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DAWG DAY AFTERNOON: More than 40 rescue dogs, including 15 Chihuahuas, board Wings of Rescue for flight to no-kill shelters; Tennis great Jimmy Connors scores two holes-inone in two weeks at MCC, p. 6

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 10 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 42 • OPEN HOUSES, P. 45

TIFFANY & THE TURQUOISE TRAIL

Travel writer Jerry Dunn Jr. discovers Tiffany & Co. was among first to harvest New Mexico’s cool blue gemstone (Story begins on 23)

Top It Off

Chapeau-wearing ladies vie for top honors during Mad Hatter luncheon at Bacara Resort, p. 14

Fool’s Gold

Broadway musical American Idiot, based on Green Day’s acclaimed album, rocks the Granada, p. 39

No Place Like Home

Montecito housing inventory grows through the roof with upward of 150 residences on market, p. 45

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Editorial

James Buckley throws support behind Measure M and Dale Francisco but just says “no” to Propositions 41 and 42

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

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Association Agenda

Wings of Rescue and DAWG; Jimmy Connors’ two holes-in-one; boycott of Beverly Hills Hotel; Doug Margerum joins D.C. cabinet; return of Monet painting; 70th anniversary of D-Day; Jean-Michel Cousteau’s 76th birthday; Marymount School raises $360K; Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care charity luncheon; SB Polo Club fundraiser; CAMA and L.A. Philharmonic; Hollye Jacobs book signing; Montecito fashion show; “Bella Gaia” and Kenji Williams; Camerata Pacific finishes 24th year Montecito Village Grocery’s new ownership; recycled water and pipes; kudos to Bob Hazard; Edo McGowan on water pipes and contamination; Nick Zwick responds; Dale Lowdermilk explains what’s in a name; Obama and the truth; and Leoncio Martins on Trey Gowdy Montecito Association president Ted Urschel sheds light on his organization’s purpose, accomplishments, and goals; he also calls for volunteers

10 This Week in Montecito

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Oysters and wine; Montecito Trails Foundation hike; Ritzy Rummage Sale; Diana Basehart Foundation; Tecolote book signing; Opera Santa Barbara; Historic Home tour; Sing It Out event; Women of Inspiration luncheon; MBAR meeting; Fredrick Fleitz lecture at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree; Rock the Casa Esperanza; planning commission meeting; flower show; Montecito Association meeting; The New Yorker discussion; Lanny Sherwin exhibit; authors make history at Montecito Country Club; Artists Studio Tour; art and art classes; Cava entertainment; Story Time; Adventuresome Aging; brain fitness; Italian conversation; farmers and artisans markets; car day; Boy Scouts meeting

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Your Cake Baker opens on Coast Village Road; Montecito Association discusses Crown Castle’s plans; Joel Orr retires from Cold Spring School; Laguna Blanca launches Early Kindergarten program; Mental Wellness Walk this weekend

14 Seen Around Town

Mad Hatters and Transition House; “A Class Act” with Community Arts Music Association; tea at Braille Institute Auxiliary; SB Rape Crisis Center holds chocolate and wine gala

21 Ernie’s World

Ernie Witham reflects on painful adventures from Colorado to the Everglades, before taking it easy with “The Art of Bonsai”

23 Curious Traveler

Jerry Dunn Jr. continues his trek down New Mexico trails, ambling into the towns of Cerrillos and Madrid

28 Nonprofit World

Attorney Bob Ornstein provides insight about charitable organizations and offers recommendations about how they can become more efficient and beneficial

29 On Sports

Volleyball legend Karch Kiraly returns to town; Amgen Tour rolls into Santa Barbara; polo season underway

30 Your Westmont

A new art exhibition spotlights local artists; stargazers to zoom in on Mars; and the baseball team gets second swing at Commencement

38 In the Valley

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Bo Derek explains her passion for swimming, her training sessions, and network of support above the surface

39 On Entertainment

American Idiot invades the Granada; seeing Red at the New Vic; Livingston Taylor performs at SOhO; in and around the museums

40 Legal Advertisement 41 Movie Showtimes 42 Calendar of Events

KJEE summer summary; guitarist Bill Frisell; opera singer Jessye Norman; SB Dance Arts and the Roaring 20s; Nir Kabaretti pays tribute; Santa Barbara Blues Society and Ruthie Foster; Soul Majestic at SOhO; Alan Bergman to perform at the Lobero; Luis Muñoz comes to SOh); Speaking of Stories ends 20th year; Heiichiro Ohyama at the Lobero

45 Real Estate

Mark Hunt says Montecito housing inventory is increasing and recommends four enticing, reasonably priced properties

93108 Open House Directory 46 Classified Advertising

Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

47 Local Business Directory

Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer

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15 – 22 May 2014

Editorial

by James Buckley

Yes on Measure M and Other Thoughts

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esides choosing a viable candidate to take on sitting 24th District U.S. Representative Lois Capps, the only other race of any importance to Montecito is whether or not to approve Measure M2014. Here is the exact reading of the ballot initiative put forward by Fourth District Supervisor Peter Adam: “THE COUNTY FACILITIES MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE STATEMENT OF FACTS “The roads, parks and buildings owned by the County are not being maintained to nationally accepted standards. A core function of County government is to prevent deterioration of the facilities that the County owns and recent Boards have failed to do so. The health, safety and welfare of the County’s citizens require that County facilities not deteriorate any further.

“THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: “The heads of County Departments responsible for Public Works, Parks, and General Services shall inform the County Executive Officer annually of the condition of roads, parks and buildings and the actions that they recommend to keep all County roads, parks and buildings used by the public in the condition that existed at the time of passage of this Ordinance. The County Executive Officer shall present those recommendations to the Board of Supervisors (Board) along with any additional recommendations that the County Executive Officer may wish to make. The Board shall maintain all County roads, parks and buildings used by the public in the same or better condition than existed at the time of passage of this Ordinance. The Board shall implement the legislative intent of this Ordinance using whatever powers the Board decides to invoke except that the Board may not implement this Ordinance by issuing debt unless the debt is approved by the voters. The Board will document its compliance with this Ordinance by adopting a resolution stating the actions taken to comply and the statistical measurements of the level of maintenance that were used. If the condition of County roads, parks and buildings described herein improves above the level that existed at the time of the passage of this Ordinance, the higher level of maintenance shall be maintained or further improved. If any part of this Ordinance is held legally invalid, the remaining parts shall remain in force.”

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County and City officeholders and officials gathered with a covey of bureaucrats in front of TV cameras and press reporters in solid opposition to Measure M. They decried the “Draconian” requirements of Measure M. District Attorney Joyce Dudley railed that its passage would “be devastating to many programs,” while Sheriff Bill Brown warned it would “cripple” his ability to provide the same level of service to the public that he does now.

What those office holders are really upset about, we believe, is that Measure M may intrude not on public services but upon public employees and the extravagant pensions and benefits of those working under them. After all, if they have to try to raise taxes yet again in order to keep up with those salaries, pensions, vacations, and perks, it may prove embarrassing. And, lest you think we’re just being ornery, you should know that even though we don’t approve of having to elect our chief law enforcement officer or district attorney (they should be nominated to those positions by the Board of Supervisors), we also believe Bill Brown and Joyce Dudley have performed their assigned duties admirably. Sheriff Brown persistently and successfully fought for a way to finance the much needed North County jail, and Ms Dudley has pursued a muscular and productive anti-gang agenda. They both seem well suited to their

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by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail before moving to New York to write for Rupert Murdoch’s newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard later wrote for New York magazine’s “Intelligencer”. He continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC, and CNN, and moved to Montecito six years ago.

Fido Takes Flight

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Dream.

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t’s not quite the Berlin Airlift, but many lives will be saved.

The four-year-old non-profit Wings of Rescue is teaming up with the Santa Barbara animal charity DAWG – Dog Adoption Welfare Group – to fly nearly 50 canines to adoptive families and no-kill shelters in Colorado, Oregon, and northern Washington on Saturday, where they will have normal long lives without threat of abuse and being put to sleep.

“Since we started, we have rescued eight thousand dogs,” says founder Yehuda Netanel, a Los Angeles real estate developer, who has been a pilot for 27 years. “Richard and Paula Bird in Montecito heard about us and we connected with DAWG. “We are using three different pressurized aircraft to fly the dogs to areas where they have no-kill shelters

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net

Village Grocery Changing Hands

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hile making a quick trip to the Montecito Village Grocery, I noticed on the side window an announcement that it was in the process of being sold.

I hope the new owners realize what a treasure of goodwill the place holds.

For instance, they have a real butcher, Tony, a master of his trade with whom you can actually talk and consult about your purchase for the dinner you are cooking.

The staff is helpful (i.e., if you have a request, they will try to order it for you so they have things you can’t find anywhere else.) You may even become friends and ask each other, “How are things going?” Conversation... remember the art of conversation?

You rub shoulders with builders, plumbers, carpenters, and gardeners, plus leaders of industry and the arts who rush in to pick up a sandwich (specially made for you) at the deli counter. Remember... this is America!

To top it all off, it’s convenient. You don’t have to brave the lower Coast Village Road gridlock or go downtown if you forget the Worcestershire sauce or the bagels.

Christina Allison Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: From what we know, Montecito Village Grocery has been for sale and there have been many suitors.

The Valley Improvement Company, which runs the entire village shopping center,

has been careful about choosing a new operator. Rumor has it there has indeed been a new owner chosen, but that a lease has yet to be signed, pending the status of the shop’s liquor license. – J.B.)

Recycle Water in Replacement Pipes I have been enjoying your series on water for Montecito. It is my understanding that the Montecito Water District has a long-range plan for major replacement of old water mains. If the replacement is as extensive as I have been led to believe, there could an opportunity to place recycled water piping in the same trench as the replacement pipe. Over 20 years, there could be a significant start on a full, recycled water system. Since I anticipate Montecito being here for hundreds of years, that might not be too long a period to gain a big start on a complete system.

It has been many years since I have performed this type of work, but with the cost of excavation, repair and replacement, roadway control, and overhead, it might reduce the cost by two-thirds. You could easily check those costs.

Bob Short Montecito (Editor’s note: Tom Mosby, general manager of the Montecito Water District (MWD) has the same idea. MWD will

be digging up and replacing 23 miles of aging water pipes that have exceeded their 50-year useful life along the main arterials in Montecito. The major cost is the trenching through our notoriously rocky terrain.

That cost can exceed a million dollars a mile. Once the digging is done and new pipes are installed, why not make some leakage repairs and use the old culvert for transporting recycled wastewater?

A further suggestion is to use the same excavations for undergrounding power and cable lines, so this community can take down those ugly utility poles. Yes, it’s not quite that simple, but solving four problems – potable water, recycled wastewater, buried electrical lines, and underground high-speed transmission lines – on one “big dig” makes good economic sense.

– B.H.)

Hazard’s Highlights Thank you for laying out the details of the water situation in Santa Barbara County in your most recent issue (“Drought Defense” MJ # 20/18).

Friday, on the Garden Gossip Radio show, we were talking about reclaimed water and received a call from a long-term employee of the water treatment plan. He mentioned that he’d read your column and was enthusiastic about and agreed with your views. He has some insight that came first-hand.

I was motivated to write and talk about reclaimed water after having returned from Florida, where reclaimed water is available to every household of the community I visited (Clearwater). I found this fascinating, since the average rainfall in Clearwater is 54 inches!

Anyway, thanks for Bob Hazard’s continued insight and excellent reporting.

Lisa Cullen Montecito Landscape

Look Before Leaping Bob Hazard is quite correct; we are running out of water while we have problems and political foot-dragging.

The city’s mayor (Helene Schneider) may be silent, because there is a push to expand the production of recycled water, a production, which she knows will produce and distribute yet more pathogens, and many of those pathogens are multi-antibiotic resistant. She knows the current enhancement of the sewer plant, as presently designed, will not stop either the production of these pathogens or their through-put.

The city’s sewer plant was specifically part of a study by WERF (Water Environment Research Foundation) back in 2004. WERF is the research arm of the water industry.

What is not stated is that by the time this water travels down the purple pipe, the chlorine-stunned (not killed) bacteria resuscitate, and the numbers when tested at the end of the pipe are so high they cannot be counted on standard charts. This is, however, conveniently ignored.

Perhaps you can now understand the mayor’s surprising quietness.

Hillary Hauser of Heal the Ocean is partially correct; we need to stop the wastage of a salvageable source of water. I say partially correct because Hillary knows quite well that as currently produced, that water would be delivering serious pathogens. She and the mayor have been presented a rather broad and abundant background of scientific research showing that the currently produced water and water yet planned for production will be full of serious pathogens, resistant pathogens, and antibiotic resistant genes. Jerry Brown has these same data, as do Das Williams, HannahBeth Jackson, Salud Carbajal, the

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ASSOCIATION AGENDA

Mr. Urschel is president of the Montecito Association

Local Governance

by Ted Urschel

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ow much do you know about local government in Montecito, and who represents your interests? Our local government consists of a hodgepodge of elected bodies and government agencies, and it is difficult for our community members as individuals to have a meaningful impact on these organizations. This is where the Montecito Association comes in. We at the Montecito Association serve an important function as a liaison between the community and local government, and an advocate for the residents of Montecito.

Montecito is an unincorporated area within the County of Santa Barbara, and is part of the First District that includes Carpinteria, Summerland, Mission Canyon, Cuyama, and many parts of the City of Santa Barbara. Our elected representative is supervisor Salud Carbajal, who is one of five supervisors on the SB County Board of Supervisors. The Montecito Association meets monthly with Supervisor Carbajal to discuss issues, and he makes himself and his office generally available if we have concerns. We often appear before the board of supervisors as important issues arise that affect Montecito.

Land-use planning in Montecito falls within the county’s jurisdiction. Most developments require consideration by the Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) and some require approval by the Montecito Planning Commission (MPC). Decisions of the MPC can be appealed to the board of supervisors. The Montecito Association reviews projects and considers issues in front of these governmental bodies, and often supports or opposes projects depending on criteria such as neighborhood compatibility, historical importance, and consistency with the Montecito Community Plan.

Other governance issues fall into different buckets. Police protection falls within the purview of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff, unless it is on Coast Village Road, in which case it is the City of Santa Barbara Police Department; if it is on our state highways (including East Valley Road) or speeding anywhere, it is the California Highway Patrol. Fire, water, and sewer are provided by three special districts: the Montecito Fire Protection District, the Montecito Water District, and the Montecito Sanitary District, respectively. Our public elementary schools consist of two separate one-district school districts: Montecito Union and Cold Spring, and our public secondary school district is the Santa Barbara Unified School District. Our public roads are maintained by the County of Santa Barbara, Department of Public Works, unless again it is a state highway, in which case it is Caltrans. The Montecito Association coordinates with these agencies to address issues of interest to the residents of Montecito.

