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Back to Back? Christopher Lloyd would enjoy moving forward with Back to the Future, P. 6

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P.11 • CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P.42 • OPEN HOUSES, P.45

JEWEL IN THE CROWN

It’s a reading room and a meeting place, a sanctuary for quiet contemplation, and a refuge for curious kids.

Friends of the Montecito Library launch a $1.4-million campaign to ensure that Montecito’s 105-year-old institution continues to serve those purposes. (story on p.5)

Village Beat

Ghost Village Road

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YMCA expansion back after nearly three-year hiatus; new parking and traffic studies to be discussed at upcoming meetings, p.12

Two thousand costumed kids and their parents to descend on Coast Village businesses for trick-ortreating festivities, p.20

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

welcome to

5 Editorial

James Buckley opens the doors to the Montecito Library and reads between the lines while interviewing board members Pat Saley and Judi Anderson; donations encouraged

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Mineards’s Miscellany

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Letters to the Editor

Christopher Lloyd back again; Oprah and Weight Watchers; Ellen DeGeneres’s interior designing; Craig McCaw’s cars; Steve Martin on Broadway; John Wilder launches book; Fun With the Force campaign; Chowder Fest Charity Cookoff; Rey Chen at Hahn Hall; Casa del Herrero; MOMIX and Alchemia; CALM’s Wine, Jewelry, Chocolate; Opera Santa Barbara; The Hound of the Baskervilles; and Richard salutes the late Edythe Kirchmaier Dale Lowdermilk’s take on global warming; Lorraine Morey’s fear of Democrats; Paul Orfalea on being prepared; Jim Sutherland supports Sharon Byrne; Jean von Wittenburg praises Christina Allison; G. Herbert’s joyful tip; T.T.C. takes a look, and John Seymour’s forest for the trees

11 This Week

Dream. Design. Build. Live.

Passport to Pink mixer; Monster Mash; Bead Elements and Design; Bead Elements night; MUS Dads Pancake Breakfast; Ghost Village Road; Tea Dance; MA Land Use meeting; Hospice art reception; SBJHS Information Night; YMCA Information Night; poetry club; Grand Opening party; Alzheimer’s walk; Centering Prayer; Coal Oil Point Reserve tour; free music; basic beekeeping; grieving support group; art classes; Adventuresome Aging; Cava entertainment; brain fitness; Locals Night; Story Time; and Italian conversation

Tide Guide

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

12 Village Beat

Montecito YMCA project returns; Ghost Village Road set for October 31; Casa Dorina hearing with Montecito Planning Commission; and Laguna Blanca welcomes music teacher

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Lynda Millner takes notes about La Casa de Maria and Blessing of the Animals; Domestic Violence Solutions luncheon; and Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center fundraiser

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23 Your Westmont

The museum shows off 30 new art acquisitions beginning October 29; Scott Anderson lectures about illustration; Fall Choral Festival features voices of 450 students; and Gary Young reads his poetry

28 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz reviews Heathers: The Musical and talks with Samantha Eva; musician Joss Jaffe at SOhO; The Hive becomes The Buzz; Halloween events; Speaking of Stories; and Lucidity festival

32 Curious Traveler

Jerry Camarillo Dunn Jr. returns to the big, bustling bay to the north with detailed ingredients about a secret San Francisco retreat, the Presidio

40 Legal Advertising 41 Movie Guide 42 Calendar of Events

Air Supply at Chumash; Westmont Choral Festival at First Presbyterian; Plaza Playhouse Theater; Funk Zone Art Walk; James Levine and MAW; musician John Schott at SOhO; author Hector Tobar; Jeff Daniels in concert; poet Gary Snyder; and UCSB series Focus On

45 Open House Directory 46 Classified Advertising

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47 Local Business Directory

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Editorial

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by James Buckley

Helping the Friends of the Montecito Library

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Mind

here is nothing quite like the Montecito Library. This village has had an operating free and public library since 1910, and it has been located at this very site for most of that time (though this is, I believe, its fourth incarnation). The library is housed in what is Montecito Hall at 1469 East Valley Road, just across from the northern portion of the Montecito Village Shopping Center.

The library occupies a good portion of the building, and shares space with the Friends of the Montecito Library president Pat Montecito Association’s (MA) exec- Saley (left) and treasurer and past president Judi utive offices and the MA Historical Anderson announce their goal of raising $1.4 million to supplement the group’s current $600,000 Committee room.

Up until July 6 of this year, the endowment library was open every day from 10 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Saturday, but county and state funding has been on the wane. This spring, in order to remain fiscally sound, the Friends of the Montecito Library, a charitable nonprofit 501(c)(3), founded in 1975 that has historically supplied one-third of the library’s operating budget year to year, announced a reduction in the number of hours of operation at the library.

Montecito Journal has teamed up with Friends of the Montecito Library to help the group attain its goal of raising $1.4 million over the next three years to build a continuing endowment for the library that would allow it to stay open six days a week, to pay the salaries of the five librarians on staff, and to maintain its reading room periodical subscription program, its children’s reading room,

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Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, and was an editor on New York Magazine. He was also a national anchor on CBS, a commentator on ABC Network News, host on E! TV, a correspondent on the syndicated show Extra, and a commentator on the KTLA Morning News.

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As the cult classic, which marked its 30th anniversary in July and was widely celebrated last week – the same date that Michael J. Fox traveled in the second film – Christopher, who just celebrated his 77th birthday, says he’d love to star in another sequel for the series, by Montecito director Robert Zemeckis.

“It would have to be an extraordinary concept to go into number four. Who’d have imagined that thirty years later we’d be celebrating the way we’ve been doing?” he said at a special screening in New York. “I’ve met so many people along the way who tell stories about Back to the Future, how profoundly it effected them.

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Christopher Lloyd wants to reprise most famous role (photo by Gage Skidmore)

it can go, but it’s an extraordinarily unique experience. I feel very fortunate to be part of it.”

Christopher starred alongside Fox in the 1985 time travel film, later reprising his role in the 1989 sequel Back to the Future Part II and 1990’s Back to the Future Part III. He says the third film was his favorite, because of the fun setting, stunts, and the fact that his character, Doc, got to have a romance.

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Global Warming Then, Now, and Tomorrow

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n November 22, 1922, the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times simultaneously published an AP article containing absolute scientific evidence that the Antarctic sheets and glaciers were melting, and that Earth was doomed because of global warming.

The article proclaimed with certainty that, because of warmer waters and changing oceanic currents, the fishing industry and world economy were doomed. For the curious reader, the full 1922 story (declared “true” by website rumor sleuth Snopes) can be found with a Google search.

On April 28, 1975, Newsweek published an article entitled “The Cooling World” by Peter Gwynne, complete with graphs and charts. In it, the editors revealed that Earth was heading for a new Ice Age and that falling temperatures could lead to crop failures and worldwide famine. Here is a quote from Gwynne’s story: “Meteorologists are almost unanimous in the view that the trend will reduce agricultural productivity for the rest of the century…” and “The resulting famines could be catastrophic.”

Mr. Gwynne has recently written a “do-over” story, now admitting that his original article was “over-enthusiastic” but at the time, a majority of climate scientists agreed the chill was coming. He now hopes that “deniers” of human-caused global warming won’t use the 1975 story as “ammunition” to prove that scientific “consensus” is sometimes wrong.

My question to Mr. Gwynne is, “Why shouldn’t we?”

One hundred years ago, “experts” warned that speeds faster than 100 mph would kill a human; other “experts” believed and promulgated the misinformation that malaria was caused by foul air. On your web browser, type in “Top 10 Most Famous Scientific Theories That Turned Out to be Wrong” and consider what climate scientists in 100 years will be saying about today’s global warming theories.

Dale Lowdermilk Founder, notsafe.org Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: Thanks for the update, Dale. I do indeed remember that period, and remember clearly an editorial (in either Time or Newsweek, but I couldn’t find it online) stressing how important it was to “do something,” and how important it was to do something “now” – otherwise, it would be too late to prevent the coming

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Ice Age. Funny enough, that “something” was... to reduce carbon emissions! To prevent “cooling.” Doesn’t anyone find it curious that reducing carbon emissions would not only prevent Earth from cooling too rapidly (in those days, burning carbon was a much dirtier business, and it was the ash and effluence from burning that was blocking out sunlight), but that it will also prevent Earth from heating too quickly (the “hothouse” theory)? Ah well, people have short memories. – J.B.)

Scary, Scary, Dems

Halloween will soon be upon us. I do not need goblins or flying demons to scare me. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have done that for me.

When they talk about their politics as being “progressive”, “far left”, and remolding our great Republic down a new path, that is enough to scare anyone with an ounce of brain matter.

To me, socialism is a forbidden word, a dangerous concept, and with the Obama policies it has proven to be a disaster.

Perhaps they should move to Denmark, Greece, and other places far away that hold the ideology they seem to embrace. I know many people who will gladly pay for their tickets.

Happy Halloween to all... and to all a good night.

Lorraine Morey Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: You have good cause to be afraid. If trends continue, U.S. citizens and non-citizens will elect Hillary Clinton, who will go on to parallel the career of Eva Peron, Argentina’s storied First Lady, whose policies, along with those of her el presidente husband, Juan Peron, essentially hollowed out the country’s middle class. Argentina ran out of other people’s money long ago. – J.B.)

Being Prepared

“At some point, I guarantee everything is going to go south on you.” So said Mark Watney, protagonist of The Martian, one of the most popular books and movies of recent years. Recently, a mudslide 117 miles away (on “the grapevine,” on Interstate Highway 5) gridlocked traffic throughout the Santa Barbara area, raising the question: How prepared are we for an earthquake or El Niño winter?

Santa Barbara is an island, connected to the rest of California by a couple of vulnerable highways. The odds lean toward a very wet winter, 29 October – 5 November 2015

and that means the odds lean toward significant highway closures and the isolation and deprivation we saw as recently as 2005. However prepared some individuals may be – and it takes a lot to be properly prepared for the days after a disaster – many in our community will not be prepared and will seek help, very likely at neighborhood schools.

In a cycle as old as civilization, we need to be stockpiling food for the winter. We need emergency kits with our medicines and first-aid supplies and pet foods and flashlights. We need more fresh water than we think we do. And we need enough to help others – our neighbors caught away from their own supplies or unable to afford such preparation.

The highway closing was a clarion call from the future: individuals and institutions need to get their respective acts together. For information on how to be ready for this winter, please visit www.awareprepare.org.

Paul J. Orfalea Montecito

Sharon, Si; SEIU, No!

Kudos to the Montecito Journal for its in-depth editorial strongly endorsing Sharon Byrne for election to the Santa Barbara City Council (“Sharon Byrne for City Council” MJ #21/41). James Buckley captured Sharon’s demonstrated ability to both understand and deal effectively with neighborhood problems. It is clearly her strong suit.

Further, urging support for Sharon “for the long-term health of the city” was especially timely. Earlier this year, Santa Barbara switched from at-large voting for city-council positions to electing councilmembers in newly created districts. As a result, candidates are focusing heavily on addressing neighborhood problems in their districts, while giving scant attention to the overall health and well-being of the city. The irony is that any city that is run in a fiscally irresponsible manner is not able to adequately address its citywide needs (whether they relate to staffing or infrastructure) and its more localized neighborhood needs.

A classic example reflective of this dichotomy occurred earlier this year when the city adopted, by the narrowest of margins, a new management plan for the financially threatened municipal golf course. The plan entails contracting with the private sector for maintenance of the course.

The vote was 4-3 in favor. The annual savings were pegged at $368,000.

The golf course will be 58 years old when this changeover takes place next year. When projected over the next 58 years, the savings come to $21,344,000 (and appreciably more, if inflation is factored in).

The issue can rightly be called a 29 October – 5 November 2015

no-brainer: 94 percent of municipal golf courses in Southern California already contract out for maintenance, and the change here will be accomplished without layoffs. The savings are remarkable. Nonetheless, three members of the council voted no, including Cathy Murillo, Sharon Byrne’s chief opponent in the third-district election. If you’re wondering why, here’s a clue: all those who voted NO had received substantial campaign contributions from SEIU (Service Employees International Union). The four YES votes came from councilmembers who had not received campaign money from SEIU. Public records indicate that this year SEIU is the largest contributor to Cathy Murillo’s campaign, as was the case in her 2011 campaign. As of the most recent reporting date, SEIU had provided Murillo with $9,500 this year. Sharon Byrne has received no funds from SEIU. As a resident of the third district, I can report that it is one of the two districts with the lowest average level of household income in Santa Barbara.

