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Guest Editorial

Montecito Miscellany

Letters to the Editor

Bob Hazard explores the divided states of America while reflecting on our Founding Fathers; he also ponders Trump’s tweets, orders, and actions Oliver’s opening; Nina Terzian on cover; El Encanto at SB Polo Club; Katy Perry’s dogs; Richard at Rescue Mission; John McCaw’s Idaho home; conductor Edo de Waart; aboard Condor Express; and publisher Raiza Giorgi

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10 This Week

Knit ‘N Needle; The New Yorker; picnic concert; 2nd Fridays art; yoga retreat; Mental Health fest; recycling materials; SB Republican Club; SB Botanic Garden; author Christine Bell; MPC meeting; stuffed animals; Summerland yoga; Sip & Swirl; Radule Weininger; watercolor roses; Sunset Sips; Spanish talk; DJ Darla Bea; House of Honey; poet Marcia Meier; Carp fiesta; Qi Gong class; art workshops; art classes; brain fitness; and Story Time

Tide Guide

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

12 Village Beat

Luxury condo project coming to Coast Village Road; discussions about Channel Drive walking path; Montecito Association meets; Hind Hall ribbon cutting and grand opening; Santa Barbara expo Sunday; more Village Fourth photos and winners

13 Our Town

In the first of a four-part series about candidates for Santa Barbara mayor, Joanne Calitri gets to know councilman and author Frank Hotchkiss

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Lynda Millner reports on the Art Foundation of SB members exhibition; Wine + Food fest at Museum of Natural History; and art opening at Cabana Home Steven Libowitz talks with clarinetist Fàtima Boix Cantó; William Neil’s reworking of concerto; and a comprehensive list of the Music Academy’s upcoming events

20 Your Westmont

Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art features local abstract artists; and young musicians take part in summer academy

26 Spirituality Matters

Steven Libowitz previews Italy’s Alberto Mazzoni; Breakthrough Performance Workshop with the Pulvers; Suren Shrestha in Summerland; Michael Russer and Jacqueline Lopez; Kriya Initiation & Retreat; SpiritSings Band; and Richard Groves

27 Brilliant Thoughts

May the force be with you: Ashleigh Brilliant possesses the power of the pen while dissecting the police “force” and physical strength as a weapon

28 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz shines the light on Spotlight Production’s Rent; SBCC actress Katherine Bottoms; ETC presents Bird; and No Body to Murder in Carpinteria

29 Fitness Front

Water she thinking? Karen Robiscoe shapes up and ships out by hitting the waves as part of a swim club that surfs and paddleboards.

38 Legal Advertising 39 Movie Guide 42 Calendar of Events

James Bond film fest; wine festival; Ventura music; Water & Power; The Turtles and The Association at Chumash; Natalie Merchant in the Bowl; French celebration; and Lobero hosts Linda Vega

44 Real Estate

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

The Divided United States of America

he celebration of our nation’s 241st birthday is now over. As you enjoyed the parades, the cardboard kayak races or the free fireworks, did you think about the signing of the Declaration of Independence? Think about it. Twelve score and one year ago, our forefathers, rich and poor, merchants and farmers, shopkeepers, lawyers, bankers, landowners, and indentured servants sent their elected representatives to Philadelphia. There were only 3 million of us in the 13 colonies at the time. A few were wealthy landowners but most were not rich. Twelve years after signing that document, the young nation’s leaders ratified a new constitution, creating a governing framework for a limited central government. James Madison wrote, “The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government are few and defined.” President John F. Kennedy noted that the greatest-ever concentration of intelligence occurred when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. Jefferson, one of the main authors of the Declaration of Independence, added these wise warnings: “Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.” “It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes, a principal which if acted upon would save one-half the wars of the world.” “Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. “ We need to relearn these lessons today.

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TO THE EDITOR

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The Gift of Entitlement

rogressives repeatedly argue that any replacement of ObamaCare that reduces any of the various taxes imposed by that law amounts to a cruel redistribution of Income. President Barack Obama condemned the recent Senate bill as “a massive transfer of wealth from middle-class and poor families to the richest people in America.” My question to President Obama and Progressives on this point is: whose income or wealth is being redistributed, and to whom is it being distributed under either the House or Senate proposals to replace ObamaCare? There is no question that if the ObamaCare taxes are repealed, the beneficiaries will be those households making over $250,000 per year. In 2012, investment income for those households was taxed at a rate of 15% on capital gains, 15% on dividends, and 35% on other investment income. In 2013, those rates went to 23.8% for capital gains, 43.4% for dividends, and 43.4% for other investment income. In addition, these households’ Medicare payroll tax went from 1.45% in 2012 to 2.35%. In addition to the individual taxes imposed by ObamaCare, there are various business taxes and cap eliminations, which generate another $200 billion per year. Should any of these taxes be reduced, it simply means that these households and businesses get to keep a bit more of their investment returns. In progressive speak, letting people

keep the money they earn is called a “gift” to the rich, although they have difficulty identifying the donor. To a conservative with any grasp of basic macroeconomics, this retention of investment capital is called a stimulus that will produce demonstrable economic growth, which will benefit everyone. Progressives fail to realize that when investment capital is taken from the investor and transferred to others who use it for current consumption, economic growth suffers. Factor in our national debt and the problem is accentuated. Our federal government behaves like the foolish shortsighted consumer who borrows from others to take an expensive vacation. Once the vacation is over he has no asset, no investment, just debt that will take a long time to repay. Of the millions of uninsured… before ObamaCare, during ObamaCare, and in any replacement of ObamaCare, the majority falls into that group of the 77.5 million U.S. Households that pay no federal income tax. Today, this group receives a subsidy on health insurance premiums, paid for out of increased taxes on “the wealthy” or money the government borrows. In progressive speak, this benefit is not called a gift; it is called an “entitlement.” How can our country have a rational discussion of health-care issues without being honest about what ObamaCare is and what is being proposed in its place? ObamaCare is

essentially another government transfer payment, the subsidy of low-income Americans’ insurance premiums by wealthy taxpayers. It does nothing to reduce the cost or improve the quality of health care in the United States. Arguably, it increases costs by reducing the number of insurance companies and taxing medical manufacturers and suppliers. The House and Senate proposals (plus other proposals that cannot be made until ObamaCare is repealed) are sincere efforts to reduce the cost of health care for everyone, and still provide a medical safety net for those who need it. The choice of how our country deals with the uninsured and rising medical costs is really not that much different than how we deal with other social issues. Do we want to fix the problem for the long term or just take more money from the wealthy, give it to others for current consumption, and take away the private and business investment capital that would otherwise create the economic growth that would solve the underlying problem? Lawrence Dam Montecito

One Fun Run-Down

What a delightful Letters column in last week’s issue (MJ #23/27). A respectful, life-long hard-working veteran politely makes the case that the ACA (American Healthcare Act) is a positive step forward for America, and our publisher grudgingly agrees that universal health care is likely to come to pass and may indeed help many Americans (though not before he misrepresents the act’s mechanics and asserts with no evidence that working Americans were “hung out

to dry” by it, apparently failing to notice that medical-cost bankruptcies have declined substantially among that middle and working class). And then the nonsense fun begins. Our publisher in reply excuses the president’s inexcusable behavior on a Trump green, lovingly excoriated by the letter-writer, on “security” grounds. That’s good for at least an 8. The next is a letdown, an incoherent criticism of something the writer calls “PC.” He gets a half-point bump for bringing Hitler in, but I have to say a 4, and I’m being more than fair. Larry Lambert scores well in saying political discourse is trivial because all “the big issues have been settled,” even as Republicans seem intent on trading the health insurance of 22 million Americans for nearly a trillion dollars in tax cuts to the most wealthy Americans, which seems like a big issue to me, though not quite so big as the president and his merry band of anarchists condemning Earth to ever-rising temperatures and seas. Still, nothing funny there, so Larry can only claim a 6. Janice Evans, though, does some excellent work with her summation that the ACA, because it lightly taxes unearned income of the richest among us in order to pay for the health and well-being of tens of millions of their fellow citizens, is, wait for it, “communism.” It’s going to be tough to top the 9 Janice definitely earned but, yes, in a late dash to the finish, David McCalmont earns a cake-taking 10 for his prolix complaint that Michael Chabon inappropriately tweeted about the president, “like an inse-

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FRIDAY, JULY 14

(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 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 firstcome, 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 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 Build With Recycled Materials Help build a better world by engaging in recyclable craft projects. Bring your own recyclables from home, or you may select from an available collection. Pre-registration is requested. When: 11 am to 12:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Luncheon & Lecture President Ed Fuller announces that the July luncheon of the Santa Barbara Republican Club takes place at the La Cumbre Country Club. The speaker will be Angel Martinez, who is a candidate for mayor of Santa Barbara. Martinez is a former CEO of Deckers who is presently the chairman of the board of directors. He is also on the board of several non-profit organizations, including the Santa Barbara Foundation and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. He will present his ideas about making Santa Barbara the “best small city in America.” When: 11:30 am Where: 4015 Via Laguna Reservations & Info: 684-3858 SUNDAY, JULY 16 Free Admission for Kids Kids aged 17 and under are admitted

23rd Annual Mental Health Arts Festival The Mental Wellness Center hosts the 23rd Annual Mental Health Arts Festival, a free community event that supports the talents of local artists living with a mental health diagnosis and showcases their artwork. The festival seeks to raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental illness, which is often a major barrier for individuals seeking help when they need it. The event will feature paintings, drawings, sculptures, jewelry, music, poetry readings, and more, while honoring the achievements of local artists in our community whose lives are impacted by mental illness. When: 11 am to 4 pm Where: De La Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara; De La Guerra between State Street and Anacapa Street Cost: free Info: www.mentalwellnesscenter.org free to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden all day, 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 TUESDAY, JULY 18

sleepover at Montecito Library. When: 3 to 5:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 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

Sip & Swirl Finch & Fork and the Canary Hotel are kicking-off a sun-filled summer with the return of their popular wine-tasting series, Sip & Swirl. Locals and guests are invited to taste some of the region’s best wineries set to stunning views from downtown’s only rooftop terrace. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 Held once a month, Sip & Swirl will feature a rotating collection of Montecito Planning Commission local wineries who will showcase Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to their best vintages. Sip & Swirlcertain ordinances and polices and that goers have the opportunity to learn about one of Santa Barbara County’s issues raised by interested parties are leading industries, while enjoying addressed. entertainment and a selection of When: 9 am premium cheeses. Where: County Engineering Building, When: 5:30 to 7:30 pm Planning Commission Hearing Room, Where: 31 W. Carrillo Street 123 E. Anapamu Cost: $35 Stuffed Animal Sleepover Book Signing at Chaucer’s Kids can leave their favorite stuffed La Casa de Maria teacher Radule animals for an adventure filled Weininger signs her newest novel, Heartwork. When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Christine Bell signs her newest novel, Grievance. When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787

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Sunset Sips Guests can drink in the view – and local wine – at Sunset Sips, evening summer events held at the Santa Barbara Zoo’s scenic hilltop this summer. This year brings more local wineries, more live music, more tasty treats, and more art by local artists. When: 5:30 to 8 pm Where: 500 Ninos Drive Cost: $30 Info: www.sbzoo.org FRIDAY, JULY 21 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 DJ Darla Bea at Ty Lounge Dancing and cocktails for the over-21 crowd; bring your song requests and best dancing shoes! The lounge turns into a mini nightclub with the best views of the Montecito coast. When: 7 to 10 pm Where: 1260 Channel Drive Cost: free SATURDAY, JULY 22 Designer Event House of Honey in Montecito hosts four L.A. designers: Cindy Zell, Rami Kim, Florilege, and Saint Rita Parlor. When: 2 to 5 pm Where: 525 San Ysidro Road, Suite E RSVP: showroom@houseofhoney.com Book Signing at Tecolote Marcia Meier will sign her newest collection of poetry called Ireland, Place Out of Time. When: 3 to 5 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 E. Valley Road Info: 969-4977 Old Town Carpinteria Fiesta Friends of the Carpinteria Library present a free family event: “Old Town Carpinteria Fiesta”, featuring 2017 Spirit of Fiesta, Junior Spirit, Mariachi Los Toreros and soloist Irma Segura. Enjoy Fiesta music, dance, arts & crafts, refreshments, and more. When: 3 pm Where: Carpinteria Library, 5141 Carpinteria Avenue Cost: free 13 – 20 July 2017

ONGOING Qi Gong Class with Yemaya Renuka Promotes organ and joint health, reduces stress and anxiety, aligns you with your purpose. Meet on Butterfly Beach, Western staircase side of Biltmore. When: Tuesdays, 9 to 10 am, through August 29 Cost: donation Info: www.yourbelovedhealth.com 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, earlystage 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 nonverbal communication strategies. Space is limited to 12 people, so preregistration 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 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 •MJ

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which include private elevators into the units. The roughly 2,100-sq.-ft. two-bedroom condos include living space on the ground floor, bedrooms on the second floor, and rooftop decks. Architect Cearnal, who also designed the Plaza Montecito building and two condos on the former property of Turk Hessellund Nursery, told the ABR he has had multiple meetings with neighbors, including three who were in attendance and spoke at the meeting. Those neighbors voiced concern over potentially losing privacy in their homes and yards, in addition to the height of the buildings, which Cearnal and planner Jessica Grant described as “complicated.” The maximum building height on Coast Village Road, a commercial zone, is 45 feet. But because the property is adjacent to R-1 zoning, the height must be reduced to be more compatible with the area. Cearnal explained the height of the building is 24 feet, measured from existing

