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THE BIG YELLOW HOUSE IS BACK!

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Year-end real-estate wrap-up reveals 85% of 2014 Montecito home sales went for under $5 million, p. 21

Empty Saddles

Lynn Kirst reflects upon Western-loving individuals who passed on to that “big pasture in the sky,” p. 28

Rehabbed by Paul Franz and ready to rock, the 130-year-old Summerland landmark set to re-open featuring farm-to-table Italian restaurant and topped by stunning new ocean-view Evolation Yoga studio (story begins on page 10) Cover photo by Kelly Mahan

In The Cards

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Building

Peace of

5 Editorial

James Buckley dissects the Paris terrorist attack and weekly Charlie Hebdo’s subsequent reaction, an edition portraying Mohammad shedding a tear

Mind

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

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My Turn

Rob Lowe in Hawaii; San Ysidro Ranch thefts; Peter Zodtner won’t retire; John Cleese on marriage; Louise Gaylord’s latest tome; Back to the Future kerfuffle; Roland Bryan rolls on; Polar Plunge; Funk Zone exhibit; sock-hop takes Center Stage; Lutah in Palm Springs; Oprah and Ellen share the flu; and Academy Awards letdown Betty and Stan Hatch grateful for Gil Rosas; Lee Artman’s Cadillac Eldorado; Larry Bond on Mexico; Anonymous bridges the gap; lawlessness concerns Diana Thorn; Steve Lawrence and Seinfeld Isaac M. Pachulski sounds off about the Miramar Hotel project and takes Rick Caruso to task for gumming up the works

10 Village Beat

Summerland’s Big Yellow House to reopen as new restaurant and yoga studio; Montecito Association holds annual meeting; Montecito Union School welcomes back Mary Kirkhart to the board; and Monte Tate Brown passes away

11 This Week

Patti Jacquemain at Maritime Museum; Bob Woodward at Coral Casino; speaking French; Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald at SOhO; MUS board meeting; planning commission; Sudoku workshop; community workshop; The New Yorker discussion; contemplative yoga; Story Time; and Winter Wine Classic

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Lynda Millner attends luncheon with the Scholarship Foundation, the Friendship Center’s Family Holiday gala, and has a dog-day afternoon with All For Animals

20 SBIFF 2015

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival on verge of celebrating its 30th anniversary, as it unspools January 27 through February 7

21 Real Estate

Mark Hunt keeps his nose to the grind, taking stock of the Montecito market and delivering a comprehensive year-end summary

26 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz reaches out to Ronald Copes of the Juilliard String Quartet, explains Jessica Guideri’s rise to become SB Symphony concertmaster, peeks into the corner of classical music, previews Met Live: in HD, and Camelot at the Granada

28 Trail Talk

Before going down the road, Lynn Kirst reflects on an array of individuals who passed away in 2014 and moved into that “big pasture in the sky”

34 Coming & Going

James Buckley takes time out to delve into Skip-Bo, catching up with players, captains and first officers of the game; he also talks with Dana Newquist and police officers about a $100K check

37 Ernie’s World

Ernie Witham thinks “Sorry, Charlie” when the 13-year-old requests a theme of The Amazing Race for his birthday party

39 Our Town Joanne Calitri is on the move again, covering the Waxing Poetic crusades for the

Dream Foundation and SB Middle School

40 Legal Advertisements 41 Movie Guide 42 Calendar of Events

UCSB Festival of Dance and Music and conference; Ryanhood performs in Goleta; Bob Woodward lecture at Coral Casino; SOhO hosts guitar master Peter Janson; celebrate MLK at Trinity Episcopal; Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald rock SOhO; SB Centre for Aerial Arts annual preview; the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain; and MarchFourth Marching Band fills the air

45 Real Estate View

Michael Phillips is back, crunching numbers in the $1 to $2-million sector, on the precipice of what could be an active year for Montecito

Open House Guide

46 Classified Advertising

Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

47 Local Business Directory

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MONTECITO JOURNAL

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15 – 22 January 2015

Editorial

by James Buckley

Good-Bye, Charlie

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or the record: Two gunmen armed with AK-47s and yelling “Allahu akbar!” forced their way into the editorial offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo the morning of January 7 and killed the following innocent people: French police officer 42-year-old Ahmed Merabet “was wounded by the first gunfire outside the building and was then shot at point-blank range,” reported London’s Daily Mail.

Maintenance worker Frédéric Boisseau was in the reception area and was the first person shot inside the building, by two men who professed themselves Islamists out to avenge their prophet. Mr. Boisseau The Paris killers, instead of destroying the weekly, may have helped create a financial was 49 years old and leaves behind two legacy that will ensure Charlie Hebdo’s exischildren. tence well into the future; three million copPolice officer Franck Brinsolaro, ies (compared to its normal run of 30,000) assigned to protect the editor of Charlie of its latest issue are now for sale on newsHebdo was 48 years old and also the father stands throughout France at 3 euros a copy; it looks as if every copy will be sold of two.

Officer Brinsolaro had been assigned to protect editor Stephane Carbonnier, the publication’s 47-year-old editor who was killed in the onslaught. Mr. Carbonnier, after having received a number of death threats, voiced bravery in the face of intimidation. “I don’t have children, no wife, no car, no debt,” he was quoted as having said by the French daily Le Monde. “I’d rather die standing than live on my knees,” he added in defiance. In 2013, he was named

by Al Qaeda’s online magazine, Inspire, as “Wanted Dead or Alive for Crimes Against Islam.”

Cartoonist Jean Cabut went by the name Cabu. He was 76 years old and had been a published cartoonist for nearly 60 of those years; his cartoons first appeared in print in the mid-1950s. He is quoted by the BBC as having said: “Sometimes laughter can hurt, but laughter, humor, and mockery are our only weapons.”

Georges Wolinski, 80, was among France’s most well-known cartoonists. His drawings had appeared regularly in the daily Libération and the weekly ParisMatch, along with his work for Charlie Hebdo and other periodicals. In 2005, he was honored by the French government and received its highest civilian award: The Legion Of Honor. Wolinski was Jewish and was born in Tunisia. His father, coincidentally, was murdered when Georges was just two years old. He leaves behind three daughters.

Elsa Cayat, 54, was the only woman singled out by the killers, most likely because she was Jewish. She too was born in Tunisia. Dr. Cayat’s bi-weekly Q&A column “On the Couch” offered answers and advice on a number of subjects, as she was a noted and successful psychiatrist with a high-profile Parisian clientele.

Cartoonist Bernard Verlhac (pen-name Tignous) was 57 and father of four; he was a particularly effective critic of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, and the numerous panels of his that had appeared in a variety of publications were published as “Cinq Ans Sous Sarkozy” (Five Years Under Sarkozy).

Cartoonist Philippe Honoré, who used the pen name Honoré, was 73 years old and had been published in Liberation, Le Monde, Le Matin, and other French periodicals. Although shot with all the others, he survived but died in the hospital before he could be resuscitated.

Sixty-eight-year-old Keynesian economist and Bank of France governing board member Bernard Maris wrote a regular column for Charlie Hebdo, and called himself “Oncle Bernard.” Maris was also a co-owner of Charlie Hebdo and served as deputy editorial director of the weekly.

Charlie Hebdo copy editor Mustapha Ourrad, 60, was born in Algeria, apparently of Muslim parents, but we couldn’t find much more about him before press time.

Michel Renaud, 69, worked in the travel industry and was visiting Charlie Hebdo that day. Renaud co-founded Rendezvous du Carnet de Voyage, a biennial expo.

Each of the fallen represented a ray of light in an unfathomably dark abyss.

•MJ May they rest in peace.

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Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, and a commentator on the KTLA Morning News.

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t was Rob Lowe to the rescue while vacationing on the beach in Hawaii.

The 50-year-old Montecito-based actor was soon off the sand when a sailboat ran into trouble off the Kona coast.

He immediately hopped on board a nearby jet ski to comb the choppy waters for anyone needing assistance.

As it turned out, four of the five passengers aboard the Hawaii Aloha had managed to escape on a life raft and be rescued, but one person was still missing.

The 74-foot vessel was seen bobbing in the precarious shallows and Rob, wearing a blue shirt and life vest, did what he could to try to find the missing young man, who was eventually found.

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

“Pushed to the brink of death in prosperity back to their country while a country collapsing from extreme also restoring power to the people

corruption and crime, Mexican citi- where it rightfully resides.

If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something zens are defying Mexico’s anti-gun “And it’s key to point out that these you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: laws in order to defend themselves militias arose spontaneously from the Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net against the drug cartels, turning the natural right to self-defense which is tide against tyranny and oppression ‘inborn in our hearts,’ as Roman phiwhile demonstrating that only gun losopher Marcus Tullius Cicero so elorights can save society. quently explained: There exists a law, o words can express the joy many years in covered storage.

“Armed with everything from sin- not written down anywhere, but inborn you and your co-sponsors Elvis Presley purchased the car from gle-shot rifles to AR-15s, these ragtag in our hearts; a law which comes to us not brought to us and the nearly the Madison Cadillac dealership in citizens are stopping cartel members by training or custom or reading but by 100 others during your exhilarating Memphis in 1973 and gave it to his who were raping and killing their derivation and absorption and adoption “Gil Rosas at The Piano Bar” songfest bodyguard of 20 years, Sonny West; families, something the Mexican gov- from nature itself; a law which has come to and sing-along. Gil’s talent is phe- it was at Graceland for many years. It ernment has failed to do throughout us not from theory but from practice, not nomenal and being in a room filled has 47,500 miles original and has been the country’s ongoing drug war which by institution but by natural intuition. with his fans created consistent har- mechanically restored. has claimed the lives of over 120,000.

I refer to the law that lays it down that, mony in every sense of the word.

It’s got original paint and runs great.

“The government has even recently if our lives are endangered by plots or We came early and captured the best The car also has a monster V-8 with a attempted to rein in these militias by violence or armed robbers or enemies, any seats in the house: right in front of the normally aspirated four-barrel carbu- asking them to register their illegal and every method of protecting ourselves piano. It is so sad that we can’t hear retor. Perfect for a Detroit kid like firearms and join an ‘official’ police is morally right.

Gil on a regular basis. He would pack me, who worked on an assembly line force, but many of the militia mem“Cicero’s observation has stood the the house every time he played. bers are refusing to do so, knowing test of time, a fact that is particularly making cars in 1972.

Stan and I also enjoyed Diana Starr that free people who are not central- apparent considering that around 1,800 Lee Artman Langley’s beautiful home, the many ized cannot be controlled by corrupt years later, Sir William Blackstone, an Montecito good friends, and of course the wine (Editor’s note: Just after Elvis died, I government officials.

English jurist who heavily influenced [courtesy of Montecito Village Market attended an auto auction in Las Vegas that “‘We don’t want them to come; the Founding Fathers, also recognized and Doug Margerum] and munchies, featured one of Elvis’s white Cadillacs. I we don’t recognize them,’ Melquir the natural right to self-defense. too. So thank you all for putting the was sorely tempted to bid on it, but it just Sauceda said of the government forc“Blackstone placed the right to arms wonderful evening together. We won’t got too pricy for me. It went for $60,000, es to the Associated Press. ‘Here we among the ‘absolute rights of individforget it and truly appreciate your and I have no idea what it would sell for can maintain our own security; we uals at common law.’ Those rights making it happen and including us today. Congratulations on your purchase. don’t need anyone bringing it from he saw as preserving to England its in the celebration. We send you love, – J.B.) outside.’ free government and to Englishmen light, and laughter. It was the best “Simply put, by embracing their their liberties. D.B. Kates, Jr. wrote party we’ve ever been to! inalienable gun rights, these self-deBetty and Stan Hatch fense groups are bringing peace and LETTERS Page 214 Montecito (Editor’s note: Lynda Millner will With illegal aliens flooding up here have complete coverage of this very special by the millions, many of whom are event in an upcoming issue. Betty Hatch simply looking for a refuge from the is on the board of directors of SelfEsteem. murder and mayhem that is being The best little paper in America org, launched in 1995 and updated in inflicted on them and their families by (Covering the best little community anywhere!)

2014. It receives two million hits a year the drug cartels, and getting no help and contains more than 300 pages. – J.B.) from the corrupt government that is Publisher Timothy Lennon Buckley supposed to be protecting them, it is Editor At Large Kelly Mahan • Managing Editor James Luksic • Design/Production Trent Watanabe heartening to read that some of them Associate Editor Bob Hazard Associate Publisher Robert Shafer are finally saying enough is enough, Attached are pictures of a 1973 appearing to have taken a page out of Advertising Manager/Sales Susan Brooks • Advertising Specialist Tanis Nelson • Advertising Exec Kim Cadillac Eldorado convertible I found the American War Of Independence Collins • Office Manager / Ad Sales Christine Merrick • Proofreading Helen Buckley • Arts/Entertainment/ for sale in Florida and that I pur- and are fighting back. The following Calendar/Music Steven Libowitz • Columns Erin Graffy, Scott Craig, Julia Rodgers • Gossip Thedim Fiste, chased on December 24. The car was narrative encapsulates it succinctly Richard Mineards • History Hattie Beresford • Humor Jim Alexander, Ernie Witham, Grace Rachow Photography/Our Town Joanne A. Calitri • Society Lynda Millner found in Memphis, Tennessee, three and is courtesy of Kit Daniels of Travel Jerry Dunn • Sportsman Dr. John Burk • Trail Talk Lynn P. Kirst months ago. It had been parked for Infowars.com:

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MONTECITO JOURNAL

• The Voice of the Village •

15 – 22 January 2015

MY TURN

by Isaac M. Pachulski

The Miramar Hostage Situation

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ver the last decade or so, I’ve watched various proposals and the “progress” of the Miramar Hotel project with great personal interest, because I’m co-owner of a house that borders the hotel property. One of the things that attracted us to the house when we bought it was the idea that a luxury hotel would soon be replacing the ruins of the old Miramar. We could never have imagined, then, that 15 years later the site would still be vacant despite plan approvals dating back to 2009.

While we liked some of the proposed plans more than others, we supported them all, in concept (and never tried to stand in the way), until Rick Caruso voluntarily returned to the county planning process just last year to revise an already approved plan. The new plan he unveiled contained dramatically reduced onsite parking, among other changes. When we took a look at that plan, we realized that it would convert our quiet Montecito lane into a major thoroughfare for the hotel and that it would dump the burden of hotel and beach club parking squarely onto our community. We were concerned that these disruptive changes would destroy the character of our neighborhood. We raised those concerns first to the Caruso project staff, and then in a letter to the Montecito Planning Commission prior to its December meeting.