Many here struggle daily to make ends meet. It seems especially inappropriate for those of us in the third district to be represented by someone who is not financially responsible when it comes to spending public funds.

It should also be noted that Sharon Byrne’s strength in dealing with issues large and small is reflective of her education and background.

She is a graduate of Georgia Tech University with a degree in engineering, economics, and management. In addition to her current service as executive director of the Milpas Community Association, she has a background in the corporate world, having worked for AT&T and Verizon.

She is exceptionally well-qualified to represent Santa Barbara’s third district. Special thanks to the Montecito Journal for making the effort that led to its endorsement of Sharon.

Jim Sutherland Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: We indeed think highly of Ms Byrne and pray she wins. We pray, too, that Randy Rowse wins his re-election bid. – J.B.)

Three Cheers for Allison

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This Week in and around Montecito

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 Passport to Pink: Mixer & Panel Discussion The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara and Sansum Clinic will be hosting a mixer and panel discussion on breast care, nutrition, and genetic counseling. This event focuses on the importance of genetic counseling and nutrition in the world of breast cancer.

Panelists Danielle Sharaga, MS, LCGC and Sarah Washburn, MS, RDN, CSO will be discussing genetic counseling and oncology nutrition.

Attendees are invited to travel through Education Stations to learn about breast cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and healthy living after a diagnosis. The Education Stations will cover such topics as medical oncology, radiation oncology, breast surgery, patient navigation, social work services, wellness programs, clinical research, and more.

Reservations are required to attend.

When: 1:30 to 3 pm Where: Sansum Clinic in the Julie and Jack Nadel Lobby, 317 W. Pueblo Street Info: RSVP@sansumclinic.org or call (805) 681-1756 Halloween Monster Mash The Santa Barbara Public Market is getting into the spirit with its firstever Halloween Monster Mash, a SPOOKTACULAR night filled with Halloween tricks and treats, free to attend for all ages.

Little ghouls and goblins looking for fun are invited to come dressed up in their Halloween best, and participate in a costume contest. At 6:30 pm, all children entered have the chance to show off their costumes during a market-wide Halloween parade. A panel of merchant judges will then announce the top three costumes, and

each winner will be awarded one free pass to the Santa Barbara Rock Gym along with other Public Market prizes. Kiddos are also invited for complimentary pumpkin decorating in The Kitchen (while supplies last) and to trick-or-treat the market. Public Market merchants will be handing out treats throughout the night, in addition to offering delicious seasonal food and drinks. The market will have live music all night long.

For all the witches and warlocks 21 and older, Wine + Beer will host a costume contest from 7 to 9 pm.

Stop by in your costume and enter for a chance to win prizes; winners announced at 9 pm.

When: 5 to 10 pm Where: 18 W. Victoria Street Bead Elements Special Preview Night Bead Elements and Design Show will host a special Preview Night at the Fess Parker Doubletree Santa Barbara. Preview Night begins with a wine & hors d’oeuvres reception and fashion show put on by August Finch Events. It includes a raffle drawing for prizes such as Workshop Package ($900 value); Carole Witt Enameled Necklace ($200 value); URU Clothing Silk Scarf ($100 value); Mountain Robbins Studio Sculptural Earrings ($75 value); and much more.

Preview Night attendees will get first dibs on handmade beads and jewelry designs offered for the first time – and by the artists themselves. There will be free mini workshops & demos, trick or treat giveaways (beads, gemstones, supplies, and other items). As a bonus, everyone who attends Preview Night will receive a VIP pass for two for the regular show on Saturday and Sunday ($20 value). The regular Bead Elements and Design Show begins on Saturday and goes through Sunday,

Art Reception Join Hospice of Santa Barbara for a wine and hors d’oeuvres open house reception to celebrate the opening of its next art solo art exhibition, “Given to the Light,” featuring local artist Susan Savage. Raised in Santa Rosa, Savage earned her master of fine arts at UCSB and has lived in Santa Barbara for 47 years. A retired Westmont College professor emeritus, Savage pursued various forms of media in her early teaching career before focusing on painting. Her artwork has been featured in many local invitational exhibitions, and nationally at the Canton Museum of Art in Ohio, Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois, Calvin College in Michigan, and the New York Center for Art and Media Studies. Savage will donate 25 percent of the proceeds from her art sales to Hospice of Santa Barbara, Inc., a volunteer hospice organization.

When: 5:30 to 7 pm Where: Leigh Block Gallery at Hospice of Santa Barbara, 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite #100

October 31, through November 1, 10 am to 6 pm. Admission is $10 and includes complimentary hotel parking for all events.

When: 5 to 9 pm Where: 633 W. Cabrillo Blvd Cost: free Info: www.beadelements.com SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 MUS Dads Annual Pancake Breakfast The entire family is invited to enjoy pancakes, eggs, and sausage made by dads at Montecito Union School.

When: 8 am Where: 385 San Ysidro Road Cost: donation Ghost Village Road Montecito’s annual trick-or-treat event will be on the Saturday of Halloween.

When: 3 to 6 pm Where: Coast Village Road SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Tea Dance The City of Santa Barbara donates use of the ballroom and volunteers provide music and refreshments for this ongoing, free dance event.

Ballroom dance music including the Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Fox Trot, Quick Step, and rhythm dances such as the Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Mambo, and Bolero are played, among other dance music.

Participants can hone their dancing

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The Santa Barbara Ballroom Tea Dance is held on the first Sunday of every month at the Carrillo Rec Center.

No partner necessary, but if you can find one bring them along!

When: 2 to 5 pm Where: 100 E. Carrillo Street Info: 897-2519 Cost: free TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Montecito Association Land Use Committee The Montecito Association is committed to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of Montecito; today the Land Use Committee meets to discuss upcoming projects.

When: 4 pm Where: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Healthy Aging Seminar The City of Santa Barbara Parks & Recreation, DASH (Doctors Assisting Seniors at Home), The Old Mission Santa Barbara, Union Bank “Our Gang”, and Sansum Clinic present the 2015 Healthy Aging Seminar. The purpose is to equip participants with the tools, information, and motivation to take charge of their health and wellbeing. Join for expert presentations, valuable take-home materials, and healthy refreshments. This event is open to the community.

When: 9 am to noon, registration begins at 8:30 am Where: Carrillo Recreation Center, 100 East Carrillo Street Cost: $10 RSVP: Space is limited.

To make a reservation please call (805) 681-8976, option 5 SBJHS Information Night The SBJHS principal, staff and a handful of MUS alumni will be on hand in the Montecito Union School auditorium

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Last seen by Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) in December 2012, the project was halted to conduct more traffic, noise, and parking studies, according to YMCA executive director Mike Yamasaki.

It’s now back in the county planning process, with Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) scheduled to see it on Wednesday, November 18; the Montecito Association Land Use Committee will also review the project at its meeting next Tuesday, November 3. “We’ve been working on it all this time,” Yamasaki said, adding that staff changes at the county level, and expiration dates on certain studies added to the delays.

The YMCA is requesting a revised conditional use permit to update the 50-year Master Plan, for the purpose of renovating, enhancing, and expanding the existing facilities on the 4.25-acre, Santa Rosa Lane site. The revised conditional use permit would allow for the demolition and reconstruction of existing buildings and the construction of several new buildings,

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as well as the continuation of existing programs comprising a selection of recreational, fitness, and well-being programs for all age groups and licensed pre-school and after-school day care programs. The proposed project includes an enhanced two-story main building, a new preschool building, a natatorium with a new indoor pool and updated locker room facilities, an expansion to the current pool, and a gymnasium to cover the current outdoor sports court.

Capital Committee chair Tim Werner, who has been involved with the project since its inception seven years ago, tells us it was developed after nearly 2,000 interviews with various community members, YMCA staff, and YMCA members. “We really sought to understand what they wanted and needed in a community center,” Werner said. The YMCA became the owners of the property back in 2008 after a land swap with Montecito Union School; since then, it has been a major goal of administrative staff to update the Master Plan, which has not been revised since 1965, when the YMCA moved to its current location from East Valley Road. “The Montecito community deserves this: a really nice place for recreation and enjoyment,” Werner said.

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About 25 dogs, a few cats and their owners gathered for a blessing under the trees of this 26-acre former estate for the blessing. Pope Francis said that we have only one heart, and if we mistreat an animal we will soon do that to people. Steve told us the true story of an old folks home that seemed to have no spark of life. A new doctor on staff recommended they get several dogs, a few cats, and 100 birds to liven things up. Even though it was against the rules, the director agreed. The results were amazing. All 100 parakeets were adopted. Folks would drop by to take a dog for a walk, and prescription

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People had a reason to live instead of being bored, lonely, and helpless. It got particularly exciting when the 100 birds arrived before the cages. They put them all in one room and shut the door until the cages arrived.

There was a time to remember animals we have loved that are no longer with us. I took Mandy’s life-size wooden cut out that Barnaby Conrad made to show the group and tell how she loved to walk here during her 14 years with us.

The co-directors Steph Glatt and Steve came around the circle to bless Frank and Jeanne Umanzio with Dante on her lap and a cutout of my late dog Mandy on the ground. People were encouraged to remember their lost pets.

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each animal saying: “Benedicat, (name). May you know happiness.

May you live with love and respect.”

The parting wish was, “May we go forth mindful of the gift of each day, the presence of the animals who bless our lives, and our responsibilities to protect life on our planet. Then it was time for kibbles, cat treats, and coffee.

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SEEN (Continued from page 15) DVS president Julie Capritto, treasurer Maura Mitchell, secretary Tracy Sanginiti, and vice chair Sofie Langhorne

and chat with the keynote speaker Dot Marie Jones. Some of you will remember her as the football coach “Shannon Beiste” on the mega-hit television show Glee, for which she received three Emmy Award nominations. The executive producer was a local “boy” Dante Di Loreto, who went to UCSB. Dot is also a retired athlete. She set records at California State University Fresno for shot put and qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials in 1988 and 1992. And would you believe – a 15-time world arm wrestling champion. Don’t mess with her!

Dot became a voice for DVS after she helped rescue her sister from an abusive situation. Her sister’s children are in their 30s and still dealing with childhood issues from their

abusive father. Dot also had a school friend whose husband set her on fire (she had a restraining order), burning 75 percent of her body. She’s had some 50 operations and only has a few fingers on her hands. And yet she says, “I still have enough fingers to hold my grandchildren.” As Dot said, “I hate that we have to have DVS, but thank God we do.” It was a three-tissue luncheon.

DMV’s own board member Tracy Sangitini told her story of being raised, “to be seen and not heard.” It took years of abuse from her husband and she had five children, before she decided her voice did matter and escaped her situation.

Executive director Charles Anderson told us that the crisis line

used to get 1,500 a year. Last year, it received 4,000. “There is a staff of 24 in five locations and they serve 450,000 people.” Board president Julie Capritto reminded, “We service men, women, and children. Every nine seconds, someone in the U.S. is a victim of abuse. One in three women and one in four men will suffer abuse in their lifetime.” In high school, 25 percent of the girls will suffer date rape or similar abuses.

Sometimes, the 30-to-45-day shelter stay isn’t long enough, so DVS has a 14-unit apartment building where women and their children benefit from 18 months of affordable housing, counseling, advocacy, and other support. Ninety percent of second-stage clients accomplish their goals and establish their own independent households, most in a year’s time.

DVS signature sponsor was Santa Barbara Investment Company and the Semler family. If you’d like to help give shelter, safety, and support call 963-4458. The 24-hour crisis line is 964-5245.

The Pegasus Luncheon

There’s a reason why Hearts Therapeutic Equestrian Center (HTEC) names its annual fundraising luncheon the Pegasus Luncheon.

HTEC almost literally gives wings to

its many riders, some of whom are bound to a wheelchair. Since 1985, they have employed the power of the horse to inspire, strengthen, and motivate people of all ages, from 3 to 83, and capabilities through equine assisted activities and therapies.

A sell-out crowd gathered at the Montecito Country Club for lunch and to learn about, donate, or celebrate HTEC. Hearts is a premier accredited therapeutic riding center serving more than 65 riders weekly with and without disabilities including autism, cerebral palsy, cancer, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and more. Their staff of instructors along with at least 100 trained volunteers helps their riders to excel.

As the horse moves, the rider is constantly thrown off-balance, requiring that the rider’s muscles contract and relax in an attempt to rebalance. This reaches deep muscles not accessible in ordinary physical therapy. The movement of the horse is similar to the motion of walking, teaching rhythmical patterns to the muscles of the legs and trunk. The ability to control an animal much larger and stronger than oneself is a huge confidence builder.