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ast week, a new condominium project slated for Coast Village Road was in front of the Santa Barbara Architectural Board of Review (ABR) for a second conceptual review of the project, which is in its preliminary design phase. “We’re currently working on refining the floor plans and meeting with neighbors,” said architect Brian Cearnal. The project is to be located at 1062 Coast Village Road, the property between Starbucks and China Pavilion, and the current site of a 14-unit apartment complex. Property owner David Back plans to demolish the 10,000-sq.-ft. apartment building, carport, and hardscape, as well as remove 10 mature canary island pine trees on the site. The new project includes a 1,000-sq.-ft. stone façade commercial building facing Coast Village Road, as well as a subterranean garage with six commercial parking spaces and one commercial bicycle space. It also includes nine residential condominiums, including private subterranean two-car garages

The 14-unit apartment complex and associated structures at 1062 Coast Village Road are slated for demolition

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2017 Mayoral Candidates, Part 1: Frank Hotchkiss

our candidates have filed their due-diligence campaign finance statements to run for the City of Santa Barbara’s 50th mayor: SB councilman Frank Hotchkiss, SB councilwoman Cathy Murillo, former SB mayor and councilman Hal Conklin, and former Deckers Brands CEO Angel Martinez. Voting this year will be done via VOTE BY MAIL forms sent to all registered voters, as designated by the city council on June 6 and, as it’s “an off-season election,” they opted to not use voting at the polls. The date to register to vote should be up to the same day as the election, but MJ advises to check with the city clerk’s office. The November 7 election will be for SB mayor, three of the six City Council seats and a sales tax increase slated for the general fund. The voting is October 9 through November 7. Procedure to be on the ballot for mayor: June 30 candidates submit their campaign financial

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statements to the SB city clerk. July 17 candidates request from the clerk the nomination petition forms and obtain the required 100 SB registered voter signatures due August 14. The city clerk certifies the signatures are registered voters of the City of Santa Barbara. Our Town recently conducted in-depth individual interviews with the four candidates. The interview questions are the same and will be a weekly series starting with Frank Hotchkiss, followed by Cathy Murillo, Hal Conklin, and Angel Martinez.

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Club Members Art Exhibition

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hang paintings than anything else. She and Ralph helped curator Keith Mautino Moore install the works in the SB Club. Ralph explained that he had been drawing all his life, particularly animals and birds in the beginning. “I never had a lesson.” He began in graphic design but at one point a gallery had six of his paintings, which sold in a week. It was then he realized he could make a living with art. He eventually sold his gallery in England and came to America. He no longer does animals but is into landscapes. For him, size has no relationship to price. Diane and Ralph have art hanging from floor to ceiling in their home, so when someone says, “We don’t have room for any more,” it falls on deaf

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ears. As Diane says, “We are definitely not minimalists.” Their advice is to buy from your heart, something you love. AFSB president Jon DuPrau thanked the sponsors: Robert Dibley, John M. Doordan, Frank McGinity, Wes St. Clair, Marilynn Sullivan, Sarah Vedder, W. Elliot Brownlee, Nancy B. Schlosser, Grace S. Yoon, Gail Beust, and Stefan Riesenfeld. Most of the members stayed on for a delicious dinner of sea bass or roasted beef tenderloin and more champagne for toasting.

Wine+Food Festival

Jamie Sloan showing off his wine poured at the tasting room in El Paseo

Cabana Home’s Caroline Thompson with artist Mary Heebner in front of her work with the ladies dressed accordingly

Instead of just sniffing and swirling, wine aficionados at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH) were nibbling and savoring. The museum’s biggest fundraiser of the year has changed its name to Wine + Food to include and honor all of our wonderful purveyors of local food. It even has a new logo for their

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Past president of the SBAF John Doordan, SBC manager Linda Spann, and SBAF member Robert Dibley

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30th anniversary. As event manager Meridith Moore said, “My goal was 50 food vendors to match the 50 wineries.” Not to worry. There were 42 food vendors and 62 wineries represented. Plenty for all 900 attendees, plus 150 more at the VIP tasting who had early admittance. The museum ran a shuttle from the Mission to accommodate all the cars. Our natural history museum has to be one of the few in the world that is so close to nature. Their whole back “yard” is woods with Mission Creek meandering through (when the water is running). The wine festival kept its Sparkling Way from last year featuring our local sparkling wines. It also kept the VIP Redwood Lounge with its secluded seating area and private tastings. The SBMNH was founded in 1916 and serves 100,000 people each year

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larinetist Fàtima Boix Cantó was just surfing online, searching for a new piece to play when she found a gem among the wasteland of cat capers, how-to videos, and talking-head ego trips that make up a big bulk of YouTube. “I was looking for pieces for a soloist on the piccolo clarinet, because it’s my soul instrument,” explained the Spanish-born young musician who is a first-time fellow at MAW this summer. “I discovered years ago that it does something to me. I have some connection where I can express myself which I can’t explain. But it just feels like home. It has a very extroverted feel to it, and I’m pretty extroverted and very loud myself, so maybe that’s why, because it stands out.” Cantó said she had previously commissioned a few piccolo pieces for masterclasses, but she wanted “some-

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thing that was already composed.” Turns out she found only one on YouTube: a piccolo clarinet concerto by American William Neil written in 1988. But that was all she needed. “I fell in love right away,” she said. “It’s very colorful and very well-structured. It feels like it’s calling me from beginning to end. It very mystical, in several parts. And it’s also a little wild, with lots of cadenzas. Those characteristics I like very much.” Having been accepted to study at Miraflores, Cantó considered she could play the piece for the Concerto Competition, in which nearly all of the instrumental soloists vie for a coveted slot performing with the full Fellow orchestra in concert at the Granada. There was only one problem: Neil’s piccolo clarinet piece was written for a small chamber ensemble – just six players – but works entered in the competition need to be ready for the full Academy Festival Orchestra (AFO) to perform on Concerto Night. What’s more, there wasn’t even a piano reduction – a sheet music arrangement of a score that condenses the orchestral (or in this case, non-soloist) parts into something playable on the piano – which was necessary for the competitive rounds. With the first face-off looming, Cantó was worried. “I was almost about to give up,” she recalled. “I figured I’d just play the Copland or one of the other pieces I already knew. But I was disappointed, because I love the piece so much.” Instead, she decided to contact the composer, a self-publisher who had already had his interest piqued when the original request for the sheet music came from the music library in Finland where Cantó was studying. Neil said he’d do the piano reduction right away, and Cantó received it within three days, already an astonishing accommodation. “I was very happy, but I didn’t even think of asking him to make a new version for a full orchestra. But in the last moment, the composer asked me, ‘What if I did?’ Everything just started to flow from there.” Cantó also asked Neil to tell her the story of the piece, because she needed to talk about it in a master class and learned that the inspiration was French high-wire artist Phillipe Petit. That added more color to her understanding of the work, she said. “For me, he’s an artist who is so small, but he creates something so dangerous and big by what he does, even though he is a little man. The piece reflects that a little bit. It’s small but daring.” Armed with the info, propelled by playing a work unfamiliar to the

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judges and brimming with confidence, Cantó breezed through the early rounds. At the finals, she knew she nailed the piece as soon as she finished. “It’s gotten better every time I played it, of course, because it’s very new to me. But I think I did my best performance. Every time I play it, I am able to make it more my own. Even though I was nervous during the finals, I felt like I was able to put my ideas forward. I was very much inside of the music. And I enjoyed it even if I didn’t win.” This Saturday, Cantó will play Neil’s concert backed by the full Academy Festival Orchestra at the Granada, where she’ll be joined by her fellow competition-winning colleagues violinist Isaac Allen, who will play a movement from Sibelius’ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47, and pianist Dominic Cheli, who performs a portion of Prokoviev’s Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16. Following intermission, conductor-composer Matthew Aucoin will also debut his Suite from Crossing, his opera about Walt Whitman. For Cantó, performing the concerto is just one of many highlights in her summer in Santa Barbara. She also served as first clarinetist for last Saturday’s AFO concert that featured Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, playing the “tough but rewarding” solo she called “every clarinetist’s dream.” With the Neil in the rear-view mirror, she’ll start honing chamber pieces for upcoming performances at Picnic Concerts or the Community Concerts at the Faulkner Gallery. Although no date has been confirmed, she’s working on the Max Bruch piece for viola, clarinet, and piano, as well as a quartet for clarinet, violin, viola, and cello by early 19th-century Finish composer 18th-century Finish composer Crusell. She’ll also be playing at every clarinet masterclass still to come, which take place 1 pm Fridays in Lehmann Hall, and the final two symphony concerts, including under Alan Gilbert’s baton in his final appearance at music director of the New York Philharmonic. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s great,” said Cantó, who unlike most of the Fellows isn’t studying with any members of the faculty and didn’t know anyone at the Academy before she arrived. “I came here this summer because I wanted to do as much as possible.”

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then the mayor is where you go. I’ve no interest in state politics because that is totally one-party dominated and you’re just up there whistling Dixie, but I think as a mayor you can have influence. Be mindful of the fact that this is not a government structure that gives the mayor any power that the mayor of Los Angeles has; you’re really one of seven votes, but you have the opportunity to summarize what you are hearing around you and put some direction into that, and that’s certainly helpful. Of all the candidates that now are even considering mayor, except me, are all left of center, and ordinarily somebody who has a capital R after their name wouldn’t have a chance of being elected, but when you have a larger part of the pie being divided by 3 or 4, suddenly you become a viable candidate. I’ve got a lot of people accumulated over time, Democrats as well as Independents and Republicans who like what I’ve done on city council, and I think that’s healthy, because what I like about local politics is it avoids politics in a sense and becomes practical issues, how do we best finance the city, what are our priorities, what should our direction be, et cetera, and that’s a supra-political question, so people are comfortable crossing political lines in both directions. So it really comes down to what you think, how you think, what people understand your judgment to be. Your position or “no comment” on the following areas for Santa Barbara: budget stability and economic development? Overall, when we talk about economic development is a temptation to get in and try to charge off in all directions, make everything happen,

and that’s an unrealistic point of view from government point of view. We don’t have the money to do that kind of thing anyway. My view of government is to get out the way of what people want themselves to do as much as possible, so try to reduce unnecessary regulations, which is not always possible and in the case of the development of downtown, encourage the relaxation or flexibility on parking rules which are the most stringent problem for somebody who wants to develop downtown housing. Macy’s has departed, the upper level of Macy’s is a great opportunity to develop rental housing, and the challenge right now is parking problems, but I’ve already got the City to say we’ll relax those. So that would solve a lot of problems very fast and will bring a new life to downtown, not just tourism, but people living there happily. I wouldn’t have said that four years ago, but I’ve seen the development of the upper State Street project The Mark, and it works, and downtown can be the same though you’ll need two-income families to comfortably live there. But that would be great, and it would dip into the reservoir of people we see typically enjoying themselves in the Funk Zone, it would work for them, so it’s the sort of the younger married, or coming from the other direction are people living in a nice home but don’t want to take care of it anymore – and by selling, they can virtually live off the income of their investments and live in a nice place in downtown SB. Business to bring into Santa Barbara and the increasing vacancies on State Street and outlying areas? Honestly, I think it’s a self-selection process. It’s the CEO’s decision because the CEO wants to live in SB. Whoever comes to State Street wants to have access to a walk-in population, so what is that? Mostly restaurants, bookstores, shoe stores, most of which are down there. People talk rightly about the competition EARTHQUAKE RETROFITTING 50 + YEARS EXPERIENCE - LOCAL 35+ YEARS

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of the Internet, but you can’t eat or drink on the Internet, so that is why we have a lot eating and drinking establishments on State Street. The 400 and 500 blocks of State Street do look pretty bad right now, but keep in mind the fact that there are a great many more stores still there succeeding as opposed to those that are vacant, so there has to be a free-market adjustment of landlords negotiating with potential retailers so retailers can pencil it out and make a real profit. Government should not be a part of that, that’s a very personal decision that people are going to make; on the one hand, you have people that have a dream of what they want to do with their business, they find a place for it, work with a landlord, get it so they can shoehorn their way in, and get a long enough lease they think they can live with. But again, government should stay out of that, what we should do as much as possible is make it as easy to convert what exists now to what they want to do. Sometimes people berate the City for making it difficult to get all the permits they need. One classic example is to get all the

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permits and then they make changes, but anytime you make a change you have to go to the beginning of the line, and the City gets blamed, but the fact is it’s because somebody didn’t follow their plans or changed them halfway through, the City rightfully takes a look at it. Is that a pain in the neck? You bet, but the City is strict the way it controls businesses and residences. On one hand, we all applaud the City, and on the other we decry it when they enforce the very things we are glad they enforce. Data, technology, and AI? All that’s great stuff; it’s light industry, but if we had a city solely devoted to that it would be a pretty dry place. I like the funky things like the Surf Museum. Infrastructure now and in five years? City council voted without my vote, to propose on the ballot a 1% sales tax with no sunset clause, and it’s a general fund tax so it’s easier to pass. The problem with a general tax is you can say it’s going to repair our streets and a police station, but

