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Just Ask J’Amy

J’Amy Brown ponders: Who is responsible for breakaway boats when they wash up on shore? p. 28

Up At the Ranch

Katherine Schwarzenegger ties the knot with actor Chris Pratt at the San Ysidro Ranch, p. 6

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Guest Editorial

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

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University Club celebrates 100 years; Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt wed at San Ysidro Ranch; PATH event; Polo Club ring; SBIFF receives grants; Myra Mossman publishes book; Scholarship Foundation event; Lang Lang’s nuptials; Oprah in top ten richest self-made women; Brad Falchuk sells home; wedding in Happy Canyon; Farmers & Merchants Trust displays kids’ art; sightings A collection of communications from readers Robert L. Turner, Dan Seibert, Thomas Van Stein, Heather Moore, Diana Thorn, Morten Wengler, Dale Lowdermilk, and Paul Day

10 This Week in Montecito

A list of local events happening in and around town

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Montecito Association discusses ring nets and insurance issues; Crane bids adieu to two longtime employees; Leslie Person Ryan expands business into Summerland; Montecito Water District releases water quality report

14 Seen Around Town

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Fleurie Leclercq writes children’s stories based on her upbringing in Africa

22 Spirituality Matters

Mindvalley’s first live seminar in Santa Barbara; Authentic Relating Games; Yoga Soup workshops; SBCN’s Community Celebration

27 Music Academy of the West

Summer Festival preview; this week’s events at MAW

28 Just Ask J’Amy

J’Amy Brown answers question from reader about washed up vessel on Hammond’s Beach

34 Our Town

Joanne Calitri stops by Montecito schools’ graduations

37 Brilliant Thoughts

Ashleigh Brilliant ponders the quest for adventure and the difference between a “traveler” and a “tourist”

38 Legal Advertising 39 On Entertainment

Ensemble Theatre Company premieres Dancing Lessons; PCPA’s SummerFest kicks off; The Lost Virginity Tour at Alcazar; Crossing the Line at Trinity Episcopal Church

40 Open House Directory 42 Calendar of Events

Kalinka plays SOhO; Jimmy O. Yang makes area debut; GreenScreen premieres; Haley Corridor Progressive Party; Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara hosts conversation; Carl Saunders showcase; Rebelution at SB Bowl; SOhO hosts Rebecca Kleinmann; Gay Browne signs book

46 Classified Advertising

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47 Local Business Directory

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Guest Editorial

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

How Did We Get It So Wrong?

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hroughout history men have made some bad choices by unwittingly clinging to the past, rather than recognizing and embracing an uncertain future. Here are a few memorable misjudgments: In 1903, the President of the Michigan Savings Bank warned Henry Ford’s lawyer, Horace Rackham, to protect his money. “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty.” Henry Ford ignored this popular advice and proceeded to build a simple, reliable black car that the average American worker could afford. The result was the Model T built on an assembly line – two innovations that revolutionized American society and changed the world we live in today.

In 1939, Gary Cooper was offered the Rhett Butler role in Gone With The Wind, but turned it down with the comment, Gone With The Wind is going to be the biggest flop in Hollywood history. I’m just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling on his nose and not me.” GWTW earned the Academy Award as the Best Picture of the Year. It became the highest grossing film of all time.

In 1943, Thomas J. Watson, Chairman of IBM, predicted, “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” By October 2014, there were two billion personal computers in use throughout the world. In 2018 alone, approximately 260 million PCs were shipped around the world.

In 1946, movie mogul Darryl Zanuck at 20th Century Fox proclaimed, “Television won’t be able to hold onto any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.”

Globally, more than 1.4 billion households now own at least one TV set, representing 79% of total households.

In 1962, after an unsuccessful audition, Decca Records declined to sign The Beatles, saying “We don’t like their sound and guitar music is on the way out.”

The Beatles went on to become the most successful musical artists of all time with more than 600 million singles and albums sold worldwide.

In 1966, Time Magazine, in its Futurists Edition concluded, “Remote shopping, while entirely feasible, will flop because women like to get out of the house, like to handle merchandise and like to be able to change their minds.” Amazon is now the largest e-retailer in the world with close to $232 billion in 2018 sales.

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon, has become the richest man in the world with $146 billion.

In 2007, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, predicted, “There is no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share.” By the end of 2019, Apple will reach a total of 1.7 billion shipments of iPhones and expects to ship the 2 billionth iPhone sometime in the middle of 2021.

Not to be outdone, the tiny, tony town of Montecito has made a few bad bloopers of its own – ones that it wishes it could take back:

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In 1960, the voters of Montecito concluded there was no need for the Montecito Sanitary District to spend the money to install a sewer system on Coast Village Road (CVR). Shortsighted voters turned down a bond proposal for a Montecito Sewage Treatment plant to replace septic tanks in Montecito.

Terrified business owners along CVR, whose septic systems were overflowing and malodorous, turned to the city of Santa Barbara for annexation because the city offered to add sewer service to the business district of Montecito.

In 1961, a year after the city annexed CVR, William H. Joyce, Jr, then President of the Montecito Sanitary District and his board, contracted for a study with Stanford Research Institute to plan and design a new sewage treatment plant for Montecito. The treatment plant was completed in 1961, funded by a mere $3.1 million in revenue bonds in a classic case of too little too late.

As a result of city annexation, Montecito permanently lost its planning and zoning control over the heart of its business district. The City of Santa Barbara now decides building heights and densities; higher sales taxes; and hotel taxes to boost the city’s tax revenue. If the city decides that a new Olive Mill roundabout is needed at “the Gateway to Montecito,” that’s it. If the city decides that a re-opened southbound entrance ramp to the 101 at the Hot Springs/Cabrillo intersection is not needed, that’s it. If the city decides Montecito could use a pot shop or two to generate more tax revenues, that’s it.

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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, gossip on The Joan Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, a commentator on the KTLA Morning News and Entertainment Tonight. He moved to Montecito 12 years ago.

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University Club President Leonard and Sandra Himelsein, event chair Jeannie Hill, and Judge Brian Hill (photo by B&E Photography)

John and Olesya Thyne at the University Club (photo by B&E Photography)

black and white silent film befitting the era, while another room became a casino with blackjack, craps and roulette tables.

The club’s executive chef David Rosner, who worked with Rudd at the Wine Cask, clearly pulled out all the stops serving crab, lobster, oysters, and shrimp from the raw bar by the terrace, while other stations offered tri-tip and other culinary delights, to accompany the 2008 vintage Dom Perignon.

Among the guests at the Roaring Twenties-themed bash, chaired by

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anta Barbara’s University Club allowed the public to have a rare glimpse of the charming property, built in 1880 as a private estate and purchased by the club founders in 1923, for its lavish centennial gala, which welcomed more than 130 guests.

“It’s a celebration of not only the club, but the community it’s in, so everyone with or without degrees was welcome to help us mark the occasion” says general manager Sarah Rudd.

“It’s a real milestone for us, not just for us, but for Santa Barbara,” enthuses Leonard Himelsein, president, also a director of American Riviera Bank.

“It’s where different people of different talents come together.”

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Did the president’s handlers know that the destroyer was named for not only Senator McCain, but also his father and grandfather, both of whom were decorated admirals who devoted their lifetime to naval service from World War I through Vietnam?

Luckily this time, we had Admiral Sawyer, commander of the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific, present to rescind the order hiding the destroyer.

Who will be there to rescind orders that might emanate from the White House to use nuclear weapons when they could be avoided?

Robert L Turner Montecito (Editor’s note: I don’t know who’ll be there to rescind some out-of-control U.S. president with his finger on the nuclear button, but clearly, the bigger danger is that of the nuclear arsenals of Pakistan, India, North Korea, and likely soon, Iran.

Let’s hope each of those countries has its own Admiral Sawyer to stay the destroying digits. – J.B.)

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I was up at the Mission on Memorial Day weekend to assist my friend Tara Burnley with her drawing. We knocked it out by 6 pm, knowing Sunday was going to be rainy. Very early Sunday morning I went up to the Mission and saw my friend Ann Hefferman working on a small part of her drawing, plastic peeled away as she worked.

Then the skies opened and it began to rain. This photo is the real thing.

I sat on a chair next to her with my very large golf umbrella as she continued to draw. However, even the very large umbrella was no match for Mother Nature. Fifteen minutes later we walked off. And the happy

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.” – Joseph Addison

Dan Seibert holds off the rain for Ann Hefferman, as she works on her Memorial Day Mission chalk drawing

ending is Monday was bright and sunny all day, and the drawings were good.

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Situated within a mountain valley, 60 miles east of Puerto Vallarta, Mascota is one of Mexico’s “Most Magical Towns.” It is a picturesque small town, graced with classic 17th-19th century Spanish-Colonial architecture replete with meandering cobblestone streets flanked by brilliantly painted adobe buildings, some dating back 400 years. Mascota residents are jovial and hospitable, respecting age-old traditions, and contributing to the magical atmosphere unique with the Mexican culture.

This winter, I will be teaching another plein air painting workshop there.

The workshop will be held from January 7 to January 10, 2020, during the dry season. Mascota is the hometown of fellow artist and co-organizer Filiberto Lomeli, whose family has lived in the town for almost 200 years.

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(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, JUNE 13 MERRAG Meeting and Training Network of trained volunteers that work and/or live in the Montecito area prepare to respond to community disaster during critical first 72 hours following an event. The mutual “selfhelp” organization serves Montecito’s 13,000 residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water and Sanitary Districts. This month: CERT Course of Medical Ops II. When: 10 am to noon Where: Montecito Fire Station, 595 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-2537 Garden Storytime at Upper Manning Park Come out to play at Upper Manning Park! Library staff will lead outdoor storytime and crafts. Explore Ecology staff will provide hands-on environmental education lessons focusing on nature and nutrition. Enjoy the beautiful setting and play structure with friends, old and new. Get some fresh air and join in the Montecito Library’s Summer Reading Program.

When: 10:30 am Where: Upper Manning Park off San Ysidro Road Info: 969-5063 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. On today’s agenda: a new home and garage addition on El Bosque; an addition and pool cabana on East Mountain Drive; two Crown Castle wireless facilities on Alston and East Valley Road; a new duplex on Danielson; and an addition on Sierra Vista, among other agenda items.

When: 1 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, JUNE 14 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Santa Barbara Republican Club Luncheon and lecture with guest Andy Caldwell, radio talk show host, columnist, and founding executive director of COLAB When: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Where: La Cumbre Country Club, 4015 Via Laguna RSVP by June 12: Barbara Hurd, (805) 684-3858 California Gold Ballroom Open House An open house to learn about California Gold Ballroom’s summer kids’ classes. Please come and see the beautiful studio and meet the instructors. There will be free classes and

Zoo-a-Palooza The Santa Barbara Zoo’s first “Zoo-a-Palooza” after-hours kids’ party kicks off summer with a visit by Chase and Skye, two characters from the children’s Nick Jr. show PAW Patrol. Kids can join a dance party with DJ Hecktik; take part in mad scientist experiments; and have fun with a variety of crafts, games and activities provided by partner groups. Zoo Train rides, climbing wall, animal encounters, and other activities are all included. Food, including gluten-free and vegetarian options, and drinks are available for purchase.

As part of the Zoo’s ongoing commitment to inclusivity for all kids, there will be a quiet area with activities for kids who prefer things more mellow, and Sensory Backpacks (including noise-canceling headphones and more) are also available for rent.

When: 4:30 to 8 pm Where: 500 Niños Drive Cost: $20 for adults, $14 for kids ($17 for adults and $12 for children for SB Zoo Members) Info: www.sbzoo.org

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When: 1 to 3 pm Where: 4647 Carpinteria Avenue in Carpinteria Info: (805) 705-9090 Haley Corridor Progressive Party Take a stroll through the “Haley Corridor” and explore all the new and emerging spots as well as some favorite hidden gems that anchor this neighborhood! Check-in at either Carr Winery or Potek Winery, and pick up your Haley Corridor Progressive Party map. This map will be your guide to an evening of food, wine, beer, art and more. Each venue will have something different to offer. Event is 21 and over.

When: 5 to 9 pm Where: Potek Winery, 406 East Haley St, #1, or Carr Winery, 414 Salsipuedes St. Cost: $35 Info: https://nightout.com/events/haley-corridor-progressive-party/tickets SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Champagne & Social Sunday On the third Sunday of every month,

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California Gold Ballroom Dance Studio presents a dance lesson and then dancing! Come out and meet new people and learn some new moves.

When: 3:30 to 6 pm Where: 4647 Carpinteria Avenue in Carpinteria Info: (805) 705-9090 TUESDAY, JUNE 18 Ukulele Jim Opening with a traveling circus of singing fleas and ending with a lullaby about the fleas settling down in their beds for the night, there’s toe-tappin’ fun for the whole family in this kid-friendly ukulele concert When: 10: 30 to 11:15 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Book signing with Gay Browne, author of Living With a Green Heart: How to Keep Your Body, Your Home, and the Planet Healthy in a Toxic World. From the home to the office, from the foods we eat to the clothes we wear, there are actions that can be taken that will improve a person’s personal environmental health, and help stop the feelings of being overwhelmed, reduce illness, improve sleep, mood, and focus.