Without exception, each of these governmental bodies has competent and well-intentioned individuals working on our behalf. Some of these individuals are paid, and some are volunteers. Some of them are elected, and some are appointed. Many are your neighbors. The Montecito Association helps inform and educate these individuals about the community’s needs, its history and its policies. The Montecito Association also helps match community members with available appointments and positions countywide.

Over the past several years, the Montecito Association has advocated for the community on issues as diverse as the Highway 101 project, the Miramar project, the Westmont College project, the Montecito Family YMCA project, Montecito hillside development guidelines, and Verizon and Crown Castle cellular antennae.

We hope you can appreciate the value that the Montecito Association brings to the community. While you might not agree with us on every issue, we consistently work to protect the residential character of our community and advocate for our neighborhoods and our homeowners.

Please consider joining the Montecito Association. If you want to get involved, there are volunteer opportunities available, including committee assignments and discrete project work. We also sponsor Montecito Beautification Day and the Village Fourth, so we need help there, too. The Montecito Association is a part of the community, and your involvement improves our community character.

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This Week in and around Montecito

SATURDAY, MAY 17

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860)

SATURDAY, MAY 17 Book Signing at Tecolote Judy Scher and Dr. Julie Coburn have compiled a new anthology of stories and poems from across the U.S. titled Let the Clock Run Wild: Wit and Wisdom from Boomers and Bobbysoxers.

Today they will sign copies of the book, along with other contributors: David Barnhouse, Vivian Browne, Jewell Coburn, Terri Cooper, Jean Gardner, Jan Hines, Jack Malken, Kathy Marden, Karen Miyashiro, Mike Senzamici, Doris Thome, Leslie A. Westbrook, Kenneth K. Cohen, and Arleen Weisman.

When: 3 pm to 5 pm Where: 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977 FRIDAY, MAY 16 Oysters & Wine Welcome summertime at Corks n’ Crowns Tasting Room, with hand-shucked oysters

by The Jolly Oyster, and a specially paired flight of six wines When: 5 pm Where: 32 Anacapa Street in The Funk Zone Cost: $35 for general public; $28 for wine club members SATURDAY, MAY 17 MTF Hike Montecito Trails Foundation hosts hike up Buena Vista Canyon to Edison Catway, then west to San Ysidro. Bring food and water for this intermediate trek. Dogs are welcome if they are under voice control and you have a leash available. Paul Cronshaw will lead this hike.

When: 8:20 for check-in and release forms Where: Romero Canyon trailhead on Bella Vista Drive Info: Dick, 963-8858 Ritzy Rummage Sale Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is hosting its annual Ritzy Rummage Sale in the Church Hall. The sale features clothing, toys, games, trinkets, furniture, rugs, antiques, collectibles, and more. Hot coffee and donuts, too! Cash, checks, and credit

cards are accepted. There is an Early Bird entry fee of $5 for Early Bird shoppers from 8 am to 9 am. All proceeds are for the benefit of our Lady of Mount Carmel School.

When: 9 am to noon Where: 530 Hot Springs Road Info: 969-5965 Diana Basehart Foundation Event An afternoon affair to benefit the Diana Basehart Foundation, which helps seniors, families, and veterans on limited incomes care for and keep their beloved companion animals. Join for wine, hors d’oeuvres, music by Glendessary Jam, and art by Valori Fussell. Tipper Gore, who serves on the Basehart Advisory Board, and Bill Allen, former editor-inchief of National Geographic, will be in attendance.

When: 3 pm to 6 pm Where: 2462 Golden Gate Avenue, Summerland Cost: $35 donation RSVP: 451-1771 SUNDAY, MAY 18 Historic Home Tour The Pearl Chase Society 2014 Historic Home Tour visits four George Washington Smith-designed homes in Montecito, as

Opera Santa Barbara Bel Canto by Candlelight returns to Santa Ynez Valley with Opera Santa Barbara.

Step out for an evening of beautiful music, great wine, great prizes at the silent auction, and delectable food.

This unique Valley evening will begin with light Italian fare, prosecco and chocolates, prepared by chef Chris Joslyn of Los Olivos Wine Merchant and Café, in the “Italian Courtyard,” complete with a strolling accordionist.

A Silent Auction will be held during the reception. Afterward, several singers and accompanists from Opera Santa Barbara will serenade guests in the candlelit Sanctuary of St. Mark’s. The program will feature selections from Mozart and Verdi, to Gershwin and Sondheim.

When: 7 pm Where: St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church in Los Olivos, 2901 Nojoquio Avenue well as the chapel at the Santa Barbara Cemetery; the bus-led tour starts at Westmont College.

Between 1918 and his death in 1930, George Washington Smith designed more than 60 residential and non-residential structures, mostly in Santa Barbara; his distinctive aesthetic includes enclosed courtyards, central fountains, loggias, balconies, and thick white walls. The mission of the Pearl Chase Society is to increase public awareness and encourage the preservation of Santa Barbara’s historic structures, gardens, and other resources.

When: 11 am to 4 pm Cost: $75 for non-members, $65 for members Reservations and information: www.pearlchasesociety.org AHA! Sing It Out Event Using singing to conquer fear and overcome painful pasts, a dozen teenagers will take the stage one-by-one to sing rock and roll cover songs for Sing it Out!, a joyful and inspiring event organized by AHA!, a program that fosters social and emotional intelligence in adolescents. In honor of the event, Deckers is offering a shoe sale to the public with 20% off and 20% donated to AHA! When: 7:30 pm (shoe sale is 5:30 pm to 7 pm) Where: Deckers Outdoor Corp.

Headquarters, 6601 Hollister Avenue Cost: $25 for adults and $10 for students Info: Molly Green, molly@ahasb.co MONDAY, MAY 19 Women of Inspiration Luncheon Girls Inc. of Carpinteria will host its annual Women of Inspiration luncheon, honoring

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Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara, Cynder Sinclair, Rebecca Costa Smith, and Lindsey Connelly When: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Where: 5315 Foothill Road in Carpinteria Info: 674-6364 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito.

When: 3 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Street TUESDAY, MAY 20 Lecture & Luncheon Channel City Club presents Fredrick Fleitz, Founder and Chief Analyst of the Langley Intelligence Group Network (LIGNET.com), a Washington, D.C.-based global analysis and forecasting service that provides daily assessments of international issues in a style similar to the President’s Daily Brief.

Mr. Fleitz served in U.S. national security positions for 25 years at the CIA, DIA, Department of State and the House Intelligence Committee. He served as Chief of Staff to John Bolton, then Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. He was a professional staff member with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) a senior advisor to the Chairman, specialized in Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs, and as lead nonproliferation expert to HPSCI. When: 11:30 am check-in Where: Reagan Room at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort, 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard Cost: $35 for members, $40 for nonmembers Rock the Casa 6th graders at Marymount School have planned a benefit concert for Casa Esperanza homeless shelter. Held at SOhO, the event’s headline act is Diamond Dave Somerville, original lead of the 1950s hit band, The Diamonds, who rose to fame with hits like “Little Darlin”, “Why Do Fools Fall in Love”, and “Stroll.”

When: 6:15 pm Where: 1221 State Street Cost: kids $15, adults $25 Info: sohosb.com

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed.

When: 9 am Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Street THURSDAY, MAY 22 Flower Show “Fascinating Rhythms, The Music of Flowers” is the theme of The Garden Club of Santa Barbara’s upcoming flower show, which will feature members’ horticulture specimens, floral design arrangements, photography, and a conservation exhibit on the honeybee. Garden Club of America-designated judges from throughout the United States will select winners among the entries.

The Montecito estate formerly known as Miraflores, which means “Look at the flowers,” is the setting for the show. Just as the Music Academy musicians are inspired by the lovely gardens of Miraflores, Garden Club members will seek to reflect the joy of music.

When: 10 am to 4 pm and Friday, May 23, 10 am to 3 pm Where: MAW, 1070 Fairway Road Info: www.gardenclubofsantabarbara.org Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker When: 7:30 pm to 9 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road ONGOING Art Exhibition Montecito songwriter and artist, Lanny Sherwin, has two paintings in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art show, “Made You Look.” Sherwin’s two paintings are “Eye of the Cheetah” and “Black Beauty”. He has been painting in acrylic for three years and has juried in several regional art shows. This is his first time in the highly regarded Westmont show.

When: opens with a reception on Thursday, May 15, from 4 pm to 6 pm, and runs through June 21 Where: 955 La Paz Road Info: www.westmontmuseum.org/ juriedshow/index.html MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS Adventuresome Aging Where: 89 Eucalyptus Lane Info: 969-0859; ask for Susan WEDNESDAYS THRU SATURDAYS Live Entertainment at Cava Where: Cava, 1212 Coast Village Road When: 7 to 10 pm Info: 969-8500 MONDAYS Story Time at the Library When: 10:30 to 11 am

15 – 22 May 2014

Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Connections Brain Fitness Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memoryenhancement exercises in a friendly environment When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50, includes lunch Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859

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TUESDAYS Adventuresome Aging Program Community outings, socialization and lunch for dependent adults When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $75, includes lunch, plus one time fee of $35 Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 WEDNESDAYS Brain Fitness for Successful Aging Series Learn how to rewire your brain, combat stress and fatigue, and keep your brain strong and healthy.

When: 10 am to 12:15 pm (optional power walk), through May 7 Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $150 for the series; snacks provided Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 THURSDAYS Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative, too!

When: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAYS Farmers Market When: 8 to 11:15 am Where: South side of Coast Village Road Local Artisans Market When: 3 to 7 pm Where: La Cumbre Plaza, 121 South Hope Avenue Info: www.localartisansmarket.com SUNDAYS Vintage & Exotic Car Day Motorists and car lovers from as far away as Los Angeles, and as close as East Valley Road, park in front of Richie’s Barber Shop at the bottom of Middle Road on Coast Village Road going west to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automotive trends, and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty of other autos to admire.

When: 8 am to 10 am (or so) Where: 1187 Coast Village Road, except the last Sunday of the month, when the show moves to the Upper Village Info: sbcarscoffee@gmail.com

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Boy Scouts Troop 33 Meeting Open to all boys, ages 11-17; visitors welcome When: 4 pm Where: Scout House, Upper Manning •MJ Park, 449 San Ysidro Road War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. – Winston Churchill

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Kjar (pronounced “Care”) is a third-generation baker; he is the son of Santa Barbara cake baker Henning Kjar, former owner of Henning’s on Figueroa Street. “It’s in my DNA,” Kjar told us, saying that after he sold his father’s business, he took a few years off before opening Your Cake Baker on the Mesa in 2011. For the last three years, Kjar’s business has thrived, and he has won local awards for his wedding cakes.

He continues to be one of the busiest wedding cake makers in the area; last year, he and his bakers prepared more than 300 wedding cakes, and 3,000 party cakes. “I knew I wanted to expand, and when I heard Katie [Teall] was selling Montecito Confections, I

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knew it would be a perfect fit,” he said. He’s made some minor changes to the shop, including changing the color scheme and rearranging some furniture. The shop will still have outdoor patio seating, and will offer a variety of sweet treats, including premade cakes and cupcakes. Kjar will not offer savory items, which Montecito Confections was known for.

“I’ll have éclairs, cookies, crème puffs, macaroons, and more,” he said.

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The Most Creative prize went to Ann Case for her crow’s nest hat including their eggs. Most Beautiful went to Lyn McCabe, who had a sunken ship and treasure round her brim. Along with the winners was Carol Ritter’s pirate hat, and Andria Katz had starfish and other sea creatures adorning hers. Jody Cassriel’s was covered with spools.

Luncheon co-chairs Diane White and Kathryn Dinkin were all smiles with all the silent auction action.

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SEEN (Continued from page 14) Transition House Auxiliary president Missy Sheldon and event co-chairs Kathryn Dinkin and Diane White

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The afternoon ended with a full-on fashion show and 10 models strutting their stuff in Lana Marme’s fine apparel and hats galore. Her boutique is located in the Montecito upper village. Keyboardist George Friedenthal kept the pace up while the audience clapped and cheered.

One of the raffle prizes was a seven-day cruise on Holland America.

Another was a shop-till-you-drop Nordstrom spree.

Keep up the good work, ladies. For more to know about Transition House, call 966-9668.

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Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) really did put on “A Class Act” in the Wine Cask Courtyard and restaurant. It was an afternoon event with guests being served Margerum wines and a light buffet, yummy pizza and flatbreads, while mingling and being entertained. The Siloam Quartet, Isaac Kay, Lalia Mangione, Rebecca Shasberger, and Samantha Wilson, provided mood music.

Next, filling up the courtyard, was the San Marcos High School Madrigal Choir all decked-out with guys in tuxes and gals in burgundy formal gowns. Under the direction of Carolyn Taraoke-Brady the sound was splendid and she has bragging rights. The group will be singing at the Vatican this summer. What an exciting thing to get to do!

Then we all went inside the restaurant to hear Santa Barbara’s Three Tenors, Benjamin Brecher, Gary Smith, and Tyler Thompson accompanied by Renee Hamaty. I didn’t know we had Three Tenors, but it took me back to my days in Naples, Italy, where they sing the great Italian love songs.

The featured guest was Dr. David Malvinni, who is the creator of CAMA’s Music Matters program for the schools’ fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. They learn about composers and classical music with the hopes of raising a new generation of music lovers.

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The SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART congratulates our Education Department and its team of Educators, Teaching Artists, and Docents for their continued excellence in serving the community.

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able, which cost about $800 an hour to run, with the average cost of a rescue being $5,000.

“Our goal is to rescue at least ten thousand dogs,” says Yehuda, who flies a six-seater turbo prop.

“Sometimes these animals are just hours away from euthanasia in the overcrowded shelters of Southern California.”

Shirley Jansen, founder of DAWG, a 23-year-old charity, says more than 40 dogs, including 15 Chihuahuas, from Santa Barbara County shelters will be airlifted at the weekend.

“It is a great idea. We are now going to keep in touch with Wings of Rescue, as we have an oversupply of Chihuahuas, given the popularity of films like Beverly Hills Chihuahua, the Taco Bell TV commercials and the fact Paris Hilton is always cuddling one in her arms.”

Paws for thought, indeed!

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Aces in the Hole Former World Number One tennis player, Jimmy Connors, has been blazing a trail golfing at the Montecito Country Club.

The 61-year-old former racketeer, who won eight Grand Slam singles titles, including five U.S. Opens, two Wimbledons and one Australian Open, hit two holes-in-one in consecutive weeks last month.

“It has never happened in the seventeen years I have been here,” says club pro Scott Johnson. “It is a very rare occurrence. Normally, we get four or five holes-in-one in an entire year.

Two in two weeks by the same person is quite an accomplishment!”

Jimmy, a longtime resident of our rarefied enclave with a single-digit handicap, hit his aces on the 171-yard

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Given the club has 400 members and it is normal practice for the golfer hitting a hole-in-one to buy drinks for everyone, Jimmy wasn’t too much out of pocket.

“Members can buy insurance for a nominal five dollars to cover such possibilities,” adds Scott...