There’s also a program (Unbridled Freedom) for veterans headed up by program director Devon Sachey, sergeant USMC. As one Iraq vet said, “I’ve told this horse all my prob-

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Army veteran Aaron Swaney told us, “We are all equally incompetent at horsemanship, but I have made friends for a lifetime.”

Instructor Jolene Amling related, “I began the minute I turned 14 (the minimum age). I came for the horses, but I stayed for the people.” As they say, “Volunteering is a work of Heart.”

Teresa Ulloa is a rider who has MS. She told us how she couldn’t carry a glass of water from the kitchen to the bedroom because she is so wobbly.

After just one lesson, she was amazed she could do that without spilling.

She says, “I am no longer a prisoner of MS.” Parent Carrie McKiddie told us of her daughter’s rare disease, only 25

in the world. Of those, only two have learned to walk, one of them being her daughter after going to HTEC. Executive director Alexis Weaver was proud to say, “This luncheon is totally underwritten by our generous sponsors, so all funds go to HTEC.” Just one of their expenses is $10,000 every three months to feed their herd of horses. After 30 years, there are a thousand stories. One tells of a dad whose daughter waved to him for the very first time, and it was from the back of a horse.

HTEC celebrated Halloween by having a costume contest for the best horse outfit. The kids, in spooky attire, got to trick or treat at each of the stalls.

There were ghoulish games, barn festivities, and a broomstick bake sale.

HTEC is located at 4420 Calle Real so check out www.heartsriding.org or call 964-1519. They also have a “Tack Shack” where new and gently used tack and togs are sold reasonably. •MJ

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The company’s stock price more than doubled last week, after news broke the media mogul had invested $43.2 million and taken a seat on the board.

Oprah, 61, said she had decided to invest after she found success following the diet plan, lately losing 15 pounds.

“Weight Watchers has given me the tools to begin to make the lasting shift that I and so many of us who are struggling with weight have longed for,” says Oprah. “I believe in the program so much, I decided to invest in the company and partner in the evolution.”

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Shares in the company climbed more than 75 percent after the announcement was made. By close of business, they had soared to $13.92 – a whopping 105-percent increase in just one day.

The boost in share price means that Oprah’s 6.4 million shares in Weight Watchers have more than doubled in value. The company’s board expands from nine to 10 members with Oprah’s inclusion.

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Spread the Joy

There is a rare, beautiful, high color Montecito sight that can conveniently be seen and enjoyed easily by everyone.

At the very end of the Coast Village Walk parking lot for the 10 retail stores on the right, is an amazing, huge bright-red bougainvillea spreading high up trees colorfully for all to enjoy.

G. Hebert Montecito (Editor’s note: Thank you for the tip.

We’ll keep our eyes on the prize, our ears to the ground, and our nose to the grindstone as we contemplate the beauty of your vision. – J.B.)

Just Look Away

In response to Mr. Maloney’s letter (“Slum-in-Waiting” MJ #21/42) re: displeased with the esthetic nature of low-income housing on the east side along the freeway, may I suggest looking toward the left for the 15 seconds it takes to drive by from your Montecito enclave.

T. T.C. Montecito (Editor’s note: You’ve got to be kidding... but, then again, maybe you aren’t.

Perhaps there are more people than anyone can imagine who have no time for aesthetics. – J.B.)

Save Those Trees!

Where’s the logic, per the Parks & Rec decision to allow the removal of the Canary Island pines at 1187 Coast Village Road? In looking at where the undercarriage of some vehicles have

slightly scraped the top of the driveway parking lot, there just isn’t much there and could easily be altered by replacing the entire driveway. It also isn’t all that close to the trees. I measured it, and there’s a full six to seven feet between the driveway and the closest pine.

The pine needles are a hazard?

There just aren’t that many and could easily be swept up. And, where’s the proof they’ve caused an accident?

Per altering the deck to give Giovanni’s and Here’s The Scoop a frontal dining area, the stores just aren’t that close to the trees. And, what’s the proof the trees prevent “needed” site improvements, and how is it that the present deck hasn’t been affected by the trees for so long?

It’s pretty obvious the building developers just want to take the easy way out. Removing the trees should accordingly be prohibited.

John Seymour Montecito (Editor’s note: I know this will make me sound like a curmudgeon, but everything has a lifespan; trees get planted; trees die or get taken down before they fall down. The new trees that are set to replace the Canary Island pines will grow for 40 or 50 years but they, too, will have to removed sometime in the future. In the meantime, if a large branch falls on something or, even worse, somebody, the new owners will be sued for “negligence” – in spite of any good intentions they may have had regarding saving those trees. FYI, most vehicles have a difficult time going down that too steep driveway without bumping into something on the undercarriage. It’s time to fix it. – J.B.) •MJ

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the county, including the issuance of a Mitigated Negative Declaration (ND), affirming the opinion that any significant adverse impacts associated with the proposed project – which will more than double the current square footage of the facilities – may be reduced to a less than significant level with the adoption of mitigation measures. Due to the non-complex nature of the project, it does not require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), according to the staff account. At that time, the Montecito Association took issues with the ND, saying it underestimated the increase in use of the facility and its higher impact on nearby residential areas and San Ysidro Road. The MA said the project’s traffic and parking studies were not reliable, given they were two years old at that time. Werner and Yamasaki explained any noise and traffic issues have since been mitigated, which is reflected in newer, up-to-date traffic and parking counts. “The new facility will actually be quieter than it is currently, as we are bringing the weight rooms inside,” Werner said, adding that the covered gymnasium and associated screening will be a buffer for traffic noise from San Ysidro Road. “Our neighbors will hear less traffic once it’s built,” he said.

Also in 2012, MBAR suggested design changes to the renderings, which are now reflected in the new architectural drawings that will be shown at MA and MPC in November.

“At that time, we lowered building heights and added more tree planting, in keeping with the semi-rural feeling of Montecito,” Werner said.

YMCA reps are seeking approval for the project from the planning commission next month, and fully expect the MPC will add conditions to approval, to limit the impact of the project on the community. “This is a plan for us to refer to for the next fifty years,” Yamasaki said, adding that the endeavor will be built in phases over that time frame. The YMCA will not close during any construction; it’s likely the covered gymnasium and preschool will be built out first after county approval and an adequate fundraising campaign, which could take years. “The current preschool is legal, non-conforming, and it’s a big

priority for us to upgrade it first,” Werner said.

The project is drought tolerant, LEED-certified, and technologically advanced, according to reps, who also told us they hope for the facility to be a reliable hub in times of emergency. “We’re working with MFPD and MERRAG (Montecito Emergency Response & Recovery Action Group), and have offered use of the gymnasium, once it’s built, as a staging and triage center during wildfires or other disasters,” Werner said.

In addition to being seen by the Land Use Committee next Tuesday, the YMCA reps will hold a presentation and Q&A session at Montecito Union School, on Wednesday, November 4, at 6 pm for any interested residents.

The project will be discussed in its entirety, as well as new information about parking and traffic impacts.

Ghost Village Road

This Saturday, October 31, Montecito and Santa Barbara trick-or-treaters will once again descend on Coast Village Road a.k.a. Ghost Village Road, for the annual Halloween extravaganza.

The event was originally organized by the Coast Village Business Association (CVBA), but has taken on a life of its own over the last few years.

The CVBA still plays the deciding role in the date of the event, which usually takes place after school on Halloween; this year it falls on a Saturday, and organizers agreed to hold it Saturday as a precursor to neighborhood trickor-treating that many kids attend after leaving Ghost Village Road.

The event draws roughly 2,000 costumed kids, parents, and pets each year. From Montecito Country Mart to Olive Mill Road, most of the lower village’s business owners will take part in the festivities, distributing candy and other treats to trick-or-treaters.

Per tradition, Here’s the Scoop owners Bob and Ellie Patterson will again host their photo opportunity and costume contest, with the winners’ pictures displayed in Montecito Journal and on the wall at Here’s the Scoop.

This year will be the last time the contest is held in the current gelato shop location, as the Pattersons are moving upstairs in the same building in the coming months. Winners and

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Rockshop Academy that he founded in 2009. The Rockshop Academy is a year-round music and mentor program. In addition to percussion, the seasoned musician brings a variety of experience from classical music, pop, jazz, and blues to modern rock.

In addition to music, George enjoys hiking, biking, and spending time outdoors at the beach with his children.

He is the proud father of daughter, Lilly, age 11, and son Gavin, 9.

A group of kids from Roosevelt School at last year’s Ghost Village Road (photo by Joanne Calitri International)

Lana Marme Says Goodbye honorable mentions from the contest will receive gift certificates and coupons to the shop, in addition to the Pattersons’ famous “Worms ‘n’ Dirt” gelato, which they hand out.

The event, according to organizers, is a great way for more established businesses to reconnect with the community, and an opportunity for new businesses to be seen. The road has welcomed several new establishments in the past year, including Viva Oliva, The Gallery, Honor Bar, HR Home, Calcagno & Hamilton, Whistle Club, Bree’Osh, and others. The former Peabody’s restaurant (once slated to be named Oliver’s) is expected to open next year, and other new business tenants, including JANGEORGe Interior Design, will open at 1101 Coast Village later this year.

Traffic on Coast Village Road and Coast Village Circle will be slow-going during the Ghost Village Road event. Motorists are reminded to use extra caution along Coast Village Road during the event, and to avoid driving in the area if possible.

The festivities are from 3 to 6 pm.

Check out next week’s Montecito Journal for a full photo recap of the event.

hearing was continued to Thursday, December 3, at 9 am.

The commission asked to continue the hearing in order to have more time to review documentation, including letters from Casa’s attorney, revised conditions from the applicant, and other late submittal documents related to the project. The project will add 96,869 square feet of new development to the Casa Dorinda campus, including new residential units, memory care facilities, personal care facilities, a new dining facility, new maintenance facilities, a new bridge, new driveways, and associated landscaping and improvements.

“I think the hour is waning, and the energy is waning. I think we’ve covered a lot of ground today, and I think we’ve made great strides. I think trying to move forward at this point is not a good idea, ” said chair J’Amy Brown, adding that the commissioners had many more unanswered questions about the project.

The commissioners voted unanimously to continue the hearing until December 3.

MPC Continues Casa Dorinda Hearing

Last month, Laguna Blanca Lower School in Montecito welcomed George Pendergast as the new Lower School Music Instructor, bringing his more than 40 years of music experience to students in grades EK–4. Mr. Pendergast, who was raised in Santa Barbara, is well-known as the drummer from the popular band Dishwalla.

Mr. Pendergast graduated from San Marcos High and attended Santa

After nearly eight hours of staff presentations, public comment, statements from special district leaders, and answers from Casa Dorinda reps, Montecito Planning Commissioners continued a hearing for the revised Conditional Use Permit and Master Plan Update for Casa Dorinda. The

New Laguna Blanca Lower School music teacher George Pendergast, who will instruct drumming

Barbara City College before pursuing his dream of touring with Dishwalla.

The band eventually received their big break in the early 1990s, earning gold records and the #1 Billboard Rock Song of the Year in 1996. Dishwalla continues to play live shows and later this year will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of their hit song, “Counting Blue Cars”. Before joining the Laguna Blanca staff, Mr. Pendergast provided private drum lessons for more than 15 years to aspiring youth, and at the Santa Barbara

Lana Marme, the iconic Upper Village dress shop scheduled to close its doors at the end of the month after 35 years in business, ran out of inventory last Tuesday due to a greater-than-anticipated response from customers. Lana tells us that until the end of this week, the bare walls have been filled by a collection of vintage, preWWII paintings by various American artists, a collection procured by her husband and Montecito planning commissioner, Michael Phillips.

“I want to give a last big thank-you to all my wonderful and loyal customers,” Lana said.

The shop is located at 1485 East Valley Road, and the paintings will be available to purchase until the end of this week.

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Museum Shows Off New Contemporary Art

James Surls’s Me and She Looking, a sculpture made of aspen, steel and ash

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he Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art shows off some of the amazing art it has acquired in the past five years in “Saar, Serra, Surls and More: Thirty New Acquisitions in Contemporary Art” October 29-December 19. An opening reception on Thursday, October 29, from 4-6 pm is free and open to the public.

The exhibition, which includes works made in the last 35 years, features artists Andy Goldsworthy, Urs Fischer, Carl Andre, Jessica Stockholder, Claes Oldenburg, Louise Bourgeois, Kiki Smith, Chakaia Booker, Nancy Graves, and Lynn Aldrich as well as Alison Saar, Richard Serra, and James Surls.

