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Santa Barbara man won Olympic gold in 1960 Jeff Farrell helped bring home two medals for U.S. swimming relay teams

Goleta, county expect to hear soon from state California considers grant to renovate Super 8 into housing for homeless individuals By KAITLYN SCHALLHORN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

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Jeff Farrell was a swimmer during his college days at the University of Oklahoma and his best event at the national level was coming in third at an event during his senior year. He was commissioned as an ensign at his Navy graduation in June of 1958, and had no plans of continuing to swim competitively. He reported for duty on a ship in Pearl Harbor and about six months later, he was asked if he wanted to join a handful of other Navy swimmers training at Yale University, preparing for the 1960 Olympic trials. “I decided to give swimming another chance and went to Yale to train under Robert Kiphuth, the legendary Yale coach,” Mr. Farrell told the News-Press in an email. Dry land training had made him much stronger, and he became a fast sprinter who set 25 national records as well as several world records. By mid-1960 Mr. Farrell was recognized as the fastest swimmer in the world. Mr. Farrell was the favorite to win the 100 meter free-style event at the Rome Olympics in 1960. “Six days before my first race in the U.S. Olympic trials, I awakened in great pain - appendicitis - and had to have an emergency appendectomy. But six days later, with great encouragement from Coach Kiphuth, I swam the first of six races I would have at the trials, and I finally did make the team, but only as a relay team member. Competing so soon after my appendectomy was a bit surreal but not really scary because I had confidence and trust in my coach and doctor. And in my own body,” said Mr. Farrell. The 1960 Olympics was the first time the 4x100 medley relay was featured in the Olympics. “In the 1950’s the butterfly element of the breaststroke event was recognized as a separate stroke and the 300-meter relay (backstroke, breaststroke & freestyle) became the 400-meter relay. This was its first appearance as an Olympic event,” said Mr. Farrell.

He was the fourth swimmer on the team, the freestyler in this event, and the race was won in world record time. One hour later, Mr. Farrell was also the fourth swimmer on the U.S. 400 freestyle relay team, which also won in record time. “Of course I was proud to be so fast and famous. But I decided, after winning in Rome and planning to become a student in Paris, that it would be interesting just to be treated like a 23-year old American trying to learn French. I had no more serious interest in competing. I was excited and proud to get two gold medals in one evening. I had been sorry not to swim the 100-meter freestyle, but although I was tempted to deeply regret this, I decided not to dwell on it, to be proud and happy to be there, participating and leaving with two gold medals. And I looked forward to what might come next in my life,” said Mr. Farrell. After the Olympics, Mr. Farrell studied French and coached swimming in Tunisia and Morocco. Late in 1961 he began the journey back to Yale. He hitchhiked, took planes, buses, boats and airplanes through Europe, the Middle East and Asia, to attend Yale graduate school. Mr. Farrell graduated with his M.A. in international relations in 1963, and then got a job with CARE/MEDICO working in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. In 1966 he began working for The Asia Foundation in San Francisco, Thailand and Laos. “In Bangkok I met a lovely young French/ Vietnamese artist and designer and we started a business manufacturing our own line of women’s and children’s ready-to-wear for export and also sold in our retail shop and gallery in Bangkok. We married and had two children, then, after a dozen years, in 1980 we sold the company and moved to Santa Barbara,” said Mr. Farrell. He became a real estate agent in Santa Barbara in 1981. His son Marco also works with him as a real estate agent. “Two years ago we brought Christy Jacobs onto our Coldwell Banker Montecito Realtor team. We take pleasure in helping buyers and sellers in the greater Santa Barbara

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Local officials are waiting to hear whether Goleta and Santa Barbara County will get a California grant to convert this Super 8 motel at 6021 Hollister Ave. into housing for homeless individuals.

Jeff Farrell detailed his experiences in a book, “My Olympic Story: Rome 1960.”

residential real estate market,” said Mr. Farrell. Mr. Farrell still competes locally, nationally and internationally in a program for older swimmers. “I was the first swimmer to be inducted into both the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the International Masters Swimming Hall of Fame,” said Mr. Farrell. In 2014 he published a book about his Olympic experience My Olympic Story- Rome 1960 available for purchase on Amazon and at www.MyOlympicStory.com. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

Man dies in Lompoc from gunshot wounds By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The Lompoc Police Department has started a homicide investigation into the shooting death of a 37-year-old man. Officers responded at 12:51 a.m. Saturday to reports of a shooting in the 1000 block of H Street in Lompoc. When officers arrived on scene, they located the victim, who suffered gunshot wounds,

Sgt. Scott Morgan said in a news release. Officers and medics rendered him medical aid, and medics transported the victim to a local trauma center. The victim died from his injuries, Sgt. Morgan said. This is an ongoing investigation, and anyone with information is urged to contact the Lompoc Police Department Detective Bureau at 805-7362341. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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City and county officials expect to learn in mid-March whether California has accepted their application for about $16 million in grant funding to renovate a Super 8 motel in Goleta into housing for homeless individuals. That application is the main hurdle before officials can begin to move forward on the project and its more intricate details, Jaime Valdez, Goleta’s neighborhood services director, told the News-Press on Friday. If the $16 million is approved by the state, the Super 8 at 6021 Hollister Ave. would be purchased and renovated to provide 59 housing units for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming unhoused. The units would be converted to function as more permanent housing, meaning they would be equipped with a kitchen area and living space as opposed to just operating as a standard small motel room. Additionally, five units would be converted to offer supportive services, from offering health and mental health care services to providing guidance one might need to transition from living outdoors to indoors, Mr. Valdez

said. Another unit would be designated for an on-site property manager. The project is estimated to cost about $20 million with more than $16 million earmarked from the Homekey 2.0 program if approved. “This is $16 million that would otherwise not come into the county or the city of Goleta to address the issues surrounding people experiencing homelessness in the community,” John Polanskey of the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara County said during a presentation earlier this month. “The team has agreed this is a great opportunity to bring in state funding in a significant amount to try to house some of the unhoused folks within and around the city of Goleta.” The statewide Homekey program helps state, regional and local public entities convert hotels, commercial properties, single-family houses and more to rapidly expand housing options for people experiencing homelessness or at-risk of becoming unhoused and impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In all, the California Department of Housing and Community Development has designated about $1.4 billion Please see SUPER 8 on A3

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Russia has denied its intention to invade Ukraine despite a massive buildup of forces. On Friday, the U.S. reported there are up to 190,000 Russian troops along the Ukrainian border.

villas along the French Riviera RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE FILES near their super-yachts. In short, Add this to the equation: they enjoy a) their money and b) Russian intelligence services their freedom to travel (and in are among the best in the world. general). You can be certain they know But if Mr. Putin invades everything there is to know — Ukraine, these oligarchs will and there’s a lot watch in horror as to know — about their money and President Biden’s flexibility for travel shady deals with begins to disappear. certain Ukrainians Their glamorous, to enrich his family, extravagant along with Biden lifestyles in London, family secret deals Paris, Nice, St. with China, again, Tropez, Rome, New to feather his own York, etc. will end. family nest, thus The fruits they have far protected so enjoyed for well widespread over two decades THE INVESTIGATOR from exposure by a will no longer be so ROBERT ERINGER liberal mainstream easily picked and media (because consumed. they could not see They will no past their Trump longer be welcome in Britain; Derangement Syndrome) and a not welcome anywhere in the highly politicized Department of West. And many will likely watch Justice. aghast as their grand properties It is possible Mr. Putin will use are frozen or confiscated along this leverage if/when his invasion with their bank accounts and begins to backfire, when the other valuable assets as their dirty deals are finally investigated Russian working man and Russian oligarch turn on their leader — as and exposed, leaving them open they will — and Kremlin leadership to prosecution and forfeiture of implodes. It will be most interesting property. (In a just world, this to see how President Biden and his would have happened long ago.) son Hunter, as midterm elections They will lose the material approach, try to squeak out of all things they love so much all the evidence that has mounted up because of putrid Putin’s against them — both at home and personality. in the files of foreign intelligence Both the average downtrodden services. Russian and the pampered And it could be that Mr. Putin’s oligarch already know that this hoped-for exile (if push comes invasion of Ukraine is purely to shove) in Monte Carlo, with about Mr. Putin and his own his dimwitted comrade Prince selfish agenda and prejudices Albert, may now be in doubt as he (in addition to centering global would likely be hunted as a war attention upon himself). And it criminal. And that’s only IF the is they who will join forces to oligarchs and average Russians put an end to this tyrant once don’t get him first. (Think the full magnitude of what he Libya’s Muammar Ghaddafi and has subjected them to overrides Romania’s Nicolae Ceausescu). the propaganda poppycock the The Investigator wrote in Kremlin has put out for domestic these pages on Oct. 11, 2008: consumption. “By early 2005, Western From an idealistic standpoint, intelligence services knew that Mr. Putin has forever wanted Vladimir Putin was scheming to re-establish the old Soviet to remain in absolute control Union — from the time he was of Russia beyond his second a lowly KGB officer posted four-year term as president. in Dresden, then part of East And thus, the New Russia has Germany (definitely, in that a New Stalin: a megalomaniac posting, not part of the KGB’s Aautocrat determined to hold onto Team — more likely, the D-Team) power at any cost, to include the and found himself frantically beating and shooting to death burning documents in the of journalists who dare criticize Russian consulate as his beloved his dictatorial rule.” Intelligence Iron Curtain was raised and the analysts told The Investigator: despicable wall he so adored “Mr. Putin possesses a bullying deconstructed while Soviet-style nature. He has few friends and communism collapsed around him. trusts no one; he respects only From a personal standpoint, those who stand up to him.’” Mr. Putin wants to survive and Here is our point: The Western preserve the vast personal intelligence services — especially fortune he has squirreled the CIA and the (UK) MI6 — knew away for himself, from highthis about Mr. Putin 17 years ago! end wristwatches to villas and And no one dared stand up to chateaus all over Europe to the him! super yacht he just moved from Our column back then Germany to Kaliningrad to continued: “Mr. Putin strives to the palaces he built for himself have something on everyone — around Russia to huge bank and has directed his intelligence balances in ciphered accounts services to perform accordingly.” throughout the world’s offshore Which perhaps may explain, tax havens. at least in part, why he gets away One thing we all learned post with outrageously aggressive World War II is that we — the behavior. Allied countries — should have And it is because our leaders taken out Hitler early on — and possessed this intelligence so saved the world from his horrors. long ago that they are culpable Truth be known, NATO’s for allowing Mr. Putin’s power leaders and joint intelligence to perpetuate — for not putting services should have long ago him in his place for murdering designed a plan to douse this bully journalists, defectors, opponents, with a bucket of water and melt invading Georgia in 2008 and him into the ground. invading Crimea in 2014. Instead, innocent people All they ever did was impose (civilians, women, children) would limited economic sanctions, about die in an invasion (50,000 has been which, “Putin doesn’t give a s---” estimated). The horror of war (according to Viktor Tatarintsev, would destroy so very many lives his ambassador to Sweden). — and the world would (for only Instead, our leaders permitted a short period of time, one hopes) those buddies of his who have continue to endure an evil despot raped the energy and fertilizer who, unfortunately, is cleverer industries of their own country than Joe Biden, Britain’s Boris (to the detriment of the average Johnson and France’s Emmanuel Russian) to prosper and make the Macron all rolled together. West their playground.

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They knew. Yet they continued to demonstrate weakness and appease Mr. Putin, just as British Prime MInister Neville Chamberlain before them appeased and emboldened Adolph Hitler’s expansionist misadventures by foolishly declaring “Peace in our time.”

PUTIN THE PSYCHOPATH Here is the biggest problem of all if Mr. Putin brings war upon Ukraine and innocent men, women and children are slaughtered. He ENJOYS this. George W. Bush as U.S, president looked into Mr. Putin’s eyes and later famously declared, “He has no soul.” But it’s worse than that. As we also wrote in 2008: “Mr. Putin’s most revealing characteristic is how he spends his time: watching military reprisals against Chechen nationalists. The more barbaric the imagery played out on his TV screen, including Chechen teenage boys being shot in the head, the greater is said to be Mr. Putin’s enjoyment.” Our intelligence services knew this about him. And our leaders knew this because they were briefed by our intelligence services. How did I know this? As director of the Monaco Intelligence Service, I was also briefed (along with Prince Albert) on Mr. Putin’s personality by Russia experts from both the CIA and MI6. Our intelligence services and leaders also knew, over 20 years ago, about Mr. Putin’s strong desire to reform the Soviet Union. This was partly why the (corrupt) deputy mayor of St. Petersburg was chosen by remnants of the KGB to replace Boris Yeltsin as president at the end of 1999. Please see INVESTIGATOR on A3

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As for the oligarchs — they love their lives! Enslaving Ukraine and the Ukrainians will do nothing to improve their existence. On the contrary, it will vastly complicate where they go and what they do. These are the greedy pigs who own townhouses on Belgrave Square in London and sprawling English estates and costume themselves like country squires in their quest to become more British than the Brits. They send their kids to expensive U.K. schools and vacation in pricey

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s Russia’s Vladimir Putin continues his cat-and-mouse-andready-to-pounce tactics with Ukraine and, by extension, the NATO alliance, he looks very much alone at the far end of a long conference table where he now chooses to perch himself, whether dialoguing with European leaders or his own ministers. And perhaps he now understands, as his own foreign minister Sergei Lavrov begs for more time to negotiate with the West, how very isolated he has become and, more important, how a bloody invasion of Ukraine would quite likely seal his own death warrant. Because invading Ukraine is a gamble that Mr. Putin, like Hitler before him, would ultimately lose, ending — happily, for the world—in his own demise. (His ploy for disenfranchising NATO has already backfired. Instead of achieving the result he desired, it effectively reinvigorated the alliance’s resolve to stand in unity.) And when putrid Putin is gone, no one will weep. Not his ex-wife (who he used to beat) nor his daughters, who know better than anyone what a tyrant he is. And certainly not the Russian people, who have been financially and emotionally raped by Mr. Putin and the mafia he brought with him to Moscow from St. Petersburg just over 22 years ago. Think “The Wizard of Oz” near the end when the Wicked Witch of the West melts after Dorothy douses her with a bucket of water after the witch sets the Scarecrow afire — and the witch’s henchmen, far from being angry, chant, “Hail to Dorothy! The wicked witch is dead!” The witch’s disappearance had set them free. Russian men and women in the street regard neighboring Ukrainians as their brothers and sisters. In their hearts, they share so similar a culture and soul that armed confrontation would feel to the people of this region like a civil war — except that Ukraine for the past 30 years has not been part of a dysfunctional “union” that, before then, constrained their policies from Moscow. Nor do Ukrainians desire to be dominated by a ruthless dictator from Mother Russia. In their sovereign country, Ukrainians have delighted in their own territorial integrity and national identity. And the average Russian in the street has no problem co-existing with a free and independent Ukraine. Russians will, however, have a major bone to pick with the imperialistic Mr. Putin when their children and grandchildren begin arriving home in body bags, by the droves And for what? they will ask. So that Mr. Putin — who seems to suffer from an insecurity complex — can put on yet another show of macho, like the time he pulled off his shirt and pretended, for photographers, to be Tarzan?

