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HAVING A BALL Village Beat
Stop signs to become permanent on Coast Village Road; other traffic improvements planned, p. 12
Miscellany
New memoir The Fixer speculates about Oprah and Michael Bloomberg in 2020, p. 6
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Santa Barbara Symphony artistic director Nir Kabaretti and executive director Kevin Marvin, along with co-chairs Anne Smith Towbes and Janet Garufis, get in tune for The Symphony Ball, slated for Friday, October 19, at Hilton Beachfront Resort; the symphony’s 65th anniversary season kicks off with concerts – including Rhapsody in Blue and American Rhapsody – October 20-21. (STORY ON P. 18)
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 On Sanitation
Woody Barrett, who has resided in Montecito for upward of 18 years, explains why he’s a candidate for Board of Directors of the Montecito Sanitary District
6 Miscellany Seamlessly Integrated Electronic Systems Home Automation Audio/Video Lighting Control Motorized Shades Home Theaters Enterprise-Class Networking / WiFi High-End Security Systems Surveillance Design / Build Crestron Expert Lutron Specialist Serving Santa Barbara for 27 years
Wynton Marsalis; Oprah Winfrey; State Street Ballet; Choral Society; Unity Shoppe; The Lark; Gwyneth’s Goop; Katy Perry; Beverley Jackson; design and spirit gala; author Catharine Riggs; Rob Lowe; Zsa Zsa’s home; and Opera SB
8 Letters to the Editor
A multitude of missives from Journal readers including Steve Marko, George Emerson, Diana Thorn, the Yunglings, Guy Strickland, Paulina Conn, H.T. Bryan, John Venable, Richard Nordlund, and many more
10 This Week
Gold Ribbon lunch; poetry; Fall Forward; Spanish group; Harvest Crush; fishermen; lawn bowling; Lotusland; book signing; 805; Cold Spring School; MA meeting; library; MBAR; knitting; Walk & Roll; SB Reads; Creepy Creatures; music club; brain; art; story time; Italian; Carp arts; wine/cheese; farmers market; plus Cars & Coffee
Tide Guide 11 Bob Hazard
Bob Hazard outlines election topics, chiefly Montecito Sanitary District Board, recycled water in SB County, discord vs cooperation, and what to expect
12 Village Beat
Kelly Mahan Herrick reports on Coast Village traffic and the new Compass office on Coast Village Road
13 On The Sanitation Front
Judy Ishkanian expounds on the need for civil life’s essential services, primarily safe water and wastewater – with a plan that includes a solid financial foundation
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Lynda Millner reports on BIA’s Festival of Flavors; SEE International sees the light; and Habitat for Humanity’s Heroes Celebration
18 On Music
Santa Barbara Symphony’s artistic director Nir Kabaretti provides an inside look at the Symphony Ball, slated for Friday, October 19, at Hilton Beachfront Resort
21 Montecito Easy
What’s cooking: Jane Walker Wood stirs the pot with another recipe, that of Hoomos (not hummus) Tahini, courtesy of the late Virginia Orfalea
22 Your Westmont
Author Daniel Kahneman speaks November 2; orchestra explores immigration; and researchers use a high-tech research to examine Alzheimer’s
23 Spirituality Matters
Steven Libowitz chronicles Bodhi Path SB; Dawa Tarchin Phillips; practice group; Mindful Leadership; Silent Sitting; and Lamara Heartwell’s one-day journeys
24 Microbubbling
Mitchell Kriegman is talkin’ about a revolution – one that hasn’t transpired – when it comes to boys who are thoughtful and genuine and appropriate
Behind The Vine
When in Rome? Hana-Lee Sedgwick spells out the menu for the SB Natural History Museum’s “Feast of Apicius” on the table for Saturday, October 20
25 Brilliant Thoughts
Listen up: Ashleigh Brilliant turns the old saying “talk your ear off” by dissecting the history of human ears – or lack thereof. Hear hear!
27 Heal the Ocean
Hillary Hauser supplies the details of HTO’s recent study chronicling a source of potential water for California that relates to plans for recycled water
33 Fitness Front
Shape up: Karen Robiscoe runs down Petra Beumer, cognitive behavioral therapist and health coach who founded SB’s Mindful Eating Institute
35 Calendar of Events
Perdido Arts Project; Pianos on State; grand openings; Soweto choir; Avocado Fest; Jim Gaffigan; Jonah Goldberg; Preet Bharara; and Michael McDonald
36 On Entertainment
Steven Libowitz reports on State Street Ballet’s Chaplin; Lobero hosts Woke; healing via art; Elaine Gale; and ETC’s The School for Lies
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Our own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales
55 Local Business Directory
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On Sanitation
by Woody Barrett
Between now and Tuesday, November 6 [election day], members of the water and sanitary district communities, and other interested parties, will present various opinions on the subject of water and waste management. The views expressed under the imprimatur of this column – whether they are by candidates for the water or sanitary boards of directors or not – do not necessarily reflect the views of the Montecito Journal editorial staff.
Why I am Running for Montecito Sanitary District
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am running for the Board of Directors of the Montecito Sanitary District because I want our neighborhoods to have a diversified and secure source of water for the safety and well-being of our community. Montecito deserves water security. Our family has called Montecito home going on 18 years. Our children all attended Montecito Union School. We love and care deeply for this community. A reliable source of water is imperative in preserving the natural beauty and pristine environment we all cherish. Recycled water is environmentally responsible since it provides sorely needed landscape water and reduces the contaminants discharged by the sanitation facilities into our precious ocean. Orange County, California, has been using recycled water for almost 50 years. Santa Barbara has been recycling water for 27 years and is currently providing recycled water to numerous areas including Santa Barbara High School and the Montecito Country Club. This is not a new process. We are not reinventing the wheel. The Montecito Sanitary District discharges 500,000 gallons of effluent (treated to the Secondary Level) per day into the ocean just off Butterfly Beach. If recycled, that would be equivalent to 10 percent of the total water used by Montecito every day. It’s high time Montecito moved into the 21st century by evaluating and implementing this process.
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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 H, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net
Due Process Required
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e enjoy the presumption of innocence in this country. It is by far the fairest way to handle a crime. Due process is the sign of a civilized people. My fear is we might be on the verge of losing it. Ms (Christine Blasey) Ford’s allegations have put Judge Kavanaugh in a position that he is presumed guilty until proven innocent. I believe that the professor feels she was violated. By whom and what happened has yet to be determined. Politics aside, I hope no American loses their due process (or any other human being, for that matter). Steve Marko Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: “Due Process” has been disregarded on campuses for the past two decades, perhaps even longer. Exacerbated by a couple of ridiculous “Dear Colleague” letters from President Obama, and an extended interpretation of the intent of “Title IX” mandating equality between female sports and male sports on college campuses, and presumably high schools too, “guilty until proven innocent” has become the norm in many such places, “due process” be damned. – J.B.)
Let’s Keep Judith Ishkanian
I have served on the board of the Santa Barbara Chapter of the Special Districts Association for several years along with Judith Ishkanian, whom I have found to be very knowledgeable and energetic. She is extremely careful about how she votes on a subject that will impact the ratepayers of her district both financially and from a service standpoint. At the same time, she is a team player and works well with other members of her board, always keeping in mind that her board works for its ratepayers. A vote for Ms Ishkanian will help assure that the Montecito Sanitary District will be an asset to the Montecito community. George W. Emerson Goleta (Editor’s note: Mr. Emerson is a Goleta Sanitary District Board member.)
Is America Doomed?
Is the left-leaning Democrat Party the number-one enemy of America? Is this seemingly lawless, soulless party intent on destroying our republic, the Constitution, and our individual rights? Their actions during the last
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few years highlight who they are. Our children are brainwashed in schools, the mainstream media spreads their propaganda, those with opposing views are censored (social media), and they target anyone who gets in their way (Trump, Kavanaugh). During and after the last election, intelligence agencies and FISA courts were used to attack President Trump. Most recently, the left has weaponized the process for appointing a Supreme Court justice. Their goal: destroy Judge Kavanaugh and his family, thereby giving the president and his supporters the finger. Never mind that Dems have convicted him by accusation, with no proof or collaboration. This is all about the quest for power. The question of the day, will Americans stand up to the tyranny of the Democrat Party and the left? If not, America and everything it stands for is doomed. Diana Thorn Carpinteria (Editor’s note: We hate to leave questions hanging in the letters section, so we’ll address it this way: We’ve been of a mind that the best thing for Republicans – and President Trump – to do would be to forestall a vote on Mr. Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court until after the November election. It’s a gamble, but one worth taking and one that will likely rebound to Republicans’ advantage. – J.B.)
for Montecito and its future. We look forward to voting for Woody and Brian in November, as well as the other members of the Water Security Team. It’s time for a change. Annie and Steve Yungling Montecito
Egg Hunting
With the help of my shrink, I have recovered a memory from 36 years ago: Dianne Feinstein was the Easter Bunny and she stole all my Easter eggs. Now I want her tried in the court of public opinion and hounded from the Senate by a pack of wild dogs. Of course, I have no corroborating evidence, but isn’t the accusation enough? Guy Strickland Montecito
In the Family
I read with interest a letter (“Triple Threat,” MJ #24/37) about the triplets at MUS. Parents often try to choose the teacher when possible in any school situation. It never occurred to me that there would be a school policy to automatically separate twins or triplets, identical or not. Most siblings are singles and one or more years apart, so the problem(?) or idea of being in the same class does not come up unless grades are combined in certain instances, or there is a one-room classroom where all grades and ages are together. The children do not have to sit next to each other, but I see no inherent problem with being in the same classroom with the same teacher, learning the same curriculum, taking the same tests. Is it all about comparison statistics, such as grades of one sibling compared to the grades of the other(s) on a
test? Perceived competition or rivalry between siblings? Teaching is not an easy task. I guess I would like to hear other perspectives. The writer certainly gave research evidence that the sibling bonding is a help in early learning. Siblings will naturally drift into their own friendships over time, but the security of being family is worth a great deal in keeping one’s self esteem all through life. Paulina Conn Montecito
A Price to Pay
Our Progressive-Liberal-Democrat Santa Barbara City Council, with their all-knowing and Liberal-Progressive inspired dogma and regulation desires, are moving against not only plastic straws, but yes, swizzle sticks. They must really go all out, if they are to be called Liberal Progressives. They must ban plastic bottles of every type, as well as all plastic medical containers and instruments, and all plastic bags of any nature. To be true to their Liberal-Progressive creed, they must ban all petroleum-based products of any nature or be called Liberal Progressive selective hypocrites. Let us hope that with their all-knowing wisdom and their desire to regulate us – who they perceive to be stupid and incapable of LiberalProgressive thinking – that they can resolve the City’s many problems, such as: the projected fiscal budget deficits for 2017-18 and 2018-19; our multi-million-dollar deferred infrastructure problem and the costs related thereto; the public employee pension fund problem, as advised by the grand jury; and the lower State Street area declin-
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Go, Woody and Brian
Thank you for your continuing coverage of the serious water challenges facing our community. It seems quite clear that we need to become better stewards of our environment and more sustainable. We are fortunate to know two of the candidates in the upcoming election who are campaigning on these issues. Woody Barrett, who is running for a seat on the Sanitary District Board, has been our neighbor and friend for years. We have gotten to know Brian Goebel, who is running for the Water District Board, as a parent at Santa Barbara High School. These candidates have immersed themselves in the issues and put together a comprehensive strategy for achieving water security – something that has been lacking in our community for more than a decade. We are grateful to have such thoughtful and dedicated members of the community running for these positions at such an important time
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This Week in and around Montecito
(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 Gold Ribbon Luncheon Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation’s 6th Annual Gold Ribbon Luncheon will feature silent and live auctions and a raffle; all showcasing sought-after vacations, fun evenings out, and other products and services from generous donors, with all proceeds going to families who have children with cancer in our community. An elegant lunch will be served along with local wines, live entertainment, and an inspirational program. When: 11 am to 2 pm Where: Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara, 1260 Channel Drive Cost: $150 Info: www.teddybearcancerfoundation.org Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. This month: Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Opening Reception Fall Forward, a nine-person group show features guest artist Taj Vaccarella, who has select paintings from his “Fierce and Tranquil Deities” series, which seem somehow appropriate for the Halloween/Day of the Dead season. Guest artist Patrick Hall has modern and Asian-inspired ceramic vessels and wall sculptures. The guest artists join 10 West artists Rick Doehring, Madeline Garrett, Stuart Ochiltree, Lisa Pedersen, Mary Dee
Thompson, Stephen Robeck, and Iben G Vestergaard. When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 10 West Anapamu Street Info: www.10westgallery.com FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation group 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
shellfish at unbeatable prices straight from local fishermen on the city pier next to Brophy’s restaurant. Buy fish whole or have it cleaned and filleted to order. Rockfish, lingcod, black cod, live rock crab, abalone, sea urchin (uni), and more are available weekly, rain or shine. When: 6 am Where: Harbor Way Info: www.cfsb.info/sat Lawn Bowling Lessons Don’t miss this opportunity to give lawn bowling a try with free lessons! Santa Barbara Lawn Bowls Club wants to introduce you to the social, laid-back sport that’s in the same family as bocce ball. Adults of all ages welcome. Wear flat-soled shoes. All equipment provided. This event is co-sponsored by the City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation. When: 10 am to noon Where: Spencer Adams Park (De La Vina & Victoria streets) Info: (805) 965-1773
Harvest Crush Wine Tasting Sip wines and learn the process of producing Central Coast varietals with one of California’s most beloved wine makers. Fess Parker’s Eli Parker, Tim Snider, and Barrett Crandall will host the tastings in the Fess Parker Tasting Room, where guests can also learn to paint with cabernet wine during tasting room hours throughout the month of October. These classes are free for hotel guests and regional residents who are members of the property’s Loved Locals program. Those interested in a Loved Locals Membership, please contact the Concierge desk at (805) 884-8535. When: 5 to 6 pm, every Friday in October Where: Hilton Santa Barbara, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd. Info: (805) 564-4333
Lotusland Plant Sale The Ultimate Plant Party. This signature event is designed for garden connoisseurs, featuring rare and hard-to-find plants. Enjoy a wonderful afternoon at Lotusland with wine, specialty cocktails, and sumptuous hors d’oeuvres served on the lawn. The highlight of the event will be a spirited live auction during which a more than a dozen rare, special plants will go under the gavel. Other collectible plants and garden items will be offered during a silent auction, and for those impatient plant lovers, there will be a “buy it now” section of interesting and not-so-common species, many propagated from Lotusland plants. Proceeds from the event will be used to care for and support Lotusland’s botanical collection. When: 1:30 pm Cost: members $75; nonmembers $95 Info: (805) 969-9990
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Chaucer’s to meet Parry Gripp, who will be performing songs from his new book, Somebunny Loves Me. This adorable new title from an Emmy Award-winning singer-songwriter (and animal lover) shows the magical world of furry friendship and teaches young readers to be kind to animals of all shapes and sizes. When: 2 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 805 Sings As singing together brings joy, heals hearts, creates hope and unites the community, a group of local folks wanted to create a much-needed creative, clean, and family-friendly experience that is sure to lift spirits and spread a little joy as we enter the holiday season. What to bring: your voice, friends, family, neighbors, and your 805 spirits. When: 5 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 Cold Spring School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: 2243 Sycamore Canyon Road Info: 969-2678 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito. When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 After School at Montecito Library Come play on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month; activities include tech toys, arts and crafts, Legos, and more. Children under the age of 8 must have an adult present. When: 3 to 4:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11
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Election 2018: Sanitary District Voters Have a Choice
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n November 6, Montecito voters will go to the polls. This year’s ballot contains an extreme rarity: a contested election for the Montecito Sanitary District (MSD) Board of Directors. For the first time in anyone’s memory, voters will choose among four different candidates running for two MSD seats. Why is this unusual? Because since 2000, there is no record of any election for any Montecito Sanitary District Board candidate. Sanitary Board members are routinely appointed by existing board members, never elected. They never face opposition. The appointment system tends to reward conformity over innovation and new thinking. Many voters confess they are not even aware there is a Sanitary District in Montecito. Fewer still know there is a separate sanitary treatment plant in Summerland. It is difficult to recruit qualified candidates for the Sanitary Board because most residents do not see “Sanitary Service” as a meaningful community issue. This year is different.
