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6 Think. Again.

FE ATUR E S

conversation 29 Project Oak View

A gateway town seeks a fresh POV

profile 26 Word to the WISE

Diane Loring on women in sports

nesting 18 Cinderella Story

A fairytale remodel in Ojai

the arts 10 Industrial Evolution

The brave new world of Matt Furmanski

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community 8 State of the College Address

The Ventura College Foundation

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34 A preview of local happenings

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COVER: Hanging in the Oak View Post Office, photographer Joseph Sohm’s hyper-local triptych.

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n 1955, Albert Einstein, 76, penned a letter to the family of a close friend who’d just died, consoling them as only a scientist could. “This is not important,” he wrote of the demise. “The distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent.”

A few weeks later, he, too, was gone.

And the pre-Socratic philosophers who first came up with the theory of time as an illusion—well, they’ve been gone since the 6th century BCE. So I don’t buy it.

Of course I don’t get it; I’m no Einstein; I’ve long accepted a certain level of ignorance. But to be sure, the illusion hasn’t been to my house lately. Here, time is on full display, with little ones tumbling nimbly through childhood as my herniated discs cower in wonder. With all due respect to Einstein and ancient thinkers like Heraclitus and Parmenides, time seems to grow increasingly real as my years tick by.

So. It’s 2015: the present. And here we are in Ventura County, juggling the human urge to innovate—to update our personal operating systems and upgrade the future for Generation Next—while simultaneously longing for the simpler days of old.

In Oak View, a volunteer group of residents has banded together to give their town something of a facelift—and hopefully spark successful, forward-thinking businesses while prettying up the Gateway to the Ojai Valley (without spoiling its rustic charm). See page 29 for Ryan A. Smith’s roundtable interview with a few of the main players behind Project Oak View.

On page 10, artist/CSUCI art professor Matt Furmanski tours Nancy D. Lackey Shaffer through his industrial R&D lab: a Ventura Avenue Quonset hut where the mission at hand is to push and redefine art, driving viewers to what he calls “a

leap of perception.”

Alicia Doyle profiles Diane Loring, a 62-year-old bodyguard and Taekwondo champion who shatters the age barrier.

And though our featured home has many of the hallmarks of an authentic early-century Greene & Greene Craftsman, it was completed in 2013 and started out as a ‘70s-era Tudor. Leslie A. Westbrook’s walk-through begins on page 18.

So maybe Al had a point.

A quote from the Dalai Lama has been bouncing around cyberspace lately, in which he reflects on our seeming inability to enjoy the present moment: “[Man] sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

Profound indeed. A lovely quote, a catalyst for self-examination. But irrelevant to most people: who were not born into privilege, and who don’t sit atop the monk-class, which marks the peak of the Tibetan social hierarchy. People who do in fact have to sacrifice health for money, sitting in office chairs, staring at computer monitors, banging nails, guiding Western trekkers up Mount Everest.

It’s a bit like a workingman from Oak View calling out the D.L. for wasting time in lazy meditation.

And now that I’ve publicly disagreed with two of the people I most admire, two of the brightest people ever to walk the earth, I’ll sign off. It’s officially 2015—and everything is still relative. My one resolution: Think. Again.

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T IS ENTIRELY FITTING THAT MATT FURMANSKI has a Quonset hut on the Avenue for his studio. The corrugated steel structure, mass produced during World War II and prized for its simplicity and multifunctionality, has an undeniably industrial feel to it—a perfect match for the Tig welder, drill press, assorted tools, and hundreds of steel objects that fill the sculptor’s spot at 643 Project Space. “I grew up hunting aerospace junkyards,” Furmanski recalls. “I collect that kind of stuff. But often they serve as inspirational objects. I like the aesthetics of an aerospace engineering look. The tech aspect.”

Which explains why his studio resembles a machine shop, albeit one with a cast metal grizzly skull, headless mannequins, and geometric sculptures.

Furmanski sits very comfortably at the intersection of art and technology. He loves playing with elements of manufacturing and design in a creative way that challenges the viewer to consider what art is—and what’s possible. “I tend to think of it as stealth punk,” Furmanski explains. “In steam punk, things are mechanical and organic and come from a 19th century mentality. I’m more interested in AutoCAD and computer technology with the mechanical.” From his early work Iris (an eye crafted in rubber tubing and stainless steel) to Dilettante (a jet engine he made from scrap metal) to the AutoCAD designed Lofted Hull, industrial materials and techniques are employed in such a way as to transcend their functional nature and create something purely aesthetic.

Coming of age during the “computer revolution” undoubtedly shaped Furmanski’s approach, but growing up in a fiercely creative household in Southern California left its mark as well. His mother, Virginia, is an artist and the founder of the Inkspots printmaking collective. His father, Martin, is a physician with a deep interest in photography who also built radios and other electronics. Furmanski’s grandmother, who lived nearby, was an art teacher. Art was always a part of his life.

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“When I was little, I thought all families had a studio,” he laughs.

The family also enjoyed surfing and sailing; both the ocean realm and nautical motifs figure largely in Furmanski’s work.

