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THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 11 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 34 • OPEN HOUSES, P. 37
TAKING A DIVE
Life Could Be Verse
Kirk Douglas explains why he and his wife, Anne, feel so at ease with a Fiddler on the Roof of their Montecito home, p. 5
Rosewood Miramar
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Paralyzed from the chest down, Lad Handelman negotiates a 3,000-foot deep excursion to the bottom of the Bahamas (story begins on page 6)
Freedom To Choose
Kristianne Clifford (left), seen here with Jo Ann Mermis, spent 18 years behind bars; she is now an advocate for inmates, p. 26
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Guest Editorial Actor Kirk Douglas puts pen to paper in praise of Montecito, his “Garden of Eden” with wife Anne, while describing their life together and Santa Barbara’s cinematic history 6 Montecito Miscellany Sea diver Lad Handelman back in water; Conan O’Brien’s studio; Oprah’s power rankings; Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus reunite; British Polo Day in Pacific Palisades; SB Scholarship Foundation awards $8.7 million to students; AHA Beach Ball at the Bacara; SB Choral Society hosts “In Taberna”; curtain falls on UCSB Dance Company; Special Olympics Inspire Greatness luncheon; The Coffee Cantata and Bach by Candlelight; co-authors Karen Roberts and Dana Simpson; and Museum of Natural History shark exhibit 8 Letters to the Editor Beverley Jackson sad about Lewis Ross’s retirement; Robert Funk takin’ it to the streets; Thomas Cole makes his points about the homeless, water storage, and desalination; Larry Larsson sounds off about oil and water; Dana Newquist on Village 4th; Edo McGowan on firebreaks and bulldozing; and Larry Bond raises awareness about the Patriot Act and security 9 On the Water Front Tom Mosby, Montecito Water District GM, gets to the bottom of the drought, sifting through supply and demand, exploring desalination options, costs, and recycled wastewater 11 This Week Poetry Club; Valley Grind in SY art reception; Walk & Roll; French conversation; pilates class; author Emily Gallo at Curious Cup; SB Music Club concerts; musical benefit at SOhO; tea dance; Mindfulness Meditation; MA meeting; Dr. David Richo at La Casa de Maria; juggling at Montecito Library; The New Yorker discussion; school’s out for summer; SB Voice Academy Showcase; Lee Wardlaw book signing; Class of 1960 reunion; Neighborhood Clean-up Fire Prevention; brain fitness; art classes; Adventuresome Aging; Story Time; Italian conversation; and farmers market
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12 Village Beat Rick Caruso announces resort operator; HR Home opens on Coast Village; Montecito Fire District conducts emergency testing; and Cold Spring School celebrates anniversary 14 Seen Around Town Lynda Millner covers Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care’s luncheon for mothers; food for thoughts with Youth and Family Services; and Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation awards banquet 18 Tide Guide Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach 19 On Entertainment Steven Libowitz gets in touch with Steve Schick about the Ojai Festival slated for June 10-14; Anthony Breznican and bullying; Meg Gardiner and the SBWC on June 10; and guitarist Robben Ford at Plaza Theater in Carp 22 Coup de Grace Although she typically prefers to wear sweatpants, Grace Rachow makes a fashion statement by going “chic” for a charity affair at Montecito Country Club 24 Coming & Going James Buckley picks up where he left off, spotlighting an additional trio of speakers – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Kristianne Clifford, and Mel Brooks – who use insight and charisma to elucidate Santa Barbara audiences 32 Legal Advertisements 34 Calendar of Events UCSB music season ends; 1st Thursday and artists; After Hours at the Granada; Pat Donohue in Goleta; Momentum Dance Company; June Gloom Fest in Carpinteria; Peter Frampton and the Lobero; Los Olivos Jazz and Olive Festival; and Zoo Brew 37 Movie Guide 37 Open House Directory 38 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales 39 Local Business Directory Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need what those businesses offer
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Kirk’s Garden of Eden
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by Kirk Douglas
y wife, Anne, and I spend most of our weekends at our home in Montecito, our little piece of paradise on the Pacific. We usually leave Beverly Hills with our black Labrador, Banshee, after lunch on Thursday and stay until Monday. We return to L.A. with mementos from our perfect retreat: roses from the garden, goodies from the farmers market, and anecdotes about our visits with the grandkids. My son Michael went to prep schools in the East, but he chose UCSB for college. That’s when he first stepped on a stage, and I would come to see him. I didn’t want him to be an actor. Like most Jewish parents, I hoped he would become a lawyer or doctor. But, he was very Kirk and Anne Douglas at the naming of Kirk Douglas Drive good, and I was proud to see him succeed in our tough profession. Michael loved Santa Barbara and as soon as he had enough money, he bought a house there for his family. My son Peter, a producer, also chose to bring up his family in Montecito. For many years, Anne and I had spent our leisure time at our house in Palm Springs. Then, one day, Anne announced we were moving to Montecito. The weather would be better year-round; it was closer to L.A. than Palm Springs, and most importantly, we would be able to spend time with the grandchildren and watch them grow. I don’t like change, but as usual, Anne was right. She found us the perfect house with beautiful grounds where our sculpture collection is right at home. You can find us easily, especially at night. We’re the only residence with a fiddler on the roof. I commissioned it from the sculptor Arish Demetrios, in honor of my friend Chaim Topol, the original star of Fiddler on the Roof, and Marc Chagall, who became a friend in the south of France. I grew up in small-town Amsterdam, New York, and I love Santa Barbara’s small-town atmosphere and neighborhoods. There are no tour buses prowling the residential areas, blaring out who lives here or there. It’s no wonder that celebrities feel so comfortable. Anne and I have watched the Santa Barbara [International] Film Festival thrive, and I have proudly presented the Kirk Douglas Lifetime Achievement Award to major stars, even once to my famous son! Most people forget that for a decade – from 1919 to 1929 – Santa Barbara was considered the film capital of the United States, with the Flying A Studios at the corner of Statwe and Mission turning out more than 1,200 movies, mostly westerns. Charlie Chaplin built his Montecito Inn for his movie pals to enjoy, and we film folks have been comfortable here ever since. Montecito brings out the romantic in me. I love quiet dinners with my wife of 60 years at the San Ysidro Ranch, where the newly wed John F. Kennedys started their honeymoon. I have written Anne love poems including “Romance Begins at 80” (which I include in my new book, Life Could Be Verse), and I pick roses for her when I stroll the garden with the dog in the morning. Every evening, we watch the sunset and celebrate our golden hour together and share our thoughts. When I was producing and starring in some 90 films, I was always traveling. I never had the time for reflection and gratitude. I am glad I have been granted the longevity to experience the joy of solitude, the ability to share and care about those in need, and the great gift of love. I think my Montecito home is the closest I will get to the Garden of Eden. No temptations here, not even •MJ an apple tree. 4 – 11 June 2015
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Lad and Sergio – final preparations (photo: Leslie Leaney and Jim Handelman)
by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, and a commentator on the KTLA Morning News. He moved to Montecito eight years ago.
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gone! Despite a devastating 1985 skiing accident that broke his neck and left him without the use of his body from the chest down, Lad’s indomitable spirit is as strong as ever, as a trip to the Bahamas last month, his first dive in 30 years, proved all too well. Lad, 79, who became a successful commercial diver and founded two companies – Cal Dive International and Oceaneering International – listed on the New York Stock Exchange, is often seen around our Eden by the Beach with his wheelchair and specially outfitted elevator van, which enables him to live life as normally as possible. “The word disability is not in
Lad Handelman, abalone man on a mission (photo: Leslie Leaney and Jim Handelman)
Lad’s vocabulary,” says wife Linda. “Nothing fazes him. He looks at a challenge as something to be overcome.” Lad, who lives in an aerie on TV Hill, a tiara’s toss from the KEYT studios, just returned from Nassau where he joined his good friend Patrick Lahey, of Triton Submarines, for a four-hour deep dive nearly 3,000 feet in a submersible, I can exclusively reveal. Facing almost insurmountable hurdles to even get to the Bahamas, not to mention getting from the dock into a tender boat and then into the submersible with a 22-inch opening, Lad was primed and ready to go. “Hitting the water, being splashed
over by ocean waves, while at the same time seeing into the depths below, brought back to me more emotions than I can count,” recounts Lad. “I had to ask myself, is this real? “To say the very least, even though we had not started our descent yet, I was in blue heaven, actually a seven-foot-in-diameter [and] six-and-ahalf-inch thick acrylic sphere. “Having spent more than 10,000 hours plying our planet’s waters, this latest experience started off like old home week. What separated my latest experience from my past life was that, instead of rushing to a work site
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If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net
Missing Lewis
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have to tell you, I burst into tears when I read in MJ that Lewis Ross (Village Beat, MJ #21/21) was retiring. I realized he’s been an important person in my life for years, and I never even knew his last name. I’d just dial his number and a machine would say, “Lewis here. This is a machine. Talk to me.” I’d leave my message, put the bag of sheets outside the door. They’d disappear very early, and a couple of days later neat packages of clean sheets would be at my door. I’ve never seen Lewis, only talked to his machine. But I’m going to miss you, Lewis. You were someone very reliable in my life. Thank you for your great service. Have a wonderful time walking the Pyrenees. I’ve only been to Pau, not to hike the mountains but to see fine Henry IV tapestries. You’re better off going on wonderful explorations. And you are wise to go while you are still physically able. Bon voyage! I’ll truly miss hearing a cheery “Lewis here. Talk to me.” Beverley Jackson Montecito
Signs of the Times
Several weeks ago, someone put up unsightly red and white signs along several Montecito streets telling motorists to “DRIVE SLOW like your KIDS live here.” If these signs were in front of homes with front yards opening on the street, one could assume young children live there and would be extra careful, but they appear randomly in neighborhoods where large homes are hidden behind hedges and walls, and where children are almost never seen. Aren’t there rules prohibiting signs like these along a street? Size? Content? Political speech is protected, of course (vote for so-and-so), but signs expressing one’s personal opinion about how you should drive aren’t political. So, whoever put up these signs has made his or her point. It would be nice if they disappeared. Robert Funk Montecito (Editor’s note: We’ve seen the signs, mostly on Alston Road, where drivers coming off Alameda Padre Serra neglect to slow down as the road traverses a more densely populated area and believe the signs do have a positive effect on some drivers, who would otherwise probably step on the gas. They seem harmless to us, though you make a good point that other
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signs may proliferate, causing a problem. As for political signs, they are in fact controlled and by agreement are limited to being installed no more than 30 days before an election. Those signs are also supposed to be taken down after an election, but many remain for days and weeks before weather and fed-up residents either degrade them or remove them. – J.B.)
Three Suggestions
A few quick points could save hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars and actually accomplish something useful. 1) Homeless: Have social workers fan out and registrar homeless on the streets. Police can be nearby. Gather their information, what meds they take or need, where they are from, their photographs, and fingerprints. Find out what they need, shower, clothes, meds, physic help, medical help. Enter all into a database and show them where to get help. Give them photo ID and license on the spot, just like a rock concert pass worn around the neck. Now we know who they are, where they are from, and what they need. License their dogs, too. 2) Water storage: Now that existing reservoirs are empty, excavate the years of sediment out of these basins, doubling storage capacity for very little money. Also, build new dams behind Gibraltar. The animals need more places to drink in these hard times and so do we humans. Surely, before we built reservoirs, all the animals simply died out every drought cycle. Even the 1550s Padres knew enough to build reservoirs and without a college degree or government help. They knew. 3) Desal: Put any new desal plant on a newly built pier in front of East Beach. In fact, build two piers, one for people and businesses and one for a desal plant. What better location? Near the ocean, parking and infrastructure are already there; no new land permits, no valuable Montecito land wasted, the public can see their plant in operation as a tourist attraction... and put solar panels over the plant so it powers itself. So, we’ve just saved county taxpayers (landowners) about a half a billion dollars and still get extra water capacity, cheaper desal, a tourist attraction, and a handle on the homeless problem. Thomas M. Cole, JD
Montecito (Editor’s note: Mr. Cole, who tells us he is author of 200 Years Of Central Banks, has sent this letter to many media, so MJ apologizes if you’ve read this before or elsewhere. Ordinarily, we do not run letters that are not exclusive to us but occasionally make an exception. This is one of those times, as Mr. Cole’s ideas deserve wide dissemination. – J.B.)
Oil and Ocean Survival
Recently, there has been considerable outrage concerning the oil spill along the Goleta coast that is commendable, for we must work vigorously to protect our ocean environment from oil spills. Unfortunately for the health of our oceans and the plant and animal life in this salt-water environment, the damage caused by this oil spill is small potatoes compared with the damage we are legally bestowing every day in and to our oceans. The oil spill is visually evident by oil covering birds, seals, and other wildlife so it is very easy to express emotional outrage, but the enormous and real damage to the oceans and its wildlife is below the surface and goes virtually unnoticed by most of us, which is unfortunate. The health of the oceans is critical to the longterm health of the human species
in more ways than most of us realize. Night and day every day of the year, we destroy some of the animal and plant life of our oceans. This is accomplished by overfishing and the destruction of the environment of the ocean floor. Entire species of fish will possibly be approaching extinction in the near future or so far below their ability to replace themselves that they are no longer a viable species. A few well-known species we are really in danger of losing are cod, swordfish, abalone, sharks, many coral reefs with a long, long, list of others suffering the same plight. Fishing with dredges destroys the ocean floors so this critical environment is no longer habitable by those creatures whose habitat it is; this degradation is similar to the destruction of wildlife habitat on land, the destruction is just not as visible. If you would really like to learn from experts what’s happening concerning the devastation of our oceans, and the habitat within these oceans, our local library has several excellent books on the subject, with Sylvia Earle wellknown oceanographer being an excellent author to read. Our oceans need our assistance for their survival, which is also a major ingredient to our survival. Larry Larsson Santa Barbara
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One More Time
It is hard to believe that this year marks the 20th year of what has become a treasured event for our cherished hamlet known as Montecito. What started out as a dream of Diane Pannkuk, has turned into the largest celebration that brings our community together to commemorate our past, our families, each other, and our country. I was fortunate to be chosen “Parade Marshal” in 1996, the parade’s first year. Digging through mounds of materials from Village 4ths of years past, I found our first grand marshal, Jonathan Winters. Others were Roy Jensen, Jim Buckley, David Myrick and the History Committee, Andy Granatelli, Naomi Schwartz, Catherine Abercrombie, Dick Theilscher, Bob Meghreblian, Ralph and Melissa Iannelli, Gerd and Pete Jordano, Herb McElwee, Jerry Smith and Chuck Evans, Dan Eidelson, and Doug Norton to name a few. Also in my stash, I found the early posters done by local artist Wendy Steele. Her artwork saved forever the flavor of our Village 4th. Unfortunately, we lost her in a tragic accident 10 years ago. Many of our marshals are also gone. This year, Village 4th festivities will be handed over to the capable hands of Alicia St. John. I will be turning over my Uncle Sam uniform to Dr. Greg Charlton. With Alicia and Dr. Greg, this year’s Village Forth will continue our “Old Fashioned Celebration Reminiscent of a Bygone Era” and incorporate other wonderful additions. So, don’t miss it. Better yet, be a part of it! Dana Newquist Montecito
Let ‘Em Burn!