Environmental pioneer Gay Browne is the world’s first and only personal environmental therapist and is the founder of Greenopia, a company dedicated to achieving personal and community environmental health through small and large habit and behavioral adjustments.

When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 13 – 20 June 2019

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Father’s Day Beer & Bocce Tournament Cheer dad on his big day at Rosewood Miramar Beach at the Father’s Day Beer & Bocce Tournament. The family-friendly tournament will run from 2 pm to 5 pm and in addition to bocce, there will be entertainment and snacks for the little ones.

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Shawn McMaster Magic Show for Families The Santa Barbara Public Library System presents a magician unlike any other. No magic words or cheesy-looking props – instead, Shawn McMaster offers a high-energy, interactive show filled with astonishment and hilarity for the whole family. All ages welcome.

When: 5:30 to 6:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics.

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 20 Garden Storytime at Upper Manning Park Come out to play at Upper Manning Park! Library staff will lead outdoor storytime and crafts. Explore Ecology staff will provide hands-on environmental education lessons focusing on nature and nutrition. Enjoy the beautiful setting and play structure with friends, old and new.

Get some fresh air and join in the Montecito Library’s Summer Reading Program.

When: 10:30 am Where: Upper Manning Park off San Ysidro Road Info: 969-5063 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito When: 1 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library When: 2 to 3:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 13 – 20 June 2019

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ONGOING Fire Prevention Cleanup The Montecito Fire Protection District will conduct its annual neighborhood fire prevention cleanup program starting the week of February 25, 2019.

The program is offered to residents in the community to reduce the volume of flammable vegetation in order to create a more defensible and survivable space around the property and to reduce the overall community threat from wildfire.

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

Upcoming schedule: 6/17/19: Sierra Vista, Nicholas, Ridge View, Canyon View, Sycamore Vista, Calle Elegante, Calle Hermosa, Crest View, and Ranchito Vista.

MONDAYS Meditation in Movement Nurture your heart, soul, body, and mind with yoga teacher Dawn O’Bar who teaches every Monday at Montecito Covenant Church; childcare provided When: 8:45 am to 9:45 am Where: 671 Cold Spring Road Cost: donations accepted Contact: anna@mcchurch.org •MJ

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2018 ANNUAL DRINKING WATER CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT Now available online at: www.montecitowater.com/doc/ccr2018

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t this month’s Montecito Association Board Meeting, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi announced that burglaries in the area are steadily increasing, sharing numbers from the last 2.5 years. Lieutenant Arnoldi reported that in 2017, there were 33 burglaries in Montecito, and 34 in 2018. From January to March of this year, there have been 20. Out of the 87 total, 72 of them were residential and 15 were commercial, with 18 of the residential burglaries showing entry was gained through broken glass, with 30 of them through unlocked doors. “I keep preaching this and I’ll say it again: lock your doors and set your alarms, that’s what you have them for,” Arnoldi said. “If you see something that doesn’t look right, call us; that’s what we’re here for,” he said, adding that a direct, non-emergent line to dispatch is (805) 692-5718.

MA executive director Sharon Byrne reported from the newly formed Insurance Committee, which was formed in April. The ad hoc committee is working closely with assembly member Monique Limon’s office, congressman Salud Carbajal’s office, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s office, First District Supervisor Das Williams, and Montecito Fire Protection District’s Kevin Taylor to collect and disseminate data from Montecito regarding insurance issues.

A recent survey conducted by the MA garnered responses from 300 residents, who reported a broad array of experiences with insurance from being dropped from their carrier, to facing steep increases in prices, or not having any issues thus far.

Byrne showed a map of the responses, which showed more non-renewals in the debris flow risk zone and high fire areas. The major insurance companies pulling out of the area are Chubb, AIG, and All State; some companies still insuring include Lloyd’s of London and State Farm. “Prices are steeper and coverage is reduced,” Byrne said. The next step is to deliver the data to Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, showing that Montecito is working on being more resilient, with the steel ring nets, Randall Road debris basin, and microgrid project.

“We’re doing what we can to make ourselves more resilient, and we need the insurance commissioner to understand that,” Byrne said. A revised Debris Flow Risk Map is expected to

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be released later this year, which will likely decrease the “red zones” on the map.

Pat McElroy with the Partnership for Resilient Communities reported that crews are finished installing the first phase of the steel ring nets: four nets are in place in Cold Spring Canyon, Santa Ysidro Canyon, and Buena Vista. Two more nets are manufactured and ready to be installed, and next week the Partnership will be in front of the Montecito Planning Commission seeking a follow-up development plan permit. “We raised over $4 million on an idea. Now they are built and the crews are gone.

We’re really proud,” McElroy said.

“We have so many people to thank that helped us though this process.”

Village Fourth organizer Mindy Denson announced the Village Fourth Grand Marshal: former MFPD director John Venable. “He’s been an active part of this village for many years,” Denson said. We’ll have more about the Village Fourth parade as it approaches. To sponsor or participate in the parade, visit www.montecitoas sociation.org.

Crane Says Goodbye

Pat Bixler and Anne Perkins were honored at a “Goodbye Assembly” at Crane Country Day School last week

At an assembly last Wednesday, June 5, the entire student body at Crane Country Day School gathered to bid adieu to two longtime fixtures on campus: teacher Pat Bixler, who is retiring, and employee Anne Perkins, who is moving on to her next chapter.

Crane staff and students spoke

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uys and gals got out their cowboy hats and boots for the annual Barn Dance fundraising at the Carriage and Western Art Museum. This was all for the best cause – Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center (HTEC). Guests could mingle with a margarita, peruse the silent auction and enjoy a good ol’ fashioned Santa Maria BBQ. Live auction!

Goin’ once, goin’ twice… SOLD! To the North Shore of Kauai or 52 bottles of wine or an Old Spanish Days VIP pass. “Caught Red Handed” kept us boot-scootin’ to their country western music.

The event co-chairs Paula Bottiani and Stephanie Petlow wanted everyone to know, “At Hearts we believe that all people must be given opportunities to reach their full potential, become as independent as possible and be supported by an informed, sensitive, and respectful community.

Using the power of the horse, Hearts inspires, strengthens, and motivates people of all ages and abilities in Santa Barbara County.”

Executive director Pamme Mickelson told a heart-tugging story.

She went to the doctor and when he learned she was from Hearts, he told her about his six-year-old autistic son who couldn’t speak. He spoke his first words from the back of a horse at Hearts. HTEC is recognized by the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship In-ternational (PATH) as a “premier center” – the highest possible level of accreditation, demonstrating a superior level of adherence to national industry standards.

One of Hearts’ programs is the Equine Services for Heroes. It’s a weekly program at no cost to veterans and has proven to help with PTSD. For

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HTEC development and marketing coordinator Lillian Luu and program coordinator Kristen Kallai

more info call 805.364.6238. For movement-impaired disabilities, horseback riding mimics the human motion of walking in a way not replicated by any equipment. This improves balance, strength and flexibility and much more. Besides, it’s fun!

Hearts was established in 1985 with two lesson horses and a handful of students. Now they have 18 horses and serve 100 folks a week. Hearts in its lifetime has provided 85,000 lessons to over 5,000 members of our community. There are about 250 clients a year – all ages from four to over 90 with a myriad of maladies from Down syndrome to multiple sclerosis.

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by Dalina Michaels

Dalina Michaels worked as an award-winning television news producer for KEYT NewsChannel 3. She also served as a reporter for several years with “Inside Santa Barbara,” the city newsmagazine show.

She now freelances for various websites and journalistic outlets. She is a native of Montecito and is grateful to be raising her own children here. If you are a Montecito Mom (or know someone!) who would like to be featured, please email: tim@montecitojournal.com

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leurie Leclercq grew up in a little village in Cameroon, in Central Africa.

A village where she walked two miles each way – each day – to school. A village where she walked to the river to get water for her family. A village where her grandmother raised her ‘til she was 10 years old, and who taught her resilience and respect. A village where there was a strong sense of community and care for one another.

The inner-strength she learned as a child helped shape her as she grew up and went on to live in France, and eventually Montecito – where she has called home for the past seven years with her three children.

It was a few years ago when Leclercq decided to share stories related to her childhood through the heroine, Snow Flower.

Her children would often say “tell me a story about growing up in Africa” ...and (photo by Ashley Almada) thus: Snow Flower and The Panther was born. The “panther” is an homage to her grandmother, who owned a little food shack called “Panther Bar” where villagers could come to buy drinks, plantains, beignets, or other food. Leclercq grew up working in the shack with her grandmother, and had a wonderful childhood there.

“I wanted to show people that you can be in a little village in Africa, carrying water from a river on your head for miles, and still be happy. Most people in developed countries assume that people in Africa are poor and miserable.

However, not having a lot made people help each other more. You really feel a part of the local community, which makes you feel cared for.” The story gives us a window into African culture through the eyes of a little girl. “We learned to take care of our family, with aunts and uncles helping to raise cousins, siblings, all together; it is so different from Western culture. Things like going to the river to get water were a fun activity, whereas people here in other cultures may see it as a dreadful experience.”

Next month, another book, Kiki and the Sneaky Chameleon, will be out. Set in the fisherman’s village of Kribi, Cameroon, this story uses a chameleon lizard to teach children about colors and the beauty of Africa. Also, the second book in the Snow Flower series, Snow Flower and the School Day Adventure, will soon be released.

Leclercq has written two books, Snow Flower and The Panther, with an English, French, and Spanish version, as well as African Animal ABC, which teaches the alphabet through animals in Africa. Her dream for the future is to eventually create a school in her home village and to continue to share the African culture with her children, the community here in Santa Barbara, and with children from all over: “I want to show the beauty of Africa, and not be so focused on the poverty of some areas. I hope to inspire people from all backgrounds to share their story. I hope to show that we are better being in a community and supporting one another, rather than isolating ourselves. •MJ

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Katherine Schwarzenegger plights her troth (source: instagram.com)

Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 29-yearold author daughter, Katherine, tied the knot with actor Chris Pratt, 39, at the San Ysidro Ranch, where her great uncle John Kennedy and wife, Jackie, honeymooned in 1953, over the weekend.

Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner’s hostelry was under heavy security for the event, with large passenger buses with blacked out windows transporting guests, including the bride’s mother, TV anchor Maria Shriver, 69, brothers Patrick and Christopher, sister Christina, uncle Bobby Shriver, Pratt’s six-year-old son, Jack, from his eight-year marriage to actress Anna Faris, and Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn.

The previous day Montecito actor Rob Lowe, who co-starred with Pratt in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation and attended the ceremony with his sons, Johnny and Mathew, threw a rehearsal dinner at his estate for the bridal party. He also played golf with the Avengers star at the Sandpiper Golf Club on the morning of the ceremony.

The twosome, dressed in Giorgio Armani, got engaged in January.

Making It Home PATH – People Assisting the Homeless – hosted its third annual Making It Home tour, with a sell-out event for 200 guests taking a tour in trolleys of four of our rarefied enclave’s toniest properties and raising around $75,000 for the nonprofit formed four years ago when Casa Esperanza, started in 1998, joined the 35-year-old Los Angeles-based charity as PATH Santa Barbara.

“It continues to have great success,” says Jennifer Hark-Dietz, executive director of PATH, which, since 2015, has helped more than 2,500 individuals find shelter, housing for more than 400 and employment for nearly 500, The three and a half hour expedition, which for the first time had a VIP trolley which left an hour early allow-

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Dave and Julie Lawrence at the third annual Making It Home tour (photo by Jeff Bomberger)

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In 1989, a project to widen the 101 to six lanes was included in the list of Measure D projects approved by voters. Widening was initially popular, until 1992 when “Grassroots 101” under the leadership of Alex Pujo, was formed. Fearful that widening might reduce the width of median landscaping, Montecito voters narrowly rejected the project.

At a crucial meeting of the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) in the spring of 1993, then Supervisor Naomi Schwartz deemed the 101 widening plan to be “inadequate to protect the scenic character of the freeway.” The decision was made to put aside the widening and study alternatives, even though Caltrans had funding for the widening in-hand and the design was shovel-ready. As a rejected suitor, Caltrans immediately shifted the funding to more receptive transportation projects, while Montecito went to the back-ofthe-line for future funding.

Representative Lois Capps sounded the alarm in September 1993: “The daily frustration of traffic gridlock on Highway 101 demands our immediate attention. The truth is we should have done something long ago, but we didn’t.”

2020 traffic counts are estimated at 100,000 cars and trucks per day passing in and through Montecito.

Closure of the Southbound On-Ramp to the 101 at Cabrillo Boulevard

In 2010, the unfortunate closure of the southbound on-ramp to the 101 at the Cabrillo Blvd/Hot Springs interchange turned a bucolic, gentrified Coast Village Road into a nightmarish public parking lot. Montecito had no say in the closing of the southbound entrance to the 101 at Cabrillo Blvd, which rerouted Santa Barbara beach and hotel traffic onto Coast Village Road, before entering the southbound 101 at Olive Mill Road.

The city’s contention that East and West Beach traffic would use the Milpas 101 on-ramp proved to be a mammoth misjudgment. Santa Barbara City Planner, Rob Dayton and City Mayor Helene Schneider, denied there would be a Montecito impact from the southbound closure, claiming they knew better.

