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Sands through the hourglass: Construction king Bill Dalziel launches TV series Sand Box, p. 6

ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • MOVIE GUIDE, P. 40 • OPEN HOUSES, P. 44

FUN WITH THE FORCE

Pat Nesbitt’s Bella Vista estate in Summerland is the site once again of SBPD’s popular canine demonstration; new this year: a Force Option Simulator that will allow Fun With The Force attendees to play cop too (story on page 18)

Village Beat

Parking lot serving 1187 Coast Village Road reopens after significant remodeling, p. 12 (cover photo by Priscilla)

Hopeful Harwood

Santa Barbara City councilman “Bendy” White says he’s most qualified mayoral candidate, p. 11

Spirituality Matters

Diana Raab reveals The Healing Energy of Words at Tecolote this weekend, p. 30

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5

Guest Editorial

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

Bob Hazard hits the road around Montecito, where he opines traffic and construction noise around Coast Village Road are chipping away at the oncepeaceful paradise Bill Dalziel; Steinbeck family lawsuit; Taste of the Town; Yachts of Love; Hurricane Irma; SB New House; SB Polo Club tourney; Pablo Sainz Villegas; and Dwight Coffin, R.I.P.

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Eat. Sip. Shop. Connect.

Lidia Zinchenko responds; Sanderson Smith on humans and hurricanes; Heather Bryden makes her point; Marine colonel Jeffery Powers; Larry Bond on Russia; “Huh? Huh?” befuddled; Ben Burned on law enforcement; Fred Hayward by the numbers; Diana Thorn’s take on DACA; and Bradley Dyruff on change

10 This Week

Knit ‘N Needle; Wine Down; SAC at zoo; Spanish group; We Live in Wonder; Granada legends; Coastal Cleanup; author Diana Raab; Troy Herthel; mindfulness retreat; MUS meeting; Parkinson Association; Coastal Housing; courage; basket weavers; benefit luncheon; and Neuropathy group

Tide Guide

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

11 Our Town

In the fifth of a series about Santa Barbara’s candidates for 50th mayor, Joanne Calitri delivers an in-depth interview with city councilman Hardwood “Bendy” White

12 Village Beat

Montecito Association meets; Coast Village Road news; and ShelterBox helps hurricane victims

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner chronicles the Zoofari Ball and the Titanic exhibition at the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum

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18 Coming & Going

James Buckley talks with those in the know about SBPD’s Fun With The Force fundraiser, on the horizon October 1 in Summerland

20 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz interviews Dee Dee Bridgewater before her concert at Lobero; Rubicon hosts Incognito; Harmony Celebration, tavern tales; and high notes

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23 Brilliant Thoughts

Sending out an S.O.S.: Ashleigh Brilliant feels safe at home expounding on safety first, no matter the activity – including a poetry contest

28 Your Westmont

The college welcomes distinguished professors; and an art professor unpacks an exhibition of boxes

30 Spirituality Matters

Steven Libowitz interviews writer Diana Raab prior to September 16 book signing; healing with the Thomsons; Deepak Chopra; Yoga Soup; and retreat at La Casa

34 In Passing

Friends and former coworkers reminisce about the life of Jay Thomas, who passed away in August at the age of 69

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36 Legal Advertising 40 Movie Guide 42 Calendar of Events

Mary Jane McCord Book Sale; Danish Days; Camerata Pacifica; blues in Ojai; SOhO hosts Ali Handal; Sam Baker at Lobero; youth is served; Pacific Stand Time: LA/LA; and Odyssey Project takes Center Stage

44 Open House Directory 46 Classified Advertising

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47 Local Business Directory

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

Are We Losing Control of Our Montecito Community?

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ummer is over, and that should mean a reduction in traffic on Coast Village Road (CVR) as fewer beach visitors plod their way through the Lower Village hoping to enter the constricted southbound two-lane 101 at Olive Mill, San Ysidro, Sheffield, or beyond. Sadly, a reduction in traffic has not happened.

The unfortunate closure of the southbound on-ramp at the Cabrillo/ Hot Springs intersection in 2009 has forced visitors leaving East Beach to gird the traffic circle at Cabrillo/Hot Springs and creep up CVR to enter the southbound 101.

Traffic Counts on the 101

In 2008, measured traffic counts on the 101 through Montecito ranged from 65,000 to 95,000 cars and trucks per day. Caltran estimates that by 2020, two years from now, traffic counts will have risen 20 percent to between 78,000 to 114,000 vehicles per day. By 2040, traffic counts will increase to between 97,000 and 142,000 cars and trucks per day.

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For the last five years (and possibly the next 15), Montecito will be the proverbial “pig in the python.” The pig is the 100,000 cars per day trying to pass through the Cabrillo Boulevard/Hot Springs, Olive Mill, San Ysidro, and Sheffield interchanges – the four front doors to Montecito. “The python” is an unwidened, narrow two-lane corridor of the 101, growing ever shorter in

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Octogenarian Bill, who also has a building construction company, has just launched his first TV series, Sand Box, on TVSB with host John Macker, who is also a producer on the hourlong program, which is scheduled to run 12 episodes.

“I’ve been thinking about this for a decade,” says Bill. “It is the culmination of one of my public art ideas that was on my bucket list.

“I wanted to create a venue for the disclosing and exposing of conclusions, reached by mankind’s most accomplished and talented scientists, philosophers and artists.

“I want it to be a safe place, like a sand box, where they can share and discuss the potential futures for our

Montecito artist Bill Dalziel stars in Sand Box, a new TV series on TVSB

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“I want to communicate to the public a clearer understanding of what is

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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

Real Americans (Part I)

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irst of all, I resent thoughtless labeling, which has become widespread and in most cases, is quite ignorant. Until recently when the liberals had no logical arguments they used to label the opposing side “racist”.

Now your correspondent (“Russian Illiteracy”, MJ #23/36) seems to have labeled me a “Nazi,” which is quite in vogue with the same crowd: the one that only respects their point of view, allows free speech only for themselves “Berkeley-style”, and would use any demagoguery to cover their ignorance and lack of common sense. So first, let me ask the opposing side: what does he really know about the “Nazis”?

Does he know that when Anton Drexler founded the Nazi party in 1921, he made it widely popular based on his anti-big business, anti-capitalist, “equality for all,” “take money from the rich and give it to poor” rhetoric, which bears an eerie similarity with the recent Bernie Sanders propaganda? Does he know that the Nazi party was actually called the National

Socialist German Workers Party and was initially fighting against the free market, while their violent paramilitary units, which made the core of the future SS, were initially running around Germany wearing face masks and beating up whoever were against their one and only “correct” socialist way of life, which bears a very eerie similarity with the disturbing phenomenon of Antifa? So, prior to attaching a buzzword label to anything, one needs to take a few history lessons and learn a thing or two about the subject matter, if nothing else, just not to make a joke out of himself.

Now to the interpretation of who real and regular Americans are. In simple terms, the real and regular Americans are the citizens of the USA who respect and abide by the principles on which this nation was built, and [who] have made this country unique and have propelled it to be the only real superpower of the modern world. These are the people who believe that wealth must be earned and not given (or

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taken), that the rule of law means equal and mandatory law for all, that we are one nation where the official language is still English, where the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness must be enjoyed in the range of the constitutional democratic procedures designed to enforce them, where all lives matter, where our great power comes with even greater responsibility, and where we are all united around our duly elected leaders against anyone who means harm to this country. I’m pretty sure that millions of people would say the same and those are the ones who are real and regular Americans.

Now, who are those “other ones”?

That’s rather simple too. If there is a law on the books that classifies crossing our nation’s border without official legal permission as a crime, those who broke that law are criminals and must face the due process of the U.S. justice system. No exceptions. If the constitutional duty of our federal government is to protect our nation’s borders, those who obstruct our government’s efforts to do so must face the due process of law the same way you and I would be prosecuted if we resisted local police. No exceptions. If someone creates a paramilitary organization that practices violence to install anarchy or socialism, that group must be prosecuted and outlawed in due course. No exceptions.

Needless to say, the folks who are not supportive of those and many similar basic notions that our nation is based upon are welcome to practice free speech; they can call illegal immigrants “dreamers,” heroin dealers “hobby pharmacists,” bank robbers “equal pay champions,” radical Islam “religion of peace,” or whatever other nonsense comes to their minds.

But those are neither normal nor regular Americans; knowingly or out of ignorance, those folks create trouble to our way of life and they need help. As a cure to their idealistic delusions, I strongly suggest they go live for a while in one of the socialist dream destinations – e.g., North Korea, Venezuela, Cuba, or Russia for a change and they will quickly see what happens. It starts as naive and hypocritical Bernie Sanders-type liberal brainwashing, and then the unhinged, liberal regime falls apart and into the wrong hands, and eventually goes out of control.

God bless America, where such controls have been in place for over two centuries and where our government is doing its best today to make it great again.

Lidia Zinchenko Montecito

Real Americans (Part II)

Hurricane Harvey was and is a national disaster. I have had direct contact with a retired mathematics teacher colleague who lives in Houston. I was relieved to find out she was safe. The first floor of her house was flooded with two feet of water.

She had to evacuate. I’ve known her for many years and was not surprised with her I-will-survive-this attitude.

She said friends and concerned others have offered assistance, provided her a place to sleep, etc. She was grateful for the fact that Barbara (my wife) and I were “concerned about her” and said this is the type of caring spirit that keeps her going.

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THE POWER OF ONE: THE ROLE YOU CAN PLAY TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER GIRLS Thursday, September 28, 2017 11:30AM – 1:30PM The Fess Parker, a DoubleTree by Hilton Resort 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd.

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This Week in and around Montecito

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

(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 14 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Wine Down Friendship Center’s annual Wine Event and Big Heart Awards. Enjoy wine from many local wineries, served in the courtyard of the Montecito Friendship Center.

When: 4 to 7 pm Where: 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $75 Info: www.friendshipcentersb.org FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Meeting at the Zoo The public is invited to attend a meeting of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC).

This meeting will feature presentations related to an expert panel on white shark sightings, interactions, and studies; non-native algae and marineprotected areas; and the Sanctuary Condition Report.

When: 9 am Where: Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Ninos Drive Info: aubrie.fowler@noaa.gov or (805) 893-6425 Spanish Conversation Group The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group, which is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish.

Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

Legends Gala The Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts (SBCPA) hosts the Granada Theatre Legends Gala, an annual event to honor individuals and organizations that have had a significant impact on the performing arts, and this year the SBCPA is proud to celebrate Santa Barbara philanthropists Anne and Michael Towbes, beloved opera singer Marilyn Horne, and Music Academy of the West as its 2017 legends.

When: 6 pm Where: 1214 State Street Info: 899-3000 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Coastal Cleanup Day Become part of the solution to marine pollution on Coastal Cleanup Day. If you’ve ever walked along the beach, noticed trash lying on the shore and wished there was something you could do, there is! Join your community at Coastal Cleanup Day, California’s largest volunteer effort. Get outside, enjoy nature, and soak up the sun while you help remove hazardous marine debris from our beaches and waterways.

Volunteers of all ages can participate at any of the sites. Pre-registration is not required.

Each site will have a captain on hand to provide necessary instructions and supplies.

When: 9 am Where: Every beach in Santa Barbara County Info: www.facebook.com/SBCoast/ Book Signing Diana Raab signs her novel Writing for Bliss at Tecolote Book Store in Montecito.

Part writing guide, part memoir, and part love letter to the craft of writing, the novel is a motivational guide.

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

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Art Exhibit: We Live In Wonder Features three artists whose work expresses the joyfulness, the fleeting memories, and the broader narratives of the human experience: Jeanne Dentzel, Michele Zuzalek, and Raj Naik.

When: reception today 5 to 8 pm; exhibit runs through November 5 Where: MichaelKate Interiors and Art Gallery, 132 Santa Barbara Street Cost: free

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

Speaker Series The Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake presents a talk titled “Advancements in Equine Veterinary Surgery & Regenerative Medicine” with Troy Herthel, doctor of veterinary medicine and diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.

A meet & greet to follow the lecture.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 2265 Highway 154 Cost: lecture is free; $10 parking fee Info: Julie@clnaturecenter.org

Travelling Courage Road: from Grief to Hope Mary Ransom, MFT, a highly soughtafter grief counselor at Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB), is now in private practice in Santa Cruz. By sharing the essence of her new book, Courage Road: Your Guide from Grief to Hope, Mary will provide a practical roadmap on the journey toward healing. Also led by Valerie Moore, LCSW, who also served at HSB, supporting teens and adults in the grief process.

When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation requested; lunch is available for $14 Info: www.lacasademaria.org

Mindfulness Practice Retreat A half-day retreat with guided meditations from Radhule Weininger, M.D., Ph.D., or other facilitators. All levels welcome.

When: 2:30 to 6 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Montecito Union School Board Meeting When: 4 pm Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Move to Connect Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara presents an exercise class set to music and suitable for all abilities. Refreshments served after.

When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1 to 2 pm Where: St. Andrews Church, 4575 Auhay Drive in Santa Barbara Cost: suggested donation $5 Info: kttbell@mypasb.org

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Basket Weavers Group The Basket Weavers Group is a place to connect with other basket weavers.

Beginner and all levels are welcome. Basic materials are provided. Meets every third Wednesday of the month.

When: 2:30 to 5:30 pm Where: Montecito Community Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Cost: free Info: 969-3786

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Benefit Luncheon Hillside House Women of Purpose are pleased to announce their inspirational benefit luncheon will feature motivational speaker Mike Schlappi. The event will take place at the home of Nancy Read, event co-chair, in Montecito. Proceeds will benefit the 59 adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities who call Hillside House their home. The 72-year-old residential facility, which over the years has served hundreds of residents and families in Santa Barbara County, continues to move forward with its Community Plan to build state-of-the-art, adaptive housing units for its residents in an integrated neighborhood setting in the Veronica Canyon section of Santa Barbara. When: 11:30 am Info & Tickets: www.hillsidehousesb.org Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meetup for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 •MJ

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Our Town

by Joanne A. Calitri

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2017 Mayoral Candidates: Part 5

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nterview Santa Barbara series concludes this week with July’s add-in, city councilman Harwood “Bendy” White.

