ETTERS HOMETOWN KETCHES By TOTHEEDITOR Letters to the editor are welcome. Viets on '.: ty:) . k rACULneooadcli.blh11.=:engis in W.;8 0. MAAO£ ok & dAU 4181,0 Walt 6% 22*id.r aft 9 '1. ..4. limit on length, brevity is encouraged. Letters - ...2.*, are.subje (mi:feriliiltiziliililill,;illUe'llitlilill:. 91117.1 0#- Each letter must contain name, address and verification only. Anion>1(*lsk:tten arenot * - , ; ..d.,1 signature. A phone number is needed for -'di 11e#UWAp74.1, ., f> ..,pri.OL= Ar, , .2 -13} 1 •,accepted. 1, 1# / :611.<9,6%+Al-':tr74 Improved transportation T 47 Dear Editor: 11 11 4-1 ;:·-0.if'. .4 haJaun::SheoZCCUO=1:31 Ak 47% . .3 transportation and air quality throughout the 11•Al *61 state without increasing gasoline taxes or A eM /.1 es-& R:Ef 31 238 raising the spending limit. The way to do this . -=1 .. : is to vote "Yes" on Proposition 116, the -11237 Arl - A . -M .1 1 7-'0$- "Rail Transportation Bond Act." -1/0, r f -24 0 The primary benefit of Prop. 116 to the people of the Monterey Peninsula is that Uttli,-1--2- ' ,-- -r passenger train service will be established bet- ween Monterey and San Francisco, as well as .1: . : serving places like San Jose enroute. Er: BERAIARD MODON,168 , * : ·i Statewide, Prop. 116 will provide vastly improved rail transportation between cities, ' (21241 ACD :snu, .*- I f... as well as including commuter service in ur- ban areas, utilizing trackage already in ex- 4¥,Worti 16 ft' istence. Prop. 116 is an environmentally sound transportaiton solution. It was put on the ballot by concerned citizens, of which nearly 700,000 signed petitions to place it on the ballot. Prop. 116 has been endorsed by the three primary gubernatorial candidates (Wilson, Feinstein and Van de Kamp). One of the best features of Prop. 116 is that it clearly spells out what money is to be . spent on what projects and where they will operate. As' this is clearly a bipartisan issue, I strongly urge everyone to vote "Yes" on Prop. 116. Kenneth S. Barker Pacific Grove Wts and spice r Dear Editor: Since the plural of mouse is mice and the plural of louse is lice, shouldn't the plural of spouse be spice, or should it, or would it, or could it? Most, if not all, women will agree that one husband is more than sufficient. I have never heard of a culture or religion that permits a woman to have spice. If a woman does have spice, she is referred to by a derogatory name. Her spice, however, are referred to by the innocent-sounding names of customers, clients, or the more benevolent titles of patrons (like patrons of the arts?). Women of the World, arise! If not for equal rights, at least demand equal justice. If a man has several spice and they alllive in one house, should we say that they alllive in a nut's house or in a nuts' house? If each spouse lives in a different house, couldn't we say that there is at least one nut (and somewhere a second) in each of the hice of the spice? J.B. Tysver Carmel Earthy thanks Dear Editor: Many thanks to Sam Farr and Leon Panet- ta for all their work for Earth Day 1990. They were very helpful to us when we were trying to get the word out. Thanks also to Lorna Moffat of Carmel who organized a lot of Earth Day events in our area. Also thanks to Jay Barston - Rev. of Monterey Presbyterian Church for his group up at MPC. Thanks to Thunderbird Bookstore for their great display of environmental books and also Books Inc., Pilgrims Way, and Brentano's for their super environmental displays. Also thanks to my'mother, Barbara Eliot, who paid for all the printing, duplicating, flyers, posters, fact sheets, etc. that I made forfarth Day and she paid for all the mailing = which was awesome. L Thanks also to the countless thousands around the world who helped Earth Day be successful, Rev. Susan Ashley Carmel .t Sweep them out Dear Editor: We now have the opportunity to limit the tenure of elected office holders in California, end their special privilege pension plan paid for by California taxpayers and put them under Social