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18 – 25 Oct 2018 Vol 24 Issue 42

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Great Gatsby gala at Bellosguardo raises $500K and harks back to Roaring ‘20s, p. 6

LETTERS, P. 8 • ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 25 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 50

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COLA WAS A NICKEL AND “PENNY CANDY” REALLY WAS A PENNY. WILLIAM COLVILLE’S MONTECITO STORE WAS THE “HEART” OF THE VILLAGE AND THE CENTER OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS; IT’S GONE NOW BUT A PLAQUE MARKS THE SITE (STORY BEGINS ON P.11)

Sanitary District

Robert “Bob” Williams explains why he is striving for re-election to the sanitation board, p. 5

Village Beat

Haven Salon now offers Natulique, an organic, professional hair care line from Denmark, p. 12

Class Act

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School principal Tracie Simolon talks community and coming together, p. 17

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 On Sanitation

Bob Williams explains why he is striving for – and deserves – re-election to the Montecito Sanitary District Board

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Bellosguardo; Lynda Weinman; Jeff Bezos; “judge” Richard; Cottage Hospital; Music on the Riviera; School for Lies; Family Service Agency; Wade Weissmann; Deitelbaums; Costume Council; parent workshop; Oprah goes to France

8 Letters to the Editor

A panoply of posts from Journal readers including J.W. Burk, Judith Ishkanian, Ann Edmonston, William Korchinski, Montenegro Royale, Larry Larsson, Janis Grimont, Matt McLaughlin, Denice Adams, Steve King, et al

10 This Week

Peace workshop; climate change; Hallow-STEAM; zoo; Harvest Crush; MERRAG; Tamsen Firestone; cancer walk; Louise Hall; musical gardens; Mario Garcia; MBAR; emergencies; trauma talk; jazz; The New Yorker; Spanish; Hilton movies; Dia de Los Makers; country fair; recovery workshop; brain fitness; art; story time; Italian; Carp art; wine/cheese; farmers market; plus Cars & Coffee

Tide Guide 11 The Way It Was

Hattie Beresford’s history lesson knocks the dust off a local equivalent of Tuscany’s alimentari Montecito Store and Market, where Montecito Village now stands

12 Village Beat

New risk map to be released; Montecito Association meets; Caltrans provides update on damaged bridges; and Haven Salon’s new offerings

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner reports on the HTEC Pegasus luncheon; Girls Inc. gala “Girls Have the Right”; and Montecito Trails barbecue

16 Aging in High Heels One Call Does It All

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The heat is on: Beverlye Hyman Fead applauds Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation, which honors firefighters – including Daniel Arnold – in November

17 Meet The Teacher

Sigrid Toye returns to the fold with a report on Tracie Simolon, principal at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School

25 Brilliant Thoughts

Ashleigh Brilliant becomes ceremonial, exploring life’s ritualized events – from weddings to funerals to military “disgrace” and coming-of-age affairs

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34 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz reports on A Train actress Anne Torsiglieri; Return to the Forbidden Planet; The Broken Bones; and food-related festivals

35 In Passing

A tribute to Patrick McDermott, who passed away at age 74 on October 7 in Camarillo

44 Microbubbling

Mitchell Kriegman explores the term assemblage in relation to “The Red-Headed Stepchild”, the most recent exhibit at Sullivan Goss Gallery

46 Legal Advertising 47 Spirituality Matters

Steven Libowitz chronicles Joan Halifax and Pico Iyer in Ojai; library with California Hope 805; Martin Wuttke; Blisstopia; kirtan; Radhule Weininger; and more

49 Discovering What Matters

Dr. Peter Brill dissects life’s meaning and what’s important – chiefly quality health, a purpose, passion, and joy; he explains how to create change, money, and meaning

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On Sanitation

By Bob Williams

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 Seeking Re-Election to Montecito Sanitary District Board

hen my wife, Carolyn, and I moved to Montecito, a primary goal of ours was to volunteer and give back to the community. We have since given of our time to local nonprofits and community organizations supporting the community of Montecito. When told of an opening on the Montecito Sanitary District Board, I expressed that my education, experience, and accomplishments would be an ideal fit for that position. During my 35-plus-year career, I directed the design, construction, and implementation of utility infrastructure, including recycled water on projects in major cities in the U.S. My longest involvement was in Orange County where recycled water was used extensively for golf courses, ball fields, school playgrounds, and parkways. I have a Bachelor of Science degree from Lehigh University followed by service in the Army Corps of Engineers as an officer in Viet Nam. Prior to moving to Montecito, I was chairman of the Sonoma County Planning Commission. On Tuesday, November 6, voters in the community of Montecito will be making a choice for board members on the Montecito Sanitary District. This is an important election, because Montecito deserves committed board members who will serve the agency and its mission for the benefit of the community. I have been a board member of the Montecito Sanitary District since 2014. Our mission as a board is to set policy in order that the District can provide the residents of Montecito with a community service to protect public health and to preserve the natural environment through the collection, treatment and disposal of wastewater in the most cost-effective way possible.

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The treatment and disposal processes must meet all regulatory requirements directed by local, state, and federal agencies. As a member of the District’s Administration and Operations Committee, I was able to report to the board that the District has maintained an exceptional record of zero sanitary sewer overflows, increased system reliability, and optimized service efficiency of all collection and treatment system components through continued systematic assessment and maintenance. The treated water meets the highest standards of quality as evaluated by these state and federal regulatory agencies. My activities on this committee have helped the board plan for the District’s future facility rehabilitation and replacement. That plan has a provision for the future production of recycled water. We use sophisticated technologies to prioritize and make repairs on the entire collection and treatment systems. The District continues to provide additions to its 75 miles of collection pipe. New mainline pipe has been scheduled to be constructed on Olive Road and Romero Canyon in order to replace aging septic systems. The District will provide reimbursement up to $2,000 to homeowners for the replacement or repair of private sewer laterals. As a member of the District’s Finance Committee, I reported to the board on the status of the necessary financing to ensure the District would have the funds necessary to complete a list of capital projects deemed to be mission-critical to the District’s efforts to provide the kind of service expected by the community and mandated by federal and state regulations. These funds were used for capital replacement/improvement projects including new laboratory and maintenance buildings, more than 25 miles of sewer main rehabilitation and lining, lift station refurbishment, and a new sewer force main. While on this committee, I encouraged the board to analyze the opportunity for refunding the existing bonded indebtedness. The analysis showed that the

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ellosguardo, the 23-acre estate $100 million estate of the late reclusive copper heiress Huguette Clark overlooking East Beach, opened its imposing doors to the public for the first time in six decades when the 22,000-sq.-ft. mansion’s newly formed foundation threw a memorable Great Gatsby gala, which attracted more than 500 guests and is expected to have raised more than $500,000 for the cause. The fab fete, co-chaired by Sandi Nicholson and Josh Conviser, was a throwback to the 1920s with many of the women in ornately embroidered flapper outfits and men elegantly dressed in black tie, tails and top hats, or white dinner jackets. After being valeted by Blue Star Parking and viewing a 1933 Chrysler Roadster and 1933 Cadillac limou-

sine that was in the family garage, guests were welcomed in the elegant hallway and directed on grey carpet to the house’s main rooms, including the reception, library, and music rooms, with intricately carved Grinling Gibbons-style wooden paneling, which had been imported from Europe, as well as being used at the family home on New York’s Fifth Avenue. Visitors were also admonished not to touch the walls, or anything else on display, including beautiful oil paintings of Huguette’s parents, which loom large over the impressive entrance overlooking 1000 feet of Pacific Ocean frontage. The impeccably trimmed gardens behind the mansion, decorated by

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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

Time to Move Forward

wo years ago, the voters in Montecito and Summerland elected us, Tobe Plough and Floyd Wicks, to serve four-year terms as directors of the Montecito Water District (MWD). Based upon our recent service on the MWD Board, we fully endorse the election of the following five members of the Water Security Team: For Montecito Water District: Ken Coates, Cori Hayman, and Brian Goebel For Montecito Sanitary District: Woody Barrett and Dana Newquist One of our fellow MWD Board members, Dick Shaikewitz, has served as an “appointed” director for 12 years and is now running as an incumbent for an additional four-year term. He declares that he is the most knowledgeable of all candidates running against him. Further, he asserts that he has more knowledge than either of us and states that the voters should elect him because of his knowledge base. When we joined the board in November 2016, the then board had not acted competently and had ignored California law by not filing a mandated Urban Water Management Plan in 2010 and again in 2015 (required every five years). At that time, there were two attorneys on the board, one being the appointed Incumbent (Dick Shaikewitz), who should have been thoroughly familiar with California Law. By not filing the required reports on a timely basis, the Water District was ineligible to access either State grants or low-interest loans, an oversight that was very costly to the customers of Montecito Water District. Shaikewitz was also a leader in the imposition of the large penalty fees on MWD customers, in order to force draconian conservation measures on local water users, resulting in even higher water rates. In the October 11 edition of Montecito Journal, Shaikewitz declared that the district acquired 12,543 acre feet of supplemental water at a cost of $4.6 million, or $368 per acre foot. Despite warnings from the State Department of Water Resources and the Central Coast Water Authority (CCWA) that this water, which was stored in the San Luis Reservoir, was about to be lost in a spill, Shaikewitz was not inclined to move it elsewhere. Thankfully, we (Wicks and Plough) were able to convince the remaining two board members that it was too risky to leave the

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water in the San Luis Reservoir and that the water needed to be moved. All this happened in the first two months of our board service. As for Shaikewitz’s claim that his purchase of supplemental water was far less costly than the Water Security Team’s proposal to deal with the City of Santa Barbara’s desal water, let’s look at the facts: • Of the 12,543 acre feet purchased by the district for $4.6 million, 7,500 acre feet remained in storage in the San Luis Reservoir at the time CCWA sounded the alarm. • Due to MWD’s lack of a comprehensive Water Plan, the district had no place to move most of the water stored in San Luis. A small amount (approximately 500 acre feet) could be moved to Lake Cachuma, leaving 7,000 acre feet at risk in the San Luis Reservoir. • Metropolitan Water District proposed that it could take the water into its system, but the exchange ratio (the amount of water to be returned to MWD) would be costly. • In the end, the Metropolitan Water District was only able to return about 2,000 acre feet to the MWD, resulting in a loss of approximately 5,000 acre feet. • Shaikewitz never mentioned this in his recent Montecito Journal article. Approximately 40 percent of the supplemental water purchased prior to Wicks and Plough coming on the board, was lost due to San Luis Reservoir’s spilling during the early 2017 rain events. • The District lost nearly $2 million because of having no plan in place, which would have prevented such a loss. Because of our recommendation, the district has now purchased shares in a groundwater bank at the country’s largest Groundwater Banking operation at Semitropic Water Storage District in the San Joaquin Valley. Semitropic had on several occasions in the past encouraged MWD to purchase shares in the bank and MWD ignored this opportunity. The District’s shares now allow MWD to store up to 4,500 acre feet into the Water Bank. • In summary, the District paid far more than $368 per acre foot for the supplemental water purchased by Shaikewitz, who purposely left out all the costs. Let’s add them up: i. Cost of supplemental water purchased:

$368 per acre foot (estimated) ii. Lost water cost divided by remaining water delivered: $265 per acre foot (est.) iii. Treatment cost for the remaining water delivered: $700 per acre foot (est.) iv. Energy cost for the remaining water delivered: $200 per acre foot (est.) v. Cost of returning water to original location (est.) $400 per acre foot (est.) vi. Fixed cost of State Water Project ($5.2 mm/yr.) $4,000 per acre foot (est.) (based on 42% average delivery of MWD’s 3300 AFY) vii. Total cost of delivering State Water to MWD: $5,933 per acre foot (est.) The communities of Montecito and Summerland do not need to retain this kind of experience. Enough is enough! The clear choice is to support the entire Water Security Team as follows: For Montecito Water District: Ken Coates, Cori Hayman and Brian Goebel For Montecito Sanitary District: Woody Barrett and Dana Newquist We need your vote in order to secure a more reliable water supply for our communities. Floyd Wicks and Tobe Plough Montecito

Say No to State Water

Every single candidate running for the Montecito Water Board wants to

extend the State Water contracts. That is a major reason why I cannot in good conscience support or vote for any of them. Extending the State Water contracts enables the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) to finance Governor Brown’s twin tunnels commonly known as the CAWaterFix. Extending the contracts and building these multi-billion dollar tunnels will prove a futile endeavor, as there is no new water to send through them. The contracts do not need to be extended in order to continue to receive whatever water is available under our current agreement. Let me explain. DWR has never quantified how much water is available to send south through the Bay/ Delta from northern California watersheds. It has blithely signed contracts to deliver a certain amount without knowing what is available. We in Santa Barbara County know that through the years, when we needed State water in times of drought, we usually received a very small percentage of our contract. When State water was readily available, we didn’t need it as local supplies were ample. Yet, we continue to pay a huge amount for the infrastructure. Now, we are being asked to pay even more to finance

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(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 18 Peace Writing Workshop Join for an informal six-week writing group to explore the context and subtext of the natural disasters and the changes they spur in our community and daily lives. Participants are welcome to attend any week on a drop-in basis. Through writing and education, this workshop will provide an opportunity for connection and introspection at this phase of the recovery process. This program is provided in partnership with California Hope 805. When: 10:30 to 11:30 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Climate Change & Wildfire Discussion Hosted by Montecito Fire Protection District, this discussion will be presented by Dr. Crystal Kolden, who will cover the science of how climate change alters wildfire seasons and impacts the different types of wildfires in the region. She will also discuss the types of mitigation strategies that have been successful in recent wildfires, both for individual homeowners and for communities. Dr. Kolden is an associate professor of Fire Science, director of the Pyrogeography Lab at the University of Idaho, and a former wildland firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service in California. She conducts research on wildfire disasters and how to mitigate them, and has published more than 50 scientific articles on wildfires. When: 5:30 pm Where: MFPD Headquarters, 595 San Ysidro Road Info: www.montecitofire.com

Harvest Crush Wine Tasting with Fess Parker Sip wines and learn the process of producing Central Coast varietals from one of California’s best-loved wine makers, Fess Parker Winery’s Eli Parker and Tim Snider. When: 5 pm, every Friday in October Where: Hilton Santa Barbara, 633 East Cabrillo Blvd Info: (805) 884-8535 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 Fire Extinguisher Usage Training MERRAG presents a family event to train everyone in the home how to use a fire extinguisher. Learn about the four classes of fire extinguisher, and learn when to use a fire extinguisher and when you should leave the area immediately. Learn the acronym “P.A.S.S.” for operating a fire extinguisher. Class participation in using an extinguisher on an actual fire in a safe environment; if you have a home fire extinguisher, bring it for chemical testing. RSVP is imperative. When: 10 am to noon Where: Fire Station 1, 595 San Ysidro Road RSVP: Joyce (805) 969-2537 Book Signing at Tecolote Meet the author of Daring to Love, Tamsen Firestone. Why do so many relationships fail? In March 2018, the Statistic Brain Research Institute conducted a study that revealed 44 percent of the adult American popular is single. Daring to Love will help readers identify the selfprotective behaviors that keep them from building the lasting relationships they truly desire. Using techniques based in the authors’ groundbreaking voice therapy – the process of

Cancer Center Walk/Run The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara and the Biltmore present the 26th Annual Cancer Center Walk/Run, a 5K run or walk or a 10K run (and Kids’ Fun Run). Participants will be raising money based upon the support each receives from friends, neighbors, family members, local businesses, and others. One hundred percent of these funds will support the cancer research and patient supportive care programs at Ridley-Tree Cancer Center. To date, the Walk/Run has raised more than $3.4 million in support of local cancer research. Special incentives are offered for individuals who collect at least $100 in pledges, including free event registration and one entry into the grand-prize drawing for airfare for two with lodging at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii – valued at more than $4,500. When: 10K run begins at 8 am; 5K walk/run begins at 8:30 am; Kids Fun Run at 10 am Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road Info and registration: www.cfsb.org/walkrun2018 acknowledging unhealthy patterns aloud – readers will uncover the real reasons they’re sabotaging love and learn to quiet destructive thoughts rooted in fear of rejection, shame, or jealousy. When: 3 to 5 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 Book Signing at Tecolote Louise Hall will sign Trinity, A Novel, at Tecolote. From the acclaimed author of SPEAK comes a kaleidoscopic novel about Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb, as told by seven fictional characters. When: 3 to 5 pm Where: Tecolote Book Shop, 1470 E. Valley Road Info: 969-4977 Music in the Gardens The Women’s Auxiliary of the Music Academy of the West is pleased to introduce their first-ever benefit event, Music in the Gardens, held within the iconic gardens of the Music Academy. The fundraising event, themed World

