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“Painter of the West” Alexander Harmer, a New Jersey native, took California by storm with “joyous, action-packed” canvases of early Californios, inspiring Santa Barbara’s fiesta pageantry during the Roaring Twenties (Story begins on page 28)

Her Journey

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Guest Editorial

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Letters to the Editor

Mike Denver, Montecito YMCA board chair, expounds about children’s activities, the need for a gymnasium – and the project’s lone obstacle: a perceived lack of parking Oprah and Weight Watchers; El Fureidis sold; Conan O’Brien in the sand; Cat Cora divorce; psychologist Don MacMannis; Celebratio of Dreams gala; Foodbank and Empty Bowls; Coast2Coast Collection bash; Don Giovanni at Granada; Katy Perry high profits; book launching at Coral Casino; gala for Kristi Newton; Together We Triumph lunch; and Breast Cancer Awareness tourney Lyn Gianni takes prankster to task; Fred Hofmann on global warming; Paul Day writes about monuments from abroad; Mike Adams addresses students; Nino Miani on Las Vegas; Matt McLaughlin on Islam; and Ben Sasse’s speech

10 Village Beat

Montecito Association discusses YMCA; Middle Road closed for “Peabody’s” construction; photos from Beautification Day; illegal camping on Butterfly Beach shut down; and Laguna Blanca’s Owls in Wonderland returns this Sunday

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Dream. Design. Build. Live.

Walk & Roll; German conversation; champagne and wine tasting; Sedgwick Reserve Hike; Prayer workshop; Mesa Artists Studio tour; Porch exhibit; Holiday Pop-up Shop; Centerpiece Creations; Owls in Wonderland; cooking class; Mindfulness Meditation; bridge party; blind tasting; Wizard of Oz puppets; Channel City Club luncheon; book club; MPC meeting; Dot Sticker class; SBMM lecture; French talk; vegetarian dishes; free music; adults grieving

14 Seen Around Town

Lynda Millner participates in Girls Incorporated of Greater SB luncheon; SBCC Foundation hosts President’s Council party; Festival of Flavors; SB Maritime Museum and the Lusitania

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James Buckley check-mates grandmaster Garry Kasparov prior to his lecture at UCSB; the concept of Socially Responsible Investing

23 Tide Guide

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

27 On Entertainment

Steven Libowitz dives in with swimmer Diana Nyad about her book tour, which includes UCSB; singer Fahi comes to SOhO; Film Focus around Santa Barbara; new books by local authors Joe Woodard, Erin Graffy de Garcia, and Mitchell Kriegman; and SB Symphony

28 The Way It Was

Hattie Beresford paints a historic picture of Alexander Harmer, painter of the West (albeit a New Jersey native) who moved to California in 1885

38 Calendar of Events

Ayni Gallery exhibit; Good Kids play at SBCC; Romeo & Juliet at SB Junior High; BASSH and New Vic; Guitar Shorty rocks Carrillo Rec Center; SB Centre for Aerial Dance; Mesa Studio Artists Tour; Melissa Etheridge performs at UCSB; Songwriters in the Round at Guitar Bar; Gary Kasparov speaks about Putin; and Kronos Quartet comes to Campbell Hall

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GUEST EDITORIAL

by Mike Denver Mr. Denver is Board Chair for the Montecito YMCA

Montecito’s Kids Need a Gymnasium

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was a kid in this area in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. I attended Montecito Union School. The Montecito YMCA was an after-school gathering place for me, my friends, and many other local kids. Most days when the final school bell rang, dozens of kids would exit MUS, walk across San Ysidro Road, and head down the hill toward the Y. Kids who were Y members and kids who were not would all convene there to socialize, play sports, and borrow the telephone at the Y’s front desk to call home and see if play dates could be made. Mr. and Mrs. Lyons, the beloved couple who ran the Y back then, would make sure everyone was orderly and everyone had a safe and productive afternoon. Back then, it was all about the kids at the Montecito Y.

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Today, I am a father with two growing boys at MUS. My wife and I both work.

We depend a lot on my parents to help with the hours between school dismissal and the time we get off work. My parents are generous in that regard. We also depend on the Y. Our boys have grown up participating in Y summer camps and Y after-school activities. We depend on the Y to provide for our sons the same environment that it provided for me and my friends decades ago. My wife and I feel good knowing that the experienced Y staff provide solid camps and after-school activities that help keep our kids productive and safe until family is able to pick them up.

My sons are active. They need to run daily and they enjoy organized sports of all sorts. The Montecito Y staff is good about keeping the kids active. However, the staff can only do so much because the Montecito Y facility is obviously very dated and needs to be improved. For one thing, there is no indoor facility in which kids may play basketball, volleyball, and the like.

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The program will reportedly focus on more than just weight loss, according to CNN Money.

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That investment is now being valued at nearly $150 million and the company has since raised its 2016 earning guidance amid better-than-expected quarterly earnings, according to CNN. Oprah, already worth $3.1 billion, according to Forbes, said she had decided to invest after she found success following the diet plan, recently losing 15 pounds.

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LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR

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

Crazy Is As Crazy Does

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o the person who bent forward not just my driver’s-side mirror but the passenger’s-side mirror, as well one morning a couple of weeks ago: did you get some kind of thrill out of doing that? Your little prank could have cost me my life.

When I left the park, I did not notice the mirrors had been bent forward until I was in process of entering the freeway going north at the foot of San Ysidro. I glanced in the driver’s-side mirror as I entered to merge with oncoming freeway traffic and saw only the side of my vehicle. Suddenly filled with adrenaline as I was already moving forward with no way of seeing what was happening in traffic flow already on the freeway, I tried reaching out the window and yanking the mirror back, but it was too far forward (bent parallel to the body of the vehicle) to grasp.

Because I happened to have a large item in the backseat, the option to use the rearview mirror was not available to me, and then I realized the passen-

ger’s-side mirror had also been bent forward against the body of the car.

There were nanoseconds available by this time to try to stick my head out and look back to see what vehicles were approaching, and I barely had done this when an oncoming auto was forced to swerve and go whooshing by me, as I was now half in and half out of the lane. Luckily, I was able to navigate entrance and then get off at the next exit to bend the mirrors back.

But for a few moments there, I felt nothing but panic.

You probably did not think ahead when you bent my mirrors back.

Entering freeway traffic basically blind could have caused a horrendous accident and injured or killed innocent people. I don’t know why you did what you did, or how many other cars you did the same thing to, but please do not do this again. Ever.

Lyn Gianni Montecito (Editor’s note: Strange people do strange things for entertainment. We’ve

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found our papers placed upside-down or backward on our racks for no apparent purpose, along with many other incidents of purposeful misconduct by parties unknown, so we empathize with you and decry the wanton vandalism that could have cost you or someone else dearly. – J.B.)

Summer (or Maybe Winter) is Coming!

In a recent letter, Dale Lowdermilk offers a devastating argument debunking the theory of global warming ((“Global Warning, Then, Now, And Tomorrow” MJ #21/43). He cites a 1975 Newsweek article by Peter Gwynne in which the author asserts that “meteorologists are almost unanimous in the view” that the world was entering a new Ice Age. Since scientists were stunningly wrong when they embraced the theory of global cooling back then, Lowdermilk argues, why should they be seen as credible now when they postulate the theory of global warming?

Unfortunately, Mr. Lowdermilk failed to fact-check Gwynne’s assertion. Gwynne’s claim was not merely “overenthusiastic,” as he stated years later, but patently false. There was no scientific consensus in the 1970s about an impending Ice Age. Not a single major scientific organization or scientific publication endorsed the theory. The most comprehensive climate study of the period by the National Academy Of Sciences concluded that, while human activity could be influencing our climate, at that point there was insufficient evidence to predict long-term trends.

While some scientists did advance this theory, it was mostly a product of popular media. Montecito Journal editor James Buckley correctly remembers a similar Time magazine article, and Leonard Nimoy focused on the topic in his In Search Of... television program, giving his viewers a break from stories on UFOs, ancient astronauts, and vampires.

The Ice Age theory was vetted by the scientific community and rejected. The theory of global warming, in contrast, has been vetted by climatologists for three decades and the overwhelming majority has endorsed it, as has every major scientific organization. Skepticism about any theory is healthy. There are reputable scientists such as MIT climatologist Richard Lindzen who are skeptics and advance reasonable arguments that recent warming may be explained by natural variation rather than human activity. But Mr. Lowdermilk and Mr. Buckley, whose editor’s note seconded the views contained in his letter, appear to be not just skeptical about global warming but dismissive of the theory as junk science.

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Theories can be challenged, computer projections can be wrong. But let’s focus on empirical evidence that has tracked what has already happened.

According to National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration data, the average combined land and ocean temperature for every single month since February 1985 – that’s 368 consecutive months and counting – has been above the 20th-century average for that month. Nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2002. The other year was 1998, which blew away previous records with ocean temperatures spiked by the El Niño of the century, a stronger one than we are experiencing now.

Not so long ago, 1998 was touted by skeptics as the year global warming peaked, yet it is likely to drop to fifth place by the end of the year.

2014 was the warmest year on record but will almost surely be eclipsed by 2015, a year in which seven of the first nine months were the warmest for that month on record. The NOAA data for October won’t be out until later this month but Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama at Huntsville, a prominent and outspoken skeptic, has just released preliminary satellite data showing that October was the warmest for that month in 50 years of satellite tracking and the upside anomaly from the 50-year average was the largest ever recorded for any month.

This empirical evidence regarding global warming may not be conclusive. A vigorous debate with dissenting opinions advances good science.

We need that serious debate. But citing a 40-year-old popular media article that egregiously misrepresented scientific opinion of the time while ignoring mounting empirical evidence that seems to substantiate the theory does not advance that debate.

Fred Hofmann Instructor, Center For Lifelong Learning Santa Barbara City College Goleta (Editor’s note: A scientist I know very well and whose opinions and reasoned conclusions I take very seriously, disagrees entirely not with the supposition that Earth is warmer today than it was 50 years ago, which could very well be true, but that carbon dioxide has anything to do with that warming. We’ve often made the point in these pages that whether it is global cooling or global warming, the solution proffered is the same: carbon-emission control. Many – and I’ll include myself in this group – distrust the groups pushing for a worldwide carbon tax. We fear it is simply another tactic to gain yet more power over non-governmental entities and to tighten the noose being put around the necks of entrepreneurs everywhere. – J.B.) 12 – 19 November 2015

Mr. Day installed these enormous bronze sculptures at Craggy Range Vineyards in New Zealand earlier this year

Another Monument Hello from glorious, sunny Burgundy.

Please allow me a little boast on this Remembrance Sunday.

The London Sun published a column recently (next to a lovely picture of Princess Kate with her red poppy captioned “Kate’s top of the poppies”), whose headline read: “One Million Pound Salute to Heroes.”

Basically, it was to announce that I have won a competition to create a monument in recognition of the duty and service given by civilians and soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

So, I just wanted to do some trumpet blowing (trumpets are often blown on Remembrance Sunday in the UK, a day akin to your “Memorial Day” in the states) and share this piece of news with you. Apologies for being immodest, as this is public sculpture number four in London, so I’m quite chuffed.

Paul Day Pont d’Ouche, France (Editor’s note: Firstly, we had to look up the meaning and derivation of “chuffed.”

Mirriam-Webster defines its meaning, used mostly by Brits, as “quite pleased” or “delighted.” My wife, Helen, and I visited Mr. Day’s studio during our week-long barge trip through Burgundy last year – chronicled in MJ’s semi-annual glossy edition – and have stayed in contact with the artist, whose work we greatly admire, via email. – J.B.)

A Liberal Epiphany

Subject: Professor Mike Adams’s message to freshman college students: “Welcome back to class, students.

I am Mike Adams, your criminology professor here at UNC-Wilmington.

Before we get started with the course, I need to address an issue that is causing problems here at UNCW and in higher education all across the country. I am talking about the growing minority of students who believe they have a right to be free from being 12 – 19 November 2015

offended. If we don’t reverse this dangerous trend in our society, there will soon be a majority of young people who will need to walk around in plastic bubble suits to protect them, in the event that they come into contact with a dissenting viewpoint.

“That mentality is unworthy of an American. It’s hardly worthy of a Frenchman.

“Let’s get something straight right now. You have no right to be unoffended. You have a right to be offended with regularity. It is the price you pay for living in a free society. If you don’t understand that, you are confused and dangerously so. In part, I blame your high school teachers for failing to teach you basic civics before you got your diploma. Most of you went to public high schools, which are a disaster. Don’t tell me that offended you. I went to a public high school.

“Of course, your high school might not be the problem. It is entirely possible the main reason why so many of you are confused about free speech is that piece of paper hanging on the wall right over there. Please turn your attention to that ridiculous document that is framed and hanging by the door. In fact, take a few minutes to read it before you leave class today.

It is our campus speech code. It specifically says that there is a requirement that everyone must only engage in discourse that is ‘respectful.’ That assertion is as ludicrous as it is illegal. I plan to have that thing ripped down from every classroom on campus before I retire.

“One of my grandfathers served in World War I. My step-grandfather served in World War II. My sixth great-grandfather enlisted in the American Revolution when he was only thirteen. These great men did not fight so we could simply relinquish our rights to the enemy within our borders. That enemy is the Marxists who run our public universities. If you are a Marxist and I just offend-

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Village Beat

by Kelly Mahan

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Montecito Association Discusses YMCA Virginia McCracken, “Sorcerer” Saturday, November 14th, 3-5 pm Exhibits November 2 to December 30

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t this month’s Montecito Association (MA) Board meeting, the board discussed the YMCA remodel project, and ultimately decided to send a letter to the Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) voicing concern about parking related to the project.

The Master Plan Update for the YMCA will be in front of the Montecito Planning Commission next Wednesday, November 18, where the commissioners will review the proposed plans, which include renovation, enhancement, and expansion of the existing facilities, located on a 4.25-acre parcel on Santa Rosa Lane.

