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THE BIRTH OF COAST VILLAGE ROAD Montecito was a sleepy backwater in 1960 when designer/architect Sherrill Broudy came up with a Master Plan for what was a haphazard highway pit stop; changing its name from Old Coast Highway to Coast Village Road and adding a median were the first steps; by 1968, the transformation was complete (Story begins on page 5)

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Remembering The Road Author, attorney, and painter Steven Gilbar – nephew of the late architect Sherrill Broudy – traverses the storied path of Coast Village Road’s foundation 6 Mineards’s Miscellany Shaun Tomson chats it up; filmmaker Gina Abatemarco; Oprah joins cast of Richard Pryor film; Howard Jay Smith’s new book; Michael Barnick’s Hope Ranch home; Barbara Stupay hosts Adam Barruch; Jon Burlingame as curator; Avocado Festival poster; SB Fashion Week; Maserati Silver Cup; and Queen Elizabeth’s duck 8 Letters to the Editor Dino and Florida Ohanlan write about short-term rentals; Dan Seibert shares a photo of bougainvillea; Matt McLaughlin smells the truth; Christina Allison gets philosophical and is what she is; and Terry Abscomb shares a welfare “check” by the numbers 9 Village Beat Montecito Association discusses Coast Village Road trees and Casa Dorinda; Montecito Deli celebrates 14 years in business; Friendship Center hosts wine event and welcomes new board members; and American Riviera Bank keeps name 11 This Week MERRAG activation training; The New Yorker discussion; speaking German; Breathe in Me, Move in Me; free music; Midnight MYNX; SB Music Club; artist Rick Garcia exhibit; Wags ‘n” Whiskers Festival; new children’s library; MBAR meeting; Cocktails & Conservatives; photography at La Casa de Maria; Montecito Library Book Club; MUS board meeting; Montecito Planning Commission; MUS food drive; Shear Pleasure Salon’s 30th; Gloria Kaye book signing; Montecito Trails Foundation; MUS pancake breakfast; Coastal Cleanup Day; Lotusland Auction; art classes; Adventuresome Aging; Cava entertainment; brain fitness; Locals Night; Story Time; Italian conversation; and farmers market Tide Guide Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach 14 Seen Around Town Lynda Millner takes a walk on the wildlife side for Zoofari, visits Olivos del Mar Ranch for a look back at Portola, and turns the page on a new children’s library 20 State Street Spin Erin Graffy de Garcia makes note of the Profant Foundation honoring Julie McLeod, and Lobero Theatre and DANCEworks

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21 On The Water Front MWD members weigh in with a fresh supply of news about supplemental water, desalination, and the purchasing of additional water 22 Seniority Patti Teel chronicles the latest book about healing and natural remedies from Gloria Kaye, PhD, who will sign copies September 18 at Tecolote 26 Real Estate View Michael Phillips returns to take measure and explain the housing market’s Heat Index, which gauges buyer demand within five price sectors 28 On Entertainment Steven Libowitz hears from singer Johnette Napolitano about her new solo EP before she rocks SOhO; Rusty Young chimes in about his labor of love and Lobero concert; and conductor Carl St. Clair 34 At The Wheel Randy Lioz starts his engine and speaks with Alma-Rose Middleton for the fourth annual Montecito Motor Classic, which hits the road – Coast Village, to be exact – on Sept. 27 38 Our Town Joanne Calitri catches up at Lucky’s with the band The Tearaways prior to their September 12 performance at Dargan’s in SB 40 Legal Advertising 41 Coup de Grace Grace Rachow is obsessed with scrutinizing her neighbors’ unusual activities, even when one involves a little old lady with an ugly shed Movie Guide 42 Calendar of Events Musician Cory Sipper at SOhO; Montecito Jazz Project; Feast Your Eyes on new exhibit; comedian Lewis Black at Arlington; Jewish Federation’s Feed the Funk; Headless Household takes Center Stage; Arthritis Foundation’s Taste of the Town; SB Music Club; Chick Corea and Béla Fleck; and Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s classical concerts 45 Real Estate Mark Hunt is on the trail of the Montecito housing market and offers up descriptions of another quartet of homes, all in the $7M range Open House Directory 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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Remembering The Road by Steven Gilbar Mr. Gilbar is Sherrill Broudy’s nephew, practiced law in Santa Barbara for many years while anthologizing and writing books (20+) (see Amazon), founded Speaking Of Stories, and for the last 10 years have been painting and exhibiting around town. He continues to live in Montecito and walks down Coast Village Road daily.

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oast Village Road as it exists today did not just grow, like Topsy, but sprung from the vision of one man, Sherrill Broudy (1922-2015), who moved to Santa Barbara in 1956. He was 34 years old when he arrived, a World War II Navy veteran, UCLA alumnus, designer/architect, and founder of ERA Industries in Los Angeles.

With his former college roommate, Eli Luria (1919-2006), he bought three properties, including a large, old house on an apartment-zoned lot on Cliff Drive, across from City College. Broudy lived in a room in the back of the house with the bathroom in a small building nearby, and worked out of an office he rented in Montecito’s upper village, above the post office. It was at that time that he saw the development opportunities offered in Montecito and decided to go all in.

His first project there was to design and build the nine-unit Old Coast Apartments on Old Coast Highway (behind the present Starbucks). In 1958, he sold it and bought the corner lot on Old Coast Highway and Hot Springs Road.

The lot housed the remains of an old motel, a plant nursery, and a run-down cottage. Broudy moved into the cottage and used one of the motel rooms for an office, which perfectly suited his Spartan lifestyle.

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Broudy saw that in order for the Montecito strip to flourish, its character had to be changed. Instead of the mélange of motor courts and “eateries,” it needed upscale retail operations and businesses and an architectural redo into a more “villagey” and gentrified look. He believed he was the one to lead the charge.

In April 1960, he enlisted some of the landowners on the strip to form the old Coast Village Association, with himself as president. He was asked to begin preliminary work on a master plan of the area as a guide to its growth and development and to “study how to relate this area’s property to the entire Santa Barbara-Montecito community.” This mission is reflected in a 1960 letter from Broudy to the president of the Montecito Protective and Improvement Association, assuring him “that I will do everything possible personally to improve the appearance of the Old Coast Highway area. And from the recent expression of interest of others in this area, I believe that I can expect cooperation in this endeavor.” As one small example of what he had in mind, he asked him to observe the change taking place in Matt Cannon’s Target Liquor store: “I’ve been there daily holding his hand, getting him to paint it all white, insisting that neon signs are terrible, and even promising to design his sign if

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by Richard Mineards

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

He moved to Montecito eight years ago.

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The longtime Montecito resident, now an author and motivational speaker, is making his second appearance in the 6th annual 100 Wave Challenge at Mission Beach in San Diego on Saturday, September 19, supporting the Boys to Men Foundation, a southern California organization which helps fatherless boys with mentoring to prepare for adulthood.

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

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

The Joy of Short-Term Rentals

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hankfully, my wife and I have a vacation rental in Montecito.

We are on a fixed income and the extra money we earn is a real boon to our lifestyle. Though we live on a beautiful property in Montecito, we are not filthy rich as some would assume by our Montecito address.

And did I mention that we live on the property?

We are also appalled by the misuse of private property that results in overbearing traffic, noisy and selfish “vacation renters,” illegally parked cars, barking dogs, litter, and other behaviors that are an affront to good law abiding neighbors.

That said, these types of things just do not occur when the owner is living on the property. When the owners live on the property, their wellbeing and sanctity of life is at risk first and foremost, and therefore the owners have not only an obligation to the neighborhood, but even more importantly in their own minds, to themselves.

We have been providing a wonder-

ful service to tourists and locals alike, a way to escape the normal tourist journey. We have built many lasting friendships from all over the world.

We have contributed more than 10 percent of our total sales by way of the TOT [Transient Occupancy Tax] to the County of Santa Barbara. We have upgraded our property greatly and, subsequently, have raised the value of our neighborhood.

It seems to me that the common-sense solution is to regulate the short-term rentals firstly by making sure they are only available in a commercial zone or other such regulated zone where regulations for noise abatement, parking, litter, and other undesirable behaviors are enforced.

There should be stiff penalties for absentee owners who do not abide by the regulations.

Conversely, the homestays should be allowed as long as the owners live on the premises, properly vet the guests, oversee and control any undesirable behaviors, and, of course,

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pay the Transient Occupancy Tax to the County monthly. In this scenario, everyone should be happy. The owners make a little extra money and spread goodwill to other people from all over the world; the guests are treated to a beautiful and relaxing vacation, and best of all, the County reaps a windfall tax that can only be a good thing for all residents of the county.

Dino and Florida Ohanian Montecito (Editor’s note: We’ve stated previously in these pages that just because someone is a “short-term” renter doesn’t mean he will become a nuisance, but the converse is also true: simply because someone is a “long-term” neighbor is no guarantee he will be a good neighbor. We are for property rights, and if and until someone with a short-term rental becomes a nuisance, he has the right to make a few extra bucks by renting his property, though perhaps not one night at a time. – J.B.)

Love That Drought

blows directly off the ocean, the smell of oil – mainly from natural seepage – wafts strongly. – J.B.)

I Am, Therefore I Am

We are obviously living in a new reality. It is called the “I say, therefore I am.”

I say I am black, therefore I am black.

I say I am a woman, therefore I am a woman (even though I have fathered children and waited to go on my woman journey until my 60s because I wanted to avoid menopause).

Never mind; someone is paying me millions to undergo a chemical and surgical “reality,” so I can be on television and call myself Cait.

This new reality is very liberating.

I’ve tried it.

Repeat after me: I say I am a genius, therefore I am a genius.

Once more: I say I am a genius, therefore I am a genius.

Now, don’t you feel better?

Christina Allison Montecito

A Welfare “Success” Story

Some plants absolutely thrive under drought conditions, as evidenced by the bougainvillea surrounding the memorial horse trough in Montecito just off Cabrillo Boulevard

As a gardener, I’ve been hanging on by my teeth this year. And I’ve noticed some plants that seem to thrive in these conditions, my favorite being the bougainvillea. Those in front of the park memorial are a wonderful example.

Dan Seibert Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Mr. Seibert took this photo on July 30 and yes, this has been one heck of a year for bougainvillea. – J.B.)

Same Old, Same Old

Time to smell the coffee? When driving the US 101 over Ortega Hill, why keep a nose open for the smell of the chemical? I don’t know its name, but it’s what a man smells when encountering a new urinal mint.

Been like that for years. Can’t imagine it’s coming from off the water.

Matt McLaughlin Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: I haven’t noticed any unusual smells coming off the road when traversing Ortega Hill, but I play a lot of golf at Sandpiper and when the wind

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The work ethic we inherited growing up has fallen prey to the welfare system.

The Cato Institute released an updated 2014 study (original study in 1955) showing that welfare benefits pay more than a minimum wage job in 33 states and the District of Columbia.

Even worse, welfare pays more than $15 per hour in 13 states. In California, it is $18.50 an hour.

According to the study, welfare benefits have increased faster than minimum wage. It’s now more profitable to sit at home and watch TV than it is to earn an honest day’s pay.

Hawaii is the biggest offender, where welfare recipients earn $29.13 per hour, or a $60,590 yearly “salary” for doing nothing.

Here is the list of the states where the pre-tax equivalent “salary” that welfare recipients receive is higher than having a job: 1. Hawaii: $60,590 2. District of Columbia:$50,820 3. Massachusetts: $50,540 4. Connecticut: $44,370 5. New York: $43,700 6. New Jersey: $43,450 7. Rhode Island: $43,330 8. Vermont: $42,350 9. New Hampshire: $39,750 10. Maryland: $38,160 11. California: $37,160 12. Oregon: $34,300 13. Wyoming: $32,620 14. Nevada: $29,820

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Village Beat

by Kelly Mahan

Kelly has been Editor at Large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond. She is also a licensed Realtor with Village Properties and the Calcagno & Hamilton team. She can be reached at Kelly@montecitojournal.net.

Casa Dorinda’s Master Plan

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t this month’s Montecito Association (MA) board of directors meeting, the board reviewed the expansion project slated for the Casa Dorinda campus. In addition to Casa’s president and executive director Ron Schaefer, agents Suzanne Elledge and Steve Welton, and rep Kirsten Ayars were in attendance, outlining what’s planned for the 48-acre property on Hot Springs Road. Casa board members and residents, including former MA director Bob Short, were also at the meeting.

The project, which calls for revisions to Casa’s Master Plan, includes 96,869 square feet of additional development to the campus, including 20 new independent living units, 12 new memory care units, an underground parking garage, new storage buildings, a second dining venue in the form of a bar and grill, the creation of a plaza in front of the main building, and plans for enhancing entryways and architecture, among other items. It will be heard by the Montecito Planning Commission on October 21.

“There was a time a few years ago when Casa had some accommodation issues. At that time, we realized it was essential for us to expand our healthcare capacity in order to ensure our future success,” Schaefer said, adding that the current campus is 40 years old and in need of upgrades.

The project has been in the works internally for the last decade, and last year was officially submitted to the county and announced to the community. At that time, several neighbors voiced concern over the size and scope of the upgrades, and questioned the decision to do a mitigated negative declaration instead of a full EIR (Environmental Impact Review).

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The current exit bridge at Casa Dorinda is slated to be replaced because of structural issues. This photo shows supports used by flood control to make recent temporary repairs; the supports were subsequently removed so as not to block the waterway.

summer of progress,” Schaefer said, “We’ve come through a process of refining the project in many different ways.”

Recent changes include moving cottages from a neighbor’s property line, removing a cottage, and expanding the open space easement from 18 acres to 21 acres, creating a protective buffer between neighboring properties. Casa reps also agreed with neighbors to approach the Santa Barbara County Land Trust to maintain that easement, and to revise a habitat restoration plan that will better the public trails.

