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One for the books: Montecito author Teddy Steinkellner launches Trash Can Nights, p. 18

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 11 • MOVIE GUIDE, P. 21 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 42

Fiesta Finale

Upcoming Profant celebration at El Paseo features Flamenco dancing of Jesus Montoya and the Ricardo Chavez troupe, Robert Patteri’s mellifluous voice, Gil Rosas’s cool ivory ticklings, Martinez Brothers’ dance band, Yulia Maluta and Derrick Curtis’s tango, Entera’s on-the-spot sketches, dinner, conversation, laughter, memories... (story on p.44)

Seal The Deal

Music Academy of West reaches four-year agreement with Alan Gilbert and New York Philharmonic, p. 20

History Lesson

Hattie Beresford covers canvas of memorable Meridian Studios artists, including Huguette Marcelle Clark, p. 38

Door To Door

Spotlight on four low-to-mid-$4-millionrange homes; all are in Montecito Union School District, p. 45

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5 On The Water Front

Bob Hazard seeks crystal-clear answers about MWD’s strategic planning and gets down to the nuts and bolts of Montecito’s drought

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6 Montecito Miscellany

Ellen DeGeneres cashes in on mansion; Teddy Steinkellner’s follow-up book; Katy Perry meets Hillary Clinton; producer Jonathan Burrows proves he Can-Can do; blondes have more football fun; Nik Brander plays lacrosse in Denver; birthday bash at Los Suenos; Joshua Weilerstein at the Granada; Laura McIver hosts reception at SB polo club; Vita Travel Store opens; fans reject I Wanna Marry Harry; a surfboard worth $1.3 million

8 Letters to the Editor

Michael Edwards inquires about the Journal’s bottom-page quotes; much ado about CO2; Steven Pressman and 50 Children; Arnie Cooper on haters and deniers; Cheryl Trosky gives thanks; Ernest Salomon and SBCC bonds; Diane Pannkuk bids farewell to Village Fourth

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Montecito Water District update; Lotusland Celebrates; Senior Planning Services free seminar; Marc Fleischman leads Rotary Club; and a look at the history of Profant Foundation for the Arts, whose Fiesta Finale takes place August 3

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Lynda Millner partakes of SB Museum of Natural History wine festival, attends Domestic Violence Solutions reception, and enjoys Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care gala at SB Yacht Club

20 Music Academy of the West

Steve Libowitz gets the scoop about MAW’s four-year deal with the New York Philharmonic from music director Alan Gilbert. Also, a detailed look ahead at the sounds of MAW.

21 Movie Showtimes 26 Our Town

Joanne Calitri observes the 90th birthday of Agustin de Guevara and chronicles the SB Art Foundation’s annual art event

28 On Entertainment

Steve Libowitz is on the horn, so to speak, with trumpeter Nate Birkey, who leads a five-man band at SOhO; there’s also a summary of Fiesta, Yakov Smirnoff, and Rosemary Butler

29 Ernie’s World

When Ernie Witham and his wife venture to our nation’s capital and the Library of Congress, it’s one for the books

Notes From Downtown

Jim Alexander takes research seriously, which is why he finds it difficult to digest Wayne researchers’ list of “powerhouse” fruits and vegetables

36 Montecito Sportsman

Argentina’s favorite sport may be futbol, but as John Burke discovers, the country has the world’s finest wingshooting

38 The Way it Was

Hattie Beresford looks back at memorable artists – including Huguette Marcelle Clark and Collin Campbell Cooper – of Meridian Studios on De la Guerra

40 Legal Advertisement 42 Calendar of Events

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45 Real Estate View

Mark Hunt opens the doors to four Montecito Union School District homes available in the $4-million range

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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

Water Wheels Turn Slowly in Montecito

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hat Went Wrong? At last week’s Montecito Water District (MWD) board meeting, attended by an overflow crowd, one young mother, Carol Caria, who acknowledged that she was new to the neighborhood, rose to her feet to comment that she and her husband had saved for a lifetime to buy a home in Montecito, convinced that it was the best place in the world to raise their two daughters. On the day they moved into their new home, they were shaken by the water crisis and the death of their expensive landscaping from the effects of rationing.

Their daughters were distressed to learn they could not invite former friends to share a vacation in Montecito and take showers or wash clothes. Carol asked what kind of long-term strategic planning had created this water shortage in one of the most beautiful and affluent communities in the world? She was told the answer was complicated, and when she asked the question again later in the board session, she got the same response: no answer.

An answer is required.

How Did it Happen?

The standard answer is that Montecito, along with the rest of California, is in the third year of an unusually severe drought, in a cycle that is repeated with regularity. This year, depending on who you believe, the entire state of California will either a) run out of water in two years, or b) El Nino will deliver enough rain next year to end the drought and save the state. Who knows when it will rain? As MWD director Dick Shaikewitz correctly points out, we all know that weather forecasters and climatologists cannot predict the weather days in advance, let alone two years.

Some want to blame the MWD board for Montecito’s water crisis. A more balanced answer would include the lack of foresight by complacent state leaders, State Water agencies, regulatory boards, the boards of more than 600 California water and irrigation districts, and unconcerned local citizens.

In 1970, the state had fewer than 20 million people. Coastal communities from Berkeley to San Diego grew comfortable with California’s world-class highways, splendid universities, and the world’s largest and most productive water system. With robust immigration, the population of California has nearly doubled since then to 38 million. Senator Dianne Feinstein says, “We can’t have a water infrastructure for 16 million people and say it is fine for 38 million people, when we are losing the Sierra Nevada snowpack.”

Sadly, this state has not built a new storage reservoir in California since the New Melones Dam in 1978. It takes foresight and long-range planning to convert the state from a natural desert into a man-made paradise. What will happen to freshwater availability when California’s population reaches 45 million?

Water districts across the state have failed to work with their sanitary districts to tap the full potential of recycled water for irrigation. The state has supported the California Coastal Commission and permitting agencies to administratively block coastal desalination with punitive regulations and punishing permitting approvals. In Montecito and Santa Barbara County, we have allowed the current aging reservoirs at Cachuma Lake and Jameson Lake to fill with silt, reducing storage capacity.

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But now, just six months after moving in, Ellen is offloading the Holmby Hills pad for $55 million, making a most impressive $15 million profit.

The 56-year-old real estate entrepreneur – she made $4 million in a year after selling her former Montecito pad a tiara’s toss from Lotusland, to Google honcho Eric Schmidt for $20 million – has sold the estate to Napster co-founder Sean Parker.

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’d been reading The Montecito Journal for quite a few years when one day I noticed some small print at the bottom of a page. It turned out to be a quote from someone famous – but don’t remember who, or what the quote said – however here’s an example from the latest issue (MJ # 20/27), which seemed to feature quotes from country music greats: “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” – Dolly Parton When did the Journal start doing this? And who comes up with these quotes each week? Any favorites?

I used to keep a file of actual paper, in an actual file drawer, of such quotes and used them regularly, still do when the occasion merits. It’s good to see others’ views, and laugh a little. Here’s one to ponder from page 39 of the last issue: “What we don’t need in country music is divisiveness, public criticism of each other, and arbitrary judgment of what belongs and what doesn’t.” – Charlie Pride Can’t wait to see what you come up with next week.

Michael Edwards 3:43 Montecito PM (Editor’s note: Thanks for noticing, Michael. We have added what we call “Bottom-Page Quotes” since... Issue One, which came out in the summer of 1995. At first, I gleaned books that I had some familiarity with, i.e., Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, anything written by Winston Churchill, etcetera. At first, we were only 16 pages and monthly, so coming up with 14 quotes or so (not on full-page ads, or the cover, or the outside back page) was easy, but as we grew it became more difficult refreshing those bottom-page quotes, particularly when we went weekly (in ’06). Since then, we put the bottom-page quotes on odd-numbered pages only, and only if there isn’t a full-page or half-page ad.

For a long time, I was the quote master, but then my son-in-law, Jeremy Harbin, began adding them, and now it is mostly managing editor James Luksic with the occasional input from me. As for favorites, Churchill and Shakespeare are so quotable they make it easy, but stand-up comic Steven Wright is a particular favorite of mine. By the way, those Dolly Parton quotes were submitted by me, while the additional country music quotes came from Luksic. Brainy Quotes and Google have made our job much easier over the past couple years. Again, thanks for noticing. – J.B.)

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He Loves CO2

Your response to “Too Much of a Good Thing” (Letters to the Editor, MJ # 20/27) was excellent.

I could have not responded better.

My history as a research engineer has forced me to check out the hype of weatherman Gore and the “hockey stick” curve.

There is sooooo much bogus about the global-warming hype. So much written by news media that is blatantly false. The problem is that people of conservation are mixing up the reality of weather and environmentalism.

The weather is always changing. But globally on the average, weather has indeed been quite constant since the isolated El Nino year of 1997.

Yes the weather worldwide has been very constant for the last 19 years. Yes, there is global warming over the last 20,000 years. Yes, global warming has been good, as humanity exists because of it.

Twenty thousand years ago, the glaciers were 100 meters deep and covered the Earth from New York to Wisconsin.

Twenty thousand years is a very short time in planetary history and amazing natural warming changes have occurred.

You might remember that in recent history, there were huge lakes covering much of Nevada.

Twenty thousand years ago, it was very cold on average Earth temperatures.

But in the last 19 years or even the last 200 years, the temperature changes have actually been very small.

And with all these discussions about CO2, what is the correlation to temperature?

It is conclusive that CO2 level does not relate to increasing temperature.

It is conclusive that only many years after the temperature rises, CO2 will rise.

This minute gas in the atmosphere (just under 400 parts per million) is life to you, me, and plants.

CO2 and O2 is life to the planet.

Recent studies have shown that mankind maybe contributes a small 4 percent of the atmosphere’s level of this healthy life-supporting gas.

The levels of CO2 are very low and most plants, trees, and algae need more, not less CO2.

I love CO2.

Dennis Mihora University of Michigan 24 – 31 July 2014

Emmy-Nominated 50 Children

It is with pleasure and pride that I’m writing to let you know that my film, 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus, has just been nominated for an Emmy Award.

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The nomination – in the category of Outstanding Historical Programming – was announced recently by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which annually awards news and documentary Emmys (emmyonline.com/newsemmy).

Needless to say, I’m delighted by this news, particularly because it gives me another good reason to thank everyone who has helped to support the film project during these past few years. 50 Children is one of four documentaries nominated in this category – the web site above includes a listing of all nominations – and the winners will be announced in a ceremony at New York City’s Lincoln Center on September 30.

In the meantime, I’m thrilled that the film continues to screen at film festivals and other venues around the country. I will also be back out on the road in the fall with a busy schedule of events on behalf of both the film and my 50 Children book.

I look forward to staying in touch, and again my heartfelt thanks for your encouragement and support.

Warm regards, Steven Pressman Santa Barbara

Hate Is As Hate Does

First, to Linda Stewart-Oaten: Stop wasting your time reasoning with those whose economic fears blind them to scientific reality (“Too Much Of A Good Thing”). To Kathy Mora (“Lies and Statistics” MJ # 20/27): Stop embarrassing yourself with flawed logic and unwarranted hate couched in sarcasm. The idea that this 24 – 31 July 2014

guided world view as well as a heart in dire need of compassion.

Thanks, Arnie Cooper Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: No doubt Ms Mora will be eager to respond to your letter, but I am impressed with the easy way you throw around the word “hate.” If someone sees the world differently, those poor benighted souls are apparently “haters,” “deniers,” or are “pathetically misguided.” How about a simple discussion of the facts? Is a little give and take too much to ask? – J.B.)

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This Week in and around Montecito

SATURDAY, JULY 26 Santa Barbara Greek Festival Join in for in the 41st annual Greek Festival at Oak Park; the festival includes authentic Greek food including pita, gyro, and lots more, entertainment including music and dancers, and a shopping marketplace that features imported foods, clothing, jewelry, and more. The Santa Barbara Greek Festival is sponsored by the Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church. Admission is free.

When: 11 am to 7 pm, today and tomorrow Where: Oak Park Info: www.santabarbaragreekfestival.org

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860)

THURSDAY, JULY 24 Special Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed; today a special meeting will be held to discuss the Crown Castle DAS network project in Montecito.

When: 9 am Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

THURSDAY, JULY 24 Summer Concert Series Montecito’s Music Academy of the West presents a series of 60-minute concerts featuring MAW fellows.

When: 2 pm Where: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1130 State Street Info: www.sbmuseart.org Swazzle Puppets Presents “B.A.R.K. the Robot Dog” Swazzle is a puppet company dedicated to the art of live puppetry. This time, they’ll take young readers on an adventure with furry and funny friends, as Swazzle presents a comical story, “B.A.R.K. the Robot Dog.” When: 4 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Free Talk on Meditation The Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara is pleased to welcome San Francisco-based Vedic Meditation teacher James Brown for a free talk on meditation for modern life

titled “The Cluttered Mind is Not a Happy Mind.”

A recent study from Harvard showed that most of us spend almost half of our lives trapped in a non-stop stream of brain chatter. The study went on to conclude that this mental clutter is actually the source of unhappiness. Join Brown for a free talk in which you’ll learn the root causes of useless thinking and discover a simple, ancient meditation technique you can use every day to effortlessly quiet your mind and be a little more present.

Vedic Meditation is a simple, nonreligious practice that you can do anywhere you can safely close your eyes. There is no chanting or sitting in uncomfortable positions. It doesn’t have to be dark of quiet. This will be an informational talk only and will not feature meditating or yoga.

When: 7 pm Where: 1535 Santa Barbara Street RSVP: vedicpathmeditation.com

MONDAY, JULY 28 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review

seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics of Montecito.

When: 2 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

TUESDAY, JULY 29 Free Magic Shows for Families The Santa Barbara Public Library System presents Shawn McMaster, a spellbinding magician whose shows are laced with humor. No magic words or cheesy-looking props – instead, magician McMaster offers a high-energy, interactive show filled with astonishment and hilarity for the whole family. The event is geared toward children 5 and up.

This program is supported by the Friends of the Montecito Library, a non-profit volunteer organization that financially supports library programs and services. For more information, contact the Montecito Library.

