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IN THE THICKE OF IT
On The Water Front
MWD’s Tom Mosby says recycling wastewater is a good idea but Montecito still needs desalination, p. 5
Back Where It Began
Artful boutique Maison K returns to previous Coast Village location, where it opened in 2003, p. 20
His new TV sitcom (officially a “scripted reality show”) is centered at his Carpinteria Ranch, but Alan Thicke and director Mike Ward have scouted locations all over Carp, Santa Barbara, and Montecito for upcoming second season of Unusually Thicke (story on page 32) COVER PHOTO: (from left) Gilbert Gottfried, Alan Thicke, and director Mike Ward
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Guest Editorial
Nina Terzian fund-raising in Tuscany; Paul Walker’s boat for sale; Community Environmental Council and Green Gala; Heal the Ocean celebration; Foodbank’s Table of Life; new Piano Riviera Lounge; Domestic Violence Solutions gala raises $100K; CAMA begins 96th season; Aija Mayrock publishes bullying book; and pricey perfume Edwin Martin, Jr. on Mike Clark; support of Measure Q; Peter van Duinwyk backs MUS; Ann Louis Bardach in praise of Bob Hazard and Hillary Hauser; mailbox criminal; Carolee Krieger on taxes and Twin Tunnels; Thorn Robertson sounds off; praise from Penny Bianchi; Ray Bourhis not fond of anonymity; Texan appreciates reunion coverage; and Christina Allison’s hardware heroes Mayor Helene Schneider weighs in twice on the Highway 101 widening project, including a piece co-written by councilmember Bendy White that was submitted September 30
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Montecito Association discusses Measure Q; Maison K returns to former location; Foodbank harvests at Casa del Herrero; and MUS recognized for water-saving lawn removal
14 Seen Around Town
Lynda Millner attends the SB Ballet gala; United Boys & Girls Clubs holds annual breakfast; Friendship Center’s Wine Down; and remembering David Eastman Collert
24 Your Westmont
Presidential historian Jon Meacham launches a new leadership series, speaking about Jefferson and Jackson
26 Notes From Downtown
Jim Alexander gets in tune with country melodies, pickin’ and grinnin’ about his favorite song titles
27 Our Town
Joanne Calitri is moonstruck over the latest prize in the sky: a bloody full moon that’s a sight for sore eyes
32 Coming & Going
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ON THE WATER FRONT
Mr. Mosby is general manager of Montecito Water District
by Tom Mosby
Setting the Record Straight
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n response to Hillary Hauser’s opinion piece (“On the Water Front” MJ #20/39) regarding wastewater recycling, residents should be aware that the Montecito Water District has a thorough understanding of wastewater as a non-potable water supply and has done numerous studies and reports on recycled water use in Montecito. To understand the facts regarding recycled water, the District asks that you go to its website, www.montecitowater.com and read the most recent water recycling report. This study, prepared by the staffs of the Montecito Water District and the Montecito Sanitary District, will allow you to understand the costs and benefits of creating a water recycling system for Montecito. Ms Hauser and Heal the Ocean (HTO) are passionate about their mission and have led and completed successful programs fulfilling their goal of improving and protecting the ocean environment; however, HTO is an environmental organization, not a water purveyor. As the area’s water purveyor, the District has water use records over many years and has been delivering water to customers since the early 1920s. Studies/reports on bringing recycled water to Montecito customers have not been favorable due to economics and the limited number of customers who would legally qualify for the use of recycled water.
Facts Regarding Recycled Water for Montecito
Recycled wastewater would serve less than one percent of the District’s customer base. Studies completed in 1991 and 2013, followed by the joint Water District and Sanitary District report in 2014, clearly identify the benefits and challenges of developing a recycled water system for Montecito. Recycled water is used for specific types of landscape irrigation; for Montecito, it could include the two private golf courses, a park, schools, county and Caltrans right-of ways, the Music Academy, cemetery, and possibly two resort hotels. Recycled water can also be used by agricultural customers, but more advanced treatment is required. Recycled water, when used for landscape irrigation by this legally select group of users, conserves a similar amount of the District’s drinking (potable) water. For the District, there is a potential demand for up to 300 acre feet (AF) of recycled landscape irrigation water annually based on 2012 water use. The 300 AF estimate does not consider possible rainfall, potable water use or recent significant reductions in water use by qualified customers. As an example, Ms Hauser indicated that one such customer, the cemetery, could save the District 138 AF of water annually by using recycled water. Actual water use by the cemetery in 2012 was less than 40 AF and, contrary to Ms Hauser’s assertion, this customer is not the District’s highest irrigation user. Our agricultural customers could also qualify for the use of recycled water. The District currently has 37 agricultural accounts, and in 2012 their aggregate water demand was 441 AF (including their potable water use). In order to deliver recycled water to agricultural customers who grow crops for human consumption, Montecito Sanitary District’s wastewater treatment facility would require costly advanced tertiary treatment upgrades. In addition, a large financial investment in a new non-potable water distribution system would be required. Even then, not all agricultural customers could be served by a recycled water distribution system, as many of these customers are outside economic and practical reach of such a system.
The question before the Water District Board of Directors and its customers is whether we are willing to invest more than $15 million to provide recycled water service to less than one percent of the customers when the financial commitment to recycling may place at risk the ability of the District to deliver new potable water supplies to all its customers. Such policy decisions need to be based on priorities and benefit. Recycled water studies/reports show that recycled water can be considered a potential water supply; but the benefit was not considered sufficient to justify the expense of large-scale development of a recycled water system for the community. The preliminary studies show that the amortized cost of recycled irrigation water for a limited number of customers would approximate the cost of desalinated drinking water for all!
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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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wish to nominate Mike Clark of the Montecito Water District (MWD) for the “Outstanding Water Conservation Person” in response to your invitation for such nominations. A number of months ago, I contacted MWD for information on how best to conserve water usage. In response, I was contacted by Mike Clark, MWD’s water conservation specialist. He came to our home (twice) and reviewed with me our then current water usage and irrigation system. He provided specific proposals as to the conservation-minded settings of our irrigation controller, a plan to meet the needs of the different zones of plantings while using less water. He also explained how to reduce the size of our then existing water meter, which would result in an immediate appreciable monthly cost savings regardless of the amount of water used. Finally, he suggested the use of mulch around the property, particularly beneath our avocado grove. I implemented all his suggestions and succeeded in reducing our water consumption level far more than enough to merely stay within our monthly allotment. As a further service, he has followed up with us on a monthly basis, noting our monthly consumption usage with constructive additional suggestions for conservation purposes. For all these reasons, I nominate him. Given his position with the MWD, he has a broad impact throughout the community helping customers realize significant monetary savings and, more importantly, water conservation. Edwin C. Martin, Jr. Montecito (Editor’s note: Mike did the same thing for me at our home on Middle Road and he followed up for the next six months afterward, e-mailing his suggestions and/or complimenting me on my reduced water usage. The guy should be nominated for sainthood. – J.B.)
In Support of Measure Q
As Montecito realtors, we support Measure Q because it: breathes new life into our cherished Montecito Union School; improves the quality of life in our community; and improves our property values. Vote yes on Measure Q to protect and preserve this community treasure. Respectfully, Lori Bowles
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Teachers Union Resolution
The Montecito Teachers Association (MTA) supports Measure Q. The MTA unit members support the following resolution: Whereas, Montecito Union teachers continue to provide students with an outstanding education, and Whereas, many of the buildings and classrooms do not meet 21st century safety, education, or technology standards and Whereas, Measure Q would provide our students with an improved learning environment and, Whereas, Measure Q would increase student safety at drop off and pick up areas and, Whereas, Measure Q would continue the investment in our community’s school Now therefore, be it resolved that the members of the Montecito Teachers Association supports the passage of Measure Q. Unit members of Montecito Teachers Association
A Great Investment
As a long-time resident of Montecito and member of the Montecito Association and current member of the Montecito Union School Board of Trustees (MUS), I am keenly aware of the factors that have made and preserve the unique quality of life here. These include being very aware of our neighbors and the community when making impactful decisions. I am also aware as a parent/grandparent of children who attended or are attending MUS and who received and are receiving the best elementary education that can be found
almost anywhere. But MUS is in need of an upgrade of its facilities. The final plan for the upgrading has been a two-and-a-half process of working the issues with MUS neighbors, the community, and the educational needs of MUS. Back in 1926-27, when the architectural plan for Montecito Union School moved from paper to a new school facility, the building reflected a standard school design for the time. The entry was placed in the center of two single-story wings that contained all the classrooms. Walking farther through the entrance would bring you to an auditorium, which provided for all-school activities as presentations, ceremonies, and graduations. Beneath the wing to the south, due to the decline in elevation that marks Montecito’s topography, the plan included a cafeteria to ensure a proper nutritional lunch for those children whose parents so desired and a place for all students to eat while protected from the elements. The MUS of 1926-27 was designed for a maximum student body of around 200 students and like our Montecito community, MUS has grown in the last 80+ years. As enrollments of students increased, academic classrooms were added beginning in the 1960s, again in the 1990s, and again in the early 2000s. In fact, at more than 460 students, MUS today has more than doubled its original maximum enrollment. While the building of academic classrooms generally kept pace with student population increases, two integral parts of the original plan fell aside: the cafeteria and the auditorium. The cafeteria became entirely inadequate within a few decades and had to be closed (it is now used as a classroom). It would be virtually impossible to renovate the old cafeteria in the original building in order to meet the needs of the current number of students for both food service and to provide a suitable place to sit down and eat lunch. Even more daunting are the federal, state, and county layers of laws and ordinances that have been enacted since 1926-27 that define proper food service, safety, and accessibility for all to the facility. In fact, at the same time the existing cafeteria cannot serve as a food service facility, various legal mandates now require that MUS provide just that! This is a problem in search of a solution. Currently, only with a permit that must be renewed annually, the “lunch truck” provides adequate lunches. However, the food is not fresh and has been described as “just nutritious.” More significantly, the current eating area for both “lunch truck” and home-provided lunches is out in
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the open, which frequently requires the daily erection of temporary shade shelters, so that children will not have to sit and eat in what are scorching conditions. Ironically, as the academic classrooms were built the play/ eating areas shrank. On rainy days (some day!), you will find children sitting in classrooms and the enclosed halls on the floors to get out of the elements. It must be noted that MUS, in attempting to improve conditions for children to eat their lunch, has been cited several times for not providing proper food serving facilities. The auditorium was quickly unable to handle any school-wide activities, especially the kind of activities that enrich an academic experience with that all-important sense of belonging. Originally designed for a maximum student body size of around 200, there is no way to have a schoolwide assembly with a present student body of more than 460 students. In fact, because of space limitations, last week an assembly was held with a guest speaker for only grades four through six that dealt with the very important topic of (anti) “Bullying.” To accommodate less than half of the present student body, all seats had to be removed from the auditorium and the children had to be seated on the floor... and it was hot and crowded. Only half of our children were able to participate. MUS needs a place to bring its children together as a student body. The proposed cafeteria/multi-purpose building being currently discussed as part of a school improvement effort will solve the important issues of regaining a suitable eating area; serving fresh, nutritious food with access to all; and regaining a facility that could bring students together as a school. It would meet all requirements of the federal, state, and county regulations that require proper facilities including issues of universal accessibility. Finally, our students would have an area in the form of the lower terraces where they could sit and eat lunch or, on days of bad weather, could eat inside the new cafeteria. The same cafeteria/multi-purpose building could also provide the all important school-wide assembly area when used in conjunction with the lower terraces. Graduations and the occasional and spirit building schoolwide assemblies could re-enter our students’ experience. It has justly been pointed out that all of this costs money. True. However, we are living in one of the most affluent areas in the State of California. As an individual homeowner if I take the Proposition 13 valuation of my property, divide that number by 100,000
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Guest Editorial
Statement Regarding 101 Widening Project
by Mayor Helene Schneider and Councilmember Bendy White by Mayor Helene Schneider [Originally submitted September 30, 2014]
Why I Oppose the 101 Widening Project As Is
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fter reading last week’s “My Take” column by Bob Hazard regarding the Highway 101 widening, an old joke came to mind. Question: “What is the difference between Ignorance and apathy?” Answer: “I don’t know and I don’t care.” No wonder there’s still so much confusion about the 101 Widening Project; if I only had to rely on this article, I’d be scratching my head as well. Before I respond to the misinformation and speculation as to why I oppose the current 101 project, I must discuss the series of events following the distribution of an opinion piece penned by councilmember Bendy White and myself. On September 30 and October 1, Councilmember White and I emailed an opinion piece to the media. Both the Santa Barbara Independent and Noozhawk published the piece on October 2, and the Santa Barbara News-Press published it on October 5. I’m thankful to those three media outlets. As is common, all three outlets chose their own headline. Unfortunately, the News-Press omitted Councilmember White’s name from the byline. I appreciate that [its staff] immediately apologized and wrote a correction one day later. More than one week after Councilmember White and I sent the original opinion piece to the MJ (which it decided not to print), Mr. Hazard published his opinion piece. In it, he accuses me of inappropriately speaking on behalf of the City of Santa Barbara because of the use of the word “we.” For Mr. Hazard to make this accusation, he either managed to not read the Independent, Noozhawk, the correction in the News-Press, and even the very emails sent to the Montecito Journal a week prior, or he intentionally focuses only on the News-Press piece that mistakenly omitted Councilmember White’s name. While I want to give Mr. Hazard the benefit of the doubt, I do note that his editorial actually quotes from the same Santa Barbara Independent edition that published Councilmember White’s and my opinion piece. It’s important that MJ readers know Councilmember White and I wrote and distributed the opinion piece after the legal filing deadline passed to challenge the 101 EIR [Environmental Impact Report]. The piece speaks on behalf of ourselves, and the pronoun “we” clearly refers to Councilmember White and myself.
