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Sounds of silence: Opera SB general director Steven Sharpe to call it quits, p. 6

ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • MOVIE GUIDE, P. 39 • OPEN HOUSES, P. 45

BORN TO RUN Arranger-composer (and former trumpeter with the Naples Symphony) James Stephenson returns to Music Academy of the West to conduct world premiere of Martha Uncaged, his tribute to Martha Graham (story begins on page 5)

Feathered Friends

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Melody Makers

805 Songwriters concert spotlights Montecitans Glen Phillips, Johnny Irion, p. 20

Riding The Waves

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 MAW

Steven Libowitz converses with classical musician James Stephenson; conductor Edo de Waart; and other upcoming events at the Music Academy of the West

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

Rob Lowe goes ape; Steven Sharpe steps down; author Timothy O’Leary; DAWG anniversary; singer David Daniels; Bacara bash; Gwyneth Paltrow’s home; Orlando Bloom in the buff; Don Gilman; and Prince Harry’s engagement Robert Turner on healthcare; Chris Cochrane gives praise and criticism; Robert Miller gets PC; Larry Lambert on politics; G. Hebert’s patriotism; Janice Evans on ObamaCare; Diane Thorn questions bills and laws; plus David McCalmont

10 This Week

Eat. Sip. Shop. Connect.

MBAR meeting; Knit ‘N Needle; poetry club; First Thursday Open Studio; Solo Fine Art; art opening at 10 West; Matthew Aucoin; Spanish group; picnic concert; benefit concert; Porch exhibit; jazz in Carp; MA Land Use Committee; MA meeting; Happiness & Meditation; Summerland yoga; Build with Legos; The New Yorker; picnic concert; 2nd Fridays art; yoga retreat; Mental Health fest; recycling; SB Botanic Garden; MFPD schedule; art workshops; art classes; brain fitness; Story Time; Italian talk; Carp arts; farmers market; Cars & Coffee; and speaking French

Tide Guide

Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach

12 Village Beat

MFPD and Emergency Notification System reminder; MUS graduates news; nonprofit Leading From Within; and Sheriff’s Blotter

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner writes about the SB Writers Conference; Hospice of SB’s Shining Light Society; and the library hosts “Show and Tell”

16 Wildlife File

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For the birds: Kaitlin Lloyd, Wildlife Care Network’s program director, expounds on myths and facts about our feathered friends including baby songbirds

20 Our Town

Joanne Calitri keeps her ears to the ground at the 805 songwriters concert along with the likes of Sarah Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion, and Glen Phillips

23 Brilliant Thoughts “SELLING SANTA BARBARA FROM COTTAGES TO CASTLES”

Ashleigh Brilliant dissects water – that blend of hydrogen and oxygen – including its uses, sources, sights, sounds, and impact around the globe

26 Spirituality Matters

Steven Libowitz previews healing with Rikka Zimmerman; Don Piper back from the dead; Success Meetup in Goleta; Yoga Soup; and ongoing occasions

30 Far Flung Travel

Chuck Graham and his kayak hit the water again, traversing the waves around Point Reyes National Seashore and Tomales Bay. What would Sir Francis Drake do?

32 Village Fourth Celebration

This year’s Village Fourth festivities, including the parade in pictures

38 Legal Advertising 39 Movie Guide 42 Calendar of Events

Christian Marclay; 1st Thursday events and artists; three bands in the Bowl; UCSB art reception; Count Basie Orchestra; jazz in Carpinteria; Kardboard Kayak Race; Solvang hosts Lend Me A Tenor; and SB Jazz Society

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Music Academy of the West

by Steven Libowitz

Trumpeting His Return: MAW Alum is Back with World Premiere

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lassical musicians don’t come a whole lot more casual, open, and charmingly self-deprecating than James Stephenson.

The trumpeter-turned-composer is a guy who once arranged Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run” for orchestra, who refers to his current vocation of creating new music for classical ensembles as “this composing thing,” who first got into the profession at 24 when he “blew it” in a summer class at Northwestern called “Adventures in Bad Music” wherein the only assignment was to write a bad piece of music – but everyone loved the trumpet duet he came up with, and who now freely admits that he doesn’t “have the chops” to play his own pieces anymore since leaving his position as a trumpeter in the Naples Symphony because “my lips don’t work the way they used to.”

Stephenson – who spent three summers at the Music Academy of the West (MAW) as a young trumpet Fellow back in the late 1980s and

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early ‘90s, citing as his fondest memory “being able to walk straight from beach to rehearsing Mahler with no shoes on” (something the Fellows probably can’t get away with anymore) – returns to town this week as one of several composers-in-residence and alumni visiting for MAW’s special summer marking the music festival’s 70th season. He’ll be conducting the world premiere of Martha Uncaged, his tribute to famed choreographer Martha Graham, at the faculty recital (see details below) on Tuesday evening, July 11, at the Lobero, which, he reported, features another premiere as it will be the first time he’s served that role for the debut performance of one of his own works.

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Rob, 53, says he was filming his new A&E documentary series The Lowe Files when an encounter with the so-called “wood ape” left him “lying on the ground thinking I was going to be killed.”

“I’m fully aware that I sound like a crazy, Hollywood kook right now,” the Parks & Recreation star admitted to Entertainment Weekly as he recalled the incident.

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

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for neither candidate for president in 2016, and I will not be sending a copy of this letter to any other media, locally or elsewhere.

Robert L. Turner Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Thank you for your missive and congratulations for having survived for so long. If my note seemed “snide,” it’s because the letter writer is a well-known political operative who throws out words and phrases such as “cruel,” “wrecking ball,” “shockingly,” “people who are sick now will die,” et cetera, while making a case for his brand of “progressivism.”

Which leaves us wondering how there can be a reasoned discussion about the best way(s) of dealing with healthcare when one side attacks the other with such vehemence?

That was the point I was making, that’s all. I do know this: while a whole bunch of people were given “free” healthcare “insurance,” a whole bunch of other people – mainly middle-class working people – were hung out to dry with the passage of the “Affordable Care Act,” and I personally care more about them; the other lot were always able to access healthcare and since they had no money to pay for it, never had to face the financial consequences. Those middle-class working families left paying the bill, on the other hand, have really struggled with the mandates, the deductibles, and the monthly “insurance” payments.

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feel I must respond to your snide editor’s note regarding the Senate’s healthcare bill (“Bad Republicans, Bad,” MJ #23/26.)

I am fortunate to be completing my eighth decade, during which most of the time I have worked and contributed to Social Security and in later years to Medicare. It began in my early youth a number of years before four-plus years of active duty in the U.S. Navy and finished just a year ago, when I sold my CPA practice after more than 50 years as an auditor and tax preparer.

I guess I am part of the “crowd” you refer to in your comments, as I was indeed pleased to see the additional millions of our fellow citizens covered by the Affordable Healthcare Act as a step toward a “Medicare-like” universal system available to all. After all, I have received such coverage for the past 20 years after making myself eligible by contributing to it in my earlier years to provide coverage for my parents and others of their generation.

You opine that the letter writer’s “side” would never consider the radical proposal you propose of libertarianism.

Would you and your side consider the radical proposal I support of universal healthcare for all, as is found in almost all other modern societies today?

There are many of my “crowd” living here in Montecito, where I have resided for over a quarter of a century, and elsewhere in the country who feel as I do; read the polls. To perhaps assure you that I am just not an ideologue, I voted

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This Week in and around Montecito

SATURDAY, JULY 8 New Exhibit at Porch “The Nature of the Mind,” a new body of work by Santa Barbara artist Rebecca Clark, will be on exhibit at Porch through August 31. Porch will host an artist reception today to meet Rebecca; enjoy refreshments and beverages.

When: 3 to 5 pm Where: 3823 Santa Claus Lane Info: 684-0300

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, JULY 6 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito.

When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. This month: Walt Whitman.

When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 First Thursday Open Studio Keefrider Custom Furniture hosts an open studio event; today’s feature includes Lichtenberg Figuring, the technique of applying 12,000 volts to wood to burn fractal lightning patterns.

Small works of art including cutting boards and coasters will be on display, as well as full furniture pieces that incorporate the technique.

When: 5 pm Where: 434 East Haley Info: www.keefridersb.com Solo Fine Art Exhibit Divine Inspiration Gallery is pleased to present “A Walk on the Beach” – an

Exhibit of Original Oil Paintings and Fine Art Prints by Karen Fedderson. With her Coastal Landscapes and Seascapes, Fedderson shows some of California’s most beautiful beaches. These paintings demonstrate her contemplative reflection of the gentle nature of the California Coastal Landscape. They show a rare balance of realism and artistic expression. Her expert brushwork and rich coloration combine with deep atmospheric perspective to bring out the emotional qualities of her California Coastal experience. This exhibit will be on display from July 6 through August 25.

When: reception today 5 to 8 pm Where: 1528 State Street Info: www.divineinspiration.us Art Opening A predominantly abstract exhibit featuring 10 artists: Karen Zazon, Iben G Vestergaard, Mary Dee Thompson, Beth Schmohr, Stephen Robeck, Stuart Ochiltree, Patrick McGinnis, Karen Lehrer, Rick Doehring, and Marlyn Daggett.

When: reception tonight, 5 to 8 Where: 10 West Gallery, 10 West Anapamu Cost: free Info: director@10westgallery.com, 770-7711 Chamber Music Concert Composer, conductor, and pianist Matthew Aucoin puts his own stamp on a program, which includes his own music, plus works from divergent eras by Stravinsky, Purcell, Monteverdi, and Sir Harrison Birtwistle.

When: 7:30 pm Where: Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road Cost: $40 (ages 7-17 free admission) Info: www.musicacademy.org/chamber

FRIDAY, JULY 7 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The assembly 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 Picnic Concert Enjoy your picnic in the beautiful atmosphere of the Academy’s Miraflores campus and then enter Hahn Hall for a magical evening as Academy Fellows share their talents in solos, duets, trios, quartets, and more. The opening performance will feature String Quartets from the Academy’s String Quartet Seminar. Garden picnic tables are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Personalized reservation signs may be placed on picnic tables beginning at 10 am the day of the concert.

When: 5:30 pm for picnic, 7:30 pm concert Where: Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road Cost: $35 (ages 7-17 free admission) Info: www.musicacademy.org/picnic SATURDAY, JULY 8 Benefit Concert The Rona Barrett Foundation, a nonprofit founded 20 years ago by television entertainment news pioneer Rona Barrett, dedicated to providing care

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services and housing solutions for inneed and vulnerable senior citizens, is proud to announce that one of the greatest jazz bands of the time: the legendary Count Basie Orchestra, who will hold a benefit concert tonight.

Guest vocalist set to perform with the band and to complement the evening of jazz, is Grammy Award-winning singer/ songwriter Paula Cole. All concert proceeds will be earmarked for the Foundation’s new “Harry’s House at the Golden Inn & Village” – A Home for Alzheimer’s and Assisted Living at The Golden Inn & Village.

When: 7 pm Where: Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido Tickets: (805) 963-0761 Jazz at the Playhouse The Plaza Playhouse Theater will present Jazz at the Playhouse, featuring the talents of John Schnackenberg on saxophone, Cougar Estrada on keyboard, Jim Connolly on bass, and Austin Beede on drums.

When: 8 pm Where: 4916 Carpinteria Avenue Cost: tickets are $25, available online at the theater box office; seating is limited Info: www.plazatheatercarpineria.com MONDAY, JULY 10 Montecito Association Land Use Committee The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito; today the Land Use Committee meets to discuss upcoming projects.

When: 4 pm (note special day this month) Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road TUESDAY, JULY 11

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Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito.

When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 Happiness & Meditation Happiness & Meditation will offer numerous tools that facilitate the elimination of stress and foster deep and profound inner peace, happiness, and well-being. It is an interactive and experiential stress-buster session where participants will have the opportunity to experience energizing breathing technique and relaxing meditation; experience alertness and relaxation at the same time. No experience in breathing exercises or meditation is required.

When: noon to 12:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Summerland Evening Yoga A longtime Summerland tradition, taught

by Bob Andre. Small Hatha 1 yoga class with brief meditation and breathing work.

When: 5:30 pm Where: Summerland Church, 2400 Lillie Avenue Cost: donation Build with Legos Drop in and build a fun Lego creation using your imagination. Lego building fosters creativity and is a fun way to build on early literacy skills. All materials are provided and no experience is necessary.

When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: (805) 969-5063 THURSDAY, JULY 13 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 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker.

When: 7:30 to 8:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAY, JULY 14 Picnic Concert Enjoy your picnic in the beautiful atmosphere of the Academy’s Miraflores campus and then enter Hahn Hall for a magical evening as Academy Fellows share their talents in solos, duets, trios, quartets, and more. The opening performance will feature string quartets from the Academy’s String Quartet Seminar. Garden picnic tables are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Personalized reservation signs may be placed on picnic tables beginning at 10 am the day of the concert.

