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February 2, 2002 Californian REM AN 11 OBITUARIES SALINAS Barbara Margaret Brown Barbara Margaret Salinas, died Monday, 2002, at her residence following a brief illness. She was a native of Passaic, N.J., and lived in Monterey County for 37 years. She also lived in the Philippines and in Ghana and enjoyed traveling. She cared for her husband Brown, 83, of Jan. 28, Barbara Margaret Brown for 22 years after he suffered a stroke.

She loved to cook, enjoyed growing and arranging flowers and collecting Oriental art. She gave back to the community by playing the piano at various elementary schools. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ellen Brown, a and two brothers, Andy Gaydos and Louis Gaydos. Memberships: Our Lady of Refuge Church in Castroville. Survivors: Husband, Howard "Brownie" Brown of Salinas; a son, Howard Brown Jr.

of Salinas; two grandchildren, Erik Brown and Derek Brown of Salinas; and great-grandchild, Ethan Brown. Friends may call at Mehl's Colonial Chapel, 222 E. Lake Watsonville, from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, and 1 to 9 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 4. Rosary: Will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at the chapel.

Mass of Christian Burial: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Castroville. Burial: Following at Castroville district cemetery in Moss Landing. Memorials: The Good Samaritan Program, 11140 Preston Castroville 95012.

SALINAS Carol Ann Chitwood Carol Ann Chitwood, 76, of Salinas, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002, at her residence following a brief illness. She was born June 20, 1925, in Stockton and was a life-long resident of Salinas. She was a graduate of Salinas High School and retired as a secretary for Pacific Bell after 38 years. She enjoyed line dancing with senior citizens.

Memberships: Northminster Presbyterian Church. Survivors: Daughter, Claudia Cotner of Clovis; and grandson, Ryan Cotner of Portland. Memorial Service: 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 315 E.

Alvin Drive, Salinas. Graveside inurnment service: 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 4, at the Garden of Memories Memorial Park, 768 Abbott Salinas. Memorials: The American Heart Association, 1514 Moffett Salinas 93905 or The American Cancer Society, 1184 Monroe Salinas 93906.

Arrangements: Healey Mortuary, 405 N. Sanborn Road, Sali- Owner of ranch used for films dies The Associated Press LOS ANGELES Van L. Swearingen, who owned part of a scenic ranch in the San Fernando Valley that was the backdrop for such films as "The Grapes of Wrath" and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre," has died. He was 62. Swearingen died of cancer Tuesday at a Los Angeles hospital, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.

He and his wife bought a six-acre portion of the Iverson Location Movie Ranch in 1997. Swearingen kept the location available for movie and television production. Born in Summerfield, Swearingen was an avid automobile enthusiast who had a collection of more than 80 cars. About half of the vehicles were 1957 Chevrolets. Californian www.californianonline.com CITY DESK EDITORS Ray Estrada City editor Michelle Assistant city editor CITY NEWS REPORTERS Glenn Cravens Police, south county.

Brian Gaylord Business editor SALINAS John S. Moorhead John S. Moorhead, 83, of Salinas, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002, at his residence following a lengthy illness. He was born Jan.

26, 1919, in Ohio, and lived in Salinas for 37 years. He was a retired salesman with Girardi Bearings and was a former employee with Timken Bearing in Canada and Spokane, Wash. He received a degree in forestry from Washington State University. He enjoyed camping. Military: Army World War II veteran, serving in Europe.

Survivors: Sisters, Martha Gould of Akron, Ohio, Doreen Dingwall of Adelaide, Australia, and Elizabeth Darington of Salinas; and nieces and nephews. Services: No services will be held. Cremation: Garden of Memories, 768 Abbott Salinas. Arrangements: Struve and Laporte Funeral Home, 41 W. San Luis Salinas.

WE REMEMBER Blas Flores Santana Feb. 3, 1946, to Dec. 21, 1999 Dad, it seems not too long ago that we were celebrating your birthday all together. Just because you're gone doesn't mean we've forgotten. It still feels empty not having your humor and funny jokes Blas Flores to laugh at, but Santana we still remember those days.

That's something we will never forget. Happy 56th birthday. Love, Maria Faustina and Juan Santana Maria Torres July 14, 1914, to Feb. 2, 1992 For those we love remain with us, for love itself lives on. Our cherished memories never fade because a loved one is gone.

For those we love can never be more than a thought apart. For as long as there is memory, you will live on in our hearts. For 10 years that you have been gone from us, this is what we feel, for you will always live on in our hearts. Love, Lydia, Joe, Minnie, Jesse, Mary, Jean, Vicki and Petra, grandchildren and great Actress Hildegard Knef dies The Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany Hildegard Knef, a smoky voiced actress and singer who starred in Germany's first post-World War II movie and scandalized church officials with a 1951 nude scene, died Friday at a Berlin hospital. She was 76.

