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Gas surpasses $5 a gallon average By DAN MCCALEB THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – Average U.S. gas prices crossed the $5 threshold for the first time ever Saturday, further stressing Americans struggling to make ends meet as inflation continues to soar. According to AAA, the average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline is $5.004 as of Saturday after prices rose every day for the past two weeks. In California, the average price is $6.43 per gallon, while Santa Barbara County averages $6.35 per gallon. A week ago, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was $4.82. A month ago, it was $4.40. A year ago, it was $3.08. That’s nearly a $2 a gallon increase in the past 12 months. “Not a great way to start the weekend, the highest #gasprices ever – the national average for gasoline is now at $5.01 per gallon with 20 states above the $5 mark,” Patrick De Haan at GasBuddy tweeted Saturday morning. GasBuddy compiles its own data to calculate average prices. “Diesel continues to rise as well, and stands at $5.76/gal with 13

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This weekend, the Santa Barbara Home Show returned for the first time since 2020. The Home Show opened yesterday and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today. “It’s overwhelming and so exciting because I missed the excitement of homeowners coming in and seeing what is being displayed and showcased. The vendors do a great job of putting things together and showcasing. Homeowners are so excited to come in and see everything they need in one place and see everything showcased,” said Margo Browning, owner of Chargo Productions, which produced the expo. Ms. Browning owned the business and produced the show since 2006. “I have been greeting everyone at the Please see HOME SHOW on A5

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A women’s pickleball group at the Goleta Valley Community Center recently raised $3,500 to provide shoes for the children of the Goleta Boys and Girls Club. They have also been teaching the children to play pickleball. “I’m 64 and, like most people, I was devastated by COVID, locked up and lonely. I was invited to play pickleball and it was there I met Lisa Gonzales and was invited to join her pickleball group,” said group member Cheri Spencer. “The group of women at the Goleta Valley Community Center are special. There is a group of about 10-15 women that play pickleball. But there is a greater community, I probably have about 55 contacts in my phone from

pickleball.” The main building of the Goleta Valley Community Center is in the front while the Boys and Girls Club shares space in the back of the building. “When I started playing pickleball, we noticed kids from the Boys and Girls club coming and going,” explained Ms. Spencer. “We realized that we were in the kids’ space. The space belongs to the Goleta Valley community. They are sharing their home with us. We realized we needed to integrate the courts and we could start with the kids. So we spoke to the director and told him we wanted to teach the kids pickleball.” In order to play the game, however, the children would need paddles and other equipment. Please see PICKLEBALL on A5

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states averaging over $6 while Cali stands near $7.” Diesel fuels the trucks that transport food and other consumer goods across the country, contributing to 40year-high inflation. The U.S. Department of Labor released data Friday showing consumer prices climbed 8.6% in May over the same period last year, the largest increase since 1981. As the summer travel season swings into full gear and supply can’t keep up with demand, analysts say gas prices are going to continue to rise. While President Joe Biden blames Russia’s war in Ukraine and the oil industry for the record high prices, Republicans blame the president’s green energy policies. “Biden promised to eliminate oil and natural gas, now families are paying the price for his antiAmerican energy agenda,” the Republican National Committee tweeted. “Biden’s solution? Force Americans to drive less or buy an expensive electric vehicle.”

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle talked about the royal family when fellow Montecito resident Oprah Winfrey interviewed them last year for a CBS special.

UN-WOKED The next plot over belongs to (pronoun of choice) Woke Wokester, with this gravestone epitaph: “Here lies Woke, reawakened as a joke, missed only by hopelessly deluded folk.” Bear in mind, we understand that wokeness had an honorable beginning. Few know (least of all, wokesters) that it stems from a 1938 folk song by Huddie Ledbetter, popularly known as Lead Belly, about nine black teenagers accused of raping two white women with this lyric: “Be a little careful when they go along through here — best stay woke, keep their eyes open” to racial prejudice and discrimination. Our generation grew up with open eyes to racial prejudice and discrimination. President Harry S Truman began the crusade to reform an inequitable system, and President Lyndon Baines Johnson pushed it through and took all the credit. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamt his dream, and we, as a nation, are all better off for it. And that is why we do not believe in identity politics. Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, we — most of us, anyway — looked at all humans with respect, regardless of color. (And for some of us that extends to a 49-day-old fetus inside the womb, the irony …) But guess what? Woke-ness got corrupted into a movement that broadened its definition — a movement hijacked by critical race theory and the call for reparations along with a focus on sexism and an overlap with #metoo, leading to, as filmmaker Don Letts said, “a world so woke you can’t make a joke.” Ultimately, it was a power play,

BANNING IS THE NEW CENSORSHIP Remember the good old days when you’d get 86’d from a saloon for dancing naked on the bar at midnight or engaging in a drunken brawl? Times have changed. For many months now, this columnist has been banned from a Coast Village Road bar-andgrill, not for dancing naked or any kind of rowdy misbehavior — but for expressing in these pages his opinion about their ambience and food. Their ban matters not to us as we stopped patronizing their establishment long ago and miss it not one iota. But the banning of a journalist because of a bad review? A more rational approach would be to put ego aside and learn from what others say; endeavor to improve where necessary. We reached out for comment but heard nothing back. We shall, of course, wear this as a badge of courage as we continue to demonstrate that the pen is mightier than the martini. Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast experience in investigative journalism. He welcomes questions or comments at reringer@gmail. com.

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imprisoning. (Where’s Wilson when you need him?) And then there is the problem of reconciling a green stance with the desire for personal comfort. Only last year, Harry ranted that climate change is one of “the two most pressing issues” in the world today. But just like other sham greenies Al Gore and Prince Albert of Monaco, the duke leaves a huge carbon footprint as he travels the world by private jet, lecturing people on why they should not drive their car to work but take a bus instead — a pretenseless posture of “Don’t practice what you preach.” On this last trip to London and back, total 24 hours, the Bombardier Global 6000 jet on which he and his family flew emitted 112,800 pounds of carbon dioxide. By the way, that’s a lot for one trip for a family of four. Are we the only ones to note such hypocrisy? Well, with her own private jet, Oprah, another pretend or part-time greenie, is unlikely to raise that question with Harry and Megs. The duke’s unnerving experience at the platinum jubilee comes on the heels of Netflix canceling the duchess’s animated series, “Pearl,” before it even launched. It is thought by royal insiders that Harry’s memoir, for which Penguin Random House has not yet announced a release date, may be the final nail in a coffin that seals shut any chance of reconciliation or resurrection to a royal existence. (Message to Harry: Cancel the book deal; you don’t need this.) On another front, our antisocial media war correspondent reports the latest buzz on the Internet: The “Megxiteers” are blazing their belief that the photo posted of one year-old Lilibet is fake. “Lilibet is not of Meghan’s body” is their latest mantra.

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as Mitch Kokai wrote last month in American Thinker: “They just want to rule over the rest of us. They’ve been trying to make it illegal to hurt their feelings. Yet they can offend us all the time. They insist we’re such terrible people that they refuse to even dialog with us. Yet they claim we are ones who are intolerant.” Ricky Gervais, the British comedian and actor, astutely said in 2021, “I want to live long enough to see the younger generation not be woke enough for the next generation. It’s going to happen.” In fact, it is already happening. Like a black hole, woke is imploding, a victim of the cancel culture it helped create. And now even mainstream media calls it out for what it’s truly about: grievance and division; political correctness gone awry. Or put another way: Most will laugh, a few will cry, we’re delighted to toast witless wokeness goodbye. Cheers!

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Chief of “The Sugars” (and Sussex Squad apologist) Omid Scobie responds with cease-anddesist orders and a YouTube takedown. Lawyers have now entered the fray. While Mr. Scobie contends that Britain’s monarchy is “dull” without Harry and Megs, rival “Megxiteers” claim that the duke and duchess “had recording devices on them at the church” and that “the Queen had them watched like a hawk.” If our experience in the Principality of Monaco is anything to go by, there is nothing more cutthroat than a royal court.

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he relevancy of Montecito’s resident duke and duchess appears to be diminishing at the same rate as wokism. If their recent visit to London for the queen’s platinum jubilee proved anything, it is that the British royal family is more popular than ever and has moved on mightily despite the efforts of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to soil the royals’ image by laying the family’s dirty laundry on an Oprah Winfrey special for all to hear. The duke’s new nickname might as well be “Second Row Harry,” based on the seating arrangement for a thanksgiving service inside St. Paul’s Cathedral, at which, upon arrival, the duke and duchess were booed by spectators. It would prove to be the first and last event during the fourday extravaganza Harry and Megs would attend. Thereafter, perhaps mortified by the public’s disapproval of their presence, they snubbed a Guildhall reception (leaving party goers without a royal, as promised) and abruptly returned home to Montecito before the jubilee climaxed with a pageant. Hardly mattered, anyway, since they were not invited to wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace along with the queen and her family. (And maybe that’s why they departed when they did.) There are also reports that Prince Harry was rebuffed after asking permission for his own photographer to snap pics of Queen Elizabeth II greeting her nick-namesake grandchild, Lilibet, at a private gathering. And this may also explain why — to preclude photo ops — the duke and duchess were choreographed away from senior royals. “I heard Netflix wanted these pictures of them with the royals because they would have sold them,” royal biographer Angela Levin told British talk show “GB News.” “It would have been very valuable to them.” One wonders if Harry is beginning to feel like the character Tom Hanks portrayed in the 2000 movie “Cast Away.” Judging by the glum expression he wore upon arrival at Santa Barbara Airport, the cold shoulders he encountered at his old stomping ground may be taking a toll on his psyche. Or perhaps he misses the pomp and circumstance he once found

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A vehicle crash in Lompoc on Friday left two occupants injured. They were transported to Marian Medical Center after heavy extraction.

State Route 246 drainage improvement project begins this week On Monday, a project will begin to install a drainage culvert at the intersection of State Route 246 (Mission Street) and Edison Street in Santa Ynez. Travelers will encounter oneway reversing traffic control Monday through Friday from 8:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. Edison Street will be closed during this roadwork and travelers will need to detour onto nearby Meadowvale Rd. Delays should not exceed 15 minutes. The contractor for this $388,000 project is Brough Construction of Arroyo Grande. This project is expected to be complete this summer. Caltrans would like to remind motorists to move over and slow down when driving through highway work zones. For information on traffic updates on other Caltrans projects in Santa Barbara County, residents may call the Caltrans District 5 Public Affairs Office at (805) 549-3237 or visit https://dot. ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-5.

Vehicle accident in lompoc On Friday at approximately 11 p.m., there was a vehicle accident on Central and Floradale in Lompoc Valley. Santa Barbara County Fire, LMP and AMR were on the scene of a vehicle rollover where heavy extrication was required. Both patients were transported to Marion Medical Center for treatment. The accident is under investigation, as reported in a tweet by Captain Daniel Bertucelli, PIO for Santa Barbara County Fire.

Construction update Carpinteria Carpool Lane Opening Event The opening ceremony for the community carpool lane will take place on Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the northbound on-ramp at Casitas

Pass Road. The northbound onramp at Casitas Pass Road will be closed from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Friday. The northbound lane is anticipated to open as early as Saturday.

Summerland segment: On the night of June 15, the northbound lanes will be shifted into the median and the new northbound on-ramp at Sheffield Dr. will open on Friday. The northbound on-ramp at Ortega Hill Rd. will close for up to eight months beginning as early as Friday and drivers can use the new on-ramp at Sheffield Dr. A temporary closure will occur at the northbound off-ramp at Evans Ave. from Thursday at 8 p.m. to Saturday at 5 a.m.

Closures: Drivers are reminded to drive safely through the corridor and remember to Slow for the Cone Zone. The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph for safety throughout the construction areas. Two freeway lanes remain open in each direction during daytime hours.

