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Well, Well, Well

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Dreams of Death

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Guest Editorial

Bob Hazard explores the issues concerning groundwater basins and well usage in Montecito

6 Montecito Miscellany

Villas at Olive Mill opening celebrations; Oprah recalls her life as news anchor; The Jungle Book at Granada; MAW’s summer festival upcoming; David Gersh’s new book; Esa-Pekka Salonen returns; Lost Horizon opens; Amadeus Live; Montecito Bank & Trust celebrates anniversary; UCSB Chinese-American Horn Quartet in Beijing; Orlando Bloom puts home on market; Gwyneth Paltrow to stop appearing in Marvel movies; sightings

8 Letters to the Editor

A collection of communications from local residents Jerry Lorden, David Bazemore, Ted Simmons, Dan Seibert, Larry Bond, and George Lilly Photography by iheartmygroom

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10 This Week in Montecito

A list of local events happening in and around town

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Montecito Club to open on March 29; Montecito Planning Commission meeting notes; cases of lepto in local dogs increase

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20 Ernie’s World

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23 Brilliant Thoughts

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In a world filled with games and deception, is there such thing as genuine sincerity? Ashleigh Brilliant says yes.

24 Our Town

Morris Squire Foundation presents its spring artist in residence Manjari Sharma; Pico Iyer speaks at Public Library as part of UCSB Arts & Lectures series

26 On Entertainment

The Immediate Family plays Lobero; Eric Adler speaks at Unity of SB; Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association presents Sam ‘n Ash

27 Spirituality Matters

12th annual Nonviolent Communication Conference at SBCC School of Extended Learning’s Wake Center; Cuddle Connection returns; Himalayan Psoas breathing workshop; Community Grief Ritual; Ragan Thomson hosts potluck and boutique

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Guest Editorial

by Bob Hazard Mr. Hazard is an associate editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club.

The Water Wells of Montecito

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fter a wet November, a damp December, and a soggy January, February, and March, the good news is that Montecito water bills have never been lower. Seventeen storms have dropped 32 inches of water drenching our community. The heavy downpours in Montecito have temporarily eliminated our “extreme drought” designation but have raised a number of new issues for the Montecito Water District (MWD) regarding the future adequacy and safety of our Montecito groundwater basin and its water wells.

Just beneath the earth’s surface in Montecito lies our most precious water resource – the last line of defense in drought prevention and a lifeline for the 4,200 homeowners in Montecito and Summerland who depend upon the MWD for their drinking and landscaping water. Of these homeowners, approximately 1,000 have private water wells.

The Montecito aquifer, also called its Groundwater Basin, encompasses 6,270-acres beneath Montecito. It is bordered on the east by the 6,160acre Santa Barbara Groundwater Basin; and on the west by the 8,120-acre Carpinteria Groundwater Basin.

The safe water yield from the Montecito Groundwater Basin, defined as the total amount of water that can be withdrawn on a continuous basis without resulting in adverse impacts, has been variously estimated at 1,100 to 2,500 acre-feet per year (AFY).

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The Private Well Conundrum

Private water wells have been drilled in Montecito for drinking water, irrigation, and landscaping water since the Spanish arrived in the 18th century, long before the existence of MWD. For non-adjudicated basins, landowners hold the rights to water beneath their properties.

Some private well owners depend upon their wells for both potable and non-potable water. Others use their well water for landscaping or agricultural uses but rely on MWD for their supply of potable household water.

No one knows for sure how many private wells there are in Montecito, where they are located, or how much water they extract from the Montecito Groundwater Basin. Before the most recent eight-year drought, the number of private wells was estimated to be in the neighborhood of 500 wells.

Today, that number is thought to be in excess of 1,000. The District’s former romance with water rationing and rationing penalties incentivized hundreds of Montecito homeowners to pursue a private drilling option to secure a reliable supply of water. The most recent “drill now” movement was based on a fear of losing millions of dollars in trees and landscaping.

With recent record rainfall and a newly recharged aquifer, the number of private wells in Montecito could climb to 1,500. Residents reading about recharged aquifers may drill more wells as their preferred solution for water security and independence from MWD and its unreliable state water supply.

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Private well owners are not asked to bear their fair share of the fixed costs of the community’s water delivery system. They contribute little to both the cost of delivering water for wildfire protection, and to maintaining and recharging Montecito’s aquifer, an activity that prevents overdrafting our groundwater basin.

During periods of a prolonged drought well owners have the option to turn to MWD for greater access to the public water system during future water emergencies. They can say, “My well has gone dry because too many other residents have stuck too many straws in Montecito’s depleted water basin and have drained it dry. Please send me your stored water, even though I have contributed little in the way of fixed costs to deliver that water.”

When threatened with an urban wildfire, well users can plead to firefighters, “My home is on fire. Please hook up your fire hoses to MWD fire hydrants to save my neighborhood because there is not enough water in my well, and it comes out too slowly to fight a fire.”

If the quality of their well water drops significantly, well users may turn to MWD for relief, noting that “Too many wells drilled by our neighbors have either tainted our well water or decreased its flow.”

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

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(The following letter was sent to Floyd Wicks, President of the Board of Directors of the Montecito Water District, and its Board members, and a copy was cc’d to Montecito Journal by the letter writer.) am writing to support the rec- the press release. David Bazemore takes ommendations of your former most of the spectacular photos of many of General Manager Bob Roebuck Santa Barbara’s productions, especially (“Water Deal Worth $100+ a Month?” those of the State Street Ballet. – J.B.) MJ # 25/11) that a Supply Analysis be conducted and made available to all district customers before your Board acts to execute the agreement with Well, what we’ve been afraid of is the City of Santa Barbara to purchase happening: Miramar beachgoers are additional water. parking in the hedgerow and it’s only The proposed agreement, which March. Not that I’m opposed to parkwould bind the District for fifty years, ing in our neighborhood, walking to is much too important and far-reach- the beach is one of the perks of living ing to be undertaken with a compre- in this neighborhood; it’s the severe hensive analysis of the costs to its pedestrian danger the proposed individual customers. roundabout at San Ysidro and North I urge your Board to consider the Jameson will pose to what will be implications of making a decision on vastly increased foot traffic now that the proposed agreement without the Miramar beachgoers will be parking full understanding, input and general here in increased numbers, especially buy-in of its customers. Full transpar- during the summer. That intersection ency with its customer base must be is the de facto gateway to the beach for the guiding principle of the Board in a lower Montecito already and we’ve decision of this magnitude. long been concerned about the danger Sincerely, of a roundabout where eastbound trafJerry Lorden fic doesn’t have to stop for the existing Montecito foot traffic of kids, bikes, dogs, strollers and the like, much less what it will be like during summer weekends, Memorial Day, 4th of July, etc.

The photo that graced the cover of With much less parking available, Montecito Journal’s Issue # 25/10 (“It’s now that the hotel has reopened, this a Jungle Out There”) was taken by me, is an accident waiting to happen. not Rose Eichenbaum. I hope you will We’re expecting the public to safely run a correction. traverse this eight-legged monstrosity David Bazemore where traffic doesn’t have to stop.

Santa Barbara Public safety should be paramount in any such an endeavor.

Historically, Miramar Beach wasn’t popular with Montecito families until the summers of 2004 and 2005 when it really caught on. With the Miramar Hotel closing in 2000 those two groups, hotel guests and mostly local beachgoers, have yet to meet until now, and again it’s only March.

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This Week in and around Montecito

TUESDAY, APRIL 2

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, MARCH 28 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. On today’s agenda: a new home on Park Lane; a pool pavilion on San Ysidro Road; an addition on Sycamore Canyon, and other agenda items.

When: 1 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, MARCH 29 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, MARCH 30 Treasure Hunt in Carpinteria Seventy-five vendor stalls will overflow with treasures and merchandise at the Museum

Marketplace on the grounds of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. This popular monthly fundraiser features antiques, collectibles, hand-crafted gifts, plants, and great bargains on gently used and vintage goods of every description, including jewelry, furniture, housewares, clothing, books, toys, and much more.

When: 8 am Where: 965 Maple Avenue in Carpinteria Info: 684-3112 Astrology with Ute Get your 2019 astrological forecast; topics include overview of the year, monthly analysis, moon wobbles, mercury retrograde, and more When: 1 to 3:30 pm Where: Montecito Community Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Cost: $25 Info: (805) 319-5192 SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Open House at Skin Essentials Skin Essentials in the upper village hosts an open house featuring cosmetic surgeon Dr. Michael Giuffrida, who will answer questions about the latest techniques in plastic surgery. Light refreshments served.

When: noon to 2 pm Where: Pane E Vino Patio, 1482 East Valley Road RSVP: (805) 695-8699 Bach’s Birthday Celebration An All-Bach Concert at Trinity Episcopal Church When: 3:30 pm Where: 1500 State Street Cost: $10 suggested donation Info: tjoyce@trinitysb.org

Montecito Association Land Use Committee The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito; today the Land Use Committee meets to discuss upcoming projects When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 Toot, Tap, Strum at Montecito Library Musician and festival performer Ross Sutter brings a carload of fascinating stringed, wind, and percussion instruments to play and share with the audience. All ages will enjoy exploring what makes instruments work and making their own music.

Ross Sutter is best known as a singer of Scandinavian, Scottish, and Irish songs, and for his wide repertoire of American traditional and popular songs. He is at home in any situation from concert hall to library or school, from outdoor festival to senior center.

With a degree in Music Education, Ross has years of experience working with children, and has developed many popular and time-tested school programs on a variety of engaging themes.

When: 4 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: (805) 969-5063 Habitat Lecture Eric Adler, longtime Santa Barbara resident and founder of One Season Productions, is making a film on the life and work of wildlife biologist Allan Savory, whose Holistic Management process has been instrumental in regenerating degraded land all over the world.

This breakthrough land management process is producing remarkable results on more than 10 million hectares on 6 continents under the stewardship of over 7000 trained

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ranchers, and could be the answer to Santa Barbara’s ever-worsening cycle of natural disasters. Come and learn about the film and how Allan’s philosophy can positively impact the world’s habitats, and reverse climate change.

The talk, titled “Bovine Superhero,” takes place at Unity of Santa Barbara When: 7 pm Where: 227 East Arrellaga Street Cost: free Info: https://bovinesuperhero. eventbrite.com/ Horticultural Society Lecture At the April meeting of the Horticultural Society, John Schoustra, Nurseryman and owner of Greenwood Daylily Gardens, will introduce a whole palette of pelargoniums, from ground covers to shrubs that provide year-round color and fragrance. John will describe the six main Pelargonium groups that grow well in Southern California, and he’ll discuss the trade-offs between the bloom, fragrance and pest resistance that they offer.

John will also share a few images of his 30-year nursery adventure, which began when he started Greenwood Daylily Gardens by purchasing 170,00 daylilies from a nursery in Goleta in 1989. All 170,000 plants were dug and moved to Whittier, CA. After his talk, John will sell a broad selection of plants from his nursery, with payments accepted by cash, check or credit card.

When: 7 pm Where: 909 La Cumbre Road THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Lobero Theatre Associate’s Hats Off To Hattie Luncheon The Lobero Theatre Associates will be hosting the annual Hats Off Luncheon beginning with a wine reception, raffle, lunch and a very special presentation from historian Hattie Beresford, who has written for Montecito Journal as well as Montecito Magazine.

When: 11 am to 1:30 pm Where: Loggia Ballroom, Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore, 1260 Channel Drive Info: scaldwell@lobero.org or (805) 679-6013 Cost: $150 per person Ms Beresford is a retired English and American history teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District.

She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.

Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library

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When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. The April poet is Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), a lateVictorian Poet, short story writer and journalist who was born in colonial India. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His famous books for children have never been out of print. Fables like The Jungle Book have entertained young readers to this day!

When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, APRIL 5 Walk & Roll Montecito Union School students, teachers, and parents walk or ride to school, rather than drive. Join MUS administrators in the Via Vai Upper Village parking lot to walk to school and start the day with fresh air and exercise.

When: 8 am Info: 969-3249 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

SATURDAY, APRIL 6 State Trails Day Volunteer Workday Join for a volunteer workday on State Trails Day that will focus on restoring areas of our trails network damaged by the Thomas Fire and subsequent debris flow and rains. This year’s rains have added to continued wear on the trails. The trail work this year will be at Hot Springs Trail and Romero Trail.

