By KELLY NIX

PACIFIC GROVE Mayor Bill Kampe is “up and walk-ing” after undergoing triple-bypass heart surgery Tuesday

morning at CommunityHospital of the MontereyPeninsula.

The surgery was neces-sary to repair his heart afterKampe’s physician found outduring a routine examinationa couple of months ago thatthe mayor had some arterialblockage.

“I’m doing great,”Kampe, 69, told The PineCone Thursday morningfrom the intensive care unitat Community Hospital ofthe Monterey Peninsula. “Ithink my doctors feel thatthey did what they wanted to

By CHRIS COUNTS

SINCE SHE rarely is even sighted in public, nobodyexpected Doris Day to show up at her 90th birthday celebra-tion at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley last Thursday.

Not only did “America’s Sweetheart” make a sur-prise appearance at the party, she stuck around longenough to meet nearly every person who attendedthe event.

“I was thrilled that all these people wanted to seeme, and I wanted to see them and thank them,” Daytold The Pine Cone.

Denny LeVett, who owns the Cypress Inn onLincoln Street with Day, swears he had no idea thefilm star would come to the celebration, which heestimated was attended by “200 to 250” people.

n Mayor focuses onnext two years; Austin plans to bewell involved

By MARY SCHLEY

INCUMBENT MAYORJason Burnett, who was virtuallyunopposed in the April 8 elec-tion, handily won with 734 votes,according to results announcedby city clerk Daryl Betancur.Fifty voters wrote in other candi-dates, and 225 residents left themayor’s race blank on their bal-lots. Overall voter turnout, notcounting provisional and mail-inballots, was 38 percent — a fig-ure that’s not surprising, consid-ering that the election held littledrama.

Newcomer Steve Dallasreceived the most votes with 757,council incumbent Carrie Theis received 686, and challengerLucas Austin got just 242.

Despite the fact he did not have to campaign as hard as ifhe’d had a worthy adversary, Burnett said he appreciated thechance to get out and hear what voters had to say on the

The outcome of the election was known as soon as the results fromabsentee ballots were announced shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, leav-ing council incumbent Carrie Theis (right) very pleased as she real-ized she had been reelected. Later, Mayor Jason Burnett, who wona second term against token opposition, congratulated council new-comer Steve Dallas (above, at left).

Bill Kampe

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street, at their doors and during the two candidates’ forums.“I think that people are generally happy about the direc-

tion that things are going. They appreciate that we’re taking

By MARY SCHLEY

FORMER BUILDING inspector and a decorated veteranwho served in Iraq and Afghanistan, John Hanson, says hewas illegally fired from his job at city hall last summer andthat, since he was terminated, city officials have been block-ing his efforts to find a new job elsewhere. This week, hisattorney, Michael Stamp, notified city administrator JasonStilwell that a lawsuit is impending.

“If the city is interested in resolving this claim, or inmediating or discussing this claim, please feel free to contactme,” Stamp told city hall. “Thank you for your anticipatedcourtesy.”

He notified the city after Hanson received the go-aheadfrom the California Department of Fair Employment andHousing to sue Carmel-by-the-Sea for allegedly violating theFair Employment and Housing Act by discriminating againsthim due to age, “association with a member of a protectedclass,” medical leave and medical condition, and military sta-tus.

In the claim he filed against the city last December thatthe city rejected, Hanson, a 25-year employee, said afterStilwell was hired in September 2011, he and other officials

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Enviros oppose deal tofree up Odello water

By KELLY NIX

A PLAN to divert water from Clint Eastwood’s propertyeast of Highway 1 so it can be used by Carmel residents andbusinesses for small projects such as installing extra bath-rooms, adding more restaurant seats and building affordablehousing, while also restoring flows to the Carmel River, isdrawing opposition from groups contending it will harm fishand other wildlife in the river.

In 2013, Eastwood offered to provide more than 80 acresof the old Odello artichoke fields he purchased in 1995 to theBig Sur Land Trust so the land could be used to channel

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Doris Day delights fans at 90th birthday party“It was a mindblower,” LeVett told The Pine Cone as he

described his reaction to seeing her walk through the frontdoor of the lodge about 6:45 p.m. “We didn’t expect her to be

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Doris Day, ninety years young, at her birthday party April3 at Quail Lodge, flanked by Denny LeVett and his wife,Jeanne. When asked how she stays so young, she said,“All I can tell you is that I am what I am, and I haven’tmade any changes in my wellness routine.”

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P.G. MAYOR UNDERGOES TRIPLE BYPASS SURGERYdo, so I think in that sense, it was a success.”

Heart surgeon Gregory Spowart performed the roughlyfive-hour procedure to mend Kampe’s heart problem, whichwas discovered about two months ago.

“It was an annual physical, and I guess the doctor, mygeneral practitioner, picked up on some things that causedhim to ask some questions,” Kampe explained. “We startedexploring, and as we went through the steps, we began torealize the situation was significant and needed some action.”

But Kampe, who is often seen walking or bicyclingaround Pacific Grove, said there were never any signs indi-cating he might have a heart problem.

“The thing that is mostly surprising is they kept asking me

Murder suspect nabbedBy MARY SCHLEY

A SEASIDE man suspected in an execution-style doublemurder last summer in San Jose was arrested March 28 afterCarmel police pulled over the car he was riding in for expiredregistration. Another passenger was arrested for possessingheroin and ecstasy, and both men were taken to MontereyCounty Jail.

Carmel P.D. detective Greg Johnson had rookie officerMichael Bruno in his car for a training shift on patrol thatafternoon, when Johnson noticed expired registration on agold Infiniti and stopped the car on San Antonio Avenue nearSeventh.

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Election results put smiles on winners’ faces Hanson gettingready to sue city