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Oscars can’t begin without the red carpet Olive Grove, SYHS grad Chris Manigault produces pre-show for Hollywood’s big night By Raiza Giorgi

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hen the limousines pull up and Hollywood’s biggest stars step onto the red carpet, Chris Manigault feels proud of his accomplishments after months of preparations for that big day. “I feel like the actors and actresses are coming to my house and we are showing off all the months of hard work to get it prepared. Hearing them say they are excited to walk the red carpet and seeing them love the atmosphere makes it all worth it,” Manigault said. Manigault is one of the lead producers for the Academy Awards Red Carpet. (The Oscars ceremony will be televised this year on Sunday, Feb. 24.) He spends months coordinating with vendors, builders and designers to get the job accomplished before the stars converge for Hollywood’s biggest night. Born in Hollywood, Manigault moved to the Santa Ynez Valley as he was entering eighth grade at Los Olivos Elementary School. He then spent four years at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, graduating in 2001. “I acted as a child and wasn’t particularly interested in working in Hollywood until I went to high school. My close friend Daniel Lahr was an amateur film maker and we did theater together all four years. Along with our theater friends, we made a lot of projects together. That was really the start of my passion,” Manigault said. Manigault went on to attend San Diego State University and majored in film and television. He then transferred to Chapman University and got his master’s degree in fine arts. He also met his wife, Bernadette. “After I graduated from film school I was a ‘starving’ alum, desperately looking for a job in the business. My first gig was a commercial for a friend that I got paid $50 for, just to get work,” Manigault laughed. A friend of his called and asked if he wanted to help with the MTV Music Awards. “I jumped at that chance … I was a production

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Photo contributed Chris Manigualt found his passion for the film industry while attending Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. He now helps produce the Academy Awards Red Carpet and pre-show events.

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The nonprofit Central Coast Film Society will host an Oscars viewing party from 4 to 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Grillhouse in San Luis Obispo. Admission is free, and those attending are encouraged to participate in the night’s contest to pick the Academy Award winners. assistant, basically one of the gophers, a ‘go-to’ guy, for the show. Those eight days were great and at the end, when the show was over, the production coordinator asked other PAs to stay and clean up. No one showed up that morning except him and I, and we put away what had to be a thousand chairs” Manigault said. The producer liked his work ethic and invited him to help with a spinoff of “Project Runway,”

moving furniture into the models apartment. “After that gig, work started to pick up but then quickly came to a halt. It felt like the dark ages for a bit for my entertainment career, as I could not find work. I was about to take a marketing job selling car wash cleaner but just before I agreed, a friend called and asked if I was available to work,” Manigault said. That was the last time Manigault had to look for work. Now he spends the majority of his year planning and coordinating the Academy Awards Red Carpet as well as the television element for broadcasters. “I love working on this show so much. It is a blast to execute the academy’s vision and design. I work on the Oscars pre-show where they talk about the fashion and the nominees in their categories,” he said. Manigault tries very hard not to get starOSCARS CONTINUED TO PAGE 10

fficials at Olive Grove Charter School and Santa Ynez Valley Union High School say a court ruling that requires the SYVUHS District to pay the charter school perhaps $1 million a year has forced them into a situation that neither wants. Superintendent Scott Cory says such an annual payment could bankrupt the high school district, and Olive Grove CEO and Executive Director Laura Mudge says the charter didn’t intend to take money from Santa Ynez. Now both schools are working with the California Department of Education (CDE) to find solutions to the problem. According to a 2017 appellate court ruling, a charter school operating within a public school district’s boundaries must be “sponsored” by that district. Cory stressed the importance of finding a solution as the district is already facing a $750,000 structural deficit this year. “So adding an additional $700,000 with potentially more in the coming years will ruin us,” he said. Both Cory and Mudge said that state legislation might be changed because of this situation. “I think there can be a positive outcome for both sides, as our intent was not to take away anything from Santa Ynez, but our situation does not fit the mold and it has to be corrected,” Mudge said. The high school initially reported that of its $12.4 million annual budget for the current fiscal year, it would have to make

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SYV Star celebrating start of fourth year By Raiza Giorgi

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Photo by Raiza Giorgi Dawn Perrine and Terri Campbell attended the first local “Coffee with a Cop” session to talk with Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Deputies Mike Guynn, standing, and Charlie Urhig.

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he county Sheriff’s Department has extended its “Coffee with a Cop” events to include the Santa Ynez Valley. “We want folks to be able to sit down with us and talk about our local issues and concerns. We are here to help,” said Deputy Mike Guynn. The goal of the monthly sessions with community resource deputies for the Chumash Reservation and the city of Solvang is to provide opportunities for community members to get to know deputies that patrol their area and talk about their concerns. At the first session on Jan. 9, law enforcement vehicles outnumbered other cars in the parking lot behind the Coffee Shop by Chomp. Members of the Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol gathered to hear from local residents. “We are so grateful to our local law enforcement for doing this, because you can talk face to face about important issues,” said participant Terri Campbell. Campbell and her friend Dawn Perrine showed up to speak to the Sheriff’s Department about their event on equine rescue, which took place on Jan. 19 at the Santa Ynez Valley Equestrian Center. Perrine helped coordinate the event and was hoping for officials from the Sheriff’s Mounted Unit to be able to come and talk. The gatherings will be held from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on the second Wednesday of each

month, rotating through four local coffee shops. The next event will be on Feb. 13 at Pattibakes in Buellton. Senior Deputy Charlie Uhrig, who has been the Solvang community resource officer for years, and Senior Deputy Michael Guynn, who is the new officer for the Chumash Reservation and surrounding Santa Ynez Valley, decided to do the rotating series of coffee events in the hopes of connecting with a larger number of community members. “Coffee with a Cop is a great opportunity for us to reach out, listen and engage the community in conversation regarding issues that are affecting them individually, and the valley as a whole,” Uhrig said. “It’s also a good way for the general public to get to know the local deputies and to develop relationships with them.” The schedule for the meetings, each from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. on a Wednesday, is: n Pattibakes at 240 E. Highway 246, No. 109, in Buellton on Feb. 13, June 12 and Oct. 9. n Corner House at 2902 San Marcos Ave. in Los Olivos on March 13, July 10 and Nov. 13. n Pony Espresso at 3558 Sagunto St. in Santa Ynez on April 10, Aug. 14 and Dec. 11. n Coffee House by Chomp at 1693 Mission Drive in Solvang on May 8 and Sept. 11. Along with the two community resource deputies, area lieutenant Eddie Hsueh and deputies who patrol the Santa Ynez Valley will attend as well.

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he Santa Ynez Valley Star begins its fourth year of publication this month, and we want to thank all of our readers and advertisers for their incredible support. The last year has been hard for the community, as we dealt with our neighbors to the south having the worst year in decades after the devastating Thomas Fire and subsequent Montecito debris flows. Our sister publication, Santa Barbara Family & Life Magazine, did an excellent job of keeping people informed as our photojournalist Daniel Dreifuss spent days documenting the area and letting people know where they could and couldn’t be during the disasters. In response to the tragedies, we saw heroic work done by our Santa Barbara County firefighters and sheriff’s deputies, who performed rescues and patrolled the vacant neighborhoods to keep looters out. Other local officials tried to help the

affected businesses get through the hard times. We thank the many valley residents who donated items to charities, volunteered with rescue operations and sent money to organizations to help the victims. Meanwhile, with Highway 101 shut down for weeks, businesses in the Santa Ynez Valley suffered mightily, and our locals went out of the way to support others’ businesses to make sure they stayed afloat. That is what we love about our community, that we help one another through hard times. This next year we look forward to covering so many wonderful events, from major news events and community celebrations to the SYV Touch A Truck fundraiser and the second NatureTrack Film Festival. We hope that you will keep reading the Star and keep giving us feedback. If you have a news story idea or know someone who deserves recognition, please email us at news@santaynezvalleystar.com. Let’s make this year the best one yet!

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Farnum retires after 20 years of county service

County warns of illnesses from storm runoff

Valley native Dietenhofer to fill 3rd District position

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fter more than 20 years of serving Santa Barbara County in various capacities, Santa Ynez Valley resident Elizabeth Farnum has retired from her post as a local representative for the 3rd District county supervisor. Farnum had worked as an attorney in the County Counsel’s office, volunteered as a Planning Commissioner, and most recently worked for 10 years as a 3rd District Representative for both Supervisors Doreen Farr and Joan Hartmann. She retired on Jan. 10, and Hartmann has hired environmental consultant Meighan Dietenhofer, a Santa Ynez Valley native, to fill the position. Farnum began her work for Santa Barbara County as a deputy county counsel specializing in land use, air quality, and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) issues. After that, she served as 3rd District planning commissioner, appointed by Supervisor Gail Marshall. Upon her election in 2008, Farr named Elizabeth as district representative for the Santa Ynez Valley – a role she filled for all of Farr’s tenure and for the past two years with Hartmann. Elizabeth’s extensive experience at the county, her encyclopedic knowledge of Santa Ynez Valley issues, and her close relationships with valley residents were instrumental in providing wise counsel and practical advice on a wide variety of policy issues such as the Santa Ynez Valley Community Plan, water, parks and open space, libraries, seniors, the Gaviota Coast, and Highway 154 safety improvements, according to a county statement. “Throughout all of the challenges and

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emergencies that arose over the years,” Farr said, “Elizabeth remained stalwart, calm and unflappable and became not just a trusted and loyal member of my staff but a good friend and confidant. Her retirement is certainly well deserved, but she will be sorely missed by so many residents for whom she worked incredibly hard to make Santa Barbara County a better place to live for everyone.” “I will dearly miss working with Elizabeth every day. I am deeply grateful for her years of service to both the 3rd District and the county. She has played a tremendous role in preserving the rural character of the valley and has helped hundreds, if not thousands, of valley residents. She has been our rudder,” Hartmann said. In retirement, Farnum said, she looks forward to more adventure traveling, more swimming, snorkeling and hiking, and just spending more time outside, which includes gardening. She was recognized for her years of service with an honorary resolution at the Jan. 8 Board of Supervisors meeting. Meighan Dietenhofer, who has been hired to fill the position, has worked for more than 20 years in private environmental consulting, for UCSB at Sedgwick Reserve, and for Santa Barbara County at both the Flood Control District and the Water Agency.

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She holds a bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Puget Sound and a master’s degree in water resources management from the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UCSB. She lives in the Santa Ynez Valley, where she is a third-generation resident and where she and her husband are now raising their two children. Dietenhofer most recently served as a commissioner representing the 3rd District on the county’s Riding and Hiking Trails Advisory Committee and on the county’s Park Commission. “I am ecstatic that Ms. Dietenhofer is joining our staff; she has diverse experience and deep roots in the Santa Ynez Valley and I feel very fortunate to bring her skills and knowledge to our team,” Hartmann said. The 3rd District is the geographically largest and most diverse district in the county, extending from UCSB and Isla Vista up the Gaviota Coast, into the Santa Ynez Valley and up to Vandenberg Village and Guadalupe. Hartmann maintains offices in Santa Maria in the Joseph Centeno Betteravia Government Center at 511 Lakeside Parkway, in Solvang at 1745 Mission Drive, and in Santa Barbara in the county Administrative Building at 105 East Anapamu St.

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ith winter promising more rain locally, Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Services has issued a seasonal warning about health issues associated with storm water runoff. Contact with untreated storm water may increase the risk for illnesses such as rashes, fever, chills, ear infections, vomiting, and diarrhea, officials note. To minimize potential health risks, it is recommended that people do not swim, play or surf in the ocean and creeks for at least three days following a rain event. If people do choose to swim during the rain or immediately following the rain, they should avoid areas near the outfall from drainpipes and creeks that enter the ocean. Beachgoers should also avoid discolored water, which may indicate high pollutant levels. Sport harvesters should wait at least 10 days after a significant rain to harvest shellfish. High bacterial levels, pesticide, herbicide and motor oil and grease flushed into the ocean with the storm runoff may contaminate the shellfish beds. Adequate cooking of shellfish will destroy harmful bacteria, but may not be effective in killing viruses. In addition, cooking does not eliminate chemical and metal pollutants in the shellfish. For more information on the county’s Ocean Water Monitoring Program, visit www.sbcphd.org/ehs/ocean.htm.

