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On The Water Front
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6 Montecito Miscellany
Paul Walker’s family secret; Scott Wood selling up; Linda Kozlowski has a dream; award for Jessica Lange; Alzheimer’s campaign; UCSB Arts & Lectures heats up; Art Smith cooking in New York; World Business Academy luncheon; Thomas Steinbeck and Benjamin Brode; Penelope Bianchi and designing women; Middletown: A Play; Christopher Cross concert; and farewell to Mike Nichols
8 Letters to the Editor
Christina Allison on how times have changed; Geonine Moriarty tips her tiara to Richard Mineards; J. Jordan on a financial terrorist attack; Lanny Ebenstein and Measure Q; John Brion’s 10 retirement tips; “Anonymous” speaks out about free speech; Brian Cullen on wastewater treatment; and Bruce Savin thanks Bob Hazard
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23 Coming & Going
James Buckley sits down with Melinda Carey of Sarah House to learn about the hospice’s support for the dying poor and its upcoming campaign
Obituary
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26 Notes from Downtown
Jim Alexander doesn’t monkey around when it comes to health studies on drinking – and he advises when gambling, you gotta know when to hold ‘em
29 On Entertainment
Steven Libowitz chats it up with guitarist Neal Casal of Chris Robinson Brotherhood; surveys Clifford Morts and A Tuna Christmas; and weighs in on the first Ferrigno Legacy Pro-Amateur Fitness and Bodybuilding Festival
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ON THE WATER FRONT
by Bob Hazard
Mr. Hazard is an Associate Editor of this paper and a former president of Birnam Wood Golf Club
Slippery Rock Ranch to the Rescue
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ontecito today is like a damsel in distress, waiting for the great White Knight of Reliable Water to ride to her rescue. Without substantial rainfall this winter, Montecito could go dry as early as October 2015, with the possible elimination of all water for landscaping by the Montecito Water District (MWD). Wastewater recycling and seawater desalination represent longer-term solutions for water independence, but each will take time to develop in a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly manner.
More Valuable Than Gold
Riding to Montecito’s rescue may be the owners of the 800-acre Slippery Rock Ranch with its bountiful water rights. The ranch sits in the Goleta foothills, five miles north of the US 101 Fairview exit at 1725 N. La Patera Lane. The ranch was once famous for the bedrock ruts carved by stagecoach wheels into the sandstone. Roadside bandits would hold up the slow-moving stagecoaches, mired in the 10- to 12-inch parallel grooves, known as “Slippery Rocks” in the late 1880s. Little did the stagecoach drivers know that their slow-moving coaches were sitting atop a reservoir of fresh water now more valuable than gold in a water-starved California.
Bigger Than Lake Cachuma
According to Mark Lloyd, a land-use agent representing the Slippery Rock owners, the ranch sits astride a giant fractured rock aquifer with a storage capacity of 200,000 acre feet (AF). This reservoir, known as “The Chalice,” could be larger than the Lake Cachuma reservoir, which has a holding capacity of 188,030 AF when full. Lake Cachuma has been the major supplier of water to Goleta, Montecito, Summerland, Carpinteria, and municipal users in the city of Santa Barbara. Unfortunately, after three years of drought, Lake Cachuma is down to only 57,559 AF of water, just 30 percent of its capacity. As a surface reservoir, Lake Cachuma can lose up to 16,000 AF feet a year to evaporation. Mark Lloyd has approached John McInnes, GM of the Goleta Water District; Joshua Haggmark, city water czar for the City of Santa Barbara; and Tom Mosby, GM of the Montecito Water District, with a proposal to study the Slippery Rock Ranch basin as a new and additional sustainable groundwater source for the South Coast during drought emergencies. According to Lloyd, hydro-geologic studies indicate that “The Chalice” reservoir could provide a safe yield of 2,000 acre feet per year (AFY) with natural recharge, and could provide 10,000 to 15,000 AFY in emergency years. Confirmation of the water quality and underground reservoir capacity at the Slippery Rock Ranch would, of course, have to be confirmed by reputable hydrogeology testing.
A Pilot Program for Montecito
Mosby suggests that his district would be willing to fund a six-month pilot test program, in conjunction with qualified geologists, to determine the extent and connectivity of the Slippery Rock basin. MWD would also agree to fund the $250,000 connection cost from the Slippery Rock Ranch to the South Coast Conduit, plus the environmental reviews, in return for receiving an initial extraction of 500 AF of water. If the test is successful, Montecito could increase its purchase allocation to some 2,500 AF per year, and all four of the South Coast water agencies – Goleta, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, and Montecito – could buy or bank additional water from “The Chalice” as an insurance policy against future drought emergencies. Private landowners historically have sold both water and water rights to regional agencies, so long as their buyers are not wasting water, but using it for the public good.
A Community Approach
Privately owned underground water reservoirs are like savings accounts; you draw on them in times of need and replenish them in times of excess rainfall. There are reasonable people in both Montecito and Goleta, and in Santa Barbara and Carpinteria, who have a broader perspective on regional water solutions for the entire South Coast. They prefer positive solutions for individual districts, rather than divisive turf battles that may pit community against community.
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Collateral Damage
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was reflecting on the jobs that have disappeared... the jobs that helped kids earn money for college and old-age pensioners earn something to ease life on a restricted budget, and also made my life more pleasant. I’ve stopped going to the mall. Why? Because of the disappearance of the people who took cash for parking. Remember cash? Believe me, I used to spend more than the parking fee in the mall. Lifting weights at the local gym robbed me of the ability to stretch out my arm and capture the parking ticket. Ditto the ability to feed my credit card into the gizmo. I must exit my car to accomplish this. I used to enjoy the pianist playing the grand piano (another thing that has vanished) in Nordstrom... to shop and enjoy lunch with a friend in Nordstrom or one of the many restaurants was one of life’s perks. Surely, this paid off for the mall and went on the books as a “cost of doing business.” On my last visit, I got out of my car and stood feeding the credit card into the machine. It refused to register it and kept spitting it back at me. I was thus totally engaged when the burly man who was parked in back of my car yelled, “Hey, lady... the barrier is up!” Sure enough, it was and with his magnificent voice echoing through the structure like a yodeler in the Swiss Alps, I exited to “Hey lady, lady, lady, the barrier, barrier, barrier is up,
up, up.” I never returned. Whoever said malls would become the dinosaurs of the modern age knew what they were saying. Christina Allison Montecito (Editor’s note: I, too, reflect upon jobs that have disappeared, mostly jobs that teenagers – and I was one once – would have done. I was a newspaper boy at the age of 10 or 11. I remember the pride I had growing my originally small route into a multi-hundred address one. I was also a caddie at the age of 12 or so at the Tewksbury Country Club and later as a 16-year-old at what was then the Fox Hills Country Club in Los Angeles; it is now the Fox Hills Mall. I wasn’t a big kid, but I could handle carrying two large golf bags for 18 and sometimes 36 holes on a Saturday or Sunday, even as an 11-year-old. I don’t remember the exact amount I was paid, and it couldn’t have been much more than two bucks in Tewksbury. That was enough, however, to buy three grilled hot dogs and a vanilla shake, with plenty of money left over for pocket change. As a caddie, I was allowed to play for free one day a week, and after 5 pm on other days of the week, thereby learning the game of golf. When I caddied at Fox Hills, most of the other caddies were older black men. They’d throw dice and play a card game called Tonk for money while waiting to pick up a tee time. It was a rough crowd, and there was the occasional fight when someone was accused of or caught cheating, and
sometimes a straight razor or switchblade knife would be brandished, though never used. Smoking and drinking were all part of the experience; drugs were not. Pumping gas, roller-skating fast-food counter hops, bowling alley pin boys, babysitting, lawn mowing, snow shoveling, picking fruit, clearing manure in a dairy barn – I did that, too – were all low-paid high-reward jobs that kept kids in shape, “off the streets” – even though my Fox Hills experience was a little sketchy – and taught them all kinds of skills. Virtually none of those jobs are available for younger kids today; labor laws and legal liability fears have squelched nearly every possibility. Thanks for the reminder; there is no way to rewind that clock, but I wish we could. – J.B.)
Hats Off to Sir Richard
The exquisitely entertaining article, “Royal Repast Not Half-Bard” by columnist Richard Mineards (MJ #20/45) was one of my favorite social commentaries to date. Incredibly witty, Richard also exhibited an unparalleled knowledge of British tradition. He regaled us with precise detail, even to the very china and crystal patterns used at the “friend raiser” dinner. I felt as though I was there, as a guest with Mike and Anne Towbes
and Sara Miller McCune, and the tastes, sounds, and conversations came alive for me. I am so very proud of our own lovingly known “Sir Richard,” who often pre-empts other well-known news outlets. He is a most gracious person, a talented journalist, and a credit to our community and the Montecito Journal. Geonine Moriarty Montecito
Terrorist Attack
Your readers and Montecito should be aware that there was a terrorist attack in September 2008 that dwarfed 9/11. Financial profits (historically unprecedented losses) that quarter are impossible given treasuries and interest rates. Sincerely, Dr. J. Jordan Montecito (Editor’s note: And we are still paying for it, at least those of us stupid enough to have tried to save something for the future. The smart money spent every dime it made, borrowed more, and then sat back and allowed the rest of us to bail them out. It’s kind of hard to live on the interest of what one managed to put away when interest rates are near zero percent; it’s much easier to let other taxpayers send you money. – J.B.)