Community Coalition Effort to Retain Left-Lane On and Off Ramps On the 101

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Beginning in 2012 and continuing for four years, a well-intentioned group of Montecito citizens, known first as the MA Community Coalition, and later as Common Sense 101, raised some $200,000 in community contributions to petition Governor Jerry Brown and Caltrans to retain both north and southbound left-lane ramps at Cabrillo Blvd/Hot Springs, and the left-lane ramps at the Sheffield Drive interchange.

Caltrans planners and the California Highway Patrol were adamant that left-lane ramps on six-lane highways were unsafe. The debate ended when Caltrans declared publicly that left-lane ramps will no longer be included in six-lane highway construction projects. Both the California Highway Patrol and the Governor concurred in that assessment, noting that if left-lane ramps remained, and an accident occurred, Caltrans would lose every lawsuit, resulting in massive judgments against the state for allowing lanes they had declared unsafe to remain.

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Spirituality Matters

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

Mindvalley’s ‘Extraordinary’ Seminar

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ishen Lakhiani created Mindvalley in 2004 just to sell meditation CDs, then transitioned into a self-running media company that built sites for self-improvement authors. By 2011, he created a teaching academy and merged his successful A-Fest into Mindvalley as a live events component. But that was still small potatoes compared to what happened just three years ago, when Lakhiani authored The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, which quickly became a bestseller and let to more outlets, including Mindvalley Quests, the online learning platform. By 2018, the company transformed and grew exponentially, turning into one of the leading brands in human transformation, with millions of subscribers.

This weekend marks Mindvalley’s first live seminar in Santa Barbara in its signature one-day training called “Be Extraordinary.” The workshop synthesizes ideas from Mindvalley’s roster of change-maker teachers into a model for peak performance by learning an optimized practice of meditation, exploring a unifying philosophy for understanding your role in the world and the meaning of your life, and practicing methods to rapidly access enriched states of mind including happiness, confidence, vision, and peace.

The seminar on Saturday, June 15, will be led by Marcus Kettles, the Ojai resident best-known around town as the co-founder and owner of

the Fit Buddha Evolutionary Fitness center, which combines physical exercises with spiritual practices of moving meditation and visualization. Kettles, whose previous work experience includes hosting foreign dignitaries and leaders at the 1984 National Democratic Convention, serving as Director of Membership and Marketing at a national trade association, holding down a job as a VP of Business Development for a Wall Street bank and spending time as a working actor on and Off Broadway, and producing plays and films.

A self-described meditator and spiritual seeker ever since he read Autobiography of a Yogi at 18, Kettles was a founding member of Unity of New York and has hosted and/or led Artist Way programs, Prosperity Workshops, Music and Sound Healings and Mystery School Jedi Trainings since moving to Ojai in 2004.

Since encountering Mindvalley in 2016, Kettles has participated in LEAP, Reunions, Mindvalley University and A-Fest and was selected and trained for the Mindvalley Master Certified Trainer program in 2017.

He talked about Mindvalley and the “Be Extraordinary” seminar earlier this week.

Q. You have done a lot of personal growth and work on your spiritual path work. Why did Mindvalley appeal to you?

A. It’s a perfect mix of spirituality, pragmatism, science, and communi-

Marcus Kettles leads Mindvalley’s first live seminar in Santa Barbara on Saturday, June 15

ty. I live in Ojai, and I’ve been to fire circles and similar things, but they don’t always resonate. I felt completely at home with Mindvalley and I like being part of an organization of like-minded people. It’s intergenerational and multi-ethnic, -racial, gender fluid – very inclusive. No judgment, but still very practical.

But you don’t feel like you’ve been sold something. For whatever reason, Mindvalley fit my personality type. So when the opportunity [to get involved in the training program came] and do these seminars in local communities with a small group of people who are wanting to transform, it hit me like a ton of bricks, hair standing up on end, heart-quickening, and all that. It was excitement, yearning, and challenge all coming together in that commitment to wanting to light up as many lives as possible. I love to be with people, see what makes them click, how they turn on to themselves and expand, and help them to up-level.

What makes the program different and effective?

The seminar is for those who are ready to delve into whatever it is that’s holding them back, but you have to be aware that there is something keeping you from fulfilling your deepest desires and goals. This is about realizing we are the biggest obstacles to our own fulfilment and happiness. It’s a very organized event that works with a protocol of an eighthour seminar based on The Code of the Extraordinary Mind.

How does the spiritual aspect balance with the business/achievement goals?

Mindvalley doesn’t make you feel guilty for being successful or suggest that you don’t deserve abundance.

It’s fine to have goals you want to achieve. In fact, the seminars draw many very high-functioning, talented, successful, and affluent people – of which there are many in Santa Barbara

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LETTERS (Continued from page 8) Artist Thomas Van Stein with his “House By The Blue Bay,” painted in 2011 in Iceland

Carpinteria (Editor’s note: There will no doubt be a constitutional challenge to this “interstate compact” long before it ever gets implemented. The likelihood is that the Supreme Court will strike it down as being “unconstitutional,” which it surely is. – J.B.)

5G uses ultra high frequencies with high intensity and millimeter waves that do not travel through objects or as far as 4G or 3G. Mini cell towers will be required every 6 to 8 houses across the country.

A low powered exposure right next to someone is more dangerous than a more powerful exposure far away.

One protection weapon is to get a “Wi-Fi Router Guard”.

Remember: cancer risks increased approximately 45% in 1994 when cell phones and micro wave ovens started to be used by most people (not me).

Morten Wengler Montecito (Editor’s note: Though there are always concerns (microwave radiation can be dangerous at high levels), nobody here can verify your “45%” cancer risk increase.

But, 5G is coming, so let’s be prepared.

You should tell us more about that “Wi-Fi Router Guard. – J.B.)

the glaciers will certainly disappear in “future generations”. To be sure, we fragile, cocksure, sentient beings (along with everything else) will disappear in about 4.2 billion years when Mr. (or Ms.) Sun shrivels away.

Perhaps GNP signs should be inviting visitors, especially women and children, back to the park in 5,000 years to see the upgraded, diorama-hologram expertly guided from within a giant ice cavern.

The useless “Gone By 2020” signs could be recycled by the 21 Democrat presidential candidates.

Cautiously pondering global warming, Dale Lowdermilk Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: If current forecasts are correct [and, hey, aren’t all forecasts always correct?] Global Warming chatter is about to cool down as our Sun experiences an 11-year Maunder Minimum and Earth’s climate breaks out into Global Cooling.

Curiously, the Maunder Minimum exactly coincides with Ms Ocasio-Cortez’s “The Earth only has twelve years left,” or something like that. In any case, we admire all those scientists and non-scientists at work trying to clean up and save the environment for future generations.

We really have made a gigantic mess of things, though it’s not too late, we believe, to begin to right the wrongs. – J.B.)

Not So Fast

Craggy Chooks

The Power Structure

airfare, and transportation not included), and reservations must be in by December 1. For more information, go to: thomasvanstein.net/masco ta-workshop, or email me: thom asvanstein48@gmail.com. My phone number is 805-962-2776.

Oh, and we’ll be doing a full-moon painting on January 10!

Thomas Van Stein, M.A. Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: I have three Thomas Van Stein nocturne paintings. Mr. Van Stein’s night painting of Montecito’s Casa Del Herrero (under a full moon) is my most cherished work of art. Thomas is not only an admired and successful painter; he’s also a bit of a crazy (but safe) guy.

If you are serious about painting, or serious about spending four days (and especially) nights with a brush master, you should consider Thomas’s offer. I know I would, but I’m no artist. – J.B.)

Kudos for Kale

June 17 is “National Eat Your Vegetables Day.” Of course, I’m vegan, so every day is “eat your vegetables day” at my house. Eating veggies and other tasty vegan foods rather than meat, eggs, and dairy “products” helps protect the environment, stop animal suffering, and prevent life-threatening illnesses.

Researchers at the University of Oxford believe that going vegan is the “single biggest way” to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, alleviate world hunger, and conserve water and land, which would also help prevent the mass extinction of wildlife. Vegans also spare countless cows, chickens, pigs, fish, and other animals from pain and suffering, and vegans are less likely to suffer from heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and other diet-related diseases.

And versatile vegan foods generally cost less than animal-based foods, especially since vegans usually don’t have to shell out more money for statins, blood pressure pills, and weight loss plans.

So celebrate “National Eat Your Vegetables Day” and all of “National Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Month,” by enjoying pasta primavera, vegetable

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fajitas, hummus and veggie wraps, grilled vegetables, and other delicious veggie-based dishes. See www.PETA. org for free vegan recipes.

Heather Moore PETA Foundation Norfolk, Virginia

Changing The Rules

While Americans were not looking, the Democrats and some Republicans have been working on a plan; it’s called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Tens of millions of dollars have been spent toward implementing it. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia have joined it.

This plan is designated to eliminate the influence of the Electoral College in choosing America’s President. This would end the diversity now embodied in the federal system with its division of power, between Washington and the various states. The Electoral College and the divisions of power are features of the Constitution. The National Popular Vote Movement does not propose to amend the Constitution. Instead, it proposes to circumvent it, in the name of “democracy.”

How would this work? Instead of abolishing the Electoral College, which would require the support of twothirds of the states, the Dems’ plan is to put together a coalition of states representing 270 electoral votes that would agree to award all their votes to whoever wins the national vote. If the popular vote is won by 10 votes, every state in the compact would award 100% of their votes to that party, even if the majority of the voters in their state voted against them. The bottom line of this “devious” plan is to eliminate the influences of rural voters or “Middle America.” This would give large cities an electoral lock. Simply put: California and New York would decide every election.

This is a very dangerous plan. Do we want large cities, in blue states, where there is increased crime, homelessness, drugs and illegals to choose our president and determine the direction America goes every election? I say no.

Diana Thorn

An interesting story from ClimateDepot.com reports that signs proclaiming “Gone By 2020” have quietly been removed from Glacier National Park.

Could it be that climate-change computer “projections” and the “experts” were wrong? How is this possible?

At the Many Glacier Hotel in Babb, Montana, the USFS recently removed two large steel trash cans which depicted a “before and after” carving of the Grinnell Glacier between 1910 and 2009. The artist’s rendition shows a dramatic and significant shrinkage between those years. Who says that consensus science, as faced by Galileo in 1663, and artistic interpretations can’t be combined to educate park visitors?

However, a video published at www.WATTSUpWithThat.com shows several “melting glaciers” which are now larger than they were in 1910, with some showing up to 25% growth since 2010.

A research article, at the WUWT site,

by Roger Roots, Ph.D. used GPS measurements compared against old black and white photographs to confirm that the nearby Jackson Glacier and other minor ice floes have actually increased in size since 2006. Dr. Root noted that the US Forest Service has removed a popular diorama sign in the GNP visitor center entitled “Gone By 2020” with a new engraving indicating that

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British artist Paul Day with his large bronze chickens that now inhabit a meadow in New Zealand

Please forgive me this brazen sales pitch, but I have been repeatedly asked if the big New Zealand chickens would ever hatch into smaller ones.

Well, finally, they have and so if anyone would like a set in bronze, please let me know and I will have one cast for you.

The cost for all three sculptures is €5000 plus shipping costs. There are now 19 sets available of 25, six having already gone.

Please don’t hesitate to ask me for more information. The cockerel measures 22cm tall. E: paul@pauldaysculpture.com. Telephone number: +33 (0) 787240649 With good wishes and, once again, my apologies for this shameless piece of marketing.

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SPIRITUALITY (Continued from page 22)

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and Montecito. They will learn some things about what gets in their way, traumas and difficulties about connecting with joy in their careers and relationships. The universe is favorably disposed toward us. If we can get out of our own way, we can have a greater, more abundant life in terms of fulfillment of every kind.

What can people get out of a single day training?

You get the tangible six-day meditation practice, handouts to refer to, and the experience of connecting. If you are already using a meditation practice, you can up-level or integrate the basic essentials of what makes us happy and awareness of what holds us back. Once you see that the limits are really ego-driven you can overcome obstacles. It’s very doable, simple and effective… It’s called “Be Extraordinary,” not “Becoming,” because it’s about being, not doing.

It’s about owning yourself, owning your life and being willing to share it with yourself and others. People have a real experience and learn practical ways to up-level their lives. And what we anchor in lasts well beyond the seminar. You change, and it leads to the next step of discovering what life is all about. The universe is favorably disposed toward us. If we can get out of our own way, we can have a greater, more abundant life in terms of fulfillment of every kind.

(Mindvalley’s “Be Extraordinary” seminar takes place 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, June 15, at Unity of Santa Barbara, 227 East Arrellaga Streer.

Enrollment is $199. Visit www.mindvalley.com/be/california/santabarbara.)

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Round 2 in the recently resurrected Authentic Relating Games takes a dip into the pool of being more open and transparent. Among the questions to be explored are how we experience vulnerability, how being open might lead to deeper connections, and how being conscious about conversation levels – Informational, Emotional/ Personal and Relational, the latter the primary focus of ARG – can lead to greater intimacy. Jenny Calcoen and Damian Gallagher co-lead the games 7-9:30 pm on Friday, June 14.

Registering in advance not only saves $7 over the day-of price of $25, it might be the only way to get in, as the duo’s April games debut sold out all 40 slots.