This is why last week’s Montecito Journal’s editorial has me puzzled. In it, assistant editor Bob Hazard refers to Miramar developer Caruso praying “that the Montecito Planning Commission votes ‘No’ on the Miramar, giving him the ‘green light’ to go directly to the board of supervisors to override further delay of a project that has already been held hostage for nearly a decade.”

Held hostage? Are you kidding?

Caruso has had a green-lit project in his hands with building permits since 2009 and hasn’t built so much as a beach umbrella. If anyone were holding the Miramar hostage it would have to be Mr. Caruso himself.

Let’s take a quick look at the history of the project under Caruso: In 2007, he buys the property from Ty Warner.

By the end of 2008, county supervisors have approved his plans. An appeal by neighbors ties it up for another few months, but by April 2009 Caruso is free of any issues relating to the plan approval process and has permits in hand. He is “totally committed,” to use his own words, to begin construction by late 2009.

But construction did not begin.

In March 2010, Caruso comes back to the board of supervisors, asking for a permit extension on the project because he says he’s having trouble financing the hotel. The supervisors vote unanimously to extend his permits by another year to buy him time. Some hostage taking!

A year later, in March 2011, the Miramar project is back before the supervisors, this time with Caruso’s right-hand man on the project, Matt Middlebrook, asking that the county both extend the project permits by three years and also that they accept a scaled-down version of the project with fewer rooms and less onsite parking in order to reduce construction costs. Middlebrook says, “We’re confident this is the plan that can get it done.”

The supervisors vote unanimously, again, to both extend the building permits through March 2015 and to give Caruso the project modifications that he says he needs to make the project fly.

Again, what kind of hostage-taking is this?

A full year later, there’s still no ground broken on the Miramar Hotel but Caruso is back before the county supervisors, asking for an $18-million bed-tax break that he says is necessary to get the project built. The supervisors vote to give it to him, with the caveat that he must pay prevailing wages for construction workers. Caruso walks away from the offer.

A month later, Caruso goes to the County Tax Assessor’s office asking that the Miramar property be reassessed from his purchase price of $50 million down to a mere $5.5 million, which probably is not much more than what single-family homes in that neighborhood can sell for. Caruso argues that the reduced assessment is needed to keep the project financially viable. The county doesn’t grant his full request, but it reduces the assessed value of the property to $30.7 million, thereby saving hundreds of thousands in property taxes per year.

Construction on the hotel still does not begin.

I could go on, but I’m sure you get the point. This is a case of “Fool me once, shame on you. But fool me twice, shame on me.”

We’ve been fooled so many times by Rick Caruso’s promises to finish what he started that the shame is really on us if we buy into his story that he’s the victim of the Montecito community or our agencies.

The fact is that he’s back asking for changes to the project that will make it more profitable for him, while unloading the parking problems and traffic impacts of the hotel onto the surrounding neighborhood for generations. We, as the owners of neighboring property that will feel these impacts, have every right to raise our concerns and be heard as part of the public process.

Nobody is holding Mr. Caruso hostage. He has permission to build the 2011 •MJ plan that was approved by the supervisors and that he’s been sitting on.

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oughly eight years after the Big Yellow House restaurant in Summerland closed its doors, the historic building on Pierpont Avenue is set to reopen later this year, featuring an organic, “farm-to-table” restaurant on the main floor, and a yoga studio upstairs.

The 6,100-sqare-foot building, highly visible from Highway 101, has been vacant since the restaurant’s closure. Originally built as a private residence in 1884 by the founder of Summerland, H.L. Williams, the house was purchased in the early 1970s by John and June Young, who painted it the iconic yellow color (with a bright orange roof), against the wishes of the Summerland community. Mrs. Young passed away in

2003, and her four daughters and stepdaughters sold the building to a buyer who intended to retain yet renovate the casual restaurant, which eventually closed in 2007.

The building went into foreclosure in 2010 and was purchased in 2011 by current owner, local contractor Paul Franz, who aimed to restore the property to accommodate retail tenants.

In 2012, renovations on the property were underway, with improvements to structural integrity, façade updates, landscaping, a new parking lot configuration, and ADA accessibility. Franz obtained approvals from the County of Santa Barbara to allow a change of use for the second floor of the build-

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This Week in and around Montecito

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21 Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed; today, Rick Caruso’s Miramar project will be back on the agenda When: 9 am Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 Concert at SOhO Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald join forces for a concert at SOhO, as part of the venue’s 20th anniversary show series.

When: doors open at 6 pm, show starts at 8 pm Where: 1221 State Street Cost: $70-$200 Info: www.sohosb.com

and meet others in the community who speak French. Both native speakers and those who learned French as a second or foreign language will participate, and new members are always welcome.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: Sara Doehring, 969-5063

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 THURSDAY, JANUARY 15 Lecture at Maritime Museum Patti Jacquemain presents: “Heads and Tales: A Lecture focus on fascinating wildlife in Santa Barbara County, past and present” at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. It has long been Patti’s hope that through her words and art she can play a role in the recognition, protection, and conservation of the plight of our disappearing wildlife in today’s world.

From the Channel Island’s extinct Pygmy Mammoth and the great Grizzly Bear that once roamed the mainland, to the soaring giant California Condor, the Santa Barbara region has been blessed with a great variety and abundance of wildlife both past and present. This diversity has greatly inspired Patti throughout her career as a woodblock artist and mosaicist.

As an artist, Jacquemain has had many one-woman shows of her original woodblock prints across the country and her work is found in numerous collections.

Her images have been distributed internationally through the publication of greeting cards and calendars by UNICEF, Pomegranate Press, and the Sierra Club, and locally through Mission Creek Studios and Chaucer’s Bookstore. She is the author and illustrator of three art books, and has installed her mosaic art in Santa Barbara’s Cottage Hospital, the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens, the First Presbyterian Church, and Creekspirit (a private mosaic garden in Mission Canyon), among other public and private collections.

When: 7 pm (members only reception at

6:15 pm) Where: 113 Harbor Way Cost: free for members, $10 for non-members RSVP: (805) 962-8404, x115

Montecito Union School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249

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Lecture at Coral Casino “What can we learn from the leadership of American presidents?” Westmont will explore that question in the coming year through the Moral and Ethical Leadership in the American Presidency series, sponsored by the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership. The series features four talks by prize-winning historians.

Today, Bob Woodward discusses “Presidential Leadership and the Price of Politics.” A reporter for The Washington Post since 1971, Woodward has won nearly every American journalism award. The Post received the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for his work with Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal and again in 2002 for his reporting of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Woodward has written 16 best-selling books, including the recent The Price of Politics.

When: noon Where: 1260 Channel Drive Cost: $100 Info and registration: www.westmont.edu/leadershipseries

Sudoku Workshop Learn new tips and tricks to help improve your Sudoku game. No prior experience with Sudoku puzzles is necessary. Puzzles and pencils will be provided. All ages and levels welcome.

When: 4 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

French Conversation Group The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System hosts a French conversation group for those who would like to practice their French language skills

Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker When: 7:30 to 9:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22 Community Workshop Alliance for Living and Dying Well invites the community to come fulfill their Five Wishes and complete their advance healthcare directives. Professional facilitators and trained volunteers will be present at this event to facilitate the process of completing advance health care directives.

When: 10 am to noon Where: Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold Spring Road (Fellowship Hall) Registration: 845-5341

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 Contemplative Yoga Weekend Nourish your body, heart, and soul with restorative and sacred healing practices. Peel away the layers of stress with yoga, tai chi, meditation, and seasonal Ayurvedic meals. Taran Collis is a therapeutic yoga teacher, Ayurvedic counselor, and certified Capacitar practitioner at La Casa de Maria.

When: Friday, January 23, 5:30 pm to Monday, January 26, 10:30 am Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: resident $475, commuter $325 Info: www.lacasademaria.org

SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 Story Time at Laguna Blanca Children and families are invited to explore the magical world of storytelling, come listen to stories, and enjoy some healthy treats. The storytelling is geared for kids 3 to 6, though children of all ages are welcome to enjoy the morning.

In addition to reading books, each Story Time will have a different theme, and Laguna Blanca’s Librarian, Meredith Brace, will impart an age-appropriate lesson.

When: 9 to 10 am Where: 260 San Ysidro Road Info: storytime@lagunablanca.org 4th Annual Winter Wine Classic Santa Barbara will become the epicenter of the California wine world today.

One of the largest gatherings ever of the California’s ultra-elite winemaking masters will assemble for the 4th annual “Winter Wine Classic” at the Fess Parker: A Doubletree by Hilton Resort.

Tasting nearly 100 classic California wines of this stature at one event is a rare chance for fine wine lovers to taste the very best all in one place. The event will include famous names from the wine world like Bernardus, Charles Krug, Heitz Wine Cellars, Chateau St. Jean, and Peju as well as artisan gold-medal producers such as Ahnfeldt, Beckmen, Grassini, and Tablas Creek who will pour their ultra-premium wines and delight of the hundreds of oenophiles in attendance.

A wide variety of delectable wine-worthy gourmet morsels will be offered by some of the region’s most notable chefs. Santa Barbara restaurants include Blush, The Lark, Cielito, Olio e Limone, Finch & Fork, Enterprise Fish Company, and many more.

When: 6:30 to 9 pm (VIPs 5:30 pm) Where: 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd Cost: $90 to $130 Info: www.californiawinefestival.com •MJ

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ing, from a restaurant (the Big Yellow House formerly occupied the first and second floors) to office space.

Last year, the owners of yoga collective Evolation Yoga, Mark Drost and Zefea Samson, entered negotiations with Franz to open a Summerland location of their yoga collective on the second floor; tenant improvements have been underway ever since.

Evolation Yoga has eight other studios across the country, with a dozen or so international locations.

The Summerland studio will occupy 2,800 square feet of ocean-view space, with two yoga rooms, men and women’s locker rooms, and a retail/ lobby area. Evolation offers variations on traditional hot yoga classes, as well as flow classes, kids yoga, restorative yoga, and meditation, according to manager Kelleyjane Paradise, who gave us a tour of the not-yet-finished space. The studio was scheduled to open later this month, according to director Nicole Chetaud, but delays in construction may push the opening to early February.

Downstairs, work has commenced on a restaurant called Pace (pronounced PAH-chay), named for the Italian word for peace. Owner and chef Sandy Gendel tells us the concept for the eatery is bohemian, artistic, and artisan, featuring locally sourced produce and products, and “house-made everything,” Gendel said. This will be Pace’s second location; Gendel runs the original location in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles.

“I can’t wait for our new home to open,” Gendel told us, adding Summerland will be a great fit for the eatery’s concept. He says he looks forward to spending time away from L.A., where he lives on an urban farm behind the Laurel Canyon eatery. He says he plans on keeping much Full and of Self

the historic woodwork and architectural details of the Big Yellow House, including the “stairs to nowhere” in the middle of the dining room.

“That’ll be where the bar is located,” Gendel said, adding he hopes to eventually offer a full bar. “I want it to be a place where locals feel welcome and comfortable,” he added.

The restaurant, which is expected to open late spring, will serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and will offer takeout and delivery, which the original Pace is widely known for. Gendel says the Summerland Pace will be a casual and organic twist on refined Italian cuisine: think house-made pasta, locally sourced seafood and meats, pizza made with farmers’ market veggies, and more. He plans to also offer a wide selection of local wines, many from Santa Ynez and Santa Barbara County.

“I want to keep the memory of the Big Yellow House alive, and I’m looking forward to being part of the community,” Gendel said.

To learn more about Evolation Yoga, visit www.evolationyogasb.com. To learn more about Sandy Gendel and Pace, visit www.peaceinthecanyon. com.

With the new tenants, we’re told the building’s highly visible, iconic sign, is slated to be rebuilt. We’ll have more on both businesses as their openings approach.

Montecito Association Annual Meeting

January 13 marked Montecito Association’s (MA) 67th annual meeting. Outgoing president and retiring director Ted Urschel began the meeting recapping the association’s accomplishments in 2014.

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Community Leaders Luncheon

Scholarship Foundation board member Norm Habermann, president Janet Garufis, Jane Habermann, and keynote speaker Fred Gluck

Ron Gallo, Scholarship Foundation executive director Colette Hadley, and Maryan Schall at their recent community leaders luncheon

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he Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara held their annual thank-you luncheon at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort. I could have taken photos of all 400 attendees for they were VIPs, either as donors or community leaders. Luncheon sponsors were Montecito Bank & Trust and Veneco.

Janet Garufis as president of the

board welcomed the group, saying, “This year we gave out more scholarships than ever – $8.6 million to 2,748 students across the county.”

Unfortunately 1,128 qualified applicants were denied awards due to lack of funds. One of the founders told me, “I remember when we started this back in 1962 in a garage. We had only $20,000 to give.”

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In 52 years, they have given 37,000 scholarships totaling $90 million.

“Cost is the most important factor in which school the students choose,” said executive director Colette Hadley.

This year, the philanthropy spotlight was on Roger Whalen and his daughter Julie Whalen Schuetz for their intergenerational giving. As Julie explained, “ We had 30 years of our parents modeling the way. We are moved by the letters we receive from students.” Roger told us, “I grew up in a trailer park, where one of the neighbors took it upon himself to help us kids on Saturdays with sports and whatever.” Eventually, Roger got a scholarship to UCSB and the rest is history.

Recipient and now graduate Ivan Lucatero Sanchez came from New Cayuma. He joked, “I don’t know how my folks found that place when they immigrated from Mexico. It’s very hot in the summer and cold in the winter. I learned young what hard work is, helping out my folks with farming. It made me want to study.”

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Past president’s council Nancy Ann Failing with donor Lorna Ledges at the Scholarship Foundation luncheon

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Board member Norm Habermann introduced the keynote speaker Frederick W. Gluck, managing director emeritus of McKinsey & Company.

Gluck’s first words were, “My talk is shorter than Norm’s intro.” Again, he came a long way from his beginnings in Brooklyn.

The board surprised Colette with a “This is you life” video. After 22 years with the Scholarship Foundation, she will, as she says, be “repotting” herself. As Janet said, “Many won’t remember what you said or did, but they will remember how you made them feel.” The foundation has grown immeasurably under Colette’s direction. Tears and flowers followed.

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Family Holiday Gala

Friendship Center held its Family Holiday Luncheon, this year across the street at the All Saints By-The-Sea Episcopal Church and Parish Hall. All the daycare folks and families attended. First, we gathered in the church for a serenade by the Montecito Union Choir of fifth and sixth graders, followed by the precious nursery and preschool kids from the church. They were all of two to five years, singing away with songs like Jingle Bells and Away in the Manger.

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The new All Saints rector, the Reverend Aimee Eyer-Delevett, gave the blessing, and Friendship Center executive director Heidi

Holly thanked All Saints for making Friendship Center possible since 1979.