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Enrollment Down
There is much to James Buckley’s recent wrap-up with respect to the November election concerning Measure Q, the Montecito Union School District bond (“How Montecito Voted,” MJ #20/44). Measure Q was soundly defeated: 44.6 percent Yes, 55.4 percent, No. Before a similar proposal is placed on the ballot in 2016, it would be worthwhile to consider likely future enrollment in the Montecito Union School District. In 2013-14, per the official yearly enrollment data reported to the state of California, Montecito Union had 52 kindergarteners and 76 sixth graders. The fact is that Montecito Union will experience a substantial decline in enrollment in the coming years. Montecito Union has averaged about 500 students in enrollment in recent years. For the period from 2016 to 2030, the average will be closer to 400. For this reason, future building plans at Montecito Union should be developed on the basis of a smaller enrollment than has characterized the recent past. What’s happening is that more kids are in the public schools (private schools have lower enrollment) proportionately, but the high cost of housing in Montecito is allowing barely any new students in. Together with the general decline in birth rates between 2009 and 2013, I’d guess that in 2020, Montecito Union could have as few as 350 students. Lanny Ebenstein Santa Barbara
Things to Do in Retirement
Ten ideas for maintaining a healthy level of insanity in retirement: 1) At lunchtime, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars... watch them slow down. 2) On all your check stubs, write “For Marijuana.” 3) Skip down the street rather than walk and notice how many looks you get. 4) Order a diet water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face. 5) Sing along at the opera. 6) When the money comes out of the ATM, scream, “I won! I won!” 7) When leaving the zoo, start running toward the car park yelling, “Run for your lives! They’re loose!” 8) Tell your children over dinner that due to the economy you are going to have to let one of them go. 9) Pick up a box of condoms at the pharmacy, go to the counter, and ask where the fitting room is. 10) Go to a large department store fitting room, drop your drawers to your ankles and yell out, “There’s no 27 November – 4 December 2014
paper in here!” Forwarded by John Brion Santa Barbara
On Anonymity
The Montecito Journal has kindly published several of my letters anonymously. I must disagree completely with Shannon Gallup (“No More Anonymity,” MJ #20/45). Today’s Left doesn’t believe in open, honest discussion. They want to shut down debate with anyone who disagrees with them. Most Democrats in the U.S. Senate recently voted, in effect, to remove the First Amendment. One of the most bizarre features of contemporary academic life is the speech codes found on so many campuses. Quite apart from the First Amendment, of all the times in their lives when people should be allowed to say anything, it is in their formative years. How else can they expand their minds? Academics claim they are protecting their young charges. I think it is to protect the preposterous left-wing views held by so many in academia. At least 90 percent of the faculty at UCSB admit to being Democrats and/ or voting for Democrats; the rest of the country is approximately evenly split. Walk around campus in the run-up to an election. This year, there were dozens of signs supporting Measure P and not a single one in opposition. Of course, the measure failed 60/40 even in liberal Santa Barbara. Thus, Shannon Gallup needs to understand that being seen to be anything other than hard-core Democrat can be directly damaging to an academic career. And in Hollywood today, being right wing is likely to be as damaging to an actor’s career as being on the left-wing blacklist during the 1950s. I’m a scientist who strongly disagrees with the current Global Warming-Climate Change hysteria. But instead of engaging in an open debate, the Left calls us “Climate Deniers,” an intentional insult implying that we are as evil as those who deny Hitler’s Holocaust. We are “just shills for the oil companies,” even though they benefit from the low gas prices that have resulted from fracking. Of course, they are reduced to insults because the facts are disintegrating before their eyes. Instead of the global destruction promised by Al Gore, the earth’s temperature has not risen, depending on which measurement you look at, for between 16 and 26 years. But that did not prevent a close acquaintance of mine saying loudly in front of a group of colleagues that I was an ultra-conservative because “she doesn’t believe in
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This Week in and around Montecito
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 Guest Poet at Montecito Library Poetry Club The Montecito Library Poetry Club will have a guest poet, Dr. Paul Willis, at the this month’s meeting. The club, which meets the first Thursday of the month, discusses the life and works of a selected poet each month. Dr. Willis is a professor of English at Westmont, and was the Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara from 2011 to 2013. He will be reading a selection of his poems and will share with the group some of the joys of writing and teaching. When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Cost: free and open to the public Info: 969-5063
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 Book Signing at SBMA Montecito Journal columnist and author Erin Graffy de Garcia promotes and signs her most recent publication, Old Spanish Days: Santa Barbara History Through Public Art; her other books are available at the Museum Shop. When: 5 pm Where: 1130 State Street Info: www.sbma.net
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27 Thanksgiving Several restaurants in Montecito are serving up traditional turkey dinners with all the fixin’s; call for details and reservations. Bella Vista at the Biltmore, 1260 Channel Drive, 969-2261 Montecito Wine Bistro, 516 San Ysidro Road, 969-7520 Plow & Angel, 900 San Ysidro Lane, 565-1724 Stonehouse Restaurant, 900 San Ysidro Lane, 565-1724 Stella Mare’s, 50 Los Patos Way, 969-6705
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Library Closed All libraries in the Santa Barbara Public Library system are closed on both Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after the holiday.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Holiday Faire Showcasing the work of 85 participating artisans from throughout California, an exceptional variety of fine handicrafts awaits shoppers at the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History’s 34th Annual Holiday Faire. Some of the unique gifts offered for sale will include wooden toys, country
crafts, fine jewelry, quilts, crochet hats and scarves, stained glass, baby gifts, Christmas ornaments, decorations, and wreaths. From ceramics, succulent dish gardens, and exotic wooden bowls to original photography, oil, and watercolor paintings, this year’s faire promises art for everyone’s tastes and pocketbook. There will be a variety of refreshments, including hot foods and fresh homebaked goodies. Enjoy live bluegrass and Irish folk music, while the children indulge in face painting or share their Christmas wishes and candy canes with Santa Claus. When: 10 am to 3 pm Where: 956 Maple Avenue Info: 684-3112 Small Business Saturday This year’s Small Business Saturday is the Saturday after Black Friday during Thanksgiving weekend. Since 2010, Small Business Saturday has become the day to celebrate the “Shop Small” movement, to drive shoppers to support local merchants across the U.S. Several small businesses in Montecito are marking the occasion, including The Stationery Collection in the Upper Village, which will have specials on holiday cards, as well as sweet treats and a raffle. Nearby businesses will also take part. When: 10 am to 4 pm Where: 1470 E. Valley Road, Suite K Info: 969-3414
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MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. When: 2 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu
Parent Education Series Montecito Union technology officer Phil Scrivano discusses Internet safety as part of a lecture series at the school. When: 8:40 to 9:40 am Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249
Holiday Boutique Garden Street Academy will host its annual Holiday Boutique; the event is free, open to the public, and a familyfriendly affair. The boutique will feature several unique vendors with a wide variety of holiday gifts, professional photos with Santa, a Scholastic book table, Christmas tree raffles, and scrumptious treats. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Garden Street Academy scholarship fund, which helps to promote the school’s vision to offer a progressive independent school experience to families who might not otherwise have the opportunity. When: 2 to 5 pm Where: Garden Street Academy, 2300 Garden Street
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Centering Prayer Practice Retreat On the first Saturday of each month, La Casa de Maria offers a mini-retreat day for Centering Prayer practice. There will be meditation walks, journaling, reflection, and Centering Prayer practice. Beginners welcome. Sr. Suzanne Dunn, Jeannette Love, and Annette Colbert share facilitating and teaching. Dunn and Colbert are cocoordinators for Contemplative Outreach in Ventura and Santa Barbara. When: 9:30 am to 1 pm Where: 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: www.lacasademaria.org
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s we entered Fess Parkers DoubleTree Resort for the 19th annual Military Ball, a military helicopter stationed at the entrance and some handsome uniformed UCSB ROTC Cadets standing nearby greeted us. The lobby was jammed with more than 650 attendees, many of them veterans in uniform. The ballroom was festooned with military flags and the carnation centerpieces were red, white, and blue. An altogether impressive sight. Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation (PCVF) executive director John Blankenship informed us, “The founder of this event was Pierre (19092003) who as a Belgian-born immigrant never forgot when the American G.I.’s liberated his town during World War I when he was 10 years old, handing out chocolate, food, and cigarettes. He pledged his allegiance to ensure all veterans always be honored and never forgotten.” The foundation carries on his legacy. John’s wife Hazel is also an active board member. Master of Ceremonies Mr. Peter Bie (U.S. Army 1967-70) ordered the Posting of the Colors by the USMC Color Guard. The National Anthem was beautifully sung by David Gonzales (a retired police officer). The Missing Man ceremony was conducted by Captain Carolyn Alexa Wagnild, U.S. Army. That is a symbolic ritual that begins with a round table to show everlasting concern for our missing men and ends with an inverted glass to symbolize their inability to share this evening’s toast. The chairs are empty – they are missing. Our actress and author Fannie Flagg (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café) spoke of her latest book, The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion.
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This is about a well-kept secret of the women pilots during World War II who ferried new airplanes from American factories to Europe. Thirtyeight were killed in service, and yet they were only recently recognized as members of the military. The Greatest Generation Award went to a local hero, retired Army Sergeant Sam Cathcart, 90, who landed on Normandy’s beaches and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Later he went on to play pro football for the San Francisco 49ers for three seasons – followed by 19 seasons as head coach for the Santa Barbara Dons before retiring in 1974. The salute to armed services’ musical tribute always gives me goosebumps when the band plays each of the service songs and the men stand – Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast 27 November – 4 December 2014
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Under the Tuscan Moon
Deckers Brands’ rotunda was magically transformed from a commercial facility to an evening “Under the Tuscan Moon” for the Boys and Girls Clubs. Literally, there was a giant moon hanging above our heads with a celestial scene projected on the wall. As we entered, Italian music was being played to put everyone in the mood and, of course, Italian snacks like calamari just so we wouldn’t get too hungry before dinner. Oh, and Deckers’ showcase store was open with discount prices, just in case there were any fashionistas in the crowd. Remember, Deckers are the ones who made the little boot for our lame penguin at the Santa Barbara Zoo and will do so for its whole life. I was told that the penguin even has designer boots for special holidays. Event chair was Melissa Gough with help from interim CEO Diana Starr Langley and the committee: Jim Crook, Louise Cruz, Stephen Miller, Phyllis Noble, Taffy Balch, Carol Marsh, Sheila Herman, Jeremy Cable of Islay Events and Glenn Novack from The Tent Merchant.