Despite this lifelong exposure to the creative life (or perhaps because of it) Furmanski wasn’t always sure he’d be an artist. He explored medicine and geology before finally pursuing sculpture as a career. “I always came back to art because it gave me the most joy,” he explains.

“Sculpture was the place most inclusive to all my different interests.” A Bachelor of Fine Art degree from Chapman University in Orange was followed by an MFA from Claremont; he’s been an art professor at California State University Channel Islands since the institution opened in 2002. There, Furmanski brings his love of industrial design and an appreciation for innovative techniques into the classroom. “I tell my students to take technology, learn to use it and abuse it so you can push the envelope of what art is,” he explains. “Everything is changing due to the technology available.” Through his Art Capstone class, students apply their artistic skills to community-oriented projects: web design for nonprofits, painting murals on hospitals, teaching art classes to underprivileged students. “I think of it as bridging the gap between university and the real world,” he says. “The point of a liberal arts education is to give you the tools and skills to adapt to any situation. I subscribe to that philosophy.”

Internationally renowned as a sculptor, Furmanski finds ways of working other art forms into his pieces as well. “I’m interested in art that blurs lines,” he explains.

“Photography and sculpture.

Photography and performance.

Traditional and modern. That’s when interesting things can happen.” Take his Wave Drawings

from 2007—one of Furmanski’s best known works. Steel buoys he built himself were equipped with LED lights and thrown into the surf. He set up a camera with time exposure and took photographs of the lines the lights “drew” as the buoys were buffeted in the water. “It was a segment of time captured in a single image,” Furmanski explains. “That’s one of these collisions of a sculptural object with photography and nature.”

Furmanski’s latest endeavor is Fixture, a collaboration with his wife, photographer Monica Furmanski, which will be shown at Oxnard College’s McNish Gallery in January. She gave Furmanski images of chandeliers and birdcages, which he riffed on to create elaborate lasercut sculptures. “I’ve taken those images and processed them through my vocabulary,” he explains. “It’s kind of a translation.”

For someone who has embraced technology so thoroughly, it is surprising to learn that all of his creations begin at the sketchpad.

“I still start with drawing, which I love,” he says. “I’ve bridged this gap between a very traditional approach to art making [and technological innovations].” It’s something he shares with the contemporary sculptors he most admires: Anish Kapoor, Joana Vasconcelos, Wim Delvoye, and Tom Friedman. What he finds most exciting is the way artistic experimentation can challenge and transform the status quo, every bit as much as a rocket scientist or a medical researcher. “Artists can be practitioners—and that’s great. But then there are artists that are like research and development,” Furmanski says. “They try to change the definition of what art is, push things in a new way. There’s lots of risk and failure, but that’s fine with me.” v Online portfolio and contact info: mattfurmanski.com TOP TO BOTTOM: Furmanski preps a series of cardboard work and maquettes for an upcoming exhibition at Oxnard College; the no-frills exterior of his local studio; salvaged aerospace scrap becomes sculptural materials and the artist’s “wall of inspiration”; Janus, 1999, stainless steel and nylon.

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A dry creek fronts the property, channeling excess water away from the house. Drought-tolerant landscaping includes native oaks, sycamores, salvias, succulents, and prairie grass.

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The couple, after living in the Bay Area, Chicago, and Los Angeles and remodeling some five abodes along the way, finally settled in a lovely home on Ojai’s East End, complete with two emus and other fowl. Their house warranted some changes, and maybe a guesthouse.

“We have a lot of visitors,” Jill noted. “We enjoy having a place to offer to our friends and family—and friends of friends.”

Enter architect Dennis Thompson, of Thompson Naylor Architects in Santa Barbara, who first started working with the couple in 2009 on improvements to their main house.

They spoke about adding a guesthouse, but when the house next door went on the market in 2011, they purchased it instead and began a two-year odyssey. What began as a minor remodel morphed into the Cinderella-like transformation of a Tudor into an impressive Craftsman-style home reminiscent of Greene & Greene.

Chris, a recently retired attorney, and Jill—she’s program manager for “Finding Family and Engaging,” a social service program for foster children in Ventura County— enlisted the help of a talented village that included their very patient architect, a creative contractor and his interior designer wife, a landscape designer, and a bevy of amazing craftsmen and tradespeople. Together, they all helped create the stunning two-story, three-bedroom, 2.5-bath guesthouse, which honors craftsmanship and quality, as much as fine, balanced design with a reverence for the past.

Las Piedras (the house of stones), as noted, was specifically created to welcome family and friends. This, I imagine, comes as no surprise to those who know the Borgesons as the lovely, thoughtful couple I encountered. Their three grown children have moved away, but they can’t wait to welcome them back for visits in the new digs. And a wooden swing hanging from a tree hints that the couple is eager for grandchildren.

Supporters of the arts, the Borgesons generously opened the house for two fundraisers last year: Ojai Music Festival’s annual Holiday Home Look In and Ojai Valley Green Coalition’s Green Home Tour. Las Piedras was also homeaway- from-home for visiting playwrights, directors, and actors in town for the Ojai Playwright Conference. Works by local artists—including Carolyn Fox, Elizabeth White, and Kathleen Reilley—in addition to art collected on their travels, is proudly displayed throughout the interior.

