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An Historic Day

The Partnership for Resilient Communities excitedly marks the installation of the first of six nets to help protect Montecito from future debris flow, p. 12

Red Zone Update

Thanks to the Montecito Association, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara comes to discuss Montecito’s Red Zone dilemma, p. 16

Remembering Julian

He’s up there somewhere, probably counting galaxies; you are invited to join the late Julian Nott’s friends on International Astronomy Day, p. 10

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Letters to the Editor

The top five issues a sampling of Montecito residents believe need to be addressed in order for Montecito to remain a perfect place Pacific Pride Foundation’s Royal Ball; Anne Douglas celebrates 100th birthday; Olivia Newton-John sells Valley home; John Fowler honored by Lions Sight and Hearing Center; Standing Together to End Sexual Assault Chocolate de Vine event; Goat Fest; SBCC gala; KEY Class dinner; Women’s Fund presentation of grants; family finds cat lost during mudslides; Dick Wolf ’s split settlement; Oprah leaves 60 Minutes; Kate Middleton’s new title; Jayne Wrightsman passes; sightings A collection of communications from local residents Pat Brooks, David S. McCalmont, Don Kruszenski, Steve King, and Dr. Edo McGowan

10 This Week in Montecito

A list of local events happening in and around town

Tide Chart 12 Village Beat

Debris basin update from Montecito Association Land Use Committee meeting; first steel ring net installed in San Ysidro Canyon; Santa Barbara Running to open; Chasen closes its doors; MUS holds annual fundraiser

13 Brilliant Thoughts

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Ashleigh Brilliant wonders if anyone is truly ever evil

14 Seen Around Town

Food from the Heart “Sips & Nibbles” event; UCSB Arts & Lectures hosts Dan Buettner and David McLain

16 Association Agenda

Sharon Byrne invites each member of the community to join the Montecito Association; how the debris flow risk map is determined; homeowner insurance cancellations

25 Spirituality Matters

Santa Barbara Medical Cannabis Conference and Expo takes place May 11; Dr. David Bearman signs new book at Chaucer’s; Buddhist events around town; class series at Mahakankala; Sunburst Sanctuary events; Nonviolent Communication gatherings

28 Open House Directory 30 Ernie’s World

Ernie gets a taste of the good ol’ days when the internet is down while wine tasting in the Valley

In Passing

Penny Huff passed away on April 20, 2019

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John Robert Hamilton (November 28, 1941 - March 15, 2019)

291 graduates received diplomas at commencement on May 4

34 Your Westmont 35 In Business

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36 Our Town

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40 The Curious Traveler

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44 Calendar of Events

Downtown Innovation Workshop; UCSB theater department closes year with New Works Lab; Eddie Palmieri stops at Jazz at Lobero series; Environmental Defense Center’s tgif! event; James & the Giant Peach at Center Stage; Carpinteria Arts Center’s Artists Studio Tour; Goh Kurosawa concert and workshop; AHA!’s Sing It Out show

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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.

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year and a half after fire, flood, and mud – and after seven years of extreme drought – the “disaster watch” seems to have receded in 2019.

Gentle rains have nearly ended – leaving behind a profusion of May flowers and a greater sense of wellbeing for both community residents and visitors. Never has our community looked so green, so lush, and so inviting. What a difference one wet wonderful winter makes!

Since January there have been only three mandatory evacuations in Montecito.

Unfortunately, two caught the elegant 5-star Four Seasons Santa Barbara Biltmore at full-occupancy – a cruel reminder of the fickleness of Mother Nature. The San Ysidro Ranch is creeping back to life. The mountainsides are bathed in new lifesaving growth. Swiss-designed flexible steel nets are almost in place to hold back and direct whatever else may come down the mountains during another big rain event. Visible images of shattered homes destroyed by the 1/9/18 debris flow and the Thomas Fire are disappearing. Flood victims are slowly rebuilding. Montecito’s mud has been mostly washed away.

Coast Village Road and the Upper Village businesses, while reporting 20 to 33% reductions in business for 2018, are enjoying a mini-resurgence as second-home owners and high-spending tourists, missing in 2018, are returning to this verdant area.

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A record 425 guests partied the night away in the crystal chandelier-hung ballroom, magnificently decorated as a Platinum Palace by Montecito event wizard Merryl Brown, raising around $450,000 for the charity’s various programs.

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The fun fest, co-chaired by Lynn Brown and Justine Roddick, featured Los Angeles deejay Alex Merrell and an entertaining boy band, Elevate, who sang from a repertoire of Elton John, George Michael, and Queen songs, accompanied by an energized dance quartet.

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bout to become an octogenarian, I look back at a life well lived but am discouraged about the future. My despair is not for the few years I have left, but for the future of our grandchildren, their entire generation and this nation. All great periods in history eventually come to an end: the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Romans, the British, and now it appears to be America’s turn to self-destruct. The lights are going out in the “shining city on the hill” and the natives are too ignorant of the past and too blind to the future to understand that their “social revolution” is a cultural cancer from which there is no recovery.

Without even knowing it, I had won life’s lottery by being born in America. I grew up with schooling that focused on the 3 R’s, guided by basic principles of morality and reason. You were expected to maximize your educational opportunities and then set out to achieve the American Dream. Success would come as a result of hard work and self-reliance. There was space to conquer, new technologies to invent, medical miracles to discover, an industrial revolution to expand, and major construction projects to be built. The nation was hitting on all cylinders.

The last place one looked to for help was Washington, D.C. But, by mid-life, things began to get more complicated. My generation’s version of the decline begins with the growth of the drug scene, the Woodstock culture, MTV, the “me-generation” and ever-expanding governmental regulations. These early beginnings have not morphed into an all-out assault on the founding values of this country, and on those founders whose vision of “a more perfect union” has been the road map for this nation for more than two hundred years. That morality, and the ability to apply meaningful direction to one’s life, has given way to “groupthink,” based upon victimization and a desire to get “free stuff” (paid for by others).

Media sources and our pathetic educational system have worked hand-in-hand 24/7/365 at twisting minds to mirror biased views of the past, present, and future. No one is naive enough to claim there were not some dark periods and a few bumps in the road in our nation’s history, but this has been and still is the most decent and giving country on Earth.

“I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” – Abraham Lincoln

Period.

So, now I carry a baseball bat in our car in case some chanting out-ofcontrol street rally mob takes offense at our “God Bless America” bumper sticker and attacks my wife and me. The other attack we’re expecting is the one from some “Central Authority” that confiscates all our retirement savings to redistribute to those more needy and therefore by definition, more deserving. We saved all our working lives so that in retirement we would not be a burden on our children or need to rely on government programs for our survival.

That makes us a target to be dealt with. The Holy Grail for all those politicians committed to the destruction of the “American Way” and capitalism has become the confiscation of personal wealth.

And so, to all those who say we just need to come together, hold hand and sing “Kumbayah,” get real. America does not need to be remade but the lunatics are at the gate. Remember the Alamo. It didn’t turn out too well for the good guys.

Pat Brooks Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: If you are worried about mobs taking offense with your “God Bless America” bumper sticker, just imagine the kind of damage that could occur if you put a “Trump 2020” sticker there too. My advice: put a “Hillary 2024” sticker instead, that way absolutely no one will bother with you or your car. – J.B.)

The New Reality

Forget the Democrat Party. There are enough socialist-communists in the Democrat Party for Crazy Bernie to win the presidential nomination. But, this is the United States of America.

Sanders needs to convince more than 65 million voters, at least, to vote for him, and not President Trump. Not only is the USA the most anti-communist, freedom-loving, free-market capitalist, Constitutional Republic in the world, but the economic policies of Sanders’ opponent – Donald Trump – has propelled the U.S. economy into the stratosphere.

Everybody, right now, in May 2019, who wants a job and is willing to work, either has a job or is beginning one shortly. For all intents and purposes, the U.S. unemployment rate is “zero.”

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This Week in and around Montecito

SATURDAY, MAY 11

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, MAY 9 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 golf facility at Westmont, an addition on Hodges Lane, a garage conversion on Barker Pass, a new duplex on Danielson Road, and a new two-story home on Oak Creek Canyon, among other 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, MAY 10 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 Mother’s Day Sip & Spritz The Firestone Sisters will be at Maison K sampling their new fragrance, Wild Precious Life

When: 4 to 6 pm Where: 1253 Coast Village Road Info: 969-1676 SATURDAY, MAY 11 Annual Studio & Gallery Tour The annual Carpinteria and Summerland Artists Studio and Gallery Tour takes place for the 13th consecutive year on Mother’s Day weekend, today and tomorrow. This event is free to the community with 31 artists and their studio/gallery spaces open for the public to tour throughout beautiful Carpinteria and Summerland.

The Artists Studio and Gallery Tour is a unique opportunity to see and buy work of established artists, as well as emerging talent who live in the Summerland and Carpinteria Valley. These participating artists will display and offer for sale their art in a huge variety of media and styles in their homes and studios. Many of the artists have live demos and works in progress, offering the opportunity to see the art being created and get a feel for the process from concept to completion. A map and listing of this year’s Studio Tour artists is available online at carpinteriaartscenter.org and Facebook to direct people to the studios in Carpinteria & Summerland participating.

When: today and tomorrow, May 12, 10 am to 5 pm Where: various locations throughout Carpinteria and Summerland Cost: free Info: www.carpinteriaartscenter.org Montecito Library Book Club Join for a lively discussion of this month’s title, What She Gave Away by local author Catharine Riggs; new members always welcome When: 11 am to 12 pm Where: Montecito Library,

A Star Gaze to Remember Julian Nott Come remember Julian Nott on International Astronomy Day. Join outside Palmer Observatory at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, weather permitting. Attendees will use the 20-inch telescope in the observatory, as well as smaller telescopes, or you can bring your own. Targets will include the Moon, Mars, double stars, open star clusters, globular star clusters, planetary nebulae, and galaxies.

When: 8 to 10 pm Where: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta Del Sol Road Cost: free to the public; please carpool 1469 East Valley Road Info: (805) 969-5063 Roar & Pour Animals stay out late, and guests can sip and stroll at Santa Barbara Zoo’s wine tasting event. Guests can stroll through the scenic zoo after hours as they sample Central Coast wines and beers, enjoy zookeeper talks, free giraffe feedings, and Zoo Train rides, laid-back live music, and dine on tasty offerings from food trucks or a preordered picnic box.

When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 500 Niños Drive Cost: $80 general admission, $115 VIP hour; benefits the zoo animals Info: www.sbzoo.org/roar-and-pour TUESDAY, MAY 14 Empowered Aging Program Community Partners in Caring and the University Club of Santa Barbara announce the “You Too Can Age Successfully” program that will take place at the University Club of Santa Barbara. Speaker Gary Linker, Ph.D., MFT, Executive Director of the Center for Successful Aging for eight years, will highlight the key components of a program called Big Heart developed by Julian Gresser, a local visionary who believes that successful aging starts by focusing on the heart. Dr. Linker has been in private practice in Santa Barbara for 42 years, and is a co-founder of

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Topics to be covered by this month’s speaker include: developing an enhanced understanding of what it means to age successfully, seeing a resilience in a new light: that it has physical, emotional, spiritual, and lifestyle implications, and gaining an understanding of the 10 resilience concepts and guiding participants to focus on one.

The Empowered Aging Speakers Series takes place on the second Tuesday of each month (except December) at the University Club of Santa Barbara, and is free and open to the public.

When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1332 Santa Barbara Street Cost: free RSVP: (805) 925-0125 or anna@partnersincaring.org Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed When: 9 am Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu Ask A Firefighter!

The University Club Talk Series welcomes Montecito firefighter Captain Alex Broumand, who will answer the following questions and more: Which appliance most often

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causes a home fire? What to do if your car catches fire while driving?

Why are today’s firestorms so fierce and long lasting? What’s the best way to evacuate, and how does a home fire extinguisher work? Come hear stories and ask questions.

When: 5:30 pm (drinks and food available for purchase); talk begins at 6:30 pm Where: The University Club, 1313 Santa Barbara Street; free parking Info & RSVP: Natalie@UclubSB.org or call (805) 966-0853 THURSDAY, MAY 16 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, MAY 17 CALM Antiques Show Antique and vintage show and sale benefitting CALM – Child Abuse Listening Mediation. CALM has helped thousands of children and families heal and prevent trauma, thereby breaking the cycle of generational family abuse. The show features antiques, vintage, jewelry, home décor, collectibles, and decorative arts.

When: today through Sunday, May 19; Friday/Saturday 11 am to 6 pm, Sunday 11 am to 4 pm Where: Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 Calle Real Info: www.calmantiqueshows.com 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, MAY 18 Plug In: A Computer Education Series Class 3 of a new series at Montecito Library. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram – Class 3 will focus on why social media is important and how it’s changed the way we communicate. Patrons are welcome to attend one class, some, or all three.

When: 11 am to noon Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 9 – 16 May 2019

Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music.

A valued cultural resource 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: First United Methodist Church, Garden and Anapamu Streets Cost: free Book Reading The Reverend Jerry Anderson will be reading excerpts from his recently published historical memoir, Ordained by Angels, A Memoir of an AIDS Chaplain at All Saints-bythe-Sea Episcopal Church. Ordained by Angels tells the stunning tale of one man’s foray into healing during one of the 20th century’s most devastating health crises. The Reverend Anderson oversaw two AIDS ministries and connected dignitaries to the issue that rallied a national response to the crisis. The author will be reading and answering questions. Refreshments will be served.

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Participating restaurants and caterers will include Bibi Ji, Black Sheep Restaurant, Ca’ Dario Ristorante, Finch & Fork, Le Sorelle, Michael’s Catering, Pete Clements Catering, Olio e Limone, Opal Restaurant & Bar, and Via Maestra 42. Participating wineries will include Alma Rosa Winery, Babcock Winery, Brander Vineyard, Cebada Wine, Grassini Family Vineyards, Grimm’s Bluff, Lumen Wines, Pali Wine Co., Presqu’ile Winery, and Santa Barbara Winery.

Chocolats du CaliBressan is the official chocolatier of the CAMA centennial.

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t this month’s Montecito Association Land Use Committee meeting, the committee heard from Flood Control Deputy Director Tom Fayram, who gave an update on the Randall Road debris basin project.

The project, which includes the acquisition of seven parcels on Randall Road and one on East Valley Road, will offer improved debris catchment from San Ysidro Creek. Preliminary design concepts for the project include excavation to widen and deepen the eight acres of property adjacent to the creek channel, upstream of the Highway 192 bridge/culvert, thus creating a catchment area to collect debris during storms and/or emergency events. The eight-acre basin would be screened with trees and cleared out after storms, Fayram said.

The County is aiming to build the

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project in two years; a typical project of this type usually requires 5-10 years. “It’s pretty aggressive, but I have a good feeling about it,” Fayram said.

The first step is property acquisition, followed by environmental review and permitting, and design and construction. The project is projected to cost $25M, not including maintenance on the basin. Funding options include FEMA grants, private funding sources, and increased Flood Control assessments, which are being investigated.

Fayram also outlined several other planned and potential projects to mitigate debris flow, including upgrades to the bridges on Highway 101 at Oak, San Ysidro, and Romero Creeks, modifications to the Cold Spring, San

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Evil

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ost people have probably forgotten why we call psychiatrists “shrinks.”

(I had a friend who used to call them “trick-cyclists.”) But the term “shrink” is really a contraction of “head-shrinker,” and comes from the notion that, dealing with our heads as they do, they are like the natives of primitive tribes, who used to shrink the heads of their defeated enemies, and use them as decorations.

In my long career as the owner-operator of a functioning, and sometimes mal-functioning, human head, I’ve been the patient of a number of these professionals – but on my last visit to my current one, he said something which really surprised me. He referred to a certain wellknown person of the recent past as being “evil.” For some reason, I didn’t think psychiatrists were supposed to make moralistic judgments like that. It particularly surprised me because the person in question was a former President of the United States.

I myself never make judgments of that kind. In fact, the word “evil” is one I hardly ever use seriously. I can think of people doing very bad things, and I can think of some of those people being very sick mentally – even possibly being born with perhaps irreversible tendencies to do terrible things to other people. I have heard some of such people referred to as “psychopaths,” and “sociopaths,” and, as I understand it, they can be very dangerous, because some of them have the ability to blend in with ordinary society.

But I doubt if any modern psychiatric textbook or manual ever uses the word “evil” – because, to many or most of us nowadays, that word is super-charged with moralism and religiosity. As Hamlet says, “There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”

So, what am I saying? Can killing thousands or millions of people be an evil act, but the person responsible not be entirely evil, perhaps because he likes dogs, and is good to his mother? Historically speaking, certain world figures have been regarded as the very incarnation of evil. English mothers used to frighten their children into obedience with the admonition that otherwise “Boney” (i.e. Napoleon Bonaparte) would get them. His wars cost the lives, possi9 – 16 May 2019

bly of millions of people, and he was regarded as a monster by his enemies. Yet Napoleon, despite all the suffering he caused, is also credited with many benevolent acts, such as emancipating the Jews in countries he conquered, and enacting legal codes which are honored to this day, as in Louisiana. Indeed, his tomb is still a revered monument in Paris.

And a nephew of his was proud to take the title of Napoleon III, under which he ruled France as Emperor for 18 years.

But much closer to our own time – perhaps too close – we have the example of Hitler and the Nazis. I say, “too close,” because it’s hard for anyone whose life was directly, or even indirectly, touched by those events, ever to look at that era objectively. The world will have to wait until all of us “survivors” are gone, and possibly for several generations more, before historians will be able to assess Hitler with as much equanimity as we can now regard Napoleon.

In the meantime, modern medicine leads us to wonder whether what we used to call “evil” might not be regarded as some kind of mental aberration. In other words, bad people aren’t really bad – they’re simply mad. And with the right treatment and medication (including, I would suggest, brain surgery) they might become as normal as you or I like to think we are.

