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Shakespeare Salon

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Crane Graduation

Crane Country Day School headmaster Joel Weiss congratulates “extraordinary group of students” at 8th grade graduation on June 19, p. 16

New Fire Chief in Town

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Guest Editorial

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

Bob Hazard continues his search for excellence and how to make Montecito better

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Ben Soleimani debuts furnishing brand; Gay Browne’s latest book; MAW events; Margerum tasting room opens at Hotel Californian; Rescue Mission remodeled facility completed; Fiesta Ranchera bash; Wine Down Wednesday; $17 million home on market; Sing! Program excels; Sean Rad sells home; Olivia Newton-John auctions costumes; Rob Lowe on Good Morning Britain; HGTV zeroes in on Montecito estate; Princess Diana’s dresses sell; Jim Sokolove attends reunion; Gloria Vanderbilt passes; sightings A collection of communications from readers Justin M. Ruhge, Sharon Byrne, Willard Thompson, Thomas Van Stein, Karen Friedman, Denice Spangler Adams, Brian C. Goebel, and David S. McCalmont

10 This Week in Montecito

A list of local events happening in and around town

Tide Chart 12 Village Beat

Kevin Taylor sworn in as new Fire Chief of Montecito Fire Department; Village Fourth is next week; North Jameson walking path completed; Partnership for Resilient Communities receives permit approval from MPC; Miramar responds to California Coastal Commission

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23 Legal Advertising 27 Brilliant Thoughts

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28 Music Academy of the West

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32 Montecito Moms

Montecito native Kelly Hatchett knits colorful blankets and beach towels

Spirituality Matters Spirituality and personal growth courses at SBCC; outdoor yoga and silent dancing

33 Santa Barbara in a Glass

Lark takes home win at 3rd annual Official Drink of Santa Barbara Cocktail Competition

34 On Entertainment

Fifth annual Stoke the World gathering

37 Open House Directory 42 Calendar of Events

“Touch of Love” music video premieres; Anthony Davis headlines benefit; Dance Network’s sixth annual studio showcase; “I Love the ‘90s” tour; Joe Robinson’s Wooden Hall Concert; 2019 Santa Barbara Wine and Food Festival; Abstract Art Collective ArtSEE fundraiser; Summerland Center for the Arts exhibition opening; 4th of July Art Show

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Guest Editorial

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

Search for Excellence (Part 2)

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hat is needed to make Montecito better? Last week my wife and I had lunch with our Congressman and former 1st District Supervisor, Salud Carbajal. Although we are on different sides of the political spectrum, Salud gets my vote and my financial support because of his sincere commitment to the Montecito community, his dedication to constituent services and his genuine concern for helping the disadvantaged in this community.

Salud is an excellent listener and a master at bringing people together. He has had the advantage of great mentors ranging from his days as a boy scout, to the education community, the marines, and Naomi Schwartz. His father, who dedicated his life to creating a better life for his children, emigrated from Mexico to work in the mines of Colorado and in the fields of Ventura. Salud readily admits that he loved his job as the County Supervisor. He knows Montecito well, and has pledged to help.

Community Heroes

During our discussion with Salud, we both agreed that currently, the most popular man in Montecito is Abe Powell, founder of the volunteer Bucket Brigade, who dug this community out of the mud and muck at a time when we were most vulnerable. Alone, he grabbed a bucket, a shovel, and a backhoe, while creating a partnership with likeminded neighbors and the Habitat for Humanity. While others talked, Abe acted. Powell followed up by funding and installing a walking pathway along North Jameson Lane from San Ysidro to Olive Mill, a strong accomplishment.

Similarly, Pat McElroy, who doesn’t even live in Montecito, saw the problem of a mountain of boulders falling on Montecito, triggered by a moderately heavy rainstorm. He, and his team at the Partnership for Resilient Communities, mobilized and raised $4.1 million in private funding, partnered with the county for emergency permitting, and installed four ring nets within the private canyons of Montecito. Still, the job is not finished with two nets remaining in a warehouse and another seven waiting for delivery. What’s needed is another $900,000 in community contributions and greater permitting flexibility.

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Kudos also go to the Montecito Association. With no public funding, limited staff, and no official authority, MA has emerged as a strong player under the active leadership of President Megan Orloff and Executive Director Sharon Byrne.

Significantly, MA has identified the “Top 5 Concerns” of the Montecito community as: (1) safety and security from another natural disaster; (2) preservation and protection of Montecito’s semi-rural character; (3) water security and water independence from drought; (4) protection from the gridlock directly related to the widening of the 101, where GPS systems route freeway traffic through our surface streets; and (5) lack of a real voice in important strategic planning and decision-making.

Working in Separate Silos

While Montecito has a deep bench of talented individuals, its leadership is fragmented and uncoordinated. The county plays an outsized role in local governance and allocation of resources. Dysfunctional local districts sometimes make questionable decisions. For example, the Montecito Sanitary District (MSD) Board last week voted 3-2 to spend $5.5 million for an office building of 5,085 square feet for four occupants. The dubious rationale is that MSD had $7 million in reserves from a separate community tax assessment that needs to be spent before construction prices go up.

MSD dubbed its project the “Essential Services Building,” forgetting that its essential service is to treat wastewater, recycle it and stop discharging wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. Think how that same $5.5 million of community money could have been better spent securing either ring nets or debris basins to protect future lives and the safety of this community. Alternatively, could that same $5.5 million be spent recharging our exhausted aquifers to provide reliable water during the next drought?

A True Partnership

There is an old adage that if you want to go fast, go it alone; but if you want to go far, do it with partners. The primary lesson learned from the Partnership

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Iranian Ben, 44, has recently debuted a furnishing brand making rugs and accessories, with plans to expand into a complete line of furnishings by the end of the year, and is featured in the latest issue of Architectural Digest.

The entrepreneurial enterprise is somewhat of a departure for the fourth-generation carpet purveyor and designer, who grew up in the family business prior to his work with RH – formerly Restoration Hardware.

“Growing up I was surrounded by rugs,” says Beverly Hills-based Ben, who owns multiple properties on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, the second highest priced retail street in the city after Rodeo Drive.

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Just Another 101 Fable

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.B.’s editor’s note in last week’s issue re “Failure to widen the 101 in 1993,” reminded me of my 25-year issue on this subject as a retired commuter. So here it is in the following: Another Fable from Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, SBCAG – Updated.

In the News-Press for Friday March 17, 2017, there appeared another fable about the final widening of the last 10 miles of 101 south of Santa Barbara.

Now the SBCAG story has it that the official widening will begin in 2019.

For the past 40 years we taxpayers have been paying extra sales tax on Measures D and A so we could have 101 widening as soon as possible, but it never happens, due to opposition from the ne’er-do-wells in Santa Barbara and Montecito. Each time, the cost grows from $138 million to today’s $500 million. So here we are with another projection of the “maybe start” of the final program in 2 years.

Just why should we believe this date any more than in the past? We should not. 101 is a national highway, not a Montecito alley. Millions of citizens go without adequate, safe, and rapid transportation because of the lack of 101 widening.

While we waited in the South County for some progress, the North County has widened 101 at Santa Maria, widened the Santa Maria River Bridge and built the Union Valley parkway and 101 interchange. They are all completed projects while South County is still thinking about what it wants to do.

At the same time, there is a dire need for better roads in the North County that are not being filled because of this one South County project and its many delays.

Lompoc has 12,000 commuters daily, 7,000 of which go south to 101 on 1930s roads on Highway 246 and Highway

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TO THE EDITOR

“I’ve learned that having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.” – Andy Rooney

1, while about 1,000 commute to the North County. These commuters need a modern, safe road from Lompoc City limits to Domingos Road, a distance of 13 miles, where it meets an existing seven-mile parkway to Buellton and 101. A four-lane parkway is needed using the Caltrans owned right of way on 246. A five-mile-long widening of 246 at Tularosa Road was completed and opened in 2018 after 20 years of delays by Caltrans. So, only eight miles need to be widened and two bridges improved to make a modern parkway connecting Lompoc to 101 for these thousands of commuter who use it every day.

Instead of waiting further years until South County gets its act together, Caltrans and SBCAG must divert about $30 million to meeting the urgent needs of the North County as they did in the past with the earlier North County widenings. It is totally selfish to hold up the other projects while doing nothing with the one big one in the South County.

Our county and city representatives need to take action to make this happen or is this another fable?

Justin M. Ruhge Lompoc (Editor’s note: We should add that the “completion” date for the 101 expansion through Montecito is... wait for it... 2030!

And, judging by past performance, we should be so lucky. – J.B.)

Biggest Little Parade

Longtime Village Fourth committee member Nina Terzian graciously hosted a Village Four Fun Raiser at her beautiful beachside home in Montecito. Tickets were on a donation basis, and guests were treated to a lovely spread of iced shrimp, C’est

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THURSDAY, JULY 4 Fourth of July BBQ Hop in and head over to Rosewood Miramar Beach for the inaugural Fourth of July celebration.

From carnival and lawn games, live music and crafting, or BBQ favorites and craft cocktails, there’s something to do for all ages on The Great Lawn.

(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 27 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 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 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Please join in at Chaucer’s Bookstore to listen to authors, educators, and colleagues, Barbara Greenleaf and Gary Delanoeye. They will both read from their new humorous works, correctly answer all your questions regarding the meaning of life, laundering one’s shorts, and the quickest way to age.

Gary Delanoeye’s Clean Shorts is a collection of twelve very different short stories. Each one is drawn from the author’s experiences and/or his imagination. Barbara Greenleaf used to be (and still is) a serious writer with seven books, a blog, and about a zillion magazine articles, speeches, and corporate pieces to her credit. As she got older, though, she got funnier, and she turned her adventures in

aging into This Old Body, a collection of humorous personal essays, poems and quick takes.

When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Bookstore, 3321 State Street Info: events@chaucersbooks.com FRIDAY, JUNE 28 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 Movie Night at the Mart Every Friday evening throughout the summer, Montecito Country Mart hosts a kid-friendly movie in their center courtyard. Tonight’s film: Mary Poppins.

When: 6 pm Where: 1016 Coast Village Road at Hot Springs Cost: free SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Treasure Hunt in Carpinteria Seventy-five vendor stalls will overflow with treasures and merchandise at the Museum Marketplace on the grounds of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. This popular monthly fundraiser features antiques, collectibles, hand-crafted gifts, plants, and great bargains on gently used and vintage goods of every description, including jewelry, furniture, housewares, clothing, books, toys, and much more.

When: 12 to 4 pm Where: Rosewood Miramar, 1759 South Jameson Lane Cost: $75 per person; $45 for children 5-12 and free for kids under 4 Tickets: To RSVP, please contact us (805) 303.6169 or via email at miramar@rosewoodhotels.com SUNDAY, JUNE 30

When: 8 am Where: 965 Maple Avenue in Carpinteria Info: 684-3112 Mindfulness & Loving Kindness In this workshop, Dave Richo, Ph.D & MFT and Radhule Weininger, Ph.D will guide you through the exploration of the Buddhist practices of mindfulness and loving-kindness, utilizing them as keys to helping develop a spiritually conscious intimacy, a committed caring connection. Four Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) are available for psychologists, registered nurses, MFTs and LCSWs – a $25 processing fee of CEU’s collected day of. Please make all checks payable to: Spiritual Competency Resource Center.

Coffee and tea provided, please bring a bag lunch.

When: 10 am to 3 pm Where: The Old Mission, Bonaventure Hall, 2201 Laguna Street Tuition: $80.00 per person (limit 60 people) Info: mindfulheartprograms@gmail. com Book Signing at Tecolote Willard Thompson will sign his novel, The Girl from the Lighthouse.

Come out to support Montecito’s local bookstore and enjoy rosé and light hors d’oeuvres.

When: 3 to 5 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977

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A Day with Kinsey As a tribute to local mystery writer Sue Grafton, The Santa Barbara Friends of the Library invites you to join us for a unique fundraising event following the footsteps of investigator, Kinsey Millhone, for an afternoon. The day will begin with a talk with some of Grafton’s close friends, followed by a guided trolley tour identifying locations in Santa Barbara that Kinsey described in her adventures living and working in Santa Teresa. After a two-hour excursion following the books and participating in a trivia quiz, the tour will return to the library for refreshments and handing out prizes for winners of the quizzes. For extra fun, you can write a 24-sentence story about Kinsey using the titles of Grafton’s books in the order in which they were written. Some of them will be shared at the reception.

When: 1 pm to 5 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Central Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: $100 per person RSVP: www.friends-sblibrary.org Santa Barbara Voice Academy Showcase SB Voice Academy hosts singers performing current popular music with George Friedenthal on piano, Bill Macpherson on guitar, Larry Perpoli on drums, and Nee Sackey on bass. Performers include: Karen Zell, Joe Auchter, Ali Cortes, Diana Pop, Candice Nyholt, Erin Dougherty, and Brandi Redman.

When: 6:30 to 8 pm Where: Soho Restaurant and Club, 1122 State Street #205 Reservations: (805) 962-7778 x6 Cost: $8; all ages welcome Info: Karen S. Lytle, MA (805) 895-7662 MONDAY, JULY 1 Manifestation Mondays Join international medium, energy

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When: Pancake breakfast at MFPD station from 7:30 to 10:30 am; parade kicks off at 11:30 am and Lower Manning Park festivities begin directly after Where: Parade starts at Upper Manning Park and finishes in Lower Manning Park Info: 969-2026 FRIDAY, JULY 5 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

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Movie Night at the Mart Every Friday evening throughout the summer, Montecito Country Mart hosts a kid-friendly movie in their center courtyard. Tonight’s film: The Aristocats.

When: 6 pm Where: 1016 Coast Village Road at Hot Springs Cost: free SAT, JULY 6 SUN, JULY 7 LotusFest A wine and beer tasting festival in one of Montecito’s most exquisite settings, Lotusland. Join for an extraordinary afternoon of libations, live music, and delectable hors d’oeuvres to celebrate the spectacular flower that is Lotusland’s namesake. This is a unique opportunity to spend an afternoon exploring the garden while sampling some of the area’s finest wines and beers. Enjoy the sounds of special musical guests The Kicks – a progressive, modern, soul driven groove with a foundation in their reggae roots.

