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Fire burns 17,253 acres, at 53% containment By MADISON HIRNEISEN

Los Padres National Forest officials reported Saturday afternoon that “very dry and windy conditions” led to increased fire activity during the day.

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Crews continued to battle the Alisal Fire on Saturday, which burned 17,253 acres and was at 53% containment as of press time. Los Padres National Forest officials reported Saturday afternoon that “very dry and windy conditions” led to increased fire activity during the day. On Saturday morning, officials reported that “minimal” new fire growth occurred over the last day, but pockets of “heavier fuels” continued to burn in the fire’s interior.

Los Padres officials said “good to moderate” smoke conditions were expected during the day Saturday, but estimated that the smoke could settle into the Santa Ynez Valley Saturday evening. Residual smoke from overnight smoldering was expected to settle along low-lying areas near the fire’s perimeter, along Highway 101 and the Santa Ynez River today, according to a report from

Los Padres. Officials estimated that “light to moderate” smoke impacts are possible in the Santa Ynez Valley and South Coast, and “light” smoke impacts were possible along the Lompoc Valley, Santa Maria Valley and Cuyama. Officials canceled the evacuation warning for the area west of Highway 101, including Gaviota Beach and Hollister Ranch properties, on Saturday evening.

As of press time Saturday, evacuation orders remained in place for Arroyo Hondo Canyon, Refugio Canyon, and the area between El Capitan Beach State Park and West Camino Cielo. The evacuation point that was previously established at Dos Pueblos High School was put on standby status on Saturday afternoon. Evacuees in need of assistance are instructed to call (833) 583-

3111. Today, officials anticipate a “pattern change” as a cold front approaches the area. According to the incident management report, crews expect cooler temperatures and higher relative humidity today and expect the front to pass over the fire area tonight and into Monday morning. The cold front is expected to bring northwest winds to the fire area on Monday, with gusts expected to reach 2535 mph. On Saturday, crews continued to Please see FIRE on A4

Westmont celebrates class of 2020

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2020 Graduate Marie Odile Ndayishimiye reflects on her undergraduate years during Westmont College’s commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 on Saturday.

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At long last, graduates from the Westmont College class of 2020 gathered on campus Saturday to celebrate their collegiate accomplishments with a commencement ceremony — about 17 months after finishing their degrees. About 180 members out of the 298 total graduates from the class of 2020 attended Saturday’s ceremony, finally getting their moment to walk across the

graduation stage and celebrate their accomplishments alongside family members and friends. The procession of graduates was led by the playing of bagpipes as their families gathered under a large tent near Carr Field for the ceremony. The morning was filled with hymns, prayer, reflection and praise for the graduates of 2020 and their perseverance through unprecedented local and global catastrophes — the Thomas Fire, Montecito Debris Flow and the COVID-19 pandemic — during

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Several faculty and student speakers during the ceremony reflected on how the graduating class grew during their time at Westmont, reflecting on cherished memories with gratitude for Saturday’s celebration. One student speaker in particular, Marie Odile Ndayishimiye Uwineza, told Saturday’s crowd about her experience of leaving her home country of Rwanda to attend Westmont College. “When I left my village the way I did, I knew that God was going to

give me new villages, I just didn’t know how,” Ms. Uwineza said. “You would not believe how big my village has become, (and) how many people came together to make sure that I had all I needed to thrive even in times when social distancing was the way of life.” Ms. Uwineza also shared how the pandemic was very challenging for international students, as many countries began shutting their borders due to the spread of COVID-19 and students could not afford to stay in the area. In response to this,

Westmont waived the housing fee during the summer of 2020 and a donor provided stipends for international students to get groceries. “Nothing tops this kind of support that made it possible for international students to have a summer village,” she shared. “We became each other’s family, lifting each other up, while trying to make sense of what the world was facing at the time. This answered prayer, this support system I had Please see WESTMONT on A2

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their time at Westmont. “Five years ago, you began a long and arduous journey of working to grow academically, improve spiritually, grow emotionally, and connect socially,” President Gayle D. Beebe said Saturday. “None of us had any idea what lay ahead, and yet here we are today standing on the other side of local and global catastrophes, recognizing that what lies ahead of us is an opportunity to make the most of what we’ve learned during the time we’ve been together.”

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Westmont College faculty join in singing a hymn during Westmont College’s commencement ceremony for the Class of 2020 on Saturday.

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Saturday’s ceremony, returning to campus brought a sense of joy and long-awaited closure. “It definitely feels like a chapter closing,” Bryan Briones, a 2020 graduate with a degree in kinesiology, told the News-Press. “And I think that’s been the neat part of being able to have this postponed is that you’re leaving behind what we experienced and now moving forward.” email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

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“Even if it is late, we get to walk across the stage with all our friends and have the opportunity to take pictures and wear a cap and gowns, which we took for granted before COVID,” Ms. Rodriguez said. “But it’s a really big privilege that not a lot of people had our year.” When the pandemic hit, the class of 2020 at Westmont — and at most universities across the nation — was left to finish their degrees online. So for many students at

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Scholarship Award and graduates Cassidy Rea, Chena Underhill and Michael Oldach were given the Dean’s Award. Among the more than 100 graduates in attendance at Saturday’s ceremony was Brenda Rodriguez, who graduated with a degree in sociology in May 2020. She told the NewsPress on Saturday that she was thankful to go to a school that prioritized giving the class of 2020 a graduation.

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during one of the most challenging times our generation has ever seen reflects what I hope is my message for us today — God has and will always use the village he has surrounded us with as his channel of love in order to make his presence known and felt.” In addition to faculty and staff reflections, students heard from commencement speaker Marcus “Goodie” Goodloe, an author, scholar and senior fellow for Ethics and Justice at Dallas Baptist University’s Institute for Global Engagement. His address on Saturday was titled “Habits: Six Steps to the Art of Influence,” and he praised graduates for their strength through challenges. “If there were degrees earned for grit, you would get one, and you would graduate today with honors,” Mr. Goodloe told the class on Saturday. “You’ve demonstrated perseverance through unimaginable circumstances, and whether through Zoom or social distant learning, you have earned not just a degree, but a heartfelt salute from this beloved institution and all those who serve to advance its mission.” Several students were presented with achievement awards on Saturday for demonstrating outstanding academic excellence, leadership and influence. Graduate Kayla Petersen was awarded the Dave Dolan Award, Emily Mata and Dante Poleselli were awarded the Kenneth Monroe Award, Nathan Tudor was awarded the Faculty

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Questions grow about the Bellosguardo Foundation and the Clark Estate

THE INVESTIGATOR ROBERT ERINGER

hat: The Bellosguardo Foundation Inc., a tax-exempt foundation incorporated in New York to administer a Santa Barbara clifftop property called Bellosguardo (Italian for “beautiful lookout”) — otherwise known as the Clark Estate. Where: The Clark Estate is a storied 23-acre landmark that features a 21,666-square-foot French-style chateau on a mesa overlooking the ocean at 1407 Cabrillo Blvd. near East Beach, replete with a garage containing two pristine automobiles (including a Cadillac) from 1933 — and a doll collection worth $1.7 million. When: Bellosguardo was bequeathed to Santa Barbara and its community by the late Huguette Clark, the “Copper King” heiress who died two weeks before her 105th birthday in 2011. Her will specifically stipulated that a Bellosguardo foundation be created as a charity “for the primary purpose of fostering and promoting the arts.” And thus, after a lengthy dispute, first with assorted relatives who sued over the will and then with the IRS over gift taxes, a foundation was created to ensure that the terms of Ms. Huguette’s bequeathal were met. Who: The foundation’s president is Jeremy Lindaman, appointed to this position in 2014 by Helene Schneider when she was Santa Barbara’s mayor. How: Mr. Lindaman was Ms. Schneider’s campaign manager. Some have pointed out the conflict-of-interest impropriety of appointing to this post a career political operative with close ties to the then mayor — an operative with zero experience running a Please see INVESTIGATOR on A7

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Bellosguardo, aka the Clark Estate, was bequeathed to Santa Barbara to promote the arts. Columnist Robert Eringer contends the foundation behind the estate has failed in its original mission to open the estate to the public.

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Continued from Page A1 deploy aircraft to fight the fire in conjunction with ground resources. According to an incident management report, crews prioritized containing hot spots remaining along the northern edge of the fire. According to Kristen Allison, a public information officer for the California Interagency Incident Management Team 1, crews attacked an acre and a half spot fire that popped up in the northwest corner of the fire on Saturday afternoon. Ms. Allison said the spot fire likely started due to wind gusts of up to 20 mph on the ridgeline and hot and dry conditions. About 439 structures remained threatened by the blaze on Saturday. According to Ms. Allison, four singlefamily residents and two minor structures have been destroyed by the fire so far. A Damage Assessment Team was on-site Saturday to assess the damage and validate reports, Ms. Allison added. The cause of the fire is still under investigation on Saturday, but officials said earlier in the week that they are investigating whether the Oct. 4 lightning storm that hit Santa Barbara could have started the blaze. email: mhirneisen@newspress.com

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DEATH NOTICES GREEN, Marion August

Marion August Green went peacefully to be with his Lord on October 10, 2021. Born on November 10, 1925, to Earl and Myrtle Green in Hermitage, Missouri, Marion lived a long and productive life. After serving 2.5 years in the United States Navy during World War II, he married Ettabelle (Etta) Peck on March 2, 1947. They raised two daughters, Bonnie and Susan, while living in Riverside, California. They built two campers and the family FDPSHG KLNHG DQG ÀVKHG WKHLU ZD\ WKURXJK WKH +LJK Sierras and around the western United States. Marion worked 34 years as a Title Analyst for California Electric and Southern California Edison. Marion and Etta moved to Lompoc, California in 1989 shortly before she passed away. Impressed by the great care and support provided by Lompoc Hospice, Marion began volunteering for this organization. Through his church, he volunteered at the Lompoc Penitentiary for many years leading classes. He was a member and served as Headmaster of the Lompoc Grange. At La Purisima Mission State Historic Park, he was a docent portraying the Master Carpenter and providing visitor contact at the visitor center. His interest in Lompoc’s history lead Marion to volunteer at the Lompoc Museum. In 1995 Marion was remarried to Florence Pata, and his family grew to include Janice, Richard and Kenny Pata and three grandchildren. Florence preceded Marion in death in 2014. Several people considered him their “second Dad.” He is remembered by many as being a special man, with a tremendously kind and gentle heart and a twinkle in his eye. He is survived by daughters Bonnie DiCiacco and Susan McCummins (Joseph), four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A Celebration of Life is planned at Cityview Community Church, Lompoc, California on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at 9:00am. ,Q OLHX RI ÁRZHUV PHPRULDO GRQDWLRQV FDQ EH PDGH WR WKH /RPSRF 0XVHXP RU 7KH 7LQ Can Sailors, P.O. Box 100, Somerset, MA 02726.

CHRISTENSEN, Thelma Jane “TJ” Mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Thelma Jane Christensen – affectionately and more universally known as TJ – entered the presence of her Heavenly Father on 12 August, 2021. After a long, healthy life, TJ was diagnosed in January 2020 with myelodysplasia syndrome. She endured monthly chemo injections amidst the craziness of COVID yet by July 2021 knew nothing more could be done and went on hospice. Her three daughters shared the privilege of being with her those last weeks and are grateful to have been at her side when she went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Born on 15 March, 1931 to Henry William Ladd and Myrtle Luella (Gronemeyer) Ladd in Chicago, IL, TJ always felt loved and cared for by her mother’s family. She happily reminisced about life with her grandparents on the farm in Cincinnati, playing with cousins, enjoying a secure, simple and happy life. Her Aunt Thelma played a big part in that, sharing more than just a name. Very early on TJ found a friend in Jesus and her relationship with Him sustained her every day. Her father died when she was young but God gave her the gift of a loving stepfather in Max Greenberg. He loved her as his own and, as a Messianic Jew, taught her much about his Jewish heritage. She enjoyed playing piano and singing – as a teen she sang in a trio at Moody Bible Church – and she continued to sing in choirs and choruses up until COVID put a stop to things. TJ earned her degree in elementary education from National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois. While there she went on a blind date with friends and met her love Robert Rolf “Chris” Christensen. They married on 13 June, 1953, honeymooned their way to California, where they eventually settled in Santa Barbara in 1967. They enjoyed 60 years together until his passing in September, 2013.