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VAFB launch enables revolutionary changes Satellites will take air-traffic surveillance into new territory By Janene Scully

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Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 11 served as the grand finale for one of the largest tech upgrades in space history, including revolutionary change to the global air-traffic surveillance system. The Space Exploration Technologies rocket blasted off into mostly clear skies at 7:31 a.m. from Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base en route to place 10 Iridium Next satellites into orbit. Long, low rumbles were heard from Santa Maria to Goleta as the rocket climbed away from the Central Coast. Delivery of the satellites to create a second-generation communication constellation finished more than 1 hour and 12 minutes after blastoff. With all 10 commercial satellites successfully released, Iridium Next will have 75 spacecraft in orbit, with 66 of those used for the constellation and the others serving as in-orbit spares. The first-stage booster used Jan. 11 previously launched in September from Florida, and SpaceX successfully landed the booster on the drone ship “Just Read the Instructions.” Images revealed the booster sitting in the middle of the bull’s-eye painted on the ship’s deck. From the start, SpaceX has touted the reusability of its key components in an effort to reduce the cost and time it takes to put payloads into space. But the primary purpose of the rocket launch

SpaceX photo/Contributed A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 11, en route to place 10 Iridium Next satellites into orbit.

involved completing the $3 billion Iridium Next constellation to provide voice and data communication anywhere on the globe. “There are few words to describe what it feels like to complete a vision started many years ago when I joined the company and what it means for Iridium and our future,” said Iridium CEO Matt Desch. “Our gratitude to SpaceX for helping bring this new generation of satellites to orbit, so flawlessly every time, is beyond words. “However, for Iridium, we’re not quite across the finish line yet, as there is still some work to do to put these satellites into operation. Once that’s complete, our future will be in place. I’m just incredibly proud of our team right now.” In teleconference with reporters, Desch said the final launch means the start of a busy time for Iridium, which plans to introduce its broadband service, branded as Iridium Certus. “The name Certus is actually Latin and it

means reliable, determined, sure and certain, all adjectives that we feel will define Iridium and our new unique broadband service,” Desch said. The company spent 2018 testing and preparing Iridium Certus and data trials are nearly complete, he added. Some service providers have started making Iridium Certus available to maritime customers before it officially launches. Iridium Next also will lead to fundamental changes in the air traffic surveillance system through Aireon, which aims to fix a lack of coverage since ground-based radars can’t track airplanes as they travel over oceans. “That’s approximately 70 percent of global airspace that has this challenge and lacks any real-time surveillance,” Aireon CEO Don Thoma said. “This airspace is made up mostly of oceans and remote areas where ground infrastructure is either impractical or impossible.

“To many this is shocking to hear, but it’s unfortunately true,” Thoma added. “This lack of surveillance exists because the industry is still relying on ground-based radar systems that were first invested back in the 1930s.” An upgraded air traffic surveillance system has many of the same limitations once planes fly over the ocean, however. “This was the driving reason behind the creation of Aireon,” Thoma added. “It has been clear that a complete and truly global aircraft surveillance system is a must-have not only for the efficiency of air traffic management but for the safety of everyone traveling by plane.” To support global air traffic surveillance Aireon involved placing the same receivers as the ground-based system uses, but installing those on Iridium satellites to pick up automatic position messages showing plane locations. “With a complete Iridium Next constellation, Aireon will have a real time air traffic surveillance data comparable to that of ground systems, but for the entire planet, including over the oceans and remote areas where it never existed before,” Thoma said. Most planes have the receivers for the Aireon system and the technology will be included in new aircraft at the urging of U.S. and European regulators. “Although the completion of Iridium Next marks an important end of the chapter for Iridium it is really just the start of a journey for Aireon,” Thoma added. While the Falcon mission secured the first launch of 2019 from Vandenberg, the second is set to be a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket and its top-secret cargo for the National Reconnaissance Office. Noozhawk North County editor Janene Scully can be reached at jscully@noozhawk.com.

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Home, garden boutique opens in Santa Ynez ‘Creating the environment in which you live is most important,’ Dawn De Bartolo says By Pamela Dozois

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awn De Bartolo is one of those gifted individuals who is born with a sense of design, able to combine the old and the new with natural elements, adding splashes of color and texture to create an ambiance of comfort and light. Tucked away on the corner of Numancia and Faraday streets in Santa Ynez is the new Finch and Fern, a home and garden boutique. As she sits on a sofa and chats, De Bartolo makes her enthusiasm for design Dawn De Bartolo apparent. “I love to design,” she said. “Homes, landscapes, small areas, large rooms – I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night finding that I have been dreaming of designing spaces, creating environments of comfort and beauty. “As a child I was always decorating. I remember one time on a camping trip with my parents, I spent most of my time gathering all the rocks and bits of nature in order to design a walkway to the door, then collected bottles in which I placed bouquets of flowers. “Creating the environment in which you live is most important, not only for the mind but for the soul as well.” The De Bartolos moved to the Santa Ynez Valley from Orange County in 2012, ”on a whim,” she says. “My husband, Franco, had been working as a manager for a private golf course in Seal Beach. When the golf course was sold he lost his job,” she explained. “We were relatively newly married and our youngest daughter, Sophia, was 2 at the time. We also have four other children from our previous marriages. So when Franco lost his job, it was a very scary time. We immediately started job hunting, travelling from Newport Beach up the coast between Santa Barbara and the Bay Area, filling out applications, going on interviews, looking desperately for a new job. We knew we wanted to get out of Orange County. I had grown up in Paso Robles and I wanted to get back to my roots and raise Sophia in a more rural setting. My only prayer was that my husband would find a position where he would be appreciated.” Within two months, Franco was offered a position at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, but her husband surprised her by saying he could not accept the position because they would have to take a considerable

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cut in salary and he was uncertain if they could afford it. “I was shocked when my husband said he couldn’t accept the offer. I had such a good feeling about the job, so I said to him, ‘Let’s pray about it on the way home.’ After some serious prayers and discussions he thankfully decided to accept the position,” De Bartolo said. “Again, my prayers were answered.”

The next thing on their agenda was to find a place to live. “We found a cute little Nantucket-style home to rent in Santa Ynez. It was a turnkey operation. We had been renting a bungalow in Orange County and drove up to the valley in the early evening to meet with the property manager. I was awestruck at the view of Cachuma Lake on the drive up Highway 154. Then we saw a horse

tied up at the saloon and I said, ‘Really?’ I was in heaven. … After agreeing to rent the house, we said to each other ‘Where are we?’ It was dark outside, so we really couldn’t see our surroundings. “We decided to drive into Solvang and I thought I had entered a Hallmark movie set with all the glowing lights and Christmas decorations. The valley has a magical quality about it, and I felt like I was home,” she said. During the first year the De Bartolos got to know their surroundings. Dawn continued to do seasonal decorating for people she had met. Six months after moving to Santa Ynez they were informed that the owners needed to sell their house. “We were devastated,” said De Bartolo. “We had put tons of effort into making this our new home and now it was going to be sold. The owners of the house, the Whites, offered us first right of refusal before listing the house as they desperately wanted us to own it. With a little divine intervention, we were thankfully able to purchase the house.” Now that things had come together, it had always been Dawn’s dream to open a design boutique. “In October of last year I saw this property for rent which was just down the street from my house. The owner of Esau Interiors, which had been located there for more than 20 years, had decided to retire. I called to find out more information and went home and told my husband that I was going to live my dream – I was going to open up a home and garden boutique,” she said. “I opened Nov. 28, just after Thanksgiving, and I’m loving it. Now all I need is for people to come in and enjoy the boutique and let me help them design their own personal space.” Lisa Mesa, who happened to stop by the Finch and Fern looking for a new lamp shade, said the new boutique “makes you feel very cozy with all the natural elements.” “I love things with a history – combining old with new. I love textures and natural elements and color. And that’s what my new store displays. Everything in the boutique is appealing to every age group. It’s not trendy – it’s a very neutral slate which has a lot of warmth and charm without being overstated. One of my clients said it was like Restoration Hardware with soul.” “Good things happen — you just have to be patient,” De Bartolo said. Finch and Fern at 1060 Faraday St. in Santa Ynez is open from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, call 805-693-2916 or 949-903-3215 or visit www.finchandfern.net.

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County’s growth exceeded state’s in 2017-18 By Kenneth Harwood

cost of housing was especially high here. Those who left the state tended to include retirees who sought lower costs. anta Barbara County grew by 3,150 Economic consequences for people people in the year from July 1, 2017, who were born in Santa Barbara County to June 30, 2018. Natural increase often depended upon a range of variables, (births minus deaths) provided 2,181 of these resiincluding dents, while interest in net migration remaining (arrivers mihere, famnus leavers) ily history, made up the economic other 969. Natural cycles, and growth was chance. 69 percent of For more the total, and information, net migration go online 31 percent. to the The total population Ken Harwood/contributed California of Santa Bar- Santa Barbara County’s population grew by 3,150 people, or 0.7 percent, from Department bara County July 2017 to June 2018. of Finance, was 450,138, Demomaking the graphic Research Unit, news release of rate of growth 0.70 percent for the year. Dec. 21, 2018, on growth rates. CharacCalifornia grew 0.54 percent in that year, putting Santa Barbara County among the teristics of those who move to and from faster-growing places in the state. California were described by Margot RooSanta Barbara County lost 460 people sevelt in the Santa Barbara News-Press on in net migration with other places in the Dec. 23, 2018, page A4. United States. Net migration with other countries produced a gain of 1,429. Dr. Kenneth Harwood is the economist for the California seemed to have attracted the well-educated and wealthy, because the Solvang Chamber of Commerce. Solvang Chamber of Commerce

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She’s no stranger to the stage as she has performed in the valley for His career includes images of naturalHer disasprocess is definitely working, because Story by Raiza Giorgi various the national anthem at Fourth of July and porters, Super Bowls and Hollywood’s the biggest 22-year-old from Solvang won her functions-singing first Photos by George Rose traying Poppins in last year’s production with the Arts Outreach celebrities. World Cup gold medal in Acapulco onMary March Summer Theater. Rose started his professional journey 19. more This popular eorge Rose loves to post pictures of the than 40 years ago when he was in college, “I keep my pre-shooting routine going and event along with Teen Dance Star are now in their seventh to season of crowning hardworking students, and creator and executive Santa Ynez Valley landscape, especially studying art history. He fell into photography I’ve met with sports psychologists help me Photo contributed producer Lambert, a former valley resident, talks about his efforts. along Armour Ranch Road where new while he was a copy messenger for the withProgmy mental focus and staying calm.Joe It can Solvang native Ashley Carroll father, Charlie “I am to really and humbled bycredits their her hard work andCarroll, what’swith instilling in her the love of shooting clays and a blacktop paving contrasts starkly with the epic ress Bulletin, a small newspaper in Pomona. be hard when you have people talking you impressed sense of responsibility and safety around firearms. really amazing landscape of meadows and mountains beyond it. “I used to hang out with the sportsbetween editors,matches, and I really try to pick a is they set their goals to get into the show, or into the top 10 and they keep pursuing their dreams,” Lambert However, his stunning landscapes are just and they helped me with my interestsong in phoand focus on it,” Carroll said. or participating in league events.said. 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Realtors see downturn in local market in 2018 By Rodney Smeester