This is the second year that restoration has continued in the areas so devastatingly hit this winter and last winter. With these trails restored and others completed the community is closer to getting most of our Front Country Trails reopened and safe for hiking, biking, equestrian, and canines.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the many efforts necessary to restore and keep our trails open to the public and available to future generations. There is plenty of work for both the experienced trail builder and first-time trail work volunteers.

All tools will be provided, along with instruction and directions. City of Santa Parks and Recreation, County of Santa Barbara Parks, the Montecito Trail Foundation, U.S. Forest Service, Los Padres, and the Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers group will all contribute, creating a fun workday for all.

When: 8:15 am to 1:30 pm; lunch provided from 1 to 2 pm Where: Meet at MUS, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: (805) 564-5439 or SBiddle@SantaBarbaraCA.gov

in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public.

When: 3 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free ONGOING Fire Prevention Cleanup The Montecito Fire Protection District will conduct its annual neighborhood fire prevention cleanup program starting the week of February 25, 2019. The program is offered to residents in the community to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation in order to create a more defensible and survivable space around the property and to reduce the overall community threat from wildfire.

The District’s Wildland Specialists offer property inspections to educate the residents on ways they can improve the defensible space around their home.

Upcoming schedule: 3/25/19 for the Pepper Hill, Alston, Woodley, and Glenview areas MONDAYS Meditation in Movement Nurture your heart, soul, body, and mind with yoga teacher Dawn O’Bar who teaches every Monday

at Montecito Covenant Church; childcare provided When: 8:45 am to 9:45 am Where: 671 Cold Spring Road Cost: donations accepted Contact: anna@mcchurch.org MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 TUESDAYS Story Time at the Library When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Group Brain program for adults who wish to improve memory and cognitive skills. Fun and challenging games, puzzles, and memory-strengthening exercises are offered in a friendly and stimulating environment.

When: Mondays & Wednesdays, 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50 (includes lunch) Info: 969-0859 •MJ

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Kelly has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond. She is also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, and is a member of Montecito and Santa Barbara’s top real estate team, Calcagno & Hamilton.

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SUMMER VIBES

On March 29, after more than three and a half years, owner Ty Warner reopens the Montecito Country Club, renamed “Montecito Club,” for its members. The newly renovated private club boasts a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, well-appointed Kids Club, Bowling Alley, Dolby Atmos Theater, a 6,500 sq ft Fitness Center, 4,800 sq ft ballroom, 25,000

sq ft Pool Facility, four Rebound Ace Tennis Courts, private Dining Room, Members’ Wine Cellar, ocean views all around and much more.

On March 30, Jack Nicklaus will celebrate the official opening of his Signature Course with a Q&A session with the members, moderated

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alidating Dreams and Visions of the Dying” was obviously a subject of great interest to many as almost 500 people showed up at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort for Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care’s (VNHC) 6th annual health care symposium.

According to president/CEO Lynda Tanner, “VNHC began in 1908 with one nurse providing 140 visits. Today there are about 500 employees and volunteers who provide compassionate and trusted care to more than 12,000 patients and families in our community.”

This evening’s program featured Dr. Christopher Kerr, who is an award winning educator neurobiologist and CEO & Chief Medical Officer for the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in Buffalo, New York. He has developed one of the nation’s largest homebased palliative care programs.

Because of his research, his is the first scientific study aimed to demystify and validate patients’ end of life experiences instead of perceiving them as deathbed delirium or hallucinations. This helps not only the patient but the family as well. Dr. Kerr demonstrated his technique by show-

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ing us videos of some of his patients he has interviewed.

End-of-life experiences have been reported throughout history and culture. Yet the medical community usually records them as confusion or visions. Dr. Kerr and his team have interviewed more than 1,400 terminally ill. The majority have had an experience of some kind like dreaming of a loved one, or a dream of getting ready to go, or dreaming of the living and others.

The team discovered the dreams provided different kinds of comfort.

Some of the patients had physical wounds that could not be cured, but through the magic of end-of-life experiences their spiritual wounds were healed.

Dr. Michael Kearney has over 30 years of working in palliative care

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and is an internationally recognized educator and author in the field of end-of-life care. His latest book is The Nest in The Stream: Lessons from Nature on Being with Pain. He currently works with Palliative Care Consultants of Santa Barbara and is medical director of the Palliative Care Consultation Service at Cottage Hospital and at Serenity House inpatient hospice facility for VNHC. Dr. Kearney joined Dr. Kerr for a conversation and a Q & A. When the question of dreams having symbolic meaning came up, Dr. Kearney suggested we put some of those ideas away for the time being. Some of the audience shared their experiences with the group while Dr. Kerr added, “Dying is a paradox. Physically you are declining but spiritually and emotionally, you are vivid.”

VNHC provides many things including in-home care, personal care, home health care, and palliative care for the local communities. Each year VNHC Foundation provides more than $2 million in charitable community benefits. Some of those funded are music therapy, community palliative care, bereavement services, Serenity House, loan closet, and the program presented this evening.

VNHC is the only locally based nonprofit provider of healthcare in the home made possible through

the support of our community and volunteers. If you have time, talent, or treasure, call the Foundation at 805.690.6290 for information.

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Prior to the talk, sponsors Hollye and Jeff Jacobs gave a private reception for her at their home.

Genova’s TED talk in 2017 “What You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer’s” was one of the most popular having been viewed more than two million times. Lisa graduated valedictorian, summa cum laude, Phi Bata Kappa from Bates College with a degree in biopsychology and has a doctorate in neuroscience from Harvard University. She writes novels to demystify neurological disorders.

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by Jim Gray of NBC Sports followed by the ceremonial first tee shot. The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course design highlights natural elevation changes with coastal and mountain views at every turn. The 18-hole, par 71, 6,540-yard course includes mature Monterey Cypress, Live Oak and Sycamore trees, T1 Bentgrass greens, Santa Ana Bermuda grass fairways and tees, Bandera Bermuda grass roughs, riparian grasses, wetlands, and wildflowers in the native areas.

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tures throughout the golf course. All bunkers feature Augusta White Sand.

Warner is known for creating Beanie Babies and is currently the largest manufacturer of soft toys in the world. Ty Warner Hotel and Resort Properties include: Montecito Club, Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club, Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, Four Seasons Hotel New York, Las Ventanas, San Ysidro Ranch, Sandpiper, and Rancho San Marcos.

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Montecito Planning Commission

At this month’s busy Montecito Planning Commission meeting, Commissioners received a briefing on the roundabouts slated for Montecito at the intersections of Olive Mill/ Coast Village/North Jameson and San Ysidro/North Jameson. “These types of meetings are very important to make sure we are having a transparent process and people are being kept in the loop,” said Public Works Deputy Director Chris Sneddon.

Sneddon, along with Caltrans Corridor Manager Scott Eades, Alternative Transportation Manager Matt Dobberteen, and Project Manager Walter Rubalcava spoke on various aspects of the roundabout projects, which are being considered as parallel projects to the Highway 101 widening.

“As you are probably painfully aware, we have a recurrent congestion problem on Highway 101 in the south coast,” Eades said, adding that the addition of a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane between Carpinteria and Santa Barbara is in varying stages of development and construction.

The Linden and Casitas Pass project is currently under construction in Carpinteria, slated to be completed in early 2020. The segment through Summerland and Sheffield is in the

design and permitting phase, with construction expected to begin in 2021. The final two phases of the widening project, a 1.25-mile stretch through Montecito, from Sheffield to Olive Mill and then to Cabrillo Boulevard, is currently in the funding phase; the County is lumping the roundabout projects into the “funding ask,” Eades said. “In order to do that, what we really need is to have certainty on the content of this application. The California Transportation Commission wants us to be very clear about the scope and cost of these improvements,” he added, saying the application for funding will be submitted later this year.

Sneddon explained that three arteries flow traffic through Montecito: Highway 192, Highway 101, and frontage roads including Coast Village Road and North Jameson. “If you go through this area and don’t look at the frontage system that goes with it, you end up pushing traffic north into the residential neighborhoods and on the roads that are not used to this kind of traffic. The more you can keep the bulk of the traffic on the main routes, the less you have impact on the residential roads,” Sneddon said.

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Ernie’s World

by Ernie Witham

Mr. Witham is the author of three humor books including his latest, Where Are Pat and Ernie Now? available at Chaucer’s.

The Aunts Go Marching Two by Two…

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here I come from my parents’ female siblings were my aunts. Pronounced ahnt, not ant. So, when I first moved here and someone told me her ant just got a new car, I laughed. And when another person told me his ant just moved into a retirement home, I really busted up. But when a third friend told me his ant was a farmer, I lost it completely Ant. Farmer. Too funny, I thought.

I no longer think the words “ant” and “farmer” are funny together.

“What’s all over your fingers,” my wife asked, as she took my hand romantically into her own.

“Aphid guts,” I said. Pat released my hand and headed for the bathroom sink.

With all the rain in the last few months, my bonsai trees were looking great. New foliage was growing so fast you could almost hear it.

Beautiful shades of green. Brilliant in the morning sun. Then… “What the…?”

I peered into a brownish clump of foliage. I saw an ant. I stuck my finger into the branch. I saw several ants scurrying about. Peering closer I saw some black spots that looked like little black Volkswagens. I poked them.

They squished. Now there were dozens of ants bumping antennae and running around everywhere including onto my hands and up my arms.

They looked mad. Several seemed to be racing toward my neck. Heading for my jugular vein I figured. I flicked them all off and started checking other yellowing branches. More black squishys and more crazed ants. One of the black squishy things had fallen onto my bonsai shelf and was kicking blindly with tiny legs. Tree-eating VWs with legs. Swell!

I went in did a Google search

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for “friends of ants that screwup plants.” Aphids came up on Wikipedia. “Some species of ants farm aphids, protecting them on the plants where they are feeding, and consuming the honeydew the aphids release from the terminations of their alimentary canals.” Gross! “This is a mutualistic relationship, with these dairying ants milking the aphids by stroking them with their antennae.”

In public. On my trees. They should be arrested.

“These smart insects will protect aphids from natural predators by fighting them off.” They were going for my jugular! “If left to their own devices, aphids will deform and stunt your plants.” They’re bonsai. They are already as stunted as I want them to be!

That’s when I went to tell my wife the bad news and she could see that I was upset about something, so she had taken my hand. When she returned from the bathroom, I brought up the Wikipedia on my iPhone so I could show her why I had aphid guts on my fingers.

“That’s my phone and now you have aphid guts all over my screen?

Yuk, yuk, yuk!”

I spit on her screen and rubbed it on my tee shirt. “Good as new.”

She took her phone tentatively between two fingers and mumbled

her way into the kitchen looking for the Windex. Sounded like she said “men,” but I must have misheard her.

“You can often get rid of aphids by wiping or spraying the leaves of the plant with a mild solution of water and dish soap. Soapy water should be reapplied every 2-3 days for 2 weeks,” another gardening site had informed me. So, I mixed up batch on the kitchen counter.

“Did you use the entire bottle of dish soap?” Pat asked, as a mountain of bubbles covered the counter, the toaster, the microwave and my wife’s newly cleaned iPhone. “It said use a few drops.”

“Hm, missed that part.”

I took my bottle of death to the backyard. I held it behind my back, so as not to give the aphids and ants a running head start. “Here’s Johnny,” I said like Jack Nicolson in The Shining. I leaned into the first tree and sprayed a huge cloud of bubbles.

The wind came up and blew the bubbles back into my eyes.

“Ahhh,” I yelled. Pat came running out with a wet towel and wiped the soap out of my eyes.

I blinked a few times. “You saved my life,” I said.

Pat smiled. “My ant was a nurse,” she said.

I could almost hear the aphids laughing in the background.

•MJ

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What Needs to Happen

Fixed expenses for water delivery infrastructure, such as aqueducts, reservoirs, dams, and canals, like the cost of roads, school districts, court systems, police protection, or fire district services, need to be shared. Today, those with wells receive the benefits of a secure water delivery system that benefits all residents, without paying their fair share of the bill.

Suggested Solution

One intriguing idea for creating an equitable system for recovering the fixed costs of the infrastructure system would be to emulate the Montecito Sanitary District billing system where the amortized fixed expenses of necessary infrastructure improvements are transferred to the property tax rolls and are paid for by the entire community.

