Cedar Street Times 6-14-19

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NO MEETING POETRY IN THE GROVE...

Welcome to Pacific Grove, Golfers and Golf Fans! Pictured here is Mayor Peake alongside our new sign (City Staff Photo). Thanks to the EDC and the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce for their efforts to ensure visitors better know when they are entering Pacific Grove. You’ve heard it before: “The weather isn’t always like this.”

...in June. Please suggest any authors to consider for July.

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ALL SUMMER LONG:

PG Library Summer Reading Program continues through July.

Read books, earn prizes, and have fun!

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Pacific Grove’s Tuesday, June 18

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Wednesday, June 19

PG Library 11:00 am Music with MaryLee (singing and dancing for all ages)

Thursday, June 20

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They earned every dirt mark...and a trophy!

Saturday, June 22, 2019 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30 pm)

Hippies in Pagrovia

E-slide show of images of the hippie history of Pacific Grove 1960s and 1970s counterculture. For more information or to purchase tickets contact PG Art Center at (831) 375-2208 or purchase tickets at pgartcenter.org/Events/Tickets. html

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Portrayal of Cpt. Bouchard & Adm.Cochrane by Howard Burnham 5:30 PM Little House in Jewell Park Donation •

Wednesday, June 26

“Heart Health” 2:30pm-4:00pm Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall SE Corner 8th & Lincoln, Carmel Free • Space is limited to 100 620.8717 or kware@ carmelfoundation.org.

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Saturday June 29

Comedy Improv Debut Dali Expo, Custom House Plaza Pre-show Party: 6:30 Show: 7:30 16 yo+ $20 general, $15 seniors & military

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Cartoon.............................................. 2 Carmel Valley Report.......................... 4 Dunn Rovin’..................................... 11 From the Trenches............................ 10 Homeless in Paradise........................ 15 Legal Notices.................................... 15 Police Log........................................ 14 Puzzle................................................ 7 Random Thoughts............................. 14 Real Estate............................. 8, 13, 16 Reasoning with God........................... 6 Rudy Fisher The Big Picture.............. 13 Spotlight........................................... 15

After extra innings - our PG Bronco All Stars pulled off another hard fought Championship Win in the 2019 Carmel Invitational! Go PG! — at Larson Baseball Field. Courtesy Lisa Thomas

PGHSAA Awards $23,500 in Scholarships

At Pacific Grove High School’s Senior Awards Night on May 21, The Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association awarded $23,500 in scholarships to 17 students. Eleven of the awards are memorial awards and/or awards given to students who plan to study in specific fields. Six of the awards are general PGHSAA Scholarship Awards that go to deserving students across all academic and vocational areas. Students receiving PGHSAA scholarships for 2019 are as follows: Max Afifi was busy throughout his time at PGHS. He participated in cross country for two years and in track for four. He was also part of the mock trial team as a witness and as an attorney. But most of his time was focused on music. His most recent accomplishment in music was composing a score for a musical called Going Up that he wrote with Luke Herzog and that was performed at PGHS this spring. He plans to attend UC Berkeley in the fall. Max received a PGHSAA scholarship, a California School Employee Association Dependents’ scholarship, a Don Luce Memorial Scholarship, and a California Scholarship Federation scholarship. He was also named one of the two Salutatorians of the senior class.

Estefany Castillo became an accomplished photographer and athlete during her time at PGHS. As a photographer, she was a photojournalist for the NewsBreaker and the yearbook, and she won an award at the Weston Scholarship Competition, where she competed against more than 100 contestants throughout Monterey County. As an athlete, she was on the girls’ varsity soccer team all four years, serving as captain during her senior year and earning a spot in the All-County All-Star Team. Additionally, she was a regular tutor for the eighth-grade AVID class at P.G. Middle School. Estefany will attend San Francisco State University this fall to study Spanish and linguistics. Her future plans include becoming a bilingual teacher at the elementary-school level, working with the government as a translator, or becoming an FBI linguist. Estefany received the PGHSAA Janice Shirreff Payton ’68 scholarship.

Sofia Chang balanced a number of extracurricular activities, a part-time job, and Advanced Placement classes while she was at PGHS. She was president of the National Art Honor Society and the Fine Arts Commissioner for the Association Student Body. She also participated in the Model UN, Mock Trial, and the Critical Issues Forum. Sofia plans to attend UCLA to study fine art, and her future plans include working in design. Sofia received the PGHSAA Don Harlan ’42 scholarship.

Evan Clark was an essential member of the PGHS baseball team, earning the honor of JV Pitcher of the Year in both his freshman and sophomore years. He later turned to building robots

for the school’s robotics team, and he served as Head of Design for the Breakerbots in his senior year. Evan is passionate about science and engineering and will attend UC Santa Cruz in the fall to study computer science. His future plans consist of working as a computer science/software engineer. Evan received a PGHSAA scholarship, a PGHS PTA scholarship, and a California Scholarship Federation scholarship.

Jacqueline Cox was involved in a variety of school organizations during her four years at PGHS, including the National Honors Society, French Club, and the T.A.S.K. program. She held an officer position in many of the clubs. She was on the Honor Roll all four years. Next year, she plans to attend UC Berkley as a part of the Honors Program, where she will major in political science and minor in environmental studies. In the future, she hopes to attend law school and work in the field of environmental or constitutional law.

Jacqueline received the PGHSAA Maud Marian Smith Scholarship, the National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students award, and a California Scholarship Federation scholarship. She

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PGHSAA president Beth Penney, far left, and Velma Peña Cummins, center, in black, pose with winners of the 2019 PGHSAA scholarship awards at the high school on May 21.

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Joan Skillman

Skillshots

PACIFIC GROVE'S RAIN GAUGE Pacific Grove, beyond FOREST HILL SHOPPING and below Holman Hwy. Data reported by Bruce Cowan, resident Week Ending Thursday Morning, June 13, 2019 Inches, as of 8 AM, 5/23/19: 0" Year's Total since 7/1/18: 26.25"

Pacific Grove Rain Gauge Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. It is published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.

Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Friday and is available at various locations throughout the county as well as by e-mail subscription.

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Bob Silverman

Carmel Valley Report

I am writing this report at 4PM on June 10th. Its quiet out here in the Valley and the traffic was more peaceful than most non-event days. Our garden is growing fast due to the recent rain and sunny days mixed in together.

Our garden service is working hard to keep the existing plants from growing too big. A lot of color in the gardening, as can be seen in the image at the right.

We just cannot resist stopping by for coffee the Carmel Valley Coffee shop at the Barnyard on our way to Lucky’s or Safeway. Lots of new business locations at the Barnyard. We had lunch yesterday at the Barnyard and all was rather normal.

Today we drove past the Carmel Middle School which is parking lot X for the U.S. Open. It was full. Parked cars as far as we could see. Quail Lodge reported that business was very good.

Quail Lodge reported that their major car show is set for Friday, Aug. 16. More then 200 cars will be on display.

The event is limited to 5000 guests. One of the events will be “one hundred years Bentley Motors”. There is quite a list of motor sports event set for Aug. 16.

We are indeed fortunate to have the U.S Open here in our County at Pebble Beach. The main event will always be the sheer beauty of our great area. We are indeed fortunate to live in any of the cities and towns of Monterey County.

Stay Tuned Bob Silverman

Monterey Bay Village and VNA & Hospice Present, “Heart Health.”

André Edwards, RN, MSN, NP, Specialty Programs Manager and lead for the VNA & Hospice Cardiac Care program, where the care is delivered by a specialized clinical team for people living with a cardiac diagnosis. Join Mr. Edwards as he discusses the benefits of exercise, eating a heart healthy diet and changes that occur with the heart as we age. · Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 2:30pm-4:00pm · The Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall - SE Corner 8th & Lincoln, Carmel · This presentation is free and open to the public · Space is limited to 100 · For more information, please contact Kristine Ware, Director of Monterey Bay Village at 620.8717 or kware@carmelfoundation.org.