The words “evil” and “devil” are obviously related, and, to certain religious groups, the concept of Satan is a very real one (although Milton, in Paradise Lost somewhat muddied the waters, by making his Satan a fallen angel, and, in a way, the hero of the book). But we need look no further than the first pages of Genesis to find the original embodiment of evil, in the Serpent, which first tempted Eve, who then tempted Adam, to eat the Forbidden Fruit.

As it happens, the medical profession has as its symbol the “Rod of Asclepius,” which consists of a serpent wound around a stick. And since all psychiatrists are Medical Doctors, it does make me wonder a little about my own head-shrinker’s rather casual (as it seemed to me) use of the word “evil.”

And (since I know you’ve been wondering) he was referring to Richard Nixon.

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Food from the Heart board member Kathy Denlinger with board vice chair David Gonzales selling raffle tickets Ms Millner is the author of The Magic Makeover, Tricks for Looking Thinner, Younger and More Confident – Instantly. If you have an event that belongs in this column, you are invited to call Lynda at 969-6164.

Food from the Heart executive director Steven Sharpe, board president Kelly Onnen, and chef Aaron Casale

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ood from the Heart held their seventh “Sips & Nibbles” event in the El Paseo Courtyard for about one hundred people. We all got to wander from one wine tasting room to another – Barden, Happy Canyon, and Grassini Vineyards – sipping as we went. Each place had a table full of yummy appetizers by Aaron Casale Catering, C’est Cheese, and The Wine Cask. The ribs were the best I’ve ever had. But there’s more with desserts by

Renaud’s and Nothing Bundt Cakes.

This was all the work of executive director Steven Sharpe and board president Kelly Onnen. Food from the Heart chef is Aaron Casale who prepares all the food for 160 clients each week. These folks are battling illness or recovering from major surgery, live alone, are homebound and don’t have funds for a caregiver. Food from the Heart likes to say, “Heal the Body, Heart, and Soul.”

Volunteers do most of their work – over 150 of them. It takes 60 volunteers each week to prep, prepare, package, and deliver to their clients.

They work from a large kitchen in Fellowship Hall at Trinity Lutheran Church at La Cumbre and Foothill on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings. The same volunteers deliver to the same clients each week so they have rapport. Last year they delivered over 8,000 bags of food with volunteers donating over 240,000 hours of service.

They also have the Harvest Program where volunteers go to private orchards and homes. Last year they had so much more fruit than needed they donated 50,000 pounds to the Foodbank, and some to Unity Shoppe, Catholic Charities, and Salvation Army. If you’d like to volunteer, just show up on a Tuesday or Wednesday at 9 am for a brief orientation and then you can get to work.

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Hosts Kirt and Nicole Woodhouse for the Arts & Lectures reception

UCSB Arts & Lectures brought best-selling Blue Zones author Dan Buettner and photographer David McLain to Campbell Hall on the campus for their presentation on the secrets to living longer and better lives after studying the world’s happiest, healthiest, and longest-living people. Prior to the talk there was a private dinner reception at sponsors Nicole and Kirt Woodhouse’s home in Montecito.

These two guys spent two decades studying the lifestyles of folks who lived so long. It took them from the Silk Road to the Mayan ruins, the “We are born of love; Love is our mother.” - Rumi

The Arts & Lectures presenters David McLain photographer and author Dan Buettner at their reception

Great Barrier Reef and the jungles of the Amazon. They discovered five places in the world – dubbed Blue Zones. Their secrets had to do with food, family, staying active, and even drinking red wine. They didn’t really try, but had mostly a plant based diet and not too many eggs or cheese.

Buettner now works in partnership with municipal governments, large employers, and health insurance companies to implement Blue Zones Projects in communities, workplaces, and universities. They focus on changes to the local environment, public policy, and social networks. This program has dramatically improved the health of more than five million Americans to date.

Buettner has several books out like The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest.

He has appeared on many national TV shows like Oprah, NBC Nightly News, and Good Morning America. His TED talk has been viewed more than three million times.

McLain has shot seven feature length assignments for National Geographic Magazine including Dan’s cover story, “The Secrets of Living Longer.”

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•MJ 9 – 16 May 2019

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Association Agenda

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

Why You Should Join the Montecito Association

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pring is gorgeous around these parts, and it is also the time of year when we do our annual membership drive. We’d very much like to extend an invitation to you to join the Montecito Association, if you’re not already a member.

We are offering a special three-day emergency safety kit this year as a gift with your membership. This backpack is loaded with useful items: water pouches, light stick, poncho, blanket, first aid kit, and more. These are ideal for your home or car. Our board member and Outreach committee member Aimee Miller proposed the emergency backpacks in response to our January survey, where our community identified safety and security as the top priority for Montecito. Please join at mon tecitoassociation.org today or come by our office at 1469 East Valley Road, and we’ll sign you right up! We’re open Monday through Thursday from 9 am to 2 pm. The safety kits are limited quantities, so join today and get yours while supplies last!

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Red Zones and Insurance Issues

In our April Montecito Association Board meeting, we created an ad hoc committee charged with two priorities: investigate the process for updating the debris flow risk map, and homeowner’s insurance cancellations in Montecito. We’ve met with Kevin Taylor at MFPD and Lisa Sherratt from Supervisor Williams’ office, and learned that the US Geological Service, the US Forest Service, and National Weather Service all provided scientific data used in creating and updating the debris flow risk map. It will be updated again this year, once the growing season for chaparral completes in August. This year’s map revision will include vegetation re-growth data, creek channel scouring, the installation of the ring nets, and other factors.

It’s expected that additional properties will be removed after the incorporation of that data into the map.

The proposed Randall Road debris basin could make a massive difference in the safety of the communities below it, along San Ysidro creek. That basin would provide six times the capacity we have at present. We just had a presentation of the Randall Road debris basin in our Land Use Committee meeting May 7. To see the presentation, please go to our website (monte citoassociation.org).

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While the debris flow risk map is meant to be for evacuation and safety purposes only, we’ve learned some insurance companies are using it in their calculations on whether to renew policies. In further looking into this problem, we’ve discovered homeowner’s insurance cancellations are a massive statewide issue, and there are efforts from MFPD all the way to the state commissioner to work on it.

We contacted both our state reps, and the office of Assemblymember Limón responded that they are working with Congressman Salud Carbajal to bring California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara here locally to talk with us about this issue. We also will survey our community for their experience with the insurance renewal process, now that we’re outside of the state-mandated window of no-cancellations within one year of a disaster.

Please visit our website montecitoas sociation.org to take our insurance survey and share your experience with us.

We will aggregate the survey data and provide it to Insurance Commissioner Lara to address this problem.

We also strongly suggested that the state run an informational campaign to educate insurance companies headquartered on the East Coast and Midwest about the California wildfire cycles. MFPD Chief Hickman related that when the Thomas Fire hit the burn scar from the 2008 Tea Fire, it stalled. That implies once we’ve had a wildfire, we are at far lower risk of wildfire for the next couple of decades, so insurance companies might need to adjust their risk models to incorporate that data, as it’s unique to California’s natural cycles.

We’ll be sending regular email updates out about this as we work to address this problem, giving you just one more solid reason to join the Montecito Association today!

•MJ 9 – 16 May 2019

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 6)

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David Bolton, Carolyn McCall, Jeff Barbakow, speaker Luis Oviedo, and Emilio Vallafranco (photo by Priscilla) Kam Kooper, gala co-chairs Lynn Brown and Justine Roddick, and Howard Hawks (photo

by Priscilla)

New York for a three-night stay at the Carlyle Hotel, another tony hostelry in the Rosewood collection popular with the Royal Family.

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conducted the “ask” part of the program, which raised more thousands for the worthy cause.

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As to which of the events was the most camp remains to be seen.

Among the heaving hoard at the Left Coast event were Colette Schabram,

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Crews install the first of six ring nets in Montecito on Tuesday (photo by Christy Gutzeit)

Ysidro, and Romero debris basins, and a potential new basin at Buena Vista.

The Army Corp of Engineers is currently conducting a new study on the channel capacity in Montecito; those results are expected in October.

First Net Installed in San Ysidro Canyon

On Tuesday, May 7, members of The Partnership for Resilient Communities welcomed several stakeholders to watch as the first steel ring net was installed in San Ysidro Canyon.

Spanning 70 feet wide across the canyon, the net is the first of six nets slated for installation, as long as the Partnership can raise the additional $900k necessary for installation and maintenance.

“We consider this an historic day for us,” said TPRC executive director Pat McElroy. “We are doing today what many said would never be a possibility.”

The nets are considered a mitigation measure to future debris flow, engineered to resist velocities unique to such events and acting as a sort of braking system to protect the homes below the foothills of Montecito.

The Partnership is comprised of for-

mer SB Fire Chief Pat McElroy, Brett Matthews, Gwyn Lurie, Joe Cole, Les Firestein, Mary Rose, Ron Pulice, Alixe Mattingly, Cathy Cash, and Hollye Jacobs, who came together following the 1/9 debris flow to look for ways to prevent, or at least slow down, future debris flow events. The group has raised $4.5M through private fundraising, and is seeking an additional $900k to complete the first six nets.

“We want to see this through to its full potential, and if we don’t raise the additional funds soon we’ll have to stop the installation of the last two nets,” McElroy said. “The nets are here and ready to install, so it would be a tragedy to not have the funds to install them.”

The last few weeks crews have been staged at the installation site, drilling anchors on either side of the creek bed as part of the installation. The next two sites to be installed are in Cold Spring Canyon, with crews already beginning anchor work on those. The construction is being closely monitored by a supervising biologist, geologist, and a geo-tech engineer, who are ensuring that the environmental conditions of the permits and authorizations from multiple governmental

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Changes at Coast Village Walk

Santa Barbara Running will soon open its doors in Montecito, moving their Funk Zone shop to Coast Village Walk, in the former home of Antoinette, which moved to a smaller space in the shopping center earlier this year.

Santa Barbara Running has been locally owned and operated since 2003, at 110 Anacapa Street in the Funk Zone. Owned by Joe DeVreese and his wife, Monica DeVreese, the shop sells one of the largest selections of running shoes in the area, as well as running apparel, accessories, and more. The store is known for being staffed with passionate runners, who can help answer questions and give guidance to runners of all fitness levels.

The space is currently undergoing tenant improvements, with an opening expected in the coming months.

For more information, visit www. sbrunningco.com.

Also at the shopping center, April marked the closing of Chasen, a women’s clothing and accessory store next to Blenders in the Grass. The space was occupied by Montecito Sports for 39 years before Chasen owner Lisa Stern opened her doors in late 2014.

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agencies are carefully followed. One of those conditions is that the nets are placed at least three feet above the creek bed, allowing fish and wildlife to move freely. The nets are also required to be cleaned out after storms, and removed in five years.

The debris flow from San Ysidro Creek ultimately caused catastrophic damage to San Ysidro Ranch and La Casa de Maria, as well as the “ground zero” devastation at Randall Road, Glen Oaks, and beyond. The new net installed on Tuesday is expected to catch 7,000 cubic yards of material from making its way into the creek bed and beyond.

“Installing this net is a huge win for us. It’s something real and we think it’s going to make a real difference in the future of our community,” he said, adding that the debris flow mitigation from the nets could have an effect on the Debris Flow Risk Map and future evacuations.

The Partnership still needs the community’s help in reaching its fundraising goal. “We are looking for 100% participation from the community, and there is no donation that is too small,” said Lurie. “We want this to be ‘the people’s project,’ so we need everyone’s help to get here. Every check matters.”

To donate, visit www.partnershipsb. org.

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Montecito Union School’s Spring Soirée

Lisa Stern of clothing boutique, Chasen, quietly closed the shops doors last month

in the clothing and buying business for over 25 years, owning two prior stores, one in Brentwood and one on the East Coast, where she is originally from. Chasen was known for offering stylish clothing at an affordable price, for all ages. Stern hopes to reopen elsewhere in Montecito at a later date.

Coast Village Walk is also home to Sakana, Occhiali, Blenders in the Grass, Antoinette, Vons Pharmacy, and Starbucks.

It was a beautiful afternoon and evening on May 4th, as Montecito Union School held its annual fundraiser at Les Belles Fontaines. Three hundred parents, teachers, staff, and members of the community came together for a night under the stars.

Special guests included members of the Montecito Fire Department, as well as First District Supervisor Das Williams and his daughter, Ya’ash.

Emcees for the evening were KEYT’s sportscaster, Mike Klan, and reporter Alys Martinez.

Bucket Brigade leader, Abe Powell, helped with the Paddle Raise, as this is his family’s last year at MUS; his son, Leo, will graduate in June. Abe and his wife, Jessica, won a trip to Norway during the raffle.

During cocktail hour, guests dined on empanadas, chips and guacamole, and chicken skewers and enjoyed drinks including the “Mustang Mule” (the MUS mascot) and the Santa Rosa Margarita (named for the street where the event was held). Dinner was served by Montecito’s Los Arroyos and included salad, fresh homemade tortillas, chicken, steak, and grilled veggies. Late night lavender lattes and espressos were served by Welcome

MUS Soirée committee members.

Top row: Lindsay Ranii, Debbie Popovich, Jennifer Stein, Brianna Hammond, and Dalina Klan.

Bottom row: Amanda Lee, Annie Gray, Kelly Shiffman, Carolyn Fitzgerald, Trish Davis, and Heather Kear.

(Photo by Lisa Waldinger)

Coffee Cart.

Live auction items included a seven-day trip to Fiji at the Jean-Michel Cousteau resort and two business class airplane tickets to get there.

Also part of the auction: a Napa wine tasting getaway, three nights in Bora Bora, and – for the kids – a chance to be “Principal for the Day.” Final numbers are still being tallied, and all the money raised will support enrichment programs, terrace renova-

tions, a new playground, and green initiatives at Montecito Union.

The committee members who made it a successful event include co-chairs Brianna Hammond and Dalina Klan, Cynthia Abulafia, Trish Davis, Carolyn Fitzgerald, Annie Gray, Renee Hazelton, Heather Kear, Amanda Lee, Debbie Popovich, Lindsay Ranii, Kelly Shiffman, Jennifer Stein, Jaclyn Steinmann, Marisa Tyler, and Alicia Williams.

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LETTERS (Continued from page 8)

In 2016, Barack Obama lectured a group of middle-class skilled and semi-skilled workers at an Indiana factory that the type of jobs they’ve held, and that their fathers and grandfathers had held, are slipping away in this New Global Economy, where manufacturing will be done overseas in Third World countries.

And despite what Candidate Donald Trump was saying on the campaign hustings, there’s no way to counter the New Reality. Manufacturing jobs, which would enable one breadwinner to support a family, are history, viewable only through the rearview mirror.

Guess what, everybody? The average U.S. wage is reported at $27.77/ hour. And The Wall Street Journal reported (May 2, 2019) that Pittsburghbased U.S. Steel Corporation has announced it is investing $1.2 billion in its mills in Braddock and Clairton (PA), near Pittsburgh (PA). Hundreds of thousands of new working-class manufacturing jobs that (for the most part) don’t require a four-year college degree have opened up since Donald Trump took office back in January 2017.

Donald Trump did not create these jobs. Nobody in government can create anything. But what government can do is wipe-away lots of meaningless, stagnating and punishing regulations that puts government in the marketplace. Between all the people who are involved in designing, creating, building, marketing and buying products which consumers need to live more satisfying lives, lower taxes free up stashed-away cash reserves waiting for profitable opportunities to invest in.

Right now, the USA is far-andaway the most prosperous nation in the world. It may be the only truly prosperous country anywhere. Is it any wonder one-third of the dissatisfied people in the world have told pollsters they wish, if they could, to emigrate to Trump’s America?

Thirty-one years ago, Bernie Sanders, Mayor of Burlington, VT,

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comes along, gets married, and takes his honeymoon to a Soviet Union that was already on the skids, but nevertheless very much alive, and a menace to freedom-loving people and nations everywhere. Sanders discarded all the etiquette of traditional diplomacy, which dictates that criticism is welcome at home, but that we should keep our opinions to ourselves while on foreign soil. As a U.S. mayor, he theoretically ripped the political-economic infrastructure of his homeland in favor of the one exhibited and on display in the Soviet Union.

Beginning not a year after Crazy Bernie’s honeymoon, communism in Eastern Europe began to unravel. By Christmas 1991, the greatest experiment in totalitarian government simply collapsed under its own weight, and evaporated into thin air.

Only one fatality was recorded in Moscow on that jubilant, triumphant day in Russia. Yet, Bernie Sanders has no misgivings whatsoever. Socialism and communism in his worldview are superior moral imperatives compared to freedom, liberty, capitalism and prosperity.

He can postulate and spout off all he wants about the failures of socialist-communist societies. They were all failures for reasons that come back to capitalist nations’ opposition to their very existence. Had they been allowed to evolve peacefully into classless societies, he says, there would have been no reasons for the mass murdering and scorched-earth destruction.

Translated, we in the West are responsible for the downfalls of every socialist-communist experiment attempted since the ideology of socialism was brewed and hatched in the early 19th century.

Had the West just let them alone, most socialist-communist societies would already have reached and achieved Utopia and Eternal Bliss.

Bernie Sanders has a lot to answer for. It may be true that communist theory is more popular in the U.S. than Red China, but nobody in 2020 is going to ride a socialist-communist railroad to the White House past President Trump without getting grossly humiliated, and most certainly, derailed.

David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: We have to take issue with your statement that “Nobody in government can create anything.”

Governments create regulations that stymie growth, free enterprise, and small business formation. Most impressively, governments are absolutely brilliant at creating generations-long dependency in otherwise capable adults and their offspring with programs designed to “help” those in need. – J.B.)

Out in Left Field

If this were the 1956 NY Yankees, it would be and Mickey Mantle in Center Field, or Hank Bauer in Right Field. This is from someone with an awesome knowledge of the game.

Don Kruszenski Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Aaargh, you are referring to our cover copy from last issue, in which we (I) wrote: “If this were the 1956 NY Yankees, it would be Whitey Ford pitching, Yogi Berra behind the plate, and Mickey Mantle in right field.” You are of course correct. I resourced the NY Yankees 1956 roster to come up with that copy, in which outfielder Mickey Mantle was listed as “right.” That surprised me when I read it, but honestly, I didn’t remember which outfield position he held.

