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MOVIE GUIDE, P.20 • ASHLEIGH BRILLIANT, P. 23 • OPEN HOUSES, P. 45

GOOD-BYE, MIKE Entrepreneur, traveler, daredevil, U.S. Navy veteran, builder, engineer, real-estate developer, landlord, banker, businessman, philanthropist, devoted husband and father: Michael Towbes was all that and more (story begins on p.15)

The Chosen One

New superintendent picked to replace Montecito Union School’s Tammy Murphy, p.12

More from Motown

Detroit’s Sixto Rodriguez – a.k.a. Sugar Man – performs Saturday at Lobero p.16

Price is Right

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On The Water Front

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Letters to the Editor

Bob Hazard keeps his head above water while spelling out Montecito’s options minus a desal deal with SB, supply and demand, and water sources Water wars; Anne Towbes’s home; Gil Rosas’s father; Kia McInerny’s new book; student Cory Williams; Visit Santa Barbara luncheon; Women’s Fund of SB; Roar & Pour; Gustavo Dudamel; Fork & Cork Classic; UCSB Arts & Lectures galas; Heidi and Spencer expecting; patrons party with Joneses; SB Symphony; Camerata Pacifica season ends; Mike Dirnt selling home; Producers Circle and MAD Academy; Amy Marshall promotion; and Richard scoops London Daily Mail Atom Bergstrom chews on celery; Fred Sidon talks French; Jonathan Smith bashes Trump; Frank Abatemarco on Montecito history; Denice Adams talks ADUs; and Janice Evans lists state agencies

10 This Week

EAT • SIP • SHOP • CONNECT

Knit ‘N Needle; Spanish group; Benefit Soccer tourney; stargazing; wildlife at Cachuma Lake; SB Music Club; Carpinteria auction; documentary CRAZYWISE; Quire of Voyces; beekeeping at La Casa; SB Court of Champions; Samarkand fitness; Summerland yoga; author John Holman; MBAR meeting; The New Yorker; treasure hunt; mindfulness retreat; MFPD prevention chipping slate; art classes; brain fitness; and Story Time

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

12 Village Beat

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MUS names Anthony Ranii as superintendent; Dan Eidelson returns to MPC; upper village construction; Teens on the Scene; Gala and Auction in Summerland

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner makes note of the Lobero Ghostlight Society’s Luminary Awards; Girls Inc. One Hundred Committee luncheon; and Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center barn dance at SB Carriage Museum

15 In Passing

The Power of “I Will” “I W I L L B E M Y S E L F.” — Elena Alcerro, Class of 2017

Come Experience The Code with Shaun Tomson Shaun Tomson, surfing legend, entrepreneur and motivational speaker, returns to Anacapa School after five years. Shaun is the author of the best seller The Code: The Power of “I Will” which was inspired by his presentation to Anacapa School in 2012. After speaking to the students, Shaun asked them to create their own personal code, their vision for their future, beginning each sentence with I will. The students’ I will statements created the framework for The Code.

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From San Leandro to Ramona lanes and Alisos Drive to Cold Spring Road, Mark Hunt tracks down four properties with recent price decreases

23 Brilliant Thoughts

Ashleigh Brilliant turns over a new maple leaf while reflecting on his fleeting Canadian childhood, history lessons and battles, and (as his wont) poetry

26 Spirituality Matters

Steven Libowitz previews the healing cave Salt; meditation; Marlies Myoku’s satsang; Tripti Mahendra mindfulness; SpiritSings Chants; The Q Effect; music at Unity; Cuddle Connection; Getting Naked; and Constellation Work in Goleta

38 Legal Advertising 40 Our Town

Joanne Calitri gets to know Nicole Strasburg, whose work Tidal Reflections 2016 appears at Sullivan Goss Gallery; and artist Cynthia James’s series Crypto-Flora

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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Steven Libowitz converses with singer Sixto Rodriguez; Quire of Voyces concerts and Nathan Kreitzer; Lobero hosts opera Brunidbár; SB Youth Symphony; curtain falls on Camerata Pacifica season; Speaking of Stories; and book signings

Dustbowl Revival; Past is Prologue at UCSB; SB Historical Museum; Stephen Roy in Carp; Free Play; DJs fill the air; Acoustic Member Appreciation Show; SB Dance Institute; Vocal Jazz Foundation with students; and SOhO hosts Trio Balkans Strings

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42 Calendar of Events

Thursday, May 18, 2017

action is to write your promises down

Family man, developer, banker, philanthropist – the late Michael Towbes did it all for his loved ones and community. Erin Graffy reflects on his prolific life.

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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

Montecito’s Options Without a Desal Agreement

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he Montecito Water District (MWD) and its customers need to understand the lessons learned from the last five years of extended drought to actively evaluate the available options to become once and for all drought-free. The challenge is to create a reliable and affordable water future, free from the worry of whether we get one drop of rain.

MWD Water Demand

MWD has completed its 2015 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP).

The document reports that demand for water has ranged from as high as 6,518 acre feet per year (AFY) in 2007-08 (prior to drought) to a projected low of 3,100 AF in 2016-17 ending June 30. MWD is forecasting sales of 3,719 AF in 2017-18, an increase of 20%, after ending rationing penalties early this year. Conservation habits picked up during the drought should remain in place, ensuring we will not return to water sales at the 6,500 AFY level.

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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

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A single stalk is enough to do the deed.

The good news is you have to be moving right after chomping down on that celery stalk — “walking, jogging, running, aerobics, dancing, swimming, cycling, horse riding, tennis, basketball, soccer, skiing, raking leaves,” according to clinicians.

Not to worry. Hundreds may have died from “celery-dependent EIA,” but that’s out of many millions of celery eaters.

Apiole oleoresin in celery can cause liver and kidney damage, and celery was once eaten in quantity during the Middle Ages for abortion.

Folks have merely touched celery high in apiole, and broken out in either “classic or variant cholinergic urticaria” (bile-related hives, in plain English).

Hey, you can’t make this stuff up.

Anything can cause anything, and anything can cure anything.

By the way, let’s not get hung up on those calorie numbers “experts” calculate.

Human beings are not steam engines burning wood. We have “emergent properties” that transcend all quanta and quarks.

How can you explain characters like “Mr. Eats All” (Michel Lotito), who,

over a lifetime, ate and digested bicycles (18), shopping carts (15), televisions (7), chandeliers (6), beds (2), a coffin, and an entire Cessna 150 aircraft?

Instead of counting calories, one might question why a whale or giant sea turtle, no matter how much one may eat in captivity, never achieves the weight it does in the open ocean.

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Santa Barbara’s Best French Chef

Just thought I’d get this in before it’s too late: On Sunday, May 21, members and supporters of the French Network of Santa Barbara (Le Réseau Francais de Santa Barbara) will gather at SBCC, beginning at 5 pm, for appetizers, followed by a five-course dinner at 6 pm. Le plat fort will be Boeuf en Croute (a.k.a. Beef Wellington), accompanied by three sauces, which participants will award with either a gold, silver, or bronze medal to the “Best Future French Chef” who created the sauce.

Along with a medal, the winners will receive cash rewards of $250, $150, and $100. Last year, the three finalists were chosen by SBCC Culinary School’s head chef Randy Bublitz, and winners were selected by the dining guests. It was wonderful; the

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This Week in and around Montecito

FRIDAY, MAY 19

(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 18

SATURDAY, MAY 20

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

Wild Animals Up Close See and learn about our local wildlife at the Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake. See up-close birds of prey, snakes, a Capuchin monkey, tortoise, opossum, alligator and more, and learn about wildlife from experts.

When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 2265 Highway 154 Info: 693-0691

FRIDAY, MAY 19 Spanish Conversation Group at the Montecito Library The Montecito Library hosts a Spanish Conversation Group 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 Public Viewing of the Stars Westmont’s powerful Keck Telescope will be the focus of attention for Central Coast stargazers beginning at about 8:30 pm. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. The viewing lasts for several hours. Westmont students and faculty use the 24-inch reflector telescope to conduct astronomical research.

The Keck Telescope is housed in the observatory between Russell Carr Field and the track and field/soccer complex. Free parking is available near the baseball field.

When: 7:30 pm Where: 955 La Paz Road Cost: free Info: 565-6051

Free Music The Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music.

A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public.

When: 3 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free Carpinteria Auction The Boys & Girls Club of Carpinteria host its 50th annual auction; a fun-filled event with food, auction items, and community celebration. All members of the community are welcome to enjoy the multitude of different donated items in this year’s auction and help be a part of raising funds for the repair of the Boys & Girls Club’s roof. It was damaged during the recent rains, and the need for a replacement is immediate and necessary for the location to stay open. Part of the proceeds from this annual event will go to this project and be directly involved in helping the Carpinteria Boys & Girls Club remain open.

When: 5 to 9 pm Where: 4849 Foothill Road Info: www.unitedbg.org/events

Benefit Soccer Tournament & Celebration of Life Laguna Blanca students have organized a Benefit Soccer Tournament and Celebration of Life for beloved Laguna soccer coach Davies Kabogoza, who died the afternoon of April 29 after he disappeared while stand-up paddle boarding at the Santa Barbara Harbor. Laguna eleventh-grader and soccer player Brooklyn Kinsler was coached by Davies and is the brainchild behind the event, which is being fully orchestrated by the students – from promotional flyers, bake sales, food, music, and ceremony/event coordination. Tournament entry is free. Available for purchase at the event will be food and commemorative jerseys with Davies’s number 13, and of course, additional contributions are welcomed. The funds collected will be sent to Davies’s mother in Uganda. The students hope their support will demonstrate to his mother what a positive impact Davies had on those around him. Davies arrived in the U.S. in late 2010 and played/coached soccer at Santa Barbara City College and, more recently, coached at Laguna Blanca School. He also played for Westmont College, where he graduated last year with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology. In addition, Davies was a physical therapy aide at Hayashida Physical Therapy in Santa Barbara.

RSVPs and registration are required as soon as possible to organize soccer teams. There will be a short ceremony preceding the games.

When: 3:30 to 6:30 pm Where: Laguna Blanca’s athletic fields, 4125 Paloma Drive Info: www.lagunablanca.org/davies Documentary Screening The documentary CRAZYWISE explores what we can learn from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience.

Join in for the screening followed by a conversation with various healers.

When: 7 pm Where: Montecito Town Hall, 1469 East Valley Road Cost: suggested donation, $10 to $15 Info: (805) 762-4848 Quire of Voyces Concert A concert by Quire of Voyces, “Rejoice and Remember,” draws from the deep, clear spring of English a capella song to present a program of heart-aching beauty. Herbert Howells’s poignant “Requiem” is joined with lustrous works

by Vaughan Williams, L’ Estrange, Tavener, and other English and American composers, for a concert of sublime fragility and tenderness.

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SUNDAY, MAY 21 Intermediate Beekeeping If you have previously completed a beginner beekeeping class or have basic beekeeping knowledge, continue to hone your skills. You will gain more knowledge through presentations, discussion of seasonal issues, honey extraction, and field inspection of La Casa’s hives.

Please bring your own protective gear if possible. Paul Cronshaw, president of the Santa Barbara Beekeeper’s Association, has more than 40 years of beekeeping experience. Paul tends the La Casa apiary.

When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $95, includes lunch Registration: www.lacasademaria.org Hall of Fame Induction The Santa Barbara Court of Champions has announced former Westmont coaches and studentathletes will be among 10 inductees comprising the class of 2017. Former Westmont coach, player, athletic director, and administrator Ron Mulder will be inducted alongside former student-athletes George Terzian and Bill Odell.

When: 6 pm Where: Cabrillo Arts Pavilion, 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd

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When: today at 7 pm, tomorrow at 3 pm Where: St. Anthony’s Chapel, 2300 Garden Street Tickets: (805) 965-5935

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 Fun & Fitness at The Samarkand Area seniors are invited to learn new ways to enhance their fitness at The Samarkand retirement community. Dani Tervo-Shiffman, Samarkand’s Fitness & Wellness coordinator, will present “Fun & Fitness”, an interactive program highlighting new class styles, fitness equipment, and strategies to make fitness part of everyday life. The program is free, but reservations are required.

When: 10:30 am Where: 2550 Treasure Drive Info & Reservations: 877-231-6284 Summerland Evening Yoga A longtime Summerland tradition, taught by Bob Andre. Small Hatha 1 yoga class with brief meditation and breathing work.

When: 5:30 pm Where: Summerland Church, 2400 Lillie Avenue Cost: donation Book Signing at Chaucer’s Come join John Holman for a signing of his memoir, Pom’s Odyssey.

Holman grew up on a small farm in West Sussex, England, where his grandfather bought and sold horses. In 1969, at the age of 18, he migrated to Australia where he lived for 11 years.

He now lives with his wife in Santa Barbara; they have two children.

When: 7 pm Where: Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State Street Info: 682-6787 THURSDAY, MAY 25 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 Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New Yorker.

When: 7:30 to 8:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road SATURDAY, MAY 27 Treasure Hunt in Carpinteria Seventy-five vendor stalls will overflow with treasures and merchandise at the Museum Marketplace on the grounds of the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. This popular monthly fundraiser features antiques, collectibles, hand-crafted gifts, plants, and great bargains on 18 – 25 May 2017

gently used and vintage goods of every description, including jewelry, furniture, housewares, clothing, books, toys, and much more.

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ix months after the announcement that MUS superintendent Tammy Murphy would not be returning to the campus after the close of the school year, the Montecito Union School board voted in a new superintendent on Tuesday. Mr. Anthony Ranii accepted the new position via video chat during the board meeting.

After an extensive five-month search process, the board chose Mr. Ranii for his broad and established instructional leadership roles across all grade levels, strength in collaboration, and focus on increasing student learning and achievement.

“I look forward to meeting with and learning from all of the administrators, teachers, staff members, parents, and community members, but most of all I can’t wait to spend time with all of the students of Montecito Union School and to do my part to help them reach their potential and develop the Habits of Mind that will prepare them for a full and successful life,” Ranii said. “I deeply appreciate the trust and confidence placed in me by the board of trustees, and am so grateful at the warm welcome and assistance of outgoing superintendent Tammy Murphy.”

Ranii will begin his new position July 17, leaving San Mateo County, where for the last eight years he has held the position of superintendent of Hillsborough City School District, an award-winning K-8 school district comprising four schools. Prior to his role as superintendent, Ranii was the principal of one of the schools in the district, West Hillsborough School, for three years. He has been in education for nearly 18 years, beginning his career teaching kindergarten, third, fourth, and fifth grades. Mr. Ranii has also developed writing curriculum for the middle school grades and has provided numerous trainings to teachers, paraprofessionals, and administrators. He currently serves as the president of Schools for Sound Finance, an advocacy group for Basic Aid School Districts in California.

“I am thrilled that Anthony Ranii will be joining the Montecito Union School District as its superintendent. It was immediately clear to the board that Mr. Ranii is a strong and passionate educational leader who will bring to this position a high standard of excellence, a strong work

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Mr. Anthony Ranii, the newly hired Montecito Union School superintendent

ethic, a collaborative spirit, and most importantly, a love of children. I am confident that MUS will thrive under Mr. Ranii’s leadership, and that the greater Montecito community will likewise be enhanced by his presence,” said Gwyn Lurie, board president of MUSD. Mr. Ranii, along with his wife and three kids, will relocate to our area this summer. His youngest daughter, Maggie, will go into kindergarten at MUS next year. Ranii is originally from southern California and moved to the Bay Area after graduating Summa Cum Laude from Allegheny College.

