Ojai Monthly - May 2020

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D I S C O V E R M O N T H LY Real Estate & Visitors Guide

DENISE HELLER’S SECOND ACT TOP 7 OJAI HIKES DOCTOR’S NOTES ON IMMUNITY & VACCINES Visitor Information

Events

Activities

Cover Photo: NORA DAVIS LIV Sotheby’s Realty • 805-207-6177 See Page 30

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Tips & Tactics. See more at the OJAIHUB.COM

Pr ic e ffe ri n g O Ne w

EAST END CONTEMPORARY This newly remodeled and completely renovated contemporar y masterpiece on the bucolic East End exemplifies good taste and quality construc tion. Clerestor y windows, French doors and vaulted ceilings with exposed beams create a light and spacious environment. The floors are beautiful white oak and the k itchen counters are Statuarietto marble. I t has been built with the finest quality doors, appliances and fix tures. The bathrooms have mosaic traver tine floors and Cararra marble -tiled bath and shower. The master bedroom balcony has mountain views in two direc tions with decorative Granada wall tiles, Porcelanosa floor tiles and an outdoor shower.

1701McNellRdOjai.com Offered at $2,885,000

PAT T Y WALTCHER

25 years matching people and property in the Ojai Valley

SIGNAL STREET SPLENDOR Peace and serenity welcome you to this incredible compound on almost 8 acres in one of the most desirable areas of Ojai, Nor th Signal Street. The main house is perched on a hill, with expansive views of the valley, from sensational sunrises to pink moment sunsets. The proper ty has multiple struc tures, including two finished guest houses and a third waiting for your magic touch. Two other buildings could ser ve as a yoga or recording studio, R V storage, a workshop or a secluded writing cabin. The grounds include pepper, bottle brush and fruit trees. I t is walk ing distance from town and only moments away from some of the most spec tacular hik ing in Ojai: Pratt Trail, Shelf Road and the Ojai Preser ve. Don’t miss this amazing proper ty in a secluded countr y setting that has not been on the market for over 40 years. $3,100,000 1203NorthSignalStOjai.com

PAT T Y WALTCHER

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Residential, commercial, or business opportunity.

Great location for commercial business or restaurant. Large parking in back. The building is updated and very clean. Forced air and heating, 3 private offices. A bath room and small wet kitchen. Separate attached unit with 3/4 bath and private entrance and address. $775,000

Available at Frontier Paint 227 Baldwin Rd, Ojai 646-0459 • Frontierpaintca.com Selling quality in Ojai for over 37 years

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SOLD 180 N. Poli Street - $651,000

SALE PENDING 1054/1056 Bath Ln., Ventura - $1,749,000

Beautifully remodeled 3 bedroom/2 bath, 1,530 sq. ft. home with bonus room. Newer wood floors, lighting, updated kitchen and bathrooms, plus plenty of room for RV or overflow parking. Must see!

Located just 550 feet from the beach at Pierpont Bay, this modern 2,690 s.f., 5 bed/5 bath property (built in 2002) features ocean and mountain views. Two units, plus parking for 7 vehicles.

Deckert/DePaola Team - 2020 Sales to date Thank you for letting us serve you!

1674 Ladera Road, Ojai - $1,750,000 Represented seller & buyer

1442 S. Rice Road, Ojai - $1,217,000 Represented seller

1133 El Centro Street, Ojai - $1,081,080 Represented buyer

507 Park Road, Ojai - $776,000 Represented seller

11385 Puesta Del Sol, Ojai - $756,000 Represented buyer

501 Vallerio Avenue, Ojai - $745,000 Represented seller

210 S. Padre Juan, Ojai - $650,000 Represented buyer

1204 Manzanita, Santa Paula - $610,000 Represented buyer

1243 Cruzero Street, Ojai - $535,000 Represented buyer

157 W. Bay Blvd., Port Hueneme - $264,000 Represented buyer

1846 Topaz Avenue, Ventura - $499,000 Represented buyer 59 W. Calle El Prado, Oak View - $530,000 Represented seller & buyer 11100 Telegraph Rd. #95, Ventura - $275,000 Represented buyer 1885 Maricopa Hwy. #10, Ojai - $228,500 Represented buyer When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS MAY 2020

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Editor’s Note

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Local Doctor on Vaccines, Immunities

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Featured Pro: Denise Heller

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Ready for a Happy Story?

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Home Tasklist During Isolation

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Sold In Ojai

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Who’s Who In Ojai

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30 Stay Ojai — Hotels Guide 31

Chef Randy — Blood Orange Salad

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Top 7 Hikes Into Ojai’s Backcountry

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Ojai Facts & Founders

Editor & Publisher, Bret Bradigan Realtor/Partner, Ross Falvo Contact Us: Ross Falvo, 805.207.5094 editor@ojaiquarterly.com The contents of the Ojai Monthly may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written consent of the publisher.

Cover: Property by Nora Davis, LIV Sotheby’s Realty

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DENISE HELLER’S SECOND ACT NOT-SO-IDEAL OJAI DAYS DOCTOR’S NOTES ON IMMUNITY & VACCINES Visitor Information

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Events

Activities

Cover Photo: NORA DAVIS LIV Sotheby’s Realty • 805-207-6177 See Page 46 OM — May 2020

Lifestyle

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Tips & Tactics. See more at the OJAIHUB.COM

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DISCOVER

OJAI MONTHLY THE POD COUPLING

Bret Bradigan

The early spring rains were well timed. Ojai is now at “peak green.” Despite the pandemic, maybe especially because of it, it’s a good time for a new project -—rebirth, rejuvenation and re-invention. In that spirit, we now have a podcast, “Ojai: Talk of the Town,” by which we mean to explore and explain the stories behind the stories for our suite of magazines — Ojai Quarterly and Ojai Monthly. We also organize the Ojai Hub, the one-stop referral whatever events — now mostly online events. So it makes sense to add another component — an audio-only for now (we hope to add a Youtube channel once the stay-at-home order is lifted.)

