and codicils, if any, beadmitted to probate. The will and anycodicils are available for examinationin the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests author-ity to administer the estate under theIndependent Administration ofEstates Act. (This authority will allowthe personal representative to takemany actions without obtaining courtapproval. Before taking certain veryimportant actions, however, the per-sonal representative will be requiredto give notice to interested personsunless they have waived notice orconsented to the proposed action.)The independent administrationauthority will be granted unless aninterested person files an objectionto the petition and shows goodcause why the court should not grantthe authority.

A hearing on the petition willbe held on in this court as follows:

Date: October 26, 2007Time: 10:30 a.m.Dept.: 17Room:Address: Superior Court of

California, County of Monterey, 1200Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940.

If you object to the granting ofthe petition, you should appear at thehearing and state your objections orfile written objections with the courtbefore the hearing. Your appearancemay be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a con-tingent creditor of the decedent,you must file your claim with thecourt and mail a copy to the person-al representative appointed by thecourt within four months from thedate of first issuance of letters asprovided in Probate Code section9100. The time for filing claims willnot expire before four months fromthe hearing date noticed above.

You may examine the file keptby the court. If you are a personinterested in the estate, you may filewith the court a Request for SpecialNotice (form DE-154) of the filing ofan inventory and appraisal of estateassets or of any petition or accountas provided in Probate Code section1250. A Request for Special Noticeform is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner:ROBERT E. WILLIAMS215 W. Franklin St., #219Monterey, CA 93940(831) 372-8053.(s) Robert E. Williams, Attorney for Petitioner.This statement was filed with the

County Clerk of Monterey County onOct. 1, 2007.

Publication dates: Oct. 5 12, 19,2007. (PC1003)

Loan: B1863 Other: Investor Loan#:File: 2822174 DLH A.P. Number 187-041-031 Notice Of Trustee's Saleunder Deed of Trust YOU ARE INDEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,DATED 4/14/2005, UNLESS YOU TAKEACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLICSALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PRO-CEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOUSHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.Notice is hereby given that FirstAmerican Title Insurance Company, aCalifornia corporation, as Trustee, orSuccessor Trustee, or SubstitutedTrustee pursuant to the Deed of Trustexecuted by Blake H. McDonald andElsie B. McDonald, trustee of theMcDonald Family Trust dated June 21,1983 Recorded on 04/21/2005 asInstrument No. 2005039284 in Book n/aPage n/a of Official Records in theOffice of the County Recorder ofMonterey County, California, and pur-suant to the Notice Of Default and elec-tion to sell thereunder recorded6/20/2007 in Book n/a, Page n/a, asInstrument No. 2007049044 of saidOfficial Records, will sell on 10/26/2007at At the north wing main entrance tothe Monterey County Courthouse, 240Church St., Salinas, CA at 10:00AM atpublic auction to the highest bidder forcash (payable at the time of sale in law-ful money of the United States), allright, title and interest conveyed to andnow held by it under said Deed of Trustin the property situated in said countyand state hereinafter described: Exhbit"A" Real property in the City of CarmelValley, County of Monterey, State ofCalifornia, described as follows: ParcelI: Parcel A as shown on that certain par-cel map entitled "Parcel Map of 5.05acre tract in Rancho Los Laureles" filedOctober 31, 1974 in volume 7 of parcelmaps, at Page 83. Parcel II: An ease-ment for road and underground utitlitiespurposes 30 feet wide lying adjacent toand 15 feet on each side of the follow-ing described centerline: Beginning at apoint on the common property line ofParcel A and Parcel C distant S.80º02'50" E., 181.33 feet from the com-mon corner of Parcel A, Parcel B andParcel C, as said point is shown on thatcertain map entitled, "record of survey,15.14 acre tract", etc, filed in volume 10of surveys at Page 82, MontereyCounty records; and running thencefrom said point of beginning (1) N.35º00'00" E., 17.00 feet; thence (2) N.20º40'00" E., 110.00 feet; thence (3) N.9º55'00" E., 165.00 feet; thence (4) N.65º00'00" E., 62.00 feet; thence (5) S.78º39'00" E. 57.00 feet to a point in thecenterline of a 30 foot wide road andunderground utilities easement, asshown on said map, distant S.54º08'43" E., 426.23 feet and 77º25'32"W., 37.95 feet from the most northerlycorner of said Parcel A. Parcel III: Aright of way for road and undergroundutilities purposes 15 feet wide lyingsouthwesterly of the followingdescribed line: Being a portion ofRancho Los Laureles and also being apart of that certain 66.535 acre (net)tract of land conveyed by John W.Mercer to Murlie Douglas Mercer bydeed dated June 25, 1947 and record-ed in volume 984 of official records atPage 78, records of Monterey County,California. Parcel IV: Beginning at apoint on the easterly boundary of theaforementioned 66.535 acre (net) tractof land, said point being A 4" X 4" post

