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Californian COMMUNITYCELEBRATIONS SATURDAY, August 9, 20033E COMMUNITY CALENDAR ANNIVERSARY The Chacons If- Arts Books 816 1 PENINSULA COMMUNITY CHOIR, nonprofit group with rehearsals beginning 1 1 a.m. at Oldemeyer Center, 986 Hilby Seaside. 899-6800 or 394-2414. WED. 820 1 VALLEY OF THE WORLD AGRICULTURAL WING, National Steinbeck Center, 1 Main Salinas, special preview 5-7 p.m.

796-3833, www. stelnbeck.org. WED. 820 1 FOCUS ON HISTORY SERIES, Monterey History and Art Association free lecture series, p.m., Mayo Hayes O'Donnell Library, 1 55 Van Buren, Monterey. Edna Kimbro on "Amelie Shawna 372-2608, ext 1 1 J.

-iff v. i Sonny and Clara Chacon of Salinas recently celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary. Mr. Chacon is owner of Chacon's Automotive. Mrs.

Chacon works for the federal government. The couple was married Aug. 3, 1968, at St. Mary's Church in Salinas. They have two children, Lenore Chacon and Paul Chacon; and five grandchildren.

They have lived in the Salinas Valley for 54 years. 'fr If Family Clara and Sonny Chacon ENGAGEMENT Singles ONGOING MONTEREY BAY CHRISTIAN SINGLES, 6:30 p.m. second Saturday of the month at 320 Church St, Salinas. Any single person in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties. Music, teaching and pot luck.

Child care provided. Call for date, time changes: Mary 442-2557. ONGOING (CHRISTIAN SINGLES, 7:30 p.m. Fridays for sharing and making new friends. 784-0207.

Sports Recreation BASKETBALL 89-10 1 3 ON 3 MINI-BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, 8-1 7 years, noon to 4 p.m. Bread Box Recreation Center, 745 N. Sanborn Road, Salinas. Free. 758-7908.

FOOTBALL 81 1-95 1 YOUTH FIFTH-SIXTH GRADE COED FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Salinas Recreation-Park Department league, school league, but if school not entering, may sign up as individual. $35 resident $37 non-resident. Register at Recreation Center, 320 Lincoln Ave, Salinas. 758-7413. -89 1 NYSCA FOOTBALL TRAINING CLINIC for coaches in football.The clinic 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Aug. 9 at the Pacific Grove community center.The cost is $20. For more info call the Pacific Grove Rec Center at 648-5730. 81 5 1 AERIAL FLAG FOOTBALL REGISTRATION, for adult flag football is being held. Pick up a packet at the Rec Center, 320 Lincoln Ave.from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.The cost is $235 per team and $5 per non-resident player, the deadline to turn in paperwork and fee is 81 5 by 4 p.m.

If late, additional fee is $75. 816 1 ALISAL EAGLES, Sign-ups every Saturday, Firehouse Recreation Center, 1330 E. Alisal St, Salinas. Next to Gene Robertson Park. Annie Camel 754-3460.

GOLF 81 61 GOLF CLASSIC Monterey County Red Cross golf tournament 2 p.m. shotgun start, Bayonet Golf Course. Register at noon. 1 25, dinner only $40. 424-4824, www.montereyarc.org.

SOCCER 822 1 SALINAS VALLEY YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE FALL SEASON, kindergarten through under 16, games start Sept. 1 3, held on Saturdays at Constitution Soccer complex. $70 per player, volunteer coaches needed. 753-7622. Veterans TODAY 89 1 AMERICAN LEGION POST 31, birthday potluck at 5 p.m, 1 4 W.

Laurel Drive, Salinas. 449-1690. 8151 AMERICAN LEGION POST 31, Chuck Charley's sandwich night and dancing to 80 Proof, 14 W. Laurel Drive, Salinas. 449-1 690.

817 1 AMERICAN LEGION POST 31, legion breakfast 1 4 W. Laurel Drive, Salinas. 449-1 690. 822 1 AMERICAN LEGION POST 31, SAL Fish Fry and dancing to Long Distance, 14 W. Laurel Drive, Salinas.