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Symphony concert commemorates COVID-19 Thomas Fire, Montecito debris flow hospitalizations drop By KATHERINE ZEHNDER NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

“Beethoven in Bloom” is being presented by the Santa Barbara Symphony and commemorates the Thomas Fire and the Montecito debris flow that followed it. The concert will take place at 3 p.m. today at The Granada, 1214 State St. A previous performance took place Saturday. This concert is being presented in partnership with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and will feature a piece by Jeff Beal, an Emmy-winning composer. The performance will also feature Michelle Temple, who has been the symphony’s principal harpist since 1991. Ms. Temple will perform Jennifer Higdon’s Harp Concerto, which originally premiered in 2018 in a concert by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra with harpist Yolanda Kondonassis and won the 2020 Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. “It is an honor to present such a dynamic program featuring two amazingly talented American contemporary composers,” said Nir Kabaretti, music and artistic director of the Santa Barbara Symphony. “We are also excited about our artistic partnership with the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, whose restoration work on the land on which Jeff Beal’s piece depicts, is extraordinary, and adds such dimension and emotion to the presentation,” Maestro Kabaretti said in a news release. “This provides such a unique way for audiences to further connect with

not only the music but with nature and the Santa Barbara community as a whole.” “The Great Circle” by Jeff Beal is described as a visual and musical depiction of the rebirth of the landscape after the Thomas Fire. Mr. Beal almost lost his home to the fire and experienced the devastation felt by communities in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, causing him to compose this symphonic work. “The Great Circle” paints nature’s primal elements and enduring power to survive, and includes a visual component incorporating photographs of the devastation, the heroism of first responders, and new photographs of the foothill rebirth from Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s photographic research collection. The piece is cast in five movements entitled “Earth,” “Air,” “Fire” and “Rebirth.” The title comes from a poem by Wendell Berry: “Our Children, Coming of Age.” “The Great Circle is a musical narrative written in response to the Thomas Fire, and the Montecito mudslides of 2017-18,” Mr. Beal said in the news release. “It is a piece about the complexity of our dance with our natural environment, i.e. the power of nature to both destroy and also regenerate itself. It is a meditation on the suffering, and compassion the community experienced during these times; an invitation to reflect on the past, the forces and elements, which also allow life to return in our future.” email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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As of Friday, there were 63 Santa Barbara County patients hospitalized with COVID-19, with 13 of those receiving ICU care. These numbers are down from two weeks ago, when there were approximately 108 hospitalized COVID patients, with 15 in ICU. The numbers show a 42% decrease in hospitalized patients. Of the 63 hospitalized COVID patients, 5 were at Lompoc Valley Medical Center, with one of those receiving ICU care, according to Steve Popkin, CEO of LVMC. LVMC continues to hold vaccination clinics for children 5-11 at the hospital every Wednesday, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Clinics for ages 12 and older, are held every Friday from 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. For all vaccination clinics, appointments may be scheduled at www.myturn.ca.gov and walkins are welcome. The county’s number of COVID cases per 100,000 peaked on January 10, at 258 cases. As of February 13, the number of cases was at an Omicron-surge low of 31.9 cases per 100,000. The peak of 258 cases per 100,000 is by far the highest rate of the entire pandemic. The highest rate before the Omicron surge was 96 back on January 10, 2021, a year prior to the most recent peak, according to Data from Mr. Popkin. According to Santa Barbara Public Health Department data, new COVID cases have declined 53% from its previous two-week average, and active cases have declined 47% from its previous two-week average. The COVID positivity rate in the county peaked at 21.1% on

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Michelle Temple, the Santa Barbara Symphony’s principal harpist, will be featured during the orchestra’s concert at 3 p.m. today.

Government offices, schools, courts and most banks will be closed on Monday because of Presidents Day.

TRAFFIC, CRIME AND FIRE BLOTTER Construction update for Highway 101 CARPINTERIA/MONTECITO — Caltrans has provided an update on its ongoing construction for Highway 101 on the South Coast. Here’s how lanes, ramps and one nearby street will be impacted.

NORTHBOUND Sunday nights from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. and Monday to Thursday nights from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m.: One lane will be open from State Route 150 to Sheffield Drive with

off-ramps at Bailard Avenue and North Padaro Lane. The on-ramp at Sheffield Drive will be closed for up to six months and is anticipated to reopen July 13, according to Caltrans. Until then, drivers can use the on-ramp at San Ysidro Road.

SOUTHBOUND Sundays from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. and Monday through Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.: One lane will be open from Sheffield Drive to State Route 150 with on- and off-ramps at South Padaro Lane/ Santa Claus Lane and Bailard Avenue. The on-ramp at Sheffield Dr

is anticipated to reopen June 12, according to Caltrans. Until then, drivers can use the southbound on-ramp at N. Padaro Lane. The off-ramp at Evans Avenue will be closed for up to nine months and is anticipated to reopen Oct. 2. Until then, drivers can use the southbound off-ramp at Sheffield Drive. During sound wall construction, North Jameson Lane by Sheffield Drive will have a temporary speed limit of 30 mph with bikes sharing the eastbound lane. “Please be mindful of sharing the lane with bicyclists during this time,” Caltrans advised. — Katherine Zehnder

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Continued from Page A1 for fiscal year 2021-2022 in grant funding for these projects. If California approves the $16 million, an additional $2 million is expected from the state for rental subsidies and operating costs, according to officials. Santa Barbara County would provide some funding, and Goleta has agreed to put up $600,000 if the money from the state is approved, said Mr. Valdez. The Super 8 project is billed as an effort to increase the supply of transitional housing, permanent supportive housing and emergency housing. Mr. Polanskey said the concept of permanent supportive housing means a person would be able to reside in a unit for as long as needed and so long as the individual adheres to all lease terms and rules. The supportive services would include individualized case management, education and employment aid, and on-site services, among other things. If the project is approved to move forward and comes to fruition, individuals who seek to live at the facility would need to sign a lease and adhere to certain commitments. It would be open to both individuals and households, Mr. Valdez said. Other changes to the Super 8 motel would include transforming its pool into a community garden and outdoor recreation area. Other renovations would increase laundry facilities and the accessibility of some units. “The most important thing is that it’s designed to create the stability that is lacking when folks are on the street and unhoused,” Mr. Valdez said. But Goleta residents have expressed concern

about safety if the project continues — both in the community and within the converted motel among its new residents. “These will be tenants that have expectations, and if they don’t meet those expectations, the Housing Authority has, in the past, evicted people. It’s not their first choice; it’s not what they want to do, but if they feel it’s what they must do, they will do it,” said Mr. Valdez, adding the Housing Authority is committed to being a “good neighbor” and ensuring the project has appropriate upkeep. “I think there’s some general trepidation about something like this. It sounds like it could be scary or problematic, but like anything, if the people involved are being supportive and you have people there to make sure things stay in line, it would work,” Mr. Valdez continued. During the earlier presentation, Mr. Polanskey also noted the residents at the housing development would primarily be people who are already living in and around Goleta. “If anything is the case, the incidents associated with people experiencing homelessness and the community impacts of that go down when we’re able to house people in permanent supportive housing,” Mr. Polanskey said. According to a presentation given last week, nearly 1,900 people in Santa Barbara County in 2020 were experiencing homelessness. There are six permanent supportive housing developments in Santa Barbara County. The closest to the proposed Goleta location is Pescadero Lofts in Isla Vista. Mr. Polanskey said the average time of being unhoused was 14 years when residents moved in. email: kschallhorn@newspress.com

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January 30. Since then, the rate has continuously declined and is at 11%, as of February 13. The rate of 21.1% is the highest of the entire pandemic. The peak rates during the two previous surges were 16.5% on January 10, 2021, and 16.1% on March 31, 2020. The percentage of the Santa Barbara County population that is vaccinated continues to grow slowly but steadily. The term fully vaccinated does not mean boosted. Each of the following figures represents approximately a 0.7 percentage point increase from two weeks prior: 79.7% of Santa Barbara County residents ages 5+ have had at least one vaccine dose. 71.6% of residents ages 5+ have been fully vaccinated. 75% of all county residents (all ages) have had at least one dose. 67.3% of the entire county population has been fully vaccinated. During the past two weeks, roughly 7,150 county residents received a booster dose during the past two weeks, increasing the total number to 151,153. The previous two weeks before that 12,000 residents were boosted. This equates to about 34% of the entire county population, and about 50% of the county population that is fully vaccinated. According to Santa Barbara County Public Health Department data, the county’s central region, which includes Lompoc, has a lower percentage of fully vaccinated residents than the other two regions. 59.2% of central region residents are fully vaccinated, compared to 63.5% for the north region, and 72.5% for the south region.

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This was known. And our leaders did nothing. How do I know this? I was there, in Moscow, operating undercover for FBI counterintelligence in January 1997. I was at an intimate dinner hosted for me and CIA defector Edward Lee Howard by former KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov at a restaurant called Fairy Tale. Mr. Kryuchkov’s right-hand man, Igor Prelin, set his hand on my wrist and asked, “What will Washington think when the Soviet Union re-emerges?” It was a chilling moment. If Putin the Terrible takes Ukraine, the Soviet Union will have re-emerged — and its evil axis with China will prove the gravest threat our country has ever seen. And it is our so-called “leaders” who are to blame for never having anything more than a reactive stance to world events. Just as they were to blame for appeasing Hitler, the debacle that was the Vietnam War and invading Iraq over so-called “weapons of mass destruction.” CIA Deputy Director of Operations Clair George told me, after I’d arrived in Washington, D.C., to work with him: “I’d take you downtown to a Starbucks and point the folks who really run things, but it’ll only scare the bejesus out of you.” Lest anyone have any doubt, this is what the legendary spymaster meant: Small minds. Minds that are easily led astray by lobbyists and special interests and the militaryindustrial complex. Minds that allow history to repeat itself.

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OBITUARIES SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2022 GRAND, Helen Barbara (GOWIN) 06/14/1919 – 02/13/2022

BELKIN, Barbara (Kessler)

Barbara (Kessler) Belkin passed away in late January following a rapid and unexpected decline in her health. We, her close family members, are writing this to say goodbye to our beloved wife, mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother, and to tell a bit of her life story. Barbara, the elder of the two daughters of Sylvia and Murray Kessler, was born on September 26, 1942 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch country where Murray and his two brothers owned a ladies’ garment factory. Her father was warm and generous, and Barbara was particularly close with him. The sense of loss experienced by Barbara when her father died at a young age remained with her throughout her life. After graduating from Lebanon High School, Barbara attended Penn State University for one year, but then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical Technology from the School of Allied Medical Professions. Barbara and her future husband Barry Belkin met as summer camp counselors in the Pocono mountains of northeast Pennsylvania. Following Barbara’s college graduation, she and Barry were married. Their shared deep affection for and commitment to each other marked their 57 years of marriage. Barbara and Barry began their married life in Ithaca, NY, where Barry was a graduate student in mathematics at Cornell University and Barbara worked in a Cornell research laboratory on projects related to the development of a treatment for psoriasis and to the study of the effects of weightlessness on the body chemistry of the Apollo astronauts. Barbara was particularly proud of the fact that her laboratory work supported the early Apollo space program. After Barry completed his graduate studies at Cornell, he and Barbara moved first to Bryn Mawr, PA and four years later to West Chester, PA. Their first son David was born in 1968 and their second son Richard was born in 1971. David was diagnosed at age two with Cystic Fibrosis at a time when a child born with CF was not expected to live past age 16. Keeping David out of the hospital was a huge challenge for both Barbara and Barry. Barbara was his primary care manager, a responsibility that she met with the dedication of a loving mother and the competency of a medical professional. Barbara’s ability to lead a life of fulfillment and meaning even while caring for her chronically ill son was a source of strength and inspiration for our family. Once the boys reached school age, Barbara began a new professional career in the food business. She worked on locating food sources, in product quality assurance, and in new product development. In this work, Barbara combined a number of her strong interests. She had discovered during her years in Ithaca that she loved working in a lab. She also loved to cook. Finally, she loved to travel. Her career in the food business provided Barbara with the opportunity to pursue all three of these passions. To involve her family, she sometimes brought her work home. First Barry, and then David and Rich became her new food product taste testers. Barry and Barbara occasionally collaborated on math problems related to Barbara’s work, such as that of formulating meatballs to minimize unit cost subject to product quality constraints. Barbara’s later work in new product development included important contributions to the development of Steak-Umm and KFC’s Popcorn Chicken. While pursuing her career, Barbara was always fully present at home: up and out of the house every morning by 7:00 AM, but always there when Rich and David came home from school, and already in the process of cooking the family dinner. Barbara had achieved the elusive goal of perfectly blending a career and family. While she was working for the Mrs. Paul’s division of the Campbell Soup Company, Barbara’s travel for work took her all over the world. In search of underutilized species of fish for Mrs. Paul’s Fish Sticks, Barbara traveled to Thailand, to the outermost Aleutian Islands, to the southern tip of Argentina, to New Zealand and to Korea. Eventually Barbara’s passion for traveling rubbed off on Barry and their travel together took them far and wide, including a visit to the bottom of an active diamond mine in Kimberley, South Africa. When Rich and Liza Presser married, Liza became the daughter that Barbara never had. Barbara loved cooking and was well-known among friends and family for her culinary skills, particularly her baking. She and Liza spent many hours together in the kitchen, with Barbara sharing her favorite recipes, even her most closely held recipe – that for schnecken. After Rich and Liza moved to CA, Barbara would bring a homemade cake with her on the plane to celebrate special occasions. When the Santa Barbara family visited PA, berry picking at a nearby orchard would be followed by strawberry shortcake and berry pie making with Danya (granddaughter) and Ryan (grandson). Barbara fully understood the power of food to create family memories and lasting bonds. As David approached the age of 30, his condition worsened to the point that he needed a lung transplant. David never received the lung transplant, and he died at age 30. The deep sense of loss felt by Barbara was in recent years accompanied by an equally deep sense of pride that Rich (now Dr. Richard Belkin, pulmonologist) now has adult patients who, with the treatments that have become available, can expect to live to age 60 or more. Prior to the relocation of Barry and Barbara to Santa Barbara in 2015, Barbara had been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, the likely precursor to eventual Alzheimer’s dementia. Participation for two years in a clinical trial to test a possible treatment failed to alter the course of the disease. While Barbara is no longer with us in person, her spirit is alive and well in each of those whom she loved and who loved her. The memory of this talented, elegant, and loving woman remains with us.

CARRAHER, Daniel Arthur

Dan Carraher passed away peacefully in his home on February 15th after a thirteen-year journey with Parkinson’s. Dan was born January 2, 1938 in Washington D.C. to Emmett and Ellen (Stanton) Carraher. Dan and his parents lived in Montville, Ohio where they owned and operated Carraher’s General Store. In 1950, they moved to Santa Barbara, California. Dan attended Santa Barbara Junior High and graduated in 1955 from Santa Barbara Catholic High School. After high school, Dan worked and saved to follow his passion to travel. Over his lifetime, he traveled throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Belgium, England, Ireland, and Scotland. He served in the Army Reserves for two years where he learned dental manufacturing and glassblowing skills through the dental core. After the army, Dan worked for Litton Industries. He was an avid skydiver and continued his passion for travel. In 1968, he met and married the love of his life Irene (Maidment) Carraher. She was the English girl next door who shared in his entrepreneurial spirit and passion for travel. They started their life together in Redwood City, California where their only daughter, Kelly, was born. In 1972, they purchased the Danedelion Hallmark Store and began their life in Solvang, California. Irene passed away in 1996 and Dan continued to operate the business until 2010. Throughout this time, Dan took up sailing and loved to be out on the ocean. Dan was a board member of the Solvang Lutheran Home and was essential in the expansion of the facility in the early ‘80s. He was a member of the Vikings men’s group where he served as the Blood Drive Chair and Chief for multiple years. Dan loved his business, his employees, and his customers. He always enjoyed meeting new people and visiting with customers from all over the world. He enjoyed his Friday lunches with The Guys, laughing and telling stories. However, Dan’s favorite pastime was spending time with his granddaughters Riley and Sophie. He was so very proud of them and loved being involved in raising them. He considered his family his greatest accomplishment. Dan is survived by his daughter Kelly Kluckman, son-in-law Paul Kluckman, granddaughters Riley Kluckman, Sophie Kluckman, and his cousin Gale (Carraher) Sheppard. As per Dan’s request, services will be private with the immediate family. He will be laid to rest next to Irene at the Ballard Cemetery. Please remember Dan by raising a glass of good Irish whiskey in his honor, spending time on the ocean, or making a donation in Dan’s name to Viking Charities. The family would like to say a special thank you to our friend Jerry Long and Leslie, Heather, Alana, and Cee Cee from Assisted Hospice for always taking such great care of Dan.