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When: 5:30 pm for picnic, 7:30 pm concert Where: Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road Cost: $35 (ages 7-17 free admission) Info: www.musicacademy.org/picnic 2nd Fridays Art R. Anthony Askew, Theresa Carter, Holli Harmon, Michael Irwin, Susan Tibbles, and Dug Uyesaka present their work at an exhibit at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club. Juxtaposition invites viewers to experience the spectrum of visual selfexpression. As longtime colleagues, the artists’ works are placed side by side, offering a unique insight to both their artistry and styles. This exhibition will run through August. Tonight is the reception.

When: 5:30 to 7:30 pm Where: 2375 Foothill Road Info: www.2ndFridaysArt.com SATURDAY, JULY 15 Summer Day Yoga Retreat Come soothe your body, mind, and spirit at La Casa de Maria for the first annual summer day yoga retreat. We will tap into our deep connection with the season, including a gentle, cooling yoga practice for all levels and nature meditations to fill our souls. You will leave nourished and ready to be chilledout for summer! Led by Taran Collis.

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ast month, we reported that Montecito Fire Protection District is busy preparing for high fire season, and as part of that preparation, are strongly encouraging all residents of Montecito and Santa Barbara County to ensure they are signed up to receive emergency notifications from the District and other local jurisdictions. The notification system utilized by the County is called Aware & Prepare, and is more comprehensive than the former system, NIXLE. “Although NIXLE subscribers will be included in this new system, we strongly encourage everyone to sign up for Aware & Prepare,” said MFPD communications coordinator Jackie Jenkins. “If you’re only signed up for NIXLE, you may miss vital emergency notifications,” she explained.

The Aware & Prepare notification system alerts residents about a variety of events, ranging from severe weather, fires, floods, and other emergencies, to more routine announcements, such as road closures and water utility maintenance. Messages will be sent to residents on their preferred contact path – cellphone, SMS (text), home phone, email, fax, pager, and more to ensure real-time access to potentially life-saving information. Residents listed in the Santa Barbara County 911 database will be automatically subscribed to alerts by phone, but Aware & Prepare allows citizens to self-register, provide additional contact information or opt out.

“This enhanced system provides location-based notification and is our primary method of alerting the community to emergencies and important events,” said Jenkins. Here is a stepby-step guide on how to register: Step 1: Go to the Aware and Prepare website at www.awareandprepare.org and click on the red “Register for Alerts” tab.

Step 2: Sign up: Create a user profile, then click on the “Create Your Account” button.

Step 3: My Profile: Enter information for the methods of notification you wish to receive. You can also prioritize the order of notification methods by using the arrow buttons on the left side of the page. Note: “Contact Bridge” is a phone application. If you choose to download the app on your phone, it will show as a method of notification.

Step 4: My Locations: Enter your

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address; verify the information from the map page. You may list five addresses within the county of Santa Barbara to receive notifications for other family members’ residences, your children’s school, et cetera.

Step 5: Review your information for accuracy, then click Finish.

For more information, or for help signing up, contact Jackie Jenkins or Joyce Reed at (805) 969-7762.

MUS Graduate News

MUS alum Gabrielle Peoples has announced her plans to attend San Diego State to play volleyball

Two Montecito Union School alums have announced their future plans, both moving on from Montecito to pursue their respective passions.

Former MUS, Santa Barbara Middle School, and San Marcos High School student Gabrielle Peoples has signed her letter of intent to play volleyball at San Diego State University.

Considered one of the state’s top setters, Peoples began playing volleyball at the age of 10 in Oregon, then moved to California and back to Oregon to finish her senior year. Peoples was selected to play on an all-star team overseas in the European Global Challenge Tournament, bringing home a gold medal last summer in addition to a two-time All-City selection and a first-team All-Channel League pick for San Marcos High School. She was also named an “AVCA Phenom” three

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s I write this, the Santa Barbara Writers Conference (SBWC) is over. Conference director Grace Rachow said, “They tore down the Miramar (where it used to be held), but they couldn’t tear down the conference.” The late Barnaby and Mary Conrad founded this institution in 1972 and they held it at Cate School for two years until they moved to the Miramar. It was there for many golden years but had to move to Westmont College with the demise of the Miramar eventually ending up at the Hyatt.

Los Angeles Times art critic and workshop leader Charles Champlin always claimed, “This is the exclamation point of my year.” And so too, has it been mine as I’ve been involved one way or another since 1977. It now belongs to Peanuts cartoonist Charles Schulz’s son, Monte. He spoke opening night saying, “I welcome anyone who loves books and writing of any kind, who believes he or she has a novel or a play or a screenplay, a poem, an essay, a memoir locked away inside, who wants to be part of this community of writing.” There’s a

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Pirate workshop leader John Reed with Santa Barbara’s poet laureate emerita Perie Longo

Barnaby Conrad III with longtime mystery workshop leader Leonard Tourney at the party

workshop for everything.

The delightful Fannie Flagg was the opening-night speaker. I never knew her real name was Patricia Neal.

In show business, she couldn’t have the same name as another actress, so because she’s humorous she tried to think of the silliest name possible and she did. Her life is a Cinderella story.

She always wanted to be a writer, but she was dyslexic so she couldn’t spell.

In fact, in school she spelled her name Patsy as Pasty.

She had a career on TV but attended the conference one year. When Barnaby assigned the students to write an essay about “childhood” she did, but wrote it in the voice of a child so when she misspelled, she

could blame it on the child. Fannie won first prize. When an agent wanted her to write a book, she said she couldn’t because of her spelling. The agent replied, “Honey, that’s why we have editors,” and Fannie was off and running. Her second book was Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café.

That became a movie, and the café in Alabama is now nearly a block-long tourist attraction.

The workshop leaders’ annual cocktail party was given by Susan and Dennis Chiavelli at their home high above Montecito. The party is always scintillating, as in brilliant display of wit. At least we like to think so. Well, maybe not, but it is always fun.

Mary Conrad and two longtime attendees Y. Armando Nieto and Matthew J. Pallamary have recently published a telephone book-size tome titled Santa Barbara Writers Conference Scrapbook Thirty Years of Literary Excellence 1973-2004. It’s my scrapbook too, as it chronicles all the celebrity writers who came and went from Ray Bradbury to Elmore Leonard, William Styron, Joan Didion, and Eudora Welty. There were dozens. So thank you, Mary, for all the good times. We knew we were making memories to treasure.

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Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) just inaugurated its Shining Light Society

event at the Hope Ranch digs of Dr. Stephen Hosea. Their first-ever reception was to thank past supporters for all their help at a donor level of $1,000 in the last two years, a lifetime gift of more than $20,000 or made a commitment in their estate plan. As CEO David Selberg commented, “These patrons have helped “shine a light” into the darkness for those grieving the loss of a loved one or dealing with a serious illness.”

We sipped wine and cocktails on the terrace right beside the LaCumbre Country Club Golf course. As CEO David joked, “Our host was out mowing the lawn this morning!” A lovely setting. The ambassadors who orga-

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An orphaned California towhee fledgling recovering at SBWCN (photo credit: Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network staff member Jessie Zamichow)

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ummertime is in full swing and with it comes an exciting time when baby birds hatch from their eggs. Watching baby songbirds grow with their parents’ affection and care is a fun, family activity, but what do you do when there is a nestling or fledging on the ground that needs help? Did you know that it is a myth that avian parents will reject their young when touched by humans? With this in mind, the best option to help a baby bird looking lost or in need of assistance is always to reunite it with the parent.

If a baby bird that is naked and pink in color is found on the ground, the most important step for immediate care is to keep the baby warm.

Babies at this stage of development cannot yet thermo-regulate their body temperature. Place the baby in a safe, dark, and quiet space, such as a ventilated shoebox lined with tissue paper or soft cloths. Place a heating pad under the box set to a low setting, and observe the baby often to ensure it is not panting, a sign of being too warm.

Songbirds have an average body temperature of 101F, slightly above human body temperature.

Keeping the songbird baby warm while looking for a nearby nest is vital. Sometimes a nest is not visible. If this is the case, bringing the baby songbird to the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network (SBWCN) is the best option for a chance of survival and successful rehabilitation.

It is important not to feed water or food to a baby bird before bringing it to a wildlife rehabilitation center.

If not performed properly, feeding a baby songbird can accidentally result in asphyxiation.

Sometimes a baby songbird is

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found that has feathers but cannot yet fly. A fledging is a bird that has flown out of its nest after a few weeks but still lacks the ability to completely fly.

This is a completely normal stage of development for songbirds and it is important to observe the baby from a distance to determine whether it is in immediate danger. Is the parent nearby? Is the songbird in direct threat of predators or other external factors causing potential harm?

When in doubt about whether a baby songbird needs rescue, always call the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network for further guidance with the situation. Since the beginning of the year, the SBWCN has successfully rehabilitated more than 776 songbirds including 156 crows, 90 house finches, 36 hummingbirds, and 22 cliff swallows. In total, 2,057 animals have been brought to the center so far this year.

When a baby songbird is brought to the SBWCN, the baby is examined for injuries, its species is identified, and it is placed in a baby bird room where it can be incubated if necessary, observed closely, and fed a specialized diet depending on whether it is an insectivore, omnivore, or purely a seed-eater. Many baby songbirds that are not yet self-feeding require being hand-fed every 20 to 40 minutes from dawn to dusk!

Once baby songbirds at the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network are eating on their own and are flighted, they are moved to outside aviaries, which give them room to strengthen their muscles and fly before being released back into the wild.

For more information, visit our website: www.sbwcn.org. For wildlife questions or concerns, call the SBWCN helpline at (805) 681-1080.

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The Lowe Files starts its first season ping down from his lofty position of nine episodes on August 2. later this month.

“I poured my heart and soul into New Opera-tunity Opera Santa Barbara and am now Amelia Kramer, After 11 years as general director of looking forward to taking some time AuD, CCC-A Opera Santa Barbara Steven Sharpe to recharge and evaluate my options,” Audiologist wants to explore other arias! says Steven.

The effervescent executive, who “I am exceptionally proud of what spearheaded the company’s first world the company has achieved during my premiere and elevated the company’s tenure as general director, and I’m stature through a series of new and grateful for the opportunity. I’m confiexpanded program initiatives, is step- dent the company is destined for still greater things.”

Under Steven’s leadership the opera’s budget has more than doubled, and the company successfully transitioned from the Lobero Theatre to the considerably larger Granada.

In addition to expanding OSB’s Noontime Concert series and in-school educational offerings to venues in northern Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, he organized several innovative outreach and fundraising events, including the multi-year lecture series “Opera on the Go” and “Opera al Fresco,” a concert held at Lotusland.

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The Pain Event Santa Ynez author Timothy O’Leary has made quite a literary fictional debut with an enthralling story collec• The Voice of the Village •

Timothy O’Leary launches fictional work

tion titled Dick Cheney Shot Me In The Face: And Other Tales of Men in Pain.

O’Leary, who has a 30-year background in advertising and TV and also spends time in Oregon and Washington, also wrote a non-fiction work – Warrior, Workers, Whiners, and Weasels – in 2006.

His new tome explores the secret life of men as they pass into adulthood, middle-age and old age confronting lust, pain, guilt, bewilderment, and mortality in 18 stories.

The Billings, Montana-born writer, whose work has appeared in a wide variety of magazine, journal, and anthologies, credits his advertising background for developing his skills as an author.

“It teaches you creative discipline.” he told me at a bijou book bash at Tecolote, the bustling bibliophile bastion in the upper village. “You’re not allowed to have writer’s block.. You have to create every single day, and meet every deadline... By it’s very nature advertising forces brevity, and a multi-layered approach to communication, which can be a great asset.”

Gone to the DAWG It was a delightful mix of humans and their pet canines when DAWG – The Dog Adoption Welfare Group – celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Singleton Pavilion in Elings Park, the largest off-leash dog park in the U.S. More than 150 owners and their pets, many in patriotic costumes, turned out for the bustling barking bash, co-chaired by Becky Kelber and Lori Cappello, raising more than $5,000 for the no-kill shelter on Overpass Road, which costs $500,000 annually to maintain.

“We’ve found homes for more than 8,000 dogs since we began,” says founder Shirley Jansen. “I think it something we can be very proud of.”

Two-legged guests also had the chance to come out winners, with one person receiving a 2017 Ford Hybrid C-Max vehicle for correctly guessing all the breeds in one of DAWG’s hybrid pets.

Local rockers Spencer the Gardener entertained, while Dave Whitefoot, the former owner of the

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performance with one kick, floor tom, snare, and single cymbal. It all worked tonally.

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Best of local songwriters concert [from left]: Johnny Irion and wife Sarah Lee Guthrie, Glen Phillips, Sean Watkins, Adam Topol, and Xander Smith

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t was a warm and cozy live music fest at SOhO Nightclub on June 22 for the 805 Songwriters roundup concert with our town musicians Glen Phillips [Toad the Wet Sprocket] and Johnny Irion [US ELEVATOR and grand-nephew of author John Steinbeck], Los Angelesbased drummer Adam Topol [David Gilmour, Jack Johnson], guitarist Xander Smith [Chalk Circle, Run Run Run], and multi-instrumentalist Sean Watkins [Grammy Awardwinning Nickel Creek].