The first four podcasts — each about an hour-long — are available whereever you get your podcasts.

They are immediately available on Anchor.fm, where they are hosted, and usually within a couple of hours on iTunes, Google and Spotify. We’ll go deep with our talks about whatever issues are facing Ojai.

The first four deal directly with the current Covid-19 lockdown and its dire impacts on Ojai. The Ojai that comes out of this crisis will be different than the Ojai that went into it. In these dark times, though, there are opportunities. At least, we’d better believe they are, because despair is not an option. That thinking is the reason why we launched the podcast. We’ve been meaning to do it for years, but the time never seemed right. Now I realize the time will never be right, so we may as just go ahead and do it.

There are other podcasts being produced in Ojai, but we’d like to think we are the most specific to our community. Actually, the very first podcast produced by an Ojai person was Sheila Cluff’s fitness talks back in the early aughts. At the time, I thought who would listen to a computer audio file? Apparently, quite a few people.

One segment will seem familiar to long-time readers; the monologue which concludes each episode.

It is meant to take stray elements from the discussions in the main segment and further elaborate, or branch off into a new subject. I’ve found that these monologues are very similar to what I’d write about in the editor’s notes in the OQ and OM. For example, after talking with distinguished medical doctor Marty Pops, I got to thinking about my mother’s wonderful cooking skills and my father’s green thumb. That was a perfect pairing for a future food fanatic. Or talking with the school superintendent got me thinking about serving in the military and how adventure, as William James called it, is the “moral equivalent of war.” With Michael Addison, the eminent Shakespearean, my thoughts went into memories of digging graves, and how Shakespeare was able to imbue deep humanity into the lowliest among us. With Johnny Johnston, we start with Ojai’s response to the current crisis, and somehow end up with Jim Thorpe, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mark Frost’s amazing sports books.

In other words, while we may start the podcast from a particular place, there’s no telling where we’ll end up. In my experience, that’s pretty much how most conversations in Ojai go. It’s one of the great joys of life here, that we are among so many people with wide-ranging experiences, knowledge and, occasionally, if you listen hard enough, wisdom.

It’s hard to be optimistic about Ojai’s fortunes during this lockdown. Tourism is our lifeblood and it’s come to a standstill. But if you step back for a longer view, you’ll see that more than 20 million people live within a two- to three-hour drive. I suspect by June we’ll be open for business. These millions of people will be craving what Ojai has to offer; our astonishing natural beauty, charming village life and the recreational opportunities we offer in abundance.

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Moreover, she is efficient and really responsive which meant a lot to me! — Lindsey Leonard

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Tony Hirsch knew he wanted to be a doctor from the time was a young boy. “I really admired my family doctor, and liked what he did,” he recalls. Eventually, Tony became chief of pediatrics at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles, with a specialty in adult and pediatric allergy and immunology.

Now semi-retired, Tony is a prominent Ojai clinical allergist.

His specialty gives him a background and keen interest in the hot button issue of the moment – our immune systems. I asked him what he could tell our community about Covid-19, the coronavirus devastating world health.

We all know that social distancing, hand washing, and mask-wearing helps to slow the disease. But where are we now in our battle against Covid-19?

Where are we going, and how can we end our quarantine?

“When we get sick, the way we fight is with antibodies,” Tony explained. “As we age our ability to produce antibodies gets weaker, and that makes us more susceptible to novel viruses, like this coronavirus. Your body has less ability to kill the coronavirus as you age, and then co-morbidity, or having more than one disease at a time, makes it worse.” That’s why our Valley’s aging population is more at risk for the virus, but what about treatments and vaccines?

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that could be useful,” Tony said.

“An anti-viral like Tamiflu is number one.” Tamiflu is effective for influenza, and like any anti-viral, must be taken in the first 24-48 hours. Could there be a Tamiflu-type antiviral for coronavirus? ‘There’s one being developed that has promise,” Tony says. It turns out that Gilead Sciences, Inc., an Israeli company, is developing Remdisivir, an anti-viral targeted at Covid-19. There will be results from late-stage studies out of China and the U.S. by the end of May. Antibody therapy is the second line of defense against the virus.

Tony knows about that kind of therapy from first-hand experience. As a resident at New York Hospital in 1968 he got shingles. “There was a chicken pox outbreak in New York City, and I got shingles on a facial nerve, so one side of my face was aflame. But I developed so many antibodies that I became an antibody donor for the hospital.”

The hospital had patients who were immunocompromised, like those with leukemia or cancers.

There was no way to treat them until the hospital took Tony’s blood, full of herpes zoster (shingles) antibody, spun it into a serum, and gave it to those patients. They all recovered from the chicken pox, which could have killed them.

With Covid-19, there is active work to create an antibody serum using the blood of people

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who were infected and have recovered. Virus-neutralizing antibodies are being isolated and tested now, most notably by a company called Regeneron.

Testing for anti-bodies is quick and easy, just a finger prick once the test is available. If you are infected, you can make thirty-odd antibodies in response to Covid-19, which is why it’s difficult to find the most effective ones that would neutralize the infection. “And it’s possible to get a serum in twothree months,” Tony says. “If the virus recedes in the summer, as we expect, treatments could be ready by the fall.”