When: 4 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Cost: free Info: 969-5063

THURSDAY, JULY 31 Walk With a Doc Walkers will enjoy a refreshing walk at Shoreline Park with healthcare professionals, who will provide support to the walkers and answer questions during the activity.

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When: 5:45 pm Where: Shoreline Park (parking lot by the play structure) Cost: free Info: www.walkwithadoc.org

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 French Conversation Group The Montecito branch of the Santa Barbara Public Library System hosts a French conversation group for those who would like to practice their French language conversation skills and meet others in the community who speak French. Both native speakers and those who learned French as a second or foreign language will participate, and new members are always welcome.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: Sara Doehring, 969-5063

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 Centering Prayer Practice Retreat A mini-retreat day for Centering Prayer practice. There will be meditation walks, journaling, reflection, and prayer practice.

Let by Sr. Suzanne Dunn, Jeannette Love, and Annette Colbert. Beginners welcome.

When: 9:30 am to 1 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 Tea Dance The City of Santa Barbara donates use of the ballroom and volunteers provide music and refreshments for this ongoing, free dance event.

Ballroom dance music including the Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Fox Trot, Quick Step, and rhythm dances such as the Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Mambo, and Bolero are played, among other dance music. Participants can hone their dancing skills or learn new dance techniques.

The Santa Barbara Ballroom Tea Dance is held on the first Sunday of every month at the Carrillo Rec Center. No partner necessary, but if you find one bring him or her along!

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As the summer months go on, conservation efforts in Montecito are strong, but are waning, the district reports: March showed a 47-percent drop in water sales compared to last year, whereas April showed a 43-percent drop, and a 38-percent reduction in May. MWD’s goal in passing Ordinance 93 was to reduce consumption by 30 percent. However, there are still about 800 single-family residences that have not shown enough conservation. The district continues to estimate that the next water year (which starts in October) will show a 700 acre-feet decrease in available water supplies, compared to a normal water year.

General manager Tom Mosby, along with the MWD board, continues on a multi-faceted approach to bolster

the water supply long term, including increased conservation, desalinization, water storage, “gray water” usage, and groundwater enhancement management. While other California communities are counting on reported El Niño storms later this year, MWD warns that the projected chance of an El Niño winter has been reduced to 70 percent.

MWD has posted valuable information on water conservation and drought news online, both on the district’s Facebook page, on Twitter, and at www.montecitowater.com.

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It has to be one of the most scenic as well, set among majestic oaks along Mission Creek (when there’s water) and a charming wooden walking bridge. In addition to the 50 wineries represented, there were savory and sweet delectable delights from local chefs, caterers, bakers, and restaurateurs.

When I first came to Santa Barbara in 1976, there were only a couple wineries in Santa Ynez Valley. By the early 80s there were 12, which my late husband chronicled in the first wine book ever written about the Valley.

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library and the John and Peggy Maximus Art Gallery. And don’t forget what all the kids, big and small, love: the real 74-foot, blue whale skeleton. There’s also the Sea Center at Stearns Wharf that 90,000 visitors see each year, having hands-on encounters with ocean creatures.

If you’d like to sip and taste along with all the other social butterflies, the date for 2015 is June 27. But you can visit all year long.

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special summer exhibit: Smokey Bear & Woodsy Owl: Home Sweet Home.

They are also used for community education programs like school field trips for 20,000 children, the Quasars to Sea Stars teen program, and the monthly Science Pubs for adults.

The museum has been around since 1916 and sees more than 150,000 people annually, including 5,700 members. It not only has ten indoor exhibit halls but the only full-dome planetarium on the Central Coast, a research

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Associate executive director Marsha Marcoe told me, “All the board were asked what traits they wanted in their new leader. Out of 38 resumés, five were selected. Finally, three were given large problems to solve. Charles is the bionic man. He encompassed all we each were looking for.”

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Charles addressed the group: “Behind every great man is a great woman, and that would be my wife, Gerie. I will do everything in my power to make this the best organization in Santa Barbara.” He has worked at Matrix Institute on Addictions, Inc. since 2005 and has extensive business and management experience.

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The comedienne, of course, isn’t short of places to live, having bought international interior designer John Saladino’s six-bedroom 10,000-square-foot mansion, Villa di Lemma, for $26.5 million last year and a $16-million combined condo unit in Beverly Hills.

Ellen also sold her equestrian ranch in Thousand Oaks last September for $10.85 million and a Beverly Hills penthouse went for $843,900 last year.

Trash Can Nights Launches Montecito author Teddy Steinkellner, who last year wrote Trash Can Days about adolescent youngsters, has just launched his follow-up Trash Can Nights, which took nine months to complete.

“My first book did a lot better than I expected and got a good review in The New York Times,” says Stanford graduate, Teddy, son of Cheers producer Cheri Steinkellner. “I hope it helps kids laugh at themselves.

“My first book was set in fifth grade and the new one in eighth grade.”

Teddy, who threw a launch bash at Tecolote, the bustling bibliophile bastion in the upper village, is now hard at work on his third novel, Seniors, which is aimed at an older demographic and will be published by top New York imprint, Simon & Schuster,

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The 29-year-old warbler met the politician at a reception before Clinton’s book signing at Barnes & Noble at the Grove shopping center in L.A. And Katy shared the moment with 5.5 million Instagram followers by posting a snap of the two of them together.

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Music Academy of the West

by Steven Libowitz

Maestro Leads NY Phil’s Deal with MAW

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he Music Academy of the West’s (MAW) summer festival received a real shot in the arm with news this spring that the New York Philharmonic has entered into an exciting partnership with the academy, a four-year deal that creates opportunities for select fellows to train with the Phil’s music director, Alan Gilbert, and several of the orchestra’s musicians, both in Santa Barbara and New York. Most of the visiting artists have already had their turns coaching the students, including assistant conductor Joshua Weilerstein, an MAW alumnus who just conducted Concerto Night last weekend.

Now it’s Gilbert, who took over his prestigious post when he was just 42, who is on campus conducting rehearsals for the academy chamber orchestra concert on Saturday night at the Lobero, with a program of rarely-heard pieces including Thomas Adès’ “Chamber Symphony”, Schoenberg’s “Chamber Symphony” and Schubert’s “Symphony No. 2” in B-flat Major, D. 125. He’ll also team with the Philharmonic’s just-retired concertmaster, Glenn Dicterow, for Thursday’s string leadership master class.

Gilbert talked about the new arrangement with MAW, the NY Phil, and the upcoming concert over the phone from a recent residency in Colorado.

Q. How did the partnership with MAW come about? Why was it important to form a relationship with an institute 3,000 miles away?

A. It’s a win-win situation. Orchestras are transforming and touring has changed. It used to be very normal to be in a different city every day and just play concerts. What we’ve been trying to do is to find places where we can settle in and spend more than a few days, and really get to know an audience more meaningfully. We have partnerships in Vail, Colorado, where I am right now, and in London every other year. It’s practical, a smart way to travel. But it’s also very much in keeping with our mission to be a resource in a very broad way. We want to be on the cutting edge of education, playing concerts but also teaching master classes. MAW is a place that can really use what we have to offer, and there’s a music-loving public that will enjoy us.

You’re working with the young musicians at MAW this week for the chamber symphonies. What do you do to connect with them right away and get them to perform the way you want the music to be

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played, especially with pieces they surely haven’t played before?

I love working with young musicians. There’s have a technical proficiency, of course, but they might be missing that knowledge you can only acquire through experience. I work with all orchestras in the same way, but different issues call attention to themselves. What I do with young musicians is talk about what the notes mean, how they all fit together. How you bring out a line that needs to be out front and step back when support is what’s needed. The phrasing, how the notes group together. You have to create the punctuation. Where the sentences and the commas are isn’t always clear from the notation, or how to read the lines in an eloquent way.

But I do give them the same positive energy and respect, even if there are different issues.... A more experienced orchestra might start at a higher level, but their improvement over rehearsal is only 10 percent, maybe, but with the youths, the change is much more dramatic, often 100 percent, which is so exciting.

Would you talk about the program, which I imagine is mostly unfamiliar to the audiences, too?

I love the Schubert. On the page, it looks fairly inauspicious. But it’s so delicate and technically challenging. It’s not obvious how to phrase the music, unlike in a Mahler, say, where the articulation and emotion and dynamics are in the info on the page. You have to fill it with your understanding. Schoenberg created the genre of chamber symphony, and this is a magnificent piece. People

are afraid when they hear his name because the music might be unapproachable and gnarly. But this is highly expressive and romantic music that sounds like Strauss and Mahler.

It’s actually one of my favorite pieces.

The Ades is very intelligent, sophisticated, and clever music, but it’s also very visceral and human – the way he combines the parts creates a rhythmic engine that’s surprisingly jazzy at times. It’s also very expressive. It’s clever music with a real heart. The program has some real cohesiveness even though they’re very different. It should be quite a journey.

Can we talk a bit about your tenure at the NY Phil? You’ve brought in a lot of new ideas – contemporary composers, spatial music, and opera and theater – has it gone the way you would have hoped?

Yeah, but I’m never satisfied. I’m a real idealist and always looking for things to improve. The orchestra has changed dramatically while I’ve been there. I think we understand each other better and better, and it’s much quicker to achieve things. The rehearsals can be very direct and focused and efficient while still going further than we did when I started. I hope that progress continues... obviously we don’t always agree 100 percent. There are certain habits that are deeply ingrained. But that’s what makes an orchestra great – that sense of self and identity so that it’s always going to be a compromise. It truly is like a marriage; give and take are the order of the day. Ultimately, it’s about the chemistry, and I think we have that.

I just read that by this upcoming season, you will have appointed 17 of the orchestra’s 106 musicians, including concertmaster and several other principals.

How does it feel to put your own stamp on the philharmonic even in personnel?

There’s a beautiful continuity that orchestra has managed over the years, and despite change in personnel there’s an essence to the orchestra that remains constant. That’s comforting to me because I know that the NYP will carry on and continue to be the great institution that it has been for a long time. (The turnover) is a generational thing, and we’re in a period where many principals have moved on, so there’s quite a shift. The Philharmonic always attracts top talented (players).

So I’m very happy with the musicians.

Things are looking very rosy for the future.

This Week at the Music Academy

Thursday, July 24: Select voice, vocal piano, and instrumental fellows come together for the annual Vocal Chamber Music Concert, this year featuring works from Italian baroque and 20th century. The pro-

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Monday, July 28: Cynthia Phelps has been visiting MAW for several years, well before the new partnership with the NY Philharmonic – where she’s been the principal violist since 1992 – was announced. A consummate performer and section leader, Phelps is also a wonderful coach and workshop leader, making this master class, on a special day, truly special (1 pm; Lehmann Hall; $12/$13).... What with lots of work in the early symphony concerts and a night last week devoted to a brass concert, the brass fellows have already had quite a summer at MAW. Now they get to hear as individuals if they’ve got what it takes as faculty artists Julie Landsman, Paul Merkelo, and Ralph Sauer get together for today’s mock auditions in lieu of the traditional master class (3:15 pm; Hahn; free).

Tuesday, July 29: Vocal piano chair Warren Jones – who spends lots of time on the MAW opera and with the vocal fellows and pianists, but also serves as principal pianist with Santa Barbara’s own Camerata Pacifica ensemble – takes a rare turn as coach for the piano chamber master class, working with the solo piano fellows and ensembles for the only time this year (1 pm; Lehmann; $12/$13).... Let’s take it up another notch for this afternoon’s master class sampler, as three members of the NY Philharmonic – Joseph Alessi (trombone), Eric Bartlett (cello), and Robert Langevin (flute) – work with a single student each on technique and approach as part of the new NYPMAW partnership (3:15 pm; Hahn Hall, $30).... Alumnus-in-residence cellist Joshua Roman – who will lead fellows in a chamber music recital next weekend – joins pianist Conor Hanick for Pintscher’s “Uriel”, composed just two years ago, and joins other faculty and guest artists for Mendelssohn’s “Octet” in E-flat Major, Op. 20. Also on the Tuesday @ 8 program: Tilson Thomas’s 1988 Street Song and two works by Ibert (8 pm; Hahn; $40).

Wednesday, July 30: OperaNow! weekly podcast records live in Hahn Hall this afternoon, focusing, of course, on MAW’s upcoming production of Carmen. Vocal program director Marilyn Horne, one of the most famous Carmens in history, will be interviewed by the four co-hosts, which include two MAW alums: tenor Will Ferguson and soprano Jennifer •MJ Rivera (3:15 pm; $10).

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istrative staff and on administrative expenses and benefits other than salaries and pensions.

I have put this together with the idea of making it as simple as possible.

I did not input some additional numbers, such as the interest costs, because they are not determinable at this time and the fact that too many numbers confuse the issue.

• The Santa Barbara Community College District is comprised of Carpinteria, Montecito, the City of Santa Barbara and Goleta (“The district”).

• The district plans to issue $288,000,000 in bonds, if approved by 55 percent of voters in the district. The bonds will be issued over a period of 10 years and have a post issue life of 25 years. Interest rates have not yet been determined.

• Specifically what the $288 million generated from the bonds will be used for has not been fully explained at this time.

• The bonds are to be repaid and financed by the property owners in the district.

• The bonds will add approximately $17 for every $100,000 of assessed valuation to the property tax bill of the district’s property owners (residential and commercial) over the 25-year life of the bonds.

• The increased tax bills of residential and commercial property owners to pay for the bonds will raise residential and commercial rents.

• SBCC has a total enrollment of 22,500 students. 10,000 students who are enrolled come from outside the district. They are from other areas in California and come from outside California and from other countries.

• Should the district’s property taxpayers and renters pay an addition-

al $288 million plus interest to finance the education of the future hundreds of thousands of students who do not come from the district?

This question will have to be answered by the voters of the district.

Convince me why the residents of the SBCC District should pay over one-half billion dollars to pay for the educational needs of hundreds of thousands of outsiders who take up space at SBCC and who make local kids have to wait for placement in desired classes, eat up housing, force up rents that locals can’t pay, suppress wages, and force locals to commute work here.