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Rhythms, will feature an eclectic program of musicians and dance artists from the Central and South Coast, performing international genres of music including Island Rhythms by the Island Rhythms Steel Drum Band, Middle Eastern by the UCSB Middle Eastern Ensemble, Celtic by the Shepherd’s Pie Celtic Band, French and Italian by the French/ Italian Folk Group, Latin American and Spanish by Kimera, and Indonesian by Gamelan Sinar Surya. Patrons will stroll the campus gardens to enjoy the various performances while sampling intercontinental cuisine and wines from the Central Coast and Europe. When: 3 to 6 pm Where: 1070 Fairway Road Tickets: $125 Info: www.musicacademy.org/gardens MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 Book Signing at Chaucer’s Join for a fascinating evening with Mario T. Garcia, a distinguished professor of Chicano Studies and history at the University of California, Santa Barbara as he signs his new book, Father Luis Oliveras, a Biography. When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 THURDAY, OCTOBER 25 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu •MJ

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ome dozen years ago, long after most of Europe had succumbed to the “super market” concept, my husband and I found, in the tiny Tuscan village of Montecchiello, a perfectly preserved and functioning alimentari run by a gracious and quite elderly couple. We had rented a casa for the week and were in need of a few groceries, and Marcello and Alvise were there to give us a taste of an era that was well on its way out. After an exchange of pleasant greetings and agreeing that the day had turned freddamente freddo, Marcello looked at my list of 10 or so items and set to work. For each item, he came out from behind the counter, climbed a ladder, gathered it from a shelf, and then tottered back to the counter. Using a stub of a pencil, he wrote the name of the item and its price on a piece of ledger paper, after which he proceeded to gather another. When he was still climbing, bending, hefting, and tottering some 20 minutes later, I became concerned that the exercise might be too much for him but knew it would be insulting to help. Somehow, Marcello persevered and came to the finale by calculating the bill by hand while Alvise packaged the items into my bag. With parting valedictions of buona giornata and grazie mille, we went on our way. Montecito once had such a family-run store; in fact, during Montecito’s early days several people ran small groceries out of their homes. The first actual store, however, seems to have been that of one James Harvey Jacobs, who advertised it in 1882. Its location, however, remains a mystery. Timothy S. Wheeler opened a general merchandise store and became postmaster on land now occupied by Montecito Village around 1885. He sold out in 18 – 25 October 2018

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Also at the Montecito Association Board meeting, Montecito Union School superintendent Dr. Anthony Ranii announced that he is recommending to the MUS Board of Trustees that necessary facilities improvem vhu7yents needed on campus be done with in-house funds instead of a tax bond, with November marking four years since the failure of Measure Q, the $27,150,000 school bond measure to make capital improvements. “We’ve been busy finding the ‘needs’ instead of the ‘wants,’” Dr. Ranii said, adding that he’d keep the MA in the loop with future plans. Montecito Sanitary District general manager Diane Gabriel announced that the District has received $900K from FEMA in reimbursement toward the $1.6M spent on infrastructure repairs following the January 9 debris flow. The board took a vote concerning the potential banning of gas-powered leaf blowers, but the vote failed 18 – 25 October 2018

because several board members said they would like to have more information before supporting the concept. Montecito residents Lesley Weinstock and Nicole Daniel have formed a group of residents who wish to ban gas-powered leaf blowers, and plan to meet with County leaders to discuss the idea. With more than 100 signatures on a petition, the group was asking the Montecito Association to endorse the idea, which is already in effect in the City of Santa Barbara. Weinstock said that gas leaf blowers cause fumes, chemicals, dust, respiratory issues, and damaging noise. Several board members are terming out at the end of the year, and the MA is looking for people to serve on the board. If interested, call (805) 9692026.

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Last week, Caltrans announced that three of the seven local bridges damaged in the January 9 debris flow will be opened later this fall, with one other expected to be completed by the end of the year. The $55-million project includes the Montecito Creek Bridge at Parra Grande Lane; Southern California Edison crews are expected to finish the relocation of a high-pressure gas line this week, and then work will continue seven days a week until it reopens later this winter. Toro Canyon Creek Bridge, Romero Canyon Creek Bridge, and San Ysidro Creek Bridge are expected to be finished this fall. The Toro Creek Bridge near Ladera Lane is expected to be finished in early 2019. Part of the project includes the $25-million repair of the Olive Mill Bridge at Highway 101, which includes detours to accommodate one lane of travel over the bridge; drivers traveling to Butterfly Beach from Coast Village Road are being directed to enter the southbound freeway, exit at San Ysidro, and detoured onto South Jameson and Danielson to Olive Mill. Caltrans is striving to complete the work before the rainy season, and reminds motorists to move over and slow down when driving through construction zones.

Thomas Fire & Mudslide After-Action Report

At a meeting earlier this week, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors heard from Katie Freeman, a consultant with Hagerty Consulting, who presented an AfterAction Report on the Thomas Fire and January 9 debris flow. The purpose of the report was to highlight the strengths of the County during the emergencies, while taking a thoughtful look at areas that could be improved upon. The report, which is six months in the making, stated that the greatest strength of the incident response was the robust information sharing through the County’s Joint Information Center. The County’s website was viewed 2.2 million times from December 6 through December 26. “From the onset of the incident, through today, the JIC has been able to come together, and provide consistent information across multiple channels, multiple platforms, and in multiple languages,” Freeman said. “For an incident of this duration, it was a Herculean effort to bring together those different stakeholders and provide information.” Other strengths included the quick development of map products, use of

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s those of you who have read my column know, I have written about people who are still thriving and doing what they love in the third and fourth chapters of their lives. For the next few weeks, however, I am going to write about five of Montecito’s firefighters who literally saved our lives in the Thomas Fire and mudslides. The Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation (MFCF) is honoring the firefighters and their families for the 101st Anniversary and Thanksgiving Celebration on November 18. Celebrating. Honoring. Remembering. They are exceptional young men – and even though this is not a professional statement, I have to say, they are all hunks! Tall, lanky, likeable Dan Arnold is a second-generation, 37-yearold firefighter in the Montecito San Ysidro Station. He could probably play Jimmy Stewart’s brother in any film. He is a graduate of Westmont College, where he met his future wife, Katie. Dan grew up in California until junior high school. His family then moved to southern Oregon, where he loved hiking, biking, and all things outdoors. You can almost picture him fishing or riding his bike in the beautiful topography. His father was a firefighter too, until Dan was in about the third grade, when his dad hurt his back and had to stop. It was a sad time for Dan, his sister, and mom because they knew how much that meant to their father. Dan came back to California after high school and majored in engineering at Westmont. He thought that would be his life. After graduation, he did some construction work, and as time went on he realized he wanted not only to help himself in whatever he chose to do, Dan wanted to make a difference in other people’s lives as well. He remembered how good his dad felt about his job and he thought firefighting might be just what he was looking for. He was accepted as a firefighter in Oxnard. He stayed there for eight years, commuting to Goleta where he and his wife and soon his daughter Elena, 6, and son Micah, 4, lived. After eight years he realized he wanted to be closer to his home

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and applied to and was accepted to Montecito Fire Department in 2016. A year and a half later, he was called into the Thomas fire. He realized that the combination of the fire, rain, and mudslides was something all of us would likely not see again. He originally went to Santa Paula for the fire and then back to Ojai, Ventura, and Montecito. He stayed at Birnam Wood, helping the rescue efforts. He emphasized when talking to me how many fire departments from Washington to San Diego came to help. He said, “They went wherever there was extreme need.” Daniel was part of a group called “The Magnificent Seven.” They saved more than 100 lives and their pets during the time they were trapped. These heroes were stuck for 16 hours because of the debris flow, and it wasn’t until the next day that the ground crew and the Black Hawk helicopters along with the U.S. Coast Guard helicopters could come to evacuate. He worked steadily with firefighters Robert Galbraith and supervisor Maeve Juarez. We salute and thank you, firefighter Dan. We are so grateful to have you in Montecito. •MJ 18 – 25 October 2018

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nne Torsiglieri has been seen on Broadway in Top Girls, Parade, Blood Brothers, and Miss Saigon, as well as in the official national tour of Les Misérables. Her off-Broadway and regional performance have taken place everywhere from Manhattan to the Pacific Northwest, and she earned DramaLogue and Garland awards for her portrayal of Catherine Sloper in The Heiress at Berkeley Rep. Her TV roles include guest shots on Law & Order and Gossip Girl, and she taught acting at Princeton and Dartmouth, as well as Stella Adler and The New School before taking a position on the theater faculty at UCSB. But by far the most important role she’s ever played on a stage is also the most personal piece of professional storytelling of her career: her new solo show “A” Train, which Torsiglieri wrote from her own transformative experience as the mother of twin boys, one of whom lands squarely in the autism spectrum. The work goes beyond autobiography to address more universal themes of handling adversity when life throws one a curve, and opening up hearts and minds to deeper conversations. “A” Train – which is directed by Launch Pad’s Risa Brainin and features music and songs by PCPA’s Brad Carroll (Lend Me a Tenor, the Musical) – has been described as everything from funny to profane, and heartbreaking to uplifting. It drew rave reviews at the 2017 United Solo Festival in New York City, where it sold out several performances and earned the Best Production award, warranting Torsiglieri a return slot earlier this month opening the 2018 festival. But nobody outside of a few friends and colleagues who were invited to the work’s run-throughs as part of its development at UCSB Launch Pad, or a rehearsal earlier this year, has seen it in Santa Barbara. Which makes “A” Train’s local debut at Center Stage Theater on Saturday and Sunday,

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October 20-21, another huge step for its author, not in the least because it’s where her boys live. That’s partly why all of the names were changed in the piece, despite the fact that virtually every word uttered on the stage comes verbatim from her own thoughts or interviews Torsiglieri conducted with fellow mothers of autistic kids, doctors, social workers, and other experts, as well as many people who have autism – characters that she portrays herself on stage. Her son, whose is called Davey in the play, is obsessed with trains in real life, and the title is also a metaphor for the journey she took with her son. “A ride on the ‘Autism Train’,” she explained in an interview recently. “First stop is ‘Freak the F--- Out Station.” Q. Why did you want to turn this into a play and share your personal story? A. To me, it’s a very spiritual story about how to live one’s life in the face of adversity and when things come your way that were not at all expected. My real hope is to educate people about autism… so that they can have a more visceral understanding you can really only get from a play. Hopefully, it will do some good in the world. People who have seen it have come up to me weeping, parents of autistic children, but also those who had cerebral palsy or drug addiction or depression, or just human beings who struggle who felt that this piece had a different framework for living one’s life. What are some of the misconceptions about autism that still linger? And how 18 – 25 October 2018

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do you address them in the play? Toward the latter half, I talk about that in the world of autism there are two distinct camps: the neuro-diversity camp, where people who identify as autistic themselves want their own voice in how people perceive them and their abilities. The other is “Danger Will Robinson” camp, where parents of very severely affected kids and adults want to protect them at all costs. I call them “Catastrophe” and “Celebration” camps. But the biggest misconception is that there’s just one umbrella of autism, but it’s actually a very wide spectrum, full of different needs and abilities, points of view, how they want to be perceived, even languaging: ”I am autistic” vs. “I have autism.” My son is verbal, thankfully,

but you know within two minutes that something’s going on with him. I don’t want to have him give up the parts of him that make him happy in order to “fit in.” There’s no need to extinguish the behaviors that give it away. And even the ones who might be nonverbal have lots of empathy and something to contribute. The idea that they’re not people, that their souls have been plucked from their bodies, is just wrong. Autistic people shouldn’t feel less than or not capable of even being worth working with. I’m curious why you changed even your own name for the play. Are there fictionalized aspects?

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“Janeway channels fire-and-brimstone energy as the frontman of St. Paul and the Broken Bones. During the band’s feverish live shows, he yelps, screams, croons and often dives into the audience.” Rolling Stone Sun, Oct 21 / 7 PM / Arlington Theatre Tickets start at $35 / $20 UCSB students An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

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The Tallest Man on Earth When the Bird Sees the Solid Ground Tour Wed, Nov 28 / 8 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall Tickets start at $25 / $15 UCSB students

“[His] warbly croon, singsong strumming and penchant for poetic folk-pop hits a high-water mark.” Rolling Stone Playing spare, tuneful indie folk enlivened by passionate vocals and poetic lyrics, The Tallest Man on Earth is Swedish singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, whose “highly personal lyrics and irresistibly rollicking guitar [are] a thing of refined and impeccable beauty” (NPR). He’s releasing his new EP, When the Bird Sees the Solid Ground, one song at a time accompanied by a video about the process behind each track.

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Visionary Urban Dance from France

“They’re animated by waves of energy, as if volts of electricity were traveling from muscle to muscle and limb to limb. Then that tightly controlled power explodes into fireworks.”

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Big Ideas from Arts & Lectures Zen Buddhist Visionary

2017 Time magazine Person of the Year

Joan Halifax in conversation with Pico Iyer

Tarana Burke ‘me too.’ Movement

“It’s exhilarating to know that such a powerful voice is finally breaking through. Tarana will continue to do this work, but the stage will be bigger and the microphone turned all the way up.” Time 100 Tue, Oct 23 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall Tickets start at $20 / $10 UCSB students

Mon, Nov 5 / 7:30 PM / UCSB Campbell Hall $20 / FREE for UCSB students

Joan Halifax is many things – activist, author, caregiver, teacher, Zen Buddhism priest – but in all her roles, she is consistently courageous and compassionate. In an intimate conversation with Pico Iyer, Halifax offers a unique opportunity to hear the stories behind her extraordinary life and to gain insight into her latest book, Standing at the Edge.

Tarana Burke created the ‘me too.’ Campaign in 2006 to help young women of color who had survived sexual abuse and assault. The phrase, now amplified in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal, has become a global call to action.

Presented in association with the UCSB Department of Religious Studies

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President of the International Rescue Committee

UC Berkeley Biochemist

David Miliband

Jennifer Doudna

Rescue: Refugees and the Political Crisis of Our Time

With support from the Harold & Hester Schoen Arts & Lectures Endowment

Rewriting the Code of Life: CRISPR Biology and the Future of Genome Editing

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“We can rescue the dignity and hopes of refugees and displaced people. And if we help them, in the process we will rescue our own values.” – David Miliband

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“The technology of gene editing will be the most important advance of our era, one that will create astonishing opportunities combined with frightening moral challenges.” –Walter Isaacson

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anxious to hear. At Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School, the campus was buzzing with action. Children and young people were on the playground with teachers in and out of the office as Tracie Simolon, Mt. Carmel’s principal, welcomed me into her office overlooking the playground. “Mt. Carmel School has been part of the Montecito community for a long time, in fact since 1944,” begins Tracie. “The school started on the present grounds in a small cottage with thirty students and was administered by the Immaculate Heart sisters, an educational order. As the student population grew, space became an issue.” The current school building was constructed in multiple phases beginning in 1953, and Mt. Carmel School has grown to now serve children from pre-kindergarten through 8th grades. Since the early ‘90s, lay teachers have replaced the nuns, and today a committed faculty and staff of 22 serve with the same enthusiasm as their predecessors, many longer than 10 years. “This is a pretty good place to be,” affirms Tracie, “I’m so lucky to be here in this school community and working with such a dedicated staff.”

Mid-western Girl

A native of Indiana, Tracie grew up in Rushville with her parents and three siblings. “I come from what you might call an extended family,” she laughs. “I have fifty first cous-

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ins!” Since the family lived in close proximity to one another, those who could convened on Sunday night for dinner at their grandparents’ house. “Having fun with my cousins on those Sunday afternoons included climbing the apple tree in my grandparents’ back yard and having watermelon seed-spitting contests,” she chuckles. Tracie’s parents had a strong work ethic and brought their children up that way. Her father, a grocer, loved people as much as he loved his job, and her mother was a teacher at a church school and eventually opened a preschool of her own. “Sounds like I had a pretty ideal childhood, doesn’t it?” Tracie says, answering her own question: “Actually, I believe I did!” After graduating from the University of Notre Dame as a business major, Tracie questioned a career in the business world. Being uncertain, she took a break to think things out before making a commitment. Service to others had been a strong emphasis at home, so she accepted a position as an AmeriCorps volunteer in a tuition-free Catholic school in an underserved area of San Diego. Her choice was somewhat familiar, as she’d occasionally helped her mother at her school. An added benefit was that the volunteer program was in partnership with the University of San Diego and offered an opportunity to earn a teaching credential while working. “The minute I walked in the classroom in San Diego, I knew I wanted to be a teacher!” Tracie exclaims. “These were kids who fell through the cracks educationally and hadn’t been exposed to much. This really appealed to me; the challenge was exciting and an opportunity to learn.” The families, many of whom were recent immigrants, really appreciated a faith-based education such as the one the school offered. Many of the students were at risk for gang membership and other poverty-related issues, so guidance in a setting where religious values were being reinforced was important. “I loved working with those kids,” Tracie recalls. “I had the feeling that we opened doors for each other – the gift they gave me was the knowledge that I wanted to work with kids and felt at home in the teaching profession.”