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The committee had a few surprises for the audience – The Three Waiters. Singing waiters, that is: Mario Rocha, Paul Avedisian, and Damon Kirsche. I always loved living in Italy because everyone sang, waiters, maids, painters. After The Three Waiters sang, we had one more Italian standing by – Andy LoRusso, the Singing Chef. “In Napoli, where love is king, where boy meets girl, here’s what they sing: When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s Amore!” Auctioneer John Balch was asking for bids for an evening with Andy and 12 friends, with him cooking and singing. Maestra di Cerimonia or emcee Catherine Remak kept the evening moving. Bob and Ruth Kallman were honored in memoriam with the Mille Grazie Award because they founded this auction event for the Boys and Girls Clubs 31 years ago, plus being avid supporters of this and many other groups in Santa Barbara. Accepting were family members: son Kris Kallman, granddaughter Deedee Barthelmess, daughter Carol Kallman, and son-in-law Don Barthelmess. Sal Rodriguez (Development) who has been with the Boys and Girls
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ditching his love of fast cars for a more peaceful life and had rediscovered his affinity for the ocean. Sadly, it was too late for the unassuming self-confessed adrenaline junkie who lost his life when his friend Roger Rodas’s car crashed into a tree in Santa Clarita. “Paul was planning on taking a break from starring in movies, and stepping away from Hollywood, to spend more time with Meadow,” Paul Sr. tells the London Daily Mail. “He was so proud of her. She is incredibly intelligent and beautiful, and Paul wanted to be there for her when she grew up. “In fact, he would’ve swapped his Hollywood fame for the quiet life with Meadow, Paul wasn’t big on fame and preferred to live modestly. But he signed on for the Agent 47 movie about a hit man, and it was already agreed that if it was successful there would be three further movies made. “That was something he confessed to me he wished he hadn’t done, because he wanted to be with Meadow.” His words come in the wake of an announcement by Universal Pictures that they are making three more films after Fast 7 hits theaters in April. Last spring, directors finished their latest movie even though Paul died halfway through shooting. “Paul is, and always will be, an integral part of the story,” says Universal Pictures chairman Donna Langley. “But there are many other great characters and it’s also an opportunity to introduce new characters. I think it’s still a growing franchise... so we think there’s more to mine there. But we’re, of course, very mindful of fatigue.” Meadow, who now lives in Hawaii with her mother, Rebecca, is set to inherit the 41-year-old actor’s entire fortune, which is estimated at around $16 million... From the Wood Pile Texan energy tycoon Scott Wood, who spent millions turning Meeker Field in Summerland, a virtual dust bowl, into one of the best polo fields
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Polo-playing Texan tycoon Scott Wood puts Meeker Field up for sale
in our Eden by the Beach, is selling up. The lush property, which consists of 60 useable acres in two parcels, just a short gallop from the Santa Barbara Polo Club – site of his ERG team’s two consecutive Bombardier Pacific Coast Open victories of the past two years – is described as “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” for an equestrian-oriented buyer, by realtor Emily Kellenberger of Village Properties. “It’s a rare offering, perched as it is between the mountains and the Pacific,” she says. The fields, including a practice area next door to the main field, have lush landscaping, elegant stonework, a seasonal creek, walking trails, and a training track. The Houston-based magnate is selling the sprawling property for $21 million...
I Dream of Destiny Actress Linda Kozlowski, ex-wife of former Montecito resident Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan, is dreaming of another career. She has joined with her longtime Berber-born friend, Moulay Hafid Baba, to form Marrakech, Moroccobased tour firm Dream My Destiny, offering bespoke tours to the north African country, just a short hop across the Strait of Gibraltar from Europe, I learn.
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“They have partnered with many of the country’s most notable venues, which offer some of the most exotic and exhilarating haunts, juxtaposing five-star resorts with one thousand year old medinas,” says a friend, Beth Brett.
Morocco, which I have visited many times, is also a popular location for movie shoots, given its close proximity to Europe, with Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, and Mummy 2, filmed there, as well as innumerable fashion shoots for top designers like Giorgio Armani and Tory Burch.... Lange Gang The stars were out in force at the Bacara when the Santa Barbara International Film Festival gave its ninth annual Kirk Douglas Award for excellence in film to Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange, the first woman
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global warming.” I certainly took it as an attempt to be personally damaging. As Editor Buckley knows, I am nothing of the kind; I am, in fact, strongly libertarian, despising the majority of politicians, and the last phrase anyone would use to describe my work is “conservative.” Actually, I love what is happening because I think that the Democratic Party is destroying itself: they just reelected Nancy Pelosi as their leader. They are behaving exactly as the Labor Party did in Britain in the mid-1980s. As they did worse in elections, they went even harder to the left and remained in the political wilderness until Tony Blair took them back to a centralist position. Good luck with Nancy P! But for the rest of us, “Wake Up, America,” your liberties are being eroded on every side. Even England – “our closest ally” – has added ever-increasing limitations on speech. The First Amendment is almost unique to the United States. Hold on to free speech, speech codes be damned. Just Sign Me, Anonymous Santa Barbara
more socially acceptable in California and throughout the world, due to new advanced technologies and proven solutions such as the world-renowned Orange County Water District’s Groundwater Replenishment System and Singapore’s new water project, which produces enough high-grade reclaimed water to meet up to 30 percent of that nation’s current water needs. The key to success for local communities is to develop a “diversified portfolio of water supplies,” such as water recycling-reuse and seawater desalination as a combined solution. While we strongly encourage reuse as a first source of new water, seawater desalination should be considered as a supplemental supply of water after reuse supplies have been exhausted. The benefit of this approach is to: a) reuse what is currently available; b) reduce the discharge and pollution to the ocean, and c) take advantage of the lowest cost option for a new water supply. Regards, Brian D. Cullen PERC Water Corporation President Costa Mesa
Wastewater Treatment On the Water Forefront to Potable Use Thank you, Bob Hazard, for the California coastal communities have more than 40 wastewater treatment facilities that discharge approximately 1.35 billions gallons per day of treated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean. The existing discharge is deemed safe for ocean discharge, but not safe enough for reuse. This equates to approximately 1.5 million acre-feet per year of water that could be reintroduced into California’s water supply, thereby creating a new, reliable, drought-resistant supply of water for many California coastal communities. Water reuse is rapidly becoming
much needed information on potential solutions for our outdated water system. I am surprised it’s our neighboring communities and not us leading the way with progressive alternatives to solve water issues. I assumed Montecito, with all its resources, would be on the forefront. What happened? Appreciatively, Bruce Savin Montecito (Editor’s note: This week’s “On The Water Front” by Bob Hazard on page five should give you some encouragement. – •MJ J.B.)
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However, the Slippery Rock proposal was met, according to a recent report in the Santa Barbara Independent, with a chilly resistance from McInnes, who on October 29 sent a polite, but curt, “No Way in Hell” letter to his Montecito Water District counterpart Mosby. McInnes argues that pumping wells on the Slippery Rock Ranch will have an adverse effect on the Goleta Water basin. He insists that GWD has the authority to shut down the Slippery Rock private wells, if need be. Adjacent ranchers could also be encouraged to file CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) lawsuits to block the sale of private water to Goleta’s neighboring water districts in Montecito, Santa Barbara, or Carpinteria. It is good water policy to allow Montecito – as well as other South Coast communities – to share a new source of water for drought emergencies when they need it most. The Slippery Rock Ranch supply, and others like it, should be viewed as a South Coast replacement for state water, which was promised but not delivered. It seems that the state promised five times as much water as it possessed, resulting in a cutoff of promised state water to agencies with lower water rights, such as those on the South Central Coast.
The COMB Hurdle
The Slippery Rock Ranch solution would need the approval of multiple agencies including COMB (Cachuma Operations and Maintenance Board), a joint powers agency whose mission is “to provide a reliable source of water to our member agencies in an efficient and cost-effective manner for the betterment of the community.” COMB is governed by its five-member agencies that operate and maintain Lake Cachuma, four smaller balancing reservoirs, the Tecolote Tunnel, and 26 miles of pipeline called the South Coast Conduit, plus other facilities needed to deliver Lake Cachuma water to the individual water districts on the South Coast. COMB’s five members have seven board votes: Goleta with two votes; Santa Barbara, two votes; Montecito, one vote; Carpinteria, one vote; and ID#1 (the Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District Improvement District #1) with one vote. Gaining COMB approval of the Slippery Rock proposal would require four of the seven votes.
Spirit of Cooperation
All 29 water districts, sanitary districts, community service districts, private water companies, and cities in Santa Barbara County are fond of assuring their residents that “We have a long history of working cooperatively to resolve multiple issues related to water, including adequacy of supply.” That positive philosophy of sharing water with neighbors in emergencies should take precedence over turf battles, where self-interest to store more water than you can use is more important than regional cooperation. There are skilled dealmakers in Montecito and the South Coast who routinely negotiate win-win solutions. It would be a shame to block access to the water under Slippery Rock Ranch merely because the water districts in Montecito and Goleta can’t find common ground. Surely, there is a workable solution here. Calling on our community leaders may help. We need to urge elected leaders and concerned community residents in Montecito, Summerland, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, and Goleta to seek a compromise to get the Slippery Rock Ranch deal done. Please e-mail me at bobhazard@gmail.com with your thoughts and ideas. •MJ EARTHQUAKE RETROFITTING 50 + YEARS EXPERIENCE - LOCAL 35+ YEARS
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arah House is not a glamorous non-profit institution. It is a hospice and is dedicated to the dying poor. And, since it is not a medical facility, it does not receive any funding from either Medicare or Medical, and survives mostly on grants and donations of its supporters. Which is why we asked Melinda Carey, longtime Sarah House supporter and former president of its board of directors, to tell us not only about the hospice but also about its upcoming fundraiser. Melinda (her grandfather was actor Harry Carey; her father was character actor Harry Carey Jr.) has been a supporter of Sarah House since 1993, when it was called Heath House and its mission was to care for dying AIDS patients in their final days. She attended a mass at Trinity Episcopal Church on State Street, just around the corner from Heath House and afterward was given a tour of the facility by then house manager Debbie McQuade. “She was so engaging and so passionate about dealing with what at that point was an epidemic,” Melinda recalls. “My kids were a little older, I had extra time I could spend volunteering and I was looking for something; I was trying to decide how to connect in the community.” Melinda says she was close to a gay family member who lived a life of excess in New York but continued to test HIV-negative. “After meeting with Debbie,” she says, “I decided to work in AIDS work. His community was dying around him, and I was so thankful for his life having been inexplicably spared. That’s how I started.” Heath House, founded in the late 1980s by Alice Heath, was dedicated to easing the last days of men stricken with AIDS. “Then, the cocktail arrived,” Melinda says, “and people weren’t dying; they were living with
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AIDS. We had extra beds and we decided to expand our mission and become a social model hospice for the dying poor.” She explains that since Sarah House – named for early benefactor Sarah Shoresman – is a social model not a medical model, it doesn’t receive reimbursement from Medicare, Medical, or any governmental agency. It depends entirely upon donations and grants for its funding. Sarah House has eight guest rooms, and each room has a patio or access to the nearby garden. “It doesn’t have that institutional feel; it’s much more like a home,” Melinda notes. “Guests and residents come in, they bring in their own personal things, and they have a case manager, either through Visiting Nurse or Assisted Living, or one of the other agencies that tracks them. Everybody in the house sort of does everything, so it’s like coming into a home where your whole family is taking care of you.”
