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MONTECITO MISCELLANY
FREE 23 Feb – 2 Mar 2017 Vol 23 Issue 8
The Voice of the Village S SINCE 1995 S
Ex-Bachelor Andrew Firestone gives advice while appearing on Good Morning America, p.6
ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P.27 • MOVIE GUIDE, P.39 • OPEN HOUSES, P.45
FAREWELL, CHUCK Welcome On Board Montecito Planning Commission swears in Donna Senauer and Charles Newman at first meeting of 2017, p.12
Storytellers All Speaking of Stories invites Lance Mason, Deborah Bertling, and Kathy Marden to tell tales at Center Stage, p.29
Charles (“Chuck”) Robert Graffy flew solo as a 16-year-old, was a 21-year-old captain in the U.S. Army Air Corps and trained other fighter pilots. After World War II, he was among the first to fly American jets, later heading up GE’s Pacific Missile Range Program. Chuck became a private pilot and would often buzz his Santa Barbara home to let his family know he’d be there for dinner (full story begins on page 22)
The Way It Was Hattie Beresford follows ambitious path, from Maine to Santa Barbara, of sheriff -turned-judge Charles Fernald, p.40