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Sanitary Districts in Santa Barbara County There are 12 wastewater treatment plants in Santa Barbara County. The two largest are the El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant, run by the City of Santa Barbara with a capacity of 12,321 acre-feet per year (AFY) and the City of Santa Maria Wastewater Treatment Plant with a capacity of 8,737 AFY. Both cities produce more wastewater than they need. Neither city has a separate Sanitary District nor an elected or appointed Board. They are utilities run by City Public Works. The other wastewater treatment plants are in Buellton, Solvang, Goleta, Goleta West, Lompoc, Orcutt (Laguna County Sanitation District), Mission Hills (La Purisima Wastewater Treatment plant), and of course, Montecito and Summerland. The Montecito Sanitary District has a treatment capacity of 1,680 AFY, or 14% of the size of Santa Barbara’s treatment plant. The even smaller Summerland Sanitary District has a treatment capacity of 336 AFY. The wisdom and rationale of having two tiny Sanitary districts, each with a separate wastewater treatment plant, and different standards of treatment, is a topic worth exploring by both the Montecito and Summerland Sanitary boards. Why is all this important? Combined, the Montecito Sanitary District and the Summerland Sanitary District have the potential to provide some 500 AFY of newly recycled water to the Montecito Water District. Both Carpinteria and Santa Barbara could offer additional supplies. One thousand AFY of recycled water could provide a reliable, drought-free 25 percent of Montecito and Summerland’s water needs. Use of Recycled Water in Santa Barbara County How can we conserve more water? One opportunity is lowering customer consumption. A second opportunity is the wise reuse of our existing water resources with minimum waste. Recycling is not only environmentally responsible, but an important potential supply of new water through indirect potable reuse and basin recharge today, and direct potable reuse, when permitted by law. At minimum, Orange County, Silicon Valley, and a growing number of advanced wastewater treatment facilities in California and around the world have shown us that using treated wastewater to recharge their drought-depleted basins is environmentally responsible and cost competitive. Why discharge wastewater into the ocean when it can be used to replenish depleted aquifers? Of the 12 wastewater treatment plants in Santa Barbara County, only two – the Montecito Sanitary District and the Summerland Sanitary District – are identified by WaterWiseSB.org (the water website for Santa Barbara County) as having no recycled water use program whatsoever. Montecito Sanitary has announced a plan to start using a fraction of its treated wastewater to water the plants surrounding its headquarters building, a small conservation step that Summerland Sanitary has been doing for years. Buellton is using treated wastewater to recharge its depleted basins. Carpinteria is doing landscaping irrigation and going to groundwater recharge. Goleta and Goleta West are both doing landscaping reuse. So are Santa Barbara and the City of Santa Maria. The Laguna County Sanitation District in Orcutt and southern Santa Maria reports that it treats and recycles 2.4 million gallons a day of wastewater, or 100% of its output for irrigation use. The La Purisima Wastewater Treatment plant, serving Mission Hills, is doing groundwater
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t a Coast Village Association (CVA) Board meeting in September, the board was given an update on several traffic initiatives along Coast Village Road. The CVA’s Traffic & Safety Committee has been working with City engineers to increase the flow of traffic on Coast Village Road, while making it a safer place for both drivers and pedestrians. Although the traffic congestion along Coast Village Road and Coast Village Circle slightly decreased at the end of the summer, residents and businesses are now contending with a four-month project to repair the bridge rails on Olive Mill Road, which has impacted traffic and detoured drivers into the nearby Danielson neighborhood. Earlier this year, the committee, chaired by Thorn Robertson, spearheaded a project to install temporary Stop signs on Coast Village Road at both ends of Coast Village Circle.
Robertson announced at the meeting that the Stop signs will most likely be installed permanently, as City reps are currently fine-tuning the permanent location of the signs. The now fourway stop at Hermosillo/Coast Village Circle/Coast Village Road needs some revision, as the location of the Stop sign on Coast Village Road traveling westbound is not as prominent as City reps would like to see. “They are formulating a plan for the Stop sign to make it more visible for drivers,” Robertson said. One idea is to build out a small median to place a Stop sign, so drivers would see it on the driver’s side of the vehicle instead of on the passenger side (in front of Montecito Bank & Trust). Once that plan is finalized, the signs will be made permanent on both ends of the street, along with two new Stop signs that have been installed within the
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THIS WEEK (Continued from page 10)
On the Sanitation Front
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by Judith Ishkanian Judith Ishkanian is president of Montecito Sanitary District.
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few years ago, Jean Paul Cousteau spoke at a CASA Conference (California Association of Sanitation Agencies). He said that he was one person who could claim that he was raised on the Seven Seas. He was home-schooled by his mother on the Calypso. He said that it was always a thrill to come into port in a “First World” country because the ocean was so clean. The very definition of civilization is one that can provide safe, clean drinking water and dispose of its wastewater and refuse. Clearly, we are continually upping our game, but water and wastewater continue to be the defining essential services in civil life. (I know, I should include the smartphone on that list!) Independent Special Districts are the closest to the community they serve than any other kind of government structure. They are committed to doing one, possibly two essential services exceptionally well. There is no bureaucracy between the Independent Special District and the community it serves. It stands or falls on its own decisions and long-range policies. A board of directors must first build a sound financial base. It is on that solid foundation that dreams can come true. Organizing dreams around that fiscal base should begin with a master plan. Times and people change but the master plan, if wise, will point the way.
Myriads of decisions affect the life of the community The Sanitary District has maintained a solid financial base, and its commitment to a master plan. For example, as recycled water issues come into focus, we have a place for it in our master plan. Our pilot project will be set up by November and it will serve as a learning exercise for our team, as well as providing our plant the use of recycled water. Funds for this project will come out of our Capital account. When disaster strikes, as it did January 9, we had an emergency fund set aside and ready. Regarding the disaster, the board met with staff about two days later and after hearing the assessment of the cost of recovery, we authorized $2.1 million from that emergency fund for ready use. Our wonderful staff came in with completion earlier than anticipated and under budget. We will recover our costs from the Federal and State agencies and be made nearly whole. We will then return the money to the emergency account. And so it goes, myriads of decisions, large and small, affect the life of the community. Its complexity is much like running a small business. For this reason, it takes time to learn the puzzle of finance, labor laws, State oversight requirements, and yes, the governmental ethics – the Brown Act. For the first two years, I served on the Sanitary Board, I kept my mouth shut, studied, and went to many conferences. Then I felt ready to fully participate and, finally, lead. (I have served as president four times). I just returned from a conference where I talked with a director who had retired from a career in theoretical physics and is now serving on a sanitary district. He was certainly no dummy! But he shared the same experience as I had experienced. He said he listened and learned for about two years to master the unfamiliar terrain of an independent sanitary district. Every discipline has its matrix. That is why these positions are not popularity contests. They are, thankfully, non-partisan. Please consider, that if the Water Security Slate wins all of the seats in the Montecito Water District and the two it seeks at the Sanitary District, half of those 10 directors will be brand-new and at the beginning of their learning curve. Intelligent as most of them are, and as certain as they are that they know just what needs to be done, they will be talking mostly to one another. And what about the Investors from the “group” who recruited them? Then, counting the two investor-sponsored directors already seated on the Water District since 2016, they will control seven of the 10 directors of the two districts. Perhaps that is exactly what want. •MJ 4 – 11 October 2018
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 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 Walk & Roll Montecito Union School students, teachers, and parents walk or ride to school, rather than drive. When: 8 am Where: Via Vai, Ennisbrook, and Casa Dorinda trailhead Info: 969-3249 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 Fishermen’s Market When: 6 am Where: Harbor Way Info: www.cfsb.info/sat SB Reads Book Discussion Join to discuss Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. When: 11 am to noon Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Creepy Creatures A terrific event for kids and adults is being offered at Neal Taylor Nature Center. Creepy Creatures will feature bats, and owls, skulls and bones, spiders and snakes, with popcorn and punch to boot for kids of all ages. On the lawn at the Nature Center, Alice Abela and her collection of spiders, snakes, and other reptiles will offer an exciting view into a fascinating world of small beings, and representatives from the Santa Barbara Zoo will teach you all you would like to know about bats and other animals closely associated with Halloween – up close! Other activities will entertain youngsters and parents alike. Arts and crafts activities include making your own mask, which will be one of the focused activities. When: 11 am to 1 pm Where: 2265 Hwy 154 Info: (805) 693-0691 Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public. When: 3 pm Where: First United Methodist Church, Garden and Anapamu streets Cost: free
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ONGOING MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Group Brain program for adults who wish to improve memory and cognitive skills. Fun and challenging games, puzzles, and memory-strengthening exercises are offered in a friendly and stimulating environment. When: Mondays, 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50 (includes lunch) Info: 969-0859 MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call. Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 TUESDAYS Story Time at the Library When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 THURSDAYS Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative. When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Carpinteria Creative Arts Ongoing weekly arts and crafts show with many different vendors and mediums. When: every Thursday from 3 to 6:30 pm in conjunction with the Carpinteria farmers market. Where: intersection of Linden and 8th streets Information: Sharon at (805) 291-1957 THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS Wine and cheese tasting at Montecito Village Grocery When: 3:30 to 5:30 pm Where: 1482 East Valley Road SUNDAYS Cars & Coffee Motorists and car lovers park in La Cumbre Plaza to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automotive trends, and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty of other autos to admire. When: 8 to 10 am Where: parking lot of La Cumbre Plaza Info: sbcarscoffee@gmail.com •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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Festival of Flavors
by Lynda Millner
Braille Auxiliary silent-auction person Mary Romero, event chair Sydney Tredick, and president Sandy DeRousse at the Festival of Flavors tasting
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raille Institute Auxiliary of Santa Barbara (BIA) held its 4th annual “Festival of Flavors” at the Braille Institute Santa Barbara Regional Center. It’s a charming venue with its large courtyard in the center of their facility. Event chair Sydney Tredick welcomed everyone by telling us, “The event committee are all the ladies with jewels on their name tags.” Many of us tried the signature cocktail by mixologist Patrick Sheppard-Reynolds or sipped Zaca Mesa wines. Montecito Jazz Project provided the music. Sydney thanked
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SANITATION (Continued from page 5)
There are two parts to the equation of realizing recycled water, the Montecito Sanitary District and the Montecito Water District. Neither entity can implement the recycling of water without the assistance of the other. The Montecito Sanitary District has the affluent (the source of the recycled water). It needs to install the equipment to raise the level of treatment to Tertiary (commonly referred to as Purple Pipe) for landscape irrigation. However, the Montecito Sanitary District cannot distribute or sell the recycled water.
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It’s time Montecito moved into the 21st century That’s where the Montecito Water District comes in. It must install the distribution system, charge the customers, and pay the Montecito Sanitary District for its expense to recycle the water. The Montecito Sanitary District has a 2004 Master Plan to study and implement the recycling of water. It’s been 14 years, and those plans have still not been implemented. That’s why we have a slate running for both boards. Ken Coates, Cori Hayman, and Brian Goebel are running for the Montecito Water District Board. Dana Newquist and I are running for the Montecito Sanitary District Board. If we are all elected, our goal is to have water security for Montecito. One of the only reliable sources of water we have is recycling. With both boards striving for water security, recycling can finally be implemented. I received my B.S. in geology and B.A. in political science from Southern Methodist University. My geological and business experience has prepared me to analyze the challenges of implementing a plan to install the necessary equipment needed to recycle water. As a small businessman, I often face infrastructure and regulatory challenges, and if elected, I will use my skills to implement solutions tailored to our unique community’s needs to ensure we have access to a diverse water supply now and for our future generations. Our entire slate would be honored to have your vote and immediately start the work needed to obtain water security for Montecito. Thank you. •MJ
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On Music by Steven Libowitz
For Artistic Director, Ball is Well
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f the Santa Barbara Symphony were an individual, it would have just qualified to start collecting Social Security. But instead of kicking back and resting on its laurels at age 65, hunkering down reminiscing over good times from a rocking chair, the orchestral organization is instead amping up its ambitions in just about every way, from fundraising to outreach and programming. Not that the Santa Barbara Symphony doesn’t have a lot to be proud of in its past, a history that includes its humble beginnings as a community orchestra, through the Arujan Kojian era, when the conductor’s international experience led to a measured growth of the ensemble’s artistry, to the current artistic director, Nir Kabaretti, who signed on in 2006 as the ensemble’s sixth music director and two years later led the Santa Barbara Symphony into a new era at the newly restored Granada Theatre. Along the way, the organization has seen an explosive expansion in its professionalism, as open seats have become highly sought-after
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by top music school graduates and experienced players. “Our artistic product has vastly improved just since I’ve been here,” said Kabaretti, who has overseen a sizeable changeover in chairs during his tenure. “I’m very happy with our roster right now, and it just keeps getting better.” The orchestra’s history also includes an astonishingly popular and effective educational outreach. More than 300 largely underprivileged fourth graders participate in the Bravo program every week, representing the youngest musicians under the auspices of the symphony, whose music van also reaches 70 classes a year and has shown instruments to approximately 70,000 kids in its 40-year history. Community outreach was also the focus of the benefit concert last January, performed just nine days after the Montecito debris flow devastated the area, raising $60,000 for relief efforts through donations. “It was not even our core audience who filled the theater,” noted Kevin Marvin, the symphony’s executive director who has been on staff for
Nir Kabaretti conducts business for SB Symphony’s upcoming ball, on the horizon Friday, October 19
just 18 months. “It was just people who needed a respite, a place to go where they felt safe to escape for a couple of hours. I saw the music wash over them, washing away their cares and grief, at least for a couple of hours. That’s one of the great ways the symphony matters, because we can respond and be an impactful part of the community.” The community itself is very much a big piece of the ensemble’s thinking as it looks to the future, in terms of programming, outreach, and even fundraising. “For any organization to last this long is amazing, especially given the change in the economic climate over the years,” said Marvin, a one-time piano performance major who jettisoned 25 years in banking to return to his original passion with a career in arts management. “To actually be healthy and able to expand with momentum is truly wonderful. There’s a lot of hard work going on behind the scenes to stabilize and grow through organizational development, board development, an endowment to secure the symphony for the future, putting systems in place that will be here long after I’m not. So, our 65th anniversary is as much of a kickoff as it is a look back.” Among the new initiatives is a revival of The Symphony Ball, which takes place on Friday, October 19, at the Hilton Beachfront Resort. The ball, which Marvin said hadn’t been held in many years, plans to transport guests back to the golden era of supper clubs, the social-and-arts phenomenon that was all the rage during Prohibition and through the 1930s and beyond. Serving as the evening’s hostess is Broadway and opera star Lisa Vroman, who made her New York debut in 1990 in the Andrew Lloyd
Webber musical Aspects of Love and later played the role of Christine in Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera for two years on Broadway, and five in San Francisco. Members of the Santa Barbara Symphony and the swing band Art Deco will also provide the musical entertainment as guests enjoy cocktails and a silent auction, followed by dinner and dancing under the stars in the hotel’s beach-adjacent Plaza del Sol. Anne Smith Towbes and Janet Garufis serve as co-chairs of the event, with individual tickets starting at $300, with tables and sponsorships available. The fundraising gala takes place on the eve of the symphony’s 2018-19 season, which begins with concerts on October 20-21 that open with Ernst von Dohnányi’s folk- and gospel-infused American Rhapsody, which, not coincidentally, was written in 1953, the year the Symphony started, and also includes Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Down the road are much more imaginative offerings, including more collaborations with other local arts organizations (notably Amadeus Live accompanying a screening of the classic film The Soldier’s Tale and The Rite of Spring with State Street Ballet), a tribute to Montecito’s legendary composer Elmer Bernstein, a second Holiday Pops concert joining the annual New Year’s Eve show, “Pictures at an Exhibition”, complete with projected art. Not to mention Verdi’s Requiem, with a massive community chorus joining the musicians on stage. “We’re going to have 250 people on stage, which is logistically complex but very exciting,” Kabaretti said. “The symphony needs to look at ways to bring in new audiences without messing up the core one,” Marvin said. “We’re mindful of the marketplace, seeing what’s not being offered here, where the opportunities to grow are, and how we might create bigger audiences. That’s why we’re always trying new things.” Artistic director Kabaretti added that the programming clearly indicates the direction Santa Barbara Symphony is heading: “It’s no longer just a musical experience but goes way beyond. Quite clearly by this point, the community understands that our DNA is not just a standard symphony.” Given that SB Symphony is still thinking like an ambitious young adult at age 65, that’s some impressive DNA. (For information and tickets to The Symphony Ball, or the 2018-19 concert season performances, visit www.thesymphony.org or call (805) 898-9386.) •MJ 4 – 11 October 2018
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Easy shop, easy cook. Ingredients are locally sourced from Montecito merchants and Friday Farmers’ Market to support our economy. Jane is a published journalist, columnist, and screenwriter. She began cooking at age eight, when her dad started a weekly dinner competition. Each sibling had to create a meal, set the table, and clean up. First prize was a whopping $2.00. Clever parents got a three-night respite and everyone grew up knowing how to cook.