"W.3" on the northwesterly boundary oflot 48, as shown and designated on thatcertian map entitled, "Los RanchitosDel Carmelo" a subdivision filed forrecord April 4, 1927 in volume 3 of citiesand towns at Page 39, records ofMonterey County, California; thencealong said easterly boundary of said66.535 acre tract of land (1) N.31º40'30" E., 648.83 feet to the truepoint of beginning; thence leaving saideasterly boundary of said 66.535 acretract of land (2) N. 85º 52' W., 90.46feet; thence (3) N. 70º 28' 17" W.,106.00 feet. Parcel V: An easement forroad and underground utilities purpos-es 30 feet wide lying adjacent to and 15feet on each side of the followingdescribed centerline: beginning at apoint in the centerline of 30 foot wideroad and underground utilities ease-ment distant N. 85º52' W., 90.46 feetand N 70º28'17" W., 106.00 feet fromthe northwest end of Encina Drive, assaid point is shown on that certain mapentitled, "record of survey, 15.14 acretract," etc., filed in volume 10 of surveysat Page 82, Monterey County records;and running thence from said point ofbeginning (1) N. 54º40'47" W., 15.00feet; thence (2) N. 35º19'13" E., 62.14feet; thence (3) N. 54º08' 43" W., 340.00feet; thence (4) S. 75º30'07" W., 72.32feet top an angle point in the westerlyboundary line of Parcel A (5.04 acres),as shown on said map. Note: Parcels II,III, IV and V herein described are onlybeing included so as to avoid the com-pany being the cause of excluding itfrom deeds or encumbrances, but noinsurance is to be provided as to saidParcels. Anything to the contrary in thepolicy or endorsements thereto notwith-standing, said Parcel is not insuredeven though it may be included as partof the description of the land describedor referred to in the policy. The compa-ny requires that the insured(S) acknowl-edge in writing that they understandthis. Should a request, however, bemade for insurance in this regard, itmust be referred to the title departmentfor an appropriate response. APN: 187-041-031 The property address andother common designation, if any, of thereal property described above is pur-ported to be: Vacant Land: Directionsmay be obtained by writing request sub-mitted to the undersigned within TenDays from the First Publication of thisnotice. The undersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability for any incorrectnessof the property address and other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein.The total amount of the unpaid balanceof the obligation secured by the proper-ty to be sold and reasonable estimatedcosts, expenses and advances at thetime of the initial publication of thenotice of sale is: $861,459.77 In addi-tion to cash, the Trustee will accept acashier's check drawn on a State orNational Bank, a check drawn by aState or Federal Credit Union or acheck drawn by a State or FederalSavings and Loan Association, SavingsAssociation or Savings Bank specifiedin Section 5102 of the Financial Codeand authorized to do business in thisstate. In the event tender other thancash is accepted the Trustee may with-hold the issuance of the trustee's deeduntil funds become available to thepayee or endorsee as a matter of right.Said sale will be made, but withoutcovenant or warranty, express orimplied, regarding title, possession, orencumbrances, to satisfy the indebted-ness secured by said deed, advancesthereunder, with interest as providedtherein, and the unpaid principal bal-ance of the note secured by said deedwith interest thereon as provided in saidnote, fees, charges and expenses of thetrustee and the trusts created by saidDeed of Trust. Dated: 9/26/2007 FirstAmerican Title Insurance Company, assaid Trustee a California corporation330 Soquel Avenue Santa Cruz, CA95062 (831) 426-6500 By: Deborah L.Howey, Foreclosure Officer P32306310/5, 10/12, 10/19/2007