Northbound Highway 101 Sunday nights from 9 p.m. - 7 a.m. the highway will be one lane from Bailard Ave. to Sheffield Dr. with on- and off-ramps at Bailard Ave., Casitas Pass Rd., Linden Ave., Santa Monica Rd. and N Padaro Ln. Monday - Thursday nights from 8 p.m. – 7 a.m., will be one lane from Bailard Ave. to Sheffield Dr., with on- and off-ramps at Bailard Ave., Casitas Pass Rd., Linden Ave., Santa Monica Rd., and N. Padaro Ln. The on-ramp at Sheffield Dr. is set to reopen Friday, a month earlier than originally projected. Drivers can use the on-ramp at San Ysidro Rd. until the ramp reopens. The northbound on-ramp at Ortega Hill Rd., closed for up to eight months on Friday, is anticipated to reopen Feb. 14. Until then, drivers can use the onramp at Sheffield Dr. The northbound off-ramp at Evans Ave., will be closed Thursday from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. to enable crews to shift lanes, drivers can use the northbound off-ramp at N. Padaro Ln. and Lillie Ave. Please note that the N. Padaro Ln. off-ramp will remain open for this temporary detour. The off-ramp at Sheffield Dr.

will be closed for up to six months and is anticipated to reopen October 3. Until then, drivers can use the off-ramp at San Ysidro Rd. Flaggers are assisting during the morning peak periods at the San Ysidro intersections with Highway 101.

Southbound Highway 101 Sunday nights from 10 p.m. - 7 a.m. the highway will be one lane from Sheffield Dr. to Bailard Ave.,with on- and off-ramps at Carpinteria Ave., Reynolds Ave., Linden Ave., Casitas Pass Rd. and Bailard Ave. Monday - Thursday nights from 8 p.m. – 7:30 a.m., will be one lane from Sheffield Dr. to Bailard Ave. With on- and offramps at N. Padaro Ln., S. Padaro Ln./Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria Ave., Reynolds Ave., Linden Ave., Casitas Pass Rd. and Bailard Ave. The off-ramp at Evans Ave will be closed for up to nine months and is anticipated to reopen Oct 24. Until then, drivers can use the southbound off-ramp at Sheffield Dr. The on-ramp at N. Padaro Ln. will be closed for up to three months and is anticipated to reopen June 20. Drivers can use the on-ramp at Santa Claus Ln. until it reopens. The off-ramp at S. Padaro Ln./ Santa Claus Ln., is closed for up to seven months, and is anticipated to reopen Oct. 19. Until then drivers can use the off-ramp at Carpinteria Ave. to Santa Ynez Ave., Via Real, and S. Padaro Ln.

N. Jameson Ln. by Sheffield Dr. During sound wall construction and while temporary safety barriers are in place, N. Jameson Ln, by Sheffield Dr, 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. From Today through Friday, S. Padaro Ln. under Hwy. 101 will be closed at night starting at 9 p.m. in order to install temporary supports for upcoming bridge construction. The road will reopen at 6 a.m. during this time. Drivers can use the detour on N. Padaro Ln. and Via Real. Please note trucks over 40’ will not be able to turn right onto S. Padaro Ln. from Santa Claus Ln. while the temporary barriers are used during falsework setup. - Katherine Zehnder

IRS destroyed 30 million tax filing documents, lawmakers demand answers By CASEY HARPER THE CENTER SQUARE

(The Center Square) – The Internal Revenue Service has been under fire for delays and millions of backlogged returns, but now lawmakers are raising the alarm after the federal agency “destroyed” millions of Americans’ tax documents. Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig this week asking for answers about why these records were destroyed. “The intentional decision to destroy these documents – which the IRS would need to ensure taxpayers are accurately reporting their income – was based in part on the IRS’s continued inability to process backlogs of paper-filed tax returns…’” the letter said, referring to an inspector general report and the IRS’ millions of unprocessed tax returns. The letter comes after the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released an audit in May reporting that the IRS destroyed 30 million “paper-filed information return documents.” Experts said this will make it harder for the IRS to check if future returns are accurate and to conduct audits. “Indeed, it appears that the IRS may now demand that taxpayers provide duplicate copies of

information previously destroyed by the IRS,” the letter said. “We are also troubled by TIGTA findings that efforts by the IRS to modernize paper filing processing has failed and are skeptical that the IRS will follow through with TIGTA recommendations to alleviate these problems, particularly as “IRS management did not take sufficient actions to address recommendations included in [TIGTA’s] prior review.” The records can also be used for reviews of the IRS’ performance. “This audit was initiated because the IRS’s continued inability to process backlogs of paperfiled tax returns contributed to management’s decision to destroy an estimated 30 million paperfiled information return documents in March 2021,” the TIGTA said. “The IRS uses these documents to conduct post-processing compliance matches to identify taxpayers who do not accurately report their income. TIGTA previously reported that there were actions the IRS could take to reduce paper filings and/or convert paper tax returns into an electronic format. In addition, TIGTA reported that, while the electronic filing (e-filing) of business tax returns continued to increase, the e-filing rate still lags behind that of individual tax returns. Finally, Please see IRS on A4

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Continued from Page A3 repeated efforts to modernize paper tax return processing have been unsuccessful.” The federal tax-collecting agency also has struggled to keep up with returns and has taken fire for wasting billions of dollars in improper payments. The U.S. House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing last month, as The Center Square previously reported, where Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C. said the agency had 16 million unprocessed returns. “The program has an annual improper payment rate of around 25%. In the latest fiscal year, the improper payment amount totaled $19 billion,” Rep. Rice said at the hearing The IRS, though, says its delays are because of President Joe Biden’s COVID-era spending, which tasked the agency with distributing COVID-19 stimulus payments as well as creating and distributing checks to millions of American families based on the age and number of children they had under the Child Tax Credit program. Those heavy administrative burdens, the agency said, put them behind. “The agency was called upon to support emergency relief for taxpayers, like distributing an unprecedented three rounds of Economic Impact Payments,

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totaling over $830 billion, to 85% of American households,” The Treasury Department said earlier this year. “Including individual refunds, the IRS has distributed over $1.5 trillion to Americans since the pandemic began. This was all done at a time when the IRS budget was at historic lows, and while adjusting operating protocols to ensure the IRS workforce was safe and healthy in the midst of the pandemic.” Critics pointed to the IRS scandals as evidence to push back against President Biden’s plans to expand the agency and its power, including recent plans to allow the IRS to monitor the bank accounts of millions of Americans. “Once again, the scandalridden IRS has failed the American people,” said Matthew Dickerson, a budget and tax expert at the Heritage Foundation. “This is just another example in a long line of controversies that has deteriorated the taxpayers’ trust in the agency. The IRS has been politicized, repeatedly targeting conservatives, and illegally leaking confidential taxpayer records. ... “Congress must hold the IRS accountable,” he added. “Moreover, lawmakers must reject Biden’s proposal to require reporting to the IRS on the financial accounts of lawabiding citizens and $79 billion IRS slush fund.”

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Patricia Kay Fetters, age 83, of Santa Barbara, California, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Buena Vista Care Center due to vascular dementia. She was born October 24, 1938 in Pontiac, Michigan to her late parents, Elizabeth and William Dorris. Pat was also preceded in death by her sister Pamela. After her family moved from Michigan to Orange, California, Pat grew up a self-proclaimed tomboy, hiking, camping, and horseback riding. She loved music, playing the violin and had a beautiful singing voice. After graduating high school, she pursued her dream of becoming a nurse and during that period married Phil Seitz. Pat and Phil had 3 children together before they divorced in 1970. Pat soon met and married John Fetters in 1971, who adopted all three children before having a 4th child together. They moved to Santa Barbara in 1973. Pat was highly intelligent, had a sparkling personality and a smile that would light up the room. Pat took great pride in her accomplished career in nursing, working at Cottage Hospital in the Intensive Care Unit. She loved her family and when not working, she loved to read and indulge her creative gifts of singing, Japanese embroidery and painting. Pat is survived by her husband, John Fetters, and by her two sons and two daughters: son and daughter-in-law Wayne Seitz and Dana Greyson (The Dalles, Oregon), son Carl Seitz (Oregon), daughter and son-in-law Deana and Don Gilman (Santa Barbara, California) and daughter Elizabeth Abernathy (Phoenix, Arizona). Pat is also survived by her four grandchildren, Jack Abernathy and Emily, Brianna, and Adam Gilman. John and the family would like to express their sincere gratitude to the entire staff at Buena Vista Care Center who cared for her during her four years there with special thanks to the activities staff who worked so hard, especially during the pandemic, to keep her engaged and active. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 16th at the Goleta Cemetery followed by a reception at John’s residence. All are welcome to attend.

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Paul Francis Strittmatter, beloved husband, dad and granddad, died Sunday, May 15, 2022, at home in Santa Barbara. He had just celebrated his 97th birthday three days before with champagne and shrimp. A lifelong engineer who loved offering technical support to family and friends, Paul was born May 12, 1925, to Helen and Otto Strittmatter in Hastings, PA. His earliest memories were waking up before sunrise to feed the chickens and start a fire in the basement furnace for hot water in the house. When he was a boy, his grandpa took him on his first airplane ride at a country fair. He knew then that he wanted to be a pilot. By the time Paul graduated from high school, World War II was raging and, rather than wait to be drafted, he enlisted with the Army Air Corps and was sent to basic flight training at Garner Field in Uvalde, Texas, flying the PT-19. Shortly after, he was combat qualified for the B-17. With the war winding down, he was sent to Roswell, NM, for B-29 training. While at Buckley Field, Colorado, waiting for a crew and aircraft, the war ended. Though his active duty ended, he continued as a reservist pilot until 1972. Paul graduated from Penn State in 1950 with a degree in civil engineering. After college he worked at the family lumber company before being hired by Babcock and Wilcox in Barberton, OH, where he designed the world’s largest electric overhead traveling crane. In 1956 Paul was hired by General Motors (Delco) in Milwaukee, where his adventures really began. Paul was sent to Morocco, Tangier, Germany, Libya and the UK as a field representative providing technical support. In 1958 he began his space career with the Thor Missile Program, working with the Royal Air Force. Paul was called back to Milwaukee to develop an all-forces airplane and oversee the modular cockpit systems. He began flying C-130s on weekends for the Air Force 440th Tactical Airlift Wing. In 1972 in Milwaukee, he married Kathleen Kelly, whom he had met at a St. Patrick’s Day party. After their wedding reception, they loaded up her VW bug and drove to Santa Barbara, where he began work on the Apollo program. He was in charge of flight readiness for the Guidance and Navigation systems of Apollo and the Skylab project. After the birth of their daughter Elizabeth, Paul took up the mantel of doting father, attending piano recitals, volleyball games and poetry competitions. He also loved to travel, ski, write lists, make omelets and barbecue tri-tip with the Bishop Diego H.S. Dads’ Club. Paul had a keen mind and an amazing memory, which remained clear to the end. He had a font of knowledge, a deep faith and strong principles. His was a long and well-lived life. He leaves behind his loving wife Kathleen, precious daughter Elizabeth (Charlie) Roberts, grandchildren Willie and Gracie Roberts, and sisters Eileen Alvarez and Margaret Rider. There will be a vigil for Paul on Wednesday, June 15th at 7 p.m. at Welch-Ryce-Haider Mortuary, 15 E. Sola Street. Funeral services will be at San Roque Catholic Church, 325 Argonne Circle, on Thursday, June 16th at 11 a.m., luncheon to follow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Fr. Virgil Cordano Center, c/o St. Vincent’s, 4200 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93110, or to Catholic Relief Services, 228 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, MD 21201.

July 30th 1923 - May 29th 2022

With profound sadness we announce the passing of Dorothy Rose Brunson Clarke, a devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to all whose lives she touched, on May 29th, 2022. She left us peacefully at her residence in Santa Barbara, California surrounded by love. She was in her 98th year. Dorothy was a surgical nurse at Scripps hospital in La Jolla California where she met her loving husband Charles Jackson Clarke. They spent time together in Rochester, New York before moving to Channel Islands, California to raise their daughter Barbara. Now, she is with her husband who preceded her in 2005. She was a lover of the arts, a proliﬁc painter of oils, acrylic and charcoal, a pianist, singer and tap dancer too. Dorothy spent much of her life chairing charity functions and fundraisers. Dorothy was the youngest of three born in Indiana. She is survived by her brother Robert Brunson, her daughter Barbara Anne Clarke, her grandson Maximilian Germain Klett and her great-granddaughter Leighton Montana Rose Klett. She will be missed.