The third, and most sought-after defense against Covid-19 is a vaccine, which is not expected until next year. “Testing a vaccine is much more difficult than testing for treatments,” Tony explains. ‘Also, the lack of testing for the virus has left us in a fog. Without testing we have no idea how many cases are in our community, or in Ventura County. But we have low density, and we’re staying home.

We know that if the virus has no place to go, it dies after some number of days.” A reminder that we need to continue our new ways of staying home, distancing when out, face-covering, handwashing, and keeping up with expert advice.

Like all of us, Tony’s looking forward to the taming of this terrible virus, and a gradual return to the socially vibrant life of our Valley.

DR. TONY HIRSCH

BY ROBIN GERBER

On Immunity, Antibodies & Vaccines

“Testing a vaccine is much more difficult than testing for treatments. Also, a lack of testing for the virus has left us in a fog. “ OM — May 2020

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MAY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

WEEKLY Monday, Wednesday & Friday “Somatic Stretch for Self Healing” Instructor: Meredith Sands Keator Time: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Location: Anywhere you can find a sturdy internet connection.

Contact: somaticsanctuary.com email support@somaticsanctuary Phone: 805-633-9230 Monday & Thursdays “Introduction to Somatic Stretch” Instructor: Sultana Parvanka Time: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Contact: somaticsanctuary.com email support@somaticsanctuary Phone: 805-633-9230 Wednesdays “Offerings with Sarah Grace” — Somatic Satsang, free community gathering and tools for resiliency Instructor: Sarah Grace Time: 7 p.m.

Contact: somaticsanctuary.com email support@somaticsanctuary Phone: 805-633-9230 Thursdays “Awareness Through Movement” Instructor: Mary Jo Healy Time: 4 to 5 p.m.

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Contact: somaticsanctuary.com email support@somaticsanctuary Phone: 805-633-9230

MAY 2 “The Way of Story” seminar Time: 10 a.m. to 12 Noon Contact: wayofstory.com, catherinejones@wayofstory.com The Way of Story offers an integrative approach to writing narrative, combining solid craft with experiential inner discovery. Craft alone is not enough. For writers of all levels & all narrative forms — both fiction and non-fiction – including plays, screenplays, stories, novels, poetry, songs, & memoir.

MAY 2 Agora Foundation Seminar: “Thucydides — the Peloponnesian War” Time: 12 noon to 2 p.m.

Contact: Contact: 805-231-5974 agorafoundation.org Is there an art to writing and reading history? Is a detached view of historical events desirable, or even possible? What does this conflict (431-404 BC) in particular have to teach us. This series will cover all eight books over time, with one two-hour online seminar per book.

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MAY 3 “Decompression Sessions” Instuctor: Lisa Carmichael Time: 6 to 7 p.m.

Contact: 805-633-9230 support@somaticsanctuary

MAY 16 Agora Foundation Seminar: “Marcel Proust – Swann’s Way – Part I” Time: 12 to 2 p.m.

Contact: Contact: 805-231-5974 agorafoundation.org “The thirst for something other than what we have…to bring something new, even if it is worse, some emotion, some sorrow; when our sensibility, which happiness has silenced like an idle harp, wants to resonate under some hand, even a rough one, and even if it might be broken by it.”

Tutor: Patricia Locke

MAY 17 Agora Foundation Seminar: “The Trial by Franz Kafka, Text & Film” Time: 12 noon to 2 p.m.

Contact: Contact: 805-231-5974 agorafoundation.org ​This series will explore the troubling world of the absurd through the writings

of Kafka, Gogol, Camus, Sartre, Borges, Beckett, and others, and will extend to discussions of film and visual arts. For the event, please view the film prior to the seminar. Check out the 1962 film directed

by Orson Welles and starring Anthony Perkins. The film is in English, with Spanish subtitles.

MAY 21 “Dance Medicine Magic” Instructor: Nadia Natali Time: 5 to 6:15 p.m.

A 75-minute community dance.

Contact: 805-633-9230 support@somaticsanctuary

MAY 23 Somatic Sanctuary’s “Women’s Aura Clearing Meditation” Instructor: Mirah Love Time: 1 to 3 p.m.

Contact: 805-633-9230 support@somaticsanctuary

REOCCURING EVENTS Farmer & The Cook Location: 339 West El Roblar Avenue, Meiners Oaks Times: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

This popular farm-to-kitchen destination

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has reopened, with usual precautions in place to reduce exposure to coronavirus.

Certified Farmer’s Market Date: Every Sunday Time: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Contact: 698-5555 Location: Matilija Street city parking lot behind the Arcade.

Open air market featuring locally grown produce, plants, musicians and handmade items, including soaps, baskets, beeswax candles and olive oil.

Again, with proper social distancing and vendor spacing, the Farmers Market will stay open through the duration of the stay-at-home order.

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BY ILONA SAARI

DENISE HELLER

YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN! Denise Heller was born in a trunk. Well, actually she was born in a Ventura hospital and raised in Ojai, along with her siblings, Marc and Stephanie.

But, being on stage and travelling to perform showbiz gigs was in her DNA, passed down by her great grandfather, a cantor whose melodic voice filled his Pittsburgh synagogue and who taught his son (her grandfather), later billed as “Little Jackie Heller,” how to sing. A vaudeville and nightclub entertainer, Jackie was a Master of Ceremonies, singer and comic who barnstormed around the country as a live performer, but he also sang in a few movies during the ‘30s and ‘40s. During World War II, he traveled with the USO, appearing near combat zones in the South Pacific 14

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and once shared a foxhole with cowboy film star, Randolph Scott. Jackie eventually moved to Las Vegas, performing in clubs and hotels, working and hob-knobbing with celebrated performers such as Red Skelton, Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis and the legendary Rat Pack. Denise’s dad, Bob Heller, was a revered English and drama teacher at Nordhoff High School as well as a community actor who starred in Ojai productions, including “Fiddler On The Roof.”