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nosed with primary progressive aphasia, a rare form of dementia in 2006, before the caregiver awards were presented by Anne to Lorena Angeles, Susan Stewart, and Glen Adams. Rhonda Spiegel, CEO of the California Central Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, said that 12,000 people in Santa Barbara County suffer the disease, which is
the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., while Laurel Coleman, a doctor who sits on the council’s advisory board, described it as “the health care crisis of the century!” costing $214 billion in 2014 and expected to rise to $1.2 trillion in 2050 at current rates. Ubiquitous Andrew Firestone, with
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ur government has a drinking problem. No, I’m not confirming rumors about John Boehner and Harry Reid. I’m referring to the National Institute of Health (NIH) spending millions to get monkeys (the primates, not the bubblegum rock group) drunk so they can determine the effects of long-term drinking. The NIH has also allotted funds to study college students’ alcohol consumption during pre-football tailgate parties. And they’ve allocated money to research binge-drinking mice, inebriated gamblers, and pilots flying drunk. There’s also a plan to spend tax dollars to examine the effects of something I’m guilty of occasionally: drinking alone. To this I say, if you have pets in the house, or even silverfish, technically, you’re not drinking alone. The government is spending all this tax money on drinking, but do you think they’d buy me one stinking Jack Daniels on the rocks? As far as I’m concerned, instead of asking taxpayers, Do you want $3 of your federal tax to go to the Presidential Campaign Fund, they should ask, Can we take $10 of your money and buy you a Cadillac margarita? I may not be the fastest mutt in the
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Iditarod, but even I know long-term drinking is about as healthy as longterm badger badgering. From personal experience, I can name a few side effects of excessive and prolonged alcohol consumption: the desertion of nebbish brain cells, the inability to say the word “loquacious,” and a reputation as someone who’ll sleep anywhere. I’ve never seen the Alexander Coat of Arms, but family legend says it’s two empty beer steins flanking Mr. Potato Head “napping” in the gutter. I may be out in left field without a catcher’s mitt, but I think it’s silly for the NIH to spend $70,000 to text college students before football tailgate parties, encouraging them to drink less. Having spent a minimal time in college (one foggy yet festive semester), I can tell you that most college students won’t listen because, quite frankly, at this point in their lives
they’re all foam and no beer. It’d be much wiser to take that money and study the effects of Christianity and vomiting at these gatherings, because there are only two things students do at tailgate parties – drink alcohol and eat undercooked bratwurst – both of which usually end up with them upchucking and moaning “Oh, Jesus.” Not only does a study in binge-drinking mice sound trivial to me, I think I
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might have to audit the budget on that one. I mean, how much could it cost to get a mouse drunk? “Give Mickey and Minnie two drops of Two-Buck Chuck every minute for an hour, and then see if they can say the alphabet backward.” Even more inane is the study on gamblers and drinking. Gambling while inebriated is something I’ve also studied extensively, and I can tell you that gambling may be ignorant, but gambling while drunk is ignoranter.
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Once, while drunk, I bet a man I could win a staring contest with his dog. Unfortunately, what I had confused for his dog was a deer head mounted on the wall. After several tequila shots at a bachelor party, I bet the intended groom I could shave my chest with his fiancée’s Epilady without crying. Another time, while tanked-up at a casino in Reno, I prayed aloud, “Dear Lord, please let me break even. I need the money.” And do we really need to spend tax dollars to find out that pilots’ flying skills might diminish a smidgeon when they’re drunk? The long drawnout answer is nooooooooooooooo. Let’s put an end to this malarkey right now. There are only three skills that most guys do better when drunk: dance, karaoke, and accessorize. Four things if, as in my family, you count falling down as a skill. In conclusion, I may be a writer who’s known to have lost more than one debate with a bowl of pretzels, but all our government had to do was come to me for these simple answers. And even though it’s common knowledge that they’re willing to spend millions for frivolous information, if they waited until I’d consumed a box of wine, I would’ve given them the skinny for free, or, possibly, the cost of a chest-hair •MJ transplant operation.
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2015. Chief curator Daniel Calderon is to be complimented along with guest curators Erin Graffy de Garcia, Joseph Knowles, Melinda Gandara, and Rose Thomas.” One of the inspirational Lutah quotes from the October 17, 1966, Los Angeles Times read, “Shelter from the elements, a place of retreat and rest, a place of happiness, if possible, and enough beauty to provide a lift for the Spirit.” Go and see, it’s free. •MJ
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Melinda’s dad, Western character actor Harry Carey, Jr. (center) starred with John Wayne (right) and Pedro Armendariz in 3 Godfathers, directed by John Ford
Melinda’s dad, Harry Carey, Jr., died just after Christmas Day in 2012 at the age of 91, and spent the last 12 hours of his life at Sarah House. Melinda’s mom lives at the Heritage House and has Alzheimer’s. She is 89. This year’s fundraiser for Sarah House, called Light Up The Western Sky, was inspired by the death of Melinda’s father, and is set to take place on Saturday, December 6, beginning at 5:30 pm at the Rockwood Woman’s Club. Melinda says there’ll be non-stop Country music featuring fiddles, guitars, and banjos, and she’s
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bringing in Linda Montana – cowboy roping star Monty Montana’s daughter – to demonstrate her rope tricks. The committee has managed to obtain a complete faux Western town from a theater company with which to decorate one of the rooms at the club. Traditional tri-tip barbecue will be cooking outside on the patio as guests enter. Nearby, there’ll be a Western saloon serving beer and wine, and the evening’s entertainment will, we are told, include maybe a half-hour of line dancing for one and all. Silent auction items include Frye
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boots, a Navajo white fetish double-strand necklace, a vintage cowgirl jacket worn in the 1930 Rose Bowl Parade, jewelry from Jaffurs and 33 Jewels, and of course, many more enticing items. Another plus is you don’t need to get all gussied up. “We’d love it if they’d come dressed in Western gear,” Melinda says. If you are wondering what Sarah House expects to spend the money on, other than paying the staff, board member Serena Carroll says your gifts will buy everything from a year’s worth of laundry soap, light bulbs,
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paper towels, fish food, firewood, ice cream, coffee, candles, new shower curtains, a dryer, bed sheets, blinds, paint, and a week of groceries, to two new TVs and a couple DVD players, all of which donors can earmark specifically at the fundraiser’s “Stone Soup” table. While the cost to attend is $125 per person, $250 per couple, the psychic reward for doing so is priceless. For tickets or information, email: office@sarahhousb.org; call (805) 682-1515; or log onto the Facebook page “Sarah House Santa Barbara.” See you at the line dance! •MJ
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came together with the addition of Black Crowes keyboardist Adam MacDougall, bassist Mark Dutton, and drummer George Sluppick. The band then proceeded to woodshed in public, playing residencies in Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Los Angeles right out of the box, which might just be the musical equivalent of an ocean neophyte braving waves on a thin piece of lumber. Now, more than four years later, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood is a well-oiled unit with three albums under its belt, including Phosphorescent Harvest, behind which they’ve been on tour since mid-summer. The latest swing brings the band back to Santa Barbara for a headlining gig at the Lobero on Saturday night. Casal had just landed in San Francisco – the Grateful Dead-loving band’s spiritual home – in anticipation
of a four-night run when he took a break to talk about CRB’s early days and current collaborative process. Q. I’ve got to start out with asking you about the residency at SOhO back in 2011, when you guys played every week for a whole month. We could see the band developing in front of our eyes, just coming together more with each new show. What was that experience like for you? How did it help? A. I remember very clearly on our second gig at SOhO there was a moment where everything just clicked. Up until that point, we weren’t really sure we would continue. It was just an experiment for Chris to see if it would work. And it had gone well from the start, but we’d only rehearsed a handful of times
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ago just so he could be closer to his favorite surf spots – Rincon, C Street, “even Mondos, when it’s good,” he said. The same pattern holds, minus the torture, for CRB, which came together after the Black Crowes went on indefinite hiatus nearly four years ago. Robinson, the Crowes’s singer and rhythm guitarist called up Casal, who he’d known since an early Casal band, Beachwood Sparks, opened for the Crowes in 2001. The Brotherhood
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before those shows. So we were growing up in public, stumbling around searching for our sound. It seemed like the results were very mixed at first and we weren’t sure it would be viable. It didn’t come together very well in Los Angeles. But at that one moment, the music reached a certain peak and the audience felt it at the same time. We just looked at each other in the band, and out at the audience, and we knew that was it. We knew from that moment forward that this entire thing would work. So those SOhO shows were really important for us. It was where we built an audience. And by the end of the residency, we knew what we were doing. Now it’s four years later and we’re still getting better.
Do you think those gigs still have ramifications for the band now, in that since you were battle tested and can survive anything? Oh, yeah, it does. The way we started is forever a part of our fabric. It’s dyed in the wool now. It was a really smart idea by Chris. Usually you see the singer of a popular band go in and make a solo record, and then try to figure out the live show later. It usually doesn’t work. People are suspicious. He’d try that before and made good solo records. But this time he wanted to truly be a band. So we worked really hard, played some really long shows, and failed badly in front of people all the time. But we learned what works before going into the studio to record.
