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In Memoriam
Daughter of the late Dorothy Clements Spence Mitchum – widow of actor Robert – reflects on her mom’s 95 years, p. 32
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City crew weeds out Montecito sidewalks and roundabout erosion, but Parks Department takes over in July, p. 12 Cover photo courtesy of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 My Take Bob Hazard expounds on the widespread aftermath of the Isla Vista shootings and similar tragedies, gun control, mental heath, law enforcement, families’ roles, and what lies ahead 6 Montecito Miscellany Melissa Etheridge wedding; Fabien Cousteau on a mission; Music Academy of the West on The Bachelorette; ongoing boycott of Sultan of Brunei hotels; Julia LouisDreyfus’ father; Rhonda Byrne’s Montecito home for sale; Bella Vista gala; “Rally for Kids”; documentary at Hodges’ home; polo party; Bach by Candlelight concert; new Performing Arts Center; party honors Bruce Giffin 8 Letters to the Editor Hillary Hauser remembers the fallen; John and Bette Humphries recall European tour; Oliver’s (née Peabody’s) update; Kelly Kennedy gives thanks; David McCalmont questions the Journal’s lack of Isla Vista coverage and James Buckley responds; Diana Thorn on the left; graduation speeches; MBAR and nodes; magical flute; “Hitchcockian” birds; fire station three; more from Leoncio Martins about Jeff Harding 10 Your Westmont President Beebe travels to the Vatican to meet with the Pope; and summer sports camps begin June 16 11 This Week Poetry club; Jenni Kayne Home event; Walk & Roll; MUS School Board; Laguna Blanca school; mystics at La Casa de Maria; Antioch lecture; prayer practice retreat; open house at SB Dance Center; blood donor drive; teacher Joel Orr; MA meeting; MUS last day; MERRAG meetings Tide Guide Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach 12 Village Beat Tamara Kaye-Honey’s new showroom in San Ysidro Village; round and round with city maintenance; a change of Seasons with “Extraordinary Experiences”; Diana Butler Bass lecture at All Saints church 14 Seen Around Town Lynda Millner covers Fast Pitch Santa Barbara, the Ghostlight at Lobero, and the Cabana Home
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23 On Entertainment Jimmy Webb and Karla Bonoff join forces at the Lobero; author Mark Childress is among the guests at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference slated for Tuesday, June 10 26 Our Town Joanne Calitri covers the ADA museum’s latest exhibit, spotlights UCSB alumni artist Miwa Matreyek, and chats with the curators 28 Coup de Grace Write on: Grace Rachow ponders her words carefully about the craft of writing and attending the annual, weeklong Santa Barbara Writers Conference Sheriff’s Blotter Upward of $1,350 in personal belongings stolen at Lookout Park in Summerland 29 Montecito Insider Julia Rodgers takes a look at the SB School of Squash and provides a summary of the sport’s modern history 30 Real Estate View There are three stages of a real estate transaction, and Mark Hunt provides the inside scoop while pointing out properties worth your time and money 32 In Passing Petrine Day Mitchum reflects on the life of Dorothy Clements Spence Mitchum – actor Robert Mitchum’s widow – who passed away in April at the age of 95 37 Food & Wine Bacara Resort & Spa sets the table for the Santa Barbara Food & Wine Weekend to honor Julia Child 38 Movie Showtimes 40 Legal Advertisements. 42 Calendar of Events New exhibition at Channing Peake Gallery; Owen Plant in Goleta; Fusion Dance anniversary at Center Stage; Architectural Foundation of SB; David Krieger and Summer Grasses; June Gloom Fest; scholarship honorees; Johnny Mandel plays Victoria Court; Environmental Defense Center fundraiser 45 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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My TAKE
by Bob Hazard
Mr. Hazard is an Associate Editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club
Lessons from Isla Vista
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he evening of May 23, 2014, brought us a tragedy that defies rational explanation. A narcissistic, 22-year-old, on-again/off-again college student armed with his black BMW, three pistols, two machetes, a hammer, and a knife set out on a killing spree that left six UCSB students dead and 13 others nursing injuries. The mass murder rampage lasted fewer than 10 minutes and ended with the killer crashing his car and shooting himself in the head. Sadly, this deranged kid is certainly not the first person in recent memory to have unleashed his anger and frustration on innocents around him. Think back to the Columbine High School Massacre in April 1999, when two high-schoolers used guns, firebombs and car bombs to kill 12 students and one teacher and injure 24 others. Eleven years later in April 2007, we witnessed another senseless carnage at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) with a twohour slaughter. A college senior left 32 students dead and 17 wounded before committing suicide. Five years later, a psychopath used tear gas grenades and multiple firearms to kill 12 people and wound 70 others during a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises at a multiplex in Aurora, Colorado. That same year, a 20-year-old fatally shot 20 children and six adult staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. And, of course, there was another young man in 2001 who ploughed his car through a crowd of pedestrians in Isla Vista, killing four and seriously wounding a fifth, all students. Already, pundits are offering up the same old scapegoats – easy access to handguns, inadequate mental health programs and facilities, ineffective law enforcement, and even the killer’s own grieving parents, who had been struggling to find solutions for their son’s emotional and behavioral challenges since the boy was eight years old.
Gun Control
In the last 25 years, gun homicides have dropped by almost 50 percent across the nation, according to the Pew Research Center. California now has the strictest gun-control laws in the country, according to the Los Angeles Times. Our state has at least 30 new gun laws in place, including a ban on “assault rifles” and ammunition clips that contain more than 10 rounds. We have created the first database for those with legally purchased guns, but who later received restraining orders for such things as domestic abuse. We keep records of ammunition sales. Despite the protests of human rights activists, we have mandated longer sentences for those convicted of using guns in crimes. We have passed a series of reforms that assist law enforcement in keeping guns out of the hands of felons and domestic abusers. Despite California’s tough laws, the killer successfully sailed through three separate background checks during the past year. Predictably, the call has gone out for even tighter controls. The young killer owned three guns, all legally purchased from federally licensed dealers. All were registered – a Glock 9mm handgun and two SIG SAUER 9mm handguns – plus 400 rounds of ammunition. No proposed gun law in America, not even the failed Manchin-Toomey bill, would have prevented the killer from obtaining his handguns. Guns were not the only weapons used. He is reported to have killed three people in his own apartment using a hammer, two machetes, and a knife. He ran over multiple students with his car and killed three with a gun. What controls can we possibly put in place to ban hammers, knives, machetes, and BMWs for anyone with emotional problems? State Assemblyman Das Williams is proposing a new law to ban a mentally unstable person (undefined as yet) from buying or possessing a firearm after family members, partners, or friends report concerns to the police. That sounds pretty simple, but according to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), 26.2 percent of all Americans over the age of 18 are reported to be suffering from some sort of diagnosable mental health issue in any given year. Any effort to deny all of them their 2nd Amendment rights would fly in the face of existing human rights protections, not to mention past Supreme Court rulings. Would we need to examine the medical records of all of the owners of the 300 million firearms currently in private possession?
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hey both turned 53 last week. And as the perfect gift, singer Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Linda Wallem, tied the knot over the weekend at the San Ysidro Ranch, I can exclusively reveal. Etheridge confirmed the ceremony on her Twitter page, sharing a photo of her feet next to some flowers with the words: “A gorgeous, perfect, beautiful day to get married.” “It was really beautiful,” says one guest of the cozy outdoor ceremony in the lily garden under an arbor of red and purple flowers where the “Bring Me Some Water” hit-maker sang the Nurse Jackie creator an original song dedicated to her. “It was such a magical moment,” added the guest, with Etheridge sporting a grey suit while her bride wore a white dress.
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have to write you this moment, before another moment goes by. I am dumbstruck by your story of you and Helen going to Sainte-MereEglise (Editorial MJ # 20/21), the story of you going many times, the description of the live-action “Here’s What It Felt Like” museum, the rumbling airplane, Jump!, etc. I read every word and am going to read it again. It’s an amazing piece! I had meant to write you about your earlier story about the D-Day veterans in Santa Barbara who were honored at the Coral Casino lunch – I was dying to be there, but was in San Diego – because your writing about these guys was also so powerful. I just want you to know I am so glad to have read “Remembering the Fallen.” P.S: The memorial concert/tribute from Washington, D.C., (White House steps) was the closest I got to this Memorial Day. Cried my eyes out at those wonderful old guys being salut-
ed for Normandy. And all the soldiers, all the armed forces, all the widows, all the prosthetic legs and shoes. All. When will we ever stop this? Hillary Hauser Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Aw, shucks, Hillary, thank you for those very nice thoughts. I’m honored to receive such a flattering message from someone as talented as you. – J.B.)
Making History My wife, Jani, and I were also in Normandy last week and were profoundly moved by the Memorial Day tribute at the Omaha Beach American Cemetery. In addition, I wanted to re-trace my father’s steps from Utah Beach, which is about eight miles from Omaha. He was a captain in the Army and landed at Utah 70 years ago on June 8, 1944. His group made it to Carentan, a small French town four
ROTARY CLUB OF MONTECITO JOSEPH M. KIRKLAND Rotarian of the Month
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A Look Back at Europe Wonderful (but too short) editorial, James. Our two-year family tour of Europe – in our new VW Westphalia van – found us spending a great deal of time along the Atlantic coasts of France and Spain. German pillboxes and gun emplacements were still there. On our first of many visits to the cemeteries, I went into the visitors’ center to thank the people for maintaining that hallowed ground. I got three or four words out when I lost control – shaking and crying, I turned and walked out. You know the feeling, don’t you? Two final items: 1. The amazing number of killed soldiers were young boys. 2. These rows and rows of crosses and Stars of David are a small percentage of those sacrificed; most of those killed were shipped back home. Thanks, Jim. John and Bette Humphries Carpinteria (Editor’s note: Two years? How terrific
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that must have been. As for emotions taking over, I was overwhelmed with the same kind of inability to speak at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial – the Wall – in Washington, D.C. (I’m a Vietnamera Navy vet; my dad landed at Anzio). Thank you for your kind note. – J.B.)
Peabody’s Restaurant Update We thank the Montecito community and the Copus family for their patience with our complete renovation of Peabody’s, to be renamed Oliver’s Restaurant. It is a complex project – much more than originally anticipated. The Copus family has been extremely supportive, and the delay in opening is in no way a reflection on them. I’m in charge of a revised team of architects, designers and contractors. We are currently making changes to improve the internal flow and function of the restaurant. In this regard, we appreciate the City of Santa Barbara’s efforts and also acknowledge that a comprehensive project takes time from a city permitting perspective. We believe that the completed restaurant will be a terrific addition to the Montecito community. Our plan is to provide a periodic update to the community in these pages as we move toward completion. Thank you. Jamie West General Manager Oliver’s Restaurant 1198 Coast Village Road (Editor’s note: We’ve been trying to get ongoing information from Peabody’s owner Craig McCaw about the progress, or lack thereof, of his project, but he has not favored us with a return phone call. We
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oe joined the RCM in 2011 as a way to get involved in our great community. He was attracted to the Rotary’s motto, “Service above Self” and immediately lent his enthusiasm to a wide range of club activities, from contributing to the Dictionary project at Cleveland Elementary School to leading a new projects exploratory group. Joe currently serves as the club’s Treasurer and has recently accepted the nomination as club president-elect for the 2015/16 year. Joe served in the US Navy as a communications specialist aboard the USS Ranger. Following his military service, he graduated from the Brooks Institute School of Photography and later ran his own production studio for many years on the central coast. Returning to Santa Barbara, Joe began his career in finance at Edward Jones in Montecito and is now a Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management in Santa Barbara, specializing in Socially Responsible Investments. Originally from Atlanta, Joe and his wife, Suzie, met in Santa Barbara through friends and have been married for 11 years. Their daughter, Kylie, recently graduated from Westmont and has been accepted into the Doctorate of Physical Therapy program at CSU Long Beach. The RCM celebrates its 60th year of community service and supports both local and international humanitarian projects. We are part of Rotary International, a worldwide group of business and professional leaders. The club meets every Tuesday for a delicious, informative, and collegial luncheon at the iconic Montecito Country Club.
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appreciate this update from Mr. West and are encouraged to read that his plan “is to provide a periodic update to the community in these pages...” because the most frequent question we get around here is, “So, what’s up with Peabody’s?” Mr. West’s timely correspondence will go a long way toward answering that question. – J.B.)