Seminars at the Soup

A busy week for workshops at Yoga Soup continues 2-4 pm on Saturday, June 15, with Yemaya Renuka Duby’s “A baby’s smile is like the sunshine, it brightens up your day.” – Gift Gugu Mona

“From Abandonment to Empowered Love,” as the psychosomatic bodyworker and teacher offers her approach of “Mentoring to the Heart of the Matter” to dismantle the obstacles to deep self-love and empowered relationships. The $15 workshop explores the realms of the 2nd, 4th and 7th chakras, our connection to our blood mother, to our primary caretaker and to our source, life, spirit, and god/goddess…

Pura Luna Apothecary offers a rare all-gender event celebrating the Sagittarius full moon under the Gemini sun. Participants are encouraged to bring songs, poems, prayers and/or snacks to share for the event that will honor the divine masculine and feminine in us all to create a safe space to delve into the powerful time to let go of old stories which block growth and take on new perspectives that encourage it. Attendees will receive a Full Moon Workbook by Spirit Daughter to help break through their barriers into their highest vision.

The 7:30-9:30 pm event on Sunday, June 16, costs $25…

Christabel Zamor, founder of the “somatic mystery school” Breath of Bliss Academy, invites everyone to explore air as plant medicine in her sacred breath ceremony to connect with the heart, higher self and soul.

The intention at the 7-9 pm workshop on Wednesday, June 19, is to breathe deep and remember that we are angels here on Earth to share our love with humanity. Admission is $44 in advance, or $55 day of.

Conscious Party

Sure, the Santa Barbara Consciousness Network would like people to come to its events, which now include a crowded calendar of workshops and seminars in such areas as the relationship between spirituality and finance, relationship and even the environment, among other areas. But if you’re only interested in gathering for connection that’s OK too. Which is why all are invited to one of SBCN’s periodic Community Celebrations slated for 6-9 pm on Saturday, June 15, at Karpeles Manuscript Library (21 West Anapamu Street). Hosted by Forrest Leichtberg, founder and president of the Consciousness Network, the event features announcements and details about future events and a few words from previous speakers and musicians, but mostly just connecting with like-minded community members over healthy food and beverages (it’s an optional potluck) and celebrating life and each other. Free, but registration is encouraged at www. eventbrite.com/e/consciousness-network-community-celebration-tick ets-59978651762?aff=erelexpmlt. •MJ 13 – 20 June 2019

Music Academy of the West Summer Festival Preview

by Steven Libowitz

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inding a selection of events to highlight from the new Music Academy of the West summer festival isn’t an issue. Distilling the 200-some offerings over the eight weeks down to a manageable preview is a much greater challenge. That’s because MAW has been moving in leaps and bounds in its wildly successful recent efforts to become one of the world’s most prestigious summer music festivals, creating programs and policies that have exponentially raised both awareness and standards.

For example, to follow up the landmark four-year partnership with the New York Philharmonic that ended in 2017, MAW extended its reach further east, across the pond to England to collaborate with the London Symphony Orchestra in a similar multi-year pact that began last summer. This year the stakes in that program alone amp up another notch or two, as the LSO will perform three different programs over three day in mid-July, offering the fellows and local classical music lovers a close but even denser approximation to a big city symphony’s typical in-season week.

The trio kicks off July 12 with Voyager, featuring a family spacethemed program with accompanying film by Victor Craven at the Granada conducted by Elim Chan, with excerpts from Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra (used in 2001: A Space Odyssey), Holst’s “Jupiter” from The Planets, and John Williams’ Flying Theme from E.T. among the selections. Music director Michael Tilson Thomas was to conduct the other two full symphony concerts, but had to cancel due to heart surgery, so instead we’ll get the equally esteemed Daniel Harding, of Orchestre de Paris and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra (and the principal guest conductor of the LSO from 2007-2017), who will wield the baton for the LSO at the Granada on July 13, and the big side-by-side performance of the LSO with the fellows-powered Academy Festival Orchestra (AFO) in a community concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl

on July 14. Meanwhile, pianist/composer Thomas Adès, a creative partner of the LSO who has appeared with the orchestra regularly since 2006, steps in to lead the Academy Chamber Orchestra with pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Academy Vocal Institute fellows.

Speaking of Aimard, he’s just one of the fearless foursome of 2019’s Mosher Guest Artists – which has already impressed mightily in its ability to attract world renowned musicians to town for residencies at Miraflores – possibly the best lineup yet at least in terms of breadth and depth, as the roster also includes star mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard (who attended MAW in 2005), flutist Claire Chase, and double bassist Edgar Meyer, who is highly regarded in both classical and bluegrass-Americana music circles (Mandolinist-composer Chris Thile is among his collaborators). All of the artists will be offering recitals and masterclasses this summer.

Harkening back to the AFO, the young players not only get a chance to perform in front of 4,000-plus people at the Bowl, they’ll also get to work under the baton and mentoring of Matthias Pintscher a full 11 months before the composer-conductor returns to the region to serve as Music Director of the 2020 Ojai Music Festival, and get guided by Marin Alsop, the music director of both the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, and chief conductor designate of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Of course, they’ll first gel under the aegis of MAW favorite Larry Rachleff for the initial two AFO concerts.

But perhaps the most intriguing event of the summer – on both a local and national scale – is August’s opera production, in which MAW follows last year’s repertoire fave of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro with the ultra-modern work Cold Mountain, based on Charles Frazier’s bestselling book set during the Civil War that was made into a movie starring Nicole

Kidman and Renée Zellweger, set during the civil war. Its Pulitzer Prize winning creator Jennifer Higdon serves as composer-in-residence (her “blue cathedral” will be performed by the AFO), while the West Coast premiere production will be conducted

by TED Fellow Daniela Candillari and directed by four-year MAW veteran James Darrah, now the Vocal Institute Creative Director. Singers Leonard and Jay Hunter Morris, who premiered roles in the opera, will be conducting a masterclass for the fellows preparing for their performances.

Meanwhile, OperaFest has morphed, at least for this iteration on June 29 and July 1, into Shakespeare Salon, a cutting-edge opera, song and theater production based on the Bard’s texts including excerpts from Falstaff, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and West Side Story.

MAW 2019 is such an embarrassment of riches that we haven’t even touched on the community outreach programs that offer more tentacles than an octopus during low tide at Hendry’s Beach, with adjunct events including book clubs, film screenings, and much more, let alone the masterclasses that still serve as the backbone of the festival for the fellows and their fans. Watch this space all summer for more details as the programs arrive.

This Week at the Music Academy

Friday, June 14: The big event of the week, of course, is the gala benefit concert honoring pianist Jerome Lowenthal, who marks his 50th summer at Miraflores with just a 10-day stint in town. We previewed the party as last week’s cover story, so suffice it to say the music should be very special, as piano alumni and now colleagues pay tribute to half a century of pianism on stage.

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Tonight also brings the first concert of the summer, a continuation of a recent trend, with the veteran and versatile Takács Quartet performing a program of Haydn’s Quartet in C Major, Op. 33, No. 3 “The Bird”; Bartok’s No. 4, Sz. 91; and Grieg’s No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; $55).

Tuesday, June 18: Four more instruments make masterclass debuts, including flute (1 pm), oboe, percussion, and viola (all 3:15 pm), plus one for chamber music, which brings the Takács, last night’s performing foursome, in full force to the stage at Lehmann Hall to impart their knowledge to the next generation of classical musicians in various combinations via chamber works famous and obscure (1 pm; $10).

Wednesday, June 19: Not all that many years ago, the vocal and vocal piano fellows simply made their debut at Hahn Hall during regular masterclass hours, albeit with all of them performing a single selection sans feedback. Smartly, considering the program’s popularity and prestige, the newly-named Vocal Institute singers and pianists now perform more formally at night in a “grand reveal … dazzling showcase of their burgeoning talent.” (No argument here, considering that MAW gets nearly 2,000 applicants for its 140 total fellow slots, accepting less than seven percent, with the vocal program among its most exclusive.) All 21 vocalists (including just two fellows returning from last summer) and six pianists (only Chien-Lin Lu, ‘14 & ‘15, has been here before) get a turn offering arias and songs (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; $50)... During the daytime, enjoy the first cello (1 pm), horn, bassoon, and double bass masterclasses (3:15 pm) of the season.

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Who Floats a Boat?

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Who’s responsible for ridding our beach of this gnarly debris?

A. Wouldn’t it be grand if beached boats could just be stuffed into glass bottles? Well, no such luck! It seems, unless it’s toxic or dangerous, there aren’t too many folks willing to salvage beached craft crud. Looking for answers has been a multi-port, information-gathering adventure.

Montecito Fire’s Public Information Officer Jackie Jenkins (805-969-7762) is always my first stop. She said when it comes to unmoored vessels, Montecito Fire generally responds only if there are life safety concerns.

That’s certainly not the case with this long-stranded Hammond’s Beach debris pile, so Jackie referred me to the Sheriff Department’s Christie Idol (805-684-4561), who heads the Sheriff’s Coastal Patrol Bureau. She appears to be the right person to report this kind of issue, but she was on vacation, so, with the wind at my back, I sailed on.

Next port: Das Williams’ First District office where Kadie McShirley (805-568-2186) said she was aware of the Hammond’s beach debris issue.

She gave me the benefit of her own fact-finding, noting Carpinteria Sheriff Bureau Chief, Sheriff Butch Arnoldi, was recently made aware of the issue but a removal plan was not yet solid-

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ified. She then referred me to County Public Works’ Brad Spencer (805-5685300). As Public Works Resource and Recovery guru, Spencer has dealt with a number of washed up vessels in Montecito. Spencer said the debris at Hammond’s Beach had scattered itself near a creek outlet and the protected Hammond’s Meadow archeological site. Because of the locale, getting the required heavy machinery into the area could potentially impact the fragile, protected, adjacent historic meadow. Spencer referred me back to the Sheriff’s Department, where Commander Darin Fotheringham offered some general procedure points regarding unmoored vessels: If a member of the public sees a vessel in distress or in the process or running aground, 911 should be notified as there may be persons in distress. If an abandoned vessel is located on the beach, law enforcement should be notified. They will ensure there are no persons in distress and they will try to locate the owner. If any fuels or other hazmat items are located, Coast Guard will respond and remove those items to protect the environment If a vessel runs aground on the beach, it is the responsibility of the owner to remove the vessel. The owner will be informed of their responsibility to remove the vessel. If the owner cannot be located, a notice will be posted informing the owner of their responsibility to remove the vessel within a certain timeframe. If a vessel is a public hazard it can be removed sooner than the posting dates.

Responsibility for removing abandoned debris depends on the location of the vessel. Any jurisdiction, such as city, county, federal, state, parks and/or private property owners could be called on to respond, depending on the whereabouts of the debris. Vessels washing ashore in Montecito’s beaches generally fall under the Sheriff’s jurisdiction. The Sheriff coordinates with County Public Works or private vendors to remove a vessel if it is deemed a hazard. Generally emergency removal involves intact vessels that are in the surf and could move with the tides.

Smaller broken pieces generally fall under the classification of trash on the beach and do not qualify as a public safety issue.

With the major public response agencies like Fire, Sheriff, and Public Works paddling away, what about a private / community response? Could the debris be removed by a “done-ina-day” project by Bucket Brigade or

“Sunshine will guide your heart even on the most darkest of days.” – Anthony T. Hincks

Heal the Ocean’s beach team? County Public Works Spencer says, unfortunately, the answer is probably “no.”

He explained that due to the sensitive nature of the Hammond’s archeological site, any clean-up, especially the removal of a sand-covered engine, would need to be permitted and managed by professionals with proper archeological and excavation knowhow.

Removal By Sea

With that in mind, I contacted Channel Islands Restoration, currently working with County Parks to restore the Hammond’s Meadow public open space. Channel Islands Restoration is fully versed in environmental issues and well equipped to handle sensitive sites. With beach debris removal not part their permitted project, they were not too encouraging that they could remove the trash. However, not wanting to cast me adrift, they referred me to Captain Brian Cunningham (805644-2762) of Towboatus Ventura. He suggested a towboat might be able to wrench the debris off the beach from the ocean side of Hammond’s Beach.

While that would avoid any archeological damage, it could be expensive.

That left me with one final question as to whether Montecito Community Foundation would fund a grant for beached debris removal. I did not pursue the question with them, but if the community shows interest, and the project does not cost a pirate’s ransom, MCF might open their treasure chest to cover the cost for private salvage or a public agency grant.

Finally, if the MCF’s funding does not materialize, both Cunningham and Spencer offered a less immediate solution. These seasoned salts assured me the ocean has a way of healing itself, and, in time, they said, sand, sea and shore may eliminate the debris in their own natural way – for free!

So, after many ports-of-calls, I fear my answer – leaving nature to float the broken boat – may not have provided the life preserver you were reaching for. But, in the meantime, another solution has popped up: some clever soul has put a flap over the castaway derelict hull, awarding himself affordable, beachfront housing in Montecito.

As they say, one man’s trash is another’s treasure!

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The Granada Theatre becomes Mission Control for this space-themed family concert.

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They can always use more volunteers as well.

Call 805.964.1519. Hearts is located at 4420 Calle Real on the way up the hill to the dump. They will be moving further up the hill in the new year and will need additional funds and help.