“We’ve had some great success in bridging gaps with our neighbors.

In addition to the other supporters we had before, we have twenty-four neighbors who are now supportive of the project,” Schaeffer said.

The project also calls for the building of a new bridge to cross Montecito creek, which will serve as both an entry and exit to the campus. “As much as we wanted to keep the bridge, there are structural issues, and we need to make sure we have a safe way for residents, and emergency vehicles, to enter the campus,” Schaeffer went on. The current exit bridge, which has major structural issues, will be demolished, while the current entrance bridge will be utilized as a service entry. The new bridge, which will be higher than the current bridges, will be built from the stones acquired from the demolition of the exit bridge. A new entrance gate will also be installed.

The Montecito Association voted unanimously to send a letter to the Montecito Planning Commission (MPC), voicing their support of the project and the open-dialogue process that appeased the neighbors. The letter also notes that further refinement may be necessary by the MPC, to ensure consistency with the Montecito Community Plan and appropriate environmental factors.

The campus currently houses 30 buildings, including living units, memory care, personal care, and skilled nursing units, a service yard, administrative building, medical center, auditorium, dining room, wellness facility, staff residence, and pool.

There are currently 321 residents; as part of the project, the number of residents will increase to roughly 357.

The current Conditional Use Permit caps the number of residents to 360, and there are over 100 people on the waitlist.

For more information, visit www. casadorinda.org.

Also at the meeting, president Cindy Feinberg announced that the Association has appealed an approval by the Parks & Recreation Department to remove two 65-foot specimen pine trees on the east side of the building at 1187 Coast Village Road. H&R Investments, which bought the 19,000sq-ft shopping center last year, plans on upgrading the building with new landscaping, a new deck, new signage, and more. There are also proposals to make the current driveway to the parking lot less steep.

“We believe that those trees add to the semi-rural feel of the community,” Feinberg said. Originally, H&R Investments asked the Parks & Recreation Commission for approval to remove a third tree on the west

Summer is gone. – Don Henley

side of the property as well; at a July hearing, the commission approved the removal of the two trees on the east side, but rejected the removal of the pine on the west side.

Montecito Deli Celebrates Anniversary

This Friday, September 11, local business owner Jeff Rypysc will celebrate 14 years of success at the “home of the piadina,” aka Montecito Deli, located on Coast Village Road.

Rypysc, who bought the two-yearold business from original owners Christian and Trisha Bower, closed escrow on the place on September 11, 2001. “Back then it was more vegetarian, and when I bought it, I brought the meat!” Rypysc joked earlier this week when we went to snap a photo of him and his crew.

Before purchasing the business, Jeff was a butcher for 25 years, managing Whitefoot Meat Market on Milpas for 15 years. He has since brought that expertise to Montecito Deli, roasting all of his own meats, barbecuing tritips, and making a dozen deli salads and side dishes from scratch every single day. He even paid the Bowers, who moved back to Switzerland, several thousand dollars for their cov-

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This Week in and around Montecito

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Red Flag & Trails Activation Training This specialized training is for MERRAG volunteers who assist during Red Flag/High Fire Danger days.

MERRAG volunteers assist during designated Red Flag/High Fire Danger days to staff trail heads in the community and inform hikers of current weather conditions, fire safety awareness, and safety precautions that can be taken while they are hiking.

When: 10 am to noon Where: 595 San Ysidro Road Info: www.merrag.org Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker.

When: 7:30 to 9:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 German Conversation The German Conversation Group will be meeting on the second Friday of each month at Montecito Library.

When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road “Breathe in Me, Move in Me” From the invigorating rhythms of drumming and the release of energy in dancing, to the calming, restorative stretches of yoga, participants will deepen inner awareness. This retreat at La Casa is led by Alleluia Dance Theater, a group with a mission to inspire people in the spiritual journey through dance and movement.

When: tonight at 7:30 through Sunday, September 13, at 1 pm Cost: $350 resident, $250 commuter Info: www.lacasademaria.org

Montecito Moms at Creekside Local all-women rock band Midnight MYNX will be mynxing it up at the Creek Side with their eclectic mix of new and old covers and originals.

When: 9 pm to midnight Where: 4444 Hollister Avenue Cost: $5 cover

Grand Opening The new Children’s Library at the Santa Barbara Public Library has been completed and is ready for young readers and future readers and their families! A Grand Opening celebration will be held to welcome the community to the bright and spacious separate floor for children’s reading, learning, and play activities. Bring the family to help celebrate this long-awaited addition to the library.

Music, zoo animals, entertainers, refreshments, face-painting, and a ribbon-cutting are all part of the Grand Opening party, with activities both inside and outside. All activities are free and open to the public.

When: noon to 4 pm Where: 40 E. Anapamu Street

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Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public.

When: 3 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free

Animal Festival C.A.R.E.4Paws hosts its 7th annual Wags ‘n’ Whiskers Festival at Girsh Park in Goleta. The free, fun-filled event – the largest animal festival on California’s Central Coast – features adoptable dogs, cats, and bunnies from dozens of local animal shelters and rescues. It also showcases a wide range of pet service providers, including pet stores and vet clinics.

Festival-goers enjoy a great mix of activities: a Frisbee show with Southern California’s famous Disc Dogs, dog agility, fast-paced Flyball with Santa Barbara Supersonic, an exciting military dog performance, as well as cat and bunny training. They can also meet Little Star, a mini therapy horse, along with wolf hybrids from WHAR Wolf Sanctuary in Paso Robles, and much more.

When: 11 am to 4 pm Where: Girsh Park, 7050 Phelps Road in Goleta Cost: admission is free Info: www.care4paws.org/wagsnwhis kers.html

Art Exhibit at Porch “A Few of My Favorite Things,” a new body of work by long-time Santa Barbara artist Rick Garcia, will be on exhibit at Porch from September 9 through October 30.

Porch will host an artist reception today. Meet Rick and enjoy refreshments and beverages.

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When: today and next Tuesday, September 22, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: 800 El Bosque Road Info: www.lacasademaria.org Montecito Library Book Club Join for a lively discussion of this month’s title. This month’s title is The Pathologies of Power by Paul Farmer; new members always welcome.

When: 1 to 2 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 MUS School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249

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Montecito Deli celebrates 14 years in business this Friday, September 11. Owner Jeff Rypysc and his crew: manager Rey Vazquez, chef George Camey, and Israel Roman.

eted flatbread recipe, which Jeff uses to make his famous piadinas. “They continue to be our best-selling item,” he said. The Italian-style flatbread is made fresh every day, and then filled with various kinds of meat, cheese, and toppings, and served hot.

The deli is a popular stop for business owners on the road, who stop by daily for their coffee fix, breakfast, or

lunch, and to say hi to Jeff, who has also become known for giving out meat treats to local dogs. “I’m pretty popular around here!” he laughed.

While he weathered a few financially challenging times a few years back, he tells us business is good and credits much of that to his neighbors in the complex, including Crushcakes, which just opened a few months ago.

“It’s brought more people to this side of the road – people that never knew I was here before,” he said.

Jeff, who admits he still uses a cell phone that flips open, says he is going into the next year of business a bit more technologically advanced. With the help of a loyal customer, he has launched a website, www.monteci todeli.us, which lists menu items, reviews, and more. In addition to lunch (salads, sandwiches, piadinas, and more), there is also a breakfast menu, which has grown over the last couple of years and includes burritos, bagels, and omelets.

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Friendship Center, Montecito’s adult day care center on Eucalyptus Lane, has welcomed two new board members and welcomed back a former board member who would like to serve once again. The nonprofit has a board of five officers and 10 directors, in addition to more than a dozen administrative staff members who run both the Montecito and Goleta facilities.

Pamela Vander Heide, educator and attorney, graduated from UCSB and the Santa Barbara College of Law. She practiced education law briefly but soon returned to the classroom, teaching advanced English at Dos Pueblos High School for many

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Julie McGeever is a graduate of UCSB. She and her husband developed and operate the Heritage House Assisted Living Community, and Julie also manages the recently opened Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara Memory Care Community, assisting clients in the financing and development of senior housing projects throughout the Southwest.

Roger Aceves has rejoined Friendship Center’s Board of Directors after serving from 2010-12, including holding the office of vice president in 2011-12. The board has named Kathy Marden as president, after having served on the board since 2011.

Friendship Center provides professional, compassionate, and affordable day services for aging and dependent adults with Alzheimer’s and other cognitive impairments.

Transportation, hot meals, and a lively program of activities are included in the programming, as well as respite care for caregivers.

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esides all the animals in the Santa Barbara Zoo, there were more than 600 human party animals visiting the other evening for the 30th Zoofari ball. As honorary chairs Carol Kallman and Don Barthelmess declared, “Welcome to the wildest fundraiser in town… with a New Orleans flavor this year!”

The electricity began at the zoo entrance, where everyone checks in and the photo ops abound with all the various costumes. There were pirates, southern belles, Cajuns – feathers, beads, sparkles, hoop skirts, and masks. Heading up the hill, I saw

giant Mardi Gras masks hang in the trees and silhouettes of jazz bands dot the grassy knoll. Live musicians played along the way. There were giant cutouts of tobasco sauce bottles.

That reminded me of when I lived in New Iberia, Louisiana, where my daughter was born – and so was tobasco sauce, made there on Avery Island. While there, we attended a local Mardi Gras party with their own king and queen of the cru who would later travel to New Orleans. Back to the zoo: as we reached the hilltop, Rincon catering was there with signature cocktails and wine. There was

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also a black carriage hearse sans casket standing by, “pulled” by a life-size “horse.” When those saints go marching in!

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Just before heading to the dinner area, Andrew Firestone led the live auction, coaxing folks to bid up for the animals’ benefit. First came darling toy gorillas for $50 each, followed by a cruise on a 31-passenger riverboat in the Peruvian Amazon donated by Judy and Brian Robertson Travel Consultants and International Expeditions. There were more zoo special events and custom jewelry from Gauthier Jewelry. Then it was time for a Creole and Cajun-inspired dinner, and dancing or shake what

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Guests trekked north of town, not far from El Capitan State Beach to Olivos del Mar Ranch and the home of Craig and Cindy Makela. It sits atop a hill overlooking the ocean and feels like the top of the world. Co-hosts were Ignacio (Nacho) and Veronica Felix Cota, and guest of honor was Javier Vallaure who is the counsel general of Spain headquartered in Los Angeles. His wife, Marisa, their daughter Mayara, and son Paco were also there.

We were there to learn more about the Portola expedition of 1769 to Alta California to expel the Jesuits from New Spain and replace them with Franciscans. Also to establish presidios and missions, as a military strategy against Russia’s intentions to advance their territories.

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gins of what is now Baja and Alta California. Soldiers, missionaries, and natives marched out of Loreto in 1769 to unknown territories and gave birth to the presidios, missions, and later pueblos of San Diego, San Juan Capistrano, San Gabriel (Los Angeles), Santa Barbara, Monterrey, and San Francisco.

The names of these men now live on. Today, we know who they were and where they came from. Their direct descendants still live in both Californias. The proposal is to erect a stone monument with two bronze plaques in El Museo de Las Misiones in Loreto Baja California Sur, to honor those who participated in the Portola Expedition. The design is in place, and the monument is hoped to be constructed in the coming year. Executive director Dr. Jarrell Jackman of the Santa Barbara Trust for Historical Preservation wants there to be plaques in each location going up the coast, so visitors can track the Portola trail and remember the significance.

Several of the guests were ancestors of the Cotas. Craig told us, “This property is part of a 3,300-acre land grant.

Through the years, parts were sold off so Cindy and I bought some of our ancestors’ land back.” Craig introduced Dr. Jackman, who has directed the Presidio for the past 35 years.

Executive director of the California Missions Foundation, David Bolton, spoke and Javier pledged his support of the project, as did host Nacho.

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Gina, 33, daughter of local realtor Frank Abatemarco and his wife, Toni, and a graduate of the Tisch School of Arts, Film, and TV at New York University, thinks it’s the perfect time to release the documentary, given Obama just visited Alaska for the first time last week to bring attention to climate change.

The intrepid director was introduced to the tiny island, 130 miles

Gina Abatemarco premiering new documentary at the Berlin Film Festival

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should think that there are few people locally who could match the record of Julie McLeod as far as working – seemingly indefatigably – to teach, inspire, and mentor younger artists.

For this reason, the Profant Foundation at its recent annual gala recognized this dancer/trainer/ teacher/mentor with the VIVA! Award, honoring someone in our community who has made exceptional contributions to the arts and opening opportunities for emerging artists.

The Juilliard-trained McLeod was a former professional Broadway dancer.

She was in the original cast of West Side Story (how much fun would that have been?) and later toured with Yul Brynner in The King and I. She arrived in Santa Barbara in the 1970s and was immediately tapped to teach dance at SBCC, and she opened her own studio in 1974.

McLeod launched her Dance Warehouse on Carrillo, and for 20 years – I would venture to say – it was the rare dancer in town who had not taken one at least one of the many types of classes offered at her studio: ballet, modern dance, jazz, tap, improv, and tango. In addition to the student training, McLeod also mentored her staff instructors in how to teach what they knew to dance.

Then, in 1979, Julie helped found Santa Barbara Dance Alliance (SBDA), comprised of all the studios and teachers. Among its many practical purposes, the SBDA sought to draw attention to local classes and performances, and

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raise the awareness and appreciation of dance offerings in Santa Barbara.

Twenty years later in 1999, she agreed to serve as executive director.

McLeod wrote grants and quadrupled the organization’s income, which enabled SBDA to launch significant new programs. McLeod produced and developed BASSH (annual dance competition of: Ballroom, Argentine Tango, Swing, Salsa & Hip-Hop), On The Verge (a program in which teen choreographers can showcase their work), New Works (presentation which highlights local choreographers), Santa Barbara Dance Day, and Multi-Cultural Dance and Music Festival.