The Montecito Sanitary District (MSD) receives one half of one percent of the property tax revenue collected by the County of Santa Barbara for all parcels within the District. In addition, a Sewer Service Charge (SSC) is billed on the property tax roll, amounting to $1,480 a year for all single-family homes that receive sewer service. This charge is reviewed annually. There is no monthly billing.

MWD should consider separating its fixed charge component, which pays for the water delivery infrastructure from its variable charge component based upon monthly water usage. Transferring the fixed charges to the property tax rolls to be paid for by all parcels in Montecito would create a more equitable and more transparent water billing system. Such an arrangement would lower the monthly water bills for MWD customers who would only be billed monthly for variable water usage.

Fixed costs, borne by all parcel owners, regardless of whether they own wells or not, would include infrastructure charges allocated to MWD by JPA (Joint Power Agencies) such as COMB (Cachuma Operations & Maintenance Board), SWP (State Water Project), USBR (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation), and CCRB (Cachuma Conservation & Release Board). Other allocated fixed costs could include the infrastructure costs of the Santa Barbara desalination plant that benefit the whole Montecito community.

A Sustainable Plan

As input to a fairer and more equitable system of water billing, MWD needs to know more about well usage. It is impossible to manage what you cannot measure. To build a more accurate data base, the MWD selected Dudek, a reputable California consulting firm with more than 400 planners, hydrogeologists, geologists, biologists, civil engineers, contractors, and support staff, to develop a state-approved “Groundwater Sustainability Plan for the Montecito Groundwater Basin.”

The purpose of the plan is to guide the District through the fact-finding, regulatory, public outreach, permitting, and implementation of a planned process to improve this community’s ability to deal with long-term drought on an

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The Dudek study will break new ground. Historically, Santa Barbara County has had an incomplete record of well permits in Montecito and no record of extraction quantities from the Montecito basin. Factual data, not uninformed opinions, is needed to guide water policy.

Recharging the Water Basin

For the last 50 years we have relied on uncertain rainfall as the only feasible way to recharge the Montecito Groundwater basin. There are new options, adopted by other water and sanitary districts, that safely allow the injection of excess desalinated water, or an excess of recycled treated wastewater, or water from Jameson Lake, into our aquifer for storage and future use. Water usage in Montecito is highly seasonal, lower in the wetter, winter months and higher in the hotter, drier summer months. Creating a local underground water bank, free from evaporation, would allow for storage in the winter months and withdrawals in summer months when water is needed most.

Desalinated water, or similar water from a potential agreement with the City of Santa Barbara, will already be treated to a potable standard, and can be stored underground in Montecito in a water bank when not needed for current use. Recycled wastewater needs to be injected into the groundwater basin for four to six months before it can be extracted for indirect potable reuse (IPR).

Advanced treatments now being tested worldwide will lead to direct potable reuse (DPR) becoming approved in California, perhaps as early as 2023.

A recharged basin, acting as a water bank, allows those residences in Montecito with wells to pump more water, receive greater wildfire protection and receive the benefit of higher quality water from the additional water injected into the groundwater system without sharing the costs. At the same time, a recharged basin will encourage more homeowners to dig new wells, which could further deplete MWD revenues and force a smaller number of MWD customers to pay for rapidly increasing fixed costs, unless those costs are allocated to all parcels in Montecito on the property tax rolls.

Time for Study

There are a number of issues concerning groundwater basins and well usage waiting to be resolved by MWD. The most important one is “Can comprehensive hydrogeologic and sustainability modeling of the Montecito basin determine groundwater flows, storage capacities, possible injection well locations, runoffs, and sustainable yield estimates?”

Let the studies begin. Only one thing is certain: Water is a wet and wonderful resource, but only when there is enough of it at the right time in the right amounts for human, animal, and plant consumption. Managing water properly and efficiently will remain a long-term challenge for the entire Montecito community.

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Yours Sincerely?

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erhaps you have come across this recommended method for making a sculpture of an elephant: You just get a big block of rock, and chip away everything that doesn’t look like an elephant.

More poetically, some great sculptor is said to have explained that the image he wished to create was already sleeping there inside the stone, and it was simply his task to reveal it.

But in either case, unlike other arts such as painting, in which mistakes can easily be corrected by painting over them, the great danger in sculpture is of chipping away too much – a disaster which to the honest artist is irreparable.

But less-than-ethical artisans have found many ways to disguise their blunders. Believe it or not, the word “sincere” derives from Latin words meaning “without wax.” The story is that second-rate sculptors had a trick of concealing defects in their work by filling in or covering up any unwanted holes and flaws, with a liberal application of wax, which, if the colors matched well, could give the appearance of solid stone.

Not many people today realize that in signing letters “Yours sincerely,” they’re metaphorically saying, “Yours without wax.”

But of course, Sincerity is only another word for Honesty, of which our friend Roget, who is never at a loss for words, gives us no fewer than forty variations, including “rectitude,” “estimableness,” and “irreproachability.”

The essential element, however, is TRUTH. But please note that this is not the same as believability. In fact, the essence of a good lie is to be credible. Many of the world’s great hoaxes have enjoyed success because they were based on what seemed to be unimpeachable sources. A classic example is that of the cleverly forged “Hitler Diaries,” first purchased in 1983 for $3.7 million by the German news magazine Stern, and then validated as genuine by the eminent British historian Hugh Trevor-Roper.

In our culture, children are taught very early in life the importance of being truthful. They are told that, of our two greatest presidents, one was deservedly known as “Honest Abe,” and the other, as a child, admitted having chopped down his father’s cherry tree, because “I cannot tell a lie” – (though this story is itself – to 28 March – 4 April 2019

put it unkindly – a lie, having been concocted by George Washington’s first biographer, Parson Weems). At school, we learn to chant “Liar! Liar!

Pants on fire!” and, in one form or another, we become familiar with the story of the puppet Pinocchio, whose nose grew longer every time he told a lie.

But, despite all the stories and jokes about the valuable talent of being able to fake sincerity – and despite the undoubted truth that much of our entertainment consists of watching actors who are extremely adept at just that form of fakery – still there is such a thing as genuine sincerity, of the kind which engenders Trust, which is usually the first step towards Friendship, which, in the happiest circumstances, leads on to Love. And this, as we know from experience with our own pets, and other domestic animals, can also apply to relations among species.

The first requirement in taming a wild animal is getting that creature to trust you.

Unfortunately, when it comes to relations between nations, a different scenario comes into play. “Diplomacy,” as this type of exchange is called, is a game with different rules – and sincerity, so to speak, takes a seat on a back burner. Sir Henry Wotton, a British Parliamentarian of some five centuries ago, is often quoted as saying that “An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.”

Indeed, diplomacy may be said to embody the essence of insincerity.

Where then does one look for true sincerity? “In vino veritas,” said the Romans – literally “truth in wine” – which of course may now be extended to a variety of other substances, even including so-called “truth serums,” though their reliability, along with that of the well-known techniques involving “polygraphs,” a.k.a. “lie detectors,” has been widely questioned, if not totally discredited.

In the end, we come down to the end itself – i.e. to the “deathbed confessions” of people who have nothing more to lose or suffer in this world by revealing long-held secrets, often (as one might expect) of very nasty deeds.

As a noted epigrammatist (who shall be nameless) once put it: “COLD COMFORT: some of the worst things I’ve done have probably been forgotten by everybody – except me.” •MJ

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and Rihanna in 2014, and note the paintings of George Seurat “Bathers at Asnieres” 1884 and Henri Matisse “Bathers by a River” 1909-1917. I recently spoke with Manjari about her shower portraits.

by Joanne A. Calitri

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Squire Foundation Artist in Residence Manjari Sharma Portrait of a man in the shower by Manjari Sharama

The artist Manjari Sharma

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he Morris Squire Foundation (MSF) Santa Barbara exhibit opening for their spring artist in residence, Manjari Sharma, was held Thursday, March 21, at their Via Maria Villa location. The artist presented her current project, The Shower Series, with prints, an interactive video installation, and book release.

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of MSF, says, “The Squire Foundation is very proud to present Manjari to the Santa Barbara community as our Spring 2019 Artist in Residence. Her work transcends traditional portrait photography in her bi-coastal Shower Series, interviewing the subjects while photographing them taking a shower.”

Fascination with our human form

cannot be denied throughout history.

David Hockney, who took the famous photo “Man in Shower in Beverly Hills” in 1964, said it well, “For an artist the interest of showers is obvious: the whole body is always in view and in movement, usually gracefully, as the bather is caressing his own body.”

In photography, there are the incomparable black and white film portraits by Herb Ritts titled the Waterfall series Hollywood 1988, Helmut Newton’s “Volontaires de la Douleur” 1974 on auction at Christie’s, and Ellen von Unwerth’s portraits of Naomi Campbell New York in 1994

Q. Why art for you and what inspires you to do art?

A. Annie Dillard said, “You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment.” These words truly resonate with me. Creating art allows me to share what moves me. It depends on the day but there so much to be inspired by, nothing can inspire more than making art itself. To find yourself in the midst of the process, to have that familiar joy that can only come from making work, might be the greatest inspiration for me. I grew up in Mumbai, India and that is a city of great chaos and great beauty. I enjoy that duality. Brooklyn, NY for that very same reason holds a very dear place for me.

Art education and medium?

I have a BA in Visual Communications from Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University Juhu, Mumbai, India and a BFA in Media Studies, Still Photography from Columbus College of Art and Design,

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On Entertainment

by Steven Libowitz

Classic Rock is All in the (Immediate) Family

Q. How did this whole thing come together?

A. When I was approached about making the solo album of songs I had written or co-written that were recorded by others, I started thinking about who to play with to make it work.

Fortunately, Russ, Lee and Waddy and Steve were all in town at the same time. They’re my oldest buddies going back almost 50 years – we’re all like brothers, my immediate family. It didn’t take long to realize how great it could be to make it into a band and enjoy the hell out of ourselves doing it. Which is what happened.

The Immediate Family – Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, Russ Kunkel, Leland Sklar, and Steve Postell – play the Lobero on Tuesday, April 2 (photo by Alan Kozlowski)

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he Wikipedia page on Danny Kortchmar suggests that his work as a session musician and more going back four decades and longer “helped define the signature sound of the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s.” The online people-powered encyclopedia is known for hyperbole, but in this case there can be little argument. After all Kortchmar worked on early seminal records by James Taylor, Carole King, Linda Ronstadt, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Neil Young, and Carly Simon, to name a generous handful, and later collaborated on hit albums by Don Henley and Jackson Browne, not only playing guitar, but also often co-writing and co-producing albums or tracks, including Henley’s “Dirty Laundry,” “New York Minute,” and “All She Wants to Do is Dance” and Browne’s “Somebody’s Baby.”

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Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than 10 years.

shorter than the ones he has, stumping even the musician himself when asked to name a few. “Hmmm, give me a few minutes. I’m drawing a blank,” Kortchmar said over the phone last week. “Eric Clapton would be great.

I’d love to play with Van Morrison.

Elton John, but he doesn’t need me.

I’ve played with a lot of these guys already.”

True that, but Kortchmar has rarely been the front man on stage or on record, settling to serve as the session superstar, frequently with fellow contemporary stalwarts of the studios Waddy Wachtel – who is also known for his work with Stevie Nicks, Keith Richards, and Warren Zevon – and the crack rhythm section of Russ Kunkel and Leland Sklar. Together or separately, the gang has been involved with nearly 5,000 records, many of which are among the great rock album classics.

Now the session wizards have come together along with singer-songwriter-guitarist Steve Postell to form The Immediate Family, first as a one-off as the backing musicians for Kortchmar’s new record for a Japanese label, which then turned into a full band that has made a debut record of new original material due out later this spring and has been playing a bunch of live dates.

Kortchmar talked about The

You made three albums with Leland Sklar and Russ Kunkel as The Section in the ‘70s. How is it different?

That was all instrumental rock fusion. There weren’t actual songs. But Immediate Family started out with my songs, then Waddy’s and now Steve’s. It’s the first time I’ve recorded my own material in a very long time.

And I’d never done them the way I wanted to. It’s amazing to have the greatest cats in the world to play them with me… Some of the tunes that I did with Henley were written on synth – it was the ‘80s. So I had to rearrange them for three guitars, which has been intriguing and challenging and given them fresh new life.

Are you guys performing any of the classic hits that one of you didn’t co-write?