Settling in Santa Barbara

After finishing her program at the University of San Diego, complete with teaching credentials, Tracie got married. She moved to Santa Barbara with her husband, Brian, who was completing a master’s degree in engineering at UCSB. Luck continued to remain by her side when Our Lady of

Mt. Carmel School offered her a position as a 7th-grade and middle-school math teacher – her very first job. Brian found a position as an engineer in the Santa Barbara area. Although the couple had planned to settle in Indiana upon graduation, the fates had something else in store for them. “As our children came along, Santa Barbara seemed more and more like home. I loved Mt. Carmel School and the sense of community I felt there. My fellow staff members were like an extended family to me. Brian and I both loved the area so... we just stayed.” In the fall of 2011, the Mt. Carmel principal at the time, Karen Regan, asked Tracie to join her as vice-principal. Five years later, Karen accepted a position at Bishop Diego High School, where she serves as head of school and Tracie took over the reins at Mt. Carmel. As head of Mt. Carmel, the rewards have been many, but the 2017-18 school year was a huge challenge, beginning with the Thomas fire. “As the fire made its way toward Montecito, I remember sitting on the couch at home watching television seeing John Palminteri reporting from the Mt. Carmel parking lot. In the background, the flames were closing in behind him, a very frightening sight and one I’ll never forget,” Tracie recounts. The school had been closed for seven days in advance of the Christmas vacation for the safety of all, not knowing what the winds, weather, and dangerous smoke that clouded the area might have in store. Tracie maintained contact with students and their families, making sure all were safe. Luck and a change of wind direction soon sent the fire to the east away from the campus, and soon after, a crew arrived on campus to clear every nook of dust and ash: everything from grounds and buildings to books, pencils, and other learning materials.

Tragedy Strikes

School opened as usual in January after the vacation for a short three days. The Department of Emergency Management’s warning of a dangerous rain storm to come with a potentially life-threatening debris flow motivated Tracie to shutter school on Monday and Tuesday. “I woke up in the middle of the night on January ninth and said a little prayer that it wouldn’t be as bad as forecast by the weather reports,” she says. “But it was worse, far worse, than anyone could have imagined. Seeing the destruction on Hot Springs and Coast Village Road on KEYT, I just slumped down in my seat and cried.” Once again, it seemed luck had graced the Mt. Carmel campus, as it was untouched by the debris flow

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste to the sky as well as the Earth. – Henry David Thoreau

that had devastated the surrounding area. “Of course, we couldn’t conduct our classes because Montecito was cut off by the closure of the 101 and the access roads washed out by mud. “On Wednesday, after calling everyone in our school community, I contacted St. Joseph’s in Carpinteria, where we were offered space for our kids and teachers. To the north of Montecito, Notre Dame School offered four of their classrooms and their auditorium. Initially, the off-campus curriculum consisted of everything the students had in the backpacks accompanied by field trips to the art museum, parks, libraries, and a fun time at MOXI. The following week, the staff at each off-site location collaborated to deliver grade-level core instruction using borrowed and online resources. “We were more fortunate than most,” Tracie recounts. “We returned to campus within three weeks of the disaster.” She admitted however, that the debris flow impacted the Mt. Carmel school and church community in a huge way: several parishioners were lost, and some of the students lost extended family members.

A New School Year

The 2018-19 school year started out with a great deal of enthusiasm for both staff and students. “It occurs to me that we take so much for granted in everyday life,” Tracie muses. “Unfortunately, it takes something like these disasters for us to appreciate the many blessings we have. Much like a student council member said after returning to campus, I never realized how much I love my school until I almost lost it… believe me, we are all so happy to be back for a new beginning and a new school year.” Leaving the Mt. Carmel campus, I passed by the field where the kids were happily playing. The atmosphere on campus certainly reflected Tracie’s mood. I’m reminded what a tight-knit community Montecito is and how all of Santa Barbara came together to be of help and service to the victims of the disasters. And the support continues even now as recovery progresses. I feel much like Tracie… I’m increasingly aware of the many blessings we have being part of this supportive and caring community, and grateful for the help that continues to come our way.” Mt. Carmel’s annual auction dinner is set for Saturday, November 10. This year’s theme is “An Evening of Gratitude” and the honoree is John Palminteri to honor his service and commitment to our community as a Mt. Carmel parishioner himself. Go to mountcarmelsb.com or call (805) 969-6868 for more information. •MJ 18 – 25 October 2018

WAY IT WAS (Continued from page 26)

VOTE

A menagerie of stuffed animals festooned the store whose artfully arranged products reflected the care and attention to detail of the Colvilles (Courtesy Montecito Association History Committee)

KEN COATES “S

even years of drought, and our Montecito Water and Sanitary District boards have not implemented solutions for water security for the community. We need a diversified supply of water this side of the mountains, including recycled water, but not more excuses. It is time for a change to leaders who will get the job done now.”

The Montecito Market was known for its superior selection of fruit and vegetables arranged in attractive displays (Courtesy Montecito Association History Committee)

1922, a fire broke out and in the ensuing conflagration, all was consumed, including the Colville home next door. Nevertheless, William somehow continued to run the grocery out of his garage.

The New Montecito Store

In 1925, thanks to a loan from his former employer, Mrs. Laura (Moore) Knight, Colville was able to announce the impending construction of a new, modern store in place of the old. It being the Twenties, the new store adopted the then-popular Spanish style complete with arched windows, red-tile roof, and arcaded entry pergola. The building included a retail department, meat market, drug store, soda fountain, and a packing room with loading dock. A gas station in a separate building stood to the west.

Although Piggly Wiggly Corporation had initiated a national trend toward self-service stores in 1916 and had opened the first of several Santa Barbara stores at 930 State Street in 1923, Coleville’s new store was no “basketeria.” He remained committed to the age-old custom of personal service. When a survey reported that Colville’s store stood at the geographic center of Montecito, a heartshaped logo was created, announcing “Montecito Store, in the heart of Montecito.” The store’s proximity to the Montecito Home Club, on the corner of San Ysidro and East Valley roads, and Montecito Hall to the west, combined with the abundance of amenities offered and guaranteed it would become the gathering place for most of Montecito. One inducement to

– KEN COATES Creative solutions for a reliable and responsible water supply

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At center back, Johanna Colville writes an order while William observes circa 1930. At right, Caesar Robles checks off an item to be packed and loaded into the delivery truck. (Courtesy Montecito Association History Committee)

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these tunnels, which can only deliver illusory “paper water,” water available only on paper and not in reality. When the State was asked how much water was available in the 20 rivers of the Delta watershed, they said they did not know. How can such an important resource – water – be managed if it isn’t measured? Finally, in 2001, the California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) stepped in to help. C-WIN is a statewide organization I founded, along with interested citizens throughout the state, to formulate equitable water policies. C-WIN has been successful in a number of lawsuits aimed at making the State follow their own policies, science, and often even their own laws. In 2009, C-WIN hired a hydrological technical consultant who spent the next three years, through Public Records Act and Freedom of Information Act requests, to quantify the amount of water within the State Water Project and the Delta. The result found the State has 29 million acre feet of consumptive water available on average and there are 153.7 million acre feet of claims for that water. That means there are 5.5 times more claims for water under contract than there is actual water. In 2012, UC Davis completed a study corroborating our work and conclusions. The difference between the promises/claims and reality is what the Appeals Court has labeled “Paper Water”… water that doesn’t exist. I, along with two other of our community members, was seriously considering running for the water board this election. I have lived in Montecito with my family since 1972 and have experienced the droughts, fires, and challenges of living in this wonderful community. I had several meetings with other candidates and learned quickly that the three challengers were being backed by the Birnam Wood Group, a group of retired men in a private golf-course community who want to take over the water board and the sanitation district. They have managed to raise a $100,000 war chest through a small number of donors. I was also disappointed to hear their empty campaign promises, as I knew there was no way they could ever deliver on them. And if they extend the State Water contracts, our water bills will be unaffordable and unsustainable. No new water and bigger and bigger bills is a recipe for disaster. I decided my efforts would be better spent on alerting people to the problems that lie ahead for our water district: The fact that nearly 40% of MWD’s budget now is spent on existing State water bonds; whoever is elected must vote not to extend the contracts, thus guaranteeing Montecito rate payers a bill for their share of the $20 to $40 billion (and climbing) price

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tag for the tunnels. There is no new water from the State. I am going to vote, but will write in my choices: Tom Mosby, Aaron Budgor, and Carolee Krieger And for the Sanitary District I am voting for the incumbents: Judith Ishkanian and William Roberts I do not want our water agency or our sanitation district to be privatized or run by folks who do not understand the big picture of water and how it fits into our lives here in Montecito. Carolee Krieger Montecito

Humpty-Trumpty

I have a suggestion for President Trump on his dealings with the Chinese. Forget about tariffs and start making nice with them on how to build a wall. Any country where you can see a wall from outer space is a country that knows how to build one. Come on Humpty-Trumpty, put your ego aside and get their advice on how to achieve a promise you made to the U.S. Thomas Carlisle Montecito

Uninformed

The TV advertisement with the farmer who is concerned about his land wants to have oil and gas drilling continued safely. Well, there is no safe drilling now. The oil companies do fracking. Fracking puts toxic chemicals into our soil and can get into our groundwater and make us ill. Don’t believe this farmer and other ads. Vote yes on G and be safe. Danel Trevor Carpinteria

He’s Walking Away

I believe I speak for many people when I say the (Judge Brett) Kavanaugh hearings were a turning point for me as a Democrat and why I left and registered as a California Republican two weeks ago. I know five other people just in Santa Barbara who had the same reaction and changed. I will vote against the Dems for the rest of my life. I think the Democrats did themselves in with their behavior during the hearings. I think there will an incredible backlash. The hearings began with women in godawful Handmaid’s Tale costumes, and disruptive screamers, like Linda Sarsour. I really can’t believe how gullible feminist women are to think that Sarsour, a militant Muslim, is on the side of “feminism.” She does not believe in abortion, except for the infidels. She does not believe in gun control, except for the infidels. For the Democrat feminists to embrace

Sarsour shows how truly far gone they are. She’s using them to promote her anti-female agenda and they don’t get it. Then the Democrats got worse. It’s okay if the Democrat Senators had questions about Kavanaugh as a justice. But it wasn’t okay to conduct a deliberately false smear campaign designed to ruin his life, career, and family and friendships. And it’s especially not okay to hear the media Democrats saying that they were happy that they ruined his life. A lot of Santa Barbara liberals are really great people. But they have no idea how much their desire to be open-minded is being used by Leftists who care nothing for free speech or, indeed, for basic freedoms of Americans. Hillary Clinton is a disciple of Saul Allinsky who, like Goebbels, said the ends justifies the means and in order to get what you want, accuse the other side of that which you are guilty. This is what the Democratic Party has become. Scare and violence. Threats. Shunning. They have become despicable. And it’s why I left. I’m not thrilled with the Republican Party, but I’m happy to see spine in a lot of Republicans who didn’t have it before. Susan Collins gave a great speech, and Lindsey Graham showed strength I hadn’t seen in him before. What the hearings represented was simply this: the triumph of good over evil. If you publish this without my name that’s okay, but please don›t give out my name. People on the Left are too crazy right now, and they feel quite free to make death threats. One of the really unconscionable of the many unconscionable things Hillary has done is to incite violence. Anonymous Montecito (Editor’s note: There are many who object to our running – on occasion – letters signed Anonymous, so I want to assure readers this is a real letter written by a real person who fears retribution and harassment if he put his name to it. – J.B.)

Presumption of Innocence

It is a terrible thing to be falsely accused, let alone convicted. Numerous inmates have been exonerated since 1989 by objective DNA evidence after being sentenced for a sexual-assault or murder conviction where the victim swore in court there was absolutely no doubt in [his or her] mind the accused assaulted them. The victims were 100 percent sure that the accused was the assailant, helping send hundreds of innocents to jail for years, even decades. Does not Judge Kavanaugh have the same presumption of innocence as anyone else in America?

There will be a bird today. It will fly. – Tahereh Mafi

The Supreme Court review of Kavanaugh set a terrible precedent. Why did Senator Feinstein sit on the sexual assault charge brought by Dr. Ford for six weeks? Would she have done so with a murder charge? Wasn’t this the only bullet left in her Democratic gun, fired strategically at the last minute to disrupt, not give time to investigate? This was a shameful political stunt that sought not to defeat but to destroy. It appeared that their view was that any conservative jurist in America needs to forfeit his basic legal rights as punishment for their judicial philosophy. One could ask, why else did the Democrats give Bill Clinton, at age 45, a free “pass” when Paula Jones accused him of sexual assault, when Kavanagh, at age 17, was not? Then there is the radical Left, which seems to bring the same weight of charges as Weinstein or Cosby when the alleged incident (which did not involve an actual sex act) was purported to occur when Kavanaugh was a mere 17 years old. This radical mob certainly does not believe in reform or the concept that a person can be transformed. Cannot self-reflection or prayer result in positive change? Is youth misbehavior unredeemable? If not, what good are professional counselors and priests? Mothers want their sons to be considered innocent until proven guilty; they demand due process for their sons, not mob rule. The prosecution bears the burden of proof, not the defendant. There is no concrete evidence that Ford’s version of the event, several decades after the fact and all through the lens of psychological trauma, is fact. However, there were a number of witnesses who can attest to Kavanaugh’s behavior, demeanor, and record in his adult life. Most care more about what a person has done as an adult, not as an adolescent. It is true that Judge Kavanaugh’s temperament at the Senate Committee hearing was brought into question by some who think his behavior was spiteful, injudicious, and even reckless. Yet consider that he was fighting for his professional life, accused of being a violent drunk and evil rapist. Would not anyone’s emotions be highly charged confronting such claims? During the #MeToo tidal movement, we must remember that allegations require evidence and people are innocent until proven guilty. It is wrong to mindlessly follow a preconceived narrative and simply believe accusers without demanding facts and evidence. Currently, Ford’s accusations are and will continue to be unproveable and Democrats know this and continue the narrative for political theater, not justice. Either we take sexual assault seriously because we

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by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara with wife Dorothy since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com

Standing on Ceremony

ife seems full of the ritualized events we call “ceremonies.” Some people like them, others try to be elsewhere. I myself generally avoid weddings and funerals. They are so much alike – flowers, prayers, processions – sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference. This can be embarrassing if you forget which one you’re at and, by a slip of the tongue, offer “congratulations” instead of “condolences.” But people in general seem to like solemn frivolity – special costumes and décor, special music. Food, however, is another matter. You sometimes get better refreshments at a funeral than at a wedding – even if the Guest of Honor is not able to partake. Every stage of life has its formal observances, often with religious overtones. Christians are likely to start life getting dunked or at least sprinkled with water. If you’re Jewish, and male, you quite involuntarily have a piece of your penis cut off. When infants in our culture all wore the same kind of little dresses, regardless of gender, there used to be a special ceremony when boys were put into leggings or “breeches” for the first time. This occasion was actually called “breeching.” I knew nothing about it until I inherited my English grandfather’s diary, and came upon a two-word entry for one day: “Breeched Victor.” Victor was my father, then a young child – but I had no idea what had been done to him – until I looked it up. Then there are the “coming of age” ceremonies in which different cultures declare that you have become a man or woman. The specified age can vary from 12 to 21. But the system sometimes seems rather illogical – e.g., in places where you can be considered old enough to fight and die for your country, but too young to vote or drink in it. My favorite military ceremonies are those that involve official disgrace – standing at attention while your medals and insignia are stripped away, and maybe having your coat turned wrong-side out, watching your sword formally broken in front of you. Then being ceremonially “drummed out” of the corps, which meant being marched around the parade ground in full view of your former comrades, to the slow beat of 18 – 25 October 2018

drums, which finally drummed you off the base and out of the army. In many cultures, educational achievement is thought worthy of elaborate ceremonies of “graduation.” We in ours still cling to a medieval system of degrees symbolized by the awarding of certificates supposedly documenting our progress and declaring the benefits we’ve earned. I have graduated from a number of institutions, but, apart from the first one (Whittier Elementary School, Washington D.C. – of which all I remember was the Hawaiian Farewell song about “our golden days coming to an end”), I have never attended any of the ceremonies. But there was always a document of some kind, a certificate or “diploma,” which was mailed to me. The most important of these was the final one, awarded at Berkeley in 1964. It conferred on me “THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, WITH ALL THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES THERETO PERTAINING.” I always wondered just what “rights and privileges” this promised. Did I get a free parking place on campus, or a discount in the College Store – or, at least, extended borrowing privileges in the University Library? I also wondered if these benefits applied only to the Berkeley campus, or were they valid throughout the UC system? But nobody I asked about all this ever had a clue. Finally, nearly 40 years after the degree had been “conferred,” I decided I didn’t want to end my days still in the dark, so I wrote to the body whose name was at the top of the diploma: The regents of the University of California, asking politely about the exact nature of my “rights and privileges.” Four months passed before I received a reply from their secretary. “That language,” I was told, “appears to be ceremonial in nature, and there have been no specific benefits attached to it.” In other words, the phrase is utterly meaningless. Forgive my outrage, but no other State document would dare perpetrate a similar fraud. A marriage license gives you the right to marry. A driver’s license allows you the privilege of driving. A Ph.D. gives you no rights or privileges whatsoever, even though it claims to do so. I thought you should know, though you probably won’t have much pity for us poor Ph.Ds. •MJ

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are interested in protecting women, or we allow it to be transformed into the latest political weapon. The #MeToo movement should not be reduced to having accusations become self-proving and thereby shatter a man’s reputation over a lifetime of hard work. Women do not move forward by tearing men down. Accusation is not proof. To be falsely accused is a terrible thing. J.W. Burk Santa Barbara

Truth in Advertising

Dana Newquist, member of the “Water Campaign Team,” was apparently charged with market-testing the term “Water Union” to describe its desire to formally consolidate the two Special Districts, Water and Sanitary. Clearly, the term “consolidation” has not been working. The candidates and the investors and cityhood advocates who back them will soon learn that consolidation does not include the fusion of finance, or dedicated land use of the districts. But the Campaign for Water use is concentrating its efforts on insisting that the negligible amount of wastewater our community produces is going to make a huge difference in supply. It will enhance the opportunities for irrigation in times of drought, which is a good

thing, and that can be accomplished without a “union” with the troubled Water District. Is this proposal going to end up as a shotgun wedding? The Sanitary District is reeling from the smear campaign leveled at it by the same “Water Campaign Team” and backers who want a so-called union with it. From the beginning, campaign candidates have been quoted as saying versions of, “MSD is dumping 500,000 untreated (sometimes partially treated) wastewater (sewage) daily into the ocean.” They have doubled down in this claim. At a recent rally at the home of Ken Coates, Water Team candidate, Cori Hayman’s lovely face was featured for their Facebook video page saying, “I was shocked to learn that the Montecito Sanitary District is dumping 500,000 gallons per day of wastewater into the ocean.” Who told her to say this? Why did she, an attorney, believe this? It is a lie. Word is getting out. Consider this brief excerpt from a page and a half-letter (October 8) from the president of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, John M. Robertson: “The District uses appropriate technologies and consistently meets or exceeds all treatment requirements… nearby beach water quality is excel-

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lent and not affected by the operation of the wastewater treatment plant.” The entire letter was copied to First District supervisor Das Williams, general manager of MWD Nick Turner, Larry Fay, Santa Barbara County Environmental Health, as well as the Montecito Sanitary District. Enough with the fantastic lies – let us hear some facts and figures about what the Water Team hopes to accomplish and how much it will cost the tax and rate payers. Judith Ishkanian Montecito (Ms Ishkanian is president, Montecito Sanitary District.)

