Five years ago, a wallflower that grows only on the sand of local dunes nearly disappeared.
Only five Menzies wallflowers held out, the rest snuffed out by decades-old patches of ice plant in the ground at the Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove.
But today, more than 130 of the flowers are growing at the city’s golf course. Another 250 will be in the ground soon.
Ahh! Food for deer, attracting more mountain lions.
But there was time and money to kill the ice plant that prevented erosion.
Facing a projected half-million-dollar shortfall by June, the Pacific Grove City Council approved one-time cuts to nearly all of the city’s departments on Wednesday to balance the budget while avoiding layoffs.
Vacancies in the police department, $320,000.
Delay in the completion of storm drainage work, $75,000
Eliminating a winter youth basketball game, $1,500
Spring adult sports, $1,200
Part-time shelver at the library, $8,000
Maintenance of ocean-front turnouts, $6,000
Items on the list include maintenance of trees, recreation trails, sidewalks and streets; competitive pay for police officers and firefighters; and restoring Sunday and night hours twice a week at the library.
The Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce has launched three fundraising campaigns for various projects throughout the city:
• Furnish the teacher’s lounge at Pacific Grove Middle School.
• Funds for the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary for more trees in the center of the sanctuary and a new drip irrigation system<
• Funds to assess the antiquated streetlights on Candy Cane Lane that require special and expensive maintenance.
All noble causes. But shouldn’t the COC be working to bring some commerce to town? They are out begging for $$ while storefronts remain empty.
When a couple of sixth-graders from Pacific Grove Middle School found a wallet on the sidewalk in front of the school last week, they saved Christmas for (the Whitis) family in Texas.
“I just want you to know how impressed I am with the quality of students at Pacific Grove Middle School,” Whitis wrote school administrators on Thursday. “How easy would it have been for them to take the money and toss the wallet into the trash! Instead, they did what was right. They took it to the office so it could be returned to the very distraught owner.
“I have been in education for 26 years, and it is always heartwarming to know how wonderful young people can be. Thank you for what you have done to instill such wonderful values in their young lives. Their act of kindness saved Christmas not only for my daughter, but also for her entire family in Texas. I see your students as a Christmas miracle, and for that I want to say thank you.”
Can I sue someone who says or writes something defamatory about me?
In order to prove defamation, you have to prove that what was said or written about you was false. If the information is true, or if you consented to publication of the material, you will not have a case.
Search the Herald for some research. I did and was surprised to find another article about domestic violence, financial troubles and more at another one of the Favaloro’s restaurants. Check it out, December 14, 2004.
Rounding up butterflies can be as difficult as herding cats. Ventana Wildlife Society biologists gathered in Pacific Grove early Tuesday, intent on catching, tagging and releasing at least 1,000 of the estimated 6,000 monarch butterflies clustered in the Monarch Grove Sanctuary’s eucalyptus trees. The butterflies did not make themselves too available.
Only 500 were resting in the trees on the 2½-acre sanctuary. The rest congregated in pine trees on adjacent private properties, which were off-limits to the research team.
“as difficult as herding cats” Crikey!! LOL
Alan Shugart, a Pebble Beach resident who co-founded Seagate Technology LLC and made a name for himself when his dog ran for Congress, died Tuesday at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
Shugart was 76. He helped start Seagate Technology in 1979, a pioneering hard-drive manufacturer that eventually became a multibillion-dollar industry.
Shugart was a partner in the Fandango restaurant, ran his dog Earnest for public office and contributed to a comic strip about Earnest.
Rest in peace – one of my heroes.
Pacific Grove police are investigating a false bomb threat to Pacific Grove High School called in about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday.
An unidentified male caller used a stolen cell phone to dial 9-1-1, say there was a bomb at the school and warn that “everyone is going to die,” police said.
A ruptured water heater forced the shutdown of radio station KAZU early this morning, said the station’s general manager.
The water heater was located directly above the station’s master control and broadcast operations center and the water poured directly on the equipment, destroying some of it.
KAZU has had a run of bad luck, after a fire in downtown PG, and this is the second flood at the present location. Perhaps the Chamber Of Commerce can raise some funds to buy KAZU a couple of umbrellas to put over the control board.
The idea is controversial in a town that prides itself on being “America’s Last Hometown.”
Those opposed to adding parking meters downtown, at Lovers Point and along parts of Central Avenue said it will take away from the city’s charm. “I don’t want it in the downtown area. It would lose all its ambiance,” store owner Dee Moore said.Others said they worry shoppers won’t want to pay for parking in front of downtown shops.
The so called ambiance was lost long ago, chopped up, sold, painted over and resold. It was replaced by by phony charm that requires sandwich board signs to direct you to the merchandise you just cannot live without. Bah! Anything worth spending money on should stand on it’s own.
For one, the meters may increase the the number of spaces available as cheap merchants quit parking their cars all day long in prime spaces
Though I think we would need 3000 meters to make $6,000,000. There’s reportedly 100 meters by the ATC that bring in $1,800 per year per meter.