Helping the architect design the house allowed Chris to exercise his creative side, and Jill designed the stained glass windows and worked with interior designer Anne Carper on the inside. Most of the furnishings—soft leather pieces, plush couches, and more—were sourced from Anne’s Ojai store, Down Home Furnishings.

“We are not new to this,” noted Jill, “This is our sixth project, and we have redone every kitchen, but not to this extent.” Their first house, when they were newlyweds, was a “falling down, two-bedroom, one-bath bungalow in Burlingame with no kitchen, bathroom, running water, or electricity—and a hole in the roof!” Jill recalled. Naïve about construction, Jill says they learned by the seat of their pants and notes that this project was a luxury, since it didn’t impact their daily living. Chris, enthralled with the project, admits he “couldn’t wait” to come home from work in L.A. on Thursday nights during construction to see the progress.

Architect Dennis Thompson recalls: “Chris mainly wanted my help with creating a new stairway to replace an awkward one. I sketched some ideas, and then suggested the house could look a lot better if we changed the exterior style from Tudor to Craftsman (not too big a leap, roof-wise).

They got excited with that idea, and we developed it into a schematic plan, then construction documents. My other big change was to build a new detached garage, so a beautiful entry path could be created.”

A beautiful entry it is indeed, with thoughtful hardscape and landscape design by Bill Mellett that includes a bridge over a dry creek created to protect the house from potential flooding, as well as a lovely pool and spa around back.

Although the house is practically brand new, it retains an aura of authenticity from the Craftsman period in the early past of the last century—from the beams and plasterwork and wood finishes (floors are reclaimed walnut, and a bruising technique was used on doors and moldings) down to the hardware.

In addition to aesthetics and function, Thompson notes that he is always concerned about energy use. “Since we were keeping old two-by-four studs in the exterior walls, I suggested that we wrap them all with rigid insulation to keep the house warmer in winter and cooler in summer. The increased overhangs and ceiling fans also helped with that,” he noted—a smart move considering seasonal temperature swings in Ojai.

As construction progressed, the owners grew more excited about the house and proposed several improvements along the way. “People have been nice, now that the project is done!” laughed Chris over a cup of tea. “ We put Dennis through the paces; we changed things all the time. He was concerned about value, and very protective. At times he must have thought we were nuts.”

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WORD TO THE WISE DIANE LORING AND THE EVOLUTION OF WOMEN IN SPORTS.

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N A TIME BEFORE SPORTS WERE OPEN TO GIRLS IN high school, Diane Huntington Loring was maddened by her sixfoot-tall build and natural athletic ability.

“It was incredibly difficult and frustrating,” recalled Loring, 63, of Oxnard Shores. “Looking back, it would have made a world of difference for me in every aspect of my life, especially academically. I have often thought that if I could have bounced a ball in class, I would have been a straight-A student.”

The daughter of active parents who were aware of the family’s physical fitness and health, Loring always wanted to play hard. “I bought my first horse and had it delivered on my 11th birthday,” she said. “My parents were very equal in their relationship, and they did everything in their power to encourage and support me.”

By the time Loring graduated from high school, Title IX, a public law enacted in 1972, insured equal access for females and males to all educational opportunities, including federally funded sports programs.

But in 1995 she suffered a traumatic head injury in a bicycle collision near the lifeguard station at Sanjon Road. “The recovery was long and arduous,” recalled Loring, who was running her own business at the time, Spa by Diane Loring, Inc., in Ventura.

Facing her own mortality made Loring more aware of her limited time on earth and the importance of achieving something worthwhile.

“Not only did I want to retrieve and optimize my own health, but somehow I wanted to make a difference on planet earth before my departure,” she said. “One day in 1996, sitting on the couch, the idea of merging my spa business and athletics and some type of spa/ athletic retreat and the acronym of WISE—Women Involved in Sports Evolution—was born.”

Headquartered at the Pierpont Racquet Club in Ventura, the nonprofit is focused on the evolution of sports opportunities, media exposure, athletic scholarships, and overall equity for girls and women in sports, Loring explained.

“The disparity in all of those areas was still huge in 1996, in spite of Title IX,” she said. “We were very interested in training females, addressing the complete development of the athlete, and designing a highly specialized athletic training model which would address each athlete individually.”

Still, she found while creating WISE and making inquiries, a huge disparity remained in the allocation of funding more than 20 years later. “The legislation was not being taken seriously and the law was not being abided by,” she said. As a result, one of the main missions of WISE was to advocate for an increase and create equal representation of females in sports in the media.

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While America has its moments with star female athletes, like mixed martial arts fighter Ronda Rousey and auto racing driver Danika Patrick, Loring said she “dreams of a day when we might be able to turn on the TV, read the newspaper, go online, and see women participating in all sports—contact and not—on a regular basis.”