Villa Majella Gratitude It means so much to us to get our name out to the public and what we at Villa Majella are doing. Lynda Millner, thank you so much for coming to our fundraiser and exposing it to the community. It was a pleasure meeting you – and again, thank you! Kelly Kennedy Santa Barbara
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tors would set out a grand theme for a number of sermons taking up the next two months of Sundays: “The Meaning of Christ’s Resurrection for Twentieth-Century Mankind”. Come hell or high water, this pastor would give whatever sermon it was that he had planned to give in his overarching series for that Sunday. I definitely recall my pastor back in Pittsburgh going on and on for 25 minutes on his prepared theme for that Sunday, despite the Cuban Missile Crisis having taken place just days before. Do you think the people in the pews were looking for some spiritual sustenance to take away from these momentous events from their great spiritual adviser? Do you think? David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: My “editorial topic” was the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. I am in France, and I was near the landing beaches as I wrote that editorial (see Hillary Howser’s, John McCann’s, and John and Bette Humphries’ letters above). You will find an editorial on the Isla Vista events by Bob Hazard on page five, but you should know that we rarely write about or mention events that occur outside Montecito. We never wrote about, for example, the deranged young man who ploughed his car at high speed through an Isla Vista crowd on the evening of February 23 in 2001, killing 20-yearold Nicholas Shaw Bourdakis, 20-yearold Christopher Edward Divis (both were UCSB students), 27-year-old Elie Israel, and 20-year-old Ruth Levy, a City College student. Ruth’s brother, 27-yearold Albert Levy was severely injured as well. There should be no question in anyone’s mind that we mourn the lost lives of those four young people and the tragic circumstance of Albert Levy, who not only lost his little sister but whose legs and skull were crushed. Montecito Journal readers would not have read of countless gang stabbings and occasional killings over the years, nor of the recent Deltopia “celebration” that saw thousands of youngsters running riot in the streets of Isla Vista. That, by the way, also received international attention. For the record though, let us state that just after 9:30 pm on the night of May 23, a seriously deranged young man killed two roommates and a visitor with either a knife, a hammer, or a machete in his Isla Vista apartment before setting out with a gun and 400 or so rounds of ammunition in his vehicle to kill and maim as many people as possible. The six UCSB students murdered were 20-year-old Cheng Yuan “James” Hong and Weihan “David” Wang, 19-yearold George Chen, 22-year-old Katherine Cooper and 19-year-old Veronika Weiss, both Delta Delta Delta sorority sisters,
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Silly me! I picked up the new MJ this morning (Thursday, May 29, 2014) on State Street around 6 am, hoping to avail myself of your “take” on the tragic misdeeds coming out of Isla Vista. Much to my amazement, your publication had not one word that would tell some researcher 40 years from now that Montecito was even aware that a massacre receiving global attention had taken place five days earlier, 16 miles away from Coast Village Road in Isla Vista. So distressing and off-putting was this revelation that I ceased reading your latest issue moments after I began perusing it. Your editorial topic was something I normally would’ve found compelling, but not after having to deal with the inscrutable reasons going through my cranium as to why you would purposefully scrub any mention of “Isla Vista” from this issue. And I do mean purposefully! You and your “people” surely must have sat down, discussed the positives and negatives of being dragged into this discussion about something that happened 16 miles away, and with great deliberation decided to tell posterity down the road that maybe six people were innocently slaughtered “up the road,” but that “doesn’t have anything to do with us here in this tony, trendy, rarefied, semi-rural enclave.” Or could it be that using up limited thinking time to go over the ramifications of what Isla Vista means to our society would take away quality moments you’ve reserved for responding to the routine, unoriginal rantings of Leoncio Martins in what I’ve come to call The Leoncio Martins Letters-To-The-Editor Page of the Montecito Journal? Not commenting at all on a horrific event that has affected everyone on the South Coast is reminiscent of the times when mainline Protestant pas-
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estmont President Gayle D. Beebe and 14 North American Protestant leaders will meet privately with Pope Francis on Thursday, June 5, at the Vatican. Beebe, representing Christian higher education in the ecumenical conversation, will be joined by politicians, theologians, and pastors. Beebe will be the only college president in the group. The pope invited the Protestant leaders to discuss the question: “Can we find common ground in order to advance the life and ministry of Jesus so more people can experience the joy of Christian faith?” “Recently, Pope Francis has clearly stated that he wants to invite Christians everywhere to seek unity in Christ,” Beebe says. “His recent trip to the Holy Land included a visit with Bartholomew, patriarch of the Orthodox Church. Why does he desire to dissolve the long factions dating back hundreds of centuries? He believes that our post-Christian world has developed not simply indifference to Christianity but outright hostility, which corrodes the life-giving power of the Gospel. If we are to combat it, we will have to learn how to work together. “Of course, this appeal is not new. Catholics and Protestants in America have been working together for decades. But the desire that we do so as equals and not as adversaries is new.” Earlier in the week, the group met with Vatican staff members, toured the Vatican and attended the Convocation of Renewal at Olympic Stadium in Rome. Before he left, Beebe held a 90-minute conversation with five Westmont faculty members to explore the pope’s question. Video excerpts of the discussion and reflections are available at westmont.edu/vaticanvisit/. Before coming to Westmont in 2007, Beebe led Spring Arbor University in Michigan for seven years. He earned his doctorate in the philosophy of religion and theology at Claremont Graduate School and previously served as dean of the Haggard School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University. An active scholar, he co-authored Longing for God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion with Richard Foster and served as senior editor with Dallas Willard for the Life with God Spiritual Formation Bible. His most recent book is The
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Sports Skills to Start Summer Camps Westmont summer sports camps, a 25-year tradition, begin Monday, June 16, with Sports Skills, which develops motor skills of co-ed campers from ages 5-10. For the next six weeks, about 700 youngsters will participate in a sport in a safe and fun environment on the idyllic campus. Parents can register their children for half-day camps, which cost $230, or full-day camps that are $260 at westmont.edu/ summercamps. “The best part is introducing sport to kids of all ages,” says Kristi Kiely, co-director and women’s soccer head coach. “We love working with youth to show them how they can be successful in a sport. We hope to model how fun sports can be, but the most fun is watching a kid develop over the course of the week. For someone to master a backhand, a 3-point shot or even the pogo stick — there’s nothing like watching a kid grow and develop in an encouraging and fun environment.” Fresh off their program’s most successful season, head baseball coach Robert Ruiz and pitching coach Tony Cougoule lead a co-ed camp for players ages 7-12 from Monday, July 28, to Friday, August 1, at Carr Field. For the second year, Westmont offers Girls Cheer and Dance, directed by camp staff veterans Jill Wolf and Chrissie Velazquez, for girls ages 5-12 from Monday, July 21, to Friday, July 25. Other camps include archery/ badminton, track and field, basketball, and soccer. “We hope to introduce the youngest of our campers to sports and provide our more advanced campers with instruction for continued growth and development,” says Jeff Azain, co-director and men’s basketball assistant coach. “Most of our collegiate athletic programs have had at least one Warrior come through our sports camps. The introduction to our programs, combined with a positive experience, has brought student-athletes back to Westmont nearly a decade later to participate •MJ in our collegiate programs.” 5 – 12 June 2014
This Week in and around Montecito
MONDAY, JUNE 9 Cold Spring School Board Meeting Retiring teacher Joel Orr, who has worked at the school for 33 years, will be honored. Community members are invited to come and share their memories of Mr. Orr. When: 6 pm Where: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Info: 969-2678
(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860)
SUNDAY, JUNE 8 Open House and Meet & Greet Dance duo, Dance Fever Pros, arrive in Santa Barbara to Share their expertise and love of dance. The community is invited to meet World Cup winner Vasily and his dance partner, Anastasia, both of whom are European Champions and represent the United States in the professional dance division. Originally from Russia, they have 20 years of Latin and ballroom dance experience. Together, they are widely recognized as two of the best teachers in the country and have trained a number of Russian and U.S. national champions. When: 2 pm to 4 pm Where: Santa Barbara’s Dance Center, 127 W. Canon Perdido Street Info: leighanne@AndersonMillerPr.com
THURSDAY, JUNE 5 Poetry Club Each month discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Kayne Event Jenni Kayne and Make Smith show off their collaboration of handmade leather wares and bar accessories; join for a celebratory drink, as well as a cocktail workshop by Nick Purvis. When: 5 pm to 8 pm Where: Jenni Kayne Home, 525 San Ysidro Road Info: www.ripplustan.com
Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249 School’s Out For Summer Laguna Blanca Lower School marks the last day of 2013/14 school year. Perennial Wisdom for Spiritually Independent Join with mystics across time and culture, for a deep exploration of the core questions at the heart of every human’s quest for meaning. Rami Shapiro is one of the most creative Rabbis in contemporary Judaism. He is a popular author, retreat leader, and spiritual guide. When: Friday, June 6, 7:30 pm through Sunday, June 8, 1 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: resident: $375, commuter: $275
Centering Prayer Practice Retreat A mini-retreat day for Centering Prayer practice. There will be meditation walks, journaling, reflection, and prayer practice. Led by Sr. Suzanne Dunn, Mark Benson, and Annette Colbert. Beginners welcome. When: 9:30 am to 1 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031
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Blood Donor Drive The Californian, formerly known as Santa Barbara Convalescent Hospital, is hosting a series of free community events throughout June commemorating the center’s 50th year anniversary and name change. Today, The Californian, in partnership with United Blood Services, hosts a blood drive. When: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm Where: 2225 De La Vina Street Appointments: Martha, 259-5844
TUESDAY, JUNE 10 Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito. When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road
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Walk & Roll Montecito Union School students, teachers, and parents walk or ride to school, rather than drive. When: 8 am Where: Via Vai, Ennisbrook, and Casa Dorinda trailhead Info: 969-3249
Lecture at Antioch Antioch University Santa Barbara and the National Association for Social Workers will co-host the final seminar in a series: “The Road Not Taken: Mining Nostalgia for the Riches of Mid-Life,” presented by Elizabeth Wolfson, PhD, LCSW. This event is open to the public. When: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Where: 602 Anacapa Street Cost: $35-$45 RSVP: www.antiochsb.edu/nasw
Last Day of School Montecito Union School bids farewell for the summer break; 6th graders celebrate with an assembly from 9 am to noon, while all other students are released at noon.
MUS School Board Meeting When: Noon to 1 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San
THURSDAY, JUNE 12 MERRAG Meeting and Training The Montecito Emergency Response and Recovery Action Group is a network of trained volunteers that work and/or live
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in the Montecito area prepare to respond to community disaster during critical first 72 hours following an event. The mutual “self-help” organization serves Montecito’s residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water and Sanitary districts. This month: prepare your wildfire action plan. When: 10 am Where: Montecito Fire Station, 595 San Ysidro Road Info: Geri, 969-2537 Last Day of School Cold Spring School lets out for summer; kindergartners are released at 11:30 am; the rest of the grades will be dismissed at 11:45 am. Crane Country Day School also celebrates the final day of the school year; kids are dismissed at noon. Comedy Juggling at Montecito Library Comedy juggler David Cousin returns with his hilarious and awe-inspiring comedy juggling. Can one juggle bowling balls? What other everyday items can one juggle? How many items can one juggle at one time? Come see the answers to these and other questions as David amazes you with his entertaining, high-energy, and graceful routines. When: 4 pm to 4:45 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker When: 7:30 pm to 9 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road
SATURDAY, JUNE 14 Book Signing at Curious Cup Author Beth Navarro presents Grambo, a book about a boy who discovers his grandma is a secret agent. There will be story time, crafts, and signing. When: 11 am Where: Curious Cup Bookstore, 929 Linden Avenue in downtown Carpinteria RSVP: 220-6608 Bridge Party Santa Barbara Bridge Center presents a low-stress and fun bridge game in a social atmosphere, with individually dealt hands timed to allow discussion between each hand. Masterpoints available at each table at each round. There will be a minimum of 16 hands in four rounds. Players will play different teams on each round. Partners available for single players. Reservations required. When: 6 to 9:30 pm Where: SBBC, 2255 Los Positas Road Cost: $25, includes dinner and drinks •MJ Info: Don Elconin, 452-1221
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among others. In 2011, she was named one of Los Angeles’ Hottest Decorators by Angeleno magazine, and in 2012 she was named a Traditional Home Top 10 New Interior Designer. Earlier this year, she was honored as a Pacific Design Center Star of Design. House of Honey will celebrate with a Grand Opening on Thursday, June 19, from 4 to 7 pm. The store will be located at 525 San Ysidro Road, Suite E. For more information, visit www. HouseofHoney.com.
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MJ reader Dan Seibert wrote in recently to bring to our attention to the growing weeds and deteriorated state of the Montecito roundabout and surrounding sidewalk areas. Streets manager for the City of Santa Barbara Rick Fulmer tells us the much-needed maintenance is sched-
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Fast Pitch finalists Miki Garcia with the Museum of Contemporary Art; Lynn Houston, A Different Point of View; winner of Grand Prix and audience award Bethany Markee, for Solvang Elementary Viking Café; Steven Jones from Sarah House; and Amy Winslow, Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara
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en mission. With only 10 finalists left to compete, the event began with wine and goodies for the large crowd in the Hahn Hall courtyard. They were Mark Tollefson for Fairview Gardens, Jennifer Freed for AHA, Bob Williams for Veggie Rescue, Meichelle Arntz for Angels Foster Care, Bethany Markee for Solvang Elementary Viking Café, Lynn Houston for A Different Point of View, Kim Davis for Court Appointed Special Advocates, Miki Garcia for Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Stephen Jones for Sarah House, and Amy Winslow for Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara. They had three minutes to convince the judges and audience they deserved the prizes. Each finalist won a $1,000 grant Fast Pitch coaches: Pam Lewis, Jessica Tade, Van Haas, and Tina FanucchiFrontado
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The Lovelace Esplanade donor Lillian Lovelace and Lobero director of development, Jim Dougherty, at the Esplanade dedication
Playwright Josh Ravetch and actress Holland Taylor with the evening’s star Alan Bergman and co-songwriter wife Marilyn at the post-concert reception on the Lobero stage
courtesy of SVPSB. Houston won $5,000 for the Mission Street Award; Arntz won the State Street Award of $5,000 and Markee won the audience award and the Grand Prix of $15,000 – all for their nonprofits. The judges were Marybeth Carty, community partnership manager, Veneco, Inc.; Lori Gaskin, president, SBCC; Harry Grammer, founder and CEO, New Earth Organization; Geoff Green, executive director, The Fund for Santa Barbara; Jose Huitron, founder, Hub 81; Laurie Leighty, senior vice president, American Riviera Bank; and Helene Schneider, mayor. SVPSB is a group of business professionals who are willing to donate their time to help other businesses improve or to help nonprofits increase their philanthropic gifts. It’s a winwin for everyone. For more information, check out socialventurpartners. org/santa-barbaara/fast-pitch/ or call Judy Hawkins at 455-8381. It’s a mini American Idol.
Lobero Ghostlight “For 140 years, through the leanest times and grandest evenings, the Ghostlight has cast a warm glow over our intimate stage. It’s a beacon for the muses of drama, dance and music – a spark of brilliance to keep creative spirits company from curtain-down to curtain-up. The strong and steady support of the Lobero Ghostlight society illuminates our behind-the-scenes efforts and – like the steadfast bulb at center stage—keeps our vibrant 5 – 12 June 2014
Lobero Theatre Foundation president Jeff DeVine and wife Josie at the Ghostlight Society event
theatre from ever going dark.” And so theaters have a ghostlight. A group of supporters gathered on the new Lovelace Esplanade (part of a $7-million renovation) in front of the Lobero Theatre to honor Lillian Lovelace and her late husband, Jon, for making this dream come true after 92 years. In 1922, architect George Washington Smith designed the new theater to replace Jose Lobero’s 1873 opera house that had fallen into disrepair. The community provided the funding, but it had to be built without the Esplanade because they ran out of money. Lobero Theatre Foundation board president Jeff DeVine told the group, “Lillian and Jon have been an integral part of the Lobero for more than a decade. They brought music, the-
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ater, and dance to thousands of local students, as well as amazing talents like Mikhail Baryshnikov and Marcel Marceau to the stage.” Encore: Lobero Campaign chair Jim Morouse reminded us, “The arts are even more important today than in 1873 with all the cell phones, ear buds, and small screens in our lives.” He smiled broadly and said, “I even got to see my kids appear on stage as a snowflake and a bumble bee.” Upon receiving her plaque, Lillian exclaimed, “I love that word, Esplanade.” Michael Towbes remembered, “I knew Jon Lovelace at Princeton in 1947. Also, the president of the Lobero board, Anne Smith, took me to lunch.” And the rest is history; they married. Then we all adjourned to the Lobero courtyard for a lovely sitdown dinner before going to the auditorium to see a concert that took us down memory lane. Lyricist Alan Bergman was there to sing some of his many hits. He and his wife, Marilyn, have earned 16 Academy Award nominations winning three Oscars, many Emmys, Grammys, and Golden Globes. And why not, with songs like “The Way We Were,” “What Are You Doing the Rest of My Life?,” How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” and the score for Yentl. They’ve done more than 60 songs for Barbara Streisand. Alan and his wife joined us on stage for a VIP reception after the concert. Some of those enjoying this special evening were Beverlye and Robert Fead, Lyn and David Anderson, George Burtness, Charles and Barbara De L’Arbre, Richard and Luci Janssen, Jeffrey and Elizabeth Lovelace, Ronald and Susan Morrow, and William and Eileen Nasif.
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Cabana Home and owners Caroline and Steve Thompson always bring the Funk Zone alive with their cocktail parties/art openings. This one was unique with actress Anjelica Huston as the star attraction. She had come with her latest book, A Story Lately\
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Gina Tolleson and Dawn Moore enjoying cocktails at the Cabana Home festivity
Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London and New York, as well as an edited assemblage of her personal collection, which was covering the back wall. Steve introduced Anjelica to the elite group of guests reminding us that she is a third-generation Academy Award-winner with actor grandfather, Walter, and director/ father, John Huston, preceding her. She has done an amazing 78 films, winning an Oscar for best supporting actress in 1985 for Prizzi’s Honor. She also played Morticia Addams on TV for several years. Anjelica read excerpts from her book recalling, “My dad was gambling to buy a $10,000 Monet. He had borrowed $800 from Mike Todd. Dad won a stack of money, and then lost it all but ended up with just enough for the painting.” She described the grand house where they lived in London. She also had a modeling career prior to acting. Coincidentally, the day of the party I checked out a library book, a memoir of Grace Coddington, the fashion editor from Vogue. She named Anjelica as one of her favorite models to shoot with. Anjelica started at the top with the famed Richard Avedon as her first photographer. Some of Anjelica’s likes are plants, animals, gardening, pearls, art neveau, and things Japanese. She also likes her mother’s taste and style. Cabana Home exudes taste and style. Have a look at 111 Santa Barbara Street next time you’re in the Funk Zone. They’ve been there since before it was so “funky.” •MJ 5 – 12 June 2014
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Julie Cypher, who gave birth to them with a sperm donor. Johnnie and Miller are her daughter and son, respectively, from a relationship with actress Tammy Lynn Michaels, who gave birth to them with a sperm donor. Among the guests, who celebrated after the ceremony at the Stonehouse, were Rosie O’Donnell, actress Jane Lynch, former E! Entertainment host Chelsea Handler, comedienne Whitney Cummings, actor Peter Facinelli, and singer Sia. The two women were friends for more than 10 years before they began dating in 2010, announcing their engagement last June after the Supreme Court deemed the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. The “Come To My Window” singer Tweeted at the same time: “I look forward to exercising my American civil liberties and getting fully, completely and legally married this year to my true love of three years, Linda Wallem.” The Oscar-winning musician came out in January 1993, at the Triangle Ball, a gay celebration of President Bill Clinton’s first inauguration...