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lmost every married woman knows the experience of trying to make their spouse’s favorite childhood meal. My husband is third-generation American-Lebanese and he grew up on foods with names I still can’t pronounce and had never tasted before. Pasta was my British parents’ idea of exotic cuisine. But how hard could it be? I’m a good cook. I started with something easy: hummus or hoomos as my husband keeps correcting me. I Googled a few recipes, chose the one with the most stars, read all the reviews and recommendations, and proudly presented my husband with my first hummus appetizer. He looked enthusiastically at the creamy beige dip encircled with a platter of warm pita and fresh market vegetables. Then the first bite. I held my breath. He smiled. He chewed. He smiled some more and said: “Delicious!” I felt a huge wave of relief – and enormous pride. It’s true, food is the secret to a man’s heart. “But,” he then added, “My mom used more lemon juice in her hoomos. And tahini. Did you put tahini in this?” No, I hadn’t. I didn’t know what tahini was. That was eight years ago and since then I’ve tried a few more times, but eventually I became too discouraged. Then, a few weeks ago, while cleaning out some cupboards, I came across Mama Orfalea’s cookbook from August 1966, complete with her hand-written notes. Magic Cooking: Featuring Arabic & American Recipes. I had found the Holy Grail of Lebanese cuisine. A marital Golden Goose. I quickly whipped up a batch of
hoomos, again with the warm pita veggies, and I presented the platter to my husband. This time, he didn’t look quite so enthusiastic. Then he took a bite. And I waited. Finally, he looked up at me with the same adoration as my yellow Labs just before breakfast, and he said: “This is exactly like my mom made.” (Prep time: 15 minutes) 2 cans Garbanzo beans (drained) 1 clove pressed garlic 6 tbl tahini 1 cup lemon juice Pulverize in a blender or food processor (Mama Orfalea used a meat grinder) Add tahini, garlic, lemon, and salt to taste This week’s venders are: Montecito Village Market – tahini & garbanzo beans Friday Farmers Market – vegetables
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Your Westmont by Scott Craig (photography by Brad Elliott) Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College
Think Fast, Slow with Kahneman
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aniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize Winner in economics, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and bestselling author of Thinking Fast and Slow, speaks at a luncheon Friday, November 2, at noon in Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Tickets to the event, which is sponsored by the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, cost $100 per person and may be purchased online at westmont.edu/ mosher-events. Kahneman, an Israeli-American psychologist, is one of the world’s most influential living thinkers who has made profound impacts in many fields, including economics, medicine, and politics. He won the Nobel Prize in 2002 for his revolutionary work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making and behavioral economics. In 2011, Foreign Policy magazine named him a top global thinker and The Economist listed him as the seventh most influential economist in the world in 2015.
He has won the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association (1982), the Lifetime Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association (2007), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2013). The Mosher Foundation sponsors a series of speakers in Santa Barbara, including Pulitzer Prize winners, who address the moral and ethical strengths and weaknesses of various American presidents and society in general. Past speakers include: Bob Woodward, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter; Jon Meacham, presidential historian, Pulitzer Prize winner and contributing editor at Time magazine; David Gergen, former adviser to four U.S. presidents; Guy Kawasaki, an entrepreneur who worked with Steve Jobs to launch Macintosh; Jack Rakove, Pulitzer Prize-winning political author and professor at Stanford University; and Ronald C. White, author of sever-
The Industrialization of You and Me: How Social Media Makes Relationship a Business Felicia Song, Professor of Sociology
5:30 p.m., Thursday, October 11, 2018 University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street Free and open to the public. For information, call 565-6051. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat —increasingly, we rely on these and other platforms to communicate with our families, friends and colleagues. While these social media can enhance our interactions, they also exploit the fears and insecurities that surround relationality. To better understand both the helpful and the shadow sides of our digitally mediated experiences, we must come to grips with the commercial forces behind our screens. By exploring how the current digital system encourages a chronic sense of time poverty, the fear of missing out, and the compulsion to check our feeds, we can begin to see that these struggles are more than personal weaknesses: They fuel the economic success of the social media industry.
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al best-selling books, including A. Lincoln: A Biography. A gift by the foundation established the Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership that is part of Westmont’s new Global Leadership Center, which opened in fall 2017.
Concert Explores Immigration
The Westmont Fall Orchestra concert “The Dream of America” explores the theme of the American experience in powerful and hopeful ways Friday, October 19, at 7 pm and Sunday, October 21, at 3 pm, both at La Cumbre Junior High School. Tickets, which cost $10 for general admission (students are free), may be purchased at westmont.edu/music or at the door. For more information, please contact the music department at (805) 565-6040 or email music@ westmont.edu. Proceeds from the concert benefit Immigrant Hope, the Anti-Defamation League, La Cumbre Junior High School, and Westmont Music scholarships. The concert features Antonín Dvorák’s New World Symphony and Peter Boyer’s Ellis Island: The Dream of America, which includes a multi-media production. “Both of these works combine powerful musical elements with emotionally evocative storytelling,” says conductor Michael Shasberger, Adams professor for music and worship at Westmont. “Dvorak’s blend of American-influenced musical themes with symphonic form creates a brilliant masterpiece. Boyer’s use of symphonic music, reminiscent of the finest examples of film music, tells a powerful story itself.” Live actors will portray the true stories of seven immigrants who came through Ellis Island. They include Michael Bernard, Tom Hinshaw, Stanley Hoffman, Matthew Tavianini, Erin Brehm, Cheri Steinkellner, and Annie Torsiglieri. The accounts range from an energetic Irishman arriving in the midst of the Roaring ‘20s, complete with ragtime music, to a Polish woman escaping the horrors of the Holocaust of World War II, accompanied by a gripping musical score. “Each begins with the challenging reason for the journey and ends basking in the light of the torch of the Statue of Liberty and the hope that emerges after a perilous ocean journey,” Shasberger says. “It’s a great piece of music combined with powerful, poignant, and moving stories of real people who have contributed to the story of our country.” Shasberger says he hopes audience members will leave with an affirmation of our highest ideals as a country and a culture. “This experience won’t solve the challenging public policy issues around contemporary immigra-
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tion issues, but I think it can give us all a window into the hope-filled vision of America that we share in common,” he says. “Perhaps we’ll find a common purpose to work out the thorny issues that face us today.”
Research Aims to End Alzheimer’s
Dr. Yi-Fan Lu and senior Heidi Pullmann work on cutting-edge Alzheimer’s research
Westmont researchers are using a new high-tech tool to understand human neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease. As part of a summer research project, Yi-Fan Lu, Westmont assistant professor of biology, and senior Heidi Pullmann used the new microelectrode array, purchased through the Westmont Provost’s Office, to detect and record the response of neurons to genetic mutation or toxins. Westmont’s academic program gives students opportunities to work directly with faculty on research and scholarly projects. Pullmann and 22 other students presented their findings at the Celebration of Summer Research on September 21 in Winter Hall. “The microelectrode array can also be used to screen for new drugs, examining if any compounds have reversed the effect of the mutation or the toxin to the neurons,” Lu says. “This equipment has the power to push neurological disorder research to the next level in 20 years and potentially discover new drugs for many diseases that currently have no cure.” Lu and Kristi Cantrell, associate professor of chemistry at Westmont, are collaborating with colleagues at UC Santa Barbara to examine peptides that may lead to Alzheimer’s disease. This summer, Lu worked with Pullmann, a biology major from Florence, South Carolina, testing four shorter tau peptide variants. “I hope this research will lead to the advancement of the understanding of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. The project that we are working on is part of a much larger study into the mechanisms of the disease, and I would love to contribute to the knowledge of the scientific community. Scientific advancement typically happens in small increments, but I hope that what we are doing is an important one.” •MJ 4 – 11 October 2018
Spirituality Matters
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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.
Busy Times at Bodhi Path
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ctober offers myriad opportunities for meditation at Bodhi Path Santa Barbara and beyond – including the center’s first-ever online experience – plus other Buddhist gatherings and more moving experiences. The busy times at Bodhi Path begin 7 to 9 pm Thursday, October 4, with a panel discussion on Dharma and Relationships, always a timely topic in the practical application of teachings. Center members address how the practice of dharma affects relationships with family, friends, acquaintances, strangers, and co-workers, with brief comments from a panel followed by general discussion. Visiting teacher Khenpo Tsering returns to town over the weekend in a mini-retreat on “The Excellence of Bodhicitta”, which focuses on Chapter 1 of The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva. Khenpo Tsering – who serves as the educational director of the Karmapa International Buddhist
Institute (KIBI) in New Delhi and is headmaster of the monks’ college Shri Diwakar Vihara Buddhist Institute in Kalimpong, India – will explain how to develop a deeper understanding of the great compassion (Bodhicitta) and the great benefits that it brings to all sentient beings. The deep dive takes place 9:30 am to 4:30 pm on both Saturday and Sunday, October 6-7, and admission is by a $70 donation for both sessions, or $40 one session. No one turned away for lack of funds. A panel discussion returns next Thursday, October 11, when four of Bodhi Path’s sangha members discuss their personal Buddhist practices. The practitioners will talk about how they got started, what their practice consists of, what issues and challenges they have experienced, and how their practice has benefited them and others. There will be opportunity for the audience to ask questions, share their
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Behind the Vine
by Mitchell Kriegman
Novelist Being Audrey Hepburn, Things I Can’t Explain. Creator Clarissa Explains it All and more. Writer for the New Yorker, LARB, National Lampoon, and Saturday Night Live
The Revolution That Hasn’t Happened
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icrobubble, Toil and Trouble,” Shakespeare wrote. Actually, it’s “Double, Double, Toil and Trouble” in neat trochaic tetrameter, like a scary nursery rhyme. Either way, it’s about trouble and I’m asking for it. I’m wading into the dangerous waters of discussing boys. If you didn’t notice already, I’m a boy, a man, a male. Girls have fought against the headwinds of culture, liberating themselves in many ways. The current tsunami of revelation exposing decades of inappropriate behavior by men in power, disturbing sexual harassment, puzzling exhibitionism, and worse is driven by younger norms that refuse to tolerate this behavior, part of the same sea change in gender identification and same-sex marriage. The newspaper headlines, Senate hearings, and court cases of today will be a deterrent for tomorrow. Insufficiently included in the conversation of the moment are the vast number of boys, now men, simultaneously coming forward after decades of exploitation in the Church. These are troubling times. There is way more abuse than our society has been willing to come to terms with, and it’s been around forever. The suppression goes easily back to Freud in the Victorian Era and his “Seduction Theory.” Freud originally discovered that virtually all his patients, female and male, had been abused as children, even realizing his own father was an abuser of his brother. But his theory was professionally shunned, so he famously reversed himself declaring instead that his patients had not been abused but had repressed their wishful fantasies of incest, shifting the blame from adult to child, moving the suspicion from abuser to abused, a concept central to every abuser’s denial. The abuse has to stop, but there is another party lost in this dilemma – boys. There, I said it. Boys have been defined by what is wrong with them, their swagger viewed in only negative terms. We don’t support the kind of the guy you never see or hear about – a red-blooded boy, with raging hormones and all the proper working parts, but still the kind of guy who is thoughtful, genuine, and put off by inappropriate stuff. These boys are not unicorns. They exist.
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Do that Googling thing and you’ll see tons of stuff on how boys are a largely ignored crisis. I date the current crisis to 9/11 the single most photographed and recorded event in history. Simultaneously, in those years, social media began and online porn with pop-ups and online computer games inundated boy’s lives. Those kids were deeply disturbed by all this. Many have not recovered. What parent hasn’t wrestled with these factors? Women don’t even want men who watch too much porn, who have no idea what foreplay is, and think sex is a form of acrobatics. One truth should be evident. There is a dearth of positive male role models from the youngest ages, as evidenced in the case history of every sexual abuser in the male universe. We have little positive to offer our boys, no new paths to a functional way of being or reinforcement for the guys who have better qualities and know how to behave. When a society can’t bring itself to envision something better, then it doesn’t have the will and wherewithal to change. Children’s television can be a litmus test for the culture at large. In the 1950s, we lived in a G.I. Joe/Barbie World. Those toys defined our gender politics and the layout of every toy store in America. Twenty-five years ago, there was an opening for a clever, assertive, sensitive girl. I was fortunate to create Clarissa Explains It All and participate in helping provide an example for girls, a girl who wasn’t overly stereotypical, who couldn’t be categorized as “tomboy,” “girly girl,” or “seductress.” She was perfectly imperfect. She didn’t want to become a star. She wanted to be a star in her own life. She invented her own style, designed videogames, and was friends with a boy who wasn’t a “boyfriend.” One reason I created a girl was that networks would have never accepted a boy as clever as Clarissa. They still won’t. The same dismissive attitude toward girls that Clarissa proved wrong, today is applied by every network to boys. As ground-breaking as Clarissa was for Millennial girls, networks still won’t accept an equally clever boy. Look at the male tropes that dominate: a real man, a jock, a sissy, a nerd, a villain, a superhero – or these days, an abuser. In cinema, every male
by Hana-Lee Sedgwick Hana-Lee Sedgwick is a writer, wine consultant and lover of all things wine and food. As a Certified Specialist of Wine and Sommelier, she loves to explore the world of wine in and around her hometown of Santa Barbara. When not trying new wines or traveling, she can be found practicing yoga, cooking, entertaining and enjoying the outdoors. Visit her popular blog, Wander & Wine, for wine tips, tasting notes and adventures in wine and travel: wanderandwine.com
Feast Like the Romans Did
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t’s not every day you see a crowd of hungry revelers enjoying local food and wine while dressed in togas. Yet, that’s exactly what you’ll find at the “Feast of Apicius” event on Saturday, October 20, at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. Held from 2 to 5 pm in Fleischmann Auditorium, this delicious wine and food pairing affair, put on by Inside Wine Santa Barbara (IWSB), is the first of its kind in Santa Barbara, honoring the 1st-century A.D. epicure Marcus Gavius Apicius. Apicius, known for his hedonistic pursuit of fine cuisine and lavish preparations, helped inspire the world’s first cookbook, De Re Coquinaria. It’s in that spirit that attendees will enjoy chef-prepared appetizers adapted from the ancient cookbook and paired with fine wines from the region. Some of the dishes to be sampled include a foie gras/duck dish with berries from chef Oscar Ledesma of The Little Door, chicken stuffed with snails from chef Randy Bublitz of the SBCC School of Culinary Arts, and scallops in citrus and herbs from chef Mossin Sugich of the Santa Barbara Yacht Club. Other participants include chef Weston Richards of Les Marchands, chef Drew Terp of Pico Los Alamos, chef Jean Michel Carré of Chocolats du CaliBressan, and chef Soemi
Caramel of Due Lune Cucina, among others. Alongside the food, guests will enjoy a walk-around tasting while meeting the winemakers and proprietors behind the labels, including Richard Sanford of Alma Rosa Winery, Bryan Babcock of Babcock Winery, Fred Brander of Brander Vineyard, Sandy Newman of Cebada, Coby Parker-Garcia of El Lugar and Claiborne & Churchill, Lane Tanner and Will Henry of Lumen, Dieter Cronje of Presqu’ille, and several others. The event will culminate in a Top Chef-style competition where a panel of guest judges will award “Tastiest” and “Most Creative” to the dishes. Authentic Roman music will add to the festive atmosphere, as well as the optional wearing of togas. Tickets are $50 per person and must be purchased in advance at www. tinyurl.com/Apicius2018. Proceeds benefit the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. ••• The Feast of Apicius event is co-organized by Tama Takahashi, IWSB founder, and chef Carla Romero of the SBCC School of Culinary Arts. IWSB is a social and educational wine-tasting Meetup group with more than 1,400 members and growing. •MJ
hero and comic-book character has been bludgeoned to death with Joseph Campbell’s version of the hero’s journey. It’s why these male characters are predictable, dreary – boring. It’s way more deadly than Kryptonite. “Boys will be boys” has become a negative. I’m not a Latin expert, but my understanding is the Latin origin of the idiom meant “Children will
be children and do childish things.” The equivalent creation, which is more recent, “girls will be girls,” is an empowering phrase. Non-gender bias should work both ways. Boys of one stripe or another are half the future, half of the equation in sexual equality, more than half of the issue in sexual violence. It’s time for the overdue revolution for boys. •MJ
Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields. – Jack Kerouac
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All Ears
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s an aesthetic object, the human ear hasn’t yet received its due. Poems and songs celebrating eyes, lips, even chins and noses, abound. Shakespeare, in his Seven Ages of Man, even depicted a lover “with a woeful ballad made to his mistress’ eyebrow.” But nobody writes ballads, woeful or otherwise, to anybody’s ear. Can it be that ears are ugly? They may perform their purpose very well – but surely no modern acoustic engineer would come up with a design in any way resembling those things on the sides of our heads. Of course, we ourselves don’t usually have to look at them, any more than we customarily get a good look at our own shoulder blades. But three of the world’s most famous ears achieved that status only because they were severed from their owners’ heads. In order of notoriety, we must first pay appropriate tribute to the left ear of Vincent Van Gogh, which he somehow lost in Arles, southern France, on December 23, 1888. According to the traditional account, he cut it off himself – with a razor, in a fit of lunacy – then wrapped it up and delivered it in person to a local prostitute. Modern research has cast doubt on practically every element of this story, but as evidence that something happened, we have the artist’s own documentation in his “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Head.” (It appears to show the right side bandaged, but remember, he was looking in a mirror.) Then there was the much more recent, but equally ghastly, ear-loss of John Paul Getty III, a grandson of one of the world’s richest men, who, in July 1973, at the age of 16, was kidnapped in Italy, and held for ransom. His grandfather at first refused to negotiate for his release, arguing that he had 14 other grandchildren who could all be thereby put at risk. It was only when the right ear of the unfortunate abductee was received in the mail that negotiations began, leading to a paid ransom of more than $2 million and the victim’s eventual release. Regrettably, although we have good words for head loss (decapitation) and even for being thrown out of a window (defenestration), we have none for the malicious removal of an ear. In terms of major consequences, however, both of the above incidents are dwarfed by the ear-removal suf4 – 11 October 2018
fered by Robert Jenkins, captain of the British brig Rebecca, at the hands of officers from a Spanish patrol boat, off the coast of Florida, in 1731. They cut off his left ear, apparently as a warning against smuggling, of which they suspected him but couldn’t prove. Britain and Spain were then at peace, and hostilities didn’t actually commence until eight years later, after Captain Jenkins himself had appeared before an indignant British Parliament.