He also holds a master’s degree from National University in teaching and learning.

The announcement of the new superintendent comes as Mrs. Murphy is finishing up her last few weeks at MUS, where she has been superintendent since 2010. This summer she will move to Dubai, where the role she was originally taking as head of school/superintendent at Dubai American Academy (DAA) has evolved as the school announced the merging with GEMS Nations Academy. GEMS Nations Academy launched in September 2016 and was billed as one of the most innovative global education projects to date and the most expensive school in the UAE in terms of staffing, infrastructure, and fees. The new school boasted a state-of-the-art campus along with futuristic curriculum in robotics, coding, and technology, and featured the pricey co-teacher/lead teacher model, which calls for two highly qualified teachers per classroom.

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Seen Around Town

Ghostlight Society honoree George Burtness with his daughter, Laura

by Lynda Millner

Lobero Ghostlight

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he Lobero Ghostlight Society invited guests to the presenting of the Luminary Awards to George Burtness as philanthropic luminary and Milt Larsen as artistic luminary. The cocktail reception took place on the Lobero stage, set with tables and strolling magicians entertaining with unbelievable tricks.

The Ghostlight Society is the Lobero Theatre’s premier giving circle. It is named after a theatrical tradition dating back to Shakespeare’s Old Globe Theatre. The ghostlight is a bare bulb atop a rudimentary pole, which stands at center stage. It is lit by the last person to leave the theater at night and extinguished by the first to arrive in the morning. Ours has been lit for 140 years when live performances have been happening and the curtain is still up.

The Ghostlight members are carrying on what a core group of donors began in 1924 when they rebuilt the Lobero Theatre. When George was presented with his award by David Anderson, George told a fascinating story about a scrim that was in the

Contortionist Mercy Malick greeting guests at the Lobero

Ghostlight Society honoree Milt Larsen and wife Arlene

old Lobero (built by Joseph Lobero) Theatre in the 1800s. It’s a 30-by-60feet scrim of a ship scene that is hanging above the current stage. But they can’t pull it up and down because the paint chips off. The hope is to be able to restore it one day.

George has also crawled, literally, under the theater looking for a missing cornerstone but has never been able to find it. He has always been committed to philanthropy, especially

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In Passing

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The Four Legacies of Michael Towbes Santa Barbara’s golden couple, Anne and Michael Towbes, found and comforted each other after the tragic loss of each of their respective spouses. Michael was born July 17, 1929 and passed away April 13, 2017.

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On Entertainment

by Steven Libowitz

Sixto through the Tulips, in Detroit

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hen Detroit-native Sixto Rodriguez’s first two albums were released on a small indie label back in 1970 and 1971, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter was, like many of his peers of the era, proclaimed “The next Dylan.” Rodriguez, who prefers to go by his last name only, sang about the travails of both the inner-city poor and of the lonely or betrayed heart, even if his breathy, sensual vocals were more like a different “D” antecedent, Donovan, than Dylan.

“He had this kind of magical quality that all the genuine poets and artists have: to elevate things,” wrote one observer at the time. “To get above the mundane, the prosaic. All the mediocrity that’s everywhere.”

Trouble was, his records – Cold Fact in 1970 and Coming from Reality a year later – sold so poorly in the state, with numbers so low they could be counted by hand, that his career was effectively over almost as soon as it began. Rodriguez went back to the construction business and went about his life.

But as it turned out, right around

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the time he gave up, his two albums, ignored in the U.S., had started to receive significant airplay overseas, particularly in Australia and South Africa. Adding to the mystery was a rumor that he had died, and his reputation grew, though Rodriguez himself was largely unaware of his fame. By the late 1990s, some fans from South Africa – where his songs became anti-Apartheid anthems – went on a journey to find him. The resultant documentary of his story, Searching For Sugar Man – which was titled after one of his songs, premiered at Sundance in 2012 and went on to win the Academy Award a year later – led to him finally being “discovered” in his own country.

But all that doesn’t seem to be of

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much interest to Rodriguez himself.

The now 74-year-old singer-songwriter, who sold out huge theaters across the country in the year after Sugar Man came out, is finally headed our way for a show at the Granada Theatre on Saturday night. And he’s as surprised as anyone that his music – now almost half a century old – still has such appeal.

“Who would’ve thought they last that long?” he said over the phone earlier this week. “With technology, I’m just a new release to some people, who had never heard me before. But I didn’t think my songs – or I – would be around this long to speak about these old records. But I’m a live performer, so they can make up their own minds.”

On the other hand, Rodriguez has a good guess why those same songs – “Sugar Man,” “I Wonder,” “Street Boy,” “The Establishment Blues”, to name a few – still sound as relevant today as they did in the early 1970s.

“The issues,” he said. “They haven’t changed. I describe myself as a musical political and that’s timeless. But even in the (songs about) romance, jealousy, pathos. It’s the same things in life, whether it’s the 1940s, when I was born, or the 1970s or 2017. It’s all the same.”

It’s the passion for the music that had him initially resisting appearing in the Sugar Man documentary, forcing the director to make four trips to Detroit – where he still lives in the same house he reportedly bought for $50 (“It was $100,” he corrected me. “I see value in people, not things.”) – to convince him.

“I’m an audio guy, not visual. The movies aren’t my thing,” he said. “I’m not Hollywood. It’s a different kind of persuasion. I let the sound do it.”

As of yet, however, there aren’t any new sounds – or at least any new songs – for Rodriguez to play at the Granada show, when he’ll be joined by a trio of musicians culled from England, Scotland, and Australia.

“I’m a musician. I don’t play the same chords every day, things are always moving around. I want to make a record. I’ve been writing songs. But I’m still in a (mess) legally with the copyright issues. I don’t want to mix up the new material. I want to keep it clear and free.”

Somehow, it seems, we’re still searching for Sugar Man.

Quire of Voyces Rejoice and Remember concerts this weekend, the spring offerings in its 23rd season, draws from British a capella song as well as full choral works. Anchored by Herbert Howell’s poignant Requiem, which wasn’t published for many decades after it was written, the pro-

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gram features works by Vaughan Williams, L’ Estrange, Tavener, and other English and American composers. The enviable ensemble makes its shimmering offering on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon at the acoustically astounding St. Anthony’s Chapel, 2300 Garden Street.

Artistic director Nathan Kreitzer founded Quire of Voyces back in 1993 and quickly turned it into an award-winning a cappella chorus that has toured and recorded regularly. He talked about the upcoming program earlier this week.

Q. This is one of your concerts where all of the texts are in English, right?

A. Yeah, for once. Although there’s a bit of the Requiem that’s in Latin.

But that wasn’t by design, it just sort of happened. The Howells Requiem was the main piece I wanted to work around. It’s almost all English composers, with quite a few pieces by a composer who is new to me, Alexander L’Estrange. He has some really lovely music which has intrigued me. It’s kind of like John Rutter (the 71-yearold British composer) meets jazz in a very tasteful way. It’s really beautiful music. So then I added “The Lamb”

by Tavener, a text by William Blake, which is paired with a piece by Mike Eglund, our resident composer, which is also a setting of Blake’s “The Tiger”.

How did you find L’Estrange?

Through recordings. There’s an English professional choir called Tenebrae whose sound astounds. I’ve never heard anything like them. So I tried to keep abreast of the material they are recording. One of the records had some of his L’Estrange’s pieces.

I’d never heard of him before. I was just blown away. He’s pretty wellknown in England but I don’t think anyone has sung his music here. I’m very much looking forward to having our audience hear.

What makes it so special? Can you elaborate?

It is a very English sound, for lack of a better term, with lush harmonies and the occasional tonal surprise. There are a few places where he throws in what sounds like a jazz chord in the middle of this pretty serious choral music. And it’s such a nice surprise.

They really do sound like nothing I’ve heard yet. I had the same feeling like when we found Daniel Brinsmead, the Australian composer, a few years ago.

It’s refreshing and something new.

The Howells requiem is a repeat for Quire. What draws you to the piece?

It’s been about a dozen years. I don’t like to repeat, but you have to do it again because it’s so good. The Requiem

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sive enclave’s major players.

The battle royal centers on the proliferation of private wells over the past few years where permits have been issued for residences owned by Law & Order producer Dick Wolf and Friends creator David Crane.

But it’s the neighborhood’s largest landowner, former TV talk-show titan Oprah Winfrey, who is reportedly causing the most controversy.

Last year, as I exclusively revealed here, the communications tycoon spent nearly $29 million acquiring Seamair Farm, a 23-acre estate bordering her main 42-acre spread, the Promised Land, which she bought in 2001 for about $50 million from Robert and Marlene Veloz.

Both of Oprah’s lush properties have wells, but a well drilled within the past 12 months for Seamair has triggered concerns among neighbors, one of whom is Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges, with some accusing her of hogging groundwater.

“At first, our dealings with her were lovely and charming, and it has been really sad to think that they may not be so,” Jeff’s wife, Susan, tells the Hollywood Reporter.

“I would love to find out what is going on up there. I don’t know who knows, because things are done and permits are applied for after the fact.”

Oprah isn’t the only local resident

drawing scrutiny. Wolf has been engaged in a drawn-out fight over his 780-acre ranch in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains.

At issue is whether he has the right to extract water from the aquifer and sell it to other communities. His reps had no comment.

Stay tuned.

Golden Oldie

Wells Country Club with a glass of champagne and cake with friends and family.

He has lived in the desert community since 1972 and has been a widower since his wife, Kay, died in 1990.

“It is difficult given his longevity to choose an appropriate gift, but we gave him a bottle of Bailey’s Irish Cream, which he loves,” says Gil. “He’s amazing for his age and,

Cory Story

Supercentenarian Larry Matthews celebrating his 111th birthday with Gil and Susan Rosas, and other family members

Larry Matthews, the still sprightly father-in-law of popular pianist Gil Rosas, just celebrated his 111th birthday, the oldest man in the U.S. Larry, who is father to 81-year-old Gil’s wife, Susan, 80, and a son, Steve Matthews, celebrated the milestone occasion at a boffo bash at the Indian

despite being hard of hearing, still has all his marbles. A great supercentenarian, a designation given to people who live past their 110th birthday.”

The second-oldest man in America is Texan Richard Overton, who was born on May 11, 1906.

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Coast trying to break into filmland and falling for an elusive heiress. He’s charting the course of his own integrity.”

Kia’s other works include the thriller Bond Hunter, a contemporary mystery Murder in Malibu, and, coming next year, Malibu Sheriff.

Kia McInerny launches latest novel

Montecito author Kia McInerny, a former attorney, has just published her latest book, Max in Filmland: A Lively Tale of ‘70s Euro Hollywood.

“It took me 20 years to write,” she told me at a bijou book bash at Tecolote, the tony tome temple in the upper village.” I did many lengthy rewrites before I was satisfied. It oozes nostalgia.”

The 300-page novel brought back many memories for me, given it mentions the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard, where I would stay when visiting from my Manhattan home, and a further along the ritzy rue, Le Dome, a Eurofluff eatery I would frequent with the likes of rockers Elton John and Rod Stewart.

“It’s about a man from the East

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Cory Williams, a scoring dynamo

Bishop Diego student Cory Williams was a member of an equestrian quintet that made it to the U.S. Polo Association’s nationals at the Virginia Polo Center in Charlottesville.

Cory’s saddle mates were Mia Sweeney, Andie Rupprecht, Petra Texeria, and Taylor Olcott, who defeated the Maui, Hawaii, team at the western regionals.

The energetic amazons won their first match against the Midland Texas Polo Club, moving on to the semifinals where the girls played Maryland, last year’s champions, losing 21-7, with 16-year-old Cory scoring five of the goals.

She was also one of four youngsters to earn All-Star status.

Cory is in good company as Jake and Luke Klentner, sons of Santa Barbara Polo Club patron Justin Klentner, also attend Bishop Diego.

Tall Tale It was a time for tall, very tall, stories when Visit Santa Barbara held its annual lunch at the Coral Casino with world renowned professional climber Kevin Jorgeson, who vanquished Yosemite’s 3,000-ft.-high Dawn Wall, part of the famous El Capitan granite monolith, two years ago.

His vertigo-inducing recounting of the 19-day climb with partner Tommy Caldwell, complete with footage for a National Geographic TV special airing this summer and a new book The Push on the death defying venture, riveted the 200 guests in the La Pacifica ballroom.

“You have to embrace you problems, not shy away,” said Jorgeson.

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Quire went through some transitions early last year before your big tour to England and Wales. Are things settled in now?

We had a big changeover last year when six singers bailed in a very short period of time for a variety of reasons.

That’s never happened before and it was challenging. I really had to scramble to fill them in for the tour. But it ended up being a spectacular trip, the best choir tour I’ve ever been on. And for the most part, all of those newer people who replaced them stayed on.

So there’s not much change this year, which is awfully nice for me. They

sound great and they’re a very nice group of people. No giant egos to deal with. It’s really pleasant. They’re sounding super.

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The Kids are All Right

Opera Santa Barbara artistic director Kostis Protopapas conducts a fully staged production of Jewish Czech composer Hans Krása’s children’s opera Brunidbár for performances at 2:30 and 5 pm Saturday at the Lobero Theatre. The work, whose appeal has been augmented in part from its tragic history during World War II, represents the first collaboration between the newly formed Santa Barbara Youth Opera, Ojai Youth Opera, and the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony.

The choice wasn’t an accident, as the piece was composed in 1938 as an entry for a government competition, but received 50 early performances at Theresienstadt concentration camp, figuring in Nazi propaganda efforts.

The opera features only one adult role, and the children and a trio of animal friends work to vanquish a bullying organ grinder, who symbolized Hitler.

The 40-minute piece will be augmented by two movements from the song cycle I Never Saw Another Butterfly,

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is for me by far his best. Actually, it’s one of those pieces of modern choral music that belong in the top 10 of choral pieces ever written. It’s wonderful to sing and listen to… The way he set the text is incredibly sensitive. I love how he uses the two choirs when they are singing double chorus – which is only about half of the piece – employing them against each other. Not only is there counterpoint but also harmonic shifting between each chorus. There is some real tension in places between them. It’s not very long, but he packs so much material into such a short amount of time, it’s breathtaking. It’s one of my all-time favorite a cappella chorus pieces. It’s a great way to close the concert.

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composed by Charles Davidson and inspired by poems from the children of Theresienstadt.

Symphony – the Next Generation

Meanwhile, the full Santa Barbara Youth Symphony – comprised of approximately 80 musicians ages 12-18 who are culled from Santa Barbara and Ventura counties -- presents its own season-ending concert on Sunday at 4 pm at the Lobero.

Led by music director Andy Radford,

who is also the principal bassoonist of the Santa Barbara Symphony, the ensemble will perform a program of works by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Mozart. Fifteen-year-old Luca Kim, who attends Cate School in Carpinteria, will serve as soloist for the first movement of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1.