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fuels. My position is, we need energy in whatever form we can get and the least expensive form we can get it, and the same with water. We overcame most of the effects of the drought for three reasons: participation of the citizens to reduce our use of water by 40%, use of the de-sal plant, and state water. We did drain the aquifer below the city – we stopped that now so it can replenish itself. We are easing slightly from 40 percent to conserve 30 percent. The de-sal plant cost is in excess of $60 million because the people who did the plant initially didn’t do it right and cut corners, and there were design mistakes by the filter suppliers, so they have to be redone. The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Washington D.C., The National League of Cities, and The League of California Cities? Yes, we are a part of the U.S. mayors, and I would be a part of that. It’s basically a lobbying operation to ensure the continuation of the revenue stream from the federal government. The League of California Cities looks at pending or proposed legislation and informs the cities. We have a legislative platform here to support or oppose any legislation that would affect this area. The most recent is regarding offshore drilling. Most are against that, understandably so. In 1920, the rigs were on the beach in Summerland, and the City declared that exploring for oil was a nuisance and it’s in our charter. What we did successfully was move that off our shores. The SB Courthouse is built entirely from oil money. We actually are sitting on a gold mine we refuse to make use of – folks are worried about spills; the technology is so good that those are false fears. I suspect that 20 years down the line, SB will have wealth they can’t even dream of today that could eliminate property taxes and make our schools incredibly well-supplied all from use of existing energy sources, but that’s not a popular opinion and it’s one that needs time to evolve. I do let people know whenever I can, they should be in appreciation of petroleum itself; it virtually gives us everything we enjoy in the 21st century. Health care, the opioid issue? Health care, no comment. I don’t know much about the opioids. Culture and the arts? I think you can answer that yourself from what you see here [the interview was conducted at Frank’s home, which is filled with art that he and his wife purchased from various local artists]. I was the liaison from the city council to the arts commis-

sion. I have an idea I’d still like to do, to return the fire hydrants on State Street to their original brass finish. Housing? Housing is always going to be expensive here, because land costs are expensive here. I’m going to show you something on my Android [he pulls out his mobile phone]: temperatures across the country, our weather is truly exceptional yearround; naturally, that makes this an incredibly desirable place to come, and therefore the price will always go up. Yes, I’d like to see more rentals and it’s a great idea to develop downtown – the zoning is in place, and the only challenge is adjustments for parking. The press? I used to be a journalist for Associated Press in Los Angeles. My object was always to tell the story of the person I was talking to, not tell my story; in fact I wanted to be transparent. In the early 1990s around the LA riots time at the Los Angeles Times, they felt if they had a particular point of view it helped them get on the front page. It became a story to adopt an attitude. And that unfortunately has continued as a trend nation-

wide: now it’s not “I’m going to inform the public,” it’s “I’m going to instruct the public.” And that is not journalism, that’s why you are getting now what is called fake news: news agencies adopt the attitude of what people ought to know that supports what I say is right, so you’re only getting part of the story and a decline in trust, viewership, and readership. Does SB have a problem? I honestly have respect for the News-Press because they’re the only paper locally [excluding the Montecito Journal] that has diverse opinion. I think Nick Welsh is good professional reporter; his columns are revealing, he separates his opinion out of his factual reporting, [and] I have a lot of respect for him. Social media? I need to do it more – sure, it’s a good thing to use. I don’t use it much because people can say anything and it reminds me of grammar school. I don’t have an active political Facebook page. I don’t use Twitter. Trump has remapped the whole media program because he’s now talking directly to people and not using the press. [Next week: an interview with Cathy Murillo] •MJ

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 6) At the Belmond Mayors Cup Polo match between Klentner Ranch and Santa Clara are Jessica and Hillary Legiak, and Michelle McMahon (photo by Priscilla)

Having begun the Belmond El Encanto Mayors Cup is songstress Willow Markowitz, with David Sigman, Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club; John Muse, president; Shaun O’Bryan, host Belmond El Encanto GM; and Charles Ward (photo by Priscilla)

Enjoying the afternoon in the hosts Belmond El Encanto large cabana is Renee Grub, Barry DeVorzon, Mary Ellen Tiffany, Mathew DeVorzon, Alison Brainard Sydney, director of sales & marketing with El Encanto (photo by Priscilla)

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the Belmond El Encanto hosted the Mayors Cup at the Santa Barbara Polo Club for the fifth year. The trophy was hoisted by Justin Klentner, whose Klentner Ranch team convincingly beat Santa Clara 13-7 after leading 10-3 at halftime, with Jesse Bray as MVP. A record 200 guests turned out for the ritzy Riviera hostelry’s boffo bash, which featured its signature cocktail The Charmer, a blend of Beluga vodka, lime juice, and St. Germain liqueur, and mountainous piles of canapés prepared by hotel chef Johan Denizot. Among the tony torrent of polo fans were hotel manager Shaun O’Bryan, Richard and Annette Caleel, Robert and Alexander Fell, Glen and Gloria Holden, Barry and Mathew DeVorzon, Diana Starr Langley, John Muse, Brian Fagan,

Winning the Mayors Cup are Klentner Ranch team polo players congratulated by Montecito resident and actor are Facundo Obregon, Justin Klentner, Christopher Lloyd, Jesse Bray, and Geronimo Obregon (photo by Priscilla)

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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.

Meditation, Movement, and Mantras on the Mesa

taly’s Alberto Mazzoni received formal musical training as worked as a professor of music before he was exposed to the teachings of the late Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. Ever since, Mazzoni has devoted his life to discovering and realizing the true nature of self, and has spent years exploring different paths and attending long periods of retreats both in Europe and in India. Deeply inspired by masters such as Osho, Eckhart Tolle and Papaji, Mazzoni is now a spiritual teacher devoted to supporting the awakening of human consciousness. He leads regular meditation courses and retreats in England and Italy, as well as other locations around the world. Next weekend, July 22-23, Mazzoni is coming to the Mesa to offer a talk and retreat at the home shared by Robin Davidson and Linda Ulvaeus, who frequently host such events. The retreat includes breath awareness meditation, walking meditation, Qi Gong, mystical dance, mantra chanting, and moments of sharing – all of which are employed as a doorway to a state of effortless presence. All are invited to attend and participate in discovering the wellspring of true peace and lasting fulfillment that resides within. No prior experience required, and participation in any of the activities is optional. Mazzoni will also offer an evening talk including a Q&A period to preview the retreat from 7 to 9 pm this Tuesday, July 18, also at the couple’s Mesa School Lane home. The suggested donation is $10 for the intro talk, $75 for either retreat day on July 22 or 23 (which take place 10 am to 4:30 pm and include a potluck lunch), or $125 for the full weekend. The funds are earmarked toward travel costs and Mazzoni’s charitable work, so no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Call Davidson or Ulvaeus at 962-6757 or email davplan@aol.com.

Song of the Soul

Mick and Tess Pulver’s periodic Breakthrough Performance Workshop offers participants a transformative journey via using the voice as a doorway to unlock and/or reclaim aliveness, passion, and authentic expression. Dozens of locals have gone through the program, which encompasses two months of weekly sessions and immersive gatherings. The ses-

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sions culminate with an evening performance at SOhO music club, when each participant “graduates” by serving as lead singer for a pop or rock tune that speaks to them, backed by an all-star band of locals. The next performance night at SOhO takes place August 20, which also wraps up the Pulvers’ local offerings for the year. But you don’t have to wait till 2018, or invest eight weeks, to get a taste of the triumph. The Pulvers’ new Song of the Soul Workshop offers a truncated journey into discovering your soulful creative essence, an opportunity to dig into that song inside you that’s just waiting to break out – and it only takes two days. The new weekend experience is a powerful evolution of their work that includes dynamic voice body exercises, fully expressed group and individual singing, and other activities to explore and deepen your authentic voice and personal expansion. The new weekend workshop – which takes place from 1 to 7 pm on July 15-16, and costs $225 – is held at a private home in Santa Barbara. Visit www.bigembrace.com for more details or to register.

Shrestha Sings in Summerland

Singing bowl master Suren Shrestha is a Nepal native who learned how to practice ancient healing techniques using sound and vibration, growing up among people who were healed by herbalists, monks, and medicine men using shaman’s drums, gongs, and mantras. An in-demand teacher who offers trainings around the world, Shrestha is coming to The Sacred Space to offer workshops in sound healing with Traditional Singing Bowls. The hands-on intensive includes: how to play Himalayan singing bowls for sound and vibrational healing; introduction to the history and lineage of the sacred singing bowls and how they’re made; using different bowls and learning techniques for rubbing, striking, and playing bowls and Tingshas; and learning how to effectively use one or two bowls without needing a whole set based on a bowl’s unique tone and positioning. Suren Shrestha begins the July 14-16 weekend in Summerland on Friday (6 to 7:30 pm) with an introductory lecture and performance centered on the therapeutic healing value of sing-

ing bowls, during which he will also demonstrate the proper way to play and use singing bowls in a concert setting. Cost is $45. The Saturday and Sunday workshops take place 11 am to 5 pm and cost $495. If the weekend workshops are out of your interest field or price range, feel free to visit The Sacred Space any other day of the week. Sip a cup of tea as you wander the gardens and showrooms where you can view and/or purchase thousands of inspirational and one-of-a-kind treasures, garden art, inspirational antique furniture, artworks, jewelry, architectural pieces, deity statues (in brass, porcelain, gold, silver, stone, marble, crystal, wood, and resins), crystals, candles, incense, fountains, music, books, and orchids. The haven for “Treasures from heaven available on Earth” is open 11 am to 5 pm daily. Call 565-5535 or visit www. TheSacredSpace.com.

Intimacy After Impotency

Michael J. Russer and Jacqueline V. Lopez, Santa Barbara-based speakers and authors on advanced human sexuality and relationships who also collaborate on The Intimacy Connection Talk Show podcast, published their book Return to Sex & Intimacy – For Cancer Survivors and Their Partners just this past May. In the book, as well as in frequent talks and writings, Russer reveals how his full impotence, the result of chemical castration after surviving two cancers, was “the biggest blessing to the intimacy of our relationship,” as it led to deeper levels of connection. One of the keys to thriving in relationship, Russer writes, is recognizing that “You owe nothing more to the world than your authenticity... (and) nothing less to yourself than to embrace it regardless of what others may think, do or say. This resolute self-acceptance is the first step toward renewed intimacy – with the context of cancer or any of life’s other challenges.” Indeed the book and their work covers all intimate relationships, not just those affected by disease. Russer and Lopez created an original model of advanced human sexuality called the Sexual Operating System that addresses nearly every aspect of human intimate behavior. The couple are coming to Center of the Heart, 487 N. Turnpike Road, on Tuesday, July 18, to offer a humorous and powerful talk that delves into how to have extraordinary relationships regardless of age, circumstances, or physical limitations. Among the topics are how to experience emotional, sexual, and spiritual intimacy beyond what most people think is even possible, how to replace “performance” with presence

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for profound relationship and fulfillment, and a paradigm that eliminates relationship suffering and empowers achieving the greatest possible intimate life. The 6:30 pm program costs $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call 964-4861 or visit www.centeroftheheart.com/ event/return-to-sex-intimacy-2665.

Kriya is Coming

Sunburst’s next Kriya Initiation & Retreat, “Awaken the Light Within – Discover the Indwelling Divine!”, takes place July 27-30 at the Sunburst Sanctuary and Organic Farm in Lompoc. Participants will learn Kriya meditation, an effective tool for realizing and accessing the light and truth within, and a pathway to directly experience the Divine, in the lineage of Paramahansa Yogananda. Spiritual fellowship, pranayama yoga, enriching classes, nourishing meals, and quiet time are all included and will be provided to support the transformative Kriya Yoga meditation instruction. Experienced meditators are welcome to refresh and deepen one’s journey by attending again. Sunburst’s free “Learn to Meditate” e-course, available online, is a prerequisite, and registration should be completed by Wednesday, July 19, so don’t hesitate. Meanwhile, Sunburst’s free weekly Meditation Gathering continues Sundays at 10:30 am, when all are invited to join in a peaceful, joyous service featuring live music and song, an inspirational talk, and silent meditation. The service is followed by a homemade brunch and a guided hike around the property, including the opportunity to refresh in the outdoor labyrinth and gardens. Upcoming topics include Conscious Re-Creation: Co-creating with Spirit (July 16), Developing Devotion and Desire for Spirit (July 23), and The Science of Yoga: Divine (July 30). Call 736-6528 or visit www.sunburst.org.