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Can it be that ears are ugly? According to some accounts – which one somehow likes to believe, even if historians consider them questionable – he actually displayed the severed ear itself to the outraged members. This unkindest cut did indeed lead to a declaration of war against Spain – which officially lasted 11 years, and was fought mainly in and around the Caribbean – until it merged with the wider European conflict known as the War of the Spanish Succession. The whole brouhaha wasn’t finally settled until one of those grand treaties, this one at Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. But it wasn’t until 110 years after that, in 1858, that the British writer Thomas Carlyle gave to this conflict the name by which it has been known ever since: The War of Jenkins’s Ear. Our final unpleasant ear episode took place in that same year, 1858. You may have heard the sage medical advice, “Never stick anything in your ear smaller than your elbow.” But what if you’re a British explorer, in the heart of what was then still Darkest Africa (on an expedition to discover the source of the Nile), with no medical help anywhere within reach, when a beetle crawls far into your ear, and refuses to come out? That is what happened to John Hanning Speke, whose consequent agonies drove him to the desperate extremity of trying to get the insect out with a knife. Unfortunately, in the process, he succeeded not in extricating the beetle, but in piercing his eardrum, bringing on a severe infection and months of suffering. (He survived, however, to return to England and a hero’s welcome.) After all that, what more can I say but, inspired by Marc Antony, thank you, for lending me your ears. •MJ
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recharge. Lompoc is doing tree irrigation. Solvang is doing groundwater recharge. Montecito and Summerland Sanitary Districts The Montecito Sanitary District currently discharges some 500,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day into the ocean off Butterfly Beach. Summerland Sanitary discharges an additional 100,000 gallons per day off Summerland Beach. Montecito Sanitary is listed by WaterWiseSB.org as treating its wastewater to a “secondary standard,” not to the tertiary standard suitable for landscaping reuse. Summerland Sanitary, which now discharges 100,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day off Summerland Beach, treats its wastewater to a tertiary standard, according to WaterWiseSB.org. Cooperation or Dissention For more than a decade, Montecito Sanitary and the Montecito Water District have been unsuccessful in working together to craft a plan for the processing and distribution of recycled water. Each agency blames the other for a lack of collaboration. In August, Sanitary finally passed a motion to support cooperation in recycling, but the two agencies still insist on working in separate silos rather than funding and producing a single joint study that includes both agencies names with their joint stamp of approval. Dick Shaikewitz has been the strongest opponent of recycling on the current Montecito Water Board. Judith Ishkanian has been the most vocal board member at Montecito Sanitary District arguing against working with the Water District. It is the supreme irony that the two most contentious board members are now running in tandem for re-election, touting their combined 24-year record of board service to fix the problem they have helped to create. Voters need to ask, “After 12 years of playing the blame game, is it time to elect new directors who will look to the future, not the past, and work toward cooperation, replacing both Shaikewitz and Ishkanian?” Ratepayers have paid a price for the divisiveness between the agencies. The discord between the two incumbents has not only hobbled efforts to recycle wastewater but, even worse, disunity has eliminated state grant funding for jointly supported pilot recycling programs. In addition, low-interest state funding for advanced wastewater treatment plants represents a benefit enjoyed by scores of other agencies working together. This is an opportunity that has been missed by Montecito Sanitary, Summerland Sanitary, and Montecito Water that can no longer be tolerated. What to Look for The Montecito Sanitary District website defines the job of its board as, “To approve the annual operating and capital budgets and authorize expenditures of the district’s funds.” There is no mention of strategic planning, or vision, or policy setting as board responsibilities. Joint planning, joint funding, and joint cooperation need to be added to the list to ensure that our community secures a new reliable local water supply that is independent of future rainfall. Serious facility planning for the intelligent reuse of an existing water supply should have started a decade ago. Your vote can start the process November 6. • Candidates with fresh ideas, who possess the technical and personal skills to protect the $10 billion in value of residential real estate in Montecito and Summerland. It should be apparent to even the least involved voter, or to friends and supporters of the incumbents, that the time is now to make the necessary changes. Elect those with a commitment to do whatever it takes to stop dumping our treated wastewater off Butterfly Beach and to start using it productively to mitigate the threat of continued drought. • Candidates who are proven problem solvers, able to analyze challenges, research the facts, develop possible solutions, test options, make decisions, and monitor results. Woody Barrett, a professional geologist and engineer, brings a needed new skillset to the Sanitary Board as a practical problem solver, skilled in flow analysis, treatment technologies, and conveyance systems. This is a professional skillset that has been missing from the Sanitary Board for at least the last 12 years. • Candidates who have enjoyed success in other professional and community endeavors. All four candidates share this quality, but none more so than Dana Newquist, Mr. Montecito, the ultimate team player, with a track record of community success in every public sector endeavor he has ever taken on. Newquist’s strength is in bringing people together, not tearing them apart. • Candidates committed to collaboration with members of their own board as well as the leaders of other local agencies. The current incumbent, seeking a new fouryear term, has supported confrontation over collaboration. The new candidates, Woody Barrett and Dana Newquist, offer a better pathway to the future. Voters need to choose wisely. The biggest threat to water security in Montecito is voter indifference. The great news is that real water security for Montecito and Summerland is possible, if we elect those who will forget the past and demand that our three local districts – Montecito Water, Montecito Sanitary, and Summerland Sanitary – work together collaboratively now. •MJ 4 – 11 October 2018
HEAL THE OCEAN
by Hillary Hauser
HTO has released study documenting a large source of potential water for California and at the same time is celebrating Montecito Water District (MWD) and Montecito Sanitary District (MSD) getting together on a plan to produce recycled water for Montecito)
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eal the Ocean released its long-awaited study detailing the volume of potentially available water for a significant expansion of water recycling in California on September 26 – and coincidentally at the same time, the Montecito Water and Sanitary districts appear to be pulling together to develop recycled water for Montecito. As the final details of HTO’s “Inventory of Municipal Wastewater Discharges to California Coastal Water Bodies” were being finalized for release, HTO staff members attended Montecito Water District’s Strategic Planning Committee on September 20 for Woodard & Curran’s presentation of the results of a draft Recycled Water Feasibility Study commissioned by the Montecito Water District. HTO has advocated for cooperation between the two districts for years, and we were thrilled to hear of a discussion by representatives from both Water and Sanitary districts for working together on the development of a recycled water facility in Montecito. When Proposition 1 funding released $750 million for construction of recycled water facilities in 2014, our organization approached every wastewater and water district on the south coast, as well as Santa Ynez Valley, to jump aboard. When Montecito Water District repeatedly refused to entertain recycled water use, our frustration level was high. On December 14, 2014, it looked like the Water District was going to come to the table with the Sanitary District. A formal request had been made to the Sanitary District by MWD and put on the Sanitary District’s agenda. But the Water District failed to show up. It felt like a slap in the face. However, as of last week, the presentation by Rob Morrow of Woodard & Curran to the Water District of a recycled water plan, and the positive reactions of the district’s Strategic Planning Committee to that plan, the frustrating days for HTO appear to be coming to a close. I could barely stay in my seat when the conversation turned to production of 400,000 gallons per day to irrigate golf courses, the cemetery, parks, and other open/grass areas. This is like a reverse way to produce 500,000 gallons per day of potable water, because if that potable water is not being used for irrigation that significant amount of water stays intact for its intended use.
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MWD general manager Nick Turner says, “We are all working together in support of this. The Sanitary District recently passed a resolution regarding their commitment to recycled water, I have attended their last two board meetings, and you can see their presence here today. It’s happening.” The district’s Urban Water Management Plan identifies recycled water as a long-term local reliable supply and commits the District to add 1,000 acre feet of this water source to its annual water portfolio by 2025. HTO’s “Inventory” which has now been released statewide, has an interactive program accessible on HTO’s website, contributing information to assist with statewide water supply planning efforts, specifically the volume of wastewater potentially available for use in water recycling projects. Heal the Ocean’s research shows that 417 billion gallons of treated wastewater were discharged at 55 coastal locations in the 2015 calendar year. The State Water Resources Control Board has been regularly communicating with Heal the Ocean its expectations for the report, which it says will help guide the development of the state’s Recycled Water Policy. Such complete information exists nowhere else in California. The Inventory includes a thorough collection, review, and analysis of public data to determine the total volume of treated municipal wastewater discharges into California coastal water bodies. Unlike some inland discharges, discharge of wastewater to coastal water bodies have no beneficial use for the State and is therefore a wasted resource. Heal the Ocean estimates that if 85% of coastal wastewater discharges were reused, nearly 30% of water needs could be supplied for cities in the state’s coastal regions. With a focus on data transparency and replicability, Heal the Ocean is releasing its entire database in tandem with publication of the study. The interactive report and associated datasets are available at: www.wastewater-inventory.healtheocean.org/. The Montecito Water District Strategic Planning Committee has asked for several items in the Woodard & Curran study to be clarified or further addressed, and the draft report is expected to go before the MWD board on November 20. •MJ MONTECITO JOURNAL
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Santa Barbara Premiere
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own practices, and give feedback. Everyone is welcome to the 7 to 9 pm gathering, admission by donation. Bodhi Path Santa Barbara is located at 102 W Mission St. Call (805) 2842704 or visit www.bodhipath.org/sb.
Dharma in Your Pajamas
Dawa Tarchin Phillips, the popular resident teacher of Bodhi Path Santa Barbara who combines the unique perspective of a Western/ international upbringing with the traditional training of an authentic Buddhist lama (he wore the robes for a dozen years), makes his first appearance of the month, albeit virtually, with a unique four-week course that combines the first-ever online offering with discussions at the center. “Four Thoughts that Turn the Mind to Enlightenment”, which takes place Saturday, October 13, to November 8, operates within the tradition of the Great Seal or “Mahamudra”, in which there exist four specific thoughts or reflections that allow you to train your own mind to progressively turn away from the confusion and suffering associated with unconscious and conditioned existence, and begin the process of turning your mind and your life toward an authentic path of awakening. Participants will have the opportunity not only to learn the context, content, details and essence of each of the four thoughts and reflections, but also be guided by the masterful teacher to progressively go deeper with each one to experience lasting personal transformation. Live teachings will be streamed online from 10 to 11:30 am Pacific on four successive Saturdays from October 13 to November 3, via Zoom (locals can also watch them live at the center), with video recordings available online. Group discussions on each teaching take place 7 to 9 pm the following Thursdays (October 18 to November 8) at Santa Barbara Bodhi Path Center. Those unable to attend in person can participate in online discussion sessions facilitated by a teaching assistant via Zoom with 3-10 participants per session, slated for four different time slots during each week.
Practice, Not Passive Viewing
Given that the purpose of the course is to promote transformational learning by building a personal relationship with the teaching, there’s also homework, two assignments that involve writing a short personal essay (1,000 words or fewer) after the second and fourth teaching of the series to share the active reflective process with the teachings. Essays will be shared with one of the members of the discussion group for feedback. There are even four short “commitment statements” participants must agree to when registering. The fee for all four sessions and peripherals is $100, though full scholarships are also available. Registration ends Friday, October 5. Visit http:// groupspaces.com/BodhiPathOnline/ item/1185968.
Mindful Leadership
Dawa Tarchin Phillips – who is also the founder & CEO of Empowerment Holdings, and founder of The Mindful Leadership Tribe – also has a big role in the second Mindful Leadership Online Training Conference, which he also co-founded. The free event features sessions with more than 30 top mindful leaders, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and teachers, to help participants discover how mindfulness practices and meditation can fundamentally transform your life, your leadership, and your organization. The conference encompasses effective tools, practices, and techniques, as well as solutions to some of the most pressing issues facing modern leaders and organizations. The course takes a look at the timely Tenshin Reb Anderson, senior teacher at the topic of addressing rampant abuse San Francisco Zen Center of status and power that might still Bodhi Path, by the way, isn’t the only be prevalent in Old World thinking. option for a Buddhist weekend retreat, Among the other topics covered are as Santa Barbara Zen Center is hosting alleviating common workplace pain Tenshin Reb Anderson, senior teacher caused by lack of trust or meaning, at the San Francisco Zen Center, for a burnout and disengagement, faulty two-day immersion Saturday, October vision, and falling productivity, and 13, and Sunday, October 14. The focus how mindfulness and compassion is “Silent Sitting and Social Action,” can hold access to improved lead- which the leader explains as “True ership, better business relationships Zen practice involves compassionately and stronger, long-term success. Every observing and conversing with all livsession ends with a specific mindful- ing beings, thus creating an immeasurness meditation or valuable personal able sea of blessing. During this retreat, practice that you can use in your life we will explore the interplay of silent and business today. stillness and social action through
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Fellow Santa Barbara resident Jack Canfield, success coach and co-author of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, is among the participating presenters, a list that also includes Dr. Daniel Siegel, founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA; Dina Dwyer-Owens, co-chairwoman of the Board of Directors and former CEO of The Dwyer Group; UK members of Parliament Tim Loughton and Chris Ruane, and U.S. Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio; and Rhonda Magee, professor of Law at University of San Francisco; and others. The conference takes place October 17-26, and the free registration also provides access to a bunch of bonuses including Phillips’s 7-Day Mini E-Course “Introduction to Mindful Leadership” and three guided audio meditations on Mindful Leadership, Mindful Influence, Mindful Collaboration, plus four of the most popular talks from the 2018 Mindful Leadership Summit. Visit https:// mindfulleadershipconference.com for more info or to register.
quiet sitting and walking meditation, as well as oral teachings and group discussions.” Reb Anderson is a lineage holder in the Soto Zen tradition. Ordained as a priest by Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in 1970, he served as abbot of San Francisco Zen Center’s three training centers from 1986 to 1995. He currently trains lay practitioners, monks, and priests, and leads practice periods with intensive focus on the everyday practice of meditation, work, and study. Retreat fees are $45 for both days or $25 for one ($20/$10 for students), and the retreat takes place at the Embarcadero Municipal Improvement District, 224 Vereda Leyenda, Goleta. Visit www.santabarbarazencenter.org for additional information and registration.