Danny Patrick Foley passed away peacefully, on June 3rd, 2022, at home in Santa Barbara, California. He died after a losing battle with lung cancer at the age of 71. Dan was born at Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles, CA. Throughout his life, he had a passion and love for cars, sports and above all else, his family. Dan spent his early life in Eagle Rock, California with his parents and two brothers. He was an avid athlete and was recruited to play basketball at St. Francis High School. He attended Glendale College where he was on the football team and then transferred to USC. He received his undergraduate degree in Business. Dan served in the United States Army and then following in his father’s footsteps, began working for the LAPD. After retiring from the police department Dan started a security company and then moved to Santa Barbara to do property management. Shortly thereafter he started a real estate company and he continued on this career path all the way until his ﬁnal days. He was a hardworking, generous man who loved to joke and laugh. He will be deeply missed by his friends, family and all those who knew him. Dan Foley is survived by his wife, Athena. Three children: Shannon, Emily and Justin. As well as six grandchildren. A private celebration of life will be held at Stow Grove Park. Please contact the family if you would like to attend. In lieu of ﬂowers please donate to the Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara.

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Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Maricopa 99/64

Guadalupe 69/55

Santa Maria 71/55

Vandenberg 66/54

New Cuyama 95/57 Ventucopa 92/55

Los Alamos 83/55

Buellton 82/54

Solvang 86/55

Gaviota 75/57

SANTA BARBARA 71/60 Goleta 77/59

Carpinteria 71/60 Ventura 69/61

AIR QUALITY KEY Good Moderate

Source: airnow.gov Unhealthy for SG Very Unhealthy Unhealthy Not Available

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70/59 70/54 88 in 1946 46 in 1982

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0.00” 0.00” (0.04”) 10.53” (17.09”)

City Cuyama Goleta Lompoc Pismo Beach Santa Maria Santa Ynez Vandenberg Ventura

STATE CITIES Bakersfield Barstow Big Bear Bishop Catalina Concord Escondido Eureka Fresno Los Angeles Mammoth Lakes Modesto Monterey Napa Oakland Ojai Oxnard Palm Springs Pasadena Paso Robles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo Santa Monica Tahoe Valley

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POINT ARENA TO POINT PINOS

Wind west 6-12 knots today. Waves 1-3 feet; southsouthwest swell 2-4 feet at 14 seconds. Visibility under a mile in areas of morning fog.

POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west 6-12 knots today. Waves 1-3 feet; southsouthwest swell 2-4 feet at 14 seconds. Visibility under a mile in areas of morning fog.

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9:21 a.m. 8:29 p.m. June 13 10:16 a.m. 9:11 p.m. June 14 11:11 a.m. 9:55 p.m.

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NATIONAL CITIES Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Houston Miami Minneapolis New York City Philadelphia Phoenix Portland, Ore. St. Louis Salt Lake City Seattle Washington, D.C.

Wind from the west at 6-12 knots today. Wind waves 3-6 feet with a west swell 3-6 feet at 9-second intervals. Visibility unrestricted.

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LOCAL TEMPS Today Hi/Lo/W 95/57/s 77/59/pc 71/55/pc 71/55/c 71/55/pc 89/53/s 66/54/pc 69/61/pc

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Pismo Beach 71/55

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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 83,952 acre-ft. Elevation 707.06 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 35.7 acre-ft. Inflow 19.0 acre-ft. State inflow 36.2 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -69 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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Event has been a part of SB for more than 30 years HOME SHOW

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door saying ‘Welcome to the Home Show, we are so excited to be back.’ and everyone has been saying ‘We are so excited you are back, we missed you!,” Ms. Browning told the News-Press. The Santa Barbara Home Show has been going on for over 30 years and usually brings in about 2,000 attendees. Featured at the show are home improvement products, windows, system pavers, five different solar companies, landscaping products, garden supplies, kitchen and bath supplies, roofing products, home decor, beds, mattresses, chairs, couches, murphy beds, paint and more. Lifestyle exhibitors include vendors targeting aches and pains, muscle pains, health products, jewelry and more.

Featured at the show is the Revival Roots Nursery, which is giving out a free arugula ready to thrive in the garden. The Freedom Boat Club, which offers members the option of using its boats rather than having to own one, is another highlight. Paradise Landscape and Design has an incredible display with a fire pit and decking with synthetic grass. “My goal is to make everyone happy. I want everyone to get what they want in one weekend. The event is important to Santa Barbara because it is really difficult to go from business to business and set up appointments and travel. You can get everything you need at your fingertips, which is the key. We are excited to be back. We are back with a vengeance,” said Ms. Browning.

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Above, attendees browse the vendors at the Santa Barbara Home & Garden Expo on Saturday. Below, local business Paradise Landscape & Design products available to view during the event.

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Santa Barbara-based Quality Windows & Glass set up a booth at the event.

Each child received a pair of shoes and five pairs of socks

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Members of a Goleta pickleball group banded together to provide shoes, socks and pickleball supplies to the children of the Goleta Boys and Girls Club.

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This led Ms. Spencer to get on the phone to friends and post on Facebook groups in an effort to provide the sports supplies. “People donated cash or used paddles and we ended up with about 35-40 paddles. We told the kids the paddles and the courts belonged to them and we wanted to teach them to play and the kids started to pick it up. The ladies were good sports and very patient and kind with the kids,” said Ms. Spencer. But the ladies in the group didn’t stop with sports equipment. “One of the women in our group … had previously helped to provide kids … with new shoes through an organization called Shoes That Fit. Shoes That Fit has connections with name brand

shoe suppliers. So we set up a click and donate page. I sent a message to people in my pickleball phone list again. It was all a very grassroots effort. We raised about $3,500 dollars, which is enough to buy about 80-90 pairs of shoes and socks. We bought about 70 pairs of shoes from the organization. This left them with some money to buy more shoes if they needed it,” said Ms. Spencer. The ladies gave out the shoes on Thursday to the children of the Boys and Girls Club. Each child got one pair of shoes and five pairs of Bombas socks. “When I buy shoes for my children, it’s not an act of charity. It’s what people are supposed to do for their community and family. You give them to all the kids. No one is singled out as being in need. We plan to do it again next year,” said Ms. Spencer. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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Collegiate Baseball announced its 2022 Freshman All-American Team on Wednesday morning, naming Ryan Gallagher and Matt Ager of UCSB Baseball to its ranks. This is the third-straight season that multiple Gauchos have taken home the rookie honors. Gallagher, the 2022 Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year, was incredible in his first season with the Gauchos, taking over as the Sunday starter for UCSB. Leading the weekend rotation with

This is the third-straight season that multiple Gauchos have taken home the rookie honors. a 3.00 ERA and an impeccable 8-0 record during the regular season, Gallagher continued to show poise on the bump throughout the season. He ranked top-10 in the conference in wins, ERA, innings pitched, runs and earned runs. This feat was enough to earn him a Second Team All-Conference nod as well. Freshman righty Matt Ager was named Second Team AllConference in his first collegiate season and was one of the most

reliable relievers for UCSB this season. He led the Gauchos with a 2.92 ERA in 37 innings pitched during the regular season and only allowed 12 earned runs in 23 appearances while striking out 41. He also ranked seventh in the Big West with five saves. Daniel Moebus-Bowles writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

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Stefanie Berberabe’s journey with the Philippines National Team By JACOB NORLING WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

Westmont Women’s Basketball’s Stefanie Berberabe is one of the most decorated individuals in program history. The Westmont community knows Berberabe as an NAIA Player of the Year, twotime NAIA All-American, twotime GSAC Player of the Year, and three-time All-GSAC selection. On top of that, the 2021 national champion is celebrated for being a top-tier ambassador in the Westmont Athletics community, and one that embodies the term ‘Warrior’ on and off the court. This season, following another trip to the NAIA Final Site, a new community got a front-row seat to witness the Warrior that is Berberabe. “During the pandemic, there was a platform called ‘Fil-Am Nation Select’ started by Coach Cris Gopez,” shared Berberabe. “Fil-Am Nation gives exposure to Filipino athletes. It first started off as just bringing awareness and sharing Filipino-American basketball players’ stories. It expanded to all kinds of sports, highlighting athletes for both men and women.” Through Fil-Am Nation Select, Berberabe received exposure online, and from there, the online community bore witness to highlights that Westmont fans have grown used to seeing. These highlights showcased the incredible dribbling skill that Berberabe possesses, as well as her ability to finish at the rim. Berberabe, who stands at 5-3, is fourth in Westmont program history with an average of 12.3 points per game, and seventh in program history in career scoring at 1,296 points. As time went on, Fil-Am Nation Select grew their platform and took the mission to another level. Last summer, Fil-Am Nation Select began holding tryouts for the Philippines National Basketball Team. “Fortunately, one of the tryouts was held in California only 45 minutes from my house,” shared Berberabe. “Only those who were invited to the tryout were able to participate, so it consisted of athletes who play in college and overseas.” To those who have seen Berberabe play, the next step came as no surprise. “The coach showed interest in me after the tryout and a bunch of mix tapes were made of me,” said Berberabe, “So, I started getting more exposure on social media. “I would only be able to play for the Philippines if I had dualcitizenship, and I had just got it last year in the summer after the coaches showed interest in me. It was a long process to get the paperwork, but I appreciate the help that Fil-Am Nation Select provided for me to get it figured out.” While the excitement of the possibility of playing for the Filipino National Team hovered over Berberabe, the Norwalk native returned to Westmont in the fall and got to work with the Warriors, the reigning NAIA National Champions. Then, in the middle of the school year, Berberabe received an official offer to join the Philippines National Team. However, Berberabe and the Warriors were in the middle of defending their GSAC Regular Season Title on their way to the National Tournament. Berberabe reflected on the initial opportunity and said, “Although there are different opportunities for tournaments like FIBA, the World Cup, etc., I could only play for the SEA Games (SouthEast Asian Games) because it worked with my college schedule. “I learned about the opportunity in the middle of the school year, and I couldn’t give them a definite answer because I had to focus on Nationals for Westmont. When the time came that I could go, Coach Moore was so supportive of the opportunity.” On March 12 of this year, Berberabe scored a game-high 18 points and converted the gameicing free throws in a 50-47 win over USAO (Okla.). After one of the most thrilling wins of the year for any Westmont team, the Warriors claimed the NAIA Opening Round Tournament championship, sending them back to Sioux City, Iowa to compete at the Final Site. Unfortunately, the club’s quest to repeat came to an end in the round of 16. Fresh off the disappointment, Berberabe was able to explore the opportunity of a lifetime, but the biggest obstacle in her way was the fact that more than a month remained in the academic school year. “They wanted me to come out to