Irish Historical Society

parks named after them. Nicholas landed in Santa Barbara in 1836 – saved the Santa Barbara Mission from being secularized, helped navigate Santa Barbara’s painful transition from Mexican control to American authority, amassed an unimaginable fortune during the Gold Rush, chased a notorious bandit Jack Powers out of town and acquired pretty much all the land from Goleta to Gaviota.

For more information about the Irish Society call 805.965.2022. You don’t have to be Irish to attend their meetings.

Pat Hinds, SBMA director Larry J. Feinberg, and Mimi Michaelis at the reception

Art Matters SBMA curator of contemporary art Julie Joyce with artist Chris Kallmyer in front of his latest work

Irish host Frank McGinity and author Mary Pat Kelly

The American Irish Historical Society founded in 1897 is alive and well here in Santa Barbara under the leadership of Frank McGinity. They recently had a lecture and book signing for one Irish lady from New York, at Frank’s newly restored McCormick estate in Riven Rock. It’s hard to imagine a boulder as big as the proverbial elephant in the middle of your living room to say nothing about several feet of mud.

Thad MacMillan told me he remembers as a boy having the run of the estate. His mom was a secretary for McCormick’s psychiatrist and he didn’t mind her bringing her son to work.

Speaking to us this evening we had best-selling author Mary Pat Kelly with her trilogy of books: Galway Bay, Of Irish Blood, and Irish Above All. They are historical novels using her family saga for their base. She has deep knowledge of all things Irish. In her life she has been a nun, written about Martin Scorsese, made documentaries and produced short films for Saturday Night Live. She was named by Irish America Magazine as one of the Top-100 Irish Americans and there’s more.

As Frank explained, “We’re Irish.

We tell stories.” He wonders why there is not more history written about the brothers Nicholas and Richard Den who were Irish immigrants.

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Joakim Tan with SBMA deputy director and chief curator Eik Kahng

Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Director Larry J. Feinberg and the Board of Trustees of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) invited exhibition sponsors, sustaining trustees, legacy society, benefactors circle, director’s patron and special guests for a reception celebrating several current exhibitions.

Larry explained that “Out of Storage and into the Light: Sculptures That Tell Stories” were items, many of which had never been on view before but belong to the museum. To bring together such a variety they were themed into dance and music, animal, flight, the head and the body. The 50 objects came from a variety of settings, geographies, and historical periods.

SBMA is considered one of the finest museums on the West Coast and is celebrated for the superb quality of its permanent collection.

Another facet of the show was the multimedia exhibit in the Preston Morton Gallery. The creator is Chris Kallmyer and he titled it Ensemble.

It is a sculptural instrument made of raw timber and handmade bells that function as a bell ringing instrument or carillon. The difference is that non-musicians play it, which was demonstrated during the reception.

It’s on display until September 15. You need to see it.

The artist has an MFA and has had commissions at major art museums, but also with music institutions like the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony.

In the museum’s Park Entrance space is an impressive Kehinde Wiley piece, “Equestrian Portrait of Prince Tommaso of Savoy-Carignan.” The painting was inspired by a 1634-1635 equestrian portrait by Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck portraying an Italian military commander. The horse is exactly the same but is ridden by a

muscular black man instead of an aristocrat. Kehinde was chosen by former President Barack Obama to paint his portrait for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.

The mission of the SBMA is to integrate art into the lives of people through internationally recognized exhibitions and special programs, as well as the thoughtful presentation of its permanent collection. Remember the building used to house the Post Office and is open throughout its extensive renovation.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 18) AB design studio founders Josh Blumer and Clay Aurel at the PATH event (photo by Jeff Bomberger)

four grants in support of the fest and its affiliated educational program.

The National Endowment for the Arts has given $20,000, as well as $15,000 for Film Camp, an annual summer film program for underserved youth, now in its fourth year, which takes place later this month.

And the California Arts Council has awarded two awards totaling $26,440 - $14,400 of which goes towards the festival’s year-round educational screening program Mike’s Field Trip to the Movies, and $12,040 towards Film Camp.

The 35th edition of the festival takes place January 15-25, 2020.

British Visit

ing more time for tours, started at Sonos on Chapala Street and had food and wine stations along the route, allowed guests access to Nancy Zink O’Connor’s seven-bedroom six-acre Guy Lowell-designed Ca’ di Sopra, interior designer Tamara Honey’s contemporary Honey House, Robert and Melinda Kemp’s expansive 19-yearold Jack Warner-designed home on Pepper Hill, and Carla Lejade’s colorfully quaint El Zapato.

The event wrapped with a party at Sonos, known for their home sound systems.

Polo Bling Having launched her official Santa Barbara Polo Club ring to reflect the long history of the Pacific Coast Open last year, the Carpinteria organization’s official jeweler Tara Gray, a former Miss Alabama, has designed a completely new ring for the 2019 season.

The latest bling has a new round face featuring 110 natural fancy black

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In the center, a hand-carved polo pony appears wearing an Argentine bridle halter, an element synonymous with polo. The ring’s under gallery features a horseshoe, “The tournament’s five-foot-high gold and silver trophy is rich in history and tradition, so we kept the hand-carved eagle and leaf details from the trophy the same, as well as the hand carved club logo, in an effort to preserve the identity of the PCO championship and the club in the ring year after year,” says Tara, who came up with the idea with club promoter Charles Ward and her husband Scott Campbell.

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Myra Mossman launches first book (photo by Doug Ellis)

She is now working on her second book Street Tarot, given she also teaches tarot and the Kabbalah, and hopes to complete it within 18 months, she revealed at a bijou bash at Tecolote, the lively literary lair in the upper village.

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President Donald Trump’s threeday state visit to the U.K. to meet with Queen Elizabeth and other members of the Royal Family, as well as celebrating the 75th anniversary of D-Day, brought KEYT-TV anchor Beth Farnsworth to Maison Mineards Montecito for an interview in my cottage garden.

The visit by Trump and his willowy wife Melania saw them attending a white tie banquet for 170 at Buckingham Palace with a torrent of tiaras and a mountain of medals and decorations on display.

Just 24 hours later the president hosted an equally grand black tie dinner at Winfield House, the American ambassador New York Jets owner Woody Johnson’s residence in Regent’s Park, which was built by Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton on 12 lush and priceless central London acres.

The events signified the still-strong ties between Britain and its former colonies.

My Random Death Santa Barbara author Myra Mossman, a federal criminal appeals attorney, has debuted her first book, My Random Death: A Memoir, a riveting true crime story with courage triumphing over evil, after rewriting it three times over the past 21 years.

Mossman, who has appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court, took writing courses at City College with Shelly Lowenkopf to hone her skills. She is also an archival hand bookbinder.

“Life is beautiful. I feel beauty all around me, in the sunshine, in the winds, in the rains, in the people, everywhere.” – Vidushi Gupta

For Sale in Spain Former Montecito resident Michael Douglas is providing his dulcet tones in an exquisite new marketing video to sell his luxurious cliffside home in Majorca, Spain.

After initially putting the sprawling 250-acre estate on the market for a hefty $60 million in 2014, the 74-yearold son of acting legend Kirk Douglas, 102 – another resident of our rarefied enclave –, is describing the splendors of the property, now priced at $32.38 million, to draw potential buyers.

In the two-minute video, the Oscarwinner reveals how he “fell under the spell” of the ten-bedroom, 11-bathroom S’Estaca property, with two opulent cottages, in 1989 when he purchased it with his now ex-wife, Diandra.

The price was dropped to $45 million in 2017 and then again to $40 million last year before being taken off the market.

Scholarship Foundation Fête Social gridlock reigned when 620 guests packed the Hilton’s ballroom for the 25th annual South Coast Business and Technology Awards which raised around $300,000 for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, its most successful event to date.

The fun fête, co-chaired by Arnold Brier, general counsel of Yardi Systems and uber realtor Renee Grubb, featured scholarship recipient Juliet Ho, who is studying economics and accounting at UCSB, and honored a number of organizations and individuals, including CALM, Procore Technologies, Kevin O’Connor, Jeff DeVine, and Mike Pfau.

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have raised more than $2 million for more than 900 students pursuing degrees in business and technology-related fields.

Among the tony torrent of techies supporting the boffo bash were Don Logan, Vince Caballero, Jennifer Garufis, Rich Block, Geoff Green, George Leis, Randy Weiss, Duncan Mellichamp, Charles de L’Arbre, Mike Muench, Joanna Funari, Ida Kane, Rick Tiko, Bob York, and Henry Dubroff.

Vince Caballero, student speaker Juliet Ho, SFSB President and CEO Victoria Juarez, and Patrick Nygren (photo by Isaac Hernandez)

Julia Rodgers, Justin Thompson, Nahal Adler, and Greg Bartholomew at the Scholarship Foundation event (photo by Isaac Hernandez)

Extravagant Nuptials Chinese pianist Lang Lang, 36, a frequent performer at the Granada as part of UCSB’s Arts & Lectures program, also knows how to party.

The classical music superstar just married fellow keyboardist Gina Alice Redlinger at an extremely lavish wedding at France’s Palace of Versailles.

More than 300 guests, including singer John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Bianca Jagger and TRH Prince Michael of Kent and his wife MarieChristine, were treated to a Bach recital by the newlyweds, a seven-course feast, and an eight-foot wedding cake, accompanied by gallons of vintage Dom Perignon.

Fireworks followed with a view from the famed Hall of Mirrors.

There was also a two-story waterfall of white orchids for the ceremony and several thousand pink roses decorating the reception.

Women on Top TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey, 65, not surprisingly is in the top ten of Forbes Magazine’s latest rankings of America’s richest self-made women.

Montecito’s most famous resident is at number 10 with $2.6 billion, while Kylie Jenner, 21, is ranked at 23 with $1 billion from her cosmetics empire.

Singer Madonna, 60, is at 39 with $570 million; Celine Dion, 51, at 46

with $450 million; and TV judge Judy Sheindlin, 76, at 47 with $440 million.

Fellow TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, 61, is ranked 63 with $330 million, and Montecito’s Lynda Weinman, 64, is 69 on the list with $300 million.

Diana Hendricks, 72, leads the rankings with $7 billion as head honcho of ABC Supply, one of America’s largest wholesale distributors of roofing, sidings and windows, followed

by Meg Whitman, 62, with $3.8 billion from eBay. Brad’s Abode on the Market Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s TV producer husband, Brad Falchuk, has put his Los Angeles bachelor pad on the market for $10 million.

The Emmy winner, 48, is selling the 4,190 sq. ft. four-bedroom, four-bathroom Brentwood 1920s-style home five years after purchasing the property for $5.6 million.

It was once owned by American pin-up girl Betty Grable in the 1930s.

The Glee creator and Oscar-winning actress have been together for four years and were engaged for a year before tying the knot in the Hamptons in September, 2018.

Paltrow says the duo have not been living together full time because they have been trying to navigate their blended families and be respectful of their children.

The Goop founder has a daughter, Apple, 15, and son, Moses, 13, with Coldplay rocker Chris Martin, 42, while Falchuk has a son, Brody, and daughter, Isabella, with his ex-wife, Suzanne Bukinik.

Happy Canyon Nuptials Lucifer star Tom Ellis is officially a married man after tying the knot with

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Graduation

The 2019 CSS graduates are: Annabelle Aslanian, Ava O’Connor Ausweger, Kevin O’Connor Ausweger, Nicholas Boller, Hudson Bonsignore, Raleigh Brown, James Chapman, Benicio Duarte, Matthias Everest, Michael Ferrarin, Sydney Fisher, Paige Galkin, Jack Goligoski, Sofia Gonzales, Emma Hall, Zadin Lozano, Scarlet McToldridge, Diego Mena, Caleigh Peterson, Joseph Pifer, Rebecca Poett, Jackson Sears, Sarah Bergseteren Strange, and Georgia Tarleton.

The 2019 OLMC Eighth Grade graduates are: Caprisabel Acquistapace, Ella Bailey, Connor Bell, Makeila Cervantes, Emma Coglizer, Annicka Dadvar, Anthony Eck, Grace Eck, Annaliese Farwell, Riley Green, Natasha Huey, Samantha Kenney, Grayson Macleod, Michaela Morrison, Aria Nafziger, Brett Persoon, Zahra Porinsh, Maxwell Schwarz, Camryn Siegel, Lily Simolon, Grant Sodomka, Emily Whitney, Katherine Whitney, and Paul Zoltoski.

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ur Lady of Mount Carmel (OLMC) 2019 Eighth Grade Graduation was held on Friday, May 31 at 5 pm at the OLMC Church. The grads processional into the church was followed by princi-

pal Tracie Simolon, 8th grade teacher Mrs. Denise Jackson, and Pastor Fr. Lawrence Seyer, for their traditional Mass and the graduation ceremony.

The graduates were the readers for the Mass. Student Body President Grayson Macleod gave the graduate address.

Ms Simolon said, “Much has been said of this class over the years as students. They are passionate about learning, asking questions, and thinking critically. They are high achievers with almost three quarters of the class scoring in the 85th percentile or above on nationally normed tests! However, what makes us most proud at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School is the people they have become. The graduates leave behind a legacy of service

to our school and community having connected with many local organizations such as Alpha Resource Center, Flower Empower, Transition House, and Junior League, to name a few. They show their love by pushing one another to succeed and lifting up each other in times of trouble. Our Lancer graduates will be future business leaders, scientists, designers, and educators.