They use a building that belongs to the church.

Friendship Center is a daycare for aging people with some kind of disability. It gives the caregivers a break to be able to carry on with other parts of their life. It is stimulating for the members, because there are programs and activities to keep their minds active besides making new friends.

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Petty theft at the five-star resort has got so bad that many items, particularly ceramic ornaments and candle sticks, have actually been glued down to the furniture so they cannot be removed from the cottages, many of which cost in excess of $2,000 a night.

Friends who have stayed at Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner’s resort for many years were surprised to find the new adhesive set-up when up here from Los Angeles for Yuletide.

“There was a lot of pilferage,” one staffer told me. “Gluing things down was seen as a way of preventing it.”

Enquiries to the ranch’s manager, Scott Cordle, were not returned...

For pharmacist Peter Zodtner, retirement can wait (photo by Lynn Zodtner)

“But I was asked to come in a couple of days a week to help out, which ended up being ten years and then five years at Vons, which is part of the same group.”

Now Peter, who is married to Lynn, is part of a team of four pharmacists in the student health department at UCSB, working two days a week.

“I find it very refreshing mixing with young people,” he says. “We need to keep up with the latest developments.”

New Cleese on Life Former Montecito funnyman John Cleese has suffered the heartache of three failed marriages.

But John, 75, has claimed he found love for the first time in his life when he married fourth wife, English jewel-

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Tired of Retirement Longtime Santa Barbara pharmacist Peter Zodtner, 72, is not the retiring sort.

No sooner had he retired from his longtime job at the Vons pharmacy in Montecito than he accepted a part-time position in UCSB’s health department.

“I think retirement is highly overrated,” says Peter, who moved to our Eden by the Beach in 2000, bluntly.

He started his career with his own business in Livermore, which became part of the giant Safeway chain, eventually retiring.

For John Cleese, the fourth time is the charm

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ry designer Jennifer Wade, 43, three years ago.

Appearing to take a swipe at his former spouses, the Monty Python star insists he had “never” experienced love until he met his current partner.

The father-of-two married first wife, American writer and actress Connie Booth, in 1968, and the couple went on to have a child together, daughter Cynthia, 43, three years later.

Connie wrote and co-starred opposite John as waitress Polly Sherman in the hugely popular Fawlty Towers.

The couple were divorced before the second series of the BBC comedy was written and aired, but they remained close friends in spite of their split.

John then went on to tie the knot with American actress Barbara Trentham in 1981, with the twosome welcoming their daughter, Camilla, into the world in 1984. The pair divorced in 1990, and the actor left the U.K. in favor of a move to the bright lights of Los Angeles.

In 1992, he married psychotherapist Alyce Faye Eichelberger, but the duo went on to divorce in 2008.

His third, rather acrimonious split, reportedly cost him an eye-watering $20 million, and the star made no secret of his upset over the matter at the time.

In fact, he was so bitter about the financial aspect of the proceedings that he channeled his heartbreak, anger, and frustration into what he called the Alimony Tour in 2011.

Alyce hired Prince Charles and Paul McCartney’s pitbull lawyer Fiona Shackleton and ended up with more of his fortune than the comedian.

Less than a year after the split, John left our rarefied enclave and

moved back to England before marrying Jennifer on the Caribbean island of Mustique in 2012.

John insisted there was nothing “badly wrong” with any of his former romances. “...but I’ve realized that to love and be loved is a transformative experience, and I’m not sure how many people are lucky enough to undergo it.”

Bayville, by the Book Montecito author Louise Gaylord launches latest in long line of novels

Award-winning Montecito author Louise Gaylord has just launched her ninth novel Summers in Bayville, the continuing saga of the wealthy Fairchild family, which she has chronicled in Sutton Place and 40 Miles North.

Another book on the dynasty is to come, Louise – who also has home in Houston, Texas, and the Adirondacks – told me at a bijou bash at Tecolote, the lively literary lair in the upper village.

“It takes me about three years to write a book, but I actually wrote these ten years ago,” says Louise. “I had a very strange editor, who I’ve now got rid of, and the fourth book in the series will be out in due course. It’s a little confusing.”

The writer says she has been doing a lot of traveling lately.

“It has given me some great ideas and locales to include in future books.”

Texan-born Louise also has another popular series with the Allie Armington mysteries...

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et ready to roll out the red carpet: Hollywood is heading back up the highway to the American Riviera once again in late January.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) celebrates its milestone 30th anniversary January 27 to February 7, and the glitz-toglamor quotient has never been higher. The stars and major filmmakers will once again descend en masse this mid-winter, turning the normally sleepy seaside resort into Hollywood north, while the city’s residents, who generally pay little attention to the celebrities who actually live here (including Kevin Costner, Jeff Bridges, Kenny Loggins) turn out in droves to welcome the cavalcade from Tinseltown.

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In another memorable moment back in 2009, Clint Eastwood, still spry at 78, hopped out of his limousine, parted the crowd and leaped over the barricade rather than be driven up to the VIP entrance at the Arlington Theatre.

In truth, SBIFF – as the movie festival is referred to by insiders – is much more than an excuse for Hollywood heroes to gather and party 90 miles up the coastline. The celebration annually screens more than 200 movies in every imaginable genre, including a heavy concentration on entries from Latin American cinema and Eastern Europe and Asian movies, and features sidebars in such areas as extreme sports, nature films, and surf movies. The event also offers a laudable slate of community-oriented programming with an emphasis on children and students, including filmmaking and screenwriting competitions, Mike’s Field Trip to the Movies and AppleBox Family Films.

Although the festival has recently added an acquisition faction, SBIFF isn’t overly interested in marketing the movies to distributors, unlike say Sundance, which this year concludes during the first week of SBIFF. Santa Barbara serves more as a “showcase festival,” where indie films are exhibited more for the exposure to audiences of actual movie lovers. All of which gives SBIFF a unique niche at, as one publication put it, “the intersection of independent spirit

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and Hollywood glitz.”

Still, the festival’s astonishing growth over the years is likely due to the influx of movie stars and big-name directors, who come to Santa Barbara because of the festival’s perfect timing as the last stop before the Academy Awards. SBIFF has the enviable position between the Oscar nominations (January 15 this year) and the start of final voting (February 6-17). And just like in the past, you can be sure that many of the 2015 Oscar nominees will be showing up first at SBIFF. Chalk a lot of the prescience up to the festival’s executive artistic director Roger Durling, who has displayed an uncanny and nearly unerring knack for picking award winners well in advance. In his first year on the job in 2004, Durling secured soon-to-be multiple Oscar winners director Peter Jackson and actress Charlize Theron for full-length tribute evenings, and he hasn’t looked back since.

“I started following the Oscars (when) I was a kid... but I was always frustrated with the ultimate winners – the most deserving rarely won,” says Durling, a self-confessed “film geek” who grew up in Panama.

“So, I made it a big point to try and understand what the Academy wanted. Imagine a 12-year-old obsessing about this! But I’m thrilled that I can make a living because of crazy obsession.”

Durling, who began attending the Telluride Film Festival 20 years before he got the job at SBIFF, also regularly visits the Toronto, AFI, and NY Film Festival, trusting his own judgment about who will emerge as the top contenders come award season. There have only been two years during his reign that all the SBIFF award winners came up empty at the Oscars, and even then directors and writers who sat on SBIFF panels walked away with the statues.

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Keaton, who will receive the festival’s highest honor, the Modern Master Award, on January 31, joins a list of distinguished past recipients including Ben Affleck, Christopher Nolan, Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Diane Keaton, Sean Penn, Jeff Bridges, George Clooney, Will Smith, Cate Blanchett, Clint Eastwood, and James Cameron, among others. Carell picks up the award for Outstanding Performer of the Year on February 6, adding his name to a succession of stars that includes Blanchett, Jennifer Lawrence, Viola Davis, James Franco, and Colin Firth.

No one knows who will take home Oscars on February 22, but it’s a good bet you’ll see the winners first in Santa Barbara.

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in his book The Second Amendment and the Ideology of Self-Protection, ‘Yet, unquestionably, what Blackstone was referring to was the individual’s right to have and use arms for self-protection.”

“He describes the right to bear arms as being ‘for self-preservation and defense,’ and self-defense as being ‘the primary law of nature [which cannot be] taken away by the law of society’ – the ‘natural right of resistance and self-preservation, when the sanctions of society and laws are found insufficient to restrain the violence of oppression.’”

And this is exactly what is now occurring in Mexico: as the corrupt government exacerbates the drug war by helping rather than stopping the cartels, the Mexican people are rediscovering their natural right to keep and bear arms which cannot be taken away by the laws of society written by men.”

So, while Americans’ inalienable Right to Keep and Bear Arms is under constant assault by those who want to boss us around, it is heartening to see that the essence of 1776 is alive and well in our neighbor to the south, and that it’s spreading worldwide.

Larry Bond Santa Barbara

Building Bridges to Who Knows Where

A few years ago, the Republicans had a “Bridge to Nowhere.”

Last week, California Governor Jerry Brown broke ground on the first section of track for high-speed rail.

However, he has only one-fifth of the land rights for the first 29-mile section. Worse, he has only a fraction of the money. Inevitably, we taxpayers will end up paying. And that is even without cost increases, which have been inevitable for similar California projects.

The Alaskan “Bridge to Nowhere” would only have cost a few hundred million dollars, “The Track to Nowhere” will likely come in at a few hundred billion. The price and problems keep rising, public disapproval keeps rising, but politicians keep pushing in order to get their hands on some of that money.

The “Bridge to Nowhere” had major negative political consequences. Let us hope “The Track to Nowhere” does the same for “I want a Legacy” Brown and other self-interested supporters.

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Lawlessness

Today, we are witnessing a chaotic world. Lawlessness is seen globally, in America, in California, and now in Santa Barbara.

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Why is this happening? Because President Obama and politicians (particularly, it seems, Democrat politicians) are more interested in money, power, ideology, and their legacy than doing what is right.

Globally, we see the rise and spread of radical Islam. Incredibly, President Obama, the media, and many politicians refuse to acknowledge this threat.

So how can we stop it? Furthermore, the president has weakened America and pulled back our influence throughout the world. The result? China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and other enemies have filled the void.

In America, lawlessness is reflected by our open-border policies, targeting and stigmatizing the police as racist and not enforcing laws. Ironically, Mexico has much stricter immigration laws for its southern border than the U.S. does.

On a state level, Governor Brown has shown his disdain for the law and the people of California. Not only is he forcing an unwanted, outrageously expensive bullet train on us, but he has given the green light to illegal immigrants. Recently, these lawbreakers were allowed to get driver’s licenses. What will be next, voting rights?

Finally, lawlessness has reared its ugly head in Santa Barbara, with the attacks on the Santa Barbara NewsPress building.

As we live in today’s dangerous world, it is time to face reality. The only thing standing in the way of total chaos is the law.

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Jerry never married and lives in the same apartment. Kramer has moved in with Jerry and has been looking for a place for about ten years. George divorced twice; he also moved in with Jerry. Elaine married Putty, divorced him, and married him again. Newman retired from the post office and married Kramer’s mother.

Babu got his citizenship and now works for the immigration office.

Poppy has a new restaurant named Poppy’s Surprise. Kenny Bania hosts a late-night talk show. Frank and Estelle renew their wedding vows and separate two days later.

Cousin Jeffrey becomes head of the Parks Department. Mickey lands a role in the new Wizard of Oz. Susan’s parents ask George for a 50th Anniversary wedding cards and envelope advice.

Jackie Childs becomes Bill Cosby’s lawyer.

Steve Lawrence Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: So, you haven’t been watching a lot of television lately? – J.B.) •MJ

Real Estate

by Mark Hunt

Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. They live in Montecito with their daughter, Sareena, a student at SBHS. 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.

Montecito Year-End 2014 Summary

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or those who own a home, condo, or property in Montecito: congratulations, you have secured a place in an extremely desirable location. For those looking, inventory is low and prices remain high. Because of that, here’s a rundown of what happened in our market last year.

Of the approximately 216 homes that sold in the 93108 area, there were: Sixty-eight sales in the $2,000,000-or-under range, with many condos, fixers, et cetera… in the mix.

There were 61 sales in the $2-to$3,000,000 range; 56 sales in the $3-to$5,000,000 range; 14 homes sold in the $5-to-$7,000,000 range; eight homes closed escrow in the $7-to-$10,000,000 range, and nine homes sold for more than $10,000,000.

As for what is on the market right now in terms of price ranges, it is easy to compare sales from last year to inventory available, and see what that may tell us, if anything.

There are approximately 99 homes on the market in Montecito as of today: • 19 homes for sale less than $2,000,000 (mostly fixers, small lots, condos, et cetera…)

• 15 homes for sale in the $2-to$3,000,000 range • 22 homes for sale in the $3-to$5,000,000 range • 14 homes for sale in the $5-to$7,000,000 range • Nine homes for sale in the $7-to$10,000,000 range • 20 homes for sale in the $10,000,000+ range.

If you look at this from the perspective I’m shooting for here, you see that sales of up to $5,000,000 made up about 85 percent of all home sales last year. However, if you look at available inventory, that same (less than $5,000,000) price range only contains about 55 percent of the currently available inventory.

Also worthy of note is that there are more homes for sale in the $10,000,000 range then there are in the lessthan-$2,000,000 range. The price range that had reasonably robust sales last year and boasts the highest inventory available at the moment is the $3-$5,000,000 range.

When we see the only 99 homes (houses and condos) listed for sale in Montecito, you can start to see how low the inventory of available homes actually is. To translate that for our entry-level Montecito home shopper, if you are looking for a move-in-ready home in the less-than-$2,000,000 or the $2 to $3,000,000 range, close to the

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upper or lower villages, you only have a few choices for a stand-alone, move-inready home, due to the fact that many listings in these price range are condos or remodel opportunities, or homes in more remote or noisy locations.

Of the many homes sold in the $2,000,000 range this past year, many were within the central area of San Ysidro Road lower and upper. Some say it’s the school, the upper village, the access to Miramar Beach, and the hiking, that makes this particular area desirable, and I’d say it’s all those things; I have lived on San Ysidro Road for more than a decade now.

The San Ysidro Road “Adjacent” Factor

If one were to summarize the experience of living on, or near San Ysidro Road, I would ask someone to imagine that you could live in a place just a mile from pristine and challenging hiking trails, while only being a few blocks from the beach, and still in walking distance to one of (if not the) top elementary school in California and the local YMCA. Now add in the ability to walk or drive a couple of blocks to un-crowded coffee houses, top shops, and services… and that’s the area of San Ysidro Road adjacent.