In the city of Santa Barbara, there are undisclosed designated planning belts where an area’s homes will be bulldozed away in the event of a major fire to act as a firebreak. The people living in these homes are not
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told by government that this is in the plans. If Santa Barbara, where else are such firebreaks planned? Do we have this via the county in Montecito? This is perhaps a discussion topic to be brought to the Montecito Association. Dr. Edo McGowan Montecito
Back-door Security
Everyone has probably heard by now of senator Rand Paul’s successful filibuster to stymie a oneweek extension of the NSA provision of the misnamed Patriot Act. In the May 25 issue of The Daily Bell, Phillipe Gastonne wrote about this and the back-door access that the White House is contemplating requiring tech companies provide to the FBI. Most people do not have a clue as to what this is all about, so I thought I’d send it along to make people aware of the latest government strategy to spy on them. Gastonne reported that: “A collection of tech industry giants like Facebook, Google, Apple, and Microsoft, as well as civil liberties organizations and Internet security experts, sent a letter to President Obama on Tuesday warning of the unintended consequences of any policy meant to weaken the encryption technologies that protect Internet communications... “The White House has been weighing whether to mandate that companies use only forms of encryption that provide law enforcement with the means for unscrambled access — a so-called back door... “Some experts think the NSA has already broken most commercial encryption methods and the entire argument is moot. That may be so, but surrendering what little security we have is not the answer. They may get in anyway, but we need not make it easy.” Amen. Larry Bond •MJ Santa Barbara
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ON THE WATER FRONT Tom Mosby is general manager of the Montecito Water District.
by Tom Mosby
Projected Water Supply and Demand
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dvance planning in locating and purchasing supplemental water supplies, along with initiating successful community-wide conservation by customers through monthly allocations, has provided sufficient water supplies to meet customer water demand for the next 18 months in spite of exceptional (category D4) drought affecting the entire state. For the Montecito Water District (MWD), relying on surface water for 95 percent of its water supplies, the board and community actions have prepared us for the most serious statewide drought in recorded history. Ordinances and surcharges, including varying allocations, have been developed and adopted to protect the remaining water supply until new supplies are online. The governor’s recent executive order, B-29-15, mandated a statewide 25-percent reduction in water use compared to 2013. Due to the relatively high residential gallons per capita use per day in Montecito, the executive order requires that MWD achieve a 36-percent decrease in water use. Over the last year, Montecito Water District customers have exceeded the state-mandated conservation goal by reducing water use by about 46 percent. Even with the recent monthly allocation increases to all customers, the estimated customer water-use reduction is expected to be at least 36 percent compared to 2013.
Development of New Water Supplies
The District’s current focus on developing new locally controlled and reliable water supplies includes, but is not limited to, desalination and recycling, and a recent proposal on possible deep fractured bedrock groundwater development (an emerging technology in response to the statewide water shortages). The current schedule for bringing new water supplies online is within the District’s 18 months of available water supply.
Desalination
Under an expedited emergency regulatory permit process, a Montecito desalination facility is tentatively schedule for operation by January 2017. Desalination plant sizing, location have been defined with a contractor currently progressing on a facility development plan. The non-invasive testing for a seawater intake system at the cemetery site will be complete by the first week
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This Week in and around Montecito
(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860)
SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Musical Benefit Vanaka, David Courtenay & the Castawaves, One Two Tree, Midnight MYNX, and surprise musical guests will perform at a musical benefit evening, “A Concert for Captain Paul Noury,” at SOhO. When: 8:30 pm Where: 1221 State Street Cost: $20 in advance, $25 at the door, $200/person or $1,500/table of 10 for private pre-concert and dinner, starting at 6:30 pm Info: Erica@OneRideRecords.com
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Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. Poet Christina Rossetti will be the focus. When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063
Walk & Roll Montecito Union School students, teachers, and parents walk or ride to school, rather than drive. When: 8 am Where: Via Vai, Ennisbrook, and Casa Dorinda trailhead Info: 969-3249
Art Opening Reception Valley Grind in Santa Ynez is pleased to present “Wild at Heart,” the debut solo exhibition of self-taught artist Alana Clumeck. “Wild at Heart” will run from June 1-30, with a reception tonight. While suffering from prenatal depression during her second pregnancy in early 2014, Alana found herself yearning for a creative outlet. Having never painted before, she purchased some art supplies, and painting quickly became her therapy. Alana has commissioned dozens of paintings, and is currently painting toward her debut exhibition. When: 4 to 6 pm Where: 3558 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez Info: 688-1506
French Conversation Group The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System hosts a French conversation group for those who would like to practice their French language conversation skills and meet others in the community who speak French. Both native speakers and those who learned French as a second or foreign language will participate, and new members are always welcome. When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: Sara Doehring, 969-5063 New Stretch & Release Pilates Class Simpatico Pilates offers a new class using bands, balls, and foam rollers. All levels welcome. When: Every Friday, 12:30 to 1:15 pm, starting today
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Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of a Picture Gallery with the Collection of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga (detail), 1749. Oil on canvas. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1948.478 on view during Renaissance to Rococo: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (2006)
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The Spirit of Entrepreneurship Foundation (SEF) gave its awards banquet at The Fess Parker to recognize women entrepreneurs in our county. What better person to ask for “The envelope, please,” than Lynda Weinman, who is co-founder and executive chair of lynda.com having just made a billion-dollar deal selling her company. As CEO of SEF Cathy Feldman explained, “The companies of the 33 finalists have gross revenues of approximately $47 million and employ 865 people.” There were 90
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THIS WEEK (Continued from page 11) Where: Simpatico Pilates & GYROTONIC, 1235 Coast Village Road, Suite I (upstairs) Cost: $20 per class, 5 series $75 Registration: 565-7591
SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Book Signing at Curious Cup Author Emily Gallo interweaves stories from all walks of life in the telling of colorful tales from the subculture of Venice Beach, with eccentric characters and unlikely friendships in her book, Venice Beach. She will be at Curious Cup to sign and discuss her book. When: 1 to 3 pm Where: Curious Cup Bookstore: 3817½ Santa Claus Lane, Carpinteria Free Concert The Santa Barbara Music Club announces two special gala Scholarship Winners concerts; the second is today. Held at the First United Methodist Church, these gala concerts, free to the public, will showcase talented local students who have been awarded prizes made possible by the SB Music Club’s generous donors. The wonderfully inspiring programs will feature masterworks by beloved composers of the past, together with fresh new masterworks of current composers. When: 2 pm Where: 305 E. Anapamu Street Cost: free Info: www.sbmusicclub.org
SUNDAY, JUNE 7 Tea Dance The City of Santa Barbara donates use of the ballroom and volunteers provide music and refreshments for this ongoing, free dance event. Ballroom dance music including the Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Fox Trot, Quick Step, and rhythm dances such as the Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Mambo, and Bolero are played, among other dance music. Participants can hone their dancing skills or learn new techniques. The Santa Barbara Ballroom Tea Dance is on the first Sunday of every month at the Carrillo Rec Center. No partner necessary, but if you can find one bring him or her along! When: 2 to 5 pm Where: 100 E. Carrillo Street Info: 897-2519 Cost: free Mindfulness Meditation A half-day retreat with guided meditations
SUNDAY, JUNE 14 from Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD. All levels welcome. When: 2:30 to 6 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 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, JUNE 10 The Power of Grace: Unexpected Gifts on the Path Lecture, discussion, and practices will help you open to grace in your own life and in others at this daytime event at La Casa de Maria. Hosted by David Richo, PhD, a psychotherapist and teacher who combines psychological and spiritual perspectives in his work. When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation; lunch available for $14 Info: lacasademaria.org
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 Juggle Show at Montecito Library Amazing audiences all over the world, comedy juggler David Cousin returns to the Santa Barbara Public Library System to perform his hilarious and awe-inspiring comedy juggling act. David Cousin holds five world records in juggling, and his entertaining, high energy and graceful routine delight children and adults alike. This event is best for children ages 4 and up. When: 10:30 to 11:15 am Where: Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker When: 7:30 to 9 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road
FRIDAY, JUNE 12 Last Day of School Montecito Union students start their summer break; early release at noon. Cold Spring School students also have minimum days; check website for more information.
Book Signing Award-winning children’s book author Lee Wardlaw will read from and autograph copies of her newest book for preschoolers: Won Ton and Chopsticks: A Cat and Dog Tale Told in Haiku. The signing is in recognition of National Adopt-A-Cat Month, and will feature face painting, paw print balloons, cat cupcakes, a raffle, free catnip mousies, cat chopsticks, bookmarks, and more. Fifteen percent of the book’s proceeds will go to ResQcats, a non-profit sanctuary dedicated to the rescue, care, and adoption of abandoned cats and kittens. When: noon to 1:30 pm Where: Curious Cup Bookstore, 3817 ½ Santa Claus Lane, Carpinteria Cost: free; all ages welcome
SATURDAY, JUNE 13 Santa Barbara Voice Academy Showcase Santa Barbara Voice Academy Showcase features local singers performing rock, pop, and blues with Santa Barbara All Star Band – George Friedenthal on keys, Ray Pannell on guitar, and Donzell Davis on drums. When: 6 to 7:30 pm Where: SOhO, 1221 State Street Cost: $5, all ages welcome Info: www.expressyourselfsinging.com
SAVE THE DATE Class of 1960 Reunion Santa Barbara High School’s Class of 1960 will hold a 55th reunion this summer, with events from July 24-26, including a campus tour, golf tournament, dinner dance, and barbecue. Reservation deadline is Sunday, June 21. Email SBHS1960@aol.com for more information.