Most importantly, they will share their values by example with generations to come. Congratulations Class of 2019!”

The ceremony ended with their class song, adapted from “Don’t Stop Believin’” by the band Journey, with new lyrics by the graduates, and then the presentation of their autobiographies. After, all gathered on the front courtyard of the church for hugs and congratulation wishes.

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school’s auditorium. The ceremony commenced with a slide show of the graduating students’ years at CSS. The graduates then proceeded to the stage where they sang “I Found You/Aint No Mountain.”

CSS Superintendent and Principal Amy Alzina gave the welcome and introductions. She also presented CSS parents for whom this was their last graduation for their children the CSS book of the qualities of success. She said, “As I reflect upon this creative and innovative group of Cold Spring School sixth grade students and their desire to be a change agent for a brighter tomorrow, my heart is filled with hope knowing our children understand how true empathy, problem-solving and teamwork lead to creating a cohesive community, centered around what truly matter – loving one another! I am so incredibly proud of these students and I look forward to watching them continue to grow and thrive. Congratulations, Cold Spring School students!”

Student speeches were given

by Sarah Bergseteren Strange and Michael Ferrarin. Sixth grade teacher Justin Pierce talked about the qualities each student brought to the group and their talents at Steam, art, music, drama, and PE. He said, “When I asked the students how they would describe their class, they said ‘groovy,’ and they are right!”

Dr. Alzina, Mr. Pierce, Board of Trustees President Jennifer Miller, and Instructional Aide Erin Goligoski presented the diplomas. As per tradition, a statement of where each graduate will be 10 years from now and character strength was read for each student. A reception for the graduates was held in the school courtyard.

Montecito Union School Graduation

The Montecito Union School (MUS) Sixth Grade 2019 Graduation was held on Thursday, June 6 at 9 am in the school’s auditorium. The ceremony began with the traditional slide show 13 – 20 June 2019

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of student memories following the procession of the graduates to the stadium stage.

Students Jesus Bautista and Natalie Schweitzer welcomed the guests and led the Pledge of Allegiance. Students Milla Hirsch, Ada Green, and Anna Butler gave Student Addresses, and the mic was passed around for various student comments. Music Director Pam Herzog conducted the graduates in songs, “America The Beautiful” and Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flahery’ song “At the Beginning.” The MUS String Ensemble led by Ron Zecher performed “Pax.” Superintendent Anthony Ranii gave a Commencement Message. Sixth grade teachers are Mrs. Kim Berman, Mrs. Reilly Cochran, 13 – 20 June 2019

Ms. Katie Nimitarnun, and Mrs. Danielle Weill.

Presenting the diplomas with MUS Principal Nicholas Bruski were Superintendent Ranii and MUS Board Members. Nick Bruski said, “As another year comes to an end, we could not be more proud of our sixth grade graduates and all they have accomplished. They have consistently demonstrated kindness, respect, and integrity, embraced one another and celebrated their differences, and are ready to launch into the next stage of their journey in making the world a better place.”

Ending the ceremony, the students sang the “MUS Graduation Song” by Kenny and Eva Loggins.

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screenwriter Meaghan Oppenheimer in a woodland ceremony at the Grassini Family Winery in Santa Ynez Valley’s Happy Canyon.

Ellis, 40, and Oppenheimer, 33, were surrounded by a small number of family and friends, including British actor James McAvoy, before quaffing cocktails and noshing on canapés in their al fresco setting.

The tony twosome have been together since 2015, announcing their engagement earlier this year.

Ellis was previously married to actress Tamzin Outhwaite, 48, from 2006 to 2014.

Guests were shuttled in from Solvang and the couple requested charitable donations rather than wedding gifts.

Kids’ Art on Display The Farmers & Merchants Trust Company office on Santa Barbara Street is fast becoming an art gallery of note.

Since opening two years ago manager Frank Tabar has made the company’s conference room available for art students from the city’s various schools to hang their works to be viewed by the public.

Frank’s wife, Marika, a former teacher at Vieja Valley School in Hope Ranch and a member of the County Arts Commission for two years, was instrumental in getting the project off the ground.

Among the organizations who have benefitted so far are the Harding School, Girls Inc. and City College, with the latest show from pupils

Farmers & Merchants Trust manager Frank Tabar with Jennifer Buur (photo by Priscilla)

Young artists from Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Belle, Emma, and Brook in front of Emma’s composition (photo

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of Montecito’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel, many of whom attended the latest show opening with their art teacher Jennifer Buur.

The artwork will hang for the next three or four months until being replaced by a new exhibition from Montecito Union School students.

Sightings: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Lisa Vanderpump and husband Ken Todd at the Rosewood Miramar...

Ashton Kutcher, wife Mila Kunis and children at Toro Canyon Park...

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman checking out the FisHouse Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing times for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal.

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dventure!” There’s something exciting about the very word – which advertisement-writers well know. You can have Travel Adventures, Romantic Adventures – even Restaurant Adventures. In fact, dining out in different eating establishments may be all some people need to satisfy their adventurous yearnings.

But there’s an age factor at work here. The younger you are, the more real adventure, with real risks, may appeal to you – whereas more “mature” people are willing to settle for the ersatz variety, packaged and paid for in advance, with guaranteed comfort and convenience, and a safe return home.

What I’m talking about is the difference between a “traveler” and a “tourist.” Tourism developed only about 200 years ago, with the rise of agencies like Thomas Cook & Co., one of whose early clients was Mark Twain, who wrote about the experience in

Innocents Abroad. Before then, travel was practically synonymous with adventure, which was expected to be arduous. In fact, the very word “travel” derives from “travail,” and before setting out on a long journey, it was an accepted practice to make your will.

But very few such journeys were made purely for the sake of adventure. Much more commonly, they were undertaken for the purposes of trade, or conquest, or religion. The latter type of travel came to be known as a “pilgrimage,” and was usually directed towards some spot considered particularly holy, often associated with a Saint.

Chaucer’s group of pilgrims, around whom he wove his Canterbury Tales, are on their way to visit the shrine, at Canterbury Cathedral, of Thomas Becket, once its Archbishop, who more than two centuries previously had been murdered right there, because he had dared to defy the wishes of the King.

Journeys for military purposes are of course the very stuff of History –

and, in the Middle Ages, these became combined with the pilgrimage idea, in the course of what were called “Crusades” – a series of vast expeditions supposedly directed at re-taking the Holy Land from the heathen Mohammedans, who had at one point actually captured the Holy of Holies, Jerusalem. These Christian adventures did result in the temporary re-conquest of the whole area later known as “Palestine,” and the establishment there of a “Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem” – a sort of Christian precursor of the modern State of Israel, in which tourists today can still visit the impressive ruins of staunch Crusader castles. The Latin Kingdom, however, lasted less than 200 years, and the region reverted to Moslem control for more than six centuries, until the First World War, when a successful British campaign drove out the Turks who were then, as the Ottoman Empire, still the ruling power in the region.

(I have a personal interest in this story, because an uncle of mine, Mortimer Brilliant, one of my father’s brothers, was then on his own youthful adventure as a member of the British Empire forces under General Allenby, and was there in Jerusalem in 1917, when it was taken over from the Turks.

My father wasn’t quite so adventurous, and, although drafted into service and sent to France, he managed to stay well behind the front lines.)

But, more than religion or conquest, it was trade which drove many adventurers to the ends of the Earth. And what were the commodities most in demand? I probably need hardly tell you, they were gold, slaves, and spices – all of which were in demand in Europe, where they were in short supply. Gold is a relatively useless metal, which however has certain qualities, such as stability and durability, making it convenient as a medium of exchange. Slaves, particularly those easily distinguishable by the color of their skin, were simply a source of cheap labor. Spices had various uses, e.g. in preserving food, but were also valuable just because of their rarity.

To lay one’s hands on the sources of these commodities required long dangerous voyages to distant places, such as the supposed Cities of Gold in the “New World,” the West African Slave Coast, and the extremely remote Spice Islands in the Far East. The Sixteenth Century voyage of Magellan, beginning with five ships and about 270 men, whose main purpose was to find a westward route to the Spice Islands, resulted, after three years, in the return to Spain of only one ship with 18 survivors (of whom Magellan himself was not one).

Think of that the next time you adventure past all those rows of little boxes in the “Spices” aisle of your local supermarket.

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NOTICE INVITING BIDS: BID NO. 3968 SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT TERMINAL APRON IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

ORDINANCE NO. 5886 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5865,

CADRE.

Notice is hereby given that bids for Bid No. 3968 shall be received to furnish and deliver all services and materials for the Santa Barbara Airport Terminal Apron Improvements Project per the attached terms, conditions and specifications. Bidders must be registered on the City of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids™ portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. If any Addendum issued by the City is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids System will prevent the Bidder from submitting a bid. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the City’s PlanetBids portal. Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids.

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

Bids will be received until 3:00 P.M., Thursday, June 27, 2019. At this date and time all bids received will be electronically opened and posted.

THE 2018-2020 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

1.

WITH THE GENERAL BARGAINING UNIT, TO INCLUDE PAY FOR PARTICIPATION ON THE SPANISH LANGUAGE

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on June 4,

It is the responsibility of the bidder to submit their bid with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Late or incomplete bids will not be accepted.

2019.

2.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at the Santa Barbara Municipal Airport Airline Terminal Apron, 500 James Fowler Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 and is described as follows: • Asphalt Concrete removal between the existing terminal apron Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) pavement and the rental car parking lot, PCC pavement and reconstruction with Caltrans concrete pavement as detailed on the plans.

• Removal and salvage/reinstallation of existing light poles in the rental car storage lot.

• Replacement of the existing Jet Bridge No. 3 foundation and the installation of a new jet bridge foundation.

• Removal of the existing pavement markings at terminal gates 1, 2, and 3 and the application of new pavement markings at the same gates. Note: Contractor is responsible for survey services –City to furnish CAD files.

• Persons assigned to this project must successfully complete the Airport badging process for secured area badges. This includes successfully completing and passing all required training, criminal history records check (CHRC), and security threat assessment. Persons assigned to this project must either obtain an Airport badge, or be escorted by an individual with an Airport badge, at a ratio of no higher than one badged person to one non-badged person.

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(Seal) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 5886

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is 35 working days after Notice to Proceed.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

2.3 Estimate. The estimate for this Project is $189,000.

2.4 Bidders’ Conference. A MANDATORY bidders’ conference will be held on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at 9:00 a.m., at the following location: Santa Barbara Airport Administration, 601 Firestone Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite.

3.

was introduced on May 21, 2019, and was adopted by the

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

June 4, 2019, by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Eric Friedman, Oscar Gutierrez, Meagan Harmon, Randy Rowse, Kristen W. Sneddon; Mayor Cathy Murillo

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

4.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten (10) percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.

5.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

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

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my

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

hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on June 5, 2019.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on June 5, 2019.

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

6.

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

7.

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

8.

Subcontractor List. Subcontractors shall be submitted through PlanetBids portal. Failure to do will result in rejection of your bid. Contractor to provide the name, location of the place of business, California contractor license number, DIR registration number, and percentage of the Work to be performed (based on the Base Bid) for each Subcontractor that will perform work or service or fabricate or install work for the prime contractor in excess of one-half of 1% of the bid price.

9.

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

10.

Retention Percentage. The percentage of retention that will be withheld from progress payments is five (5) percent.

/s/ Cathy Murillo Mayor Published June 12, 2019 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EJ Pay, 4673 Tiffany Park Cir, Santa Maria, CA 93455. Eimile Jerrell Pay, 4673 Tiffany Park Cir, Santa Maria, CA 93455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 28, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Deborah Sanchez.

FBN No. 2019-0001256. Published June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Nut Milk Naturals, 100 N Salinas St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Lucinda Lohse Aragon, 100 N Salinas St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 23, 2019. This statement

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License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification: A, General Engineering Contractor

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

AYES:

Project Information.

By: _______________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung CPM, General Services Manager Publication Dates: June 12 and June 19, 2019 Montecito Journal END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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

by Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN

No. 2019-0001234. Published May 29, June 5, 12, 19, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Imagine Graphics, 74 Virginia Ln, Santa Bar-

“Beautiful behavior is like sunshine to the soul.” – Joan Jessalyn Cox

bara, CA 93108. Imagine Graphics, LLC., 74 Virginia Ln, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 17, 2019. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the

Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Thomas Brian. FBN No. 2019-0001179. Published May 29, June 5, 12, 19, 2019.

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On Entertainment ‘Dancing’ into Love

S

aundra McClain would seem to be an inspired choice to direct Ensemble Theatre Company’s area debut of Dancing Lessons even if she hadn’t already helmed several successful prior productions for ETC, including Intimate Apparel, In The Continuum, The Fantasticks, and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.

While McClain found her earlier ETC efforts “challenging in that they were outside of my wheelhouse,” she has some direct real-life experience with the issues afflicting the New York neighbors in Mark St. Germain’s two-character piece. Science professor Ever has Asperger’s Syndrome, an autism-spectrum disorder that makes routine social interaction almost impossible, while Broadway dancer Senga has withdrawn into her own world after seeing her career threatened by a devastating injury.