Here are a few listings available on or just a block or so off of San Ysidro Road near the Upper Village:

1424 East Valley Road – $3,200.000

This is a 3-bedroom, 3-bath home in just more than 3,100 square feet a block from the upper village in Montecito.

603 San Ysidro Road – $4,995,000

This property offers a guest-house and more than 5,400 square feet in the main home, and is just a short block to the upper village up a shared private lane.

1567 East Valley Road – $6,395,000

This French Provencal estate home offers more than 8,400 square feet as advertised, just a block to upper village shops.

1525 Las Tunas Road – $7,100,000

This 6,600-square-foot home is located on a quiet street between San Ysidro Lane and San Ysidro Road, and is just a block from the San Ysidro Ranch.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 18)

Back to the Courtroom Three decades after Back To The Future, starring Montecito actor Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox, hit the big screen, a legal battle is brewing over the futuristic muscle car-turned-time machine immortalized by the cult classic.

Maverick automaker John DeLorean’s eponymous creation co-starred in the 1985 movie, made by Montecito director Robert Zemeckis, as it transported Marty McFly back to the 1950s to engineer his parents’ meeting – and, in a 1989 sequel to a 2015 world that featured flying skateboards, automated dog-walkers, and self-drying jackets.

Now, DeLorean’s widow, Sally, claims in a federal lawsuit that Texasbased DeLorean Motor Company has been illegally using the DeLorean name to peddle hats, pens, notebooks, key chains, and other memorabilia, and has illegally licensed the name and images to other companies, including Nike, Mattel, Urban Outfitters, and Apple.

The company has never been formally affiliated with the one John DeLorean started.

The Texas company “has improperly and illegally appropriated for its own use Mr. DeLorean’s legacy, including the DeLorean identity, together with intellectual property,”

Back to the Future star and Montecito resident Christopher Lloyd

the lawsuit alleges.

The suit claims the company has plans to manufacture an electric version of the car, which it says would be illegal because the car’s design belongs to John DeLorean’s estate.

In addition to seeking to stop the company from continuing to use the trademarks, the suit seeks damages as well as the company’s profits derived from their use. Through its attorney, the company has denied all claims and asserted it has the right to the trademarks.

The two sides have a settlement conference scheduled for next month.

John DeLorean was an automotive innovator who began his career at General Motors and is credited by some with creating America’s first “muscle” car, the Pontiac GTO, in the mid-1960s.

He left GM in the early 1970s to

start his own company and eventually produced the DMC 12, referred to simply as “the DeLorean” – a sleek, angular car with gull-wing doors and an unpainted stainless-steel exterior.

Only about 9,000 cars were produced before DeLorean’s company, heavily backed by the British government, went bust in the early 1980’s but the car’s look and cult following, which included the late Tonight Show host Johnny Carson, helped land it a role in the Back to the Future franchise.

Delorean, who I would see often having lunch at the Madison Avenue Eurofluff hangout, Le Relais, in Manhattan, died in New Jersey in 2005 at age 80 after years of court battles that included a highly publicized drug trial in the 1980s, in which he was acquitted of conspiring to sell millions of dollars of cocaine.

His former estate in Rolling Hills was converted into a golf course by developer Donald Trump in 2004.

Attorney R. Scott Thompson, who represents Sally DeLorean, says John DeLorean bought his company’s trademarks, images, and other intellectual property during the company’s bankruptcy proceeding.

The lawsuit alleges that in 2004 he gave the owners of the Texas company permission to make a small modification to the car’s user manual, and they acknowledged that DeLorean owned

the intellectual property.

“There is definitely no written agreement relinquishing the trademarks,” Thompson said, adding ‘”to the extent that any written agreement exists, it says the opposite.”

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Rollin’, Rollin’, Roland Roland Bryan, a Santa Barbara researcher and entrepreneur who was named one of the “Creators of the Internet” by Wired magazine, celebrated his 80th birthday at the weekend with a boffo bash at the Sandy Point beachfront home of old friend and fellow entrepreneur, Chris Kleveland.

State senator Hannah-Beth Jackson presented a gold embossed proclamation to Roland, who, during his illustrious career, built up and sold several high-tech companies in the fields of data communications, networking, military computer systems, and commercial equipment for network access.

He began his foray into computer networking in the late 1960s at UCSB, where he and two other researchers worked on the development of the Arpanet, a precursor to today’s Internet. Arpanet was a large wide-area network created by the U.S. government and served as a test-bed for

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The meeting marked the departure of Urschel and five other directors: Tom Bollay (land use chair), Dick Nordlund (served two terms, and served as president), Monica Brock Peterson (served as secretary for several years), and JB Rodgers, who was appointed for a partial term last year.

In the audience at the annual meeting were former MA directors and past presidents J’Amy Brown, Dave Kent, and Diane Pannkuk, who helped welcome six new directors for three-year terms. The new directors: Aaron Budgor, Bob Kupiec, Kathi King, Peter Dealy, Sylvia Easton, and Monica Babich.

Directly following the annual meeting, the board held its monthly meeting, where they appointed former Montecito Union PTA president Cindy Feinberg as MA board president. Feinberg says her greatest goal during her tenure will be community outreach and involvement, as well as environmental awareness. “I’m looking forward to another productive year in Montecito,” she said, adding that next month a Water Subcommittee will be appointed to gather more information about water conservation. She highlighted the need for more resident involvement in several community projects and issues. “We welcome members of the association who aren’t on the board to join committees and get involved,” she said.

Bob Williams was appointed as 1st vice president, Cliff Ghersen will act as 2nd vice president, Trish Davis was appointed secretary, and Tom Schleck will take the role of treasurer.

During community reports, MUS superintendent Tammy Murphy spoke about the vote down of Measure Q in November. The $27,150,000 school bond measure was to pay for a remodel project on the campus. “The

bottom line is the school needs renovation, badly,” Murphy said. She turned the word fail into an acronym (First Attempt In Learning), and said the entire process was a lesson. The school board will discuss the future of the renovation at next week’s board meeting, and it’s possible the school may move forward with correcting health and safety issues before the next election in 2016. “Two years is a long time to wait to correct these issues,” Murphy said. Both schools (MUS and Cold Spring) have welcomed several new families since the start of 2015.

Montecito Water District board president Darlene Bierig said the water conservation in Montecito is paying off: the district now has 3,000 acre feet of water to be used for the 2015/16 water year, which starts in October.

Bierig reports the conversations about desalinization continue two-fold, both with the possibility of linking to the City of Santa Barbara’s desal plant and moving ahead with the intake/ discharge studies for a Montecito desal plant. District consultants are also busy working on a water service emergency surcharge rate structure, which is expected to take effect April 1.

The next Montecito Association monthly meeting is Tuesday, February 10, at 4 pm. For more information, visit www.montecitoassociation.org.

MUS Welcomes Back Ex-Board Member

Last week the Montecito Union School Board held a special meeting to continue discussions on filling the vacant seat left by Jon Gura’s resignation. In December, the board conducted interviews for the open seat and was unable to make a decision. Per district rules, the board was required

Mary Kirkhart has been selected to fill a vacant seat on the MUS school board for a two-year term (photo courtesy Luis Moro)

to select a candidate by Friday, January 16, or a special election would have been in order.

The board voted to re-elect Mary Kirkhart, who was already on the board from 2010-14. She joins Chad Chase and Les Mayfield who were elected last year, and returning board members, president Gwyn Lurie and clerk Peter van Duinwyk.

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In Passing: Monte Tate Brown

(Editor’s note: the following was submitted to us on behalf of Merryl Brown.)

The world lost a shining star with Monte Tate Brown’s passing on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Monte was

born in New York City in 1963. He was a wonderful father and friend, a person who expressed profound kindness and compassion to all he met. He will be greatly missed by his family: wife, Merryl, his sons Dryden and Winslow, father Philip Tate Brown, brother Dwyer and his wife Nancy Reynolds and their children Anson and Graham, his sister Daryl Brown Uber and her husband Bruce.

Monte was predeceased by his mother, Helene Brown.

Monte has been a resident of Santa Barbara since 1992 and worked as a private equity investor. Over the years, he served on several boards including the Santa Barbara County Bowl, The First Church of Christ Scientist Santa Barbara, and the William E. Weiss Foundation where Monte served as president until his death. It was his great joy to assist his community and make a quiet difference. Monte will be remembered for his wonderful sense of humor, his quiet, gentle, spiritual nature, his devotion to his boys and his love of music, especially the Grateful Dead.

There will be a private memorial at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Monte T. Brown Fund at the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, 1122 North Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.

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On Entertainment Juilliard Concert Brings Copes Back

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he sun was just dipping into the blue Pacific when Ronald Copes, the former UCSB violin professor who left behind a 20-year tenure to join the Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) back in 1997, called last week. The writer was ruing missing one of the more gorgeous sunsets of the season until he recalled that Copes has been missing them for almost two decades, though he probably doesn’t feel too gypped in the tradeoff that saw him become the second violinist of the most venerable and respected string quartet in American history.

“It’s beautiful there. I had a great time for 20 years, with some wonderful colleagues and very good students,” Copes said over the phone from his New York home. “I wasn’t looking to leave. But this was a great opportunity.”

After what he called an “intense” two-day auditioning process, Copes was invited to join the JSQ, taking over as second violinist when Robert Mann, the quartet’s last remaining founding member retired as first violinist, and then-current second violinist Joel Smirnoff took over his chair.

Copes hasn’t looked back, though he did allow that playing in Santa Barbara – which the JSQ will do in a CAMA Masterseries performance at the Lobero on Saturday night (December 17) – still feels like a homecoming.

He talked about his tenure, the Juilliard’s “voice,” and the CAMA program late last week.

by Steven Libowitz

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

fit in. The voice does change slightly with each individual member who brings themselves to it. But in the past three searches that I’ve been a part of, it’s been about identifying someone who has the common sense of what music is all about, of balancing content and form, and of what aspects of music really communicate meaning.

Someone new coming in is going to have all that for us to select them... but it’s not always the same choices (we make about the music). When we have a new player, we start at the beginning again, and re-investigate everything on the older material. If we haven’t played something for five or six years, we delve into it again and make the decisions all over again. The sense of discovery is what keeps it fresh. If we just try to figure out what we’ve always done, and play it that way eight seasons later, it goes together more easily but it risks being stale.

Q. The Julliard has been around for 70 years and has long been considered one of the greats. What sets the JSQ apart from its American, or for that matter, international colleagues?

A. It’s a hard question to answer, because it’s the same thing that differentiates most quartets. It’s the nature of the sound and the nature of the voices. It’s very particular to us. What’s astounding is the extent to how that voice has remained with all the personnel changes over the years. And there’s something about the mixture of doing contemporary music – and the attitude and the way we approach it, which is not very different to how we approach standard repertoire, with a great attention to detail. But a lot of other quartets have that now, partly because a lot of them have studied with the JSQ.

Well, that’s a good segue into the program, because there’s two fairly standard works [Haydn’s Quartet in G Major, Op.33, No.5 and Beethoven’s Quartet No.16 in F Major, Op.135] sandwiched around a much more modern one [Shulamit Ran: Quartet No.2, Vistas].

Could you take me through the JSQ’s approach to all of them?

The Haydn is one of his early quartets, but it still has a wonderful aspect of quirkiness with his wit, and a sublime slow movement. None of us were very familiar with it before learning to play it this year. It’s quite virtuosic in many respects. We’re not on period instruments, or bending over backwards to do something stylistically accurate. Our intent is to communicate to a modern audience the essential qualities not so much of the style itself as of the work itself. We’re trying to recreate for the contemporary listener a hint of what the experience might have been for someone who hadn’t yet heard Brahms. That means we have to keep it fresh.

So how has the quartet been able to maintain that sound through the changes?

When you join a quartet, there’s a melding of voices. You learn how to

What about Beethoven, one of his late quartets, which the Juilliard recorded years ago to great acclaim?

It’s a wonderful work we’ve played

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quite a few times, but in recent years there’s been a number of discoveries about the manuscript that has changed the way the work is perceived today, even since I joined the JSQ. We played it at the Beethoven House, and the next morning the curator of the museum there took us down to the basement and showed us the first movement of the piece. There were some dotted rhythms that we had never heard before. We decided not to do all the dotted rhythms the next time we played it, but this time around we are.

We’ve approached it from a point of view to delve deeply into this quirky rhythm in the first movement, and quite frankly it’s changed the entire piece. We make our own decisions based on both scholarship and our own instincts. It’s been fascinating to revisit.

How does the Ran fit into these masterworks?

It’s a very evocative work. She’s an Israeli-American composer and there’s a great deal of Middle Eastern vocal flavor in the writing. It has powerful motifs, and heroic sounds, but it’s also very tender, with some gorgeous slow writing. It’s not at all atonal, but there are lots of chromaticism, and some particular gestures which don’t really broadcast the tonality, so it does have some modernist feeling.

The JSQ’s first violinist chair has opened twice since you joined, in 2009 and 2011. Did you consider moving over into that position as your predecessor did before you were hired?

Not really. I actually discovered back when I was playing in the Los Angeles Piano Quartet during my time as UCSB that I adore playing inner voices. I was doing viola in that ensemble, and I just really enjoy that role. I had played first violin (in a different string quartet) a few times, and I enjoyed it. But the voice suits me so much more on second violin. That’s why when they (Juilliard) approached me for the position, I jumped at it because not only was it the JSQ but also an opportunity to play second violin. I fell in love. I just adore. it. When Joel left (to become president of the Cleveland Institute of Music), I thought about it for about 10 minutes. That was it. So this last time, I didn’t have to think about it at all.

Guideri Named Concertmaster

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next need her assistance.

“Actually, I was in line for a roller coaster ride at Magic Mountain,” said Jessica Guideri, who admitted that the news made the 45-minute wait for the coaster seem a lot shorter, certainly less patience-inducing than the symphony’s exhaustive two-year search to replace Caroline Campbell in the important position. “The ride was pretty great too.”

All involved hope that Guideri’s tenure in Santa Barbara will be lots longer than her turn on the coaster, and eschew some of the ups and downs that Campbell took when her chamber music and solo career demands kept her away from the orchestra. Guideri has a number of other commitments, including positions as associate concertmaster of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and the Eastern Music Festival, assistant principal second violin in the Pacific Symphony, and gigs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, plus recording dates for motion picture and television soundtracks. But she believes there won’t be many conflicts.

“You have to go through the schedule and plan very carefully,” Guideri explained. “You work everything out and make choices. Santa Barbara is only eight concert pairs a year. So I can do it.”

Indeed, with the limited schedule, one had to wonder why Guideri was interested in the position here in Santa Barbara. But to her it was a no-brainer.

