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Freedom isn’t free Keynote speakers for Pierre Claeyssens event remember ultimate sacrifices By GRAYCE MCCORMICK

1 p.m. today at the cemetery, 901 Channel Drive. For Capt. Plumb, today is one of the most important days of his life. “It’s always an important day in my life, and there are so many important days in my life — like the day I was set free out of prison and regained my freedoms, and that’s the 18th of February, of course, which is my wife’s birthday, so I can always remember that,” Capt. Plumb told the News-Press, chuckling. “Veterans Day, of course; Memorial Day; Fourth of July — those are all good days on my calendar and reasons why I get in a hot shower and come out very thankful for freedom.” The Kansas native graduated from the Naval Academy and completed Navy Flight Training before reporting to Miramar Naval Air Station in San Diego, where he flew the first adversarial flights in the development of what was soon called The Navy Fighter Weapons School, now known as “TOPGUN.” The captain’s squadron, the Aardvarks, launched on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk with Fighter Squadron 114 to fly the Navy’s hottest airplane, the F-4 Phantom Jet. Capt. Plumb (code named “Plumber”) flew 74 successful combat missions over North Vietnam and made more than 100 carrier landings. Please see FOURTH on A2

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After spending more than 2,000 days as a prisoner of war, Capt. Charlie Plumb can talk a bit about freedom. The F-4 Phantom jet fighter pilot will do just that today at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, where the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation will feature him as a keynote speaker during its Fourth of July celebration. The outdoor event will take place from noon to

MORE FOURTH OF JULY COVERAGE • Parades are back in Solvang and Montecito. And a Fourth of July celebration will feature speakers in downtown Isla Vista. Stories, A2. • Veteran combat medic dedicates his life to service. B1. • Writers wish the United States a happy 245th birthday. See the Voices section in today’s NewsPress. • See Monday’s NewsPress for coverage of the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation celebration and fireworks at Santa Barbara’s West Beach.

Home of the Dons Renovated Peabody Stadium officially opens at Santa Barbara High

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A dedication ceremony was held Saturday for the recently renovated Peabody Stadium at Santa Barbara High School.

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A giddy crowd of alumni, current students and faculty donning green and gold attire gathered at Santa Barbara High on Saturday evening to celebrate the dedication of the newly renovated Peabody Stadium. The brand new, state-of-theart stadium includes a track, turf field, grand stands and football tunnel, as well as new plazas honoring Santa Barbara alumni and local organizations who contributed to the project. The stadium was officially completed in 2020 after about two years of renovation, but COVID-19 restrictions postponed the dedication ceremony until

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Capt. Charlie Plumb, a former Navy fighter pilot and prisoner of war for six years, will speak today at the Santa Barbara Cemetery, where the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation will feature him as a keynote speaker in its Fourth of July Celebration.

Officials promote firework safety By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT

With Fourth of July fireworks making a comeback today, officials are reminding Santa Barbara County residents that “safe and sane” fireworks are allowed in particular parts of the county and outlawed in others. All fireworks, including the safe and sane type, are illegal in all unincorporated areas and the cities of Santa Barbara, Goleta, Carpinteria, Buellton and Solvang. The safe and sane variety of fireworks can be purchased and discharged only in Santa Maria, Guadalupe and Lompoc. In addition to these areas, fireworks are also prohibited in Los Padres National Forest at all times of the year. The Santa Barbara County Fire

Department is reminding the public that the safest way to view fireworks is at displays conducted by professional pyrotechnics. Locals can enjoy firework shows this evening in Santa Barbara at 9 p.m. on West Beach or during Lompoc’s “Fourth of July Spectacular” at Ryon Memorial Park (800 W Ocean Ave.). The gates open at 5 p.m. in Lompoc, and the fireworks show begins at dusk. County residents interested in purchasing fireworks can do so through 9 tonight in Lompoc. Two nonprofits, the Lompoc Employee Development Association and the First Apostolic Church, will be selling fireworks outside two Lompoc locations: Planet Fitness (1009 N. H St.) and Walmart (701 W. Central Ave.). Please see FIREWORKS on A2

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Among the facility’s features is the Peter & Gerd Jordano Donor Plaza.

Saturday. Dozens of alumni attended Saturday’s dedication ceremony, including former NFL player Randall Cunningham, who graduated from Santa Barbara High in 1981 and went on to have a 16-year career in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles. The brand new track inside the stadium has been named the Cunningham Track in honor of Randall and his brothers — Sam, Anthony and Bruce — who excelled in football and track during their years at Santa Barbara High. As he stood in the new stadium, Mr. Cunningham told the NewsPress that it brought back fond high school memories. “The people behind it (the stadium) did an excellent job,” Mr. Cunningham told the News-Press. “It’s such an honor to be here today. I wouldn’t have missed it for anything. It’s beautiful.” “It makes me want to go play,” he added. During the dedication ceremony, various members of the Santa Barbara Unified school board and administration spoke, as well as Greg Tebbe, the president of the Foundation for Santa Barbara High School. Mr. Tebbe has been part of the renovation of the stadium since planning began in 2012. Standing in the completed stadium, Mr. Tebbe reflected on the long-term impact this new facility will have on students in years to come. “This project benefits every child in our school, as well as our entire community,” Mr. Tebbe told the audience Saturday. “It’s not just about athletics. It’s about all the kids who pass through here and learn valuable lessons about friendship, teamwork, integrity and commitment.” “This has got to be one of the most impressive track, field and Please see PEABODY on A8

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Parades are back for the Fourth NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Fourth of July parades return today to Santa Barbara County after a two-year absence. Up north, Solvang will hold its Fourth of July parade at 11 a.m. It will run up Alisal Road from Elverhoy to Copenhagen Drive, west on Copenhagen to 2nd Street and down 2nd

Street. Sponsored by Solvang Rotary Club, the parade has the theme of “God Bless America” and will feature floats, bands, horses, Viking ships and rare automobiles. State Route 246 will remain open to through traffic, and road closures begin around 10 a.m. Down south, the Montecito Association will host a road show parade at 11:30 a.m. today. The procession will start at Lower Manning Park and cruise through neighborhoods.

The Village 4th Road Show 2021 will roll down San Ysidro Road, North Jameson Lane, Channel Drive, Fairway Road, East Cabrillo Boulevard, Coast Village Road, Olive Mill Road and finish up on Schoolhouse Road. The association reported that it is completely full of entries for the parade, but invites families to celebrate from their homes. email: gmccormick@newspress.com

Residents warned of potential for fires, impact on pets

Fourth of July event in Isla Vista ISLA VISTA — The AmericanPeaceMovement.Us is hosting an event to celebrate the Fourth of July at the Anisq’Oyo Park amphitheater today. The celebration will begin at 11:30 a.m. with a Chumash blessing at the park, located in downtown Isla Vista. The ceremony will feature guest speakers Lang Martinez and Chumash Elder Art Cisneros. Dr. David Bearman, the Isla Vista Medical Clinic founder, will also speak during today’s event. After the ceremony, a First Amendment Block Party will be held from noon to 4:20 p.m. at the amphitheater.

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The city of Lompoc prohibits the possession of safe and sane fireworks outside of Fourth of July weekend, as well as any discharge of fireworks after the holiday. The city’s ordinance dictates that fireworks must not be discharged over someone’s property and cannot be set off within 10 feet of a residence. Community members may set off fireworks in the Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce parking lot (111 South I St.), which is the city’s only sanctioned open discharge area. The Lompoc Fire Department is encouraging

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residents to be mindful of where they set off fireworks, and to be sure to avoid areas with dry brush and vegetation, as this can lead to a fire. Aside from the potential fire danger, Santa Barbara County Animal Services is reminding residents to be mindful of the impact fireworks can have on pets. Animals can be very sensitive to the loud noises from fireworks, and it’s recommended that pets stay home during the show. Animal Services also recommends keeping the pet inside during a fireworks show, turning on the TV to distract them and making sure to walk them before the show starts.

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‘Preserving America’s liberties comes with a heavy cost’ However, on that 75th mission, five days before the end of his tour, the fighter pilot was shot down over Hanoi, taken prisoner and tortured. He spent the next six years in North Vietnamese prisoner of war camps. His first cell was only 8 feet long and 8 feet wide. The POW said that while he was in the prison camp, he had a lot of time to think. “I found myself wondering, ‘Why am I here?’” Capt. Plumb said. “The answer was easy: ‘I’m serving my country.’ And then I challenged myself: ‘What is this country you’re serving?’ And I began to think about the people I love and the freedoms I once enjoyed. “Then my mind wondered, ‘Who’s responsible for these freedoms we all enjoy?’” For him, answering that question got very personal. He said his mind focused on the men and women who wore the same uniform as him, who offered up their wealth and lives to “launch this great nation.” “And so, languishing in a prison cell, a long way from home, I was humbled at the thought of such sacrifice made for all of us,” Capt. Plumb said. “On this Independence Day, let’s celebrate with gratitude the patriots who fought and continue to fight for our way of life.” The war hero said that because of the pandemic, he believes people understand the value of having the freedom to get out of the house, go to the store, go to church or go to a baseball game, “all the freedoms that we enjoy, and they didn’t come easy.” “Over the six years in that prison camp, I thought a lot about people that made all this possible and the folks that risked their life, their liberty and their possessions so that we might have this freedom to communicate, worship and get together on the Fourth of July,” Capt. Plumb said. “It’s just really incumbent upon

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Col. Robert A. Long, the commander of Space Launch Delta 30 and Western Launch and Test Range at Vandenberg Space Force Base, is among today’s speakers at the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation event.

all of us to reflect on that heritage and why we have it, and especially for young people, because they can lose it.” Along with a former fighter pilot and prisoner of war, today’s event will feature the commander of Space Launch Delta 30 and Western Launch and Test Range at Vandenberg Space Force Base — Col. Robert A. Long. Col. Long commands spacelift and range operations in support

of national and combatant commander requirements, along with supporting operational and developmental missile system testing for the Department of Defense. The colonel is responsible for $8.4 billion in assets, a $280 million annual budget, installations spanning more than 118,000 acres and more than 11,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel. He shared that it’s his honor to

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ednesday is National Dive Bar Day, so now seems the ideal time to tell my tale of owning a dive bar, not least because of the reveals concerning local bureaucracy. And my bar was right here, on Santa Barbara’s west side, so it’s a local story to boot. I always wanted to own a bar — a classic American saloon, a real bar, no food, maybe a jar of pickled eggs. You know how they say the second happiest day of your life is buying a yacht and the first is when you sell it? The same is true about bars. Mind you, I’m glad to have owned a bar. I learned a lot from the experience. The first thing I learned: Never own a bar. The second thing I learned: Never own any kind of small business in the state of California. A business law attorney, much too late, told me his “ABC Rule” for clients: Anywhere but California. ABC also stands for Alcoholic Beverage Control. These are the folks who derive their salaries and budget from alcohol licensing fees, then use part of this booty for setting up entrapment schemes to trip up busy bartenders and catch them off guard with a confusing ID so they can collect even more money in fines. Happened to me. I wasn’t the bartender, but I don’t blame him given the circumstances, especially since he was normally quite vigilant about recognizing fake IDs and chasing out under-agers. Well, ABC’s Mr. Pond summons me to Ventura for a dressing-down. No problem, I can take my lumps. And then I get to choose the punishment: Pay a $2,000 fine to ABC or close for 30 days. “Easy,” I say, without hesitation. “We’ll close for 30 days.” “Huh?” says Mr. Pond. “I’ll take the 30-day closure.” “Really?” He is surprised. “Why?” he asks. “Because I own the building, I’ll give myself a break on the rent. And I want my bartenders to lose work for 30 days so they learn a lesson about this kind of thing and don’t screw up again. And my regular customers, who think my bar is their living room? Well, after they lose their local bar for a month, they’ll think twice about trying to sneak in their under-age nephews and nieces.” “What if I reduce the fine to $1,200?” says Mr. Pond. Clearly, ABC wants the money, not the closure. “Doesn’t matter, I’ll still take 30 days.” “But, but, nobody ever does that.” “I’m doing it.” My reasoning: Not only is ABC not getting money out of me for entrapping my bartender, the state of California will lose out on 30 days’ sales tax. Hence, maybe bureau-crazy will learn its own lesson. And speaking of sales tax and bureau-crazy: A representative of the California Tax Franchise Board audited my bar books after revenues declined due to our noservice policy to drug dealers, gang-bangers, brawlers and boozers that we knew would get drunk and then drive. Let’s move onto bartenders briefly before reverting to the tax lady. Even though it’s against the rules, it is commonplace for bartenders to overpour drinks in exchange for bigger tips. And they also help themselves to drinks when the owner is not present. So when the tax lady measures booze ordered against booze sold, there is a discrepancy — and she wants sales tax on that discrepancy, even though she knows from the books such booze was not sold to customers. “You mean I have to pay sales tax on whatever the bartender steals?” Yup, that’s what she meant. In other words, screwed from both ends. My clever accountant saved the day, turning a multi-thousanddollar tax bill into zero due to several Franchise Board miscalculations. This accountant, a partner in his own dive bar, enjoyed repeating a pearl of wisdom he’d cultivated from his own experience: “Nothing good can happen between midnight and 2 in the morning.” Indeed. That is the magic window of time when fights break out. And what you need to know is this: Dive bar patrons don’t fight because they don’t like one another, they fight because they like fighting. The feeling of pain, and inflicting pain, gets their endorphins flowing. In other words, as with drinking, they do it because it makes them feel good. (When I bought my bar, one of the first things I did was set up rock salt candles on the bar to give the place an ambient glow. Dave, a seasoned bartender I inherited, took one look at my illuminations

and said, “These may look like candles to you, but after midnight they are missiles.”)