ONGOING Neighborhood Clean-Up Fire Prevention Schedule June 8 through June 12: Chelham Way, Dawlish Place, Stoddard Lane, Cloydon Circle, and Paso Robles Drive. For more information, visit www.montecitofire.com. Brain Fitness for Successful Aging A six-week program hosted by Friendship Center to rewire and strengthen the brain while combating stress. When: Wednesdays through June 10, 10 am to 12:30 pm Where: All Saints-by-the-Sea, 86 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $150 Reservations: 969-0859 MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes
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Ojai 2015: Bang the Drum All Day and More
Percussionist-turnedcomposer Steven Schick fine-tunes for the Ojai Festival, June 10 - 14
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o term Steven Schick’s programming for the 2015 Ojai Festival merely ambitious would be an understatement. The percussionist-turned-composer has planned for the performance of short pieces and longer works that cover 34 living composers, 28 of whom are new to Ojai – not to mention several others including major quartets by Bartok – and Schick himself will either play or conduct for nearly all of them (not to mention the four one-hour videos on “the history of the world through percussion” he created for OjaiU among other pre-festivals promotions). The 69th edition of the most prestigious classical music festival in Southern California takes place June 10-14 at Ojai’s Libbey Bowl and environs. The complete schedule and much more information is available online (www.ojaifestival.com), but we managed to grab the prolific artistic-director Schick for an email interview conducted over last weekend. Q. Let me start off by asking you about your multi-directional music career. You play percussion, create new music groups, conduct orchestras and other ensembles, serve as music professor, write, and do much more. How were you able to create such a varied approach, and how do you divide your time between them to stay both active and interested? A. The diversity of activities – which now seems so essential to life – wasn’t always the case. Until about 10 years ago, I was completely focused on percussion playing, mostly solo playing. But, the problem with that much attention paid to such a small repertoire is that at some point you burn it out. So, when by strange coincidence, I was offered the chance to conduct a symphony orchestra (though I had not really conducted before), I leapt at it. The result was exhilarating! I took the lesson and began to indulge other 4 – 11 June 2015
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interests like writing and even acting. Now, that diversity of activities seems inevitable. Ojai gives you the freedom to explore in virtually any direction. How did you come with the approach for this year’s programming? Part of what I wanted was a combination of the different facets of life. That meant that my long-time friends from Bang on a Can are featured sideby-side with Xenakis and Boulez, who, in turn, are partnered with Copland and Lou Harrison. It’s like a family reunion of a very interesting family! What, for you, makes the Ojai Festival special? The ability to do just that: propose a program that other people would think was crazy. At Ojai, my artistic partner, Tom Morris, just laughs and says, “Let’s do it!” Many of them are your friends and colleagues. How is it for you to bring them all together on the one stage over one weekend? This will be, I am sure, the best part of the festival. It looks like you are performing and/or conducting on nearly every program over the weekend. How are you able to be so prolific or at least tireless? Well, let’s see how tireless I actually will be. But I am counting on the fact that percussion is a very physical art. The process of training for this much
exertion has been a part of my professional life from the beginning How did you pick the pieces for your solo performance on Friday night? It was after a combination of the foundational works for percussion solo (Xenakis and Stockhausen) with more recent works, including ones that I commissioned (Liang and Lang). There’s a special focus on Pierre Boulez. What has been your relationship to his music, and why does it pair well with Bartok on those programs? And would you also talk about “A Pierre Dream: A Portrait of Pierre Boulez”? “A Pierre Dream” is a multimedia look at both the ideas and music of Boulez, including interviews and films clips with the composer, along with theatrical recitations of texts. A through-line of music extracted from his compositions frames and contextualizes the theatrical components. It is very powerful. What are the attractions and interrelations for you between Boulez and Bartok, who you have paired twice over the weekend? I love the partnership between Boulez and Bartok: each an important post-war (though different wars) European composer with very meaningful contacts to America; each revising widely-held views of musical time. The program features the West Coast premieres of John Luther Adams’s Sila: The Breath of the World and Become River, and the American premiere of Roland Auzet’s staging of Kurt Schwitters’ Ursonate. What can you tell us about those pieces and why they resonate for you? These are very personal pieces. John Luther Adams and Roland Auzet are two of my oldest and dearest friends. And, like a very few other composers, I will always be up for the next project together. Our collaborations are more like journal entries than like concerts pieces; each is the next installation of an ongoing personal and professional
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Bullying is one of the hottest topics facing teenagers today, with social media cases leading to suicide and other drastic responses dominating headlines almost daily. Yet Anthony Breznican’s debut novel Brutal Youth is set back in 1991, long before Facebook and Twitter intruded upon our lives. “I wanted to have it be timeless,” Breznican explained. Initially when I was writing it, I didn’t have a specific period. (Bullying has been) the same through the ages, but the delivery system has changed. Social media and technology are in our lives in a different way, but I didn’t want to just comment on today.” In truth, the early 1990s were also when Breznican was a high school student in western Pennsylvania and found himself the target of older and meaner classmates. “Sure, I was bullied,” he said. “Who wasn’t? Growing up naturally comes with its share of getting pushed around. It’s a rite of passage. Whatever your social class or history, somebody is going to try to assert dominance.” In Breznican’s case, the school was a particular trouble spot, he said. “Our school was an island of misfit boys and the school bus was a zoo where all the animals were not only free from their cages but stuffed into one metal box together. The harassment was incredible.” So Breznican turned his own tales of turmoil into a dark coming-ofage story that has garnered favorable reviews and some blurbs from a few of his own favorite authors such as Stephen King, who called the pro-
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Lad, Sergio, and Patrick surface after dive in Bahamas (photo: Leslie Leaney and Jim Handelman)
and preparing myself for the hardcore challenges and sometimes dangers of undersea construction, I was able to lean back in a comfortable RollsRoyce-like seat and, as they say in Greyhound Bus commercials, ‘leave
the driving to them.’ “It even had climate control.” Lad was joined by longtime friends Patrick and Sergio Ibarra, for the undersea adventure. “We descended to the lip of a deep canyon going from about 1,500 feet down to a bottom depth of 2,750 feet,” says Lad. “All remnants of surface light had long disappeared. It was very eerie in a strange sort of way. From there, we carefully navigated the washboard-like sea floor looking for new life forms. We covered at least a mile and did make some startling recoveries, including what appeared to be perfectly miniaturized hammerhead sharks, who seemed to care less about our close presence, and we even snared a giant-like abalone with our manipulator. “All in all, being able to overcome a non-ending stream of obstacles just to be finally tossed from the bouncy transport boat to the heaving deployment vessel and then dropped through a small hatchway was in itself quite an
adventure, let alone descending to a spot no human has ever seen before, made me re-born and chomping at the bit for the next adventure!” Lad Handelman, an example to us all. All About Eaves TV talk show host Conan O’Brien, our tony town’s latest celebrity resident, as I exclusively revealed here, has an unusual proposition for fans, the chance to stay overnight in his Los Angeles studio. Conan, 52, has placed the studio on Stage 15 on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank on the home-sharing website Airbnb, so fans can opt for a night among its rafters. The listing reveals the accommodation will be much more basic than the usual options on the site, with the chance to take in Conan taping his TBS show from a unique bird’s-eye vantage point. “Are you a fan of rafters built in 1927?” the listing reads. “Do you admire the kind of craftsmanship that only existed for a brief moment between the two World Wars?” It could even be a big fan’s break, as
the listing clearly states: “Conan will talk to you during a real show... so viewers will see it that night on their TVs and millennials will see you the next day on their infernal devices.” The posting also warns contestants who are allergic to wood or wood products to refrain from entering. Providing allergies are not of concern, to be considered all entrants must provide reason of “why on earth they’d want to spend five minutes in our rafters, much less a whole night.” While amenities will be limited, the listing does promise a “real bed” and access to the studio bathroom. A true rarity in L.A., Conan is even offering free parking. Power Play Montecito’s most famous resident, Oprah Winfrey, worth around $3 billion, has been a regular feature on Forbes magazine’s annual rich list for the past decade. But now the 61-year-old founder of her eponymous cable channel, OWN, has appeared on the financial glossy’s latest listing of the world’s 100 most powerful women, which is
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nominees in the beginning, with 12 winners that evening. They are Agricultural/Wineries: Kimberly True, True Nature Design; Emerging Business: Dr. Elizabeth Wisniewski, Genuine Chiropractic; Green/Social Entrepreneurship: Marge Cafarelli, Alma del Pueblo and the Public Market; Health: Sandra Hirsch, dental company Isolite Systems; Hospitality/Tourism: Lynette LaMere, Pure Joy Catering; Media/ Communications: Kim Wiseley, Flutter Magazine; Nonprofit: Marsha Bailey, Women’s Economic Ventures; Professional Services: Lisa Grossman, Nannies2Go; Retail: Ann Pazier, Santa Barbara Gift Baskets;
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Science/Technology: Anupama Vaid, Parent Square; and Wholesale/ Manufacturing/Global Trade: Kristin Fraser, The Grapeseed Company. The Rock Star: Life Achievement Award went to Dorothy Largay. She joined Apple in the 80s in management training and became director of worldwide leadership development setting up all the independent offices in Europe. She was in Berlin in 1989 when the wall came down and knew there would be a need for learning how to work in a free market society. She quit her job and began to teach them how to run their businesses. Since moving to Santa Barbara,
she has served as Direct Relief board chair among other boards. Currently her foundation helps rural communities throughout Latin America improve their health and empowers women. SEF also gave seed money and scholarships to high school and college students who were winners of the Scheinfeld Center New Venture Challenge at SBCC, with whom they partner. Julie Samson is the new director. Lynda left this inspiring evening with the thought to “make the world a better place, not just make money.” She is a teacher, and her business was all about education. •MJ
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by Grace Rachow Ms. Rachow loves to wear comfy, casual clothing, but every once in awhile a girl and her date have to put on the chic.
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f I were the empress of the world, it’d be okay to wear baggy sweatpants everywhere I went, every single day of the year. However, the world does not agree. Just about the time I get good and comfy, something comes up to knock me out of the dream… for example, a charity event at the Montecito Country Club. The attire suggestion on the invitation included the word “chic.” Unfortunately, my chicness quotient peaked when I was 14, and it has been downhill ever since. My answer to dressing up is my basic black suit. In this ensemble, I look like a stocky maître d’ at a downat-the-heels restaurant, but I figure if I throw on pearls and put my hair in a bun, I can get through any fancy event. My husband is tall, fit, and French, so he can throw an old horse blanket over his shoulders and make it look like he stepped out of GQ. Yes, I hate him for this, but he also cooks, so I can forgive his natural chic. Still, I got to thinking about how all the other ladies at the event would look lovely in their cocktail dresses, and how I hate it when they mistake me for a waiter in my black suit. I decided to go shopping, so I could find something just a wee more chic. I took my husband with me for moral support, because I know from experience that shopping turns my normally sunny self into a snarling wolverine. There are many reasons I do not love shopping: floral prints, small dressing rooms, rhinestones, and mirrors that add 20 pounds are a few. I could make a much a longer list, but let’s just say the whole process makes me crabby, and it really helps to have my wisecracking husband along to mellow my grousing with his humor. I’m old enough to remember when fabrics were fine and workmanship was flawless, and nice things could be had for less than a hundred dollars. Every season since, it seems clothing gets a little a little junkier, and I get a little crabbier. This is the kind of negativity storm that floods my mind whenever I think of going clothes shopping. However, on this trip, much to my surprise, I quickly found a couple of things that were much more chic than my black suit, and they were on sale. What’s not to love? I hate it when I get all worked up, and then the universe just opens up
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and solves my problems. But it’s hard to maintain a bad mood when you have something new to wear. I suggested we celebrate my chic finds by going to the men’s department to find something for my husband. He’d been wanting a navy-blue blazer. We were greeted by a handsome lad wearing a trendy grey suit that seemed to be several sizes too small. The suit was set off by a jaunty bowtie in a stunning aqua and lavender print. Now, that was chic! He looked terrific in this nipped-in jacket, but even he admitted that if he needed to tie his shoes, he had to take the coat off so as not to risk ripping out a seam.
I know from experience that shopping turns my normally sunny self into a snarling wolverine “Do you think this look would work on my 58-year-old husband?” We found a fashionable navy blazer in 42 long, and he tried it on. Yes, he had to hold his breath and stand up impossibly straight, but the look worked on him. “Let’s get it, “ I said. He looked at the price tag and gulped. “You don’t get much fabric for $900.” I knew he wouldn’t part with the cash. “Never mind, I said… I have an idea. Let’s go home.” When we got to the house, I reached way into the dark recesses of his closet where his good but out-of-fashion, garments had been stashed over the years. I pulled out a gorgeous, navy blue, hand-stitched Italian jacket. It had not seen the light of day since 1980, back when my husband was a lad himself. “That looks like the one at the store… only better,” he said. “Try it on.” The jacket fit him perfectly. “I forgot I had this.” “And it only took 35 years for it to come back into style.” I suppose one definition of insanity would be keeping a jacket in the closet for several decades just in case it’d become trendy again. Call us crazy if you want, but we •MJ will be chic.
logue “’Hilarious and horrifying’ – the two adjectives I’d hoped he’d feel.” Less than a year after its original publication date, Brutal Youth came out in paperback just this past Tuesday, six days before Breznican is slated to address the students and visitors at the 2015 Santa Barbara Writers Conference (SBWC) this coming Monday night, June 8. While Breznican is a first-time author, he has a leg up on most of the other young writers in that he also has more than a decade of professional writing on his resumé, including the last several years as a staffer at Entertainment Weekly, where his beat includes mostly movies. So it’s natural to wonder if he was thinking visually as he wrote Brutal Youth. Yeah, I think that’s a pretty good way to work. You get a picture in your head and try to describe it. What makes good writing is not describing every piece of the scene but noting little points that engage the reader’s eye. Fiction writing is like mental telepathy – taking your thoughts and transmitting them into the head of another person via words on a sheet of paper. If you can make them see what you’re seeing, that’s a good magic trick.” Like any good trained performer, he won’t be walking in the SBWC talk unprepared. He has a good idea of what he’ll discuss on his evening. “I didn’t get any specific marching orders, except to stick to writing, so I don’t think it will work if I do an presentation about love songs of the 1980s,” he said. Instead, he’ll touch upon three general areas for aspiring authors. “I think I have some information and intelligence to share with my brothers and sisters in the profession.” “The dreaming stage, which is where a lot of folks are, is when you have an idea, maybe you’ve written some, but how do you keep the train moving forward” Then how do you get the completed thing out there into the world, which can be harder than writing a book? Finally, what you learn after your book comes out: the various pitfalls and positive things that help you to get your book noticed.” As for the unmentioned step 4, possibly turning the novel into a movie, Breznican reported no firm bites. “There were nibbles early on, but it’s tough to get a book produced as TV or movie unless it’s a big action thing,” he said. “Smaller storytelling is not always embraced by Hollywood, because you can’t sell breakfast cereal or toys with this story. But I hope independents discover it. I love movies and I’d loved
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to see it adapted. But if not it’s okay, because the story is between the covers.”
Gardiner Variety and the Write Stuff
Meg Gardiner will be all words Wednesday, June 10, for the SB Writers Conference (photo: wikipedia.com)
Meg Gardiner left Santa Barbara twice – the first time understandably to head off to Stanford after graduating from San Marcos High School, then again years later after a decade back in town that included teaching at the writing program at UCSB due to her husband’s job transfers to London and, more recently, Austin. “I can write anywhere,” she explained. “And leaving is what makes it possible to come back.” Then again, Gardiner also left law for a career as a writer, which – Scott Turow and a few other notables aside – isn’t the normal career path. “I wanted to be a writer since I was a kid, but I thought I first better come up with a way to earn a living,” she explained. “It was only after the kids were out of diapers and I could at least get a full night of sleep that I was rested enough to try to do what I always wanted to do.” Santa Barbara still lingers in her memories, of course, and she even has a great story about high school: “I’m probably one of the only people who was ever in a high school mime troupe who was nearly arrested,” she recalled. “The sheriff pulled us over on our way home from performing at a nursing home. They had a report that masked robbers had just hit the Baskin-Robbins, and we were a car full of high school sophomores with pancake makeup and dripping ice cream cones.” That caper has yet to show up in one of Gardiner’s 12 mystery novels and suspense-thrillers, many of which have been international bestsellers and award winners; China Lake won a 2009 Edgar Award and her latest novel, Phantom Instinct, was chosen by O magazine as one of the Best Books of Summer. But her time as a 4 – 11 June 2015
litigator proved valuable experience for writing. “Lawyers have to know how to write compelling narratives, especially if you’re doing trial work,” she explained. “Every case is a story that went drastically wrong between people. It’s the lawyer’s job to present her client’s story in the most persuasive way possible. And lawyers like drama.” Still, don’t expect a courtroom thriller anytime soon. “Law is fantastic, frustrating, and twisted, and never boring. But I escaped the practice. I’m in no hurry to go back. So much for the adage “Write what you know.” In other words, you don’t have to be a criminal or a former cop to write thrillers. “It’s research,” Gardiner said. “Just read the paper. Turn on the news. Observe human behavior and how you can twist it. Or just spend Thanksgiving with the side of your family that doesn’t get along. Turn up the volume, and it’s a story.” The basic appeal of storytelling alone is enough to hold her attention. “It’s human. It’s what makes us interesting. It seems so natural to me, so it’s hard to explain the why. It’s a very powerful thing to have stories that I created out of my own imagination hold people’s attention, and get them to believe that what I made up could be real.” If writing seems to come relatively easy to Gardiner, that might be because of her process, which shows a clear case of commitment. “I write every day,” she said. “I have to. That keeps the creative muscle limber and flexible.” The logistics call for 2,000 words a day for first drafts, she said. “It’s a lot, but then I get done in time to have more time to rewrite it and make it better.” Those kind of quick hints are what Gardiner plans to offer aspiring writers in her talk at the SBWC on Wednesday evening, June 10, when she’ll cover “How I got from sitting in the back of the room 20 years ago, wondering how on Earth you write a novel to being up on stage telling people how to do it.”