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the Philippines in the beginning of April,” began Berberabe, “Which was a long shot because I would have just come back from Nationals and I’d miss a lot of school. I ended up leaving to go to the Philippines April 14, which means I’d miss two weeks of school and finals week. “When I talked to my professors about it, none of them had trouble accommodating me and were very supportive and excited for my opportunity. Having their support was really relieving because I was stressed about it. Coach Moore really helped me figure out the logistics in everything.” From there, Berberabe traveled to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, where she trained with the team and got to reconnect with family for the first time in a handful of years. “They provided me with a condo in Manila,” noted Berberabe. “I also had cousins who lived about 30 minutes away from my condo, so I was able to stay there some nights, too. I’ve been to the Philippines before just for vacation and to visit family. I visited a lot when I was younger, but the last time I visited was in the summer of 2018.” “I have a lot of family in the Philippines! I’m so happy I got to visit my grandma who is 90 years old and she survived COVID-19. I have a bunch of family in different parts of the Philippines. The amount of support and excitement that I got from my family in the Philippines was so incredible. “Some of my cousins and aunt and uncle actually flew out to Vietnam to watch the games in person, and of course my parents and sister came out to Vietnam to support me. My sister actually just graduated from Pharmacy school, so the next day they all flew out to make it to the tournament!” While spending time with family for four weeks in Manila, of course, the main focus of the stay in the capital was to train with the team in preparation for the SEA Games. With that, Berberabe faced challenges unlike any she had faced while playing stateside. “I was really nervous because I was joining a group of players who already knew each other,” reflected Berberabe. “I was known as one of the ‘imports’ so I felt like I was going to be left out, but it just took a while for me and them to get comfortable with each other. “The language barrier was the biggest thing for us to be able to communicate well and effectively, but as time went on we were able to joke around about our differences in accents. There were a couple other Fil-Ams (FilipinoAmericans), so it was really cool to hear their journey and build relationships with them.” The conditions in the gym environment necessitated an adjustment period as well. “The most challenging thing for me was adjusting to the weather,” shared Berberabe. “It was so hot and so humid. The gym we practiced in was so hot and I’ve never sweated that much. “It was also difficult because of the language barrier. The coaches and players spoke 95% Tagalog, which sometimes made it hard for me to keep up with them. I would say I understand the language pretty fluently, but I can only speak about 25% Tagalog. So, when this was the only language being spoken most of my time here, it was difficult communicating with others.” While getting comfortable in the team’s training, there was also discomfort and a learning curve for Berberabe in practice. Whereas in Santa Barbara Berberabe knows her role is locked in, in Manila it was clear that healthy competition brought a new level of intensity to the gym. In regards to the competitive intensity in practice, Berberabe said, “I was surprised about the dynamic of the team’s training because everyone was fighting for a spot on the team. I remember

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(The Center Square) – The Virginia Legislature won’t be committing public funds to a new Washington Commanders Stadium in Woodbridge this year. The House and Senate had passed separate versions of the bill and would have needed agreement in conference committee. But Democratic Virginia Senate Majority Leader Richard Saslaw announced Thursday that the bill would not move forward this year. “I concur with Senator Saslaw’s decision,” Del. Barry Knight, RVirginia Beach. “When we began this process, it was with one thing in mind – will this be good for the taxpayers of the commonwealth? After evaluating both my bill and the senator’s bill, it’s clear that this project fails that test.” Virginia was one of several areas vying to be the future home of the Commanders, including near the site of the team’s current stadium at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. At issue was how much Virginia taxpayer money would go toward the project. The legislation would have created a stadium authority to build and develop the stadium complex using funds from sales tax collected at the site, similar to a deal in the works for a new Tennessee Titans stadium in Nashville. The Senate version of the bill did not cap how much sales tax could be collected and kept by the Commanders. Michael Farren, a Senior Research Fellow at George Mason’s Mercatus Center who has followed the deal closely, said that estimates of how much that sales tax incentive would ultimately be worth from lawmakers were never verified or proven, starting with an estimate from Saslaw of $1 billion before The Washington Post later reported that the incentive would be capped at $350 million for the estimated $3 billion project. “They are intentionally nontransparent so that the public doesn’t know what is going on,” Mr. Farren said. “That happens every time a stadium subsidy is considered.” The legislation also wasn’t clear whether the tax deal would apply to just the stadium or also to the district including commercial, residential and retail built surrounding a potential new stadium. “There is a clear problem in that the taxes from the campus outside of the stadium complex could be funneled to the stadium complex because there is no dividing line between where the stadium complex ends and where the campus begins,” Mr. Farren

said. In late May, part of a teamsponsored economic impact report was leaked to Virginia media claiming that the project would yield $24.7 billion in direct economic impact while bringing 2,246 jobs to the area by 2033. Economist J.C. Bradbury of Kennesaw State in Georgia has called these team-sponsored economic impact reports “predatory” because they are not peer reviewed and are paid for by teams looking for highly inflated numbers that never occur. Economists have shown that stadium deals have consistently not brought the promised economic activity to an area to justify large public subsidies. Mr. Bradbury has explained that using sales tax collected at a stadium or stadium district is no different than using general fund dollars because it will have the same impact on a public entity’s budget. Rather than increasing spending in an area, like the team-sponsored study’s claim that $3.04 billion in tax revenue would come in the stadium and development’s first 30 years, new stadiums and district have shown to divert spending in an area away from other existing businesses. New stadiums and surrounding districts have not shown to increase spending in a state, city or region over time. “It’s really just sloshing money around like sloshing water in a bucket,” Mr. Bradbury explained. “One side becomes deeper, one side shallower.” Mr. Farren said that there is a clear consensus amongst economists that there is not a fiscal or economic growth reason to publicly subsidize sports stadiums. “Subsidizing a stadium for a professional sports team is essentially taking away spending dollars from small concert venues and other entertainment options in the area,” Mr. Farren said. The Commanders, however, did not seem deterred by Thursday’s development in a statement from the team. “Given the complexity of this endeavor, coupled with the remarkable economic development opportunity that we believe our new venue project represents, we support the decision of stakeholders in the House of Delegates and the State Senate to more deeply examine the issue,” the statement read. “We look forward to continued engagement and open dialogue with stakeholders across the commonwealth to share our vision and hear directly from communities on their economic development objectives and how we can be a trusted, reliable partner to realize those outcomes.”

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never been. “When I was confirmed to play for them, my parents were so excited and proud. They sacrificed so much for me and the unconditional love they’ve provided me is something I could never repay them back for, but playing for the Philippines National team was a way that I can honor them and thank them for all they have done for me. They were both born and raised in the Philippines and it’s a huge part of who we are. I’ve also been overwhelmed with so much love and support from my family and friends in the states and locally in the Philippines. “I am filled with so much gratitude and couldn’t have received this gold medal without my family, friends, and the glory of God.” In regards to her teammates turned friends, Berberabe continued, “We bonded a lot, especially when we got to Vietnam. We spent 24/7 with each other training, eating, playing games, etc. Most of them have known each other for quite some time so it was nerve-racking for me to try and fit in, but they were family oriented and very united. “It was such an amazing experience to bond over the same love for the sport while sharing the same culture and heritage. It was an honor to have the opportunity to represent the

Philippines.” While reflecting on the experience, Berberabe ensured she did not finish her thoughts without thanking her loved ones back home. “My supporters back home watched all my games, even if it was at 3:00 a.m.,” said Berberabe. “I just want to make it super clear that without any of my friends and family, I would have not been able to be here and win the gold. All for one, one for all.” In regards to her future with the Filipino National Team, Berberabe says, “Because of my college schedule, it is complicated to say what’s next for me. The coach has talked with me about more opportunities arising with different tournaments and games, and I know the next SEA Games will be next summer in Cambodia. You might see me there. “Depending on my schedule, I’ll be ready to represent the Philippines anytime they call me up.” This fall, Berberabe will return to Westmont for her final year of eligibility, in hopes of adding to her already historic resume. While the ultimate goal is to defend the club’s GSAC Championship and return to the NAIA Final site, Berberabe is only 242 points shy of the all-time Westmont record. Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College. email: sports@newspress.com

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Shaun Tomson is a past board member and ambassador for Surfrider Foundation, the world’s largest environmental group dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans, waves and beaches.

eeling a bit anxious, depressed, disconnected, exhausted and defeated by the past two years and the COVID-19 aftermath? You are not alone. A significant percentage of the population is feeling some or all of these emotions, and no one has been able to escape entirely the effects of the ups and downs — the waves — of life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now two Santa Barbara residents — legendary surfer Shaun Tomson and well-known philosopher Noah benShea — have teamed up to offer some simple steps to cope with life’s challenges in an unusual, inspirational and easy-to-follow book, “The Surfer and the Sage: A Guide to Survive and Ride Life’s Waves” (Familius, $15.99). The co-authors will be speaking about the book at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, and they will be available for book signing afterward. Mr. Tomson and Mr. BenShea will discuss their perspectives on transforming despair into hope, fear into courage, pessimism into optimism, and how to resolve other significant challenges. In The Surfer’s words: “It is a fundamental choice for all of us. What is our attitude? Positive or negative? . . . It is a choice to be made by everyone, and this choice

can change us, change our lives and change our world.” In The Sage’s words: “No one is ever in the light who has not been in the dark. No one has ever found their way who has not been lost. . . . Whether you find gain in loss or loss in gain depends on how you play the game.” According to Publishers Weekly, the book “presents a charming program for connecting people to their ‘true purpose.’ The authors compare navigating life’s ups and downs to riding waves, share reflections on hardship and offer guidance on how to stay afloat. “Tomson describes his ‘Code Method’ for finding purpose, which helps one articulate one’s priorities by creating 12 statements that begin with ‘I will’ (e.g., ‘I will be better’). He also shares personal anecdotes about surfing and family, including how the death of his 15-year-old son shook his faith. “BenShea contributes poems with such enigmatic admonitions as ‘Your calm is not at a distance from you unless you are at a distance from you,’ and waxes philosophical about surfing (‘Faith is believing that the great wave destined for you is still out there’). “Merkel’s vibrant photos, meanwhile, depict the waves and surfers of California and Hawaii. Aside from Tomson’s ‘Code Method,’ the advice is sparse, but benShea’s offbeat wisdom is worth sticking around for (“Hope and despair are both equal opportunity clothing options in every closet”). Open-minded surfers will want to catch this wave.” Mr. Tomson, a native of South Please see SURFER on B4

Noah benShea has been described as “one of North America’s most respected and beloved public philosophers.”

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A simple way to deal with stress

f something in your life is giving you anxiety or making you feel depressed, there’s a simple way to deal with your emotional distress. This technique has helped many, many people. When you have an issue going on, you need to remember a time when things were actually worse. It’s not hard to do, but it can bring up some difficult memories. The good news is that your past pains can help you get through what you are dealing with now. Think of another time when you were struggling. The struggle may have been over a different issue, but the emotional toll was similar. Look at the costs of what you went through before — whether emotional or financial, or in terms of your time and energy, these costs all added up. If you have lived through other hard times, then you can and will live through this one. If the issue is

only about money, be grateful because you can make it back. Health is a whole other dynamic, so be grateful for problems of prosperity. Your emotions can be flying all over the place when things get difficult or go insanely wrong, and that is where you need to start. By finding a place to put your emotions that has some familiarity to it, and a sense of a successful outcome, then you have more control and will begin to feel better. But you have to make the choice to keep the negative emotions from getting you down or at least fight to prevent them from doing more damage. Life is difficult, and problems happen way too often. That’s why you must learn to gather

and harness your emotional fortitude. Learn to tell yourself in a positive way that you have gotten through many other difficulties. Some may have worked out better than you expected; some may not have. But in every case, you got through them and now are on the other side. Tell yourself that soon you will be on the other side of this issue too. Knowledge is power, and knowing you can beat this thing because you have before is very empowering. It is a way of keeping life in perspective and putting to use what you have learned from the past. This can work for physical issues as well as emotional ones. Humans have an incredible ability to adapt to new situations. In fact, we are often so quick to

adapt that we don’t even notice ourselves doing it. You have and are adapting to your life all the time. Because change is the only constant in the universe, it is wise to get as comfortable as possible with it. You will get through this difficulty like you have the others. Hard times can leave battle scars, but they also leave you with the strength of experience. That is worth more than gold, because if you remember that you did it before, you can do it again. Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., is an award-winning therapist and humanitarian. He is also a columnist, the author of seven books, and a blogger for PsychologyToday.com with nearly 27 million readers. He practices in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles and is available for video sessions. Reach him at barton@bartongoldsmith.com. His column appears Sundays and Tuesdays in the News-Press.

