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A new Lowe? KFC hires Rob Lowe to fill fingerlickin’ shoes of Colonel Sanders, p. 6

ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • MOVIE GUIDE, P.44 • OPEN HOUSES, P. 45

MAY MADNESS 2017

Attention Bargain Hunters! Montecito’s once-a-year, bigger-than-ever, estate sale blowout takes place on Music Academy of the West campus this Saturday (details on page 12)

Four Doors

Mark Hunt spotlights quartet of homes in Montecito’s Cold Spring School District, p.21

All She Wrote

Robin Machado celebrates retirement after working 15 years at Read ‘n’ Post, pgs.12 & 33

Village Beat

“Alice” features “Buddha Bowls” and plethora of fresh, healthy, grab-and-go meals, p.24

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On The Water Front

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Montecito Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

In part 2 of a series, Bob Hazard goes back into the water, chronicling Montecito’s proposed deal with the City of SB and listing water charges to MWD Rob Lowe with KFC; White on the Green party; author Brielle Kelley; Amethyst Ball; Le Bal Masqué; Girls Inc. luncheon; La Rondine; SB PAL kids gala; Roomful of Teeth; Angels Foster Care; and goodbye to Harry Brown Atom Bergstrom on cancer; Lidia Zinchenko expounds on immigration; Thomas Van Stein’s photo opportunity; Lanny Ebenstein supports Frank Hotchkiss; Denice Adams’s take on ADUs; Bob Lally sparks Flashback Friday; and Clement von Franckenstein in praise of Richard Mineards

10 This Week

Knit ‘N Needle; poetry group; Cynthia James exhibit; Spanish talk; 5K Sunset walk; Spirit of Entrepreneurship; Sedgwick Reserve hike; MAW madness; Centering Prayer retreat; SB Music Club; Gustafson Dance Center; Fork & Cork Classic; storytelling workshop; MA meeting; Lego building; MBAR meeting; The New Yorker; Spanish group; Shawne Mitchell; Marshall Watson at Tecolote; photographer Will Pierce; MFPD prevention chipping slate; art classes; and brain fitness

Tide Guide

Handy chart to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach

12 Village Beat

Read ‘n Post’s Robin Machado’s retirement celebration; MAW’s May Madness; MPC and architectural standards update; pop-up shop Alice; and Mother’s Day studio tour

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Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner salutes Channel City Club and the World War 1 Centennial; Channel Islands YMCA prayer breakfast; SB Woman’s Club fashions; and a shout-out to Susannah Gordon

16 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz converses with Elaine Gale before One Good Egg takes Center Stage; Lobero welcomes Rodney Crowell; and Mark Eaton of Capitol Steps

21 Real Estate

Mark Hunt surveys the marketing scene, crunching numbers for Cold Spring School District and four houses with price tags ranging from $2 to $5.4 million

23 Brilliant Thoughts

Here’s to your health: Ashleigh Brilliant examines the extremes of wealth and poverty, and how one’s finances can benefit one’s well-being

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28 Spirituality Matters

Steven Libowitz previews Chloe Conger’s classes at Yoga Soup; Gwendolyn McClure’s music and healing class; kirtans call; Lisa Buell workshop; and body language at La Casa de Maria

33 Our Town

Joanne Calitri chronicles the 1st District Arts Council meeting, and the retirement of Montecito’s Robin Machado during an open house gathering at Read ‘n Post

34 Fitness Front

Karen Robiscoe walks the walk, placing one foot forward as part of an exercise routine comprising running and “doing stadium”

38 Legal Advertising 42 Calendar of Events

IMPROVology at the zoo; SB Dance Theater’s Now/Ever/More; Cheech & Chong; Granada hosts Elizabeth Gilbert; pianist Betty Oberacker; Treble in Paradise in Carp; Eric Burdon inside SB Bowl; CAMA at Granada; RTC and Music2Life festival; and UCSB welcomes Chip Kidd

44 Movie Guide 45 Open House Directory 46 Classified Advertising

Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer rentals to estate sales

47 Local Business Directory

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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

Should Montecito Sign Desal Deal with Santa Barbara?

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fter two years of staff-to-staff negotiations, one would think that either a desal deal between the City of Santa Barbara (the City) and the Montecito Water District (MWD) would be near completion, or that the parties have reached an impasse.

MWD Board president Dick Shaikewitz has described negotiations with the City as “difficult and complex.” Without bargaining power and without attractive alternatives, MWD has been presented with a “take or leave it,” proposal from the City, albeit with the possibility of some minor tweaking.

The Basic Structure of a Deal

The terms offered by the City call for a “Take or Pay” Water Supply Agreement, meaning that MWD is obligated for 20 years to take 1,250 AFY (acre feet per year) of water from the City at a cost, now estimated at $3,518 per AF at the current plant production capacity of 3,125 AFY. That price is considerably higher than any other source of water in the MWD portfolio. At the $3,518 per AF price, MWD would be obligated to pay the City $88 million over the 20-year life of the agreement.

MWD is being asked to assume 40% of the risk and cost of the desal facility without any proportional ownership benefits such as a seat at the decision table, a voice in operations, an ability to negotiate future water sales agreements or residual economic value once capital costs are recovered.

The City has 100% discretion to mothball the desal plant at any time or increase its capacity. MWD is simply a spot water buyer, obligated to pay the City $4.4 million each year for 1,250 AFY of water. MWD is being offered a reliable supply of water for its portfolio, but at a hefty price and with the flexibility of a steel rod.

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

If you have something you think Montecito should know about, or wish to respond to something you read in the Journal, we want to hear from you. Please send all such correspondence to: Montecito Journal, Letters to the Editor, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA. 93108. You can also FAX such mail to: (805) 969-6654, or E-mail to jim@montecitojournal.net

More About Cancer

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Consistently ranked in the top 1 2% of agents nationwide, the Calcagno & Hamilton team has closed over $1 billion in local real estate markets.

f I may offer my own Yes-NoMaybe opinion about cancer, independent of doctor-bashing: The problem with cancer research is too many experts thinking inside the box.

Media scholar Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980) commented, “The reason a phone-in, 24-hour television station isn’t dedicated entirely to cancer is that some sixteen-year-old kid will come up with the cure.”

Youth has clearly revolutionized the Internet and technology industries.

Incidentally, stem cell co-discoverer Dr. Ernest McCulloch (1926-2011) indicated that McLuhan’s “tetrad approach [McLuhan’s Four Laws of Media] works 100% in the case of cancer.”

Many legitimate cancer innovators have been spurned as quacks.

Emanuel Revici, M.D. (1896-1997), the “Einstein of Medicine,” is one such man; 40,000 of 50,000 copies of his 776-page textbook were burned — instead of remaindered — by his publisher. Fortunately, the entire text-

book, Research In Physiopathology As Basis Of Guided Chemotherapy With Special Application To Cancer, 1961, is available to view for free in cyberspace.

Dr. Revici ran Trafalgar Hospital (formerly Beth Israel) from 1954 to 1978, originally coming to the U.S. with three special visas provided by Summer Welles (when he was undersecretary of State).

Mainstream M.D. Lloyd J. Old (1933-2011), “one of the founders and standard-bearers of the field of cancer immunology” (according to Wikipedia) was busy getting several of these blackballed cancer innovators “off the Quack List” before his untimely death. Dr. Old managed to get oncologist William Coley, M.D. (1862-1936) off that list. A diluted version of Coley’s mixed bacterial vaccine is coming into use again.

Dr. Old was also in the process of getting gynecologist John Beard (1854-

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This Week in and around Montecito

SUNDAY, MAY 7

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) THURSDAY, MAY 4 Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome. This month’s author: T.S. Eliot.

When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Divine Inspiration Gallery Exhibit An exhibit from the field studies of an imaginary botanist questions the impact of biotechnology on current cycles of nature, as well as metaphorical explorations.

Cynthia James paints using traditional techniques of oil on copper panels. Opening reception tonight.

When: 5 to 8 pm Where: 1528 State Street Info: (805) 962-6444 FRIDAY, MAY 5 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The group is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics.

When: 1:30 pm Where: Montecito Library,

1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Annual 5K Sunset Beach Walk Join the Mental Wellness Center in its efforts to change the perception of mental health and build a community of wellness by stomping out stigma at the 6th Annual 5K Walk for Wellness!

Kick off Mental Health Awareness Month in May with a beautiful sunset beach walk, featuring live music by Upstream Band, a raffle and dinner at the beach. The Mental Wellness Center is proud to host the 5K Walk in partnership with the San Marcos High School Wellness Connection Club and SBCC’s Wellness Connection. A free event T-shirt, raffle ticket, and dinner provided by East Beach Grill are included in the $50 registration fee. All proceeds benefit the Mental Wellness Center’s programs to support individuals and families in Santa Barbara affected by mental illness.

When: 4 pm registration, walk begins at 5 pm Where: East Beach Bathhouse, 1118 Cabrillo Blvd Info: (805) 884-8440 Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards Eleven outstanding women entrepreneurs will receive awards; the winners were selected from a field of more than 100 nominees in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. The gala supports future entrepreneurs by contributing the proceeds to the SBCC Scheinfeld Center New Venture Challenge, which gives awards to regional high school and collegiate students for the best business plans.

When: 5:30 to 8:30 pm Where: Coral Casino, 1260 Channel Drive Info: www.soefoundation.org

4th Annual Fork & Cork Classic The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is pleased to present the popular culinary festival that takes place at the Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort. Food and wine enthusiasts will enjoy tastings from an array of Santa Barbara’s best culinary artists and vintners, all in support of the Foodbank and its mission to end hunger and transform the health of the community through healthy meals and nutritional education.

When: 3 to 6 pm Where: 633 East Cabrillo Boulevard Cost: $95 for General Admission and $125 for VIP Info: www.nightout.com/events/forkandcorkclassic/tickets

SATURDAY, MAY 6 Sedgwick Reserve Hike The rugged Santa Ynez Valley is the setting for a series of monthly interpretive hikes and nature activities open to the public on the 6,000-acre UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. Three hikes with varying themes such as geology, landforms, Sedgwick panoramas, plants, and animals or birds will be conducted, with hiking levels of Easy, Moderate, or Strenuous. These hikes are approximately two to three hours each and are followed by the opportunity to picnic with your own lunch at the reserve. In addition to the hikes, other activities such as a tour of the newly renovated old barn, the new observatory, the pond, and the new Tipton House, as well as a set-up for painters at the pond, and the use of a bocce ball court are all planned for those who don’t want to hike and would like to just enjoy the reserve attractions while the hikes are being conducted. Reservations required.

In inclement weather, the hikes will be cancelled.

When: 8:30 am Cost: $10 per hiker, or $15 per couple or family suggested donation Info and RSVP: Sedgwick@lifesci.ucsb. edu

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Centering Prayer Practice Retreat A mini-retreat day for Centering Prayer practice. There will be meditation walks, journaling, reflection, and prayer practice. Let by sister 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

Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural May Madness resource in town since 1969, these Music Academy of the West presents its annual massive treasure sale. Items concerts feature performances by available include furniture, rugs, small instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are appliances, kitchenware, garden free to the public. accessories, fine linens, antiques, When: 3 pm silver, crystal, china, art, collectibles, hardcover books, board games, music Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa and movies, electronics, jewelry, men’s Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free

M on t e c i to Tid e G u id e Day Thurs, May 4 Fri, May 5 Sat, May 6 Sun, May 7 Mon, May 8 Tues, May 9 Wed, May 10 Thurs, May 11 Fri, May 12

and women’s clothing, luggage, and sports equipment. Merchandise will be arrayed by type throughout the academy’s grounds. Proceeds from the estate sale will directly benefit the Music Academy.

Parking will be available on the campus. Additional parking space and shuttle service at Las Aves complex, located on the corner of Los Patos Way and Cabrillo Boulevard.

When: 9 am to 3 pm Where: 1070 Fairway Road Info: (805) 695-7950

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SUNDAY, MAY 7 Fundraising Event Gustafson Dance Center hosts an effort to raise money for the town of Rinconada de Hualane, in the country of Chile, that recently suffered a devastating wildfire that burned the entire community to the ground. There will be various dance classes, Chilean food, and a silent auction, as well as a final performance by invited artists from different cities who will donate

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When: 10 am to 8 pm Where: 2285 Las Positas Road Cost: $5 per class Info: sbhelpingchile@gmail.com TUESDAY, MAY 9 Montecito Association Meeting The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito.

When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 Build with Legos Drop in and build a fun Lego creation using your imagination.

Lego building fosters creativity and is a fun way to build on early literacy skills. All materials are provided and no experience is necessary.

When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: (805) 969-5063 THURSDAY, MAY 11 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito.

When: 1 pm Where: County Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu Knit ‘N Needle Fiber art crafts (knitting, crochet, embroidery, and more) drop-in and meet-up for all ages at Montecito Library.

When: 2 to 3 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker.

When: 7:30 to 8:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road FRIDAY, MAY 12 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group. The assembly is for anyone interested in practicing and improving conversational skills in Spanish. Participants should be familiar with the basics.

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SATURDAY, MAY 13 Sacred Space & Feng Shui Shawne Mitchell presents an informative retreat day workshop at La Casa de Maria.

When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $95, includes lunch Info: www.lacasademaria.org Book Signing at Tecolote Marshall Watson will sign his new book, The Art of Elegance; Classic Interiors. Known for his meticulously researched, Europeaninspired style, Watson creates interiors that are rich in texture, detail, and simple luxuries.

When: 3 to 4 pm Where: 1470 East Valley Road Info: 969-4977

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Art Opening Carpinteria’s Porch features fine art photographer Will Pierce’s latest installation, “Soul of the Sea”, from May 1 to June 31. You are invited to join Pierce for a special reception and viewing today.

When: 3 to 5 pm Where: 3823 Santa Claus Lane

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ONGOING Montecito Fire Protection District’s Fire Prevention Chipping Schedule Week of May 8 – Arcady, Knapp, Cowles, Cottage, El Rancho, and Sky View.

Vines, grass, palms, succulents, and other small trimmings can be put in dumpsters that have been donated by MarBorg Industries. The dumpsters are placed at pre-identified locations within the participating neighborhoods during the week of the project. Participants are asked to stack larger shrub and tree limb materials at the edge of the nearest passable access road for free chipping.

For more information, call 565-8018.

MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call.

Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memory-enhancement exercises in a friendly environment.

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Village Beat

Kelly Mahan Herrick

Kelly has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond. She is also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, and is a member of Montecito and Santa Barbara’s top real estate team, Calcagno & Hamilton.

Celebrating Retirement

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t a celebration in the courtyard of Montecito Country Mart last week, Robin Machado, Read ‘n Post’s longtime postal employee, was honored by friends and customers as she embarks on retirement. “It’s been quite the transition, as I miss seeing everyone every day,” Machado told us. “But I’m looking forward to this new chapter of life.”

Machado, who worked at the card, gift, and magazine store for more than 15 years, plans on traveling with her husband, Aaron Machado. Jan Hendrickson, the owner-manager of Read ‘n Post, says Mrs. Machado will be hard to replace, and thanked her for her loyal employment.

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May Madness

This Saturday marks Montecito’s annual massive treasure and estate sale: Music Academy of the West’s May Madness is scheduled for May

Robin Machado (right) and Jan Hendrickson of Montecito’s Read ‘n Post. Machado, who worked at the store for more than15 years, retired in December and was celebrated at an open house last week.

6, from 9 am to 3 pm. The 41st annual event is once again organized by the Women’s Auxiliary of MAW, and promises to be a fun community event to benefit the Academy’s full-scholarship program.

This year’s May Madness chair is Evie Vesper, who also chaired the event in 2015 and has been a member of the auxiliary since 2013. The aux-

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iliary has been busy for weeks, organizing thousands of items that will be for sale, including furniture, area rugs, small kitchen appliances, kitchenware, garden accessories, fine linens, antiques, silver, crystal, china, art, collectibles, board games, CDs and DVDs, jewelry, men’s and women’s clothing, luggage, sports equipment, and much more. The Auxiliary’s fundraising efforts generate net proceeds exceeding $200,000 annually to help support the full-scholarship program at the Academy. The scholarships enable 140 outstanding fellows from around the world to study in Santa Barbara each summer.