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Fire Chief Kevin Taylor has been with the MFPD since 2015

by Kelly Mahan Herrick

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

New Fire Chief Sworn In Montecito’s new Fire Chief Kevin Taylor was sworn in on Monday; his first day in his new role is July 6

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t a board meeting on Monday, June 24, the Montecito Fire Protection District Board of Directors appointed Division Chief of Operations Kevin Taylor as the next Fire Chief of the Montecito Fire Department. “I appreciate the faith and confidence the Board has placed in me to lead this fantastic organi-

zation,” Chief Taylor said to a room packed with his family and fellow firefighters after being sworn in by Board President Sylvia Easton.

Taylor began his career in 1987 with Cal Fire in San Luis Obispo County.

He was hired on with the Paso Robles Fire Department in 1991, where he progressed through the ranks to

Battalion Chief in 2003. In February 2015, the Montecito Fire Department hired Taylor as the Division Chief of Operations, and in the last four years he has been deeply engaged in the community, offering his expertise as a founding member of the Santa Barbara County Type 3 Incident Management Team and serving as one of three Incident Commanders. Chief Taylor was one of the Unified Commanders of the 1/9 debris flow event, and remains engaged in the recovery process. Chief Taylor has a Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Administration and a Master’s Degree in Emergency Management.

“Chief Taylor is already highly respected in the Montecito community as well as the greater Santa Barbara County for his leadership roles. We congratulate him and look forward to working with him as the new Fire

Chief,” said President Easton, who also thanked and congratulated Chief Taylor’s wife, Jo, and his son, Jake.

Chief Taylor succeeds Chief Chip Hickman, who has been at the helm for the past seven years and successfully led the organization through the two largest disasters the community of Montecito has ever experienced.

After 29 years with the Montecito Fire Department, Chief Hickman will officially retire on July 5, 2019. Chief Hickman was honored at a retirement party hosted by volunteer group MERRAG earlier this month, and told us his plans for retirement include spending time with his family and enjoying the outdoors. MERRAG volunteers gifted Hickman a large fishing gaff to commemorate his retirement.

“The Board bids farewell to Chief

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The programs Boys & Girls Club offers are numerous including summer camp, an art room, basketball, soccer, flag football, computer lab, math tutoring, homework help, and music. They also offer free transportation after school to the Club. There are about 140 members there every day and more in the summer.

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Our Town

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Crane Country Day School Eighth Grade Graduation

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he Crane Country Day School (CCDS) 2019 eighth grade graduation was held on Wednesday, June 19 at 10 am in the school center courtyard.

Opening the ceremony was headmaster Joel J. Weiss. He talked about the educational standards at the school, and how well these 8th grade students will excel in academic, athletic and the arts in high school. He thanked the faculty for their excellence and dedication, and the parents and families for their support. He said, “On behalf of Crane School, we are proud of the accomplishments this extraordinary group of students has already achieved. We have no doubt each graduate is entering into a new chapter with the ability to make a positive impact on the world around them.”

Mr. Weiss presented five traditional awards honoring character, leadership, and positivity for all. These are

in addition to the annual 16 awards presented this week at the Special Student Assembly. The students, led by music teacher Konrad Kono, sang the “Crane Song” by Norman Gimbel.

Each student was called individually to the podium where one of their 8th grade teachers read a vignette about their achievements and Mr. Weiss presented them with their diploma.

The graduates received the traditional CCDS Presentation of Pins and performed the Vocal Presentations.

The ceremony concluded with the formal Introduction of the Class of 2019. A reception for the graduates and guests was held in the courtyard.

Crane 2019 teachers for the graduating class are Shana Arthurs, Pat Bixler, Jennifer Bochsler, Louis Caron, Traci Cope, Joe Donahue, Richard Downey, Anne Fierberg, Alexis Fischer, Sabina Funk, Gretel Huglin Ridge, Konrad Kono, Lucy

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Ben’s family owns Mansour, which holds the Royal Warrant as carpet suppliers to HRH The Prince of Wales – and he designed rugs for the RH brand from 2010 until last year.

Dubbed “The Mayor of Melrose” by the L.A. Times, Ben is also an accomplished equestrian, winning a number of prestigious world tournaments, including the Cartier Queen’s Cup at Windsor in 2017 with the world’s number one polo player Argentinian Adolfo Cambiaso, who also played for club president John Muse’s Lucchese team in the Pacific Coast Open.

Ben’s website is bensoleimani.com, which is also the name of his new polo team.

Grass is Greener Environmental pioneer Gay Browne, who founded Greenopia, a city guide to more than 110,000 sustainable businesses, has just launched her latest work, Living With a Green Heart: How To Keep Your Body, Your Home and the Planet Healthy in a Toxic World.

“It took me 18 months to write and I’m planning two other books in the trilogy, one about pregnancy set for next fall and another one about eating properly, which I’ll publish in 2021,” she told me at a bijou bash at Tecolote,

Gay Browne launches latest environmental tome

the bustling bibliophile bastion in the upper village.

Twenty-five years ago Gay, a contributing editor for The Huffington Post, set out to create an “optimal environmental health space,” designing and constructing the first environmentally responsible home of its kind, which was featured on the cover of the L.A. Times Homes section.

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Music Academy of the West launched its action-packed 72nd annual summer festival, with 77 teaching and guest artists, and 140 fellows, chosen from a record-setting 2,000 applicants.

The packed schedule kicked off with the ever entertaining Takacs Quartet of violinists Edward Dusinberre and Harumi Rhodes, violist Geraldine Walther and cellist Andras Fejer, playing works by Haydn, Bartok, and Grieg.

Just 72 hours later a Pianofest, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jerome Lowenthal at the institution, with all eight solo piano fellows performing, filled the stage.

The week culminated with frequent visitor Larry Rachleff conducting the Academy Festival Orchestra, with Sylvia Qianhui Jiang on piano, with Franck’s Symphonic Variations and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony No. 3.

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Wine Not? Doug Margerum, a fixture on the Santa Barbara wine and restaurant scene for 35 years, was in party mode when he opened his eponymous tasting room at the Hotel Californian.

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MFPD Board President Sylvia Easton, Vice President Peter van Duinwyk, new Fire Chief Kevin Taylor, retiring Fire Chief Chip Hickman, Director Judy Ishkanian, Secretary Mike Lee, and Director Abe Powell

Hickman and we wish him the best,” President Easton said. “We thank him for his long, dedicated, and distinguished service to the Montecito community.”

Save the Date for Village Fourth Next Thursday, July 4, marks the 24th annual Village Fourth celebration in Montecito! Sponsored by the Montecito Association and the Montecito Community Foundation, the event is a patriotic day of old-fashioned fun.

Co-chairs Mindy Denson, Kathi King, and Trish Davis, along with their committee Bill Davis, Chris Denson, Michael Edwards, Cindy Feinberg, Dana Hansen, Houghton Hyatt, Andrea Newquist, Dana Newquist, Connor Rehage, Nina Terzian, Christy Venable, John Venable, Jean von Wittenberg, and Sharon Byrne, have been busy planning the popular event.

The festivities will begin with the popular parade; winners will be awarded in four categories: cutest, patriotic, Montecito spirit, and musical. Following the parade is a BBQ and picnic in Lower Manning Park, with picnic blankets to be set up in front of the stage where a singer from Music Academy of the West will sing the National Anthem, followed by songs from local musician Jackson Gillies, who recently appeared on American Idol. Food is for sale from Feast & Fest, along with wine and beer, McConnell’s Ice Cream, and Hippy Pop popcorn. Artist Bill Dalziel will be back to paint faces, and kids are encouraged to participate in the sack race and Montecito Cup tug-of-war.

This year’s Grand Marshal is John Venable, who has been a Montecito community activist and volunteer for over 48 years, serving on the Montecito Trails Foundation Board for 35 years (president for 19 years!), Montecito

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John Venable is this year’s Village Fourth Grand Marshal

Association Board of Directors, Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club Board, SB County Parks & Recreation Board, Montecito Community Foundation Board, MERRAG, and Montecito Fire Protection District Board of Directors.

He has also volunteered his time for Montecito Beautification Day – where he was honored as Citizen of the Year a few years back – and Village Fourth, as well as at Casa del Herrero.

“He epitomizes what community is all about,” Denson said of Venable, who has been married to his wife, Christy, for 55 years. Christy designed the Village Fourth t-shirts this year, which are for sale through the Montecito Association.

For more info, to volunteer, donate, and sign up to be in the parade, call 969-2026.

Jameson Walking Trail

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for Resilient Communities is that big solutions to big problems are not possible without a close working relationship between a focused group of Montecito citizens and our political master: Santa Barbara County government.

The reality today, like it or not, is that any successful effort by Montecito in marshaling community resources requires the support of County Supervisor Das Williams and his chief of staff Darcel Elliott; the county chief executive officer Mona Miyasato; Scott McGolpin, County Director of Public Works; and Tom Fayram, Water Resources Deputy Director. Their mission statement matches our own: “To efficiently provide, operate and maintain infrastructure, facilities, and services to make everyday life as safe and convenient as possible for the public we serve.”

County Public Works controls the purse strings. It secures disaster related reimbursement from FEMA and CalOES (California Office of Emergency Services). Its 2019-20 budget contains only $8 million for countywide “capital maintenance to address deferred maintenance backlog including pavement, drainage, traffic devices, bridges, and hardscape repairs.”

Next year, the county promises to complete the Ashley Road bridge replacement, two years after the debris flow. Also included is a possible acquisition of a long-term debris management site (Randall Road) to “ensure cost effective and timely excavations of basins, channels, and estuaries for flood protection and allow repurposing of these materials.”

Grading Das Williams

Das Williams is our county supervisor and he is likely to occupy that seat for a number of years. Once thought of as a short-term, supervisor-in-waiting for Hannah-Beth Jackson to term out in the California Senate, it now appears that Das will likely be retaining his chair and raising his family locally.

The good news is that Das is young, energetic, smart, loves brokered solutions to complex problems, and has little patience with petty departmental squabbles at the Montecito district level. He may well face formidable election opposition from Lois Capps’ daughter, Laura, supported by Das’s neighbors in Carpinteria, who are concerned over the pungent odor of too much marijuana growth in their community.

Das’s difficulty in serving his Montecito constituents is the same as every other County Supervisor – the County is fiscally broke. Without an unlikely massive overhaul of the county’s pension and healthcare system, it remains an impossibility for any supervisors on the South Coast to finance any major capital project that does not have the full support of the public service unions and the environmental community that supports their incumbency.

A Community Service District

Without the right structure, business as usual will continue to be our unimpressive community standard and the order of the day. If a place such as Montecito opens its mind to doing things differently, the doors of opportunity could fly off the hinges.

Envision a Montecito Community Service District that starts with the Montecito Water District (MWD), seeking to transform a potable water supply system that today is only 45% reliable, but if strategically planned, could be

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converted to an 80% reliable, drought-proof supply of water through reduced dependence on an unreliable state water system and greater dependence on desalination partnerships, recycling, conservation and greater groundwater sustainability through increased recharge of local underground water basins.

The next step would be to research the benefits and weaknesses of consolidating the Montecito Sanitary District (MSD) and the Summerland Sanitary District (SSD) with the Water District into the new Community Service District.

Potential savings and efficiencies could be derived from consolidation of water quality testing labs, emergency pipe and leak repairs, engineering, billing, administrative and management overlaps, but the real benefit is consolidated strategic planning for a secure water future.

Current flood abatement is a disjointed mess, trapped in concept between the volunteer-led Partnership for Resilient Communities favoring ring nets and a County seeking to build additional debris basins without funding and without a strategic plan co-designed by the county and the community it hopes to serve.

The creation of a single Water Resources District is an idea worth exploring.

The intent is simplicity of decision-making, economies of resources and faster responsiveness to community needs with local strategic input.

Possibly Montecito Trails could be added to the Community Service District to secure reliable funding to restore the trails and create improved walking, bike, and equestrian pathways. Permanent funding for the Montecito Library might merit inclusion. It would be unwise to consider either Montecito Union School or Cold Spring School District, or Montecito Fire Protection District in the Community Service District mix because all three do a great job on their own. They are all adequately funded and professionally managed with strong local oversight.

Creating a Plan

Both Das Williams and his chief of staff, Darcel Elliott, have vast experience in working with LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) in the creation of a Community Service District. They did it in Isla Vista for different reasons than Montecito. By law, Community Service Districts can combine existing special districts, create new ones up to a maximum of 32, and serve as a limited form of governance that provides an alternative to the incorporation of a new city. Such a district would attract a high level of candidates for Board elections, ending years of district appointments with no election accountability.

More than 325 communities in California have formed community service districts to provide needed public services in unincorporated areas such as water security, sewer, flood control and a score of others.

Forming a Task Force

Supervisor Das Williams has offered to chair a working task force of a dozen or so prominent Montecito community leaders (Abe Powell, Megan Orloff); a LAFCO representative (Paul Hood); County staff (Darcel Elliott, Betsy Schaffer); Montecito Water District (Floyd Wicks, Ken Coates); Montecito Sanitary District (Tom Bollay, Dana Newquist); Summerland Sanitary District (Martin Tucker); Partnership for Resilient Communities (Joe Cole, Pat McElroy); and a self-appointed community watchdog (Bob Hazard).

Das, as Task Force chairman, would be empowered to give the working group a limited time schedule to present a conceptual plan, outlining the advantages and disadvantages of a Community Service District for Montecito and Summerland, focused primarily on Water Resources, including water supply, sanitary services, and flood control and abatement. The Task Force would be asked to include funding recommendations for all desired services.

In return for his support of the Montecito and Summerland communities, Supervisor Williams could reasonably expect greater recognition for positive achievements. It’s exciting. Let’s see what Das and a community leadership group can offer as strategic planning alternatives, linking together community needs and suggested solutions, to create a more resilient, efficient and stronger service package for Montecito and Summerland.

•MJ

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Notice Inviting Bids Coast Village Circle Pavement Rehabilitation Project Bid No. 5731 1.

Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Coast Village Circle Pavement Rehabilitation Project (“Project”), by or before July 11, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

2.

Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at Coast Village Circle in Santa Barbara, CA and is described as follows: Furnishing all labor, materials, tools, equipment, transport, traffic control, changeable message boards, and phasing necessary to repair City street by removing and replacing existing 4” depth full-width asphalt concrete (A.C.); removing and replacing 6” type 2 aggregate base; lowering and adjusting existing water valves and manholes to finish grade; applying traffic striping and markings to City street, perform traffic control and signing, notification and perform other related work as necessary to provide a complete project; all in accordance with the Standard Specifications, City Standard Details, Plans and these Special Provisions.