After reading your missive I went back to the roster and realized the “right” reference was to Mantle’s dominant throwing arm and hitting side. In other words, he was a right-handed... centerfielder. Sorry for the error and thank you for pointing it out. – J.B.)

Growing Up American

When was the last time a wealthy citizen arrested, beat, shot or put you in jail? When was the last time wealthy citizens made war on another country, committed genocide or used WMD? Beware power, not wealth. Beware the government, not the wealthy.

I recall as a young boy, growing up in the 1940 and ‘50s, noticing material differences between families in my Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. Some of my friends had luxury homes near the top of Baldwin Hills. Others lived in very nice homes below the hill in Rancho Vista, and others, like my family, lived in more modest apartments in the Village Green and lower lying environs.

At Christmas, kids would show off their gifts and it was clear that some kids fared better than others. Then kids talked about what their dads did to make a living: Klaus’s* dad was a well-paid engineer for Walt Disney.

Smith’s was a Frigidaire salesman.

Goldstein’s dad owned a paint store.

Eric’s family lived at the top of the hill, and their dad, R.J., was a successful contractor. Wilson’s dad was a District Attorney; Kornberg’s dad owned a car lot on La Brea.

My dad was self-employed in the house cleaning business. It seemed near the bottom rung on the career list, which was a little embarrassing, but I didn’t shy away from saying what he did for a living. Dad spent a lot of his time with me: baseball, cards, games, camping, tinker toys, etc. Modest pursuits perhaps, but I wouldn’t have traded our good times together for anything. Mom contributed through extensive part time and

“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness.” - Jessica Lange

volunteer work and a steady supply of love. She was once PTA president at Audubon Jr. High.

Perhaps that’s one reason I don’t measure success or failure in economic terms. For me, economic status is one of the poorest measures of success or happiness. All the sadder, in my opinion, to stoke the flames of material envy for the cynical acquisition of political power.

Yes, we compared our dad’s and their cars and houses and luxury items and sometimes jealousies arose and feelings were hurt. For my own part, though we weren’t all equal materially, I accepted the way things were. I observed that everyone was free to choose their own career and that some were perhaps more ambitious, or clever, or lucky than others, and so differences were inevitable.

That’s the way life was, and everyone’s outcome was different. And it was okay, as long as we were free to choose, and no one hurt or stole anything from anyone. Nor was anyone stuck in place. Some went up and some went down according to effort, fecklessness or the winds of fortune.

Likewise, as we became adults, we made choices that mostly determined our destinies and economic outcomes. The same factors were at play: mainly, ambition and sometimes a little luck, good or bad. Rich or poor, many of us worked before we graduated from high school: Klaus at Sav-On, Eric at Thriftimart, Wilson at Safeway, Kornberg at Baldwin Hills Drug, Smith at Hody’s and Goldstein at Wilshire Gas. I worked at Sutton’s Union 76. Instead of borrowing for college, many of us worked our way through. There was an assumption of self-reliance.

I never felt someone should even things out by taking away my friends’ stuff. That seemed akin to stealing, something I learned and innately believed was wrong, if not unlawful.

There was no Medicare, Medicaid, Medi-Cal. I wasn’t aware of a food stamp program. I didn’t know anyone on welfare. Government spending and debt were nominal. Health insurance was affordable and doctors made inexpensive house calls. I never saw anyone starve or die in the street from lack of care. The safety net was your family, your friends, houses of worship, and private charity.

And we kids, though perhaps at times obnoxious about differences in status, chose our friends across all levels of economic strata. And despite economic differences, I felt a sense of community among most of our families. Most of my friend’s parents were stellar in their treatment of me and I was always welcomed into their homes. That love and sense of community meant more to me than anyone’s economic position.

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fare mentality. There are more meaningful things in life than economic position or possessions. And, if they choose, people can ascend the economic ladder as far as their ambition propels them. *Names have been changed for privacy.

Steve King Carpinteria

Heading Downhill

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.

The Can-Do of Cannabinoids

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he Santa Barbara Medical Cannabis Conference and Expo – which would have been the first of its kind in the tri-county area save for a similar if smaller event held in Ojai last weekend – explores the science, and a bit of the spirituality, behind cannabis and CBD and their ability to heal ailments of the body and the mind. The all-day event (7:30 am to 6 pm on Saturday, May 11) boasts almost a dozen presenters, including keynote speakers and workshop leaders, plus an expo featuring many exhibitors offering free (nonTHC) giveaways, as well as music and food vendors.

The primary theme covers cannabinoids and derivatives’ potential to heal a wide variety of ailments, from cancer to chronic pain and more, as well as address addiction, relieve stress, and improve emotional health.

Among the topics will be a review of case-studies, information about

how to create a “cannabis health care plan,” and, of interest now that marijuana is legal in California, how to grow your own organic medical cannabis and a survey of delivery methods.

Uwe Blesching, Ph.D., an integrative medicine specialist who holds a BA in Humanities, an MA in Psychology, and a PhD in Higher Education and Social Change and who has more than 20 years experience in emergency medicine as a paramedic in San Francisco, gives one of the keynote addresses: “Breaking the Cycle of Opioid Addiction: Supplement Your Pain Management with Cannabis.”

The other one comes from Dr. Joe Goldstrich, who is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, and Clinical Lipidology and had almost 50 years of experience before joining a Medical Marijuana clinic in Oakland

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As the economic underpinnings of the nation shift more toward technology, which we need for economic survival, that technology will displace an increasing number of its citizens who fail to adapt. In a way, this is Darwinian. Those so displaced, still require sustenance and shelter as well as activity, for the brain is a busy thing wanting stimulation.

Absent that stimulation, the brain can get mischievous and the basics of society start to break down. Taken far enough, an us/them situation develops and the threads of society began to fray.

Because I believe that this is part of a Darwinian shift and a sifting out of the weaker or less well prepared, we will see it accelerate. What’s the halflife of new technology? Something like 2.5 years and accelerating. Thus, there will be an accelerating increase in the numbers of the displaced, hence homeless.

How far can this go? As a young man, I had time to walk the side streets of Bombay. This was during the 1950s. I saw the sidewalks littered by the sleeping (or dead) homeless.

A donkey-drawn cart would occasionally come along and the crew would throw yet another dead body onto the pile. Defecation was done where one could. This seemed to be the norm. This “norm” in lack of sanitation is a fairly big problem also in Los Angeles, which recognizes it as a rapidly growing public health issue.

We can say we are better off than India (thus far).

Santa Barbara and the Central Coast has long been a habitat for man, the

resources are here to supply a less than harsh life, even for the growing numbers of homeless. But, as within L.A., their growing numbers may soon be more than nuisance issues and may turn out to be a serious public health issue. As L.A. City and County Public Health is finding, the density of homeless is exceeding the carrying capacity needed for disease transmission. In these densities, data are showing that the contributions of drug use are also affecting the stability of these people to maintain needed in-hospital care. Recently, the Santa Barbara Independent noted that, locally, homeless person hospital visits each month (155) are made by a fairly consistent small handful of the same homeless. This might be reduced by a newly proposed program. But, it goes beyond hospital visits. It is also what is on the street.

Needing a fix, the addict will often sign out of the hospital against medical advice (ADA). This sees them in a circuit between street and hospital and in the interim, if they have a communicable disease, acting as potential carriers. The rate of homeless using the ADA exit is not insignificant. Those in hospital and on certain addictive drugs, and in need of a fix, can demonstrate superhuman strength, become erratic and very dangerous toward staff. During training at the big L.A. County hospital, LAC/USC, I experienced this, which is a constant issue for staff safety.

Because we have the chance to gain perspective based on experiences in the Third World as well as in Los Angeles, we should move more aggressively. The answers will not come easily. We spend tens of millions on bilateral assistance programs in helping the downtrodden in foreign lands, but in many instances, their aid is based on highly studied answers and carried out with those who want help and are willing to make it work. But, these are also lowtech nations based mainly on agrarian systems, systems we left long ago.

Dr. Edo McGowan Montecito •MJ

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after retiring in 2013. Now, he’s among the growing number of physicians who specialize in helping patients use cannabis to combat cancer.

Among the seven workshop presenters are Karen Mankins, an RN who will provide a roadmap to transition from pharmaceuticals to cannabis for healing; Seth Matrisciano, who will explain how to grow and prepare medical cannabis for maximum therapeutic benefits; Michael Scott, whose talk, “Medical Cannabis: Healing Mind, Body and Spirit,” goes beyond the physical benefits; and Matthew Vieth, with “Cannabis Kitchen: How to Make Your Own Delicious Infused Edibles.”

The Santa Barbara Medical Cannabis Conference and Expo is co-organized

by Michael Russer and Jacqueline Lopez, the couple who also create and continue to produce and host EntheoMedicine Santa Barbara that deals mostly with the healing and spiritual aspects of psychedelics and who also created last year’s Plant Medicine Conference. It’s not a coincidence that the event takes place at the Santa Barbara Veterans Memorial building (112 West Cabrillo Boulevard) as the information and opportunities might be of particular interest to veterans, who are also the focus of several of the speakers. Admission is $40 and up, with discounts available through May 10. For tickets and more information, visit www.cannabismedconference. org.

Cannabis, Continued

Santa Barbara-based Dr. David Bearman, who was one of the four presenters at MediCannaCon: The Ojai Medical Cannabis Conference last Saturday in Ojai, will be speaking in town this week, but not at the Santa Barbara Medical Cannabis Conference on Saturday. A pioneer in the free and community clinic movement and a veteran of almost 40 years in the drug abuse treatment and prevention field including serving as the co-director of the Haight-Ashbury Drug Treatment Program and as a member of Governor Reagan’s Inter Agency Task Force on Drug Abuse and the Santa Barbara County Drug Abuse Technical Advisor Committees, Dr. Bearman is also the author of Drugs Are NOT the Devil’s Tools: How Discrimination and Greed Created a Dysfunctional Drug Policy and How It Can Be Fixed and the new book Cannabis Medicine: A Guide to the Practice of Cannabinoid Medicine.

Bearman will discuss and sign the book, in which he explains how and why cannabis works in humans, dosing, routes of administration, medicinal uses and more, at Chaucer’s Books in Loreto Plaza, at 7 pm on Tuesday, May 14. Admission is free.

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Bountiful Buddhism

A busy week in the local Buddhist community includes some regular gatherings as well as two visiting lectures/workshops. Lharamba Geshe, the eighth incarnation of Khangser Rinpoches and considered one of the great teachers of the 21st century, was trained in the Gelug tradition at Sera Jey Monastery in India, but he also has the heritage in the Nyingma tradition to which his ancestors belonged. He serves as a spiritual teacher at Sera Jey monastic university in India, where he teaches Buddhist philosophy to hundreds of monks and novices. Rinpoche will give the lecture “Mind Training in Tibetan Buddhism” at 7:30 pm on Friday, May 10, at Yoga Soup, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies, which was founded by famed Buddhist scholar/ teacher B. Alan Wallace. Admission is $15, free for students, and no one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Email info@sbinstitute.com or visit www.sbinstitute.com/product/may10th-2019.

BodhiPath Santa Barbara also has a special guest in its former resident teacher Khaydroup, who during her tenure from 2000-2002 also helped found both the San Luis Obispo Bodhi Path and West Los Angeles Bodhi Path Centers (the latter moved to Pasadena in 2004 where Khaydroup continues as the resident teacher).

Khaydroup’s talk, “Transforming Negative Emotions into the Five Wisdoms,” deals with how the mind’s energy can be corrupted when it is felt through the lens of ego-clinging, turning wisdom into negative emotion, speech, and action, with resultant negative effects. The workshop on Saturday, May 11, will explore how to avoid the extremes of either emotional repression or negative action by tapping into the five Buddha families wisdom energy. Admission is $30-$60.

Also at the Santa Barbara center: “What You Always Wanted to Know About Awakening but Were Too Afraid to Ask,” a live Q&A session with current resident teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips about practicing dharma in daily life, at work, at home, in relationship and any other place out in the world. Admission to the 7-9 pm event this Thursday, May 9, is by donation.

ticing the sequence of meditations can result in the mind becoming progressively more tranquil and positive and increasingly more pure and powerful, eventually leading to an experience of lasting peace and contentment from within our own minds. Each class begins with a guided breathing meditation and culminates with a second meditation based upon the evening’s topic. The series began on May 1, but beginners and those with meditation experience are welcome to drop in to any of the classes in the course, which cost $10 each.

Beginners are also welcome to the mindful movement of prostrations combined with chanted prayers and a wish to purify the mind and body that takes place at Mahakankala every Thursday evening. A brief introduction to the practice will be given at the start of each 6:30-7:15 pm session, which carry no cost, although donations are accepted.

Sunburst Sundries

Get grounded at the Lompoc sanctuary and retreat center this weekend – literally. Sunburst Rocks! Paleontology Workshop features local experts Craig Hanson and Moksha Badarayan leading an exploration of the geology and fossil records of the Central Coast and the sanctuary itself. The family friendly event, from 9:30 am to 3 pm on Saturday, May 11, includes interactive presentations and a hike to view onsite fossil specimens and take in the natural beauty of the land. Sliding scale donation of $30-$40.

Sunburst YogaFest, which takes place Friday to Monday, May 24-27, offers a weekend of instruction in different styles of yoga that both engage the physical and go far deeper to help participants re-discover the real purpose of yoga — uniting with your true divine nature. The event is meant to challenge what’s happened with yoga in the West, when the practice has lost much of its original significance to focus on merely stretching the body and “calming the mind.”

Participants will explore Kundalini Yoga (which combines yoga, breath techniques, mantra, music and meditation, and is designed to promote a flow of energy and consciousness), Vraaja Yoga (a meditation in movement, combining alignment,

strength, and fluidity), Bhakti Yoga & Kirtan (devotional music and chants to bring people closer to the divine in all things), and other modalities, including Restorative Yoga, Thai Yoga Therapy, Pranayama Yoga, Guided Meditation, and Heartbeat Movement Yoga. Admission is $375-$525. Visit https://sunburst.org/yogafest.

Sunburst’s Sunday Meditation Gatherings continue every week at 10:30 am and feature live, spirit-filled music, an insightful talk, a period of silent meditation, all followed by homemade brunch and a guided hike where you also can enjoy the outdoor labyrinth and gardens. A children’s program is available during the quiet portion, and a yoga class takes place from 9-10 am on the first and third Sundays each month. Upcoming topics include Divine Mother Loves All Her Children (May 12), Moving Through Grief (May 19), Honoring Great Saints and Sages, Messengers of Truth (May 26), and Stilling the Nervous System (June 2). Call (805) 736-6825, email contactus@sunburst. org or visit https://sunburst.org.

NVC Gatherings Coming Back

Following last month’s return of the well-attended NVC conference at the Wake Center, Nonviolent Communication facilitator Lesley Weinstock is also resurrecting regular get-togethers to practice the process.

NVC allows people to create cooperative relationships, revitalize stagnantones, and repair those that are in conflict via a simple, proven, four-step process. NVC employs language that encourages us to own our experiences, and honors and values everyone’s needs. Shame, blame, and domination are replaced by empathy, compassion, and honesty. The gathering is intended to provide group support as people build the critical emotional intelligence skills via embodying the transformative language and lifestyle in a meaningful, fun and practical way.

The meeting format includes a checkin, “empathy exchange,” an exercise or game followed by discussion, and a check-out. The 7-9:15 pm gathering takes place on Monday, May 13, at a private home in Montecito. Suggested Donation is $15-20. Email lesleywein stock@yahoo.com.

•MJ

Meanwhile at Mahakankala

The Buddhist center just off lower State Street is in the midst of a new class series, “Practical Nirvana: Meditations on the Four Seals,” basic Buddhist meditations that can create powerful causes to experience a deeply peaceful, blissful mind and permanent mental freedom. Regularly prac-

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Ernie’s World

In Passing

Penny Huff

by Ernie Witham

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Technological Advances?

I

n the past, before technology invaded every aspect of our lives, you sometimes you got a lot of “personality” at the check-out stand.

“Well how are you today? My sciatica is acting up. Not easy standing here all day. My new daughter-in-law has a desk job. Makes more money in a week than I make in a month. Needs it, though, with all the booze she drinks. Uses black finger nail polish.

Probably in a cult. My grandchildren if I ever get any will probably have pointed ears. Nice shirt. J.C. Penny?

Great bargains. Buy all my bras there.

Only place with my size. So, did you find everything you needed?”

“No no no!”

“Should I call the store manager for you? What it is you need?”

“The image of your bras to go away?”

“Funny. You should write humor.”

“I do.”

“Right. So, cash or check?”

Or how about when the gas station attendant used to come dashing out to put in gas, check your oil, wash your windshield and check your tire pressure.

“Nice ride. Fifty-Seven? Kid who works for me is restoring an Edsel.

Butt ugliest car ever made you ask me. Course he’s about as bright as the tail lamp on a ’64 Volkswagen Beetle if you get my meaning. So, whataya need today?”

“Two dollars regular, please.”

“Wow, one step closer to retirement in Tahiti.”

Now automation is here and the programmers knowing what we were used to tried to program in “personality,” but it’s not quite the same. Like at the pump-your-own gas station. “Insert card now. Remove quickly. Too fast.

Reenter card now. Too slow. Reenter card. Is this a debit card? Put in number but shield yourself from criminals.

This is not the greatest neighborhood.

Of course, you don’t look like you have much money anyway. Haha.”

As an added feature, many pumps have monitors that blast you with “personal” ads, while you are pumping. “Special loan rates today at the local branch of Bank of Antarctica.

Cool bank, check them out. Then maybe you wouldn’t have to put in the cheapest octane. Haha. Thirsty?

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when done.”

We have also been blessed with the self-checkout stand. “Please insert your card. Cannot read. Is there anyone with you that can help? A wife maybe? Scan any coupons now.

Cannot read. Wife? Do you have our aisle-by-aisle location app? If not, your wife can download it at seeourspecials.com. If you need help call our helpful hotline at one eight-hundred easy. Don’t call one nine-hundred easy or you will get a porn service. Haha.