BEGG, George Frederick

George Frederick Begg passed away peacefully at home in Goleta on August 7, at the age of 77. George was born in Oakland, California on May 12, 1944, as his father’s occupation was a welder at the shipyards during World War II, and he had one brother, Edwin Allen Begg, born to George Allen Begg and Alice “Dolly” Amelia Begg (Acres), both from founding families of Goleta in the 1880s. George grew up in Goleta/Montecito and attended Goleta Union School, San Roque School and was a graduate of Santa Barbara High School where he played football and baseball. On December 26, 1964, he married the love of his life Kathryn Ayling. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served on the USS Midway as a Radioman 3rd Class and on the USS Coral Sea at Alameda, California. Upon returning from his service to our country, George held a variety of jobs such as driver for various businesses in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties which included Sambo’s Restaurants/M&F Meat Packing, Gold Coast Transportation, Restaurant Enterprises Distribution Group, PIE, Yellow Freight, RP Richards and was a liquor sales representative for Lagomarsino Distribution Company, until he found his passion for barbecuing and founded Specialty BBQ. George continually gave back to the Santa Barbara and Goleta communities through his love of baseball and years of coaching baseball for Goleta Valley South Little League and was very fortunate to be a part of the GVSLL winning the 1982 World Series. He also helped as a walk-on coach at Dos Pueblos High School. Prior to and after retirement he enjoyed his longtime association with the Los Vaqueros Camp within Rancheros Visitadores, was a member of the Santa Barbara Elks Lodge #613, and served on the Board at the Santa Barbara Carriage Museum, and taking many wonderful trips and cruises to foreign lands with his wife Kathy throughout their 57 years of marriage. George truly loved and embraced life fully. He gave generously of himself to everyone around him and set the highest standards of dignity, loyalty, honesty, and dedication with all aspects of his life, and was always a gentleman with class. His loving presence and wisdom were constant and uplifting. He will be deeply missed by his very loving family consisting of his wife Kathy of Goleta; brother Edwin Allen of Montecito; two sons, Scott Allen (wife Susan) residing in Newbury Park, and Kevin David (wife Carrie) residing in San Diego; four grandchildren, Elise, Brooke, Abigail, and Tyler (all loves of his life), all his cousins, nieces and nephews, and all who knew and loved him. A Celebration of life will be held on November 20, 2021 from 2-5 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Carriage Museum, 129 Castillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Friends may honor George Begg’s memory by making a donation to the Santa Barbara Carriage Museum, under the name of George F. Begg. Kindly RSVP to georgebeggcol@gmail.com by November 6th if you will be attending the celebration of life.

Just prior to hospice her children pulled off a pretty miraculous family reunion where all 11 of TJ’s great-grandchildren were present, along with her four children, their VSRXVHV DQG DOO EXW WKUHH JUDQGFKLOGUHQ WZR EHLQJ DEOH WR Á\ LQ WR YLVLW D IHZ ZHHNV later). Food from Petrini’s (the families “go to” restaurant since moving to SB in 1967), VR PDQ\ IDPLO\ PHPEHUV WRJHWKHU ODXJKWHU DQG SKRWR WDNLQJ JDORUH ÀOOHG KHU FXS WR RYHUÁRZLQJ Surviving are her children Cathy (Doug) Pound of Eads, TN; Eric (Monica) Christensen of Tucson, AZ; Karen (Michael) Sloan of Santa Barbara, CA; and Susan (Rod) Caughell of Santa Ynez, CA. Grandchildren Jeff (Jenna) Pound, Nathan Pound, Michael Pound, Karl (Myranda) Christensen, Madalyn (Zack) Mays, Allison (Arthur) Van Leuven, Chad (Tulsi) Caughell, Melissa Caughell, Heather Caughell and 12 great-grandchildren; the newest arriving just 8 days after her passing. She was pre-deceased by one grandchild Brian Pound. All have been blessed to have memories of life lived in a loving family. The families are thankful that TJ was fully present until just hours before she passed. Her greatest wish is that all would know Jesus and know His love. Family members wish to thank TJ’s church family at Shoreline Community Church, the doctors and staff at Ridley-Tree Cancer Center and the Infusion Center, her physician, Dr. Christopher Thrash, and the wonderful community at Maravilla – particularly Monica at the front desk and Lupe in the dining room – for their love and support. A memorial service will be planned for a later date. If you wish to remember TJ, we invite you to make a donation to either Samaritan’s Purse (https://www.samaritanspurse. org/our-ministry/donate-online/) or Joni Eareckson Tada’s ministry (https://www. joniandfriends.org/support-us/).

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They moved to Maravilla Retirement Community in 2005 and TJ loved her life there. She led a Bible Study, coordinated the Sunday afternoon chapel, sang in the chorus, enjoyed water exercise, made a few bucks at Bingo and helped new residents learn “the lay of the land.” TJ’s other activities included PTA president, Scouts with her children, teaching at SB Preschool, volunteering at Patterson Gardens Convalescent Hospital, singing with the SB Choral Society, and attending recitals and sport events with her kids and grandkids. She helped with Operation Christmas Child, spearheading the collection of shoe boxes at Maravilla. Her life was impacted by Billy Graham and her years of volunteering for his son’s Samaritan’s Purse ministry also brought her great joy.

GREEN, Marion A., 95, of Lompoc. Died Oct.10. The funeral service will be at 9 a.m. Saturday at City View Community Church in Lompoc. Interment will be in the Lompoc Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements are by Starbuck-Lind Mortuary.

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SBCC’s Nick Lomanto breaks free to score a 29-yard touchdown run in the second quarter during SBCC’s 60-6 win against visiting L.A. Pierce on Saturday.

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Above, SBCC’s Ben Partee throws a pass during the game. At right, SBCC’s Alex Johnson completes a pass to Cyrus Wallace.

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The women also finished with a sizable lead, tallying 383.5 points, 106.5 points ahead of rival Cal Poly. The women’s team started off the 2021-22 campaign by taking three of the top six spots in the 200 Medley Relay, including a second-place finish by the A team of Gillian Flath, Katie Nugent, Dora Seggelke, and Marriott Hoffmann (1:45.64).

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The UCSB men’s and women’s swim teams started their seasons off strong, both taking first place at the CSUB Sprint Classic on Friday. The men finished with 462.5 points, a comfortable 150.5 points ahead of second-place Cal State Bakersfield.

Another strong event was the 100 IM, in which Sydney Rouse took second (59.35), Tyryn Empremsilapa took third (59.61), and Michelle Tekawy took fourth (59.87). Santa Barbara received a series of second-place finishes from Seggelke in the 50 Fly (26.02), Nugent in the 50 Breast (30.50), Flath in the 50 Back (26.89), and Reagan Nibarger in

the 50 Free (24.25). Freshman Sophie Ryan added a thirdplace finish in the 1000 Free (10:38.66). The women’s team also finished second in the 200 and 800 Free Relays. On the men’s side, senior Kian Brouwer shined, picking up a first-place finish in the 50 Fly (22.19) and third place in the 50 Free (21.18). Freshman Kyle Brill

was another standout in his first collegiate meet, contributing a second-place finish in the 100 IM (51.85) and third-place finishes in the 50 Breast (26.80) and 50 Back (23.50). Junior Kennan Hotchkiss added a second-place finish in the 1000 Free (9:36.93) while freshman Jude DiStefano finished third in the same event (9:44.05). Senior Tim Lee placed third in the 50 Fly

(22.75). The team of Brouwer, Matt Driscoll, Dominic Falcon, and Austin Sparrow finished first in the 800 Free Relay. The men’s team also had three of the top-five finishes in the 200 Medley Relay as well as a third-place winning team in the 200 Free Relay. email: dmason@newspress.com

Westmont volleyball team tames Lions in four sets By JACOB NORLING WESTMONT COLLEGE WRITER

COSTA MESA — The Westmont volleyball team (14-8, 8-2) finished off a season series sweep of Vanguard (10-6, 55) on Friday night in Costa Mesa, with a victory over the Lions in four sets. After splitting the first games 25-18 and 25-27, Westmont pulled away with 25-23 and 25-22 wins to finish the match. “Vanguard is a really good team and the rivalry remains epic,” said Westmont head coach Ruth McGolpin. “They had a great crowd, and it was so hot in that gym. It’s never been an easy environment to play in, but our guys got it done. “Our defensive effort was huge and offensively we were ripping balls without any fear in our eyes.” In set one, the Warriors scored the first pair of points on a kill by Patty Kerman and an ace from Keelyn Kistner. From there, the club quickly built a 10-4 lead on another kill from Kerman, causing the Lions to call their first timeout. Kills by Kerman and Phoebe Minch built the lead to 14-7 out of the timeout,

before a three-point run from Vanguard pulled the Lions within four, causing McGolpin to use her first timeout. Following the timeout, Vanguard scored three more points consecutively to pull within one, before Westmont answered with a four-point swing of its own to reclaim an 18-13 advantage. Consecutive kills by Minch, followed by another from Kaylee Ivie, pushed the lead to 21-15, followed later by another pair of kills by Jessie Terlizzi to put the Warriors on the brink of a victory in set one. Ultimately, a service error from Vanguard sealed a 25-18 victory for the Warriors in game one. In set two, the two sides traded points for the majority of the game’s first half, with neither club getting more than two points worth of breathing room until the game reached double digits. Late in the set, with the Warriors up 21-19, the Lions flipped the script with a three-point swing to take a 22-21 lead over Westmont. A few moments later, Vanguard possessed a 24-22 advantage, but the Warriors responded with a kill from Minch and then were helped out

with a bad set from the Lions to tie the game at 24. Unfortunately for Westmont, with the game tied at 25, a kill and a block from the Lions gave them a 27-25 set win to tie things up. “Our passing just broke down in set two,” said McGolpin. “We have great athletes and great attackers, but without passing well we don’t give ourselves a chance to play our best brand of volleyball.” Set three began similarly to set two, with neither side running away from the other until the score reached doubledigits. Up 8-7, Vanguard went on a fivepoint run to take a 13-7 advantage, and McGolpin was forced to burn her second timeout before Westmont had made it a third of the way to 25. Following the timeout, Vanguard scored another pair of points to close out a 7-0 run before Westmont could stop the bleeding. However, the Warriors would not go away, pulling within four at 17-13 and staying within reach leading up to a last-second run. Down 22-18, Westmont erupted with

a six-point run to take a 24-22 lead. Two possessions later, Minch’s 11th kill of the night capped off a remarkable comeback to give Westmont a 25-23 win, and a 2-1 set advantage. “The numbers don’t show it,” said McGolpin, “but a lot of that boils down to the serving run that Lilian Reininga was able to go on. We had a good plan of attack from a serving standpoint, and that allowed us to put them on their heels. Then it was just a gritty performance. It showed a lot being able to claw back and take that game.” Again in set four, the two sides traded blows during the single-digit portion of the game, entering the middle part of the set in a 9-9 tie. With the Warriors down 11-10, kills by Kerman and Malone sparked a four-point run that saw the Warriors take a 14-11 lead into a Vanguard timeout. Out of the timeout, the Warriors scored another pair of points to stretch the run to a six-point swing before the Lions could score again. The Lions wouldn’t go away, however, much like the Warriors in set three, as they went on a five-point run of

their own to knot things at 16. Then, kills by Malone, Terlizzi, and Audrey Brown highlighted a four-point run by the Warriors that put the club up 20-16. However, once again, the Lions matched the Warriors with a four-point swing of their own to tie it up. Finally, with the Warriors up 23-22, kills by Terlizzi and Kerman gave the Warriors a 25-22 set win — and 3-1 match victory. “It seemed like we had a pretty balanced attack all night,” noted McGolpin. “Lexi got on a bit of a roll when we needed it, Jessie turned it on big time, and everyone seemed to have a timely kill when we needed it.” Terlizzi led the way with 15 kills, while Minch and Malone added 13 and 11 respectively. Libero Lilian Reininga led the club with 17 digs, while Sydny Dunn and Kistner collected 22 and 18 assists each. Jacob Norling is a sports information assistant at Westmont College. email: dmason@newspress.com

Santa Barbara City College beats Oxnard in women’s soccer By MICHAEL JORGENSON SBCC SPORTS WRITER

The Santa Barbara City College women’s soccer team set a season-high in goals on Friday night at La Playa Stadium, controlling the game from the outset in a 6-0 thrashing over Oxnard. Santa Barbara is now 6-5-1 overall and 1-2-1 in the Western State Conference. The Condors fall to 0-5-2 overall, 0-3-2 in league play. The Vaqueros dominated

possession from the earliest minutes, testing the defense with increasing aggression throughout the night. It took less than six minutes for the home side to take the lead. Defender Hanna Crawford posted up in the box with her back to the goal, sealing off her defender and setting up a firsttime shot for midfielder Hannah Mclain on the edge of the 18-yard box. Mclain’s well-placed strike beat the Oxnard goalkeeper to the left side of the net, making it

1-0. In the 20th minute, a loose ball fell to forward Sofia Orozco who found Crawford streaking down the right wing and in behind the back line. Crawford showed great control in receiving the pass before taking a look ahead and firing inside the far post and past the standing goalkeeper, 2-0. It became 3-0 just 10 minutes later, when Theresa English reeled in a cross from fellow forward Monica Pizano, turned and fired straight on from 25-

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yards out and had it skim off the keeper’s gloves and in. SBCC had previously scored three goals in a half in only one other match this season, but it would surpass that with some fireworks in the final minutes of the opening 45 minutes. A poor Oxnard back pass in the 44th fell right to English, who showed no hesitation before blasting away from 30 yards out to put the Vaqueros up 4-0. Less than a minute later, a giveaway in the midfield led to

SBCC’s fifth goal. Pizano brought it up the center with a ferocious dribble, finding Crawford making a run into the box to her right. Crawford sucked the defense in before passing it right back to Pizano, who went full stretch to send a gorgeous shot across her body and into the far post on first contact. The Vaqueros tied their seasonhigh in goals with a sixth in the 68th minute. A free kick from deep on the right flank wasn’t handled cleanly by the Oxnard

keeper, spilling dangerously in the box before defender Julianna Alaniz pounced on it to score from close range. SBCC also set a new season-best with 26 shots, 18 of which were on target. Next Tuesday, the Vaqueros will play the second of a three-game home stand against Moorpark at 2 p.m. Michael Jorgenson works in communications/media relations at Santa Barbara City College. email: dmason@newspress.com

Bishop Diego wins girls tennis match By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

Bishop Diego defeated Santa Clara on Friday 9-0 in girls tennis. The Santa Barbara high school is now 2-4 overall and 2-3 in the league. During Friday’s match, No.1 doubles athletes Isabela Petraitis Robles and Oliva Van Wingerden won three: 6-1, 6-1, 6-0. “Isabela’s serve is really something to see,” Coach Natlee Hapeman told the News-Press in

an email. “Oliva continues to use that amazing approach and solid pass shot. They are working well together and their strategy is hard to beat.” No. 2 doubles players Samantha Kenney and Kate McCoy won three: 6-1, 6-0, 6-3. “Samantha’s serves were strong today,” Hapeman said Friday. “Kate was working the net and placing shots where it counted. They worked together well today.” No. 3 doubles athletes Anja Fassbind and Cassandra Wynne won three: 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.