The revised conditional use permit for which YMCA reps are ultimately seeking would allow for the demolition and reconstruction of existing buildings and the construction of several new buildings, as well as the continuation of existing programs including 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 pre-school 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.

Specifically, next week, the MPC will look at a parking modification request, and determine whether to approve a modification to the number of ordinance-required parking spaces.

County staff is slated to recommend denial of the modification, based on the “inability to locate reliable parking for the project for the mid- to longterm,” according to the staff report.

Currently, county staff is not recognizing 103 spaces in located at Manning Park, which have been used jointly by the YMCA for 50 years. “This community has a history of shared parking, and we want those spaces taken into

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This Week in and around Montecito

(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito, please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Walk & Roll Montecito Union School students, teachers, and parents walk or ride to school, rather than drive.

When: 8 am Where: Via Vai, Ennisbrook, and Casa Dorinda trailhead Info: 969-3249 German Conversation The German Conversation Group meets on the second Friday of each month at Montecito Library.

When: 3:30 to 5 pm Where: 1469 East Valley Road Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting Stop by and join Mike The Wine Guy at Pierre Lafond Montecito Market for a “What Wines to Serve for Thanksgiving” wine tasting.

Thanksgiving and wine is sometimes problematic, so Mike will taste through five different and unique wines so your dinner will be a success! A selection of cheeses and tapenades will also be available. (A 10-percent discount will be applied to all wines purchased that evening.)

When: 5:50 to 7 pm Where: 516 San Ysidro Road Cost: $10 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Sedgwick Reserve Hike The rugged Santa Ynez Valley is the setting for a series of monthly interpretive hikes and nature activities open to the public on the 6,000-acre UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. Three hikes with varying themes such as geology, landforms, Sedgwick panoramas, plants, and animals or birds will be conducted, with hiking levels of Easy, Moderate, or Strenuous. These hikes are approximately two to three hours each and are followed by the opportunity to picnic with your own lunch at the reserve. In addition to the hikes, other activities such as a tour of the newly renovated old barn, the new observatory, the pond, and the new Tipton House, as well as a set-up for painters at the pond, and the use of a bocce ball court are all planned for those who don’t want to hike and would like to just enjoy the reserve attractions while the hikes are being conducted. Reservations required.

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When: 8:30 am Cost: $10 per hiker, or $15 per couple or family suggested donation Info and RSVP: Sedgwick@lifesci.ucsb. edu Centering Prayer Introductory Workshop Centering Prayer is a way of cultivating a deeper relationship with yourself and your beliefs. Participants will learn basic guidelines to begin a new practice or support an ongoing practice. Taught by Suzanne Dunn and Jeannette B. Love, who are meditators, Centering Prayer facilitators, and spiritual directors.

When: today, 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, and tomorrow 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: $95, includes lunch Info: www.lacasademaria.org Mesa Artists Studio Tour Eleven artists, whose output includes abstract, representational, landscape, and figurative work in watercolors, pastels, oils, acrylics, and other media host annual Mesa Artists Studio Tour, opening their homes for a pre-holiday exhibit and sale.

Follow red balloons and signs to enjoy the art of Karin Aggeler, Liz Downey, Morgan Green, Nancy and Bill Hull, Cree Mann, Margaret Nadeau, Erin Williams, Deborah Breedon, Sara Carr, Sara Woodburn, and Ellen Yeomans.

When: Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm Cost: free Map and info: www. santabarbaramesaartists.com Holiday Pop-up Shop Local makers, artisans, and craftspeople will gather at the Guilded Table, a vibrant location in The Funk Zone. Come enjoy a glass of wine, nibbles of food, and live music as you wander through a lively shop of goods and wares. Get your holiday shopping done early and have some fun in the process!

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consideration,” said YMCA Capital Committee chair Tim Werner.

YMCA executive director Mike Yamasaki presented a PowerPoint to a standing-room only audience, addressing traffic and parking demand. There are currently 55 parking spaces on the YMCA property, and 103 located nearby in Lower Manning Park. A current parking study identifies 2.5 hours in the weekday mornings in which there is overflow in Manning Park. The highest number of spaces used at one time (9:30 am) is 76 spaces, according to the study.

The project, once built, will include roughly 75 parking spaces on the site. A 30-year lease agreement was written up between the YMCA and Lower Manning Park, but it was never signed due to issues at the county level, Werner said.

Yamasaki outlined strategies to level out the parking demand, including rescheduling classes, establishing a self-imposed membership cap (not required by the current Conditional Use Permit), coordinating with MUS crossing guard needs, and coordinating with Fire District drill timing. “We feel like we can address a lot of the issues,” Yamasaki said. He added that no regional events will be held at the facility, there will be no increase in pre-school size and attendance, and no significant membership increase. Should Manning Park become unavailable, Yamasaki said valet parking will be deployed during peak times, in addition to shuttle service for employees.

Many members of the public spoke in both support and opposition of the expansion project, with supporters hoping for updated facilities and a local gymnasium, and several neighbors voicing concern with safety, traffic increases, and parking inadequacies an expanded YMCA could create.

The MA board ultimately agreed with a decision made last week by their Land Use Committee, which suggested sending a letter to MPC stating a need for a formal joint use agreement be put in place between Manning Park and the YMCA for dedicated spaces. The letter also states that the MA remains concerned about long-term adequacy of parking, and does not believe valet parking is a good solution.

Also at the MA meeting, MFPD chief Chip Hickman said the recent Gibraltar Fire has been determined to have burned 21 acres. He applauded the unified command between MFPD, Santa Barbara County Fire, Santa Barbara City Fire, and Los Padres National Forest for the aggressive attack in putting out the flames. “We averted a catastrophe,” Hickman said, saying that the suppression cost per acre will likely set records.

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Union School brought up current concern from MUS about traffic on San Ysidro; superintendent Tammy Murphy has stationed extra people on the street during school drop off and pick up, and has asked CHP and sheriff’s deputies for increased patrol in the area. Also at the school: the asphalt volleyball and basketball courts will be repaved from this week through December 31.

The next Montecito Association board meeting will be held Tuesday, December 8.

Middle Road Construction

From November 9 through November 23, Middle Road will be closed to through traffic due to construction related to the remodel of the restaurant located at 1198 Coast Village Road, the former home of Peabody’s. Closed for over three years, the restaurant construction was stalled at the City level until construction commenced in May of this year.

According to Tim Gaasch, Supervising Engineer at the City of Santa Barbara, the current construction project includes updating all underground utility lines that service the site, including water, sewer, and electric, followed by repaving of the asphalt. Earlier this week, Montecito Water District crews were on site upgrading the water line, and in the process hit an unmarked sewer line.

“City crews were out there already, and were able to fix it right away,” said Tom Mosby, MWD’s general manager. Later this week, MWD crews will also install a “fire line” of water, which allows a larger volume of water to be used by fire sprinklers in the remodeled building in case of an emergency.

Also this week, reps from the restaurant –once slated to be called Oliver’s– will be in front of the City of Santa Barbara’s staff hearing officer, requesting two setback modifications for the complex project. The purpose of the modifications is to allow greater access off the sidewalk on Coast Village Road, as well as allow a new trash enclosure, new window, doors, and an access ramp within the setback along Middle Road. The remodel project, which includes such upgrades as a covered patio, expanded kitchen, and upgraded interior, also includes the removal of a 30-inch-diameter ash tree along the Middle Road frontage.

It’s unclear if the tree removal is part of the current construction project that has prompted the closure of Middle Road.

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During lunch interim CEO Tracy Jenkins told us, “Girls Inc. is 60 years old and has changed thousands of lives. We began in a rented building in Ortega Park. Now we serve 1,400 girls at two sites. We offer a support system where they can see that successful careers are well within their reach.”

Emcee Britt Andreatta remembered, “I earned my doctorate but remember when my chemistry teacher told me A’s are for boys. Our guest speaker, Lynda Weinman, was my mentor.” Lynda is a teacher, writer, learning activist, and entrepreneur.

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introduced, “This is the fourth annual Strong, Smart, and Bold Awards which celebrates those individual and organizations that support their mission. The 2015 honorees are the companies Yardi and Curvature.”

Three of the Girls Inc. girls, Mariah Brunasso, Aarya Chitnis, and Arlyne Ordonez, spoke with such poise and self-confidence, they were amazing.

Mariah remembered, “My folks had to work and they found Girls Inc. for me to go to after school.” She’s now in 7th grade and still goes there. Aarya is only in the first grade and so grown up. Arlyne especially appreciates the homework tutors that help her.

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Gratitude of Generous Giving The SBCC Foundation invited patrons and friends to the 2015 President’s Council garden party at the oceanfront home of Roberta and Stan Fishman. As the foundation said, “It is a celebration in gratitude of generous giving. These are the people who keep the Foundation thriving.”

As Foundation board president Maddy Jacobson remarked in her welcome, “A thank you to Stan and Roberta. Where else would you want to be but Padaro Lane?” Where else, indeed. The food was fabulous, as were the cocktails and the view.

There were several success stories that all began at SBCC, including going to law school and becoming a lawyer. President of the college Lori Gaskin reminded us there are some SBCC foundation CEO Geoff Green, SBCC foundation board chair/president Maddy Jacobson with hosts Roberta and Stan Fishman (board member)

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20,000 students enrolled. She also told of SBCC’s recent reaccredidation, which received 11 commendations.

That is excellent and a relief after the former accreditation six years ago.

SBCC Foundation CEO Geoff Green said, “Thanks to the president’s council members who have been here for us for 40 years.” He told us three of the board members have just donated $25,000 each. Geoff was excited – “I don’t get to do this often” – as he unveiled the new logo for SBCC. Some donors attending were board member Ted and Coleen Friedel, Jerry and Joan Rocco, Maryan Schall, Stan and Betty Hatch, Michael Bergquist, Sue Vincent, and board member Robyn Freedman. Also visiting from Sacramento for the event was Larry Galizio president/CEO of

The Braille Institute Auxiliary of Santa Barbara (BIA) held its first fundraiser at the Braille Institute itself – a beautiful building and courtyard at 2031 De La Vina Street. The iconic event had been at the polo fields for many years. The “Festival of Flavors” was just that – seven restaurants coming together for tastings. In addition, there was an optional cooking demonstration in Braille’s new state-of-theart teaching kitchen designed for the sight-impaired. Folks ate the demo.

Celebrated chef Pascale Beale grew up in England and France with a family that was passionate about food and wine. Her French mother and grandmother taught her to cook. She has written numerous cookbooks, including a set of four: A Menu for All Seasons – Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Her company is called Pascale’s Kitchen and includes a range of culinary products such as herb lines and blended spices, teas and jams, plus cookware items.

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was able to catch up with former world-champion chess master Garry Kasparov in between flights out of and into Washington, D.C., and beyond at an unnamed airport on Friday evening, November 6. He was traveling with his longtime representative and co-author, chess writer Mig Greengard, as the two launched their national book tour for the release of Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped, Garry Kasparov’s latest political treatise (co-authored by Mr. Greengard).

We were alerted by Montecito resident James Fenkner that Mr. Kasparov was not only coming to UCSB as part of its Arts & Lectures program (Tuesday, November 17, 8 pm, Campbell Hall), but that he would also be adding an afternoon stop at the Reagan Ranch Center on lower State Street. Mr. Fenkner was previously instrumental in setting up our interview with hedgefund manager Bill Browder (Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice) when he was a guest of the Santa Barbara Rotary Club earlier this year.

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From Chess to Politics In 1984, the former Soviet-era wunderkind famously challenged the chess domination of then-world champion and Soviet favorite Anatoly Karpov, becoming the youngest-ever World Chess Champion in 1985. He was all of 22 years of age (Kasparov was born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan, part of the Soviet Union at the time; his father is Jewish, his mother Armenian). For the next 20 years, he stood at the pinnacle of the chess world and when he officially retired in 2005, he jumped into politics. Russian politics.

In 2008, he attempted but ultimately failed to challenge Vladimir Putin for the presidency of Russia. Since then, he has helped found The Other Russia in opposition to Putin, been hit over the head with a chess board by a detractor, arrested as a protestor, and was named Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation (in 2011) after the previous chairman, Vaclav Havel, died.

Arrested again in the summer of 2012 outside the courtroom in Moscow where Pussy Riot musicians were waiting for a verdict in their trial, Kasparov was released and then left Russia, probably never to return.

Indispensible America So, why is “Winter” coming and what can we do about it, I asked.

“First of all,” he says, he understands that “the American public is leery about U.S. engagement in foreign wars,” but he believes that without the U.S. there is no counterbalance to Russian expansionism.

As for the real danger from a belligerent Russia and the reason why the U.S. should care, Mr. Kasparov opines that America “bears some responsibility” for the fall of Russian democracy and the rise of Vladimir Putin.

“My message is to all rational people who are willing to learn about the world. [Those people] need to understand the indispensible role America has played and will be playing in global affairs to make sure the upcoming ‘winter’ will not be too long or too deadly.”

Kasparov believes President Obama has caused “massive damage” to America’s reputation around the world and a new president’s first order of business should be to repair that damage.

“I wouldn’t necessarily say that his first concern shouldn’t be the relationship with Russia, but the new president’s task will be to think about strong moves to restore the credibility of the oval office. This is one of the biggest challenges for the new president,” he says. “You can’t turn your back on

your allies, expecting that they will not look elsewhere for support.”

Kasparov then observed that during the decades of the Cold War, “American foreign policy was quite consistent; you could have disagreements between the Democrats and Republicans, but within a range.” Since 1991, he believes, that foreign policy began to swing like a pendulum from one side to another.

Putin’s “Political Space” “During the Clinton years, it was not that important,” he says, “because America was all-powerful and there were no enemies on the horizon.” But, during Clinton’s presidency, Kasparov suggests, “Al Qaeda gained momentum, as did all sorts of terrorist organizations, and Russia shifted from a people’s democracy to a state with a KGB operative at its head.”

When Obama faced an emboldened Putin, he made “the terrible mistake of accepting – without pushing back – Russia’s actions against Ukraine.