No. Only ones we worked on: wrote, produced, played on. We’re a cover band that plays original material. It’s great because it’s our band now. We’re thrilled to have played with the people we did – all of whom are geniuses. But we’re tremendously energized to play together original material we created as a band. It’s lit us all up. Everything we do is big beat and rocked out, a very different take than people have heard. We don’t sound like James Taylor.

You all worked with a lot of stars, but even though you’re at the pinnacle as musicians never got quite the fame and fortune as the singer-songwriters you supported. Has there ever been a sense of envy?

I think I speak for all of us that there never was. When you are playing with a James Taylor of Jackson Browne, you’re just thrilled to be playing this incredible music. I wasn’t envious, I was learning. I paid attention to songwriting, and how they played. Fortunately, [producer] Peter Asher way back in the day put our names on the albums – which never happened for the Wrecking Crew who weren’t credited. So we weren’t toil-

“A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.” – Max Muller

ing in obscurity, but got a lot of attention and love. It helped us be able to form individual careers as musicians, producers, and songwriters. They were all incredible teachers, especially Peter, who told us as sideman to think as producers, to not being in our own bubble but think about how we could help the record, help the song, how it sounded. We learned all that from them.

It might be a stupid question given your half-century career, but is there a single moment that stands out as maybe an “I can’t believe I got do that” moment?

I’ve been very lucky my whole professional life to have all those landmark moments. One story that comes up was being on my way to work in the studio with Henley and being stuck in traffic on the 101. The guy in the next lane had his window open and “All She Wants to Do” is banging out of the radio. And he’s shaking his head along to the song and really digging it. I looked over and thought, ‘Yeah! That’s why I do what I do.” I mean, I’m on my way to the studio to make more records like that, and this guy is loving what I do and has no idea it was me who co-created that song. I’ll never forget that moment.

Because that’s what it’s all about.

Finding Solutions for Fire and Flood

The Thomas Fire and ensuing Montecito debris flows were devastating to the community. But even worse weather-related disasters could be on the horizon around the globe due to habitat destruction, according to Eric Adler, a longtime Santa Barbara resident and founder of One Season Productions. Adler is making a film on the life and work of wildlife biologist Allan Savory, whose Holistic Management process has been instrumental in regenerating degraded land covering more than 10 million hectares (about 25 million acres) all over the world. The process, Adler says, is producing remarkable results on six continents under the stewardship of thousands of trained ranchers, and could also help stem the tide of Santa Barbara’s cycle of natural disasters.

“Most climatologist say that within eight to twelve years, if we haven’t made significant improvements, we’re going to start feeling the impacts in even more profound ways,” explained Adler, who holds a masters degree in Agricultural Science from Cal Poly and studied under Savory. “It takes time for improvements to take hold.

We have to start now. Allan Savory has put forth a very bold and achievable method for addressing the issues, the habitat destruction that is the underlying causes of climate change.”

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Spirituality Matters

by Steven Libowitz “Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.

NVC Conference Back at SBCC

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ttending this weekend’s Nonviolent Communication Conference at SBCC School of Extended Learning’s Wake Center won’t make you an expert in personal development nor a perfect practitioner of the method of relating designed to create connection instead of conflict. But the immersive three-day conference is chock full of lectures and workshops where participants will have plenty of opportunities to learn and put into practice specific tools for uncovering, identifying, and expressing needs.

Rodger Sorrow, the 20-year NVC veteran who produces, coordinates, and spearheads the annual conference that – following a year’s hiatus due to finicky financing – once again returns to Santa Barbara, where it was founded a dozen years ago, said that NVC fosters growth in what is a core value of human existence.

“NVC is a language and process that supports more connection in ourselves and with others, which is one of the most important things in life – the quality of connection that we have in relationships… It’s the language of the heart, knowing what our values are and then living our lives based on those values, with more authenticity and vulnerability.”

Connection with ourselves leads to a deeper understanding of our values, needs in NVC lingo. There are scores of them, including ones that seem to be common such as community, honesty, inclusion, having meaning and purpose, Sorrow said. “Most of them are universal. All human beings have the same needs for well being, peace, freedom, and happiness.”

Having clarity of our needs means a deeper understanding of our motivations for our behavior and communications, which leads to clearer interpersonal relationships. “When I have more connection to myself, I’m more aware of what’s important to me in the present moment,” Sorrow said.

Sorrow was introduced to NVC by its founder, the late Marshall Rosenberg, who frequently led workshops in town as part of SBCC’s Adult Ed, often employing jackal and giraffe puppets to illustrate communication coming from domination versus connection/cooperation paradigms. Sorrow has taken about 15 international intensive trainings that run 10 days each, including several with Rosenberg, and became a certified trainer with the Center for NVC after a year-long program in the Bay Area. Now he’s an assessor in training, meaning he’ll soon be training the trainers.

After all the training, Sorrow sees NVC as essentially a spiritual practice.

“In my view needs are a form of energy – they’re formless, not tangible. It’s energy moving through us as we seek self-fulfillment. The needs are aspects of that energy that flows through each of us: source energy, which some people call God or the Universe. Connection to self and other as that energy flows through us and them is what creates an alignment represented by ‘namaste.’”

But it takes awareness, tools, and practice. Hence the conference, which begins with a free two-hour “Introduction to NVC” on Friday night before getting down to the nitty-gritty on Saturday and Sunday with six separate breakout sessions that offer everything from basic NVC classes to “The Surprising Purpose of Anger,” “Let’s Talk Sex,” “Healing, Mourning & Reconciliation,” “Requests: The Unsung Hero to Improving Relationships,” “Vortex of Submission,” an improv game called “Empathy? Not Empathy?,” and even an “NVC Sing Along + Dance Along.”

Among this year’s presenters are two husband-and-wife teams who practice what they preach in their own relationships as well as professionally: Jim and Jori Manske are each certified as trainers, mediators and facilitators, as well as in NVC and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Santa Barbara’s own Drs. David and Bonnie Paul are the co-founders of The Freedom to Choose Project the nonprofit whose mission is transforming the lives of individuals impacted by incarceration through compassionate experiential education.

Other visiting presenters include Mary Mackenzie, a Certified CNVC Trainer, co-founder of the NVC Academy, an online school for learning Nonviolent Communication, and author of Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with Love, Healing and Compassion; Tera Gardner, CLC, a Life Coach specializing in NVC-based Relationship Communications and “Relationship Addiction” re-patterning; Ariel Wrye, a trainer and facilitator with 17 years of NVC experience whose classes combine critical information about neurobiology, child development, trauma, and resiliency with the tools of Nonviolent Communication; Jared Finkelstein, a former filmmaker and media educator who as a Collaborative Trainer with BayNVC offers professional development 28 March – 4 April 2019

training in NVC to Bay Area school teachers and administrators as well as workshops for parent groups and student classrooms.

Support also comes from Santa Barbarans James Kwako, a longtime Adult Ed teacher; Craig Chalquist, PhD, associate provost of Pacifica Graduate Institute; and Lalli Dana Drobny, the former Executive Assistant to Jack Canfield at Chicken Soup for the Soul, who co-creates NVC-inspired “collaborative labs.”

As for Sorrow, despite his decades of training, he still thinks of studying NVC as a lifelong practice. “Lots of times I’m able to implement the skills without even thinking about them, even in stressful situations. But I’m still a pilgrim on the path.”

(The 12th Annual NVC Conference takes place March 29-31 at the Wake Campus, 300 North Turnpike Road. Tuition is $100 for the full weekend. Visit http://chooseconnection. com/nvc-conference for details and a registration link.)

Cuddle Connection Comes Back

Amber York’s Meetup in which members learn the nuances of navigating the realms of consensual, non-sexual touch is returning to town after a six-month hiatus. The Platonic Touch Therapist leads participants in giving and receiving nurturing touch – which has been documented as a basic human need – outside the confines of a sexual relationship. With clear consent, attendees will have the opportunity (and always the opportunity to decline) mutually acceptable physical exchanges in a variety of methods. The first hour features a welcome circle followed by guidelines and relaxing exercises to set the container for the deepening of connection that can come from the ensuing “cuddle flows.” Activities might include sitting or laying side-by-side with or without touch, massage, eye gazing, hugs or spooning, giving, and sharing weight, stroking or playing with hair, and other options.

Cuddle Connection takes place 7-10 pm on Saturday, March 30, at Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute, 516 North Quarantina Street, and costs $20 at the door. Get more info or RSVP (optional) at www.meetup.com/Cuddle-andConnection-Santa-Barbara, or text (don’t call) York at (805) 450-2907.

Himalayan Psoas Breathing Workshop

HH Swami Vidyadhishananda of the Self Enquiry Life Fellowship, a yogimonk who hails from lineages of meditation adepts that are from a combined heritage of rishi sages and nath yogis, offers a day of instruction and practice in the Himalayan siddha breathing techniques. Participants will learn correct ujjāyī breathing utilizing the myofascial psoas, a deep-seated band of muscle that connects the diaphragm, spine, and pelvis, a technique that allows for a three-dimensional cylindrical breathing. Calmness is experienced during the breaths and during the pauses in between; the gentle guided movement of the spine and the sternum brings about emotional release. Practice of this correct breathwork is highly conducive for meditation, vitality, and wellness.

The workshop takes place on Saturday, March 30, at Hansavedas Meditation Centre, 1807 East Cabrillo Boulevard, and concludes on Sunday with a twohour Q&A session with Swami Vidyadhishananda about meditation and spiritual values. Admission is $135-$150. Visit https://hansavedas.org/event/ psoas-breathing-workshop-2019.

From Grief to Gratitude

Alexis Slutzky hosts the next in a series of periodic Community Grief Rituals this Saturday, March 30, at the Arroyo Hondo Preserve near Refugio Canyon.

The event offers an opportunity for people to come together ritually to honor and metabolize grief as a way to stay current and connected, and to honor and give expression to tears, rage, mourning, sadness, numbness, and pain as well as joy, wonder, and gratitude in a field of community support. Movement, singing, writing, sharing stories of loss, experiencing nature, and practicing community rituals are part of the experience. Admission is by sliding scale of $50-$150. Visit www.wildbelonging.com/events.

Spring Community Potluck & Boutique

The new season brings a new gathering at the Thomson Sanctuary, a stunning private venue high in the hills here in Montecito. Ragan Thomson hosts the heart-centered afternoon filled with fun and community building. Bring a dish to share and mingle, shop and support local vendors at the event that also features a brief introduction and info on Ragan Thomson’s upcoming events and offerings. Visit https://raganthomson.com/spring-community-potluck-bou tique, email info@raganthomson.com or call Charlyn at (818) 456-7767 for more details or to RSVP and receive the exact address20and timing.

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Roebuck as well. Keep up the good work.

Steve King Carpinteria

Of Silt and Sludge

This will be my last missive regarding the best way to increase Cachuma Lake’s capacity. In my original letter (“Sucking It Up,” MJ # 25/7), I commenced by stating “As purely a layman’s observation...”. I make no pretensions about being an “expert” on anything, I simply wanted to get my two cents in on an issue that I thought was a discussion that was long overdue. We still do not know whether Mr.Schenck is voicing his opinions as that of a layman or some sort of “expert”. Whilst I’ve already conceded that “I was not qualified to contest Mr. Schenk’s figures “regarding the increased capacity of the lake his proposal would produce, I do not see the point in doing so now, especially as he has already admitted they are “manipulated” (MJ # 25/10).

I did however take him up on his challenge to look up the definitions of silt and sludge in the Merriam Webster Dictionary, and here they are: “silt; (1) fine earth; esp: particles of such soil floating in rivers, ponds, lakes. (2) a deposit (as by a river) of silt”. “Sludge: a slushy mass: ooze esp: a solid produced by sewage treatment processes.”

I do not doubt that given the current crop of Democrats vying for the 2020 POTUS position and only one of them may get in, that there will be plenty of idiots around who will try to load the trunks of their cars with the dredged product in liquid form.

Normal people would either wait until it dries, transport it in watertight containers, or pay the County to deliver it.

In summary, hopefully this back and forth between Mr. Schenck and myself has caught the eye of the appropriate “experts” whom we pay to take care of this sort of thing; If it has, I say to them: “for Pete’s sake, let’s get this ‘dam’ thing looked into and acted upon if it’s deemed viable.”

Larry Bond Santa Barbara

Little Boxes in a Row

(The following was addressed specifically to Allegra Roth of ASM and forwarded to a number of media outlets, including this one.)