“Anja and Cassandra really worked as a team,” Hapeman said. “They played the net and worked some strategy that came out ahead. Hard to believe that they only started playing together four weeks ago. “I am so thankful for such hard working student athletes,” the coach said. “Each has their strengths, and it showed today.” Bishop Diego’s next match is Tuesday at Dunn School. email: dmason@newspress.com

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Well, now it is one week later and still no word from the foundation. So off goes my third email request to Jeremy Lindaman for clarification on matters of concern to the media and the Santa Barbara community. “I note that you did not respond with a denial, which leaves my concerned readers and myself fearing the worst. “May I remind you that the Bellosguardo Foundation is a 501c3 tax-exempt, nonprofit foundation accountable to the California Attorney General’s Office, the Charity’s Bureau in New York, the IRS, the City of Santa Barbara — and to the public. “In the interest of transparency, I would be grateful for a reply to my emails so that I, as a member of the media, may report to the public that you have nothing to hide.” Bingo! The third time was lucky. Because Mr. Lindaman’s terse reply arrived just 32 minutes later. “All proceeds from these events go to the Foundation — nothing is ‘off the books.’ I deny these accusations.” Of course, we had an important follow-up question: “I note that the foundation’s Articles of Incorporation filed in June 2011 with the Office of the California Secretary of State that the Clark Estate is to be used ‘exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes.’ By what authority is the Bellosguardo Foundation booking out for private events that are not fundraisers?” No response.

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On Sept. 7, The Investigator dispatched this email to foundation president Jeremy Lindaman: “It has been brought to my attention that those in control of the Bellosguardo Foundation have been running private events at the Clark Estate as recently as this past weekend. “The last I heard (in May), the City’s Planning Division found the foundation’s application for this kind of activity ‘incomplete.’ “Has something changed? “Has the foundation’s application been completed and approved? “If so, when — and approved by

While we await with baited breath a reply from the Bellosguardo Foundation, here is a brief history of the Clark Estate. The last time heiress Huguette Clark visited her magnificent estate was in 1953, before it was even bequeathed to her upon the death of her mother. (Huguette lived a hermetic existence in New York City, and when asked why she would not return to Santa Barbara, said simply, “I always think of times there with my mother, and it makes me very sad.”) Huguette’s father, William Andrews Clark, was an early robber baron and later a U.S. senator from Montana, elected in January 1899 but removed the following April “on account of briberies and corrupt practices by his agents” after which he was chosen, in a tricky political maneuver, to fill the appointment of his own vacancy (!). W.A. Clark stripped Montana — and later, Arizona — of its copper at a time when it was much needed for a new invention called electricity along with transatlantic cables and telephone lines. Business boomed, especially with the advent of World War I and the need for copper to manufacture weapons. Clark also founded Las Vegas and a railway line that connected Salt Lake City to Los Angeles via Vegas — with a train on which he kept two luxurious Pullman cars for his private use. In 1907, The New York Times calculated that W.A. Clark was wealthier than John D. Rockefeller. That same year (if published posthumously), Mark Twain wrote of W.A.: “He is as rotten a human being as can be found under the flag; he is a shame to the American nation … and his proper place was the penitentiary, with a chain and ball on his legs.” A fabulous book about W.A. Clark, “Empty Mansions,” by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr., quotes professor of history Keith Edgerton of Montana State University: “The cumulative sentiment here is that he made a fortune off of the state’s resources in the free-wheeling laissez-faire times of the late 19th century, prostituted the political system with his wealth and power, exploited the working class for his own gain, left an environmental wreck behind and took his

OK, so we did “who,” “what,” “where,” “when” and “how.” So now it’s time for “why.” These are the questions that beg to be asked: Aside from renting out the estate for the odd private event, what has Jeremy Lindaman actually accomplished for this foundation (and to justify his salary) over the past seven years? Someone, please, think of something — and tell us. We truly want to know. More important, why are Huguette Clark’s final wishes — to open the estate as a cultural center for the people of Santa Barbara — not being honored by those appointed by the city to do so? Instead, we have private events along with allegations that those running the foundation are flaunting its bylaws. Oh, add reports of alleged mismanagement and alleged favoritism to the baker’s mix — and what do you get? A batch of rancid donuts leading to a foul stench wafting in from, not the smelly Bird Refuge, but the mesa upon which sits the Clark Estate. Not exactly what Huguette Clark had in mind with her bequeathal. To Mayor Cathy Murillo or Randy Rowse (or whoever else the next mayor may be) and Santa Barbara City Council-persons: Please look into the Bellosguardo Foundation and Clark Estate with a view toward removing Jeremy Lindaman as its president. You have an obligation to Santa Barbara’s community to ensure that the foundation and estate are properly run. After seven years of earning six figures per annum, Mr. Lindaman has failed to execute the foundation’s mission: opening the estate to the public. And unbefitting a president of a tax-exempt nonprofit, Mr. Lindaman has also failed — and failed miserably — to be transparent about whatever the heck is going on over there.

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foundation and only 34 years of age at the time. This cushiony position comes with an annual salary of $120,000. A document filed with the IRS in 2015-16 claimed that Mr. Lindaman works at this job for a mere 10 hours per week (which was later “corrected”), but even this small amount of time seems surprising since almost nothing appears to actually happen at the estate aside from routine maintenance. But wait. There’s this: We received reports that an elaborate wedding took place at the Clark Estate during Labor Day weekend in early September. It was apparently a grand affair with large tents and security. This was not a public event, which is what the foundation was chartered to provide, suggesting that the estate is possibly being managed as if it were someone’s private club. Such a notion, of course, runs contrary to the foundation’s Articles of Incorporation filed in June 2011 with the Office of the California Secretary of State. The articles say nothing about private weddings or any private events closed to the public (except perhaps fundraising, which is actually open to members of the public willing to give a donation). In fact, the whole purpose for creating the foundation was to make the Clark Estate available to the Santa’s Barbara community, along the lines of what the foundation states on its own website: “Bellosguardo will become a new home for art, music, history and culture.” Or, as Ms. Schneider, when mayor, said of the city’s obligation: “Open the Bellosguardo house and gardens to the public as a center that will foster and promote the arts.” When cornered these days, Ms. Schneider blames criticism of her sorrowful Bellosguardo legacy on politics, which in our opinion is not only pure bunkum but, sadly, how most politicians these days defend their poor judgment and very real transgressions. In short, the foundation is supposed to be operating for the benefit of the public — and striving (for how many years now?) to open the estate to the public. After all, this was Huguette Clark’s vision: perpetuating the arts — and her gift — to the people of Santa Barbara. A gift to you.

millions to other places to benefit a handful of others. And in some ways, the state has never really recovered from it all.” In 1923, Clark purchased his Santa Barbara property, which he’d been renting as a vacation home, for $300,000 cash and, five years later, Huguette (pronounced “oo-GET”— she was born in Paris), the second daughter of Clark’s second wife, was wedded on its grounds. (Her marriage to William Gower lasted only nine months due to Huguette’s refusal to consummate it.) Five years later the Italian villa was razed — having been damaged by the earthquake of 1925 — and replaced with a splendorous French-style chateau built with reinforced concrete and 16-inch walls to render it quake-proof — and decorated by Huguette’s mother, Anna LaChapelle Clark. The Copper King died at age 86 in 1925, leaving an estate of around $200 million (a few billion in today’s money), of which onefifth went to Huguette. Today the estate is appraised at $85 million. It was also Huguette who gifted Santa Barbara $50,000 in 1928 to create the Andree Clark Bird Refuge (in memory of her older sister, who died in 1917 at age 17 from spinal meningitis) on city land across Cabrillo Boulevard from the estate.

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whom? “I have also heard that you may be currently residing on the Clark Estate and would like to know if there is any truth to this.” Three weeks later, on Sept. 27 and no response from Mr. Lindaman nor anyone else at the foundation, we re-sent our email to Mr. Lindaman (lest it went unnoticed or to spam) along with this update: “I’ve had no reply to my email of 7 September. “I understand that another wedding event at the Clark Estate is now being planned. Readers of my column are asking me if these events are going through the foundation’s accounting process or if the estate is being rented out privately off the books. “A simple denial will suffice.”

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Processes and issues contracts for goods and services within delegated authority. Coordinates and assigns the incoming contracts and purchase orders, and manages the contracts helpdesk. Complies with State law, Federal regulations, and University policy. Consults with and advises campus departments regarding policies and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of years of experience. Minimum 3 years of experience working as a Buyer or negotiating contracts. Significant expertise with Microsoft programs, Adobe, and cloud computing. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $27.13 - $30.00/ hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review date begins 10/26/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24814

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, UNIVERSITY SUPPORT GROUPS & CENTRAL DEVELOPMENT Development

The DC serves as part of the Central Development team reporting to the head of the department or his/her designee to support the program-management and coordination of the University Support Groups. The position serves both as an external outreach coordinator and financial analyst to the University Support Groups. Additionally, the DC serves as a central development analyst providing project management, research, analysis, writing and coordination in support of a wide variety of departmental planning and fundraising initiatives as determined by the department head or his/her designee. In the near term, the central development responsibilities will be focused on the campaign as a member of the Campaign Unit. This role contributes to the overall goals and success of the unit, as well as the success of the campuswide fundraising campaign. Reqs: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Excellent skills in analysis, problem-solving, working with detail while applying and understanding broader contexts as they affect a diverse customer base: faculty, staff, students, and donors. The ability to establish a cooperative working relationship with staff; the ability to work as a member of a team, and to support the Development Office structure, obtaining approvals and coordinating as needed. Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines. Demonstrated experience in the maintenance of databases, expertise in the use of Word, Excel, and other office software and/or web-based applications. Notes: Satisfactory criminal history background check. May work evenings and weekends at various Development, Institutional Advancement, or campus-wide events. $24.62 - $27.00/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 10/21/2021. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24992

CONTRACTS AND GRANTS ANALYST Computer Science

Responsible for developing and submitting research proposals, awards, and/or transactions related to contract and grant management and maintains contract and grant records in compliance with institutional and research sponsor policies. Responsible for the post-award administration, financial management, and analysis of the Contracts and Grants for the Computer Science Department. Additionally, will backup/ support the Contracts and Grants Manager with Award Closeout. Responsible for the completion of post-award activities of research awards totaling more than $12M annually. Duties include setting up new awards and analyzing award terms and conditions, advising faculty, staff, and students of proper University and agency policies regarding extramural funding policies and procedures. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or/and equivalent work experience. Ability to establish and maintain priorities, multi-task and meet deadlines while balancing a high volume workload. Analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent attention to detail and communication skills. Ability to exercise independent judgment. Ability to perform financial analysis and customized reporting. Proficiency with Microsoft programs such as Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc. Proficiency with Google software programs such as Sheets, Docs, Gmail, chat. Must be comfortable explaining guidelines and policies. Working knowledge of and experience with financial accounting, analysis, and reporting techniques. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $25.00 - $28.75/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24290

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Responsible for student affairs and academic personnel coordination for the Data Science (DS) Initiative with Data Science Director and Business Officer, develops and prepares program curriculum plans for each academic year and prepares the temporary sub-0 budget. Serves as the initial source of information, and advises students regarding general and program information. Ensures grades are reported and develops and updates the Schedule of Classes and other publications. Requires knowledge of policy and procedures for undergraduate education. Serves as the departmental liaison with the Office of the Registrar on all matters pertaining to program courses, grades and undergraduate records. Responsible for processing all employment transactions for DS academic employees, including lecturers, teaching assistants and undergraduate learning assistants, in UCPath. Serves as a resource for and advises the DS Initiative Director on academic personnel policies including procedures covering academic recruitment, appointment, and advancement; compensation and salary administration; labor contracts; visa procurement; benefits; payroll. Provides administrative support for program coordination. Reqs: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to organize, prioritize, and complete work with frequent interruptions. Ability to work with a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, and other campus offices on a variety of tasks. Strong problemsolving skills. Ability to be accurate and thorough with careful attention to detail. Ability to use various programs (Excel, Word, Google) to complete required tasks. This position is funded through June 30, 2023 pending further funding. $24-$26/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 10/29/2021. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 25428