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Those hours in the car add up quickly. They are unnecessary. Montecito needs and should have a gymnasium.

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There is nothing earth-shattering or even novel about that notion. The construction of a gymnasium was a part of the Master Plan first articulated for our community back in the ‘60s. To that end, people have been working for years to get a project approved that includes a gymnasium for the kids. The design phase for the improvements to the Montecito Y, including the new gymnasium, is complete. The Montecito Board of Architectural Review is behind it. The community as a whole overwhelmingly supports the project; there are hundreds of letters, cards, and signatures that have been collected from Montecito residents in that regard. That said, there is a limited level of resistance from a few in the community. The resistance is familiar.

When I was a kid, the Y facility was much smaller than it is today. For one thing, there was no pool or locker room. My mom helped raise money for the pool. I vaguely remember hearing about challenges with building the pool and the locker room. While most were solidly behind the effort (see the accompanying picture depicting the names of many longtime residents who donated to fund construction), there was some resistance from a few who thought it was excessive to build a pool in our seaside community and that the locker room would conflict with Montecito’s semi-rural feel.

Those sentiments, or more accurately the origins of them, are understandable. The construction of a multi-lane lap pool and a formal locker room on San Ysidro Road was a significant event back then. Change can be unsettling. But can anyone imagine the Y today without the outdoor pool? The same process will occur with respect to the current project. After a generation of kids have grown up with benefit of a beautiful gymnasium, indoor sports and activities will just be another great part of what Montecito kids are able to do while growing up.

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Despite the overwhelming support from Montecito, a tangible obstacle stands in the way: county staff at the Building and Planning Department has opined that the Y project does not provide adequate parking. They claim the Y project is shy by about 10 parking spots. The count employed by County staff does not include any of the more than 100 parking spots across the street from the Y at Lower Manning Park, which have been available to the Y for nearly 50 years. The Y actually maintains the Manning lot by, among other things, slurrying and striping it regularly. Apparently, County staff are simply not allowed to include those spots in their count; only the Montecito Planning Commissioners may do so if they see fit.

We all know that absent some act of God, Manning Park will always be there for us. If there is an act of God, we all have bigger problems than Y parking. The Y, MUS, and Manning Park are all undeniably community assets that synergistically better one another. Because of that clear reality, the County is empowered under the code to allow the Y project to move forward with a recognition that the Lower Manning lot has been used by the Y for 50 years, and it will continue to be used by the Y, on a limited and as-needed basis, for the foreseeable future.

The residents of Montecito have spoken. The Y is undeniably a community asset. The design for the Y project is terrific. The County has the authority to allow the YMCA project to move forward.

We, as a community, should urge the County at the upcoming hearing on Wednesday, November 18, to account for the spots available to the Y in the Manning lot so that the Y project can be implemented, the Y can be refreshed, and our kids can finally get a gymnasium. Our kids deserve it. Our seniors deserve it. Our community deserves it.

•MJ

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Barbara artist Virginia McCracken will be on exhibit at Porch through December 30. Porch will host an artist reception today; please join in to meet Virginia and enjoy refreshments and beverages.

Virginia is a Santa Barbara–based artist who creates small-scale assemblages: imaginary worlds inside boxes that are inhabited by papiermâché figures. The expressively detailed characters are of unknown species, generally related to cats, dogs, rabbits, and horses, but not quite, and sometimes not at all. The artist is inspired by make-believe and the notion of secret interior worlds.

When: 3 to 5 pm Where: 3823 Santa Claus Lane in Carpinteria Info: 684-0300

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Owls in Wonderland Laguna Blanca School hosts carnival with an Alice in Wonderland theme.

Attractions and activities include a Mad Scientist, scavenger hunts, games, arts and crafts, tea parties, live rabbits, and owls for photo ops, and of course, Alice herself will be there to entertain. Admission is free, and the event is open to the community.

When: 11 am to 2 pm Where: 260 San Ysidro Road Cost: free admission Info: 687-2461 Cooking Class Event The Saint Barbara Philoptochos is proud to present an afternoon with Diane Kochilas, celebrity chef, award-winning cookbook author, and cooking school director, Ikaria – Cooking for Life, who has been at the forefront of bringing healthy, delicious, Greek-Mediterranean cuisine to a wide international audience for many years. Confirmed wineries to date for the tasting event are Demetria Wine Estates, Lafond, Santa Barbara Winery, and Sunstone Winery. Other sponsors include Vrisi 36 from Flying Olive Farms, Mani Imports, Earth Friendly Products, and Klio Tea. When: 1 pm Where: Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church, 1205 San Antonio Creek Road Cost: $60 in advance and $65 at the door Tickets & Info: (805) 455-6725

Jump down the rabbit hole!

Sunday, November 15 11am - 2pm / 260 San Ysidro Road • FREE ADMISSION & VALET PARKING • FOOD AVAILAbLE FOR PuRchASE

A whimsical day of interactive learning and creative play for young children. Featuring... a mad scientist, royal croquet, art stations, tea parties, a Mad Hatter’s Workshop, white rabbits & owls, and of course Alice!

Mindfulness Meditation A half-day retreat with guided meditations from Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD. All levels welcome.

When: 2:30 to 6 pm Where: La Casa de Maria, 800 El Bosque Road Cost: donation Info: 969-5031

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Bridge Party Santa Barbara Bridge Center presents a low-stress and fun bridge game in a social atmosphere, with duplicate bridge for players with zero master points. You must have a partner to play, or email carolebennett@cox.net.

Reservations required.

When: 6 to 9 pm Where: SBBC, 2255 Los Positas Road Cost: $5 per person, snacks included Info: Carole, 452-7400 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Blind Tasting The Santa Barbara Wine Collective, located in the Funk Zone, proudly announces a special evening with renowned winemaker Rajat Parr and respected wine distributor Max Kogod, who will present an exclusive blind tasting of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from Santa Barbara, Sonoma, and Burgundy for an evening of learning, enjoyment, and discovery.

When: 7:30 pm Where: 131 Anacapa Street Cost: $50 Reservations: 456-2700 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 The Wizard of Oz by Luce Puppets Join Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion as they travel to Oz and beyond in this re-telling of The Wizard of Oz through traditional puppetry.

When: 10:30 to 11:15 am Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Luncheon & Lecture Channel City Club presents Dr. Steven Bucci, who, until recently, served as deputy assistant secretary of defense, Homeland Defense. In this position, he oversaw the policy issues involving the Defense Domains (Air, Land, and Maritime), National Guard operational issues, Domestic Counter Terrorism, and readiness exercises. Bucci assumed the duties of the Military Assistant to the secretary of defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on July

1, 2001, and served in that capacity through the 9/11 attack, and the Global War on Terrorism. He retired from active duty in spring of 2005, but continued serving as staff director of the Immediate Office of the Secretary, and a presidential appointee as a member of the Senior Executive Service.

When: check-in begins at 11:30 am Where: Fess Parker Resort, Reagan Room Cost: $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers; reservations required Info: www.channelcityclub.org Montecito Library Book Club Join for a lively discussion of this month’s title. Current title is Infidel by Hirsi Au Ayaan; new members always welcome.

When: 1 to 2 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road Info: 969-5063 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Montecito Planning Commission Meeting MPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressed.

When: 9 am Where: County Engineering building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Holiday Centerpiece Creations Francis Dawson from Living Walls is back in The Kitchen at the Public Market this November for a festive DIY class, Holiday Centerpiece Creations. Francis will demonstrate how to use a variety of plants and natural materials to create gorgeous, festive centerpieces for your home, just in time for your holiday entertaining. All materials are provided and guests take home their holiday centerpieces after the class. Tickets are $50. When: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Where: 18 W. Victoria Street Info & RSVP: (805) 770-7702 ocean. He draws on archaeology and history to tell a story about Pacific catamarans and Aleutian canoes, Northwest Indian mariners, and Chumash tomols, medieval ships and voyaging in the European Age of Discovery, when there were no electronics to guide one across the oceans.

When: members-only reception at 6:15 pm; lecture starts at 7 pm Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, Cost: Free (members), $10 (nonmembers) To Register: www.sbmm.org or call (805) 962-8404, x115 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

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

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

Lecture at SBMM The next lecture in a series sponsored

by Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, John C. Woodward, and Silvio Di Loreto, with additional support from D’Angelo’s Bakery and Jordano’s. Brian Fagan will tell a fascinating, lavishly illustrated journey into the remote past when people first began venturing on the

Piedrasassi Winemaker Dinner To celebrate the robust fall season, Wine + Beer and the Santa Barbara Public Market will continue their winemaker dinner featuring Piedrasassi Wines and chef Kyle Jones. This is an intimate event, with only 32 seats available.

When: 6 pm Where: 18 W. Victoria Street

Dot Sticker Art Class Join for a creative art activity with dot stickers; registration is requested.

When: 3:30 to 4:30 pm Where: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road

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Cost: Tickets are $95 and advance reservations are required.

RSVP: (805) 770-7702 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Vegetarian Dishes for the Holidays Join Fresh Food chef and wellness educator, Suzanne Landry, in The Kitchen for a “Vegetarian Dishes for the Holidays” cooking class. Learn how to prepare four holiday sides that will satisfy any vegetarian sitting at your table, and maybe even impress the meat lovers in your life.

When: 2 to 4 pm Where: Santa Barbara Public Market, 18 W. Victoria Street Cost: $35; advanced reservations required Info: 770-7702 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 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 •MJ Info: (805) 563-8820, x110 MONTECITO JOURNAL

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Join Us for a Groundbreaking Ceremony The Santa Barbara community is invited to an evening at the Museum where we will celebrate the start of the most comprehensive renovation project in SBMA’s history.

View renderings of the renovated spaces, talk with Museum and architectural staff, enjoy art-making activities, art in the galleries, refreshments — and a Wallbreaking.

Saturday, November 14 6–8 pm Santa Barbara Museum of Art 1130 State Street

RSVP: 805.963.4364 ext. 800 or online at my.sbma.net/wallbreaking sbma.net

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SATURDAY!

SUNDAY! Santa Barbara Solo Debut

Record-setting Long-distance Swimmer

Melissa Etheridge

An Afternoon with

Diana Nyad

This is M.E. Solo

SAT, NOV 14 / 3 PM UCSB CAMPBELL HALL

SUN, NOV 15 / 7 PM (note special time) UCSB CAMPBELL HALL

Tickets start at $25 $10 UCSB students

Tickets start at $50 / $25 UCSB students

In 2013 Diana Nyad fulfilled her lifelong dream of completing the 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida. Now a prominent sports broadcaster, author and public speaker, Nyad will discuss her extraordinary quest to live life at the highest level.

“Melissa Etheridge has always poured her heart and soul into her music, so it’s no surprise that the same depth of emotion permeates her shows.” Hollywood Reporter

Garry Kasparov

Kronos Quartet

Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped

David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Sunny Yang, cello

TUE, NOV 17 / 8 PM UCSB CAMPBELL HALL

THU, NOV 19 / 7 PM (note special time) UCSB CAMPBELL HALL

$15 / $10 UCSB students

A Russian-born political activist and chess Grandmaster, Kasparov urges the world’s democracies to take a forceful stand aganist Putin.

$Tickets start at $25 $10 UCSB students

“The ensemble has revolutionized the approach to string quartet repertory.” The New York Times

Event Sponsors: Marcia & John Mike Cohen

An Evening with

Alex Honnold

The High Frontier: Exploring the Forest Canopy

Alone on the Wall

Mark Moffett, Ecologist and Photographer

(note special time)

SUN, NOV 22 / 7 PM

SUN, NOV 22 / 3 PM / CAMPBELL HALL $25 / $15 UCSB students and youth (18 & under)

UCSB CAMPBELL HALL $15 / $10 UCSB students and youth (18 & under)

On a mission to make people fall in love with the unexpected, this affable Ph.D., aka “Dr. Bugs,” will share photos of nature’s small wonders from the crowns of the world’s tallest trees.

National Geographic Live series sponsored by Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin Sheila & Michael Bonsignore

photo: Mark Moffett (Mantids)

“From time to time we come across someone who can do something so remarkable that it defies belief and, in this case, defies gravity.” 60 Minutes

Books will be available for purchase and signing at each lecture

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ed you, well, that’s tough. I guess they don’t make communists like they used to.

“Unbelievably, a student once complained to the department chairwoman that my mention of God and a Creator was a violation of separation of church and state. Let me be as clear as I possibly can: if any of you actually think that my decision to paraphrase the Declaration of Independence in the course syllabus is unconstitutional, then you suffer from severe intellectual hernia.

“Indeed, it takes hard work to become stupid enough to think the Declaration of Independence is unconstitutional. If you agree with the student who made that complaint, then you are probably just an anti-religious zealot.

“Therefore, I am going to ask you to do exactly three things and do them in the exact order that I specify. First, get out of my class. You can fill out the drop slip over at James Hall. Just tell them you don’t believe in true diversity, and you want to be surrounded by people who agree with your twisted interpretation of the Constitution simply because they are the kind of people who will protect you from having your beliefs challenged or your feelings hurt.

“Second, withdraw from the university. If you find that you are actually relieved because you will no longer be in a class where your beliefs might be challenged, then you aren’t ready for college. Go get a job building houses so you can work with some illegal aliens who will help you gain a better appreciation of what this country has to offer.

“Finally, if this doesn’t work then I would simply ask you to get the hell out of the country.

“The ever-growing thinned-skinned minority you have joined is simply ruining life in this once-great nation.

Please move to some place like Cuba, where you can enjoy the company of communists and get excellent health care. Just hop on a leaky boat and start paddling your way toward Utopia.

You will not be missed.”

(Editor’s note: Mike Adams is indeed a professor at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Earlier this year, and after a six-year legal battle, Adams won a court victory against the school;

he sued, asserting that he was not promoted due to his outspoken conservatism.

This talk to his incoming students is real and this transcript was first printed in Townhall in late August 2015. – J.B.)