Loring had faith that the WISE model combined with Turner’s advocacy would lead a greater appreciation of females not only in sports, but also the military, police, and other nontraditional areas.

“We felt that with more exposure would come the awe, respect, embracing, and equalization of a gender so unrepresented and heretofore not seen by a society so out of balance in this respect,” she said.

Today, WISE is known as the first nonprofit of its kind to create a model that addresses the athlete from all sides—psychologically, nutritionally, and physiologically—as well as advocates for equity in all areas of sports for females. “WISE has trained champions at all levels,” Loring said, “state, national, international, Olympic, professional, and everything in between.”

Pam Stewart, a founding member of WISE and an administrator with City Impact—a multicultural community organization formed in 1995 to meet the needs of at-risk youth and low-income families throughout Ventura County—saw Loring’s vision as a good fit for the city’s target population. “We were working with a population new to this country and with extreme diet changes, contrary to their cultural diet,” explained Loring. “We also found that this population was especially prone to diabetes and obesity.”

WISE created a nutritional and exercise model to increase awareness that was easily understood and simple to share. “This model was something that could be implemented without much extra cost, yet had the potential to dramatically change levels of health and overall results,” Loring said.

Today, Loring is a taekwondo champion who participated in the 2014 Inaugural Ultra Sparring Camp at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. “These world-class instructors actively train our current and future Olympic taekwondo athletes,” Loring said.

“Some of us are actively competing at state, national, and international tournaments.”

Looking back on her experiences, Loring believes that life comes down to choosing how to live. “Sometimes the only thing to do is figure out the smartest strategy and fight until you win…and every step of the way and once you have won, you can give thanks.” v FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WISE AND SPA BY DIANE LORING, VISIT SPAVENTURA.COM OR CALL 805.641.0022.

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CONVERSATION On the sort of sunny winter afternoon that seems made for porch sitting, three generations of the Carr family do just that, embodying Americana and the Oak View story.

PROJECT OAK VIEW A gateway town seeks a fresh point of view.

BY RYAN A. SMITH | PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOSEPH SOHM IN AN ATTEMPT TO REVITALIZE THEIR TOWN, a loosely organized coalition of local residents has come together to form Project Oak View (POV). The non-governmental group’s mission is to make the Gateway to the Ojai Valley more business-friendly, more beautiful, and safer for walkers and equestrians.

On a chilly afternoon atop Saddle Mountain, POV directors Joseph Sohm and Lindsay Thomson, along with Oak View native and local historian Barbara Kennedy, met with Ventana to discuss the organization and how it intends to restore West County’s most countrified community to its former glory. }}

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When was Oak View first settled, and by whom?

Barbara Kennedy: The earliest stories I’ve heard occurred in the mid- to late-1920s. There were several families—the Merkels, number one—who came here and homesteaded their properties. At that time, the railroad ran to Ojai, so there were a lot of fruits and nuts and things being transferred from the valley down to Los Angeles. Oak View had many apricot, walnut, and pecan groves, plus, of course, citrus. Ojai was renamed around 1917 and that was the train’s main destination, I believe. Oak View popped up after that.

What was life in Oak View like during those early decades?

BK: It was very community oriented. There are stories of families gathering, bringing a tin can of food, and they would throw everything together and have hobo stew. It was quite the community congregation. … Christopher Kunkle and his wife, Zelda, came to town in the late-’30s, and that’s when he started subdividing many of the lots and more houses came in. Then there was the Ventura oil field boom in the early-’40s, and that brought a lot of people to Oak View.

Was that the first big rush of people migrating to Oak View?

BK: Yes, from everything I’ve gathered.

Joseph Sohm: So first it was fruit and nuts, and then it was oil.

What changes occurred when the oil workers arrived?

BK: Oak View was, as much of it remains today, based on the working class. It was close enough to Ventura for people to get to work, but still far enough to be away from it. A lot of the houses in the early days were spread out, until Mr. Kunkle came to town and subdivided much of the land closer to what became the highway.

JS: So Mr. Kunkle was, among other things, a developer?

BK: Yes, he was a developer. He was actually a cookie salesman from Santa Barbara, and he later opened a grocery store in Oak View. Zelda became Oak View’s first postmaster, established the 93022 zip code, ran the town’s mail service with her husband from inside their store, and in 1963 moved the post office to its current location. The Kunkles also had water rights, as they were here first. They later sold them to Casitas Municipal Water District.

When do you believe Oak View’s businesses were peaking?

BK: I’d say the late-’70s/early-’80s. There weren’t any closed businesses during those years; all the storefronts were filled. Everything was thriving.

Lindsay Thomson: Back in the early-’80s it really was a quaint little Western town. Business owners kept their storefronts and buildings looking nice; there weren’t the shuttered buildings there are now.

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Photographer Joseph Sohm and his post office triptych of hyper-local Oak View images.

How did Oak View get from its small town glory days to now, with so many empty storefronts and dilapidated buildings?

BK: The housing crash in the ’90s was a very big deal. And the stock market crash, as well. Before the housing market collapsed, prices in Oak View skyrocketed and most people had to work in Ventura or Ojai to pay for their houses. They would buy whatever they needed before driving back home; there was no need to shop locally.