I will not vote for this rip-off. It will force up rents in both domiciles and commercial space. It has loopholes.

It is wrong to make Santa Barbara area people pay for the educational facilities of [more than] 10,000 outsiders when our roads and other infrastructure are falling apart. Better a $288-million infrastructure bonding, for which I would consider voting yes.

Ernest Salomon Santa Barbara

Leaving on a High

This year’s 19th Annual Village Fourth Parade & Celebration was the most successful ever. Things ran very smoothly. Lining the cars along San Ysidro Road and having entries with only people come out of the park worked perfectly.

Everything went without a hitch, and Dana Newquist and I are leaving the event on a high.

My kids, who are 17 and 23, are surprisingly sad that I have resigned my chairmanship of the Village Fourth Committee. They’ve never known anything other than working Village Fourth on the 4th of July.

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What an incredible thing it will be if there is still a Village Fourth Parade &

Celebration 20 years from now.

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SEEN (Continued from page 16) Executive director of VNHC foundation Rick Keith, president/ CEO Lynda Tanner, and past Yacht Club commodore Homer Smith

In front, Ruth Kallman and daughter Carol; in back are DeeDee Barthelmess (Ruth’s granddaughter) and her dad, Don, at the SB Yacht Club event honoring the late Robert Kallman

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independently, recover from illness, or transition at end of life with dignity and comfort. We provided $2.6 million in charitable community benefit for residents, caring for 145 people daily who were terminally ill. We visited 103 people each day in their homes to provide nursing and rehabilitative care for those recovering from illness or surgery or were managing a chronic illness.” This is all done regardless of ability to pay. VNHC also loaned or gave medical equipment (walkers, wheelchairs, and crutches) to 3,343 people to aid in their recovery.

Carol Kallman gave a tribute to her dad, Robert, telling us what a special place Serenity House was during his last days. Many in the community knew Robert. As Carol said, “He was involved in 30 nonprofits and was

president of ten of them.”

Past speakers attending were Jeff Berkus, Karen Byers, Deneen Demoukas, Pete Richards, and Dr. Judy Lee Rawles. Others were mayor Helene Schneider; KEYT anchor Shirin Rajaee; president and CEO of VNHC Lynda Tanner; VNHC foundation executive director Rick Keith; VNHC board chair Chris Jones; past Regatta chair Tom Parker; Robert’s wife, Ruth Kallman, and son Kris, also his son-in-law Don Barthelmess, and granddaughter DeeDee Barthelmess.

The Regatta is open to everyone, so y’all come for a day of sailboat racing, spectator boat rides, barbecue, music, and raffle prizes at the SBYC on September 6. VNHC says, “There When You Need Us Most.” For more information, call 965-5555.

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Coastal Branch of the State Water Project, including 3,000 AF per year to MWD. Deliveries have never met the promised allocations because a high percentage of promised state water is “paper water,” promised to multiple agencies from sources that do not exist.

Montecito Water District ‘Mission Statement’

The mission of the Montecito Water District is “to provide an adequate and reliable supply of high-quality water to the residents of Montecito and Summerland at the most reasonable cost.” Adequate? Reliable? Reasonably priced?

Where does it say that MWD’s mission is to allocate an inadequate amount of water to protect and preserve Montecito’s semi-rural community character?

Where does it say that this community should look like burnt toast while those living in nearby Carpinteria, Goleta, and Santa Barbara, are still green and inviting? Where does it say that without landscaping water, Montecito’s $86-billion investment in residential real estate is at risk? Why was MWD not purchasing and storing water prior to 2012 when Carpinteria was selling its excess water?

Where does the mission statement say that Summerland business owners such as Richard Stackhouse at Stacky’s Seaside, Dan Van Hirtum at Cafe Luna and Brian Tappeiner at Valleyheart Gardens should be threatened by a lack of water? Is it appropriate for MWD to fund its operating costs in 2014-15 by relying upon a budgeted $3.8 million in penalty payments it expects to receive from existing customers? Why not cut allocations in half again next year and boost the penalty fees to $8 million?

The pain of rationing, no matter how fairly allocated, falls disproportionately among various MWD customers. Those with minimal landscaping and few houseguests are fine with their quotas. Those with expensive and extensive landscaping are hurt more than those with lesser landscaping. Those with access to private wells buy less MWD water. Permit applications for new private wells in Montecito are at an all-time high at the same time current wells are going dry. New wells in Montecito are an added threat to further groundwater depletion, an extremely dangerous and insensitive water strategy.

New homeowners and new business owners face the threat of no new water permits in Montecito and Summerland. Those attempting to remodel are prohibited from installing larger water meters, or adding swimming pools, hot tubs, fountains, or water features. Mandatory rationing penalties – $30 for the 1st offense and $45 for the second offense – have hit homeowners and business owners in Montecito with the added threat of water restrictors or cutoffs for repeat offenders.

Modification of Rationing Penalties

restrictions, according to the Association of California Water Agencies. At least 153 agencies are calling for voluntary conservation in response to Governor Jerry Brown’s request for a 20-percent reduction in California water use. Only seven water districts, including MWD, have adopted punitive rationing in response to the current drought.

Those communities fortunate enough to have extensive groundwater reserves, or have purchased and stored water for drought relief, are not as concerned as Montecito about rationing or running out of water. Residents are being asked to conserve – without rationing – in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, most of Southern California, Kern County, Carpinteria, Goleta, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Oxnard, and Northern California.

Conservation Efforts

Residents of Montecito and Summerland have done an excellent job of reducing water usage by more than 40 percent since rationing began four months ago. Braving spiders and other creepy crawlers, matrons of Montecito have been down on all fours, learning to remove covers and read their meters on a daily basis. They have learned how to check toilets for leaks; replace lawns with climate-suitable native plants; add compost and mulch; replace spray irrigation with drip systems; and chop irrigation times to once a week at night on a four-minute cycle, while in many cases losing turf, hedges, and specimen trees in the process.

Ending Rationing

How much water does the Montecito Water District need in order to feel safer about the possible cancellation of rationing? The 5-year MWD plan calls for the sale of 5,300 AF per year of water for its 4,360 customers. Pre-rationing water demand was headed toward 6,000 AF for the 2013-14 year, but with continued cuts in landscaping usage, water sales could drop to as low as 4,500 AF in 2014-15.

In February, Montecito was forecasted to run completely out of water by the end of July. With its successful reduction through conservation and its active supplemental water purchase program, the new MWD forecast for water supply in 2014-15 is a safer 6,347 AF of available water.

The big question for MWD and its customers is: who will step up in a leadership role to guide the water district and our two sanitary districts in affordable solutions that end water uncertainty and guide the community, the county leaders, other water districts, and the state to sustainable self-sufficiency?

Next Week: Roadmap to a Sustainable Water Future

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At its July board meeting, MWD rewarded its customers for their 40-percent reduction in usage by rescinding the provision of Ordinance 93 that would have required next year’s allocations to be reduced by any amount of water used in excess of this year’s allocation.

Still to be considered is the possible capping of penalty fees at $30 per hundred cubic feet for overuse and eliminating the $45 penalty fee after the completion of the 1,000 AF Dudley Ridge supplemental water purchase. The profusion of Montecito water trucks rumbling through Montecito selling water of an unknown quality has also raised the question of MWD allocating a small amount of its purchased water to allow those with proven conservation programs, but legitimate economic hardships, to purchase a limited supply of water at the $30 penalty rate. This strategy could put the water pirates out of business and add money to MWD coffers to purchase even more water.

Consistency of Drought Effects

Water availability varies greatly by water district. Of the 600 water agencies in California as of July 7, only 58 have implemented some form of mandatory

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Katy dyed her blue-and-green hair back to its natural black and pulled it back into a neat bun that she secured with a yellow floral scrunchy.

She left the store with an autographed copy of Clinton’s book, Hard Choices.

Can-Can in NYC The world-class revival of Cole Porter’s hit Can-Can is slowly wending its way to Broadway, where it first launched in 1953.

Way more than half a century ago, it made an overnight sensation of actress Gwen Verdon.

A 1960 film adaptation starred Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra, Maurice Chevalier, and Louis Jordan.

“The book has been updated without being modernized,” adds Jonathan. “The show is still set in 1893 and retains all of my uncle’s original characters and intent about a sole bar owner who defied the law and featured the scandalous dance, the Can-Can.” Even Cole Porter’s estate has given permission for the newly revamped version, which is expected to open in Manhattan next year...

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Produced by Santa Barbara Polo Club player Jonathan Burrows, nephew of the original book’s writer Abe Burrows, the new show stars Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin and Broadway veteran Jason Danieley with director David Lee, previously with Frasier and Cheers, and a re-crafted script by Joel Fields of Ugly Betty and The Americans.

“The show is opening at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, one of America’s leading regional theaters, in October and will feature Porter’s timeless classics, including “I Love Paris,’’ “C’est Magnifique”, and “It’s All Right With Me”. Can-Can hasn’t been revived in more than 30 years, so I’m thrilled with our progress,” says Jonathan, who has had his equestrian team kitted out in a CanCan strip, as I revealed here.

When it debuted on the Great White

Blondes versus Brunettes Powder Puff football game participants Breanna Czenczelewski, Gerd Jordano, Kiersten Hess, and Rhonda Spiegel (photo by Priscilla)

It was an event to dye for when the local Alzheimer’s Association hosted its first Blondes versus Brunettes Powder Puff football game at the Santa Barbara Polo Club, raising around $60,000 for the charity’s family services programs.

With 30 Amazons on each team captained by Breanne Czenczelewski and Kirsten Hess, the Blondes narrowly beat the Brunettes, 22-19.

“It was a great success,” says Rhonda Spiegel, CEO of the non-profit. “We had raised $45,000 even before the game started. Everybody took it very seriously, with the ladies training three days a week for four months,

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Our Town

by Joanne A. Calitri

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Agustin de Guevara’s 90th Birthday Agustin de Guevara at the Biltmore, circa 1954 (photo courtesy of Hal Boucher, Four Seasons Biltmore)

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escribed by his family, friends and co-workers as a legend in our town, Agustin de Guevara celebrated his 90th birthday July 2 at the Biltmore’s Coral Casino in Montecito, where he worked from 1950-1970 in various capacities under Robert O’Dell.

The private soirée included speeches about the lives he touched with his kindness, compassion, and fatherly guidance, many happy birthday hugs and a smiling Agustin, looking like a young distinguida hombre guapo, sporting a straw fedora hat and cream linen jacket and ready to dance.

Taking a moment for an on-the-spot interview, he told me that, “To think I am getting old is a waste of time! The secret to a long, happy life is to laugh a lot, dance a lot and to believe there is a God who takes care of us.” Born on July 4, in Mexico City, Mexico, he was raised in three orphanages and “always looking for someone to love me, so I came to the United States!”

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farm fields in California and said despite what anyone would think, “I was happy! I had a job, a place to sleep, and food to eat.”

He and his third wife, Carolyn, have been married 30 years. They met when he worked as a manager at the UCSB Faculty Club and she worked at the UCSB Institute of Theoretic Physics.

After a two-year back-and-forth courtship, they married and have been happy ever since. Carolyn says they are like newlyweds and he cooks dinner for her every night. Together they have two children, Tino and Adrienne, and two grandchildren, Katarina and Kassandra.

Celebrating with him were his current co-workers at the McDonald’s, where Agustin has been employed for the past 30 years. He started at the Fairview drive-thru and is now the in-house chaplin at the local restaurant in Goleta. There he tends to the

Agustin de Guevara’s 90th birthday, with his McDonald co-workers and managers at the Coral Casino Montecito

A book about Agustin’s life titled A Dance with Grace, was written by Shanna Kim, an administrative assistant at the McDonald’s where he works. Copies were given out to the guests and more are available by contacting Shanna.

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Agustin de Guevara with Shanna Kim, who wrote the book on his life, A Dance with Grace

staff and customers making certain every one is appreciated and loved.

McDonald’s owner/operators David Peterson and Monte Fraker honored Agustin and thanked him for his contributions to their staff, to them and their families. Monte said, “He’s one of the most amazing men I’ve ever met, he is kind, patient, caring, generous, and peaceful, from our hearts we love Agustin as a friend based on this truth, he loved us first.” After everyone applauded him, Agustin simply stated, “I think I’m going to ask for a raise!”

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Agustin de Guevara’s 90th birthday celebrated at the Coral Casino with his wife Carolyn, Tino (son) and Maria Elena de Guevara, daughter Adrienne, granddaughters Katarina and Kassandra Pena, and nephew Mauricio Urusquieta

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The Art Foundation of Santa Barbara (AFSB) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 by president Frank McGinity. Its members are comprised of art collectors and artists whose common interest is to promote and share art locally.

For their annual art exhibit event, members contribute works of art from their collection for a 3-week exhibit at the Santa Barbara Club, a historic SB landmark on Chapala Street established in 1890 as the Arlington Jockey Club. Frank wanted our readers to know that what is unique to him about the annual exhibit is that each person is actually sharing a piece of “... who we are by the work of art they choose to lend for the show; take for example, the “Mother with Lilies” by Andro painting lent by member Mark Lee. Mark was unable to attend the event due to personal health reasons but chose to be there via a painting he has hanging in his bedroom. Member Bob Meghreblian’s painting “The Cardinals”, is actually one he did, unbeknownst to almost everyone that he is a painter. Each piece has a story of both the artist and the art owner.

I think it is one of our best and most creative events at the Santa Barbara Club.”

The format for the exhibit is to invite a local gallery curator to install the works and to speak on a topic of art relevant to his or her interests, followed by a sit-down dinner. This year, Judy Larson, director of the Westmont Museum of Art, was keynote speaker.

Judy oversaw the installation of more than 40 works of art at the SB Club.

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the history and contributions of how women shaped art in America accompanied by a slideshow in the library room at the club, and provided commentary on selected women artist works on display.