It’s amazing how much our citizens were offended by the unsightly row of houses that suddenly appeared on Highway 101 between Santa Barbara and Montecito. It’s also amazing that visitors to Santa Barbara driving in from the south are subjected to this “first view” of our great city and that no one in City, County, or State Government will accept responsibility for this blunder and work toward correcting it.

Criticizing without offering a solution is not in my nature so I would like to suggest the following. A number of cities around the country have had success by highlighting houses with soft pastel painting and turning them into tourist attractions to the benefit

of their communities. I’m enclosing several examples of success with this process and that I think could work in Santa Barbara.

I realize this would require cooperation between the owner of the properties and the community but with strong leadership from someone in government I believe could be done.

If you would pass this on to someone who has the authority and would be willing to take on this project the entire community will be grateful.

George Lilly Montecito (Mr. Lilly is Chairman of SJL Broadcast Management Corp., based in Montecito)

Foxy Lady

Not more than 100 yards from the mossy wall illustrated with my photo in last week’s issue (“Unlike a Rolling Stone,” MJ # 25/11), I saw this Red Fox eating a fresh kill. All the more reason to ban poisons to kill gophers.

Dan Seibert Santa Barbara •MJ This relatively rare red fox struck a pose while in search of prey near the Santa Barbara Cemetery...

...And caught up with a little creature, which turned out to be just the right size for dinner

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Each band brings their musical alchemy to the Santa Barbara stage in a celebration of The Band, 50 years since the legendary group’s debut albums Music From Big Pink and The Band.

Expect anything from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Redding, EDM and Spaghetti Western in this uplifting night of “unabashed genre crashing antics. Nothing is spoof proof” (The Sunday Times, U.K.).

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Sat, Apr 6 / 8 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall

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Hailed as an “experimental powerhouse” (Village Voice), Brooklyn-based Sō Percussion’s innovative work Amid the Noise is a set of short pieces framed by drones and subtly changing harmonies, featuring a percussive arsenal of wood planks, metal pipes, a toy piano – even duct tape.

Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Music

“It’s an allstar outfit with a mission, and that is to tell the story of Monterey Jazz with a shot of the festival experience to fans around the world.”

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by Megan Orloff, President of the Montecito Association & Sharon Byrne, MA Executive Director

Advocate. Preserve. Celebrate.

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n January, the Montecito Association welcomed a few new board members, a new executive team, and Board President. Our diverse backgrounds are unified by an ongoing and shared commitment to advocating for our community’s interests, while providing a breadth of skills we can deploy across the organization.

It’s no secret that the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow had an extraordinary impact on our community.

Many found their priorities reframed, their sense of community renewed, and their commitment to protecting our community heightened. To better understand the community’s priorities, we surveyed our 1,000+ members and stakeholders, who responded at a very high rate and gave us a lot of very useful feedback. You helped us identify what issues are most important, how we can best support those priorities, what we could be doing more of, and where we could improve.

Top priorities for the respondents were increased community safety and rebuilding Montecito with bet-

ter infrastructure, followed closely by preserving our semi-rural character and improving traffic on our local roads. We heard suggestions for creating more awareness of the organization, improving our monthly meetings, tackling more governance-related issues, and having a stronger voice with our government, in addition to compliments and thank yous. We are grateful for the participation, constructiveness, and candid feedback!

And importantly, we’re responding.

At our board retreat in mid-February we discussed the survey input and developed our strategic plan, including objectives and goals for the year ahead. We’re revisiting our meeting agendas to be as efficient with the audience’s time as possible, and identifying ways to improve community and district engagement through public forums and open house style gatherings. In February, to a standing room only audience, we heard about the Miramar opening, and a hosted fact-packed presentation on Water Resiliency by

Megan Orloff, President of the Montecito Association with Sharon Byrne, MA Executive Director

the Montecito Water District. In March, we’ll hear from Tom Fayram of SB County Public Works with updates from the most recent storms. In April, the Montecito Microgrid Initiative will present at our Land Use Committee. We’ve started meeting with homeowner’s associations to get a stronger sense of their hyper-local concerns, and we’re working to create a more robust Transportation Committee to address concerns with traffic, road conditions, speeding, and more.

Our talented staff and board are excited about the potential for the Montecito Association. We’re eager to foster an inclusive and welcoming culture, while raising a stronger voice to advocate on behalf of our commu-

nity. And, we plan to use this space to keep you informed on community topics and the organization’s activity, so remember to keep an eye on this column!

We welcome you to become a member of the Montecito Association.

There’s never been a better time to join as we create a better, more resilient future together for Montecito. You can join easily at our website montecitoas sociation.org, call (805) 969-2026, or pop by for a chat at 1469 East Valley Road, Mondays through Thursdays from 9 AM to 2 PM. You can also email Sharon Byrne (Executive Director) at execdirector@montecitoassociation. org and/or Megan Orloff (President of the Board) at machair2019@gmail. com.

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One Season Production’s Eric Adler presents the talk “Bovine Superhero” at Unity of Santa Barbara on Wednesday, April 3

The Holistic Management process is designed to bring people the quality of life they desire while simultaneously ensuring that the land management practices are financially, economically, and socially sound, Adler explained.

“Practitioners who are following the processes are seeing their soil regenerated and profitability increase while enjoying their work more,” he said.

“But we’ve got to get the word out.”

Making a documentary film is the most effective way of effecting change, Adler said. “Nothing changes around the world until the public gets involved. A movie is the best way to reach audiences. Then they influence the politicians.”

But first Adler has scheduled a local talk, titled “Bovine Superhero,” during which he’ll discuss the film and how Savory’s philosophy can positively impact the world’s habitats and reverse climate change, including the local problems that have contributed to fires and floods. The talk takes place at 7 pm on Wednesday, April 3, at Unity of Santa Barbara, 227 East Arrellaga Street. Admission is free, donations accepted. For tickets and more information, visit https:// bovinesuperhero.eventbrite.com.

Mistress of the Mandolin: 3Qs with Ashley Broder Three years ago this month, mandolinist-composer Ashley Broder released Two Trees, her first solo recording, which was produced by Ventura resident Kevin McCormick, the longtime bassist for Jackson Browne. Just last month the Venturabred, now Santa Barbara-based Broder did a mini-tour including two local dates that introduced her new trio featuring fiddler Ben Schreiber and cellist Aria DiSalvio. Next month, the classical violin-trained Broder will be in other SoCal locales (and eventually the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens) to promote her “Channel Islands Suite,” a series of eight suites inspired by recent visits our local national sanctuary, one per island, sparked by her relationship with her now fiancé who works out on the islands. Dates with her folk dance band The Syncopaths are also on the horizon.

But what’s happening this weekend might be of even more interest to Broder’s longtime local fans who got to witness her two-year part-

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The Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association presents Ashley Broder along with Samantha Harvey on March 30

nership with Samantha Harvey, the award-winning accordionist and step dancer. Sam ‘n Ash, as they were known, sparked considerable interest via a number of local gigs, including a memorable one out in the field at the Stow House as part of the annual Fiddlers Convention back in 2015.

The following year, Harvey got married and left town for Ireland, where she performs with the popular band Teada and works with the world-renowned Claddagh School of Irish Dance. But she just so happened to be slated to do some shows in Canada at the same time the Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association had booked Broder for its Wooden Hall series. So the two are giving it a go for a one-off show this Saturday at the Alhecama Theatre following a warm up gig in Ojai at Underground Exchange the night before.

Q. Sam ‘n Ash are rising from the ashes. Are you excited?

A. Oh yeah. I love working with her. It’s like we’re musical sisters.

We have a similar musical vision and everything comes together so easily, fast and fun. We like the same types of sounds and arrangement styles, and harmonies and melodies. We’re always sharing music with each other, texting and emailing back and forth overseas. We come together really naturally. I was really sad when she left, so it’s even more exciting to be able to

“Love and work are to people what water and sunshine are to plants.” – Jonathan Haidt

play with her now.

What can we expect to hear: old favorites? Stuff from your solo album? New trio stuff?

All of the above. We’re going to bringing back some of the oldies but goodies from the Sam ‘n Ash “catalog,” but mostly newer material that we never got around to recording.

She’ll do some dancing. I‘ll do a song from my new trio record we will be making in October. We’ll do a few of her tunes from Teada, who are like the Chieftains of today, just a little of everything, originals, cover songs, all on accordion and mandolin. I just got engaged, so she wrote me a tune called “Ashley’s engagement,” returning a favor that I did for when her she got engaged.

Since we last talked, Chris Thiele has exploded even brighter, what with his new gig as host of “A Prairie Home Companion.” Is he an influence? You both play folky stuff, with some jazz and classical influences. How do you compare yourself?

(Laughs nervously). He does great things for the instrument, and has brought a whole new audience. I’ve listened to his music ever since I was a kid. While I write originals that have some classical influence, I tend to keep what I compose for the mandolin in the folky realm. But it’s pretty awesome to be mentioned in the same breath.

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Gorrell-designed property along with mayor Cathy Murillo, which underwent many changes in the last decade and a half after considerable community input about its size and density, with the original plans calling for eight residential units.

Among the 250 guests, listening to the music of classical guitarist Chris Fossek, were former mayor Helene Schneider, sheriff Bill Brown, Dana Newquist, Bendy White, Renee Grubb, Arthur von Wiesenberger, Peter and Gerd Jordano, Das Williams, Jon and Martha Bull, Doug Fell, Gregg Hart, and Pat Gregory.

Faked It ‘Til She Made It TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey has admitted she was a “terrible” news anchor and reporter before she found her true calling in 1978 at the age of 24.

Montecito’s most famous resident, who was named North America’s first black billionaire in 2003, reveals in her new book, The Path Made Clear, she never felt comfortable in her own skin and used a “pretend anchor voice” when she began her on-screen job.

The philanthropist, 65, who has since been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama and honorary doctoral degrees from Harvard and Duke, admits TV bosses at the beginning of her career told her she was “the wrong color, size, and showed too much emotion.”

Sharing her wisdom, Oprah reveals she has since learned “the true meaning of courage is to be afraid,” giving her top tips on how readers can find their own path.

Recalling her first day on the Baltimore TV show People Are Talking in August, 1978, she says: “Up until then I’d been a news anchor and reporter.

“I was terrible. I knew it. My bosses knew it and certainly made no secret of their feelings. They told me I was the wrong color, the wrong size, and showed too much emotion.

“I never felt comfortable in my own skin. Even now, when I look back on

the tapes, I can still hear the pretend anchor voice I used on air.”

But matters changed and, Oprah reveals, she found her true calling.

“After one day on this local talk show I was energized in a way that fueled every cell of my being. There was no doubt that the seeds of what was to give my life meaning and purpose had been planted.

“That day my job ended and my calling began.”

The Bare Necessities It was all too beastly for words when State Street Ballet staged a dazzling and colorful performance of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book at the Granada.

With choreography by founder and artistic director Rodney Gustafson, and an original score by Czech composer-conductor Milan Svoboda, who flew in from Prague for the occasion, the entertaining show follows the adventures of young jungle boy, Mowgli, delightfully danced by Cuban newcomer Francois Llorente.

Huge kudos goes to costume designer A. Christina Giannini, with additional creative animal designs by Nicole Thompson, and set designer Jean-Francois Revon for his lush jungle and forest evoking scenery.

I first saw the visually stunning production’s world premiere ten years ago, but this latest show boasts new choreography by co-artistic director Bill Soleau, Megan Philipp, Gary McKenzie, Kassandra Taylor Newberry, and Marina Fliagina.

A magical afternoon and a joy to behold for all ages...

Art Hacks Montecito attorney David Gersh has just published his sixth book, How to Collect Great Art on a Shoestring.

David, who studied at UCLA and Harvard, says his latest work talks about how to acquire paintings by artists who are in the Guggenheim, the Whitney, and MoMA for just a few thousand dollars, not tens or hun-

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“Their works are affordable because these artists have been forgotten,” says David, who has written three art world mysteries. “Most artists are. Yet many are amazingly talented, their art is glorious, and living with great art is such a joy!

“I couldn’t resist making the book fun. For millennials there’s even a chapter on ‘What is a Shoestring?’ It took about year. I wrote and edited six drafts.”

Welcome Back, Salonen Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, former music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, returned to Santa Barbara for the third time as principal conductor of London’s world-class Philharmonia Orchestra, part of the international series staged

by CAMA – the Community Arts Music Association – which is celebrating its centenary.