MIRANDA, Carmelita

Carmelita Miranda went to be with our Lord on January 29, 2022, much too early. She will be welcomed by her brothers, sisters and parents who have all gone before her in heaven. “Tita” as she was known to her family, was born in Piru, CA, the youngest of seven children to Julia & Merced Martinez. Her other siblings were Manuel, Edward, Lucy, Jesus, Salvador, Elvira, and Frank Martinez. She moved to Santa Barbara at a young age, graduating from Santa Barbara High School in 1955. She attended Santa Barbara Beauty College and became a hair stylist. She quickly grew a large clientele. She was a mentor and eventually taught at the Beauty College for a time. Carmelita was one of the most positive people you could meet. She was always laughing and smiling. She always saw the good in people and tried to help those less fortunate than her. She travelled to many places, meeting people, creating lasting friendships and heartfelt memories. She loved music, especially Latin music. As such, she became friends with the lead for Los Camperos that lasted for years. Hers was a life well lived. If you wanted advice or just needed someone to talk to, she was warm and caring and always willing to listen. Carmelita is survived by her son, Gerardo Miranda (Rose), grandchildren Jerry and Marissa Miranda, her niece, Sonia Villarreal, nephew Todd Kini and a multitude of other nephews and nieces, cousins, and friends. Because she is connected to both Santa Barbara and Piru, we wanted to give people at both locations an opportunity to say goodbye. We will celebrate her life as follows: Thursday, February 24th at 3:00, Welch-Ryce-Haider Chapel, located at 15 E. Sola in Santa Barbara. On Saturday, February 26th at 9:30 a.m. at San Salvador Mission, 4045 Center Street, Piru, CA, followed by interment at the Piru Cemetery and a reception to follow. We love you so much, Tita, and wait until the day we are joined again in God’s grace.

Helen passed away peacefully at Atterdag Care Center in Solvang at the age of 102. She was born in Buellton, California to Pasqual Grand and Maria Josefade Refugio Romero; Helen was the youngest of their 10 children. Always stubborn and spirited, Helen did things her way. She was ahead of her time as an independent woman. She married several times, but her independence always came ﬁrst. She raised four children and her foster daughter mostly as a single mother in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, well before it was socially accepted to do so. She earned her living as a waitress at the Yellow Jacket, Bit O Denmark, and other local restaurants of the time. She later worked for her son Dan at his businesses in Solvang and Santa Barbara. Helen cared for family and friends. She opened her home to many and gave freely what little she had. She was the hostess of many large family get-togethers at her home in Santa Ynez, always cooking, baking, and making jam for everyone. Helen was proceeded in death by her parents and siblings, Alex, Dora, Joe, Jerry, George, Annie, Rosabell, Edward and Emma and her grandson Adam Bordon. Helen is survived by her children Dan Martin (Linda), Rodney Spaulding, Elaine Pinoli (Allen), Jackie Bordon (Raoul), and her bonus daughter Vera Norﬂeet, her grandchildren Lynette Spaulding, Rodney Spaulding Jr. (Marie), John Rasmussen, Shelley Johnson (Ben), Bradley Bordon (Sarah), Kari Parks (Dennis) and John Riegel (Melanie), her great-grandchildren Cody, Kai and Chelsea Parks, Bryce Rasmussen, Gunnar and Deagan Johnson, Jaron Riegel and Wyatt Bordon. Helen’s family is forever grateful to the amazing staff at Atterdag Care Center for their love and care. Vaya Con Dios Mama. A private burial is planned. A celebration of her life will be held in June.

RAMIREZ, Helen

June 18, 1933 – February 10, 2022

Helen Ramirez passed away on February 10, 2022 after a prolonged illness. She was born in El Paso, Texas to James and Velia (Montañez) Robinson. Her parents and her older sisters Yolanda and Irene, younger sisters Lillian and Ruby, and younger brother Louie all preceded her in death. On June 16, 1987 she also lost a son, David, to a motorcycle accident. Helen is survived by her husband Jose, children Susan Cavalli (Dave) and Joe, and grandsons Chayton and Talon Ramirez, grandson Matthew Cavalli (Kaylin) and their children Aydin, Paisley and Macie in Omaha, NE., and many cousins and nephews. She was a military wife and as such moved around the country after her marriage to Jose in 1965. Miami, Florida was her first “assignment” followed by Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune, N. C., El Toro, California, and finally, Santa Barbara. She and Jose met in El Paso when he went there to attend Texas Western University (now UTEP). She worked in the soda fountain of the Cortez Hotel where he was a Bellman. When Jose was planning to join the Navy, he was underweight, so she would put extra scoops of ice cream in his shakes to help him gain weight. It worked! Helen was a diligent mother who had to carry on those duties by herself while Jose, a Marine Corps aviator, was deployed overseas on several occasions. The Ramirez family arrived in Santa Barbara in 1975 and settled on the Mesa becoming members of the Holy Cross Church parish. She immediately joined the Altar Society and became an active member in that organization as Secretary and Treasurer for many years. She helped organize the yearly picnic, Christmas Boutique, and other fund-raising projects. She was the coordinator for many social functions at the church, specifically afterfuneral receptions at the hall (Monsignor Hayes jokingly referred to her as his “funeral director”). She crocheted countless blankets for the nuns from Tijuana and for the Unity Shoppe. She volunteered at Catholic Charities, the religious items store, and any other task for which she was asked. She was an accomplished painter, stamp collector and maker of plaster figurines. Helen loved to take long walks along the Shoreline Park and along Cabrillo to State Street. She had several walking partners who, at times, would take her along twice. It was her strong constitution that enabled her to withstand numerous surgeries and hospital stays. Helen was a devout catholic who adored the Virgin Mary, Mother of God. She would attend the 8:00 a.m. weekly masses and stay to pray the rosary. Afterwards she and some of her fellow parishioners would walk the half block to McDonald’s for their morning coffee. Those same friends brought her breakfast and coffee just two days before her passing. The family would like to thank her primary physician Dr. Gerald Svedlow who treated her for over 25 years and became a dear friend; thanks to Dr. Jeffrey Gauvin, surgeon extraordinaire who saved her life and granted her extra years with us. And our gratitude to the staff of Visiting Nurses Association who provided loving care and support to her and to us. Helen never met a person she didn’t like, and the feeling was mutual: she was loved by everyone who knew her. Her beautiful smile will be sorely missed by all. A rosary will be held on Friday, February 25 at 6:30 p.m. and a funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Cross Church, 1740 Cliff Drive in Santa Barbara. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery close to her son, David. In lieu of flowers please make donations in Helen’s memory to the National Kidney Foundation and/or to the American Diabetes

DITTMAR, Robert Evans

Robert Evans Dittmar was born September 28, 1924 and went home to be with the Lord peacefully in his home on January 23, 2022. He lived a very full life, having graduated as a “Gondolier” from Venice High School in 1942, and then joining the United States Coast Guard from which he was honorably discharged as a WWII veteran. Bob was respected by all who knew him. He was quick to share a story, a humorous event, or to lend a helping hand to friends, children and grand children, and to spend time with his great-grandchildren. Bob came to Santa Barbara in 1960 with his wife, Mary Helen Ellis, and his three girls. He worked for many years as a tile setter, and then partnered in two businesses, Santa Barbara Selectile and Tile Collection. Bob enjoyed reading and sports, was an avid golfer, enjoyed visiting casinos, and was a member of the Elks Club, where he socialized at their spaghetti dinner gatherings. His love of his country and his history was rich. Bob was a child of the Depression and moved to California from Oklahoma during the “Dust Bowl.” He often shared stories of seeing cattle drives and using an ice box with the ice having come from an ice wagon transported by a horse. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at 11:00 AM, at WelchRyce-Haider Funeral Chapel, 15 E Sola St., Santa Barbara, with a lunch reception to follow at Mulligans Cafe & Bar, 3500 McCaw Ave, Santa Barbara, where Bob loved to hang out and have chiles rellenos. Bob was preceded in death by his wives Mary Ellis Dittmar and Jean Kibler, and his daughters Linda Hurst and Nancy Romer. He is survived by his daughter Terry Dittmar Almy, and her husband Grinnell, of West Los Angeles; granddaughter Lori Cumming of Walnut Creek; grandson Aaron Hurst, and his wife Poppy, of Buellton; grandson Jason Kienborts of Beaverton, Oregon; granddaughter Kelly Dunn, and her husband Chip, of La Center, Washington; granddaughter Lindsey Kienborts of Santa Ynez; and greatgrandchildren Hailey and Evelyn Hurst, Kyle, Katelyn and Madison Dunn, Earl and Charlie Kienborts, Olivia Jimenez-Kienborts, and Cristina Muñoz. Our beloved Dad, Grandpa, and Great-Grandpa will be missed beyond words. Throughout his life, he touched too many to name. In lieu of ﬂowers, please consider making a donation to Assisted Home Health and Hospice (https://assistedcares.com/what-makes-us-different/hospice-foundation/).

POPKIN, Sonja Judy June 02, 1939 - February 15, 2022

Sonja Judy Popkin was born in Colfax, Washington and relocated to Santa Barbara at a very young age. She attended La Cumbre Junior High, Santa Barbara High School and graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Honors and then received her teaching credential as well. She loved children and spent over 25 years of her life teaching elementary school and supervised the after school program in Santa Barbara. She loved to travel, which took her around the globe after retirement. She loved books and reading. She valued her family above everything and truly gave so much love to each and everyone of her family members. Her love for her husband Larry began when she was 12 years old. She was Larry’s sister Gail’s best friend. Larry and Sonja were best friends throughout their lives, married and raised their family happily on the High Meadow Hill enjoying the view, welcoming family and enjoying the sunset together. Sonja was born February 2, 1939 to Ellie and Betty Erickson. Sonja had one brother, Gregory Erickson who married Karen Knight. Sonja is survived by her husband, Larry Popkin, sons Michael Vellekamp and Mark Vellekamp (wife Stephanie), stepdaughters Lee Anne McNulty (husband Tim) and Lara Vacca, eight grandchildren: Hannah, Heather, Vincent, Izabelle, Samuel, Zachary, Alexander and Nicholas and two greatgrandchildren Steel and Talon.

DELLAR, Ronald Deane

Ronald Deane Dellar passed away peacefully at home with his wife of 47 years, Camille, by his side. Ron was born on June 27, 1932 and grew up attending local Santa Barbara schools. He attended Santa Barbara High School and Carpinteria High School and from there he entered the United States Navy. Ron served as a Damage Controlman for 4 years and participated in Operation Castle. After leaving the Navy, Ron began his fulfilling 31-year career as a firefighter with the Montecito Fire Protection District. During his career, in addition to battling countless fires, including 3 major ones, he witnessed many changes such as population increases and advances in fire fighting technique. Ron became a Captain in 1982 and played an active role in district improvement programs and worked with the community to better the district’s efficiency. Ron became a father to Dale and Pam during the earlier years of his career and in 1974 he married Camille. He retired in 1988, enabling him to spend more time with his family. During retirement, Ron enjoyed many camping trips and a lot of traveling. As evidenced in his den, he also built an impressive book collection. You could find him outside working in his yard until the week before he left us. Ron is survived by his wife, Camille Dellar, his son, Dale Dellar (Julia), his daughter, Pamela Dellar, his grandchildren, Nicolas Isle Dellar (Becky) and Meehan Nicole DellarShannon (Daniel), and great-grandchildren, Joshua, Caleb, Ryder, River Joy, and India Love. Ron’s family would like to thank the VNA hospice nurses, especially sister-in-law, Kym Renga.

LUBKE, Arba Logan

October 30, 1931 - January 25, 2022

On January 25, Arba Logan Lubke, 90, of Elko, NV, died of natural causes in his sleep at Meadow Creek Rehabilitation Center in Kimberly, ID. Arba, always referred to as Arby, by his family and close friends, was born in Haswell, Colorado, to Logan and Vanna Lubke on October 30, 1931. Arba spent most of his adult life living in beautiful, Santa Barbara, CA. He enjoyed fishing, playing tennis, flying RC planes and spending time with his close friends and family. Arba is preceded in death by his father, Logan, mother Vanna, and brother Leighton. He is survived by his brother Clair Lubke and four children, Lynn Lubke, Bret Lubke, Lance Lubke and Lana (Lubke) Linstruth, his first wife Joyce and second wife Barbara. Arba requested not to have any service or memorial.

RENSHAW, Nancy Rogers

Nancy passed away on January 8, 2022 in the house in which she was raised, surrounded by family and close friends. It was her home for 83 years. She was born at St. Francis Hospital in Santa Barbara on October 8, 1935 to Clarence Rogers and Bessie Gesell Rogers. She attended Roosevelt Elementary, La Cumbre Jr. High and was a member of the class of 1953 at Santa Barbara High. She ultimately graduated from the Montecito School for Girls but was a devout SBHS Don through and through. She graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri with a major in music and received her elementary teaching credential at the University of Missouri. She met the love of her life, David Renshaw, while attending a dance at Stephens (which is hilarious because our dad did not like to dance!) They were married at All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Barbara on June 12, 1957. Besides her devotion and love for her family, she enjoyed music, cooking, and entertaining. She was a big-time Dodgers Baseball fan since the ‘40s and could spout out statistics about them until the very end. She was extremely happy when they won the World Series in 2020! Mom was always volunteering for something. She was our Brownie and Girl Scout leader and PTA president at Roosevelt and SBHS. She got involved with the Youth Symphony when we did, but continued to volunteer for many years afterwards. She volunteered with the Music Van, helped coordinate the Pops and Pastry and Tiny Tots concerts and was instrumental in helping to create the Jr Ensemble, Jr Orchestra and After School Strings Program. Mom’s legacy will certainly be her devotion to the youth of Santa Barbara as she made sure that anyone who wanted to learn how to play an instrument got the chance. She rarely missed a SB Symphony concert and enjoyed attending Master Classes at the Music Academy of the West. She also loved attending her grandchildren’s theatrical performances even though she had to travel to Canada to do so. She was a member of the local PEO chapter which provides educational scholarships to women. Nancy is predeceased by David, her husband of 56 years. She is survived by her daughters, Susan Dawson of Santa Barbara and Katharine McKee (Carman) of British Columbia. Susan’s husband Jack, sadly passed away 5 days after Nancy. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Peter Dawson, Connor McKee (Alexandra) and Ceanna McKee and by her beloved sister, Shirley Trimble and countless nieces and nephews. A memorial will be held at First United Methodist Church 305 E. Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara at 11:00 am on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations may be made to the Santa Barbara Symphony Education Program or Direct Relief in Santa Barbara.