Catch up on the mayoral hopefuls by requesting copies from our Montecito office: July 13: SB councilman Frank Hotchkiss July 27: SB city councilwoman Cathy Murillo August 3: former SB mayor and councilman Hal Conklin August 24: former Deckers Brands CEO Angel Martinez oter 411: V 2017 elections are vote by mail only October 9: City mails ballots to all SB registered voters October 23: deadline to register to vote November 7 November 7: deadline to have postmarked your ballots!

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Kelly Mahan Herrick

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

Montecito Association Meets

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t this month’s Montecito Association (MA) meeting, the board voted to send a letter to the Santa Barbara Board of Supervisors (BOS) regarding short-term vacation rentals (STRs) in Montecito. The BOS is scheduled to vote on revised ordinance language pertaining to STRs on Tuesday, October 3.

The MA’s stance is, and has always been, to prohibit short-term rentals in residential zones in Montecito. In June, the board of supervisors conceptually voted to ban STRs in the unincorporated areas of the County, with the exception of homestays, which is a rental in which the homeowner or long-term renter inhabits the same parcel at the same time as the transient occupant. The MA’s letter, which is yet to be finalized due to disagreement on the board, will ask the BOS to limit homestays to only owner-occupied units, to a one-bedroom maximum, with one-car maximum from the transient occupant. The letter will also

likely ask the board to budget for two to three full-time staff for enforcement of the ban.

On October 3, the board of supervisors County staff will look at regulation of homestays, including whether they will require a conditional use permit or business license, rules about number of guests, safety standards, parking limitations, and what portion of their property can be rented (cabanas, pool houses, guest houses, et cetera). The board will also look into allowing STRs in an historic overlay district, most likely to be in the coastal zone near Miramar Beach.

First District supervisor Das Williams attended the MA meeting, discussing such issues as STRs, traffic in Montecito, and Accessory Dwelling Units. (We’ll have more on the latest ADU meeting in next week’s edition.)

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Seen Around Town

by Lynda Millner

Tikifari Time Tiki birds Lindsley Wessberg, Elissa Rubin, Jocelyn Shupe, Kristen Perez, Helen Reid, and Denni Anderson at the Zoofari Ball

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Do you think they’ll run out of themes? As zoo executive director Nancy McToldridge said, “In recent years we’ve had a pirate theme, a secret agent theme, and those related to New Orleans, ocean cruises, the wild West and rock and roll. It’s now the biggest fundraiser of the year, and proceeds support the animals.” It’s such a fun party, it’s no wonder they sold 620 tickets.

This year, it’s Tikifari and the party animals donned their tackiest Hawaiian shirts or kitschy getup to sip an exotic cocktail of hibiscus syrup, lemonade, and vodka with a small orchid floating in it instead of the usual paper umbrella. Rincon Catering did their usual outstanding job in the food department. The hors d’oeuvres were a meal in themselves, with shrimp, mac and cheese, the best sliders ever, grilled salmon to die for, and a pulled pork concoction. The buffet dinner could have been right out of Don the Beachcomer or maybe better.

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During cocktails, there were plenty of things to keep you busy with a grand silent auction. One item was Oprah’s chef preparing a dinner for 20 at a private estate. What kid wouldn’t love the tiki playhouse? How about a three-night stay at a Princeville, Kauai, condo with a private dinner for four inside the lion exhibit? Not to worry—the lions are in bed.

There were also 200 raffle tickets sold at $100 each for a seven-night Tahiti and Society Islands cruise for two aboard the m/s Paul Gauguin, courtesy of Robertson International Travel Consultants and Paul Gauguin Cruises. Don and I took that cruise

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others. The “Wildest Place in Town” depends on community support (no tax dollars). If you’d like to help, visit www.sbzoo.org.

I liked one of the zoo signs: “When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not see them all” (E.O. Wilson). The zoo has come a long, long way since I first arrived in 1976.

The Titanic

Hayden and Sarah Berkus Gower look glamorous

Coari the parrot showing off with handler Ellie Cullip

Randee and Kirk Martin with their tiki outfits

and it’s a keeper.

The title sponsor was Union Bank and the list goes on. Just a few of them were Leslie Ridley-Tree, the Dreier family, Mimi Michaelis, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, Bella Vista Designs, Inc., Felix and Colette

Cohen, the Crawford family, the Hutton Parker Foundation, and Terry and Sue Schwartz. Event coordinators were Ms McToldridge, Lisa Carter, and Kelly Whitaker. Honorary chairs were Peter and Pieter Crawfordvan Meeuwen. Dancing was to The Replicas.

Our zoo is known as one of the most beautiful in the world. It is located at 500 Ninos Drive on 30 acres of botanic gardens and is home to nearly 500 individual animals in open, naturalistic habitats. The zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and represents the highest level of animal care. It also participates in AZA endangered species programs for Asian elephant, California condor, Channel Island fox, and Western lowland gorilla, among

The Channel City Club and Committee on Foreign Relations under the auspices of executive director Judy Hill and chairman Brian Robertson recently had a field trip to the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum especially to see the Titanic exhibition. Forty of us climbed on a bus to Simi Valley to the library.

There was an English-themed lunch complete with guest speaker Kevin L. Jones, curator from the FIDM Museum at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. He discussed the fashion and style that defined the Titanic-era.

As Kevin related, “2,209 people set sail on the Titanic, and 1,497 died in 1912 when the ship hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage from England to the United States.” As we all know, there were

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Judy Hill, CEO for the local Channel City Club and national Committee on Foreign Relations with chairman Brian Robertson, in front of the Reagan tomb

A statue of President Reagan at his library entrance

not nearly enough lifeboats for all the passengers. In those days, it was believed a nearby ship could rescue the other survivors. Since the tragedy, the maritime laws have changed.

The exhibit is stunning. There is nothing in the exhibit that came from the wreckage site itself. Survivors have donated the artifacts. There is one original deck chair. The chairs

were thrown overboard by the sailors with the hope someone could hold on.

Most deaths were due to hypothermia rather than drowning. There are seven of these chairs left in existence.

The other interesting part of the exhibit is all the memorabilia from James Cameron’s movie Titanic with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Cameron spared no expense to recreate the ship for his set. A piece of the grand staircase is there, not some movie set, but totally carved of real wood. Everything he did was totally

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Our guide at the Halifax, Nova Scotia, cemetery by the graves of some victims of the Titanic disaster

A piece of the Berlin Wall at the Reagan Library

authentic. His film was nominated for seven technical Academy Awards and won each one along with four more.

The most any film garnered except for two others in the celebration’s history.

There are inventory papers of survivors listing claims – one from Charlotte Cadenza – the richest lady on board.

Her first-class suite alone cost $81,000.

Her claim totaled $4.3 million, which included 14 trunks of gowns and a seven-carat pink diamond ring valued at $494,000 in today’s currency. Kevin told us that well-to-do ladies of that era could never be seen aboard ship in the same dress twice, so for the weeklong trip it would take a day dress and an evening dress plus all the accessories including hats, mostly large. No wonder she needed 14 trunks!

When Don and I traveled to Halifax,

Nova Scotia, we went to the Fairview Cemetery where 150 victims are interred. Halifax was the closest town to the shipwreck. I remember there was a grave of an unknown baby that people had placed toys on. Since then, they have identified the baby as 19-month-old Sidney Goodwin, who died with his entire family. One-third of those buried are unknown, so the markers just carry the date of death.

Our group was part of the 5 million visitors since the library opened in 1991. We didn’t have time to see the rest of the 24 galleries. One I love is the replica of the Oval Office and of course, Air Force One. It always surprises me how austere the plane was for a presidential aircraft. We did see the tomb where both Nancy and President Reagan are buried, again quite simple, but the words say it all: “I know in my heart that man is good.

That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there is a purpose and worth to each and every life.” •MJ

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Police dog “Jake” prefers that his prey run so that he can knock the “suspect” down and send him flying

by James Buckley

Even though protected by a “bite suit” consisting of heavy burlap-type padding and additional padding and plastic sheathing underneath, the powerful grip of a well-trained police dog still can hurt

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ast year, according to retired SBPD sergeant Mike McGrew, nearly $360,000 was raised at a similar event for the Santa Barbara Police Foundation. “This year, we’re hoping to make more,” he says during a short conversation.

Mike is the foundation’s executive director. Money raised during the event goes toward assisting the Santa Barbara Police Department to buy unbudgeted safety equipment, such as bulletproof blankets, vests, et cetera. The funds raised also go to support the department’s canine program and its At Ease program, which counsels officers, their families, and other first responders dealing with mental difficulties such as PTSD. “We are so honored by what great support the citizens of Santa Barbara County continue to offer the police and their extended family,” says Eric Phillips, vice president of the board and co-chair of 2017’s Fun With The Force. “These funds are so needed

at times like these when budgets are tight,” he adds.

This year’s always popular canine demonstration will feature officers Chris Payne and Brian Miller, along with police dogs Loki and Jake, during which a number of SWAT scenarios will be played out by the men and their dogs. Additionally, and as a special treat, Sergeant McGrew informs us they’ll have a Force Option Simulator on site; attendees will be able to test their responses and weapon skills as videos of possible criminal activities take place and various “bad guys” pop up from behind doors and furniture.

Participants are forced to quickly decide if the moving figure represents a mortal threat or if it is just some kid playing hide and seek. Their weapon will be the determining factor.

It is likely to give players a more complete understanding of how difficult it could be to make split-second decisions that may cost the life of the

officer, a hapless victim, or an actual perpetrator.

The K-9 unit is not funded by the state, which is one of the main reasons the SBPD holds fundraisers. It costs upward of $20,000 just to get the dog to Santa Barbara. Then, there are food and kennel costs and myriad expenses associated with upkeep and training, and the City or State is not required to support any of it.

All dogs used in a K-9 unit (mostly German Shepherds, though sometimes Belgian Malinois and a smattering of others) are cross-trained for sniffing narcotics, along with handler protection and apprehension.

In addition to the canine demonstration and the Force Option

Simulator, nearly 30 of some of the best eateries in the Santa Barbara area will be cooking and serving their food. Signature cocktails and wines from around the region will also be served.

The event will be held Sunday, October 1, from 4 to 7 pm at Pat Nesbitt’s Bella Vista estate, 2800 Via Real in Summerland. A major underwriter is the Armand Hammer Foundation, along with many other generous donors. Cost is $200 per person; tables for 10 can be reserved for $2,000 and a limited number of $5,000 VIP tables are also available.

For more information, go to their website: www.santabarbarapolice foundation.com.

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On Entertainment

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.

by Steven Libowitz

Building a Bridge(water) Back to Memphis The Lobero hosts musician Dee Dee Bridgewater, Friday September 15

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lthough Dee Dee Bridgewater’s family moved from Memphis, Tennessee, to Flint, Michigan, when the future jazz singer was still a toddler, the sounds that originated in Memphis became a secret pleasure as she stayed up nights listening to the early R&B, soul, and gospel music being played over WDIA, the nation’s first radio station programmed for African-American audiences.

Now, decades deep into a career that has been decorated with three Grammy Awards and most recently the NEA Jazz Master designation, Bridgewater has plunged headlong into her past with her brand-new album Memphis … Yes, I’m Ready, covering such Memphis-connected songs of her youth as Carla Thomas’s “Baby”, Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness”, and Ann Peebles’s “I Can’t Stand the Rain”.

In what might be a note of irony, Bridgewater brings the new project to town on Friday night in the season

premiere of Jazz at the Lobero. She’s had a long history with Santa Barbara dating back at least to the mid-1990s, when she performed at the tiny Jazz Hall with her Horace Silver tribute album that marked her emergence as a major singing talent. And it was Memphis-raised Charles Lloyd, the jazz saxist who lives in Montecito, who first told her that her dad had been a DJ on WDIA. The notoriously flamboyant and effusive singer talked about Memphis over the phone from San Francisco last weekend.

Q. You were only 3 when you left. How do you explain that Memphis still resonates for you?

A. Your time as a baby are very important, formative years. I’ve always had a love of the south, and always felt more comfortable whenever I am in a southern city. (I went back because) I just needed to understand and answer some questions about me and who I am, and why I am the way I am, especially as my mother was (dying).

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You originally planned to make a blues album there. Why did it turn into an homage to the R&B music of your youth?

I was walking thru the Memphis airport and started hearing this music, which is what they pipe in there.

Immediately, it hit me: “Holy crap!

This is what I need to do.” This is my music. This is what I know. This is what I heard as a teenager listening to WDIA late at night because that’s when the signal reached Michigan.

That was the moment when I decided that this would be what I do. It just clicked.

How was it to work with Kirk Whalum, the jazz saxophonist who lives in Memphis?

It was great once he realized that I meant it when I told him that this cannot be jazz. I said, I don’t want any inklings of jazz, no smooth jazz, none of that. Then right away the first song, he’d done some arrangements and I was in the control room, and after a few minutes I pushed the button to stop because it was too jazzy. So we listened to the original recordings, then we did our arrangements right there in the studio.

The only exception is “Don’t Be Cruel” because people go crazy, just absolutely bonkers, when I sing it live. I still wasn’t going to put it on the album because it’s kind of smooth jazz, but it’s the only song Kirk has a feature on as a musician. He said, “Dee Dee, it would be pretty cold to cut that out.”

Still, was it tough to sing straight R&B after all those years doing complicated jazz arrangements? Did you make any adjustments?

I didn’t do anything. I’m just having a good time. This is my soul music. This music makes me happy. It’s my secret garden. It was a childhood dream to be a soul singer with horns behind me, so I’m living out my dream. It’s healing for me. It makes me feel good.

I like that the melody is simple, that the lyrics are all about love. I find an immense pleasure when I perform this music. Every time I do it, I am transported and feel a spiritual healing... I’m. Just. Having. Fun. I deserve to have fun. I did this album for me, myself, and I. All I can say is “Amen!” It’s so rare for an artist to do what you’re doing. But are you nervous about the reception among your fans?

If you are a jazz person, you don’t

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have to like it. That’s okay. I know it’s not jazz. And I’ve done this music at festivals in Europe this summer and seen the disappointment on some faces. And I think, I’m so sorry – you can always leave. But don’t sit there with your arms folded glaring at me thinking that you’re going to change my mind. I’m a grown woman. I needed some lightness in my life and I did it for me. If you don’t like it, leave. But don’t spread negativity to the people around you. We don’t have room for that.

Now that you’ve made the album and are doing the tour, does it feel like closure of some sort, or will you explore deeper into your roots and perhaps write soul songs of your own or do something else in Memphis?