STAFF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE III Computer Science

Works at the RACELab Lab. Assists the PI on the SCiMMA and Aristotle projects and as a datacenter architect for the Institute for Energy Efficiency’s (IEE) Experimental Data Center (EDC). Provides support to the PhD students and other researchers that work on these projects and acts as a liaison between the RACELab and UCSB campus IT personnel. Contributes to communications involving this project including preparation and delivery of reports and presentations related to the project and organization of and attendance to technical meetings. Supports collaborative development efforts as part of the SCiMMA project, including supervising the Agile development process it implements across multiple institutions and participating in its cybersecurity efforts. Is responsible for investigation and development of Eucalyptus, CSPOT, and Ambience cloud, edge, and IoT technologies. Is responsible for field research at the Sedgwick Research Preserve and the Lindcove Research Extension Center. Reqs: Master of Science (MS) degree in computer science and Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science and System Engineering, a PhD or equivalent industry experience are required. Advanced software development. Large scale software infrastructure configuration and management. - Resourceconstrained computing. Distributed systems deployment, testing, experimentation, and empirical evaluation. Reqs: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $60,500 - $76,757/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review date begins 10/21/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24754

MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER Mechanical Engineering

The position provides advanced management, leadership, and analytical skills to the complex issues of the department. The MSO must have advanced knowledge and skills in the areas of accounting and control principles, human resources, space resources (including lab renovation and modification), contract and grant management, conflict resolution, academic personnel, undergraduate and graduate student services, customer service, as well as outstanding written and verbal communication skills. The MSO must possess a thorough knowledge of the campus, university, state, and federal audit policies and procedures for the successful execution of duties. The position advises and consults with the Department Chair on all administrative and operational issues affecting the department’s mission and goals. The MSO independently analyzes issues. recommends plans and courses of action to the Chair, and acts on behalf of the Chair at departmental and campus meetings. Reqs: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Advanced knowledge of university and campus policies and procedures. Broad knowledge of the organization’s processes, protocols and procedures with a focus on budget, account and fund management and/or personnel management under labor contract(s) and personnel policy. Broad knowledge of financial analysis and reporting techniques; human resources and risk management planning; and/or accounting and payroll. Broad knowledge of common organization-specific and other computer application programs. Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to influence/persuade all levels of staff. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $79,400 - $131,100/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 10/25/2021. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24771

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UNDERGRADUATE ADVISOR Computer Science

Serves aas one of the initial sources of information and advises major students, prospective major students, and non-major students regarding general department requirements. Monitors every aspect of progress towards degree and counsels students as appropriate. Initiates, maintains, and evaluates students’ academic records, processes petitions, checks prerequisites, and performs other administrative tasks. Ensures grades are reported for undergraduate students and updates the Schedule of Classes and other publications. Requires knowledge of policy and procedures for the College of Engineering (CoE), College of Letters and Science (L&S), and the College of Creative Studies (CCS). Serves as one of the departmental liaisons with the Office of the Registrar on matters pertaining to departmental courses, grades and undergraduate records. Works within a team environment within the Student Affairs area and department, and assists with the ongoing workload. Reqs: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to organize, prioritize, and complete work with frequent interruptions. Ability to work with a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, and other campus offices on a variety of tasks. Strong problemsolving skills. Ability to be accurate and thorough with careful attention to detail. Ability to use various programs (Excel, Word, Google) to complete required tasks. Notes: Satisfactory conviction history background check. This position is funded through December 2022 pending further funding. $23.66 - $24.84/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 10/21/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 25105

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Provides administrative support for Building Operations. Monitors the physical environment including hazards, defective equipment, etc. Coordinates work requests, repair technicians, and access to facilities via JIRA and TMA software. Makes recommendations for the replacement of broken and/or damaged furniture and mechanical equipment. Reviews and responds to complaints about misuse of university property, inappropriate user behavior, and violations of university policies and practices. Is an active member of the Library Safety and Security Council. Ensures emergency equipment such as AEDs, first aid kits, and bullhorns are in working condition. Responsible for lockers and assignments to faculty, graduate, and undergraduate honors students using Alma software. Hires, trains, schedules, evaluates and disciplines student assistants. Secures library buildings upon closing, ensuring the proper working order of doors, exit alarms, and camera systems. Assists with library event set-ups. Orders supplies through the campus procurement system. Additional duties include environmental health and safety and emergency services. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Administrative and business operations experience in a public buildings environment. Ability to use sound judgment, remain calm, employ discretion, and give direction in potentially sensitive, disruptive, threatening, and/or hazardous situations. Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills. Computer skills and knowledge of common software programs sufficient to complete assignments (e-mail, Word, Excel, etc.). Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61 - $28.27/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 10/25/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24976

EOP COUNSELOR/ COORDINATOR Educational Opportunity Program

Utilizes advanced skills gained at the Master’s degree level in counseling fields (student affairs and/or higher education); exhibits culturally inclusive active listening skills (e.g., appropriately establishing interpersonal contact, perception checking) and provides counseling services for personal, social and academic issues, including but not limited to cultural identity, educational, relationship, family, sexuality and sexual identity issues. Focuses on working with the African American EOP student population. Designs, implements and evaluates cultural, academic and programmatic services for the African diasporic Cultural Resource Center (AdCRC). Develops program designs and tools to assess quality of programs and events offered. Assists in campus efforts to recruit and retain underrepresented students. Plays a key role in the Division of Student Affairs Initiative to build bridges for EOP students and the AdCRC. Reqs: Experience in providing indepth, wide-ranging and complex academic advising and holistic services to undergraduates. Working knowledge of MS Office products and Google Connect/ Drive applications. Master’s degree in counseling or related area or years of equivalent experience/training. Ability to coordinate and present educational programs and and present educational, academic, social, cultural events/ programs and workshops. Experience with social media management on multiple platforms, updating department website, and Emma application. Notes: Mandated reporting requirements of Child and Dependent Adult Abuse. UCSB Campus Security Authority under Clery Act. Satisfactory conviction history background check. $57,000 - $63,975/yr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review begins 10/25/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24544

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Helps develop the Computer Science department’s outreach and communication. Assists in planning and implementing departmental conferences, colloquia, and special events including the annual CS Summit and the weekly Theory seminar series. Maintains the department website and social media presence. Assists in development efforts. Reqs: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of writing, grammar, syntax, style, and punctuation. Thorough skills to write clear, lively, engaging, and compelling copy in a variety of styles appropriate to target audiences and/or the broader public while ensuring adherence to the location’s message. Ability to interpret and comply with complex policies and procedures. Must be detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy. Must possess strong problem-solving skills. Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse pool of faculty, students and staff and provide excellent customer service. Note: Satisfactory conviction history background check. $24.61 - $25.16/hr. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Application review date begins 10/18/21. Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu Job # 24725

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: SUSAN A. OVERTON Case Number: 21PR00435 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Susan A. Overton A Petition for Probate has been filed by Stephen Overton in the SuPERIOR COuRT OF CAlIFORNIA, COuNTy OF SANTA BARBARA. The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: November 4, 2021 at Time: 9:00 AM, in Dept.: 5, located at SUPERiOR COURT Of CAlifORNiA, COUNTy Of SANTA BARBARA, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; PO Box 21107, Santa Barbara, CA 93121-1107, Anacapa Division. if you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. if you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. you may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. you may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: Stephen E. Penner Address: 1215 De la Vina Street, Suite K Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: 805 965-0085

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The Montecito Sanitary District (“District”) will receive sealed bids, electronically, for its BID NO. 2021-03R ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT (“Project”), by or before Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. through its PlanetBids portal. All associated documents, including bonding information, shall be submitted with the bid. Bidders must be registered on the District’s PlanetBids™ portal in order to submit a Bid Proposal and to receive addendum notifications. Each bidder is responsible for making certain that their Bid Proposal is actually submitted/uploaded with sufficient time to be received by PlanetBids prior to the bid opening date and time. Large files may take more time to be submitted/uploaded to PlanetBids so plan accordingly. The receiving time on PlanetBids’ server will be the governing time for acceptability of bids. Telegraphic, telephonic, electronic, and facsimile bids will not be accepted. Bidders are responsible for obtaining all addenda from the District’s PlanetBids portal. If any Addendum issued by the District is not acknowledged online by the Bidder, the PlanetBids system may prevent the Bidder from submitting a Bid Proposal. Bid results and awards will be available on PlanetBids immediately following the bid opening date/ time. Bids shall be valid for sixty (60) calendar days after the bid opening date. The scope of work to be accomplished by the Contractor under these specifications shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following general categories of work: filing for and pulling a County of Santa Barbara Building Department Permit for the project, including paying all fees and posting all bonds and implementation of and compliance with the all permit requirements; the replacement of the approximately 660 square feet Board Room and approximately 4,300 square feet Office/ Operations Building roofs including tear off, haul away, and legally dispose of existing roof (1) layer; check for any dry rot, termite damage, or other needed work; apply double layer of underlayment; install asphalt fiberglass shingles and rapid ridge cap; install step shingles as needed; install metal pipe flashings; install metal top flashing; install welding saddle stock flashings around vent curbs; install new venting over attic space; install metal drip edge on all gable and gutter edges; replace two existing skylights on Board Room roof; install skylight saddle flashing; and grounds will be cleaned to original conditions. The work includes all labor, material, supervision, and equipment necessary to complete the project. Project documents for the work are available to prospective bidders through the District’s PlanetBids Portal website at www.montsan.org/bids. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. The Montecito Sanitary District hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy.

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Cathy Mollkoy, a local nurse with Cottage Health and Doctors Without Walls, administers a flu shot at the Carrillo Commuter Lot during weekly outreach.

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nderneath the shady trees surrounding the commuter lot on Carrillo and Castillo streets, local nurse Cathy Mollkoy gets to work. Operating from the Doctors Without Walls - Santa Barbara Street Medicine van and armed with her stethoscope, she begins to address a line of homeless patients awaiting different forms of medical care. She wraps a blood pressure cuff around one patient’s arm, while another waits in line to receive a flu shot. She asks each patient about their overall health and checks to see if they are in need of a COVID-19 vaccine. Ms. Mollkoy has a natural warmth and compassion about her — the kind that makes each and every patient feel welcomed and cared for. It’s a genuine kind of care that informs her daily work as an emergency room nurse at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, a parish nurse with Cottage Health and a nurse with Doctors Without Walls. Ms. Mollkoy conducts regular outreach among homeless individuals across Santa Barbara on Tuesdays and Thursdays alongside other members of Doctors Without Walls. She joins the team on their van rounds across Santa Barbara, where they seek to provide care for homeless and unhoused individuals, which includes offering the COVID-19 vaccine. Since March, Ms. Mollkoy has helped deliver more than 650 COVID-19 vaccines to homeless individuals in Santa Barbara. During their weekly rounds, members of the Doctors Without Walls team travel around Santa Barbara, stopping along the street

when they see someone in need. The team will often pull over and talk with homeless individuals, offering medical attention, water and food. They also discuss the COVID-19 vaccine and sometimes offer the shot to patients right on site if they want it. Eventually, the team ends up at the commuter lot on Carrillo Street by late Tuesday morning, where they treat homeless individuals and offer both the flu shot and COVID-19 vaccine. The team sets up a small table with soap, lotion and disposable razors, as well as other goods that homeless individuals may need. This weekly effort at the commuter lot is coupled with a clinic held Thursday evenings at Alameda Park, where Ms. Mollkoy and a team from Doctors Without Walls offer medical check-ups and vaccines to homeless individuals. When the COVID-19 vaccine became widely available in March, Ms. Mollkoy knew that homeless individuals would need access to a single-shot dose, as they are often moving around and don’t stay stationary for long. “I knew right away that our clientele was not going to be able to take the Pfizer or Moderna because they don’t have a stationary place, (and) they’re being moved around,” Ms. Mollkoy told the News-Press. “I knew Johnson & Johnson was the only one that was going to help.” With this in mind, Ms. Mollkoy and her team at Doctors Without Walls partnered with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, which provided shots for the mobile clinics. The department provided hundreds of doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which fully inoculates someone after just one jab. Ms. Mollkoy said the vaccine has been well-received by many in the

Local nurse delivers more than 650 vaccines to homeless individuals

Cathy Mollkoy does van rounds with Doctors Without Walls - Santa Barbara Street Medicine on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. The team stops and talks with homeless individuals on the street, offering them food, medical treatment and the COVID-19 vaccine.