The record when it came made much more sense. We’re proud of the band because we earned it. Having it come a bit later in life like this feels so much more gratifying. You seem to have a real sympatico with Chris. How did that happen and how has it grown? We had an instantaneous connection on a lot of levels, from coming from a similar place in terms of age and background to loving the same kind of music. For me, the criteria for showing up is (the quality of the) songs and singing. In Chris’s case, it’s all there. Right from the beginning it felt right. (For CRB), he had a specific vision in mind: two-set, three-hour shows,
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This summer you played at the Santa Barbara Bowl, now you’re coming back to headline at the Lobero again, so you’ve played every size venue we have in town. Does where you play affect the show? It definitely does. The sounds and shape and size of a room, and the vibe, it all factors in. The Lobero is a historic classic room with a great sound. We had a good show there last time, but we also learned some lessons that we’ll apply on our trip back. It’s like the original SOhO run: it’s building. Come back and see it, and we’ll take it a bit farther.
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How does your third album, Phosphorescent Harvest, which came out this summer, show the growth of the band? It’s several steps forward in every aspect: songwriting, arrangements, production, sound, the playing. I think it’s very, very good. Our first two records had good songs but they were still formative. It all comes together for me on this one. The arrangements are much more sophisticated and involved and there’s tighter structure. The songs are more densely packed. It’s much more interesting chordally and melodically. I think we’re at a creative peak. So how do you sustain that? There’s no way of knowing. (Laughs). Inspiration comes and goes. Every artist goes through it. Hopefully you have a couple of years where you can do no wrong. But there’s always a time where you can’t put one one chord together you want to actually listen to. I have some loose notions of what I think will work for CRB. But on the other hand, I try not to get too attached, because that’s where the creativity goes away. The hot streak can end real fast if you aren’t pushing for new directions, going beyond the boundaries. We don’t want to turn into AC/DC. We were founded on experimentation, and I want to challenge myself to keep in that spirit.
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patterned off the Grateful Dead. Not sounding like them, more the great psychedelic bands of the ‘60s, West Coast vibes, mixed in with everything we all love – folkies, rock, jazz, blues. We’re all students of all of it and have been at it a long time. So we’re at the point where we just put everything we have into the mix. Whatever works. It was real open-ended at the beginning with almost no rules. The songs could be as long as we wanted, and we had zero commercial considerations. We’d all had and lost record deals before, so we just had this freedom to explore.
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on Broadway. When Nichols passed away suddenly last week, Morts was reminded of something the director once told him: “Remember, you’re not funny – the material is.” That bit of advice has come in handy as Morts has been rehearing A Tuna Christmas, the Rubicon Theater Company’s holiday show, in which the actor and his co-star, RTC veteran Jamie Torcellini (Man of La Mancha, Hamlet, You Can’t Take it With You, Picasso at Lapin Agile, and The Mystery of Irma Vep), between them portray 22 different characters in “the third-smallest town in Texas” during Yuletide season in the second entry in the ever-popular Greater Tuna trilogy of comedies. “I just have to keep my ‘little’ ego out of the way and remember that what’s funny is what’s written,” Morts
said over the phone recently. “Not the funny faces, weird walks, or noises we come up with. The only way to do it is to be honest, and not treat (the characters) as cartoons.” Normally such a concept wouldn’t prove very difficult at all for the extremely experienced actor, but he’s facing a sort of double-whammy of challenges with Tuna. Although his resumé boasts 20 years of acting on stage in New York plus 15 more in Chicago, he left theater for opportunities in TV and film in 2010 – including a recurring role on AMC’s The Divide and guest shots in Dexter and Criminal Minds, plus a sizable supporting role spot in Hail, Caesar!, the upcoming Coen brothers’s movie with stars George Clooney and Josh Brolin. So it’s been a while since he’s had to
do something live. “I haven’t been on stage in three years,” he said. “It’s a massive role, and the lines are just killing me!” Not only that, but most of his experience isn’t in comedy at all. “This is a real departure for me, because I’ve mostly done serious stuff,” he said. “I have a background in Shakespeare – Richard III, Hamlet. I’ve done a lot of serious roles. I approach every play like it’s absolutely serious, as real as it gets, like they’re living and breathing inside of me. I have to find the humanity first. So I was pretty surprised to get cast (in Tuna).” Morts has found a lot of comfort in trusting the material to do its thing – the Tuna series has thrilled both critics and audiences for more than 20 years, off-Broadway and all over the country. The show manages to pull off the trick of walking that fine line between tribute and satire. It’s a complicated assignment and many similar plays can’t quite find the proper balance. But Morts said Tuna hits the perfect mark. “The bottom line is that it’s incredibly funny. I mean, the writing is top-notch funny. It’s like seeing that movie Waiting for Guffman (the 1999 Christopher Guest mockumentary about a small-town production of a stage musical) live on stage. We’re
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help from Kimberly, auctioned off VIP tickets to a Brad Paisley concert, which went for $3,500 to two bidders, making a total of $7,000. Among the purple clad guests – purple is the color of the cause – were Hiroko Benko, Jane Burkemper, Arlyn Goldsby, Dolly Granatelli, Kellam de Forest, Jelinda DeVorzon, Christine Emmons, Janet Garufis, Roxanna Solakian, Victoria Hines, mayor Helene Schneider, Diana MacFarlane, Alixe Mattingly, Geonine Moriarty, Dana and Andrea Newquist, Willard and Jo Thompson, Rona Barrett, Gray Bauer, and Mindy Denson. Definitely an affair to remember. Four for Four It was quite the week at the UCSB Arts & Lectures with four events on four consecutive nights demanding our attention. The series started at the Granada with the 43-year-old Pilobulus Dance Theatre, whose acrobatic contortions showing the human body at
its most expressive, couldn’t fail to please, particularly with one scene of a glass topped table, with a TV camera underneath, showing the participants and their carefully rehearsed energetic antics on a screen above. Just 24 hours later, the mega-talented Danish String Quartet performed to a sold-out audience at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall, sponsored by former board member Robert Weinman, with music by Haydn and Beethoven, as well as a more contemporary work by 45-yearold Scandinavian composer Thomas Agerfeldt Olesen, winner of the Carl Nielsen Prize, the most distinguished award possible for a Danish artist. The fabulous foursome of violinists Frederik Oland and Rune Tonsgaard Sorensen, violist Asbjorn Norgaard, and cellist Fredrik Schoyen Sjolin certainly delivered. Former Montecito resident John Cleese was at the Granada the following night promoting his new autobiography So, Anyway in a question and answer session with his former BBC
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en well failures in Montecito, which has caused the demand for district water to increase. Mosby says due to Ordinance 92, which suspends new water service, if the properties served exclusively by well water suffer well failure, they will not have a source of water. The MWD board of directors is busy drafting a letter to both the Santa Barbara County Environmental Health Department and the Board of Supervisors requesting an immediate suspension on the issuance of new groundwater well permits and the moratorium on new water well construction within the MWD service boundary. In addition, all properties subject to new land use permits with existing and future wells shall be subject to several conditions. These include equipping the wells with a District-approved water meter and providing annual groundwater usage and extraction data, participating in the District’s monitoring program, and installing an approved backflow
detection device. “Right now the groundwater monitoring program is voluntary. We need to be able to monitor these wells,” Mosby said, adding that the district would monitor the wells twice a year, in the spring and the fall. “This is critical to understanding and managing the groundwater basin,” he added. The planning commission also heard from the Public Works department regarding an evaluation of the San Ysidro Road intersection with Highway 101. Public Works had been charged with evaluating and forming strategies and treatments for the intersection systems at both highway ramps at San Ysidro, as well at both North Jameson and South Jameson. Public Works reps Matt Dobberteen and Chris Sneddon presented the findings, beginning with four main issues that affect the area. These include morning congestion on the southbound off-ramp, afternoon traffic congestion on the northbound off-
ramp, traffic congestion on San Ysidro Road heading to the ocean, and the short and challenging southbound on-ramp. Four preliminary concepts to address the traffic issues were presented to the commission, three of which include adding roundabouts to both the north and south intersections. Two of the concepts (“A” and “C”) require the acquisition of a significant portion of the Miramar property, eliminating all the public parking spaces along South Jameson Lane. Concept “B” includes roundabouts on either side of the bridge, but keeps the current southbound freeway entrance at Posilipo intact, which does little to address the challenging freeway entrance. Concept “D” adds traffic signals to the intersections instead of roundabouts, which would require a new bridge and new right of way, according to Dobberteen. Miramar project manager Evan Krenzien spoke at the meeting, reiterating Caruso Affiliated’s concern
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there,” Myriam told us. Earlier this year, furniture was added to the showroom, and in September the couple decided to enlist French designer and architect Michel Clair to help build clients custom kitchens and bathrooms. “They are functional spaces without compromising aesthetics,” Myriam explained as she showed us the showroom, which looks like a full kitchen. Reed Interiors is a Gaggenau distributor, a German manufacturer recognized as an innovator in technology. Gaggenau has been building home appliances for more than 300 years; innovations include the glass-ceramic cooktop, the pyrolytic self-cleaning oven, the combi-stream oven for the home, and the modular system that made the world’s first “refrigeration wall” possible. The Doussineaus have become known for offering a modern, contemporary take on the traditional Santa Barbara design aesthetic. The company includes several designers, and sources original and urbane pieces that merge with the California lifestyle. Several premier new furniture lines have joined the showroom collection including Gamma, an Italian leather furniture manufacturer (Reed is the
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It’s hard to imagine that the folks behind the renovation at the Granada had this in mind when they raised more than $50 million to make the theater into a world-class venue for the performing arts. A bodybuilding show? Huge specimens grunting and sweating all over the place, turning the fancy stage into Muscle Beach north? Really? But the first annual Ferrigno Legacy Pro-Amateur Fitness and Bodybuilding Festival, which runs Friday and Saturday, November 28 & 29, is a far cry from the crass and crony-plagued affairs of the old days in the sport. Indeed, the event – which serves as an official IFBB/NPC national qualifier for amateurs to compete for
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four decades, including lending his voice to the recent Avengers blockbusters. He talked about the early days and current regimen late last week in anticipation of the upcoming show that bears his name in Santa Barbara.