The Carmel Foundation hosts weekly Wednesday Programs- a lecture, entertainment, or educational presentation such as a Cooking Demo with Myra Goodman, Monterey’s La Merienda Celebration or a monthly Wellness Series with VNA & Hospice.

Recyclable?

Cardboard box?

Yep.Nope.

Polystyrene?

Nope.

Nope.

Cardboard can be recycled, but polystyrene is nasty stuff.

We can’t recycle it — and it doesn’t break down in the environment.

RECYCLING IS CHANGING. Get your recycling resource for Monterey County with the What Goes Where app, or go to WhatGoesWhere.info

We just have to use less of it!

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Our garden service is working hard to keep the existing plants from growing too big. A lot of color in the gardening

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“Right of Spring” by Peter Silzer

Put the first word of answers to starred clues to the right of Spring to form new words

Stories for adults at the Monterey Public Library The Storie for adult at Monterey Public l Library presents Stories for Adults, featuring Kevin Kling, on Tuesday, July 9, at 7:00p.m. in the Monterey Public Library Community Room.

This event is for adults ages 16 and up and tickets are required. One ticket is free with a Monterey or Pacific Grove Public Library card. Additional tickets available for $15 each. Tickets available at the Monterey Public Library Help Desk on a firstcome, first-served basis. Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information call 831.646.3933 or visit www.monterey.org/ library.

Kevin Kling, best known for his popular commentaries on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and his storytelling stage shows like Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log, delivers hilarious, often tender stories. Kling’s autobiographical tales are as enchanting as they are true to life: hopping freight trains, getting hit by lightning, performing his banned play in Czechoslovakia, growing up in Minnesota, and eating things before knowing what they are.

Kevin Kling describes his zodiac sign as “Minnesota with Iowa rising…” He grew up in Brooklyn Park and Maple Grove, Minneapolis suburbs, and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater.

His storytelling started when a friend from the now defunct Brass Tacks Theatre asked him to perform his stories. Since then, he has been awarded numerous arts grants and fellowships. The National Endowment for the Arts, The McKnight Foundation, The Minnesota State Arts Board, The Bush Foundation, The Jerome Foundation and others have recognized Kling’s artistry. In 2014 Mayor RT Rybak named Kevin “Minneapolis Story Laureate”.

Kevin was born with a congenital birth defect — his left arm is about three-quarters the size of his right arm, and his left hand has no wrist or thumb In 2001 Kevin was in a motorcycle accident and suffered brachial plexus injury (BPI).

The brachial plexus nerves in his right arm were pulled completely out of their sockets. Currently, he has partial use of his left arm and cannot use his right arm at all.

Kevin Kling continues to write plays and stories in a rigorous fashion, and travels around the globe to numerous storytelling festivals and residencies. He has been invited to perform at the acclaimed National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN for several years. Kevin has released a number of compact disc collections of his stories, has published five books, “The Dog Says How”, “Holiday Inn”, “Big Little Brother”, “Big Little Mother” and “On Stage with Kevin Kling.”

The Yarn of Two Maligned Mariners

Being the interlocking lives of Captain Bouchard, the infamous burner of Monterey, and Admiral Lord Cochrane, the model for Hornblower and Jack Aubrey Devised and performed by Howard Burnham THE LITTLE HOUSE IN JEWELL PARK SATURDAY JUNE 22 at 5:30 pm Donation

Across 1 Aleph follower 18 DoD resource site 5 BBC sitcom “To the __ born” 24 Miserly flint?

10 Play parts 25 Labor Day mo.

14 Taj Mahal location 27 Puts the kibosh on 15 Sledding site 28 Varnish base 16 Party pooper 29 Throng of people 17 *Family fun? (2 wds.)

30 Oslo’s country, in Nynorsk 19 Like cotton candy 31 Proverbial waste maker 20 Up ‘til now (2 wds.)

32 Busy NY island 1892-1954 21 Monterey to Salinas dir.

33 IM promise to call back 22 Gave the once-over 34 __ Anthony, J. Lo’s ex 23 “Don’t __ me man!”

38 White-tailed eagle 26 Steinbeck’s “East of __” 39 __-a-Sketch 28 *Poultry plantations? (2 wds.)

40 Canyon reply 34 Cattle call 43 Hundred Acre Wood creator 35 NASDAQ debut 47 Nearest the center 36 “Play the hand you’re __” 48 Subtle difference 37 PG “Good Old Days” mo.

49 Nonpareil 38 Main courses 50 Take out 41 Cannery Row’s “__ McFly’s” 53 Minnesota player 42 “M*A*S*H*” orderly 54 Grinder, to some 44 List shortener.

45 Between las and dos musically 55 Word of regret 57 Designer Christian 46 *Dusty duties? (2 wds.)

59 Ali before conversion 51 App options list 60 “If all __ fails...”

52 Sharpen 61 Ballpark figs.

53 Bangkok language 64 Mil. actions 56 Alfred E. Neuman’s mag 65 Once called 58 Game-show host 62 Good adverb?

63 *Bulb-based breads? (2 wds.)

66 Persia today 67 Micro- or tele- follower 68 Wide-ranging 69 Missing part of Great Sphinx of Gaza 70 Not long-winded 71 Potato sprouts Down 1 Rum-laced cake 2 Partnership problems 3 Cafeteria convenience 4 Strictly Orthodox Jewish group 5 NY sports venue MSG 6 In the style of 7 Alaskan port 8 Church key?

9 San Fernando Valley city 10 Romance enhancer, proverbially 11 Replicate 12 Arnold’s oxymoronic flick “__ Lies” 13 Sam Cooke’s “You __ Me”

Cruise Ships In Monterey Bay: Informational Session

Monday, June 17, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Monterey Conference Center The community is invited to a public informational session hosted by the City of Monterey and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS). A panel of representatives from multiple agencies with regulatory oversight authority over cruise ship operations will present information, answer question cards from the public, and address environmental concerns related to large cruise ships visiting Monterey Bay. Doors open: 5:30 p.m.; Presentation session: 6:00 p.m.; Public Q&A session: 6:45 p.m.; Wrap-up session: 7:45 p.m.

Monterey Conference Center, Serra Ballroom 2, One Portola Plaza, Organization and agency representatives from: City of Monterey; NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary; U.S. Coast Guard; California State Lands Commission; California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response; Monterey Bay Air Resources District and San Francisco Bar Pilots Association Ways to learn more: 1. Review the background information and link below; 2. Attend this information session or watch the session on-demand on the Monterey Channel (monterey.org/tv) (NOTE: this event may also be streamed live); 3. Send additional questions not addressed during the session by email to suggest@monterey.org by Monday, July 15, 2019.

Background: Large cruise ships began visiting Monterey in 2002. These ships can provide local businesses with economic benefits, particularly if they introduce the region to tourists who may return for later visits. However, at that time, both the public and businesses had raised concerns about environmental issues associated with these ships. As an outcome of these concerns through a public process, the 2008 MBNMS Management Plan regulations were amended to prohibit the discharging or depositing from within or into MBNMS any material or other matter from a cruise ship except clean vessel engine cooling water, vessel generator cooling water or anchor wash. Despite monitoring of regulatory compliance by multiple agencies with jurisdictional authority, concern from residents and businesses over potential impacts to marine resources from these vessels is still drawing attention. This information session aims to provide facts related to current regulations over cruise ship operations in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and address public questions.

More: https://montereybay.noaa.gov/resourcepro/resmanissues/cruiseships.html

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What does God Say About Heaven?

