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SALINAS AUTO AIR STEREO Thursday, January 12, 2006 HEALTH CARE ON 2D CLASSIFIEDS ON 3D HEATER A1C REPAIRS WINDOW TOT ALARMS CUSTOM STEREOS VIDEO SYSTEMS CRUISE POWER WE DO IT ALU 250 ABBOTT ST. 'SAUNAS 751-3333 TTlJ l7l l7l HEALTHCARE I 1 ClftWHrP I VuJimv tun itmi 42A-2222 'j" (V- TM I 2. t-M'J 1 uvyuuuuiyjuvj ASSISTANT CITY EDITOR: Katharine Ball PHONE: 754-4282 FAX: 754-4293 E-MAIL: kballsalinas.gannett.com www.thecalifornian.com CLOSE-UP SOUTH SALINAS Carving turns the head of Schaechtele 'ML i 'V MONTEREY COUNTY Community Foundation of Monterey offers grants The Community Foundation of Monterey County is offering grants of up to $4,000 to help county-based, grass-roots organizations perform projects and provide services to areas of the county that are traditionally under-funded by grants and public monies. The grant application deadline is Feb. 24.

The foundation will hold a series of pre-application workshops at the following times and places: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Community Foundation for Monterey County, 945 S. Main Suite 205, Salinas. 6 to 8 pjn. Wednesday, Oldemey-er Center, 986 Hilby Ave, Seaside.

6 to 7:30 p.m. Jaa 19, LUPEOld Firehouse, 1538 E. Alisal Salinas. 530 to 730 p.m. Jan.

20, Lou Calcagno's office, 10681 McDougall Castroville. 6 to 8 p.m. Jaa 24, WIC Office, 600 Broadway, King City. 6 to 8 p.m. Jaa 25, Greenfield Library, 315 El Camino Real, Greenfield.

6 to 8 p.m. Jaa 26, Gonzales High School, 501 Fifth Gonzales. 6 to 8 p.m. Jaa 31, Big Sur Grange, Big Sur. For information, call Amy, 754-5880, amycfmco.org.

Her passion began DETAILS 20 years ago kJ. tlj 1 Will' 5 The Pacific Carvers meet from 9 to 11 a.m. every Saturday at Pacific Architectural Hardwoods, 1024 Harkins Road, Salinas. sue their passion. Whether working on a given project together, visiting a master carver's studio or undertaking an individual carving, the club members are united by their love of woodcarving.

"We consider ourselves a no-stress club," Schaechtele said. "If a person can't come to a meeting, no problem. We have about 30 members but probably under 10 attend a carving session on any given weekend." Beginners are encouraged to stop by on a Saturday and learn what woodcarving is all about. When a novice walks in, Schaechtele said, the person is given a piece of wood and loaned a carving knife. Members of the group then show the newcomer what to do and start him or her on a simple carving.

"That's how most of us learned," Schaechtele said. "The members are more than -TV By SILAS SPAETH For The Salinas Californian About 20 years ago, Molly Schaechtele first tried her hand at "making something from nothing." For her, that exercise took the form of carving a small bird from wood. With a laugh, Schaechtele said her first creation would not have won any awards, but she kept at it. When she and her husband moved to the Central Coast, the Oak Hills resident took her first carving class at Hartnell College and said she became "hooked." Now, she's president of the Pacific Carvers, the Salinas chapter of the California Carvers Guild. Schaechtele was a founding member of the group and has been its leader since it was established about seven years ago.

The Pacific Carvers meet every Saturday morning at Pacific Architectural Hardwoods in south Salinas to pur- US mmmmmmtmmm mm SILAS SPAETHFOR THE SALINAS CALIFORNIAN A collector of carved Santa Claus figures, Molly Schaechtele has a living room display case filled with nearly 200 colorful creations. willing to share what they ized she needed to expand her have learned with others. cache of tools. She said she "In a group like ours, various was pretty good at carving members have different areas with a dull knife, but today she of expertise. Therefore, we has an electric knife sharpen-help each other and, as a er, scroll saw and a large col-result, everyone improves." lection of chisels, gouges and As she became more profi- knives, cient, Schaechtele's work grew in its complexity and she real- See CARVING, Page 2D PEOPLE SOUTH SALINAS Stone keeps her home chirping By MONA SLOAN For The Salinas Californian Linda Stone's south Salinas home is filled with the cheerful sights and sounds of birds and flowers.

As vice president of the Monterey tU I'Wli'II TODAY-46 SHARING TIMES 1, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays for parents and babies birth to 4 months, Salinas Adult School Parent Center, 20 Sherwood Place, Salinas. Free. Pre-registra-tion required. 796-6970.

114-28 EIGHTH ANNUAL WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL, 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Pairing Seminar; 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 21, Chairman's Invitational at Pasadera; 6 p.m. Jan.

24-25, Winemak-ers' Dinners; 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 28, Grand Finale at National Steinbeck Center. 775-4721, www.salinasrotary.org. SUN.

115 GARCIA BOXING KNOCKOUTS YOUTH BASEBALL, baseball try-outs for 10-under, 11-under pitchers only at El Dorado Park. Tryouts 10 year olds 10 a.m. to noon, 11 year old pitchers only 1 to 3 p.m. Perry, 262-0505; Jesse, 214-9205; and Nick, 210-8386. -118 GIRL SCOUTS OF MONTEREY BAY AND SALINAS VALLEY YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE FOR GIRLS, ages 5-17, register Sunday and Wednesday, no registration after Wednesday, at Girl Scout Program Center, 345 Towt Salinas.

633-4877, ext. 113. 118-28 SOCIAL DANCE CLASS, 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, Salinas Moose Lodge, 111 Monterey Salinas. Beginning West Coast Swing.

$40 per person. 754-2547. 119-21 1 HARTNELL LITTLE LEAGUE SIGN-UPS, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 19 and 9 a.m.

to noon Jan. 21, Mission Park School, 403 W. Acacia Salinas. Try-outs Jan. 28 and Feb.

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FRIDAY: Automotive classified section. Share your news To contribute news items, photos and story suggestions for Community and its xuesday ot eacn montn. nji Her love of birds has led her to adopt 2 1 spvpral rnlnrfnl snnpstpri! frnm own- ers who found they could no longer THE SALINAS CALIFORNIAN care for their feathered pets. Linda Stone "I've loved birds since I was a kid," Stone said. Her family of birds includes FeFe, Lenore and Sidney, all cockatiels which, she said, are good starter birds for kids.

Count, an orange-winged Amazon parrot, is one of her oldest birds. He helps new arrival Spado, a Guatemalan blue front parrot, feel right at home. "I let my birds out every morning and they eat breakfast with my husband Mike and Stone said. She recently sent a picture of Spado to his previous owners. "I wanted them to know he was fine and that he went to bird Disneyland!" she said.

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