Also, the symphony’s Junior Orchestra – which serves beginning and intermediate string and wind players ages 9-14, and is led by violinist and educator Marisa McLeod – per-

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B E L M O N D E L E N C A N T O , S A N TA B A R B A R A

by Mark Ashton Hunt

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.

Newly Priced In Montecito

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he Montecito Real Estate market currently offers many options for buyers at all price levels (okay options for homes above $1 million). As we hit the peak of the selling season during the early summer months, look for competition among existing listings to increase as they seek to attract buyers.

While sales are certainly occurring in most price ranges, there are many homes available worthy of attention in all price ranges (okay, again, above $1 million). If you are a buyer and looking for a home in Montecito, and looking for a home that has a motivated seller, I suggest looking at the homes that have reduced their asking price.

These price reductions often indicate a more serious seller, and at certain points in the listing process one can find opportunities that go quickly from a good opportunity to a great one with a sudden drop in price.

Here are four listings with recent price reductions (previous asking in parenthesis):

1561 San Leandro Lane: $3,095,000 (was $3,250,000) This is a recently remodeled home, designed to give the feel of living at the San Ysidro Ranch Hotel. Located on nearly a half-acre lot in the hedgerow, this home is just a few blocks from Miramar Beach, and in the other direction, Montecito Union School.

The home includes 4 bedrooms and 3

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kids enjoyed it and the diners loved it. I printed up, with Ron Tobin’s help at UCSB, award certificates in French and inscribed them once the votes were counted with the winners’ names. This year will be our 2nd Annual Award Dinner.

The cost will be $50 for members and $55 for guests. The public is invited to attend, especially anyone interested in French food or French culture.

You can mail your check directly to The French Network, P.O. Box 3983, Santa Barbara, CA 93130, or email me for more information: frsidon@ impulse.net.

Fred Sidon Santa Barbara

Trashing Trump

It is revealing of Donald Trump’s character that he has characterized the press as “the enemy of the people,” borrowing the phrase from Josef Stalin, which was a gulag death sentence for anyone who criticized him. It should come as no surprise then that Trump admires authoritarian leaders like Putin, Al-Sisi, and Erdogan, who kill and jail journalists that oppose them. Indeed, Trump attacks anyone who criticizes him or publishes facts that correct his frequent lies.

Last year, Trump said if he won the presidency he would “open up our libel laws so when media write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money.” What he has in mind is exemplified by his suit against a journalist who he complained had underestimated his wealth. The case was dismissed when Trump declined to provide tax returns or financial statements to prove his worth. He even sued a comedian for making a joke about him. The clear intention was just to punish critics with attorney fees, and to serve as a warning to others that he could bankrupt them with frivolous lawsuits.

Trump promised that after the election he would sue for libel all of the dozen women who accused him of behavior that he bragged about on the infamous tape, becoming the best witness against himself. Note that in the same tape he also said he tried to bed a woman shortly after his third marriage vows. Let’s hope his vow to uphold the Constitution, including the First Amendment, that “Congress shall make no [law] abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press” will be more respected.

Jonathan Smith Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: We can’t verify your actual “quotes” but will stipulate President Trump has said and tweeted some fairly outrageous things. We’ll also stipulate that our new president is an imperfect being, prone to speaking before

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thinking. However, we don’t accept your characterization of him that suggests he “admires authoritarian leaders like Putin, Al-Sisi, and Erdogan.” We do believe that Mr. Trump sees positive outcomes from dealing with each of these men with a certain amount of civility and deference, as cooperation from all three leaders will be needed to suppress and eventually wipe out the scourge of ISIS and Islamic terrorism. At least President Trump has taken that threat seriously, unlike the previous feckless occupant of the White House. – J.B.)

FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Montecito Didn’t Just Happen Change the Biltmore and the Coral Casino to look like a Miami Beach high-rise?

Far-fetched?

Actually, no.

There was, in fact, such a proposal some years ago that, fortunately, never made it past the artist rendering stage, thanks, in part, to the Montecito Association.

The semi-rural community we live in is precious and should not be taken for granted. Most of us know that, but it bears repeating. Other communities, up and down the coast of California, have been unable to retain their original values and have become victims to over development resulting in the loss of their charm.

The Montecito Association was formed in 1948 as the Montecito Protective and Improvement Association.

Residents became alarmed by the postwar population explosion that was fast eroding the aesthetic beauty of other coastal towns in California. They wanted to keep out sidewalks, concrete curbs and gutters, advertising signs, widening and straightening of streets, houses over 35 feet high, and other threats to the unspoiled rural look of Montecito.

In 1949, the Association produced the Montecito Community Plan, which remains as a guideline today (updated in 1992 and due for another update). The Association is considered to be one of the most effective citizen bodies in the United States.

A Good Example For many years in the early 1900s, Frank Lehner’s blacksmith shop stood on the northeast corner of San Ysidro and East Valley roads. The sound of hammer on anvil echoed around the village, and the fiery glow of the smithy’s forge could be seen from great distances.

Lehner himself was a hero to Montecito’s children, who loved to hang around the shop and “help” the blacksmith on their way home from school. They were fascinated by the

The “Corner Green” at San Ysidro and East Valley roads, just in front of Pierre Lafond, as it looked in the early 1900s... And how it looks today, circa 2017

man, the equipment, and the fact that San Ysidro Creek actually ran underneath the shop.

Even though ranchers came from all over the county to have Lehner shoe their horses, and he was always well-patronized by locals, he finally decided to sell the shop to two men named William Treloar and Rolland A. Ogan. They had barely taken over the business when a sudden fire swept the building on November 30, 1920, destroying everything.

Later, a Union Oil station was built on that site and a commercial area developed to the north with offices, shops, and a restaurant. In the early 1990s, after the service station was razed, private donations from a public fundraising drive and the efforts of the Montecito Association resulted in the current Montecito spot of beauty known as Corner Green.

Today, the Montecito Association’s agenda remains focused on trying to maintain the semi-rural character of our community. The challenges are many: short-term rentals, auxiliary dwelling units, water rights, to name but a few.

An all-important membership drive for the Montecito Association is in full swing. As a resident, your voice, your membership in the Montecito Association is crucial, because…

Montecito didn’t just happen.

Frank Abatemarco Montecito

Another Accessory Dwelling Unit Update

Some applicants for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in Santa Barbara County from Montecito to Noleta are being hit with sticker shock when presented their bill for fees to legalize an existing second dwelling unit or add a new one on their private residential property. Some have been quoted $30K in fees; elsewhere in California, they run as high as $75K.

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SB 229, calendared for its third reading, is intended to clean up confusion, ease barriers, and eliminate or limit fee assessments from special districts such as water, sewer, and fire. No public agency or person has yet spoken in opposition. Senator Janet Nguyen (R, Orange County) was the only vote in opposition for reasons shared by residents concerned with rising municipal taxes, fees, and water availability.

After passage of SB 229, all CA Special District customers will share in the cost or benefits to provide water, sewer, fire, road, park, and other special district services to ADUs. Effective 1/1/2017, SB 1069 became law. ADU housing is intended to ease the housing needs of California’s exploding population of 40 million projected to hit 60 million within 30 years.

Shocking to me is how few property owners know they can add an ADU on their property; and that even fewer have thought about the significance of this law.

After attending the recent annual meeting of the Eucalyptus Hill Improvement Association (EIHA), I asked the president why ADUs were not on the agenda. The answer: “didn’t know.” EHIA represents 700 city homes, considered Montecito, in ZIP 93108 above Salinas on both sides of Alston including the Via Alicia area.

ADUs effectively eliminate single-family residential neighborhoods throughout California except in certain historical areas or where there are topographical, hillside, or other constraints.

ADUs will impact property values, neighborhood character, density, street usage for transport competing with exemptions for parking leading to property user demands for more on-street parking, schools, and other public services and programs such as Neighborhood Watch.

SB 229 authorizes the ADU Law to include more permissive maximums of increased floor area beyond 1,200 sq ft; eliminates replacement parking requirements and from being considered a new residential use for the purposes of calculating local agency connection fees or capacity charges for utilities, including water and sewer service. Relief for applicants!

Additionally, a state memorandum purportedly sent to California counties and cities, eliminates the qualifier for an ADU applicant to be an owner-occupant of the property as evidenced by taking the CA Homeowners Property Tax Exemption, except when the property is within the CA Coastal Commission. Requiring recordation of a deed restriction to initial ADU applicants, was inappropriate, unlawful.

Essentially, residential growth can-

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Brilliant Thoughts

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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

Paths of Glory

I

’m not officially Canadian – but my mother was born and bred in Toronto, and I spent two years of my childhood there. So, I claim to be at least part-Canadian – particularly because, while attending the local public schools, I learned what every little Canadian was supposed to know, including certain patriotic songs, which I remember well.

One, “The Maple Leaf Forever,” began with these words:

gnant, since one of the best-known lines of “Elegy” is “The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”

That wasn’t the last time when the fate of Canada hung in the balance.

Americans don’t remember the War of 1812 with much pride – except that it gave us “The Star Spangled Banner”.

But with Canadians it’s a different story, because they were victorious in fending off an attempted invasion – not by the French– but by the Yankees.

In days of yore, from Britain’s shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came, And planted firm Britannia’s flag On Canada’s fair domain.

One school I attended in Toronto was named after Isaac Brock, another British general who died in battle, this time at the 1812 Battle of Queenston Heights, where the Americans were driven back. But that was only the beginning of several years of hostilities, which included the burning in 1813, by the Americans, of the government buildings in what is now Toronto.

This was believed by the British to be one justification for their burning of Washington, D.C., (another of my own “hometowns”) the following year.

One other Canadian connection I can claim with that era is that among my favorite chocolates have always been those made by Canada’s Laura Secord Chocolate Company, which is named after a semi-legendary heroine of that same tragic conflict. Laura, then a young woman, is credited with walking 20 miles to warn the defenders that the Americans were planning a surprise attack. As a result, the attackers were themselves surprised, and badly defeated.

And many years later, I myself suffered a defeat, in Toronto, which may have helped shape my personal destiny. When I was six, my mother tried to get me on a local radio quiz program called Snappy Answers. Participants were pre-selected from children in the audience. But I couldn’t answer the test question, so I was not selected.

My consolation prize was a quarter.

After the program, my mother took me to a Woolworth’s, where I bought her an ice cream, for a dime, and spent my remaining 15 cents on a little book – Wonders of the World (which I still treasure). Of its 48 Wonders, five, including the still-new Golden Gate Bridge, were in a fascinating place called California.

It may be more than mere coincidence (but thanks also to a Canadian uncle, who himself had settled there) that California was where I eventually ended up for good.

•MJ

Only years later, when I became interested in history, did I learn what that part of the song was all about.

In 1759, British forces, under general James Wolfe, captured the city of Quebec, which, until then, had been the capital of that vast section of the French Empire. This is considered one of the key events in the history of North America, and it determined that Britain, not France, would rule Canada – an outcome which, at least in theory, remains in effect to this day, since Canadians still acknowledge the sovereignty of the British Crown.

Wolfe died in that battle, (as also did the French general, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm). Wolfe was a cultured man, and what particularly interests me about this whole story is its connection with one of my favorite poems, usually called “Gray’s Elegy” – not to be confused with Gray’s Anatomy – or, since it was “Written In a Country Churchyard” with Gray’s Allergy (old joke).

But even if you’ve never read this poem, you’re probably familiar with some of its lines (and perhaps didn’t even know where they came from.)

They include such oft-quoted morsels as: “Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife” (though “madding” is often misquoted as “maddening.”)… “Full many a flower is born to blush unseen” and... “The short and simple annals of the poor.”

The poem was published in 1751 – only eight years earlier – and we’re told that Wolfe liked it so much, that, on the eve of the battle, he read it to a group of his officers and said to them, “Gentlemen, I would rather have written that poem than take Quebec.” This seems particularly poi18 – 25 May 2017

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was during the ‘50s and ‘60s on the TV game show Truth or Consequences.

Look for Milt and wife Arlene’s latest project, a mini magicians’ club by the Bird Refuge in Santa Barbara, in the old Café del Sol building.

Executive director of the Lobero Theatre Foundation David Asbell mixed and mingled. Our emcee for the evening was Steve Valentine, and magicians performing were Christopher Hart, Liberty Larsen, and Mark Haslam.

If you’d like to help keep the light of live performances burning bright, call (805) 679-6007.

Girls Inc. One Hundred Committee event chair Melody Taft with the guest speaker, Gretchen McClain

Chair of the Girls Inc. board Christi Sulzbach with Girls Inc. speaker Maxine Nocker

Scholarship Luncheon

The Girls Inc. One Hundred Committee luncheon raises funds to inspire the next generation of girls in STEM: Science, Techology, Engineering, Math, and for scholarships. It was held at Pat and Ursula Nesbitt’s grand estate, Bella Vista, on a perfect Santa Barbara day. The One Hundred Committee was founded 32 years ago and has raised more than $200,000 each year since then. Stina Hans is their president.

Upon arrival, valets whisked the cars away and we entered through the stables – I could live there, it’s so beautiful – to a reception on the lawn.

Lunch was served under a big white

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tent, and the centerpieces were all scientific STEM-related books and toys.

We donated dollars in cans to pay for them instead of donating the usual flower bouquet.

Event chair Melody Taft announced, “This event was sold-out and it is totally underwritten. This is the Nesbitts’ third time hosting. I would have thought they would have run away at 300 women in high heels.”

Melody introduced the guest speaker, Gretchen W. McClain, who believes that “having a solid foundation of math and science is what will open the many doors in front of girls today.”

Gretchen’s bio includes nine years

at NASA, where she had a leadership role in the successful development and launch of the International Space Station Program as chief director. She received the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and was founding president and CEO of Xylem, an S&P 500 company. Gretchen was the first woman inducted into the Utah Technology Council Hall of Fame and the list goes on. As she advised, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”

CEO of Girls Inc. Barbara BenHorin told us, “More than 400 girls will need $600,000 in scholarship help this year. Last year, we served 1,500 girls in Goleta and Santa Barbara.

We’ve been helping girls for nearly 60 years.”

A 10-year-old fourth-grader named Maxine enchanted the audience with her poise and polish. She informed us, “I don’t like Jell-O and I hate cake, but I love Girls Inc. I get to learn lots of things that aren’t taught in school.”

The CEO of the Foundation for SBCC, Geoff Green, was the auctioneer. He told us, “You thought the plastic tent sides were to keep the wind out. Actually, it was to keep you all from escaping.” And no one did. Thousands was raised at auction.

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A few of those contributing were Jelinda DeVorzon, Chad and Ginni Dreier, Kerin Friden, Gail Gelles, Greta Hansen, Perri Harcourt, Victoria Hines, June Kjaempe, George Leis, Melinda Mars, Carol Marsch, Eileen Mielko, Arlene Montesano, Deborah Naish, Carole Ridding, Maryan Schall, Jean Schuyler, Caroline Thompson, and Carol Wathen.

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Hearts Therapeutic

The old west came to town at the Santa Barbara Carriage Museum when Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center threw an old-fashioned barn dance.

Out came all the boots and bonnets (cowboy hats) and western clothes that have been hanging around, so the 125 guests looked authentic even without their horses. The saddles were on display at the museum, and the horses were back at the Hearts stables in Goleta at 4420 Calle Real.

