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A Celebration of Joni Mitchell: Kimberly Ford and her band channel the music legend at the Namba Performing Arts Space by Karen Lindell

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OPINION

Editorial: Gun culture versus gun violence Letters Purple is the new party: My 10 year journey to the middle by Paul Moomjean

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“A living nightmare”: Residents demand action over odor, noise nuisances in Port Hueneme, Oxnard by Chris O’Neal A time to heal: Fundraiser in Camarillo to benefit Borderline shooting families, wildfire victims by Kateri Wozny In Brief by Chris O’Neal

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OPINION Editorial

Gun culture versus gun violence W

hile political leadership has been predominantly liberal for at least a decade now in Ventura County, the call to end gun violence and advocate for stronger gun control has been rather muted over the years, having been boiled down to routine gang activity and domestic incidents. With the tragedy at Borderline Bar and Grill in November, however, came a predictable outpouring of passion and anger over the proliferation of guns and a surge of ideas for preventing mass shootings and bringing a halt to gun violence by limiting access. Shortly after Borderline in December, three of five supervisors of the Ventura County Board of Supervisors in a regular meeting advocated for the end of gun shows at the Ventura County Fairgrounds. The Ventura County Fairgrounds board voted, 5-2, to allow two gun shows a year. (Two board members were absent.) On Tuesday, Jan. 8, the Oxnard City Council also discussed support for the end of gun shows at the fairgrounds along with extending a moratorium on the establishment of new gun retailers within city limits. The City Council voted to move forward with a formal agenda item on Feb. 5 to vote on whether or not to send a letter to the fairgrounds board expressing opposition. The City Council also voted unanimously to extend for eight months a moratorium on allowing any new gun retailers in city limits. There is much to consider when advocating for limiting access to guns in Ventura County. While attending any gun show at the fairgrounds, perceivably, the usual suspects are often hunters, gun collectors, target practice aficionados, etc. These gun shows don’t necessarily attract common criminals looking to commit murder or those desiring to commit suicide — and it’s not clear that there is any evidence that shows anything other than a group of attendees looking to build their collections for whatever legal personal purpose.

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am the grandparent of several beautiful male and female adolescent and teenage children, whom I care very much about and whose health and development concerns me. I ran into the topic of female teen defloration on the Internet about a year ago. Rather than pursue the pornographic aspect of it, I tended toward the experience of losing virginity that all girls must go through at varying degrees of pain and discomfort. I thought of my female granddaughters who have gone

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Retail gun stores, on other hand, bring in a plethora of people — mainly the same sort of people as gun shows, but there are others who may be visiting and purchasing for more nefarious reasons. It is important to clarify the difference between those who appreciate and respect the Second Amendment and those who abuse the privilege with dire consequences. Truth be told, any study may conclude that both gun control and access restrictions can result in both positive, negative or neutral outcomes, depending on which metrics are used. There is a common-sense perspective, however, about limiting access to guns in an effort to decrease lives cut short by gun violence. For instance, when looking at the decrease in the suicide rate in England in the mid-20th century, placing blame on an intangible object seemed fair. When England changed from coal gas ovens to natural gas, the suicide rate dropped significantly due to the lack of lethal carbon monoxide levels from the coal that would easily wipe out life if exposed to the odors long enough. In the same vein, limiting the number of guns available for purchase could have the same effect. There are any number of studies that would attest and refute the claim, but that is at the cost of responsible gun owners who have anything but murder and mayhem on the mind. Striking a practical balance, not just one based on fear, is critical. Further, disabling access legally could boost black market sales and high-risk criminal activity. Respect goes both ways. Even in a community where one can find polarizing views, we hope that there is a middle ground of common good that can be mutually agreed upon. Unfortunately, if we only push radical all-or-nothing agendas, the pendulum is bound to swing the other way, as history has demonstrated. We did, after all, swing from President Barack Obama to President Donald Trump. Surely, there is a better way.