The hulk-esque Lou Ferrigno weighs in
the Grand Canyon, a real spectacle – is a much smaller percentage. The women are no longer those scary masculine over-muscled group. That doesn’t exist anymore. Now they’re like Sports Illustrated swimsuit models. Every woman in the audience can feel inspired because it’s feminine and attainable.” On the men’s side, the physique competition also has a different focus, Minnes said. “They wear board shorts (not Speedos), and they’re not nearly as huge. Sure, there’s a six-pack but it’s something a regular guy can attain. You can live in that body. It’s not a freak show.” The schedule includes two days of shows, with the pros – with entrants from all over the world – competing on Friday, and the amateurs taking over on Saturday. Pre-judging takes place in the mornings, when the judges “look at the nitty-gritty and put the athletes side by side and make their choices,” Minnes said. The audience can come and make their own notes and choices. The awards are handed out, by Ferrigno, at night. “But there’s a lot of fanfare – lights, celebrities, dancers, music. It’s quite a show,” Minnes said. “That’s when to come if you just want the fun.” There’s also an after party at the Blind Tiger downtown, which aims to bring the competitors and their fans together for social hour. “That sense of community has always been missing from bodybuilding,” Minnes said. “You go through 12 weeks of very strict dieting and trainings. The show is the apex of that three-month struggle. There are hundreds of others who are doing it too, but you usually don’t socialize. We thought it’d be great to talk about how it went, compare notes, and make new friends for the future.” Lou Ferrigno went from Mr. Universe to the big screen in the famous film Pumping Iron (in which he competed with Schwarzenegger), then took on the role of the Incredible Hulk, which he’s reprised frequently over nearly
• The Voice of the Village •
Q. Why did you become a bodybuilder? Why did it matter so much to you? A. When I was young, I had issues with my hearing and speech and was very introverted. So I was always fascinated with power. So I read Hulk comics and eventually discovered Muscle Magazine. That’s where I heard about the Mr. Universe competition, and I realized it was my path to survive and to succeed in life was to be a world-champion bodybuilder. I just got the iron bug. How have you been successful and achieved those goals? I always give 110 percent because I’m determined not to take a second seat to anyone. I always had to work harder than the average person to succeed. So that’s always been my motto. Ever since I was a child, I never felt sorry for myself. I’ve been a big believer in my personal power. Which is why I became a worldwide motivational speaker and help other people to overcome their own fears. How does bodybuilding translate to the other things you do? It taught me incredible discipline. I learned motivation, determination, persistence to succeed in whatever I do, which carried over into acting. I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished from where I’ve come from. I love taking risk, embracing fear, and taking challenges. Did you even consider politics, like your old bodybuilding nemesis and fellow actor, Arnold? No. The last 10 years I’ve been a deputy sheriff for the counties of Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo, where I have a second home. I’d rather be in law enforcement, because I want to help people rather than be under a microscope and get criticized every day. How do you relate to being the incredible Hulk for so long? I’ve been the Hulk my whole life. I’ve always identified with him. As a kid, I had a lot of anger, and instead of transferring it to people, I would take it out in the gym. But we all have a little bit of Hulk. We all want to release that anger, and The Hulk does it for us. Do you still work out? I train every day, not quite as heavy, but I’m very consistent with my training. I eat well. I train hard. That’s why •MJ I look so good for 63. 27 November – 4 December 2014
9/11 Commemorative Airbrushed 1975 Chevy Nova
depicts the events of 9/11, is signed by Governors and Senators and has traveled across the U.S. reminding people of the tragedy that took place on 9/11/2001.
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emorial on Wheels has been honored to celebrate the opening of “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Act of Valor.” Over the years there has been much interest in my car from private owners to Ripley’s Believe It or Not, 9/11 Memorial Museum and the Smithsonian Institute. The price that I am asking cannot be compared to other cars that have sold for millions of dollars, as this 9/11 car has a place in history and will become more valuable with time, as it is a one-of-a-kind.
Asking price: $52 million For more information contact Richard Lopez at (520) 440-2973 • memorialonwheels@yahoo.com memorialonwheels.org
27 November – 4 December 2014
Take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then say it with the utmost levity. – George Bernard Shaw
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ORDINANCE NO. 5673 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION 4.52.160 PERTAINING TO PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS. The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council
ORDINANCE NO. 5674 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE GRANT AGREEMENTS AND THE CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND FINANCING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD THAT WERE AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NOS. 07033, 07-043, 12-088, 14-056, 14-057, 09-013, AND 09-090 (AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION NO. 10-089).
held on November 4, 2014.
The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant
regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council
to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa
held on November 4, 2014.
Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original
The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant
ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the
to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa
City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,
Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original
California.
ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the (Seal)
City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.
/s/_____________________ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
(Seal) /s/_____________________ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
ORDINANCE NO. 5673 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on October 21, 2014, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on November 4, 2014, by the following roll call vote:
ORDINANCE NO. 5674 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )
AYES:
Councilmembers Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White, Mayor Helene Schneider
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on October 28, 2014, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on November 4, 2014, by the following roll call vote:
NOES:
None
AYES:
ABSENT:
Dale Francisco
Councilmembers Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White, Mayor Helene Schneider
ABSTENTIONS:
None
NOES:
None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on November 5, 2014.
ABSENT:
Dale Francisco
ABSTENTIONS:
None
/s/ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on November 5, 2014.
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on November 5, 2014.
/s/ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager
/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor
I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on November 5, 2014. /s/ Helene Schneider Mayor
Published November 26, 2014 Montecito Journal
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as MOXI, 125 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Children’s Museum of Santa Barbara, 125 E. Victoria, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 19, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 201400030260. Published November 26, December 3, 10, 17, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Honor Bar, 1255 Coast Village Road, Suite 101, Santa Barbara,
Published November 26, 2014 Montecito Journal
CA 93108-2718. Hillstone Restaurant Group, INC, 2710 East Cambelback Road, #200, Phoenix, AZ 85016. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 29, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20140003085. Published November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2014.
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 12, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 20140003196. Published November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2014.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bail Network Bail Bonds, 836 Anacapa Street #2279, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Famous Bail Bonds, INC, 836 Anacapa Street #2279, Santa Barbara, CA 93102.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): 007 Bail Bonds, 836 Anacapa Street #2279, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Hanna Webb, 7308
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Lowell Way, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 12, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. Original FBN No. 2013-0001686. November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 007 Bail Bonds, 836 Anacapa Street #2279, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Famous Bail Bonds, INC, 836 Anacapa Street #2279,
• The Voice of the Village •
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3720 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3720 for the Lower West Downtown Lighting Project Phase 2 will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 11, 2014 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “LOWER WEST DOWTOWN LIGHTING PROJECT PHASE 2, Bid No. 3720.” The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to install pedestrian and street lighting throughout the Lower West Downtown neighborhood and other conduit runs within the City per plans and specs. The Engineer’s estimate is $426,994. Each bidder must have a Class A General Engineering Contractor and C-10 Electrical licenses to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Kenneth Young, Project Engineer, 805-560-7568. In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. 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. Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal. A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. Effective March 1, 2015, Senate Bill 854 requires the City to only use contractors and subcontractors on public projects that have been registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations. The City of Santa Barbara 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 as set forth hereunder.
GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED: Nov. 19 and Nov. 26, 2014 Montecito Journal
Santa Barbara, CA 93102. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 12, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the
County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 20140003195. Published November
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PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider a proposed amendment to the Santa Barbara Municipal Code related to residential use in the HRC-2 (Hotel and Related Commerce – 2) Zone. Santa Barbara Municipal Code (SBMC) §28.22.030.B regulates the land uses permitted in the HRC-2 Zone. Specifically, it limits residential use to one specific area of the HRC-2 Zone, near Los Patos Way. In September 1983, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 83-155 approving the Cabrillo Plaza Specific Plan (SP-2). SP-2 allows multi-family residential uses in Area A of SP-2; Area A of SP-2 is also zoned HRC-2. Therefore, as currently written, there is a discrepancy between the uses allowed in the HRC-2 Zone and SP-2 related to residential uses. Prior to 2005, the treatment of residential uses was consistent between the HRC-2 Zone and SP-2. This current discrepancy is the result of changes to the HRC-2 Zone that were made as part of the adoption of the OC (OceanOriented Commercial) Zone in 2005. This discrepancy only affects those parcels in Area A of SP-2, specifically APNs 017630-008, -009, -018, -021, -024, and -027. In order to correct this discrepancy, staff is proposing an amendment to the HRC-2 Zone to reinstate residential as an allowed use for those parcels within Area A of SP-2. The Environmental Analyst has determined that the project is exempt from further environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15305. You are invited to attend this hearing and address your verbal comments to the City Council. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. On Thursday, December 4, 2014, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov; under Most Popular, click on Council Agenda Packet. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. Each televised Council meeting is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.santabarbaraca.gov: Point to Government, point to City Hall, and click on Mayor & City Council; click on City Council Meetings, City Council Meeting Videos, and then click on the Video link for the meeting date. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need auxiliary aids or services or staff assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator’s Office at 564-5305. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will usually enable the City to make reasonable arrangements. Specialized services, such as sign language interpretation or documents in Braille, may require additional lead time to arrange. (SEAL) /s/ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager November 26, 2014
19, 26, December 3, 10, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Wild West Bail Bonds, 836 Anacapa Street #2279, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Paul Algert, 315 S. Canada Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 12, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. Original FBN No. 2013-0001687. November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following
93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 31, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 20140003105. Published November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cabin 11 Bakery, 11 San Marcos Trout Club, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Anneli Clavering, 11 San Marcos Trout Club, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 13, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 20140003210. Published November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dance Fever, INC, 127 West Canon Perdido Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Dance Fever VN, INC, 500 Forest Park Blvd. Apt 308A, Oxnard, CA 93036. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 23, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN No. 20140003031. Published November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: California Explorer; Catch California, 315 Bath Street Suite 8 Santa Barbara, CA 93101. California Explorer, INC, 315 Bath Street Suite 8 Santa Barbara, CA 93101.This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 21, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 20140002998. Published November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2014.