DAWSON, John “Jack” Howard, Jr. DC April 14, 1955 – January 13, 2022

Jack Dawson passed away at home in Santa Barbara with many friends and family in attendance on January 13, 2022. He was 66 years old and had been fighting thyroid cancer for nearly 5 years. He was born to John and Mary Dawson of Downey, CA and was the youngest of four children. He played water polo while attending Warren High School in Downey and graduated in 1973. He attended the University of Iowa where he was a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity and received his Doctor of Chiropractic through National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Illinois. He practiced chiropractic in San Luis Obispo, Westlake Village, and eventually moved to Santa Barbara where he had a long successful career at Dawson Chiropractic. He retired in 2020. He married Kyleen Wells Dawson in 1988 and they had one son, Peter Bradley Dawson. After their divorce, he married the love of his life and co-adventurer, Susan Renshaw Dawson on April 21, 2001. They enjoyed traveling overseas and countless camping trips in their Eurovan. Jack enjoyed sharing his love of sailing and outdoor adventures with friends and family. He took many trips to the Channel Islands on his sailboat, thus acquiring the name Captain Jack. Jack and Susan attended Santa Barbara Community Church where they were lovingly supported. Jack’s relationship with the Lord was inspiring to all and got stronger as his illness intensified. ‘Monday Nights at Jack’s’ turned out to be a sacred time of prayer and laughter after he could no longer go on his excursions. Susan created a Facebook group titled ‘Jack’s Awesome Friends’ but all of his friends would agree that Jack was the one who was Awesome. He was preceded in death by his parents John Howard Heaton Dawson and Mary Elizabeth Mercer Dawson. He is survived by his wife Susan and his son Peter of Santa Barbara, his brothers Edwin Leroy Sayre and Francis Mercer Dawson MD (Cheryl), and his sister Dorothy Dawson Woodward (Charles). He has many devoted nieces and nephews. A remembrance and celebration of Jack’s life will be held at Santa Barbara Community Church, 1002 Cieneguitas Rd., Santa Barbara on February 24 at 1PM. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation in Jack’s memory to the Conejo Free Clinic in Thousand Oaks, Heal the Ocean or the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission.

ROMERO, Lolita “Lola” M. 5/17/1930 - 12/22/2021

Lolita, mostly known as Lola, was called home December 22, 2021. She was 91 and was born here in Santa Barbara to Joseph L. and Frances Valencia Romero. She was the eldest of eight children. Lola attended local schools and was a graduate of Santa Barbara High, class of 1949. Three years later, much to her parents surprise, Lola enlisted in the United States Navy, where she served as a Hospital Corpsman in several Naval Hospitals on the east coast. She served from 1952 to 1957 when she decided to come home to be with family. Being in the Navy was her life’s joy and throughout the years she expressed her regret for not staying in longer, all while boasting about the places she traveled, the people she met and served. Her second love was her trademark 1957 white Ford Thunderbird, which she drove for about 30 years. She later worked as a Radiologist at local hospitals, with the majority of those years at Santa Barbara County Hospital, where she was revered in her craft, training many upcoming radiology techs. Lola had a good sense of humor, loved cats -- especially her “Squeakers,” a good movie, gardening, cooking and shopping QVC. She never married or had children, but was a wonderful aunt. “DeeDee” was an aunt to several nieces and nephews, but was like a second mom to her sister Barbara’s three daughters, Cindy, Lisa and Janice. Always fun, and willing to spoil. DeeDee was dearly loved and is truly missed. Lola was preceded in death by all of her siblings, except her brother Ron Romero of Lompoc. Lola, a very private person who loved being to herself, asked that there be no services, and didn’t want “a fuss.” Her only wish was to be joined with her beloved sea. Her “three girls” will honor her wishes at a later springtime date in a very intimate celebration of life. Always in our memories and forever in our hearts.

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Westmont defeats Menlo during doubleheader By JACOB NORLING WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

Golden State Athletic Conference play opened up on Friday in Montecito, when the Warriors hosted the Menlo Oaks (5-4-1, 0-2 GSAC) for a doubleheader. The Westmont baseball team (13-1, 2-0 GSAC) allowed an early three-spot in game one, but bounced back to win 11-3, before the arms led them to a 3-0 win in game two. “I thought we played solid baseball today,” said Westmont head coach Robert Ruiz. “We played some pretty clean games, with just a few mistakes. Obviously, it’s still early in the season, and we have to continue polishing up each week.” In game one, freshman standout Bryan Peck got the ball for the Warriors, coming into the game with a 0.50 ERA in 18 innings. The Oaks gave the right-hander a rude greeting in his first conference start, after the first two batters of the game reached safely. Following a hit-by-pitch and a single through the right side, Menlo’s Ethan Baird obliterated a ball down the right field line for a three-run homer. The lefthander skipped three-quarters of the way down the first base line, glaring into his own dugout as his teammates erupted. In their first GSAC game since March of 2020, the Oaks won the game’s first moment. Westmont won the remainder of moments that the day had to offer. Menlo’s 3-0 advantage did not last beyond Westmont’s sixth batter of the day. After Brad Renck hit his first of three doubles, Simon Reid got Westmont on the board with an RBI single into center. Reid’s courtesy runner, Dusty Shraeder, came around two batters later, when Josh Rego won an epic 10-pitch at bat by doubling to the right-center field wall. Parker O’Neil capped off the first-inning rally with a line drive into center, bringing in Rego to tie the game at three. In the bottom of the third, Rego found himself in the spotlight again. With two men aboard, Rego hammered a ball to the deepest part of the ballpark in left-center, bringing home Renck and Thomas Rudinsky. Rego beat the relay throw to third, and flexed to his dugout as they celebrated a 53 lead and Rego’s team-leading fifth triple. Finn Snyder added to the cause when he brought in Rego with a base hit to right field, giving Westmont a 6-3 advantage. An inning later, Reid picked up his 24th RBI of the campaign when Robbie Haw came in on a clean single up the middle. Through six innings, Westmont led 8-3 thanks to their productive at bats, but Peck’s ability to settle in after the first was not lost in the shuffle. Following the three-run first inning, Peck fired five scoreless innings, ultimately picking up his third win of the season with his six-inning outing. “I was really impressed with Peck,” noted Ruiz. “He’s been really good for us and he faced some serious adversity in the first inning. For him to settle in and find a way to gut out six innings was fantastic. He’s not going to have his A-plus stuff every week, but his ability to find a way is a sign of maturity.” Snyder and Rego each picked up another RBI as the game carried on, and the Warriors rallied to carry an 11-3 lead into the ninth inning. The Oaks scratched across three runs off of Aidan Holly in the ninth, but a diving catch from Rego at first finished off Westmont’s first conference win of the season. “Our guys did a good job offensively taking what the game gave us,” reflected Ruiz. “We had some good at bats early and ended up getting into their bullpen pretty quickly. Our approach was a lot more

complete today. Our goal is to be as aggressive as we can and I think in game one, our guys did exactly what we asked them to do.” In game two, Westmont struck first in the bottom of the second, when David Martinez brought in Rego with a double to left center. Snyder continued his big day at the plate by following up Martinez’ double with a triple of his own, giving the Warriors a 20 lead. Westmont’s bats went quiet for the next few innings, but fortunately for the club, starter Eric Oseguera held the Oaks scoreless through four innings without breaking a sweat. “Osey was awesome,” began Ruiz. “He is a gritty competitor, and he was dealing with some hitters that were having great at bats against him. I thought they gave him a few at bats where they really made him work, but he maintained his composure and made big pitches when he needed to.” In the top of the fifth, after Martinez couldn’t snare a hard hit ball down the third base line, the Oaks were gifted a leadoff runner on second base. Then, after Oseguera got an out, the right-hander walked a pair before being pulled with the bases loaded. With the bases loaded and one out in the fifth, Ruiz opted to hand the ball to Sam Kim, a sophomore who hadn’t surrendered a run in seven innings in pre-conference play. Baird, the lone Oak with a big swing in game one, chased a breaking ball for strike three, putting Kim on the brink of getting out of the inning. The last man in Kim’s way was Anthony Masetti. With the bases juiced, in a 3-2 count, Kim fired a fastball in on the hands of Masetti, who harmlessly flared a ball into the glove of Renck at second base. Westmont’s dugout pounced out of the dugout to greet the sophomore, who strutted his way off the mound after playing hero in the fifth. “We threw him right into the fire and it was hot,” said Ruiz. “To be honest, we haven’t seen him in that situation. We had faith in him though, because we know he’s a guy who can throw a strike with any of his pitches in any count. “That’s a tough situation to come into, I don’t care who you are. For him to get that done made me really proud today.” Westmont’s final run of the night came following Paul Mezurashi’s leadoff double in the fifth. The speedster came in to score a batter later when Haw grounded a ball through the left side. Kim came out for an encore in the sixth inning, and retired the side in order to finish one and two-thirds perfect innings in relief. After the Warriors went down in order in the bottom half of the inning, bullpen ace Carlos Moreno came out to secure the win. Moreno got the first two men to stare at strike three before allowing a two-out single and a walk, bringing the potential tying run to the plate. Baird stepped in the box with two on and two out, nearly six hours after opening the day with a three-run home run. On this occasion, Baird passed the baton, lining a single into right field to load the bases for Hunter Van Cott. On an 0-1 pitch, Van Cott got under a fastball, and flew out to Luke Tillitt in routine right field, sealing the doubleheader sweep for the Warriors. “We respect our opponent and we know those guys are coming back tomorrow ready to compete,” expressed Ruiz. “We have to keep our foot on the gas and play hard, and we know it starts with high energy. We know we’re going to be in a couple tough games tomorrow.” Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College. email: sports@newspress.com

Westmont’s Heacock named Pitcher of the Week

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Westmont pitcher Bradley Heacock has shown his talent for striking out the opposition.

By JACOB NORLING WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

ALISO VIEJO — For the second time in as many weeks, Westmont has itself a Golden State Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week. Sophomore right-hander Bradley Heacock is the next Warrior to earn the honor, following freshman Bryan Peck. Heacock, who made 14 appearances in relief as a freshman, has seamlessly made the transition to a Warriors starting rotation that has been their biggest strength this season. In three starts, Heacock has earned the win in each contest while limiting the opposition to a .182 batting average. On Feb. 12, Heacock was the first Warrior to take the mound in a road start, but the Yucaipa native still looked right at home. Heacock fired six shutout innings while striking out a career-high six batters against the Marymount Mariner in an eventual 10-0 win for the Warriors. Overall, in 16 innings of work, the right-hander has struck out 15

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The No. 6 UCSB men’s volleyball team stepped up every time it needed to on Friday against No. 13 BYU, showing off its defensive prowess and never trailing by more than a single point in any set in a convincing sweep of the Cougars, 25-21, 25-18, 25-23. The Gauchos (8-4) leaned on their depth to win their third straight match overall and fourth straight at home. It was their third sweep in their last six contests at Rob Gym. Middle blocker Dain Johnson earned his second start of the year and finished with six kills and four blocks on a team-best .625 hitting percentage. Fellow sophomore Rees Barnett finished with a match-best three aces. Outside hitters Ryan Wilcox (11 kills) and Nick Amoruso (10) reached double-figures together for the third time this year. Wilcox also finished with five blocks. Sophomore setter Patrick Paragas went for 32 assists and doubled his previous career-high with six blocks. Middle blocker Donovan Todoror matched him for team-high honors with six blocks. It was a huge defensive night from outside hitter Dayne Chalmers, who set a personalbest with 13 digs, averaging a whopping 4.3 per set. UCSB won the first set 25-21. A balanced defense saw the Gauchos take a 5-0 block advantage in the opening set, holding BYU to a .176 hitting percentage. UCSB fended the Cougars off throughout, never allowing them to take the lead. After BYU fought back to tie it at 18-18, the Gauchos responded with four straight points to pull away. They picked

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Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College.

Michael Jorgenson writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

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up their final two points of the set with big blocks from the trio of Todorov, Paragas and Chalmers. UCSB then won the second set 25-18. The Gauchos got a big set two out of Wilcox, who went for six kills hitting at a .444 clip. BYU couldn’t find the openings in the UCSB defense, hitting .000 as a team. Santa Barbara took an early 138 lead on one of Wilcox’s powerful downward slams. The Gauchos would take a sevenpoint lead on multiple occasions, the last of which sealed the 25-18 win via another triple block, this time by Wilcox, Paragas and Johnson. The triple block seals game two, and the Gauchos are one set away from winning their fourth straight at Rob Gym! And UCSB won the third set 2523. UCSB opened set three with a 3-0 advantage, but BYU took its latest lead in any game with a 4-0 run to go up 11-10. A timely timeout was followed by four straight Gaucho points, as Paragas put UCSB up with an ace and Amoruso capped the run with one of his 10 kills. Todorov gave the Gauchos their largest lead of the set with a kill to make it 20-14. BYU made things interesting late, showing perseverance to win some long rallies and surviving a match point to make it 24-23. However, a final Cougar serve went long, ending the match.

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UCSB men’s volleyball team defeats BYU in three sets By MICHAEL JORGENSON

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Solvang 68/39

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0.00” 0.03” (2.59”) 8.92” (11.34”)

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LOCAL TEMPS Today Hi/Lo/W 71/32/c 65/43/pc 63/44/pc 64/45/pc 64/43/pc 70/38/pc 61/47/pc 61/49/pc

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At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment. Storage 92,031 acre-ft. Elevation 711.53 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 15.5 acre-ft. Inflow 31.5 acre-ft. State inflow 0.0 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -93 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Engineering/Technical Senior Director, Project Engineering & Project Management (Apeel Technology Inc; Goleta, CA): Lead the Project Engineering team and manage projects involving products and technologies that make use of natural sciences (speciﬁcally, food science, biology and chemistry) by using molecules from agricultural byproducts to lengthen the shelf life and improve the quality of fresh fruits and vegetables. 25% Domestic and 25% International travel required. Applicants should send resumes to: Apeel Technology Inc., ATTN: HR, 71 South Los Carneros Road, Goleta, CA, 93117

FRONT HOUSE PERSONNEL SUPERVISOR – MORNING SHIFT Campus Dining

The Front House Personnel Supervisor is responsible for aiding the Personnel Manager in all aspects of hiring, training, scheduling, and supervision of all student employees. Responsible for overseeing a catering program during the summer season. Reqs: Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, high volume operation with a large team of managers, full-time and student staff. Minimum two years of supervisory experience. Ability to work with a diverse staff. Ability to effectively and clearly communicate directions to employees and customers. Excellent customer service skills. Ability to work independently and exercise initiative while also acting as a team member. Ability to communicate, analyze and troubleshoot situations as they occur. Experience with Excel and Word. Notes: Maintain a valid CA driver’s license. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $42,900 $48,900/yr. Sun: 6:00am-2:30pm, MTh: 6:30am-3:00pm. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Afﬁrmative Action Employer, and all qualiﬁed applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 2/28/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu. Job # 31292.

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Responsible for administrative coordination and processing of academic merit and promotion cases, faculty recruitment and appointment cases, recruiting and hiring temporary Lecturers, occasional postdoc and other research appointments, and payroll. Responsibilities include working with the Office of International Student and Scholars on visa requests, assisting visiting scholars, facilitating leave requests in a timely manner, attending training, and maintaining a working knowledge of the Academic Personnel Manual and campus Red Binder. This individual will work closely with faculty, the Department Chair, and the College of Letters & Science Academic Personnel Analyst. This position requires initiative, ability to work independently, multi-tasking, attention to detail, confidentiality, sound judgment, and decision-making skills. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience in a higher education setting. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61 - $25.77/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 3/1/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 30878.

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Serves as primary departmental UCPath initiator for all student staff new hires, concurrent, and rehires. Responsible for onboarding all student staff hires and assisting with onboarding new career staff. Prepares and processes all employment forms for approximately 300 student non-academic employees and 25 academic employees under the Graduate Student Association leadership. Prepares employment requisitions, assembles search committees, trains committees on University employment guidelines, interview procedures, and applicant evaluation. Reviews interview questions; leads search committee through the process to ensure adherence with campus employment policies. Advises career staff and approximately 300 students on University policies and procedures on payroll, benefits, vacation, sick and compensatory time, travel, and employment. Ensures internal, campus, state, and federal regulations are followed. Provides resources for department supervisors in key areas of Human Resources including A.S. employee orientation, benefits, and workers compensation. Provides payroll financial documentation for the annual payroll audit that details each budgeted area within Associated Students. Oversees the department key and security system. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree Human Resources/ Business Administration or equivalent combination of education and experience. 1+ years experience in payroll administration. 1+ years experience in employment guidelines, interview procedures, and applicant evaluation. Knowledge of USCIS I-9 employee citizenship and visa requirements, lawful permanent resident, an alien authorized to work in the U.S. Notes: Satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check. Campus Security Authority. $24.62 - $28.81/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 3/1/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 31114.

CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATIONS OFFICER Arts & Lectures

Full functional responsibility for all financial, personnel and administrative operations of the Arts & Lectures unit. As part of the senior management team, serves as an advisor to the Executive Director and Associate Director on high-level matters of critical importance, creating and implementing short and long-range strategic financial, personnel, and operation plans and goals. Directs contractors, vendors and departmental staff at select A&L events and has the autonomy and authority to represent the organization at high-level meetings and events. Serves as a senior point of contact in the absence of the Executive and Associate Director. Handles contractual negotiation with agents/artists/ managers under the Associate Director in support of Associate Director’s contract delegation authority. Independently identifies issues, initiates research, interprets information, and acts on issues regarding personnel, space and facilities management, grants management, accounting, travel, payroll, procurement, contracting, and business services. Solves a variety of complex problems that require professional experience, operational and organizational knowledge, and a thorough understanding of Federal, State, UC and University policies and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/ training. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Ability to work occasional evening and weekend hours. Salary commensurate with experience. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 3/2/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 31394.

ASSISTANT TO THE DEANS Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

Provides direct analytical, administrative, and confidential support for the Deans. Coordinates Deans’ appointments and workflow. Maintains and prioritizes multiple, complex calendars and makes arrangements that require coordination of multiple schedules and facilities. Arranges travel and entertainment schedules. Oversees timely receipt and distribution of correspondence, reports, and responses to inquiries for the Deans. Compiles information, analyzes and organizes data, updates databases, prepares reports, and drafts correspondence. Assists with visitors regarding Bren School space, computing, internal communications and other resources. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent training or experience. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61 - $25.77/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 22982.

Helps develop the Computer Science Department’s outreach and communication. Assists in planning and implementing departmental conferences, colloquia and special events including the annual CS Summit and the weekly Theory seminar series. Maintains the department website and social media presence. Assists in development efforts. Reqs: Strong written and verbal communication skills, active listening and critical thinking. Thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of writing, grammar, syntax, style, and punctuation. Thorough skills to write clear, lively, engaging and compelling copy in a variety of styles appropriate to target audiences and/or the broader public, while ensuring adherence to the location’s message. Ability to organize, coordinate and prioritize workload and work independently under the pressure of deadlines. Ability to interpret and comply with complex policies and procedures. Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse pool of faculty, students and staff and provide excellent customer service. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. This career position is funded until 3/31/23, may be extended dependent upon grant funding $24.61 - $25.16/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Afﬁrmative Action Employer, and all qualiﬁed applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review date begins 2/23/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 30909.

ASST DIR, DONOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT & RECOGNITION Development

Oversees the central comprehensive gift acknowledgments and recognition communication programs designed to foster a culture of appreciation and to recognize the University’s key donors, as well as manages the interpretation and application of complex data for the entire unit. The Assistant Director provides expert analytical, strategic planning, project management and proactive department support for DRS. S/he maintains a substantial knowledge of University and divisional policies and procedures related to the acquisition and use of data, and the use and application of Advance in a major capital fundraising environment. Additionally, the Assistant Director will exercise strong and effective leadership and will be responsible for the development of new tools, protocols, criteria and best practices around donor acknowledgments and recognition, including for building naming and signage. The Assistant Director will be required to communicate in a highly professional manner with key constituencies including, the University’s top donors, development ofﬁcers, UCSB faculty and staff, and students on a regular basis. Responsible for ensuring optimal alignment and best practices within Institutional Advancement. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree/ equivalent. Strong analytic and project management skills, excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, attention to detail, ability to multi-task and work under shifting and tight timelines with the utmost conﬁdentiality are required. Notes: Must be able to work occasional evenings and weekends in order to meet deadlines. Satisfactory conviction history background check. Application review begins 2/23/22. View the detailed description of job duties, and apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 30800.

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Carries out the operational processes of the Arts & Lectures Ticket Office. Principal duties include processing ticket sales for over 100 performances, films, and lectures presented annually by Arts & Lectures with yearly sales exceeding $1,000,000 and supervising numerous part-time student employees. Responsible for exact record-keeping, money deposits, and reporting consistent with University policies and standards. Follows Ticket Office policies and procedures set by the Manager of Ticket Office Operations and Arts & Lectures’ Executive Director, and ensures standards are maintained within the Ticket Office. Leads by example and ensures that ticket office staff also provide courteous, accurate and prompt service to clients and customers, including students, faculty, staff, members of the community, VIPs, and donors. Is a key member of the administrative, marketing, and development teams. Reqs: 2-3 years customer service experience. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed. $24.61 - $26.32/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 3/4/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 31505.

CASE RESOLUTION OFFICER Title IX and Sexual Harassment Policy Compliance Ofﬁce

Conduct investigations of reports under the Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy and the nondiscrimination policies, assist with interim protections and accommodations and connect parties with local support resources. Maintains experienced knowledge of relevant federal and state laws, university policies, local campus procedures, department case history and political environments relevant to Title IX. Advises campus departments and individuals on complaint and investigation policies, procedures, and best practices. Conducts extensive research on state and federal laws regarding discrimination, sexual violence, and sexual harassment laws and regulations. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree in related area or equivalent experience/ training. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child Abuse. Mandated reporting requirements of Dependent Adult Abuse. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $67,500 - $86,050/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Afﬁrmative Action Employer, and all qualiﬁed applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 3/1/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 31320.

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Primary emphasis is on increasing philanthropic support to UC Santa Barbara by maximizing the interest, involvement and commitment of alumni, parents and friends as well as select corporations and foundations in the assigned regions. Focuses on the identification, cultivation, and solicitation of individual prospects, including alumni, parents, and friends of the University. Focuses about 80% time on activities directly related to the fundraising gift cycle. 20% time is focused on other activities related to fundraising, including events, volunteer committee management and administrative and managerial duties, such as planning and coordinating. Prioritizes work by focusing the majority of fundraising activities by geographic region. In close collaboration with the Senior Director, San Diego and Orange County are the targeted geographic regions where a regional network is developed and sustained. This targeted approach allows the Director to coordinate activities in the most efficient and strategic manner. Regional assignments may be altered or redefined at the discretion of the Senior Director. Reqs: Demonstrated track record of managing a portfolio of high-net-worth individuals, soliciting and securing major gifts. Record of setting and meeting ambitious growth goals to expand an organization’s supporters and increase revenue. Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with donors, volunteers and diverse staff. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and donor/ customer relationship databases in order to search for new possible donors to the University. Bachelor’s Degree Required or equivalent combination of education & experience. Notes: This is an annually renewable contract position. Flexibility and willingness to travel frequently. Ability to work some weekends and evenings. Maintain a valid CA driver’s license Satisfactory conviction history background check. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 2/24/22. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 30986.

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THE HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT As a condition of bidding on Project (s) under the Hope Elementary School District, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6, all Bidders and all electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors must either be pre-qualified for at least five (5) business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted. Hope Elementary School District will be utilizing the services of L.M. Sweaney to perform the qualification process and review on the basis of rating Contractors in respect to the size and scope of contracts upon which each Contractor is qualified to bid. L.M. Sweaney reserves the right to check other sources available. Hope Elementary School District’s decision will be based on evaluation and rating issued by L.M. Sweaney. Prequalification is not to be construed as a guarantee of work. Prequalification application packages are available upon request. Please contact Lina Plascencia in the Planning Department at lplascencia@hopeschooldistrict.org. All prequalification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302 or (909) 534-4641.

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The Commission’s rules on hearings and public comment, unless otherwise directed by the Chair, remain applicable to each of the participation methods listed above. The Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters should be filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Monday before the Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Planning Commission. Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at https://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/ hearings/cpc.sbc a week before the hearing or by appointment by calling (805) 568-2000. If you challenge the project(s) 21APL-00000-00052, 19CUP-00000-00020, or 19CDP-00000-00027 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need a disability-related modification or accommodation or are exempt from applicable Health Officer Orders, including auxiliary aids or services such as sound enhancement equipment or an American Sign Language interpreter, to participate in this hearing, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. If you have any questions or if you are participating in the hearing telephonically or electronically and need a disability-related modification or accommodation or have any issues attempting to access the hearing telephonically or electronically, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000. 21APL-00000-00052 17EIR-00000-00003

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Hearing on the request of Sara Isaacson to consider Case No. 21APL-00000-00052, an appeal of the approval of Land Use Permit (LUP) Case No. 19LUP-00000-00133 by the Director of Planning and Development (herein after Director), which approved 9.14 acres of outdoor cannabis cultivation area and 0.05 acres of nursery grown within hoop houses for a total of 9.19 acres of cannabis cultivation. The LUP involves a 108.9-acre property, zoned Agriculture-II (AG-II-100), located at 3151 San Julian Road in the Lompoc area, Third Supervisorial District. The appeal was ﬁled in compliance with Section 35.102 (Appeals) of the Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code (LUDC). 19DVP-00000-00020 19CDP-00000-00027 17EIR-00000-00003

3508 Via Real Cannabis Cultivation Development Plan and Coastal Development Permit Carpinteria Joe Dargel, Supervising Planner (805) 568-3573 Gwen Beyeler, Planner (805) 934-6269

Hearing on the request of Ivan Van Wingerden, Applicant and Owner, to consider the following: a) Development Plan (DVP) (Case No. 19DVP-00000-00020) to allow over 20,000 square feet (sq. ft.) of structural development and grading, including increasing the height of the existing permitted greenhouses, legalizing as-built accessory structures, 120 cubic yards (CY) of grading, and demolition of existing development and restoration with native riparian plantings within the Environmentally Sensitive Habitat (ESH) buffer associated with Arroyo Paredon Creek, in compliance with Sections 35-102F (CA – Carpinteria Agricultural Overlay District), 35-174 (Development Plans), and 35-169 (Coastal Development Permits) of the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (Article II). The DVP includes a request for a setback modiﬁcation to reduce the 20-ft. setbacks required by the Carpinteria Agricultural Overlay in order to allow the as-built and new water tanks within the setback area. b) Coastal Development Permit (CDP) (Case No. 19CDP-00000-00027) to allow 4.24 acres of mixedlight cannabis cultivation and processing within existing permitted greenhouses and accessory structures, legalizing as-built accessory structures, 120 cubic yards (CY) of grading, demolition of existing development, and restoration of the Environmentally Sensitive Habitat (ESH) buffer associated with Arroyo Paredon Creek , in compliance with Sections 35-169 (Coastal Development Permits) and 35-144U (Cannabis Regulations) of Article II. c) State CEQA Guidelines Section 15168(c) (4) Checklist for Commercial Cannabis Land Use Entitlement and Licensing Applications, which determines that all of the environmental impacts of the Proposed Project are within the scope of the project covered by the PEIR for the Cannabis Land Use Ordinance and Licensing Program. No additional cumulative impacts have been identiﬁed, and no new environmental document is required under Section 15162.

Apply online at www.westmont.edu/_offices/human_resources

The applications involve Assessor Parcel No. 005-280-025, zoned Agricultural I (AG-I), located at 3508 Via Real in the Toro Canyon Community Plan area, within the Carpinteria Agricultural Overlay District, First Supervisorial District.

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livia Seltzer was 12 years old when she decided she needed to change the world. “It was the day after the 2016 election, and for the first time in my life, I saw what was happening in our government was deeply personal to me and everyone else at my school,” said Olivia, who was then a student at Santa Barbara Junior High School. But to change the world, she realized she had to understand what the major problems were. “This was very frustrating because traditional media is primarily created by older people who don’t have younger readers in mind when writing the news. Try watching the news, and you’ll see ads for things like fighting hair loss — not really an issue for Generation Z,” said Olivia, a recent Santa Barbara High School graduate who is headed for Harvard University in the fall. One evening in January 2017, she went to her room in the Montecito home she shares with her parents, Dana and Aaron Seltzer and younger brother Oscar, and spent the next few hours researching the news and rewriting it in a way that spoke to Generation Z, who are now between ages 10 and 25. “A week later, I bought the domain name, the cramm. com, with money from my 13th birthday,” Olivia told the News-Press. “The name ‘The Cramm’ came from cramming the news into one newsletter and also referred to the way students cram the night before a test, but with The Cramm, they wouldn’t need to cram for the news.” A week after that, she hit “send” on the first of what became hundreds of newsletters detailing the news of the day in a language that appeals to her contemporaries. “They are five-minute reads about events that have happened in the previous 24 hours,” Olivia told the NewsPress. She continues to send the newsletters via the website, email, text, social media and podcast from Monday through Friday, and in addition, she has written the newly released book, “Cramm This Book: So You Know WTF Is Going On in the World Today” (Philomel Books, $17.99). “I wrote the book because we can’t solve the world’s problems if we don’t understand them,” she said. “And it’s important to realize that it’s all about connections. Events of the past century are connected to events that are happening today.” Which is why she divides the book into four sections: The Isms and the Phobias, which include Sexism, Racism, Nationalism and Antisemitism: The Wars, including World War II, The Cold War and The Israel-Palestine Conflict; The Movements, including Women’s Suffrage, The Hippie Movement and The Arab Spring; and The Disasters, including Oil Spills, Recessions, Wildfires and Diseases. Olivia pointed out that one of the defining characteristics of her generation is “a sense of urgency because we have faced crises with global issues such as climate change, insurrections and school shootings. We are the last line of defense to solve them. “At the same time, we grew up with more tools and the ability and power to cope with them. For example, when I created The Cramm newsletter, I had the computer to build the website, and I was able to distribute them throughout the world completely by myself,” said Olivia, who plans to major in political science at Harvard and then expand The Cramm into a media empire for young people. She has written more than 500 newsletters for The Cramm, spoken at NATO Engages and the IFTF Summit, been featured in NPR, Teen Vogue, TODAY, The Economist and Forbes (among others) and been selected as a Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leader and a recipient of the Diller Teen Award. She also has traveled to different college campuses, starting a grassroots movement to educate the world’s future. In answer to the question how does someone so young become so wise, she responded, ”I grew up with parents who always treated my brother and me with respect. They included us in all major decisions. Our voices were heard. This is a big part of what shaped me as a person.” email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

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“The name ‘The Cramm’ came from cramming the news into one newsletter and also referred to the way students cram the night before a test, but with The Cramm, they wouldn’t need to cram for the news,” said Olivia Seltzer, author of “Cramm This Book: So You Know WTF Is Going On in the World Today” and the creative force behind www.thecramm.com.

For more information about The Cramm newsletter and “Cramm This Book: So You Know WTF Is Going On in the World Today” by Olivia Seltzer, visit www.thecramm.com.