through or will go through this tremendous ordeal with varying degrees of hardship, including lack of information. I thought of the horrible site, the soiled unsanitary back seat of a boyfriend’s car and a partner just as ignorant and inexperienced as she. My thoughts speculated over the pros and cons of a planned virginity loss. Do mothers provide satisfactory information to their daughters? Are the girls well-enough informed when they make the giant leap into womanhood? As I speculated, I considered the creation of clinics for that purpose, sanitary, well equipped clinics with technicians or doctors or nurses well-versed in the dynamics of virginity loss who can furnish the young candidate with all

the CORRECT information she must consider before taking the big step. Certainly, parents worry about the day their daughter will be alone with her conqueror. And how will he handle it? Will she be as prepared as she should be? Will she be treated the way she should be, with the patience and adequate degree of concern form her partner? Furthermore, while the videos shown on the Internet have males perform the act personally, there are items available in sex shops that can be used without it being an actual male. I imagine there are advantages to using a fabricated substitute. Besides, the possible shame of losing her virginity to an actual male might provide unwanted guilt consequences in the future. I have considered the possibility of forming a group of men and women who would like to discuss the subject and, if there is a consensus, offer suggestions to the departments of education who could provide the facilities and the funding to conduct the clinics.

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thing he was elected to do. While the country voted him in twice in decisive victories, the divide still felt too thick to deny. Of course, in 2016, the “quiet majority” voted in Donald

November of 200 8 I was hired by the VC Reporter to write opinion pieces from the conservative perspective. I was 27 years old, with a teaching career behind me, a wrestling coach career still ahead of me, and I had just spent two years working at Nickelodeon as a writer’s and producer’s assistant on numerous popular shows. I also was active in my evangelical church and getting a Masters in English through an intense online program. Ten years later, I’m a different person. I have changed, Trump. A populist without a political core, he as all of us do over time. C. S. Lewis once rode a wave of frustration, but split the GOP wrote, “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing in two. By 2017, not only was the left shocked changes, but when you look back everything that he won, the brightest men in conservative is different?” That is the best way to look at thought were even more distraught. Columnist my political evolution, which is also why this George Will left the Republican Party, and column will be changing to reflect not just me, numerous GOP senators decided to not run but millions of people who have found themagain. Meanwhile the tiki torch voices became selves moving more to a fuzzy center due to the louder and being linked with the “conservative angry and disruptive behaviors of politicians, movement” was no longer an option for me, or Client: VCCCD radicals and the media. many others. Thecheck political hascarefully been a and land-indicate Please thislandscape proof over all the corrections You willmyself have Over past 10 clearly. years I’ve seen mine ofAD “with us RUN or against us”Ifrhetoric for meets Proofs, WILL AS IS. this proof your approval on the 1st proof, check become more of a Teddy Roosevelt Republican. the past 10 PLEASE years. President Obama’s TO NOTICE: FAX Barack THIS PROOF 648-2245 ASAP Let(805) people be free. Preserve the environment. promise of hope and change created an angry Limit the big banks and corporations. Be ready mob of Republicans hell bent on stopping any-

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For those who have read me over the years, my road to the middle has been well documented. I don’t fear a Bernie Sanders presidency, I supported Colin Kaepernick’s protest while disagreeing with it, and I was a Never Trumper from the start, throwing support behind Marco Rubio and my political mancrush John Kasich, who he too has moved center-right. I can listen to HBO’s Bill Maher and radio host Dennis Prager and find truth and wisdom in both, just as popular commentators and professors Jordan Peterson and Alan Dershowitz have. I can laugh with Michael Moore, but also acknowledge Dinesh D’Souza’s and system for, as Jesus put it, “the least of fears what a hard shift to the left could do these.” While I believe in the Second Amendin a whirlwind. ment, we must restrict certain weapons to So, as we enter 2019, this column isn’t going protect people from themselves. I’m not a fan to just give the conservative angle or the liberal of war for the sake of war, but as Christopher angle, but instead look at the issues we face and Hitchens proved with his support of the Iraq really break down the pros, the cons, the good, War, therefore breaking away from his leftist the bad and the ugly. colleagues, “The only real radicalism in our The world is changing, and so must I. We AD PROOF time will come as it always has — from people must look to real solutions in each era, and who insist on thinking for themselves and not look to the political parties to save us. A Ad Executive: Barbara Kroon (805) 648-2244 who reject party-mindedness.” Who wants to politician wants reelection, not necessarily a “1st Proof”, “2nd Proof”, and “Final Proof”. If we receive no proof after the 1st or 2nd be a Sean Hannity or a Lawrence O’Donnell? resolution or results. offBeing “FINAL PROOF party (APPROVED)” date and sign at the bottom a political supporter box, sounds like Therefore, I ask you to join me this new year 1/3/19 a bore and too restricting to ever come to and not think of AmericaISSUE: as just red or blue — real conclusions. but as a big, messy, complex purple heart. ♦