person(s) is/are doing business as: Wild West Bail Bonds, 836 Anacapa Street #2279, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Famous Bail Bonds, INC, 836 Anacapa Street #2279, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 12, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 20140003194. Published November 19, 26, December 3, 10, 2014.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Designology; Designology Interiors; Designology Design; Designology Santa Barbara; Designology Interior Design, 3701-B Portofino Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Christine Craig, 3701-B Portofino Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 5, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 20140003144. Published November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2014.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Heart & Mind Massage, 1416 Portesuello Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Christine Jeffries, 1416 Portesuello Ave, Santa Barbara, CA
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Menelli Trading Company, Menelli Trading CO, 1080 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Menelli Trading
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Company, INC, 1080 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on November 5, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 20140003145. Published November 12, 19, 26, December 3, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Computer Consortium, 416 North 6th St. Lompoc, CA 93436. Anthony Caligiuri, 416 North 6th St. Lompoc, CA 93436. Travis Purdy, 416 North 6th St. Lompoc, CA 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 10, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Carol Kraus. FBN No. 2014-0002903. Published November 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ice In Paradise, 831 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Greater Santa Barbara Ice Skating Association, 831 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 22, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2014-0003016. Published November 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SB Builders, 6 Kinevan, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Steve G. Balikian, 6 Kinevan, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 22, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2014-0003036. Published November 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Partner Group;
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Montecito Partners Group, 1170 Coast Village Road, Montecito, CA 93108 Bernie M. Corea, 188 E. Elmwood Ave #E, Burbank, CA 91502. David H. Lacy, 792-A Hot Springs RD, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 28, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2014-0003067. Published November 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Glow Fitness, PO Box 91944, Santa Barbara, CA 93190. Elizabeth Alexander, 421 W. Anapamu Street #C, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Whitney Eves, 1395 Virginia Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93067. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 27, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 2014-0003057. Published November 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Epic Santa Barbara Vacation Rentals, 102 West Arrellaga Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Cochrane Property Management, Inc, 102 West Arrellaga Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 22, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2014-0003037. Published November 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1469170. To all interested parties: Petitioner Chandani Chandravadan Oza filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Chandni Gund. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described
about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed October 23, 2014, by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: January 7, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1469030. To all interested parties: Petitioner Jacqueline Morse filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Jacqueline Bianchi. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed October 23, 2014, by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: December 10, 2014 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1469219. To all interested parties: Petitioner Nicholas Paul Brand filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Nicholas Paul Outin. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed October 23, 2014, by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: January 7, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26
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ONGOING UCSB Music – The Fall Quarter concert season brings performances from many of the university’s student ensembles covering a wide variety of genres and styles from jazz to percussion choral, wind, and more. The Chamber Orchestra kicks things off on Monday, followed by ECM, the Ensemble for Contemporary Music, directed by Jeremy Haladyna, on Wednesday. ECM’s “The Ties that Bind” includes a selection of new pieces with ties to strong European, American, and South American bloodlines, featuring music by Kalevi Aho (Finland), Fred Lerdahl (USA), Gustav Mahler at 16 (Austria), John McCabe (U.K.), Poul Ruders (Denmark), Daniel Pinkham (USA), Peter Schickele (USA), and Heitor Villa-Lobos (Brazil) (4 pm; free). Thursday brings the UCSB Wind Ensemble, directed by Paul Bambach, in a concert dubbed “Cornucopia” featuring a program of Jack Stamps’s “Antithigram”, Samuel Barber’s “First Essay”, Samuel Hazo’s “Sevens”, William Schuman’s “George Washington Bridge”, Morten Lauridsen’s “O Magnum” Mysterium, Leonard Bernstein’s “Overture to Candide” and more. Professor Scott Marcus directs the Middle East Ensemble on Saturday night in a performance that features music and dance. Among the many highlights are Raman Osman, a Kurdish tanbur player and singer from eastern Syria; an extended suite of songs from Allepo, Syria, originally sung by Sabah Fakhri performed here by Javid John, Sam Khattar, Samantha Mchammel,
and Gabriela Quintana-Garcia; Voula Aldrich leading a Greek song by Roza Eskanazy; a Sephardic lullaby from Andrea Fishman; and Melanie Hutton performing a high-energy Lebanese song as sung by Diana Haddad. ($15 general, $7 students).... Next week concerts include the jazz combos, percussion ensemble, and the joint concert from the chamber choir and women’s chorus. Unless otherwise indicated: WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall, UCSB campus COST: $10 general, $5 students INFO: www.music.ucsb.edu
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Advent Organ Series – Thomas Joyce has signed on to play all four organ recitals for Trinity Episcopal Church’s popular yuletide concert series this holiday season. The series utilizes the four-manual pipe organ at Trinity Church, one of the largest and finest instruments in Southern California, to explore the magic and mystery of the season through great music played on keyboards in the remarkable sanctuary of the downtown church, which also hosts many secular events throughout the year. Joyce, a lifelong church musician, came to Trinity SB just this year after appointments in New Haven, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, and Burlingame. Originally from Cambridge, England, he holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Oberlin College, a masters from Yale University, and a doctorate from University of Washington in Seattle, where his dissertation included his own arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Two by Toad – Although front man Glen Phillips regularly comes by SOhO to play solo sets as a singer-songwriter (not to mention dropping in for guest shots with his musical friends), tonight marks the club debut of Toad the Wet Sprocket, the most popular band ever to emerge from Santa Barbara. The group seemingly went from San Marcos High School to the pop charts in the early 1990s via such hits as “All I Want”, “Walk on the Ocean”, and “Fall Down”, eventually selling more than four million records. They have played everywhere from the downtown night spots to the Arlington Theatre back in the day. Although they’ve had various reunion tours and been back together for a new album since early in the year, it’s been a few years since the quartet played a full concert in the city that wasn’t a benefit. So expect old fans and young converts to ascend the step to the upstairs restaurant/music hall for some sweet jangly guitar pop and deeply introspective lyrics from all of the original members: Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss, back together and happier than ever after 24 years. Velasco opens tonight, and Cory Sipper, another Santa Barbara singer-songwriter making a comeback of her own, gets the honor on Sunday. WHEN: 7:30 pm today and Sunday WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $25 in advance, $30 at the door if available INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Mozart by Candlelight – Young piano sensation Michael Sikich, a Santa Barbara native majoring in music at Indiana University who won the Gershwin concerto competition at the school last January, joins the West Coast Chamber Orchestra for the ensemble’s annual candlelit Thanksgiving celebration of the glorious music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Sikich, who also won many local awards as a teenager, will perform the composer’s “Piano Concerto No. 1” in F Major, K. 37. Also on the program – co-conducted by founder Christopher Story VI and associate conductor Dr. Michael Shasberger – are Mozart’s “Symphony No. 17” in G Major, K. 129; an arrangement for strings by Torga Karaca of the Rondo: Alla Turca from the “Piano Sonata” in A Major, K. 331; the Adagio for “Violin and Orchestra” in E Major, K. 261, performed by concertmaster Tamsen Beseke; and the ever-popular “Serenade Eine Kleine Nachtmusik”, K. 525. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 305 East Anapamu Street COST: $10-$25 INFO: 963-4408 or www. CieloPerformingArts.org
for Strings”, a monumental work that had never before been performed on the pipe organ. Joyce shares the stage with soprano Clare Kirk for the series kickoff today, performing sacred arias for soprano and organ by Faure, Handel, Mahler, Leo Sowerby, and Joyce himself. On Sunday, December 7, Joyce plays organ music by Nicolas Bruhns, Heinrich Scheidemann, Robert Schumann, Herbert Howells and Samuel Barber. Flutists Suzanne Duffy and Jane Hahn join Joyce on Sunday, December 14, for works by Johann Sebastian Bach, before the series comes to a close on Sunday, December 21, with a tribute to Parisian masters of the 20th century, including Marcel Dupré, Jean Langlais, Olivier Messiaen, Charles Tournemire, and Charles-Marie Widor. WHEN: 3:30 pm Sundays through December 21 WHERE: 1500 State Street COST: free INFO: 965-7419 or www.trinitysb.org
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 The ‘Horror’ of it All – American Horror Story is an award-winning anthology series that centers on a disparate set of characters and settings, including a haunted house, an insane asylum, a witch coven, and currently, a freak show. The show, which airs on FX channel, has been well-received by television critics and audiences, and has drawn consistently high ratings; when it debuted, it was the biggest new cable series of 2011. The repertory cast have especially been critically acclaimed, as Jessica Lange – just honored by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival with its Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film earlier this month – having received an Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for her
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performance. Each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, with its own beginning, middle and end, and takes in a different location and era, however (spoiler alert!) the creators have recently revealed that the seasons are connected. Find out more and ask whatever burning questions you might have about the unusual series when TELEtalk at the Pollock Theater at UCSB hosts a special American Horror Story night. A specially selected episode will be screened at the high-tech theater followed by a Q&A with executive producer Dante Di Loreto, a UCSB alumnus. WHEN: 7-9:30 pm WHERE: Pollock Theater at UCSB COST: $10 general, $5 students INFO: 893-5903 or www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 Fiesta through the Ages...and Pages – Montecito Journal columnist Erin Graffy de Garcia, a Santa Barbara native and local historian, has penned a paean to the history of Fiesta titled Old Spanish Days: Santa Barbara’s History Through its Public Art. Her newest book from the celebrated author of How to Santa Barbara provides fascinating details and lavish illustrations to highlight this exceptional Rancho era, one of the largest nonnomadic pastoral societies in history. This Spanish Arcadia of early California was distinguished by expert horsemen, extraordinary hospitality, exuberant living, and an exhilarating love of dance – which lives on today in the annual August Fiesta celebration. Graffy will sign copies of the book and talk about the process this evening. WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Museum of Art Museum Shop,1130 State Street COST: free INFO: 884-6454 or www. sbma.net