Guests who sat in with the band included Irion’s wife, singer Sarah Lee Guthrie [granddaughter of Woody Guthrie], eight-time award-winning composer, songwrit-

er, and producer Adam Zelkind and Randell Kirsch [The Beach Boys, Toad the Wet Sprocket].

It was guitar heaven, with Irion on a Gibson SG Standard with ‘57 Classic humbuckers, a Martin prewar D-45 with extra pearl binding around the headstock made popular by Gene Autry in 1933, and his harmonica in a neck rack; Watkins on a Gibson J-45 sunburst acoustic and C.F. Martin F-55 Electric 1962 in sunburst with single cutaway and M harp tailpiece; Smith on a factory black 1979 Gibson ES 347 TD double cutaway electric; while Phillips brought his Lakewood A14 custom acoustic. Topol had a stripped-down drum kit for the mostly acoustic

played non-stop for 2½ hours in this format, while bringing guest artists from the audience up now and then to join in. The show began with Arlo Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” and ended with The Beatles’s “Revolution”.

In between were the artists’ originals compositions. The most well-received songs were Glen’s “The Easy Ones” and his driving gospel tune “Held Up”, Sean’s “Don’t Say You Love Me”, Adam’s “Well of Love”, and Johnny’s “I am the Mountain”.

Each had a clear style ranging from Americana, folk and bluegrass to ska-surf-reggae-cumbia music.

It was an evening of story-telling as well by the musicians, sharing anecdotes of how the songs were composed to how they met one another.

The sold-out performance included Hale and Annie Milgrim, John Lucchetti [Oniracom], Midnight Mynx’s Stacey Fergusson and Dawn Sherry, Mitchell Kriegman, LuAnn Olson, and many other local artists supporting live music.

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Musicians in the greenroom post-show [from left] Glen Phillips, Johnny Irion, Sean Watkins, Adam Zelkind, Xander Smith, Anders Bergstrom, and Adam Topol

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will no doubt become just another government boondoggle, but it will also probably offer some mental respite for many, as inefficient as it is likely to be (I’ve had experience with government health care in England, France, Canada, and Sweden). My hope is that perhaps we’ll find a better – free-market – way.

Count me as a skeptic, but willing to listen. – J.B.)

Unfit for Office?

Knowing you are a Republican, I was impressed to see a cover featuring Nancy Koppelman in last week’s issue. Honoring a famed Democrat, who resided in Montecito and recently passed, shows you run a fair and balanced paper.

Then I thought after we played 18 holes together at Muni last Friday that I should have asked you about our president’s latest miscue... well, one of them. However, as we’d just met it didn’t seem appropriate to start a political discourse. But what I would have asked is: “Forget all the ‘p’ grabbing, partnering with gangsters in the construction business, and galling bad taste, don’t you think (after the golf cart incident) that The Donald is now unfit to be president?”

He was filmed breaking one of the biggest etiquette rules of golf; driving a cart over the putting surface is like eating loudly from a boxed fried chicken dinner during a play.

It’s like playing basketball in leather-heeled shoes on a recently polished hardwood floor, like surfing through the Rincon lineup in a power boat, like doing donuts using a Zamboni through Madam Walska’s succulents at Lotusland!

I didn’t ask, but I’m asking now.

Don’t you think, after the incident, that The Donald has finally shown he is unfit to serve as president of the United States?

Chris Cochrane Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: First of all, thanks for noticing our news neutrality. Ms Koppelman was a giant in the political world and her cheerful presence in Montecito was one of generosity and kindness. Her circle of friends was both large and influential, and she knew how to get things done.

Secondly, I watched the footage of the president driving on the green and the only thing I can imagine is that it had something to do with security. Weird, but understandable in that context, as he would know how destructive it could be to drive a cart on a green. – J.B.)

Time to Grow up

Bob Hazard’s supposition in his Guest Editorial (“The Perils of Political Discourse,” MJ #23/26) is obviously correct. But immaturity is not limited to political discourse.

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Hitler = The Big Lie, right? Wrong.

The big lie is alive and well in America today.

It’s called PC. One of the symptoms of immaturity is believing in something that is not so. We cannot confront the necessities of our society when we just change labels and definitions at will. We have freedom of speech that we cannot use because some three-year-old gets offended. Everyone gets a participant trophy. Then they go out into the real world on their own and get eaten alive.

(Then little Billy’s feelings are really hurt!)

A sense of humor has been killed by PC. What we teach in school is laughable. (Can anyone find the United States of America on the map, kids?)

Anyway, you know I could go on for a long time, so just let me say to my fellow Americans: Grow up, for God’s sake!

(Of course, we all know the Democrats are just a bunch of poopyheads anyway. So there!)

Robert Miller Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Hmmm. We’re wondering if referring to a class of people as “poopyheads” constitutes “Hate Speech.” – J.B.)

High Dudgeon, Low Stakes

Bob Hazard observes that political discourse today is much more uncivil than during his college days. Perhaps one reason is that the political stakes are so much lower today. When Hazard was in college, it was an open question whether the Soviet Union was the wave of the future or a totalitarian gangster government. Whether Vietnam was a front line in the conflict between freedom and communism or only a local civil war? Whether the federal government should guarantee civil rights to all Americans or whether the South should continue to have local segregation laws?

Now that these big issues have been settled, political discourse has sunk to the level of the faculty lounge; the arguments are so bitter because the stakes are so low.

Larry Lambert Santa Barbara

Non Sequitur

The Fourth of July celebration got us thinking about the qualities that are part of being an American that we learned as children at home and at public school here in California. They are: curiosity, frugality, generosity, good manners, hard work, honesty, humor, kindness, love for the United States of America, modesty, optimism, responsibility, self-reliance, spirituality, and temperance.

Recently, a senior teacher here said,

“We teach the three R’s.’”

G. Hebert Montecito (Editor’s note: And...? – J.B.)

ObamaCare Primer

Here are the 10,535 pages of ObamaCare condensed to four simple sentences. As humorous as it sounds, every last word is absolutely true.

1) In order to insure the uninsured, we first have to un-insure the insured.

2) Next, we require the newly un-insured to be re-insured.

3) To re-insure the newly un-insured, they are required to pay extra charges to be re-insured.

4) The extra charges are required so that the original insured, who became un-insured and then became re-insured, can pay enough extra so that the original un-insured can be insured, so it will be “free-of-charge” to them.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is called “redistribution of wealth” or, by its more common name, socialism, or progressivism, the politically correct names for communism.

Janice Evans Santa Barbara

Feds Versus States

Today, there is an epic battle between the federal government’s right to enforce U.S. immigration laws and some cities’ and states’ desire to provide “sanctuary” for illegal immigration. President Trump is taking part in this battle.

This is one case where the federal government is right. By both tradition and laws, immigration and control of U.S. borders have always been a duty and obligation of the federal government, not states and cities.

On June 29, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills that are vital to our public safety and national security. The first bill (H.R. 3004: Kate’s Law), increases criminal penalties for illegal immigrants who repeatedly re-enter the U.S. illegally. The bill was named for Kate Steinle, who was killed by a five-time-deported illegal alien. The second bill (H.R. 3003, the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act), restricts taxpayer grant money to cities that prevent their police from turning over dangerous criminal aliens to federal authorities. Some cities are releasing bloodthirsty MS-13 gang members onto our streets. The House bill also includes Grant’s Law and Sarah’s Law, which prevent the release of dangerous criminals awaiting deportation proceedings. Named after two slain Americans.

Now that the House has acted, it is the Senate’s turn. Will the Democrats in the Senate support these bills, or will they turn a blind eye to crimes committed by criminal illegals? Will they continue to allow illegal criminal aliens

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to be protected in sanctuary cities (L.A. and San Francisco)?

It is time for our politicians to put the safety and security of Americans first.

How will our local politicians vote?

Will they pass these bills and help the Feds protect us? Time will tell.

Diana Thorn Carpinteria (Editor’s note: When was it ever not “time for our politicians to put the safety and security of Americans first?” Just curious. – J.B.)

Look at Me, World!

Known in 1988 as the most famous writer to emerge from a creative writing master’s program, with by far the largest publisher’s advance for a debut novel (The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh), Michael Chabon’s career has since gone into hibernation, with no title garnering much critical or commercial attention outside the inbred circle of elitist consumers of lackluster fictional tripe keeping the traditional hardcover publishing industry afloat.

No cause, however, for alarm in these days of Republican Donald Trump’s presidency. A sure-fire means of resuscitating a dormant career and achieving notoriety among the secular left’s true believers is to circulate a mean-spirited stupid tweet about the current commander-in-chief.

In Michael Chabon’s case, he tweeted he awoke each morning to the endearing, charming thought that perhaps Donald Trump would succumb in due course to the divine ignominy of a massive stroke. Chabon doesn’t go into detail as to whether the president should linger on indefinitely in a comatose state of dementia, or be instantly delivered to the judgment seat occupied by his Maker.

Daily, the public is given evidence of our self-chosen elitists living life in an homogeneous incubator separated from and unaware of anybody out there sharing oxygen with them who don’t see and interpret the world as they do.

It’s a marvel to behold.

They make otherwise private comments in public because, to them, the only people who count are people who would pat them on the back for making such edgy, courageous – stupid – wisecracks.

By hitching his wagon to the ugly, vulgar dump-on-Trump star, Michael Chabon hopes to bask in another 15 minutes of fame, like an insecure adolescent waving his arms from the center of a mob yelling, “Look at me, here I am, pay some attention to me!”

Maybe a few more True Believers will be cajoled into purchasing one of his books in the publisher’s warehouse awaiting shipment to some pitiful thrift shop’s miserable little remainder bin.

David S McCalmont Santa Barbara •MJ 6 – 13 July 2017

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 with wife Dorothy 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

Water Work

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an you think of anything more common, or uncommon, than water? It’s common because it’s everywhere. But it’s uncommon because there’s nothing like it. We all know that water has two parts of hydrogen to one part of oxygen – but where do we go from there? How can such a simple combination of gases be so important in so many ways?

Most of our planet’s surface, it seems, is covered with the stuff – but, just to make life more interesting, most of it is undrinkable. However, it’s perfectly good for sailing on – if you don’t mind an occasional rough ride. One of the best-known poems about that kind of life was “Sea Fever”

by John Masefield. You may remember how it begins: I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by.

What is not so well-known is that poor Mr. Masefield himself was a lifelong sufferer from seasickness.

Water tends to accompany our own beginnings and departures. In childbirth, it’s the so-called breaking of your mother’s water that signals your imminent arrival. And at the journey’s other end, you may be honored by the tears of those you leave behind.

Many ancient peoples had the touching custom of catching mourners’ tears in a special tear-bottle called by the Romans a “lacrimal,” which was sometimes buried with the deceased.

But it’s water as a drink that we most celebrate, especially in desperate circumstances. Kipling’s British soldiers, in the heat of battle placed a high value on their Indian water-bearers, such as one named “Gunga Din:” ou may talk o’ gin an’ beer, when Y you’re quartered safe out ‘ere...

But when it comes to slaughter, you will do your work on water, And you’ll lick the bloomin’ boots of ‘im that’s got it.

Nevertheless, the spectacle of water in motion, especially in great waterfalls, is something which seems always to have captured the human imagination. Why? Perhaps because the sheer scale and grandeur of such displays is something that man cannot yet come close to duplicating.

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sound, and the thrilling sense of danger, pushing purveyors of bravado, in the case of Niagara, to such feats as crossing the Falls on a tightrope, or going over them in a barrel.

But it was the more elementary problems and systems associated with the distribution of water for agricultural purposes that first signified the rise of civilization. Canals, dams, and reservoirs all formed part of ancient irrigation methods. Experts in the field of hydraulic engineering were without question among the intellectual elite of the ancient Middle East. It appears likely that the Old Testament figure of Joseph, who rose to eminence after being kidnapped and brought to Egypt, was a member of that distinguished brotherhood.

Nor should we neglect to point out that water always has been, and still is, the most economical of all transportation media. It was, of course, the Erie Canal in the early 19th century, which made it possible to float freight all the way from the Atlantic seaboard to the Great Lakes, at a small fraction of the costs of previous methods. And even today, with all the alternatives now available, huge canal building and widening projects are taking place in many parts of the world.

I have been privileged to sail through both of the world’s most famous canals: Panama and Suez. I won’t pretend these were exciting experiences, because actually they weren’t. But of course, they weren’t meant to be.

What was always exciting about them was the amount of time and expense they saved. But it’s still impressive to stand in the desert beside the Suez Canal and see ships passing at a level higher than your head!

And of course, there is water as a weapon. For better or worse, water pistols were not enough. Even powerful hoses for the dispersal of mobs were not lethal enough to satisfy the military mind. Today, it is control of water sources that can determine the outcome of major conflicts.