The Spirit of the Enneagram

Richard Groves, author and founding director of the Sacred Art of Living Center who has 30 years of experience with The Enneagram, returns to La Casa de Maria retreat center to share the powerful tool for psychological and spiritual growth. The highly interactive workshop that includes participant panel discussions will explore the nine personality styles, a.k.a. the nine “faces of God,” which enables embracing personal self-worth, deepening the sense of spiritual well-being, healing wounds to the emotional self, and reducing tension and anxiety in work and relationships. The July 21-23 program costs $295. Call 969-5031 or visit www.lacasademaria.org/. •MJ 13 – 20 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

The Strong and the Wrong

egendary in the annals of journalism is the story that a certain newspaper once apologized “for having stated that Mr. Murphy is a defective on the police force. Of course, what we meant to say is that he is a detective on the police farce.” But why do we call it a police FORCE at all? It’s because we have authorized those particular public employees to use violence on our behalf. We let them carry guns, supposedly to protect us. The same thing applies to all our other armed “forces” – except that their guns are, in theory, always pointed outside the country rather than inside. The general idea is (and has been for a long time) that, when all else fails, might makes right. If they have a Goliath, let’s be sure we have a David with a slingshot. Even the “democracy” of our political systems has the same basis. Votes are symbols of power. If we’re in the majority, what’s unspoken is the threat that “since there are more of us than there are of you, we could kill you – so you had better let us have our way.” The Hallmark Card Company once paid me $15,000 for the rights to choose and use any of my thousands of epigrams. They finished up using only three of them, on some greeting-cards. Considering all the knowledge and insight into public taste which those people must have, I have always found it interesting that one of the three they chose says: “ If I don’t want to, you can’t make me – But you can always make me want to.” I don’t know if Adolf Hitler ever came across Dale Carnegie’s book How to Win Friends and Influence People, but if he did, it would most likely have been the idea of influencing people which captured his attention. For him, however, the ultimate method was never any soothing technique such as smiling, or trying to make the other party feel good – but simply the use of brute force. And here, we must give brute force its due. If you have enough of it at your disposal, and can maintain it for long enough, as far as influencing people is concerned, it always works. Why, then, does it have such an unsavory reputation? For one thing, though it is still so much a 13 – 20 July 2017

part of the human fabric, we associate it with the behavior of animals. Civilized humans are supposed to be able to settle disputes without resorting to violent methods. After all, we have laws and courts – and our own common sense. If compulsion does seem necessary, it can begin with simple arm-twisting. This has evolved into much more sophisticated methods. An unforgettable line in the movie The Godfather says it all. How did we persuade him to do what we wanted? “We made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.” Then there is that time-honored institution called war. This traditional approach to deciding controversial matters is still extremely popular, though widely recognized as being far from cost-effective. Monty Python reduced it to the ultimate absurdity by proposing as a secret weapon the world’s funniest joke – so funny that anybody who heard it was immediately incapacitated with laughter. Because of its destructive power, nobody ever found out what the joke was. George Bernard Shaw made his own sally with his play Arms and the Man (a title he took from the first words of Virgil’s Aeneid, which was itself a celebration of warfare.) This charming spoof of military methods came out in 1894, but somehow sadly failed to prevent any of the subsequent world conflicts. We now have in our arsenals – especially for use by police – a whole battery of “non-lethal” weapons, ranging from tear-gas and Tasers to stink-bombs and sound-blasters – (although one still senses a reluctance to give up the good old lethal bullet.) But all of these devices and concoctions are designed to be unpleasant in some way—to repel people, to cause pain and sickness. My own hope – which you may dismiss as just another fantasy – is for the development of some kind of “love gas” that, instead of seeking to destroy, injure, or immobilize those targeted, is designed to make them not only cease resistance but, become overwhelmed by a spirit of benevolence and willingness to cooperate. And don’t tell me that being forced to love your enemies isn’t at least better than never loving them at all. •MJ

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our nation has become enraged over its loss of power. Leaders in both parties are so bogged down in conflict that each party views the other not as the loyal opposition, but as a collection of dangerous extremists. Increasingly, both parties and their supporters see members of the opposing party not just as ill informed but as evil, according to Pew Research, as reported in The Wall Street Journal on June 30. The absence of rational political debate in polite company – in our conversations with friends and relatives; at lunches or other forms of social intercourse; at town hall meetings, state capitols, and the halls of Congress – is a terrible loss to the consent of the governed. Most in the mainstream media, many college and university professors, most of Hollywood, the music industry, and blue state voters, view this president at best as a vulgar New York real estate developer and street fighter, and at worst as an amoral human being and bully who may be psychologically unhinged. The press, which initially cheered for Trump to win in the primaries in the mistaken belief, perhaps, that he would be the easiest candidate to beat, first gave the future president unlimited air time. Once nominated, the outsider candidate and his “deplorable supporters” were dismissed as racist rednecks, buffoons, and bullies. After the election, a bewildered and chastened press, along with leaders in the Democrat Party, charged the president with “colluding” with the Russians to steal the election, followed by threats of impeachment. Some opponents have even called for a government medical panel to examine the president for evidence of psychotic disorders of paranoia and delusion, rendering the president unfit and incapable of continuing in office. This is not a good starting point for working together.

The President’s Tweets

The president has done little to heal the breech. Half the country is turned off by the president’s reckless and often crude responses to perceived personal insults. Many do not understand why the world’s most powerful man needs to tweet ugly messages aimed at critics. They find this president to be too thinskinned to take non-stop abuse from a media that has become accustomed to denigrating conservatives.

Deeds, Not Words

This president has been in office since mid-January. What has this president done for you lately, whether you like it or not? The record is mixed depending on your political persuasion. He has appointed a first-rate Supreme Court justice who interprets the law, rather than makes it. He has appointed an impressively qualified cabinet. He has chosen a standout secretary of state and U.N. ambassador. He has asked NATO countries to pay what they owe for their own defense. He has built stronger relations with Israel and the Sunni Arab countries. He has expanded the U.S. role in Syria and Afghanistan and helped rearm Iraq. He has called the threat of Islamic terrorism what it is: “radical Islamic terrorism.” He has proposed increased military spending. He has tried to improve relations with Russia to downsize the conflict in Syria and build relations with China to try to control the growing threat from a nuclear North Korea. Trump has supported the deportation of criminal illegal aliens and championed lower tax rates. He has promoted energy independence to not only reduce imports and lower energy prices, but actually export energy to create high-paying American jobs. He has reduced federal regulations that hamper entrepreneurs and small businesses. He has (so far unsuccessfully) campaigned to “repeal and replace” what is now called ObamaCare. His ideas, he believes, would reduce health care premiums and give patients more choice. He seems committed to finding free-market solutions to a long-lasting and vexing problem. Just by obeying current regulations and strengthening enforcement, he has reduced the inflow of illegal immigration. He regularly encourages U.S. job creation and economic growth. He has supported law enforcement. He has encouraged fair trade, and strengthened America’s role in the world marketplace. Not bad for the first six months for a man who has never held elected office and has had to learn on the job. You may not support this agenda, but President Trump’s accomplishments so far are impressive, especially given the absolute refusal by his opposition to join in constructive debate to shape any policy issues.

Conclusion

There are a number of needs all Americans share in common, such as better jobs at higher wages, stronger economic growth, better schools, good roads, reliable water, better healthcare, lower tax rates, and better futures for our children and grandchildren. Most agree that this country can get better; we only disagree on how best to get there. Manifesting those disagreements more civilly would be in all our best interests. •MJ

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Flipping the Bird

Meredith LeMert, Katherine Bottoms, and Paisley Forster Saunders in The Theatre Group at SBCC’s production of High Society (photo by Ben Crop)

The cast of Rent, which takes Center Stage this weekend

espite their youth, Jessica Kurtzman, 23, and Ryan Evans, 20, both Santa Barbara natives, have collectively been part of the theater and dance communities of Santa Barbara for more than 20 years. Over that span, they grew from performers only to directors, choreographers, and producers, taking advantage of the help of many mentors. Now they are paying it forward by putting together a new company to produce, direct, and run a musical starring performers ranging from junior high to college age students. And in contrast to other similar programs such as StageLeft and SOPA, which skew younger and where both principals have experience, there are no costs to the students for the summer program, as the pair raised more than $10,000 online to fund the project. “We wanted to open the doors to a lot more of the community,” Kurtzman explained. “I think we have a very talented group of kids. There’s an NYU student home from summer, two from UCSB, San Marcos, SB, DP. It’s nice to see them all come together. And having both high school and college kids together, from all over the area, has been great.” Rent, which Kurtzman performed previously in town, was the natu-

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ral choice to inaugurate Spotlight Productions, as the show is all about inclusiveness, she said. “The message is ultimately love. With the current times in the world, both politically and socially, it felt really poignant. It’s what we need right now – love and acceptance.” That’s also showing up among the cast of 20 local youths and student performers who range in age from 15-21, Kurtzman explained. “When you work with the same people for years in the schools, it can become almost a competition. With what we’re doing, it’s more admiration and encouragement, supporting each other and trying to help one another. The actors are very invested in the show and are going to drive it home.” Spotight Production’s Rent performs 7 pm Saturday, and 2 & 7 pm Sunday at Center Stage Theater in

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Katherine Bottoms wasn’t planning on auditioning for The Theatre Group at SBCC’s new production of High Society, the Cole Porter musical based on The Philadelphia Story. After all, she’d never seen either show before on stage or in the movies and was planning on taking the summer off from acting before a planned move to Los Angeles. “But it sounded so fun, I just couldn’t say no,” she said with a laugh the other day during a break from work. Indeed, High Society has that classic Hollywood charm amid a crazy love triangle and a fabulous musical soundtrack featuring “What is this Thing Called Love”, ”Let’s Misbehave”, ”It’s All Right With Me”, and other Porter treats. Bottoms was soon cast as the female lead, Tracy Lords, who was portrayed by Grace Kelly in the 1950s’ film version. “It’s fun to play that time period,” she said. “I’ve been doing a lot of more modern contemporary shows recently, where people talk how we do now. So it’s very different.” Bottoms – who grew up in Santa Barbara and studied theater at SBCC and whose father, Joseph, and uncles Ben, Sam, and Timothy were all actors – will play opposite her real-life boyfriend, Alex Coleman, as her fiancé. He also starred as her (eventual) boyfriend in SBCC’s recent presentation of Proof. But it’s likely to be the pair’s swan song at the college campus. Once the show concludes its July 14-29 run in the Garvin Theatre, the 24-year-old actress and her boyfriend are heading south, where Coleman has a spot in the most advanced sketch comedy class at The Groundlings. In the meantime, there’s one more dance around the stage with director R. Michael Gros, musical director David Potter, and fellow longtime

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SBCC actors Deborah Bertling and Sean Jackson, among others. Call 9655935 or visit www.theatregroupsbcc. com.

Elsewhere in theater, Elements Theatre Collective closes out its current season with the area premiere of Stupid F---ing Bird, Aaron Posner’s cleverly crafted adaption of Anton Chekhov’s classic The Seagull. Lauded by the Los Angeles Weekly as “the most authentic, self-aware, playful, pathosfilled, unassuming, and world-wise adaptation of Chekhov… since Louis Malle’s 1992 film Vanya on 42nd Street, Bird might very well also just be the best production yet from Elements, whose mission is to provide free, accessible, and professional quality theater to under-served communities. It’s certainly the biggest undertaking in ETC’s six seasons. Risa Brainin, the chair and director of performance at UCSB’s Department of Theater and Dance, helms the work in a rare freelance assignment away from the campus but still in town. Students at the school’s program are among the stars in a cast that also features Broadway veteran Annie Torsiglieri and her husband, professional actor, and SBCC professor Michael Bernard, plus Santa Barbara stalwart Brian Harwell. Bird – which is rife with foul language, adult situations, and partial nudity – is being performed over two more weekends at various venues around town, as has been Elements’s way since its founding back in 2011, including Boone Graphics in Goleta on Friday and Saturday, Carpinteria Women’s Club on Sunday, the Orfalea Center in Santa Barbara on July 21 & 23, and Maravilla in Goleta on Saturday, July 22. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended. Visit www.elementstc.org.

Word from the Weiss

Plaza Playhouse Theater Drama Camp culminates the current session with a single performance of No Body to Murder by Edith Weiss at 6:30 pm Friday in Carpinteria. The kid-friendly quick comedy is chock full of zany characters, offers quick-paced stage action and even a surprise ending. Asa Olsson directs the tale about the guests at the Come On Inn of Nova Scotia, who are threatened by severe thunderstorms and an escaped convict, who may or may not be responsible for the murder of an aerobics instructor named Billie Body that takes place during the power shortage. Tickets are $5 general admission, $3 for children 12 and under. Call 6846380 or visit www.plazatheatercarpinteria.com. •MJ 13 – 20 July 2017

FITNESS FRONT

by Karen Robiscoe

Ms Robiscoe is a certified fitness trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and conventionally published author of short fictions, essays, and poetry. Her chapbook: Word Mosaics, is available online at Fowlpox Press. E mail Karen at chickenscratch@cox.net, or visit http://charronschatter.com

Out to the Sea

hat better way to bump up your level of cardiovascular fitness, have fun, and stay cool, than a dip in the blue? If you’re lucky enough to belong to a gym outfitted with a swimming pool, there’s an array of aquatic classes you can participate in, but with the long days, and powerful sunshine, any nearby body of water will do. Whether it’s a lake, a swimming hole, an ocean, or a river, the temptation of such refreshing exercise is too good to pass up. Swimming is the most obvious choice. Want to play underwater adventurer? Grab a pair of goggles and a snorkel. How about dolphin? Add some swim fins, lock those feet together, and boom. Instant Flipper. Looking to improve your stroke? Slip swim paddles or aquatic fitness gloves over your digits, and go for the gold.

A Swim Club

Gathering at beaches from Goleta to Montecito, Ocean Ducks take the buddy swim concept a lap further. “It’s a fun, social group.” participant Dawn Nelson says, noting the group has been swimming together for more than 15 years. “We are all passionate about ocean swimming. We meet year round, too,” she adds. Santa Barbaraborn and bred, Dawn makes light of the fact that she never wears a wetsuit, not even in the winter. Assembling at noon Monday through Friday at Leadbetter and Goleta beaches, the Ducks biggest turnout – some 20 to 30 swimmers – happens at Butterfly Beach on Sunday mornings. There are no fees to join, so if you’re in the mood and neighborhood next weekend, just be at the stairs near Butterfly Lane at 9 am.