JS: It’s almost as if there was this rope from Ventura to Ojai, and Oak View is this little bend in between the two ends. But once things sped up and the rope was pulled tighter, that bend disappeared and just became a place you pass along the road.

BK: The other big issue was the City of Ojai—they have a tax base to pay their firemen, to pay for infrastructure and all the things they want to do.

Oak View is unincorporated. It has been called “The Stepchild of Ventura County” because we got everything last, because the former supervisors were not screaming loud enough. And part of the reason no one screamed loud enough was because we were so used to taking care of our own. We didn’t realize we could ask for help, so to speak.

How do you view the current state of Oak View?

BK: There are some really dilapidated areas around town now, which is very sad. Over the decades, some people built illegal add-ons to some of these older houses. Now, there is a law to bring these properties up to code, and the only time the county can force those repairs is when a home changes ownership. As people sell out and move on, the new owners are stuck with bringing their home up to code, and that it is very expensive. So a lot of people bought houses elsewhere; they didn’t want the hassle and extra costs. The county also expects any new business owner who wants to build anything on the main road to pay for everything out to the curb and gutter, leaving it to the people to help rebuild the aged infrastructure. The infrastructure beneath everything in Oak View and Ojai was put in during the 1930s, and that’s why we are seeing so many pipeline bursts right now in Ojai. That infrastructure has never been replaced.

How does POV propose to introduce change?

LT: I think the timing is right for a communitybased revival of our town. We’ve only been at this for a few months, but things are already falling into place and business owners are very appreciative.

It’s just a matter of getting the word out to the community. We want to help Oak View return to a town where people want to stop, shop here, eat here, and enjoy the natural beauty.

We started “Cook’s Night Off” a couple weeks ago as a way to build community bonds and support local restaurants. Every Wednesday, you can go to participating restaurants in town and receive a discount. For instance, Boccali’s (840 N.

Ventura Ave.) offers 50 percent off a medium twotopping pizza, and Vegan Mario’s (625 N. Ventura Ave.) gives 15 percent off its food. It’s a perfect opportunity to get together with your neighbors and have a nice meal, get a little discount, and just help reestablish that small town community feel.

Why start Project Oak View?

LT: The name was Joe’s idea: POV—point of view. This project came about as a result of a few things happening all at once. My husband and I went to Los Olivos for a weekend, and wondered if Oak View could return to the charming town it was in the old days. Then there was an inspiring article in Parade magazine called “Welcome to America’s Best Main Street.” And Joe was in talks with William Fairfield regarding installing a photographic mural at the Oak View Post Office.

JS: Initially, I was going to print something of America to hang at the post office, because that is what I photograph. But Pam Mathis and the people at the post office wanted to showcase something local, so I started showing them pretty shots of Ojai, and they just rejected that. They said, “No, we want really local; we want Oak View.” A light bulb went on when they told me, “No, not America. No, not Ojai. No, not Ventura. We want Oak View.” I ran into Lindsay as I was doing that project, and we started exploring this new POV idea.

As they teach you in art and media: Find your own POV. What’s your point of view? And I kept thinking that Oak View seems like it had a point of view when you (looks at Barbara) were growing up here. It was about community and creating roots, and it was a great place to live. But its point of view now seems to be missing, it seems to be just a transitional zone between here to there. If Oak View starts to discover what its POV is, though, then there’s a reason to stop here and experience this great little town.

What are some tenets of POV? LT: The highway splits the town in two halves.

We’d like to incorporate art, murals, and sculpture to connect the businesses on both sides of the highway. And we are coming up with ideas on how to get that feeling of community back, that feeling of Oak View as a whole, as a town, not just this side of the highway or that side of the highway.

JS: We understand that bigger things don’t happen overnight. So we’re trying to come up with a shortterm, a medium-term, and a long-term strategy, realizing it took years for Oak View to get into its current situation and will take years to turn around.

As you read about other towns in America that have done this, they’re very similar to what we’re doing.

There are people who get together and ultimately say, “It doesn’t have to be like this, we can change the way we view where we live.”

How many people are involved in the projects?

JS: We haven’t had a formal POV meeting yet. Most

of the people involved so far are our neighbors. It’s clearly more organic than structural. We want to focus on the easy things first, low-hanging fruit, things we can accomplish without the help of Steve Bennett, supervisors, lawyers, or Caltrans. A medium-term goal would be to get the Ojai Trolley to extend service here.

BK: In ’99, when the Oak View School closed, it was deemed surplus. The community came together to save that school for the parkland, because it was the only green space for five miles any direction for the kids of Oak View. So that was proof that it can be done, proof that this community wants to invest in itself. In 2002 when we needed support for the Oak View Resource Center, many people donated: $20,000 was raised in just two weeks.

POV has generated a five-year plan. What are some long-term goals?

LT: One of the main issues is the speed at which people drive through town. I can’t envision narrowing the street to two lanes again, but one of our main goals is to get the speed reduced—and at least make it a beautiful town so people will naturally want to slow down.