Old Santa Ynez Day, rodeo slated for late June By MARILYN MCMAHON

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Local animal shelters and their nonprofit partners are looking for homes for pets. For more information, go to these websites: • Animal Services-Lompoc, countyofsb.org/phd/animal/ home.sbc. • Animal Shelter Assistance Program in Goleta, asapcats. org. ASAP is kitty corner to Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter in Goleta, bunssb. org. BUNS is based at Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Companion Animal Placement Assistance, lompoccapa.org and facebook. com/capaoflompoc. CAPA works regularly with Animal Services-Lompoc. • K-9 Placement & Assistance League, k-9pals.org. K-9 PALS works regularly with Santa Barbara County Animal Services.

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• Santa Barbara County Animal Care Foundation, sbcanimalcare.org. (The foundation works regularly with the Santa Maria Animal Center.) • Santa Barbara County Animal Services in Goleta: countyofsb.org/phd/animal/ home.sbc. • Santa Barbara Humane (with campuses in Goleta and Santa Maria), sbhumane.org. • Santa Maria Animal Center, countyofsb.org/phd/ animal/home.sbc. The center is part of Santa Barbara County Animal Services. • Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society/DAWG in Buellton, syvhumane.org. • Shadow’s Fund (a pet sanctuary in Lompoc), shadowsfund.org. • Volunteers for InterValley Animals in Lompoc: vivashelter.org.

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Lanny Kaufer, author and native plant educator, will lead a nature hike June 18 on Pine Mountain near Ojai. The hike will visit some of the most spectacular scenery and habitat in Ventura County at a time when many late spring wildflowers are blooming at an elevation of 7,000 feet. The outing will start at 9 a.m. with a vehicle caravan of about 35 miles up State Route 33 from the Maricopa Plaza, (1207 Maricopa Highway, Ojai) to the Reyes Peak trailhead. The final 5.5 miles are on a narrow, winding paved road and the very last half-mile is dirt. Trucks or SUVs are preferred for the last stretch, but most passenger cars with high clearance can also make the drive, according to a news release from Mr. Kaufer. Mr. Kaufer will start walking into the Sespe Wilderness from the trailhead (where there is a restroom) at about 10:30 a.m., stop

for lunch (not provided) in the forest, returning to the trailhead at 3:30 p.m., and arrive back at the Maricopa Plaza by 4 p.m. The group will hike on a well-used trail through Mixed Conifer Forest habitat, stopping often to identify and discuss native plants, birds and wildlife. There will be some elevation gain and loss skirting the north side of Reyes Peak, sometimes traversing hillsides on a narrow trail. The total hiking distance will be about 3 miles. This intermediate level hike is suitable for moderately experienced hikers or physically fit beginners, Mr. Kaufer said. Weather and marine layer permitting, hikers will have panoramic views of the Cuyama Valley to the north and the Channel Islands to the south, Mr. Kaufer said. This hike is another in a series of backcountry walks and hikes under an operating permit from the Ojai Ranger District Office of the U.S. Forest Service.

Mr. Kaufer will have copies of his new book, “Medicinal Herbs of California,” with him for sale and signing before and after the hike. Mr. Kaufer asked that no one brings dogs and that no one smokes during the hike. The hike won’t be canceled in case of light rain, but will be canceled if the rain is heavy or if there’s a chance of thunderstorms. Cost for the hike is $45 per person. Senior, student and child discounts are available by request. Paid registrants will receive a confirmation email a few days prior to the event with all necessary information, including what to bring, weather forecast and directions to the trailhead. Afterward, they will receive a follow-up email with a list of all plants and wildlife seen. To register, go to www. herbwalks.com or call 805-6466281. email: kzehnder@newspress.com BILL BANNING PHOTO

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Continued from Page B1 Africa, is a former world surfing champion and has been described as one of the greatest and most influential surfers of all time, according to Surfer Magazine. He is an inductee in the U.S., Jewish and South African Sports Halls of Fame and is also a well known leadership mentor, entrepreneur, environmentalist, actor and bestselling author. He is a past board member and ambassador for Surfrider Foundation, the world’s largest environmental group dedicated to protecting the world’s oceans, waves and beaches, and he received the SIMA Environmentalist of the Year Award in 2002. A past board member of Santa Barbara Boys and Girls Club and an ambassador for Boys to Men, a youth mentoring organization, Mr. Tomson, who lives with his wife and son in Santa Barbara and still finds time to chase the perfect wave, is the author of “Surfer’s Code” and “The Code: The Power of ‘I Will.’ “

Co-authors Shaun Tomson and Noah benShea will discuss their book “The Surfer and the Sage: A Guide to Survive and Ride Life’s Waves” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way. They will be available for book signing afterward. Registration is required at sbmm.org/santa-barbaraevent. There will be a reception for members only from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. Admission is free for SBMM Navigator Circle members, $10 for other museum members and $20 for nonmembers. For more information, visit www. sbmm.org.

Mr. benShea has been described as “one of North America’s most respected and beloved public philosophers.” He is the bestselling author of 20 books translated into 18 languages. His inspirational thoughts have appeared in hospitals, banks and on more than 30 million Starbucks coffee cups. His weekly columns on life were published for five years by

Camera Club members’ photos to be in solo shows SANTA BARBARA — Two Channel City Club members, who have consistently achieved high scores at the club’s monthly exhibition, were selected to have solo print shows at the Faulkner Gallery at the Central Library, 40 E. Anapamu St., Santa Barbara. Club President Bill Banning’s

work will appear in August at the Faulkner Gallery, followed by Ron Williams’ photos being displayed there in January 2023. The club, established in 1939, provides its members feedback on their photographic images, as well as education, mentoring, field trips, social events and opportunities to participate

in print shows, including one scheduled for October at the Goleta Valley Library. Channel City Camera Club is now accepting applications for membership in 2022. For more information, go to cccameraclub. com/information/membership. — Katherine Zehnder

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Biden’s agenda makes gas prices soar Mark Brnovich

The author is the Arizona Attorney General

iddle-class Americans don’t need an economist or political scientist to tell them there’s something wrong with the economy. They realize it every time they put gas in their tanks or have to pay more for groceries. The financial security of many families is now in jeopardy because the Biden administration cares more about appeasing radical environmentalists rather than securing America’s energy independence. It didn’t have to be this way. Under the previous administration, the United States was essentially energy independent. That all changed, however, on Jan. 20, 2021, with the Biden administration’s unlawful recession of domestic energy production on multiple fronts, and it has further deteriorated throughout his first year in office and into this worldwide chaos centering on the Russian war in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the Biden administration refuses to restart the energy independence it inherited. On its first week in office, it halted all new oil and gas leases on federal lands, which federal courts held was unlawful. Then, after sanctioning importation of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal to the United States, a White House delegation traveled to Venezuela to discuss “energy security,” according to former Press Secretary Jen Psaki. But the United States should never be dependent on murderous thugs or despotic regimes for its energy needs. President Joe Biden remains beholden to leftwing climate activists, which is why he is vigorously opposing a return to successful energy policies. Many of these radicals, who are now influencing or directing energy policies, are actively hampering production from private companies through market manipulation or allocation based on investment firm imposed environmental, social or governance factors. That’s why our office has launched an investigation of this potentially unlawful behavior. There are many imprudent extreme energy policies of the Biden administration, and the list continues to grow as this crisis broils into a catastrophe. President Biden revoked a key permit to the Keystone Pipeline, ceased drilling for oil in Alaska, ballooned the “social cost of carbon,” and paused new oil and gas leases. With a legacy like this on such a vital component of a functioning nation, it’s no wonder why Americans are being financially devastated at the gas pumps. Please see BRNOVICH on C4

City decides how to perform police oversight “Republics decline into democracies, and democracies degenerate into despotisms.” — Aristotle

the model) became the U.S. Army’s M-16, used in Vietnam. The AR-15 in civilian dress, beginning in 1989, became the most popular hunting rifle sold in the U.S. It was outlawed with the passage of the Assault Weapon Ban in 1994 but given a new lease on life when the ban was lifted in 2004 in response to evidence that the ban produced no positive effects or reduction in mass shootings. The AR-15 also has a 30-round magazine (in competition with the AK-47). What makes it so deadly is that (and I’m no gun expert, but have been told the following by two separate gun-savvy individuals) its bullets travel nearly three times faster and impart more than three times the energy of a similar bullet fired from a handgun. Consequently, they do much more damage to a body and cause both massive bleeding and bone

he definition of vulnerable is a person who needs special care, support or protection because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect. Who exactly are these most vulnerable needing protection, referred to by the city council and others? Don’t we all fall into the category of vulnerable at any given time? Still, it seems like the battle cry to shame whoever is not on board with any program they are proposing. It is often tied to a group asking for money for the “poor unfortunates” or for one group attacking another for not going along. The idea for the Santa Barbara Police Oversight Committee was a result of the Black Lives Matter assertions that unjustifiably, people of color have more contact with law enforcement. Several members of the Santa Barbara City Council have spoken of those who fear police officers as a vulnerable population. During public comment, three callers complained that 1) the audience was white, and 2) that “… just like the April 22 meeting – a room full of white cops.” Why are they allowed to play the race card like that in a public meeting? Isn’t this an example of abuse that makes for a vulnerable population? About a “room full of white cops”: The diversity of the police department is pretty even, with 71 people of color and 107 whites. The Santa Barbara City Council approved moving forward with staff recommendations for the controversial Citizen Police Oversight Committee. The upshot is the City Administrator’s Office will handle police oversight in concert with a revised Police and Fire Commission. The new city administrator assistant, Barbara Anderson, who filled a vacancy and was hired at $125,000 a year, will lead the new police oversight efforts in addition to her duties as the coordinator with external agencies on homelessness, assisting with legislative and intergovernmental relations as well as other projects. It’s a savings to the city of $300,000 to $600,000 and no new department. A CFC member praised Ms. Anderson on her history of working with the homeless as an employee with SBAct. However, the CFC was visibly upset that the recommendations did not create a new city department, nor was the CFC allowed to be part of the hiring of the oversight manager. City Council agreed that since no analysis of the police department was done before the CFC’s study, they would contract with the Office of Independent Review for a strategic analysis of key functions of the police department. The proverbial cart before the horse. Speaking of carts, the Street Vendors Ordinance was passed by the Santa Barbara City Council in February. Now they are everywhere. Why are the grocery stores made to pay a living wage, and everything that goes with a storefront, yet

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Gas prices start around $7 a gallon at The Village service station in Montecito. A station representative told the News-Press that the $7.09 price is for self-service gas and that prices go as high as $8 a gallon for premium, full-service gas. On Friday, the average cost of gas in Santa Barbara County was $6.34 a gallon, according to the American Automobile Association.