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“A living nightmare” Residents demand action over odor, noise nuisances in Port Hueneme, Oxnard

In Brief VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR MAY’S OPERATION RIDE FOR THE RED

The American Red Cross’ Operation Ride for the Red cycling event isn’t until May, but volunteers and donations are needed now to assure preparation is completed. The May 18 event begins and ends at the Camarillo headquarters of the American Red Cross in 30, 50 and 100 mile rides through Ventura County with an expected 250 cyclists. This year’s celebrity host will be Olympic gold medal in cycling winner Steve Hegg. Money raised from the event benefits American Red Cross Service to Armed Forces, which supports active duty military members, veterans and their families in handling the challenges of service. “We need over 100 volunteers to put on this ride, we expect 250 riders, we’re going to have seven stations out in Ventura County,” said David Mirisch, event consultant. “We can’t wait until the last minute because it’s too big of a project and we hope to raise a lot of money from this event.” Last year, the event brought in up to $40,000 for the Red Cross. Entry fees range from $75-95. For more information, visit redcross.org/local/california/centralcalifornia.html.

EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING APP MAY COME TO VENTURA COUNTY

The Oxnard Wastewater Treatment Facility at night with steam rising from New Indy-Containerboard in the distance.

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ort Hueneme residents don’t have to ask if you can smell that smell — they know you can. For over a year, residents have reported an odor akin to rotten hot dogs and boiling cabbage and are questioning what officials are planning to do about it. In October 2018, a meeting was held at the Port Hueneme City Council chambers to discuss the issue. Residents from South Oxnard and Port Hueneme attended, expressing frustration over the odor and loud, continuous noises. City of Oxnard officials also were in attendance. Residents from Port Hueneme’s Surfside III and Surfside IV communities and the surrounding area told officials that they are woken up at all hours of the night to putrid smells, and children expressed an inability to play in local parks due to dizziness and headaches caused by the odor. To add, the sound of trucks and machinery persist through the night and early morning hours. Residents say that they believe the odor and the noise originate from either the Oxnard Wastewater Treatment Facility or neighboring New-Indy Containerboard, or from both. A representative from the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District told a group of around 70 at the forum hosted by Port Hueneme News that inspectors have visited the area in the late hours of the night and detected odors originating from both the paper recycling facility and the sewage facility. Representatives from the city of Oxnard told residents that a 24-hour odor hotline had been established as well for reporting odiferous nuisance at any time of the day or night. Nearly three months later, however, the odor persists, and it’s a problem going on nearly two years, one that resident Lori Shockley calls “a living nightmare.” “Everybody else had a Christmas without noise and without pollution and without odor, but Surfside III and the Hideaways all suffered with this noise and odor and nobody cares,” said Shockley. Two of Shockley’s five children live with her and her husband and attend a local junior high school. The family moved to Port Hueneme from Santa Barbara in 2017 and shortly thereafter, when hosting family, Shockley says that she first noticed the smell. “Unless you live here and have experienced it, you don’t know what I’m talking about,” said Shockley. “No one has taken this