Quick Queries with Robben Ford
Her most important tip? “Be ruthless with your own work. Both about carving out time to do it and then not letting it slide. Finish it and then hold yourself to the highest standard. You have to be free to write what your heart calls out to you, but after that you have to be ruthless and edit it so it’s worth reading.” (The 2015 Santa Barbara Writers Conference takes place June 7-12 at the Santa Barbara Hyatt. Information and the speaker schedule is online at www.sbwrit ers.com, or call 568-1516.)
Within that context, do the songs themselves dictate the style or the other way around? I’ve developed a style of writing that leaves the door open to whatever else occurs... I use actual compositional tools – I don’t have a lot under my belt, but I’ve learned how themes are developed and ways to have the music have more structure and evolve in a harmonic way. It’s unique in (blues) to have these tools to draw on. Sometimes, that means less is more. I might write a song and pull
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Robben Ford began playing guitar at 14, and four years later was hired to play with Charlie Musselwhite. Over the next few years, he collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Larry Carlton, and KISS, among others, as well as a slew of blues man of similar stature. He’s recorded scores of albums during his nearly 50-year career, the vast majority as a band leader with a vision to make music that soars as strongly as his ax work. Based in Ojai for more than 30 years, Ford plays his fair share of local gigs, and will make his debut at the renovated Plaza Theater in Carpinteria on Wednesday, June 10, just two months after the release of his latest project, Into the Sun. Austin guitarist David Grissom is a special guest for this leg of the tour, allowing Ford to delve deeper into his catalog. Q. How much did your associations with all those legendary musicians along the way influence you in terms of your style and forging new ground? A. A little, but I’m still fundamentally a blues guitar player who plays R&B, which to me is the more sophisticated expression of the blues in that there’s more songwriting. Harmonically, you’ve got more than three chords. You can write a song that can go in a lot of different directions but still have the consistent expression that’s the profound element of the blues. That’s always been the thread for me through most of what I’ve done, with the real exception of Joni Mitchell. I learned more in those two years than I could have in a lifetime. They were great players; Joni’s music was just incredible, and I learned how to become an accompanist, how to play for someone else in a much broader way than I had in the past. I was exposed to classical, Indian music, even Lord Buckley – which wouldn’t have come my way otherwise. Never since had the opportunity to play music that interesting and brilliant that isn’t within that R&B/jazz field. Her music is unique. It was the experience with Joni that gave me that broader view.
Robben Ford performs at Plaza Theater in Carpinteria
chords out, take out the more complex changes, because they’re not assisting the song in developing. Other times, I start out very basic and get a little bored with it – it’s too repetitive to be interesting, so I’ll expand on it in an harmonic way. “Rose of Sharon” on the new album is a perfect example. It’s got this almost Delta blues beginning, just acoustic guitar. So it needed more, but I didn’t want to tell more of a story, get outside of the nutshell, the bare images. So I wrote an instrumental bridge that has a nice progression of chords but is still haunting. The new album has a lot of special guests. What brought it about, and what was the process like for you? The whole notion came through my new management. My initial reaction was no, because I’m a little bit precious about my work – it seemed like an artist inviting people to add to your painting. But they said it would bring more attention to the record. After all these years, I thought why not? It was very easy with Sonny Landreth, Keb’ Mo’, Warren Haynes, and Robert Randolph,
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who are all people I’ve known for years and who have that blues thread in common. ZZ Ward and Tyler Bryant came from record company, I had to go on YouTube and check them out. I liked what I saw. With ZZ, I wrote the song for her and I. Everyone else I just sent the tracks that were already done, and they did the work on their own. I told them, “Turn off my guitar and just play – do your thing and send it back.” Then I edited things to turn them into duets. Is there an overriding theme? I hear a lot of upbeat stuff, with just a nice sense or energy. I’m just pleased that it turned out like that. My whole energetic about making music is that it should be uplifting. I want to feel good. That’s the whole point. Anything that isn’t doing that is really missing the mark. And I mean in a genuine, joyful way. It’s not about any one chakra. Some music is all about sex, or depression, or aggression. I like it to be a holistic experience where all of these emotions are included, because they’re all a part •MJ of human nature.
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ast week, I opined that one of the most alluring things about living in the Santa Barbara area was that so many influential speakers and thinkers find themselves speaking to select crowds regularly, accepting fees that were just a small percentage of what they could ordinarily garner in bigger cities and larger venues. Herewith then is another three speakers who’ve honored us with their presence over the past couple months.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
It was at a “private” dinner of more than 100 in the Founders Room, just before speaking before a crowd of nearly 1,000 later downstairs in the Granada Theatre on May 23, that Ayaan Hirsi Ali advised those present to “Pick up a Koran and read it, if you really want to know what’s going on.” That was the only way, she said, to really know what Islam’s founder, Muhammad, said and what he did. “In 1989, I was fifteen years old, and when the fatwah was pronounced on Salman Rushdie,” she confessed, “I supported it without asking any questions.” Since then, however, she has come around and has abandoned the faith she grew up with. “Islam is not a religion of peace,” she said, noting that while “There are many peace-loving Muslims, Islam is not a religion of peace and never has been.” Remarks such as those, as well as the publication of the Somali-born Muslim-turned-atheist Harvardprofessor’s New York Times best-selling autobiography, Infidel, and her latest best-seller, Heretic, along with
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a number of equally controversial tomes (Nomad: From Islam to America, The Caged Virgin, etc.), have caused her to fear for her life. Ms Hirsi Ali emigrated to the U.S. in 2010 after determining that her life could not be protected in Holland, where she had become a Dutch citizen and eventually a Dutch parliamentarian. After Theo van Gogh, director of their 10-minute film Submission, was stabbed and murdered on an Amsterdam street, a note left behind in van Gogh’s stab wound read “Hirsi Ali is next.” In 2011, Ayaan married author and fellow Harvard professor Niall Ferguson (Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World; Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire; The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World; and many more). They have a child together, son Thomas. Ms Hirsi Ali pointed out that even if only three percent of the Muslim world’s 1.57 billion adherents were radicals, that would represent nearly 48 million Muslims. She wondered aloud why Germany, France, Holland, and other Western nations allowed a situation wherein millions of Muslim immigrants now live in separate areas of those countries with their own laws, often outside the civil protection of their host nations. She says, “Islam needs a reformation; the narrative of violence and death must end,” and then opined that “In the Middle East... the only place where you can be a free individual, have no fear, is Israel,” to thunderous applause. She excoriated the various campaigns seeking to de-legitimize Israel. “The only place
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of hope,” she stressed, “in the Middle East is Israel.” A fatwah (legal opinion) pronouncing Hirsi Ali as a heretic has given righteous Muslims permission to kill her; she regularly travels with substantial protection. Ayaan proved to be a free thinker when asked what she thought of former president of Egypt Mohamed Morsi’s recently announced death sentence: “I think it is disgraceful. Just because you disagree with people, you should not sentence them to death,” she said, adding that she believes that, even though “Egypt is not a free country and the Muslim Brotherhood’s agenda is an agenda of death and destruction,” and that Islamic extremism represented “an all-out assault on individual human liberty.” She advised “members of the community of Santa Barbara” not to take their freedoms for granted. In other words, that it could happen here. Ayaan gave wholehearted support to American Freedom Defense Initiative founder Pam Geller’s “Draw Muhammad” contest in Garland, Texas. “You may not have agreed
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with the organizers for what they did there,” she said, “but you cannot for God’s sake... for goodness sake, contend that people who gather together to draw cartoons are provoking violence. If you want to have a confrontation,” she said, “you want to have a confrontation with the people who traveled a thousand miles to disrupt a cartoon gathering that most of us would not have known about.” The event was organized by Sharon Rosenberg and supported by The Clarion Project, whose stated mission is “Challenging Extremism/ Promoting Dialogue.” After a screening of the short but powerful documentary Honor Diaries, Ms Hirsi Ali was introduced by Linda Church, who informed us that she was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and is “one of 850,000 Jews that fled Arab lands.” She then introduced Hirsi Ali as a “victim of FGM (female genital mutilation)” and as an example of enlightenment and courage. “So join me,” Linda intoned, “in giving a warm California welcome to this infidel, heretic, and heroine.” The audience
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in June with contractor outreach for the development and construction of a subsurface intake test drain well underway. District staff and consultants are scheduled to present plans for a Montecito desalination facility to the State Regional Board on Wednesday, June 3, followed by a Coastal Commission meeting on Thursday, June 4. These first meetings will focus on obtaining an expedited emergency permit due to the seriousness of the exceptional drought impacts to MWD surface water supplies. In addition to a Montecito desal facility, the District will also request that the state regulatory agencies consider the regional use of the City of Santa Barbara permitted desal facility. MWD and city water service boundaries and connecting pipeline infrastructure makes an excellent case for a regional facility. The regional use of the city desal facility will benefit all south coast water agencies by reducing MWD and city water demand on current threatened local water supplies such as Lake Cachuma, thus extending the yield on this water supply source. The city is on track to bring desalination water to Santa Barbara for its use by September 2016, with the option to expand the city facility capacity by the end of 2016. The decision on selecting Montecito’s path to desalination will be based on a cost analysis, timeline to water delivery and, most important, the long-term water supply benefits and reliability to the District and its customers.
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The question has been raised as to how desalination will affect District water rates. The costs for of a Montecito desalination facility have been estimated for different proposed scenarios, depending on site location and the complexity of the seawater intake system. Actual financing of a desalination facility will most likely require a long-term contractual commitment through a desalination vendor that will parallel the facility construction and the operation model used by other water agencies. The District’s current financial model used to establish rates and charges under the 5-Year Financial Plan is being updated to consider a range of facility cost estimates, assuming costs as a long-term debt. The results of this analysis will determine a range of cost increases to rates and charges. It is well understood that the cost of developing and operating a new water supply, providing a much higher degree of reliability and control, will be expensive; it is expected to increase rates and charges well above those increases currently adopted under the 5-Year Financial Plan.
Recycled Wastewater
Although in the past, recycled water in Montecito was not considered economically feasible due to its high cost and benefit to less than one percent of District customers, new state funding guidelines and criteria, along with the current high cost and scarcity of potable water, make the development of recycled water more attractive. The development of recycled water requires the efforts of both special districts serving Montecito. A study on the use of recycled water for possible groundwater recharge, funded by the special districts and Heal the Ocean, is underway, with the preliminary results expected by midJune. This recharge study is needed to determine what other recycled water use options are available in addition to conventional “purple pipe” irrigation, where a separate and costly water distribution system must be constructed for recycled water conveyance. There is also a strong effort being made by water agencies statewide for the regulatory agencies to develop guidelines and requirements for the direct reuse of highly treated wastewater as a potential water source blended in with other potable water supplies. These new guidelines and requirements are scheduled to be released by the state in the latter part of 2016. Montecito Water District is also supporting the submittal of an application to the state board for studies that will qualify the District for possible low-interest loans and grant funding for the development of recycled water systems. The severity of the drought and the passage of Proposition 1 opens up new state funding sources that were not available in the past. The value of developing recycled water for the community must also include the cost differential per acre foot compared to the production of potable water by a desalination facility. The cost-benefit analysis will establish priorities on affordability, depending on value to public health and safety.
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The advances in communication since the last drought are staggering and provide a wealth of information and opportunity that were not available in the past. Lessons learned, advances in technology, web access, and the involvement of our well-educated community of professionals lead to a new level of effort that can surpass the accomplishments of our past. We will continue to listen to and work with all interested community members, recognizing the wealth of experience available to pursue the most efficient and cost-effective way to meet our current water supply challenges. In so doing, we all need to stay focused on solutions while understanding the complexities of the issues that we are facing in developing new water supplies. Updates on water supply development are made at District board meetings, and we encourage attendance to stay informed. •MJ 4 – 11 June 2015
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responded in kind, giving Ms Hirsi Ali a standing ovation as she stepped out onto the Granada stage and began her remarks.