miniature baseball bat and thus the bartender’s last line of defense. H is for Hangover. You cannot drink a lot of booze without ARCHITECTURAL paying the piper REVIEW BOARD next morning. At some point, I Conventional decided to paint the wisdom is best: exterior of the bar. Don’t drink too THE INVESTIGATOR Not long after, an much, snack while ROBERT ERINGER enforcement officer you eat, sip water. from the city bureauThe Chinese tested crazy ordered me to every so-called repaint it back the way it was. hangover remedy known to That is because, in Santa mankind and determined that the Barbara, you are not allowed to very best remedy is Sprite. paint the building in which you J is for Jukebox. These days, own a business. jukeboxes connect to the Internet Even if you own the building. and access hundreds of thousands If you want to paint your of songs. Given the choice of building a different shade, you everything, it is tragic what must apply to Santa Barbara’s actually gets played most of the Architectural Review Board. time: rap, hip-hop and heavy This is not a simple application. metal. You must supply blueprints of K is for Karaoke, as much a the property, conduct comparative mainstay in bars these days as studies of all the properties around Monday Night Football — but yours, pay fees, always fees, high never both at the same time fees, every step of the way — an unless you like brawls. In addition arduous process that includes to entertaining yourself and attending several monthly Review others (assuming your voice truly Board meetings and will likely entertains the latter, usually not), take well beyond a year. Karaoke is excellent therapy. For a simple exterior paint job. There is nothing like singing your “So, Mr. Eringer, you want to heart out to feel better instead of paint your exterior a darker shade paying a therapist $175 an hour. of tan — have you considered the L is for Liquor, which must be implications this would have on purchased only from wholesalers your neighborhood?” approved by Alcoholic Beverage “Um, if you ever visit the corner Control. This is a racket. Two of San Andres and Arrellaga, you companies own the wholesale will discover that anything would distribution rights to most brands, be an improvement.” and there is little competition Same goes for changing signage between the two because each — even a minor change. distributes different brands If you are a cannabis grower, without any overlapping products. however, you can get a permit Which essentially means that almost overnight. (Thank 1st these two companies have a District Supervisor Das William monopoly on their brands. for that. And that’s another story, “You mean to tell me,” I said to upcoming in this column). one supplier, “that in the state of California, I can only buy Jameson LABOR COMMISSION whiskey from you?” He replied, “No, we have 33 states tied up.” Worst of all is the Labor M is for Music. Live music, Commission. which gets people dancing. Then The sole purpose of this state the bar gets fined for not having a bureau-crazy, perhaps the craziest “dance license.” and laziest of all, is always to side N is for Nugacious, which with disgruntled ex-employees, applies to most bar banter. however outrageous their claims, (“Trifling, trivial, insignificant whatever documentary evidence …”) and testimony exists to the O is for Obstreperous, which contrary — and award them huge is what a bar becomes after sums of money. A Robin Hood11:33 pm. (“Noisy and difficult to mentality based on nothing more control.”) than horse-feathers. P is for Pickled Eggs, a foolproof On the positive side, one of the sign that you are in a dive bar. most interesting lessons I learned Q is for Quaff-tide: “The season is that you can run a dive bar (in of drinking.” In other words, every fact, most bars) on fewer than 10 day is quaff-tide in a dive bar. labels of booze. This is because R is for Regulars. They arrive people generally stick to their around the same time every tipple of choice — usually a highevening, order the same libations profile, well-advertised brand. and stick around for the same Ultimately (aside from NFL amount of time, day after day. Ticket and Karaoke, throw in a pool If they’re celebrating a special table), a dive bar is about booze. occasion, they’re in your bar. If After redecorating my bar with they’re commiserating a tragedy, fine art, sculpture and directional they’re in your bar. And if it’s just lighting, a seasoned drinker walked a normal day, well … up and down, fully appreciating the S is for Scams. An example: aesthetic I had created. Safety Services Company calls “Nice job,” he said. Then he your bar and tries to sound official, added: “But you realize, you insinuating you are required by didn’t have to do any of this. Your law to buy their product: mere customers are here for one thing printed posters of state compliance and one thing only.” rules, for which they attempt to Alcohol is why people come to charge hundreds of dollars. a bar. T is for television. Sadly, a staple Some want it. Most need it. in most bars, where most eyes But they aren’t here for the art divert by default. or the pretty bartender. U stumps us; make up your own. They want a drink. They want it V is for Vodka, the most the way they like it. overrated member of the booze And they want it now. family. It’s odorless and definitely tasteless, without distinctive THE ABCs OF THE BAR BIZ character. This is why the market is flooded with flavored vodkas for A is for Alcohol, the most used and immature drinkers. Fortunately, abused stress reliever in the world. there are many uses for vodka B is for Bartender, a therapist besides drinking it. who knows how to mix basic W is for Well Liquor. This is the cocktails, work quickly under generic booze a bartender pours pressure and understand if you do not specify which brand rudimentary math. And knowing you want. Always specify. judo wouldn’t hurt. Never drink from the Well. Why C is for Cocktails, which are a not? Dive bars cut their costs by labor-intensive nuisance when the serving the cheapest crap they can bar gets slammed and only one buy as their Well. It costs them bartender is on duty. about $6.50 a bottle and is as near D is for Drinkology, my own to poisonous rotgut as any booze term for the sociology of drinking anyone can drink, easily disguised alcohol, covering everything from by sweet mixers. lack of etiquette to another D W is also for Wine. As in, under word: Drunkenness. no circumstances order wine in a E is for Entertainment. Most dive bar. drinkers entertain themselves X is for Xenophobia: a priest, a and others around them when minister and a rabbi walk into a they have a drink in hand. bar — and the eyes of all regulars Alcohol animates people, are riveted upon these invaders. lubricates the tongue and loosens Y is for Yelp, the online review inhibitions. Which means the service, whose very name aptly best entertainment is usually the means to utter a sharp quick shrill drinker him-or-herself — even if or cry. Yelp, the company, allows that person doesn’t know it crybabies to vent, for sure, but F is for Flavored Vodka, the takes the definition a step further: most revolting rubbish on earth, 1. Yelp allows fraudsters to post especially marshmallow, pumpkin fake reviews anonymously. 2. Yelp and cookie dough. uses such reviews to coerce (some G is for Gin. Don’t listen to say extort) restaurants and bars James Bond: You’re supposed to to advertise with them — i.e., pay stir, not shake. Shaking bruises them money to bury fraudulent bad gin and transforms it into a reviews and highlight good reviews. crystalline mess when its surface Z is for Zooscopy. As in, bring on should actually be as smooth as a the pink elephants. lake on a still evening. G is also for Galiano. Nobody Robert Eringer is a longtime drinks this Italian liqueur Montecito author with vast anymore, but every bar has experience in investigative a bottle close to hand. Why? journalism. You can reach him at Because Galiano’s bottle is a reringer@gmail.com.

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SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS OBITUARIES HIGGINS, Jerry Weston 1937 ~ 2021

Father, grandfather, educator, friend. He had a smile for those he knew and strangers alike. Kind was the word most often used to describe Jerry. Born in Michigan, raised in Canada, he headed for California at the invitation of the University of California, Santa Barbara. He continued there as a Professor of Psychology, conducting his research and teaching until his retirement. A Phi Beta Kappa member, he valued academic endeavor and treasured his time teaching and encouraging his students. Jerry was a dedicated and loving father, who will be forever remembered by his daughter Merrien, son Matthew and daughter-in-law Dana. Merrien’s daughter Emily Koch, and Matt’s sons Troy and Chaz Higgins, will remember their beloved grandfather with love and gratitude for the wonderful times they shared. Jerry’s longtime partner Helene McLaughlin will forever be in his heart and he in hers. Jerry will also be remembered by countless friends and neighbors, who will think of him for his kindness, dedication to friendship, good humor, and exuberance for life. A stone and plaque have been placed amongst oak and eucalyptus trees, in the Santa Barbara neighborhood in which he lived for over forty years, as a remembrance of a man who was always there for his family and friends. He is a man who will live forever in our hearts. Thank you Dad for a lifetime of love and laughter. Merrien and Matt

LOONEY, Rosemary Phyllis It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Rosemary Phyllis Looney after a brief illness. She was born in Norwood, MA on 20 December, 1926, and passed at home in Carpinteria, CA on 8 June, 2021 after a brief illness. She is survived by her daughters Sharyn Plunkett (Richard) and Sheryl Ford of Carpinteria, and Cynthia Saunders (Carl) of Milton, MA; granddaughter Kerri Haer (Andy) of Brunswick, ME; grandson Shawn Saunders (Amy) of Westwood, MA; three great-granddaughters, two nieces and a nephew, all of Massachusetts. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Bernard (Bernie), her parents Rose and Johnnie Madigan, and her sister Gloria Norton. Rosemary loved her family, friends and all the pets she had during her lifetime. She truly loved every part of her life. Rosemary was very much involved in her children’s lives; she was a Brownie and Girl Scout leader, and travelled with the children on their CYO trips. She was an avid reader and also loved playing scrabble, bridge and mahjong. She was physically active and enjoyed hiking in the beautiful mountains of Vermont, horseback riding, tennis, and golf, was a skeet shooter, avid walker, and loved crosscountry skiing. Rosemary spent most of her life on the East Coast working as a nurse before moving to the Santa Barbara area in 2000. Bernie and Rosemary travelled the country by RV, and also travelled to Ireland to visit both sides of their families in Cork County. Rosemary took trips to Spain and Portugal, and Australia and Tasmania with her best friend in California, Rosemary Hester. Rosemary was a devout Catholic and loved attending Mass with her daughters. She volunteered at HELP in Carpinteria, an organization that assists residents with transportation to doctors’ appointments and errands, as a dispatcher. Services will be held in Massachusetts at a future date. Donations in her memory would be welcome at The Braille Institute of Santa Barbara or a charitable organization of your choice.

CASE, Erma Louise Erma Louise Case passed away after a brief illness at Cottage Hospital on November 17, 2020 with her son at her side. Erma was born in Des Moines, Iowa on March 2, 1924. Her parents, James and Jesse Daugherty, along with Erma’s siblings—Joe, James, Arthur, Arlene, and Nedra, relocated to the West Coast during World War II. Erma and her sister, Ned, worked in Burbank, joining the Rosie the Riveter family.

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WATT, Elizabeth “Betty”

Frances J. Baron, 94, died peacefully on June 25, 2021, in Montecito, California. She was born October 17, 1926, in Eureka, California, to Frank Setleff Johnson and Mary Alice Irwin and grew up in Honeydew and Pepperwood, California. In 1945, she married Hal J. Ingram, whom she met in Eureka during World War II. Hal was stationed there while serving in the US Coast Guard. They had three children: Daniel, Mary, and John. In 1973, she married Robert G. Baron.

Elizabeth “Betty” Watt, age 79, of Goleta, CA, passed away on Sunday, June 20th, 2021.