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Bachelorette star Andi Dorfman films at Music Academy of the West
Will You Accept This Rose? Montecito’s Music Academy of the West, whose annual summer school and festival is set to debut on June 16, has just been featured in an episode of the popular ABC primetime reality TV series The Bachelorette. Filmed in part at the academy’s scenic Miraflores campus, the episode, shown on Sunday, featured male contestants learning the art of musical harmony to serenade the show’s female star, Andi Dorfman. “We are pleased to introduce the music academy to the American viewing public,” says president Scott Reed. “We take great pride in our world-class facilities and in our mission to train the next generation of great classical musicians.” Over the course of the forthcoming eight-week season, more than 200 events will be presented, including a new production of Georges Bizet’s popular opera Carmen...
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and 20-year-old Christopher MichaelsMartinez. We hate that this happened to anyone and we hate that it happened here. But what, except to reiterate how sad, how very sad we are to hear of such misery and mayhem so close to home can we, could we, do, except perhaps pray? Pray that the students’ parents and the killer’s parents will be able to climb out of the black hole they have no doubt descended into and find some solace some day. And pray, of course, that it doesn’t happen again, that it doesn’t happen to someone else’s child, here, there, or anywhere else. But if it does and it doesn’t happen in Montecito, you probably won’t read about it in the Journal. – J.B.)
No, No Nodes After attending three Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) meetings regarding the cell node towers last year, I decided to watch (six hours of) the Montecito Planning Commission hearing last week on television. The board did serious due diligence with this project, just as MBAR had. Sharon James, the representative for Crown Castle hired by Verizon attempting to increase reception, said she has never worked harder with a community as with ours. She was lauded for her earnest attempts to appease our community. At the end of the day, MBAR gave their recommendations on esthetics with the caveat that it is a blight and a travesty to our community to have these changes take place. Fast-forward a few months and the vote was put before the planning commission. After roughly six hours of deliberation and questioning, one by one, the poles were accepted or denied. It was claimed that without all of them in place at exactly the distance calculated
between, the design plan would be flawed, as there would not be enough electrical meter pedestals to boost the radiation... I mean reception. A key question is, how do we know Verizon will need additional power in the future? How do we know people will still be infatuated with needing to download data to their smart phones? How do we know there won’t be better alternatives to large boxes with orange warning signs for radiation and wires crisscrossing our drought-stricken landscape in the future? After “my” pole was found unacceptable, I had to rush our for a meeting and later asked Megan Lowery, working on this project with Sharon James, for a summary of how it ended. Montecito Planning Commission wanted more time to ponder the unsightly and untenable design and asked for an extension to the Shot Clock (federal regulation that requires local jurisdictions to make an action within a specified period of time). It was denied, as they had already extended it twice for MBAR and there weren’t any other redesign options. Montecito Planning Commission then denied all the sites, both inland and coastal (applause is appropriate here). By June 2, the project would (most likely) be appealed and then come before the board of supervisors July 8 to look at the project from scratch to approve, conditionally approve with changes, or deny (though denial is legally problematic with the Federal Telecommunications Act limitations on local government). Cheryl Tomchin Montecito (Editor’s note: What has happened with the Telecommunications Act, as has happened with virtually every federal act since this republic was founded, is that it has taken power away from small com-
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munities and given it to the federal government. There is a need for such overriding legislation but it inevitably causes a complete collapse in local control. That is what has happened here, and our hands are tied unless the Board of Supervisors takes a principled stand against the proliferation of these poles, boxes, and faux trees. Unfortunately, they probably won’t. - J.B.)
Flute Magic It was wonderful having Joanne Calitri joining us for the evening of music Mark Holland brought us (“Our Town” MJ # 20/20). Thank you for the wonderfully written article and the photos Joanne captured are beautiful. We are so happy to share the magic of the Native American flute with you and that you can share it with the world. Emiliano Campobello Santa Barbara
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It’s Hitchcockian! Cormorants nesting off 101 near Summerland. Lee Artman Montecito (Editor’s note: This is, I believe, the shortest letter to the editor we’ve ever printed. Congratulations! - J.B.)
Fire Station Three
I am hopeful that MJ will report extensively on the April presentation by the Capital Public Finance Group LLC (Capital PFG) consulting firm to the Board of the Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD). Capital PFG had been engaged by the MFPD board of directors to perform a thorough study: “Montecito Fire Protection District Financial Analysis Related to Budgeting and Long-Term Liabilities.” This analysis was authorized in response to questions regarding the fiscal responsibility and debt management of the MFPD, questions that were raised during the Station 3 EIR litigation. Capital PFG’s April report back • The Voice of the Village •
to the MFPD board is a resounding endorsement of prudent historical fiscal management. Every element of this report emphatically refutes any question of fiscal or debt mismanagement. Jeff Small of Capital PFG recognized the district’s positive financial position, adding that it was likely only a very small number of agencies in the State of California that have prefunded their post-retirement benefits (OPED) to the level that Montecito Fire has. Montecito’s citizens should be profoundly reassured by Capital PFG’s analysis: MFPD has a well-managed debt and pension profile; MFPD has invested prudently and successfully; The district has a wealthy and relatively stable tax base and never saw a decline in its tax revenues, even during the drastic housing market downturn; The district’s “Safety and Miscellaneous Plans” are sufficiently funded, particularly when compared to other public agencies; MFPD maintains healthy fund balances at a level considered “Very strong” by Moody’s; Should the district not feel comfortable in borrowing money for Station 3, Station 3 can be easily cash funded from its existing budget; It should be noted that these accolades heaped upon the management of the district are the result of 10-plus years of careful, prudent decisions. Citygate, which is currently conducting the district’s Standards of Cover and Risk Assessment Study, previously stated in [its] Fire Service Deployment and Departmental Permanence Audit for the County of Santa Barbara that, “Leadership needs to remember that there are no mandatory federal or state regulations directing the level of fire service, staffing, response times and outcome. Thus, communities have the level of fire services that they can afford…” Our community sees itself as semi-rural, semi-agrarian in nature. But it also wants the fast response of an urban, progressive, and hi-tech fire department… and not that of rural service delivery. I believe this financial analysis of the district concludes: MFPD can easily afford the high level of service that the community desires. Montecito citizens should and can expect swift response by highly trained fire and paramedic professionals as the district budget clearly accommodates these expectations. This report salutes the excellence of MFPD management at every level. Applause, please! Sally Jordan Montecito 5 – 12 June 2014
The Graduates
Graduation from any school is usually marked by a feeling of accomplishment and a good graduation speaker congratulates the graduates on all they have achieved. In addition, the speaker discusses the opportunities that are in front of the graduates and how the speaker’s own experiences might help them negotiate the next phase of their life. That is what graduation speakers do: they inspire the students to whom they are speaking. That said, it is most unfortunate that the speaker at the U.S. Military Academy graduation – none other than commander-in-chief Barack Obama – did not accomplish even those most basic goals in his meandering homage to himself. As The New York Times said in its editorial on the subject, the speech was “ludicrous.” Rather than inspire these wonderful young men and women who have decided to put the needs of their country over their own, the president told them that they, in fact, had picked the wrong career. He told them that the role of the American military was not to protect our country and assist others who look to us for leadership. He chose instead to tell these brave men and women that the traditional role of the military was outdated, and that he and he alone had the vision for this country. The inconsistency of his comments versus his actions, or more appropriately inactions, could not have been more obvious. This type of duplicity is not surprising given the DNA of the speaker. His only consistency is that he is always inconsistent. Whether in domestic or foreign policy, the key thought is there is no policy. He is easily the most reactive president in the history of this great republic. Let’s hope that graduation speakers of the future at our military academies or any of our educational institutions put the needs of their audience over their own needs. Ralph Iannelli Montecito (Editor’s note: I turn off the TV whenever the president’s face appears, so I missed this one, but it doesn’t sound like I missed anything except the same old self-centered bull... – J.B.
Does the Left Care? The left is in control in California. Everywhere you look, California’s economic news is grim. Chapman University Professor Joel Kotkin (Democrat), published the following data in The Wall Street Journal, the Orange County Register, and other periodicals about California: 1) In the last 20 years, around four million more people have left, than came in. 2) In the last 15 years, one-third of its 5 – 12 June 2014
industrial employment has vanished. 3) California has the 45th-worst business tax climate. 4) California has the fourth-highest unemployment rate in the country. 5) California faces enormous underfunded public employee pension obligations. 6) Toyota, Occidental Petroleum, major tech companies (Twitter, Adobe, eBay, Oracle), and half of the country’s top 10 energy firms have moved out of state. Left-wing policies are forcing companies to leave the state. Quantitative easing (printing money) will result in high inflation, and high taxes will strangle businesses and result in higher energy prices. However, does the left care? The answer is no. They are more interested in “inequality” and “the environment” than prosperity. In fact, the worse the economy, the greater the number of people getting government assistance who will vote Democratic. This includes illegals. California deserves better. Diana Thorn Carpinteria (Editor’s note: While we can agree that there are too many bills causing too many regulations and that such legislation does indeed strangle small business, we can’t place the blame entirely on “left-wing” politics. This is a festering problem caused by politicians of every stripe and persuasion. – J.B.)
Dear Mr. Harding... (In response to Mr. Jeff Harding, Weekly Capitalist’s note from last issue). Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund – bestknown for lending money to developing countries on the condition that those states make policy changes – warning in a speech last week that rising inequality is threatening global financial stability, democracy, and human rights: “One of the leading economic stories of our time is rising income inequality and the dark shadow it casts across the global economy, “Lagarde said. There is no single solution for reversing widening inequality. Here are some initiatives that could reverse the trends of inequality: 1) The fastest-growing categories of work are retail, restaurant (including fast food), hospital (especially orderlies and staff), hotel, childcare, and elder care. But these jobs tend to pay very little. A first step toward making work pay is to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, pegging it to inflation; abolish the tipped minimum wage; and expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. No American who works full-time should be in poverty. 2) Unionize low-wage workers. The rise and fall of the American middle class correlates almost exactly with the
rise and fall of private-sector unions, because unions gave the middle class the bargaining power it needed to secure a fair share of the gains from economic growth. We need to reinvigorate unions, beginning with low-wage services occupations that are sheltered from global competition and from labor-replacing technologies. Lowerwage Americans deserve more bargaining power. 3) This investment should extend from early childhood through worldclass primary and secondary schools, affordable public higher education, good technical education, and lifelong learning education should not be thought of as a private investment; it is a public good that helps both individuals and the economy. Yet for too many Americans, high-quality education is not affordable and unattainable. Every American should have an equal opportunity to make the most of herself or himself. High-quality education should be freely available to all, starting at the age 3 and extending through four years of university or technical education. 4) Invest in infrastructure. Many working Americans – especially those on the lower rungs of the income ladder – are hobbled by an obsolete infrastructure that generates long commutes to work, excessively high home and rental prices, inadequate Internet access, insufficient power and water sources, and unnecessary environmental degradation. Every American should have access to an infrastructure suitable to the richest nation in the world. 5) Pay for these investments with higher taxes on the wealthy. Between the end of World War II and 1981 (when the wealthiest were getting paid a far lower share of total national income), the highest marginal federal income tax rate never fell below 70 percent, and the effective rate (including tax deductions and credits) hovered around 50 percent. But with Ronald Reagan’s tax cut of 1981, followed by George W. Bush’s of 2001 and 2003, the taxes on top incomes
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ongwriter Jimmy Webb – who shares a bill with Montecito resident Karla Bonoff, herself a veteran of the 1970s singer-songwriter era, at the Lobero on Saturday night – hasn’t performed in town in decades. But he’s been out in our area many times over the years, initially visiting such friends at Kenny Loggins and Michael Douglas, both of whom lived for a while in Montecito, and more recently dropping in on his son Charles, a graduate of UCSB who stuck around town. But the pop craftsman behind such huge early hits as “Up, Up and Away“, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, “Wichita Lineman”, “Galveston”, “The Worst That Could Happen”, “All I Know” and, of course, “MacArthur Park”, spends most of his time in New York, where he serves as chairman of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and on the board of directors of ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers), both of which are trying to stave off the assault on songwriters’ income created by the digital revolution. That subject took up the first 20 minutes of our conversation last week. But once we got around to the songs themselves, Webb proved remarkably candid about his career. Here are excerpts of what turned out to be a truly fascinating, 75-minute interview. Q. What originally inspired you as a songwriter? A. The songs that were out when I started weren’t much to listen to. I’m working on my memoir, so I’ve been looking at what was popular in 1958, and it was things like “How Much is that Doggie in the Window”. But there were some tunes by Burt Bacharach and Hal David that were awesome. I was attracted to that mix of classic and 5 – 12 June 2014
rock that worked so well – like Ben E. King on “Stand By Me”. I thought, that’s what I want to do. I kicked out some songs and found out right away that was the way to get attention from the opposite sex. From then on, I was pretty much hormone-fueled. But that’s the history of rock and roll, isn’t it? Did the songs come easily to you or were they an arduous process of crafting? In those early days, I would write three songs a week. It was my raison d’être. I put in a lot of energy, but it was an adolescent kind that seems like adrenaline. I’d have a rush, and then there’s a song and it’s done. “Wichita Lineman” I wrote in one afternoon when Glen Campbell called from the studio and told me he needed a song at least as good as “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”. It was easy. Maybe too easy. I missed a lot of technical stuff. I go back now and find false rhymes. I see where things could have been so much better.
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.
be my last song? What does that mean? Leonard Bernstein was tied in knots toward the end of his life wrapped up in this thought. You can lose the sheer joy of creativity. It’s something I have to work to overcome – the hardest move for me is the first one. So it’s about overcoming the inertia and getting started. I have ideas right here. I have a notebook with 30 half-completed lyrics. I don’t mean to be immodest, but they’re good ideas. Every one of them. But then it’s just having the guts, because it’s no fun writing songs... It’s one of the most unpleasant lonely things you ever have to. But I’m going to have to. The next album will be all new songs. I made a vow to myself that I would take one day a week and devote it to songwriting. I’ll get another portfolio together, enough for an album, and then I’ll feel better about myself. I don’t have any good excuses not to write songs... I’m going to do it. I’m going to be disturbed either way. So I might as well write.