Before my father-in-law died, he used to ponder the question of heaven. He hated the thought we might just sit around all day on clouds playing harps. God has provided us many clues about heaven, the home He has invited all of us to come to share with Him. One day we will be in heaven and finally see for ourselves what a great treasure it is, Matt 13:44, “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.” Let us reason with God, to find some of the clues He has left us: Rev 21:1, “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.” God will create a new heaven and a new earth, which will be the eternal home of the family He is building.

What will this home be like? Rev 21:10-23, “And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs.

The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.” The New Jerusalem is where we will live for all eternity. A furlong is about one-eighth of a mile so our city will be an enormous cube, fifteen hundred miles wide, long and tall. Big enough to cover half of America and extending fifteen hundred miles into the sky! This is where we will live, and the heavens will be our playground.

What will our heavenly playground look like? Gen 2:8, “And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.” and Ps 19:1, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” We can look today at our world and the skies above to get more clues, Is 41:18, “I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.” There will be gardens, waterfalls, ponds, crystals, green grass, beautiful flowers of all shapes and colors, and all kinds of animals, etc. This planet has over 250,000 species of flowering plants alone; can we imagine what God will do with heaven? God will make heaven infinitely more beautiful than this planet. Everything in heaven will bring us pleasure.

It will be perfect. In short, we will be surrounded by beauty beyond our imagination!

Who will be there? We cannot know which individuals will be there because only God can know what is in a person’s heart, Prov 21:2, “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.” and Mk 2:8, “And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?” However, He has told us His gospel will be preached in every nation, Rev 14:6, “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,” and that people from every nation will be in heaven, Acts 10:34-35, “Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.” This world’s righteous will be there, which will include people from every race and color. God has given us His gospel so we can make sure we are there, Rom 10:9, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” and Matt 12:50, “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

Who will not be there? Those who refuse to do the will of the Father will not be in heaven, Matt 7:21, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” And, being religious will not get us into heaven, Matt 7:22-23, “Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” We cannot pretend our way into heaven, we must accept Jesus as our savior, Jn 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

We might be poor and/or sickly in this life, however, in heaven no one will be poor, no one will be sick, there will be no tears, no one will fear anything, there will be no more pain, and there will be no disheartened people. Our every desire will be fulfilled in heaven, Rev 21:4, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” This is possible because only those who accept Jesus as their savior will be there, and none of us would want to harm anyone.

What will we do? There is no limit to what we will do, Matt 6:10, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” We will be doing the very same things in heaven that we are now doing on earth, with one limitation, there will be no evil. So, all of our interactions with other members of the family will be pleasurable.

God has given each of us unique skills and talents; which we will use in heaven for

If you have comments about the blog you just read, want to express an opposing opinion, have suggestions for future topics, and/or want me to email you the blog weekly, just email me at bill@reasoningwithgod.com.

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everyone’s enjoyment, 2 Chron 34:12, “…all that could skill of instruments of musick.” I cannot wait to see Doctor J flying through the air, again, making his famous one-handed flip shot! We will play, sing, and laugh every day. We will travel to the nearly infinite number of places He has created in the Universe for us to enjoy. We will have the privilege of worshipping every Sabbath with God. Ps 115:3, “But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.” We will do whatever we please, and we will want to please God! What will we eat and drink? Whatever God provides for us, Lk 10:7, “And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.” We will no longer judge what others eat and drink, Rom 14:3, “Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.” There will be no need to judge each other, for we will be in the presence of the Lord, and we will be there because all of us put His kingdom and righteousness above all else, Matt 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” God is less interested in what we eat and drink, than He is in our attitude and desire to serve in the kingdom He is building, 1 Cor 8:8, “But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.” as Jesus demonstrated, Matt 20:28, “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” He wants us to learn to do everything, including eating and drinking to the glory of God, 1 Cor 10:31, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” We will have been resurrected with our new incorruptible bodies, 1 Cor 15:52, 54, “In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.” Our unique part of God’s Spirit will be put back into perfect versions of our original bodies, and we will actually be the people God created us capable of becoming. I do not know about you, but that is a very exciting thought!!!

We might not know everything before we get there, 1 Cor 13:12, “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” However, I am sure heaven is the place I want to spend eternity!

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PSCHOLARSHIPS From Page 1 was also chosen as one of two Salutatorians for the senior class.

Lorenz Cushman was on the dance team, in the leadership class, on the academic honor roll, and worked with a number of community service organizations during her four years at PGHS. Her work with a local environmental company inspired her to pursue a career in environmental engineering. Next year, Lorenz will attend the Honors Program at the University of Utah to study sustainable energy engineering. Lorenz received the PGHSAA Richard Reynolds ’57 Science and Technology scholarship, a California Scholarship Federation scholarship, and the Audubon scholarship.

Siena Fisk was involved in many extra-curricular activities in her four years at PGHS. She was a part of the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Monterey Country High School All Star Band all four years as first chair tenor saxophone. Additionally, Siena was a four-year Varsity Swim Team member and was Girls’ Swim Team captain in her senior year. Siena also volunteered for numerous organizations, such as the Equine Healing Collaborative, the Monterey Jazz Festival, and the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. She served as Princess Tourmaline in the 2018 Feast of Lanterns.

Siena will attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to major in plant sciences and minor in landscape architecture. She received the Beverly Wilson Stillwell ’49 Scholarship and a California Scholarship Federation scholarship.

Luke Herzog, one of just twenty nationwide Presidential Scholar of the Arts awardees, was busy as a writer even before he entered PGHS, self-publishing his first book when he was 11 and continuing to write novels. At the high school, he continued his writing career, serving as co-editor of the NewsBreaker and writing, among other things, the script for a musical, Going Up, that was produced at the high school this spring. He also co-founded a improve comedy troupe, Wince and Repeat, that performed monthly shows. He was one of twelve California high school students to receive a 2018 National Council of Teachers of English writing award and is the recipient of a Scholastic Art and Writing gold medal in the novel-writing category. Luke will attend Amherst College in Massachusetts in the fall to major in English. Luke received a PGHSAA scholarship, a California Scholarship Federation scholarship, and a Don Luce Memorial Scholarship. He was also chosen as the graduation speaker for PGHS’s commencement.

Jorge Jaramillo transferred to PGHS as a junior from the Codrington School, the International School of Barbados, while his family served as diplomats in the U.S. Embassy. During his time at PGHS, Jorge was an active member of the Cross-Country team, the National Honor Society, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and the Spanish Club. He has also been an active member of the community and has volunteered more than 140 community service hours with various organizations. This summer, Jorge will head to Miami to attend Florida International University as an Honors college student. He plans to major in political science and will pursue the accelerated 3+3 FIU law degree. Jorge received a PGHSAA scholarship, the Rotary Club of Pacific Grove John Baker Memorial Scholarship, and a California School Employee Association Dependents’ Scholarship.

Luis Jeronimo Arango was a three-year football player and wrestler, and a two-year lacrosse player, at PGHS. Luis plans to attend CSU Stanislaus to study criminology with a focus in forensic science. Luis received the PGHSAA Class of 1952 Remembers scholarship and the Pacific Grove Masonic Lodge #331 Scholarship.

Caelum Kim-Sanders showed academic excellence during his four years at PGHS,

Will the Loss of Short Term Rentals Affect Our Market Patrick Ryan

Local Real Estate Update I have not written much about the short-term rental situation here in Pacific Grove over the past year as there were plenty of opinions on both sides expressing themselves freely in our humble newspaper. It was a wonderful thing to see everyone expressing themselves as it reaffirmed to me that we still live in a free society, where freedom of speech is still sacrosanct. No matter what side you were on, it is important for both sides to be able to freely express themselves and to have an outlet like this newspaper in which those opinions can be published.