She worked at National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and at Teledyne in Mountain View, California. As part of her job at NIH, she ran the NIH Chamber Music Series, which she SDUWLFXODUO\ HQMR\HG 6KH OLYHG PRVW RI KHU DGXOW OLIH LQ &DOLIRUQLD ÀUVW LQ WKH %D\ Area, then in Montecito--but she also lived in Bethesda for several years. She loved sewing, knitting, crafts of all sorts, the San Francisco Symphony and Juilliard String Quartet, entertaining, and traveling, especially by rail. She doted on her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. For over 30 years, she volunteered with the Children’s Health Council Auxiliary in Palo Alto, serving as co-president and program chair. She was also an active participant in the San Francisco Symphony League. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in its Young Women, Primary, and Relief Society organizations. She was predeceased by her parents; her son Daniel; her sister and brother-in-law, Maranell and Frank Kemp; and her second husband, Robert G. Baron. She is survived by her children, John Ingram (Suzy) and Mary Campbell (Philip); her nephew, Frank Kemp, Jr. (Janet); her grandchildren, Kate Lewis (Brandt), Ben Campbell (Marae), Rosalie Westenskow (Ryan), Peter Campbell (Kelsey), and Julia Hafen (Nick); and fourteen great-grandchildren, who knew and loved her as “GG.”

Born August 13th, 1941, while her father served with the U.S. Navy in the Philippines. When the war broke out they were captured and separated. Her father survived the Bataan Death March and was a POW for the rest of the war. Betty went with her mother and sister to Manila, where they were prisoners of the Japanese at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp. When the U.S. Forces liberated the camp, a soldier gave her a Hershey’s candy bar. She loved chocolate ever since. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Conrad Watt, Jr., who passed away in October 2020. Conrad was her next-door neighbor and high school sweetheart. They both attended Venice High School and moved to Goleta to raise a family. Betty is survived by her four children, Brian, Carolyn, Greg, and Phil, with seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. For over 40 years she owned Betty’s Flowers, providing arrangements for weddings, receptions, and countless high school dances - always at a reasonable price. Betty was a longtime member of the Orchid Society of Santa Barbara, entering her displays and arrangements in the International Orchid Show. In recent years, she displayed orchidinspired artwork. Loved by many, she has an orchid named after her, Cymbidium Betty Watt. A joint memorial service will be held, with a date and time to be determined.

IN MEMORY

NAUMANN, William Werner William Naumann “Bill” was born in Alameda, California on September 21st, 1928 and passed away June 8th, 2021 following failing health. He was the son of Werner and Elizabeth Naumann, who had immigrated to the U.S. from Germany in 1927 with extended family, joining the pilgrimage to the Bay area. All developed homes, businesses, using skills from the “Old Country” as they learned English and integrated. Bill grew up in the Oakland Hills, taking ferries to “The City,” watching the building of the Golden Gate and Bay bridges. He’s always been industrious; in his youth he worked with his father’s cabinetry and home building, and picking grapes at his uncle’s vineyard. He developed his own business as an DXWR PHFKDQLF +H ORYHG WR Á\ HDUQLQJ D SLORW·V OLFHQVH In Oakland, he fell in love with Helen Jensen, married in 1949 and started a family with three children: Beverly, James and Eric. In 1962 the family moved to Sonoma County, where the family realized a goal to raise their own meat, have dairy cows and horses. There, Bill engaged in many endeavors to support the family: butcher, bartender, truck driver and retail sales. In 1966, Bill was transferred with his retail work to Santa Barbara where Renee and Julie joined the family. Together, with love, Bill and +HOHQ UDLVHG ÀYH FKLOGUHQ 7KH\ ZHUH IRVWHU SDUHQWV IRU Children’s Home Society, caring for newborns awaiting adoption. Both Bill and Helen retired in 1989, Bill from his retail work and Helen from nursing. They started traveling, visiting the east coast, Alaska, Europe, New Zealand, England, Ireland and the Bahamas. Both played tennis and engaged in long bike riding excursions in California. Summers often found them camping at the Russian River with grandchildren and friends. They truly enjoyed their retirement. Bill has always been an avid reader of history, politics and novels and played golf, three times scoring “holes in one.” He loved to cook, especially Italian, and is famous for his Irish soda bread. As a tenor, singing was one of his most favorite activities since quite young, performing for gatherings of all sorts throughout his life. Bill and Helen had been married for 71 years. Bill prided himself as a devoted and loving husband, father, grandfather, supporting his children to realize their dreams. Bill was kind, compassionate and fair in all of relationships. He will be truly missed by all those who have loved and known him. He is survived by his loving wife, Helen, children: Beverly, James, Eric, Renee, Julie, 13 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, brother-in-law, numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. There will be a family gathering to honor his life with date to be determined.

REYNARD “SHORTY” SANDOVAL God bless America on this day. Remembering Reynard “Shorty” Sandoval. My loving husband. Born on the 4th of July. Your wife.

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Erma enjoyed a long membership in Eastern Star. Erma was a very kind and generous woman, and always had a smile and funny story to share. She was also known for her elegant appearance, wearing dresses and heels until fairly recently. One of her fellow members from St. Andrew’s Church mentioned that until the pandemic, Erma always showed up at Church dressed to the nines. Erma was a very loving and devoted wife, having celebrated 66 years of marriage until Aaron’s passing. She loved her family unconditionally, including her son Craig, her daughter-in-law Laura, her two granddaughters, Jennifer and Lindsay (Noah), and her three great-grandchildren Lincoln, Shane, and Jordan. Her husband, parents, and siblings preceded her in death. She was the last of her generation, and always endeavored to keep in contact with her numerous nieces and nephews. She was widely admired, dearly loved, and will be greatly missed. Due to the pandemic, a memorial service will now be held on July 9, 2021, at 2:00pm at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 4575 Auhay Drive, Santa Barbara, California.

WISE, William Stewart August 18, 1933 – June 29, 2021

William S. Wise died Tuesday, June 29 after a long bout with cancer. He was born in 1933 in Carson City, Nevada, the oldest RI WKUHH ER\V +H RIWHQ HQMR\HG FDPSLQJ DQG ÀVKLQJ LQ the surrounding Sierra foothills. At age 14, while in Boy Scouts, he discovered his life’s passion: geology. After graduating at the top of his class in high school, Bill put himself through Stanford University. It was at Stanford that he met his beloved wife, Mona. After obtaining a Bachelor’s degree, Bill served his mandatory 2 years in the Army, part of the time in Germany. He returned to Stanford for a Master’s degree in geology and then went to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore for his Ph.D. Volcanology and mineralogy were his focus areas of study. His thesis area was the Wind River area of Washington state where he spent several summers mapping and hiking. Before his thesis was even completely typed, he was offered a teaching position at the University of California at Santa Barbara in the geology department. He worked at UCSB from 1961 to 1994 as a professor, researcher, GHSDUWPHQW KHDG DQG DVVRFLDWH 'HDQ RI /HWWHUV DQG 6FLHQFH 7HDFKLQJ ÀHOG FRXUVHV in geology was a big part of his life. He believed that geology had to be experienced E\ ZDONLQJ RYHU DQG WKURXJK LW +H EHOLHYHG WKDW D ÀHOG FRXUVH ZDV WKH FDSVWRQH RI D GHJUHH LQ JHRORJ\ 6HH EHORZ RQ KRZ WR VXSSRUW ÀHOG VWXGLHV 0DQ\ VWXGHQWV IURP 8&6% UHWXUQHG WR WHOO %LOO DERXW WKHLU VXFFHVVHV LQ WKH ÀHOG RI geology. They remembered him as a great instructor, fair grader and strong proponent RI ZRPHQ DQG PLQRULWLHV LQ WKDW ÀHOG 7ZR VWXGHQWV ZHUH VR PRYHG E\ WKHLU H[SHULHQFH with this professor that they chose to honor him in two ways. One student started the Hobson/Wise Field Studies Fund at the Earth Sciences Department at UCSB. He felt WKDW WKH VXPPHU ÀHOG FODVV KDV JUHDWO\ LPSURYHG KLV FODVVURRP OHDUQLQJ DQG KDG VHW him on the right path for this career. The other student discovered a new mineral, found only in Pakistan. He named it Billwiseite. This is probably the highest honor for a mineralogist! %LOO KDG WKUHH FKLOGUHQ DQG LV VXUYLYHG E\ %ULDQ :LVH DQG KLV ZLIH *ORULD DQG Michelle Hertig. He is predeceased by his eldest, Debbie Sichel. He taught all three children about geology on extensive camping trips to remote localities for collecting minerals. All three were regularly quizzed on the types of rock, names of minerals and landforms. He was also fascinated by birds and took many trips to the Mammoth Lakes area to study the bird life there and at Mono Lake. His love of teaching continued as he taught his grandchildren about the physical world around them. Both Rebecca Tissot and Ed Sichel can tell of many hours sitting watching Volcano Scapes videos. After Bill retired from UCSB, he found other passions to pursue including volunteering at the Humane Society socializing dogs for adoption. He made a habit of adopting old dogs who needed loving homes. Another strong interest was collecting Chinese stamps. He wrote a regular article for a China Stamp publication. He also missed teaching DQG EHJDQ WR DVVLVW LQ WKH NLQGHUJDUWHQ DQG ÀUVW JUDGH FODVVURRPV RI KLV \RXQJHVW grandchildren, Zachary and Jared Hertig. He could teach a child to read a book as well as he could teach a graduate student to “read” a mountain. The title, Bill liked the most in his life, was Professor. However, when his grandsons began calling him “Papa,” this title took a close second place. Family was always important to him and he remained a strong supporter of all of his family throughout his last days. Bill will be interred privately at the Goleta Cemetery. Memorial gifts can be made to the Santa Barbara Humane Society, whose work he loved.

Jared was born in Santa Barbara at Cottage Hospital to Frank Morales and Cynthia Carl (aka Paschall). Jared went to Santa Barbara High School and Santa Barbara City College. At the age of 23, he enlisted in the Army and was trained as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne. After a year of intense combat training, Jared deployed to Afghanistan for 15 months. He is a decorated soldier, awarded the following medals: Two Army Commendations (ARCOM), one with V-Device (Valor), Army Achievement Medal (AAM), Combat Infantry Badge (CIB), Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service, Afghanistan Campaign, Global War on Terrorism Service, NATO ribbon, and various meritorious ribbons. He was also voted “Local Hero” by the Santa Barbara Independent for his lifesaving military service while deployed. Jared was an avid surfer and hit the water when he was just a little boy of 6 years old; he also loved snowboarding and was on the mountain at a young age and loved skateboarding as well, but his patriotism outshone most other things in his life; he had a strong desire to serve his country which he did fearlessly and skillfully. Jared is preceded in death by Frank Morales, Sr- grandfather, Sue Ellen Paschallgrandmother, and CDR William Dandridge Paschall (USN)- grandfather. Jared is survived by hundreds of friends, his mother-Cynthia Carl, father-Frank Morales, Jr, step-father-MAJ Bradley W Carl (USAR), step-mother- Katie Fagan, brother- Gabriel W Morales, sister-in-law- Aurelie Veruni Morales, niece- Jade Galiena Morales, nephew- Milan Francisco William Morales, grandmother- Mary Cheverez Morales, step-grandparents Gary and Anne Carl, aunt- Kathy Morales, and many more family members including aunts, uncles, and cousins. Jared was a 4th generation Santa Barbaran and a friend to everyone; he was always there for those who needed his help. His sense of humor was next level and always made friends, family, and anyone he was around, laugh. He will be missed more than words can express. ,Q OLHX RI ÁRZHUV SOHDVH VHQG GRQDWLRQV LQ -DUHG·V QDPH WR WKH :RXQGHG :DUULRU·V Project. https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=10043

TALLEY, Mary Sue (Williams) 1925-2021

Susie Talley passed away peacefully at her home on June 11, 2021 after a short illness. She was born January 10, 1925 in Praise, Kentucky to John Claude Williams and &DOOLH 5REHUWV :LOOLDPV DQG OLYHG WKH ÀUVW \HDUV RI her life in nearby Elkhorn City, Kentucky. The family then moved from the mountains of Kentucky to those of East Tennessee, settling in the city of Erwin where her father worked as a train conductor. Here she met her future husband and the love of her life, Bob Talley. After graduating from the University of Tennessee (UT) with a degree in Home Economics, Susie worked as a nursery school teacher, an expression of her life-long love of young children. She and Bob married in 1948 and then moved to Silver Spring, Maryland in 1951 where her son, David, and daughter, Carol, were born. In 1958, the family moved to Santa Barbara, California where Bob worked for Santa Barbara Research Center. Susie was a homemaker and did volunteer work for numerous local charities. She was also an active member of the First United Methodist Church. Susie loved traveling and she and Bob visited many countries around the world. She delighted in parties and dancing and greatly enjoyed her many friends in Santa Barbara. She was an avid golfer and a tough competitor, particularly when there was a nickel riding on each hole. She and Bob were great fans of college basketball, frequently attending home games of the UCSB Lady Gauchos as well as watching the Lady Vols of UT and the Duke Blue Devils men’s team on TV. Susie had a delightful sense of humor, the charm of a traditional southern lady and the strong opinions of a woman born and raised in the mountains. Her family was always the most important thing in her life and she freely shared her love with Bob, her children and grandchildren. Susie was predeceased by her husband, Dr. Robert Talley; her parents, her brothers Paul and Walter Williams and her grandson, Benjamin Wiedmann. She is survived by her children David Talley (wife Patricia Behan), Carol Talley (partner Mark Viney) granddaughter Eva Wiedmann, all of Santa Barbara, CA; grandson Max Wiedmann (wife Cher Mucho) of San Diego CA, and a number of nephews and nieces. $ JDWKHULQJ RI LPPHGLDWH IDPLO\ ZDV KHOG RQ -XQH DW 6XVLH·V EXULDO WR FHOHEUDWH KHU life and to be with her as she was placed to rest next to her love, Bob. For those family and friends who wish to commemorate Susie’s life, please consider a donation in her honor to Family Service Agency, https://fsacares.org/ We wish to thank Dr. Michael Bernstein of the Sansum Clinic for the excellent medical care he provided Susie for more than 20 years. We are also extremely grateful to a wonderful group of home health aides for the skilled and loving care they gave Susie over the last nine years.