Ironically, mutual dependence upon common water supplies can sometimes force a degree of cooperation between enemies. But we can learn that lesson just by observing a Serengeti water-hole, where normally antagonistic species observe a sort of truce as they come down to the same place to drink.

Let there always be water for all to drink in peace.

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Hospice director of strategic advancement Charles Caldwell, development and marketing coordinator Trisha Beaudin, and CEO David Selberg at the thank-you reception

Ambassadors Mary Blair and Linda Yawitz with our Hospice host Dr. Stephen Hosea

nized the event were Gerd Jordano, Linda Yawitz, and Mary Blair. Others enjoying the ambience were United Way S.B. County CEO Steve Ortiz, Nina and Charlie Zimmer, Dana Vandermey, Jill and Barry Kitnick,

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Gary Simpson, and Jill Nida and Marilee Zdenek.

Stephen told us that in 2016 HSB had served 1,200 people with a larger percentage increase so far in 2017.

They also educated more than 5,000

Show and Tell lady Marcia Orland with her memorabilia

students in local schools. Our local policeman Mike McGrew told the guests how much Hospice meant to him when his son died at 18 years from an illness. He said, “I wasn’t much of a group guy, but now they would have to get a group to get me out of a group.”

The HSB mission is to improve the quality of life of adults and children with life-threatening conditions and their families by facilitating and supporting palliative care training at all levels of healthcare systems. They assist governments and non-governmental organizations and help collaborate between hospice and palliative care providers, organizations, institutions, and individuals.

Santa Barbara’s HSB is the second-oldest in the United States, having begun in 1974. All their services are provided free of charge, but they do not provide nursing care. Their emphasis is the emotional, social, and spiritual care needs of the terminally ill and their families. They are located at 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, suite 100, near the Alacama Theatre.

All donations go directly to HSB and their phone is (805) 563-8820.

Showing and Telling

If “Show and Tell” brings back school memories, there’s an adult version right here in Santa Barbara.

Marcia Orland holds “Show and Tell” for grown-ups every two or three months for anyone who would like to join her. She recently had 12 ladies and gentlemen at the Carpinteria Library who had brought all sorts of things and stories to share. One even had an umbilical cord in the shape of a heart. You needed to be there to hear the story.

The last meeting was at the Montecito Library, where most of the stories centered on old photos. Sort of like Reminisce magazine. Marcia had a whole table of memorabilia.

Obviously, her Mom never threw anything away. There was a pressed corsage in a frame that her dad had given her when she was a girl. A treasure indeed!

Marcia has a related business called Afterglow Media. She will interview you and put your story together for you and your family. Or you can have a video biography. If you’d like to come to Show and Tell, call Marcia at (888) 476-3373.

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DEBUSSY Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque) Images, Book II SCHUMANN Fantasie, Op. 1 DEBUSSY La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune (Préludes, Book II)

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Spirituality Matters

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

Rockin’ Healing with Rikka

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ikka Zimmerman grew up in the Ojai Valley as the child of parents who each play multiple instruments and had met singing in a choir. So it was no surprise Zimmerman carried her love for music into adulthood, singing and writing songs and even releasing an album full of country music back in 2004. But Ojai also showed up in her life via her unwavering interest in personal growth, both for herself and other inhabits of the world.

While music remained a driving force, now the subjects of the songs are about transformation and connection, love and learning, self-empowerment, and becoming catalysts for change. Rikka released her first inspirational album, Be the Change, in 2013. Just two years later, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 melanoma cancer, and the life-threatening situation ignited a burning passion to “set her heart completely free and express the magnitude of my love through music.”

Now in remission – she healed through both medical intervention and self-described dedicated personal work – Zimmerman has become a leader in consciousness, a speaker and energetic/vibrational healer, and the creator of Life Transformed, a series of live-streamed summits and classes held worldwide. Meanwhile, the musical muse returned with an even more intense burning fire.

Having connected with spiritually minded singer-songwriters Isaac and Thorald Koren from the band “The Kin” – who, like Zimmerman, have appeared as presenters at Forrest

Leichtberg’s Conscious Networking Events – Rikka collaborated with the brothers on her new CD, aptly named The Miracle as it serves as a concrete example of her desire to “share her miracle of life, love, and transformation with others.” The new album makes its official local debut at a “Transformational Concert & Album Release Party” at SOhO on Sunday evening, when Zimmerman aims to “open your heart, fill you with love, and inspire you to live your greatest life.”

The $20 admission for the 6 to 9 pm event includes an iTunes download of the new CD. Call SOhO at 962-7776, or visit oneness.rikkazimmerman.com/the-miracle-tickets for advance ticketing and to listen to some tracks from The Miracle.

Zimmerman will also host a similar event at Meditation Mount in Ojai on Saturday, July 29, and another one on August 3 that will also be live-streamed from the Norris Theater in Los Angeles, where she’ll also lead a “Life Transformed 4-Day Intensive” on August 4-7.

Following the Died Piper

Baptist minister Don Piper was driving home from a ministers’ conference when his car collided with a semi-trailer truck that had crossed into his lane. When paramedics arrived, they didn’t find any signs of life, and he was pronounced dead at the scene and covered with a tarp while a fellow minister prayed over him. But Piper miraculously came back to life an

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hour-and-a-half later, a time during which he later said he had experienced Heaven and had been greeted by loved ones and joined a heavenly choir while enjoying other moments of bliss and beauty.

For years, Piper kept that experience to himself, but when he decided to share his remarkable story, the 2004 book that resulted, 90 Minutes in Heaven, became a popular sensation, holding down a spot on The New York Times bestseller list for more than five years, and eventually selling more than six million copies.

In 2015, the book was adapted into a movie starring Hayden Christensen and Kate Bosworth, which, like most Christian dramas, received negative reviews from general critics.

However, the film and story still serve as a catalyst for discussions of faith and the afterlife, as will happen at Center of the Heart when the film is screened as part of its Spirit Movie series at 7 pm on Tuesday, July 11. Admission is by a suggested donation of $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and includes popcorn. Call 964-4861 or visit www.centerofthe heart.com.

books, blocks, blankets, CDs, and more suitable for stocking a home studio or library. Proceeds will help establish new Yoga Soup programs supporting discounted classes for local nonprofits, an upgrade to the studio’s sound quality, and establishing the Yoga Soup Cafe. Visitors this Friday-Sunday, July 7-9, can enter raffles for a monthly membership and other prizes, plus food and drinks will be provided.

Looking ahead, Yoga Soup founder-owner Eddie Ellner leads a special Ecstatic Breathing workshop at 7 pm on Saturday, July 15. The event starts with a few minutes of gentle yoga, followed by an hour of intentional breathing method to a selection of music designed to accelerate and amplify the breath. The process induces what Ellner calls a non-ordinary state of consciousness out of which any number of transformations/insights may occur, but as Ellner says, the experience itself will provide its own meaning and insight.

The process will be followed by time for conversation and silence, during which refreshments will be served.

The cost is $30.

Use the Force

Ongoing Events in Brief

Santa Barbara NLP & Personal Development Tools for Success Meetup, which went back on hiatus for the last couple of months as founder Kevin Pittman was out of town leading seminars, returns Wednesday, July 12, for “Uncover the 2nd Primary Force That Creates the Quality of Our Lives”. The evening gathering addresses issues with self-sabotage and other blocks toward experiencing a more fulfilling life. Pittman addresses the mostly unconscious forces that shape our bodies, minds, and lives, aiming to have them work for you instead of against you, thus altering factors that can cause people to create the deepest suffering into one that can make more moments meaningful, joyful, and pleasant.

The previous meeting a couple of months ago covered the first force, but it’s not a prerequisite to attend Wednesday’s 6:30 to 9 pm event at the Ramada Inn Meeting Room in Goleta.

The Meetup is free and open to all, with no reservations required. Visit www.meetup.com/Santa-BarbaraNLP-Course-Personal-DevelopmentMeetup for more details.

Yoga Yard Sale

With its 10-year anniversary in the rearview mirror, Yoga Soup is on track for its next wave of change.

To facilitate the way, the center that also often serves as a gathering space is having a sale featuring a wide assortment of low-priced used

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This Thursday, July 6, Santa Barbara psychologist and writer Gail Brenner, author of The End of Self-Help, hosts her “Living in Truth, Peace, and Happiness” meetup, a periodic gathering in her home that creates a safe and supportive space.

The event begins with a guided meditation that illuminates the deepest truth of our being, then the floor opens for questions about discovering your true nature as awareness, getting unstuck, and moving toward experiencing awakened, embodied living. Free. Visit www.meetup. com/Living-in-Truth-Santa-Barbara for details and directions.

That same night, Bodhi Path Santa Barbara dharma teacher Dawa Tarchin Phillips returns to the center to for the first of two sessions about The Two Truths, an exploration of the wisdom and compassion paradox that perplexes many practitioners. Not understanding the relative and absolute truths leads to the endless cycle of confused mental states, emotional turmoil, missed opportunities, conflicted relationships, and societal instability, while realizing their accurate meaning can create a more peaceful existence and joyful expression. The 7 to 9 pm meeting, which begins with a meditation, is by donation. Visit w w w. m e e t u p . c o m / B o d h i - P a t h Santa-Barbara-Buddhist-SpiritualCommunity.

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Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 SUNDAY, JULY 16

Free Admission for Kids Kids ages 17 and under are admitted free to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden all day today, thanks to a partnership with Montecito Bank & Trust. Families are welcome to pack a picnic, explore the hiking trails and Children’s Maze, and learn about California native plants. Enjoy free guided tours at 11 am and 2 pm.

Shaved ice will be for sale courtesy of Kona Ice of Santa Barbara.

Where: 1212 Mission Canyon Road Info: www.sbbg.org ONGOING Montecito Fire Protection District’s Fire Prevention Chipping Schedule July 3 – Hot Springs, Para Grande, and Tejas Vines, grass, palms, succulents, and other small trimmings can be put in dumpsters that have been donated by MarBorg Industries. The containers are placed at pre-identified locations within the participating neighborhoods during the week of the project. Participants are asked to stack larger shrub and tree limb materials at the edge of the nearest passable access road for free chipping.

For more information, call 565-8018.

A Series of Art Workshops The Alzheimer’s Association, California Central Chapter is collaborating with Friendship Center Adult Day Services for Art Talks, an eight-week early-stage support group for those who live with mild memory loss and their partners, Tuesdays this summer through July 25 (excluding July 4). Art Talks is the creative space where people affected with mild memory loss paired with their partners come together to advance memory and communication through participation in art, by offering a support system that addresses non-verbal communication strategies. Space is limited to 12 people, so pre-registration is required.

When: 10 am to noon, Tuesdays through July 25 Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Road Cost: $25 per pair, which includes art materials for all seven sessions Info: www.friendshipcentersb.org MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness

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Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memory-enhancement exercises in a friendly environment.

When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50, includes lunch Info: 969-0859 TUESDAYS Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills; each week, children ages three to five enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time.

When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 THURSDAYS Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative.

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Carpinteria Creative Arts Ongoing weekly arts and crafts show with many different vendors and mediums.

When: every Thursday from 3 to 6:30 pm in conjunction with the Carpinteria farmers market Where: at the Intersection of Linden and 8th streets Information: Sharon at (805) 291-1957 FRIDAYS Farmers Market When: 8 to 11:15 am Where: south side of Coast Village Road SUNDAYS Cars & Coffee Motorists and car lovers from as far away as Los Angeles, and as close as East Valley Road, park in the upper village outside Montecito Village Grocery to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automotive trends, and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty of other autos to admire.

When: 8 to 10 am Where: Every Sunday in the upper village Info: sbcarscoffee@gmail.com French Conversation Every Sunday at Pierre Lafond in Montecito, look for a small group in the shade and join for casual conversation (and lunch if you’d like). All levels welcome.

When: 12:30 to 2:30 pm •MJ

MUSIC ACADEMY (Continued from page 5) was very lucky to get an orchestral job at 21, and I thought I’d move up the ladder and eventually be first trumpet at the Chicago Symphony.

But that didn’t pan out. Composing was a lot more interesting, while playing was mostly just a job where I did the best I could. I don’t even play anymore, and I can’t even say that I miss it, although over there to my right are a couple of trumpets I would hope to play again someday.

What I mostly miss is the music-making with other people, which you don’t get as a composer sitting in your room writing. That’s why I also enjoy conducting, for the collaborative aspect.

How do your experiences as a trumpeter show up in your compositions?

It’s in everything I write. Nobody else has called me this, but I like to think of myself as a performer’s composer. I know what it’s like to have to rehearse all those notes, or even see what they look like on the stage before you play, then go on stage and play in front of people. I try to write music that passes all those bar tests but also is engaging to play, so they feel like it’s worth it. We musicians are so persnickety about playing technically perfect and always sounding beautiful. But if you work really hard and there’s no musical reward, it’s frustrating. So if I write something challenging or difficult, I want it to be worth it. My reward is when the musicians come back and tell me, “Thanks, that made me a better player.” I don’t think I’d have that point of view if I hadn’t played so much myself.

Does writing new music come easily to you, or is it more of a struggle?