Publication dates: Oct. 5, 12, 19. 2007.(PC1004).

SUPERIOR COURTOF CALIFORNIA

COUNTY OF MONTEREY


Case No. M86506.TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:

petitioner, DAVID LEON CHORJEL JR.,filed a petition with this court for adecree changing names as follows:A.Present name:DAVID LEON CHORJEL, JR.Proposed name:DAVID LEONE

THE COURT ORDERS that all per-sons interested in this matter shallappear before this court at the hearingindicated below to show cause, if any,why the petition for change of nameshould not be granted.

NOTICE OF HEARING:DATE: Nov. 9, 2007TIME: 9:00 a.m.DEPT: TBAThe address of the court is 1200

Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940.A copy of this Order to Show Cause

shall be published at least once eachweek for four successive weeks prior tothe date set for hearing on the petitionin the following newspaper of generalcirculation, printed in this county: TheCarmel Pine Cone, Carmel.

(s) Hon. Susan M. DauphineJudge of the Superior CourtDate filed: Sept. 25, 2007.Clerk: Lisa M. GaldosDeputy: Edward Arias

Publication dates: Oct. 5, 12, 19,26, 2007. (PC1005)

SUPERIOR COURT

O P I N I O N

L e t t e r sto the Editor

Editorial

Making yourself too expensive

IT HAPPENED with the steel mills, the newspapers, the TV networks and

the airlines, and now it’s happening with public employees: Their salaries and

benefits have gotten to be so generous, the only way to control costs is to elim-

inate jobs, if not whole departments.

Consider the airlines. They began as high-end purveyors of luxury services to

wealthy customers. There was so much profit to be made delivering business

executives and socialites from New York to Chicago or Los Angeles, airline

owners became very rich and pilots were rewarded with sky-high salaries. But

with the advent of larger airplanes, airfares began to fall and flying became a

mass phenomenon. As demand for air travel increased, discount airlines such as

Laker and Southwest began to appear — airlines that paid their pilots $100,000

instead of $300,000 per year, and flight attendants less than half of what they

were making at Pan Am and TWA. Unable to compete with the discount carri-

ers on fares, these legacy carriers asked their employees to take substantial pay

cuts. In some cases, they refused. The result was that several airlines were forced

to stop flying altogether.

Likewise, in the early 1960s, a newspaper strike in New York resulted in high-

er wages — but many of the union members who collected those wages lost their

jobs altogether when four dailies went out of business in the next few years.

It was a result foretold by President John F. Kennedy, who was quoted by the

Associated Press during the strike as criticizing union leaders for “attempting to

impose a settlement that could shut down several newspapers in New York and

throw thousands out of work.’’

In more recent years, television networks such as NBC and CBS responded

to sharply escalating costs at their overseas bureaus by closing most of them.

With mid-level municipal employees earning salaries and benefits well over

$100,000 per year, and with ridiculously generous retirement packages being

negotiated year after year, the same thing is happening with public employees.

Even firehouses are being consolidated or shut down, because firefighters cost

so much to keep on the payroll.

Every working person deserves to be paid a fair wage. Collective bargaining

is an important tool toward this end. But if wages and benefits get to be too high,

the result — even for valued employees — may not be a pay cut, but a pink slip.

What emergency ?Dear Editor,

Though I have attended all of the meet-ings and read all of the information concern-ing the United States Department ofAgriculture and California Department ofFood and Agriculture plan to once againspray our town, I still don’t understand whythe light brown apple moth is considered anemergency.