COASTAL

Pismo Beach 69/55

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Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. Maricopa 101/73

Guadalupe 66/55

Santa Maria 70/55

Vandenberg 67/56

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Los Alamos 80/54

Buellton 83/53

Solvang 86/53

Gaviota 77/57

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Carpinteria 72/60 Ventura 70/60

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POINT CONCEPTION TO MEXICO

Wind west-northwest 6-12 knots today. Waves 2-4 feet with a south-southwest swell 4-7 feet at 16 seconds. Visibility clear.

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MARINE FORECAST

SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL

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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 108,607 acre-ft. Elevation 719.94 ft. Evaporation (past 24 hours) 36.4 acre-ft. Inflow 4.1 acre-ft. State inflow 0.0 acre-ft. Storage change from yest. -166 acre-ft. Report from U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

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SANTA BARBARA NEWS-PRESS

SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2021

Large-scale events to end at Stow House

(805) 717-1678

KENNETH SONG / NEWS-PRESS

Members of the Maria Bermudez Flamenco Performing Arts Studio — who include, from left, Isabella Ricci, Miguel Sanchez, Jack Harwood and Spirit of Fiesta Ysabella Yturralde — perform recently during Fiesta Ranchera at Stow House. The historic Goleta facility announced Friday that it can no longer accommodate large-scale community events because of limited parking capacity, but people can still visit the Stow House for its tours and exhibits.

By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT

Rancho La Patera & Stow House announced Friday that the establishment no longer has the capacity to host large community events on site. Since 1966, the historic Goleta location has been the site of various community celebrations, including Fiesta Ranchera, the Old-Fashioned Fourth of July, Music at the Ranch, Old Time Fiddler’s Festival and Holiday at the Ranch. But due to limited parking capacity, the establishment will no longer host these community events, according to a news release. But visitors are still invited to enjoy museum displays and tours at the Stow House.

Since 1966, the historic Goleta location has been the site of various community celebrations, including Fiesta Ranchera, the Old-Fashioned Fourth of July, Music at the Ranch, Old Time Fiddler’s Festival and Holiday at the Ranch. Currently the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society has an exhibit about Italian immigration to the Goleta Valley titled “From Italy with Love” on display in the History Education Center. In addition, the Carriage Room features a display of historic carriages, seed separators, wine presses and

Lompoc City Council plans special meeting LOMPOC — The Lompoc City Council will hold a special meeting Monday to discuss whether to reschedule the city’s upcoming special municipal election on cannabis taxes. The scheduling of the recall election for Sept. 14 has given city governments the opportunity to consolidate their special elections with the statewide vote on Gov. Gavin Newsom. Currently, the city’s special municipal election is scheduled for Aug.

old firefighting equipment that was salvaged off the coast of Goleta Beach Park after a storm unearthed them in the early 1980s. For more information and museum hours, visit goletahistory. org.

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STESA supports military sexual assault prevention bill By MADISON HIRNEISEN NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT

Standing Together to End Sexual Assault is voicing support for the Senate’s Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. The bill was introduced in late April. If passed by Congress, it would change the protocol for handling sexual assault in the military by moving the decision of whether to prosecute away from commanders and into the oversight of independent, professional military prosecutors. According to a news release, the bill would also increase and improve sexual assault training in the military, promote a zerotolerance policy and increase security by installing locks and cameras. The bill comes after the Pentagon reported that nearly 21,000 military members — 13,000 women and 7,500 men — had experienced sexual assault in 2019. This marked a 37% increase from the previous report in 2017. “Sexual assault has been an epidemic in the military, partly

If passed by Congress, it would change the protocol for handling sexual assault in the military by moving the decision of whether to prosecute away from commanders and into the oversight of independent, professional military prosecutors. due to the way in which it is addressed and prosecuted,” STESA, formerly known as the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center, wrote in its news release. “The current system for prosecuting sexual assaults in the military defers to the chain of command, which has failed to ensure accountability, and disproportionately punishes black and brown service members.” According to a news release, the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act already has the support of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and organizations such as the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

Currently, the bill has been referred to the Senate’s Committee on Armed Services for review. STESA, which provides counseling services for victims of sexual assault and their loved ones across Santa Barbara County, is supporting this bill in support of survivors. “While it is not the wish of every survivor to seek legal justice from perpetrators, STESA supports this act as a crucial step in improving accountability in the military and ensuring justice for those survivors who seek legal justice,” the organization wrote in its news release. email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

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Continued from Page A1 stadium complexes at any high school anywhere in the country, and this is a facility that should last for the next 100 years,” Mr. Tebbe later added. Various parts of the new stadium are named in honor of notable Santa Barbara figures and school alumni. In addition to the Cunningham Track, the new Peter and Gerd Jordano Plaza is named after two Santa Barbara High alumni who are well-known philanthropists in the Santa Barbara Community. The couple was one of the first donors for the stadium renovation and played a leading role in rallying community support for the project. When fans enter the stadium, they will also notice a new plaza recognizing all Santa Barbara High alumni who died serving their country in the armed forces. The new Doug and Ann Allred Veterans Memorial is placed in honor of those students and can be viewed when guests walk down the entrance ramp to the stadium. In addition to these new plazas, the stadium features a new Hutton Parker Foundation Tunnel and MarBorg Industries Plaza in honor of two local organizations that helped to fund the stadium renovation. Looking out over the new stadium, Santa Barbara Unified School District Superintendent Hilda Maldonado told the NewsPress that she can already picture future generations of students flourishing in the new facility. “I imagine some world class athletes like we’ve already had, and I also just see the students feeling honored and respected in terms of providing the students a place that is just beautiful,” Ms. Maldonado said. “So I think (the new stadium) sends a message to students that you are valued, you’re important, and you know, we care about you enough to do something like this. So I just see kids flourishing, kids really being connected to their community here.” Saturday’s ceremony was also exciting for alumnus Bill

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Oakley, a graduate of the Santa Barbara High class of 1958. Four generations of his family have passed through the high school, including his father, his son and daughter and his grandson. Standing inside the new stadium, Mr. Oakley said he would’ve loved to play in the new stadium when he was a student. During his time at Santa Barbara High, he was involved in football, basketball and baseball. Looking towards the future, Mr.

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Stefan Landfried was a naval medical corpsman during Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which he cared for wounded marines on the battlefield.

The meaning of service Navy combat medic shows loyalty, compassion during and after war By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

tefan Landfried — better known to his comrades as “Doc” — knows what it means to serve. His definition of the word was heading overseas into the height of the Iraq War, with a “little synopsis” of what he was instructed to do. All he knew was that there was a need, and he was being pulled that way. The Middle East veteran was born and raised in Santa Barbara. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1997 and currently volunteers diligently as a lifetime member of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Post 1649 in town. As a resident of the building, he’s the go-to for most events and activities held by the VFW, such as funerals, holiday events and community awards. The former Naval Medical Corpsman, whose official title is Hospitalman 3rd Class Petty Officer, sat down with the NewsPress to discuss today’s Fourth of July holiday. He reflected on what it means to remember not only his military service, but the service of all the other men and women. “It’s a reminder of those that served that are hoping to protect what is like an experiment,” Petty Officer Landfried said regarding Independence Day and other holidays like Memorial Day and Veterans Day. “We’re still a young nation, we’re still an experimental country on how our government is set up and we’re so drastic from other nations.” In 2003, Petty Officer Landfried joined the Navy with hopes of going on an aircraft carrier. He said he didn’t fully read his job description, but most of the

men enlisting with Navy medicine teamed up with the Marines to cover all the deployments. Petty Officer Landfried completed two tours in Iraq, serving honorably in combat during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was also deployed to Okinawa as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The combat medic didn’t talk much about what he saw as he cared for wounded marines on the battlefield. But he did mention the camaraderie that was developed between himself and the other men. “I mean, that’s the one thing I do miss, but like with anything, there’s always the good and bad,” Petty Officer Landfried said. He added that when he was in Okinawa, he enjoyed getting a feel of what Asian island culture was like, with some “really interesting meals” he ate during what little free time he had. However, it’s the act of service he valued the most. That’s what he thinks about on days like July Fourth. “Service is so much, in its own way, giving back to the country,” he said. “Granted, a lot of other countries do have freedoms … But the way the Constitution is written, it feels like people should give back to the country for those rights and freedoms that we have. “When it comes to serving the country, it doesn’t necessarily have to mean serving the military — just giving back in some way to the functionality of this country to keep things going.” Those who know “Doc” told the News-Press that not only has the combat medic given back to his country by joining the Navy and caring for marines who needed him, but he continues to serve everyone around him, from the VFW to his good friends, many of whom fall into both categories. And it hasn’t always been easy.

Staff Sgt. Mark Thies of the VFW referred to Petty Officer Landfried as a hero, plain and simple. “I never heard him tell anybody to call him ‘Doc,’ but everybody does,” Sgt. Thies told the NewsPress. “He served as a Medical Corpsman, but I think he earned the title ‘Doc’ based on the caring support he selflessly gives to individual military veterans in our community. He is a hero to me.” “Being a medic in the military took him to environments where he has been a witness to death, which is not unusual, but it’s not something that he or any of the other men and women that I’ve spoken with in the military are comfortable remembering, reminiscing or talking about,” Sgt. Thies added. “We wish the very best for our heroes, these young men and women who come home after having an experience like that.” Corporal Gary Jacobs is a comrade from the local VFW Post, and served as post commander, chaplain and other roles within the organization. He’s another Middle East Army veteran and survivor who served as a U.S. Army military policeman. He told the News-Press he’s known Petty Officer Landfried for about four years. “He’s a really compassionate guy, and in tune to when people are in need,” Corporal Jacobs said. “He really takes that to heart, so I guess that comes from being a corpsman in the Navy.” The two veterans hunted and fished together, both serving as commander of the post at one point. Corporal Jacobs said he, too, struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder, and he spoke to his and Petty Officer Landfried’s “unspoken bond” that has helped him through the tougher times. “We both have had really bad experiences in the military, so

In light of today’s Fourth of July holiday, Navy veteran Stefan Landfried said, “Service is so much is, in its own way, giving back to the country. Granted, a lot of other countries do have freedoms … But the way the Constitution is written, it feels like people should give back to the country for those rights and freedoms that we have.”

we’ve been able to help each other out that way, because he can understand. There’s something that we veterans have, especially when we’re dealing with PTSD — there’s this automatic connection and you don’t have to read too much into anything. It’s just there,” Corporal Jacobs said. The veteran added that while the Fourth of July is a good time to remember military service, Memorial Day is “probably the most meaningful day to Stefan and I.” “We both lost some friends, so I don’t think there’s a holiday that

can get any deeper than that in meaning for us,” he said. The current commander of the VFW, Jon Church, is a retired command sergeant major and told the News-Press he met “Doc” about a decade ago. The highlyranked commander referred to Petty Officer Landfried’s service as a medic in Iraq as “quite an accomplishment.” “I can actually call him right now and he will be there,” Command Sgt. Major Church said. “He’s just on the spot, always ready to serve … He’s extremely loyal. When he says he’s going to

do something, he does it.” “Doc” is the glue that holds the VFW together, according to Commander Sgt. Major Church, and has done extensive work in the community to help struggling veterans. “He’s always been someone who, the first words out of his mouth are, ‘I’ve got this,’ or ‘I can help you this way’ or ‘I can help you that way,’” Mr. Jacobs said. “He’s always there for anybody who needs help.” email: gmccormick@newspress. com

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By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek

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Michael Lieberman is an appellate attorney in Washington, D.C., currently on parental leave after the birth of his first child. Although this puzzle isn’t Father’s Day-themed, he says it’s nice that his first Sunday puzzle will run on his first Father’s Day as a father. About five years ago, he and his wife started solving the Sunday Times crossword together, first on paper, then on a tablet. Michael now does the Times puzzle every day. His wife, though, favors the Spelling Bee. — W.S.