But, it wasn’t exactly smooth traveling for Denise. Born with a congenital hip disorder, her doctors put her in a full body cast when she was nine months old, removing it nine months later. At age three, at the advice of the doctors, her mom, Arlene Heller, enrolled Denise in a local

ballet class as a form of physical therapy. Denise’s life was forever changed as she was taught grace and style. Once on stage her theatrical DNA surfaced and, at that tender age, she knew she was going be a performer. As a student at Nordhoff High School, she acted in plays, and taught ballet to both children and adults in town … but, upon graduation, Denise packed her actual trunk in search of her dreams.

After college and beauty school, Denise was working her hairstyling magic at a salon in Westlake when she was offered a job with Los Angeles-based Regent Airlines, the predecessor to MGM Grand Airlines. Denise accepted and her life changed again. She moved to Santa Monica and became an in-demand graceful and stylish hostess on Regent’s flights which catered to the rich and famous. On one of those flights, she met, then briefly dated, Robert DeNiro. When not flying, she landed an agent, began auditioning and realized she wanted to be on the ground permanently, so she left Regent to concentrate on acting.

To pay her bills, she worked as a hairstylist for Studio 210 in Brentwood, allowing her the flexible hours she needed to go to auditions and take acting jobs. She did commercials, most notably one for Tide … did voice-over work and sang background jingles for various productions. She even did a Home Shopping Network spot.

While home in Ojai for a wedding, Denise met her future husband. They were married in L.A. and she gave birth to their son, Andrew, in 1990. Sadly, her dad passed away when she was seven months pregnant and never got to meet his grandson. A single mom after her marriage ended, Denise continued auditioning and styling hair and building a lucrative business at Studio 210, and by 2008, she was also a personal stylist for Nordstrom’s. But, her life was about to change again. Her brother Marc was in failing health and wanted to move back to their childhood home in Ojai. He asked Denise to quit her L.A. careers and help take care of him. With Andrew in college and her sister,

Stephanie, and husband, Walter Johnson, living across the country in upstate New York, Denise honored Marc’s request and moved home to help her mother, Arlene, care for him. In 2013 Marc died and Denise needed to regroup.

She decided to stay in Ojai to be near her mom. She focused on hairstyling and slowly rebuilt her business from scratch, first at La Belle, then segueing to Glo West where her business flourished. She has been consistently voted one of the best hairstylists in Ojai.

But showbiz DNA can’t be suppressed for too long and, though she really knew no one in town anymore, she auditioned for OPAT’s (Ojai Performing Arts Theater) musical production, “She Loves Me.” She landed a singing ensemble part which became her initiation into the Ojai theater community. Since then, her acting career has blossomed.

Denise appeared in the OPAT production of “Grand Hotel,” and the OACT (Ojai Art Center Theater) musical productions of “Addams Family,” “Annie Get Your Gun,” “Man of LaMancha,” (co-produced by OPAT and directed by Marty Babayco), and starred in the English panto, “Cinderella.” She has also been featured in dramatic plays, as well. She hit the boards as a witch in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” directed by Michael Addison, and a nurse in the mystery thriller “Night Must Fall,” directed by Richard Camp. She’s done drama and comedy, sang and floated in style across Ojai stages like the dancer she is. She’s also done dramatic readings for Ojai playwrights Susan Kelejian and Bret Bradigan. And, not to be idle between shows, she studies voice with professional singer and vocal theater director, Julija Zonic.

An actor, singer and dancer, Denise finds fulfillment in the various Ojai theater pieces she’s done and is also proud that her hairstyling expertise has been beautifully displayed, not only on numerous members of the community, but in many theatrical productions, whose directors frequently call on her when a good or dramatic hairstyle can help make a show the best it can be. The girl has style.

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Donna Sallen

Fabulous and charmingly inviting, this two-story Victorian estate is nestled in the magical East End of Ojai.

Surrounded by organic orchards and meticulous landscaping, this home is filled with Southern Charm. The wraparound porch looks out to the gardens, as the country kitchen and breakfast nook looks out to the pool and tennis court. Perfectly situated nearby are the spacious guesthouse, separate cottages, and a writer’s studio creating plenty of living space for friends and family. This relaxing and inviting estate is truly elegant.

There’s no place like home ...

Let me find yours.

El Viaje was inspired by architectural design of an Italian Luxury Villa where Old World Charm and the modern conveniences of every day life come together perfectly. As you enter through the gates to a private, secluded yard you will love the mix of mature trees, the rose gardens, and the cozy seating areas.

Donna Sallen

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Need a Good Story?

One Family’s Happy Ending During the Pandemic

By Therese A. Hartmann

We are all experiencing the many twists and turns, and economic fallout, from the COVID-19 pandemic. We hear of, and/or personally experience, significant changes to our lifestyle. We even get a feeling that life will never be the same.

But for every “horror” story, there is one that redeems human nature or tells of how the earth is healing with this forced “time out.” So today, I’d like to share a feelgood story of my own.

About a month ago, an elderly woman — Amelia I’ll call her — came to me asking if I could help her out of what seemed an impossible situation. She’d owned her home for more than 30 years and was proud to have worked to pay the loan completely off. In and around the time her husband had a stroke, and the sister who had come to live with her was diagnosed with cancer, Amelia’s daughter proposed what she presented as a foolproof business opportunity.

The daughter convinced Amelia to pull around $400,000 out of her home assuring Amelia repayment was a certainty. Well, as often happens, the business failed miserably and the daughter stopped making the payments, telling Amelia that the amount pulled out would have been her inheritance one day anyway.