The question I get asked a lot and the question in my head is, “will the loss of short-term rentals affect our market and if so, how?” At the beginning of May, forty-five short term rentals, which were chosen by lottery, lost their licenses. That leaves 138 short term rentals left in the city of Pacific Grove that will sunset next year on May 28, 2020. After that date there will be around 60 remaining within the Coastal Zone.

How does this affect our residential real estate market? Will it?

Our market, like all markets, is defined by supply and demand. Right now, we have a lack of supply to meet the demand. More buyers are out there than sellers. If the forty-five homes that just lost their short-term rental license all came on the market for sale at once, it would depress prices somewhat as it would help balance out the supply and demand imbalance. The effect would be short lived, as once those homes are sold, we would revert back to our current imbalance. Not all of the forty-five homes will come on the market for sale. Some will transition to long term rentals, if the numbers work for the owners. Some will remain second homes that are only used by the family that owns it and others will come to the market.

Next year, when the 138 remaining short-term rentals come to market, the same scenario will play out. A certain amount will go on the market for sale, a certain amount will turn into long term rentals, and a certain amount will remain with the family that owns them. Transitioning to a long-term rental all depends if the numbers work for the owner. My opinion is that not enough will transition to long-term rentals to make much of a difference in the average cost of long-term rentals. Long-term meaning a year lease or longer. We will still lack a reliable supply to meet the demand.

I think what everyone really needs to keep their eye on is the California State Legislature as they are moving to pass a bill that will effectively end single family zoning statewide. This would allow multi-family units, think high density, anywhere in a town. This is how the legislature envisions reducing the cost of housing. Keep an eye on that, as it is on its way.

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and he achieved highest honors in his classes and exams. He also participated in a variety of extracurricular activities, such as playing four years of varsity soccer and serving as vice president of the National Honors Society. Next year, Caelum will major in computer science at UC Berkeley, hoping to continue his record of achievement. He received the PGHSAA Tommy Stillwell ’74 Scholarship.

Sophia Levy served as student body class president her freshman through senior year, frequently interacting with PGHS staff, administrators, and the PTA and planning and managing numerous school activities. As a member of the Breaker Girls’ Dance Team for three years and captain for two years, she assisted in choreographing numerous pieces, organizing fundraising events, and performing in local outreach programs.

Next year, she will attend Berklee College of Music as a first-year-abroad student in Valencia, Spain, to pursue her career goal of becoming an industry professional and writing commercially viable compositions of contemporary music. Sophia received the PGHSAA Music Scholarship, a California Scholarship Federation scholarship, the Kier Memorial Scholarship, the Pacific Grove Teachers Association Scholarship, the Spread Your Wings Scholarship, and a PGHS PTA scholarship.

Chris Matthews was co-captain of the Varsity Boys Swim Team and first-chair trombone in the PGHS marching band, concert band, and jazz band. Chris was also involved in the Breaker Science Club and Mathletics team. Next year, Chris plans to attend UC Berkeley with a major in chemical biology. His future plans including working in pharmaceutical research and development. He received a PGHSAA scholarship, the Robert Balles Math Scholar Award, the National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students Award, and a California Scholarship Federation scholarship.

Rachel Sands was on both the track and field team and the tennis team at PGHS and was one of the high school artists who created the butterfly mural at the Beach House Café in 2017. She also served as Princess Tourmaline 2017 for the Feast of Lanterns and participated in the 2018-2019 Region 2 Leadership Conference and SkillsUSA Championships, a program that develops leaders in career and technical education.

Rachel received the PGHSAA Olive Dean Hyler ’40 Culinary Scholarship and the Pacific Grove Kiwanis Club Award.

Sierra Smith was a dedicated musician while at PGHS. As a member of the Breaker Band for four years, she played flute and piccolo and served as drum major her senior year. She also performed as part of PGHS Student Voices and earned honors in piano in the Music Teachers Association of California’s certificate of merit evaluation for four consecutive years. She has been an active volunteer at the Pacific Grove Art Center and taught flute to Robert Down fifth graders in the Monday Morning Music Program. A member of the National Honor Society, Sierra also worked for two summers at the Naval Postgraduate School as part of the Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program.

In the fall, Sierra will pursue a Bachelor of Music in Music Education at Sonoma State University. She plans to be a high school band director. Sierra received the PGHSAA Cynthia Alma Peña ’75 Educational Scholarship, the Pacific Grove Teachers Association Future Teacher Scholarship, the Jacqueline Phillips Scholarship, and a California Scholarship Federation scholarship.

Ben Sterwerf kept himself busy throughout high school with eleven advanced placement courses and five honors courses. Since the beginning of high school, Ben participated in numerous youth and college orchestras, from the CCS Honors Orchestra to Youth Music Monterey. He was a member of the swim team for all four years.

Ben will attend UC Berkeley in the fall to study physics. Ben received a PGHSAA scholarship, the Robert Balles Math Scholar award, a Community Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship, and a California Scholarship Federation scholarship. He was also named class Valedictorian.

Delbert Truong was on the tennis team and played trumpet in the high school concert band and jazz band for four years. He plans to major in environmental engineering at UC Davis in the fall. Delbert received the PGHSAA Ada Eleanor Smith scholarship and a California Scholarship Federation scholarship.

The Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association, a 501(c)(3) corporation, was originally formed in 1889 and reactivated in 1962. It raises money to make grants to Pacific Grove High School’s programs and to award scholarships to students each year.

For more information about the Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association, visit https://alumni@pgusd.org.

- Beth Penney

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Mary Adams Announces Re-Election Bid Editor:

My whole life has been dedicated to public service. After 30 years of leading non-profits, I didn’t anticipate running for political office. Now, my first term as 5th District Monterey County Supervisor has flown by, and it’s gratifying to see how much progress we can make together for the people of Monterey County. And I believe the best is yet to come. That’s why I’m excited to announce my candidacy for a second term on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in the March 2020 primary.

I hope you’ll join us in this renewed effort so we can keep making a difference together for Monterey County.

As a Supervisor, I have the honor of hearing your hopes for our community and then working to find solutions that make people’s lives in Monterey County better. And we’re getting results.

Tackling the Housing Crisis: Leveraged millions of dollars in funding for affordable housing and innovative public/private partnerships to spur construction.

Improving Transportation and Infrastructure: Repaired roads and bridges and ensured Highway 1 climbing lane met community needs.

Cleaner Energy Options: I led the County in joining Monterey Bay Community Power, bringing cleaner, more affordable energy to County residents.

Making Communities Safer: A new Text to 9-1-1 program for those who are deaf, speech impaired, or can’t safely make an audio call for help. New social workers to support children in need, and new pedestrian safety improvements.

Ensuring Big Sur’s Recovery After the 2017 Storms: Building a quick response team after Highway 1 and Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge closed. Pushing State leaders to re-open the highway and bridge in record time, while securing funding for Big Sur Shuttle in the meantime, to ensure economic stability and safety and support ongoing tourism.

Fire Prevention: A new program working to reduce threat of wildfires.

Supporting the Cannabis Industry: Serving as a strong voice for industry leaders, small farmers, and regulators alike.

Making Government More Accountable: More transparency in spending of tax dollars, and dozens of community meetings to receive public input.

Because everyone deserves a voice in local government.

In four years, we’ve achieved a lot together, and we’re just getting started. I’m honored that as we launch this campaign, we’ve already been endorsed by former Congressman Sam Farr, State Senator Bill Monning, Assemblymembers Mark Stone and Robert Rivas, Monterey Mayor Clyde Roberson, and many others.

I hope you’ll join these incredible leaders in supporting our campaign with a generous early contribution.