Goodbye, Beverly Hills Hotel Montecito comedienne Ellen DeGeneres is leading a group of Hollywood stars and major players in boycotting the legendary Beverly Hills Hotel in a major protest of the owner, the Sultan of Brunei’s introduction of anti-gay laws in his oil rich southeast Asian nation.

The diminutive 66-year-old potentate, worth around $20 billion and resident in a 1,800-room palace, is

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city council, the city planning commission, the state water board and the California Department of Public Health. There is nothing new here.

But for those pushing recycled water as now produced, this information is an inconvenient truth.

Before Montecito spends funds to bring in recycled water, it is incumbent upon its thinkers to do their due diligence on water quality before their decisions become the cause of a contaminated aquifer from which we do get drinking water. Once contaminated, it is doubtful it could be decontaminated because the genes will transfer to the basic environmental niches. Data are extant, showing bedrock aquifers contaminated at 600 feet. There are good papers showing longer-term survival of pathogens in aquifers. Bringing in large truckloads of recycled water of questionable quality may well put the aquifer at risk. Piping it in as now produced certainly will cause contamination.

Please think before you leap.

Edo McGowan Montecito

Back To Basics

In his letter to the Journal (“Campaign Finance” MJ 20 /18), Leoncio Martins directs a question specifically to me.

I won’t take time to directly answer his question because from what I can understand of the question, it is not fundamental to the issue. After reading his response, however, it is clear that he totally missed the point of my letter.

I did not take a position on the propriety of large political donations from individuals or corporations. I was simply trying to get two points across: 1) the government’s attempts at regulating this conduct has taken away freedom from all of us, and 2) those attempts do nothing to address the fundamental motivation behind the donations (a desire to influence the government’s intervention in the economy or other parts of our lives).

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tion of large political donations, and it seems he does (three lengthy letters to the editor on the subject within 30 days), I believe he would be better served by focusing his efforts on moving this country back to how its founders envisioned it. A government that is limited to protecting individual rights would provide no reason for someone to make an extraordinary donation to a politician or party. There would be little return on such an investment.

Nick Zwick Montecito

Tip of the “Offensive” Iceberg On May 5, 2014, Minnesota lawmakers approved Senator John Hoffman’s (D-MN) bill to change the name “Asian carp” to “invasive carp.”

Senator Hoffman said some people of Asian descent have complained about the name. Since Asian carp were introduced in the U.S. in the 1970s, the fish have spread to dozens of states, causing destruction in the delicate ecosystems of the waterways.

I would like to suggest that “Asian” flu is an also offensive term. The new name should be changed to “IMYFLC (It Makes You Feel Like Crap) Flu.” If it’s worth doing right… it’s worth overdoing!

Dale Lowdermilk Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Dale is the founder of notsafe.org.)

Fixing The Next Faux Crisis

It is becoming increasingly clear that one of the greatest challenges facing the American people today, is that of catching this president in the act of actually telling the truth about something, anything. Space and time are simply insufficient to recount the innumerable examples of his unrelenting mendacity.

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He now earns “Pinocchios,” The Washington Post’s evaluation of untruthfulness, like Bill Gates earns money. His latest assertion, that women only make 77% of what men make, garnered only two “Pinocchios,” a dramatic improvement for the president when compared to the four “Pinocchios” he received for many of his claims about the Affordable Care Act. Four “Pinocchios” are the maximum that can be awarded by The Washington Post, and they are defined by the technical term “whopper.”

Who can forget that the president received the coveted 2013 “Lie Of The Year” award for his “You can keep your...”? You know the rest.

A Nobel Peace Prize and the “Lie Of The Year” award on the very same mantle, a truly unique achievement, I’m sure you will agree.

Well, now that the president has gotten to the bottom of all of those “phony” scandals as he assured us he would, he’s off to fix the faux crisis that is global climate change. Yes, as we all know, global climate change is caused by irresponsible American behavior and grazing cattle.

Can’t wait to see the president in his Chaps, neatly covering his Mom jeans.

Don Michel Montecito (Editor’s note: Well, America and cattle alone don’t cause climate change: according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Koch brothers are mostly responsible for global climate change. Apparently, the evil, rich, Republican-leaning brothers may also be responsible for broadcasting bad breath and male pattern baldness. – J.B.)

Bad, Bad Republicans Recently, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner announced the formation of a new select committee to investigate Benghazi led by Representative Trey Gowdy.

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at what happened in Benghazi with sadness, with seriousness, and as yet another call to honor the men and women who keep us safe.

So let me be blunt: that kind of seriousness is sorely missing from the no-holds-barred political theater of the House Republicans.

I know a little bit about the way Trey Gowdy pursues oversight. Gowdy gives oversight a bad name. The House GOP is on a waste-of-time-andresources witch hunt and fundraising sideshow, shamefully grasping for any straw to make President Obama, former Secretary Clinton, or Secretary Kerry look bad. This stunt does a disservice to those who serve our country abroad, and it distracts us from issues we should be taking up on behalf of the American people.

With millions of people still out of work and millions more working full-time yet still living below the poverty line, with students drowning in debt, with roads and bridges crumbling, is this really what the House Republicans are choosing to spend their time on? Even for guys who have so few solutions to offer that they have voted 54 times to repeal ObamaCare, this is a new low.

House Republicans are doing whatever they can to distract the American people from what’s really going on in Washington – a rigged system that works great for those who have armies of lobbyists and lawyers but that leaves everyone else behind. A system in which Republicans protect tax breaks for billionaires, while they block increases in the minimum wage for millions of people who work fulltime and live in poverty. A system in which Republicans give away billions of dollars in subsidies to Big Oil, while making billions in profits off of our kids’ student loans.

It’s wrong, and it’s shameful.

Leoncio Martins Montecito (Editor’s note: To begin a letter decrying the Republicans’ attempt to find out what happened in Benghazi and end it with Republicans “making billions in profits off of our kids’ student loans” is quite a stretch of indignation. Unless, of course, you’re kidding. As for making President Obama, former Secretary Clinton, or Secretary Kerry “look bad,” they do a pretty good job of it on their •MJ own. – J.B.)

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The Perils of Column Writing

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ver the last 15 years, in my ongoing quest to find things to write about, I have often risked life and limb. For instance, there was the time in Colorado that we went to Boulder Creek to watch insane people tube down the fast-moving, freezing-cold, boulder-filled deathtrap, when someone one in the family said, “Wow, I want to try that!”

Before I could explain how there were not enough pain pills in the world to offset a nose-to boulder collision, the others were inflating their coffins.

“Come on, Ernie. We need more weight,” my then nine-year-old granddaughter said.

“Do you have a helmet?”

“No, but you can use my barrette.”

I could have mentioned my sore elbow, knee, ankle, shoulder, back, buttocks, but I knew that here was my story just waiting to be written. So I willing climbed onto the inner tube.

“Whoa, the water’s like ice.”

“I stepped on something sharp.”

“I think I’m allergic to rubber.”

Fortunately I lived, earning almost enough to cover my beer tab later that evening.

A few years later, we had the opportunity to snorkel around the reef in the middle of Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii, where, according to our guide, the number of turtles is exceeded only by the number of hammerhead sharks.

“What was that?”

“Did anyone else see that?”

“It was huge!”

“I think it was a triggerfish,” said my then eight-year-old grandson.

“See!” He reached out and the fish, which was half the size of his hand, swam right by us.

I could have mentioned my sore elbow, knee, ankle, shoulder, back, buttocks, but I knew that here was my story just waiting to be experienced and written. So I willingly continued on.

“Can we go back to the boat now?”

“Can we go back to the boat now?”

“Can we go back to the boat now?”

Fortunately I lived, earning almost enough to cover my mai tai tab later that evening.

Then there was skiing, water tubing, hiking through the alligator-infested Everglades, and many other harrowing adventures that I undertook for my readers, so that I didn’t have to call my editor (again) and explain how I didn’t have a column this time because of my sore elbow, knee, ankle, shoulder, back, and buttocks.

But sometimes I come up with an idea for a column that is simple, inexpensive, and painless. Like taking a class called “The Art of Bonsai.”

“Ow! Man, these pruning shears are sharp.”

That first session, we learned all about creating miniature trees from juniper shrubs. We learned how to shape the branches of our artistic creations using various gauges of copper wire. “Ah, could someone help me? I seem to have wired my hands together. Anyone? Anyone?”

We also learned how to carefully remove our former shrubs from their nursery containers and wire them into cute little bonsai pots. “Ah, could I get a little help again? I seemed to have wired my tree to my belt buckle.”

Out of all the useful advice I got

during that first session... “Those are not brownies, those are fertilizer cakes!” ...the one thing that really made me smile was when the instructor said: “Remember if you only have one tree and it dies, you have lost your entire bonsai collection. But it you have ten trees and one dies, you still have ninety percent of your collection.”

“Right! Ten trees. What a hoot!”

Fast-foward five years...

“Whoa, dude, your whole back yard is full. How many ‘artworks’ do you have now?”

“I’m not sure. I stopped counting at fifty.”

Yup. I have now spent so much on bonsais that I will have to write this column until at least 2050 to cover my tree tab.

But the good news is that I get to be part of the annual Bonsai Exhibition and Sale this Saturday and Sunday at the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. The Bonsai Club of Santa Barbara is even going to let me help them set up the show. “Ow, man, electric screwdrivers sure are sharp!”

Some of the club members have been doing this for years, so there will be some incredible trees to look at and to buy. Please stop by to say hello. I’ll be the guy wearing all the Band-Aids.

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EDITORIAL (Continued from page 5)

by Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr.

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Surrounding Santa Fe Part II: The Turquoise Trail

(In my previous column, we explored northwest of Santa Fe; today we head southwest.)

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’d heard of the “Turquoise Trail” but dismissed it as the fanciful creation of some local tourist board, designed to entice motorists to visit the tiny towns along New Mexico Highway 14 between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. A state scenic byway, and a good way to steer clear of boring I-25, the Turquoise Trail runs 54 miles through the back country.

positions.

We sympathize with Supervisor Adam, who ran for office on the promise of addressing infrastructure repair and maintenance, along with pension reform.

He’s sort of thrown in the towel on pension reform: “I believe the system will crash, but we can’t do anything about it until it does,” he says.

At least if Measure M passes, Adam and the rest of the Board of Supervisors can begin to deal with repairing and maintaining the county’s roads and buildings on a sounder financial footing, and he can boast of a “smidgen” of success for having dedicated four years of his life to county government.

So, even though it isn’t perfect and isn’t really the way we’d like government to operate, we strongly urge you to vote “Yes” on Measure M.

Replacing Lois Capps She’s likeable and dependable. Twenty-fourth U.S. District Representative Lois Capps is so dependable, she has voted with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi nearly 95% of the time. If you agree with Ms Pelosi’s agenda, you’ll have no problem voting for Ms Capps.

But there are those of us in opposition to things such as the misnamed “Affordable” Care Act, blockage of the Keystone XL pipeline, a cap-and-trade bill, etcetera. For those looking for an alternative to Lois Capps, this June’s ballot offers a plethora of worthy candidates.

We’ve always liked longtime Montecito resident Chris Mitchum and believe it would be a refreshing change to have him represent this district. We’ve met 25-year-old Montecito-born-and-raised Justin Fareed and admire his spirit.

Certainly, Santa Barbara City Councilman Dale Francisco would be an asset in Washington, D.C. Pediatric heart surgeon, Dr. Bradley Allen, recently penned a persuasive op-ed in opposition to ObamaCare for the Santa Barbara News-Press that gives us confidence that he too would be a far better representative than Ms Capps.

But that’s the problem. There are too many good men going after the same position. We must choose one, and so have settled upon Dale Francisco. On the one hand, he’s not as conservative as we’d like our representative to be, but on the other hand he has proven he can help steer a starboard course for as recalcitrant a ship as the City Council of Santa Barbara. We recommend you cast a vote for Dale Francisco for U.S. Representative.

We also recommend a “No” vote on Prop 41 and Prop 42.

•MJ

Village of Cerrillos As it turns out, the “Turquoise” part of the road’s name is based on history, not hype. Driving toward the village of Cerrillos, I spotted Mount Chalchihuitl, where Tano Indians with stone tools dug up turquoise as early as A.D. 900. Their operation ranks as the oldest mine in North America.

Later Spanish settlers found gold in the nearby little hills (“Los Cerrillos”) and forced the Tano people into slave labor in the mines – a least until a series of disastrous cave-ins made them run away in protest and join the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 against the Spanish. The Cerrillos mines lay dormant until 1879, when prospectors rediscovered them, triggering a gold rush that caused their tent camp to explode into a boomtown.

The boom’s echoes faded long ago.

I drove into a desolate-looking hamlet of unpainted buildings and unpaved streets. My ramble around town stirred up dust but not many people – quite a change from the golden days of the 1880s, when Cerrillos boasted shops, four hotels, a newspaper called the Cerrillos Rustler, and a Wells Fargo office. Saloons outnumbered churches (score: 21 to 3).

The only drinking establishment I spotted was Mary’s Bar, a Cerrillos institution that opened in 1936. It is easily identified by its forlorn look and 15 – 22 May 2014

Can you hear me now? An old-fashioned, Cerrillos-style phone at the trading post/museum

a hand-painted sign put up in 1988 by the film crew for the movie Young Guns (or, some say, the 1998 movie Vampires.)

In any case, when the filmmakers left, they forgot to take the sign.

Longtime owner Mary Mora enjoyed cooking her authentic Italian spaghetti and meatballs for Young Guns stars Emilio Estevez and Lou Diamond Phillips. These days, her daughter Kathy runs the place and if you go inside for a beer, it helps if you like cats... there are at least half a dozen, usually sprawled on the bar.

My tour of town also led me to historical buildings such as the Berardinelli House (1886), which has been variously a grocery store, dance hall, undertaker’s parlor, saloon, and silent movie theater. The old Opera House once showcased touring performers including Sarah Bernhardt.

Another ramshackle structure housed a junk shop full of... um, junk.

On a back street stood a low build-

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One of the precious things the Auxiliary does is collect teapots all year from garage sales (or wherever), and then make them into flower arrangements. The silent auction helps benefit Braille, of course.

Mary Romo was there with the Braille student she mentors, Meghan Downing, and her father, Dennis.

He spoke poignantly of what Braille means to his daughter. There are so many wonderful programs for sight-impaired people.

The Auxiliary’s primary event will be coming up August 2, when they give their elegant luncheon at the polo fields including a polo game. Benefit chair is Romo and assistant benefit chair is Janet Lew. Save the date!

Chocolate De Vine The Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church Salon became a sweet treat when the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center (SBRCC) held its 6th celebration of chocolate and wine. Chocoholics could indulge in their favorite form of chocolate, and we “winos” could find delicious local wines to savor.

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The official judges were Mark Brouillard, pastry chef and owner of Fresco Café Santa Barbara, and Jessica Foster from Jessica Foster Confections.