Surfing

Another way to enjoy the water is, of course, surfing. Our southwest-facing beaches make it more challenging to find waves with juice, but the hardwon bottom turn can be the most rewarding of all. I talked with veteran surfer LeRoy Robles Jr. and got a view from inside the barrel, or “the shack,” as the 40-year veteran surfer assures me the tube formed between cresting lip and wave face is called. LeRoy’s favorite breaks are Hendry’s and Hammonds. “Hammonds (in Montecito) is a reef break,” he says, observing that “it’s a little bit like 13 – 20 July 2017

Ninth-generation Santa Barbara surfer LeRoy Robles Jr. favors the Flyer model tri-fin

Rincon,” but adds that “you can get a really long ride if you drop in the right spot, a hundred yards or more, whereas Hendry’s is mainly a beach break. It takes a big swell for Hendry’s to break outside where the reef is.” Favoring the Flyer model tri-fin, the ride isn’t the only draw for this ninth-generation Santa Barbaran. “Surfing’s a great workout, but the ocean cleanses us. It has so much power. Any negative emotions you might be having are washed away when you’re out there. Sometimes my responsibilities keep me out of the water, and I forget how true that is, but once I start going again, it’s an ah-ha moment.” A popular hair stylist for Trimm Salon, LeRoy grinned as he adds how he juggles his commitments with incoming swells. For the novice surfer, LeRoy recommends practicing modified burpeez before hitting the waves – a rapid transition involving pushing off the floor from a crouch to a full stand – and going out for a paddle even when there aren’t waves.

Paddleboarding

A sport in and of itself these days, if performed from a different stance, paddleboarding has become increasingly popular in the past couple of years, and as any paddler will attest, it employs an equal amount of legwork and upper-body strength to do it effectively. Paddleboard instructor Stephanie Scarminach of Paddle Sports Center

“There are some great kelp beds at Leadbetter Beach; people have seen stingrays, dolphins, and whales throughout the year, but you can always go out through the harbor. It’s a little more protected through there, and the boats are always a great view.” The body pyscho-therapy major goes on to extoll the physical benefits of boarding: “I’ve been teaching for Paddle Sports for about three or four years now, and this whole core workout that everybody’s talking about lately is a big part of paddleboarding. Your arms stay pretty straight out when you’re out there, and it’s about twisting in the torso. You can feel it in your lats and obliques, as well as in your legs, because of the balancing factor. So when you see people surfing, or doing long distance, it’s a full-body workout, since you have to constantly counterbalance the rock of the board. That’s all happening in your hips and lower body.” Another plus is that it’s an activity the whole family can enjoy. “Stay relaxed when you’re boarding, and you’ll do fine,” Stephanie adds, addressing both the mounting of the Paddleboard instructor Stephanie Scarminach says novice pad- board, and the best way to dleboarders will be fine if they just “stay relaxed” stay upright. gave me the lowdown on this invigoThere you have three ways to stay rating sport: “Our location lends itself or get fit and maybe have a little fun to paddleboarding,” she says, refer- at the same time, so what are you ring to the company’s central location waiting for? in the harbor. Grab your suit and go! •MJ

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cure adolescent waving his arms from the center of a mob yelling ‘Look at me…’” almost as though the commander in chief didn’t just — oh, which example shall I pick? — attack a journalist with the false accusation that she was bleeding from a facelift. Chabon may be just an angry novelist, and who cares about snooty novelists, but he’s not the seemingly demented, ignorant-and-proud-of-it would-be child-king currently occupying the White House, arguably the most powerful single human being in the world (at least for a little while before the hard work of making America great again destroys us). Keep them coming, Mr. Publisher. More fun next week? Cotty Chubb Montecito (Editor’s note: Sigh. It’s just not worth the trouble to rebut all the half-baked charges and snide observations you make. You obviously have a one-sided and jaundiced view of the current administration, and nothing written here is likely to take you off your course. – J.B.)

A Voice of Reason

(Editor’s note: Thank you for your missive. Most often, readers respond only to letters and comments they disagree with, so your letter is doubly appreciated. – J.B.)

Loves That Ashleigh

I feel compelled to thank you for continuing the writings of Ashleigh Brilliant. I look forward to each new edition of the MJ especially for his column. I hope you hear from a lot of people about his work, because I think it is special. Thanks again. Patty Matsumaru Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: We too thoroughly enjoy Mr. Brilliant’s observations; the best part is that we really have no idea where he stands, or sits, politically, and it doesn’t matter a whit, as he not only always makes sense but also brings up subjects that most never even think about. – J.B.)

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gazing over my shoulder, watching my progress. After the grand finale, as I was completing the painting, I could hear crowds cheering behind me and up and down the beach expressing their approval at the display of beautiful celebratory light over Santa Barbara. A few onlookers got to view more than a light show (watching the manifestation of my painting). One man, who arrived too late for the show, commented on how he was no longer disappointed for missing the fireworks exhibition, and that he really felt pleased that he experienced them through seeing my artwork.I hope you had a happy Fourth of July. I don’t know if you’ve ever seen my process for painting at night. But this is an example of how it went the evening of the Fourth of July. It was a grand show and the best view from Butterfly Beach. Thomas Van Stein Santa Barbara

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I have seen the tide turn so sadly, so blindly all around me and those of us who truly think about the options we have and the freedoms we should be preserving. Thank you for writing your note to Leoncio Martins, andmost importantly, for publishing it (“Bad Republicans, Bad,” MJ #23/26). Mr. Martins is clearly another one of the blindly led followers with no thought to the damage being done to our world. Your letter gave me a new respect for the Montecito Journal and at least one voice of reason here in Santa Barbara County. And maybe even the country. Hopefully you elicited a good amount of support. You deserve it. Janice Feldman Santa Barbara

Nocturnal artist Thomas Van Stein readies his pallet as the sun begins its withdrawal along the horizon and he captures the essence of Santa Barbara’s brilliant fireworks display

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Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Well, this is easy and with my degree in dreamological theory, for which I still owe $130,000 in student loans, I can confidently state that your dream is just that: a dream. No one in their right mind who has been classified as a “victim” would dare give up a status that brings sympathy, tax breaks, and government subsidies. – J.B.)

Poopy-Head Policy

Regarding your comment to my letter (“Time to Grow Up,” MJ #23/27), in which you ask “if referring to a class of people as ‘poopy-heads’ constitutes ‘Hate Speech,’” my answer is that I’m only a hater if I disagree with you, or don’t let you do what you want to, or try to hold you responsible for your actions, or tell the truth about you. Calling some [crap]-for-brains a poopy-head is disrespect. Let’s keep our terminology straight here. Robert Miller Montecito (Editor’s note: Got it. Thank you. – J.B.)

Trickle-Down Tricks

Since the days of Ronald Reagan’s crusade to end the tyranny of Big Government and trickle down the wealth of our great nation to give the little guy a chance, the following has been the result: The top 1% own 42% of the wealth today, versus 24%in 1979; the bottom 50% have 1% of the wealth, vs. 3% in 1979; the top 1% have 22% of the pre-tax income, vs. 10% in 1979; the top 1% now get $250 billion per year in tax expenditures in preferential rates, exemptions, and deductions, which is about 40% of the budget deficit. When do you think the trickle-down effect might start occurring? Lee Chiacos Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Ah, well since the “War On Poverty” has gone so well over the past 50 years: trillions given away to bring the poverty level down from 17% to ... 17% while destroying the family makeup of those at the receiving end of this largesse, let’s give the Reagan crusade at least another 20 years. How’s that? – J.B.)

Friends of Hillside House

Hillside House would like to express its sincere gratitude to the sponsors, donors, volunteers, Board and Committee members, vendors, staff, and 200 guests including residents and their families, who all contributed to the success of its 14th Annual Sunset Soirée. The event benefited the 59 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who call Hillside House their home. 13 – 20 July 2017

The annual fundraiser, which generated net income of $76,000, took place in the lush gardens of El Mirador in Montecito on May 20 on a beautiful, sun-drenched afternoon. The theme was “California Dreaming”, and the musical duo of Robert Kim Collins and Debbie Denke delivered a smooth jazz cover of the Mamas and Papas’s 1960s classic hit. The selection was appropriate, given that Hillside House is “dreaming” of building stateof-the-art, adaptive housing units for residents in an integrated neighborhood setting in Veronica Canyon as part of its Community Plan. This year’s soirée featured a sumptuous, four-course dinner designed by executive chef Jamie West and prepared by Omni Catering. Eric Baugher, chief operating officer and winemaker at Ridge Vineyards, spoke about each of the wines paired with the courses. Among those in attendance supporting Hillside House residents were Jim and Marcia Wolfe, Betsy and Ken Coates, Louise Borgatello, Jim and Chana Jackson, Barbara and Gerrold Rubin, John and Laurie Tilson, Mary and Ray Freeman, Susan Chapman, Nancy Read, Hal and Haley Conklin, Mary Anne Valois, Paul and Kathy Shields, Mary Jane and Andrew Cooper, Marlene and George Riemer, Julie and Karl Willig, Eckard and Ingrid Brandes, Norris and Barry Goss, Leesa and David Goldmuntz, Jane and David Buchanan, David and Patricia Lauletta, Pam Flynt Tambo, John and Gail Campanella, and Tita Lanning. Thank you to the local merchants and individuals who generously donated items for the silent and live auctions. Special thanks to Beyond Heating and Air, Bryant and Sons, Ltd., MarBorg Industries, and Tita Lanning. “We are so appreciative of the quality of care our son is receiving at Hillside House,” Jossi Fresco, the parent of a resident, shared with guests. He went on to say how happy he and his wife were when they learned their son would be enrolled at Hillside House after a two-year wait. Now his son has access to physical and aquatic therapy, skills development, wellness, and creative expression. Craig Olson, Executive Director of Hillside House, recognized Past Person of Purpose award recipients in attendance. He then bestowed this year’s honor on long-time supporter and friend Norris Goss, who offered her perspective as a volunteer, advocate, and champion for Hillside House residents. Michael Padden-Rubin Santa Barbara (For information about Hillside House, you are invited to visit www.hillsidehousesb.org or contact Michael PaddenRubin, director of development, at mpad-

denrubin@hillsidehousesb.org or (805) 687-0788 x115. Additionally, those interested in supporting their effort should save the date for “If You Can’t Stand Up, Stand Out” fundraiser featuring motivational speaker-author-gold medalist and Hall of Famer Mike Schlappi. The date is Thursday, September 21, and the Luncheon in the Garden will be held at 1505 Mimosa Lane in Montecito.)

Crazy Like a Fox?

Is President Trump outwitting the media and the deep state? Does he put out a controversial tweet, watch the media go nuts, and then proceed to do what he wants? When they thought they had him on Russia, he tweeted, and then proceeded to open pipelines and deregulate business. While the media obsessed about the Comey hearings, he successfully overhauled the Supreme Court, the Veterans Administration, the EPA, and more. But what about ObamaCare? Members of Congress have failed to fix ObamaCare; the Senate has fallen flat; conservatives wanted mandates and price transparency, and the left wants none of it. Trump watches and waits. Then he tweets to repeal ObamaCare now, and replace it later. Is he now in a winning position no matter what? Time will tell. Even more recently, as the media goes crazy over his tweets, he is stillvery successful. His wins include: the go-ahead of the Supreme Court to go along with most of his executive order restricting travel from six terror-prone Middle East countries, and the passage by the House of Kate’s Law and the No Sanctuary for Criminal Alien Act. Following this, President Trump met with the president of South Korea to discuss the dangerous North

Korean threat. During the last several weeks, Trump has targeted the mainstream media (MSM) and their“fake news.” He was recently vindicated by James O’Keefe, who released damaging videos from CNN, and Sarah Palin has launched a lawsuit against The New York Times over a“fake” story concerning her. Does the media realize that average Americans are sick of their nonsense and want real problems solved? The most disturbing thing about the MSM is they are not reporting the many things President Trump has accomplished. Thus he tweets. For example, 1) the U.S. stock market is up a whopping 16% since his election; 2) Illegal immigration has dropped to a 17-year low; 3) Unemployment has dropped to a 17-year low; 4) NATO allies have boosted defense spending by more than $10 billion; 5) Constitutionalist judge Neil Gorsuch was confirmed and sworn in to the Supreme Court; 6) The keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines construction projects were restarted; 7) ISIS is on the run, and Mosul is about to be retaken; 8) He signed several executive orders lifting regulations on U.S.businesses; 9) He pulled out of the (phony) Paris climate deal; 10) He signed a VA reform bill to make it easier to fire bad VA employees and protect whistleblowers. Thankfully, he has put the interests of Americans first. I ask you, is President Trump crazy like a fox? Is he not winning for America? Diana Thorn Carpinteria •MJ

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the front page by now. Her three story Pacific Ocean property has also been on the cover of Santa Barbara Magazine and Coastal Living.

Ketchum While You Can While his Montecito-based brother Craig McCaw has been spending millions on his new vegan eatery, brother John, who co-founded McCaw Cellular, has put his mountain retreat near Ketchum, Idaho, on the market for $14 million. Fans of Nick Adams and the history of philosophical fly fishing may recognize the place name. It marks a chapter in the American literary canon as Ernest Hemingway’s final home. McCaw’s rustic estate is situated on the Big Wood River and extends to 3.5 acres of water frontage with spectacular views of Bald Mountain. The sprawling pad measures 11,225 sq. ft. in a winged design with a porte-cochere entrance and abundant stone and hardwood. It also has a walk-in wine cellar, a home cinema, and a home fitness center. Making Waves It was a case of High Cs on the high seas when Condor Express owner Hiroko Benko hosted her third annual two-hour opera cruise on the popular whale-watching vessel to the Pompeii-like backdrop of the out-of-control Whittier Fire near Lake Cachuma, which cast an eerie red and smoke-ridden conflagration scene in the skies above, as more than around 11,000 acres burned out of control. The sell-out cruise had 127 guests, with Hiroko putting it down to the growing popularity of opera and the need to get out on the cooling waves away from the stifling 90-degrees-plus heat on land. Soprano Deborah Bertling and baritone Brian Hotchkin, accompanied by pianist Kacey Link, sang a selection of works from Offenbach, Bizet, Verdi, Edith Piaf, and Cole Porter, as the 75-foot vessel cruised the Santa Barbara coastline encountering a large pod of graceful dolphins en route. Among the opera lovers on board, noshing on the sushi and other eclectic comestibles, were Mary Ellen Tiffany, John Saladino, Julian Nott, Toni Frohoff, Howard J. Smith, Mark Whitehurst, and Kerry Methner.