In the last five years the museum has acquired about 1,200 new works and $4 million in value due to generous gifts, bequests, and purchases. “Westmont alumni Faith and Dewayne Perry generously donate to a print purchasing fund each year, which has allowed us to begin to form an interesting core collection of contemporary prints,” says Judy L. Larson, R. Anthony Askew professor of art history and museum director. “Printmaking has been an important part of Westmont’s studio art program, so it makes sense to purchase great examples of contemporary prints for students to study.

Other purchases and gifts of photography, paintings, drawings, and sculpture have come from a variety of opportunities.

“Our holdings for local artists are strong, and we anticipate organizing an exhibition featuring just our Santa Barbara artists in the future.”

The museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and 11 am to 5 pm on Saturdays. It is closed Sundays and college holidays. For more information, please visit www.westmontmuseum.org or contact the museum at (805) 5656162.

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Scott Anderson explores the power of illustration November 4

Talk to Highlight Impact of Illustration Scott Anderson, associate professor of art at Westmont, reveals the collective impact of illustration on our culture in a talk Wednesday, November 4, at 5:30 pm at University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street. The Westmont Downtown Lecture, “The Art All Around Us: Illustration and Visual Culture in America,” is free and open to the public. No tickets are required; the limited seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call (805) 565-6051.

“Our society understands that art shapes culture,” Anderson says, “but people may be less aware of the specific role the niche of illustration plays in affecting the world around us, from creating pop culture iconography to influencing political opinion. While often subconsciously unnoticed, it can nonetheless be profound.”

Anderson will discuss the working life of the contemporary illustrator and present a slideshow of powerful imagery that celebrates various milestones of illustration.

He is an award-winning illustrator with clients including The Wall Street Journal and Variety. His design work has won multiple awards from the American Association of Museums, and gold and silver Addys from the American Advertising Association.

Anderson, who joined the Westmont faculty in 1999, has also taught at Santa Barbara City College and Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank.

He earned a master of fine art in illustration from the University of Hartford, a master of arts in illustration at Syracuse University, and a bachelor’s degree in studio art from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.

The lecture series, Westmont Downtown: Conversations about Things that Matter, is sponsored by the Westmont Foundation.

SoCal Choirs Join Voices in Choral Fest The Westmont Fall Choral Festival, combining the voices of more than 450 students from 13 local high schools, is Friday, October 30, at 4:45 pm and 7 pm both in First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Avenue.

Half of the choirs will perform at 4:45 pm, and the remaining half will perform prior to Westmont ensembles at 7 pm. Both performances are free and open to the public, though seating is limited. For more information, call (805) 565-6040.

The afternoon concert features the Heritage Christian School Grace Notes Women’s Choir, San Marcos High School Madcappella Choir, Academy of Music at Hamilton High School’s Advanced Women’s Ensemble, Saugus High School Concert Choir, Fullerton Union High School Vocal Ensemble, Fresno Christian Belle Voci, Sunnyside High School, Redlands Adventist Academy Kantorei and the Cate School Camerata. The Westmont Chorale Union, a combination of Men’s Chorale, Women’s Chorale, and New Sounds, will conclude the per-

formance.

The evening concert will include performances by the Oak Park High School Concert Choir, Nipomo High School Choir, Highland High School Chamber Choir, Oaks Christian School Advanced Women’s Chorus, Heritage Christian School Resonate Chamber Singers, San Marcos High School Madrigal Singers, and the Academy of Music at Hamilton High School’s Chamber Singers. The performance will conclude with the Westmont Chamber Singers and the Westmont College Choir. The festival will conclude with all of the high school groups combining to perform a mass choral piece, “Salvation is Created,”

by Pavel Tschesnokoff.

Before performing, the students will attend workshops with Westmont professors Grey Brothers, Steve Hodson, and Michael Shasberger, Adams professor of music and worship, and adjunct instructor Robert Rockabrand.

This year ’s guest clinician is Nathan Kreitzer, founder and artistic director of the Santa Barbara City College Quire of Voyces. Kreitzer, director of choral and vocal activities at SBCC and director of music at First United Methodist Church, earned a master’s degree in choral conducting from the University of California at Irvine.

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Presentations and a Q&A will be held so parents can learn more about the local public secondary school. Although it is most applicable to parents of 6th graders, all families are welcome to attend to gain a better understanding of the programs offered at SBJHS. When: 6 pm Where: MUS, 385 San Ysidro Road Info: www.montecitou.org

YMCA Information Night Representatives from Montecito YMCA invite members of the community for a presentation and Q&A session about the upcoming expansion project at the Montecito Y. When: 6 pm Where: Montecito Union School, 385 San Ysidro Road THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 Poetry Club Each month, discuss the life and work of a different poet; poets selected by group consensus and interest. New members welcome.

When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063

the Santa Barbara County community to unite in a movement to reclaim the future for millions by participating in the 2015 Santa Barbara Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Last year, more than $190,000 was raised for the local chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

When: 9 am to noon Where: Earl Warren Showgrounds Info: To start or join a team today, visit act.alz.org/SantaBarbara Centering Prayer Practice Retreat A mini-retreat day for Centering Prayer practice. There will be meditation walks, journaling, reflection, and prayer practice. Let by Sister Suzanne Dunn, Jeannette Love, and Annette Colbert. Beginners welcome.

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

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Tour of Coal Oil Point Reserve Come join a free tour of Coal Oil Point Reserve. Learn about the cultural and natural history of COPR, observe roosting Snowy Plovers and other fall migratory bird species, and enjoy a walk around the Devereux Slough. To join the group, there is no charge, but RSVP is required.

When: 10 am to noon Info: (805) 893-3703

Grand Opening Party Crimson is a holiday gift gallery tradition, representing 39 local artists, including Montecito jewelry artists Mike and Charlotte Barnard, and offers a great selection of fine art and crafts for home, family, and friends.

All are welcome to join for the annual grand opening party. Refreshments will be served.

When: 4 to 8 pm Where: La Cumbre Plaza (next to Tiffany’s), 121 S Hope Ave Info: (805) 453-4897

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

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

When: 3 pm Where: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu Street Cost: free

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When: 9:30 am to 3:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $75 for workshop and lunch ONGOING Adults Grieving the Death of a Sibling When a sibling dies, the world changes in a heartbeat. Hospice of Santa Barbara invites people grieving the loss of a brother or sister to its Adults Grieving the Death of a Sibling Support Group. This bereavement group will provide support and comfort for those suffering from the loss of a sibling. Space is limited.

Interested participants must complete registration before the first session begins. No drop-ins, please.

When: This ongoing group session will be held Wednesdays through December 16 Where: Hospice of Santa Barbara 2050 Alameda Padre Serra, Suite 100 Cost: free; donations accepted Info: (805) 563-8820, x110 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 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 memory-enhancement 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 Locals Night at the Public Market Every Monday, take advantage of one-night-only merchant specials, games, prizes, and fun for locals. This October, Dave’s Dogs Food Truck is bringing their famous hot dog creations downtown, and popping up for dinner at the Public Market each Monday! Beer, wine, and other beverages will be available for purchase, too.

Come play Cards Against Humanity, Dominos, Boggle, Yahtzee, Connect Four, and giant Jenga while enjoying “locals only” food and drink specials from participating merchants.

There is also live music each week.

When: 5 pm Where: 38 West Victoria Info: 770-7702 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 onetime fee of $35 Info: Kai Hoye, 969-0859 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 three to five 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 THURSDAYS 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.

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

by Steven Libowitz

Mean Girls, a Meaner Guy, and Music Make Murder Fun

Madelyn Adams, Courtney Daniels, and Montecito native Katherine Bottoms portray the three title characters

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ut of the Box Theatre Company launches its sixth season with its biggest undertaking to date, still housed in the intimate “black box” venue known as Center Stage. Heathers: The Musical is the new stage version of the darkly comic 1988 movie about high school cliques that turns lethal and was a flop at the box office – before later turning into a cult favorite. It follows Veronica Sawyer, a pretty and brainy girl who somehow manages to join the three girls named Heather who form the top social echelon at their high school. But she’s also attracted to the mysterious new kid, J.D., who has edgier plans for revenge.

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Samantha Eve – who usually directs Out of the Box’s productions while taking bit parts if any – is portraying Veronica, leaving directing duties to new-to-OOB Jenny Mercein.

Madelyn Adams, Courtney Daniels, and Montecito native Katherine Bottoms portray the three title characters, part of a huge cast blending Out of the Box regulars and newcomers.

Eve talked about the show last weekend.

Q. Heathers seems like another perfect vehicle for Out of the Box. A. I love all ‘80s movies – The Breakfast Club, Some Kind of Wonderful, Pretty in Pink. Obviously there’s some-

thing really different about Heathers; it’s almost the anti-Breakfast in tone and humor, and the very sharp attitude. When I saw the musical in New York last year, the first thought that went through my head is that “We can never do this show. It’s so out there and extreme. The language is very mature.” But the more I thought about it, and listened to the soundtrack, it imbedded itself in my brain, and I decided we had to do it and just figure out a way to make it work.

But there’s been plenty of violence in some of your other shows, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Evil Dead, the Musical come to mind. And plenty of emotional violence.

We’re going for shows that aren’t necessarily violent, but ones that are dealing with controversial topics, handling them in a very direct way that can be highly emotional. Awakenings, Next to Normal, John & Jen weren’t violent but they cover subjects that you don’t normally see in musical theater. Violence is one of them. At least there’s not much fake blood in this one.

This is the first show since the company debuted with Reefer Madness that you’re not directing. Why? Yeah, it’s very rare for me. I’ve loved the movie ever since high school. I realized that I wanted to be on the stage and be a bigger part of this show than directing, and I just fell in love with the role. Jenny, who is relatively new to Santa Barbara, was recommended to me by multiple people who told me she’s be a perfect fit for us and the show. And she really has been. She had to leave after our first full run-through just yesterday, so Maggie Yates is going to help us with the final part of transitioning into the theater.

It’s a big cast with quite a few new names. Where did you find them?

They’re coming from all over the place. We’ve got Santa Barbara actors, UCSB and SBCC students, people from Oxnard, Ventura, Los Angeles, and all over. They’re coming because this show hasn’t been done in Los Angeles besides the original workshop (before it went to off Broadway).

They love the show, so they’re making the drive. So there’s a lot of new faces, including Trevor Schor, who plays J.D., who was in the original workshop. He’s very familiar with the show and the evolution that it had as

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they made edits and changed it before it went to New York.

Heathers is another film turned musical. Are you fan of that trend?

I do like the idea. I don’t go looking for that, but that’s what’s usually available these days. I wish there were more things that were entirely original. But in this script, anyway, it has a very cinematic theme. It follows the movie script very closely almost scene to scene. It follows the plot very well. But it also explains it as it goes along. So you don’t have to have seen the movie to appreciate it, though similar to Evil Dead, the Musical, if you recognize the lines from the movie, you’ll get more out of it. But it’s still a cohesive story.

Sticky question here: The movie came out before Columbine and all the other school shootings have taken place. What was fantasy back then has been a horrible reality of revenge killings since. How does the musical handle the taste issue?

Yeah, that whole thing of the rebel in trench-coat was unknown in the ‘80s. Now it’s hard not to think about Columbine. But it’s a lot like Grease was to the ‘50s – it’s social commentary on where they were in the ‘80s: The economics, the selfishness that hit everyone. It’s represented by the Heathers and the other people at the school and the town. They’re all out for themselves. At least the message at the end is that it’s better to try to change things than to destroy it.

So, I’ve also got to ask: what was high school like for you?

Oh, my goodness. That’s a fun question. I went to Anacapa School, which is very small. Our graduating glass was eight. So I didn’t have to deal with the Heathers experience. We were all very close and friendly, and had been together since seventh grade.

One of my classmates has already told me he’s coming to the show. So we’re all good.

(Out of the Box Theatre Company presents Heathers: The Musical at Center Stage Theater, 751 Paseo Nuevo, upstairs in the mall, for a limited run November 5-15. Show times are 8 pm Thursday – Saturday; 2 pm Sundays. General admission tickets cost $28, students and seniors $15. Call 963-0408 or visit www.

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Uhuru founder Mykal Rose and former Madonna backup singer-turnedchant artist Donna De Lory, to Bay Area electronica DJ Timonkey and Kirtan favorites Shimshai, Jai Uttal, and Dave Stringer.

So how did Jaffe, who lives in Emeryville and works full time as a solar engineer designing residential solar electrical systems at Sungevity, manage to attract such high-caliber talent for his passion project?