Security like the majority of workers. A statewide "Coalition To Limit Terms Of Office" using the logo "Operation New Broom" has been formed and is represented locally by the Alliance of California Tax- payers and Involved Voters (ACTIV), of Ap- tos, a non-profit, non-partisan and wholly volunteer organization of concerned citizens. Petitions are now being circulated and as many as a million signatures may be required to qualify the initiative for the November ballot. Time is very short since the completed petitions must be delivered to the state in ear- ly May. our government is controlled by entrench- ed, unresponsive, professional, career politi- cians. Gerrymandering, expensive campaign costs and the advantage an incumbent has over anyone attempting to challenge combine to make the effort all but futile. Our democratic republic is founded on the ideal of citizen participation in government. We do not need nor can we afford profes- sional polticians. "Operation New Broom" proposes a voter initiative that will restore the "citizen legislature" tradition to California. It cannot win if you stand On the sidelines and watch this opportunity go by. Your financial supp- ' port and your assistance in obtaining the re- quired signatures is essential. Robert W. Shepner Pebble Beach Spiritual wealth n A Dear Editor: On the 7th of March 1952 the greatest and ' most spiritual American died at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles after giving a short speech at a banquet. In the 1920s this greatest American, whose name was Paramahansa Yogananda, enlightened and entertained literally millions of Americans who attended his free lectures in the largest auditoriums of the land, in almost every big city, from coast to coast. In 1927 Yogananda was officially received at the White House by President Coolidge. I now ask myself, and my readers, what is America's chief or overall purpose, her raison d'etre? Can it be merely to enable a tiny minority of very selfish and greedy peo- ple to become richer and richer and richer? Is the great American dream only for plutocrats, and a nightmare for everyone else? Top economist Dr. Ravi Batra's predicted "Great Depression of 1990" may not happen until 1991, or even 1995. It will come, when we are ill-prepared, most likely. Continued "trickle-down" penny-wise and pound-foolish economic policies and priorities are not the answer. Extreme wealth without wisdom is a very destructive and f 'f C·:r,Ah, negative innuence upon any society. Spiritual € wealth, such as Paramahansa Yogananada .St exemplified so nobly, is everything, and you ki.# don't have to be a reformed Scrooge to realize this. James Vanderhoof Pacific G,m* :24 Possible solutions Dear Editor: On Feb. 20, 1990 the Monterey County :13 Board of Supervisors set forth some pro- di posals directed to possible solutions for the serious problems concerning the shortage of water in Monterey County. For :thi#; 1 ap- 4 . plaud them. Now I would like to see the board: 1. Look at all aspects of water management on a countywide basis - no politics. The : board should only set policy. 2. Establish a county agency to be in U charge of all county water marters A- conser©Z vation, drinking water, irrigation, storm and flood control, reclamation and sewer. One h communicate better and accomplish more than multiple agencies in less time and at a , lower cost. .. . .1 ...... 1 3. Set realistic goals for both short-tern€* and long-term needs and solutions. Long 'g before dams can be built much can be ac- : complished by reclamation, desalinization, ' ' collection of rainwater and adherence to the 1 water conservation plan for Monterey Coun- j ty. long-term answers. The Grand Jury report for 1989 is a good starting point. 4:t.4.'02%2 To the citizens of Monterey Countyf793 The board has finally taken the first step. 31 Can we as a community develop momentum 9% and consensus to support realistic answers to .* the water problems in the county? 