Another initiative she launched was the SBDA Scholarship Awards and helped raise the funds to provide more than 200 scholarships.

But wait, there’s more!

In 2009, Julie McLeod launched another truly remarkable endeavor: Art Without Limits. What other community has something like this?

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This organization provides programs for emerging artists and their needs, such as the monthly Business Workshops (how to negotiate, writing grants, et cetera), a short-term program called Turning Point (a mentorship of about 15 hours for those who need just that.) Peer-to-Peer program has experienced teens giving lessons to younger students who cannot afford lessons.

Through Art Without Limits emerged the annual Art Career Day Conference — a full-day session for students (high school to college) interested in a career in the arts.

Julie arranges for 40 professional artists to give talks, lead breakout groups, and chat with aspiring artists, with relationships that lead to mentorships.

It is the exceptional talent and unflagging enthusiasm of people such as Julie McLeod that keeps Santa Barbara artistically “on our toes.”

Brava to a well-deserved encomium and award... or perhaps I should say VIVA!

Lobero Launches Laudatory Leaps

And speaking of elevating the awareness and appreciation of dance in our community, we have the Lobero and its DANCEworks pas de deux. DANCEWorks is an innovative and annual collaboration between the Lobero Theatre and SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara in which an emerging choreographer, usually from New York City, comes to Santa Barbara for a month-long

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Each commissioned new work is created directly on stage, which is an almost unheard-of opportunity for the choreographers. (Usually, choreographers design their dance in a studio, then they have to figure out all the technical and spacial yada-yada on the stage where they will perform in just a few days before the performance.)

This year’s choreographer, Adam Barruch, recently received personal permission from Stephen Sondheim to explore Sweeney Todd during his Santa Barbara residency. So we will see this renowned choreographer exploring Sondheim’s dark score for a new work of dance theater.

What is remarkable is that for seven years now, the works created during the DANCEworks Lobero residencies have not only become an important piece of the choreographers’ repertoire, but have also made their mark in American dance.

So, DANCEworks isn’t just about unforgettable performances, but also long-term relationships with the gutsiest artists in contemporary dance.

This partnership puts Santa Barbara on the map as a community that supports the creation of new choreography in a significant way.

DANCEworks is gaining broad recognition within the world of contemporary dance and has already contributed to the careers of groundbreaking choreographers Aszure Barton, Larry Keigwin, Doug Elkin, Brian Brooks, and Mark Dendy.

Doug Elkins, the Lobero’s 2011 choreographer-in-residence, sold out the Joyce Theatre performances of his Hapless Bizarre and Mo(or)town/Redux.

This is the acclaimed dance that Doug made onstage at the Lobero during his DANCEworks stay. The New York Times hailed Mo(or)town as, “One of the most compelling dance creations of this century.”

(Look for his company in the preview performance of Sweeney Todd with other repertory at the Lobero on September 25 and 26.)

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ontecito Water District (MWD) has succeeded on multiple fronts to maintain water supplies during this exceptional drought and begun developing a permanently reliable long-term water supply. There is good news to report, including: a breakthrough in progress on developing desalinated water; a recent purchase of supplemental water that extends our water supply through two more dry winters if necessary; and the continuing exceptional conservation by customers.

Desalination Breakthrough

With our service boundary contiguous to the ocean, desalinating ocean water is the best choice to provide a local, permanent, secure, and reliable water supply for Montecito. To do this, the District is continuing to explore two paths: seeking to participate in the City’s desalination facility, and a parallel path for the District to build its own desalination facility that would be owned and built by the Water District.

A breakthrough occurred recently with receipt of a letter from the State Coastal Commission confirming that the regional use of desalination water from Santa Barbara would be allowed under the existing Coastal Development permits. District staff have worked for many months to help obtain this necessary regulatory confirmation.

With receipt of the Coastal Commission letter, City staff may have the green light to move the possible regional use of their desalination facility to the City council for consideration. MWD is hopeful that this matter will be scheduled for discussion by City officials in the latter part of September.

The permit confirmation follows nearly a year of work by the District, engaging with: the governor’s office, Coastal Commission, California Environmental Protection Agency, State Lands Commission, state Natural Resources agency, Regional Water Quality Control Board, and others.

LETTERS (Continued from page 8) 15. Minnesota: $29,350 16. Delaware: $29,220 17. Washington: $28,840 18. North Dakota: $28,830 19. Pennsylvania: $28,670 20. New Mexico: $27,900 21. Montana: $26,930 22. South Dakota: $26,610 23. Kansas: $26,490 24. Michigan: $26,430 25. Alaska: $26,400 26. Ohio: $26,200 27. North Carolina: $25,760 28. West Virginia: $24,900 29. Alabama: $23,310 30. Indiana: $22,900 31. Missouri: $22,800 32. Oklahoma: $22,480 33. Louisiana: $22,250 34. South Carolina: $21,91 Can’t you hear students telling their teachers they want to be welfare recipients when they grow up? As a point of reference, the average middle-class annual income today is $50,000, down from $54,000 at the beginning of the “Great Recession.”

Hawaii, D.C., and Massachusetts pay more in welfare than the average working folks earn there. Is it any wonder they stay home rather than look for a job?

Are we nuts or what? How do we

un-do this type of stupidity? America is virtually bankrupt. Time for a drastic change.

The salary of retired United States presidents is $180,000 a year, for life – plus, of course, an enormous range of extra benefits and perks. The majority and minority leader in the House and Senate receive $193,400 for life.

The average yearly salary of a teacher is $40,065 , and a soldier deployed in Afghanistan received approximately $38,000 a year, on average.

Nancy Pelosi has retired as Speaker of the House at $223,500 a year. Plus, she will receive an additional $193,400 a year as Minority Leader, the fact that she has become rich while in office notwithstanding. Plus, free medical, which is not available to us, the taxpayers.

She is just one of the hundreds of Senators and Congress [members who] float in and out every year.

This is really stupid. I think we found where the cuts should be made.

Terry Abscomb Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: We have no idea if your figures are accurate or not, but whatever they are, it is apparent that working and self-reliance are becoming traits of the •MJ past. – J.B.)

More Good News

Purchase of additional supplemental water. The District has searched up and down the state for supplemental water to purchase, and has obtained a substantial amount in the last several years. The District recently acquired 750 acre-feet of additional supplemental water, equivalent to about three months of supply at current usage rates.

District has enough water available until development of desalination. With the recent supplemental water supply acquisition, and continuing conservation by customers, our water supply is now estimated to last through two more dry winters into the spring of 2017. We are working toward having desalinated water available by that time.

Drilling ultra-deep well in search of new water. Discussions are continuing with a company that uses satellite and other advance-exploration technology to tap into ultra-deep groundwater supplies. They use analysis of satellite data followed by ground surveys to identify potentially large volumes of water up to a mile below the surface. If an agreement is reached, the company would cover all the upfront costs and risks of drilling. If they obtain water, the District would be required to buy water at a pre-agreed-upon price.

For more information about our activities to secure reliable water supplies or about any other local water-related topic, please go to www.montecitowater. com or call us at (805) 969-2271.

Montecito Water District Board of Directors •MJ

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Sharing Stories and Non-Traditional Healing Techniques

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ong-time Santa Barbara resident Gloria Kaye PhD., will be signing her new book – Healer’s Hands, Healer’s Heart – on Friday, September 18, at Tecolote Bookstore in the Montecito upper village. She will be doing a lecture/demonstration and will have photos of energy emanating from her hands. Kaye will also ask for volunteers so that she can demonstrate her healing techniques.

The book is a treasure trove of healing stories and natural remedies. For decades, Kaye has healed injuries and illnesses. Her private healing practice includes children, professional athletes, celebrities, and even animals. She often works in conjunction with physicians and health care practitioners, and has lectured on her approach to alternative healing to audiences ranging from medical students at UCLA, to medical personnel at the University of Miami.

Over the years, her healing work has been observed and documented by a number of respected physicians, and her practice has taken her to patients in the cancer ward at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Although her home and practice are in Santa Barbara, Dr. Kaye travels extensively to see clients worldwide.

Gloria Kaye will sign her new book September 18 at Tecolote

Today, various types of energy healing, such as Reiki, have become commonplace, but there is nothing commonplace or ordinary about the results of Kaye’s healing treatments.

One of her clients said, “Dr. Kaye has treated my little dog, my son, my daughter, my son-in-law, my daughter-in-law, my grandsons, and myself.

People just can’t go wrong when they go to see Dr. Kaye. She was born with the gift; no matter what is troubling you, you will walk away feeling better.”

Kaye has long been “ahead of her time.” She did groundbreaking research on yoga as a treatment for drug abuse in the 1970s and earned her PhD in clinical psychology in the early 1980s with a dissertation on yoga – no small feat in a day when yoga was less than respected by the mainstream medical community. Also in the ‘80s, Gloria

hosted an instructional yoga show on a station in San Diego.

In the forward of Gloria’s new book, her daughter says, “She looked for alternative forms of healing before the term ‘alternative medicine’ was even coined. My mother was anything but a conformist. Today, I am so proud that she was willing to go against the tide.”

Healer’s Hands, Healer’s Heart contains true accounts of energetic healing by Kaye with her personal commentary, testimonials from clients, and verification from doctors with whom she has worked. In addition, her book includes healing techniques that readers can use to help their own friends and family, and she shares health practices and home remedies, including practical tips for using supplements and homeopathic remedies. The book is both an inspirational read and a how-to guide for anyone interested in this fascinating approach to health and well-being.

For more information about Kaye, visit her website at www.drgloriakaye. com.

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THIS WEEK (Continued from page 11) WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed.

When: 9 am Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Food Drive at MUS To benefit Santa Barbara Foodbank, donations can be left in the school’s parking lot in the morning during drop off. Items needed include baby food, cereal, pasta, peanut butter, rice, soup, and canned goods.

Where: 385 San Ysidro Road FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 Shear Pleasure Hair Designs 30th Birthday!

Celebrating with bubbles and nibbllee bits and cake!

Aveda make-up artist Blanca will be doing make-overs on Tuesday September 15 & Friday September 25th.

When: 4:00 pm Where: 1150 Coast Village Road Info: 969-0132 Book Signing at Tecolote Gloria Kaye, PhD., signs her new book, Healer’s Hands, Healer’s Heart.

She’ll include a healing demonstration, showing how energetic methods can help many ailments.

When: 5 to 6 pm Where: 1470 East Valley Road SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Trails Foundation Annual Barbecue Montecito Trails Foundation (MTF) holds its annual barbecue at Montecito Valley Ranch in Montecito.

Bikers, hikers, and equestrians are welcome. Hikes and rides begin at 7, 8, and 9 am, followed by barbecue lunch with drinks included, entertainment, dancing, and silent and live auctions from noon to 3 pm.

MTF has worked since 1964 to preserve and maintain trails in Summerland, Montecito, and Carpinteria. A private non-profit organization, MTF is supported by donations to keep 200-plus miles of trails open to the public.

When: 7 am Info: www.montecitotrailsfoundation. org MUS Dads Annual Pancake Breakfast 10 – 17 September 2015

The entire family is invited to enjoy pancakes, eggs, and sausage made by dads at Montecito Union School.

When: 8 am Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Cost: donation Santa Barbara County Coastal Cleanup Day SB County residents will join hundreds of thousands of participants worldwide in clearing trash and debris from our beaches, shorelines, and inland waterways during this year’s international Coastal Cleanup Day. Be part of the largest volunteer event on the planet; meet at Butterfly Beach.

Montecito Association members and local school students are set to participate.

When: 9 am to noon Where: Butterfly Beach in Montecito Lotusland Auction & Sale The Ultimate Plant Party, this signature event is designed for garden connoisseurs, collectors, passionate gardeners, and lovers of Lotusland. Enjoy a wonderful afternoon at Lotusland with wine, specialty cocktails, and sumptuous hors d’oeuvres served on the main lawn.

The highlight of the event will be a spirited live auction during which a more than a dozen rare, special plants will go under the gavel. Other collectible plants and garden items will be offered during a silent auction, and for those impatient plant lovers, there will be a “buy it now” section of interesting and not-so-common species, many propagated from Lotusland plants.

Proceeds from the event will be used to care for and support Lotusland’s botanical collection.

When: 1:30 to 5:30 pm Cost: members, $60; non-members, $85 Info: www.lotusland.org or 969-3767 ONGOING MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 WEDNESDAYS THRU SATURDAYS Live Entertainment Where: Cava, 1212 Coast Village Road When: 7 to 10 pm Info: 969-8500 MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memory-enhancement exercises in a

friendly environment When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50, includes lunch Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 Locals Night at the Public Market Every Monday, take advantage of one-night-only merchant specials, games, prizes, and fun for locals.

Corazon Cocina (opening soon at the Montecito Country Mart) will pop up for dinner in The Kitchen!

Famous for his tacos and ceviche, Chef Ramon is serving up all new dishes and a changing menu each week. Beer, wine, and other beverages will be available for purchase, too.

Come play Cards Against Humanity, Dominos, Boggle, Yahtzee, Connect Four, and giant Jenga while enjoying “locals only” food and drink specials from participating merchants.

There is also live music each week.

When: 5 pm Where: 38 West Victoria Info: 770-7702 TUESDAYS Adventuresome Aging Program Community outings, socialization, and lunch for dependent adults

When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $75, includes lunch, plus one-time fee of $35 Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 THURSDAYS Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills; each week, children ages three to five enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time.

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

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAYS Farmers Market When: 8 to 11:15 am Where: South side of Coast Village •MJ Road

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wined and dined on sumptuous tapas followed by a lasagna dinner and enjoyed the ambiance were retired judge Frank Ochoa and wife Paula Lopez, Roger and Debby Aceves, Mike and Terri Imwalle, Dr. Marie Duggan, and Susan Parent.