449-1 690. 823 1 AMERICAN LEGION POST 31, SAL a.m.to noon, 14 W.Laurel Drive, Salinas. Statzer Wang Crystal Statzer of Castroville and Andrew Wang of Tracy have announced plans for a November wedding. The bride-elect is the daughter of Elbert and Julie Statzer. She is a 2002 graduate of Hartnell College and a billing supervisor with Drs.

Sweet, Renfer and Milanesa. Wang is the son of Jiun Peir and Shu An Wang. He is a 1991 graduate of the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a senior research accountant with Stanford University. The couple plan to be married Nov. 8, 2003, in Salinas.

They will reside in Tracy. Host dinner party to raise funds for pro gram.Amy655-1737. 816J GOLF CLASSIC Monterey County Red Cross golf tournament, 2 p.m. shotgun start, Bayonet Golf Course. Register at noon.

$125, dinner only Www.montereyarc.org. 817 1 PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D'EL-EGANCE, showcasing the vehicles of Ettore Lodge at Pebble Beach. 622-1 700, www.pebble beachconcours.net 81 0 1 23RD ANNUAL STEINBECK FESTIVAL, "Collaborators and Connections," National Steinbeck Center, 1 Main Salinas. 775-4725. 97 1 CHARTWELL SCHOOL CAR RAFFLE, 1 979 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith II, drawing Sept.

7, proceeds benefit school. Ticket: $1 00, only 300 tickets to be sold. 394-3468. ONGOING TREASURES AND PLEASURES, donations needed of better-than-usual treasures for annual fund-raiser for Alzheimer's Association. 647-9890, 757-0351 or 385-881 3.

Health ONGOING ADULT DAYCARE PROGRAM, Visiting Nurse Association adult day care program for ages 55 and older, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday at Hilltop Park Center, 871 Jessie St, Monterey. 643-0278. ONGOING HEARTLAND HOSPICE, volunteers needed for home visits and clerical functions.

Musicians, knitters and quil-ters also needed.Training begins in May. Susan or Dorothy (866H55-4337. 3543. ONGOING HEALTH-WELLNESS AND PEACE OF MIND, offerings of Sally Griffin Senior Center, 700 Jewell Ave, Pacific Grove: Wednesdays 9 a.m., Mid-Eastern Dance and movement 1 5 members; Wednesday 2 p.m. Gentle Pilates, members; Wednesdays 4 p.m, Healing Yoga and Relaxation, members.

Register: Kimberle 375-4454. ONGOING BUILDING STRENGTH TOGETHER, Osteoporosis Diagnostic Center educational presentation 1 1 a.m. third Wednesday of the month at Sally Griffin Center, 700 Jewell Ave, Pacific Grove. Free and open to all. 375-4454.

ONGOING POWER WHEELCHAIRS, Senior Wheels USA Program makes power wheelchairs available for ages 65 and older and the permanently disabled at no cost if they qualify. (800) 246-601 0. ONGOING BLOOD DRIVE, Tri-Counties Blood Bank, Sherwood Gardens, 969 N. Main Salinas, open Monday-Friday. 751-1993.

ONGOING TOPS WEIGHT LOSS GROUP, 1 0:30 a.m. or 7 p.m.Tuesdays, Salinas Community Center, 940 N. Main Salinas. 444-4567, www.tops.org. Home Garden TODAY 89 1 EARTHBOUND FARM HARVEST WALK, Earthbound Farm's Farm Stand, 7250 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley.

Harvest walk 10-11 a.m. and garlic braiding 1 1 a.m.to 2 p.m. Pay only for garlic, herbs and flowers used. Walk-ins welcome, register 625-62 1 9. 81 2-1 7 1 MONTEREY COUNTY FAIR BAKING AND HOME ARTS CONTEST, special cooking contests held every day of the fair in Home Arts building.

Homemade entry will admit you to the fairgrounds free within one hour before the beginning of the contest. Recipe must accompany on 3x5 card and need not be original. $1 entry fee. 372-5683, www.montereycountyfair.com. Public affairs WED.