1 think we,j@ should be able to. , Robertti Hunsicker Carmel Valley ly l' Bill Brown ............................Editor and Publisher Mac McDonald .. .: ...0. .................... Managing Editor Anne Papineau .·.............................Arts Editor Paul Wolf. Nancy Hills, David Leland............Staff Writers Sam Colburn, John Detro, Joe Guzaitis, James P. Kinney, Joan Swartz Paonessa, · Nathalie Plotkin ..... ... ........ .... .Contributing Writers Adeline Kohn ...........................Editorial Assistant : Margye Neswitz...,..........,..............Society Editor Dari BIodgett Karen Carlson, Julia Lagergren ................Advertising i Jackie Martinez .............. .... .Production Supervisor Jennifer Duerksen........,...0.-. ..,.........Typesetting Cathy Blake. Pepper Ernstein, ....... Production Laura Hamilton ...,6... Advertising Design Patti Saunders ...U.......Accounting & Personnel Supervisor Gilda Soule.... ..............Accounts Receivable Supervisor Alice Estes...,,..............................Receptionist Robert Vonessen ...... .Circulation ·· 24 Jim Duerksen...............,. Maintenance 4 V ./pqi.....d/*4** Pacific ./VI/*- ...ct. r. '2 '» ---- -:43+P.O. Box e, Calif. 939 1=62, ,*„;tirhTelephone Fax 624-80714 No. 22'1'0.;t. :t' -,grr„, 0 1990 1' *k·.' r=d' 1.r . The Pacific Grove Monarch,- f->".0%,7*33 'ERY FRIDAY.* .,FORNIAN,S_ .i.- established in 1987, is a legal newspaper for the city of Member 3 -es-"*13,- Pacific Grove, the County of Monterey and the State of FuDI,snea oy Brown & Wilson, Inc. ..·* California, established /by Superior Court Decree a Calif. corporation :, . ,.f·..:.4---"5.,·....·.:... -' ·No.M21892.' i. .4. .1 -1?14.,g SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Monterey County, $30/year; outside Monterey County $42, out·of-state $50; foreign $70. Vol. 4, 0' PUBLISHED'EL - . 3.*:··A :'f'21' . L U ..,3 y..2k , OCR Text: ETTERS HOMETOWN KETCHES By TOTHEEDITOR Letters to the editor are welcome. Viets on '.: ty:) . k rACULneooadcli.blh11.=:engis in W.;8 0. MAAO£ ok & dAU 4181,0 Walt 6% 22*id.r aft 9 '1. ..4. limit on length, brevity is encouraged. Letters - ...2.*, are.subje (mi:feriliiltiziliililill,;illUe'llitlilill:. 91117.1 0#- Each letter must contain name, address and verification only. Anion>1(*lsk:tten arenot * - , ; ..d.,1 signature. A phone number is needed for -'di 11e#UWAp74.1, ., f> ..,pri.OL= Ar, , .2 -13} 1 •,accepted. 1, 1# / :611.<9,6% Al-':tr74 Improved transportation T 47 Dear Editor: 11 11 4-1 ;:·-0.if'. .4 haJaun::SheoZCCUO=1:31 Ak 47% . .3 transportation and air quality throughout the 11•Al *61 state without increasing gasoline taxes or A eM /.1 es-& R:Ef 31 238 raising the spending limit. The way to do this . -=1 .. : is to vote "Yes" on Proposition 116, the -11237 Arl - A . -M .1 1 7-'0$- "Rail Transportation Bond Act." -1/0, r f -24 0 The primary benefit of Prop. 116 to the people of the Monterey Peninsula is that Uttli,-1--2- ' ,-- -r passenger train service will be established bet- ween Monterey and San Francisco, as well as .1: . : serving places like San Jose enroute. Er: BERAIARD MODON,168 , * : ·i Statewide, Prop. 116 will provide vastly improved rail transportation between cities, ' (21241 ACD :snu, .*- I f... as well as including commuter service in ur- ban areas, utilizing trackage already in ex- 4¥,Worti 16 ft' istence. Prop. 116 is an environmentally sound transportaiton solution. It was put on the ballot by concerned citizens, of which nearly 700,000 signed petitions to place it on the ballot. Prop. 116 has been endorsed by the three primary gubernatorial candidates (Wilson, Feinstein and Van de Kamp). One of the best features of Prop. 116 is that it clearly spells out what money is to be . spent on what projects and where they will operate. As' this is clearly a bipartisan issue, I strongly urge everyone to vote "Yes" on Prop. 116. Kenneth S. Barker Pacific Grove Wts and spice r Dear Editor: Since the plural of mouse is mice and the plural of louse is lice, shouldn't the plural of spouse be spice, or should it, or would