The Music Academy will celebrate its 70th Anniversary during this year’s Summer School and Festival, which runs from June 12 to August 5 at the Academy’s Miraflores campus and in venues throughout Santa Barbara. MAW presents more than 200 public events annually, many free of charge. These include performances by faculty, visiting artists, and Fellows; masterclasses; orchestra and chamber music concerts; and a fully staged opera.

May Madness is from 9 am to 3 pm; gates open at 8 am, and there is a free Easy Lift shuttle that will run from the Bird Refuge at Los Patos Way and Channel Drive. The Music Academy is located at 1070 Fairway Road. For more information, visit www.musicacademy.org/madness.

Architectural Guidelines Update at MPC

Next Wednesday, May 10, the Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) will hear from County staff regarding potential amendments to the Montecito Architectural Guidelines and Development Standards and/or Montecito Land Use and Development Code and/or the Coastal Zoning Ordinance that pertain to detached accessory structures allowed on residential parcels in the Montecito Community Plan Area.

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Channel City Club (CCC) had a special luncheon titled “Over ThereWWI 100 Years On” given in conjunction with the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation (PCVF) at The Fess Parker. The list of special guests was impressive and included: the consul general of Belgium Henri Vantieghem, consul general of Canada James Villeneuve, professor and chair of French at Westmont College Mary Collier, British Army captain Sandhurst 84 Gillian ColeAndrews, and Salim Yaqub, Ph.D., UCSB who gave the U.S. foreign relations leading up to WWI. The others gave their respective countries perspectives on the war. Kudos to Cindy

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Burt, who is so instrumental in the PCVF. CCC vice president and chairman of the committee on foreign relations Brian Robertson welcomed the 250 guests, many in uniform. Co-founder of PCVF John Blankenship introduced the speakers, and David Gonzales sang his stirring rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. Especially impressive were the WWI re-enactors dressed in official WWI uniforms who gave us the story of four different soldiers – one from each coun-

WWI speakers were counsul general of Canada James Villeneuve, consul general of Belgium Henri Vantieghem, British Army captain Sandhurst 84 Gillian Cole-Andrews, and Salim Yaqub, Ph.D., UCSB at the Channel City luncheon

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downtown. They also support veterans and active duty members in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. One of their projects is the “Wings of Honor” public art piece at the Santa Barbara airport. Pierre’s vision was that those who have served are “Never forgotten.” This work is all through private donations so if you’d like to contribute, call (805) 259-4394. Mark your calendar for when the PCVF holds a Memorial Day ceremony at the Santa Barbara Cemetery on Monday, May 29, from 10 to 11 am complete with a color guard, choir, and a flyover.

40th Prayer Breakfast WWI soldier from the PCVF museum

try – German, British, French, and American telling of their experiences in the trenches. Some of them lived through the war and some didn’t. The American soldier is buried right here in Santa Barbara Cemetery. The re-enactors belong to the Great War (as it was called) Historical Society. They visit schools and other organizations to educate people about this frequently ignored war.

There was a mini museum on display of WWI artifacts from helmets, to guns and medals. This came from the PCVF museum, which preserves military history and legacy. They are developing a Veterans Museum in

Good Friday marked the 40th Prayer Breakfast for the Channel Islands YMCA Association (CIYMCA), this time at The Fess Parker. The Prayer breakfast was founded by the late Hugh Davis and began with just 35 attendees. This year, about 400 folks got up early to be there by 7 am. It is intended to celebrate our Christian heritage.

The YMCA came to Santa Barbara in 1887 but had begun in London in 1844 to provide an alternative to the lifestyles of young employed men in the industrial revolution. They read classical literature, had Bible study and prayer. The YMCA has changed to meet modern life with healthy liv-

Pastor Jim Stretchberry, head of school at Providence Scott Lisea, and executive director of SBYMCA Craig Prentice at the prayer breakfast

ing, aquatics, camping, and childcare.

Today, the Channel Islands YMCA has an association of seven branches serving communities from Lompoc to Ventura.

Music was provided by Douglas Clegg and William Fiedtkou and Katie Fritzke. CIYMCA board chair Sally Irving welcomed the crowd.

Past board chair and board member Ric Ruffinelli handled the master of ceremonies duties. Hugh Davis’s son, Erik, spoke about his father, and pastor Jim Strechberry relayed, “This (breakfast) is the legacy of Hugh.”

Gerd Jordano read from the Bible, and Dr. Scott Lisea who is head of school at Providence thoroughly

entertained us with his wit and message. He spoke of his life growing up with a hippie mom in the ‘70s and an alcoholic father. They let him try marijuana in the third grade. “Just imagine that.” Along the way, he had some fabulous mentors, including letting Christ into his life. Now he is a successful husband and father of three boys.

The breakfast committee who worked so hard to make it a success were: chair Joshua Keith, Cheri Bode, Craig Prentice, Dianne Davis, Elaine Rottman, George Armstrong, Jim Stretchberry, Margo Byrne, Scott Lisea, Tina Hernandez, and Tina

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he genesis of One Good Egg, the one-woman show written and performed by Elaine Gale which has its world premiere this weekend at the Center Stage Theater, dates back to five years ago.

That’s when Gale, who then lived in Sacramento, created a nonfiction reading series called “True Story”, where members of the community are invited to share stories in a coffee shop jam.

“I told some stories and also did stand-up comedy and improv,” she recalled earlier this week. “But I wanted a deeper story, a bigger arc that circled back to connections.”

The catalyst for the show’s creation was her move two years ago to Santa Barbara, where her husband was beginning a program at Pacifica Graduate Institute. “There’s something about this place that’s so creative, it just electrifies me,” she explained. “One day I woke up and wrote ‘One Woman Show’ on my white board without having any idea what I was going to do.”

But in truth, the tale begins much further back and farther away, in Nebraska, where Gale grew up as a sixth-generation Cornhusker before leaving for a career in journalism, where she covered religion and pop culture for alternative papers (Boston Phoenix and Utne Reader) and major publications (Entertainment Weekly and the Los Angeles Times), followed by a decade in academia (Gale is currently the interim chair of the BA program at Antioch University Santa Barbara while on leave from her tenured position at CSU Sacramento).

“You’re a good egg” is a popular

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expression in the Midwest. But the story is much more about family and community – both of origin and ones we self-create, Gale explained.

“It’s about belonging, family, home, and how you find it,” she said on the patio outside the theater at Paseo Nuevo, as lighting and the set were being installed. “How do you belong, and to whom?”

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The camera pans across the reactions of viewers at home in all surroundings taking in the historic happening.

“The time has come to explore beyond our known horizons,” says Rob, “to push KFC’s spicy crispy chicken to new heights.”

At the end of the ad, Rob says in a lower voice: “KFC Zinger, the best chicken sandwich on Earth. And soon, in space.”

Not quite Oscar worthy, but deliciuosly lucrative.

Seeing Green Horsepower of a different kind was on display at the White on the Green party at the Santa Barbara Polo Club to mark the culmination of the United Boys & Girls Clubs Rally 4 Kids, a two-day 300 mile trip with 50 cars, including Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Aston Martins, and a positive plethora of Porsches, which wended its way to Avila Beach and Lompoc.

The popular four-year-old event, with 260 guests at the Carpinteria club on a perfect evening, was expected to raise $225,000 for the nonprofit’s outreach program, which enables youngsters in less affluent areas to attend the clubs.

It was also announced that a new Michael and Anne Towbes Award, in memory of the late Montecito philan-

Participating in the UBGC 2017 rally are drivers, navigators, and guests Karla Blackwell, sponsor Tom Parker, Hutton Parker Foundation; Michelle Kobashi, Bill Leitar, Anda Ashkar, Eloy Ortega, president, and Randy Barnes in front of Rally 2017 co-chairs Maria and Monte Wilson’s 2004 Ferrari Challenge Stradale (photo by Priscilla)

The Henley family UBGC activists are Julie, Jeff, who is chairman of UBGC National Board and Chair of UBGCSB Advisory Board, and Judy Henley (photo by Priscilla)

Welcoming the sponsors, participants, and supporters to the “White on the Green” party at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club are VP of development Carla Leal and CEO Michael Baker flanked by the “walking vines” (photo by Priscilla)

thropist Michael Towbes, had been established, with the first winners being Monte and Maria Wilson, the rally’s co-chairs. Inveterate car collector Michael Hammer, suitably enough, was the title sponsor, with the ubiquitous Andrew Firestone auctioning off an Aladdin’s cave of items, including

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dren’s literature, is now busy with another bi-lingual work, she told me at a bijou book bash at Tecolote, the tony tome temple in the upper village.

“It’s a butterfly saga abut the challenges of changing and growing up.”

Enjoying the evening are Randee Brookins, Corvette “Ed” and Melinda Wittwer, Cecil Kyte, Michael Armand Hammer, presenting sponsor Armand Hammer Foundation; Misty Hammer and Mark Alfano; and sitting are Mike Brookins, John Alfano, Marco Diaz, and Andrea DeRosso with the Bella Strings performing on stage (photo by Priscilla) On stage are navigator and driver Lisa and Tim Couch receiving their “Roads Scholars” trophy from sponsor Michael Hammer for achieving overall goals (photo by Priscilla)

a Viking river cruise on the Rhine or Danube for $5,000, Ferrari pit crew membership for a weekend for $3,250, and an exotic car day at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles for $3,200.

Michael Baker, chief executive officer, declared it “The best rally ever!” as four lithesome lovelies, Bella Strings, a classical quartet, entertained, a bathing beauty poured champagne from a giant martini glass, and two giant stilt

walkers, clad in ivy, strutted around the bustling bash.

Among the supporters turning out for the fun fest were Bruce Heavin, Misty Hammer, Tom Parker, Mark Alfano, Alicia St. John, Chad and Ginni Dreier, Katrina Carl, Debbie Saucedo, Larry Ellison, Brenda Blalock, Robert Lieff, Dana Hansen, and Alex and Maria Mertens.

One for the Books Author Brielle Kelley is enjoying the sweet smell of success with her first book, which involves a skunk

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The colorful work, The Little Skunk Who Was Afraid to Stink, with illustrations by Mark Wayne Adams, took the 22-year-old, who hails from Denver, Colorado, 12 months to put together in English and Spanish, with all proceeds donated to children’s charities, including a school in Ecuador and another in Guyana, where she will be teaching in due course.

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The bold-faced name-filled bash attracted 385 glamorously garbed guests and raised around $400,000 for 67-year-old CADA, which has an annual budget of $5.6 million serving more than 8,600 people with 23 programs for youth and adults.

Event co-chairs Anne Towbes, Diana MacFarlane, Holly Murphy, Susan Neuman, and Betsy Turner reprised last year’s roles and pulled out all the stops to make the cavernous ballroom a copper kingdom of chiffon with gold starburst imagery, with Montecito event whiz Merryl Brown making a real “Oh, What a Night,” a delightful lookback at the 1950s and ‘60s with the Los Angelesbased Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons tribute band Walk Like A Man rocking the ritzy hostelry.

The ubiquitous Andrew Firestone conducted the auction, which featured a $10,000 shopping spree at bling king Bob Bryant’s State Street emporium, a week’s stay in Oahu, Hawaii, including airfare, and an alpaca ranch tour in Carpinteria with dinner for 10 guests.

Two alpacas were brought on stage for the big moment, but one unfortunately disgraced itself by urinating during the bidding frenzy.

A silent auction at the beano, whose male co-chairs were Bob Bryant, Bob Fuladi, and Peter Hilf with Richard Weston Smith as emcee, featured a Katy Perry-signed guitar, a ski vacation for 10 in Utah, an 11-day wildlife cruise to the Galapagos, a seven-day Caribbean trip to a choice of Antigua, St. Lucia, Panama, and the

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Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. 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.

House Hunting in the Cold Spring Area

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omes in the Cold Spring School District are located within the 93108 ZIP code and are set more in the central, western, and northwest portions of Montecito. Quiet lanes, rolling hills, ocean views, and neighborhoods close to school comprise the makeup of the area, and homes range from about $900,000 for a smaller fixer on a small lot, to $15 million or more for a grand estate.

Most homes for sale in the Cold Spring School District fall into the $1- to $4-million price category, with a few in the $5-million+/- range and a handful with asking prices more than $10 million.

This area of Montecito is closer to and often on the border of Santa Barbara proper and allows for easy access to the Montecito villages, as well as directly into downtown Santa Barbara. There is a healthy mix of historic homes, larger estates, block developments, and many ocean-view properties, as well as private sanctuaries.

Here is a look at four current listings: 647 Chelham Way: $2,199,000 This historic Montecito home was built by Pulitzer Prize winner and longtime Santa Barbara News-Press publisher T.M. Storke in 1928. The home is located just a short stroll from Cold Spring School, on a lot consisting of two parcels.

The property is graced by an elegant oak tree that shades the generous grounds, while vistas of the Montecito foothills serve as a backdrop. The home is advertised as 2,650 +/-sq ft in size, with four bedrooms, three baths, and a detached art studio. Upgrades include plumbing and electrical work.

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1924) off the list. Dr. Old considered himself a “neo-Beardian” (according to an article in Scientific American).

Drs. William Kelley (1925-2005) and Nicolas Gonzales (1947-2015) claimed they followed Dr. Beard’s protocol, but they “missed the memo” on some essential points.

Dr. Beard’s Unitarian Trophoblastic Theory was downgraded into the Enzyme Treatment of Cancer, ignoring cancer’s “evil twin” traits.

Dr. Old was also communicating with another cancer innovator – oncologist Zheng Cui, M.D., of Wake Forest University. Dr. Cui is still very much alive, involved in human research relating to his original discovery of an “extraordinarily cancer resistant mouse.”

Let’s not forget Nobel Prize winner Otto Warburg, M.D. (1883-1970), whose lactic acid “Warburg Effect” has been misinterpreted by both mainstream medicine and its alternative counterpart.

Holistic therapists claim sugar feeds cancer. It doesn’t, and it can even “kill” cancer. Glucose is not cancer’s favorite food. It’s the amino acid glutamine, which is being sold in health food stores as a cancer remedy (or at minimum an anti-carcinogen). Excess sugar comes with its own syndromes (diabetes isn’t one of them), but that’s another story for another day.

The Warburg Effect was confined to the mitochondria, so Dr. William F. Koch, M.D. (1885-1967) expanded the therapy, and was indicted three times because of it (with a hung jury every time). Ultimately, he escaped to Brazil to avoid further FDA persecution.

One last Yes-No-Maybe opinion: Flaxseed oil and fish oil (including cod liver oil) accelerate aging and encourage cancer. Lipofuscin and ceroid “age” pigments can’t be created without either polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) or highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFAs).

Guido Majno, M.D., and Isabelle Joris, Ph.D. (Cells, Tissue, and Disease: Principles of General Pathology, Second Edition, 2004), wrote, “A good way

to understand lipofuscin is to compare it with linoleum. Linoleum, as the name implies, is obtained from linseed oil [flaxseed oil]. The British citizen who invented it around 1860 discovered that if linseed oil is heated long enough in the presence of oxygen, it becomes darker and darker, less and less oily, and eventually turns into a solid. In more general terms, if long-chain fatty acids are progressively oxidized, they gradually lose the typical properties of lipids. As their color slowly shifts from white to yellow to brown, they become less and less soluble in fat solvents, more and more cross-linked, and eventually turn into a solid mass. The hardening of oil-based paints is based on the same process.”

According to the same source: “In the heart, the amount of lipofuscin increases progressively with age.

Liver cells also contain a great deal of lipofuscin due to their long lives and high rate of autophagocytosis (a liver cell turns over all its organelles in less than a week).”

I have enough evidence about the health problems associated with fish oil and flaxseed oil to fill the pages of an entire book. Indeed, I’ve written three e-books about it and will be pleased to comp you with all three if you’re interested in knowing “the other side of the story.”

I’m not saying flaxseed oil and/or fish oil will outright kill a person, but they both contribute to aging and its attendant diseases, mostly “death by a thousand cuts.” “Age pigments” (liver spots) contain no saturated fats, only polyunsaturated ones.

Folks living in Santa Barbara County live about 20 percent longer than other Californians, but savvy omnivores minimizing omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids can further enhance their Aging Escape Velocity.

Atom Bergstrom Montecito (Editor’s note: We have no way of verifying any of the information contained in this letter, but we do appreciate Mr.