(from left) Kristianne Clifford, recently paroled after 18 years in prison, presents Dr. David Paul and Dr. Bonnie Paul – founders of the Freedom to Choose Foundation – with a check for $1,500 raised by inmates of Valley State Prison in Chowchilla
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Kristianne Clifford was born at Goleta Valley Hospital and raised in the Santa Barbara area. She has only recently left Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, where she spent 18 years behind bars. She spoke recently at a Rotary event, invited by Montecito real estate agent Jo Ann Mermis as a tribute to the Freedom to Choose Foundation, founded by Dr. David Paul and his wife, Dr. Bonnie Paul, with the support of The Rotary Club. Jo Ann met Kristianne – who attributes her transformation from sullen prisoner to enthusiastic advocate of current and former prisoners directly to those Freedom To Choose workshops – at the very first workshop held. Kristianne, who, since her release from prison, has become dedicated to the rehabilitation of former and current prisoners, is featured in a 22-minute documentary Freedom To Choose, which won first place in the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival in its category in 2009. “I was daddy’s little girl,” she says in her opening remarks, “My entire identity revolved around him,” she added. Kristianne then explains that the day her father died when she was 12 years old, her “soul fractured.” She described her fall from grace, developing an addiction to alcohol, “a lot of drug use,” hanging out on State Street with the wrong crowd, and other bad behavior. “People thought I would grow out of it,” she said, noting that “girls from Santa Barbara from good families don’t get in trouble. But I didn’t grow out of it.” At the age of 26, she met and began hanging out with the absolutely wrong kind of people. Six weeks after she met them, she was arrested. Nine months later, she was convicted of murder. She didn’t actually kill any-
one, but she admitted to driving the “getaway” car after a murder that was the direct result of a previous incident involving her. She was sentenced to life in prison, though she was finally paroled after serving 18 years. She shared a letter she received from one of the jurors the day of her conviction that has stayed with her for the past 20 years: “All of my life,” the juror wrote, “I’ve loved both the power and the meaning of words, first as an actress and now as a writer. Until I reached the deliberation room and read the instructions involved with conspiracy. It was at that moment that I found the power and meaning of words were an enemy, not only to myself and my conscience but to you as well. “One of the hardest lessons I’ve learned during my service on this case is the awful powerlessness a juror faces. For some reason, I thought jurors listened to the evidence or lack thereof and then just decided on the guilt or innocence of the defendant and that was it. We are also strictly instructed to follow the letter of the law, so even though my conscience was telling me one thing, on the other hand, the law was telling me something different. “I tried to use the law to support you, and I voted not guilty and stayed true to the good character law only to find further to be that good character is not in itself good. Basically, it was saying it wasn’t good enough. Besides my head and my heart thinking it
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Leslie Ridley Tree and Marcy Carsey, in conjunction with UCSB Arts & Lectures series, were mostly responsible for the “Reel Comedy with Mel Brooks” Arts Education fundraiser at Montecito Country Club coming off as successfully as it did on May 12. Additionally, wines for the affair were supplied gratis by Gretchen and Robert Lieff of Lieff Wines. Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky), is one of the few men or women (no more than a dozen) in the entertainment business who’ve received at least one of all four major show-business awards: television’s Emmy, the film industry’s Oscar, a musical Grammy, and Broadway’s Tony. Brooks has received so many awards, there isn’t room in his closet for any more. Mel, all of 88 years old (he turns 89 on June 28), seems indefatigable. He not only put on a true performance for the Montecito Country Club crowd of perhaps 150, but he is also such a perfectionist that he came in a few
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hours earlier to rehearse and carried extensive notes for the occasion. The great thing about any one of Mel Brooks’s movies, records, plays, or television appearances is his reverence for and references to the past, particularly the virtually unknown past. For example, the name of the governor (of, I believe, Nevada, but I could be wrong) he portrayed on screen in Blazing Saddles is William J. Lepetomane. Few would know that “Le Petomane” is the stage name of the French performer Joseph Pujol, who could – and did to great applause and laughter – play the French national anthem (“La Marseillaise”) among other tunes, via passing gas through his nether parts. He was billed as a “flatulist” and sometimes as a “fartiste,” and was portrayed in a 33-minute 1979 British film by actor Leonard Rossiter (Dr. Andrei Smyslov in 2001: A Space Odyssey). I knew that, because I have a book on Le Petomane and have had it for decades. But Brooks’s films are dense in such arcana. Mel’s genuine love and admiration for comic Sid Caesar, for whom he wrote in the early days of his own career (along with Carl Reiner, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, Neil Simon, and other now-famous comics in their own right) for Caesar’s Your Show Of Shows, shone through as he spoke of those days. After his monologue, Brooks stayed to answer questions and later retired to another room where many waited to speak with him privately and to pose for photographs with the comic master. It was a thoroughly engaging evening. •MJ
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should be good enough. It should be more than good enough.” The letter went on to encourage Kristianne to “continue to fight” and to keep her hopes up. She kept the letter because it did indeed give her hope. She says, however, that she was “so fractured inside” that she stayed in an angry state of grief for the first 15 years she spent in prison until finally beginning to realize that it wasn’t all about her. Kristianne’s talk was sad, poignant, frightening, enlightening, and ultimately inspirational.
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our vision on delivering a world-class experience,” said Caruso, founder and chief executive officer, Caruso Affiliated. “The historic location of the Rosewood Miramar Beach Montecito provides the perfect landscape to create a property that not only honors this landmark site, but also draws inspiration from the existing natural beauty of the region and continues to enhance the Montecito community.” Caruso has owned the property for eight years and has designed and re-designed the project numerous times, finally gaining county approvals earlier this year after dozens of hearings –and appeals – for years. The most recent iteration of the project, and the one that was ultimately approved, is the smallest and least impactful, according to Caruso. The endeavor includes 436 on-site parking spaces, beach club membership beginning at 200 members (to be increased to 300 after 24-36 months), and an event capacity of 400 attendees. It’s estimated the Miramar will bring the county $2 million per year in tax revenue, with $450,000 of that earmarked for the general fund, and the projected Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) revenue for the project will likely be $1.5-$2 million per year. “Rosewood Miramar Beach Montecito will be a perfect illustration of Rosewood’s philosophy of A Sense of Place,” Sonia Cheng, chief
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Montecito Fire Conducts Emergency Testing On June 1, Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD) conducted an emergency notifications test, which included testing the Reverse 9-1-1 system, the HEARO Home Emergency Broadcast Radio, AM 1610, the MFPD Website, Nixle, Facebook, and Twitter. “We are still collecting data from the emergency notifications test, but based on preliminary information, we feel that the event was a successful test of our systems,” said district spokesperson Geri Ventura. Ventura tells us several inquiries came into the district from customers following the test. Here are the most common ones, along with their answers: How do I add or remove a cell phone from the Reverse 9-1-1 system? The system is managed and maintained by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department. You can add or remove your cellphone notifications at the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department website or call them directly at (805) 681-4100. How do I register to receive notifications with NIXLE? You can register for emails at https://local.nixle.com/ accounts/login/ and you can register for cell phone notifications by texting “MONTECITO” to 888777. If you are currently registered and want to cancel your subscription, you need to log onto your NIXLE account to cancel your email notifications, and you can cancel your cell phone texting subscription by texting “STOP” to 888777. I have a HEARO Home Alert Radio and there was a lot of static after the alert tone was shut off. The HEARO system will not send verbal messages or instruc-
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tion – it is only meant to send an audible alert tone for the purpose of waking you up, or getting your attention, and will provide a short scrolling text message across the front of the radio with basic information. The FM radio that is a part of the system will not have any emergency information playing once you shut off the alert tone. After you disable the alert tone by pressing the “messages” button on the front of the device, the system defaults to NOAA at a loud volume and may sound garbled or have static. The user should turn down the volume, and power-off the radio to end this static. It is important to note that the HEARO radio does not need to be on to receive alerts. MFPD’s system turns the radio on automatically when the district activates the notification to the radio. “No method is fail-proof,” Ventura said, adding that Montecito Fire offers several methods of emergency notifications for that very reason. “We encourage all Montecito residents to be knowledgeable about all of our notification systems and subscribe to all methods to ensure they are notified during local emergencies,” she said. The district has been busy for the past week, preparing for the test and responding to a house fire May 26. Two engines, one squad, and a battalion chief responded to a report of a fire alarm at 633 Romero Canyon Road. The blaze was confined to the stove in the kitchen, and the house was lightly charged with smoke. The fire, which was knocked down in one minute, was determined to have been caused by a plastic tray sitting on the range top that had ignited; there were no reported injuries. MFPD also assisted personnel from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SBCSAR) team to help a female hiker in her 20s who slipped and fell while hiking in Montecito with a friend on May 28. At approximately 6:30 pm, SBCSAR was dispatched to the victim, who complained of severe leg pain. Through the use of GPS mapping and a direct cellphone call to the victim, responders determined she was located on the Edison Catway in the Hot Springs Canyon area of Montecito. Once the location was identified, SBCSAR personnel and Montecito Fire personnel responded to the Hot Springs Trailhead area; a Montecito Fire medic 4 – 11 June 2015
evaluated and stabilized the victim, who had injured her ankle. Due to the rough terrain, SBCSAR off-road vehicles were brought in to transport the hiker down the trailhead and transfer her to American Medical Response (AMR) paramedics. Approximately an hour later, she was transported by AMR to a hospital for treatment of her injuries. The hiking incident prompted SBCSAR and the sheriff’s department to outline smart hiking tips as the summer months approach; the following is a snippet of helpful reminders: Know the name of the trailhead and trail you will be hiking. To help orientate yourself, carry a map of the area you will be hiking along with a compass and GPS (with extra batteries). Stay on known marked trails to avoid getting disorientated and potentially lost. Tell someone where you are going and when you will be back, and hike with a friend. Hiking companions can help determine where you are and provide aid should you get hurt, either by applying first-aid and/ or going for help. Prepare appropriately for your hike: physically, mentally, and with the right equipment. This means enough water, food, clothing, and other equipment to deal with unforeseen situations. Equipment should include a flashlight (with extra batteries), first-aid kit, toilet paper, emergency blanket, small knife, map, compass, water, and food. It’s also suggested you carry a whistle and cell phone. SBCSAR has located many people just by hearing their whistle. More than 75 percent of the searchand-rescue calls SBCSAR personnel respond to involve someone using a cellphone. While they can be extremely useful in the front country; they have little or no coverage in the back country, and therefore are not the
perfect communication tool to bring rescue personnel immediately to your aid. If you are venturing into the back country, consider looking into a Personal Location Beacon (PLB) or a SPOT device that can be activated in an emergency that will give SBCSAR your location coordinates. A satellite phone is another option. SBCSAR suggests hikers be familiar with some of the natural hazards in the area such as rattlesnakes and Poison Oak. While potentially dangerous, rattlesnakes rarely are deadly. Unless provoked, surprised, or cornered, they will do everything they can to get away from you. Poison Oak is out in abundance, so learn what it looks like and avoid coming into contact with it. For more information and to see a complete list of hiking tips, go to www.sbcsar.org. The organization is currently recruiting members. Check out their website for more information.