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t is a new year, so let’s take a moment to look back on how the Santa Ynez real estate market fared in 2018 and see what might happen in 2019. The local real estate market in 2018 performed well, but later numbers from the last part of the year indicate a downturn in the market. Sales and prices for all of 2018 were up significantly over the prior year, as shown in the chart, but the Santa Ynez Valley finished the year with a weak December and a weak fourth quarter. It does appear that we are in the middle of a soft market, though the California Association of Realtors (CAR) is still forecasting price increases for 2019. In December, sales of single-family residences in the SYV decreased to 13 units sold from 23 units sold in December 2017, down 43.5 percent. The median price decreased 12.8 percent from $790,000 to $689,000 while the average sales price increased 60.8 percent from $898,256 to $1,444,192. The average sales price is an exception to other weak numbers in December. This exception is not an indicator of underlying strength. With the small monthly volume in the valley, the average price can increase dramatically with a single sale of a property worth $5 million-plus, without any change to the median sales price. As a further sign of weakness for the month, the average days on the market

(DOM) increased significantly, from 81 days to 123 days, up 51.9 percent. Not only were sale and prices down, homes were taking longer to sell than the previous December. In the fourth quarter, sales in the valley decreased from 75 units in 2017 to 48 units in 2018, down 36 percent. The median price decreased 2.5 percent from $735,000 to $716.500 while the average sales price increased 7.9 percent from $933,638 to $1,007,243. The DOM confirmed the broad market weakness for the quarter in the Santa Ynez Valley. The DOM increased from 105 days to 159 days, 51.4 percent longer to sell on average, than in the fourth quarter of 2017. Despite the weakness in the last several months of 2018, prices from year to year had solid appreciation. Sales volume was down considerably, but prices were still up. The SYV Association of Realtors recorded 280 single-family residences sold in 2018 com-

pared to 328 units sold in 2017, a decrease of 14.6 percent. The SYV median price in 2018 was still up 6.3 percent from 2017. It increased from $740,500 to $787,500. The average sales price for the year was up 6.5 percent from $1,030,296 in 2017 to $1,097,419 in 2018. The DOM increased a marginal 1.4 percent, from 144 days in 2017 to 146 days in 2018. In California, sales of existing single-family homes were predicted, as of October, to end the year down 3.2 percent and the median sales price up 7.0 percent in 2018. SYV did not do as well. Sales volume was down 14.6 percent and was reasonably close on median price performance, up 6.3 percent. The differences between the state and Santa Ynez Valley numbers are within acceptable tolerances for a small market such as the Santa Ynez Valley. The 2018 SYV real estate market performed comparably, even though not precisely, to the California real

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10 H Santa Ynez Valley Star H www.santaynezvalleystar.com H February 5 - February 18, 2019 Grove Charter School to continue operatreplaced the previous kindergarten through ing on its own in Santa Barbara County. grade 12 (K–12) finance system that had an in-lieu payment of roughly $700,000 However, an appellate court ruling in been in existence for about 40 years. For to Olive Grove. Olive Grove believes the 2017 said that a charter school could not school districts and charter schools, the figure will be closer to $1 million or $1.2 set up shop within another district without LCFF established base, supplemental, and million by the end of the school year. that district’s permission. That case, Anconcentration grants in place of the myriad Mudge said Olive Grove’s derson Union High of previously existing K–12 enrollment typically tends to School vs. Shasta funding streams, including grow just after the holiday Secondary Home revenue limits, general purpose season and they end up with School, set a preceblock grants, and most of the a higher number of kids at the dent in the Charter 50-plus state categorical proend of the year. School Act by saying grams that existed at the time, “These are kids that halfthat charter schools “I think there can be “Since we are a basicaccording to the CDE. way through the year realize are prohibited from a positive outcome aid district … we do not Based on the appellate court they won’t make it in a typioperating facilities for both sides, as our get any funding from decision, the state Department cal school setting and need a outside the geointent was not to take the state to backfill different way of learning. What away anything from graphical boundaries this loss, because when of Education ruled in July 2018 that all of the districts in which Santa Ynez, but our the laws were made is funny is that a lot of the stuof their authorizsituation does not fit basic-aid districts Olive Grove operates are superdents are referred to us by the ing school district, the mold and it has to were not taken into visory districts and will have to districts themselves,” Mudge subject to limited be corrected.” consideration.” make monthly payments to the said. exceptions. — Olive Grove CEO — SYVUHS District Olive Grove operates camOlive Grove was Laura Mudge Superintendent charter school. puses around Santa Barbara forced either to close Mudge said the funds that Scott Cory County, within the Santa Ynez, or to ask the nearby come from SYVUHS will go Santa Barbara, Lompoc and Santa Maria school districts to grant a sepaonly toward Olive Grove’s high school districts. Only Santa Ynez rate charter to operate the charter campusBuellton location, which serves about 95 and Santa Barbara are hit hard financially es. Failing to get that permission students and with a current budget of $1.2 by the new situation because they rely meant they could appeal the denial of million. on local property taxes for their revenue. a district charter to the county board of Mudge is a neurosurgeon who became Lompoc and Santa Maria receive per-pueducation or the California State Board of an educator when she decided to leave pil state funding based on average daily Education. medicine to focus on her family and raise attendance. The charter’s applications were rejecther three daughters. She got involved Cory said he has been in talks with the ed by all the districts involved as well as in their education and got her teaching Santa Barbara County Education Office by the county Education Office. All cited credential, then got her first job at Olive as well as legal counsel and the CDE. At concerns about aspects of Olive Grove’s Grove in 2009. the SYVUHSD school board meeting Jan. programs and finances. When Olive Grove started on its own 15, all board members gave Cory their full “When we petitioned the other school after being state-sponsored, it had 100 support. districts they were concerned, as we had students the first year and has more than “Since we are a basic-aid district that loans to pay for our budget, but the reason doubled its student attendance every year, means we do not get any funding from we had loans was we were brand new and the state to backfill this loss, because when growing faster than the state funding could with now more than 650 students enrolled the laws were made basic-aid districts keep up. This year is the first year we haaround Santa Barbara County. were not taken into consideration,” Cory ven’t had any loans, and we are doing just “People see that we only have one-hour said. fine,” Mudge said. meetings a week and think we don’t have Olive Grove leaders were also upset by Olive Grove’s total budget is approxistructure, but that couldn’t be further from the decision because they had just spent mately $8 million for all its locations, she the truth because our students are here for years fighting to operate on their own but added. Because it is no longer state-sponhours during the week working with teachwere forced to comply as well. sored, Olive Grove needs to get its funding ers and doing their work. Just because “We already went through a huge battle from the school districts where it operates they aren’t here for the typical 8:30 a.m. to be on our own, as we were the first its campuses. to 3 p.m. time frame doesn’t mean they state-sponsored, non-classroom-based “When the (Los Olivos) school board don’t do their work,” said Stacey Adams, charter school, which is huge in itself,” knew the funding model was changing learning center director for Olive Grove’s Mudge said. to LCFF back before the 2015 school Buellton campus. Olive Grove opened in 2000, operating year, they opted to not renew Olive Adams said the charter’s learning style under the Los Olivos School District. Grove as they were unsure of how that isn’t for everyone, and school officials are The charter school provides education for would look like for their budget. Olive in constant contact with parents to ensure students who typically don’t do well in a Grove started working on becoming our their children are doing well. traditional classroom or who are looking own school, and I am so proud of the “It really takes a partnership with the for an alternative way to learn, such as work we already accomplished,” Mudge entire family, and a student that is able kids who are working or are professional said. to self-motivate to get the work done,” athletes or in the entertainment business. The local control funding formula In July 2015, the CDE authorized Olive (LCFF) was enacted in 2013–14, and it Adams added.

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Photo contributed Chris Manigault, right, started in film with fellow Santa Ynez Valley Union High School graduate Daniel Lahr, who is also a filmmaker.

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struck as the big names arrive, but he was excited to see Oprah and did take a moment to look when Star Wars characters C3PO and R2D2 walked the carpet. “I am a huge Star Wars fan, and that was such a great moment,” he said. In the hours before the show Manigault is meticulously making sure that all crew members are in their positions and last-minute details are taken care of before he gets dressed in his tuxedo. “Everyone on the carpet has to be in formal attire. You won’t see anyone running around in jeans,” he said. Manigault also helped produce Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday celebration at the Shrine Auditorium. He also works on the NBA Awards and other projects before he starts working in the fall on the Academy Awards. In addition to his production role, Manigault still works in the film industry. He is developing his own feature film script and he is on the board of directors for the nonprofit Central Coast Film Society. “When Dan (Lahr) asked if I would help with the film society I was so excited, because it brings me back to the valley and I get to help local filmmakers and students,” he said. The Central Coast Film Society, which celebrates and promotes media arts in Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties, gearing up for its first film festival in 2020 to be held in the Santa Ynez Valley. The society will host a fundraising Oscars viewing party from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Grillhouse in San Luis Obispo. Admission is free, and those attending are encouraged to participate in the night’s contest to pick the Oscar winners. For more information on the CCFS or the Oscars viewing party, log onto www. centralcoastfilmsociety.org/events.html.

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Edison lawsuit seeks to shift blame for debris flow disaster Utility names city and county of Santa Barbara, Caltrans and Montecito Water District as defendants in cross-complaint By Tom Bolton

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outhern California Edison Co. is suing Santa Barbara County, Caltrans, the Montecito Water District and other public agencies, claiming their inaction and negligence led to the extensive damage, injuries and deaths associated with last January’s debris flows in Montecito. The cross-complaint was filed Jan. 18 in Superior Court in Los Angeles, the venue for several wrongful-death and other lawsuits stemming from the debris flows and the Thomas Fire. In its lawsuit, the utility asserts that the potential dangers from debris flows from the fire-denuded mountains were “a particularly well-known and predictable occurrence” based on the area’s history over the last century or more. It cites damaging flooding and debris flows dating back to 1908, including in 1964 after the Coyote Fire, in 1969 during an El Niño winter, and in 1971 after the Romero Fire. In the early morning hours on Jan. 9, 2018, mud and debris flows in Montecito claimed the lives of 23 people, damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes, and forced widespread evacuations. “Montecito’s routine debris flows did not just recently become public knowledge,” the lawsuit states. “Indeed, of the 24 properties that were hardest hit in just one area during the Montecito mudslides, four were named in old news reports as having suffered significant damage in 1926, 1964 or 1969.” In that light, Edison claims, the county and other public agencies failed to adequately size, build and maintain the debris basins, culverts and flood channels

Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo Southern California Edison Co. sued the city and county of Santa Barbara County, Caltrans, and the Montecito Water District, claiming their inaction and negligence led to the extensive damage, injuries and deaths associated with last January’s debris flows in Montecito.

in the area; failed to correctly design and maintain roadway bridges that in several cases acted as dams for the mud and debris flows; allowed development in hazard-prone areas and failed to adequately enforce building codes; issued flawed evacuation warnings; and operated a water-distribution system that failed during the disaster, resulting in the release of millions of gallons of water during the event. Edison has acknowledged that its equipment likely was involved in at least one of the two ignition points for the 281,893acre Thomas Fire, which broke out on Dec. 4 north of Santa Paula in Ventura County. Fanned by fierce Santa Ana winds, the massive blaze eventually burned into Santa Barbara County, destroying well over

1,000 structures, and leaving the hills and mountains above Montecito, Summerland and Carpinteria devoid of vegetation. “To the extent Edison is in any way liable for damages resulting from the Montecito mudslides, fundamental fairness dictates that the court must consider cross-defendants’ substantial contributions to such damages,” the lawsuit concludes. The city of Santa Barbara also is a defendant in Edison’s cross-complaint; the company contends the city conducted inadequate floodplain mapping in the Coast Village Road business district and “allowed deficient construction in areas prone to flooding and debris flows.” Edison filed claims with the county, the city of Santa Barbara and the Montecito

Water District in 2018 — a precursor to filing a lawsuit — seeking to be indemnified against damage claims arising out of the debris flows. The claims were rejected by all three agencies. Attorney Joseph Liebman, who has filed lawsuits on behalf of several people who suffered injury or damage from the Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flows, rejected Edison’s claims out of hand when contacted on Tuesday. “To blame the county or Caltrans is simply SCE’s attempt to deflect blame from itself, the responsible party in this tragedy,” Liebman told Noozhawk. “SCE knew full well the risks of devastation a fire they caused could expose residents of Santa Barbara County to if rains were to follow the fire. Something that had occurred here in the past. SCE is the wrongdoer here. It should accept responsibility for the damage and injury it caused.” Gina DePinto, a spokeswoman for Santa Barbara County, said in late January that the county had not yet been served with the lawsuit, and thus was unable to comment. Colin Jones, public/legislative affairs manager for Caltrans District 5 in San Luis Obispo, provided the following response when asked for comment: “We are unable to comment on the lawsuit due to pending litigation. Please note that only about five weeks prior to the Montecito mudslides, the Thomas fire devastated more than 280,000 acres in that area.” Montecito Water District spokeswoman Laura Camp said, “Upon the advice of district counsel, I am unable to provide a response at this time regarding Montecito Water District and any reported litigation.” Noozhawk executive editor Tom Bolton can be reached at tbolton@noozhawk.com.