The guests could also vote for the People’s Choice Award for a favorite chocolate. The nautical live auction had lunch in Catalina flown in on a private plane and sailing for six.

At the VIP reception, SBRCC executive director Elsa Granados introduced Tom Neuhaus from Mama Ganache who explained the process of making chocolate. He also is president of Project Hope and Fairness, which helps African cocoa farmers. There is an abundance of child labor in the chocolate industry, particularly in the cheaper chocolates you buy in the United States.

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During the program, they showed a short video from the White House addressing the issue of rape, and Joyce Dudley, Santa Barbara County district attorney, told a survivor story.

Elsa reminded me that Rape Crisis just received $50,000 from the Women’s Fund and this entire event’s proceeds help as well.

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The bakery will be run by Kjar (he does about 30% of the baking), his wife Nancy, and a team of bakers and associates. Kjar’s children live out of the area, but he hopes someday they’ll return to carry on the family business. Next month, he’ll head up to Washington with all of his baking supplies to make a wedding cake for his daughter, Caitlyn. “I’ll be taking over her future in-laws’ kitchen!” he said. He did the same thing for his son Christian’s wedding in Canada a few years back.

“It’s part of being both a dad and a baker,” he said.

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Montecito Association Discusses Water & Wireless At this month’s Montecito Association board meeting, Montecito Water District manager Tom Mosby gave the board an update on water usage in Montecito. “Overall, the community has responded better than I ever expected,” he said.

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Mosby, joined by water engineer Karl Meier and board president Darlene Bierig, said that the district’s water rationing ordinance, Ordinance 93, which went into effect on March 1, has helped reduce water use in Montecito. “The community is doing a great, great, job,” Meyer said. Mosby said that 86% of Montecito residents are at or below their water allocations.

Earlier this year, the district reported that water usage in Montecito was on par to exceed supplies by July. Mosby said that as it stands now, the district may have a small carryover of water when the next water year starts in October.

Ordinance 93 imposes a 30% reduction in water usage to Single Family Residences. Residences are given both a base allotment of water for “essential uses,” which include interior use and a small buffer for outdoor landscaping, and allocations for “non-essential uses,” usually for outdoor landscaping and pools, based on the customer’s parcel acreage. Those going over their allocation are subject to flow restrictions, penalties, and discontinued water service. Ordinance 92, adopted in February, put a moratorium on new water service in Montecito.

Bierig was quick to say that Montecito residents should not be overly optimistic. “We believe this is an eye-opener, and we have to

re-plan how we do things,” she said.

The district is being aggressive at procuring more water for next year; so far, Mosby says, he has procured roughly 3,000 of the 5,300 acre-feet of water needed. “We know what’s going to happen at Cachuma and Jameson lakes. Our goal now is to continue water rationing to have enough water for next year,” he said. Mosby also says Montecito residents should continue their water conservation; Bierig said the district will continue to get the remaining 14% of residents to comply with their allocations.

Crown Castle Latest The board also discussed the proposed Crown Castle project, which includes a 29-site Distributed Antenna System (DAS) in Montecito, requiring that two-feet long antennas be placed on existing utility poles, in addition to new cabling and a small utility box near each site, which will be located underground at most locations.

The project is to allow Verizon Wireless to have stronger signal strength in Montecito, expanding the system into the Romero Canyon, Lilac Drive, Bella Vista Drive area, and along North Jameson Road from Santa Isabel Lane to Ortega Hill Road. According to project rep Sharon James, the project is to provide supplemental coverage for larger cell towers sites that have recently been approved, including one on Santa Angela Lane. “Because of the increased use of data, all of the carriers are realizing that the smaller tower sites can’t handle the capacity,” James told the Land Use Committee last week. She said the current system does not provide adequate capacity for three-quarters of Montecito. “Data is big, and it’s getting bigger and bigger,” she said. “That’s why the carriers are trying to build networks that can handle the continued growth.”

Earlier this year, Montecito Board of Architectural Review spent several meetings looking at both the project’s 11 coastal sites and the inland locations, giving suggestions on how to minimize the network’s impact on the community. The project is tentatively scheduled to be in front of the Montecito Planning Commission on Wednesday, May 21.

The Montecito Association has voted to send a letter about the project to MPC, stating that the project’s addition of pole-mounted antennas, radio boxes on poles, and grounded and mounted utility boxes would have a substantial contribution to the visual blight caused by existing utility equipment. They are asking the commission approve no more than the minimum number of nodes required to provide basic services in the affected neighborhoods, and that the commission ask the applicant to store as much cable as possible underground.

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The next Montecito Association meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, June 10.

Cold Spring’s Joel Orr Retires

Joel Orr will retire from Cold Spring School this June, after 33 years on campus

Cold Spring School teacher Mr. Joel Orr is enjoying his last month in his fifth-grade classroom. In June, Orr will retire from the school after 33 years. “I’m looking forward to it,” he told us last week about his upcoming retirement.

Orr got his start teaching 38 years ago; before Cold Spring he taught at local private schools, and in Las Vegas. At Cold Spring, he has mainly taught fourth and fifth grades. “They are my favorite grades,” he said, adding that he has taught multiple grade levels, including preschool.

Orr, who was hired by a committee led by Peter Shennum back in 1981, says he hopes more male teachers will be hired on in the near future; he is the last male classroom teacher on campus. During his time at Cold Spring, Orr has helped run the annual Track Meet (with physical education coach Jason Otis), has been involved with the Math Superbowl, and currently sits as the Cold Spring Teachers’ Association president. “I really can’t believe it’s been thirty three years!” he says. “I’m still having a lot of fun here!”

During his tenure at what he describes as a “small country school,” Orr has seen his former students grow up to be employees and teachers at Cold Spring, or even parents.

“That is the most rewarding thing,” he said. “There is such a huge list of friendships and professional relationships that I have made over the years.

I have learned so much from the staff and the Montecito community,” he said.

While he remains mum on how he’ll spend his days outside of the classroom, Orr says he might spend some time volunteering on campus in the future. “It is a great loss for the school, but we are happy for his new adventures,” said Cold Spring superintendent Dr. Tricia Price.

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time during the 2014-15 school year.

The admission process will be the same as for all Lower School applicants, which includes an application, a class visit/playgroup, and an individual evaluation. Laguna Blanca School is limiting the class size to allow for meaningful interaction between teachers and the students.

To learn more about the program, please contact director of admissions Joyce Balak at 687-1752 x210 or visit lagunablanca.org.

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Brandon is a Laguna Blanca kindergartner; the Lower School campus has announced an Early Kindergarten pilot program for the 2014-15 year

Laguna Blanca Introduces Early Kindergarten Laguna Blanca Lower School has announced an Early Kindergarten pilot program for the 2014-15 school year. The board-approved program will follow the kindergarten structure of homeroom and specialist offerings, with its own set of themes that are integrated throughout the curriculum.

“Due to the increase in demand for our kindergarten program, the Early Kindergarten pilot program provides another opportunity to introduce new families to the school,” says head of Lower School, Andy Surber.

To qualify for the Early Kindergarten program, a child must turn five some-

This Saturday, May 17, Santa Barbara’s Mental Wellness Center hosts the 3rd annual 5K Walk for Mental Wellness. The walk aims to reduce stigma and promote the importance of mental health for all, according to Annmarie Cameron, CEO of the Mental Wellness Center. “Mental wellness affects all of us, and there’s still a strong stigma against mental illness,” she says.

The goal for this year’s walk is to raise $75,000 to expand services provided by the Mental Wellness Center, which provides rehabilitation and a social center for adults and families affected by mental illness. Individuals and teams can register for the Walk by visiting www. mentalwellnesscenter.org or by calling 845-3298. Participants may also register at the event. Registration is $40 for general participants, $100 to be a VIP Star Walker, and $10 for students and clients of the Mental Wellness Center, with 100% of event registration fees going to support the center.

The 5K Walk starts at 8:30 am at East Beach Bathhouse, 1118 E. Cabrillo Boulevard.

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After a series of successful prosecutions, he altered his physical appearance Historical Archives), public gardens, and moved to the West Coast, where he spent decades litigating complex and the environment. business cases on a national scale. Realizing the negative impact of this The opportunities for starting new high-stress, toxic environment and the toll it was taking on his health and hopes for longevity, he balanced his life by engaging in nonprofit work as a volunteer, board chair, community leader, and nonprofits are limited only by the as a hands-on attorney and consultant helping nonprofits become more effective. This work came imagination and perceptions of peoto be his major passion and sole focus. ple who see an unfilled need and the chance to make a difference. This is a positive and a negative. Currently, there are approximately 2,200 nonalk to a friend, neighbor, a clear these needs are not being fully profits in Santa Barbara County, and person you meet at a cocktail met by government or the private a widely held belief is that Santa or dinner party, or at a fund- sector, nor is there any reasonable Barbara has more nonprofits per capraiser, and someone will be involved expectation that these needs can ita than almost any other county in with a nonprofit as a donor, volun- or should be met entirely by these the country. By comparison, there teer, board member, or staff member. sectors. are 36,000 nonprofits in Los Angeles Involvement with nonprofits is perThis is why nonprofits play such a County. People employed by nonvasive in the Santa Barbara area, and vital role. They provide societal ben- profits make up in excess of 10% of the experience can vary from fulfill- efit, while at the same time offering the workforce, and this sector contining and rewarding to frustrating and the opportunity to become active- ues to grow.

There is a widely held belief, espeunsatisfying. ly involved with others to achieve cially on the part of many funding Why nonprofits? Nonprofits can positive impact. Nonprofits offer the foundations and governmental agenand do play a vital role in help- opportunity to transform the attitudes cies, that there are too many nonprofing to bridge the gap that exists of those who become involved from its competing with one another for a between a community’s needs and thinking of themselves as “I” or “me” limited pool of grant and other finanhow effectively they are met. It is to thinking of themselves as part of cial support.

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many new nonprofits waste valuable time, effort, and energy, and dissipate the excitement and “buzz” that often accompanies a new nonprofit by proceeding blindly while hoping for the best.

There are far better ways to proceed.

The Crucial First Steps The first and most important step is to define the mission of the nonprofit, which should state – in concise language and in a single sentence if possible – the reason the nonprofit exists. The mission statement must answer the questions of why you exist and what you seek to accomplish. Ideally defining the mission and answering these questions should be done by the core group or founders of the organization rather than a single person. The reason for this is to immediately and actively engage a group of like-minded people in this important process with the goal of motivating them to become and remain involved in the nonprofit’s activities.

In defining and stating the mission, it is extremely important to determine whether there are other nonprofits existing in the same geographical area with similar missions.

The reason for this essential due diligence is obvious. If the mission is not unique or sufficiently different from that of other existing nonprofits, the chances for its success can be significantly reduced, especially if the competition is well-established, or perceived to be successful, or both.

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ON SPORTS

by Steven Libowitz

Having A Ball with Karch Kiraly

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he Association of Beach Volleyball Professionals (AVP) has left Santa Barbara off the schedule for its upcoming season – after two-years of well-attended and highly competitive tournaments at West Beach following the AVP’s revival in 2012. But arguably the greatest men’s beach volleyball player in history is still coming to town – make that returning to his hometown – albeit in a non-playing role.

Karch Kiraly, who grew up playing beach volleyball on the sands at East Beach before going on to dominate the world in the sport, has taken over as coach of the USA Women’s National Volleyball team. Kiraly, who assumed the position shortly after the team earned a silver medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, will guide the squad through the next Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016.

Kiraly starred at Santa Barbara High before going on to lead USA to its first two indoor gold medals, capture the Olympics’ first gold medal in beach volleyball, and accumulate 148 beach volleyball tournament victories, and capturing the AVP’s MVP award six times before retiring in 2007.

The team, which trains in Colorado

Springs, is going on tour with a series of six Red-Blue intra-squad matches scheduled over the next two months, starting Friday night at SBCC. The women are preparing to host number-one Brazil in two matches in Southern California and two matches in Hawaii in early July, in advance of the USA Volleyball Cup in July. In Kiraly’s first season as head coach, the women compiled a 25-6 record and won gold medals at the Pan American Cup and NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship, and a silver medal at the season-ending Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) World Grand Champions Cup. Friday’s events begin with a Q&A session with Kiraly at 4:45 pm, with the players beginning warm-up at 5:30 pm for the intrasquad match an hour later.

An autograph session with Kiraly and the players takes place after the games.

Admission is $5 for adults and free for 18 and under, with tickets available at the door. For more information, visit www.usavolleyball.org.

The Wheels Go ‘Round You won’t see banned-for-life cyclist Lance Armstrong or any of

his blood-doping buddies when the Amgen Tour of California rolls through Santa Barbara on Thursday afternoon, but some of today’s greatest cyclists are part of the most important bike race in the country that began last weekend and ends this Sunday. Great Britain’s Bradley Wiggins, who was the first cyclist to win Olympic gold and the Tour de France in the same year in 2012, will spearhead Team Sky, while countryman Mark Cavendish, the 2011 World Champion and owner of the third most Tour de France stage wins, rides for Omega Pharma. USA boasts four-time and reigning national champion Freddie Rodriguez, who competes for Jelly Belly Cycling, and 2010 national champion Ben King, riding for Team Garmin-Sharp, among other top entrants.

Stage 5 of the race begins at 11:45 am on the 1,200-foot long Pismo Beach pier, winds through wine country before heading down San Marcos Pass, through midtown Santa Barbara and the Mesa. The 107-mile course ends along the beach in front of the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort. As before, a bike-themed festival takes place beginning at 11 am in anticipation of the 3:30 pm arrival.

Get details, or follow the action live, on the tour’s website, www.amgen tourofcalifornia.com.

Polo Club in Full Swing

Polo season has already begun down at the lovely Santa Barbara Polo Club.

In fact, the first tournament is already in the books, even as high-goal season remains two months away.

Antelope Polo Team won the finals of the Maserati Cup, the first of four tournaments in the 12-goal season that runs into late June before a two-week layoff heralds the arrival of the 20-goal teams. Geoff Palmer’s team (with Leigh Breechen substituting for the sponsor) beat Ryan Gilbertson’s Wildcat 13-9.

Antelope’s four-goaler Jesse Bray was named MVP, while five-goaler Santi Trotz’ horse Pampiano was named Best Playing Pony. The consolation final ended in an 11-11 tie between Danny Walker’s Cotterel/Long Beach and Grants Farm, the team that features Montecito player/patron Andy Busch.

More Montecito horsing around is up next, as the Village Properties Cup – sponsored by the Coast Village Road real estate firm – takes place May 14-25, followed by the Vic Graber Cup, May 28-June 8, and the USPA La Martina Intra-Circuit, slated for June 11-22.

For each tournament, practice games are held on Wednesdays, with official matches taking place Fridays and Sundays. Admission is charged ($10 general) only for the Sunday afternoon matches, when both a PA announcer •MJ and lots of hoopla are present.