local homeless community, noting that the first few clinics held at Alameda Park, the Faulding Hotel and the El Carrillo apartment complex drew more than 100 individuals interested in getting the shot. The vaccine effort continues now through street outreach by Doctors Without Walls, who Ms. Mollkoy said has delivered over 53.5% of all shots given to the local homeless population. Reflecting on the past few

months of delivering vaccines, Ms. Mollkoy noted that the biggest change she’s seen in the outreach process is the depth of the personal ties she and the other staff are able to form with patients. Before the pandemic, patients would be triaged through the clinic, meet with the doctor and go about their day, Ms. Mollkoy explained. But now, with the COVID-19 vaccine requiring a 15-minute wait time to check for reactions, Ms. Mollkoy said she and

the team at Doctors Without Walls have formed deeper connections with homeless individuals just by sitting with them during that time. “It was kind of like a bonding experience with them,” Ms. Mollkoy said. “That’s mainly what changed (during COVID). Our clinic used to be stationary, so (patients) would have to come up to us at Pershing or Alameda, and you wouldn’t have a lot of interaction with them because s someone would triage them, someone would

take their vital signs, then the doctor would see them and then they would leave again to get food.” “This way, we have no stationary (clinic),” she added. “We would just be walking, we could stop and talk, find out what they needed, refer them to a primary care provider if they didn’t want the Johnson & Johnson for some reason — and there were people that didn’t — if they wanted the Pfizer or Moderna, we could tell them where to go and Please see VACCINE on B4

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ARIES — Start the week with an open mind when Venus in Sagittarius sextiles Saturn in Aquarius, allowing you to meet people from all walks of life and learn more 20 about the human experience. This can 21 unleash the inner activist in you, so look for 22 ways to get involved in humanitarian efforts 23 and help others. TAURUS — Though we’re still in the 25 lovely glow of October, you might start 27 thinking ahead when Venus in Sagittarius 28 29 sextiles Saturn in Aquarius on Wednesday, making you realize that your current flame is 30 someone you want to settle down and spend the winter with. This is an intimate day when 33 you can connect and look forward to the 34 future. 35 GEMINI — Deepening the relationships in 38 your life deepens the understanding of certain 42 43 issues when Venus in Sagittarius sextiles 45 Saturn in Aquarius on Wednesday. Now is a 46 good time to learn about new topics as the 47 important people in your life help you develop your beliefs. 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Trenton Charlson, 25, is a full-time crossword constructor in Columbus, Ohio. He loves words with unusual letter combinations, like 63-Across here, which he’s been trying to use in a puzzle for years. He says, “I value the sort of ‘X-factor’ that makes a puzzle feel playfully and distinctly ‘human’ ” — the fill included. With advanced crossword software and databases available now even to first-time constructors, it takes special effort, like Trenton’s, to display a personal style. — W.S.

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and get rid of anything that no longer fits. Old clothes may come back into style, but you really don’t want them on hangers for the next twenty years. Throwing out the old makes room for the new. And get dressed in clothes that make you feel good about yourself. You can dress up just to go to the market. 6. Wash your car, inside and out. Hey, when our wheels are shiny, we feel better. If you don’t think this applies to you, just remember how you felt the last time you got a ride in someone’s very funky car. An additional hint: If your kid is taking their behind-the-wheel driving test, get the car washed beforehand. It never fails to impress. Race you to the car wash. 7. Cook a lovely meal. Even if you are by yourself, preparing a

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The Pioneer Valley High School Future Farmers of America recently was awarded Chapter of the Year for the Santa Barbara FFA Section, which consists of all the high schools between Arroyo Grande and Lompoc. The Santa Maria school was also recognized for having the second best agricultural department in California, compared to 352 departments, at the Chapter Officer Leadership

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“I know I speak for everyone when I say that hearing Pioneer Valley called out as Chapter of the Year for the section at COLC, as well as being announced as second in the state has brought the biggest smiles and happy tears to our faces,” said Gillian Villa, chapter president. “That feeling I got while being on the stage and looking out to our team is one that I will remember for a lifetime. With determination, the members made this possible, and we will continue to show why Pioneer Valley is the best in what we do!”

The Pioneer Valley FFA chapter officers were also able to improve their leadership skills, meet other members from throughout the region and bring back new energy and ideas to Pioneer Valley. “This was the first in-person conference where our FFA leaders have had the opportunity to attend since we transitioned back to regular in-person school this year,” according to Marcie Guerra, agriculture and FFA teacher. email: mmcmahon@newspress. com

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Columnist Henry Schulte writes that President Joe Biden is the front man for a powerful, sinister group.

The green light to destroy America

Joe Biden and Democrats take U.S. in the wrong direction

t’s become very apparent that Joe Biden is nothing but a front man for a much larger and more sinister group working from the dark corners of Washington, D.C. For the most part, we know some of the players who have been given the green light to destroy America as quickly as they can while they hold onto power. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a waitress from New Jersey with a big mouth, has gained an amazing amount of power with that mouth. And “it’s a revolution” — Bernie Sanders got it right, it is a revolution. Even though the Democrats did all they could to prevent Sen. Sanders from winning the White House, he has the next best thing: the ability to shove socialism down our throats with the full backing of the party that undermined him. He’s running amok. And of course, there are rumors Barack Obama is enjoying his third term.

love France for many reasons, not the least of which is that my wife (who is French), and I spent many glorious weeks there during the early part of our relationship. Before that, as a 21-year-old, fresh out of the U.S. Navy, I took my first international flight on Icelandic Airways to Paris via New York to Luxembourg and a long late-night bus ride through the French countryside to the City of Light. The bus driver was a fan of Edith Piaf, whose nasally songs resonated on his loudspeaker all the way to Paris. I didn’t know what she was singing about at the time, but I could tell she was tearing her heart out. I fell in love with her and France by the time I got off the bus somewhere near Boulevard St. Michel. After tasting my first crepe au Grand Marnier and a hot dog with fiery mustard served not on, but in, a baguette, I realized this was my

As we’ve all witnessed, things one, there was a stack of executive have changed so much and so orders already drafted by his quickly it’s hard to keep up committee to blindly sign. The with the mess the country is in. image reminded me of Mel Brooks, And we’re still spiraling in the the bumbling governor in “Blazing wrong direction. We’re Saddles,” doing just about fumbling to get our the same thing. hands on the reins to This “committee” is try and pull back this very smart, shrewd and runaway wagon to the calculating. abyss. Its members continue to The country is being move forward on all their governed in an entirely tactics, which ultimately different way. By a will ruin our country, of Henry backroom committee, for which we already have Schulte lack of a better term. evidence. And they can A “committee” of deflect their actions on The author way-off-the-chart lefty their front man, Joe Biden. lives in Solvang He’s thrown under the bus communists, with a one-minded agenda every day and takes the designed all for them. heat and likely doesn’t even From all outward appearances it’s know what he’s taking the heat for. likely they’re not even consulting For example, in my opinion of President Biden. He hadn’t even course, I don’t think President been aware how he angered Biden came up with the idea France by undermining their sales about ending all contracts to build of subs to Australia. the border wall. He would never And if you recall, even on day have thought about cancelling

those contracts on his own. He’s never even gone there to see the chaos, witness the drugs flying into America or is aware of the rise in murders, the overdoses of his citizens. If he did, like any president seeing the country burn under his watch, he would acknowledge the calamity and do something about it. I have to guess he doesn’t even see Vice President Kamala Harris or know where she is half the time. Nobody does. There’s about 75 million people continuously asking more and more: Who the hell is in charge?! For four years the Democrats created fake stories and lies to discredit President Donald Trump, including their bogus tactic that he was crazy. And yet it bears repeating the United States under his watch was in the best shape it had been, in some cases, ever. If you removed the lunacy the Democrats manufactured and viewed the state of the country at

The French have it right

kind of place. year’s murder of 47-year-old OK, it’s a socialist nation, and French high-school teacher the unions have an iron grip on Samuel Paty is a case in point. Mr. the affairs of state, but my love of Paty displayed some of the cartoon the country and its people (well, drawings of Islam’s prophet most of them) supersedes Mohammed, originally all that. And the French’s printed in a Danish PURELY insistence upon staying newspaper and reprinted POLITICAL true to their national in a satirical Paris weekly motto of Liberté, Egalité, called Charlie Hebdo, Fraternité is, for me, what during a civic education I most admire. France’s class. The Muslim religion ardent dedication to its forbids any representation national motto easily of Muhammed, and those outpaces our own cartoonish drawings are fading fealty to the U.S. considered particularly Constitution’s Bill of blasphemous by strict James Buckley Rights, which is supposed religionists. Mr. Paty paid to guarantee Freedom of with his life, murdered Speech, the Free Practice on a public street in of Religion, the Right to Peacefully Paris by an 18-year-old Chechen Assemble and the Right to Bear refugee, who then beheaded the Arms — all of which are under unfortunate teacher. constant assault in the U.S. today The trial of the Muslim terrorists and only meekly defended if at all. who shot up the Charlie Hebdo For example: offices five years previous, killing The response by the French 17 people including 11 writers, public and its president to last cartoonists, and editors of the

publication, was taking place at the time of the class, so tensions were high. Mr. Paty was using the drawings (that Charlie Hebdo had reproduced that week to honor the memory of the victims of that terrible event) to illustrate why Muslim fanatics did what they did and why it was wrong for them to have done so. He stressed that France’s tradition of the open dissemination of ideas had to take precedence over any religion. Thoughtfully, Mr. Paty suggested that any Muslim in his class who may be offended could exit the classroom with his permission before he took out the drawings for the students to examine for themselves. Nevertheless, a 13-year-old Muslim student from the class who at first claimed she had stayed for the presentation but later revealed she had lied about it and admitted she was told about the drawings by another classmate, told her father about the session.

that time, the border was under control, China tiptoed around us. North Korea went quiet. Iran had a financial leash around their neck, the economy was through the roof, everyone who wanted a job had one and on and on. Look out your window right now. Millions are flooding into America and hundreds of thousands more are on the way. And they’re now making demands that we accept them or else. We’re being threatened by migrants! Massive cargo ships sit in the ocean, unable to offload their supplies. You can’t find workers because they don’t have to work while sucking off the teat of the government, which was the plan all along. There’s a spike in inflation, with more on the way if Democrats insist on printing trillions of dollars of play money for no reason. Please see SCHULTE on C4

Her father then posted an angry video denouncing the teacher, demanding he be reprimanded. The 18-year-old who killed Mr. Paty, after being inspired by the student’s father’s post, followed up the murder with his own post. He proudly took credit for the act, displaying the bloodied headless man on the ground and bragging about his deed. Police tracked down and ended up killing the young man during a confrontation. President Emmanuel Macron of France attended Mr. Paty’s funeral, during which French military in full-dress uniform carried the teacher’s casket. “He was killed,” the president said, “because Islamists want our future… and,” he boldly proclaimed, “they will never have it.” Immediately afterward, Mr. Macron praised the teacher, giving Please see BUCKLEY on C4

f we don’t make a change in the relationship between city government and local business, the city will continue to take

a dive. We need the nonpartisan one-for-all leadership that we experienced to the tune of Hal Conklin, Harriet Miller and Sheila Lodge. Look at what partisan politics has brought to the city of Santa Barbara during the last three regimes: thumbing the nose at building height limits that have been in place since the earthquake and construction of The Granada. Planners realized then that it would change the face of Santa Barbara and rob us of the only natural resource she has — beauty. And this was 1925! It is an ongoing battle to preserve this vulnerable and rare location. During this same period, we have also experienced lame and expensive temporary solutions to homelessness. Not only that but, our own mayor has pronounced that retail is dead. What is downtown without retail businesses? Oh, restaurants and bars. By the way, this is not a party town. How do you generate a city without business? The absence of retail would mean a downtown primarily made up of restaurants and bars, attracting minimumwage earners. Are those the people who would live in the windowless cell-like units tucked into these downtown high-rise monstrosities? Here are some of the antics we have witnessed of our present city leaders: hero pay for employees of certain grocery stores, fines for abandoned grocery carts, making nonunion workers ineligible for city contracts, making moving expenses the responsibility of the landlord, outlawing natural gas in new construction, still waiting for the benches to be returned to State Street, not supporting law enforcement, removing street parking, narrowing the roadways, etc. Is waving your hands to make a point or is it just a distraction from what is being said? Is this a technique taught to politicians by their handlers? We noticed that Councilmember Meagan Harmon speaks with her hands in a most theatrical way. We don’t see it so much in council members Kristen Sneddon, Eric Friedman, not at all. Remember when City Hall borrowed the police department’s public information officer, Anthony Wagner, to coach Mayor Cathy Murillo for weekly COVID-19 updates? She was noticeably absent after her dust up with the BLM at the Sunken Garden, and we suspect he was hired to tutor her in how to communicate with her audience. The differences we noticed were her hand gesticulations; however, they stopped with her COVID updates. “Manners are the basic building block of a civil society.” — Alexander McCall Smith Speaking of handlers, did you get the email blast from the Santa Barbara County Democratic Party? According to them, the only candidates officially endorsed by the local Democratic Party are Ms. Sneddon, Ms. Harmon and Ms. Murillo. We wondered about that assertion. We contacted Christina Pizarro of the Democratic Women of Santa Barbara for a statement and Please see DONOVAN on C4

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Randy Rowse for Santa Barbara mayor

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Santa Barbara desperately needs a leader who not only understands but appreciates business — the lifeblood that keeps the city running. We believe there is no one on the slate better to fill the position of mayor than Randy Rowse — a man who successfully ran a thriving business. This city has had the alternative for decades. As a result, one only has to look at the state of downtown today: “Homelessness” run amok, streets becoming increasingly narrow for cars but extremely wide for bikes and skateboarders, bulb-outs and the canyonization of Chapala. On the horizon, and probably blocking it,

are high rises on State and Santa Barbara streets. Get ready for more massive structures built much too close to sidewalks and streets that would make Pearl Chase roll over in her grave. Not to mention, arbitrarily deciding to increase what was height limit of structures and allowing structures to be built too close to sidewalks and streets, dirty sidewalks, shoppers being accosted by petty criminals who never see the inside of a jail, the city’s micro-managing of those businesses that can still operate. There are too many arbitrary regulations being foisted upon those businesses still in business — and more coming all the time.