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seriously. It’s almost like everyone kind of rolls their eyes.” Several videos taken by Shockley between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m. capture a sound akin to a washing machine permeating the neighborhood, while in others taken during the day the sound of a high-pitched drone can be heard continuing unabated. Shockley describes some of the sounds like “a loud tea kettle noise.” New-Indy Containerboard Mill Manager Rudy Rehbein said that he is aware of the odor and noise complaints issued by residents. “We address their concerns, we work with them on their concerns, and if we find if it is coming from our facility we will address it and work on those issues,” said Rehbein. Rehbein says that New-Indy has cooperated with regulatory agencies and describes the odor issue as “not consistent with our facility,” adding that no chemicals are used in breaking down cardboard. As far as the noise complaints, Rehbein says that New-Indy is cooperating with the community and regulatory agencies. “Any noise complaints that come our way we investigate and follow up and work on those,” said Rehbein. “We work here, our employees and our families live in the area, we also share those concerns and we’ve been cooperating with the investigation into the source and doing our part.” New-Indy Containerboard is privately owned by The Kraft Group LLC and Schwartz Partners LP. The Kraft Group owns several paper and packaging facilities across the country. Robert Kraft, who owns the New England Patriots football team, is one of the owners. At the October meeting, Oxnard Assistant Public Works Director Thien Ng said that the city would seek to chemically treat wastewater prior to its arrival at the treatment facility until it can purchase a device to handle potential odors and that an inspector would arrive within half an hour to investigate and determine the origin of odors any time of the day, even on holidays. Ng says that logs are kept for every call into the hotline. If the odor is confirmed and the source verified, Ng says adjustments can be made at the treatment plant to negate it. But Ng adds that many times, by the time an investigator arrives, the odor is gone. “I think there’s more than one area out there from the odor perspective,” said Ng, pointing toward a nearby Ventura County Water Shed Protection District flood control channel that can collect stagnant water and refuse from the ocean including dead fish

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Don’t worry, Ventura County residents, if an earthquake strikes Los Angeles, someone will tell you. That’s because our neighboring county has unveiled Shake Alert LA, a mobile app that promises a 20-second head start to take cover prior to the arrival of an earthquake. The app, linked to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Southern California network, would send an audio alert to users if an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 or greater strikes nearby, stating “Earthquake! Earthquake! Expect strong shaking. Drop, cover, and hold on. Protect yourself now.” While no similar app is currently available to Ventura County residents, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake off the Ventura coast near the Channel Islands triggered an early warning system developed by CalTech, giving a three-second heads up to researchers. The same system is what is being used for the Shake Alert app. Ventura County currently does not have a similar Shake Alert app, but does have useful information available at readyventuracounty.org/stay-informed/earthquake/.

T.O. HOSPITAL AGREES TO $2.95 MILLION SETTLEMENT OVER LABOR VIOLATIONS

A lawsuit alleging Los Robles Hospital shortchanged employees and discouraged lunch breaks, among other labor violations, has been settled for $2.95 million. The lawsuit was introduced by Jeanette Munden, a registered nurse who worked for the hospital for six years beginning in 2009. The suit alleged that her hourly pay was artificially shortened by cutting off times at the beginning and end of her work day and that she was discouraged from taking breaks for meals. The settlement includes $1.9 million for 3,046 employees to cover lost wages for current and former employees who would receive between $618 and $3,700. Another $973,500 would go toward lawyer fees as well as a $10,000 state labor code penalty.

MAN FOUND DEAD AT VENTURA COUNTY JAIL

An inmate at the Ventura County jail was found unresponsive on Saturday, Jan. 5, and would later die at a local hospital. Andrew Ricardez, 31, had been imprisoned since Nov. 24 on assault with a deadly weapon charges, to which he had plead not guilty. The cause of death is under investigation and pending an autopsy by the Ventura County Medical Examiner’s office. Ricardez was in his cell alone at the time, according to authorities. — Chris O’Neal

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A time to heal

Fundraiser in Camarillo to benefit Borderline shooting families, wildfire victims by Kateri Wozny