BK: Exactly. Hanging plants, trees. And let’s make it safe for people to cross the street. I see people trying to cross [Highway 33] near Rabobank and Ojai Valley Ranch Market while cars are just zooming by. One of the big points is to make it more of a walking town, visible, and part of that is trying to slow down traffic. That was one of the tips we learned from that Parade magazine article—slowing down traffic and maintaining sidewalks help make your small town’s Main Street thrive.

JS: And that’s the complete opposite of Caltrans’ point of view, if you really think about it. They want to speed traffic up to get us from Ojai to Ventura.

This is the crux of the issue: Before you can slow down, there has to be something to slow down for.

Another POV proposal is to create some uniformity of architecture for local storefronts, correct?

LT: Oak View has always had a Western feel, with the horses and some of the architecture. When we began thinking about an architectural theme, we first thought of building on that motif, which was already established here.

JS: I was recently speaking to a friend, and he brought up Santa Ynez. That town did a bit of a makeover as well. On a practical level, as I’m told, this Western clapboard thrust is the easiest, least expensive way to create a facade.

But is it practical? Where would that money come from?

BK: It would be the business owners’ responsibility.

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would be onboard.

JS: It would just be another way to connect the dots.

And if you put a few hitching posts in town as a way to welcome horseback riders, then it becomes a bigger story.

If you had your druthers, what would be the first POV accomplishment?

JS: Well, we already did the mural at the post office.

That was pretty easy and only took three people: the building owner, Pam, and me.

LT: Subsequently, I’ve spoken to Pam about more murals and art, and she is onboard. We’d like to see rural-themed, country, equestrian imagery. The post office is a great start. Hopefully the theme and the excitement will spread to the next building and the next building and so on. That will also welcome new business owners to Oak View, if they can see that people here do care and are trying to make a difference So making the town visually uniform will get people to slow down and look around, hopefully stop?

JS: There’s one key economic number here: 28,000 cars drive through Oak View everyday. It’s really just up to our collective ingenuity to figure out how to make those people stop here, enjoy what Oak View has to offer, eat, and do business. For starters, if we got one percent of those 28,000 cars to stop, it would mean at least 280 people every day. I see that as a very doable thing.

BK: I think we need more retail here, more unique stores to draw people to shop. Not thrift stores or discount stores either, but new retail.

Anything you three would like to add?

JS: Southern California has done town and city projects like this countless times; we’re not reinventing the wheel. We just have different circumstances, and it is up to us residents, creatively, to take our unique little pie and make it more appealing.

LT: The main thing is that we have to support our community: neighbor-to-neighbor, one-to-one, friend-to-friend, and especially the businesses.

BK: I think people are more open to being a visible part of this community today than they were 20 years ago. It used to be, “I got mine. I got mine.” Now, I think, we are starting to realize what that sentiment has done to this town. When Oak View was first settled, it was all about community, all about helping each other and watching out for your neighbors and their children and their businesses. It’s important we go back to those ways. v

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Wednesday evenings in Oak View are “Cook’s Night Off,” part of POV’s community-building plan. Seen here, Patrick Allison and Terri Mitchell of participating restaurant Vegan Mario’s.

Follow POV on Facebook (facebook.com/groups/projectoakview/) or email Lindsay Thompson at giddyupandgo649@gmail.com for more info.

Note: A volunteer group, Project Oak View works with a similarly concerned committee operating under the aegis of the Oak View Civic Council.

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January 9–31 | Thousand Oaks Eugene Jerome dreams of baseball and girls ... but in his everyday life, he has to cope with the mundane existence of family life in Brooklyn: a formidable mother, an overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley. Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche and her two young (but rapidly aging) daughters, and you have a recipe for hilarity, Neil Simon style. This bittersweet memoir evocatively captures the life of a struggling Jewish household where, as Jerome’s father states, “If you didn’t have a problem, you wouldn’t be living here.”

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January 10 | Matilija Auditorium, Ojai Golden Gate offers audiences an entertaining and authentic glimpse into Old Russia through music, song, and dance. The repertoire is centered around masterpieces of Russian folklore and represents the diversity of the culture, ranging from gently humorous songs to elaborate lyrical suites to pulsating dance numbers. The program is broad and varied, with something to appeal to everyone, including audience participation though clapping and learning Russian songs and words.

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HOLLYWOOD REVISITED

January 11 | Oxnard Performing Arts and Convention Center Experience what it’s like to watch the stars walk the red carpet as your favorite Tinseltown classics come to life in Hollywood Revisited. This musical revue showcases a dazzling lineup of costumes actually worn by the stars in the original Hollywood films. Filled with music, history, memories, and fun, the revue allows the audience to genuinely feel as if they were revisiting the days that made Hollywood a dream factory.

The cinematic wardrobes of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Gene Kelly, Bette Davis, Kathryn Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Mae West, Bob Hope, and Judy Garland are just a few from the vast collection of over 300 costumes available for this flexible and modular show. 3 p.m. Rush tickets $25 available at the door. 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard. For more information, visit oxnardpacc.com.