Keep Them on

On Tuesday, November 6, we must re-elect our qualified and experienced Montecito Sanitary District members: president Judith Ishkanian with board member Bob Williams. Their expertise in water treatment and wastewater management has served us well for the past 12 years. Our Sanitary District has an A++ bond rating, and a state-of-the-art maintenance building, plus new generator and electric system. After the horrific January mudslides, the skilled MSD employees worked long hours to restore the system. The “Water Security Team” that wants to take over the Sanitary District are too inexperienced to deal with the complexities of Water management. Keep Montecito Sanitary District safe and secure with the leadership of Judith Ishkanian and Bob Williams. Ann Edmonston Montecito

Barrett’s the Best

I am encouraging Montecito residents to vote for Woody Barrett for the Montecito Sanitary District Board. Woody has been my good friend and neighbor since 2001. For a number of years, we also shared an office in the upper village of Montecito. Woody is an experienced geologist who runs his own business. He is someone who can be counted on to help in any situation. I know that Woody will use his business acumen and scientific knowledge to help Montecito implement safe, cost-effective, and reliable water recycling.

We would be lucky to have someone with his analytical skills, work ethic, and business experience sitting on our Sanitary District Board. I plan to vote for Woody and urge you to vote for him as well. William Korchinski Montecito

The Harsh Truth

My grandmother use to say (translated from her native language, Montenegrin), ”Where water flows, life thrives.” As a former rancher in 93108, I learned the harsh truth of her wise words. The Montecito Water District failed us when we needed it. I’m not blaming them for the drought; it was their lack of knowledge hidden under big egos that derailed our hopes. The ladies who ran the district’s front office had a better comprehension of Montecito’s escalating water crisis than the board members. Life moves on. Montecito residents have a second chance, a golden opportunity to ensure the future of a thriving life here in paradise. Bob Hazard knows what he’s talking about and is blessed with the strength to make Montecito great again. Montenegro Royale Montecito

Unhealthy Political Trend

What I have noticed over the last decade or two is the almost total concern of the voting public and media for the dominance of your selected political party being either Republican or Democrat, and to hell with what decisions are best for our country, your state, or your community. The dominance of your selected political party becomes paramount over all else. Might it be healthier for our country if we all became more issue-oriented than just followers of the Democrat or Republican doctrine? The greatest country in the world deserves better care than what we are directing its way. Larry Larsson Santa Barbara

resounding conclusion: liberals will do absolutely anything to win. To hell with due process or even attempting to discern the truth; let’s string this guy up based on an uncorroborated allegation. Let’s find more unsubstantiated allegations to throw at him. Let’s blow this alleged victim’s cover and use this to our advantage. Real sexual assault is a serious crime, and should not and will not be tolerated. The slippery slope of presuming guilt rather than innocence, disregard for due process and badgering the accused reeks of the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution, and the Nazis, not to mention the regimes in Honduras, Peru, and Venezuela. I was surprised there was no one in the Senate gallery crying out “guillotine!” On a comical note, it was ironically funny to hear Hillary Clinton’s input. On a sad note, the American Civil Liberties Union conveniently did a 180-degree turn on its long-standing policies. Doesn’t nearly every school teach our children about bullying? Don’t schools have a strict policy against that behavior? The Senate has some strict rules regarding ethical conduct, but apparently these do not apply to everyone. This whole fiasco confirms the left’s blatant policy to pick and chose which rules and laws apply to them, and which they chose to

disregard. This judicial hearing was orchestrated by the Left into a trial by public opinion. It backfired. Janis Grimont Summerland

Standing Tall

Judge Kavanaugh’s ascension to the Supreme Court represents such a fine victory. Over what? Mamby-Pampyism. And boy is it going around! I got shamed for asking for another cashier at a 99 Cent Store by a woman. I got screamed at by a young woman for looking at another woman’s thong at Butterfly Beach. The Montecito Library (all-woman staff) is kept so warm I can’t get in the place. For the 100th time I am forced to mention it, and I get booted out of all Santa Barbara libraries for a year. There’s a woman competitive bike rider who every morning taps my vehicle as she rides by. Hollywood has become unraveled by casting-couch turncoats. Thank goodness there’s still men that will stand up against this nonsense. Matt McLaughlin Montecito

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Who Pays for What?

Who votes? Who is taxed? And who is served by Montecito Water & Sewer? There are meaningless City boundary maps as relate to voting and taxation. Cold Spring serves both City and County residents, as do both Montecito Water and Sewer special districts. New area buyers report their realtors don’t get it right on listings or during sales process. Montecito Library doesn’t post a service and tax map for electorate. For the benefit of all area residents, staff at eight special districts should each identify by lot their customers both in City and County. Then let us all know who gets to vote for Montecito Water and/or Sewer, Fire, school boards. Put an asterisk for served, two more asterisks if Vote and taxed. So, if both served and vote a lot has three asterisks. Two means the lot can only vote and is taxed. Put a CSS for Cold Spring and MUS. County Registrar allows voting if taxed in my specific area of Montecito: no service required. Public and candidates need to know which Montecito water and sewer customers are allowed to vote regardless of whether residing in City or County residents. Realtors may want to get it right in West Montecito, Northeast Santa Barbara. Map of City boundaries is unrelated to source of water and/or sewer service, or school district. In Montecito, off Barker Pass Road, we vote Montecito Water & Sewer. We are not Montecito Water or Sewer customers but we are taxed Montecito Sewer annually on property tax bill. I am also taxed by City of SB, and served by City under 1908 Barker judgment, giving us first rights to water coming down Barker Pass Road. Santa Barbara City Charter prohibits County customers from voting. City

taxes us without representation. Do any Montecito special districts do the same? Or do all customers get to vote? Simply, public and candidates need to know who is taxed, who votes, and who is double-taxed. I’ve been unable to get an answer for 31 years. Denice S Adams Montecito Vista

Unenumerate This

I appreciate Paulina Conn’s well-written respectful rebuttal to my “pay your own way” health care piece in a prior issue of MJ. However, Ms Conn misses the point when she suggests I believe “if you are unable to care for yourself you should die… et cetera.” I hope to reply with equal respect: Ms Conn believes – as many well-meaning socialist ideologues – to quote Frederic Bastiat: “Every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all.” Paraphrasing Bastiat, if we, who recognize the power of the law and government, should be limited, object to socialized medicine, public schools, welfare, et cetera, then we must be against health care, education, and charity. Not true. We simply recognize these matters are for society at large, not through government decree and confiscatory policy. Further on, Ms Conn, along with a likely majority of misinformed citizens and legislators (misinformed and/or duplicitous), misconstrues the meaning of the general welfare clause in the Constitution. Madison and Hamilton made clear in Federalist 41, and other papers, the powers of the government were limited to those enumerated (Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution). No mention of educa-

tion, healthcare, or charity. In other words, those, or any other unenumerated tasks, should not be a function of the federal government. John Bugler quotes James Madison: “James Madison, when asked if the “general welfare” clause was a grant of power, replied in 1792, in a letter to Henry Lee, [13]: “If not only the means but the objects are unlimited, the parchment [the Constitution] should be thrown into the fire at once.” Joseph Sobran has noted: “Like so many things the Federalists said could never, ever happen, it happened. The “general welfare” clause is constantly abused in just the way the pessimists predicted. The federal government exceeds its enumerated powers whenever it can assert that other powers would be in the “general welfare.” http://constitutionalawareness. org/genwelf.html Walter Williams recently wrote: “President Grover Cleveland out-vetoed his predecessors by vetoing 584 acts of Congress, including many congressional spending bills, during his two terms as president in the late 1800s. His often-given veto message was, “I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution.” By the way, President Cleveland was a Democrat. Moreover, because we should treat others as equals does not obligate us to be their keeper, as Ms Conn asserts. To do so would make everyone a slave to everyone else. In the context of being “civilized,” I ask what’s so “civilized” about using the force of the law/government to deprive others the fruit of their labor, to spend according to one’s own pleasure? Ms Conn states free market health care financing does not work and is morally wrong. In reply, we long ago (maybe 1933-New Deal; 1940s wage and price controls, which led

to employer health plans; and for sure 1964-65 Great Society, Medicare, Medicaid) abandoned a functional, affordable, free market in health care, as reflected by exploding costs and massive bureaucracy. As to the services provided by police, fire, sanitation, water, et cetera, these are largely the function of local governments and have also been successfully, and often more economically, run by private entities. Moreover, please consider government’s culpability re Flint Michigan, Hurricane Katrina, Abu Gharib, Columbia Space Shuttle, flu vaccine shortage, Benghazi, Veterans hospitals, Enhanced interrogations, and the IRS targeting system. Need I mention the current corruption at DOJ, FBI, and CIA, or the never-ending war machine the DOD has seemingly become in the name of national security? How humane is all that? Being a libertarian does not mean non-cooperation or survival of the fittest. It means recognizing the difference between the role of government and society. It means voluntary cooperation, not coerced brotherhood. There is nothing moral or uplifting about shifting individual responsibility onto society at large, which seems to be the socialist’s quest. Ms Conn seems to believe the government can run an efficient health care insurance pool, to which everyone will gladly provide (or else). In the real world, Medicare does not cover everything for all time. There are monthly payments, sometimes-large deductibles, red tape, and no provision for long-term care. Some states may marginally provide that, but my question is: with mounting debts, entitlements, and expenditures all around, how long will this socialist delusion last? Steve King Carpinteria •MJ

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“Thirsty Bird” by Marie Morrisroe

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The recent juxtaposition of a Heal the Ocean quote in a “Committee for Water Security Ad” implies, by association, that we endorse the “Committee for Water Security” campaign.

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We do not.

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As a non-profit organization, Heal the Ocean does not endorse candidates for any office.

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We find the use of our quote disingenuous. The quote is from a scholarly, Photo “Thirsty Bird” © Marie Morrisroe researched paper recently published by Heal the Ocean on recycled water that has nothing to do with political candidates, or any campaign.

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Heal the Ocean has worked for years petitioning Montecito Water District to work together with Montecito Sanitary District to upgrade the MSD plant into a recycled water plant.

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Heal the Ocean has been at countless hearings asking the MWD Board to get together with MSD on a recycled water facility. MWD has refused.

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The campaign being waged by the “Committee for Water Security” in Montecito has dragged Heal the Ocean into this issue unfairly, and we protest.

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Our approach continues to be to meet with MWD and MSD, as well as other districts in other communities, to find the most efficient ways to work together to collectively implement the procedures and systems to use discharge water rather than waste it.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bright Moving & Delivery, 1309 Chino Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Angel Emanuel Lara Perez, 1309 Chino Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 20, 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 Silva. FBN No. 2018-0002571. Published October 17, 24, 31, November 7, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: JJR Tennis, 1675 E. Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Jonny Sappaiboon, 4013 Invierno Dr. #B, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Jeffrey Thompson, 1675 E. Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 1, 2018. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that

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this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Margarita Silva. FBN No. 2018-0002685. Published October 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Gather Custom Gardens, 667 Westmont Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Kevin Armstrong, 667 Westmont Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Jaclyn Johnson, 667 Westmont Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 2, 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. 2018-0002702. Published October 10, 17, 24, 31, 2018. 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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It’s just to protect my son. We’ve never framed autism with him in any negative way, and I feel good about how we talk about autism in our family – like it’s the same as blue eyes or brown eyes, left-handed or right-handed. It’s not a problem for him. There are challenges, but he also sees it as having superpowers. He has perfect pitch and can memorize anything he’s interested in, like the subway system. But since the play brings up problems and issues and fears that I had, and those of other people, changing the names gives me the feeling that it’s a character, not him. But it’s all truthful. There are only characters that are composites. I would think even for an experienced actor that portraying someone with autism might be a bit like walking a tightrope in balancing between getting across the persona without making it a parody, especially since you can’t actually have first-hand experience of what it’s like. I don’t want to send anybody up, but I want to honor their words, let them be heard. That’s why I use the verbatim interviews. I try to be really honest about what I perceive to be the essence of their personalities, their mannerisms and speech, in a very respectful way. Actors transform all the time, that’s inherent in the job and one of the joys in being to become another person. But

I’ve taken a lot of care to make sure it’s respectful, to not make fun or even comment, and just present an honest representation of who they are. A musical about autism is also a hard concept to grasp. How do the songs fit in? As a young actor in New York, we learn that when you have a problem you sing about it. So, in the play we use music to figure out what the heck was going on – in my life, with my son, autism, how to help him. Part of the fun of the music is that my character channels a lot of different styles within the musical theater realm. One song is a little Gilbert & Sullivan, another kind of Sondheim-y, and something like Hamilton. The different genres represent sharing the next version of what I tried along the way, or what I learned. One song is almost a narration, with the logistics of autism, almost a Greek chorus, but of course, it’s just me. How has doing the play impacted your family life, relationship to the situation? It’s been incredibly cathartic and also incredibly joyful. I’ve learned how I really feel about these things by having to write them down. And I’m also really excited for what I witness after these shows, how people are affected. More than anything, it’s been joyous and exhilarating to share something like

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In just a few short years, St. Paul & The Broken Bones have risen up from the unlikely land of Birmingham, Alabama, to capture critics, listeners and even a slot opening for the Rolling Stones via a visceral mix of classic ‘60s soul and modern funk beats underpinning emotional lyrics that delve into political and deeply issues. Aside from displaying even more modern hip-hop influences, the band’s new album, Young Sick Camelia, dives even deeper, with songs that grapple with the complexity of familial relationships, as Paul Janeway, the “charismatic Christian” who traded a career in ministry to try rock ‘n’ roll, aims to reconcile his own social and political beliefs with those of his father and grandfather. But Janeway was actually sick himself, down with some sort of throat ailment that started with a crew member and spread through the bus overnight. So, the fiery frontman who channels soul greats like Otis Redding and James Brown and belts out every note as if his life depended on it needed to save his voice for the set and wasn’t up for a phone interview or even an email Q&A. Instead, we caught up with bassist Jesse Phillips, who in 2014 started the group with Janeway, whom he first met in 2008, and who co-writes the songs and leads the band. Q. How do the issues Paul explores on the new record extend to you, the other band members, and your listeners? A. There is a fairly wide variety of political views among the band on the bus – not any Trump voters, I’m pretty sure – but we each have our own set of ethics and values, and our own take on what it means to be southern. There’s a lot of baggage that comes with that. Exploring those themes, how poverty, race, class, and religion factor into a Southern identity, the struggle and how you reconcile the things you love with that narrative are things we can all identify with. There are rednecks wherever you go; race and class struggles are everywhere. It’s just that where we are from in Birmingham has that weighty history in the not too dis-