John (campaign committee) and Christie Glanville, library director Irene Macias, tri-chair Jim Jackson and committee member Chana Jackson at the soft-opening reception of the Children’s Library

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help in the new Island Room. They can have their own library card and check out an array of books. There are computers for young ones and others for the older children. I think that’s where I need to go. Maybe I could rent a kid! Families are encouraged to utilize the space, which will foster the five skills needed for reading: talking, reading, singing, writing, and playing.

President of the Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation Dianne Duva told the new and old supporters, “This is your legacy.” She introduced mayor Helene Schneider, who remembered her childhood days and her special library, saying, “Kids will remember what you did here.”

Janet echoed her sentiments, having remembered saying as a child, “Please take me to the library.”

Library director Irene Macias told us, “Thirty-nine thousand kids attend-

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get on your way! – Dr. Seuss Campaign tri-chair Jim Jackson quoted from Dr. Seuss and told the supporters at a soft opening of the new facility, “We now have a Children’s Library we can be proud of.” We were gathered at the Central Library for a champagne reception thanking its many donors for making the dream a reality to the tune of $3.6 million. That was for the construction, and now the campaign continues for an endowment. The other two campaign chairs are Janet Garufis and Scott Brittingham.

The new space is 6,000 square feet on the lower level of the Central Library, replacing the 1,500-square-foot space on the main level. It’s sunny and colorful where the kids can enjoy story time and free, after-school homework

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ed programs here last year.” Wow! She especially thanked honorary committee co-chairs Anne Towbes and Peter MacDougall for their support. Kudos went to Irene for her leadership skills.

The evening ended with tours of the new library and some of those checking it out were Maryan and Dick Schall, Jean Schuyler, Elizabeth and Kenny Slaught, Anne and Michael Towbes, Joan and Palmer Jackson, and Susan and Gary Gilbransen.

The Grand Opening happens Sunday, September 13, from noon to 4 pm. You are welcome to come and explore. There will be a ribbon-cutting with the mayor, music and juggling performances, face painting, snacks, and more. For more information, contact Irene at 564-5608 or imacias@ santabarbaraca.gov.

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Real Estate View Montecito Heat

VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 12)

by Michael Phillips

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For more information about the facilities, call 969-0859 and speak to Kristen (Kai) Hoye, Family Services director, or visit www.friendshipcentersb.org. Both locations are accepting new participants.

American Riviera Bank Keeps Name

T

he Montecito Heat Index measures the intensity of buyer demand for Montecito homes within five price sectors. The formula is Pending Listings (homes under contract yet not closed) divided by Active Listings (homes offered for sale yet not under contract) X 100. And since the market fluctuates seasonally, if not monthly, buyer demand or “Heat” is compared to demand on this date last year.

As compared to sold data, (homes that have closed escrow) considered trailing data which is a look back at the market, the Heat Index reports leading data, present activity informing where the market is today and most likely tomorrow. Although future data is what we would like to have, leading data is as close as we get to a prediction of tomorrow’s market. All data are from the the Santa Barbara MLS and are uniformly deemed reliable.

Last month’s Heat Index registered 105, down 11 points or 9.5% from a year earlier. Today the Heat Index is 113, a point higher than a year ago and 7.6% higher than last month.

Our strongest relative buyer demand is shared between the $1-to2M sector and the $2-3M sector, both scoring a 35, and represents a significant decrease from a year ago when the scores were 50 and 41, respectively.

Last year on this date, there was no demand for homes listed at $3-4M. Today, this sector scored a strong 13.

Even more impressive is the $4-5m group, easily outperforming last year by 29.4%. And the $5M-and-up estate sector shows an increase in demand of 100%.

Year to date, the Montecito market continues to appear to be slowly moving away from six or more years of lower-end preference to the higher-end estate properties. While listings are down 5%, and the number of properties sold is down 13%, the median sales price is up 5% to $2,995,000, and the average sales price is even stronger at $4,404,793, an increase of 16%.

Since January 1, though buyers purchased 13% fewer homes than last year, they paid sellers over $568 mil-

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Michael is a realtor at Coldwell Banker, and is a Montecito Planning Commissioner.

He can be reached at 969-4569 and info@ MichaelPhillipsRealEstate. com

lion for the privilege, a tad more than they paid last year. Generally, sellers are having a pretty good year.

And it isn’t that buyers have been completely compliant. In fact, they generally believe sellers are glad to see them and have been effective in negotiating their purchase price. The difference between list and contract price might best demonstrate this point. The current average listing or asking price is a staggering $7,416,412, while the average pending or accepted price is $3,746,370; that’s $3,670,042 of successful discussions and dollars in the buyers’ pockets.

The condo market, not included in the Heat Index, has been unusually active this year. Listings are up 50%, and the number sold over last year is up a huge 130%. And with buyers having so many alternatives, they have been very tough on sellers.

Both the average and median sales prices have dropped 4 and 1 percent, respectively, from last year. Yet, if you are looking to purchase a Montecito condo today, they are selling much faster than last year, and you are still going to pay about $1,650,000.

With the summer gone, we have fewer than four months to the end of the year, which economists believe will show a national average 3% median price increase for the year. I’m betting we do a little better than that. And while we were all enjoying this warmer than usual summer, it appears a Rancho Santa Fe buyer came to town, engaged the experienced Coldwell Banker agent and colleague Ryan Strelow, and snapped up Bill and Nancy Kimsey’s extraordinary 22.5acre, 9,000-sq-ft Mediterranean villa estate overlooking the Pacific on the top of Freehaven Drive for a little over •MJ $14 million.

Former Goleta mayor Roger Aceves has rejoined the Friendship Center Board of Directors, after serving from 2010-12 Part of the new American Riviera Bank team includes, from left, Jillian Lipinsky, Bobby Boyes, Evelyn Torres, Andrew Chung, Joanne Funari, Jeff DeVine, and Stephanie Frost

MJ columnist Lynda Millner and her husband, Don Seth, at last year’s Wine Down at Friendship Center

brewery pouring their wines and beers for tasting, including Buttonwood Farm, Pegasus, Qupe, Vinemark Cellars, Zaca Mesa, Surf Brewery, and many more.

Hors d’oeuvres by Spices N Rice and live music by Montecito Jazz Project will round out the event, which is held al fresco in the courtyard of the Montecito location. The Friday afterwork gathering gives guests a chance to enjoy a lovely summer evening and “wine down“ from the cares of the week, according to Friendship Center’s Justine Sutton. A silent auction will offer wine-themed gift baskets donated by partnering agencies, featuring high-quality wines and wine-related items, and a live auction will be conducted by Stephen Meade of KJEE. For the first time this year, Friendship Center’s annual Big Heart Awards will be presented at the event. The Big Heart Awards recognize those organizations and individuals who remain true to Friendship Center’s mission, provide support to Friendship Center financially or through volunteer efforts, support and advocate for elder concerns and issues, and have made some contribution that enhances the program and/or the lives of members and their families. Tickets are $65

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Following the recent announcement of their definitive agreement to merge (MJ #21/29), American Riviera Bank and The Bank of Santa Barbara stated this week that after commissioning a locally based firm, Idea Engineering, to conduct a branding study, a verdict has been made to keep the name American Riviera Bank. “The decision on naming was not taken lightly,” says Jeff DeVine, president and CEO of American Riviera Bank, which has a branch in San Ysidro Village in Montecito. “Both banks have strong brand loyalty within their client base and are attached to their existing names for good reasons.”

The merged American Riviera Bank will be the second-largest community bank based in the City of Santa Barbara and will serve local businesses and consumers with branches in downtown Santa Barbara, Montecito, and Goleta.

The combined bank will offer full-service mortgage and small-business lending departments, and will have a legal lending limit of approximately $10 million, which is higher than either institution previously held. Once shareholder approvals are obtained, the FDIC and DBO will have final approval authority for the merger, which is anticipated to close on January 1, 2016.

DeVine says bank clients should continue to utilize their existing branches, ATMs, check supplies, and deposit slips at the branch locations of their current bank, but early next year, customers will have the ability to utilize any branch location and ATM of either bank.

American Riviera Bank is located at 525 San Ysidro Road; there is also a downtown branch (and corporate headquarters) at 1033 Anacapa Street •MJ in Santa Barbara.

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On Entertainment Ex-Blonde Bares All for SOhO

Rusty Young performs with Jimmy Messina at the Lobero, September 13 (photo by Carl Lender)

by Steven Libowitz

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t’s a strange little record. But I really like it a lot.”

Johnette Napolitano is talking about Naked, her new EP just out, and the forerunner of the former lead singer-songwriter of Concrete Blonde’s upcoming solo show at SOhO on Monday night, September 14. Strange it is, a solo effort that stands in stark contrast to the thickly arranged albums Concrete Blonde put out in the 1980s and 1990s. But it’s one that grows on you with repeated listening, the songs taking on a haunting aura as they work their way into the body.

“That’s great. I’d rather have people absorb it that way, over time,” she said. “I’m really about doing things my own way at this point, and I’ve been figuring it out with Pro-Tools and the computer, which is cool. But it’s the first stuff in a long time where I had a chance to play the songs live first and get comfortable. So, it should take time for the listeners, too.”

Napolitano had much more to say about the new music and other subjects in our nearly hour-long talk last week. Here are excerpts of the conversation:

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Q. I want to start off by asking about a couple of the new songs. In “Here” you sing, “I know I’m complicated. I’m sorry for that...” and “I’m a little bit a mess,” Care to expand on that? I mean, why are you sorry?

A. I don’t know how people manage to be in relationship. There’s so much compromise and understanding. I’ve had my share, and looking back I can see I was a big problem. It’s hard as a woman on the road. You’re not out there for the attention or to get laid like with most guys; it’s because you love the music. And you need space to do it. But it’s an eccentric way to live.

You’ve got to go where the music is.

And sometimes get up in the middle of the night, if that’s when the inspiration strikes. That can be hard on a relationship... so I’m only apologizing to someone else, but not for myself.

It’s, I’m sorry, but that’s how I am.

I’m also curious about “Memory Go”.

I heard you wrote it when you were sick.

I was freaking out, because I got the mother of all flus – the one that went straight to your throat. I had a gig in a week. So all I did was lay there and drink garlic soup all week. Laying in bed you think about things, your mind gets going with some things you wish you didn’t think about. So it’s a strange song and a very unusual format – not my usual verse-chorus. It’s

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Former Concrete Blonde singer Johnette Napolitano rocks SOhO on Monday, September 14 (photo by Veronica)

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.

sions of songs that weren’t written that way, it often falls flat. So I’ve been working hard.

I break up the show with passages out of the book (BLAH BLAH BLAH), and the stories behind the lyrics. I get mail from fans asking “Who’s ‘Joey’?”

All that is answered in the book. I do it on stage now. And it works. I know because I’m the hardest person to please. There are people who are just happy to come and hear the hits. But that’s not what I want to do. I’d kill myself if that were all I was doing.

This show is interesting to me, and it’s been really fun.

So now that you mention it, who is Joey?

Well, you can go online at Barnes & Nobles site – I’ll whore out my book now. Every page is an individual collage. Or I tell the story at the shows.

I’m not going to give it away. You gotta come to the show.

very insistent just like the Dali painting “The Persistence of Memory”.

Memories just keep coming up, and you can’t stop thinking about it. It just keeps hammering. So that was the only way to deliver it, with the intenFair enough. I’m also wondering now sity of the emotion. that it’s just you and the guitar on the new Naked EP, about as minimalist as can How did playing these songs solo on the be – how does that impact your singing? road help to shape them?

I’m able to sing better, because I can It’s coming full circle. I was always a explore a range I couldn’t in the band. loner. When I was a kid, I started play- It’s hard to sing over an electric guiing guitar when I was 12, and I used to tar and drums. It was a challenge to sit on my bed and write songs. Now, I arrange for a three-piece band, which live out on a little ranch in Joshua Tree was great, but this is different, and I with my horse and goat, and three can do so much with the space vocaldogs. And all I do is just play guitar ly – go from a whisper to a scream. I and write songs. It’s part of me. I wake know when to lay back on the guitar, up and it’s next to me in bed. So this how to control the dynamics, how to album is more me than ever being in explore that stuff. It’s quite organic; I a band was. When you’re part of a don’t even think about it. band, everybody has their own thing.

I was always very proud that we had Do you play the well-known stuff from such strong creative personalities and CB, delve deeper into the catalog, or avoid musicians in Concrete Blonde, but it as much as possible? it’s a band, which comes with a lot of I mix up the set. I know what people stuff. want to hear. If it weren’t for the old (Going solo) I had to push myself. days, I wouldn’t be here. I’m grateIt’s very scary getting up on stage by ful the people have hung around. I yourself. (I find) there are very few have yet to make anybody unhappy. people who can hold my attention in So I play all the old stuff. I wrote it, a show for very long, so I’m aware of so I want to play it. And as they say, that. When people do acoustic ver- “Joey” has been very very good to me.

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So I don’t mind it.

But I want the audience to hear and respond to the new material as being just as good as the stuff they know. I’m the hardest judge on myself, and when I hear the songs back to back, I feel like it’s still happening. It all makes sense.

It all fits. It all flows. That’s good.

I think it makes it a lot easier to sit through the new stuff. I felt that way (worried about a change in direction) during Bloodletting, which was so personal I didn’t think anyone would understand it. But when it exploded, that’s when I realized we’re all the same. Just be who you are and people will relate to it. So, I’m not afraid to dig deep and go there now.

And we’re playing quiet places, ones that are civilized, where people aren’t shouting out all drunk screaming at me all night. They’re there to hear the songs, which is much better than it was with the band.