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Horoscope.com Sunday, February 20, 2022 ARIES — You need to relax this week after a stressful month, especially when the sun enters Pisces and your privacy zone on Friday. It’s time to take a step back from your many commitments and rest. We know, Aries, not your thing, but being mindful and practicing meditation will be good for you. Trust us. TAURUS — Don’t let the cold winter keep you at home when the sun enters Pisces and your social zone on Friday. In fact, your social calendar will be packed for the next four weeks. While you’re out with friends, remember to spread the joy by helping others. GEMINI — Start putting all your time and attention toward your big goals when the sun enters Pisces on Friday. The sun will be in your career zone for the next few weeks, encouraging you to seek better career opportunities and even do some manifesting to achieve your dreams. CANCER — Things get brighter this week when the sun enters Pisces and your expansion zone on Friday, making it a month of discoveries. Whether you’re making travel plans, going to school, or being open to new ideas, you’re expanding your mind and your heart. LEO — The sun enters Pisces and your transformation zone on Friday, so the next four weeks are going to be filled with emotional changes. These changes could make you extra sensitive, but they’re necessary to get you on the right path. Have a little faith, Leo. VIRGO — The full moon in Leo and your subconscious zone on Wednesday brings a day of self-reflection and relaxation. This is an ideal night to get in touch with what’s brewing below the surface and deal with your less-thanstellar qualities. Work through your discomfort to become better. LIBRA — Over the next four weeks, you’ll be spending your time taking care of others, from nursing a stray animal back to health to helping a friend during a tough time. However, don’t forget your own emotional well-being in the process. SCORPIO — You get a chance in the spotlight this week when the full moon shines in Leo and your career zone on Wednesday. You’ll finally start getting the recognition you deserve, whether it’s in the form of public praise or a promotion. Enjoy the applause and stay gracious, Scorpio. SAGITTARIUS — Home will be where your heart is this week when the sun enters Pisces and your family zone on Friday. You’ll spend a lot of your time making your nest as comforting as possible as you get lost in your feelings during the winter chill. CAPRICORN — You’re not really a romantic, Capricorn. In fact, you could be spending this week doing your taxes when Mercury enters Aquarius and your value zone on Monday. Over the next two weeks, you’ll be going over your budget and picking up some discounted candy to save some cash. AQUARIUS — Pay close attention to your wallet this week when the sun enters Pisces and your value zone on Friday. Don’t make retail therapy the sole means of your self-care. Spending all your money will only cause more issues, not solve them. PISCES — After a difficult month, you’re finally ready to face the world again when the sun enters your sign on Friday. This is an ideal time to spoil yourself with a new haircut, tattoo, or outfit to raise your confidence.

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your loved ones in a while, then Zoom is a godsend. Video calls have evolved from a business tool to a survival tool, and they are helping us stay connected with the people we love most. And it’s also keeping many people comfortably employed. 3. Take long walks. Walking is good for you on many levels. The exercise lowers anxiety and depression, and it’s nice to greet people as you pass. See how saying hello brightens your mood. The spring blooms and animals you pass on your walk also can’t help but make you happy to be alive and available to experience this. 4. Get together with others outside your immediate family. Even if you are in a couple or part of a larger family, you may long for some social interaction with other people as well, and that’s pretty normal. We still get together with some folks,

but we follow all the protocols to the letter. It’s not the same, but humans need one another’s company. It’s in our DNA. 5. Tend to your garden. We have developed a deeper relationship with ours. The house has always been adequately landscaped, but in the last couple of years we have started growing flowers and giving our pomegranate tree some extra love. What we get back is the gift of beauty and flavor and a sense of caretaking that is surprisingly fulfilling. 6. Get daily outside exercise. This has always been a must for my wife and dog, and it is now my go-to as well. If a client needs to see me in person, we do a walking or outdoor session. Being in nature and the fresh air can’t help but make things better, and it’s good for your body, mind, and psyche. 7. Help others in need. I try

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The bait and switch behind the smoke and mirrors

this country apart. By standing on solid principles, conservatives can begin to put it back together. The crazy things U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says; the insane blatherings of a Maxine Waters, Sen. Elizabeth (“I’m gonna get me a beer”) Warren; the insincere “sincerity” of Sen. Chuck Schumer, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Vice President Kamala Harris,and President Joe Biden, et al, are part and parcel of the recommended tactics proffered by Mr. Alinsky. Here are his Rules for Radicals; 1) Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have. 2) Never go outside the experience of your people. 3) Wherever possible, go outside the experience of the enemy. 4) Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules. 5) Ridicule is Man’s most

t’s all about the city — city council and city college. On Jan 28, during the Santa Barbara City Council’s annual retreat, the council discussed ways to increase public participation and unanimously agreed that open public comment would return to the original time limit of 2 minutes to allow for 15 speakers instead of 10. Additionally, council members elected to move public comment to after the “consent calendar” so staff who are available for consent items can more expeditiously return to their offices and their own workload. Win-win. The idea tanked with only Mayor Randy Rowse voting in favor. Remember, anyone can make appointments with city council to voice their concerns, by emailing hperea@ santabarbaraca.gov. City staff also presented FAR — the Floor to Area Ratio, a calculation for figuring size limits for new housing, a critical issue that will come back, for sure. But let us tell of something so farfetched and far away from reality, it is unfathomable. We speak of the Community Formation Commission, designed to create a civilian board to review the actions of the police department. This committee came out of the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter riots, a reaction to the death of George Floyd and our previous city council succumbing to the oppression of this narrative. It was originally referred to as a civilian police oversight committee. On the face of this suggestion, people may have thought, the behavior of Santa Barbara Police Department does not warrant this micromanaging. However, our police department and its reputation can and will stand up to the challenge. Like the long-established Police and Fire Commission, and all the city’s boards and commissions that function as watchdogs for the betterment and preservation of the city, why would anyone object? To serve in a volunteer position, takes countless hours, is often grueling and many see it as their civic duty for the place they love. The commitment for boards and commissions are, one to four meetings per month, and a flat $50 stipend for each meeting attended. No extra pay for site visits, or review of material in preparation of the meetings. Santa Barbara would not be what we know and love, if absent were the Planning Commission, the Historic Landmarks Commission, Architectural Board of Review, Arts Commission and numerous other groups who serve tirelessly, unnoticed and unappreciated. All for $50 a meeting. We imagine most would do the same service for nothing. Now for the bait and switch behind the smoke and mirrors. What the Community Formation Commission presented to the city council was so outlandishly absurd, it is further evidence that the general populace is being schooled that money does grow on trees. And that selfimportance is self-appointed. Aren’t these the same ilk who whined to go to the front of the public comment line, many who dialed it in from other locations, while our former mayor bowed to the pressure and allowed it, as others, who have waited up to six hours for their agenda item, watched politely? Bottom line, the idea of a civilian oversight of police behavior and policies (not their business nor area of expertise) morphed into a

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Masks: Scientific or political? Blue states end mask mandates just in time for State of the Union

n Inauguration Day, even before President Joe Biden was seated for his first dinner in the White House as president of the United States, he signed a plethora of executive orders. Among this group was a rather innocuous sounding one, Executive Order 13991, labeled “Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask Wearing.” Yet barely after the ink dried enough to not smear, that EO was positioned to smear the credibility of his presidency. How was this possible so soon after his inauguration? My inauguration experience was watching an inauguration parade and festivities from a law firm window that, to use a title from a Thomas Hardy novel, was “far from the madding crowd.” Mr. Hardy’s inspiration for the title was the verse from the Thomas Gray (1716-1771) poem “Elegy written in a Country Churchyard: Far from the ‘madding crowd’s’ ignoble strife,

Their noble wishes ‘never learn’d to stray,’ Among the cool “sequestered vale” of life, They kept the noiseless tenor of their way (emphasis added).

six feet from potential disease carriers,” which includes even those vaccinated. The “noiseless tenor” refers to the muffling effect of the required cloth masks. (Even the zealots deferred to the paper masks largely Amazingly 272 years imported from China.) after this poem was Poet Thomas Gray’s written that it would be phrase “Never learned applicable to EO 13991. to stray” is related to the EO 13991, signed Jan. executive order, in the Brent E. 20, 2021, was misleading provision that “exceptions Zepke as it was applicable not only as required by law” only to the “Federal while containing neither The author workforce” but also to an expiration date nor any lives in Santa conditions that can lead the “madding crowd” of Barbara. “individuals interacting to ending the executive with the federal order. Even bottled water workforce.” My article “Vaccine has an expiration date printed on Mandate for Federal Contractors,” it. published Feb. 13 in the NewsSection 4c of EO 13991 contains Press, discussed federal courts provisions that make even retired enjoining the vaccine mandate for corporate attorneys, like me, federal contractors. fantasize about how much stress EO 13991 also includes the would have been eliminated Center for Disease Control from our lives if we could have and Prevention’s version of the added terms such as “This is not “sequestered vale” by including intended to, and does not create, that covered people should any right or benefit, substantive maintain a “social distance of or procedural, enforceable at law

or equity, by any party against the United States, its departments, agonies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.” With the stroke of that pen on that fateful afternoon on Jan. 20, every person administering this EO was free of the risk of balancing the benefits with the risks of violating any laws. Heck, in Monopoly, my 9-year-old grandson giggles when drawing a “Get out of jail free” card. Mandatory actions were a key part of the current administration’s program to combat the various versions of COVID-19. My articles discussed the courts deciding that the motivations were political, which led courts to issue nationwide injunctions against mandatory vaccinations — “OSHA: Law or Politics?” (News Press, Jan. 23) and “Vaccines and Federal Contractors” (News Press, Feb. 6) — as well as permitting the mandate for the CMS division of the Health and Human Services agency for healthcare workers (“Vaccine mandate and the Golden

Rule, News-Press, Jan 30). The arguments for scientific motivations were dealt a blow when — without any changes in the science, but with polls indicating the president’s popularity sinking below everyone except Vice President Kamala Harris, indicating their Democratic Party could lose seats in the November election — they announced they were following the Republicanrun or red states in eliminating some, or all, of the requirements to wear masks. OK, I exaggerate as there was no mention of blue or red states, or of the lower rates of infections in red states, such as Florida, which have not followed EO 13991’s requirements. But there was also no mention of any scientific breakthroughs. As you read the list of blue or Democratic-run states that are eliminating some, or all, mask requirements, notice the dates: California (Feb. 15), Connecticut (Feb. 28), Delaware (Feb. 11), Illinois (Feb. 28), Massachusetts (Feb. 28), Nevada (Feb. 10), New Please see ZEPKE on C4

These rules let radicals rule the nation

uthor/left-wing activist Saul D. Alinsky’s “Rules For Radicals” was published in 1971 and quickly became the equivalent of Mao Zedong’s “Little Red Book,” which millions of young Chinese “revolutionaries” clutched in their hands as they attacked, berated, humiliated and ultimately discarded teachers, professors, doctors, bureaucrats, managers, and others whose revolutionary credentials were found wanting during China’s “Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution” of the late 1960s and early 1970s (1966 to 1976, up to the death of Mao). During that turbulent time, hospitals, schools and other institutions were staffed by students who took over positions as doctors, teachers and managers. Important government agencies were headed up by people with little or no experience in the field or activity they were overseeing

(can you say “Pete Buttigieg”?), but mythology and history (and who is who were judged revolutionarily to know where mythology leaves pure. off and history begins — or which Chicago-based Mr. Alinsky (who is which), the first radical known was born in 1909 and died in 1972) to man who rebelled against the subtitled his slight tome establishment and did (195 pages in my soft-cover it so effectively that he PURELY edition) “A Pragmatic at least won his own POLITICAL Primer for Realistic kingdom — Lucifer.” Radicals,” and some of his Mr. Alinsky was smart most successful acolytes enough to sense that include former president would-be revolutionaries Barack Obama and in the U.S. screaming former first lady and 2016 “Off The Pig,” “Down Democratic presidential with America” and other candidate Hillary Clinton. slogans would turn Ms. Clinton was so working-class Americans James Buckley enamored of Mr. Alinsky off and lead them to and his book that she turn to the right. The dedicated her college two elections of Richard thesis at Wellesley to him. Nixon in 1968 and 1972 proved his Mr. Alinsky, America’s first contention. “community organizer,” dedicated Mr. Alinsky advised that they his book to the devil. work within the system instead. “Lest we forget,” he wrote, Mr. Obama and Ms. Clinton “at least an over-the-shoulder followed his advice, as have so acknowledgment to the very first many who now wield power in the radical: from all our legends, Biden administration.

Mr. Alinsky’s goal is outlined thusly: “(The mass of our people) must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future …” Over the years, I’ve spoken to a number of people who ask why Republicans and Democrats can’t get along, why they can’t simply compromise and move ahead. “To the organizer,” Mr. Alinsky writes, “compromise is a key and beautiful word … It is making the deal, getting that vital breather, usually the victory. If you start with nothing, demand 100 percent, then compromise for 30 percent, you’re 30 percent ahead.” That’s why the word “compromise” is a dirty word to so many. By “compromising” with the left, the left wins. Compromise has brought us to a $30 trillion-dollar national debt, among a plethora of other unfavorable outcomes. Compromise is what has torn

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Race to the bottom!

ome very brave curriculum on our teachers local teachers are and students. Speaking of exposing our local Laura Capps, instead of school boards running for the office of as they impose county supervisor, why doesn’t critical race theory along she defer to a person of color with other extreme social and in her current race as her sexual indoctrination on our penance for being white? And children. why isn’t Congressman Salud For instance, in Santa Maria Carbajal, a first-generation and Santa Barbara, teachers immigrant himself, telling are trained to “assume racism these children that they too is everywhere, every day.” can share in the American White teachers are dream? told how to become For truly, we should allies (instead of still be living in a great enemies?) by way of a melting pot of culture, “culturally responsive ethnicity, religion and curriculum” that race, sans the effect of teaches them how to this wicked ideology manage their “white being poured into our Andy Caldwell fragility” among other children in the name things. of education. Critical race theory posits One local teacher testified, that America is a racist “One of our exercises was country. Don’t let anyone fool for staff to fill out a “Social you. The goal of this program Identity Worksheet.” On this is nothing less than promoting worksheet, the directions racial strife in America. were to identify certain Whereas much of the “domains” (race, ethnicity, original focus of critical biological sex, gender race theory is on Africanexpression, religion, etc.) Americans, that hasn’t and write “P” for privilege stopped our local education and “M” for marginalization, establishment from foisting depending upon how people their nonsense on our local may feel that domain affects elementary school population, them or how others perceive which, in many instances, is them. composed of first-generation This was where professional Americans of Latino descent. development turned sinister, Hence, people immigrate to attacking the Rev. Dr. Martin America, willing to sacrifice Luther King Jr.’s words: everything they have, to Character is no longer part of give their children a chance the equation, the worksheet to achieve the American declared. Only “-isms” (racism, dream. They work hard and sexism, etc.) matter and encourage their children should be the focus of human to do well in school to interaction. achieve a level of prosperity This activity would manifest unimaginable in their former in a classroom with students home country. determining if they are Yet, their children are being oppressors (privileged) or taught to hate America as if oppressed (marginalized) and they have no chance at the have them label themselves as dream. Moreover, they are such. taught that the poverty that Another exercise the often is the experience of teachers were to implement first-generation immigrants, within their classrooms had to simply because they lack a do with the “Identity Wheel.” basic education and EnglishThis wheel is segmented speaking skills, is somehow a into categories such as race, product of racism. Of course, ethnicity, national origin, first previous waves of immigrants, language, socio-economic including my own mother, status, family unit, gender, age, experienced the same thing in etc. generations gone by. The teacher commented, Yet these previous waves “What is absolutely detestable managed to assimilate, and dangerous, again, is the acculturate and become idea that we, as educators, are upwardly mobile despite supposed to focus on mostly today’s claptrap. immutable characteristics of It is still the truth in others rather than focus on America today, that if you the content of one’s character.” finish school, stay out of All this gives new meaning trouble, and work hard, any to “race to the bottom.” first-generation American will become upwardly mobile. Why Andy Caldwell is the COLAB aren’t they teaching that in executive director and host of school? “The Andy Caldwell Show,” Ask Laura Capps. She is a airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on school board member who KZSB AM 1290, the News-Press has chosen to impose this radio station.

f Ukraine is truly committed to democracy, there is a clear solution to the looming Russian invasion. Ukraine must drop its goal of joining NATO and become officially neutral. George Washington outlined democratic America’s neutrality policy with these words, “Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” One solid reason? A democratic nation backslides to become like the autocratic nations it gets in bed with. John Adams outlined a second reason, saying, “Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.” Yet another of America’s founding presidents, Thomas Jefferson, said that democracy’s goal must always be, “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all, entangling alliances with none.” Ukrainian public officials believe that Russia is forcing them to drop their NATO ambitions. That is not a sad reality, but a heartening one — and good for stock markets too.

