. . ' Sun:set ·c:enter d{rector showcases year of accomPlishments a · By MARY BROWNFIELD see shows in th~ recently renovated, 718-seat thealer. Post · 2005. , . . · C o~ce ~loyees are:psy to work .with, but the ~Npw York Soon after taking the job, Globenfek pledged to increase ARMELITES make up :a small peicentage of Sunset ..::IDles deliVery guy still~can't t:~d his house.~ are just a Center audiences. People are to pay high~r prices to · few of the lessons Jack Olobenfelt has leamed'Since becom- See SUNSET page, 24A executive director of Sunset Center on New Year's Day BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PJ\10 ' CARMEL,CA Permit No. 149 . VoiUJDe 91 No.1 On tbe Jatenet:.w ww.eanMiplllecoae.cma · , .. c.: . . ' " .. .._. ~ • ,... '~ I \ - - ' ' • ' '-" '"", . ·Sheriff: Pebble Beach.v andals . 'DOGMAN' ·WANTS TO BE YOUR MAYOR compete to do the most damage • Filing period closes Friday as did . Seventh Avenue resident Ryan . Walbrun, who is running for council. for April elections McBill said his mayoral will ~ampaign By KELLY NIX completely foreign to Pebble Beach' woUld ,spark debate. come and do this kind of stuff.~' By MARY BROWNFIELD ."If I didn't run, she wouldn't have to THE FREQUENT. vandalism in Pebble Vandals also struck Cannel, shattering . . . · speak up," he said of McCloud. "Whether Beach during the past three months is part of do~ of automobile windows. SoMEONE NEEDS to make Cannel . I win isn't the main thing - . it's that I a bizarre game betWeen teenagers fu one-up Although sheriff's Investigators· are fol- · · ·Mayor Sue McCloud fight fot reelection -run." each other, according to the Monterey ·lowing up on leads in ~e case, obtaining : April 11, and that's why Dogman McBill Born William Clement .W mfield D, County Sheriff's Office. information ljas been difficult. · - .the towering, white-haired figure who In more than 50 separate incidents, van- "We have contacted a lot of different once occupied a purple school bus and-had. See DOGMAN page 20A .. . dais destroyed mailboxes, spray-painted · kids," he said. "But many of them are reluc a trav~ling show featuring 18 · houses and broke Windows in Pebble Beach , tant to provide us with any details." dogs - . said he is entering the from October to December. · · Four teenagers were cited after they were race. ~We think it's like a game,'' said sheriff caught in the act pulling pranks Dec. 20 on a After gathering signatures · cmdr. Ed Lorenzana. "If you~ a mailbox, home on El llosque Road for his petition outside the you get 'X amount of points. If you bUst a Homeowner Tom ·Scardina,· 62, startled post office this week, McBill window you-~ X amount of pp~." : one of the teenage boys a5 he piKed a stolen - who lives in his family . In the last week of I)ecember, several inflatable .. Santa· Clau on. Scaidina'a home on Lobos Street but . oo.a Wa'e spray-painfe.d with ~--sym.. ~~· ~ ~ ~ ~-~-"~dball < travels frequentlY while ~ . : bola, ·inctuding sWastika&; ''Flr. :and-.~ :at·hia hou-.,·'lbi.IJI~··p flflflY.·bUt . .J ing the musical he's. said -be's .. ,.gari.e." · < '·· · ~later (ouod by~· .. · · · been Working on since June · .'" .. ·~It's · . ·~ng the items 'deputies conf'JSCated 2003 -planned to submit his INltiCIS to Carmel City Hall. ...... , mayor . ~}~s,tteriiH's investigators a"'·· • · seats closes Jan. 13 at 5-p.m . h-v'il~lnrl· ir:ito ·tfje R'C>SSibilt-· All three incumbents. -· . tkat vs]ridP.fi~~;-s~n .as·. McCloud and council mem ,_c...· spray-poi~ of q.· :. . bers Ge{ard Rose and Paula ·· ~ house on. fhe 2900. ~ovac - .returned their block of Old 17 Mile papers and had the signatures His. real name fs WJIIiam c·lement Winfie!d II, but this Drive two week~ ago, verified by the Monterey . bearded man i;; runoing for mayor as "Dogman McBill.:" was the work of County elections department, ·· He will probably be Su~ McCloud's ::'n~ ~hallenger. teenagers involved in a cpinpetitive game. . drtig.. .... Similar gmffiti was spray- testing .. pointed on ~veral ot~er School district says homes in· P~bble .B~h, .and dozens of car and home windows , will make it easier to say 'Ntl' ' were brokeo. , . ·' ·.' . Nix PHOTO/KEUY 1i Students and parents would have .. to agree; results. kept confidential Flanders Foundation·p rotests •· J; By MARY BR meetin_g. ~.'We~~ .after. th~ kids .. ~o._ ~t·?~ .~~-.. · ···a Ji)andamus petition :beeause a· ~ nprofit corporate petitioner's ·. pi~ ofa mmo, who· wan~ to say; ~.~ t d? t,bis. .directOr or agent for service .of ptocCss served the-petition," Sonoma . . i:;:. ~ ~--·· ;" .