“I’d heard about Santa Barbara since I was a little kid, watching the soap opera on TV,” she said, with an embarrassed laugh. “So to be concertmaster of that orchestra is a real treat.”

To be sure, there are plenty of musical reasons she was drawn to the symphony, too.

“I know a lot of people who play there, and they’re all great musicians and people,” said Guideri, who actually took over the position for the second concert of the season in October.

“It has a real nice feel. Nir Kabaretti is a pleasure to work under. The morale is quite high, which is nice. That has a lot to do with the way the orchestra is run and Nir’s approach, and the skill and personality of the players.”

Guideri said her mission would be to maintain that upbeat feeling while increasing camaraderie.

“It’s important for not only the section, but for the whole orchestra to have a feeling of being a team, working together to create something really great. That’s missing in many orchestras, so it’s a priority for me. We want to have that feeling that everyone is excited for the concert, and that they have a part in its creation.”

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TRAIL TALK

by Lynn P. Kirst

Empty Saddles in 2014

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s has become my annual tradition, it’s time to take a look back at those who last year moved ahead to “the big pasture in the sky.” While most of these individuals died in 2014, I have included a couple of people who passed away in December 2013, too late to be included in last year’s column. As always, this is a highly personal and incomplete list of people that I think should be remembered. All of them have some connection with horses, hiking, the outdoors, or the Western way of life in general.

A museum and travel professional, community volunteer, and lifelong equestrienne, Lynn Kirst is a fourth-generation Californian who grew up in Montecito; she can often be found riding or hiking the local trails

Patricia P. (Patsy) Cappel (1946-2014)

Cinnie Nagel (left) and Patsy Cappel, two trail-riding friends who both died in 2014

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n addition to being lots of fun, Patsy Cappel had a reputation for being stylish and elegant, whether she was wearing chaps astride her favorite horse or gussied up for a social event. A California native, Patsy was born in Los Angeles, and received an education that seemed more suited for the future wife of an ambassador than someone whose favorite pastime was riding the trails as a member of “The Fillies.” After attending the Marlborough School in Los Angeles, Patsy studied in Europe at Brillantmont International School in Lausanne, Switzerland. and at Villa Mercedes in Florence, Italy, as well as the Finch School in New York City.

Patsy was married for 47 years to Charles W. Cappel of Santa Ynez, with whom she had a son, Carter. They, as well as her daughter-in-law, Tracy Cappel of Carpinteria, and sister and brother-in-law Joanne and Robert Kendall of Montecito, survive her. Her valiant battle against breast cancer ended on October 25, 2014. The fight against this dreaded disease can be carried on by donations made in Patsy’s name to the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara.

A Celebration of Life for Patsy Cappel will be held Saturday, January 31, in the Sycamore Room of the Alisal Guest Ranch in Solvang, from 2 until 4:30 pm.

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Barbara Benning “Babs” Hollister (1932-2013)

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ecause she died on New Year’s Eve of 2013, Barbara “Babs” Hollister was not included in last year’s Empty Saddles column, which had already been submitted for publication at the time of her passing.

Although she was born in Kansas, Babs arrived in Santa Barbara as a 10-yearold girl when her physician father accepted a job at the Santa Barbara Hoff Army Hospital in 1942. She attended Peabody Elementary School, La Cumbre Junior High School, Santa Barbara High School and the Riviera Campus of UCSB. Her first marriage was to Ken Jennings, with whom she had four children who survive her.

In 1970, Babs married John James Hollister III at his Arroyo Hondo Ranch, where they lived from 1990-2000 in the 1842 Ortega adobe. That ranch is now the Arroyo Hondo Preserve. An avid outdoorswoman, Babs enjoyed backpacking in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Wind River Range of Wyoming.

She co-owned a wilderness cabin at Pistol Creek Ranch on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, where she spent many summers fly fishing and hiking the rugged trails.

Along with her sister-in-law Cinnie Nagel (see below), Babs managed the Long Horn Cattle operation, as well as her own 20-acre avocado orchard.

Ironically, Cinnie and Babs died within a few months of each other. Her husband of 43 years, J.J. Hollister III, as well as her four children, 13 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren survive Babs.

Denham Charles (Denny) Lord (1949-2013)

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nother person who died after last year’s publication date was Denny Lord, who passed away on December 23, 2013. A scion of Montecito’s large and notable Borgatello family, Denny was the son of Denham J. Lord (a member of another long-time Santa Barbara family) and Augusta Borgatello Lord.

Denny’s uncles were Mario and Charles Borgatello, and his aunts included the still-living Laura and Ida Borgatello.

Of the three Borgatello sisters of her generation, Augusta was the only one who left Montecito, moving to Ojai where her husband was a teacher at Thacher School. Denny was born in Santa Barbara but grew up in Ojai, attending the Monica Ross School, Ojai Valley School, and Villanova Preparatory before attending Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

In 1970, Denny married his wife, Laura, and they resided on their ranch in

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Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014), the most successful child star of all time, also starred in the first movie about the famous racehorse Seabiscuit. As a girl she had a Shetland pony named Spunky, then went on to a political career as a prominent Republican and ambassador.

Lauren Bacall (1924-2014) was part of the dream cast that appeared with John Wayne in his final Western, The Shootist, released in 1976. Her death at age 90 capped a long career as a model and actress; her trademark low voice was actually a vocal disorder now known in the medical field as Bogart-Bacall Syndrome.

Carpinteria, while Denny farmed and ranched various properties up and down the coast of California. His family claimed he was happiest when sitting on the back of a horse or a tractor. Denny’s energy belied his nearly life-long struggle with kidney disease, which caused him to spend an entire year in Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles when he was a youngster. Later in life Denny had to undergo dialysis for three years, until he received a kidney transplant thanks to a live organ donation made by his son-in-law, Benji Trembly. This tremendous gift enabled Denny to enjoy an additional eleven years of life without being relegated to dialysis; he died from a sudden heart attack.

Denny is survived by his 101-year-old mother, Augusta Borgatello Lord, as well as his wife Laura Lord, daughter Melinda Lord Trembly and her husband Benji, granddaughter Taylor Trembly and grandson Jackson Trembly, as well as his numerous Borgatello relatives.

Cynthia Hollister (Cinnie) Nagel (1929-2014)

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former Montecito resident and California native, Cinnie Nagel was born in San Francisco to John James Hollister, Jr. and Cynthia Boyd Hollister.

Her earliest years were spent growing up on the Hollister Ranch in Gaviota with her younger brother, J.J. Hollister III, and many cousins. Cinnie’s earliest education was in a one-room schoolhouse on the Hollister Ranch, until the family moved to Goleta’s Winchester Canyon when she was 12. Later Cinnie was sent to Katherine Branson’s School for Girls in San Rafael, California, which her mother had also attended, and she also attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Cinnie’s first marriage was to George Masek, with whom she had two children. They lived in Arizona, where Cinnie developed a passion for Native American artifacts, particularly those from the nearby Navajo reservation. In the early 1960s, the family returned to Winchester Canyon, where Cinnie continued to enjoy the outdoors and her animals, especially horses and dogs.

A lifelong horsewoman, Cinnie and her second husband, Gunther Peter Nagel, M.D., were board members of the Montecito Trails Foundation when they lived in Montecito. Upon his retirement in the late 1990s, they moved to Los Olivos. Cinnie was a member of the women’s trail riding groups The Fillies and the Sage Hens. In the 1980s, she was instrumental in raising awareness of Texas Longhorn Cattle, working with her sister-in-law Babs Hollister (see above). Predeceased by her husband, Peter, Cinnie is survived by her brother, two children, and one grandson.

•MJ

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Babs Hollister spent 10 years living in the historic adobe at Arroyo Hondo Preserve

Patsy Cappel waves from the back of her favorite mare, Fanny

Denny Lord was the scion of two notable Santa Barbara families, the Lords and the Borgatellos

Eric Lawson (1941-2014) was the face of the Marlboro Man for three years spanning the late 1970s into the early 1980s. A genuine cowboy who could rope and ride, Lawson was also a veteran actor who appeared in many Western films. He smoked three packs of Marlboros per day, but campaigned against smoking; Lawson died at his home in San Luis Obispo at age 72 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Mike Nichols (1931-2014) had an extraordinary career as a comedian, producer, and director, being one of the few people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award. But many in Santa Barbara will remember when he owned the former Rancho San Fernando Rey in the Santa Ynez Valley, where he bred champion Arabian horses. Married four times, Nichols is survived by his wife, newscaster Diane Sawyer.

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Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) had eight marriages and a long Hollywood career; two of his roles were in popular horse movies. Seen here at far right in a publicity photo for National Velvet (with Jackie “Butch” Jenkins and Elizabeth Taylor), Rooney also starred in The Black Stallion released in 1979.

James Garner (1928-2014) was a popular actor and comedian; he is seen here in a 1960 photo as one of his favorite characters, Bret Maverick, from the Western comedy television series of the same name

If at first you don’t succeed, so much for skydiving. – Henny Youngman

Luise Rainer (1910-2014) who died at age 104 is proof that mountain climbing can be good for one’s health. The first actor to win back-to-back Oscars (in 1936 and 1937), Rainer turned her back on Hollywood and married a wealthy New York publisher, Robert Knittel. They lived an intellectual life in London and Geneva. When not socializing with friends from the music, art, or literary worlds, they enjoyed mountain climbing, especially in the Alps. One of Rainer’s favorite memories was when her husband climbed the Matterhorn with a violin, where he played her a Bach sonata upon reaching the summit.

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MISC (Continued from page 25)

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Documentary in the Desert Montecito invaded the desert oasis of Palm Springs at the weekend when the 66-minute documentary on award-winning architect Lutah Maria Riggs, which debuted almost a year ago at the Lobero as part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, was shown at the 433-seat Annenberg Auditorium at the tony town’s 26th annual film festival at the art museum.

The documentary, which was also shown at the Napa Valley Film Festival in November, is the brainchild of our rarefied enclave’s Gretchen Lieff, who founded the society honoring the female design partner of George Washington Smith.

“We have just submitted to our first European film festival and our first Canadian festival, so we’re really spreading the word,” says Gretchen, wife of international lawyer Robert Lieff. “We have also been invited to apply to two additional U.S. film festivals and should be hearing back on four film festival submissions in the next two months. We are so pleased to see Lutah getting so much exposure outside Santa Barbara.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 31) After viewing a well-received presentation at the Palm Springs International Film Festival of Lutah are Robert Adams, film reviewer with Melinda Gandara, historian, and Warren Butler before joining the tour of the restored Kaufmann House (photo by Priscilla)

other small exhibitions in the future.”

Among those attending the Palm Springs screening were Robert Adams, Nancy Caponi, Brad Dunning, Melinda Gandara, Christopher Beirn, and Brent Harris and Lisa Meulbroek, who hosted a reception at their historic 1946 Richard Neutradesigned Kaufmann Desert House, considered one of the most important examples of International Style architecture still in private hands...

Flu for Two TV talk-show hosts Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres, who both reside in Montecito, have not only been sharing anecdotes but also flu germs.

Ellen, 56, who turned down the opportunity to host next month’s 87th annual Oscars in favor of Neil

Patrick Harris, interviewed Oprah on her 12-year-old syndicated TV show, and revealed she had caught the bug attending the TV titan’s annual gospel brunch at her 42-acre East Valley Road estate.

“You had the thing I had,” remarked Oprah. “Remember, I told you.”

“I got it from you!” retorted Ellen.

“Because you said it was that day.

It was the brunch. You said you felt like you were coming down with flu.”

Oprah, 60, queried: “You got it?” with Ellen replying: “You gave it to me. I was so proud. Oprah gave me the flu, y’all!”

The tony twosome were joined on set by Selma co-stars David Oyelowo and Carmen Ejoga. Oprah co-produced the film with actor Brad Pitt and also co-stars in it...

Oscar Grouches On the subject of the Academy Awards – which last year drew 44 million viewers across America, making it the most-watched non-sporting TV event in the U.S. since the final episode of Friends in 2004 – it appears to be suffering the Downton Abbey effect.

Oscar organizers fear they will fail to reach close to that number with this year’s show due to the fact nominations will likely be awarded to art films that the majority of the public have not seen.

A leaked memo revealed that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences bosses are concerned they could lose viewers to the popular PBS series, which stars Dame Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, and Penelope Wilton, which will be showing at the same time on rival channel PBS. Although the official nominations will not be announced until Thursday, January 15, films such as Foxcatcher, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything, are some of the movies expected to land nods, while the more popular blockbusters that prove to be the biggest hits at the box office are not likely to get a look in.

The three favorites for the Best Picture award are Boyhood, Birdman, and Selma, according to GoldDerby. com, which is a specialist awards site.

Collectively, the films have raked in around $69 million at the box office, less than a tenth of what Guardians of the Galaxy – the best-performing

superhero film of 2014 – managed to make.

The night could be exciting for British stars Eddie Redmayne, an Old Etonian, and Benedict Cumberbatch, an Old Harrovian, as they are expected to be nominated for the Best Actor award for The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game, and they have been sweeping up nominations at other ceremonies so far, including the BAFTAs, the U.K. version of the Oscars.

In the memo, which was revealed

by The Hollywood Reporter, it is mentioned that with “art films rather than blockbusters that have mass appeal” taking center stage, the awards show could see “counter programming” become a challenge.

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Sightings: Actor Ashton Kutcher of Two and a Half Men at Sly’s and the Barbecue Company in Carpinteria...

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by James Buckley

Newly named Skip-Bo first officer Jennifer Freed calmly expresses the relief she feels upon finally winning at Skip-Bo

(from left) Skip-Bo first officer Jennifer Freed, Skip-Bo captain Marla McNally Phillips, Skip-Bo officer Rendy Freedman, and new inductee Stacy Pulice

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’m a slow learner,” says newest Skip-Bo player Stacy Pulice, but adds the observation that “there’s really a lot of luck in the game, which is why I already win fifty-fifty.” Jennifer Freed, who is an enthusiastic player but not a regular Skip-Bo winner, has only recently been elevated to the rank of Skip-Bo first officer by virtue of a recent triumph. In an attempt to explain why she doesn’t win more often, she offers this: “Here’s my theory. Unlucky in cards, lucky in life. And that’s how it goes. But today,” she says with about the biggest smile this reporter has ever encountered, “lucky in cards and lucky in life.”

“This is why [Jennifer] is just an officer,” quips Skip-Bo captain Marla McNally Phillips. “You’re saying to yourself: ‘What the hell did that mean?’” But,” she adds, “we love her [anyway].”