Bergstrom’s input; it is a conversation worth having. – J.B.)

On Being “American”

I am a legal immigrant from Russia and I would like to build the wall, support the ban, and stop sanctuary cities from the chaos they have created. But let’s start from the beginning.

Who are the immigrants everyone is talking about now? How are they different from one another? Obviously, everyone knows that immigrants are folks who were not born in the country where they live and yes, they are all different. First of all: there are illegal and legal immigrants. It’s pretty clear with the former – from the moment they step in into the USA or overstay their visa they have committed a crime, which does not need to be much investigated and for which the due process invented for the cases where the fact of the crime needs to be proven beyond reasonable doubt should not apply. You jump the fence – that’s a crime! You overstayed your welcome allowed by your admission record – what’s there to prove? That’s a crime.

Borders make the country its own entity, they delineate the territory where the law of the land works; they make the country what it is compared to the rest of the world. Borders are important because on the one side you can be a killer, but on the other side you can be a hero. Borders are the lines of common sense versus nonsense. You do not have to be a law professor to understand that illegal immigrants, who committed a crime of breaking into the country must be prosecuted for breaking this law, like a burglar who broke into your house would be prosecuted; they need to be jailed and deported.

But if you think that by doing that you will solve the problem of illegal immigrants you are very wrong. Let’s go back to legal immigrants who are called so because they have entered this country with a visa or other type of permit. A huge portion of them will

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No matter what type of a visa they used to get into the country, the vast majority of them lie on their visa applications, sneak through the cracks of the system using forged documents at the consulates, lie to the border patrol at the port of entry, and the moment they are in, their life is not much different to their peers who scaled the fence. The basic premise of both types of illegal immigrants is the same: beat the system, which would otherwise never allow them in, thus commit a crime, run away from their own country and bring their lifestyle of cutting corners and bending rules into the United States. Those people come to this country with very little knowledge of what are they are going to do, no English language skills, and no desire to adapt. They hide in their ethnic communities where they build “little Russia”, (not so) “little Mexico”, “little Armenia”, et cetera. They build these ethnic enclaves not because they want to protect their heritage but because they do not want to adopt the American one.

Let me talk about one community of illegal immigrants that I know a thing or two about: the Russians. They cannot work for anyone other than Russians, because they don’t have any employment authorization documents and they don’t speak English.

They do not pay taxes, of course, but they happily use every social benefit, which they manage to leach on, as long as they have a bank account and a driver’s license, which they somehow manage to get for a few hundred bucks. I remember the first

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by Ashleigh Brilliant Born London, 1933. Mother Canadian. Father a British civil servant. World War II childhood spent mostly in Toronto and Washington, D.C. Berkeley PhD. in American History, 1964. Living in Santa Barbara with wife Dorothy since 1973. No children. Best-known for his illustrated epigrams, called “Pot-Shots”, now a series of 10,000. Email ashleigh@west.net or visit www.ashleighbrilliant.com

Health, Wealth, and Stealth

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ou can’t buy health. Even the richest people die. But there is clearly some correlation between financial and physical well-being, especially in a country like the U.S., with such extremes of wealth and poverty.

Even so, you can’t pay somebody else to do your exercises for you. To that extent, the gymnasium is like a shrine of Democracy, and the search for health is the great equalizer. We have only one body apiece, and it comes with no guarantees, only with an illegible expiration date.

There are, of course, all kinds of pills and other medicines, for every conceivable ailment, including some which are supposedly all in your head. The only important difference between psychiatrists and many other mental gurus is that your shrink is an M.D. and therefore empowered to write prescriptions.

The relationship between doctors and pharmacists has been a controversial one for centuries. Even as far back as the time of Geoffrey Chaucer, some 700 years ago, doctors were accused of overcharging patients on the prescriptions they wrote, and then splitting the difference with the pharmacist (“apothecary”). In the prologue to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, we find a description of a doctor. He is [in Nevill Coghills’s translation] “a perfect practicing physician,” to wit: “ All his apothecaries in a tribe Were ready with the drugs he would prescribe, And each made money from the other’s guile: They had been friendly for a goodish while.”

Today, the principle is still the same, except that the tribe of apothecaries has grown into a huge entity, fondly known as “Big Pharma”, which employs an army of “representatives” to visit doctors and hospitals.

You’ll often see them in doctors’ waiting-rooms, coming or going, their bags bulging with literature and samples of the latest medicine which they’ve been instructed to push.

On TV, you’ll see the same companies’ alarming commercials for the same products, wherein, against a background of happy smiling people engaged in always-pleasant, but totally irrelevant, activities, you’ll hear a voice-over message (no doubt legal4 – 11 May 2017

ly required) listing all the alarming side-effects associated with this product. The phrase “your doctor” usually occurs several times, since he or she is the one through whom all this must come to you.

As you get older, you probably get sicker, so there’s money – not only in health but in aging. That’s why most of these sickening commercials are to be seen on channels, and at times, when older people are likely to be watching.

Also, the older you get, the more likely you are to fall into the hands of doctors who are younger, sometimes much younger, than yourself.

But they have all supposedly been through eight years of medical school, and theoretically, the newer they are, the more up-to-date are their medical knowledge and techniques. And they have supposedly taken some form of an oath, which in its original form dates back to Ancient Greece. You can only try to derive some comfort from knowing that the oath’s main feature is that the doctor will do you no harm (at least, not intentionally).

My own favorite form of doctor is the one who most literally carries out that part of the oath, by making sure that, whatever the other doctors do to you, you won’t feel it – at least not while they’re doing it. I refer, of course, to the anesthesiologist. I happen to have one of these professional pain-relievers as a close neighbor and friend – and he tells me that, to him, the most important part of his job is not putting people to sleep – but making sure they wake up again.

Sometimes, of course, trauma provides its own anesthesia. In January 2011, when I’d just recently turned 77, I was hit by a car, and seriously injured, while crossing a street in a marked crosswalk near my home. The impact propelled me some 25 feet. Only a few days previously, at a routine check-up, my doctor, looking through my file, had commented on my having had a “remarkably benign” medical history.

In other words, nothing serious had ever happened to me.

The accident, of course, spoiled that fine record – but remarkably, to this day, I have no memory of the event and only remember waking up in an ambulance, and being asked my name and address by a policewoman.

That was the beginning of years of “recovery,” in which I had plenty of time to think about the Health, Wealth, and Stealth of our medical system. •MJ

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 12) According to staff planner Jessica Steele, the potential amendments that are being discussed next week deal with a broad range of accessory structures, including garages, workshops, pool cabanas, and guest houses. The Montecito Planning Commission directed staff to look into the issue of these accessory constructions, voicing concern that there was not enough regulation on their size or number, which could potentially increase floor area ratio numbers. County staff is seeking input from the commission on whether local zoning ordinances should be amended to further limit the number and size of such structures.

Meanwhile the County continues to work toward amending local zoning ordinances regarding ADUs, or habitable “granny units” that are legally rentable. Since January 1, 2017, staff has been busy revising existing development standards and permit procedures in order to implement new State legislation that encourages the development of ADUs to help combat California’s housing crisis.

“The overall goal is to preserve, protect, and enhance the existing semi-rural environment of Montecito and ensure the neighborhood compatibility of all projects,” Steele said, adding that both potential zoning amendment projects would work together

and not contradict each other.

Those interested in these issues are encouraged to attend the May 10 MPC hearing at 9 am. The staff report will be available later this week online at www.sbcountyplanning.org/boards/ pc/mpc.cfm.

In Business: Alice

A pop-up shop in Montecito Country Mart is creating quite the buzz, attracting customers looking for quick, grab-and-go food from local purveyors. “We want to offer an easy alternative to eat healthily on the go,” says Beth Kuttner, who is running the shop.

Kuttner and public relations guru Alice Ryan Miller started the shop a few months back, taking over the space formerly occupied by Merci-To-Go. “We partnered with [Montecito Country Mart owner] Jim Rosenfield, who wanted to keep the doors open to continue to bring life and activity to the center of the mart,” said Kuttner, who is now running the pop-up primarily by herself after Miller has moved on to other ventures. Miller’s husband, Kirk Miller, runs Miller’s Oath in the space next door; the shop is the satellite location for the bespoke tailor and custom clothing boutique, which has a flag-

Beth Kuttner and her pop-up shop, Alice, in Montecito Country Mart

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“Alice” has partnered with local food purveyors, as a location in which to sell product and ready-toserve food; no food is actually prepared on site. Always evolving, the current offerings include “Buddha Bowls” from The Honey Bee, the small eatery located at the top floor of Antioch University in downtown

Santa Barbara. The brainchild of health food chef Katie Belanger, The Honey Bee offers fresh salads, sandwiches, and more, using ingredients Belanger gathers at the local farmers markets. “The Buddha Bowls are our best seller. People want healthy options for lunch,” Kuttner said. The bowls include vegetables, grains, nuts, greens, cheese, and dressings,

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Little Alex’s, Malia Mills, Montecito Barbers, One Hour Martinizing, and Pressed Juicery. Two restaurant spaces remain vacant.

Alice is open 11 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday. Montecito Country Mart is located at 1016 Coast Village Road.

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Kuttner also purchases sandwiches from Helena Avenue Bakery in the Funk Zone, offering five of the bakery’s most popular options (turkey, ham, fried chicken, vegetarian, and sopressa) to her Montecito customers. Helena Avenue Bakery is known for its scratch-made bread, pastries, and picnic items.

Alice also carries a variety of food items, including vegan pesto, hummus, and “superfood bread” from Oat Bakery, coffee from Dart, and honey and dried beans from Butter Bean Studios. Kuttner hopes to expand into gift items as well. “As long as I’m here, I want to offer the best!” she said. The pop-up will be open until further notice. The shop joins other tenants Vons, Calypso St. Barth, Union Bank, Space N.K. Apothecary, James Perse, Panino, Hudson Grace, Intermix, Montecito Natural Foods, Rori’s Artisanal Creamery, Mate Gallery, Kendall Conrad, George, Miller’s Oath, Read ‘n Post, Toy Crazy,

For the 11th consecutive year, Mother’s Day Weekend marks the annual Carpinteria and Summerland Artists Studio Tour. The event is free and open to the community, and 30 artists will hold open their studios for the tour.

According to organizers, the tour is a unique opportunity to see and buy work of established artists, as well as emerging talents who live in the Summerland and Carpinteria Valley. These participating artists will display and offer for sale their art in a huge variety of media and styles in their homes and studios. Many of the artists have live demos and works in progress, offering the opportunity to see the art being created and get a feel for the process from concept to completion.

This weekend, long opportunity (10 am to 5 pm Saturday and Sunday) is free and open to the public. A percentage of art sales will benefit the Carpinteria Arts Center’s mission to promote and support local artists in their studios and galleries, the Bellas Artes program, Art by the Sea kids camp, Art in Public Places, Art in Film series, and more.

In conjunction with the weekend’s activities, the public is invited to an artist meet-and-greet reception on Friday, May 5, from 5 to 7 pm at the Carpinteria Arts Center, 855 Linden Avenue in Carpinteria. A map and Artists Studio Directory are available at www.carpinteriaartscenter.org. •MJ

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LETTERS (Continued from page 22)

time taking my car to a body shop owned by an illegal Russian immigrant – they immediately offered me the opportunity to take part in a fake staged accident and commit insurance fraud. They were shocked and insulted when I turned that down.

On average, every four years U.S. law enforcement in various states shuts down some massive Russian medical fraud, gasoline tax fraud, or some other organized crime activity with significant participation of the illegal immigrants. Very few of them are then deported and needless to say, they commit the same crimes again and again. It can only happen in America, where basically as long as you do not kill anybody you are permitted to stick around in this country.

Those who protest this ridiculous and dangerous policy, however, are treated by the mainstream media as “racist” and abnormal. I believe it is very much unfair to all the others who must work hard for every tiny benefit in this land of “freedom.” Bottom line, I believe there should be only two main ways to enter this country legally: when you have or are about to get married to a U.S. citizen, or you are a good and highly qualified specialist that may be beneficial to the USA. Heavy vetting must take place for every immigrant visa; sanctuary cities must be banned and the officials

in charge of those must be prosecuted if they do not comply; illegal immigrants must be deported; and the border must be tightly protected.

Every normal developed country has lived by these rules until the recent surge of liberal craziness. Those countries prospered and created a lot of value for the rest of the world. If any of these simple rules are not all of a sudden racist and wrong – I rest my case.

Now, let’s look at the “refugees,” the influx of which President Trump is fighting so hard to limit. They are unnecessary legal immigrants who bring no value into this country whatsoever, could not assimilate in their own country, did not want to improve, build and manage their own country; they are transients who betrayed and ran away from their own country and will likely do the same to this one.

When one looks at them objectively, they do not fall far from the illegals in terms of what their conduct will be once they manage to get in. They have been in horrific poverty for hundreds of years, and most of them just don’t have what it takes to assimilate to the U.S. living standards.

America is losing the culture, language, traditions, and heritage that have shaped the world for ages. And then there’s the Muslim refugee issue.

No matter how the liberal press wants

to butter it, the people whose religion accepts killing as punishment for leaving that religion, accepts killing as a commended act of behavior toward bearers of another faith, accepts beating a woman for her behavior that can be anything from the word “no” to her husband, to the word “yes” to driving a car, must be kept as far as possible from the USA unless one can find a way to guarantee that they would renounce those horrible dogmas and would fully accept our moral and behavioral values.

Why do we have the fence between our house and the house of our neighbor? Because we feel safer that way, we feel protected, we feel better. Why do we invite only people we know to our house and not invite complete strangers, random people from the street? Because we assume that way

“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on exact equality with everyone else. But this is predicated upon the persons becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but American.

We have room for but one flag, the American flag. We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and this is a loyalty to the American people.”

It may be still not too late to follow his guidance.

Lidia Zinchenko Montecito

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County of Santa Barbara Montecito Planning Commission

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Montecito Architectural Guidelines Limited Update, Phase II Detached Accessory Structures

Artist Thomas van Stein joined the small contingent of Sister Cities proponents, including mayor Helene Schneider, on a short trip to Dingle, a Santa Barbara Sister City

Wednesday, May 10, 2017 County Planning Commission Hearing Room 123 E. Anapamu St. 1st Floor Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Hearing begins at 9:00 A.M. On May 10, 2017, the Montecito Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to (1) receive a staff briefing regarding architectural guidelines and ordinance regulations that pertain to detached accessory structures, and (2) provide initial comments and recommendations regarding potential amendments to the Montecito Architectural Guidelines and Development Standards (Guidelines) and/or the Montecito Land Use and Development Code (MLUDC) and Coastal Zoning Ordinance (CZO) that would guide and/or regulate the size and number of detached accessory structures allowed on residential parcels in the Montecito Community Plan Area.

Staff recommends that the staff briefing and comments and recommendations from the Montecito Planning Commission are exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15378(b)(2) of CEQA. The staff report and attachments will be available one week prior to the public hearing at the Planning and Development Department located at 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara and online at the following website: http://sbcountyplanning.org/boards/pc/mpc.cfm The Montecito Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Montecito Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support of or in opposition to the project. Written comments are also welcome.

All letters should be addressed to the Montecito Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Letters, with nine copies, and computer materials, e.g. PowerPoint presentations, should be filed with the secretary of the Montecito Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Friday before the Montecito Planning Commission hearing. You may also submit comment letters electronically to the Planning Commission Recording Secretary at dvillalo@co.santa-barbara.ca.us. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Montecito Planning Commission.

For additional information, please contact Jessica Steele, Planner: Email: jsteele@countyofsb.org | Tel: 805-884-8082 Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements.

If you challenge the project in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.

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we would be safe in our house and nothing bad and unexpected would happen to our families. I believe we need to build a physical and legal wall around the USA, restore the sanity and rule of law, and protect our country and our children from the dangerous and self-serving policies inherited from the years of liberals’ diluting our values. We need to elevate the authority of our policemen and let them check the documents of suspected illegals.

Does anyone even remember the law that requires the legitimate “green card” holders to carry their cards on their persons at all times because they are subject to check and can be detained otherwise? That is still the law; no one has replaced it. Why are we not enforcing it? This country does not need to spend over $90 billion a year on illegals who deserted their own countries instead of making them better and came here to hate the Americans, hate everything American, impose their language and culture on us, making our country worse.