Executive director Alexis Weaver told me, “For 32 years, Hearts has served thousands of individuals with physical, intellectual, and emotional traumas and disabilities, providing therapeutic riding and horsemanship lessons as both an adjunctive therapy and physical activity.” As they say, “The hoof beat

Part of the Hearts Therapeutic staff CFO Michael Williams, program director Devon Sachey, executive director Alexis Weaver, and volunteer director Dawn Nelson

The rest of the Hearts gang: bar manager Duane Harsh, instructor Susan Weber, Wendy Brown of mental health processing, and program coordinator Shallon Dusebout

is our heartbeat. Walk on.”

And they do. Hearts began in 1985 with two lesson horses and a handful of students. In the past 32 years, they have given about 60,000 lesson hours to more than 2,000 community members. Today, they have 12 horses and serve 80 riders per week. WOW! There are various programs for all ages. A popular one is for veterans who have PTSD. Many riders are wheelchair-bound. For them, there is a sense of freedom while they are riding a horse. A curious thing is that the gate of a horse mimics the muscles used when actually walking, so the rider’s muscles are stimulated deeply, not possible any other way.

Hearts held a silent auction at the barn dance, but they have a wish list.

If you’d like to contribute in any way, time, talent, or treasure, call (805) 9641519. There are grants and tuition, but they don’t cover expenses. Many participants are on scholarships and lessons are discounted.

After Lorraine Lim’s dee-licious barbecue dinner, there was toe tappin’ and line dancin’ to the western music of Caught Red Handed.

Hearts would love to have you attend their horse show Saturday, June 3, which starts at 9 am. They have the highest accreditation you can earn – PATH (Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship).

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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.

Pouring into Salt

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ack when it was known as the Salt Cave, the underground facility specializing in Himalayan salt and associated spa treatments participated every month in the Downtown Organization’s 1st Thursday events, staying open late and throwing open the doors to their misty caves packed with the pink stuff for mini-sessions or just visiting, and serving sangria and appetizers in the main room. But it’s been a while since they went in a different direction. Now known simply as Salt, the place is hosting their own open house this Friday, May 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, when you can celebrate all the wonders of Salt, including free chair massages, facial consultations, interactive activities, food, and drinks.

The “Salty crew” will also be on hand to talk about the classes at Salt in the healing cave, including Yoga, Reiki workshops, Sound baths, Breath workshops, and many more. And the large Himalayan Salt lamps, which purify the air and create a warm and inviting ambience (I’ve got one of the smaller ones, a birthday present a couple of years back), are on sale, so you can take a piece of the cave home.

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strumentalist Jaffe, who has a penchant for melding reggae’s dub beats into his kirtan music, is in the midst of a breakout year with gigs at last weekend’s Shakti Fest, plus appearances at Lightning in a Bottle, Wanderlust, and Lucidity. Beekman, who brings an energetic gospel-infused sound to her mantra chants, also teaches yoga and combines the two with her popular Lullaby Yoga classes in Oregon.

Tickets are $18 in advance, $25 day-of.

Midweek Mayhem

Mindfulness Training

It’s a busy period Tuesday through Thursday for those interested in meditation, mindfulness, movement, and/or music over at Yoga Soup.

Montecito-raised Joss Jaffe, who now resides in the Bay Area, joins rising star Johanna Beekman for Mantra Sangha Kirtan, an intimate evening of call and response singing and original music, from 7:30 to 9 pm on Tuesday.

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Marlies Myoku, who trained as a psychologist in the Netherlands and is also a certified Hakomi practitioner and certified tantric educator, leads an inspirational meeting about how to live an awakened life on Wednesday evening at the Soup. The visiting spiritual teacher, who has been offering satsangs and retreats since 2000, invites us to come together from 7 to 9 pm in the name of love and truth, and be guided through a meditation, dharma talk, and dialogue. The evening serves as an introduction to Myoku’s work, as she will be offering a five-day silent retreat locally beginning the following day. Admission by donation.

That same mid-week Wednesday also brings the beginning of Tripti Mahendra three-week introductory course in Mindfulness at Yoga Soup.

The course is a progression through the essential areas for mindful attention and investigation, and takes place twice a week over three weeks for 1.5-hour sessions every Wednesday and Friday, from 1:30 to 3 pm, May 24-June 9. The intention is to fully offer the basics the Mindfulness method, along with an understanding of the purpose and the possible short- and long-term results of a practice. Sessions will cover such topics as the body, emotions, thoughts/ mental process, hindrances, and taking the practice home. Participants must attend all sessions, though an audio-only recording can be requested for unexpected absences. Mahendra trained at White Lotus in Santa Barbara and Insight Yoga Institute. Fee: $175.

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not be limited by localities. There is no longer any maximum occupancy or vehicle limitation per residential dwelling unit.

Private property rights have been restored in California. The unknown are the impacts on the general public.

What will be the future demands on our public streets for parking, and on public services such as water, sewer, sanitary, fire, and police?

To end on a light note, residents of the City of Sacramento reportedly will soon provide free use of electric cars to tenants in areas such as subsidized housing developments to ease the need for private cars and parking spaces.

Take out your crystal ball.

Denice S. Adams Montecito (Editor’s note: Nothing is carved in stone yet, so we’d advise hanging on to your permit until ADUs become – or don’t become – an easy and lawful way of legalizing that otherwise unpermitted “rental.” – J.B.)

Why California is Broke

Compare this monstrosity with your state. Oh, by the way, all of the following list of agencies and government workers who “work” there are supported in salary, benefits, and retirement by taxpayers. The governor and legislature say the only places they can cut expenses are police and fire.

Yeah, right.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent. This list is shocking.

Over the years, our politicians have created this enormous pork barrel of agencies that employs over 350,000 people directly and countless more via contracts with the state. All these people get salaries, medical coverage, vacations, and pensions at our expense and almost all are unionized.

Take a good, close look.

These are all California State agencies:

California Academic Performance Index (API) * California Access for Infants and Mothers * California Acupuncture Board * California Administrative Office of the Courts * California Adoptions Branch * California African American Museum * California Agricultural Export Program * California Agricultural Labor Relations Board * California Agricultural Statistics Service * California Air Resources Board (CARB) * California Allocation Board * California Alternative Energy and Advanced Transportation Financing Authority * California Animal Health and Food Safety Services * California Anti-Terrorism Information Center * California Apprenticeship Council * California Arbitration Certification Program * California Architects Board * California Area VI Developmental Disabilities Board * California Arts Council * California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus * California Assembly

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Democratic Caucus * California Assembly Republican Caucus * California Athletic Commission * California Attorney General * California Bay Conservation and Development Commission * California Bay-Delta Authority * California Bay-Delta Office * California Biodiversity Council * California Board for Geologists and Geophysicists * California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors * California Board of Accountancy * California Board of Barbering and Cosmetology * California Board of Behavioral Sciences * California Board of Chiropractic Examiners * California Board of Equalization (BOE) * California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection * California Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind * California Board of Occupational Therapy * California Board of Optometry * California Board of Pharmacy * California Board of Podiatric Medicine * California Board of Prison Terms * California Board of Psychology * California Board of Registered Nursing * California Board of Trustees * California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians * California Braille and Talking Book Library * California Building Standards Commission * California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education * California Bureau of Automotive Repair * California Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair * California Bureau of Home Furnishings and Thermal Insulation * California Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine * California Bureau of Security and Investigative Services * California Bureau of State Audits * California Business Agency * California Business Investment Services (CalBIS) * California Business Permit Information (CalGOLD) * California Business Portal * California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency * California Cal Grants * California CalJOBS * California CalLearn Program * California CalVet Home Loan Program * California Career Resource Network * California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau * California Center for Analytical Chemistry * California Center for Distributed Learning * California Center for Teaching Careers (Teach California) * California Chancellors Office * California Charter Schools * California Children and Families Commission * California Children and Family Services Division * California Citizens Compensation Commission * California Civil Rights Bureau * California Coastal Commission * California Coastal Conservancy * California Code of Regulations * California Collaborative Projects with UC Davis * California Commission for Jobs and Economic Growth * California Commission on Aging * California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers Compensation * California Commission on Judicial Performance * California Commission on State Mandates * California Commission on Status of Women * California Commission on Teacher Credentialing * California Commission on the Status of Women * California Committee on Dental Auxiliaries * California Community Colleges Chancellors Office, Junior Colleges * California Community Colleges Chancellors Office * California Complaint Mediation Program * California Conservation Corps * California Constitution Revision Commission * California Consumer Hotline * California Consumer Information Center * California Consumer Information * California Consumer Services Division * California Consumers and

Families Agency * California Contractors State License Board * California Corrections Standards Authority * California Council for the Humanities * California Council on Criminal Justice * California Council on Developmental Disabilities * California Court Reporters Board * California Courts of Appeal * California Crime and Violence Prevention Center * California Criminal Justice Statistics Center * California Criminalist Institute Forensic Library * California CSGnet Network Management * California Cultural and Historical Endowment * California Cultural Resources Division * California Curriculum and Instructional Leadership Branch * California Data Exchange Center * California Data Management Division * California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission * California Delta Protection Commission * California Democratic Caucus * California Demographic Research Unit * California Dental Auxiliaries * California Department of Aging * California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs * California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Board * California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control * California Department of Boating and Waterways (Cal Boating) * California Department of Child Support Services (CDCSS) * California Department of Community Services and Development * California Department of Conservation * California Department of Consumer Affairs * California Department of Corporations * California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation * California Department of Developmental Services * California Department of Education * California Department of Fair Employment and Housing * California Department of Finance * California Department of Financial Institutions * California Department of Fish and Game * California Department of Food and Agriculture * California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) * California Department of General Services * California Department of General Services, Office of State Publishing * California Department of Health Care Services * California Department of Housing and Community Development * California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) * California Department of Insurance * California Department of Justice Firearm s Division * California Department of Justice Opinion Unit * California Department of Justice, Consumer Information, Public Inquiry Unit * California Department of Justice * California Department of Managed Health Care * California Department of Mental Health * California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) * California Department of Personnel Administration * California Department of Pesticide Regulation * California Department of Public Health * California Department of Real Estate * California Department of Rehabilitation * California Department of Social Services Adoptions Branch * California Department of Social Services * California Department of Technology Services Training Center (DTSTC) * California Department of Technology Services (DTS) * California Department of Toxic Substances Control * California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) * California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVets) * California Department of Water Resources *

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Jacobs’s ongoing monthly gathering offering joy generating original songs, chants, and mantras celebrating our Divine humanity and unity with all, has long met every third Thursday at Grace’s Arden Light House, (318 Arden Road).

Singer Melanie Hutton and percussionist Bobby LeBlanc are the special guests for May’s event, which features simple call-and-response songs in diverse musical styles and languages (English, Sanskrit, Aramaic) with lyrics projected on screen, plus a cookie break in the middle.

But now there’s another chance to join in the community of Spirit Singers, who feel the spirit move in, as and through each of us via their voices – something I can vouch for, as I’ve attended nearly every session since it started. Grace and Lynn-Jacobs have booked a downtown date at Unity of Santa Barbara for later in the month.

After a trial run performing at the regular Sunday services proved successful, the pair will hold a standard SpiritSings session from 7 to 9 pm on Tuesday, May 30, in the sanctuary at 227 E. Arrellaga. Both events have a $10 “love donation” at the door. Visit www.SpiritSings.org and to hear samples of songs from their just-released debut recording of the original chants and songs.

Q is for Quality of Life

Actually, I don’t know what the Q stands for in The Q Effect, but having attended an introductory session, I can say that the program effectively offers some insight into its official query: “What would your life be like if you lived from a deep place of peace, knowing that nothing and no one is against you?” That’s a fancy way of saying that we often believe that outer circumstances are holding us back or causing us pain, rather than taking responsibility for crafting the life our heart desires. The Q Effect is an integrated cognitive shadow-work practice that weaves together the latest research emerging from neurobiology, developmental psychology, family systems theory, attachment theory, quantum science, and perennial spiritual wisdom to offer a powerful path to personal evolution.

We local residents are lucky, because the reverend Denese Schellink, who is married to Unity’s Larry Schellink, is a Certified Q coach who periodically offers the 21-day training in various formats on site. A new session of The Q Effect – The Art of Living with Nothing and begins this Saturday, May 20, and starts with an all-day interactive workshop of powerful exercises, multi-media presentations, and discussions aimed at diving When a loved one is struggling with memory decline and can no longer safely reside at home, turn to a caring and trusted resource…Villa Alamar.

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Participants are given a workbook to take home, and then return for three coaching sessions on May 26, June 2, and June 8 at 5:30 pm to complete the training. Course fee is $175, with partial scholarships available. Visit www. santabarbaraunity.org/q-process-2 for details, and check out the Q Effect’s exhaustive website (www.theqeffect. com) to learn more about the process.

More Music at Unity

There are three opportunities to experience Music and Mythology: Stories of Transformation with Anton Mizerak and Laura Berryhill at Unity this Sunday. Mizerak, a composer and multi-instrumentalist who plays tabla, harmonica, synthesizers, and piano, and Berryhill, a flutist and singer with a master’s degree in music history from the University of Oregon, will offer a talk with integrated music for the regular services at 9:30 and 11:15 am, followed by an experiential concert to transform and heal with Celtic song and chants from around the world, featuring nurturing, playful, joyful, relaxing music to soothe and enliven your soul. The 1 pm concert is open via a voluntary love donation.

Also, Reverend Larry facilitates the free Midweek Soul Renewal every Wednesday at 6 pm in the sanctuary featuring sacred music with Crystal Sarada and Emiliano Campobello, silent and guided meditation.

For Friendly Females

Last month’s scheduled special women-only gathering of the Santa Barbara Cuddle Connection was postponed, and will now take place this Saturday, May 20, at Santa Barbara

Body Therapy Institute, 516 North Quarantina Street. The special event is in honor of spring founder Amber York’s birthday, and she’s inviting all “sisters” to join her to give and receive nurturing, while also holding any necessary boundaries. Slowing down and touching one another with affection creates bonds and community, York says, asking “How often do you touch a sister with loving care?” Participants will learn different types of positions and different types of touches, but no activities are required. Bring some munchies, any hair accessories, and anything else that you may wish to create coziness for the special free 7 to 9:30 pm event.

Call York at 450-2907 or email santabarbaracuddleconnection@gmail. com.

Bare Essentials

Also happening this weekend after an unexpected cancellation in April is the “Getting Naked”-themed evening of Authentic Relating Games.

Leaders Simon d’Arcy and Tamra Rutherford, certified trainers in Authentic Relating and Circling, facilitate a night of “games” – essentially group exercises that demonstrate and explore getting to know yourself better while at the same time learning to see and appreciate more about everyone you connect with.

The “getting naked” theme aims at “To be seen, unadorned; to be witnessed, unprepared; to stand before another, undefended.”

The opportunity to show and share your hearts and minds (and your body, as long as you keep your clothes on) takes place 7 to 10 pm Friday night at Yoga Soup, 28 Parker Way. Admission is $18 in advance or $25 day-of.