No “Designated” Funds Set Aside
In addition to pronoun issues, Mr. Hazard makes some inaccurate statements regarding the project. He states, “The widening of the 101 to three lanes increases traffic flows and shortens commute times.” However, a study initiated by Caltrans shows the current design will actually increase travel time for northbound travelers through the City of Santa Barbara. This is not, as Mr. Hazard implies, something that I fabricated; it is a study done by a reputable engineering firm. That is because there is a very large number of Santa Barbara residents commuting from their homes to jobs in Goleta simultaneously with more Ventura commuters (resulting from a widened 101) entering the City, new congestion forms from Garden through Patterson – hence commute times increase. This traffic spills onto city streets, causing even more congestion. Further, Mr. Hazard claims, “a lawsuit against Caltrans could convince Caltrans to shift its scarce and competitive state and federal transportation funding away from widening the 101...”. I’ve heard this argument before; but the fact is Caltrans has not designated or even promised any state or federal dollars for this project. The only allocated funds come from Santa Barbara County taxpayers – specifically Measure A, local gas tax money, and STIP funds. The funds from the latter two sources would otherwise be spent on local roads. Worse, additional local funds will likely have to be used for “parallel” projects that should have been included as mitigations if the Project was properly designed. In short, moving forward with the 101 Project as is means we will starve South Coast communities of funding for local street maintenance and capital improvements to subsidize a poorly designed Caltrans Project. I know of no other community making this type of sacrifice. My opposition isn’t as Mr. Hazard claims, “as leverage to force [blackmail] Caltrans...” it is about protecting the South Coast. I’ve raised these issues for more than two years. In addition, the Santa Barbara City Planning Commission has repeatedly asked Caltrans to recirculate the EIR. Unfortunately, the inadequate 101 EIR is not a joke, but a real document, with real negative impacts on us all. I do know the details about this project, and I do care about what’s at stake. I hope readers will take the time to study the impacts of this project and speak out. 16 – 23 October 2014
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t’s been relatively quiet these last nine months regarding the 101-widening project, but that is about to change. One month ago, Caltrans certified the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) they produced, and this document has subsequently been challenged in court. We fully encourage and will be publicly supporting private parties who have filed lawsuits. The City of Santa Barbara is not a party to a lawsuit. We are dismayed that information pertaining to recent closed sessions apparently was leaked to the press and others. At the very least, this appears to be a breach of ethics. Worse, during the last two weeks, statements made in writing via a letter to City Hall, and verbally by SBCAG staff basically threatened the city by saying if the council dare challenge the EIR, then perhaps important mitigations our residents deserve will never get funded. We know that, for some, our position is frustrating. We’ve heard more than once “just build it.” Our decision to speak out publicly about the inadequacies of this EIR is due to our fundamental sense of fairness. This project as proposed is unfair to our constituents in the City of Santa Barbara, it is unfair to county taxpayers, it is unfair to residents of the South Coast and it is unfair to the commuters who use Highway 101. In September 2013, the Santa Barbara City Planning Commission held a public hearing on the 101 Project and unanimously voted to send a letter to Caltrans that included the statement, “Based on the inadequacy of the Draft EIR, we anticipate that Caltrans’ responses to comments will result in the disclosure of significant new information necessitating recirculation of a revised Draft EIR to allow for meaningful public review and comment.” Since then, Caltrans has continued to change the project, including the Cabrillo interchange, in such a substantial way that a normal EIR process would require recirculation. But Caltrans, rather than working as a true partner to the local community, refused to do so. Furthermore, according to Caltrans’ own analysis, the project as currently designed will cause delays and backups on the 101-northbound from Garden Street all the way to Patterson Avenue. This will result in increased congestion on City streets, further reducing our ability to adequately maintain our infrastructure and provide new alternative transportation options. The current 101 widening in Ventura County was paid for entirely with state and federal dollars, and included needed bike path and pedestrian amenities as part of the project. Contrast that to the widening project in Santa Barbara County. Not only are county residents paying $140 million off the top from the 2008 Measure A half-cent sales tax, but the South Coast communities of Goleta, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, and the unincorporated areas are also sacrificing an annual $13 million that used to be for local street maintenance and repairs. Now through at least 2040, 100 percent of that money is diverted to the 101 project. The Measure A ballot language never said that 100 percent of South Coast gas tax funds would be sacrificed. It gets worse if the project moves forward as proposed; more and more of what the voters thought Measure A would fund over 30 years – local street repair, safe-routes-to-school funding, bike and pedestrian improvements to name a few – is actually going to be siphoned off to pay for necessary components of the project that should have been included but are not. In addition, applications for funding toward components we know are necessary, specifically replacing the Union Pacific Bridge and creating the Olive Mill Roundabout, will now compete with other local projects. Caltrans, in response to these needed mitigations: trust us. According to Caltrans, mitigations can be done as “parallel projects,” yet they offer zero funding – which means if local communities want the mitigations, we’re going to be stuck footing the bill. It would be nice to have a level of trust that everything will all somehow work out; however, we believe that past performance is indicative of future behavior. One only needs to remember that the current State Street/101 underpass is designed the way it is because Santa Barbara residents fought with Caltrans, who insisted for years on an elevated freeway over the city, totally cutting our now-vibrant downtown core in half. History has shown us that it is in our best interest to fight for good projects and oppose bad ones. Caltrans makes a mockery of not only the South Coast, but of the entire California Environmental Quality Act process. How can we require private projects to abide by the requirements of CEQA when Caltrans, a state agency, openly violates it? Until Caltrans comes to the community and actually •MJ works as a true “partner,” we have to oppose this project. MONTECITO JOURNAL
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 Storytelling at Montecito Library Jim Cogan’s energetic storytelling has captivated millions. His tales are often comical and always touching presentations of folklore, history, mythology, and personal memories. Cogan brings history, mystery, drama, and an eclectic bag of tricks in an engaging concert of storytelling by incorporating sounds, faces, gestures, and words. When: 4 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 Earthquake Drill MERRAG members should respond to MFPD headquarters to participate in the Great California Shakeout Drill to participate in “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” and then activate the District Operations Center. The drill begins at 10:16 am. When: 10:16 am to noon Where: 595 San Ysidro Road Info: www.merrag.org Key to the Cure Montecito’s all-woman rock band Midnight MYNX will perform at the kickoff of Saks Fifth Avenue’s three-day “Key to the Cure” annual national charity fundraising event recognizing National Breast Cancer Awareness month, to benefit Santa Barbara’s Breast Cancer Resource Center. When: 5:30 to 7:30 pm Where: Saks Fifth Avenue, 1001 State Street, second floor
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 An Evening in Bloom The second annual Girls Inc. gala will honor local flower-growers with deep roots in community involvement: Ed Van Wingerden, owner of Ever-Bloom, and Win Van Wingerden, owner of Maximum Nursery and an honorary member of Girls Inc. of Carpinteria’s board of trustees. The honorees are both longtime supporters of Girls Inc. of Carpinteria and also served as auctioneers at last year’s Evening in Bloom.
Bloom speaker Graciella Rodriguez, a Girls Inc. of Carpinteria alumna who has since graduated from UCSB with a double major in Spanish and sociology and earned her Master in Education Credential at Azusa Pacific, will share her story of how Girls Inc. changed her life and helped her achieve success. Girls Inc. of Carpinteria currently serves more than 700 girls ages 5-18 each year through a variety of programs, motivating them to take risks and master physical, intellectual, and emotional challenges. When: 6 to 11 pm Where: Westerlay Orchids, 3504 Via Real in Carpinteria Cost: $100 per person; sponsorship opportunities available Info: (805) 684-6364 SBHS 50th Reunion The Class of 1964 from Santa Barbara High School will celebrate its 50-year Reunion tonight with dinner and dancing to music by Ernie and the Emperors at The Carriage Museum in Santa Barbara. When: 6 pm Where: 129 Castillo Street Cost: $70 per person Info & Registration: www. santabarbara1964.com
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 Mindfulness Practice Retreat A half-day for calming the mind, opening the heart and finding peace through guided meditations, including Metta, (Loving Kindness)
Creepy Creatures An event for kids is being offered at Neal Taylor Nature Center in partnership with the Community Services Department. Creepy Creatures will feature bats and owls, skulls, and bones, spiders, and snakes – with popcorn and punch for kids of all ages. On the lawn at the center, Gabrielle Drozdowski will introduce you to Max, her Great Horned Owl. Alice Abela and her collection of spiders, snakes, and other reptiles will offer an exciting view into a fascinating world of small beings, and Melinda Alvarado will teach all about bats – up close! Arts and crafts activities will be a center attraction, and Todd “The Balloon Man” Baron will be on hand to create snakes and spiders out of balloons for all, as well as music performed by Lindsay and Dan Whipple. No reservations are needed. When: 11 am to 1 pm Where: Neal Taylor Nature Center, 2265 Highway 154 Info: 693-0691 meditation. All are welcome. Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD, practices psychotherapy and is a popular teacher of mindfulness meditation. When: 2 to 5:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20 MBAR Meeting Montecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of Montecito. When: 2 pm Where: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 Montecito Library Book Club Join for a lively discussion of this month’s title. Check the library for current title; new members always welcome. When: 1 to 2:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Montecito Union School Board Meeting When: 6 pm Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Info: 969-3249
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 Seafood Tasting Santa Barbara Maritime Museum hosts a night of fresh seafood presentations and cooking demonstrations. Local fishermen and seafood producers will give a short presentation on how they harvest fresh seafood, followed by a presentation by scientists/experts on the catch, and a demonstration by local chefs on how to prepare each item. Tonight features finfish, featuring black cod, white seabass, and halibut prepared by Michael Hutchings of Michael’s Catering. There are also tastings from Deep Sea Winery and Jaffurs Wine Cellars, bread provided by D’Angelos, and pastries by Christine Dahl’s Pastries. Guest appearances will be made by SBMM’s partner organizations. When: 7 pm Where: 113 Harbor Way Cost: $25 for Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and American Institute of Wine and Food members (AIWF), and $35 for non-members. The series of two events can be purchased for $40 for members and $60 for non-members. Tickets: 962-8404, x115
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 Run Wild 5K & Zoo Run Today from 10 am to 4 pm, Cabrillo Boulevard will once again become Santa Barbara’s longest public park for a day: closed to cars and open for peoplepowered fun! Last November, thousands of participants enjoyed the streets in ways they usually can’t – without cars, fumes, or traffic. Due to the success from 2013, the City of Santa Barbara approved the event permit for the second annual Santa Barbara Open Streets, and as part of the event the Santa Barbara Zoo hosts a 5K run on Cabrillo Boulevard, through the streets of the zoo. When: registration at 9:30 am; race starts at 10:30 am Where: intersection of Cabrillo and Corona Del Mar Cost: $30 for 5K,
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 Crane’s Annual Country Fair The 19th annual fair features music, barbecue, games, face painting, a bakeoff, and more. Everyone is welcome, admission is free! When: 10 am to 3 pm Where: Crane Country Day School, 1795 San Leandro Lane Info: 969-7732
ONGOING MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS Art Classes Beginning and advanced, all ages and by appointment – just call. Where: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village Road Info: 695-8850 TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS Adventuresome Aging Where: 89 Eucalyptus Lane Info: 969-0859; ask for Susan WEDNESDAYS THRU SATURDAYS Live Entertainment Where: Cava, 1212 Coast Village Road When: 7 to 10 pm Info: 969-8500 MONDAYS Connections Brain Fitness Program Challenging games, puzzles, and memoryenhancement exercises in a friendly environment When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane Cost: $50, includes lunch Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 TUESDAYS Adventuresome Aging Program Community outings, socialization, and lunch for dependent adults When: 10 am to 2 pm Where: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus Lane
Cost: $75, includes lunch, plus one-time fee of $35 Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 THURSDAYS Story Time at the Library A wonderful way to introduce children to the library, and for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills; each week, children ages 3 to 5 enjoy stories, songs, puppets, and fun at Story Time. When: 10:30 to 11 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 Casual Italian Conversation at Montecito Library Practice your Italian conversation among a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all and informative, too. When: 12:30 to 1:30 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 FRIDAYS Farmers Market When: 8 to 11:15 am Where: South side of Coast Village Road
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support the project for the betterment of the community, with the conditions that superintendent Tammy Murphy and her staff would maintain an ongoing dialogue with neighbors who are unhappy with the scope of the project. The MA board also asked that the use of the new cafeteria/multipurpose building be restricted to only school uses, in an effort to shield neighbors from additional noise outside of school hours. The majority of the public speakers during the meeting spoke in favor of the project, including teachers who told of the dire need for upgrades to the campus. “We desperately need a multipurpose room, cafeteria, whatever you want to call it,” said retired teacher Marilyn Bachman, who taught at the school for 27 years and continues to substitute. Teacher Stacy Allison, who teaches in one of the original classrooms, said, “The school
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t’s pretty amazing that a little seaside town like Santa Barbara has its own ballet company and it is celebrating its emerald anniversary – that would be 20 years! In honor of this landmark occasion, State Street Ballet held a gala at the Four Season’s Biltmore that began with a lively cocktail reception in the garden with Chris Fossek entertaining on the Spanish guitar. The drink of the evening was the emerald martini. I don’t know what was in it, but it practically glowed in the dark. Among those chatting were honorees Leni Fe Bland, Milly, and Wayne Colahan, Jill and Ron Dexter, Margo and Robert Feinberg, Lillian Lovelace, Sara Miller McCune, Tim Mikel, and Anne and Michael Towbes. Kate and Brooks Firestone were also honorees but were traveling, and Ana Zafferis was named in memoriam. These are the folks who were there supporting in the beginning. As founder/artistic director Rodney Gustafson said, “They say that enthusiasm is contagious. Twenty years ago, I and a handful of ballet enthusiasts envisioned a fully professional ballet company for Santa Barbara.” The company has made its mark not only
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original works. Dinner music was Bent Myggen on double keyboards and guitars. There was a video showing vignettes of 20 years of performances with an introduction by board president Roger Thompson. Board member Arlyn Goldsby spoke of how inspirational it was to have ballet members living with her. Andrew Firestone took over the live auction, reminding us, “My mother was a ballerina and she wants my daughter to be one, too.” I happen to
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know that Brooks first saw Kate on stage in London and went backstage to meet her, and “the rest is history.” The next ballet to put on your calendar is Saturday, October 25, at the Granada Theatre for Scheherazade – a world premiere set to music by Rimsky-Korsakov.