Winning Big in Las Vegas

The Problem with Islam Nino Maiani may be all the things his letter details, but what we love him for is the dedicated and melodious guitar serenade he performed at Nina Terzian’s beach house in Montecito for our daughter Lily’s and her now-husband Jeremy Harbin’s wedding ceremony. – J.B.)

Not everyone who goes to Vegas returns home richer than when they left, but I did just that. I went to Las Vegas to study at the McBride Magic and Mystery School, operated by Las Vegas headliner Jeff McBride and his teacher Eugene Burger. While in Vegas, I not only got to work with McBride and Burger, but also met magic legend Chris Randall. I later performed a complete show and brought down the house in front of the Mirage Casino. “I guess you could say I’ve performed on the Strip in Las Vegas, now. If that’s not a big win, I don’t know what is.”

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have won numerous awards between them. They have been teaching together since 1987, conducting over a dozen class events each year, ranging from their popular Master Classes to extended classes, classes teaching magic to doctors, yearly seminar on “Magic and Meaning,” and more. At least once a year, they take the school “on the road,” this year to the U.K. and Amsterdam. Former students have won awards at every major convention in the U.S., and even the international championship put on by the Federation Internationale des Societes Magiques, better known as FISM. Nino Maiani Montecito (Editor’s note: Nino has performed professionally as a musician and magician for many years around Santa Barbara and often tours the U.S. He is also that mysterious pirate, “Captain S. Rokk,” who entertains unsuspecting tourists and residents out on Stearns Wharf. He tells us he is also a scholar of Mythology at Pacifica Graduate School and is founder and teacher of Map Training Personal Transformation Training for enhancing personal and professional success.)

To Don Thorn (“Very Dangerous Times” MJ #21/44): “Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam, but only with violent Islamist extremists.

Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.” ― Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.

Matt McLaughlin Santa Barbara (Editor’s note: One should also remember that Winston Churchill believed Islam “paralyses the development of those who follow it,” and opined – in The River War – that “No stronger retrograde force exists in the world,” and he wrote that over a hundred years ago, in 1899. – J.B.)

Sasse’s Senate Speech

I’m home basically every weekend, and what I hear – and what I’m sure most of you hear – is some version of this: a pox on both parties and all your houses. We don’t believe politicians are even trying to fix this mess. To the Republicans, to those who claim this new majority is leading the way: Few believe that. To the grandstanders who use this institution as a platform for outside pursuits: Few believe the country’s needs are as important to you as your ambitions. To the Democrats, who did this body harm through nuclear tactics: few believe bare-knuckled politics are a substitute for principled governing. And does anyone doubt that many on both the right and the left now salivate for more of these radical tactics? The peo-

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ple despise us all.

And why is this? Because we’re not doing the job we were sent here to do. The Senate isn’t tackling the great national problems that worry those we work for...

There are good and bad reasons to be unpopular. A good reason would be to suffer for waging an honorable fight for the long-term that has nearterm political downsides – like telling seniors the sobering truth that they’ve paid in far less for their Social Security and Medicare than they are currently getting back.

But we all know deep down that the political class is unpopular not because of our relentless truth-telling, but because of politicians’ habit of regularized pandering to those who already agree with us. The sound-bite culture – whether in our 90-second TV stand-ups in the Russell rotunda, in our press releases, in the habits honed in campaigns – is everywhere around us.

This is the very reductionism – the short-termism – that this institution was explicitly supposed to guard against.

The “Senate” is a word with two meanings – it is the 100 of us as a group, a community, a “body” (that’s an important metaphor); and it is this physical chamber. The Senate is what we call this special room in which we assemble to debate the really big things...

But bizarrely, we don’t really do this very much here. We don’t have many actual debates. This is a place that would be difficult today to describe as “the greatest deliberative body in the world” – something that has often been true historically.

Perhaps I should pause to acknowledge that an introductory speech like this makes me nervous. Talking about the recovery of more honest, Socratic debate runs the risk, I fully recognize, of being written off as overly romantic, as naïve idealism. To add to the discomfort, I’m brand-new to politics and 99th in seniority.

But talking bluntly about what is not working in the Senate in recent decades is actually not naïve idealism, but aspirational realism. Here’s why: I believe that a cultural recovery inside the Senate is a partial prerequisite for a national recovery. I don’t think that generational problems like the absence of a long-term strategy for combating jihad and cyber-war; like telling the truth about entitlement overpromising; like developing new human capital and job retraining strategies for the emerging era of much more rapid job change – I don’t think these long-term problems are solvable without a functioning Senate. And a functioning Senate is a place that rejects short-termism, both in substance and in tone.

Ben Sasse •MJ U.S. Senator, Nebraska 12 – 19 November 2015

On Entertainment

by Steven Libowitz

Life Lessons in Nyad’s Nautical Pursuits

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n the 1970s, Diana Nyad was the greatest long-distance swimmer the world had ever seen. She set world records in circling Manhattan and crossing the 102.5 miles between the Bahamas and Florida, feats that led to induction in the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame. She took on all sorts of swimming challenges and beat them all.

Except for one.

The 110-mile swim through shark and jellyfish-infested waters from Cuba to Florida had eluded her back in her 20s during that decade and the failure still haunted her. So Nyad – who had found success as a sports broadcaster for NPR, ABC’s Wide World of Sports, Fox Sports, and others, and written two books – began her Xtreme Dream quest to complete that Atlantic Ocean swim at the age of 60 in 2010. She failed again. Nyad was also unsuccessful in 2011 and 2012.

But late in the summer of 2013, she astounded the world by completing the historic trek at the age of 64.

Nyad’s new memoir, Find a Way, which publishes this month, explores not only that once extraordinary and once elusive feat but also her quest to live life at the fullest in every endeavor. Nyad, who has fashioned another career as a public speaker, is on the road on a book tour that brings her to UCSB Saturday afternoon, November 14. She talked with us over the phone recently. (For tickets and more information, call 893-3535 or visit www.

ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.)

Q. Why was it so important to you to finish the Cuba-U.S. swim after age 60, something you’d attempted and failed 30 years earlier? Why did this matter after everything else you’ve done in the past?

A. That swim clearly had all the vocabulary of a sporting event and endurance quest, but for me, especially at the juncture of turning 60 and with my mom dying at 82, it was represented a deeper existentialism.

What have I done with my life? Have I lived it as large as I can? Have I passed all the potential of who I am, not as athlete, but as a human being? That swim was an emblem to me of something impossible. In chasing it, even if I didn’t get to the destination, would make for friendships and advances in technology, and a harvesting of the human spirit. In my 20s, I did see it as more than another great swim in the ocean, the Mt. Everest of the ocean, because there’s a lot of Mother Nature out there. Getting through it was quite a challenge. It always inhabited my imagination even when I wasn’t 12 – 19 November 2015

Record-breaking swimmer Diana Nyad discusses her new memoir Saturday at UCSB

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.

swimming for 30 years. But when I came back to it in my 60s, it meant much more.

What was different this time around?

How did you keep going trough the adversity?

Partly the simple equation of the more times you try something, the better you get at it. There are so many challenges from swimming against the current and the difficulty of being immersed in a liquid colder than your body temperature, to eating and digesting in supine position, which isn’t natural for the body. The extreme physiological duress issues don’t come up in the shorter swims, but they do when it’s 38 or more hours.

To have the guts, the dedication, and patience to go out again and again, mathematically your odds are better with each go. The clear way to fail is just not to try again. But I think I was a better athlete in my 60s than my 20s – there’s a sense of awe of the planet around but also the physical ability to expect and slide through the adversity.

What you do is a very specific thing with lots of training. How does that apply to helping others understand what they can accomplish in their own lives? How has it become a lesson in your own life?

The 50-year-old Montecito Family YMCA is in dire need of renovation, and that renovation IS IN JEOPARDY. The Y has been working with the county for seven years.

County staff is now recommending denial of the project based on speculative parking concerns. Unfortunately, they are not taking into account Lower Manning Park’s 103 spaces that members of the Y have used for 50 years, and the MOU the Y has in place to maintain the lot. The Y is prepared to show how the renovation is consistent with the Montecito Community Plan and that parking should not be an issue.

YOU CAN HELP: • Write a letter to the Commissioners • Speak at the Montecito Planning Commission Nov. 18 • Sign the online petition For more details: ciymca.org/montecito-renovation

Montecito Planning Commission Wednesday, Nov. 18, Time: TBA* 123 East Anapamu Street, Room 17 * To be placed on the speaker list or receive an update on the time, call Eliot Bertha at 805.729.3217 or email EliotJ.Bertha@ciymca.org.

MONTECITO FAMILY YMCA 591 Santa Rosa Lane, 805.969.3288

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The Way It Was

by Hattie Beresford

Alexander Harmer: Painter of the West

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n Harmer’s great picture Fiesta, the dancers go round, they go round and around….* Just as Brueghel brought 16th-century Dutch peasant life to light, Alexander Harmer’s brush breathed life into the tales and lifestyle of the early Californios. Kevin Starr, former California State Historian, wrote, “Joyous, colorful, well-researched, action-packed, Harmer’s canvases of Old California filled out in visual terms the Santa Barbara legend.” La Fiesta, he says, may very well have inspired the city’s revival of fiesta pageantry in the 1920s.

Alexander Francis Harmer was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1856. One of 10 children, he was drawn to art from boyhood and sold his first painting at age 11 for $2. It was a princely sum for a young boy. Determined to head west to paint, he worked as a messenger boy at a telegraph office until he’d saved enough money to leave home.

It was an interesting choice, for at that time, most budding young artists looked to Europe for training and inspiration. Harmer, however, chose to follow the footsteps of such intrepid artist chroniclers of the Far West as George Catlin, Alfred Jacob Miller, and Karl Bodmer. One Harmer biographer wrote, “He wanted to capture on canvas, scenes of the American West which were even then rapidly passing. His studies of Indian life are an invaluable record of the history of America.”

Harmer was 13 years old when he arrived in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1869. For the next two years, he alternately tried to find work in various towns and enroll in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Unsuccessful at every turn, in 1872 he lied about his age and enlisted in the regular Army for five years, listing his occupation as painter.

He joined Company B, First U.S. Calvary, which was stationed at the

The Harmer Adobe with two-story addition on the right faced De la Guerra Plaza and stood in what is now a parking lot next to City Hall (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

In Moonlight, Harmer painted the romance of a festive gathering at the De la Guerra Adobe in Old California (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum) Alexander Harmer (1922) standing in front of the famous portal on the west wall of the Adobe (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum) Ms Beresford is a retired English and American history teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.

Benicia Barracks, in California. After a year of saving his meager pay, he requested and received a discharge so he could return to Philadelphia to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

In Pennsylvania, he still didn’t have enough money for school, but he acquired work as a photographer’s assistant and spent his free time painting and sketching on his own.

Soon, a trio of influential artists recognized his talent and arranged for his acceptance into the Academy in 1874. Harmer studied under Thomas Eakins, who stressed close observaHarmer’s Studio at the Adobe with many works in progress (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

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tion of nature and a mathematical approach to composition. The two became great friends.

In 1876, Harmer left the academy but stayed in Philadelphia to work and paint on his own. Then on September 2, 1881, he re-enlisted in the Army as a private in Troop L of the Sixth Cavalry and headed for Fort Apache, Arizona. He kept up a correspondence with Eakins, who sent him a camera to help with his studies of western landscapes, Army life, and especially the Apache.

Painting the Far West

In 1883, Harmer asked General Crook if he could join the field expedition that was following the renegade Geronimo into Old Mexico.

Harmer was present when Geronimo was captured for the third, but not final, time. This expedition and others provided him with material for paintings of Native American life. Many of his illustrations began appearing in national magazines such as Harper’s Weekly, as well as in Captain John Bourke’s book The Hunt for Geronimo.

In 1884, Harmer returned to Philadelphia and re-entered the academy for an additional term of study.

Then, in 1885, he was invited to return to Arizona by General Crook and traveled with him and Captain Bourke throughout much of Arizona, continuing to sketch his observations.

In 1885, Harmer headed to California to paint the missions, meticulously

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detailing their states of disrepair and researching old photos and documents to paint them as they were. At some point, Harmer met up Charles Fletcher Lummis, a multifaceted and eccentric genius, who had walked to California from Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1884 to take a reporter job at the Los Angeles Times.

In 1889, Harmer left California for one last session at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and a year in Mexico. Upon his return in 1891, he renewed his acquaintance with Lummis, who, besides being a journalist was a photographer. He was also a historical preservationist, and to that end, he invited Harmer to join him at the Del Valle family’s Rancho Camulus, the ranch used as the setting for Helen Hunt Jackson’s famous novel, Ramona.

Here, Harmer witnessed family historic re-enactments, which Lummis photographed, and here, he was introduced to the daughter of Refugio and Dominque Abadie of Santa Barbara, the beautiful and charming Felicidad.

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On August 2, 1893, the Daily Independent announced that Ygnacio Ramon Del Valle of Camulos was staying at the Commercial Hotel.

That afternoon, in a small ceremony attended only by family and intimate friends, Alexander and Felicidad were married at the residence of Rev. James Villa of Our Lady of Sorrows Church.

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In 1893, Harmer, who was considered the expert on the Southwest Indians, illustrated several articles for The Californian (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

Felicidad “Pichona” Abadie, circa 1887 (Courtesy Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

Rev. Ferrer performed the ceremony, Felicidad’s brother was best man, and Miss Isabel Del Valle of Camulos was bridesmaid. The newlyweds caught the afternoon train for San Francisco, where they would live for several months while Harmer settled his affairs.

In 1894, the Harmers returned to Santa Barbara to live in the YorbaAbadie adobe, Felicidad’s girlhood home. Harmer opened a studio in the Clock Building at 934½ State Street, Room 28, before moving the following year to the Hawley Block at 1229½ State Street. His first-known work in Santa Barbara was the cover for the 1895 Flower Festival booklet.