81 3 1 TIDEPOOL PROTEST, 1 :30 p.m. Fish and Game Office, 20 Lower Ragsdale Ave, Ryan Ranch, Monterey. Tidepool Coalition protest of DFG interim policy to allow collecting and harvest ing of marine life. RSVP 372-01 23. 819 1 FREE TENANT WORKSHOP, Housing Advocacy Council of Monterey County, 7-8 p.m, Monterey Senior Center, 280 Dickman Ave, Monterey.

Reserve: Pauline 424-9186. ONGOING BASIC LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY, Monterey Peninsula College state certified academy is offering an intensive format beginning Aug. 22 and an extended format beginning Aug. 9. Entrance test required.

646-4287 or 646-4099. Reunion TODAY 89 1 CLUB TAPATIO, reunion meeting 1 p.m, 239 Cherry Drive, Salinas. Lupe Candelaria and Mary Lou Sigala. 424-4282 or 424-6309. 91 7 1 C.T.F.

OLD TIMERS AND RETIREES, and guests, luncheon reunion noon Elks Lodge, Salinas. Ed Whalen 424-1212. 920 1 NORTH SALINAS HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES 1967-1970, Seaside Embassy Suites. Cheri 443-4515. 921 1 REMEMBER ME PARTY, North Salinas High School Alumni Group annual party 1 1 a.m.

at Sheriff's Posse Grounds, classes 1 960s to 1 970s, faculty and family. Food at 1 adult $3 ages younger than 10 with reservation or $10 at gate. Clovis 443-3833. 87 1 GONZALES UNION HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1954, 50-year reunion with train and Circus Circus to Reno March 9-1 1. Information: Gary Stub-blefield 663-4411.

Seniors WED. 81 3 1 MONTEREY BAY SENIOR SINGLES, 1 1:30 a.m.to 2 p.m., lunch and swim, Las Laureles Country Inn, 31 3 W. Carmel Valley Road. Reserve: 917-1 269. FRI.815 1 MONTEREY BAY SENIOR SINGLES, 4:30 p.m, Baja Cantina, Valley Hill Shopping Center near Quail Lodge.

New senior singles welcome. Jan 91 7-1 269. 817 1 MONTEREY BAY SENIOR SINGLES, dance 1 -4 p.m. Mt. Madonna, Highway Janet 917-1269.

WED. 820 1 WIDOWED PERSONS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA MONTEREY CHAPTER, 1 1 :30 a.m, Rancho Canada Golf Club, Carmel Valley Road, Carmel. Jill McAlpine on how to pack for a two-week trip in a carry on and travel tips. Lunch following program $15. Lunch reservations 620-1 927, information 646-8940.

FRI. 822 1 MONTEREY BAY SENIOR SINGLES, 4:30 p.m. cocktails and appetizers, La Playa Hotel, Eighth and Camino Real, Carmel. Jan 917-1269. ONGOING POOL PALS, ages 55 and older, 1 to 3 p.m.

Monday and Wednesday, excluding holidays, Casanova-Oak Knoll Park Center, 735 Ramona Ave, Monterey. Free, drop-in billiards program.646-5665. ONGOING WIDOWED PERSONS ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA INC, SALINAS CHAPTER, 1 to 3 p.m.first Friday of the month, Firehouse Recreation Center, 1 330 E. Alisal St, Salinas. New members welcome, all widowed men and women, ONGOING INTERNET TECHNOLOGY CENTER, Sally Griffin Senior Center, 700 Jewell St, Pacific Grove has an Internet center with a scanner, CD burner, digital camera and more.

Appointments: 375-4454. ONGOING FREE LEGAL CLINIC twice every month at Sally Griffin Senior Center, 700 Jewell Ave, Pacific Grove. Information, advice, wills and more. Appointments in advance: 899-0492. ONGOING FREE ART CLASSES, noon to 3 p.m.