The only losses claimed to justify thisLBAM emergency are financial losses to thealready subsidized ag industry, and thepotential loss of a $15 million contract toSuterra, Inc.

The LBAM is not a serious public healththreat, so why does the state have the right toblanket our town with an untested and undis-closed chemical spray?

The scientists and staff at CDFA, etc.,wish for us all to believe we are beingsprayed with a natural pheromone and guar-antee it is harmless. But these are not benev-olent moth scents drifting down upon us.CheckMate is not a natural pheromone. It isa synthetic chemical compound mixed with asynthetic encapsulating agent, and neitherhas been used in residential areas before. It isdesigned to adhere to surfaces for 30 daysand is not water soluble.

I understand that the CheckMate spray

will be diluted, however, I find it totallyunacceptable that it is being sprayed over ourtown no matter how benign the scientistsclaim it to be. There are other options forcontrolling LBAM.

The local papers are advising us to putour “faith in the scientists” because the sci-entists can be trusted to protect the public.The scientists have promised us that DDT(oops) CheckMate is safe to spray over resi-dential areas.

I live on the Monterey Peninsula becausewe have clean air and water and a coastlineprotected from pollution by the NationalMarine Sanctuary.

I am outraged that my family is beingforced to breathe these chemicals to protectthe financial interests of big business andprotect consumers in China from buyingfruit with blemishes.

I have never seen so many members ofour community from all walks of life unite inopposition to any issue. Our city councils arenearly unanimous in their opposition — thisis unprecedented.

I urge all other concerned citizens to callall local, state and federal representativesand ask what is the emergency that enablesour government to subject our families to anexperiment against our wishes. We shouldalso be asking why this spraying has beenforced upon us without sufficient time torespond to this attack on our civil rights.

It is not too late to stop the spraying —the CDFA has an emergency order thatallows them to spray us every 30 to 60 daysuntil 2010.

Laurie Solon-Husby,Pacific Grove


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A NONPROFIT hiking group and a stateagency want to create a foot trail that spansthe California coast from Oregon to Mexico.A handful of Big Sur locals want a say inwhere the trail goes.

The Big Sur Lodge Conference Centerwill host a meeting Tuesday, Oct. 9, to dis-cuss creating a steering committee of localresidents who could help guide the planningprocess for the Big Sur section of theCalifornia Coastal Trail. But it is unclear howmuch input the hikers’ group — the

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Seeking say in coastal trail route, Big Sur locals to meetSebastapol-based Coastwalk — and the stateagency — the California CoastalConservancy — are willing to offer resi-dents.

“We have been asked by the coastal con-servancy to propose a community-basedsteering committee,” explained Big Sur resi-dent Jack Ellwanger.

Getting to this point hasn’t been easy,though. “It’s been a royal battle,” Ellwangersaid. “We’ve gone eye-to-eye and toe-to-toewith them, and it’s a great victory for thecommunity to get the ability to develop aproposal that could drive the whole process.”

The coastal conservancy has awarded$175,000 to a consulting firm to prepare aplan for the Big Sur section of the trail. If theagency decides to work with the local steer-ing committee, Ellwanger hopes the group’srole is more than just ceremonial.

“If we’re going to have a trail, let’s seewhat the community wants to do,” he sug-gested.

Ellwanger said the local community has agreat track record of taking care of the coast,and the coastal trail’s organization shouldrealize that.

“Big Sur residents developed the state’sfirst land use plan,” Ellwanger noted. “That’swhy we don’t have billboards here. The peo-ple who live here love this place and want toprotect it.”

While the coastal trail doesn’t yet exist, awebsite dedicated to the trail — www.cali-forniacoastaltrail.info — presents a routethat would mostly be adjacent to existingroads as they pass through vast stretches ofprivate land.