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Now, DAA will move from its 10-year-old campus to the newer GEMS campus, under Murphy’s leadership. “It’s exciting stuff!” Murphy told us. The high-priced school will now be known as Dubai American Academy-Nations Campus.

For more information about Montecito Union School and the new superintendent, visit www.monteci tou.org.

Dan Eidelson Back on MPC

On Tuesday, May 16, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors appointed Montecito Association (MA) board member Dan Eidelson to the Montecito Planning Commission (MPC), two-and-a-half years after he stepped down from his seat on the commission in November 2014.

Eidelson takes the seat of Jack Overall, who resigned last month after 10 years of service on the commission. Overall cited ongoing health concerns for his departure; prior to his time on the commission, he served for nine years on the Montecito Association board of directors.

Eidelson, a Montecito resident for 27 years, has served on countless boards and commissions, including the Montecito Association, where he presided as president for two years,

the Montecito Fire District, Sanitary District, Vector Control, Montecito Community Foundation, Casa del Herrero, and others. In 2014, he told us the reason for his departure from MPC, on which he had served five years, was due to personal issues he needed to handle. Before moving to Montecito, Eidelson was a chemistry professor for 30 years. He was reappointed to the MA last year and has resigned from that position.

The MPC has undergone major changes in the last year, with new members Charles Newman and Donna Senauer taking their seats in February, filling the spaces left by Joe Cole (who was appointed to take Eidelson’s spot after he resigned), and Michael Phillips, who served on the commission since its inception in 2003.

Eidelson joins the two new commissioners, along with J’Amy Brown and Susan Keller.

Construction in Upper Village

Next week, expect construction in the upper village, as the Village Service Station & Smog will be replacing the underground gas tanks, a process that could take five to six weeks, according to Village Automotive manager Josh Gospodnetich.

Crews will be on scene with a crane,

Village Service Station & Smog will be closed for up to six weeks beginning next week. The construction is not expected to impact traffic on East Valley Road.

pulling up the two old fuel tanks (last replaced in the ‘80s), and replacing them with three new ones, including one diesel. The service bays will also be closed, impacting smog checks, tire service, and fluid checks. “Village Automotive will handle the overflow, with the exception of smog checks,” said Gospodnetich, who has been overseeing both shops for about three years. Village Automotive, which is

up past Montecito Village Grocery, has been in business since 1964; the gas station has been a Montecito staple since it was a Chevron station in the 1950s.

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The group, which now has more than 100 student members, plans and executes a different volunteer project each month, and supports a variety of programs around town. The kids have volunteered at such places as the Special Olympics at UCSB, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Path (formerly Casa Esperanza homeless shelter), the Humane Society’s BUNS program, Earth Day, Unity Shoppe, and cleanups at local beaches and parks. The program allows teens to get their required community service hours and allows them to experience different organizations and realize different needs that exist in Santa Barbara.

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Gala Honors Casa Dorinda

This Saturday, May 20, the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara (BGCSB) hosts the 10th annual Gala and Auction at QAD in Summerland.

This year, the gala honors Charles L. Alva and Casa Dorinda for ongoing contributions to BGCSB. “From creating a center for teens to tutoring in the library, providing basketballs and jump ropes to supporting daily operations, Charles and the residents, board, and staff of Casa Dorinda have been cornerstones of the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara for several years,” said Carolyn McCall, who is helping to organize the event.

Titled Black, White, & Bling, the occasion features emcee and auctioneer Geoff Green, along with honorary chairs Meghan White-Skinner and Robert Skinner. The black-tie affair will raise funds to support the kids of the BGCSB, and it will also showcase their talents with their artwork appearing in the auction and the soulful music of the club’s own Jazz Villains.

For nearly 80 years, BGCSB has served the youth of the Santa Barbara area, fulfilling its mission to inspire and enable all young people to reach their full potential as productive, responsible, caring young adults. The club’s goal is not only to ensure that all kids graduate high school, but that they do so making healthy choices and with a concrete plan for their futures.

For more information, email Diana@ boysgirls.org.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 18) Marketing associates Cheyanne Brooks, Lauren Gongazlas with entertainer Ryan Brolliar; and Dean Noble, SB Zoo director of marketing having welcomed everyone to the Roar and Pour event (photo by Priscilla)

Mayor Helene Schneider with other Rivvie awardees (photo by Danielle Methmann)

“I was risking my life. It took all my skills from 26 years of climbing. It was an impossible objective.”

Not satisfied with achieving his very lofty goal, Jorgeson says he’d like to do the daunting climb again, but in just 24 hours, perhaps challenged by 23-year-old Czech climber Adam Ondra, who did the hair-raising ascent in just eight days in November.

“Standing on top was a moment I’ll never forget,” Jorgeson added.” There is a sense of weightlessness knowing the battle was over. There was also a sense of bittersweet sadness.

“It was in that area, the realm of type-two fun when we discover what we’re capable of. But then there’s the question of ‘What’s next, what’s next?’”

Visit Santa Barbara president Kathy Janega-Dykes said spending by travelers totalled more than $1.5 billion, supporting more than 12,000 jobs and generating more than $45 million in yearly tax revenues.

The annual destination awards, the Rivvies, were presented to outgoing mayor Helene Schneider and the 50-year-old organization Downtown Santa Barbara.

Among the guests attending the Experience Elevated bash, when current board chair Lotusland honcho Gwen Stauffer handed the baton to Biltmore manager Karen Earp, were Hiroko Benko, Geoff Alexander, Skip Abed, Luke Swetland, Karna Hughes, John Brosnan, Gabe Saglie, Angie Bertucci, Dean Noble,

Professional climber Kevin Jorgeson on the Dawn Wall (Photo by Corey Rich)

David Sigman, Jennifer Zacharias, Anne Elcon, Shashi Poudyal, Frank Hotchkiss, and Roger Aceves.

Checking in An avalanche of amazons descended on Fess Parker’s DoubleTree for the 13th annual presentation of grants by the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara.

Checks totaling $485,000 went to eight local non-profit agencies, voted on by the membership of 747 women and presented by Mary Genis and Irene Stone.

Since it began in 2004, the fund has awarded grants totaling more than $6 million to 86 local non-profit programs impacting more than 95,000 women, children, and families in Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Goleta.

Recipients included AHA! Channel Islands YMCA, Domestic Violence Solutions, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing, St. Vincent’s, and Casa Pacifica, which received $75,000 to expand rapid mobile crisis weekend response for children and youth experiencing mental health emergencies.

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Noble Effort It was clearly a mane event when Santa Barbara Zoo hosted its third annual Roar & Pour, a sell-out attracting 1,200 oenophiles and gourmands, grossing around $90,000 for the popular menagerie.

A quarter of the party animals, some

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of whom drove up from Los Angeles, splashed out on VIP tickets, allowing them to gain entrance an hour early, avoiding the crowds and giving them access to reserve wines provided by the 30 vendors from Santa Maria, Los Olivos, Paso Robles, and Santa Barbara, accompanied by creative 18 – 25 May 2017

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“It was the best yet!” said zoo honcho Dean Noble.

A roaring success without a doubt.

Phil Thrill For nearly a century, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has been coming to Santa Barbara annually to appear as part of CAMA – the Community Arts Music Association’s – International Series, which attracts the world’s top orchestra’s to our Eden by the Beach.

Joining them every other year is Venezuelan wunderkind Gustavo Dudamel, who was in residence with his talented musicians when they performed for a sold-out audience at the Granada in the organization’s last concert of its 98th season.

As usual, The Dude, as he’s known

by his Disney Concert Hall fans, was in fine form with a mostly Schubert repertoire, featuring symphonies No. 1 in D Major and No. 2 in B-flat major, with international mezzo soprano Michelle DeYoung singing Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer in between.

A delightful conclusion to a wonderful season.

Put a Fork in it Gourmands and oenophiles were out in force when the 4th annual Fork & Cork Classic was held at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree, raising around $50,000 for the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County.

The 400-guest beano featuring 23 food vendors and 26 wineries, co-chaired by Erwin Villegas and Kristin van Ramshorst, hon-

ored Jasper and Brook Eiler, owners of Harvest Santa Barbara; Archie McLaren, founder of the Central Coast Wine Classic, which has raised more than $2.5 million to benefit nonprofits; and Jessica Foster of Jessica Foster Confections.

Food for thought, indeed.

Three’s Company UCSB Arts & Lectures was in social overdrive when they hosted two oh-so social soirées for guest lecturers.

Orange rancher Loren Booth threw a most appealing party at her charming Miramar beach house for the best-selling memoir Eat, Pray, Love and the equally popular Committed: A Love Story author Elizabeth Gilbert in conversation with peripatetic essayist Pico Iyer, who lives in Santa Barbara and Japan.

Gilbert, whose latest book is Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, was in fine form with Iyer, a product of Eton, Oxford, and Harvard, taking a test run before their Granada performance.

“Sometimes you get a big idea and then nothing,” she admitted. “Then, lightning strikes. You have to follow your feelings.”

Guests included Tim and Monica Babich, Gretchen Lieff, Tom and Heather Sturgess, Mary Ellen Tiffany, Adam and Penny Bianchi,

Maria Rendon and Robert Gaimo with Chip Kidd (photo by Kimberly Citro)

and Cynthia Spivey.

Just 72 hours later, another speaker, colorful New York designer and art director Chip Kidd, who has changed the way book jackets are perceived from “a protective covering to a work of art,” was feted with a dinner in the Outpost at Goleta’s oh-so trendy Goodland Hotel, a former Holiday Inn, before talking at Campbell Hall.

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and Robert Giaimo were among the diners listening to the recipient of the National Design Award for Communications, whose TED talks on cover design have been viewed more than 12 million times.

Oh, Boy Santa Barbara reality TV twosome Spencer and Heidi Pratt are expecting a baby boy, they’ve revealed.

The 30-year-old The Hills star says she started screaming in excitement after her doctor called her to confirm her new arrival would be a boy as she had hoped.

The former Celebrity Big Brother contestant, who tied the knot in 2009, has been displaying her baby bump in a series of cute Instagram shots posted

by Spencer.

The due date is October 19, she told US Weekly.

Spencer told the celebrity glossy that he woke up in the couple’s beach house recently, to see his wife standing over him looking excited.

“The look on her face, I can’t even describe it. She was literally glowing.

I thought she was about to say she made muffins or banana bread,” but instead she told him the happy news and subsequently burst into tears.

“Heidi has wanted to be a mom since the day I met her,” he said, adding that work commitments over the last three years have delayed their plans.

Keeping up with Joneses Granada board member Blake Jones and his wife, Emily, opened

Evan Thompson, Connie Frank, Regina and Richard Roney having a good time (photo by Priscilla) Val and Bob Montgomery enjoy the view, entertainment, and company of the SBCPA Premier Patrons gathering (photo by Priscilla)

Sharing the “Premier Patron Party” is Marvel Kirby with hosts (her son) Blake and Emily Jones (photo by Priscilla)

Grethe and Henning Jensen at the bash (photo by Priscilla)

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Among the torrent of too too tony types were Palmer and Susan Jackson, Bob and Val Montgomery, Dan and Meg Burnham, Chris and Wendy Blau, Geoffrey and Joan Rutkowski, Rob and Pru Sternin, Mary Dorra, Gretchen Lieff, Pat Gregory, Kate Kurlas, David Grossman, Hayley Firestone Jessup, and Craig and Kirsten Springer.

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the doors of their beautiful Riviera aerie, just a tiara’s toss from the El Encanto hotel, for a premier patrons reception.

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Nir and Far Santa Barbara Symphony said au revoir to its latest season at the Granada with a concert, under veteran conductor Nir Kabaretti, celebrating connections to Paris.

The entertaining program featured Mozart’s Symphony No. 31 “Paris,” Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Liszt’s Les Preludes, and Saint-Saens’ popular Cello Concerto No. 1 with Grammy Award winner Zuill Bailey, 18 – 25 May 2017

45, who studied at Juilliard and the Music Academy of the West, and returned a number of times to the Miraflores campus to perform and give masterclasses.

A man clearly in his element.

Seasons Change Over at the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall, Camerata Pacifica wrapped its 27th season with an eclectic program.

Haydn’s Trio in G Major, Mozart’s String Quartet in G Minor, and Dohnanyl’s piano quintet in C Minor made for a most entertaining performance dedicated to the late Michael Towbes.

Irish founder Adrian Spence continues to push all the buttons with his outstanding chamber players.

Seeing Green Mike Dirnt, founding member and bassist for the rock band Green Day, has put his Montecito home on the market for $4.8 million, while at the same time selling his Cape Codinspired, 2,500-sq.-ft. Newport Beach property for $3.8 million.

His local three-story residence lies in a gated enclave next to Miramar Beach with glass doors and balconies on each floor.

The 1,186 sq. ft. of ship-like interiors feature teak and Brazilian hardwood floors, two updated kitchens, three bedrooms, and two bathrooms.

Retractable stairs on the top floor lead to an ocean-view lookout.

It’s a MAD World Producers Circle supporters of Santa Barbara High’s MAD (Multimedia Arts and Design) Academy turned out in force at the imposing Ennisbrook home of Ron and Stacy Pulice when film festival director Roger Durling and entrepreneur Lynda Weinman spoke, with the founder of lynda.com describing it as “the right kind of education for the 21st century.”

Roger described film as “a great equalizer” and “a conduit to bigger things that allows people to dream.”

Among those enjoying the beautiful evening were Jerrad Burford, Melanie Cava, Tracey Wilfong, Ted Simmons, Rick Hogue, Nancy Kojevinas, Kara Rhodes, and Brian

and Lisa Babcock.

Taking Direction Amy Marshall, an arts administration professional with a broad experience across a range of performance disciplines, is the new director of development for the Santa Barbara Symphony.

Marshall, who earned a bachelor’s degree in theatre arts at Marquette University before beginning her career at Florentine Opera Company, also in Milwaukee, becoming a production director.

After being named company manager at the Milwaukee Ballet in 2000, she was rapidly promoted to the positions of operations director and then executive director.

In 2007, she was appointed managing director of the Olney Theatre Center in Maryland, a position she held for seven years, before recently serving as director of development at Austin Opera, where she successfully managed all fundraising efforts, including working with the opera guild’s 250 members.

“Amy’s diverse background and zest for the arts are sure to be valuable assets as we work to build on our many recent successes,” says symphony executive director Kevin Marvin.

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ed summa cum laude in 1951, with a BSE in civil engineering, and began his graduate degree at MIT in structural engineering.

As the Korean War intensified, he decided to enlist in the Navy for a three-year tour of duty with their Civil Engineering Corps in 1952. He was sent to the Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point Mugu in California. It was there Michael met Gail Aronson of Beverly Hills, and they married on Valentine’s Day in 1954. After the last 17 months of Navy assignment back in D.C., Lieutenant Towbes and his California wife opted for a warmer climate, settling in Los Angeles in 1955. He worked briefly as a project engineer for the George A. Fuller Construction Company (credited with inventing the modern skyscraper and modern contracting systems).

Michael recalled, “I got interested in construction because I used to go around with my dad, who was involved in real estate development back in Washington. It really appealed to me, and I assumed it was something I might want to do in my career.

Best advice I ever got from my dad (which I tried to follow all my life really), is to ‘build houses for poor people — there are more poor people than rich people.’”