“I lived across the hall in New York City from a young man who had autism, and watched him grow up with all of his idiosyncrasies, marching to a different drummer,” McClain explained. “And I had a serious knee injury last year, but they couldn’t operate at first because I also have a heart condition, so I had to be with it for quite a while. I have a bit of empathy for both of them.”

The play brings the two characters together when Ever asks Senga to teach him some simple dance moves so he can survive an appearance at an awards dinner. What follows is a developing relationship on the road of recovery and self-discovery that one critic described as a “touching blend of fish-out-of-water comedy, an odd-couple romance and a compassionate, understanding-autism homily.”

It’s a combination that McClain finds both inspiring and challenging.

“The author took two totally serious situations – people who would never even meet under normal circumstances – and put them into a romantic comedy. One character is out of step with reality and the other is out of sync. How can two people who can’t connect socially connect with each other?”

Casting was obviously paramount for Dancing Lessons, but none of the actors who auditioned seemed right for the roles, McClain said. So ETC reached out to two of its company alumni, Trevor Peterson and Leilani Smith. “Someone with autism and a person who is badly injured can be hard to watch through a whole show.

We needed actors with whom you could empathize and enjoy watching, 13 – 20 June 2019

by Steven Libowitz

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

because it is a romantic comedy. You need personalities that pop off that stage.”

Smith, who also appeared in McClain’s Intimate Apparel at ETC, is an African-American actress, which also brought a “casting against type element” that seemed true to the story due to the melting pot flavor of New York City, McClain said.

Peterson played Biff in Death of a Salesman at ETC earlier this year.

“I’m just so excited to be working with both of them,” she said, adding that much of the emphasis has been on solidifying the emotional throughlines of the characters. “The audience will be pleasantly surprised and entertained. And they’ll also learn something about life, that we are more than how we appear and what we do.”

Dancing Lessons previews June 13-14, opens on June 15, and runs through June 30, at The New Vic, 33 West Victoria Street. Tickets cost $25$75. Call (805) 965-5400 or visit www. etcsb.org.

Pride, Prejudice, and Pop Music

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, which was nominated for 10 prizes at the 2014 Tony Awards, winning four, including Best Musical, launches the PCPA TheaterFest summer season at the Solvang Festival Theater with a June 13-30 run. The comedy finds Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune, trying to jump the line of succession by “eliminating” the eight relatives who stand in his way to becoming the Earl of Highhurst, but his macabre plotting also requires juggling the affections of his very married mistress and, a distant cousin. The play’s conceit calls for all of the victims to be played by one actor (Andy Philpot), with the audience witnessing the same person “dying” over and over again in rather hilarious ways. Brad Carroll directs the area debut of the hilarious knock-’m-dead musical based on both the 1907 novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal, which

was adapted into the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets, starring Alec Guinness.

Also on tap this summer at the intimate amphitheater in downtown Solvang are fellow Tony Award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet, which features more than 20 hit songs as it brings together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley via an extraordinary twist of fate (July 5-28); The Addams Family musical based on the famous TV characters (August 2-25); and The Importance of Being Earnest, featuring Oscar Wilde’s delectable wordplay at the forefront of his sublime “trivial comedy for serious people” (August 29-September 8).

PCPA’s SummerFest kicks off the season with a food-and-wine event offering tastes of the Santa Ynez Valley in wine, beer and food plus a live auction before the opening night performance of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder. For details and tickets to all events, call (805) 922-8313 or visit www.pcpa.org.

Re-living the First Time

Just shy of 23 years after The Vagina Monologues broke all sorts of theatrical barriers, things are perhaps coming full circle a generation later via Cricket Daniel’s The Lost

Virginity Tour. Four women “of a certain age” living at Happy Trails Senior Resort Living in Surprise, Arizona, meet weekly in the onsite baking club. But when they augment swapping desserts and recipes with exchanging stories about their “first time,” one of them cooks up the idea to take a road trip to visit the locations where each lost their virginity. The ladies’ trip share tears, laughter, memories and secrets as they travel both America’s byways and their personal memory lanes.

The comedy is the perfect vehicle for DramaDogs Theater Company as casting the convention-bucking play also combats the lack of representation of women over 50 on stage in leading roles. DramaDogs’ artistic director Ken Gilbert directs the cast featuring E. Bonnie Lewis, Gunilla Hutton, Meredith McMinn, and Asa Olsson for a June 14-23 run at Carpinteria’s Alcazar Theatre.

BroadwayWorld.com raved over the play’s Los Angeles production in April, calling the show “funny, profound, provocative and adventurous” and suggesting that “you will take away your own lesson learned along this imaginary tale of self-examination and friendship between friends you can trust with not only your secrets but your life.” Visit www.thealcazar.org.

•MJ

Carmela Camardella 9/29/1929 – 6/7/2019

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armela Camardella left the world the morning of June 7, 2019. She was born on September 29, 1929 in Casamassima, Bari, Italy. Eventually at the age of 16, she immigrated to the US with her mom to join her dad in New York.

At the age of 20, she gave birth to her only child, Dominic and then went to work in the bustling garment industry district in Manhattan working as a seamstress in the manufacture of wedding dresses. As her career evolved, she started her own bridal shop in Staten Island New York, called Richmond Bridal.

In the mid 1970’s her son and his wife moved to the Santa Barbara area. In 1983, to help Joan and Dom raise her grandchildren, she and her mom moved to Carpinteria. Once in the Santa Barbara area she served for many years in the alterations department at Robinson-May and upon her retirement, she founded The Perfect Fit in Montecito.

She is survived by her son Dominic and daughter-in-law Joan, grandchildren Echo (Jason Mosesman), Adam (Nicole Ling), Erica (Allan Smith), and her 5 great grandsons Curtis, Micah, Ben, Theo, and Beckett.

Services will be held at St. Joseph’s church in Carpinteria on Tuesday June 11th, 2019 at 2pm. Burial immediately following at Carpinteria Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in her name to Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care, Santa Barbara Serenity House. Funeral arrangements made by McDermott Crockett Mortuary.

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obstructionist to widening efforts by both SBCAG (Santa Barbara Association of Governments) and Caltrans. Wiser planners in Carpinteria eagerly embraced the widening process and successfully secured early funding for their projects.

In late 2014, a so-called “Transportation Futures Committee”’ retained local attorney Marc S. Chytilo to challenge the Caltrans Environmental Impact Report (EIR), inducing another two-year delay for Montecito. That lawsuit, supported by then Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider, cemented the decision to widen first in Carpinteria, and push Montecito’s widening to the tailend of the widening process.

The January 9, 2018 Montecito Mudslide Evacuation Plan

No one could have predicted that on the night of January 9, 2018, a short but violent rainstorm would send mud and debris roaring through neighborhoods of Montecito, killing 23 people and destroying or damaging some 400 homes. The storm rolled in after midnight and at 3:30 am dropped 0.66 inches of rain in just 15 minutes on fire-burned slopes, denuded of vegetation.

LA Times investigative reporter Joe Mozingo reported: “On January 8, county officials issued mandatory evacuations – but only in the neighborhoods closest to the mountains, north of East Valley Road. Officials estimated that only 15% of the residents in the mandatory evacuation zone left the area.

Sadly, seventeen of the 23 deaths happened outside the mandatory evacuation zone.

“Residents had no idea of the devastation that the Santa Ynez Mountains could let loose in a major storm after a fire. They expected water or mud damage at worst. The creeks they knew were mostly tame, even in the wet season, gurgling along, feeding the aquifer and the wildlife and the gnarl-armed oaks that gave the area its natural allure.

“Fast-moving mud and ash picked up the sandstone boulders and burned trees and surged down the mountain. Within half an hour, the basins were overflowing. Mud gushed over the dams on Cold Spring and San Ysidro creeks with such velocity that it fractured both dams in places and coated nearby trees 30 feet high. The debris quickly clogged up bridge culverts, then spilled into the same neighborhoods flooded in 1964 and 1969. In hindsight, three violent storms in 50 years should have sent a stronger evacuation message “Throughout Montecito, the deluge obliterated landscape walls and wiped away cars and houses, sweeping up more wreckage as it rushed to the ocean, two to three miles from the mountains. As it had in 1964 and 1969, debris followed Olive Mill Road down to U.S. 101, crossed an overpass, and emptied into the Pacific.”

Conclusion

Without a vehicle for local government representation, it is very difficult for Montecito residents to shape the events that determine our future. There’s an old Irish proverb, “May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know how to fulfill your vision.”

•MJ

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 13

FRIDAY, JUNE 14

Decade of Digging Deep – For the first time in years, the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation eschewed its annual Jewish Festival in Oak Park in favor of an amped up film festival and an Israel Independence Day Sunset Cruise aboard the Channel Cat. So that meant Kalinka – the 10-year-old local ensemble that plays a rich mix boasting Jewish klezmer, traditional jazz, gypsy swing, Roma music, and Middle Eastern melodies – missed one of its regular gigs.

Tonight, it all comes full circle as the acoustic outfit that features Fred Nadis on clarinet, Eric Ederer on acoustic guitar/oud, Besnik Yzeiri and Daniel Moltke on violin, and Andrew Fedders on bass shows up at SOhO for a pair of sets over a full evening.

While Kalinka cuts its teeth at such local venues as UCSB’s Noon World Music Series, Westmont College, Santa Barbara Earth Day, and the Oldtime Fiddlers Festival in Goleta, the band has also performed at prestigious series including the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, the Live Oak Music Festival, and the Topanga Canyon Banjo and Fiddle Festival. Boogie on upstairs at Victoria Court to get down into the nitty gritty tunes of the Old Country. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 1221 State Street COST: $15 INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www. sohosb.com

GreenScreen Premieres – UCSB’s hands-on, project-based environmental media production program offers students from a variety of programs (arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences) the opportunity to work in teams to leverage their collective production skills and environmental knowledge. The students work with local environmental organizations on critical issues that affect Santa Barbara County with a goal of not only increasing awareness about the particular problems but also expanding the ways that these issues are represented and communicated. Several films from previous years have screened elsewhere, including at SBIFF the following winter. You can be among the first to see if this year’s four student-produced films focused on eco-consciousness – 10 Miles Out, Mother of Chernobyl, Perspectives on the End of the World, and Radiation Valley – deserve wider audiences. Sponsored by Sony Pictures Entertainment, the CarseyWolf Center, and the Department of Film & Media Studies. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Pollock Theater, UCSB campus COST: free INFO: (805) 893-5903 or www.carseywolf.ucsb. edu/pollock

FRIDAY, JUNE 14 Don’t Yang his Chain – Jimmy O. Yang majored in economics at UC San Diego, and even though the Chinese American actor, stand-up comedian, and writer heard a commencement speech from UCSD alum and his future Silicon Valley showrunner Mike Judge, he first went to work for Smith Barney before deciding on a creative career. You might say he earrrrnnnd it, as Yang’s early roles included season 9 of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as TangSee and an episode of Criminal Minds as a high-school student who suffered a psychotic break, plus serving as a writer/consultant for the Harlem Globetrotters, and voicing roles in the video game Infamous Second Son. Now best-known for his starring role on in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley, which launches its sixth and final season this fall, Yang has also enjoyed late night stand-up appearances on The Arsenio Hall Show, Conan and elsewhere, a smaller acting role in last year’s hit Crazy Rich Asians as well as authoring How to American: An Immigrant’s Guide to Disappointing Your Parents, with Judge penning the forward.

Last year’s book promo stand-up comedy tour re-whet Yang’s appetite for live gigs.

He makes his area debut with four shows this weekend at Comedy Hideaway, Santa Barbara’s longest-running showcase for touring comics. Club owner Andrey Belikov, and co-producer Maximillian Robert Lockwood, and a special guest open the show. WHEN: 7 & 9:15 pm tonight & tomorrow WHERE: Comedy Hideaway at Flightline Restaurant, 505 Firestone Road COST: $25 INFO: (805) 3642999 www.sbcomedy.com

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by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, JUNE 15

ART + ACTIVISM: Painting Disaster – The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara hosts a conversation about how art reflects the ways in which we relate to the world today. Santa Barbara artist and teacher Cynthia Martin, whose current AFSB exhibition, The Passing Landscape, closes next month, will share the provocative discussion on the intersections of realism, abstraction, and pressing contemporary issues with Torrie Cutbirth, artist and Executive Director of The Arts Fund, and Charles Donelan, Arts Director of the Santa Barbara Independent. WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: 229 E. Victoria St. (in the historic Acheson House on the corner of Garden) COST: free INFO: (805) 965-6307 or www.afsb.org

SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Cruising the Corridor – Time was when parts of Haley Street were considered so seedy that local rock band Nerf Herder penned a song in the mid-1990s that began with “Down on Haley, Haley Street / Where the drugs are easy and the sex is cheap.” Now gentrification has prodded the pushers and prostitutes to abandon the area in favor of trendy restaurants, wineries and brew pubs in perhaps the hottest up-and-coming part of town now that the Funk Zone renovation is more or less complete. Tonight’s Haley Corridor Progressive Party is a celebration of that success, an exciting evening of food, beer, wine, chocolate, and more as participants discover an industrial area with hidden gems. Among the 15-plus places to stop are Lito’s Mexican Food, Potek Winery, Telegraph Brew Co., Catherine Gee fashions, Carr Winery, Twenty-Four Blackbirds Chocolates, Uncorked Wine Tasting and Kitchen, Buena Onda Argentinian cuisine, Keefrider Custom Furniture, Lab Social Speakeasy, AH Juice and several others. The touring passport includes all the stops. WHEN: 5-9 pm WHERE: Check in at Carr Winery or Potek Winery COST: $35 INFO: https://nightout.com/events/haley-corridor-progressive-party SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Saunder into SOhO – Los Angeles-raised trumpeter Carl Saunders was virtually predestined to become a jazz musician, given a lineage that includes a trumpeter and bandlead-

“I would rather have sunshine and wind and sky adorn my head than a handsome bonnet.” – Julianne Donaldson

er uncle in Bobby Sherwood (who scored hits with Sherwood Orchestra with “Elks Parade” and “Sherwood’s Forest”) and a vocalist mother, Gail, who sang for the Sherwood Orchestra and Stan Kenton, among others.