“I have had lots of incarnations in my musical life from a bandleader to a sideman playing tablas, bass, and percussion,” Jaffe explained. “In the process, I met and performed with all of these people except Mykal. There’s a wonderful community of people around the area and the world who love chant music. We’re all connected.

We’re all friends. And I don’t think an album like this has been made before.”

Indeed, the new disc, Dub Mantra Sangha, is a much bigger deal than his previous effort from a few years ago.

While that album laid the foundation for combining Sanskrit chants with reggae beats, Sangha goes quite a few steps further. “It’s a genre-defying album – or maybe genre-defining,” Jaffe said. “It’s really it’s own thing, sacred chants from all around the world mixed with reggae, African, and world rhythms. It a kind of fusion, something much more fully realized than things that have come before.”

Employing the wealth of contributors made a big difference, too, Jaffe said. “The last album was great, but it was really just me being a studio

wizard,” he said. “This one is full-on collaborations.”

While both chant music and world beats have been growing genres, Jaffe has had the combination searing through his system for years. He comes by the music honestly.

“My parents were West Coast secular liberal Jews who got into spirituality in the 1950s,” he explained. “They did meditation and were chanting mantras before I was born, so I was doing it as a child. And growing up in Santa Barbara, a real beach surf town, reggae is in my blood. The two merged in my mind. It seems very natural to me: the Indian music/ chanting and reggae both have very positive, uplifting energy. There was an obvious link for me energetically.

It was an opening that needed to be filled.”

Working with the numerous guests might have been rewarding, but that doesn’t mean it was easy. Production was a laborious challenge, as Jaffe gathered some of the gaggle on site, but also used contributions received remotely.

“I’ve been working on the CD for two-and-a-half years,” he said. “It’s been a very long process, a little like herding cats. It takes a lot of coordination. I got .wav files from Miami, New York, Jamaica, and Japan, which give the album an international feel.

But it’s also been fun. There’s a video of making the album, which was an amazing process.”

Now, several of the artists are traveling to SOhO with Jaffe, including De Lory, Timonkey, Mark Gorman, who plays bass for Krishna Das, and Sophia Mae Lin of the Copper Wimmin Trio, whose song “Kinder” was featured on HBO’s The L Word.

They’ll be joined by ubiquitous sarod player Montino Bourbon, a Montecito fixture for decades and one of Jaffe’s mentors. Jaffe is looking forward to bringing his latest piece of artistic outreach back to him hometown.

“It shows that music is a cultural nexus. It allows cultural connections in a way that few things can in the world,” he said. “I’m excited to bring it to Santa Barbara.”

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 18)

This week, the 57-year-old comedienne and former Oscars host is releasing her fourth book, Home, a 304-page tome featuring seven of her homes from the last 25 years.

“I’m actually a little nervous about how much I’m sharing,” says the 27-time Emmy winner.

“But it’s important for people to see that this is really a genuine passion of mine, not just a business venture. I think people were kind of really surprised, like ‘Ellen’s into design?’ But everyone who knows me and who is in my life has known that for a long time.”

In Home, Ellen – who bought international interior designer John Saladino’s former 13-acre estate, Villa Di Lemma, for $26.5 million in May 2013 – reveals she wanted to decorate houses as early as 13.

“When I’m in a room, I want everything I’m looking at to make me happy,” the Louisiana-born blond tells People.

Seven years ago, Ellen wed actress Portia de Rossi, on their Beverly Hills estate, and their aesthetic tastes still mesh.

“Portia’s into art deco more than I am, but she still loves everything that we’re doing,” the vegan funny woman explained.

“We are having a hard time staying put. I keep trying to find a better

home. But I’m happy. This is what I love to do.”

The three-time Golden Globe nominee will soon head up the second season of her $100,000 Design Challenge, which premieres in January on HGTV. Craig’s Cars Could Montecito cellular phone mogul Craig McCaw, who already owns one of the world’s most expensive cars. a $35 million 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, which formerly belonged to English motor racing ace Stirling Moss, be in the market for yet another multi-million dollar acquisition?

My mole with the martini tells me a 1956 Ferrari built for Formula One racing legend Juan Manuel Fangio is going on the auction block in New York, where it could sell for more than $28 million.

The historic auto, designed specially for the Argentinian five-time F1 world champion, never crashed despite a racing career that lasted until 1964.

Its $28 million pre-sales estimate makes it one of the most valuable cars to come to auction.

A Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta that went for $38.1 million at Bonhams last year holds the current record for any car sold at auction.

Top auction house Sotheby’s says the Ferrari 290 MM, chassis 0626, will be offered on December 10 as part of

A new Ferrari for Craig McCaw’s collection?

its “Driven by Disruption” sale.

Fangio, considered one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time, raced the 3.5 liter, V-12 engine car in the 1,000-mile Mille Miglia event, finishing fourth overall in a race that wound all through Italy.

The car was specially designed by

Fangio and was one of only four 290 MMs to be built. The red car with a blue nose competed in many other classic races.

In 1957, legendary drivers Eugenio Castellotti, Luigi Musso, and Masten Gregory drove it to victory in the Buenos Aires 1000 KM. Sotheby’s says the 0626 was purchased in 1957 by enthusiast Temple Buell, who continued to enter into races around the world with Jo Bonnier and Gregory behind the wheel.

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Here’s a way to enjoy San Francisco without going urban-bonkers. In the heart of the densely packed city, head for a fragrant forest of cypress and eucalyptus trees where you can hike on miles of trails, visit fine small museums, dine in restaurants beloved by food-crazed San Franciscans, spend the night in a historic inn — and never hear the grind of traffic. (Or of your teeth while you search for a parking spot.)

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Quick Orientation Activities and cultural attractions focus around the former main post and parade ground. An old Army airfield has been transformed into a 100-acre shoreline park with restored dunes, a tidal marsh, and a popular waterfront promenade.

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In the Mesa Room, a wall reveals exposed adobe from the early 1800s, all that’s left from Spanish days.

Among the history exhibits, look for a torn poker hand found in one of the barracks. Before shipping out, soldiers would rip up their last losing hand, but they took winning cards with them for good luck.

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Must-see Museum Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse in 1928 on a train ride across the country – and today the Walt Disney Family Museum (www.waltdisney. org) displays the earliest known drawings of the rascally rodent. Also on view: the original multi-plane camera the studio devised to give depth to animated films, classic hand-painted animation cels, and a scale model of Disneyland as Walt envisioned it (including features that were never built). Check the website for special events, talks, and classes for kids.

Where to Stay A serene getaway at the main post, the redbrick Inn at the Presidio (www. innatthepresidio.com) was formerly bachelor officers’ quarters, built in 1903. The Georgian Revival building has been handsomely restored and decorated with Presidio memorabilia and historic photographs, complemented by comfortable contemporary furniture and high-tech amenities. Many of the 22 rooms have sitting rooms with fireplaces, some have balconies, and all have large windows that open to the bay breezes. Guests gather in the morning for a continental breakfast buffet.

Oh, one more big plus: around the inn, there’s virtually zero traffic and plenty •MJ of parking(!).

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the various foreign language learning sessions, and other activities the library staff has been so good at encouraging and sustaining.

To that end, we sat down recently with Pat Saley, who has been on the Friends of the Montecito Library board of directors for the past four years and is its sitting president, and Judi Anderson, a board member for six years. Judi is the group’s treasurer and served as president in 2014.

Both women have extensive histories with Montecito; Judi has been a Montecito resident for 30 years, and Pat has lived in Montecito “off and on” since 1977. She lived on the Mesa, she says, “for a short stint” but has been in her Montecito home for the past 29 years.

“The Friends of the Montecito Library is different from the Montecito Library,” Judi explains. “And, therein lies a problem.” She says there have been people in the past whose dying wish was to support the library and specifically designated Montecito Library for funding in their will. Because “Friends of the Montecito Library” was not the designated recipient however, funds from wills

“It is a little jewel,” Friends of Montecito Library president Pat Saley says, “It’s pretty much the heart of the community.”

and trusts earmarked for Montecito Library were sent to Santa Barbara County administration, which oversees all library funds.

The Friends of the Montecito Library currently provides funding for the five part-time librarians. It buys all the new books. Friends supports the children’s summer reading program, and with it the magicians, storytellers, and mimes who visit during the library’s weekly story hour. In the past, Friends has supplied the materials needed for the popular Valentine’s Day cards program (currently on hiatus), and room for the Italian, French, and German language classes. Talks on a variety of subjects are all supported by funds supplied by Friends of the Montecito Library.

“We have had people who’ve hiked the Pacific Crest trail come in and talk,” Pat says, “along with many other public and human interest stories.” The pup-

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Library Funding

The library’s current budget is $240,000 a year. One third of that funding comes from private donations, mostly supplied by Friends of the Montecito Library; one third comes through money managed by the county; and the other third comes from the county through property taxes, roughly $7.80 per person, “putting Montecito Library in the bottom 10 percent of all statewide libraries in funding per person,” notes Ms Saley.

By July 2018, Friends expects it will need to provide two-thirds of the operating budget, as the county money – donated by Montecito residents specifically for Montecito Library – will have been exhausted, due to what both women agree has been poor fiscal management by county officials.

Donated money specifically earmarked for the library was indeed spent on the library by county officials, but instead of treating the donated funds as an endowment, “it has been spent down to the point where it will be gone,” Pat explains, “and we had no idea the county was going to do that. It all changed,” she surmises, “when state funding went away and they were pulling money from everywhere.”

What Judi, Pat, and Friends of the Montecito Library hope to accomplish is to convince enough interested parties to contribute to an endowment, “so that we can put money aside, invest it wisely, and,” Judi says, “have the income we need every year to keep the library open and to continue to offer the kinds of services the community has become accustomed to.”

There is currently something in the neighborhood of $600,000 in the endowment fund; the group is looking to supplement that with another $1.4 million to create a $2 million endowment, which they believe will be enough to fund the 2/3rds of the budget they expect to have to cover, come July 2018. That will pay for all the operating expenses, in addition to the $7.80 per capita that the county will provide.

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pets, entertainers, and even the Zoo to You Program that features live animals (you may have seen photos in Montecito Journal of some of those kids holding pythons), are all supported by Friends of the Montecito Library.

The reading room at the library, with its faux leather chairs, is another gem.

“There are always people reading here,” Pat boasts. “This is where the magazines, newspapers, and periodicals live.” It is where you’ll find copies of various publications such as The Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and many others, thanks to Friends and individual donations. The reading room is also where The New Yorker Club regularly meets.

Montecito Library is actually run by the City of Santa Barbara on a contractual basis. “It’s cheaper and more efficient. There’s a lot of sharing that goes on,” Pat explains. All library employees work for the City of Santa Barbara.

Library cards are free, but a potential library patron has to show some sort of ID with a valid address. If one has no proof of residency, one is asked to send a postcard to oneself to prove it was delivered to the address that person is stating. “That’s the way we keep books from disappearing,” Pat says. “If we gave a library card to everybody [without an ID requirement] and they decided they needed the book more than we did, we’d have no way to retrieve it.”

Even the $7.80 per person the county supplies doesn’t all go toward the library. “The city takes a nine percent administration fee,” Judi says. “I don’t begrudge the city’s fee,” she adds, “but it should be noted that the county doesn’t give us all the money.” In 2014, county funding came to $87,619, but after the nine percent administrative charge, it came to just under $80,000.

Friends is looking to raise the $1.4 million over the next three years and to have it on hand by July 1, 2018, “so we have those three years to make it up,” Pat says. If they only make it part way, another option is a parcel tax but, she adds, “We don’t want to do that or ask for that.”

How You Can Help

We at Montecito Journal believe it will likely take more than the hoped for $1.4 million to create a permanent endowment. We believe it may take another million dollars or more to ensure funding going forward into the future, especially in light of the low-interest-rate environment that prevails currently.

We encourage you to donate to Friends of the Montecito Library. You can do so easily, by simply going to montecitolibraryfriends.org and pressing the “Donate” button. If you’d prefer to simply send a check, make it out to “Friends of the Montecito Library” (don’t forget the word “Friends”), and send it or drop it off at 469 East Valley Road, Montecito, CA 93108. If you’d like, you can call either Pat at (805) 570-8483 or Judi at (805) 969-6369. You can also read and learn more by going to: info@montecitolibrary.org.

Montecito Library (805) 969-5063 is open 10 am to 5:30 pm Tuesday through Friday, and from 10 am to 4 pm Saturday.

•MJ

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Why is the Library Closed Today?

The Future of the Library depends on you!

A carefully invested endowment of $2,000,000 will produce enough interest to keep the Montecito Library serving our community well into the future.