It was 60-year-old Salonen’s fourteenth appearance in a CAMA concert – 11 concerts with the Philharmonic between 1993 and 2008 and three concerts with the Philharmonia.

The 74-year-old orchestra, which is based at London’s Royal Festival Hall, was in top form playing Arnold Schoenberg’s Romantic tone poem Verklarte Nacht, originally a sextet later arranged for string orchestra, and Anton Bruckner’s expansive Symphony No. 7 in E Major.

A sublime Granada evening...

Lost Horizon Finds New Home Bucking the trend of bookstores closing, our rarefied enclave has welcomed another bibliophile bastion, Lost Horizon, to our Eden by the Beach.

Owners Jerry Jacobs and Angela Perko have set up shop on San Ysidro Road, just a tiara’s toss from Richard Gunner’s development, sharing store

Lost Horizon owner Jerry Jacobs with Diane Stewart

space with friend Diane Stewart’s fine art store.

Lost Horizon was formerly on Anacapa Street, just yards from the News-Press, for 35 years until it lost its lease on the death of the landlord.

“We have a little less book space now, so we no longer carry paperbacks, but we have more art books than ever,” says Angela.

“Diane opened her first gallery in 1986 in San Diego and was in Palm Springs for more than twenty years, opening in Santa Barbara in 2012. The Montecito location is perfect for both our businesses.

“We are bucking the trend and embarking on a new adventure.

Anyone our age would have retired.”

I wish the dynamic duo all success...

Magnificent Mozart Santa Barbara Symphony was in fine form at the Granada when it presented Amadeus Live, with the talented musicians under Belgian conductor Dirk Brosse, music director of the Philadelphia Chamber Orchestra; the symphony chorus; and pianist Natasha Kislenko, a Music Academy of the West faculty member.

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Michael and Susan Aberle, Christopher Lancashire, Catherine Gee, Rick and Cynde Boller, Robert Weinman, Howard Jay, Tricia Dixon, and Kate Kurlas at the Granada to enjoy Amadeus Live (photo by Priscilla)

George Leis, Karen Williams, Manuela Geiger-Kolbitsch, JoAnne Wasserman, and Janet Garufis at the Montecito Bank & Trust grants reception (photo by Priscilla)

Holding their award check for Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute are Dee Davis, Sam Dover, Mary Stillwell, Andrea Kelley, and presenter Reyna Kaufman (photo

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quintessential Poirot David Suchet as Vienna court composer Antonio Salieri and Michael Sheen as Mozart – was made in 1984 under director Milos Forman and won eight Oscars, including Best Picture.

The sold-out matinee, with the orchestra playing the score along with the film, was a true tour de force...

Beijing Residency The UCSB Chinese-American Horn Quartet has been in residence in Beijing, China.

The fab four, comprised of students of award-winning Dr. Steven Gross, are playing concerts, clinics, and masterclasses at the Beijing Central Conservatory, one of the world’s leading music schools, and an elite high school connected with Renmin University.

Quartet members Daoji Yang and Kangcheng Li will feel decidedly at home being natives of the capital city, while the others members are Anthony Sinicrope from Minnesota and Olivia Langer from Arkansas.

They are accompanied by Dr. Pascal Salomon, an alumnus of UCSB’s department of music.

Generous Grants from Garufis To mark its 44th anniversary, Montecito Bank & Trust hosted a grants reception at its majestic State Street headquarters when president and CEO Janet Garufis handed out checks worth $20,000 to 10 local charities.

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Janet Garufis, Jerry Parent, and Anne Towbes celebrate Montecito Bank & Trust’s 44th anniversary (photo by Priscilla)

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Employees of the bank, which since its founding in 1993 by the late philanthropist Michael Towbes has grown to 11 branches and more than $1.5 billion

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SEEN (Continued from page 15) Sponsors and hosts Hollye and Jeff Jacobs flank the keynote UCSB Arts & Lectures speaker Lisa Genova at her reception

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ogy. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.”

There are several kinds of dementia, which is an umbrella for Alzheimer’s as well as those other conditions.

One in three persons will develop Alzheimer’s. At this point there doesn’t seem to be a cure but there is promising research on what each of us can do to build an Alzheimer’s resistant brain. It depends on how you live: aerobics, Mediterranean diet, sleep, keeping active, and no chronic stress.

Through fiction Lisa has written about Alzheimer’s, traumatic brain injury, autism, Huntington’s disease, and ALS. Speaking on these issues she has appeared on The Today Show, Dr. Oz, CNN, PBS NewsHour, and NPR. In 1015 Lisa was named one of the U.S. Top 50 influencers in aging by Next Avenue and there’s more credits.

“We must leave this terrifying place tomorrow and go searching for sunshine.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Neuroscience and the human spirit equally inspire Lisa’s stories.

Still Alice was adapted into a film in 2015 starring Julianne Moore and Alec Baldwin for which Moore won the Academy Award for Best Actress.

You might want to check it out. For patron or ticket information for UCSB Arts & Lectures call 805.893.3535.

You’ll be glad you did.

The Refugio Incident

The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM) held another of its lecture evenings, this one about “The Refugio Incident: A Wildlife Responder’s Perspective” as told by Elaine Ibarra.

Elaine graduated from California State University at Channel Islands with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and is a trained and experienced 28 March – 4 April 2019

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Award-winning investigative reporter Beth Macy delves into America’s 20-plus year struggle with opioid addiction. Through harrowing and compassionate portraits, Macy illustrates how this national crisis has persisted for so long and become so firmly entrenched, and where we go from here.

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oil spill responder. She had extensive volunteer experience with the Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute before joining their network.

She had been also involved in the Ojai Raptor Center and the International Bird Rescue Research Center.

Elaine told us that on May 19, 2015 a pipeline owned and operated by Plains All American Pipeline ruptured. Over 100,000 gallons of crude oil were spilled, much of which ran down a storm drain and into a ravine under the freeway, with an estimated 21,000 gallons reaching the ocean near Refugio State Beach.

Since the Valdez and American Trader spills, much has been learned about how to deal with tarred birds and what they can tolerate in handling. She stressed that unless you are a trained volunteer you probably won’t be helping by trying to rescue them alone. Elaine is the Director of Animal Care at the SBWCN (Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network).

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oil spill 50 years ago. Elaine attends two or three symposia every year and maintains working relationships with other wildlife rehabilitates and wildlife veterinarians through the state.

As she says, “We can always use more volunteers. Come and work with us.”

SBMM executive director Greg Gorga reminded the audience, “This year altogether we put 551 students on a ship for an overnight. Hardly any of them had ever been on a boat before.” The Museum provides yearround maritime history and marine science education for local youth and has 40,000 visitors annually. Greg also proudly announced that Marina Life magazine name SBMM in the top ten maritime museums in the United States and the only one in California.

I also learned that my starfish pins weren’t starfish anymore because they aren’t fish. They are now called Sea Stars. I like that! If you need information call marketing assistant Rita Serotkin at 805.456.5865 ext. 118.

And remember, “You can’t control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.”

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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing was continued from Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The hearing is to consider the appeal filed by Mark Massara of the Planning Commission’s decision to approve a Conditional Use Permit to operate a building materials supply company and lumber yard within the existing industrial buildings located at 35 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, at the southern corner of E. Yanonali Street and N. Calle Cesar Chavez.

This is an appeal of the application filed on September 24, 2018 by John Cuykendall, Dudek, Agent for Verde Ventures, LLC, Property Owner of 35 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, Assessor Parcel No. 017-113-004, OM-1 / S-D-3 (Ocean-Oriented Light Manufacturing / Coastal Overlay) Zones; Coastal Land Use Plan Designation of Ocean Oriented Industrial, in the appealable and non-appealable jurisdiction of the Coastal Zone (MST2018-00505).

If you challenge the Council's action on the appeal of the Planning Commission's decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102‑1990.

On Thursday, April 4, 2019, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov; under Most Popular, click on Council Agenda Packet. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. Each televised Council meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncilVideos.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager March 21, 2019 Published March 27, 2019 Montecito Journal

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rincon Strategies, 727 De La Guerra Plz, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Rincon LLC, 727 De La Guerra Plz, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 20, 2019. 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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0000657.

Published March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 2019.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Solace Salon & Spa, 1819 Cliff Dr. Ste. E, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Brooke Cameron Merritt, 2567 Cobblecreek Ct, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362; Kelly Pam Merritt, 4445 La Paloma Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 14, 2019. 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 Sandra Rodriguez.

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FBN No. 2019-0000615.

Published March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sparrow, 1345 Danielson Road #F, Montecito, CA 93108. Nexa Marketing, 1345 Danielson Road #F, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 21, 2019. 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 Jazmin Murphy.

FBN No. 2019-0000675.

Published March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: San Martin Handyman, 6584 El Greco Rd. #7, Goleta, CA 93117. Martin Sedano, 6584 El Greco Rd. #7, Goleta, CA 93117.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 22, 2019. 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 Margarita Silva.

FBN No. 2019-0000442.

Published March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dana V Wines, 1588 Mission Dr. Suite B, Solvang, CA 93436.

Final Blend Wine Company, LLC, 3160 Glengary Rd., Santa Ynez, CA 93460. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 4, 2019. 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 Jazmin Murphy.

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Published March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DBF, 2182 Sycamore Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. David Fee,

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2182 Sycamore Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 22, 2019. 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.

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F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Menelli Tile & Stone, 1080 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Menelli Trading Company INC, 1080 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 22,

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2019. 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 Jazmin Murphy.

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Published March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Old Coast Landscape, 328 West Mountain Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Christopher J Kay, 328 West Mountain Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 13, 2019. 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

“To say goodbye, is to die a little. To say good morning, is a hope for a new sunshine in a cloudy winter.” – Nabil Toussi

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statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0000372.

Published March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2019.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Richies Barbershop, 6549 Pardall, Unit B, Isla Vista, CA 93106. Richard Raymond Ramirez, 976 Miramonte Dr. #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 19, 2019.

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 Jazmin Murphy.

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OUR TOWN (Continued from page 24)

Ohio. I am a photo-based artist.

Talk briefly about your work.

I make work that is rooted in portraiture addressing the issues of identity, multiculturalism and personal mythology. I usually start with a question and to find the answers for it my camera comes along for the ride. On this investigative journey, I feel my camera brings me agency to stare, to request participation, to create, compose or capture. While I am a portraitist and many of my works and series are people oriented, I am also a collaborator at heart. Whether it be a simple homegrown project that starts in my backyard, a constructed set where a big crew of craftsmen come together or a museum commission, I find that my process always grows and is made richer by my collaborators. Recently, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) commissioned me for a five-month art project titled, Talking Pictures, I choose an artist to collaborate with and have a wordless photographic dialogue with them.

We were expected to exchange caption-less images in a call and response manner, the subject matter and frequency would entirely be up to us. It was one of the most thrilling projects I have executed, selected pieces from that dialogue are on my website.

Current project that brought you to Squire Foundation Residency?

I feel lucky to have been invited to continue creating work for a series I had pressed pause on a few years ago.

It is titled The Shower Series and the project started in Brooklyn in 2009.

For the last few years I have been inviting people to visit my apartment and allow me to photograph them in a very intimate space, my bathroom. I have also been inviting them to take a shower as I continue to photograph them. I soon came to the observation that warm water running over my subjects’ bodies relieved them of any unnerving awkwardness the camera brought about. Once they were relaxed, the bathroom turned into a confessional. Many of my subjects shared intimate details of their life with me and with every new person came a brand new allegory. With every new visit, I had a new protagonist, a new plot and a new parable of hurt and heroic that came undone, an independent study that has given rise to some of the fastest, most disarming relationships I have formed. Secretly, I have been told by my subjects that it is thrilling and adventuresome to be in my shower. Cheating my traditional and tame Indian upbringing, I live through all of my subjects fighting their wars and braving their fears for those few hours where we are connected through this pious space.

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2 sizes 20x30 and 16x22. I have about 25 pieces in the series and it debuted at ClampArt Gallery NYC 2013. It has been shown at Paul Kopeikin’s Gallery LA and Richard Levy Gallery New Mexico.

Is this SB-based shower work similar to the Brooklyn Shower Series?

As a transplant to NYC in 2009, the shower series became a really incredible portal of investigation that led to a series that lasted four years.

The entire series was photographed in a tiny bathroom in Brooklyn that had a small, yet important window.