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by Scott Craig (photos by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Artists to Turn Heads in ‘Made You Look’

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eg Cranston, an internationally recognized artist, juries an art exhibition featuring 42 pieces by 29 Tri-County artists May 15-June 21 in the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art. A free, public opening reception for “Made You Look: Westmont Annual Tri-County Juried Exhibition” is Thursday, May 15, from 4-6 pm. The winner of the James A. McIntyre Memorial First Place Art Award, a cash prize of $1,000 donated by the McIntyre family, will be announced at the reception. A cash reward, donated by the Westmont Art Council, will also be given to an honorable-mention winner.

Cranston, who chairs the fine arts department of Otis College of Art and Design, works in sculpture and painting. She has co-authored several books, including Meg Cranston: Hot Pants in a Cold Cold World and More Than You Wanted to Know About John Baldessari: Volume 1. Last year, the museum exhibited a piece by

Cranston in the show “Impulse and Connoisseurship: Selections from the Forde Collection.”

The juried exhibition, which Westmont began more than 20 years ago, provides a rare opportunity to showcase the talent of the local area. “Outside of L.A., it can be difficult to find places for artists to show their work, and we are thrilled to be able to offer our museum for local artists,” says Judy Larson, Askew professor of art history and museum director. “Having a juror as avant-garde as Meg gives us an interesting and fascinating group of pieces to exhibit.”

The artwork of photographer Keaton Hudson, who just graduated from Westmont with degrees in art and English, has been selected for the show. “It’s always exciting for us to see students actively pursuing their art careers and having a juror as prestigious as Meg choosing their art is an added bonus,” Larson says.

For the second straight year, the juried show will also feature the art-

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Viewing to be Mission to Mars

Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will zoom in on the planet Mars during a free, public viewing Friday, May 16, beginning at 7:30 pm. The best viewing generally occurs later in the evening. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.

As Jupiter continues to get lower in the western sky, Thomas Whittemore, Westmont physics instructor, says the target this month will be Mars. “Last month, because of the steady skies, we were able to see, at high power, one of Mars’ polar caps,” he says.

The viewing may also include the globular cluster M3. “Made up of about 500,000 stars, it is estimated to be 8 billion years old and located at about 33,900 light-years away,” Whittemore says.

Stargazers may enjoy another open cluster, M35 in Gemini. “This is one of the most stunning open clusters in the spring sky,” he says. “M35 covers an area of the sky almost the size of the full moon. It’s always interesting to hear what patterns observers see in this collection of stars. Come and take a look.”

The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month, in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through.

The Keck Telescope is housed in the observatory between Russell Carr Field and the track and field/

soccer complex. Free parking is available near the baseball field.

Celebration off the Diamond Nine graduating members of the Westmont baseball team, who missed Baccalaureate and Commencement while winning four straight games and capturing the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament, received a different kind of walk-off celebration May 7. “Pomp and Circumstance” played in the background as the players, wearing their graduation caps and gowns, received diplomas in front of more than 400 loudly cheering faculty and staff at an annual appreciation lunch in Murchison Gym. Rob Ruiz, Westmont head baseball coach, read the names, majors, and honors of each of the graduates as they shook hands with president Gayle D. Beebe and provost Mark Sargent.

“We would like to express our gratitude to you for representing the college so well, sacrificing so much and making such a great contribution not only today in the celebration of the 2014 season but for restoring the reputation and great tradition of Westmont baseball,” Beebe said.

The players then marched out to the tune “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”

The baseball team is playing in the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) Baseball National Tournament opening round, hosted by the Georgia Gwinnett Grizzlies.

The season marked several milestones for the program, including most wins in a season (38) and the first time in 26 years the was ranked in the NAIA National Coaches’ Poll.

Ruiz, hired in June 2009, took over a program with a combined record of 66-286-1 (.188) over the previous eight •MJ years.

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feeling a worldwide backlash after he introduced Sharia law into his country earlier this month, which punishes same-sex relationships, as well as adultery and abortions, with flogging, stoning, and amputation.

“I won’t be visiting the Hotel BelAir or the Beverly Hills Hotel until this is resolved,” Ellen twittered the other day.

Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno has also joined in the boycott, being photographed with protesters outside the ritzy pink Sunset Boulevard hostelry the other day, as well as Virgin tycoon Richard Branson and actress Mia Farrow.

The Wall Street Journal estimates the hotel has lost more than $2 million in business over the protests, including the kickoff on Monday, May 19, for the popular Carousel of Hope benefit, founded by Barbara Davis, whose late husband, Marvin, sold the 102-yearold edifice to the sultan in 1987 for $185 million.

“I can’t have a luncheon that’s about caring for people at a place where the

owner wants to stone gays,” she huffs.

The Motion Picture & Television Fund says it will no longer hold its annual “Night Before the Oscars” party at the 208-room property on 12 lush acres, which is part of the Dorchester Collection, while Branson has stated that no member of his Virgin staff would stay at one of the properties.

In an added move, the City of Beverly Hills has voted to pressure the government of Brunei into selling the hotel in the wake of its new laws.

Mayor Lili Bosse calls it: “A horrific violation of basic human rights.”

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Restaurateur-winemaker Doug Margerum has just joined the cabinet in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian’s Julia Child kitchen cabinet, that is.

The late culinary wizard, who spent her last years at Casa Dorinda in Montecito until she left us in 2004 at the age of 91, donated her kitchen from her Cambridge, Massachusetts, home to the Smithsonian, where it has become one of the most popular exhibits on display.

Eric Spivey, who also lives in our Eden by the Beach and is chairman of the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts, suggested Doug as a member of the august committee.

Julia was a fan of his popular eatery, the Wine Cask, and Doug has fond memories of her as a customer and friend.

“I am delighted to be part of continuing her legacy,” says Doug, who just returned from Washington with his fiancée, Marni Blau. “We have two meetings a year, and we are planning the new kitchen and concepts for the Smithsonian’s west wing. It’s a great honor.”

Dedman Returns A rarely seen Monet 1907 work, “Nympheas,” which reclusive copper heiress Huguette Clark bought in 1930 when she was 23 years old, was one of the star attractions at Christie’s, the New York auction house, at its spring sale, which raised a hefty $286 million.

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Since it didn’t exceed that amount, the Corcoran received nothing.

Clark’s father, billionaire and U.S. senator William A. Clark, bequeathed more than 200 works of European art, including paintings, sculptures and antiquities, to the museum in 1925, and his family donated the funds to build the Clark Wing housing the collection at the institution.

The Monet drew a flurry of initial buds, but stalled at $24 million, even-

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 33) tually being purchased by an Asian buyer, the highest price of the sale.

By happy coincidence, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bill Dedman, who wrote the New York Times bestseller Empty Mansions about Huguette Clark with her cousin, Paul Clark Newell, was in our tony town again, giving talks at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum and the Montecito Country Club with sell-out crowds at both.

The club event, organized by the Montecito Historical Archives and co-chaired by Trish Davis and Marion Gregston, attracted quite a crowd, including Gretchen Lieff, Susan St. John and Ted Baer, Jean and Davis Von Wittenburg, Harry and Karen Kolb, Dana Newquist, Joanna Kerns, Bob and Marlene Veloz, Jane Burkemper, Kerry and Geonine Moriarty, Brian and Joanne Rapp, Alicia St. John, and Jerry and Maureen Magnuson...

The Boys Who Stormed Normandy The 70th anniversary of D-Day was vividly remembered when “The Boys Who Stormed Normandy” was hosted by the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation at a 300-guest lunch at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree.

Four veterans, Art Petersen, who fought both in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge with the I0Ist Airborne; Bob Forties, winner of five Purple Hearts; Frank Johnson, winner of two Purple Hearts; and Sal Perez, were the honorees, just four weeks before June 6 marks seven decades since the Allies’ largest and daring military operation in World War II, a battle that eventually led to the defeat of Hitler and the Nazis with 6,000 vessels and 195,000 men landing on a 50-mile stretch of Normandy.

Emcee and board chairman Air Force colonel, Phil Conran, asked for a show of hands of how many guests had visited the military cemetery in France associated with the event and more than half of the diners raised their arms.

D-Day veterans Art Petersen, Sal Perez, Bob Forties, and Frank Johnson (photo credit: Rick Carter)

A 12-minute video with real footage of commander Dwight D. Eisenhower and clips from the film The Longest Day – showing late Montecito resident Robert Mitchum – and the HBO TV series Band of Brothers mirrored the historic events.

Also present, lauding those who fought in the historic battle, were Rudi Veestraeten, consul-general of Belgium; James Villenueve, consul general of Canada; Axel Cruau, consult general of France; and William Rourke, special representative from the U.K., who did a very passable impersonation of wartime leader Winston Churchill...

Cheers to Cousteau Explorer, environmentalist and film producer Jean-Michel Cousteau celebrated his 76th birthday with a casual brunch bash at his Ocean Future Society’s Santa Barbara headquarters, an organization he founded in 1999 to champion marine conservation and education.

Jean-Michel, son of the legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, was also celebrating his new film, Secret Ocean 3D, which has taken a year to make.

He has made more than 80 films during his career, receiving an Emmy,

Kay Schofield and Kamala Parris with Frederick playing piano at the El Encanto (photo by Priscilla)

Jean-Michel Cousteau at his 76th birthday, showing his famous father, Jacques, in the background at the same age

a Peabody, and Cable Ace awards.

Among the guests, quaffing wine and noshing on cupcakes, were Susan Venable, Nan Marr, Charles Vinick, Holly Lohuis, Bob Evans, Richard Murphy, Jim Knowlton, and Lida Pardisi...

Art Deco at Marymount Marymount School of Santa Barbara raised a hefty $360,000 when it threw its 38th annual “Best of the American Riviera” bash with 220 guests.

The Art Deco-inspired party, chaired

by Deborah Bettencourt, featured Joe Rexin as auctioneer for a number of

trips to Hawaii.

There was an after party at the El Encanto Hotel with guests decked out in black and white with graduates, dressed as bellhops, helping diners find tables.

Among the tony throng were Jeff and Susan Jordano, Kamala and Bill Parris, Vivienne and Michael Ninniss, Kay and Keith Schofield, Lori and Christian Tudor, Lisa and Robert Jacobi, Nikki and Larame Greene, Monica Eiler, and Scott Stefan...

Honoring Mothers Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care (VNHC) hosted its 18th annual Mother’s Day lunch with a record number of 350 guests at the Coral Casino, raising $350,000 for the charity.

As usual, two mothers were honored, local philanthropist Jill Levinson, daughter of Irma and Morrie Jurkowitz, and the late Barbara Ward Rollerson, mother of Dream Foundation founder Thomas Rollerson, who died in 1977 after an 11-year battle with multiple sclerosis.

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a montage of film and photos of the two women.

Event co-chairs for the second year were Jodi Fishman-Osti and Pamela Dillman Haskell, while the ubiquitous Andrew Firestone was master of ceremonies.

A stylish new highlight added this year was a fashion show, featuring 14 local models and KEYT-TV anchor and reporter Shirin Rajaee as emcee.

Perhaps one of the most unique aspects of the lunch is that it is completely underwritten through the Peter Murphy men’s night, an evening where men – husbands, fathers, sons, and friends of attendees – gather for an evening of socializing and fundraising to cover the costs of the event.

The top auction prize was a trans-Atlantic crossing on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 and stays at the Four Seasons hotels in New York and London, which was snapped up for $16,500.

VNHC, 106 years old, is Santa Barbara’s largest home health and hospice care organization, looking after 15,000 people at an annual cost of $2.6 million, says Rick Keith, executive director. This includes the 18-bed facility, Serenity House.

Among those turning out for the cause were Leslie Ridley-Tree, Mike and Anne Towbes, Hiroko Benko, Ricardo Calderon, Marybeth Carty, Joan and Leslie Dinaberg, Margo and Robert Feinberg, Janet Garufis, Neil Levinson, Lana Marmé, Alixe Mattingly, Mireille Noone, Priscilla Presley, Nancy Ransohoff, Carole Ridding, and Patti Schwartzkopf.

Pianist Emanuel Ax captivates at L.A. Phil concert Ron Giger, Anna Wilding, Charles Ward, and John Macker celebrate the start of the 103rd SB Polo Club season (photo by Priscilla)

Hats Off to Horses It was the perfect weekend when the Santa Barbara Polo Club launched its 103rd season in Carpinteria with TV Santa Barbara’s first annual Hats & Horses fundraiser with 350 guests, raising $25,000.

The equestrian jolly, co-chaired

by Jeff Green and Katie Laris, featured KEYT-TV senior reporter John Palminteri as auctioneer for the prizes, which included tickets to a variety of championship sporting events, passes to New York’s popular Fashion Week next year, VIP tickets to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, a Cordon Bleu hands-on culinary workshop in Paris, and a Kenyan bush safari.

Checking out the chukkers were John Macker, Annamaria Seabright, Cathy Boggs, Deirdre Hanssen, Chris Gallery, Matt Schuster, Candi Corbani, Taylor Reaume, Olivia Uribe, Aundray Riche, and Craig Dobbin...

Gustavo the Great at Granada CAMA – the Community Arts Music Association – wrapped its 95th International Series season with the annual visit of the Los Angeles Philharmonic – which is also marking

its 95th season – with Venezuelan conducting genius, Gustavo Dudamel.

The Granada, not surprisingly, was sold-out for the occasion, which also featured Avery Fisher Prize winner, Polish pianist Emanuel Ax, who performed 35-year-old Andrew

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“RALLY FOR KIDS”

“RALLY FOR KIDS”

Our Mission Statement “To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential, as productive, caring and responsible citizens.”

The United Boys and Girls Clubs is a non-profit agency that has been serving youth in Santa Barbara County since 1952.

The Rally will raise funds to support the United Boys & Girls Club’s four Club sites and five satellite locations which collectively serve more than 7,000 youth every year through after-school and summer programs. We are committed to keeping our membership fee affordable at just $40 per child, per year, despite the actual cost per child being more than 25 times that amount.

The Car Rally will challenge local car enthusiasts, putting their driving skill, strategy and finesse to the test over 150 miles of back roads from Santa Barbara through the Santa Ynez Valley and back again. Each driver and their navigator must follow a carefully calibrated route with several mystery check points that highlight the beauty, unique character and charm of our region. Rally cars will be accompanied along the route by their very own “roadies” on board our Wine Tour Bus. The “finish line” will be the Bella Vista Ranch in Summerland where we will declare the winners, celebrate the journey and dance the night away.

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Norman’s world premiere 20-minute work “Release,” a fantasy for piano and orchestra, with Ax catching every detail of the unusual work.

The concert was buttressed with two pieces by Brahms – the Academic Festival Overture, wrapping with the German composer’s “Piano Concerto No. 2” in B-flat Major, played impeccably by Ax. Kudos also goes to cellist Robert deMaine who joined in the encore by Chopin…

Hooray for Hollye Breast cancer survivors and patients turned out at the Sansum Clinic for a private book-signing reception with Montecito’s Hollye Jacobs, author of the New York Times bestseller The Silver Lining: A Supportive & Insightful Guide to Breast Cancer.