Self-taught since age seven, Saunders got a job with Kenton when he was 18 years old, then at 21 settled in Las Vegas where he played lead trumpet in show bands for Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, and Frank Sinatra, and traveled with singers Paul Anka and Robert Goulet and bandleaders Harry James, Maynard Ferguson and Benny Goodman. Back in L.A. since ‘84, he took on a number of roles, including positions with John Williams and the big bands of Bob Florence, Gerald Wilson, Johnny Mandel and the Phil Norman Tentet, the latter two of which played SOhO in the last couple of years. The soon to be 77-year-old trumpeter, who has released five CDs of mostly original music, also fronts his own groups including the Carl Saunders Be Bop Big Band and a sextet and quartet. It’s the foursome featuring pianist Sam Hirsh, bassist Dave Stone, and drummer Kevin Kanner that forays up the 101 for another showcase at SOhO under the auspices of the Santa Barbara Jazz Society for what promises to be a stirring afternoon from Saunders et al. WHEN: 1-4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $15 SBJS members, $7 members who are local professional jazz musicians or full-time students INFO: 962-7776/ www.sohosb.com or 687-7123/www. sbjazz.org 13 – 20 June 2019

MONDAY, JUNE 17 Flutes (and Fruits) from Foreign Lands – North Carolina-born flutist Rebecca Kleinmann – who won the National Flute Association’s Jazz competition with the performance of an original composition in 2000 – only spent a few years living in Santa Barbara between graduating from the Indiana University School of Music and moving up to the much more populous Bay Area. But our little Eden-by-the-sea has proved a popular destination over the ensuing decade-plus span as Kleinmann continues to refine her crosscultural approach that began when she earned degrees in both jazz and Spanish then traveled extensively to immerse herself in the cultures of flamenco, tango, and Brazilian music. The flutist produced her 2005 debut album Raio de Sol that included co-written music with Hermeto Pascoal and performances by Grammy artists Airto Moreira and Jovino Santos Neto. The latter, a Latin Grammy-nominated pianist and composer, credits Kleinmann with playing the flute ”with the passion of a flamenco dancer.” Kleinmann’s sojourn to SOhO tonight is with Quarteto Jacare, her current collaboration with drummer Rafael Barata, bassist Scott Thompson, and guitarist Rafael Amarante, a foursome that features original music by all the band members as well as new takes on Brazilian classics. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 1221 State Street COST: $15 INFO: (805) 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

Rebelution No. 15 — Singer-guitarist-lyricist Eric Rachmany, keyboardist Rory Carey, drummer Wesley Finley, and bassist Marley D. Williams might have fantasized but couldn’t possibly have imagined the success still to come when they formed in Isla Vista in 2004. But after their debut album Courage to Grow began climbing the Billboard Reggae Chart, the band had the courage to grow their dreams much bigger than Del Playa parties.

Rebelution’s 2012 release, Peace of Mind, debuted just outside the top 10 on the Billboard Top 200, and hit No. 1 on both the Reggae and Independent Charts. Two years later, Count Me In continued the momentum, enter-

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ing the Reggae Chart at No. 1 and the Billboard 200 at 14. Then came the Grammy-nominated album Falling Into Place and the Rebelution concert experience, Live At Red Rocks. All told, the band boasts an impressive 110 million-plus spins on their Top 5 Spotify tracks alone, and, capitalizing on recent trends and reggae’s most popular herb have released their customized cannabis oil battery pen, herb vaporizer, and oil. I imagine the air will be sweet above Milpas Street tonight when Rebulution returns to the Santa Barbara Bowl. Protoje and Durand Jones & The Indications open.

WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $44.50-$54.50 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com •MJ

Going Greener with Browne – A quarter century ago, Gay Browne set out to create what she calls “an optimal personal environmental health space,” as she began designing and constructing the first completely environmentally responsible home of its kind in Pacific Palisades even before the U.S. Green Building Council established the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) guidelines for environmental building verification. A decade later, Greenopia was founded in Montecito to answer the growing need for a comprehensive source of green living information, a resource for consumers to make informed decisions pertaining to green and healthy shopping. Now, Browne has authored Living with a Green Heart, asks whether the damage we’re doing to our planet literally leaving us sick, sore, and gasping for air, and offers how we can take back our inalienable rights to clean air, clean water, and healthy food. The “quietly revolutionary” book is written as a roadmap for making incremental changes that will not only transform lives but also heal the world we share. From the home to the office, from the foods we eat to the clothes we wear, Browne suggests there are actions that can be taken that will improve a person’s personal environmental health, and help stop the feelings of being overwhelmed, reduce illness, improve sleep, mood, and focus. She shares and signs the book this evening at Chaucer’s. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: (805) 682-6787 or www.chaucersbooks.com

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about both Bixler and Perkins, sharing heartfelt stories about their respective time on campus. Perkins, who became a Crane parent back in 1980, started the still thriving parent group, PFC (Parents For Crane). “Not much time elapsed at Crane before Anne officially founded PFC in 1982. She not only was the first PFC president, but also the third and the seventh. Her goal was to enlist parents to take on tasks and fundraise,” said Crane Director of Development Debbie Williams. “One such fundraiser was the selling of holiday greens. Her family owns a cattle ranch where mistletoe grows. So Anne had this great idea to sell the mistletoe – pure profit for Crane. Hmmm … mistletoe grows high in trees and how did Anne get it down? Turns out that the way to harvest mistletoe is to shoot it out of trees with a rifle, which is exactly what she did!” Williams recalled with a laugh.

Perkins went on to become an assistant teacher, working alongside five teachers over her 26-year career at Crane. She is known for helping to organize the school’s Baja trip every year for 24 years, and this year she was an integral part of the planning of Crane’s 90th anniversary celebration, which included a weekend of alumni festivities. “Anne can do just about anything. Whether it is roping a cow, hosting a sit-down dinner party for fifty, or turning a classroom into a pasta factory, somehow she makes it all happen. Her creative thinking and willingness to try anything has amazed us and touched us in so many, many ways,” said Gayle Sandell, Head of Lower School.

“Crane legend” Pat Bixler began teaching at the school in 1983, and is known by the name “Bix” to both faculty and students. “Bix loves kids, and he 100% recognizes that kids are at the heart of what we do. This has been evident in everything that he has done in his 36 years at Crane. No doubt, Bix is a Crane legend. His success may partly rest on his magic – that winning blend of folksy Oklahoman, intellectual science guy, devout sports fan, lover of literature and crossword puzzles, gourmet appreciator of bacon chili cheese everything – but a larger part of his success rests on his sympathy for adolescent psychology. In other words, not only does Bix like kids, he really gets them,” said Peggy Smith, Head of Upper School.

“If you want to know who Mr. Bixler really is, watch him coach. He loves winning, hates losing, and brings intensity and seriousness to everything he does,” said Louis Caron, a former student of Mr. Bixler’s who graduated in 1997. “This of course extends from the field, back into the classroom. In an era where teachers agonize over how to make their lessons more fun and engaging, Mr.

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Bixler reminds us of the basic secret to good teaching: if the teacher likes to have serious fun, the students inevitably will follow.”

Bixler is known for his creative lessons in math and science, balancing fun and learning to engage students in curriculum. “Several students have recently said to me, ‘You’ll never replace Bix.’ They’re absolutely right; we won’t. And we’ll also never forget him, because for 36 years he’s been a daily reminder of what great teachers are all about – lifting kids up by embracing and appreciating who they are,” Smith said.

At the end of the assembly, Head of School Joel Weiss welcomed four retired staff members to announce that their names were now forever present on the campus: a new set of plaques honoring retired “staffulty” who have given 25 years of service or more was unveiled near the Oak Tree Quad. Those include Toni Mackie (1985-2010), Janey Cohen (1989-2014), Ellen Bonning (1984-2015), Dan McCaslin (1980-2016), Bob Ingersoll (1978-1984 + 1992-2018), and now Pat Bixler (1983-2019) and Anne Perkins (1993-2019).

“It’s important to acknowledge the positive impact that they’ve had on all our lives,” Weiss said about Bixler and Perkins. “They show a loyalty and commitment to their school that is rarely seen today.”

Sweet Wheel Farm & Flowers

Leslie Person Ryan, the owner of Letter Perfect on Coast Village Road for 35 years, ventured into Summerland at the end of 2018, opening the Summerland Center for the Arts, a shop, gallery, and gathering space on Lillie Avenue. Last week she added a mobile produce shop to the Center, called Sweet Wheel Farm & Flowers, which has gained the positive attention of locals and vacationers. “All day people are stopping by and are so happy we are here with fresh produce,” Person Ryan told us during a visit to the shop.

Summerland Center for the Arts is located in the former home of Just Folk, across from the CarpinteriaSummerland Fire District. “I’ve wanted to be out here for a long time, and after last year’s disaster I decided now was the time to take the plunge,” she said, adding that Letter Perfect on Coast Village Road isn’t going anywhere. The Center offers retail on the ground floor – a mini collection of the Letter Perfect goodies Person Ryan has become famous for – and upstairs is a light-filled gallery featuring the works of mostly local artists including Ray Cirerol, Michael Drury, Sydelle Foreman, Jeremy Harper, Holli Harmon, Larry Iwerks,

The upstairs gallery at the Center features art from mostly local artists

Virginia Pierce, and several others.

True to the Summerland spirit, the Center hosts various spiritual evenings, in addition to community events, art openings, art classes, yoga, and self-improvement workshops.

April saw a packed house as local artist and author Rod Lathim and the Reverend Pamela Bollinger of the Church of the Comforter in Santa Barbara called all the Summerland Spirits to visit. On June 22, the Center hosts Fran Leigh, best-selling author and world-renowned spiritual guide.

The Gallery’s next exhibition is for Masha Keating, whose paintings will be on display from June 30 to July 25.

Keating, an Otis College of Art graduate, will show her bold nature inspired paintings; a portion of the sales will be donated to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, where Keating will be teaching a painting class on June 22.

The newly launched Sweet Wheel Farm & Flowers offers mostly organic produce sourced locally from Summerland, Carpinteria, Goleta, and Santa Maria, from many of the same farmers who frequent our local farmers’ markets. “It’s the only place in Summerland to get fresh fruit and vegetables,” Person Ryan said. The ultimate goal is to have 100% of the produce sourced from Person Ryan’s own homegrown farm in Summerland. “I want to offer beautiful produce for reasonable prices, to serve the residents of Summerland so they can just go down the street for their produce,” she said. In addition to seasonal fruit and veggies, there are fresh flowers and various locally sourced products including honey sticks and date bars.

Person Ryan plans to expand the offerings at the Center in the near future, making it a true hub for the Summerland community. For more information on the offerings, visit www.summerlandcenterforthearts. com. The Center is located at 2346 Lillie Avenue in Summerland.

Montecito Water Quality Update

Last week Montecito Water District released the 2018 Annual Drinking

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Water Consumer Confidence Report (CCR), which is now available online at www.montecitowater.com/doc/ ccr2018. This report describes the District’s water sources, provides information on water quality and how it is measured, and presents the District’s 2018 test results which show that drinking water met, or was better than, state and federal water quality standards. The report also includes this message from General Manager Nick Turner: “2018 was a year of challenges and opportunities for MWD, as it was for the entire community. When the rains came shortly after the Thomas Fire, and caused the January 9, 2018 debris flows, MWD’s infrastructure was severely impacted. Our disaster response was immediate, and included the issuance of a Boil Water Notice.

Water service was fully restored within 30 days, including all work needed to access, repair and disinfect our heavily damaged facilities.

The MWD team, with tremendous support from mutual aid and neighboring agencies, did a remarkable job in extreme conditions.

“While nothing could have prepared us for the unprecedented twin disasters, in completing the needed repairs we’ve utilized all available opportunities to upgrade infrastructure, thereby maximizing the resilience of MWD facilities. The test results included in this report demonstrate that MWD’s water quality met or exceeded all state and federal standards in 2018. The Montecito and Summerland communities can be assured of MWD’s unwavering commitment to providing a reliable supply of high-quality water to our customers – under any circumstances.”

Landlords, businesses, schools and other groups are asked to share this information with tenants, students, and other water users who may not be customers receiving communications directly from Montecito Water District.

For more information, visit www. montecitowater.com.

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