Please hit total.”

So, it was kind of refreshing to go to a “throw-back-day” at a winery in the Valley.

“This is not the greatest neighborhood. Of course, you don’t look like you have much money anyway. Haha.”

“Wow, it’s loud in here.”

The young lady blew a strand of hair out of her face. “Three weddings, today. Not exactly your nuance crowd.

Wanted to know if we used local trees for our oak barrels.”

I handed her our “taste-free-wineanytime” club card. She grabbed a yellow pad and pen. “Internet is down.

Busiest day in weeks.”

I thought of all the times in life I used a fake ID and was escorted out of an establishment. I was going to make up a name for old time’s sake, but Pat signed us in. Someone ordered three bottles of wine. The server took out an old credit card slip and started writing stuff down. “You don’t even have the little machine?”

“Nope.” She took out her phone and used the calculator to add things up.

“We’re going to have to enter all of this by hand once the Internet comes back. Probably be here ‘til midnight.

Rosé to start?”

A group of fifteen stumbled out of a wine tour bus and headed our way.

They were all holding cell phones and speaking a foreign language. She did a neck roll and started lining up glasses.

“Great. The selfie crowd is here.”

“Wow! This is like the olden days! I don’t suppose you have time to complain about your brother-in-law or ask where I bought these cheap cargo shorts or anything?”

She poured us some wine. “That does not compute,” she said.

•MJ

P

enny died at home on Saturday, April 20, 2019 of esophageal cancer. She was 74 years old.

Penny was an inspirational big sister, loving and caring daughter, professional trailblazer, mentor, deeply caring friend, and passionate cat lover.

Private in many aspects of her life, once you were allowed inside the protective layer, you came to know a gentle yet determined spirit. This was true to the end. Those of us who knew her best will love and miss her always.

Ms. Huff lived her life on her terms, touching the lives of many along the way. She was the principal of Penny Huff ~ Financial Services. Prior to PHFS, Ms. Huff was a commercial banker for 26 years. Her banking positions included Senior Vice President at US Trust Company of New York and Vice President at Bankers Trust Company of New York. Her financial services career began at The Trust Company of Georgia where she was the first woman admitted to the bankers training program. Her banking experience included corporate lending, administration, operations, and the purchase of three banks. Ms. Huff served as a volunteer for Hospice of Santa Barbara visiting clients and went on to become a HSB Board Member. She also served as a board member and treasurer for several private foundations.

Ms. Huff was born in Georgia, the daughter of Robert (Bob) and Egie Huff. After graduating from Thornwood School, she earned a

Bachelor of Business Administration from Emory University, and graduated from the Smith Management Program. She leaves to cherish her memories her three siblings: Wynne T. Huff II, Atlanta, GA; Robert W. Huff, Jr., Rome, GA; and Courtenay Huff, Saratoga Springs, NY; a brother-in-law Perry Rothenfeld, Saratoga Springs, NY; a grandson Wynne T. Huff III, Atlanta, GA; a former husband, H. Mikell Jones, Atlanta, Ga.; and her furry friends, Emma, Web, and Deacon. A private memorial service was held in her home in Santa Barbara on April 23.

The family requests donations in her honor be made to ResqCats at http://www.resqcats.org, Hospice of Santa Barbara at http://www.hospiceofsantabarbara.org, or Visiting Nurse Hospice Care at https://www. vnhcsb.org.

Arrangements entrusted to WelchRyce-Haider Funeral Chapels.

•MJ

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valid. What have we learned? Of the respondents, 76% own the home they are currently living in, while another 16% reported owning a local home but not actually living in it. They may be rebuilding from the 1/9 disaster, or consider Montecito to be their second home or vacation getaway.

Only 6% of responders identified themselves as renters. Previous research of the California real estate marketplace indicated that 24% of Montecito residents claimed rental status, compared to Isla Vista at 98% rental housing, Santa Barbara 59%, Goleta 47%, Summerland 36%, California at 46%, and the entire United States at 36%.

The difference in rental rates between the results of the MA survey and the census estimates may reflect the fact that more homeowners than renters tend to be members of the Montecito Association. Full-time home ownership translates to a greater commitment to community, a desire for long-term improvements, and a devotion to protecting community character and our semi-rural quality of life.

Sixty percent of MA responders reported their age range to be between 55 and 74, while 27% were over 75, meaning 87% of MA responders were senior citizens. According to ZIP code census data, the median age for Montecito residents is only 49.5; 53% of residents are 18 to 64 years old while another 18% are under the age of 18.

The Top 5 Issues

1) Not surprisingly, the number one concern is Safety and Security. By contrast, 18 months ago, after seven years of drought, our number one concern was the lack of water security.

2) Right behind is Infrastructure Replacement and Rebuilding, both public and private. The component parts of this concern are rebuilding destroyed and damaged homes at an affordable cost; restoring roads and bridges that have been battered by heavy truck usage; finding an affordable way to take down 100-year old telephone poles and bury wires underground in an effort to prevent future sparking and power outages; re-building homeowner and home buyer confidence; removing homes from the red flood zone maps; insuring that creek beds are cleared and maintained; building larger and more effective debris basins; and installing ring nets for added protection against future storms.

3) Third is the Preservation and Protection of the Semi-Rural Character of Montecito, our most valuable asset. The character and charm of this community cannot be sacrificed to the destruction of local rural roads, nor affordable housing mandates that threaten to make a mockery of our zoning codes. Other concerns include increased building heights that obliterate existing view plains, growing traffic and parking problems, and loss of local family-owned shops, restaurants, and businesses.

4) Fourth is the growing threat of Traffic Gridlock not only on Highway 101, but also on Coast Village Road, Coast Village Circle, East Valley Road, and Old Coast Highway. Community connectors, for example, North Jameson Lane, Hot Springs, Olive Mill, San Ysidro and Sheffield Drive, often serve as a third highway lane when traffic backs up on the 101.

5) Last is Water Security and Water Independence. An affordable and reliable local water supply is essential to retaining our semi-rural character and ambience. We would not do well as a community of thirsty “desert rats.”

Other concerns mentioned in the survey included the lack of an elected community voice in decision making; self-governance; finding the best local leadership candidates for appointment or election to Boards; survival of the Montecito business community faced with rising costs, e-competition, and traffic gridlock; community cohesiveness; control of short-term rentals; hillside development; safe hiking and biking trails; roundabouts; and emergency preparedness.

Community Profile: Montecito Assets

We are nearly 9,000 neighbors, living within this 9.3 square mile special place we call Montecito in some 4,312 households. We care passionately about this community. We travel extensively. We are well educated: 34% of our population

has a Master’s or Doctorate Degree, 72% a Bachelor’s Degree, and 98% have a high-school diploma. We are affluent: our median household income is nearly twice that of Santa Barbara or Santa Maria. We are 55% female, higher than the average in the rest of the state.

We are blessed with a preponderance of retired business leaders, strategic planners, CEOs, and CFOs, plus a deep bench of public and non-profit board members with unique problem-solving and financial skills. We also are cursed with an excess of talented lawyers who annoyingly tell us what we cannot do, which is nearly everything.

County Assistance and Support

Identifying problems is the easy part; the hard part is identifying solutions that are affordable – and then finding unique ways to pay the bills. Abe Powell’s Bucket Brigade and Pat McElroy’s Partnership for Resilient Communities have shown us innovative ways to form public-private partnerships. I am confident that locked within Montecito creative minds are more innovative, outside-the box-ideas, including possible funding plans – bursting to see the light of day.

Unleashing them will be the community challenge to be addressed as we search for better answers.

Unfortunately, the reality is that the County of Santa Barbara lacks the financial resources to fully resolve any of Montecito’s major issues. Yes, it will do its best to clean out our creek beds, restore our bridges, and widen the 101, but only as the final phase of a 20-year widening effort, ending 10 years from now.

Funding generous pension payments and rising lifetime health benefits for retired employees and their dependents has exhausted county reserves.

While the Montecito community consists of only one-quarter of one percent of the total land in the county, it contributes 17% of the county’s property tax base and 62% of the transient occupancy tax to the County’s General Fund.

Despite that, however, it has become our responsibility to design and install our own ring nets, to remove our own private mud, to find new ways to produce water at an affordable price, to bury our utility lines underground, to repair our trails system, and to save our local library.

With no mayor, no city council, no local government, no financial reserves, and no authority, Montecito residents are dependent upon volunteer leadership to explore, plan, and fund new ideas to create a community that is safer and more desirable. Please email me at bobhazard@gmail.com with any good ideas you may have for making Montecito “The Last Perfect Place on Earth.”

•MJ

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ohn Robert (Bob) Hamilton, 77, died peacefully at Woodridge Rehabilitation and Nursing, in Berlin, Vermont on March 15, 2019 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Bob was born on November 28, 1941 in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

After high school he attended Wabash College from 1960 to 1964, also in Crawfordsville, where he achieved an outstanding record, including receiving the Paul T. Hurt Award for Outstanding Freshman and winning the highly coveted Baldwin Award for the most outstanding oration. He was the Managing Editor of The Bachelor and a leader on the campus, achieving many awards too numerous to mention. Bob was passionate about equal rights for all and in 1962 was the driving force behind bringing Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity to the campus, the first fraternity at Wabash to admit African-American students.

After graduating from Wabash, Bob received a full scholarship to attend Duke University School of Law, earning his J.D. there in 1967. Once again he proved himself, serving on the Duke Law Journal Board, co-winning the Dean’s Cup Moot Court Competition, and serving on the Duke Moot Court Board.

During the summers of law school Bob was a law clerk at the prestigious international law firm of Jones Day in Cleveland, Ohio, a summer intern at the Wall Street Journal, and a Ford Foundation grant research assistant.

In the late 1960s, Bob moved to Los Angeles to join the law firm of Jones Day as an associate. He later left Jones Day to work as an attorney for Universal Studios. While working for Universal, he started to submit scripts for a variety of television shows. It was a dream of Bob’s to be a script writer and he became so successful at it that he left Universal to write television scripts full-time and was represented by the Adams, Ray & Rosenberg Literary Agency. He wrote scripts for such well-known and loved shows as: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman; Jake & The Fatman; Father Dowling Mysteries; Matlock; Magnum P.I.; and, Spencer for Hire, and a number of made-for television movies.

By 1980, Bob was such a prolific writer that he had to hire a full-time secretary and bookkeeper. He also moved to Santa Barbara, California, was on the phone much of the time with agents and producers, and made trips to Hollywood as necessary for production meetings, zooming along the Pacific Coast in his Porsche. In 1983, Bob won a Peabody Award for a television movie script he wrote about 9 – 16 May 2019

the true story of a therapist who used a therapy dog to work with mentally disabled children.

Bob loved and lived in the beachside town of Santa Barbara, California for almost 30 years. Most of that time he lived on the oceanfront, sitting at a long farm table writing screenplays.

He was a disciplined writer and never wrote less than 10 longhand pages on yellow pads each day without fail.

He had several Golden Retrievers and then a series of rescue dogs who shared his beach life. He was a loving and devoted companion to all of them.

Each weekend, exhausted and work-weary guests would arrive from Los Angeles to Bob’s home to be nurtured back to their feet. Bob was known for his spectacular parties and was a consummate host. A lifelong non-drinker and non-smoker, Bob put his guests at ease with conversation and fun. Although he loved “interviewing” guests from the television business to find the latest information or fun bits of gossip, his guests always felt they were present not for Bob’s pleasure but for their own. He was famous for his summer white party where all guests were asked to attend a fabulous beach party dressed in white. Bob also started a solstice day parade group where the participants dressed in wacky cardboard costumes and danced along the entire parade route. How he got everyone to do it is a marvel, and so is the memory of it that still brings smiles to those who participated and those who simply laughed from the sidelines.

When Bob retired in 2001, he moved to Holland, Vermont from Santa Barbara. While he lived in Holland he founded the Animal Rescue of the Kingdom (“ARK”) because he wanted a local no-kill rescue option. ARK rescued high risk dogs from high kill shelters in the south. Bob’s passions

were dogs, dog rescue, national politics, classical music, and Broadway show musicals.

Bob moved from Holland to East Montpelier, Vermont in 2003, buying an historic farmhouse that sat on 60 acres. He wanted to be closer to Montpelier and needed plenty of land for his beloved dogs. The first year he moved to East Montpelier he had five dogs whom he loved to take for long walks on the land and up into the meadow, wearing fly tape on his cap in the springtime to catch the black flies to keep them from biting him and the dogs, and wearing Yak Traks in the winter to keep from falling on the ice.

He also became an ardent gardener, planting hundreds of spring bulbs in his yard and fields that first year and then the next. Later, he added rose bushes and a hillside of colorful perennials along his road. He often would host a game of croquet with lemonade and sandwiches on his porch in the summer and elegant dinners in November to celebrate his birthday.

He very much enjoyed entertaining his friends and neighbors.

While he lived in Vermont, Bob continued to write scripts, including the 2001 version of Ponderosa. In the same year, he wrote and published a humorous book about his dog Annie, whom he cherished, titled Annie: Diary of a Bad Girl. For several years while he lived in East Montpelier, he wrote a regular light-hearted feature column for the Washington World called, Dear Annie, a play on the Dear Abby column, with a beautiful photo of Annie who gave advice to dog owners.

When he moved to East Montpelier, Bob joined the Unitarian Church of Montpelier. While not religious, he supported its liberal values, and before his Parkinson’s disease got the better of him, Bob enjoyed serving food at the Monday free luncheons at the Church.

Due to the effects of Parkinson’s disease, the last two years of his life Bob needed full-time care, but despite his disabilities, he was a favorite of the staff at Woodridge where he lived the last year of his life, and knew how to enjoy himself to the end.

Bob was incredibly kind to people at difficult times in their lives: he offered a willing ear, a place to stay, a job, a place of healing, and mostly friendship to those lucky enough to cross his path.

The world feels a little less buoyant without one of its favorite dreamers.

Bob was preceded in death by his mother, Esther Warbritton Hamilton, in May of 1967, his father, John Kenneth Hamilton, in July of 1976, and his favorite aunt, Eleanor L. Warbritton Futch Beall in June 27, 1990. He is survived by his brother William Nelson Hamilton, living in Indianapolis, Indiana, and his sister Nancy Hamilton Winkler, living in Polebridge, Montana, and cousins, J. Thomas Futch, Jr. and Jenny Futch Hensley, both living in the Washington, D.C. area. He is also survived by many friends coast-to-coast and by his two loyal and devoted caregivers at the end of his life, Darcey Warner and Richard Atkinson. Darcey and Rich attended to Bob’s every need and provided him with companionship. Bob’s friends and family will forever be grateful for their great care of Bob. They are also grateful for the kind and attentive care Bob received from the staff, nurses, and medical providers at Woodridge.

A memorial service will be held on Bob’s land in East Montpelier sometime in the late spring or early summer when his flowers are blooming. If you desire advance notification of the date and time, please either call or e-mail Beth Danon at 802-482-2905 or bdanon@ kohnrathlaw.com, and she will add you to the notification list.

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Your Westmont

President Gayle D. Beebe gives the Westmont Medal to Rev. Dr. Katherine Wiebe and Lindsay and Laurie Parton

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

Grads Urged to Choose Paths of Love, Friendship Dr. Edee Schulze awards students Libby Dahlberg, Blake Fonda, Lucas Viera, Olivia Stowell, and Kyle Hansen

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Faculty awardees included Professors Don Patterson, Alister Chapman, Cynthia Toms, and Beth Horvath

The class of 2019 poses with President Gayle D. Beebe around the iconic Italian fountain at Westmont

espite gray skies and a light drizzle, thousands of family members and friends celebrated and cheered the 291 Westmont graduates, who received their diplomas at Commencement May 4.

President Gayle D. Beebe gave the Westmont Medals to Rev. Dr. Katherine Wiebe and Lindsay and Laurie Parton.

Wiebe, a Christian pastoral psychotherapist at the Santa Barbara-based Institute for Collective Trauma and Growth (ICTG), said the day before Commencement, a leader of a prominent organization called her for the first time for resources to help them cope with persistent stress related to

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the January 9, 2018, debris flow.

“We can take comfort when we are surprised by joy, even in our grief,” she said. “We know that even though we cannot see them yet, still waters are ahead. We know our souls will be restored again, so we can be at peace even in times of grieving, and we can help others to do the same.” ICTG works with leaders navigating difficult crises.

Lindsay Parton, a Westmont alumnus and principal of DJM, says it’s important to surround ourselves with people who inspire and motivate us to be the best version of ourselves.

“These friends will forever be your

support systems if you’re intentional and purposeful in maintaining those relationships throughout your life,” he said. “The more you give your life away, and the more you fight from becoming isolated in your life, the more rich your life can become from a kingdom perspective.”

G.WalterHansen,theCommencement speaker and a Westmont trustee since 2002, offered several glimpses into the graduates’ futures. “All your destinations will be opportunities to find and be found by the love of friends,” he said. “You are going into a world tragically polarized by factions fighting each other. How will you respond to hate speech and hate crimes? You know very well that fighting hate with hate destroys and kills, and by the power of the Holy Spirit you can show that love is stronger than hate. You can speak life-giving words of love. You can do mercy-filled works of love. You can be faithful friends in agreement and disagreement, in peace and in conflict.

The healing of our society will come by loyal, forgiving friendship love. So many are caught in the chaos of our world, facing a jumble of confusing paths – they need each of you.”

At the end of his Commencement address, Hansen offered a prayer for the graduates: “Wherever your paths take you, may you always choose to follow the one who calls us to love

“I want my children to have all the things I couldn’t afford. Then, I want to move in with them.” - Phyllis Diller

one another and not hate… May you always follow the one who calls us to embrace one another and not exclude.

May you always follow the one who invites us to come into the party and then you will dance and not sit.”

Dr. Edee Schulze, Westmont dean of students, presented the Dean’s Award to Libby Dahlberg and Blake Fonda for demonstrating excellence in the classroom, have made superior contributions to an athletic team, and have evidenced a deep faith in Christ.