Are you completely finished with Concrete Blonde? I heard you had a sort of mini-reunion just a couple of years ago.

We did some gigs, yeah. But we’re pretty much done. There were some personal things going on, and really I didn’t feel there was anywhere else for me to go with the band. We were on automatic, and that’s not good enough for me. It was time to end it... and out here where I live, there aren’t any musicians to make it interesting enough to want to be in a band. I was “married” for 30 years, so I want to be single for a while.

Loggins & Messina, While We’re Young

You all know Jimmy Messina. He’s the folk-rock singer-songwriter who was assigned to produce the first album from Kenny Loggins – another fellow former Montecito resident – way back in 1972, a little record that got titled Sittin’ In, when Loggins & Messina (who were yet to go by that name as a duo) realized how great they sounded together.

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Well, the band Messina left for what was supposed to be a career as an independent producer was called Poco, which he’d started with former Buffalo Springfield member Richie Furay and was also co-founded by a former Springfield sideman named Rusty Young, who played pedal steel guitar among many other instruments. Now, Young is the one who’s “sitting in’,” as the pair’s concert at the Lobero is being dubbed.

“I do have to take Kenny’s part,” Young joked over the phone from his home last week. “I’m growing a beard, so I can look right when I sing ‘House at Pooh Corner’.”

All kidding aside, Young will share the stage with Messina for the whole show, as the two have remained friends and colleagues throughout the four-plus decades intervening. “We’ll do ‘Kind Woman,’ which was the song where we first met,” Young said, “and ‘You Better Think Twice’, which was Jimmy’s big song in Poco that was on American Bandstand. We’ve got songs from Buffalo Springfield – ‘A Child’s Claim to Fame’ – and we’ll do things like ‘Your Mama Don’t Dance’, because I played on a number of the Loggins & Messina albums in the ‘70s.”

Then there’s “Crazy Love”, the monster Poco hit penned by Young long after Messina had moved on, not to mention Rusty’s “Neil Young is Not My Brother”, which he wrote to explain exactly that.

“We’re just two guys playing together and still having fun after all these years, which totally translates to the stage,” explained Young, who spends a good bit of his time scoring soundtracks for children’s DVDs for Scholastic and has also been working on his autobiography for almost a decade. “There’s no pressure at all, so it’s just a good time for us and the audience.”

Q. You’ve played pedal steel guitar since you were a kid, right?

A. Yeah, it always felt special for me. I excelled from an early age. But I did also learn to play banjo, mandolin, dobro and guitar. And when The Beatles hit, I was just like everyone else and wanted to be in rock ‘n’ roll bands, but I’d play steel like it was rock ‘n’ roll. When I was 22, I got the call to go to Los Angeles to play on the Buffalo Springfield Last Time Around record, after Richie Furay wanted steel for “Kind Woman”. That’s when I met Jimmy, who was engineering and producing.

Buffalo Springfield was breaking up, and the three of us got along great and loved country music. The notion of doing something with rock ‘n’ roll roots but with country instruments as the color was an idea that made sense.

That’s how we put Poco together.

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And 45 years later, it’s still going on, even though you said the band was retired for good a couple of years ago.

I was going to retire completely. I tried to. So far, it hasn’t worked out.

Right when we were finishing up what was supposed to be the last Poco gigs, I got an offer to record a solo record, which I had never done over all those years. Everybody else I knew had made many of them. I knew it would be a lot of work, but I always wanted to do it. So I started playing again. So we’re doing a few Poco shows, very few. Just ones that are fun in places I like to go. No more touring.

It might be six or eight shows this year. It keeps me active musically and makes it easier for me to focus on it.

You were the one guy who never left Poco, the last original member. What kept you going so long?

I never really thought about moving on. We always just moved forward.

Randy (Meisner) left for The Eagles.

Then Jimmy, and Richie went off to do their things. Then Timothy (B. Schmidt, who had replaced Meisner in Poco) went to the Eagles, too. But it didn’t bother me. It was like a tree that’s being pruned – it just got stronger. The guys who have been in the band – all of them – are incredible musicians. They were all great players and great songwriters, and it’s no different now. The quality has always been really, really high. That’s why it lasted so long.

And your big hit single “Crazy Love” helped, too.

Yeah, it’s ironic, because I wasn’t really a songwriter, but I’m the only one who ever had the number one.

If that hadn’t happened, Poco would have faded away a long time ago. It’s ironic. But it kept it going. It was one of those songs that every songwriter hopes for. It took about half an hour to write. The chorus just came to me when I was messing around working on my house. It just bounded into my head, the whole chorus. I thought it wasn’t finished because it just had those “oohs” and “aahs.” When I played it for the rest of the band, I told them that I’d find the words but they said, “Don’t you dare!” Anyway, I’ve been trying to do that again ever since.

The band was there at the founding of country-rock as a genre, but somehow didn’t quite get the respect of, say, Buffalo Springfield or Burrito Brothers, nor the huge commercial success of The Eagles, at least not right away or in that sustained way. Do you feel like Poco got its due?

It’s been a great run. I think we did achieve what we wanted to. There was that whole thing about us being too country for rock and vice-versa. But I don’t subscribe. The Eagles

Santa Barbara welcomes Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and USC Thornton Symphony conductor Carl St. Clair (photo by Marco Borggreve)

made it doing the same thing. But they just had a big hit single on AM radio. We were an FM hit, because our songs were 18 minutes long, because Richie Furay – who was a great writer and singer – didn’t write catchy two-minute songs. So we never had that big hit until “Crazy Love”. But it was what we chose to do. It’s where our band fell. And it was fun.

We do have the Poconuts, who are our hard-core fans who stand by us and love us to death. A lot of other bands from our era envy that. We have a following that’s been with us for generations, and they always show up to the shows. We had enough success. I have everything I want – no big house in Aspen like Don Henley, but I have no complaints.

Picture This: Every Rose Has Its Thornton

The Santa Barbara debut of the USC Thornton Symphony wouldn’t normally seem like much of a big deal, even with conductor Carl St. Clair at the helm. After all, we’ve got our own orchestra full of young musicians who performs at the Granada five or six times every summer during the Music Academy of the West season.

But this is also the local premiere of a special presentation of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition featuring meticulous film animations and images produced and directed by USC faculty Michael Patterson and Candace Reckinger, along with a team of 11 animation artists from the school’s famed department. The multimedia show was created for a single performance back in January 2011 (with the New World Symphony and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas) produced for the inaugural concert in Frank Gehry’s New World Center concert hall in Miami Beach, where a giant five-screen space surrounds the audience and the orchestra with 270 degrees of moving images.

Now, the project is heading our way in a revised format re-configured and re-edited by Patterson and Reckinger that will condense the original into a

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single, albeit giant digital 4K, screen – but with another remarkable alteration. The multimedia performance will feature new software that allows a human operator to “play” the animated visualizations in sync with a live performance. Scott Winters, who co-founded the company that created the software – will be seated within the orchestra, taking cues from the conductor along with the performing musicians.

That’s a huge difference, Winter explained.

“For as long as films have been screened in live concerts, conductors have had to use a click track to conduct the film to make the synchronization happen,” he said. “In every case the film wins – it restricts the tempo, and the conductor’s job is to bend to the film.

“That’s ridiculous,” said Winters, who has 20 years of conducting experience himself. “All these unbelievably talented musicians are on stage, and they’re being forced to play the music exactly the same way every time. That’s not what live musicians do. We’re supposed to be expressive.”

So, Winters commissioned programmers to come up with software that allows the tempo of the film to be adjusted via an iPad, which is controlled by a musician following the conductor’s cues. The original plan was only to enhance his own abilities to be creative while on the podium playing alongside filmed visual images, but the software became much bigger than his original plan.

“We’ve reversed what’s in control.

Conductors have realized they can control the film any number of ways – they can stretch out a retard a little bit longer to have an image stay up on screen. The projector is now an instrument that’s alive, and the conductor is in charge of the timing.”

The possibilities of manipulating fully rendered film are only just now coming to the surface, Winters said.

“There’s quite an expressive palette that’s very powerful. Performers can manipulate the film to say different things the same way a violinist can take a concerto and make it their own, even though it’s still the same note.”

Although the animations and images are the same, if condensed, from four years ago, even Winters and the co-creators don’t know exactly how the famous 14 movements from “Pictures” will play on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon at the Granada, September 12 and 13.

“The animations are absolutely stunning, and when you perform with a live orchestra, the film becomes part of the rhythm section. It doesn’t make any noise, but it’s there visually to match what the orchestra is playing.

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Gina says the Arctic is filled with paradoxes, with the island being one of the most impoverished communities in all of the U.S. “The 420 Inupiaq natives have no running water, not many jobs, and are caught in the path of dangerous storms that could wipe out their village. At the same time, Kivalina in the Chukchi Sea is home to one of the most extraordinary, indigenous Arctic cultures and one of the last surviving subsistence cultures left.”

Gina, who used to be a personal assistant to director Brian De Palma, says at times she felt like the project was going to fall apart, or at least the project she set out to make.

“Ironically, in these hours of idleness, I got to know the community intimately. I began shooting not only daily life, but the subsistence activities of the Kavalina ancient Eskimo tradition. These experiences changed my life. I simultaneously understood how incredibly threatened they were. The realization their culture was on the brink of extinction.”

To complete the fascinating project, Gina is in need of $75,000 for post production to edit the 300 hours of footage to be ready in time for the German premiere, which she hopes to show in due course locally through the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures program and then on PBS, which has donated monies to the project, along with the Tribeca Film Institute and Tisch School alumni grants.

More information about the documentary can be found at thek ivalinaproject.com, and Gina, who has lived in Paris, Berlin, and Sofia, Bulgaria, can be contacted by e-mail at gabatemarco@gmail.com.

Top Pryor-ity Montecito’s most famous resident Oprah Winfrey is joining Eddie Murphy, Kate Hudson, and Mike Epps in a new biopic about the late comedian Richard Pryor.

Oprah, 61, whose last role was playing Forest Whitaker’s wife in the well received film Lee Daniels’s The Butler, has been cast as Pryor’s grandmother, Marie Carter, who ran a brothel where she raised the groundbreaking comic, and Murphy playing Pryor’s father, Leroy “Buck Carter” Pryor.

Epps has been anticipating the project for almost a decade since beating out Nick Cannon and Marlon Wayans for the lead role.

Hudson will play the iconic funnyman’s wife, Jennifer, whom he married twice, who is also listed as a producer of the film.

The movie will be directed by Daniels, who was nominated for a best director Oscar for his 2009 film Precious and directed Oprah in 2013’s The Butler.

He’s scheduled to start production

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of the biopic in March after wrapping the second season of his phenomenally successful Fox series Empire.

Pryor, who died in 2005 at the age of 65, is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential standup comedians of all time.

He led a most colorful life, having been married seven times to five women and had six children from several relationships.

Mr. Howard’s Opus

Howard Jay Smith writes new Beethoven novel

Santa Barbara Symphony board member Howard Jay Smith has chosen a most suitable subject for his third book.

One of the most famous composers of all time, Beethoven.

Financial executive Howard, 65, a member of the American Beethoven Society, says his new 381-page novel Beethoven in Love; Opus 139 is “both solidly researched, while being funny, serious, literary, and accessible.

“My film buddies jokingly refer to it as ‘The Ghost of Christmas Past Meets Amadeus’ and ‘Fifty Shades of Beethoven,’ though it is much more,” says the Eden by the Beach resident.

“Beethoven is certainly my favorite composer.

“My father introduced me to his music when I was younger.

“I read dozens of other biographies on him during my two years of research, and what struck me were his struggles, not only with his progressive deafness, but his lack of family and never finding the right romance.

When he passed away at the age of 56, he was in a coma for two days, when the house is hit by lightning, and he wakes up and dies. He was finally at peace.”

Howard, who taught for many years at the UCLA Extension Writers Program, and, early in his career, worked with the likes of John Irving, Toni Morrison, and the late John Gardner, says he can sympathize with the plight of the German composer, as he has lost hearing in one ear and four decades ago had a near death experience in a motorbike accident.

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years to write, about four years in all.”

Howard is now working on his fourth work, a novel about Mozart and his Venetian librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte.

The new Beethoven book is published in January.

High Hope After 10 years in the making, a California tech entrepreneur has finally finished building his highly automated dream home in Hope Ranch.

Michael Barnick, 53, a former Apple executive and president of the company Quantum Integration, first began thinking up his high-tech home in 2005, but all of its bells and whistles were not finished until this summer.

He and his wife, Sujittra, watched their children grow up during the extensive building process and have listed their impressive home for $35 million because the house and its 3.7 acres is considered too big for just the two of them.

Although the property is located on a bluff overlooking the Pacific, it has another sort of beauty due to Barnick’s technological prowess.

The executive, who retired in 2000 after his cyber security company, SonicWall, went public, has outfitted his home with door locks and fireplaces that are easily controlled from a tablet, and some devices require no control at all.

“For me, it’s all about the technology and doing it well, not flashy,” he tells The Wall Street Journal.

Three aquariums, including one specifically for jellyfish, automatically change their water, while monitoring for quality.

Beyond the technological ease of living in the four-bedroom, two-kitchen property, buyers get a pool, tennis court, fruit orchards, a workshop, and greenhouses on the surrounding estate.

Montecito uber-agent Suzanne Perkins of Sotheby’s International Realty is representing the property.

Welcome Barruch Barbara Stupay, sister of Lobero Theatre board member Bo Willis, opened the doors of her charming Montecito home for a sunset reception to welcome New Yorker Adam Barruch and his Brooklyn-based dance troupe to our tony town.

The eight dancers will be in residence for four weeks working on a dance version of the Stephen Sondheim Tony Award-winning 1979 show Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which I saw on Broadway with the delightful Angela Lansbury.