This window let in some beautiful light and that light paved the way to my inspiration. This series brought me some critical nods and some early recognition, however the lease on my apartment was up and I pressed pause on creating any more shower work. I explored other ideas conceptually and created other bodies work all while secretly waiting for a perfect storm that would allow me to reopen this body work at some point. That perfect storm came wearing the name of The Squire Foundation. Ashley Hollister invited me to utilize Squire’s beautiful residency space and create more work on the shower series and that brings me to the scope of this project. Unlike Brooklyn, the space that this residency has provided for me is physically massive. In addition to the sheer volume in this house, the residency space is generously peppered with various bodies of water. There are two showers, a pool, and a bathtub bookended with giant sun lit foyers that provide open and contemplative areas to undress, dress, and dry.

The theme of the shower series has always been reflection, vulnerability, and connection, and the shower as a space allows for most subjects to come undone, not just physically but also emotionally. As I have actively spent time in this house, I have expanded the scope of this series to photographing and capturing the human figure before, during, and after the shower.

The series will have some familiar traditional portraits, but it will also have bodies suspended, submerged, wading, and waiting to dry. Besides creating video and photographs of my subjects going through the motions, I am also recording their thoughts and our intimate conversations on audio.

This audio will become an integral part of the complete installation for this series debuting on March 21st. I aim for the end result to mimic for our audience the experience of being in a fish bowl, surrounded by water and experiences of people in that water.

Water is essential to the human experience, it’s essential to the fabric of our being and it’s essential to Santa Barbara. The audio you will hear and artwork you see will be reflective of a

Author Pico Iyer in a public discussion about literature, travel, and what it can do for people, moderated

by UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Roman Baratiak

diverse group of opinionated locals, but the one thing that binds them all... that in truth binds us all, is water. I would love for the series to travel as an exhibition, find new audience and my desire to see a monograph of this work.

Any other art you are working on?

Yes, I am working on two different series, both will continue in India when I travel there in March. One is titled “How to wear a Saree” – the process of the making of a saree and the other is Loss and Resurrection, a documentation of my family as they bravely battle my mother’s exceptionally early onset of dementia.

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Charting a World Without Borders with Pico Iyer

On March 15, one of our town’s world celebrated authors, Pico Iyer, had an open discussion about travel, literature, and what brings people of different cultures together. Roman Baratiak from UCSB Arts & Lectures led the discussion. The free event was at the SB Public Library downtown.

Pico is usually quoted for saying, “We travel, initially, to lose ourselves and we travel, next to find ourselves.

We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.

At this time when so many of us are really concerned about wars and travel bans, literature is more indispensable than ever, precisely because the imagination is no respecter of boundaries or fences.”

The takeaways from this discussion included Pico sharing: “I am teaching at Princeton University this year (Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton) and my students are not like the students when I taught 30 years ago. I have 16 students in my class. They are globally aware, eloquent, travel more, and read

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less. When I was seven, we moved to Santa Barbara from Oxford, England. I felt lucky to have both cultures. Today, culture is irrelevant to students.

“I have been talking and traveling with the 14th Dalai Lama for nearly 45 years. He once told me, ‘The day I achieve something is when I changed someone’s life for the better. We can activate the best of our nature.’ We have a choice every moment what we focus on.

“In charting a world without borders, the borders are first within ourselves. The imagination’s job is to go over the wall. To every question, there are three sides one can choose. My writing is about faith in individuals.

Travel humbles you.

“The media stresses division, we do not hear enough about how the world has progressed. I am an optimist because I do not read or listen to the media! I am a traveler of the world. There are positive statistics that the media does not present. We need to be stewards of our planet.

American culture represents freedom, and still the American Dream.

People all over the globe want to be here! We have a rich and diverse culture in the U.S. “My favorite book authors are Elizabeth Stewart, George Saunders, Zadie Smith, Esi Edugyan, and Dinaw Mengestu.”

The event concluded with Roman mentioning that Pico has a new book coming out this April 2019 titled, Autumn Light. The book is about his thoughts on impermanence, mortality, and grief that draws extensively on his more than 30 years of living in Japan. A complementary work, A Beginner’s Guide to Japan, will also be released later 2019, before the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

411: Iyer was born in Oxford, England to parents from India. He holds Masters degrees from Oxford and Harvard and an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters. Since 1992, he is based in rural Japan with his wife, while spending part of each year in a Benedictine hermitage in California.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 35) Tom Fisher with a presentation check for C.A.R.E. 4 Paws and recipients Isabell Fullo and Julian Abitia (photo by Priscilla)

Anne Towbes, George Leis, Henry Dubroff, JoAnne Wasserman, Renee Grubb, Karen Williams, and Debra Stewart, turned out to witness the bank’s largesse, as well as quaff the wine and nosh on the Omni comestibles, with charities receiving checks including Santa Barbara Choral Society, the Alpha Resource Center, Angels Foster Care, C.A.R.E. 4Paws, the Crane Country Day School, and the Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute.

Bloom, who also starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, is set to pocket $1.9 million profit on the four-bedroom, 4,000 sq. ft. one-story pad with breathtaking views of the Pacific, which he purchased for $7 million.

The house, which boasts a sunken living room, was built in the late 1950s.

Eileen Monahan, Caroline Buford, Juan Pimentel, Lori Goodman, Alan Acosta, Elizabeth Hahn, and Donna Lewis (photo by Priscilla)

Paltrow Puts a Stop to Pepper Potts Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow is planning to quit making Marvel films.

The 45-year-old Oscar winner, who Bloom’s Pad on Market played Pepper Potts in Iron Man and After his fiancée, Santa Barbara war- The Avengers films, says she feels “a bler Katy Perry, sold her Hollywood bit old to be in a suit” now she’s in her Hills mansion for $9.45 million to mid 40s. restaurateur Michael Chow, now it’s She said she was lucky to have the turn of her British actor beau snagged the role in the first place, first Matt Genovese with Brian Campbell, Natalie Grubb, and Amber and Bryce Holderness (photo by Orlando Bloom, 42. appearing in 2008’s Iron Man. Priscilla) The Lord of the Rings star has just put “I actually got talked into it,” she his Beverly Hills home on the market admits. “I was friends of the film’s important it has become to fans.” ing at Olio e Limone for $8.9 million as he plans to set up a director Jon Favreau. It was such a Gwyneth will be seen as Pepper MontJournal_March27th'19:Layout 1 3/20/19 3:08 PM Page 1 making the Potts for the seventh, and presumably new home with the 32-year-old former wonderful experience Pip! Pip! Dos Pueblos High student. first Iron Man and then watched how last time, in Avengers: Endgame, which is out later this year.

Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s colSightings: U.S. Secretary of the umn should email him at richardmin Treasury Steve Mnuchin at the eards@verizon.net or send invitations Rosewood Miramar... Former Dallas or other correspondence to the Journal.

Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman To reach Priscilla, email her at pris checking out the FisHouse... Film cilla@santabarabarseen.com or call score composer Alan Silvestri nosh- 969-3301.

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 29 Controversial, Colorful and Completely Captivating – Based in New York, Shen Yun was established 13 years ago by a group of Falun Dafa practitioners who use the performing arts to revive the essence of Chinese culture – 5,000 years worth – traditionally considered a divinely inspired civilization. The group, which is not welcome in China, presents colorful and exhilarating performances of classical Chinese dance and music aimed to serve as a true representation of traditional Chinese culture as it once was – a study in grace, wisdom, and the virtues distilled from the five millennia of Chinese civilization. This weekend’s performances mark the company’s third visit to the Granada, as Shen Yun unveils an entirely new lineup of dances, songs, and musical scores for each new season. The current show is takes its inspiration from the China of 5,000 years ago, the socalled “Middle Kingdom,” which, in the world of Shen Yun, was a place of divine harmony, populated by dragons, sages and immortals. As with all of its presentations, Shen Yun’s 2019 show features many of the world’s foremost classically trained dancers, a unique orchestra blending East and West, and dazzling animated backdrops

that together create a spectacular performance that has awed audiences all around the country. The shows employ CGI special effects, atmospheric effects, and sound effects, and is a visually, aurally, and emotionally immersive experience.

WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight, 2 & 7:30 pm tomorrow, 1 pm Sunday WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $80-$165 INFO: (805) 8992222 or www.granadasb.org SATURDAY, MARCH 30 ‘Young’ Guns – On a midNovember night at the tail end of fall 2018, the local groove-masters the Doublewide Kings, led by Santa Barbara-born, Montecito-based Palmer Jackson, hitched up to the old opera house known as the Lobero Theatre to play a one-night-only, soldout concert tribute to Neil Young. For that special show “The Kings of the 805” were accompanied by a spate of special guests, including Tina Dabby (vocals), Elliott Lanam (keys), Bill Flores (pedal steel), and Phil Salazar (fiddle) for a twoset, 19-song tour through Young’s catalog, from “Mr. Soul” and “Sugar Mountain” to “Like a Hurricane” and “Rockin’ in the Free World.” Tonight, the same fearsome foursome of guests will be on hand as the Doublewide Kings launch the live album recorded at the concert, its first-ever album

FRIDAY, MARCH 29 ‘Smooth’ Singing for Sidewalks – Rob Thomas’ 2005 solo debut …Something to Be was the first album by a male artist from a rock or pop group to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since the estimable chart was published. But that was no big surprise, as Thomas has been finding popular success for more than two decades, dating back to the early years of Matchbox Twenty, for which he serves as front man and primary composer. Yourself or Someone Like You, the band’s 1995 debut, sold more than 15 million copies and spawned the hit singles “3AM,” “Push,” and “Real World.” Thomas also collaborated with Carlos Santana on the smash hit “Smooth,” which collected three Grammys and is ensconced as the No. 2 song on Billboard’s alltime list of Hot 100 songs. Overall, Thomas has contributed to sales of more than 80 million records. The electrifying singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Chip Tooth Smile will be released on April 26, but you can get a sneak preview of some of the songs along with a smattering of earlier solo hits and Matchbox Twenty classics, when Thomas’ tour stops at the Chumash Casino tonight in a show that benefits Sidewalk Angels Foundation, the Thomases nonprofit that supports more than 20 no-kill animal shelters and animal rescues across the country. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Samala Showroom, 3400 Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $99-$149 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www.chumashcasino.com

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SATURDAY, MARCH 30 Spirit-ed Band at SOhO – Named for an Italian phrase of musical direction that means “with spirit,” Con Brio is a San Francisco Bay Areabased seven-piece band that plays energetic soul, psych-rock, and R&B with a political backdrop, the kind of stuff that has come out of their home city since the ‘60s. Charismatic singer Ziek McCarter has received raves for offering “the dance moves, splits and all, of James Brown” (KQED), fronting a tight, veteran band that “comes across like a party punk version of Sly and the Family Stone” (Consequence of Sound). Con Brio got the crowd cavorting all over the place when the band played the Live Oak Music Festival a couple of years back, and that was before the band’s sophomore album, Explorer, was released in July 2018. The new disc, represented a travelogue of time and place, as it was written over the course of two years and one presidential election while the band toured the globe and fielded questions about our leaders, our choices, our guns. While 2016’s Paradise spoke about inequality and the Black Lives Matter movement, turning a mirror on America, Explorer looks outward, urging hope in the face of cynicism, that it encountered on the road after Trump’s election. Now the outfit is returning to the more cozy confines of a club at SOhO, where the politics should go down easy and the party atmosphere should rock the joint. WHEN: 9 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15-$20 INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

release featuring 16 mastered tracks from the show. The Alcazar concert will feature select performances from the album and also showcase some of the Kings’ original songs and fresh takes on other classic rock tunes. The big difference? Where the Lobero seats 600, the Alcazar Theatre is just one-third as big, meaning more up close and personal time with the party band that knows no bounds.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Alcazar Theatre, 4916 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria COST: $55-$85 INFO: (805) 684-6380 or www.thealcazar. org Back to Brahms – Since his triumph at the 1970 Chopin Piano Competition, Garrick Ohlsson has been heralded as one of the great American piano masters of his time, heralding his half century as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Long regarded as a leading exponent of the music of Frédéric Chopin, Ohlsson also commands an enormous repertoire that includes more than 80 concertos ranging from Haydn and Mozart to solo and recital works of the 21st Century. Ohlsson returns to the Lobero under the auspices of CAMA’s Masterseries for an allBrahms recital just two years after his virtuosic performance of the composer’s Piano Concerto No. 2