it, or could it? Most, if not all, women will agree that one husband is more than sufficient. I have never heard of a culture or religion that permits a woman to have spice. If a woman does have spice, she is referred to by a derogatory name. Her spice, however, are referred to by the innocent-sounding names of customers, clients, or the more benevolent titles of patrons (like patrons of the arts?). Women of the World, arise! If not for equal rights, at least demand equal justice. If a man has several spice and they alllive in one house, should we say that they alllive in a nut's house or in a nuts' house? If each spouse lives in a different house, couldn't we say that there is at least one nut (and somewhere a second) in each of the hice of the spice? J.B. Tysver Carmel Earthy thanks Dear Editor: Many thanks to Sam Farr and Leon Panet- ta for all their work for Earth Day 1990. They were very helpful to us when we were trying to get the word out. Thanks also to Lorna Moffat of Carmel who organized a lot of Earth Day events in our area. Also thanks to Jay Barston - Rev. of Monterey Presbyterian Church for his group up at MPC. Thanks to Thunderbird Bookstore for their great display of environmental books and also Books Inc., Pilgrims Way, and Brentano's for their super environmental displays. Also thanks to my'mother, Barbara Eliot, who paid for all the printing, duplicating, flyers, posters, fact sheets, etc. that I made forfarth Day and she paid for all the mailing = which was awesome. L Thanks also to the countless thousands around the world who helped Earth Day be successful, Rev. Susan Ashley Carmel .t Sweep them out Dear Editor: We now have the opportunity to limit the tenure of elected office holders in California, end their special privilege pension plan paid for by California taxpayers and put them under Social Security like the majority of workers. A statewide "Coalition To Limit Terms Of Office" using the logo "Operation New Broom" has been formed and is represented locally by the Alliance of California Tax- payers and Involved Voters (ACTIV), of Ap- tos, a non-profit, non-partisan and wholly volunteer organization of concerned citizens. Petitions are now being circulated and as many as a million signatures may be required to qualify the initiative for the November ballot. Time is very short since the completed petitions must be delivered to the state in ear- ly May. our government is controlled by entrench- ed, unresponsive, professional, career politi- cians. Gerrymandering, expensive campaign costs and the advantage an incumbent has over anyone attempting to challenge combine to make the effort all but futile. Our democratic republic is founded on the ideal of citizen participation in government. We do not need nor can we afford profes- sional polticians. "Operation New Broom" proposes a voter initiative that will restore the "citizen legislature" tradition to California. It cannot win if you stand On the sidelines and watch this opportunity go by. Your financial supp- ' port and your assistance in obtaining the re- quired signatures is essential. Robert W. Shepner Pebble Beach Spiritual wealth n A Dear Editor: On the 7th of March 1952 the greatest and ' most spiritual American died at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles after giving a short speech at a banquet. In the 1920s this greatest American, whose name was Paramahansa Yogananda, enlightened and entertained literally millions of Americans who attended his free lectures in the largest auditoriums of the land, in almost every big city, from coast to coast. In 1927 Yogananda was officially received at the White House by President Coolidge. I now ask myself, and my readers, what is America's chief or overall purpose, her raison d'etre? Can it be merely to enable a tiny minority of very selfish and greedy peo- ple to become richer and richer and richer? Is the great American dream only for plutocrats, and a nightmare for everyone else? Top economist Dr. Ravi Batra's predicted "Great Depression of 1990" may not happen until 1991, or even 1995. It will come, when we are ill-prepared, most likely. Continued "trickle-down" penny-wise and pound-foolish economic policies and priorities are not the answer. Extreme wealth without wisdom is a very destructive and f 'f C·:r,Ah, negative innuence upon any society. Spiritual € wealth, such as Paramahansa Yogananada .St exemplified so nobly, is everything, and you ki.