All other items of work or details not mentioned above that are required by the plans, Standard Specifications or these Special Provisions, shall be performed, placed, constructed or installed including construction area signs and traffic control systems.

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 45 working days from the effective date of Notice to Proceed.

2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $838,000.

3.

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A. 3.2 DIR Registration. City will not accept a Bid Proposal from or enter into the Contract with a bidder, without proof that the bidder and its Subcontractors are registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to perform public work under Labor Code section 1725.5, subject to limited legal exceptions.

4.

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises and Small Businesses. The City of Santa Barbara affirms that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises and small businesses will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation.

Bidders are advertised that, as required by federal law, the State has established a statewide overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal. This Agency federal-aid contract is considered to be part of the statewide overall DBE goal. The Agency is required to report DBE participation for all federal-aid contracts each year so that attainment efforts may be evaluated. This Agency federal-aid contract has a goal of 10% DBE/Small Business participation.

5.

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

6.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of 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.

7.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

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

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

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

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

By: ___________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung, C.P.M, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) June 19, 2019

2) June 26, 2019 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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Cheese festooned platters, and delightful desserts.

Supervisor Das Williams bought a ticket and joined the festivities. The Village Fourth is our community’s unique, patriotic salute to our country, followed by a picnic lunch and family fun in lower Manning Park.

World famous as the Biggest Little Parade ever!

The fun begins at the firehouse on San Ysidro Road at 7:30 in the morning on July 4th, when nearly all of Montecito assembles for a firehouse breakfast of sausages, eggs, pancakes, orange juice, coffee, tea, and friendship. At 10:30, people begin to gather further down San Ysidro to just north of School House Road in Upper Manning Park to put their parade “floats” in order. The parade itself kicks off at 11:30 and is generally over by noon; then the concessions, music, and games kick into gear in Lower Manning Park. See you there!

Sharon Byrne Executive Director Montecito Association

Tecolote Teaser

Just a reminder to join me on Saturday afternoon, June 29, at Tecolote Book Shop in Montecito’s upper village from 3 pm to 5 pm to celebrate my newest novel, The Girl from the Lighthouse. Come support our local bookstore and enjoy some summer rosé and light hors d’oeuvres. Bring your copies of The Girl from the Lighthouse to be signed, or buy copies at Tecolote to support our local independent bookstore.

I’m looking forward to seeing you there.

Willard Thompson Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Readers should also know that Mr. Thompson is author of Dream Helper, A Novel of Early California, Delfina’s Gold, Keepers of the Light: The History of the Point Conception Lighthouse, and other excellent books. – J.B.)

Mascota Magic

Thank you for the print in last week’s MJ letters section and helping to share the magic. And, there is something romantic and nostalgic about visiting a town steeped in traditional Mexican culture, where the locals appreciate their rich heritage and warmly share it with the world.

Mascota is a best-kept secret; it is a like a microcosm of (now, what is unfortunately over-populated) San Miguel de Allende. Mascota is located 60 miles east of Puerto Vallarta (one of Santa Barbara’s seven Sister Cities), in the Provence of Jalisco. It is safe and easy to access. There are ample, stylish upgraded hotels and restaurants serving excellent food and filtered water!

It was voted Mexico’s most magical town four years ago. The workshop is in an enchanting setting, in a valley surrounded by mountains and golden light, much like that which falls on charming Montecito.

Mascota’s small-town charm and its inhabitants are happy, good-natured people who like to smile, and who appreciate being alive in their own timeless culture. From spring through fall there are weekly festivals, fireworks are abundant, cowboys and horseless carriages share its cobblestone streets. The valley is known for producing its own form of Tequila, known as “Raicilla” created from a form of Agave grown only in the valley of Mascota.

National Geographic opened a museum in Mascota, to house the 5,000-year-old relics discovered in nearby mountains. Visitors can take tours to view the digs; viewing hidden petroglyphs adorning rock formations

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Supervisor Das Williams, and Montecito Community Foundation Board President Stephen Hicks, the group toasted with champagne and traversed the path to Coast Village Road with a reception at Khao Khang.

Additional sponsors for the path include Montecito Association, Giffin Rental, Santa Barbara Garden Club, and Steve Hanson Landscaping.

El Montecito Early School Now Enrolling Two Year Olds for Fall 2019 First Day of School is August 27th

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Six months after receiving an emergency permit to install steel ring nets in three Montecito canyons, the Partnership for Resilient Communities was back in front of the Montecito Planning Commission last week seeking a development permit to replace the emergency permit and continue to allow for the installation of two more of the nets. “This is our final step in the emergency permitting process,” said planner Suzanne Elledge, who represents the TPRC. The Partnership’s proposal to the County included a development plan for six of the 11 nets originally planned for – four have already been installed, two in Cold Spring and one each in San Ysidro and Buena Vista canyons – as well as inspections, maintenance, and debris removal from the nets if necessary. County staff reported that the project was reviewed for consistency with Montecito Community Plan policies including biological resources, water quality, recreation and trails, flood hazards, and visual resources, and is exempt from CEQA. The four steel ring nets were installed between April 5 and June 7, after TPRC fundraised $4.6M from over 400 community members and organizations. TPRC Executive Director and founder Pat McElroy told the MPC that installing the 5th and 6th nets, in San Ysidro and Buena Vista canyons, would cost $800,000, which the organization is still raising

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completed after a quick six weeks of construction.

The project was a County-led road enhancement project following the 1/9 debris flow last year, spearheaded by Bucket Brigade co-founder Abe Powell and Montecito Trails board president Ashlee Mayfield. County Public Works, led by Chris Sneddon, added a curb on North Jameson, which was then filled with a 48” wide decomposed granite path, all located in the public right of way. “The easement has always been here and we’ve never capitalized on it until now,” Abe said to the crowd of adults, kids, and dogs.

Because the path is considered a trail, and will be maintained by the Montecito Trails Foundation, it did not require ADA ramps, unlike the pathway that meanders along San Ysidro Road and cost over $200k to complete over a four-year period. This Jameson project cost about $60,000 to complete, with Montecito Community Foundation sponsoring a large portion of the project, and MTF giving $10K. Another section of the path is slated for Olive Mill Road from North Jameson to Casa Dorinda, which is expected to cost another $150,000. “The goal is to connect several walking trails so people can walk from the upper and lower villages, to Montecito Union School, and the beach, without safety being a concern,” said Mayfield.

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Notice Inviting Bids Corporation Yard Well No. 2 Rehabilitation Project Bid No. 5764 1.

Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Corporation Yard Well No. 2 Rehabilitation Project (“Project”), by or before Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids.

Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

2.

Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at the Corporation Yard for the City Parks Division located at 402 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101,and is described as follows: rehabilitation of Corporation Yard Well No. 2 by mechanical and chemical means to restore lost well performance and efficiency. The work shall include: removal of existing pump; inspection and assessment of existing pump and well casing; brushing, bailing, and airlift swabbing; chemical treatment; removal of chemical by airlift swabbing and neutralization of chemicals; installation of test pump; pumping and surging development; well performance testing; post rehabilitation video inspection; reinstallation of existing pump or installation of new pumping equipment (optional bid items); and disinfection.

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is 25 working days. It is anticipated the water level in the well will recover and artesian conditions will develop in approximately thirty (30) days after pumping is terminated. Therefore, it is imperative that the Contractor complete mobilization and be prepared to commence downhole work on the well immediately after the City terminates pumping.

It is anticipated that work will begin in September.

2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $220,000.

3.

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid State of California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): C57 Well Drilling Contractor and/or C-61 Limited Specialty/D-21 Machinery and Pumps Contractor.

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

4.

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

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten 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.

6.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

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

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

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

By: ___________________________________ General Services Manager

Date: ________________

Publication Dates: 1) June 19, 2019 2) June 26, 2019

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Aesthetics for Angels, 707 E. Valerio St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103.

Lacen April Patton, 707 E. Valerio St., Santa Barbara, CA 93103. 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 Brenda Aguilera. FBN No. 2019-0001257.

Published June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Destiny Theory, 1050 Vista Del Pueblo, Apt 9, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Hyun Woo Yoo, 1050 Vista Del Pueblo, Apt 9, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County

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on June 7, 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 Christine Potter. FBN No. 2019-0001372.

Published June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 2019.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: EJ Pay, 4673 Tiffany Park Cir, San-

ta 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.

in the nearby foothills while butterflies, and colorful birds share the sky overhead. There is a rich abundance of paintable subject matter everywhere you turn.

Hope you can visit Mascota. If you take my workshop, during the dry season in January 2020, I can teach you how to paint (or at the very least how to hold a brush!). You won’t get bored!

Thomas Van Stein Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: You neglected to mention how someone may join you, so: For more information, go to: thomasvanstein. net/mascota-workshop, email: thomasvanstein48@gmail. com, or call 805-962-2776.)

May the Bugs Prosper

In reference to last week’s letter (“Ladybug Litany,” MJ # 25/24) and your response about loving “the idea and image of a ladybug cloud,” it occurs to me that ladybugs and fireflies have good PR. We teach children not to fear or harm them. Ladybugs have been used to control the balance of nature since hunter-gatherers became farmers.

Nature is opportunistic. Ladybugs do not fly far but are carried on the wind, much like locusts, and they gather in numbers when food sources are plentiful.

Bugs are a plentiful food source for birds which attract rodents and larger animals that feed upon them.

Farmers have successfully grown cannabis in California without chemicals for generations. If one farms for profit, beneficial insects are essential.

Corporations farm for a write-off with little long-term vision; wiping out the little buggers with pesticides insures big profits for chemical companies. But it also wipes out the beneficial nematodes in the soil that allow harmful nematodes to flourish. It’s not easy playing God and keeping everything in balance.

If we are to avoid the lessons of the ten plagues of biblical fame, don’t mess with Mother Nature. Once a field is salted, few food crops can survive. Chemicals change the PH in the soil. Beautiful birds don’t look as beautiful when people are starving.

Karen Friedman Santa Barbara

A Day For Old Glory

Wanted: You, your neighbors, veterans, friends, and youth to proudly wave a U.S. flag from Micheltorena downhill on State Street to Cota in the Downtown 4th of July Parade. Come celebrate freedom! If you don’t have a flag, no worries. U.S. flags of all sizes have been donated.

All we need to know is to count on you July 4th, and to know if you need a U.S. flag, or can bring your own flag.

RSVP via text or call to parade entry organizer: Rhonda (805) 259-6097.

Please wear a white shirt or t-shirt, with blue or white pants, or blue jeans. Our goal is to make the mass of U.S. flags the entry’s focal point as we celebrate our shared good fortune to live free in America.

Children and teens are encouraged to join us to carry flags and ring freedom bells. Those on “Decorated Wheels” red-white-and-blue wagons, strollers, trikes, and bikes will follow walkers.

Please spread the word to neighbors, co-workers and others to find two hours to walk and wave Old Glory in this year’s Downtown 4th of July Parade. Meet at noon at State Street and Micheltorena.

Our flag symbolizes the great sacrifices for freedom made to enable each of us to live with constitutional

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“I’ve learned that it’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.” – Andy Rooney

27 June – 4 July 2019

Brilliant Thoughts

by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara since 1973. No children.

Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000.

Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com

Fun and Games

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t doesn’t take much to make me happy. One of my simplest joys is finding a coin in the street – usually a penny, but sometimes something larger, and, once in a great while, a paper dollar or more. I bring these treasures home, and put them in a row on top of a bureau. (Any paper money, I fold to occupy very little space.) The game is to see how long the row will become, and whether it will double back upon itself, before the end of the year, when I put everything into a jar, and start all over again. I now have many small jars, each containing a year’s worth of “found money.”

Strangely, I’ve never counted the contents, so have no idea of the actual amount – but to me it’s the game itself which counts.

Another game, which you may consider even sillier, involves bath mats (the inner non-slip one, and the outer one, which I step out onto). The game is, after showering, to throw these mats up and over the shower-curtain rail, to dry. It takes considerable skill not to over- or under-throw, and use just the right amount of strength to get them in position. I’ve improved over time, but am still far from being a onethrow champion.

And here’s a game you’ll possibly disapprove of, and which only pedestrians can play. The game is to get from starting point to destination by the shortest possible route. I never do anything I consider unsafe, but I do cut at angles across many streets (a practice which has for many years been denounced as “jay-walking”). The most challenging part of this game involves going diagonally across parking-lots, when they’re at least partly full, especially when the cars are positioned in a herring-bone pattern.

Incidentally the term “jay” was originally applied not to walkers, but to “jay-drivers,” who drove on the wrong side of the road. You may also be interested to know that, while the U.S., which has long been dominated by the “car culture,” frowns upon jay-walking and often imposes legal penalties, there are other countries – even the U.K. – where it is much less deprecated, and the legal onus is always on the drivers, to be watchful for pedestrians.

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partly blame the car culture for the fact that there is so much of it – not just because some people find it so easy to dispose of food-wrappers and other such debris by merely tossing it out of their car windows – but also because most other people in cars, who themselves would never be guilty of such behavior, simply fail to notice all the litter they’re driving past.

It is for us dedicated pedestrians, when we can, to pick up and dispose of the trash we all too frequently come upon. Every morning, I walk once around my block, and part of my game is spotting small pieces of litter, like gum-wrappers, cigarette butts, or bits of scrunched-up silver foil, which even other pedestrians might hardly notice or care about. But picking it all up enables me to boast of living on one of the cleanest blocks in Santa Barbara.

Incidentally the term “jay” was

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originally applied not to walkers,

but to “jay-drivers,” who drove on the wrong side of the road

Then there’s the toothpaste game.

This is based on the theory that, no matter how much toothpaste you may think you’ve gotten out of the tube, there is always some left for a truly committed squeezer. One rule of this game is that no tools are allowed. It is all a matter of skillfully applied manual force. Of course, there are usually no spectators – but I like to think that, if there were, they would be astonished at how much more toothpaste I can extract from a supposedly empty tube.

Finally, let me share with you another slightly illicit game, which involves the re-use of postage stamps which have already gone through the mail, but, for some reason, escaped being cancelled. In my game, you get extra points if you are able to remove the stamp from its original envelope, while retaining enough of the selfstick glue to make possible its immediate re-adhesion to a clean envelope, without any need to use your own glue.

Summing it all up – as some sagacious thinker once said (in Pot-Shot #9187): “My object is to keep beating myself at my own game – and finally retire undefeated.”