The Montecito resident has 55,000 followers on Twitter and provides insights and inspiration to tens of thousands of readers of her award-winning blog, The Silver Pen. Hollye’s oncologist, Fred Kass, described her 274-page Simon & Schuster work as “a remarkable book redefining the genre.”

As for Hollye, she says her cancer diagnosis was “shattering.”

“I went from the side of the bed as a nurse into it, but I received magnificent care at Sansum. Silver Lining is a balance and perspective of the daily treatment I underwent. It demystifies the experience and lessens the fear.”

Montecito Fashion Local interior designer Penny Bianchi hosted a trunk show at her Provencal-style home for two colleagues, handbag designer Sally Perrin and dress designer Mary Alice Haney, both from Los Angeles.

Fashionista followers turned out in force for the bijou bash, included Gina Tolleson, Sylvia Easton, Daryl Stegal, Gretchen Lieff, Jennifer Smith Hale,

Fiona Stone, Mary Alice Haney, and Susan Henry at Penny Bianchi’s home (photo by Priscilla)

Kristen Ely, and Carolyn EspleyMiller...

Beautiful Earth “Bella Gaia” creator Kenji Williams is quite a character.

The Granada show, which translates to “Beautiful Earth,” fused NASA data in remarkable footage, wonderful video artistry, and dance performances into a glorious celebration of our planet.

Williams, a violinist, was joined by percussionist-vocalist Deep Singh, singer-keyboardist Kristin Hoffman, string instrumentalist Yumi Kurosawa, and saxophonist Lety El Naggar.

A most unusual and enthralling show...

Another Season Wraps Camerata Pacifica wrapped up its 24th season in grand style at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall.

New horn play3er Martin Owen on horns kicked off the two-hour concert with Messiaen’s “Appel Interstellaire” from “Des canyons aux étoiles,” written after the composer visited Utah’s Bryce Canyon.

David Robertson, Lindsay Cahn, Adrian Spence, Sandra Svoboda, and Kieran Spence at Music Academy of the West (photo by Priscilla)

Mezzo-soprano Kate Allen joined the rest of the chamber players for Jake Heggie’s “Winter Roses”while Owen and pianist Adam Neiman performed Schumann’s “Adagio & Allegro in A-Flat Major.”

The finale finished in glorious fashion with Josef Rheinberger’s “Nonet in E-Flat Major,” featuring the full ensemble led by Irish founder Adrian Spence...

Sightings: Orlando Bloom and three-year-old son, Flynn, frol-

icking on the beach... Rande Gerber and wife, Cindy Crawford, noshing at the Plow & Angel... Michael Keaton browsing the goods at Jenni Kayne Home in the San Ysidro Village Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should e-mail him at richardmineards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the •MJ Journal

Stand Up Straight and Sing!

Jessye Norman in Conversation with Jim Svejda of KUSC Radio

FRI, MAY 16 / 7:30 PM / HAHN HALL, MUSIC ACAdeMY oF tHe WeSt tickets start at $45 / $15 all students $75 ticket includes premium seating and signed book From growing up amid the challenges of Jim Crow racism to a meteoric rise at the Berlin Opera, Jessye Norman has become one of America’s most beloved performers. Join us and this inspiring artist in a discussion of her new memoir.

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IN THE VALLEY

by Pat Murphy

Pat Murphy is a long-time journalist and resident of the Santa Ynez Valley. She is also the author of the book Santa Ynez Valley Secrets.

Bo Derek Challenges the Hellespont

Bo Derek enjoys a victory drink with her partner, John Corbett

Bo Derek takes a break with Turkish swim mates

T

he term “10” has long been synonymous with the most desirable woman – and it’s a credit to Bo Derek. But people who know her say that she actually is a 10 in many ways other than physical appearance.

Bo is an accomplished horsewoman, a hardworking member of the California Racing Board, and is proudly a patriotic Republican American.

She has worked tirelessly to end horse slaughter in America, and loves animals to the point that, at one time, she owned a small herd of Andalusian and Paint horses, and at least 11 dogs.

Her latest endeavor has been to swim the Hellespont, a waterway that divides areas of Turkey. When I arrived at her ranch house, she opened the door and beside her stood a German shepherd and what appeared to be a shaggy pony. On closer inspection, the animal morphed into a huge Irish wolfhound.

As we sat and talked, we enjoyed imported tea and tea biscuits. Because of her athleticism and outdoor life, Bo is trim and fit, and looks decades younger than her age. She lives in the Santa Ynez Valley with her significant other, actor John Corbett.

“The idea of the swim really started when I read Lynn Sherr’s book called Swim –Why We Love the Water,” says Bo. “Lynn tells about swimming the Hellespont, an iconic stretch of water with a fascinating history. I was always such a water person growing up on the Southern California beaches, and I became fascinated with this challenge.

“So I started swimming at the YMCA, and I found that swimming has changed a lot from the time I was a kid. Then Mary Lou Running

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invited me to her house to meet with Dave Cameron, a swimming coach from Minnesota, who has swum the English Channel twice. The techniques have really improved and it’s called ‘total emersion.’ With this kind of fitness training, you could almost swim all day. I had back surgery in January, and the big swim was coming up in August. But the surgeon told me that if I would swim, I would not have to go to physical therapy. I started talking with my friend Princess Shehkyar Jah of Turkey about the Hellespont, and she said she would go with me. So we trained for about a year for this six-kilometer swim. She trained in London, where she lives and I trained here.”

The Hellespont is now known as the Dardanelles, and it is a narrow strait that separates Europe from Asia.

It also connects the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is four miles wide, has a strong current and is the route taken by various species of fish migrating from the Black Sea to the Aegean. It is also the route of many cargo ships from Russia and elsewhere. So it is not really a candidate for being a tranquil swimming spot.

“We started in Turkey on the continent of Europe and swam across to Turkey, on the continent of Asia,” she tells me. “There is so much history in this region. The battle of Troy was fought there, and Winston Churchill met his big defeat at the Dardanelles.

It was the fascinating history there that gave me the incentive to make this swim. While we were there, there was great unrest in Syria and Russian warships were coming through. But each year on August 30, they shut down the shipping lanes for two

Bo Derek and Princess Shehkyar Jah of Turkey

hours so that this historic swim can take place.

“I wore a Speedo swimsuit with a tight core (strength) and a surfer rash guard which keeps you from getting sunburned. This also helped my sense of modesty, being out there with hundreds of swimmers. Five hundred people started the swim and 220 were pulled out into the rescue boats, because it was very choppy and a strong wind was blowing. But they had warned us the night before that the weather was going to be the worst that they had had in ten years.

“However, Shehkyar and I had come so far that we wanted to at least try. Well, the next day, it was absolute chaos! There were 500 people all starting on one beach, and the waves were so strong that bodies were just being slammed into each other. Even some of the safety boats had to abandon us. The signal that you were in trouble was to raise your hand. But you had to wait a while, because the remaining boats were pulling out so many swimmers and taking them back to shore.

“John had come with me and was in one of the safety boats pulling out big, strong men. So he figured he’d be pulling me out any second. You really couldn’t stop to rest because the current would slam you back. One survival technique is to sing your favorite songs in your mind. But I couldn’t do that or even enjoy my beautiful sur-

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roundings because I was just trying not to drown. I kept remembering that our friend Jimmy Connors had sent me an email the night before I left saying, ‘Good luck Bo, just remember your training!’ So I just kept saying to myself, ‘Well, I’ll just go a little longer’ over and over again. Then, finally, there was the shore and I realized that I had made it!

“Shehkyar and I were together at the start, but there were so many bodies that were thrashing around trying to survive that I lost her. When I finally got to the shore, she was already there and she beat me by five minutes. It had taken us about two hours. I’m naturally athletic, but I have never taken on such a challenge. You just felt exhausted, but you couldn’t stop to rest because you would get thrown back by the waves. Then about three quarters of the way, I pulled a groin muscle.

When I finally finished, I had to walk up this ramp and pass a camera that would record my timing device that was fastened to my ankle. But I can tell you that I really just wanted to curl up in a ball and cry and throw up, because I had been throwing up saltwater as I swam. Then I realized that there were all these news cameras there and (reporters) wanted an interview. I think I talked a little too much, because I was out of my mind by then. But the Turks were very gracious and nice.”

I reminded her that she had done a lot of daring things in the past, like her Roman riding escapades and the bull fighting on horseback in Spain.

She replied that those had not lasted so long. “I realize that this was just a swim, but somehow it changed something in both Shehkyar ‘s and my life,” Bo says. “It’s hard to express. Now I swim three times a week. It strengthens very muscle and burns a lot of calories. We plan to go to Greece to swim next year. I’ll have to admit that I love swimming in the ocean but am •MJ wary of shark attacks.”

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On Entertainment Long-lasting and Smart Idiot

by Steven Libowitz

Dan Tracy (Tunny), Jared Nepute (Johnny), and Casey O’Farrell (Will) in American Idiot (Photo

by Jeremy Daniel)

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merican Idiot, the double Tony Award-winning musical based on Green Day’s Grammy-winning multi-platinum album of the same name, chronicles three friends seeking meaning in the post-9/11 world who are forced to choose between chasing their dreams and sticking to the safety of suburbia.

The hit show has been out on the road for more than a year, and this week the official touring company is making its Santa Barbara debut in a onenight stand at the Granada Theatre on Wednesday, May 25.

We caught up with actor Dan Tracy, who plays Tunny, which also happens to be his first job straight out of college. So much for soul-searching on his part!

Q. Were you always on stage growing up?

A. Oh yeah. I was that guy. When I was really young, the way my mom would entertain me after school was to plug me into shows like the Lion King musical and Mary Poppins. I was just a singing and dancing kid. I had my first job on stage in a little variety show with John Lithgow. Then I got very serious in high school.

garde-style musical. It’s not a classic book story. You’re not going to hear people spoon-feeding you the story.

It’s a million miles a minute, very elaborate. But it’s not at all a concert.

In fact, it’s an extravagantly staged piece of theater you need to see more than once to get the full gist. There Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than ten years.

are parts of the story you can’t grasp because you’re so engaged in all the different elements. But I think it’s very successful in what it sets out to do, representing this time in our culture, in a way we’re used to seeing this story told.

Say what, now – you were in a show with John Lithgow?

Yeah, I was in 2nd grade. It was called The Remarkable Farkle McBride based on a children’s book he wrote and illustrated. He did a variety show of all these classic show tunes and used a chorus of kids in all the cities where he played one-nighters. I got to do it in Rhode Island on the biggest stage in the state. That was it for me.

My parents knew that experience had changed me.

Speaking of the story, can you take us through a bit of the plot?

It’s about three young kids on suburban California, similar to where Green Day’s Billie Joe (Armstrong) grew up in Oakland. We’re all upset with our lives and want change. My character moves to New York City with best friend Johnny, the lead character. He gets into some trouble, and I enlist in the military. So, my story is one of hardships and intense obstacles, but finding hope and truth at the end, and knowing that no matter what bad things happen, there are also gifts that can help you heal... Even though my life isn’t like that at all, I can identify with the sense of loss, the fear of what’s coming, and trying to find a glimmer of hope through a lot of frustration.

American Idiot isn’t exactly the kind of classical musical you grew up on, and now it’s your first big job out of college.

How are you adapting to what some people say is just a concert trying to be a musical?

It’s a post-modern, almost avant-

How about Green Day? Were you a fan from the beginning or only after you auditioned?

I definitely knew the album. I bought it when I was in 7th grade in 2004, and fell in love with it but didn’t understand what it was all about. By

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high school, I stopped listening to pop music in favor of Broadway musicals.

But I did see the show right before it closed in New York and fell in love with it all over again.

Punk rock goes to Broadway – what more could you want?

Yeah, the days where Broadway is its own style are long past. People want to see shows that are similar to what they listen to otherwise, not those big elaborate orchestras. Our generation is into punk and rock, and Billy Joe is an incredible songwriter. If these songs were to be put on top of different orchestration, they might be mistaken as classical musical theater songs. I mean, they’re that great.

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Still, I can’t help thinking that your parents might not have envisioned American Idiot when you were doing all those school musicals.

They know how hard I work and how seriously I take my job. And they like that I’m appreciated by fans of the show. It’s nice for them to see that they weren’t the only ones who thought I was talented. They’re pretty liberal folks – they like shows like The Book of Morman, so they know it’s not all bubble gum and candy. But they do wonder when I’m going to do The Sound of Music.

Red, John Logan’s 2010 play about painter Mark Rothko and his assistant, refers to the dominant color in the famed Seagrams’ series Rothko was commissioned to create for the new Four Seasons restaurant in New York in the late 1950s. That’s the setting and era for the play, which requires the actors to mix pigments on stage and actually employ brush strokes to a canvas.

But, according to Brian Shnipper, who will direct the Tony Awardwinning drama for an Ensemble Theatre Company (ETC) production opening Saturday night, the piece is much less about art than the relationship between the artist and the other character, Ken, who represents an amalgamation of Rothko’s assistants.

“It starts out debating the nature of art, so if you were only to concen-

American Idiot marks the end of the

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This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe.

FBN No. 2014-0001387. Published May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Susan Keller, 328 Mathilda Drive #2, Goleta, CA 93117. Maia Palmer, 1587 Las Canoas Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Robert Palmer, 1587 Las Canoas Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 6, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN No. 2014-0001340. Published May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Lower Lodge, 609 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Hannah Vainstein, 609 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 23, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0001204.

Published May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Revitalize With Exercise, 620 Anacapa Unit 4, Santa Barbara, CA

93101. Brian Lawrence Antecki, 2710 Sycamore Canyon, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 29, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Nie Sohis. FBN No. 2014-0001272.

Published May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sideways Wine; Sideways Wine Bar, 3920 Via Real, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Charles S. Crail, 180 Olive Mill Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 1, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN No. 2014-0001301.

Published May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Kirk’s Plumbing, 2718 Verde Vista Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Kirk Elliot Peters, 2718 Verde Vista Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 24, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN No. 2014-0001222.

Published May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Martin & Associates, 121 West De La Guerra, Ste B, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. David R. Martin, 869 Knollwood Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 21, 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0001170. Published April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bee Vintage Designs; The Buzzy Bee; The Right Gift, PO Box 1802, Buellton, CA 93427. Jamie Martinez, 371 Sycamore Dr., Buellton, CA 93427. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 15, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by D. Sanchez. FBN No. 2014-0001131. Published April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Brookwest Group; Choo Choo Jewelry; Choo Choo; Choo Choo Baby, 106 Kinman Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117. Ashlan Taylor, 106 Kinman Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 21, 2014.

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for: BID NO. 5325 DUE DATE & TIME: June 4, 2014 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Removal, Transportation and Management of Biosolids Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or

by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for bid package and specifications.