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La Paloma offers weekend brunch SANTA BARBARA — Just in time for the holiday weekend, La Paloma Cafe announced that it is offering weekend brunch. From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, customers can dine at tables on La Paloma’s sunny patios and enjoy oak-grilled, rancheroinspired dishes from Chef Jeremy Tummel. Guests can sip on cocktails such as a Sunrise Spritz, Seaside Mojito, Garden in a Glass, Mexican Coffee or Bloody Maria, along with a classic mimosa. “Brunch Beginnings” include a Farmer’s Market Fruit Salad, Avocado Tostada and Pozole Verde. “Weekend Mains” feature Chilaquiles, a Mesquite Flour Waffle, Burnt Ends Bowl and Huevos Rancheros. The restaurant is located at 702 Anacapa St. — Grayce McCormick

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La Paloma is offering a weekend brunch.

HICAP continues Medicare presentations Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program is hosting multiple information sessions in August for people interested in better understanding Medicare. On Aug. 11 and Aug. 19, HICAP will host free, virtual “New to Medicare” presentations for those interested in better understanding their healthcare insurance benefits. The presentations will provide an introduction to Medicare and explain the program’s coverage. “HICAP is offering the presentation to help new beneficiaries and their caregivers better understand this comprehensive health care program,” Joyce Ellen Lippman, the executive director of Central Coast Commission for Senior Citizens, said in a statement. The presentation will be held virtually in Spanish at 2 p.m. Aug. 11 and in English at 3 p.m. Aug. 19. In addition to the “New to Medicare” presentations, HICAP will offer an “Understanding Medicare” virtual presentation at 1 p.m. Aug. 12. Topics for the presentation include what Medicare covers, supplemental insurance and retiree health plan considerations, among others. To register for the programs, contact the local HICAP office at 1-800-434-0222, 805-9285663, seniors@kcbx.net or centralcoastseniors.org. — Madison Hirneisen

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INSTRUCTIONS Fill the grid so every row, every column and every 3-by-3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9. That means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

Sudoku puzzles appear on the Diversions page Monday-Saturday and on the crossword solutions © Puzzles by Pappocom page in Sunday’s Life section.

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Most facilities at the Goleta Community Center, 5679 Hollister Ave. in Goleta, are slated to open in mid-July.

Goleta Community Center to partially reopen this month By GRAYCE MCCORMICK NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

Beginning mid-July, nearly everything at the Goleta Community Center will reopen for community use. The exceptions are the dining room and auditorium, which will reopen after seismic repairs are completed. Originally built in 1927, the community center is an important gathering place for residents of Goleta. Located at 5679 Hollister Avenue, the property is owned by the city and operated by the nonprofit Goleta Valley Community Center organization. The city, meanwhile, is seeking more than $8 million for seismic and disability access improvements at the center to bring it up to today’s standards and assure a safe facility for generations to come. The city has applied to multiple granting agencies in an effort to secure the funding. The city received a Federal Emergency Management Association grant to design the seismic repairs and qualified for additional FEMA funding for construction. Goleta applied for the additional FEMA grant funds for construction, but since they are not guaranteed,

additional grant opportunities are also being pursued. As for the accessibility improvements, the city has set aside almost $294,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds for that purpose. Even once funding is secure, the project is likely to take several years to complete, according to a news release. The closure of the auditorium and main dining room does not affect the other rooms at the Community Center, including the buildings occupied by the Rainbow School, CommUnify and the COVID-19 testing site on the west side of the center’s main building. For information on room rentals and programs, contact Community Center staff at 805967-1237. To mitigate the closure of the auditorium and main dining room, city staff are working with the Community Center staff to evaluate other ideas for providing additional space for community programs. The Goleta City Council will be considering the challenges and future of the Goleta Community Center at its Aug. 17 meeting. email: gmccormick@newspress. com

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Questions lingerabout housing the homeless “America is a tune. It must be sung together.” — Gerald Stanley Lee

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f I were leading President Joe Biden’s central committee and my goal were to destroy America as founded and ensure that it lose its distinction as the world’s freest and most powerful nation, I doubt I could concoct a superior strategy than adopting the Biden administration’s message and policy agenda. The administration is creating total societal chaos, fomenting disorder and undermining the rule of law at every turn. As the first duty of government is to protect and defend its citizens, we might be alarmed to consider that the administration is engaged in a multipronged strategy to do the opposite. It is shrinking our military, which defends against foreign threats. It is at war with law enforcement, which ensures domestic tranquility, and it is destroying our southern border. It is systematically destroying our liberty and prosperity. Could there be a better formula for societal and national

destruction? Most of these matters to protect. Almost laughably, their are not debatable. leaders are now pretending they Yes, we are emasculating aren’t the ones who clamored for our military at warp speed and defunding, exposing themselves converting it into a playground as liars and revealing they now for social experiments and racial realize how utterly ludicrous their disharmony, just when China is policies have been. hellbent on world domination In deliberately erasing our and aggressively expanding southern border, we are making a its military and mockery of our sovereignty technological budgets and national security and and flexing its muscles gutting what once might around the globe. have been considered Never mind the militant the unique American designs of Russia and culture — a culture, by Iran, to name a few, the way, that respected and disregard that God and promoted other freedom-friendly David Limbaugh individual liberty, personal nations are hardly in a responsibility and human position to pick up the dignity, irrespective of slack. race. While our Democrat-controlled While our border is a now a cities are descending into craven Biden-charged magnet for the crime centers, much of the infusion of millions of illegal Democratic Party is doubling aliens, Biden and Vice President down on the police-bashing-andKamala Harris brazenly attempt defunding policies that created to blame it on former President this anarchy. Their inflammatory Donald Trump and daftly suggest racial rhetoric is obliterating race we explore “root causes” for relations in the cities and harming the mass migration, as if we most of the people they pretend don’t know the exact, direct

and proximate cause of this disaster and as if we can solve this by throwing money at libertydeprived and corrupt nations. Does anyone really believe the reckless nonsense our pseudoleaders are mouthing? Have they no shame, self-awareness or capacity for embarrassment? We are spending federal money as if there were no tomorrow — and, incidentally, thereby ensuring that there might not be. Indeed, while our national debt is hyper-stratospheric, these White House lunatics are determined to make it higher, permanently, all under the fraudulent auspices of racial justice and equity. This Democratic Party doesn’t even aspire to reduce spending. Having ingested the sweet narcotic of endless government spending, Democrats continue behaving as if they really believe we’ll never have to experience the consequences of our profligacy. We already are seeing alarming inflation across the board as a direct result of this madness.

But our self-important clowns cavalierly dismiss these concerns, proudly believing they can fool reality by artificially tinkering with interest rates from their ivory towers. While gas prices are soaring because of President Biden’s war on domestic energy and quixotic pursuit of environmental utopia, he and his handlers are doubling down here, too — with the unconcealed aim of destroying our only realistic, reliable and affordable sources of energy. Our ruling class is behaving as a group of adolescent children whose parents are on permanent vacation and left them their checkbook along with the keys to the car and liquor cabinet. Where are the adults? On top of all this, while patriotic Olympians gratefully honor the flag, a leftist activist one spits on it — as the cowardly (or unpatriotic) Biden administration stays silent about this disgrace, just like it stays silent as Israel-and-AmericaPlease see LIMBAUGH on C4

New York Times lives in a different universe

efore we open the paper of record (in this case, the New York Times), let me respond to last week’s Voices letter (“Trump’s personality overshadowed his achievements”) from 83-year-old John Gainor, who explained why he couldn’t support the former president in the last election. Even though President Trump “did, indeed, do some wonderful things for our country,” Mr. Gainor wrote, “his manner when compared to President Bush or President Reagan, was off-putting and not the face of America we wished for the world to see.” There is not much one can argue with in his well-written letter, but what I’d like to know from Mr. Gainor is this: Because of your dislike of, even disdain for, Mr. Trump, did you then vote for Mr. Biden? And if you did, are you pleased with the results of the election you helped bring about? I really am curious. I hope

you’ll respond.

‘confidence in the U.S. president to do the right thing,’ compared READING THE NEW YORK with 17 percent a year ago.” TIMES Really? Don’t believe in a What is the “right parallel universe? It’s thing?” Communism? PURELY real. Proof, you ask? Socialism? The POLITICAL Pick up The New York ascendancy of China? Times, any issue, any Free college? Free day, and you’ll find the housing? Bombing Syria? evidence. Sex changes for 13-yearMost editors and olds? Open borders (Come journalists live in that one, come all!)? parallel universe. Whatever. For example, the first Mr. Kristof goes on article in the Times’ to lament the usual hog James Buckley June 25 international manure of “the Capitol issue is an actual insurrection and attempts opinion piece (and labeled as by Republicans to impede such) on the front page, above the voting.” fold. Written by Nicholas Kristof, Let’s continue. it contains the usual crap about how “America is Back,” now that THE WITCH DOCTOR TOLD easily distracted and cognitively THEM WHAT TO DO impaired Joe Biden is safely “Desperate for a COVID ensconced in the White House. cure” outlined some of the steps Mr. Kristof writes that “a Pew taken by those in “low-income Research Center survey found immigrant communities” too poor that 75 percent of those polled to see a doctor in their struggle in a dozen countries expressed against COVID-19. I’m quoting

now: “the use of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine — the malaria drugs pushed by President Donald J. Trump last year — make regular appearances at the market as well, as do sham herbal supplements.” I’m surprised the “journalists” who lumped hydroxychloroquine in with sham herbal supplements didn’t include drinking bleach. In another New York Times article (page 5), not labeled “Opinion” but surely is, headlined “Republicans lapse into irrelevance in big cities,” the former president gets most of the “blame” for Republicans not reaching across the aisle to get things done. “Having embraced the former president’s strategy of racial and geographic polarization, Republicans now find themselves with scant purchase in the culturally dynamic, economically powerful communities that Mr. Trump demonized for half a decade.” “Demonized?”

Is the “Black Lives Matter” movement or Critical Race Theory considered racial polarization? If “geographic polarization” means firing back at Hollywood and/or big city newspapers and mainstream media, which were all (OK, only 92% or was it 93%?) negative toward him, then fine, there’s a point to be made. In a “News Analysis” below the fold (still on page 5!), Nate Cohn writes that “Even a cursory look at the effort by former President Donald J. Trump to subvert the 2020 election … ” Was Hillary’s “Steele dossier” gambit an attempt to “subvert” the 2016 election? Was her claim that the 2016 election was “stolen” from her via collusion between Vladimir Putin and Mr. Trump an attempt to “subvert” that election? Losing 2016 Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is referred to twice as a Please see BUCKLEY on C4

ike millions of concerned citizens in today’s world, the contributors to Did You Know? have been disdainfully watching the direction the culture is taking. Many would agree that the past several decades have seen a deconstruction and rejection of many of the values upon which not just this nation, but all democratic nations have been built. Traditions and values have been trampled, and some even destroyed. As we watch the results of the world trying to reinvent the wheel with its own system of morality, we have witnessed tragic results. Some of those results continue to be the subject of many of our articles over the past few years. Case in point last week is the continuing issue of homelessness. Another fall-out of this deconstruction of morality and tradition has resulted in a tragic increase in the children being brought into the foster care program, right here in Santa Barbara County, as reported last week by the News-Press. Along with discarding values is the key issue of beauty, being disregarded for the sake of expediency, however that gets translated. Guarding the beauty of this rare town is another key principle to which we adhere as the guiding factor in writing this column. Did You Know? poses a question of priority to all who are running for election in the city council and mayoral race this November, only four months from now, “How are you going to protect Santa Barbara against the attacks of Senate Bills 9 and 10, both of which destroy our single-family neighborhoods?” Santa Barbara’s biggest concerns revolve around housing, both protecting and providing it. Did You Know? remains hopeful that the City Net-negotiated, 120-day lease of the Rose Garden Inn on upper State Street will follow through with the monitoring of the residents, as was proposed. With the price tag for this project at $1.6 million to house “up to 50” homeless residents for 120 days, the guidelines need to be enforced, and the security for the neighborhood, which has been promised to the citizens, must be monitored. The city is asking Santa Barbarans to subsidize what isn’t covered by the America’s Rescue Plan Act. Astute accountability and enforcement for all claims of sobriety of residents and rules including no outside visitors is necessary. We repeat: $1.6 million dollars for four months for up to 50 people. We also care about the homeless in Santa Barbara, but that’s a lot of money. Councilman Mike Jordan posed important questions, including why aren’t the “72-hour vacate notice” posted at the transient camps now, since the removals begin Monday. He asked if the city would be charged for rooms if the transients refused to be housed. He was told that because the hotel has previously booked reservations, the entire hotel isn’t available until August! Still Mr. Jordan’s questions went unanswered by SB Act, Citi Net or the city staff. Councilman Jordan and the Please see DONOVAN on C4