As fate and family would have it, Michael met up with a friend of his parents: Eli Luria.

A UCLA graduate in art, history, and psychology, Eli was the yin to Michael’s yang. Coincidentally, they had grown up in the same neighborhood and even attended the same high school (Roosevelt). They both were the sons of Russian Jewish immigrants who were involved in real estate development. (Law professor Louis Towbes invested in real estate; Louis Luria was a builder.)

As Eli was exactly 10 years older than Michael and an experienced builder, Eli served as a mentor. “We had a wonderful relationship; he was the artistic partner and I was the one with the slide rule who was the engineering partner,” Michael was to recall. “Eli was a visionary, the nicest, sweetest man, and much more intuitive. Probably what I learned from him was listening to your inner self. I learned a lot from him.”

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Eli and Mike started by building one custom home in Brentwood. Next they created small apartment buildings starting in Redondo Beach. Eli had an option on 25 improved lots in Chino for $40,000 ($1600 per lot!) they planned to develop as 1,000 squarefoot, 3-bedroom houses to sell for $10,950.

Then in 1957, the partners heard it was boom time in Santa Barbara County. The Camp Cooke Army training center was being converted into the new Vandenberg Air Force Base, and the county was going to need homes for hundreds of new families. Eli concentrated on Santa Barbara; Michael moved his family to Santa Maria, where he began developing and selling homes for $16,900.

By 1960, Michael moved his family (which now included two daughters) to Santa Barbara. The two men decided to pursue their projects separately but remained lifelong friends and close business associates.

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Indefatigable and daring (and up for just about anything), Michael Towbes joined “Mr. 500” Andy Granatelli and a small group of Montecito residents on a fourday Memorial Day weekend trip to Indianapolis for the Indy 500 eight years ago. Mr. Towbes is seen here wearing a fireproof suit – including fireproof gloves and shoes – before taking a seat in back of driver and racecar legend Mario Andretti in a two-man, open-canopy racing vehicle; they reached speeds approaching 200 mph during their two-lap trip at the famous track.

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Michael started his own company, known subsequently as the Michael Towbes Group, developing and building residential, commercial, and industrial properties in Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties. The concept was that the sites would be within an hour’s drive, or sufficiently close so Michael would know the community and apply his personally involved hands-on approach.

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Michael understood design, landscape, architecture, basically all facets of a project and derived great satisfaction from seeing plans come to fruition.

But he also had specialty projects, one of his crowning achievements being the restoration of the Riviera Park complex, (the former state college). He was immensely proud of the improvements and upgrades, and the ability to leave it “far better than it ever was in the early days,” while restoring its beautiful historic elements.

Michael was a man of integrity and man of his word. He was patient, persistent, and thorough in all his transactions; he was respectful and enormously respected.

Sixty years later, Michael’s legacy is the sheer number and physical presence of his projects. He essentially developed 6,000 places for people to live and raise their families – particularly workforce housing apartment units, but also condo units and homes throughout the tri-county area. Moreover, his company currently manages some 2,500 units along with more than 1.8 million square feet of shopping centers, office buildings, and business parks where community members shop and work.

Banker

The second legacy Towbes left the community was Montecito Bank and Trust.

It was originally founded as the Bank of Montecito on St. Patrick’s Day 1975 by a group of civic-minded citizens. By 1983, Michael had bought out the other shareholders to become the bank’s sole owner.

Although his résumé described Towbes as a banker, he somewhat demurred at the description, stating that “I’m a very experienced borrower.”

But as a borrower and a businessman (a big businessman), Michael did

understand the bank’s potential as a community tool. He thought Santa Barbara had been good to him and he wanted to return the favor. The bank he envisioned would do the job to specifically benefit his community.

While there are other community banks that give back to their communities, and some with closely held ownership or even a few with a charitable motive, Montecito Bank & Trust as envisioned by Towbes is absolutely unique, with his extraordinary far-sightedness permeating the operation.

As Michael’s privately held bank, MB&T never needed to focus on risky short-term profits; it has remained financially stable and able to focus on long-term investments. In 2003, Michael changed the bank from a C corporation to an S corporation, providing his bank greater operational freedom than that afforded a larger or public bank, ultimately serving local businesses needs better.

Furthermore, Michael never paid himself a salary, nor collected any dividend or profit from his own bank (aside from covering the tax liability). Instead, Michael’s vision was that its substantial shareholder dividends ($1 million), would be distributed as “Community Dividends“ to non-profit organizations. Michael would carefully review several hundred applicants and approve gifts to invest in non-profit operations benefitting local residents.

In addition, on its March anniversary, MB&T annually awards grants to 10 community non-profits programs, which are nominated and selected by the bank employees.

Finally, Towbes had the MB&T transferred into a new trust after his death, so that the bank would remain independent and locally owned.

After the financial meltdowns of 2007-08, the government encouraged banks to sign up for TARP funds.

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After some time, Michael and his bank executives realized they simply did not need them: Michael was always proud to state that his bank never took TARP funds.

Michael’s legacy is that his Montecito Bank & Trust is now the oldest and largest locally owned and managed community bank in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. Financially stable with more than $1.3 billion in assets, Montecito Bank & Trust is among the top 10 percent of community banks in the country for its size.

The Arts

The magnificent restoration of the 80-year-old Granada Theatre was Michael’s third legacy.

Although there were many projects Michael had done that he was proud of, the Granada held a special place in his heart. Perhaps it was because the landmark (now a 90+ year-old building) incorporated Michael’s multi-faceted interests and talents: taking on a challenge, his construction acumen, finding opportunities for philanthropy to create a community benefit, and a showcase for the performing arts.

Michael’s interest in the arts was undoubtedly influenced and encouraged by his life partners. Michael’s first wife, Gail, was a ballerina; she passed in 1996 after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis. Nearly 10 years later, Michael delightedly found his second soul mate in widow Anne Smith, equally adept singing and playing guitar. Both women loved the stage, whether performing themselves or enjoying others in theater, music, and dance. Michael shared their joy and enthusiasm for opera, ballet, and musical theater.

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Honors Santa Barbara Man of the Year Earned the Santa Barbara NewsPress Lifetime Achievement Award recipient of both the UCSB Chancellor’s Medal and the Westmont Medal Santa Barbara Philanthropist of the Year National Society of Fundraising Executives, Santa Barbara Volunteer of the Year People’s Self Help Housing Donor of the Year Red Feather Ball United Way Honoree Jewish Federation Honoree 2006 SB Scholarship Foundation.

Founding and Honorary Board Member Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Santa Barbara Foundation Chairman/Board Member of Cottage Hospital for 27 years Towbes about the Granada, he willingly joined their board and offered the best of what he was good at: understanding the big picture, paying attention to details, and raising money. “The smartest thing we ever did was to invite him to lunch,” the ladies concurred. ”Without Michael, the Granada (renovation) would never have happened, or would have looked a lot differently.”

Michael led the $60-million effort to restore the Santa Barbara Performing Arts Center at the Granada, transforming it from an old movie theater to a first-class performing arts venue, attracting celebrated artists and speakers from all over the world. Michael personally donated a $5-million-dollar challenge grant to complete the fundraising and create an endowment.

But more than that, he was intimately involved in all the processes, guiding the presentations, working down to the details of selecting carpeting and seat colors, and providing the board with the benefit of his long-range vision. Specifically, he convinced the group to tear down the stage house and go underground to rebuild the entire complex, and even spend money for the hydraulic front stage lift. He was always thinking of the future, what would be needed, and what would be simpler and less expensive in the long run if accomplished now. He loved a challenge, and the Granada presented a complex challenge involving historic elements, construction issues, design elements, and technical upgrades for current theater production.

The finished product of the Granada Theatre is a testimony to Michael’s foresight, oversight, and drive.

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Philanthropist

“I think I’d like to be remembered as a philanthropist,” Michael once said. “Being successful as a developer has allowed me the joy of giving.

I think my greatest achievement in business is being in a position to set an example in terms of philanthropy.”

In so many ways, Michael was seemingly from another, earlier era, reminiscent of the great philanthropists from the first half of the 20th century. He echoed the style of Dwight Murphy (who led the town philanthropists to buy up East beach property and hold it in trust until the City could pay for it, thus giving Santa Barbara public access to all its waterfront) or Frederick Forrest Peabody (who changed his plans the day before he was to leave for a month in Europe after the Great Earthquake hit here in 1925, in order to help his community recover.)

In like manner, Michael quietly and efficiently spread his wealth and wisdom throughout the community, with little fanfare. (Michael was never against being honored, however, because he felt it would set an example to others to participate philanthropically, as well.) But as with earlier philanthropists, Michael did everything with absolute integrity.

Having Michael in the boardroom or at a committee meeting felt like a wise grandfather coming into the family to set the course straight, offer wise advise, and provide clarity about which direction to go.

His philanthropy earned him headlines and accolades, but it was his wisdom and humanity and personal attention that won him respect.

Michael was a voracious reader, who pored through all the notes and minutes and reports of any project and was well equipped to address concerns and questions. A master at multi-tasking, he juggled lots of balls at the same time, but was always present and prepared for any meeting – whether for business or for a non-profit concern.

Organizations were thrilled to be the recipient of his largesse, but more than his cash, they actually wanted his buy-in. Michael’s seal of approval was an endorsement that announced that this was a worthy project.

Peter MacDougall noted that Michael’s involvement with the Cottage Hospital fundraising campaign was critical to its success.

Getting Michael on board not only meant accessing his indefatigable energy and stamina, but it gave a project credibility, a certain seal of approval.

Mike and Gail created the Towbes Foundation in 1980, starting off with a $500 donation. Always focusing on needs and interests ranging from social services to education to the arts, the gifts increased in size and variety. Many are well known: gifts for infrastructure, gifts through the bank, underwriting of worthwhile charity events. But Michael also invested in education.

He provided scholarships at the Music Academy of the West that helped launch the careers of artists such as Speranza Scappucci, who started as a vocal accompanist and went on to become one of the few female conductors in the world.

He created fellowships at UCSB in his father’s name to aid graduate students pursuing their doctorates in fields ranging from mathematics to communications to clinical psychology.

Since 1982, his Towbes Foundation Honors Scholarship fund has supported more than 30 students. In addition to his funds, Michael extended his personal attention, meeting every year with his current Honors Scholarship recipients, and leaving his door open for them to consult and confer with him.

Besides his very public gifts, Michael was an astute “private investor” in his community, noting people and programs that were worthy of funding because the ROI would be tremendous for his community.

They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom. – Mel Gibson in Braveheart

First-grader Michael Towbes was named “Most Likely to Succeed” at his school (photo circa 1935)

Sylinda Reed lived in the Shephard Place apartments owned and managed by Towbes. “Twenty-five years ago, he used to personally collect the money in our laundry rooms – every Friday at 6 am!” Sylinda remembered.

“I asked him why he did it, he told me he never wanted to forget where he came from. He often would hand me a roll of quarters.”

“Over twenty years ago, I approached him and asked if he would consider giving Santa Barbara Counseling center $5,000 to start a senior peer counseling center. A week later, he knocked on my door and handed me a check for $10,000. He told me he had faith in me and that he thought a little extra would help us. He continued that grant year after year.”

“The last year of my masters program at Pepperdine University, my fellowship ended. I reapplied and was waiting to hear when I received a call that Mr. Towbes paid my full tuition. I was just a tenant he got to know collecting quarters in a laundry room.”

It was precisely this all-consuming regard for making his community a better place coupled with his ability to make that difference by reason of his wealth, his wisdom, and personal involvement that earned Michael Towbes his place among the extraordinary philanthropists in our history.

As one associate succinctly stated, “Santa Barbara will miss his steady hand.”

Memorial Service

A public memorial service will be held at the Granada Theatre, at 2 pm on Tuesday, May 23. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Granada Theatre, c/o Hayley Jessup, 1330 State St., Suite 101, Santa Barbara 93101, or to a favorite non-profit organization.

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City of Santa Barbara Invitation – Notice to Consultants Request for Qualifications RFQ Number: 3853A May 10, 2017 REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE MISSION CANYON BRIDGE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS PROJECT The City of Santa Barbara has received approval from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for a federal-aid Highway Bridge Program (HBP) project titled Mission Canyon Bridge Safety Enhancements Project.

The City of Santa Barbara, Public Works Department is requesting Statement of Qualifications (SOQ’s) from qualified consulting firms to provide Engineering Design Services in compliance with all applicable requirements under the FHWA-HBP. Copies of the detailed Request for Qualifications (RFQ), including a description of the services to be provided by respondents, the minimum content of responses, and the factors to be used to evaluate the responses, can be obtained at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard or by contacting Andrew Grubb, Project Engineer at (805) 564-5404 or AGrubb@SantaBarbaraCA.gov.

SOQ’s will be received in the Purchasing Office, located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. Thursday, June 8, 2017.

Mailing Address: City of Santa Barbara General Services Division – Purchasing P.O. Box 1990 Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990 Physical Address for hand delivery and express mail: City of Santa Barbara General Services Division – Purchasing 310 E. Ortega Street Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1990 It is the responsibility of the respondent to see that any submitted SOQ’s shall have sufficient time to be received by the Purchasing Office prior to the submittal date and time. At that time, SOQ’s will not be opened; there will be only a public acknowledgment of all proposals received. SOQ’s received after the closing date and time will be returned to the respondent unopened.

The receiving time in the Purchasing Office will be the governing time for acceptability of the SOQ’s. SOQ’s will not be accepted by telephone, e-mail or facsimile machine. Four (4) wet-signed copies of the SOQ must be submitted. __________________________ William Hornung, CPM General Services Manager PUBLISHED: May 10 and 17, 2017 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Z & Z Consulting, 856 Ferrelo Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Yuan Linda Zhang, 856 Ferrelo Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Nan Zhou, 856 Ferrelo Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. 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 Noe Solis. FBN No. 2017-0001155.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rite Aid #05835, 345 Town Center West, Santa Maria, CA 93458-5076.

Thrifty Payless, INC, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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. 2017-0001347. Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rite Aid #05776, 801 Linden Avenue, Carpinteria, CA 93013-2042. Thrifty Payless, INC, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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. 2017-0001341.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rite Aid #05788, 35 South Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103-3305.

Thrifty Payless, INC, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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. 2017-0001343.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following

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person(s) is/are doing business as: Rite Aid #06185, 616 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang, CA 93463-2202.

Thrifty Payless, INC, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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. 2017-0001353.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

Alice Brophy Fashion Stylist, 1410 Chino Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Alice Richardson, 1410 Chino Street, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 1, 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 Jessica Sheaff. FBN No. 2017-0001317.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rite Aid #05790, 1976 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109-1504.

Thrifty Payless, INC, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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. 2017-0001344.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) has (have) abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Next Chapter SB Properties, 1482 East Valley Road #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Robert Pavloff, 1482 East Valley Road #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Gregory Pavloff, 1482 East Valley Road #300, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was originally filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on February 29, 2016. 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, filed May 1, 2017. Original FBN No. 2016-0000594.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rite Aid #05791, 199 North Fairview Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117-2304.