Over the years, Harmer would have many such “bread and butter” commissions. He produced a series of calendar covers for Show and Hunt’s grocery business, continued illustrating for magazines such as Lummis’s The Land of Sunshine. He also created illustrations for books such as A Plaything of the Gods, the story of Joaquin Murrietta, by Carl Gray (pseudonym forso Dr. Charles Park); Fr. Zephyrin Englehardt’s books on the missions of California; and Santa Barbara lawyer Jarrett T. Richards’s Romance on El Camino Real. California school children were introduced to

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by Wedgewood of England.

About 1900, attorney general Philander Knox commissioned Harmer to create a frieze for the library of his estate in Pittsburg. It contained 50 embossed and painted leather panels totaling 350 square feet portraying images of all the major Indian tribes in the nation. Harmer spent hours at the Smithsonian museum, sketching from photographs and artifacts the unique characteristics of each tribe. The project took 18 months to complete and assured Harmer’s reputation in the East.

Harmer designed costumes and props for theater productions and ventured into contemporary subjects with his paintings of the Great White Fleet Festival, for which he also designed the advertising poster and the admiral’s floral carriage.

What he is most famous for, however, are his representations of California life during the early 1800s. One writer explains that Harmer “attempted to capture the fading memories of the old Spanish Days through his studies with the aid of the remaining pioneers.” Felicidad introduced him to

the old families who willingly shared the contents of their trunks and reminiscences.

The Art Colony

In 1906, contributing to the establishment of Santa Barbara as an artists’ colony, Harmer built the second of two wooden studio buildings, one adjoining his adobe. Already ensconced in a studio at Harmer’s was Rob Wagner.

Now with the completion of the second pair of studios, Fernand Lungren and Henry M. Howard were to join them.

Over the years, such notable artists as Clarence R. Mattei, Frederick Rhead, DeWitt Parshall, Colin Campbell Cooper, Adele Herter, J.W. Bridge, Dudley Carpenter, Arthur Merton Hazard, Maynard Dixon, Carl Oscar Borg, Frederick Junior, Gilbert White, John Marshall Gamble, and many others leased day studios from Harmer.

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On January 10, 1925, Alexander Harmer died while admiring a sunset in his backyard. That day he had received a “paper talk” from friend Charles Russell that said, “Here’s hoping your trail is a long one, / Plain and easy to ride. / May your dry camps be few, / and Health ride with you / to the pass on the big divide.” Alexander crossed that pass just six months short of the Santa Barbara earthquake, which left the venerable adobe in ruins. Hopes of resuscitating it failed, and in 1945 it, too, followed Harmer across that Big Divide.

On Thursday, November 19, the Santa Barbara Historical Museum will hold an opening reception for an exhibition of Harmer’s works entitled Gatherings and Celebrations.

Guest curator Marlene Miller and yours truly will share the stories behind Alexander Harmer and his work. Museum Members ($20) and guests ($25); reservations required: 966-1601.

Next time: The stories behind Harmer’s paintings and Life with Papa.

(Sources: Material Dreams by Kevin Starr; contemporary news articles of events and exhibitions; city directories; “The Passing of the Nations” by S.E.A. Higgins, Sunset Magazine, Aug. 1903; California State Library card; “A Painter of Old California” by Charles F. Lummis, Land of Sunshine, December 1899; California of the South, Vol V, pp. 165-170, by John. S. McGroaty; 1982 exhibition catalog by James M. Hansen; etc.)

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The four-bedroom, five-bathroom Mediterranean Revival 10-acre estate, was purchased by Russian-born banker Sergey Grishin in 2008 and put on the market in May last year.

It was designed by architect Bertram Goodhue, whose works include the L.A. Public Library and St. Thomas Episcopal Church on New York’s Fifth Avenue, just a tiara’s toss from Saks, where I spent many delightful evenings listening to choral concerts from the likes of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge, and Westminster Abbey.

The neoclassical main house, built in 1906, features a Byzantine-style alcove topped with an 18-foot-high dome, a central atrium and a rooftop lounge that take in 360-degree views.

Among the home’s former owners was Nobel Prize-winning Death in Venice author Thomas Mann and guests included Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill. Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill reportedly had their wedding reception there.

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Conan in Qatar Late-night TV talk-show host Conan O’Brien, who owns a beach house in Carpinteria, just down the road from Oscar winner Kevin Costner, and mega director George Lucas has been finding sand in more exotic locales, namely the Middle East country of Qatar.

Conan, 52, was traveling with First Lady Michelle Obama as part of a series of specials he is putting together for TBS, the cable network that airs his regular program Conan.

The Harvard graduate visited the Al Udeid air base in Doha, with the White House entourage and entertained the troops, while the president’s wife highlighted Joining Forces, an initiative that supports service members, veterans, and their families.

As with his other recent excursions abroad, Conan’s visit was taped to appear as part of an episode of Conan airing later this year.

He has also traveled to Armenia and Cuba of late.

Parting Ways Santa Barbara-based celebrity chef Cat Cora and her wife, Jennifer, are divorcing after 17 years together.

The twosome – who were in a longterm domestic partnership before marrying two years ago – share four children together.

On a statement to People, Cat said: “It is with great sadness, that after 17 years, a tremendous amount of work, careful consideration, and heavy hearts, my wife and I have mutually decided to no longer remain married.”

She added: “In life, there is a season, a reason, and a lifetime. Although this is not what we ever imagined, we will always have four incredible reasons to celebrate our years together, our sons.

“We are forever parents to our boys and are jointly committed to raising them in a peaceful, nurturing, and healthy environment.”

The duo shares sons, Zoran, 11, Caje, 8, Thatcher and Nash, 6, and carried each other’s embryos during their IVF journey.

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Santa Barbara Dream Foundation supporters sharing the stage: country/Americana musician Natalie Noone and Platinum sponsor Andy Puzdner, CEO of CKE Restaurants (photo by Priscilla)

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He was also music director and songwriter for the PBS hit series Jay Jay the Jet Plane.

Don is clinical director of the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara and co-author of a number of highly acclaimed books, including How’s Your Family Really Doing?:10 Keys to a Happy Loving Family and Who’s the Boss? and The Win-Win Way to Parent Your Defiant Strong-Willed Child.

His latest award comes from prolific author Stevanne Auerbach – known as Dr. Toy – who evaluates toys and children’s products, and has named his musical series as one of the 100 Best Children’s Products of 2015.

“It’s quite an accolade,” says Don, who has lived in our rarefied enclave for 27 years.

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gala at the Bacara was no exception with 400 guests turning out honoring the Gentiva Hospice Foundation and saluting supporters of the foundation’s newly launched Dreams for Veterans program.

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Enjoying the spectacular evening are Jeanie and judge Brian Hill, Nissy and Bob Fuladi, Diane and Tim Brown, Linda and John Paul Beltran, Holly and Bob Murphy, Kris and Bill Foudray, Jeanne and Dave Hoffman (photo by priscilla)

Symphony cruise from Rome to Venice, and a Two Tickets to Paradise package to New Zealand and Fiji, including the former home of the late New York publisher Malcolm Forbes, whose socially gridlocked Krugfueled three-day 70th birthday bash at his Palais Mendoub in Tangier, Morocco, in 1989 was undoubtedly one of the best bashes I have ever attended, which sold for $27,000.

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Kisa Heyer, Bryan and Lisa Babcock, Bob Murphy, Marybeth Carty, and KEYT-TV’s Alan Rose and Meredith Garofalo.

Foodbank for Thought The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County was bowled over when the 18th annual Empty Bowls Lunch took place at the Ben Page Youth Center, next to the Foodbank’s Goleta headquarters.

The brainchild of Danyel Dean, a longtime ceramics teacher at AdultEd. the event has become enormously popular over the years and more than 1,000 turned out to buy a bowl and

partake of a simple, but nourishing meal of bread and soup donated by many of our tony town’s best eateries, including Lucky’s, the San Ysidro Ranch, Opal, Downey’s, The Nugget, Bouchon. Ca’Dario, Olio e Limone, Benchmark, the Biltmore, and Stella Mare.

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The simply staged two-act show, with the orchestra under Douglas Kinney Frost, was one of high note with a wonderful supporting cast with bass-baritone Daniel Mobbs, bass Kevin Thompson, tenor Benjamin Brecher, sopranos Rena Harms and Sara Duchovnay, and baritone Ryan Bradford.

The production was sponsored by Roger and Sarah Chrisman.

Coast 2 Coast co-owner Holly Murphy, Rob Essman of Waterford Crystal and Wedgwood China; Jeanie and judge Brian Hill; Catherine Gee with Chris Lancashire (photo by Priscilla)

Rena Harms as Donna Elvira and Mark Walters as Don Giovanni in Opera Santa Barbara’s film noir production (photo by David Bazemore)

quite proud this week after the debut of the film noir version of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at the Granada.

Kostis, who previously did a seven-year tenure at the Tulsa Opera in Oklahoma, used a version of a similar 2013 production at the Kentucky Opera that garnered laudatory reviews.

In his Santa Barbara debut baritone Mark Walters was imposing in the title role, while returning soprano Marcy Stonikas, who becomes the libertine’s nemesis, plays the daughter seeking revenge for her father’s death, to the hilt.

Two for One Social gridlock gripped Tydes at the Coral Casino when my Journal colleague, Erin Graffy, and artist Tom Mielko, launched their new book, Animalia: Portraits in Poetry & Pencil, featuring a selection of animal portraits by Tom and amusing poetry from Erin.

The 23 graphite renderings and 18 poems portray the personalities and peculiarities of a number of animals in the 39-page tome, produced by Santa Barbara’s Kieran Publishing Company, showcase their talents to the full and were snapped up by guests as Christmas presents.

“Tom’s portraits were my complete inspiration,” says Erin, an award-winning author. “He has the astonishing ability to capture expression and personality in his animals without

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later,” says Holly. “It has gone by in a flash.”

Representatives from Christofle, Waterford, Lalique, Vietri and L’Objet also joined in the fun along with judge Brian Hill, Mahri Kerley, Caroline Thompson, Alixe Mattingly, Mindy Denson, Christopher Lancashire, and Catherine Gee, Diana MacFarlane, and Mac and Braelyn Montgomery.

High Notes Santa Barbara warbler Katy Perry has roared to the top spot as the highest-paid woman in music in 2015.

The 31-year-old former Dos Pueblos High student raked in $135 million, tens of millions ahead of the rest of the women on the Forbes list, thanks to a sold-out world tour, hit singles, and lucrative endorsements.

Throughout her Prismatic World Tour, which concluded last month, she grossed more than $2 million per city during the 126 shows. Her deals with Covergirl, Coty, and Claire’s were the icing on the cake.

Taylor Swift, 25, earned the number 2 spot in the rankings, nabbing $80 million. Her album 1989 sold more than 3.6 million copies and was last year’s top release.

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Fleetwood Mac claimed the third spot, with Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie posting high numbers in the coed quintet. Their $59.5-million total was boosted with more than $1 million per city from their On With The Show tour.

Lady Gaga and Beyoncé rounded out the top five with $59 million and $54.5 million, respectively.

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According to the SB Sheriff’s Office, they had received a large number of complaints about illegal camping on this stretch of beach, as well as reports of human waste, illegal fires, and concerns over trash and property that has accumulated. On November 9, deputies followed up the posted notices with a physical presence in the area, forcing campers to remove their personal property from the beach. County reps removed the rest of the abandoned property, and it is currently being stored at the Flood Control Maintenance Shop for 90 days, before it is properly disposed of by the County in accordance with applicable law.

“farm-to-table” restaurant, which will feature a mainly plant-based menu.

The eatery will feature local farmers, produce, and wine on both the food menu and wine/cocktail list.

Peabody’s was a Montecito staple for 34 years before closing in May 2012, and its replacement is expected to re-open in the coming months.

Beautification Day Recap

Saturday, November 7, dozens of Montecito residents participated in the 30th annual Montecito Association-

Volunteers returning to the village green after picking up bags of litter and trash

Dana Newquist and volunteers from local elementary schools and Westmont College helped collect bags of trash picked up by Beautification volunteers

sponsored Beautification Day in the upper village green. In addition to all those who donated their time and resources to make the event happen, the Beautification Committee wishes to thank Four Seasons Biltmore, which donated breakfast; Montecito Village Grocery, for donating lunch, snacks, and drinks; and Violette Bakeshop, which donated dozens of cupcakes to

help celebrate 30 years of beautifying Montecito.

Here are some photos from the festivities.

Clean-Up Efforts at Butterfly Beach

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Owls in Wonderland at Laguna

In celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland, Laguna Blanca School invites students, families, friends, and the entire community for a whimsical day of interactive learning and fun for young children at the sixth annual Owls in Wonderland Carnival at the Lower School campus in Montecito.

The event is from 11 am to 2 pm on Sunday, November 15.

The Owls in Wonderland Carnival has become one of the school’s favorite traditions, which was originally inspired by Swoop, the school’s owl mascot, and by the tale of Alice in Wonderland. The classic characters from the book will all be in attendance, including the White Rabbit, the Caterpillar, the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, and the Cheshire Cat, among others. Carnival highlights include a Mad Hatter’s workshop, a mad scientist, royal croquet, arts and crafts, tea parties, live white rabbits and owls, and of course, Alice!

Adding to the festive spirit and befitting the story’s theme, volunteers will be dressed as characters from the story, and all guests are encouraged to dress up as well.

Admission and activities are free and geared for children ages 3 to 10.

Complimentary valet parking will be available. Food will also be available for purchase. For more information about this event, contact Tara Broucqsault at 687-2461, ext. 209.

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That’s the ironic and wonderful thing. It’s truly a single thing. It’s expensive. The training is grueling.

Who else is going to go and do that?

But the thousands of people on that beach when I emerged who were crying... you could feel the heat of their emotion. The millions of people who heard me speak when I checked in – what they can relate to is the true sort of syndrome that if you want something bad enough, you are going to find your way to every aspect of education and science to help you get through it. If that’s your “other shore,” you will not give up on getting there if you just persist (the way I did).