Lucas Viera earned the Dave Dolan Award, honoring his leadership and significant contributions to campus and communities around the globe.

Olivia Stowell and Kyle Hansen won the Kenneth Monroe Award, demonstrating superior academic achievement in the classroom, excelling as leaders on campus, and impacting other students’ lives through their integrity, character, and faithfulness.

Provost Mark Sargent gave the Outstanding Teaching Awards to Professors Alister Chapman (history), Cynthia Toms (kinesiology), and Don Patterson (computer science). Beth Horvath (biology) earned the Faculty Scholarship Award for her research on gorgonian corals.

Fifty-four Golden Warriors, including former Westmont President Stan Gaede, marched in the procession to celebrate their 50th reunion.

•MJ 9 – 16 May 2019

In Business

of her balance teetered on 100 percent.

Eventually, her neighbors in the Funk Zone discovered what occurred behind Sarah’s always closed door – no signage whatsoever. But her goal to remain inconspicuous didn’t hide the plain old dresses she adorned into something novel – the beading and the antique appliqués, the silk embroidery remnants, could no longer go unnoticed.

Eight months of sewing earned Sarah random requests for custom threads, and enough inventory to open her vintage clothing store, SilverThorne, named after her grandmother, Elizabeth SilverThorne, who taught Sarah the art of sewing.

SilverThorne is now open and carries what Sarah says is “finely curated men’s and women’s vintage clothing and shoes, with the largest selection of pre-1995 Doc Martens on the West Coast.”

Sarah’s vision is certainly her own.

She not only takes plain old dresses and alters them into something new, but also something unique, like the dresses in the old Madonna videos, perfect for a midnight masquerade. Or the long-sleeved flannel with patches sewn about its plaid, wherever the artist feels is best: Guns n’ Roses and Stephen King’s It patches are used to enhance the flannels, nothing uniform, or like any other item, just raw clothing for the artistic and proudly unusual.

by Jon Vreeland

Jon Vreeland writes prose, poetry, plays, and journalism. His debut book, The Taste of Cigarettes: A Memoir of a Heroin Addict, is available at all major book outlets, as well as Chaucer’s Books on Upper State Street. He has two daughters and is married to Santa Barbara artist Alycia Vreeland.

SilverThorne Clothing: A Story of Survival

“I’m obsessive when it comes to quality, true vintage, and designer labels, not reproduction.”

And the inventory’s authenticity doesn’t stop at dresses and flannels.

The array of sunglasses range from the common rocker to punk rocker, to the fancy eyes of Elton John – bright colors and diamonds that properly represent the glam rocker’s eccentricity. The leopard coats, the high heels, the endless collection of variegated Doc Martens, sit amongst the mannequins scattered about the store, watching like a well-clad sentry.

And this is her haven. This is the result of the horror Sarah overcame during the most traumatic experience of her life. She used her passion to conquer the fear of a man she once loved, a man who still remains free, with a court date still ahead. Sarah still keeps a journal of who she meets and what they look like and what they spoke about. But Sarah Reed Farmer did what some people never have the gall to do: she turned a brazen assault into something joyous, profitable, and productive. And she will always identify as a survivor, never a victim.

SilverThorne is located at 22 Anacapa Street, in between the Fishhouse and Divers Den, across the street from clothing and art studio, Loveworn. They are open Thursday through Sunday. The phone number is 805-452-4659.

•MJ

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n July of 2017, Sarah Reed Farmer, now the owner of SilverThorne Clothing, crouched in a fetal position on the floor of her apartment while being physically assaulted.

“Stop, please stop!” she pled.

The assault left Sarah with a severe concussion, Post Concussive Disorder (PCD), as well as left frontal lobe brain damage, tinnitus, and PTSD – also known as agoraphobia. For four months Sarah didn’t leave her house due to the fear she suffered amid the assault’s succession, an act of violence that temporarily destroyed her coordination as well. The doctor diagnosed Sarah as an extreme fall risk – Sarah fell at least once a day following the attack.

“The neurologist recommended specific neuro-therapy using right and left hemispheres concurrently to reroute neurons from necrotic brain tissue in order to fire up unused portions of my brain,” explains Sarah.

This is precisely the reason her doctor suggested a hobby, something with her hands. So, Sarah found pleasure and therapy in sewing but continued to lock herself inside her apartment.

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However, for 14-18 hours a day, Sarah resurrected antique lace and vintage slips and dresses, punk rock and rocker flannels, among other attire she refused to let perish – the TV and the computer not a priority, or even existent at all.

Seven months after the incident, Sarah’s daughter urged her mom to face her fears and get out of the house.

But Sarah’s PTSD was still an issue.

Her fear of her attacker caused anxiety which led to panic attacks, and Sarah continued to grapple with her balance and her speech.

But the future owner of SilverThorne overcame the emotional paralyzation and found a studio in the Funk Zone, just off Anacapa Street, a one-minute walk to Stearns Wharf. Her sewing remained private, a passion without announcement. “I was still dealing with PTSD, extreme fear, and I didn’t want him to find me,” she said.

But just as the neuro-therapist intended, the sewing proved incredibly effective, and Sarah showed extensive signs of improvement. And after eight months of sewing, her speech improved tenfold, and the restoration

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Our Town

The 2019 Explore Ecology Environmental Steward Awards hand-made and up-cycled from local rocks

by Joanne A. Calitri

Joanne is a professional international photographer and journalist.

Contact her at: artraks@yahoo.com

Kids & Teachers Environmental Stewardship Awards

Ellen Hunter, K through 6th grade teacher at Monroe Elementary

Ellen is working to bring more sustainable practices to all of Monroe Elementary and is working with the City of Santa Barbara to implement a “Green Team” at her school consisting of staff, students, and parents who are motivated to help us reduce waste at school. This year she is teaching kindergarteners about carbon footprint, food waste, water, and energy conservation via buying in bulk, eating lots of fruits and vegetables, riding a bike or walking instead of a car, and bringing reusable bags to the market. Ellen is on the District Sustainability Committee.

The 2019 Explore Ecology Environmental Steward Award Winners Sawyer Smythe, Brynn Rotbart, Ellen Hunter, Victoria Ortiz, Steve Vizzolini and The Kellogg School Ocean Guardian Ambassadors with EE Jill Cloutier, Lindsey Johnson and parent volunteers.

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he 2019 Explore Ecology (EE) Environmental Stewardship Award Winners were honored Saturday, April 26 at the Kids Stage during the annual Santa Barbara Earth Day event in Alameda Park. Awards are granted annually to two teachers, two students, a school support staff member, and a school club that works to sustain our environment in any way. The actual awards are made from real, local rocks that are hand-painted and engraved by the EE staff, symbolic for up-cycling to conserve raw materials.

Nominations are an open call the year prior. Anyone in the county can submit their nomination for an award via the EE website. The mission of the award is to give recognition and thanks to Santa Barbara County locals from kids through adults for their efforts to create a more sustainable and healthy world. Jill Cloutier, PR for Explore Ecology, founded the awards in 2016. Presenting the awards with Jill was Lindsay Johnson, Executive Director of Explore Ecology.

They said, “The Environmental Stewardship Award winners are so impressive this year. It is a privilege to honor them at Earth Day. Not only have they had a major impact on their classmates and colleagues, but they have made a positive impact on the whole county!”

The winners of the 2019 Explore Ecology Environmental Stewardship Awards are:

Sawyer Smythe, 6th grade student at Santa Barbara Middle School

With the help of an Outdoor Education leader at his school, Sawyer presents 10-minute educational and environmental tips weekly at an all-school assembly via power-point. Topics he has covered are sunscreen and its effects on ocean ecosystems, up-cycling things for holiday gifts, and the basics on water conservation. At SBMS, Sawyer is a member of the Community Action Club that raised money to send 12 fellow students to New York for the Youth Bike Summit, and he is a student leader trained in bike mechanics and student emotional support.

Brynn Rotbart, 12th grade student at Santa Ynez High School

Brynn’s work involves animals and nature. Her volunteer work includes the Proposition 12 Prevent Animal Cruelty campaign, the SYV Humane Society, Care4Paws, the SB Wildlife Network, and helping a primate reserve in Costa Rica that rehabilitates and cares for primates injured after contact with electric lines. She is on the SYVH Student Senate, works on proper recycling methods on campus, and helped to increase the number of recycling bins available. As President of the SYVHS Outdoor Recreation Club for two years, Brynn organizes hikes, and beach and surfing outings.

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Victoria Ortiz, 7th through 12th grade teacher at Santa Barbara Middle School

Victoria, or V, is a trip leader for her school’s outdoor expeditions, where she educates about ecosystems, resources, and the environment, and developed a weekly tradition at SBMS, termed the “Sustainability Tip of the Week.” Topics have included micro plastics in the ocean, and the importance of turning off lights to conserve energy and support species that rely on night skies.

Steve Vizzolini, Director of Facilities and Modernization for Santa Barbara Unified School District

Steve led the way on a five-year project that was completed in 2018. It included a comprehensive energy benchmarking analysis of all Santa Barbara Unified School District campuses and recommendations to implement and replace lighting and equipment with energy efficient LED technology. This contributed to a savings of two million kWh, $190k, and 1,000 tons of Co2-equivalent to the carbon sequestered by 532 acres of United States forest in one year. Under Steve’s leadership, modernization efforts include coordinating with the SBUSD Board of Education to commit to adding solar to all new facility construction projects and installing its first public electric vehicle charging station in the downtown Santa Barbara district office.

The Kellogg School Ocean Guardian Ambassadors

These kids have cleaned trash from their school campus and local beaches, and educated others about the harmful effects of plastic, Styrofoam, and other trash on our ocean ecosystems. The club coordinates campus litter clean-ups, and educated their school about watersheds and how trash from land can end up in our creeks and oceans. They visit local restaurants to promote the Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Restaurants program. After several OGA club members spoke at a PTA meeting in November, the PTA committed to stop using plastic water bottles at PTA events, and is now looking into ways to fund reusable “party kits” for all Kellogg classrooms. Their new initiative is Zero Waste Wednesdays, where students strive to have waste-free lunches.

Explore Ecology has some great fundraising events coming up with Alan Parsons and Glenn Phillips on May 25, and A Rockin’ Wine fundraiser at Buttonwood Farms July 20, which help to support their programs for all our schools.

411: www.exploreecology.org Explore Ecology is an environmental education and arts nonprofit in Santa Barbara, California, that works with over 30,000 children a year, inspiring them to engage with the natural world, think critically and experience the value of environmental stewardship.

•MJ

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sing them?

Yeah, and it’s great when it happens. I can get pretty deeply into what I think a song means. Sometimes years later we’re playing it on stage and it hits me that it is really about something else. I think that’s what audiences do, too, so I kind of like it.

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.

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it seemed like that was reflecting on society as a whole… The title song is very bare to the bones, which I really like, and that’s why it’s on there twice.

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Cowboy Junkies return to Santa Barbara after almost 20 years to play the Lobero on Thursday, May 16

side from having one of the great names in pop music history, the Cowboy Junkies also more or less created their own genre, writing almost excruciatingly slow, country-blues based folk-rock that emphasized Michael Timmins’ songs and his sister Margo’s vocals. It was 30 years ago that Cowboy Junkies proved the appeal of such quiet and contemplative music with their now-classic album The Trinity Session, and while no subsequent records sold nearly as well, they’ve maintained an audience (as well as the full original band) right up through the release of 2018’s All That Reckoning. The album just might be their best since Trinity, an even more reflective recording that comes from the perspective of middle age.

If memory serves, it’s been close to 20 years since Cowboy Junkies have performed in Santa Barbara, but that situation will be rectified next Thursday, May 16, when the band plays at the Lobero Theatre. Michael Timmins talked about Reckoning and more over the phone from Toronto.

Q. What sparked the themes you address on the new album?

A. At first it was just the band asking me if we were doing another record since it had been six years, and I figured, let me see what comes up. I do my writing in isolation and as things began to flow I realized the personal stuff – where I always start – was amalgamating with the political and social issues and I was liking the duality. I liked the idea that the songs can be looked at from two points of view. I kept that in mind as I was writing, sort of playing that game, making sure there was that duality all 9 – 16 May 2019

through…

It’s about getting older, looking around and trying to figure out where I am versus where I thought I should be. The pillars you thought would be holding up your life are beginning to crumble, and it’s confusing. And to me

Your band has a rare quirk in which you write the songs but don’t sing them.

They’re your words, but you are not giving them voice. Does that allow you to be more vulnerable?

Sure, there’s a little bit of a shield to hide behind. But it also allows us to bring things we might not otherwise. I can go places I might be more reluctant to write about if I had to sing them, because people reflect on them more from Margo than me…

But I don’t think about that when I’m writing them. Maybe after 30 years I’m just fooling myself, but I write as if it’s just me, in this room, for me and only me. Otherwise, I’d do some self-censoring. Sometimes the songs don’t work because of how I approach it.

What about vice-versa? Do you learn more about the songs after hearing her

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Can we go back to the beginning? What was it like to forge your sound in a climate of mid-’80s rock up in Canada?

I was a big blues fan and I’d also come from a post-punk thing that was in our DNA. Add some folk and Joy Division and you have our sound. It wasn’t anything conscious, and when Margo got involved, she found her voice to work best when the music was really understated and that brought our volume down and had us play so we could sit under her singing. It was all organic… Eventually, it became the core of our sound, what just happens when the four of us get together: playing really slow, with lots of space, nothing filling up the void.

We loved the hauntedness of (Bruce Springsteen’s) Nebraska which we listened to all the time when we were getting ready to record The Trinity Sessions.

Folk-rock is much more popular again now. How has that affected you if at all?

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Celebrating a Century

Edwin Knowles and granddaughter Katherine James

Edwin Knowles is better known as “Ted”

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Edwin Knowles and daughters Deborah, Nancy, and Barbara

veryone likes a TED talk. You learn something interesting every time you tune in, so it’s little wonder that when the opportunity to hear the Ted talk presents itself, locals listen. Edwin Knowles – better known to Montecito neighbors and friends as “Ted” – is a veritable font of wisdom and charming anecdotes culled over 99 years residing in our beautiful hamlet.

Holding court daily at Pierre Lafond Market & Deli on San Ysidro Road, the soon-to-be centenarian credits his longevity to several factors, the first of which is summed up neatly in his personal motto: “Never hurry, never worry, never overeat.” Add to that his daily quarter mile walk to Lafond’s and right away, you have a formula for health and well-being. There’s more to it than that, of course. As Ted himself said: “The exercise is important, but talking to people is, too. I am constantly making new friends. I know everybody up there, really, and they all stop and say hello. Neighbors, business people, and the owners of

Pierre’s. They like to come to come up and tell me about their lives.” When asked whether the Montecito Journal is a publication he enjoys while at the coffee spot, Ted’s eyes positively twinkled as he deadpanned: “The seats at the café are metal and cold, so I take about four to five copies of the Journal to sit on to be more comfortable.”

That’s one way to take a news break!

Preferring more personal news, Ted’s proudest accomplishment is his family. “Everyone gets along well in the Knowles family. There’s no jealousy or rivalry.” The father of three girls, Deborah, Nancy, and Barbara – and grandfather several times over – Ted loved sailing to the islands with his wife Mary Virginia back “in the day.”

The intrepid sailors even brought along the family pets: Mickey the dog, and Mini Mo the cat (on a boat, not a catamaran, he clarified when I jokingly inquired further). Activities he still enjoys involve the outdoors, as well. “I feed birds. Hummingbirds, songbirds, and wild doves. I put the seed or nectar in the dishes – 2 hang-

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ing ones, and one that is suctioned to the window so that when I lie on the davenport, I can watch them come in and eat. I make the nectar myself.”

A pastime as sweet as his history, Ted remembers his life fondly. Born in 1919 in the barn located at the Knowlwood Tennis Club, with the exception of a few years spent in Oregon, he’s lived in Montecito his entire life. “I spent a good deal of my childhood on East Valley, and my grandfather raised avocados.” A man from whom he learned to grow his own crops, Ted still lives in the house his family helped construct on Pimiento Lane. The family of which he’s so rightfully proud, he wanted me to know a little bit about them, too: “My great grandfather Edwin M. Knowles came to the United States from England in the 1800s. They first lived in Ohio where they discovered a clay in the Ohio river that could be used to make pottery. The Knowles pottery company made a clear porcelain that is now referred to as Lotus Ware. The company was called Knowles China Company, and it grew to be the world’s largest pottery company. The company eventu-

“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” - Maya Angelou

ally changed hands, but the pieces are still treasured by the family.”

Curious whether Ted played tennis himself, he was happy to elaborate – and I’m sure – much too modest.

“I used to play on the tennis team in college for the University of Idaho, but we weren’t that good. I was studying forestry there until I was drafted.

So I returned to Santa Barbara, but the draft rejected me due to an eye condition, and since I had already started working for the post office on Anacapa, I decided to forego the rest of my college years and pursue my postal career. I worked for Special Delivery at the time, and delivered packages with my Model A ford. Gas was just 18 cents a gallon then, and was kept in a glass cylinder rather than a pump.” warming to the topic of his professional life, he went on to say: “I worked for Rod’s Marine after that, for about ten years, varnishing and finishing wood masts, and painting hulls at the boatyard in SB.” Moving on to more topical matters, I asked Ted to tell me about the best birthday he could remember in a long line of such celebrations, and without hesitation, he responded: “When I got a BB gun for my twelfth birthday.

Target practice has been a life-long passion of mine. My dad was a member of a gun club, just as I was when I came of age. I still have medals I won for pistol shooting.” Wondering what his plans for his pending triple digit birthday were, his granddaughter Katherine James chimed in just as immediately, to tell me a family gathering was planned at Manning Park, the same park where a younger Ted learned how to swim.

Crediting his longevity to genetics, and the daily exercise he loves so much, we wrapped up our discussion with the top item on Ted’s bucket list. “I would like to live as long as my mother-in-law did – which was 103.” And after spending an enjoyable morning listening to Ted talk – as many of you in the neighborhood have – I could only say: I hope so, too. May we at the Journal be among the first to wish you a happy 100th birthday this May 18, and to echo the age-old song – and many, many, more.