Community Breakfast
The United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara held its 10th annual community breakfast at Fess Parker DoubleTree Resort and it was all about the kids. TV anchor Paula Lopez applauded, “I’m so impressed with all of you morning people.” She does late night news. Paula is a product of the west side Boys & Girls Club. “I was so shy, my teacher recommended that my folks send me there. Even though we couldn’t afford it, I could go (because of scholarships). I tried out for a theatre production and got the part of the narrator.” Before that she had been afraid to talk in front of people. Who would know? As she said, “Kids are what you tell them they are.” Boys & Girls Clubs are filled with positive responses. One of the guest speakers was chairman of the board for the Oracle
Corporation, Jeff Henley. Speaking of success, two years ago he gave $50 million to his alma mater UCSB’s engineering department. Jeff had a single mom and went to Boys & Girls Club in La Habra in the 1950s. The clubs take children kindergarten through high school. As Jeff said, “We have doubled the number of clubs in the last 15 years. Some are operated out of schools. In the old days, it was more swim and gym. Now there are richer programs that help with homework to give the kids a chance to be successful.” More and more need help, as families seem to be disintegrating. One of the greatest basketball coaches in America, Ben Howland remembered his childhood at the Goleta Boys & Girls Club. “I was eight when I saw my first gym there.” He says kids look up to the older ones, and we need good role models. Ben still remembers many of his friends from those days, one who has since won a Nobel Prize in science. “Boys & Girls Clubs will always be one of the biggest parts of my life.” Single mom Melissa Cohen had us all in tears (she was, too) when she said how the Boys & Girls Club here saved her life when she was juggling childcare and her job. To know that
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also herself. “The club was my second parent.” The five core areas for Boys & Girls Clubs are education and career, character and leadership, health and life skills, the arts and sports, fitness and recreation. You are welcome to visit anytime and you’ll be inspired. Interim executive directors Diana Starr Langley and Louise Cruz and Sal Rodriguez from development would love for you to volunteer or donate. For information, call 681-1315. Guest speakers for the Boys and Girls club breakfast coach Ben Howland and CEO of Oracle Corporation Jeff Henley
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Tenor Andrea Bocelli playing for guests at his Forte dei Marmi home in Italy
Sophia Loren, who was celebrating her 80th birthday, as well as singers Lionel Richie, John Legend, and Reba McEntire, and Grammy award-winning composer David Foster. I was also lucky enough to have sat next to the ageless star at a dinner at New York’s oh-so grand Metropolitan
Nina Terzian at opera tenor Andrea Bocelli’s Italian home with singer Lionel Richie
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Congratulations to Joye Lytel, who represented the seller, in the sale of 1480 Wyant Road, in Montecito. Offered at $2,795,000.
Rising to the efforts of the CEC are Marc McGinnis, Kathi King, Randy and Roxanna Solakian with Jim Dehlsen (photo by Priscilla)
popular Funk Zone eatery, raising an impressive $140,000 for the cause. The boffo bash, co-chaired by Jordan ben Shea and Laura Capps, was designed by Montecito event planner extraordinaire, Merryl Brown, with
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is outdated and unsafe. The infrastructure needs to be taken care of.” Resident Abe Powell agreed, commenting that student safety should not be taken lightly. Several neighbors voiced concern over the project, saying both their property values and quality of life would decrease due to noise, cafeteria smells, aesthetics, and more. Adjoining neighbor Judy Blankenship called into question the need for the cafeteria in the first place and voiced concern that the safety work slated for the main school building is not part of the first phase of the project. Murphy explained parking and traffic issues will be tackled first, followed by the new, five-classroom building, so that the students will have somewhere to go before the old building is redone. “It’s not as simple to say we are putting off safety until the last phase,” Murphy said. “We have a plan so as to disrupt the children’s education as little as possible.” Engineer Ed Moreland spoke on the subject of environmental impacts, and said his company, Rincon Consultants, has been hired to study the project. Moreland said it was not yet clear if the project would require a full EIR (Environmental Impact Report) or a mitigated negative declaration. “The CEQA studies cannot be finished until the project is further along,” he said. School board member Deb Fuss said the contentious cafeteria portion of the project has been in the works since a strategic plan was drafted in 2007. “This did not come out of nowhere,” she said. “The school is well overdue for an overhaul, and seventy-one percent of what we are asking for are life and safety issues.” School board member Peter van Duinwyk added that the plan has been changed multiple times to correct issues brought up by both neighbors and the Montecito Association Land Use Committee. Murphy told the group of about 70 people that she and her team have tried to balance the needs of the school with the principles of the Montecito Community Plan. “We really do value
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Foodbank volunteers from San Marcos High School and Santa Barbara City College at Casa del Herrero
Maison K Moves
Maison K manager Marie-Christine Wolseley and owner Kimberly Phillips. The longtime Montecito shop has moved back to its original location.
Maison K has returned to its original home at 1253 Coast Village Road (former home of Dressed & Ready). “We are happy to be back!” says owner Kimberly Phillips, who founded the shop in 2003. The last five years, Phillips ran the store out of the two-story Costa Villa building at 1159 Coast Village Road (former home of Circa and Letter Perfect), and when her lease was up, she decided to come back to the original location, near Jeannine’s, J. McLaughlin, CosBar, and new jeweler Ara (to be open in the next few weeks). “Our customers are thrilled we are back on this part of the street,” Phillips told us earlier this week. Phillips, who also founded the Montecito accessory shop Lily in 2002, has become known for her eclectic style and unique offerings at Maison K, including a broad range of home furnishings, decorative accessories, gifts, jewelry, and style accessories. She goes on buying trips several times a year, to Argentina, Uzbekistan, Italy, France, and other international locations to replenish the aesthetically pleasing store. She also carries domestic and local artisan items.
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Backyard Bounty
On October 10, volunteers from San Marcos High School and Santa Barbara City College descended on Casa del Herrero in Montecito to harvest pineapple guavas, citrus, and
apples for Santa Barbara Foodbank. The group harvested 878 pounds of fruit from about half of Casa’s orchard; the event was a precursor to Foodbank’s Backyard Bounty Day, scheduled for later this month, in which Santa Barbara and Montecito residents and volunteers will harvest even more fruit from estates, ranches, and backyards in our area. The Backyard Bounty Program was launched in October 2007, and this year’s event is serving as a sort of “re-birth” of the program, said coordinator Niles Brinton. During the early years of the program, volunteers harvested 500,000 pounds of produce from private properties in Carpinteria, Montecito, Santa Barbara, and Goleta. For 32 years, the Foodbank has been
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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 19) Christopher Koeper and Kathy Borgotello Koeper chatting with Gretchen Lieff and Robert Lieff (photo by Priscilla)
Ubiquitous Montecito twosome Robert and Gretchen Lieff turned out for the cause along with Diane Boss, Kathy Koeper, Roxanna and Randy Solakian, Neil Dipaola, and Lisa Loiacono... Mob Appeal Heal the Ocean attracted quite a mob, a flash mob to be precise, to its annual gala at the historic El Paseo restaurant with 180 guests raising more than $160,000. The event, which also celebrated founder Hillary Hauser’s 70th birthday after an artificial hip operation, kicked off in unexpected fashion when members of the Santa Barbara Choral Society, under longtime director JoAnne Wasserman, formed a musical “mob,” singing the drinking song “Libiamo ne lieti calici” from Verdi’s La Traviata with Xavier Prado and Christine Hollinger as the principal singers. Effervescent Hillary also acted as auctioneer for the evening, selling off stays at resorts in the Yucatan Peninsula, Costa Rica, and the Biltmore, with the Fog Band entertaining. Rocker Kenny Loggins led the guest list, which included Brian and Laurence Hodges, Hiroko Benko, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Das Williams, Art and Michele Damiani, mayor Helene Schneider, Dan and Mary Secord, Leslie von Wiesenberger, Teresa McWilliams, Matthew Gunner, David and Jeannie Clark, and Richard and Thekla Sanford. A great wave of support. Hip, hip hooray!...
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Food on the Table The Foodbank of Santa Barbara’s third annual Table of Life event at the Pacifica Graduate Institute – the former Fleischmann estate – was socially gridlocked when a record 160 guests attended the charming garden party lunch, co-chaired by Arlene Montesano and Marybeth Carty. helping raise more than $200,000. The event honored Chuck and Missy Sheldon, who have supplied 40,000 pounds of mandarin oranges under the organization’s Backyard Bounty program for the past 10 years, • The Voice of the Village •
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may be back.” Jackson believed that the United States was one great family that could stand on its own and withstand any global pressures if it stayed together. “Arguments would rage, there would be great fights, but the country had to stand as a united house,” Meacham said, paraphrasing Jackson. In 1832, when South Carolina passed the Doctrine of Nullification, declaring that a state could pick and choose which laws it wanted to follow, Jackson reacted viciously and violently. “Jackson did this because he saw his moral leadership, his moral obligation to preserve the inheritance that had been given to him,” Meacham said. “To honor the sacrifice of his own family and to stand in the line with Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Adams and take his stand in the arena. “He believed that we would argue, we would fight, we would disagree, but we had to do it under the same roof. To tear apart the country would invite European adventurism and encourage the Spanish, French, and British to attempt, once again, to recolonize and seek influence.” In concluding, Meacham said the nation was an experiment to both Jefferson and Jackson, but one that could not under any circumstances be allowed to fail. “Their moral insight,” Meacham said, “was that as, Jefferson put it, ‘The United States was the world’s best hope.’ They devoted their lives to creating, preserving, and protecting a nation-state in which the ideals of the Revolution could take their stand in the long history of the world. “They were imperfect. They defended slavery. They were architects and executioners of Native American people. They thought rather too much of themselves. And from a philosophical point of view, they were hopelessly hypocritical, but they were not primarily – or in Jackson’s case – even secondarily, philosophers. They were politicians. Public men dedicated to the public business with all its inherent limitations. And I would submit that we should thank God that they were.” Meacham, one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals, is a Pulitzer Prize winner and contributing editor at Time magazine. The leadership series features Bob Woodward on January 16, Doris Kearns Goodwin on March 6, and •MJ Ron White on May 26. 16 – 23 October 2014
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Measure Q will improve Montecito union school! Join us in Preserving the Quality of Montecito union school Measure Q will provide critical funding to make classroom and facility improvements to Montecito union school. Measure Q will: Fix life and safety issues and deferred maintenance projects: • • • • • •
$19,000,000
71%
($8.50/$100,000 assessed value)
Renovating deteriorating and aging plumbing systems, windows. Upgrading inadequate electrical systems. Reduce traffic on San Ysidro with better parking and drop-off area. Making health, safety and mandated handicapped accessibility improvements. Deferred maintenance projects. Improved water management (internal and external).
Construct a new multi-purpose facility/cafeteria:
$3,600,000
13%
($1.60/$100,000 assessed value)
• Currently, our largest room holds 300 people; this will allow our entire school population of students and teachers (500+) to gather in one place. • Includes a new commercial kitchen to replace the one that did not meet. health and safety code standards. Creates shade for kids during lunch time.