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If you’re shaking your head right now, then you’ve joined me in acknowledging the injustice of it all. So, when Amelia came to me, and seeing there was barely enough income to pay for food, utilities and taxes let alone qualifying for a refinance, I realized her only hope might be a reverse mortgage. To be able to get approved, the home would have to appraise for around $750,000 in a neighborhood where the average home was $650,000.

With torn carpet from two large Huskies, peeling paint and an overgrown yard, there seemed little hope but, under the circumstances, what could I do BUT try?

During this time, the coronavirus hit and many programs, and some lenders, were shut down.

Getting an appraiser out to determine value was going to be challenging but while we were waiting, a new rule was put into place that allowed for a driveby appraisal. This meant there was no internal inspection or pictures of the inside needed and square footage alone would determine value. Well, to shorten this up, the appraisal came in this last week with a value of $745,000, giving us what we needed to move ahead.

As you can imagine, my smile couldn’t have been bigger! Amelia’s family will

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Therese A. Hartmann has 20 years’ lending experience. She is a Licensed Broker, California Dept. of Real Estate #01048403, NMLS # 298291, affiliated with C2 Financial Corporation. For a free consultation, call Therese today at (805) 798-2158.

be safe and get to live out their lives in their home with no more money worries. And the daughter? She will be in line to inherit any eventual proceeds from the home unless Amelia decides to leave everything to a Huskie Rescue Group.

Guess which option I’m secretly voting for?!

Donna Sallen

Sitting on nearly half an acre surrounded by mature trees, this charming home has a lot to offer. There are two bedrooms and two bathrooms, along with a nice, bright living room with a fireplace. The dining room opens out to a covered porch when you can sit and just relax. This home is very private and quiet. So come and see this cozy little gem.

Donna Sallen 805-798-0516 w w w. D o n n a S a l l e n . c o m D o n n a 4 re m a x @ a o l . c o m

There’s no place like home ...

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Five Home Tasks to Tackle During Isolation

By Aimee Jo Davis-Varela

Courtesy of Daiga Elleby on Unsplash Most of us are spending more time at home, and many are looking for ways to stay positive and productive during these trying times. If you are caught up on work and running out of craft projects, this might be a good opportunity to turn your attention to the home maintenance tasks you never seem to have time to complete.

Since we are trying to limit our trips away from home, here are five tasks you can complete without heading to the store for supplies.

1. Vacuum Your Refrigerator Coils: You may have already cleaned your coils during your annual spring-cleaning ritual but, if not, now is a great time to help your refrigerator function properly and conserve energy. Unplug the refrigerator, move it away from the wall, remove the panel covering the coils, use a soft-bristled scrub brush to knock debris off the coils, and then vacuum the coils. It really is that easy.

2. Clean Your Dryer Vent: According to the U.S. Fire Administration, there are 2,900 residential clothes dryer fires each year. Thirty-four percent of these fires are caused by failing to clean the dryer.

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a fire in your home. This is one easy way you can reduce the risk of that happening.

There are lots of online resources with checklists and videos to help get you through this task, but here are the basics: unplug the dryer, move it away from the wall, remove the duct from the dryer, scoop out any visible lint, use a vacuum hose to clean the duct, find and remove the exterior vent cover, vacuum the vent, put everything back the way you found it.

3. Test Smoke Detectors: Locate the test button on each of your smoke detectors.

Hold the test button down for a few seconds while you wait for the alarm to sound. If the alarm sounds, release the button and go about your day. If it does not, it is time to change the batteries – or call the electrician, if your smoke detector is hardwired.

If you need to change the batteries, you can order them online or pick them up on your next planned trip to the store.

Look for five- or 10-year batteries to limit the time you spend on stepladders in the future.

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4. Clean Your Drains: Baking soda, distilled white vinegar, and boiling water are all you need to clean the drains throughout your home. While this DIY drain cleaner might not break up major clogs, it is an easy, inexpensive method for regularly cleaning your drains and reducing the need for store-bought, chemical-laden drain openers.

Pour about one-half cup of baking soda into the drain. Follow this with about one cup of vinegar, which will cause a rather fizzy chemical reaction. Finish things off by pouring one to two cups of boiling water down the drain.

5. Clean Your Trash and Recycling Bins: No one wants to do this job, but regular cleaning is the only way to avoid offensive smells, ants, and sticky situations.

If you clean your bins regularly, you may just need to spray them down with a hose, and then let them dry. If it’s been a while, you may need to bust out the scrub brush to really give them a good cleaning. In this time when we are making an extra effort to keep germs out of our homes, take cleaning your bins one step farther by sanitizing them with a disinfectant spray after they dry.

SOLD IN OJAI Homes Sold Last Month

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RECENT HOME SALES 235 South Padre Juan Avenue, 2 bed, 1 bath, 1,113 Sq. Ft. Listed $540,000 Sold $510,000 124 North Poli Street, 2 bed, 2 bath, 1,011 Sq. Ft. Listed $540,000. Sold $510,000 250 El Camino Drive 4, bed, 2 bath, 1,343 Sq. Ft. Listed $595,000. Sold $595,000

1114 Sunset Place, 4 bed, 3 bath, 1,805 Sq. Ft. Listed $899,000. Sold $899,000 11209 Creek Road, 4 bed, 2.5 bath, 1,822 Sq. Ft. Listed 980,000. Sold $960,000

2294 Sumac Drive, 4 bed, 2 bath, 1,750 Sq. Ft. Listed $599,000. Sold $600,000 270 Monte Via, Oak View, 3 bed, 2 bath, 1,098 Sq. Ft. Listed $625,000. Sold $625,000