ommunity members wanting to help out the Borderline shooting families and residents displaced from the recent wildfires can do so during a fundraiser at Camarillo Ranch on Sunday, Jan. 13. It’s called Rising From The Ashes: Honorary Dinner and Pop-Up Market. The fundraiser will include adult and infant clothing, hygiene products, diapers and furniture from local vendors. Borderline shooting families and wildfire victims will be able to shop and eat dinner free of charge, while the pop-up market is the only portion of the event open to the public for purchase. Tawny Roberts, organizer and Thousand Oaks resident, said many of the vendors who donated got involved via word of mouth. She wanted to host the fundraiser as a way for the community to come together during a time of grieving. “We’re a community and a family, especially the people who lost their homes,” Roberts said. “I want those people to feel like they have a home and a family in the community.” Roberts said she received a complimentary storage unit free for two months to hold the furniture. Moving trucks will also help bring it to the wildfire victims’ new homes once they are secured. “We want them to feel like we are here to support [and] help them with anything they may need,” Roberts said. Roberts has sent numerous fundraiser invitations to the Borderline shooting and wildfire victim families encouraging them to attend for free. She said she hopes attendees get a sense of community from the fundraiser. “So many people may not have known each other before this [event], but after this, we will feel like a family and a new sense of community,” Roberts said. “In a time of devastation, you know you have people to support you and depend on.” ✦ Rising From The Ashes Pop-Up Market will be held 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Camarillo Ranch, 201 Camarillo Ranch Road. General admission to the market is $10; children are free. General admission holders are asked to bring a wrapped gift for wildfire victim children. The dinner is for Borderline shooting families and wildfire victims only. For more information, to become a vendor or volunteer, email Tawny Roberts at mamahaven.us@gmail.com or visit risingfromtheashes.app.rsvpuft.com. Memorial at Borderline the week following the shooting.

SMELL Continued from Page 6 and other waste. But there are plans to address issues related to the facility, says Ng. The scrubber mentioned at the October meeting is 70 percent designed and will be installed closer to where raw wastewater enters the facility. In 2016, the Oxnard City Council adopted a five-year capital improvement plan with a 35 percent wastewater rate hike, which was repealed by voters as Measure M — only to be raised again by City Council, which resulted in a failed recall election. In 2018, Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin, D-Thousand Oaks, acquired $9.5 million in the state budget for emergency repairs at the facility to replace a computer system, generators and old, rusted clarifiers in settling tanks at the beginning of the treatment process. “Our goal is by the end of the five year [capital-improvement plan] we can basically say that the plant is old but stabilized and can function as a normal treatment plant,” said Ng. “A lot of cities that have wastewater treatment plants are gearing toward water recycling so water as a precious resource is there

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for us as the city grows. That will be our next step. I would say in the next 10 years the plant is going to change.” Port Hueneme Public Works Director Don Villafana says that the city contracts with Oxnard to treat its wastewater, as does the Channel Islands Beach District and the Naval Base. Villafana says that there have been many complaints from Port Hueneme residents that sparked an investigation into whether or not the odor is toxic. “Offensive, without question, but not toxic,” said Villafana. “We continue to field calls and we will go out and check if there’s any toxic gas-

ses but that’s about all we can do at this point.” The city of Port Hueneme has given permission to Oxnard to install sensors to detect emissions and tests are ongoing with results expected soon, said Villafana, but Port Hueneme resident and Publisher of Port Hueneme News Tom Dunn says that it will take a lot of money and time to fix the facility properly. “I have been here at Surfside IV for 12 years and I had never smelled anything, maybe a couple of times four or five months, but now it’s happening on almost a daily basis where people have to shut down their windows or doors and can’t go outside,” said Dunn. “The

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wastewater plant is looking at hundreds of millions of dollars to get it right, it really needs to be totally replaced.” Dunn says that he took a survey of the area and estimates that up to 5,000 residents are affected by the odor and noise within a two-mile radius of the facilities. For now, placing the sensors and keeping pressure on officials to do something is all that can be done, says Dunn. “Most [residents] realize that there’s not a whole lot that can be done tomorrow but hopefully in a few months we can get something going. As soon as these sensors get out and feed us back the information, that will really help,” said Dunn. “We’re fighting two bureaucratic institutions, two cities, and it’s a very slow process. These people’s lives have been changed down there.” In Port Hueneme, the New Year brings uncertainty. Shockley says that she suffers from depression brought on by the continuous issues. “I can’t leave my home, I’m locked inside my home, I can’t open my doors and windows,” said Shockley. “I invested my entire retirement for this home, it was not disclosed to me that there was an odor or noise nuisance, I had to find out all of this information on this on my own.” ✦