educational programmatic improvements/other district priorities: $3,700,000
14%
($1.70/$100,000 assessed value)
• Reorganizing the campus so all grades can be clustered together. These new classrooms will be used to maintain classroom space while existing buildings are being renovated. This new building will cost less than renting temporary classrooms during the construction period and provide permanent space for school programing. • Five new classrooms for upper grades to be together and will allow for the needed expansion space for special education/inclusion. • Programmatic improvements – speech room, reading rooms, music department. • Play space increases 20% for kids. Fees associated with construction, program management, bond:
$850,000
2%
(24 cents/$100,000 assessed value)
Virginia Alvarez Robert Angel Marc Appleton James Aviani Lisa Aviani Marilyn Bachman Chynna Phillips Baldwin William Baldwin Paul Barton Susan Basler Amanda Bellamy Steven Benhayon Wynne Benhayon Kris Bergstrom Chris Blau Wendy Blau Jonathan Blinderman Mary Long Blinderman Eileen Blossman Lori Bowles Tom Brennan Scott Brittingham Merryl Brown Dr. Nick Bruski Tad Buchanan
Susan Burns Susan Burns Associates Sue Burrows Susan Caine Supervisor Salud Carbajal Jenean Cerami Mark Cerami Joe Cole Larry Crandell Ron D’Amico Dagny Dehlsen Bradford Dillman Brooke Dillman Charles Dillman Peter Van Duinwyk Whitney Duncan Lynne Early Luke Ebbin Michelle Ebbin Dan Encell Lucia Engel Mari Failing Les Firestein Deborah Fuss Stuart Fuss
Maggie Geyer Christie Glanville John Glanville Bryan Goligoski Bruce Gottleib Susan Miles Gulbransen Jon Gura Kate Gura Josiah Hamilton Justine Hamilton Monica Hammonds Jay Hanseth Sally Southard Hanseth Christopher E. Haskell Pamela Dillman Haskell Vicky Hazard Betsy Heaftiz Abigail Hindmarch Loryn Hodosy Troy Hoidal Kenneth B. Horner Brandi Freeman Hughes Mark Hunt Sheila Hunt Melissa Ianelli
Ralph Ianelli State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson Jeff Jacobs Berkeley “Augie” Johnson Morrie Jurkowitz Irma Jurkowitz Brian Kelly Tricia Kelly Robert Kemp Lisa King Mark Kirkhart Mary Kirkhart Linos Kogevinos Nancy Kogevinos Jill Levinson Neil Levinson Pamela Lister Gwyn Lurie Brett Matthews Alixe Mattingly Suzanne McCafferty Carol Kelly McCarthy Tom McCarthy
J. Abraham Powell Shirley Purkait Brian Rapp Joanne S. Rapp A J Rice Valerie Rice Rebecca Riskin Ginger Salazar Doreen Sales Frank Sales Jessica Schaeman Michael Schaeman Brad Seibert Joanne Shefflin Joel Shefflin Susan Smith Randy Solakian Jano Stack Mary Steele Gail Knight Steinbeck Thom Steinbeck Tessa Taylor Audrey Tognotti Anne Towbes
as Montecito realtors, we support Measure Q because it: • Breathes new life into our cherished Montecito Union School • Improves the quality of life in our community • Improves our property values Vote YES on Measure Q to protect and preserve this community treasure. Respectfully, Lori Bowles , Susan Burns, Luke Ebbin, Dan Encell, Josiah Hamilton, Justine Hamilton, Sally Southard Hanseth, Troy Hoidal, Mark Hunt, Sheila Hunt, Robert Kemp, Linos Kogevinos, Nancy Kogevinos, Kristin McWilliams, Rebecca Riskin, Randy Solakian, Dana Zertuche, Ruben Zertuche Craig McCaw Susan McCaw Kieran McKenna Kristin McWilliams Pam McLendon Montecito Teacher’s Association Montecito Educational Foundation Luis Moro Jim Morouse Mary Morouse Dan Murphy Kate Murphy Tammy Murphy Shannon Murray Beth Ohanion Lee Ohanion Brent Peus Lizzie Peus
Michael Towbes Sandy Toye Pam Valeski Terry Valeski Melinda Werner Tim Werner Assemblyman Das Williams Robert Williams Heidi Jensen Winston Dana Zertuche Ruben Zertuche (partial list)
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’m about as “country” as Colin Powell is “ghetto,” but country music truly warms my cockles (can I say that in a family publication?. I spent the first 11 years of my life (19531966) in Southington, Connecticut, where I honed my math skills, and where Merle Haggard was more foreign than Nikita Khrushchev. But I was lucky. I had a mother who was a transplant from another planet –New Mexico. She didn’t bring much with her when my father hauled Mom back to his home state, but she managed to carry a handful of country-western albums and, being her only lifeline to home, she wore those suckers out. To this day, I can’t hear a Patsy Cline song without having an urge to polish furniture with lemon Pledge or light up a Pall Mall. On occasion, Mom received “care” packages from her sisters in New
I thought every male west of the Mississippi was named Hank. If my mom hadn’t had such a crush on Jimmy Dean, I’m guessing Hank Alexander would be writing this column today. Mexico, which were filled with Mexican food fixins. When the neighborhood kids would reconvene after dinner to play kick-the-can or Red Rover, and quiz each other about what they’d had for supper, I might as well have replied “Guinea pig” as “tacos.” It’s hard to imagine in the small world that we live in now, but back in 1959 Connecticut, it would’ve been easier to find a two-headed armadillo than a taco. And refried beans? It was difficult enough for any New Englander to imagine someone frying beans, but to fry them twice – fuggeddaboutit! While my friends’ parents were listening to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, I was being saturated with Hank Snow, Hank Williams, and Hank Thompson. I thought every male west of the Mississippi was named Hank. If my mom hadn’t had such a crush on Jimmy Dean, I’m guessing Hank Alexander would be writing this column today. When my 7th grade class took a field trip to Boston, we must have sung Herman’s Hermits “Henry the Eighth” 10 times on the bus ride. When I suggested we change it up a bit and sing Burl Ives’s “A Little Bitty Tear Let Me Down,” the whole class looked at me like I just offered them a plug of tobbacy. I think country music’s appeal all
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Jim Alexander gets in tune and warms up to country music, despite his Connecticut connections. He and his cockles are pickin’ and grinnin’ while conjuring up his 10 favorite song titles.
comes down to lyrics. If you take a situation – let’s say a spouse leaving – and you write a song in the three most popular music categories, rock, rap, and country, the lyrics will be as different as Eddie Money, 50 Cent, and Johnny Paycheck. For example, rock ‘n’ roll lyrics might be “Peace, love, and smoking banana peels ain’t the same without you.” Rap lyrics could be “Dis burnt, Squallie! I be ‘730’, Boo. No butta, no grind, no hittin’ the kitten.” Country music handles the same sensitive situation this away: “I’m so miserable without you, it’s like having you here.” C&W songs are simple, direct, and on occasion funnier than Grandma tokin’ on the hookah at your wedding. Here are my top 10 (I’m not making these up) country song titles: 1. “ I Wouldn’t Take Her To a Dog Fight Because I’m Afraid She’d Win” 2. “ You’re The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly” 3. “ Mama Get the Hammer, There’s a Fly on Papa’s Head” 4. “ When We Get Back to the Farm, That’s When We Really Go to Town” 5. “ I Still Miss You Baby, But My Aim’s Gettin’ Better” 6. “ Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I’m Kissing You Goodbye” 7. “ If The Phone Don’t Ring, You’ll Know It’s Me” 8. “ If I Can’t Be Number One in Your Life, Then Number Two On You” 9. “ I Don’t Know Whether to Kill Myself or Go Bowling” 10. And, my wife Lora’s favorite, “If I Shot You When I Wanted To, I’d Be Out By Now” To my mom’s dismay, rock ‘n’ roll eventually became my passion, causing both Mom and Dad to declare that I had van Gogh’s ear for music. But I still listen to C&W on occasion. You might say country music brings me back to my Connecticut Yankee roots. As another man who isn’t very country, Sir Elton John, once sang, “It’s good old country comfort in my bones. Just the sweetest sound my ears have ever known.” •MJ And it warms my cockles.
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and multiply that figure by 12 ($12 per $100,000 assessed valuation cost of the bond) the result will be in the $200 to $300 range for most of us to add to our yearly property tax bill. All these funds will be invested in the physical enhancement of MUS and ultimately for the enhancement of the education of the children of our community. It almost goes without saying that polishing the gem that is MUS will benefit each and every homeowner in Montecito. What better investment in the future can we make? Thank you, Peter van Duinwyk Montecito
the post office. I know most people pay bills online, particularly the younger generation, and perhaps that’s safer. I do both. Anyway, if you have room to squeeze this item into one of your issues, you may thwart this guy or gal’s next attempt at theft. Pimiento Neighbor Montecito (Editor’s note: Sorry to hear of your difficulties, but “rascal”? Really? I can think of many other terms to call the miscreant that did this, and they would all be somewhat stronger than “rascal.” – J.B.)
Why the Move?
Way back in 1991, Montecito ratepayers approved connecting to the State Water Project (SWP). It seemed like a good deal, after all: for an investment of $270 million, we were guaranteed long-term water security. Unhappily, things didn’t turn out as promised. The Central Coast hook-up ended up costing $1.76 billion, not $270 million. And as we all know, our water supplies are anything but secure. This year, we’re only receiving five percent of our allotted 3,000 acre-feet of SWP water. But water shortfalls or not, we must continue to service our debt – almost $6 million a year, regardless of deliveries. Drought compounds the financial pressures. With less water to sell, the Montecito Water District brings in less revenue. So what happens when the district’s revenue shortfall becomes critical? The folks who peddled the revenue bonds to support our share of the SWP hook-up planned for that contingency, though they took no great pains to publicize it. Here’s the deal: In the event of a default, the SWP agreements state that the contractors – in our case, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors sitting as the Santa Barbara Flood Control and Water Conservation District – must make up the defaulted amount by raising our property taxes. We are perilously close to just such a scenario. Compounding the problem is the State’s determination to extend SWP contracts for another 50 years. That begs the question: Why now? The contracts don’t expire until 2038. The answer is simple. The state wants to issue revenue bonds to pay for the Twin Tunnels, the massive conveyance project that will transport water from the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. The state estimates this boondoggle will cost $25 billion. At this juncture,
Never mind Ebola or ISIL, at the event I attended recently, all the nattering concerned why Bob Hazard’s column was moved to page 11. True, the reviews were excellent; everyone relishes Hazard’s columns as the most informative source on the 101 mess. And I hear often from people that they began reading the paper because of his 101 coverage. Moreover, I was dazzled by Hillary Hauser’s column, which was equally informative. But I guess we’re all used to seeing Hazard in his old place. And God knows there will be plenty more pennies dropping in the coming months about the mayor and her consiglieri and their various maneuvers to scuttle the largest public works project in the history of Santa Barbara County. So keep them coming! Sincerely, Ann Louise Bardach Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: It may be the “ largest public works project in the history of Santa Barbara County,” but we believe that since the deadline for appeals on the 101 had passed, water is/was a more pressing issue – especially since public input can still determine the outcome of Montecito’s water future.– TLB)
Pimiento Pilfering Putz
I live on Pimiento Lane, and sometime around September 16 my mailbox was robbed, and the checks I’d written to pay bills were “washed,” forged, and passed at other stores. What a nightmare! Having to change all sorts of checking accounts, etc. I’m hoping that the only way this rascal won’t get away with this again, is if you publicize that this has happened in the Pimiento Lane area. From now on, I will never leave any important business in my street mailbox (guess I’m learning this pretty late in life, huh?) and will always take it to
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Total Lunar Eclipse Over Montecito
low glow peaking around 3:55 am. The red faded in an hour to a white hue, with the eclipse moving away at a faster pace. The moon set in the West at 4:45 am. As the saying goes, every picture tells the story.