Women in the Wild
Earlier this year, Lamara Heartwell began a project called Wise Women Unite, following a calling to help women get freed up in their bodies and lives. It started as a series of live workshops and courses and has begun to migrate into an online component. But for the rest of the year, Heartwell will be offering oneday journeys on her private mountaintop sanctuary in Mission Canyon. The “Day of Ritual and Renewal for Women” brings women together with intention to turn toward, rest, and support one another in embodying feminine essence and harnessing creative power. The intention is to employ body-centered practices and authentic sharing to “come home to ourselves, melt our conditioning, and soften into our pleasure body and deep feminine knowing.” The retreats, which Heartwell co-leads with Lisa Citore, take place 10 am to 5 pm on Saturdays, October 13, November 17 and December 15, with a fee of $225 ($185 if registered by the first of the month). A YouTube video is available at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=S_o7IJ8azhg. Email info@ inspiratia.org. Heartwell also co-leads the new Movement Lab with Melissa Lowenstein, which wound up its initial three-week series on October 3, and contributed Turning Shadow, a dance film shot in the Thomas Fire burn area, to this Saturday’s event, Out of the Mud and Ashes, at the Lobero. •MJ
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ing social and economical problems, and lost taxes and property values related thereto. Let’s hope their promotion of marijuana sales is not a bong or pipe dream and brings their touted millions of dollars in sales taxes, and not an increase in the drug dependency and criminal problems of our citizens, especially our youth. What price stupidity? H.T. Bryan Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Politicians don’t win votes or admiration by doing the right thing. They win votes by catering to groups of people clamoring for government largesse. If a politician answers the call of “more for my group, my cause, me, me, me,” enough times, he or she may get a building named after them, sometimes even a street. But if they dare spend their time trying to balance spending with income, they’ll be pilloried and run out of town quickly and ignominiously. So, stupidity, in fact, has no price. It is priceless. – J.B.)
Signs of the Times
Here we go again... I was concerned coming off the freeway at Jameson and Sheffield seeing the overkill of big and little signs. These signs are a blight to the community – please take down the super-size signs. John Venable Montecito
Crisis Wasting
Take a moment and think about how many of our elected officials, from local agencies all the way to the President of the United States, can you say you totally respect and that they have done a good job for the people they represent. For me, that list is pretty short.
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To have elected officials who have been totally above-board, run their department efficiently, and provide a quality service for the community is rare. We are lucky in Montecito to have the following directors overseeing the Montecito Sanitation District: Judy Ishkanian, Robert Williams, Thomas Kern, Jeffery Kerns, and Walter Owens. I’m sure most of you have come in contact with one or more of these directors who have contributed greatly to the Montecito community through their work on the Montecito Association, Neighborhood Defense League, and many nonprofits. I think most of you would agree that the Montecito Water District (MWD) has had its management problems. Those problems have led to higher and higher prices, and little progress has been made to join the City of Santa Barbara on desalination. The MWD is involved in a few lawsuits over the release of 9 million gallons of water from storage tanks during the mudslide because their backup generators were off-line. Not something to be proud of. There is a local group called The Water Security Team running a slate of new candidates for the Montecito Water Board. Unfortunately, this group is also running two candidates for the Sanitary District Board. They have a budget over $100,000 to run their candidates in these elections. That money dwarfs anything raised by the current Directors running for re-election. We will be inundated by campaign baloney over the few weeks. So, what’s going on here? The Montecito Water District is in poor financial shape, and the Montecito Sanitation District has a stellar financial rating and good reserves. The Sanitation District is run very efficiently and provides the community a great service. I think the Water Security Team feels that if they get control of the Sanitation District, they can have access to their money and land. They may even think that if the districts are combined, it would will be easier to petition LAFCO for Montecito City hood. The big problem with this is we may be stuck with the same MWD management that screwed up in the first place. Remember Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s first chief of staff, famously saying, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” We have a water crisis, but let’s not throw out terrific members of the Sanitary District Board. Richard Nordlund Montecito
Seriousness of the Charges
It’s all politics and the story is so full of holes (no evidence, no corroboration), even The New York Times,
which is dying to run the story, can’t, and won’t put its weight and signature behind it because it’s made up out of thin air and whole cloth, for the sole purpose of destroying any chance a decent, honorable conservative, strict-constructionist jurist has of being seated on the High Bench. While doing so, the perpetrators behind this fraud are destroying the reputation and career of an innocent man, while making him suspect in the eyes of his own family and those who work with him. But the Left doesn’t care. All they care about is winning. And it’s the dirty olive atop a Grey Goose vodka martini if they can destroy a man (Kavanaugh) in the process whose ideas and ideals they despise, as much as the nation he loves, supports, and defends. The amount of hate and vitriol present in the Left’s derangement to rid the nation of Kavanaugh’s High Court nomination is a direct coefficient of how much hate and vitriol the Left has for the United States of America. Naturally, what the Left is working to have happen is for the wimpy, objective, fair-minded Republican Senate leaders to cave in the face of this unprecedented onslaught against the Rule of Law in this modern age. They don’t have the aggressiveness and supine of The Trumpsters to stand erect in the face of this military assault against their very being. There is great risk in whatever the Republican leadership decides to do. If they “table” the whole nomination, the whole Republican establishment will, one way or other, pay a horrible price. It’s true some voters may be so enraged over this revolutionary coup d’état that they may turn out en masse in November and vote anti-Democrat. More likely, however, is that voters who owe their allegiance first to President Trump rather than Washington, D.C., congressional Republicans will be disillusioned and lose interest in supporting a Republican establishment that doesn’t have the brass ‘nads to stand up to people willfully tearing apart the fabric of the very society that makes the U.S. so attractive to the rest of the world. If Republicans can’t draw a line in the sand and stand behind the very people the nation needs to buttress the principles and practices that make America “America”... ...Then, what good are they? There are two kinds of people America doesn’t need... ...People who wantonly hate this country and wish to tear it apart... ...and people who don’t have the stomach and the testicles to toe-theline against these Fifth Columnists and do what’s necessary to win. These are dramatic times. This is
Clouds come floating into my life... to add color to my sunset sky. – Rabindranath Tagore
a “s**t-or-get-off-the-pot” defining moment for everybody, not just for the people in the limelight and hot seat. Everybody! David S. McCalmont Santa Barbara
What is Patriotism?
I wouldn’t conflate failing to show patriotism through song or pledge with disrespecting anyone serving in the military. I agree that dissent is the highest form of patriotism (various attributions). What does patriotism mean to you? Is there a difference between country and government? Is American “exceptionalism” a birthright, or are there exceptional people throughout the world? If you claim to be patriotic or “proud to be American,” does that mean you agree with most everything your government does: war, drug war, unfair taxation, agribusiness subsidies, protective tariffs, immigration policy, welfare, corporate welfare, bank bailouts? Or, you remain staunchly patriotic when, as we almost endlessly witness, dishonesty and incompetence among ranking government officials and bureaucrats? Perhaps you think it will be almost perfect if only the people you wish to elect win office? Are you a patriot at all times, no matter what? Are you patriotic to your government, or to personal ideals your government may have once represented? Based on history and/or mythology, would you be patriotic to your country/government, no matter how her leaders perform in the future? Would it be patriotic to die for your country somewhere abroad, on a mission you didn’t understand or ended in disaster? The military demands blind obedience to the chain of command. The president is the commander in chief. Whatever he says, goes. Do you believe that it’s wise to allow a single elected person (perhaps not your choice) to engage the military in lethal combat? What have we learned from history from Viet Nam through Afghanistan? I am loyal to ideals I believe serve the best interests of my fellow beings and myself. To the extent the government I did not choose represents those values, I will support that government. To the extent it does not, I will object. Though once blindly patriotic, I now oppose the bulk and manner of government undertakings. To be clear, I will always support and respect those who serve in the military. I just happen to believe, perhaps despite good intentions, their commanders too often sacrifice them on destructive and/or counterproductive missions.
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FITNESS FRONT
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Mindful Eating
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e’ve all done it. Opened a bag of chips or cookies intending to eat only a handful, and ended up polishing off the bag. Had that second helping when lingering tableside with company, or scarfed a chocolate bar – or two! – in the aftermath of bad news. Mindlessly eating to chase away boredom or blues, what happens when we invite the mind to attend the pot luck too? Petra Beumer, cognitive behavioral therapist and health coach, knows. Founder of the Mindful Eating Institute in Santa Barbara, she is apt to suggest we invite the inner child within us all to dinner. A one-time weight-loss coach, she now eschews the concept of dieting altogether, averring control of what one eats has everything to do with addressing unmet hungers of a different nature – including nurturing the child within. I sat down with the masters of psychology to learn more. ”I was teaching weight loss classes until I realized about fifty percent of my clients were regaining the weight. A very important component was missing – addressing emotional eating,” she said, going on to explain the phrase “emotional eating” includes such triggers as stress, boredom, and
Food for thought: Petra Beumer, health coach and founder of the Mindful Eating Institute
grief. “I help people embrace their body and not look in the mirror and beat themselves up. I work a lot with the inner child and teach people how to talk to that child within. How would you talk to a precious little girl or boy? You would be kind to them, of course, and loving. Very supportive and never judgmental,” Petra said, the kindness in her demeanor reassuring me that she walks the talk. For those of us unskilled in such an arena, the European transplant is clearly wellequipped to lead the conversation. Curious how she knew there was a need for the specialized and specific services offered at the Mindful Eating
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Institute, Petra was quick to respond: “I used to work as a self-care specialist at the Golden Door resort, an upscale spa near San Diego. It was in the course of a workday, when I talked in front of a group of forty or more women that the need evidenced itself. I asked the question: who’s good at nurturing others? And all forty hands went up, but when I asked ‘Who’s good at nurturing themselves?’ only two hands went up. It was then I knew educating people on the concept of mothering oneself was grossly overlooked.” Driven by the vision of helping people have a peaceful relationship with food, Petra’s own story is as brave as it is adventurous. After earning her master’s degree at the University of Hamburg, she chose to return to Santa Barbara in 1988, a place she had only visited in the course of her job as a flight attendant for Lufthansa Airlines. “I immigrated with just two bags and a dream.” she told me proudly. “A calling. To help others.” And help she did, teaching weight loss classes for four-plus years at the Sansum Clinic, as well as giving multiple lectures on emotional eating at Cottage Hospital to patients and staff alike. Expanding her horizons to work as a lifestyle consultant, she developed and taught a Work/ Life Balance workshop at the prestigious California Health & Longevity Institute, in addition to consulting as a health educator at a well-respected Santa Barbara health center. Striking out on her own, she established the Mindful Eating Institute in 2017, and hasn’t looked back. And neither have the people she has helped. Gabi, a newer client of Petra’s and longtime Santa Barbara resident, was happy to share her experience, though understandably reticent about sharing her last name. “I was invited to Petra’s Mindful Eating group as a guest and decided to join.” The Mindful Eating group Gabi referenced is capped at 15 participants and convenes every Monday evening from 6 to 7 pm at the Family Therapy Institute downtown. “I also see Petra privately, and find
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 1st Thursday – The big news is the grand opening of Perdido Arts Project, the new arts venue located in the historic Howard-Canfield Building at Canon Perdido and State), as part of the downtown revitalization project, as well as the debut of Youth Interactive (see separate item below. Elsewhere, over at SBCAST (513 Garden Street, 805-450-3799), MCA brings “Hush: The Voices of Santa Barbara”, with perhaps something even more topical than supporting State Street as the show consists of several artists who identify with being misrepresented, underrepresented, or silenced within the community. Celebrate the season in Arlington Plaza at Santa Barbara Fine Art (1324 State Street, Suite J, 805-845-4270) “California Vineyards”, with features by Arturo Tello, Richard Schloss, Marcia Burt, John Wullbrandt, Jeremy Harper, Larry Iwerks, and several others, paired with wine tasting by Santa Barbara Winery, Sunstone Winery, La Fond Winery, Qupe and Verdad Winery. Schloss exhibits double-duty this month as he also juries “Fall in Love with Art,” the new show at Gallery 113 (1114 State Street, La Arcada Court #8, 805-9656611). “Fall Forward” with guest artist Taj Vaccarella, who exhibits select paintings from his “Fierce and Tranquil
Deities” series while fellow guest artist Patrick Hall shows Asian-inspired ceramic vessels and wall sculptures at 10 West Gallery (10 West Anapamu Street, 805-770-7711). “Frisky Cat Girl” beckons you into the colorful fantasy world of Maria Arroyo, whose “Dreamscapes” features otherworldly characters and vivid imagery at SlingShot Gallery (220 West Canon Perdido Street, 805770-3878). Meanwhile, it’s art in action at Yuliya Lennon Art Studio (1213 H State Street, 805-886-2655), where the artist who formerly created art for film and fashion design and is now working on a book cover for a local author will offer a live painting demonstration. In the old favorites arena, Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery (1 East Anapamu Street, 805-730-1460) opens “The Red-Headed Stepchild: The History of Collage & Assemblage in Santa Barbara: 1955-2018” as part of its ongoing commitment to document our historical and contemporary art scene. Faulkner Gallery (40 East Anapamu Street, in the SB Public Library) has a show juried by Patricia Chidlaw of diverse original artwork by some of the 66-year-old Santa Barbara Art Association 545 members. WHEN: 5 to 8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: 9622098 or www.downtownsb.org/ events/1st-thursday
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 Sweets Sounds of Soweto – Soweto Gospel Choir is a 43-member ensemble including some of South Africa’s greatest singers that was formed to celebrate the inspirational power of African gospel music. The choir combines earthy rhythms with rich harmonies sung in English, as well as six of South Africa’s 11 official languages, a formula that has resulted in worldwide acclaim plus two Grammy Awards. They performed for Nelson Mandela on many occasions and sung at his state funeral at home in South Africa, as well as at his commemorative service at Westminster Cathedral in London; they also performed at the memorial service for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela earlier this year, in addition to the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, delivered this year by former U.S. president Barack Obama. They were also the first South African artists to sing at the Academy Awards when they backed John Legend on “Down To Earth”, Peter Gabriel’s Oscar-nominated song from WALL-E. Just last month, in honor of the centennial of Nelson Mandela’s birth, Soweto Gospel Choir released its sixth album, Freedom, a collection of freedom songs from South Africa and beyond, which forms the backbone for their “Songs of the Free” concert tonight. To kick off the concert, as well as UCSB Arts & Lectures’s Thematic Learning Initiative and its Campbell Hall season, pastor Victor Bell and members of UCSB Gospel Choir lead a Community Gospel Sing-in at 7 pm on the theater’s plaza. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $30 to $42, students $15 INFO: 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 Guffaws and Giggles with Gaffigan – By now, audiences are fairly certain what they’re going to hear at a performance by comedian Jim Gaffigan: lots of funny bits about his family, some self-effacing stories, a modicum of sarcasm, and just about nothing blue or too racy. His local show on his current Fixer Upper Tour, which was postponed from spring due to a film date conflict (he’s been in lots of recent movies, including Chappaquiddick and Chuck), features more musing on life’s mundane topics, including his weight, his wife, his five kids, gastrointestinal issues, and the weather. But maybe talk about rain and sunshine is just what we need right now during this particularly polarized period. WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $54.50 to $79.50 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com
Pianos on State – October means the return of one of downtown’s favorite departures from the norm, as the interactive experience at the intersection of art and music returns for its ninth installment, boasting its longest run (October 2-24) to date. Each piano, with a dozen instruments along the main downtown thoroughfare and in the Funk Zone, becomes its own piece of art as local Santa Barbara artists create individual looks, with the decorators this year including Lanny Sherwin, Sheryl Schroeder, Mahina Martinson, Aviel Hyman, Melody Rose, Ariana Meyers, Richard Stokes, Jack Mohr, Amanda Phillips, and several ensembles. The pianos are available for musical exploration, impromptu play, and group performances morning, afternoon, and evening (10 am to 10 pm) and amateur, professionals, and public musicians alike are invited to sit down and play. The official grand opening as part of 1st Thursday features both some professional impromptu performances and a special concert by the Piano Boys on the keyboard at the corner of State and Anapamu streets. Meet the artists for a tour at 5 pm in front of First Republic Bank. INFO: www.pianosonstate.com/en
and ensemble work since 1992 and currently owns Bodykind Pilates Studio, will offer embodied improvisation, comprising original movement and candid, sometimes poetic, verbal expression as she explores personal stories and cultural themes, Her piece, “8.10.15”, will use scores drawn out of a hat by audience members. Santa Barbara native Long has specialized in creating art from found objects for the past 30 years, employing discarded, recycled, and unwanted things in collage and assemblage pieces. In his current series, Long works with vintage paper and hand-built wooden boxes to examine recurring dreams and nightmares by recreating scenes that have been with him since childhood…. Also celebrating its grand opening as part of 1st Thursday is Youth Interactive’s new facility at 1219 State Street, a collaborative space for young entrepreneurs and students to develop life and business skills. The new place will support five of YI’s student-run businesses, giving them a place to create, promote, and sell their products. WHEN: 5 to 8 pm WHERE: Lower State Street and environs COST: free INFO: 962-2098 or www. downtownsb.org/events/1st-thursday
Double Dose of Debuts – The Perdido Arts Project permanently takes over the Howard-Canfield Building, the 105-year-old space most recently occupied by the Tuesday Morning store, in today’s launch of a new arts venue presenting the works of regional artists on a rotating basis in a visible storefront space. Today’s 1st Thursday grand opening features a pairing of performance artist Jennifer McCandless and visual artist Michael E. Long. McCandless, who has been performing original solo
Going Green – Carpinteria’s Avocado Festival turns 31 this year, which is the same number as flavors of ice cream that Baskin-Robbins used to serve during its most famous years (and often the same number of days when I wanted to eat them that my store-bought avocados finally ripen). I mention this because avocado ice cream is just one of the avo-infused foods you can gobble up at the gargantuan three-day festival by the
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Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than 10 years.