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The residency is part of the 7th annual DanceWorks program founded by Dianne Vapnek and concludes with performances on September 25 and 26.

Among those enjoying a New York state of mind were Larry Feinberg, Starr Siegele, Angie Bertucci, Susan Alexander, Laurie Burnaby, Larry Keigwin, Daniel Vapnek, Charles and Barbara De L’Arbre, Steve and Rhea Hayes, Jim Dougherty, David Asbell, and Denise Dannemiller.

With Fults Force It may be nearly a month away, but the 29th annual California Avocado Festival had an early kick-off party and the unveiling of the popular event’s new poster by Santa Barbara resident Kim Fults at the Union Bank in Carpinteria, chosen from a record 42 entries.

Fults, 60, who entered the contest after much cajoling from her two daughters, has donated the $500 prize to the Future Farmers of America program at Carpinteria High School This year’s three-day Avo Fest, which will feature 75 live bands performing on four stages and a 55-foot high Ferris wheel, is scheduled for October 2-4 with more than 100,000 Lobero’s Danceworks and Adam Barruch Dance: company-in-residence performers are Jodi McFadden, Haylee Nichele, William Dixon Popp, Chelsea Bonosky, Timothy Heck, with Adam Barruch, choreographer and director, Lily Ockwell, and Zach McNally (photo by Priscilla)

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Dressed Their Best Fashionistas replaced film fans in the front courtyard of the Arlington when Jodi De Marcos’s Fashion Academy threw its annual show, part of Santa Barbara Fashion Week.

The spectacle, which also marked the relaunch of Jodi’s modeling agency, was socially gridlocked as a bevy

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At The Wheel

by Randy Lioz

Randy is an automotive enthusiast with more than a decade of experience in the industry. Originally hailing from New York, he came to Santa Barbara by way of Detroit to work for an automotive forecasting company. He now works for Kelley Blue Book in Irvine, but visits Santa Barbara whenever he gets the chance.

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he fourth annual Montecito Motor Classic (MMC) hits Coast Village Road on Sunday, September 27, and this year’s show is gearing up to feature more than 150 cars, and dozens of motorcycles, as well.

In the run-up to the show, I got a chance to talk to one Ms. Alma-Rose Middleton, a board member and participant in the show, who will be displaying her automotive pride and joy, Ms. Gina, in the show in a few weeks.

Middleton has been with the MMC since the beginning and has watched as the spectacle has grown in awareness and stature.

“I’m excited about the fact that it’s getting so well-known, and the Petersen is participating in it,” she says, adding that there’s been a lot more interest in the show from not only within the Santa Barbara and Montecito communities, but from outside as well. Middleton also provides the design for the event’s website.

Ms. Gina is getting revved-up for

her role in the festivities, too. This is the name that Middleton gave to her 1955 Ford Thunderbird when she bought it ...ahem, her... eight years ago.

“I loved that body style since I was just about 10 years old… It took my breath away, and I could never shake that car out of my system,” she says.

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Alma-Rose Middleton and her 1955 Thunderbird

after Middleton’s birth. In fact, they even have joint birthday celebrations, complete with cake traditions.

“I always get a little cupcake and put a candle on it, and my husband puts the candle behind the exhaust, and I turn on the car and she blows out her candle.”

The car is in great shape, with all the systems in good working order.

Its 292-cubic-inch V8 engine puts out 200 hp, which makes for a strong comparison against the original six-cylinder-only Corvette it was battling against. In fact, the 1955 T-bird was a direct response to Chevy’s sports car. Ford’s approach, however, which it called “personal luxury,” ate the Vette’s lunch that year, outselling it 23 to one.

Of the more than 16,000 T-birds sold in the ’55 model year, very few had the transmission setup that Ms. Gina has, according to Middleton. Only 10 percent of the cars had the manual gearbox, and of those, only a few hundred added her car’s overdrive to the 3-speed floor shifter, she says.

Middleton drives Ms. Gina everywhere, including all over Santa Barbara, as well as to car shows up in Carmel. They’re together so much, she says, that people have taken to calling her “the T-bird lady.”

“I feel very special,” Middleton says about the feeling of driving Ms. Gina.

“I feel very much like a lady in that car.”

She also feels like the car reflects her personality, being “sporty and young at heart,” and perhaps she gets to enjoy some of the glamour of its association with the many celebrities who owned one in its heyday.

And Middleton loves the attention and connections that her lovely steed draws, with everyone from young kids to old ladies complimenting her on Ms. Gina, particularly the Thunderbird Blue color.

Ms. Gina has seen her fair share of glamour, being regaled with various

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awards at car shows over the years, and she lives a pampered life, under the protection of both a garage and a car cover; you can never be too careful!

Theirs is very much a car-loving home, with Orwin caring for some incredible cars, including the 1961 Corvette he’s had since he was 19 years old. And for nearly 40 years, he’s had a Ferrari 250GT Lusso, whose average value has skyrocketed in the past four years to roughly $2 million.

But the car he may show at the MMC, she says, is his 1957 Corvette racecar, which is a regular participant at historic races like the recent ones in Monterey.

He also happens to be the designated mechanic for Ms. Gina, and he knows the car in and out, she says, but Alma-Rose herself has the skills to work on the car as well. In fact, she even keeps a few tricks up her sleeve for quick fixes on the road.

Well, maybe not up her sleeve.

Middleton always keeps a pair of pantyhose in the car, which trace back to an experience she had when she was 22. She was driving an old Audi when it had alternator issues. When she got the car off the highway to open the hood, she saw that the alternator belt was “hanging by a shred,” and would need replacing. Because she was wearing pantyhose, she was able to rip off one of the legs and tie it around the alternator to generate just enough charge to get her to a gas station.

Hearing that story cemented her “car girl” status in her husband’s mind, Middleton says.

“I think that’s when my husband fell in love with me.”

You can see Ms. Gina and 150 other beautiful classics at the Montecito Motor Classic on Coast Village Road, Sunday, September 27, 8 am – 3 pm. The event benefits the Santa Barbara Police Activities League (PAL) and the Santa Barbara •MJ Police Foundation.

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Community Shul of Montecito and Santa Barbara Rabbi Arthur Gross-Schaefer

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Please join on us for our welcoming and intimate services.

De Marcos Fashion Academy Santa Barbara designer Catherine Gee on the red carpet receiving applause for her 30-piece collection previously shown by seven haute models (photo by Priscilla)

Rosh Hashanah - Sunday, September 13, 7:00 pm Kol Nidre - Tuesday, September 22 7:00 pm Yom Kippur day – 10:00 am At the Pacifica Graduate Institute 801 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara Free Admission – Everyone is welcome --The Community Shul offers a wonderful Religious School program Small Classes - individualized attention Our young children’s program and B’nai Mitzvah program, meet on Mondays from 3:30 to 5:30p.m at the Bronfman Family JCC Starting Monday, September 21 For more information please visit Community Shul’s website: www.communityshul.org e-mail: communityshul@gmail.com or call 805 895-6593

Called the “Maple Quilted Dress” designed

by Wesly Johnson and Paul Schurch and modeled by Monique Welch, De Marcos Academy 2015 Model of the Year, in a unique gown made from laser-cut Maple veneer or feathers glued onto a layer of bamboo jersey (photo by Priscilla)

Happy to celebrate the nine-student designers’ fashion show presentation’s success at the Arlington is De Marcos Fashion Academy owner Jodi De Marcos; with her student designer Bridget Mitchell, and Lois and Graham Mitchell (photo by Priscilla)

of willowy beauties showed off the students’ creative designs on the runway.

Of particular note were dresses by Wesly Johnson looking like the scales of a fish made of wood, a square-bottom silk brocade creation by Yun Zhu, making her debut, and flowing works

by Catherine Gee, former head of the Arts Fund.

Other budding Carolina Herreras and Donna Karans included Bridget Mitchell, Kevin Valencia, Audrey Johnson, Fernado Guzman, Evangelinem and Audrey Eamer.

Among the fashion flock checking out the new collections were mayor

Helene Schneider, Diana Starr Langley, Christopher Lancashire, Warren Butler, Gene Sinser, Corinna Gordon, and Tina Takaya.

Elmer’s Glue The Elmer Bernstein Memorial film series at the Granada has a new curator.

Jon Burlingame is considered the nation’s leading writer on music for film and TV, and an expert on the late Oscar-winning composer’s works, which include The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape.

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The new series kicked off last week with 1957’s The Sweet Smell of Success, based on the newspaper columnist Walter Winchell, with Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis.

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Cup Runneth Over Santa Barbara Polo Club’s schedule revved up a notch when the lush Carpinteria facility hosted the Maserati Silver Cup, a 114-year-old 20-goal global tournament, with venues in England, Germany, and China.

After a hard-fought match, former club president Dan Walker’s Farmers & Merchants team, including Memo Gracida and Lucas Criado, hoisted the historic trophy beating Carp resident Justin Klentner’s Maserati team, starring young bucks Jesse Bray and Texan Steve Kreuger, and veteran Mike Azzaro.

The match was close, with the score in the last four minutes 12-11, but Dan sealed matters with a last-minute goal, making the final score 13-11 for his Long Beach bank, of which he is chairman and chief executive.

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he sees it the way I recommend.” This also illustrates Broudy’s indefatigable energy in implementing his vision.

The following month, the City of Santa Barbara annexed the entire strip.

Local businesses went along with it because the City promised to put in a sewer system. Montecito voters had earlier defeated a proposal for sewage treatment, and business owners were desperate as their septic systems were a mess – overflowing, unhealthy, and malodorous.

The Coast Village Shopping Center

Immediately after annexation became official, Broudy petitioned the city council to change the street name to Coast Village Road. The planning commission rejected the proposal, stating that the name was “awkward” by comparison with the existing street name, and there was “insufficient justification” to consider any change from the present name “which is well-known within the city.”

It further stated that “it is probable that the intent behind the proposal is to identify this road with the business strip, which serves the newly annexed area of the city. However, since this no longer characterized as a village but is part of the incorporated City of Santa Barbara, the Commission feels that there is no community benefit attached to proposed change.” Well, there you have it; the change seemed doomed. But, for reasons lost in the mists of time, its recommendation was ignored, and the change was passed unanimously by city council. On May 13, 1960, Old Coast Highway was officially dubbed Coast Village Road.

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By that time, Broudy and an adjoining property owner had sold the Hot Springs Road corner to Ray Conners, Jr. (1910-1995), who proceeded to develop the Coast Village Road Shopping Center. In 1963, Broudy would purchase more Coast Village Road real estate and built the Villa Fontana and, later, the lot to the east that would become the site of the office building for Forms & Surfaces, his architectural ornament manufacturing enterprise (presently home of Berkshire Hathaway).

However, more remained to be done to bring Coast Village Road into Broudy’s vision. In order to make it more pedestrian- and parking-friendly and lend it charm, in 1968 Broudy joined with other property owners to get the city to change the footprint to its present two-lane cum landscaped islands and parking lane configuration, as well as the wooden Coast Village Road signs at each end of the strip.

An assessment district was established and improvement bonds issued; O’Shaughnessy Construction Company was given the contract.

In addition Coast Village Circle was carved out of portions of Butterfly Lane, Depot, and Spring roads. The result is more or less as Coast Village Road looks today. This completed the transfiguration of the old highway into the modern “village road” that Broudy had planned eight years earlier.

Half a century later, looking back on a long and successful career as a designer, architect, and entrepreneur, Broudy said that the CVR “redo” was among his proudest achievements.

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Our Town

by Joanne A. Calitri

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The Tearaways - Still Rockin’ It

The Tearaways pre-interview for the MJ, from left: John (Fin) Finseth, Jesse Benenati, John Ferriter, Dave Hekhouse, and Greg Brallier (photo by Joanne A. Calitri)

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anta Barbara-based band and sensation in Britain, The Tearaways, just returned from their 12th year headlining Beatleweek in Liverpool, England. We caught up at Lucky’s as fans driving Coast Village Road waved while screaming, “Hey, it’s the Tearaways!”

From their individual choices of rock ‘n’ roll dress to Chelsea black boots, they continue to create and play music with the heart of 17 year olds. The band, formed by John (Fin) Finseth in 1981, has gone through the usual incarnations. Current members are Jesse Benenati on drums and percussion; Greg Brallier on guitar and harmonica; John Ferriter on guitar and bass; Fin on guitar, bass and percussion; Dave Hekhouse on guitar and banjo; all on vocals; and former member of 11 years, Perry Benenati, on keyboards.

I came with two of their rare CDs, The Tearaways See The Sound 1993 and The Tearaways Beat Yer Own Mersey 2006 with their Abbey Road Studios recording Bring It On – a driving drum rhythm marked by complex top beats, suspended riffs, and instrumental finish. They blushed honestly at the thought of people still listening to the old stuff.

After a photo shoot, we talked in-depth on their roots as musicians, the band, recording, and the unending guitarist query: What’s the correct opening chord to “A Hard Day’s Night”?

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Q: How did the name The Tearaways come about?

Fin: Myself, John Ordazzo, and Dave Humes read the book Shout

by Philip Norman, and there was a passage in the book calling a teddy boy, which is a guy who would wear a leather jacket and hang out in a pub like John Lennon, a terror – a tearaway. We thought, “What a great name.” We all wore leathers and hung out in pubs so it just fit.

Musically, where have each of you traveled – is your first instrument still doing it for you?

Ferriter: Everyone taught themselves how to play. I was heavily influenced by the Santa Barbara music scene in the ‘70s and ‘80s: Jeffrey Foskett and Randell Kirsch in Reverie and the Pranks, Jesse with the Dreamers, Bridget and Perry Benenati with OverEasy, DB Cooper, Greg in The Jetsons, Eric Eisenberg and Mark Garland in Norman Allen and Fin, Humes and Ordazzo in the Sharks and the Tearaways. I took piano lessons and moved to guitar when my dad bought me a Yamaha Steel string acoustic for Christmas in 1977. I rejoined the Tearaways in 2012, and Fin handed me his Hofner Bass, I’ve loved it ever since.