•MJ

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA MONTECITO BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NUMBER:

19BAR-00000-00106

DATE OF HEARING:

July 11, 2019

MEETING BEGINS:

1:00 P.M.

LOCATION:

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ENGINEERING BUILDING ROOM 17, 123 EAST ANAPAMU STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101

SUBJECT:

Highway 101 Widening (Segments 4B/4C) The Representatives of the following item should be in attendance at this MBAR Meeting by 1:00 P. M.

Request of Erinn Silva, agent for David Emerson (Caltrans) to consider Case No. 19BAR-0000000106 for Conceptual Review of a Highway 101: Carpinteria to Santa Barbara Project, Segments 4B and 4C (combined). The proposed project will require approximately 161,134 cubic yards of cut and approximately 106,918 cubic yards of fill. The project is located on Highway 101 between post miles 4.6 and 9.2, from the City of Carpinteria to approximately 0.3 miles north of the Sheffield Drive Interchange in Santa Barbara County, First Supervisorial District.

Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Montecito Board of Architectural Review, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101 (Attn: Hearing Support).

Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at Planning and Development, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101 a week prior to the public hearing. For further information, please contact the planner Nicole Lieu at (805) 884-8068 or via email at nlieu@co.santa-barbara.ca.us, or the MBAR Secretary, Sharon Foster at (805) 568-2026 or via email at sfoster@co.santa-barbara.ca.us If you challenge the project 19BAR-00000-00106 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Board of Architectural Review Board prior to the public hearing.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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by Steven Libowitz

James Darrah (photo

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n just his third season at the Music Academy of the West, Los Angeles-based director and designer James Darrah has already had a dramatic effect on the seven-decades-old summer festival – employing his unique collaborative focus and vision at a convergence of opera, classical music, and theater to the already well-respected program at the stunning former Montecito estate known as Miraflores. He transformed the staid OperaScenes program into a cutting-edge campus-wide soirée last summer, and added an increased attention on acting to MAW’s already formidable singing accomplishment as clearly demonstrated across two full opera productions.

Darrah was named Creative Director of the newly-rebranded Vocal Institute for this season, when he will also helm the West Coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s opera Cold Mountain, which made its debut just four years ago.

This Saturday and Monday, Darrah co-directs OperaScenes’ latest incarnation as Shakespeare Salon, combining opera, song and theater in a cutting-edge presentation based on the Bard’s texts, with excerpts from Falstaff, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story and other works.

He discussed the program, and his approach and MAW, via an email interview.

Q. What does your new position entail?

A. The title was simply a way to reflect that MAW and the Vocal Institute are thinking of new ways to build and expand the program into the 21st century of opera – both for today’s audiences but more importantly for what is asked of singers and pianists today. I’m interested in crafting new opportunities, training

“I’ve learned that under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.” – Andy Rooney

concepts and a curriculum that, while honoring MAW’s great traditions, also finds additional artistic ways to really challenge the fellows, give them a wider range of performance experiences and perhaps charge them to keep imagining what they want to say as artists making work today.

I understand there’s a new emphasis on individual instruction. Could you please explain further? And how does this benefit the fellows?

That isn’t anything new actually – John Churchwell and the rest of the amazing faculty have always prioritized individual instruction. But in my first year here I noticed a real opportunity to truly integrate the dramatic training with the high-level musical training. I sometimes feel opera-atlarge views acting as an after-school elective; I’m always making the opposite case: if you’ve decided to pursue opera as a singer, you’ve already signed up to be an actor — so why not craft a program that builds both rigorously?

How will these changes affect what audiences see and hear during the summer?

Much of the format is similar, but the intensity level has changed. We are all also thinking of ways that each performance opportunity benefits and informs the next. Skills acquired and developed are brought into each subsequent rehearsal, etc.

Last year, you transformed OperaScenes into OperaFest with the outdoor/indoor venues – which I thought was a highlight of the season. How was it for you and might we see something like that again in the future?

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senting the work of four living opera composers (!) on a single program, we also integrated our Institute composer in residence Ellen Reid into the training in unprecedented ways last year – and that type of work will continue. Reid attended my acting class and coached opera arias, participated in the workshops and had a real presence for OperaFest. Moving people through campus has its logistical challenges but I’m definitely interested in those types of surprises. I never want to return to a simple by-the-book scenes program. This year we are back in Hahn Hall for the duration, but the fellows have to think of the “scenes” all connecting – and play the full arc of a story.

Now this year the focus is on Shakespeare. Can you go through how you arrived at the program, the repertoire choices, costuming, narratives, etc… And why it’s being called “an entirely new format”?

The new format probably is in reference to the fact that we are incorporating some spoken Shakespeare text, connecting the scenes and characters and moments together and really inventing a world in which a whole host of scenes can play off of each other. Each act plays through, giving the fellows a sense of how to contribute to an overall objective and whole.

I actually have little interest in the fellows trying to jumpstart a “scene” from a full opera, playing it out of context, and bowing at the end. It’s such an unnatural idea that we all somehow accept as acceptable training: opera scenes just by-the-book. Opera is totally about context, collective, and additive emotional journeys. So rather than a bunch of fragments, we decided to coalesce the evening around how a body of texts and plays and stories have been operatically set and can feed off of each other. The scenes all flow and connect, and while we play them truthfully for text and situation and certainly honor the music, we find ways – including the monologues – to propel each act forward and illuminate unexpected discoveries for the fellows as musicians and actors.

What makes this event special for both the singers/pianists and audience?

I think it’s a chance to really see how singers and pianists can communicate staging ideas and dramatic music using very little in the way of an excess of props and costumes. We’ve intentionally stripped a lot of the work down to a bare stagecraft. It’s designed and has a postmodern throughline, but in general it’s a total showpiece for the singers to learn how to listen, tell stories, and build a rapport before heading into the full opera. There’s already some truly incredible scene

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work happening from them – and all of the pianists are acting and singing as well! There are many little secrets in the staging too: when characters from the second half connect in the first, a Romeo duel, etc. that will be enjoyable to people who might know either the full operas or the plays.

Also for the first time I brought an associate director into the mix from a totally different medium for the whole summer. Kate Bergstrom, who I know from over 10 years ago when we were both at UCLA, has been running “On the Verge” in town the last few years. Now, she is working with me all summer and pulling some talented actors into the acting roles of Cold Mountain, but also co-directing the Salon with me and co-teaching our acting studio. She’s bringing a unique depth of theater work and knowledge and, I should say, a healthy irreverence toward opera that I’ve already seen yield amazing results. She helped select the Shakespeare monologues and has been coaching the fellows on their text to great result. That work will spill over into Cold Mountain’s process.

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What are your plans for your July 3 vocal MasterClass?

Break all of the masterclass “rules”!

In truth, I really want to get the fellows to always think in character, physically push them to take risks into some staging ideas. I want to challenge them on creation of character, musicality and spark a personal but visceral theater making process.

Piano “Genius,” c. 2019

A couple of months ago, MAW pianist Jeremy Denk, who joined the faculty a year after he served as Music Director of the Ojai Music Festival, had lots of kind and thoughtful words about Jerome Lowenthal, the MAW legend whose half-century anniversary on campus was feted on opening weekend in mid-June.

“He’s such a fascinating mixture of pianism and erudition, nurturing and encouraging as a teacher, and a provocateur and a thinker in such unusual ways,” Denk told me in a late April interview to preview the Bell-IsserlisDenk Trio’s concert at the Granada in early May. “It’s a wonderful combination of elements that shows up in his playing, too.”

While he’s got another four and a half decades to approach Lowenthal’s MAW tenure, Denk can certainly compare in terms of accomplishments (he’s been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” grant as well as the Avery Fisher Prize, and there’s the Ojai stint five years ago) and the breadth of his endeavors (his writing on music rivals the insight and brilliance of his playing, and his latest album, c.1300 –

“I’ve learned that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.” – Andy Rooney

c.2000, released in February, features piano versions of pieces by composers spanning those seven centuries). And, like Lowenthal, he said the opportunity for both performance and coaching advanced solo piano students in a gorgeous setting also appealed to him when he decided to sign on for summers after serving as a Mosher Guest Artist.

“Aside from the natural beauty of this paradise, what is unique to MAW are the masterclasses where people (the audience) come to them with great interest and enthusiasm,” he said. “That is very different from many other places I could be in during the summer. I can’t tell you how many times I give a masterclass in a city and only three or four people show up. [At MAW] I was impressed by the community involvement, the tremendous interest in the machinery, the refinements, of how you make performances interesting and great. That made me want to be there.”

Your chance to share in those insights and intricacies at Denk’s only masterclass this summer takes place on July 12 at Hahn Hall. But he’ll have the theater’s stage all to himself for a recital nine days earlier, this Wednesday, July 3, on the eve of Independence Day (details below).

Expect fireworks.

Off-Campus Collaborations

MAW is collaborating with Chaucer’s Books, the Santa Barbara Public Library, and the Museum of Natural History to produce a series of community events – including book club discussions, film screenings, star parties and more – in advance of both the London Symphony Orchestra’s space-themed Voyager family concert on July 12, and the Cold Mountain opera at the Granada on August 2 and 4. This week’s activities include a discussion of astronaut Scott Kelly’s much-praised book, Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery, at 10:30 am on Thursday, June 27, and Alyssa Cole’s captivating Civil War-set romance novel, An Extraordinary Union, at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, July 2, both at the Central Library. (The Library is also screening Apollo 11, a 2019 documentary film edited, produced, and directed by Todd Douglas Miller that focuses on the 1969 mission, the first spaceflight to land humans on the moon. The film, which screens at 1 pm Friday, June 28, consists solely of archival footage, including previously unreleased 70mm film of the launch and recovery.)

This week @ Music Academy of the West

Thursday, June 27: MAW’s new Faculty Artists Recitals series – which brings the concerts back to Hahn Hall 27 June – 4 July 2019

from the Lobero – has its second of four presentations this evening with a special near all-sonata offering that also breaks the rules by having a fellow perform. Alan Stepansky and Jonathan Feldman team for Barber’s Sonata for Cello and Piano followed by pairings of Jorja Fleezanis and Conor Hanick for Bartok’s Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano, and Martin Beaver and Natasha Kislenko for Debussy’s Sonata for Violin and Piano. Double bassist Nico Abondolo then draws one of the solo piano fellows as a partner for Pergolesi’s Sinfonia in F Major before the concert closes with Dennis Michel and Margaret McDonald playing Saint-Saens’ Bassoon Sonata (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; $35).

Friday, June 28: The first piano masterclass following half-century celebrator Jerome Lowenthal’s brief visit this summer goes to Conor Hanick, who The New York Times once dubbed “a young Peter Serkin.” As the only teacher with more than one class, he will also offer expertise to the gifted soloists four weeks later on July 26 (1 pm; Hahn; $10)... Also, the summer’s second Picnic Concert, an evening of chamber music featuring Academy fellows in programs of their choice.

Attendees are invited to bring fixin’s for a picnic in the gardens before the concert (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; $40).

Saturday, June 29: The Academy Festival Orchestra’s second concert of the summer festival – the first in its normal home of the Granada Theatre downtown following last Saturday’s special performance at Hahn Hall – focuses on the year 1905. That’s the subtitle of the major piece on the program, Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Opus 103, which was written in 1957. The subtitle The Year 1905 refers to the events of the Russian Revolution, but the music actually reflects the Soviet invasion of Hungary, as the symphony was composed in its aftermath.

The work will be a fine challenge for the fellows as it has four movements played without break, running approximately one hour and includes alternating climaxes and moments of calm, trombone and tuba glissandos, and heavily repetitive percussion work played by snare drum, bass drum, timpani, and tamtam (and that’s just in the first two movements). Meanwhile, the opening work, “Decoration Day” from Charles Ives’ A Symphony: New England Holidays, also ties in with 1905, as that summer was when the composer got the idea to write it as a symphony, although the actual creation spanned 1887-1913. The intention was for each movement to reflect personal memories from his childhood holidays, employing “melodies like icons, resonating with memory 27 June – 4 July 2019

and history, with war, childhood, community, and nation,” according to one admirer. “Decoration Day”, the original name for the holiday now known as Memorial Day, switches keys, uses dissonance for emotional and employs lots of solo against orchestra sections and quotes familiar tunes, from “Tenting on the Old Campground” to “Taps” and “Nearer, My God, to Thee” (7:30 pm; Granada; $10-$100)… See above for more about Shakespeare Salon, this year’s take of the long-running OperaScenes, devised and directed

by James Darrah. (2 pm today, 7:30 pm Monday; Hahn Hall; $50.)

Tuesday, July 2: Week 2 of the Festival Artists Series (aka MAFAS,

née Tuesdays@8) features the return of Patrick Posey, who served as VP for Artistic Planning for several years through last summer before choosing to focus on a performing career as a saxophonist. Posey will share the spotlight with Fleezanis, Stepansky, Hanick and violist Karen Dreyfus in the world premiere of Sean Shepherd’s Saxophone Quintet, commissioned by MAW for Posey.

Thirteen other musicians share the stage over the evening’s final two works, Gounod’s Petite Symphonie – which features faculty-fellow pairings on oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn plus faculty flutist Timothy Day – and Chausson’s Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet, which features faculty violin-

ist Glenn Dicterow and pianist Jonathan Feldman joined by four academy fellows as the quartet. As always, a complimentary reception with the artists follows the performance outdoors in the Lobero Theatre Courtyard (7:30 pm; $46).

Wednesday, July 3: A potent week (aren’t they all, nowadays?) also offers a second Faculty Artists Recitals in six days, with pianist Jeremy Denk [see interview above] playing a wildly divergent program featuring Bach’s English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 807; Ligeti’s Études, Book 1; Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz, No. 1, Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke; Berg’s Piano Sonata; and Schumann’s Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17 (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; $55).

•MJ

Congratulations!

FROM SANTA BARBARA MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE NINTH GRADE CLASS OF 2019 ON YOUR RITES OF PASSAGE!

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Left to Right, Bottom Row: Camille McCrory, Nyah McGetrick, Emily May, Emerson Steady, William Freeland, Rebekah Miller, Rockwood Foster, Travis Babineau, Rowan Fields, Osiris Fox, Phoebe Ray, Serena Morgan, Ezelle Frees, Olivia Figlo.

We honor your growth and transformation from 6th grade girls and boys into 9th grade leaders and scholars. Thank you for your integrity, compassion, creativity, and innovative thinking.

Carpe Diem!