Please help The Friends of the Montecito Library raise the money for this endowment by sending a check to the Friends of the Montecito Library.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 31) tor Pierre Bardinon and remained in his renowned Mas du Clos Collection in France for nearly 34 years, before being bought by the current owner, identified only as “a private European collector.”

It would make a most impressive addition to the popular Cars & Coffee event on Sundays in the upper village.

Stay tuned.

Two for the Show Montecito comedian Steve Martin is heading to Broadway, or at least his latest work.

Steve, 70, has teamed up with fellow Grammy-winner Edie Brickell in a new musical Bright Star, which will star Wicked actress Carmen Cusack, which will open at the Shubert theater on the Great White Way in the spring.

Brickell penned the lyrics and Steve wrote the story.

It was inspired by their collaboration on the CD Love Has Come For You. Set in the South in the 1920s and 1940s, the show is about a woman who befriends a soldier just home from World War II. The show had its premiere in San Diego last year and this winter has a run at Washington’s Kennedy Center.

Hire and The Streets of San Francisco with a youthful Michael Douglas.

“It has been quite a learning experience,” he explained at a bijou launch bash at Tecolote, the lively literary lair in the upper village. “It’s all about the power of description. Michael Drayton is very different character reflecting a very different culture.

Virgil Tibbs has had his day!”

John, who moved to our rarefied enclave 22 years ago, is currently hard at work on a new script, but also says a follow-up book could be in the works in due course.

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The 50-year-old Montecito Family YMCA is in dire need of renovation, and that renovation IS IN JEOPARDY.

TV director John Wilder launches first book

County staff will be recommending denial of the renovation to the Montecito Planning Commission based solely on speculative parking concerns which the Y believes have been fully addressed in a manner consistent with the Montecito Community Plan.

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Speak on behalf of the Y at the Montecito Planning Commission Wednesday, November 18, Time: TBA 123 East Anapamu Street, Room 17. To be placed on the speaker list, call Mike Yamasaki at 805.969.3288

It has taken him a decade, but award-winning TV director-producer John Wilder has just launched his first novel Nobody Dies in Hollywood featuring multi-ethnic private investigator Michael Drayton.

The murder-mystery, which revolves around Drayton’s hiring by the father of a dead aspiring actor who has been killed alongside a world-famous megastar, is different from writing TV scripts, says John, whose TV series include Spenser: For

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Hotel magnate Pat Nesbitt’s Summerland estate, Bella Vista, was a sea of blue when the Santa Barbara Police Foundation threw its second “Fun With The Force” fundraiser, attracting a record 500 guests and raising around $300,000.

With tickets being sold under the various categories of Misdemeanor, Felony, and Crime Scene, the packed pulsating police party, co-chaired by Eric Phillips, Arlene Montesano, Pamela Geremia, Lisa Loiacono, James Nigro, and Jim Stretchberry, also featured SWAT and K-9 unit demonstrations.

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SATURDAY Half Marathon, 7:15 am: Starts on the ocean-front campus of the University of California Santa Barbara. This one-of-a-kind beach-to-beach course will take runners on Route 217 to Leadbetter Beach.

Veteran’s Mile, 8:30 am - 12 noon: Cheer the runners! Line the final mile of the race, dedicated to all veterans. The Veteran’s Mile will be decorated with flags, military vehicles and a special flyover of a vintage aircraft around 9:30 a.m. Leadbetter Beach.

Military Ball, 5 pm - 10 pm: Join Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation for a formal evening, and to meet members of the armed forces as well as many veterans in a social setting. The evening will include a cocktail hour, host and no-host bars, a three-course dinner and dancing. The Fess Parker, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd., rsvp@pcvf.org SUNDAY Parade, starts at Noon: More than 20 different vintage WWII military vehicles, local veteran’s groups, the Sea Cadets, UCSB ROTC Surfrider Battalion, floats from the local bases, WWII re-enactors and the Primetime Band will get the red, white and blue flying in music and spirit. Watch for the special flyover of a vintage aircraft.

Concert, starts at 2:00 pm: This 75-minute concert of patriotic classics and classical pieces from the Westmont Orchestra led by Dr. Michael Shasberger is a wonderful way to end the Veterans Weekend. The Fess Parker, Plaza del Sol, Outdoor Pavilion – FREE

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main principals who formed the group – Misa Kelly and Maria RendinaFrantz – are no longer involved, several other choreographers have returned and invited the participation from a larger field, resulting in a broad palette including two Los Angeles area dance companies, Rubans Rouge Dance and Watson Dance, joining the Santa Barbara dance makers.

ArtBark International’s Stephen Kelly, NECTAR’s Cybil Glbertson, and independent choreographers Ashley Adams, Arianna Thorne, and Taylor Fischer are all presenting new work, while Larry Daniels, a UCSB alum who now works in New York, has set a piece on Selah Dance, as founder Meredith Cabaniss is serving as the Buzz’s “Queen Bee” this go-round.

The Buzz is about creating sustainable ways of producing performing arts, and what makes it different is that rather than a single organization (or individual) taking on the production and financial responsibilities, the participating artists work as a community, contributing not only their creative work but also sharing in the decision-making, labor, promotion, publicity, and production. As such, there isn’t a formal theme for the evening, Cabaniss said.

“It was more important to have people who were willing to be in the collaborative process,” she explained,

adding that most festival formats just require companies and choreographers to pay a fee than just simply show up and present their work “with no strings or responsibility. We wanted those who wanted to share.”

Still, a common thread has emerged, Cubaniss said. “From what I’ve seen of the work so far, there’s something about wanting to connect that is running through a lot of the choreography. That desire for connection seems to be showing up in all of the work.”

As part of the collaborative spirit, La Cumbre is purchasing a dance floor in time for the show in partnership with The Buzz, which will donate a portion of the proceeds to help pay for it. Check out the new works and the new digs at The Buzz concert 7 pm Sunday, November 1, at the theater, located 2255 Modoc Road. Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Details at www.buzzdance.org.)

Halloween Happenings

Facebook and Evite not crowding your inbox with invitations to private parties for the holiday weekend? Fear not. There are quite a few choices open to everyone, from your good old-fashioned costume balls to out-ofthe-ordinary outliers.

If your plans are still sketchy, why not start with some actual sketching?

The Art All Around Us: Illustration and Visual Culture in America Scott Anderson, Associate Professor of Art, Westmont

5:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 4, 2015 University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street Free and open to the public. For information, call 565-6051.

Our society understands that art shapes culture.

But people may be less aware of the specific role the niche of illustration plays in affecting the world around us, from creating pop culture iconography to influencing political opinion. An award-winning illustrator with clients including The Wall Street Journal and Variety, Scott Anderson will discuss the working life of the contemporary illustrator and present a slideshow of powerful imagery that celebrates various milestones of illustration. Anderson will contend that the collective impact of illustration on our culture, while often subconsciously unnoticed, is nonetheless profound.

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Arts is offering Halloween Figure Drawing in the galleries Thursday night at 6 with the change to sketch from a live model wearing Halloween costumes. Instructor Colin Gray will give a demonstration and share a range of figure drawing techniques, so no experience is necessary, and paper and pencils will be provided.

Carpinteria’s 2nd annual Dia De Los Muertos Festival culminates in a long weekend of events that kick off Friday afternoon at Giovanni’s Pizza, where the artists will transform the parking lot into an art gallery complete with vendors selling their work and live music

by Jason Campbell and the Drive.

Aztec Danza group Kalpulli Huitzilin Ihuan Xochitl offers a presentation on the history of Dai De Los Muertos, including dance in traditional costumes on the sand at First Beach Saturday at noon followed by art workshops at Carpinteria Art Center from 12:30 to 2:30. The closing celebration takes place Sunday between the library and Arts Center with the Muertos Crawl Parade, and live music by Mariano Silva & his Afro Brasilian Drum and Dance Ensemble and Dylan Schmidt and the Rhythm Souls, plus five giant art installations created for the event.

Saturday kicks off with a haunted pool party at The “Ghoul”land Hotel, er, make that Goodland Hotel, the hip new motor inn out in Goleta. It’s a daytime affair, 1 to 5 pm, and all are invited to take a dip in hotel’s “haunted” pool at the spooky party, so costumes may not be such a great idea, unless they’re waterproof or easily removed. On the other hand, it’s hosted by DJ Darla Bea, a gifted spinner of themed songs, and she promises “killer, thriller tunes.” Plus, it’s free.

The Public Market inaugurates its Halloween Monster Mash beginning at 5 pm, starting with a costume contest for the little ones featuring trick or treating at the merchants, complimentary pumpkin decorating in The Kitchen, and a market-wide Halloween parade. Wine + Beer will host a “Witches + Warlocks” costume contest for adults from 7 to 9 pm, and there be live music till closing.

As for the clubs, bars, and beyond?

King Bee does its annual Halloween thing over at the Creekside on Friday night, which figures to be a blast. But the biggest bash in the land looks to be the 4th annual Voodoo Lounge Halloween Dance Party from Night Out, this year moved from the Canary Hotel downtown to the prestigious Montecito Country Club right in our little village. The big bash features a huge crowd, photo booth to capture all those outrageous costumes, whether super sexy or overtly political (who’s going as Trump or Bernie?), ghoulishly good cocktail specials, appetizers, the Voodoo Altar, a massive costume

• The Voice of the Village •

contest with serious cash prizes and, of course, nonstop tunes by uber-DJ Scott Topper. Get your tickets online (www.nightout.com/events/sbhalloween2015/tickets) or take your chances buying them at the door. But beware: last year’s event was a sellout even before the rain moved the activity from the roof to the basement.

Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece

By “piece,” we mean your personal story that you would like to write up (or already have) in a short story format to be read aloud next February, and by “speak” we mean get that thing ready and submitted – now!

Speaking of Stories is planning the return of the popular Personal Stories performance that took place last November, a production inspired

by The Moth radio program, but with a local focus. They’re once again soliciting original first-person true stories to be performed by their authors who may be professional writers interested in getting on stage, working actors trying their hands at writing, or neither. Artistic director Maggie Mixsell, who lives in Montecito, will review the submissions and select those stories that she feels will best translate to the stage whose authors will then audition.

The winners will receive one-on-one coaching and direction in preparation for the performances that take place next February 14-15.

The stories – 500-1,500 words (5-10 minutes when read aloud) must be turned in to speakingof@sbcoxmail. com by Friday, October 30, so get cracking.

Going Clear

Lucidity is at a crossroads. No, the annual three-day artistic/musical/ spiritual immersion festival held up at Live Oak Camp in the spring isn’t in any danger of going under or making radical changes. “Crossroads” is just the theme for Lucidity 2016, the fifth chapter in the festival’s six-year story, one that asks participants to consider the infinite number of choices we are capable of making in every moment and how what we decide shapes our future and our collective trajectory as a people and a planet.

Reason we’re telling you this now?

Tickets for next April’s Lucidity go on sale this Tuesday at 9 am. Reason that matters? There are limited tickets at each pricing tier, and last year the first three were sold-out on the first day. Details and information about the upcoming festival and the related Lucid University 2016 – Intensive Course Week are available on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ events/1500925826900582/.

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 36) Always with “The Force” are Dennis and Joanie Franz with Gary Lytel, manager of Toma Restaurant and Bar (photo by Priscilla)

John Palminteri, guest co-auctioneer; officer Greg Hons, SBPF host; excited Cam and Jeff Gitter winning the grand prize; Billy Baldwin, guest emcee and co-auctioneer (photo by Priscilla)

“Fun With The Force” volunteers Karla Blackwell, Anne Anderson, Arlene Montesano, event co-chair; Ursula Nesbitt, event hostess; Denise Decker and (not pictured) Lisa Douglas, who will be servers along with chef Michael Hutchings for the winning bidder of a dinner for 24 guests, which raised $20,000 (photo by Priscilla)

Billy Baldwin, guest emcee; Joanne Funari, SBPF President; Sergeant Mike McGrew, host emcee; and Pamela Geremia, SBPF Secretary (photo by Priscilla)

and three wineries – Summerland, Foley, and the JCR Vineyard – pouring their wares, there was plenty for everybody.

Montecito actor Billy Baldwin con-

Was your business or income affected by the recent oil spill?

ducted the live auction with KEYTTV’s John Palminteri, which included trips to Sun Valley, Idaho, a stay at the

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 5415

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS BID NO. 3772

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 5415 for the Coastal Infiltration Reduction Project will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 11, 2015, 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, “Coastal Infiltration Reduction Project, Bid No. 5415".