Going back to the city itself was closure, personally. But doing the music has opened up other possibilities. I don’t know where it’s going to take me. I’m in the moment with it right now, just trying to follow what my spirit is saying to me.... (But) every time I go to Memphis, I have writing ideas, which is interesting because I haven’t felt creative at all for a very long time.

(Dee Dee Bridgewater performs at 8 pm Friday at the Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. Tickets cost $42 to $52. Series tickets are available for $105 to $132. Call 963-0761 or visit www.lobero.com.)

Payne of the Human Condition

Rubicon Theatre Company’s production of Incognito represents a pairing of two of the theatrical world’s most promising people – playwright Nick Payne, who turned heads with his head-probing Constellations, and Katherine Farmer, the young British director whose handling of Arlene Hutton’s Nibroc trilogy at the Ventura company won awards and critical acclaim.

Incognito is a drama that explores what it means to be human, and how memory and imagination and other matters of the mind shape our identities. A cast of just four actors portrays 21 characters in several interwoven stories, including true ones about the pathologist who famously stole Albert Einstein’s brain to explore the nature of genius and another based on Henry Maison, a.k.a. Patient HM, who experienced memory loss after a brain operation, plus a fictional one about a clinical neuro-psychologist who prides herself on understanding other people’s needs for human connection but struggles with her own.

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length, hopelessly trying to digest three lanes of traffic from both north and south through its last remaining two-lane stomach.

The Impact of Traffic, Noise, and Pollution on Montecito

Local Coast Village Road shops and restaurants have become places to avoid every afternoon, but especially on summer weekends when the Lower Village becomes a parking lot. Logjams have become the norm during morning and afternoon rush hours, frustrating shop owners, local residents, and commuters. Coast Village Road, North Jameson, Ortega Hill Road, and Lillie Avenue in Summerland, have already been dubbed as “the new third lane of the 101.”

Sophisticated GPS systems are instructing drivers to exit the 101 and Montecito’s clogged frontage road to use local streets and East Valley Road to bypass the impasse. While local arterials such as North Jameson, Hot Springs, Olive Mill, Coast Village Circle, Hermosillo, Middle Road, and East Valley Road (Highway 192) bear the traffic brunt of those seeking to bypass CVR, every local residential street will increasingly feel the burn.

Montecito got a taste of its future on August 4, the day of the Fiesta Parade, when 22,000 out-of-town visitors descended on Santa Barbara. On that afternoon, brave Montecito motorists witnessed a monumental traffic stoppage, reminiscent of The Day the Earth Stood Still.

A replay of that mess came several Sundays later, when a truck jackknifed across the southbound lanes of the 101, south of the Padaro Lane interchange, forcing a gigantic traffic backup to Goleta, making Montecito neighborhoods the cut-through option of choice to get to Los Angeles.

Why Widen the 101?

Some say don’t widen the 101. I say let’s finish it as quickly as possible.

The 101 is our community’s Main Street – the primary connector linking Carpinteria, Summerland, Montecito, Santa Barbara, and Goleta. It is the commuter lifeline for as many as 70 percent of the region’s workforce and first responders. It is our only escape route in the event of wildfires, earthquakes, or tsunamis. It is the coastal option for Interstate 5 traffic, the principle north/ south connector for the West Coast. It is the second-most important highway in California. Once the current 16-mile widening project is completed, the corridor will have reached its capacity,” notes Scott Eades, Caltrans Project manager.

The Threat to Montecito Real Estate Values

Will a constant stream of cars and trucks rumbling through our neighborhood streets eradicate our cherished semi-rural lifestyle? Think about our $9 billion in real estate values and the grim reality of trying to sell a home or business with 100,000 cars and trucks each day roaring through our country lanes, built for aesthetic beauty, not for speed of travel. Who will you complain to when an 84,000-pound, six-axle, tractor trailer rumbles down your street looking for a cozy rest stop to spend the night?

If you live close to the Hedgerow District, Coast Village Road, Hot Springs, Olive Mill, North Jameson, San Ysidro, Sheffield Drive, or East Valley Road, you may want to talk to your realtor. If you are Rick Caruso, trying to open a $600- to $1,000-per night Rosewood Miramar Resort, tucked between a train track and a clogged freeway, you might want to cry.

A Peek at the Past and into the Future

Here we are – the middle of September 2017. The status report and projections for widening the 16-mile 101 corridor to three lanes in each direction from Milpas Street to Mussel Shoals are as follows: PHASE 1: COMPLETED. 2008-2012. Widening the 101 from Milpas to the Cabrillo Boulevard/Hot Springs Interchange (2 miles) Phase 1, widening the 101 from 4 to 6 lanes from the Milpas Street interchange south to Cabrillo Blvd/Hot Springs Road was started in the Summer of 2008 and completed in the spring of 2012 at a cost of $57 million, fully funded by a combination of SBCAG Regional Measure D Funds and state gas tax funds.

Included in the $57 million cost were new right-of-way acquisitions at Milpas and a new roundabout at Coast Village Road, Cabrillo Blvd/ Hot Springs, and Old Coast Highway. Political will and limited funding did not allow retaining the southbound 101 entrance ramp at Cabrillo Boulevard, or extend the threelane widening to the southbound Olive Mill off-ramp.

PHASE 2: COMPLETED. 2012-2016. Widening the 101 from Mussel Shoals (Ventura County) to Carpinteria Creek (6.2 Miles) Phase 2 widening from Mussel Shoals to Carpinteria Creek was started in 2012 and completed in 2016 at a construction cost (not a total price) of $102 million. The project was fully funded by Proposition 1B State bonds.

PHASE 3: UNDER CONSTUCTION. 2016-2020: Linden and Casitas Pass Interchanges in Carpinteria (1.1 miles) In September 2016, work started on a four-year, construction cost of $60 million Carpinteria project to rebuild the overpasses at Linden Avenue and Casitas Pass Road; to reconstruct the freeway bridges over Carpinteria Creek to meet 500-year flood plain fears; to extend Via Real for more than a mile to hook up with Linden Avenue; and to improve assorted Class 1 bikeways along the creek and pedestrian pathways. That project is fully funded and has two more years to go before its expected 2020 completion date.

PHASE 4: PARTS A, B and C. 2020-2026: Widening the 101 from Carpinteria to the Sheffield Interchange Phase 4 of the 101 widening has five parts: In January 2018, widening from Carpinteria to Sheffield goes out for funding. Hopefully, with an increase in state gasoline taxes, funding for parts A, B, and C may be available. Estimated construction costs are $160 million, plus any pre-construction activity or County parallel improvement projects.

PHASE 4. PARTS D and E. 2026-2032: Widening the 101 from the Sheffield interchange to Olive Mill (part 4D) and finally widening from Olive Mill to the Cabrillo Blvd/Hot Springs Interchange (4E). Completion of the entire project: 2032 Widening from Sheffield to the Olive Mill interchange and finally from Olive Mill to the Cabrillo Blvd/ Hot Springs interchange are not funded. Parallel projects are also unfunded, such as a Santa Barbara County-proposed roundabout at San Ysidro and North Jameson (opposed by Hedgerow residents), and City of Santa Barbara proposed parallel projects such as a roundabout at Olive Mill and Coast Village Road, plus a widening of the Cabrillo Boulevard railroad overpass.

The City of Santa Barbara, the County of Santa Barbara and SBCAG have reached a consensus that they will not sign-off on final Coastal Commission permitting until Caltrans agrees to fund these local parallel projects within the lane-widening construction budget.

What Can Montecito Do?

Montecito holds a weak hand in the “101 in Motion” planning process. Fairly or unfairly, our community is seen as responsible for significant delays in the construction timetable. Today, we have no final design role, no funding authority, and no permitting power. We are free to offer suggestions but not make meaningful decisions.

Carpinteria has welcomed the widening process, solved its design issues and engineered and approved its parallel projects. Carpinteria’s 100-percent cooperation has guaranteed a south to north widening sequence for Phase 4 because the corridor from Carpinteria to Sheffield is “shovel ready” and primed for funding, while Montecito is still trying to get its act together.

What can Montecito do now to truncate the widening schedule? How can we come together and speak with one clear voice to our publicly elected officials?

That’s a subject worth addressing in next week’s editorial.

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•MJ

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Brilliant Thoughts

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Safety First – or Safe on First

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n 1950, when I was 15, and at school in England, I won a poetry competition, which was open to all schools in the area. It was one of the few such successes in my life.

Participants were told that the poem was to promote National Savings (a system for lending money to the government.) I chose an unusual format – three-lined rhyming stanzas – and I’m still proud of my effort. Here are a couple of stanzas: he wisdom of the ages tells us all that T saving pays In dividends of happiness, in future-distant days, For money spent is money gone, if spent in foolish ways. o save some for tomorrow is an act T without regret, For today’s quick-spent abundance may become tomorrow’s debt, And the future seems a long way off, and easy to forget.

The winner of the competition had the honor of reading the winning entry at a special ceremony in the Town Hall. What I can never recall without an inward cringe, however, was being required, some days in advance of that occasion, to rehearse my reading at school in front of the faculty member who was responsible for our part in the event. For some reason, this turned out to be, not my English teacher – which might have made some sense – but my art teacher.

This lady had the effrontery to suggest some improvements in my delivery.

I still feel highly indignant at the thought of being told how to read my own poem! (Although, who knows, she may have been right.)

But of course, the “saving” I was writing about is only one of many kinds we encounter in various aspects of our lives. One is the “lifesaving” that concerns itself so much with aquatic hazards. Since 1912 (coincidentally the year the “Titanic” went down), we have even had candies called “LifeSavers” because of their resemblance in shape to nautical “life-preservers.”

“Safety,” is indeed associated with numerous activities such as the operating of machines, negotiating traffic, shaving (“safety razors”), tending infants (“safety pins”), or walking a (sometimes metaphorical) tightrope (“safety net”).

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We’ve had slogans such as “Safety First!” for more than a century. And whole industries have prospered by fostering fears of injury or death from numerous possible causes. For example, bicycle helmets have in our society become almost a requirement – and yet there’s been no widespread movement to require occupants of cars to wear helmets, even though (despite other supposed safety devices such as belts and bags) automobile accidents cause far more head injuries than do bicycles. And there seems to be no end to the number of products supposed to keep us safe from harmful bacteria. Then again, quite a different set of dangers is being considered when people refer to a condom as a “safety.”

The internationally recognized code message signaling distress is “S.O.S.” Contrary to popular misconceptions, those letters did not originally stand for any verbal message, such as “Save Our Souls.” In fact, the message was originally developed in Germany, and its selection was based on the simplicity of rendering it in Morse Code: “dot dot dot dash dash dash dot dot dot.”

But the idea of being “safe” has spread much more widely than simply as an antithesis to being in danger. What do we call a container that can be securely locked and is hard to break into or carry off? – a safe, of course. What is the baseball term for a player who’s reached a base successfully without being put “out”? Yes, he is safe.

And “saving,” in many contexts, means preserving or rescuing, even if it’s a matter of saving oneself.

For example, among our numerous Spanish-named streets in Santa Barbara, there’s one called Salsipuedes, which means “Save yourself if you can.” The name supposedly derived from that area’s terribly swampy condition in the community’s early days.

But we’ve hardly begun to cover all the connotations of saving and safety.

Think how often we’re asked to save a seat, save a place in line, or – perhaps not so often – to save the last dance for someone special. And of course, our help is needed in any number of good causes to save imperiled human or animal groups, to say nothing of all kinds of relics, from archeological treasures to local theaters.

Anyway, we really don’t need a proverb, do we, to assure us that it’s better to be safe than sorry. After all, who wants to be sorry?

•MJ

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OUR TOWN (Continued from page 11) long ago learned that Santa Barbara offers unique opportunities and obligations to its populace to help tend to our City. I have served in numerous roles going back to Frank Frost’s stint on the board of supervisors when he appointed me as his County Planning Commissioner representing the First District. Since then, I have served on the City Planning Commission, Water Commission and now the city council since 2010. Today, we are facing serious issues like over-development and a loss of local revenue. Clearly, the Internet era is upending retail business models we have used for generations to plan and organize our communities.

I was the last candidate to enter the race and did so after observing the other candidates’ qualifications. I feel my experience, positions, and policies will best provide what our city needs.

Your position or no comment on the following areas for Santa Barbara: Budget stability and economic development?

From the years 2000 through 2010 and even beyond, local governments, competing with State practices, made incredibly bad financial decisions, particularly regarding employee compensation. Promises were made to Public Employee Unions that were irresponsible. Pension deals have saddled future generations with debt that is resulting in loss of local services. Since my election in 2010, a primary focus of mine has been the city’s budget.

With that in mind, I am in my seventh year serving on the finance committee. When I was first elected, the city had virtually no strategic budget reserves left. Leadership prior to Mayor (Helene) Schneider had chosen to spend them down to grant raises, benefit increases, and even support employee home purchases. The result of my last eight years of work – and I give the mayor and the majority of city council equal credit for making prudent decisions – is a fully funded reserve system that we can depend on when hard times return. The result of the last eight years of prudent financial

management is further evident when you compare the city to the County.

The County had to make over $30 million in cuts this year, with another $20 million cut next year. As a result, the County has drastically cut homeless and mental health services. Santa Barbara feels the brunt of those cuts in the form of more people in desperate straits on the streets. Comparatively, the city has not had to make drastic cuts to services.

What about business, in particular to bring into Santa Barbara and the increasing vacancies on State Street and outlying areas?

The business model our community has depended on for years is changing, the result of Amazon, Lyft, Uber, et cetera. Traditional retail is struggling to adapt. I lead the effort to ensure the city has a streamlined process for retail business tenant improvement projects in the Downtown core and to allow more residential building along State Street. Santa Barbara will naturally adapt to its strength, which is our climate, natural beauty, and a century of investment in communal facilities. We will likely see fewer retail stores and hopefully more restaurant and experience-oriented businesses.

Data, technology and AI [artificial intelligence], UBI...?

Universal Basic Income is an interesting question to ask of a mayor candidate. I recently saw a statistic that said that 40 percent of adult males without college degrees in the workforce were employed in some form of transportation: truck driving, cab driving, postal service, et cetera. Where we are going to see the impact of technology first is on transportation.

Driverless cars, taxis, and trucks are coming soon. What are we going to do with this huge population of workers that this technology displaces? As AI technology expands, it will displace white-collar workers as well. It is a national discussion, but I believe at some point for social stability we will have some form of UBI.

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Sanctuary City yes/no and public safety?