Frank welcomed the guests and introduced the program. He quipped that the “Terracotta Warrior Xian Shoulder” sculpture he and his wife Sheila donated was such a part of their home, that his wife calls it Frank. He thanked the members for their generosity in lending their collections for the exhibit and introduced colleague Jon Du Prau and the president of the SB Club, John Doordan, who worked with Frank on the event. Jon introduced AFSB member Leslie M. James, a devotee of Picasso, to speak briefly about his latest acquisition and his recently published book, Picasso and The Secret Muse. James talked about finding a rare signed Picasso sketching from October 1900 of

Suzanne Valadon, the first woman admitted to the National Academy of Art in Paris, with Pierre-Auguste Renoir, whom she modeled for, and Toulouse-Lautrec, who encouraged her to paint. Due to the fragility of the sketch, James had it scanned and reproduced for everyone to see. He also contributed three paintings by Gaston Longchamps from 1912-14.

More than 110 guests attended the event, including local artists Patricia Chidlaw with husband Robert Sponsel, Sarah Vedder, Dorothy Churchill-Johnson, Roz Gies-Amorteguy, and event sponsors Jerry Beaver, Robert Dibley, Richard Godfrey, Keith Mautino, Nancy Schlosser, Michael Towbes, and Hugh Vos. Members also contribute art works to the AFSB for its permanent collect, and Ms Schlosser was applauded for donating five pieces. Doordan and his wife were toasted for celebrating their 11th wedding anniversary that evening.

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On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than ten years.

by Steven Libowitz

Birkey on Brass with West Coast Quintet

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lthough he was born and raised in Colorado, Nate Birkey spent a good number of his formative young adult years here in Santa Barbara, perfecting his trumpet skills, becoming a strong vocalist, teaching younger musicians, and playing in several local bands.

More than a decade ago, he relocated to New York City in search of a broader base for his ever-burgeoning hunger and aptitude for jazz, and he’s clearly found his groove as a gently swinging but always expressive bandleader who offers fresh takes on traditional and original jazz.

Birkey usually comes back to our more temperate climate a couple of times each year, and this summer he’s bringing a brand-new album with him. Just a Closer Walk is an all-instrumental song set steeped in gospel and spirituals – the latest “concept” album in a trilogy alongside 2001’s Ballads and 2008’s Christmas. You’ll hear a lot of Birkey’s influences, from New Orleans to country, on the new disc, wherein he is capably accompanied by the West Coast quintet: pianist Jamieson Trotter, tenor saxophonist Tom Buckner, bassist Jim Connolly, and drummer Peter Buck.

Birkey and the boys will play at SOhO on Monday night (as well as this Wednesday, mere hours after we go to press, at Squashed Grapes in Ventura), focusing largely on the new album but also touching on earlier Birkey repertoire and some standards.

The trumpeter talked about the new disc over the phone from his New York City home, just a day before he’s slated to touch down back in California.

Q. What prompted you to delve into gospel and spirituals for your new album?

A. It’s music that I grew up with. My family was very religious, we went to church several times a week, and singing the hymns were my favorite part. In the last few years, I started doing some arrangements and throwing them into my regular set, so I had lot of them collected when we went to make the album. But essentially, it’s still a jazz album that’s comprised of gospel and hymns.

You pay tribute to both your mom (“O Sacred Head”) and dad (“The Deacon”, the only original). Why those?

I was very grateful for my parents, and blessed to have them support me for my whole life in my musical endeavors, even though sometimes they questioned whether it was a wise

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Speaking of timing, you recorded here in Isla Vista, which would already be interesting but certainly takes on an added poignancy after the recent shootings. It seems like this music – contemplative but uplifting – might help in the healing.

That was shocking, and it happened very close by to where we recorded but we were there last summer. (Healing) is the idea of gospel, to reflect but also uplift – those things that are important at challenging times. As someone else said, it’s a way to let your soul catch up with your body.... Making the album was great because we did it old school, with a serial mike in the middle of the room. We just sat around and played. It was very low-tech, but it came out great – perfect for the type of music we’re doing, and very real and organic to do it in a church with natural acoustics.

Trumpet specialist Nate Birkey returns to town, filling the SOhO air

thing to do. They sent me to music school and have always been there for me. And they’ve been an example for me in how they live their lives and treat other people. I don’t tell them that enough. So I thought this would be a nice way to express it in a tangible way.

What about the other songs? Why were these important to you?

Most were hymns I was familiar with as a child. “Cristo Redentor” is [about] the big statue that overlooks Rio in Brazil – so I guess that was good timing with the World Cup. It was written by Duke Pearson when he was flying into Rio for a gig; after he saw it, he went to hotel room and wrote the song immediately. I’ve always loved it. “Eyes on the Sparrow” was another of my dad’s favorites, and my mom loves “Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus”, while “Just a Closer Walk” was one of my grandmother’s favorites. So it’s about my upbringing and the people who were very important to me. It’s definitely looking back at myself growing up.

But it’s still a jazz album – it’s not meant to be a testament or preaching about my personal belief. It’s supposed to be enjoyable whatever your feelings are about religion.

This is your ninth album in more than 15 years of recording. Time to look back?

I don’t spend a lot of time doing that. And I hardly ever listen to the old albums, although I had a friend over recently who wanted to hear the recordings. It had been a while and when we played them I was thinking, well this is good, but I’ve really grown a lot since then. Mostly I think about the next concept, the next album, and where I’m going making music.

You’re playing SOhO with your West Coast quintet – does the bi-coastal thing make you a bit schizophrenic, having to deal with two bands and group personalities?

I like it. It’s a different take on the music to have both bands – I get another feel and perspective on the songs. I’ve been playing with Jim and Jamieson for almost 15 years, so it’s fun to come back and reconnect with those musicians.

It looks like you’ll also be here for Fiesta with Spencer the Gardener.

Yeah. After I’m done with the club gigs, I’ll put on my STG hat and have some fun during Fiesta. I haven’t been back here (during Old Spanish Days) for five years, so I’m looking forward to that. It’s a lot of fun. Being a leader of the band takes a lot of work. It’s nice, but it’s also really nice just to be a guy and not have to worry about all the other stuff.

(Nate Birkey plays Monday, July 28 at 8 pm at SOhO, 1221 State Street.

Admission is $10. Call 962-7776 or visit www.sohosb.com. Birkey also joins

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Spencer the Gardener for the Latinflavored rock band’s annual Fiesta gigs next Wednesday, July 30, at Casa Cantina in the courtyard of the historic Casa de la Guerra, 15 East De la Guerra Street, on a double bill with the Roosters. Spencer with Birkey also appear at Ventura’s Olivas Adobe on Saturday, July 26.)

Butler Did It

Rosemary Butler’s Santa Barbara CD release concert last December at SOhO was such a blast, the famed former backup singer did it all again at the same venue just two weeks later, this time with special guest Kenny Loggins, who is just one of the rock and pop stars Butler served in a side role on recordings and concerts over a long career that includes sessions with James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Paul McCartney, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, and Michael McDonald to name just a few. Butler is returning to SOhO for a 7:30 pm show this Sunday, July 27, and we haven’t yet heard if any of those famous folks are expected to drop by to join in with the band featuring guitarist Maitland Ward and Mike Stern, keyboardist George Friedenthal, bassist Randy Tico, and drummer Eddie Tuduri – but really who needs ‘em? After all, her first solo CD in 30 years, a blend of cover and original songs which has prompted all this coming-out activity in concerts, is called You Just Watch Me. Speaking of Michael McDonald, the golden-throated singer-songwriter is also performing on Sunday, albeit a few hours earlier, for Youth Interactive’s Funk Zone Block Party in the space behind the Lark restaurant at 131 Yananoli Street. The six-hour concert that starts at noon is headlined by the five-time Grammy winner, with earlier sets by Ambrosia (a five-time Grammy nominee), Yassou Benedict, Dylan McDonald & the Avians (led by Michael’s Nashvillebased son), and local band One Two Tree. All proceeds go to the nonprofit’s Entrepreneurship Academy in Santa Barbara, whose mission is to bridge the opportunity divide for low-income teens. There’s a special dinner with McDonald at the Lark at 7 pm, leaving plenty of time for him to head over to SOhO should the impulse strike. Details and tickets online at www.youthinteractive.us.

As for The Eagles, Don Felder, the supergroup’s lead guitarist and one of its singer-songwriters, has a gig with his own band back at the Bowl on a triple bill with 1970s/’80s rock juggernauts Foreigner and Styx. The concert also takes place Sunday, and Felder is on first at 6 pm (with a curfew of 10) so maybe we’ll see him over at SOhO, •MJ too. You never know.

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Ernie’s World

by Ernie Witham Read more exciting adventures in Ernie’s World the Book and A Year in the Life of a “Working” Writer. Both available at amazon.com or erniesworld.com.

Tunnel Vision

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’ve often wondered about rodents.

How come they never get lost burrowing underground?

“We’re not lost,” my wife said.

“You sure?” I looked down the long tunnel that we were the only ones using. “I think I just saw a sign for Miami.”

“All the government buildings around the United States capital are connected,” they told us cheerfully. “You just have to follow the tunnel.” Everyone is very friendly in Washington, D.C. I think it’s because they know they are never going to see you again.

“We’re almost there,” the lead gopher, er, my wife said.

“You said that hours ago.”

“It’s only been a few minutes.

Time has no meaning when you are in the Twilight Zone.

We started at the Library of Congress.

It’s architecturally beautiful, as are all the Washington, D.C., government buildings. I took a ton of photos. Then I saw a line of people, so I got in it.

“Where we going?” I asked the guy in front of me.

“Reading Room.”

“Cool!”

“Do you have a reader card?”

“Ah, no, but I have Discover.”

That’s when I found out you can read any book in the Library of Congress, including my books! We went to the information kiosk to find out how to get a reader card. They sent us to the Monroe Building where we were interviewed, had our photos taken, and finally got our cards. Then they told us about the tunnel. “You won’t need to go through security again.” That meant I wouldn’t have to take off my belt, so no wise-cracking kid could make fun of my patriotic briefs when my pants fall down.

“We should have left a trail of crumbs so we could find our way back.”

“They probably would have kicked us out for littering.”

“Who are they? We are the only ones down here.”

“Can I help?” There was a young woman wearing a Library of Congress badge sitting in a chair. Had she just materialized? I waited for Captain Kirk to appear.

She told us to take the elevator that was around the corner. We did. And there in all its glory was the Reading Room.

“Yay!” “Sorry. You can’t take anything into the Reading Room,” the guard told us.

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The author displays his worldly book in the Library of Congress

led back to the catacombs.

“Maybe we can just say we went into the Reading Room,” I suggested.

“We can buy a postcard and I can Photoshop myself into it.”

My wife got on the elevator. I hesitated, but I wasn’t sure the guard would take me home and take care of me, so I followed my wife. And, after just a few more days in the tunnels, we found the kiosk, checked our stuff, found the elevator, and made our way back to the guard.

“You have to order the book from the research room first,” the guard told us.

Was that some type of guard humor?

Did they all get together after work and tally how many people they had lost over the course of the day?

Fortunately, the research room was right across the hall. And a nice young man helped me figure out the computer system.

“Wait! Don’t press the back button...

Well, guess we have to start over. Put in your name, address, Reader ID...”

It took several more tries, and at one point I told him it took less time to write the book, but somehow I finally ordered it. Then we went across the hall into the Reading Room.

“It’s going to take an hour to retrieve your book,” another employee informed us. “Maybe you want to go have lunch? Come back later?”

Definitely Library of Congress guard humor.

By now, my wife was a tunnel expert and she found the kiosk, got our stuff, we left the building and had a light repast of Nathan’s hot dogs and lemonade. Then we re-checked our stuff, tunneled our way back to the Library – and lo and behold, they handed me the official Library of Congress copy of Ernie’s World the Book!

My wife took some photos of me with her iPhone then I turned the book back in, so millions of other readers could enjoy it.

If they ever make it out of the tun•MJ nels.

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by Jim Alexander

Arugulas and Cabbages and Kales, Oh My!

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t could have been a boring day.

Possibly the cable was out. Maybe I’d promised Lora I’d clean the toilet as soon as I finished using the computer. For whatever reason, I found myself desperate enough to read something on the Internet titled “Wayne Researchers Rank Top 41 ‘Powerhouse’ Fruits and Vegetables.”

(Okay, I admit, it was the toilet thing).

My first question was: who are these Wayne researchers? I’ve heard of Cal Tech researchers, Harvard researchers, and Johns Hopkins researchers, but Wayne? Maybe it’s me, but I don’t think the name Wayne instills a lot of research confidence. Theodore, maybe, Elizabeth, sure, Alexander, certainly, but I rank Wayne right up there with Bubba, Vicky-Lynn, and Peaches on the fact-finding trust meter.

Then again, I may be biased because I once owned a dog named Wayne that would watch TV all day, even when the TV cabinet door was closed.

I decided not to judge and read on, assuming as best as I could that these terribly competent Wayne researchers, some of whom were probably named Bubba, Vicki-Lynn, and Peaches, came up with an extremely proficient list of 41 powerhouse fruits and vegetables, 99 percent of which I undoubtedly wouldn’t eat without the aid of ranch dressing or Velveeta.

Coming in at numero uno on their list is watercress. I can hardly contain my exuberance (read as sarcasm). I have a hard time imagining a pilgrim on the Mayflower making the journey with a pocketful of slimy little seeds because he can’t fathom a New World without watercress. I know there are some out there saying, “Yeah, boy! I love that tangy, bitter taste of watercress.” And to all of you, I say you’re the luckiest people in the world. I used to think bisexuals were the luckiest people, but now I’m changing my vote to watercress lovers.

Oh, how I wish I was the type of person who got that 9 p.m. snack jones and said, “Oh, please God, let there be some organic watercress in the fridge.”

If I were to somehow evolve into a watercress devotee, Ben & Jerry’s (a couple of names that really do instill extreme confidence) would probably go out of business. However, if they’re smart, they’ve seen this list and are currently developing a watercress frozen yogurt. I can see the advertisement now: Coming in January, alongside Chunky Monkey and Cherry Garcia, an exciting new flavor called Bitter As An Old Penny.