So, let me finish this letter with the amazing words of Theodore Roosevelt:

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It’s been a fantastic trip so far; people in Dingle [Ireland] are so friendly, period. They are truly soulmates to Santa Barbara. While here, I thought I would catch up on the latest from back home while visiting Bud Bottom’s dolphin statue. It was a pleasurable reunion.

Thomas Van Stein Santa Barbara

Hotchkiss for Mayor

Frank Hotchkiss would make a great mayor of Santa Barbara. Frank was first elected to the Santa Barbara City Council in 2009, and he has done a terrific job. Accessible, approachable, and friendly, he wants to do the people’s business. He is not beholden to anyone. He speaks his mind – unlike so many politicians, he is not afraid to say what he thinks. Frank is a moderate conservative. He fits the Santa Barbara ethos well.

He received his bachelor’s degree from Yale and pursued graduate studies at USC and UCLA. He was a River Patrol Boat commander in the Vietnam War, and was decorated with 4 – 11 May 2017

the Bronze Star.

Frank is a strong law-and-order candidate. He believes the streets of Santa Barbara belong to local residents and law-abiding citizens, not to those who would hassle or disrespect citizens minding their own business and going about their way. He believes that local law enforcement must play an important role in making State Street and other business thoroughfares friendlier and safer. He will not tolerate antisocial and illegal behavior by anyone.

He has shown particular leadership with respect to homelessness.

Not content with approaches that give handouts, he instead emphasizes policies that give local residents who are down on their luck a “hand up,” if they will take responsibility for themselves through enrolling in programs that can improve their lives.

Frank has also shown great leadership in calling for more police on the streets. He was among the first to advocate more beat officers. In large part as a result of his leadership, the number of sworn officers on the city police force has increased from 126 to 142 during his years on the city council. He has also worked to ban campers from local streets, including Cabrillo Boulevard.

In the area of planning, he has worked for lower density, lower building heights, and more parking spaces.

He works assiduously against expensive and counterproductive “traffic calming” devices, including bulb-outs and other traffic impediments.

This November, the choice for mayor is clear: Frank Hotchkiss.

Lanny Ebenstein Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: It’s a little early for this, but there is an old saw about early birds that may be apropos... – J.B.)

Danger Lurks in ADU

In a recent Editor’s note, you asked MJ readers for reasons for opposing January’s state mandated approval of Accessory Dwellings Units (ADU), whereby a second accessory dwelling unit can now be approved on residential property. It could be, as owners, they’re unwilling to 1) sign away their lawful property rights; 2) restrict their rights to sell to any qualified buyer; and 3) don’t want to gift Montecito their home.

Obviously, some know to stay off our local and state government’s radar to watch others jump before they leap.

We need to hear from Montecito’s hundreds of licensed lawyers and brokers on this one: Montecito’s latest and greatest stipulated ADU requirement. Beware, applying for an ADU instantly makes Montecito part of your present and future, unless and until, Montecito’s ADU unique 4 – 11 May 2017

requirement is determined unlawful, and overturned, which is doubtful in Santa Barbara County or California with our single-party rule, and its arbitrary decisions to not enforce specific, undesired rules or laws.

Ask yourself, is one of your primary needs of ownership to be allowed to sell your property or asset to any qualified buyer, rather than agree to have a sale restriction, or even worse, your property confiscated? If your answer is yes, then there’s good reason to keep your existing unauthorized rentals off radar.

“Notice to Property Owner” Recorded on Your Deed A property owner obtaining a Montecito ADU must enter into a legal agreement, “Notice to Property Owner”, acknowledging the ADU on their property is in violation of the Montecito Land Use & Development Code*. (I’ve lived here 37 years & I’ve no idea of this document or its legality. My experience is that Montecito doesn’t claim or care about my side of town except to collect or extort fees or now potentially confiscate property; its treatment, rejection of the ugly step-child results in my area’s no sense of belonging until smacked.)

To get an ADU approved, Montecito presently requires property owners sign and notarize the following language that appears to exceed CA ADU law: “In the event that the property is sold, the new owner shall reside on the property and agrees to maintain the property as owner’s principal residence, or the use of the ADU shall be discontinued and the ADU shall be removed or converted to a legal use.”

So, if I sell to a foreigner or SoCal resident, or if I die, the demolition crew comes in? Or my ADU will be converted to what other legal use?

Where in CA ADU law does it state that you or I can only sell to a person who can and will stipulate the home will be his/her principal residence? In my neighborhood, it could be impossible to ever sell a property with an ADU. No buyer-owner in recent years near me claims their Montecito property as a principal residence. Recent sales are to non-residents from France, SoCal, Morocco, Beijing, Nevada, Texas, and wherever. Buyers are owners who buy citizenship, need to avoid high CA tax, choose to invest here for peace and calm, for desal water access, to create a rental, or to escape being seen.

Ask yourself: After becoming aware of what the property owner must forfeit for an ADU, is it worth it when owners can remain under the radar with illegal rentals? Is there such a thing as “illegal” housing when California has a housing shortage for our 40 million booming to 60 million?

Why voluntarily put yourself in vio-

The CBS-TV hit show The Jeffersons ran from 1975 to 1985, 11 seasons in all; that’s Bob Lally in front, on the right

lation of the Montecito Land Use & Development Code, whatever it says for an ADU? Why enter into a Deed Restriction that allows Montecito via SB County government to potentially confiscate your asset, and/or restrict the sale of your property to buyers who shall stipulate, agree to be primary owner residents? Local legal pros need to advise us on whether these Montecito-required ADU stipulations are lawful.

Until then, err on the side of caution.

Denice S. Adams Montecito

Flashback Friday

I’ve never done a Flashback Friday picture before, but this seemed like a good one to start with. Recently, I had to dig up some old pictures from the past for an interview, and I came up with this one representing the happiest six and a half years of my working life. It’s a cast picture taken during my second season as director of a wonderful group of actors who brought joy to many people. Coincidentally, I’m wearing a SPEBSQSA lapel pin (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America) showing I was chapter president of the San Fernando Valley Chapter at the time.

I was truly blessed.

Bob Lally Montecito (Editor’s note: Thank you, Mr. Lally, for kicking off MJ’s newest “column”:

All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. – Abraham Lincoln

Flashback Friday, wherein we’ll publish a photo of various Montecito residents from as far back as they care or dare to go; next week, we’ll have Carlos and Leslie Lopez, circa 1980s, in front of their new restaurant: Carlitos. If you have something from the past you’d like to share, please send it to: jim@montecitojournal. net and give us a short description of what and who is in the photo. – J.B.)

Mister Miscellany

Richard Mineards and I have been friends for 40 years; he helped get me into People magazine’s “50 Top Bachelors” in 2001 and also got me a great gig commentating on Will & Kate’s wedding for KNBC here in L.A. Richard is an indefatigable social diary writer, one of the best of his kind in the world. It’s very hard work reporting on as many events as he does (I certainly couldn’t do it), and yet out comes his beautifully written column week after week.

I got him down to write up the British polo at Will Rogers Park run

by Ben Vestey (my late Old Etonian chum Mark Vestey’s son), and he and Priscilla (his photographer) did a superb job capturing an English duke, several of the British aristocracy, gorgeous girls, and Elon Musk all in one story.

Bravo, Richard. Continue your great work with panache, élan, brio, and dash!

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Spirituality Matters

by Steven Libowitz “Spirituality Matters” highlights two or three Santa Barbara area spiritual gatherings. Unusual themes and events with that something extra, especially newer ones looking for a boost in attendance, receive special attention. For consideration for inclusion in this column, email slibowitz@yahoo.com.

Radical Aliveness

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ontecito veteran yoga teacher/spiritual explorer Chloe Conger is back in town after an extended stay in Aspen, but only for a couple of months. Still, that’s long enough for her to lead a fourweek series of classes combining Yoga, Qigong, and Somatic Meditation at Yoga Soup, all with the goal of helping participants get out of their heads and cultivate deep presence, peace, and aliveness via coming home to the wordless wisdom and timeless mystery of the body’s intelligence.

Last fall, Conger taught an Embodiment and Mindfulness class based on the exercises in Philip Shephard’s Radical Wholeness book and workshop. The new series features “some of my favorites and most accessible of those exercises,” she explained. “We’ll be playing a lot with breath and mindfulness, which integrate really easily and seamlessly” with yoga and Qigong. “Each flows into the next. They’re very complementary,” Conger said. What they have in common is “an emphasis easeful-ness and effortlessness.

“So many of us are caught up in doing, which leaves us up in our head, analyzing, figuring it out. (But) the vast majority of our suffering is head-created. So taking refuge in the body feels really good. The movement of Yoga and Qigong flows us down and lands us. We’re not trying to get it right but are just doing it, finding a way to move with even less resistance.

Just letting it happen.”

The combination works to make the concepts more effective. “With slow, easy yoga and Qigong, we are just offering our body and presence and breath with intention. Then when we’re feeling enlivened, awake, and juicy, we’ll do some of the Radical Wholeness embodiment practices which even more directly help descend the energy from the head down into

Soup’s on: Chloe Conger leads yoga classes

the belly. Lowering our consciousness helps keep us in balance.”

The integrated practice has been profound for Conger herself, as the former anthropologist, actress, and recording artist has added Radical Wholeness exercises to her yoga and meditation practices. “It connects me to a part of myself I had abandoned, a wildness, a receptivity to surrender.

This is a practice of authentic self-expression, a glimpse of what it’s like to let life move through me.”

While the four-week course has a different focus for each class, including breath, rest, receptivity, and integration, each session will incorporate all of the modalities, so it’s fine to drop in for just one or more weeks.

Admission to the 3:30 to 5 pm classes on Sundays, May 7-28, is $20 (or a Yoga Soup class pass). Call 965-8811 or visit www.yogasoup.com, or Conger’s website at www.thejewelheart.com.

Lullabies for the Heart

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stay in Santa Barbara, is releasing a new album of music. The Legacy Lullaby CD honors the “healing and soothing” traditional (and often international) lullabies her parents to her as she was growing up, and which she reinterprets via her own gifts for her own friends, family, and fans. The new album will be celebrated during a Concert PJ Party from 7 to 9 pm this Saturday, May 6, at Noble Wellness Center, 922 Carpinteria (across the street from the Milpas Trader Joe’s).

McClure intends to take listeners on a “Lullaby Adventure”, visiting different countries and centuries to bring all into a connection with the magic and mystery of healing song via her heartfelt performances that often include sing-along sections. Admission is $20; free for children.

McClure, who now lives in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, returns in the summer to present her Vocal Sound Healing class that she has offered through SBCC Adult Ed for decades.

There’s an introductory evening on June 29 before the full Vocal Sound Healing Journey is offered on three biweekly Saturdays in July (July 1, 15, and 29). Visit McClure’s website (www.vocalsoundhealer.com/blog) for details and registration information about all of the events.

Competing Kirtans

The two call-and-response devotional singing events slated for Saturday night aren’t actually up against each other – since by nature kirtan is about acceptance and surrender to the Divine. But you will have to choose which one to attend as they both happen at the same time.

Girish’s appearance at Yoga Soup is an acoustic unplugged Kirtan where the former monk infused in spiritual practice will lead traditional Sanskrit mantras with a modern and funky yet deeply devotional twist. A former jazz artist who studied table with Jagadish in the Nada Yoga tradition (yoga of sound current), Bob Kindler (known as Babaji), legendary tabla master Swapan Chaudhuri at the Ali Akbar School of Music, Girish later toured with Krishna Das, Dave Stringer, Snatam Kaur, Shanti Shanti, and many others, and appeared on several of the most popular recordings in the “yoga music” genre. Girish’s own five-album catalog of original music remains popular in the field. Tonight’s event is a rare, fully unplugged acoustic offering. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door for the 7 to 8:30 pm affair.

Meanwhile, Santa Barbara Mantra Lounge Kirtan holds its monthly event at Unity, also at 7 pm on Saturday, when Sarvatma and friends lead the devotional evening of chanting meditative songs. As always, all are welcome regardless of belief or

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quality of voice. The $10 admission at the door includes vegan refreshments served after the singing. Details online at www.meetup.com/Santa-BarbaraMantra-Lounge-Kirtan/events/

Painting from the Soul

Lisa Buell’s final local workshop until autumn is a full-day immersion in the trademarked process that uses painting to reconnect participants to “Source” – be it soul, spirit, divine intelligence, nature, higher self, or whatever word works for you. With the idea that creativity is a birthright and that letting go of limiting definitions can unleash our life force to express itself in exactly the unique way it is meant to do so. Painting from the Soul employs simple materials, and weaves in movement and ritual while releasing expectations, allowing participants to connect to creative source. While the ritual is to put color on paper, letting it speak through the brush, the aim is to paint for process, not for product.

Buell invites participants to experience the workshop and then use the process on your own and with your friends. Preregistration is required for the 9:30 am to 5:30 am workshop at La Casa de Maria. The $75 fee includes all materials, snacks, and lunch prepared

by La Casa. Visit www.paintanddance. com/events.

Body Language

La Casa de Maria’s monthly Wednesday Retreat Day offering at its Center for Spiritual Renewal for May is “Word, Body, Spirit: Experiencing Language in the Body”, led by Marilyn McEntyre, Ph.D., who has written many books on language, spirituality, and healing, including Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, and Christie Johnson, who has incorporated sign language into dance and storytelling.

The workshop begins with the understanding that we carry words in our bodies, receive and impart them as actual energetic impulses, are wounded or fed by them, and also bring them forth on breath or as dance through signing. The seminar is a day of reflecting and writing about how we listen, register, and allow language to germinate and includes a session on signing, led by Johnson, and time for reflecting on how mind, heart, and hand work together in words.

The 9:30 am to 3:30 pm workshop on Wednesday, May 10, comes in the middle of McEntyre’s two writing programs held simultaneously at La Casa de Maria, located in the Montecito foothills at 800 El Bosque Rd, so preregistration is a must.

Donations are welcome but optional – as is lunch, available for $14 ordered in advance.

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also touches on issues of family as it relates to fertility, delving into Gale’s own difficulties with giving birth and other “messes of life,” examining “how we can go through losses and still celebrate life,” she said. “The egg was the perfect metaphor and representation of something that can be dented and cracked and flawed, and yet beautiful.”

The unflinchingly revealing yet humorous autobiographical work about her own journey has circled back to her desire to create community.

“It’s convinced me that telling nonfiction stories in a public forum is an important way to connect to each other,” she said. “It’s super-liberating to sit and hear a true story about what it’s like for another person to live their life. It connects us to our common humanity at a time when there is so much that divides us. My commitment as a human being is to do things that bring us together and help us relate to each other. And hopefully call forth love.”

Love, not coincidentally, is also the glue that holds One Good Egg together.

“It’s a love letter to my husband, to life, to eggs, and also to community.

It’s the resonant theme. How can we free ourselves to love a little more?”

(Elaine Gale performs One Good Egg, directed by Rod Lathim, at 7:30 pm Friday & Saturday, and 2 & 7:30 pm Sunday at Center Stage Theater. Tickets cost $25 general, $20 for students. Friday’s performance, a benefit for Direct Relief Women and Hospice of Santa Barbara, costs $100. More information at 963-0408 or www.onegoodeggshow.com.)

Country Cry-fest

Americana/country songwriting legend Rodney Crowell dug deep into his personal well for the autobiographical themes on Close Ties, the latest album from the Nashville-based elder statesman. The tracks harken back to his upbringing in Texas, his early days in Music City, and memories and moments with former loves and close friends, many of whom recently passed away.

Crowell talked about the new record and his process over the phone in advance of Sunday’s Sings Like Hell concert at the Lobero.

Q. Close Ties seems very much to be an album of reflection on mortality, with you having lost several friends in recent years.

Was that an intentional theme or did it naturally develop?

A. I don’t generally set out to do anything except write songs. I identify myself as an album maker. I write songs much the way a painter might do when they have a show. I’m always looking for a theme or thread that runs 4 – 11 May 2017

things together. I have to let the songs tell me what they want to be. It comes up from the subconscious mind.

It’s been a season of mortality. Five of my really close friends died while I was writing and recording the album.

That definitely put me into a frame of mind of thinking about myself and where I fit in this world, and how do I continue on when some people very close to me are gone.