I don’t think even my most liberal opponent is an advocate for Sanctuary City status. With the current administration, regardless of the issue, putting federal funding in jeopardy is completely irresponsible.

and federal governments. No better example of the need for vigilance is the loss of RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance?) funds that Jerry Brown appropriated to backfill the state’s budget. I will continue Mayor Schneider’s participation in these important organizations.

Healthcare, the opioid issue?

As a grandfather, I am deeply concerned about these issues. Our city needs to be a leader in asking the federal government to fix the healthcare exchanges that have resulted in only one insurer participating in the individual market. I am deeply concerned about the impact of drugs on our young people. We need to treat addiction medically, not with incarceration, which is incredibly expensive and inefficient.

Energy, environment, the drought and U.S. Climate Mayors?

I don’t know what the “U.S. Climate Mayors” are. The climate is changing.

Humans are causing the change. To ignore it is suicide. I advocate moving as fast as possible to carbon-free energy sources. I have led the city both concert action and have taken stands asking the federal and state governments to do more. I am a staunch environmentalist. I was a founding board member of the Environmental Defense Center and have served on boards such as the Citizens Planning Association and Carpinteria Valley Association. As for the drought, I have led the city’s efforts to responsibly re-tool and reactivate the de-sal plant. When the plant was built in the early 1990s, it was done so in haste that resulted in poor quality control.

Where the City did an excellent job was in maintaining its permits, which allowed us to reactivate relatively quickly (remember the Carlsbad plant took over a decade; we took two years). The City originally built the plant with both the Montecito Water District and the Goleta Water District.

Our sister agencies chose to relinquish their ownership rights rather than pay for the maintenance over the long haul. Statewide, we had a good rain year. Hopefully, ample rain comes soon. But Santa Barbara remains in a Stage 3 Drought Emergency. De-sal is great insurance against the next drought, which is inevitable, if not ongoing.

Culture and the arts?

Our arts district is a treasure. We have a cultural economy that benefits the whole city: it helps increase bed tax revenue, sales tax revenue, and local businesses. The city’s approximate $1 million-a-year contribution to the arts community is an investment we get back many fold. The city needs to update its Arts Master Plan, and that is something I will prioritize when elected.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Washington, D.C., The National League of cities, and The League of California cities?

Yes, very aware – Mayor Schneider, who is endorsing my campaign, is very active with both the league and conference. They are key to working with other cities to protect the rights and interests of local communities, which is often threatened by the State

The press and social media?

They are becoming two in the same.

Revenue at venerated institutions like The New York Times continues to plummet. Citizen journalism is made possible by the likes of Facebook, Instagram, et cetera. I will continue to have a social-media presence, and I believe an honest relationship with the press is vital for any democracy. •MJ

• The Voice of the Village •

Housing?

People choose to live here, at least partly because of Santa Barbara’s unique character. Its small-town feel and architectural excellence are qualities carefully managed over the city’s history. While unrestricted growth and development would generate more economic growth and revenue, it would also destroy the very reason we love living in Santa Barbara. I’ve led the effort to control AUD (Additional Dwelling Unit) developments by limiting permits to 125 per year – a number that was a compromise needed to get a 5/7th majority required to pass the ordinance and slightly higher than our historic growth pattern. My stance on focused, limited growth is aimed at building workforce housing. It is part of my policy base (and foundation of our General Plan) that we live within our resources, including water, air, parking supply, traffic capacity, et cetera. It is a vision and value set that most Santa Barbara residents have for the future.

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ENTERTAINMENT (Continued from page 20)

making it a coherent journey,” Farmer said between rehearsals last week. ”Nick Payne did a terrific job with the structure, but when you’re pinging between modern day and the 1950s and threading the dramatic arcs of many different characters, it does pose some dramatic difficulties.”

That challenge also extends to the audience, Farmer said. “It’s a very activating piece. Your own memory is being tested and your imagination being pushed to the limit. There are no props or set pieces or costume changes, so you have to fill in so many blanks and simply rely on the actors to tell the story.”

One of the things that should help is the music, which features an improvised soundtrack created by Roger Kellaway, the pianist who lives in Ojai. “It feels like a bird fluttering, as the melody comes and goes, ebbs and flows, much like the play itself,” Farmer explained. “Each of the major storylines interlink and inform each other. The metaphor (in the play) about starlings coming together and moving apart is mirrored in the sound design, the way humans connect and move on. Everyone is struggling with human relationships. Roger composed music that is in that world.”

As to what audiences should expect to experience at the end of the 90-minute, no-intermission work?

“You will leave asking a lot of questions,” Farmer said. “But a lot do get answered over the course of the narrative. For anyone who has studied psychology or neurobiology, it’s also a sweet love story. There are questions that linger. But you’ll also come away feeling buzzed and energized rather than discombobulated.”

(Rubicon’s production of Incognito opens on Saturday, September 16, and runs Wednesdays to Sundays through October 1. Visit www.rubicontheatre.org or call 667-2900.)

Barbershop by the Sea

The newly crowned International Gold Medalist quartet Main Street headlines Harmony Celebration at the Marjorie Luke Theatre at 1 and 7 pm on Saturday, September 16. Also appearing is the 3-year-old, Santa Barbara-based all-female Carpe Diem

Chorus, which recently took home a gold in the Sweet Adeline International Harmony Classic competition, and Pacific Sound Chorus, the Ventura male a cappella outfit now back under the direction of Mike McGee, who co-founded the group back in 1999 and also serves as the baritone in Main Street. Tickets cost $15 to $50. Tickets and info at www.eventbrite.com/e/ pacific-sound-chorus-presents-harmo ny-celebration-tickets-35848400531.

Tales from the Tavern

Robbie Fulks, the Chicago-based alternative country singer-songwriter with an impressive baker’s dozen catalog of CDs over a three-decade career, kicks off the 15-year-old Tales’ new six-concert series at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez on Wednesday, September 20. Also slated to play for the fall season are Wil Ridge and Elizabeth Cook (September 27), Ray Bonneville (October 11), Michael Reno Harrell (October 25), The Young Dubliners (November 1), and Danny Kortchmar with Steve Postell and Dan Navarro on November 15.

Tickets and details at www.tales fromthetavern.com or call 688-0383.

Pop Notes

Drifting Home, the debut CD from longtime Santa Barbara guitarist Dani Zimmerman, features the trio he shares with bassist Brendan Statom and percussionist Luis Muñoz. The disc comes out Thursday, September 15; live shows are being planned....

Leo Kottke, the acoustic guitarist who favors a jazz, blues, and folk-based finger-picking style that offers beguiling syncopated and polyphonic melodies, returns to the Lobero Theatre on Sunday, September 17.... No crying in music: the Tears for Fears concert at the Santa Barbara Bowl originally slated for July that was postponed due to a family emergency, will take place Monday, September 18. Opening is Santa Barbara’s own Dishwalla (“Counting Blues Cars”), whose comeback full-length CD Juniper Road heralds a new publishing deal with industry bigwig ABKCO Music....

Indie folk faves Fleet Foxes play at the Arlington Theatre on Wednesday, September 20.

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Your Westmont

Dr. Maryke van der Walt, professor of mathematics

by Scott Craig (photography by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Distinguished Professors Join Westmont

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hree notable tenure-track professors join Westmont’s faculty this fall: Rebecca McNamara (English), Maryke van der Walt (mathematics), and Sandra Richter (religious studies).

McNamara, whose research focuses on linguistics and medieval literature, has always loved literature and knew she wanted to be an English teacher.

While completing her undergraduate studies at Baylor University, she repeatedly ran into a professor who wanted her to take his Chaucer course.

“I said, ‘Oh no, that’s in Middle English and sounds really hard,’” McNamara says. “He eventually convinced me to try it out, and I was gone. I loved the difficulty of the language, the challenges, the fact that you had to know so much more than the literature to understand it. So yes, I was drawn in by a professor, and I seek to do the same thing with students here.”

McNamara earned a master’s degree

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Dr. Rebecca McNamara joins Westmont’s faculty

and doctorate at the University of Oxford, Faculty of English Language and Literature. “The colleges are set up at Oxford just like Westmont,” she says. “It’s very interdisciplinary, people have different cross-conversations and you get to know and mentor the students. That was an aspect of my scholarly job that was missing at UCLA and at the University of Sydney, where I did a post-doc. I love

Westmont, it’s great.”

Her research at the Medieval and Early Modern Centre of the University of Sydney focused on the emotions related to suicide in the medieval world. “I saw an opportunity to shed light on one small area of how past cultures have dealt with the aching history of human suffering,” she says.

“You have to bring in Christianity in order to teach many of the texts, but at Westmont, I am looking forward to having conversations with students that transcend the scholarly level and getting them to explore their own experiences as they read the texts.”

Van der Walt is a native of South Africa whose first language is Afrikaans, derived from Dutch.

She earned her Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees at Stellenbosch University and her doctorate in applied mathematics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She was an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University before hearing about the position at Westmont. “I was finishing up a post-doc when I saw the job online at the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences,” she says. “I thought it would be a good fit for me and my husband, who’s a software engineer. The culture here is much more similar to Cape Town, South Africa, than Nashville.”

Van der Walt’s research interests focus primarily in computational harmonic analysis, approximation theory, and spline theory. In her post-doctorate work, she has been engaged with professors from Vanderbilt, Cal Tech, and the University of Bologna in research endeavors. “Spline Theory is a way to use functions to approximate other stuff to design things like airplane wings in a really cool way to satisfy certain properties,” she says.

“In computational harmonic analysis, you study signals in the real world, like music signals or medical signals such as an ECG, to try to mathematically understand the data better.”

Van der Walt has been active for many years at Reformed and Presbyterian churches in South Africa and the United States, often playing violin and viola for worship services and singing in the choir.

“Especially in the sciences like math,

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it’s wonderful to be able to work in an environment where you can talk about your faith and how God created the universe,” she says. “I haven’t been at an institution where that is done, so I am excited about that.”

Richter, who has taught Old Testament at Asbury Theological, Wesley Biblical and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminaries as well as Gordon and Wheaton Colleges, is the new Robert H. Gundry professor in biblical studies at Westmont. She was featured in this column August 24-31.

Stirling Unpacks Art Exhibition of Boxes

“Relic” by Meagan Stirling

Westmont assistant professor of art Meagan Stirling unpacks an inventive exhibition, “Untold: Cardboard Box as Reliquary,” through September 29 in the two ArtLabs at the Adams Center for the Visual Arts.

A panel discussion is scheduled for Wednesday, September 20, at 7 pm in Adams 217.

Stirling says the exhibition is the first iteration of a larger research project. “I’ve been using the cardboard box as a conceptual metaphor for the untold stories, memories, and objects that are stored and kept in boxes of any sort, even boxes that may only exist in one’s mind,” she says. “These vessels, containers, depositories, and reliquaries are for objects that are invested in a specific memory.

“My hope is that viewers will begin to think about their own ‘boxes’ and what they have stored away.

Eventually, I want to gather the stories of people who have memories and objects that they have kept.”

Stirling graduated from Whitworth University before earning a Master of Art and Master of Fine Art at the University of Wisconsin. As a printmaker and installation artist, she enjoys working with large printmaking presses, acid, copper, and etching. She taught at the University of Colorado Denver, including Beijing International College, for four years before coming to Westmont in 2014.

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tial pathway along the ocean side of Channel Drive from just west of the Biltmore to the Butterfly Beach steps.

The MA has been approached by concerned community members interested in constructing an off-pavement path. The Biltmore/Butterfly Beach area is popular with local residents and visitors, and currently, walkers and runners are forced into the roadway where the path in front of the Biltmore ends. The Association, Santa Barbara County staff, and decision makers would like to hear community input before putting further effort into a pathway project.

The meeting will be held Thursday, September 21, at 5 pm at Montecito Community Hall.

The Montecito Association is seeking an executive director to assist the board of directors in all aspects of its operations and management. The executive director would be the face and brand manager of the MA, liaising with membership, local government agencies, media, and the public at large. Duties include coordinating all Association procedural, financial, and business activities, oversight of membership, public relations, database management, customer service, record keeping, and supervision of the office coordinator.

The position requires excellent written and verbal communication skills, and preferably experience in land use and government relations. Candidates should possess a bachelor’s degree and professional management experience. The time commitment would be approximately 25 to 30 hours per week.

For additional information, or to apply for this position, please call (805) 969-2026 or email info@monteci toassociation.org.

The next MA meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 10.

Coast Village Road News

Coast Village Road business owners and employees, as well as visitors, may have noticed that parking along the road and Coast Village Circle seemed lightened up this week, as one of the area’s largest parking lots, serving 1187 Coast Village Road, was reopened. The parking lot was shut down for many weeks, to help accommodate construction vehicles during the remodeling of Coast Village Plaza.

Last week, the lot was repaved and re-striped, and opened for partial use on September 11. “We are relieved to have it back open,” said Ellie Patterson, owner of Here’s the Scoop gelato shop.

The Plaza has undergone extensive remodeling over the past two years, with new owners Hank Hurst and Richard Rosin of H&R Investments 14 – 21 September 2017

A newly paved and striped parking lot on Coast Village Circle has reopened

The oldest Trust company in California is now the newest Trust company in Santa Barbara.

Happy Anniversary to Montecito Deli owner Jeff Rypysc and his team, Rey Vazquez, George Camey, and Israel Roman donning their festive face paint during the holidays

bringing the multi-tenant building up to current standards. The renovations include a new roof, new paint, new walkways, updated decks, expanded patios, renovated stairs, and more; the last construction phase, which includes the replacement of the front sidewalk, will take place during the next two weeks.

A new signage plan is also in the works, which will include all new tenant signage, four directory signs, a new monument sign, and an internally illuminated sign at the parking entrance on Coast Village Circle.

The signage proposal was approved by the City of Santa Barbara’s Sign Committee in August. The building owners are in talks with multiple restaurant owners to fill two eatery spaces available in the building, and Juice Ranch has signed a lease to offer cold-pressed juice and vegan food items from the space once occupied

by Dani Boy. To celebrate the opening of the parking lot, Here’s the Scoop is offering a customer appreciation promotion to thank their customers for support and patience during the renovation.

Also happening on the road: Montecito Deli owner Jeff Rypysc

celebrated 16 years in business on September 11. Rypysc closed escrow on the purchase of the business on September 11, 2001, and since then has been feeding Montecito locals and tourists at the “old school” deli.