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n the days of our To paraphrase De founding, it was Tocqueville, America was presumed that only great because America was kings had divine good, by virtue of religion, rights. Our fathers morals and common regard instead declared, in light of for the truth. Such concepts self-evident truths, that all and confidence are peculiarly men are created equal and lost today with respect therefore all men have divine to our society in general, unalienable rights — among including by way of various them, life, liberty and the pathologies emanating from pursuit of happiness. the rejection of self-evident Hence, they declared that no truths, endowed rights and government had the authority traditional values. to infringe on inviolate Sans an inspired collective personal liberties including conscience, we find ourselves the freedom of speech, governed by secular religion, self-defense, private humanists who put their trust property, etc. For the in situational ethics first time in history, the instead of God. They people were declared believe mankind is the sovereigns, and the evolving as society only legitimate purpose progresses. This of government was to is made possible protect these divine by a government rights via the consent that subsumes Andy Caldwell of the governed. our individual One of these independence, revolutionary precepts, freedom, liberty and the “pursuit of happiness,” sovereignty, along with our is key to understanding income, for some ethereal the secret of our success vision of the collective and longevity. However, the good. All the while, they concept does not translate well categorically reject truths and in these days of materialism, values ensconced in eternity. hedonism, narcissism and, America devolved as young especially, nihilism, and people were no longer taught that could prove fatal to to value our unique history. the American experiment. Moreover, the inculcation of Specifically, the meaning of traditional faith and values the phrase had to do with the was also rejected, hence the liberty to live with a clear aforementioned internalized conscience before God. propensities for materialism, That begs the question: hedonism, narcissism, and Whatever happened to the nihilism filled the vacuum. concept and primacy of In other words, the conscience and can America influence of God has been survive, thrive, and function abandoned for all practical without it? purposes, and as such, our To wit, John Adam divided society is no longer authored the Massachusetts personally, individually or Constitution in 1780, which corporately anchored and was written before the U.S. united by way of common Constitution and served as respect for endowed divine a model for it. It enunciates rights, precepts and values. this principle of happiness in Hence, we have lost our Article 3, “... The happiness collective conscience, which of a people and the good is foundational to our unity, order and preservation of freedom, and independence. civil government essentially America is losing its way depend upon piety, religion, via this blind subjugation to and morality, and as these an ideology that demands its cannot be generally diffused soul by way of nullifying our through a community but by traditions. the institution of the public Thomas Jefferson charged worship of God and of the Britain for their “long train public instructions in piety, of abuses and usurpations, religion, and morality ...”. pursuing invariably the same John Adam also stated: Object evinces a design to “We have no government reduce them under absolute armed with power capable Despotism.” of contending with human Unfortunately, today such passions unbridled by despotism is personified, morality and religion. internal, and organic to our Avarice, ambition, revenge body politic, the American or gallantry would break psyche and our relatively the strongest cords of our dead conscience. Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Andy Caldwell is the executive Constitution is designed director of COLAB and host only for a moral and of “The Andy Caldwell Radio religious people. It is wholly Show,” weekdays from 3-5 p.m., inadequate for any other.” on News-Press Radio AM 1290.

oday America is celebrating Independence Day. It commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. 1776, which declared the original 13 colonies to be free from British rule. Fast forward to today, and a troubling question rears its ugly head. How long will American remain an independent, liberty loving Republic? Today there is a fight for the soul of America. It is Americanism + liberty vs. Marxism + tyranny. As one observes what is happening throughout America, questions pop up. Why do we not have a safe southern border? Why is our energy sector being attacked and demonized? Why is no one solving the increasing homeless problem in America? Why are the interests of foreigners put ahead of American citizens, especially in California? How can we slow down increasing crime when the police are not supported, attacked and not funded? Especially in big cities. However, the most important and escalating danger today is “Critical Race Theory.” It is being spread in our government, the military and in schools + universities. Why is it dangerous? Because it is straight out of the Marxist play book. CRT views everything through race, it divides people instead of unifying them, and it teaches our children to hate or be ashamed of being white or American. It is time for Americans and parents to wake up. Get informed, have discussions and do something to protect our liberties and Republic. God knows our politicians, judges, the media and our schools and universities have failed to do so. Diana Thorn Carpinteria

Hidden memorial

wonder how many who read this have ever seen the Santa Barbara World War II Memorial? I wonder how many even know where it is? It is located at the entrance to the long-term parking lot at the Santa Barbara Airport. As you enter, you have to take a right turn to the tiny area for viewing landing aircraft and off to the right in a mess of weeds. There it is, hidden from view except for those who use the area to wait for people arriving to call them. It is shameful and should be relocated to some place that shows pride for our veterans and those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Donald K. Smith Santa Barbara

State Street rules show lack of thought Editor’s note: Former Santa Barbara resident Simon Clark emailed the following letter to Santa Barbara City Councilmember Kristen Sneddon and attached a letter from the Santa Barbara Public Works Department concerning guidelines for parklets and operations of businesses on State Street. In the letter, the department said there could be no further construction of parklets or fixed outdoor enclosures and explained the city staff was seeking the removal of overhead elements (such as canopies, roofs and lights but allowing for umbrellas) by July 22. Mr. Clark sent a copy of his letter to the News-Press and gave permission for it to be published in our Voices section.

ood evening, Kristen Sneddon; as my local representative, I refer to the attached communication.

I have to say that this letter to local, taxpaying business owners, is yet another example of the staggering ineptitude and intellectual obtuseness of the group running Santa Barbara To think that you can collectively present such an asinine view of “what’s next for State Street”… (soon to be expanded to other areas of town I’m sure) is so disassociated from the realities of running a business in our nearsocialist city, and clearly evidential of your moribund frame of mind, that it simply defies logic. I apologize for the polysyllabic terms, which I’m sure will cause our revered, articulate and much admired mayor to immediately reach for her pocket dictionary for deciphering. But really, what a collection of intellectual minnows we seem to support, drawing large salaries and composing absurd communications to business owners who are striving to make a viable living. No wonder people are leaving this little town and the broader environs in droves. The level of hubris that you all exhibit is beyond comprehension; even for people as cerebrally simplistic as the city council. This abject excuse for a “council” should hang its head in shame and shuffle off to some dark, dank hole, never to rear it’s Gorgon-like head again. You should be ashamed. But that would take intuitiveness, a sense of responsibility for your actions, and a mental acuity of which the council appears to be bereft. I’m sure that this email will be confined to the “great round, uncomfortable file” or junk, somewhere in City Hall (always assuming the latter is actually open for business and not cowering behind the aegis of COVID to further perpetuate its apathy). But in the unlikely event that someone actually reads, and of course, understands it, I would truly like to understand why this spurious nonsense was written, clearly by a junior flunky who has spent too much time “zooming” at home and is, much like his/her council comrades, completely out of touch with the reality of managing anything of greater importance than stumbling to his/her sofa, midmorning whilst on a governmentsponsored vacation. Please wake up and smell whatever is your caffeinated beverage of choice. Either accomplish something of merit, or simply evaporate into the ether and allow someone with a conjoined cerebellum to take your place and effectuate something tangible. Simon Clark Former Santa Barbara resident

rescind the vote” agenda. More than 60 courts, even the U.S. Supreme Court and then Attorney General Bill Barr said Joe Biden won. Republicans don’t want to talk about, remember or own the insurrection of Jan. 6. Even though their Mad King incited it. Republicans also don’t want to debate voters’ rights. They do, however, have their Mad King. Kneel and kiss the ring. Glenn Griffith Santa Barbara

Trump faced challenges

i, James Buckley: Great article this week (“What do they have against President Trump?” News-Press, June 27). Man, you really do your research! I’m impressed! President Donald Trump allowed himself to become the object of scorn, often through ill-considered Tweets. It was a strength and a weakness like Samson’s hair. His election, 2016, strategy worked, but it made him some Republican enemies. The Bushes are an establishment disease. President Trump and President Ronald Reagan have a lot in common. Ronald Reagan was able to charm the socks off a snake. As much as the media hated him, he was a more difficult target. The very real deep state and obsession of Democrats, and a thoroughly corrupt, hate-filled media operating in lockstep contributed to poor public perception. The one word that stands out is, “Resist.” It was a bumper sticker. President Trump faced unprecedented resistance on all fronts. For example, the president, according to Democrats, thought white supremacists were good people. The Democrats would do or say anything to hurt him and get rid of him. He was harassed his entire presidency. If he returns to office, he needs to have his tweets looked at before they are sent out, and he needs to develop a better defense against media lies and hatred. Finally, he has got to do a better job selecting a staff. Unfortunately, all the good things he did never received the praise they deserved. That was part of the resistance, a truly unholy alliance. It is a miracle he managed to stand up against the resistance as long as he did. Finally, leaks. Leaks need to be contained. It is a tool of deep state bureaucrats.

Problems with Republicans

ll great empires fade. We did pretty well unless you count the slavery issue and the Native American genocide. Then there was imperialism where we took what we could from numerous countries around the world and then left an ecological and cultural mess. The blowback is now haunting us. We spend our money on the military, endless war and nuclear bombs we can’t use but must maintain. Oh, but we are back! Back to normal, you know, the sort of normal that created global warming. So it seems we have finally totally chosen to turn our back on Mother Earth. OK then ... In 2016 with the help of Vladimir Putin we installed a Mad King. We tried to get rid of him, but Republicans wouldn’t have it. They were having too much fun stacking the courts and stealing two Supreme Court seats, but passed virtually no legislation like responsible gun laws — something the majority of the American people want. The Mad King said in 2016 and in 2020 that if he lost the election, it was rigged. So this lie has led the Republicans in 48 states to pass almost 400 laws on a “let’s

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Let people leave

know something similar to this has been proposed in years past, but this may be the perfect time to implement a logical alternative to our current government spending in the trillions of dollars. President Joe Biden should allocate funding of one-way tickets, with absolutely no return, to every person unhappy with America. It will be their choice; Africa, China, Russia, Cuba, France, Germany, etc. I want people to be happy wherever they are, so let’s give them a choice. Much, much cheaper than what we’re handing out now, with quite possibly a better return on our taxes. Too many people are unhappy with their ancestors’ history. This plan, in no way, infers hostility toward those who choose to leave. I don’t think there’s much of a line to get into these other countries, so it should go pretty smoothly. Our government is currently buying votes by doling out undeserved, privileged, incentive checks. Just a logical thought: Make people happy. Randy Rosness Solvang

Imagine this pandemic thriller starring China

o I was thinking of writing a thriller novel with the following premise: What if a powerful country, let’s say China, wanted to gain even more power over the world but didn’t want to start a conventional war, at least not yet? China, who has financial fingers in nearly all the major countries of the world needed a better strategy, something they could massage away the blame. The perfect solution: Release a virus. It would start in their country — during an accident, of course — and kill hundreds of thousands of their own people. Since human rights isn’t China’s strong suit and they figure they have too many people anyway, it would make things look more legit. To make certain they come away clean, they’ll conspire with the World Health Organization, CDC, virologists around the world (including American virologists) and anyone else to spread the propaganda that the virus was spread by some kind of animal (bats, for example), or pangolins or even American soldiers. Doesn’t really matter what the story is, just so there’s enough deflection and distraction to gas light the planet. And since they know how the virus reacts and what it is capable of, they can plan ahead. They will conveniently have more than enough PPEs and the ability to bring the virus under control fairly quickly in their country, but won’t say anything to the rest of the world until they’re pretty sure the killer bug has reached its tendrils around the globe. To make certain the world forgets where the virus originated, it will use Democrats, American media and all social media to cover for them. The timing will also be critical and strategically planned to cause the greatest impact while America will be undergoing one of the most divisive elections in history. They have to prevent, let’s say, President Donald Trump, from being re-elected because he was the only president who ever gave China so much grief and exposed the nation for its massive corruption and cozy connections with huge American corporations, including Google, Twitter and Facebook, who could then control what the world can and cannot search for or see. President Trump is a thorn, and four more years could likely have some serious lasting impacts regarding things like tariffs and revealing China’s money manipulation. The Chinese government would need to get its lontime friend, Joe Biden, in office, over whom they have full control and use America’s own Democrats to support them and run additional cover by not calling it the Wuhan virus, but give it some fancy neutral name. China will shut down its country, knowing full well the rest of the world will follow their lead, including the one country the virus was really targeted against, America. Knowing they have the Democrats on its side and knowing the Democrats are vehemently determined to do the exact opposite of what President Trump says or does, China could get America to lock up and use its own liberal politicians to help them destroy its nemesis financially. It’s a price China is willing to pay for their long-term goals. Now just suppose, China had the vaccine prior to the outbreak or was pretty close to getting one before it “accidently” released the virus. Please see SCHULTE on C4

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Corrupt-a-Homa: Judicial abuse in the heartland

hanks to Britney Spears’ court battles over her hardearned fortune, more Americans than ever before are learning about how predatory lawyers, judges, doctors, conservators and guardians collaborate to defraud and destroy the lives of innocent victims. The 39-year-old Spears went public last week with her 13-year-long struggle against her father and court-appointed guardian, Jamie Spears — who reportedly wrested legal control over her work schedule, dating partners, ability to have children, psychiatric medications, vacations and even, according to one court document, what color she was allowed to choose for her kitchen cabinets. Britney Spears is not alone. A recent Netflix movie called “I Care a Lot” depicted similar scams on a grand scale. But the probate abuse racket is not just the stuff of Hollywood nightmares. Estates large and small are fleeced every day in this country through a cruel legal process summed up by Boston Broadside investigative reporter Lonnie Brennan: “Isolate, medicate, liquidate.”