Does composing and playing these songs ease the pain or clarify your emotions?

It can be cathartic. The process itself can be. Writing “Life without

Susanna” certainly was. The moment came when I decided to be that truthful about my emotions. From there, the song made itself… but if you’re just paying attention to your craft, the work, the cathartic moment could happen any time. I could be performing anywhere on a given night, and suddenly that moment happens when I connect with the song in front of an audience in a way I never have before.

I’ve had that experience of going “Oh, that’s what this song is about.”

Sometimes it’s a slow dawning, an understanding on deeper levels than I’ve intended.

I think it comes from my method. I

learned very early on to let the song tell me what it wants to be. I try to keep my intellect out of the process, not try to make it anything. I just have to be patient, turn over all the rocks, and look under them and see what’s there.

I understand it was really slow going with “I’m Tied to Ya”, the collaboration with Sheryl Crow.

Yeah, I first started that song in 1997 in Ireland on a cultural exchange outing, where I was writing with an Irish classical composer, Michael

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 20) Tessa Flanagan, Marty and John Daly (photo by Isaac Hernandez)

Lisa and Alan Parsons with Ed and Sally Stonefelt (photo by Isaac Hernandez)

Mark Findley, Jenny Strait, Cynder Sinclair, and Dennis Forster (photo by Isaac Hernandez) Le Bal Masqué co-chairs Amanda Twining, Kerri Boeddeker, Theresa Borgatello, Celene Borgatello, and Brenda Rosales (photo by Priscilla)

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Grenadines, and the presidential suite at a resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Among the tony throng at the socially gridlocked beano, which was dedicated in memory of the late Michael Towbes, were Catherine Remak, Bob Murphy, Patty Bryant, Joyce Dudley, Susan Keller, Terry Ryken, Alan and Lisa Parsons, Ellen Goodstein, Jelinda DeVorzon, Mireille and Natalie Noone, John and Hazell Blankenship, Janet Garufis, Ralph MacFarlane, Wendy McCaw, Robert and Robin Fell, George and Laurie Leis, Rich Block, David Edelman, Arthur von Wiesenberger, Robert and Christine Emmons, Peter and Gerd Jordano, Ed Stonefelt, Brian Hill, Fred Brander, Ken Rife, Marlene Bennett, Paul and Jane Orfalea, Mark and Alixe Mattingly, Mara Abboud, Bruce Heavin, and Lynda Weinman, and Steve Thompson.

Big Masqué on Campus Candelabra and chandeliers abounded when the 75-year-old Riviera school, Marymount, threw a Le Bal Masqué masquerade gala at Chateau des Fontaines, the charming Montecito estate of Travis and Amanda Twining and Alastair and Ann Winn, which attracted 240 guests, raising $350,000 for the 239-student, 10-acre campus.

The French fest was co-chaired by Matt and Kerri Boeddeker, Brian and Celene Borgatello, Derek Carlson, and Theresa Borgatello, and Paul and Brenda Rosales.

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Le Bal Masqué frame capturing Marymount Board of Trustees president Kirk Borchardt and his wife, CeCe, in their portrait on the Chateau des Fontaines estate (photo by Priscilla)

Auctioneer Joe Rexin from Lake Elsinore was in fine form selling lots including a seven-day stay in Costa Rice, a ski vacation in Mammoth, a weekend getaway in Monterey on a private jet, and a week’s stay in Oahu, Hawaii.

Guests enjoying their Phantom of the Opera moment included Kirk Borchardt, Andrew Wooden, Doug and Andrea McFarling, Alexandra Dunn, Burton and Iona Tripathi, Andrew and Ashley Kirk, Christopher and Elizabeth Palme, 4 – 11 May 2017

Marymount School supporters Mario and Judy Borgatello, David and Louise Borgatello, Jay Williams, and Amanda Thomas at the gala (photo by Priscilla)

Monesh and Namita Patel, Michael and Alexis Weaver, Rick and Adele Hubbard, Brian and Drea Dowdy, and Paul and Julie Gunderson.

A most illuminating soirée.

Power Lunch The Amazons were out in force when Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara hosted its 32nd annual scholarship lunch at Bella Vista, the sprawling Summerland estate of polo playing hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt.

The sold-out totally underwritten event, chaired by Melody Taft, attracted 250 guests and was expected to raise more than $200,000 toward the organization’s financial assistance program, which helps 400 youngsters participate in after-school and summer camp programs.

Gretchen W . McClain, former NASA chief director of the International Space Station, urged girls to “focus on the positive” and “let nothing get in the way” during the STEM: Science Technology Engineering Math-themed event held in a capacious tent erected on Pat’s personal polo field and catered by the Biltmore.

Geoff Green of the City College Foundation conducted the auction, which included a private Lotusland cocktail party that raised $3,000, and a Paso Robles wine getaway snapped up for $3,200.

Among the guests tucking into the chilled corn and cauliflower bisque and confit chicken, Napa cabbage, and cress salad, served on black felt table cloths covered in mathematical symbols, were Barbara Ben-Horin,

PAL supporters Richard and Marguerite Berti with officer Adrian Gutierrez and PAL Youth Leadership members Alan Salgado, Maryines Reynoso, and Francisco Arroyo (photo by Martin Alexander)

Stina Hans, Jelinda DeVorzon, Arlene Montesano, Ursula Nesbitt, Paige Beard, Anne Towbes, Chad and Ginni Dreier, Janet Garufis, Belle Hahn Cohen, Hollye Jacobs, Eileen Mielko, Val Montgomery, Bill and Lois Rosen, Kevin and Katie Frank, Jean Schuyler, and Gwen Stauffer.

Curtain Call Opera Santa Barbara celebrated the end of its latest successful season at the Granada with one of Italian master Giacomo Puccini’s lesser performed works, La Rondine, featuring one of the most famous arias in the world of opera, Chi il bel sogno di Doretta.

The lavish three-act Belle Epoque production, staged in Paris and Nice, featured soprano Karin Wolvetton and tenor Adam Diegel as the starcrossed lovers, while a secondary romance featured another soprano, Elizabeth Kelsay, as her maid and tenor James Callon as the poet Prunier, with the orchestra conducted by artistic director Kostis Protopapas.

The 1917 work, which premiered in Monte Carlo because of World War 1, is an absolute delight of period intrigue full of exuberance and effervescence.

PAL-ing Around The Pacific had some competition when a sea of blue descended on the Coral Casino for the 14th annual Santa Barbara Police Activities League (PAL) Putting Kids First! gala, which raised $100,000 supporting after school programming, leadership

Officer Adrian Gutierrez, honoree captain Ed Szeyller, chief Lori Luhnow, Kent Wojciechoski, PAL executive director Michelle Meyering, officer Craig Burleigh, officer Christina Ortega, and officer Beth Lazarus (photo by Martin Alexander)

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source of the City’s choosing. It can supply desalinated water, or it can substitute lower-cost water from wherever: its own groundwater basin, Gibraltar Reservoir, Lake Cachuma, or State Water. Even recycled wastewater could be sent to MWD once direct potable use is approved by the State.

Another Fixed-Cost Obligation

MWD already has one long-term, fixed-cost water commitment called the State Water Project, wherein MWD pays fixed costs of $5.6 million each year, to fund its share of the State Water Project facilities and its offshoot, the Coastal Branch Aqueduct ending at the Cachuma reservoir. Should MWD commit to another fixed-cost water supply agreement that adds an additional $4.4 million annually?

Water Charges to MWD by the City

The proposed City Water Supply Agreement with MWD divides the City’s price into five components at the 3,125 AFY desal production level: 1) Capital Charge. MWD has an obligation to pay a 40% share of the $70+ million in capital costs incurred by the City, or $1.7 million each year, or $1,360 per AFY as a capital charge. That obligation would increase if the City incurs greater debt service costs, such as a State requirement to install a subsurface intake to replace its current open-ocean intake, or any other modification. The capital cost to MWD could go down if the desal plant is expanded beyond its initial 3,125 AFY at the City’s discretion, reducing MWD’s 40% share of capital costs.

2) Operating and Maintenance Charge. Costs for variable expenses such as staffing, chemicals, energy, and other variable operating costs account for an estimated $831 per AFY, or $1 million a year, or $20.8 million over the 20-year term. These costs can also rise.

3) Standby Charge. An estimated $495 per AFY, or $0.6 million per year, or $12.4 million in fixed charges over the 20-year term is levied for non-volume-related operating and maintenance costs.

4) Development Fee. An annual fixed fee estimated at $190 per AFY, or $237,500 per year, or $4.75 million over the 20-year life of the contract, is intended to compensate the City for the original intake and outfall system, supporting plant facilities and risks of ownership. As MWD director Tobe Plough points

out, many of these costs were paid for by MWD when the plant was originally constructed.

5) Conveyance Fee. A conveyance fee would cover a still-to-be-negotiated share of the City’s cost to carry desalinated water from the desal plant to the Cater treatment plant. Before discussion of the conveyance system can even begin, MWD is obligated to remit a second non-refundable fee to the City of $252,976 for city and consultant engineering and design costs. MWD conveyance costs are estimated at $642 per AFY, or $802,500 per year, or $16.1 million for the 20-year life of the agreement.

Other Terms of the Deal

Extension of the Agreement. MWD has requested the right to extend the term of the agreement past 20 years after capital costs have been fully paid. MWD’s concern is that once capital costs are paid off, and MWD has funded 40% of the total costs, the City at its discretion, could shut down the desal facility and terminate the agreement with MWD. The City has offered three 10-year extensions, at either party’s election, provided the desal plant remains in full operation after 20 years and provided that terms are mutually satisfactory. The City cannot commit to any contract beyond 50 years without voter approval.

Favored Nations Clause. The City retains the right to sign additional Water Supply Agreements, recycled water agreements, or any other pacts with Goleta, Carpinteria, La Cumbre Water District, or whatever else it chooses, at the same or more favorable terms than those provided in the MWD agreement. There is no “favored nations clause,” giving MWD the right to lower its cost if another district receives a better deal.

Option for More Water. MWD would like an option to receive an additional 1,250 AFY if needed. The City has offered MWD a first right of refusal to take up to an additional 1,000 AFY, if city capacity is available, for an additional annual payment of $37,500 per year, adjusted by the CPI. The City stipulated that MWD cannot re-sell City supplied water to any Cachuma project member or entity on the South Coast without written City approval.

Force Majeure Clause. The City is temporarily freed of its liabilities and obligations to provide water to MWD in the event of events beyond its control, such as earthquake, flash floods, tsunami, worker strikes, labor disputes, electrical failure, riots or other unforeseen contingencies. Force Majeure could also include any changes in law, such as requiring the City to replace its current open intake system with a more expensive sub-surface intake designed to protect fish larvae.

Winter of 2017 – A Historic Turnaround

In February 2017, a remarkable 12 inches of rain fell on Montecito and Jameson Lake, according to MWD gauges. Half of that miraculous rainfall came in a two-day mega-storm on February 17 and 18. That precipitation followed a wet January, which dropped another eight inches of rain. A damp December 2016 added another three inches for a total of 23 inches of rain in three months in an area that in good times receives some 19 inches a year. Record rain and snowfall in Northern California of 89.7 inches have provided brimming reservoirs with more fear of flooding than drought.

On April 7, California governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order officially ending the five-year California drought. Despite the loss of nearly 7,000 AF of MWD’s water stored in the San Luis Reservoir in February 2017, or two years of water use, MWD is projecting sufficient supplies with moderately increased water sales through 2019, giving MWD some leeway to develop possible alternatives.

MWD Board Reaction to City Proposal

On March 21, David Moore of Clean Energy Capital, MWD’s desal consultant and chief negotiator, delivered a detailed assessment of the City Water Supply Agreement to the MWD Board and public attendees. MWD director Sam Frye summed up the reaction of many on the MWD Board and in the audience: “The City holds all the cards. They own the plant. There is not another water district in the world that would take this deal today.”

Both MWD and the City view desalinated water as a reliable, drought-free source of potable water. There are only two problems with the City of Santa Barbara desal Water Supply Agreement: 1) At a 3,500 AFY production capacity, all for City use, there is no desal water dedicated to MWD; and 2) the price of desal water at $3,518 per AF is not competitive for Montecito residents, nor for City ratepayers looking at current costs in the neighborhood of $3,000 per AF. Other options must be developed and explored.

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Next week: What are MWD’s options, absent a desal deal with the City, knowing that another drought is not a question of if, but when?

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Robin Retires from Read ’n Post

T

he ever-genuine smiling face of Robin Machado, 15-year pillar of our town’s quaint Read ‘n Post shop in the Vons shopping center, will be missed as she journeys into retirement with her hubby, Aaron, of four years. Her retirement soirée was held on April 26 at the shop and store courtyard, with countless fans more interested in catching one more ray of light from Robin than the cakes and flowers eloquently presented on the reception table.

Although she officially retired at the New Year, her send off was delayed till now, a welcome chance to spend some time with her and catch up. From helping shoppers select the appropriate gift cards and novelties to mailing their preciously items internationally at Christmas, she was also a great team player with store owner and manager Jan Hendrickson and co-workers including southern-accented John Devereaux and the knowledgeable mailing expert Wendy Hawksworth.

Taking a moment for a hug and quote for the MJ, Robin said, “Aaron and I have some travel through the United States planned, and some projects like the genealogy show... I’ve got plans!!” Aaron added, “We are going to spend more time together, enjoy it and take that honeymoon!”

Jan said, “We certainly miss Robin, she’s a real jewel and set a friendly tone in the store, she is such a people person.”

If Robin gets bored with retirement, would Jan take her back? “In a heartbeat!”

Best of life wishes to Robin and Aaron from your fans in Montecito.

First District Arts Council Meeting

Sarah York Rubin, executive director of the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, has initiated “Arts Coffee” town hall meetings for each district served by the commission.

On April 28, First District was first, and speakers were the commission’s Visual Arts coordinator and curator of Collections Maiza Hixon for Ms Rubin, 1st District supervisor Das Williams, and 1st District Arts commissioners Mike Allen, Elyse Gonzales, and Mary Harris, and Carpinteria Arts Center [CAC] executive director Rebecca Stebbins.

The meeting was held at the newly opened and still under-construction Carpinteria Arts Center [CAC] on Linden Avenue, located in the historic 4 – 11 May 2017

All smiles and hugs at her Read ‘n Post retirement party is Robin Machado with husband Aaron

Cajun Kitchen restaurant, a coup for the arts center. Board member David Powdrell [Carpinteria Citizen of the Year 2014] said they raised $2.18 million toward the $3.1-million campaign to purchase and renovate the former Cajun Kitchen building next door to the original gallery and courtyard.

He said, “People donated whatever they had from $5 to $5,000, and that’s important to us because we want everyone to say that’s my building!”

Currently a make-due office and meeting place for the staff and volunteers, the restaurant will be gutted to make space for an office, event room, restrooms, and catering. The façade of the building will change for more windows and a modern look. The courtyard will have a kiln for ceramics. In the courtyard were sculptural works, and a funds painted flagpole with a figure of an artist pointing to the amount raised thus far. Toward the back of the courtyard is the established arts gallery and kids learning center for students 5 to 18 years old.

The event began casually with attendees from our town to Ventura and Goleta exploring the grounds, gallery, and center. As the meeting was called to order, everyone sat around rectangular tables covered with white drawing paper in lieu of table cloths, and centerpieces were buckets of crayons and colored pencils inviting one to draw, doodle, or write as the speakers presented their thoughts on the arts,

funding, and our community.

Attendees included Emily Crum, Kristina Calkins, Tom Pazderka, Lety Garcia, 2nd District Arts commissioner Dante Sigismondi, Stephanie Timer, CEO of the SB Museum of Natural History Luke Svetland, Montecito Union School art teacher Rima Muna and board members Norm Arnold, Gary Campopiano and wife Geri, Amanda McIntyre, Charles Lobue, Susan Misemer, Lynda Fairly, Teda Pilcher, and Marty Selfridge, and many local artists.

Rebecca welcomed attendees; spoke of the events and activities the center, from all mediums of painting and drawing to poetry and live music. Ms Hixon talked briefly about the importance of the arts and artists to a community; Allen added the importance of the promotion of the arts. Das’s remarks of course were most anticipated due the current $39-million budget deficit and knowing programs will be cut. He shared that, though he loves the arts, “I need to address the human needs of the community, with rental prices doubling and salaries not, with needs for food and health care; the focus I have now is the sustainability of funding the arts.