Rypysc attributes his success in large part to his loyal team: longtime manager Rey Vazquez and chefs George Camey and Israel Roman open up the store bright and early at 7 am Monday through Friday (and 9 am on Saturday), prepping food for lunch while also offering breakfast. They serve a variety of breakfast items including bagel sandwiches, burritos, scrambles, omelets, and more, and modifications and original creations are highly encouraged. “We’ll make whatever you want, and we’ll get you on your way quickly!” Jeff said.

In addition to breakfast, the deli is known for its famous Piadina, as well as salads, sandwiches, deli items, soups, and cookies, all of which are scratch-made every day. Rypysc roasts and barbecues all of his own meats, and keeps busy with the catering side of the business, making sandwich platters for corporate events,

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Spirituality Matters

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

Writer Raab Finds Her Bliss by the Word

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or Montecito writer Diana Raab, writing is not only an avenue for transformation, but also something of a spiritual experience in itself.

Both those ideas – how writing has helped her heal, as well as how digging deep into the psyche to “hear the voice of your true, authentic self” – come across in her new book, Writing for Bliss, published this month. The book is the culmination of research she gathered in studying how writing has helped others heal and transform – “made much less academic and more accessible for the public,” she said – and also serves as something of a take-home primer for her writing workshop.

Tecolote Book Shop in Montecito hosts a book launch celebration and signing party for Raab from 3 to 5 pm on Saturday, September 16. Raab – whose recent articles include ones titled “How Connecting the Mind, Body & Spirit Can Lead to Finding Our Bliss”, “Writing as Therapy”, and “The Healing Energy of Words: Writing for the Health of It” – will also sign books

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center to get the words on the page.

That’s your authentic voice. Write what you want to write, not what you think people want to hear. Fear is a roadblock for a lot of people because they are afraid of what people will think of them. There are all these “ifs”.

I just say, let it rip. Let it go and don’t think about all the outside self.

What do you know now that you didn’t say 20 years ago regarding writing?

What’s crystallized for you?

Everybody has a purpose in life whether they understand it or not.

Writing can help you find that. What I’ve learned is that I am here to convey information. That’s my mission on Earth, to help and guide other people.

To find your passion, you have to go to where you find the most joy. When I’m writing, I feel good about it, like I am truly in my niche.

Montecito writer Diana Raab appears at Tecolote on Saturday, September 16

and speak on Saturday, September 30, at The Sacred Space. The Summerland shop will also host Raab’s “Writing for Bliss: A Transformative Writing Workshop” in three sessions over the following three Saturdays, covering “Preparing to Write”, “Examining Your Life”, and “Finding Your Form”.

Q. In what ways does writing lead to bliss and/or mirror other paths to awakening?

A. Journal writing puts you on a path of self-discovery. You tap into what’s going on in your subconscious, increases your self-awareness, which by itself can transform you. The idea of journaling is to be mindful in the moment.

Wherever that takes you, that’s the path you need to be going down.”

How does one access that area in relation to writing?

In order to get to that place where you can find your authentic voice, it’s good to be grounded. Maybe a writing ritual, lighting a candle, meditating, putting music on, going for a walk, Whatever brings you to the present moment. I have a whole section in the book about that.

I usually do an hour of meditating in the morning. I’m also very mindful of my dreams and have a journal by my bed. If something comes to me, I write it down and then I might make a poem related to the dream, or take notes about an article I might want to write. I’m very attentive to the messages from the universe.

Why is it important to tap into the heart to write, as you talk about in the book?

How do you balance between heart and brain?

It’s a mindset. You want to be very aware of what’s going on in the heart

So it’s a method of self-discovery and enlightenment?

For me, spirituality means feeling like I have connection with the universe, a two-way communication with what’s going on outside of myself. But also being in touch with what’s happening inside me. It’s a language you have to pay attention to. Using your intuition and instincts and listening to your gut. That’s what the whole book is about.

Healing Hub is Here

Montecito couple Ragan and Alex Thomson – who began promoting weekend seminars conducted by transformational and conscious business coach Dale Halaway at a Goleta hotel more than two years ago – have opened a new center to host all their events in La Cumbre Plaza.

The Thomsons are hosting a grand opening celebration from 6 to 9 pm on Tuesday, September 19, featuring food, wine, music, chair massages, Body Wisdom tips, and more.

The Healing Hub, located at 121 S. Hope Avenue, suite D111B, will serve as seminar central for the Halaway weekends, including the upcoming “Master with Money” slated for September 29 to October 1, as well as the site for all of the Thomsons’ personal growth/spiritual endeavors – previously hosted at the couple’s Montecito estate – including periodic Meaningful Mondays, Wellness Wednesdays, Goddess Gatherings, “Networthing” seminars, Manifest Your Partner parties, and other events.

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The World Business Academy is honoring Dr. Deepak Chopra along with Santa Barbara Independent editor

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Marianne Partridge at the El Encanto on Sunday evening, September 17, and the mind-body expert will also speak at the New Vic Theater that same morning. Chopra, considered one of the foremost global thought leaders of our time, will attend the continental breakfast for a meet-andgreet at 10 am before talking about his updated and revised book Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/ Body Medicine, in discussion with Rinaldo Brutoco, the founder of the academy. An audience Q&A session follows. Tickets are $100 for the full event, or $50 for the 11 am to 12:30 pm discussion. Info at http://ensemblet heatre.com.

On Wednesday. September 20, Chopra joins Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now) for a free online webinar with the timely topic of “Awakening from the Illusion of Separateness: Spiritual Truths to Help Heal a Divided World.” The pair will provide simple shifts anyone can make to find and sustain a deeply authentic sense of peace and connection in an increasingly divided world. Details at www. chopra.com.

Offerings at the Soup

Nessi Gomes: Voice Bath + Concert, which takes place 7:30 to 10 pm this Thursday, September 14, at Yoga Soup, begins with a sound-healing session using toning, over-toning, chimes, and percussion to recharge and nourish the emotional, physical, and spiritual self in a meditative state. Then the British-Portuguese singer-songwriter offers selections from her debut album, Diamonds and Demons, to take listeners deeper into the mystery and majesty of musical medicine.

Authentic Relating with Deneen Elizabeth and Simon D’Arcy, at 7 pm on Friday, September 16, offers a laundry list of laudable opportunities including laughter, genuine connection, conversation beyond small talk, play, insights, sparks, challenges, and transformation.... Yoga Soup owner Eddie Ellner’s periodic Ecstatic Breathing experience takes place 7 pm Saturday, September 16. Info at www. yogasoup.com.

Retreat into Healing

September’s free Wednesday Retreat Day at La Casa de Maria brings former Hospice of Santa Barbara grief counselor Mary Ransom and colleague Valerie Moore, LCSW, to the Montecito center for “Traveling Courage Road: from Grief to Hope” on September 20. The leaders will offer a practical road map for a journey toward healing and a dose of art therapy and other creative ways to integrate the experience. Visit www. lacasademaria.org. •MJ 14 – 21 September 2017

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And I received this from another teacher colleague who lives in San Antonio: “All the men on our block who had a boat with a motor of any kind hooked up their boats and took off. One man drove to Fort Stockton to get a boat from a relative in the middle of the night. They are old guys, young guys, and middle-aged guys. They packed coolers full of food, bought bottled water, and took off. They are wading in dirty water full of alligators, snakes, and who knows what else.

Many took vacation time from their jobs. They simply joined together to do what needed to be done. They are sleeping in the back of their pickup trucks, and I am sure they are now hungry and tired. We expect them home tomorrow or the next day. They simply saw what needed to be done and organized themselves. I am certain they will all come home knowing they helped. I am sure they will simply say they “did it for Texas.”

While witnessing the tragedy of Hurricane Harvey from afar, I found it inspirational to view hundreds of pictures and videos of people helping other people, saving pets, et cetera. It wasn’t the government in action. It was common Americans using boats, rafts, vehicles that could move through water, delivering bags of food, medical supplies, not caring about political affiliation, race, color, religion, et cetera. Tragedy really shows Americans at their best.

And this while our representatives in Congress remained on vacation.

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He never got to see it.

Many friends, Marines, and Special Forces Soldiers who worked with or for me through the years returned home with the American Flag draped over their coffins.

Now I watch multi-millionaire athletes – who never did anything in their lives but play a game – disrespect what brave Americans fought and died for.

They are essentially spitting in the faces and on the graves of real men, men who have actually done something for this country beside playing with a ball and believing they’re something special.

They’re not! My Marines and soldiers are.

You are complicit in this. You’ll fine players for large and small infractions but you lack the moral courage and respect for our nation and the fallen to put an immediate stop to this. Yes, I know, it’s their First Amendment right to behave in such a despicable manner.

What would happen if they came out and disrespected you or the refs publicly?

I observed a player getting a personal foul for twerking in the end zone after scoring. I guess that’s much worse than disrespecting the flag and our national anthem.

Isn’t it the player’s First Amendment right to express himself like an idiot in the end zone?

Why is taunting not allowed, yet taunting America is okay? You fine players for wearing 9-11 commemorative shoes, yet you allow scum on the sidelines to sit, kneel, or pump their pathetic fists in the air. They are so deprived with their multi-million-dollar contracts for playing a freaking game.

You condone it all by your refusal to act. You’re just as bad and disgusting as they are. I hope Americans boycott

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Bill likens the new show, which he is currently funding himself, to the open venue at his Hollywood jazz club 2$ Dollar Bills in the ‘80s.

“John is highly skilled and an experienced interviewer, and we’ve been receiving very positive reviews from our most recent episode three.”

Bill has also been in discussions with Michael Ditmore, executive director of Novim at UCSB – which deals with the scientific study of global issues – about producing a series of one-hour shows using the Sand Box format, to discuss the achievements reached in the world sciences.

He would also like to create a comedy variety show.

Sour Grapes A protracted legal battle between the late Santa Barbara author Thomas Steinbeck and his stepsister, Waverly Scott Kaffaga, the daughter of The Grapes of Wrath writer John Steinbeck’s third wife, Elaine, has finally been settled with her being awarded $13 million.

Thomas, who died in August 2016, aged 72, and his widow, Gail, blocked lucrative planned movie adaptations

by Steven Spielberg and Jennifer Lawrence of East of Eden and The Grapes of Wrath, a federal court has decided.

Kaffaga claimed the author’s estate prevented her from making the most out of his copyright.

She sued Thomas’s estate, his widow, and their company.

“We are pleased with the jury’s verdict that recognizes the estate’s full control of the rights to John Steinbeck’s works,” she said in a statement. “The outcome upholds the estate’s mission of sharing his legacy with the world.

We are thankful to the members of the jury for their time and service.”

The lengthy lawsuit followed a decades-long dispute between Thomas and Kaffaga’s mother over control of the author’s works.

Thomas had lost most of the rounds in court, including a lawsuit he and the daughter of his late brother, John Steinbeck IV, brought that spurred Kaffaga to countersue in the current case.

A judge had already ruled the couple breached a contract with Kaffaga.

It was up to the Los Angeles jurors to decide if Thomas and Gail interfered with the deal and should pay up.

The jury decided last week in favor of Kaffaga on the remaining issue and awarded her $5.25 million in compensatory damages – plus $7.9 million in punitive damages.

Gail’s lawyer said she had never intentionally interfered in deals she and her husband would have benefitted from and that would have served their interest promoting the Nobel Prize winner’s legacy.

An attorney for Kaffaga said Gail caught wind of projects and then threatened movie makers that she and her husband had legal rights to the work and also cut secret side deals without notifying Kaffaga.

In one instance, Thomas secretly signed a $650,000 deal with DreamWorks to be an executive producer on a film remake of The Grapes of Wrath, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel starring Henry Fonda on the silver screen that won two Oscars.

Producers and directors later dropped the remakes because they feared litigation by the Steinbecks, Kaffaga’s attorney, Susan Kohlmann, claimed.

Matthew Berger, the lead defense attorney, noted Kaffaga was never adopted by John Steinbeck and was not one of his heirs. He said Thomas Steinbeck was a co-owner of his father ’s copyright and received royalties, which Gail estimated conservatively at $120,000 a year – and as much as $200,000 in some years.

Berger said Kaffaga’s claim had no merit and she wasn’t entitled to any damages because most movies optioned are never made and that estimated revenue from unproduced projects was speculation.

Taster’s Choice There was a lot of food for thought when, for the eighth year, the 36th annual Taste of the Town held its Connoisseurs Circle dinner for a record 240 guests at the Bacara 36 hours before the bustling sold-out Riviera Park Gardens fête featuring 70 food and wine vendors, which helped raise around $180,000 for the Arthritis Foundation and honored the legacy of the late developer, banker and philanthropist Michael Towbes.

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In Passing

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Remembering “A Writer’s Best Friend”

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s the entertainment world continues to mourn the loss of Jay Thomas, the comedian, actor, and radio personality who called Santa Barbara home for two decades and who died here last month, members of the Montecito community who had long relationships, both professional and personal, with Thomas are recalling fond times with the affable actor.

“I was really sad when I learned he passed,” said Cheri Steinkellner, who with her husband, Bill, served as writer-producers and eventually show-runners of Cheers, the long-running sitcom that gave Thomas one of his best-known roles as Eddie LeBeck, the professional hockey-playing husband of Rhea Pearlman’s Carla. “For us, he represented such an indomitable life force, that kind of pure energy of being alive.”

Working with Thomas was a pleasure, she recalled. “Jay always came into the room like a fireball,” she said.

“He was always energized. He was funny. And he was a writer’s best friend in that he made every joke funny. Even some things that weren’t jokes, he also made funny. We loved that because he made us look good!”

Steinkellner also gazed back with fondness at Thomas’s affability as an actor, and his willingness to take on whatever they dished up for his Cheers character. “Eddie was a hockey player who had fallen from being a sports celebrity to performing as a costumed penguin in an ice show. We had so much fun dressing him up all the time.

He was such a sport to do it all. He’d play both ends of the spectrum with all the hot-shot bravado but also the

sweetness. Jay hit every note – all of the swagger and all of the pathos.”

Beyond the professionalism, Steinkellner also appreciated Thomas’ upbeat personality. “He was very friendly. Not all actors who come onto a sound stage mingle with the writers.

A lot of them just hang with their own.

But Jay was a renaissance comic. He was an actor, a writer, and of course a personality as radio show host. So, he was a real connector.”