There are those days when it’s harder than others, usually when I’m starting a piece. The first two to three days just twist me into knots because there are so many possibilities. The hardest thing is to reduce it, so there’s a singular voice or perspective. So often when I’m finishing

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up one piece, I let my mind wander into the next one so there’s a segue in my brain. If I get an idea, I’ll write something down or sing into my phone just to jump-start the next process. But there are those times when I don’t know what the piece is that my family knows to stay away from me.

But once it gets going, I’m the nicest guy in the world, and I love life all over again.

Let’s talk about Martha Uncaged.

You wrote notes for the program book, so we don’t need to go over the technical aspects of the movements. But why were you inspired by Martha Graham as a subject?

I wrote the piece two or three years ago when I was in a phase of reading biographies, wanting to learn about someone who was extraordinary in their field and what made them tick.

I saw hers, and I realized that she had commissioned “Appalachian Spring” (from Copland). I figured maybe if I learned about her and wrote something, someday someone would put them on the same program. (Which is what MAW is doing on Tuesday night, along with MAW alum Darius Milhaud’s dance-driven “The Creation of the World”).

The program notes mention that Graham “invented a new vocabulary of movement....” Was doing that in music in some way part of your goal?

With all the music I write, I get into the subject and the music and get totally devoted to what I’m writing about. Each piece is in its own world. There’s no Stephenson sound.

Martha Graham took me into a world I’d never been before, a language I was inspired to visit. Each of the movements represents periods of her life and work, all of which were inspired by reading the book and going places I never would have otherwise. I just go into whatever world the subject demands.

I love what I wrote for the second

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Simply Ty, an aspiring rapper artist from Montecito, will perform at the Ventura Theatre on July 22

years in a row.

Peoples was recruited by a number of universities but says she fell in love with the San Diego State campus, coaches, and players, confirming it was the right fit for her. She is following in the footsteps of her athletic family: her mother was a championship volleyball player, and her father played for both the NFL and CFL. Nineteen-year-old Ty Gedrick, also a former MUS, Santa Barbara Junior High, and Santa Barbara High School student, is pursuing a career in music as a rapper. Known as Simply Ty, Gedrick began rapping when he was 15, and by 17 years old already had multiple opening acts under his belt. After several local opening gigs, Simply Ty opened up a 10,000-seat arena at WestFest in Las Vegas this past April, which included an impressive bill of musicians including Ice Cube, E-40, Too Short, DJ Quik, and others. Later this month (Saturday, July 22), he will perform at the Ventura Theatre, opening for rapper Too Short.

Simply Ty says he also has plans to have his own show in Santa Barbara later this year.

With a growing fan base, Simply Ty says his musical influences include 2-Pac, Michael Jackson, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queen and Logic.

“Freddie Mercury is my favorite live performer,” he told us. Simply Ty has a wide following on social media, and is preparing to release new music by 2018. He lives part-time in Montecito,

Last Wednesday, June 28, local nonprofit Leading From Within was honored as a Nonprofit of the Year at a ceremony at the State Capitol in Sacramento. Leading From Within was selected by State Assembly member Monique Limón as an exceptional nonprofit organization in California’s 37th district community. Close to 100 other nonprofit leaders from across the state were being honored at the event, which was the second annual California Nonprofits Day. Leading From Within is a nonprofit that helps other nonprofits, with the goal of strengthening the entire nonprofit sector. The organization, which was founded in 2008, invests in and connects social sector leaders to other nonprofits, through four leadership development programs.

“Leading From Within is working to ensure nonprofit professionals are able to develop sustainable organizations that address unmet needs and advance community priorities. By deliberately developing human capital, Leading From Within is improving the impact of nonprofits and improving lives across the Central Coast,” said Assembly member Limón.

“The nonprofit has built a community of more than 300 regional nonprofit leaders and provided a space for learning, collaboration, and mutual support,” said Geoff Green, chair of the Board of Directors of the California Association of Nonprofits and CEO of the Santa Barbara City College Foundation.

Assembly member Limón and board chair Green are both alumni of Leading From Within programs.

The organization’s executive director, Carrie Randolph, is a Montecito resident. “The Nonprofit of the Year award is truly a recognition of the talented and committed leaders working every day to make our Santa Barbara communities a better place to live for everyone, and the donors who understand the amplified impact of

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investing in these vital community members,” she said.

The award recipients were honored at a luncheon at Sacramento’s Convention Center, with welcomes from Assembly speaker Anthony Rendon, Assembly member Limón, and Jan Masaoka, CEO of the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits). California attorney general Xavier Becerra was also invited to speak to the gathered honorees and their legislators.

For more information about Leading From Within, visit www. leading-from-within.org.

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Update on Hit & Run Case In December of last year, we reported on a hit-and-run traffic collision on Cabrillo Boulevard involving a SBCC student and a Montecito resident. On December 2, Drew Daley, age 23, was walking across Cabrillo Boulevard southbound when he was hit by a vehicle driven by Montecito resident Isaac Vega, age 21. The investigation indicated that Vega, driving a 1999 white Honda CRV, fled the scene, and Daley remained on the side of the street, gravely injured, for approximately two hours before being discovered by a passerby. A surveillance photo of the CRV was shared in multiple news outlets, and Vega was arrested five days after the accident for the following offenses: hit-and-run causing injury, commission of a felony while released from custody, unlicensed driver, and false information to a peace officer.

Last month, Vega accepted a plea deal, and was sentenced to six years in prison for the collision. Daley, who had grave injuries to his skull, brain, spine, and other injuries, was in a coma following the accident, and after coming out of the coma a few days later, is undergoing treatment in a Los Angeles medical facility.

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pect dressed in a blue hooded sweatshirt and dark-blue pants had robbed the store while displaying a firearm minutes earlier. Despite an extensive search of the surrounding area by deputies from the Coastal Patrol Bureau and the Sheriff’s K9 Unit, the suspect was not located. The Sheriff’s Forensics Unit also responded to process the crime scene and collect additional evidence. Initial reports indicate the suspect fled the store with approximately $11,000 in cash, though the exact amount of money stolen during the robbery is currently under investigation.

The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information regarding this crime to please call (805) 681-4150, or to leave an anonymous tip, please call (805) 681-4171. You may also submit an anonymous tip on our website by visiting www.sbsheriff.org/ anonymoustips.html. The City of Carpinteria contracts with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services.

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Far Flung Travel

by Chuck Graham

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he incessant roar from Jack’s Beach never waned throughout the night. It sounded like the wind was howling, but without a lull the surf crackled from Tomales Bluff across to Bodega Bay, leaving an uneasy feeling among four hopeful kayakers aiming to paddle south around Point Reyes Lighthouse and into colossal Drakes Bay, 90 minutes

north of San Francisco.

Encompassing the triangular-shaped Point Reyes National Seashore, its ragged coastline is swept in unpredictable currents, huge, unruly surf, towering cliffs, and something about “the Shark’s Café” kept reoccurring in our conversations as we paddled on.

Wind and fog were also on our radar.

Point Reyes is considered to be the

second foggiest place on the planet, and winds have been clocked at 133 mph at the lighthouse. It’s these kinds of potential obstacles that make for a great, challenging kayaking trip, one where we didn’t see anyone until we finished our 40-mile excursion.

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Surprisingly, there was a lot of traffic on Tomales Bay. Myself and three other kayak guides from the Channel Islands National Park – Brad Greenbaum, Matt May, and Ryland Grivetti – put in next to the decaying single hull boat behind the Inverness Market, and instantly we paddled into a northwest headwind.

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were quite a few along the west side of the bay with many of its beaches occupied for the night. We paddled 9 miles passing Hog Island, pushing toward sunset when we settled on Jack’s Beach. However, there was only a sliver of sand as the approaching high tide surged onshore. We neatly stacked our kayaks and tied them together before hauling our gear behind a dense thicket of coastal sage scrub.

A narrow path led inside a seemingly impenetrable thicket of coyote bush and poison oak before opening up beneath a giant grove of Cyprus trees, a welcoming soft bed of spongy needles awaited us. It was anything but silent though, as our continuous friendly banter was challenged by the rush of surf washing through from Tomales Bluff to Toms Point.

That night around a crackling fire, we agreed that if the surf was too big at dawn to exit Tomales Bay, then we would regroup and camp as close as we could to the open ocean. Just after sunrise, we effortlessly paddled with

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Another Glorious Fourth of July

by James Buckley (photos by Priscilla and James Buckley)

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t was picture-perfect weather for a parade. No, it was better than that. If there were awards for good weather, we were blessed with an Academy Award-winning day on which to hold Montecito’s annual Village Fourth Parade & Celebration. Temperature: 72 degrees Fahrenheit, mostly sunny, with a breeze light enough to tickle cheeks but not mess up hair. The kind of day that chambers of commerce around the world would beg for – and lucky us, we get them regularly; this was one of those days.

It began with the usual firehouse breakfast at Station Number One on San Ysidro Road. But, surprise, this year the meal was free, in honor of the 100th-year celebration of the creation of the Montecito Fire Protection District. “Breakfast On Us” was supplied by the Montecito Fire Fighters Association. Scrambled eggs, crisp and tasty sausages, pancakes and syrup, strong coffee, and good companionship were served up in equal measures of dispatch and bonhomie. The handsome coffee/tea cups given to every attendee were made by Arosha, Inc., a Santa Barbara company.

Curiously, there seems to have been more youngsters under the age of 12 than ever. It’s a trend that bodes well for the continuing success and appeal of our two best-in-the-state schools: Montecito Union and Cold Spring.

If you were there, you’ll not need to be told that a good time was had by all. If you weren’t there and you are ambulatory and live in Montecito, shame on you!

See you there next year.

•MJ ••• (Apologies to all, as there wasn’t room to run these photos and at the same time contain all the captions and information required to identify each participant.)

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On the horn: James Stephenson will appear composed at the Lobero

interlude, about her brief affair with a younger dancer. It’s poly-tonal, two different keys at same time. It’s a quasi-jazz baroque ballet, an old form in a new setting. But in case nobody else likes it, it ends really quickly.

Paul Merkelo was among a large consortium who commissioned the piece.

What’s your connection?

We’ve known each other since we were young trumpeters together 33 years ago. He’s a terrific trumpeter, and I think he’s really going to enjoy playing it.... I was just realizing that I’ve written five trumpet concertos and for all but one of them, I knew the trumpet soloist as a teenager. They’re all the ones I competed against (for jobs). So I’ve gotten back at all of them by making them play my music. That’ll teach you for beating me in that tryout.... No, actually, I love how the world works, to reconnect all these years later.

You’re coaching the Fellows in a trumpet masterclass (on Friday, July 7). How

are you going to do that if you don’t play anymore?

I made it very clear right up front with MAW that I’m not going to play a note. No playing! (The Fellows) will be playing my music for me and I’ll focus on what they’re doing. And now, being removed from performing, it’s a very different perspective.

I have the composer viewpoint as well as that of the audience. It’s like the view from 30,000 feet. Trumpeter players can get so wrapped up in what it take to make a sound, how to make our craft appealing to other people, that we forget what someone who doesn’t play wants to hear, which is just beautiful music making.

I don’t need to play my trumpet to get that across.

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He then returned to Holland for an appointment as assistant conductor to Bernard Haitink at the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Over the years, his positions have included music director of the San Francisco Symphony, as well as the Minnesota, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and Sydney symphony orchestras, plus chief conductor of De Nederlandse Opera. His guest conducting appearances have come all over the world, perhaps most prominently at the Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Netherlands Radio Philharmonic.

Now 76, de Waart – who just left his lengthy tenure as music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra this past spring to spend more time with his family – brings more than half a century of experience to the MAW when he makes his Santa Barbara debut leading the Academy Festival Orchestra (AFO) at the Granada. The concert will feature the Santa Barbara premiere of Garages of the Valley, a piece inspired by the tech pioneers in Silicon Valley that was written by Mason Bates, the Juilliard-trained classical composer who also performs as a DJ in clubs around the country. The work was originally co-commissioned by the Milwaukee under de Waart, and the two are slated to reconnect right after de Waart departs Santa Barbara, when the conductor will drop by Santa Fe Opera to hear rehearsals of Bates’s similarly themed The (R) evolution of Steve Jobs, opening later this month.

Q. Can I ask what you might have learned from Bernstein that you still employ today?

A. It’s very hard to figure out decades years later what you learned where, what I got from my oboe teacher versus from Leonard Bernstein.

Things just become part of what you are. I’m not even sure which ones I thought up.... (But) he had this absolute no-holds-barred commitment to music making whatever it was. His beliefs of what he thought about a piece was paramount; he’d go for it 100 percent and throw himself into it. There were performances where his hair was going all wild and he was sweating all over the place, with his shirt tales flying out of his pants.

That’s the wonderful image I had about him.

He lived and breathed music.

Compared to my somewhat more sane and serious Dutch approach to life, it was very helpful for me to get more out of myself that I might

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What strikes you most about Mason Bates’s Garages of the Valley?