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MONTECITO MOMS

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

Kelly Hatchett

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very now and then I get a glimpse of a bright, rainbow-colored blanket flapping in the wind atop a stroller sprinting down the San Ysidro path. The colors on the blanket are so vibrant, they look like they are ready for Fiesta.

So, what a treat to learn that the woman behind the blanket, the runner, and the knitter are Montecito native, Kelly Hatchett.

Hatchett attended Montecito Union and Summerland schools before heading to UCSB. She then moved to San Francisco to attend the fashion institute and returned to Montecito to work for Wendy Foster.

Her company, LaVereda, launched in 2016.

Says Hatchett, “Growing up here, I spent so much of my life on a path to the beach or a trail to the mountains.

LaVereda means the “path/trail”… so I thought it was the perfect name when I started my company.” In a nice parallel, LaVereda is also the street where these blankets are created!

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.

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Hachett started with baby blankets and has since expanded to full-size blankets, beach towels, and hoodies.

“I have sewn and knitted since I was a little girl. It has been a dream come true to have a small creative business while raising my own kids!”

She works on her business early in the morning (when her two young children are in school). Her products, including her signature rainbow blankets, are bright, happy, cozy, and durable (machine wash/dry). Most importantly – they are all handmade here in town. She uses a wholesaler for the fabrics and brings in an assistant to help with producing larger orders.

Her blankets are sold at Angel in Montecito, as well as Chicken Little downtown, Seaside Makers FZ, Folly, and Bon Fortune in Carpinteria.

She also teaches embroidery workshops.

If you would like to learn more, go to www.laveredasb.com to email and get updates on classes or online purchases.

•MJ

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Spirituality Matters

he community college’s School of Extended Learning slims down for the season, but still manages to offer a sizeable swath of learning opportunities, including a number of ones in the areas of spirituality and personal growth. To wit, two two-hour teachings from Dr. David Cumes, the veteran local urologist and surgeon who also happens to be a shaman. Cumes has been exploring ancient African wisdom on healing and was initiated as an African shaman (sangoma or inyanga) who can testify personally to the value of their divining techniques, the powerful rituals and plant medicines, the altered states of consciousness induced by drumming, and the diagnostic power of the “bones.”

Cumes, whose many books include The Spirit of Healing: Venture Into the Wilderness to Rediscover the Healing Force and Messages From The Ancestors: Wisdom For The Way, offers “Ancient Wisdom and Everyday Encounters” this Saturday, June 29, at the Schott Center’s Tannahill Auditorium. The 10 am to 12 noon event comes from the concept that teachings from ancient wisdom can magnify, actualize and explain everyday encounters on one’s journey through life. Participants will explore the hidden meanings found in rites of passage, nature and ancient wisdom, and learn to walk through life with more profound meaning. Admission is $19.

Cumes will also teach “Spiritual Materialism: Fallen Gurus and Perplexed Seekers” four weeks later on Saturday, July 27, examining why it seems to be getting harder to find competent and honest “gurus” or shamans who use authentic practices. Participants will explore avoidance strategies and how to discern predatory dogmas while learning to tailor your spiritual practice to your own unique needs. Same time, place and cost.

Also available during Summer Session II are a poetry class with Adult Ed favorite David Richo and beginning and intermediate levels of Nature and Self-Healing, both taught by Rodger Sorrow, a Nonviolent Communications practitioner who spearheads the annual NVC convention here each spring. He offers a mid-hike break for alternative healing techniques including meditation, stretching, journaling, examining limiting beliefs and the purposes of anger and gratitude. Meanwhile, Richo leads Reading and Writing Poetry for Personal Growth beginning June 29, when adults can examine what issues still need to be resolved and create and share poems in class to see meaning and purpose, and notice similarities in the human experience. All three of the classes are free. Visit https://sbcc.augusoft.net for details or to register in advance.

Yoga+, out in Nature

If you’re game to sojourn beyond the studio, there are multiple choices for outdoor yoga plus other activities, including two that take place this Saturday, June 29, starting at 10 am. DiviniTree Yoga teams up with Paddle Sports Center & Yoga Dance Magic for Summer Solstice Paddle & Silent Disco Yoga, which begins with a stand-up paddleboard journey from the marina at Santa Barbara Harbor to the nearby Sandspit Beach. The sandy shore will serve as soft support for a solstice-themed, all-levels yoga class during which participants will wear WireBliss headphones so that the class can easily transform into an epic dance party. The event ends with a cool down featuring gentle stretches and a sweet savasana, hopefully in the sun. Cost is $35 in advance, or $40 day of, with discounts for Paddle Sports and DiviniTree members.

Warm up early when Yoga Dance Magic offers a silent disco ecstatic dance at Breakfast Culture Club from 8-10 pm the night before, Friday, June 28, where $5 buys a night of free-flowing movement and dance, including the WireBliss headphones – no yoga, just dance grooving. Visit https://www.yogadancemagic.com.

Meanwhile, back to 10 am on Saturday, Born For More Family Wellness and Wild Yoga Santa Barbara are partnering to produce a mindfulness hike with yoga session to bring in awareness around #PlasticFreeJuly. The event starts with a short movement/warm up and meditation drop in before Corinna Bernasko leads a mindful hike up the Jesusita Trail with a focus on going plastic-free, with some special activities – picking up discarded pieces of plastic – along the way.

Upon reaching an open meadow about 30 minutes in, Sonya Barriere will lead a yoga flow workout before close with some tips and a chance to pledge, voluntarily, to go Plastic Free for July. Participants are invited to bring plastic-free snacks for a communal zero waste picnic afterward. Suggested donation of $10-$15.

Finally, Power of Your Om brings back Wharf Yoga with a free/donation-based one-hour session at 9 am Sunday, June 30, out on Stearns Wharf near the Sea Center. Visit www.powerofyourom.com.

•MJ

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by Gabe Saglie Gabe Saglie has been covering the Santa Barbara wine scene for more than 15 years through columns, TV and radio. He’s a senior editor with Travelzoo and is a leading expert on travel deals, tips and trends. Gabe and wife Renee have 3 children and one Golden Retriever named Milo

The Lark Wins 3rd Annual Cocktail Contest Judges at Visit Santa Barbara’s 2019 “Official Drink of Santa Barbara” cocktail contest (photo by Jessy Lynn Perkins courtesy Visit Santa Barbara)

The Lark mixologist Nick Priedite making “Sticky Fingers” for judges at the 2019 “Official Drink of Santa Barbara” cocktail contest (photo by Jessy Lynn Perkins courtesy Visit Santa Barbara)

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or these five bartenders, this was a tall order, indeed: create a mixed drink that encapsulates the essence, the beauty, and the charm of Santa Barbara. They shook and muddled and stirred, and at the end of this annual bartender contest, The Lark came out on top. Their “Sticky Fingers,” a gin- and mezcal-based cocktail made with foraged herbs and honey, is 2019’s “Official Drink of Santa Barbara.”

“What happens when you stick your hand in honey?” Lark mixologist Nick Priedite yelled out to the thirsty, sellout crowd of 300 that descended on El Paseo Restaurant last Thursday.

Their retort: “Sticky fingers!”

“To me,” Priedite continued, “Santa Barbara is one big bowl of honey!”

That enthusiasm, combined with an animated cocktail-making demo and impassioned description of how “Sticky Fingers” is a liquid snapshot of the coastal enclave affectionately known as The American Riviera,

clinched The Lark the win, beating out talented bartender teams from The Angel Oak at The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Convivo, Finch & Fork, and Finney’s.

This was the 3rd annual Official Drink of Santa Barbara Cocktail Competition, an event celebrating the city’s burgeoning mixed drink scene and one that I’ve had the good fortune of emceeing each year. Presented

by Visit Santa Barbara, the event is many weeks in the making, with calls put out months ago for recipe submissions, a weeks-long online voting event run by the Santa Barbara Independent and the culminating night of competition featuring the top five vote-getters.

Participating barkeeps were tasked with drawing inspiration from Santa Barbara’s landscape, architecture, and culinary scene, and with using local ingredients. Base spirits were provided by Cutler’s Artisan Spirits, one of the contest’s founding sponsors.

“Sticky Fingers” calls for Cutler’s

gin infused with bay laurel, then combined with mezcal, tequila’s smoky sister. Fresh lemon juice and avocado blossom honey blend to balance citrus and sweet. A bitter dash from Amaro Meletti is tempered by a splash of orange flower water. A single avocado leaf, afloat, garnishes the blonde beverage, which is served over ice.

It’s pretty, refreshing and complex at once – indeed, a lot like Santa Barbara itself, you could say.

The Lark’s entry took the win by impressing a lineup of five judges, including KEYT Senior Reporter John Palminteri, local wine writers Matt Kettmann and Hana-Lee Sedgwick, and Instagrammer Sarah Chhum, who won her chance to sip and judge through a public guest judge contest.

The fifth judge earned his seat last year, when his own craft cocktail won the coveted Official Drink of Santa Barbara title.

“It definitely made a huge difference,” Ty Lounge mixologist Tyler Ondatje said about the effects of the publicity generated by his 2018 score: the past year has seen a steady stream of patrons ordering the “Biltmore Fuerte” by name.

The Biltmore’s winning cocktail –

“fuerte” is Spanish for “strong” – was inspired by the Montecito community’s resilience in the wake of the January mudslides. The sipper features Cutler’s bourbon, lemon juice, strawberry purée and honey made by bees rescued from the Thomas Fire. And the response over the past year “has been overwhelming,” echoed Biltmore GM Karen Earp, who cheered competitors from the audience. She also confirmed that the “Biltmore Fuerte” would remain on the Ty Lounge menu.

“Sticky Fingers” earns a slew of prizes, biggest being heightened exposure through Visit Santa Barbara’s myriad marketing channels. You’ll find it on The Lark’s cocktail list right now.

And there was a second winning spirit this night: the People’s Choice honor, determined through a texting platform that recorded real-time votes from attendees, who got to sip samples of all five entries. The barkeeps at Finch & Fork inside the Canary Hotel nabbed that one. Their “Eucalyptus Lane” combined Cutler’s gin, vermouth and citrus for a bright, quenching drink playfully topped with eucalyptus-tangerine foam.

Cheers!

•MJ

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by Steven Libowitz

Get ‘Stoked’ Among the Oaks

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he first Stoke the World gathering, five years ago, was actually a wake held at the request of its honoree. San Luis Obispo County resident Greg Junell came up with the concept a company that would make it easier for others to fashion parties, events and other gatherings to foster education and connection. But after Junell, who had roots in the EDM (electronic dance music) community, was diagnosed with late-stage cancer, he asked his friends to throw a big party for those that knew and loved him to keep the positive vibe going.

“He told us to ‘make it something I would dig,’” recalled Rick Castello, president of the board of Stoke the World. “He had given up a job in programming because he cared about helping people learn to be better humans while having fun, so the party at the Pozo Saloon had a weekend of nonstop music, but also workshops, from knitting to art to live painting and board games, and lots of community-building sessions.”

Now following a second year at Pozo, a two-year hiatus, then a move to the Live Oak campground in the foothills of Santa Barbara that still maintained only a couple of degrees of separation from Junell, Stoke the World hooked up with the arts music collective SubSessions and is returning to Live Oak this weekend (June 28-30) for its first full-on, open-toanyone event at the same site where the Lucidity Festival has sold out each spring for the past eight years.

The weekend is billed as a gathering, not a festival, because it’s meant

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.

to be a participatory immersion into music, arts, movement and more for people to cultivate connection and share their gifts with the community.

“Last year was a trial run,” Castello explained. “Now we feel confident to go bigger, and spread the word wider.”

But not too big.

Even though there will be four stages – two for DJ music, one with live bands and another for workshops and yoga – “We’re aiming for something a little bit smaller than Lucidity,” Castello said. “There’s more opportunity for a community feel because it’s more intimate. The vision is for every-

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one to bring something that they share with the community, not just drive up and wait to be entertained. We want people to be invested in the event, become part of the experience to help build a community over the course of the weekend.”

To that end, while the schedule for the all-ages family-friendly event already includes several dozen musical acts and DJs and such activities as acro yoga, unity flow yoga, poi, burlesque, creative movement, sound healing, elemental flow, ecstatic dance and a “twerkshop,” plus largescale installations, live art, sound baths, breath work, cacao ceremonies, chakra balancing, a tea lounge, essential oils, “Adulting Academy,” acupressure, hula hoop making, storytelling and more, the lineup also saved some room for more on-thespot contributions.

“We’re intentionally leaving empty spaces so people can offer impromptu things,” Castello said. “Maybe an area in which you have expertise that people can draw on.”

To be clear, it’s OK for people to just come without teaching anything. “It’s not as requirement,” he said. “There are lots of great things for people to see and do and listen to. But we hope those who come just to watch will be inspired in some way to take part, get excited and want to share something off the cuff. That’s how we build community.”

For tickets, directions, schedule, camping details and other information, including STW’s mission statement and history, visit http:// stoketheworld.org, www.facebook. com/events/804388159916950 or https://my805tix.com/events/stoke gathering2019 •MJ

THINKING OF SELLING?

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Governing Board of the Cold Spring School District intends to appoint a board member to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of an incumbent. The newly appointed trustee will serve until the next regularly scheduled general election, December, 2020.

Applicants must reside in attendance boundaries of the Cold Spring School District, meet all requirements of law, and comply with the District’s submission requirements. The application deadline is 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 10, 2019.

Late applications will not be considered.

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Please visit the District’s website (www.coldspringschool.net) for instructions on how to apply or send an email to Executive Assistant, Coral Godlis, at cgodlis@coldspringschool.net.

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protections and rights. The American flag’s meaning is shared in a personal way based on each of our unique family histories.

In the 8-year-long Revolutionary War (1775-1783), George East and his wife Catherine Sinn’s great grandfathers and uncles served to win our independence from the British.

(Family histories can be traced at our local genealogy society library: 316 Castillo.)

Daily I view the framed portrait of my great grandfather, George East, from the Indiana Volunteers, who was honored to carry our flag in the Civil War Battle of Antietam (23,000 casualties, Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation) and Battle of Gettysburg in which the brave color guard soldiers in both battles protecting our flag were killed or mortally wounded for freedom.

The ragged badly damaged flag East carried in both battles with East’s handwritten diary are in the Civil War Museum. He wrote after recovering from major wounds, and upon return to his unit, his peers happily greeted him with “my saved flag,” to then be carried in future battles.