It’s taxation without representation for those who own businesses downtown and within the city limits. Business owners pay an inordinate amount of taxes and fees yet have no voting rights if one lives outside the city limits. Basically, it’s punishing those who bring money into the city coffers yet giving windfalls to those who bring nothing — spending $1.6 million to house 50 alleged homeless for four months in hotel rooms — paid for by those who have no say. If you don’t want status quo governance of Santa Barbara, vote for Randy Rowse. He’s the only candidate who can turn this city around.

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The News-Press supports mayoral candidate Randy Rowse in the Nov. 2 election.

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Cancel the mouse and ignore the elephant!

ast week, I the pictorial. spoke about At the bottom of the picture, how government there was a little mouse, hearing chambers ostensibly eating away at the have morphed into layers of cheese. The mouse echo chambers. had a name. He was the As a way of reminder, the “misinformation mouse.” definition of an echo chamber Pesky little fellow that he is, is an environment in which always asking questions about people encounter only beliefs the efficacy of the Swiss cheese or opinions that coincide approach to managing COVID, with their own, so that their albeit, by the county’s own existing views are reinforced admission, its approach is full and alternative ideas are not of holes! considered. Hence, So it was, while the debate and the county supervisors meaningful exchange and their staff were of ideas have been busy trashing the mice forsaken. for eating away at the In this day and cheese, they missed age of the cancel the elephant in the culture, we have room. seen some of the top The elephant Andy Caldwell scientists in the world represents the canceled because they superior natural simply asked questions immunity gained from having about the inconsistencies, had COVID! incongruencies and flat-out There have been more than contradictions of the ever15 studies around the world changing narrative about all that confirm this, including things COVID. the latest from Israel (one of Canceling some of the best the most vaccinated countries doctors, research scientists and in the world!): “The newly even Nobel prize winners was released data show people downright dangerous in light who once had a SARS-CoV-2 of the fact that both practicing infection were much less likely medicine and promulgating than vaccinated people to get laws, to be legitimate, require Delta, develop symptoms from informed consent. it, or become hospitalized That is, the one thing more with serious COVID-19. dangerous than COVID is the To be precise, vaccinated emergence of a totalitarian individuals were 27 times more approach to both medicine and likely to get a symptomatic governmental powers. COVID infection than those Having said that, there has with natural immunity from also been an ongoing insult to COVID.” inquiry to the little people of Hence, the lack of efficacy of this world who have bothered vaccine passports. The message to show up before Santa to those who had COVID should Barbara County supervisors be, “You are now free to move and the county Public Health about the country”! Department. These little Finally, it turns out that the people, who dared to question worst theory about the COVID the county’s fawning allegiance cult has legs. to whatever Dr. Anthony The theory? Scientists, Fauci and our state health including Dr. Fauci, pined for department have to say, have the day they could unleash become cannon fodder in a MRNA vaccines on the world theater of the absurd. without having to wait a decade To wit, at the Oct. 5 Board of to go through trials. That is, Supervisors meeting, county they wished for the release staff showed a pictorial graphic of a new virus, specifically of their approach to managing from China, that would be so COVID. disruptive, the world would The graphic consisted of abandon all caution to this new several layers, five to be exact, technology. of the Swiss cheese (you can’t This discussion took place make this up even if you tried!) in October 2019 at a Milken methodology of preventing Institute Event titled “The COVID. Future of Health Summit.” The five layers were, in Google it. Their wish became order of effectiveness: good our command, Swiss cheese ventilation, hand hygiene, face and all. masking, physical distancing and being fully vaccinated. Andy Caldwell is the COLAB You can say, with all executive director and host of certainty, that this is their “The Andy Caldwell Show,” story, and they are sticking to airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on it. KZSB AM 1290, the News-Press However, there was more to radio station.

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De la Vina Street between Constance Avenue and Mission Street was recently resurfaced and repainted from its former two-lane configuration to one lane plus a designated bicycle lane.

City of SB destroying streets

hanks go to the News-Press for publishing pictures showing changes to the city of Santa Barbara streets showing 1) “then” State St. when it was an efficient traffic handler and 2) “now” State St., with the Oct. 8 changes removing 50% capacity of De la Vina Street from Constance to Mission. The further narrowing of De la Vina is part of the Bicycle Master Plan, according to the city of Santa Barbara. The Historic Landmarks disapproved strongly of the Sola Street bike path and the planned for narrowing of State from Constance to La Cumbre for more bike lanes. The city continues to ignore laws of planning. The response was overwhelmingly NO to losing a lane on de La Vina Street by nearby residents and businesses. The majority stated De la Vina was heavily used by autos and the lost capacity will make things terrible. CAB has called this the “Ripple Effect.” Drivers will use alternative routes putting more pressure on the downtown transportation grid. Like a stone in a pond the waves of congestion build. As the economy recovers, the closing of State Street is becoming unfortunately clear. The Santa Barbara City Council and mayor are fixed on taking 50% of De la Vina and Chapala capacity in spite of the fact that narrowing the street negatively impacts residents. Their excuse? To make things better. The supporters of this planning have yet to explain the long-term failure of this type of planning going back to the late 1980s. Each move to destroy the transportation grid has hurt the long term economy of the city center. “Alternatives” — bicycling, walking and buses all have seen a decline. The early 1980s was the peak of bicycling, “before” there was a single bike path. Since then the bicycling count has continued to spiral down. Transportation planners for the city state they are putting in place the “Bicycle Master Plan.” Did you know that as a “plan,” the city has violated the California Environmental Quality Act? CEQA demands such a large plan to have an EIR. Arrogantly the entire council and staff continue their law breaking.

Do you know the projections to make this type of planning work “require” a 100% increase of population? That means a minimum of 10,000 new residents in the core of Old Town and 200,000 total population. It will forever change both the look and feel of this jewel of the coast. We look forward to more pictures showing destroyed streets in the city. Scott Wenz President of Cars Are Basic

Trump out of touch with reality

n April of this year, “Cyber Ninjas” (an acknowledged conspiracy theory group) was hand-picked by the GOP to audit the already certified 2020 presidential election totals in Arizona. Nearly six months later, on Sept. 24, their results were made public. After examining 2.1 million ballots in Maricopa County (the most populous county in the state, which includes Phoenix), the audit revealed 99 additional votes for Joe Biden and 261 fewer votes for Donald Trump. Within 24 hours, at a rally in Perry, Ga., Mr. Trump read this from a teleprompter (Yes, he uses one, too!): “We won at the Arizona forensic audit yesterday at a level that you wouldn’t believe! It is clear in Arizona that they must decertify the election. You heard the numbers! And those responsible for wrongdoing must be held accountable. It was a corrupt election.” When President Biden speaks haltingly, a residual effect of a childhood stuttering problem, there are some who question his mental health. Yet, they intentionally look the other way when Mr. Trump displays such obvious signs of being hopelessly detached from reality. Mr. Trump’s psychotic delusions, inexplicably, either make sense to his followers or they simply don’t care. Mr. Trump (aka the petulant “Man-Child of Mar-a Lago”) is still, clearly, ll Duce of the Republican Party. According to a recent (Sept. 20) poll by The Hill, he remains the preferred choice of 58% of Republicans as their presidential nominee in 2024. The Republican Party. MAGA marionettes. Donald Trump. “Three geese in a flock. One flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo’s nest.”

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Vote for Nina Johnson

ina Johnson brings your voice to the discussion. If you don’t know Nina, ask around, and you will soon learn what she is all about: the voice of the people, positive progress, truth, fairness, transparency, respect, sensitivity, creativity, artistic expression and the joy of life. She is a long-time local. She shops local, she listens, she connects, she includes, and she expresses your voices and concerns like no one else. Nina was a member of the Steering Committee Team for the AIASB Community Charrette 2020 — designed to help the community discussion by exploring ideas to envision the future of a downtown with a promenade and affordable housing. She was instrumental in the creation of the exhibits for the Charrette 2020 in vacant State Street windows to share and enable feedback from the public. Working with Nina is effective, uplifting, and fun. She cares about the community over herself. She is a collaborator and a community builder with deep appreciation and understanding of the importance of real participatory inclusion and artistic expression. I believe Nina’s experience, knowledge, positive attitude and thoughtful approach can bring the change and community voice advocacy needed to help us to move forward and to re-energize Santa Barbara’s heart, soul, and style. I urge you to reach out and talk to Nina and support her with your vote to elect her Santa Barbara city councilwoman to represent you and District 6. With sincere thanks, Cassandra Ensberg Santa Barbara

Presidential slogans a slippery slope

hose who place confidence in slogans like “Make America Great Again,” or “Build Back Better,” risk embarrassment down

the road, if American history is any indicator. Presidents are monopolists of political power. Sometimes they actually deliver on their seductive promises, but most times they deliver the opposite, if they feel like it. James Polk ran on a slogan of “54-40 or fight.” This was a clear promise to unleash the might of a brand new American imperial empire on the four winds. America, from the mid-1800s on, spread its skirts outward and reaped the benefits of influence and conquest like Rome of old. A half century later, Theodore Roosevelt reminded voters that what America could not produce at home, we could grab by force from abroad. His philosophy was, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” Another 50 years later, the nation heard, “Give ‘em hell, Harry.” Harry Truman then introduced the nation to the hell of unconstitutional presidentdeclared wars, starting with the Korean War. Often, the slogan makes a little bit of sense, but a whole lot more nonsense. During a time of Civil War in 1864, Abe Lincoln popularized the saying, “Don’t change horses midstream.” An electorate in a day of horsemediated travel understood that the river current might tug so hard you might never get back on any horse at all. That slogan became the mantra of presidents desperately unwilling to give up national power, even if it was un-American or unconstitutional to continue in office. Franklin Roosevelt used the same slogan in 1944 to successfully win his fourth presidential term and make him the first American ruler for life. Others after him, like George W. Bush, let the electorate know that because there was a savage and necessary war going on (that he started), why would they even think of changing leaders after only one term? Over the course of our long, patriotic history led by macho presidents we also spent the flower of our youth on foreign soil with the end result of making dirty old rich men dirtier and richer, leaving the rest of the nation harassed and impoverished. History has a habit of repeating itself. After a killer influenza epidemic and our first world war, a campaigning Warren G. Harding called for a “Return to normalcy.” Please see LETTERS on C4