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ventured into the first six hours of October 8 to capture the second in a unique tetrad series of total lunar eclipses with a “blood moon.” The October eclipse occurred on our annual Hunter ’s Moon, the first full moon after the autumn equinox’s Harvest Moon. The first “blood moon” total lunar eclipse was April 14. The new name of Blood Moon, “is the name being used for the four eclipses of the ongoing lunar tetrad – four total lunar eclipses in a row, each separated from the other by six lunar months (six full moons).” (Earth Science) These eclipses will occur in 2014-2015. National Geographic reports “This year is one of the rare years with multiple lunar eclipses. Wednesday’s will be the second in a series of four – a tetrad – over two years. That pattern won’t repeat for another 20 years or so. If you missed this one, the next will be on April 4, 2015; the last in the tetrad will be on September 28, 2015. Both of the next two eclipses will be visible from all of North America except the West Coast. People out west will have a long wait for their next lunar eclipse: January 31, 2018.” The moon, which should be totally blocked from the sun by the Earth when it fully eclipsed turns “red” because, according to Zoe Baily at the National Space Center: “During a total lunar eclipse, light is bent and filtered as it passes 16 – 23 October 2014
through the atmosphere causing red light to shine on the Moon. To see an eclipse, the Earth must move directly between the Moon and the Sun, causing Earth’s shadow to fall across the lunar surface. At total eclipse, when you would expect the Moon to be totally obscured by Earth’s shadow, the Moon appears red. As the Earth blocks the path between the Sun and the Moon, sunlight is still able to shine through the halo of gas that surrounds our planet, our atmosphere. However, the light does not make it through entirely unchanged. Light is composed of a spectrum of colors and only the reddish component makes it out the other side.” We are fortunate be living in the hemisphere of our planet to view the eclipse in its entirety. The moon rose in the East at 5:30 pm, while sunset occurred at 6:33 pm. The planet Uranus was visible all night conjunct and south of the moon, and despite the full moon’s brightness, all the stars normally visible were seen with the naked eye. The beautiful Hunter ’s Moon’s first phase of the eclipse started at 2:15 am. I began to record the phases at 12:45 am, with the marker of full-moon brilliance at 1:32 am. The moon eclipsed into darkness over a few hours. The next phase was the unique part of this event, as the moon shown with a red and yel-
Partial umbral eclipse began: 2:15 am
Total eclipse began: 3:25 am Greatest eclipse red: 3:55 am Total eclipse ended: 4:24 am Partial eclipse ended: 5:34 am 411: earthsky.org/tonight/total-lunareclipse-blood-moon-hunters-moonoctober-7-8 2014#north news.nationalgeographic.com/ news/2014/10/141006-blood-moonlunar-eclipse-october-science •MJ
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Focus on Desalination
We must all recognize that the District’s current focus on considering desalination as a new water supply alarms organizations such as Heal the Ocean. Nevertheless, unlike recycling that has a very limited application in Montecito, desalination would provide a reliable source of drinking and irrigation water to all of our customers. Desalination is also expensive but, with the possibility that drought is the new norm and Montecito’s dependence on rainfall recharge for 95 percent of its local and imported water supplies, coupled with the recognition that the competition for California’s fresh water supplies are ever increasing, we must take prudent actions to guarantee Montecito’s water supply reliability and security now and into the future. Unlike what was insinuated in the recent article, grant money and loans provided in the $7.5 billion water bond on November’s ballot are focused mostly on groundwater and associate water storage projects with $735 million set aside for recycling projects; in fact, if Proposition 1 is approved by the voters in November, it is estimated that this funding source will not be available for about two years. Guidelines need to be established on how these funds will be allocated to the receiving state agencies. Our state representatives, as well as representatives from the Association of California Water Agencies, have repeatedly stated there will be monies available from the water bond for desalination projects, and the District intends to actively pursue these sources of funding. In closing, we want to thank Ms Hauser for all the positive work her organization does on behalf of the Central Coast, and we look forward to working with her in the near future. We also encourage all our customers to be informed, know the facts, and stay abreast of all the District’s activities aimed at diversifying our community’s water supply portfolio. Please attend our meeting on Wednesday, October 29, from 6 to 8 pm at El Montecito Presbyterian church’s Fellowship Hall when our desalination consultants will present their initial report on the feasibility of a desalination facility in Montecito. •MJ
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Montecito Union Removes Grass
Wood chips have replaced two lawns near the Montecito Union School administration building
WaterWise Santa Barbara, a water conservation and awareness program created by the Network of Santa Barbara County Water Providers, has recognized Montecito Union School for removing two lawns near the administration building over the summer, which we first reported a few weeks ago (MJ #20/37). The removal of the lawn, which was replaced with wood chips, has resulted in a 50-60 percent decrease in water usage, according to Montecito Water District’s Mike Clark. Superintendent Tammy Murphy and other district administrators will soon decide the fate of a similarly underused patch of lawn on the north side of the building. Murphy hopes to make the north lawn replacement a project for parents to complete. Her aim is to have the project be part of the community-wide Montecito Beautification Day on November 8. The goal of WaterWiseSB is to provide residents with information and techniques to deal with drought and conserve water at home, in the landscape, and at work. For more details, visit www.waterwisesb.org. •MJ 16 – 23 October 2014
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Tea Time Domestic Violence Solutions hosted its 7th annual High Esteem Tea at the Bacara with 300 guests raising $100,000. The popular event, which had to move from the Biltmore because of growing numbers in attendance, was co-chaired by Valerie Greenberg and Claudette Rochrig. Author and social theorist Jackson Katz, who now lives in Los Angeles, gave a thought-provoking speech on gender violence prevention, drawing attention to the recent spate of NFL incidents involving highly paid star players. “At last it is now all out in the open!” he declared. “These are athletes our young people look up to.” The mission of the organization, which reaches more than 9,000 people annually in Santa Barbara County, is to end the intergenerational cycle of domestic violence by providing prevention and intervention services and changing society’s attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to effect social change. Guests included Mollie Ahlstrand, Margo Barbakow, Pam Brandon, Melinda Burns, Sallie Coughlin, Rob and Judy Egenoff, Nancy Gifford, Angela Sanchez, Caroline Thompson, Charles Anderson, and Marsha Marcoe... London Calling CAMA – the Community Arts Music Association – kicked off its 96th season in fine style when the revered London Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Vladimir Jurowski performed at the Granada with pianist JeanEfflam Bavouzet. The French multi-award-winning keyboardist’s deft touch and fluid
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Pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet impresses at the Granada
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ing and teen suicide. Aija, the 18-year-old daughter of exretail executive Elliot Mayrock and his wife, Alecia, a former head honcho with New York publishing giant Conde Nast, has already garnered notice as a screenwriter and director at the Santa Barbara International Film festival for the past few years. “I was bullied for years in middle school and part of high school,” recounts Aija, now a student at the Tisch School of Arts at New York University... After my work in the film festival, I decided I needed to do something even bigger to help kids deal with bullying. I started writing the book in 11th grade and made it my goal to finish it before graduating high school. “I completed it last year and have just released it this month in honor of National Bullying Prevention Month.” Aija is currently touring through different schools to speak about the subject and promote her book. “I am also donating many books to schools and libraries across the country,” she adds. “I am also giving part of the proceeds to anti-bullying organizations. My book is a survival guide that helps kids navigate bullying in every scenario. “It offers survival tips, personal stories, quizzes and lots of sound advice. It also includes rap poems. My book is not only about bullying. It is about confidence and creating an incredible life through adversity.” Pricey Perfume Just in time for Christmas, the sweet smell of success is going on sale at the top London department store, Harrods, but you’ll have to be
extremely wealthy to afford their latest perfume. To mark the opening of its Salon de Parfum boutique, the British perfumer Clive Christian has created a special edition of his number-one perfume with an eye-watering price tag of $225,000. A standard bottle of the fragrance costs around $750 and is marketed as “the world’s most expensive perfume.” But the one-of-a-kind new edition genuinely deserves the description thanks to the way it has been packaged. Called the No. 1 Passant Guardant, it uses the perfume house’s signature crystal bottle and then ups the ante by covering it in hand-crafted 24-carat gold lattice work. As with all the bottles, the top is a crown shape as the design was created in 1872 and paid homage to Queen Victoria. But in this case, the gold crown is embedded with flawless white diamonds. In total, there are 2,000 individually set diamonds on the bottle. Meanwhile, the lion motif on the front is made up of two yellow diamonds, with a rare pink diamond marking the lion’s tongue. On his website, Christian says: “I was inspired to create an iconic bottle as precious as a crown jewel to mark this special event.” Hurry, hurry.... Sightings: Streetball star Grayson Boucher working out at the Santa Barbara Athletic Club... How I Met Your Mother actor Neil Patrick Harris spotted shopping in Solvang...Stuart Whitman grabbing his Java jolt at Pierre Lafond Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and other amusing items for Richard’s column should e-mail him at richardmineards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the •MJ Journal
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any people of a certain age, including my daughter, Lily, grew up with Alan Thicke as Jason Seaver, the cool-headed TV dad on ABC’s hit sitcom Growing Pains that aired from 1985 to 1992. Alan, a Canadian, is father of both the actor Brennan Thicke and singer Robin Thicke. Alan has a deep connection with Santa Barbara, having been married to former Miss World Gina Tolleson. The couple lived in our area when they were together (they divorced in 1999 after a five-year marriage); Gina is currently executive editor of Santa Barbara magazine, and Alan – now married to Tanya [née Callau] – lives on a sprawling ranch in Carpinteria with his wife and 17-year-old son Carter. Alan and family have begun filming the second season of their scripted reality show, Unusually Thicke. The center of the action is on the Thicke ranch, and much of an early episode in this second season takes place on Linden Avenue during Carpinteria’s annual Avocado Festival. We met up with Unusually Thicke director Mike Ward (Holmes Makes It Right) at Lucky’s on Coast Village Road recently to discuss the upcoming episodes. Ward was born in Australia (before 1975), and moved to Canada in 1995, where he became “a chef by trade,” he says with a hint of pride. “I’ve actually had the pleasure and fun of combining my two passions, which is cooking for a living and making television,” he adds. Mike started as sous chef at a restaurant in Toronto, became executive chef and cooked for Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, and other big names, but eventually
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Going over Unusually Thicke script ideas are (from left) Gilbert Gottfried, Alan Thicke, and Mike Ward
became disillusioned with cooking. Why? “Because every chef I know is a functioning alcoholic,” he quips. So Mike left the commercial food world, bought a computer, taught himself motion graphics and 3-D graphics and created his own brand of fake TV “commercials” for his amusement. Ward says he met a friend of a friend who was creative director of a station in Toronto and showed him his mock commercials. The director was impressed enough to suggest he could use Mike’s talent. Before long, he found himself directing commercials and promos for Canada’s version of NBC; his first stab at directing a series was one called Look-A-Like for Canadian TV. The show, he says, was big in Europe and aired on TVGN in the U.S. “It was 16 – 23 October 2014
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very inexpensive to produce, and you can turn [this type of reality series] out and sell them around the world. I went from cooking food to cooking up stories,” he says, laughing. Now, Mike is here, living in Carpinteria for the next six months to shoot the second season of Unusually Thicke. All the episodes are scheduled to air on TVGN (TV Guide Network) some time in 2015.
A Day in the Life
The show follows a day in the life of the Thicke family. “It’s self-deprecating, which I like,” Ward says. “Alan is heavily involved in the writing with [co-writer] Luciano Casimiri. The two of them concoct the narratives. After that, I’m brought in. I’m the guy who turns written words into action.” Ward seems genuinely impressed with Thicke’s comic timing, opining that he “has an SNLquality comedic sense.” Here is the premise, for example, of a recently shot episode: Alan complains that he’s been honored at the annual Avocado Festival as “Mr. Congeniality” for the past two years, but what he really wants to be honored for is his guacamole recipe; this is the year, he believes, that his talent in that area will finally be acknowledged. So, Alan enters his guacamole recipe and learns that the chief judge is comic Gilbert Gottfried, who will be coming up from Los Angeles to adjudicate the contest. Thicke arranges for Gottfried to stay at his ranch. The Thickes have designed a new bedroom for Gilbert and when he arrives at the home, Tanya shows him to his bedroom. Gilbert then makes a move on her, kisses and hugs her, and tries to pull her on the bed with him. It doesn’t go well, but Alan is reluctant to upbraid Gottfried for fear of losing the guacamole recipe contest. Later, Gottfried continues to make trouble, implying that he has heard talk of some bribery that may take place, and that “certain members of the community have offered certain amounts of cash” for his vote. 16 – 23 October 2014
Jonathan and Aleta Andrews enjoy a little twostep respite during this year’s California Avocado Festival in Carpinteria
It doesn’t go well at the festival, either. “Alan is on stage, and three kids are chosen to be the avocado representatives and they’re wearing avocado suits,” Mike explains. “And Gilbert tears them apart. One is wearing a snap-pea outfit, another is just wearing a green T-shirt and the other something else; they were the worst costumes on earth.” As Gilbert mercilessly berates the kids and their costumes Tanya pulls him aside to ask what he’s doing. The kids begin to cry on stage and their “mothers” are crying too. The audience, filled with Carpinteria residents and Avocado Festival attendees, were unaware that the kids were actors and many of those watching became visibly upset. “We had to get up and announce that we were doing a show, that the kids were actors, that they weren’t really crying,” Mike laughs. “I had to ask them to play along, because in the real world they’d be throwing beer cans at us. And they did. After that, everybody booed Gilbert when he tore into the kids.” An upcoming episode features Carter toying with the idea of getting a tattoo; the cast and crew will shoot this in a tattoo parlor in downtown Santa Barbara. “Carter actually kind of wants to get one,” Ward says. Presumably, his parents feel differently. In another episode, a person by the name of Bailey invites Carter to the prom. It turns out Bailey is a guy. Carter says he has “no problem taking a dude to the prom,” that it’s 2014, but his buddies aren’t so sure. So, be on the lookout for Alan, Tanya, Carter, Luciano, and Mike Ward. If they’re filming in your neighborhood, and if you hang around the set to watch, you’re likely to be pulled into what is shaping up to be a very entertaining Santa Barbarabased scripted reality (read sitcom) •MJ show.
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the 50th Anniversary of the film
Old ‘Hand’ at Piano – and Acting
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Chris and Tom McCrady in 2 Pianos 4 Hands
It was 50 years ago that our friend filmmaker Bruce Brown headed to New York to show his film in search of the perfect wave, starring Robert August & Mike Hynson. The rest, as they say, is history.
This 50th anniversary party includes:
Tickets are $45 in advance.
A Special Screening
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homas Frey first sat down at the keyboards to undertake 2 Pianos 4 Hands more than 15 years ago, just a couple of years after onetime would-be concert pianists turned writer-actors Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt created the two-person multi-character piece about the trials of coming of age set atop a piano stool. Since then, Frey has performed it almost 700 times throughout the country and in the authors’ native Canada, where Dykstra and Greenblatt themselves just recently retired from the never-ending tour that claimed a Dora Award, the Canadian equivalent of
the Tony, when it debuted. Although he works frequently with other projects, Frey keeps returning to 2 Pianos 4 Hand, most recently serving as director. In fact, only a late cancellation has him also returning to the stage to play Ted in addition to staging the musical, which opens Rubicon Theatre Company’s 17th season this weekend. Christopher Tocco, who previously portrayed Richard at City Theatre in Pittsburgh, reprises the role in Ventura. Frey talked about the funny and moving musical that takes place over 15 years and features piano wizardry
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16 – 23 October 2014
Steven Libowitz has reported on the arts and entertainment for more than 30 years; he has contributed to the Montecito Journal for more than ten years.
in genres ranging from classical to pop, ending with a complete performance of Bach’s “B Minor Concerto”. Q. You’ve done this show hundreds of times. What keeps you coming back? A. For a long time it was something I just had to do. It was written by the two authors for them to perform themselves, and my life was similar. I was a piano player for quite for a very long time and had had similar experiences. When I first saw the play, I knew I had to try to do it. But I was convinced I wouldn’t be able to because the piano playing is very difficult, or at least was for me at the time. It was a huge personal challenge, and it took me many years to master, or at least come close. Then I stated playing the other part, so there was more to learn. But it’s a really great playground for an actor. Because it encompasses lots of styles as the two of us play 18 different characters, from age 5 to adulthood. And on top, you play a lot of classical and pop music to tell the story. The play keeps giving back, in different stages in your life as an actor. The theme grows with you. You obviously have to be able to play piano to do this part. What stopped you from going further with music? I had a bad break-up with the piano in college. I’d had a scholarship as a performance major, but not the background to be able to play at that level. And maturity-wise, being locked in a room for five to six hours a day drove me nuts. I had no life. And it also freaked me out. I developed a bad case of stage fright – I couldn’t play in front of people, which might be a barrier for a concert pianist. So I focused on acting, even though it’s in the same sandbox. But there’s a different scene every night. If you’re playing a large, long piece by Bach, every note has to be the same every night. At my level, if I screwed up, it was more difficult to improvise Baroque counterpoint than the English language. But I missed music. A year before 2 Pianos 4 Hands came on the scene I’d started taking lessons again. It was a long road back to deal with my nerves and get better as a player. I learned to practice and play in a more relaxed way. And this play gave me a chance to do it again in public, instead of heaving that idea just sit there. I get to pretend to be a concert pianist on stage. I don’t have to have a vast repertoire – just this one. 16 – 23 October 2014
How does a show about two wouldbe professional pianists resonate with non-musicians? I’m guessing it’s something along the lines of A Chorus Line or the Putnam Spelling Bee show? Everybody has some point of recognition with the story, some kind of dream they had to forgo, whether they admit it or not. We’re using music to tell the story – what [Alfred] Hitchcock called the MacGuffin – to explore character development and relationships. I once asked Ted and Richard when they knew that the play was good. They said it was when people came up after the show and talked about themselves. They remember arguing with their own fathers, or they’re doing it with their son. Others have said it’s really about tennis, isn’t it, because they wanted to be John McEnroe. The play is about what happens when reality descends on your dream, about coping. You’ve been through it. What’s the secret? That’s what the play is about. We all can’t be LeBron James, or Horowitz, or Glenn Gould. What happens when you realize you’re just four inches too short, or whatever it is. You don’t have the luck or education or skill. Then what do you do? Do you just give up? That moment defines your character for a long time. That’s what these characters struggle with. As director, what’s your vision for this work. What do you want audiences to take away? The piece asks the question; what do you do when reality interrupts your dream? In Ted & Richard’s case, they decide to play for the more intrinsic reasons, for the love of the music and for each other... so what I hope audience feels is a sense of inspiration – that it’s not too late to pursue your dream for its own value. I keep an email from a woman who told me she was a piano player who had quit 30 years ago. She could never tell her husband why. After the show, she got all her books back out and called the piano teacher and started taking lessons again. That’s what I hope we can create. (2 Pianos 4 Hands opens Saturday, October 18, and plays through November 16. For tickets or more information, call 667-2900 or visit www.rubicontheatre.org.)