Last week, I noted how the and re-sold for ($)115,000, without family of singer Nina Simone prior approval from the court, had blown the whistle on former and without my mother (an heir) California Democrat Attorney receiving proper notice.” General and now-Vice President Ms. Parks called the Kamala Harris’ role in an alleged transaction, which occurred at probate abuse conspiracy that the attorney’s office, a “fictitious they are still fighting sale” that amounted to to this day. The veep’s “mortgage fraud.” Her office did not respond family learned that former to my request for Oklahoma County Judge comment. Politicians in Timothy Henderson both parties have shown intervened in the case by disturbing bipartisan holding a private ex parte apathy toward elderly meeting with Mr. Simmons, targets and their loved who had previously Michelle Malkin ones. sponsored a campaign Take the case of fundraiser for Henderson. Oklahoma GOP Gov. (In March, Mr. Henderson Kevin Stitt. In August 2019, Texas abruptly resigned amid sexual realtor Tonya Parks wrote Gov. misconduct allegations involving Stitt, then-state Attorney General female Oklahoma County Mike Hunter, U.S. Sen. James prosecutors.) Lankford and the FBI requesting Ms. Parks also provided Gov. an investigation into judicial Stitt and other top elected corruption related to her late officials the transcript of her grandmother’s probate case in the phone call with a sheriff’s deputy Sooner State. confirming that Judge Henderson Backed up by a sheaf of directed the sheriff’s office to corroborating exhibits, Ms. Parks draft a trumped-up misdemeanor alleged that the attorney for the criminal charge against her estate, Roe Simmons, “lied to the elderly father for “threatening” court and told the court that my Mr. Simmons in retaliation for her grandmother’s house had been father having exposed “fraud” sold for ten thousand dollars, and “embezzlement” regarding when in truth it was sold for the sale of Ms. Parks’ deceased ($)16,000, pre-sold for ($)35,000 ... grandmother’s house and

personal property. Shockingly, Ms. Parks pointed out, the phone call revealed that it was “commonplace” for Oklahoma judges and sheriffs to engage in “improper collusion” to cook up criminal charges against citizens. Oklahoma GOP State Rep. Justin Humphrey has been investigating alleged corruption in Oklahoma County and wrote Gov. Stitt on June 2 about a “very likely pattern of judicial and court abuse in these cases.” He informed Gov. Stitt about the manufactured arrest of former Oklahoma attorney Alex Bednar for allegedly failing to appear in court in a foreclosure case. “Court documents clearly show his case was not set on the date he is accused of failing to appear,” Rep. Humphrey found. “It also seems abundantly clear that court documents have been altered to cover up a wrongful arrest” after Bednar blew the whistle on disgraced Henderson’s “judicial misconduct and improper sexual misconduct with a district attorney employee.” Furthermore, Rep. Humphrey informed Gov. Stitt: “It appears this judge met with the bar association, and may very well have coordinated inappropriate activity to affect Mr. Bednar’s law

license.” Mr. Bednar had previously written Gov. Stitt in March on his knowledge of district attorneys who have “regularly texted judges in Oklahoma County” ex parte, “abusing their position at the courthouse to influence the outcome of litigation.” This is the tip of a Corrupt-aHoma iceberg. Longtime readers of this column will recall that Mr. Henderson was also the judge at the center of illegal ex parte “secret hearings” in the wrongful conviction case of former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw. Once again, Oklahoma elites perpetuate injustice in the name of justice. It’s time for outside intervention. Will Gov. Stitt do the right thing? I’ve reached out to his office for comment. Perhaps he’ll get back to me before Kamala Harris does. Stay tuned. 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 t www.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

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The right to bear arms

ould carrying a gun make you feel safer? Robert Nash and Brandon Koch thought so. But the state of New York denied them gun permits, saying they hadn’t demonstrated a “special need.” Why did they have to prove such a “need”? The Supreme Court ruled more than 10 years ago that all Americans have a right to keep and bear arms, no matter where they live. “Many other courts have thumbed their nose at that Supreme Court ruling,” Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation told me. He’s excited that the Supreme Court will soon rule on Mr. Nash and Mr. Koch’s lawsuit over New York’s law. I understand Mr. Nash and Mr. Koch’s frustration. I once tried to get a carry permit in New York. First, I had to read 60 pages of instructions about irrelevant things like “metal knuckle knives” and “kung fu stars,” fill out a confusing 17-page form, get it notarized and then go in person to police headquarters. There they fingerprinted me, demanded reasons why I should be allowed to have a gun and charged me $430. heard nothing from them for half a year. Then they wrote me saying that my application was “denied.” I called to ask if I could appeal. They said I could try again if I could prove that “special need” to carry a gun. After years of confronting crooks on TV, I actually do have a special need for selfprotection. I showed the cops threats on my life. Not good enough, said the NYC permit department. They turned me down again. Apparently, my mistake was not bribing the cops. Later it was revealed that the police in the permit department were giving out permits for money. Scams like that thrive whenever politicians impose too many restrictions on people’s freedom. In parts of California, people got gun permits if they donated to a sheriff’s campaign. It’s one more reason why Mr. Gottlieb is excited about this Please see STOSSEL on C4

am pleased, actually thrilled, to be able to again pause in my daily activities to say “Happy Birthday, America” today. A birthday signifies the creation of something new — in your case it was becoming an independent country, America. You were created by the Declaration of Independence, which gave all of its citizens the gift of “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness …” I remain impressed by its use of “unalienable” rather than searching for a justification for the “Rights,” using “among them” so as to not limit the rights, and making “life” and “liberty” unalienable rights and making the “pursuit” of “happiness” unalienable since “happiness” is so personal. Starting from John Adams claiming your birthday should be July 2, the date a few approved your Declaration, instead of July 4 when the majority approved it, your path has not been easy, America. However, despite all the ups and downs of your 245 years, on July 4, 2021, you remain standing. There is a similarity to our paths. Your birth was marked by the Revolutionary War where your citizens fought the English and Hessians, and mine by World War II where your citizens fought the Japanese, Germans and others. Your first birthday on July 4, 1777, was during a war, as was mine.

Happy birthday, America! Your early years included Liberty Bell, their signatures celebratory parades on the Fourth, illustrated that nothing, not even as did mine down Kings Highway the faulty casting of the Bell, in Haddonfield, N.J. (founded could stop their drive for their in 1701). This small town is just freedoms: and ours. Nearby is across the Delaware River from Betsy Ross’s ordinary house Philadelphia. where extraordinary ideas were Ironically, our parade honoring woven into a flag illustrates our independence from the King the contribution of women, of England was on King’s many of whom were Brent E. Highway. How’s that for wives, mothers and Zepke symbolism? grandmothers with With red, white and families to love and The author blue streamers flowing off protect. lives in Santa our bicycles as we rolled The original 13 Barbara on the brick streets past colonies, or rather its the fire station (founded citizens, continued to in 1764) near where Ben Franklin grow and expand their “pursuit created the concept of firefighters. of happiness” by expanding We went past Indian King Tavern into more areas, including the where the New Jersey Assembly Louisiana Purchase and south met, in 1777, to escape the British,a to the Rio Grande River before site that later was used by slaves adding Alaska and Hawaii. to escape recapture as part of the Similarly, my growth led me underground railroad. to be at Rensselaer Polytechnic As I grew up and crossed the Institute (RPI) in Troy, N.Y., on July Ben Franklin Bridge over the 4, 1969. same Delaware River crossed by A sign of the times was that the General Washington on Christmas threat of Russia had caused the to surprise the British in Trenton, Office of Civil Defense to pay a few I was able to enter the historic professors, including me, to attend district in Philadelphia. a month-long course. (I can neither In the small meeting room in confirm, nor deny, the rumors Independence Hall where the that Clint Eastwood is planning a Declaration of Independence was thriller based on our eight-hour signed, I could sense the presence days learning how to design and of the Continental Congress. As occupy, underground cement I walked around, I could almost bunkers called fallout shelters). feel their images shift from This set the scene for a pivotal the pages of history books and moment for both my country and Classic Comic Books to those of me. real men. Real men with hopes, The morning of July 20, 1969, dreams and fears. Men, many of began with my walking off of the whom were husbands, fathers and campus as Neil Armstrong was grandfathers with families to love walking onto the moon. I will never and protect. forget thinking that if the space Much like the crack in the team and Armstrong “dared to be

great,” what would I do to “dare to be great? After a lifetime of listening to others, this jolted me: What would I do to truly pursue my happiness? After much introspection, I changed my career path and became an instructor in the College of Business Administration of the University of Tennessee, and the next day began attending their law school. My only guarantee was the right to pursue happiness, and while the path had more than a few bumps, it was all worth it when I was sworn in to the practice of law by a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and subsequently many other courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1870, federal holidays were created for federal employees working in the District of Columbia. In 1938, these holidays were extended to federal employees everywhere (that it took 68 years illustrates the priority the feds give themselves in D.C.). And in 1941, these employees began to be paid on the holidays. Gradually private companies followed the federal government in recognizing the importance of celebrating the accomplishments of ordinary men daring to be great. The numbers indicate the percentages of private companies that give these holidays: Thanksgiving (97%), Christmas (95%), Labor Day (94%), July 4th (93%) and New Year’s (90%) That’s according to the Society of Human Resources Management in 2016. As the country went through its own iterations for July Fourth

celebrations, so did I. Through our trials and tribulations, we both knew we could depend on the fireworks, both actual and symbolic, occurring on July Fourth. The ones this year will carry the reminder that our country distinguished itself by having leaders use their “liberty” to create a vaccine and distribution system that is leading the world in emerging from this pandemic. The challenge now, much like after the Civil War that pitted us against each other, is to keep the temporary measures imposed by our federal and state governments’ restrictions on our “unalienable rights” from becoming permanent. It is important to remember that “The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, is ever liable to abuse” (James Madison). Permitting fireworks over the District of Columbia while prohibiting them over Mount Rushmore is a vivid example. On this July Fourth, much like the flag still flying over Fort McHenry in Baltimore inspired Francis Scott Keys on Sept. 14, 1814, to write the “The StarSpangled Banner,” I remain inspired by the events that began on July 4, 1969, which helped prepare me for the July 20, 1969 message as Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldrin walked on the moon. Happy 245th birthday, United States of America.