Many of the vegetables on this list end in green – collard green, turnip green, mustard green, dandelion

Go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left. – Voltaire

Jim Alexander is skeptical about Wayne researchers and can’t fathom why they’re ranking fruits and vegetables, let alone 41 of them. He is bitter about the taste of watercress – and if he ever speaks to green foods, he would definitely tell them to “Beet it.”

green, beet green. I’d rather eat gangrene than a beet green. In truth, I think we should eliminate beets from the planet altogether. My friend Toni “Bossy Pants” Lorien believes the world is divided into two groups: beet lovers and beet haters. I agree. I get along fine with the opposite sex, all races and creeds, most political parties, even a few San Francisco Giants’ fans, but I can’t abide beet lovers.

Unfortunately, my wife Lora is a beet

I may be biased because I once

owned a dog named Wayne that

would watch TV all day, even when the TV cabinet door was closed.

lover. However, she was smart enough not to tell me this until after I fell in love and she set the hook. Had she disclosed this information early in our relationship, I might be writing about a wife named Vicki-Lynn or Peaches... or, who knows, Bubba.

Ask any male with a current and valid Man Card and he’ll tell you that his favorite vegetable is either potatoes or corn, neither of which made the top 41 list. In point of fact, most vegetable snobs don’t even categorize potatoes and corn as vegetables anymore.

They’re now subcategory vegetables, or tubers and grains, respectively. I for one refuse to believe French fries aren’t vegetables and will go one step further and state that corndogs should qualify as vegetables. As long as I’m sticking my neck out, I’ll go ahead and say Spudnuts would be number one on my powerhouse vegetable list.

Actually, I’ve decided not to pay much attention to this Wayne list. Any vegetable and fruit study that lists something called kohlrabi and endive but doesn’t even mention ketchup is probably politically motivated. Sorry, Wayne researchers, but to tell you the truth, I’d rather go clean that toilet.

But wait! What’s that that just popped up on the AOL home screen?

“Thirteen Ways to Determine if You’re Experiencing Menopause.” The toilet can wait until tomorrow.

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“It was great fun to watch,” commented Gerd Jordano, chair of the Women’s Auxiliary, who was among the hundreds of spectators with her husband, Peter.

New KEYT meteorologist Meredith Garofalo and Bob Quackenbush, football announcer for Santa Barbara High games, provided the running commentary.

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For Nik, who played the sport as a student at Laguna Blanca and at Wheaton College near Boston, it was his second time at the championship, having participated in Manchester, England, four years ago.

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With the help of Beverley Jackson, former society scribe of the NewsPress, and Montecito gadabout Trish Davis, the 60-guest bash couldn’t

MISCELLANY Page 344 Nik Brander plays for Argentina in the lacrosse world championship

“I don’t think I’d be good enough for the U.S. team,” he explains. “We lost every game when we played in the U.K., which obviously wasn’t our finest hour.”

This year they did marginally better, losing against teams from New Zealand, Wales, Russia and China, but beating Columbia 14-7, among the 36 countries in the competition.

“Unfortunately, we don’t have the resources of the other teams,” adds Nik. “I’ve been playing lacrosse for eleven years and events like the world championship show the international camaraderie of the game.

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Up for auction: local painter Phoebe Brunner created this fanciful painting, inspired by Lotusland, titled “Cactus Dance: Lotusland Re-imagined”

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Time, which is devoted to the mystery and mischief of fairy tales. Lotusland’s gardens will be transformed with whimsical decorations and live characters from popular fables and fairy tales. Guests will enjoy the gardens before heading to dinner on the main lawn, catered by Duo Catering.

Following dinner and drinks, auctioneer and chairman of Sotheby’s West Coast operations, Andrea Fiuczynski, will host a live auction, featuring a handful of one-of-a-kind items, designed specifically for the event. They include a hand-carved marble replica of Lotusland’s wishing well (by local sculptors Blake Rankin and Donald Davis), a pair of diamond and sapphire earrings by Silverhorn Jewelers, an intimate dinner for 10 at Lotusland, a romantic trip for two to Paris, and a painting by local artist Phoebe Brunner, inspired by the garden.

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Next Thursday, July 31, Senior Planning Services’ Coastal Home Care will once again partner with the “4M” (Montecito churches), to host another free seminar to help older adults navigate health care and adult wellness.

The first seminar was held last month, and was well attended, according to Senior Planning Services’ community rep Cynthia Snyder. The company plans to hold multiple seminars on various topics; next week the seminar will focus on the physical, social, and economic choices that can help optimize health and wellness for seniors.

Senior Planning Services is an elder care management agency based in Santa Barbara, with a satellite office in Montecito’s upper village. The company is the brainchild of Suzanne McNeely, who founded the business in 1989. McNeely had a background in hospital administration and social work, and she says she saw a glaring need for help with care planning.

As a licensed fiduciary, and with the help of some business colleagues, she began a journey to help seniors and the developmentally disabled find the necessary local resources available for long-term care, health care, mental health, and public benefits. In addition, the company’s Coastal Home Care department provides in-home caregivers.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 31)

McMahon, Corinna Gordon, Robyn Geddes, Carolyn Amory, Monika Klein, Marv and Gray Bauer, Hiroko Benko, Adam and Penny Bianchi, Tab Hunter, and Allan Glaser, Fred and Diane Sidon, Journal editors Jim and Tim Buckley, Nancy Gifford, Trent Watanabe, Christine Merrick, Charles Ward, Lynda Millner and Don Seth, Julian Nott, Gerald Sawyer, Jean Von Wittenburg, and Geonine and Kerry Moriarty.

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fail to please, particularly the highlight of Cat, who studied opera at the Conservatory in Siena, Italy, singing a rousing rendition of “Honey Bun” from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific with veteran pianist Gil Rosas.

Wines from the vineyard of Robert and Gretchen Lieff flowed, while invitees dug into the giant shrimp and slider canapés, and the giant birthday cake featuring a lasered copy of the

photo at the top of this column each week and the British Union Jack flag, a nod to my English heritage.

“It couldn’t have been more fun,” says Beverley. “It was such an eclectic and entertaining crowd. Everybody thoroughly enjoyed themselves.”

Among the guests were mayor Helene Schneider, entertainment lawyer Ted Baer – who composed a pithy ode – and Susan St. John, veteran News-Press scribe Marilyn

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Quaffing on bellinis and noshing on an array of canapés by the hotel’s new chef, Leo Ayala, who honed his culinary skills at the Peninsula and Montage hotels in Beverly Hills, the guests, including Bob and Marlene Veloz, veteran actor Stuart Whitman, former world champion surfer Shaun Tomson and his wife Carla, Richard and Annette Caleel, Bill Nicholson, and Ricardo and Dinah Calderon, also had the pleasure of a close-fought match featuring club president Danny Walker’s Farmers & Merchants Bank team, winning 12-11.

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The show has been cancelled due to its dismal ratings.

The show’s premiere only attracted a measly 1.91 million viewers, despite airing directly after the hugely popular American Idol, and it was all downhill from there with ratings dipping below a million.

In the show the lookalike, played by 6-foot-3 redhead Matt Hicks, is the object of desire for 12 American lovelies who believe he’s a proper blue-blood.

Housed in a genuine English castle, the girls had to compete with each other for the love of the “prince.”

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At nearly 10 feet long, the board is made from Paulownia – a tree native to Asia – and has a gold lion painted with a red resin outline.

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“It’s pure engineering,” says the 53-year-old designer, who says the expensive price tag reflects his years of experience and the quality product.

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Sightings: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla, noshing at the Stonehouse... Top interior designer Antony Todd checking out the wares at Rooms and Gardens on State Street... Glee actress Jane Lynch at Pane e Vino Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and other amusing items for Richard’s column should e-mail him at richardmineards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the •MJ Journal

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Central courtyard of the La Dormida Lodge in Cordoba where hunters gather in the morning before heading out. From left: Brian Fallin, John Burke, Robert Manger, Randall Lawton, Fritz Manger, and Tom Donahoe

by Dr. John Burk

Wingshooting in Argentina

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hey rose from the ground not unlike locust but in small groups from distant fields, gaining altitude and banking in the morning light, small dots growing closer, coming swiftly then, veering off at the last moment speeding overhead leaving us standing in the corn fields. This is Cordoba, Argentina, home of the superb habitat which generates prolific flocks of dove and consequently, the best wingshooting in the world.

As a bird hunter, I had often heard of this phenomenal place and was given an invitation by Robert Manger, Montecito resident and accomplished hunter, to join his small group of family and friends in central Argentina for five days of shooting at two lodges specifically designed for the serious wingshooter of all abilities. A wingshooter is drawn to the sport in a similar way that a skeetshooter is drawn to trap and skeet. Both require skill in firing a small spray of pellets into the sky at a moving target with precession.

One must align the gun barrel along one’s cheek, rapidly sight along it to

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locate the bird (clay disc in skeet), find its trajectory, speed, angle, and distance, then release those pellets by pulling the trigger so as to have them meet the bird in the sky at the right moment. Not so easy when a dove can fly at 40 mph and you have only seconds to react to their presence once within range. This kind of bird hunting also provides a service for the people of Cordoba, the local farmers want us to reduce the dove population (which is an amazing eight million), the birds become a food source (ones we do not eat are donated to Sister Theresa and her staff for underprivileged local children in Cordoba), and the economy is given a boost by our presence.

It’s tIme to

Hammocks strung up for hunters for a siesta after a grand asado beside the cornfield where the wingshooting occurred

Robert and I arrived in the worldclass airport of Cordoba, met his son Fritz along with friends Randall, Tom and Brian, and were whisked away by a van provided by the La Dormida Lodge. We first arrived at a field ringed by trees, where a table with six place settings and a bottle of wine upon a white tablecloth awaited us.

We piled out, shook hands with the six men who would be individually guiding us, watched the open fire where a heavy grill and pan held a freshly baked quiche. We were soon smiling and toasting our arrival in Argentina.

After eating, we donned our vests and jackets, picked out a 20-gauge shotgun and each walked off with our guide to different assembled “blinds” made of brush to await the object of our quest, la Paloma. We were not disappointed.

The shooting was intense and barrels were hot as the guides would whisper in our ears, “More lead,” since missing was frequent but hits were as well.

After two to three hours, we were done and I, like the others, was sur-

rounded by piles of spent shells which were collected along with the downed birds and all taken to our lodge.

The La Dormida Lodge had six ample rooms all taken by our group so we had the run of the place, complete with open bar and a generous selection of wines and beer. The manager, chef and his staff in crisp white coats greeted us at the front gate with mugs of soup and a menu from which to pick our entrees. Dining compared to the best in Santa Barbara served in a huge room with a roaring fire (it is late fall here and in the 40s at night) and at the far end were soft chairs awaiting our after-dinner brandies. Great conversation and laughter among close friends rounded out the evening.

The hunting days to follow typically starting with a 7:30 am breakfast, a morning shoot, lunch in the field, a siesta, and evening hunt. Arriving in the field this first morning, I employed a technique that the manager, Joaquin, and I discussed called the “brushthrough”, a more unconscious swing

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Hammocks were strung nearby in shade for a postlunch siesta for weary hunters.

Archway beside rooms at the Montaraz Lodge in the province of Cordoba, Argentina, which is a restored historical mission/estate providing superb rooms and dining for bird hunters the world over

of the gun attempting to just “let go” and not over-think the lead. I did, indeed, have a much better success rate, the only challenge was to repeat it with consistency – still trying. We returned to the lodge at 6:30 pm. Each of us shot over four cases by the end of our stay and that, along with sore shoulders, demonstrated the action we experienced. One highlight was our lunch in the field, where a table was set under a canopy while our guides prepared an asado, or mixed grill of meats cooked over a fire of natural wood coals and served to us in stages with salads, empanadas, and wine. We were then directed to hammocks arranged in a nearby grove, where we rested and napped while the guides enjoyed their meals and laughter, revealing their contentment as well. This was definitely pampered hunting and exceeded all expectations.

Our second lodge was in Cruz del Eje, also in the province of Cordoba about 1½-hour drive away and in an area known for its excellent pigeon shooting this time of year. We arrived at the Montaraz Lodge and were greeted at the gate with glasses of champagne before being shown to our stunning rooms, each handsomely furnished complete with a lit fireplace warming it. This lodge, a historical site, is a restored mission/estate called Estancia Siguiman, which means 24 – 31 July 2014

where three rivers meet. Established

by Spanish conquistadors and priests and built by the exploitation of the indigenous people from 1590-1620, it became the central part of agriculture and commerce of the area producing wine from vineyards, flour from its grist mills, produce from its orchards/ fields, and meat and byproducts from its livestock.

Here, the first printing press produced a newspaper replacing the domed-tower carrier-pigeon coop that is still on the grounds as are 400-yearold grapevines, ancient 1,000-liter masonry wine jars and huge grinding stones. The original plastered brick walls, still in excellent shape, measure more than 2½-feet thick, superior to our own Santa Barbara Presidio’s adobe bricks in that they incorporated mortar components from a nearby quarry. The estate was expanded and improved over the centuries by three families and is now the cultural jewel of the area. And we had it all to ourselves. We snacked in the elegant bar and dined in a magnificent room with an adjoining library room decorated with oil paintings.

We hunted pigeon each day in different fields, always accompanied by guides who brought us to carefully constructed blinds in productive fields amid tough and thorny chaparral vegetation during our stay at Montaraz. The wingshooting was fabulous, the guides courteous, the food top-notch, service impeccable, and our hosts outgoing and friendly.

This trip was definitely a splurge, but it was truly a special life-time experience and something that should be on the bucket-list of every bird hunter.

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The Way It Was

by Hattie Beresford

Artists of the Meridian Studios: A-C

David Gray, seen here circa 1927 at his studio/ office next door to Cooper at 116 E. De la Guerra Street, was a great patron of Cooper’s art (Courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum) Lovie and Ettore Cadoin on their wedding day in 1912 (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

The Spirit of the Ocean Fountain flanks the courthouse arch while Justitia and Ceres each sit above a column (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

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esigned by George Washington Smith and Carleton Monroe Winslow in 1922-23 and 1925 respectively, the Meridian Studios on De la Guerra Street has seen more than its share of incredible artists. It is no wonder that artists were drawn to the complex. Not only was the architecture and concept (north facing studios combined with living quarters) appealing, but “meridian” signifies the point of highest development, the peak or zenith of the profession.