The women get together regularly at Tre Lune on Coast Village Road, mostly on a Tuesday morning, to gossip, to laugh, to eat, to drink, to play Skip-Bo (which can accommodate up to six players), and perhaps even more importantly, to conspire.

“The key part to Skip-Bo,” Jennifer opines, “is that you can play and at the same time dream up these extraordinary projects for the world. Every Skip-Bo game ends with a new project to do that we all help with.”

“Like today,” she continues, “we’ve been talking about the TV show and radio show Stacy’s been offered, and we’re trying to get feedback on whether she should do one or both of them.

The radio show will be on 1290 AM and would be about youth and education.”

Stacy says she’s also “working on a book on education.”

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Former Skip-Bo first officer Rendy Freedman explains the rudiments and intricacies of the game during the group’s irregular Tuesday morning Skip-Bo session at Tre Lune

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As for Marla, she’s “coming up with a big thing at the Granada.”

“Skip-Bo is a game suitable for people seven-and-up, so it’s not a complicated game,” Stacy says. “But it brings joy to all of our lives. Other people get excited when they see us,” she adds.

“A lot of people are going, ‘Wow. This is a great idea,’ and are doing it.”

Captain McNally first introduced the rest of the players to the game, but says she cannot take all the credit.

“Pru Sternin [and her husband, Rob] got me into a Skip-Bo frenzy when I visited them in New Hampshire,” she says. “What else are you going to do? When you can’t canoe or hike, there’s not much else to do in New

Hampshire.”

Skip-Bo first officer Rendy Freedman illustrates how it is played: “You want to get as many of these Skip-Bo cards as you can,” she says. “It’s like solitaire, where you have to get all the cards in a row. When you get up to twelve, then you retire that pile and start again with one. All you have to do is get rid of your Skip-Bo piles.”

The foursome began playing as the waiter brought their breakfasts, and soon enough the Skip-Bo frenzy began anew. As did the dreaming up of new projects for the world to tackle.

The “Better Late Than Never” Dept.

“It just all came together; it worked, and we’ve got proof of that we’re presenting to you today,” Dana Newquist intones as he helps unveil the oversized $100,000 check made out to the Police Activities League (PAL) and the Santa Barbara Police Foundation just before Christmas. The check is from the Montecito Motor Classic Committee and is a result of the “Cars & Coffee” guys, the Montecito Motor Classic held in September along Coast Village Road, and the gala at

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Montecito Country Club, along with a sizeable donation from the Michael Hammer Foundation.

“The money will be used,” says recently retired Santa Barbara Police officer Kent (Wojo) Wojciechoski, “to fill a gap in PAL’s campership program. We give out almost five hundred scholarships per year to kids in the community for two-tothree-week camp scholarships,” he says, adding that the Police Activities League also offers transportation for that program. “That’s where a big portion of these funds will go toward,” he says.

SBPD sergeant Mike McGrew notes that his force has “gotten equipment that’s kept officers and others in the community safe,” in the aftermath of donations such as the one being presented. “It doesn’t get any bigger than this for me. I’m very grateful,” he adds.

Next year’s event will be held the weekend of September 25-27. Reports are that both Porsche and Ferrari are interested in getting involved, and the honoree will be Barry Meguiar, president of Meguiars, Inc., makers of Meguiars Wax and other car products.

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SEEN (Continued from page 16)

Juan Leon with daughter Anabelle lying on Lollipop, with owner Brian Burke

of Karen Lee Stevens years ago.

She believed she could help students (first and second graders) with reading difficulties do better if they read to a dog and its handler. And so they did. The dogs and owners are trained. The kids come after school and read to a special therapy dog friend. The children can relax knowing the dogs will never laugh or make fun.

Karen has since completed the ARF program (Animals + Reading = Fun) pilot, with phenomenal results and tremendous support. It’s about changing the world – one child, one dog, and one book at a time. Last year, I went to Cleveland Elementary School to see for myself.

This time I went to the Santa Barbara Library, where there are drop-ins every Wednesday and the kids have

different dogs. Each dog has a card with his photo, and the children like to collect them like baseball cards.

The library lets Karen’s “kids” use the lower-level room that will become the future children’s library. They gave them large purple cushions to put on the floor to read from –comfy for kids and dogs. Purple is the theme color for kids and handlers’ T-shirts and dog scarves. Karen said, “Our first color was lavender, but now we have some male volunteers, so we chose a more manly color.”

When Karen first began, she would visit schools teaching children how to behave with pets and how to ask before petting a strange dog. Then she wrote a book called Animals Have Feelings Too. Through sponsors, she was able to give each child a book.

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One (low-income) elementary schools now and is called A-OK (After School Opportunities for Kids). One school even has it during the morning session.

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e do not have regular family birthdays. One year we had a 50-foot inflatable obstacle course. Another year we had a Western theme, complete with a roping steer made from a wooden sawhorse and a “Snakes in your boots” game.

Still, when 13-year-old Charlie said he wanted The Amazing Race as his theme, we all did a collective “huh?”

“You don’t mean like the one on television, that goes all over the world?”

“Nope. Just around here.”

We did a collective “Whew!”

The game started in our backyard with four sets of colored T-shirts: red, blue, orange, and green. “The color of your T-shirt determines your team.”

Charlie yelled: “Go!” We ran the length of the backyard to get our first envelope. “Go to the tennis court,” it said. “One team member must hit two tennis balls into the mid-court bucket while the other member solves a puzzle.” Four of us started hitting balls.

After we all missed, we asked: “Now what?”

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Race coordinator, thirteen-year-old Charlie Parker

get the balls, run back, and keep trying until you make two,” Charlie said. So we did. Again and again and again. I wondered briefly if anyone in the family knew CPR. Finally, a few balls went in, and we got down on our hands and knees to help our partners assemble a 48-piece map-of-the-world puzzle. “I think Australia goes over here.” “Africa seems to be upside down.” Where’s Canada, where’s Canada?”

We earned our next clue. “Get in your car,” it said.

“I thought the games were just around here,” I said to Charlie.

“Santa Barbara is just around here,”

he said, smiling and batting his eyelashes.

We read the rest of the clue: “Go to a place that used to hold the jail and has lots of murals. Go to the highest point. The last team to arrive will be eliminated.”

“That’s the Santa Barbara Courthouse!” We ran to the house, grabbed car keys, and we’re out the door.

“Wait! Can we borrow a car?” The red team asked.

“Sure, take mine,” I said.

It was Saturday. The courthouse was mobbed with tourists heading to the clock tower for the famous red-tileroof view of Santa Barbara. “Excuse us. Pardon us,” we said as we ran up flight after flight of stairs. I was now breathing so hard, I was echoing off the historic walls. We decided to catch the elevator.

“We’re pretty full,” a tourist said.

“Nonsense,” we said. The red team came bounding up the stairs and squeezed on also. The door would not close. An alarm went off.

“Too much weight,” the tourist said.

“Nonsense,” we said. Finally, the red team jumped off and the door closed.

On the roof, Charlie handed us the next task. “Run to the sunken gardens.

Look for the tutus.”

“Tutus?”

“One team member has to put on a tutu and dance to the Nutcracker Suite

for a minute and 13 seconds, while the other person records it on their phone.”

We danced. I forgot to hit the record button. We danced again, a bit less enthusiastically.

We were now down to three teams.

The next task: “Go to a statue with dolphins. Run to the compass on the floor at the Center of the Sea.” “Stearns Wharf!” We headed down Garden Street. I saw my car behind us.

Then I saw my car pass us. “Wait!”

We found parking on Chapala. The orange team was already on the wharf.

The red team ran past us. We raced by throngs of tourists. “Excuse us. Pardon us,” I wheezed.

At the compass, we found out we arrived third and were therefore eliminated. It was probably okay.

The next task was to run back down the wharf to the beach and dig for the envelope. My calves were screaming, my lungs exploding. Even my hair hurt.

The final task was to buy a pint of Haagen Dazs chocolate ice cream, then meet at Charlie’s house. When we arrived, the red team was wearing new shirts. They were bright yellow and had giant letters on them that read: “WINNER.” “Thanks for letting us use the car,” they said. “You probably would have won if we didn’t have your car.”

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Strings attached: Jessica Guideri is now concertmaster for Santa Barbara Symphony

this weekend’s concerts featuring the orchestra accompanying a screening of 9 Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights, with a score written by the legendary comic actor and director on a program that opens with three works new to ensemble, including Bernard Herrmann’s Suite from Psycho, Austin Wintory’s Apotheosis from Journey and a work by the guest conductor, Dirk Brossé, Black, White and In Between for violin and orchestra.

“I don’t know any of these works, either,” Guideri allowed, “but I’m excited to be playing his (Brossé’s) piece, which has a lot of solo violin, so it’s essentially a concerto. There are soaring melodies and melancholic moments, as well as fun, snappy bits, too. It’s quite beautiful.”

As for City Lights, Guideri demurred.

“I’ve played for film scores and lots of TV shows and done some performance to live movies before, but never that one,” she said. “Actually, I’ve never seen the movie. But I’m going to watch it on Saturday on YouTube.”

Maybe on a mobile phone while riding another roller coaster?

Classical Corner

Camerata Pacifica’s 25th anniversary season continues with a program the ensemble itself is calling “Camerata-esque”, as it veers wildly in style, era, and instrumentation. The varied program that ranges from beautiful melodies to powerful passages to cross-cultural exchanges centers around two works commissioned and premiered by Camerata Pacifica that blend Asian and Western traditions: Bright Sheng’s Hot Pepper (2010), for violin and marimba, and Huang Ruo’s In Other Words

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for vocalized violist and ensemble.

The latter piece was written for Cam Pac’s Richard Yongjae O’Neill, who received a warm welcome when the piece premiered in 2012 and will return as soloist for the Friday concerts.

He’ll be joined by six other of Camerata’s Principal Artists, including cellist Ani Aznavoorian, founder and flutist Adrian Spence, oboist Nicholas Daniel, clarinetist Jose Franch Ballester, harpist Bridget Kibbey, and percussionist Ji Hye Jung. They’ll be joined by violinists Paul Huang and Agnes Gottschewski, violist Ben Bartlett, and bassist Tim Eckert, making this one of the larger ensembles for the chamber music group, which will also perform Saint-Saëns’ Opus 124 Fantaisie for violin and harp, Elliot Carter’s oboe and harp Trilogy, and Kevin Puts’ Trio for clarinet, violin, and marimba, And Legions Will Rise, which was composed in the summer for 2001, just before the terrorist attack of September 11, somehow presaging the ensuing never-ending-war.

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Merry Met

Hahn Hall is also the venue for the first Met: Live in HD simulcast screening of the new year, which features The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár. Legendary Broadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman, whose credits include the Tony Award-winning musicals Crazy For You, Contact, and The Producers, makes

her Met debut with a lavish new staging of the operetta, which features venerable Met star soprano Renée Fleming in her first turn as Hanna, the widowed Pontevedrian millionairess. Stroman brought along the design team of Julian Crouch (Satyagraha, The Enchanted Island) and costume designer William Ivey Long (Cinderella, Grey Gardens, Hairspray) to fashion an art-nouveau setting for the much-beloved operetta.

Sir Andrew Davis conducts a cast featuring baritone Nathan Gunn as Hanna’s lover, Danilo; tenor Alek Shrader as the young nobleman, Camille de Rosillon; and baritone Sir Thomas Allen as the scheming Baron Zeta. Broadway star Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific; The Light in the Piazza) also makes her Met debut as the Baron’s wife, Valencienne. The operetta will be performed in English in a new translation by Jeremy Sams.

Joyce DiDonato hosts the Met: Live in HD presentation, which offers myriad camera angles and lots of backstage glimpses during the break. Reviewers have praised the performances and the fluidity of the music while noting the “sizzle” in Stroman’s choreography, including the can-can of Act III anchored by the six Broadway dancers.

The Merry Widow hits the Hahn Hall screen at 9:55 am Saturday, and again in an encore presentation at 2 pm on Sunday, February 1. You can also head downtown to the Arlington Theatre if 2,000 seats feels more welcoming than 300.

Rogan’s Hero: Lancelot Challenges Actor

Sir Lancelot in Camelot is one of the great roles of American musical theater, not in the least because of the song that introduces the character.

“C’est Moi” is a real show-stopper, as the dapper and dashing knight proclaims his excellence upon his arrival in King Arthur’s court to serve at the famed and fated round table. It’s big and bold and brash – but to Tim Rogan, the actor who will play the noble knight when Broadway at the Granada presents Camelot on Tuesday (January 20) and Wednesday evenings (January 21) – that’s also the biggest challenge, the part of his performance that gives him the most pause.

“Lancelot is a haunted perfectionist, so I don’t want to play him as a caricature,” Rogan said over the phone last week. “He’s the best and he knows it, but he’s almost not proud of it. It’s simply a fact, so it’s just what he expects. But the song normally is done as a comedy number, a gag, for laughs. So when they talk about him being humble and his modesty just a few minutes later, it’s really out of character. So I want him to be enthusi-

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astic about chivalry, it’s his passion, so it’s okay for him to get worked up. But he’s a dude who now is finally being challenged, so he’s finally found his purpose. That’s the energy I want to bring to the role.”

That sort of self-awareness and understanding of the hidden subtleties in the much-beloved musical make it seem well worthwhile to check out this official touring version of the show, even though Camelot received a stunning “in concert” production with the Santa Barbara Symphony at the Granada just last summer. According to Rogan, there are lots of other reasons, too.

“They made quite a few changes to the script with the approval of the estate which have really infused some fresh ideas and energized the show,” he said. “The idea was to re-focus on the love story of the original source material. You’ve never seen what we’re doing before.”

There’s renewed attention on the triangle relationship between Arthur, Lancelot, and Guinevere, said Rogan, who called Lancelot “a bucket list role” because he grew up listening to musical soundtracks in a household where Camelot was always on in the background as it was his mother’s favorite. “We create a balanced dynamic, so that by the end of the show the audience identifies with all three people, and have sympathy of each of them, rather than maybe thinking Guinevere is a harlot, or Lancelot a homewrecker, or Arthur an old fart who shouldn’t be with this beautiful woman, anyway.”

But there’s also a nod to current TV, as the designers have given this Camelot a Game of Thrones appeal, he said.

“The knights really look like soldiers. The woman are in beautiful gowns. The stage set has a big iron sculpture that can adapt to each scene.

There’s a more old-school medieval feel to the orchestrations, which helps to put you into a different time period.

It’s a dark and aggressive and sexy production.”