So no more revisiting the classics like your last two collaborative albums? No, I’m done with that. But I really have to say they are two albums that are spectacular duets. At least one of them should have been nominated for a Grammy. It’s me doing my best singing ever. My voice has gotten stronger over the years. It just doesn’t want to quit. I haven’t had a drink for 15 years and no drugs or anything like that for much longer. I’m just into my work, family, and trying to make the world a safe place for songwriters. All right, we’re not going back there to copyright issues. But speaking of your voice – you’ve won a lot of Grammys, including for three different songs recorded by others in 1968 alone. But your own records never really sold well, although critics like them. Has that been frustrating? I’d like to think that I was never envious in a parsimonious way. Some of my early records were pretty good, and in 1961 Stereo Review gave me the Album of the Year award for “And So On”, my second record. I felt like it was difficult for me to get a positive reaction on my vocals and performances of my own songs when I was laboring in the shad-
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Really? You have second thoughts about those classics? Yeah, well, the people I modeled my writing on – Bacharach/David, Lennon/McCartney, and later Randy Newman and Joni Mitchell – were all highly refined. And if you work in that milieu, you better learn how to write songs, you better learn the techniques. There are different ways – just like golfers have different [swings]. And anyone can win on any given day. But I was up there for a while. It was very competitive. Has the process changed over the years, then? As the years wind on, it becomes more complicated. It’s not, “Can I write?” I can. But do I want to? What do I want it to be about? Should this Woe to the house where the hen crows and rooster keeps still. – Spanish proverb
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Department is doing its final round of landscaping around Santa Barbara before the Parks Department takes over. Specifically, the team is working on entrances to the city, including the freeway exit at Garden Street, the Milpas roundabout, and the entrance to Montecito via the Montecito roundabout. “We are doing our best to get caught up, so that the Parks Department can start off caught up,” Fulmer said. Fulmer said Montecito residents can expect to see a cleaned-up roundabout and surrounding areas, but any sort of “lush landscaping” is out of the question, given the Stage 2 drought
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he UCSB Art, Design and Architectural (ADA) Museum’s current exhibit titled “Starting Here” shows the work of 48 artists who attended UCSB from 1950-2010. Co-curators of the showcase included Elyse Gonazles, curator of ADA Museum exhibitions; Jane Mulfinger, professor and chair UCSB Department of Art; and Kim Yasuda professor, UCSB Department of Art. Running concurrently are the annual Graduate MFA exhibit titled “Alter” and the Undergraduate Art Exhibit. Elyse invited me for a one-on-one tour of the exhibits, followed by the talk and performance art of UCSB alumni artist Miwa Matreyek, titled “Myth and Infrastructure.” Joining us was New York City-based artist David Hochbaum and Nancy Gifford. Hochbaum had arrived the day before in Montecito to go over his installation for the upcoming “Lotus Land” exhibit, “Flock” (planned for 2015), which Gifford is curating. My first impression of “Starting Here” is that UCSB can boast of a definitive range of art genres and influences explored by its faculty and students, from video art reflecting Andy Warhol’s interludes in video to the
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1950s American Clay Revolution, started by Peter Voulkos at what is now known as Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. The first gallery has large-scale works by artists-friends Mary Miss and Richard Serra facing each other on opposing walls and work by Mark di Suvero. The second gallery is upbeat and mixed with the candor-sophomoric humor of video artist Ilene Segalove, who filmed herself confessing about plagiarizing a book report in 1960 and a second video talking to her younger self about what it’s like to be 50. Covering two walls is a social commentary by artist Suzanne Lacy titled, “Prostitution Notes”, an assemblage of found-on-the-street memorabilia about “hooking up.” On the way to the third gallery is a 6x12-foot wall covered with exhibit posters from 1969 to present-day campus life, centered with a digital video frame running a loop of images submitted by artist alumni who were not included in the gallery exhibit. The third gallery has book art, video art, sculpture and two large-scale paintings by artists John Arvanites and Dinh Q. Le, among others. After the tour, we traveled to the McCune Conference Room for Miwa’s
At the UCSB Art, Design and Architectural Museum’s exhibit “Starting Here” are (from left) co-curator Elyse Gonzales, NYC artist David Hochbaum, and UCSB alumni performance artist Miwa Matreyek
live performance art. She combines digital-animation projections and performance art. Miwa talked about her artist path in video interaction as part of a live-performance art piece and fielded questions from the audience. Miwa gave two performances of her works to an engaged audience, showcasing the intricacy of her video art and graphic talents interlaced with her live performance behind the video projection, together becoming one complete dance-like movement. Her works are interpretive, yet playful, commentaries of how she views daily life. Afterward, the curators provided some background on the exhibit in our interview: Q. How did you come up with the concept for the exhibits? A. This was an idea that had been brewing for a while. Both the museum and the Department of Art had been eager to do an exhibition that highlighted the storied history of visual artists on this campus. The College of Creative Studies was another integral part of this narrative given the significant number of talented artists they have also fostered over the years. We wanted this show to be about codifying and claiming this terrific history of the visual arts on our campus, which had heretofore been little known. Another important element of the exhibition was the timing. It was clear that we’d make the strongest statement about the vigor of the visual arts on this campus by doing the exhibition around the student shows (MFA and undergrad). We wanted visitors to (literally) see the artistic excellence of both past and present students. How did the curators decide on the years to be covered by the exhibit? There were no dates set in advance of planning for the exhibition. We as curators solicited names of students who attended UCSB from past and present faculty, other alumni and our own research. We started with a list of over 250 individuals and slowly, painfully, began to winnow the list down. Our main criteria were artists who actively made and exhibited their work now or during their lifetime. Of course there are many, many great artists who are alumni who fit that description but
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with only limited space. Doing a show like this was difficult! Another factor going into our selection was that we wanted to accurately represent the different artistic disciplines that are a part of university either now or over the years. We tried to make sure to seek out individuals who were outstanding examples of ceramicists, painters, sculptors, book artists, video, social practice, etc. While we had to choose a group of artists for the show, we wanted this exhibition to speak to the idea of inclusiveness, rather than exclusivity. In other words, we wanted everyone who attended UCSB to feel a part of this grand tradition. With that in mind, we established a monitor in the gallery that allows any artist who attended UCSB to submit up to three slides of their work. Those images will play on a monitor in the museum and be added throughout the run of the exhibition. What, in the opinion of the curators, is the strongest part of the exhibit? The strongest part... is the fact that we’ve investigated and made obvious the significant history of visual artists which this university has produced. The open and interdisciplinary environment of the arts on this campus, as well as the rich liberal arts education they received, served as an ideal incubator for many student artists. We learned that one of the most important elements of the program for some students was the fact that they were given both time and abundant space to explore new ideas, materials and methods, unfettered by strict curricular parameters or preconceived definitions of art and artistic production. They were also encouraged to consider, formulate, and respond to emerging questions about our society and ourselves. This is a tradition that is ingrained in UCSB’s culture and it continues today. Among some of the important facts that we discovered was that video art was almost immediately taken up and worked with as an artistic medium by our faculty and students. Faculty also played an important role in the arts; in many cases, they were tremendously helpful in challenging students but also in supporting them. Starting Here has been generously supported by Lillian Lovelace. Additional funding has been provided by the Summer Sessions Cultural Enrichment Grant, UCSB; the Department of Art, UCSB; University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA) and the Office of the Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts. In-kind support has also been given by the College of Creative Studies; UCIRA; KCSB-FM; Media Arts and Technology (MAT); and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC). The AD&A Museum 2014 is supported by the Ceil and Michael E. Pulitzer Foundation. 411: www.museum.ucsb.edu •MJ 5 – 12 June 2014
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designation that is currently in effect. “We are doing our part to cut back on water usage, so the landscaping of these areas will definitely deteriorate,” he said. The roundabout was built in 2009 as part of the Milpas to Hot Springs Operational Improvements project; this is not the first time the landscaping maintenance has been an issue. Reportedly, residents have seen an ostensibly homeless man – a weed vigilante – pulling weeds daily around Starbucks in Montecito.
The Biltmore’s Extraordinary Experiences June 1 marked the introduction of Four Season’s “Extraordinary Experiences,” a collection of memorable, customized guest experiences available to lodgers traveling to Four Seasons hotels across the world. Each Four Seasons property has arranged its own dynamic adventures, offering a local perspective on luxury travel, according to Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore rep Gena Downey. “This is a new and exciting program for us,” she told us. At the Four Seasons in Santa Barbara, travelers are invited to sign up for a day of volleyball with Olympic gold medalist and Santa Barbara native Todd Rogers. Participants will have a private coaching session with Rogers at East Beach, where Rogers will share the tips he has picked up in his 19 years as a professional player. Rogers’ family (all volleyball players) can be enlisted as well, to have a face-off with participants and their families. The day ends with a catered lunch at the beach. “The Extraordinary Experiences are designed to be memories that will last a lifetime, and that would be nearly impossible to arrange on your own,” Downey explained. Other highlights from the collection: a personal consultation with Lucchese, the world-renowned boot maker, by special arrangement with Four Seasons Hotel Austin. While the custom boot makers get to work on sewing, shaping and buffing each one-of-a-kind pair, guests will enjoy dining and dancing in Texas fashion with lunch from Franklin Barbecue – named the top barbecue restaurant in the country – and two-stepping lessons at Austin’s Broken Spoke dance hall. Four Seasons Hotel Buenos Aires has arranged a custom-blended perfume from legendary Argentinian perfumer Julian Bedel, who will get to know the traveler’s individual style over an intimate lunch. Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, México, is giving guests a taste of the blue agave with an excursion via private helicopter to 5 – 12 June 2014
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Lecture at All Saints Noted theologian and former Westmont instructor Diana Butler Bass will speak at All Saints-by-theSea Episcopal Church in Montecito to explore recent trends in religion and spirituality that are challenging traditional institutions and opening the way for new patterns of faith. Diana Butler Bass is an independent scholar and author of eight books on American religion. She is a regular contributor to religion and spirituality programs on television and radio, is widely followed on social media, and writes for the Huffington Post and OnFaith websites. She lived in Santa Barbara in the 1990s and taught classes at both Westmont and UCSB. The Saturday seminar on June 14 is open to the public and will include lunch. Pre-registration is priced at $40 per person and $25 for students until Monday, June 9, at which point all tickets will cost $50. Registration and online payment options are available at www.allsaintsbythesea. org. The program will run from 8:45 am to 3 pm in the historic All Saints sanctuary. Butler Bass will return to All Saints on Sunday, July 15, to preach at the Episcopal Church’s 8 and 10 am services. For more information, visit www. •MJ dianabutlerbass.com.
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gration. He was never found to be mentally incompetent and was never locked up in an institutional program for intensive treatment. Yes, he was certainly an odd duck, but no one found him to be a criminal danger to himself or society, nor did they advocate that he be denied his basic human freedoms. Our laws purposely make it difficult to involuntarily incarcerate persons accused of strange or anti-social behavior. This country could hardly imprison all its self-pitying, angry young men with fantasies of violence. Until someone actually engages in criminal behavior, our society protects an individual’s right to wander around as a self-proclaimed weirdo.
Law Enforcement: Heroes or Goats? A number of media reporters have taken the Sheriff’s Department to task for not going far enough when deputies performed a welfare check of the killer on April 30, less than a month before his intricately planned killing spree. Like it or not, they did exactly what the law allowed them to do. Responding to a 911 call instigated by the killer’s mental health therapist and his mother, a team of four county sheriff’s deputies and a UCSB police officer questioned the man outside his apartment and found him to be “quiet and timid... polite and courteous.” They arranged a telephone call to his mother, and agreed with her that under the law he did not constitute an immediate threat to himself or others, and that they did not have probable cause to place him on an involuntary mental health hold, or search his residence for unreported videos or manifestos. Three and a half weeks later, members of the sheriff’s department chased the killer on foot through the streets of Isla Vista, exchanging gunfire with him twice. Thanks to their courageous behavior, the killer crashed his car and then took his own life. Think about the damage he could have unleashed in firing the 400 rounds of ammunition he was carrying if the deputies had not interfered with his plans.
The Role of Family The deranged young man was a child of privilege and comfort. He was the grandson of a respected Holocaust photojournalist and the son of the second-unit director of The Hunger Games and his former Malaysian wife, who was so supportive of her son’s social inadequacies that she was still arranging play dates for him when he was a fifth grader. The killer described his early childhood as “happy.” But things turned bleak after going through puberty, when his main gripe was that women – particularly attractive blonde women – denied him sex and love. Frankly, I had that same complaint as a student at Princeton in 1956, at a time when Princeton prohibited both females and cars. As I recall, the entire student body shared the same frustrations and fantasies that the killer experienced, but without the angry manifesto.