Between 1922-23 and 1977, 19 artists lived and/or worked at the Meridian Studios as they strove to reach the apex of their careers: Hartwell James Ayles (1898-1975) lived and worked at the Meridian Studios from 1925-1927. Not much has been written about Ayles, and perhaps he is one of those artists whose work has become obscured by time. He taught at Santa Barbara School of the Arts in late 1920s and exhibited at the Santa Barbara Art League in 1929 and at the Bartlett Gallery in Los Angeles in 1931 before returning east. (Edan Hughes’ Artists in California, 17861940; Ancestry.com) J. Dwight Bridge (1893-?) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and became a pupil of Albert Herter at the Art Student’s League in New York. From 1920 on, he was in Santa Barbara working out of various studios and renting various homes with his wife Caroline. In 1922/23, he and his wife became the first to rent a studio at the Meridian. During his time in Santa Barbara he took many trips to Europe.

In 1933, Bridge left Santa Barbara for good and took a world tour, painting portraits along the way. During WWII, he worked as a camouflage artist and

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Ms Beresford is a retired English and American history teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.

was believed to have died on the battlefield. (Art and Artists in Southern California; Ancestry.com) Ettore Cadorin (1876-1952) was born in Venice, Italy. The pursuit of art was in his blood for all male members of his family since the doges had been artists. His father was a sculptor of wooden statues and his brother was a painter. Cadorin studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Venice and under various masters in Rome and Paris. He created numerous funerary monuments in Europe, and, when still a young man, he created two large marble statues for the Royal Palace on Piazza St. Marco in Venice.

At the request of the Italian government, Cadorin went to New York City in 1915 to lecture on methods used to protect works of art from bombs. He also lectured on Italian Art at Columbia University for two years and exhibited his own work.

After serving in the armed forces for Italy during WWI, he returned to the United States to promote Italian art, especially sculpture in the early 1920s.

When he moved to Santa Barbara to teach drawing and sculpture at Santa Barbara State Teacher’s College, he took a studio at the Meridian from 1924-26. During this time, he created a memorial at the Santa Barbara Cemetery for the Walter Cobb family named “Resignation” as well as a

marble Irish Cross for the Clark family.

In 1926, he was commissioned to create sculptures for the post-earthquake County Courthouse. He advertized for models for the Spirit of the Ocean Fountain and 400 people applied. The two he selected were sister and brother, Maya and Wolfram Sexauer, 16 and 14 years old, respectively. They posed nude, individually, for three hours a day, three days a weeks, for six months. They accepted 50 cents an hour for the work until their mother learned that Cadorin was being paid $5,000. Labor negotiations ensued, and the mother and Cadorin settled on 75 cents an hour.

Cadorin also sculpted the statues of Justitia and Ceres above the archway and the large medallions depicting agriculture and industry. In 1930, Cadorin created a bronze sculpture of Padre Serra for the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. In 1940, he and his wife moved to San Francisco. (Sources, Wikipedia, Ask Art, and www.decomposingsb.com/?p=363; Art and Artists in Southern California, Artists of the American West) Huguette Marcelle Clark (19062011) was the daughter of the infamous William Andrews Clark (1839-1925), copper baron and former senator from Montana who purchased an estate called Bellosguardo in Santa Barbara in 1923. W.A. Clark was a great patron of the arts and his mansion in New York was a virtual art museum. No wonder then, that his daughter Huguette was offered painting lessons in her teens.

Her instructor was the popular CzechPolish artist, Tadeusz Styka (Tadé), who also painted several portraits of the Clarks.

As an artist, Huguette embraced painting Impressionistic views of Japanese subjects, especially geishas in intricately patterned robes and ornamental headdresses. Japonisme being popular at the time, she collected books on Japanese culture as well

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Colin Campbell Cooper (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

as actual kimonos, brocaded silks, and other accessories. Not confined to just this one subject for her work in oils, she also painted self-portraits and cityscapes. In 1929, the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washington, D.C., which had become a beneficiary of W.A. Clark’s art collection, exhibited six of Huguette’s paintings. Although the reviews were favorable, it is not known if she exhibited again.

In 1933, her widowed mother, Anna LaChapelle Clark, tore down the old Bellosguardo and commissioned the construction of a new one. Unable to paint at home while she was in Santa Barbara, Huguette opened a studio at the Meridian for the years 1933-35.

In her later years, Huguette seems to have abandoned painting though she continued her interest in art and owned the works of many of the world’s masters. When she died at age 104, her will became the object of an acrimonious lawsuit. (Montecito Journal Glossy, “Moguls and Mansions: William A. Clark” by Hattie Beresford; Empty Mansions by Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell, Jr.) Hedvig Collin (1880-1964) Hedvig Collin was a Danish portrait and landscape painter as well as illustrator 24 – 31 July 2014

Self-portrait by Hugette Marcelle Clark (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

of Scandinavian fairytales. The most famous of these was her book titled East of the Sun and West of the Moon, which she penned and illustrated. In 1945 she wrote and illustrated Wind Island in English. Other illustrated works include the series beginning with Bibi – A little Danish Girl, which she wrote in 1927. It was translated in 1932. She had a studio at the Meridian in 1944/45. (Various Internet sites, city directories) Colin Campbell Cooper (18561937) Colin Campbell Cooper was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1856. Although his mother dabbled in art, it wasn’t until a visit to the fine art gallery at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia that he first realized a desire to paint. He enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1886 he took his first trip abroad, making studies of the cities and landscapes of Holland and Belgium and sketching the dykes.

Twelve years later, he returned and spent a year painting interior scenes of Dutch houses and frequently visited the great galleries in Amsterdam to study the Dutch masters.

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acclaim.

In 1913, Cooper traveled to India and was awed by the beauty of the palaces and tombs and the grand mountains, all of which found interpretation through his Impressionist brush. In Northern Europe, the Gothic cathedrals became his skyscrapers; in Italy his brush embraced idyllic gardens and ancient villas.

Although Cooper and his wife, Emma, also an artist, were centered in New York, they spent much of the year traveling and working in Europe.

When WWI broke out, they were forced to return. In 1915, Cooper submitted six paintings to the PanamaPacific International Exposition in San Francisco for which he won a gold medal for oil painting and a silver medal for watercolor. Cooper and Emma traveled to California to visit the Exposition, and, entranced by the domed Palace of Fine Arts, Cooper proceeded to paint several views of it.

The Coopers then traveled throughout California, and Colin painted another magnificent dome, that of Half Dome in Yosemite. After painting the Churrigueresque buildings of the Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, the Coopers returned to New York.

Although he continued to paint skyscrapers and urban scenes, Cooper was slowly transitioning to more rural architecture as well as gardens and figures. When his wife died in 1920, Cooper made the decision to move

to Santa Barbara where he taught at the Santa Barbara School of the Arts while continuing to travel to the East and to Europe. In 1924, he returned from a European trip and established a studio at 116 De la Guerra Street, in the new Meridian studios, which he maintained until 1937. His neighbor, wealthy Montecitan David Gray, who had an office in the adjoining studio, became a friend and great patron of his work. Gray hung a collection of Cooper’s paintings in the new Cabrillo Pavilion, which he had built, operated, and donated to the City of Santa Barbara in 1927. That same year, Cooper married again.

In the mid-1920s, Cooper had diversified his artistic talents by organizing a theatrical group called the Strollers and writing several plays. He also involved himself in community affairs by promoting the idea that the city should remodel and use the old post office on State Street as a museum of art.

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PUBLIC NOTICES CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3588 This project is subject to the “Buy America” provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 as amended by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

Bidders are advised that, as required by federal law, the State has established a statewide overall Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal. This Agency federal-aid contract is considered to be part of the statewide overall DBE goal. The Agency is required to report to Caltrans on DBE participation for all federal-aid contracts each year so that attainment efforts may be evaluated. This Agency federal-aid contract has a goal of 3% DBE participation.

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3588 for the Mason Street Bridge Replacement Project will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 P.M., Thursday, August 14, 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 must be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and must be labeled, “Mason Street Bridge Replacement Project, Bid No. 3588.”

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Removing and replacing concrete bridge and roadway approaches; removing building facilities including abating hazardous building materials; relocating domestic water and sanitary sewer facilities; constructing concrete secant pile channel walls; realigning a roadway; planting landscape materials; installing storm drainage facilities, street lights, and irrigation systems; and other incidental and appurtenant work necessary for the proper construction of the contemplated improvement, as indicated on the project plans. The Engineerʼs estimate is $6,708,405. Each bidder must have a Class A- General Engineering Contractor license and Hazardous Substance Removal Certification (HAZ) and Asbestos Certification (ASB) or subcontracts with the specialty contractor(s) holding a Hazardous Substance Removal Certification (HAZ) and Asbestos Certification (ASB) to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

Attention is directed to Appendices D and E which detail hazardous substances within the project limits. Each bidder or bidderʼs subcontractor must hold a current Hazardous Substance Removal Certification in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code to complete work with known hazards involved.

The plans and specifications for this project are available electronically at http://tinyurl.com/CityofSantaBarbara-eBidBoard. Hardcopy 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 Cityʼs contact for this project is John Ilasin, Project Engineer, at (805) 564-5383 or jilasin@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

In order to be placed on the plan holderʼs list, the Contractor must register as a document holder for this project on Ebidboard.com.

Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard.com will send notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard.com website or the Cityʼs website at: http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Business/Purchasing/Projects/.

There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Conference scheduled for Thursday, July 24, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. in the David Gebhard Public Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA. The City of Santa Barbara affirms that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation.

Pursuant to Section 1773 of the Labor Code, the general prevailing wage rates in the county in which the work is to be done have been determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. These wages are set forth in the General Prevailing Wage Rates for this project, available from the California Department of Industrial Relationsʼ Internet web site at http://www.dir.ca.gov/DLSR/PWD. The Federal minimum wage rates for this project as predetermined by the United States Secretary of Labor are set forth in the specifications and in copies of these specifications that may be examined at the offices described above where project plans, special provisions, and bid forms may be seen. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of these specifications.

Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor must pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor must be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts.

Attention is directed to the Federal minimum wage rate requirements in Appendix I of these specifications. Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of the “Proposal and Contract” specification books. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations, are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and Subcontractors must pay not less than the higher wage rate. The City of Santa Barbara will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes “helper” (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage determination otherwise available for use by the Contractor and Subcontractors, the Contractor and Subcontractors must pay not less than the Federal Minimum wage rate which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question.

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 must 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 cashierʼs 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.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure 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.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a toll-free “hotline” service to report bid rigging activities. Bid rigging activities can be reported Mondays through Fridays, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Telephone No. 1-800-424-9071. Anyone with knowledge of possible bid rigging, bidder collusion, or other fraudulent activities should use the “hotline” to report these activities. The “hotline” is part of the DOTʼs continuing effort to identify and investigate highway construction contract fraud and abuse and is operated under the direction of the DOT Inspector General. All information will be treated confidentially and caller anonymity will be respected.

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 5322A Sealed proposals for Bid No. 5322A for the ON-CALL SEWER MAIN POINT REPAIRS FY15 will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday July 31, 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, “ON-CALL SEWER MAIN POINT REPAIRS FY15, Bid No. 5322A".

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to repair and replace damaged sewer pipelines and manholes utilizing open trench excavation methods per these specifications. Currently, the City has 6 sewer pipelines and 4 manholes that are in immediate need for repair. Additional sewer pipelines and manholes that require repair are expected over the next year, as the City continues its annual sanitary sewer CCTV program. The City intends to use this purchase order contract to perform “on-call” construction services for these repairs through June 2015. The quantity of the contingency bid items are an estimate only for the purpose of bid comparison. The actual quantity of these items of work may vary substantially from the estimated amount.

The Engineerʼs estimate is $283,850. Each bidder must have a Class A license 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 Cityʼs contact for this project is Kevin Thompson, Project Engineer, (805) 897-1908.

In order to be placed on the plan holderʼs 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.

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 cashierʼs 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.

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

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

William Hornung, C.P.M.

William Hornung, C.P.M

PUBLISHED: July 16 and 23, 2014 Montecito Journal

PUBLISHED: July 16 and 23, 2014 Montecito Journal

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• The Voice of the Village •

24 – 31 July 2014

PUBLIC NOTICES ORDINANCE NO. 5660 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A 10-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ONE 5-YEAR OPTION, WITH GOLETA BUILDING MATERIALS, INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 14, 2014, FOR A MONTHLY RENTAL OF $10,698, EXCLUSIVE OF UTILITIES The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on July 15, 2014.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(Seal) /s/ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 5660 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on July 1, 2014, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on July 15, 2014, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Dale Francisco, Gregg Hart, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

Councilmember Frank Hotchkiss

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on July 16, 2014. /s/ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on July 16, 2014. /s/ Helene Schneider Mayor FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: B&L Painting, 116 N. Nopal St #3, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Jesse Benenati, 15 Las Alturas Circle, Santa Barbara, CA, 93103. Perry Benanati, 265 Pacos Street, Ventura, CA 93001.

Mark Lentini, 308 Santa Monica Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 8, 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. 2014-0001984. Published July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2014.

24 – 31 July 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Forest Farm Music & Art, PO Box 5816, Santa Barbara, CA 93150. Dorothy Darr, 1008 Ladera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA, 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2014-0002011.

Published July 23, 30, August 6, 13, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Twelve Hour Baby, 7281 Butte Drive, Goleta,

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:

BID NO. 5341

BID NO. 5342

DUE DATE & TIME: August 13, 2014 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

DUE DATE & TIME: August 14, 2014 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

Lumber for Stearns Wharf

Engine Parts for Harbor Patrol Boats

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or

by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for bid package and specifications.

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or

by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for bid package and specifications.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged 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 age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award.

The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged 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 age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award.

____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager

CA 93117. Carissa Stutzman, 7281 Butte Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. Joshua Stutzman, 7281 Butte Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 30, 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 Noe Solis. FBN No. 2014-0001923.