What does the Democrat Party and the left stand for today? Is it addicted to using power and fear mongering to control everyone? Did they sacrifice our economy, our children, and our freedoms using COVID as an excuse? Are they trying to get rid of our Constitution, our First Amendment rights and our Second Amendment rights? Did they use the media and Big Tech to alter, censor or hide the real news? And what about our energy sector? Why did they close down our pipelines, but make it possible for Russia to supply the world with oil? Finally, are President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party (as well as some weak Republicans) in bed with China? Doesn’t China want to destroy our republic and dominate the world? Going forward, the 2022 and 2024 elections will be historic and consequential. They will essentially determine whether or not we still have a free, independent republic. Get informed, America, and vote wisely. Don Thorn Carpinteria

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Santa Barbara County needs Laura Capps on its board

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s an American, I am disgusted, frightened, and angered over what has happened to my country under the Biden administration. The damage done is enormous.

eagerly await when Laura Capps will take her seat on the Board of Supervisors. Without a lot of hype, she quietly puts her shoulder in the harness and delivers.

As a trustee of the Santa Barbara Unified School District board, she champions sustainability and helped take the district from zero to 14 solar energy installations across 21 school campuses, six with microgrids, while adding a new sustainability director — with the goal of saving the district money. • Working with the Foodbank, CommUnify and schools, she helped triple the participation of families in free summer meal programs when school was not in session and child hunger tends to spike —a huge win for child nutrition and family food security. • Laura has demonstrated her mettle by standing up to vicious attacks for her leadership on policies concerning ethnic studies and equity along with vaccine mandates and other COVID safeguards. • As president of the Community Environmental Council, she helped the organization put forward far reaching initiatives such as community choice energy providing greater local control over how energy is sourced. Laura has a proven record of significant accomplishments while being known as an upbeat, gracious and collaborative leader. She will be a highly valued colleague and much-admired member of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. Joan Hartmann Chair of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors Editor’s note: Laura Capps is running for the 2nd District seat. Its current occupant, Gregg Hart, has decided against running for reelection and is instead running for the 37th Assembly District seat.

he Los Angeles Rams won the Super Bowl last Sunday 23-20! I wonder who will win it in 2026? It may seem stupid to talk about the Super Bowl in 2026, but why does the news media start talking about the next presidential election one day after the current one is over? They do it every four years. Does it make sense to start speculating right now which team will win the Super Bowl in four years? Moving beyond that, this is my third article on how to avoid — or transform — political arguments. The reason I put so much time into thinking about arguments, and especially political arguments, is that instead of bringing us together, they pull us apart. The various media foster this. I share eight rules that can turn political arguments into productive conversations. Unfortunately, doing exactly the opposite of them will empower those readers who just want to “win”! These are the rules for how to stop trying to dominate in an argument. (Of course, if you want to dominate, just do the opposite!): 1. Don’t get in the other’s “physical space.” Don’t move toward them or get in their face. This is an aggressive, pre-attack move in the animal kingdom. In presidential debates, this would include not walking in back of or around your opponent’s space (as we witnessed in the 2020 debate on TV). Moving toward someone is the beginning of physical threat. 2. Don’t yell or shout while you are speaking. Don’t talk over or interrupt the other while they are speaking. It is another capacity we have from our animal days — screeching or roaring. This is vocal domination, which precedes a fight for physical domination. Please see SANITATE on C4

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Truckers stand up for rights in Canada (a political mirror of the United States) “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are “I’m with the government and I’m here to help.’ ” — Ronald Reagan, Aug. 12, 1986.

hat’s true even in Canada! I mentioned before how my mother and stepfather grew up during World War II in Germany. He was telling me how the people were so brainwashed by Hitler. He was like the Beatles. Kids used to have to sing in school, “Today Germany, Tomorrow the World” (It

rhymed in German). Jan. 6 was an insurrection. He told me something The Mexican border is that sums up what our secure, and the vaccine country has been dealing won’t hurt you. Just shut up with for the past number and believe it because we of years. When you tell a told you so. lie for the first time, it’s Who knew it would a lie. When you tell a lie take Canada to wake up Henry the 10th time, it’s still a America and the rest of Schulte lie, but when you tell it the world? We are more 10,000 times, it becomes globally connected and The author the truth. lives in Solvang more globally united than Such is the case we thought. with the governments’ For way too many years, COVID-19 campaign. people who have managed to gain Riots in the streets are peaceful. power, since time really, forget President Donald Trump colluded how they got there and what their with Russia. Moms are terrorists. purpose was once they did. And

when under the influence of pixie dust supremacy, they slip on ear muffs to drown out any opposition. Let’s review the nitty-gritties of running for office. First, Americans must work to make a living, put food on the table, send their children to school, pay their taxes, stay healthy and allow time for some fun to balance it all out. Because of that, people barely have time for much else. And as bad things are today with the high cost of gas and inflation, Americans have also taken a major pay cut. The old Democratic Party battle Please see SCHULTE on C4

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Who murdered all the Asian women?

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And who’s covering up the details on the people behind the crimes?

m a 5-foot-1, 105-pound, 51-year-old woman of Pacific Islander/Asian descent. That’s much more personal data than most women are willing to share publicly, but I’m all about being blunt. Let’s face it: My gender, ethnic background and small stature make me a perfect target for violent crime in big cities that are soft on criminals — especially repeat offenders who happen to be black. Black-on-Asian violence is a bloody reality. According to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics criminal victimization report published in 2019, 182,230 Asians in America were victims of violent crime in 2018. Black offenders were the perpetrators in a whopping 27.5% of those cases — the highest of any racial group. Given that black Americans make up only 12% of the population, that means black offenders on a per capita basis commit more than five times as many violent attacks on Asians as whites or Hispanics. The math is the math. The facts

are the facts. But you wouldn’t victims of Asian descent in New know it from mainstream media York City. And Los Angeles. And coverage (or rather, cover-ups) of San Francisco. If Ms. Lee’s race is the robberies, rapes and homicides relevant enough to spotlight in the committed by black assailants lead paragraph of America’s soagainst women who look like me. called “newspaper of record,” why Here is how The New York isn’t the alleged killer’s? Times selectively reported on In Woke America 2022, you’re the grisly stalking, not allowed to ask such alleged sexual assault questions, let alone notice. and brutal stabbing I notice. frenzy this weekend When Chinese American that left a 35-year-old financial executive Korean American online Michelle Alyssa Go was producer bleeding to pushed to her death off death in her own New a subway platform in the York City apartment Big Apple a month ago, Michelle Malkin bathroom: the Black Lives Matter“A 35-year-old crusading media played woman was killed in racial hide-and-seek. NBC her Manhattan apartment by a News headlined a piece decrying man who followed her into her the crime: “NYC subway station building, the police said. Identified death of Michelle Go leaves Asian as Christina Yuna Lee, she was Americans reeling.” Described the latest person of Asian descent simply as a “homeless man,” Ms. injured or killed in a string of Go’s admitted murderer is a serial attacks in New York City.” black offender with a long rap Ms. Lee’s attacker was not just a sheet dating back to 1998. His race “man,” but a black man — the latest was not mentioned a single time perpetrator of said race arrested in the NBC News story, which in a string of violent attacks against drummed up hysteria about “hate

crimes.” When Filipina American nurse Maria Ambrocio was fatally attacked in Times Square last October, Yahoo News made sure to put her ethnicity in the headline but described her attacker — in the midst of a violent crime spree — as merely a “mentally ill man” of unidentified race. I’ll let you guess. When Vietnamese garment worker Than Than Htwe was murdered last July in NYC, WABC radio reported: “Asian Woman Pushed Down Subway Stairs Dies; NYPD Identify Suspect.” Once again, the race of the victim earned its place in the headline, but not the race of the suspect, David Robinson. Guess again. Why does it matter, you might ask, that the Black Lives Matterworshiping media selectively plays up the race of Asian victims while deliberately whitewashing the race of the perpetrators in these horrible cases? It matters because when you remove “white privilege,” “white supremacy,” “white patriarchy,” Donald Trump

and the Republican Party as scapegoats, uncomfortable facts, statistics and realities about these violent outbreaks of failed co-existence in America remain. Woke white academics and political propagandists are part of the cover-up. So are clueless woke Asian liberals. For merely noticing and sharing my observations with others who have noticed, I’ve been flagged by the Southern Poverty Law Center, banned by Airbnb and, most recently, tarred as a white supremacist sympathizer by the Idaho Statesman. No matter. You can rig the headlines and algorithms. You can smear and condemn. But you can’t stop those with eyes open from noticing. Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkinInvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www. creators.com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com.

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Rising gas prices have been a constant during the surge in inflation. As of Friday, the average price in Santa Barbara County was $4.709 a gallon. (Above are the prices displayed Feb. 4 at a Shell station on upper State Street in Santa Barbara.)

Economics, politics and inflation

n the 1980s, investment firm E.F. Hutton sponsored commercials featuring variations on a crowded room — an airport, a cocktail reception, a restaurant. When one person remarks to another that, “E.F. Hutton says…,” the room would suddenly become still and silent. Everyone present strained to hear the valuable words from the vaunted company. Today, legendary investor

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Warren Buffett in reality contemporary analysis. Back in enjoys influence and prestige 2010, in the turmoil following the comparable to what E.F. Hutton global financial crash of 2007tried to achieve through an ad 8, Britain’s Daily Telegraph campaign. reported Mr. Buffett Inflation is now a recommended the Arthur I. serious, undeniable previously obscure book Cyr challenge. Even “When Money Dies” by Chairman Jerome Adam Fergusson. As a Powell of the Federal Reserve result, the book shot to the top of System has at last acknowledged Amazon’s British website. we have a problem. Mr. Fergusson’s study focuses Mr. Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, on the disastrous blunders of is highly germane to accurate the German central bank in the

frightening turmoil after defeat in World War I. Facing huge reparations payments, economic collapse and enormous currency hoarding, senior German officials panicked. The Reichsbank, Germany’s central bank, ran the printing presses around the clock, churning out paper money to meet a range of otherwise impossible financial obligations. In consequence, the German currency in 1923 was rendered

directly next to him earlier “done the reading.” this week, when he met with a At our meeting, Balazs Orban small group of visiting media, (no relation), the prime minister’s think-tankers and other public political director, expressly figure types. That meeting was referred to the Hungarian illuminating. government’s philosophical From firsthand experience, I lodestar as national conservatism, can attest that the prime even name-checking one minister is nothing like of national conservatism’s the caricature the media chief intellectual portrays him as. He is architects, Yoram personally quite funny, Hazony (full disclosure: gregarious and engaging, my Edmund Burke and he handled even Foundation colleague). In critical questions with the past, Prime Minister aplomb. Orban has also embraced Josh Hammer Perhaps most the mantle of “illiberal surprising for bluedemocracy.” That may checked Twitterati types sound rhetorically jarring who view him as a power-hungry, to overly sensitized Western barbaric European dictator, he ears, but it amounts to the same is also a genuine conservative criticism of the liberal order as intellectual. Prime Minister that which is aired by American Orban spent time at Oxford, and national conservatives and “posthe dedicates one day every week liberals.” to reading up and immersing Hungary under Prime Minister himself in substantive political Orban rejects the illusion of reading material. To borrow a liberal neutrality, recognizing, popular online phrase, he has as this column has previously

phrased it, “that values-neutral liberal order amounts to a oneway cultural ratchet” toward leftism and progressivism. As euroskeptical Hungary and other like-minded Central and Eastern European nations, such as Poland, have learned all too well, it is impotent to defensively plead “live and let live”-style tolerance from imperious liberal European Union overlords in Berlin and Brussels. Rather, the only way for traditionalist nations like Hungary and Poland to push back against the EU’s progressive, globalist vision of the good, the true and the beautiful is by offering an affirmative counter in the form of its own conservative, nationalist vision of the good, the true and the beautiful. Hungary’s border control is famously strict, as Fox News host Tucker Carlson himself witnessed in a much-hyped helicopter ride with Prime Minister Orban when he was here last year. Hungary, which, like Poland

Canceling Joe

oe Rogan is amazing. Five years ago, I left Fox to start Stossel TV. I left because I was frustrated by live TV. Guests talked so much but said little. I now produce videos like the ones I used to do on ABC’s “20/20.” I like having a month or more to do research and then more time to edit the video into a short clip that explains complicated things but is also fun to watch. This edited model succeeded. Our short videos average 2 million views. People are busy. They don’t want to sit through hours of live discussion. But then Joe Rogan proved me wrong. He talks to people, not for an hour, but often for three hours. Yet 11 million people stay to listen. Eleven million! How does he do it? He had no journalism training. He acted on a sitcom and hosted the reality show “Fear Factor.” I happen to be a mixed martial arts fan, so I did notice that Mr. Rogan was the best commentator at UFC events. But hosting three hours of serious talk with intellectuals like physicist Brian Cox or mathematician Roger Penrose without the visual gimmicks that make TV bearable is very different. So I started listening to Mr. Rogan’s podcasts. Suddenly I found myself spending an hour, sometimes three, with Mr. Rogan and his guests. I learned more than I learned watching TV news. I don’t really know how Mr. Rogan does it. Maybe it’s because he’s a good listener who asks good questions. He remembers what he learned from past interviews and uses those ideas when he questions other guests. He somehow makes three educational hours fun. Now Mr. Rogan is being criticized for broadcasting “misinformation.” He sometimes has antivaxxers on his show who claim COVID-19 vaccines are harmful. Mr. Rogan himself didn’t get vaccinated. He believes his natural immunity (he and his family had COVID-19) is enough protection. If he got COVID-19 again, he thinks it wouldn’t hurt him much because he’s fit, takes Please see STOSSEL on C4

nearly worthless. The German public, committed to stability, became desperate. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party exploited that concern and won election, though Mr. Fergusson perceptively observes the new regime had no clear or detailed program. Lies are inconsistent with durable institutional management. The author describes a world Please see CYR on C4

The view from Budapest is good

m writing from Budapest, the beautiful, Danube-bestriding Hungarian capital. Hungary, though a faraway land and modest in both size and population, has played an outsize role in the American conservative conscience for the past half-decade or so. After just a few days, it is not difficult to understand why. Hungary, under Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his ruling Fidesz party, is a reallife experiment in government under a framework of “national conservatism.” Lessons for American conservatives are clear and legion. Western media typically covers Mr. Orban in hysterical fashion, accusing him of autocracy, cryptofascism or outright thuggery. It is difficult to believe that any of these left-wing keyboard warriors have ever met Mr. Orban, much less spent any time with him. I spent a couple hours standing

John Stossel

and other nations in this part of Europe, has been overrun in the past by various totalitarian empires, now prioritizes strict cultural assimilation and national preservation at the expense of neoliberal absolutism and George Soros-style open-border delusions. The Hungarian government under Fidesz is not “neutral,” furthermore, on basic questions of sexual morality and the JudeoChristian tradition: Gender ideology is kept out of schools, marriage is vigorously defended as the exclusive union of one man and one woman, and Christianity is woven into the very fabric of society and polity alike. Fidesz has no appetite for policing bedrooms — and Budapest has its annual “Pride” parade — but the state decisively puts its thumb on the scale in favor of traditional Christian ethics. There are no “drag queen story hours,” scandalizing Please see HAMMER on C4