I’ve conducted it twice, including just a few weeks ago with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. I think he’s one of the most promising American composers of the moment. He’s incredibly good with electronics, but there isn’t any in this piece. Still, what he does is endlessly fascinating.

The garages are the ones where the Apple and Google guys developed their work. How do you compose a garage? (Laughs). It’s more about representing the fleeting quickness of the growth of the industry as monster computers became little ones that can do everything. It’s very quicksilver-y movements, like Northern California as I knew it when I lived there back then. It’s a mental impression you might have when you drive up to the wine country. There are no heavy, deep, tremendously sad, or more meaningful parts. It’s just like a photograph or painting by Hopper, who can give such a strong image to places you have never been. Like when you walk by a bakery and smell fresh bread, and when you smell that again it just takes you there. The music is hard to describe any other way.

It’s slotted between Mozart’s Overture to Don Giovanni and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. Does Garages play well with others?

Oh, yeah. It’s a nice, balanced program. The Rachmaninoff is a grand symphony, a terrific piece with beautiful moments that’s fun for the musicians to play. (With the Mozart), I like to open with something short that settles everybody after they get into the theater. In the first few minutes when they’re turning off their phones and checking out who is sitting in the next row, you can’t do the Bates. But the Mozart won’t suffer because it’s a total little masterpiece, and the way it’s written it demands immediate attention from the listener.

I just watched a YouTube where you said you’re not a fan of guest conducting, especially when you don’t know the orchestra, and they don’t know you.

What made you want to come here?

I love my job. It’s the greatest one anybody can have. But to do it, I have to go beyond places where they know me. I do like change and finding new orchestras to work with. With young ones like this, you don’t run into that thing where they are set in their ways about how they play musically, especially if there’s a music director who has a very heavy stamp so it takes two to three days just to loosen

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an outgoing tide and rode it until the surf dictated otherwise. It was 6-to-8-foot hammering the wave-battered peninsula, but outside it was 10-to-15-foot. We landed our kayaks at Alvalis Beach and then scrambled along the wave-battered coast out to Duck Beach for a good look at the surf.

It was cranking, and I sensed some anxiety among the boys.

“We’re going to have to consider going back to where we launched,” said May. “There’s no way out of this bay,” stated Grivetti.

As we studied the sea conditions, we did receive some comic relief watching in amazement as two fishermen in a 22-foot Radon gunned into Tomales Bay, then Bodega Bay, riding on top of a wave and just ahead of the next oncoming comber. The captain looked supremely confident at the helm. One hand on the steering wheel while gazing back over the stern, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and an 8 am Budweiser in his other hand, clearly a man on a mission.

Our lay day allowed us to scout around for an exit plan toward the open ocean. We agreed to camp at North Blue Gum Beach, pitch our tents, and spend the day hiking the spine of Tomales Point Trail and the Tule Elk Preserve. We followed a path from the beach to the trail, and suddenly everyone breathed a sigh of relief. We had an excellent vantage point watching the outgoing tide and the surf had dropped significantly. We could see several channels offering access beyond the surf zone, and with it our mood lightened. The surf was still booming on the west side of the narrow peninsula at least 10 to 15 feet just south of Bird Rock, but the energy inside Tomales Bay was on the wane.

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loaded our kayaks and paddled for the open ocean.

What a difference a day made. We were able to hug Tomales Bluff and paddle out of Tomales Bay, an 8-foot swell merely rolled through the bay, allowing the four of us to paddle out with dry hair!

Following Formations

From where we camped at North Blue Gum Beach to the Point Reyes Lighthouse was a 23-mile paddle, but we didn’t anticipate a 5-to-10knot southeast headwind or a stingy up-coast current.

There were distractions, though.

We’d heard a lot of chatter about great whites in the mouth of Tomales Bay, Bodega Bay, and the long stretch to the lighthouse, the Red Triangle, the “Shark’s Café”, and so on. We didn’t take it lightly, so we stayed in formation for most of the day. When we needed a break for food or gear adjustments we came together, rafting up in the “Duck Formation”, as in sitting ducks. While we paddled, we remained just a paddle’s reach from one another in a “Diamond Formation”. This was also relevant when visibility deteriorated to within 50 feet, as we lost sight of the lighthouse from time to time in dense fog.

There were other critters worth a gander as the surf thundered along lonely stretches of beach. A pair of humpback whales fed nearby among flotillas of common murres and red phalaropes. During one “Duck Formation”, we had seven mola molas or sunfish swim around our kayaks. A couple of the bony fish even bumped the hulls of our formation.

Point Reyes appeared ominous against an uncertain horizon. We had a steady 10-knot southeast headwind and colossal, billowing fog scaling the sheer cliffs leading to the lighthouse.

For a time, it felt like we were on a paddling treadmill as visibility fluctu-

ated between okay and poor.

The pesky up-coast current and southeast winds didn’t ease up while rounding the lighthouse. Swell washing up the cliffs rolled back out to us and the next oncoming waves, creating some uneven paddling conditions down to Chimney Rock and finally oval-shaped Drakes Bay.

Drake’s Haven

To the Spanish, Sir Francis Drake was a ruthless pirate defeating and raiding its mighty fleet throughout New Spain in the 1570s. To the English, Drake was a maverick and a hero while circumnavigating the globe, but with the Spanish breathing down his neck Drake and his crew took refuge inside what was then Coast Miwok land and what is now known as Drakes Bay. We finally experienced a tailwind and though we had to wait until the last 5 miles of our trip, it felt good paddling into the expanse of Drakes Bay and not having to worry about wind, swell, and current. It was just a matter of locating the correct marine terrace and the gritty mouth of Drakes Estero.

It looked easy enough on the map, but the mouth of Drakes Estero was

hidden from view, the surf capping all around it, and with no defined lineup or channel it was tricky getting inside the mouth of Drakes Estero.

Grivetti paddled in first and skillfully surfed several waves past a flock of American white pelicans roosting at the end of the sand spit. The rest of us got in without a hitch as the estuary’s shallow waters rippled in the southeast winds.

We continued past a crude monument devoted to the seafaring exploits of Drake and paddled with ease to the backend of the Estero. It started raining, heavy at times as it pelted our backs. Mule deer gazed at us bewildered from the shoreline and a northern harrier swooped overhead. We paddled past the defunct Drakes Oyster Farm and finished our trip at the road that leads to the lighthouse.

The winds were gusting to 40 knots and even more so at the lighthouse, where it was consistently 50 knots.

The rangers shut visitation down and we could see a procession of cars heading our way. Brad was out in front as we paddled the narrow channels of pickleweed. Nearly at the road, Brad began hitchhiking from his kayak and flagged down the first vehicle that approached us. It was a Mercedes and the couple was more than accommodating, willing to take Brad to our trucks on the other side of Tomales Bay. The rest of us dodged the chilly wind and rain by paddling into the circular culvert underneath the road. A few moments later, a ranger peeked under the road and into the culvert.

“I’m the ranger and I saw a kayak off the road here,” he said. “Just wanted to know where you’re coming from?”

“We started in Tomales Bay,” I said.

“We’re just finishing up, waiting for a ride.”

“What?” he replied. “Well, that was pretty f!#%*n’ ballsy. Okay, we’re good, never heard of anyone doing that before.”

Neither had we. It’s why we were there.

•MJ

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Dog Adoption and Welfare Group (DAWG) supporters Lori Cappello with Axel, Shirley Jansen, president for DAWG Founders Fund, Inc.; and Becky Kelber showing the prize (photo by Priscilla) Attending the DAWG All American Dog Celebration are the Said family boys Felix, Gideon, and Jack with Karen Atlas, MPT CCRT and the founder/director of Rehab with Popeye; and parent Andrew Said, Alexis Gentile, and parent Vicky Said (photo by Priscilla)

“What the Hay?” packing up and on top is “Dr. Z” (Dr. Carl Zaboly), chief veterinarian for DAWG; Kate Morgan, with Shelley Greenbaum, Karen Atlas, rehab founder/director; “Lil Joe”; Avery Jones, Jeff Atlas, and Paxton Atlas (photo by Priscilla)

Whitefoot Meat Market on Milpas Street, came out of retirement to barbecue the mini mountains of burgers and hot dogs.

Paws for thought, indeed.

the Music Academy of the West’s entertaining summer festival.

The 51-year-old singer, who debuted at the Met in New York in 1999 and has sung at London’s Royal Opera House and the Vienna State Opera, was wonderfully accompanied by harpsichordist Giuseppe Mentuccia, violinists Kae Nakano and Kathleen Yuan, violist Arjun Ganguly, cellist Najette Abouelhadi and Xingyuan Weng on double bass.

The concert, which launched with Damase’s trio for trumpet, trombone, and piano, concluded with Dvorak’s piano quartet in E-flat major with Jonathan Feldman on keyboard.

Just 24 hours earlier at Hahn Hall, cellist Joshua Roman and the JACK Quartet showed off their unique talents with works by Gesualdo, Zorn, Williams, and Friedman.

Roman, 34, also played his own work Tornado, four musical tableaux for string quartet, with violinists Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violist John Richard, and cellist Jay Campbell.

The week of delightful culture overload ended at the Granada when maestro Larry Rachleff conducted the Academy Festival Orchestra in Elgar’s Enigma Variations, with Dvorak’s Carnival overture and

David Daniels wows

Haydn’s Miracle Symphony No. 96 in D Major.

The concert, which was supported

by Santa Barbara Symphony board member Robert Weinman, was dedicated to Montecito philanthropist Leslie Ridley-Tree.

All for One It was a double celebration at the tony hostelry, the Bacara, when its impressive Angel Oak restaurant overlooking the Pacific celebrated its first anniversary with a One Under the Sun party, and executive chef

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Subject Mater It was certainly an evening of high note when countertenor David Daniels mesmerized at the Lobero with Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater, part of

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idea: if you already have tickets to the concert but were planning on just showing up for the music, grab a bite to go and either snag a table or lawn space on any number of lovely sites surrounding Hahn Hall (which are available on a first-come, first-served basis, with reservation signs available beginning at 10 am), or eat on the beach at Butterfly, then take the short walk up to Miraflores.

And if you don’t have tickets, well, come and enjoy a leisurely stroll anyway and maybe you’ll get lucky.

Up against it: Edo de Waart conducts business at the Granada (photo by Edo de Waart)

that. Young artists are so quick and so fresh, it’s like a blank piece of paper and I get to be one of the ones who writes on it. We have enough rehearsal time that we’ll know each other very well by Friday and have no problem getting ready for Saturday’s concert.

can be hard to do, especially if finances are a challenge. But Milwaukee now plays much more contemporary music of significant quality than when I arrived. And at MAW, you have an American work on every program, which is very good. It’s important for that not to be such a shock.

Is it more challenging when they’re not only unfamiliar with one another but also almost assuredly have never even heard the Bates before?

You just start rehearsing. First, just play through so they have an idea what they’re in for. Then the next couple of times it slowly starts becoming something in your hands through your head. We go into the details rather than play through the whole piece. Do we need more detail or more sweep? I play it by ear.

That’s where 50 years of experience is extremely helpful.

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Given your history, I imagine you have some ideas about how orchestras can thrive in modern times.

In general, more tickets are being sold now than 40 years ago, way more.

But even back then they said the audiences were dying out, because only “gray hairs” were coming. They’re still gray hairs, but they’re still coming. But not the under-30s. What we’ve never really looked at is how to play to draw that different audience. To me, it’s important to not be self-defeating. Take some risks. That 6 – 13 July 2017

Friday: July 7: Normally the Picnic Concerts (7:30 pm; Hahn Hall; $10 to $35) are completely sold-out, and tonight’s edition of the Fellows playing chamber music as soloists or in ensembles of any size on pieces they’ve been preparing while at MAW probably is too.

But I just strolled the Miraflores grounds last week for the first time this summer while giving a friend a tour and was reminded that this is truly beautiful place. So here’s an

Monday, July 10: Mosher guest artist Stephen Hough, who was the first classical performer to be awarded a MacArthur “Genius Award” Fellowship, has been a star on the solo piano scene since taking first prize at the 1983 Naumburg Competition in New York. Hough has performed with many of the world’s major orchestras and has given recitals at the most prestigious concert halls; just this past season, he appeared with ensembles as diverse as the New York Philharmonic, the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. He’s also a composer who has been commissioned

by London’s National Gallery, Westminster Abbey, Westminster Cathedral, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, and the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet, among others. His latest work, the song cycle Dappled Things, premiered at Wigmore Hall in London just last October. All of which is to say that the Fellows would do well to pay close attention when he begins his residency MAW residency this week by imparting his invaluable wisdom and insight gleaned over the years in the solo piano masterclass (1 pm; Hahn; $10).

“What do you imagine was the composer ’s intent?” (1 pm; $10)....