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rystal Gonzalez of Oxnard was 7 years old when her dad took her to her first Dodger game — and from that point on, “I fell in love with the sport of baseball.” That love continued as she entered the fourth grade, and her best friend started playing softball. “I asked her, ‘what is softball?’” Crystal, now 20, recalled. “She said it’s like baseball but for girls. I was like, ‘No way,’ and I got home and told my dad, ‘I want to play softball.’ ” Her dad, Jorge V. Gonzalez, was supportive from the start and enrolled her in the Mermaids Softball League in Oxnard. He soon realized his daughter faced challenges due to the fact that she was physically smaller than many of the other players, and new to the sport. “She was really petite and all the players got picked up and my daughter and the smaller girls didn’t get picked up,” he recalled. “So I became an assistant coach because I was fully committed to helping my daughter with her softball experience. And we went out shopping to find equipment that would help her with her swing.” This shopping excursion was “a shock,” he said, “because there wasn’t anything out there.” One evening in 2010, Jorge went to sleep and woke up around 3 a.m. with an idea. “I had this perfect picture of this machine,” he remembered. “So I sketched it out on a piece of paper and went back to sleep.” The next morning, he went back to the sketch, “and I was really nervous and excited because it was like, wow, this is real,” he said. “Throughout the next day I started doing some research, cleaned up the sketch, and it was in the office in my house.” His daughter saw the sketch and said, “ ‘Daddy, what are you doing?’ I told her, ‘I invented this machine to help you with your swing,’ ” he continued. “She said, ‘Wait a minute, daddy. It should have a base on it,’ so we put a base on it. Then she said, ‘Daddy, it should have wheels.’ So I started fixing the sketch that I already created. It’s neat, because we’re both inventors now — we built this together.” Their invention, called The Batting Pro, was officially made available on Dec. 12, 2018. The retail cost of the machine is $397, but it’s currently being sold online for $267 at www.thebattingpro.com. “I’m trying to launch it in Ventura County first; we want to give back to the community that inspired us,” Jorge said. “We want to do it here first, then branch out to the United States.”

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The Batting Pro, Jorge said, because the intent of the design is to provide baseball and softball players — particularly youth and other beginners — with a simple and effective means of improving and perfecting their swing. “A specially designed mounted ball system that simulates pitches, this clever device will offer highly visible, easily attained target for landing a hit in a perfect manner,” Jorge said. Repeated practice with The Batting Pro will “handily improve” a player’s stance and swing, essential to achieving more base hits and home runs, he noted. “The major thing about The Batting Pro is the level swing, the muscle memory and the repetition that is so center-focused to your level swing,” Jorge explained. “Every two seconds, you’re getting more effective swinging hits — that’s the main part of the machine.”

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Crystal was 10 years old when she tried out for the Mermaids Softball League in Oxnard. “After working my ass off at try outs, I was not picked to be on a team because I was too small and wasn’t good enough,” she remembered. “That being said, I wasn’t going to play softball at all.” With her dad being unemployed at the time, he volunteered to be an assistant coach, “and that’s where it all started.” She noted, however, that as a new player, “I didn’t have much confidence at all.” After buying machine after machine across all athletics stores, “my father and I just couldn’t find the right one to help me improve as a batter,” she said. “And this is when the dream was created.” Within her first year of softball, she and her father created their own prototype made out of scraps lying around from previous toys she had owned. “The first one that I designed, Crystal used to hit in the living room because she was so small . . . she was practicing with a little Dodger bat,” her father recalled. “She’s always been very coachable . . . which is another reason why she was able to excel so much.” Using that prototype, his daughter improved as an overall player, being named Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player and a 5-time All-Star. “Without this machine I wouldn’t have succeeded as much as I did,” she said. “This being said, my vision with this machine is to help all those children in the softball and baseball community to help build confidence and perform as a player overall.” Her dad added that “we want to inspire other people.” “I want the youth to get the results that my daughter got — and I want other parents to experience that same thing,” he said. “It’s such a fulfilling experience seeing your child go from somebody who was never wanted to somebody everybody wants. I want to give that to others.”

A Long Road

Looking back on the past 10 years of his life, Jorge said the time was “scary and very challenging.” Before he invented The Batting Pro, he was unem-

ployed for three years, and when he was finally able to get a job, he had a work-related accident in 2012 that hurt his lower back and put him out for about three more years. Following this, “I fell into a depression, and I also had my first cancer scare,” Jorge recalled. “But if that was not enough I had to have a heart stress test done, got kidney stones and my second cancer scare all in 2016. In 2017, I was involved in a car accident where another car hit me while parked and my car was completely totaled.” While launching his invention “has taken me a few years longer than I wanted, I know in my heart that The Batting Pro is needed on the field and on the hands of our youth.” “I made a commitment and a promise that I would not take this to the grave with me,” he continued. “I was not going to die with my idea in my head and my heart. I was going to launch this product, our product, the product that my daughter and I invented together. This was not just my legacy, this is our legacy.”