What Next? The UCSB campus is alive with students mourning the killing of their classmates and the loss of their own naïve innocence. We watch them carrying placards that read “Not One More,” struggling to make sense out of this terrible tragedy. We join them in looking for answers, in finding ways to make sure this never happens again. But sorting through all of the obvious solutions, I cannot come up with one that I know will bring an absolute end to all of this. •MJ
SHERIFF’S BLOTTER
Compiled by Kelly Mahan from information supplied by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department
Belongings Stolen in Summerland
Tuesday, 13 May, 12:30 pm – Deputy Maupin responded to Lookout Park in Summerland on report of a vehicle break-in. The victim said she had left her vehicle in the parking lot the day before; she left her purse, luggage, and cell phone in the car. When she returned from spending time at the beach, she noticed the items were missing. She then drove to her ex-husband’s house in Santa Barbara and did not file a police report at that time. The next morning, she went to her bank to withdraw funds; the bank notified the victim that her debit card had been used several times the day before, and there were no funds left in her account. The bank teller advised her to file a police report. The woman reported items valuing more than $1,350 were taken from the vehicle, including a designer purse, jewelry, and rollaway suitcase. A report was filed. •MJ
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Coup De Grace
by Grace Rachow Ms Rachow will be working at the 42nd annual Santa Barbara Writers Conference, June 7-12 at the Santa Barbara Hyatt
We Are Family
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une is the month for all kinds of gatherings. Families get together for graduations and weddings. High school reunions are organized so former classmates can decide who has the fewest wrinkles and who the fanciest car. The reunion I attend every year is like all of the above, and more. Since 1992, I’ve attended the weeklong Santa Barbara Writers Conference. You’d think that after 20-some years of exposure to great writers, I would have this writing business down cold, but I keep going back for more. Why? Writers work mostly alone. Or we wish we were alone. As I write this, my husband is busy doing my chores, and I am grateful. But I also wish he would disappear for an hour or two in a magic puff of smoke, so that there would be nothing to take me out of my writerly dream. Yes, sitting quietly and staring off into space is real work. It seems illogical, but every writer in the world will nod in agreement. If you are not a writer and never hope to be one, you might think this column has nothing to do with you. But chances are, there has been a moment along the way when you dreamed of writing the Great American Novel. Or, if you’ve ever gotten lost in a book, gone to a movie, or watched a little TV, you’ve partaken of the bounty that writers provide for all of us. And writers have to learn their craft somewhere. The lore surrounding the Santa Barbara Writers Conference is well known. Mary and Barnaby Conrad kicked the whole thing off in 1972 at Cate School. As the story goes, Barney talked Ray Bradbury into coming, and everything followed from there. The speaker list over the years reads like Who’s Who of American Literature. And this conference has always been a place where a wetbehind-the-ears kid out of Nebraska (like me) could rub shoulders with the greats. The conference has had several homes since 1972. Perhaps the favorite location was the Miramar Hotel, a blue-roofed Montecito funk zone that sadly closed a dozen years ago. The conference found a spot for several years at Westmont and then several more at the DoubleTree, and
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now it all happens at the Santa Barbara Hyatt. My first time at the conference, I remember chatting with a nice silver-haired fellow who had a bit of a Minnesota accent. He made me feel right at home with my Nebraska twang. I asked him what he was working on, assuming he was on chapter one of his first novel, too. However, gentleman that he was, he turned the conversation back to my project and me. Later that evening, I was just a bit shocked to see that the nice man was introduced as the evening speaker, Charles Schulz, creator of the Peanuts cartoon. That was the moment that I knew I wasn’t in Nebraska anymore, and simply by the act of signing up for this conference, I had been included as part of a talented and accomplished family of writers. Even later that evening at a midnight pirate writing workshop, I met Charles Schulz’s son, Monte, who had recently published his first novel. For the past few years the conference has been owned by Monte Schulz and directed by Nicole Starczak. And I have been honored to work with them in helping to recreate the welcoming conference experience I once had for other aspiring writers. I’ve observed a lot of conference attendees over the years. We writers can be a bit quirky. We’re lucky anyone puts up with us, but we’re inspired by mingling with our own creative kind. We like to start the day with gallons of coffee, click wine glasses over dinner, and then we’re back for more coffee for the late-night pirate workshops. Who needs sleep? The one thing we all have in common is the belief that there is magic in the written word, and if we work hard enough at crafting our work, it will be read, and we’ll find fame and fortune… or at least the satisfaction of a job well done. It’s wonderful to mingle with people who share this faith, and that is why writers attend for the first time. And we are drawn back by the sense of family. That’s why we gather every June at the reunion known as the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. We are family. And you are wel•MJ come to join us. 5 – 12 June 2014
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Santa Barbara School of Squash Plans Its Future Robert Graham, the new executive director of the Santa Barbara School of Squash, with three of the students who participate in the program
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he Santa Barbara School of Squash is a program for low-income children that combines academic tutoring and mentoring with learning how to play squash, a racquet sport played on an indoor court by two players, who take turns hitting the ball. Although highly successful during its eight years of existence, the School of Squash is now contemplating changes that it hopes will make its mission clearer to the Santa Barbara community – including changing its name and hiring a new executive director. “We would like to see less talk about squash and more talk about tutoring and mentoring,” said Terry Eagle, chairman of the board of directors, who said that serious discussions have begun about renaming the non-profit organization to better reflect its mission, which he sees as helping low-income children build confidence and character. The new executive director is Robert Graham, one of the founding board members and the former number-one player in the U.S. in the 1990s. Graham moved to Santa Barbara from England in 1994 to become the squash professional at the Santa Barbara Athletic Club, where he later served as general manager of the club. The problem with the name, Graham said, is that when he first tells someone about the School of Squash, he not only has to explain what his organization does, but he also has to explain the sport of squash. Although widely popular on the East Coast and other parts of the world, squash is not as well-known on the West Coast. Although squash recently lost a bid to become an Olympic sport, the sport is gaining in popularity and many colleges are adding squash teams. 5 – 12 June 2014
According to the U.S. Squash website, between 2007 and 2011, the U.S. saw the fastest-growing squash participation level of any country worldwide, with an estimated 1.2 million players nationally. Traditionally, squash had a bit of an image problem as well, Graham said, because it was known as a “rich man’s sport,” and was played primarily in private clubs. In part to help combat that image, urban programs like the Santa Barbara School of Squash have started in 15 other cities such as Boston, New York, Chicago, Denver, and San Diego. All of these programs fall under an umbrella organization called the National Urban Squash and Education Association, which sets rigorous standards for its members. For the Santa Barbara School of Squash, the most important goal has been 100 percent high school graduation for its participants, which it has achieved. Students join the program as young as fourth or fifth grade, and must sign a contract committing to a minimum of 100 hours of academic work, 100 hours of squash, physical activity, health and wellness practices, and 20 hours of community service per year, with the understanding that they will remain committed through college and beyond. The program runs year-round through school breaks and summer vacation; it is not a drop-in program. “With continuity, longevity, and a strong commitment to each other, the first generation of students have demonstrated heightened academic awareness, sportsmanship, manners, confidence, and self-determination,” said Eagle. “A serious transformation is taking place.” Secondly, the school hopes to help its students go to college. The first students were old enough last fall; one
Orla O’Doherty, the squash professional at the Santa Barbara Athletic Club, demonstrates a forehand stroke to Santa Barbara School of Squash students
Students enrolled in the Santa Barbara School of Squash must participate in at least 100 hours of academic work, as well as 100 hours of squash and 20 hours of community service. More than 30 adults help tutor and mentor the children.
student is enrolled at the University of Oregon, another at the University of Colorado. Although the athletic training and competition that comes with learning to play squash is seen as valuable, it isn’t the end goal. “None of our written goals are to make any of the kids into star squash players,” Graham said. However, three of the current players are nationally ranked, and two of those players won their age divisions in a national tournament held at Williams College last year for participants of the national urban squash program. Although he was only named the executive director last month, Graham has been dedicated to the School of Squash since its inception in 2006, when he first became aware of the need for programs for low-income children in Santa Barbara. “I had no exposure to it before. I went around to all the kids’ houses, and I had no idea there were people living like that in Santa Barbara,” he said, describing situations where four or five families
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were living in a one-bedroom cottage. “Now I’m educated.” What impressed him the most about these families, he said, was their determination and passion to help their children succeed in school and life. For the most part, the children have responded by working hard both at their academics and on the squash court. “Squash gives them something that not many of their friends are doing,” Graham said. “It makes them feel special.” With the help of the School of Squash, some of the participants have earned scholarships to private schools they wouldn’t have known about otherwise. “There are lots of advantages to the program,” said Zaira Paredes, a 9th grader who earned a scholarship to Laguna Blanca School. “They help with school work, and they teach you discipline and focus. You have to take the sport seriously, and they won’t let you play unless you keep your grades up. It’s fun to be a part of something different.” The next step for the School of Squash – after figuring out a better name – is finding a way to expand its program beyond the 35 students who are currently enrolled. One of the limits is that the Santa Barbara Athletic Club only has three squash courts, so the School of Squash is hoping to convert racquetball courts at the Santa Barbara YMCA into squash courts (a squash court is shorter than a racquetball court). The younger, beginning students already are learning the basics on the racquetball courts at the YMCA. “We’ve got to get access to more courts,” said Eagle. “Even though we’re thinking about changing our name, squash will always be a part of the program. Squash is a sport for life.” To learn more about the Santa Barbara School of Squash, contact Robert Graham at (805) 259-5508, or visit the website at www.sbsos.org. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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Real Estate
by Mark Hunt
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 100 years in the Santa Barbara area. Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.
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1) There is the listing stage, a time when a contract to list the property is signed between seller and agent/broker, and during which time the property is marketed to other agents and their buyers. 2) The listing stage is, hopefully, followed by what we call the pending… or “in escrow” stage, when a price and terms have been agreed upon, and the home is under contract and in the process of changing hands. During this phase, the home is usually, officially off the market. The buyers do their inspections, funds are organized to transfer, and a title on the home is prepared for the new owner, etcetera. 3) The third and final stage in a real estate transaction is the closing, when a property changes hands legally and financially.
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Movement in the Higher End When determining the value of properties on the market, most people look at what is on the market and what has recently closed escrow. Today when checking the activity for the month of May (today being May 31 and a Saturday), I reviewed the pending section of the Multiple Listing Service for our area, and there were a total of 22 homes that went into escrow between May 1 and May 31. These are homes that have found buyers and are in escrow but have not yet closed or changed hands. In other words, this is the actively sold category and the freshest example of what is selling now. I was pleased to see that four homes that went into escrow in May were priced between $7 million and $14 million. A half-dozen other properties were in the high $3-million to high $4-million range. These price ranges have been slow-moving in recent months, so this latest activity may be a sign that sales are picking up in Montecito’s higher-end market. Since I felt some movement in the higher end (16 of the 21 homes in escrow in May had been on my Best Buy pick list), I thought I’d feature a few of my mid-Montecito price range, and higher price range Best Buy picks. Here are a few properties currently on the market in Montecito that I believe are worth taking a look at:
Jelinda Drive – $4,395,000
This is a 5,000+ square-foot Mediterranean home on 2.24 acres with ocean views in the gated Ennisbrook community. The property features a spacious private drive, with south-facing rear yard exposure, ocean and island views. The grand entry features high ceilings and an impressive staircase. There are five bedrooms and seven baths, a high-end kitchen/great room, butler’s pantry, formal living room, dining room, office, media room, game or exercise room, massage room, and spa. Additionally, the clubhouse, open to all Ennisbrook residents, features a pool, spa, and tennis amenities. The home is in the Montecito Union School attendance area.
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This eight-bedroom, 10-bath home sits on a 3.5+/- acre-lot in one of Montecito’s premiere estate locations and features south-facing terraces overlooking lush gardens to ocean and island views beyond. The estate is graced with two private water wells, a two-bedroom guesthouse, pool house, staff quarters and a north-south tennis court. Additionally, the home is set back off the street and surrounded by estates of mostly equal or greater size and acreage. The location is what many would consider the center of the golden quadrangle, and homes in this pocket are rarely on the market. Montecito Union School attendance area is a bonus.
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In Passing
by Petrine Day Mitchum
Dorothy Clements Spence Mitchum 2 May 1919 – 12 April 2014
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n a recent sunny Sunday, my brothers Jim, Chris, and I bade a final farewell to our mother and longtime Montecito resident, Dorothy Clements Spence Mitchum, who passed from this world peacefully at Serenity House Hospice on April 12, just 20 days shy of her 95th birthday. We were accompanied aboard Santa Barbara’s Double Dolphin by her only sister, Bette Compton, our cousin Janeen Gaul, eight of Dorothy’s 16 grand and great-grandchildren and another half-dozen very significant others.
Child of a “Laborer” A daughter of William Lemuel Spence and Ina Clements Spence, Dorothy was born in Camden, Delaware, May 2, 1919. Her father, known as Will, was listed on her birth certificate as a “laborer,” but she was proud of the fact that he was a head cook for the Camden canning factory of Libby, McNeil, Libby. Although he died young, at 56, it was easy to imagine him stirring great vats of tomatoes as Dorothy described him. She always had a way with words.
To Meet Again on Easter Island After an emotional eulogy by Chris, we cast Dorothy’s ashes to the Pacific so that she might fulfill her half of the pact made long ago with our late father, Robert (who passed in 1997), to meet up at Easter Island. With roses tossed and champagne poured overboard, Dorothy went on her way. Dorothy loved dogs, and the
ashes of her final two pets, Emma, a Border Collie, and Katie, a rescued terrier, were cast in her wake as well. Moments later, we spotted a gray whale and her calf portside, just 20 feet away, on their northern migration. As the beautiful creatures breeched and spouted several times, our captain explained that they hug the shoreline to avoid the predatory orcas that hunt the calves. It was a fact Dorothy, who loved all animals, would have found fascinating. A dolphin and a curious sea lion also paid their respects as we headed for shore.
Dorothy Clements Spence Mitchum, widow of actor Robert Mitchum, died on April 12, just weeks before her 95th birthday
Wife of an Actor Dorothy lived a remarkable life, most famously as the wife of Robert (Charles) Mitchum whom she married in the cabbage-scented kitchen of a Methodist parson in Dover, Delaware, on March 16, 1940. She met Robert, two years her elder, when she was 14, after a brief courtship with his handsome younger brother, John, a fellow student at Caesar Rodney High School where Dorothy excelled at English and basketball and served as May Queen, with her little sister, Bette, as her flower girl. Robert had already begun his vagabond life, hitching around the country by rail, and when he returned to Delaware and met the beautiful dark-haired girl his brother was courting, according to Dorothy, “That was all she wrote.” The match was not immediately met with approval by her mother and other authority figures, who labeled Robert “a bum.” But Dorothy’s retort was, “He’s not a bum. He’s just poor.” She believed that Robert was destined for greatness.
Dorothy and Robert Mitchum on Oscar night, 1946; Robert received an Academy Award nomination for his supporting role as Lt. Walker in 1945’s The Story of G.I. Joe
Dorothy attended Peirce College in Philadelphia after high school, with the aim of becoming a secretary, but she abandoned that ambition to accompany her husband to Hollywood, where he eventually found his fortune as an actor. Along the way, the newlyweds worked for astrologer Carroll Righter. Dorothy scribed horoscopes and developed a lifelong interest in astrology. She often called to read me my monthly horoscope from Town & Country magazine.
Writer and Homemaker Dorothy’s writing career was put on hold when she gave birth to James Robin Mitchum, on May 8, 1941. Christopher was born less than two years later on October 16, 1943. By this time Robert’s career had taken off and Dorothy had her hands full raising two sons while being a glamorous Hollywood wife. She was a founding member of SHARE (Share Happily And Reap Endlessly), a charitable organization of Los Angeles women who still produce an annual show to benefit mentally challenged individuals. In her decades of service with SHARE, Dorothy displayed her talents as a dancer in many shows and, later, when she decided to hang up her dancing shoes, as an organizer.
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fun on that trip, though I daresay I had the better time as traveling with a hormonal 13-year-old girl no doubt presented challenges for a mother used to raising boys.
outward signs of the discomfort she must have felt, Dorothy invited Miss Silva to lunch with her. Privately, she instructed the bawdy wannabe that such publicity seeking is not the proper way to stardom.