Mondays ongoing, Prunedale Senior Center, 8300 Prunedale North Road, Salinas. Everyone 1 8 and older welcome, must register, no cost. Bring own supplies. 663-5023. i Crystal Statzer and Andrew Wang TODAY 89 1 GIRL SCOUTS GIRLS' NIGHT OUT, Girl Scouts and their friends, p.m., Monterey Sports Center.

1 0 per girl, each scout must bring at least one girl who is not a Girl Scout. Register (800)624-4757. 831 1 CRAFTERS NEEDED, Harvest and Holiday Arts and Crafts a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct.

1 8, St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 5271 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley. Application deadline Aug. 31 91 1 MONTEREY RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, registration currently ongoing for classes beginning Sept. 1 -5.

Monterey city resident registration has begun; other cities begin Aug. 1 1 Programs for Monterey Sports Center began July 31.646-3866 or 646-3730. ONGOING NATIVIDAD RANCH GYM, 710 Old Stage Road, Salinas, offers free activities for ages 12-18: open gym, basketball camps, boxing, cheerleading camp, weight training and more. Erik 796-1650. ONGOING FOSTER PARENTS, Aspira Foster and Family Services looking for families to care for children separated from their birth parents.

(800) 439-1 905. Food Dining 823 1 MONTEREY COUNTY WINE BOOT CAMP, secret location in Carmel Valley, beginning 8:30 a.m. $375 per person. Major Drady (707) 874-1975. Fund-raisers TODAY 89 1 BARBECUE FUND-RAISER, American Legion Post 589, 1 1 a.m.to 4 p.m.

at Orchard Household Supply, Laurel and Davis Road, Salinas. To raise money to support van program taking veterans to theVA hospital for appointments run by United Veterans Council of Monterey County. Half a chicken, beans, salad and bread.422-6131. TODAY 89 1 FORGET ME NOT ANGELS RUMMAGE SALE, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monterey Convalescent Hospital, Pacific Street Monterey.

Benefiting Alzheimer's Memorial Walk in October.To donate items: Martha 626-03 1 9 or Merza 624-8296. TODAY 89 1 SAN BENITO COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY BARBECUE, 1 1 a.m. to 3 p.m., Historic Village, one-half mile south of Tres Pinos on Highway 25.Tri-tip, tickets may be purchased at event. Public welcome.635-0335. 81 2-1 3 1 AUTOMOBILIA, noon to 8 p.m.

Aug. 12 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 13, Embassy Suites, Seaside.

Automobile memorabilia, entry fee and silent auction proceeds to benefit Monterey Rape Crisis Center. $5 entry. Spyder Enterprises: 659-5335. FRi.815 1 PACIFIC GROVE CONCOURS AUTO RALLY, 1 p.m. Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Century of Ford Racing www.pgautorally.com.

816 1 DINING WITH FRIENDS, John XXIII AIDS Ministry fund-raiser looking for hosts for event tobeheldonAug.16. Submit a 'Celebration' office at 123 W. Alisal Salinas. The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday the week before publishing date.

Completed forms may be faxed (without photo) or mailed to The Californian, attention Features Editor, P.O. Box 81 091, Salinas 9391 2.They may also be dropped off at the office. We will publish a photo in addition to the announcement. Professional black and white glossy or color photographs are preferred. Vertically-shaped photos also are preferred.

Photos should be at least 3 by 5 inches and no larger than 8 by 10 inches. Please print the last names of the couple on the back of the photo. Photographs may be picked up after the announcement has appeared in the newspaper. We cannot guarantee the return of photographs. If any error is made on the part of the newspaper, the announcement will be published again in full.

If you have any questions or comments about the Weddings page, contact Features Editor Sierra Rendon at The Californian publishes engagement, wedding and anniversary announcements for former and current county residents as a public service. The announcements are published free of charge and on a space-available basis.They appear Saturdays in the Living section. Here are some guidelines: Weddings: No announcements will be published without a completed "Wedding Questionnaire" form supplied by The Californian. Be sure to include the bride's maiden name and phone number. Engagements: An "Engagement Announcement" form must be completed and returned to The Californian at least a month prior to the wedding.