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State Street Ballet’s Chaplin
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he choreographers behind State Street Ballet’s season-opening world premiere, Chaplin, had no idea that Charlie Chaplin had a major Montecito and Santa Barbara connection, the silent-film icon having had a hand in the building of the Montecito Inn in 1928, and marrying Oona O’Neill here in 1943. All they knew was that not only did Chaplin seem like a natural focal point for a dance piece, but that, curiously, few others dance organizations had ever attempted to do it. In many ways, though, State Street‘s new evening-length work is as ambitious an endeavor as envisioning a luxury hotel in Montecito was for Chaplin. That’s because there are actually three different choreographers – Kevin Jenkins, William Soleau, and Edgar Zendejas – who collaborated to explore the many aspects of Chaplin’s creative genius and complex personality, something more or less unheard of in the world of ballet. What’s more, they do so through an imaginative, Alice-in-Wonderland-like prism that allows State Street’s newest principal
Soleau, who recently became co-artistic director of State Street, talked about the production earlier this week.
Ahna Lipchik stars in Chaplin at the Granada
dancer, 23-year-old ballerina Ahna Lipchik, to make her company debut embodying to Little Tramp and other aspects of Chaplin as a young girl subsumed by Chaplin’s personality while James Folsom, a State Street Ballet company member since 2017, portrays the actual icon. Plus, there are special effects, projects, props, original music, and classic piano rags, and (not-so-colorful) costumes (as Chaplin’s world was largely black-and-white) to add flavor.
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How did the three of you come to collaborate? We wanted to open the season with a brand-new, full-length ballet, and while we were thinking of ideas, Kevin brought up Charlie Chaplin. But he had never done a full evening before. So (SSB founder) Rodney (Gustafson) asked me to work with him. Then I thought, why not bring in Edgar, who had also never done a fulllength ballet before. I could create the storyline and the arc, and make sure everything flowed. It seems like that would be challenging, to maintain continuity. While we divided periods of his life into sections, instead of one of taking an individual section by himself, we decided to each do a part of each one. So, they flow into each other, and sometimes they even overlap. It’s very intertwined. We didn’t want people to be able point out which one of us has done what. Everything mashes up. The whole ballet is done that way. There are no blackouts between sections. It all just flows… The experience of creating it has been incredible not only for the dancers, who get all these
What was the impetus behind doing the story from the young girl’s point of view? It was Kevin’s idea to have a woman play Chaplin, after he did a short improv idea with Ahna in San Diego. At first, I didn’t want to do it full-on, because it seemed too far outside of the box. But Ahna has Chaplin down – she’s not just a ballet dancer but also she’s a break dancer and popper, and she’s really studied his movements. I think it would be very hard to teach a ballet dancer how to isolate her body the way she does, and be able to replicate Chaplin, who was such a perfectionist that he sometimes did hundreds of takes for scenes that were a few seconds long. But she’s the personification of Charlie Chaplin. There is really no one else who could do this part. (State Street Ballet performs Chaplin at 7:30 pm Saturday, October 6, at The Granada Theatre. Visit www.grana dasb.org or call (805) 899-2222.)
Out of the Mud and Ashes Offers Healing
OPUS Archives and Research Center, the non-profit organization that serves as the “living archive” of scholarly papers from Pacifica Graduate Institute and others, normally offers its New Mythos grants to researchers in the fields of depth psychology, mythology, and the humanities. But this last year was anything but normal, particularly in the hills of Montecito where OPUS is located, which suffered from both the Thomas Fire and the Montecito debris flows. So under the auspices of John Lengsfelder, the artist-inventor who serves as OPUS’s president, the organization gave out more than a dozen grants to local performing artists to conceive and perform pieces inspired in some way by the double disasters. The result is Out of the Mud and Ashes, an evening spanning multiple mediums from dance to music, pho-
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Q. Why is Charlie Chaplin right for a ballet treatment? A. Because he literally moved like a dancer. He was so graceful, it was really incredible. From movement point alone, it makes a lot of sense. But it’s also that his life is so interesting, it’s great material for a work. Today, we know him mostly as the tramp, but there are 10 other sides to him: composer, director, a very political person, a rich man at age 24, the guy who started Universal Pictures. He was a real svengali. We cover many aspects of his life from his early childhood to the Keystone Cops, his later movies, his politics, then later in life.
different styles, but also for each of us, because we get a chance to see how we each work. We got along really well and spent a lot of time talking through ideas and sharing thoughts, bouncing things off each other. That was fun. It was like throwing a lot of different ingredients into a soup and having it turn out great.
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called “Flow” and “Potential”, about running water and regrowth. “The basic rhythmic vibration of these powerful drums touches things that bypass the brain,” Lengsfelder said. “You just feel it, which is a great way to finish the evening.” (Tickets cost $15 to 40 with proceeds helping to fund next year’s New Mythos grants. Call (805) 963-0761 or visit www.lobero.com.)
Magnum OPUS: Lobero Theatre is up in arms about healing
tography, drama, poetry, and video at the Lobero Theatre on Saturday, October 6. “We’re a soulful organization, a soul-carrying, soul-treasure house,” Lengsfelder explained. “I was so shaken by what happened with the fire and mudslide, that I wanted to give grants to artists so that they would have a mandate to respond to the disaster and see what they might come up with to help the community out of this psychic juggernaut. I know that I’ve been uneasy, and I thought that addressing it this way could help process it for myself.” The response to the call for proposals was staggering, Lengsfelder said, so much so that he was only able to accept about half of the artists’ ideas. But that has made for a strong program for the presentation, which features a few popular area artists (dancer-choreographer Tracy Kofford, filmmaker Robin Bisio) and many whose names are not as well-known, all given equal footing on the bill. There are even two on-site installations among the 15 performances, including footage of the fire projected on the theater’s outside wall using mapping techniques, and photos that have been tinted with ash from the Thomas Fire. “It’s like a sampler menu,” he said. “If you‘re not moved by poetry, maybe the film knocks you out. If you don’t relate to a singer-songwriter, maybe you’ll be riveted by the dance.” Lengsfelder knows that Out of the Mud and Ashes isn’t a panacea for the area’s recovery problems. “It’s not even a Band-Aid. I just want to move the needle of healing a couple of degrees. If it’s healing, mind-provoking, and enjoyable, that would be perfect. That really shows the power of the arts.” Lengsfelder is particularly excited about the logistics of the program, as despite having months to prepare their pieces, the artists will only be in rehearsal together one time prior to show time, so the offerings will be polished but still fresh. “I’m as interested as anyone else to see how it turns out.” The show closes with a taiko group from Oxnard, who will perform songs 4 – 11 October 2018
4 Qs with One Good Egg’s Elaine Gale
There are any number of ways to describe One Good Egg, Elaine Gale’s bold, personal, riveting, and funny one-woman show. Many of them come from the title, which, not coincidentally, lends itself to lots of wordplay. “It will crack you up... and crack you open!” screams the tagline for the posters and social media pages. “A quirky, powerful, and inspiring scavenger hunt to find home, love, family, and meaning.” Those who caught the show in its world premiere in spring 2017 at Center Stage Theater might say its alternately hard-boiled and sunny-side up, and maybe a little runny, at least in the sniffles that followed tears in the audience during the show’s most poignant moments (and gasps at a couple of others). One thing is for sure: It’s definitely the only piece of theater that poses the question, “What do eggs, Wendy’s baked potatoes, kale, Mr. T., Crush the Turtle, Uma Thurman, infertility, ayahuasca, and frozen dog testicles have in common?” One Good Egg, traces Gale’s journey through life and love’s twists and turns from her Midwestern upbringing to her current role as a writer, performer, and college professor. Love, loss, and longing are major themes in the nonfiction piece that lays bare some of the most intimate moments of her life amid moments of irony and outright hilarity. Gale has re-imagined and streamlined the piece with a new director, UCSB theater professor Julie Fishell. In advance of the show’s New York debut later this month, two preview performances are taking place this weekend, at 7:30 pm on October 5-6. at the Live Oak Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Goleta. (A “pre-show mingle” with bites from The HoneyB Kitchen and wine by The Brander Vineyard takes place at 6:45 pm both nights. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, at www. onegoodeggshow.com, and part of the proceeds will benefit Santa Barbara Dance Tribe.)
to me. In some ways, I’m most comfortable being in front of a crowd… So, it’s like sharing who I am with 100 people. You’re getting a piece of my world... But I have always believed in the power of nonfiction storytelling. It’s medicine we can give each other to help us understand our own lives. Through individual stories, we get wisdom about the collective and information about our shared humanity. They can provide a soothing balm for the things that worry or confuse us. There’s also a lot of comedy, much more than before. In our times of “cosmic comedy” we live in, it’s something we need. The relationship between laughter and crying, they’re very close. I really like shows that evoke a spectrum of emotions. With all that divides us, storytelling and humor are things that connect us. The show before seemed to carry a theme of resilience. Does that resonate for you? Is it what you want audiences to take away? Resilience is more of a throughline. For me, the show revolves even more around love. That’s the bottom line. Forgiveness too. Self-love can be a radical act. That’s partly why the metaphor of the egg works on so many levels: There’s the cliché “You’re a good egg,” which implies being intact and uncontaminated. But the show is
about cracking open and connecting to the deeper truth of who we are and the vulnerability of other people. And love is the ultimate expression of life force. Your life is ever-evolving. Do you have the desire to perhaps keep updating the show with new experiences? Yes! The crazy thing is, I rewrote the ending again just today. I’m living and breathing the show all the time. Even when I’m doing something else, I’m thinking about it in some part of my mind. But the revision process has been rigorous and thorough. The arc of the story feels really clean, things are much crisper and tighter. I’ve really learned a lot about myself in the three years since this all grew out of my writing “one-woman show” on a whiteboard right after we moved here. It came in as a soul assignment, an intuitive thing. What’s most alive for you right now as you contemplate these performances? Taking it to New York is intimidating. I won’t know anyone there. Part of the idea of doing these previews here was to perform it among friends. It’s a chance to work through the fear and anxiety I always have before a performance. I’m at home on the stage. But before I get there, it’s another thing. •MJ
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New Braille executive director Susan Cass, Braille student Meghan Downing, and honoree Dr. Dennis Clegg
Auxiliary president Sandy DeRousse presented Dr. Dennis Clegg, professor, department of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology at UCSB with an award of excellence, the Elizabeth Skene Award. His current emphasis is in stem-cell research focusing on therapies for ocular disease. He has many credits in his field, and as Braille student Meghan Downing said, “He’s the man who is working on curing my eye disease.” She shared the presentation with Dr. Clegg. Meghan is an active 16-year-old who sings in the a capella choir and plays water polo. Her mom, Pearl Francis, is an auxiliary member. The delicious food tastes were from The Black Sheep, Bluewater Grill, Brasil Arts Café, Lure, and the Palace Grill. Dessert was made by the Braille students and served in the state-ofthe-art kitchen, where they learn culinary skills. This evening was under the eye of the brand-new executive director Susan Cass. Braille Auxiliary members present besides the president were first VP Tredick, second VP Barbara Toumayan, treasurer Diane Pannkuk, arrangements secretary Lynn Duncan, recording secretary Sally Faulstich, sustaining repre-
sentative Linda Chapman, advisor Mary Romo, and parliamentarian Pat Andersons. Braille Institute is a private, non-profit organization that is funded primarily by individual gifts, grants, and bequests. Your gifts help with programs such as Kitchen Confidence, Orientation and Mobility, and Daily Living Skills. For information, call (805) 682-6222.
Surgical Eye Expeditions
SEE International promised an inspirational afternoon and they didn’t disappoint. We all gathered at the New Vic Theater for a symposium about sight, or as they said, “Seeing the Light.” A friend of ours, the late Dr. Harry Brown, founded SEE International in 1974. Since then, volunteer ophthalmologists have restored sight to more than half a million men, women, and children. They have examined more than 4 million people worldwide and transformed the lives of countless others. As president and CEO Randal Avolio says, “Parents can return to work and provide for their families. Children can go to school and seek brighter futures. Our global network
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of eye care professionals will restore sight to over 40,000 people in 40 countries this year, at a cost of less than $5 per surgery.” Their goal is to restore sight to more than 100,000 men, women, and children annually by 2020. This event was to celebrate sight week and SEE was also celebrating the opening of their new offices at 175 Cremona Drive, Suite 100 in Santa Barbara. Mark Sylvestor hosted the program. Yardi was awarded the Community Philanthropist Award for all they’ve given to SEE. Today they gave yet another check. Dr. Michael Colvard spoke about the gift of generosity. Dr. Jeffrey Levenson told about his discovery of SEE and learning the surgical procedure necessary to do it in primitive conditions found in most of the countries to which they travel. Many people are plagued with cataracts. He joined SEE in 2009 and since then has traveled to several clinic locations in Peru, El Salvador, and Mexico. He is
SEE Chief Medical Officer. The symposium ended with a conversation among the doctors, including Drs. Janak Shah and Preeti Shah from India. The Shahs together have led more than 150 SEE programs – a record for SEE. Dr. Janak Shah teaches Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS) to doctors interested in providing care in humanitarian settings. He has won the Eye Health Hero Award and so has his wife. Dr. Preeti Shah has been with SEE for 17 years and has traveled all over the world. The lecture was followed by a VIP reception across the street at the Impact Hub Chapala Center with wine, goodies, and a chance to speak with the SEE people. All the doctors described the thrill of taking off the bandages of a patient who can now see for the first time or the first time in decades. If you’d like to learn how you could help, call (805) 963-3303.