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tant past. On the other hand, the musical traditions we identify with – the Muscle Shoals dudes, who are also in Alabama – they’re our mentors. That’s what we’ve embraced for ourselves. Paul seems to be channeling lots of soul greats when he’s on stage. Is that at all a bit of an act, or is it in his blood? He goes out there being the ridiculous extrovert who dances and gesticulates and falls down on the floor, but on a personal level off stage Paul is a fairly quiet and thoughtful kind of guy. But the passion in his singing is definitely something he does naturally. He grew up on gospel and traditional soul and always thought that’s how people are supposed to sing. If anything, he’s more refined now than since I met him. Has grappling with these themes on the new record brought into focus some of these issues for you? It has made me reflect more on my personal connections to my family and the differences in perspective between generations. But I’m the only one in the band who didn’t grow up in Alabama. I’m not saddled with that baggage by birth. I choose to live here because I like it in ways that aren’t known outside of the South. But my family also has very different lifestyles, values, and perspectives, and I’ve been spending some time thinking about that and wanting to empathize more with where my ancestors come from. You want your songs to maybe spark conversations about who we are and how we got to be that way. They’re doing that for me. Five years ago, you guys thought your partnership was done. Barely two years later, you were opening for the Rolling Stones. I’m thinking there’ve been a few “pinch me” moments. There have been so many things that all we can do is sit back and say, “Well, yep, that happened today.” Even now, I’ll be home sitting on the porch with some friends and someone will ask when we’re heading out of town and I’ll say, “Oh, we gotta fly out to L.A. and play on TV tomorrow,” like that’s a normal thing. A highlight for me was when we got invited to play Otis Redding’s birthday party a couple of years ago, and his widow and family took us on a tour, which was amazing. To me, regardless of the haters, I can take it to the bank that the Redding family has endorsed us as a torchbearer for this tradition. We’re working hard to keep that kind of emotion alive in the music. (St. Paul & The Broken Bones make their Santa Barbara debut at 7 pm Sunday, October 21, at the Arlington Theatre. Info at (805) 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu or (805) 963-4408 or www.axs.com/venues/2330) •MJ 18 – 25 October 2018

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Patrick E. McDermott July 21, 1944 to October 7, 2018

at McDermott, 74, passed away peacefully at home in Camarillo on Sunday, October 7, 2018. Patrick was born in Osage City, Kansas, on July 21, 1944, to Arthur and Virginia McDermott. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1963 and served for four years. While in the Navy, he met his angel, Josephine Sandoval, and they were married on November 27, 1965. They moved to California in 1969, where they both attended Santa Monica City College and California State University, Los Angeles. Pat and Jo were active in Chi Gamma Iota (XGI) and worked diligently for years to obtain full accounting of the men and women who were POW/ MIA during the Vietnam Era. They also spent much of their free time playing beach volleyball in Venice with cherished friends. Pat graduated from Cal State L.A. in 1973, with a bachelor’s degree in urban sociology. In 1977, Pat and Jo welcomed their first son, Sean, and in 1980, their second son, Kevin. During this time, Pat was working for the Veterans Administration as an investigator and later as a Federal agent for the Department of Commerce. He and Jo and their boys moved from Port Hueneme to Simi Valley in 1986. In their retirement years, Pat and Jo lived in Camarillo. Pat was a devoted and adoring “Papa” to his beloved grandsons, Jacob Christopher, Jameson Alejandro, and Nathaniel Patrick. Pat and Jo celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2015 with a lovely dinner party, filled with family and friends, as well as a cruise to Mexico, just the two of them. Pat was a force to be reckoned with. He was an independent, strong, and positive person who was known to speak his mind. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, and a caring friend who would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. He was also an avid sports enthusiast who loved to attend or watch college and professional basketball, football, and baseball. He loved attending his grandsons’ games and practices as well. Pat was a huge fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and was overjoyed when they made it to the World Series last year. Patrick is survived by his beloved bride, Jo McDermott, his eldest son, Sean McDermott (Laura), his youngest son, Kevin McDermott (Kimberly), his grandsons, Jake, Jameson, and Nate McDermott, sisters Gay-Lynne McDermott and Kathleen Murphy, brother Mike McDermott (Donna), Godson Gregory Moeck (Amy), Goddaughter Emily Moeck, and many, many loved nieces, nephews, cousins, siblings in law, and friends. He is preceded in death by his brother, Bill McDermott, and his parents. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that you make a donation in Pat McDermott’s honor to the American Cancer Society or the Saint Baldrick’s Foundation. Pat’s family will miss his incredible sense of humor, his infectious laugh, and his loyalty to all he loved. Have a safe journey, our Papa. •MJ

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Montecito event whiz Merryl Brown and Revelry Event Designers, were the main venue for the bounteous bash, catered by the Biltmore, who provided buffet tables around the grounds serving an eclectic array of fish, meat, and vegetarian dishes. Fan dancers entertained while the band Gen8 performed music that would have been familiar to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, later replaced by a sextet of energized singers warbling disco hits from the ‘80s, which ensured a packed dance floor under the beautiful moonlit sky. Among the hoard of histori-

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Nesbitt, Peter and Mireille Noone, Henry and Rita Hortenstine, Michael and Nati Smith, Doug and Marni Margerum, Robert and Marlene Veloz, Joan Rutkowski, Mara Abboud, Diana Starr Langley, Kristi Newton, Wayne and Sharol Siemens, Dennis and Carolyn Miller, Wendy McCaw, Tom and Eileen Mielko, Robert Lieff and Susan Leeds, Chris Toomey, Hiroko Benko, Ray Winn, Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon, Andy and Kim Busch, Tom and Heather Sturgess, Peter Kavoian, Anne Towbes, Nina Terzian, Luke Swetland, Eva Guerrand-Hermes, Arthur von Wiesenberger, Eric and Nina Phillips, Jennifer Smith Hale, Robert and Val Montgomery, Kimberly Hayes, Bill Nicholson, Bill Dedman, Paul Orfalea, Tom Parker, Sharon Bradford, Perri Harcourt, Randy and Roxi Solakian, John Daly, Janet Garufis, Kerry Murray, Dana and Andrea Newquist. A most swellegant soirée! (ALL PHOTOS BY PRISCILLA) Cottage Cheese After 13 years and at a cost of $820 million, more than $110 million

Cottage Health Board chair Steve Ainsley with former Cottage Health Board member Marshall “Chip” Turner (photo by Baron Spafford)

of which came from our community, Cottage Hospital is finally ready for its close-up. The 713,000-sq.-ft. property, which boasts 337 beds, has just opened its final two pavilions – the Compton and the Arlington – with a launch bash with more than 200 guests. Hospital president and CEO Ron Werft described it as “a milestone.” The two new 134,000-sq.-ft. pavilions, which officially start admitting patients on Sunday, November 4, took three years to build, with engineer Richard Compton and wife, Mary,

Cottage Health president and CEO Ron Werft with Mary and Dick Compton (photo by Baron Spafford)

Former Cottage Health Board members Katina Etsell, Cathy Carter Duncan, and Judy Hopkinson (photo by Baron Spafford)

Rob and Heather Hambleton with Brett Wilson, medical director of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Emergency Services (photo by Baron Spafford)

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Brown, Allen and Anne Sides, Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Jeff and Hollye Jacobs, Dick and Noelle Wolf, Pat and Ursula Flying starts from the ground. The more grounded you are, the higher you fly. – J.R. Rim

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donating $15 million toward the project. The pavilion named in their honor has 90 beds, and includes part of the children’s hospital, and telemetry and oncology departments. The Arlington has emergency rooms, pediatric intensive care, inpatient dialysis, a neonatal intensive care unit, a 144-seat amphitheater and a new museum, exhibiting the hospital’s 127-year history, when it started off as a wooden building costing $6,000, or about $2.7 million in today’s money. Among the tony throng were Peter and Gerd Jordano, Scott and Ella Brittingham, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Ron and Andrea Gallo, Jon and Bonnie Henricks, Jean Schuyler, Hollye Jacobs, Stan and Betty Hatch, Robert and Alex Nourse, and Chip and Betsy Turner. Tower of Power Montecito entrepreneur and philanthropist Lynda Weinman is ranked at number 55 on the new Forbes list of America’s richest self-made women. Lynda, 63, an early fan of the personal computer, created the online education company Lynda.com, which was bought by LinkedIn for $1.5 billion in cash and stock in 2015. Now she has an estimated worth of $280 million, given the sale of her company.

Lynda Weinman makes Forbes’ richest self-made women list (photo by Priscilla)

The combined net worth of the top 60 self-made women is now a record $71 billion, 15 percent more than 2017. Twenty-four of them are billionaires, another record, up from 18 last year. The youngest is Kylie Jenner, who is 21 in August, and half-sister of Kim Kardashian West. Kylie leveraged her massive social media following – 110 million followers on Instagram – to build a $900-million cosmetics fortune in fewer than three years. Bilt(more) to Last As has become an annual tradition, America’s wealthiest man, Jeff Bezos, took over fellow billionaire Ty Warner’s Butterfly Beach-side hostelry, the Biltmore, for his annual campfire pow-wow at the weekend. Amazon founder Bezos, 54, worth

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$160 billion according to Forbes magazine’s latest list, invited an eclectic gathering of writers, celebrities, and visionary types to his boffo bash, causing corporate jet gridlock at Santa Barbara Airport and necessitating security as tight as a presidential visit. Channel Drive was closed by police and my friend Beverley Jackson, former society columnist for the NewsPress, tells me that her nurse had to plead with security personnel to get to her oceanside home at Montecito Shores. The event was previously held for many years in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and has been described as the equivalent of northern California’s Bohemian Grove, given the secrecy surrounding it. Clef Notes It was like a scene from a MerchantIvory movie when CAMA – the Community Arts Music Association – kicked off its 100th anniversary season with a Music on the Riviera reception for major donors at Riviera Park. More than 100 guests strolled the grounds, seeking shade under the umbrellas from the blazing sun, as the UCSB Flute Ensemble, conducted by Jill Felber, performed, along with cellist Katrina Agate, and violinist Sara Bashere. Christine Emmons, chair of the international circle, spoke about the centennial season, which includes the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Gustavo Dudamel, legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Russian National Orchestra, the Royal Scottish

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National Orchestra, and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra under former L.A. Phil director Esa-Pekka Salonen. Among the music loving crowd were Deborah Bertling, centennial celebration chair, CAMA president Robert Montgomery and his wife Valerie, Barbara Burger and Paul Munch, Robert Emmons, Mahri Kerley, Lynn Kirst, Christopher Lancashire and Catherine Gee, Mary Collier, Denny and Bitsy Bacon, and Kimberly Phillips. Lies Detector The School for Lies, the first show of the Ensemble Theatre’s 40th anniversary season, is a deliciously hilarious freewheeling production based on the 1666 work The Misanthrope, Moliere’s classic comedy. Written by David Ives, the playwright of the company’s popular 2013 production The Liar, and directed by company artistic director Jonathan Fox, the script, in rhyming verse, is an effervescent comedy of manners featuring Adam Mondschein as a caustic courtier who falls for widow and socialite Celimene, delightfully played by Jill Van Velzer, who even resorts to rap to make her point. Jamie Torcellini as the hapless butler and Matt Wolpe as mischief-maker Philinte add to the madcap mix, with Ross Hellwig, Lara Hillier, Matt Shea, and Samantha Eggers completing the highly entertaining cast. The production runs through Sunday, October 21. Here Comes the Judge I am getting very judgmental! Having judged the hat contest at the Santa Barbara Polo Club for 11 years, last month I added chili to my subject matter at the Navy League cookout at the Carriage and Western Art Museum, and this weekend I was a judge at the second annual gelato festival at La Cumbre Plaza. I joined a number of foodie fans, including old friends writer Bonnie Carroll and former News-Press restaurant critic Michael Cervin, in testing our taste buds with five sorbettos, which are dairy and fat-free desserts, made by accomplished gelato gurus from San Clemente, Millbrae,

The winner, Mike Guerriero of Geloti Essex

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Carlsbad, New Jersey, and Calgary, Canada. With exotic names such as California Dreamin’, La Dolce Vita, and SoCal Sunrise, the products were chosen for presentation, structure, and creativity for a maximum of 10 points, and flavor, which could garner up to 20 points. The stop in our tony town was part of a seven-city tour, including Chicago, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Scottsdale, and Tucson, and also included a $1-million mobile lab that can make 6,000 pounds of gelato, which dates back to 1559 when it was first commissioned for an opulent feast for the King of Spain by the Medici family in Florence. The winner, Mike Guerriero of Geloti Essex, New Jersey with his blueberry basil concoction, will compete for the three best gelato chefs who will be part of a group of 36 chefs from around the globe, chosen from 5,000 contestants, who will vie for the title of grand master in the World Masters final in Italy in 2021. Daniele Palazzoni, fest executive, says: “It is our goal that every American gets a taste of what real Italian gelato is really like and to spread the culture of its artisanship compared to industrial products.” Family Circle Major supporters of the 119-year-old Family Service Agency came together for a President’s Circle reception at the rustic Birnam Wood home of Carole MacElhenny. UCSB professor Mario Barfield spoke about the pressures facing young people in this age of new technology to the 30 guests, including Jim and Shirley

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Shirley Hurley and host Carole MacElhenny (photo by Marianne McCarthy)

Ann Hurley, Kevin and Marianne McCarthy, Steve Ortiz, Frank and Kay Stevens, Dave and Sandy Nordahl, Yeimi Arias, Katya Armistead, Lisa Brabo and Denise Cicourel. The charity looks after the community’s most vulnerable children, families, and seniors. Drawn to Writing Santa Barbara architect Wade Weissmann, who has spent the last 20 years designing classically inspired estates around the world, has just completed his first book, Heirloom Houses. Weissmann, who has offices in Milwaukee, Nashville, Chicago, and Pittsburgh, is currently working with his 35-strong team and top interior designer Bunny Williams on a palatial estate in the Midwest and designing a hotel in Nashville, among other projects. In the colorful new 270-page tome, written by Steven Stolman, Weissmann takes readers on a journey through 15 of his beautifully crafted houses. 18 – 25 October 2018

“It was an exhilarating experience to see it all coming together after a year assembling it,” says Weissmann. “It was overwhelming to see the culmination of all of our hard work. To call it ‘humbling’ would be an understatement.”

Costume Council founding patrons Joan Jackson and Marcia Constance with author Bill Dedman (photo by Dacia Harwood)

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Miss(ing) Fortune TV talk-show titan Oprah Winfrey and her good friend, CBS morning show anchor Gayle King, attended one of the world’s most opulent weddings in France last month, I learn. The peripatetic pair joined in the glamorous nuptials of Princess Ameera Al-Taweel, 34, to Saudi businessman Khalifa bin Butti al-Muhairi, 39, at the historic Chateau de Vaux-Le-Vicomte, 30 miles outside Paris. But the luxurious occasion was marred when Ameera, ex-wife of Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, the grandson of the first Saudi king Ibn Saud – worth $18.7 billion and owner of the George V in Paris and the Savoy in London – lost more than $1 million worth of jewelry while staying at the Ritz over the wedding weekend.

The Dodgers celebrating the taste of victory with Beau Joie champers (credit: L.A. Dodgers)

Montecito twosome Jon and Brandis Deitelbaum got some priceless publicity when the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 6-2 to make it to the National League Championship series for the third consecutive year. Afterward, the victorious team, the reigning National League champions, celebrated their win in the locker room by cracking open bottles of the couple’s Beau Joie champagne, which is produced at their vineyard in Epernay, France, which they featured on their Instagram site. Their bottles are instantly recognizable, given they are encased in a lattice work of recycled copper, which has the practical use of keeping the bubbly colder longer. “They travel with it on the team plane,” says Jon, who is just back from a whirlwind world tour launching his product in China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K. Clothes Encounter Santa Barbara Historical Museum’s Costume Council, which is restoring hundreds of clothes that have been stored in the museum’s 10,000-sq.ft. basement for decades, hosted a lunch featuring Pulitzer Prizewinning author Bill Dedman, whose book Empty Mansions – about the late copper heiress Huguette Clark and her imposing 23-acre cliffside estate, Bellosguardo – was a New York Times bestseller, and costume conservationist Sharon Shore, who has worked at the Huntington Museum in Pasadena and the Louvre in Paris. On display was a 12-layered Japanesestyle costume made for Clark by Marsh and Company of Santa Barbara and a sheer silk 1900s bodice worn by noted civic leader Pearl Chase. 18 – 25 October 2018

21, at Skofield Park to celebrate two milestones – its 70th year of operation in our Eden by the Beach and the retirement of assistant director Suzanne Rebstock, after more than two decades. Yolanda Medina-Garcia, executive director, says: “Suzanne is wellknown for her exemplary professionalism and dedication. She has been a role model for parents, interns, and staff on how to be present and savor every opportunity to connect with children. “Suzanne’s passion for life has inspired parents and children alike.” Since its founding, the organization has hosted more than 2,450 families and been a guiding light in early childhood education in our tony town through the decades.

Speaker Bill Dedman with vice president/ costume exhibition curator Sharon Bradford (photo by Dacia Harwood)

Sightings: Actor Bradley Cooper at the Riviera Theater...Oscar winner Kevin Costner and family making a return visit to Olio Pizzeria...Oscar winner Jeff Bridges checking out SOhO.