Published July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HIPEI, 6174 Manzanillo Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. Ling Star Technology LLC, 6174 Manzanillo Drive, Goleta, CA 93117.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 7, 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. 2014-0001972. Published July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HIPEI, 6174 Manzanillo Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. Ling Star Technology LLC, 6174 Manzanillo Drive, Goleta, CA 93117.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 7, 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. 2014-0001972. Published July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DJD Investments, 201 W. Main Street, Santa Maria, CA 93458. Cleotilde Campoverde, 125 Rosemary Dr, Paso Robles, CA 93446. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 9, 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 Mary Quakenbush. FBN No. 2014-0001995.

Published July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Skyline Property Management, 14 West Valerio Street #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Savvy Real Estate Solutions, INC, 14 West Valerio Street #A, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 25, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Published: July 23, 2014 Montecito Journal 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. 2014-0001879.

Published July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Kieran Publishing, 776 Palermo Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Erin Graffy, 776 Palermo Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 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 Melissa Mercer. FBN No. 2014-0001836.

Published July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Anastasia Arts, 1187 Coast Village Road #1-434, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Anastasia Nelson, 1187 Coast Village Road #1-434, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 25, 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2014-0001876.

Published July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pacwest Blooms, 1358 Cramer Circle, Carpinteria, CA 93013. Suzanne B. Schneider, 1358 Cramer Circle, Carpinteria, CA 93013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 7, 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. 2014-0001974.

Published July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1 Stop Pool Pros 29, 130 South Patterson #1627, Santa Barbara, CA 93116. Jeffrey R. Kirchmaier, 1709 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 18, 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. 2014-0001799.

Published July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as:

Age is a hard price to pay for maturity. – Tom Stoppard

Quality Promotions & Events; Racecarden, 454 Orange Blossom Lane, Goleta, CA 93117. Charles Baird, 454 Orange Blossom Lane, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 20, 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. 2014-0001819.

Published July 2, 16, 23, 30, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Aanstad Imports, 649 Tabor Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Julianna Onstad, 649 Tabor Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 25, 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. 2014-0001871.

Published July 2, 16, 23, 30, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: TOPSYZ, 945 Ward Drive #20, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Julia Chrynko, 945 Ward Drive #20, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 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 Gabriel Cabello. FBN No. 2014-0001743.

Published July 2, 16, 23, 30, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Heavenly Sinful, 3343 Via Feliz, Lompoc, CA 93436. Raquel Heron, 3343 Via Feliz, Lompoc, CA 93436. Frank Gomez, 3343 Via Feliz, Lompoc, CA 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 18, 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. Original FBN No. 2013-0003267.

Published June 25, July 2, 16, 23, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Heavenly Sinful, 3343 Via Feliz, Lompoc, CA 93436. Raquel Heron, 3343 Via Feliz, Lompoc, CA 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 18, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk.

Published: July 23, 2014 Montecito Journal 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. 2014-0001802.

Published June 25, July 2, 16, 23, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Liquor & Wine Grotto, 1271 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Brian R. Brunello, 62 Canon View Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Jason E. Herrick, 2507 Treasure Drive B, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 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 Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2014-0001835.

Published June 25, July 2, 16, 23, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1467576. To all interested parties: Petitioners Susan Robinson and Jason Robinson filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Summer Faye Young Robinson to Summer Marie Young Robinson. 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 June 27, 2014, by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: August 27, 2014 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1467263. To all interested parties: Petitioner Michelle Rivas Quintero filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Michelle Rivas. 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 June 12, 2014,

by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: July 30, 2014 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 6/25, 7/2, 7/16, 7/23

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C ALENDAR OF Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to slibowitz@yahoo.com)

ONGOING Concerts in the Park – Latin rhythms wafted along with warm summer breezes at a packed park last Thursday, with dancers and others grooving to the sounds of Savor’s tribute to Santana. Expect more of the same – in terms of tribute rock – at the gently sloping venue across Cabrillo Boulevard from the beach where the sunset-time concerts continue Thursday, July 24. Fortunate Son, who pay homage to John Fogerty and his former band, Creedence Clearwater Revival. Next week: no concert, in deference to Old Spanish Days Fiesta (will we see you at Celebracion de la Dignatarios, with perennial dance-band fave – and previous park participant – Soul City Survivors?)

WHEN: 6-8:30 pm WHERE: 323 East Cabrillo Boulevard COST: free INFO: www.santabarbaraca.gov/gov/depts/ parksrec/recreation/events/parkrec/ concerts.asp Music at the Ranch – It’s a smaller and appreciably mellower crowd that comes out each Tuesday to the Stow House in Goleta for the weekly concert

series held smack-dab in suburbia at the restored house and gorgeous grounds of Rancho La Patera. The sweet sound of music swells in the garden setting, where guests are invited to bring a picnic and enjoy dinner while you listen to some of the area’s finest local bands. Here, you’re actually allowed to imbibe alcohol (legally); in fact, wine and beverages are available for purchase on site, as are tasty barbecue victuals from Georgia’s Smokehouse food truck. This week: Area 51, still the region’s most popular dance band, known for funky rhythms, silly costumes, great vocals, and updating their set list to include recent radio hits. Coming Tuesday, August 5: Mescal Martin, the eight-piece Latin jazz band that blends American jazz and Afro-Cuban music and features some of the area’s top musicians including saxist John Schnackenberg and percussionist Lorenzo Martinez. WHEN: 5:30-7:30 pm WHERE: 304 N. Los Carneros Road, Goleta COST: free INFO: 681-7216 or www.stowhouse. com/events Summer Cinema – UCSB Arts & Lecture’s summer film series focuses

ENDING THIS WEEK Lovett in Deed – Hot on the heels of Westmont theater prof Mitchell Thomas’s well-regarded performance in Will Eno’s Thom Pain (based on nothing) last month, the controversial playwright’s work returns to the area via Rubicon Theatre Company’s presentation of another Eno play for a solo actor, Title and Deed. Irish actor Conor Lovett stars in the 2012 work touted by New York magazine as one of the “10 Best” of the season. Eno has been called “a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart Generation” by The New York Times and Lovett, who made his U.S. debut at the Rubicon in Beckett’s A Piece of the Monologue as part of Rubicon’s 2004 BeckettFest, is considered one of the world’s leading interpreters of the famed Irish playwright, having performed 17 Beckett roles in 23 different productions internationally. Eno, a New Yorker whose work is more frequently produced in Europe, created the Title and Deed for Lovett, who stars in the West Coast premiere as Man, a character who has just arrived and wants to describe his homeland, his journey and his encounters. Man searches for the possibility of connection in a world where fewer and fewer people can claim to be “from here.” Eno is also the author of The Realistic Joneses currently running on Broadway starring Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, and Marisa Tomei, which received a 2014 Drama Desk Award Special Award. Title and Deed’s limited run encompasses just five performances.

Lovett’s wife, Judy Hegarty-Lovett, who co-runs Gare Saint Lazare Ireland, directs. WHEN: 7 pm Wednesday (July 23), 8 pm Thursday & Friday, 7 pm Saturday, and 2 pm Sunday WHERE: 1006 East Main Street, Ventura COST: $39-$49 INFO: 667-2900 or www.rubicontheatre.org

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by Steven Libowitz

THURSDAY, JULY 24 Sally Forth – Classical music fans frequently get to hear violinist Sally Barr perform with many of our local ensemble; most recently in the chamber-sized version of the Santa Barbara Symphony that played on stage behind the actors for Camelot at the Granada Theatre last month. Tonight, you can see her right next door at the Marquee as Barr steps out from behind the strings to tackle an entirely different genre as the lead singer of the Sally Cats, a jazz quintet she formed almost a decade ago.

The core trio – vocalist Barr, drummer Jon Nathan and guitarist Brad Rabuchin – will be augmented by two guest artists: Evan Adams on tenor sax and Miller Wrenn on bass for a selection of songs drawn from the ‘Cats two albums, 2009’s Wonderful Day, last year’s On the Prowl, and elsewhere. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 1212 State Street COST: free INFO: 560-0100 or www.marqueesb.com on silent comedy for 2014, boasting features and shorter films starring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. This week at the Courthouse Sunken Gardens (Fridays @ 8:30 pm) on Friday, July 25: Sherlock Jr. & Cops. The former is an oft-imitated classic (e.g. Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of Cairo) in which Keaton plays a lovelorn film projectionist who falls asleep and dreams he’s jumped into the movie screen, interacting with the actors and turning into the ace detective of his wildest cinema fantasies. The innovative feature offers stunts and cinematic tricks in a mesmerizing exploration of the nature of film as a medium. In the shorter classic Cops, Keaton manages to get chased by the entire crew of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Accompanied by live improvised music from pianist/composer Michael Mortilla. Special event: costume contest before the screening, prizes awarded for best impression of a silent film star, or 1920s-inspired clothes.

At Campbell Hall (Wednesdays @ 7:30 pm) on Wednesday, July 30: Girl Shy with Harold Lloyd in a riotous comedy that features one of the most famous daredevil chase scenes in movie history, using nearly every mode of transportation known to mankind.

(Note: No Friday screening on August 1 due to Fiesta.) More information and the film schedule, go online to www. artsandlectures.sa.ucsb.edu/Films.aspx THURSDAY, JULY 24 Chocolate & Wine – With last weekend’s Fermentation Festival in the rearview mirror, area foodies concerned with ecological eating

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now turn their attention to soul food, er, make that SOL Food. The annual Sustainable, Organic & Local festival doesn’t arrive until late September, but the preliminary events pop up all over town. Tonight’s take place at Carr Winery, which pairs the vintners local varietals with delicious delectables from Jessica Foster Confections, Here’s the Scoop, Imlak’esh Organics, and Isabella Gourmet Foods. Proceeds benefit the SOL Food Festival, which returns to Vera Cruz Park on September 27. WHEN: 5-8 pm WHERE: 414 N Salsipuedes Street COST: $10 INFO: 965-7985 or www.carrwinery.com FRIDAY, JULY 25 Mid-summer Night’s ‘Enchant’ment – Enchanted April is the sort of ambitious production Circle Bar B Dinner Theater might not even have attempted a few years ago, what with the play’s requirement of switching between dark, cold, rainy England to beautiful, sunny Tuscany between acts. But Susie and David Couch – who passed their 10th anniversary at the helm of the company last summer – have been branching out as the years go by, and have put together a strong production team (including set design by William York Hyde), as well as a cast featuring actors mostly new to Circle Bar B (CBB) for the story of two bored housewives who escape their bleak existence via a journey to Italy in the company of a pair of richer traveling companions.

Elizabeth von Arnim’s novel dates back to 1922, which led to a stage play three years later, as well as the Mike Newell-directed, Oscarnominated film in 1992. But CBB is 24 – 31 July 2014

THURSDAY, JULY 24 Casino Cult-ure – The British hard rock band The Cult has taken a couple of three-year hiatuses over their 30-year history, but the group’s co-leaders and songwriters, vocalist Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, keep coming back into the fold. Now, they show no signs of letting up again. The band’s ninth studio album, Choice of Weapon, came out in 2012, and they’ve announced plans to release a follow up by the end of this year, which also saw them appear at the influential Coachella Music Festival. So expect to hear lots of new material alongside such Cult classics as “Fire Woman,” “Sun King,” “Edie (Ciao Baby)” and “Sweet Soul Sister”, from their platinum-selling Sonic Temple album that came out 25 years ago.

WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 East Highway 246, Santa Ynez COST: $35-$55 INFO: (800) CHUMASH (248-6274) or www. chumashcasino.com basing their version on the new, Tony Award-nominated stage adaptation of the novel by Matthew Barber, which debuted on Broadway in 2003, though it’s still set in the 1920s.

Shannon Saleh and Jean Hall star as Lottie and Rose, with Dillon Yuhasz and Thomas Carlisle playing their husbands, and Britini Allerman (who also provided the scenic art) and Marion Freitag cast as their dissimilar companions.

CBB veteran Miller James directs.

A Santa Maria-style barbecue dinner featuring tri-tip, chicken, chili, cheesy mashed potatoes, green beans, green salad, and dessert is served an hour before each show on the ranch’s patio. It’s no Tuscany feast, but it sure is yummy. WHEN: 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays, 2 pm Sundays, tonight through September 7 WHERE: 1800 Refugio Road, Goleta COST: $45 ($37 seniors on Fridays & Sundays) INFO: 967-1962 or www. circlebarbtheatre.com

SATURDAY, JULY 26 Classic Cars with a Twist – Groovin’ in the Grove, Santa Barbara Elk’s Lodge number 613’s annual classic car show, attracts well upward of 100 vintage autos ranging from the 1920s through current models.

What makes this event different is they compete for prizes like the typical “Best of Show” but also in such categories as “Coolest Paint”, “Most Likely to be Stopped by Police”, “Drive-in Dream”, “Red Light Bandit”, and “Most Likely to Pick Up Chicks”/ “The Car I Would Not Want to See My Daughter in”. New this year is a display of vintage travel trailers, with models dating back to the 1950s, so you can see how we traveled for summer holidays back in simpler times.

Also, local artisans will be displaying their art, handcrafted jewelry, and other merchandise for sale. WHEN: 10 am-2 pm WHERE: 150 North Kellogg Avenue, Goleta COST: free INFO: 452-0376 or www.groovininthegrove.org •MJ

Gyros, Bouzouki and Beer... Oh, My – Why not go Greek for the weekend?

