No, it was not John Denver.
“The Pacific Grove Police Department was notified by Bureau of Land Management employees that human remains had been partially unearthed at a known archaeological site within federal jurisdiction,” the PGPD reported.
Police Chief Cathy Madalone told The Pine Cone they were found on the 1400 block of Ocean View, an area along the coast and across the street from a city recycled-water treatment plant.
20 years since the pop performer plunged at Point Pinos.
Add to the list of Stupid things Moe Says:
“I was there within five minutes when they pulled him out – when the national news was here,” recalled Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce President Moe Ammar, about the incident. “As much as I hated to admit it, that put P.G. on the map.”
Even now, Ammar said he gets inquiries on a weekly basis from people who come in to the Chamber looking for where Denver’s plane went down.
Not much fuss over it by the community. It’s been three years since it started, and yes, there was a NIMBY that opposed it. It is closer to the actual crash site, unlike another memorial tree at Lovers Point.
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Cannery Row, John Denver’s plaque, Michelle Knight’s bladder house and other mini mansions on Ocean View. Kiss ’em goodbye.
Catastrophic waves could flood as far inland as Window on the Bay Park in Monterey and almost to the intersection of Fremont and Canyon Del Rey boulevards in Seaside, according to new maps by the California Geological Survey, California Emergency Management Agency and University of Southern California.
The new maps replace an older set that shows even greater potential tsunami damage, with flooding almost to North Salinas. “It’s actually a rosier scenario,” Yenovkian says. “Once you have the extent of the tsunami threat analyzed, you can prepare for it.”
The rock is either prepared to get the plaque or the plaque’s been swiped. Probably the former.
Just got around to checking out the shoreline on a clear November day and noted the progress of the plaque placement for the John Denver Memorial near the crash site.
Don’t forget the faction of Angry Old Farts that don’t want to have it there. They must be preparing a lawsuit of their own..
“We have been lobbying with Pacific Grove City Council for 10 years to get this memorial plaque,” Cynthia Doe, the group’s president, said today. “We felt it was the right thing to do for the right reasons.
The beachside dedication ceremony that began at 11 a.m. was followed by a reception.
For those wondering just where the plaque ended up at, check back soon. LighthouseAvenue.com will locate it if it truly exists, and hopefully before the Angry Old People attempt to hide it . . .
Update – All hints say that it will be on the small beach in a turnout, where vigils are held. A piece of driftwood with the singer’s name carved in it is in the approximate location.
“It’s going to [cause] parking problems, traffic congestion at that corner,” Peter Alene told council members . . . This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the plane crash that killed the singer. He was flying an experimental aircraft Oct. 12, 1997, when he crashed about 200 yards off the coast near the P.G. lighthouse . . . . Jon Biggs, the city’s community development director, said the architectural review board already approved the memorial. “And nobody showed up” to protest it, Cort said.
Traffic? Oh come on. Peter Alene appears to be another one of P.G.’s cranky “No Fun Allowed” fringe. Ocean View Boulevard is packed with traffic year round. The memorial is nothing but a plaque stuck to a rock.
A permanent tribute to musician John Denver may soon be built on the shoreline near where his plane plummeted into Monterey Bay nearly 10 years ago.
The Pacific Grove City Council has been asked by the California Friends of John Denver and Denver’s family to place a memorial rock between Acropolis Street and Asilomar Avenue near Point Pinos.
Moe Ammar, executive director of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, said at least two people a week call or come by his office searching for the site of the crash. Some want to say prayers.
According to a report in the Columbia Daily Tribune, the issue arose when city planners in Columbia proposed to change the name of a street from “Point Penos” to “San Mateo.”
According to the Tribune story, a couple of city commissioners figured the reason for erasing Point Penos from the slate was obvious.
“Add a Missouri drawl and the name could be trouble,” the Tribune writer concluded.
I noticed the same thing when John Denver crashed into the bay at Point Pinos – every news anchor across the country referred to the area as “near Lovers Point” or “off the California Coast”. No news reader would dare try and say it.