That was why Thomas was one of the first actors the Steinkellners considered when putting together the cast for their animated film Teacher’s Pet for Disney, turning to Thomas to voice Barry Anger, a character that was based on Jerry Springer. “We wanted Barry Anger to be really funny and a super-sensationalist. There was nobody else but Jay. We didn’t even want to hear anybody else,” Steinkellner recalled. “The movie didn’t do very well, so it was one of his little-known roles, but it’s one that we treasure and quote all the time, invoking his lines – that he wrote, but he made funny – for years and years.”

Fellow television writer-producers Robert and Prudence Sternin first came into contact with Thomas in 1990, when they were searching for an actor to portray Russell Meyer, the 40-something husband opposite actress Bess Armstrong for the Who’s the Boss and The Nanny veterans’ new series, Married People.

“We were having a tough time because (the actor) had to be good-looking, sexy, and funny, and also neurotic,” recalled Rob. “We kept bringing in people who just weren’t right. Then one night, we went out to dinner in Los Feliz where we lived at the time and were talking about what we should do, when we were distracted because there was this guy being a bit loud talking with his wife at the next table. We looked up and realized, ‘My God, it’s that guy from Cheers!

He’d be perfect.’ It was like something straight out of a sitcom.”

After casting him, they discovered they’d also landed a friend.

“He showed up at our doorstep right after, and said, ‘Hi, guys. I live

Jay Thomas passed away in August (photo by Sirab)

two blocks from you. We’re going to be friends for life,’” Rob recalled.

Indeed, while the series lasted little more than a season, the personal relationship endured, as the two couples socialized regularly right up until Thomas’s passing. “He was just one of those people you meet along the way that you keep as friends forever. Jay and (his wife) Sally were our age, our kids were the same age. And when the Sternins moved to Santa Barbara and later Montecito in the late 1990s, the Thomases followed close behind.

“We had a condo in Carpinteria when we first moved up here, and one day Jay called us up to come over to a house he was ‘visiting’ in Santa Barbara,” Pru recalled. “When we got there, he said, ‘Surprise! I bought a house here too. I told you we were gong to be lifelong friends!’”

The couples’ 27-year connection was often largely a bundle of laughs, over dinners and parties and even vacations, including a memorable one to Hawaii where Thomas took care of chartering a “boat” for a whale watching trip that turned out to be a rubber dinghy much smaller than a whale’s head.

“He was one of the funniest people I ever met,” Prudence noted. “I never laughed as hard with anyone else I ever worked with or spent time with anywhere.”

“Jay was never at a loss for words,” Rob agreed. “And they were always hilarious, even if they weren’t always socially appropriate. But he was a hoot. It was always fun to hang out with him because you never knew

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what was coming next.”

Added Prudence: “He said what you were thinking in a lot of situations, where you might want to be polite – but he would just say it. And you could do nothing but laugh, because he was always so funny. Especially if Sally wasn’t there to stop him.”

That winning personality easily translated to the work environment, as Rob related that even the other writers on Married People soon realized that Thomas was one of the go-to guys. “When you need a big joke in a scene, you could just have Jay say anything at all, and you knew it would be funny,” Rob remembered.

He added that Thomas was a joy to be around as an actor, because “he enjoyed doing what he was doing.

He never took himself very seriously.

(Doing TV and comedy) is hard work, and it was great to have someone like him around making sure everyone was having a good time.”

In addition to his abilities as an actor, comic, and storyteller – both in his long-running radio show and his annual visit to David Letterman’s late-night hour when Thomas would deliver his famous “Lone Ranger” story – Thomas could also coax comments out of his contemporaries, Prudence said.

“He was great at getting you to tell a story about yourself. Although he talked a lot, he was also a very good listener, very present in the moment.

He was one of those guys who always got people to say stuff. That’s why he was so good on the radio.”

Thomas’s ability to spin yarns forms the focus for one local arts organization’s planned tribute to the late actor at the beginning of 2018. Speaking of Stories – with whom Thomas made five appearances performing stories dating back to 2013 – will turn next January’s season-opening show, “Nothing But Laughs”, into an all-Jay Thomas night.

Artistic director Maggie Mixell, who also lives in Montecito, is booking some of Thomas’s fellow actor friends to read the same stories Thomas offered, as a tribute to the late actor. Mixell had cast Thomas in several stories, including one where the narrator gets his head stuck in a bannister just as his wife’s book club arrives, and another where the reader regrets leaving a snarky message on his neighbor’s answering machine – “like something close to the guy he was on the radio,” Mixell said – and is trying to break into her house to erase it.

“He was always very gracious and funnier than can be and just jumped right into any story I gave him,” she recalled. “He never fussed about anything and was always happy to do it. He was just a trooper. I’ll miss him.” •MJ 14 – 21 September 2017

LETTERS (Continued from page 31)

any sponsor who supports that rabble you call the NFL. I hope they turn off the TV when any team that allowed this disrespect to occur, without consequence, on the sidelines. I applaud those who have not.

Legends and heroes do not wear shoulder pads. They wear body armor and carry rifles.

They make minimum wage and spend months and years away from their families. They don’t do it for an hour on Sunday. They do it 24/7, often with lead, not footballs, coming in their direction. They watch their brothers carted off in pieces, not on a gurney to get their knee iced. They don’t even have ice. Many don’t have legs or arms.

Some wear blue and risk their lives daily on the streets of America. They wear fire helmets and go upstairs into the fire rather than down to safety. On 9-11, hundreds vanished.

They are the heroes.

I hope you and your highly paid protesting pretty boys look in that mirror when you shave and see what you really are: legends in your own minds. You need to hit the road and take those worms with you.

Time to change the channel.

Retired Marine colonel Jeffery Powers (Editor’s note: This letter was originally sent to former Florida congressman Allen West, who then posted it to his news website. Most recently, at least 18 NFL players had “protested” by either kneeling or sitting during the national anthem or raising their fists, according to USA Today Sports.)

What’s Wrong with Russia?

I’m writing in support of the terrific letter from Lidia Zinchenko on Russia (“A Liberal Wakeup Call”, MJ #23/35). It not only concurs with what I have heard from Russian émigrés, but is also supported by the epic writings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whom I consider to be, if not the, certainly one of the greatest writers the world has ever known. His most famous book, The Gulag Archipelago, is required reading by all high school students in Russia, as it should be

over here. He is/was greatly admired

by Vladimir Putin.

The naysayers of Ms Zinchenko’s letter, such as Robert l. Turner in last week’s (MJ #23/36) issue, in which he states that “By publishing her letter, together with your supportive editor’s note, you are both undercutting her ‘preferred’ Trump’s attempt to convince Americans that we would be better off if we got along with (today’s) Russia.” He makes it sound as though he prefers we did not get along with them without stating any reasons. I would like to ask him and anyone else, just what is wrong with getting along with Russia? Why do we always have to be at war with anyone and everyone all the time?

God help us all.

Larry Bond Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: It is weird, as many of the same people who advised us to embrace the Soviet Union during its 70-plus years of existence now castigate President Trump for promoting good relations with Putin’s Russia. The best course, it seems to me, is that while we don’t have to love him, we should certainly try to get along with him. – J.B.)

Slightly Befuddled

The usual suspects are saying Donald Trump has left the Republican Party and has become “a party of one.”

Huh? Ronald Reagan famously remarked: “I did not leave the Democrat Party, the Party left me.” Trump has not left the Republican Party, and most certainly not the base, which continues to turn out enthusiastically. Rather, the Congressional Republicans have left the people who voted for them. For eight years, they got money and votes on several promises, but this year went back on every one of those promises.

It is they who have left the Republican Party.

Smaller but equally treacherous, Republicans in Sacramento supported Jerry Brown’s cap and trade.

Huh? It has nothing to do with global warming and everything to do with raising money to spend on anything

but repairing the Oroville Dam. Just sign me...

Huh? Huh? Santa Barbara

Sue for False Arrest

I still say letting the security guard in Montecito’s Shopping Village arrest you and then suing for false arrest would change his lack of civility quickly (“Sending Wrong Message”, MJ #23/36). Just make sure you’ve checked everything out legally beforehand and have on hand a back-up driver should he then have your vehicle hauled off while the cops book you into jail for a short while. Be sure to name the guard individually (if possible), the security guard company, and the owners of the shopping center in the suit.

Per the high school student’s Summit Road/closed gate complaint “Open That Gate”, MJ #23/35), suggest that he learn how to do a permanent easement search... He can look up how to do so online, contact a law yers.com real estate attorney for help, or even go to the county law library for assistance.

Ben Burned Montecito

A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age; A billion days ago, no one walked on Earth on two feet; A billion dollars ago was only eight hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government spends money.

Fred Hayward Santa Barbara

Afraid of Change

Did Karl Marx stop by the MJ offices recently and slip his response to the 17-year-old’s letter past the copy editor (“Tear Down That Gate”, MJ # 23/35)?

Whatever happened to private property rights of both the owners of the upper village and the Montecito Country Club? Imagine the howls of indignation if some “liberal” suggested that the rules should be changed because they were inconvenienced!

My wife and I live on Summit Road, and in the past, we have enjoyed riding our bikes through the country club, up to Alston, and beyond. We were also disappointed that the gate was installed and access cut off, but if the owner of that property has decided to cut off public access for whatever reason, and there is no easement allowing such trespass, then so be it.

Just because things were a certain way in the past doesn’t guarantee they I used to surprise my friends by will always be that way in the future. telling them that 1 trillion seconds Appeal to the owner if you think there equaled 131,000 years, but the follow- are solid reasons that things shouldn’t ing is more to the point and it is too change, but don’t place blame on true to be funny: some shadowy “new moneyed politThe next time you hear a politi- ical class.” cian use the word “billion” in a casu“Who are those guys, Butch?!” al manner, think about whether you Bradley Dyruff want the politicians spending your Montecito tax money. A “billion” is a difficult (Editor’s note: All we were trying number to comprehend, so let’s put it to suggest is that many of Montecito’s into perspective: newly arrived have yet to develop a sense A billion second ago, it was 1959; of community that a special place such as A billion minutes ago, Jesus was this requires in order to remain special. – MontJournal_September13th'17_2:Layout 1 9/6/17 9:55 AM Page 1 alive; J.B.) •MJ

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Notice Inviting Bids Bid Number 5571 1.

Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Roof Repairs at Vic Trace Reservoir Project (“Project”), by or before Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted.

2.

Project Information.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at 740 Dolores Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109, with access from La Coronilla Drive and is described as follows: Provide equipment, materials and personnel as needed to clean, patch, caulk and repair the aluminum roofing in conformance with the attached specifications.

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 60 calendar days from the Notice to Proceed.

2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $100,000.

3.

License and Registration Requirements.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification(s): A or C-39.

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

4.

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

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of ten percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.

6.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

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

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

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

11.

Bidders’ Conference. A bidders’ conference will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at 1:30 p.m., at the following location: Vic Trace Reservoir, entrance driveway next to 1617 La Coronilla Dr. Santa Barbara CA 93109 for the purpose of acquainting all prospective bidders with the Contract Documents and the Worksite. The bidders’ conference is mandatory.

Any bidder who failed to attend the mandatory bidders’ conference will be disqualified from having their bid be considered for award.

By: ___________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung, CPM, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) September 6, 2017 2) September 13, 2017 END OF NOTICE INVITING BID

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NOTICE OF NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following persons have been nominated for the offices designated to be filled at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Santa Barbara on Tuesday, November 7, 2017.

For Mayor - Vote for 1 (no more than) Bendy White Hal Conklin Frank Hotchkiss Angel R. Martinez Cathy Murillo For Member of the City Council, District 4 - Vote for 1 (no more than) Jay D. Higgins James (Jim) Scafide Kristen Sneddon For Member of the City Council, District 5 - Vote for 1 (no more than) Eric Friedman Warner R. McGrew For Member of the City Council, District 6 - Vote for 1 (no more than) Gregg Hart Aaron Solis Jack Ucciferri

/s/___________________________ Sarah Gorman City Clerk Services Manager Publication Date: September 13, 2017

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Studio B, 108 West Mission Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Olcese Ventures, INC, 6540 Gobernador Canyon Rd, Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 22, 2017. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph

E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN No. 20170002364. Published September 13, 20, 27, October 4, 2017.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Spurs, 584 Dentro Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

Stephen J. Golden, 584 Dentro Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93111.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 7, 2017. This statement expires five 14 – 21 September 2017

Notice Inviting Bids

1.

Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for Bid No. 3747, the Lower Milpas Pedestrian Improvement Project (“Project”), by or before September 28, 2017, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

2.

Project Information.

CIUDAD DE SANTA BARBARA

2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located on South Milpas Street between Indio Muerto and Cabrillo Blvd and Calle Puerto Vallarta between South Milpas Street and Por La Mar Drive, and is described as follows: Installation of approximately 700 linear feet of sidewalk on S. Milpas Street, 565 linear feet of sidewalk on Calle Puerto Vallarta, and 210 linear feet of sidewalk on Corona Del Mar; reconstruction of seven driveway aprons; construction of five curb ramps; curb realignment of the north east corner of Por La Mar Drive and Corona Del Mar Drive; installation of pedestrian-scale lighting along S. Milpas Street and Calle Puerto Vallarta; installation of a new median south of the railroad crossing on S. Milpas Street south of Indio Muerto; installation of pedestrian channelization fences and tactile warning devices at S. Milpas Street rail crossing; construction of a new pervious asphalt parking lot at 335 S. Milpas Street; construction of bio-retention basins; installation of landscaping improvements; signing and striping; and electrical improvements, complete and in place.

2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 95 working days from the effective date of Notice to Proceed.

2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project is: $1,092,000.

3.

License and Registration Requirements.

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

4.

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

5.

Bid Security. The Bid Proposal must be accompanied by bid security of 10 percent of the maximum bid amount, in the form of a cashier’s or certified check made payable to City, or a bid bond executed by a surety licensed to do business in the State of California on the Bid Bond form included with the Contract Documents. The bid security must guarantee that, within ten days after City’s issuance of the notice of award of the Contract, the bidder will execute the Contract and submit the payment and performance bonds, insurance certificates and endorsements, and all other documentation required by the Contract Documents.

6.

Prevailing Wage Requirements.

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

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

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

By: ___________________________________

Date: ________________

William Hornung, C.P.M, General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) September 6, 2017 2) September 13, 2017 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

14 – 21 September 2017

Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well. – George R.R. Martin

NOTIFICACIÓN DE LOS CANDIDATOS PARA LOS CARGOS PÚBLICOS SE DA AVISO de que se han designado las siguientes personas para los cargos públicos que serán cubiertos en la Elección Municipal General que se llevará a cabo en la Ciudad de Santa Bárbara el martes 7 de noviembre del 2017.