Dedman also revealed that much of the original art at Bellosguardo was sold at auction at Christie’s in New York, and he had bought one of Clark’s original works of a Japanese girl, which he was lending to the newly formed foundation chaired by Dick Wolf, producer of the popular Law & Order TV series. Among the supporters noshing on chicken, salmon, and couscous in the courtyard were Sharon Bradford, Marcia Constance, Sally Enthoven, Denise Sanford, Roxi Solakian, Alixe Mattingly, alongside Nancy Hunter and Cheryl Ziegler, council co-chairs.

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WAY IT WAS (Continued from page 23) A fleet of six delivery trucks kept patrons from Sandyland to Hope Ranch supplied. From left circa 1930 are Hall Smith, Caesar Robles (senior), Donald “Woody” Woodruff, Jessie Barker, Don Warner, and Charlie Borgatello. (Courtesy Montecito Association History Committee)

The soda fountain was enormously popular and doubled as the drug store (Courtesy Montecito Association History Committee)

visit the store was the menagerie of stuffed birds and other animals that stared down from the upper shelves. But beyond that novelty, the store was genuinely welcoming to all who entered its doors. Colville gave as much attention and courtesy to a child buying a penny candy as he did to his wealthier clientele. The soda fountain had an ice cream machine and a popcorn machine, so it was no wonder that the store was enormously popular with local children. The kids proved to be less than diligent about picking up their spent soda straws, however, so Bill Colville, Jr. devised a straw toss game with 5-cent colas as prizes. When word came that one local boy had been injured, the Colvilles donated bags of popcorn, which the injured boy’s classmates sold by the dozens to help the family pay the medical expenses. Clearly, the store’s logo referred to much more than geography. The Montecito Store and Market supplied the owners of the great estates from Hope Ranch to Sandyland with top-quality groceries and personal service. The cooks and kitchen staff of these estates called in orders or came in to select groceries, which were then boxed up and delivered by a fleet of six trucks, each of which made two to three deliveries a day. Owners of estates called in special requests, which were always honored, even an order for a large Christmas tree for one Montecito woman.

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The Colville store also provided employment for many local kids. In a 2002 “Montecito Scrapbook” article for the Montecito Journal by local writer Judy Pearce, she recalls that her friend Butch Pommerville worked there in the 1950s when he

A section of Josephine Borgatello’s monthly account for 1924. Josephine always paid on time, earning a discount as opposed to being placed on Colville’s dunning list, whose names revealed a surprising number of Montecito grand estate owners. (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

was eight or nine years old. He was paid 50 cents for a whole day of trimming bamboo in back of the store. Impressed by Butch’s work ethic, Colville hired him to help inside, a job he held until he graduated from high school in 1960. Bruce reported to Judy, “Everyone came in, I don’t think there was anyone in Montecito I didn’t know.” Bruce also said, “Mr. Colville [senior] never threw anything away; he took produce he couldn’t sell to the basement and put it in a vat, letting it rot. He made it into a cleaning liquid and sold it in quart and gallon jars – it was an orangey-pink color. It would clean anything. You could put it on a copper tube and make it look like new – no rubbing!” Another of his employees was Charles A. Borgatello, who together with his brother Mario founded MarBorg Industries. In 1929/30, Charles drove a delivery truck for the store. In a 1979 News-Press interview with Marilyn McMahan, Borgatello remembered Colville fondly. “He was one of the finest men I have ever known. He treated me more like a son, not an employee. And he treated all of us the same way.” That treatment meant being given lunch at the soda

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fountain on busy Saturdays, a kindness which also assured all deliveries would be made in a timely manner. Both Caesar Robles and his father (also Caesar) worked as delivery drivers for the Montecito Store. His father had served as a volunteer fireman at the station across the street for a year and ended up working for the Colvilles for more than 30 years. (Many of the store’s employees were volunteer firemen.) He was highly regarded, and, upon his death in 1953, the store closed for a day to honor his memory. Caesar (junior) remembers that he himself started driving for the Colvilles part-time during WWII when he was 15 or 16 years old. His family lived near the Bird Refuge and would pick up the store’s orders of canned goods, vegetables, and bakery goods from wholesalers nearby and deliver them to the market. Robles junior was also put to work trimming vegetables and other related chores before being drafted into service by the Army. Marilyn McMahon remembers William Colville as “chivalrous and courtly, a gentleman of the old school.” When she was a new bride, she bought groceries at the Montecito Store and Market. “Mr. Colville, by

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(Sources not mentioned in text: “Montecito Store” by Maria Churchill, Montecito Magazine, extract not dated; 2018 interview with Caesar Robles; files of the Montecito Association History Committee; 1932 brochure for Montecito Store; log/account books of the Montecito Store at the Gledhill Library, Santa Barbara Historical Museum; Montecito and Santa Barbara by David Myrick.) •MJ

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SEEN (Continued from page 14) Josiah Jenkins with Jack Wilson, father of Hearts treasurer Andrew Wilson. The blue shirts are Rancheros Pobres members.

Girls Inc. luncheon committee Betsy Manger, Carissa Belmont, Rachel Johnson, Sarah Stokes, and Lois Rosen

Hearts fans Lindi and Matthew Wade and board member Sandy Lovett

social, and personal goals through the help of one or more horses. They learn to care for them and bond with them on the ground. Diana Ferrari, MFT (Marriage and Family therapist) explained this to us. There is also Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) done with a licensed mental health professional and a program for veterans. Hearts is in the process of getting certified so they can take the two miniature horses into hospitals as therapy animals. They call it “Minis on the Move.” Hearts would love you to contact them at (805) 964-1519.

Girls Have the Right

Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara gave their 17th annual celebration luncheon with the theme “Girls Have the Right!” at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. The ballroom was packed with folks anxious to hear from speaker Brenda Feigen. Brenda

Girls Inc. keynote speaker Brenda Feigen, speaker Itzel Leon, and board vice president Amber Ortiz

is a feminist activist, attorney, constitutional scholar, and film and television producer. She was an honors graduate from Vassar College but credits her feminist awakening to her experiences at Harvard Law School. She was recently featured in the Ruth Bader Ginsberg doc, RBG. She co-directed the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project. She also founded the Women’s Action Alliance with Gloria Steinem. Their newsletter became Ms. Magazine. During her speech, she reminded us, “Not that long ago women couldn’t get a credit card in their name or sign a contract in their name only.” Because of the Girls Inc. motto, “Strong, Smart and Bold,” Feigen joked, “This is the most feminist room I’ve ever been in.” Our master of ceremonies was Itzel Leon, who is 11 years old and has already been at Girls Inc. for seven years. She wants more respect paid to moms, especially single moms. She began at Girls Inc. because her mother Girls Inc. honoree Pamme Mickelson representing Hearts Therapeutic with Girls Inc. CEO Barbara BenHorin and honoree Leo Bunnin

had a full-time job. She also gave a speech in a style far beyond her years. When she said, “I want to be boss,” I don’t doubt she will be. The Strong, Smart, and Bold award presentation went to Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center and was accepted by executive director Pamme Mickelson. One of the Girls Inc. programs is for girls to go to the “horse” place and learn all about the equine, while developing their self-esteem. The other award went to Leo Bunnin of Bunnin Chevrolet and Cadillac who keeps Girls Inc. fleet of 18 vehicles running for free. Girls Inc. transports girls from 30 local schools and needs safe vehicles. Leo encouraged the audience to donate to a great cause, and he himself gave more at the paddle raise led by Amber Ortiz. Here’s the Girls Inc. Bill Of Rights:

They have a right to be themselves and resist gender stereotypes; to express themselves with originality and enthusiasm; to take risks, to strive freely, and to take pride in success; to accept and appreciate their bodies; to have confidences in themselves and be safe in the world; to prepare for interesting work; and economic independence. They are celebrating 60 years in Santa Barbara. Check them out at www.girlsincsb.org.

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The Artistic Mind of Santa Barbara

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look for microbubbles, that lie among the wheat, and bake them into mutton-pies, and sell them in the street,” to misquote Lewis Carroll. I’ve always wondered why the Walrus didn’t mention microbubbles as well. He certainly didn’t mind talking of those other things, like shoes, and ships, and sealing wax. Whenever I see an exhibition of Assemblage Art, it puts me in the mind of Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece, Alice in Wonderland. Assemblage for the uninitiated (or stock-buying readers), pronounced correctly, rhymes with arbitrage. Assembly is at the root of the word; it denotes a form of sculpture comprising “found” objects arranged in such a way as to create a work of art greater than the sum of the parts, literally. The aforementioned objects can be anything; a glass eye, a kitchen whisk, a discarded wooden box, old dice, a bunch of shirts pressed into submission, or little mouse people. You either saw, just missed, or are rushing down to the Sullivan Goss Gallery to see the latest exhibition The Red-Headed Stepchild, which is a fantastic collection of contemporary and previously contemporary Santa Barbara assemblage artists dating back to the ‘50s. I suggest you stop reading and go there now if it’s still open. Curator Jeremy Tessmer and assemblage artist Sue Van Horsen came up with the notion that artists who create assemblage are the stepchildren of every gathering in the Santa Barbara art world. I’m not sure why they’re red-headed, and I don’t find their status as stepchildren warranted. These artists are clearly by any measure an essential element of the Artistic Mind of Santa Barbara. Art is created by artists, but it also comes from the physical place it originates. For example, there’s a reason Duchamp’s first readymade, a bicycle wheel, attached to a mass-produced stool, was created in 1913 precisely in Paris, France. It spoke to the world around him, what was available, and what might make a splash. I know this phenomenon of mind and place because in the late ‘70s I found myself in New York City living a block from the Kitchen, the Performance Garage, and Franklin Furnace placing me in the art microbubble of the moment, part of the scene amid the abandoned lofts of Soho that artists colonized, decades and decades before the area was a twinkle in the eye of massive upscale All great flying adventures begin at dawn. – Stephen Coonts

brands such as Saint Laurent, Prada, and Chanel. My loft in Soho on Broome Street with its 14-foot ceilings enabled my version of video art. “Jaw Story” was inspired by a box of doll jaws I found at a doll factory next door; “Anchor Story,” based around a discarded boat anchor, was about a man who carried the weight with him everywhere to keep from floating away. All of which is to say that artists and the artistic inspiration relates to what artists find around them. Santa Barbara as an environment and state of mind is compelling and has fostered four distinct artistic inclinations. The first is obvious, and most dominant: landscape. Among the many artists in this group, Hank Pitcher has absorbed the legacy of plein-air painting as a springboard for greater discourse. To say that Pitcher is a painter of California landscapes is like saying Monet painted water lilies, yet he’s squarely in the tradition. Architecture tends not to be considered in this context but should. The architectural aesthetic established after the natural disasters of the 1925 earthquakes by George Washington Smith and Lutah Maria Riggs are a milestone in design for an entire city. The style includes threads of Andalusian, Mediterranean, and Mexican Churrigueresque, adapted with the Native American materials of stucco and tile. The architectural requirements of Santa Barbara have fostered an exploration and stretching of the Santa Barbara Architectural idiom. Jeff Shelton’s unique Seussian spin and the recently completed Hotel Californian are examples of that artistic impulse. Muralling is another form. From graffiti to murals, this is a school of art without degree, complete with lessons in composition, size, color, and line that offers extension courses in skateboarding, spray painting, and surfing. From David Flores to Tosh Clements, muralling is a growing form clearly in dialog with the architectural formality of Santa Barbara. And finally, the so-called stepchild – Assemblage. The Sullivan Goss exhibit proves our irresistible fascination with found objects in our midst, each speaking literally, physically to our environment, and the artistic impulse that can imagine discards and thrift shop finds as disparate elements to be merged. If that isn’t the definition of the artistic mind, then what is? •MJ 18 – 25 October 2018

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Montecito Community Foundation rep Darlene Bierig presenting a check to MTF vice president Ashley Mayfield with event chair Barbara Cleveland

The Montecito Trails bar gang Kyle Slattery, Sheila and Kevin Snow, and Monty Amyx

to keep more than 300 miles of trails open to the public. MTF folks want you to know “that thanks to your donations, membership and support the trails are really taking shape.” In lieu of the Foundation’s usual silent auction and fundraising event, the barbecue was a community celebration at the beautiful Crane School. The Los Padres Outfitters were back with their delicious tri-tip and all the trimmings. Steve Woods returned to Santa Barbara with his country music, and board president Kevin and wife Sheila Snow were busy mixing their famous margaritas. There had been a family-friendly walk preceding lunch. At the barbecue, I learned about a group called the Montecito Community Foundation (MCF) that was established more than 40 years ago in 1966. A group of citizens believed residents of Montecito, who were grateful for the good life its environment provides, might wish to make tax-deductible gifts for the preservation and improvement of our unique community. Evidently it 18 – 25 October 2018

worked, because the chair of the grant committee for MCF Darlene Bierig presented MTF and vice president Ashley Mayfield with a check for $23,365. Here’s a list of some of the good things MCF has done for Montecito: The park at the corner of East Valley Road and San Ysidro Road – remember when it was a gas station? The reflective wooden street signs in Montecito are maintained by MCF. The San Ysidro footpath, a safe route to school from Montecito Union School to the freeway was built by MCF. With the assistance of neighbors on Hermosillo Road, they planted the two landscaped islands to slow the speeding. They also provide the seed money for our annual 4th of July celebration and parade at Manning Park. And there’s more. If you have any suggestions, contact the grant committee chairperson at info@montecitofoundation. org. Thanks, Montecito Community Foundation, for all you’ve done. If you’d like to help out the trails, contact MTF at (805) 969-3514. •MJ

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

City of Santa Barbara Notice Inviting Bids Railway-Highways Crossing Section 130 Program Lower State Street Railroad Crossing Improvements Bid No. 3791-A 1.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for:

Bid Acceptance. The City of Santa Barbara (“City”) will accept sealed bids for its Railway-Highways Crossing Section 130 Program Lower State Street Railroad Crossing Improvements Project (“Project”), by or before November 7, 2018, at 3:00 p.m., at its Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, at which time and place the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that its Bid Proposal is actually delivered to the Purchasing Office. The receiving time at the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted. Project Information. 2.1 Location and Description. The Project is located at State Street between Mason and Yanonali Streets including work at the Union Pacific Railroad Crossing, and is described as follows: the work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to construct and deliver a railroad crossing improvement project including but not limited to mobilization, bonds, insurance, traffic control, saw cutting, concrete demolition, excavation, removal of hardscape, preparation of subgrade, bedding, base, asphalt concrete conforms, construction of curbs, gutters, spandrels, ADA compliant paver sidewalk and edge restraints, Portland cement concrete sidewalk, access ramps, installation of storm water infiltration system including catch basin, pvc pipes; relocation of curb drains, striping, installation of gates and railings, installation of pvc conduits, traffic signal modifications, clean up, public notices, and incidentals to complete the work as specified per the Project Plans and Specifications. 2.2 Time for Completion. The planned timeframe for commencement and completion of construction of the Project is: 75 working days. 2.3 Engineer’s Estimate. The Engineer’s estimate for construction of this Project falls within a range of $600,000 to $650,000.

License and Registration Requirements.

Microsoft Enterprise Agreement for Police Department 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.

3.1 License. This Project requires a valid California contractor’s license for the following classification: Class A –General Engineering.

_________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

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.

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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: www.planetbids.com/portal/portal.cfm?CompanyID=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. 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. Prevailing Wage Requirements. 6.1 General. This Project is subject to the prevailing wage requirements applicable to the locality in which the Work is to be performed for each craft, classification or type of worker needed to perform the Work, including employer payments for health and welfare, pension, vacation, apprenticeship and similar purposes. 6.2 Rates. The prevailing rates are on file with City and available online at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR. Each Contractor and Subcontractor must pay no less than the specified rates to all workers employed to work on the Project. The schedule of per diem wages is based upon a working day of eight hours. The rate for holiday and overtime work must be at least time and one-half. 6.3 Compliance. The Contract will be subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR, under Labor Code section 1771.4.

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.

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

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.

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

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BID NO. 5699 DUE DATE & TIME: OCTOBER 31, 2018 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

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

By: ___________________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager Publication Dates: 1) October 17, 2018

Date: ________________

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. FICTITIOUS

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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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5700 DUE DATE & TIME: November 9, 2018 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Plumbing Maintenance for Airport Facilities The purpose of this work is to provide 7 day, 24 hour callout plumbing maintenance services for Airport Facilities as needed. 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 C36 Plumbing Contractor’s license. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned license at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total for the first/initial year 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

2) October 24, 2018 END OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS

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

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

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.