TRIBAL SEEDS 2015 WINTER CHILLIN’ TOUR

January 15 | The Majestic Ventura Theater The award-winning group Tribal Seeds is known for its spiritually driven, refreshing rock vibe infused with the roots style of reggae music. The group has performed internationally, and toured throughout the United States. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 8 p.m. $22–$25. 26 South Chestnut Street, Ventura. For more information, visit venturatheater.net.

PARALLEL REALITIES

January 17 – February 22 | galerie102, Ojai galerie102 is pleased to present Parallel Realities, featuring photographer Ricardo Rodriguez, former curator of Ventura’s Bell Arts Factory’s Tool Room Gallery, and Ventura-based mixed-media and ceramicist Janet Neuwalder. In Parallel Realities, Rodriguez and Neuwalder collaborate on new work that plays off of each other and their skillful use of layering to create alluring multi-dimensional landscapes alive with texture, depth and a grand sense of illusion. In a similar fashion, both paper and ceramics become the subject of transformation reflecting upon our changing physical and psychological relation to the materiality of images and objects. Even though some might consider photography and ceramics as very different and separate mediums, interestingly in this installation they work together to celebrate the origination of each element: earth and paper. Artists’ reception January 17 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 102 W. Matilija St., Ojai. For more information, visit galerie102.com.

THE LAST FIVE YEARS

January 21 – February 15 | Rubicon Theatre, Ventura

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Rubicon Theatre Company of Ventura presents The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown’s emotionally powerful, intimate pop musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in love and try to hold on to each other when life leads them in opposite directions. Rubicon’s production will be helmed by Rubicon Resident Artist Stephanie A. Coltrin, who won an Ovation Award for Miss Saigon in L.A. The role of up-and-coming novelist Jamie Wellerstein will be played by Louis Pardo, whose credits include the National Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley and work with South Coast Rep, San Diego Rep, and Musical Theatre Guild. Ashley Fox Linton stars opposite Pardo as Cathy Hiatt, an aspiring young actress.

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THE VENTURA COUNTY ROSE SOCIETY MEETING

January 22 | Camarillo The Ventura County Rose Society will hold its monthly meeting and feature advice from consulting rosarians, refreshments, and a speaker presentation, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. The VCRS meeting will feature Tom Carruth, who is now the Curator of the Huntington Library Rose Garden. He will be speaking about new roses and the changes he has brought to this beautiful garden. Carruth is noted as the hybridizer of many award-winning roses over the past 25 years. Ventura County Office of Education Conference Center at 5100 Adolfo Rd., Camarillo. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 818.337.9970 or visit venturarose.org.

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CHAMBER ON THE MOUNTAIN

CHAMBER ON THE MOUNTAIN: TRIO CAVATINA ENSEMBLE

January 25 | Logan House, Ojai Pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute, violinist Harumi Rhodes, and cellist Priscilla Lee formed Trio Cavatina in 2005 at the renowned Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. Deeply rooted in a strong sense of shared musical values, Trio Cavatina has rapidly emerged as one of today’s outstanding chamber ensembles. Their committed music-making prompted Harris Goldsmith to describe the trio, in his 2008 Musical America article, as offering “potent, intense interpretations.” 3 p.m. General admission is $25, students are $15. 8585 Ojai-Santa Paula Rd. (Upper Ojai), Ojai. For more information, visit chamberonthemountain.com.

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF

January 30 – February 22 | The Ojai Art Center Theater The author saw the title phrase scrawled with soap on a mirror at a university party. It struck him as translating the song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” with the underlying meaning of: “Who’s afraid of living life without false illusions,” a common theme in the writing of celebrated English author Virginia Woolf. It dramatizes the breakdown of a couple’s marriage witnessed by a younger couple drawn into the fray. This Tony Award winner is directed by Tom Eubanks. 113 South Montgomery Street, Ojai. For more information, visit ojaiact.org.

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NEWER CONSTRUCTED, MODEL PERFECT, SINGLE-STORY HOME! Tired of looking at old, dark fixer-uppers?! Look no further than this light & bright home, quality constructed in 1998 and ideally located in warm and sunny East Ventura! Boasting over 1400 square feet of living space on a single-level, with 3 ample bedrooms and 2 updated bathrooms, plus an open-concept floor plan, this move-in perfect home offers not one, but two living areas, both a living room and a family room, as well as a formal dining area! The living room boasts loads of windows and high ceilings, while the family room features a custom, granite hearth fireplace and opens to the chef’s kitchen! The sparkling kitchen offers updated stainless steel appliances, plus a large center-island & breakfast bar! The en suite master-bedroom features soaring, cathedral ceilings, a huge walk-in closet and sliding glass doors to the large, private rear yard & free-form patio! Features of this meticulous home include high ceilings, fire-sprinkler system, custom paint throughout, plantation shutters, recessed lighting, newer forced-air furnace, central air-conditioning, a whole-house fan, plus ceiling fans! You’re sure to appreciate the high-end Wilsonart flooring, custom baseboards, newer dual pane windows & sliders, water-softener and so much more. The finished garage offers loads of storage-space and a utility sink, while the extra-large rear yard offers views of the Topa Topa mountains, plus a concrete-floored storage shed for all your gardening needs! Professionally landscaped with irrigation, drainage & outdoor lighting systems, this home is ideal for those who enjoy the indoor/outdoor lifestyle we so enjoy, here in seaside Ventura, California! This impeccable property boasts true pride of ownership and is a great value at only $514,000 with NO Mello Roos fees & NO income or deed restrictions! For more information, please visit www.10796Sunflower.com then call 805-368-0202 to schedule your own private viewing!