Para Alcalde - Vote por uno (no más de) Bendy White Hal Conklin Frank Hotchkiss Angel R. Martinez Cathy Murillo Para Miembro del Concejo Municipal, Distrito 4 - Vote por uno (no más de) Jay D. Higgins James (Jim) Scafide Kristen Sneddon Para Miembro del Concejo Municipal, Distrito 5 - Vote por uno (no más de) Eric Friedman Warner R. McGrew Para Miembro del Concejo Municipal, Distrito 6 - Vote por uno (no más de) Gregg Hart Aaron Solis Jack Ucciferri

/s/_____________________ Sarah Gorman Secretaria Municipal Fechada: 13 de Septiembre del 2017

years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2017-0002232.

Published August 30, September 6, 13, 20, 2017.

F I C T I T I O U S B U S I N E S S NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Midnite Sun, 958 Cocopah Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Nurit

Ruckenstein, 958 Cocopah Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 15, 2017. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tania Paredes-Sadler. FBN No. 2017-0002299.

Published August 23, 30, September 6, 13, 2017.

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID 3820 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3820 for the HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (HSIP) TRAFFIC SIGNALS UPGRADES – PHASE II will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 P.M., Thursday, October 5, 2017, 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, “HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (HSIP) TRAFFIC SIGNALS UPGRADES – PHASE II, Bid No. 3820".

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: installation of new traffic signal head assemblies, pedestrian signal assemblies, traffic control equipment, etc.

The work includes, but is not limited to, mobilization, bonds, insurance, and incidentals per the project plans and specifications. The Engineer’s estimate is $185,000. Each bidder must have a Class A or C10 license with traffic signal experience to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

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 Behdad Gharagozli, Project Engineer II, 805-560-7522.

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 advised that this project is a Federal-Aid Construction project and the Contractor shall agree to all requirements, conditions, and provisions set forth in the specification book issued for bidding purposes entitled “Proposal and Contract.” Attention is directed to Appendix B of the “Proposal and Contract” specification book for federal requirements and conditions, as well as documents required to be submitted with this proposal request. This project is subject to the “Buy America” provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 as amended by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts.

Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this Project, available at the City of Santa Barbara, General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and available from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. The Federal minimum wage rates for this Project as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in the specifications and in copies of these specifications that may be examined at the offices described above where project plans, special provisions, and bid forms may be seen. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of these specifications. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates.

Attention is directed to the Federal minimum wage requirements in the specification book entitled “Proposal and Contract.” Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of the “Proposal and Contract” specification books. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates.

If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and Subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The City of Santa Barbara will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes “helper” (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage determination otherwise available for use by the Contractor and Subcontractors, the Contractor and Subcontractors shall pay not less than the Federal Minimum wage rate which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question.

Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

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

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.

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

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

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.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a toll-free “hotline” service to report bid rigging activities. Bid rigging activities can be reported Mondays through Fridays, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Telephone No. 1-800-424-9071. Anyone with knowledge of possible bid rigging, bidder collusion, or other fraudulent activities should use the “hotline” to report these activities. The “hotline” is part of the DOT’s continuing effort to identify and investigate highway construction contract fraud and abuse and is operated under the direction of the DOT Inspector General. All information will be treated confidentially and caller anonymity will be respected.

Bidders are hereby advised that there is a goal specified for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) for this contract of 4%. Bidders must meet this goal or demonstrate that adequate good faith efforts to meet this goal have been made as outlined in Appendix B, Section 1.b.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA William Hornung, C.P.M.

PUBLISHED: Montecito Journal September 13 and 20, 2017

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 29)

providing office lunch orders, movie set catering, holiday party catering, and more. For more information, visit www.montecitodeli.us, or call 9693717. Montecito Deli is located at 1150 Coast Village Road.

Motorcycle police presence continues along Coast Village, with Santa Barbara City police officers cruising up and down the road multiple times per week. One of the main goals of the police presence is to deter drivers from using the parking zones as thoroughfares to bypass traffic on Coast Village Road.

ShelterBox in Summerland

Summerland-based charity ShelterBox, an international relief organization that provides immediate assistance to victims of disasters,

deployed volunteer teams and supplies in Texas following Hurricane Harvey, and this week, sent more help to Florida and the Caribbean islands in response to Hurricane Irma.

We spoke with the president of ShelterBox USA, Kerri Murray, who runs the Summerland branch of the company, located at the QAD facility.

Murray was in Houston earlier this month responding to the devastation left by Hurricane Harvey.

Founded in 2000, the organization, which is the official project partner of Rotary International, has helped hundreds of thousands of families displaced by disasters. ShelterBox deploys volunteers and much-needed supplies, including its Shelter-in-aShelter humanitarian tents. The tents serve as critically needed private spaces for health care, lactation stations, AA meeting locations, and plac-

es of worship at large public shelters.

“These people have no privacy, and the tents give them a little dignity,” Murray said.

ShelterBox also distributes other non-food items, including blankets, solar lights, groundsheets, and school kits, as well as temporary roof kits and tool kits to help victims rebuild their homes after tornadoes.

“We really prioritize the most vulnerable and the most displaced, offering them shelter in their time of need,” she added.

The company has offices in Summerland, as well as in Sarasota, Florida. “As Florida prepared for an unprecedented and catastrophic event, we were prepared to respond with Shelter-in-a-Shelter tents, solar lights, blankets, groundsheets, and additional support. Our proximity makes it especially key with supplies

and a response team ready for deployment, as needed,” Murray said.

ShelterBox is able to deploy aid to so many countries around the world with the help of a network of volunteers. “We have a disaster-relief training program where we train civilian volunteers from all walks of life. One in thirty people will pass the training program and become a ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) member. These individuals are highly trained in emergency management and work on the frontlines with our operations staff to conduct assessments, deploy ShelterBox aid, and monitor and evaluate the impact the ShelterBox aid provided,” Murray said.

To donate, volunteer, or partner with ShelterBox USA, or to learn more about the organization, visit www. shelterboxusa.org.

•MJ

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider an appeal filed by Natalia Govoni, on behalf of Citizens for Livable Neighborhoods, of the Planning Commission’s approval of a Coastal Development Permit, Development Plan, and Transfer of Existing Development Rights for 926 Indio Muerto; APN No. 017-284-003 (MST2014-00415). The project site is in the C-2 (Commercial) and SD-3 (Coastal Overlay) Zones with a Local Coastal Plan Designation of General Commerce.

The project involves demolishing all existing development on-site and constructing a 62,541 square foot, 45-foot tall, four-story hotel development with 111 rooms and a 28,646 square foot parking garage with 121 spaces, on a 38,122 square foot lot in the Non-Appealable Jurisdiction of the City's Coastal Zone.

If you challenge the Council's action on the appeal of the Planning Commission's decision in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.

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

On Thursday, September 21, 2017, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library.

Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov; under Most Popular, click on Council Agenda Packet. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. Each televised Council meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncilVideos.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE OF DROP-OFF CENTERS

CIUDAD DE SANTA BÁRBARA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the General Municipal Election to be held in the City of Santa Barbara on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, 1.

There shall be 4 Drop-Off Centers.

2.

That the Drop-Off Centers shall be the places designated below and the language(s) other than English in which assistance will be provided.

NOTIFICACIÓN DE LOS CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN

Drop-Off Center Description: Drop-Off Center Address: Accessible to Handicapped: Assistance will be provided in: Drop-Off Center Description: Drop-Off Center Address: Accessible to Handicapped: Assistance will be provided in: Drop-Off Center Description: Drop-Off Center Address: Accessible to Handicapped: Assistance will be provided in: Drop-Off Center Description: Drop-Off Center Address: Accessible to Handicapped: Assistance will be provided in:

Franklin Neighborhood Center, Multipurpose Room 1136 E. Montecito Street, Santa Barbara, 93103 Yes Spanish Harding Elementary School, Room 1 1625 Robbins St., Santa Barbara, 93101 Yes Spanish First Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Room 21 East Constance Ave, Santa Barbara, 93105 Yes Spanish City of Santa Barbara, City Hall (Lobby) 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, 93101 Yes Spanish

The drop-off centers will be open on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. The drop-off center located at the City of Santa Barbara, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, will also be open on Saturday, September 4, 2017, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

(SEAL) /s/ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager September 13, 2017

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/s/__________________________________ Sarah Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager Publication date: September 13, 2017

Watching the summer close is like watching a good kid die for no apparent reason. – Darnell Lamont Walker

POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO de que en la Elección Municipal General que se habrá de llevar a cabo en la Ciudad de Santa Bárbara el martes, 7 de noviembre del 2017, 1.

Habrá 4 centros de votación 2.

Que los centros de votación para los respectivos precintos serán los centros designados, y los idiomas hablado por cada oficial electoral.

Centro de votación:

Franklin Neighborhood Center, Sala de Multipropósitos Dirección: 1136 E. Montecito Street, Santa Bárbara 93103 Accesible para personas discapacitadas: Si Idioma(s) hablado(s): Español Centro de votación:

Harding Elementary School, Salón 1 Dirección: 1625 Robbins Street, Santa Barbara, 93101 Accesible para personas discapacitadas: Si Idioma(s) hablado(s): Español Centro de votación:

First Presbyterian Church, Sala de Comunión Dirección: 21 East Constance Ave, Santa Barbara, 93105 Accesible para personas discapacitadas: Si Idioma(s) hablado(s): Español Centro de votación:

Ayuntamiento de Santa Barbara (en el Área de Recepción) Direction: 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Bárbara, 93101 Accesible para personas discapacitadas: Si Idioma(s) hablado(s): Español Los centros de votación estarán abiertos el martes, 7 de noviembre del 2017 entre las 7:00 a.m. y 8:00 p.m. El Ayuntamiento de Santa Bárbara también estará abierto el sábado, 4 de noviembre del 2017, entre las 8:00 a.m. y 5:00 p.m.

/s/____________________________________ Sarah Gorman, CMC Secretaria Municipal Fechada: septiembre 13, 2017

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THE HITCHCOCK CINEMA & PUBLIC HOUSE 371 Hitchcock Way

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8 W. De La Guerra Place

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REBEL IN THE RYE

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LOGAN LUCKY

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Youth is Served After the exciting end of the highgoal season at the Santa Barbara Polo Club, it was time for the youth to shine on the impeccably manicured fields at the Carpinteria club.

The U.S. Polo Association staged

Sides Effect It may have been 4,000 miles away, but Irma, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record with wind speeds up to 180 mph, has had its impact in our rarefied enclave.

Multi-Grammy Award-winning record producer Allen Sides, who turned the former Brooks Academy into a charming personal estate, has lost his recording studio on the normally idyllic Caribbean island of St. Barth, I learn.

Allen had a studio at Eden Rock, owned by friends David and Jane Matthews, whose hedge-fund investor son, James, married the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister, Pippa, earlier this year.

“The buildings are still standing, but it is in ruins,” Allen’s wife, Anne, tells me.

“Our beautiful studio, which was in a downstairs area, was filled with water and is a complete loss. It is so

(R)

THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (R)

LIVE EVENTS: NO FILM

Yachts Happening A tidal wave of generosity swept over the Santa Barbara Yacht Club for the 13th annual Yachts of Love regatta, which was expected to raise more than $120,000 for the 109-yearold Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care from the record 400 guests.

The nautical jolly, which since its inception more than a decade ago, has raised more than $1.3 million, was chaired by staff commodore Francie Lufkin, who describes it as “a great community effort.”

Before the first gun started the races, harbor boats did a ceremonial “Water Dance” complete with fire hoses, to send the 30-plus racers on their way.

Among those enjoying the day on the Pacific waves were Bill and Trish Davis, Roger and Sarah Chrisman, Bill and Shari Guilfoyle, Bud and Sigrid Toye, John and Teresa Koontz, Robyn Parker, Bob and Gail Young, and Tony and Sabrina Papa.

VNHC cares for about 12,000 people annually, either at home or in Serenity House, which had 255 residents last year.

its fifth annual National Youth Tournament Series Championship with Bishop Diego student Cory Williams, recent graduate Jake Klentner, who is now attending SMU in Dallas, Texas, and Bayne Bossom, son of Carpinteria Old Etonian equestrian Andrew Bossom, in the East vs West Coast Challenge featuring some of the best female and male players in America, with two boys and two girls on each team chosen from 400 participants.

Jake, son of polo patron Justin Klentner and wife Amanda Masters, was one of 16 players selected from across the country to play in the fourteam national championship. He was on the Zone 1 team with Harrison Azzaro, Conrad Kissling, and Sloan Stefanakis representing Hawaii, the Pacific coast and the Rocky Mountains, coming in third place.

Cory and Bayne were joined

by Athena Malin from Indio and Grayson Price from Houston representing the West Coast team and were victorious 11-5, with Bain earning MVP honors and Cory winning the Best Playing Pony with her mount, Blanca.

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ARLINGTON

Auctioneer Mark Drilling, at Gatling gun pace, sold off a host of goodies, including a Dom Perignon tasting experience for 12 for $5,500, diamond, pearl and gold earrings by Montecito jeweler Daniel Gibbings for $2,000, and a week-long Paris and Normandy Seine river cruise for $6,500.

Among the tsunami of guests were Anne Towbes, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Janet Garufis, David Edelman, Terry Ryken, Chuck and Margarita Lande, Mara Abboud, John Palminteri, Diane MacFarlane, Michal Wiesbrock, Jacques Habra, Laura Kath, Chris Cooper, George Leis, and Richard Yates and Tina Takaya, fest co-chairs.

Daily: 2:20 5:10 8:00 (PG-13)

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The winning West team of the East vs West Challenge includes from left: coach Jesse Bray, Grayson Price, Bayne Bossom, Athena Malin, Cory Williams (a Bishop Diego senior), and coach Tiger Kneece (photo courtesy U.S. Polo Association photo)

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tional programs for area children at the Granada in January.

Pablo has appeared with orchestras in more than 30 countries and performed numerous world premieres, including Rounds by five-time Oscarwinning composer John Williams.

Fond Farewell On a personal note, I mark the passing of the affable and charming Dwight Coffin, who has gone to more heavenly pastures at the age of 79.