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used in lots of schools, including New York University’s writing programs. But she’s also an actress who appeared in more than 50 plays on and off Broadway before becoming frustrated, as so many others have, over the lack of good roles for women. On the Edge, her play about Virginia Woolf, won a NEA Award and is just one of a dozen theater pieces Jones has written, while her screenwriting credits include The Christmas Wife and Unlikely Angel plus the popular TV series Touched by an Angel. Now, Plaza Playhouse Theater in Carpinteria is staging Jones’s Calamity Jane, about the famed strong-willed woman of America’s old Wild West in a story that touches on the tension between her desire to live an unconventional life and the love for her child. Company directors Asa Olsson and Hanne Pitcock co-direct the production, which runs October 17-19 and 24-26. Call 684-6380 or visit www. plazaplayhousetheatercarpinteria. com for tickets or information.
New Directions at Symphony
It may not seem that way from this weekend’s season-opening concerts from the Santa Barbara Symphony which offers standard repertoire, albeit some of the most beautiful pieces ever written, including Shostakovich’s “Festive Overture”, Rachmaninoff’s “Symphony No. 2”, and Chopin’s “Piano Concerto No. 2” played by the exquisite Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter in her third visit to Santa Barbara following recitals for CAMA in 2007 and the Music Academy in 2012 – but the symphony is making its biggest effort at audience outreach ever with this season. All the concerts after the kickoff are theme-based, from three works tracing Beethoven from student to master in November, to Impressions of Spain in March, to the orchestra playing live to a screening Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights in January, and other similarly concept-linked programs. The new thrust is the result of work by marketing director Kevin Flint, a Santa Barbara native and former independent film producer who has taken a different approach to making the symphony more appealing and relevant in Santa Barbara. “The core of filmmaking is telling stories, and now it’s becoming the core of what we’re doing at the symphony,” Flint said in an interview. “We’re telling the story of symphony orchestra. That’s why this season is a lot different from what you’ve seen in the past.” The concept, Flint said, is to reach new potential concert-goers, those who already go out in Santa Barbara to other cultural and entertain-
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ment events, but haven’t visited the Symphony at all, let alone become subscribers. The new direction came from market research both here and nationally that uncovered a path to move forward. “New audiences aren’t as willing to commit,” he explained. “They’re more eclectic – they like different types of entertainment. They might go to a jazz bar, then wine tasting, and a concert on different weekends. So we had to create events. We can’t just put out a laundry list of all the classical music pieces we’re laying and expect people to show up. You have to be exciting if you want to attract ‘triers,’ make each concert an event in itself.” Basic marketing dictated the changes, Flint said. “You can talk about features, or you can talk about benefits. Classical music as a whole normally just lists what they’re playing. But we’re switching the conversation to the benefits, why you should attend. It’s a great night out. There will be a story. You’ll learn something. It’s not just a concert.” If that sounds like the kind of thing that would have typical classical music aficionados contemplating mutiny, the symphony isn’t abandoning its core audiences or the musical principals required to keep them, Flint said. “We needed to provide the same artistic excellence. We’re just making it more accessible, telling compelling stories alongside the music.” Even music director Nir Kabaretti and the symphony’s board of directors embraced the new direction, seeing this season as the first step toward changing how the organization presents itself. “None of the music is considered light or pop,” Flint said. “Even City Lights, the film has legitimate musical chops. It’s something the orchestra can sink its teeth into.” Then there’s the special Valentine’s Day program on February 14-15, which features music from Brahms and both Robert and Clara Schumann, participants in “the most infamous love triangle in classical music history,” Flint said. “We’re going to tell the story of these three through the actual reading of their love letters during the concert. That’s an event, not just a concert.” Flint acknowledged that not everyone will love the programmed events, but there will be room for adjustments in future seasons, and the research showed people appreciate the efforts to mix things up. “When we did surveys, what we heard over and over was that they love the collaborations and the experimentation,” he said. “They may not always like what they see, but they said ‘Please don’t stop trying.’” There hasn’t been any backlash as
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Friendship Center art instructor Dean Mars with program manager Susan Jorgensen and artist Peter Ehlen
Vrajaprana, a nun from Vedanta Temple, Patrick McBride, and Joanne Calitri at the celebration of life for David Collert
Swingin’ Dave
There was a celebration of the life of David Eastman Collert (June 5, 1952 – August 26, 2014) at the Coral Casino by the beach he so loved. The event was arranged by his beloved fiancée or as he said, “the love of his life,” Joanne Calitri, a Montecito Journal col16 – 23 October 2014
league. David died of a fall and a head injury in New York City. David’s Hot Club Band greeted guests as we entered followed by Patrick McBride, a Native American Indian Shaman and ACM Awarded musician sharing memories of David as a session musician in Los Angeles. Patrick also sang a song he wrote for David. Pravrajika Vrajaprana (Kathy Densmore), a nun from the Vedanta Temple, was a childhood friend of David’s who gave a blessing and a synopsis of his life. She remembered his love of animals, his being skinny and nerdy and music being his salvation. He was funny and he liked to drink as we all did in those days. Jay Dee Daugherty came from New York to attend. He and David met when they were nine, formed a band at that tender age and have been friends ever since. Joanne gave an open dialogue with video and audio clips of their life together that was all too brief. She felt they were fated to be mated. It was about love, laughter, and rock and roll. As David said, “Music moves the world.” And then it was time for the guests to wine and dine and remember their friend. •MJ
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it is wise to recall the promises concerning the Central Coast hook-up to the SWP. Independent analysts peg the real price tag for the Twin Tunnels, inclusive of cost overruns and interest, at $67 billion to $100 billion. And for what? The Twin Tunnels are a conveyance system, not a water procurement system; they will produce no new water. And the primary beneficiaries are corporate farms in the western San Joaquin Valley and the Tulare Basin, not southern California urban ratepayers. So what would another cascade of revenue bonds look like for Montecito? Let’s do a few back-of-the-envelope calculations. According to a Montecito Water District report, Santa Barbara’s share of the Twin Tunnels would amount to about one percent of the state total. Montecito would account for 7.25 percent of Santa Barbara’s obligation. If the final price tag for the Twin Tunnels hits $100 billion – a distinct possibility – Montecito would be required to cough up $72.5 million. Even if the cost conforms to the state estimate of $25 billion (highly unlikely, given the dismal water project history earlier cited), our community will still have to pay $18.12 million. That’s hardly chump change. Worse, we’ll have to spend that money for – literally – nothing. We will receive no extra water for our investment. Our water security will not be enhanced. Essentially, we will be forced to spend millions to subsidize corporate agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley. It would make far more sense to use that money for a desalinization plant dedicated to our community. That would provide water derived from local sources, owned and controlled by local people. Experience has demonstrated that we can’t depend on the state to take care of us. We must take care of ourselves. The only way to protect ourselves
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More Congestion Ahead
Many thanks to Bob Hazard for his well-written and informative update on mayor [Helene] Schneider and the 101widening project published in last week’s Montecito Journal. I find it ironic the mayor is expressing concern that the Caltrans 101 widening project may increase future congestion on some city streets, since she has previously ignored the pleas of Coast Village Road business owners and neighbors frustrated with the intolerable congestion already existing on that city street. Prior to the 2009 closure of the southbound freeway on-ramp at Cabrillo Boulevard, 1.2 million cars and trucks annually used that on-ramp. That traffic is now forced to use Coast Village Road to access points south, causing a massive increase in congestion that is threatening the livelihood of merchants, increasing risks to pedestrians, and degrading the character of the community. Rather than acknowledging these issues and working to advance the Caltrans plan that includes re-opening a southbound on-ramp, she ignored her constituents’ concerns for a new on-ramp and instead asked “…what is technically the need for it at all?” (SBCAG meeting May 2013). Then in July 2013 she flew with county residents (not her constituents)
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to meet the governor’s representative in Sacramento to lobby for the Montecito Association’s plan that did not include the much-needed on-ramp. And this January, she was the only South County member of SBCAG to vote against the widening project. Now Mayor Schneider says she will be publicly supporting private parties who have filed lawsuits challenging the Environmental Impact Report. This will further delay the project, increase the cost to taxpayers, and leave Coast Village Road congested for years to come. Thorn Robertson Montecito
Best Little Paper Lauded
I am the first person to get my Montecito Journal when it comes out. We subscribe to three newspapers: The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Santa Barbara News-Press are delivered to our house and dropped in our driveway. We pick up the Montecito Journal every Wednesday afternoon! I have been waiting for Hillary Hauser to speak... I know Hillary from her darling dog missing, from the beach, from her incredible parties to raise money for “Save the Ocean.” When I learned more about her and Save the Ocean, I was permanently hooked! Hillary was right about the sewer project at Rincon, and she is right again here, even though at first her chances of success were about minus zero. Please, citizens of Montecito (I feel so blessed to be one) consider this alternative to the desal thing. This is a brilliant woman who has moved mountains and has left nothing but success and a nature conservancy in her wake! I have been proud of the Montecito Journal since the day I moved here almost 18 years ago, and am so proud of the Journal for publishing Hillary’s article. Bravo! Also bravo to Bob Hazard, who is brilliant beyond words. It is the best thing ever to see all sides of an issue! Thank you, the Buckley father and son, for the best newspaper in the land. Penny Bianchi Montecito (Editor’s note: We agree with you and Ms Hauser, but let’s do both: find a way to recycle waste water and let’s have a desalinating plant up and running as soon as possible. – J.B.)
Pusillanimous Pundits
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Ever since the most shameful days in our nation’s history, cowards have • The Voice of the Village •
written anonymous letters to the editor and cowardly editors have printed them. Montecito Journal should change its slogan from “The Voice of the Village” to “The Voice of the Pusillanimous.” Ray Bourhis Montecito (Editor’s note: I don’t know how “shameful” it was, but the Federalist Papers printed – anonymously – the pros and cons of the newly proposed U.S. Constitution and whether it should be adopted by the various states in its then present form. Because the authors – Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay – used the pseudonym “Publius,” each man’s positions could be debated openly and without rancor. The push for secret votes on Election Day was essentially a vote for anonymity. Often, anonymity is the only way to ensure an honest public debate about sensitive issues that may pit neighbor against neighbor. So, unless a letter writer has maligned an individual or business, we’ll continue to honor their requests to keep their names out of the paper. – TLB)
Don’t Do It
If voters pass the mega-bond issue Measure S, say good-bye to SBCC as we know it. It was the tradition of this low-profile college to always consider its scenic setting as the signature focus of the campus. This tradition has now been shattered by a new campus construction aesthetic that is better suited for a Dubai shopping mall. Take a look at the new college building design presented on the SBCC Measure V website, due to start construction January 2015. Instead of blending into the coastal setting, new SBCC leadership has chosen a four-story classroom building design that screams “Look at me,” instead of preserving the sweeping coastal vistas and quiet dignity this campus always protected in the past. After 2010, SBCC leadership radically changed with an entirely new elected board of trustees majority, who in turn hired a new out of town college president in 2012. This new SBCC leadership team now demanding the Measure S $300-million megabond has not even served a full term. The majority of SBCC board members, if Measure S passes, will not have served even two years. There are plenty of reasons to turn down Measure S: it is too large, too expensive, too complex, too unstructured, and sits on our tax bills far too long. But even more, one shudders to think what will become of our beloved SBCC campus when this untested and inexperienced new SBCC leadership team is handed a $300-million blank check and this overpowering new campus construc16 – 23 October 2014
tion aesthetic becomes the new norm. If you want to save SBCC as we know it, vote no on Measure S. SBCC can come back with smaller, more focused bond issues for specific campus maintenance needs that are far more in tune with local community sensibilities. I urge you to vote no on Measure S. Joan M. Livingston Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Ms Livingston served as an SBCC Trustee from 1993 until 2012.)
Fine Reunion Coverage
As a member of the Santa Barbara High School reunion group (Class of 1949) featured in a recent edition (“Village Beat” MJ #20/38), I want to thank your staff’s Kelly Mahan for a terrific group of pictures and a very fine coverage of the event. One way or another, I think everyone in attendance got mentioned or pictured. My wife and I are each taking a copy of the Journal home to Sun City, Texas. Sincerely, Bob Wakefield Sun City, Texas (Editor’s note: Now, we know for sure there is something in the water in Santa Barbara that keeps people young: that you
still have 127 active class reunion participants out of a graduating class of 425 is nothing short of astounding! – J.B.)