Then a bumblebee bumbled above us and it stole our attention the way flying things can. – Douglas Coupland

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 17, 2018 Montecito Journal

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Spirituality Matters by Steven Libowitz

Oh, Hi: Halifax Returns with Words

oan Halifax is the rare Zen Buddhist visionary whose background and education traverses Western and Eastern practices and study, and it’s an astonishing background that has brought her to where she is today. Among the many early accomplishments of the activist, author, caregiver, teacher, and Zen Buddhist priest, who will be the subject of the season’s first “Speaking with Pico” event via UCSB Arts & Lectures this week, is founding and leading the Ojai Foundation for 10 years back in 1979, when she was a research assistant to famed mythologist Joseph Campbell. Halifax employed her background of personal study with shamans, Zen masters, Tibetan lamas, Native American elders, and spiritual leaders from around the world, along with her Western academic connections – she had worked with (and been married to) psychiatrist Stanislav Grof, and with ethnomusicologist-activist Alan Lomax – to draw an extraordinary faculty to the rustic facility in Ojai that became a world-famous educational and interfaith center that helped popularize council circle. (The Ojai Foundation Land Sanctuary is currently closed, as it continues to recover from damages incurred during the Thomas Fire). Halifax runs the Upaya Institute and Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a Zen Peacemaker community she opened in 1990 where her practice focuses on socially engaged Buddhism, which aims to alleviate suffering through meditation, interfaith cooperation, and social service. She is the director of the Project on Being with Dying and founder of the Upaya Prison Project that develops programs on meditation for prisoners, continuing work that began while earning her Ph.D. in medical anthropology in 1973, and she continues to lecture on the subject of death and dying at many academic institutions and medical centers around the world. Halifax also studied for a decade with Zen teacher Seung Sahn and was a teacher in the Kwan Um Zen School. She received the Lamp Transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh and was given Inka by Roshi Bernie. A founding teacher of the Zen Peacemaker Order and founder of Prajna Mountain Buddhist Order, her work and practice for more than four decades has focused on engaged Buddhism. In her conversation with Pico Iyer at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, October 23, at UCSB Campbell Hall, Halifax – who has authored such titles as A Buddhist Life in America: Simplicity in the Complex and Shaman, the Wounded Healer – will offer a rare opportunity to hear the stories behind her extraordinary life, as well as gain insight into her just-published book, Standing at the edge: Finding freedom where fear and courage meet. Tickets cost $20 to $35. Info at (805) 893-3535 or www. ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.

Writing for Wellness

Santa Barbara Public Library has teamed up with California Hope 805, an organization established in response to the Thomas Fire and Montecito Debris Flow to support the wellness of the community, to present a series of “Words of Peace” writing workshops to explore the context and subtext of the natural disasters and the changes they spur in our community and daily lives. The workshop provides an opportunity for both connection and introspection through writing and education at this phase of the recovery process. The informal six-week writing group began on October 11 and continues every Thursday at 10:30 to 11:30 am in the Community Hall at the Montecito Library, located at 1469 East Valley Road. Participants of all ages are welcome to attend any week on a drop-in basis. For more information, contact Kim Crail, senior library technician, Montecito Branch, at (805) 969-5063 or kcrail@santabarbaraca.gov

Welcome Wuttke

Montecito Library also hosts a talk by Martin Wuttke, the founder of the Wuttke Institute of Neurotherapy in Santa Barbara, which offers clinically proven nondrug therapies for a variety of common problems. Wuttke will present an informal talk about the effects of trauma, grief, and anxiety on the brain, and discuss the use of neurofeedback and a complementary intervention for healing. The methodology employs a type of biofeedback that charts brainwave frequencies in realtime to teach the brain self-regulation. The free talk takes place 6:15 to 7:15 pm on Thursday, October 25. Call (805) 448-8095 or visit www.WuttkeInstitute.com.

“Blisstopia” Beckons

The folks at Fishbon are turning the Pescadrome (located at 101 S. Quarantina) into a New Age Retreat Center for its latest performance piece, “Blisstopia.” At this lighthearted event powered by spiritually-inclined satirical content, guests 18 – 25 October 2018

are invited to take a ringside seat at “the cosmic convergence of a lifetime” where within the sacred halls of the center attendees will be given three hours to align all seven chakras before the comet Sven-Sushen passes between Earth and the moon during the predicted lunar eclipse. Feeling too spiritually bankrupt to complete the task? Fear not, as there are many guru guides to choose from for assistance, from gazing into the Punchbowl of Destiny in the Yellow Guru’s sanctum, wrestling with alligator spirit animals in the domain of the redneck Tarot reader, or playtesting Google Map’s Guided Meditation software. “With entertainment by the devoutest performers (including aerialist Selfia “Selfi” Styx), workshops by the holiest of teachers, and libations by our certified barista-alchemists, you’ll have your karma whipped into shape in no time.” Performances take place 8 to 11:11 pm on Friday and Saturday, October 19-20, and the $20 tickets include an after-party where you can mingle with the meditators and magicians. Visit www.eventbrite.com/e/fishbon-presents-blisstopia-tickets-50917968013.

Saying Yes to Kirtan

Mantra Lounge Kirtan – which began holding its monthly gatherings at the Montecito Library before moving downtown to Unity of Santa Barbara – has another new location: Yes Dance! Studio in the Paseo Nuevo Mall.  All are invited to come rouse the soul by means of kirtan – meditative song and call-and-response chanting to the divine – on Saturday, October 20, at the studio that has broadened its horizons as a community hub. No experience necessary and quality of your singing voice is immaterial. The hosts provide the ambiance, the music, lyrics as necessary – and plant-based refreshments/vegan eats to share after the singing. Dress comfortably, but don’t wear any fragrance to spare those who are sensitive. Chairs are provided or if you prefer to sit on the floor, you can bring a favorite cushion, and dancing is also encouraged for those who like to move their body to the rhythm and the spirit. Admission to the 7 to 9:30 pm is $10 at the door. Info online at www.facebook.com/MantraLoungeKirtanSantaBarbara or www. meetup.com/Santa-Santa-Barbara-Mantra-Lounge-Kirtan.

Mindfulness & Journaling to Open Your Heart

Montecito author Diana Raab joins Radhule Weininger for an afternoon workshop where the two leaders will guide participants in a process that includes writing as well as meditation. With Raab, author of the new book Writing for Bliss: A Seven-Step Plan for Telling Your Story and Transforming Your Life, handling journaling exercises while Weininger, whose first book, Heartwork: The Path of Self-Compassion 9 Practices for Opening The Heart came out late last year, facilitates guided mindfulness and compassion meditations, the goal is for participants to allow themselves to become still, look deeply inside and, in a gentle and creative manner, and bring forward what’s at their heart center leading to an opening up and healing. The 1:30 to 5 pm workshop on Saturday, October 27, at the MacVeagh House at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, is limited to 25 participants and costs $60. Visit www.eventbrite.com.

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Death Cafe Santa Barbara in conjunction with The Center for Successful Aging, holds its next gathering from 3:30 to 5 pm Wednesday, October 24, at Hill-Carrillo Adobe building at 11 East Carrillo St. Liz Bauer, Lynn Holzman, and Peggy Levine host the event where people come together in a relaxed and safe setting to discuss death, drink tea, and eat delicious cake. The objective is to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives, and as such each Death Cafe is not grief support nor a counselling session but rather a group directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. Admission is free. Contact Holzman at cominghomesb@ gmail.com or (805) 729-6172. Unity of Santa Barbara (227 E Arrellaga St; 966-2239 or www.santabarbaraunity.org) hosts a screening of The Gate: Dawn of the Bahá’í Faith, the new groundbreaking documentary that tells the true story of the Prophet Herald, known as The Báb, his message and the origins of a new era in world religion. The film combines dramatic re-enactments with interviews with renowned historians, religious scholars, and Bahá’í Faith experts, to discuss the Bahá’í religion that is practiced throughout the world by more than 5 million people. A Q&A session follows the 7 pm screening on Friday, October 19. Shane Thunder has a special guest for his next 432hz Spirit Metacine Sound Meditation at Yoga Soup at 7:30 pm Friday, October 26. Vocalist/DJ/sound healer T.O.A from Toronto, Canada, will join her songwriting and musical vocalizing harmonies with Thunder’s 432hz gemstone bowls, chimes, elemental and planetary gongs to form a blissful synchronicity of sound and music to align and balance the body and soul. Admission is $25 in advance, $30 on Friday. Call (805) 965-8811 or visit.www.yogasoup.com. •MJ

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WINTER STORM READINESS Informational Community Meeting The community is invited to hear information intended to help individuals make important safety decisions and prepare for emergencies, power outages and evacuation. Hear how the County of Santa Barbara and countywide public safety officials and first responders are preparing for emergency alerting notifications and communications.

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18 – 25 October 2018

Discovering What Matters

by Dr. Peter Brill

Dr. Brill can be reached at drpeterbrill@gmail.com Specializing in medicine, psychiatry, marriage and family therapy, nonprofits and business, he served as a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and Wharton School of Business, consulted to over 100 organizations, ran workshops on adult development, and performed major research on the outcome of psychiatric treatment. He is the founder of Sustainable Change Alliance & author of Finding Your J Spot.

Changing the System

hroughout my life, I have worked with people and organizations, studying and trying to help them produce change and then measure its impact validly. After 75 years of life, I feel like I have put my time to good use and learned a lot, not only about systems – how they work at the cellular, mid-level and big-picture levels, and what best promotes change within them – but also about the importance of meaning… what makes people feel like what they’re doing is meaningful. I have learned that people in retirement want good health, passion, purpose, and joy or contentment. I discovered that people at younger ages want passion, purpose, and joy, too. More than a paycheck. I started interviewing people in their early 50s. They had started out wanting money, power, and status, but their values changed as they faced their limited time on Earth. Now, they wanted passion and meaning as well. Even millennials, I learned, wanted meaning in addition to money from their work. Sadly, as I began to ask countless people in a multitude of workshops how many of them had achieved these things, the percentages were astoundingly low. About 15% believed they had passion in their lives; 20-25% had found a sense of purpose; and only around 30% had achieved contentment. So, I decided to write an ongoing column structured for your questions and designed to bring together three primary concepts: How to have an impact or create positive change, find personal meaning, and sometimes even make money doing it. In the column, we will spotlight new and existing opportunities for community impact – what’s out there and what can be done to achieve these goals. We will introduce and discuss innovative processes and new tools to balance individual fulfillment and capital needs in the world of “causes,” plus impact investing avenues and other ways to influence/create change. Why start with our own community? Because with our society’s financial and political problems change now has to happen from the bottom up. Real change is deeply personal. Built on clarity and trust, it depends on strong relationships. 18 – 25 October 2018

To begin the column, I recently had a conversation where this question arose: Question: I feel powerless to change the system I’m in. I can manage my schedule, desk, board meetings, responsibilities, and leisure time. But it has stopped feeling (or maybe it never did feel) like enough. One day blends into the next, and eventually they all start to feel the same. Similarly, I donate time and money to a good cause, thinking I’m helping, but the world’s or community’s problems remain the same. The ironic paradox is that life continues to move faster, we have access to tools that have never existed before, and yet the core of humanity’s problems never seem to change in any permanent way. Any suggestions? Answer: Here’s an allegory about the nature of “powerlessness.” Three men and one woman are tasked to get a heavy cart up a hill. • Sam wants to pull the cart up the hill. He’s convinced that that’s the only way to accomplish the assignment. • Sarah wants everyone to push the cart. She’s convinced that success lies in everyone pushing together. • Stephen is focused on the issue of who’s going to get the most credit for completing the challenge. Unless he can find a way to get nearly all the credit, he won’t help push or pull. • Mike is angry because the others treat him like a second-class citizen. Consequently, he has decided to only give the “appearance” of effort. Sadly, they all feel powerless and the cart remains at the bottom of the hill. No change. Four intelligent people trapped in an emotional bog. What’s the underlying problem? They lack trust in one another, and thus the ability to communicate and cooperate. They are not truly a team. When the basic essentials of a relationship break down or are missing, everyone feels powerless. Notice what has changed in our society over time: • In 1980, all measures of trust and organizational identification dropped from a stable 60-70% to 20%. Why? Organizations adopted a “commodity model” for themselves. Everything from the organization itself to its parts and pensions can now be “bought and sold” like commodities. Loyalty to employees has disappeared. No

longer able to count on anything from their employers, employees’ careers have become a hop-scotch of stress and job insecurity as they move through multiple organizations. Trust in organizations overall has declined significantly. One lie made under such a weakened system and trust is lost forever. • Similarly, if the organization exists solely for the bottom line, if people are exploiting the system or the customer, if the work isn’t for some social good or higher purpose, there is little or no meaning in the job. Under such circumstances, why should employees cooperate with one another? Why should they feel motivated? Why shouldn’t they get frustrated and mad? No matter how hard we try to pretend otherwise, feelings matter. • Now consider how few employees meet face to face anymore. They only relate electronically. Locked in an unending dance with their phones and computers, one has to wonder if they might just as well be standing in front of a mirror seeing, hearing, and sensing only their own words, feelings, and point of view. What does that do to relationships? • Further, there has been a huge loss of trust in society. • The book Bowling Alone was a study of trust. Published in 2000, it showed a large deterioration of trust and societal participation, using as a major example the fact that people used to bowl in leagues and increasingly now bowl alone. • Since then, almost every institution of society has seen both a large drop in participation and more human isolation. • One of my own organization’s studies showed that almost 50% of employees are significantly anxious, depressed, abusing or addicted to a substance. A lot of people around you are in significant distress. What can be done? 1. Work on yourself… Are you trustworthy? Are you empowering others? Where are you adding to the problem needlessly? We have become a society of blamers. 2. Try to remember that the other person is trying to find happiness, too, in their own uncertain, powerless way. 3. Remember that trust and relationships have to be built. No one owes it to you to be concerned about

what you want. You must earn their trust as much as they must earn yours. 4. Don’t jump quickly, either personally or in organizations, from distrust to trust. Trust is a big issue. It needs to evolve: • Stage 1 – “Safety trust”: Can I trust that I am safe with you and this organization physically, emotionally, psychologically, and financially? Similarly, are others safe with you? Are you willing to tell the truth (and fact-check) or will you spread unverified rumors? Remember, you’re just as responsible for establishing “safety trust” as everyone else. • Stage 2 – “Inclusion trust”: Can I trust that I will be included and treated respectfully in your or this organization’s inner circle? • Stage 3 – “Acceptance trust”: Can I trust that I will be accepted and valued by you or this organization despite my differences, strengths, and weaknesses? • Stage 4 – “Inspiration trust”: Can I trust that if I put a lot of creative energy and effort into what we’re doing together, you will “have my back” and I won’t end up feeling used or disappointed? 5. Learn to rise above fear and greed in all of their subtle manifestations. They blind us from clarity and keep us from seeing how to create change. We are all prisoners of our own perceptions and beliefs. We developed those through our families and life experiences, where we felt like a victim or a privileged person. Our experiences shape us. Our fear creates rigid beliefs. Our own personality problems create difficulties for others. In the end, you have to stop blaming or you’ll never get your power back. You have to find compassion for yourself and others, so you can understand why they’re doing what they’re doing. When you blame others, you become blind to how people, relationships and systems actually work. Understanding people and situations better gives you more power. Please write to me about specific situations where you personally feel powerless and I will attempt to respond. We will keep your name anonymous. Maybe together we can get that cart up the hill. I can be reached at drpeterbrill@gmail.com •MJ

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 Swimming with Sharks – While many consider the Great White shark to be the scariest creature in the sea, Ralph Clevenger, a photographer who is a former senior faculty member at Brooks Institute, has spent years getting up close and personal with the mammoth mammals. Clevenger, who grew up on the coast of North Africa and has been diving since he was seven, holds B.A. degrees in zoology and photography and worked as a diver/biologist for the Scripps Institute before joining Brooks. “Face-to-Face with the Great Whites,” which opens today at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, is an exhibition of his fine-art photography and videos of the sharks shot off the coasts of Australia and Mexico. Working in underwater and submerged cages, Clevenger was able to take the dramatic images presented in the exhibit that provide viewers with an intimate view of the magnificent creatures, pictures, and videos of the sharks that he says “allow us to understand them and helps to demystify their reputation as ‘ferocious man eaters.’” Clevenger, who lives in town and now specializes in location photography and video projects of eco-travel, environmental portraiture, wildlife, and undersea subjects – will be on hand for today’s wine-andcheese reception. WHEN: Opening reception 5:30 to 7 pm today; exhibit runs through March 2019 WHERE: 113 Harbor Way, Suite 190 COST:

free INFO: (805) 962-8404 or www. sbmm.org FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 Juno Viva? – ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! kicks off its 14th season of free family concerts and community outreach with Juno award-winner Quique Escamilla, who performs original songs in Spanish and English inspired by the political and social issues of the day. Escamilla is a Mexican-Canadian multi-instrumental musician, singer-songwriter, and producer who was born and raised in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico, where he began playing in the early 1990s as a teenager. A self-taught guitarist whose early bands covered punk rock and heavy metal songs, Escamilla first tried his hand in Mexico City before moving to Toronto in 2007. He won the Juno Award (Canada’s Grammy) for World Music Album of the Year in 2015 with his first full-length album, 500 Years of Night, which showcases his style that blends Mexican folk music such as huapango and rancheras with jazz, pop, rock, and ska. Escamilla performs with his quartet at Isla Vista School on Friday, October 19; at Guadalupe City Hall on Saturday, October 20; and at the Marjorie Luke Theatre at Santa Barbara Junior High School on Sunday, October 21. The other four weekends in the 201819 season feature Grammy awardwinners Mariachi Los Camperos