The Move to Montecito Birnam Wood Back in Los Angeles, after several years of living in rented houses, Memorial Dorothy Mitchum in her younger days
On March 3, 1952, Dorothy gave birth to a surprise third child, me, Petrine Day. Once again, her writing career remained on the back burner as she juggled an infant into the mix. She handled this juggling act with typical aplomb, and managed to accompany Robert to far-flung film locations and create the semblance of home wherever he roamed, cooking up the pots of chili he savored. Although during her home-making years her writing skills were mostly limited to hand-written letters prized by a throng of friends and family, Dorothy finally reemerged publicly in 1984 by scribing a forward to a new edition of a cherished book, Quest for the Lost City, A True Life Adventure by Dana & Ginger Lamb. A marvelous tale about an intrepid couple’s trek through Mexico, published by Santa Barbara Press, the book is hard to find but well worth the effort. Reading Dorothy’s engaging forward, it’s tempting to imagine the writing she might have done had she not dedicated herself so selflessly to her family. In 1960, Robert wanted to escape the hubbub of Hollywood and the couple found sanctuary on a 300acre farm on the eastern shore of Maryland, which reminded them of their childhood homes. Robert thought he might retire but instead made increasingly more films overseas and by 1966, Dorothy had grown tired of being left behind on the farm to mind the likes of me, while Chris attended college and James pursued an acting career in Los Angeles. When I went off to boarding school in Connecticut, the farm was sold and in the summer of ’66 Dorothy and I drove across the country, Californiabound once more. We had a lot of
including a haunted one that had belonged to Cole Porter, Dorothy eventually found her dream house in Bel Air. She and Robert lived there until September 1977 when, finally tired of the busloads of tourists that would idle outside our gates hoping to catch a glimpse of a movie star, the couple packed up and headed to Montecito. Then a much sleepier town than it is today, Montecito was a haven for the couple for the next 20 years. Dorothy remained in the modest ranch house they shared until her final week with us. As life slowed down for Dorothy in her later years, she devoted herself to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also tended her rose garden, read voraciously, and kept up written correspondence with many friends. A lover of silly and often racy jokes, Dorothy and her dear friend, Carpinteria artist Fred Gowland who passed earlier this year, made a regular game of sending each other cards and jokes. A lively raconteur, Dorothy loved to reminisce and regaled listeners with stories such as the time she and Robert heard an unknown singer in a small club in Biloxi, Mississippi. Dorothy and Robert were very impressed by the young man’s talents. On returning to their hotel in New Orleans, they bumped into their acquaintance, Colonel Tom Parker, and told him he ought to check out the singer: Elvis Presley. Elvis later became a family friend. Another story illustrates the exquisite diplomacy Dorothy employed to deal with the slings and arrows attendant to her husband’s celebrity. At the Cannes Film Festival in 1954, starlet Simone Silva ran up to my father, ripping off her top and hugging her ample bosoms to her idol. The press ate it up of course, and my father played along, posing for some sexy shots. Rather than display any
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After Dorothy’s burial at sea, we repaired to Birnam Wood Golf Club, where she and Robert had been members since 1990. Although neither of my parents golfed, they enjoyed the understated elegance of the club and its beautiful grounds and the always wonderful staff. In recent years, Dorothy still enjoyed summer lunches with a group of girlfriends, and sometimes their lucky daughters and granddaughters. Our family traditionally celebrated Thanksgiving at
Birnam Wood, and November 2013 was no exception. Dorothy was particularly fond of the Citrus Singers, an a cappella group who perform annually at Christmas-time, and this past December, her sister and niece joined us for a wonderful program. For Dorothy’s memorial, the club devised a special menu of Dorothy’s favorites. Local musician Rick Reeves – who had played at Dorothy’s past four birthdays – sang and played guitar as 21 of us celebrated a life well-lived by a woman we all loved. The family suggests that donations in Dorothy ‘s honor be made to the Salvation Army, which kept Robert alive during his early vagabond years, and DAWG, the dog rescue in Santa Barbara, Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary in Lompoc – or any reputable charity that helps animals. •MJ
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Boycott Continues My erstwhile New York Magazine colleague, Anne Wintour, the longtime editor of Vogue, has joined the stampede of celebrities, including Montecito comedienne Ellen DeGeneres, boycotting hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei, who implemented Sharia Law in his country last month. She will not be staying at her usual haunt at Le Meurice, the plush hostelry favored by the fashion elite and her usual base during Paris Fashion Week, while the Ritz, just a tiara’s toss or two away, in the Place Vendome is undergoing major renovations. Wintour released a statement to The New York Times explaining: “While I am sensitive to the potential impact that this issue may have on the wonderful staff at Le Meurice, I cannot in all good conscience stay there, nor can Vogue’s editors.” The British editor’s decision comes as Conde Nast confirmed that all its magazines have opted to boycott the Dorchester Collection of hotels, which includes the Dorchester and 45 Park Lane in London and the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Bel-Air in California. As well as Ellen, former Tonight Show host Jay Leno and Virgin tycoon Richard Branson have also supported the boycott. Members of the fashion industry such as shoe designer Brian Atwood and designer Peter Som have also called for action, as well as FrancoisHenri Pinault, the head of Kering, which owns Gucci, Stella McCartney, and Alexander McQueen... Making Dad Proud She made her name playing Elaine Benes on the hugely successful TV comedy series Seinfeld. But it seems that Montecito actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, 53, wasn’t always destined for stardom, despite her privileged background. Appearing on NBC’s Today show, Julia’s father – billionaire businessman William Louis-Dreyfus – briefly spoke about her upbringing, admit-
earning around $600,000 per episode. Seinfeld ran for 180 episodes over nine seasons until 1998, but is still shown across the world, with the show’s stars receiving handsome royalty payments. Julia is also the main star in the hit HBO comedy Veep, in which she plays Selina Meyer, a fictional vice president of the United States. Just last month, the top cable network ordered a fourth season of the show, which has seen her take home two Emmy Awards. Julia is married to her husband of 26 years, director-producer Brad Hall, and the twosome have two sons, Henry, 21, and Charles, 16...
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ting that he didn’t see his daughter’s success coming. Asked what his daughter was like as a child and whether he had foreseen her acting career, he revealed: “Well, I couldn’t tell whether she was going to be a star.” He added: “But I know how natural she was, and how much she liked life and fun. She was always very funny and fun to be around.” Julia was promoting a new documentary titled Generosity Of Eye, which follows her father – reportedly worth around $3.4 billion – as he decides to donate pieces of his extensive private art collection to raise money for the charity Harlem Children’s Zone. “What I learned about making this film about my dad was his personal and emotional investment, not only in the artwork himself, but also with the artists.” William’s collection includes more than 3,000 paintings. He is the great grandson of Leopold Louis-Dreyfus, a founder of Louis Dreyfus Group, a French commodities and shipping conglomerate, of which he is currently chairman. However, Julia went on to make her own fortune on Seinfeld, and is now comfortably wealthy in her own right. In 1997, it was reported Julia was
No Longer a Secret Rhonda Byrne, best-selling Australian author of the self-help book The Secret, has put her five-bedroom Tuscan-style Montecito home on the market for $23.5 million. Byrne paid $18 million for the 2.3acre estate, which includes two threecar garages, a seven-hole putting green, and a guesthouse, seven years ago. Built in 2001, the main house is 8,064 square-feet, and has six full bathrooms and two half bathrooms. “I’m very sensitive to feeling energy from people and places,” says Byrne. “The energy of this house is incredible. I hadn’t felt that kind of energy in any building before.” She wrote two of her books, The Power and The Magic, in the home’s library.
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She is selling the property because her production company is relocating its offices and she needs to be closer to Los Angeles. The company is working on several movie projects, including a sequel to the film version of The Secret. Uber agent Harry Kolb of Sotheby’s International Realty is dealing with the sale… Party at Pat’s Polo-playing hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt and his wife, Ursula, opened the impressive gates of their Summerland estate, Bella Vista, to host a party for 70 officers on the USS Ronald Reagan, the nuclear-powered, 103,000-ton supercarrier, which visited our Eden by the Beach for four days at the weekend. The naval staffers were treated to an exhibition polo match, which included players Justin Klentner, Joel Baker, and Andy Busch, and a huge bar-
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The Party Continues Just 24 hours later the sprawling Nesbitt estate played host as the finishing post for the United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County first annual “Rally for Kids,” featuring dozens of vintage cars that had raced from Santa Ynez. “It has been a great success, and I have absolutely no doubt we’ll do it again,” says Louise Cruz, a member of the board of directors. “We had thirty-four drivers participating and a great selection of wonderful autos from times gone by.” Montecito car collector Dana Newquist was one of the first to arrive in his 1963 Avanti to be welcomed by the 250 guests, who included Jeff and Hollye Jacobs, sheriff Bill Brown, district attorney Joyce Dudley, Jonatha King, Michael Hammer, Peter Hilf, Carter Hines, Dana Hansen, Christopher Lancashire and Catherine Gee, Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman, Richard and Annette Caleel, Diana Starr Langley, Monte Wilson, Jeffrey Henley, Ed Birch, Ron Macleod, and Richard Torin. Paul Clay conducted the live auction, which included a luxury seven-night Caribbean cruise and a seven-night stay at Villa La Donna in Caba San Luca, Mexico.
Guests at the Tough Bond sceening (photo credit: Brian Hodges)
Tough Bond
The plight of young people in Kenya was featured in the 90-minute documentary Tough Bond, screened at the Montecito home of photographer Brian Hodges and his wife, Laurence. The fascinating film, made by Anneliese Vandenberg and Austin Peck, was shot when the dynamic duo lived in the African nation to learn the native way of life and met the growing population of “street children,” who live precariously doing menial jobs and making life bearable inhaling, or “huffing,” glue, a local brand that gives the project its name. The film, which was featured in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in January and has also been shown at festivals in Berlin and Chicago, among others, is intense and powerful. “It is a metaphor for what is happening around the world,” says Anneliese. “These people are losing their homes in villages because of development and have no way of adapting to big-city life. “Huff, which is incredibly cancerous and toxic, enables them to get high and makes their horrible lives bearable.”
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Palisades for British Polo Day. The 400-guest, invitation-only event, hosted by Will Rogers Polo Club president, Andrew Bossom, a graduate of Eton College – where princes William and Harry were schooled – and Sandhurst, Britain’s version of West Point, where the heir to the throne and his brother also graduated, attracted a positive tsunami of tony types from the U.K. Guests included Lord Freddie Windsor, son of Queen Elizabeth’s cousin, Prince Michael of Kent – a financial executive at J.P. Morgan in Century City – and his actress wife, Sophie Winkleman, who starred on the CBS TV series Two and a Half Men with Ashton Kutcher. Also attending was Santa Barbara Polo Club regular, actor Baron Clement von Franckenstein – Mary Shelley used the family name for her famous novel – and Torquhil Campbell, the 46-year-old 13th Duke of Argyll, who owns one of Scotland’s most stately homes, Inveraray Castle, on a 60,000-acre estate. He is also captain of Scotland’s elephant polo team, which won the world championships in 2004 and 2005. The 300-year-old house has also been used for scenes in the highly rated PBS show Downton Abbey, along with Highclere, the home of the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon. After quaffing the free-flowing Taittinger champagne, the guests at the Land Rover-sponsored event, who also included Olivier de Givenchy, artist Damian Elwes, Nona Summer, Talulah Riley, film producer Cassian Elwes, and TV hypnotist Paul McKenna, and Griffin Brecheen, a student at St. Andrew’s University – Prince William’s alma mater – watched two exciting matches with
Andrew Bossom and his son, Piers, celebrate British Polo Day (photo by Priscilla)
Lord Frederick Windsor and his wife, Sophie Winkleman, enjoy themselves at Will Rogers State Park in Pacific Palisades (photo by Priscilla)
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FOOD & WINE Child’s Play at Bacara
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aster chef Julia Child spent the last three years of her life at Casa Dorinda in Montecito, leaving behind the Santa Barbara-based Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts after her death in 2004. The Bacara Resort & Spa opened in 2000 and eventually established a 12,000-bottle Wine Cellar and the Foley Food & Wine Society Wine Tasting Room. Now the two institutions are getting together, along with Edible Santa Barbara, to produce the Santa Barbara Food & Wine Weekend at the resort hotel this weekend. The myriad events, which include a screening of classic Child TV clips, are offered in tribute to Child – who maintained a lifelong passion for learning, a love of eating well, and an appreciation for Santa Barbara’s coastal bounty – with proceeds benefiting her foundation, and former associates offering memories. The weekend begins at 5:30 pm on Friday with a wine reception presented by the Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Association, where you can sample more than 40 varietals by the region’s top winemakers. Each pouring table will also feature a culinary tasting personally selected for that winery by Bacara’s executive chef David Reardon. At 6:30, Julia Child Foundation chairman Eric W. Spivey and Bacara general manager Kathleen Cochran offer welcome remarks, followed immediately by a special screening of Kitchen Wisdom at the Bacara’s stateof-the-art, 211-seat screening room. Geoffrey Drummond, Child’s former TV director and producer, presents the video tribute, which offers a retrospective of television clips and celebrity guest interviews that pay homage to Child, known as the beloved godmother of cooking. They’re even providing popcorn – GMO-free, gluten-free, and vegan varieties by Santa Barbara Popcorn Company. Following the screening, Drummond, Child Foundation executive director Todd Schulkin, and Anne Willan, James Beard Award-winning author, culinary historian and founder of La Varenne Cooking School, conduct a Q&A session with the audience. (Tickets are $75.) The bulk of the Food & Wine Weekend takes place on Saturday, when a baker’s dozen events take place over a 12-hour-plus period, all except one centered at the resort’s oceanfront locale. The Day’s Events Include: 9 am: Coffee Tour at Good Land 5 – 12 June 2014
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Organics. Held off-site at Jay Ruskey’s farm in Goleta. Includes tour, coffee tasting and take-home samples. (2 hours; $50.) 10 am: Meet the Experts: Overview of Santa Barbara’s Culinary Community. Five local experts, including Edible Santa Barbara publisher Krista Harris, discuss changes in Santa Barbara’s culinary community. (1 hour; free.) 11 am: The Power of Pinot & Cheese. Lila Brown of Foley Food & Wine Society and Kathryn Graham of C’est Cheese team up to lead participants through five Pinot Noirs paired with five California cheeses, plus discussion of how to pair at home. (1 hour; $45.) 11 am: Olive Oil & Vinegar For Life! Cooking class with Theodora (Theo) Stephan, founder, Global Gardens, covers the ins and outs of extra-virgin olive oil. Interactive class tastes seven varietal oils and five fruit balsamic vinegars, all grown and made by Theo, demonstrations, a take-home recipe pack and more. (2 hours; $30.) 12 pm: Santa Maria Style Barbeque with Frank Ostini. The famed owner/ chef of The Hitching Post II in Santa Ynez (as seen in the film Sideways) serves up a BBQ meal grilled over an open fire of red oak, a style of cooking native to Santa Barbara County that goes back to the days of the Spanish Rancheros. Includes a glass of Firestone Walker Brewing Co. beer. (1½ hours; $55.) 1 pm: Summer Pie. Elizabeth Colling, former food editor for Martha Stewart Living and pastry chef at Bastide and Spago, demonstrates how to make a beautiful pate brisee (pie dough) as a base for pies, galettes, and individual hand pies. Includes a tasting and a homemade treat to take home. (1 hour; $25.) 2 pm: The Art in Artisan: an Artisan Bread Baking Demonstration. Learn the secrets to make old-world style naturally leavened breads from baker Bob Oswaks, owner of Bob’s Well Bread Bakery, soon to open in Los Alamos.
He’ll show how to build your own sourdough starter and develop a feeding and caring schedule that works for you. (1½ hours; $25.) 3 pm: Chef Secrets for Impressive Cocktail Party Favorites. Michael Blackwell, executive chef at the Montecito Country Club (and former chef Sage and Onion, El Encanto Hotel, Mondial, Elements, Piatti’s, and the Stonehouse Restaurant at San Ysidro Ranch) reveals the tips, tricks, and techniques needed to prepare impressive cocktail party favorites. This informative class includes three small plate demonstrations that are perfect for entertaining, each paired with a Westerly wine tasting. (2 hours; $40.) 3 pm: Diving for (and Cooking with) California Gold. Santa Barbara divers harvest some of the world’s best sea urchins just off the coast. Stephanie Mutz, Santa Barbara’s only female urchin diver, discusses diving techniques after which Chris Turano, chef of The Bistro at the Bacara, will present tips for cooking with sea urchin at home along with a demonstration and tasting. (1 hour; $25.) 4 pm: The Ins and Outs of Food Writing. Seven veteran cookbook authors, agents and blog writers offer expert guidance, tips of the trade, and insights into the fast-changing publishing and media landscapes. (1 hour; $15.) 5 pm: Farm to Bar Mixology with Patrick Reynolds. Learn how to craft two of the popular cocktail creator’s favorite drinks – Thai Phün and TropiCali – featuring locally grown Good Land Organics exotic fruits. Includes two cocktail tastings, recipe cards, and Good Land Organics caviar lime to take home. 6 pm: Meet the Masters Grand Dinner. Champagne reception followed by
a four-course tasting menu by Miró chef Johan Denizot paired with a flight of two wines from the Bacara’s 14,000-bottle cellar (sold out.) 7 pm: Le Chef Movie Premiere & Wine and Chocolate Tasting. Enjoy four complimentary tastes of Palmina wine paired with four handcrafted chocolates by local chocolatier Jessica Foster before a premiere screening of Le Chef, a journey through the intoxicating world of French haute-cuisine, written and directed by Daniel Cohen. (3 hours; $15.) The weekend winds up on Sunday with a special “Neighborhood Tasting” held 11 am to 2 pm on the Bacara’s courtyard. It’s an opportunity to explore Santa Barbara County’s most talked-about culinary neighborhoods within a single setting at the resort. Each area highlights the neighborhood’s best, featuring five to seven eateries, wineries, farms, or farmers markets associated with the area. Taste your way through the region’s top up-and-coming dining destinations, including Los Alamos, the Funk Zone, the Arts District, The Presidio, Milpas Street, and Old Town Goleta, while listening to music from local players Salt Martians Bluegrass, Ocho The Owl, Adam Henry, Michael Sallstrom, and Summerland Sons. The event also includes a mini farmers market tour with Willan at 11:30 am. The $50 tickets include one glass of Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company beer ($20 for kids 15 and under). A platinum pass, which offers admission to 11 of the weekend’s 15 events, is available for $299. For more information, a schedule, and tickets, visit www.bacararesort. com/sbfoodandwine or call 5713186. •MJ
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ow of giants like Glen Campbell, Frank Sinatra, the Fifth Dimension, and Johnny Maestro. Streisand, Tony Bennett, the people who covered my songs, nobody sung better than them. But my records didn’t get the attention. Then these rock bands could come in with very dodgy vocals and be successful. I hope I’m not sounding like an old fart, but I think I was held to a higher standard because of the artists who were recording my songs. But I should add that I was lousy. I started recording because Carole King did Tapestry. And from then on songwriters had to make records or completely fade away. As long as I recorded, I’d get reviewed in Rolling Stone and stay in the game. It was a survival mechanism. Back to Glen Campbell. I’m guessing he’s always been your favorite artist to work with. I always dreamed, even at 14, of making records with Glen. I heard those early records growing up, that five-octave range, the freakish vocal box, with a lot of pathos. He cut away all the bull and just sang... We went through all of it more or less together – 50 years of ecstasy and sometimes insanity. He had the perfect instrument, and it was at my fingertips! And he was a good guy. He was always loyal to me, in print, on stage, on TV. It’s so sad what’s happened to him with the Alzheimer’s. Switching gears, how was it to sing “MacArthur Park” in MacArthur Park in L.A. last year? It was an intense experience. It could have been like an episode of Fringe, where I just disappeared into another universe. I had a very emotional time. It brought back so much, looking around and remembering this girl (that the song was about) and how innocent we all were, how much simpler the world really was in 1964. But I think everybody felt something. We all went back in time. Maybe something Fringe-y did happen.