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We’ve never ridden that wave, even though maybe we invented it in some ways. Part of it is because we’re up here in Canada and don’t participate in the music business, play the game, go to the parties. Even when Trinity was the big buzz, we weren’t interested in that. We just do our thing. We never had any interest in moving to L.A. We’ve always had a bigger perspective on life.

When you play touchstones like songs from Trinity, do they still resonate for you? How have the decades shifted your perspective?

We still like those songs, but it’s different now. When you are young, it’s all about you. But now we know concerts are a communal event – you’re passing energy back and forth, which makes for a great show. At the same time, we stay true to what we want to do, which is why we now do “An Evening With….”, with the first set being our new songs and the second catalog, although we mix things up to keep ourselves interested.

Power, Passion, and Purpose

Powerhouse indie rockers Florence + the Machine, whose popularity continues to rise annually since debuting in 2009 culminating in a U.S. No. 1 with 2015’s How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, return to town for two dates at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday and Monday, May 12-13, on the heels of their fourth album, High as Hope.

The record marked a shift for lead singer-songwriter Florence Welch, who, All Music Guide said, “digs deep, meditating on the highs used to fill the holes in our souls, be it drugs, alcohol, reckless love, or spirituality.

Over the course of this concise and cohesive journey, she discovers life is about learning to live in the space between the extremes, embracing the normalcy of that middle ground between passionate highs and empty lows.”

Mary Fahl, an even bigger voiced singer-songwriter who first came to fame in the mid-1990s as lead singer of the folk-chamber pop group October Project, who became one-hit wonders via the emotionally compelling if somewhat enigmatic “Bury My Lovely.” Fahl, who has released several solo albums in the interim, returns to SOhO on May 11.

The inCourage Chorus – the non-audition, non-denominational, all-ages community choir led by “song carriers” Benjamin Gould and Britta Gudmunson who bring songs from around the world spanning culture, tradition, and language in weekly gatherings at Yoga Soup – has scheduled a pair of concerts to wrap up its current season. Smack in the middle of 9 – 16 May 2019

Spring, “The Way is Clear,” which features a collection of songs celebrating the four elements, will be performed at 7 pm Friday, May 10, at Unity of Santa Barbara, and at 2 pm Saturday, May 11, at Ojai Valley Community Church.

Sears’ Catalog: Satire About Self-Help and Spirituality

There are a lot of paths to a career in comedy, but working as a life and emotional coach has to be one of the weirdest. JP Sears wouldn’t dispute that contention. In fact, his own life – which includes a decade and a half in the self-help industry working with individual clients – serves as the jumping off point, if not actual fodder, for his performances, which have recently expanded beyond YouTube videos (where he counts views in the hundreds of millions) to stand-up gigs, including a show at the Lobero on Saturday, May 11.

“What drove me to do emotional healing and work in the first place was because I needed it myself,” Sears said over the phone recently. “I’d set up all this armor to protect myself, and once I did some of my personal work, I knew I could help others.”

Comedian and emotional healing coach JP Sears takes the stage at the Lobero on Saturday, May 11

But then he realized he was still holding back, hiding his lifelong penchant for humor in favor of serious “spiritual” work.

“I didn’t let it out for fifteen years.

The story I told myself is that it would be bad for business and discredit me as a coach or a spiritual guy. Sincere coaches and teachers are not funny.

But my humor has always been a huge part of my personality.”

At first, Sears let his funny side out in drips and drabs, making serious self-help videos while also skewering the industry with satirical segments.

But two years ago, he took the plunge into performing on stage, and hasn’t

looked back yet, although he still uses YouTube to post short videos with his hilarious satire. Self-help still informs the backbone of his set, and people – including Sears himself – still get a lot out of his words, even if they’re meant to provoke more laughter than learning.

“Improvising on stage is my favorite part,” he said. “I have material but the beauty of live comedy is that it’s created between me and the audience.

I’m the one doing all the talking, but it’s a very connective experience. I let the moment bring magic up.”

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Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture Fantasy E. Bernstein: Songs of Love and Loathing Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 Shakespeare’s immortal tragedy Romeo and Juliet has inspired many masterful scores and Tchaikovsky’s is perhaps the most emotionally resonant of them all. Elmer Bernstein’s eclectic, post-Romantic Songs of Love and Loathing before concluding the 65th Anniversary season in high style with Antonín Dvořák’s euphoric Symphony No. 8.”

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the curious traveler

by Jerry Camarillo Dunn, Jr.

“The Curious Traveler” received the 2011 gold medal for Best Travel Column from the Society of American Travel Writers, in a competition organized by the group’s western chapter. For Jerry’s latest book, see www. myfavoriteplacenatgeo.com.

Half Moon Bay: A “Country Mouse” Getaway

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o get to Half Moon Bay, we had driven up U.S. 101 through crawling traffic in San Jose, dodged the pushy Porsches and Tesla jockeys of Silicon Valley, and finally twisted and turned our way over a busy road through the Santa Cruz Mountains.

At the end, though, waited a quiet little farm town called Half Moon Bay, set on a bluff above the blue ocean.

It had an endless view across the water and a backdrop of deep forests.

Ahhhh.

As a local resident observed: “People come over the hill and exhale.”

HALF MOON BAY is edged by a string of nearly empty beaches where you can ride horses on the sand, galloping alongside the tide. But it is probably best known for Mavericks, a surfing spot where some of the world’s biggest and most frightening

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waves rise out of the ocean like the Incredible Hulk. Surfers discovered the break in 1967, naming it for one guy’s German shepherd, Maverick.

Riders plunge down walls of water as tall as a four-story building. (When the 60-foot waves crash, they actually register on seismographs.) The giant swells don’t always appear, however.

Surfing competitions take place only when they do, in the window from November through March.

I did see riders catching waves at gentler Surfers Beach as my wife, Merry, and I drove to Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. Tucked away on the edge of a residential neighborhood, the reserve’s tidepools are a live bouillabaisse of colorful crabs, sponges, sea stars, anemones, seaweed, and fish. A friendly local had advised me to get to the reserve right away, because the tide was so low it was actually in the minus numbers. Oddly, I didn’t see a

Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

lot of sea critters, but joined parents and kids happily wandering around the vast tidepools in search.

I did get an intuitive, deep sense of the ocean’s power. Surging waves were being held back in a sort of suspended animation – not by the rim of low black rocks that guards the tidepools, but by the mighty force of the moon that pulls the tides. It felt as if a powerful boxer was being held back, bouncing in his corner, by his manager.

Looking at waves as they crashed against hidden rocks and exploded in white foam, Merry had a different take: “It’s like a bad seascape painting with everything exaggerated for drama. But it’s real – and so beautiful!”

A while later, exploring the adjacent residential community of Moss Beach, we happened upon a piece of history: the Moss Beach Distillery. This cliffside restaurant was once the notorious Frank’s Place, a speakeasy popular during Prohibition with silent film stars and San Francisco politicians.

Writer Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) frequented the joint and even set one of his stories here.

Because Frank’s sat above a secluded beach, it was the perfect spot for rum runners to row ashore, under cover of fog and darkness, with illegal whiskey for transport to San Francisco. Booze also found its way into Frank’s basement – no surprise – and no problem, since the owner used his excellent social and political connections to avoid being raided.

The Moss Beach Distillery still has one customer from early days, a resi-

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dent ghost known as “The Blue Lady.”

It’s said that she moves furniture in the night, whispers in people’s ears, and performs other disembodied stunts – rating a spot on television’s Unsolved Mysteries. Unlike many other haunted places, this one serves a very nice seafood platter.

AFTER AN AFTERNOON OF EXPLORING, we headed to the RitzCarlton on a point just south of town.

The luxury resort’s shingled buildings sit on a bluff whose ruggedness is softened by a swaddling of green golf courses.

When we checked in, the friendly desk attendant told us our room number and added, “Sunset is at 6:45.”

Hmmm . . . good to know, but odd to mention? Later, sitting in Adirondack chairs on the Ocean Lawn, Merry and I realized that in Half Moon Bay, sunset is the day’s big event. As guests sipped wine, the resort’s bagpiper appeared in full Scottish regalia to herald eventide. The pipes’ lonely sound was a fitting accompaniment to the fading light.

After a night’s sleep, we went exploring Half Moon Bay’s historic Main Street, where houses and buildings from the 1800s and early 1900s have been converted into shops. At Abode, a home-décor store, we bought a handcrafted wooden box overflowing with local moss and lichen – very NorCal. Next we checked out the region’s main enterprises, flower growing and farming, which yield everything from 9 – 16 May 2019

Half Moon Bay – Main Street historic building

Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay

Navio restaurant – Foraged Greens and Agnolotti

Half Moon Bay flower gardens

bedding plants to brussels sprouts to Christmas trees. Half Moon Bay is also the self-declared “Pumpkin Capital of the World,” celebrating the great gourd with a festival in fall. (Naturally, there’s a pie-eating contest.)

On Highway 92 just east of town, along a stretch of hothouses, we stopped at “Pastorino Farms: Artisan Growers.” One place featured orchids, one potted flowers, and another carnivorous plants (!). We liked Ouroboros Farms, a huge greenhouse devoted to aquaponics, a growing method that combines aquaculture (raising fish) with hydroponics (growing plants in water).

We were welcomed by friendly Ken Armstrong, whose title on his business card is “Big Fish.” He explained that some of the large tanks hold koi and rainbow trout. Water carrying their waste products (aka “fertilizer”) is pumped to other tanks where floating plants such as lettuce and kale make use of the nourishment to grow.

This process cleans the water, which is then circulated back to the fish. It’s a closed, pure system that replicates nature’s rivers and lakes.

Visitors can take home fish and fresh greens to eat. A regular customer, we learned, is Duarte’s Tavern, a legendary roadhouse in nearby Pescadero, so we headed there. “It all started in 1894,” says proprietor Kathy Duarte, “when my great-grandfather, Frank, brought a barrel of whiskey from Santa Cruz and placed it on the very bar you see today.” Since then, four 9 – 16 May 2019

Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay – Navio restaurant cioppino

generations have run the place, doing everything from tending bar to scooping ice cream and making pies.

When we walked in through the bar, though, all the lights went out.

I guess this isn’t uncommon in rural Pescadero, and the tavern simply switched on their generator. The lamps flickered like gaslights, dancing on dark pine walls.

Merry and I ordered the famous cream of artichoke soup that makes big-city food critics rave. (Local tip: You can also ask for half-artichoke, half-green-chile soup, even though it’s not on the menu.) First, we attacked a basket of fresh-baked, hot-out-of-theoven, crusty sourdough bread, the best we’ve ever tasted. (Take that, San Francisco!) I sipped a glass of cold, fresh-squeezed apple juice from the organic orchard in back of the tavern.

Sitting there in the funky old roadhouse, I realized that we’d been doing what “country mice” do – darting about from one intriguing spot to another, enjoying the food we found, and generally taking it easy. In Half Moon Bay, city mice can learn a life lesson: Ahhhh . . . exhale.

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GETTING THERE: Half Moon Bay is located 28 miles south of San Francisco and 32 miles northwest of San Jose; take Hwy. 92 west from U.S. 101 or Hwy. 280.

VISITOR INFORMATION: www. visithalfmoonbay.org, 650-726-8380.

WHERE TO STAY THE RITZ-CARLTON HALF MOON BAY (One Miramontes Point Road, 650-712-7000 or 800241-3333, www.ritzcarlton.com/ hmb) A luxury resort inspired by the grand seaside lodges of the 19th century, it has 261 rooms and suites, many with coastal and ocean views, some with patios and firepits. Rooms have featherbeds, marble baths, 42-inch televisions; services include twice-daily maid service and a “technology butler.” There’s a 24-hour fitness room (where this country mouse never set foot), a swimming pool, and a spa with an array of body and facial treatments.

The staff is friendly and genuine, quietly taking care of you without fuss; all seem to remember your name after one meeting.

Two championship golf courses include an oceanfront Scottish-links style course, designed by Arthur Hills, whose challenges come from nature – e.g., gusty breezes. The Old Course (design by Arnold Palmer, updated by Hills) is a Parklands-style course flanked by cypress trees; its challenges are narrow fairways and lots of doglegs.

Dining options include Navio’s artfully presented sustainable seafood and steaks; dinner, breakfast, weekend brunch. The Conservatory feels like a casual beach house, serving California comfort cuisine; lunch through late night. The Ocean Terrace offers a raw bar and grilled bites; noon to sunset.

Rates: $399 to $1,699 nightly; RitzCarlton Suite $3,500.

WHERE TO EAT I asked a longtime local and hospitality professional, Joel Costa, for rec-

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ommendations: SPICE ME THAI CUISINE: “It won’t win any design awards, but has the best Thai food in the entire Bay Area.” (500 Purissima Street, 650560-0076) VIA UNO: “Stellar Neapolitan pizza, plus pasta and fish.” (2810 Cabrillo Hwy. North, 650-560-8858, www. viaunorestaurant.com) PASTA MOON: “California-modern Italian, fresh local ingredients.” (315 Main Street, 650-726-5125, www. pastamoon.com) HALF MOON BAY GRILL: “Old coffee shop, great omelets.” (547 Main Street, 650-726-5300) DAD’S LUNCHEONETTE: “A three-Michelin-star chef serves a simple menu of sandwiches, burgers, and mac ‘n’ cheese in a retired red caboose.” (225 Cabrillo Hwy. South, 650-560-9832, www.dadsluncheonette.com) Also: MOSS BEACH DISTILLERY (140 Beach Way in Moss Beach, 650-7285595, https://mossbeachdistillery. com) Fresh California coastal cuisine, ocean view from every table, heated outdoor patio.

DUARTE’S TAVERN (202 Stage Road in Pescadero, 650-879-0464, www.duartestavern.com) Local fish and farm produce; don’t miss the homemade pie.

WHAT TO DO FITZGERALD MARINE RESERVE (200 Nevada Avenue in Moss Beach, 650-728-3584) OUROBOROS FARMS (12511 San Mateo Road, 650-522-0542, www. ouroborosfarms.com) ODDYSSEA (617 Main Street, 650440-4555, https://oddyssea.com) A place for kids to make a terrarium necklace, build a catapult, fashion a knotted-rope sailor bracelet, etc.

GLASSBLOWING LESSONS (Half Moon Bay Art Glass, 12341 San Mateo Road, 650-283-5626, www. hmbartglass.com) Make a piece of glass art (pumpkins are popular) after a brief lesson, priced from $69.

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This year marks the 43rd annual Isla Vista Jugglers Festival, taking place May 10 to 12 at People’s Park

Comedy at Carrillo

Flip Schultz, who has recorded seven comedy CDs, and performed with over five improv troupes, at popular comedy clubs and major festivals as well as on TV and in movies, headlines the monthly second Friday stand-up show at the Carrillo Recreation Center on May 10. Also on the bill are Laura Hayden – who works as a physical therapist and inspirational speaker and as a touring comedian – and series founder Jason Love. Admission to the 8 pm show is $15.

Juggling Fest

For more than four decades, the Isla Vista Juggling Festival has had to – pardon the expression – keep a lot of balls in the air in order to produce the annual event that began in 1977.

Rumor has it that the IV weekend extravaganza is the longest running jugglers festival held at a single location, although shifting venues within the UCSB environment, between

several different buildings and two off-campus locations in the park, has been one of the factors at play. (The fest takes place this year at People’s Park, adjacent to Embarcadero Hall, from Friday through Sunday, May 10-12.)

Then there’s attracting and managing all the various participants – which include not only jugglers but also such related arts as unicycling, diabolo, devil sticks, clowning, magic, poi balls, and more – from all over the world to gather in Santa Barbara to juggle together, attend workshops, and compete in juggling games.

Finally, not in the least, there’s shuffling around the dates, as the festival has roamed around the calendar, mostly landing on Easter weekend, and, more recently, Mother’s Day weekend – the result of trying to coincide with quieter times on the UCSB campus to have easier access to buildings while also avoiding competing events and other related festivals.

“Between when we first started in the 1970s and now, a lot has changed,”

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explained Matthew Thornley, a veteran local juggler who has been heavily involved in the festival since the early dates. “We were the only juggling festival back then. Now there are lots of others, and flow festivals, things like Lucidity and Firedrums, that we need to avoid having a conflict with.

It’s getting harder to find weekends that are free.”

So perhaps it’s understandable that when all the dust settled, there wasn’t time to put together the public show that presents a lot of the acts on stage on Saturday night and is the biggest draw for the non-jugglers among us.

So if you’re not actually a juggler, why should you go?

Well, first of all, keeping the informal activities going straight through on Saturday night means more chance to interact up close and personal with the artists, most of whom are only too happy to have onlookers ask questions or simply show appreciation.

More time also means a few more workshops to compensate, Thornley said, including in the areas of Club Spinning, Juggling to Music, and Ball Juggling Fundamentals – all among Thornley’s own specialties.

“I only announced those that I can do personally,” he explained. “But I’m sure there will be others. And if someone comes up to the front desk and asks if anyone can teach them how to juggle, we always do that. Usually one-on-one. Jugglers are pretty friendly people.”

No show on Saturday night also means another evening of “late night fire,” Thornley said, explaining that the category includes “fire jugglers, torchers, and whatever lighted props people bring to juggle after dark. And people also have glow props – poi balls, hula hoops, staffs, and even fire-eaters. We never know who is going to show up.”

If it sounds like the festival is rather loosely organized, that’s exactly right, and partly the point, Thornley said.

“Anybody who wants to have a workshop, or organize a competition, can do so without any red tape,” he said.

“We often fly by the seat of our pants.”

(Some of the games have complex patterns that are fascinating to view, while others, including “Guts,” are close to contact sports.)

On the other hand, producing an entirely free event likely means a reduced donation to the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center, the beneficiary in memory of Patty Laney, a local activist and juggler who became a victim of violence towards women, sparking the festival 43 years ago. Still there are t-shirts for sale, a raffle with lots of prizes, and people can make donations, Thornley said. “Maybe we’ll pass the hat. But please don’t juggle it.”