Thank you so much for your friendship and support. I look forward to seeing you on the campaign trail soon, and continuing to work together, so we can win this race and keep making a difference for people in Monterey County.

Supervisor Mary Adams

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From the Trenches

While it’s difficult to nearly impossible to find out how the Pacific Grove moniker “America’s Last Home Town” came about, it’s bandied about by the fair citizens of Pacific Grove whenever they want to prove PG shouldn’t change, shouldn’t allow development, shouldn’t have short term rentals or affordable housing or sub-divisions or, or, or. And by fair citizens, I don’t mean they are unusually just, i mean they are fair complected due to the fog I suppose and the excessive zoning restrictions that disallow people of color to get loans like any town with it’s unfair share of R-1. Regardless, the hamlet is about to have a new “brand”, a new moniker and we’ll know exactly where it came from -- it’s coming from Moe Ammar. The Chamber of Commerce (remember the word commerce for a later punch in the nose) President has taken the task of coming up with a new slogan which will save the City $50,000.00 for a marketer to do the same. I don’t think slogan ideas have been leaked except some jokes about “the foggiest city....” on NextDoor, our favorite laugh a minute think tank. But maybe I can help.

A dazzling article crossed my path the other day, one the City or the Chamber had nothing to do with. It was in Oprah Magazine (can’t get bigger than that) and it was about the HBO series Big Little Lies (can’t get bigger stars than that). It was a near brilliant marketing ploy that shone a bright Hollywood light on our very own Pacific Grove. I share the link here: https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a27888787/big-little-lies-inspired-airbnb/ It features several homes listed on airbnb that the characters of Big Little Lies, be it Celeste, Mary Louise, Jane, or Madeline (played by Reese Witherspoon, Zoe Kravitz, Nicole Kidman or Meryl Streep and others) would rent if they were travelling here. Moe assured us “...the production has put us on the map...I am positive that a lot of the crew and talent will return to vacation here.” Well that’s fantastic. But if they think they’ll be staying in the houses featured in Oprah’s magazine, they’ll have a rude awakening as we will be closing most of the houses featured because of the short term rental ban in residential zones brought on by Measure M. Not even O magazine can compete with M. And Moe, the major backer of Measure M and who had nothing to do with the Oprah placement, is now being suffocated by the biggest little lie ever -- you can’t stay in the houses featured. They didn’t feature our Bed and Breakfast locations, nor our hotels, an effort a Chamber President might have made for a feature article in some travel magazine. Oprah featured the short term rentals.

Well, dang it....so much for perfectly placed free advertising in the most popular magazine on earth with an HBO series viewed by 7 million people per episode. A Chamber Presidents dream dashed by, well, by the Chamber President.

Anyway, Pacific Grove, one would think, made a lot of money from granting permits for the HBO 7 part series. The actresses made $250,000 per episode during season one. Pacific Grove made $9,367 for the entire series, not per episode. The second season the three big actresses made $1 million each for each episode (7 million per actress) and Pacific Grove decided they could do the calculus and get a raise as well. For the second season, PG received an even $44,000.00 (funny when things calculate to the penny). They received $25,332 for the park rental at Lover’s Point, calculated at $2,111 a day for 12 days depending how many square feet they used for shooting. The production company paid $3000 for parking lots A/B, even though the Coastal Commission frowns (as in doesn’t allow) for paid parking along the California coast). They paid for public works, street closure, police security, traffic control and location permit fees. All that adds up to that tidy $44,000 for 12 days of monopolized use of Lover’s Point or two minutes of camera time for Reese or Nicole but not both at the same time. Maybe equivalent to a scene where one of them is staring out to sea but not reading script. I’ve heard there are a lot of scenes where people are staring out to sea, just like the rest of us do for free.

Oh, and the production company gave us something else. The City of PG got the gazebo-like, make-believe coffee shop. It will probably cost us $44,000 to store the darn thing for decades to come. Meanwhile, Moe’s Chamber office which costs $1.00 a year to rent from the city, had the Measure M signs posted in his window. I know, I know, a Chamber isn’t supposed to take political stances unless they deal a low blow to tourism dollars. And I know, it doesn’t make sense that he came out against short term rentals that gave the City $2 million in tourism dollars. And no need to remind me that he didn’t have the authority to do so from his Board of Directors. And geez, don’t even mention to me the irony of all ironies with his brilliant branding of Measure M where he says short term rentals are commercial enterprises in residential zones. I told my family that should I die and you are filling out the part where it says “Cause of Death”, put in the word “Irony”. I died of irony. Because Moe’s $1 a year Chamber of Commerce (I told you to remember that word) sits right smack dab in a, wait for it.....residential zone. I’ve looked and looked and there is not one short term rental that has the word COMMERCE on their house. Maybe we should brand Pacific Grove “The City of Big Little Lies.” Or how about something like “City of Peace and Trees?” Oh, wait, that’s exactly what the words Pacific Grove mean. That can’t be good enough. It’s just not all that catchy. And it’s rubbing up too close to the truth. We can’t have that.

Previous editions of Cedar Street Times can be found at www.cedarstreettimes.com Back issues are located under the tab “Past Issues” We are so grateful to Daniel Bohrman for updating the archives.

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World Premier at the US Open A Thursday Trek Mark Leishman’s tribute bag for the people of Virginia Beach is probably the first of its kind. It is likely that Tribute bags will catch on. You saw it here first. If you have a minute please check out Marc’s work with his foundation at - beginagainfoundation.com - Thank you Marc Leishman. Good luck this weekend.

Photo by the world class photo Journalist- Jim Jansen

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Marty Dunn Rovin’ in the Grove A fine morning for a walkabout, so I headed down to the water and strolled the recreation trail for a while. The tide was very low, exposing lots of life that is mostly spent under water, yet it adapts to the occasional ‘dry spells’ as Nature intends, patiently waiting till the briny water surges back overhead.

Our summer weather pattern has officially arrived. The fog was gradually lifting, being pushed away by the onshore wind. Offshore, the wind was getting rather gnarly, billowing out of the west-northwest at about 20-25 knots, I’d guess. The inside arm of the bay curves, providing some protection from the brunt of this wind, but the outside picture was bumpy and full of white caps that were becoming small waves. I watched one sailboat, with only a small mainsail up, heave into this swell in a kind of aimless way. In spite of many years of sailing, I was tremendously thankful to be ashore watching this from a distance. That sort of tossing about holds no appeal for me anymore.

(This scene reminded me of a story, supposedly true, about the young Midwesterner in the Navy during WWII, stationed along our coast. Yacht owners had been asked to let the military use their vessels in their coastal patrols, and this young landlubber on a fine and fancy sailing ship poked his head up from below deck, swallowing furiously, and belched, “And this is what rich people do for fun?!”)

The cormorants were airing themselves on the rocks that jut just off the shoreline, their wings outstretched in the breeze. A pair of what I believe are red-beaked Black Oystercatchers appeared to be ‘house-hunting’ on another granite outcropping, while Western gulls circled around, gabbing to one another. A lone crow, decidedly not built for the ocean, looked odd scavenging on the dry rocks immediately below the trail.

Opportunity knocked for this omnivore, it seems.

Though I didn’t spy any otters or other marine mammals, there was a ‘pod’ of humans in the water off the main beach at Lover’s Point. They were all decked out in their diving gear, learning the tricks of moving about the underwater world.

A couple rode by in one of the rental surreys, sharing the pumping chore to get up a small rise in the trail. I’ve been aboard one of these buggies, and it is a real workout to get from the here to there and back again. With the vistas along the route, though, muscle spasms never felt so good!

We live in such an exceptional part of the world; may we treasure and protect it.

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Open Letter To Millennials!