Bidders are hereby notified that any service purchase order issued as a result of this bid may be subject to the provisions and regulations of the City of Santa Barbara Ordinance No. 5384, Santa Barbara Municipal Code, Chapter 9.128 and its impending regulations relating to the payment of Living Wages.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello.

FBN No. 2014-0001182. Published April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mission Masonry, PO Box 4213, Santa Barbara, CA 93140. Jimmie Thaten, 217 S. Milpas, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 7, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0001025. Published April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Happy Dog, 464 Terrace Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. John H. Godsey, 464 Terrace Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 22, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN No. 2014-0001195. Published April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A Touch of Southern Love, 811 Summit Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Terry Stanford-Jacobson, 811 Summit Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 1, 2014. This statement expires five years from

Published: May 14, 2014 Montecito Journal

the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Original FBN No. 2014-0000965. Published April 23, 30, May 7, 14 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Imagine Design Studios, 452 Scenic Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. James T. Forsha, 452 Scenic Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 16, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Original FBN No. 2014-0001132. Published April 23, 30, May 7, 14 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1466578. To all interested parties: Petitioner Meng Sun filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Mingyi He to Lily Mingyi He. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 11, 2014, by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 4, 2014 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO: 3723 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3723 for the Marina One Replacement Project – Phases 5-8 will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 3, 2014 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “Marina One Replacement Project – Phases 5-8, Bid No. 3723”.

The work includes all submittals, labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Professional Engineer stamped submittals, demolition of existing docks including utilities, installation of floating docks including utilities, tying over to existing water, sanitary sewer, electrical, and cable/telephone service, and installation of new piles per plans and specs. The contractor shall possess a valid Contractor's Class A License issued by the Contractors State License Board at the time the bid is submitted to complete this work. The Engineerʼs estimate is $6,223,000 for the base project and $194,000 for the additive bid item for a total project estimate of $6,417,000.

There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 11:00 am at the Waterfront Department Office located at 132-A Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The Cityʼs contact for this project is Eric Maple, Project Engineer, 805-8972501.

In order to be placed on the plan holderʼs list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard.

Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the Cityʼs website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts.

Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashierʼs check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal.

A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED : May 14, 2014 and May 21, 2014 Montecito Journal

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ing made from 65,000 adobe bricks – the “Casa Grande Trading Post and Petting Zoo.” (Suggestion: All stores should add “Petting Zoo” to their name.) There were old bottles in the windows, vintage farm wagons out front, goats, and a llama in the petting yard, and minerals, handmade jewelry, lucky horseshoes, and painted “hubcap art” for sale in the shop. It was also home to the Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum, which displays old electrical line insulators (“Jewels of the Wires”), tools, bottles, and coffee cans, as well as turquoise from the nearby claim of friendly proprietors Todd and Patricia Brown.

After all, turquoise is what Cerrillos is all about, and it has had an enduring impact. About 1900, New York’s Louis Comfort Tiffany admired some sky-blue stones he saw in the Spanish crown jewels. Where had those come from? Answer: Cerrillos, New Mexico.

Tiffany sent his gemologist to check things out and soon arranged to have raw Cerrillos turquoise shipped to Tiffany & Co. (True to the Wild West, the stones were packed in cigar boxes.)

The company’s designers crafted $2 million worth of turquoise jewelry.

The stone became such a beloved tradition that to this day Tiffany’s trademark gift boxes are colored turquoise.

Next Stop: Madrid Next, I rolled down the road to the main stop on the Turquoise Trail, Madrid (pronounced MAD-rid). Only a few blocks long, the town lines both sides of the narrow highway with colorfully painted cottages, nearly all occupied by shops and galleries.

At the turn of the last century, Madrid began as the “company town” for the nearby coal mine. Miners lived in the cottages, played night baseball on one of the nation’s first lighted fields, and every December starting in the 1920s decorated the entire town with Christmas lights. Local coal-fed generators blasted out 500,000 kilowatts of power to light up the winter sky with 150,000 Christmas bulbs.

Airlines rerouted their planes to fly over Madrid, and it’s said that passenger Walt Disney happened to look down on Madrid’s holiday lights and remembered them years later when he 15 – 22 May 2014

planned the illuminated main street at Disneyland. (Madrid’s 300 residents still put up plenty of Christmas lights.)

In the 1950s, with the coal boom over, the town nearly faded away.

But hippies and artists arrived in the 1970s, looking for a cheaper alternative to Santa Fe and renovating the swaybacked cottages along the road as shops and galleries.

Among them, I liked Lori Musil Art & Antiques (the chatty owner regales visitors with local history) and Weasel & Fitz, a shop of often whimsical art made from recycled objects: bottle-top earrings, masks made with nuts, bolts, pipes, gaskets, scissors, and almost anything else imaginable, and so on.

To my eye, Madrid offers more craft than art in its pottery, leather goods, and jewelry, and a few too many overpriced scrap-metal sculptures. On the plus side, the town radiates a proud sense of community that’s rare these days and welcome.

Locals, tourists, bikers, and others often end up at the Mine Shaft Tavern, a roadhouse where New Mexico musicians play and a sign over the bar says: “Madrid has no town drunk. We all take turns.”

The Hollar restaurant is worth the trip to Madrid all by itself. Although roughand-tumble from the outside, the Hollar was founded by a Cordon Bleu-trained chef who blends southern cooking with dishes from the Southwest and beyond.

I tucked into fried green tomatoes with cheese grits, and a perfectly cooked ahi tuna sandwich.

Eat outdoors in the dog-friendly patio and you’ll be surrounded by friendly, brewski-drinking locals – including many survivors of the 1960s – enjoying the sunshine and ordering such innovative dishes as a pork tenderloin sandwich with green chile, mole, provolone, and bacon on a pretzel roll. For dessert, I took the crowd’s unanimous recommendation and went for a jumbo slice of velvety rich chocolate cake.

Every trip ought to end with chocolate, don’t you think?

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Turquoise Trail visitor information: Map, attractions, shops, galleries, and restaurants: www.turquoisetrail.org •MJ

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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)

THURSDAY, MAY 15 KJEE Summer Round Up – The annual mini-fest of alternative rock turns 10 tonight, which is a pretty big accomplishment in the fickle world of rock ‘n’ roll. Reggae funk pioneers 311, long a favorite of both the radio station and the venue, headline the five-hour concert. The Omaha-originated band are celebrating a double-digit milestone of their own: their latest CD, Stereolithic, released two months ago, marks the 311’s 10th album of new material over a 24-year career. As befits the format of KJEE, known for helping to break new acts over the radio, the second top act of the Round Up is a much younger band, the appropriately named Young the Giant, who scored a breakout hit with their self-titled 2010 debut. Mind Over Matter, the follow-up, just came out last January, with Grammy-nominated producer Justin Meldal Johnson adding lots of tricks to lead singer Sameer Gadhia’s vocals as the group morphs, as one critic put it, “from indie darling who could to full-blown arena rock overlords.” Also on the bill: Big Data, the electronic music project from producer Alan Wilkis, and Australia’s indie faves Birds of Tokyo. WHEN: 5 pm WHERE: 1122 North Milpas Street COST: $45-$50 in advance, $55 day of show INFO: 9627411 or www.sbbowl.com

FRIDAY, MAY 16 Frisell Channels Lennon – Versatile guitarist Bill Frisell wasn’t planning on recording an entire album of John Lennon songs nor putting together a tour with his quintet dedicated to the project. But as been the case throughout much of his career that has careened through jazz, folk, classical, soundtracks, jazz, and more, luck and timing played a role, as Frisell was asked on the first stop of a 2005 tour with now-perennial collaborators Jenny Scheinman on violin and Greg

Leisz on guitars to complement exhibition dedicated to the former Beatle 25 years after his assassination with an instrumental interpretation of Lennon’s songs. It was a hit with both the audience and Frisell himself, who had never really interpreted the composer’s music in a focused way, though he’d first seen The Beatles way back in their American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Now, 50 years after that historic event, Frisell’s trio aided by drummer Kenny Wollesen and bassist Tony Scherr – who recorded the countryrock inflected tribute album All We Are Saying back in 2011 – are on the road touring behind the project, including a stop at a frequent Frisell (and Leisz) stomping ground. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido Street COST: $40 & $50 ($105 patron tickets include priority seating and pre-concert private reception) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com Dance Generations – Roaring 20s: Remixed! is the title and the theme for Santa Barbara Dance Arts’ 17th annual year-end production, now at the Marjorie Luke. The setting is fitting, because the theater was the site a couple of years ago of a major tribute to Glee, the hit TV show that has as a regular Trevor Dow, one of the notable alumni from the program, a list that also includes Jackie Rotman, who started the nonprofit Everybody Dance Now, which has been featured on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew and has chapters all over the world. See tomorrow’s possible dance stars when SBDA’s best take the stage in three showcases grouped by the performers’ ages: the senior students 7pm tonight, youth tomorrow at noon, and junior at 5 pm. While each has special programs (including the hip-hop-oriented I Am Woman and Phenomenal Woman, the latter choreographed by UCSB dance major Kyleigh Carlson), all the shows will feature the title piece, a vivacious

FRIDAY, MAY 16 Opera Star – Talking Only – Legendary opera singer Jessye Norman’s rise to fame from humble beginnings in Augusta, Georgia, where she grew up amid the challenges of Jim Crow racism singing spirituals in church, has been called as inspiring and moving as the fictional stories she relays on stages across the world as one of America’s most beloved performers in opera, art song and blues, jazz, and other roots music. Now the recipient of five Grammy Awards, dozens of international prizes, a Kennedy Center Honor, the National Medal of Arts, and nearly 40 honorary doctorates is coming to Montecito to sit in conversation with Jim Svejda of KUSC Radio, reflect on her illustrious career, and discuss her memoir, Stand Up Straight and Sing!, published just last week. A book signing follows the presentation.

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $40-$75 general, $15 students INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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SATURDAY, MAY 17 Kabaretti’s Nod to a Mentor – Santa Barbara Symphony music director Nir Kabaretti pays tribute to his mentor and teacher Noam Sheriff and then hosts Grammy Award-winning cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio, as the ensemble ends its 2013-14 season with a pair of performances at the Granada. The concert opens with Akeda (The Sacrifice of Isaac), a 1997 piece by Sheriff, the Israeli composer, conductor and arranger who at 79 is currently the music director of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra. Next up is Dvořák’s “Cello Concerto”, featuring Sant’Ambrogio, who is also a founding member of the Eroica Trio and has been praised by The New York Times for her “irresistible warmth.”

The concert – and the season – concludes with one of the Soviet-era masterpieces, Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 5”, which contains one of the great marches of all time. WHEN: 8 tonight, 3 tomorrow WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $29-$133 INFO: 899-2222 or www. granadasb.org production number that takes a journey through the upbeat decade circa The Great Gatsby. The Luke, by the way, is also just down the street from SBDA’s new 9,000-square-foot digs, a modern performing arts center two blocks away.

WHERE: 721 East Cota Street COST: $22 general, $5 performers, $16 students (nonperformers; through high school), $50 VIP INFO: 966-5299 or www.sbdancearts. com

SATURDAY, MAY 17 Foster the People – The Santa Barbara Blues Society has scored one of its biggest booking coups in years with tonight’s performer, Ruthie Foster.

The singer-songwriter-guitarist, who has appeared over the years both next door at the Lobero Theatre and out at UCSB’s Campbell Hall, began her career as a folk-blues artist – for a while she appeared exclusively at folk festivals (including our own nearby Live Oak when it was more folk-oriented) – before amping up the volume with an electric guitar. No matter. Foster still makes mincemeat of narrow genre labels while hewing close enough to the blues genre to have twice been nominated for Grammy Awards (2009’s The Truth According To Ruthie Foster and 2012’s Let It Burn) and named Female Performer of the Year by the Blues Foundation four years running. She’s toured with Bonnie Raitt (who she’s also often been compared to), the Blind Boys of Alabama and Charlie Musselwhite, and now we’ve got her at the Carrillo Recreation Center, a big room with a spring-loaded floor for dancing. SB’s own Pacific Coast Blues opens the show, which as always features free BBQ snacks and door prizes. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 100 East Carrillo Street COST: call INFO: 722-8155 or www.SBBlues.org

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SUNDAY, MAY 18 Loving Luis – Musicians who call Santa Barbara home often get the short shrift from local audiences who – used to living in paradise anyway – might take such artists for granted. That’s a mistake when it comes to Luis Muñoz, the highly accomplished composer, arranger, producer and percussionist who grew up in Costa Rica before earning a graduate degree at UCSB in 1974. Muñoz has made lots of wonderful music over the ensuing four decades, including a 1988 album for CBS International, and several locally produced efforts since the turn of the millennium. Most notable is his 2013 effort, Luz, featuring Santa Barbara via Brazil singer Téka Penteriche and Magos Herrera from Mexico, a sensitive and melodic disc that shows his remarkable growth. Muñoz has played in lots of formats over the years, but this afternoon marks a surprisingly unusual chance to see him in his Latin jazz oeuvre, as part of the Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s monthly gigs at SOhO. WHEN: 1-4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $15 SBJS members, $7 musicians & students INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com CST Boyle’s Over – Speaking of Stories concludes its 20th anniversary season – which has seen a slew of favorite tales from both the audience and the producers make their return to the Center Stage series – with a performance of short stories

by Montecito’s own T.C. Boyle. The show features both new and old stories from one of the area’s favorite authors and a longtime supporter of SOS. While Boyle will only be appearing in person at Monday’s performance when he’ll read

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SATURDAY, MAY 17 Soul-ed Out – Santa Barbara-based reggae band Soul Majestic got their start back in 2001 on college radio in Santa Cruz, a perfect laid-back spot for the soul-stirring genre of music. But since relocating to Santa Barbara, home of leader Eric Iverson, the singer known as Eric-I and his wife Oreana have added all sorts of influences to the band due to lots of side projects and interests. Now, the group is set to release its fourth album, Setting the Tone, a title chosen to reflect the incorporation of pop, R&B, folk, psychedelic rock, and even electronica within the foundation of roots reggae.

The album was financed through a Kickstarter campaign, which raised the money to not only make the record but also create its own recording studio, AstroLab. Hear the results of that work when Soul Majestic plays a special double-show CD-release concert at SOhO tonight. WHEN: 6 & 9 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 at 6 pm, $20 at 9 pm, or $25 for both INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com The Relive Box (Brian Harwell, who directed Circle Bar B’s Ghost of a Chance, closing this weekend out at the Refugio Road dinner theater, gets the honor on Sunday afternoon), Montecito actress Pamela Dillman Haskell takes on the hilarious “The Five Pound Burrito” and Santa Barbara actor Charles de L’Arbre reads “Theft” at both performances. As always, join the performers after the show for complimentary cookies and milk. WHEN: 2 pm, 7:30 pm tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, upstairs in the mall COST: $28 general, $18 students and military ($18 early bird special for Sunday must be purchased by May 15; INFO: 963-0408 or www.CenterStageTheater.org

TUESDAY, MAY 20 Homecoming Concert – The Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra’s seasonclosing concert was originally dubbed “3 Great B’s”, referring to famed composers

Beethoven and Brahms, and pianist Alessio Bax, slated to solo on the Brahms concerto.