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Valley Hearing Center helps people get what they’re missing By Pamela Dozois Contributing Writer

earing loss can have far-reaching effects on a person’s life — stifling self-confidence, inhibiting verbal expression, turning an extrovert into an introvert, and generally decreasing joy in life. In addition, hearing loss worsens gradually so people often don’t realize what they have been missing. The Valley Hearing Center has been in Solvang more than 25 years, helping people with their hearing problems. John Adams has been in the business of helping people hear better for more than 20 years. As a hearing instrument specialist, he evaluates people to determine the best hearing instrument to improve their life experience. Born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1952, Adams moved to Santa Barbara at the age of 6 when his father was offered a job as a teacher at Laguna Blanca School, a private school in Hope Ranch. Adams attended the small school where his father eventually became head master in 1963

Photo by Pamela Dozois John Adams is seen in his office at the Valley Hearing Center in Solvang.

until retiring in 1983. “I didn’t realize then what a great experience it was to attend such a small private school. The classes were small and I was able to play soccer, baseball and basketball. My graduating class consisted of only 26 students,” he said. After high school Adams attended UC Riverside, majoring in history, but a friend

told him a degree in history was not going to go far in the real world. She suggested that he further his education, so he attended UCLA and received a master’s degree in business in 1976. “I initially got a job as an accountant, but in no time I realized that accounting was not for me,” said Adams. “I then went to work for 3M (Minnesota Mining

and Manufacturing) selling microfilm document systems to banks and insurance companies in the Bay Area.” Still with 3M, Adams moved to Tustin in Orange County in 1985, but he said by 1991 it became painfully apparent that microfilm was becoming obsolete. “Given my desire to stay with 3M I took advantage of their internal job placement system and landed a job with a new division call Hearing Health Division, which was pioneering the first generation of digitally programmable hearing aids, using a computer and fitting software to fit the individual hearing needs of the patients,” said Adams. “I was intrigued with the brand new revolutionary hearing technology and remained with 3M until they sold that division to a competitor. “I chose to remain in the hearing industry and worked as a sales rep for several hearing aid manufacturers for the next 15 years,” he continued. “My timing was great because I was able to witness the evolution of digital technology in hearing instruments and how it was improving the patient’s ability to hear in challenging environments.” In 2008 Adams became a California licensed hearing aid dispenser, which is required in the state to provide hearing tests

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Photo Contributed Pictured with Judge Arthur A. Garcia and CASA’s program team, five new volunteers became court-appointed special advocates for children on Jan. 23.

CASA adds 5 new advocates for children

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uperior Court Judge Arthur A. Garcia swore in five people on Jan. 23 as new CASA volunteers — court-appointed special advocates for children who have experienced abuse or neglect. Family and friends gathered in Juvenile Court to watch the volunteers take an oath promising to advocate for the best interests of the child. The newly appointed CASA volunteers join 291 other community members who have been trained and are advocating for foster children in the county’s juvenile dependency court system. As officers of the court, they ensure that the children’s needs are recognized and best interests are

considered both in the courtroom and in the community. CASA volunteers are asked to meet with the child once a week and are authorized to interview people in the child’s life such as social workers, attorneys, doctors, coaches and teachers. They attend court hearings with the child and report their findings to the judge. “Our volunteers pledge to stay with a child until the case is closed and the child is placed in a safe, permanent home,” said Kim Colby Davis, executive director for CASA of Santa Barbara County. “The advocate is often the only consistent adult presence in the child’s life.” With more than 60 children waiting for a CASA volunteer, and more coming into

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It wasn’t always about a groundhog; Feb. 2 festivals have long history

Holiday History By John Copeland

ebruary is an interesting month. It is the only one with fewer than 30 days — usually 28 and then 29 in leap years. It is also the only month of our calendar not named for a god, a Roman Emperor or a number. February was named for a festival, Februa, which kind of seems appropriate this year since Super Bowl Sunday is also this month. For the Romans it was a month-long festival of purification and atonement. As a festival Februa is very old, older than even Rome. It descended from an old Sabine festival honoring their god, Februs, god of the underworld. The Sabines were a pre-Roman tribe that lived in the Apennine Mountains of Italy and were conquered by the Romans. Rome merged Februs with Pluto — no, not Mickey Mouse’s dog. Pluto was the Roman god of the under-

world and the dead. While the Romans were festively purifying themselves, other cultures were celebrating a fire goddess and still others, sheep. (I know that sounds a little scary.) During the Middle Ages, if became the time for blessing church candles, celebrating bears and, later still, groundhog meteorologists. Each of these observances all have February 2nd in common. When you stop and think about it, all these events seem random and unrelated. The truth is, they are not! I have always been fascinated how ancient people marked the cycle of the seasons. Feb. 2 is one of those days. It is exactly halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. That makes Feb. 2 a Cross Quarter Day. During the year, our seasons are marked by both Quarter Days and Cross Quarter Days. They are some of the oldest holidays still widely recognized around our planet. They are at least as old as New Years and possibly even older. No matter where on Earth they lived, our forbearers divided the year into four parts and held celebrations on those days. There are the Quarter Days that mark the astronomical events of winter solstice, spring or vernal equinox, summer solstice and finally the autumn equinox. Today, we recognize Quarter Days as the starting dates of our four seasons. Many early cultures further divided the year, marking the halfway points

between the solstices and the equinoxes. These are the Cross Quarter Days on Feb. 2 (Groundhog Day), May 1 (May Day), Aug. 1 (Gule of August), and Oct. 31 (Halloween). If you have read this far, you’re probably thinking, okay, enough already, what’s with Feb. 2? Feb. 2 is the first Cross Quarter Day of the year, and it speaks to the triumph of spring over winter and birth over death. This was a big day in early cultures, as witnessed by the many festivals that are associated Feb. 2 For ancient Celts, it was the festival of Imbolc, celebrating that the days were getting longer and ewes were soon to give birth to lambs, a sure sign that spring was not far off. In ancient Gaelic, imbolc literally means “lamb’s milk.” So there is the day’s association with sheep. Not so scary, after all. Feb. 2 is also Brigid’s Day. Brigid was a fire goddess who was so popular with the common folk that she was embraced by the Catholic Church and canonized as a saint. Both Brigid the Goddess and Brigid the Saint are associated with a sacred flame, holy wells, springs, healing and smith-craft. Brigid represents the light half of the year, and the power that will bring people from the dark season of winter into spring. Feb. 2 is also Candlemas, the day of the Mass of the Candles when all the candles that would be used in the church during the coming year were blessed. This custom

lasted in England until Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans banned the practice, but the symbol of the lighted candles had too strong a hold on the popular imagination to be entirely cast aside. Traces of this festival lingered until quite recently in many areas of the British Isles, like little lights that refused to be blown out. And that finally brings us to the groundhog. Well, originally, Feb. 2 wasn’t about groundhogs. European folk traditions marked it as the date that bears emerged from hibernation to inspect the weather. If they returned to their lairs, it meant that winter would continue for another 40 days. In colonial days, German immigrants brought their traditions with them. Finding no bears but lots of groundhogs, or woodchucks, they adopted them to fit the lore. It’s one of the early examples of job outsourcing – the bears lost their weather job to woodchucks. According to legend, if a groundhog sees its shadow on this day, there will be six more weeks of winter. You have probably figured out that all the observances on Feb. 2 are grounded in the seasons — estimating how soon spring-like weather will come and when to plant crops. But regardless of all these traditions, you can rest assured the days are getting longer and winter is coming to an end.

Sansum Institute celebrating 75 years SDRI continues work of pioneer in diabetes treatment Staff Report

ansum Diabetes Research Institute, established in May 1944 by world-renowned medical pioneer Dr. William Sansum, will celebrate its 75th anniversary Photos contributed this year. Dr. William Sansum Dr. Sansum was the first American to successfully manufacture insulin in the United States and administer it to patients with diabetes. Two decades earlier, on May 31, 1922, he made history treating a terminally ill patient, Charles Cowan, with insulin, saving his life and countless others. Until the discovery of insulin, a diagnosis of diabetes was a death sentence. Dr. Sansum established Santa Barbara as America’s center for advances in diabetes research and treatment. The doctor, who earned the nickname “Santa Barbara’s Genius” for his ground-breaking work with insulin, estab-

Dr. William Sansum is shown in his lab in Santa Barbara. Today the Sansum Diabetes Research Institute remains a global leader in diabetes research, education and care.

lished Sansum Diabetes Research Institute (SDRI), which remains a global leader in diabetes research, education and care. “The world beat a path to work with Grandpa,” recalled Armand Sansum, the doctor’s 84-year-old grandson. “The country was just overwhelmed with what he was able to contribute to civilization.” Renowned SDRI physicians have carried on his legacy and important work with other life-changing medical breakthroughs over the decades. “Dr. Lois Jovanovic, who served SDRI for over 25 years, developed the protocols

adopted around the globe, giving a woman with diabetes the same chance of having a healthy baby as a woman without diabetes,” said Ellen Goodstein, SDRI’s Executive Director. “Before that, women with diabetes had less than a 20 percent chance of having a healthy baby.” “In addition to our innovative work on the artificial pancreas, SDRI has expanded into type 2 diabetes with two important programs,” added Goodstein. “Mil Familias, a major research project to understand why diabetes is so common among Latino families, and then establish treatment interven-

tions to reverse the upward trend of this disease, and Farming for Life, a program using “food as medicine” to improve outcomes for those affected by type 2 diabetes.” In addition, SDRI offers a variety of educational programs for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes in both English and Spanish. SDRI also offers education programs in Spanish and English for women with and at risk for gestational diabetes. The institute has a series of celebrations planned throughout the year to commemorate the milestone. For more information, go to www.sansum.org.

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2 classic cars Silver Streak to Los Olivos By John Baeke

The Car Column

he history of automobile manufacturing in America, especially during the first half of the 20th century, is marked by a roller coaster of successes and failures. During the mid 1920s, under the direction of Alfred P. Sloan, General Motors rapidly became a corporate juggernaut. Its conglomeration of two dozen brands of cars and trucks far outpaced Ford. Of the 3,000+ manufacturers once producing motorcars in the U.S. (you read that right), only a handful would survive the recession of the early 1920s, the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Second World War of the 1940s. Even mighty GM felt the sting. Between 1928 and 1932, sales of GM vehicles plummeted by about 80 percent, from 2.7 million to 522,000. Few folks could afford the luxury of a new car, many making do with a patched-up Model T. GM instituted all manner of cost-cutting measures. Several of its brand names were euthanized — Marquette, Viking, Oakland and LaSalle — names which today only avid old car buffs know. Choices of models were limited. It was no coincidence that Chevys, Pontiacs and Olds looked quite similar. The mantra GM passed onto its dealerships was, “Break Even OR Go Broke.” In 1932, GM somehow remained profitable, but net income was a mere $164,979! All of the manufacturers of the day realized that until happy days returned, most new-car buyers would settle for the practicality and economy of sedans, especially those with thrifty 4- and 6-cylinder motors, rather than the more powerful and expensive eights. Yes, GM divi-

A 1936 Pontiac sales brochure shows the different Silver Streaks and mascot for the 6-cylinder model.