Living with the Second Amendment

he following is the complete text of the Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” That’s it. Two different substantive sentences melded into one insubstantial and confusing medley of thoughts. I don’t have a semi-automatic handgun or pistol, much less an AK-47 or AR-15. However, I once owned a .22-caliber rifle. I bought it in Catskill, N.Y., back in the mid1970s, and there was absolutely no paperwork involved in its purchase. Today, as I understand it, if one buys any kind of firearm whatsoever, one is required to register ownership or at least undergo a background check with the federal government. I’m not quite sure why the purchase of a .22 rifle should be anyone’s

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of 13 independent colonies, all of concern but mine, but as with virtually any issue, once politicians which had separate legislatures determine that “something must be and governmental establishments. All considered themselves free done,” then everything is thrown States, separate countries even, so into the pot, regardless of need or denying a unifying body the ability desirability. to disarm any of them was However, as much PURELY of paramount importance. as I’d like to protect POLITICAL It too was obvious at the untarnished and untime that “the right of the infringed the unclear people to keep and bear (and frankly, badly Arms” should not and could written) Second not be infringed, certainly Amendment to the U.S. not by a central power. The Constitution, I’m having founders had seen that a hard time arguing play before. (The battles for the rights of anyone in Lexington and Concord other than a member James Buckley and “the shot heard ‘round of the armed forces or the world” that kicked of a free State’s “welloff America’s war of regulated Militia” to independence comes to mind.) pack an AR-15. What we have as a consequence When the Bill of Rights was are 50 states, each with a “well added to the new Constitution regulated Militia,” i.e. a National (passed by Congress Sept. 25, Guard, and a fully armed 1789, ratified by three-fourths population, some better armed of the states Dec. 15, 1791), the than others. “United” States were made up

Here are descriptions of two of the most popular “assault weapons” sold and registered in the U.S. The AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova, or Automatic Kalashnikov) gets its name from Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, the Russian gentleman who finished designing the weapon in 1947. Its worldwide popularity, I am told, is not only because of its low price but also in its simplicity and ease of use. It is generally available with a 30-round capacity magazine. The AR-15 is an all-American weapon. Its first successful incarnation (the AR-5) was designed in the 1950s by Eugene Stoner, an employee of ArmaLite (hence the AR), a small company based in Hollywood. The gun (AR-5) was designed as a survival device for Air Force pilots who may have been forced to land in hostile territory. The military version of the by-then AR-15 (15th version of

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magine booking purposely rammed this passage on the iceberg! Titanic. The economic illiterates You are excited in government and their and intrigued for environmental cronies several reasons, not the least duped people into believing of which is the luxury and that climate change presents safety of the vessel. Whereas, an existential crisis. Hence, the concept of luxury speaks all caution was thrown to for itself, the degree to which the wind as they forced this the crew members of the transition that is sinking Titanic believed their ship our economy in complete was unsinkable made all disregard that upward of the difference in the world one-half of every barrel of oil as they threw caution to is used to make something the wind and failed to do other than fuel. their best to identify Hence, as we shut icebergs and avoid down our oil, gas them at all costs. and coal production The rest is history — and stymy future or is it our future? investment in this Consider some vital sector of our rather ominous titanic economy, we are analogies to President simultaneously Andy Caldwell Joe Biden’s empty breaking the bank campaign promise to and the supply “build back better.” chain of some That is, as a voter, some of 6,000 products that are you purchased a ticket on used to manufacture every this vessel, while the rest other single product we of us were shanghaied. rely on every day to live in Nevertheless, knowing that modernity. They rammed our we hit an iceberg and the economy into this iceberg, ship is sinking, what do you full speed ahead, even think of the proclamation though it would rationally from Captain Joe that we take decades to transition have nothing to fear because away successfully and as the ship — our economy carefully from fossil fuels — goes underwater, we are and their derivatives. simply “transitioning” the Americans, one paycheck vessel! away from abysmal levels of Of course, there is no poverty, have never in their transitioning. Our economy lifetime been stretched by is simply drowning in red the related costs of food ink, weighed down by and fuel as they are today. inflation and sinking into For instance, gas stations fiscal oblivion. are refitting their pumps Let us consider the to brace for gas prices icebergs that sank our exceeding $10 a gallon, economy. meaning many people will First was COVID. Well, not be able to afford to drive not COVID exactly, but the to work! Here in California, economic shutdown initiated our water supplies have been by the government, which so squandered (50% of our deemed entire sectors of our water is being wasted on economy as “nonessential.” environmental pipe dreams), Proceeding from bad to and diesel prices are so high worse, our government (which begets unsustainable then printed and borrowed fertilizer and transportation trillions of dollars in “free cost barriers), our farmers money” (a luxury tax of can’t afford to plant, grow epic stupidity) that was and ship our food. As they doled out to individuals go broke, the world will go who made more by staying hungry. home than going to work, the The real transition of private sector that received “build back better” has forgivable loans, and the torpedoed the U.S. economy, public sector that received thereby creating the stimulus and relief money. necessity for a mammoth Hence, as the shutdown salvage operation. As the broke supply chains, the free old saying goes, Joe Biden, money triggered the worst don’t spit on us and tell us it inflation we have seen in is raining. more than 40 years. And the damage is far from Andy Caldwell is the COLAB over. executive director and host of The biggest iceberg of “The Andy Caldwell Show,” all? The war on fossil fuels, airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays which was entirely avoidable. on KZSB AM 1290, the NewsThat is, Captain Oblivious Press radio station.

CSB’s Associated Students Senate have just passed a critical resolution aligning ourselves with a statewide campaign calling on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop issuing any new approvals for fossil fuel projects, drop existing fossil fuel production and roll out strong 3200-feet health and safety buffers — or setbacks — to end neighborhood oil drilling. UCSB now joins UC Berkeley as the second UC campus to endorse this campaign as well as the San Diego Unified School District, the San Diego City Council and the Sweetwater School District. These resolutions are part of a youth-led, statewide initiative to demonstrate support for the climate leadership that young people are requiring Gov. Newsom to exercise in the face of the climate crisis. This legislature at the collegiate level makes it clear that students want decisive climate action from the governor and demand that he protects our future. Working alongside UCSB Associated Students Sen. April Zhang and CA Youth Vs. Big Oil, a youth-led network of climate environmental justice organizations, I had the honor to serve as the student sponsor for the resolution. I was ecstatic to see our student representatives vote in favor to support our demands. As young people in California, we are quite literally watching our futures go up in smoke, and our political leaders are failing to act with anything like the urgency required of them. Big Oil has made it clear that it will stop at nothing to delay climate action and continue to profit from the climate crisis and polluting communities. We need leaders like Gov. Newsom to stand up for us and help lead the fight against these greedy fossil fuel tycoons. We need Gov. Newsom to take up the demands of the resolution, and to initiate California’s just transition away from fossil fuels. Gov. Newsom must take decisive action to be a true climate leader and ensure an equitable future for all. California has the fifth largest economy in the world and has immense resources that could kickstart the action so desperately needed to combat the climate crisis. With the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent and most dire report it could not be clearer that climate change is a “code red for humanity.” In California, we are already experiencing its consequences with worsening fire seasons and drought that devastate communities all over the state. These extreme weather events are made worse by climate change, which itself is fueled by the burning of fossil fuels. The climate crisis is something that is here and that will only continue to worsen if we refuse to act as the task before us demands. But this future is not inevitable. There is still time to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis but only if our leaders act now. To get there, we need Gov. Newsom to show urgent and unprecedented climate leadership, which all starts with a phase out of, and just transition away from, fossil fuels. This transition must empower communities with their own autonomy to make decisions about how they get their energy

and to ensure safe places to grow, learn, develop and play. While grassroots organizers throughout California have been mobilizing against the hegemony of fossil fuels and making significant progress, efforts continue to be stalled or overturned by wealthy companies representing a narrow set of select interest groups. A report last week found Big Oil spent at least $4 million lobbying California politicians to delay action on climate and pollution in the first quarter of 2022. We need statewide climate leadership to hold large and powerful polluters accountable. Gov. Newsom has already made some progress. He announced a ban on fracking by 2024, a commitment to phasing out fossil fuels entirely by 2045, and an end to new fossil fuel permits within 3200 feet of homes, schools, hospitals and other sensitive sites. However, we need him to do much more, much faster. He must commit to ending all new fossil fuel permits, not just fracking permits. He must accelerate the phaseout timeline to align with climate science. And he must ensure that 3200-foot setbacks cover both new and existing oil drilling. That’s why these resolutions come at such a critical time. All of us need to show massive public support for Gov. Newsom taking more decisive action We need Newsom to do even more to protect public health and to stave off more drastic climate change so communities that have been suffering can enjoy their rights to clean air, clean environments, and save places to live. We need Gov. Newsom to stand up for our communities who have been unserved and underserved. We need Gov. Newsom to realize a future that moves beyond fossil fuels without leaving anyone behind. Will you hear us, Gov. Newsom? We are counting on you and the future is too, now is the time to act! Gov. Newsom, “Stop, drop, roll for our communities and our climate!” Kat Lane Third-year UCSB environmental studies student

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Lifting Title 42 would make border worse

f the border crisis wasn’t bad enough with thousands of illegals entering our country daily (a record of 234,088 in April), we now have the lifting of Title 42. Title 42 is a public health order used by President Donald Trump to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus and slow the flow of emigrants. With COVID on the rise and border crossings setting records, President Joe Biden wants to lift Title 42. This crisis was created when President Biden, in his first week in office, stopped construction of the border wall and agreements that President Trump had with Central American countries to curtail the flow of emigrants. These actions sent a message to the world that our borders are open. At last count, there have been emigrants from 150 countries. What has happened to the 15.000 Haitians that were under a bridge in Texas a few months ago? Startling figures disclosed by the Department of Homeland Security show that the Biden administration covertly dispersed 273,396 illegals throughout the United States during a fivemonth period last year. Many

of these emigrants have been transported by plane and bus to destinations throughout the country by Homeland Security at taxpayers’ expense. Over two million illegals have entered the United States since Mr. Biden took office, and the cost to taxpayers and the effects on our society will be felt by more crime, more homeless, more people on welfare and more drugs coming into the United States. It is obvious that President Biden doesn’t want to secure the border. Who knows who we have in the country because of his policies? If Title 42 is lifted, it will make the crisis worse and the Mexican cartels richer! Dennis Smith Ventura

Where was the flag on Memorial Day?

here were no flags on the Memorial Walk in Elings Park in Santa Barbara. Matter of fact, nary a sign of Old Glory in the entire park. Park administrators should be very ashamed. The Memorial Walk for Santa Barbara’s fallen looks very neglected. So sad. They gave their tomorrows for our today. Ilona Miller Santa Barbara patriot

Gun rights vs. life rights

he right to purchase and possess a gun needs to be balanced against the right to life. The Declaration of Independence states that we have an “unalienable right to life.” It is our first right. The Second Amendment states that we the people have a right to keep and bear arms, but only as part of a well-regulated militia and only for the security of a free state. It is not for self-protection, not for hunting, not as a hobby and not as a business. That is not the wording nor the intent of the Second Amendment. Specifically, the Second Amendment, which is just one sentence long, comprising four sentence fragments, separated by three commas, says: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Notice that this is not about an individual right but the people’s right. Notice also that the word gun is not used, nor the word firearms. The word that is used is arms. Arms goes with the word Army. An army is a well-regulated militia for the security of a free state, whereas an individual with a gun is not. When a wellregulated militia is not bearing arms, those arms can be securely stored in an Armory, where they are safely kept and readily available when the well-regulated militia requires them for the security of a free state. So where does this perceived gun right come from? Guns are big business. There is money in the manufacture of guns. There is money in the sale of guns. There is money in the manufacture of ammunition, and there is money in the sale of ammunition. The right to buy and sell guns stands in juxtaposition to the unalienable right to life and the thousands of gun deaths that occur in this country every year from domestic gun violence. Neither the wording nor the intent of the Second Amendment provides the right for an individual to have a gun. So where does that perceived right come from? Why do we tolerate this assault on our unalienable right to life? Why do we tolerate this deliberate mis-use of our Second Amendment? John C Kirk Jr. Santa Barbara

Educators undermine what America stands for

am 94 years old. I grew up when there was pride in America. Now it seems like it is the educators’ job to undermine all America stands for, and they are doing it with all the freedoms granted them in America. Talk about biting the hand that feeds you. I can’t think of a better example. Even the media is eating from the same trough. Once freedom is lost, it will not be easy to recover. Floyd Keinath Solvang