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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 6) Leila Drake, David Bazemore, Arlyn Goldsby, Chris Fossek, Patti Reid, and Suzanne Danielson (photo by Priscilla)
offers a glimpse into how a national Bloomberg campaign might look in 2020. Oprah, 64, our rarefied enclave’s most famous resident, has said categorically she will never run for president, but might a cabinet position be more palatable? Stay tuned. Straight to the Pointe It was all tu-tu much when the State Street Ballet threw its 24th anniversary gala for a record 184 guests in the Biltmore’s Loggia Ballroom, raising around $140,000 for the popular local dance company. The fab fete, which honored avid supporter Arlyn Goldsby, longtime board member and patron, was
emceed by Jonatha King, with dance vignettes performed by the troupe’s principal performers. After a glowing tribute to Arlyn by the company’s founder, Rodney Gustafson, and Gary Dorfman, the ubiquitous Andrew Firestone conducted the auction, with a four-day trip to Durango, Colorado, going for $2,000 and a Danube river cruise snapped up for $5,750. Andrew then joined former principal dancer Leila Drake in a pointe shoe auction. The company launches its latest season on Saturday with Chaplin at the Granada. Among the balletomanes turn-
Doedy Orchowski, Rodney Gustafson, Leslie Ridley-Tree, and David Lacy (photo by Priscilla)
Tom Frisina and Jonatha King with members of the ballet (photo by Priscilla)
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Habitat Heroes Celebration
Deckers Outdoor Corporation generously gave their Rotunda to Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County (HHSSBC) for the Heroes Celebration. Board president Paul Wilson told us, “In the 18 years since Habitat was founded in Santa Barbara, they have built 22 new homes for 84 people, half of which are children, as well as helping rebuild and repair 170 homes.” Habitat also has a ReStore, which serves as a home improvement store that helps build houses. It sells new and gently used furniture, building materials, and appliances at a fraction
of the retail price. All sales fund the mission of HHSSBC. Something I never knew about Habitat is they respond to disasters. An example was their mobilizing volunteers to support nearly 110 devastated homes in the area after our debris flow. Those Montecito Mavericks in their blue shirts dug mud and helped in many ways. As vice president Doug Wood said, “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow may never come. Now is the time.” The new executive director Jessica Wishan gave out awards to Kelly Avina, Bob Burtness, Sam Carr, Steve Congdon, Arlei Silva, Claude Dorais, Bill Ferguson, Gary Korte, Karen Lyons, Eric Larsen, Jerome Marchand, Sourav Medya, Doug Habitat board president Paul Wilson, board member Jennifer Zacharias, new executive director Jessica Wishan, and board members Linda and Doug Wood at the Heroes event
Recipients of the Heroes award Steve Congdon, Karen Lyons, Kelly Avon, Rebecca McCloud, and Hobie Smith
More Heroes Jerome Marchand, Bill Ferguson, Mary Jo Swalley, Sam Carr, Bob Burtness, Eric Larson, and Gary Korte
Mershon, Rebecca McCloud, Hobie Smith, Mary Jo Swalley, Terra Taylor, Robert Wilson, and Doug Wood. Habitat volunteers and friends gathered to congratulate recipients at
the wine reception. Habitat wants you to know they’re looking for volunteers, and they are hiring. Donations are welcome. To learn more, call (805) 692-2226. •MJ
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties is pleased to congratulate Kelly Mahan Herrick and the Calcagno & Hamilton Team on the successful representation of
the sellers of 660 Roberto Avenue on the Mesa, sold for $2,000,000
the buyers of 385 Paso Robles Drive in Montecito, sold for $2,295,000
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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 39) Tim Mikel and friends, Margo Cohen-Feinberg, Rodney Gustafson, Kristin Karst and Rudi Schreiner (photo by Priscilla)
Mayor Cathy Murillo cuts the ribbon at the new Unity Shoppe (photo by Pat Hitchcock)
ing out were Patricia Reid, Ron and Jill Dexter, Robert and Alex Nourse, Denise Caracas, Robert and Margo Feinberg, Morrie and Irma Jurkowitz, Frank McGinity, Tim Mikel, William Soleau, Bob and Beverly Hyman Feed, Barbara Burger and Paul Munch, Christopher Lancashire and Catherine Gee, Beverley Jackson, David and Anne Gersh, Henry and Dilling Yang, Lee Luria, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Brooks and Kate Firestone, Teresa McWilliams, and David Bazemore. O.K. Choral Santa Barbara Choral Society, which kicks off its 71st season of song in December with its popular Hallelujah Project at the Lobero, hosted a pre-sea-
son reception at the Music Academy of the West’s Marilyn Horne House. One of the highlights of the new season is Visions of Peace and Freedom, featuring Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem and the Santa Barbara premiere of composer Ron Kean’s The Journey of Harriet Tubman, a tribute to the former slave and abolitionist, which accompanies a film made by his daughter, Hannah, which takes place at the First Presbyterian Church. Another highlight is Verdi’s Requiem with the Santa Barbara Symphony, the City College Choral Society and a chorus from Santa Ynez, at the Granada in April, which veteran maestro Nir Kabaretti describes as “a mega production.” Among the music lovers check-
(From left) Brooks Firestone, Diane Dodds-Reichert, Hannah Kean, Karen Williams, Ron Kean, JoAnne Wasserman, and David Reichert
Sara Miller McCune with Lynda Weinman and Wynton Marsalis (photo by Kimberly Citro)
ing out the bash were JoAnne Wasserman, Marylove Thralls, Debra Stewart, David and Diana Dodds Reichert, Erica DiBartolomeo, Gary and Kate Rees, Karen Williams, Kostis Protopapas, Victoria Dillon, and Brooks and Kate Firestone. Gift Shop Keeps on Giving The Unity Shoppe, which recently celebrated its centennial, isn’t resting on its laurels. The popular charity, which eight months ago opened a 4,000-sq.-ft. gift shop at 1209 State Street, opposite the Granada, which also includes a senior resource center, has now opened a 3,000-sq.-ft. furniture and clothing store just a coat hanger’s hurl away at 1207, which also includes a permanent space for a long-term disaster recovery program and its Job Smart program.
Mayor Cathy Murillo cut the ribbon for the new store, which is stocked with a considerable amount of new furniture donated by real estate staging companies, watched by executive director Tom Reed and board president Barbara Tellefson. Unity Shoppe deals with 18,000 referrals annually from 300 nonprofits, churches, schools, and hospitals, distributing more than $2 million worth of products yearly to needy families. All That Jazz Uber philanthropist Sara Miller McCune’s new Montecito manse was socially gridlocked when she hosted a dinner party for VIP patrons of UCSB’s popular Arts & Lectures program and the first guest of the 60th anniversary season, legendary
MISCELLANY Page 504 A&L Dance series sponsors Irma and Morrie Jurkowitz with Lil Buck (photo by Kimberly Citro)
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The Women’s Auxiliary of the Music Academy of the West presents An exciting new fundraiser within the iconic gardens of the Music Academy of the West. Global music, dance, food & wine.
Stroll the Academy’s five beautiful gardens, each location offering music, wine, and intercontinental cuisine prepared by chefs from Rincon Events on-site, thoughtfully curated to complement each performance.
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parking aisles. Another initiative is the addition of a lighted, flashing crosswalk signal in the mid-block of 1100 Coast Village Road. The crosswalk, which spans the length of Coast Village between Villa Fontana and the former Silverhorn building, is the only crosswalk on the street without a Stop sign. “It’s definitely a safety concern,” Robertson said. City reps, including transportation engineer Derrick Bailey, are cognizant about the aesthetics and the semi-rural community of Montecito but agreed the crosswalk is a safety concern. “The data supports that the lighting and signage improves pedestrian safety, which is the ultimate goal,” Robertson said. “We are seeing drivers speed through that area, and it’s an issue.” Cars speeding through the parking aisle on Coast Village Road also remains an issue, though the orange
k-rail located in front of Renaud’s Bakery has been a deterrent. The committee, along with the CVA’s Beautification Committee, are in the process of designing a more aesthetically pleasing alternative to the k-rail. With the help of business owner Jeff Menelli and local landscape architect Kris Kimpel, the Beautification Committee is working with the City of Santa Barbara to design planter boxes containing fruit trees to replace the k-rail. The planter boxes would be movable, so they can be used as barricades during special events on the street. The design of the planter boxes will require City approval. There is also discussion about revamping the current speed bumps in the parking aisle, and potentially adding more. Moving forward, the Traffic & Safety Committee hopes to get better
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EVENTS (Continued from page 35) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6 The Goldberg Variations – It’s anybody’s guess whether Brett Kavanaugh will have already been confirmed as a Supreme Court justice by the time Los Angeles Times columnist Jonah Goldberg shows up at UCSB tonight. But his topic could hardly be more timely, as Goldberg will be discussing “Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy”. The senior editor of National Review and bestselling author of Liberal Fascism and The Tyranny of Clichés posits that the United States and other democracies are surrendering to populism, nationalism, and other forms of tribalism and are in peril as they lose the will to defend the values and institutions that sustain freedom and prosperity. Who’s at fault? We know where Goldberg stands. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $25 INFO: 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
sea. Folks come from all around the state to stroll along the several blocks of Linden Avenue and environs, and take in all of AvoFest’s attributes from entertainment options (there are more than 75 music acts playing the four stages over the three days, including such local luminaries as Tony Ybarro, The Tearaways, Phil Salazar, The Brian Titus Band, Cornerstone, Spencer the Gardener, and Elements) to bountiful booths selling arts, crafts, and other trinkets. The fest actually does also celebrate the importance of the avocado to the Carpinteria Valley, via both the Expo Tent, where you’ll find avocado agricultural photos, historical photos, lessons in avocado grafting, and FFA restored antique tractors, plus the Largest Avocado Contest (they can get pretty darn big). Need another reason to drive south? AvoFest is home to the “World Largest Vat of Guacamole” – an absurdly humongous container of the creamy green stuff. It’s well-protected, so don’t bother bringing your own bag of tortilla chips. WHEN: Today through Sunday WHERE: Linden Ave., Carpinteria COST: free INFO: (805) 684-0038 or www.avofest.com TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9 Preet-y Important – Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who served from 2009 until he was fired by President Trump when he refused to submit to the customary change-of-administration resignation, not only took on drug lords and other criminals but faced down politicians and Wall Street’s big banks and hedge funds heads. His legendary battle with Steven A. Cohen inspired the hit TV drama Billions, but the tenacious prosecutor also played large roles in several other highprofile cases, including Ponzi-scheme mastermind Bernie Madoff, speaker of the New York State Assembly Sheldon Silver, and Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad. Most recently, he’s been serving as a
Day and night meet fleetingly at twilight and dawn. – Mary Balogh
Distinguished Scholar in Residence at NYU School of Law, and also launched the podcast Stay Tuned with Preet, about justice and fairness, last September. Bharara’s public lecture titled “Ethics and the Law” is more of the same, as he will address some of today’s most pressing topics in the corporate, legal, and educational worlds. Might another Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer Michael, merit a mention? WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: $40 INFO: 893-3535 www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 11
Singing for SBCC Students M – Before he was a member of the Doobie Brothers and later a solo star, Michael McDonald was one of the musicians who worked with Steely Dan on tour and in the studio, adding his inimitable vocals to several of their albums, perhaps most notably Aja. McDonald sang all of the harmony parts on “Peg”, which turned into a hit single. Now, more than 40 years later, McDonald – who has lived in Montecito and Santa Barbara on and off since the 1980s – is paying tribute to the classic album with the help of The SBCC New World Jazz Ensemble directed by Tony Ybarra, part of a concert to showcase and benefit SBCC Music Department. McDonald will also sing several of his solo hits, while SBCC’s awardwinning Lunch Break Jazz Band directed by Jim Mooy will present a tribute to Ray Charles, and Tess Erskine, a newly Nashville-based singer-songwriter who is an alumna of the SBCC Songwriting class (Katy Perry is another), will also sing. The concert will directly benefit the SBCC Music program, which offers a wide range of performance opportunities and courses of study. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $35 to $60 ($150 VIP tickets include priority seating and a reception McDonald and SBCC musicians) INFO: 963-0761 or www. lobero.com •MJ 4 – 11 October 2018
an evening of reflection, healing and entertainment
Oct. 6 |
7:30 at the Lobero
performances by local artists tickets: lobero.org Photo: John Lengsfelder
Opus Archives and Research Center has given more than a dozen grants to local artists to conceive and perform their creative expressions around the Thomas Fire and mudflows. These soulful performances will span multiple mediums including dance, music, photography, drama, poetry and video. This evening of reflection promises to be an eclectic and entertaining showcase of some of Santa Barbara and Ventura’s best artists.
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Notice Inviting Bids SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL CARPINTERIA AT VOLUNTARIO PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS Bid No. 3810
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS
1. Bid Acceptance. The .City of Santa Barbara ("City'') will accept sealed bids for its Safe Routes To School (SRTS) Carpinteria at Voluntario Pedestrian Improvements Project ("Project"), by or before October 18, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 31O 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.
2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at the intersection of Carpinteria Street at Voluntario Street, with the lighting corridor along Voluntario Street extending from Cacique Street to Mason Street. The Project consists of constructing four curb extensions at the intersection corners and installing intersection and pedestrian scale lighting. 2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 60 working days from the effective date of the Notice to Proceed. $440,000. 3.
2.3
Engineer's Estimate. The Engineer's estimate for construction of this Project is:
License and Registration Requirements. 3.1
License. This Project requires a valid California contractor's license for the following classification(s): Class 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: https://www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?Company1D=29959. 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 onehalf. 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.
1) September 26, 2018
2) October 3, 2018 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Taste It Wines, 125 North Refugio Road, Santa Ynez, CA 93460. Sunstone Vineyards and Winery, 125 North Refugio Road, Santa Ynez, CA 93460. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 28, 2018. 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 Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN No. 2018-0002670. Published October 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sea Glass Window Cleaning, 2430 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Toby Trauntvein, 2430 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 10, 2018. 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 Sandra E. Rodriguez. FBN No. 2018-0002494. Published October 3, 10, 17, 24, 2018.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SpeedShop, 5865 Gaviota Street, Goleta, CA 93117. Adam Reynoso, 7830 Day Road, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 6, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2018-0002463. Published September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 2018.
BID NO. 5678A DUE DATE & TIME: October 17, 2018 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Steam Hydro Spraying of Harbor Commercial Areas Scope of work includes Steam Hydro Spraying at the Santa Barbara Waterfront commercial area located at 117, 125, and 132 Harbor Way. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on Thursday, October 11, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., at the Santa Barbara Waterfront located at 132 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, CA (meet at entrance of pier) to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please be punctual since late arrivals may be excluded from submitting a bid. The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at
http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.
The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C-61/D-38 Sand and Water Blasting Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award.
By: _____________________________________ Date: ____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M., General Services Manager Publication Dates:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for:
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: P’s Container Sales and Storage; P’s Container Transport Service, 1309 State St. STE A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. PM & JM, LLC, 434 Valerie Ct., Incline Village, NV 89451. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 18, 2018. 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 Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0002439. Published September 26, October 3, 10, 17, 2018.
Sunrise paints the sky with pinks and the sunset with peaches. – Vera Nazarian
_________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager Published October 3, 2018 Montecito Journal
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Michael’s Catering; Santa Barbara Bakeshop; Waterside Catering; Waterside Enterprises, 22 W. Mission Street Suite G, Santa Barbara CA 93101. Michael Hutchings, 1035 Miramonte Drive 3, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 5, 2018. 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 Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0002450. Published September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Geek Out-N-Go, 2989 Eucalyptus Hill Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Brennan James Lucas, 2989 Eucalyptus Hill
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MONTECITO PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF HEARING: PLACE:
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS
OCTOBER 17, 2018 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ENGINEERING BUILDING 123 EAST ANAPAMU STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5692
The Montecito Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Montecito Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Montecito Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters, with nine copies, and computer materials, e.g. PowerPoint presentations, should be filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Friday before the Montecito Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Montecito Planning Commission. Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at Planning and Development, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101 a week prior to the public hearing. They may also be found on the Planning and Development Department’s website, located at www.sbcountyplanning.org. If you challenge the project(s) 14RVP-00000-00005, 18APL-00000-00014, or 18CDH-00000-00025 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 to the Montecito Planning Commission prior to the public hearing. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. 14RVP-00000-00005
Casa Dorinda Open Space Management Plan Annual Status Report
300 Hot Springs Road Alex Tuttle, Supervising Planner (805) 884-6844 Joyce Gerber, Planner (805) 568-3518
The Montecito Planning Commission receive and file the May 3, 2018 Annual Status Report, as required by Condition #14 of the approved Casa Dorinda Master Plan Conditional Use Permit project, Case no. 14RVP-00000-00005. Casa Dorinda is located on Assessor Parcel Nos. 009-640013 and 009-640-014, located at 300 Hot Springs Road, in the Montecito area, First Supervisorial District. (Continued from 7/18/18) Thomas Fire and January Debris Flow Rebuilding Report
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The Montecito Planning Commission will receive a report from the Planning and Development Department on rebuilding after the Thomas Fire and January Debris Flow. 18APL-00000-00014 Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301(l)(1) And 15303(a)
Cooper Appeal of the Willfong Retaining Wall Land Use Permit
340 E. Mountain Drive Alex Tuttle, Supervising Planner (805) 884-6844 Tess Harris, Planner (805) 568-3319
Hearing on the request of Kent Cooper, Appellant, to consider Case No. 18APL-00000-00014 [appeal filed on June 14, 2018], the appeal of the Director’s decision to approve a Land Use Permit (Case No. 17LUP-00000-00060) allowing for the construction of a retaining wall south of the single family dwelling and the permitting of as-built accessory development to abate Building Violation 16BDV-00000-00158 in compliance with Chapter 35.492 of the Montecito Land Use and Development Code (MLUDC), on property located in the 3-E-1 zone. The application involves Assessor Parcel Number 013-030-017, located at 340 East Mountain Drive in the Montecito Community Plan Area, First Supervisorial District. 18CDH-00000-00025 Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301(l)(1) and 15303(a)
Blagden/Ricks As-Built Demolition and Replacement
1206 Channel Drive Errin Briggs, Energy Specialist (805) 568-2047 Kathryn Lehr, Planner (805) 568-3560
Hearing on the request of Danny Longwill, agent for owners, Catherine Blagden and Mary Ricks, to consider Case No. 18CDH-00000-00025, [application filed on August 13, 2018] for a Coastal Development Permit with hearing in compliance with Section 35-169 of the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance, on property zoned 1-E-1 to allow for as-built demolition and replacement of approximately 1,400 square feet (sq. ft.) of the existing residence, including the deconstruction and reinstallation of characteristic elements of the Moody Sister’s cottage; and to determine the project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15303(l)(1) and 15303(a). The application involves Assessor Parcel No. 009-352-040, located at 1206 Channel Drive, in the Montecito Community Plan area, First Supervisorial District. MONTECITO COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000)
Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 10, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2018-0002492. Published September 19, 26, October 3, 10, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rancho Siempre, 1066 Toro Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Philip H. Miller, 1066 Toro Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Anne M. Sweeney, 1066 Toro Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 27, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office
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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 Jazmin Murphy. FBN No. 2018-0002375. Published September 12, 19, 26, October 3, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: San Ysidro Pharmacy, 1498 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. San Ysidro Pharmacy, 1498 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on August 13, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2018-0002274. Published September 12, 19, 26, October 3, 2018.