Photos by John Baeke Two Silver Streak Pontiacs meet at the old Los Olivos filling station, Olivia Baeke’s 1936 Cabriolet, left, and JoAnn and Bob Kauffman’s ‘35 Cabriolet. In 1986 the station was used as “Goober’s Garage” in the filming of “Return to Mayberry.” The Art Deco ornament on the ‘36 8-cylinder cabriolet shows how dramatically different Franklin Hershey’s designs could be.

Designers’ art as they attempted to join the “jet age” while still paying homage to Chief Pontiac.

sions did offer snazzy two-passenger hardtop and convertible coupes (aka cabriolet). But their higher expense and frivolity made them mostly the objects of little boys’ dreams, not the choice of the working class. Thus few were built and fewer survive. The new brand for 1926 was Pontiac, which was positioned in the mid-price range. It enjoyed immediate success. Pontiac-Oakland sales hit 244,584 in 1928. But that was the year before Black Thursday and the crash of 1929. From thence forward, Pontiac sales slid, hitting bottom in 1934 at 78,859, ranking seventh CONTINUED TO PAGE 25

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Genealogists should use Family History Library in Utah By Sheila Benedict Contributing Writer

H Photos by Devyn Marseilles The boar’s head holds the place of honor on the altar

Boar’s Head Festival closes Christmas season By Pamela Dozois Contributing Writer

he Boar’s Head Festival and Feast is the final gift of each Christmas season at St. Mark’s-In-the-Valley Episcopal Church, a celebration of the Feast of the Epiphany. Members of the Central Coast Pipes and Drums opened the festivities on Sunday, Jan. 6, marching up the center aisle of the church playing bagpipes, followed by the Yule Sprite, played by Mae Urquidez, carrying the Yule candle ahead of Father Christmas, played by Ted Young. The Rev. Dr. Randall Day, priest and rector of St. Mark’s, welcomed the congregation and explained the meaning of the festival. “We gather this evening for an enjoyable celebration of the birth of Jesus at the end of this Christmas season, marked by the Feast of the Epiphany. The traditional English boar’s head dates back to the 1300s in Queen’s College, Oxford. Boars menaced villagers in Norman England; the serving of the boar symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. The festival is held this year on The Feast of the Epiphany, the 12th day of Christmas, the day the Three Kings are said to have arrived in Bethlehem,” said Rev. Day. He then told the story of the origin of Santa Claus, or Father Christmas, based on a real fourth-century bishop and saint, Nicolas of Myra. “Father Christmas is here to remind us that the real Santa Claus was a saint who loved Jesus and did good and unusual things, because of this love,” he said. As the congregation sang “Angels We Have Heard on High,” a dozen or so little angels, sheep and shepherds walked up the aisle and seated themselves at the altar. Rev. Day then read from Matthew telling the story of the three Magi who followed a star to Bethlehem bringing the newborn baby Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. While the congregation sang “We Three Kings,” the three kings played by Ron Roark, Brooks Firestone and Chris Urquidez arrived bearing gifts. Then Rev. Day spoke of the Good King Wenceslas, played by Shaun Cassidy, who along with his page, played by Caleb Cassidy, recognized the need of a poor person, played by Roan Cassidy, and responded to that need. The time had arrived for the feast to begin, but not before the arrival of The Ruler of

appy 2019, everyone, and my best wishes for wonderful genealogical finds in the coming months. This month I would like to mention a special place to do research, the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah. As I was the archivist at Mission Santa Inés for many years, I fully understand the importance of old records and can recommend using those that the FHL has in their collection, which included resources from U.S. and worldwide census schedules, all types of religious records, family histories, vital record copies, legal record copies, and so much more. There are three large research centers in California — San Diego, Los Angeles, and Sacramento — and smaller ones statewide as part of their vast library system. Their collection covers perhaps hundreds of thousands of filmed and digitized records worldwide, and my personal opinion is that not using the collection can leave a void in a research plan. In past columns, I mentioned how important it is to go where your ancestors were and, in addition, making the trip to the main library at least once a year is included in my plans. The main floor is the Discovery Center. The two floors below ground are B1, an international floor that has everything except the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and the British collections in South Africa and India. Those are on the B2 floor. The second and third floors are for the U.S./Canada microfilm and book collection.

When entering the ground floor, there is a list posted near the elevators that tells what is located on each floor. In addition, there are people working there who can assist the researcher and some able to translate documents. There is no charge to go but of course, if you make copies, there is a small charge for that. The collection is something and some place that, if you are doing your family history, you should visit. If that is not possible, take advantage of the alternatives: local family history centers, and online at FamilySearch.org, which is a free site where you sign up with a user name and password. For us locally, there are centers in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Luis Obispo and, yes, in Solvang. However, the Solvang center has very limited hours and one needs to check their website for what is available there. The other centers also have limited hours but most are usually open at least twice a week. The people working at the centers are friendly and very willing to assist you. For information: www.familysearch.org/ locations. Do not forget local libraries, historical societies and genealogical societies. There are a variety of all of them in Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Buellton and Solvang. They are not genealogy libraries, but in many cases there are books and resources for genealogists to use, especially if you need to review histories of places in your ancestral background. Good luck! Local resident Sheila Benedict is a professional genealogist.

The Central Coast Pipers and Drums march up the aisle playing a traditional Christmas carol, welcoming guests to the start of the festivities.

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The Ruler of Misrule, Alicia Kerish Thomas, disrupts the festivities to the amusement of the guests.

Misrule, played by Alicia Kerish Thomas, who shook her bells and waved her wand, interrupting the event with wild comments and questions. She was invited to join the guests at dinner and the Steward of the Feast, Linda Burrows, beckoned the Boar Bearers to carry the boar’s head down the aisle as the congregation sang the “Boar’s Head Carol.” Everyone then proceed to Stacy Hall to enjoy more fun and a feast of pork, potatoes, red cabbage, apple sauce and salad along with wine or beer and a plethora of desserts. The evening closed with the annual singing of “Silent Night.”

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PCPA presents romantic comedy ‘Shakespeare in Love’ Contributing Writer

CPA’s production of the romantic comedy “Shakespeare in Love” will play Feb. 7 through March 3 in the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria. Based on the award-winning screenplay by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman for a 1998 movie, it was adapted for the stage by Lee Hall with music by Paddy Cunneen. Driving the plot is that Will Shakespeare’s new play, “Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate’s Daughter,” is overdue because Will is suffering a dreadful case of writer’s block. An arranged marriage between the stuffy Lord Wessex and the beautiful stage-struck Viola is also quickly approaching its deadline. Viola will stop at nothing to appear in Shakespeare’s play even though it is illegal for women to take the stage, so she disguises herself as Sir Thomas Kent. Amid mistaken identities, backstage antics and onstage drama, Will finds his muse in Viola. Their passionate and forbidden love affair inspires Will to write his masterpiece, “Romeo and Juliet.” The production is directed by Roger DeLaurier with choreography by Katie Fuchs-Wackowski, fight choreography by Mark Booher and Peter S. Hadres, music direction by Ilana Atkins, scenic design by Abby Hogan, costume design by Sara Curran Ice, lighting design by Jennifer ‘Z’ Zornow, sound design by Nathan Schilz, and voice and dialect coaching by Andrew Philpot. The stage manager is Zoia N. Wiseman. The cast features two of PCPA’s newest resident artists, Yusef Seevers playing Will Shakespeare and Emily Trask playing Viola de Lesseps. The cast also features George Walker as Kit Marlowe, Peter S. Hadres as Henslowe, Don Stewart as Fennyman, Erik Stein as Burbage, Amani Dorn as Molly/Mistress Quickly, Polly Firestone Walker as Queen Elizabeth, Kitty

Photo contributed Members of the Santa Ynez Valley Master Chorale sing “musical love notes” in 2018 at Friendship House.

Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio Emily Trask as Viola de Lesseps and Yusef Seevers as Will Shakespeare lead the cast in PCPA’s “Shakespeare in Love.”

Balay as Nurse, Andrew Philpot as Wessex, and Brad Carroll as Sir Robert de Lesseps. The play adaptation premiered in London’s West End in 2014. Its first U.S. production was at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in February 2017. It has been one of the most widely pro-

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n Valentine’s Day and the Sunday before the holiday, the Santa Ynez Valley Master Chorale will continue a fundraising tradition of providing singing valentines for individuals or groups. For a donation of $50, small ensembles will sing three songs “for sweethearts, mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, or any other special person within the Santa Ynez Valley,” a spokesman said. That includes going to homes, workplaces, nursing homes or the hospital. The Singing Valentine performances will be available from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14. Donors will be able to choose the three songs they prefer from a list prepared by the chorale. Some on the list are romantic, others sweet and some funny, but all are about love. For more information, call 805-451-8099 or visit www.syvchorale.org. Reservations can be made online at www.syvchorale.org. This event is a fundraiser for the chorale, a nonprofit organization that performs locally throughout the year.

Emily Trask, left, as Viola de Lesseps in PCPA’s “Shakespeare in Love” is seen with George Walker (at rear), Yusef Seevers as Will Shakespeare, and Kitty Balay as Nurse.

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duced plays for the last two seasons at regional theaters across the U.S. “Shakespeare in Love,” the 1998 movie, won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Original Music. Numerous additional awards came from the Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards and Screen Actors Guild.

SYV Master Chorale offers singing valentines

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Buellton Rotary Club Foundation donates to local nonprofit groups

Photo contributed Receiving grants from the Buellton Rotary Club Foundation are, from left, SYV Botanic Garden representatives Derek Glas, Annalisa Nearn and Eva Powers; Executive Director Thomas Speidel of the Stuart C. Gildred Family YMCA; Claudia Davenport, secretary for SYV High School Music Boosters; Mary Conway, director of Santa Ynez Valley Youth Coalition; and Robin Serritslev of SYV Therapeutic Riding.

The Buellton Rotary Club Foundation recently funded five grant requests from local nonprofit organizations, President Dean Palius announced. The groups funded at $500 each are the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Music Boosters, SYV Therapeutic Riding, SYV Botanic Garden, SYV Youth Coalition, Stuart C. Gildred YMCA, and Safe Launch. Palius said that all of these organizations serve those less fortunate. From providing musical instruments, drug prevention activities, and swim and riding lessons, their grants were directed at giving a hand up to children and youth in the Valley. “These activities fit within the mission of the foundation to assist other charities in Buellton and the greater Santa Ynez Valley with their programs assisting seniors, youth, and the physically and economically disadvantaged,” Palius added. The grant funds were raised from the Buellton Rotary Club’s annual golf tournament held at the Zaca Creek Golf Course in Buellton each October. Other funds from the tournament have been designated to finance a capital project at Rancho Alegre, the camp of the Los Padres Council Boy Scouts of America. For more information, contact Judy Blokdyk at jblokdyk@gmail.com.

Buellton Rotary and PHP receive a mountain of warm coats

Photo contributed The Buellton Rotary and PHP teamed up before Christmas to collect and deliver winter coats to families in need. The clothing was part of the selections available at PHP’s annual Christmas boutique..