“The trail, by necessity, follows State

Highway 1 or secondary roads — the OldCoast Road from Bixby Bridge to AndrewMolera State Park and the Coast Ridge Roadfrom the Ventana Inn area to Kirk CreekCampground,” the website says.

But when the trail reaches Big Sur’s southcoast, hikers would be able to get away fromtraffic and into more remote territory via theexisting Cruikshank and Buckeye trails,which are located in Los Padres NationalForest.

The web-site also offers a disclaimer,reminding readers nothing is set in stone.

“The coastal trail alignment shown onthese maps has not been sanctioned by anyagency of the State of California ...”

On the website, the coastal trail’s organiz-ers imply they are interested in working withlocal communities.

“Where the trail does not yet exist, local

volunteers are working with local andregional organizations and state and federalagencies to suggest and to evaluate possibleroutes,” the site says.

Ellwanger hopes the coastal trail’s orga-nizers are sincere. In the meantime, he’sencouraging residents to get involved in theprocess, even if they oppose the trail.

“It is up to us to propose how that com-mittee should be composed, how it shouldcomport itself, and what its purpose andscope are,” he added. “Everyone’s ideas andopinions are welcome.”

The meeting starts at 5 p.m. The confer-ence center is located inside Pfeiffer Big SurState Park, about 26 miles south of Carmel.

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TO RAISE money for the fight againstpediatric cancer, Sunset Center will host afundraising event Saturday, Oct. 13, thatshowcases five talented young entertainers.

Performing at the “Rising Stars, RaisingFunds” benefit will be comedian SydneyPark (age 9), pianist Marc Yu (age 8), vocal-ist Susan May (age 16), magician Chad Juros(age 18) and the a cappella group, ‘Til Dawnwhich features 13 singers from 14 to 18.

Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 forchildren. For more information, call (831)620-2048 or visit www.sunsetcenter.org. Formore about the effort to beat pediatric can-cer, visit www.letsbeatthis.org.

By KELLY NIX

THE MONTEREY County Board of SupervisorsWednesday imposed a 45-day ban on new development andnew wells in Carmel Highlands, citing state concerns overhealth and safety issues.

The ban, unanimously approved by supervisors, is intend-ed to allow the county to come up with a better plan to man-age the area’s sewage, directed by the Regional Water QualityControl Board.

Fifth District Supervisor Dave Potter said the supervisorscouldn’t ignore the directive from the regional water board tostop development until a plan is formulated.

“If we don’t proceed as directed, the water board is goingto take over permanent authority,” Potter said. “I think it’s notvery responsible for us to say, ‘OK, let’s see what happens.’”

The management plan, which the county has until Dec. 1to complete, will identify criteria for making sure sewagefrom septic systems isn’t posing a health hazard.

The state is concerned the fractured granite geology of theHighlands could allow effluent from wastewater disposal sys-tems to seep into groundwater, which is then tapped by pri-vate wells.

Mike Grachek, owner of Granite Drilling Co., told super-visors his company has drilled many wells in the CarmelHighlands and never encountered a problem.

“I know for a fact there has never been septic intrusion inany well we have drilled in the Carmel Highlands,” Gracheksaid.

John Bridges, attorney for Rick Kashfi, who wants tobuild a 5,200-square-foot home in the Highlands with a welland septic system, urged the board to resist the temporarymoratorium.

“There is no health threat,” Bridges said. “There is noapocalypse. There is no record whatsoever of any water prob-lems in the Highlands.”

Richard LeWarne, the county’s assistant director for envi-ronmental health, said over the years there have been twocases of septic contamination in the Highlands.

Besides wells, the 45-day building moratorium applies tosubdivisions, bedroom additions, new dwellings or guesthouses, and new or expanded commercial activities.

County environmental health director Allen Stroh said thepurpose of the study is to prevent any problems, and thecounty will try to have the study completed as quickly as pos-sible to create the least amount of burden to property owners.

“I keep hearing over and over again, ‘Show me the bod-ies,’ so to speak,” Stroh said. “The regional board in essenceis saying, ‘We don’t want the bodies.’”


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