Sideman Steps Out

It’s been decades since David Lindley served as guitarist for Jackson Browne, but around here some folks still remember him that way even though the multi-instrumentalist/ethnomusicologically-minded Lindley has done nearly a dozen solo shows at the Lobero by now. That’s where he’ll return on Friday night.... Tuesday brings Sean Watkins – still a member of Nickel Creek, the pioneering bluegrass Americana band he co-founded at 12, and a frequent player in myriad local gigs – in his first headlining show at SOhO, hot on the heels of a fine solo CD, All I Do Is Lie. •MJ 15 – 22 January 2015

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by Joanne A. Calitri

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Waxing Poetic Gala

Smiles abound at the Waxing Poetic holiday party fundraiser for Santa Barbara Middle School. Here, owners Patti Pagliei-Simpson and Lizanne Paglieli-Hales proudly pose with their staff, (from left) Lizanne Pagliei Hales, Anne Mahoney, Patti Pagliei Simpson, Ellie Olsztynski, Summer Alvarado, and Ashley Prenatt.

At the campaign in Summerland are Waxing Poetic owners Patti Pagliei-Simpson and Lizanne PaglieliHales, with event hostess Jodi Fishman Osti, SB Middle School headmaster Brian McWilliams, and stalwart supporters of the school, Mimi Armstrong deGruy and William “Billy” Baldwin

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axing Poetic co-founders and sisters Patti PaglieiSimpson and Lizanne Paglieli-Hales have taken the next step in their business model to incorporate the local community. Their “giving back” mission was launched this holiday season with two “Poetic Giving” fundraisers, one for the Dream Foundation and the second for SB Middle School, both held in December.

I was happy to attend the SB Middle School soirée, which was packed with shoppers of all ages. Jodi Fishman Osti hosted the evening and sponsors were Cafe Luna and the Summerland Winery. Guests included Mimi Armstrong deGruy, William “Billy” Baldwin, Linda Triguero, physical education teacher at MUS, Christine

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Cowles, Kelly Knight, Emily Johnson, Brian McWilliams, head of SB Middle School, Whitney Ingersoll, director of Admissions for SBMS and community dean, and many parents of SB Middle School students.

“Waxing Poetic jewelry is about staying connected to what matters most,” said Patti Pagliei-Simpson, founder and CEO of Waxing Poetic.

“Over the years, we have had the privilege to be part of a community of people who care and want new ways to express their desire to give.

We started Poetic Giving as an act of thanks, an expression of love and support to the amazing organizations in our community. It is our hope that items purchased through Poetic Giving will touch and inspire others, be a reminder of thanks, and become

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McWilliams wished to thank Waxing Poetic for its generosity in hosting the second “Poetic Giving” event to support SB Middle School. Brian mentioned to me at the event that he will earmark the proceeds for scholarships to the school and is happy that the funding will increase availability of a quality education across the economic boundaries many parents face.

411: www.waxingpoetic.com For details, please call the Summerland Boutique at (805) 7702847.

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that much more meaningful to those who wear them.” Jacob Richmann, vice president of Sales for Waxing Poetic added, “We will look at these first events as an opportunity to initiate into a broader giving program at a national level.”

Waxing Poetic is giving 20 percent of the proceeds back from sales at the events in December and will extend the shopping for one month from each event date by mentioning the charity in store, or providing a promotional code when shopping online; Dream Foundation code is DREAM14, and Santa Barbara Middle School code is

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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3743

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3743 for the COASTAL INFILTRATION REDUCTION PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 P.M., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “COASTAL INFILTRATION REDUCTION PROJECT, Bid No. 3743".

The work generally includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to rehabilitate approximately 2,400 linear feet of 33-inch vitrified clay pipe (VCP) sanitary sewer main pipelines utilizing a fixed diameter spiral wound pipe liner method, rehabilitate 8 sanitary sewer manholes, abandon 1 manhole, replace 7 manhole frame and covers, and other work as required by the specifications. The Engineer’s estimate is $550,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

The Cabrillo Boulevard Bridge Replacement Project will be actively under construction during the construction period. The Contractor will be required to coordinate work with this ongoing project. Additional information on the coordination requirements are included in Sections 2-5.3.1.1, C1.03.01, 2-6.4, 2-6.5, and Appendix G. There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for THURSDAY JANUARY 15, 2015 at 10:00 A.M. at the CHASE PALM PARK PARKING LOT AT 236 E. CABRILLO BLVD. The specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Kevin Thompson, Project Engineer, 805-897-1908.

In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard.

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 the Department of Industrial Relations. 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.

Per California Civil Code Section 9550, 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 within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider the appeal filed by Patricia Foley of the Planning Commission’s approval of a Coastal Development Permit (MST2014-00149) (CDP2014-00011) and the Single Family Design Board’s Project Design Approval for property owned by John Park and located at 511 Brosian Way, Assessor’s Parcel No.: 047-030011, A-1/SD-3 One-Family Residence Zone/Coastal Overlay Zone, Local Coastal Plan Designation: Low Density Residential, One Unit Per Acre.

The project proposes construction of a 4,656 square-foot, one-story single-family residence, with an attached 533 square foot two-car garage, a 198 square foot one-car carport, and two uncovered parking spaces on a vacant 2.2-acre lot in the Hillside Design District.

The project includes an outdoor pool and spa, landscaping, and approximately 3,560 cubic yards of fill grading and 600 cubic yards of cut grading. The proposed total of 5,387 square feet of development is 95% of the maximum guideline floor-to-lot area ratio.

The discretionary applications required for this project are a Coastal Development Permit to allow the proposed development in the Appealable Jurisdiction of the City’s Coastal Zone (SBMC §28.44.060), and Single Family Design Board review (SBMC §22.69.020.C. The project requires an environmental finding pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15183 (Projects Consistent with the General Plan).

If the City Council approves the project on appeal, the portion of the project relating to the Coastal Development Permit is appealable to the California Coastal Commission under California Public Resources Code §30603(a) and SBMC §28.44.200. If you challenge the Council's action on the appeal of the Planning Commission’s and/or Single Family Design Board’s decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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

On Thursday, January 22, 2015, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov; under Quick Links, click on Current Council Agenda & Packet.

Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.santabarbaraca.gov: Click on the Government tab, click City Council Meeting Videos (under Quick Links), and then click on the Video link for the meeting date.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator's Office at 564-5305 or inquire at the City Clerk's Office on the day of the meeting. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

(SEAL) /s/ Gwen Peirce City Clerk Services Manager January 14, 2015

A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work.

Effective March 1, 2015, Senate Bill 854 requires the City to only use contractors and subcontractors on public projects that have been registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

PUBLISHED: January 7 & 14, 2015, Montecito Journal

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Golf Rite Products LLC, 929 Alston Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Golf Rite Products LLC, 929 Alston Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 6, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2015-0000040. Published Janu-

ary 14, 21, 28, February 4, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: At Your Service Documents; Your Docs Served!, PO Box 1011, Nipomo, CA 93444.

Tyler Gross, 937 Camino Caballo, Nipomo, CA 93444. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 2, 2014. 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)

• The Voice of the Village •

by Deborah Sanchez. FBN No. 2015-0000012. Published January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sight Surgery International, 1485 East Valley Road Suite D, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Neurological Health International, 1485 East Valley Road Suite D, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 6, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 2015-0000054. Published January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Studio 8, 3 E De La Guerra, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Brent Sumner, 3 E De La Guerra, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 7, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2015-0000070. Published January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: AYM Arroyo Arabians, 1559 Edison Street, Santa Ynez, CA 93460. KLF Ventures, LLC, 1329 Cheyenne Lane, Santa Ynez, CA 93460. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 18, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0003518. Published January 14, 21, 28, February 4, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Famous Bail Bonds, 836 Anacapa St. #2279 Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Famous Bail Bonds INC., 836 Anacapa St. #2279 Santa Barbara, CA 93102. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 5, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Christine Potter. Original FBN No. 2014-0001521. Original Filing Date: 5/22/2014. Published January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Physiophyx, 1482 East Valley Rd #235, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Athletes for Athletes,

LLC, 1482 East Valley Rd #235, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 9, 2014.

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 Tara Jayasinghe.

FBN No. 2014-0003421. Published January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Images by Valerie, 3940 Maricopa Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Valerie Villa, 3940 Maricopa Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 22, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales.

FBN No. 2014-0003542. Published January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Chill Strategic Parnters, 619 Calle Rinconada, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Kathy Chil, Inc., 619 Calle Rinconada, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 18, 2014. 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. 2014-0003520. Published January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Keep U Safe, 107 Nopalitos Way Box 4815, Santa Barbara, CA 93140. Joel Ruderman, 345 Kellogg Way, Goleta, CA 93117.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 12, 2014.

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

FBN No. 2014-0003459. Published January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ambassador of Reigning Beauty & Relaxation, 513 Andromeda Drive, Vandenberg Village, CA 93436. Jeannette Marie Sackett, 513 Andromeda Drive, Vandenberg Village, CA 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 22, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2014-0003546. Published January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cinnies, 209 W. Haley St Apt #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Katie Belanger, 209 W. Haley St Apt #4, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 30, 2014. 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. 2014-0003586. Published January 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Merci to Go, 1024-G Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. E & S Colling, LLC, 1385 Virginia Road, Santa Barbara CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 16, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 20140003493. Published December 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 21, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Enlightened Jewels and Gems, 649 Tabor Lane, Santa Barbara CA 93108. Julianna Marie Onstad, 649 Tabor Lane, Santa Barbara CA 93108.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 4, 2014.

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. 20140003395. Published December 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 21, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pacific Realty, 809 Tabitha Ln, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Mary B. Morton, 809 Tabitha Ln, Santa Maria, CA 93454. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 15, 2014. 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 Mayra Andrade. FBN No. 20140003471. Published December 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 21, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 999 Spa, 5733 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117. Yong Liu, 5733 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 25, 2014. 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

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E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20140003326. Published December 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 21, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dawn Family Partnership LP, 319 Loma Media Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Bolivar LLC, 319 Loma Media Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 4, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20140003380. Published December 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 21, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Labella, 528 Chiquita Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Maria Violeta Ros Labella, 528 Chiquita Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 18, 2014.

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. Original FBN No. 20130001045. Original Filing Date: 4/1/2013. Published December 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 21, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Fuel Depot; Hollister Fuel Depot; Turnpike Fuel Partners, 101 West Carrillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Price Properties, LLC, PO Box 61106, Santa Barbara, CA 93160. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 12, 2014.

This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 20140003457. Published December 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 21, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: E Madison, 1159 Coast Village Drive STE A, Montecito, CA 93108. Ellis Design Group, INC., 25652 Crown Valley Parkway STE F-3, Ladera Ranch, CA 92694. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 8, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20140003409. Published December 17, 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sweetwater Collab-

orative, 1733 Calle Cerro, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Nurturing Across Cultures, 1733 Calle Cerro, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 1, 2014.

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 Tara Jayasinghi. FBN No. 20140003363. Published December 17, 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Terra N’ Acqua Moves, One W. Victoria Street #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Sabrina Bell-Bonadeo, 1002 Arbolado Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 11, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20140003445. Published December 17, 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Salon Del Mar, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. SDM Hair Studio, LLC, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 12, 2014. 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. 20140003452. Published December 17, 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mitchum Legal Fund, 316 Oceano Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93150. Christopher Mitchum, 316 Oceano Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93150. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 17, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL)

by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20140003233. Published December 17, 24, 2014, January 7, 14, 2015.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1469386. To all interested parties: Petitioner Jacqueline Aspen Lincoln filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Jacqueline Aspen Lincoln Nevarez. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described

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

ENDING THIS WEEK Dance of India – UCSB’s Department of Theater and Dance, along with several other sponsors, is bringing together internationally recognized artists and scholars for a Festival of Dance and Music, Film, and Contemporary Performances from India, alongside an all-day scholarly conference featuring artists’ roundtables, film screenings, lecture-demonstrations, and keynote lectures exploring the critical issues facing Indian dance art since the country’s independence from Britain in 1947. The festival focuses on three forms of Indian dance, including Kathak, the dance tradition of the Punjab region of Rajasthan with an emphasis on footwork and the articulation of hands; Odissi, once the temple dances of female devotees to local maharajs; and Bharata Natyam, considered the classical dance of India, with ornate hand gestures and facial expressions that act out sacred love from Hindu mythology and sacred texts. The event opened on January 14, with Kathak: The Essentials with Amrapali Ambegaokar, with special guest appearance by Guru Anjani Ambegaokar, and continues Thursday with Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda and the Navarasa Dance Theater in the Bharata Natyam style (8 pm; Hatlen Theater; $20 general; $13 seniors/children). The free conference takes place 9 am to 4 pm on Friday at UCSB HSSB Ballet Studio, followed by a reception. The free film screenings begin at 1 pm on Saturday at the Ballet Studio and feature Nrityagram: For Love of Dance, a visual essay on an entire village whose sole economy is making costumes and instruments for this world-class company

[Note: the company itself performs at Campbell Hall onThursday, January 29], and Kamakah: through Prayerful Eyes, a reflection on devotion and desire by UCLA Film/Theater/World Arts & Cultures professor Aparna Sharma. INFO: 8932064 or www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 American Guitar Masters – Although acoustic guitarist Peter Janson was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and began playing guitar at age 7, he didn’t get his start busking in Harvard Square or elsewhere on the streets of the Boston hub. Instead, he went the more scholarly route, getting a Master of Guitar Performance degree at the New England Conservatory of Music, where he focused on early music for stringed instruments, jazz, Indian classical, and contemporary classical composition. It was later that he formed a passion for folk, world, and traditional music, especially Celtic, and has mostly performed as a soloist on steel-string guitar – which is the way he appeared, finally, at the iconic Club Passim back home Cambridge. Also on this current American Guitar Masters tour is Larry Pattis, who was named one of the “Top 10 Best Acoustic Music Artists of the Decade” by the International Acoustic Music Awards. Pattis’s music merges both classical and folk also on the steel-string guitar, including many of his own compositions. In contrast, Steve Davison, a former rock and roll drummer, is now a finger style guitarist who composes on both the 6 and 12 string guitar. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 Drive to Unite – Ryanhood is the folk-rock duo formed by Ryan Green and Cameron Hood – they could just as easily have chosen CameronGreen, one imagines, but it doesn’t have the same ring – in the folk Mecca of Boston, where the twosome began by busking at the famed Quincy Market. That was where a college booking agent heard them and whisked them away to the college tour, a launching ground for many acts. Indeed, they quickly found a sizable audience among the university set, who cottoned to Ryanhood’s precise guitar licks and tight vocal harmonies that have been compared to Simon & Garfunkel. The duo soon returned to their hometown of Tucson, Arizona, where they have won more than a dozen Tucson Music Awards (a.k.a. cleverly named TAMMIES) including, curiously, both Best Folk Band and Best Rock Band. The Cambridge Drive Concert Series previously hosted Ryanhood as opening act for series favorite Owen Plant (though Plant has stepped over the Tales From the Tavern’s series at the Maverick in Santa Ynez for a March 25 gig this spring). Now Ryanhood, who have put out five albums and were named Best Group/Duo in the 2014 International Acoustic Music Awards, gets a headlining slot. Montecito-raised jazz-pop guitarist singer-songwriter Christina Apostolopoulos, a three-time Cambridge Drive veteran who graduated Berklee College of Music last year and has returned to town, opens with a set that may range from Ella Fitzgerald to Elliott Smith to her own compelling compositions.

WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Cambridge Drive Community Church, 550 Cambridge Drive, Goleta COST: $10 with advance reservation, $12 at the door INFO: 9640436 or www.cambridgedrivechurch.org

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 Woodward on Leadership – It boggles the mind to think that Bob Woodward was just 29 and had joined The Washington Post for barely a year when he and partner Carl Bernstein began following a story that basically brought down the Nixon presidency via their doggedly determined reporting on the Watergate scandal and beyond. Now, more than 42 years later, Woodward still works at the Post, where he has earned plaudits as arguably “the most influential reporter in history” as well as been part of a team that has won several Pulitzer Prizes. Woodward has also written or co-authored 16 books, 12 of which reached the top of the bestseller lists, including The Price of Politics, his latest tome about President Obama , and the political leaders’ handling of the financial crisis and the government’s own fiscal condition. Robert Redford, who played Woodward in the 1976 film based on the reporters’ book about Watergate, All the President’s Men, appeared at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). Now on the eve of this year’s 30th SBIFF, Woodward himself is coming to town to discuss his latest book as part of the Westmont College/Mosher Foundation’s luncheon series on Moral and Ethical Leadership in the American Presidency. WHEN: noon WHERE: Coral Casino at the Four Seasons Biltmore, COST: $100 INFO: www.westmont.edu/leadershipseries Victoria Court COST: $12 in advance, $15 at door INFO: 962-7776 or www. sohosb.com

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 King for a Weekend – The theme for the 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is “Drum Majors for Justice”, drawn from his last sermon before his assassination in 1968, so rhythm will be a big part of Santa Barbara’s celebration of the famed civil rights leader. The festivities begin today at Trinity Episcopal Church (1500 State Street; 3 to 5 pm), featuring Santa Barbara Ring Shout, which practices a traditional African American religious art form of rhythm, dance, call and response singing that uses only voices, foot stomps and the rhythm beaten out with an old broom handle. Also, Amazing Grace, an aerobic, interpretative dance to the Harlem Boys Choir recording of the hymn; highlights of Dr. King’s speech “The Other America” recited by Michael Downey; and a performance of Dr. King’s favorite hymn, “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”, sung by Michelle Lawyer. Sunday brings a presentation of “Integration: The Psychology and Mythology of Martin Luther King, Jr. and His (Unfinished) Therapy With The Soul of America”, with author Jennifer Selig, followed by a community panel discussion with a Q&A, and a garden reception, at Pacifica Graduate Institute (801 Ladera Lane, Carpinteria; 3 to 5 pm). The community celebration on the national holiday on Monday starts at 9 am with a pre-march program at De la Guerra Plaza featuring a ceremonial blessing by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, inspirational singing by the Inner Light Community Gospel Choir, an appearance by the Santa Barbara School of Performing Arts directed

by Dauri Kennedy, Janet Reineck with the World Dancers, and speeches

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from local dignitaries. At 10 am, folks will walk up State Street from the plaza to the Arlington Theatre, commemorating the many marches for justice led by Dr. King. The main program begins at 11 at the theater, and features keynote speaker Dr. Broderick A. Huggins, bishop at St. Paul Baptist Church and Choir in Oxnard, 11-year-old soloist Aleena Ortiz, readings from poetry and essay contest winners, and Rosalina Marisco and the Santa Barbara Dance Institute. A community luncheon following the day’s events will be held in the Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. All events are free. INFO: 259-5782 or www.mlksb. com.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18 Kenny & Michael @ SOhO – Oh my.

The second installment in a planned series of monthly benefit concerts at SOhO to both celebrate the club’s 20th anniversary and provide funds for upgrading facilities and more features legends of pop music who are both former Montecito residents.

Kenny Loggins, of course, first came to fame in a duo with Jim Messina (who also once lived in our village) way back in the early 1970s, and reached superstardom via a series of solo hits, including the everpopular “Footloose”. Around the same time frame, Michael McDonald was enjoying an extraordinarily successful career as a newer member of the Doobie Brothers, the folk-rock ensemble that had morphed via his influence in a more pop-oriented direction. McDonald and Loggins co-wrote a couple of big hits together: “What a Fool Believes”, which hit number one for the Doobies and won the 1980 Grammy for Song of the Year, and “This Is It”, which garnered Loggins the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. Both Loggins and McDonald have done innumerable benefit concerts over the years around town for all sorts of causes. This is the first time in

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20 Fistful of Ukuleles – The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s debut performance at UCSB last year wasn’t quite as uproariously funny as we’d expected.

But there’s no denying the talent of these stiff-upper-lip sorts who strum with aplomb on the four-string instruments better known for Don Ho than England’s finest. This time around the ensemble – which also sings a whole bunch – is promising even more genre-crashing forays, from Lady Gaga to “The Ride of the Valkyries” to “Voodoo Chile”, plus more varied instruments that still qualify as ukes, like the tiny sopranino and fuzz-distorted, no-hands “Judas Ukulele”.

They must be doing something right to have survived and thrived since 1985. You can also get up close and personal with the band when the orchestra hosts a Community Ukulele Jam on Monday night at 7 at St. Michael’s University Church, 6586 Picasso Road, Isla Vista. Don’t forget your uke!

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $35-$50 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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LERNER & LOEWE'S decades, though, that we can recall them appearing on the same stage, especially such a small one. The show should be poprock heaven for local fans. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $70-$200 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com Entre des Artistes – Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Arts’ annual sneak preview of its performance season unveils excerpts from the 2015 performance season, an exclusive peek into the dance works that will be making their way across stages – and continents – in the coming year. Guests are encouraged to wander between the studio rooms to take in the thoughtfully curated floor-to-air phrases that represent the upcoming choreography, much of which will be represented in the

2015 Santa Barbara Floor to Air Festival next month, for which this event is a benefit. Plus, it all takes place against a backdrop of cocktails and culinary delights.

Victorian punches and delicate cakes, plus haute pizza pies from artisan bread guru Brendan Smith from Autostrada Pizza fresh from his wood-fired oven on wheels, will be served throughout the dance studio during the afternoon’s performances. Join other aerial dance enthusiasts and the company’s founder, teachers, and students in kicking off a fresh year of sensorydriven work as they consider earth and air, tradition and tenacity, and the “raw honesty of bodies suspended in flight.”

WHEN: 2-4 pm WHERE: 810 E. Gutierrez Street, suite B COST: $25, includes food and beverages INFO: 284-8785 or www. sbaerial.com •MJ

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March Forth and Multiply – It will be interesting to see how MarchFourth Marching Band’s show translates to an indoor club, since we’ve only seen them on the big outdoor stage during the Live Oak Music Festival last summer. The shindig is a mobile big-band spectacular, replete with saxophones, trombones, trumpets, and a drum/percussion corps, anchored by battery-powered electric bass and boasting stilt-walkers, dancing girls, flag twirlers, clowns, and acrobatics to accompany the assorted gypsy brass, samba, funk, afro-beat, big-band, jazz, and rock music. The sound is huge. The show is huge. The club? Not so much. WHEN: 9 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $16 in advance, $20 at door INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

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15 – 22 January 2015

Real Estate View

by Michael Phillips

$1-2 Million Still the Strongest Sector

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he Montecito Heat Index identifies today’s demand for Montecito single-family homes. And since demand varies seasonally, if not monthly, today’s Heat scores are compared to those of a year ago.

The formula is pending listings (properties under contract yet not closed) divided by active listings x 100. All data are derived from the Santa Barbara Multiple Listing service and uniformly deemed reliable.

So how is the Montecito market doing today? The Heat Index examines this question by determining demand in five price sectors: $1-2M and going forward by $1M increments, to the high-end, $5M-andabove group. Last year’s score was 153; today we score a 130.

The $1-2M sector’s performance was the main story of 2014 and is our strongest sector today. In fact, it has been the main story of the past seven years. Since the real estate boom and bust – and now attempt at recovery – everyone (it seems) wants a Montecito house in this price group.

First it was investors, not the institutional types but local and regional folks buying not to fix and sell, but rather hold for rentals. With rising prices and the absence of distressed properties, the investor group has largely left and with them the avail-

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ability of properties for sale. After things blew up in 2007, this group – and the below-$1M group, which is all but gone today – had 50 to 60 homes for sale. Last year on this date, only five homes were listed and all were under contract; today, five are listed and four are contractually spoken for and pending sale.

As the adjacent graph reflects, all sectors up to $5M underperformed last year. Yet, where the $5M and above group scored a zero last year, today it posted a 17, our second-strongest sector and the only group offering more properties for sale than last year. While the accepted adage that price will always drive sales ultimately works for all properties, the upper-end estate properties might be different.

The terrible saga of the housing crash is now so well-known that we need not rehash the details. Yet looking back, few financial events have been as impactful, resulting in the worst global recession since

World War II. Immediately thereafter, consumer confidence was at a 57.5 index level, a full 30 points below its 40-year average, and home equity fell by 54 percent.

In spite of the enormous pain caused by the housing burst, it had a certain result – the most affordable housing market in decades.

Although the post meltdown market continued to trade, the low end at times reaching record levels of activity, Montecito’s high-end estate buyers and sellers moved to the sidelines, watched, and pretty much stayed there.

It could be that this is changing.

In spite of historically low interest rates, mortgage origination

rates have never really been a factor in purchasing decisions at the estate level. Rather, the Consumer Confidence Index number may be much more indicative of likely activity in this group, and today it is 92.3 and predicted to go higher.

Overall, the year ended positively, particularly for sellers with the median sales price increasing by a significant 13 percent. Buyers, of course, were not pleased with the low inventory and continue to feel valuations are moving up too fast.

Yet with the hope of a more robust job market, a few more homes to compare, and a return of the estate market, 2015 could be a very active •MJ year for Montecito.

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Beautiful garden patio.

Walk to beach and town. $110/night.

831-624-6714 ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES THE CLEARING HOUSE, LLC Recognized as the Area’s Leading Estate Liquidators – Castles to Cottages Experts in the Santa Barbara Market! Professional, Personalized Services for Moving, Downsizing, and Estate Sales .

Complimentary Consultation (805) 708 6113 email: theclearinghouseSB@cox.net website: theclearinghouseSB.com Estate Moving Sale Service-Efficient30yrs experience. Elizabeth Langtree 689-0461 or 733-1030.

COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS Hurry, before your tapes fade away.

Now doing records & cassettes to CD. Only $10 each 969-6500 Scott.

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD $8 minimum

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• The Voice of the Village •

15 – 22 January 2015

LOCAL BUSINESS DIRECTORY Termite Inspection 24hr turn around upon request.

Eva Van Prooyen, MFT

BUSINESS CARDS FOR VOL 20#48, Dec 10, ’14

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Got Gophers? www.MontecitoVillage.com Hydrex www.hydrexnow.com Mailing Address: Free $50 off initial service Free Phone Quotes P.O. Box 50105 Estimates Santa Barbara, CA 93150 Merrick Construction (805) 687-6644 Kevin O’Connor, President Bill Vaughan Shine Blow Dry Musgrove(revised) Valori Fussell(revised) Lynch ForConstruction more information, please contact Good Doggies Carole Bennett (805) 452-7400 Pemberly carolebennett@cox.net Beautiful eyelash (change to Forever Beautiful Spa) Luis Esperanza Simon Hamilton LYNCH CONSTRUCTION LIC#: 43829

Broker Specialist In Birnam Wood Active Resident Member Since 1985

BILL VAUGHAN

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Principal & Broker

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Beginning Bridge Lessons

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New Construction*Additions*Remodels PO Box 20183 Santa Barbara CA 93120 805 451-3459 b l y n c h c o n s t r u ct i o n @ g m a i l . c o m

Celebrating 25 Years in business

BALLET CLASSES

License #596612

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PARLEZ-VOUS FRANÇAIS? Learn the language with a native. Exam prep, conversation, translation, trip planning etc...

Contact Bénédicte Wolfe 455 9786 or bebe1415@verizon.net

AUTOMOBILE FOR SALE

Private ballet lessons with former principal dancer.

Beginners (fitness/stretching) thru preprofessionals with coaching for auditions.

Susan.manchak@gmail.com 805 451-2304 www.susansballet.net TUTORING SERVICES PIANO LESSONS Kary and Sheila Kramer are long standing members of the Music Teachers’ Assoc. of Calif.

Studios conveniently located at the Music Academy of the West. Now offering lessons in your home for children and adults. Call us at 684-4626.

15 – 22 January 2015

WOODWORKING/CARPENTRY

blue, great/fun driver, garages CA car, 67K miles, priced to sell $65K, Call (805) 969-9600.

2012 Mercedes GL550. First owner.

Blue ext. Tan int. 10k mi., $55,500.00 Ruben 818-679-3419

STONEWORK SERVICES Travertine, Limestone, Marble, Soapstone and Saltillo Pavers repair and refinishing. We work on floors, counter tops, showers etc.

Over 25 years experience. Many references in Montecito. Reasonable rates. For a free consultation, contact PIERRE HANNON at ECOSTONECARE. State lic # 810 987.

Fully bonded and insured.

Ph: 805 218 6237 Email: pithannon@gmail.com Website: www.ecostonecare.com

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2008 Porsche 911 Turbo Cabriolet, First Owner & Fully Loaded, 9K mi., Triptronic Transmission, Silver paint, Cocoa brown interior & convertible top.. $82,500 .

Call 818-679-3419 Classic Beauty for sale 1966 Austin-Healey 3000MK lll BJ8, older restoration, tip top condition, ice

Finish Custom Carpentry.

Furniture, cabinets, restoration, doors, windows.. Ca Lic#911243.

(805)696-8507. Cristian.

FINE CABINETS AND FURNITURE

by Montecito Resident David Krouse.

310-991-9204 I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder. – Steven Wright

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LUCKY’S steaks /chops /seafood /cocktails

Dinner & Cocktails Nightly, 5 to 10 pm. Brunch Saturday & Sunday, 9 am to 2:30 pm.

Montecito’s neighborhood bar and restaurant. 1279 Coast Village Road Montecito CA 93108 (805)565-7540 www.luckys-steakhouse.com

Photography by David Palermo