Recent nights have been very cold, and many local people cannot afford to buy warm coats for these brief cold snaps. This is especially true for children who outgrow their clothing every few months. This is why the Rotary Club of Buellton

teamed with People Helping People to collect and deliver coats to families during the week leading up to Christmas. “Our club members understood the need for the coats and jackets but did not have the collection and distribution system. With our knowledge of PHP and their Christmas Fulfill-A-Wish program upcoming, we thought that they could help us operationalize our plan,” Club President Judy Blokdyk said. Justin Wilkins, a PHP manager and Buellton Club member, thought it was an obvious and natural partnership. PHP would obtain and distribute collection boxes and pick up the coats along with organization’s items from “Toys For Tots” used to supply its annual Christmas Fulfill-A-Wish program for families in need at the holidays. Buellton Rotary wrapped and labeled numerous boxes and PHP volunteers placed the boxes and collected the clothing. On Friday afternoon, Dec. 21, at the opening of its annual Fulfill-A-Wish boutique, PHP displayed a selection of the 450 warm clothing items collected. Families already pre-approved for participation in PHP’s Fulfill-A-Wish program, based on financial need, were permitted to select one item per family member. “Donations exceeded our expectations,” Wilkins said. “We had a great selection of types and sizes of items thanks to the overwhelming support of the community.”

dation. “While her business acumen is highly regarded, she is also a caring, concerned citizen who wants to help build a better a future for our vulnerable seniors.” Ayer has been directly involved with a host of nonprofit organizations and causes, which include The John Wayne Cancer Institute, The Motion Picture and Television Fund, The British Academy of Film & Television Arts, Ted Danson’s American Oceans Campaign, National Arbor Day Foundation and The Ocean Park Community Center. “I’ve watched, with admiration, how Rona’s vision of affordable housing for seniors has become a reality with the opening of the Golden Inn & Village,” Ayer said. “I look forward to serving as a trustee on this action-oriented organization.” A former resident of Los Angeles, she and her husband, Steven Soles, a singer, songwriter, producer and musician, have lived for more than 12 years in the Santa Ynez Valley.

Nature talk scheduled at Wildling Museum Bob Cummings

Jane Ayer joins board of Rona Barrett Foundation Public relations and marketing executive Jane Ayer has joined the board of trustees of the Rona Barrett Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing affordable housing and wellness serPhoto contributed vices for low-in- Jane Ayer come seniors. The announcement was made at the nonprofit’s most recent board meeting. Ayer began her career in 1974 as a college intern at Atlantic Records, working with their celebrated roster of talent including Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin, and later moving on to represent Elton John and his company Rocket Records. In 1983, she joined Universal Studios and worked on major PR campaigns with such Hollywood legends as Jimmy Stewart, Jack Lemmon, Tippi Hedren, Janet Leigh and Charlton Heston. She also has worked on numerous Oscar campaigns and out-of-thebox PR adventures with filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Cameron Crowe, William Friedkin, Ken Burns, Taylor Hackford and Richard Attenborough. Since founding Jane Ayer Public Relations in 1991, she has represented a diverse range of clients and projects in music, film, animation, TV, film festivals and publishing. “Jane’s tremendous communications and marketing background will be a valuable resource in our ongoing community outreach projects and events,” said Rona Barrett, founder and CEO of the Rona Barrett Foun-

Expert to discuss ‘the best, worst and ugliest mushrooms’

Photo contributed A detail of “Tidepool Souvenirs - Littoral Memories” by Dr. Isabel Downs. The work uses oil, cotton, ribbons, buttons, beads, tulle, monofilament fishing line, and origami

The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature has announced an artist talk, “Nature Through the Eye of a Needle — a Shared Adventure,” with Dr. Isabel Downs and Dr. Robert Warner. The lecture will take place at the Wildling Museum from 3 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. Downs is also the museum’s current featured local artist, and her fiber art of bird and marine scenes is on display in the museum store. A tension between art and science has defined Downs’ entire life. She was born and raised in the tropics by a naturalist father and a sculptress mother. From an early age, she was driven to draw, paint, sculpt, and eventually render in fibers the world around her. She spent 35 years teaching French language and literature; but she never ceased to work on the side as her marine biologist husband’s field assistant, in addition to being a scientific illustrator for both the Smithsonian Institution and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Warner is Research Professor of Marine Biology in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at UCSB. After two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, he joined the faculty at UCSB, where he has served as chairman of the departments of Biological Sciences and Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology. To buy tickets, go to https://wildlingmuseum.org/news/artist-talk-nature-through-theeye-of-a-needle-a-shared-adventure, stop by the Wildling on Mission Drive at Fifth Street in Solvang, or call 805-686-8315. Walk-ins on the day of the talk are welcome

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Bob Cummings has been teaching about mushrooms in the field and in the classroom for more than 40 years, and he will share his wealth of knowledge and experience with the Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society and the Los Olivos Library at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7. His presentation will be in the Los Olivos Community Organization hall at 2374 Alamo Pintado Ave. in Los Olivos. Admission is free. A very brief annual meeting of the society will convene before the presentation, and the public and society members are encouraged to come. “Out collecting in our lovely forests and oak woodlands, people always stop to look in our baskets and ask if we’ve found any good edibles. And which ones are the best. There are so many, I usually forget some of the best ones. I’ve been asked this question so many times that I decided to make a checklist of my personal favorites to be better prepared to answer next time.” His lecture is titled “The 10 Best, the 10 Worst, and the 10 Ugliest Mushrooms in Southern California.” Cummings has been leading forays, collecting, photographing, and eating wild mushrooms in the Santa Barbara area since the 1960s. Over the years he has built a large collection of photos and a modest herbarium of specimens for taxonomic reference. He is a member of the North American Mycological Association Toxicology Committee and is a frequent speaker for the Los Angeles Mycological Society. He has given talks and led forays for many other mycological and natural history groups from San Francisco to San Diego. The Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society’s lectures are free and open to all. A list of upcoming lectures and field trips can be found at www.syvnature.org. For more information, contact the society at synature@west.net or 805-693-5683.

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Wildling, Elverhoj, 2 cities YMCA promotes longtime employee to CEO team up to host excursions Staff Report

he Channel Islands YMCA Board of Directors has appointed Margo Byrne to succeed Sal Cisneros as its president and CEO. Most recently as chief operating officer, Byrne led the operations of a $20 million, seven-branch organization with nearly 1,200 employees. The Y serves nearly 50,000 people annually, including those at the Stuart C. Gildred Family YMCA in Santa Ynez. “I am thrilled to lead an organization that positively impacts so many people by building and strengthening our communities,” she said. Byrne began her career with the Y as the aquatics director at the Ventura Family YMCA 18 years ago. Moving up the ranks quickly, she then served there as executive director for eight years and took on the position as the COO of the Channel Islands YMCA in 2013. Y officials said she has been instrumental in the development of programs such as Diabetes Prevention, Livestrong

Cancer Survivor Program, Enhance Fitness – Arthritis Program, Third Grade Learn to Swim, and has deepened the Y’s focus on “cause-driven leadership.” She holds a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and a master’s degree in education with an emphasis in kinesiology. Prior to joining the Y, she was a Lecturer at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Mo. Thanking Cisneros for his 14 years as CEO of the Channel Islands YMCA, Board Chairman Robert Coles said, “The Channel Islands Association is confident in Byrne’s leadership and is poised once again to do great things in the next 14 years and beyond.” Cisneros will join the YMCA of the USA as senior consultant of CEO Search. In this role he will be working with a team of CEO search consultants providing services to YMCAs across the nation requiring support during CEO transitions. For more information about the Channel Islands YMCA, visit www.ciymca.org. Photo contributed Margo Byrne

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he Elverhøj and Wildling museums in Solvang are teaming up with the Solvang and Buellton recreation departments to sponsor a series of fun and informative day excursions this year. Each museum will be hosting two trips over the next six months with more to come in summer and fall. A trained museum representative will join each group to provide background information as participants enjoy a specially curated day of art, culture and beauty without the stress of driving. The city recreation staff members are coordinating transportation and reservations. Kicking off the series will be the Elverhøj Museum of History & Art and Buellton Rec Center with a trip to The Broad Museum in downtown Los Angeles from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26. The cost is $49 per person. This museum is home to one of the most prominent holdings of postwar and contemporary art in the world and offers innovative rotating contemporary exhibitions. The visit starts with a one-hour guided tour highlighting key pieces from the collection. After the tour, enjoy lunch at one of the many surrounding eateries and several hours to explore the museum on your own. Elverhøj’s second excursion with Solvang Rec Department will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, to the Getty Center whose convergence of art, architecture and gardens make for an enriching day of beauty and history. The visit will include a 45-minute guided architectural tour and plenty of time to have lunch and explore on your own. On both trips guests will enjoy insightful background information and insider tips provided by a skilled Elverhøj Museum representative.

The Wildling Museum of Art & Nature has planned two nature-focused trips. Its first excursion with Buellton Rec Center will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 ($68 per person) to the beautiful Carrizo Plain, touring Soda Lake and learning about the plants, animals and geology of the San Joaquin Valley. This trip is already sold out, but a waiting list is available in case of cancellations. From 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 10, the Wilding Museum and Solvang Rec Department will host a 3- to 3.5-hour island wildlife cruise through the waters of the Santa Barbara Channel, the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the Channel Islands National Park. These areas are known to have more marine mammals than any other area on the planet. After the cruise, participants can enjoy shopping a late lunch in the Ventura Harbor Village. The trip will be hosted and escorted by artist Cheryl Medow and Wilding Museum staff. The cost is $68 per person. Reservations for The Broad and The Carizzo Plain can be made at http://www.buelltonrec. com/buellton/or by calling the Buellton Rec Center at 805-688-1086. Reservations for The Getty and the Island Wildlife Cruise can be made online at http:// www.cityofsolvang.com/188/Adult-Programs or by calling the Solvang Rec Department at 805-688-7529. For more, contact the appropriate host museum. Elverhøj Museum of History & Art can be reached at 805-686-1211 or by email at info@ elverhoj.org. Wildling Museum of Art & Nature can be reached at 805-688-1082 or by email at info@wildlingmuseum.org.

‘His Girl Friday’ returning to the big screen Staff Report

screening of the 1940 romantic comedy “His Girl Friday,” starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, will be shown Saturday morning, Feb. 9, at Parks Plaza Theatre in Buellton by the Central Coast Film Society (CCFS). The plot centers on a newspaper editor named Walter Burns (Grant) who is about to lose his newly engaged ace reporter ex-wife Hildy Johnson (Russell) to another man. Burns suggests they cover one more story together, getting themselves entangled in the case of murderer Earl Williams as Burns desperately tries to win back his wife. The screenplay was adapted from the play “The Front Page” by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. “One of our founding board members, Raiza Giorgi, created the Santa Ynez Valley Star newspaper and is celebrating starting her fourth year in February. We thought this would be a fun way to honor her accomplishments and watch a great

classic film,” said Daniel Lahr, executive director of CCFS. “I have always loved this film and am excited that people will get a chance to see it on the silver screen again. It’s so fun to take a look at film history and show classic movies that the next generation can enjoy,” Giorgi said. The goal of the CCFS is to provide local filmmakers and films a venue to call home, foster future media artists, and create opportunities to get involved in the industry by hosting lectures, screenings and eventually a film festival. “We want to also foster local professional and aspiring artists to get them more exposure and experience in the film industry,” Lahr added. The screening of “His Girl Friday” will be at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are $7 per person, or free with CCFS membership. For more information becoming a member, submitting a film or to purchase tickets online, log onto www.centralcoastfilmsociety.org.

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Midland student to sing in Teen Star competition By Raiza Giorgi

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idland School student Emily Cummings found her love of singing by volunteering with her family as “redcoats” at the Solvang Festival Theater during PCPA’s summer theater series. “Part of volunteering there is you also get to watch the performances, and I found I really loved the musicals and when the actors would sing,” she said. Emily, 17, has been chosen along with nine other singers from around Santa Barbara County as the top 10 to perform Feb. 23 at the Arlington Theatre. Emily got her first singing role at age 12 when she auditioned successfully for a musical put on by the Ensemble Theatre Company in Santa Barbara. “I started working with a vocal coach and going once a week since I was 12,” Emily said. A lot of Santa Ynez Valley kids travel to different events, but in Emily’s case the drive is a lot longer as she has lived on the Midland School campus since she was a child. Her father was a teacher for many years, and her mother is the school’s college counselor. “I love it out here. It’s a unique place,” Emily said. She has auditioned for Teen Star five

When she isn’t singing, Emily loves playing sports and being outside, either in the Midland School garden or on a hiking trail.

years in a row and this is her first time in the top 10. “I honestly am very excited to compete, but since the voting system is based on popularity, I am not sure I will win. Midland is a small school and I don’t have a lot of family around to vote for me,” she said. However, she added, she will sing her heart out and hope to win over the judges with her performance. “I am also really excited to do the group performance and get feedback about my sound,” she said. The mission of Teen Star Santa Barba-

ra is to support youth in performing arts with the goal of nurturing talent by inspiring passion, instilling a drive for success and encouraging excellence and professionalism. The winner will receive a $1,000 scholarship and job opportunities and get to open a show at the Santa Barbara Bowl. All finalists will also get funding for their schools’ arts programs. For more information, visit TeenStarUSA. com or call 800-380-9110, ext. 200.