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4485 Wooster st., Ventura

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4 Bedroom, 3 Bath

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Just Listed Golf Villa at Spanish Hills Camarillo.

Lovely 3BR+3BA (approx. 1928 sq. ft.)

Built in 1996.

Office, high ceilings, hardwood floors, private yard with putting green! Security gates, community pool/clubhouse.

Listed for $639,500 www.1186CorteRiviera.com

Camarillo Mission Oaks Woodside Pool Home. Beautiful 4BR+ 2 ½BA w/ African Mahogany floors on 1st level & newer carpet on 2nd floor. Triple pane windows, upgraded kitchen, scraped ceilings & crown moldings. Indoor laundry, family room & fireplace. Pool, spa & fire pit.

New price at $649,000 www.404Manzanita.com

The Vineyards in Northwest Oxnard. 6BR +4BA w/ approx. 3430 sq. ft., room for office & guest space. Kitchen professionally enhanced, open, spacious & lots of natural light. Fireplace in living and family room, laundry room, & yard w/ block walls. Desirable tract w/ no HOA! Now $760,000 www.FredEvans.com

Build Your Custom Unobstructed View Estate. Incredible Ocean Views from Point Mugu to Point Conception and overlooks Rincon Point. Private gate leads to this 5 acre parcel with 2 1/2 acres of avocados with a trailer. Septic system, power & water.

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Mid-town Ventura Ocean View Home. Situated up a private driveway. Updated 2BR + 2BA home features expansive viewing deck on over 16,000 sq. ft. lot. Remodeled bath, kitchen w/ Corian tops, open beam ceilings & fireplace.

Offered at $769,000 www.1837foster.com

Ventura Skyline Estate! Incredible views from this 4BR+3BA & approx. 2152 sq. ft. Renovated kitchen, hardwood floors ,new carpeting, dual pane windows, new landscaping, new heater, AC, & ceiling fans in all bedrooms.

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Camarillo Mission Oaks Creekside. Built in 2003. 6BR +4BA approx. 3,137 sq. ft. (per builder), 3 car garage gourmet kitchen, approx. 9560 sq. ft. lot, pool, spa, waterfalls & short walk to La Mariposa Elementary School. Thousands in upgrades & improvements.

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Custom Ocean View Single Level Ventura Hillside. Private flag lot of approx. 20,470 sq. ft. One owner, extensively renovated, almost like a new home. Over 3,150 sq. ft. w/ 3 BR + 2 ½ BA. Spacious rooms, gourmet kitchen, incredible dining room, family room, R.V. parking, detached office. One of a kind.

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Southern Comfort in Las Posas Camarillo. Victorian replica estate w/ 4BR+4BA approx. 4,400 sq. ft. Cul-de-Sac on over 1 acre parcel. Zoned for horses, arena & riding trails. Spacious master suite w/ fireplace & viewing deck, 3 additional large BR, gourmet kitchen, pool, spa, & BBQ Island.

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Oak View Saddle Mountain custom home, over 2 acres. Designed by renowned Architect Zelma Gussin Wilson. Voted “Top 10 Luxury Baths 2014” by duPont Registry. 4 BR+3 ½ BA w/ approx.4,225 sq ft, built in 1989. Lower master suite, gourmet kitchen, great rm, & room for pool, guest house or more.

New price at $1,350,000 www.10885encino.com

Turn- of- the- Century Santa Paula Farmhouse on 52 Acres.

Newly installed water well, potential to expand into agricultural production.

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Restored Ventura Ocean-View Craftsman & 2nd Residence Guest House. Renovated in 2005-06, Main house 4BR+3BA w/approx. 3,167 sq. ft.

Second home built in 2007 w/ 2BR+2BA approx. 1,200 sq. ft. Vacation rental income averaged $40K for last 3 years. Close to downtown amenities & beach.

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M AG I C C RY S TA L F I R E This is the first in a series of Opal rings and pendants. The ring is 19K White Gold with a 24K pure Gold bezel.

It's a solid Jelly Opal, from Andamooka, Australia, however it looks like a fine Black Opal that would cost many thousands more.

That's the magic of my setting.

Set with an Ideal cut Diamond of maximum sparkle. $1400 as shown.

If this sells before you have a chance to see it, I have a fabulous selection of gems so we can build YOUR special ring.

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-- Bob Lynn

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All of our custom designs have been made from 100% recycled gold for more than 40 years. Respect for the Earth is not a new idea at Lynn’s.