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GooTube: Dems’ kiddie propaganda arm

n case you hadn’t heard, Vice President Kamala Harris’ venture into government space propaganda for children was a galactic bust. The veep’s smarmy performance in a NASA agitprop video touting World Space Week was universally ridiculed and exposed this weekend after a Monterey TV station interviewed one of five child actors who auditioned for roles in the YouTube production. Canada-based Sinking Ship Entertainment (does it get any better than this?) cast and oversaw the scripted special for YouTube Originals, which the New York Post dubbed “bizarre.” The Sun in the U.K. called it “cringe-worthy.” It was phony-baloney on steroids (or maybe one too many mimosas, judging from Vice President Harris’ tipsy delivery). But there’s so much more to the story. What the “Get Curious With Vice President Harris” clip really shows is how deep the incestuous ties between the Biden-Harris (mis)administration and Google/ YouTube run — and why every parent should be very wary about allowing their children to be

exposed to GooTube’s commiebeforehand to ensure they could style programming masquerading ask Ms. Harris questions on cue. as educational entertainment. For those who are, ahem, Did you know, for example, curious, Ms. Vrazilek served that the creative executive and as former first lady Michelle producer for YouTube Originals is Obama’s media consultant on her a veteran Obama-Biden “Becoming” book tour in operative, consultant 2018-2019. on the Biden-Harris Prior to that, the administration’s vaccine YouTube Originals creative education campaign, director and producer and close former aide worked for the Obama of Michelle Obama? White House for nearly six YouTube Originals’ years as an intern, director staffer Lauren Vrazilek of correspondence, Michelle Malkin associate director of digital tweeted last week that she “had a blast” making engagement and deputy the Harris video. She press secretary to Mrs. tagged four top Harris staffers in Obama. When the Biden-Harris her tweet: VP communications administration took office in director Ashley Etienne, VP January, Ms. Vrazilek exulted on digital strategist Brenna Parker, Twitter: VP director of press operations “Apparently when you don’t Peter Velz and VP personal aide work in DC people expect you Opal Vadhan. to work on Inauguration Day? Mr. Velz promoted the “Get I had a bowl of ice cream and a Curious” video last week, tweeting cry before 8am — the chances of that Ms. Harris invited “five me doing anything but gushing kids from around the country over President Biden and Madam to her residence at the Naval Vice President Harris are slim to Observatory to learn about space none.” and be inquisitive.” He called it “Slim to none” are also the “super cute,” but failed to mention odds that parents can rely on that the young performers were YouTube to provide anything not just naturally “inquisitive,” other than slanted brainwashing but had all been auditioned to their kids. Google/YouTube’s

parent company, Alphabet, forked over $21 million to Democrats in 2020. The revolving door between Google and White House Democrats is notorious. In April 2016, the Campaign for Accountability tracked 61 Google or Google-tied employees leaving the tech conglomerate to take federal government jobs and 171 Obama-Biden staffers jumping ship to work for Google. Even more insidiously, you must remember that GooTube has repeatedly violated children’s privacy: — Google/YouTube admitted to data mining children’s emails without consent and in violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. — In 2019, the Federal Trade Commission levied a $170 million fine against Google/YouTube over its violation of the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. — Last September, Google/ YouTube was slapped with a massive class-action lawsuit in the U.K. accusing “the platform of routinely breaking U.K. and European data protection laws by unlawfully targeting up to five million under-13-year-olds with addictive programming

and harvesting their data for advertisers.” Lawyers for families lambasted the Silicon Valley giant in their announcement, claiming execs and employees “know full well that millions of children watch YouTube. They’re making money from unlawfully harvesting data about these young children as they watch YouTube videos — and then running highly targeted adverts, designed to influence vulnerable young minds.” Truly curious journalists in the Beltway might want to know more about how many more Lauren Vrazileks are planted at Google/YouTube and working intimately with the Biden/ Harris administration to pump out political programming for young online addicts whose data is being mined, monetized and weaponized by the manufacturedreality managers of Big Tech. Michelle Malkin’s email address is michellemalkininvestigates@ protonmail.com. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

Starting a second life after a heart attack

y wife’s expression as she handed me an envelope with the return address of “Jane Duffy” was captured by the saying that “Words are seldom needed to express one’s impression” (Tamura). It is doubtful that her asking “Who is Jane Duffy?” would surprise many wives. Nor would my response “I have no idea” surprise many husbands. Indeed, each year this response becomes more common. Her name did sound vaguely familiar, which in retirement meant between 10 and 40 years ago. The handwritten envelope did reduce its chances of being another solicitation for funds. The greeting “Dear Brent” did not add a useful clue since my name was also Brent E. on the envelope. Zepke Nor did the words of “It’s The author me.” lives in Santa Don’t you love Barbara that greeting when somebody whose voice you do not recognize begins their call with “Hi, it’s me”? The next words of “Jane Duffy,” followed by “Denis’s sister from across the street,” sparked my memories of Cold Springs Avenue around 70 years ago.” The wisdom of continuing after my first impression is captured by “Think twice, the impression is not always the intention” (Ezekiel). “Impressions,” defined as “an effect, feeling or image retained as a consequence of experiences,” can be powerful. This letter transported me back to my youth playing in a sandbox across the street from my house at 607 Cold Springs Ave., Oaklyn, N.J. Denis Duffy and I staged battles with toy soldiers in sand forts. The image was so clear after all these years. Perhaps those years contributed to my having a 4 x4 Civil War “battlefield” of 54mm hand-painted lead soldiers that I now refer to as “miniatures” next to my desk. When I was in fifth grade we moved and never saw or heard

Let life resume

merica remains bound by often extreme pandemic restrictions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends staying 6 feet away from others. In Oregon, everyone must wear a mask outdoors. In parts of the country, 2-year-olds must wear masks. Are such rules necessary? Recently, Denmark lifted all pandemic restrictions. “Go Denmark!” cheers George Mason University economist Don Boudreaux in my latest video. “We in the United States should do the same.” “We reduced COVID, through vaccination, to a fairly mild ailment for the vast majority of people,” Dr. Boudreaux said. “You don’t have to worry if the bartender at your favorite bar is vaccinated or not. You are protected against suffering severe consequences. Get vaccinated, and then go about your life normally!” Portugal and Sweden recently removed most restrictions, too. The United Kingdom ditched plans to require “vaccine passports.” “We don’t have to continue to upend human life in our quest to eliminate COVID, which can’t happen anyway,” Dr. Boudreaux said. “Why not?” I asked. “We eliminated smallpox.” “Smallpox resides only in human beings,” Dr. Boudreaux explained. COVID-19 can live in animals -- bats, deer, dogs, cats. “We have never eliminated a disease that uses both humans and animals as reservoirs.” Still, China acted as if eliminating COVID-19 were possible. They’ve kept deaths much lower (if you believe their numbers) than other countries by imposing nasty repressive measures like quarantines at gunpoint and even locking people in their homes. “It’s just awful. It’s tyrannical. It’s what you expect of a Communist tyrannical government,” Dr. Boudreaux said. Australia’s been almost that tough. They’ve also imposed curfews and arrested people for not wearing masks. In some places, police proudly announced they “smashed windows of people in cars and pull them out ... because they Please see STOSSEL on C4

from them until now. Jane wrote “I sometimes Google our old house to see any changes” and think about our old neighborhood. I Googled you and was surprised to find ‘author’ after one of your descriptions. “I went right to Amazon and bought a copy of your book ‘One Heart — Two Lives.’ I must confess that I was most interested in reading chapter 2 about your early life, but soon became totally absorbed in your story since I too

have had some similar issues. I had congestive heart failure and had three coronary stents.” My thoughts immediately jumped to Jan. 10, 2007, as related in chapter 1 of my book. On Jan. 10, 2007, at 9:36 a.m., having just finished a stress test, I was sitting on the edge of a table with my legs swinging in front of me telling my cardiologist “I am headed to the YMCA for my daily workout …” when my world disappeared. There were

no flashes of light — no warning cries, no discomfort, no fears, no anticipations, no white lights, no “why me?,” no flashing of people from my past, no pulse, no vital functions, no anything, no life. After over six decades, my heart stopped beating! Time was the enemy of any hope of my defying the odds that 97 of every 100 people, whose heart stops, die. The risk of brain damage from no oxygen for three to five minutes is extremely high.

After five minutes, there would be a greater risk of not being recalled to life. In seven minutes, it was almost a certainty that no one would survive. I shudder to think of the potential consequences if I had flat lined anywhere besides a medical clinic, where they, with the help of a greater force, helped my heart support a second life. Talk about impressions. On that Please see ZEPKE on C4

The campus ‘Diversity’ menace comes to Yale

t is increasingly obvious that modern American universities, which are less institutions of unfettered intellectual pursuit than they are “madrasas of wokeness,” to borrow from the Independent Women’s Forum’s Inez Feltscher Stepman, are unsalvageable in most present manifestations. Though there are notable exceptions, many American universities are actually worse than unsalvageable. On-campus debauchery spoils matriculants’ lingering senses of virtue and propriety, and woke classroom indoctrination and divisive intersectional poison vitiates the mutually interdependent bonds of citizenry without which no people can cohere. As Arthur Milikh soberly concluded in a 2020 National Affairs essay, “Preventing Suicide by Higher Education”: “Universities that spread poisonous doctrines no longer

John Stossel

believe in the purpose of the campus for possible Title VI university.” violations, enforce “equitable” Pedagogical and curricular faculty hiring quotas and more debasement aside, one concrete generally seek to police and manifestation of this nowenforce intersectionality’s decadeslong corruption has hierarchy of alleged victimhood. been the engorgement of onAn eye-opening recent report campus administrative from The Washington bureaucracies tending Free Beacon’s Aaron to all sorts of “diversity” Sibarium reveals how needs. this cancerous operation As Heather Mac can play out in practice. Donald’s 2018 book “The At top-ranked Yale Law Diversity Delusion” School, a second-year helped demonstrate, the student and member of core university mission both the Native American Josh Hammer — ostensibly, to pursue Law Students Association truth and produce citizenand the conservative/ statesmen capable of libertarian Federalist advancing the national interest Society sent an email inviting — has been steadily undermined classmates to an event: “We will by the university’s imbibing be christening our very own of various woke fetishes and (soon to be) world-renowned “diversity” diktats like mother’s NALSA Trap House... by throwing milk. a Constitution Day Bash in Even if you hold aside the collaboration with FedSoc.” institutionalized racism of The student added that the affirmative action, modern event would include “American“diversitycrat” commissars rove themed snacks” such as “Popeye’s

chicken” and “apple pie.” Within minutes of the email’s mass distribution, the student’s wokerati classmates were already signaling intense aggrievement. Some immediately concluded, with all the charity of Ebenezer Scrooge, that “trap house” necessarily connoted a nefarious blackface party. The president of the Black Law Students Association quickly wrote in an online forum available to all second-year Yale Law School students: “I guess celebrating whiteness wasn’t enough. Y’all had to upgrade to cosplay/black face.” We have fallen a long way from the stirring peroration of Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (conveniently available online via Yale Law School) about the imperative to maintain “malice toward none” and “charity for all.” If the story were to end there, it would be unfortunate, but hardly newsworthy. But it didn’t.

Twelve hours after the email’s distribution, the student was summoned to the Office of Student Affairs and presented by the law school’s associate dean and diversity director with a laundry list of already filed grievances. The diversitycrat, a former Obama White House flunky, lamented how the student’s affiliation with FedSoc, a very mainstream right-of-center outfit often criticized by frustrated legal conservatives such as this columnist, “triggered” some classmates. The administrators not-so-subtly hinted that the student could face serious professional consequences, such as not being admitted to the bar association, if he did not apologize. The diversitycrat then drafted herself an “apology” letter, Sovietstyle, and oh-so-kindly “offered” the student the chance to send the apology in lieu of “characterdriven rehabilitation.” Please see HAMMER on C4

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2021

The Department of Justice is going after moms and dads SCHULTE

Continued from Page C1 Gas has reached $5 a gallon in some places. We were oil-independent, and in a flash, we’re paying terrorists for oil now. We are so screwed up, and we get no help from anyone to try and fix it. C’mon, man. President Biden isn’t insane, but he is bungling and performing perfectly. He is unable to step up and say what his plans are because he doesn’t know what his

plans are. Others are making them for him, and he doesn’t have the influence to override them. Remember when a president would speak to the people? When he personally would let you know what was going on and what his ideas were. He would take questions from the media and actually answer them. I’m talking about all presidents. The only conduit we have now is a press secretary who is a master at deflection. I really have to give Jen Psaki credit for how she can keep a straight face, pointing

her fingers in all directions — and when done, nothin’. No real answers. Communism is rapidly knocking on our door: authoritarian, socialist, Marxism, pick your poison. The Department of Justice is going after moms and dads, and honored military figures are falsely accused of crimes, then faced with losing their livelihood. Sorry, not sorry. A Marine speaks up about how top military brass screwed up pulling out of Afghanistan and is thrown in solitary confinement as

a warning to others. Don’t you dare let anyone know the truth. People lose jobs because they’re no longer allowed to make personal choices about their own body — that is, unless you want an abortion. Then you have every right. If we saw this kind of behavior in another country, we would be appalled. We’d be asking ourselves how are those people allowing it to happen? Well, it has happened, and that’s why they all want to come here. But soon, they will all be turning around going back home.

Free speech is now construed as harmful BUCKLEY

Continued from Page C1 him France’s highest award: the Legion d’Honneur. Mr. Paty was also named a Commander of Academic Palms, another high honor. After the memorial, thousands gathered in a public square in support of the dead high school teacher, many in the throng bearing signs reading “Je suis Prof” (“I am a teacher”), “Je suis Samuel” and “No To Barbarism.” To send the message home that such killings will not, cannot, be tolerated, students throughout France, from kindergarten through high school, were

greeted by a new curriculum item on the very first day back from summer vacation. All – even kindergarteners – observed a minute of silence for Mr. Paty, before being given a lecture about the importance of freedom of speech. Younger students were spared many details of the killing, but discussion became more graphic for students in the higher levels. President Macron went on Snapchat to deliver another homily: “Being French is not just about living in France,” he intoned. “It’s also about rights and duties.” Compare that to the type of response that regularly goes on in U.S. schools, colleges and

universities in the wake of horrific or even simply unpleasant events. Administrators at all educational levels have introduced “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” for any student who may take offense with what a teacher or another student does or says in a classroom and even off campus. “Microaggressions” are “revealed” and condemned, speech codes are introduced bearing proscriptions against “hate speech,” advising that much that once passed as protected free speech is now construed as harmful or hurtful to “the most vulnerable” and “marginalized,” making them feel “unsafe.” For the most part such speech, especially on campus, is currently

forbidden and punished. Teachers and professors in U.S. schools and universities who resist the trend are often harassed or denied tenure because of their political views. President Macron’s solid resistance against censuring Mr. Paty’s classroom activities, and his forceful defense both of freedom of speech and France’s culture of tolerance, is a lesson our own leaders, teachers, school administrators and politicians could do well to adopt. Vive la France! James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at voices@ newspress.com.