In my own life, I wanted this swim to remember that I can do anything if I’m willing to get back up after getting knocked down again.

What’s the focus of your new memoir?

What can we look forward to? I understand there are anecdotes about a date with Woody Allen – and you guys are still friends – and other challenges in your life you’ve taken on.

It’s a life story with a focus on the Cuba swim, the span of 35 years of chasing that dream. It informs and goes back and tells other life stories that inform that particular character who was chasing that quest. No one wants to read 1,600 pages of my life.

So I kept it shorter and talked about

the people I’ve met, the textured experiences, not just about Woody Allen but the woman on the city bus. So it’s about who I am at age 65, and a book of honesty and authenticity, and honestly I’m very proud of it.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Day-after Drama – Barely a year after Naomi Iizuka’s latest play Good Kids – a ripped-from-the-headlines tale that tackles sexual assault at universities – the piece makes its Santa Barbara debut via a SBCC Student Showcase Production.

Good Kids kicked off the Big Ten Theatre Consortium’s New Play Initiative, which will commission a female playwright each year for the next decade to write a play to be performed at the league’s universities. The action begins after a high school party, when a girl named Chloe is raped by a gang of football players while she was passed out drunk. The repercussions and rumors that circulate among her peers comprise most of the subsequent plot. Loosely based on the Steubenville High School rape case, Good Kids is provocative, haunting, and stunningly current in its exploration of the public aftermath of a sex crime and its cover-up. What social influences can lead so many “good kids” to collectively assault a classmate, post and share the evidence on social media, not to mention not intervene while the act is happening?

Who’s telling the truth? Whose version of the story do you believe, and what does that say about you? The cast, directed

by SBCC Theater Department co-chair Katie Laris, feature advanced acting students including Lindsay Bovshow, a 30-year-old Santa Barbara native who studied acting at SBJHS, SBHS, SBCC and the University of Montana – plus Samantha Demangate, Alyssa Edzant, Dean Garcia, Selina Murdy, Eliza Packzkowski, Ryan Price, Toby Roennqvist, Nicole Romero, Linn Sandin, Kendrick Surrell, and Alizah Walton.

WHEN: 7:30 pm Wednesdays through Saturdays, plus 2 pm Saturdays and Sundays, November 12-15 & 18-21

WHERE: Jurkowitz Theatre on SBCC’s West Campus, 900 block of Cliff Drive COST: $18 general, $15 seniors, $10 students INFO: 965-5935 or www. theatregroupsbcc.com FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Romeo & Pirouette – Library Dances – State Street Ballet’s Cecily Stewart’s innovative outreach program to bring literature to life through professional dance in public schools – teams with Santa Barbara Junior High Theater Department to present two innovative interpretations of Shakespeare’s classic tale of eternal love Romeo and Juliet. Act 1 features dance excerpts choreographed by Stewart and danced by SSB artists Leila Drake Fossek and Daniel Salinas in collaboration with students from the school who will narrate and act a new script closely following Shakespeare’s original story and language. The second half piece, Drop Dead Juliet, offers a new twist on Shakespeare’s fabled plot written

by Alison Williams. SBJHS students will explore the classic tragedy from a humorous perspective, hilariously probing the plot and its characters to discover exactly why Juliet has to die at all. WHEN: 7 pm tonight & tomorrow WHERE: Marjorie Luke Theater at Santa Barbara Junior High, 721 East Cota Street COST: $10 general, $5 students INFO: 8844087 or www.librarydances.org SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 Guitar Shorty, Blues Giant – Seventy-six year old blues guitaristvocalist Guitar Shorty, a legend who is credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, still delivers the real stuff that has been electrifying audiences for more than half a century.

Still reaching for sounds, riffs, and

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Adventurous Rhythms – It’s an evening of literate music and lyrical tales as singersongwriter Melanie Hutton and author Bryan Snyder co-host tonight’s CD/book release party in the intimate Ayni Gallery, where works by famed Solstice artist Pali X-Mano and Gregory Beeman will be on exhibit. Snyder opens the event reading selected pieces from his new book Off the Map: Fifty-Three Tales of Adventure Along the Rougher Edges of American Wilderness, as the avid outdoor enthusiast shares stories and answers questions about storms, bears, and mountaintops in the wild reaches of the American West. Hutton and her band then perform live versions of selections from her new world music CD Wood and Snake, which features thought-provoking and soul-stirring lyrics over sensual grooves inspired by music from the Middle East, Medieval Spain, Old Europe, and modern beat. WHEN: 6-9 pm WHERE: Ayni Gallery, 215 State Street COST: $15 (at 8 pm) INFO: www.facebook.com/ events/146904685661768/

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 BASSH is Back – Local choreographers and dancers unite in an all-new production showcasing Santa Barbara’s significant scene in social dance. Dance schools, instructors, and independent choreographers come together with their students and other dancers for this longstanding tradition in Santa Barbara featuring a variety of social dance genres choreographed for theatrical impact. Produced, hosted, and often danced by Santa Barbara veteran Derrick Curtis, BASSH – the name originally stood for ballroom, Argentine tango, swing, salsa, and hip-hop – now covers all those styles and more including aerial acts, belly dance, cabaret, jazz, and special surprises. Steven Lovelace will be honored as 2015’s “Local Dance Hero” and will be accompanied

by Mindy Horwitz with choreography by Robin Bisio. You can even join in the fun in the post-performance dance party with the cast on stage following Saturday night’s show. Don’t miss what invariably turns out to be one of the local dance highlights of the year. WHEN: 7 tonight, 2 & 7 pm tomorrow WHERE: New Vic Theatre, 33 W. Victoria Street COST: $23 general, $20 students & seniors INFO: 965-5400 or www.newvictheatre.com

licks that other blues players normally don’t consider, Shorty has won praise from such modern sources as Amazon. com, which raved that his guitar work “sounds like a caged tiger before feeding time. His molten guitar pours his psychedelicized solos like lava over anything in his path.” The incendiary hero – whose association with legends such as Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, B.B. King, Guitar Slim, and T-Bone Walker dates back to his teens – returns to Santa Barbara for a first-ever appearance with the Santa Barbara Blues Society, the oldest such continuing running organization in the country. As always, there’s plenty of seating, and plenty of room for dancing on the venue’s spring-loaded floor, as well as available refreshments including beer and wine and free barbecue snacks in the lobby. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: Carrillo Recreation Center, 100 E. Carrillo Street COST: $30 general, $40 VIP (includes priority seating and one free drink) INFO: 722-8155 or www.sbblues.org Cocktails and Flight – Santa Barbara Centre for Aerial Dance once again throws open its doors for a Dance Elixer special studio sneak-preview evening unveiling new works from the upcoming 2016 performance season. Visitors are invited to stroll through the three studios to witness the floor-to-air dances that marks the center’s distinctive approach to contemporary movement. Each of the four new works will be served up vignette-style throughout the evening, created against a backdrop of theme and plot, a visual storyboard come to life. And each will also be paired with an inspired craft cocktail created by a local mixologist

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to sip and savor while taking in the sensations of aerial dance. Proceeds from the “leaps and libations” offering help fund the 2016 Santa Barbara Floor to Air Festival, the city’s annual international event that attracts aerial artists from across the nation for performances and workshops in the ethereal art of aerial dance. WHEN: 6-9 pm WHERE: 810 E. Gutierrez St., Suite B COST: $35, includes all cocktails and hors d’oeuvres INFO: 284-8785 or www.sbaerial.com Mesa Studio Artists Tour – There weren’t many artists from the bluff top neighborhoods overlooking the blue Pacific in the recent Santa Barbara Studio Artists Tour, largely due to the fact that the Mesa artists have their own association.

That’s not surprising, because the Santa Barbara Mesa has been a haven and inspiration for noted Western artists for years, due to the area’s gorgeous scenery that includes views of the city’s picturesque harbor, several beaches, and hillsides that rise above miles of dramatic sea cliffs – you can paint plein air without leaving the ‘hood. The Mesa Studio Artist Tour is an annual autumn event for the last decade, one accessible by bike or even foot for the more hearty. This year’s participants include Sara Woodburn, Ellen Yeomans, Morgan Green, Erin Williams, Liz Downey, Margaret Nadeau, Bill Hull, Cree Mann, Nancy Hull, Karin Aggeler, Sarah Carr, and Deborah Breedon covering such genres as woodcut prints, sculpture, and paintings, prints, and cards in all media. WHEN: 11am to 4 pm today & tomorrow WHERE: see map COST: free INFO: www. santabarbaramesaartists.com

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 This is M.E. Solo – Melissa Etheridge’s is known for big, loud music with clanging guitars and boisterous singing backed by a full band of rock ‘n’ rollers. But this time around, the electric rocker known for her iconic voice, profound lyrics, and a riveting stage presence is going out as a solo singer-songwriter. The veteran musician will perform songs from her new album, This is M.E., as well as touch on many of her greatest hits including “Come to My Window,” “I’m The Only One”, and “I Want to Come Over”. She’ll also share stories the inspiration behind her most beloved songs, as well as more personal moments from her life and career that has resulted in two Grammy Awards and 17 nominations, an Academy Award (for “I Need to Wake Up” from the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth), and a star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $50-$75 INFO: 8933535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Songwriters in the Round – Debbie Miller, a New York-raised classically trained pianist (she studied under a Julliard alumna for 10 years) turned Seattle singer-songwriter, is embarking on her first tour of the West Coast. Miller, whose music blends humor with heart-wrenching honesty, will share the stage with local residents Kate Graves and Spencer Neff, both worthy and original singer-songwriters in their own right, who are just coming into their own as performers and recording artists. Neff, who channels Neil Young through his own vision and far more fascinating voice, is especially one to watch. WHEN: 7-9 pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Guitar Bar, 137 Anacapa Street COST: $10 suggested donation INFO: 770-7242 or www.sbguitarbar. com TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Kasparov on Putin – When one of the great strategic minds on the past half-century waxes passionately about the perils of Putin, it probably behooves

us all to pay attention. Former chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov, who was the world’s number-one ranked player for a record 20 years and the human participant in the famous matches against the IBM super-computer Deep Blue in 1996-97, retired from chess to lead the pro-democracy opposition against Russian president Vladimir Putin in 2005 and has worked as a social activist ever since. He founded the United Civil Front and organized the Marches of Dissent to protest Putin’s repressive policies and in 2012 was named chairman of the New Yorkbased Human Rights Foundation. Facing imminent arrest during Putin’s crackdown on opposition, Kasparov moved from Moscow to New York City in 2013.

Kasparov’s brand-new book, Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped, forms the basis for his lecture arguing that years of complacency and poor judgment in dealing with Putin have allowed his power to grow, rendering him a global threat. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $15 INFO: 893-3535 or www.

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New Age and Broadway, Fahl has had a much longer solo career than she did with the group that only put out two albums before temporarily disbanding. Fahl went on to make several solo albums with hired musicians, and wrote songs for soundtracks (Gods & Generals) and most recently one for the audiobook of Anne Rice’s 2013 novel The Wolves of Midwinter, which contained a reference to one of Fahl’s songs.

Fahl, who has one of the biggest voices in pop music, just recently started venturing out as a true solo artist, and it’s in that guise that she makes her Santa Barbara debut at SOhO on Saturday night. Here are excerpts from a much longer conversation.

Q. You have what has been called a “soul-permeating contralto.” How did you develop your voice? And when did you realize what it could be?

A. The first time was in kindergarten, at a show-and-tell when I forgot to bring something, so I sang “I Could Have Danced All Night” just out of my back pocket. My teacher said, “Wait a minute” and went to get the school nurse who then brought the principal, and they made me do it four or five times. I was just 5. That’s when I realized that maybe I could do this. I was always very comfortable in my own skin on stage. I just love to sing. And I would get interesting reactions from people, something real guttural – not the typical “She has a nice voice.” I knew that I didn’t sound like anybody else, which was great because I didn’t want to. You can hear some Sandy Denny, and others, but I don’t sound like them.

Your songs generally are very pensive, and usually somewhat mournful.

(Laughs). It’s much harder to write when your life is happy. There isn’t much to say. But I’ve always been moved more by myth and classic movies where I can just immerse myself in another world. I wrote a song for my husband on my latest CD, and one about June Carter and Johnny Cash who had the epitome of music relationships. But I’m more interested in things outside my own life. I’m concerned about where we’re all heading, like we’re tumbling toward disaster. I find solace in that big giant picture of things. I can’t write like Pink Floyd on Dark Side of the Moon (which Fahl reinterpreted in an earlier CD), or at least when I try it’s awful. I’m better dealing with older things, like from 300 years ago, and when I’m writing authentically and honestly, that’s what comes out.

Focus on Film

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of Killing is a harrowing film about the 1965 Indonesian genocide that not only tells the terrible tale but also revisits many of the perpetrators and victims’ families from the present-day perspective, including a bizarre re-enactment of some of the most murderous episodes. Now, UCSB Pollock Theater’s Social Impact Cinema presents The Look of Silence, the doc’s companion piece, described

by Oppenheimer as “a poem about a silence born of terror,” that follows optometrist Adi as he confronts his brother’s murderers during an eye exam, and asks the killers, who are still in power, to accept responsibility for their crime. UCSB film professors Bhaskar Sarkar and Janet Walker, co-editors of the book Documentary Testimonies: Global Archives of Suffering, conduct a discussion following the screening, slated for 7 pm on Thursday, November 12.

On Friday, November 13, Unity of Santa Barbara screens AWAKE: The Life of Yogananda, an unconventional biography about Paramahansa Yogananda, the Hindu mystic who brought yoga and meditation to the West in the 1920s and authored the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi, which has sold millions of copies worldwide and remains a go-to book for seekers, philosophers, and yoga enthusiasts today. Filmed over three years with the participation of 30 countries around the world, the documentary examines the world of yoga, modern and ancient, East and West, and explores why millions have turned their attention inward, bucking the temptations of the material world in pursuit of self-realization.