Every July 4th is a good time to again reflect on our country as symbolized by our flag and national anthem inspired by our flag, as we celebrate the freedom we are each privileged to enjoy. The Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution on June 14, 1777, establishing the first congressional standard for an official United States Flag.

In addition to celebrating Montecito Village Fourth events, please join us on State Street to proudly wave our flag!

Denice Spangler Adams Montecito

Pursuing Water Security

The current Board of the Montecito Water District was sworn in roughly six months ago. It has been a very busy and productive period for the District. We are making steady and strategic progress toward water security. I would like to update Montecito and Summerland on the actual decisions made thus far by the Board and provide an overview of the issues we will be tackling in the fall.

The current members of the Board were elected to increase the resilience and reliability of the water supply for Montecito and Summerland so that we could withstand future droughts without resorting to meter bans, quotas, and/or severe penalties. With water security, we can ensure the essential character of our communities and protect property values, even

in prolonged droughts.

For those who have attended recent Board meetings, there can be no doubt that the current Board takes its responsibility very seriously. Our meetings are lengthy, characterized by vigorous discussion and cordial debate that leads to well-reasoned decisions.

First, with regard to strategically pursuing water security, the Board has made several important decisions during the past six months. First, we have approved a term sheet to purchase water from the City of Santa Barbara (i.e., the “Desal Agreement”).

We are now in the final stages of drafting the Desal Agreement. If signed and implemented, this Agreement would largely drought-proof the District by providing roughly a third of our annual supply.

Second, we have approved a series of near-term technical studies to determine the most feasible and cost-effective wastewater recycling project(s) in Montecito. We have formed a joint committee with the Montecito Sanitary District to gather data to support these studies and begin planning for potential project(s) that would further drought-proof the District while protecting the environment. This joint committee has met several times and the level of cooperation between the two Districts is unprecedented.

Third, we have formed a Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA). The GSA has begun work on a Groundwater Sustainability Plan to ensure that groundwater will be available when needed for the benefit of the entire community. There will be extensive community outreach as we develop this Plan.

Fourth, we have continued to “bank” water in underground storage while paying off the last water debt incurred during the drought. This has improved the District’s financial condition as well as its preparedness for the next prolonged dry spell.

With these actions underway, and with the benefit of a wet water year, we have a favorable three-year supply outlook. The Board, therefore, has eliminated the ban on new water meters while maintaining various conservation measures within the District. With a continued conservation ethos and new resilient and reliable water supplies coming online, the District is positioned to meet actual customer demand and withstand prolonged droughts.

There have, of course, been arguments made against the actions taken by the Board. There are members of our community who believe that the recent drought was an aberration and future precipitation will meet our water supply needs. I disagree, and I believe my colleagues on the Board

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funds for. The group is also continuing to gain approvals for nets in Hot Springs canyon and Romero canyon from the Forest Service. The approval expires December 20, 2019; a new emergency permit may be granted at a later date.

The motion passed unanimously, and following the vote Chair Charles Newman spoke to McElroy and TPRC. “There have been great expressions of approval for your efforts,” he said, referring to dozens of letters of support from the community. “I want to join in those and tell you that the appreciation is profound. I was a victim and what you are doing may help me in addition to our entire community.

Your creativity, your engagement, your perseverance, and the efforts you’ve undertaken to make Montecito residents and their properties safer is enor-

mous. You’ve potentially saved lives and property,” he said emotionally.

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Miramar Responds

After much controversy surrounding a June 6 incident between several Montecito families seeking to utilize the beach in front of the Rosewood Miramar Resort, the California Coastal Commission sent a 10-page letter to Miramar owner Rick Caruso and Managing Director Sean Carney last week, demanding that the hotel immediately discontinue the use of security guards and the placement of ropes and stanchions on the sand.

The Coastal Commission letter, written by enforcement officer Tina Segura, states that the act of utilizing security

guards and the consistent placement of rope barriers, discourages, if not precludes, public use of public land and effectively privatizes the public beach for the benefit of the hotel. “Providing hotel guests who can afford to pay $700+ per night exclusive use of the beach that legally may be used by the general public is inconsistent… with the Coastal Act because many members of the public visit the beach as a low-cost recreational activity but cannot afford to live at or near the coast…” the letter stated, citing the sections of the Coastal Act and threatening to fine the hotel up to $11,250 per day for up to five years.

“We immediately responded to the Coastal Commission’s letter, expressing our desire to work with the Commission and reach a full resolution,” said Carney when asked for a comment. “In the meantime,

the hotel continues to welcome all members of the public to the hotel and in no way seeks to deter public access to the beach.” Carney’s letter stated that the Miramar shares the Coastal Commission’s view of the vital importance of maintaining public access to the beach and portions of the hotel. “Not only do we welcome the public onto the hotel property, but the hotel was specifically designed to encourage and enhance the public’s use of the Miramar property…” the letter stated. “From day one, our goal has been to enhance public access to the beach and our hotel. If anything we have done was inconsistent with that goal, we apologize.”

As of press time, the heavy ropes and stanchions had been removed, and thinner, less imposing ropes were in place, designating the hotel’s service area for alcoholic beverages. •MJ

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do as well. Relying on weather patterns from the mid-20th Century to predict weather in an era of climate change is not only misguided, it is precisely the type of thinking that caused the water emergency declared by the prior Board in 2014.

When we face substantial precipitation shortfalls locally and in the Sierras, others have argued that we can meet our needs by buying water in the supplemental water market, as the District did throughout the drought. There are two problems with this position. First, it assumes that there will be a functioning supplemental water market during the next drought. This is almost as big a gamble as relying on precipitation for our water supply. With groundwater depleted across much of the State and new groundwater regulatory

agencies coming into force, there is little reason to believe that there will be abundant supplemental water when there is little or no snow in the Sierras and little or no rain on the South Coast.

Second, even if supplemental water were to be available during the next drought, we would be gambling that the District would be able to obtain enough of it at an affordable price to meet our needs, factoring in the onerous repayment in-kind obligations that come with such purchases. Indeed, even with supplemental water purchases, the District implemented meter bans, quotas and penalties to manage the last drought.

We should not expect better results in the future.

In my view, the uncertainty and potentially high costs associated with supplemental water purchases during droughts make this an unattractive

NOTICE INVITING BIDS: BID NO. 5760 HOIST REPLACEMENT 1.

Notice is hereby given that bids for Bid No. 5760 shall be received to furnish and deliver all services and materials for the Hoist Replacement 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.

Bids will be received until 3:00 P.M., Thursday, July 25, 2019. electronically opened and posted.

At this date and time all bids received will be

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.

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Project Information.

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at the Santa Barbara Harbor and is described as follows: Furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and supplies to fabricate and install jib crane (hoist).

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 65 calendar days after Notice to Proceed for Prime Main Project.

2.3 Estimate. The estimate for this Project is: $75,000.00 2.4 Bidders’ Conference. A NON-MANDATORY bidders’ conference will be held on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 10:30 a.m., at the following location: City pier located at 123 Harbor Way Santa Barbara, CA 93019 for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. No relief will be granted to contractors for any conditions or restrictions that would have been discovered if they had attended the pre-bid meeting.

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License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification: General A — OR— C-51 Structural Steel Contractor 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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

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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. No retention for this project.

By: _______________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung CPM, General Services Manager Publication Date: 6/26/19 Montecito Journal END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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strategy going forward.

Lastly, a handful of residents have raised concerns regarding the costs associated with the actions the Board is taking to increase our water security. To a large extent, these concerns are premature. We have not finalized the Desal Agreement with the City, nor have we committed to any specific recycling projects.

The preliminary cost estimates for these potential initiatives, moreover, do not include grant funding offsets or the cost-savings that would come from eliminating our dependency on supplemental water. But rest assured, we are carefully considering potential costs. We are currently conducting a comprehensive rate study to determine the potential rate impacts of adding new water supplies in various amounts.

Once we have this data, the Board will subject our water supply initiatives to rigorous cost-benefit analysis, and public input will be welcomed. Although it could be tempting to focus solely on costs during this analysis, I believe we must articulate and appropriately value the benefits of new water supplies, which include dramatically reducing our vulnerability to drought, eliminating the need for future meter bans, quotas, penalties, and protecting our ocean and beautiful beaches.

These benefits will not only improve our quality of life, they will protect our property values as well.

It has been an honor and a privilege to work on these issues for the residents of Montecito and Summerland for past six months. The diligence and seriousness of the Board has been evident since we took our oaths, and I am confident that we are positioning our communities for a resilient future, just as we promised during the last election. But you don’t have to take my word for it. Please attend one of our upcoming Board meetings and see for yourself.

Please note: The opinions expressed in this piece are my own, and I do not purport to speak for other Board members.

Brian C. Goebel Director, Montecito Water District

Senator Fauxcahontis

Sins that would have torpedoed any person on the right are calmly and smugly glossed over when committed by a representative of the left.

A Democrat activist and agitator posing as a “journalist” on the paid staff of The New York Times writes a long and tedious piece even by the Times standards on the “seriousness” of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s effort to break out of the pack in that Cattle Call referred to otherwise as the Democrat Presidential Primary.

A typical Op-Ed piece runs 800-to-950 words. This woman journalist used more than 8,000 words to tout Warren’s resumé and biography. It is a length more expected in Vanity Fair or The New Yorker than a daily newspaper.

Ask any political junkie reasonably attuned to presidential politics 500 days out from next year’s general election, and they’ll probably tell you the most defining feature attached to the Warren profile is her fixation and infatuation with passing herself off as a Native American: Cherokee, to be exact. She even had the chutzpah to submit entries to a Cherokee Indian Cookbook.

This has been no fly-by-night, seat-of-the-pants operation, something she fell ass-backwards into at a moment of opportunity. Her desire to take advantage of affirmative action programs in order to propel her to the head of the queue for cushy academic jobs was deliberate, conscious and premeditated, not to mention tacky, unethical, illegal and immoral. Forms had to be filled out, details provided and signatures affixed to disclaimers that said providing false information could lead to an indictment of perjury.

She reached high positions at Harvard Law School

“I’ve learned that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.” – Andy Rooney

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and University of Pennsylvania on the fictitious premise she was something that she wasn’t. From there, she leveraged her fame and celebrity status to run for a safe Democrat seat in the U.S. Senate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a perch she can call home as long as her body temperature maintains a constant level of 98.6 degrees.

Friends, Romans, Countrymen: The career of Elizabeth Warren has been mounted atop a massive, scheming fraud. So much so, it’s reasonable to extrapolate back to the genesis of her pyramid-building that were it not for the falsehood surrounding her ancestry, Americans would not be talking today about Elizabeth Warren for President.

Getting back to The New York Times 8,000-word press release for Senator Warren, the subject of her self-inflicted scandal which is responsible for us even considering her candidacy, is mentioned in one paragraph covering 173 words, for a total 2.1% of the whole article.

Is Elizabeth Warren the only person who has imagined herself as something she isn’t? Heavens, no. We all do at one time or another to some extent. Most of the dreaming comes about in our youth and adolescence. It usually involves something we can aspire to honestly. In a classless, upwardly mobile, (mostly) color-blind society, we can engage the notion of being just about anything we wish, even dream about becoming President of the United States of America.

There are no boxes we need to check off to be a registered nurse, a surgeon, a trainer of thoroughbred horses, just a mixture of overwhelming desire, discipline and hard work. But, that’s all different from what Elizabeth Warren did. She wished to exploit a federal government mandate, authorized and legislated by the peoples’ representatives to give favored treatment to certain protected classes of people for prestigious jobs and work assignments as a form of reparations and restitution for mean-spirited past actions directed at people in these groups.

Have you ever watched a driver of an automobile parked in a handicapped zone get out and walk into a store, and say to yourself “He doesn’t look disabled, or handicapped, to me”? Apart from being grossly discourteous to approach a stranger and demand to know how it is he warrants a handicap sticker, it’s illegal to ask him, to boot!

Somewhere along the line, it occurred to Elizabeth Warren she could leverage the “high cheek bones” that someone said made her look like an indigenous member of the Cherokee tribe to leap-frog over the competition for scarce and lucrative slots in higher education establishments. She may have to fudge, and lie, here and there along the way, but, who really is going to challenge her? These liberal inclusivist institutions are just dying to break their collective arms patting themselves on the back by proclaiming to the world they’ve checked off another box by hiring a Native American professor, or high-paying administrator.

Everybody allowed Warren to get away with her little charade, which she parlayed into fame, fortune, glory and celebrity status, until Donald Joseph Trump came along and – if this were Texas Hold ‘em – called her on the river.

Were this a courtroom drama, Warren’s attorney, upon hearing the prosecutor wanted to address Warren’s life-long caper of posing as someone she isn’t, might leap up and yell “Objection, Your Honor, relevance”.

At which point, the prosecutor responds: “Your Honor, it goes to character.”

Senator Elizabeth Warren doesn’t pass the Character Test to be President of the United States.

David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara •MJ 27 June – 4 July 2019

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA - GENERAL SERVICES DIVISION PO BOX 1990, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93102-1990 INVITATION FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received via electronic transmission on the City of Santa Barbara PlanetBids portal site until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for: BID NO. 5763A DUE DATE & TIME: JULY 17, 2019 UNTIL 3:00P.M. HAULING AND DELIVERY OF PAVEMENT MATERIALS FOR STREET ROADWAY REPAIRS Scope of Work: Deliver hot mix asphalt from the asphalt plant to designated job sites throughout the City and transport asphalt grindings off the job sites to designated locations.

Bidders must be registered on the city of Santa Barbara’s PlanetBids portal in order to receive addendum notifications and to submit a bid. Go to PlanetBids for bid results and awards. 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.

FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICE ACT Contractor agrees in accordance with Section 1735 and 1777.6 of California Labor Code, and the California Fair Employment Practice Act (Sections 1410-1433) that in the hiring of common or skilled labor for the performance of any work under this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor, material supplier or vendor shall, by reason of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation, discriminate against any person who is qualified and available to perform the work to which such employment relates. The Contractor further agrees to be in compliance with the City of Santa Barbara’s Nondiscriminatory Employment Provisions as set forth in Chapter 9 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.

BONDING Bidder shall furnish a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order, a cashier’s certified check, or bond payable to the order of the City, amounting to ten percent (10%) of the bid. Bonds must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Note: All bids must be accompanied by a copy of the bid security uploaded to PlanetBids. Only the original bid security of the three (3) lowest bidders must be mailed or delivered to the Purchasing Office in a sealed envelope and be received within (3) City business days of the bid due date and time for the bid to be considered.