Photos contributed Midland School student Emily Cummings is one of the top 10 competitors in this year’s Teen Star Santa Barbara competition on Feb. 23.

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Garagiste Festival returns to Solvang Feb. 8-10 Staff Report

he Garagiste Wine Festival, which has been named America’s Best Wine Festival by USA Today, returns to Solvang Feb. 8-10. This is the seventh year that the Garagiste Festival: Southern Exposure has showcased the wines of some of California’s best small-production winemakers in one of California’s most charming small towns. “America’s best wine festival meets one of America’s best historic small towns for the seventh year in a row. What could make for a better wine country weekend?” said Garagiste Festival Co-founder Doug Minnick. “There is a special place in our hearts for Solvang, and for the amazing small-production winemakers who pour at this venue. … We love the diversity of the wines poured here, with multiple micro-climates, grape varieties and innovative blends represented.” More than 40 winemakers from Santa Barbara County and across California will converge at the Solvang Veterans Memorial Hall to pour more than 150 wines in a weekend of events that includes the continuation of the festival’s “Original Garagiste” seminars, moderated by Garagiste Festival Co-founder and KRUSH radio host Stewart McLennan, and this year featuring Central Coast winemaking

Photo contributed The Garagiste Wine Festival will return to Solvang Feb. 8-10 for a seventh year. legend Ken Brown of Ken Brown Wines. “We are proud to lead off our main event with a one-on-one discussion and tasting with Ken Brown – a true original ‘garagiste’ many years before micro-production winemaking became a move-

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ment,’ McLennan said. “Ken was one of the first to recognize the cool climate potential of this region back in the ’70s and to craft delicious wines from pinot noir and chardonnay right here in Santa Barbara. We are looking forward to an informative and inspiring conversation as we taste some of his delicious wines.” In this Saturday seminar, attendees will learn how he helped shape the Santa Barbara wine scene and why he ultimately returned to small-lot winemaking. Brown, whose Ken Brown Wines focuses on very small lots of pinot noir from the Sta. Rita Hills, is recognized as one of Santa Barbara County’s pioneering winemakers and innovators. He was founding winemaker at Zaca Mesa Winery and spent 20 years at

Byron Vineyard and Winery, which later sold to the Robert Mondavi family. The Garagiste Festival: Southern Exposure begins on Friday, Feb. 8, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., when those attending can share limited club only, library and pre-release bottles and barrel samples along with a barbecue buffet. After Brown’s seminar on Saturday, the day continues with the main event, the Grand Tasting, from 2 to 5 p.m. The Garagiste Festival features the wines of commercial garagiste winemakers who make fewer than 1,500 cases per year. For full schedule details, go to http://californiagaragistes.com/2019-syv-fest/. To buy tickets, go to: https://bit.ly/2Bcs0ck.

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Chicken soup is ‘a hug in a bowl’ By Vida Gustafson Contributing Writer

f, in such an active flu season, you haven’t needed some nourishing chicken soup, I’m sure you will soon! Every time I roast a chicken I reserve the bones to make a simple stock specifically for use in a soup. It’s a great way to stretch a meal and get every bit of use out of a whole chicken. I love using bone-in chicken thighs instead of skinless tenders or pre-cooked chicken, but if those are all that you have on hand, go ahead and simply skip the first few steps. You’ll still have a hug in a bowl at the end.

Ingredients

4-6 chicken thighs 5-6 cloves of garlic 1 onion 4 medium carrots 3 stalks celery 2 medium potatoes 1 bunch of parsley (I prefer curly leaf parsley for soups) 2-3 sprigs fresh thyme (or 1/2 tsp dried thyme) 2 quart chicken or vegetable stock 2 tsp olive oil 2 bay leaves Sea salt and black pepper for seasoning

Method

Season your chicken thighs liberally with salt and pepper, heat up a couple of

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teaspoons of olive oil in a large, six-quart pot, and place the chicken skin down in the pot, over medium heat. Place the thyme and whole cloves of garlic in and around the chicken. Leave to cook uncovered for 10-15 minutes, until the skin is crispy and brown. Turn it over

and cook for a further 10 minutes. If using skinless chicken tenders you will need to chop the chicken into bitesized chunks; season and brown it for only 5-10 minutes with the garlic. While the chicken is cooking, chop the vegetables into uniform bits, however

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chunky or small you prefer. If they are all about the same size, they will cook more evenly. Remove the garlic from the pot and chop it up so you can add it back to the pot. It should be softened and browned only slightly; don’t use it if it is burned, because that’s not a pleasant flavor. Add all the vegetables in with the chicken, season with salt and pepper and stir thoroughly to get everything heated through. Let it cook, stirring occasionally for only about 5 minutes. Pour in enough stock to cover the ingredients by about 1 inch and add the bay leaves. Turn up the heat briefly to get the soup to a gentle simmer. Cook covered for 30 minutes. Chop up the leafy parts of the parsley and another 2 garlic cloves and set aside. Remove the chicken thighs from the pot and very carefully (they’re hot!) remove the skin and bone and cut up the meat and return to the pot. Many people like to skim off the liquid chicken fat. It will have made its way to the surface of the soup at this stage. I usually leave it or remove only a small amount. If you are using precooked chicken, this will be when you add the chicken to the soup. Right before serving, add the finely chopped garlic and parsley along with any seasoning you feel it needs after tasting.

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The beautiful Indian princess adorning the Kaufmann family’s 1935 cabriolet was the only departure from a mascot honoring Chief Pontiac.

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among carmakers. Sloan made the bold decision to hire a young automobile designer, Franklin Hershey (of Beverly Hills), to work under Harley Earl in GM’s new Art & Colour Section. Hershey had already made a reputation designing custom bodies for Duesenberg. One of his first assignments was to re-invigorate the failing Pontiac line. Some flair was needed. As Earl was a proponent of the Art Deco influence (designs using geometric shapes and parallel lines), his new protégé followed that trend. What Hershey penned would become the iconic symbol of Pontiac for the next 22 years — the Silver Streak. Capitalizing on the public’s fascination for streamlined trains, the styling motif that would adorn Pontiac involved several shiny chrome stripes running down and over the hood. This simple bit of bling not only gave Pontiac a splash of style —completely unlike its corporate brethren, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Buick and Cadillac — but heralded new model names, which too evoked sleekness and speed: “Silver Streak,” “Dual Streak,” “Speedline,” “Torpedo,” “Silver Arrow” and “Super Streamliner.” In a time of financial blues, Hershey’s touch was gold. To quote one reporter at the New York Auto Show, New York City “has literally taken to its bosom the new Pontiacs when the doors opened.” During the first year of the Silver Streak (1935), Pontiac production increased from 79,000 to 179,000, improving their ranking from seventh to fourth.

Encouraged by public enthusiasm and corporate nods, Earl and Hershey every year created a new silver streak motif. Eventually the waterfall of chrome and polished aluminum would extend all the way from the front to rear bumpers. What is equally intriguing for aficionados of automotive design is the masterful manner in which the two men were able to honor the brand’s namesake, Chief Pontiac, by blending in the Indian’s head, or even full body, yet stay true to the Art Deco elements. Every year, these designers created two different styles of silver streaks with Chief Pontiac mascots — one for the models with 6-cylinder motors, and a separate one for those with 8-cylinders. Over the years, the Indian took on many shapes. The two Pontiacs pictured with this column show a couple of extremes. The 1935 Cabriolet-8 features a very anatomically correct Indian squaw, while the 1936 Cabriolet-8 has a most abstract mascot, barely recognizable as being Indian. With every new model year, the mascot and silver streaks became more ornate. In the 1940s, the Indian wore elaborate headdresses, made of amber, red or green Lucite, and illuminated to glow at night. Come the dawning of the jet age, 1950s Pontiacs had Indian mascots actually sprouting airplane wings. Just weeks before introduction of the 1957 models, a new general manager was seated at the helm of Pontiac, Bunkie Knudsen. Noting that Pontiac sales were again lagging, and believing the Pontiac mascots had become whimsical if not ridiculous, just weeks prior to release of the 1957 models, Knudsen forever removed the silver streaks and Chief Pontiac mascot that had proudly ridden atop the line of cars since 1935. On a recent warm night, two rare Silver Streak Pontiacs — a 1935 Cabriolet-8 owned by JoAnn and Bob Kauffman of Nipomo and a 1936 Pontiac Cabriolet-8 owned by Olivia Baeke of Solvang — met at Michael & Christina Larner’s Los Olivos General Store. This wonderfully preserved building was formerly the Rice Bros. Garage (circa 1903). History lives!

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Girls water polo team wins at Cabrillo for their first victory in 16 years SYHS girls water polo, soccer and basketball and boys soccer have CIF playoffs in their sights By Raiza Giorgi

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his was just that day where we played a little stronger. It was a phenomenal game to watch, and both teams brought everything they had,” said assistant coach Tracy Maniscalco. On Jan. 17 the Santa Ynez girls water polo team beat rival Cabrillo High School for the first time in 16 years, according to school officials. “The girls have played really well in league and in non-league and have put themselves in position to qualify for CIF playoffs as an at-large team,” said SYVUHS Athletic Director Cris Avery. As the end of their regular seasons approach, four of the high school’s six winter sports programs are within reach of the

Team captain Annie Ackert defends against a shot during the victory against Cabrillo on Jan. 17.

Photos Contributed The team includes Coach Michelle Kee, Anonda Main, Val Del Solar, team captain Annie Ackert, Isabella Curti, Lili Torres, Assistant Coach Kieran Graner, Jayde Maniscalco, Peyton Pratt, Taye Luke, Ally Alderete, Layna King, Kylie Luke and Assistant Coach Tracy Maniscalco.

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said that in her first year of coaching she has seen tremendous improvement in the team. As a former SYVUHS water polo player, she knows how great the accomplishment was, to win that game in Cabrillo’s pool. “The girls did so amazing, and this year has been full of learning for all of us, but we all came together,” Kee said.

The team’s record as of mid-January was 12-5. “I have coached basketball and softball but never water polo. Along with head coach Michelle, who was a player but never coached, we make a great team. It’s teaching the girls about bringing your strengths and working together,” Maniscalco said. Maniscalco said part of the fun has been teaching the older players to be leaders in and out of the pool. “We encourage them to support the younger players, and they do team-building events together even without us,” Maniscalco said.