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People have made so much out of the lyrics. How have you come to terms with the way it’s been interpreted over the years? There have been times I’ve been a little bit well, disturbed. They’d say it’s about Gen. MacArthur, or drugs, it just makes me crazy. I actually observed everything that’s in that song, and the metaphorical information is obvious: W.H. Auden’s “My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.” It’s just about loss. That’s all. So they seek for meaning that isn’t there. But I have a sense of humor about it. I okayed Weird Al’s parody “Jurassic Park”. I loved Father Guido Sarducci’s version with a wave of green icing coming on the stage and burying him on Saturday Night Live. I gave my permission to use it in Airplane 2 to empty an elevator with people trampling each other trying to get out when it came on. I always understood that it was open to satire. But I never got why more so than “Strawberry Fields” or “Whiter Shade of Pale”. As I look back, maybe there are a couple of lines I might not have written in retrospect. I wouldn’t have made myself such a target. All in all, the controversy surrounding it has been good for me and my bank account. And I’m hearing that Paul Shaffer will be playing it on the [David] Letterman show before they go off the air for the last show. That’s like the last laugh.
Bonoff and on Again The pairing of Karla Bonoff and Jimmy Webb began about 18 months ago with a tour of Japan that proved so successful they brought it back home to America. But the two intersected way back in 1989, when each placed three songs on Linda Ronstadt’s triple-platinum 1989 album Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind. That was one of the few times Ronstadt covered Webb’s songs. But the pop singer had long recorded Bonoff’s compositions, dating back to the 1976 album Hasten Down the Wind,
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“The only thing you have to lose is your pain and suffering.” -Rick Barry
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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 36)
William Beall, Marty Blum, Marcia Constance, Byron Elton, Michael Fauver, Eric Kanowsky, Dennis Power, Danny Vickers, and Mike Warren... Sightings: Former Brady Bunch star Barry Williams chowing at Los Arroyos... Alan Parsons in the Miro wine cellar at the Bacara... Singer Pink at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez 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
Sharyn Main, Stephanie Sokolove, Jerry Beaver, Mayor Helene Schneider, Helene Beaver, Michael Towbes, Janean Acevedo Daniels, councilmember Gregg Hart, Alana Tillim, Carcel Elliott, James Joyce, and Anett Hurtado welcome SB Dance Arts and the Art Mentorship Program to their new home (photo by Priscilla)
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New Digs Social gridlock reigned when the 17-year-old Santa Barbara Dance Arts and the Art Mentorship Program celebrated the opening of their new 9,000-square-foot Performing Arts Center, with mayor Helene Schneider cutting the ribbon. The project, in the old Hayward’s warehouse, has cost $850,000, with $600,000 raised so far, with major gifts from Michael and Anne Towbes, the SB Foundation, Jim and Stephanie Sokolove, Aaron and Jill Transki, and Jerry and Helene Beaver. 5 – 12 June 2014
Actress Pamela Dillman Haskell served as the event’s mistress of ceremonies, which included a dance showcase performed by several groups utilizing the new center, located on Cota Street, after losing their lease at their longtime home in the Funk Zone. Arts Mentorship executive director Dana Wallock says: “We are able to provide nearly 1,000 full and partial dance scholarships because of the support of our donors. We have 1,300 students, and we touch 8,000 individuals each year.” Most impressive...
Gathering at Godric Grove Local builder Bruce Giffin, who has been a board member since 1997 and was president for five years, was honored at the 23rd annual Elings Park Foundation Chairman’s Council Party at Godric Grove. The reception, co-chaired by Eric and Tracy Kanowsky and Matt and Anne Pigeon, attracted more than 100 guests and raised around $100,000 to help run the 230-acre facility, built on the site of a former city dump. Quaffing the wine and noshing on the Southern-style fare were Bill Cirone, John Britton, Steve Katz,
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PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Paysage Landscape; Verdure, PO Box 6948, Santa Barbara, CA 93160. Paysage Inc, 90 #A Arnold Place, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 27, 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2014-0001547. Published June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BKCourt of Champions, 745 Ashley Road, Ste 2, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Curtis Pickering, 745 Ashley Road, Ste 2, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 8, 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2014-0001327. Published June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Vicki’s Process Serving, 20 Lorinda Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Victoria M. Busby, 20 Lorinda Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 8, 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 2014-0001377. Published June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Love Letters to the World, 1482
E Valley Road, Suite 482, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Laurie Elizabeth Dill McKinley, 1482 E Valley Road, Suite 482, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 19, 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. 20140001470. Published May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 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 Noe Sobis. FBN No. 20140001272. Published May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Merchant Therapy, 1530 Miramar Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Jennifer Powell, 1530 Miramar Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. 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. 20140001344. Published May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: W-3 International, 1482 E. Valley Rd. #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Gregory Pavloff, 1482
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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. 5327
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. 5332
DUE DATE & TIME: June 19, 2014 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Sodium Hypochlorite and Bisulfite 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. 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
E. Valley Rd. #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, Robert Pavloff1482 E. Valley Rd. #300, 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 Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0001291. Published May 21, 28, June 4, 11, 2014.
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Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Ellipsis Darcane, 26 East Sola #C, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 2, 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2014-0001307. Published May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 2014.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Beija Flor Designs, 2130 Grand Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003. Devin Christopher DeHart, 2130 Grand Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003. 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2014-0001330. Published May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 2014.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Piccadilly Holdings, 4283 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Goodman Reed Motorcars, LLC, 4283 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 9, 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 20140001387. Published May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 2014.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ellipsis Gellatly, 26 East Sola #C,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Susan Keller, 328 Mathilda Drive
• The Voice of the Village •
DUE DATE & TIME: JUNE 25, 2014 UNTIL 3:00P.M. TREE TRIMMING & REMOVAL AT CLIFF DRIVE AND LAS POSITAS ROAD A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on June 12, 2014 at 11:00a.m., in the Parks Conference Room, located at 402 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. 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 requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C61 Limited Specialty License/D49 Tree Service or a C27 Landscaping Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess the above-mentioned licenses and be otherwise deemed to be qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. The City of Santa Barbara requires that all pruning and tree work shall conform to ISA and ANSI pruning standards and performed by or under the immediate supervision of an ISA certified arborist. This arborist shall be on site at all times. A list of Certified Arborists/Certified Tree worker by name and ISA Certification number shall be supplied at the time of bid submittal. Bidders are hereby notified that a Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. 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
#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)
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by Gabriel Cabello. FBN No. 2014-0001340. Published May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 2014. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1466942. To all interested parties: Petitioner Star Haines filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Star Scarlet Haines to Star Scarlet Kemp. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter
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PUBLIC NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 5652
ORDINANCE NO. 5653
An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Approving the Agreement Between the City of Santa Barbara and the Shoreline Condominiums Home Owners Association and Shoreline Villas Owners Association for Purchase, Use, and Delivery of the City's Recycled Water
An Ordinance of the Council of the City of Santa Barbara Amending Chapter 14.20 of the Municipal Code With Respect to Unlawful Water Use and Regulations During Water Shortage Conditions
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular
meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on
meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on
May 20, 2014.
May 20, 2014.
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the
provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as
provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be
amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be
obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,
obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,
California.
California.
(Seal)
(Seal)
/s/ Susan Tschech, CMC Deputy City Clerk
/s/ Susan Tschech, CMC Deputy City Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 5653
ORDINANCE NO. 5652
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on May 13, 2014, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 20, 2014, by the following roll call vote:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on May 13, 2014, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on May 20, 2014, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Dale Francisco, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider
AYES:
Councilmembers Dale Francisco, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider
NOES:
None
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTENTIONS:
None
ABSTENTIONS:
None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on
hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on
May 21, 2014.
May 21, 2014.
/s/ Susan Tschech, CMC Deputy City Clerk
/s/ Susan Tschech, CMC Deputy City Clerk I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on May 21, 2014.
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on May 21, 2014.
/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor
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
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/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor
filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed May 5, 2014, by Jessica Vega, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: July 9, 2014 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/21, 6/4, 6/11, 6/18 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1466473. To all interested parties: Petitioner Shannon Courtney Clark filed a petition with Superior
Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Shannon Courtney Clark to Shannon Clark Batchev. 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 May 16, 2014, by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 25, 2014 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published5/21,6/4,6/11,6/18
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 5322 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 5322 for the ON-CALL SEWER MAIN POINT REPAIRS FY15 will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday June 19, 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, “ON-CALL SEWER MAIN POINT REPAIRS FY15, Bid No. 5322". The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to repair and replace damaged sewer pipelines and manholes utilizing open trench excavation methods per these specifications. Currently, the City has 2 sewer pipelines and 4 manholes that are in immediate need for repair. Additional sewer pipelines and manholes that require repair are expected over the next year, as the City continues its annual sanitary sewer CCTV program. The City intends to use this purchase order contract to perform “on-call” construction services for these repairs through June 2015. The quantity of the contingency bid items are an estimate only for the purpose of bid comparison. The actual quantity of these items of work may vary substantially from the estimated amount. The Engineerʼs estimate is $280,800. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at http://santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/out.asp. 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 Bradley Rahrer, Project Engineer, (805) 560-7531. 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. 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: June 4 and June 11, 2014 Montecito Journal
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6 Fusion’s 10th – Santa Barbara-based modern dance company Fusion Dance celebrates its 10th anniversary with Legacy, its annual showcase of current and repertory work covering such genres as hip-hop, contemporary and jazz. Kara Stewart leads the energetic troupe and choreographs the dancers’ movements. WHEN: 7:30 pm today, 3 & 7:30 pm tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, upstairs in the mall COST: $23 general, $21 students and seniors, $11.50 children 12 and under INFO: 963-0408 or www. CenterStageTheater.org Summer Grasses – David Krieger, president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation located here in Santa Barbara, has published a new book called Summer
Grasses: An Anthology of War Poetry, comprised of poetry about conflicts that he’s collected over the years. The book takes its title from a haiku poem by the great 17th-century Japanese Haiki master Matsuo Basho, which translates as “Summer grasses / all that remains / of soldiers dreams.” The anthology includes poems related primarily to wars of the 20th century and current conflicts. Krieger will sign copies of the book right here in Montecito this afternoon. WHEN: 5-6 pm WHERE: 1470 East Valley Road COST: free INFO: 965-3443 SATURDAY, JUNE 7 Embrace the Gray – Come celebrate our funky, late-spring weather at Porch’s fourth annual June Gloom Fest, a day of celebration of food, fun, games, music and more. Among the highlights are
THURSDAY, JUNE 5 1st Thursday – WWBD? What Would Barry Do? That’s the theme for the new exhibition at Channing Peake Gallery, which pairs 70 regional artworks bequeathed by the late Barry Berkus with interpretations from young artists. Using the Berkus Collection catalog as a starting point, selected artists chose a work from the collection and responded to it with their own artwork. Both the new and the original Berkus Collection piece are exhibited alongside each other. Bonus: DJ Darla Bea provides music for your browsing pleasure... With the Summer Solstice Celebration just three weeks away, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum presents “Pop-up Solstice”, featuring a selection of posters on display from the 40-year history of the unique annual celebration, plus performers, musicians, and more fun. Also, experience the museum’s current exhibition, “Impressions In Ink – Etchings From The Collection”, for its final 1st Thursday... Over at Sullivan Goss, enjoy the opening reception for the exhibition “Ken Bortolazzo: Moving On”, featuring kinetic work from the nationally recognized sculptor that explores new, more organic shapes and movements. Working with stainless steel, Bortolazzo has established himself as one of the country’s foremost metal sculptors. In his newest body of work, he continues a departure from his past Optikinetic art, experimenting with wall-mounted works and colored lighting effects... Revisit Memorial Day weekend’s I Madonnari festival at Pacific Western Bank in a benefit for the Children’s Creative Project celebrating 28 years of posters from our version of the Italian street-painting festival... In the performing arts arena, indie-rock band The Agreeables, described as “Southern California’s chillaxin’ answer to Chumbawumba.” hold forth at Paseo Nuevo Center Court, playing such songs as their college radio fave “Hell” and covers of pop classics like The Beatles’ “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and Dion & The Belmonts “Teenager in Love”... Dustin Does Marshall’s: Dustin Janson – who also plays percussion in Freakin’ On Speakers and works as a hair stylist at Walter Claudio Salon & Spa – does his solo multigenre thing on Marshall’s patio... June’s 1st Thursday: After Hours – the final installment before a three-month summer hiatus – happens at The New Vic. Local musician Jamie Green, a two-time L.A. Music Award-winning singer-songwriter, plays the catchy melodies, while Marquee Events will be there with a no-host bar, Ian Cutler will pour tastings of his local artisan spirits, and Brasil Arts Café will serve traditional Brazilian nibbles. WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: www. santabarbaradowntown.com/about/1st-thursday