In the commercial, Katy playfully begins talking with her pet teacup poodle, Nugget, before thanking Myer for giving away 8,000 tickets for her forthcoming tour. “Okay, Nugget, it’s time to get your puppy passport. Let’s go chase some koalas!” she says with great enthusiasm. After a torrent of complaints from animal lovers, including an executive at the Australian Zoo, Myer’s responded to the criticism and edited the offending content out of the commercial. Too much to bear, clearly.

Soprano Deborah Bertling and baritone Brian Hotchkin serenade a sold-out audience on board the Condor Express with a medley of French classics, opera, and even American Songbook favorites as clouds of smoke from Santa Barbara’s most recent wildfire looms in the background (photo by Jim Buckley)

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Katy’s Canines Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry has been going to the dogs in Australia! The former Dos Pueblos High student has landed herself in a major row in the antipodes for a TV commercial for the country’s retail giant, Myer. The singer teamed up with the nation’s largest department store chain to promote her 2018 Witness tour in an ad slammed by animal lovers.

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Youth is Served The Music Academy of the West’s 70th anniversary summer festival goes apace. I was obviously in the right aria at Hahn Hall when Operafest featuring works by Bizet, Puccini, Mozart, Bellini, Offenbach, and Massenet was performed with a tidal wave of talented young singers under conductors John Churchwell and Giuseppe Mentucci and directors James Darrah and Grant Preisser. Days later, I was at the Lobero when 35-year-old New Yorker Caroline Shaw, the youngest-ever winner of the Pulitzer Prize for music – who studied at Yale and Princeton – debuted the world premiere of Broad and Free with Kathleen Winkler on violin and Conor Hanick on piano, which was underwritten by Rick and Dot Nelson. Francaix’s Trio with oboist Eugene Izotov, bassoonist Dennis Michel, and pianist Margaret McDonald kicked off the concert with Brahms’s Trio in E-flat major with Jeremy Denk on keyboard, Julie Landsman on horn, and violinist Jorja Fleezanis wrapping the show. The entertaining week concluded at the Granada when maestro Edo de Waart, music director of the New Zealand and Milwaukee symphony orchestras, took charge of the Academy Festival Orchestra with Mozart’s overture of Don Giovanni, and Mason Bates Garages of the Valley, concluding with Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 in E minor. Scoop of Goop She’s an Oscar winner with more than 40 films to her credit. But Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow admits she’s considering giving up her movie career to focus on her passion – her lifestyle company Goop. The Hollywood star, who has been vacationing in St. Tropez and Paris with her ex, rocker Chris Martin, confesses she “isn’t sure” how she feels about acting anymore, and has no future roles on the horizon. On an interview with the TV show Extra, on which I was a correspondent 13 – 20 July 2017

for three years, Paltrow said: “I’m not sure how I’ll feel about acting going forward. I’m just a teensy little bit here and there when I have time. But I love running my business.” The 44-year-old entrepreneur – who has two children, Apple, 13, and Moses, 11, by the Coldplay guitarist – admits she is relishing the challenge of building her own company, which is about to become a quarterly magazine published by New York giant Conde Nast, which prints Vogue and Vanity Fair. “You know, my life has been skewing far more heavily towards my business, and it has to right now that we have so much going on. “We’re growing so fast, and it’s such an exciting time to be doing what I’m doing.” Paltrow’s most recent role was an appearance in the 2016 TV series Nightcap, while her last movie was the 2015 flop Mortdecai opposite Johnny Depp. The actress comes from Hollywood stock, being the daughter of director and producer Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner. To the Rescue After practicing my royal wave playing King George III for the fifth year in the village’s July 4 parade, I dashed off to the Rescue Mission to volunteer for the charity’s 10th annual carnival. The colorful bash featured a cornucopia of games, including a pie-throwing contest, with a barbecue for the 300 homeless men and women prepared by chef Wesley Jones, using 70 pounds of beef for the hamburgers, 20 pounds of macaroni salad, not to mention a mountainous pile of red, white, and blue cupcakes. The parking lot party was organized by the nonprofit’s 65 member-strong women’s auxiliary with men in the Rescue Mission’s residential recovery program acting as volunteers. “Life on the streets is never easy,” says Rolf Geyling, the mission’s president. “This is why we try so hard to create a warm, welcoming, home-like atmosphere, especially during the holidays.” Last year, the Rescue Mission pro-

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Getting together are Mary and Wesley Balmer, Trish Geyling, SBRM Women’s Auxiliary; and Rebecca Weber, SBRM director of Communications & Constituent Relations (photo by Priscilla)

vided 143,051 meals and 51,627 safe nights of shelter for individuals with no place to turn. TV Santa Barbara Publisher Raiza Giorgi has been elected chair of the TV Santa Barbara board of directors, succeeding Anders Bergstrom after two years. Raiza is the owner and publisher of the Santa Ynez Valley Star, a twice-monthly publication, as well as the monthly Santa Barbara Family and Life Magazine. “We are an amazing nonprofit, from educating tomorrow’s media arts students and creating an environment where anyone can learn how to produce video and tell stories,” says Raiza. “We are a wonderful place to create.” Josh Figatner will serve as vice chair after being treasurer for two years. Sightings: Comedian-actor Martin Short checking out Tydes...Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus at Loquita... Oscar winner Kevin Costner at Lama Dog in the Funk Zone Pip! Pip!

SBRM volunteers of cooks and servers are Loren Bird, Tyrell Martin, Albert Padilla, Karem Muska, Gene Gordillo, and Olivia Geyling (photo by Priscilla)

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grade. Grant said that it’s possible a height modification may be necessary, and that the project will need to be reviewed for a tentative subdivision map pertaining to the condominium development. Property owner Sasha Leibowitz, who owns the home adjacent to the back east corner of the property, told the ABR that she has had repeated discussions with Cearnal but continues to be concerned about size, bulk, scale, and neighborhood compatibility. “Here we are looking at the same windows, balconies, and roof decks that overlook our house! And I’m not happy about it,” she said, adding that one of the “Juliette-style” balconies off one of the condo’s master bedrooms faces directly into the bedroom of her 5-year-old son. “We are going to turn into animals in a zoo,” she added. Cearnal said he continues to work with designers to modify the floor plans, and at the advice of ABR members, said he would look into the potential removal of windows and French doors, or look into planting more mature trees to help screen and add privacy for both the neighbors and the new condo owners. Landscape designer Bob Cunningham told the ABR the landscape plan includes eight different species of trees, including replacement pine trees, magnolia, jacaranda, California sycamore, Queensland umbrella trees, and others. “We are trying to buffer the view of the building to the neighbors as much as possible,” he said. Privacy concerns will also be mitigated with higher parapet walls at the rooftop deck level, Cearnal said.

“We have a long road ahead,” Cearnal told the board, adding that in addition to many more ABR meetings, the project will need environmental assessment because of its location in the Coastal Zone, as well as review by the Santa Barbara Planning Commission and courtesy review by the Montecito Planning Commission. Members of the board positively commented about the Spanish style of design, and the broken-up massing and thoughtful placement of the buildings. “I appreciate the effort the applicant has gone to in order to make the project appear smaller. But as charming as the big French doors and the Juliette balconies are, they may not be appropriate in all locations. I encourage you to study those locations and look at floor-plan layouts that can potentially address those issues,” said ABR member Kevin Moore. He and other board members encouraged a continued dialogue between the developer, designers, and the neighbors. The conceptual project was continued indefinitely to a future meeting.

Walking Path on Channel Drive

At this week’s Montecito Association (MA) Land Use Committee meeting, sub-committee members set a tentative date for a community workshop to discuss the potential of a walking path on Channel Drive. The idea of a trail on the sea-side portion of Channel Drive, between the steps at Butterfly Beach headed east toward 1174 Channel Drive, has been in the

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works for years, and the MA spent much time, energy, and funding pursing the idea about 10 years ago. “It is a good time to re-engage and revisit the idea,” said MA executive director Victoria Greene, who said that the idea was stalled previously because of two neighbors who opposed the project. Now, Montecito resident Ned Quackenbush has asked the MA to revisit the pathway in an effort to assuage safety issues on the road with the high volume of bicyclists, pedestrians, and vehicles. “We are helping to facilitate getting it back in front of County reps, as well as helping to facilitate funding,” Greene said. About 10 years ago, the project and associated landscaping was estimated to cost $450,000, according to Land Use Committee member Peter van Duinwyk. The path would be located on both private property and County right-of-way, so the Land Use Committee will begin the project resurrection by discussing the idea with nearby property owners. “Before we invest any resources, we need to get a sense of the community,” said Land Use chair Cori Hayman. A tentative Community Workshop to discuss the pathway will be held on September 21 at 5 pm at Montecito Hall; stay tuned for more details.

Montecito Association Meets

At this month’s Montecito Association meeting, Montecito Fire chief Chip Hickman reported that several MFPD teams are assisting in the local fires burning in Santa Maria and Santa Ynez/Goleta. As of press time, the Alamo Fire east of Santa Maria had burned 29,000 acres and was 45% contained; two engines and one strike team from MFPD are currently helping fight that fire. The Whittier Fire, which is burning near Lake Cachuma and at one point headed into the area above Winchester Canyon, has burned 10,000 acres and is 25% contained as of press time. An engine from MPFD is also up there, Chief Hickman said. “The weather is helping immensely; easier suppression and less progression,” he said. “We are well into fire season, obviously.” Chief Hickman also thanked the MA members for their participation in the pancake breakfast on the 4th of July, in which MFPD was celebrating their 100th anniversary. Santa Barbara County Sheriff lieutenant Mike Perkins reported that there has been a lull in burglaries after a rash of commercial break-ins in Montecito, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria over the last few months. He reported that his detectives are still working the cases, and it’s possi-

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ble that some of the suspects in those burglaries have been arrested in other areas. The board discussed the successful Village Fourth festivities and thanked organizers including Mindy Denson, Trish Davis, and Kathi King and their committee. “What a tremendous outpouring of fun, dedication, and community,” said MA board president Charlene Nagel. “It was without a doubt the biggest turnout we’ve had.” Two new board members were appointed to the MA board: Penelope Bianchi and Megan Orloff. The next Montecito Association meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 8.

Hind Hall Grand Opening

This Friday, July 14, the Music Academy of the West will celebrate the grand opening of Hind Hall, the Academy’s new teaching studio building that is the result of a $4.4 million gift from the Hind Foundation in addition to the collective support of all those who contributed to the $17.5 million FINALE campaign. Conceived and designed with yearround use in mind, the 5,972 sq-ft structure houses two large ensemble rehearsal rooms – the Gondos String Quartet Studio and the Lehrer Percussion Studio – as well as six large faculty teaching studios. These rehearsal spaces will be utilized by the Music Academy throughout the Summer Festival and by the community during the non-summer months. Hind Hall features the latest in distance learning technology, a new central courtyard, a redesigned loading dock to increase accessibility to and from Hahn Hall, and temperature-controlled storage space for instruments and general campus use. Scott Reed, Music Academy of the West president and CEO said, “Hind Hall will enable our campus to provide our Fellows, audiences, faculty, and community partners with worldclass educational facilities, serving the next generation of great classically trained musicians. We appreciate the Hind Foundation’s generous gift to the Music Academy’s future. They join a dedicated group of contributors who have all helped to make this project possible.” The following patrons made investments to name spaces within Hind Hall: Sharon and David Bradford, Stephen Schaible and Daron Builta, Michelle Joanou, Shirley and Seymour Lehrer, the Luria Foundation, Lila and Joe Scher, and in memory of Bernard Gondos, Phil Goanou, and Margaret Mosher. The academy also thanks Frank Schipper Construction and the sup-

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college, when I had commissions and fellowships and residencies, all before reality hit in my late 30s. Now I’m going back to that and it’s very exciting.