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Box 81091, Salinas 93912; fax 754-4293 or e-mail news-roomsalinas. gannett.com.The deadline for publication is Friday for the following Saturday. HULA Teachers bring a little Hawaiian tradition with them From Page IE 'If I couldn't have hula in New York City, I'd be lost. I'd have to Lisette Marie Flanary co-producer of 'American Aloha: Hula Beyond Hawaii' S4B Hawaii and create hulas around them," he said following one of his concerts at San Francisco's Stern Grove. "Hula is a reflection of its environment," and living in California, that is going to come out.

Makuakane, who has lived in San Francisco for 18 years, said he, Kaio and Hoomalu "all have in common an intense amount of love for hula and our culture. We just have a different approach." Kaio agrees. "They are artists," she said of Hoomalu and Makuakane. "They were born with a creative nature. I don't think I have that creativity." Her talent is in respecting and following the traditions of her ancestors, she said.

"But I love their stuff," she said. "I think they're wonderful." hula at age 14 and has lived in California for 25 years, is developing a new style for male dancers. It revolves around 3 12-foot drums weighing 50-70 pounds that are used not as instruments to dance to, but implements to dance with. "I want to give something back," he said. "Everything in my life I got from hula I want to give something back but not just what I learned.

I want to give back something new." Makuakane said that in his teaching at his San Francisco halau, he starts from the very traditional and goes to the very contemporary. "I don't take the traditional chants and dances to a contemporary style," he said. "There is an inherent value in their nature. "I take songs not related to Call 758-2000 to subscribe RODEO DEHTA1 GRODP FAMILY DENTAL CARE LYNNE SIMMS, DDS back home but we've made a little Hawaii for ourselves here on the mainland," she told film interviewers. Living on the mainland doesn't make him a second-class Hawaiian, said Hoomalu.

"I am in Hawaii," Hoomalu said, in an interview with The Associated Press at his halau, or hula school, in East Oakland. "Hawaii looks like this place (Oakland). I don't see any difference except we don't have the beach. "Hawaii is all around me. I take it everywhere I go," he said.

The film cites 2000 Census Bureau figures showing that more Native Hawaiians live on the U.S. mainland than in Hawaii most in California. Kaio said her halau draws from a wide area, with some students coming from Orange County and other distant Los Angeles-area points. Hoomalu and Makuakane both said they have students coming from throughout the San Francisco Bay area, and Hoomalu said one travels three hours from Fresno. Hoomalu teaches one day a week in Monterey and said he may open classes in other locations in and near the Bay Area.

Lisette Marie Flanary, co-producer of the film with Evann Siebens, said she takes hula classes in New York, where she lives. "If I couldn't have hula in New York City, I'd be lost. I'd have to leave," she told the AP in an interview in Honolulu. Her hula dancing changed the way the film was shaped and structured. "It would be a very different film if I didn't have this love for hula," she said.

She and Siebens, who studied filmmaking at New York University, produced the film at a cost of $300,000, said Flanary, whose mother is from Hawaii and has family in the islands. It was five years in the making, partly because of the need to apply for a succession of grants to finance it, she said. "We learned a lot about grant writing," she said. The film is the first feature film for both women. They interviewed seven or eight kumu (teachers) of the more than 100 hula halau in California and ended up with 100 hours of footage.

"We had to narrow our focus," she said in a bit of understatement the finished product runs S3 minutes. The filmmakers decided to focus on Kaio, Hoomalu, and Makuakane because they represented separate styles of hula. Kaio, who has lived in California for 30 years, teaches traditional hula and returns to Hawaii often to gain more practical knowledge of Hawaiian culture to pass on to her students "We practice not just the hula dance but we practice our cultural heritage," she said in a telephone interview. "We are cultural practitioners, so we can't get too creative," Kaio said. "It is important to build that foundation and understanding.

Hula is life." Hoomalu follows a different path, one that he acknowledges is "sometimes unorthodox." He is known as an innovator, teaching a style of hula that reflects his creativity, drawing criticism from hula traditionalists. But he contends he's only following hula's tradition of change. "Hula has changed from day one. If there is no change, it dies," he said. "I follow the traditional path.

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