The Board of Supervisors [BOS] will not be funding outside agencies this year. I propose we can do cuts or we can raise revenues, such as taxing the purchase of marijuana. We can’t fight over scraps anymore.”

Although this dim outlook didn’t bode well at the meeting, it is a core current reality. Guests brought up issues of artists being forced out of town due to lack of cost-effective housing and studios, and there is the known knock-down lack of support from the BOS in new projects, such as the one by developer Neil Dipaola for the Funk Zone. The meeting ended on a less than positive note.

At the 1st District SBC Arts Commission Town Hall are [from left] Elyse Gonzales, Rebecca Stebbins, Maiza Hixon, and Emily Crum

Bottom line: sustaining arts funding needs to start with sustaining our artists, musicians, poets, and writers first.

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t’s probably the easiest and most accessible exercise a person can do, which probably explains why so many of us opt to add walking to our routines when trying to tone up. For a great low-impact activity, all you need is two feet and a good pair of shoes.

Neighborhood ambler Sara Munro, for example, observes that, “Walking residentially is a no-brainer. I don’t have to plan it, you know?” The soft-spoken Santa Barbara resident confides that she is working through some loss in her family: “[Walking is] therapeutic too,” she adds. “You just open your door and go. These days, so few people know who their neighbors are, and it’s nice to stop and chat.”

It is nice “to stop and chat,” and as for those rare days when the weather factors in, grab an umbrella, since fresh air does as much for your well-being as walking itself.

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pace. Biomechanically known as the inverted pendulum – where the body is the mass, and the legs the pivot point—the bulk of your weight is above the pivot point; an alternating dynamic between stance leg and swing leg.

Each step’s heel-strike generates energetic effects to comprise a regular gait that’s reflexively stable.

Most of us perform this aerobic activity at three miles per hour, in stride lengths varying from two to two and half feet, heel to heel. At least one of those heels will be on the ground at any given time, whereas with running, there is a brief period during each stride where neither foot touches the ground.

Which brings us to our next activity requiring little more than feet and shoes.

Running

This does involve a certain type of mindset as most runners can attest – endurance too – but luckily, the stamina needed for running builds as you

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go. Sure, you use the same muscles running as you do walking, but the quadriceps complex, hamstring muscles, hip flexors, and gluteus medius work harder in this aerobic endeavor than its more leisurely counterpart.

This translates to quicker results for you. And while walking acts like an inverted pendulum swinging along, the running gait is a return-energy system, more like a spring reliant on the Achilles tendon and tendons at the knee and thigh muscle to recycle impact energy.

Another key difference between walking and running is how the foot makes contact with the ground.

Walking involves the heel hitting the ground first, whereas a properly executed running stride involves midfoot contact, with greater forefoot strike as speed increases. In other words, sprinting: an explosive action that changes the game, and sometimes, quite literally. Sprinting for short bursts during a distance run is a type of interval training that kicks your heart rate into the fat-burning zone – and bonus, the accelerated lope brings more of the gluteus maximus into play.

And like play, running is fun.

Doing Stadium

Ehh, this is a little less “fun,” but a great way to take it to the next level.

Over and over again. An inferno of a calorie burner, you can burn more than 800 calories per hour running stairs, and it’s a natural addition to a running regimen, especially if you’re already clocking laps at La Playa Stadium. Or finishing your eighth set up and down as real estate broker James Enyart was when I ran (so to speak) into him: “I run steps because it’s good cardio, and requires bursts of energy,” he says, “instead of your more endurance-oriented sports like jogging. The stadium is a great place to watch the waves too.”

Truer words were never spoken.

Offering spectacular views of Leadbetter beach and the harbor, for those of you under six feet, it’s probably better to run steps rather than bleachers, to avoid knee injury.

Running steps works the same muscles as running does, but in a staggered fashion. Going upward, the calf and hamstring muscles do most of the

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exertion, with the calf muscles effecting the push off, and the hamstring complex helping the knee bend. The knee bend naturally requires some gluteus effort, even as the knee lift requires ab work. Remember, going downward impacts your joints more than the trip topside, so it’s smart to walk or jog to the bottom instead of running. This tones your quadriceps and calls on the hip flexors, to boot.

I caught up with semi-pro athlete Katie Spieler on the descent: “I use it for cross training because I play beach volleyball, and I’m pursuing playing it professionally,” she tells me.

“Running steps,” she adds, “helps me with my jumping, body mechanics, and conditioning.” She says she usually skips two steps at a time to get her “jump explosive” but she mixes it up.

“Sometimes I do a single step, sometimes double leg jumps,” she explains.

“It’s definitely challenging. I don’t look forward to it, but when I’m done, I ‘m glad for the increased stamina.”

Katie is a Santa Barbara native and co-founder of East Beach Volleyball Academy; she tells me she’d grown up running stadium and that she’s now training to play on the AVP tour, which is the domestic, professional tour. She expects to play in her first pro event Friday, May 5, in Huntington Beach.

Professional and amateur alike, both James and Katie agreed the conditioning was well worth the challenge running stadium involves.

Getting off Track

Yes, running and doing stadiums bolster your output, but ask a lot more of you, but unless you’re training for a specific activity that requires explosive movements known as plyometrics, they aren’t altogether necessary.

My personal favorite form-to-foot is hiking mountain trails. There are an abundance of beautiful trails just minutes away from your front porch, no matter where you live in our fair hamlet.

From Ellwood to Montecito, front country to back, the benefits of trail hiking are obvious. You add scenery and greenery to your exertions, and Mother Nature is an awfully hard companion to turn down. Her beautiful backdrops restore the soul. “It’s cheaper than therapy,” Jeffery Light says of San Antonio Creek trail, laughing as he explains that he is a “recovering lawyer.”

“It’s great we have these parks that are so accessible,” he notes. “I do a lot of serious walking and hiking, but it’s the first time I’ve hiked to the top of the trail.” His companion, Michael Tedesco, adds: “It’s fun to explore.”

So, go ahead, Santa Barbara: lace up and light out. Choose a path that suits your sensibilities and goals, and you’ll be toner in just a few hours a week. •MJ 4 – 11 May 2017

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Reynolds, Annie Williams, and Diana MacFarlane.

A tableside fashion show featuring Angels Foster Care mothers, with clothes from Diani, J. McLaughlin, and Whiskey x Leather, also added color to the bash.

Peter Hilf, Youth Leadership Council members Maryines Reynoso and Alexis Mendez, police explorer post Gloria Catalan, and SBPAL founder Kent “Wojo” Wojciechoski (photo by Martin Alexander)

training and summer camps for more than 1,000 local youth annually.

The 200-guest bash, which honored Ed Szeyller, the first executive director of PAL in 1999, featured an auction conducted by founding officer Kent Wojciechoski and board president Mark Magid, for prizes including a trip on Dana Newquist’s antique fire truck and a children’s party for 15, a day in the life of a sniper, a crime scene dinner for 10, a diamond and silver pendant from local jeweler Tuan Truong, and a sculpted glass dish from Ginni Dreier.

Among the tony throng were police chief Lori Luhnow, executive director Michelle Hillman Meyering, Bryan Kerr, Aaron and Kandy Budgor, Chad, Doug and Hanna Dreier, Peter and Alexis Hilf, Peter and Gerd Jordano, Susan Bennett, Janet Garufis, Riley and Dacia Harwood, Barry and Norris Goss, and Craig and Laura Case.

All Smiles Although it sounded like a dental convention, the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall was a most pleasant experience when Roomful of Teeth, an eight-year-old Grammy Awardwinning octet from Massachusetts sang a wide variety of a cappella works.

The concert, the last in UCSB Arts & Lectures Up Close & Musical series, co-sponsored by Robert Weinman, featured works by Caroline Shaw, Eric Dudley, Brad Wells, Caleb Burhans, Toby Twining, William Brittelle, and Rinde Eckert.

Fangs for the memory.

Pennies from Heaven A mélange of magnificent millinery swept over the impeccably manicured lawn of the Biltmore when Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara held its sixth annual Al Fresco Afternoon on the Riviera.

The 11-year-old charity, which has 4 – 11 May 2017

around 500,000 people.

The group has also held weekly clinics in Santa Barbara for low-income individuals since the 80s.

A true humanitarian, with great vision, who left an indelible mark.

Sightings: Political pundit Dennis A Real Eye-opener Miller at Starbucks...Tanya Thicke, On a personal note, I mark the pass- wife of the late actor Alan Thicke, ing of Harry Brown, founder of SEE noshing at the Fish House...Rocker International, a charity that provided Kenny Loggins checking out Ca’Dario free eye surgeries around the globe, at 86.

Pip! Pip! An international traveler, including South Africa, India, and Afghanistan, Readers with tips, sightings and he moved to our Eden by the Beach in amusing items for Richard’s col1971 and founded SEE – Surgical Eye umn should email him at richardmin Expeditions – in 1974. eards@verizon.net or send invitations The nonprofit has since provided or other correspondence to the Journal. vision care to more than 3.8 million To reach Priscilla, email her at pris MontJournal_April26th'17:Layout 1 4/21/17 10:07 AM Page 1 people, including surgeries for glaucilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call coma and cataracts, restoring sight to 969-3301 •MJ

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The Volunteer of the Year award went to Nick Salvesen, who has led successful fundraising campaigns, while the MVP award went to Holly Murphy, owner of the La Arcada gift boutique, Coast 2 Coast, the “visionary” behind the popular event.

Guests supporting the lunch, which also helped raise $10,000 – two $5,000 gifts – toward a matching grant for a hybrid vehicle for social workers, included founder Meichelle Arntz, Karen Earp, Ivana Firestone, Janet Garufis, George Leis, Belle Hahn Cohen, Mindy Denson, Gina Tolleson, Monica Babich, Mary Mother’s love is peace. – Erich Fromm

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It never ceases to amaze me that the Santa Barbara Woman’s Club at Rockwood has been around since there were hitching posts for the horses — 125 years ago. This was their 87th annual luncheon with a fashion show featuring Chico’s latest spring styles. Fredrik Rosvall was there to musically accompany the models as they strutted the stage and Chico’s manager Sarah

Butcher commentated. Models were Claudia Alphin, LA Anderson, Paula Cathey, Dana Hansen, Judy Shough, and Jonna Wagner.

The Woman’s Club was founded before Google for the purpose of advancing the cultural development of its members. They met in various homes and built their clubhouse at 1419 Anacapa Street.

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Mrs. Schott was president of the club, and she put $1,000 down until she could speak with her board.

There was a big opening affair in May 1928. In 1954, they enlarged the building using the same architect (Plunkett) who also designed the Arlington Theatre. Mrs. Sam Stanwood gave the club the adjoining property for a parking lot.

Some of a long list of luminaries who gave programs are: Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ray Bradbury, Vincent Price and Jon Lindberg. Their signatures are in the guest book.

Today’s event chairs were Ursula Fetzer and Nita Steininger.

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As Ellen Goodman said in one of her columns: “There is a trick to making the graceful exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over… and to let go. A need to know that we are moving on, rather than out.” It will be exciting for Susannah to see what the future holds, but she’ll be missed. Someone has big boots to fill.

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Notice of Public Hearing 2015 Urban Water Management Plan Update and Water Use Targets (SBX7-7) Montecito Water District is currently preparing an update to its Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) in compliance with the California Urban Water Management Planning Act. The District will hold a Public Hearing before the Board of Directors to receive and consider input regarding the proposed revisions and updates to the UWMP. The Public Hearing will be held On Tuesday, May 16 at 2pm at Montecito Fire Protection District, 595 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 The proposed updates to the UWMP is available for public review prior to the Public Hearing at the District Office, 583 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108, and on the District’s web site, www.montecitowater.com, as of April 20, 2017.

Comments can be provided up until the date of the Public Hearing to: Adam Kanold, Engineering Manager, akanold@montecitowater.com Montecito Water District 583 San Ysidro Road Santa Barbara, CA 93108 Phone: 805.969.2271 Fax: 805. 805.969.7261 Published: April 26 and May 3, 2017 Montecito Journal

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA WILDLAND FIRE SUPPRESSION ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara will conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, during the afternoon session of the meeting which begins at 2:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. The hearing is to consider renewal of the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District and the levying and collection of assessments to fund the cost of wildland fire suppression services within the District for Fiscal Year 2017-18.

On May 2, 2017, the City Council adopted a Resolution of Intention, declaring its intention to hold this hearing (hereinafter referred to as the “Assessment Hearing”) and to consider renewal of the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District.

All interested or affected property owners will be afforded the opportunity to be heard by the City Council at the Assessment Hearing. Written comments are also welcome up to the time of the hearing, and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102‑1990.

The total cost of the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District is estimated to be $262,563 for Fiscal Year 2017-18.

This cost results in a proposed assessment rate of $79.34 per single-family equivalent benefit unit in the Foothill Zone and $98.38 in the Extreme Foothill Zone for Fiscal Year 2017-18. Parcels located within the assessment area are assessed based upon their receipt of special benefits from the services over and above general benefits conferred on real property or to the public at large. The Assessments include a provision for an annual increase equal to the change in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County Area Consumer Price Index (CPI), not to exceed 4% (four percent) per year without a further vote or balloting process.

The total allowable CPI adjustment for 2017-18 is 1.96%, and the rates have been adjusted accordingly.

An Engineer's Report for the Wildland Fire Suppression Assessment District has been prepared and was preliminarily approved by the City Council on May 2, 2017.

The Council will consider final approval of the report during the Assessment Hearing. The report is available for review in the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, De la Guerra Plaza, and at the City of Santa Barbara Fire Department located at 925 Chapala Street.

On Thursday, May 12, 2017, an Agenda with all items to be heard on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, will be available at 735 Anacapa Street and at the Central Library. Agendas and Staff Reports are also accessible online at www.santabarbaraca.gov/CAP. Regular meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturdays at 9:00 a.m. on City TV Channel 18. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.santabarbaraca.gov/CouncilVideos In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator's Office at 564-5309 or inquire at the City Clerk's Office on the day of the meeting.

If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3781A

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3689 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3689 for the LOT 5 LANDSCAPE/ HARDSCAPE/ ACCESSIBILITY AND VICTORIA STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 P.M., Thursday, May 18, 2017 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, “LOT 5 LANDSCAPE/ HARDSCAPE/ ACCESSIBILITY AND VICTORIA STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, Bid No. 3689".

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3781A for the Montecito Street Bridge Replacement and Pedestrian Improvements Project will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 P.M., Thursday, May 25, 2017 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, “Montecito Street Bridge Replacement and Pedestrian Improvements Project, Bid No. 3781A.”

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to install and deliver a fully functional kiosk and site improvements project. This work includes and is not limited to mobilization, bonds, insurance, traffic control, concrete construction, kiosk installation, conduit installation, roadway construction, irrigation systems installation, plant installation and establishment. The Engineer’s estimate is $260,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

The work generally consists of the removal and replacement of the Montecito (Yanonali) Street Bridge over Sycamore Creek with sidewalks on Montecito Street, and sidewalks and retaining walls on Salinas Street. The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant, and equipment necessary to complete and deliver the finished bridge replacement / pedestrian improvements project per plans and specs. The Engineer’s estimate is $3,300,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

There will be an optional Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at 1220 Chapala Street.

The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard.

Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Laura Yanez, Project Engineer, 805-897-2615.

The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Andrew Grubb P.E., Project Engineer; (805) 564-5404.

In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard.

Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard.

In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard.

Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.

In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts.

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.

Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal.

A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

Please note Contractor shall coordinate with Sentry for the appropriate delivery date for the kiosk. Contractor shall complete all foundation work prior to delivery of the kiosk. Storage of the kiosk will not be permitted on site. All costs for coordination for delivery and installation of the kiosk shall be included in the scope of this project.

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.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED May 3 and May 10, 2017 Montecito Journal

• The Voice of the Village •

______________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED: MAY 3 & 10, 2017 Montecito Journal

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 5526

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received and posted electronically on PlanetBids for: BID NO. 5536 DUE DATE & TIME: May 31, 2017 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Bay Oxide Iron Media Removal & Disposal at Ortega Ground Water Treatment Plant Scope of Work to remove approximately 2000 cubit feet of Iron media and approximately 440 cubic feet of support gravel used in (2) pressure vessels, and one wash water tank.