12313 MacDonald Drive, 3 bed, 3.5 bath, 3,748 Sq. Ft. Listed $1,850,000. Sold $1,810,000

37 Taormina Lane, 2 bed, 2 bath, 998 Sq. Ft. Listed $625,000. Sold $625,000

608 Country Club Drive, 4 bed, 3 bath, 3,232 Sq. Ft. Listed 1,895,000. Sold 1,895,000

2227 Burnham Road, 3 bed, 1 bath, 1,473 Sq. Ft. Listed $789,000. Sold $750,000 501 Riverside Road, Oak View, 3 bed, 1.5 bath, 1,104 Sq. Ft. Listed $769,900. Sold $765,000

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264 Fairway Lane, 3 bed, 3 bath, 2228 Sq. Ft. Listed $1,450,000 Sold $1,450,000 911 North Signal Street, 2 bed, 2 bath, 1,827 Sq. Ft. Listed $1,550,000. Sold $1,475,000

180 North Poli Street, 3 bed, 1.75 bath, 1,530 Sq. Ft. Listed $655,000. Sold $651,000

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4255 Thacher Road, 4 bed 3 bath, 4700 Sq. Ft. Listed $2,750,000 Sold $2,750,000 1340 McNell, 3 bed, 2 bath, 1509 Sq. Ft. Listed $3,500,000. Sold $3,000,000

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36 Kunkle Street, 4 bed, 2 bath, 2,086 Sq. Ft. Listed $1,269,000. Sold $850,000

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IN OJAI REAL ESTATE?

TO BE LISTED HERE, PLEASE CALL ROSS @ 805-207-5094

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Logan Hall Logan Hall Photography 805-798-0337 loganhallphotos. com

Clinton Haugan LIV | Sotheby’s International Realty 727 W. Ojai Ave. Ojai, CA 93023 C: (805) 760-2092 O: (805) 646-7288 chaugan@livsothebysrealtyca.com DRE# 02019604

Sharon MaHarry Keller Williams Realty, 109 North Blanche Street, Ojai.

805) 766-7889

Vivienne Moody LIV Sotheby’s International Realty 805-798-1099 vmoody10@ sbcglobal.net OjaiLifestyle.net

Larry Wilde LIV Sotheby’s International Realty Wilde-Wilde. com 805-640-5734

Anne Williamson Keller Williams Realty Anneshomesinojai.com 805-320-3314

Donna Sallen Remax Gold Coast Realtors Donna4Remax@aol.com DonnaSallen. com 805-798-0516

Amanda Stanworth LIV Sotheby’s International Realty Phone: 805-2188117 • E-mail: amandastanworth77@gmail. com Web: Rooney-Stanworth.com

Erik Wilde LIV Sotheby’s International Realty Wilde-Wilde.com 805-830-3254

Patty Waltcher LIV Sotheby’s International Realty Call me for your Real Estate needs.

805-340-3774

Marsha Kaye Home Mortgage Consultant Phone: 805640-0654 Cell: 805-7469055 marsha.kaye@ homebridge. com

Stephen Adelman Broker Associate “Your Family Man Realtor” LIV Sotheby’s realestateojai@ gmail.com ojailuxuryrealestate.com 805-640-5563

Kristen Currier LIV Sotheby’s International Realty 805-798-3757 thehoffgroup. com

Ross Falvo Keller Williams Realty “The Ojai Real Estate Guy” RossFalvo.com 805-207-5094

Dennis Guernsey LIV Sotheby’s International Realty

Stacy Cadenasso Keller Williams Realty, 109 North Blanche Street, Ojai.

805-217-2676

805-798-1998

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Dale Hanson Ojai Valley Real Estate 211 E. Matilija Street, Ste. J, 206 E. Ojai Ave. 805-646-7229 dale@ovhl.com

Kathy Hoff LIV Sotheby’s International Realty (805) 290-6907 thehoffgroup. com

Kirk Ellison LIV Sotheby’s International Realty KirkEllison@ me.com 805-340-5905

Don & Cheree Edwards RE/MAX Gold Coast Ojai’s Top Selling Team LivinginOjai.com 805.340.3192 805.350.7575

Therese A. Hartmann is a local loan consultant affiliated with C2 Financial Corporation, and is a Licensed Broker, California BRE #01048403. NMLS # 298291. For a free consultation, call Therese today at (805) 798-2158.

Hildegard Tallent CalBRE# 02047013 Keller Williams Realty, 109 N. Blanche Street Tel: 805-798-1872 email: hildegard. tallent@kw.com

Deckert / DePaola Keller Williams Realty Cheryl Deckert, Broker Associate Ray Deckert, Broker Associate Maria DePaola, Realtor Associate Team@DeckertDePaola.com 805-272-5221

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BLUE IGUANA INN & SUITES Spanish-style inn offering rooms, suites & cottages with Southwest décor. Easy access to the Ojai Valley Trail.

11794 Ventura Ave | (805) 646-5277 blueiguanainn.com CAPRI MOTEL Hip, quirky option with retro rooms and cool pool scene.

Free Wi-Fi 1180 East Ojai Ave | (805) 646-4305 hotelojai.com CARAVAN OUTPOST A beautifully curated garden of Airstreams, located in the heart of Ojai. Free wi-fi, nightly entertainment, dog friendly, complimentary bicycles, camp store.

Instagram: @caravanoutpost Web: caravanoutpost.com 317 Bryant Street I (805) 836-4891.

CHANTICO INN & SUITES Relaxed, cozy rooms in a Mission-style hotel offering free breakfast & WiFi, plus an outdoor pool.

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EMERALD IGUANA INN Upscale inn with lush gardens, pool, hot tub, spa services, breakfast, & rooms with local artwork.