Thrifty Payless, INC, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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. 2017-0001346.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Rite Aid #05836, 2405 South Broadway, Santa Maria, CA 93454-7817. Thrifty Payless, INC, 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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. 2017-0001352.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Impact Family Office, 1224 Coast Village Circle, Suite 11, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Impact First Financial, LLC, 1224 Coast Village Circle, Suite 11, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 10, 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. 2017-0001425. Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Musicology Santa Barbara, 1070 Fairway Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Allison Wanberg, 27602 Silver Creek Drive, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2017-0001437.

Published May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 2017.

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

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 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. 2017-0001014.

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

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.

• The Voice of the Village •

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 ParedesSadler. 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 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 ParedesSadler. 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.

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.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 17CV01875. To all interested parties: Petitioners Domingo Ramirez and Zoraya Ivonne Pamela Elias filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child from Ronnie D. Ramirez to Ronnie Ramirez. 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 be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Filed May 10, 2017 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 21, 2017 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 17CV01623. To all interested parties: Petitioners Carola Oliva-Olson 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 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 CervantesGonzalez filed a 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 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 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 93121-1107. Filed November 9, 2016, by Sarah Sisto, Deputy Clerk.

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

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WATER FRONT (Continued from page 5)

surface reservoirs and wetlands, and protect fish and wildlife. Of the remaining 44 million AFY, 80% or 35 million AFY, is used by the State’s $47 billion agriculture industry. The remaining 20%, or 9 million AFY, of California’s water is used for urban use, mostly along the 1,100 mile California coast. Nearly half of California’s total population lives in just three coastal metropolitan areas – Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego.

What Needs to be Done?

In response to the latest five-year drought cycle, MWD is adopting a new business model: reduce its dependence on rainfall-dependent surface reservoirs, Table A State Water from Northern California, and other purchases of imported water, and replace them with new, locally controlled sources that can be relied upon during periods of extended drought. Specifically, underground water banks, highly treated wastewater reuse, and affordable desalination are the new options being explored and compared in cost.

Developing reliable local sources allows us to do the right thing – end the threat of California coastal drought forever, enabling our region to send more State Water to its wisest and best use for commercial agriculture and urban use for inland cities without access to the Pacific Ocean.

MWD Supply Sources

During periods of normal rainfall, Lake Cachuma has been the primary source of MWD water, furnishing some 2,650 AFY of MWD’s supply.

Jameson Lake and Doulton Tunnel contribute an additional 1,750 AFY. State Water, on average, provides some 1,980 AFY, but far less in drought years.

MWD groundwater wells can deliver up to 650 AFY. In normal years, that supply of 7,030 AFY is adequate to satisfy demand and provide carryover water for future years. There can be problems.

Surface reservoirs. Without rainfall, surface reservoirs such as Lake Cachuma and Jameson Lake become dead pool mudholes. Over time, they partially fill with silt and debris that are not likely to be dredged due to environmental and dollar constraints. The undersized State Water intake pipe at Cachuma limits the inflow of State Water and supplemental water deliveries into Cachuma. Evaporation causes a 10-20% annual water loss at Cachuma, totaling 16,000 AFY in 2016.

Current federal regulations favor a diversion of drinking water to preserve threatened steelhead trout and delta smelt over people. Building more dams to create reservoirs on distressed rivers at a current cost of a billion dollars per reservoir is not a good solution.

State Water. Unreliable Table A State Water has been overpromised and under-delivered. With extended drought, availability shrinks to near zero.

Amortized capital costs and maintenance for the State Water Project account for $5.6 million in annual fixed charges to MWD before the delivery of one drop of State water. The governor’s proposed $17-billion Twin Tunnels Project, or major repairs to the damaged Oroville Reservoir dam, or enlarging the intake pipe capacity at Cachuma would balloon State water costs even higher. The City of Santa Barbara estimates the current cost of State Water at $1,860 per AF, made up of $300 per AF to deliver it from Oroville to Lake Cachuma, $1,400 per AF in fixed capital costs and $160 per AF in variable water prices.

This year, State Water deliveries are being increased to 85% of promised allocations, which means MWD should receive 2,805 AFY of its 3,300 AFY State Water allotment. Rain-swollen Northern California, with its record snowpack, has already received a 100% allocation; Southern California could be raised from 85% to 100% by the beginning of summer. This year’s record bounty of State Water means that purchase opportunities for excess State Water may well drop the price of State Water into the $300 per AF range, a great time for MWD to buy low-cost State Water and store it in underground water banks for use in future times of drought, or pay back commitments for supplementary water purchased in previous years.

Supplemental water purchases. MWD’s answer to extended drought has been to buy excess State Water from other water districts or from farmers who favor fallowing their fields. This water can be unreliable, expensive, and difficult to move into Lake Cachuma with its restricted intake pipe capacity. Supplemental water purchased north of the Delta is subject to a carriage loss of some 25%. Purchased water usually carries a payback obligation, which means MWD must not only pay for the water, but return a comparable or negotiated amount of water to the seller within 10 years.

Groundwater. Within the MWD groundwater basin, there are an unidentified and unregulated 550 to 1,000 private groundwater wells, tapping into Montecito’s limited groundwater basins. Private water companies such as Riven Rock Mutual Water Company, Toro Canyon Estates Water, San Ysidro 18 – 25 May 2017

Ranch, Sea Meadows, East Montecito Mutual Water, Miramar Addition & Improvement Company, and many others also tap into our limited aquifer with wells of their own.

New Water Sources

Groundwater banking. At the urging of MWD’s new Strategic Planning Committee members Dick Shaikewitz and Floyd Wicks, the MWD Board voted unanimously in April to take one small step for water banking and one giant leap for drought-free water independence.

The District is investing $1.9 million to purchase 1,500 shares in the Semitropic Water Storage District Groundwater Banking Program, providing an opportunity to bank up to 4,500 AF of water in Kern County. Some 14 banking partners have already deposited approximately 700,000 AF of water against a total storage capacity of 1.65 million AF. The February loss of 7,000 AF of MWD water (a two-year supply of MWD carryover and conserved water, stored in the State’s San Luis Reservoir) that was legally, but inappropriately, snatched by the State, convinced the MWD Board to embrace reliable private storage of underground water.

Better still, discussions with neighboring water agencies have been initiated to explore opportunities to bank excess state water, carryover water, and recycled water in local basins to help buffer against seawater intrusion and reduce MWD and neighbor dependence on an unreliable State Water contract.

Slippery Rock Water Bank. In February 2017, Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge James Herman concluded phase one of a two-year lawsuit pitting Montecito resident Dick Wolf against the Goleta Water District (GWD). The issue to be settled concerns Wolf’s right to sell water beneath his 780-acre privately owned Slippery Rock Ranch in the foothills above Goleta.

The February court ruling concluded that the water trapped in bedrock formations beneath the ranch does contribute to recharge of the Goleta basins, but that the amount of water beneath the ranch exceeds the amount needed for the Goleta recharge. The Petra Aquifer System stores 220,000 AF of water. As much as 1,592 AFY of “surplus water” could be sold by Wolf to MWD or other water users. The exact amount will be decided by a second phase of the trial. If Slippery Rock is able to sell MWD a reliable 1,250 AFY of water for 20 years, that would go a long way toward MWD’s search for an affordable, reliable, drought-free, locally controlled water option.

Local Recycled Water

Given today’s technological wastewater treatment options, it is environmentally insensitive for any South Coast Sanitary District to be discharging thousands of AFY of treated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean reservoir, and yet Montecito Sanitary District (MSD) is discharging some 750 AFY of treated water off Butterfly Beach into the ocean each year, and Summerland Sanitary (SSD) discharges another 100 AFY. A mile to the west, the City of Santa Barbara may be sucking that same water into its desalination plant as drinking water.

What are the cost/benefits of MWD, MSD, and SSD working more closely together with one another and with Carpinteria Sanitary, Goleta Sanitary, and the City of Santa Barbara on both wastewater standards and federal or state funding?

At minimum, treated wastewater needs to be delivered to large users such as parks, resorts, cemeteries, and golf courses for landscaping use. Better still, injecting treated recycled water into the ground further purifies it naturally, allowing it to be withdrawn in times of drought as indirect potable water. When approved by the State, recycled water treated to the “Gold Standard” can be safely added to water portfolios for direct potable use.

Where Do We Go from Here?

Like every other water jurisdiction on the South Central Coast, MWD is re-assessing all its future supply options to find the most reliable and affordable mix to achieve drought-free water independence. Every drop of water we can produce locally saves a drop imported from outside the region.

As noted last week, that means working with the City of Santa Barbara to bring down the cost of desalination. That means working with neighboring water districts to create water-banking opportunities. That means agreeing to at least a common standard for the treatment of recycled water and costing regional recycling options. There is no one perfect solution. The more diversified the MWD portfolio, the more reliable its supply.

•MJ

That’ll do, pig. – James Cromwell in Babe

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Our Town

by Joanne A. Calitri

Joanne is a professional international photographer and journalist.

Contact her at: BeatArtist8@aol.com

Pair of Painters Brush up

Artist Cynthia James installing her painting titled Genetic Murmuration [oil and copper on panel] at her exhibition, The Divine Inspiration, at Gallery State Street

Sullivan Goss curator Susan Bush with artist Nicole Strasburg and her painting titled Tidal Reflections [oil on birch]

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ontemporary artists Cynthia James and Nicole Strasburg both work in oils and use surfaces other than canvas to paint.

Their current exhibits showcase these works.

At the Sullivan Goss Gallery exhibit titled Masterworks The Artists of Sullivan-Goss is Nicole’s 48” x 24” work, Tidal Reflections 2016. The gallery has represented Nicole since 2004. Her art focuses on renditions from her walks on the local beaches, featuring the ocean and skyline. In Tidal Reflections, we find her trademark flat-brush technique on birch wood, looking quite like a child’s thumb to paint, thick smooth layers on birch. A view of it across the gallery room shows a Monet-Rothko likeness in its floating breath yet distinct layers of changing colors with which to float through.

I spoke briefly with Nicole at the opening: Q. How do you feel about this piece?

A. I suggested this piece for the show, it is representative of my style but with a twist in that it has no horizon line; the sky is at the bottom reflected, thus the sky and sea are not the way you would expect, a little bit of a surprise to it. I have two border collies, and most of my time is spent walking them at the beach. Tidal Reflections is from one of my many walks on the beach.

Your choice of oil on birch and colors...

Oil on birch comes from when I was in my 20s, I came home from Europe

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and had no money to buy materials.

A friend’s brother was a cabinetmaker and gave me his scraps of wood, and I painted on wood a long time because that is what I could afford. I can’t go back to canvas now because it has that texture to it. With the wood, I can make my own texture, I can sand between layers, I can wipe with a rag; it’s very different than working on canvas.

Tell us about the colors and hues you selected here, and the shape of the work.

This is a certain time of day in the local winter here, so the sand is a bit purple and I punched it up a bit. I tend to work in particular sizes in square and rectangular formats. I have this work in many sizes; this rectangular size worked the best.

And the brush work...

The brush work evolved out of the print making with traditional etching I do, which is lots of years of that technique are in my paintings, so the layers are the etching in with brush strokes. The oils I work are dry within a day or two, and I work on a series of six or eight at a time ,so I can live with them for a bit and change what I feel.

Curator Susan Bush added, “This show is designed to select a masterful representation of why we chose the artists to be part of Sullivan Goss.

This piece shows all the elements of what I love about Nicole’s work – brushwork, the reductive nature of a seascape and the horizon line exceptionally high or low adding depth and

dimension, it’s a signature piece of Nicole’s.” We agree.

Sherry Spear, owner of the Divine Inspiration Gallery on State Street asked local artist Cynthia James to exhibit her unique oil on copper paintings. The works are part of Cynthia’s ongoing series Crypto-Flora, her explorations into prehistoric botany and genetically modified hybrid flora.

The 12 works depict her talent for detailed work in large-scale paintings, some pieces have an uncountable amount of honey bees swarming around flora with just as many tentacles - like floating petals – surrealism meets an undersea mystic.

Her artist statement likens the works to artist Hieronymus Bosch, but I disagree, as hers have a more eerie, mystical quality with weirdly gentle looking flowers, environmentally distressed to bring awareness to our natural world’s needs. Growing up in the canyons of Malibu, she attended UCSB, and worked in illustration and murals.

We talked about her intent and methods during the opening May 4: Q. You’re using copper...

A. Yes, black copper plate applied to a wood panel. Copper is great, it lasts forever, and in the 13th century, they started painting on copper. The reason I do it is the paint glides on, you can do detail or be really loose. You paint on the metal without a primer, but sand it first to make grooves so the paint adheres to it. Sometimes the copper color shows through to add to the look. I just started painting on copper two years ago, as our roofer left the copper scraps. Previously, I painted on wood.

How did you select the subject?

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I’m working on sunflowers now and referring to genetically modified plants and foods, which all look pretty and delicious, but are not good for us. I saw a documentary called the Vanishing Bees, and it struck me.

Science is also creating beautiful hybrids; it’s a lot going on. To me, it’s challenging to paint flowers in a new way, so I’m trying edgy flowers that are different. The paintings show the bees are happy and healthy but feeding on flowers that are not beneficial for them and us. Others may read different things into the work like focusing on the fantasy part; it’s up to them.

Detail work in the paintings is phenomenal.

I’ve been practicing a lot in the past 30 years [she laughs], I can do a bee in less than minute and am getting into techniques to create the fine iridescent feathers of the hummingbirds.

I don’t really do a drawing before, I just do an under-painting first for the background colors, and then just take a small brush and start painting.

I use sometimes 10 layers of glazing.

It allows the light to refract through each layer. I like to finish what I start, but it takes so long to dry, I have to put it aside and start another one. The glaze hardens in six months and is very delicate. I’m also experimenting with sfumato technique that da Vinci used on the Mona Lisa, the shading on her face is very delicate, and it is done with glazing over layers, it’s a subtle shading technique I’m using in this series.

•MJ 411: MASTERWORKS: The Artists of Sullivan Goss May 4 to July 30; CryptoFlora Exhibit, Divine Inspiration Gallery State Street, through June 30 18 – 25 May 2017

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FRIDAY, MAY 19 Forward-looking Art – The UCSB Master of Fine Arts graduating class of 2017’s exhibition, which went on view last weekend at the school’s Art, Design, & Architecture Museum on campus last weekend, is titled “Past is Prologue”. Drawn from a line from Shakespeare’s The Tempest (Act 2, Scene 1) – “what’s past is prologue; what (is) to come” – is meant to challenge the convention of considering treks and stories in neat frames of starts and middles and ends, in favor of “a more fluid, continuous, and interconnected messiness (where) what is to come has already started, what just ended has already spawned multiple beginnings.” The works in this show, representing a diverse collection of approaches and interests realized in an equally broad range of methods and media, form the selected output of the six UCSB graduate students about to conclude their Master of Fine Arts studies. In keeping with the theme, consider the exhibit at once the carefully edited product of the research they are concluding, a current snapshot of where they now stand, and possibly a glimpse of their future. WHEN: Opening

reception 5:30 to 7:30 today; exhibit continues through June 4 WHERE: UCSB Art, Design, & Architecture Museum COST: free INFO: 893-2951 or www.museum.ucsb.edu SATURDAY, MAY 20 The Fun of Freedom – Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara’s new exhibition, Free Play, centers around the idea of play as an influential actor in the design process, producing work that intimately reveals our drive toward novelty, upending traditional notions about the role of design in our lives. The exhibition brings together contemporary furniture, architecture, artworks, and objects from an international selection of designers, architects, and artists, and each creator shares an alternate view of the world through objects which appropriate childhood motifs, employ satire, and generate form through chance. As one might imagine, this sense of freedom resulted in works that are illogical, whimsical, and poignant. Curated by design expert Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, the creative director for Design Miami, Free Play features an impressive roster of artists, including Maarten Baas, Design Miami/’s 2009 Designer of

FRIDAY, MAY 19 Dustbowl Revival – No, we’re not talking about the flatlands up in the mountains in the Santa Ynez Valley, especially not after our recent rainy season replenished the reservoirs and water tables.