Her Heroes: Ronnie & Doug
I have come to bless my Irish mother for giving me the gift of empathy. I do feel for people who, for no fault of their own, are out of work. That’s one of the reasons I mourned the sudden closing of Café del Sol and the people who served us so well. About MUS: since I live in the neighborhood, better they should enlarge their parking lot than the cafeteria. The cars lined up or parked haphazardly on both San Ysidro and School House roads, when school lets out are not only a bottleneck but a menace to life and limb. Weren’t we assured by MUS that the walking path was vital and would be used by MUS pupils walking to school? That’s almost a half-million dollars for a path I seldom see anyone using. $430,000 to be exact. Special thanks to the guys at the Montecito Hardware Store, Ronnie and Doug. They are always willing to help, especially after the blackouts, and embody the true spirit of the village. Christina Allison Montecito •MJ
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3756 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3756 for the ALAMEDA PARK WELL RELOCATION – WELL DRILLING AND CONSTRUCTION will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “ALAMEDA PARK WELL RELOCATION – WELL DRILLING AND CONSTRUCTION, Bid No. 3756". The work includes all labor, materials, supervision, and equipment necessary to complete the following: Drill and construct a potable municipal water supply well. The well site is located inside a City park 100 feet from a well that failed and will be destroyed as part of this project. The project requires building a perimeter sound wall (approximately 500 feet long and 24 feet tall) to reduce noise impacts. The well will be 12inch-diameter stainless steel completed to approximately 500 feet below ground surface. The Engineer’s estimate is $820,000. Each bidder must have a Class C-57 license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2014 at 2:00 PM at 619 GARDEN ST, THIRD FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM, SANTA BARBARA, CA. The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Philip Maldonado, Project Engineer, 805-560-7544. In order to be placed on the plan holder’s list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal. A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. Effective March 1, 2015, Senate Bill 854 requires the City to only use contractors and subcontractors on public projects that have been registered with the State of California Department of Industrial Relations. The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder. GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED: 10/15/14 and 10/22/14 Montecito Journal
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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:
BID NO. 5366
BID NO. 5367
DUE DATE & TIME: October 30, 2014 UNTIL 3:00P.M.
DUE DATE & TIME: October 31, 2014 UNTIL 3:00P.M.
Vegetative Management Douglas Family Preserve
Chase Palm Park Restroom Roofing Project
Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for bid package and specifications. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Bidders are hereby notified that any service purchase order issued as a result of this bid may be subject to the provisions and regulations of the City of Santa Barbara Ordinance No. 5384, Santa Barbara Municipal Code, Chapter 9.128 and its impending regulations relating to the payment of Living Wages. In the event of a conflict between Santa Barbara Living Wage and the California Department of Industrial Relations Prevailing Wage Rates, Contractor/Subcontractor shall pay the higher of the two classification rates. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C61 Limited Specialty License /D49 Tree Service or a C27 Landscaping Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess either of the above-mentioned licenses and be otherwise deemed to be qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Real Property, INC; Santa Barbara Real Property, INC, 2818 Panorama Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Panorama Real Property INC, 2818 Panorama Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 3, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0002836. Published October 15, 22, 29, November 5, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Montecito Village Market, 1482 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. The
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Montecito Grocery, LLC, 1482 East Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 26, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0002777. Published October 15, 22, 29, November 5, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Priority Financial, Santa Barbara, PO Box 1074, Summerland, CA 93067. Joel Alan Maloney, 320 Asegra Road, Summerland, CA 93067. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 9, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date
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A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on October 23, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., at the Chase Palm Park Restrooms (across from the Fess Parker Resort on Cabrillo Blvd, East of Calle Cesar Chavez), Santa Barbara, CA. Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for bid package and specifications. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California C39 Roofing Contractors License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned licenses at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive. Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. General Services Manager
it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2014-0002881. Published October 15, 22, 29, November 5, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Whale Tail Enterprises, 1062 Coast Village Road #E-1, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Daniel Bermudez, 1062 Coast Village Road #E-1, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Suzanne Lawson, 1062 Coast Village Road #E-1, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 24, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20140002739. Published October 15, 22, 29, November 5, 2014.
Published: October 15, 2014 Montecito Journal
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Keeper of the Books, 165 Ellwood Station Road, Goleta, CA 93117. Rebekka Fortman, 165 Ellwood Station Road, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 30, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0002803. Published October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A Healthier Happier You, 429 E Main Street, Santa Maria, CA 93454. Danielle Chavez, 820 Louisa Terrace, Santa Maria, CA 93455. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 26, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby
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certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Deborah Sanchez. FBN No. 2014-0002766. Published October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Dog Groomer/Fetch & Retrieve, 3433 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Suzanne Pena, 503 Verano Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 9, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Gabriel Cabello. FBN No. 2014-0002604. Published October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Bottle Shop, 1200 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Bassam Mechammill, 32 Saddlebow Road, Bell Canyon, CA 91307. Maryanne Mechammill, 32 Saddlebow Road, Bell Canyon, CA 91307. Morhaf Trad, 3657 Dry Creek Lane, Oxnard, CA 93036. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 29, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 2014-0002788. Published October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mid State Appraisal Services, 700 Refugio Road, Santa Ynez, CA 93460. Sharon Steele, 700 Refugio Road, Santa Ynez, CA 93460. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 19, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2014-0002714. Published October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Online Natale Store, 219 West Arrellaga Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. T.J. Natale, 219 West Arrellaga Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 29, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2014-0002794. Published October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Spirit Walker Clothing, 106 Santa Felicia Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. Paige Kilbourne, 1523 Marquard Terrace, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 17, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0002688. Published October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pappalardo Productions; Renegade Technologies, 4423 Northoaks Dr, Lompoc, CA 93436. Sean M. Pappalardo, 4423 Northoaks Dr, Lompoc, CA 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 24, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Carol Kraus. FBN No. 2014-0002753. Published October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: State of the Art Orthodontics and Imaging, 1525 State Street, #204, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Mark C. McDade, DMD, INC, 450 Rosewood Ave Ste 100, Camarillo, CA 93010. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 24, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN No. 2014-0002741. Published October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sweets For My Sweeties, 670 Ardmore Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. Vanessa Marie Craig, 670 Ardmore Drive, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 18, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 2014-0002704. Published October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Key Class; The Key Class Fund, 1482 E. Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. The Key Class LLC, 1482 E. Valley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 26, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2014-0002773. Published October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: All Things Recreated, 1014 Westmont Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Erica Huff, 1014 Westmont Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 4, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. FBN No. 20140002563. Published September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: La Cucina Marinello; Pemaboca Press, 1948 Jelinda Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Joan Bowman, 1948 Jelinda Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93108; Linda Carman, 202 Las Quebradas, Alamo, CA 94507; Jeri Pederson,
107 Shoemaker, Grants Pass, OR 94527. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 16, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20140002676. Published September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Cash America Payday Advance 1412-H N. H Street, Lompoc, CA 93436. Cash America Advance, Inc., 1800 West 7th Street, Fort Worth, TX, 76102. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 4, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. FBN No. 20140002550. Published September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2014. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ascend Custom Wood Finishes, 5663 Camden Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93117. Jose Manuel Valladares, 5663 Camden Place, Santa Barbara, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 8, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Lean. FBN No. 20140002594. Published September 24, October 1, 8, 15, 2014. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1468604. To all interested parties: Petitioner Susan Margaret Grant filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Suzanne Austin. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed September 23, 2014, by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: November 12, 2014 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1468802. To all interested parties: Petitioner Hilal Omar El-Abed filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Hilal Omar Abed The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed September 23,
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Bowled Over – Usually things have pretty much quieted down at the Santa Barbara Bowl come mid-October, as the weather turns colder, nights come earlier and school and work demands rise. But there’s not much normal about this autumn so far, as the air and water temperatures were hotter than a normal summer. So naturally, things are re-heating up at the Bowl this week (not that the promoters could have known that last winter and spring), with music ringing from the hills six out of the next seven nights. Kicking things off Thursday, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band turn Santa Barbara into Margaritaville, as the ultra-laid back singer-songwriter returns to thrill Parrotheads along with another amiable album Songs From St. Somewhere (7 pm; $76-$180)... Trip-hop/dance-groove pioneers Massive Attack, whose hypnotic sound dates back more than 30 years (23 years of recording), are joined by Brooklyn-based TV on the Radio in concert Friday (7 pm; $40-$62)... On Saturday, Ray LaMontagne, whose 2010 album God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise won the Grammy for Best Folk Album (and featured Song of The Year nominee “Beg Steal or Borrow”), returns to the Bowl behind his fifth album, Supernova, which was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. The brothersister duo The Belle Brigade opens (6:30 pm; $44.50-$74.50).... Hail, hail Hall & Oates, the best-selling duo in the history of rock ‘n’ roll, or any genre of music for that matter. It’s been eons since Daryl Hall and John Oates had a hit single, but back in the day – the mid-1970s to the mid-’80s, the duo scored six number-one singles, including “Rich Girl”, “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do), “Maneater” and “Out of Touch”, plus five more Top 10 hits: “Sara Smile,” “One on One,” “You Make My Dreams,” “Say It Isn’t So”, and “Method of Modern Love”. That’s been more than enough to earn the original blue-eyed soul heroes induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year, and sustain them through sporadic tours more than 40 years after “Sara Smile” first hit the airwaves. And they’re still passing it on: up-and-coming fellow Philly-based soulful singer-songwriter Mutlu opens the show (7 pm; $45-$90).... After a day of rest, the Bowl gets back in action by going Phish-ing, as the great pioneering jam band Phish hunkers down for two of the 12 dates on its fall tour hot on the heels of its hit comeback album Fuego, produced by Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, and Peter Gabriel). No opener, of course, and note the early start, as the boys want to leave as much time for musical noodling before the 10 pm curfew (6 pm Tuesday & Wednesday; $65.) WHERE: 1122 North Milpas Street INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 Wordless – Just a week after the inspiring conversation between old comic friends and colleagues Matt Groening and Linda Barry, another conquering
cartoonist comes to town to share his wit and wisdom in another multimedia offering. Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman – whose landmark creation, Maus is a father-son memoir about the Holocaust drawn with cats and
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16 Pan Frying in Ojai – The traditional Irish band Socks in the Frying Pan come by their talent and drive honestly, as the trio – brothers Shane and Fiachra Hayes on accordion and fiddle/banjo and Aodán Coyne on guitar and vocals – all hail from Country Clare, the epicenter for acoustic music in the British isle. The boys, who blend Irish traditional melodies with an innovative rhythmic and melodic garnish, spent four years gigging around Ireland before venturing across the pond, honing their chops in their tough homeland proving ground. Now, their debut U.S. tour is on its last leg, and seeing as how they’ve become a huge hit in the states earning standing ovations at World Music and Celtic Festivals across the country, this might be our one and only chance to see the Socks in such a small venue. ‘Tis a shame, though, they couldn’t have made it out west in time for the outdoor season of the Ojai Concert Series at Dancing Oaks Ranch where the trio’s driving, playful grooves would no doubt have had the audience up and dancing. WHEN: 7-10 pm WHERE: Ojai Valley Woman’s Club, 441 Ojai Avenue COST: $20 general, kids under 15 half price INFO: 665-8852 or www.ojaiconcertseries.com
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 ‘Heiress’ Today – Avery Clyde makes her SBCC Theatre Group debut as Catherine Sloper, the shy and awkward woman navigating the terrains of love and regret, and desire and duty, in The Heiress, Ruth and Augustus Goetz’s adaptation of Henry James’ novel Washington Square. As the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor whose mother died giving birth to her, Catherine is caught between the demands of her emotionally distant father and her passionate young suitor, played respectively by SBCC alum Josh Jenkins and Tom Hinshaw, a veteran of SBCC Theater and member of the Genesis West ensemble. Clyde’s most notable theatrical performance was in the critically acclaimed StickFly at the Matrix Theater, which won her the Ovation, LADCC, Garland & NAACP awards for best ensemble performance. Kate Bergstrom, who has directed for Elements Theater Collective and Plaza Playhouse, and Evan Bell, who has acted with Out of the Box Theater and the Rubicon, are also new to SBCC, but the rest of the cast – including Marion Freitag, Leslie Gangl Howe, Leslie Ann Story, and Montecito native (and recent SBCC grad) Katherine Bottoms – are regulars on the Garvin stage. Judy Gary, another SBCC veteran, directs. The Heiress has been a hit since its 1947 debut, including four revivals on Broadway (most recently in 2012, with Jessica Chastain in the starring role), a four-time Academy Award-winning film in 1949, and a 1974 opera. WHEN: Opens 7:30 tonight, plays 7:30 pm Thursday through Saturday, 2 pm Sunday, through November 1 WHERE: Garvin Theatre, SBCC Campus, 800 Cliff Drive COST: $22-$24 general, $17-$19 seniors, $12-$15 students INFO: 965-5935 or www.theatregroupsbcc.com mice – is considered one of the greatest graphic novels of all time. The artist has created WORDLESS! as a touring show blending projections of drawings, live jazz music, and narration in which he takes audiences on a joyful romp through the little-known early history of the graphic novel, probing further into the nature and possibilities of his medium. The show features Shaping Thought!, a new work drawn for this project by Spiegelman and tributes to some of his personal heroes, including the early-20th century masters of picture stories Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, and Milt Gross. The presentation is augmented by live music by composer Phillip Johnston and his band. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $25-$35 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 “Supreme Diva of Mexican Pop” – VH1 gave Mexican pop-rock singersongwriter Gloria Trevi that honorary title due to her long and highly popular career that has seen the once-controversial entertainer sell more than 20 million records. Originally thought of as Madonna of Mexico, Trevi was not only sexually provocative but also used her music as a vehicle for political activism, confronting issues of homelessness, prostitution, drug trafficking, and more, upsetting the powers that be and eventually winding up in jail for more than four years. Free since 2004, Trevi has continued to serve as a heroine to many Mexican nationals, as well as Mexican-