Fin: I tried sax first, but my teacher said my lips were too big, so I put the sax away! In my bedroom, we had a drum set, guitar, bass, and all my

records. I’d sit and play along on any of the instruments. I was never great at any single instrument, but I think I have a feel for each of the instruments, which is why I became a good rhythm player. Music is about understanding and playing to your limitations and making your limitations unique.

Greg: I started on piano, but when you really want to play contemporary music, you need a guitar. For me, any instrument is a means to an end; whatever I could do quickly, so I could sing and write is the guitar. I started guitar lessons but didn’t like it, so I taught myself.

Jesse: As the years go by, I realize a few things that are important to the music I make.

First, always play for the song, what makes the song sound best. You can use this approach for just about everything in life. I see some drummers who love to show off what they can do. Sometimes it’s cool, oftentimes it’s not. I try to just be a foundation, so others can sound good. If they sound good, we sound good. My brother Perry left the band last month. I’ve played with him for 39 years. We have our own language and speak without saying a word when we play and have the same humor, except he’s funnier!

The thought of him not being in the band is something I don’t think I’ve processed yet.

How did Beatleweek and recording at Abbey Road Studios happen?

Greg: We had played many shows for David Bash’s International Pop Overthrow all over the U.S. He asked us to play the shows in Liverpool. We decided to make the most of it and play at the Cavern Club, which was a dream of ours.

Dave: When we were booked for Liverpool, I thought this would be a great opportunity. I was friendly with Alan Parsons and told him we were going to be in Liverpool and London. Alan said, (insert English accent) “Cut to the chase, you want to record at the studio (Abbey Road). Tell you what, I’m not going to be there then, but call Colette, she’s a friend of mine, she’s the booking agent.” I thought, ‘Wow – thanks, Alan! We got to record in Studio 2.’ Chris Bolster was our engineer; he is part of the team that remixed and engineered The Beatles’s Love album with Giles Martin, George Martin’s son. While we were recording, Giles was working on the Beatles’s Love arrangements in Studio 3 and John Williams in Studio 1 with an orchestra.

Jesse: We all co-wrote the song “Bring It On” before we went to the studio. Everybody plays as a band, but normally you’re going for the rhythm track first, so it’s drums, bass, and possibly a rhythm guitar. Later, the vocals and guitar are overdubbed

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to be cleaner. Usually after one take, we’re pretty good, but we’ll it lay it down three times, change it up a couple different ways, listen to it later, and pick the one that feels good to us at the time. The tape machine The Beatles recorded on was right next to us – the Holy Grail – we got to touch it, but print-to-tape wasn’t available anymore, so we recorded on digital audio tape, DAT. What is the band doing now?

Ferriter: We are evolving with the business. We know we aren’t likely to ever be Top 40, because we’ve all topped 50 in age, but we do know we can write, record, and perform with the best of them. In the last 20 months, we have released a single “We’re All Going To Drink Tonight” with Baby Blue and an EP, Name That Tune, including the theme song for the new TV show, which is being revived in the U.K. and the U.S., and two full-length CDs 10 months ago, The Earle Mankey Sessions: Vol. IV and Vol. VII, all on the Universal Distributed Robo Records. We’ve also done recent TV appearances on Fox’s Good Day LA, Tribune’s Good Day Chicago, CBS’s The Arsenio Hall Show, and NBC’s Now Brian Copeland. We were also able to get friends like Jeffrey Foskett from The Beach Boys, Piers Morgan, Tom Green, Dr. Drew Pinsky, Jenna Owens from Dish TV, and the famed Don Peake (Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On”, Righteous Brothers’s “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”), to perform with us on our CDs. We even recently organized a benefit in Los Angeles that featured members of the Knack, Concrete Blonde, Nelson, and reunions from The Long Ryders, The Unforgiven, The RaveUps, Wednesday Week, and The Pop. Our last show featured Ron Dante – “Sugar, Sugar” with The Archies.

In the last 18 months, we’ve played in Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, Goleta, Los Angeles, Tucson, Chicago, Detroit, Nashville, San Antonio, Liverpool, and Dublin.

And the question on everyone’s list: how do you play the opening chord to “It’s A Hard Day’s Night”?

[The Tearways start laughing] – Well, we all know the right one! [Fin picks up his guitar and strums the opening chord on the patio at Lucky’s.)

Fin: There’s three different parts going on, there’s a bass note and two different guitars. If you only had one guitar, it’s the B string 1st fret, and E string 3rd fret, open-standard tuning.

411: Catch the band at Dargan’s Pub in Santa Barbara on Saturday, September 12. www.tearaways.com Twitter: @TheTearawaysUSA •MJ 10 – 17 September 2015

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Her Majesty even has a rubber duck, complete with crown, in her bathroom at Buckingham Palace, a gift from grandson Prince Harry some years back, I’m told.

Currently sojourning at her Scottish estate, Balmoral Castle, the Queen features Big Mouth Billy Bass in her drawing room, a mounted fishing trophy which turns its head, moves its tail, and sings “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”.

Six were ordered a few years back by her daughter, Princess Anne, with

five given away as presents and the sixth left to amuse guests at the stately pile, says an old friend, Daily Mail columnist Peter McKay, who used to live in our rarefied enclave.

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3774 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3774 for the CITY PARKING LOT 5 LIGHTING PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, October 1, 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, “CITY PARKING LOT 5 LIGHTING, Bid No. 3774.”

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: remove and replace Parking lot light poles and fixtures for city parking Lot #5 at 1220 Chapala Street. The Engineer’s estimate is $96,185. Each bidder must have a C-10 license with street light experience to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 11am at City Parking Lot #5, 1220 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and 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 Kenneth Young, 805-5607568.

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 and provide Certified Payroll information upon request. 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. 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.

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.

Pursuant to California Public Contract Code Section 3400(c), the City finds that certain equipment designated within these specifications must be standardized to match existing equipment used within the City’s Downtown Parking facilities in order to facilitate maintenance and operation activities and to provide improved performance and reliability of these complex facilities. No "or-equal" substitutions will be accepted for equipment designated as “City Standard Equipment – No Substitution Permitted” on the plans and in the specifications.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED: September 2 and 9, 2015 Montecito Journal

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Real Property; Santa Barbara Real Property, 2818 Panorama Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Panorama Real Property, Inc, 2818 Panorama Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 25, 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.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: The Gallery Montecito, 1227 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Layden Corporation, Inc, 1482 East Valley Road #602, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 26, 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 Adela Bustos.

FBN No. 2015-0002556.

Published September 9, 16, 23, 30, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Azteca Entertainment, 709 S. Lincoln St. Apt #14, Santa Maria, CA 93458. Juan Leonardo Rodriguez Mendoza, 4865 Sanchez Dr., Guadalupe, CA 93434.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 31, 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 Eva Chavez. FBN No. 2015-0002597.

Published September 2, 9, 16, 23, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: El Montecito School San Roque, 3225 Calle Pinon, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Partners for Christian Education, 3225 Calle Pinon, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 25, 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 Teresa Ann Iqbel. FBN No. 2015-0002541.

Published September 2, 9, 16, 23, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Goodland Painting, 238 Big Sur Dr., Goleta, CA 93117. Juan Aguiniga, 238 Big Sur Dr., Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 13, 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 Andrea Luparello. FBN No. 2015-0002442.

Published September 2, 9, 16, 23, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Samui Enterprises, 425 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

Jeffrey M. Barr, 425 Lambert Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 21, 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 Jessica Sheaff. FBN No. 2015-0002516.

Published September 2, 9, 16, 23, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Health First Labs, 2020 Las Canoas Ridge Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Robert W. Sheffield MD, 2020 Las Canoas Ridge Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 25, 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 Noe Solis. FBN No. 2015-0002540.

Published September 2, 9, 16, 23, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Payment Fusion, INC.; Payment Fusion, 1574 Green Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Payment Fusion, Inc., 1574 Green Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 21, 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

• The Voice of the Village •

statement on file in my office.

Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jessica Sheaff. FBN No. 20150002513. Published August 26, September 2, 9, 16, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cherry Bee Productions, 423 Orilla Del Mar, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Jami Gina Olsen, 423 Orilla Del Mar, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 20, 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 Teresa Ann Iqbal. FBN No. 20150002501. Published August 26, September 2, 9, 16, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Riviera Creative Group, 409 San Domingo Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Chris Placencia, 321 10th Avenue #2003, San Diego, CA 92101; Saul Plasencia, 5121 Rhoads Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 23, 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 Jan Morales. FBN No. 20150002278. Published August 19, 26, September 2, 9, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Simpatico Pilates, 1235 Coast Village Road Suite I, Montecito, CA 93108. Melinda S. Horwitz, INC., 1235 Coast Village Road Suite I, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 28, 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 Teresa Ann Iqbal. FBN No. 20150002313. Published August 19, 26, September 2, 9, 2015.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV02227.

To all interested parties: Petitioners Sushant Mathur and Aditi Roop Jopat filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Abeer Mathur to Abir Mathur. 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 about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed August 3, 2015

by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk.

Hearing date: September 16, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept.

1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV02047. To all interested parties: Petitioner Nida Sakina Stationwala filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Helena Evelyn Harlow. 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 about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed August 3, 2015 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: September 30, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept.

1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV01849. To all interested parties: Petitioner Danielle Tokai Moller Martinez filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Tokai Nordegaard. 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 about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed August 3, 2015

by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk.

Hearing date: September 16, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept.

1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9

10 – 17 September 2015

Coup De Grace

Showtimes for September 11-17 H = NO PASSES

by Grace Rachow Ms. Rachow says that if you’re already tired of talking about the election, try the subject of neighbors who do things that drive you crazy. Everybody has a story.

Neighborly Obsession

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ver the years, I’ve had many complaints about crazy-making things my neighbors did.

However, only one issue rose to the level of obsession.

When we moved into our home 25 years ago, the neighbors to the back had a giant shed along the back of their property that effectively blocked our mountain view. The eyesore was there when we moved in, so I accepted it as part of the territory.

However, this was a really large shed, and no amount of shrubbery could block the view of it.

I tried to convince myself that the shed was not so bad. There is a certain beauty in decaying wood. Termites were busy at work, and woodpeckers came to feast on the bugs.

There were tall trees around that dropped leaves on the shed, making it look more like a thing of nature.

Eventually, the structure would collapse from decay. But how long would it take. Fifty years? I wasn’t sure I’d last that long.

Rats and skunks had taken up residence. It was a fire hazard. Friends told me that if I reported the shed, the city officials would force the owner to take it down.

Nope, not my style. I preferred to obsess. I’m from Nebraska, where we believe all property owners have the right to have an ugly rotting shed if they want.

The shed gave me an idea for a mystery novel. Maybe it held the remains of murder victims, and that was why it’d not been torn down.

In reality, the neighbor in question was an elderly woman… not exactly the profile of a serial killer.

It did occur to me that she might eventually pass away, and new owners would appear and take down the shed. But her health was excellent.

Then one day about three years ago, I noticed workmen in the neighbor’s yard tearing down the shed and hauling it away. I could not believe it.

My obsession was disappearing.

In two days time, the shed and all the contents were gone, and a lovely mountain view was left in its place.

My joy was immense, and I thanked my neighbor profusely. Turns out she had hated the shed, too, and finally she decided to spend the money to tear it down. Too bad this had not been done years before, but why dwell on the past? The shed was gone.

However two days later, a cheap temporary fence, the kind that comes in rolls, was where the shed had been.

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Turns out, my 90-something neighbor felt that now that the shed was gone, I was spying on her.

Admittedly, I’d stood in my back yard taking in the mountain view.

Who wouldn’t after 25 years of staring at a shed? But it didn’t seem that an ugly straw fence was a good privacy solution.

“It’s only temporary,” my elderly neighbor assured me when I complained. The look on her face said that by “temporary” she meant that the fence would come down over her dead body.

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My obsession was back.

Friends suggested planting a vine or a row of shrubs to hide the unattractive fence. Unfortunately, this was not possible due to the presence of several large trees, lack of viable soil, and this thing called a drought.

I made a few attempts at adding vegetation to soften the ugly fence, but the things I planted withered for lack of good soil, light, and water.

And then I hit on a different idea: I would build a wall of rocks and soil and put gnarly agaves at the top.

I had to hand-carry many tons of rocks and soil to the site. My husband thought I was out of my mind. “The straw fence isn’t so bad,” he said, attempting to redirect my obsession to something more useful such as getting the laundry done.

A landscaping crew with an unlimited budget could have built the rock wall in a week, I suppose, but we former Nebraskans like to work out our own obsessions. The project took me three years worth of spare time.

Besides, I wanted to make sure the wall was structurally sound. I didn’t want to die a tragic death in a landslide of my own making.

Finally, on one of the hottest days this summer, I placed the final rocks and planted the last of the agaves.

The straw fence is obscured. The mountains are in view. And even my husband says it looks fabulous.

•MJ Thank you, obsession.

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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)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 EDC TGIF – Montecito Jazz Project provides the musical entertainment for 2015’s penultimate happy hour gathering in the Environmental Defense Center’s courtyard, its 17th annual series bringing together regional non-profit and environmental organizations, elected officials, and like-minded folk from throughout the area. Enjoy beer, wine, hors d’oeuvres, live music, short talks from a couple of eco-conscious outfits (all of whom are EDC clients) and a live raffle.

Food donors for tonight’s event include California Pizza Kitchen, Fairview Gardens, Lazy Acres, Our Daily Bread, Petrini’s Italian Restaurant, Pizza Mizza, and Zaytoon, while Buttonwood Farm Winery & Vineyard, Firestone Vineyards, Lieff Wines, New Belgium Brewing Company, and Caribbean Coffee provide the beverages.