Note: If you’re heading to the MAW Faculty Artists recital at the Lobero tonight, get there early for the 6:30 pm pre-concert talk with composer James Stephenson, who will be conducting the world premiere of his piece Martha’s Uncaged, which was co-commissioned by MAW trumpeter Paul Merkelo, who, with fellow MAW trumpeter Bill Williams, joins Stephenson for the preview (see above for more.) The concert itself features 20 performing regular faculty members, plus a rare appearance on saxophone

by MAW vice president for Artistic Planning and Educational Programs Patrick Posey – who has largely been responsible for the astonishingly ambitious adventures in programming we’re hearing this summer – and conductors Stephenson and Matthew Aucoin, which has got to be some sort of record for MAW. Stick around after the show to chat up as many of them as you can corner at the post-concert reception in the Lobero’s courtyard (7:30 pm; $42).

Wednesday, July 12: The third time’s the charm: now instead of hearing Hough help the Fellows with their playing, we’ll get to listen to the master pianist himself performing some pretty masterful pieces on Hahn Hall’s sparkling new Steinway.

Among the works on the program are Debussy’s Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque) and La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune (Préludes, Book II), Schumann’s Fantasie, Op. 17, and Beethoven’s Sonata in F Minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata). To quote Adam Sandler: not too shabby (7:30 pm; $55).

•MJ

Tuesday, July 11: Today, Hough hoofs it over to Lehmann Hall for the Chamber Music masterclass, where, naturally, the young artists will be performing compositions

by Hough. Nothing like getting coaching from the guy who wrote the piece you’re playing; it really brings an end to ambiguity of the typical question for Fellows about

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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider the appeals filed by Eva Turenchalk (Turenchalk Planning Services), on behalf of property owner Catt Properties LLC, and Jarrett Gorin (Vanguard Planning, Inc.), of the Historic Landmarks Commission’s denial of an application to convert an existing residential unit in a mixeduse building into a short-term rental/hotel (MST2017-00121), located at 101 W. Anapamu Street; Assessor’s Parcel No.: 039-222-022; C-2 (Commercial) Zone; General Plan Designation: Commercial/High Residential.

The discretionary application required for this project is a Development Plan (SBMC Section 28.85.030).

ORDINANCE NO. 5792 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ADOPTING THE 2016-2018 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND THE SANTA BARBARA CITY EMPLOYEES' ASSOCIATION (GENERAL UNIT) AND PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION CHANGES FOR CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES. The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH EEI SOLAR ONE, LLC TO DEVELOP, OWN, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATING SYSTEM AT THE AIRPORT, AND SELL ALL POWER GENERATED TO THE AIRPORT

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The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

2017.

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The project requires an environmental finding pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15183 (Projects Consistent with the General Plan).

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

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

On Thursday, July 13, 2017, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, July 18, 2017, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov/CAP. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. Each televised Council meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncilVideos.

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/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 5793

ORDINANCE NO. 5792 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on June 13, 2017, and was adopted by the

was introduced on June 13, 2017, and was adopted by the

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

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

June 20, 2017, by the following roll call vote:

June 20, 2017, by the following roll call vote:

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AYES:

AYES:

/s/ Deborah L. Applegate Deputy City Clerk

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

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NOES:

None

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ABSENT:

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ABSTENTIONS:

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ABSTENTIONS:

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Sweetwater Collaborative; Youth Drought Project, 1733 Calle Cerro, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Interplay, 1733 Calle Cerro, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 28, 2015. 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 Noe Solis, filed June 30, 2017. Original FBN No. 2015-0002582. Published July 5, 12, 19, 26, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Very Vintage Art by Jessica, 2013 Green Ridge Circle, Lompoc, CA 93436.

Jessica J. Preston, 2013 Green Ridge Circle, Lompoc, CA 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 22, 2017. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Connie Tran. FBN No. 2017-0001848. Published July 5, 12, 19, 26, 2017.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

on June 21, 2017.

on June 21, 2017.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on

I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on

June 21, 2017.

June 21, 2017.

/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published July 5, 2017 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cominichis & SB Tarot, PO Box 746, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Gina Comin,

1434 Garden Street #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 15, 2017. This statement expires five years

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/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published July 5, 2017 Montecito Journal

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

Noe Solis. FBN No. 20170001772. Published June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5545 DUE DATE & TIME: July 26, 2017 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Annual Contract for Tree Maintenance Services A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on July 18, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at the Parks Division Conference Room, located at 402 E. Ortega St, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions.

The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.

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

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

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. Bidders are hereby notified that any service purchase order issued as a result of this bid may be subject to the provisions and regulations of the City of Santa Barbara Ordinance No. 5384, Santa Barbara Municipal Code, Chapter 9.128 and its impending regulations relating to the payment of Living Wages.

The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C-61 Limited Specialty D-49 Tree Service Contractor License, or a C-27 Landscaping Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

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

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

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

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the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 20, 2017. 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 Rachel N. Gann. FBN No. 20170001819. Published June 28, July 5, 12, 19, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ambrecht & McDermott, LLP, 1224 Coast Village Circle Suite 32, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. John A Ambrecht, 2146 Ridge Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Brooke C. McDermott, 1234 San Miguel Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 12, 2017. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 20170001729. Published June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Dog Coach, 905 North Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.

Ivy Learned, 905 North Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 9, 2017. 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 20170001716. Published June 21, 28, July 5, 12, 2017.

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Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed June 6, 2017 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: July 26, 2017 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 36)

Don Gilman, new president of the Santa Barbara Symphony Kris Ehrman, guitarist; Emir Dedic, director of Food & Beverage; Magdaleena Nikotov, spa director; ready with the pizza is Chris Shotwell; with Brynne and Brandon Shepard and David Rojas of Rent Party Blues Band (photo by Priscilla)

Dave Elcon, director of operations at Bacara; Bridget Tanner, and Sandra Newman of Cebada serving their Pinot and Chardonnay (photo by Priscilla)

Matt O’ Brien of Source Waters UK; Bacara’s executive chef Vincent Lesage; Maggie Wordell, Glen Grishman of Dolin Winery pouring their Chardonnay Bien Nacido (photo by Priscilla)

Vincent Lesage, who worked for the Ritz in Paris and the Balboa Bay Resort in Newport Beach, marked his second anniversary at the five-star resort.

The bustling, 250-guest sold-out bash at the 126-seat eatery, formerly Miro, featured a host of items not normally on the eclectic menu, pairing them with drinks from local wineries and breweries, while enjoying

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the spectacular vista over the sparkling ocean.

“We are having fun with this event,” says Vincent. “It’s a special occasion to be adventurous and experiment with new things, while letting people enjoy the enjoyment and quality of our regular Angel Oak experience.

“We want to make the restaurant accessible to everyone and many local people come regularly to have

a glass of wine or a cocktail, and take in the spectacular coastal views. This is just the first of many similar events we have planned for people living locally.”

Manhattan Project While Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow may be having problems with the designs for her new home in our rarefied enclave, real estate matters appear to be going better elsewhere.

She just received $10.7 million for her stylish Manhattan penthouse in Tribeca – Triangle Below Canal – after a year on the market.

The posh pad was initially listed for $14.25 million, before being reduced to $12.85 million and then taken off the market before being reappearing as a listing in March.

Boasting nearly 4,000 sq. ft., the aerie has three en-suite bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths, with an additional 500 sq. ft. of terrace space.

The sale comes hot on the heels of the appearance on the market of Paltrow and her rocker ex Chris Martin’s other notable Tribeca real estate investment, the four floors of a townhouse listed for $17 million last month.

Full Bloom British actor Orlando Bloom, 40, made headlines last year when he was photographed paddle-boarding naked off Sardinia with his now ex-girlfriend, Katy Perry, 32.

Now the Santa Barbara warbler has spoken about the photos for the first time, saying the Pirates of the Caribbean and Lord of the Rings star tried to get her to bare all as well.

“He asked me to be naked as well, but I was not in the mood,” she told Los Angeles radio station KIIS FM. “I was like, ‘Oh, nah.’”

Instead, she took her clothes off later on their private chartered yacht.

“Orlando was just trying to show off for all the people back on the shore,” she explained.

Don One Internationally recognized author,

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speaker, and executive coach Don Gilman has been elected as the new president of the Santa Barbara Symphony.

He succeeds Arthur Swalley, who served as president for three years.

Also elected to the board’s executive committee were Pamela Johnston, a Harvard Business School MBA, and Kate Parker, library director at Cate School.

“They are a talented and impressive group of individuals,” says symphony executive director Kevin Marvin.

“Don Gilman is uniquely suited to building on the tremendous progress the orchestra has enjoyed under the steady leadership of Arthur Swalley.

“The symphony’s future looks very bright!”

Harry Situation With an engagement announcement expected by year’s end between Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle, 35, a suitable home is planned near to his brother, Prince William, at London’s Kensington Palace, I learn.

Harry, 32, currently resides in two-bedroom Nottingham Cottage, literally a tiara’s toss from Clock Court, the former four-story, three-bedroom and five reception room home of the late Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth’s sister, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge live with their two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

But royal cousins, the Duke of Gloucester, 72, and his wife, Birgitte, have a 21-room home in the Christopher Wren-designed complex, which Prince Charles calls the Aunt Heap because of all the royal relatives who live there, including Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.

But the low-key Gloucesters consider the sprawling pad far too large for them now their children, the Earl of Ulster, Lady Davina Lewis, and Lady Rose Gilman, have all married, live elsewhere, and have families of their own, says my palace mole with the gin and Dubonnet.

Stay tuned.

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

ENDING THIS WEEK Rotary Dial? What’s That? – Christian Marclay’s 1995 installation “Telephones” is considered a landmark in the history of video art, as it consists of an expertly edited sequence of black-and-white and color film clips featuring people using an assortment of telephones. Although the work dates from the pre-smart phone era – you know, when people actually had to be at home or in an office or phone booth to make a call, and texting and Facebook didn’t exist – “Telephones” still offers an engaging yet complex experience blending unrelated but recognizable characters and stories into a continuous stream that upends our expectations of how stories are told and meanings are created. At times humorous, startling, tense, and poignant, Marclay’s piece allows us to reflect on how

we immediately — and often involuntarily — process information and entertainment in our media-dominated world, which is even more true today. WHEN: Closes Sunday, July 9 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State Street (entrance in the rear) COST: free with regular admission INFO: 963-4364 or www.sbma. net FRIDAY, JULY 7 Bountiful Bowl – Intelligent modern rock bands of the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s all featuring female voices come together in a three-band blast at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Blondie and Garbage are the co-headliners of the show, but get there on time to hear opening act John Doe & Exene Cervenka, the on-and-off again couple who combined country and

THURSDAY, JULY 6 1st Thursday – Lots of the State Street and environs venues are getting into the whole mixing art with culture thing these days, especially CASA Gallery @ VOICE Magazine, which converts its smallish space into reception locales for artists, a piano bar, cocktail lounge, and more most every month. For July, they’re offering the opportunity to break bread with the VOICE team during the opening reception for “Soul Food”, an exhibition of work by several local artists. The artwork will be paired with a sampling of fresh-baked local breads, plus live music, libations, and a stone carving demo with Santa Barbara Sculpture Guild.

Elsewhere in exhibitions, Channing Peake Gallery is showing “Baring Witness: The Photography of Nell Campbell”, displaying pictures from Campbell’s 40 years of documentary photography that includes projects concerned with issues of cultural representation and social justice, including a six-year documentation of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Havana, and handmade hunting blinds in Louisiana. Campbell’s work will also be the subject of a new show at UCSB’s Art, Design, & Architecture Museum (see listing below).... Meanwhile, back at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, MacArthur “Genius Award” Fellow USC professor Josh Kun delivers a multimedia journey that serves as a musical and sonic tour of the California-Mexico borderlands. From the tourist booms of the early 1900s to the rock and roll invasion of the 1960s; from Herb Alpert and Woody Guthrie to contemporary electronic music and narco-ballads; and from border sound art to border radio, Kun’s presentation complements the current exhibition “You Are Going On A Trip” via a listening expedition that follows inter-California frequencies from Tijuana to Los Angeles and back again. After the lecture in Mary Craig Auditorium, head upstairs to the galleries to see the exhibition and talk further over tequila, inspired by the Tijuana Brass at a cash bar... In the performing arts and participation portion of 1st Thursday, the Kimpton Canary Hotel joins its downstairs neighbor Gold’s Gym Santa Barbara in sponsoring Chloe Lenow leading a complimentary, all-levels flow yoga class on its rooftop lounge. The lower deck will remain open to the public until 8 pm, with Finch & Fork hosting a patio bar featuring happy-hour cocktail specials. Core Power Yoga also continues its free yoga class in the courtyard.... Haaris Ahmed, who brings sounds from the future as host and programmer of New Noize, which airs Sunday 9 to 11 pm on 92.9 KJEE, takes his show on the road to Marshalls Patio for an early evening set featuring a mountain of new music and sounds where no genre is taboo.... Finally, Spencer the Gardener, one of Santa Barbara’s most beloved local musicians, plants himself at the Public Market at – where else – The Garden, for a 7 pm set. WHEN: 5 to 8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: 962-2098 or www. downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday

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SATURDAY, JULY 8 Barrett, Count & Cole; Oh, My – The Count Basie Orchestra – purveyors of such timeless Swing Era hits as “April in Paris”, “Imagination”, “Autumn Leaves”, and “Oh, Lady Be Good” – returns to the Lobero Theatre in a benefit concert for The Rona Barrett Foundation’s “Harry’s House – A Home for Alzheimer’s and Assisted Living at The Golden Inn & Village”. The ensemble, which is still recording more eight decades since its debut, having put out a Christmas album in 2015, will be joined by guest vocalist Paula Cole, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who scored early hits with “Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?” and Dawson Creek theme song “I Don’t Want to Wait”, but has since blended sporadic pop albums with turns as a jazz singer. Barrett, who enjoyed a long career as a television entertainment news pioneer, founded the Santa Ynez facility, which opened last October as the first affordable independent living Campus in the area, currently housing nearly 100 underserved senior citizens as a tribute to her father, Harry, who suffered from Alzheimer’s. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $49-$69 ($200 VIP tickets include a pre-concert reception in the courtyard featuring cocktails and food, and premium reserved orchestra seating) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com punk to make Los Angeles-based X a real critic’s darling in the mid-to-late 1970s.