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

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

PREVAILING WAGE, APPRENTICES, PENALTIES, & CERTIFIED PAYROLL In accordance with the provisions of Labor Code § 1773.2, the Contractor is responsible for determining the correct prevailing wage rates. However, the City will provide wage information for projects subject to Federal Davis Bacon requirements. The Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rates of wages and employer payments for health, welfare, vacation, pensions and similar purposes applicable, which is on file in the State of California Office of Industrial Relations. The contractor shall post a copy of these prevailing wage rates at the site of the project. It shall be mandatory upon the contractor to whom the contract is awarded and its subcontractors hired to pay not less than the said prevailing rates of wages to all workers employed by him in the execution of the contract (Labor Code § 1770 et seq.). Prevailing wage rates are available at http://www.dir.ca.gov/oprl/PWD/index.htm It is the duty of the contractor and subcontractors to employ registered apprentices and to comply with all aspects of Labor Code § 1777.5.

There are penalties required for contractor’s/subcontractor’s failure to pay prevailing wages and for failure to employ apprentices, including forfeitures and debarment under Labor Code §§ 1775, 1776, 1777.1, 1777.7 and 1813.

Under Labor Code § 1776, contractors and subcontractors are required to keep accurate payroll records. The prime contractor is responsible for submittal of their payrolls and those of their subcontractors as one package. Payroll records shall be certified and made available for inspection at all reasonable hours at the principal office of the contractor/subcontractor pursuant to Labor Code § 1776.

The contractor and all subcontractors under the direct contractor shall furnish certified payroll records directly to the Labor Compliance Unit and to the department named in the Purchase Order/Contract at least monthly, and within ten (10) days of any request from any request from the City or the Labor Commissioner in accordance with Section 16461 of the California Code of Regulations. Payroll records shall be furnished in a format prescribed by section 16401 of Title 8 of the California Code of Regulations, with use of the current version of DIR's “Public Works Payroll Reporting Form” (A-1-131) and “Statement of Employer Payments” (DLSE Form PW26) constituting presumptive compliance with this requirement, provided the forms are filled out accurately and completely. In lieu of paper forms, the Compliance Monitoring Unit may provide for and require the electronic submission of certified payroll reports. The provisions of Article 2 and 3, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Labor Code, State of California, are made by this reference a part of this quotation or bid.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

CERTIFICATIONS Contractor to possess a valid Motor Carrier Permit, as evidenced by a copy of the permit. Proposed driver(s) must have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) without moving violations for a minimum of three (3) years, as evidenced with a copy of the state of California Department of Motor Vehicle form INF-1125. Contractor must possess and maintain at time the bids are opened and to continue to hold during the term of the contract all licenses and certifications stated above.

CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE Contractor must submit to the contracted department within ten (10) calendar days of an order, AND PRIOR TO START OF WORK, certificates of Insurance naming the City of Santa Barbara as Additional Insured in accordance with the attached Insurance Requirements. _______________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

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SEEN (Continued from page 14)

Guest speaker for Hospice Shaun Tomson with event chair Marybeth Carty and director of strategic advancement Charles Caldwell and CEO Hospice Santa Barbara David Selberg Margo Barbakow, Lynda Weinman, Carol Burnett, Jeff Barbakow, and Brian Miller at the ribbon cutting for SBIFF

Mom Sally Green with daughter Beth and Carter Cox at the CCC luncheon

Mayor Cathy Murillo cutting the ribbon on the Barbakow Family Center for Film Studies

Foundation.” Auctioneer Andrew Firestone had the paddles raising for the live auction with tickets to Lionel Richie at the Bowl and a night at the El Encanto, a cruise on the Condor Express or tickets to a Clipper game.

The board officers are president David McKeever, vice president Gordon McKay, secretary Twila Douglas, and treasurer Monico Casillas. Platinum sponsor was Ann and Eric Capogrosso.

If you’d like more information, call 805.962.2382. Their motto is “Love is spoken here.”

Compassionate Care of Carpinteria

Grand Opening

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) has expanded to include a 3,600 sq. ft. space at 1313 State Street to be called the Barbakow Family Center for Film Studies or just the Education Center. A place to create and learn thanks to Jeff and Margo Barbakow’s generous support.

As executive director Roger Durling showed me around, I saw several classrooms, a screening room, community meeting space, movie library, and an editing suite for filmmakers.

Each of the rooms was decorated with a fabulous mural based on a movie done by Ingrid Luna.

As a crowd gathered, Mayor Cathy Murillo cut the ribbon to officially open the center. Additional support came from Nora and Michael Hurley, the Manitou Fund, an anonymous

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the students over five months on screenwriting and filmmaking, new film analysis seminars, new film discussion groups, and more to come.”

SBIFF already reaches over 14,000 people each year with programs for at risk and underserved youth, low-income families, patients recuperating from cancer, and transit-dependent senior citizens.

To donate, contact SBIFF at 805.963.0023. To learn more about the new Education Center call the same number and ext. 809. See you at the movies!

Margo Barbakow and SBIFF executive director Roger Durling in front of a Wizard of Oz mural in the new Education Center

donor, the Hutton Parker Foundation, and the Johnson Ohana Foundation.

As Roger said, “The Center will be home for many programs including the 10-10-10 program that pairs high school and college students with industry professionals who mentor

It was the very first annual luncheon with over one hundred guests for Compassionate Care of Carpinteria (CCC), which is a spin-off of Hospice of Santa Barbara. Their new office is at Carpinteria Children’s Project at Main. Now everything that is offered at Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) is offered in Carpinteria as well.

After a reception in the courtyard of the Rincon Beach Club, we went inside for a delicious and healthy luncheon of salmon, greens, and cheeses.

I could have taken home baskets of their homemade bread.

Catherine Remak was master of ceremonies. Event chair Marybeth Carty reminded us, “The theme was The Light Shines Ahead, but you wouldn’t know that from looking outside, gray and gloomy.” She introduced keynote speaker Shaun Tomson, former World Surfing Champion, entrepreneur, author, filmmaker, and interna-

“I’ve learned that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.” – Andy Rooney

Jon Clark, executive director of the Bower Foundation, and Harvey Bottelsen, board member

tional speaker. He spoke about how he and his wife had to find the light in the darkness. Their young son died and they were devastated.

Shaun told of their moving here from South Africa because as a surfer he adored the Rincon. He said, “When I began surfing as a kid, I came in third in my first competition.

There were only three contestants.”

Obviously, he improved. He and his wife, Carla, started a successful business and were living the high life until tragedy struck. In trying to find something uplifting he came up with “The Code.” A simple list of 12 things to do to empower himself and others.

He passed out small cards with the words on them. When he spoke at schools, he asked the kids to make their own lists. It became like tossing a pebble in water and creating a wave.

District Attorney Joyce Dudley reminded us, “All services are freely given and confidential, but must be supported. CCC is for children, too.”

She spoke of her awful time when her husband was dying and the help they got from Hospice. Many people donated, most notably the van Wingerden brothers with $5,000.

The mission of CCC is to care for anyone experiencing the impact of a life-threatening illness or grieving the death of a loved one. Their vision is healing the loneliness of grief and the fear of death. For more information including volunteer opportunities call 805.679.6090.

•MJ 27 June – 4 July 2019

MISCELLANY (Continued from page 19)

Marty Plourd, Miles Hartfeld, Gretchen Lieff, George Leis, and Vince Caballero (photo by Priscilla) Council member Jason Dominguez, County Supervisor Gregg Hart, District Attorney Joyce Dudley, CEO and Chairman of Montecito Bank & Trust Janet Garufis, and Santa Barbara Rescue Mission President Rolf Geyling (photo by Dale Weber)

accommodate 32 people for a seated event or 50 for a stand-up reception.

David Cecchini, former chef at Doug’s restaurant, The Wine Cask, who now works his culinary magic at his eatery Cecco in Solvang, returned for the opening bash for 120 guests, including Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon, Paul and Jane Orfalea, Michael, Wayne and Sharol Siemens, and Nati Smith, Hugh Margerum, Charles Ward, Tara Gray, and Eric Spivey.

Rescue Mission Revamp After more than two years and a $12 million budget, the 33-year-old 40,000 sq. ft. Rescue Mission is ready for its closeup.

The extensive project represents five years of planning, permitting, fundraising and rebuilding the facility, which has served more than three million meals and provided 1.6 million stays for the homeless since 1986.

The remodeled facility has nearly doubled the number of homeless women who can be sheltered, improved bathroom facilities, and reinforced structures with extensive structural and seismic upgrades to

meet current building codes.

A dedication ceremony at the Yanonali Street property to mark the completion of the major upgrade, followed by a lunch sponsored by Chase Bank, attracted a heavenly host of supporters include Peter and Gerd Jordano, Janet Garufis, Ed Birch, Norris Goss, Penny Jenkins, police chief Lori Luhnow, Peter MacDougall, Wayne Siemens, Tom Sturgess, district attorney Joyce Dudley, Maria Long, Kiah Jordan, Joyce McCullough, Karl Willig, and Rolf Geyling.

Viva la Fiesta Fiesta Ranchera celebrated its 12th anniversary with a sold-out bash for more than 800 guests at the 147-yearold Rancho La Patera and Stow House in Goleta, raising around $60,000 split equally between Old Spanish Days and the 52-year-old Goleta Valley Historical Society.

The colorful gala, co-chaired by Tim Aceves, Gaia Zellet, and Hatty Husband, featured 31 eateries, wineries and beer brewers, and showcased the Spirit Sophia Cordero, 16,

Fiesta Ranchera Committee Erik Davis, Spirit of Fiesta Sophia Cordero, La Presidenta Barbara Carroll, Junior Spirit of Fiesta Paloma Valenzuela, Denise Sanford, Stephanie Petlow, and Larry Gosselin (photo

by Priscilla)

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Drew Wakefield, Woodfire Catering chef Steven Meyer, and Don Blankenship at the Fiesta Ranchera bash (photo by Priscilla)

Allison Paolino, Kimi Matar, Maria Thayer, and Cat Smith at the Epicurean Santa Barbara event (photo by Amy Robinson)

and Junior Spirit of Fiesta Paloma Valenzuela, 10, who danced flamenco with a Spanish band from Los Angeles.

“To think we started just over a decade ago with just 200 people attending,” says Barbara Carroll, La Presidenta. “We just keep growing and growing.”

A glorious evening, wrapped with dancing the night away to Area 51...

at the Hotel Californian, Epicurean Santa Barbara was back at the tony hostelry for a Wine Down Wednesday at the Djinn cocktail bar in the Library Lounge.

The third wine-oriented fest on the program, after events at the Rosewood Miramar and Mizza Pizza on State Street, featured 45 guests quaffing wines chosen by sommelier Andrew Villareal, including Margerum 2018 rosé and Grassini Family Vineyards 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon, and art-

Wine-sday Eight months after celebrating its first anniversary with a boffo bash

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Robert Fischer, Maria Thayer, Tom Thayer, Lori Schmidt, Paul Harrison, and Teresa Johnson at Wine Down Wednesday (photo by Amy Robinson)

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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 27 A Touch of ‘Touch’ – David Segall’s new music video “Touch of Love,” which co-stars the valiant “Ocean Guardian” students at Adams elementary school, gets its world premiere in an evening that is co-hosted by the Community Environmental Council, which also co-produced the video. The event also serves as the official kick-off party to “Plastic-Free July,” a special initiative that the CEC is launching to help us be “single-use plastic free” for the entire month of July. Segall’s “Touch of Love” tells the story of going the extra mile to preserve, heal and protect our ocean, while the music video shows how “being the change we wish to see in the world” – as demonstrated by the contagious enthusiasm of the Ocean Guardian school kids – inspires those around us to live more mindful and empowered lives. The seafaring Santa Barbara singer-songwriter will also be performing a set of live music with his band, and refreshments will be served, including a veggie platter from Local Harvest Delivery, and prizes from the fundraising raffle include a private acoustic concert with Segall, and a private sailboat cruise out of the Santa Barbara Harbor aboard his boat. WHEN: 6:30-9 pm WHERE: Oniracom, 216 E. Gutierrez St. COST: $5 suggested donation INFO: (805) 695-8200 or www.facebook.com/ events/2351989841708037 FRIDAY, JUNE 28 Series 7 Steps Up – The Dance Network’s sixth annual studio showcase features high-energy, diverse performances of showcase pieces from its studio classes plus the Dance Network’s professional performance

companies, with a special focus on the “tap national anthem,” aka the Shim Sham. Tap, hip hop, jazz, contemporary and break dancing are among the styles demonstrated by dancers ranging in age from children to adults.