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The author lives in Solvang

Border crisis will cost U.S. a lot

cannot avoid bringing this up again: the southern border crisis. Don’t for a minute think it’s over. Our nonexistent southern border is a human sieve. Thousands upon thousands continue to flow into America every month with no end in sight. How are we still allowing this? Where are the people we elected to do their jobs to protect us? Where is the outcry? It’s beyond words and absolutely insane, and we’ve all become complacent and just accept it. It’s wrong in so many ways, and the Biden administration just made it even easier. What the hell are they thinking? I was recently unpacking some boxes from storage. The items were wrapped in Santa Barbara News-Press. I got curious and searched for its date: 1994. As luck would have it, a headline struck out at me, “Brown urges more agents to stem illegal immigration.” Like you, the first thing I thought of was either Willy Brown or Jerry Brown. But it was actually Kathleen Brown, a Democrat running for governor. She had served as the 29th treasurer of California from 1991 to 1995. Obviously, she didn’t become governor, but it does point out how at one time, the Democrats did think sensibly about illegal immigration. Ms. Brown said illegal immigration was a“fair and legitimate” campaign issue. In her campaign, she proposed new steps to double the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents at California’s southern border. Can you believe it? A Democrat suggested that! What has happened to the party since then? Today the “word on the border” is 50,000 people are sitting on the other side ready to pour into our country, and another massive caravan is on the way. It’s a human blob oozing its way into a (no longer) sovereign nation. The socialists got their way. They have combined South America with North America. We are no longer the United States of America, we are the United Countries of whoever wants to come here. Why would anyone want to go through the proper channels for citizenship? Why bother with the hassle and the cost? Just take a Mexican vacation and then drive back and boom, if the Democrats get their way, you’re a citizen. I’m just one desperate voice blowing in the wind. I feel so helpless and wonder each day what’s happened to us. Why are we just throwing our hands up? I can’t accept that all Democrats or left-thinking people are OK with this. It makes no logical sense. Even Kathleen Brown knew 28 years ago that it had to be stopped. I wasn’t keen on the idea when President Ronald Reagan gave amnesty to 3 million illegals, but had that been the end of it, OK. But that was only the beginning. The Center for Immigration Studies said in 2023, immigrants will make up nearly 15% of our population. Think about that. It’s higher than the number in the black community, or the number of Asians, or the numbers of any other minority in the nation. The number that had been tossed around for 30 years of 11 million immigrants. The CIS says it’s more like 51 million, and by 2060 it will reach 78 million! The CIS added, “the nation’s population will grow to 417 million by 2060, 108 million more than in 2010.” That’s astounding! Most of Please see SCHULTE on C4

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Highlights’ Goofus and Gallant go Woke

o you remember Highlights, the ubiquitous children’s magazine that you’d devour at the dentist’s office? If you were lucky, you’d wait for the mailman to deliver a fresh edition to your home at the beginning of every month. It was a treasure. The venerable American publication was established in 1946 by an enterprising married couple devoted to improving elementary education. Highlights became a staple in generations of playful and curious youngsters’ lives. Its slogan was “fun with a purpose.” Long before the advent of toxic social media and Silicon Valley, way back before kids were obsessing over “likes” and “views” of self-indulgent selfies of themselves making Kardashian duck faces in their bathrooms and gyrating like Las Vegas poledancers in their bedrooms for TikTok, grade-school readers had healthy addictions to the wholesome trademark features of Highlights. Who can forget spending

hours hunting down the cleverly American tradition by respecting camouflaged objects in “Hidden and inculcating tradition. In its Pictures”? (Dang it, where was early days, editors incorporated that boomerang?) Did you sit Bible stories without controversy outside in the summer sunshine or backlash. Depictions of like 7-year-old me, unplugged traditional nuclear families were and care-free, poring over the normal — and normality was nonsensical scenes in celebrated, not shunned. the colorful “What’s Highlights was Wrong?” artwork puzzle also founded as an on the back cover of advertising-free your well-worn copy of sanctuary from incessant the magazine? (Wait, commercialization by how did you miss the sugary cereal companies, dog riding the bicycle Big Pharma, toymakers backward!) Michelle Malkin and other promotional Raise your hand if predators. Most you memorized the importantly, the 44knock-knock jokes, giggled at page booklet of silliness was a “Goofus and Gallant” and begged protected space from partisan your mom to buy pipe cleaners political pollution. Its side and popsicle sticks for the lessons on right and wrong were magazine’s craft projects. (Puhunobjectionable, (Hey, did you see lease, Mom, please don’t forget Goofus refuse to hold the door the googly-eyes.) open for his grandma? Rude!) Feeling nostalgic? You’re Parents could trust that their not alone. Highlights delivered authority would not be mocked or its billionth copy to a Texas values undermined. schoolgirl in 2006 and marked Those days are long gone. its 75th anniversary last summer In 2017, after being mau-mauwith publication reach in more ed by left-wing alphabet activists than 40 countries. on Facebook who wanted proHighlights became an gay propaganda included in the

magazine’s special edition for children 2 years old and under, Highlights featured a cartoon with a same-sex male couple and two children packing their wagon for a family trip. Initially, the editors resisted the call to capitulate because they believed “that parents know best” when to introduce such topics to their kids. But all it took were hysterical radioactive accusations of “homophobia” for the magazine to fold. Like every other modern institution masquerading as a champion of children, the editors of Highlights now believe their primary obligation is not to respect traditional parents, but to replace them. “Reflecting” the “diversity” of families means in-your-face proselytizing to “celebrate pride,” which includes Highlightsendorsed books that expose preschoolers as young as 3 years old to “gender identity and transition.” The Highlights pride book list includes titles such as the transgender-promoting “I am Jazz” for 4-year-olds and “Prince and Knight,” in which the

protagonists “find true love in a most unexpected place” so as to “accelerate LGBTQ inclusivity and acceptance.” You can’t tie your shoes yet or finish a word search, but hey, kids, time to accelerate your acceptance of toddler crossdressing, transgender hormone therapy and two-men love scenes! “Fun with a purpose” has given way to dreadful woke-ification programming and virtuesignaling. Highlights magazine editors remained silent in 2014 while the Obama administration separated illegal alien families at the border and held some children in cages but made a splash in 2019 condemning the same practices when the Trump administration tried to stem the tide. The magazine’s current crusading “chief purpose officer” Christine French Cully is a COVID-19 fear-spreader who uses the magazine to condition kids to accept mask mandates despite their limited effectiveness in lowering COVID-19 transmission Please see MALKIN on C4

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Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and Amazon, is one of a number of business entrepreneurs pursuing ventures in space, once the exclusive province of governments.

he Eagle has landed.” Astronaut Neil Armstrong transmitted that striking statement back to Earth on July 20, 1969 from the surface of the moon. President John F. Kennedy made the dramatic pledge in 1961 to land a man on the moon before the end of that decade — and return him safely to Earth, the president always carefully added. Mr. Armstrong and fellow Apollo program astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins fulfilled that pledge, a dramatic victory with profound political as well as scientific importance during the Cold War. On the morning of June 4, 2022, the company Blue Origin transported a group of five passengers 62 miles above Earth, to the edge of space. Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin and Amazon, is one of a number of business entrepreneurs pursuing ventures in space, once the exclusive province of governments. The passengers included Katya Echazarreta, a scientist and engineer originally from Mexico. Space for Humanity, a nonprofit, selected her for the journey among many applicants. Others paid an undisclosed fee for the trip. Space business is growing rapidly. In April 2021, NASA announced Elon Musk’s SpaceX Corp.’s selection to construct a lander to take astronauts to the moon for the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972. President Kennedy fostered the strong foundation of businessgovernment partnership in space exploration through his 1962 legislation on communication satellites. We automatically recognize JFK’s role in launching the mammoth moon project. Collectively, we almost universally ignore his leadership in creating the global satellite-based communications network that is vital to how we communicate, work and live today. Please see CYR on C4

Roads. Frost wrote about his President Biden’s legacy career decision to become a intercepted with roads with his poet in his poem “The Road Not appointing Pete Buttigieg to be in Taken” that began: charge of them as the secretary Two roads diverted in a of transportation. Upon yellow wood assuming that office, And sorry I could not Pete, before taking travel both. maternity leave to And Frost concluded his adopt a baby, accused poem with: a primary part of his I should be telling this new responsibilities, with a sigh the roads in the U.S., as Somewhere ages and ages being “systemic racists” hence: without any explanation Brent E. Two roads diverged in a of how inanimate Zepke wood and I objects can be “racists.” I took the one less This was no surprise The author traveled, lives in Santa to anyone who knew And that has made all the Pete since previously Barbara. difference. he had said the “U.S. President Biden used his healthcare system is law degree to return to Delaware systemic racist,” as he previously and make several attempts at had said about the U.S. systems practicing law, both solo and in of housing, school and uniforms. conjunction with others, before (I assume he meant the military beginning the “road” of a political although there are many career, starting with local offices professions that wear uniforms, before serving for 36 years in the such as police, firefighters and U.S. Senate. nurses although he may have

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he president now brags that he cut the deficit! “We’re on track,” he says, to have “the biggest decline in a single year ever in American history.” It’s actually true. But utterly deceitful. President Joe Biden’s deficit will be down from last year, but that’s only because he spent such gargantuan amounts then. For once, the media did not take his remarks at face value. Even CNN ran a “fact check” that quoted a Moody’s Analytics director saying, “The actions of the administration and Congress have undoubtedly resulted in higher deficits, not smaller ones.” Much higher. Despite record tax revenues from last year’s booming stock markets, our national debt will increase by about $1 trillion. Sadly, most people don’t care. These big numbers are too abstract. This will not end well. During Barack Obama’s presidency, I complained about his irresponsible spending. President Obama practically doubled our debt. What a relief it was when Donald Trump was elected president! He looked at the budget and said, “There’s a lot of fat in there!” He promised he’d “cut spending, big-league!” Foolishly, I believed him. But President Trump cut almost nothing. He bragged that his military spending set “an alltime record.” Congress was partly to blame, but under Mr. .Trump, our debt rose by another third. Never trust politicians. Last year, President Biden made things much worse. He signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief law, saying he was “giving people in this nation, working people, middle class folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance.” It included $1,400 stimulus checks, increased unemployment benefits and increased child tax credits. Then he added the $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” bill, which included billions in state and local aid, billions for schools, billions for small Please see STOSSEL on C4

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In April 2021, NASA announced Elon Musk’s SpaceX Corp.’s selection to construct a lander to take astronauts to the moon for the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972.

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oads, walls and fences became an important part of the legacy of the poet Robert Frost and are on a path to achieving the same prominence in the legacy of the presidency of Joseph Biden Jr. Robert Frost was born in San Francisco in 1874, but the death of his father caused his family to move to a farm in Lawrence, Mass. Joseph Biden Jr. was born on Nov. 20, 1942, in Scranton, Penn., and spent his childhood there. Frost attended Dartmouth and Harvard, where he hoped to become a poet. President Biden studied political science and English at the University of Delaware. Frost faced the career decision often faced by other liberal arts graduates who aspire to be poets. Mr. Biden chose to use his liberal arts degree to study law at Syracuse University. Thus began their legacies of roads, walls and fences.

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included nurses in his allegations about the healthcare system). Mr. Buttigieg has only visited one port, despite the backup at the ports, which is related to the insufficient number of trucks carrying goods on the roads. Mr. Buttigieg’s failures to correct the supply chain problems at ports, when combined with the lack of activity on the part of Mr. Biden’s Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm to keep the price of gasoline down, has led to almost crippling inflation. Walls. Frost’s legacy includes the poem “Mending Wall” (1914), which begins, “Something there is that doesn’t love a wall” and includes the lines … to whom I was like to give offense Something there that doesn’t love a wall That wants it down… President Biden’s legacy of walls includes his stopping construction of the Trump wall, which crossed the southern border. Neither he

nor Vice President Kamala Harris has visited that border, where the Mexican drug cartels are making hundreds of millions of dollars a week from drugs and tolls charged to the 8,000 illegal immigrants crossing the border each day. Those who want a wall include taxpaying U,S, citizens, particularly those living close to the border. President Biden appointed Vice President Harris to reduce the number of border crossers by “addressing the root causes” of the migration. That meant distributing hundreds of millions of taxpayers’ dollars to Guatemala and Mexico in her brief “whistle stops” of several hours in each country without any followup in the more than a year since. President Biden chose not to defend the walls at the Bagram airfield in Afghanistan, which established his legacy internationally. Please see ZEPKE on C4

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Why are we subsidizing a profitable business? DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 anyone can set up a wooden leanto, attach boxes of produce and anything goes? Now produce and goods are even being sold from the trunks of cars. Obviously, if codes were being enforced, it would be nearly impossible to procure the staffing to chase the offenders down. These are not “local entrepreneurs” for whom Councilmember= Oscar Gutierrez championed. Rather they are a part of an organized operation south of Santa Barbara. It’s incongruous that the rents are so high here, but our streets are beginning to look like a cruise ship stop in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. We said this as a warning, but bears repeating, how will we attract the clientele who can pay the city’s hotel transient occupancy tax, which keeps our general fund solvent, when our town resembles a $300 weekend party cruise? We are careening into a recession. Ask City Hall. Some of the people there are unnerved and deservedly so. We happily acknowledge the numerous press releases from the city, which are evidence of transparency and information to the public. Is this the new mayor or the new city administrator? Either way, we are well pleased. Especially for the hotel moratorium that is in the works — with a return date of June 28. Still, it seems contradictory to penalize owners of vacant buildings, as discussed at the same meeting. It works to drive out private property owners. Several of our city council

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members during budget hearings pleaded for more taxpayer money to give to the Housing Authority for more low-income housing units. In fact, while the number discussed was $200,000. Councilmember Meagan Harmon chimed, “What? … I thought it was more like $2 (million) to 5 million…” Her sense of fiscal reality does not ring our bell. Where is the rental income that the Housing Authority receives?