Is this the leadership we need for our city? DONOVAN

Continued from Page C1 asked for that organization’s opinion of “only and official.” (By the way, Democratic Women of Santa Barbara has a roster of 600 members.) The organization responded, “Democratic Women of Santa Barbara County (Dem Women) is an independent, chaptered organization under the county and state party. Dem Women has their own autonomous candidate endorsement process, a practice since 1971. We are proud of our candidate vetting process and have endorsed the following candidates for the city of Santa Barbara election. For Mayor: Deborah Schwartz; District 4: Kristen Sneddon, District 5: Eric Friedman and District 6: Nina Johnson.” As we said before, it appears the Dems have split. Even the media endorsements normally allied as one, are no longer marching in step. And we see that as a good thing. Individual assessment is a cornerstone of not following the narrative handed to you by someone from out of town or with a preconceived agenda. Free thinking promotes people who truly care about the leadership needed in Santa Barbara and not those who are looking to climb politically. You’ve got mail? How many of you saw the thread between James Joyce for mayor and longtime Santa Barbaran Ernie Solomon? Ask around. If this is an example of leadership as mayor, we don’t understand how anyone endorsed him. Mr. Joyce’s current business

venture, Coffee with a Black Guy, is a consulting firm that coaches’ companies on “how to address difficult conversations regarding race.” Mr. Solomon emailed Mr. Joyce and said that his latest topic,” Mental Health and Athletes,” was not a racial issue. He asked Mr. Joyce why he doesn’t feature the difficult conversations of the blackon-black murders that plague the black community and instead seem only interested in the onehalf percent of blacks involved in a police shooting. Besides Mr. Joyce calling Mr. Solomon’s inquiries disingenuous, Mr. Joyce never engaged in a difficult conversation with Mr. Solomon. Is this the leadership we need for our city? “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” — MLK DYK received a headsup the week of Sept 15, that Councilmember Meaghan Harmon was going after her challenger, Nina Johnson, for Ms. Johnson’s contribution-reporting deadlines. How did she know about this and who gave her the information? The lack of civility/decorum in a city council race we haven’t seen to this degree. Even the Santa Barbara County Democratic party email blast charged “make no mistake – special interests and conservative Republicans are trying to buy this election. They are spending big to reverse the progress our democratic city leaders have made over the last 4 years.” Really? It looks like the Dems are doing the infighting. Not

one Republican is in this race. Remember this is a nonpartisan position, of which everyone is to be represented equally. The endorsements last time got us to where we are today. Shouldn’t Santa Barbara get what we pay for? We do pay top dollar. Ask any person who contacts City Net for services to the homeless. When the city puts out a media release and one can’t contact the sender because the return email is typed incorrectly, and then on the city TV channel for the available jobs, one is listed as “progect” planner, it’s disconcerting. It is a typo — but it is an uncorrected mistake, same as on the title of the media release. And no one corrects it! And then that becomes the norm, or “good enough for government work.” Just like weeks ago, on a media release, a city employee typed in parentheses: “good place for the mayor to enter a comment.” (We had to laugh) Unfortunately — the next person pressed “send” without proofreading. So education and attention to detail is so important. We hear that the schools want to arrest citizens as domestic terrorists for engaging in public comment. Public comment brings to the forefront issues that are a concern to the stakeholders and are an important element of social discourse. The son-in-law of Attorney General Merrick Garland owns the company Panorama. This company is the founder of an education program that promotes critical race theory, among other questionable school products. The parents are railing against these programs.

But instead of someone listening to the parents’ concern for their children, the parents are being reported as domestic terrorists to the FBI. How absurd is this? In contrast, the Olympic gymnasts went repeatedly to the FBI to report the sexual abuse by an Olympic doctor, and after a dismal response went to the Senate. However now, the FBI’s focus is the parents, and grandparents who object to the programming of their children. What would Walter Capps, a UCSB professor of religious studies, have done? The teachers and their unions have a phone number to report parents to the powers that will arrest them, instead of hearing their side of the story. We again are paying them to teach reading, writing and arithmetic. The Democrats have a vision of their future that leaves no option or room for a different opinion and even labels such as “misinformation.” You will never get the best outcome or the truth, if you don’t listen to both sides of an issue. An informed choice is impossible if there are no other options. If any of these people are reelected, we will continue to reap more of the same. “I’m in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.” — Jim Lehrer, former PBS commentator and news anchor Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

‘It’s not admitting defeat; it’s admitting reality’ STOSSEL

Continued from Page C3 weren’t telling us where they were going.” Don’t worry about losing freedom, said Daniel Andrews, premier of the state of Victoria. “They’re not rules that are against you. They are rules for you.” “So say all dictators and tyrants,” retorted Dr. Boudreaux. These countries can’t lock down forever. When the lockdowns stop, COVID-19 will return. That’s why Denmark ended

COVID-19 restrictions. “It’s not admitting defeat; it’s admitting reality,” said Dr. Boudreaux. “We learn to live with COVID in the same way that we learn to live with many other pathogens. ... The bacteria that caused the Black Death is still circulating in the human population. A handful of people every year still die of it.” In the Wall Street Journal, he wrote, “Eradication of Covid is a dangerous and expensive fantasy.” “We live with countless hazards, each of which we could but sensibly choose not to eradicate.

Automobile fatalities could be eradicated by outlawing motor vehicles. Drowning could be eradicated by outlawing swimming and bathing. Electrocution could be eradicated by outlawing electricity. “We live with these risks not because we’re indifferent to suffering but because we understand that the costs of zerodrowning or zero-electrocution would be far too great. The same is true of zero-Covid.” That’s why, now that we have largely effective vaccines, he said it’s time to end pointless lockdowns

and do what Denmark is doing: “Live life normally again! Travel, go to parties, weddings, sporting events. Live life and be joyous! Hopefully, humanity will come to its senses soon.” I hope he’s right. 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.

The diversitycrat’s line gives away the entire game

HAMMER

Continued from Page C3 But the key takeaway from this sordid ordeal is how the diversitycrat responded to the student’s demurring and suggestion to instead let his classmates reach out to him individually: “I don’t want to make our office look like an ineffective source of resolution.” And there lies the rub. The diversitycrat’s line gives away the entire game, exposing how the very act of mass-hiring professional “diversity” personnel

— especially on campus, but also in the corporate world, where it usually goes under the heading of “diversity, equity and inclusion” — necessarily leads, without additional firm guardrails in place, to witch hunts such as this. Commissars expressly hired to police “diversity” have, by very dint of what their positions necessarily are, built-in incentives to embellish and fabulize stories such as this in order to justify their very existence. The more the on-campus diversitycrat bureaucracy engorges, the more professionals there are who engage in roving

inquisitions to seek, Ibram X. Kendi-style, the eradication of any and all “wrongthink” that may offend intersectional sensibilities. And these professionals must then justify their perches to administrative higher-ups: “I don’t want to make our office look like an ineffective source of resolution” might as well translate to, “Help me validate my job’s existence.” The great irony is that, at a campus such as Yale’s, the near-ubiquitous and oppressive leftism means there is sufficient social opprobrium to deter most perceived “deviations” such as

this. On-campus leftists ought to be comforted, in other words, by their own side’s ability to self-police the commons. But they won’t because the objective is not to “win” the campus wars. They’ve already done that. The objective is to make the other side feel pain. To find out more about Josh Hammer and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators. com. Copyright 2021 by Creators.com.

LETTERS

Continued from Page C2 Turns out Harding then introduced the American people to a different kind of “normal,” a level of political corruption that became the acceptable norm in the twentieth century White House. What more seductive sound could one hear than a promise to reduce the work day by a couple hours? Woodrow Wilson brayed, “Vote for 8 Hour Wilson.” I wonder if employers had a little say about that too? Very often, presidential candidates openly and scandalously promise what every American desperately needs and wants. Herbert Hoover promised “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” Did he actually have the power to do that? George H. W. Bush yammered, “Read my lips, no new taxes.” Then, of course, new taxes happened. Ronald Reagan intoned the lyric, “It’s morning again in America.” But he forgot to mention that the new dawn he would create would move America from once being the greatest creditor nation in the world to, in his term, being the greatest debtor nation in the world. A dark morning indeed. Most often, presidential promises just require a blind leap of faith. Mr. Trump’s team said, “Build the wall and crime will fall.” In 2020-2021 crime leapt like a wildfire across America. But no matter, it sounded like a done deal at the time. Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross, Utah Former Goleta resident Editor’s note: Robert Kimball Shinkoskey is a retired state government worker who writes about current events from a historical perspective, including “The American Kings: Growth in Presidential Power from George Washington to Barack Obama” (2014).

Let’s re-elect Meagan Harmon

am a renter who, like many, struggles to make it here in Santa Barbara. That’s why I am urging my friends and family to vote for Meagan Harmon for City Council. Meagan is a renter and the only candidate with a proven track record of protecting renters, supporting affordable housing and standing up for Santa Barbara’s working families. Meagan Harmon currently represents our neighborhood on the City Council. She’s earned my trust for many reasons, but especially because she has consistently championed renter

protections like: • Leading the fight for the city’s first-ever restrictions on no-fault evictions • Advocating for a city rental assistance program that has helped cover people’s rent and kept them in their homes. • Passing a local eviction moratorium, before state and federal governments took any action. • Always pushing to build more affordable housing I’m disappointed to see that a number of Trump-supporting, corporate special interests are working to defeat Meagan. These same donors have actively opposed renter protections, fought restrictions on evictions and tried to block more affordable housing. They are targeting Meagan because she stands up for us. I hope you will join me in voting for Meagan Harmon for City Council. Erica A. Reyes Santa Barbara

Harmon deserves your vote

I’

ve lived in the city of Santa Barbara for 48 years, first in Mission Canyon, and, the last decade, downtown. We are in a mixed neighborhood of established older folks along with young people trying to afford to live here. As a board member of the Mission Canyon Association and the Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council, I’ve worked for fire safety, while my husband, a local builder, has pushed for “green” environmental policies. We are thrilled to have Meagan Harmon as our City Councilmember. So is the Firefighters Union, which endorsed her and recognizes that she supports our efforts to prevent and fight fire, one of the serious dangers Santa Barbara faces. My husband loves her support for Santa Barbara Clean Energy, which lets our city buy 100% renewable energy. The Sierra Club has endorsed her for her environmental advocacy. Gov. Gavin Newsom was so impressed with her that he appointed her to the Coastal Commission to represent the entire Central Coast! My young neighbors, who live in small studios or shared houses because of high rents, need someone to fight for them. Councilwoman Harmon is that person, given her efforts to protect renters and expand affordable housing. We need people like Meagan Harmon on our council, which is why she has been endorsed by so many leaders and organizations. We will be voting for her reelection! Jenny Cushnie Santa Barbara

‘Every day in every way we are leaving our mark’ ZEPKE

Continued from Page C3 Jan. 10, I began my second life on a gurney headed to the only trauma center within a hundred miles in any direction. Two days later, I had surgery to repair my right carotid and two days after that open heart surgery. If this were not enough, I had lung surgery the last week of April. The long days challenged my physical strengths: the nights my emotional one. Jane’s letter continued, “After the first heart rehabilitation class, I developed symptoms, which led to a carotid endarterectomy.” After my rehabilitation, I did not want the pain of reliving those impressions to write a book. However, when my approach to rehabilitation enabled me to return to a normal life after what my cardiologist said was “about as bad as it gets,” I felt that maybe my approach and experiences could provide an example and inspiration for others rehabilitating from not only heart or other medical issues, and their support team, but also those trying to regain control of their lives after disruptions, such as COVID.” Jane stated, “I have given a copy of ‘One Heart — Two Lives’ to my lawyer, my own heart doctor and a couple of friends. “Denis died last year from cancer,” she continued. “He had some very good friends who helped care for him. They all lived near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I have just sent them a copy of your book with a note telling them that it was

written by Denis’s very first friend. I think they will like that.” WOW! Jane went on to say, “I will take better care of myself using some of your tools.” Another WOW as about half of my book is devoted to creating my rehabilitation program culminating in the chapter “Goals for Today and Tomorrow.” It had worked for me, as it did in multiple studies, and has continued to work since 2007. Jane’s letter was a reminder of the quote, “Funny how someone can come into your life for such a brief time but leave such a lasting impression” (Monica Murphy). Each day, each of us should remember “Every day in every way we are leaving our mark” (Rachael Birmingham). What would you like yours to be? Brent Zepke is an attorney, arbitrator and author who lives in Santa Barbara. He has been a faculty member at six universities and numerous professional conferences. He is the author of six books: “One Heart-Two Lives,” “Legal Guide to Human Resources,” “Business Statistics,” “Labor Law,” “Products and the Consumer” and “Law for NonLawyers.”

FYI For more about taking care of your heart, go to www.heart.org, the American Heart Association’s website. For information on the association’s Greater Central Coast division, call the main office in Santa Barbara at 805-963-8862 or go to www.heart.org/en/affiliates/ central-coast-contacts.