# don't have to be a reformed Scrooge to realize this. James Vanderhoof Pacific G,m* :24 Possible solutions Dear Editor: On Feb. 20, 1990 the Monterey County :13 Board of Supervisors set forth some pro- di posals directed to possible solutions for the serious problems concerning the shortage of water in Monterey County. For :thi#; 1 ap- 4 . plaud them. Now I would like to see the board: 1. Look at all aspects of water management on a countywide basis - no politics. The : board should only set policy. 2. Establish a county agency to be in U charge of all county water marters A- conser©Z vation, drinking water, irrigation, storm and flood control, reclamation and sewer. One h communicate better and accomplish more than multiple agencies in less time and at a , lower cost. .. . .1 ...... 1 3. Set realistic goals for both short-tern€* and long-term needs and solutions. Long 'g before dams can be built much can be ac- : complished by reclamation, desalinization, ' ' collection of rainwater and adherence to the 1 water conservation plan for Monterey Coun- j ty. long-term answers. The Grand Jury report for 1989 is a good starting point. 4:t.4.'02%2 To the citizens of Monterey Countyf793 The board has finally taken the first step. 31 Can we as a community develop momentum 9% and consensus to support realistic answers to .* the water problems in the county? 1 think we,j@ should be able to. , Robertti Hunsicker Carmel Valley ly l' Bill Brown ............................Editor and Publisher Mac McDonald .. .: ...0. .................... Managing Editor Anne Papineau .·.............................Arts Editor Paul Wolf. Nancy Hills, David Leland............Staff Writers Sam Colburn, John Detro, Joe Guzaitis, James P. Kinney, Joan Swartz Paonessa, · Nathalie Plotkin ..... ... ........ .... .Contributing Writers Adeline Kohn ...........................Editorial Assistant : Margye Neswitz...,..........,..............Society Editor Dari BIodgett Karen Carlson, Julia Lagergren ................Advertising i Jackie Martinez .............. .... .Production Supervisor Jennifer Duerksen........,...0.-. ..,.........Typesetting Cathy Blake. Pepper Ernstein, ....... Production Laura Hamilton ...,6... Advertising Design Patti Saunders ...U.......Accounting & Personnel Supervisor Gilda Soule.... ..............Accounts Receivable Supervisor Alice Estes...,,..............................Receptionist Robert Vonessen ...... .Circulation ·· 24 Jim Duerksen...............,. Maintenance 4 V ./pqi.....d/*4** Pacific ./VI/*- ...ct. r. '2 '» ---- -:43 P.O. Box e, Calif. 939 1=62, ,*„;tirhTelephone Fax 624-80714 No. 22'1'0.;t. :t' -,grr„, 0 1990 1' *k·.' r=d' 1.r . The Pacific Grove Monarch,- f->".0%,7*33 'ERY FRIDAY.* .,FORNIAN,S_ .i.- established in 1987, is a legal newspaper for the city of Member 3 -es-"*13,- Pacific Grove, the County of Monterey and the State of FuDI,snea oy Brown & Wilson, Inc. ..·* California, established /by Superior Court Decree a Calif. corporation :, . ,.f·..:.4---"5.,·....·.:... -' ·No.M21892.' i. .4. .1 -1?14.,g SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Monterey County, $30/year; outside Monterey County $42, out·of-state $50; foreign $70. Vol. 4, 0' PUBLISHED'EL - . 3.*:··A :'f'21' . L U ..,3 y..2k , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Historic Properties of Pacific Grove,Lighthouse,481 Lighthouse,300 - 498 LIGHTHOUSE_135_redacted.pdf,300 - 498 LIGHTHOUSE_135_redacted.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: 300 - 498 LIGHTHOUSE_135_REDACTED.PDF, 300 - 498 LIGHTHOUSE_135_redacted.pdf 1 Page 1