And the Housing Authority has no responsibility to pay property taxes. Consider the authority operates 2,000 units times $500 a month (we think probably more like below-market rate of $2,000 a month) equals 1 million dollars a month times 12. That’s an annual rental income of $12 million. Why are we subsidizing a profitable business, on top of the subsidy from the federal government in housing and Section 8 vouchers for which we

domestic energy production. We joined a challenge to the administration’s “Social Cost of Carbon” regulations, which are employed to limit energy production. We similarly filed suit to challenge the administration’s cancellation of the Keystone Pipeline. We opposed the Biden administration’s attempt to repeal rules allowing for transportation of liquid natural gas by rail, which expands the access of U.S. citizens

to the energy production of our own nation. Americans deserve a president who is defending their interests and upholding the rule of law. Tragically for Americans, Biden and his bureaucratic henchmen appear poised to double down on their radical energy policies to appease the chorus of fanatical special interest groups. And it is particularly pernicious that this administration’s lawlessness in

are already on the hook? Let’s look for some silver linings in last week’s primary election. For wins, we have more hopeful chances and choices in November -- Gov. Gavin Newsom vs. state Sen. Brian Dahle, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal vs Dr. Brad Allen, County Supervisor Gregg Hart vs. Mike Stoker in the 37th District Assembly race. And the count is still out on the county superintendent of schools, the sheriff and the county clerk/ recorder/assessor. We support a real competition with platforms, promise, and accountability. The truly vulnerable, the schoolchildren, gained as well, with the hotly contested race for county superintendent of schools. Now that more awareness has been created, a light is shed on the practices that indoctrinate radical gender theory and thinly disguised versions of critical race theory, sometimes labeled as ethnic studies. Schools are focused on that instead on focusing on the true purpose of education, which is, of course, reading, writing and arithmetic. The challenger, Christy Lozano, may not have won the election, but her candidacy has awakened a new scrutiny of what is being taught to our precious school children.

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these people have no or little education, don’t have jobs when they arrive and are very prolific in producing children. I likely won’t be around, but it won’t be America. The United States will have been effectively invaded from the inside out, and the Democrats allowed it to happen. While someone who claims to be our president is lounging on the beach, his/our country is being invaded.

My life was threatened two years ago when I first broached this topic. I had written then how bad things were going to get. And boy, have they gotten bad. It can’t be emphasized enough the nightmare and suffering of so many, the environmental horrors of the landscape being covered in trash and human waste and of course, a green light for human trafficking and the drug trade. It drives me nuts how ideology trumps logic. I’ve said it before, no one has our backs. Because of “wokeness,” no one has the courage to step up and say enough

is enough. We don’t have the resources to handle another 100 million people. And it’s not just 100 million, because of the birth rates, that number could jump up another 200 to 300 million more. It’s a staggering and sober thought. To take in millions and millions and millions more immigrants, think about the amount of housing required, the freeways to accommodate this massive influx, the food, the schools, the healthcare. We can’t even keep up with our own supply of baby food. America won’t be able to handle

Continued from Page C3 President Dwight Eisenhower initiated the satellite communications effort. Predictably, he emphasized established communications corporations. This reflected his fundamental faith in business executives, along with Republican Party preferences, philosophical and practical. The Kennedy administration largely continued that course. The then-new proposed COMSAT (Communications Satellite) Corp. was privately chartered. It was not a government agency. Intense controversy followed, with angry protests within the president’s Democratic Party

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Continued from Page C1 and organ destruction. With that in mind, and being sincerely earnest about helping to prevent other mass shootings and knowing that these kinds of crimes are often carried out by young men under the age of 21, I find myself in favor of a Gun Safety and Responsibility Act that would require a person to have reached 21 years of age before being allowed to purchase a firearm. With two caveats: Any member of a National Guard or U.S. Military unit under the age of 21 would automatically achieve the age of majority by virtue of his or her military status. Anyone aged 21 or over would have the right to allow the use of said firearm to be used by a person he or she is officially in charge of,

Continued from Page C3 Frost wrote about mending a wall with: The gaps I meant, No one has seen them made or heard them made, But at spring mending time we find them there.” And on a day we meet to walk the line, and set the wall between us once again. Mr. Biden’s actions were “antimending” in that his executive order, which required allowing the tens of millions of dollars of steel already purchased for the wall to turn to rust. Fences. Frost’s legacy includes his line “Good fences make good neighbors.” President Biden does agree with building fences to protect himself. He spent $628,000 of taxpayers’ money to build a

fence around his Rehoboth beach house to supplement the Secret Service agents guarding the property. In context, this is a relatively small amount compared to the $20,000 a month rent the Secret Service spends for a Malibu beach house close enough to Hunter Biden to ensure his safety. Legacies. Roads, walls and fences are already solidified in the legacy of Robert Frost. How will they impact the legacy of Joseph Biden Jr.? 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.”

Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section. the United States may be used to subsidize the lawless and brutal repression of the people of Venezuela. Mark Brnovich is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 26th attorney general of Arizona since 2015. This commentary was provided to the News-Press by The Center Square, a nonprofit dedicated to journalism.

it. Especially if we allow the left to turn off the oil spicket and think the wind will make up the difference. Dream on. Nothing good is going to come of this. Not a darn bit of upside. America is going the way of Rome. Soon the day will come when you look at a global map, and it will depict one country from Panama to Canada. With Canada getting sucked in as well because they’re just as irresponsible. Henry Schulte welcomes questions or comments at hschulteopinions@ gmail.com.

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“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard to democracy, therefore, is education.” — Franklin D Roosevelt

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about handouts and welfare for big business. Reflecting party dynamics of that time, conservative but populist Southern plus Western Democrats were among the most outraged. Nonetheless, Congress overwhelmingly approved legislation creating COMSAT. This in turn facilitated rapidly growing collaboration among major communications corporations and a vast array of other firms in creating the pervasive global satellite systems of today. As one example, in 1973 a consortium of major commercial banks agreed to transfer funds electronically, opening the door to today’s enormous fastmoving global banking system. The initial SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial

Telecommunication) system, initiated in 1973, has operated since 1977. Over the decades, satellites along with landbased systems have become integral to vast voice and data communications of all kinds. Mr. Musk and associates pursue revolution in transportation. Mr. Bezos and associates build stratospheric levels of e-commerce. They personify our nation’s historic entrepreneurial daring. Beyond personalities, sustained space exploration reflects our history of business-government partnerships. Give JFK credit for appreciating that in launching us into space, long-term. On Earth, Naleah Boys, while a high school student in Janesville, Wisc., published a book with illustrations on NASA history. She

hopes to become an engineer for the agency. The International Space Station involves Russia and the United States, plus Canada, Europe and Japan. Outer space impacts Earth in varied ways. Learn more from Walter McDougall;s “The Heavens and the Earth – A Political History of the Space Age” (Johns Hopkins University)

i.e., the parent or guardian. Said parent or guardian would then be responsible for whatever use said weapon was put to and if that weapon were used by someone who was then convicted of the felony use of the firearm, the parent or guardian responsible would automatically be sentenced to a minimum of five years in federal prison with no chance of early release or parole. Passage of GSRA would then allow a father or mother to permit their child or children to use (but not own) a rifle or other firearm for shooting practice or any other legally permitted use (killing rats, or other vermin for example) or even in shooting competitions and the like. Since virtually every politician in Washington D.C. is a lawyer, the writing of such a law could be crafted in such a way as to ensure that no one, regardless of social

status or connections, could avoid serving such a sentence. Coincident with the act would be the requirement that anyone convicted of a felony or MISDEMEANOR and had used a firearm in the process of such act would also receive a MANDATORY five-year sentence, regardless and/or in spite of any lesser sentence handed down for the original crime. And if that crime were committed by an individual under the age of 21 and the firearm could be traced to a responsible parent or guardian, then that parent or guardian would also be required to serve a sentence of the mandatory five years. As for the AR-15 and other similar types of high-velocity semiautomatic weapons, I’d lose no more sleep if such devices were banned from civilian gun shops than I do now over the fact that

responsible citizens can no longer purchase a working Thompson submachine gun (invented, by the way, by U.S. Army Brigadier General John T. Thompson in 1918). As for the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, that right would not be infringed upon. A good double-barreled shotgun, for example, and a well-placed pistol in the home is more than sufficient for self-protection. Hunters already have an enormous advantage over the creatures they hope to shoot. That right too would not be infringed. Life goes on.

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.

James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com. Readers are invited to visit jimb.substack.com, where Jim’s Journals are on file. He also invites people to subscribe to Jim’s Journal.

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Continued from Page C3 and detrimental effect on childhood brain development. Ms. Cully’s Twitter feed reads like the daily talking points diary of a B-list MSNBC guest, decrying guns, pushing dialogue with children about “climate change” and peddling ways to “talk to our kids about Ukraine.” Last week, vigilant Falcon School District 49 board member Ivy Liu posted a recent Highlights lesson titled “I feel upset about racism. What should I do?” The editors’ “anti-racism” book list makes clear that embracing anti-white critical race theory is the only solution. Ms. Liu is leading a lonely battle against so-called “Social Emotional Learning” saturating

D-49 classrooms (and Highlights materials) — and has even been censured by colleagues for calling out corrupted curriculum. “Is this what they mean by making social justice warriors out of our kids?” Ms. Liu asked. Indeed. It won’t be long now before Goofus and Gallant are dancing at Drag Queen Story Hour and the Timbertoes are forced to pay reparations for slavery. End-stage America never looked so grim, perverse and joyless. 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.

Hope for future spending responsibility is bleak STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 businesses, $110 billion for infrastructure and $66 billion for President Biden’s favorite subsidy for the rich, moneylosing Amtrak. Mr. Biden wanted to spend even more, but his Build Back Better Act failed to pass. Thanks, Sen. Joe Manchin. You saved us $2.2 trillion and made our government a little less irresponsible. President Biden’s recent deficit-reduction brag didn’t mention that he wants to increase the deficit even more. Last week, he put taxpayers on the hook for $5.8 billion in debt from people who attended Corinthian Colleges. Now he wants taxpayers to pay hundreds of billions more so other students don’t have to pay. Mr. Biden also bragged about a “record 6.7 million jobs created last year -— the most in the first year of any president in American history.” But the president didn’t create those jobs. In panic over COVID, governments shut down so many businesses that they raised the unemployment rate to 14.7%. President Biden then slowed hiring further by giving nonworkers extended unemployment benefits and

fat stimulus checks. For many people, that meant they could make as much, or more, collecting unemployment. No wonder they didn’t go back to work. Finally, most benefits have run out, so of course, we have job growth now. It’s not because of anything good that Mr. Biden did. Under Presidents Biden, Trump and Obama, the federal government’s spending almost doubled. Hope for future spending responsibility is bleak. “Biden’s 10-year outlook still would rack up $14.4 trillion in deficits,” reports Bloomberg. More money gets printed; inflation gets worse; and the national debt grows. Politicians need to make actual cuts to make a difference in our debt. Budget cuts are needed to give our children hope for a prosperous future. But President Biden won’t do that. 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.