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5693 DUE DATE & TIME: OCTOBER 18, 2018 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Microsoft Enterprise Agreement The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at
http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.
The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. _________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager Published October 3, 2018 Montecito Journal
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DUE DATE & TIME: October 26, 2018 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Flooring Replacement at Fire Stations 4 and 5 Scope of Work includes all labor, materials, equipment and all necessary incidentals to replace the flooring throughout Fire Station 4 and Fire Station 5. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on October 12, 2018 at 9:00 a.m., at Fire Station 4, located at 19 N. Ontare Road, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. From there, the group will carpool or caravan to Fire Station 5, located at 2505 Modoc Road to discuss the specifications and field conditions. The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at
http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.
The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, Montecito terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained electronically via PlanetBids. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C-15 Flooring and Floor Covering contractor’s license. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. Bidders are hereby notified that they shall furnish a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order or a cashier’s certified check, payable to the order of the City, in the amount of 10% of the bid, or by a bond in said amount and payable to said City, signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. When submitting a bid via PlanetBids™, the Bid Guaranty Bond must be uploaded as part of your submittal AND the original Bid Guaranty Bond must be received by the bid date and time to be considered responsive. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. _________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager Published OctoberPublished: 3, 2018 October 3, 2018 Montecito Journal Montecito Journal
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signage along Cabrillo Boulevard and Highway 101 to help deter drivers from using Coast Village Road as alternative southbound route. “Until the third lane of the freeway is constructed and the southbound entrance is reinstalled at Cabrillo, traffic is going to be an issue here,” Robertson said. “Right now, the signage is minimal and it isn’t enough.” The Olive Mill Road bridgework is expected to be finished by the end of the year. There is currently one-way traffic over the bridge in a northerly direction toward Coast Village Road from the beach. Drivers traveling to Butterfly Beach from Coast Village Road are directed to enter the southbound freeway, exit at San Ysidro, and detoured onto South Jameson and Danielson to Olive Mill. Northbound truck traffic on Highway 101 is encouraged to use the Milpas Street
exit before returning southbound and exiting at Olive Mill Road/Spring Road. For more information, visit www. coastvillageroad.com.
Compass Opens Second CVR Office
Real estate brokerage Compass has opened a second office on Coast Village Road, located in the former home of Red Hair & Makeup Studio, which closed earlier this year after 28 years in business. “We needed more space for agents to utilize, and this was the perfect spot,” said brokerage manager John Nisbet. Now with more than 60 agents in Montecito and Santa Barbara, the technology-driven company will also keep the 4,000-sq.-ft. office space on the west end of Coast Village Road.
A new Compass office has opened on Coast Village Road, in the former home of Red Hair & Makeup Studio
The new office, located at 1270-1272 Coast Village Road, is separated into two workplaces on either side of the breezeway; one side houses the Morehart Group, and the other is a collaborative office space with five individual desks plus a well-stocked kitchen. “Compass is all about collaborative, open space, where agents can work together, sharing market infor-
mation in the process,” Nisbet said. The west-end office will continue to house administrative, marketing, and technology support staff. The Morehart Group comprises four top agents who were working out of the first Coast Village Road office: Mitch Morehart, Susan Pate, Pippa Davis, and Beverly Palmer. The brokerage has welcomed several new agents in the last few weeks: Suzanne Perkins, Ron Brand, and Arthur Kalayjian are the latest to join the company. Downtown, the temporary Compass office on the corner of Anacapa and Carrillo will soon make way for a bigger, permanent office at 801 Chapala Street. Compass, which was founded six years ago, has offices in more than 20 regions nationwide. For more information, visit www.compass.com. The new offices are located at 1270-1272 Coast Village Road. •MJ
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The pale stars were sliding into their places. – Olivia Howard Dunbar
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LETTERS (Continued from page 32)
It’s nearly the same around the globe: nations indoctrinate their youth from kindergarten forward to pledge allegiance, sing anthems, and obey state authority. As a young infantryman, I choked up reading the inspirational “I am the Infantry, Queen of Battle!” to my father. Now, I wonder why we can’t all just get along? Steve King Carpinteria (Editor’s note: Interesting you bring this subject up, Mr. King. I’ve been traveling in Europe for the past month and a half, and have just visited Corfu, Montenegro, Croatia, and am about to descend upon Slovenia in the morning. The one thing that caught my attention was the dedication of the various men (and women) to their countries. Croatia, in particular, suffered tremendously after the collapse of the Soviet Union and when I asked our guide, Ana, who was born in Croatia, what that “war” in the 1990s was all about, she couldn’t really say, though she had relatives who got caught up in it and were jailed for extended periods. All we can say is it sure would be nice if we could “all just get along,” but I don’t believe the Croatians are ready to give up sovereignty to the “invading forces” from Serbia anytime soon. And I, for one, can’t blame them. – J.B.)
You are What You Drink
We have a unique community here in Montecito and thus should be able to better control our small universe, unlike a place such as Flint, Michigan. But, control requires informed and highly directed input. I’m not sure that level of input is coming through from the various contending groups vying for office on the boards of MWD and MSD. This paucity of discussion is exacerbated by ignoring the current but antiquated water quality standards. These standards are based on an old premise, not current reality. Water quality standards were based on an assumption that water remains pure after it falls from the sky onto clean forests, thence exiting to streams, infiltrating ground water and finally spilling into the ocean. That picture, for many drainage basins, is now a myth. These standards were never thought to deal with all that comes through in using sewage as a source. Unfortunately, the current water quality standards are still built on and maintained by an assuming the validity of this old dogmatic myth. They do not reflect the new normals of en-trained xenobiotics-contaminants. Thus, between the old dogma and the new normal lies the challenge. It is critical for those running 4 – 11 October 2018
for office to have a good grasp of the deficiencies in current standards. I have not seen much, if any, evidence of this grasp in the various statements coming from candidates Water pollution, if you had not realized it, is also a political-economic issue, and any discussion and ultimate result will therefore rest upon partisan decisions. Because of this, it is critical to understand what the pragmatic agenda versus normative, might be behind some of the consortiums advocating change. Are they capable of discussing pollution levels and how such might impact water quality, your health, hence costs? Pollution may continue but remain unrecognized or be unimportant to those living in an affected area. It only reaches a social issue when deterioration becomes: 1) recognized and 2) some level of action is required. However, until that level of action brings about conflict, pollution has not become a problem and regulators are not attracted. As shown by the Hartwell California Supreme Court case in water, even if the level of pollution may bring in claims of wrongful death, is there the ability of rate-payers to obtain change? It appears not. Thus, who is elected to these boards and their capacity to effectively deal with water sources and pollution becomes critical. Those advocating innovation will argue that, far from being finite, water actually becomes cheaper and more plentiful as technology finds and creates new resources and uses existing resources more efficiently—e.g., Desal or reclaimed sewer water. In this context, degradation of water exists, but taken as a whole – it is unimportant. The more technically advanced society becomes, the less it is dependent upon the natural endowments and processes. This obviates the need to keep all water supplies at the drinking-water quality level or aquatic life sustenance level, unless there is some “economic” value to that aquatic life. For drinking water, for-profit agencies may see themselves shifting from selling water as a product to selling water only as a service. This may obviate part of the problems associated with liability. As noted above, an interesting court case, if you had not seen it, is Hartwell. A very cogent analysis of the impacts to water companies from Hartwell. That case might throw a wrench into the system for any user demand for quality control, given the current standards are vastly unrepresentative of what is likely to be in the water you drink. Edo McGowan Montecito •MJ • The Voice of the Village •
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Community Environmental Council emcee Geoff Green; supporter Lois Capps, CEC president John Steed; Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson; and Hal Conklin, CEC president’s council (photo by Priscilla)
Luke Swetland, Hiroko Benko, Dave and Jean Davis, Bonnie Kerwin, Pat McElroy, and Stacy Swetland (photo by Priscilla)
trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis, 56, who has won nine Grammy awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Music for his work Blood on the Fields, performed at a sold-out concert at the Granada with the show Spaces featuring dancers Lil Buck and Jared Grimes interpreting everything from snakes to chickens. Among the 50 guests were Henry and Dilling Yang, Bruce Heavin and Lynda Weinman, Morrie and Irma Jurkowitz, Richard and Annette Caleel, Dan and Meg Burnham, Rich and Luci Janssen, David Marshall, Mary Ellen Tiffany, Mark Whitehurst, Celesta Billeci, and Sandy Robertson.
Happy as a Lark A record sell-out crowd of 300 guests descended on Sherry Villanueva’s Funk Zone eatery The Lark for the 48-year-old Community Environmental Council’s ninth annual Green Gala, raising more than $125,000 for the cause. The boffo bash, lavishly decorated in green hues, was co-chaired by Carolyn Fitzgerald, Leanne Schlinger Diebolt, and Elizabeth Wagner, with the ubiquitous City College
Foundation honcho Geoff Green as emcee. Energized Los Angeles auctioneer Jim Nye sold off an Aladdin’s cave of wares, including a private cruise on Hiroko Benko’s Condor Express for $2,600, a party for 12 in a shipping container home for $2,400, a seven-day vacation to Mangonui, New Zealand, for $5,500 and a six day trip to Fiji, also for $5,500. Sigrid Wright, CEC executive director, and John Steed, board president, co-hosted the fun fete, with speeches by climate activists Katie Davis
and Kathi King, retired Santa Barbara Fire chief Pat McElroy and Maricela Morales, environmental justice activist. SB high school student Lauren Cantin, who lost both her father and her brother in January’s devastating mudslides, sang with Dylan Edwards, a SB middle schooler. Among the environmentally friendly guests, noshing on the scrumptious food of executive chef Jason Paluska, were Lois and Laura Capps, Hannah-Beth Jackson, Das Williams, Hal Conklin, Tim and Monica Babich, Luke Swetland, Karl and Nancy Hutterer, Janet Wolf, and Jean Schuyler. There’s Notting to It Newly married Montecito actress Gwyneth Paltrow is opening her first pop-up store in London this week. The Oscar winner is locating the new Goop store in oh-so-trendy Notting Hill until the end of January. The company opened its first per-
Penny Sharrett, VP Union Bank;, Randy Weiss, Vince Caballero, managing director, Union Bank table host; Jeanette Shade; standing are: Maria Dayrit, SBCFD chief Eric Peterson, Hillary Hauser, Heal the Ocean president/executive director; supervisor Das Williams, Christine and Bruce Lyon (photo by Priscilla)
Ichiban Japanese Restaurant/Sushi Bar Lunch: Monday through Saturday 11:30am - 2:30pm Dinner: Monday through Sunday: 5pm - 10pm 1812A Cliff Drive Santa Barbara CA 93109 (805)564-7653 Lunch Specials, Bendo boxes. Full Sushi bar, Tatami Seats. Fresh Fish Delivered all week.
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Bob DeVries, Cameron Gray, CEC Transportation and climate specialist; Karl Hutterer, CEC treasurer; Derek Swafford, MBT table host; Chris DeVries, CEC co-chair Partnership Council; seated are Alana Walczak, CEO Calm; Davin Mantell, MBT Commercial Banking; Rachel Mantell and Nadra Ehrman, CEC co-chair Partnership Council (photo by Priscilla)
manent location in Los Angeles in September last year, with other popup shops in Dallas, Aspen, and Long Island. Gwyneth, 45, first launched Goop in 2008 when it was a weekly newsletter offering fans recommendations, including her favorite recipes, products, and health and fitness tips. Now the empire is valued at $250 million, according to The New York Times. Back Where She Belongs Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry, after completing a six-continent, 96-show, $77-million tour in front of 843, 917 fans, can’t wait to get home. The former Dos Pueblos High student says she needs to “properly unplug” and “chill out” in our Eden by the Beach, one of her “favorite places in the world.” “I love going to Trader Joe’s and walking down the aisle to catch up on products since I’ve been gone,” she tells People magazine. “I’ll literally be in there for two hours. “I’m looking forward to reconnecting with my family and friends in person rather than via text.” Bountiful Harvest The lunar-tics were out in force when society doyenne Beverley Jackson hosted a delightful dinner for more than 40 guests at the China Palace on Coast Village Road to mark the Harvest Moon, China’s second biggest celebration after New Year. “The custom is traced back to the Zhou dynasty in 256 BC,” Beverley, former society columnist for the NewsPress, explained. “Fortunately, we
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sold by Montecito uber-realtor Randy Solakian. Susan McFadden, the magazine’s editor, handed out the coveted trophies to local interior designers Steve and Caroline Thompson of Cabana Home, and Jacqueline Dyson and Deborah Schwartz of Santa Barbara Beautiful, as Nina Terzian and Mara Abboud applauded the recipients. In the Books Santa Barbara author Catharine Riggs launched her debut novel, What She Gave Away, at a bijou bash at Tecolote, the bustling bibliophile bastion in the upper village. Catharine’s father, George Manset, was one of the organizers of the Knollwood Tennis Club. The book, one of psychological suspense, is set in our rarefied enclave and centers around an outsider with a dark past and a bitter grudge who moves to our tony town only to find
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herself enmeshed in the secrets of her boss and his hapless wife. A graduate of UCLA with a master’s in business administration from Drake University, Catharine is a former business banker, adjunct college instructor, and nonprofit executive, with a handful of starter novels tucked away in a drawer. She is currently at work on What She Never Said, the second novel in her Santa Barbara suspense series.
Lowe Point Montecito actor Rob Lowe has been clean and sober for 28 years, but it hasn’t been an easy road to recovery. The Code Black star, 54, says it was a chance encounter nearly three decades ago that turned his life around. “Well, you know, I believe that God and the universe work in mysterious ways, and I met a friend, who is a drug interventionist,” Rob revealed on the Dr. Oz TV show. “Her job was to take people who needed help and put them away in a rehab. I was like, ‘That’s so fascinating. Tell me more about this’ and I literally kept the card in my wallet for a year, and then my grandfather got very ill.” The real turning point, he added, was when his mother called and how he remembered “not wanting to pick up the phone, because I was not in the best shape.” “And I thought, you know what? This is no way to live my life, and I went to my wallet, picked up the card, called it, and the rest is history.” Out with the Old The late glamorpuss Zsa Zsa Gabor’s home in the ritzy Los Angeles enclave of Bel Air has sold for nearly double the price it went for before her death two years ago. The one-acre property, where I would have tea with the actress in the late ‘70s, was sold for $11 million in 2013, but under an agreement she was able to live there until she died. Now the 9,000-sq.-ft. property, formerly the home of the reclusive tycoon Howard Hughes and singer Elvis Presley, has found a buyer for $20.8 million after developer Albert Taban put it back on the market in July, according to Curbed Los Angeles. Zsa Zsa lived in the estate for four decades. The Regency-style property, with panoramic Pacific views and even its own discotheque, the Moulin Rouge, where I would occasionally dance with her, was built in 1955 and has 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms. Sadly, the home will likely be torn down to make way for a 24,020-sq.-ft. mega mansion. So many memories.
High Note Herb Kendall and Sara Jane Lind have been recognized by Opera Santa Barbara and officially installed as honorary board members at the start of the 25th anniversary season. Herb Kendall
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Herb, a successful builder and community developer in Princeton, New Jersey, joined the organization’s board in 2011 until his retirement last year. He served on CAMA’s board for several years and was president from 2000 to 2003. He has also been on the board of Casa Dorinda and the State Street Ballet. Sara, who hails from Chicago, has been a major sponsor of Opera Santa Barbara since its inception and has also given generously to the Music Academy of the West and Camerata Pacifica. She moved to our Eden by the Beach 30 years ago. Sightings: Actor Billy Baldwin noshing at Lucky’s... Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Dorit Kemsley lunching at the Biltmore...Actor Gary Sinise at the Hilton 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@sanatabarbaraseen.com or call 969-3301. •MJ
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Seafood Louie ....................................................................................32 two shrimp, 4 oz. crab, egg, romaine, tomato ,cucumber, avocado Cobb Salad, roquefort dressing .......................................................20 Chopped Salad ...................................................................................18 arugula, radicchio, shrimp, prosciutto, beans, onions Charred Rare Tuna Nicoise Salad................................................... 27 Old School Chinese Chicken Salad ................................................20 Chilled Poached Salmon Salad of the day .....................................22 Lucky’s Salad .................................................................................... 19 romaine, shrimp, bacon, green beans, avocado and roquefort
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