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 Miller-time at the Lobero – It’s early December, time once again for the annual ski film from Warren Miller, the ski movie impressario who is unleashing his 65th film for the 2014-15 season. No Turning Back pays homage to the three generations of mountain culture and adventure filmmaking that has lead Miller & Co. to ends of the wintery world and exotic if frigid spots around the globe. This year’s fresh-run forays include trips to beneath the blankets of powder in Niseko, Japan, and to the top of Greece’s Mount Olympus, the French Alps and the hills of Montana. Watch Olympians Ted Ligety and Bode Miller shred during the World Cup in Colorado, Ingrid Backstrom, and Jess McMillan push the boundaries of the Alaskan Chugach, and JT Holmes – who has a home in Santa Barbara – and Ulie Kestenholz take flight high above the Swiss Alps. Jonny Moseley provides the opening and narration. The schwag bag with admission includes two-for-one lift tickets to Heavenly in Lake Tahoe and other goodies. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $21 general admission INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 1st Thursday – December’s version of the monthly art & culture self-guide tour of lower State Street and offshoots is, naturally, holiday-themed. You’ll find Christmas displays all over town, and lots of music and mirth at the outdoor spaces. Most of the specific activities have yet to be announced (as we’re putting this issue to bed early for Thanksgiving), but the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (1130 State Street) has a full slate of activities. Gather on the museum’s front steps for “Felix vs. Fido”, where you can watch a curated collection of looped cat and dog videos – from six-second clips to complete short films and everything in between – curated by SBMA curator of photography Karen Sinsheimer and UCSB professor of critical theory and integrated studies Colin Gardner. Then cast your vote (Cat vs. Dog) on slips of paper, and see who wins. Inside, the critter-centric activities continue with Family 1st Thursday: Animal Locomotion, where children can draw elephants or raccoons on sheets of acetate film to create the illusion of animals in motion. patterned after Eadweard Muybridge’s photographs in Art to Zoo: Exploring Animal Natures. Over at Ludington
Court, Quire of Voyces – the dynamic a capella group founded in 1993 to rediscover the sacred choral music of the Renaissance and modern age – drops by to sing in advance of their annual holiday concert later in the month. Nathan Kreitzer conducts the 25 professional singers from the Central Coast who volunteer their talents to present the highest quality of performance all in historic settings.... Art From Scrap, which is a bit off the beaten path at 302 East Cota Street, tries to make the trek worthwhile with its own busy schedule for 1st Thursday, offering a Homespun Holiday Art Exhibition & Craft Show. The evening’s festivities include an art opening and reception, a craft show, music by DJ Darla Bea of KCSB FM (91.9), wine by Santa Barbara Winery, and an Art From Scrap workshop in Holiday Card and Ornament Making. Artists showing pieces include Colleen Darling, Elena Mary Siff, Mary Stanley, and Syd McCutcheon, who have created small-sized work perfectly priced for gift giving. Everything takes place between 5 and 8 pm. Visit www.santabarbaradowntown.com/ about/1st-thursday for a complete lineup and map. •MJ
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“McDonald has one of the warmest, most glorious singing voices on the planet.” USA Today “A one-of-a-kind musical super-talent.” The New York Times SUN, DEC 7 / 7 PM GRANADA THEATRE Tickets start at $40 $15 UCSB students A Granada facility fee will be added to each ticket price
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 Drink from the Wells – Tyrone Wells doesn’t look anything like you think he would when you first hear his voice. For one thing, he’s tall (6 foot 4), he’s bald (by choice) and he’s a white guy (a surprising fact to many). But he sings from the depth of his soul and has attracted a loyal if limited (meaning no “hits”) cadre of fans, who flock to his shows at SOhO even if they don’t live on the South Coast. Last year at this time, Wells put out his first-ever Christmas album, and tonight he’s back for the first time since then with his “A Mostly Christmas Show” boasting a full band and even backup singers. Wells will also be handwriting (and personalizing) the lyrics of some of his songs for whoever would like to purchase a copy, with 50 percent of the proceeds benefiting The Messages Project, while longtime friend Tom Clark will be on hand creating large paintings live during the concert, which will be auctioned off with half of the profits benefiting Operation Christmas Child. So yeah, Wells is also a good guy, and puts his money – or at least your money – where his lyrics are. Happy holidays. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $18 in advance, $22 at door INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com
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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 35) Filmmaker Mike Nichols, R.I.P.
bounteous bling were Victoria Hines, Elle Brittingham, and Molly Dolle. A portion of proceeds went to Lange Foundation... Middletown Mania New York-based Pulitzer Prize nominee Will Eno’s Middletown: A Play, which has been at UCSB’s Performing Arts Theater, is similar in thought to Thornton Wilder’s 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning work Our Town, which explores the characters in a fictional community nestled within the hugeness of the universe. Directed by Tom Whitaker, with creative scenery by Greg Mitchell, the play, which is a meditation on life and death, and all of the lives that occupy the space in between, is a standout for its sheer creativity and talent of its actors. Quinlan Fitzgerald and Ian Elliott, whose social intercourse propels the show, are deserving of special mention among the 12-strong cast. A fitting kickoff to the Department of Theater and Dance’s 50th anniversary season... Sign of the Cross Christopher Cross made his presence felt in the rock charts in the 1980s with a series of smoothly sophisticated ballads, including the number-one hit Sailing. The singer, who won a record-setting five Grammys in 1981, including Best New Artist, showed off his vocal talent and creativity at the Granada to an appreciative crowd. The show included his Oscarwinning hit Arthur’s Theme (The Best
That You Can Do), which he co-wrote with Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and the late Peter Allen for the hit Dudley Moore film comedy Arthur. The entertaining concert concluded with his hit “Ride Like the Wind” from his self-titled 1980 debut album. A real artist at work... Rest in Peace On a personal note, I mark the passing of Mike Nichols, husband of ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, who died in New York at the age of 83. Mike, who was one of only 12 people to be awarded an Oscar, Grammy, Emmy and a Tony, used to own an Arabian horse farm adjoining Rancho San Fernando Rey in the Santa Ynez Valley, where he hosted many auction events filled with movie stars. As a longtime commentator on ABC’s World News Now, I would often see the director of hits like Tootsie, The Birdcage, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and particularly remember a farewell party at their Westbury Hotel penthouse on Madison Avenue for correspondent Judd Rose, who was moving to the Left Coast. The gathered throng, including White House reporter Sam Donaldson, all joined together to sing “All We Need Is Judd,” a play on the Beatles’ classic “All We Need Is Love.” Mike, who conquered many demons, was an incredibly talented individual and fine gentleman...
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Sign up today (781)929-7174 dancefeverpros@yahoo.com SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway. Charming, private studio. Beautiful garden patio. Walk to beach and town. $110/night. 831-624-6714 Modern two-story, 3 bdrm/3 ba home on Oriole Rd. 2 fireplaces, 2 walk-in closets, large decks, 2-car garage, large yard, use of pool. New upgrades to kitchen and baths. Montecito Union Schools. One-year lease. $6,750/mo. (805) 969-0510 or (805) 898-8820 ESTATE/MOVING SALE THE CLEARING HOUSE, LLC Recognized as the Area’s Leading Estate Liquidators – Castles to Cottages Experts in the Santa Barbara Market! Professional, Personalized Services for Moving, Downsizing, and Estate Sales . Complimentary Consultation (805) 708 6113 email: theclearinghouseSB@cox.net website: theclearinghouseSB.com Estate Moving Sale ServiceEfficient-30yrs experience. Elizabeth Langtree 689-0461 or 733-1030. 27 November – 4 December 2014
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COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS Hurry, before your tapes fade away. Now doing records & cassettes to CD. Only $10 each 969-6500 Scott.
SPECIALIZED SERVICES Laundry Machine Greywater Systems Irrigate with reused water you already paid for. Code-approved! See video: edulisgardens.com/greywater 452-7473; eric@edulisgardens.com
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PIANO LESSONS Kary and Sheila Kramer are long standing members of the Music Teachers’ Assoc. of Calif. Studios conveniently located at the Music Academy of the West. Now offering lessons in your home for children and adults. Call us at 684-4626. STONEWORK SERVICES Travertine, Limestone, Marble, Soapstone and Saltillo Pavers repair and refinishing. We work on floors, counter tops, showers etc. Over 25 years experience. Many references in Montecito. Reasonable rates. For a free consultation, contact PIERRE HANNON at ECOSTONECARE. State lic # 810 987. Fully bonded and insured. Ph: 805 218 6237 Email: pithannon@gmail.com Website: www.ecostonecare.com WOODWORKING/CARPENTRY Finish Custom Carpentry. Furniture, cabinets, restoration, doors, windows.. Ca Lic#911243. (805)696-8507. Cristian.
Sunset at SB Cemetery Rare double plot overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Side by side burial for 2 or inurnment, up to 4 urns. Current value: $116,000 Call 805-886-7930 Leave message. ARTIST REQUEST Used Nespresso Pods Wanted For Local Artist Do you drink Nespresso Coffee? I want your used coffee pods. I’m a local artist and I use these colorful pods in my creations. Save them for me and I will pick them up from Carp. to Goleta area. Creative purposeful recycling (up-cycling) at its best! Thanks so much! Evelyn email me at pods.nespresso@gmail.com http:// pods-nespresso.com/(photo of cups) VOLUNTEERS WANTED ANGELS BEARING GIFTS Ready to bring joy to those with developmental disabilities?! Can you help us shop? Wrap? Deliver? Or donate? DONATE stocking items: toothbrushes, full size shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, sunscreen, deodorant, or quarters. DONATE money. Donations are tax deductible, 501c3 tax id # 52-2407578. Please make checks payable to Angels Bearing Gifts and send to P.O. Box 41721 Santa Barbara, CA 93140-1721 or use
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VALORI FUSSELL fine art on commission sketches & portraits of people and animals www.valorifussell.com vf@valorifussell.com 805-886-6513
your credit card online to pay securely through PayPal.. SHOP with our money or yours! Santa Barbara shoppers: Pick up your wish lists and money at the office, or email info@AngelsBearingGifts. org and ask for a wish list to be emailed to you. If you get a wish list emailed to you, you can be reimbursed up to $55 at the time you bring in the gifts. Bring the gifts (and your receipts) to the office by 4pm on December 7. Office hours are held at 505 E. Montecito Street (at Olive) in Santa Barbara on: Wednesday, December 3 from 11:00am-2:00pm . Saturday, December 6 from 9:00am-noon . Sunday, December 7 from 1:00-4:00pm . Thursday, December 11 from 3:00-5:00pm (wrapping party begins at 5pm) WRAP gifts...in Santa Barbara on Thursday, December 11 from 5:00pm-7pm OR Saturday, December 13 from 9am-noon in the Tri Counties Regional Center Building, 505 E Montecito Street (at Olive Street). DELIVER gifts to our beneficiaries: Deliveries to the Santa Barbara/Goleta/Carpinteria area: Pick up the gifts for delivery promptly at 9:00am sharp on Wednesday, December 24 at 505 E. Montecito St in Santa Barbara. This is a very popular volunteer opportunity. Email info@AngelsBearingGifts.org so that a delivery can be reserved for you.
Over 25 Years in Montecito
Over 25 Years in Montecito
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