For hours, details and more, visit www.sbjuggle.org.

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‘Romeo’ and Renewal

The Santa Barbara Symphony opens the concluding concert of its 65th anniversary season with Tchaikovsky’s take on Shakespeare’s immortal tragedy, Romeo & Juliet, a piece that has been praised throughout the years for its depth and emotional resonance. Continuing the theme, the symphony will also present Elmer Bernstein’s eclectic, post-Romantic “Songs of Love and Loathing,” a 20-minute song cycle comprised of seven texts from various sources, drawn from the Bible, from ancient Moroccan and Pali sources, and from poets of the 12th, 17th, and 19th centuries. The Santa Barbara Symphony premiered the work from the then-Montecito-dwelling famed film composer in 1989 under conductor Varujan Kojian; 12-year veteran Nir Kabaretti, who recently announced a three-year contract extension with the symphony, now leads the ensemble and soloist mezzo-soprano Leann Sandel-Pantaleo, who previously debuted with Opera Santa Barbara as the title role in Bizet’s Carmen.

Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 closes the concerts, set for 8 pm Saturday and 3 pm Sunday at the Granada.

New Dimension in Dance

State Street Ballet’s perennially popular Modern Masters performances at the New Vic, slated for Friday and Saturday, May 10-11, features seven new contemporary pieces from seven different choreographers, including several by State Street’s own dancers stretching into creating short works, and two from the directors of Visceral Dance Chicago and Eisenhower Dance Detroit. Both of those companies will also be represented by dancers, who get the opportunity to perform in multiple and unexpected styles that fall well outside the boundaries of classical ballet.

‘Prendidos Flamenco’ in Montecito

Visiting flamenco artists Alfonso Losa, who Dance Magazine called “One of the icons of the 21st century flamenco,” and Vanesa Colomo star in a show two months before Fiesta from famed Santa Barbara dancer/teacher Linda Vega and her professional dance company will also perform in the evening where the team of artists includes Antonio Sanchez, Ismael De la Rosa Gonzalez, Manuel Gutierrez, Andres Vadin, and Diego Alverez “El Negro.” Prendidos covers different “palos” (styles of flamenco) with its three basic pillars: song, guitar, and dance. Catch all of it in the 7:30 pm show Friday, May 10, at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall. •MJ 9 – 16 May 2019

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

THURSDAY, MAY 9 Downtown Innovation Workshop – Two weekends ago, Santa Barbara staged an Experimental Weekend to try out some new arts and entertainment oriented ideas to revitalize the downtown area, especially lower State Street. Now the city is hosting a community work session to gather input about how to recharge the area, especially lower State Street and the central business district. This is no idle past-time, as residents and community leaders discuss and prioritize innovative solutions, recommendations from the workshop will be incorporated into the Downtown Strategic Plan.

Participants will work in teams to address a number of major issues, including Retail Renewal and Business Retention, Design and Use of Public Spaces, Housing, Transportation and Mobility, Planning and Permitting and Public Safety, as well as Arts, Events, and Marketing. Participants should select one primary focus area from the list where you will contribute ideas and help craft a vision. By the end of the workshop, you will have an opportunity to share ideas and prioritize recommendations in all eight focus areas. WHEN: 5:30-8:30 pm WHERE: Carrillo Recreation Center, 100 E. Carrillo St. COST: free INFO: (805) 564-5305 or email RSVP@ SantaBarbaraCA.gov UCSB New Works Lab – The university’s theater department closes out its academic year with a series of bare bones developmental productions of half-hour scripted and devised plays

from its student core. The works are selected every November through an open application process and are created and refined during a weekly spring quarter class in which the actors, designers, playwrights, directors, stage managers, and publicists convene with faculty and staff mentors to view and critique staged iterations of each work. The “fringe festival” style allows the pieces to evolve in content and structure all the way through the final performance.

Two different bills – “Mountain” and “Ocean” – will be presented in repertory. The former includes Jason Bowe’s Radicals, in which a father and son attempt to reconcile unspoken differences brought to light by the son’s participation in a clash between alt-right and anti-fascist protesters; Jennifer Johnson’s Family, the true story, based on the playwright’s lived experience, of six siblings struggling to connect and confront their past after being under a reign of restriction and denial in The Children of God cult; and Audrey Sherev’s Rewrites, about a playwright who, fearing her school theater production will be defunded, retreats to her imagination to save the play, a dreamworld comprised of medieval battles, theater nerds – and terrible Scottish accents. In the “Ocean” bill, Harry Davis’ allegorical The Hedgehog’s Dilemma features a group of the critters that seek to move close to one another to share heat during cold weather, but must remain apart, however, as they cannot avoid hurting one another with their sharp spines. Also, Olivia Nathan’s Shelf Life, a future life piece where their crumbling relationship reflects

FRIDAY, MAY 10 Palmieri’s Piquante Jazz Piano – A decade into his career, Eddie Palmieri’s 1970 album Harlem River Drive was the first recording to merge what were then categorized as “Black” and “Latin” music into a free-form sound that encompassed elements of salsa, funk, soul, and jazz. Five years later, the pianist won the first-ever Grammy for Best Latin Recording for The Sun of Latin Music.

That was just the first of 10 of the prestigious awards he has earned to date for his playing that skillfully fuses the rhythm of his Puerto Rican heritage with the complexity of his jazz influences that include Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, and McCoy Tyner, among others. At 82, pianist Palmieri continues to experiment and record – he released two albums just last year – as well as tour, including a stop at our own Jazz at the Lobero series. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $39 & $49 INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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FRIDAY, MAY 10 ‘Peach’ of a Play – While Santa Barbara High theater is impressively tackling the freshfrom-Broadway adaptation of Roald Dahl’s creepy if eventually heartwarming Matilda through this weekend, the thespians at the much smaller Anacapa School are taking on a tamer story by the author at Center Stage Theater.

James & the Giant Peach is a delightfully offbeat story about a boy sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree who discovers a magic potion that grows a tremendous peach. Said fruit rolls into the ocean and launches a journey of enormous proportions in which James befriends a collection of singing insects that ride the giant peach across the ocean, facing hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements along the way. The adventurous musical about courage and self-discovery, with book by Timothy Allen McDonald and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, is fun, funny, and full of tunes. WHEN: 7:30 pm tonight & tomorrow WHERE: Upstairs in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center, at the intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra Streets COST: $15 general, $5 students INFO: (805) 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org

the increasing toxicity of the world.

WHEN: 8 pm tonight, Saturday and May 16-19, plus 2 pm Saturday and May 18-19 WHERE: UCSB Performing Arts Theater COST: $12$20 INFO: (805) 893-2064 or www. theaterdance.ucsb.edu

a commemorative tgif! glass, annual membership to EDC, six free raffle ticket per event and entry into a special end-of-the-season raffle for a two-night stay in a cabin at Lake Arrowhead) INFO: (805) 963-1622 or www. environmentaldefensecenter.org/tgif

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EDC TGIF! – Environmental Defense Center launches season 22 of its everpopular summer series of tgif! events, which invariably draw close to 300 people to the nonprofit’s charming courtyard in downtown Santa Barbara.

The near monthly warm weather gatherings are comprised of a couple of hours of socializing accompanied by live music sandwiching 30 minutes or so of brief speeches about some of the environmental work being done in our community from that evening’s EDC partner-sponsors. Expect to mingle with enviros and associated politicians and government officials over a couple of glasses of wine or craft beer along with tasty hors d’oeuvres, including dessert, from local purveyors. Coastal Fund, Sierra Club Los Padres Chapter, and Carpinteria Valley Association serve as sponsors for the May event tonight, which will be followed up by more in July, September, and October.

(June’s event is replaced by EDC’s Environmental Hero benefit knows as Green & Blue: A Coastal Celebration, which will honor Montecito’s Abe Powell, co-founder of the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade, at the Stow House on June 2.) WHEN: 5:307:30 pm WHERE: 906 Garden Street COST: $15 in advance ($20 at the door) includes two drink tickets and the hors d’oeuvres ($100 season pass to all four events includes VIP entry,

Seaside Studio Tour – Carpinteria Arts Center’s Artists Studio Tour hasn’t been going on as long as the one run by Santa Barbara Studio Artists every Labor Day weekend. But this Mother’s Day weekend event is getting much larger with every passing year, now in its 12th year exceeding two dozen locales largely clustered around Linden Avenue in Carpinteria, with a handful along the freeway corridor in Summerland. Among the 2019 participants – including both professional artists and emerging talent – are Sharon Schock, who paints bold and beautiful local landscapes; Elissa Byrne, a blind sculptor whose creations are made to be touched for a tactile experience; Christine Monteath, who fabricates and designs art glass pieces that include leaded, foiled, fused and mosaic styles; and Barbara Masino, who fashions unique hand carved and painted pottery. You can check out some of the fine art work even before the studios open today and get a glimpse behind the scenes where the creative process unfolds at an exhibit at the Arts Center gallery that runs May 9-20, and meet participating artists at the opening reception from 5-7 pm on Friday, May 10, which is also where you can pick up a tour guide and map (also downloadable online). As always,

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SATURDAY, MAY 11 Gabbing with Gaiman – UCSB Arts & Lectures’ speaker tonight will tell stories, read from his books, answer questions, and, in his own words, “amaze, befuddle, and generally delight.” That’s an interesting combination, and might sound boastful from almost anyone else, but that’s pretty much what Neil Gaiman’s genre-bending books (and movie adaptations) do – and also how the rather humble writer actually feels about his own success. Among the celebrated author’s books, graphic novels, short stories, nonfiction for readers of all ages, screenplays, song lyrics and poetry are The Sandman comic book series, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and his latest, Norse Mythology.

Meanwhile, Amazon Prime will start streaming the television series Good Omens, Gaiman’s collaboration with Terry Pratchett, at the end of the month. In addition to zillions of awards and topping best-seller lists, Gaiman counts both Stephen King (who called Gaiman “a treasure house of story”) and A Game of Thrones’ George R. R. Martin (“Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive”) among your fans. The guy is so good that even a couple of his speeches have gone viral, including “Make Good Art,” a 2012 commencement address that received 1.5 million views between Vimeo and YouTube and proved so popular it was released as a book illustrated and designed by Chip Kidd. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $30-$45 INFO: (805) 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

admission is free, while a portion of every artwork sale goes to support the programs of Carpinteria Arts Center.

WHEN: 10 am to 5 pm today & tomorrow WHERE: Carpinteria Arts Center, 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria COST: free INFO: (805) 684-7789 or www.carpinteriaartscenter.org Goh On – Goh Kurosawa, the Los Angeles guitarist who spent his first 16 years in the Gunma prefecture of Japan’s Honshu Island, has been actively touring locally and internationally since 2005. The guitarist, who goes by his first name only, performs music that is personal and beyond any simple classification, and includes the tapping technique, melodic improvisation, alternate tunings, and odd meters as well as lots of influences from pop and

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rock to flamenco, classical, Latin, and Japanese music. He has won some effusive praise, including the L.A. Times, which said Goh “plays technically difficult and aurally demanding guitar music that he somehow performs with the air of a camp counselor strumming simple folk tunes.” At today’s Wooden Hall presentation, not only can you see and listen to his musical musings, you can also get some hands-on coaching as the “bicultural musical samurai” will be conducting a guitar workshop for all levels of players during the afternoon. WHEN: Concert 7:30 pm, workshop 3:30 pm WHERE: Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara St. COST: Concert: $22 in advance, $25 at the door; Workshop: $20 INFO: www.sbama. org •MJ

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SUNDAY, MAY 12 Sing It Out! – This annual concert at the Lobero Theatre is the culminating celebration of one of AHA!’s spring after-school groups in which a dozen teens are shepherded through a 12-week program where they are coached by music and theater professionals and AHA! facilitators to learn, master, and perform a rock and roll cover song. It’s the most public program of the now 20-year-old nonprofit founded after the Columbine shootings to combat violence by equipping teenagers and educators with social and emotional intelligence to dismantle apathy, prevent despair and interrupt hate-based behavior.

Sing It Out is a process of transformation for the youths, most of whom do not have singing or theatrical experience, to overcome fears and individual challenges and learn to support their peers and accept it from others. For the anniversary event, AHA! has enlisted Montecito resident Martin Gore of Depeche Mode to open the performance for the teens who were partly mentored by Michael Andrews (of Area 51 and Boxtails) who will also front the Sing It Out Allstar Band featuring music educator Sio Tepper and vocal coach/AHA! facilitator Mariangelica Duque.

Long time Sing It Out musical supporters Tina Schlieske and Laura Schlieske will also receive the AHA! Angel award for their many years of service. To top it off, the mother of a nurturing show takes place this year on Mother’s Day. WHEN: 7:30 pm (VIP reception at 5:30 pm) WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $30 general, $12 youth under 21 ($200 VIP tickets include preferred seating and a VIP lounge with heavy appetizers, wine, a signature cocktail and an assortment of “nurturing stations”) INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PENDING ACTION BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVLEOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for:

WAIVE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT THAT MAY BE APPEALED TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AND APPROVE, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, OR DENY THE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT

BID NO. 5748

This may affect your property. Please read.

DUE DATE & TIME: May 29, 2019 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Fire Stations 4 and 5 Painting Scope of Work to include exterior and interior painting of Fire Station 4 and exterior painting of Fire Station 5.

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 1:00pm at Fire Station 4, located at 19 N. Ontare Road, Santa Barbara, CA and subsequently at 2:00pm at Fire Station 5, located at 2505 Modoc Road, Santa Barbara, CA to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Bids will not be accepted or considered from parties that did not attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting for the Fire Station they are bidding on.

The development requested by this application is subject to appeal to the California Coastal Commission following final action by Santa Barbara County and therefore a public hearing on the application is normally required prior to any action to approve, conditionally approve or deny the application. However, in compliance with California Coastal Act Section 30624.9, the Director has determined that this project qualifies as minor development and therefore intends to waive the public hearing requirement unless a written request for such hearing is submitted by an interested party to the Planning and Development Department within the 15 working days following the Date of Notice listed below. All requests for a hearing must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, to Alejandro Jimenez at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2058, by email at ajimenez@co.santa-barbara.ca.us, or by fax at (805) 568-2030. If a public hearing is requested, notice of such a hearing will be provided.

WARNING: Failure by a person to request a public hearing may result in the loss of the person’s ability to appeal any action taken by Santa Barbara County on this Coastal Development Permit to the Montecito Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors and ultimately the California Coastal Commission.

The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at

http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.

The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C-33 Painting and Decorating contractor’s License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

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

If a request for public hearing is not received by 5:00 p.m. on the Request for Hearing Expiration Date listed below, then the Planning and Development Department will act to approve, approve with conditions, or deny the request for a Coastal Development Permit. At this time it is not known when this action may occur; however, this may be the only notice you receive for this project. To receive additional information regarding this project, including the date the Coastal Development Permit is approved, and/or to view the application and plans, or to provide comments on the project, please contact Alejandro Jimenez at Planning and Development, 123 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara 93101-2058, or by email at ajimenez@co.santa-barbara.ca.us, or by phone at (805) 568-3559.

PROPOSAL: QUERENCIA TRUST POOL PROJECT ADDRESS: 1577 RAMONA LN, SANTA BARBARA, CA 931082633 1st SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE COASTAL ZONE DATE OF NOTICE: 5/8/2019 REQUEST FOR HEARING EXPIRATION DATE: 5/30/2019 PERMIT NUMBER: 18CDH-00000-00032

APPLICATION FILED: 12/12/2018

007-312-003 ZONING: 20-R-1 PROJECT AREA: 0.80 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Applicant: Brian Banks Proposed Project: Construction of a new 47'- 4'' by 25' swimming pool. Grading would include 267 cubic yards of cut and 267 cubic yards of export. No vegetation or tree removal is being proposed as part of this project.

APPEALS: The decision of the Director of the Planning and Development Department to approve, conditionally approve, or deny this Coastal Development Permit 18CDH-00000-00032 may be appealed to the Montecito Planning Commission by the applicant or an aggrieved person. The written appeal must be filed within the 10 calendar days following the date that the Director takes action on this Coastal Development Permit. To qualify as an "aggrieved person" the appellant must have, in person or through a representative, informed the Planning and Development Department by appropriate means prior to the decision on the Coastal Development Permit of the nature of their concerns, or, for good cause, was unable to do so.

Written appeals must be filed with the Planning and Development Department at either 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, 93101, or 624 West Foster Road, Suite C, Santa Maria, 93455, by 5:00 p.m. within the timeframe identified above. In the event that the last day for filing an appeal falls on a non-business day of the County, the appeal may be timely filed on the next business day.

This Coastal Development Permit may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission after an appellant has exhausted all local appeals, therefore a fee is not required to file an appeal.

For additional information regarding the appeal process, contact Alejandro Jimenez. The application required to file an appeal may be viewed at or downloaded from: http://www.sbcountyplanning.org/forms/PermitAppHndt/AppsForms.cfm ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Information about this project review process may also be viewed at: http://www.sbcountyplanning.org/permitting/ Board of Architectural Review agendas may be viewed online at: http://www.sbcountyplanning.org/boards/rbar/ Published: May 8, 2019 Published May 8, 2019 Montecito Journal

Published May 8, 2019 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Villa Serena Apartments, 323 W. Lolita Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93458. 323 Lolita Lane LLC, 20720 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 300 Woodland Hills, CA 91364. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 16,

Notice is hereby given that an application for the project described below has been submitted to the Santa Barbara County Planning and Development Department. This project requires the approval and issuance of a Coastal Development Permit by the Planning and Development Department.

Montecito Journal

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 Kathy Gonzales.

FBN No. 2019-0000903.

Published May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2019.

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NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lofts at West Cook, 511 West Cook Street, Santa Maria, CA 93458. 511 West Cook Street LLC, 20720 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 300 Woodland Hills, CA 91364. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 16, 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 Kathy Gonzales.

FBN No. 2019-0000904.