Officials at the Heckeshorn Lung Clinic said Knef, who had suffered from emphysema, died of a lung infection after being brought to the hospital on Thursday. Proposal would limit size of homes in county BIG THE BIG QUESTION The Californian's Web site, www.californianonline.com, features "The Big Question," an informal reader poll. A new question is introduced each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. FRIDAY'S QUESTION: What is the biggest event this weekend for you? As of 6:30 p.m. Friday, 15 votes had been tallied.

The results: Pebble Beach National ProAm 6.7 percent Fantastico! 26.7 percent The Super Bowl 33.3 percent Relaxing and doing nothing 33.3 percent LOCAL CALENDAR TODAY-SUN. I AMERICAN LEGION POST 31 AND DEPARTMENT AREA 2, post 31 hosting lunch and dinner Fe. 2 and breakfast 9 a.m., Feb. 3, 14 W. Laurel Drive, Salinas.

449-1690. TODAY SAN JUAN BAUTISTA MISSION 10 RUN, will be held in San Juan Bautista. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. on race day. $24.

For more info, call Bill Tiffany at 831 637-0071. Register online www. TheSchedule.com TODAY WHAT'S NEXT? 6 p.m., first Saturday of the month dinner. RSVP: 648-4698. TODAY MONTEREY SENIOR SINGLES, reservations required by today for Day of Romance in Old Monterey on Feb.

9. TODAY WHAT'S NEXT? Pleasant hike in the hills south of Carmel. Bob: 645-9506. TODAY MONTEREY SENIOR SINGLES, meet in front of Cooper Molera Adobe on Alvarado for A Day of Romance in Old Monterey presentation. $11.

Reservations required by Feb. 2.659-9144. TODAY 1 PRUNING WORKSHOP AND KIDS STUDY, pruning workshop with Orin Martin 10 a.m. to noon at Louise Cain Gatehouse, University of California, Santa Cruz Farm for $10, $5 members of Friends of the UCSC Farm and Garden. Also kids study on Birds in the Garden for $5 per child.

459-2001. TODAY-JAN. 24 I HOME DEPOT WORKSHOPS, 1800 N. Main free home improvement clinics on Saturday and Sunday: 9 a.m. How to Plant Bulbs and Add Color to Your Garden; 10 a.m.

How to Measure and Install Window Treatments; 11 a.m. Install Ceramic Tile (two hours); 1 p.m., How to Design and Install Closet Organization; 2 p.m., Understanding Water Osmosis. 443-9600. TODAY SUN. PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM, ticket packages on sale now with ticket sales to be limited for the first time in tournament history.

Champions Club $1,500 per person. Other tickets: practice round tickets good for three days at gate; Championship Badge, whole week with grounds and grandstand access any-dav ticket books, $10 coupons to be exchanged at the gate for a daily ticket, $300 in only, other packages available. 541-9091, advance, 644-0333, Ticketmaster.com, or www.attpbgolf.com. TODAY "FAMILY HISTORY I IN THE COMPUTER AGE DON'T LET GENEALOGY DOWN, LET THE COMPUTER HELP," seminar, cosponsored by Commodore Sloat Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

$26 with lunch, $20 without. Information: Marilyn Knowles 625- 2513. TODAY LIFE LAB GARDEN CLASSROOM, workshop for children ages 7-11, 10 a.m. to noon, University of California, Santa Cruz Farm and Garden. Learn about birds.

$5 per child. RSVP: 459-2001. PUBLIC MEETING SAT. LULAC MONTERREY COUNCIL, a.m., Oldemeyer Center, 986 Hilby Seaside. Assemblyman Simon Salinas on "Status Regarding Current Education Legislature he has Introduced in Sacramento and the benefits to our Community." Free and open to public.

373-1014. WAGGIN' TAILS Shelters Salinas Animal Shelter, 144 Hitchcock Road. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. For inforcall 758-7285. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Highway 68 across from Mazda Raceway at Laguna Seca.

Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Adoption fees are $60 for dogs and $50 for cats and include initial vaccinations, microchip, SPCA ID tag, surgery and other extras. License fees are extra. For information, call 422-4721 or www.spcamc.org. Monterey County Animal Shelter, 2840 Fifth Marina (former Fort Ord). Hours: Monday through Saturday, noon to 5:30 p.m.

For information, call 384-1396. Marina Animal Shelter, 3040 Lake Drive, Marina. Hours: 9 a.m. Monday through Friday. 384-2528, www.marinaanimalshelter.com.

WAGGIN' TAILS is a public service column intended for the free exchange, not the sale, of animals. Notice may be placed free for one publication by calling 754-4229. items for animals also appear in the classifieds section. Proponents concerned aboutg large houses in Pebble Beach, Carmel Valley By Mary Brownfield CARMEL A campaign to set an upper limit on home sizes in Carmel Valley and Pebble Beach For The Californian no matter how big the lot is over its first hurdle. Monterey County planners have added language to the proposed county general plan update that encourages such limits.