Over the years, I was a frequent Richard Mineards on Sir Richard Branson’s private Caribbean island, Necker

sad, but we are relieved our wonderful friends and staff there are safe.”

Another friend, Virgin Atlantic tycoon Sir Richard Branson, suffered a major impact from Irma on his privately owned paradise Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands where I have stayed.

As he and staff hid in the concrete-lined wine cellar, Mother Nature at its worst wreaked havoc on his Balinese-style Great House and surrounding property, totally destroying the idyllic retreat.

KEYT anchor Joe Buttitta who was honeymooning in Cuba with his wife, weathercaster Kelsey Gerckens, narrowly escaped the meteorological conflagration, catching a flight out two days before the hurricane hit.

visitor to his Montecito Valley Ranch home with his late wife, Tina, for Ensemble Theatre events, of which he was president, as well as being a docent at the Museum of Art, a sponsor at the Music Academy of the West, and an active member of All Saints by-the-Sea. I last saw him at a performance of the symphony. A delightful individual.

Sightings: Former Charlie’s Angel Jaclyn Smith checking out The Honor

Bar....Jon Hamm of Mad Men getting his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond...Bo Derek masticating at Tre Lune Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal.

To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301. •MJ

PAGE YOUTH CENTER WINTER BASKETBALL LEAGUE

Strings Attached

Boys and Girls 1st Grade to 8th Grade Evaluations/Drafts in November, Practices/Games start in December and ends by March 16th Separate boys and girls divisions – League Divided by grades 1st-8th Register online at www.pageyouthcenter.org Monday-Fri. 9 Am-4Pm

Fee for the season is $215.00, after Oct 15th $235.00 Pablo Sainz Villegas, SB Symphony’s first artist-in-residence

Spanish classical guitar virtuoso Pablo Sainz Villegas is the Santa Barbara Symphony’s inaugural artist-in-residence.

Pablo, who captivated local audiences at the Granada in a pair of electrifying concerts to conclude the symphony’s 2015-16 season, will rejoin the talented musicians for Joaquin Rodrigo’s sensuous Concierto de Arnjuz, as well as Isaac Albeniz’s evocative Souvenirs of Spain on November 18-19.

He will also perform a solo concert at the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara on November 16 and present educa14 – 21 September 2017

Last official day to sign up is October 15th by 11:59 PM Scholarships available for those that qualify

“PYC - The Place To Be” Visit us online at www.pageyouthcenter.org call (805) 967-8778 or visit 4540 Hollister Ave, Goleta CA 93110

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

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Book ‘em – Planned Parenthood’s 43rd annual Mary Jane McCord Book Sale is the largest in the area ranging from Ventura to San Luis Obispo counties, with used books covering more than 40 categories and genres. Expect large offerings in such sections as cookbooks, science fiction and fantasy novels, mysteries and detective stories, theater and other arts, psychology and self-help, travel guides, romance novels, and coffee table gift books. Parents will be pleased to discover that the children’s book section is one of the most extensive. There are so many donated books, in fact, that new items are placed out on the tables and shelves every day. Proceeds help support Planned Parenthood California Central Coast, a nonprofit that provides family-planning, sex education, and preventive health care throughout the region. As always, the event kicks off with an opening night preview sale and reception, the only time admission is charged, as attendees not only get first crack at this year’s offerings of thousands of titles but also enjoy wine and appetizers. For bargain hunters, everything is at least half-off on the final day, Sunday, September 24. WHEN: Opening party 5 to 9 tonight; sale continues daily WHERE: Earl Warren Showgrounds, 3400 N. Calle Real COST: free ($25 tonight) INFO: 722-1517 or www.booksale. ppcentralcoast.org FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Velkommen to Little Denmark – Although Solvang was founded as

a Danish-style village back in 1911, it wasn’t until 10 years after Danish Days began to mark the town’s quarter-century that The Saturday Evening Post magazine visited during the festival and wrote an article that put Solvang on the national map. The 1947 story praised the “spotless Danish village that blooms like a rose in California’s charming Santa Ynez Valley (where) old country charm and customs have been successfully fused with the American way of life.” Seventy years later, it’s still pretty much the same, as the threeday festival celebrates Solvang’s heritage with authentic food, music, dancing, parades, live entertainment, and family activities. Just like Santa Barbara’s Summer Solstice weekend, the three-day festival is centered around a parade, Saturday evening’s Torchlight Parade, during which candle-bearing participants of all ages march down the village’s main drag, Alisal Road, to wind up at the Midgaard Pavilion Stage in Solvang Park. That’s where the official Opening Ceremonies take place, including the introduction of 2017 Danish Maid Gabrielle Heron, plus Velkommen Street Dance and a short story narrated by Randel McGee as Hans Christian Andersen. Other highlights include chainsaw carver George Kenny creating wooden sculptures, the annual Æbleskiver Breakfasts and Æbleskiver Eating Contest and Viking Encampments.

WHEN: today to Sunday WHERE: 1623 Mission Drive, Solvang COST: free INFO: 686-9386 or www.solvangdanishdays.org SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Handel with Care – The phrase “That’s what she said” is usually used in context to a misogynistic or at least

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Camerata Kickoff – Santa Barbara’s famed chamber music ensemble Camerata Pacifica goes for intensity and passion right from the getgo in the season opening concert at its home base of Hahn Hall. Prokofiev’s neo-classical Sonata for Flute & Piano in D Major Op. 94 gives way into the Camerata-commissioned String Trio by John Harbison that is already considered a paragon of form and counterpoint despite being premiered only three years ago.

That piece leads into the heart of the opening program, Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No 2 in E Minor Op. 67, a searing and unrelentingly gripping work in which Shostakovich used Jewish thematic material as World War II intensified, including a macabre dance as part of the final movement to evoke the harrowing account of Jews held in concentration camps being forced to dance on the graves they had just dug. Reports are that cellist Ani Aznavoorian broke her bow during rehearsal for the trio, so expect intensity and commitment. WHEN: 7:30 m WHERE: Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $56INFO: 884-8410 or www.cameratapacifica.org

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by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Blues to the Brim – Fill up blues, R&B, and Zydeco music over in Ojai at the 24th annual Bowlful of Blues at Libbey Bowl. The much-acclaimed Lafayette, Louisiana, band Nathan & the Zydeco Cha-Chas headline in an exclusive West Coast engagement, returning to the festival they first played as an opening act way back in 1991, just a handful of years after Nathan Williams formed the band. In the interim, Williams was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and honored with the Zydeco Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, while the Cha-Chas have been voted the top festival band in the country and have won the Big Easy Award for Best Zydeco Band for several years running. Also appearing at this year’s fest are Morganfield Burnett & Da Blues, Raw Silk, the Gypsy Blues Band with special guest Bill Flores, and Cody LePow, while comedian Denise Carter serves as event emcee. Arts, crafts and blues music booths, plus Cowboy John’s Smoken BBQ, L&T Catering, plus All-American Softy food trucks, and beer and wine from Firestone round out the offerings from the locally produced nonprofit concert that benefits programs providing music education and musical instruments for local youth. WHEN: 4 to 9:30 pm WHERE: Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal Ave., Ojai COST: $40 in advance, $45 at the gate ($20 for youth ages 7-15, free for children 6 and under; $100 VIP tickets include select seating, reserved parking, VIP lounge with super premium wine and beer, complimentary snacks, and exclusive artist access) INFO: 836-4665 or www.bowlfofblues.org

suggestive reference, but in the hands of admittedly sassy singer-songwriterguitarist Ali Handal – who chose the phrase as the title for her new album, released earlier this month – it’s a hallmark of confidence and an upfront attitude of fearlessness. Handel’s sultry, groove-filled songs cover such standard topics as life and live, but also touch upon her love for cats and such issues as surviving cancer, all delivered with clever rhymes and sly grins. Sex and the City and Dawson’s Creek are just two of the hit TV shows that have used her songs, while Handel has also provided backing vocals for Neil Young and shared the stage with songwriting legend Paul Williams as his featured vocalist, plus the self-described “bad ass” penned Guitar for Girls, a guitar method book featuring advice for aspiring female musicians. Catch her current cravings when she appears at SOhO tonight on a double-bill with Jamie Green, the indie pop singersongwriter whose family were part of the Big Band era 1960s Girl Group eras.

WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 INFO: 962-7776 or www. sohosb.com The Case for Baker – Don’t start questioning your memory if Sam Baker’s name doesn’t ring a bell. The Austinbased singer-songwriter has only released five albums in his 14-year career, which began the year before he turned 50. That’s because Baker was gravely injured back in 1986, when a terrorist attack on a train in Peru killed seven passengers and left

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him with brain damage, a cut artery, and blown-in eardrums. After re-teaching himself to play his guitar left-handed, Baker left behind a career in finance to start creating songs that, until recently, featured lyrics pared down to their essence – inspired by such writers as Ken Kesey, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway – over a spare backdrop of folk-rock instruments in chamber-music settings. But for Land of Doubt, which came out last June, Baker recorded in Nashville and employed Don Mitchell 1950s-jazz trumpet playing blended with the sustained guitar textures of Will Kimbrough (producer/guitarist for Rodney Crowell and Todd Snider) and took up the electric guitar for the first time. In a truly inspired Sings Like Hell pairing, Baker shares the bill with Peter Case, the title of whose 1993 solo album of covers of mostly obscure blues, folk, and R&B songs Peggie Jones borrowed for her revolutionary subscription monthly pop music and singersongwriter series at the Lobero Theatre.

Case played the premier SLH show 21 years ago. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $40 in advance, $45 at the door INFO: 963-0761 or www. lobero.com Feed the Funk – Comedy, cousins, and community form the core of the 5th annual benefit concert sponsored by the Young Adult Division of the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara. The Fed’s Teen Comedy Club is not only the beneficiary of proceeds from the six-hour event at SOhO, they’re also the opening act, as emcee Louise Palanker aids some of her students in warming up the dinner-time crowd, followed by comedy

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Citrus Celebration – Goleta still had plenty of lemon groves, and cityhood barely registered as a dream back when the California Lemon Festival began a quarter-century ago. What was always the biggest celebration in the Goleta area has grown to where it’s now outpaced by few other such events in the region, just perhaps the annual California Advocado Festival in Carpinteria, which takes place next month. Held at Girsh Park, which was just a private tract ready for development back before Costco and the Marketplace arrived, the festival features food, a fantastic family atmosphere, and a variety of entertainment and activities that encompass the Goleta Fall Classic Car and Street Rod Show and Safety Street, where you can meet the first responders and check out their vehicles. Among the don’t-miss offerings are the pie-eating contests, a myriad of bouncy houses, laser tag, miniature golf, and more than a dozen bands and other performers from opening to closing. So, come and squeeze out some fun, and no sour grapes about orchards becoming one-family homes. WHEN: 10 am to 6 pm today, 10 am to 5 pm tomorrow WHERE: 7050 Phelps Road, Goleta COST: free INFO: 967-2500 or www. lemonfestival.com

headliner Tom Clark, the Cate School Jazz Band, Notes for Notes© Jazz Villains, and the current Teen Star Santa Barbara. At 9 pm, SOhO transforms into adults-only nightclub as The Big Whoo, composer and producer John Whoolilurie’s Santa Barbara-based band, hits the stage followed by the Distant Cousins, comprising three songwriters-producers-performers who are also cousins to one another. Meanwhile, silent auction tables offer items and experiences donated by local businesses, restaurants, wineries, artisans, and others – and, as always, all the money raised goes to local teen arts and music mentorship programs. WHEN: 6:30 pm to midnight WHERE: 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 in advance, $20 at the door INFO: 9627776 or www.sohosb.com SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Hitting a Homer on Stage – In

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the Odyssey Project, incarcerated teens at Los Prietos Boys Camp partner with UCSB students supported by a team of artists and mentors including a mask maker, an aikido instructor, a poet, and a mime/movement specialist. Using the template of Homer’s Odyssey, the participants explore the mythic elements in their own lives to reconstruct the epic poem in their own voices. The project is designed to honor youth in identifying their heroic life mission and map a course of action, employing theater arts as a strategy for inspiring lifeaffirming choices. Today’s public performance serves to underscore that everyone on the creative journey is a hero or heroine. More info at www. theaterdance.ucsb.edu/projects/ odyssey. WHEN: 2 pm WHERE: Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, upstairs in the mall COST: $20 INFO: 963-0408 or www.

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LA/LA Land – Valeska Soares: Any Moment Now at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art marks the launching of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA in Santa Barbara, the local leg of the far-reaching exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles that takes place through January. Led by the Getty Museum, the initiative is a collaboration of arts institutions across Southern California – more than 70 from San Diego to Santa Barbara – which are collaborating on a series of thematically linked exhibitions and programs to highlight different aspects of Latin American and Latino art from the ancient world to the present day. The Soares show, her first solo museum exhibition in the Western United States, is a major, mid-career survey of work by the contemporary artist bringing together 49 works, comprised of installation, sculpture, photography, and video, dating from the early 1990s to the present. As part of today’s opening, Soares will conduct a conversation with co-curators Julie Joyce and Vanessa Davidson from 2:30 to 4 pm. Also opening today as part of Pacific Standard Time Santa Barbara is “Guatemala from 33,000 km: Contemporary Art, 1960 – Present”, which goes on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, and the Community Arts Workshop. Visit www.sbma.net/ pstsb for details. WHEN: Today to December 31 WHERE: 1130 State Street COST: free with museum admission INFO: 963-4364 or www.sbma.net

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

$18,750,000 | 3443 Padaro Ln, Carpinteria | 4BD/4½BA MK Properties/Kathleen Winter | 805.565.4014/451.4663

$108,000,000 | Las Varas Ranch, Gaviota Coast | 1800± acs (assr) Kerry Mormann | 805.689.3242

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

$13,500,000 | 1050 Cold Springs Rd, Montecito | 7BD/8BA Nancy Kogevinas | 805.450.6233

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$4,650,000 | 805 Knapp Dr, Montecito | 4BD/5BA Daniel Encell | 805.565.4896

$3,850,000 | 2118 Mt Calvary Rd, Riviera | 4BD/4½BA Daniel Encell/Laurel Abbott | 805.565.4896/455.5409

$3,250,000 | Freesia Dr, Summerland | 3BD/3½BA MK Properties | 805.565.4014

$3,250,000 | 2320 Sycamore Canyon Rd, Montecito | 4BD/2BA Jason Streatfeild | 805.280.9797

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