108 Pauline St | (805) 646-5277 emeraldiguana.com HUMMINGBIRD INN Lodge-like inn offering modern, casual rooms, plus free wi-fi breakfast, & an outdoor pool. Across the street from Soule Park Golf Course.

1208 East Ojai Ave | (805) 646-4365 hummingbirdinnojai.com LAVENDER INN Quaint bed-and-breakfast in an 1874 building featuring country-style rooms, plus a spa, yoga & cooking classes. In the heart of downtown Ojai.

210 East Matilja St | (805) 646-6635 lavenderinn.com

OJAI VALLEY INN & SPA Upscale Spanish-style hacienda with contemporary rooms & a spa, pool, golf & several restaurants. One of California’s premier destinations.

905 Country Club Road | (855) 6978780 ojairesort.com OAKRIDGE INN Functional budget hotel offering an outdoor pool, plus complimentary continental breakfast & WiFi. 780 North Ventura Ave | (805) 6494018 oakridgeinn.com OJAI RETREAT Serene, hilltop bed-and-breakfast offering traditional rooms, some with terraces, plus a buffet breakfast & yoga.

160 Besant Road | (805) 646-2536 ojairetreat.com

THE OAKS AT OJAI Serene weight-loss retreat offering 3 meals daily, plus a wellness spa & free fitness classes.

122 East Ojai Ave | (805) 646-5573 oaksspa.com

PEPPER TREE RETREAT & EDUCATION CENTER An oasis for the mind in a peaceful setting where individuals, couples and small groups can relax and enjoy the beauty of the valley.

1130 McAndrew Road (877) 355-5986 peppertreeretreat.com

OJAI RANCHO INN Borders Ojai Valley Trail, easy stroll to downtown. Hip, rustic-style inn offering country-chic rooms, plus free Wi-fi, a pool & a sauna.

615 West Ojai Ave | (805) 646-1434 ojairanchoinn.com

SU NIDO INN Artfully designed, Mission-style inn with traditional rooms, with stunning courtyard, an easy walk to downtown. Free Wi-Fi 301 North Montgomery Street (805) 646-7080 sunidoinn.com

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CHEF RANDY

Blood Orange Salad with Avocado This vegan salad features blood oranges, fennel, and avocado in an amazing combination of fresh fruit and vegetables. In addition, the dressing is made with a flavorful blood orange olive oil and a pear-flavored white balsamic vinegar. Add a touch of honey for sweetness, and fresh edible flowers from the garden for color, and you have a salad your friends and family will remember for many a moon.

INGREDIENTS: 3 -4 b l o o d o ra n ge s ( p e e l e d a n d s l i c e d 1 /8 inch thick) 3 fe n n e l b u l b s (s l i c e d 1 /8 - i n c h t h i c k ) 3 avo c a d o s 1 /2- c u p b l o o d o ra n ge o l i ve o i l 1 /4- c u p D’A n j o u w h i t e b a l s a m i c v i n e g a r 1 /4 t e a s p o o n a g ave n e c t a r 1 /2- b u n c h Ro m a i n e l e t t u c e (c h o p p e d ) 4 p a n sy f l owe rs ( n a st u r t i u m s a re a go o d s u b st i t u t e) 4 chilled salad plates

Randy Graham is a writer, author, and private chef. He enjoys cooking for friends and family using ingredients from backyard vegetable and herb gardens. His food is often called “vegetarian comfort food.” He and his wife, Robin, live in Ojai, California, with their dog, Willow. Robin and Willow are not vegetarians.

Healthy

Winter

Quick + Easy

Vegan

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Pe e l o ra n ge s . Tr i m of f t h e ext ra p u l p. S l i c e of f e n d s a n d d i s c a rd . Ha l ve o ra n ge s f ro m t o p t o b o t t o m a n d t h e n s l i c e i n t o 1 /4- i n c h t h i c k s l i c e s . S e t a s i d e.

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S l i c e avo c a d o s i n t o 1 /4- i n c h t h i c k s l i c e s . S e t a s i d e.

I n a m i x i n g b ow l , w h i s k t oge t h e r o l i ve o i l , b a l s a m i c a n d h o n ey. S e t d re s s i n g a s i d e.

To s e r ve, p l a c e a h a n d f u l of l e t t u c e o n a c h i l l e d s a l a d p l a t e. A r ra n ge o ra n ge s , fe n n e l a n d avo c a d o s o n t o p of l e t t u c e. D r i z z l e w i t h a go o d t a b l e s p o o n o r m o re of d re s s i n g . G a r n i s h w i t h p a n sy f l owe rs a n d s e r ve w h i l e p l a t e s a re st i l l c o l d .

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Gojai Organic proudly supports the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy & Nordhoff seniors through our annual Gojai College Scholarships program.

Gojai Organic gives 1% of our profits to OVLC and is a Topa Topa Business Sponsor.

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Cozy 2 bed 2 bath Mobile Home with a den open to the living area that can have multiple purposes. A spacious layout and lots of natural light. Newer laminate floors in the living/dining area and bedrooms. Bright Master bedroom with corner window and nice large walk-in closet. Some features include a spacious kitchen with lots of storage, screen porch, large tuff shed with electricity, artificial turf, water softener, RO system.

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FOUNDING FATHERS & MOTHERS While Edward Drummond Libbey is rightfully regarded among Ojai’s chief benefactors — having been behind the buildbing of such Ojai landmarks as the Ojai Valley Inn, St. Thomas Aquinas Church (now the Museum), Post Office Tower and the Arcade — others have been very influential in shaping Ojai’s identity. Here’s a few: Annie Besant. Free-thinker, feminist and noted Theosophist. Though she only spent a few days in Ojai, she brought Krishnamurti to Ojai, and helped buy hundreds of acres of property in Ojai, (now the sites of Besant Hill School and, along with A.P. Warrington, the Krotona Center) which she called “the smiling vale.” She is considered one of the pioneers of introducing Eastern mystical thought to the West, and was an early advocate of India’s independence. and the labor movement.