School over the weekend to celebrate the school’s 125th anniversary with hot dogs and chili, and four large birthday cakes. Former teachers and administrators shared their memories from their time on campus, including former superintendent Art Fisher, retired teacher Joel Orr, former teacher Pete Shennum,
current faculty members, and superintendent Dr. Tricia Price. Live music was provided by CSS parent band, Jason Campbell and the Drive, and the kids participated in activities on the CSS playground. “It was a great turnout,” Dr. Price told us. “The perfect end to the school year.” •MJ
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Students, parents, teachers, faculty, and alumni celebrated Cold Spring School’s 125th anniversary on May 30
Hundreds of students, former students, teachers, former teachers, and parents turned out to Cold Spring
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headed by German chancellor Angela Merkel, 60, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, 67. and philanthropist Melinda Gates, 50, in the top slots. Oprah is ranked at number 12, just two places below First Lady Michelle Obama, 51. Fellow TV talk-show host and Montecito neighbor Ellen DeGeneres, 57, is number 50 on the list, while Queen Elizabeth, 89, is ranked at 41. Actress Angelina Jolie, another Santa Barbara resident, is at 54, and former Montecito homeowner Ariana Huffington is at 61, fashion moguls Tory Burch, Diane von Furstenberg, and Miuccia Prada at 73, 75, and 79 respectively, with Fox News host Greta Van Susteren scraping in at 99... Just for Laughs Montecito resident Julia LouisDreyfus and comedian Jerry Seinfeld starred together for nine hit seasons on the hugely popular NBC sitcom Seinfeld. The fan favorites were seen together again the other day in a sneak peek of the upcoming season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. The nearly two-minute trailer showed Seinfeld, 61, engaging in witty banter with Julia, 54, as well as comedians Stephen Colbert – who replaces David Letterman’s Late Show in September – Jim Carrey, Bill Maher, Steve Harvey, and Trevor Noah, the new host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show following Jon Stewart’s departure. Seinfeld created the web series distributed by the Crackle digital network and its six-episode sixth season will premiere Wednesday, June 3. Each episode features Seinfeld, an avid auto collector, selecting a vintage car for a guest comedian followed by
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a ride together for coffee. Julia, who has signed up for her fifth season of the Emmy-winning HBO show Veep, was assigned a grey Aston Martin that has been famously associated with fictional British spy 007 and is also driven by Prince Charles, a 21st birthday present from his mother, the Queen. “You are the James Bond of comedy. Whatever the mission, you come in and kill,” says Seinfeld, as Julia giggles. He is also heard delivering a Seinfeld-esque line to Maher over coffee. “If they were really doughnut holes, wouldn’t the bag be empty?” he asks rhetorically. Polo in Palisades To Will Rogers State Park in pulsating Pacific Palisades for the second annual British Polo Day. The 400-guest, invitation-only event, hosted by Will Rogers Polo Club president and new Carpintera resident, Andrew Bossom – a graduate of Eton College, where princes William and Harry were schooled – and Sandhurst, Britain’s version of West Point, where the heir to throne and his brother also graduated, attracted a torrent of tony types from the U.K. Guests included Lord Freddie Windsor, nephew of the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra – a financial executive at J.P. Morgan in Century City – and his actress wife, Sophie Winkelman, who starred on the CBS series Two and a Half Men. Also attending was Santa Barbara Polo Club regular, Old Etonian actor Baron Clement von Franckenstein, an
Prepped for the day’s events are the Duke of Argyll, Torquhil Campbell; polo player Tom Schuerman on Darlin; Melinda Blue, DVM; Pat Nesbitt, Griffin Leigh Dellaverson, and Sean Dishman (photo by Priscilla)
Enjoying British Polo Day are Lord Frederick Windsor, son of Prince Michael of Kent, and Richard Mineards (photo by Priscilla)
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old friend, and Torquhil Campbell, the 47-year-old 13th Duke of Argyll, who owns one of Scotland’s most stately piles, Inveraray Castle, on a 60,000 acre estate. Last year, PBS did a one-hour documentary on the dashing duke and he tells me another hour-long follow-up is now in the works. The 300-year-old house has also been used for scenes in the highly rated PBS show Downton Abbey, which is currently shooting its sixth and final season at Highclere Castle, the home of the Earl and Countess of Carnarvon. After quaffing the free-flowing Taittinger champagne and Royal Salute scotch whisky, the guests at the boffo British bash, sponsored by Land Rover and the top London department store, Harrods whose doorman in his distinctive green and gold uniform had been flown over the occasion, watched two exciting polo matches, including a team from Harrow School, known by former students as the Dump on the Hump – the alma mater of Winston Churchill, playwright Terence Rattigan, photographer Cecil Beaton, and actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Edward Fox. When I lived nearby just off Chelsea’s 4 – 11 June 2015
Guests Rachel Hanada, Deborah Heo, Ebe Sievwright, British Polo Day emcee and commentator, and Victoria Firestone holding Jasper (photo by Priscilla)
Peter and Deborah Bertling, John Palminteri, gala auctioneer, Anne Luther and Julian Nott (photo by Priscilla)
Lunching on the deck are Allie Clay and Kenny Loggins (photo by Priscilla)
Sloane Square in the 1970s, we knew the tony Knightsbridge emporium as H.A. Rods, but I’m now told locals have dubbed it H-Arabs, given its Qatari ownership and heavily Middle Eastern clientele. Among the elegant throng, looking like a scene from a MerchantIvory film, were film director Cassian Elwes, Texas gadabout Charles Ward, Summerland hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt, Montecito rocker Kenny Loggins, Olivier de Givenchy, Nona Summers, Santa Barbara Polo Club player Leigh Brecheen and her daughter, Griffin, a student at St. Andrews University in Scotland – Prince William’s alma mater – Vanity Fair contributing editor Wendy Stark and Prince Charles Windisch-Graetz and his wife, Adriana. So far, the achingly glamorous event, held around the globe, has raised more than $2 million for charity, including L.A.’s Homeboy Industries and London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital. An auction, with lots including stays in Bali, the Royal Mansour in Marrakech, the Six Senses Laamu in the Maldives, flights on Surfair, a subscription-based aviation service, and any global resort choice in the 3rd Home portfolio, added to the coffers. Lending a Financial Hand The 53-year-old Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara (SFSB) 4 – 11 June 2015
Andrew Bossom, host and player with the Harrow polo team on Cohiba and Amza Bossom, holding the reins (photo by Priscilla)
awarded a record $8.7 million to nearly 3,000 county students, in conjunction with its largest partner, the Santa Barbara Foundation. This year SFSB executives received 3,481 applications for financial support. While 2,948 of those students received critical funding, more than 500 deserving students were rejected due to lack of monies, though the scholarship total is around $100,000 more than last year. “As proud as we are of this achievement, we never stop thinking about the many worthy young people we had to turn down,” says outgoing president, Janet Garufis. “It is heartbreaking to deny aid to any deserving student who wishes to pursue a higher education degree or credential.” In the evening the foundation held a dinner for 265 guests at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum with supporters including Joe Cole, Joanne Holderman, Brad Nack, Palmer Jackson, Stuart and Penny Jenkins, Michael Towbes, Lynn Brittner, Marybeth Carty, Bob and Vicki Hazard, Nancy Schlosser, Patty Palmer, and Norm and Jane Habermann. Since 1962, SFSB has provided more than 39,600 scholarships totaling $96.7 million for county students. Merriment and Money To celebrate its forthcoming production of Carl Orff’s spectacular Carmina
At the Monarch table to be feted are (front row) Marilyn Mazess, Ann Macy, Valerie Swanson, and JoAnne Wasserman, artistic director/conductor of the Choral Society; (back) Stefan Riesenfeld, Dick Mazess, Mike Macy, Bob Swanson, and Gary Wasserman (photo by Priscilla)
Dan Secord, harpist Valerie Saint Martin, co-chair Marylove Thralls and Jim Robbins, the court’s jester (photo by Priscilla)
Burana – based on 12th century poems – with the Santa Barbara Symphony on its 63rd opening night at the Granada in October, the Santa Barbara Choral Society hosted “In Taberna: A Night of Medieval Merriment” gala at the Music Academy of the West’s Lotte Lehmann Hall. The colorful bash, with most of the 137 guests garbed magnificently in medieval mode, was co-hosted by Marylove Thralls and Mary Dan Eades and raised around $20,000 for the popular group. Treasurer Jim Robbins, dressed as a
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3790 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3790 for the North General Aviation Ramp PCC Pavement Panel Replacement will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 24, 2015, to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “North General Aviation Ramp PCC Pavement Panel Replacement, Bid No. 3790". The North General Aviation Ramp PCC Pavement Panel Replacement project primarily consists of: (1) Base Bid - involving the saw cut, removal and off-site disposal of existing PCC pavement panels on the Signature ramp; the installation of new PCC pavement section including all reinforcement, load transfer devices, PCC pavement joints and all ancillary items necessary for the proposed improvements. (2) Additive Alternative No. 1 - involving the removal of the existing runway hold position surface painted signs, and the installation of preformed thermoplastic surface paint hold position signs. The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Insert improvements per plans and specs. The Engineer’s estimate is $700,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 11 at 2:00 pm at: Airport Administration Office 601 Firestone Road. The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Leif Reynolds, Project, 805-692-6020. In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. 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A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. Effective March 1, 2015, Senate Bill 854 requires the City to only use contractors and subcontractors on public projects that have been registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations. Buy American Certification - The successful bidder must comply with Title 49 U.S.C. Section 50101. Unless otherwise formally approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), all acquired steel and manufactured products installed under the AIP assisted project must be produced in the United States. Section of 50101(b) permits conditional waivers of this preference. Bidder is hereby advised that Owner approval of any requested waiver is contingent upon approval by the FAA. As a condition of bid responsiveness, Bidder must indicate on the Buy American certification whether it intends to meet Buy American requirements by only installing 100% United States made steel and manufactured products or if they intend to request a permissible waiver to Buy America preferences. All solicitations, contract and subcontracts resulting from projects funded under this Contract are subject to the foreign trade restriction required by 49 CFR Part 30, “Denial of Public Works Contracts to Suppliers of Goods and Services of Countries That Deny Procurement Market Access to U.S. Contractors”. Bidders will be required to provide certification in accordance with 49 CFR Part 29 regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion from participation in this transaction by any Federal Department or Agency. Race Neutral DBE Goal - There is no DBE project goal established for this project. At this time the City of Santa Barbara (City) will meet the DBE goal on federally assisted projects through race neutral measures. The City supports the use of race neutral measures to facilitate participation by DBEs and other small businesses, and encourages prime contractors to subcontract portions of their work that they might otherwise perform with their own forces. According to the Department of Labor, the minority utilization goal for Santa Barbara County is 19.7 percent. Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action 1. The Offeror's or Bidder’s attention is called to the "Equal Opportunity Clause" and the "Standard Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications" set forth herein. 2. The goals and timetables for minority and female participation, expressed in percentage terms for the contractor's aggregate workforce in each trade on all construction work in the covered area, are as follows: A. Timetables: Until further notice B. Goals for minority participation for each trade (19.7) C. Goals for female participation in each trade (6.9%) These goals are applicable to all of the contractor's construction work (whether or not it is Federal or federally-assisted) performed in the covered area. If the contractor performs construction work in a geographical area located outside of the covered area, it shall apply the goals established for such geographical area where the work is actually performed. With regard to this second area, the contractor is also subject to the goals for both federally funded and non-federally funded construction regardless of the percentage of federal participation in funding. The contractor's compliance with the Executive Order and the regulations in 41 CFR Part 60-4 shall be based on its implementation of the Equal Opportunity Clause, specific affirmative action obligations required by the specifications set forth in 41 CFR 60-4.3(a), and its efforts to meet the goals. The hours of minority and female employment and training shall be substantially uniform throughout the length of the contract, and in each trade, and the contractor shall make a good faith effort to employ minorities and women evenly on each of its projects. The transfer of minority or female employees or trainees from contractor to contractor or from project to project, for the sole purpose of meeting the contractor's goals, shall be a violation of the contract, the Executive Order, and the regulations in 41 CFR Part 60-4. Compliance with the goals will be measured against the total work hours performed. 3. The contractor shall provide written notification to the Director, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), within 10 working days of award of any construction subcontract in excess of $10,000 at any tier for construction work under the contract resulting from this solicitation. The notification shall list the name, address, and telephone number of the subcontractor; employer identification number of the subcontractor; estimated dollar amount of the subcontract; estimated starting and completion dates of subcontract; and the geographical area in which the subcontract is to be performed. 4. As used in this notice and in the contract resulting from this solicitation, the "covered area" is Sate of California, County of Santa Barbara, City of Santa Barbara. Airport Improvement Program - The City of Santa Barbara anticipates using the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) to help fund this project. The Project and associated contracts are therefore subject to the following: 1. AFFIRMATIVE ACTION REQUIREMENT. (Reference: 41 CFR part 60-4, Executive Order 11246) 2. ACCESS TO RECORDS AND REPORTS. (Reference: 49 CFR part 18.36(i), 49 CFR part 18.42) 3. AIRPORT AND AIRWAY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1982, SECTION 520 (Reference: 49 U.S.C. 47123) 4. BREACH OF CONTRACT TERMS. (Reference 49 CFR part 18.36(i)(1)) 5. BUY AMERICAN PREFERENCE. (Reference: 49 USC § 50101) 6. CIVIL RIGHTS – GENERAL. (Reference: 49 USC § 47123) 7. CIVIL RIGHTS – TITLE VI ASSURANCES. 8. CLEAN AIR AND WATER POLLUTION CONTROL. (Reference: 49 CFR § 18.36(i)(12)) 9. CONTRACT WORKHOURS AND SAFETY STANDARDS ACT REQUIREMENTS. (Reference: 49 CFR § 18.36(i)(6)) 10. COPELAND “ANTI-KICKBACK” ACT (Reference: 49 CFR § 18.36(i)(4), 29 CFR parts 3 & 5) 11. DAVIS BACON REQUIREMENTS. (Reference: 49 CFR § 18.36(i)(5)) 12. DEBARMENT AND SUSPENSION (NON-PROCUREMENT). (Reference: 2 CFR part 180 (Subpart C), 2 CFR part 1200, DOT Order 4200.5 DOT Suspension & Debarment Procedures & Ineligibility) 13. DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. (Reference: 49 CFR part 26) 14. ENERGY CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS. Source: 49 CFR part 18.36(i)(13) 15. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CLAUSE AND SPECIFICATIONS. (Reference 41 CFR § 60-1.4, Executive Order 11246) 16. FEDERAL FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE) (Reference: 29 USC § 201, et seq.) 17. LOBBYING AND INFLUENCING FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. (Reference: 49 CFR part 20, Appendix A) 18. NONSEGREGATED FACILITIES REQUIREMENT. (Reference: 41 CFR § 60-1.8) 19. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 1970 (Reference 20 CFR part 1910) 20. RIGHT TO INVENTIONS (Reference 49 CFR part 18.36(i)(8)) 21. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT. (Reference: 49 CFR § 18.36(i)(2)) 22. TRADE RESTRICTION (Reference: 49 CFR part 30) 23. VETERAN’S PREFERENCE (Reference: 49 USC § 47112(c)) Civil Rights - Title VI Solicitation Notice The City of Santa Barbara, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. Notice to Prospective Federally Assisted Construction Contractors 1. A Certification of Non-segregated Facilities shall be submitted prior to the award of a federally-assisted construction contract exceeding $10,000 which is not exempt from the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Clause. 2. Contractors receiving federally-assisted construction contract awards exceeding $10,000 which are not exempt from the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Clause will be required to provide for the forwarding of the following notice to prospective subcontractors for supplies and construction contracts where the subcontracts exceed $10,000 and are not exempt from the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Clause. 3. The penalty for making false statements in offers is prescribed in 18 U.S.C. § 1001. 4. Monthly progress payments shall be made to the Contractor for the value of the work completed during the preceding month, less a five percent (5%) security withhold. Notice to Prospective Subcontractors of Requirements for Certification of Non-Segregated Facilities 1. A Certification of Non-segregated Facilities shall be submitted prior to the award of a subcontract exceeding $10,000, which is not exempt from the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Clause. 2. Contractors receiving subcontract awards exceeding $10,000 which are not exempt from the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Clause will be required to provide for the forwarding of this notice to prospective subcontractors for supplies and construction contracts where the subcontracts exceed $10,000 and are not exempt from the provisions of the Equal Opportunity Clause. The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder. GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA William Hornung, C.P.M.