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Declaration of independent thinking

ack in the 1960s, there Actually, it’s priceless. was a story about an But the guru didn’t make up earnest young man his answers all by himself. He who was seeking was influenced by other teachers the meaning of life. whom he talked to or read. He sold everything he had and Then there were those he was traveled to the Himalayas to try to immediately influenced by – his speak personally with the world’s family, his associates, his favorite most renowned guru. podcasts or newscasts. After riding on planes, But in the end, he took Frank a train, a car, a donkey, responsibility for his own Sanitate and after walking several statements, for his own miles, he finally reached beliefs. This is what I call The author the guru. He asked him, lives in Santa integrity. “What is the meaning of We are the product of Barbara life?” dozens of voices. Every The guru said, “Life is a teacher has dozens of river,” then remained silent. voices speaking through him or The young man said, “I have her. Yet it seems important for sold everything I had and traveled us to find and cling to our “right” thousands of miles to come to see answer, right religion, right you, and this is all you have to say, political party. ‘Life is a river’”? Who is truly the wisest person? The guru thought for a moment Do you see how impossible it is to and said, “Maybe not a river.” answer that question? To me, the seeker’s journey was The only two directions we can entirely worth it. He got the guru’s go are: 1) Listen to somebody else message: “Hey, I am just another (who listens to somebody else, human like you. Maybe I’m wrong. who listens somebody else), or 2) This is just a story I made up. Listen to ourselves. Listening to Maybe it’s not true. Or at least, ourselves means we are rigorous not true for you. Trust your own with ourselves, honest about what judgment. Trust what makes sense we really know and what we don’t. to you.” Doing that with integrity makes a That lesson is worth $1 million. wise person.

Socrates did that and discovered that he didn’t know very much at all. So he went to the Oracle at Delphi and asked, “Who is the wisest person in the world, so that I may go and learn from him?” The Oracle responded, “You are, Socrates.” Now Socrates knew he definitely was not the wisest, but he also knew that the Oracle did not lie. So he set out to find someone wiser than himself. He questioned the politicians, the philosophers, the craftsmen, the reputedly wise. He found that when he dug down two or three levels with his questions, no one really knew what they were talking about — other than the artisans knowing about their crafts. Unfortunately, people don’t like to be shown that they don’t know what they are talking about, so Socrates made a lot of enemies. Yet he came to realize that the Oracle was right. I have taken some liberties in telling this story, but Socrates’ conclusion was clear: “Whereas I know that I don’t know, others don’t even know that they don’t know. So maybe I am the wisest.”

If you are still looking for quick answers to important questions from the wisest people, here are some: First, there was a study to find out which is the wisest and best religion in the world. It turns out to be the Mormons. But hold on. That was only the study of the best Christian religions. The best overall religion turned out to be the Sikhs. In other areas, the study showed that the best country in the world is Senegal. The best overall philosopher was Voltaire. The best woman ice skater was Tonya Harding. (You have to be at least 40 years old to get this last one.) When it came to which is the best natural waterway in the world, people were, surprisingly, quite indecisive. The best answer they could come up with was, “maybe not a river.” Finally, in studying which is the wisest and best political party — Democrats or Republicans — the answer they came up with was: “maybe not a wisest political party.” By the way, the study also determined that the Republican and Democratic parties are actually religions.

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Continued from Page C1 “Georgia voting rights activist” and never as a disgruntled office seeker trying to subvert the 2016 election. MOVE ALONG FOLKS, NOTHING TO SEE HERE In the “Still tracing the origin of the coronavirus” article, the Times shared the belated “discovery” that COVID-19 could indeed have come from the virology lab in Wuhan. The author of this piece opines that because the Trump administration had suggested the pandemic was a Chinese plot to derail his re-election, the politicization of the inquiry into the virus’s origins “gave rise to a false consensus in parts of the press” that the virus couldn’t have come from the Wuhan lab. A false consensus? The most obvious “consensus” of where the virus came from

should wrap itself around the idea that both U.S. scientists and Chinese scientists were responsible for the sloppy gain-of-function experiments, the leak and ultimately the pandemic. And because both groups of scientists were probably responsible for the deaths of millions of people and the destruction of economies worldwide, both countries made every effort to confuse the issue and muddy the petri dish. We now have articles and photos online and in print of researchers with scratches from bats they’d been experimenting on, and in one, a bat is photographed clinging upside down on the face of a researcher. If it flies like a bat and bites like a bat, it’s probably a bat … See you next week, back in the real universe. James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes comments and questions. Send them to voices@newspress.com.

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Continued from Page C1 Santa Barbara City Council may need to be more direct to get a straight answer from City Net/ SB Act, etc. For example, if a 36-room hotel already booked reservations for half of the hotel rooms, how many rooms actually remain available? The answer is 18. If then of those 18 rooms, only eight homeless people from the fireprone areas move into the hotel, is the city/entity still charged for the unoccupied rooms? The answer would be yes because of the master lease contract. Another question arises: Why for April’s contract was the cost $480,000 for six months for 15 hotel rooms, (to house 15 to 25 homeless)? Divided by six months equals $80,000, divided by 15 homeless equals $5,333.33 per month per person. Yet by July, the cost is now $1.6 million divided by four months, which is $400,000 per month.; Divided by 36 homeless people, that’s $11,111.11 per month per person. Did You Know? wants to know: Is April’s “six-month hotel deal” being combined with July’s “fourmonth hotel deal”? We wonder because two weeks ago, we asked SBACT/City Net and staff during a Regional Action Plan meeting, “Is the motel option for a master lease able to accommodate 50 homeless in separate rooms?” They answered yes, however the Rose Garden Inn is a 36- room hotel! Are we being double billed by the “homeless-care agencies”? Are the rooms already paid for from April’s contract being doubleinvoiced since we are charged again for July’s contract for the 14 additional rooms needed for the

50 homeless from the fire-prone areas? Hotel Rules for the transients from fire-prone encampments include: no guests on the property and no visiting each other inside fellow residents’ rooms. Picnic tables are provided outside for gathering, which is encouraged. So, attention, neighbors, until August, you may see groups of people coming and going who are vacationers renting the hotel rooms. The vacationers who are paying full freight for their hotel rooms. Trivago, anyone? As far as security goes, per Interim Police Chief Bernard Melekian, 9-1-1 calls to the temporary housing at the Rose Garden Inn will be dispatched according to severity and priority of the incident. The chief agreed that this hotel set-up better serves the security for the neighborhood, compared to tent cities. Did You Know? is perplexed by SBACT/CityNet and staff’s previous reasons that a downtown parking lot (Castillo Street commuter lot) would work while the Santa Barbara Airport would not because “the houseless won’t participate if the location is outside of their eight-block radius” of needs and their wraparound services.” Yet now it is suitable to move the transients 26 to 30 blocks away from “their eight-block radius.” Why is this OK now? Is it because City Nets vans will do all the transporting to their appointments, etc.? How and when does the ownership of responsibility figure into this matrix? Will Alcoholic Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous be offered meetings twice a day on the premises? We are told it takes only 30 days to create a new habit. Why are SBACT/City Net and staff asking Santa Barbara neighborhoods for help locating

the homeless, if SBACT/City Net and staff are reaching out to the homeless 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays? On Feb 2, residents answered their call for the neighborhood walk, but CitiNet and SB Act refused to venture onto the railroad tracks to see the encampment that two months later became the scene of a fire thatburned through the fence and onto the adjacent private property, causing significant damage. During COVID-19, the city moved the homeless from the Fig Tree Park and across the street to the Caltrans property. The city also moved them out of Pershing Park, which caused the homeless to camp on the railroad tracks and the freeway on/off ramps. Basically, the city moved the problem out of their jurisdiction. When the city contracted with SBACT and CityNet approximately three years ago, “the funded groups serving the houseless” said the necessary multiple interactions with the homeless take time and are needed to gain their trust to enroll them into their programs. How long will that be? Of the purported 947 houseless individuals living in Santa Barbara, only 500 have contacts with the agency. We are told by these professionals that 75% of all homeless are Santa Barbara residents. How can that number be known if only half of the homeless have been contacted? How can we be sure that half of that half is from Santa Barbara? Many taxpayers are asking the same question: How do we prevent Santa Barbara from becoming a beacon for the homeless with such attractive allinclusive services and programs?

After all, with no reasonable housing options in Santa Barbara, is it more cost effective to come here as houseless rather than as a responsible person? The line moves faster, and the pay-out lasts longer. We salute Councilmembers Mike Jordan and Eric Friedman for their fortitude and determination to bring the Emergency Declaration to fruition. Credit due where credit earned. Today, on the Fourth of July, we celebrate liberty and justice for all. For those who feel they can’t celebrate America and everything she stands for, remember, no one is keeping you here. Take your discontent and go where the sun shines brighter, for you. But go. “American is another name for opportunity.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson On this day, let us honor those who fought and died for our freedom to create this great nation. Remember this nation of people who share the freedom of liberty, of life, the right to the pursuit of happiness. The freedom to choose, to dissent, to work, to play, and much more. (See the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights). The sky’s the limit. Happy 245th birthday, America! “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” — Thomas Paine Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

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hating Rep. Ilhan Omar retracts her retraction of her latest antisemitic slur. Honestly, I can barely stand to watch the unfolding horror show, which gets more chilling with every real-life scene. But I can’t change the channel, nor can you. As a once self-ruling people,

we are effectively impotent, at least in the short term, to alter our collision course with Dante’s Ninth Circle of Hell. I know I’m not the only one who feels this way and who is seeing this nightmare with eyes wide open. In fact, I’d bet that most Americans sense something is drastically wrong and that this nation is rapidly slipping away right before our eyes as we squander the legacy of liberty

bequeathed to us by preceding generations of patriots who toiled and bled to secure and preserve for themselves and us the things that we once knew matter most. I realize the race-baiters and gaslighters believe they have us finally muzzled, but they will soon find we haven’t given up. They haven’t deflated us; they haven’t weakened our resolve. They have emboldened us to take our country back, and I believe we

will. I truly believe we will. David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is “Guilty by Reason of Insanity: Why the Democrats Must Not Win.” Follow him on twitter @davidlimbaugh and www.davidlimbaugh.com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

And just suppose the people who stood to make billions off the virus (the pharmaceutical companies) are working with China and getting China’s help to create a vaccine that ordinarily should take a decade, if not decades to achieve. To make America buckle even more, the Chinese will use doctors who had worked and aided them in creating this “novel” virus. American doctors for example. Doctors who would demand the only way to stop and control the spread was not only to lock down the country like China, but demand that masks be worn indefinitely, masks made in China. These doctors are to do all they can to keep the U.S. locked down for as long as feasibly possible. And China is pretty sure the Democrats will keep their heels pressed hard in the backs of its obedient citizens. So while the world is plunged into utter chaos, China will be going quietly about its business and deflect any investigations into the origin of the virus. They won’t and don’t need to share anything with the world nor help in any way because, well, it’s China. They continue to build their

wealth, build their man-made islands and build the strength of their military. Their pandemic plan will also provide them with more intelligence by exposing America’s weak spots. For example: how the populace can be easily controlled and manipulated, even more so than the Chinese population and with the assistance of the Democrats. They behave so well; they don’t even have to be hauled away and shot. That is unless you were one of the unlucky ones in the peaceful riots during the summer of love in 2020. Armed with the knowledge of American’s shortcomings, hands in the pockets of American corporations, American politicians in their pockets, China will move onto its next phase. To take over our antiquated and very vulnerable power grid, water supplies and energy producing plants. What the virus didn’t destroy, they’ll finish it up in other ways. And the blame will fall on white supremacists, climate change, insurrectionists and of course, Russia, because Russia is responsible for everything. And they’re all racists, even the climate. I think it will make a good book. On second thought, no one would believe it, even for fiction.

‘An armed society is a polite society’ STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 new Supreme Court case. Court watchers predict his side will win, especially because there are now more originalist judges on the court. That means it’s likely that soon, almost all Americans will be legally able to carry guns. Some people say that will be terrible. “Women are less safe!” professor Lisa Moore of the University of Texas said on TV. “Every vulnerable population, LGBT people, students of color, has more to fear!” But then why are 58% of new gun owners blacks and 40%, women? “An awful lot of women bought a firearm to protect themselves and feel a whole lot safer!” Mr. Gottlieb said. “Eight hundred thousand times a year, a person uses a firearm to protect themselves. If you call 911, the police usually get there after the crime is over.” Over the last decades, most states liberalized their gun laws. More allow concealed carry. Gun control advocates predicted that would lead to an epidemic of shootings. The opposite happened. As

concealed carry was legalized, violent crime went down. Especially telling, crime dropped in each state right after the law was changed. Mr. Gottlieb says that’s because “an armed society is a polite society.” As a reporter who attended only liberal schools and worked in liberal newsrooms, I’d been taught that more guns means more violence. Even after interviewing violent criminals in prison and hearing many say that what they feared most was “not the police” but that the person being robbed “might be armed,” I still believed that more guns meant more crime. Only when I started researching gun crime and studying the data did it become clear that most of my anti-gun assumptions were wrong. More guns really does mean less crime. John Stossel is 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 2021 by JFS Productions Inc.