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Where is all this money coming from? DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 new city department, Office of Police Oversight, headed by two management positions, including one executive, with salary costs up to $600,000 annually, and from that, 13 commissioners/volunteers would be paid $400 a month and a $50 stipend for each meeting. This is highway robbery! Quick somebody, call the cops! Oh, right, there aren’t any. Who would want to be a cop, with all this oversight, done by people who have not walked in their shoes? Previous law enforcement experience is not allowed. A survey for the citizens is proposed. However, the Community Formation Commission did not present council with the survey’s objectives. Only Santa Barbara residents should be surveyed, not those in Los Angeles or Minnesota. Where

is the guarantee that all residents of Santa Barbara have an equal opportunity to participate? We have witnessed out-of-towners dial-in for hot-button issues during board Zoom meetings. For instance, when Healing Justice, the local BLM, made its initial monetary demands to city council, approximately 60 callers participated. Remember, this is not a done deal. Costs for program staffing and related expenses are dependent on the final recommendation by the Community Formation Commission and what the city council directs. Who would allow this expenditure of our tax dollars? From Santa Barbara City Council to Santa Barbara City College, we highlight another COVID-19 Memo. SBCC mandated that all students must be double vax’ed by July/Aug 2021, to attend class in person. However, after the students returned from Christmas break, SBCC announced that in-

person classes would begin after Feb. 22. How did SBCC know in January that the government would lift the state and county mask mandates after Feb. 15? Was it the memo? The latest memo from SBCC to students is to “hurry and sign up for more grants.” Everyone loves the price. It’s “free-99!” Except, of course, for the taxpayer. Where is this money coming from? It appears the feds are teaching generations that money does grow on trees. This fourth federal allotment is approximately $7 million to SBCC because of COVID-19. Disbursements of $1,000 to $3,000 will be distributed to students through the CARES/HEERF Emergency Grants. Per Maureen Goldberg, director of financial aid at SBCC, “All students should apply for these monies if they have been affected by the COVID pandemic … no strings attached. Just fill out a quick application and you will get the help

you need.” In fact, to sweeten the deal — enrollment of just 3 credits, one class, is all it takes to be eligible. More than $8 million has already been distributed to almost 5,000 students since the start of the pandemic, per SBCC. Do not forget that last summer the students were awarded $100 cash just to take the shot. Hasn’t COVID-19 affected everyone? With so much money floating around, why aren’t our public libraries open seven days a week? Why aren’t our city parks getting the attention they deserve, and why are creek projects postponed? We understand vacant positions are left open with the projected $10 million shortfall looming in the future. Short staff means less service to the public. Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

We’ve lost our 250-year constitutional protections SCHULTE

Continued from Page C2 cry of $15 an hour is mute. You need $20 or more to make up for just how badly President Joe Biden has made things. Americans must rely on the guy or gal they voted in office to have their back. Those who have found this calling to consider themselves to be the one for the job must now perform. Yeah, right. The original goal to make things better and make sure the mechanizations of society run smoothly and help those that elected them, blows away like dust once in office. Our political system has lost sight and all rationale for how to govern. No matter what the message. If it doesn’t fit the present administrations agenda, you will be crushed. Like in Canada when the people expressed their positions, the government doubled up on the earmuffs and added blinders. Overnight, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau turned a democracy into a

dictatorship to destroy the truckers, moms and dads, grandparents, children for merely exercising their rights to voice their concerns. Democrats are loving it and hope to follow Prime Minister Trudeau’s lead here in the U.S. They got a pretty good jump start already. We’ve lost our 250-year constitutional protections. You can no longer rely on the DOJ, FBI or NSA or local DA. All these organizations have been weaponized to bring down all opposition to the new socialist movement. The old saying you can’t fight city hall has been expanded. Once you are targeted, you are now defenseless to prove otherwise. Why do we continue to allow this to happen? Because we’re not the America we used to be. All your protections as a citizen are being strategically stripped away because you’ve been labeled with the scarlet letter of domestic terrorist, white supremacist or the most encapsulating, racist. You aren’t doing what we tell you to so you will pay for your insubordination. That politician

you voted for lowers their head and turns their back. I was naively shocked to learn how Canada’s media and Prime Minister Trudeau are carbon copies of our own CNN, President Biden, Gov. Gavin Newsom and all the other Democratic politicians. The reporters from the north mimic our own leftist agenda and spew the same propaganda. And of course, everyone is a racist. Who knew driving a truck and exercising your right to voice your opposition to radically imposed government restrictions was racist? Well, of course it is. Texas has what it calls Operation Lone Star. Illegal trespassing cases are being prosecuted for breaking our laws on our wide open, out of control, drug running, gun running, human trafficking southern border — and of course, you guessed it, the operation is called racist. Politicians who were elected by naïve voters who assumed they had someone to count on, are in fact being put in danger. Traitorous politicians are running cover for the populace of other countries while

giving the finger to those who put them in office. Under the present administration, a very exclusive segment of the population is treated with respect. What’s happened in Canada is like looking at a political mirror. We’re going to squelch your voice by imposing anything and everything we can, legal or not. You need to be tamped down, shut up and never be allowed to rise up again. We’re going to win and you’re going to pay for it. The notion you can hold peaceful protests only applies to “woke” philosophy. I commend the truckers in Canada for standing up. Meanwhile, President Biden embraces Canada’s socialist takeover, but his handlers won’t shut down the southern border. If politicians don’t have our backs and protect their constituents, then we must do it ourselves. Go, truckers. Henry Schulte welcomes questions or comments at hschulteopinions@ gmail.com.

Do we want to have a discussion or an argument? SANITATE

Continued from Page C2 It’s a way of saying you’d better take flight or you’re going to have to fight! 3. Don’t try to dominate time by talking too much, and not giving the other an equal amount of time. I am surprised that political debate moderators don’t use two simple procedures in debates that go along with having established time limits. The first is to have an automatic bell that rings when the speaker has 30 seconds left for a given question. The second is to

have an automatic mechanical turn-off of their mike after that time. 4. Stay on the topic or question. Don’t change the subject, for example, by saying, “Yes, but what about this?” It may seem legitimate to bring into the discussion, but what it does is to successfully avoid the question the other has brought up. 5. Don’t “pile on”: “What about this, that, this, that?” Stick to one thing at a time. 6. Answer the question that was asked, not one that you have an answer for. Likewise, don’t use it as an opportunity to talk about

something else and disregard the question or topic 7. Back up generalizations. For example, “He has a great record,” or “He has done nothing to help the economy.” Give specific examples, figures, details. 8. For generalizations you can’t back up, give your sources. For generalizations by the other person ask, “How do you know this?” “Who did you get this information from?” “Who are you relying on for your information?” In public debates, these questions serve audiences who want to know who has knowledge of facts, who can list personal

achievement, and who has specific plans. Unfortunately, many audiences are looking for what the media give them: conflict, drama, putdowns, entertainment. By the way, it is my responsibility to ask these questions of myself before I get into a debate. Maybe, initially, start the conversation by asking the blunt question: Do we want to have a discussion or an argument? You might call these eight rules “the rules of engagement.” When we follow them, it is like “getting engaged” — a love affair! If not, it’s “engaging in battle.”

I like hearing Joe Rogan question anti-vaxxers STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 vitamins, etc. I’m skeptical. I’m about to get my fourth dose of vaccine. But I still like hearing Mr. Rogan question anti-vaxxers and other people with unusual ideas. I learn from his show. But other people say, “Rogan must be stopped. He kills people by broadcasting ‘misinformation.’” Also, “He’s racist because he said the N-word.” Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and some other musicians who I bet have never listened to Mr. Rogan pulled their music from Spotify, the

service that carries his podcast. They and others demand Spotify drop his show. Spotify hasn’t. And Mr. Rogan, unlike many people attacked by the mob, didn’t hide. He did what all of us should do if we’re attacked for something we say: Fight back with more speech. He quickly (without TV cosmetics — looks like he shot it in his backyard) released a video on Instagram, pointing out, “Many of the things that we thought of as misinformation just a short while ago are now accepted as fact. ... If you said, ‘I don’t think cloth masks work,’ you would be banned from social media. Now that’s openly

and repeatedly stated on CNN. If you said, ‘I think it’s possible that COVID-19 came from a lab,’ you’d be banned from many social media platforms. Now that’s on the cover of Newsweek.” Mr. Rogan is right. The smug arbiters of truth versus misinformation are often wrong. Then Mr. Rogan faced another controversy. A video of him using the N-word was circulated. Mr. Rogan apologized but again fought back with more speech. He said he never called anyone the N-word; he’d only said it when others said it. “I was quoting a Lenny Bruce bit,” said Mr. Rogan. “Or a Paul Mooney bit. Or I was talking about

how Quentin Tarantino used it repeatedly in ‘Pulp Fiction.’” Mr. Rogan’s a comedian who’s done thousands of shows and hundreds of podcasts. Of course he’ll make mistakes and offend some people. So what? He corrects his mistakes. Let Mr. Rogan speak. John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.” For other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com. Copyright 2022 BY JFS Productions Inc.

There’s much to admire about Hungary

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Continued from Page C3 innocent children here. On the contrary, the government’s public defense of European Christendom and the “illiberal” nature in which its policies prefer traditional religious ethics over alternative lifestyles represents a sort of “ecumenical integralism” — encapsulated by the fact Mr. Orban himself is Calvinist, while his wife is Catholic. Hungary’s popular, elaborate and muchdiscussed family policy measures have also been successful in boosting the national birth rate. The combination here of nationalism, public Christianity and Soros-bashing leads many in

the Western press to decry Mr. Orban and Fidesz as antisemitic. Nothing could be further from the truth. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the longestserving leader in the Jewish state’s history, considered Mr. Orban his greatest European ally. Hungary routinely supports Israel at the United Nations and in its invariable border conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah. Moreover, Jewish life itself in Budapest is thriving (at least based on the bleak post-World War II baseline for European Jewry). I spent half a day touring numerous gorgeous synagogues, walking through the historic Jewish ghetto and dining at a very fine kosher meat restaurant.

(The goulash was delicious.) And unlike in Western and Northern European countries, which have taken a diametrically opposite stance on the issue of Islamic migration, Jews in Hungary are safe and secure. Armed guards outside synagogues are far from ubiquitous here — unlike, say, in Paris or Brussels. The view from Budapest, then, is a good one. That’s not to say everything here is perfect; like much of the rest of postSoviet Central and Eastern Europe, corruption remains a real problem. But American statesmen and legislators can still find much to admire and possibly emulate here, at least at the level of principle. The thorny policy details, especially in the

context of America’s constitutional structure, will be fleshed out not in the realm of principle but of prudence. But Hungary under Fidesz, to use another phrase popular among the online Right, “knows what time it is.” The time is one of a declining neutral liberal order, and of a greater imperative to wield state power to promote good and quash evil. April’s elections here will reveal whether the Hungarian electorate agrees. To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com. Copyright 2022 by Creators.com.

‘Treat others as you would like to be treated’ ZEPKE

Continued from Page C1 Jersey (March 7), New York (Feb. 17) and Washington state (Feb. 18). Why are so many blue states choosing before, or closely following, March 1, 2022? What happens on March 1? What a coincidence! That is the day the president will deliver his State of the Union address. According to former New York police officer and secret agent Dan Bongino, there is a rumor that President Joe Biden wants to refer to his successes with COVID-19 — successes that enabled states to reduce the masks requirements. At the risk of “looking at a gift horse in the mouth,” a Latin expression meaning “looking at a horse’s teeth to determine its age,” the precedent would be the president’s speech for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 and the botched withdrawal during the same year from Afghanistan, which left terrorists $85 billion in the latest military equipment, U.S. citizens and friendly locals. On March 1, the veracity of the rumors can be determined. Meanwhile, the continuing loss of credibility of many Democratic leaders’ programs based on their masks requirements being for “thee but not me” are on full display at such places as former President

Barack Obama’s birthday party, and at expensive dinners in such places as the French Laundry, or at football games, like the Super Bowl, by governors and the mayors of blue states and cities like Los Angeles, Chicago and New York or even Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a beauty parlor. Perhaps the most bizarre example is the White House requiring masks for the federal employees guarding the southern border but not for the 7,000-a-day mask-ess border crossers who then interact with US citizens. Meanwhile, Republican governors, such as those in Florida and Texas, followed the rule of “treat others as you would like to be treated” by eliminating the mask requirement for everyone. Shame President Joe Biden did not enjoy at least one dinner in the White House “far from the madding crowd” as president before signing EO 13991. Brent E. Zepke is an attorney, arbitrator and author who lives in Santa Barbara. Formerly he taught at six universities and numerous professional conferences. He is the author of six books: “One Heart-Two Lives,” “Legal Guide to Human Resources,” “Business Statistics,” “Labor Law,” “Products and the Consumer” and “Law for NonLawyers.”

A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drug BUCKLEY

Continued from Page C1 potent weapon. (It infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.) 6) A good tactic is one that your people enjoy (burning courthouses, chapels, police stations, cars). 7) A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drug. 8) Keep the pressure on (utilize all events of the period [pandemic, voter fraud, etc.] for your purposes). 9) The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself. 10) Develop operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition. 11) If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counter side. 12) The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. 13) Pick the target. Freeze it, personalize it and polarize it. This last rule encapsulates the entire Alinsky agenda. Picking the target means choosing

a person — not a building, institution, or inanimate object — to heap scorn onto. With the help of a negative barrage of stories from social media, the mainstream press and the Democratic Party, they froze, personalized and polarized opinion toward President Donald Trump, and by judiciously jiggering the voting process in their favor, Democrats — Alinskyites all — succeeded in putting their candidate into office. We can win by remembering that Mr. Alinsky and his acolytes at every level of government understand that by us compromising — especially on principles — they win. That means no compromising, no giving in, no “reaching across the aisle” unless absolutely necessary to ensure national survival. The opposition knows that, and we need to know that too. James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com.

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ripped by war, nationalism and fear. French military intervention in Germany after the peace settlement damaged the economy, especially the industrial Ruhr, while enraging the German people. Today’s international institutions were utterly absent from 1920s Europe. “When Money Dies” appeared in 1975, as inflation was increasing rapidly in global terms, fueled by the U.S. with big fiscal deficits and escalating government spending,, and by OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Nations) with the drastic 1973 increase in oil prices. That cartel had failed in a similar price gouging effort in 1960, but 13 years later controlled a much larger share of the global petroleum market. Arab states were committed to putting pressure on the U.S. regarding Israel. The stagflation — high inflation combined with high unemployment — that plagued industrial nations through the 1970s was challenging, unnerving, at times apparently unmanageable. This did not end until Fed Chairman Paul Volcker broke inflation with very tough measures of high interest rates and restricted money supply. The global economy has

been largely free of inflation, but the collapse in housing and associated derivatives markets raised the specter of the Weimar disaster. “When Money Dies” here has an important lesson for today. Simply injecting funds into an unstable economy without essential reforms is a recipe for failure. Mr. Fergusson stresses integrity’s vital role. Weimar officials and business executives were guilty of widespread corruption. Others simply looked the other way. Election of the Nazis ended any integrity. E.F. Hutton, convicted of fraud, disappeared. Warren Buffett had never heard of “When Money Dies” until a reporter contacted him to confirm the mistaken story. Accurate news includes the reality that globalization greatly facilitates efficiency and adaptation to change. Nonetheless, vast public spending, then or now, aggressively feeds inflation. In short, confirm your facts. To learn more, see Robert J. Samuelson’s “The Great Inflation and Its Aftermath” Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War - American Foreign Policy, Europe and Asia” (NYU Press and Palgrave/Macmillan). He is also the director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisc., and a Clausen Distinguished Professor. He welcomes questions and comments at acyr@carthage. edu.