Published May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The

following person(s) is/are doing business as: Palm Villas, 616 West Cook Street, Attn: Leasing Office, Santa Maria, CA 93458.

616 West Cook Street LLC, 20720 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 300 Woodland Hills, CA 91364.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 16, 2019. This statement expires five years from

“Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother’s secret hope outlives them all.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes

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 Kathy Gonzales.

FBN No. 2019-0000904.

Published May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The

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Notice Inviting Bids CITY WAYFINDING SIGNAGE PROGRAM PHASE 2 Bid No. 3958 1.

Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its City Wayfinding Signage Program Phase 2 (“Project”), by or before May 22, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. through PlanetBids. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is uploaded to PlanetBids on time. The digital time stamp on PlanetBids will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Paper copies of bids at the Purchasing Office will not be accepted.

2.

Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at various locations within the CITY WAYFINDING SIGNAGE PROGRAM PHASE 2 in Santa Barbara, CA. It includes 132 new pedestrian and vehicular signs (see Part D – Page 129 and Project Location Plans included in the bid documents) and is described as follows: The work includes all labor, material, supervision, and equipment necessary to install City Wayfinding Signage at various sites throughout the City. The scope of work generally includes mobilization, bonds, insurance, permits, traffic control, sign fabrication, removal and installation as shown on the plans, public notices, incidentals, and completing the work as specified in these Special Provisions, City Standards, and Project Plans & Specifications.

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is 150 working days from the effective date of Notice to Proceed.

2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $320,000.

3.

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. Each bidder must have a Class C – 45 Fabricator License to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder and its Subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4.

Contract Documents. The plans, specifications, bid forms and contract documents for the Project, and any addenda thereto (“Contract Documents”) may be downloaded from City’s website at: www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=29959. A printed copy of the Contract Documents may be obtained from CyberCopy Shop, located at 504 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, at (805) 884-6155.

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of five percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

6.

6.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes.

6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half.

6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4.

7.

Performance and Payment Bonds. The successful bidder will be required to provide performance and payment bond for 100% of the Contract Price regardless of contract dollar amount.

8.

Substitution of Securities. Substitution of appropriate securities in lieu of retention amounts from progress payments is permitted under Public Contract Code section 22300.

9.

Subcontractor List. Each bidder must submit, with its Bid Proposal, the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price, using the Subcontractor List form included with the Contract Documents.

10.

Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this Project, available at the City of Santa Barbara, General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. The Federal minimum wage rates for this Project as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in the specifications and in copies of these specifications that may be examined at the offices described above where project plans, special provisions, and bid forms may be seen. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of these specifications. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates.

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Instructions to Bidders. All bidders should carefully review the Instructions to Bidders before submitting a Bid Proposal.

By: ___________________________________ General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) May 8, 2016

Date: ________________

2) May 15, 2019 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Architectural Design; Santa Barbara Dirtt Installers, 25 E De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Santa Barbara Builders INC, 25 E De La Guerra Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara

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County on April 29, 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. 2019-0001015.

Published May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 805 Insulation; Top Foam, 3463 State St. #238, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Mitch Cokeley, 1301 N First Place, Lompoc, CA 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on

April 10, 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 Kathy Gonzales. FBN No. 2019-0000850.

Published April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Island Geographic, 2018 Gillespie Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Kristiana Lisa Winger, 2018 Gillespie Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 5, 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. FBN No. 2019-0000814.

Published April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Becker Studios Construction, 412 East Haley Street, Studio #3, CA 93101. Becker, INC., 412 East Haley Street, Studio #3, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 12, 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. 2019-0000887. Published April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Coast Village Non Profit Center; Wine Country Dance, 841 Cheltenham Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Matthew B AKA Clint Orr, 841 Cheltenham Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. 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 Sandra E. Rodriguez.

FBN No. 2019-0000672. Published April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: IL Forno Bakery, 417 Pitzer Court, Santa Barbara, CA 93117. Joseph D. Bruzzese, 417 Pitzer Court, Santa Barbara, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 8, 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. FBN No. 2019-0000825.

Published April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Wuttke Foundation; Wuttke Global; Wuttke Global, INC, 212 Cottage Grove Ave, Ste A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Wuttke Global, INC, 212 Cottage Grove Ave, Ste A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. 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 Brenda Aguilera.

FBN No. 2019-0000668. Published April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Wuttke Foundation; Wuttke Institute, INC; The Wuttke Institute of Neurotherapy; Wuttke Institute, 212 Cottage Grove Ave, Ste A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Wuttke Institute, INC, 212 Cottage Grove Ave, Ste A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. 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 Brenda Aguilera.

FBN No. 2019-0000667. Published April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Coastal Gardens, 1187 Coast Village Rd 709, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Heal Us Naturally, 1187 Coast Village Rd 709, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 12, 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 Connie Tran. FBN No. 2019-0000884.

Published April 17, 24, May 1, 8, 2019.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 19CV01382. To all interested parties: Petitioner Jillian Cassidy Finstuen filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Jillian Julia Athey. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 8, 2019 by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: June 5, 2019 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 19CV01629. To all interested parties: Petitioner Wayne Douglas Golden filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Wayne Douglass Goldwyn.

The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 8, 2019

by Terri Chavez. Hearing date: June 12, 2019 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/15

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Liz Christen, Maria Sorosky, and Dawn Rademacher at the lunch to honor Lions Sight and Hearing Center (photo by Priscilla)

Lions Club’s John Pace presenting the Volunteer of the Year award to John Fowler (photo by Priscilla)

Ursula Nesbitt, Arlene Montesano, and Lisa Douglas with Pat Nesbitt, emcee Alan Rose, and Bryce Corcoran (photo by Priscilla)

Speaker Julian Davis with Robert Poulin, Steven ldo, and Robert Kolarczyk at Mulligan’s Cafe (photo by Priscilla)

Royalty in their private cabana are Pieter and Peter Crawford Van Meeuwen with Wendy Haworth, Nicole LaMotte, Dave Yocum, and Jill Rode (photo by Priscilla)

and Lynda Weinman, Harry and Judi Weisbart, Bryce Corcoran, Scott Harcourt, David Lacy and Bryan and Lisa Babcock.

An absolute blast...

Centennial Celebration Film legend Kirk Douglas’ family turned out en masse when his wife of 65 years, Anne, celebrated her 100th birthday at his Beverly Hills estate.

Anne, who met the 102-year-old Montecito actor while he was filming the Vincent van Gogh movie Lust for Life, wore a floral Dolce & Gabbana dress, a gift from her husband, for the occasion, thrown by her stepson Oscar-winner Michael Douglas and his Welsh actress wife Catherine ZetaJones.

The Douglas clan turned in full force for the fun fête, including sons Peter and Joel, and grandchildren Cameron, Kelsey, and Jason.

Other luminaries included film moguls Jeffrey Katzenberg and Ron Meyer, Leo and Grega Daly from Washington, Rowan & Martin’s LaughIn producer George Schlatter and wife

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Jolene, local interior designer Corinna Gordon, and Kirk’s Montecito neighbors, Aris and Ilene Demetrios.

Kirk, who will mark his 103rd birthday in December, serenaded Anne with a rendition of Cole Porter’s 1936 classic “I Got You Under My Skin,” which became a signature song for the late crooner Frank Sinatra.

For Sale Aussie songbird Olivia NewtonJohn, 70, is selling her 12-acre Santa Ynez Valley home of the last four years, for $7.7 million.

The sale comes just months after listing her 135-acre equestrian estate in Byron Bay, New South Wales, for $3.9 million.

The four-bedroom, five-bathroom 4,450 sq ft Valley property also has a separate two-bedroom guest house, and a four-car garage.

Olivia is currently battling her third breast cancer bout in 30 years.

Honoring a Visionary John Fowler really made a spectacle of himself when he was presented Kirk Douglas’ wife, Anne, marks her century with family

with the Jim Stanley Memorial Award as Volunteer of the Year at a 14th recognition lunch for the Lions Sight and Hearing Center at Mulligan’s Cafe at the Santa Barbara municipal golf club.

John, who was presented with the coveted trophy by former president John Pace, has been running the 55-year-old nonprofit’s glasses recycling program, with 11,800 spectacles donated last year, many of them from the charity Direct Relief.

The popular program also offers free glaucoma and hearing screenings, as well as a cell phone recycling and eye donor programs.

Guest speaker was Ridley-Tree Cancer Center oncologist and hematologist Julian Davis who spoke about ocular melanoma.

Among the supporters were Robert Avery, Geoff Banks, Rabindra Braganza, Joseph DiBartolomeo, Rick Feldman, Gregory Chase, Douglas Jacobson, George Primbs, and Michelle Meinzer.

Haute Chocolate The Rape Crisis Center, now renamed Standing Together to End Sexual Assault (STESA), threw its 11th annual Chocolate de Vine event at the Greek Orthodox Church, attracting more than 250 oenophiles and chocaholics, raising around $50,000 for the worthy charity that has an annual budget of almost $1 million.

MISCELLANY Page 504 “Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” - Barbara Kingsolver

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Greeting the attending STESA supporters are James Kyriaco, Elsa Granados, Fred Shaw, and Evgeniya Kataria (photo by Priscilla)

Nadine Eales, Linda Cole, Nona Pervam, Ella Moores, and Amber Rouleau perusing the handmade items for sale benefiting African Women Rising (photo by Priscilla)

Patricia Guillen, Rebekah Kjos, Ingrid Kraukle, Nina Katazia, Ahenya Katazia, Evgeniya Kataria, and Alessandra Goycodher at the Chocolate de Vine event (photo by Priscilla)

Scott Wilson giving a sample of goatmilk lotion to Liz Tudor with Chivas Skin Care co-founder Donna Johanson (photo by Priscilla)

ed by McConnell’s. Renee Dektor and friends entertained while guests participated in a drum circle led by Cameron Tummel.

Holding the KEY It was a night on the tiles for more than 500 underserved school students over a two-day period when Montecito resident John Daly’s nineyear-old organization, the KEY Class, which teaches youngsters social and

Goat Fest Goats were in abundance when the 12-year-old African Women Rising, a northern Uganda charity, held its third annual Goat Fest with more

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than 200 guests at a rustic Cold Spring Road estate, raising enough to purchase 300 of the animals.

“It’s not so much a fund raiser as a friend raiser, to draw attention to the organization,” says Linda Cole, founder, who visits the country three or four times a year.

“It’s about giving these women who live in very impoverished communities a livelihood. We work with nearly five thousand women.”

Young Nubian and Nigerian goats were on display, much to the delight of the youngsters present, who noshed on food from Nimita’s Cuisine and Oat Bakery and ice cream donat“Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.” - Harriet Beecher Stowe

MISCELLANY Page 524 MOXI helpers Juliana Logan, Adriana Bibo, Destiny Schwab, Nikolas Victoria, and Sophia Rowen (photo

by Priscilla)

STESA board president Frank Quezada with Jordie Ricigliano, Lele Miranda, Cat Puttmann, Rachel Zmina, Eric Friedman, and guitarist Carlos Guillen (photo by Priscilla)

Fifteen chocolatiers, wineries, and breweries participated.

“The event has just grown and grown,” says executive director, Elsa Granados.

Mayor Cathy Murillo, a longtime supporter, emceed, and district attorney Joyce Dudley joined the sweettoothed throng.

One of our tony town’s sweeter events.

business etiquette, threw a graduating dinner on the roof of the MOXI museum.

The four-course dinner, prepared

by Seasons Catering, was underwritten by Paul Orfalea’s Audacious Foundation, and he spoke at one of the food fests, as well as state assemblywoman Monique Limon.

“They all underwent eight hours of

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 50)

Women’s Fund grantees at the Hilton (photo by Priscilla)

School principals and officials Casie Kilgor, Michelle Limb, Kelly Fresch, state assemblywoman Monique Limon, Monica Dettmer, and David Bautista (photo by Priscilla)

Founder/President of the KEY Class John Daly at MOXI (photo by Priscilla)

training and it prepares them for careers and life,” says John, a former special events guru.

Generous Grants An avalanche of amazons descended on the Hilton for the 15th annual presentation of grants by the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara.

Checks totaling $585,000 – $50,000 more than last year – went to nine local

non-profit agencies, voted on by the membership of nearly 1,000 women and presented by Sandy Schoolfield and Maureen Ellenberger, research committee co-chairs. Event chairs were Linda Stafford Burrows and Mary Wiemann.

In celebrating its anniversary, steering chair Shelley Hurst also announced the fund will begin operations as an independent nonprofit on January 1, 2020.

Since it began in 2004, the Women’s Fund has been a Field of Interest Fund of the Santa Barbara Foundation.

In the last 15 years the fund has awarded grants totaling more than $7.2 million to 102 local nonprofit programs impacting nearly 100,000 women, children and families in Santa Barbara, Carpinteria and Goleta.

Recipients included CALM, the Alpha Resource Center, Catholic Charities of Santa Barbara, the Family Service Agency, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics, and PATH. Among the tony throng were Polly Bloomingdale, Mary Garton, Norris Goss, Carrie Lundquist, Christine Riesenfeld, Perri Harcourt, Maryan Schall, Lauren Trujillo, and Judy Weisman.

Members of the Women’s Fund research committee Cathleen Grabowski, Ann Lippincott, Revae Moran, Christine Lyon, Sabina White, Maureen Ellenberger, Janis Salin, and Laura Lashever (photo by Priscilla)

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Maryan Schall with Chuck Slosser, Barbara Andersen, and Perri Harcourt (photo by Priscilla)

Women’s Fund leaders Sarah de Tagyos, Sandy Schoolfield, and Shelley Hurst (photo by Priscilla)

Found Feline A Montecito family is overjoyed to find their beloved cat 18 months after the catastrophic mudslides devastated their home.

Noelle Strogoff was astounded when a man renovating her home after the disaster said he’d been feeding a cat that looked like her pet.

“Twenty minutes later I’m following him to his home and there’s Diamond totally fine,” she told KEYT-TV. This led to a touching reunion between the three Strogoff children,

Executive Chef Marco Fossati and Richard Mineards at the Coral Casino (photo by Bonnie Carroll)

“A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” - Princess Diana

Alexander, 10, and twins Benjamin and Violet, 7, and their long-haired feline, who turns three in July.

The purr-fect conclusion...

Popping Champagne The Coral Casino was the place to be when French champagne maker Dom Perignon hosted a heavenly bubbly bash to launch its association with Beanie Baby billionaire owner Ty Warner’s eponymous bar across the way at the Biltmore.

Every Friday through August Ty’s will feature the sparkling libation, created by Moët & Chandon in the 1920s and named after a 17th century monk, along with oysters, lobster and shrimp.

To mark the launch magnums of vintage Dom Perignon 2006, which retails for around $550 a bottle, flowed like water, along with delicious seafood, including Maine lobster and oysters from British Columbia, Monterey, and Baja, prepared by executive chef Marco Fossati and sous-chef Manu Calderon, along 9 – 16 May 2019

not such a good thing.

“So I have only 85 jobs now!”

Jeff Baldwin, Julia Fitzroy, and Michal Weisbrock toasting at the Dom Perignon event (photo by Bonnie Carroll)

with quail eggs and caviar.

Dom Perignon’s 1961 vintage was also served at the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles to Princess Diana at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, in 1981 in honor of the new Princess of Wales’ birthday year.

Splitsville for Dick and Noelle Montecito TV mega producer Dick Wolf, 72, has reportedly agreed to pay his third wife, Noelle, $100,000 a month to settle his split from her.

The Law & Order creator ultimately agreed to give away a small fraction of his multi-million-dollar fortune to his wife of 12 years, according to the London Daily Mail.

One source says the tony twosome had a prenuptial agreement in place that would have limited how much Wolf could be required to pay.

The Chicago Fire producer reportedly earns $15 million a month, making his support payments to Noelle less than one percent of his monthly earnings.

Wolf filed for legal separation in early December, according to TMZ. It is not known when or if they’ll file for divorce.

He was also married to Christine Marburg from 1983 to 2005. Before that he was wed to Susan Scranton from 1970 until 1983.

Wolf and Noelle have two children, Rex and Zoe. Gone from 60 Minutes TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey’s tenure as a correspondent for the long running CBS TV magazine show 60 Minutes is over, less than two years after making her debut.

“It was an interesting experience for me,” says Montecito’s most famous resident. “I enjoyed working with the teams, and I’m probably going to work with some of the freelance people on my Apple stuff. But it was not the best format for me.”

Oprah, 65, tells the Hollywood Reporter her emotional delivery became a real issue for producers. “I think I did several takes on just my name because it was ‘too emotional.’

“They would say, ‘Alright, you need to flatten out your voice, there’s too much emotion.’ So I was working on putting myself down and flattening out my personality, which for me is 9 – 16 May 2019

Approval from the Queen Queen Elizabeth has given Prince William’s wife, Kate, her highest seal of approval making the Duchess of Cambridge a Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order to mark her eighth wedding anniversary.

The honor for Her Majesty’s 37-yearold granddaughter-in-law is in the Queen’s personal gift to those who have served her or the monarchy in a personal way.

The Dame Grand Cross is the highest rank in the order, founded by Queen Victoria in 1896 as a way of rewarding individual service to her.

Rest in Peace On a personal note, I mark the passing of society grande dame Jayne Wrightsman, who has died in New York aged 99.

Wrightsman, who I would see on occasions at top society soirées when I moved to the Big Apple from London in 1978, assisted First Lady Jackie Kennedy in her efforts to redecorate the White House.

Of humble origins, she married into her husband Charles’ Standard Oil fortune and amassed an enormous collection of art – Goya, Vermeer, Renoir, and Monet among them.

With no formal education she became a renowned connoisseur and one of the Metropolitan Museum’s most influential benefactors, donating her entire priceless collection to the Fifth Avenue institution.

A brilliant autodidact who became a legendary cultural philanthropist, her parties at her 18-room apartment a tiara’s toss or two away were also memorable with piles of Petrossian caviar and endless bottles of Krug champagne until the wee hours of the morning.

Wrightsman, who also extended her patronage to the British Museum, the Louvre and the Hermitage, was the last of a certain breed.

The end of an era.

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