PUBLISHED June 3 and June 10, 2015 Montecito Journal
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: My BFF Clothing, 651 Paseo Nuevo, #705, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Palco Clothing, INC., 651 Paseo Nuevo, #705, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 6, 2015. 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 Marlene Ashcom. FBN No. 2015-0001478. Published June 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Justice People; The Justice People Legal Document Service, 351 Paseo Nuevo, 2nd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Anthony Tyler Gross, 937 Camino Caballo, Nipomo, CA 93444. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 1, 2015. 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 Jessica Sheaff. FBN No. 2015-0001754. Published June 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pond Armor, 2360 Thompson Avenue Suite A, Santa Maria, CA 93455. Aegis Industries, INC, 2360 Thompson Avenue Suite A, Santa Maria, CA 93455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 8, 2015. 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 Deborah Sanchez. FBN No. 2015-0001504. Published May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: ARC Services, 3950 Via Real Spc. 87, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Danny W. Lieder, 3950 Via Real Spc. 87, Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2015. 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 Christine Potter. FBN No. 2015-0001548. Published May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Lagoon Designs, 410 Nicholas Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Leah Yahyavi, 410 Nicholas Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 18, 2015. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN No. 2015-0001598. Published May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hall Pardoe Design, 2150 Las Canoas Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Elyse Pardoe, 2150 Las Canoas Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 21, 2015. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN No. 2015-0001669. Published May 27, June 3, 10, 17, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Avotea, Avoteas, The Avocado Tea Company, 2624 Borton Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Andrew Quine, 2624 Borton Drive, Santa Barbara,
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CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 13, 2015. 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 Christine Potter. FBN No. 2015-0001534. Published May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mr. Bones Productions, 1422 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2065. Dayton B. Howe, 1422 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2065. Melodie Johnson Howe, 1422 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 931092065. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 6, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2015-0001469. Published May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Studio Milagros, 3601 San Jose Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Donna Taylor, 3601 San Jose Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. William Taylor, 3601 San Jose Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 8, 2015. 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 Miriam Leon. FBN No. 2015-0001505. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Blu Clean, 4088 Via Zorro #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Idolina Guinto, 4088 Via Zorro #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 22, 2015. 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. 2015-0001317. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Valovi, 6788 Abrego Apt 1, Isla Vista, CA 93117. Justin Richard, 6788 Abrego Apt 1, Isla Vista, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 16, 2015. 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 Jessica Sheaff. FBN No. 2015-0001251. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2015.
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO PROPOSERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed RFP’s will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly received for:
BID NO. 5397
RFP NO. 3780A
DUE DATE & TIME: JUNE 16, 2015 UNTIL 3:00 P.M.
DUE DATE & TIME: JULY 29, 2015 UNTIL 3:00P.M.
Additional Storage Units for Existing Video System
EL ESTERO WWTP CMMS UPGRADE
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for bid package and specifications.
The City of Santa Barbara requests proposals from qualified firms to provide and implement a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) upgrade for the El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant (El Estero) that will support maintenance management, asset management, inventory management, and related functions.
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 copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 2015-0001472. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2015. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV01000. To all interested parties: Petitioner Ariana Hernandez filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Aaron Sonano to Aaron Hernandez. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed May 21, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: July 1, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Vastola Electric, 815 Palermo Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Wire Bender Inc, 815 Palermo Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 4, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2015-0001434. Published May 13, 20, 27, June 3, 2015.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV00805. To all interested parties: Petitioner Nhi Tran Dang Uyen filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Nhi Danis. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed May 21, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: July 8, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Shivaii, 4518 Nueces Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Ehsida Bisset, 21609 P.C.H. Malibu, CA 90265. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 6, 2015. 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
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV00738. To all interested parties: Petitioner Cristina Sparring Lynch filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Sparring VanIderstine Lynch. 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
Published: June 3, 2015 Montecito Journal name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed May 21, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: July 8, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24
RFP’s must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. RFP’s packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for the RFP package and specifications. Proposers are hereby notified that any service contract issued as a result of this RFP may be subject to the provisions and regulations of the City of Santa Barbara Ordinance No. 5384, Santa Barbara Municipal Code, Chapter 9.128 and its impending regulations relating to the payment of Living Wages. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. _______________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV00545. To all interested parties: Petitioner Jeovany Javier filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Jeovany Abrajan. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 22, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 24, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/27, 6/3, 6/10, 6/17
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV00562. To all interested parties: Petitioner Alondra Moreno filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Alondra Silva Capuchino. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 24, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 24, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV00566. To all interested parties: Petitioner Joanna Lorraine Emma filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Lauren Emma. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 27, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 24, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV00368. To all interested parties: Petitioner Scott McBeth filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child from Abby Marie Donahue to Abby Marie McBeth. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 9, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 24, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3
Summer is a promissory note signed in June. – Hal Borland
Published: June 3, 2015 Montecito Journal ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV00014. To all interested parties: Petitioner Matthew Daniel Wiener filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child from Hikari Sophie Makita Wiener to Hikari Sophie Wiener. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed March 23, 2015 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 23, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV00338. To all interested parties: Petitioner Andrea Beatrice Read filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Andrea Beatrice Read to Andrea Beatrice Vicars. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Hearing date: June 24, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/13, 5/20, 5/27, 6/3
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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)
ENDING THIS WEEK UCSB Music – The academic year comes to a close with a final pair of performances from student groups, beginning with a concert of North Indian Classical Music featuring the UCSB Music of India Ensemble on Thursday, June 4. Directed by Scott Marcus, who also helms the Middle East Ensemble, the concert will feature performances on sitars and tabla, opening with the raga Yaman by the first-year students followed by raga Jaunpuri by the advanced students. Havi Sivakumar will provide tabla accompaniment. (7:30 pm; Karl Geiringer Hall.) The following night, UCSB Department of Music ends the season with the UCSB Gospel Choir directed by Victor Bell (7:30 pm; Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall) COST: $10 general, $5 students; free children under 12 INFO: 893-2064 or www.music.ucsb.edu THURSDAY, JUNE 4 1st Thursday – Poetry is popping up all over the place these days (see June 11 listing), so why not at 1st Thursday? Channing Peake Gallery is tonight’s host for the next Poetry Under the Influence: Responses to Place event, where Santa Barbara poet laureate emeritus Chryss Yost has recruited fellow wordsters Ron Alexander, Diane August, Gudrun Bortman, Gabriella Klein, Enid Osborn, Michael Wilds, and Peg Quinn
for a walk-through evening where the poets will respond to the evocative photographs on display with original poems... Elsewhere on the performance front, Mezcal Martini, the local Latin jazz band that has been playing together for more than six years, brings their music shaped by Poncho Sanchez, Tito Puente, Willie Bobo, and Mongo Santamaria complete with horns and more to Marshalls Patio at 900 State Street.... Yes, it’s already June (hence the new 1st Thursday), but CycleMAYnia has one last blast tonight at Paseo Nuevo, where you can enjoy live music, performances and talent acts along with beers and brats. The CycleMAYnia Talent Show is a medley of unique bicycle-themed talent acts including musical performances, rap, dance, and an experimental music piece featuring more than 100 bicyclists.... Saxophonist Justin Claveria’s quartet (featuring Kevin Fukagawa, Tom Etchart, and Cougar Estrada) hold forth at the new 1st Thursday venue of Christ Presbyterian Church (36. E. Victoria) as the live soundtrack for “In Situ – Works” by Meagan Stirling, an assistant professor of art at Westmont College who combines printmaking, painting, and photography evoking an idealized way of life that also exaggerates the idea of safety becoming weakened by isolation, chance, and violence. Wine & hors d’oeuvres provided.... A young musicians group from local nonprofit
THURSDAY, JUNE 4 Sibling Sing, After After Hours – First, from 7:30-9:30 pm, Granada Theatre hosts 1st Thursday: After Hours this month – featuring a sneak-peek reel of its upcoming film series of four distinct genres that will be showing at the theater throughout the summer, plus Sio Tepper playing show tunes on piano in the lobby, free light bites by Ca’ Dario/Dario Pizzeria and Rori’s Artisanal Creamery, complimentary wine tasting from Summerland Winery, and a no-host bar. Then the action moves upstairs to the McCune Founders Room for the launching of the new concert series with the misnomer Granada Underground. The inaugural intimate performance comes from Los Angeles folk-rock band He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister, self-described purveyors of glam-folk, cirque rock, garage country, and desert pop. The band, which really is fronted by a sibling pair as well as their romantic partners, has played at SOhO several times, right across State Street. Doors open at 9:30, music starts at 10. WHERE: 1214 State Street COST: $20 INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org
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FRIDAY, JUNE 5 Grammy Goes to Cambridge – Fingerpicking guitarist Pat Donahue spent more than 20 years as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band on the NPR favorite a gig that indicates just one facet of his devotion to acoustic guitar. Considered an American standard who echoes the tones of Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Merle Travis, or Muddy Waters, Donahue also displays an easy wit as he offers his nimble interpretations of old blues, swing, R&B, and original tunes. He’s working on a new CD due out this summer that will partially feature members of the Prairie All Stars, his former bandmates on the radio show. Opening act Mike Mullins, who lives in Carpinteria, has been a fixture on the California Central Coast acoustic music scene for more than three decades, including memorable membership in the local prog-grass outfits The Acousticats, The Cache Valley Drifters, and The Hay Dudes. Just last year, Mullins released his first solo project, , a compendium of guitar and mandolin Americana styles showcasing Mike’s original material over a 25-year span, produced by fellow former Drifter David West. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Cambridge Drive Community Church, 550 Cambridge Drive, Goleta COST: $10 with advance reservation and $12 at the door INFO: 964-0436 or www.cambridgedrivechurch.org
Rock Shop Academy keeps the beat at Mon Petit Bijou, where Diana Valdez’s artwork creating emotional motions through texture with acrylic, mixed gels, and local beach sand and drift wood is on display.... It’s bluegrass stalwarts Salt Martians turn at Encanto in La Arcada, while Deb Farris & Friends return to the Sojourner.... In the visual arts front, choose between Amy Hazard’s Native American abalone adornment carving at Santa Barbara Arts, Malaysian born artist Si Jie Loo’s merging of her Western art education with her Chinese traditional roots in calligraphy and ink painting at Bella Rosa Galleries, or Argentina-born Ana Marini’s “Secret Journeys”, paintings that apply a metaphorical language to create works that can be seen explicitly as a personal search in life at Artamo Gallery – and much more. WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: www.santabarbaradowntown. com/about/1st-thursday SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Moving with Momentum – Momentum Dance Company, Santa Barbara’s newest competitive dance company, closes out its first season with a single showcase at Center Stage. Owner/director Betsy Woyach’s troupe will feature choreography by her as well as Kelly Marshall, Krista Miller, and Jess Warfield in a variety of dance styles including Hip Hop, Tap, and Contemporary.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 6 Happy to be Benefit – Several local bands and musicians are coming together tonight for a special fundraiser to help defray medical expenses incurred by Captain Paul Noury, the stalwart of the Santa Barbara Harbor, who suffered an aneurysm last November. Noury spent two weeks in a coma, and was given a four-percent chance of survival but woke up last Thanksgiving Day and is slowly recovering. After a cocktail party in a nearby locale that features a showing of a private multimillion-dollar art collection and an early dinner show, door open to all for performances by Vanaka – featuring the former members of The Ride (Don & Stacey Fergusson and Jon Payne) with co-writer/ producer JR Richards, the former lead singer-songwriter for Dishwalla – plus Stacey’s all-woman band Midnight Mynx, David Courtenay and the Castawaves, and One Two Tree. Vanaka’s debut CD was called, appropriately for this event, , and the event’s aptly named title comes from the group’s latest video, which was filmed on Santa Barbara beaches and ranches of the Santa Ynez Valley. WHEN: 8:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $20-$25 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com
SUNDAY, JUNE 7 Gastro-Gatherings – The Los Olivos Jazz and Olive Festival invites visitors to spend a Saturday afternoon in beautiful Santa Ynez Valley tasting wine from 30 local wineries (Coquelicot, Sandhi Wines, and Stolpman Vineyards are just a few of the ones that rarely pour at such events) and sampling 30 different olivethemed dishes prepared by local chefs all while enjoying world-class jazz from The Los Angeles A Team, featuring Grammy-nominee Denise Donatelli. Presented by and benefiting the Los Olivos Rotary Club. WHEN: 1-4 pm COST: $60 WHERE: downtown Los Olivos INFO: 325-9280 or www. jazzandolivefestival.org Thirty is also the number of pourers at Zoo Brew offers, only the libation is beer from area breweries, accompanied by pub food from local taverns and a chance
to visit with the animals at the hilltop vista. WHEN: 3-6 pm (2 pm entry for VIPs) WHERE: Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Ninos Drive COST: $55 general, $90 VIP INFO: 962-5339 or www.sbzoo. org Green and Blue: A Coastal Celebration, billed as the “do not miss” environmental event of the year, is the Environmental Defense Center’s largest and most successful fundraiser of the year. Held outside in the beautiful gardens of Rancho La Patera & Stow House, the gala offers guests fabulous hors d’oeuvres, local wine, New Belgium brews, live and silent auctions – plus a short program celebrating our local environment that concludes with a performance by Glen Phillips, Montecito’s own famed singersongwriter. WHEN: 2-5 pm WHERE: 304 North Los Carneros Road, Goleta COST: $100 INFO: 963-1622 or www.environmentaldefensecenter.org/ gb •MJ
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Santa Barbara Special Olympics Athletics at the 7th Annual Inspire Greatness luncheon with honorees Lamarcus Briggs and Jerry Raffealli (photo by Priscilla)
Medieval revelers Molly Ballantine, Renee Kelleher, Brooks Firestone, Joan Speirs, Tom Le Pley, and Hayley Firestone Jessup (photo by Priscilla)
tion, which included a week at a villa in Provence, a river cruise on the Danube, a stay in Hawaii and a 12-diamond gold ring. Among those making musical, as well as Middle Age merriment, were Brooks Firestone, Debra Stewart, SB Chamber Orchestra director Kevin Marvin, Dan Secord, Kate Rees, Karen Williams, Pam Enticknap, Barbara Burger, Erica DiBartolomeo, Candy Stevenson, Deborah Bertling, Kathleen Stinnett, Julian Nott, dashing as Robin Hood, Anne Luther, symphony director David Pratt, and former symphony president Stefan Riesenfeld. Carmina Burana has not been performed in our Eden by the Beach since 2008, so the October 17 show should be an absolute cracker. Have a Heart, Having a Ball Although it has one of the most cavernous ballrooms in town, the American Heart Association opted to make its 16th annual gala, the Beach Ball, at the Bacara an outdoor affair with tables laid out for the 300 guests around the tony hostelry’s fountain entrance court. The bash, chaired by Cox Media executive Sarah Bishop Jaimes, was expected to raise around $190,000 toward the charity’s health fitness program. Sansum Clinic cardiologist Joseph Aragon, immediate past president, was honored for his many contributions to the association and the community. Among the tony throng were Tom Adams, Ali Azarvan, Aaron Clark, Brittany and Tyler Dobson, Tiffany Hampton, Kimberly Horn, Laura Hunt, Jennie Jacobs, Wayne and Sharol Siemens,Travis King, Kirsten and Tori McLaughlin, Robert Mislang, Jon Standring, Stacy Tolkin-Lowman, Ron and Vicki Simms, and Nicole Wichowski.