Almost 40 years after Blondie’s third album, 1978’s Parallel Lines, turned the band from underground artists to huge stars and spawned hit singles “Call Me”, “Rapture”, and “Heart of Glass”, the three of the original tastemakers are still with the group, including singer-songwriter Debbie Harry (whose bombshell blonde locks gave the band its name), guitarist and co-writer Chris Stein, and powerhouse drummer Clem Burke. Meanwhile, all four original members of Garbage – singer Shirley Manson, drummer/producer Butch Vig, and guitar, keyboardists Steve Marker, and Duke Erikson – are just a year away from the 25th anniversary of their founding in Wisconsin, which led to a self-titled debut album that sold more than four million copies. WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $39 to $50 to $79.50 INFO: 9627411 or www.sbbowl.com Waterfront Welcome – Four new exhibitions are included in tonight’s opening reception for the summer shows at UCSB’s Art, Design, & Architecture Museum, the facility facing the lagoon on campus. Live music by The Jazz Combo provides the soundtrack for the two-hour gathering celebrating Clocks and Clouds: The Architecture of Escher-GuneWardena, Nell Campbell: About Face, Body Matters: Contemporary Art from the Collection (works in video, printmaking, collage, latex tubing, crinkled paper, and painting that employ the artists’ bodies to express aspects of being human), and The Art of Looking: Pattern and Texture (which

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includes ceramics, baskets, textiles, drawings, masks, and more drawn from the museum’s holdings). Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena will discuss their boundary-blurring work as architects, exhibition designers, and art collaborators during a walk-through and lecture scheduled for 2 to 4 pm tomorrow afternoon, while Campbell joins curator Elyse Gonzales as hosts for a walk-through and informal discussion highlighting themes and concepts inherent to the artist’s work for the exhibition – which focuses on her photographs of individuals, documenting their struggles, joys, and way of life – next from 5:30 to 7:30 pm next Thursday, July 13. On Sunday, July 23, Campbell and friends – including Joan Davidson, Mary Heebner, and Kerry Tomlinson – will read from novels and memoirs the artist has selected based on her interest in the open road, Louisiana, activism, and photography. WHEN: Opening reception 5:30 to 7:30 tonight; exhibits continue through August 20 WHERE: UCSB campus COST: free INFO: 893-2951 or www. museum.ucsb.edu SATURDAY, JULY 8 Jazz at the Playhouse – Between them, saxophonist John Schnackenberg (who has enjoyed stints in Spencer the Gardener and Dude Fontaine, among other local bands), drummer-percussionist (10 years touring with Los Lobos) turned keyboardist Cougar Estrada, New England Conservatory-trained bassist and composer Jim Connolly, and

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SATURDAY, JULY 8 Kardboard Kayak Race – For some reason, they took the “Krazy” out of the title of this annual event that raises awareness and funds for the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum – maybe for PC reasons. But rest assured the fun and silliness remain, even if the competitors often use too much logic in constructing their crafts to be considered crazy. Teams of up to four people each receive just two sheets of cardboard, a single roll of tape, a marker, a utility knife, and a yardstick, and then have only one hour to construct a functioning kayak.

Then it’s time to see whose design proves the most seaworthy, meaning that it holds up to the pressure of paddling out to a buoy about a hundred yards or so off-shore and back to the beach. The Kardboard Kayak Races have two divisions, one for adults and/or “skilled” competitors, and a Family Fun heat in which the actual kayak paddlers must be 14 years old or younger. Speed counts. Prizes are awarded to the top competitors. The number of teams is limited, so pre-register to guarantee entry. But watching the nuttiness might be even more fun. WHEN: Walk-in registration at noon, kayak construction and race 1 to 3 pm WHERE: West Beach, between Stearns Wharf and the harbor COST: $40 ($10 discount for museum members) INFO: 962-8404 or www.sbmm.org

Goleta-born drummer Austin Beede (The Coral Sea, Alastair Greene) count more than a century of experience in the world of jazz and other music.

The Santa Barbara-based band – all of whose members have also served behind Nate Birkey, the now-New York based trumpeter who returns to town later in the month – ambles down the 101 to Carpinteria tonight for a rare show in a proper theater, where their musical interactions won’t have to compete with conversations and clinking glasses. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Plaza Playhouse Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria COST: $25 general admission INFO: 684-6380 or www. plazatheatercarpinteria.com SUNDAY, JULY 9 Joni and Jazz Greats – The Santa Barbara Jazz Society’s (SBJS) monthly show at SOhO features The Kim

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Richmond/Kimberly Ford Ensemble in a tribute to jazz giant Herbie Hancock and the folk-pop-jazz vocalist and composer Joni Mitchell. Richmond, the L.A.-based jazz educator and reed man who has been a member of the orchestras of Stan Kenton, Louis Bellson, Vinny Golia, and others, will be bringing a band that features guitarist Will Brahm, pianist Scott Healy, bassist Jordan Richmond, and James Yoshjzawa on percussion and drums. Fellow educator Ford, a well-known resident of Santa Barbara, has been performing her often letter-perfect tribute to Mitchell for a few years, including a concert at the Lobero Theatre last year. WHEN: 1 to 4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $15 SBJS members, $7 members who are local professional jazz musicians or full-time students INFO: 962-7776/ www.sohosb.com or 687-7123/www. sbjazz.org •MJ

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SPANISH GUITAR ENTERTAINMENT Lend Them Your Ears – Lend Me A Tenor, Ken Ludwig’s popular 1986 farce featuring multiple mistaken identities and an unexpected romance, received the Broadway musical treatment a decade ago via an adaptation from Peter Sham and PCPA’s Theaterfest’s Brad Carroll, when both were at the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Now the Santa Maria-based conservatory is producing the West Coast premiere of the musical version of the riotous tale of a stage assistant turned singer who steps in for a world-famous tenor to perform Pagliacci at a big season-opening gala of an opera company in Cleveland. After debuting indoors at Allan Hancock College – where the Santa Maria Sun praised it as “a giddy masterpiece… a bona fide, booming big Broadway-esque spectacle” – Lend Me A Tenor now comes to the Solvang Festival Theater for some mid-summer mayhem under the stars in the great outdoors. Carroll directs the cast that includes George Walker as Tito and Joe Ogren as the assistant director Max. WHEN: Opens 8 tonight, plays Wednesdays-Sundays through July 23 WHERE: Solvang Festival Theater, 420 2nd Street, Solvang COST: $40.50 to $51.50 (discounts for students, children, seniors, and the July 6-7 previews) INFO: 922-8313 or www.pcpa.org

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Available for December rental. Contact: rbdickins@gmail.com “READY FOR URBAN LIFE”? It’s only 4 blocks to the Courthouse and State St. from this exquisite, light filled 2 bedroom Upper East Triplex, apartment Quality appointed hardwood floors, new chef’s kitchen with quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances. In addition, there is a complimentary laundry, covered parking, private yard space and storage. A fun change of pace. $2,950/month. Available: NOW Call Nancy K at Sierra Property Management 805-692-1520 Montecito Rental For rent a beautiful one-bedroom poolside furnished guest house on estate. Beautiful quiet setting.

Jay Dooreck (805) 455-2925 JDooreck@mac.com Solvang apt sublet 9/4 - 11/10 2/2 fully furnished maid service perfect getaway $1700/month email: audgraz70@gmail.com STORAGE SPACE AVAILABLE Remodeling? Need reasonable storage space?

Private & pristine, prime east side location. 225 square feet or 650 square feet. Going rate $2.59 square foot you pay $1.50 square foot. Call Sierra Property Management 805692-1520 ask for Nancy K REAL ESTATE SERVICES REVERSE MORTGAGE SERVICES Reverse Mortgage Specialist Conventional & Jumbo 805.770.5515 No mortgage payments as long as you live in your home!

Gayle Nagy Executive Loan Advisor gnagy@rpm-mtg.com NMLS #251258 RPM Mortgage, Inc. 319 E. Carrillo St., Ste 100 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 LendUSA, LLC dba RPM Mortgage NMLS #1938 - Licensed by the Department of Business Oversight under the CA Residential Mortgage Lending Act. | C-294 | Equal Housing Opportunity ESTATE SERVICES Luxury Live-In Available Estate caretaker, manager, sitter.

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Hydrex Written Warranty Merrick Construction Residential ● Commercial ● Industrial ● Agricultural Bill Vaughan Shine Blow Dry Just Good Doggies Musgrove(revised) Loving Pet Care in my Home Valori Fussell(revised) Lynch Construction $25 for play day Good Doggies $40 for overnight Carole (805) 452-7400 Pemberly carolebennett@cox.net Beautiful eyelash (change to Forever Beautiful Spa) Luis Esperanza Simon Hamilton STEVEN BROOKS JEWELERS Enroll Now Free Estimates ● Same Day Service, Monday-Saturday

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1235 Coast Village Rd. • Convenient Parking Beg/Adv . Small Classes. Ages 8 -108

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Adult Day Center Respite Care Brain Fitness Programs Caregiver Support Groups

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ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES THE CLEARING HOUSE, LLC Recognized as the Area’s Leading Estate Liquidators – Castles to Cottages Experts in the Santa Barbara Market!

Professional, Personalized Services for Moving, Downsizing, and Estate Sales .

Complimentary Consultation (805) 708 6113 email: theclearinghouseSB@cox.net website: theclearinghouseSB.com Estate Moving Sale Service-Efficient-30yrs experience. Elizabeth Langtree 689-0461 or 733-1030.

CEMETERY PLOT FOR SALE SB Cemetery Plot Asking $25K for two

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interment plot in sold-out T Summit location. Today’s cost if available would be $29K. Call 805.448.3112 WOODWORKING/REPAIRS Artisan Custom Woodworks. Repairs on doors, windows, furniture, kitchen cabinets.

Small jobs welcomed.

Ruben Silva 805-350 0857.

Contractor Lc#820521.

HANDYMAN/CONSTRUCTION H Property and Repair Specializing in handyman services, flooring and remodels 805-315-6419

Master Craftsman/Handyman Professional, reliable, reasonable & experienced.

Resume available upon request.

Michael 805 722-2390 Mr. Fit-it Handyman. Specializing in structural wood repair, FREE wood inspection for water or termites damage & all your home repair needs. Sam Campbell. 805- 455-6509.

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

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

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$37,500,000 | 1104 Channel Dr, Montecito | 5BD/7½BA Phyllis Noble | 805.451.2126

$8,200,000 | 706 Park Ln, Montecito Upper | 4BD/5½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896

$32,750,000 | 4347 Marina Dr, Hope Ranch | 5BD/7½BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233

$16,900,000 | 2692 Sycamore Canyon Rd, Montecito | 7BD/8BA Mary Whitney | 805.689.0915

$9,995,000 | 2600 Bella Vista Dr, Montecito | 4BD/3½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896

$8,750,000 | 1711 E Valley Rd, Montecito | 5BD/6½BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233

$7,900,000 | Happy Canyon Ranch, Santa Ynez | 136± acs (assr) Leslie Lunsman/Kerry Mormann | 949.683.7129

$6,600,000 | 730 Lilac Dr, Montecito | 5BD/4½BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233

$3,995,000 | 2740 Sycamore Canyon Rd, Montecito | 4BD/3BA MK Properties | 805.565.4014

$3,495,000 | 89 Butterfly Ln, Montecito | 3BD/4½BA Jason Streatfeild | 805.280.9797

$3,495,000 | 1966 E Valley Rd, Montecito | 4BD/4½BA MK Properties | 805.565.4014

$2,595,000 | 1414 La Vereda Ln, Montecito | 4BD/4½BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896

$2,445,000 | 1395 Santa Clara Rd, Montecito | 3BD/3BA Calcagno & Hamilton | 805.565.4000

$2,395,000 | 500 Via Hierba, Hope Ranch | 3BD/2½BA Team Scarborough | 805.331.1465

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