This Week at MAW

Composer William Neil modifies concerto for MAW

for John Bruce Yeh, who is still the assistant principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, to play with his Chicago Pro Music ensemble. Neil, who served as the first composer-in-residence with the Lyric Opera of Chicago and has had works performed all over the world, has also worked in finance to support his family. He has long self-published his compositions. So, hearing that a young Spanish clarinetist who lives and studies in Finland was interested in a 30-yearold piece sparked his interest. That set in motion the re-working of his concerto for this summer at MAW. Q. Why did you offer to write a reduction and then orchestrate the concert for Fatima? A. The idea of a young musician discovering your work is a composer’s dream. Like all the pieces I write, I have great hopes for my children. You know it’s a good piece when it has a life of its own and someone finds it without you knocking on their door. With Fatima, her passion was so addictive for a composer. And I was awed by her risk-taking. Many young soloists will be more conservative and just play the standard pieces that will most easily move them forward in their career. To follow through and help her out was thrilling for me. What was the process to re-work it? I only had 20 days to write the orchestration. I felt like I was her age again, a young composer with lots of ambition who could just make myself do it. So, I put everything aside and just got to work. I wanted it to be a unique version of the piece, not just a throw-off orchestration. It was pretty intense. But I loved the idea that I could, on a dime, meet a deadline and not compro-

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mise my integrity. And having her be really happy about it made it all worthwhile. To have someone in the younger generation understand my language is amazing. Does the piece still speak to you the way you wrote it? Or did you want to make changes to the clarinet part? It’s actually one of a handful of pieces I composed where I wouldn’t change a note. It’s sort of my Bach piece, because you really can’t. That’s what made it so challenging to orchestrate, because there are no other notes to add. All I could do was enhance the ambiance of the instruments that were originally involved. Then she won the competition. How did that feel? I got an email from her instructor, Richie Hawley, and all it said was “She won! She won!” I don’t mind telling you that at that moment I broke down and cried. It’s kind of also sparked my desire to compose more for clarinet. I hear you are coming out here for the performance. I had decided if she wins I want to be out there rooting her on, whatever the cost. Before I could even think about how to do that, (MAW artistic VP) Patrick Posey emailed and invited me to participate in the weekend as a guest composer, attend rehearsal on Saturday, and stay throughout. It plays out the whole relationship between composer, performer, and producer. It’s a big thrill. What’s next for you? I worked hard to keep my business going so I could continue to compose through the years. Now I’m planning to transition out of the financial work and go back to music full time. I feel like I just graduated from

Friday, July 14: Early this evening, all in the Music Academy community are invited to attend for the grand opening of Hind Hall, the nearly 6,000-foot building designed for year-round use. Hind houses two large ensemble rehearsal rooms, plus six large faculty teaching studios, all of which will be available for use by the local music community during the non-summer months. Today they’re being celebrated as representing the completion of the Music Academy’s 17-year, $50-million campus renovation plan that includes Hahn Hall, the Luria Education Center, the historic Marilyn Horne Main House, and the Lehrer Studio Building – plus an endowment that will maintain MAW as an All-Steinway piano facility in perpetuity. The party begins with a reception at 5 pm, followed by the world premiere of a short commemorative fanfare composed by Mosher guest artist Matthew Aucoin just for this event to usher in the ribbon cutting and remarks. “Hallelujah! The seemingly never-ending period of construction and remodeling at MAW is finally be-Hind-us! And what a sparkling jewel we now have on campus.” Monday, July 17: It was about a decade ago that several principal performers slated to star in the Music Academy’s annual opera production came down with a severe and highly contagious virus. And while the understudies certainly acquitted themselves on opening night, the voice program took matters to heart and instituted deeper performance training for the secondary singers, including a full sing-through of the opera accompanied by the vocal pianists. Giuseppe Mentuccia, who is in charge of the chorus for the full production of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love later in the month, conducts today’s covers concert of the charming romantic-comedy in the Italian bel canto tradition that finds a young man tricked by a salesman into purchasing bottles of wine that he believes are love potions, resulting in his adored Adina having to fess up to her love for him. The afternoon run-through features Fellows Kresley Figueroa singing Adina, Isabella Moore (Giannetta), John Chongyoon Noh (Nemorino), Andrew Dwan (Belcore), and Jeremy Hirsch (Dulcamara). Sung in Italian (3:30 pm; Hahn Hall; free.)

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Tuesday, July 18: You’ve heard of Taco Tuesdays, where locals can chow down weekly on all-you-caneat Mexican fare complete with all the fixins at either El Paseo or Casablanca, just a few blocks apart on State Street? Well, today at the Music Academy is offering Takács Tuesday, as the string quartet that formed 42 years ago (with two of the original members still performing) returns to town for a pair of public performances. The Hungarian string artists – who opened the season with a concert at Hahn Hall on the festival’s first night – begin the day by running the chamber music masterclass this afternoon before heading over to the Lobero (perhaps following a stop for dinner at Taco Tuesday?) for the weekly Music Academy Faculty Artist series concert. Takács members violinists Edward Dusinberre and Károly Schranz, violist Geraldine Walther, and cellist András Fejér will be joined by violinists Kathleen Winkler and Jorja Fellzanis, violist Richard O’Neill, and cellist David Gerber for Mendelssohn’s Octed before the quartet sans Schranz is augmented by clarinetist Richie Hawley, bassoonist Benjamin Kamins, and horn player Julie Landsman for Beethoven’s Septet (7:30 pm; Lobero; $42). Wednesday, July 19: It’s hard to believe with 2½ weeks to go that we’ve already arrived at the final vocal masterclass of the summer, but the closing class at least offers the initial opportunity to see Speranza Scappucci in action. The Italianborn conductor, who recently made her Vienna debut with productions of La Traviata and La Cenerentola at the Vienna State Opera that were acclaimed by both the public and critics, serves the same role for MAW’s offering of Donizetti’s The Elixir of Love later in the month at our impressive concert hall known as the Granada (3:15 pm; Hahn; $10).... Later today, it’s another debut, as the Music Academy inaugurates its Sonata Faculty Recital. The impressive pairings feature violist O’Neill and pianist Margaret McDonald playing Milhaud’s Quatre Visages, trumpeter Paul Merkelo and pianist Natasha Kislenko performing Enescu’s Légende, double bassist Nico Abondolo and pianist Jonathan Feldman (who chairs MAW’s collaborative piano department) combining for Sofia Gubaidulina’s Sonata, oboist Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida and pianist Warren Jones playing Poulenc’s piece, and visiting violinist Pamela Frank and pianist Jeremy Denk delivering Mozart’s Sonata No. 25 in F Major. Sounds like a perfect 10 (7:30 pm; Hahn; $35). •MJ 13 – 20 July 2017

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shall the City of Santa Barbara enact a one-cent sales tax providing approximately 22 million dollars annually unless ended by voters; requiring audits, citizens oversight, public disclosure of spending, and all fundsused locally?

The nomination period for these offices begins on July 17, 2017 and closes on August 14, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. If an incumbent officer of the City does not file nomination papers, filings will be accepted for that incumbent’s elective office by anyone other than the incumbent until August 16, 2017. If no one or only one person is nominated for an elective office, appointment to the elective office may be made as prescribed by Section 10229, Elections Code of the State of California. Nomination papers for candidates may be obtained from the Santa Barbara City Clerk’s Office at 735 Anacapa Street (southwest corner of De La Guerra and Anacapa). The designated drop-off centers will be open on the following days: Santa Barbara City Hall: Saturday, November 4, 2017, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.; and All drop-off center locations: Tuesday, November 7, 2017, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Dated this 10th day of July, 2017. Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager Published July 12, 2017 Montecito Journal

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13 – 20 July 2017

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5547 DUE DATE & TIME: July 31, 2017 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Ocean Outfall Manhole Repairs A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on July 19, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at the El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant, 520 E Yanonali St, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Scope of Work consists of manhole structural repair, a rehabilitation of the manhole, remove and replace the manhole lid and cover, including conduit rerouting for the sample pumps and the sealant of the conduit and junction box. The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at

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

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

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess the current valid State of California General A Engineering Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess the above mentioned license at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order or a cashier’s certified check, payable to the order of the City, in the amount of 10% of the bid, or by a bond in said amount and payable to said City, signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. When submitting a bid via PlanetBids™, the Bid Guaranty Bond must be uploaded as part of your submittal AND the original Bid Guaranty Bond must be received by the bid date and time to be considered responsive. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ___________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: July 12, 2017 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

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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.

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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. 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 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 doing business as: East Cota Alley, 20 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Cabanta LLC, 1416 Castillo Street, Santa

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2D Daily: (PG-13) 12:10 3:15 6:25 9:30 Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with 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

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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. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS

Do you know how helpless you feel if you have a cup of coffee in your hand and you start to sneeze? – Jean Kerr

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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porting architect teams including PMSM architects, Tom Bollay, and former board chair John Burgee. Additionally, the academy thanks The Tynan Group managing the scope of the project, and the Music Academy’s dedicated Campus Renovation Committee, led by board member Tom Orlando. The event, which is open to all, will feature the premiere of a commemorative fanfare, written exclusively for this occasion by Mosher guest artist Matthew Aucoin. The event and ribbon cutting begin at 5 pm at MAW’s Miraflores campus, 1070 Fairway Road. For more information, visit www.musicacademy.org.

A Santa Barbara Expo

This weekend’s Santa Barbara Summertime Health and Beauty Expo 2017 is co-sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, Impact Hub, Imagine X, and OsteoStrong. The expo’s purpose is to introduce a wider audience to local products and services dealing with health, wellness, fitness, and beauty. More than 40 exhibitors and speakers representing fitness, nutrition, naturopathy, holistic medicine, and more will be on hand, offering informational brochures and free product samples, as well as health screenings, massages, and spa treatments. Along with publicizing their products, organizers will offer door prizes and giveaways every 15 minutes, and participants are invited to play an intense game of Expo Bingo for the grand prize. Donations will go to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates). The first 150 entrants will receive a free goodie bag filled with product samples, coupons, raffle tickets, and more. The expo will be held at Impact Hub, the collaborative co-working space at 1117 State Street, and will take place Sunday, July 16, from 10 am to 3 pm. The big public parking lot behind should easily accommodate the expected 300-plus attendees. Contact Yvonne Parsons at (805) 453-2120, email ossantabarbara@aol. com or online at www.osteostrongex po.com.

More Village Fourth

With what many are calling the largest turnout in years, thousands of Montecito and nearby residents came out to celebrate the Fourth of July last week. Mindy Denson, one of the organizers of the festivities, reported that the event was extra family-friendly, with a new band, pie baking contest, and picnic blanket area. “We really went for ‘family time’ this year!” she said. Parade winners included All Saints By-the-Sea for Montecito Spirit, Loretta Hansberger and her Dino X4 for Creative Car, and Montecito Union School for Most Patriotic. Pie baking winners: Cindy Marcus for her blueberry pie, Sofia Campuzano for her apple pie, and Jeff King for his peach tart. Because of timing and the enthusiasm over the band Bryan Titus Trio, the Montecito Cup festivities were not had this year. Enjoy some more photos from the day! •MJ

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13 – 20 July 2017

SANTA BARBARA POLO & RACQUET CLUB Summer 16 Goal Series July 9 - August 27 Sundays at 3:00 PM

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

THURSDAY, JULY 13 Ventura Music Festival – Time was when the VMF was almost exclusively a classical music event, as artistic director Nuvi Mehta enticed ensembles and soloists to visit various genres in the seaside city. But the festival has turned into nearly a genre-neutral approach, blending classical concerts with jazz, pop, and performers of many other styles, encompassing nine events now spread over 11 days, but mostly at a single venue, the 400-seat Ventura College Performing Arts Center. Tonight, however, it’s music under the stars, American roots in fact, as the John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band – featuring the guitarist joined by So Cal veterans Herb Pedersen, Mark Fain, and Patrick Sauber – plays at the historic Olivas Adobe. Tomorrow brings Ojai-based jazz piano giant Roger Kellaway, who has worked with Duke Ellington, Yo-Yo Ma, and Joni Mitchell, among others, while Sunday doubles the ante as the Anderson & Roe Piano Duo bring Beethoven, Bernstein, and boogie to town. Classical finally makes an appearance on the final show of the weekend, as Mehta & Friends play a program of Barber, Copland and Ojai-based composer John Biggs, who will celebrate his 85th birthday at the festival. Coming next weekend:

Ojai-based Perla Batalla’s tribute to Leonard Cohen; bass/cello/violin trio Simply Three; Grammy-nominated singer, pianist, and PBS star educator Michael Feinstein with his “Stories and Songs from the Great American Songbook”. Get all the details, including ticket information, at the VMF website. INFO: 648-3146 or www. venturamusicfestival.org All Wet – Emmy award-winning director Marina Zenovich’s one-hour documentary Water & Power: A California Heist unfolds like a real-life version of the classic film noir Chinatown. The National Geographic film digs into the possible corruption running below the surface of California’s water situation, which until last winter’s rains had become a significant drought crisis. The show looks into inequalities and investigates the exploits of California’s notorious water barons that have made the already thorny problem of providing enough water for the country’s most popular state that much harder to solve. The doc, which aired on Nat Geo just last month, will be screened at UCSB’s Pollock Theater, followed by a Q&A with executive producer Lynne Kirby. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Pollock Theater, UCSB campus COST: free (reservations recommended) INFO: 893-5903 or www.carseywolf. ucsb.edu/pollock

ONGOING Bond-ing Together – UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Santa Barbara County Office of Arts & Culture are still teaming up to bring classic movies to the Courthouse Sunken Gardens and UCSB’s Campbell Hall – and this year they have help from one of the most powerful screen heroes in history. That would be Bond, James Bond, the British agent also known as 007, who has been played by a bevy of hearth-throbbing leading men over the series’ 55 years. Ending its run Friday at the Courthouse Sunken Gardens is 1963’s From Russia With Love, where Sean Connery seemingly takes part in an assassination ploy in a caper to retrieve a stolen encryption device. The film is not only Connery’s favorite in the canon, it’s also tops with the current Bond, Daniel Craig. Guests are invited to spread blankets and recline on low-back lawn chair and/or bring picnic dinners to enjoy a live set of period and theme-appropriate music by DJ Darla Bea before the movie is shown on the giant inflatable screen ringed by the historic building and palm trees. Coming Wednesday to Campbell (and next Friday to the Courthouse): Goldfinger, arguably the quintessential Bond film as Connery battles an evil tycoon and somehow keeping a straight face while connecting with love interest Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) and bowler-hat villain Oddjob (Harold Sakata). WHEN: 7:30 pm Wednesday, 8:30 pm Friday WHERE: Campbell Hall on UCSB campus tonight, Sunken Gardens at the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, 1100 Anacapa St. (Friday) COST: free INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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EVENTS by Steven Libowitz