Among the items to be given away during the mid-event raffle are passes to Golf N’ Stuff, jewelry from Waxing Poetic and coveted apparel from longtime supporter Patagonia. Admission includes two drinks and everything else. WHEN: 5:30 to 7:30 pm WHERE: 906 Garden Street COST: $15 ($35 membership special includes admission, annual membership, and a ticket to the end-of-season raffle for a limitededition New Belgium cruiser) INFO: 9631622 or www.edcnet.org Feast Your Eyes – The Arts Fund’s new annual exhibition/fundraiser features drawings, paintings, photography, collage, and assemblage from more than 200 local artists – a veritable visual buffet for

consumption by conspicuous lovers of art.

And they’re all unveiled for the first time tonight at the celebration on-site at the tiny gallery with the big parking lot in the Funk Zone. Ticket holders can purchase as many of the pieces of artwork for the set price of $300, or merely peruse the display while enjoying complimentary beverages and live music by longtime local Latin-inflected rock luminary Spencer the Gardner (Spencer Barnitz and Arts Fund executive director Brad Nack go way back), plus sets from DJ Zac Pike.

L’s Kitchen next door to the Arts Fund will be open for our guests to purchase food with a limited menu for the event featuring all local ingredients. Many of the artists participating in the show are highly acclaimed and recognized names, while some are making their debut in the local art scene. But all are available for the single price of $300 on opening night.

But you’ll have to wait a couple of weeks to hang the masterpieces in your own space as the exhibit will remain on view and available for purchase through Friday, September 25, after which purchased pieces may be picked up and taken home.

WHEN: 5-9 pm WHERE: 205 C Santa Barbara Street COST: $45 INFO: 9657321 or www.artsfundsb.org

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Feed the Funk – The Young Adult Division (YAD) of the Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara is moving its new funk-raiser Feed the Funk to SOhO, frequent home of Area 51, Soul City Survivors, King Bee, and all the best dance bands in the land.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Cory on – Cory Sipper put the finishing touches on her new DIY CD – her fifth fulllength recording and the first in a decade following a hiatus to raise a familiy – a few months ago. The new album is chock full of the same sort of shimmering, melody-boasting songs Sipper created back in the day, only with a more mature outlook on life. We did a profile back in April when the first live shows aimed to raise the final funds were held, and at that point the word was the official CDrelease concert would be one not to miss.

Now we know why. Sipper has gathered together many of the principals from the recording sessions for Make Your Magic, including bassist Dean Dinning (of Toad the Wet Sprocket) along with Tom Lackner, Todd Capps, and Thomas Flowers, for the blow-out bash at SOhO. Zach Madden (of ALO) opens, returning the favor from early June, when Sipper opened for Madden’s latest CD release show. (Sipper also performs in a special house concert with Woody/Arlo offspring Sara Lee Guthrie in Montecito on Sunday afternoon.) WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $8 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

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by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Black is Back – Lewis Black turned 67 at the end of last month, but age has not mellowed the comedian, whose routines almost invariably escalate into angry rants about hypocrisy and madness covering all sorts of topics, from politics and religion to human behavior, social media, and other cultural trends. The King of the Rant’s yelling and animated finger-pointing returns to the Arlington Theatre tonight as part of his “The Rant is Due – Part Deux” tour in which the bespectacled comic – a veteran of well more than a decade of appearing on The Daily Show – grits his teeth and spits out more sarcastic soliloquies on subjective subjects that make him seethe. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 1317 State St. COST: $25-$65 INFO: 963-4408 or www.thearlingtontheatre.com Enjoy music and food that feeds the soul and elevates the spirit, a funky good time featuring performances by The New Vibe and SoulFunkStication – the latter a collaborative effort with musician from several area groups – plus special soulful food, select craft beers, fine wines, a photo booth, drawing from celebrity caricaturist James Malia, and a live and silent auction with some spectacular prizes. Proceeds help to fund the YAD and other programs at the Jewish Federation.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 in advance, $15 at the door INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com Number Nine, Number Nine – Headless Household (HH), the defiantly unclassifiable – and often unquantifiable – musical ensemble catalysted by arts scribe/guitarist/songwriter Joe Woodard (you can’t really call him the “head,” given the band’s name), celebrates the release of its ninth album with a concert at Center Stage. The aptly titled Balladismo is a “mostly ballads project, with detours” – think avant-garde lounge music and edgy soft jazz, among many other co-created sub-genres – features the core charter members of HH (Woodard, keyboarder Dick Dunlap, drummer/engineer Tom Lackner and bassist Chris Symer) along with cameos by a flock of familiar faces (and voices) including tenor saxist Tom Buckner and internationally known alto saxist Dave Binney, trumpeter/vocalist Nate Birkey, guest vocalists Glen Phillips and Julie Christensen, bassist David Piltch, violinist Sally Barr, pedal steel man Bill Flores, and singer Nicole Lvoff, a new member of the HH family who has has formed an alt-country style project with Woodard. Lvoff, Buckner, acoustic bassist Jim Connolly (filling in for Symer), and harmonica wizard Tom

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Ball are the confirmed guests for tonight’s concert, but as always the roster contracts and expands organically, much as HH itself has survived and evolved over its three-decades-plus history. The show will lean heavily into the Balladismo chapter, with a side trip along the byways of the hopelessly eclectic band’s discography.

The concert marks HH’s return to Center Stage, the “black box” space where the group has played 20 concerts, mostly around Christmas, starting in the now 25-year-old theater’s first year. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 751 Paseo Nuevo, upstairs in the mall COST: $17 general, $12 seniors and students INFO: 963-0408 or www.

CenterStageTheater.org (band info: www. householdink.com/headless.htm) Taste of the Town – There’s not a whole lot new about the 34th annual benefit for the Arthritis Foundation, which takes place this afternoon in the lovely setting of Riviera Park Gardens overlooking the city and harbor. Then again, when you’re one of the oldest and still the area’s signature culinary event on the annual calendar, why change what isn’t broken? Opal Restaurant & Bar co-owners Tina Takaya and Richard Yates return to chair the event, and as always, the food-and-wine gathering features tastings from 80 of the finest local restaurants and Central Coast wineries, plus live entertainment and a silent auction, but the specific list of establishments providing the food and drink is updated annually, of course, to capture new trends as well as old favorites.

Bacara Resort & Spa’s new executive chef, Vincent Lesage, serves as honorary lead chef and will create special cuisine for the Connoisseurs’ Circle VIP experience on Friday night, and also be featured at this afternoon’s main event. WHEN: noon – 3 pm WHERE: 2030 Alameda Padre Serra COST: $125 INFO: 563-4685 or www.tasteofthetownsantabarbara.org

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Music Club Commences – The new season from the Santa Barbara Music Club gets underway a bit earlier than usual for its 46th annual series of free concerts with two special performances by internationally renowned pianists Robert Cassidy and Constantine Finehouse a fortnight apart. Pianist Cassidy kicks things off with Elegy Variations, Op. 97,

by American composer David Noon, a work that juxtaposes somber and introspective musings with mercurial emotional outbursts, providing an intense and ultimately peaceful musical tribute to a departed colleague.

Four Préludes by Claude Debussy follow, two from Book I: Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest (What the West Wind Has Seen), and La danse de Puck (The Dance of Puck); and two from Book II: Général Lavine – eccentric, and Feux d’artifice (Fireworks). The concert concludes with Bach’s Chaconne from the Partita II in D minor for Violin, BWV 1004, arranged by pianist-composer Ferruccio Busoni. After Finehouse’s recital on Saturday, September 26, succeeding concerts return to the Music Club’s signature presentations with instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles performing works from diverse musical periods and compositional styles, both old and new. The concerts take place every two weeks and conclude with special performances from the annual scholarship winners in May and June next year. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu Street COST: free INFO: 617-3401 or www. sbmusicclub.org TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Chick & Bela II – It seemed a rather unlikely pairing when the venerable jazz pianist Chick Corea and banjo master Béla Fleck joined together to explore the uncharted territory of combining their instruments. But each was a longtime admirer of the other’s work and in reality, Fleck’s bluegrass-meetsbebop band the Flecktones isn’t at all a far cry from Corea’s famed Return to Forever ensemble. What emerged was The Enchantment, a recording that not only won critical plaudits and end-ofyear awards in 2007 but also sparked a multi-year international tour. The

most compelling performances of those genre-shattering concerts filled with both technical mastery and deep emotion and spirited play were culled to comprise the new double-album Two, out last week.

The double disc features both re-worked compositions from The Enchantment, and Corea and Fleck classics. Now the pair are hitting the road again, including a gig tonight at the Lobero, the smallest place you’d ever expect to see either of them separately, let alone together. Miss it at your own peril. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $55 & $65 ($105 patron tickets include priority seating and pre-concert private reception) INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com •MJ

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Guitars Greet Guests – Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s new series of classical concerts commences with a marvelous pairing of two terrific acoustic guitarists at the Mary Craig Auditorium.

Peppino D’Agostino, a well-known soloist on the acoustic steel-string guitar who has performed in more than 26 countries since launching his career nearly 35 years ago, continues to evolve and constantly redefine the boundaries of the acoustic guitar. David Tanenbaum, currently chair of the Guitar Department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, has been a soloist with numerous ensembles, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. The two have collaborated for years since first playing together at the 1998 Schorndorf Gitarrentage Festival in Germany, which invites one guitarist from each style in the interest of musical integration. The two guitarists met with great audience response, were immediately invited back, and decided to further explore the meeting of their worlds. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 1130 State Street COST: $22 general, $18 SBMA members INFO: 963-4364 or www.sbma.net

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• The Voice of the Village •

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Real Estate

by Mark Hunt to completion in 1994. The main residence features high ceilings, six bedrooms

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

Four in the $7-million Range

A

s I track the market in Montecito each day, I see trends, pockets, price ranges with high or low inventory, price ranges with absolute maximum buyer value due to land values, cost of construction, et cetera.

Sometimes, I find homes that arguably could not likely be built for the price they are being offered for sale.

On occasion, movements in the micro markets of Montecito come together like a pinpoint, and today these four homes find themselves uniquely in a similar price range at the same time. Each offers diverse offerings in terms of style – contemporary, French chateau, San Ysidro Ranch farmhouse, Mediterranean – and location (big views, private setting, closer to town, higher in the hills, and so forth).

Also, these four properties in particular seem to fit into the criteria of “could not likely be built on the same lot and cost any less than is being asked now for a move-in-ready estate.”

905 Park Lane: $7,199,000

Expansive ocean views, clean lines, and exceptional architecture come together to create a compound on one of Montecito’s most desirable streets.

The open and spacious, contemporary-style main house offers four oversized bedroom suites, formal living and dining rooms, chef’s kitchen, and wine cellar, in just over 5,400 square feet of living space.

There is also a three-car garage with utility room. Additionally, there is a private gym/studio, and a fully equipped one-bedroom guesthouse. This three-plus-acre estate was for sale a while back at a higher price, and the property just came back on the market at this new price.

848 Park Lane: $7,695,000

and six bathrooms within the 7,200+ square feet of living space. Additionally, there are five fireplaces and a master suite that features a harbor-facing veranda and a spacious walk-in closet.

There is a lovely yard with pool and privacy, a motor court, a three-car garage and guest quarters, adding to the estate’s value. This home, too, was previously priced higher.

830 Riven Rock Road: $7,750,000

This high-end farmhouse is an excellent blend of old-world charm and top-of-the-line modern amenities. The main home has approximately 5,022 square feet of living space, with four bedrooms, three and a half baths, five fireplaces, a pool, spa, three-car garage, and privacy.

The guesthouse is approximately 437 square feet and has the feel of a suite at San Ysidro Ranch.

The home is well-sited on approximately 1.34 acres with ocean, mountain, and setting views framed by mature oaks and lawns. This home is newer to market (about six weeks) and is in a prime area, surrounded by similarly valued homes and up to $10+ million estates are nearby in all directions.

2220 Bella Vista Drive: $7,985,000

Enjoy expansive ocean, island, and Montecito valley views from this Mediterranean estate. Built on over 2.5 acres in the foothills of Montecito, the main home contains four bedrooms and six bathrooms, providing ocean view, high-end accommodations.

Estate amenities include a pool, spa, guesthouse, outdoor kitchen, offstreet parking, and privacy. The property has been on the market just over 200 days and has been reduced from the original list price, which was over $9 million.

For more information on any of these properties or if you would like me to arrange a showing with the listing agents, please contact me directly: Mark@Villagesite.com or call/text (805) 698-2174. For more Best Buys, visit my site www.MontecitoBestBuys. com, from which this article is based.

•MJ

Located on a prime, two-acre lot, surrounded by equally or more significant estates, this French Renaissance-style estate was designed and constructed

93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 13

ADDRESS

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2220 Bella Vista Drive 2-4pm 2225 Featherhill Road 1-3pm 923 Buena Vista Drive

By Appt.

1709 Overlook Lane 2-5pm 1422 East Valley 1-4pm 705 Park Lane 2-4pm 709 Park Lane 2-4pm 1775 Glen Oaks Drive 2-4pm 352 East Mountain Drive 1-4pm 193 East Mountain Drive 1-3pm 1110 Oriole Road 1-4pm 664 Oak Grove Drive 1-4pm 3055 Hidden Valley Lane 1-3pm 445 Nicholas Lane 1-4pm 421 Seaview Road 2-4pm 802 Camino Viejo 1-4pm 1561 San Leandro Lane 2-4pm 1526 East Valley Road 1-3pm 216 East Mountain Drive 1-4pm 62 Olive Mill Road 2-4pm 1220 Coast Village Road #110 12-1:30pm

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