Day One

I don’t worry about what you are doing to your own life; I care, but I don’t worry! I just don’t want you to fail, and by doing so diminish the world as we know it, flawed as it is! My generation, the LOVE generation, at least made an effort to save the world and improve it, and in doing so we put off 1984! What are you going to do?

I am still concerned about stupid things that other people do, because if they continue to keep doing these things, they will have affects on themselves, you and me!

I can bet you that most of the people running this government today never watched M.A.S.H, Star Trek, or Wall Street; they definitely have not read the good parts of The Bible!

You can’t intelligently vote, question authority, or voice dissent, unless you have facts, and by facts, I mean the true facts. The more facts you know, the higher your IQ, your Intelligence Quotient.

Nothing is more powerful than an idea! You millennials will say that a sil-chip is, but without the idea first, the chips would not exist. Now with all these chips producing new ideas, some people are altering tomorrow. There are good tomorrows and bad tomorrows. We must, must find a way to control bad ideas or talk people out of bad ideas! The media, all the media, must be taught to be moral or we, I mean all of us, will suffer and may not survive! Every human being who believes in the Golden Rule should, must vote out those who do to others what they wouldn’t want done to themselves! The real twist to this is that anything you do in this small world you are actually doing to yourself, and definitely to your family and children! A gated community cannot protect you from your own stupidity and greed!

I am very impressed by the ingenuity of man, but if the ingenuity of man is killing man, I want to take another look!

If you think you are a geek and you think nobody likes you for who you really are, then you may be a geek, and there is nothing wrong with that! But thinking that nobody likes you will ensure that no one will like you. Be positive about who you are, and don’t let peer pressure bring you down. Someday you may be an individual, and only individuals do really new things! Learn how to spell or find a good editor; thx doesn’t do it!

I wish we could receive wisdom from our mother’s milk, but in lieu of that, we must find someone who is calm and gives a voice to everyone else, and listen to them!

He who is in possession of the truth, must first question that it is the truth, and then be quiet until he know it is true.

John Bassett McCleary, author of The Hippie Dictionary

Marty Dunn

Signs of the Times

A reader sent: Thought you might enjoy the irony of this photo… There were three tour buses parked at Lovers Point… this one was the most egregious… completely in the red zone, right by the sign “no tour buses.” I talked to the driver for a minute and he apologized but said that 17 Mile Dr. was closed and he was frantically trying to find a place to park…I felt sorry for him.

Feel free to use the photo if you’d like…

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A Heartfelt Tribute to the Fallen This tribute to my parents is being written on June 5, 2019.

Patrick McAweeney wrote this earlier in the year and was inspired to write again when considering upcoming events. We are proud to publish his tribute.

On July 2nd of this year their two lives, having been on a long, fulfilling journey of life, love and commitment, will reach their final destination. On that day my dad, Kenneth Patrick McAweeney and my mom, Betty Jane McAweeney will be inurned in the California Veterans Cemetery in Seaside, CA. As I write this remembrance, as a 75 year-old man myself and their eldest son, it comes to mind that 75 years ago tomorrow, our troops landed on the beach in Normandy, France and changed the course of history forever. Somehow the phrase, The Greatest Generation, seems most appropriate when we take the time to think about what my parents, your parents and all our grandparents did for us in fighting for our freedom.

My dad was born October 9,1910 in Beaudette, Minnesota and grew up in the logging camps and timberlands of the area after leaving home at thirteen years of age. Having never known his father, who was killed during WWI and is buried in France, my dad’s rough beginnings seemed a natural start for a man who left home as a boy and initially grew as a man relying on his physical strength and common sense. He joined the Navy at nineteen, honorably served his country, found his way to California and met and married Betty Jane Baird on June 9th, 1940 in Alameda, CA. My father rejoined the Navy through the Navy Reserve and was shipped off to the South Pacific to serve again in WWII. My mom was a registered nurse at that time and joined the

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Like those who have served our country throughout the years, they both felt honored to have served but seldom felt the need to revisit the memory and the harshness of that reality. Today as so many are remembering D-Day and those men and women who served our country then and since, it becomes apparent that we, who have enjoyed the benefit of their sacrifices, owe it to them to never forget what price they paid.

Much of this very brief remembrance of my parents has been reconstructed from my dad’s service records, a few handwritten notes and the reflection of their history alongside the histories of so many other proud service men and woman whose children are left to carry on. My father’s records were preserved and found quite easily through researching the National Archives. However, my mother’s records, like so many others, were destroyed in the infamous fire at the National Archives storage facility in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1973. It seemed that they were going to be lost forever.

Our grateful family wishes to thank my son’s father in law, Colonel Charles Dooley, a Vietnam veteran and Peace Corp volunteer. The Colonel contacted his fellow Peace Corp friend, Congressman Mike Honda. The retired congressman took the time to reach out to others to validate my mother’s service in the ACN. Through this bond of friendship and service, our mother’s military contribution was validated, allowing her to be inurned as a Veteran along side our father as a servicewoman rather than solely as a serviceman’s wife. Our families would also like to thank Congressman Jimmy Panetta and his staff for their help in allowing this ceremony to finally take place.

Ken and Betty are survived by their two sons and their families, Patrick McAweeney and Catherine McAweeney and their son, Ryan McAweeney and his wife, Amy Dooley McAweeney and their daughters, Kiley McAweeney and Haley McAweeney, in San Diego, and Dan McAweeney and Gayla McAweeney and their family; sons, Bobby Amerine, Colin McAweeney and Conner McAweeney, and daughter Kate McAweeney McCloskey and her husband Alex McCloskey. Kate and Alex are expecting their first child and grandchild #3 this summer.

Services will be performed at 3:30 PM at the California Veteran’s Cemetery in Seaside, CA on July 2, 2019.

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The Changing Face of the Energy Industry Rudy Fischer

The Big Picture

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Pacific Grove Art Center Offers: Sensational Summer Saturdays Attention: Kids who LOVE ART at Pacific Grove Art Center

For Kids Ages 7-10 From 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

June 8, 15, 23 & 29 “Pointers for Painters” We will explore use of resists, acrylics & watercolors depicting plants and animals, both real or imagined. Elements of design and composition will be introduced as well.

July 6, 13, 20 & 27 “Collage & Printmaking” We will make greeting cards and farmable art. Landscapes, seascapes, figures, faces and creatures are the suggested themes. We will work with a variety of papers and fabric.

August 3, 10, 17 & 24 “Wooden Stool Deco” We will sand, prime, and carefully paint our stools using a color scheme and possible theme to create a delightfully usable work of art to rest upon.

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Solar? Wind? Nuclear?

We are seeing tectonic shifts in world energy markets. For instance; who would have ever thought that Saudi Arabia would buy energy from the U.S.? But that is exactly what the Wall Street Journal reported recently when Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) signed a 30 year contract to buy liquefied natural gas from Sempra Energy’s facility in Texas. Though the country has enough oil to meet its own electricity requirements, it wants to switch to natural gas which is less polluting and will allow it to export more oil to the rest of the world.

Also, because of increased exploration and the development of shale, the US has gone from a net oil importer who was once vulnerable to oil embargoes, to a net exporter of energy products. Oil imports by the United States have dropped by 25% since 2010, and the U.S. is expected to become a net exporter of energy products next year. In fact, because of the current surge in oil production, we are expected to actually become the largest oil exporter in the world by 2025.

In addition China, which is the world’s largest source of CO2 pollution because of heavy use of coal fired plants, is switching many to natural gas, which may allow the country to shut down its most polluting coal fired plants. The country has just signed a contract with Russia to provide a steady supply of that gas. China also now gets only 2% of its energy from nuclear power plants, but plans to greatly expand the use of nuclear power.