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with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic for CAMA’s International Series at the Granada. The beauty of Brahms will be brought forth via Ohlsson’s showcase of the composer’s 6 Klavierstücke, Op.118; Piano Sonata No.2 in F-sharp minor Op.2; 3 Intermezzi, Op.117; and Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $39 & $49 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com Masterclass in March – Ten days after Opera Santa Barbara Chrisman Studio Artists wound up three performances of Bizet’s zany, romantic, and happy-hour infused operetta Dr. Miracle at Center Stage, the singers are back for a free, public masterclass featuring renowned playwright Lillian Groag. The author of The Ladies of the Camellias, The White Rose (AT&T award for New American Plays), The Magic Fire (Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays), Menocchio, and Midons is also a director who has helmed productions at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Old Globe Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, New York City Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, and many other esteemed venues. She’s on hand to get the studio artists prepped and ready to 28 March – 4 April 2019

SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Legg-ing it Out – In a more just world, the fingerstyle guitarist Adrian Legg would have long ago transcended nightclubs for concert halls and theaters across the land. Legg, who none other than guitar icon Joe Satriani called “simply the best acoustic guitar player I’ve ever heard,” has earned multiple awards and accolades spanning four decades, and was named Acoustic Guitarist of the Decade by the UK’s Guitarist Magazine in 1994, and Best Acoustic Fingerstylist in Guitar Player Magazine’s Readers’ Poll for four years in a row, 1993-96. The self-described “collision between European classicism and the American guitar” is also a prolific and masterful composer who has released more than a dozen recordings of his original work as well as a witty and entertaining raconteur who often shares his stories, tales from his life and travels, and his cogent and often oblique yet thought-provoking observations on a spectrum of topics between performing his songs on stage. No wonder BBC radio personality Andy Kershaw cites Legg’s “dazzling technique and equally large dollops of spirit, humor, passion, eclecticism and spontaneity” in praising the guitarist as a unique entertainer. Yet somehow we’re still able to catch Legg in a place as intimate at SOhO, the downtown upstairs music club where you can easily sit close enough to watch his finger fly across the fretboard as he mixes an alternating-bass style with harmonics, banjo-peg retuning and single or double string bending. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 & $18 INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

take on OSB’s next production, the operatic adaptation of Arthur Miller’s classic Salem Witch Trials drama The Crucible, which comes to the Lobero at the end of the month. WHEN: 1:30 pm WHERE: Geiringer Hall, Music Department UCSB COST: free INFO: www.operasb.org/events/ event/free-masterclass-4/ SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Fevers-ish Thriller – Robin LaFevers – who by her own description was “raised on a steady diet of fairytales… and 19th century poems,” not trained as an assassin or schooled in a convent – has found success as a Young Adult novelist writing about teen assassin nuns in medieval Brittany. Her latest book, Courting Darkness, published last month, in the first in a duology, a darkly thrilling page-turner set in the world of her best-selling His Fair Assassin series. Told in alternating

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perspectives when Sybella discovers there is another trained assassin from St. Mortain’s convent deep undercover in the French court, our hero must use every skill in her arsenal to navigate the deadly royal politics and find her sister-in-arms before her time, and that of the newly crowned queen, runs out.

Already hailed by Kirkus (“Sharp and breathless, full of anger and strength.

May the sequel hurry.”) and Publishers Weekly (“LaFevers’s blood-soaked, machination-riddled tale captivates as its fierce, passionate, intelligent female characters examine issues of agency and empowerment, freedom, and sisterhood,” Courting Darkness will be the focus this afternoon when LaFevers, a longtime resident of Carpinteria and frequent customer at Chaucer’s Books, visits the store for a reading and signing. WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: (805) 682-6787 or www.chaucersbooks.com •MJ

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Potent Potable Poetry – The fifth annual “Spirits in the Air” poetry reading finds a group of invited poets reading their work as well as poems by others about libations of all sorts. Hosted by George Yatchisin, “Drinkable Landscape” columnist for Edible Santa Barbara and a food writer for the Santa Barbara Independent who just published “The First Night We Thought the World Would End,” the event features Laure-Anne Bosselaar, who just one week ago was installed as Santa Barbara’s new poet laureate, along with past poet laureates David Starkey and Chryss Yost, plus Susan Chiavelli, Natalie D-Napoleon, Amy Michelson, Diana Raab, Linda Saccoccio, and Emma Trelles. The event, Yatchisin says, “attests to the multi-faceted ways poets have found inspiration, solace, and yes, sometimes sickness in the bottle.” The evening, which also features a special menu of literary-themed cocktails for purchase, kicks off a series of local events to celebrate National Poetry Month. WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: The Good Lion, 1212 State St. COST: free INFO: www.sbpoetry.net

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(SBCAG) directed staff to move forward on three local projects to be considered as part of the 101 widening: the roundabout at Olive Mill and Coast Village roads, mitigation of the railroad bridge at the Cabrillo Boulevard underpass, and assessment of traffic solutions at the San Ysidro Road freeway entrances/exits. Based on that board direction, SBCAG has been working closely with staff from both the City of Santa Barbara and County of Santa Barbara to continue progress on these projects; details including the size, shape, and elevations of the roundabouts are currently underway, as well as environmental assessments. The roundabout at Olive Mill and Coast Village road swill include entrances and exits for Olive Mill, Coast Village Road, North Jameson Lane, and Highway 101, and will be reviewed by multiple jurisdictions. The San Ysidro roundabout will be under the jurisdiction of the Montecito Planning Commission.

Next steps include preliminary engineering and permitting, as well as public meetings at Montecito Board of Architectural Review, MPC, Santa Barbara City ABR, City Historic Landmarks Commission, and City Planning Commission. “There will be, at the very least, five opportunities for members of the public to express their views,” Dobberteen said.

Several members of the public spoke at the briefing, most of whom live nearby and voiced concern about the scale of the projects in a semi-rural community, as well as the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists traversing the roundabouts to access the beach. Project Manager

Walter Rubalcava stated that several studies show roundabouts reduce the number and severity of traffic collisions because they force lower speeds, and reduce conflict points. “There are benefits associated with roundabouts for all modes of traffic,” Rubalcava said, adding that accidents involving bicyclists and pedestrians are reduced by 40% compared to a standard intersection. Laura Bridley, Land Use Chair for the Montecito Association, reported to the Commission that the MA would like to help facilitate a forum for community input.

The Commission also considered the acquisition of eight parcels on 8.23 acres on Randall Road and East Valley Road in order to build a debris basin, with a proposed .75-acre additional easement area. “The proposed acquisition is consistent with the semi-rural land use designation,” said planner Ray Harmon.

Upon acquisition of the eight parcels and the access easement, the District would have a total of 9.41 acres available for the proposed debris basin. The Commission voted unanimously voted in favor of the acquisition.

Flood Control Engineering Manager Jon Frye gave a brief update to the Commission, reporting that his department has been kept busy clearing debris basins after multiple storms this winter. “Even though some of the rains that we’ve had have exceeded the evacuation thresholds, the events that we’ve had have not been that outstanding. It’s still a fragile watershed, but we are getting good reports on the regrowth in our foothills,” he said.

Flood Control is pursuing grants from FEMA to expand three of Montecito’s

debris basins: San Ysidro, Romero, and Cold Spring. “We know the debris flow risk will extend at least into next winter,” he said.

The Commission was also briefly updated on the Miramar project: all building permits have been issued, and all structures have been completed except for the Miramar Club, which is still under construction. The hotel, owned by Rick Caruso and managed

by Rosewood, is currently open and operating on a temporary occupancy permit, pending minor corrections including safety signage, railings, and the final inspection of the Miramar Club. Final occupancy is expected to be signed off by mid-April. The project will be back in front of the MPC 12-18 months after final occupancy is granted regarding compliance with the project’s parking plan. It will also be seen 24-36 months later to discuss beach club membership phasing, as per a condition in the Conditional Use Permit (CUP).

The Montecito Planning Commission is currently seeking applicants to fill the vacancy left by Joe Cole, who announced his departure last week. To apply, visit http:// sbcountyplanning.org.

“Lepto” Cases Increase

Local pet owners and veterinarians are reporting an increase in a deadly bacterial infection called Leptospirosis.

Known as “lepto,” the bacteria that causes the disease is spread through the urine of infected animals, mostly rodents and wild animals such as raccoons and opossums; the bacteria can

contaminate water that is then bathed in or drank by local dogs.

Local emergency veterinarian Dr. Addie Jennings tells us the increase in incidences of this disease is likely due to a greater amount of rainfall than normal; she estimates there have been about five cases of lepto in the last few months at AVS (Advanced Veterinary Specialists) alone. In addition to drinking the bacteria, it can also enter the body through skin or mucous membranes (eyes, nose, or mouth), especially if the skin is broken from a cut or scratch. Infected wild and domestic animals may continue to excrete the bacteria into the environment continuously or every once in a while for a few months up to several years.

Dr. Jennings says the incubation period from when the dog is exposed to when it shows symptoms is four to 12 days. Early symptoms include lethargy, fever, vomiting, and decreased appetite. If caught early, the disease is treatable with antibiotics. Once it reaches a more advanced stage, it begins to cause kidney damage which is often fatal. It can be treated with dialysis, which is an expensive procedure, Dr. Jennings said.

A vaccine for lepto only protects against two strains for the bacteria, but Dr. Jennings says she recommends that pet owners have their dogs vaccinated. To lessen the chance of exposure, she suggests keeping dogs away from stagnate water, and being cautious on walks and hikes.

For more info about lepto, which can also be transmitted to humans, visit www.cdc.gov/leptospirosis/ index.html.

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Mary Scott owner 805-316-1560 mary@pamperpetsb.com • pet-sitting • pet visits • overnights • pet transport • adminstration of meds, etc.

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DONATIONS NEEDED Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary Menagerie 2340 Lillie Avenue Summerland CA 93067 (805) 969-1944 Donate to the Parrot Pantry!

At SB Bird Sanctuary, backyard farmer’s bounty is our birds best bowl of food! The flock goes bananas for your apples, oranges & other homegrown fruits & veggies.

Volunteers Do you have a special talent or skill?

Do you need community service hours? The flock at SB Bird Sanctuary could always use some extra love and socialization. Call us and let’s talk about how you can help.

(805) 969-1944 28 March – 4 April 2019

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED K-PALS need volunteers to be foster parents for our dogs while they are waiting for their forever homes. For more information info@k-9pals.org or 805-570-0415.

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$7,850,000 | 4188 Foothill Rd, Carpinteria | 5BD/7BA; 12± acs Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233 | Lic # 01209514

$4,995,000 | 1567 E Valley Rd, Santa Barbara | 6BD/7BA Lisa Scibird | 805.570.9177 | Lic # 02027505

$17,500,000 | www.MontecitoBeachVilla.com | 6BD/6½BA Kathleen Winter | 805.451.4663 Lic # 01022891

$13,750,000 | 4225 Cresta Ave, Hope Ranch | 6BD/7BA Jason Streatfeild | 805.280.9797 Lic # 01834496

$11,750,000 | 848 Park Ln, Montecito | 5BD/5+(2)½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896 Lic # 00976141

$11,000,000 | 956 Via Fruteria, Hope Ranch | 5BD/5BA Bunny DeLorie | 805.570.9181 Lic # 01397098

$6,566,000 | La Cuesta Roquena, Santa Barbara | 5BD/4½BA McGowan Partners | 805.563.4000 Lic # 00893030 / 02041055

$6,250,000 | 3429 Sea Ledge Ln, Santa Barbara | 3BD/3½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896 Lic # 00976141

$5,795,000 | PadaroCottage.com, Carpinteria | 2BD/3BA Kathleen Winter | 805.451.4663 Lic # 01022891

$3,775,000 | 1976 Inverness Ln, Montecito Upper | 2BD/3½BA Cristal Clarke | 805.886.9378 Lic # 00968247

$3,495,000 | 1479 Bonnymede Dr, Montecito Lower | 2BD/2½BA Anderson / Hurst | 805.618.8747 / 680.8216 Lic # 00826530 / 01903215

$2,695,000 | 2671 Painted Cave Rd, Santa Barbara | 5BD/4½BA Timm Delaney | 805.895.1109 Lic # 01083019

$2,645,000 | 760 Hot Springs Rd, Montecito | 4BD/3BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896 Lic # 00976141

$2,599,000 | 2136 Foothill Ln, Mission Canyon | 3BD/3½BA Randy Glick | 805.563.4066 Lic # 00950129

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