Now don’t go and pledge a fraternity on your favorite college campus; we’re talking about Santa Barbara’s 41st annual Greek Festival at Oak Park. The two-day celebration of the nation’s culture evokes the sights, sounds, and tastes that define the traditional Greek way of life offering the simple pleasures of life in a Greek village. Listen to the distinctive sounds of the bouzouki and other exotic instruments played by authentic Greek musicians; enjoy the elaborate costumes worn by performers and the intricate traditional dance steps from folk and other traditions (you can take a free lesson, too!); shop in the Agora-style Greek marketplace for extra virgin olive oil from sponsor Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church’s own olive grove, cookbooks, aprons, posters, and more; and dive in to delectable festival favorite foods including gyros, moussaka, souvlaki, and many other entrees – plus homemade pastries from Yia Yia’s traditional recipes featuring baklava, melomakarona, and kataifi among other sweet treats. WHEN: 11 am – 7 pm today & tomorrow WHERE: Oak Park, 300 W. Alamar Avenue COST: free INFO: www.santabarbaragreekfestival.org

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Celebrating 65 years of flower girls! (Photo: Fritz Olenberger)

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Montecito Rotary News

Suzanne McNeely, founder of Senior Planning Services, will speak at next week’s seminar at El Montecito Presbyterian Church

Health,” will include experts in their fields of discipline to explain the various government financial programs, how they work, what to look for, and who to go to for help. Topics include Medicare, insurance plans, home equity conversion mortgages, and more. McNeely will also present on advocacy for seniors.

The churches, All Saints-By-TheSea, Montecito Presbyterian (ELMO), Montecito Covenant Church, and Mount Carmel Church, have been helping spread the word about the seminars. The seminar is from 2 to 4 pm on July 31 at ELMO, 1455 East Valley Road.

“The goal of these seminars is to help our local seniors live independently at home for as long as they can, safely and healthfully,” Snyder said. The seminars are free and open to the

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Santa Barbara lawyer Marc Fleischman is the 2014-2015 president of Rotary Club of Montecito.

Fleischman, founder and principal of the Law Offices of Marc E. Fleischman, a law practice limited to corporate, commercial, real estate and international matters, was sworn in as president in July and will serve through June 2015. He served as last year’s vice president.

In addition to his service as a Rotarian, Fleischman works as an adjunct professor of business and law in the undergraduate and MBA programs at SBB College in Santa Barbara and an adjunct professor at Brooks Institute in Ventura. He has

Santa Barbara lawyer Marc Fleischman has been sworn in as Montecito Rotary Club’s president

also taught remedies at Southern California Institute of Law. Mr. Fleischman graduated from the Pace University School of Law in White Plains, New York, in 1980. He began his professional career at the law firm Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, and moved to the firm’s Los Angeles office in 1989. In 1991, he became general counsel and corporate secretary to the international company World Minerals Inc. While there, he rose to executive vice president and remained chief legal officer.

For more information about the club, visit www.montecitorotary.org.

Inside the Fiesta Finale

by Lynda Millner The historic El Paseo – where it all began – is the Profant Foundation for the Arts venue for the Fiesta Finale gala on Sunday, August 3, from 5:30 to 10 pm. This costume or black-tie event truly recalls the beginnings of Santa Barbara’s Fiesta.

Handsome John Profant came from a musical background. Once while visiting his mother in 1950, John happened to go to El Paseo during Fiesta.

He had been teaching ballroom dance and performing at the County Bowl with Jose Manero’s company, so when he asked Lyn, a former ballerina, to dance, it was magic.

A few years before she had toured the courthouse, and from the tower overlooking the town the docent had raved about the elegance of Fiesta and the romantic evenings at El Paseo.

Now Lyn was experiencing the legend firsthand. That night, she told her girlfriend she had met the man of her dreams. Lyn’s girlfriend was deflated, as she had in mind someone she thought might have become the man

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of Lyn’s dreams. Coincidently, the man her girlfriend had been planning to introduce her to was... John Profant!

Lyn and John married and had four daughters: Michele, Marie, Musette, and Mignonne.

After John retired, his desire was to help support the artistic community in Santa Barbara, but he passed away before being able to achieve that dream. In 2000, Lyn established the John E. Profant Foundation for the Arts to further her late husband’s goal. The organization is unique in that age is not a factor; it has given hundreds of scholarships to those from eight to 80 years old, helping cultivate their talents.

The Fiesta Finale was initially held in 2000 on the 50th anniversary of Lyn and John’s first dance. So, come and join the fun. In addition to a gourmet dinner (including wine), sketch artist Entera will be on hand sketching costumed patrons; Entera was a recipient of a Profant Foundation scholarship.

Grammy winner Jesus Montoya, a singer and composer from Seville, joins the Flamenco Troupe of Ricardo Chavez in a number of heart-racing dances; Robert Patteri, star of stage and film, will perform highlights of his career, such as Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, which he performed in London, and Phantom of the Opera; ballroom dancers Yulia Maluta and Derrick Curtis will perform a fiery tango; and Montecito’s own Gil Rosas will play piano. Dancing will be enhanced by the Martinez Brothers during cocktail hour and after the performances. Wines will be from local vintners Windrun and Cinco Locos.

Don’t miss the best way to end Fiesta. Entertainment begins at 5:30 pm and will continue until 10 pm or so. For reservations, call 682-8184. •MJ 24 – 31 July 2014

Real Estate

by Mark Hunt and lower villages and is

Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. They live in Montecito with their daughter, Sareena, a student at SBHS. His family goes back nearly 100 years in the Santa Barbara area. Mark’s grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.

The Low to Mid $4s… Million, that is

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he more I know about the Montecito housing market, the more I grow to appreciate the value and amenities one can find in a home priced in the low to mid $4-million range. This is a price category where the word substantial starts to come into play. Not just a nice or impressive home, but a substantial home… one usually offering size, views, pool, land (usually an acre or more), privacy, parking, location, etc…

Entry-level homes in Montecito are priced over $1 million and up to $2 million for two or three bedrooms. The next-size-up homes often need some work, or they are smaller newer homes, and tend to run in the $2 to $3 million range.

But it seems you really get more for your bucks when you step over the $4 million mark.

With land values in Montecito ranging (educated opinion) from about $1.2 million to $2.5 million per buildable acre, (depending on specific area and other factors), when you add on building costs and guest houses, pool, landscaping, etc… it is easy to see how building a $4-million home could get out of hand quickly if starting from scratch.

Here are a few offerings that you can basically move right into, without waiting to find a lot for sale that you like, designing a home, working for permits, years of construction, only to spend even more potentially, than these homes are listed for.

All the homes below have at least four bedrooms and four baths and all are in the Montecito Union School District:

close to Montecito Union School. This five-bedroom main residence with two family rooms also includes three fireplaces and an elevator.

Additionally, there are pathways that meander through the property leading to a detached office, a cabana, pool, patios, decks, and more.

Glen Oaks Drive – $4,495,000

Sited down a country lane on 1.19(+/-) acres, this estate offers a single-level nearly 5,000-squarefeet main house featuring mountain views, cathedral-style ceilings, a large master suite, fireplaces, butler’s pantry, and more.

This property is adjacent to a seasonal creek, and the grounds include a spacious yard, lagoon-style pool, spa, cabana-guest cottage, manicured landscaping, and outdoor kitchen. This is a nice compound in a low-traffic neighborhood in central Montecito.

Alisos Drive – $4,350,000

Tiburon Bay Lane – $4,498,000

School House Road – $4,395,000

For more information on these properties, contact your realtor, or if you are not working with someone, please feel free to call, text, or email me directly: Mark (805) 698-2174 Mark@villagesite.com. For more best buy listings, see my website www.MontecitoBestBuys.com.

•MJ

This secluded contemporary home was designed by noted architects Pierre Cabrol (lead designer of Hollywood’s Cinerama Dome theater) and Steven Ehrlich. The house was built by local firm Giffin and Crane and is sited above East Valley Road off Lilac Drive. The substantial mountain-view home is nestled among ancient oaks and native gardens on 1.34(+/-) acres. Dramatic indoor spaces are bathed in natural light and artfully integrated with the outdoor living areas. A swimming pool, private drive, and lush landscaping add to the appeal of the home.

This remodeled home near the end of a private and shared lane lies in the heart of Montecito and comes complete with mountain views and privacy.

The 1.14(+/-)-acre property is ideally located between Montecito’s upper

This classic yet contemporary Spanish hacienda style, single-level home was totally remodeled in 2013. The home is located in a gated community near the hedgerows and is convenient to the lower village. Situated on slightly less than one acre, this four-bedroom, four-and-a-halfbath home offers an open floor plan, including a family room-kitchen and living-dining room. Also feature are an office, walnut floors, and Jerusalem stone. There are three fireplaces, a pool, spa, and a big three-car garage.

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POSITION WANTED Property-Care Needs? Do you need a caretaker or property manager? Expert Land Steward is avail now. View résumé at http://landcare.ojaidigital.net

HOUSE SITTING SERVICES House & Pet Service. Responsible.

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PET TRAINING SERVICES Dog Behavior and Training Service & Companion Dogs / Family Pets 10+ Years Experience *Service dog skills* opening/closing doors, turning lights on/off, picking up dropped items, waiting quietly in public spaces. *House training* leash skills, excessive barking, introducing new dogs to other pets, children.

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REAL ESTATE SERVICES Nancy Hussey Realtor ® “Year In Year Out...

Quietly, Persistently, Confidentially, Closing More Transactions Than Over 1,000 Other SB Realtors!”

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637-2048 ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES

Immaculate Professional House Sitters Available Pet and Plant care too.

Excellent references.

Contact Amy at 805-452-5678

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 .

TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD $8 minimum

It’s Simple. Charge is $2 per line, and any portion of a line. Multiply the number of lines used (example 4 lines x 2 =$8) Add 10 cents per Bold and/or Upper case character and send your check to: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108.

Deadline for inclusion in the next issue is Thursday prior to publication date. $8 minimum. Email: christine@montecitojournal.net Yes, run my ad __________ times. Enclosed is my check for $__________

Eating Disorder Therapy Get Help now for Bulimia, Anorexia, and Disordered Eating.

For information call 1 800 560 8518.

Adolescent & Adult Programs La Ventana Treatment Programs – Santa Barbara 601 E. Arrellaga # 101, Santa Barbara, CA 93103

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Complimentary Consultation (805) 708 6113 email: theclearinghouseSB@cox.net website: theclearinghouseSB.com Estate Moving Sale Service-Efficient30yrs experience. Elizabeth Langtree 689-0461 or 733-1030.

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DONATIONS WANTED Help restore Afghanistan’s technical infrastructure by building health care clinics and training orphans to work in them.

WWW.ADRPINC.org website, or call Dr. Rolfe at 805-963-2329. Local Hero Award 2013 Independent. ADRP, 31 E. Canon Perdido St., SB CA 93101; adrp@verizon. net. A 501C3 Charity.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center employs the power of the horse to enhance the capabilities of children and adults with special needs in Santa Barbara. Join our volunteer team and make a difference in someone’s life. To lean more, visit www. heartsriding.org 964-1519.

Do you love Reagan history? The Reagan Ranch Center is seeking volunteers who would be interested in serving as docents for the Exhibit Galleries. Docents will have the opportunity share the history of President Reagan and his “Western White House.”

For more information or to apply, please contact Danielle Fowler at 805-957-1980 or daniellef@reaganranch.org.

“The 1st Memorial Honors Detail is seeking veterans to get back in uniform to participate in an on-call Honor Guard team to provide military honors at funeral or memorial services throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

For more information visit www.usmilitaryhonors.org, email carlvwade@gmail.com, or call 805-667-7909.”

A man of 60 has spent 20 years in bed and over three years eating. – Arnold Bennett

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With choice of Hash Browns, Fries, Mixed Green, Caesar Salad, Fruit Salad

Fresh Squeezed OJ or Grapefruit Juice. ................................... $ 5/7.

Lucky Burger, 8 oz., All Natural Chuck ................................................. $ 20.

Bowl of Chopped Fresh Fruit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................... 9.

Choice of Cheese, Homemade French Fried Potatoes, Soft Bun or Kaiser Roll

with Lime and Mint

Grilled Chicken Breast Club on a Soft Bun .............................. 18.

Grilled Artichoke with Choice of Sauce ....................................... 14.

with Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and Avocado

Burrata Mozzarella, Basil and Ripe Tomato ............................. 19.

Sliced Filet Mignon Open Faced Sandwich, 6 oz. .................. 24.

Today’s Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 10.

with Mushrooms, Homemade French Fried Potatoes

French Onion Soup, Gratinée with Cheeses .............................. 12.

Hot Corned Beef .......................................................................................... 18. on a Kaiser Roll or Rye

Matzo Ball Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 12.

Reuben Sandwich........................................................................................ 19.

Lucky Chili . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 15.

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Wedge of Iceberg ...................................................................................... $10.

Classic Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................... $18.

with Roquefort or Thousand Island Dressing

with Julienne Canadian Bacon and Hollandaise

Caesar Salad.................................................................................................. 10.

Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................... 20.

with Grilled Chicken Breast............................................................................ 20.

Smoked Salmon and Sautéed Onion Omelet............................. 18.

Seafood Louis ............................................................................................... 29.

with Sour Cream and Chives

Crab, Shrimp, Avocado, Egg, Romaine, Tomato, Cucumber

Home Made Spanish Chorizo Omelet . . . . ........................................ 17.

Grilled Chicken Breast and Spinach Salad ............................... 24.

with Avocado

Avocado, Onion, Peppers, Feta, Cilantro Vinaigrette

Small New York Steak 6 oz, and Two Eggs Any Style ...... 25.

Charred Rare Tuna Nicoise Salad .................................................... 27.

Corned Beef Hash (made right here) and Two Poached Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 18.

Lucky’s Salad ................................................................................................. 16.

Huevos Rancheros, Two Eggs Any Style ...................................... 15.

with Romaine, Shrimp, Bacon, Green Beans and Roquefort

Tortillas, Melted Cheese, Avocado and Warm Salsa

Cobb Salad...................................................................................................... 19.

Brioche French Toast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 14.

Tossed with Roquefort Dressing

with Fresh Berries and Maple Syrup

Chopped Salad ............................................................................................. 16.

Waffle Platter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 12.

with Arugula, Radicchio, Shrimp, Prosciutto, Cannellini Beans and Onions

with Fresh Berries, Whipped Cream, Maple Syrup

Sliced Steak Salad ..................................................................................... 24.

Smoked Scottish Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 19.

with Arugula, Radicchio and Sautéed Onion

Toasted Bialy or Bagel, Cream Cheese and Olives, Tomato & Cucumber

Jimmy the Greek Salad with Feta .................................................... 14.

Mixed Vegetable Frittata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 17. with Gruyere

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