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on May 15, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., at the Ortega Groundwater Treatment Plant located at 232 Ortega St, Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions.

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 5526 for the Highway 192 Overlay Project will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 24, 2017 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, “Highway 192 Overlay Project, Bid No. 5526".

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: lowering and raising utility covers as needed to accommodate a Caltrans overlay project per plans and specs. The estimated cost ranges from $100,000 to $200,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

There will be an optional Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 9th, 2017 at 10:30 AM at David Gebhard Meeting Room, 630 Garden Street, 93101.

http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/business/bids/purchasing.asp.

The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Tom Evans, Project Manager, 805-560-7544.

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 electronically via PlanetBids.

In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard.

The City of Santa Barbara is now conducting bid and proposal solicitations online through the PlanetBids System™. Vendors can register for the commodities that they are interested in bidding on using NIGP commodity codes at The initial bidders’ list for all solicitations will be developed from registered vendors.

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 Department of Industrial Relations (DIR). 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. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California General “A” Engineering Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

Bidders are hereby notified that 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 with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that a separate Performance 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 with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

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

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Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.

In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal.

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.

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.

A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

PUBLIC NOTICE City of Santa Barbara Proposed Two-Year Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019, Including Recommended Operating and Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Barbara has scheduled Public Hearings to consider the Proposed Two-Year Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019, including the Recommended Operating and Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2018. The Council will review departmental budgets, as well as proposed adjustments to fees and charges. All hearings will be held in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara.

The dates and times are as follows: Wednesday, May 10, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

Monday, May 15, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

Monday, May 22, 2017, 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, May 24, 2017, 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday, June 7, 2017, 9:00 a.m.

Monday, June 12, 2017, 6:00 p.m. (Revised Time) Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 2:00 p.m. (tentative; only if needed) Members of the public are invited to attend, and interested persons desiring to be heard shall be given an opportunity to address the City Council during the public hearings at the above-referenced dates and times. Written comments are welcome and should be addressed to the City Council via the City Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1990, Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990. All hearings will be held in conjunction with special meetings of the City Council dedicated to the public review of the budget.

A schedule of public hearing meeting topics, which is subject to change on short notice, will be available beginning on April 26, 2017, on the City’s website at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

The City Council is scheduled to adopt the Two-Year Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019, including the Recommended Operating and Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2018, on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, during the 2:00 p.m. regular City Council session.

Copies of the Recommended Budget will be available for public review on April 26, 2017, at the reference desks of the Central and Eastside Libraries, in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, and on the City’s website at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov. Copies on CD-ROM can be obtained from the Finance Department located in City Hall.

For more information, contact the Finance Department at 564-5334.

Copies of fee resolutions with proposed changes will be available for public review on April 26, 2017, in the Finance Department at City Hall and on the City’s website with the following navigation: click on the “HOW DO I” tab at the top, then click on “FIND” and Budget Information; finally, click on Proposed Two-Year Financial Plan for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019.

Agendas and Staff Reports for City Council meetings are available 72 hours prior to the meeting in the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall and at the Central Library. These documents are also accessible online at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CAP. Meetings of the Council are broadcast live and rebroadcast on City TV Channel 18 (broadcast schedule is available at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CityTV. These meetings can also be viewed over the Internet at www.SantaBarbaraCA.gov/CouncillVideos.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to gain access to, comment at, or participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator's Office at 564-5305 or inquire at the City Clerk's Office on the day of the meeting. If possible, notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements in most cases.

(SEAL)

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

/s/ Deborah Applegate Deputy City Clerk

William Hornung, C.P.M.

Published: May 3, 2017 Montecito Journal

PUBLISHED: April 26 and May 3, 2017 Montecito Journal

A mother understands what a child does not say. – Jewish proverb

Published May 3, 2017 Montecito Journal

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ORDINANCE NO. 5786

MONTECITO PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF HEARING:

MAY 17, 2017

PLACE:

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ENGINEERING BUILDING 123 EAST ANAPAMU STREET SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA REAUTHORIZING A FEE FOR PUBLIC, EDUCATIONAL, AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS PURPOSES (PEG FEE) ON STATE VIDEO FRANCHISE HOLDERS WITHIN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

The Montecito Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Montecito Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Montecito Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters, with nine copies, and computer materials, e.g. PowerPoint presentations, should be filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Friday before the Montecito Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Montecito Planning Commission.

Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at Planning and Development, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101 a week prior to the public hearing. They may also be found on the Planning and Development Department’s website, located at www.sbcountyplanning.org.

If you challenge the projects 16MOD-00000-00005, 16APL-00000-00023, 16ORD-00000-00015, or 16ORD-00000-00016 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Montecito Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on April 18, 2017.

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.

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* This is a partial listing of the items to be heard at the Planning Commission Hearing of May 17, 2017. Previously noticed Case Nos. 16ORD00000-00015 and 16ORD-00000-00016 (Accessory Dwelling Units Ordinance Amendments) were continued to this hearing from the hearings of March 22, 2017 and April 12, 2017. See previous notice for full descriptions of these items. If you have any questions, call Planning and Development at (805) 568-2000.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements.

16MOD-00000-00005 Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15305(a)

Stark Pool Cabana

1775 San Leandro Lane Anne Almy, Supervising Planner (805) 568-2053 Sean Stewart, Planner (805) 568-2517

Hearing on the request of Jennifer Siemens of Siemens Planning, agent for the property owner, Julie Anne Stark, to consider Case No. 16MOD00000-00005 [application filed on November 18, 2016] for a Modification to allow a reduced front yard setback of 16’-6” from the right-of-way for the construction of a pool cabana in compliance with Section 35-179 of the Article II Coastal Zoning Ordinance on property zoned 1-E-1; and to accept the CEQA Exemption pursuant to Section 15305(a) [Minor Alterations in Land Use Limitations] of the State Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act. The application involves Assessor Parcel No. 007-340-003, located at 1775 San Leandro Lane, in the Montecito area, First Supervisorial District.

16APL-00000-00023 Exempt, CEQA Guidelines Section 15303

Zissler Appeal of the Saville New Residence 565 Picacho Lane Anne Almy, Supervising Planner (805) 568-2053 Mark Friedlander, Planner (805) 568-2046

Hearing on the request of Grokenberger & Smith, agent for the appellants, James and Ellen Zissler, to consider Case No. 16APL-00000-00023 [application filed on December 1, 2016] to appeal the Director’s approval of Case No. 16LUP-00000-00017, in compliance with Chapter 35.492.040 of the Montecito Land Use and Development Code, on a property located in the 2-E-1 zone district. The application involves Assessor Parcel No. 011-180-021, located at 565 Picacho Lane, in the Montecito area, 1st Supervisorial District.

MONTECITO COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY (568-2000) Published May 3, 2017 Montecito Journal

ORDINANCE NO. 5786 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was introduced on April 11, 2017, and was adopted by the Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on April 18, 2017, by the following roll call vote: AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Keeper of the Books, 5266 Hollister Ave #212, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Granfort Bookkeeping Services, LLC, 5266 Hollister Ave #212, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 26, 2017. 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 Connie Tran. FBN No. 2017-0001256.

Published May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dave’s Auto Repair, 132 S. Milpas, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.

David Reynoso, 7830 Day Dr., Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 18, 2017. 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 Tania ParedesSadler. FBN No. 2017-0001159.

Published May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017.

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

Starks Fitness, 2136 Red Rose Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

Jerad Starks, 2136 Red Rose Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on March 27, 2017. 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. 2017-0000940. Published April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Blissful Boutiques, 6263 Aberdeen Ave, Goleta, CA 93117.

LMG Vendor Events LLC, 6263 Aberdeen Ave, Goleta, CA 93117.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 7, 2017. 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 Tania Paredes-Sadler.

FBN No. 2017-0001067. Published April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Miramar Sportswear; Miramar Sportswear Research & Development, 5930 Via Real

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St #2, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

Stephen Kass, 5930 Via Real St #2, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 11, 2017. 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 Tania Paredes-Sadler.

FBN No. 2017-0001101. Published April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: HAYSCIENCE, 1187 Coast Village Road Suite 356, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. RETZKEDIN LLC, 1187 Coast Village Road Suite 356, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 24, 2017. 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. 2017-0001220. Published April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jenny Hoffman Designs, 132 Garden Street, STE 2B, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Koncept 1, INC., 132 Garden Street, STE 2B,

Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 13, 2017. 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 Connie Tran.

FBN No. 2017-0001123. Published April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2017.

hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: PLOTPINS; SWAYSMART MEDIA, PO Box 50035, Santa Barbara, CA 93150. Brooklyn West Films LLC, 216 Mohawk Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93109.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 6, 2017. 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 Connie Tran. FBN No. 2017-0001056. Published April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 2017.

April 19, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Events By Emily, 5948 Casitas Pass Road, Carpinteria, CA 93013.

Emily Catherine Ulrich, 3950 Via Real Apt 126, Carpinteria, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa

• The Voice of the Village •

on April 19, 2017.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on

/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published May 3, 2017 Montecito Journal

Barbara County on April 3, 2017.

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 Connie Tran. FBN No. 2017-0000783.

Published April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 2017.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 17CV01623. To all interested parties: Petitioners Carola OlivaOlson and Jaime Matera filed a petition with Superior Court of

California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child from Luna Matera to Luna Matera-Oliva. 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 above must file a written objection that includes 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

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ORDINANCE NO. 5787

ORDINANCE NO. 5788

ORDINANCE NO. 5789

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO EXECUTE THE LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS, AND GRANT DEED AS APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR THE SALE OF CERTAIN CITY EXCESS LAND, LOCATED AT 20 WEST MASON STREET, TO JAMES AND KELLY HALLMAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,300,098

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SANTA BARBARA FOR PURCHASE, USE, AND DELIVERY OF THE CITY'S RECYCLED WATER

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA AND STONECREEK OWNERS' ASSOCIATION FOR PURCHASE, USE, AND DELIVERY OF THE CITY'S RECYCLED WATER

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on

meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on

April 18, 2017.

April 18, 2017.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be

obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,

obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,

obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara,

California.

California.

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on April 18, 2017.

The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter

California.

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/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

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/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager ORDINANCE NO. 5787 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

ORDINANCE NO. 5788 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

ORDINANCE NO. 5789 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA )

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

was introduced on April 11, 2017, and was adopted by the

was introduced on April 11, 2017, and was adopted by the

was introduced on April 11, 2017, and was adopted by the

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on

April 18, 2017, by the following roll call vote:

April 18, 2017, by the following roll call vote:

April 18, 2017, by the following roll call vote:

AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES:

None

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

AYES:

Councilmembers Jason Dominguez, Gregg Hart, Frank Hotchkiss, Cathy Murillo, Randy Rowse, Bendy White; Mayor Helene Schneider

NOES:

None

ABSENT:

None

ABSTENTIONS:

None

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on April 19, 2017.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on April 19, 2017.

/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published May 3, 2017 Montecito Journal

be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 17, 2017 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: May 24, 2017 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/24 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 17CV01470. To all interested parties: Petitioner Monica Cervantes-Gonzalez filed a

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petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of children from Dante Garcia and Duncan Garcia-Cervantes to Dante Cervantes and Duncan Cervantes, respectively. 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 above

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my

hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara

on April 19, 2017.

on April 19, 2017.

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on April 19, 2017.

/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published May 3, 2017 Montecito Journal

must file a written objection that includes 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 April 11, 2017 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: May 31, 2017 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

Published 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS: CASE No. 16CV05062. Notice to Defendant: Steven Schoepp: You have been sued by Plaintiff: Edward Bauer. You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a response at the court and have a copy served on the plaintiff.

A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your legal response must be in proper legal form if you want the

Nothing is really lost until your mom can’t find it

/s/ Sarah P. Gorman, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on April 19, 2017.

/s/ Helene Schneider Mayor Published May 3, 2017 Montecito Journal

court to hear case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center, your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements, you may want to contact an attorney

right away. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services. You can locate these non-profit groups online at www.lawhelpcalifornia.org, or by contacting your local court or county bar association. Name and address of the court: Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 931211107. Filed November 9, 2016,

by Sarah Sisto, Deputy Clerk.

Published May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2017.

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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)

THURSDAY, MAY 4 IMPROVology – Take some animal experts. Let them share their stories from their scientific lives with the audiences while several professional improvisers from L.A.’s Impro Theatre Company listen for the most salient moments. Then watch as said actors create a comedy skit on the spot, using the experts’ real-life details as the “gives” for direction. Rinse and repeat a time or two. That’s the formula for the Santa Barbara Zoo’s IMPROVology shows, which not only make learning fun, but also make animal science hilarious – like a mashup of a TED Talk and Second City, according to Dean Noble, the Zoo’s marketing director and a former professional improv comedy pro who also serves as show emcee. Tonight’s entry, “Otters, Worms & Parrots”, features Greg Sanders, Pacific Region Marine Mammal specialist at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, who studies otter populations and the expansion of their range into local waters; Ana Elise Garcia Vedrenne, a Ph.D. candidate in Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology at UCSB, who studies parasite worm colonies that infect marine snails; and Michel Schindlinger, Ph.D., assistant project scientist, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration, UCSB, who studies the different “languages” of parrot groups. KEYT’s Alan Rose and John Palminteri join the Santa Barbara Independent’s Starshine Roshell as

judges. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Zoo, 500 Ninos Drive COST: $15 general, $12 zoo members INFO: 962-5339 or www.sbzoo.org SATURDAY, MAY 6 Sit, Listen, Get Inspired – Elizabeth Gilbert captivated the world with her powerful and transformative memoir Eat, Pray, Love, in the process inspiring millions of readers to make changes, large and small, in their own lives. But that was a decade ago, and while Gilbert followed up with the “sequel” Committed: A Love Story and her first novel in more than 10 years, The Signature of All Things, which also proved popular and critical successes, she also dedicated herself to exploring the mysteries of creativity and courage. This period of investigation led to her new work, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, in which the author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. In a perfect pairing, Gilbert will share about her life and work in conversation with Santa Barbara favorite and fellow deep thinker Pico Iyer, whose latest book is The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere, an account of his own courageous journey to the odyssey within. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $20-$35 INFO: 899-2222 / www.granadasb.org or 893-3535 / www.

ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

THURSDAY, MAY 4 Spring into Dance – Santa Barbara Dance Theater (SBDT) seasonal offering, dubbed Now/Ever/More, speaks to time, space, and the challenges of human existence in a program blending guest choreographers’ creations with a classic and a new favorite and even newer piece by SBDT artistic director Christopher Pilafian. Andrea Giselle Schermoly, who danced with the Boston Ballet Company and Netherlands Dance Theater and has been awarded the “Emerging Choreographer” grant at Lincoln Center, offers Hers, characterized by a highly wrought physical vocabulary whose expressionism teases out distinctyet-related facets of humanity and the individual. Fellow guest choreographer David Maurice – who has performed with Ate9 Dance Company in Los Angeles and New York City, Luna Negra Dance Theatre in Chicago, and Loni Landon Dance Project in New York City, among others – brings Were it Not for Shadows, a “choreographic confession” that draws upon cultural ritual, societal norms, and romantic notions as forces that impose limits on the sense of self. Pilafian’s Mystique, which premiered in January, is a work for nine women inspired by the dancer/choreographer/educator’s deep appreciation of the many female friends, teachers, partners, choreographers, artistic directors, and colleagues who have influenced him throughout his life, while his newest piece, Chamber Fantasy, bubbles up from its source in a spirit of delight tinged with irony as three dancers inhabit a space infused with anticipation to music

by Handel. The shows also feature Cante Flamenco by Jane Dudley, a contemporary of legendary dance modernist (and one time Santa Barbara High School student) Martha Graham, who composed the piece in response to the Spanish Civil War, and offers renewed relevance in our conflicted times. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido St. COST: $25-$48 INFO: 963-0761 / www.lobero.com or www. sbdancetheater.org

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by Steven Libowitz

FRIDAY, MAY 5 Whoa, Dude – Tommy & Marin are coming to the Chumash Casino. Hold on, we’ve inverted their stage names. Make that Cheech & Chong, the Grammy award-winning comedic duo of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, who are coming up on the 40th anniversary of their first feature-length movie, Up in Smoke, which brought the comics’ popular albums to the screen in 1978 and proved so successful it spawned several more, each self-written and self-directed. They’ve mostly led separate careers since then, as Marin has appeared in more than 20 other films including Spy Kids and Tin Cup, and co-starred with Don Johnson in the popular CBS drama Nash Bridges, and had a recurring role on Lost, while Chong, who began his entertainment career as a musician, has stuck to comedy roles on Far Out, Man! and National Lampoon’s Senior Trip. Now they’re back together again for a tour that aims to capture the quirky stoner comedy that made them famous. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Chumash Casino Resort, 3400 East Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $45 to $65 INFO: (800) CHUMASH (248-6274) or www.chumashcasino.com Betty’s Back with Bach – Santa Barbara pianist Betty Oberacker, an acclaimed soloist and chamber musician who has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonic Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall, and the Vienna Musikverei, is the solo star of this fortnight’s Santa Barbara Music Club concert. Oberacker, whose discography includes Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, will play three major keyboard compositions from the great master of the Baroque period, chosen in her words “to display various aspects of the composer’s glorious use of the keyboard, his intricate understanding of both its virtuosic and expressive capabilities.” The concert opens with Toccata in D major, BWV 912, featuring four interconnected and highly contrasting sections, followed by the English Suite in A minor, BWV 807, delineating the qualities of each of the traditional dance forms which comprise the Baroque Suite, and concludes with the mighty Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue, BWV 903. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: Faulkner Gallery in the downtown Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. COST: free INFO: www.sbmusicclub.org Treble in Paradise – This cleverly titled concert is an a cappella showcase featuring performances by singing groups from or associated with UCSB. Brothas From Otha Mothas (BFOM) and Naked Voices – currently in residence at the seaside campus – serve as the opening acts for Santa Barbara Soundwaves, Santa Barbara’s newest post-collegiate, all-female a cappella group, who are also producing the “no instruments required” concert as a partial benefit for the community by supporting local music/ performing arts programs. WHEN: 8 pm Thursday to Saturday, 2:30 pm Sunday, May 18 WHERE: Plaza Playhouse Theater,

• The Voice of the Village •

4916 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria COST: $10 general, $5 children 12 and under INFO: 684-6380 or www. plazatheatercarpinteria.com Beast of Burdon – Blessed with one of the most distinctive and soulful voices in rock and roll, Englishman Eric Burdon has spent half a century plying the roots music of American blues and jazz, first as the driving force of the Animals, the British Invasion band that scored big with “House of the Rising Sun”, and continued to catapult across the continents with such hits as “Sky Pilot”, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, “It’s My Life”, “We Gotta Get out of This Place”, and “San Franciscan Nights”. With War, Burdon sang lead on “Spill the Wine” and “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” before launching a solo career that has been more sporadic. Burdon, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member since 1994 who was named one of the 100 Greatest Voices of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine, recently won the rights to use the Animals name again, and he’s put together a new band (formed in Ojai and featuring local saxophone player Ruben Salinas) to reinterpret the old classics, as well as some of his more recent material, all of which will be showcased when the 75-year-old – still bearing his big voice and boisterous energy in concert – takes to the stage at Libbey Bowl, the oak-lined amphitheater in Ojai. WHEN: 6:30 to 10 pm WHERE: Libbey Bowl, 210 S. Signal Ave., Ojai COST: $38 to $53 INFO: 645-5006 or www.libbeybowl. org/events SUNDAY, MAY 7 Full Circle – CAMA concludes its International Series and 2016-17 season with the ensemble that entertained when

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MONDAY, MAY 8 Music for Changing Times – Rubicon Theatre Company (RTC), in association with Music2Life, inaugurates a festival that brings together three generations of artists of different genres to celebrate the power of music to effect positive social change. Subtitled “Looking Backward/ Moving Forward”, the festival’s events include concerts with legacy artists and emerging artists, a National Songwriting Competition for young artists ages 18 to 38, a master class for artist activists, and the first public presentation of a theatrical concert in development. Five-time Grammy-winner Noel Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul & Mary), Music2Life’s co-founder, serves as curator and host for the weeklong festival that grew out of RTC’s world premiere of Lonesome Traveler, a show about the history of folk music in America, delving into how history made the music, and how the music affected and changed history. Kicking things off tonight, the staged reading of the play-in-progress by Grammy Award-winner George Grove (The Kingston Trio), Ovation Award-winner James O’Neil (Lonesome Traveler) and Tony nominee Dan Wheetman (Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues) and starring The Lonesome Travelers (Justine Bennett, Nicholas Mongiardo Cooper, Sylvie Davidson, Justin Flagg, Brendan Willing James, Anthony Manough, Jennifer Leigh Warren, and Trevor Wheetman). Stookey joins Wheetman, Grammy nominated Scottish composer Dave Gibson, Golden Globe Award-winner Amanda McBroom (The Rose) and Santa Barbara-raised Tariqh Akoni (music director for Josh Groban and Stevie Wonder) for tomorrow afternoon’s master class, while Thursday brings the songwriting awards concert with judges including music agent Ira Goldenring from Paradigm; Grammy nominee Perla Batalla, Stookey, Gibson, and others. Peter Yarrow joins Stookey for a concert Friday night that looks backward on their roles in the civil rights and anti-war eras of the 1960s and forward to today’s anti-bullying initiatives before the festival closes on Saturday night with a benefit concert featuring Yarrow & Stookey plus spoken word artist Decora; Raptivist founder Aisha Fukushima; Eco-hip-hop artist Tem Blessed; restorative justice artist Naima Shalhoub; and the top winners of the National Songwriting Competition. Visit www.rubicontheatre.org for more details, show times, ticket prices, and other information. the classical music association began back in the early 1900s. Gustavo Dudamel now leads the annual return to Santa Barbara of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with the orchestra remaining at the height of their powers as one of the world’s most outstanding ensembles. Tonight’s program features the first two symphonies from Franz Schubert – Symphony No.1 in D Major, D.82, and Symphony No.2 in

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B-flat Major, D.125 – sandwiched around Gustav Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (“Songs of a Wayfarer”), with Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, recognized as one of the most exciting artists of her generation, serving was soloist. WHEN: 4 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $31-$119 INFO: 899-2222 or www.granadasb.org •MJ

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Chip off the Old Book – Universally recognized as an American master of contemporary book design, Chip Kidd has largely single-handedly changed the way book jackets are perceived, moving them from merely a protective covering to a work of art. He has produced some of the most recognizable book covers of the past three decades for authors such as Haruki Murakami, David Sedaris, and Donna Tartt, and is the driving force behind Pantheon Graphic Novels (Art Spiegelman, Chris Ware) and the writer of the original graphic novel Batman: Death by Design. He’s also the graphic designer and associate art director at Alfred A. Knopf who created the iconic T-Rex image for Jurassic Park, anticipating how it could be used for movie promotion. A recipient of the National Design Award for Communications, he is also active in the world of graphic design beyond books through his freelance work, which includes the art direction and cover design of Paul Simon’s latest album, Surprise. His earlier book jackets are collected in Chip Kidd: Book One, and the sequel, Chip Kidd: Book Two, which collects all Kidd’s book covers and designs from 2007 to 2017, will be released in the fall. Tonight, you can see Kidd’s work and hear the guy whose TED Talks on creativity have been viewed more than 12 million times talk about his work in person. Free. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall, UCSB campus COST: free INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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McGlynn. The melody part that Sheryl sings, the verse part, I wrote that with a bluesy notion, but the words just weren’t right. I just never could unlock the key to the words for that part of the song, even though I tinkered with them, hacked on them, for almost 20 years. Then when I fell into a conversation with Sheryl about doing something together, she liked the song. My pride kicked in, and I felt like I had to uncover the language, so she would feel good about singing it. Which she did, as soon as I showed the lyrics to her. I thought, “Whew, I’m saved.” It only took 20 years. But there’s “Fever on the Bayou” on my last album, which I wrote with Will Jennings, my close friend and collaborator who lives out there in Montecito. That took 30 years to write together. So this was shorter.

I’m proud of the fact that I won’t let the songs go until they’re right, or at least when I think they’re right.

How do you know when a song is done?

I have no idea. To say that I know anything about songwriting would jinx the whole method, which is a mystery to me. Somehow I manage to do it, which is pretty cool. But hold on, I have a more honest answer: I know a song is done when I can look you in the eye and sing every word and never avert my gaze. If I have to look away, then it must still be (crap).

You’ve sworn your allegiance to Americana as a genre. What does it mean to you and why does it matter so much?

I have a very broad interpretation of it. But I know it’s much more authentic than commercial country radio pop music. Americana music embraces the poet’s soul. I understand the cleverness of country pop, and there is a craft involved. But I come in with Hank Williams and Bob Dylan. So, I pledged my allegiance to Americana in its infancy because it was poised to embrace John Prine, Guy Clark, and Townes Van Zandt, who are the poets of our generation. I want my hat in that ring.

another four years.

“Actually, we weren’t concerned because we were going to have a METROPOLITAN mountain of material either way. If 5/5-11 Hillary won, it meant Bill coming back for White 5/4-5 publications to the House, so we were good.

But, it was a shocker that Trump actually won. We’re almost to the point where if the real life White House is becoming a parody, what are we supposed to parody?”

Whether Trump’s victory was good for the country is a whole different question, one that Eaton and his colleagues in the troupe take pains to avoid. It’s enough, he said, that the Capitol Steps – which returns to Santa Barbara on Monday night, May 8, for its annual appearance at the Lobero Theatre – provides a little comic relief to lessen the pain, no matter which side of the political spectrum you fall on.

“We’re always aware that there’s a serious underlying aspect to what we do,” Eaton admitted. “But when you’re mocking and ridiculing people in power, it equalizes them a bit.

Think of it as post-election healing.

It’s a great stress relief. People who are depressed about the results can come out and laugh when we ridicule those who won. It helps, even if only a little bit.”

Still, the veteran punster has noticed some changes in the audience reactions since January 20. “We introduce the players by saying they recently refused to play Trump’s Inauguration – even though they weren’t asked. The place always erupts with boisterous laughter and applause even before we get to the punch line.”

If that sounds like Eaton pulls Democratic levers at the polling place, don’t be so sure. Like all of the early Steps, the wordsmith was a congressional staffer before joining the company, which got its start at an office Christmas party for senator Charles Percy in the early 1980s. His boss?

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Former North Carolina senator Jesse Helms, considered one of the most conservative members of the upper chamber in generations.

“It’s hard to believe, but I actually do walk upright,” Eaton said with a laugh, noting that maintaining a political balance is crucial to the Cap

The Lobero hosts Capitol Steps’s political parody

• The Voice of the Village •

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Parody Trumps Politics

Capitol Steps’s Mark Eaton knows which side his bread is buttered on. And it’s neither Democratic nor Republican.

“The greatest enemy of our company is politics that actually work,” said the nearly 25-year member of the now 36-year-old Washington, D.C., comedy troupe that mines the Beltway and beyond for jokes and parodies. “The only danger is people doing their job effectively and well, meaning a Congress and government functioning like it should.”

The surprising results last Election Day meant the Cap Steps were set for

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Steps’s success “We swing the whole political spectrum around here. We’re equal opportunity offenders.”

Eaton started with the Steps as a performer only before eventually joining founder Elaina Newport as chief writers of both the sketches and song parodies that have kept the company popular for more than three decades. He’s responsible for two of the more enduring “hits” in the company’s tongue-in-cheek repertoire: “God Bless My SUV” (sung to the tune of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA”) and “Don’t’ Go Fakin’ You’re Smart” (“Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”), which Laura Bush sings to her husband, George W., as a warning.

Having hobnobbed with and/ or harassed some of the most wellknown folks in politics, you’d think Eaton might be immune to celebrity worship. But one show in Santa Barbara years ago gave him some pause.

“I heard that John Cleese came to one of our shows at the Lobero,” he recalled. “I thought, ‘If he laughed at anything I wrote, that would make my life.’”

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find for a buyer who wants a historic Santa Barbara experience with the potential to add their own personal touches to the home and property. This home has been on and off the market this past year, and has recently been reduced to its current price.

850 Chelham Way: $3,199,000

mountain views. A private drive leads to the motor court and guest parking.

The separate pool house, complete with its own bedroom, small kitchen, full bath and laundry, is situated between the resort-style pool and spa area, and the professionally installed sport court.

Adding to the charm of this home is the trellised arbor that creates a shaded seating area. This property has been on the market a few months now and was just reduced to the current asking price.

560 Meadow Wood Lane: $5,450,000

This is a larger home for the neighborhood and was built circa 2000. The French Country home rests on 1+ private acre, a couple blocks from Cold Spring School. There are five bedrooms and five bathrooms in 4,200+ sq ft of living space as advertised.

The exterior features an infinity pool, guest parking, and landscaped grounds.

The entry level features a formal living room, dining room, chef’s kitchen, sitting room, family room, master suite, and garage.

The upper level consists of three additional bedrooms. The lower level includes a media room, guest quarters, and laundry area. The media room opens to the infinity pool and features a wet bar, wine cellar, and powder room.

This home has also been reduced in price.

This English Country Estate resembles a Thomas Kinkade painting. Located down a quiet lane and surrounded by other impressive estates, it features a unique setting with privacy, mature landscaping, and whimsical features such as a wishing-well fountain.

The home features four bedrooms and five bathrooms in just over 4,600 sq ft of living space as advertised. There are stone walking paths and an impressive stone stairway leading up to the front door. The backyard enjoys a waterfall and multiple uncovered patios and seating areas, as well as an outdoor fireplace.

This quiet and private estate is convenient to both the upper and lower village, and Cold Spring School is just a few blocks up the road. This property came on the market recently at the current asking price.

1196 Dulzura Drive: $3,375,000 This 5+ bedroom home is centrally located about one mile to either the upper or lower village in Montecito or to Cold Spring School just up the road. The property has been skillfully enclosed to create privacy while still affording nice

For more information on any of these listings or to have me arrange a showing with the listing agents, please contact me directly, Mark@Villagesite.com or call/text (805) 698-2174. Please view my website, www.MontecitoBestBuys.com, from which this article is based.

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

Fresh Squeezed OJ or Grapefruit Juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................... $ 6/8.

Bowl of Chopped Fresh Fruit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................... 9. with Lime and Mint

Giant Shrimp Cocktail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................... 22.

Chilled Crab Meat Cocktail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................... 22.

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

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

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

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

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

Grilled Chicken Breast Club on a Soft Bun ................................................. 18. with Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and Avocado

Sliced Filet Mignon Open Faced Sandwich, 6 oz. ........................................ 24. with Mushrooms, Homemade French Fried Potatoes

Hot Corned Beef .......................................................................................... 19. on a Kaiser Roll or Rye

Reuben Sandwich ........................................................................................ 20. with Corned Beef, Sauerkraut and Gruyere on Rye

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

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

Lucky Chili . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................... 15. with Cheddar and Onions

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Eggs Served with choice of Hash Browns, Fries, Sliced Tomatoes, Fruit Salad

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

Classic Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ $18. with Julienne Ham and Hollandaise

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

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

California Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................... 18. with Spinach, Tomato and Avocado

Lucky’s Salad ............................................................................................... 17. with Romaine, Shrimp, Bacon, Green Beans and Roquefort

Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................... 22.

Smoked Salmon and Sautéed Onion Omelet . . . . . . .......................................... 19. with Sour Cream and Chives

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

Tossed with Roquefort Dressing

Chopped Salad ............................................................................................. 17.

Wild Mushroom and Gruyere Omelet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................... 19.

Home Made Spanish Chorizo Omelet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................... 18. with Avocado

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

Corned Beef Hash (made right here) and Two Poached Eggs ......................... 19.

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

Sliced Steak Salad ....................................................................................... 24. with Arugula, Radicchio and Sautéed Onion

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

Dos Pueblos Abalone (4pcs) ........................................................................ 28.

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

Tortillas, Melted Cheese, Avocado and Warm Salsa

Brioche French Toast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................... 14. with Fresh Berries and Maple Syrup

Waffle Platter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................................... 14. with Fresh Berries, Whipped Cream, Maple Syrup

Smoked Scottish Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 20.

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

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

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