The hardest part

At the beginning, the hardest part for Jorge was contemplating the questions: Who was going to help me bring this to life? Who could I trust? And would anyone steal my idea? “I was paranoid to say the least,” he said. “The first company that I tried to utilize didn’t help me like they said they would. They said they would help me get it licensed and they said they were reaching out to manufacturers, but nothing came of it.” At that time, Crystal was already utilizing the prototype, “and she was getting much better by the day she was using it,” he continued. “And I believed in my product so much, even though the first company failed to help me get it licensed. . . . I thought, how cool it could have been to have it licensed by Easton Sports, but that never happened.” He gave up on launching his product for a couple of years, “even though I kept seeing how it benefited Crystal’s game.” The journey from sketch to product was an arduous one at best, with a serious investment of time and money, “about $50,000 and six and a half years.” “Had I known what I know now it would not have taken that long nor that amount of money,” Jorge said. “But when you’re in a new journey by yourself, you learn the hard way of what it really takes. Maybe this is why people are so scared of following their dreams, as they think they are too expensive to follow.” “I decided to go all in . . . I found a company in Florida that helped me bring a ready-to-market product with the help of an amazing engineering team with manufacturing connections,” he said. “I trademarked The Batting Pro™ and filed for full patent protection and we prelaunched on Dec. 12 of 2018 at thebattingpro.com.” ✦ For more information, visit www.thebattingpro.com; or The Batting Pro on Facebook; call Jorge V. Gonzalez at 805283-9977 or email thebattingpro@gmail.com.

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hat is the value of art? Not its price tag but its honest-to-goodness true value? CMATO, the California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks, is making a very strong case that art is priceless. Perhaps not in the same way that a long-lost Van Gogh might be (although that would be lovely), but priceless in the sense that the value of what art brings us and what it brings out in us is beyond measure. As Tish Greenwood, CMATO’s executive director, wrote: “CMATO believes that art is an important ingredient in the social fabric of the community,” and that CMATO is “a place where ideas are shared and people connect.” That mission was put to the test shortly after the museum moved to its new, larger space on the second floor at The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks. (The museum had been at a former Taco Bell building near the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza since 2014.) CMATO had planned an opening night reception for Nov. 8 to celebrate Kevin Sloan’s Collection of Rarities, but on Nov. 7 the Borderline Bar and Grill tragedy occurred. Not even 24 hours later, the Hill and Woolsey Fires broke out, hitting Ventura County and especially Thousand Oaks with a devastating one-two punch. Needless to say, CMATO postponed the reception out of respect for everyone affected. But the museum also felt the need to respond to the twin tragedies in a meaningful way that would help the community process what had happened and to help it heal. “Tish had a meeting with some art therapists,” says Lynn Farrand, senior curator, and they explained that “it’s a deeper process of expression when you do an activity — a creative activity — rather than just writing [something] down.” That prompted CMATO to create an installation where people could make prayer flags and hang them from colorful ropes made from torn t-shirts. Dozens of flags, filled with drawings, prayers