There are about 450 nuclear plants operating in over 30 countries, though another 50 are currently being constructed, and over 300 more have been proposed.

Most of these future plants will be in China; though India, Russia, Finland, Korea, Argentina and a few other countries are also building them. In addition, some existing plants are looking at increasing their capacity and extending the lifetime for those plant.

While there are certainly some who worry about nuclear power, there are also some experts who now promote it as a way to increase the amount of power available while reducing CO2 emissions at the same time. Just a few years ago a group of climate scientists from the Carnegie Institution, MIT, the Columbia University Earth Institute and others institutions sent a letter to the New York Times stating “Continued opposition to nuclear power

threatens humanity’s ability to avoid dangerous climate change.” They also wrote “Renewables like wind, solar and biomass will certainly play roles in a future energy economy, but those energy sources cannot scale up fast enough to deliver cheap and reliable power at the scale the global economy requires. While it may be theoretically possible to stabilize the climate without nuclear power, in the real world there is no credible path to climate stabilization that does not include a substantial role for nuclear power.”

Even in the auto sector we are seeing some progress. There are now over 3 million electric cars on the roads around the world - about 750,000 of them in the U.S. Tesla is currently producing 250,000 electric cars a year and introduced an electric SUV in March. They are going to have more competition in the electric car market, however, because BMW, Mercedes, VW, Audi, Porsche, Skoda, Seat, Bentley, and Bugatti have all announced that they will roll out electric cars between 2019 and 2020.

In early March the Wall Street Journal reported that even the CEO’s of some of the world’s largest oil companies are starting to talk about the need to address climate change. While the CEO of one energy giant acknowledged that “the industry as a whole is behind the curve” and there is still denial in some boardrooms, he said the industry needs to provide “more energy while reducing emissions”.

But energy is price sensitive and, because of the lower cost of natural gas, many coal fired power plants are being retired; and some that had been planned are being converted to using natural gas as the energy source. That is a good thing, in that many studies have shown that power plants fueled with natural gas emit far less greenhouse gas than coal-fired plants.

These estimates for the reduction range from 37% to 54%, depending on the age and efficiency of the plants being compared. In many ways they are also safer for the surrounding communities. So natural gas clearly does reduce power plant GHG emissions; and the shift from coal to gas should help to lower greenhouse emissions in future years.

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Cop Log

Tender isn’t what it used to be Lighthouse Ave. – There was a verbal dispute between a, dating couple.

“I thought the sweet Bobcat was included, dude. Bummer. Well I guess it’s yours.”

Grove Acre Ave. - The reporting party reported property belonging to his company was found on private property. No prosecution desired. Resident agreed to return property to the owner.

He was only half a man Lighthouse Ave. – The reporting party & her best friend were involved in a verbal altercation. The male half agreed to leave for the night.

No Bueno on Benito Benito Ave. - Officer was dispatched to an civil issue regarding an aggressive dog.

Information in a sewer leak \ Funston Ave. - Our County Environmental Inspector was called because there was hazardous material.

Needless to say, hazardous material should be properly disposed of and not end up in our common sewers.

Thank you to Pacific Grove Public Works for their inevitable Grace.

Why were there two Handicap placards in the vehicle? Typically only one per vehicle is enough Lighthouse Ave. - A female reported that two handicap placards were stolen from her unlocked vehicle.

Maybe Ring saw a ghost.

Surf Ave. - False alarm, ring unable to cancel. Homeowners were safe at home.

Not the first this week to get the shaft on Shafter Shafter Ave. – A female reported identity theft by an unknown suspect.

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Grove Acre Ave. – The reporting party reported concerning statements made by neighbor.

All in the Family Jane Roland

Random Thoughts

I wrote this column many years ago and found it entertaining enough to share. I hope you enjoy it; My mother’s family came from Englad to New England, arriving on the second ship after the Mayflower... My ancestors could be found in a myriad of professions most of which are mundane and typical of those building a new country. One claim to fame was Elizabeth Morse who was tried with Giles Cory as a witch in Salem. Cory chose death by pressing (rocks upon rocks upon rocks); Elizabeth languished in prison and was there when the evil practice of death by pressing was abandoned. She was released but forever shunned. Her house in Salem was called the Witch House. I have no idea if it still stands. Nathaniel Page, of whom we are lineal descendants, carried the colors at Lexington and Concord and , later commanded one of the companies that fought at Bunker Hill.

My great grandfather, Peter Morse was a seafaring man and was captain of a Mediterranean trading-vessel. He went west to Ohio where my grandfather, George Washington Morse was born. On a boat trip, when he was a young officer, Peter rescued the passengers from a drunken captain, had him thrown in the brig and took command of the ship. One of the passengers was President Finley of Oberlin University who was so grateful that he told the young man that his first born son would have free education at the esteemed institution. Peter’s wife was Mary Randall, who had a medical degree, a fact in a newspaper clipping in 1886, unusual for a woman in those times. Her life was spent caring for those who needed help and, of course, raising a number of children.

When the family returned East, George attended Andover On 11 May 1861, in his sixteenth year; he ran away from school and enlisted as a private in the Second Massachusetts Infantry. Of the original 1000 men who left the state, George was one of less than 100 who returned in 1865. He was wounded twice and a prisoner of war at Belle Isle and Libby. With the exception of the time he was incarcerated he was in every campaign and battle in which his regiment participated, a notable one being ’s march to the sea.

At the end of the war he was a first lieutenant, the youngest in his regiment and the only one to receive a commission. He saw burn, and many years later, when he had become a successful attorney, he returned to the rebuilt city. In one of his early letters Seen on a friend’s page: “If life gives you lemons, give them he comments that it would be excellent were to burn, back and insist on bacon.’

G. W. Morse at age 16 was so glorious. George always felt that the East was floundering, and the future was in the west. After the war he attended from which he received his law degree. He was powerful, strong minded and diligent and became a Tuesday at about noon, the fire department deployed the ladder truck and a command vehicle to Ocean View Blvd. Also on scene was an ambulance along with formidable business lawyer. He did very well and was able to build a large home in Newtonville where he and his wife, Clara Boit, lived with their six children when he a command vehicle and police squad cars. They were looking for a diver who had wasn’t in his apartment in or traveling the world. Of eight offspring, six survived, disappeared, not a lost golf ball. The diver turned out not to be lost.

• one died in infancy the other lasted until she was three. All in all, however, in those The Guest Services portable building at Laguna Seca is due to be torn down and days the survival of six was a miracle. Prior to the birth of the youngest and final child replaced, due to mold. We don’t think it is mold. We think it’s a pair of old tennis many months of each year were spent in . shoes in the Lost & Found.

My mother, Genevieve, was the youngest; her oldest sister was twenty-two. My grandmother was forty when she was born. They lived a privileged life, servants, boarding school, ivy league colleges, winters in Europe all of the accoutrement of the upper class in the nineteenth century. They were probably not as happy as the children painted by Laura Ingles Wilder, but they didn’t know it. Grandfather Morse developed diabetes when he was 50 in 1904; with good behavior, no wine no heavy foods, no traveling he could live a few more years. On April 9, 1905, Clara received the wire from the state department stating that the defiant George had died of his illness doing the things he loved best until the end.

It was a new century. My mother was 12, her closest sibling, Sam, eight years her senior, was graduating from Yale, and the rest of the brood was married and away.

Mother went to a boarding school then on to Wellesley, graduating in 1915.There was a short-lived marriage and mother followed her brothers, Sam and Harry, and sister, Rosa (also divorced) to. It was the beginning of a new era, New Englanders to the bone none went back except for a visit.

Sam was initially married to Ann Richardson, there were three children, Sam Jr., John and Nancy. He later married Relda Ford, and they produced a daughter, Mary.