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Dance the Night Away The UCSB Dance Company, directed by Delila Moseley, put on quite a show to wrap up its current season at the Center Stage Theater. The performers, just back from a European tour, danced four works, including Genevieve Carson’s new work Perpetuum and Jerry Pearson’s 16-year-old Artifice, a personal favorite. Soaring in the Desert, with Clouds, an evocative new work by Nancy Colahan to music by William Pasley, opened the second half, with the entertaining foot fest wrapping with master choreographer José Limon’s 1956 work There Is A Time, reconstructed by Alice Condodina.... Feeling Special Athletes and coaches from the Southern California Special Oympics gathered at the Courthouse Sunken Garden for its seventh annual Inspire Greatness lunch which honored Ugo “Butch” Arnoldi, a 41-year veteran and commander of the Goleta sheriff’s station, for his 33 years of aiding the growth of the organization, including the Law Enforcement Torch Run.
This is an important year for the organization because the Special Olympics World Summer Games will be hosted in Los Angeles in July and August, with more than 7,000 athletes from 177 countries competing in 25 sporting events. Lamarcus Briggs, 33, and World Games gold medal winner Jerry Raffealli, 58, who received Athlete of the Year awards, will be competing in the big event in the basketball and softball categories. Dan Weiner was recognized as Outstanding Adult Volunteer, while Cameron Woods was Outstanding Youth Volunteer. Among the 200 guests turning out for the cause were mayor Helene Schneider, police chief Cam Sanchez, Silvio Di Loreto, supervisors Janet Wolf and Salud Carbajal, Trudi Carey, Jerry Siegel, and Bill Pintard. Star-Bach’s This year’s Bach by Candlelight concert by the 32-year-old West Coast Chamber Orchestra, under veteran conductor Christopher Story and Westmont College music professor Michael Shasberger, featured the German composer’s 1735 short comic opera The Coffee Cantata, singing the praises of the stimulating morning Java jolt. The amusing and rare work, about
a killjoy father who tries to ban his vivacious daughter drinking coffee, featured both Westmont tutor Grey Brothers and Michael, doing double duty with the baton and his vocal chords, and soprano Emmalee Wetzel. The rest of the performance included violinist Tamsen Beseke piccolo player Sheridon Stokes, and flutist Andrea Di Maggio, in the Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and the Telemann Suite in A Minor, kicking off with Air on a G String. Write On
Author Karen Roberts publishes second book
Author Karen Roberts, an investment executive in Montecito, has just published her second work Journeys: Healing Through Nature’s Wisdom with co-writer Dana Simpson, who was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Inveterate traveler and keen equestrian Karen, who has suffered with multiple sclerosis for 25 years, describes the 147-page work as “inspirational essays,” with photographs by Tim Hauf. “It demonstrates the courage to step beyond the restrictions of the disease,” she explained at a bijou book bash at Tecolote, the bustling bibliophile bastion in the upper village. Her first book, Passions and Patience: Fostering Earth’s Future Through Unlikely Partnerships, was published in 2004.
Big Mouth Santa Barbara’s Museum of Natural History was socially gridlocked when it opened its summer exhibition feaGary Cunningham, honoree lieutenant Ugo Arnoldi, Sarah Jaimes, Cox sponsor, Forester and guest speak- turing the 60-foot-long Megalodon, er Bill Pintard (photo by Priscilla) the largest shark that ever lived and • The Voice of the Village •
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now, thankfully, extinct. The show, which runs through the end of August, features a life-size sculpture that reveals the true scale of the terrifying prehistoric predator that swam in global waters 17 million to two million years ago, as well as fullscale models of living sharks, including a 16-foot great white, a frequent visitor to our shores, as local seals know all too well. “The megalodon had 275 teeth at any given time and shed them like a conveyor belt does,” says Bruce MacFadden of the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, where the exhibit first debuted a decade ago. “Their fossil teeth are all over the world.” For those wanting to see live sharks, albeit smaller than the Megalodon, the museum’s Sea Center at Stearns
Wharf has also opened its new Shark Cove exhibit. Compelling exhibits to definitely get your teeth into. Sightings: Top NBA draft pick Jahlil Okafor strolling near the SB Yacht Club...Mall magnate Herb Simon on his cell phone outside the Honor Bar... Spider-Man actor Gregg Daniel at the Santa Barbara Polo Club Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and other amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal. To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301 •MJ
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VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS Hurry, before your tapes fade away. Now doing records & cassettes to CD. Only $10 each 969-6500 Scott. PR SERVICES Marketing and Publicity for your business, non-profit, or event. Integrating traditional and social media and specializing in PSAs, podcasts, videos, blogs, articles and press releases.
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REAL ESTATE SERVICES The First Place To Go For Your Real Estate Answers! www.NancyHussey.com
Improve the Way You MoveImprove the Quality of Your Life. Private sessions with Josette Fast, PT- 35 years experience. 805-722-8035
THE CLEARING HOUSE, LLC Recognized as the Area’s Leading Estate Liquidators – Castles to Cottages Experts in the Santa Barbara Market! Professional, Personalized Services for Moving, Downsizing, and Estate Sales . Complimentary Consultation (805) 708 6113 email: theclearinghouseSB@cox.net website: theclearinghouseSB.com Estate Moving Sale Service-Efficient30yrs experience. Elizabeth Langtree 689-0461 or 733-1030. TUTORING SERVICES PIANO LESSONS Kary and Sheila Kramer are long standing members of the Music Teachers’ Assoc. of Calif. Studios conveniently located at the Music Academy of the West. Now offering lessons in your home for children and adults. Call us at 684-4626. HAULING SERVICES Same day Junk Hauling by Ignacio “Not just junk hauling! This nice guy answers the phone & shows up! Very reasonable, he moved a refrigerator up a flight of stairs and then magically made it fit into an apartment-sized kitchen!” 805 680-9494 WOODWORKING/CARPENTRY
Nancy Hussey Realtor ® 805-452-3052 Coldwell Banker / Montecito DRE#01383773 COTTAGE/APT/ROOM WANTED Looking for an apartment/cottage in Montecito/SB. 1bd, unfurnished. Excellent credit & refs. Sofia 722-4792
PHYSICAL THERAPY
$8 minimum
Office space available, Upper Village First floor furnished, 12.6 x 14 ft w/ ½ bath. Call 805-565-7797
COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES
Professional Live-In Coordinator looking to relocate to the Santa Barbara area. I have over 20 years experience in home care and the hospital setting. My goal is to ensure people safety and quality of life while living in the comfort of their own home. Celanimary4@gmail.com Phlebotomy Mobile Service “I will come to your home/office for your lab work order” English & Spanish speaking. ASCP Certified, Lic#CPTI 1813 & Insured. Estela (805) 450-3572. Local Refs. stlchvz@yahoo.com
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DIVINELY DEFINED Personal Training Commit To..... Be Fit **Adventure **Affordable **Basic Balance **Simple Solutions Private ~Group Master Fitness Coach Esther Theus 805.806.5967 Let me help you... LIVE IT!
WANTED rental: 1-2 br for long term in SB area. Professional couple working at UCSB. NS/NP. 805-280-6263 SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway. Charming, private studio. Beautiful garden patio. Walk to beach and town. $110/night. 831-624-6714
Finish Custom Carpentry. Furniture, cabinets, restoration, doors, windows.. Ca Lic#911243. (805)696-8507. Cristian. Artisan custom woodworks. All types of repairs, doors, window, kitchen tune-ups. Small jobs welcomed. Appliances don’t fit,call me! Ruben Silva, Lic#820521. Cell 350-0857. ARTIST REQUEST Used Nespresso Pods Wanted For Local Artist Do you drink Nespresso Coffee? I want your used coffee pods. I’m a local artist and I use these colorful pods in my creations. Save them for me and I will pick them up from Carp. to Goleta area. Creative purposeful recycling (up-cycling) at its best! Thanks so much! Evelyn email me at pods.nespresso@gmail. com
TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD $8 minimum
STATE LICENSE No. 485353
It’s Simple. Charge is $2 per line, and any portion of a line. Multiply the number of lines used (example 4 lines x 2 =$8) Add 10 cents per Bold and/or Upper case character and send your check to: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108. Deadline for inclusion in the next issue is Thursday prior to publication date. $8 minimum. Email: christine@montecitojournal.net
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Yes, run my ad __________ times. Enclosed is my check for $__________
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LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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BUSINESS CARDS FOR VOL 20#48, Dec 10, ’14
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Hydrex Merrick Construction Bill Vaughan Shine Blow Dry Musgrove(revised) Valori Fussell(revised) Lynch Construction For more information, please contact Good Doggies Carole Bennett (805) 452-7400 Pemberly carolebennett@cox.net Beautiful eyelash (change to Forever Beautiful Spa) Luis Esperanza Simon Hamilton
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Estate Jewelry Jewelry Restoration Watches Hydrex I will take in trade or purchase your gold Merrick andConstruction platinum jewelry, watches and silver items. 805-455-1070 Bill Vaughansbjewelers@gmail.com
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BRUCE VENTURELLI
Creative WoodFloors
International President’s Elite Santa Barbara REALTOR® Since 1979
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Jason Clelland Owner (805) 944-8972
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Shine Blow Dry Musgrove(revised) Valori Fussell(revised) Lynch Construction Good Doggies Pemberly Beautiful eyelash (change to Forever Beautiful CA Lic Spa) PUC 190295 Luis Esperanza Simon Hamilton
JAMS Music
RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGE DRE#00683076
1290 Coast Village Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108
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Elizabeth Ann Arey 858-204-1238 Cell eaarey@aol.com
Daily photos & email reports Walks, feeding/brushing Excellent local references
Nurturing the next generation through music
Nancy Lee Earle
Founder – Music Producer 631 1/2 N. Milpas Santa Barbara, Ca 93103 805-252-0562 Starjasminemusic@Gmail.com www.JAMSMusic.org • www.StarJasmineMusic.org
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LUCKY’S steaks / chops / seafood... and brunch •
Morning Starters and Other First Courses •
with each entRée
Sandwiches •
With choice of Hash Browns, Fries, Mixed Green, Caesar Salad, Fruit Salad
Fresh Squeezed OJ or Grapefruit Juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ................................... $ 6/8. Bowl of Chopped Fresh Fruit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................... 9. with Lime and Mint
Giant Shrimp Cocktail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................... 22. Chilled Crab Meat Cocktail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................... 22. Grilled Artichoke with Choice of Sauce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 14. Burrata Mozzarella, Basil and Ripe Tomato . . . . . . . . . ....................................... 19. Today’s Soup ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 10.
Lucky Burger, 8 oz., All Natural Chuck ....... ...................................................... $ 20. Choice of Cheese, Homemade French Fried Potatoes, Soft Bun or Kaiser Roll
Grilled Chicken Breast Club on a Soft Bun ................................................. 18. with Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and Avocado
Sliced Filet Mignon Open Faced Sandwich, 6 oz. ........................................ 24. with Mushrooms, Homemade French Fried Potatoes
Hot Corned Beef .................................. ........................................................ 19. on a Kaiser Roll or Rye
Reuben Sandwich ................................. ....................................................... 20. with Corned Beef, Sauerkraut and Gruyere on Rye
French Onion Soup, Gratinée with Cheeses . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 12. Matzo Ball Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 12. Lucky Chili .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................... 15. with Cheddar and Onions
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Salads and Other Specialties •
Wedge of Iceberg ....................................................................................... $10. with Roquefort or Thousand Island Dressing
Caesar Salad ........................................ ........................................................ 10.
Eggs and Other Breakfast Dishes •
with Grilled Chicken Breast ...............................................................................
Eggs Served with choice of Hash Browns, Fries, Sliced Tomatoes, Fruit Salad
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Seafood Louis ....................................... ....................................................... 29.
Classic Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................... $18. with Julienne Ham and Hollandaise
Crab, Shrimp, Avocado, Egg, Romaine, Tomato, Cucumber
Charred Rare Tuna Nicoise Salad ................................................................ 27.
California Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 18. with Spinach, Tomato and Avocado
Lucky’s Salad ............................................................................................... 17. with Romaine, Shrimp, Bacon, Green Beans and Roquefort
Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................... 22. Smoked Salmon and Sautéed Onion Omelet . . . . . . . . . ....................................... 19. with Sour Cream and Chives
Cobb Salad .......................................... ........................................................ 19. Tossed with Roquefort Dressing
Chopped Salad ..................................... ........................................................ 17.
Wild Mushroom and Gruyere Omelet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 19. Home Made Spanish Chorizo Omelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................... 18. with Avocado
Small New York Steak 6 oz, and Two Eggs Any Style ................................ 25. Corned Beef Hash (made right here) and Two Poached Eggs ......................... 19.
with Arugula, Radicchio, Shrimp, Prosciutto, Cannellini Beans and Onions
Sliced Steak Salad ............................... ........................................................ 24. with Arugula, Radicchio and Sautéed Onion
Jimmy the Greek Salad with Feta ........ ........................................................ 14. Dos Pueblos Abalone (4pcs) ........................................................................ 28.
Huevos Rancheros, Two Eggs Any Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 15. Tortillas, Melted Cheese, Avocado and Warm Salsa
Brioche French Toast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 14. with Fresh Berries and Maple Syrup
Waffle Platter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 14. with Fresh Berries, Whipped Cream, Maple Syrup
Smoked Scottish Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................... 20. Toasted Bialy or Bagel, Cream Cheese and Olives, Tomato & Cucumber
Mixed Vegetable Frittata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 17. with Gruyere
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