But now, with the ensemble returning early to its home at the Lobero Theatre after a short stint at Hahn Hall while the theater was renovated, the concert has been converted to a homecoming celebration and marked by a complete program change. Now, music director Heiichiro Ohyama – who celebrated his 30th anniversary at the SBCO helm earlier this year – will lead the orchestra on Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 3 Eroica” Op. 55 instead of the composer’s 4th symphony, and the Brahms (and Bax) have been scrapped in favor of Mozart, Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” K. 551 in C Major, the last symphony composed by the German master. It’s a late change, and an opportunity to experience the SBCO back on its home stage performing two of the most charming and joyful musical works ever written. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido Street COST: $52-$56 INFO: 963-0761/www.lobero.com or 9662441/www.sbco.org •MJ

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SATURDAY, MAY 17 Bergman’s Beauties – Fish out your copy of last week’s Journal (or visit www. montecitojournal.net) to read all about the songwriting and homelife of veteran songwriter Alan Bergman, who with his wife, Marilyn – recent but devoted Montecito weekenders – are the brilliant lyricists behind such classic pop hits as “The Windmills of Your Mind”, “The Way We Were”, and “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life”. Better yet, just hurry over to the Lobero Theatre to hear Bergman, ably aided by the astonishing vocalist Tierney Sutton and a two-piece rhythm section, offer his own take on the greatest songs from a 50-year-plus career. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $40 & $50 ($130 patron tickets include priority seating and reception with Bergman on the Lobero stage after the performance) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com 15 – 22 May 2014

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Red, based on painter Mark Rothko and his assistant, comes to the New Vic canvas

trate on that it would be rewarding,” Shnipper said. “But it becomes a very human story of how they interact. It’s not about the work, or paintings, or art. It’s more about these two sensitive and driven men, following them as they work through various relationship – father-son, mentor-mentee, teacher-student – even as Rothko’s painting the murals. But the characters switch. Without Rothko even realizing it at first, they learn from each other.”

The study of an artist’s ambition and vulnerability has been described as both searing and intense, but dealing with a story about the artistic temperament of the real-life painter and the very famous works of art still drove the director to do a lot of his own research.

“Oh, it was tons – more than on anything I’ve ever done before,” said Shnipper, who not only directed Opus and Bell, Book and Candle at the Ensemble but also conceived and directed the series of short works Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays following the 2008 passage of California’s Proposition 8. “Not just on the facts, either, the studio and the kinds of paints he used or the techniques he used to paint. Even art historians today can’t tell you exactly how he did what he did, putting 15-25 layers on a single canvas.”

Indeed, seeking first-hand experience, Shnipper visited the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which exhibits several of the Rothko’s from the series. “I knew of his work and I’d seen the murals, but I wasn’t a huge fan. But when I stood in front of the murals and got within an inch of the canvas, it was absolutely riveting.

I couldn’t tell beyond maybe three layers at the most about the series in which they were painted. With different light, the thing changes in front of your eyes. You can’t grasp what he’s done; your eye is constantly trying to figure it out. I definitely became a fan after that.

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“And I had to look into how you stretch a canvas, how to prime, how to mix the pigments. It’s been a learning process for everyone.”

Rothko will be portrayed by Matt Gottlieb, who was last seen at ETC performing eight different characters in the comedy hit The Uneasy Chair.

Ken is played by Shaun Anthony, who is making his company debut.

“Red is incredibly well-written and beautifully structured, with lots of smart dialogue, so it requires very intelligent actors,” Shnipper said about the casting process. “When they walked in, we could see right away that they were the right people for the roles.”

As for the director himself, despite all the challenges he’s thrilled to be helming the production.

“It has the same kind of message that we live by when you’re doing theater. There’s not a huge financial reward, but it’s about the importance of art, and the creation of art, and what it means to us... In the play, like in the paintings, Logan has painted this portrait in layers that what at first seems to be just one color becomes so many more.”

ETC’s Red plays Saturday through June 21 at the New Vic, 33 West Canon Perdido St. Call 965-5400, or visit www. etcsb.org.

Taylor-Made Music

Livingston Taylor burst on the folk-music scene in 1970, at age 19, the same age as his brother James was when he released his own self-titled album two years earlier. Both had small hits with songs referencing their home in North Carolina (“Carolina on My Mind” for James; “Carolina Day” for Livingston). But their paths diverged from there, of course, James becoming a folk-rock icon who was married to Carly Simon, while Livingston turned toward academia while still making music.

We caught up with little brother Livingston, who will be playing an early show at SOhO on Friday night, for a six-question session over the phone.

Q. Your most recent album, Blue Sky, is the final piece in a trilogy from the last decade. Can you explain the concept?

A. It was a notion that I had a bulk of material to get into recorded form, but I had to do them one at a time, because they’re expensive. Now that it’s done, I’m very proud of it. There are 36 songs, 29 of which I wrote, and there’s some very serious writing.

When I record a song like “I Shouldn’t Have Fallen for You”, I’m not at all sheepish about it being in the company of Kern and Rogers. I feel that some of my songs are pretty close to

doing, so you can pay attention to me and listen to my vision. That’ s a very bold thing to do. You have to accept the fact that they may not want to.

Livingston Taylor, whose latest album is Blue Sky, takes the SOhO stage Friday

their equal. And the cover songs are there for no other reason than that they amuse me.

How do you think you’ve grown as a songwriter evolution over last four decades?

I don’t spend very much time with a terrible song idea. I know early on what things are going to work well.

That’s a relief. Also, I’m able to craft them better. I’m able to consolidate my lyrics, and I’ve got a lot more tools I can use. Because I know so many other songs, I can pick and choose different chordal ideas to lift from other great writers. There’s a lot more freedom and more control at the same time.

Still, I saw in a YouTube video where you said you have no conceivable idea what’s going to show up when you write.

So how does it happen?

I practice a great deal. I’m around my instruments all the time. I’ll just start playing and something will hold my intent and if I’m lucky, a lyric idea shows up at same time. Then it’s just a matter of polishing it.

You’ve been teaching a popular course on performing at Berklee College of Music in Boston for 25 years. What’s the main thrust?

The most important thing about being a speaker, writer, a creator of any type is that you have to watch (and) see if the audience’s attention lapses.

You have to watch what people do as they’re taking it in. For a singer, that’s pretty easy, but nonetheless it’s essential you see what they’re reacting to. If they like it, do it again. If they don’t, if it doesn’t land, don’t do it anymore.

It’s really as simple as that.

And you have to be comfortable enough to face rejection, right, because you’re up there by yourself?

As Bruce Springsteen said in 20 Feet from Stardom: It’s a long walk from that backup microphone to the one in the front of the stage. My siblings and I were encouraged by our mother to be able to take on that role. We were really empowered by our parents that it was OK to say to a group of people that I want to interrupt what you’re

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Does it bother you when people ask about what it’s like to be James’ brother?

I am certainly his brother. I’m delighted to be that. I’m delighted with his music and with his success.

I’m delighted with many things about his life, professionally and privately.

But I don’t think much about it. I’m a full professor, I’m a pilot, I’m a singer-songwriter. I’ve made 11 albums.

If you don’t know me very well, he’s the easiest thing to talk about. Which is fine. But it doesn’t define me. So it’s okay that James’ celebrity makes up for a lack of knowledge for understanding about me. I’m used to it.

Museum Musings Casa de la Guerra, El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Park, Rancho La Patera & Stow House, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, and Santa Barbara Museum of Art are among the local cultural institutions celebrating International Museum Day on Sunday, offering free admission.

Neither the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden nor the Museum of Natural History are among that group, but both kick off summer celebrations with special events this weekend.

The 4th annual Wine & Cheese Botanic Lecture Series takes place over five Saturday afternoons (4-6 pm), beginning with a wine tasting and conversation with a local vintner in the garden’s courtyard. An array of appetizers are provided by Fresh Market and Ojai Jelly Company, paired with the pours from sundry wineries. Topics include efforts to return the imperiled Steelhead trout to local creeks, the adventures of a naturalist photographer, the ancient origins of sustainable farming, and the impact of urban development on Santa Barbara’s wildlands. Details at 682-4726 ext. 102, or www.sbbg.org.

Also on Saturday, “Butterflies Alive!” returns to the Natural History Museum after a three-year hiatus, as more than a thousand of the free-flying insects will eventually populate the screened-in garden filled with luscious greenery. You can watch as the butterflies flutter past (or land on) you or drink nectar from nearby flowers. The pavilion stays open through September 7 and is free with regular museum admission.

Finally, Saturday also marks the opening of Starting Here, the first UCSB Alumni Art Show at the University Art Museum. The exhibit showcases the work of 48 artists who attended UCSB from 1950-2010, beginning with 16 in the first phase, •MJ open May 17-August 10.

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Real Estate

by Mark Hunt 680 Ashley Road – $6,350,000

Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. They live in Montecito with their daughter Sareena, a student at SBHS. His family goes back nearly one hundred years in the Santa Barbara area. Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.

Montecito Housing Inventory on the Rise

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or those who have been waiting for the local home inventory levels to get back to “normal,” your day has arrived. From as few as 80+/- listings on the market in Montecito in January, we are now at approximately 150 homes on the market, which is essentially equal to inventory levels of last summer.

Below are a few listings that are either new, or new again (meaning they were on the market, went off market, and are back on), among which you may be able to find something here to suit your fancy… and fit your pocketbook.

735 Ashley Road – $2,760,000

On one of Montecito’s most desirable lanes, adjacent to Cold Spring Road, running up to East Mountain Drive, this stately designed, three-bedroom, three-bath home is surrounded by tropical gardens. Inside, you’ll find an updated kitchen, bathrooms, and restored Douglas fir and oak wood floors. There is a newer garage with a one-bedroom, one-bath cabana above. A private drive leads to parklike grounds that include stone pathways to numerous patios and gar- The three-bedroom, three-bath home on Ashley dens, fragrant plantings, a fountain, a looks and feels like a tropical getaway bridge-covered creek, and a clay tennis court. This home offers the privacy and feel of a more expensive estate.

670 El Bosque Road – $3,995,000

Recently reduced in price, this is a gated private Mediterranean estate near Montecito’s upper village, just a block from the San Ysidro Ranch and the peaceful Casa De Maria retreat center. The home includes four bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms in just under 5,000 square-feet of living space. Upgrades include pillowed French Limestone & Black Walnut floors, ground-floor master bedroom This handsome home on El Bosque includes with attached study, spacious kitchen, a backyard swimming pool and a 1,000-bottle and family room, and a 1,000-bottle wine-tasting room wine-tasting room. As advertised, there is also a private shared well, along with a rock pool with slide and spa, waterfalls, outdoor patios, private gardens, and a horseshoe pit on this one-acre estate property.

This “farmhouse” was designed by the prominent architect, J.L. Curletti (circa 1910) in an architectural style known as Foursquare Craftsman with construction methods that included elements drawn from Swiss and Japanese techniques.

This inviting compound includes more than two acres of land with the main residence of approximately 5,750 square-feet and four detached struc- Two-acre property on Ashley is the main feature tures: an office-guest suite, art studio, of the historic Ogilvy estate yoga studio, and a one-bedroom, two-bath guest house with a private outdoor deck and dining area.

Situated down a private lane behind gates on a mostly flat parcel, the home is located near Lotusland, Cold Spring Elementary School, and Westmont College. This kind of privacy and history is rarely available in a property listing, and offers the new owner an opulent contemporary lifestyle set amid a backdrop of history that can be revisited daily, as one enjoys the home and surrounding landscaping.

946 Hot Springs Road – $13,000,000

This estate is near the top of Hot Springs Road and offers a 1999 Italianstyle villa with approximately 7,547 square-feet of living space. Designed

by Jon Sorrell and set on 3-plus rolling acres in the heart of Montecito, this home and setting offers panoramic ocean, island, and majestic Montecito Valley, and mountain views.

The four-bedroom home features a grand two-story entrance, loggia with a 21-foot high ceiling, a two-story Montecito views don’t get much better than the living room with mezzanine, and a one from this $13-million estate at the top of Hot Springs Road dramatic center atrium and fireplace.

There is a music-family room, formal dining room with panoramic ocean views, a paneled library-pub room, kitchen with breakfast conservatory, wine storage room, and a first-floor guest bedroom with fireplace.

The second floor features two family bedrooms, a loggia with fireplace and walls of arched French doors, and an expansive master suite with a sitting room, two fireplaces, and two separate full baths. My favorite feature of this listing is the expansive outdoor entertainment area with a pool, spa, and pool house, ideal for entertaining on a grand scale, and soaking in the sweeping views and engaging landscaping, designed by Grant Castleberg.

For more information on these properties contact your realtor, or if you are not working with someone, please feel free to call, text or e-mail Mark directly at (805) 6982174 or Mark@villagesite.com – and for more best buy listings, see my website www.

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES Nancy Hussey Realtor ® “Nancy is one of the few who deliver on what they promise...

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SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway. Charming, private studio.

Beautiful garden patio. Walk to beach and town. $110/night.

831-624-6714

15 – 22 May 2014

For Lease. Montecito bungalow, 2bd/1ba. Large kitchen with service porch, large livingroom with fireplace, wood floors, 2 large decks, newly redecorated. Superb condition. Private garden, short walk to Miramar Beach. $3300/mo. Call 969-2128 for appt.

Adorable 1 bed/ 1 bath + ofc or second bedroom private house on quiet street.

Centrally located in Montecito near beach & lower village. $4,000 per mo. Utilities not included. Avail for 1 year lease 6/1.

Please call 805-444-4652.

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PET FOR ADOPTION Max, a super sweet male cat, 12 years old, is up for adoption. Mellow personality, sleeps most of the time, all vaccinations current. Looking for a quiet, loving home, for this low maintenance cat.

Gets along fine with other pets and kids.

Reagan and his “Western White House.”

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VOLUNTEERS WANTED Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center employs the power of the horse to enhance the capabilities of children and adults with special needs in Santa Barbara. Join our volunteer team and make a difference in someone’s life. To lean more, visit www.heartsriding.org 964-1519.

Do you love Reagan history? The Reagan Ranch Center is seeking volunteers who would be interested in serving as docents for the Exhibit Galleries. Docents will have the opportunity share the history of President

In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. – Herodotus

“The 1st Memorial Honors Detail is seeking veterans to get back in uniform to participate in an on-call Honor Guard team to provide military honors at funeral or memorial services throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. For more information visit www.usmilitaryhonors. org, email carlvwade@gmail.com, or call 805-667-7909.”

Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter is located at the Santa Barbara County Animal Shelter, 5473 Overpass Rd, Santa Barbara, Ca. www.bunssb. org Adopt / Volunteer/ Donate with us, and help give abandoned & stray rabbits & guinea pigs a better life.

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