THURSDAY, JULY 13 California Wine Festival – This festival of wines, foods, and music celebrating Santa Barbara County and beyond may not be the granddaddy of such sip-and-amble events. At 14 years old, it’s definitely no longer one of the new kids on the block, but there are several fests with longer histories. But there’s no doubting this three-day extravaganza is the biggest. That honor would go to Saturday’s big bash by the beach by itself, let alone the two preliminaries today and tomorrow. Tonight’s Old Spanish Nights Tasting (6:30 to 9 pm), held at the historic De La Guerra Adobe Courtyard, site of the original Spanish fiesta in downtown Santa Barbara, kicks things off with tastings of wines, some with Spanish flair, accompanied by a spicy array of appetizers from local restaurants while colorful Flamenco dancers, accompanied by Spanish guitars and other Latin sounds to keep everyone feeling caliente throughout the eve....Tomorrow night’s Sunset Reserve & Rare Wine Tasting (6:30 to 9 pm) features the winemakers dusting off their top-shelf bottles, even pouring some wines that are hard to find or possibly no longer in distribution. Enjoy Napa trophy cabs, rare bottles from Sonoma, old vine wines from the high Sierras, and the best from California’s Central Coast and Santa Barbara County. Hot and cold gourmet appetizers from local chefs enhance and cleanse the palate while live music from a local dance band keeps things moving as they play tunes atop the sunken garden in front of the old-world carousel at Chase Palm Park Plaza....The Beachside Wine Festival, which takes place Saturday afternoon (noon to 4 pm), is the fest’s signature, as thousands of wine lovers pour into the sun-splashed just-off-the-sand location on the soccer field at Chase Palm Park to partake of their fill of hundreds of premium California wines, a sampling of regional microbreweries, and loads of local chefs and other food purveyors, while bands play dance tunes all afternoon and vendors of all things related to wine offer their wares. Some might call this too much of a good thing. My take: if you can make it through all three events without a hangover on Sunday, please email me your secret. COST: prices range from $50 for Thursday’s Old Spanish Nights Wine Tasting to $190 for a VIP Gold 3-day pass INFO: (800) 9363126 or www.californiawinefestival.com

FRIDAY, JULY 14 They’re So Happy Together – It’s appropriate that the oldies tour put together by, named for, and starring The Turtles’s Flo & Eddie should also feature The Association this year. The California harmonydrenched sunshine pop band – most of whose hit singles, which include “Windy”, “Cherish”, “Never My Love”, and “Along Comes Mary”, were produced by Bones Howe not long before he moved to Santa Barbara – are celebrating the 50th anniversary of being the first act ever to perform at a rock festival, as they were the lead-off band of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Also on this year’s bill are The Cowsills, the family band that inspired the TV series The Partridge Family (and who have Santa Barbara connections) and scored with “Hair”, “Indian Lake”, and “We Can Fly”; Chuck Negron, the one-time lead singer of Three Dog Night, who gave us “One”, “Easy to Be Hard”, “Eli’s Comin’”, “Mama Told Me Not to Come”, “Just an Old Fashioned

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Love Song”, and “Joy to the World”; Memphis blue-eyed soul band The Box Tops, known for their hits “The Letter”, “Cry Like a Baby”, and “Soul Deep”; and singer-songwriterproducer Ron Dante, best-known as the lead singer of the fictional cartoon band The Archies’s “Sugar, Sugar”) who also co-produced nine albums for Barry Manilow. And, of course, it all winds up with Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, a.k.a. Flo & Eddie, who were the heart and soul of The Turtles. No doubt we’ll hear several of their big hit singles, from “It Ain’t Me Babe” to “You Showed Me” to “Elenore” to the band’s biggest hits, which not coincidentally are also celebrating their 50th anniversary, “She’d Rather Be With Me”, “You Know What I Mean”, and the song that knocked The Beatles’s “Penny Lane” from the top of the charts and gave this tour its upbeat name, “Happy Together”. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 East Highway 246, Santa Ynez COST: $55 to $75 INFO: (800) CHUMASH (248-6274) or www.chumashcasino.com 13 – 20 July 2017

SATURDAY, JULY 15 French Festival – Whether the current political climate has the European country as friend or frenemy, the Santa Barbara French Festival has persevered through it all. Long one of the region’s favorites – and one of the few to still survive and thrive at Oak Park – the two-day community cultural gathering celebrates its nickname of “The American Riviera” as Oak Park turns into a small French village. Enjoy healthy offerings of the food, wine, music, dance, art, and more associated with France, plus the famed Femme Fatales Drag Revue and adorable Canine Cavalcade (née Poodle Parade). There are three different stages full of non-stop entertainment, encompassing more than 30 different acts including such favorites as tango dancing, the Can-Can, and French Polynesian dancers, Cajun music, West African Belly dancing, tributes to Django Reinhardt and Edit Piaf, accordionists, live jousting, and French folk. Meanwhile, more than 60 booths offer everything from delicious French food and wine (crêpes and mimosas, ooh la la!), to art and photography, to French conversation, the Pétanque game, face painting, French tablecloths, fairy wings, and berets. There’s even a mini-Eiffel Tower – and (hopefully) no bomb threats. To top it all, while admission is free, net profits from sales and rentals help support Center Stage Theater and Speaking of Stories, two worthy local arts organizations. WHEN: 11 am to 7 pm today and tomorrow WHERE: Oak Park, 300 West Alamar St. COST: free INFO: 963-8198 or www.frenchfestival.com

SATURDAY, JULY 15 Merchant’s Ivory-tower Productions – Natalie Merchant was just 17 and headed for college when she joined the group that soon became 10,000 Maniacs back in 1981. She stayed for 12 years as lead vocalist, lyricist, and sometimes pianist over six critically acclaimed studio albums released by the seminal alternative rock band. Her solo career launched just two years later with the multi-platinum-selling 1995 album Tigerlily. A few more solo discs followed before a nineyear break to raise her family; then there were two more, in 2010 and 2014, before Merchant gave Tigerlily a 20th anniversary re-imagining/rerecording just two years ago. But it’s

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her forthcoming career retrospective boxed set on Nonesuch Records that forms the underpinning for her big current tour, “3 Decades of Songs”, which began back in March and includes dates at such prestigious venues as Tanglewood, Wolf Trap, and The Greek in Los Angeles. The sets for these concerts span her 30year recording career, with songs from 10,000 Maniacs and from her solo albums, while Merchant – considered one of the more intelligent and literate as well as engaging of the alternative’s singer-songwriters – is joined by both a string quartet and her regular band. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $44.50 to $84.50 INFO: 962-7411 or www. sbbowl.com •MJ

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SATURDAY, JULY 15 Fiery Fiesta Fave – Linda Vega, best-known as one of the stalwarts of Old Spanish Days Santa Barbara whose students and protégés have also become a big part of Fiesta, celebrates 30 years of teaching and performing in town with the show Ayer, Hoy y Mañana (Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow). Guests artist including Maria “La Chaca” Bermudez, from Jerez de la Frontera, and Timo Nunez, Manuel Gutirrez, Jose Cortes, Andres Vadin, Garbial Osuna, and Gerardo Morales join Vega and her professional company Flamenco! Santa Barbara on stage at the Lobero – site of the annual competition for the Spirits of Fiesta – for a full evening of flamenco dance, song, and music. Fiesta itself is just 18 days away! WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $35-$50 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.org

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Real Estate

by Mark Ashton Hunt

Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. His family goes back nearly 100 years in the Santa Barbara area. Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.

Homes on East Valley Road

ontecito is a village with approximately 10,000 residents and a handful of main streets. East Valley Road is one of these main streets and runs from Toro Canyon in the east to Sycamore Canyon in the west. Many of the homes along East Valley Road are located within the Montecito Union School District, with a few in the Cold Spring School District to the west and the Summerland and Carpinteria School Districts to the east. Oprah lives on East Valley Road. Some of the most expensive and impressive homes in the area have an East Valley Road address, which is also what many consider to be the fog line on days (or at least mornings) where half of Montecito (those below East Valley Road) may be in the coastal fog, and half (those above the road) are often not. While it can have a good amount of traffic during commute hours, evenings and weekends are much quieter and the road less traveled. Living on East Valley Road offers residents easy access to town, quiet lanes feeding large lots and substantial homes, historic homes on a street that was once only a thoroughfare for horses and the first decades of motorized vehicles. From a historic home on more than an acre to a newer mansion on five acres tucked away from view, to Oprah’s 42-plus-acre spread, East Valley Road offers many choices in all price ranges, but let’s focus on larger homes on this important thoroughfare that carries much of Montecito’s storied history.

1696 East Valley Road: $4,825,000

Featured in Santa Barbara architectural books and now restored and updated, “Casa Medio” or “The Canby House” is on the market. Built in 1928 and known as one of the George Washington Smith period homes, Casa Medio is said to be inspired by the subtle and romantic design of the whitewashed plastered façades with blue trim found along Mr. Smith’s travels throughout France. The single-level home rests on the corner of a quiet lane, in the center of a 1.3acre site, set behind gates, and is very private. The 4-bedroom, 5½-bath French farmhouse boasts more than 5,000 sq ft of living space, with an open north-facing patio featuring mountain views and a sprawling yard. Updated over the past two years, the home offers timbered beams, dark oak floors, white walls, deep-set windows, and a multitude of French doors. The kitchen remodel using the original cabinet-style hardware now incorporates a Wolf Range, SubZero refrigerator, wine cooler, and two farmhouse sinks. The master suite includes a sleeping room with fireplace, French doors to a private garden, “her” bathroom, and a master sitting room-office with “his” bathroom. There are separate quarters, (4th bedroom) with office, kitchen and bathroom, and a private entrance from the side yard. The 2-car garage area includes a bathroom and storage room. This home is located within the Montecito Union School District.

1601 East Valley Road: $5,595,000 This is an impressive Mediterranean-style home set on just under one acre of pedigreed land in the Montecito Union School District. Resting on a block that features historic and prestigious estates, the property consists of the main home, landscaped Italian gardens, and a vintage guest cottage. The main residence offers

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custom features, including bronze hardware, custom wrought iron, cabinetry, and woodwork. High, groin-vaulted and open-beam ceilings combine with windows and French doors throughout. Tall, manicured hedges border the property, assuring privacy while allowing views of the Montecito foothills. The kitchen boasts French limestone counters, an expansive center island, and top-of-the-line appliances. There is also a 750-bottle, climate-controlled wine room. The upper level is reserved for the master suite, whose bedroom and adjoining sitting room comprise approximately 1,000 sq ft. The historic and spacious 2-bedroom, 2-bath San Ysidro Ranch-style, turn-ofthe-20th-century guest cottage, has been restored and updated and has its own two off-street parking spots and is preserved as one of the few remaining early examples of such architecture in Montecito.

1570 East Valley Road: $8,700,000

“Somerset” is a Montecito compound set on 1.55 acres in the Montecito Union School district, only a half-dozen homes away from the upper village, yet offering a private and rural feel. The main home features 5 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms along with 2 guesthouses and 2 pools. Originally built in 1918, this European country estate has been restored and updated with modern amenities. Iron entry gates open to the stone façade and guest parking area. A handcarved wooden entry door brings you into the large foyer, where a wall of windows frame views of gardens, trees, and mountains. Hardwood floors throughout give it warmth and old-world charm. The spacious living room features a vaulted ceiling with hand-hewn beams, an impressive two-story, cut-stone fireplace, bay window with leaded panes, and a generous bar. French doors open onto stone patios, letting in natural light, inviting you to outdoor living areas, a swimming pool, and formal gardens. There is a private wine cellar, multiple bedroom suites, and the entire second floor is devoted to the master suite. In the yard, there are several distinct living and dining areas, an outdoor bar, fireplace, and extensive outdoor kitchen facilities. The first of the two guesthouses, features hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, kitchen, living room, a private bedroom, full bathroom, an upstairs loft bedroom, private gardens, and its own lap pool. The second guesthouse features wide walnut plank floors, vaulted ceilings, living room with stone fireplace and custom built-ins, kitchenette, a bedroom, 2 full baths, and French doors that lead to a private patio with secluded gardens.

1240 East Valley Road: $8,950,000

This is a newer estate (built in 2011), located on five gated acres near other historic and grand estates. The compound offers considerable privacy in a convenient location on the north side of East Valley Road. The location is central to both the upper and lower villages in Montecito, and the home is within the Cold Spring School District. The gated driveway leads to a serious home that commands attention (this property was listed closer to $12 million at one point). The main home offers 5 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms in more than 7,800 sq ft (as advertised). There is a den-library, theater, many fireplaces, loggias and patios, and manicured gardens. Additionally, there are 2 guest cottages, 6 garages, off-street parking, and the property is fenced all around. There are fruit trees, a seasonal creek, pool, spa, outdoor dining and barbecue area, all set within this private larger-than-average for the area lot. Montecito water and a private well round out this estate opportunity that is back on the market at a newer, lower price. •MJ ••• For more information on any of these listings or to have me arrange a showing with the listing agents, please contact me directly, Mark@Villagesite.com or call/text (805) 698-2174. Please view my website, www.MontecitoBestBuys.com, from which this article is based.

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