Jiddhu Krishnamurti. The spiritual teacher and writer, came to Ojai in 1922, sponsored by the Theosophical Society, though he later broke with that group (“The Leaderless Path.”) He gave talks to many thousands of people each year, in the Star Camps in the oak groves west of Ojai (now the site of Oak Grove School. He once held the Guinness Book of World Records for having spoken to the greatest number of people.

Weather in Ojai

Jan Feb March April May June July Aug. Sept.

Oct. Nov. Dec.

Ave. High (°F) 67 67 70 74 78 83 89 91 87 80 73 66

Precip.

5.04 5.24 3.35 1.22 .47 .12 .04 .005 .2 .98 1.69 2.95

Average Annual Rainfall:

21.3

Record High Year 115° 2018

Population:

7,461

Valley: (est.)

21,300

Record Low Year 16° 1990

Households::

3,176

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Sherman Day Thacher. After coming West to farm and care for an ailing brother, the Yale-educated Thacher realized that he was going to need another source of income. So he founded The Thacher School in 1887. Now one of the most prestigious preparatory academies in the country, its founding creed was “teach a boy to ride, shoot and tell the truth.” Also, in 1896, his brother William founded “The Ojai,” the country’s oldest amateur tennis tournament. Among Thacher’s more illustrious students were industrialist, aviator and film producer Howard Hughes and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder, who wrote his first play while a Thacher student.

OJAI QUICK FACTS:

Ave. Low 36 38 41 43 48 51 56 55 53 47 40 35

Elevation:

Beatrice Wood. The famed ceramicist’s (“The Mama of Dada”) greatest work of art may well have been her life. The irreverent, avant-garde Wood lived and worked in Ojai for decades until her death in 1998 at age 105. She inspired two classic movies, Francois Truffaut’s “Jules et Jim,” and James Cameron’s “Titanic.” She attributed her longevity to “chocolate and young men.” Her autobiography was appropriately titled, “I Shock Myself.” Many of her distinctive, whimsical, luminous luster-glazed pieces are on display at her former home, now the Beatrice Wood Center, in upper Ojai.

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The name “Ojai” is believed to be derived from the Ventureño Chumash word ‘awhaý, meaning “moon.” In 1837, Fernando Tico received a land grant and established a cattle ranch. Thomas A. Scott, who had financial success with oil and railroads, bought the Ojai Valley in 1864 for oil exploration. By 1868, Scott, through his agent Thomas Bard, began selling properties to homesteaders. By 1874, R.G. Surdam plotted out the town he would call Nordhoff, renamed Ojai in 1917.

Ojai is about 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles and 30 miles east of Santa Barbara. The valley is about 10 miles long by 3 miles wide, surrounded by hills and mountains; the rare east-west orientation with a slight southward tilt gives the valley an extraordinary sun exposure; Ojai’s citrus and avocado crops are highly prized. This orientation also gives rise to Ojai as a spiritual destination.

It was due to the resources and organizing energy of Ohio glass manufacturer Edward Drummond Libbey that Nordhoff was rebuilt and renamed Ojai, inspired by the City Beautiful Movement. By 1917, with the construction of the Arcade and Post Office Tower, the town took its present shape.

The city’s self-styled nickname is “Shangri-La,” based on the story that Ojai was the backdrop (later left on the editing room floor) from the 1937 movie as the mystical sanctuary of James Hilton’s novel “Lost Horizon.”

OQ | HI K I NG M AP 1

SHELF ROAD 3.5mi EASY | Elev. Gain: 200 ft | Overlooks downtown Ojai.

2 VENTURA RIVER PRESERVE | 7mi EASY TO MODERATE | Elev. Gain:

520 ft (Wills-Rice). Trailheads at end of Meyer Road, South Rice Road and Baldwin Road. Great for birding.

5 HORN CANYON 5.5mi STRENUOUS | Elev. Gain: 1,600 ft.

Trailhead near Thacher School’s gymkhana field. Goes to shady stand of 80-foot tall pines.

8 ROSE VALLEY 1mi EASY | Elev. Gain: 100 ft

Trailhead at Rose Valley Campground. Leads to a spectacular 300-foot, two-tiered fall.

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PRATT TRAIL 8.8mi STRENUOUS | Elev. Gain: 3,300

GRIDLEY TRAIL 6-12mi MODERATE | 3 mi to Gridley Springs

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COZY DELL 2.2mi MODERATE | Elev. Gain: 740 ft |

MATILIJA CANYON 12mi MODERATE | Elev. Gain: 1,200 ft |

ft | Trailhead off North Signal Street. Goes to Nordhoff Peak. Clear day? See forever.

(Elev. Gain: 1,200 ft) 6 mi to Nordhoff Peak.

Trailhead at north end of Gridley Road.

Trailhead 8 miles north of Ojai on Maricopa Highway.

Short, intense hike that also connects to trail network.

Middle Fork. Trailhead at end of Matilija Road. First 1.5 miles of trail well-maintained, the rest a scramble.

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SISAR CANYON 22mi STRENUOUS | Elev. Gain: 4,800 ft to

SULPHUR MTN. 22mi MODERATE | Elev. Gain: 2,300 ft |

Topa Topa Bluffs. Trailhead at end of Sisar Road. Trailhead on eastern side of Sulphur Mountain Road.

Only for experienced, f it hikers.

Views are unsurpassed.

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