The Dustbowl Revival is a band from down L.A. way that does a catchy and compelling mix of vintage Americana sounds, from Stax-style soul to Kentucky bluegrass to dirty New Orleans bluesy jazz and even throwback hip hop, all done up with a touch of Swing and often dollops of sexy, full-throttled vocals courtesy of singer Liz Beebe. The trick is it’s all performed largely on acoustic instruments, from mandolins and banjos to accordions and big brassy horns. Critics have proclaimed that the oddball octet founded by Zach Lupetin “would have sounded utterly at home within the hallowed confines of Preservation Hall in New Orleans’s French Quarter” (Los Angeles Times) and that their “upbeat, old-school, All-American sonic safaris exemplify everything shows should be: hot, spontaneous, engaging and, best of all, a pleasure to hear” (L.A. Weekly). We’re told that their new eponymous album, due out on Signature Sounds on June 16 and featuring a guest shot from Keb’ Mo’, finds the eclectic eightpiece ensemble evolving and refining its music to reveal a more soulful, funky side that exudes deeper emotions and taps a more modern vibe. Anyway, the troupe – which made its area debut at Live Oak Music Festival a few years ago – is traipsing back up to the SY Valley for a return gig at Standing Sun winery, which often hosts music alongside tasting and more. Check the website for more shows in the happening vintners showroom, including Calico the Band tomorrow night, Jessica Childress on Sunday, May 28, and Hollis Brown on July 29. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: 92 Second St., Unit D, Buellton COST: $25 reserved, $20 standing room INFO: 691-9413 or www.standingsunwines.com

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FRIDAY, MAY 19 Go West, Young Man – Just as early American settlers once braved the elements to bridge the continental divide and make it out West, The Santa Barbara Historical Museum is having its own expansion – one that will let it give a permanent home to the artist that was one of the most important interpreters of the American West. The Edward Borein Gallery pays tribute to the rugged pioneer who left a legacy of paintings and etchings that depicted the old West as he experienced it as a cowboy at the beginning of the 20th century. But Borein also helped organize both the first Old Spanish Days Fiesta parade, and the famed Rancheros Visitadores riding group. The new gallery, more than a decade in the planning, will showcase the best of his work and tell the extraordinary story of his life. The Edward Borein Gallery opens to the general public tomorrow, but you can get a sneak preview tonight at the Historical Museum’s Gala Opening fundraiser event, celebrating with a barbecue dinner, dancing, and a toast to the museum’s 1,000-foot expansion. Western attire is encouraged. WHEN: 6 to 9 pm WHERE: 136 East De la Guerra COST: $75 museum members, $100 guests INFO: 9661601 or www.sbhistorical.org

the Year; nendo, named Designer of the Year by Wallpaper Magazine, Elle Decor, and Maison & Objet in 2015; L.A.-based Jimenez Lai, founder of Bureau Spectacular; and Snarkitecture, whose installation piece The Beach has been touring globally since 2015. Also Katie Stout, recently named to Forbes’s 30 Under 30 list, will present Pepita, a work commissioned specifically for the show, while Philippe Malouin, recently awarded Abitare and designboom’s Design Prize, will create three tables for Free Play entitled Marbles. WHEN: Opening reception 6 to 8 tonight; exhibitions on view: May 21 – August 20 WHERE: Paseo Nuevo shopping center Upper Arts Terrace (across from Center Stage Theater), 653 Paseo Nuevo COST: INFO: 966-5373 DJ Takeover – KCRW DJs invade Santa Barbara with a special live double-feature event, as the radio station steps up its game in town.

First, DJ Anne Litt will broadcast live from the KCRW Santa Barbara studios atop Antioch University from noon to 3 pm (don’t turn up, just tune in at 88.7FM). Then, Litt – who serves as host of KCRW’s popular weekend afternoon music program and is its former program director for music, as well as an in-demand music supervisor for films and commercials – steps away from the airwaves to make her way to Municipal Winemakers in the Funk Zone for a live DJ set from 5 to 7 pm. Dancing is cool, the Burger Bus will be parked out front for eats, and KCRW members (hint, hint) will

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WHERE: 22 Anacapa St. COST: free INFO: Municipal: 931-6864 or www. municipalwinemakers.com SUNDAY, MAY 21 Pearls, in 12-bar Strands – The Santa Barbara Blues Society’s (SBBS) annual Acoustic Member Appreciation Show features a musician whose ties to Southern California go back even further than the society itself. While SBBS, founded in 1977, is the oldest continuously such organization in the U.S., Bernie Pearl can trace his pedigree back to the late 1950s when his brother Ed opened the Ash Grove in Los Angeles. Bernie spent many a night at the legendary club, where he studied with, and often performed with, such greats as Lightenin’ Hopkins, Mississippi Fred MacDowell, and Mance Lipscomb, and later sat in with Freddie King, Albert Collins, and Big Mama Thornton. A guitarist with an upbeat, finger-poppin’ picking style and a bent for blistering solos, Pearl – who in 1968 became L.A.’s first all-blues FM disc jockey and helped found the Long Beach Blues Festival – will play solo acoustic for this afternoon’s anniversary party, marking SBBS’s 40 years in town, back at a venue they once called home for a couple of years. WHEN: 2 to 5 pm WHERE: New Vic Theatre, 33 West Victoria St. COST: $10 general, free for SBBS members INFO: 965-5400 | www.ensembletheatre.com/rentalshows or 722-9155 | www.SBBlues. org 18 – 25 May 2017

SATURDAY, MAY 20 Gray Matter – Stephen Roy thought he had long since left behind his career in magic for raising a family and working in other areas of entertainment, including lighting presidents, working ringside at a Mike Tyson fight, working in a prison for Montel Williams, hiring and managing crews, and designing and producing shows in Las Vegas. But a trip to visit the Magic Castle in Hollywood three years ago rekindled his passion for performance, and now he’s back on stage, only this time the illusions are more in the mind. Stephen Roy’s Black & White is a mentalism show that turns the attention back onto the observer. He wonders: have you ever been asked to make a decision and wondered what would have happened had you made a different choice? Have you ever felt the choices you make have predictable outcomes? Have you considered the effect your choices have on others around you?

This show ultimately has us asking ourselves if we are truly free to choose our lives in a random process of decision, or if we are directed by the fates of divine intervention, or if we are just sort of swirling around in a giant soup of chaos bumping into each other with no real process or design. The goal of this show is to purposefully blur this dichotomy of choice, challenge our own ideals, and make light of this oppositional metaphor that is so prevalent in our lives and is represented by the black-and-white brain. But don’t fret about getting bogged down with too much thinking – Roy’s Black & White combines humor and wit to create a fun evening of real, raw entertainment.

And as with any magician, what Roy does with the participants through various effects leaves them astounded and wondering “How DID he do that?!” WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Plaza Playhouse Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria COST: $20 INFO: 684-6380 or www.plazatheatercarpinteria.com

Showcase for Children I – Santa Barbara Dance Institute (SBDI) gets topical with its 12th annual showcase performance, the culmination of its year-long educational dance programs, with an original dance/ theater piece titled The Letter.

Written by Rosalina Macisco, choreographed by SBDI, with sound design by Michael Mortilla (of improvising to silent films fame), the production is modeled after a popular letter by author and blogger Glennon Doyle Melton called “Dear Chase”, in which she implores her eight-year-old child on his first day in the third grade, advocating to treat others with kindness and stand up to bullies. SBDI’s The Letter will feature just under 300 energetic young performers from elementary, middle, and high schools – who have been taking dance classes once a week for the entire school year to prepare – as well as special guests including schoolteachers, parents, and community members from Zumba Santa Barbara with Josette. The hour

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of dance and music is aimed toward the whole family. WHEN: 4 pm WHERE: Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara Junior High, 721 East Cota St. COST: $16 general, $6 children INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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Showcase for Children II – Santa Barbara Vocal Jazz Foundation wraps up an eight-week residency at Monte Vista School with a professional performance on the Lobero stage.

Nearly 140 fourth-, fifth-, and sixthgrade students participate in the immersive program, delving into the history of jazz, an original American art form. Students learn the origins of jazz, and are introduced to many of its innovators, and then bring it all to life with a fun and informative performance for the whole family.

WHEN: 7:15 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: free INFO: 963-0761 or www. lobero.com •MJ

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 Balkans Brothers Back? – Trio Balkans Strings’s planned Santa Barbara debut at the New Vic last year was scotched over visa issues, but now the three Starcevic brothers, guitarists one and all, are headed our way for a gig across the street at SOhO. The trio’s original sound is a fusion of Balkan music – Serbian, Gypsy, Macedonian, Romanian, Moldavian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Mediterranean, Greek, and Oriental – with jazz, gypsy swing, and classical, featuring asymmetrical rhythms and original guitar interpretation. It’s said that many of the trills, mordents, and their legato technique have never been played on guitar strings before, and the energy level is perfect for the nightclub. WHEN: 6:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $20 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

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forms pieces by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and others at 3 pm Saturday at First United Methodist Church.

Admission to both concerts is free.

Call 898-8785 or visit www.thesymphony.org for details.

Classical Corner: Camerata’s Closer

On the purely instrumental front, Santa Barbara’s popular chamber music ensemble Camerata Pacifica goes full circle to bring its season to an end, offering the same composition with which it began back in September. But where Bach’s famed Goldberg Variations were played back

then by several members of the ensemble via an arrangement for string trio

by Sitkovetsky, the performance at Hahn Hall at 3 pm Saturday, May 20 (note: not Camerata’s usual series day of Friday), features the original version for harpsichord, a difficult work originally composed as a study of keyboard technique, with highspeed scales, elaborate ornaments, and crossing of hands that requires an almost super-human level of virtuosity. Likely, Paolo Bordignon, the New York Philharmonic’s harpsichordist, is up to the task. Tickets and details at www.caneratapacifica.org.

Music by Bach is also on the Santa Barbara Music Club’s program that

will be performed at the same time on Saturday in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Public Library.

The concert opens with a soprano Carolyn Kimball Holmquist, flutist Judy Goldwater, and pianist Pascal Salomon performing Bach’sSheep May Safely Graze, Franz Schubert’s Ave Maria and Samuel Barber’s Three Songs, Op. 10, for Soprano and Piano, settings of three poems from James Joyce’s Chamber Music. Goldwater and Salomon then play two movements of Benjamin Godard’s Suite de trois morceaux, Op.116, before the full trio reassembles for Frank Martin’s Trois Chants de Noël. Cellist Virginia Kron and pianist Leslie Hogan close the

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Emmy Award-winner Joe Spano and former Speaking of Stories artistic director Karin de la Penha are the big names for the next pair of performances in the SOS series at Center Stage, with the theme of Survivor Stories, appropriate for the visit from the two veterans. De la Penha will read Unmanageable by Lucia Berlin, while Spano handles Jess Walter’s Big Man. Other assignments in the set of inspirational, funny, poignant, and/or moving stories of overcoming adversity and conquering life’s biggest obstacles are Faline England reading Silver Water by Amy Bloom, Kathy Marden taking on Alice Hoffman’s Survival Lessons, and Jenny Mercein reading Tumor Humor by Jill Kargman.

As always, the performances, at 2 pm Sunday and 7 pm Monday, are followed by complimentary cookies and milk on the patio outside the theater.

Sunday afternoon also brings the return of Colm Tóibín, the bestselling, award-winning author of The Testament of Mary, The Master, and Brooklyn, the latter of which was turned into an Oscar-nominated movie. Toibin’s latest book House of Names, which is a retelling of the classic Greek tragedy of Clytemnestra and her children, is the focus of his appearance at 2:30 pm at the Mary Craig Auditorium at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, where he will read passages followed by a Q&A session and book signing as part of the Parallel Stories series.

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Santa Barbara resident John Holman’s Pom’s Odyssey is a memoir based on his journey from boyhood on a small Sussex farm in England to coming-of-age in the vineyards of the Riverina and on the blue waters of Sydney Harbor in Australia (7 pm Wednesday, May 24)…. Acupuncturist, plant-based nutritional consultant, and animal advocate Carlyn Montes de Oca’s Dog as My Doctor Cat as My Nurse was written for both the dog and cat lover and fans of natural medicine, as it looks at how our timeless relationships with our beloved animal friends hold the keys to our optimal health. The book combines prescriptive advice, personal stories, and testimonials from other dog and cat lovers, including best-selling Santa Barbara-based author Jack Canfield (7 pm Thursday, May 25).

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2180 Alisos Drive: $3,495,000 ($3,750,000) Set among mature oak trees on a level acre in a quiet Montecito neighborhood is this single-level home offering 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths in the main house plus an attached 1-bedroom, 1-bath guest apartment with kitchen and separate entrance.

Every room overlooks or opens onto natural landscaping with specimen oaks, fruit trees, native grasses, and patios with open spaces for entertaining or privacy.

There is a den/media room and living room along with spacious family room with fireplace and walls of glass, enhancing the private feeling of the property. Alisos Lane is located just a few minutes from the upper village in Montecito.

1580 Ramona Lane: $5,195,000 ($5,395,000) This Spanish Colonialstyle home was built in 2010, and is located in the hedgerow area on a quiet lane that features just a dozen or so homes and little street traffic. The home features open living spaces

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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1050 Cold Spring Road: $13,500,000 ($15,950,000) This estate is located on 6.2 acres in the Cold Spring School District (the three homes mentioned above are all in Montecito Union School District), at the top of Cold Spring Road, offering expansive ocean views and privacy.

The house blends Italian architecture with modern amenities and features 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms, a library, theater, wine cellar, game room, loggia, and many entertainment terraces.

Surrounded by mature landscaping and wellcared-for gardens, there is also an infinity pool, tennis court, gatehouse, recreation room, and off-street parking. Additional attractions include air conditioning, a private well, a location near other major estates and just minutes to the upper and lower villages of Montecito.

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with arches, vaulted beam ceilings, wrought-iron light fixtures, ornamental iron work, and Romeo and Juliet balconies.

The great room has walls of glass with accordion-style doors that open completely to the loggia and scenic grounds beyond, creating a true indoor-outdoor environment. The great room is open to the kitchen and breakfast room and features a high-beamed ceiling and high-gloss hardwood floors.

The main home enjoys 4 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, and is set on a private half-acre lot. The backyard includes a covered loggia with outdoor kitchen, pool and spa, pool cabana, and outdoor fireplace.

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