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 Turner to Tranquility Base – Arctic Monkeys took five years since 2013’s AM before releasing Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino this spring, quite a long span considering that the British pop-punk darlings put out half a dozen records in their first seven years, quickly building on the capital collected from their daring debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. The time off found lead Monkey Alex Turner moonlighting with the Last Shadow Puppets, and apparently some of that lounge-like laid-back approach has made its way into his main band. The new record evinces an affection for the swinging sounds of the space-age era 1960s – hence its title – with lots of softer edges that often eschew guitars for pianos and a much more expansive and hypnotic aural approach. Hear how that meshes with their earlier work when Arctic Monkeys play at the Santa Barbara Bowl, with Mini Mansions opening. The L.A. trio comprises keyboardist Tyler Parkford – who worked on the Monkeys’ Tranquility Base and has been performing with them all year – plus Michael “Mikey” Shuman and Zach Dawes, bassists for Queens of the Stone Age and Last Shadow Puppets, respectively. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $49.50 to $69.50 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com

of Los Angeles (January 11-13), fellow L.A. band Grupo Bella (February 8-10), Peru’s La Patronal brass band (March 8-10), and Ballet Folklórico de Los Angeles (April 12-14). A reception with the artists featuring snacks and photos with the performers follows every concert. WHEN: 7 pm today-Sunday WHERE: Isla Vista School, 6875 El Colegio Road (Friday); Guadalupe City Hall, 918 Obispo Street, Guadalupe (Saturday); Marjorie Luke Theatre at Santa Barbara Junior High, 721 East Cota St. (Sunday) COST: free INFO: 884-4087, x7 or www.facebook. com/VivaelArteSB SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 Calder on Campus for Camerata – Camerata Pacifica’s bold two-year “Why Beethoven?” project continues with the ensemble debut of The Calder String Quartet, who will perform one of the composer’s six Op. 18 string quartets, his first foray into the genre. The 2nd quartet in G Major is presented partially to offer an eye-opening comparison to Beethoven’s last string quartet, Op. 135 in F Major, composed 25 years later, which The Calder will play next month to show how the composer transformed the genre. Another comparison will be to the American composer John Adams’s treatment of the string quartet as the ensemble will also perform his Book of Alleged Dances — with movement titles such as Alligator Escalator and Stubble Crotchet – to conclude the concert. In between, Camerata’s principal oboe, Nicholas Daniel, makes his season debut with the program’s four other works: Musgrave’s Dawn for Solo Oboe, Mozart’s Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370, Richards’s de Stâmparare for Solo Oboe, and Grime’s Oboe Quartet. Tonight marks Camerata Pacifica’s third concert of the year, all before either the Santa Barbara Symphony or CAMA’s concerts have gotten underway. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West campus, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $56: INFO: 884-8410 or www.cameratapacifica.org

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The Art of Community – Sponsored by the Capps Project, this event, billed as “an unexpected evening” of live, multi-arts performances and presentations from a broad diversity of artists, musicians, and storytellers in the community, is meant as a celebration of creativity across boundaries: “In these divisive times, with a polarizing midterm election weeks away, the arts remain a powerful and enjoyable reminder of our most fundamental commonalities.” Among the performers are Joey Cape, The Decent Folk, Hula Anyone, Ingrid Luna, Medias Hermanas, Wallace Piatt, Prime Time Brass, Mirah Ray, Manjari Sharma, Trent Summar, and Luis Velazquez. Plus, there are free tacos for the

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first 100 people to arrive at the free event, which is open to all ages and everyone in the community. WHEN: 6 to 9 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Community Arts Workshop (SBCAW), 631 Garden St. COST: free INFO: (805) 324-7443 or www.facebook. com/events/2104643479851899 Welcome Weekend for Symphony’s 65th -- Following last night’s return of the Symphony Ball – a big benefit gala with Broadway star Lisa Vroman serving as host for the Supper Club theme – the Santa Barbara Symphony’s milestone season opens at the Granada Theatre with about as colorful as program as the ensemble has ever presented. The music kicks off with Ernst von Dohnányi’s folk and gospel-infused American Rhapsody, followed by George Gershwin’s nearly centuryold jazz and syncopation-inflected boundary-busting Rhapsody in Blue, featuring piano soloist Jeffrey Biegel, renowned for his interpretations of works by both classical and contemporary composers. The evening culminates post-intermission with Berlioz’s epic Symphonie Fantastique, which captures the young composer’s consuming passion for an actress and exudes the revolutionary spirit of 1830s France. WHEN: 8 tonight, 3 pm tomorrow WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $29 & up ($20 for ages 20-29, $10 all students) INFO: 899-2222 or www. granadasb.org 18 – 25 October 2018

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 Sir Stewart in Santa Barbara – It was almost half a century ago that my dad – who admittedly was more partial to jazz and classical music, though he also liked The Beatles – first heard Rod Stewart’s raspy voice blaring out of our KLH stereo. Covering his ears, he grimaced and said, “What is that? He can’t even sing!” Decades later, Stewart’s singing has long been recognized as one of the great voices of pop music, as has its owner, whose accomplishments include two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the ASCAP Founders Award for songwriting, the Grammy Living Legend award, and, in 2016, being knighted by Britain’s Prince William. Stewart has succeeded at a wide variety of genres of popular music, from rock, folk, soul, and R&B to the Great American Songbook, selling more than 200 million records worldwide along the way with albums that have soared up the charts during every decade of his career. His latest, the just-released Blood Red Roses, is the 30th of his career, and cuts from the slickly produced pop-rock effort will no doubt take up a chunk of his concert tonight at the Santa Barbara Bowl, but reports are the show also features a retrospective of hits, from “Maggie May,” “Forever Young,” “You Wear It Well,” and “The First Cut is the Deepest” to “Stay With Me,” “Hot Legs,” “Tonight’s the Night,” “Infatuation,” and even his disco smash “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy.” (Lots of people still do, skinny legs and all.) WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 1122 N. Milpas St. COST: $64.50 to $304.50 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 Round Here – For all its focus on acoustic music during the week, it’s been a while since SOhO has hosted one of its “805 Songwriters In The Round,” which invariably feature the great Glen Phillips, architect of Toad the Wet Sprocket, whose solo output has outpaced that 1990s pop band in reach and ambition. Also sharing the stage and their own songs, with help from one another as needed are Sean Watkins, the cofounder of Nickel Creek, whose sister Sarah just played the Lobero with I’m With Her; Ojai-based touring pianist Aaron Embry, who has played with

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and the late Elliott Smith, as well as co-written albums by Jane’s Addiction; the veteran Garrison Starr, who two years ago released a Grammy-nominated comedy album with Margaret Cho; and Z Berg, whose bio describes her sound as “if Laura Palmer didn’t die… And Roman Polanski made a movie about her twenties, scored by Andre Previn, with lyrics by Scott Walker, sung by Dusty Springfield.” Sounds like she could do the in-the-round thing all by herself. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $18 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com •MJ

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 Mads Skills – The Danish-born jazz violinist Mads Tolling graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2003, and soon thereafter joined famed bassist Stanley Clarke’s band and, later, the celebrated genre-neutral string group Turtle Island Quartet with whom he won two Grammy Awards. Over the years, he has also performed with jazz notables Kenny Barron, Ramsey Lewis, Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, and Jean-Luc Ponty, among others. The San Francisco Bay Area resident now mostly works with his own band, The Mads Tolling Quartet, which has released three CDs with guest artists such as Stanley Clarke, Russell Ferrante, Stefon Harris, and Kenny Washington, though his most recent project is Mads Tolling & The Mads Men, which celebrates the music of the 1960s Mad Men era. Today’s Santa Barbara Jazz Society concert is a tribute to the jazz violinist Sven Asmussen, a fellow native of Denmark, known as “The Fiddling Viking,” who was a swing-style virtuoso who played and recorded with jazz greats including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and Stephane Grappelli. Tolling performs as a duo with guitarist Jacob Fischer, who was a part of Asmussen’s quartet for the final 15 years of Asmussen’s career before he died at 100 in February 2017. The duo will perform a variety of popular tunes and standards associated with the famed Dane, such as “June Night,” “Someone to Watch Over Me,” and “Scandinavian Shuffle.” WHEN: 1 to 4 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 general, $15 SBJS members, $7 members who are local professional jazz musicians or full-time students INFO: 962-7776/www. sohosb.com or 687-7123/www.sbjazz.org

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The Real Savage Henry with [from left] Wilder Kehke with Arlo, John Pagliassotti, Will Hettel with Stephen Yogi on his Android phone, and Andrew MacInnes

by Joanne A. Calitri

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The Real Savage Henry Disbands but Releases LP

n my exclusive interview with The Real Savage Henry, I asked if they will go public for the first time in my column about their disbanding the band, word I heard from them on the QT after their “last” gig at the Mercury Lounge back in May, as well as talk about making their final LP, Más Salvaje – during the breakup – released October 2018. Four of the five members – Andrew MacInnes [keys, bass, guitar], John Pagliassotti [lead guitar], Wilder Kehke [vocals, guitar, bass], and Will Hettel [percussion], and myself met at their rehearsing location in IV, and the fifth band member, Stephen Yogi [violin], present by my request via facetime, the band wryly saying, “We use androids and don’t do social media, but we will take advancements from Del Taco.” Also present was the band’s newest member, 6-month-old black lab, Arlo, named after Arlo Guthrie. Andrew, John, and Wilder played music together in high school in Orange County, mostly acoustic folk rock. Will and Stephen grew up in Half Moon Bay; Will with a strong diet of metal, death metal, prog-metal, jazz and bebop (“it’s very fast and technical”), and Stephen playing violin since age two, coming from jazz and classical. The band became a blend of their music. The interview went well, and they were happy to spend time with one another, having not been together since recording Más Salvaje in June. Indeed, no bad blood here, despite the LP cover art. Q: The band’s breaking up with a new LP... Andrew: Well, yeah, we had told some peeps but yes this is our first official announcement of both our breaking up and our final LP, it’s our Beatles thing. This LP is the best of our music. Even though we knew the gigging was over, we wanted to do this. We had songs in the can, cash in

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our hands, but we had limited time as we were all in transition. We knew we could record; we had the material. We finally got the scheduling, but it was going to be tight. John: We recorded everything over the course of a weekend, sixteen hours in June. First day was baseline tracking, and next was solos and overdubs, a lot improvised on the spot, in one to three takes. We were in a rush to record it. Will: After we got it recorded, Elliott [Lanam] our producer was doing his own thing with it over the next few months – he’s the one with the talent. Once he got it where he wanted it, he asked for our preferences. You had three prior LPs: Salvaje 2017, Salvaje 2016, and More From the Savage Den 2016... John: Yes, our first two EPs we recorded ourselves with two SM57 mics hung over the band and the crowd screaming. Andrew: We decided we saved enough money playing gigs to go into the studio for the first time, for Salvage 2017, and then went back with the same producer to do Mas Salvaje. We wanted a quality production. It was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Elliott at Hidden City Studios in Santa Barbara. He randomly hit us up on Instagram, saying he listened to our gig and loved our music.

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Mas Salvaje Track List has three songs from prior LPs: “Braided,” “Sharp Cheddar,” and “Stripes”... Andrew: Some of our songs on the new LP are new, and some we’ve been playing since day one. One of the saving graces of our band is, early on we were writing music at a rapid pace and had thirty to forty songs in the first year. Will: We’d mash songs together at our gigs and develop them, like “No Love Here No How” switches time signatures on each measure. The LP nods to what? John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra on “No Love Here No How,” Jeff Beck’s “Diamond Dust” layering of strings on “Stripes,” and to John Coltrane for his version of “My Favorite Things” and “Take 5,” which we dropped into “Sharp Cheddar” making it our take four and six. Who exactly is the Savage Henry? We got the name from Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas, when they made up a fake person called Savage Henry. And what about your motto, “Saving rock n’ roll one backyard at a time”? That was our humble beginnings. We cut our teeth playing backyard gigs. We built a reputation there, then did UCSB gigs and started being paid. That led us to playing in clubs downtown. What do you want the fans to know? Wilder: We’ve been doing this for four years. My life’s really changed 180 degrees from where I thought it would be when I showed up in this town, and I’m so grateful for what this became. For our fans, the music is never stopping. I’m coming back in January 2019. In the moment, I’m just grateful for what this band brought together. I came to love this town and the people that I met in it. This band brought more people together than I can keep track of. We did it whole-heartedly all the time and I’m

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going to miss it – it was really cool. Will: Being in a band and staying relevant is a very large time investment. It’s difficult logistically with five members. From my point of view, our first LP was to get fans and gigs. The second LP catered more to ourselves, and immortalized our songs even though we aren’t performing anymore. I owe 80 percent of my college experience to this band and the music scene. I can’t be more grateful for it; it brought balance to my life, more than I could have imaged or hoped for. Stephen: I’m super-proud of this LP. It’s sad we won’t be playing music for an extended period of time, and yet in other ways it’s nice so we can experience new adventures. John: For our last LP for our fans, we wanted to do a really sick album and draw from all corners and build a holistic piece of art. As for breaking up, it’s distance, school, and obligations, Andrew’s at UCSB and Will and I just got jobs. Isla Vista has an amazing music scene, but after four years, it’s total strangers with all our fans graduated and us as the old guys – now it’s weird. I don’t think anyone is [thinking] like, “It’s over, we’re never gonna play together again.” We just don’t know when. Andrew: Thank you to all the people we met, the fans that supported us along the way, and to my bandmates who are my brothers for life. I’m not surprised about the fun that we had, but I am surprised about the art that we made. And now that it’s on record, those memories and experiences are immortalized and forever there, and I’m happy that whatever we did, we did with our best intentions and gave it our best shot. That’s the way it is, the short history of the catastrophically punk-retro-psyche fest rock band, who, in four years, accomplished their own genre and recorded four LPs. Their guitars threading not shredding, keyboards doing psych-rock meets early Mumps punk, George Kollias-style drumming, crazy violin etudes, and Bowieesqe vocal tempos in a Robert Plant echo chamber. It’s a full ride – take it. •MJ 411: www.therealsavagehenry.band camp.com 18 – 25 October 2018

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Unit Leader early in the incident. Office of Emergency Operations director Rob Lewin reported that several long-term plans are in place for future disasters, including debris removal, recovery plans, contingency plans, and hazard mitigation plans. Montecito resident David Boyd spoke at the meeting, voicing concern that the report does not discuss the 23 deaths that occurred from the mudslide, and does not discuss how future deaths can be prevented. “The twenty-three lives lost are undoubtedly the single and most enduring legacy of this tragedy. And yet, they are mentioned in only one brief sentence and are not analyzed to determine how and why they occurred,” he said. “As decision makers, we base our decisions on the best information we have at the time, and we believe that we did that,” Lewin said, adding that the messaging and the debris flow maps are changing this year. “There is not a moment that we don’t think about everything that we have learned collectively in response to this disaster.” “We are not done with reflections and lessons learned, and increased preparation. We are not done,” said board chair and First District supervisor Das Williams.

Haven Salon’s New Offerings

Haven Salon in Montecito, owned by master hair stylist and color expert Cynthia Brokaw and her business partner Brian Bailey, is now a certified Natulique salon and offers clients Natulique’s certified organic professional hair color from Denmark. “We’ve been looking for something natural for a really long time, and we finally found a superior product,” The Toro Creek Bridge at Ladera is expected to be finished in 2019

Brokaw told us. Natulique professional hair color is 100-percent ammonia-free and permanently covers gray hair. With 76 colors plus an array of toners, the products are made with the purest organic ingredients to ensure safety. Natulique says its products and their ingredients all comply with European Union regulations, including a list of more than 1,400 regulated ingredients, compared to United States certification with only 11 regulated ingredients. Natulique is also a partner with the Humane Society International and supports the organization’s #BeCrueltyFree campaign to end cosmetics testing using animals. The salon also carries Natulique’s full line of certified organic hair

Haven Salon owner Cynthia Brokaw with a new line of organic hair products. Haven is the only salon in the Santa Barbara area to carry the European line.

care products including shampoos and conditioners, curl-defining hair cream, nourishing hair cream and intensive hair mask, as well as styling products like medium-hold hair spray, volumizing hair mousse, flexible styling gel, and natural-extreme hold hairwax. All of the ingredients in Natulique are grown and harvested in Denmark, which is considered the leader among European countries for organic products. “We’re really excited about it and want people to know that there is a healthy alternative,”

Brokaw said. Haven Salon opened last year; Brokaw has been doing hair for more than 25 years and has worked as a stylist at many Santa Barbara-area salons and previously owned Cygnet Le Salon on Coast Village Road for 15 years. She has further served as a board member for the Santa Barbara City College Cosmetology Academy. Haven Salon is located at 1150 Coast Village Road in Montecito. For more information, call (805) 969-0132 or visit www.havensalon.us. •MJ

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