The film – which features appearances by Yogananda devotees Steve Jobs, George Harrison, and Russell Simmons – received strong reviews from mainstream press during its theatrical run last year. Admission to the 7 pm screening is $5; complimentary snacks and beverages will be served following the film to engender discussion.

Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, Congregation B’nai B’rith honors 18 local WWII veterans from the Jewish community at the Children of the Covenant Legacy Luncheon on Sunday, November 15, at 11 am.

The veterans’ accomplishments were documented through extensive filmed interviews in collaboration with the Santa Barbara-based nonprofit Life Chronicles, which will be screened during the event, which also features keynote speaker Nancy Spielberg (Steven’s sister), who will discuss her recent film, Above & Beyond. The feature-length documentary tells a larger story of Jewish American pilots from WWII who smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron

Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence in 1948. (An invitation-only reception and film screening of Above & Beyond takes place at the Bacara Resort at 5pm.) Admission is by donation. Info at 964-7869, ext.104, or email dusty@ cbbsb.org.

Part-time UCSB film professor Allison Anders – the indie director and MacArthur Genius Grant Peabody Award winner whose films include Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca, and Grace of My Heart – joins fellow faculty member Cynthia Felando in discussion following a 7 pm screening on Wednesday of It as part of Pollock’s VAMPS!: Icons of the Silent Screen series. The 1927 box-office smash stars Clara Bow as an effervescent yet witty salesgirl who has set her sights on her handsome boss and turns into a sexy, wily flapper to charm him. The film made her a celebrity and America’s first “It girl”, personifying the Roaring Twenties. Admission is $10.

Also on Wednesday, Sansum Clinic & the Women’s Council host a screening of Running for Jim, a 2013 documentary about famed California high school cross country coach Jim Tracy and his battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease, which received considerable attention when one of his runners crawled across the finish line to claim the 2010 championship. The story of grit, determination and the powerful will to finish is preceded by a reception and followed by a Q&A with Sansum Clinic neurologist Dr. Karen DaSilva. Call 681-1756.

More Montecito movies: Next up in the Granada’s ongoing Elmer Bernstein Memorial Film Series screening features with music scored by the famed film composer who was a longtime Montecito resident is a Monday evening unspooling of True Grit, the 1969 original featuring John Wayne as a drunken, hard-nosed, reluctant lawman who helps a stubborn teenager track down her father’s murderer in Indian territory. Series curator Jon Burlingame hosts a talk with audience Q&A before the film.

Villagers in Print

Veteran Santa Barbara arts writer Joe Woodard’s unauthorized biography of famed saxophonist-composer Charles Lloyd – who has lived in the Montecito foothills for more than 20 years – is a deep-diving take on the jazz master ’s highs and lows in both his professional career and personal life, which are often inextricably linked. Based on two decades of interviews Woodard conducted for magazine and newspaper stories, Charles Lloyd: A Wild Blatant Truth traces Lloyd’s career

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from his beginnings in Memphis in the 1940s-50s through his years in Los Angeles, New York, and a self-imposed exile in Big Sur in the 1970s-80s, to his current status as an elder statesmen who continues to innovate. In recent years, Lloyd has fronted a series of impressive bands featuring pianists Bobo Stensen, Geri Allen, Brad Mehldau, and Jason Moran and drummers Billy Higgins and Billy Hart, and within the last year showed up at the Lobero in collaboration with Bill Frisell and Zakir Hussain. Woodard, who has contributed to Down Beat and Jazz Times magazines, and the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Variety, signs copies of the just-released book on Friday Novenber 13 at Chaucer ’s Books.

MJ columnist Erin Graffy hits Chaucer ’s on Monday, November 16, to sign her newest book, Animalia, which features poetry paired with animal portraits by renowned Montecito artist Tom Mielko inspired by the denizens of the Santa Barbara Zoo. The book sports funny and clever poetry that should appeal to children of all ages, including adults who might appreciate the wink-wink humor. Graffy’s popular local guide book How to Santa Barbara was the best-selling book in the county when first published and continues to sell well nearly 20 years after its release.

Recent Montecito transplant Mitchell Kriegman’s 2014 novel Being Audrey Hepburn tells the story of a 19-year-old girl from New Jersey who finds herself thrust into the world of socialites after being seen in Audrey Hepburn’s dress from the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Now the writer whose credits date back to Saturday Night Live has returned to Clarissa Darling, the precocious teenage fashionista of Kriegman beloved 1990s Nickelodeon TV series Clarissa Explains It All. Except that Clarissa is now a woman in late mid20s (yes, it’s been nearly 25 years since the show first aired, which would make at least 39, but time is a mystery) and a lot darker of a character. Things I Can’t Explain answers the questions fans have been asking since the end of the series, as now grown-up Clarissa struggles to answer questions of her own and learns to cope with new relationships and responsibilities. It’s not all that fun knowing it all in your teens and then feeling like you know nothing in your 20s! Kriegman signs the book at Chaucer’s on Tuesday, November 17, exactly one week after the publication date.

For more information, call Chaucer’s at 682-6787 or visit www.chaucers books.com.

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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 Andrea Luporello. FBN No. 20150003028. Published November 11, 18, 25, December 2, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Autocamp Santa Barbara, 2717 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara,

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CA 93105. Autocamp, LLC, 740 State Street 3rd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 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 Noe Solis. FBN No. 2015-0003129.

Published November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2015.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Bree’Osh, 1150 Coast Village Road, STE E, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Artisan Sourdough Bakers, LLC, 27 W. Anapamu Street, STE 406, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on October 19, 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 Tara Jayasinghe. FBN No. 2015-0003008. Published November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2015.

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 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. 20150002937. 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 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. 20150003020. Published October 28, November 4, 11, 18, 2015.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 15CV03732. To all interested parties: Petitioner Andrea Gutierrez filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name from Larissa Kennedy Rodriguez to Larissa Kennedy Gutierrez. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed November 2, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: January 27, 2016 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/2

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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 cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

Filed October 14, 2015 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk.

Hearing date: December 9, 2015 at 9:30 am in Dept. 1, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 35) Signing authors of Animalia, Erin Graffy and Tom Mielko (photo by Priscilla)

Kimberly Hayes, Chris and Bob Emmons, Liz and Ron Fendon at the Coral Casino’s Animalia book signing with their purchases (photo by Priscilla)

Early-season shoppers: Archie McLaren, Hiroko Benko, Sharri and George Isaac (photo by Priscilla)

Books in their hands: Gil Rosas, Brenda Blalock, Holly Murphy, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Jelinda DeVorzon, Eileen Mielko, and Carol Marsch (photo by Priscilla)

courting cartoons. His portraits are realistic, but he conveys much in the eyes of the animals that you believe you know what the animal is thinking or feeling.

“This is precisely what I wanted

to put into verse, and I could hardly write fast enough to get it all down.

The resulting rhymes are a mixture of Ogden Nash and Edward Lear, with

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Second Annual ‘Your Brain Matters’ Luncheon Honoring Maria Shriver

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Friday, November 20, 2015 at 11:30 A.M.

Maria Shriver

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the game of chess, you could make a mistake; you could have a bad plan, but it’s still better than no plan. With a plan, you can possibly reach a position where there may be new opportunities.” He believes Obama has no plan at all.

Kasparov opines that Obama created a vacuum when he withdrew U.S. forces from the Middle East, and filling that vacuum were Isis and the Russians. “[President Obama] has made mistake after mistake based upon his ideological basis. While Chamberlain claimed his actions would lead to ‘peace in our time,’” he quips, “Obama is content with ‘peace in my term’.”

Kasparov suggests that the winter may be a long one because “every dictatorship ends in turmoil, and the longer a dictator stays in power, the worse the outcome.” He says the attempt to prop up Assad has already led to a disaster of great magnitude, and that disaster continues to unfold.

Redrawing the Maps Before the chaos is over, “There will likely be new borders reflecting ethnic and religious realities in the Middle East,” he says.

I asked him what he thought of the U.S. rapprochement with Cuba and how that may affect Russia’s relationship with the island nation. Kasparov believes it will not greatly affect Russia’s position and points out that “Obama asked for nothing in return for diplomatic recognition. “Immediately following the public agreement to restore diplomatic relations,” he says, “there was another crackdown on dissidents in Cuba in October.”

We turned to Israel as we heard loudspeakers in the airport terminal informing him that his flight had begun boarding. “Netanyahu is in a very sensitive position,” Kasparov notes. He is the first Israeli prime minister to face American hostility toward his country.

The American president has no interest in building further relations with Israel, and he showed no intention of protecting the interests or the state of Israel when it was in great danger.”

In the meantime, “The Israeli public has become more suspicious of the intentions of Arab neighbors. All the attempts of a peaceful resolution have ended up with intifadas and more terrorist attacks.” It is, he believes, an explosive situation.

And, as he began walking to the gate where his flight was boarding, I asked what he believed Boris Yeltsin’s place in history would be. “It’s too early to say,” he says. “I cannot criticize him.

He was maybe not the best man for the job, but he did the best he could. On balance, he’ll be slightly on the positive side. I would say, though, that I expected more.”

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subject up during his talk at Campbell Hall on November 17 (8 pm): $15 admission; students $10. Call (805) 8933535 for tickets or go online to www. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu. Earlier that day (November 17 from 3 to 5 pm), Mr. Kasparov will be speaking at the Reagan Ranch Center, 217 State Street, in Santa Barbara as a guest of Young America’s Foundation. Admission is $25 per person; there will be no charge for a full-time undergraduate student, but you must RSVP beforehand as space is limited. Call (805) 957-1980 for more info.

Investing Responsibly

It’s no secret that in the Santa Barbara-Montecito area there are a good number of people with funds to invest. Many of them, it seems, not only want to invest profitably, but also want to invest responsibly. Which means they want to invest in companies that take social responsibility and the environment into consideration. It’s called “Socially Responsible Investing” (SRI), and to help with an effort to understand the concept more fully, I called Matthew (Matt) Adams, Chief Investment officer at Mission Wealth Management, who is a partner in the firm.

As CIO, Matt is responsible for all portfolio management, trading, analysis, and research functions; he also heads up the firm’s investment committee.

“SRI is something that has been around for quite some time,” Matt says, and notes that SRI has become a much-requested option for many of his individual clients, as well as the non-profits whose funds he manages.

Are SRI investors, I wondered, interested in making a solid investment with a proven and reliable cash flow, or is their primary interest in seeing that the companies they do put their money into are responsible stewards?

Matt says his firm’s goal is making a profit for its clients. And, he does so by using individual stocks in numbers large enough to ensure what he calls “adequate diversification.” He and his committee choose from 80 to 100 global stocks to create indexed-like performance.

“It’s really a matter of getting enough stocks in the portfolio and then using the socially responsible straining tools that we have to either punitively take out those stocks that don’t fit our clients’ eyes,” he explains. “Or, instead of punitively taking out a Chevron or an ExxonMobil because of the carbon emission issues, perhaps, you positively reward companies for the progress they’re making.”

He explains that SRI is “not all about climate change.” They’ll look into a number of different factors; for example, whether the company is providing

good access to health care. Whether or not it is engaged in anti-competitive practices; what its health and safety practices are, and many other factors.

“Although Exxon or Chevron may be bad in terms of carbon emissions, they might actually be offering very strong positive elements of their business in terms of their social and corporate governance,” Matt suggests.

The Morgan Stanley Capital International index (MSCI) gives Mission Wealth detailed data on some 5,500 different global companies and gives them the tools to determine which companies are making improvements in their business model. “Often times, that’s more important to a client than simply excluding them because they refine oil,” he says.

IVA Ratings What is important is the overall grade a company receives. “Much like a bond that may be investment grade rated,” Matt says, “you can get an Intangible Value Assessment, or an IVA ranking, which is a nice way of getting a summarized grade on a Chevron or a General Electric or a Pfizer; looking across all categories of environmental, social, and governmental strains, how do they do overall? We know every company cannot be great in all areas; even the beloved companies out there will fall down in one area or another, but overall are they being as good a corporate steward as they possibly can?”

Are there “star” stocks that are at the top of the list? I wondered.

“The best rating our firm gives is AAA,” Matt explains, “All companies have good things they do and bad things they do.”

Domestically, Microsoft and 3M are rated AAA. General Electric, Merck, and IBM are close behind at AA. On the international side, there is Roche, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Siemens, and Allianz: all are rated AAA. One example of a company heavily involved in oil and energy production that one may think would be out of bounds for SRI but isn’t is Schlumberger, which scores BBB. “They have a decent overall ranking because of their improving safety performance and their cutting-edge carbon capture and sequestration program,” Matt says, “and their incredibly low worksite injury rate. The company is doing what it can to be socially conscious, and will fit into a fully representative portfolio.”

Other good guys are Worley Parsons Ltd (AAA) and Foster Wheeler (AA).

Bad guys include Trans Ocean, Sea Journal Ltd., and Diamond Off-Shore Drilling.

••• Mr. Adams earned a bachelor of arts in Business Economics from UCSB and a master of business administration

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from UCLA. He is on the board of trustees at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and serves on the Museum’s Finance Committee, and chairs the Museum’s Investment Committee supervising the Museum’s Endowment.

You can call Mission Wealth Management at (805) 882-2360 or Matthew Adams directly at (805) 6903907 for more information.

Tab Hunter, Confidentially

Co-producer Allan Glaser reports that Tab Hunter Confidential (Hollywood’s “All-American Boy” Had a Secret) has opened nationwide and is currently playing in 50 cities. “It’s become a big hit,” says an elated Glaser during a short telephone conversation just before press time. It’s playing one night in Santa Barbara, on Thursday, November 19, at 7 pm.

“We’re doing such good business,” Allan continues, “that they’re plugging us into all the theaters where Steve Jobs, which wasn’t doing well, was playing. We’re picking up a lot of theaters, and we’re booked right up into the end of January 2016.