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and messages of love, were hung at eye-level in one of the galleries so as to be easily read and impossible to ignore. In the main gallery is Collection of Rarities by Kevin Sloan. “Since we’re reaching out to the community,” Farrand explains, “we wanted to do something that families could enjoy together and they could see that we’re here for them.” Two of Sloan’s paintings were inspired by Jungleland, the popular Thousand Oaks attraction that closed in 1969. One painting entitled “Safe Haven” features a swan inspired by a Jungleland swan boat. A wildfire burns in the background. The parallel between the painting and the recent fires is striking. “Fire is a theme that he has in quite a few of his paintings because it’s something that’s manmade and much of his work is the fragile partnership between mankind and the natural world,” Farrand says. In his paintings, Sloan expresses this relationship in the most imaginative way, creating dreamlike scenarios that convey stark reality. “We’re thrilled to have him here,” says Farrand. “He’s a very environmentally conscious artist.” Sloan’s paintings are rich in realistic detail, a testament to his experience as an Audubon artist. Yet the paintings strike a magical tone as well. The exhibition is described as “a surreal journey examining the precarious position facing wildlife today.” It seems that it could not have come at a more relevant time. “He’s just amazing,” Farrand adds. “He does a number of glazes over the paintings and that helps give them more depth and color, but it’s so much more than that. He’s just very good with detail and of course his content is totally original.” Sloan’s work has been the jumping off point for several other CMATO installations and events. There is a selfie wall, inspired by a pattern in one of his paintings. Then there is the museum’s “activity box,” a small room about the size of a closet, currently set up as an infinity room, with mirrors all around. People are asked to write wishes down on paper leaves and hang them on the walls and ceiling. An event taking place this weekend will appeal to art and animal lovers of all ages. Wild Wonders, a collaboration

between CMATO and America's Teaching Zoo in Moorpark, takes place on Sunday, Jan. 13, 1-3 p.m., and will give attendees a chance to meet some of the zoo’s animal “ambassadors” and learn about animal ecology and adaptations and endangered species. Yet another element involves the written word. “We have ekphrastic poetry,” Farrand explains; ekphrastic meaning “art inspired by art.” CMATO asked poet Nancy-Jean Pément to help curate poetry written by local poets in response to Sloan’s work. In addition to Pément, the poets include Steve Braff, Jennifer Kelley, Marsha de la O, Friday Gretchen and Fernando Albert Salinas. Their work can be seen in the museum as well as in the exhibit’s catalog. One Sunday a month, CMATO hosts a PoeTea, where guests can listen to featured poets read their works while enjoying tea, pastries and finger sandwiches. (The next PoeTea will be held on Feb. 9, 3-4 p.m.) Another treat is CMATO’s walking brochures. Created with the help of an expert from the Getty Museum, the brochures help children and their families explore the art in a more meaningful way. “They give them something interactive to do while they’re looking at the works.” Coming soon is an exhibit by Risk, a local graffiti artist who has moved away from graffiti art towards fine art. “He’s doing all kinds of work, including sculpture,” says Farrand. It’s clear that there is always plenty going on at CMATO — all the more reason for people to take time out of the hustle and bustle at the mall to come spend time with works of art. “We are very much a participatory museum so we want people to come in and be engaged with the art and anything else we can offer,” says Farrand. She adds that CMATO is already operating as an event space and she hopes that it will be used for other purposes, such as a place for classes and workshops. Looking around at the people taking in Sloan’s work and the other offerings of the museum, it’s clear that while the partnership between man and nature might be fragile, the relationship ✦ between CMATO and the community is rock solid. Collection of Rarities through Feb. 17 at California Museum of Art Thousand Oaks, 350 West Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks. For more information, call 805-405-5240 or visit CMATO.org.

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Café Fiore: Instone The Canyon: Young Dubliners, 9 p.m. ✰ Copa Cubana: Native Vibe with Bill MacPhearson, 7-10 p.m.

Discovery: Corazon de Mana, 8 p.m. ✰ El Rey (Ventura): Xocoyotzin Moraza and

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Four Brix: Déjà vu Too, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Grapes and Hops: Morganfield Burnett Greater Goods: Mimi Gilbert and The

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Savitt and Mary Kennedy, 8 p.m.; The Harbor Queens Drag Show, 9:30 p.m. ✰ DJS Bogie’s: Club Night, 9 p.m.

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El Rey (Ventura): DJ Rogue, 9 p.m. Pirates: DJ Sherman Jr., 9 p.m. The Tavern: Last Resort Club, 10 p.m. KARAOKE

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LIVE MUSIC 805 Bar: Kenny Devoe, 12-6 p.m.

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Discovery: Yachtley Crew 5th Anniversary Party, 9 p.m.

Tatum and Jim Tauber, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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Namba Performing Arts Space: Old Soul, 8 p.m.

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Namba Performing Arts Space: Ventura Music Festival Student Jazz Competition, 11:30 a.m.

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