Several policies proposed in the update would require officials to consider size limits and other design restrictions on new single-family homes in the two upscale areas as well as other rural parts of the county, said Lynn Burgess, senior administrative analyst on the general plan team. In April 2000, members of the Del Monte Forest Land Use Advisory Committee complained about "oversized" homes in the forest and asked the county to set a maximum house size for lots 16,000 square feet and bigger. The following November, a Carmel Valley Property Owners Association member asked Carmel Valley Land Use Advisory Committee to recommend prohibiting homes bigger than Information The draft of the 500-page 21st century Monterey County general plan is available for review, and members of the public are encouraged to comment on it. Copies can be found at all public libraries and on the Web at www.co.monterey.ca.us/gpu. 6,000 square feet, no matter how large the lot.

The recommendation was passed on to county planners. The first draft of the proposed general plan update, made public in December, calls for homes in rural areas to be "proportional to their site" and to "blend with the rural character of the area" language that could trigger a new size limit. The plan also requires the county to "review and revise, as necessary, the standards for size and design" of homes. "That commits the county to acting on this," Burgess said. "It's not something we can just later ignore." Such changes also could include limits on grading, the height of retaining walls, architectural design and "other things we can do that will mitigate the impact that a large home would have in a rural center and other rural lands." These possible changes won't be considered until after the county approves the general plan update several months from now.

"Instead of adopting size limits that differ among areas, we suggest doing this as a second step in the general pan process, developing the design standards as we look at all development standards under the new general plan," Burgess said. That will help keep the policies consistent throughout the county, while allowing special rules for certain areas as needed, she said. "This may be one example where we can say the size of homes in any rural center Carmel Valley, Del Monte Forest or Bradley should follow this standard," Burgess said. "The extent that we can do that would help simplify our regulations, make them easier to implement and create less confusion in the permitting process. "But if we find in follow-up work that Del Monte Forest is so unique that it really dictates a different standard than in Bradley, then we will do something different." The idea of banning very large houses on parcels spanning many acres doesn't sit well with owners of large parcels and advocates of property rights, who have said the government has no business further limiting the size of a house in the middle of, for example, 30 acres.

MARY BROWNFIELD is a reporter for the Carmel Pine Cone. Celebrate Steinbeck's 100th birthday The National Steinbeck Center and the Steinbeck House will host activities to in honor of John Steinbeck's 100th birthday. Today-Feb. 28: Steinbeck House luncheon served Monday through Saturday, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thursday: Salinas Valley and Monterey County Chambers of Commerce Mixer from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at One Main Street National Steinbeck Center. I Feb. 16: Wayward Bus Tour from Salinas to Steinbeck's Monterey from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Departs National Steinbeck Center. Includes lunch. Feb. 22-23: Western Stage One Act Play Festival performance of "The Leader of the People," at 8 p.m. at the Western Stage, 156 Homestead Hartnell College.

Admission is free; donation accepted. Feb. 23: Bus tour to the Red Pony Ranch and Steinbeck's gravesite from 1 to 5 p.m. Includes lunch. Feb.

23: Open house and free tours at the Steinbeck House, 132 Central Ave. Tours from 3 to 5 p.m. Feb. 23: Free admission at the National Steinbeck Center for Monterey County residents. Feb.

23: Steinbeck look-alike contest at the National Steinbeck Center. The center has invited Thom Steinbeck, John's son, to judge the contest. Californian Classifieds As good as gone! YOU DON'T AND I'M NOT ABOUT TO SORT OF KIND OF MARKET IT. WANT TO COLDWeLL BANKeR SELL AMERI HOME YOUR GARY DECARLI REALTOR HOME. 594-2798 Servicing the Memorial for 43 years 831-424-6751 MONUMENTS GRASSMARKERS CERAMIC PHOTOS BRONZE PLAQUES CEMETERY LETTERING 1380-H Burton Avenue Salinas Kelly Nix Police, courts Dave Nordstrand Features, health ext.

364 Larry Parsons County government J. Michael Rivera Education Vinnee Tong Salinas city government. Rachel Calendars, obituaries Feb. 23: Lecture and book signing of "America and Americans," a compilation of Steinbeck's non-fiction writing by coeditors Jackson Benson and Susan Shillinglaw, at 11 a.m. at the National Steinbeck Center.

Feb. 24: Pastures of Heaven bus tour to sites in the Corral de Tierra and Spreckels area from 1 to 5 p.m. Includes lunch. Feb. 26: Monterey Sympho- ny performance, including Aaron Copland's "Red Pony Suite," at 8 p.m.

at Sherwood Hall, 940 N. Main St. Feb. 27: Celebration of 100th anniversary of John Steinbeck's birth at 10 a.m. the National Steinbeck Center.

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