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FRIDAY, JUNE 6 Third-time Charm – Jamaica-born Georgiaraised singer-songwriter Owen Plant blend old-time reggae with contemporary acoustic music, creating a laid-back sound that has made him a favorite at festivals, clubs, cafes, wineries, resorts, colleges, and private parties – not to mention series like Cambridge Drive. Tonight marks Plant’s third visit to the Goleta church where he’ll be paired with his good friends, Ryanhood. Named Best Group/Duo in the 2014 International Acoustic Music Awards, the acoustic duo have performed more than 800 shows in 42 U.S. states over the past decade after getting their start busking on the streets of Boston’s Quincy Market, when they were spotted by a college booking agent and thrust into the college touring scene. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 550 Cambridge Drive, Goleta COST: $10 with advance reservation, $12 at the door INFO: 964-0436 or www.cambridgedrivechurch.org two workshops: a lively presentation at 11 am from the tomato aficionados at Tomatomania, who will have a variety of heirloom and hybrid seedlings, GeoPots and fertilizer available for sale, plus plenty of expert advice for tomato growers. At 3 pm, Presto Pasta will present “Presto Pesto – Beyond the Basic Basil.” This event also features coffee drinks and pastries by French Press, the Tacos Aaron truck, samples from Juice Well, jams from Red Hen Cannery, and organic ice cream from Rori’s Artisanal Creamery. The Farm Cart will be on hand all day offering an assortment of fresh, organic fruit and veggies. WHEN: 10 am-4 pm WHERE: 3823 Santa Claus Lane, Carpinteria COST: free INFO: 684-0300 Scholarship Winners, Part II – It’s the second installment of the 2014 Scholarship Award Winner showcase from the Santa Barbara Music Club, the folks who bring us two free professional classical chamber music concerts each month. These youngsters now get a chance to perform in public the works that earned them cash stipends ranging from $300 to $1,200 to further their musical studies. But get there early: the place will be packed. Here’s the program: Violinist Barbara Uzun (age 10), playing Telemann’s “Concerto” in G Major, TWV 51:G9, I. Presto; cellist Aidan Woodruff (9), Bréval’s “Sonata” in C Major, Op. 40, No. 1, I. Allegro; violist Claire Satchwell (15), Casadesus’ “Concerto” in C minor, in the Style of J.S. Bach, I. Allegro molto ma maestoso; flutist Ilana Shapiro (14), Brahms’ “Sonata” in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1, I. Allegro appassionato; mezzo-soprano Christina Buchanan (16), Donaudy’s “O Del Mio Amato Ben”; mezzo-soprano Joanna Lynn-Jacobs (22), Brahms’ “Von ewiger Liebe”, from Op. 43, No. 1 & Gounod’s “Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle”, from Roméo et Juliette; flutist Elizabeth Van Renterghem (16), Fauré’s “Fantasie”, Op. 79; violist Ian Bankhead (18),
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Rebecca Clarke’s “Sonata for Viola” (1919), I. Impetuoso; flutist Eliana Van Renterghem (16), Taffanel’s “Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino”; violinist Sofiya Prykhitko (18), Sarasate’s “Zigeunerweisen”, Op. 20. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: Faulkner Gallery, SB Downtown Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street COST: free INFO: www.sbmusicclub.org SUNDAY, JUNE 8 A Straight Life in Jazz – The Santa Barbara Jazz Society has brought some talented players to SOhO’s stage over the years, but perhaps none with the pedigree of this afternoon’s guest: Johnny Mandel. The Academy Award and five-time Grammy Award winner is the legendary composer of such popular standards such as “The Shadow of Your Smile” and “Emily”, and themes for many movies and TV shows, most notably “Suicide is Painless” for the TV series and movie M*A*S*H. Starting his career as a jazz sideman, Mandel later wrote and arranged compositions for the bands of Woody Herman (“Not Really the Blues”), Stan Getz (“Hershey Bar” and “Pot Luck”), Count Basie (“Straight Life” and “Low Life”), Chet Baker (“Tommyhawk”) and many others. On a local note, he also wrote “A Christmas Love Song” and “Where Do You Start?” with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, who have a weekend home in Montecito. In 2011 Mandel was the recipient of The National Endowment for the Arts’ Jazz Masters Award. Now 88 years old, Mandel leads his 17-piece band in concert this afternoon in a special event for the SBJS made possible through Jazz Society Honorary Members (and Montecito residents) Lucille and Richard Janssen. WHEN: 1-4 pm WHERE: 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $15 SBJS members, $7 professional musicians and full-time students INFO: 962-7776/www.sohosb.com or 687-7123/www.sbjazz.org
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Prints and Beyond – The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara hosts a new exhibition of prints and print collages by Anna Griffin, an accomplished artist who belongs to the Santa Barbara Printmakers group. Griffin’s art is influenced by her love of nature, as well as her work as a docent at the Botanic Garden. Her prints feature both realistic and abstract representations of botanic life. WHEN: Opening reception 5-7 pm, exhibit today through July 11 WHERE: 229 East Victoria Street COST: free INFO: 965-6307 or www.afsb.org Amphibians & Appetizers – The Environmental Defense Center’s annual fundraiser “Green & Blue: A Coastal Celebration” is well worth attending every year just because the money goes to help protect our dwindling natural resources here in Santa Barbara County, while honoring the Santa Barbara Channel and the coastal lands that help define the Central Coast. But this is a special year, as the entertainment comes from Toad the Wet Sprocket, the Santa Barbara-bornand-raised band that made it good in the 1990s and has once again just reunited for a comeback album called New Constellations last fall. The band – whose lead singer, Glen Phillips, has lived in Montecito for nearly two decades (and is the subject of a profile in the forthcoming Montecito Journal Magazine, due any day) – rarely plays locally these days, which makes the concert a treat even if it weren’t a special acoustic show, meaning we’ll really hear all the words and wonderful interplay between the boys. Not
only that, but it’s Toad’s 25th anniversary to boot. Also on tap, as in every year, are lots of great food and local wine, environmental artwork for sale from members of the Oak Group, and silent and live auctions, the latter boasting such items as a special home-cooked meal from Big Easy Catering served in your home with friends and local public officials Salud Carbajal, Hannah-Beth Jackson, Das Williams and Janet Wolf; a biodiesel van tour of the Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Rita Hills wine countries, with special visits to boutique wineries with sustainable practices; or a wine-cellar toast to EDC’s 37-year history featuring a bottle of wine for each year’s vintage. Also, the EDC’s Environmental Hero awards will be presented; this year’s recipients are Citizens for Goleta Valley and the Goleta Valley Land Trust. WHEN: 2-5 pm WHERE: Rancho La Patera & Stow House, 304 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta COST: $100 INFO: 963-1622 or www.edcnet.org •MJ
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Dance Up Close & Personal – American Dance & Music (AD&M), formerly Ballet Santa Barbara, puts together this annual event combining classic flamenco, modern dance, and whimsical theater, now in its fourth year. The show features AD&M Performance Group artistic director Carrie Diamond debuting her new work, Pastorale, set to the music of Ludwig Van Beethoven performed live by AD&M music director Eric Valinsky. Jessica Feltman, Nikki Pfeiffer, and Sally Schuiling are the trio of dancers portraying a scene of uncertainty, disconnection, and powerlessness, while the work is also infused by the idea that artistry and humanity will prevail, despite the barriers and obstacles we face. AD&M PG also joins forces with DramaDogs for a new version of Cardinal Sin, a 2001 work by DramaDog co-artistic directors E. Bonnie Lewis and Ken Gilbert. The whimsical piece came from a challenge: “Can one create a theater piece out of a recipe?” The work became a loving and humorous homage to Julia Child, the chef who spent her final years in Montecito (see my entertainment column for a full weekend of events dedicated to Child). The collaboration will feature actors Erica Connell and Mackenzie Urbanowicz with dancers Pfeiffer and Schuiling. Diamond will also dance a solo, “Turkish by Matisse”, by L.A. choreographer Mari Sandoval, who was Diamond’s high school dance teacher. As this year’s event, Sandoval will present her company in the premiere of La Vida Breve, a classical Spanish work set to music by Manuel De Falla, plus a rousing Sevillanas. The choreographers will also talk briefly about their work and give audience members the opportunity to ask questions. Audience participation caps the 75-minute event with a brief class for children and adults wishing to join the professionals on stage for an inspiring movement activity. WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: Carrillo Recreation Center ballroom, 100 East Carrillo St. COST: free INFO: 450-7535 or www.adam-bsb.org
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when Ronstadt, for whom Bonoff had previously sang backup vocals, offered her interpretations of “Someone To Lay Down Beside Me“, “Lose Again“, and “If He’s Ever Near“. The record also launched Bonoff’s solo career, which spanned just a dozen years and four studio albums (though Bonoff has put out live albums and compilations and appeared in other format) but produced a body of work that still resonates among singer-songwriters across the globe. That’s not always true for the woman who created them. “It’s interesting. Some of them live on forever and I never get tired and love to play them,” Bonoff said last week. “‘Someone to Lay Down Beside Me’ has a life of its own, and I can stand back and respect and admire that I wrote it at 23. How did I do that? It’s interesting from that angle. But I don’t even remember what I felt like when I wrote some of them. And some of the others go by the wayside and never get played again. They do change over the years depending on
what’s going on and how I’m feeling about things. I’m happy that none of it feels dated to me. It varies night to night. If I’m playing ‘Goodbye My Friend’ and I’m sad, it might make me cry. Other times I’m just thinking about getting a cheeseburger after the show.” Bonoff did promise that we’ll hear two new songs at the Lobero show, plus her version of Jackson Browne’s “Something Fine”, which she recorded for the newly released two-CD Looking Into You: A Jackson Browne Tribute, paying respects to the famed singer-songwriter she first met when they both played at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. But otherwise it’s the classics from her career. “There are times I’ve wished I was more disciplined and ambitious,” she said. “It’s a guilt thing. If I have a gift I should use it. I know people want more. But you do what you can do. I was never very driven and never prolific. It’s always been a struggle to pump out the music.” The songwriting these days goes in phases, as it always has, Bonoff said. “It hits when it hits. Sometimes I come home from a tour and put my guitars away and never open them up until the next time I go out on the road. Then it comes in spurts. There’s no schedule... But I am writing some new stuff, mostly things I enjoy just for me. I’m not even trying to decide what to do with them. And I am proud of what I’ve already done. If I kick the bucket tomorrow, I’d be okay with that. I was never someone who had to keep doing it to reaffirm who I am. It’s never been all I like to do.” Indeed, Bonoff is more than happy to just hang out at her home in the Montecito hills where she gardens, connects to her pets, and explores the mountain trails.
“I moved here for that healthier life,” she explained. “I commune with the land. I hike everyday with my girlfriends. I have wild animals in my yard. It feeds me and nurtures me. I spent 21 years in the Hollywood Hills, but I wasn’t all that happy until I got here. I didn’t realize what I missing. “I’ve traveled all over the world, and every time I come home, I realize it doesn’t get better than this. I’m always grateful to drive up that driveway (at home in Montecito) and take a deep breath and just know I’m so blessed.” (Karla Bonoff and Jimmy Webb perform at 8 pm at the Lobero, 33 East Canon Perdido Street. Tickets cost $40 & $50. Call 963-0761 or visit www.Lobero.com.)
Childress and the Write Stuff Everyone in Santa Barbara might be writing a screenplay or working on the Great American Novel. But very few writers have actually moved from a thriving career in journalism to writing bestselling fiction. Mark Childress, who will speak at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference (SBWC) at the Hyatt Hotel Tuesday night, began his career as a reporter for The Birmingham News and became regional editor of the Atlanta JournalConstitution before leaving to write fiction full-time in 1987. He has penned seven novels – including the bestsellers Tender, One Mississippi and Georgia Bottoms – and three books for children, while his articles and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Times of London and elsewhere. Childress – who is just one of five popular authors speaking at this
Author Mark Childress is slated to speak at SB Writers Conference
year’s SBWC – grew up in Alabama, in the same hometown as Harper Lee; he was a toddler when To Kill a Mockingbird was published. Coming full circle, this last April Childress accepted the 2014 Harper Lee Award for writers born or influenced by Alabama. But the writer now makes his home in Key West, Fla., where he’s happy to remind interviewers that not only Hemingway but Tennessee Williams penned some of their great works. Q. I understand you never really faced any rejection. The first book you tried to get published actually was. A. I guess that’s true. But only because I never showed anyone the first two novels I wrote. And I’ve faced plenty of rejection. Not every book I wrote has been published. Getting the first one published is the easiest, because they’re wiling to take a chance on you. The trick is to keep going. (Since) I never really wanted to do anything else, I was going to make it happen.
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You also made a movie happen. How was it to see Crazy in Alabama become a movie? You wrote the screenplay, so you can’t complain about how it turned out, but was it hard to hand it over to someone else to direct? And will you do more screenwriting? I really enjoyed it. I’ve only done it the one time with my own book. I was lucky enough to get a European director who believed the writer should be involved in the process. I was by his side through the whole thing, and I learned how movies are made. So I didn’t have the bad Hollywood experience... And it opened a lot of doors. Most of what I’ve done since has been uncredited or never made. But there’s been a lot of work. Is Hollywood interested in your latest, Georgia Bottoms? I don’t keep up with that stuff. That’s why I have an agent. There’s always lots of talk out there. I don’t pay any attention or believe anything until I have a contract in front of me. But we are making it into an opera. There’s a young composer, Gregory Vajda, the conductor of the Huntsville Alabama Symphony, who commissioned it for
their 60th anniversary. I wrote the libretto and he wrote the music... That’s an interesting form I never figured I’d get a chance to explore. So I’m not waiting for the movie. So that brings us to your process. Is it a daily routine, or when inspiration strikes? If you wait for inspiration, the bills go unpaid. So I work every day unless I’m on the road. I sit down in the morning and work until I can’t do it anymore, then I quit for the day. Some days it’s two hours, some days it’s all day, but I might only write one sentence. You just have to stay there and work. I read where you said that you’ve been trying to make your style “transparent” so as not to have your writing get in the way of the story. But how do you accomplish that? I think it’s just my taste changing as I get older. I’m less in love with style and my voice and more with the clarity of good storytelling. I try to be more simple and more clear. It’s what I aspire to, but it’s hard to achieve. With such goals, I’m wondering: Have you ever suffered from writer’s block?
Working for a newspaper, you can’t have it. You get fired. That was part of the great training. You have to write whether you’re in the mood or not. Inspiration has nothing to do with it. It doesn’t mean it’s always great. I have lots of false starts, and millions of first chapters of novels I’ll never write, because the ideas didn’t pan out. There’s lots of trying and error. But the trick is to keep trying. What are you working on right now? I never talk about it. It spoils it if I tell the story to you. Why sit down and tell it on paper for the next three years? I like to discover it as I go along. If I talk about it, I use it up. So I keep it myself... And I don’t want to commit myself publicly. I might change my mind. I want to be free to do so. Do you know what you’re going to talk about at SBWC? Did they have a request for you? They said talk about whatever I want as long as it relates to writing. So I’m going to talk about the theme that runs through all of my career: be careful what you wish for. I’ll be explaining way. That’s the tease... And I do
like to get together with other writers. We’re very verbal, because we’ve all been cooped up in our rooms too long. So we talk. What advice would you offer young writers today? If you can do something that has you writing sentences, PR, copy writing for advertising – anything working on words – honing them is a really good training for writing fiction. A lot of it is practice. I worked for 10 years in fiction before I ever published any. I think one of the secrets was being assiduous about the rewrite, not trying until it was as good as it could be... I started out on a typewriter. On my first novel, I wrote 11 drafts and I typed every one of them. Believe me, by then if a word wasn’t necessary I left it out. That’s still a good practice today: If you can’t stand to type that extraneous clause one more time, it’s… announced itself that it doesn’t need to be there. But people don’t want to spend that kind of time. (For information about the 2014 Santa Barbara Writers Conference and a schedule of events, visit www.sbwriters. com.) •MJ
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4455 Via Bendita $15,750,000 Kogevinas/Schultheis 805.450.6233/805.729.2802 A Landmark Hope Ranch Estate. 5BD/7BA, Gst Cttg, 2 Gst Apts. www. MontecitoProperties4455.com
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2225 Sweeney Rd $2,900,000 Ken Switzer 805.680.4622 Prized ranchland, mainly Sta. Rita Hills AVA. 335 AC, 196 to plant, exist. 2 hms, new storage.
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