~ . · Collll:ty attOrney Susan Brandt-Hawl~ wrote in response' to the . ~. · · . Tbe sc•ool ,voulda'~ know . . · cay~s motioo·J~ in December. Nonetheless, her office served the · : Students and their parents woflld ~to agree·t o .c omplajnt on the city clerk again Dec. 9. . · . · .random testing. A priyate firm~w i>Uld c~ndu~t the · testS· confidentially "in· a disc~e location m the li'o.Dildatioa is a 'Penon' . sehool," according to Behan ;s staff rtpsure., and there is no khaki's annual -rbe only way to know if your bouse bas radon is to test .. evidence children are at radon is for it," Faggella said. greater risk of radon-induced . year end sale to test for it, ·. lung cancer than ·adults, the Wlaere it co•es fro• EPA said .. officials say up to 50% off 'JYpically, radon gas moves from undergtound layers of The free test; which takes shale and granite, through the soil and into cracks of founda- . · less than three days, doesn't . ...... ,....._ tion walls and gaps in floors and pipes. . interfere with nonnal house- .~is measured in picocmies per lrter (pCi/L). Ave_rage hold activities, Faggella said. .. (adon concentrations range from Q.4 pCi/L outdoors, to. 1.3 The test involves closing windows and doors for 12 hours ca•• .. tre•••rs· pCi/L indoors. · · . before setting out the test kit. The kit is then placed for 48 If a home has levels of 4 pCi/L or more: a second short · hours in the loWest~level room frequented the inost. term teSt to verify the ftrst one can be provided upon request, : "Participants in the Monterey screening study will receive · .......... Faggella said. . the test results," he .said. , .n.e.c.k.w. ear · ~·we've produced maps for Santa B~ Ventura.and Although the state insists .the data it collects will be con south Los Angeles County and are currently analyzing data fidential, if a residence has a high level of radon, the home from last year's program to produce a map for San Luis owner is required to disclose the il;lformation to a potential Obispo County," he said. ~- . buyer. . Health services hopes to use the collected data for public· "The law that covers disclosure otknown hazards applies outreach ~d education, home-testing, and to encourage to radon as well," F~ggella said. The project, scree~ng funded by a grant from the jADE TcfirrJ.E CHINESE.MEDICINE CUNic EPA, coincides with the agency's Nationai Radon FACEiJFT ACUPUNCTURE Action-Month. The projeet is a collabo As afe, effective altemative to surgery, acupunctJJre trea1s undertjing imbalances that contribute to the aging process. ration between Iiealth ser vices and the California • Skin becoma mo~ delicate &: &ir • Lductioa of agincss . Geological Survey. The • The eb.sticity of facial muscles .improves -. 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' ( ' Fbr inquires, please 'email: jobs@cyberzonesupport.com '. .. 6A The Carmel Pine Cone January 13 , 20Q6 Aftei bids, school board sticks with firm. for bond projects • . By MARY BROWNFIElD Jan. 9. Long also suggested, the board OK the appointment But Wald, Ruhnke & Dqst, based in Monterey, haS" the . pr9cess and procedures for the · even-person committee that CARMEL UNIFIED School District board members largest staff, which Long said would help keep numerous will ove·r .ee the bond's administration, as required by the &. again selected Wald Ruhnke Dost t handle their bond simlrltaneous construction projects on sc edule. . · state educatron code. The group must include "at h~ast one projects and OK'd the process for appointing a tate-mandat- ''We also have a track recorcj with Wald, Ruhnke & Dost," member active in a business ed oversight committee Monday night. · . she said. "We worked with them to renovate structures in the organization representing the The board initially voted iri November" to give the job to district, they have come in on time and under budget - they local business community, · With $21.5M the archite.ctural firm, which oversaw construction under the are a' known entity." · one member active in a bona successful 2000 bond measure, without seeking bids from fide' taxpayers' o·rganiz(,ltion, to spend, the competitors. But lawyers advised the district"last month'that . Two unanimous votes one member active in a PTA ·school board because the. . November 2005 bond measure needed only 55 By contrast, the district has no relationship with the othe,r or parent-teacher group, one a percent approval to pass, the district Wotting a small moun- people are directly threatened: The .city has an automated phone_s ystem it 'uses to warn tain lion Jan. 2, but Miller said it .c_ould have been something , "The law doesn't even allow us to trap and relocate until else. · the lion has been deemed a public safety hazard," Miller said. ·"We do have other animals out there," he said. "We have "And it's hard to relocate a lion." coyotes and bobcats that could be mistaken for a mountain Before the carcasses were folUld this mont~. :at least 12 m. lion." . ~ deer were killed. the city between -March 2004 and December 2005, police said. Food of choice: deer But the recent sightings aren't calise for panic, just cau-· There have -been several ~ountain lion sightings in tion, Miller said. P;,.cific G~ove .thr~ugh the .years, though the animals are "like ~'The police s~ ourSelves as stewards of our en~iron ghosts" and very hard to locate, Miller said. ·ment,'' he said. "But-w~~~t: you }lave a large· predator in There have been no reports of domestic animals or people the area, you haye_t «tlt~~med .": · · · · ~yone who·· ~;t~· inounta~ lioli is_t sked to call the Pac1f1c Grove Poti&9>epartment at (831) 648-3143. _ . ·=;:~· -•:"·- .... .... ~ .... . ..... ......... ~-- .::~~ Parade·· to honor -MLK.Jr. 81iace lftl '!:, ,.....~ LIKE Mosi PEoPLE His AGE H E . jlnflaalas•l wtlce ~ MONTEREY Peninsula chap~r. of the Pan-Hellenic Council, the city of Seasiae in partnership with the NAACP, OWN! • Environmentally Safe (1 Non Toxh: BELONGS IN A-HOME. .. 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Even after the advent of explained Frank Pinney, Big Sur volunteer .local community - but not by raising taxes. WITH ~~ed ITS terrain, winding the paid firefighter in the mid-19th century, . f1re chief. "When we started out, o\Jr fU'St f1re chief, roads iutd scattered population, Big Sur isn't many volunteer f1re brigades continued to The f1re brigade has an annual bQdget of Walter Trotter, ~d we should provide ser the easie$t place to fight f1res or make ambu- flourish. But changing demOgraphics, rising abOut $150,000. Its only source of public vice without taxation," he said. "We've con :-. . lance calls. · costs and· diminishing public funding have funding is Proposition 172, a half. .cent sales tinued that." . And the two volunteer f1re brigades that forced the two Big Sur f1re brigades to con tax approved by voters in 1993. While Still, PiJ;mey conceded that a dwindling . provide emergency· services along the Big sider reinventing themselve$. Proposition 172 funding helps pay for many membership could force th¢ f1re brigade to Sur coast are facing uncertain fu~es of the brigade's operating expenses, there hire paid f~refighters, a move that · would because they can't fmd enough volunteers. DoMI tlae coast isn't enough money left over for important require the · organization to reconsider its, · · "It's getting hard and harder to fmd new F(OIIl Hwricane Point, which is located equipment upgrades. Pinney described most funding options. volun~," said Cheryl Goetz, cJrief of the about 14 miles south of Carmel, to the San of the brigade's fire engines as "long- "In order to sustain an emergency .s taff, Mid-Coast Fire Brigade. "Everyone is too Luis Obispo County . line, the Big Sur toothed." . we 'U have to think outside ·the box,'' he said. busy to respond to calls." Volunteer Fire Brigade is respo~ible for . "Our average f1re engine is about 20 years · .S till, Pinney is optimistic funding ulti ''The lack of volunteer. f~refighters is a providing emergency seriices to the resi- old and some are more than 30 years .old," he mately Will materialize for the ·simple reason national trend," explained Tom McKinney, . dents and visitors of a nearly 60-mile stretch said . s• . who recruits firefighters for New York ofcoastl~. . Faced with a shortfall, the ftre brigade See BRIGADES page 27A. "The f1re station is no longer the hub of the Formed in 1974, the brigade bas 35 active cominunity. Volunteering takes time and members. But one ~f the biggest challenges people just doi t' t have it." facing the organization is keeping roofs over It wasn't always that way. Volunteer f1re their heads. While ~uch of M_onterey · brigBdes - fii'St esta}>lished in this country County faces a housing crunch, the rental by Benjamin F~in in 173'6 - played a market in Big Sur is famously fickle. vital role in the westward expansion of the "We've lost two key. members because ·CARM.E_L-BY-THE-SMS ONLY ARTIST WHO WORKS IN TOOTHPASTE .

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