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Americans, making her appearance tonight at the Arlington a cultural highlight of the year. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 1317 State Street COST: $55-$85 INFO: 963-4408 or www.thearlingtontheatre.com Bitte, Bitte Bittman – Food columnist and best-selling cookbook author Mark Bittman has taught America how to cook tasty and nutritious food for years. His basic book How to Cook Everything has sold nearly two million copies, and timid would-be chefs have been encouraged by his Ratatouille-esque motto “Anyone can cook, and most everyone should.” Now the writer whose topics include the moral, environmental, political, and economic issues connected with food is upping the ante – and setting the timer – with his justout book How to Cook Everything – Fast, which focuses on how to get healthy, home-cooked meals on the table in fewer than 45 minutes. No demos, but lots of good info and stories are in store when Bittman discusses food, health, and other timely topics on stage this afternoon. WHEN: 3 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $15 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 Early Halloween – Bring your “boo” – the frightening, not disapproving kind – 12 days early as the folks behind the annual community dance show present Monster Mash BASSH tonight. Expect a “scary” dance show – scary-good at least – with some of the dance groups in the lineup
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 Half-century Celebration – It’s a rather noteworthy occasion when you’ve marked 50 years in the music business. So New Orleansraised, New England-based singer-songwriter Chris Smither isn’t just releasing a doubleretrospective CD called Still on the Levee offering fresh perspective on a selection of songs ranging from his first composition, “Devil Got Your Man”, to recent originals. His friends and family also got in on the act, as Smither was joined by famed New Orleans pianist Allen Toussaint (who will play with Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Lobero later this season), plus members of the band Morphine and fellow folk-Americana artists Loudon Wainwright, Kris Delmhorst, and Rusty Belle, plus backing-vocal contributions by Smither’s sister Catherine Norr and fiddling by his daughter, Robin. Smither – whose mellow, well-weathered tenor offers a winning mix of confidence, humility and humor accompanied by intricate acoustic blues guitar picking – also put out Chris Smither Lyrics, his complete collection in book form. To top things off, his current label Signature Sounds also just released Link of Chain, a Smither tribute album featuring Bonnie Raitt (who made Smither’s “Love Me Like A Man” a signature song), Wainwright, Josh Ritter, Dave Alvin, Tim O’Brien, Patty Larkin, and other folkies from Boston and beyond. Oh, and there’s also the current tour, which will probably be much in the vein of the last five decades, full of passionate, soulful roots music – if perhaps a little more career-spanning than usual. Alt-country singer/songwriter Tim Easton, a fellow Sings Like Hell veteran, opens the show. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 East Canon Perdido Street COST: $44 INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
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for this year’s BASSH concerts including La Boheme Professional Dance Group, Dance Fever Santa Barbara, Lisa Beck, and World Dance for Humanity/Zombies! Thriller preview. Before, between, and after the performances, get your Halloween ya-ya’s out on the dance floor to grooves from DJ Fab in all sorts of genres. Prizes for best costumes. Admission includes light appetizers; beer/wine and dinner are available for purchase. WHEN: 6-10 pm WHERE: Piano Riviera Lounge, 129 E. Anapamu Street COST: $20 INFO: 4502498 or www.sbassh.com Six-pack of Wolves – Emmy-winning filmmakers and wildlife activists Jim and Jamie Dutcher spent six years living in Idaho’s Sawtooth Wilderness,
documenting a pack of wolves they bottlefed as pups. The couple – he has been making documentaries since the 1960s while she was formerly an employee in the animal hospital of the National Zoo – present a lecture with multimedia, weaving stories and images from their time in the wild as depicted in their 2012 National Geographic book The Hidden Life of Wolves. The event kicks off the third season of the National Geographic Live series under the aegis of UCSB Arts & Lectures, which will bring photographers, naturalists, writers, and filmmakers from the pages of the magazine and film series. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $25 general, $15 youths 18 and under INFO: 893-3535 or www. ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu •MJ
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22 Ukelele Wizard – Comparisons and superlatives are a writer’s cheap ploy, but Jake Shimabukuro is one of those artists who actually deserves all the critical accolades that have come his way. The ukelele master has been called the Jimi Hendrix or Miles Davis of his instrument, and understandably so – as his skill, technique, innovation, and prowess has seen him take what was thought to be a limited instrument through any number of genre (and combinations) and beyond, exhibiting both lightning speed and dexterity and a gift for phrasing. Shimabukuro has paired with such legends as former Grateful Dead member Bob Weir, and now has teamed up with Alan Parsons, the now Santa Barbara resident best-known for his engineering work on Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, The Beatles’ Abbey Road and his own highly successful Alan Parsons Project. In fact, the album came about in Santa Barbara as Parsons looked to meet “Shim” after hearing him in concert locally twice. Parsons expanded the ukulele player’s sound, bringing in a 29-piece orchestra and some local players. Hear the results on Shimabukuro’s new disc, Grand Ukulele, or tonight at Campbell Hall. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $30-$45 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
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Playing Hardball with Wall Street
Michael Lewis had just a few minutes over the phone between speaking in Las Vegas and catching a plane to Germany, where the prolific author (Moneyball, The Big Short, The Blind Side, and Liar’s Poker, to name just a few) was to receive an award. But that was plenty of time for the former financial Salomon Brothers bond salesman-turned-financial-journalist and nonfiction author to touch on both baseball – the Oakland A’s having just lost the wild card game – and Wall Street, the subject of his latest book, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, another opus in Lewis’s reportorial storytelling style asserting the U.S. stock market is rigged for the benefit of insiders. The book has not only sparked a lot of controversy, it’s also drawn the attention of Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, Moneyball, TV’s The West Wing, and Newsroom) and producer Scott Rudin (who also worked on Moneyball), who are collaborating on a forthcoming film. Lewis returns to Santa Barbara to speak at the Granada Theatre on Tuesday, October 21, as part of UCSB Arts & Lectures’ Word of Mouth series, a trip he said he’s looking forward to after enjoying dinner at event sponsor Craig McCaw’s house seated next to Don Johnson the last time through. Even as grizzled a journalist as Lewis found the experience eye-opening. “I’m still living off that,” he said with a laugh. “He was so different from what I expected.”
Q. I know we should talk about Flash Boys, but I’ve got to start off with Moneyball, since we’re in the midst of the baseball playoffs. While Oakland lost – the curse of Billy Bean in the post-season – all the other underdogs won by playing some sort of version of Moneyball. What are your thoughts about the season, about the influence of the book and movie on the game? Are there still inefficiencies in the game? A. There’s no questions that the inefficiency in the market isn’t anything like what it was when I wrote the book. But the sport is being studied in a way that’s never happened before, and all sorts of stuff is coming up. There is a really good piece to do on the research and the analytic work that some of the front offices are doing. How I know this is true is that I tried to talk Billy Beane into letting me come in and write a magazine piece about last season. He didn’t want me anywhere near because he thinks he knows things (others don’t). He doesn’t want me to blow it (for them) again. I do think, though, in the long run that they’re doomed, because the inefficiency will be squeezed out of the sport. Okay, so on to Flash Boys and the not-so-above-board ways of exploiting markets. How does this sort of thing happen, that the market and trading can be rigged? Is it just human nature of unchecked greed? Technology not able to keep up? It’s the nature of Wall Street. It’s not an immoral industry, but it’s amoral. The first instinct of the financial sector is to exploit opportunities without thinking about the social consequences. In this case, it was accidental, a combination of well-meaning but somewhat wrongheaded regulation and technology led to this opportunity for some people to front run everybody else in the market. In a more perfect world, people would raise their hands and say “We’ve got to fix this!” Instead, they decided to make a whole bunch of money.
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When you have an industry that is very complex and regulators who don’t get paid anything in relation to people actually in the industry, that’s a recipe for trouble. How you fix it is a whole other question. The reason I wrote the book was discovering these guys who might actually have a solution through entrepreneurship. I’ve given up on the regulators, because I don’t think they can or will do much. But I do think if you have enough market pressures – if the customers can be organized sufficiently – you might get some movement. You might get more rational behavior. Is there a nutshell way to explain the loophole that’s the subject of the book? The story is about a Canadian guy who figured out the various ways that people are being preyed on in the market by high-frequency traders (HFTs) who are sold an advantage. There are actors in the market who have an advanced view of all prices and are allowed to trade with ordinary stock market orders and old prices. So they already know the result of the horse race before it’s run, and they get to bet against you. That’s a crude example, because it’s actually infinitesimal fractions of a second, which turn out to matter. It creates a totally unnecessary scalping operation in the middle of the market. They only trade with you if it’s at a price that advantageous to them. This would be illegal if it weren’t being done with computers. But for whatever reason, it’s been accepted by the SEC because it’s being done by high-speed computers.
So isn’t that a simple fix? Well, yes. There are things the regulators could do. But they don’t. Because for one, anything they do to change the speed of the market would likely just create more loopholes to exploit. But the bigger problem is whether they have the will to regulate. Which they don’t, because they all want to go work for HFTs. In the book, the main character... does a study about how many people who worked at the SEC left to work for HFTs in the past few years. They stopped looking when they got to 257. I’m not being cynical; this is just the way it is. People go work for the SEC so they can get jobs on Wall Street. The last thing they’re going to do is piss them off. All of your books about Wall Street have created some controversy, but nothing like the backlash for Flash Boys. You know why? Because it’s the first time I’ve tried to take money away from people. The previous books had descriptions of what had happened, but none of them had financial implications for the actors or were going to lead to anyone losing their business. I’m just trying to tell the story of the guys who are doing what they’re doing. But the effect (is threatening) the most lucrative business on Wall Street where people are making a billion dollars a year doing this. If my main characters have their way, the business would be shut down. Is that what you were looking for? I’m not a bomb-thrower. I just loved the story. So, I’m of two minds about the reaction. On the one hand, I think it’s great that all these investigations have been launched as a result of the book, and it might lead to reform. But on the other hand, when a book becomes so controversial, it doesn’t get read as just a book anymore. I’d rather it (just be) a story, not a piece of agitprop. But it’s a small price to pay if it actually might change the •MJ world.
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LUCKY’S steaks / chops / seafood... and brunch
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Sandwiches •
With choice of Hash Browns, Fries, Mixed Green, Caesar Salad, Fruit Salad
Fresh Squeezed OJ or Grapefruit Juice. ................................... $ 5/7.
Lucky Burger, 8 oz., All Natural Chuck ................................................. $ 20.
Bowl of Chopped Fresh Fruit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................... 9.
Choice of Cheese, Homemade French Fried Potatoes, Soft Bun or Kaiser Roll
with Lime and Mint
Grilled Chicken Breast Club on a Soft Bun .............................. 18.
Grilled Artichoke with Choice of Sauce ....................................... 14.
with Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato and Avocado
Burrata Mozzarella, Basil and Ripe Tomato ............................. 19.
Sliced Filet Mignon Open Faced Sandwich, 6 oz. .................. 24.
Today’s Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 10.
with Mushrooms, Homemade French Fried Potatoes
French Onion Soup, Gratinée with Cheeses .............................. 12.
Hot Corned Beef .......................................................................................... 18. on a Kaiser Roll or Rye
Matzo Ball Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 12.
Reuben Sandwich........................................................................................ 19.
Lucky Chili . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 15.
with Corned Beef, Sauerkraut and Gruyere on Rye
with Cheddar and Onions
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Wedge of Iceberg ...................................................................................... $10.
Classic Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................................... $18.
with Roquefort or Thousand Island Dressing
with Julienne Canadian Bacon and Hollandaise
Caesar Salad.................................................................................................. 10.
Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................................... 20.
with Grilled Chicken Breast............................................................................ 20.
Smoked Salmon and Sautéed Onion Omelet............................. 18.
Seafood Louis ............................................................................................... 29.
with Sour Cream and Chives
Crab, Shrimp, Avocado, Egg, Romaine, Tomato, Cucumber
Home Made Spanish Chorizo Omelet . . . . ........................................ 17.
Grilled Chicken Breast and Spinach Salad ............................... 24.
with Avocado
Avocado, Onion, Peppers, Feta, Cilantro Vinaigrette
Small New York Steak 6 oz, and Two Eggs Any Style ...... 25.
Charred Rare Tuna Nicoise Salad .................................................... 27.
Corned Beef Hash (made right here) and Two Poached Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 18.
Lucky’s Salad ................................................................................................. 16.
Huevos Rancheros, Two Eggs Any Style ...................................... 15.
with Romaine, Shrimp, Bacon, Green Beans and Roquefort
Tortillas, Melted Cheese, Avocado and Warm Salsa
Cobb Salad...................................................................................................... 19.
Brioche French Toast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 14.
Tossed with Roquefort Dressing
with Fresh Berries and Maple Syrup
Chopped Salad ............................................................................................. 16.
Waffle Platter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 12.
with Arugula, Radicchio, Shrimp, Prosciutto, Cannellini Beans and Onions
with Fresh Berries, Whipped Cream, Maple Syrup
Sliced Steak Salad ..................................................................................... 24.
Smoked Scottish Salmon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 19.
with Arugula, Radicchio and Sautéed Onion
Toasted Bialy or Bagel, Cream Cheese and Olives, Tomato & Cucumber
Jimmy the Greek Salad with Feta .................................................... 14.
Mixed Vegetable Frittata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........................................ 17. with Gruyere
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