“Right now,” Allan says, “they’ve just extended us in Laguna Niguel and San Diego, and they’re moving us into a bigger theater in San Francisco after playing two weeks.” On Thursday, the film opens in Palm Springs (and Santa Barbara), and it opens in Cleveland, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Santa Fe, Denver, Amherst, and Chicago over the next two weeks.

In January, the film will be playing in Sedona, Phoenix, Hollywood, and other cities.

The Film Collaborative, which has had recent success with documentaries such as Twenty Feet From Stardom (which won an Academy Award) is handling distribution. “They really know what they’re doing,” Allan says.

The documentary was directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, who also directed I Am Divine and Vito. Ginni and Chad Dreier are credited as two of the film’s executive producers.

“I give full credit to Dan and Meg Burnham for our booking at the Granada,” Allan notes. Meg had asked him where it was playing in Santa Barbara and Allan told her that his distributor hadn’t booked it here.

“Meg said, ‘No, we’ve got to get it in.’

She moved mountains,” Allan says, “and the Granada was happy to have it once she made them aware of its availability.”

Tickets for Tab Hunter Confidential are still available and are selling for $10 ($20 for VIP seating). After the showing, both Tab Hunter and Allan will be interviewed on stage by MJ’s •MJ own Richard Mineards.

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a sprinkling of Maurice Sendak. The poetry alternates between a myriad of styles: limericks, light verse, quatrains, and refrains.”

Among the torrent of too-too tony types attending the book bash were Hiroko Benko, Lynn Brittner, Barry and Jelinda DeVorzon, Penelope Bianchi, Steve and Caroline Thompson, Janet Garufis, Nancy Gifford, Julian Nott and Anne Luther, Beverley Jackson, Susan St. John, Penny Jenkins, Leslie RidleyTree, Alicia St. John, Gretchen Lieff, Ted Baer, Patrick and Sarah Maiani, Paksy Plackis-Cheng, Robert and Christine Emmons, Gil Rosas, and Kimberly Phillips.

Curtain Call The Amazons were out in force when Granada board member Gretchen Lieff, hosted a reception at her George Washington Smith estate, Los Suenos, in honor of Kristi Newton, who was the theater’s director of development for more than three years.

Kristi, a UCSB graduate with 22 years of experience, has now joined the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara County, as vice-president of advancement, dealing with all elements of fund raising, marketing, and alumni

relations.

Among those turning out to wish her well and laud her past work were Anne Towbes, Nina Terzian, Jelinda DeVorzon, Nina Phillips, Betty and Joi Stephens, Sharol Siemens, Marcy Carsey, Mara Abboud, Pru Sternin, Nancy O’Connor, Susan Gulbransen,and Marla McNally Phillips.

Laura Capps, accepting the William Sansum First Diabetes Hero award, for her mother, Congresswoman Lois Capps; presented by Sandra Tillisch Svoboda, president of the board (photo by Priscilla)

Sons of Dr. William Sansum, founder of William Sansum Diabetes Center, pictured with the board of trustees president, Sandra Tillisch Svoboda are Bill, George, and Bob Burtness, board trustees emeritus (photo by Priscilla)

From left: Pat McKinley, Dawn Lucian, Esther McKinley, Ken Roby, and emcee Drew Wakefield

Together They Stand A record 394 guests raised a record $150,000 when the William Sansum Diabetes Center hosted its fourth annual Together We Triumph lunch at Fess Parker’s Doubletree.

Congresswoman Lois Capps, a former nurse who helped the organization get a $2-million grant for more research into Type 1 diabetes, was honored with the first Diabetes Hero award, which was received by her daughter, Laura Burton Capps, from board president Sandra Tillisch Svoboda.

Executive director Ellen Goodstein recounted her tale of her son, Derek, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at 13, one of 2 million people in the U.S. who are affected by the disease. Now, at 32, he is a Miami firefighter.

Supporters at the bustling affair included Dana and Andrea Newquist, Ed and Sue Birch, Bob and Mary Ellen Logan, Warren Butler, Marilyn Gilbert, David Kerr, Sharon Siegel, Alexander DePaoli, and Tom and Lisa McEwan.

All Aces It wasn’t the perfect time for a round on the golf course as heavy rain lashed the La Cumbre Country

Club for the 19th annual Breast Cancer Awareness tournament, with 120 hardy players raising $25,000 for the cause, among them former Wimbledon tennis ace Jimmy Connors and his son, Brett, and radio anchor Catherine Remak.

Drew Wakefield emceed the reception after the water-soaked rounds, congratulating players on their resilience.

The monies is split equally between the Breast Cancer Resource Center and Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital.

Sightings: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow with children, Moses and Apple, at George, the Montecito Country Mart pet store... Rocker Dave Crosby noshing at La Super-Rica Taqueria...

Christopher Lloyd checking out fellow actor Jeff Daniels and his son Ben’s band at the New Vic Pip! Pip! Readers with tips, sightings and other amusing items for Richard’s column should email him at richard mineards@verizon.net or send invitations and other correspondence to the Journal.

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

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THE CLEARING HOUSE – MONTECITO PRE- REMODEL ESTATE SALE, 2794 Bella Vista Drive November 14 -15, 9am – 3pm.

Large Estate to be completely redone. We are selling High End Fixtures, Appliances (Sub-Zero, Bosch, Viking), Cabinetry, Granite Counter Tops, Hardware, etc. Also, a full house of furniture, household, TV’s, Designer Clothing/Accessories, Sporting Equipment, Toys, Gym, Patio. Fun and Interesting Sale!!

Ageless,Timeless,Youthful Style Refresh, rethink your personal style.

Over 40 years of unique experience.

Author of “Forever Cool” and “Steal This Style” (Random House) www. sherriemathieson. com 480-3618550 sherrie@sherriemathieson.com

PERSONALS Seeking live-in situation, will provide companionship, light housekeeping, occasional gourmet cooking.

917-272-7259.

BEAUTY & SPA SERVICES Forget Lash Extensions ~Try a Lash Perm.

We perm your lashes creating beautifully curled natural lashes that last 8-12 weeks. $65 Call Riverblue Salon Spa 565-1999 DANCING LESSONS Dance Fever studio- the Santa Barbara area’s premier DanceSport studio for kids & adults!

Try our FREE Introductory Ballroom dance class.

World-Class teachers from Russia.

Sign up today (805)512-0332 www.sb.dancefeverstudio.com dancefeverpros@yahoo.com

LASTING LEGACY Preserve your life story as a precious gift for loved ones and future generations.

Autobiography, Family History or Biography of a Loved One. David Wilk (805) 4555980. Wilkonian@sbcglobal.net. Ask to see previous books I’ve written and references.

Family Historian available to help you create a written account of your life that will preserve your past and become a cherished legacy for future generations. There is no time like the present to give the gift of a lifetime! Lisa O’Reilly, Member Association of Personal Historians 684-6514 or www.yourstorieswritten.com Need Help around the house?

Responsible, organized, and easy going person offering services for errands, appts, light cleaning.

805-252-4937

POSITION WANTED

Longtime SB resident, will chauffeur to appts, personal shopping, reliable, pet care. $20/hr. Excellent refs.

805 687-1190.

Seeking live-in situation. Will provide companionship, light housekeeping & occasional gourmet cooking.

917-272-7259.

CAREGIVER SERVICES

VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS Hurry, before your tapes fade away. Now doing records & cassettes to CD. Only $10 each 9 69-6500 Scott.

Caregiver/companion looking for a position, live-in/out.15 yrs experience. Background checked. Excellent local references.

Call Marge 805-450-8266.

Over 25 Years in Montecito

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EXCELLENT R EFERENCES EXCELLENT REFERENCES • Repair Wiring • Repair Wiring • Remodel Wiring • Remodel Wiring • New Wiring • New Wiring • Landscape Lighting • Landscape Lighting • Interior Lighting • Interior Lighting

(805)969-1575 969-1575 (805)

COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES

HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES ** JnJcleaning specialize in cleaning office/ home*** Affordable, dependable and friendly staff.

Ask for detailed cleaning, general or luxury cleaning. $ 23.00 per hrs, minimum 3 hrs. we make your house like your castle. fresh and fantastic.

320-2773

$8 minimum

PHYSICAL TRAINING/COACHING Fit for Life

& CES 805-895-9227

Customized workouts and nutritional guidance for any lifestyle. Individual/ group sessions.

Specialized in CORRECTIVE EXERCISE – injury prevention and post surgery. House calls available..

Victoria Frost- CPT

PHYSICAL THERAPY Improve the Way You Move-Improve the Quality of Your Life.

Josette Fast, PT35 years experience.

House calls 805722-8035 www. fitnisphysicaltherapy. com

SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway.

Charming, private studio. Beautiful garden patio. Walk to beach and town. $110/night.

831-624-6714 Santa Barbara Short Term fully furnished Apartments/Studios.

Walk to Harbor & Downtown.

Day/Week/Month 805-966-1126 TheBeachHouseInn.com ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES THE CLEARING HOUSE, LLC Recognized as the Area’s Leading Estate Liquidators – Castles to Cottages Experts in the Santa Barbara Market! Professional, Personalized Services for Moving, Downsizing, and Estate Sales .

Complimentary Consultation (805) 708 6113 email: theclearinghouseSB@cox.net website: theclearinghouseSB.com Estate Moving Sale Service-Efficient30yrs experience.

Elizabeth Langtree 689-0461 or 733-1030.

GARDENING SERVICES

PR SERVICES Marketing and Publicity for your business, non-profit, or event. Integrating traditional and social media and specializing in PSAs, podcasts, videos, blogs, articles and press releases. Contact Patti Teel seniorityrules@gmail.com REAL ESTATE SERVICES

Elegant Garden Services ~Cut flowers & vegetables ~Raised beds & containers ~Garden edits & re-designs ~Water saving irrigation ~Mulching, pruning & fertilizing Call 805 565-3006 TUTORING SERVICES PIANO LESSONS Santa Barbara Studio of Music seeks children wishing to experience the joy of learning music.

(805) 453-3481.

FIREWOOD

NancyHussey.com Nancy Hussey Realtor ® 805-452-3052 Coldwell Banker / Montecito DRE#0138377 “Thanks Nancy, for Making our Third Transaction go so Smoothly. We appreciate ALL your efforts. Good Fortune is a Friend Like You.” –Irene and Ken Steiner

El Niño?? Praying for rain??

Get ready now, Abundant Firewood! $50-400. Seasoned, well split.

Oak, mix & stove wood 805-895-2099 or 967-1474 HANDYMAN SERVICES Finish Custom Carpentry.

Furniture, cabinets, restoration, doors, windows..

Ca Lic#911243.

(805)696-8507.

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Deadline for inclusion in the next issue is Thursday prior to publication date. $8 minimum. Email: christine@montecitojournal.net

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CAREGIVING REFERRAL SERVICE www.filcaremanagement.com • Full time/Part time Caregivers • Meal & Menu planning • Escort to medical & personal appointments • Light housekeeping

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CEMETERY PLOTS Sunset at SB Cemetery Rare double plot overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Side by side burial for 2 or inurnment, up to 4 urns. Current value: $116,000. Please call 805-886-7930 Leave message for more information. All offers considered.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED K-PALS need volunteers to be foster parents for our dogs while they are waiting for their forever homes.

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843 Park Hill Ln $9,495,000 Tim Dahl 805.886.2211 Gated 4BD/5BA Don Nulty designed Hilltop Villa with ocean views situated on 4+ acres (assr). www.TimDahl.com

1473 Bonnymede Dr $4,000,000 Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.6233 Sea Meadow in Montecito, 3BD/3BA, SW sun exposure, gated. www.1473.MontecitoProperties.com

4520 Foothill Rd $3,500,000 Kerry L Mormann 805.689.3242 Rare & gated 4BD/5BA, 8,000 SF (assr) Mediterranean estate on 23 acs (assr) w/ stunning views.

235 Santa Rosa Ln $3,195,000 Easter Team 805.570.0403 Charming 3BD/2½BA Hedgerow home with separate guest house.

Renovated & pristine!

309 Avila Way $2,695,000 Randy Glick 805.563.4066 Beautifully designed single level 5BD/3BA home on corner .80 ac (assr) lot. www.309AvilaWay.com

1495 Sterling Ave $2,500,000 Kerry L Mormann 805.689.3242 5 acres (assr) w/ 3 greenhouses, lettuce baths, propagation & packing areas. Residential/AG!

236 Toro Canyon Rd $2,195,000 Ralston/Hitchcock 805.455.9600/805.705.4485 Refined 4BD/3½BA country home w/1BD GH on a gated & fenced .46 acre (assr) w/ 3+ car garage.

3553 Padaro Ln $5,950,000 Kathleen Winter 805.451.4663 BEACHFRONT 2BD/2BA cottage on the sand with panoramic views. www.PadaroCottage.com

1098 Golf Rd $5,750,000 Jason Streatfeild 805.280.9797 WATCH THE VIDEO ONLINE www.1098GolfRoad.com. George Washington Smith 5BD/4BA 1+ ac (assr). MUS.

3589 Toro Canyon Park Rd $5,750,000 Kerry L Mormann 805.689.3242 Ready To Build a Grand Estate? 120 acre (assr) view parcel in Montecito ready for building.

260 Penny Ln $4,395,000 Daniel Encell 805.565.4896 Renovated 4BD/4½BA Montecito home in the private & gated Ennisbrook. MUS. www.DanEncell.com

4711 Foothill Rd $3,500,000 Kerry L Mormann 805.689.3242 10 acs (assr) w/greenhouse, packing house, residence, garage/ storage. Value is land & location.

935 Arcady Rd $3,495,000 Daniel Encell 805.565.4896 Cape Cod style Montecito 4BD/3½BA hilltop estate, with stunning views! www.DanEncell.com

230 Hot Springs Rd $2,595,000 Montecito Partner Group 805.455.7577 Totally renovated & enhanced Montecito 4BD/2.5BA home with the feel & ambiance of Provence. Conveniently located just minutes to upper & lower village shops. www.MontecitoPartner.com

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