Series 7 features two separate and distinct showcases – a Junior show during the matinees, and a Senior show at night – with different dances for each performance. Among the choreographers are Amanda Astorga, Carisa Carroll, Richard Chung, Morgan Gerahty, Michelle Hester, Karyn Laver, Patricia Martin, Katie McDowell, Emma Neumann, Aaron Nishikawa, Natalia Emily Smith, Bethany Sutherland, Jet Xiong and Kyle Ybarra. WHEN: 7 pm tonight, 2 & 7 pm tomorrow, 2 pm Sunday WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in the Paseo Nuevo Shopping Center, at the intersection of Chapala and De la Guerra Streets COST: $22 general, $13 children INFO: (805) 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Historic Wine Fest – The 2019 Santa Barbara Wine and Food Festival returns to the banks of Mission Creek at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History with another epic line up of wineries and food purveyors. Perhaps the region’s premier single-day wine and food event, the fest lets visitors not only enjoy the best of Central Coast vineyards and restaurants/caterers but also mingle with the winemakers, bakers and chefs – who attend in much larger numbers that at other similar events – in the sunshine, under redwoods and oak trees. New this year is an expansion of the festival to the museum’s revamped backyard and Sprague Butterfly Pavilion. Roam,

THURSDAY, JUNE 27 Comedy for a Cause – Anthony Davis – Winner of the 2019 San Diego Comedy Festival – headlines a special benefit comedy show that also features a variety of local comics provoking smiles and laughter all in support raising money to fight Alzheimer’s Disease. Admission includes an all-you-caneat taco bar at Viva Mexican Restaurant in La Arcada Court, plus entrance in a raffle with prizes donated by Powell Peralta, Salon Patine, Two Bunch Palms and others. WHEN: 6:30-10 pm WHERE: 1114 State St. COST: $22 in advance, $25 at the door INFO: (805) 965-4770 or www.vivasb.com/tickets/comedy-for-a-cause

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EVENTS

by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, JUNE 28 Ice and Sugar – Two basically one-hit wonders from a quarter-century ago have teamed up for a tour that serves as a trip down memory lane for those hitting middle age. The “I Love the ‘90s” tour stars the former Robert Matthew Van Winkle, aka Vanilla Ice, who scored a surprise hit in 1990 when a local DJ decided to play “Ice Ice Baby,” a B-side track of a cover of “Play That Funky Music” he’d written at age 16. Spurred by the rap-lite track that ripped off the bass line from Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” – the first hip-hop single to top the Billboard Hot 100 – Ice’s re-released debut album, that had originally flopped, eventually sold more than 15 million copies. Also performing is Mark McGrath, the former frontman for the rock band Sugar Ray, who had a big hit single with “Fly” in 1997. McGrath got lots of attention for his looks and personality, as he was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone and Spin, while People magazine named him the “Sexiest Rocker” of 1998. The following year, Sugar Ray released 14:59, the title a self-deprecating reply to suggestions that they were a one-hit wonder that had used up its 15 minutes of fame, proving their point when both “Every Morning” and “Someday” reached the Top 10. Since then, though, McGrath’s career has veered into appearances on TV, including serving as a co-host on Extra, a guest judge on American Idol, and a contestant on Rock & Roll Jeopardy!, The Celebrity Apprentice Season 4 and Celebrity Wife Swap. Fly, fly, baby up the San Marcos Pass to check out the ‘90s heroes up at the Samala Showroom. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 East Highway 246, Santa Ynez COST: $49-$79 INFO: (800) CHUMASH (248-6274) or www.chumashcasino.com

sip and savor samples from more than 100 wineries and culinary purveyors with lots of elbow room, and feel good about the fact that the profits go to support the museum’s nature and science education programs. WHEN: 2-5 pm VIP entry at 1 pm WHERE: 2559 Puesta Del Sol Rd. COST: $80-$155 INFO: (805) 682-4711 or www. sbnature.org SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Off the Grid: SEE Here Now – The Abstract Art Collective 5th Annual ArtSEE fundraiser takes over the Bronfman Family Jewish Community Center with its large 100-piece GRID WALL display of original 10” x 10” abstract artworks, created and donated by AAC members and offered for sale at $100 each on a first-come-first-choose basis. The ArtSEE exhibit includes a wide range of abstract media, including painting, assemblage/collage, printmaking, photography and digital art, and also represents the result of a wide scope of artistic processes that range from fully defined concepts at the outset to following an intuitive arc.

Also on display is a juried exhibition of larger abstract works by AAC members, with prizes adjudicated by Chris Rupp, M.F.A. Instructor of Art and Collections Manager of Westmont Museum of Art. All of the proceeds

“I’ve learned that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.” – Andy Rooney

from GRID WALL sales will be donated to SEE International, the nonprofit humanitarian organization whose volunteer eye surgeons generously work to restore sight to disadvantaged blind individuals worldwide, while 25 percent of sales from the juried larger pieces will be donated to benefit the JCC. Today’s opening reception also features a screening of Margaret Singer: Seeking Light, a 20-minute documentary short film (which premiered at the Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival) focusing on the life of the local Santa Barbara artist and poetry icon, who was a longtime member of the AAC before she passed away this spring at age 98. A Q&A with the film’s producers follows the screening, and music with a live jazz trio, appetizers and drinks are included. WHEN: Reception 2-4 pm today, exhibit continues through August 20 WHERE: 524 Chapala Street COST: free INFO: (805) 957-1115 or www.jewishsantabarba ra.org/art-at-the-jcc Summerland’s Letter Perfect New Space – Leslie Person Ryan, who has run Letter Perfect for the past 35 years, has ventured a bit further down the 101 to create Summerland Center for the Arts, where the space includes ground floor retail and an upstairs art gallery. The new location opens an exhibition by 27 June – 4 July 2019

SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Here’s to You, Mr. Robinson – Australian fingerstyle guitarist Joe Robinson’s guitar sponsor Maton says he “plays guitar like Ali boxed, like Einstein knew theoretical physics and like Hitchcock made movies.” Hyperbole? Maybe so.

On the other hand, Robinson, who is 28, already has a list of awards and honors longer than it took him to outgrow his guitar teacher when he was still in single digits, leading him to further his musical education via the internet. At 11, Robinson began touring with several different Australian artists including Tommy Emmanuel, who became his mentor. Two years later, he won the Australian National Songwriting Competition. At 17, Robinson won the Australia’s Got Talent grand finale via performing a fingerstyle cover of “Classical Gas,” then a year later claimed the 2009 Senior Grand Champion Performer of the World at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Los Angeles and also won the instrumental category as well as the male instrumental categories Contemporary, Jazz, Open and Original Works in the class of 16- to 24-year-old contestants. In 2010, he was named “Best New Talent” in Guitar Player magazine’s Reader’s Poll.

Robinson’s new album, Undertones, his seventh, released earlier this year, features his typical mind-bending chord work and solos that seem to defy the physical limitations of a guitar, and also shows the growth in his songwriting craft, leading the Washington Post to suggest “It’s hard not to imagine him rivaling the popularity of say, John Mayer, in coming years.” So perhaps tonight’s Wooden Hall Concert via the Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association might be our last chance to catch him in such an intimate space as the Alhecama Theatre downtown. During the afternoon, Robinson, who regularly teaches masterclasses at Berklee, Belmont and a number of respected conservatories in Europe and Asia, will lead a small, interactive workshop focusing on guitar technique, arranging and composition. WHEN: 7:30 pm (Workshop at 3:30 pm) WHERE: Alhecama Theatre, 914 Santa Barbara St. COST: $25 (workshop $35 INFO: www.sbama.org

Masha Keating, an Otis College of Art graduate whose nature-inspired paintings have drawn considerable attention. Keating’s bold signature style can be seen off the canvas, too, from public murals to a line of art-inspired apparel and accessories. As part of a mission that evolved out of the recent Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flow, the gallery exhibitions at Summerland Center for the Arts will partner with nonprofits in the community as the area continues to recover. A portion of the sales from Keating’s show will be donated to the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden. The new center is also hosting

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spiritual events during the evenings, and yoga and other practices during daytime. Today’s opening coincides with the second annual Summerland Block Party, featuring a fun family day with food, live music, wine tasting, a beer garden, artisan vendors and our Farmer & the Flea market, all taking place from 11 am-3 pm on the same block as the Center.

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fully crafted libations created by Los Angeles mixologist Devon Espinosa, while noshing on West Coast oysters, grilled flat bread, Kennebec French fries, and Hamachi Crudo.

Food for thought...

Real Estate

$17 million Montecito home hits the market

A ten-acre Montecito estate, with seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms, has just come on the market for $17 million.

The 13,932 sq. ft. property is just a tiara’s toss or two from the homes of TV talk show titans Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres.

The expansive grounds include terraced gardens, a pool, spa with a cabana, colonnaded courtyards and a tennis court.

There’s also a pool house and a guesthouse with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a movie theater.

Uber agent Suzanne Perkins of Compass has the listing with Hyatt Riaz of Coldwell Banker in Beverly Hills.

Follicle Fumble Montecito actor Rob Lowe, after suffering major flak for his comments about Prince William’s baldness, says his remarks are actually a reflection of his own insecurity.

Rob, 55, who has been filming Wild Bill, a police drama for Britain’s ITV, described the 36-year-old royal’s hair loss as “one of the most traumatic experiences of my life.”

However, appearing on Good Morning Britain, he said he loved Queen Elizabeth’s grandson and only made the remarks because he was narcissistic himself – adding the Duke of Cambridge was a stud.

“He’s fully comfortable in his own skin,” says Rob. “Then, on the other side of the coin, you have me. I can’t even watch a guy go bald without being even more narcissistic and wanting to plug in the Propecia into a drip in my arm.”

Sing! Sizzles The Music Academy of the West’s Sing! program, launched eight months ago, is hitting a high note.

The young participants, hailing from ten Santa Barbara County schools, have been given opportunities and access to an immersive educational experience that few arts organizations

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can boast.

In addition to performances at the SB Choral Festival and CAMA’s centennial celebration, Sing! participants concluded the program’s inaugural season with two performances at Hahn Hall on the Miraflores campus and the Marjorie Luke Theatre.

The show featured more than a dozen works in five different languages, including Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Eric Whitacre.

In addition to the memorable performances, academy president Scott Reed, board chair Warren Staley, and assistant superintendent Ellen Berger of the SB County education office presented Sing!’s sites – Adams, Canalino and Franklin elementary schools – with three $1,500 gifts supporting music in the schools.

Rad Pad

Rancho San Leandro listed for $12.67 million

Tech entrepreneur Sean Rad is selling his Montecito home for $12.67 million.

The former Tinder CEO and co-founder purchased the estate for $11 million from TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi.

Rancho San Leandro boasts two main residences, totaling 6,764 sq. ft.

Built in the 1800s, the main hacienda-style residence has one bedroom, one bathroom, and features a 53-ft. long living and dining space.

Boasting a two-story guest house and three-car garage, the property also features a four-stall horse barn with tack room, a fenced dressage area, paddocks, and cultivated gardens.

Double Bubble The Little Free Library movement, with 75,000 registered locations in 88 different countries, including at least 50 in the greater Santa Barbara area, has a new outpost in town.

This free book locale is in the House of Laundry on north Milpas Street and, no pun intended, has a unique spin trying to get books into the hands of young children.

“Bringing books directly to children and families where they already are – doing their laundry – and making it as easy as possible for busy working parents and caregivers to read aloud to their children is a goal that really resonated with our book club,” says member Michelle Bednash, who painted and refurbished an old bookshelf she found at a thrift store.

A great idea.

Costume Auction Aussie songbird Olivia NewtonJohn is auctioning off more than 200 of her costumes from films like Grease and Xanadu.

The 70-year-old singer, who put her 12-acre Santa Ynez Valley ranch on the market for $4.5 million last month, is also including her iconic Bad Sandy greaser ensemble she wore in the hit ‘50s high school musical.

Olivia, who has had a reoccurrence of breast cancer, was 29 when she played 17-year-old Sandy Olson and went on to win a Golden Globe nod as well as have two hit singles, “Hopelessly Devoted To You” and “Summer Nights” in the Billboard Top Five.

She famously had to be sewn into the high waisted pants she wore to sing “You’re The One That I Want” and “We Go Together” alongside John Travolta.

Both the jacket and pants are expected to bring between $100,000 and $200,000 when they go under the gavel at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills.

House Hunters

Montecito home in global spotlight

A Montecito listing represented by Riskin Partners real estate group of Village Properties has been selected as a finalist in the HGTV Ultimate House Hunt 2019 for its curb appeal.

The competition is held annually

on HGTV.com and features extraordinary homes in eight categories, including amazing kitchens, countryside retreats, waterfront homes, and modern masterpieces.

The awards run through June 12 until July 17. Last year’s promotion was the most popular in the award’s history.

The local home chosen is at 256 Santa Rosa Lane, a six-bedroom, two-story shingle property inspired

by Robert Stern.

Consumers have the opportunity to tour the 92 homes selected as finalists by viewing photo galleries on HGTV. com and can then cast a vote for their favorites.

Diana’s Duds The Princess Diana wow factor is alive and well 22 years after her untimely death in Paris.

Three months prior to the tragedy, I covered the auction of 79 of her dresses and gowns at Christie’s in New York for ABC Network News and CNN, which raised an astonishing $3.25 million for charity.

But a sale of three of Diana’s dresses in London last week, which were estimated to sell for a hefty $115,000, achieved three times the estimate, selling for more than $345,000.

The collection included a blue and white striped dress worn by HRH during a 1986 visit with Prince Charles to the Gulf States designed by royal wedding dress makers David and Elizabeth Emanuel, which was snapped up for $130,000, with the others by Jasper Conran – sold for $100,000 – and Catherine Walker, which was bought for $115,000.

Reunited after 50 Years Former Montecito resident Jim Sokolove, who moved with his wife,

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Stephanie, to Boca Raton, Florida last year, has just attended his 50th reunion at Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

Jim, who was in the class of 1969, founded his firm Sokolove Law in 1979.

The tony twosome used to host the annual Table of Life Foodbank fundraiser on their charming East Valley Road estate.

No Bones About It Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry’s fiancé, English actor Orlando Bloom, has revealed his beloved dog Sid’s skeleton has been mounted at his Los Angeles home so he can say “goodnight” to his late pet.

The Lord of the Rings star, 42, adopted the black Saluki mix in 2004 after rescuing him as a stray in Morocco while filming Kingdom of Heaven.

He revealed the cuddly canine had been suffering from liver disease in an Instagram post in 2015 before confirming Sid’s passing the following year.

“He was a great companion and I was very upset when he died,” he tells Dogs Monthly. “I had his skeleton mounted so that he always stays with me.”

Paws for thought, indeed.

Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder While TV producer husband Brad Falchuk sells his Los Angeles bache-

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lor pad, his Montecito-based actress wife Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed why she still doesn’t live with him full time.

The Oscar-winner says it keeps “polarity” in their newly married lives.

The founder of Goop, who wed for the second time in September, admits Falchuk only stays with her four times a week, spending the rest of the time at his Brentwood home.

Speaking to Style magazine, Gwynnie says the couple’s friends think their unorthodox set-up “ideal.”

“They say we shouldn’t change a thing.”

Remembering Gloria

York socialite, whose first marriage was at the Santa Barbara Mission in 1941, who has died at her Big Apple home aged 95.

I would often see the “poor little rich girl” heiress at the center of a scandalous custody battle in the 1930s and a designer jeans queen in the 1970s and ‘80s, with her sons, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and his late brother, Carter, at Mortimers, an Upper Eastside society watering hole.

A creative woman and an extraordinary life of glamor, scandal, and tragedy.

Sightings: Flash Gordon actor Sam J. Jones checking out the Santa Barbara Polo Club... Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi noshing at Mollie’s, which is celebrating its first anniversary... Rob Lowe and wife Sheryl Berkoff at the Monte Carlo TV Festival.

Pip! Pip!

Gloria Vanderbilt R.I.P. (From a 1959 acting role on The United States Steel Hour)

On a personal note, I remember Gloria Vanderbilt, the iconic New

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