Harry had married Rae Johnson was a Borden on one side and Johnson (of Johnson and Johnson on other)..They went through fortunes as fast as money could be printed, but had a wonderful life, perhaps not so much their offspring, two of whom, died tragically, Rosa was divorced and left her husband and son whom she never saw again. The history of that family might be most interesting.

Johnnie (as she was called because her two brothers changed the French Genevieve It doesn’t say “No jumping.” to “Johnnie Behave”) and Rosa bought a little house in and entertained the stars, they had a wonderful time. It was the twenties, life was good. At a party in 1924 she met a dashing army officer home on leave from . Lightening struck and Thomas Harold Christian asked Genevieve Morse (Hay) to become his wife and join him in the Orient.

She declined. My mother was anything but impulsive, she was careful, speculative Wednesday, June 19, 2019 and, while she would travel on tramp steamers alone, she would not go off with a man Gentrain Society Lecture: Earth’s Climate Through Geologic Time.

Retired Geologist, Ed Clifton, will describe the factors that influence the she barely knew to live in a foreign country for four years (which is exactly what her earth’s climate and the science whereby we reconstruct past climates. daughter did 35 years later).

Since this is an animal column I must add that prior to their marriage and the staWe will take a journey through time to examine climates on our planet tionary arks, my father always had horses, dogs, cats, my mother a wire hair, named that differ vastly from that of today, and which influenced evolution of life forms on the earth. Ed will compare our current climate with those Jack and a cat, I can’t imagine that there weren’t critters down through the centuries. of the past and give us a glimpse into the future of this vital aspect of On that note I will leave you and next time will regal you with tales about my father, and little bits from my storied career. our existence.

Last night we watched Chicago the movie. It was great fun and I can”t wait to see Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 the presentation by PacRep in the fall. Remember the shop, Neverland, is abundant 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm with wonderful furniture at affordable prices. Come by to see..433 Lighthouse, New Free; MPC Parking $3.00 Monterey.

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Do Monterey’s dentally diseased homeless women need root extractions?

“Neglecting your teeth can kill you,” the Hollywood dentist warned in 1960 when I was torn over becoming a performer, teacher or writer. “If your abcessed tooth goes untreated, its poison could enter your bloodstream and give you a heart attack. Would that kind of means justify your early end?”

“I’d die in my twenties?”

“Yes, if you leave dead tooth roots in your gums.”

Dentistry cost a fortune! Typing envelopes at home barely covered my $65 per month apartment rent. “How much would it cost?”

“For extracting it only or also replacing it with a removable gold snap-in mouth jewel.”

“What’s a mouth jewel?”

“Your prior dentist never mentioned a pearly white?”

“I never had a childhood dentist,” I said.

The dentist’s tuft of white hair shone like a halo. “Let’s say, er, uh, ummmm, how about $10.”

I nearly shot out of his chair! “That’s all?”

“Only if you promise to keep it our little secret.”

He winked and my image of him morphed into a dirty old man, yet his gentle voice stopped me at the door. “I have a rich, beautiful young movie star patient.

She’s only a couple of years older than you and I’ll add the cost onto her bill and let her studio pay. Except for your $10.”

Two weeks later, I was sporting a bright new smile.

I ultimately manifested all three career choices, writer, teacher and performer in that order.

Sixty-nine years later, many dentally disturbed homeless women in Monterey, coupled with my own forthcoming existence as a banana gummer, inspired a tooth-talk column, starting with this tale that’s wholly fictional—yet such things are happening here and now in Paradise!

It first appeared in Hodgepodge Short Stories & Poetry, Summer 1998 edition.

Whatever Happened to Your Old False Teeth?

By Wanda Sue Parrott Maude and Claude, twins on the short side of 100, met for their annual birthday lunch in a local cafeteria. Maude, a teetotaler, chose the place because its

Wanda Sue Parrott

Homeless in Paradise

Future Banana Gummer

sink your teeth in it toothless banana gummer could this be your fate homeless suck at life gumming foods to sustain selves when they lose their teeth Sketch and haiku by Wanda Sue Parrott strongest beverage was coffee. They had stopped exchanging gifts on their fiftieth birthday.

Maude, who had just been fitted for new dentures she would get within the week, noticed her brother gumming his fried chicken. “What did you do with your old false teeth?” she asked.

“Sold ‘em at a garage sale, sis. You know I change choppers ever’ year.”

Maude offered to loan Claude her dentures after she finished her roast beef.

“You gettin’ tetched, sis? Ain’t healthy to eat with someone else’s teeth.”

“I know, but you been doing it for fifty years.”

“When I buy ‘em, they belong to me.

They’re my false teeth. I boil ‘em and scrub ‘em good before I wear ‘em.”

“Well, it’s not my business to ask how much you got for selling them. . .”

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Photo courtesy of Clip Art “It ain’t, but I’ll tell. I got what I paid for ‘em of a year back. A buck for the uppers. Two bits for the lowers. I ain’t never paid more than a buck per plate.”

“They were almost new. Why did you sell your teeth, Claude?”

“They was gettin’ too big. I bit into a sandwich and my choppers come out.

Lodged in the bread.”

When Claude averted his gaze from Maude’s eyes she knew he was not telling the whole truth.

“Maybe you lost weight. We’ re at an age where people shrink, Claude. Brains shrivel. I guess gums do, too.”

“I stuffed the teeth with cotton, but it rubbed sores on my gums when I bit down.

The bottom plate was cracked anyhow, so I sold ‘em. I’ll shop for new ones next week.”

“How do you know they’ll fit? Why spend money you can’t afford to waste on mismatched dentures that might be the wrong size?”

Claude closed his mouth and refused to answer. Maude recognized the expression. During childhood on their Ozark Mountains farm, Claude wore this telltale look when he sneaked Daddy John’s moonshine.

Maude guessed the truth. “You do try on used dentures before they’ve been sterilized! Don’t you?”

“I wash my mouth out good with whiskey. It ain’t killed me yet. At my age, a man’s gotta have a danged good reason to whoop it up on his birthday.” Claude flashed open his jacket.

Maude recognized Daddy John’s old mountain moonshine flask tucked in the inside pocket.

She coughed. Claude chortled.

Maude gasped, then choked to stop laughter or tears from gagging her to death.

After she regained composure, Maude delicately placed her napkin over her mouth, removed her dentures, and dropped them in her water glass. Maude swirled the teeth in the clear water, fished them out with her fork, and wiped them on the tablecloth.

Then she wrapped them in a tissue and handed the gift to Claude. “Happy birthday, brother,” she gummed. “How about a shot of corn liquor to celebrate?

We’re only 99 once.”

So what?

Is there a secret service providing help to dentally disturbed homeless women on the Monterey Peninsula?

I know Denti-Cal is available for qualified low-income individuals like me as part of the Affordable Care Act’s California Medi-Cal program. Information about Medi-Cal eligibility is available at www.dhcs.ca.gov .

However, I found no case histories of unsheltered women with teeth deteriorating into rotting ridges or sharp points, nor women with gaping holes proclaiming “a bicuspid or molar once lived here.”

Last week I dined with a chop-chop gummer who downed a hot tuna melt sandwich faster than I could tongue- roll through cherry gelatin with cottage cheese after my dead front tooth was pulled.

As I become a banana gummer, I’ll wear “White Diamonds” by Elizabeth Taylor to honor the role she never knew she played when Neil A. Faus, DDS saved my smile and life on her account 59 years ago.

I don’t know how much he charged for my 24-K gold bridge, but I do know dental neglect can cause needless suffering and death, and that sometimes the end really does justify the means.

Suggestions or input are welcome!

Contact Sue Parrott at 831-899-5887 amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com Copyright 2019 by Wanda Sue Parrott

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