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3772 for the Santa Barbara High School Wellhead Project will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, November 12, 2015 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, Santa Barbara High School Wellhead Project, Bid No. 3772”.

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:

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Insert improvements per plans and specs. The Engineer’s estimate is $420,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

Scope of Work requires procedures for application of interior coating to concrete and steel surfaces to produce a totally protected and leak-proof structure.

The work generally includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to rehabilitate approximately 2,400 linear feet of 33-inch vitrified clay pipe sanitary sewer main, rehabilitate sanitary sewer manholes, abandon 1 manhole, replace manhole frames and covers, bypass sewer flows, and all other work as required by these specifications.

The Engineer’s estimate is $750,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

There is a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 10:00 at Chase Palm Park Parking Lot, 236 E. Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

The Cabrillo Boulevard Bridge Replacement Project is actively under construction and will be during the project construction period. The Contractor will be required to coordinate work with this ongoing project.

Additional information on the coordination requirements are included in the various specification sections.

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 Mary Jornales, Project Engineer, 805-564-5370.

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: October 21 and 28, 2015 Montecito Journal

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There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Wednesday NOVEMBER 4, at 9:00 AM at 630 Garden Street, Public Works Main Conference Room.

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: October 21 and 28, 2015 Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Channel Islands Winery, 6160 Wallace Becknell Road, STE B, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Mary Hitchcock Parker, 540 Barker

Pass Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Douglas Scott, 6665 Pasado, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 8, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date

• The Voice of the Village •

BID NO. 5418 DUE DATE & TIME: NOVEMBER 18, 2015 UNTIL 3:00P.M. Interior Coating Project for Reservoir No.1

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on November 3, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., at the Water Resources Conference Room, 3rd Floor, 619 Garden St., Santa Barbara, CA, to discuss the specifications and field conditions. Please allow for 1 hour.

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 (DIR). In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Contractors and Subcontractors must be registered with the DIR pursuant to Labor Code 1725.5. This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the DIR. The City of Santa Barbara requires all contractors to possess a current valid State of California General A Contractors License or C33 Painting and Decorating License. The company bidding on this must possess one of the above mentioned license at the time bids are due and be otherwise deemed qualified to perform the work specified herein. Bids submitted using the license name and number of a subcontractor or other person who is not a principle partner or owner of the company making this bid, will be rejected as being non-responsive.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Performance Bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids. The bond must be provided with ten (10) calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The bond must be signed by the bidder and a corporate surety, who is authorized to issue bonds in the State of California.

Bidders are hereby notified that a Bid Guaranty Bond in the form of a money order or a cashier’s certified check, payable to the order of the City, amounting to ten percent (10%) of the bid, or by a bond in said amount and payable to said City, 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

Published: October 28, 2015 Montecito Journal

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. 2015-0002937. Published October

28, November 4, 11, 18, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jane-Ellyn, 1709 Loma St. #C, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Jane

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CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for: BID NO. 5409 DUE DATE & TIME: NOVEMBER 19, 2015 UNTIL 3:00 P.M. Laboratory Test Services for Public Works Water Resources Laboratories Scope of Work City requires qualified firms to provide “Professional Environmental Laboratory Test Services” and presentation of results to the City for groundwater samples at the Ortega Groundwater Treatment Plant and other City wellhead locations, including surface water samples from the City’s Cater Water Treatment Plant and Desalination Plant, and samples from the City’s water distribution system.

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 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.

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

E. Lascelles, 1709 Loma St. #C, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Paul S. Lascelles, 1709 Loma St. #C, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 7, 2015. 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. 20150002918.

Published October 28, November 4, 11, 18, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Crescend Health, 107 E. Micheltorena Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The Phoenix of Santa Barbara, INC, 107 E. Micheltorena Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 20, 2015. 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. 2015-0003020. Published October 28, November 4, 11, 18, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Shivall; Tickled Inspirations, 708 Chelham Way, Montecito, CA 93108. Ehsida Bisset, 708 Chelham Way, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 8, 2015. This statement expires five years from

Published: October 28, 2015 Montecito Journal

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. 2015-0002935. Published October 14, 21, 28, November 4, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Coastal Pride Carpet and Window Care, PO Box 745, Santa Barbara, CA 93102. Greg Sanderson, 1433 Bath Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 30, 2015. 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. 2015-0002852. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Winters Wonderland, 755 Romero Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Lucinda Kelly Winters, 755 Romero Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 30, 2015. 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. 2015-0002855. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Plaza Eight Twenty Nine, 829 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Donald George Sharpe TTEE, 680 Cowles Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Kay Whitney Sharpe TTEE, 680 Cowles Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 24, 2015. 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. 2015-0002810. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Hellfire Gear, 2020 Las Canoas Ridge Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Robert Wilkins Sheffield, 2020 Las Canoas Ridge Way, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 2, 2015. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN No. 2015-0002866. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT: The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the Fictitious Business Name(s): Servicemaster Commercial Cleaning By Office Team; Servicemaster Fire & Water Clean-up by Rapid Response Team, 2646 Palma Drive, Suite 175, Ventura, CA 93003. Pacific Building Maintenance, INC, 2646 Palma Drive, Suite 175, Ventura, CA 93003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 24, 2015. 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. Original FBN No. 2014-0003078. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Servicemaster Restoration & Cleaning by Integrity, 2646 Palma Drive, Suite 175, Ventura, CA 93003.

Pacific Building Maintenance, INC, 2646 Palma Drive, Suite 175, Ventura, CA 93003. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on September 21, 2015. 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. 2015-0002775. Published October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV03430. To all interested parties: Petitioner Diana Jessup Lee filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Adrienne Catherine Kowblansky to Adrianna Catherine Kowblansky. 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

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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 Short Supply – Air Supply was one of the popular bands in the 1980s, though they plied the romantic soft rock sound rather than the New Wave sounds or other bombast of big hair bands. The scored a string of seven Top 5 hits, including the ballads “Lost in Love,” “All Out of Love”, “Here I Am”, and “Every Woman in the World” – which still get plenty of airplay on adult contemporary stations all across the land. But we’re told tickets are almost gone for the band’s concert up at the Chumash Casino Resort, where memory lane is just a ride up the San Marcos Pass. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 3400 East Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: Call INFO: (800) CHUMASH (248-6274) or www. chumashcasino.com FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 Sing Out – The Westmont Choral Festival’s annual autumn concert, considered a highlight of the vocal music season in Santa Barbara, features more than 450 students from 13 high schools, groups both local and from elsewhere in California singing separately prior to closing sets from the Montecito Christian college’s own ensembles. There are two distinct shows, the first featuring Heritage Christian School Grace Notes Women’s Choir, San Marcos High School Madcappella Choir, Academy of Music at Hamilton High School’s Advanced Women’s Ensemble,

Saugus High School Concert Choir, Fullerton Union High School Vocal Ensemble, Fresno Christian Belle Voci, Sunnyside High School, Redlands Adventist Academy Kantorei and the Cate School Camerata. The Westmont Chorale Union, a combination of Men’s Chorale, Women’s Chorale and New Sounds, will conclude the afternoon performance. The Oak Park High School Concert Choir, Nipomo High School Choir, Highland High School Chamber Choir, Oaks Christian School Advanced Women’s Chorus, Heritage Christian School Resonate Chamber Singers, San Marcos High School Madrigal Singers, and the Academy of Music at Hamilton High School’s Chamber Singers comprise the roster for the evening followed by the Westmont Chamber Singers and the Westmont College Choir. The festival comes to a close with all the high school groups joining voices to perform a mass choral piece, “Salvation is Created”, by Pavel Chesnokov. WHEN: 4:45 & 7 pm WHERE: First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. COST: free INFO: 565-6040 Pop at the Plaza – They’ll be singing eight days a week – or rather three times over the next eight days – down at the suddenly surging Plaza Playhouse Theater in Carpinteria, which has housed two new theatrical productions, several film screenings, and lots more in recent months. The musical action, presented by Ones To Watch Productions, kicks off tonight with Whiskey Chimp, a high-energy

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 Vivacious Wagner – Met music director James Levine is back wielding the baton for Wagner’s early masterpiece Tannhäuser in its first-ever Live in HD performance. Otto Schenk’s classic production, in its first revival in more than a decade, stars Johan Botha in his company role debut as the title character; EvaMaria Westbroek as Elisabeth, adding another Wagner heroine to her Met repertoire after she sang Sieglinde in Die Walküre; Michelle DeYoung as the love goddess Venus, which she sang in the opera’s previous revival; Peter Mattei as Wolfram; and Günther Groissböck as the Landgraf. Critics have raved for the revival, with The New York Times praising the “exceptional cast, headed by the tenor Botha… [who] sang with clarion sound and impressive ease”, while Musical America waxed rapturously that “soprano Ying Fang might well be the production’s best Shepherd since Kathleen Battle made her Met debut in the part when the production was new. WHEN: 9 am (encore screening 2 pm Sunday, November 22) WHERE: Hahn Hall on the campus of the Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Road COST: $28 general, $10 students, free for ages 7-17 INFO: 969-8787 or www.musicacademy.org

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 Monday, November 2 Schott in the Dark – Jazz composer/guitarist John Schott, a veteran of the bands Junk Genius with Ben Goldberg and T.J. Kirk with Charlie Hunter, as well as various projects with Tom Waits and John Zorn, formed his current trio to play recurring monthly gigs at the Actual Café in Oakland back in 2011. Six weeks ago, the Actual Trio released its debut album, a self-titled disc that was recorded live in the studio, over just one session, without effects or overdubbing, and with minimal editing – a rare thing in the business these days, indicating both a surfeit of both confidence and chops, as well as sympathetic playing between Schott and band-mates Dan Seamans (double bass) and John Hanes (drums). Produced by Hans Wendl – whose credits include Don Byron, Charlie Haden, Ravi Shankar, and Bill Frisell – and released on John Zorn’s boutique label Tzadik, Actual Trio features spare and lean playing with both groove and swing over-ambitious harmonic and thematic explorations. The trio makes its Santa Barbara debut at SOhO, home of jazz on Monday nights. WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $10 INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

band that veers from traditional bluegrass to roots, punk rock ,and even mariachi ballads. The blend of original material and cover songs gets delivered with tight four-part harmonies and some impressive licks. The all-male simian band are balanced by the opening act, The Lemon Trees, which consists of female singer-songwriters Jamie Drake, Kathleen Grace, and Leslie Stevens, who are all also solo artists in their own right.... Christopher Paul Stelling and Brian Wright share the stage on Sunday night.

Stelling is a foot-stompin’ soloist whose output ranges from country blues to flamenco to claw-hammer banjo – all on his trusted “Brownie”, an old nylon string guitar that comes alive in his hands. Waco, Texas-born Wright’s latest album is called Rattle Them Chains, which should give some notice about the force of his hard-country angling.... Folk- poppsychedelia loving singer-songwriter Shane Alexander and his band The Great Favorites, who play next Friday, November 6, are no strangers to town, having appeared at SOhO and even the Lobero’s Sings Like Hell series. They’re also no strangers to your ears, as songs from his catalog have been licensed by more than 80 television shows and films. WHEN: All concerts 7-9:30 pm WHERE: Plaza Playhouse Theater, 4916 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria COST: $20 general admission INFO: 684-6380/796-3674 or www. plazatheatercarpinteria.com Unintended Consequences – The artists whose work appears in this new

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exhibit at the Arts Fund Gallery work with the theme that even our smallest actions may have consequences that we don’t intend – benefits as well as drawbacks that we don’t and maybe can’t foresee. The art they create has mined accumulations of unexpected results to gain perspective on both the original intentions that seem to have gone astray and the fresh opportunities these accidents create. Considering that the opening reception takes place tonight during the monthly Funk Zone Art Walk, who knows what happenstance might bring to the intimate gallery whose exterior blacktop space far outstrips the exhibition venue. WHEN: 5-8 pm; exhibit continues through December 5 WHERE: 205-C Santa Barbara Street COST: free INFO: 965-7321 or www. artsfundsb.org SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 Shafted, Then Saved – The world was enraptured by the harrowing ordeal when 33 Chilean miners became trapped underground for more than three months following the mine’s collapse, cheering along with the families when the men were rescued after 69 days beneath thousands of feet of rock. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar – who had spent two decades at the Los Angeles Times and was part of the reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1992 L.A. riots – received exclusive access to the miners and their personal narratives of the unimaginable experience following their rescue. In his 2014 book Deep Down Dark, Tobar recounts 29 October – 5 November 2015

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Daniels Doing Music – It looked liked Jeff Daniels picked a pretty good time to resurrect his interest in performing music back in 2014 when he released the solo album Days Like These and went on the road in an RV with his son’s Ben Daniels Band for 16 gigs in 19 days. Sure, the actor was winding up the final season portraying his Emmy-winning role of anchorman Will McAvoy in Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, but things were kinda quiet on the movie front. Now, just as he’s about to hit the road again with Ben and the boys, twenty-somethings who have been together for a few years, Daniels’s movie career is exploding again as he has important parts in two current hot films garnering rave reviews as Oscar-time approaches – The Martian and the biopic Steve Jobs. It shouldn’t be too challenging for the well-traveled actor who had memorable early roles in Terms of Endearment and The Purple Rose of Cairo back in the mid-1980s and later formed his own theater company back home in Michigan. He’s been doing the folk with hints of country-blues singer-songwriter thing for years; Days Like These is his sixth album. What’s thrilling is that we get to see him up-close and personal in the intimate 300-seat New Vic tonight, which has previously hosted Santa Barbara-based fellow singer-songwriter/ actor Jeff Bridges. Come ‘cause you’re a fan of the acting; stay because the music is actually pretty good. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 33 West Victoria St. COST: $35-$55 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

the miners’ physical, emotional, and spiritual journey from moments of sheer fear and terror to the astounding and miraculous rescue. Tobar’s textured account has kept audiences riveted – and attracted attention from Hollywood: The 33, a film adaptation of the book starring Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche, arrives in theaters later this month. Hear Tobar’s tales of the miners’ experiences and his own in researching and writing the book when the author appears at UCSB. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: free INFO: 893-3535 or www.

ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Doc & Director – UCSB’s CarseyWolf Center’s new series Focus On: The Brain presents one of the great under-seen documentaries of the last decade. Marwencol chronicles the story of Mark Hogancamp, who back in 2000 was nearly beaten to death outside of a bar. He spent nine days in a coma and 40 in the hospital

before being discharged with brain damage that left him largely unable to read, walk, eat, write, or recall anything of his adult life previous to the attack. Unable to afford therapy, Hogancamp coped by creating a 1/6th-scale World War II-era Belgian town in his backyard that he named Marwencol and populated with tiny doll alter egos of friends, family and his attackers. Later, he documented the scenes he created with his camera, and his photos were chosen for a solo exhibit at a New York gallery.

But that success in the art world created conflict between the safety of his fictional town and the real world he’d avoided since his attack. The screening of the film, which back in 2010 won 25 awards, including two Independent Spirit Awards and Best Documentary from the Boston Society of Film Critics, will be followed by a Q&A session with its director, Jeff Malmberg. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Pollock Theater, UCSB campus COST: free INFO: 893-5903 or www. carseywolf.ucsb.edu/pollock •MJ

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Keep the Beat – Gary Snyder is an American original, a poet who stands with the giants of the counter-cultural revolution in literature from way back in his days with the Beat poets. He participated in the storied Six Gallery reading, when Allen Ginsberg first read his poem “Howl”, and fellow Beat Jack Kerouac based The Dharma Bums character Japhy Ryder on Snyder. Snyder was dubbed “The Thoreau of the Beat Generation” as his work is deeply rooted in elements of nature and preservation, his poems blending observations of natural world with perceptions of inner life influenced by his practice of Zen Buddhism that dates back to 1956. The 85-year-old Snyder is also an essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. He’ll read from his latest collection, This Present Moment: New Poems, published last April, in an evening of poetry and conversation at Campbell Hall tonight as part of UCSB’s accomplished spoken word series. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $15 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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Alessandro Cartumini and Grant Macdonald of the Biltmore were crowned Chowder Champs and won the best creative division, while the Crocodile Restaurant team of Conrad and Scott Perry, and Juan Rios, won first place in the traditional division, with the Three Pickles as runners up.

Jalama Beach Grill in Lompoc won the People’s Choice Award.

SBPD Chaplain Charles “Chuck” Reed flanked by family members Joyce Reed and daughter Shallen Reed-Williams, who entertained the “Fun With The Force” event (photo by Priscilla)

Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco, and a day with police snipers.

Among those checking out the boffo bash were Alan and Tanya Thicke, Milt and Arlene Larsen, Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon, Ursula Nesbitt, Andrew and Ivana Firestone, Peter and Mireille Noone, Craig Case, Nina Phillips, Mark and Deb Danielson, and Dennis and Joanie Franz.

What’s Cookin’ The competitive spirit was alive and kicking when 17 eateries vied for the title of Best at the sixth annual Chowder Fest Charity Cookoff at Fess Parker’s Doubletree.

Some 600 chowder chompers turned out, raising more than $50,000 for the Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County.

Enterprise Fish Company, Mac’s Fish & Chips, The Chase, Max’s, The Outpost at the Goodland, and Scarlett Begonia were among the many competitors, being judged by chefs Michael Hutchings, Diana Cuttrell, Kurt Steeber, and Laurence Hauben.

Benefiting the Santa Barbara Legal Aid at the “Chowder Fest” is co-chair Phil Kirkwood and his wife, Lynn (photo by Priscilla)

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Chowder Fest first-place winner from the Crocodile Restaurant is Scott Perry, owner, with Conrad Perry and chef Juan Rios (photo by Priscilla)

Santa Barbara Legal Aid hosts Judge Tom and June Anderle at the Fess Parker’s Doubletree (photo by Priscilla)

Enjoying the Chowder Fest are comedian Dennis Miller and actress Bo Derek (photo by Priscilla)

From left: violinist Ray Chen, concert sponsor Robert Weinman, pianist Julio Elizalde and Celesta Billeci, Miller McCune director of Arts & Lectures (photo by Kimberly Citro)

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Now and Chen Acclaimed Taiwanese violinist Ray Chen made his second visit to the Music Academy of the West’s Hahn Hall, with former academy fellow, American pianist Julio Elizalde.

The concert, part of the UCSB Arts & Lectures Up Close and Musical series, struck all the right notes with Chen, dressed head to toe in Italian designer Giorgio Armani – the Italian couturier is a big fan – frenziedly played his 1715 “Joachim” Stradivarius. The instrument, once owned by the famed Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, is on loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

The affable musician, who has played at the Hollywood Bowl and on October 25 made his debut at Lincoln Center in New York to a sell-out audience, kicked off the concert with Beethoven’s Sonata in D Major and Saint-Saens Sonata No. 1 in D Minor.

Following the intermission, Chen played a solo piece, Ysaye’s Sonata No. 4 in E Minor, and then rejoined Elizalde for the final works, Falla’s Suite Populaire Espagnole and Monti’s Csardas, based on an old Hungarian folk dance.

A superb evening with 26-year-old Chen, who had just flown in from Caracas, Venezuela, as compelling as ever.

All Alchemia MOMIX, a 35-year-old company of dancers-illusionists, came to the Granada as part of the popular UCSB Arts & Lectures program, and left us all spellbound with their program Alchemia.

Artistic director Moses Pendleton, a co-founder of the groundbreaking Pilobolus Dance Theater in 1971, did an extraordinary job using pulsing music from the likes of Ennio Morricone, Ralph Zurmuhle, and Oreobambo.

The 90-minute, intermission-free energized show cleverly used shades of light and darkness with inventive lighting, In addition to stage performances worldwide, the dancers have worked in film and television, appearing in national commercials for Hanes underwear and Target, that premiered during the airing of the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards.

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Sightings: Actress Serena Scott Thomas dining at Olio e Limone...

Singer Janet Jackson sashaying down State Street... Rocker Kenny Loggins noshing at Opal

Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and other amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richardmin eards@verizon.net or send invitations or other correspondence to the Journal.

To reach Priscilla, email her at pris cilla@santabarbaraseen.com or call •MJ 969-3301.

Alana Walczak, new director of CALM

Remaining CALM The CALM Auxiliary’s annual Wine, Jewelry, Chocolate event at the Montecito Country Club was a decidedly lustrous affair, given it was the fifth year after its founding by the late Meredith Scott, who died in May at the age of 62, which is marked by the pearl, according to co-chairs Martha Rogers and Janice Ristow.

The popular event, which featured 22 jewelers, three chocolatiers, and local winemakers, attracted 500 bling fanciers and raised $10,000 for the coffers.

In other CALM (Child abuse listening mediation) news, Alana Walczak has become the new chief executive officer, succeeding Cecilia Rodriguez, who retires at the end of the year after 31 years service to the organization.

Walczak is a former vice-president at PathPoint, which helps people with disabilities, and also worked as a program director at the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center and associate executive director of Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County.

Haunt and Hound Just in time for Halloween, City College’s Theatre Group presented a thoroughly entertaining version of the Sherlock Holmes spine-chilling mystery The Hound of the Baskervilles at the Garvin Theatre.

Much kudos to scenic designer Patricia L. Frank, whose cleverly conceived sets with endless photographic

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Audio designer Ben Crop, who did wonders with the hound’s sounds, and lighting designer Theodore Michael Dolas, who gave the show the perfect level of canine eeriness, also deserve applause in director R. Michael Gros’s show.

Veteran Brian Harwell as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s super sleuth, with Jeff Koons as his sidekick John Watson, were perfectly coupled, while Joshua Daniel Hershfield played the aristocrat at the center of the deadly canine capers.

A fun show for all.

Rest in Peace On a personal note, I mark the passing of the irrepressible Edythe Kirchmaier, a longtime Direct Relief volunteer, who was a vibrant 107 years of age.

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She: Chef and CMA (certified Medical Assistant) –oversight of household staff, shopping, planning, packing, travel & much more!

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Background checked. Excellent local references. Call Marge 805-450-8266.

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Experienced, compassionate & focused in house caretaking for elderly, children or any other client in need of house cleaning, cooking, laundry etc. References upon request.

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DRIVER/CHAUFFER for Local & Long Distance. Airports & Errands.

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No task too big or too small.

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Victoria Frost- CPT & CES 805-895-9227 PHYSICAL THERAPY Improve the Way You Move-Improve the Quality of Your Life. Josette Fast, PT- 35 years experience.

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Beautiful garden patio. Walk to beach and town. $110/night.

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EXCEPTIONAL RENTAL HOME Unique home beautiful setting ocean and mountain views near hiking trails.

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Good refs & excellent credit.

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THE CLEARING HOUSE, LLC Recognized as the Area’s Leading Estate Liquidators – 29 October – 5 November 2015

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PIANO LESSONS Santa Barbara Studio of Music seeks children wishing to experience the joy of learning music. (805) 453-3481.

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2190 Alston Rd $19,600,000 Bruce Fisher 805.570.1679 Graholm Estate - A 1923 hilltop 7BD/8BA Spanish Revival masterpiece of timeless architecture & irreplaceable craftsmanship.

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500 Calle Lippizana Rd $5,000,000 Kerry L Mormann 805.689.3242 20 acs (assr) in the gated El Capitan Estates on an oak studded knoll w/ stunning ocean views.

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2835 Gibraltar Rd $3,510,000 Kerry L Mormann 805.689.3242 Private, spacious 4BD/3BA Mediterranean home + guest house on 18 acres (assr) with views.

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4455 Via Bendita $15,750,000 Schultheis/Kogevinas 805.729.2802/805.450.6233 G.W Smith Hope Ranch Estate. 5BD/7BA, Guest Cottage, 2 Guest Apts. 4455.MontecitoProperties.com

2381 Refugio Rd $13,900,000 Kerry L Mormann 805.689.3242 Rancho Dos Vistas - 3BD/3½BA, 2,459 SF home on 1,440 acs (assr) on Gaviota near Reagan’s ranch.

2020 Refugio Rd $9,995,000 Kerry L Mormann 805.689.3242 Stunning 360° views & privacy surround this 6000+ SF (owner), 6BD/7BA Mediterranean masterpiece

10700 Calle Quebrada $6,995,000 Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.6233 El Capitan Estate & Vineyards. 11+ acs (assr) w/ ocean views, 5BD/6BA, Pool/Spa, Tennis Crt.

1211 Harbor Hills Dr $3,750,000 R. Freed/K. Roche 805.895.1799/805.705.5334 Stunning Mediterranean 4BD/3BA Mesa home of 3200 SF (measured). Panoramic ocean & island views.

0 Camino Real $3,700,000 Kerry L Mormann 805.689.3242 83 acres (assr) along the Gaviota Coast. Wonderful views of the Ocean & Santa Ynez Mountains.

1276 N Ontare Rd $2,049,000 Easter Team 805.570.0403 Serene, breathtaking and amazing are just a few words to describe this 3BD/3BA single level showcase. Panoramic ocean and city views are seen from almost every room. www.EasterTeamRealtors.com

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