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Hancock thrilled with success of ‘Promise’ in first year s students in the Hancock College Promise program gear up for their second tuition- and fee-free semester, college officials are assessing the success of the program’s inaugural fall 2018 semester. More than 1,400 local students received The Hancock Promise, which is more recent graduates from local high schools than ever before at the college. The highest percentage increase was from Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, whose 56 students entering Hancock last fall marked a 124 percent increase. In the Promise’s first semester, the college saw an increase of nearly 500 firsttime high school graduates, and college representatives are thrilled. “The success of the Promise has exceeded our expectations with the number of local students who are participating,” said AHC Associate Superin- tendent/Vice President of Student Services Nohemy Ornelas. … “For many, The Promise has opened up educational opportunities that may have not been an option.” The Hancock Promise removes financial barriers and creates pathways to increase college readiness, access, affordability and success for all students and their families. The enrollment of first-time high school

graduates at Hancock increased at nearly all local high schools last fall: Santa Ynez, 56 students (124 percent increase); Delta, 100 students (79 percent increase); Pioneer Valley, 362 students (60 percent increase); Righetti, 269 students (57 percent increase); Cabrillo, 143 students (46 percent increase); Lompoc, 148 students (45 percent increase); St. Joseph, 30 students (43 percent increase); Orcutt Academy, 82 students (34 percent increase); and Santa Maria, 296 students (21 percent increase). Promise students enjoy the benefits of saving at least $1,200 over the course of a year, signing up for classes early with priority registration, setting an academic plan for success, and receiving personalized counseling, tutoring, and other support services. Students planning to attend Hancock in the fall of 2019 can apply now and register for courses beginning May 8. The semester starts Aug. 19. The Hancock Promise is made possible through donations. In December 2017, the Hancock College Foundation launched a $10 million endowment campaign designed to ensure, in perpetuity, that all qualifying students have the opportunity to attend college. To date, more than $3.5 million has been committed to The Hancock Promise from local partners.

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time to make an appointment to have your hearing tested. “With a new patient I’ll do an extensive hearing exam to measure their degree of hearing loss. I use this information to calibrate a set of hearing aids in order to let them hear for themselves what they’ve been missing. It always gives me a good feeling to witness the look on a patient’s face when they can better hear the voice of a loved one clearly. It creates a lot of personal satisfaction for me,” said Adams. “I counsel them on what to expect from their new hearing aids and the importance of yearly checkups.” Adams professional creed is, “Better hearing means a better life.” Consultations and hearing tests are free. Valley Hearing Center is open Monday through Thursday at 2027 Village Lane, Suite 204, Solvang. For more information, call 805-688-8566.

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omedian Tom Segura, country singer-songwriter Randy Houser, and Austrian mentalists The Clairvoyants will perform on consecutive Fridays in February at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez. Tickets for all shows are available at the casino or at www.chumashcasino.com.

To Be A Grown Up.” In 2010, he started the podcast “Your Mom’s House,” which he co-hosts with his wife and fellow comedian Christina Pazsitzky. In 2012, the podcast was a finalist for Best Comedy Podcast at the Stitcher Awards and was profiled by VICE.

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Segura, a stand-up comedian and podcast host, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8. Tickets for the show are $29, $39, $49, $54 and $59. Segura is best known for his Netflix comedy specials, but he has also made multiple standup appearances on Comedy Central and has been seen on well-known television series, including “Conan,” “Workaholics,” “Happy Endings,” “The Late Late Show” and “How

Houser brings his North American tour to the Santa Ynez Valley at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15. Tickets are $39, $44, $49, $54 and $59. Houser is touring in support of his latest album, “Magnolia,” which will be accompanied by a full-length film of the same name. The title draws its name from his home state of Mississippi, the Magnolia State, where the platinum-selling artist has been cultivating a homegrown, organic sound over the past two years. The film will feature live performances by Houser and follow a storyline that embodies the sentiment of the album’s lyrics.

The first track off the new album, “What Whiskey Does,” featuring Hillary Lindsey, was released in 2018 and became a Top 40 hit on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart. His first album, “Anything Goes,” featured a title track that cracked the Top 20 on the Hot Country chart, and “Boots On,” which climbed to No. 2 in 2009. Houser’s first No. 1 hit, “How Country Feels,” was the title track to his third studio album, which also featured the No. 1 smash “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight” and Top 5 hits “Goodnight Kiss” and “Like a Cowboy.” The singles “How Country Feels” and “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight” were certified platinum and put Houser on the country music map in 2013. Prior to his success as a performer, Houser co-wrote singles including “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” for Trace Adkins, “Back That Thing Up” for Justin Moore, and “My Cowboy” for Jessie James.

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viewers, making it the most watched unscripted premiere on broadcast this season. Amélie van Tass and Thommy Ten were both born and raised in Austria and now split their time between Austria and America. In 2011, they brought their “second sight” act to the stage and within a year, they had developed a full-length show and began touring Europe. In 2016, they decided to compete in season 11 of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent.” Their second-place finish won them a performance at the Sydney Opera House and also an opportunity to headline the show “The Illusionists - Turn of the Century” in the Palace Theatre in New York City on Broadway. The show was the best-selling magic show in Broadway history. The Academy of Magical Arts and The Magic Castle Hollywood awarded the duo the “Stage Magicians of the Year 2016.”

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February 12

Karaoke Night - 8:30 - 11:30 p.m. at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez.

Central Coast 2-Step Dance Lessons - 6:30 - 8 p.m. at the Maverick Saloon - For tickets and more info log onto www.themavsaloon.com.

February 6

Karaoke Night - 8:30 - 11:30 p.m. at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez.

CA Rangeland Climate and Drought Workshop 5 - 8:15 p.m. at the Solvang Veteran’s Memorial Hall. UC Cooperative Extension will talk about planning for uncertainty in weather, grass and drought. For more info log onto www.ucanr.edu/p/64244. Wellness Wednesday — 5:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. BEMER technology informational meeting. Ascend Acupuncture, 254 East Highway 246, Suite C, Buellton. For more information 805-259-7462.

February 8

Family Partnership Charter School Science Fair - 10 a.m - 12 p.m. at Abel Maldonado Youth Center, 600 S. McClelland Santa Maria. The public is invited to see K 12th grade student STEAM projects. Call 805-348-3333 for more info. Fossemalle Dance Studio Freestyle Dance Marathon - 4 - 8 p.m. at Fossemalle’s studio 3595 Numancia St, Santa Ynez. The event is a fundraiser to support the 32nd annual Invitation to Dance. Live DJ, food and drinks available. For more info call 805-688-8494. All ages and dancers welcome.

February 14 Valentine’s Day

February 15

Randy Houser - 8 p.m. at the Chumash Casino - Join the singer-songwriter for a night of “rootsy” Country music. The self-taught guitarist entertains the crowd with his series of hit singles including “Runnin’ Outta Moonlight,” “Goodnight Kiss” and CMA Song of the Year-nominated “Like a Cowboy.” For more info and tickets log onto www.chumashcasino.com.

February 16

SY Valley Clean Team - 8:15 a.m. - Meets at the corner of Highway 246 and Armour Ranch Road to clean the road for one hour. The public is invited to join. All supplies are provided. Just show up. For more information, contact team organizer Bill Connell at wconnell@connellandersen.com

February 18 President’s Day

Tom Segura - 8 p.m. at the Chumash Casino - Tom Segura brings his blunt humor for a night of big laughs. The standup comic has performed on Conan, and he has released a number of standup specials, including his latest on Netflix, Disgraceful. Tickets and more information are available at www.chumashcasino.com.

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Hollywood Hillbillies - 8 p.m. at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez. For tickets and more info log onto www. themavsaloon.com.

Yoga, 9 a.m.; Arthritis Exercise Class, 10:15 a.m.; Arts and Crafts every third Monday; Solvang Senior Center, 1745 Mission Drive; 805-688-3793.

February 9

SY Valley Clean Team - 8:15 a.m. - Meets at the corner of Highway 154 and Figueroa Mountain Road to clean the roadside for one hour. The public is invited to join. All supplies are provided. For more information, contact team organizer Bill Connell at wconnell@ connellandersen.com “His Girl Friday” screening - 9:30 a.m. at Parks Plaza Theatre in Buellton - Don’t miss this screening of the classic Cary Grant film “His Girl Friday.” This screening is honoring the Santa Ynez Valley Star’s third anniversary. For details and tickets log onto www.centralcoastfilmsociety.org. 7th Annual Garagiste Festival - 1 - 5 p.m. at the Solvang Veterans Memorial Hall - 1745 Mission Drive, Solvang - The majority of our wineries do not have tasting rooms, and their wines can be very hard to find on store shelves. For more info log onto www. californiagaragistes.com/2019-syv-fest/. Tex Pistols - 8 p.m. at the Maverick Saloon in Santa Ynez. For tickets and more info log onto www.themavsaloon.com.

February 10

Valentine’s Wreath Making Workshop - 1:30 - 3 p.m. at Brick Barn Wine Estate - Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden will be creating beautiful heart-shaped wreaths

U-Pick Berries – 9 a.m. daily for the season. Summerset Farm and Dale’s Nursery, on the corner of Edison and Baseline off Hwy-154; 805-245-0989.

to pack care packages on the 4th Wednesday of each month. Bethania Lutheran Church, 603 Atterdag Road, Solvang. 805-245-4951.

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Art Class, 9 a.m.; Book Club, 10 a.m. (call first); Bingo, 1 p.m.: Solvang Senior Center, 1745 Mission Drive; 805-688-3793. Knit and Crochet - 1 p.m., Buellton Senior Center, West Highway 246, Buellton; 805-688-4571.

Nutrition Classes - 11 a.m. - SYV Cottage Hospital Conference Room - Instruction Stacey Bailey is a dietician and offers weekly courses in various topics. For more information call 805-694-2351. Bring your lunch and talk nutrition.

Health Hearts Grief Support Group – 2-4 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Presbyterian Church, 1825 Alamo Pintado Road. Free. To R.S.V.P. call 805-693-0244.

Tai Chi, 9:15 a.m.; Mah Jongg, 10 a.m.; Pilates – 10:15 a.m.; Ukulele 11:15 a.m., Solvang Senior Center, 1745 Mission Drive; 805-688-3793.

Solvang Farmers Market - 2:30-6:30 p.m., First Street between Mission Drive and Copenhagen Drive, Solvang.

Bingo - 1 p.m., Buellton Senior Center, West Highway 246, Buellton; 805-688-4571.

Crafternoons – 3:45-5:45 p.m. Arts Outreach, 2948 Nojoqui Ave. Suite 9, Los Olivos. $10/child; 805-6889533.

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Cachuma Lake Nature Walk – 10-11:30 a.m.; 805-6884515 or www.sbparks.org.

Sideways Inn Local’s Night Specials - 5 p.m.- 8 p.m., 114 East Highway 246, Buellton; 805-691-8088. Chair Exercises - 10 a.m., Buellton Senior Center, West Highway 246, Buellton; 805-688-4571.

Junior Rangers Program – 12:30-1:30 p.m. Neal Taylor Nature Center, 2265 Hwy-154, Santa Barbara. Children 3 and up; under 10 years must be accompanied by an adult. $3/person. Nature Center admission is free. Visit www.clnaturecenter.org. parked; 805-693-0691 or Julie@clnaturecenter.org.

Arthritis Exercise Class, 10:15 a.m.; Mah Jongg, Noon; Basic Cartooning, 1 p.m., Solvang Senior Center, 1745 Mission Drive; 805-688-3793.

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Junior Tennis - 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. from Jan. 14 - Feb 11 at Jonata School tennis courts. Have fun while learning the fundamentals of tennis with Coach Paul Smith. Bring your own racquet or borrow one of a limited supply. Max 10 spaces and cost is $25 per student. Sign up online at buelltonrec.com or call 688-1086. Gymnastics - K-5th Graders, 1:40 - 2:30pm, cost $96; Ages 3-5, 2:30 - 3:05pm, cost $90. from Jan. 28 - March 11 at Oak Valley Elementary multipurpose room. Great for building confidence, strength, and flexibility. Sign up online at buelltonrec.com or call 688-1086.

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Divorce Care Recovery Seminar and Support Group – 6:30-8:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Christian Academy Library, 891 N. Refugio Road, Santa Ynez; Louise Kolbert at 805-688-5171.

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Knitting, 9 a.m.; computer class, 9:30 a.m.; bridge and poker, 1 p.m.; Solvang Senior Center, 1745 Mission Drive; 805-688-1086. 2-Step Lessons – 6:30 p.m.; 8 p.m. - Industry Night and Karaoke Party. Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez. Visit www.themavsaloon.com.

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