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Michelin Review With more Michelin stars and Thomas Keller on the way, the local food scene is on the rise – but how does it compare to the Hamptons?, page 5

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t’s a Local Thing – There’s some gastronomical similes going on between 5 IMontecito and the Hamptons

Thoughts – It’s the wear and tear of our bodies, life, and the roads 20 Binrilliant between them

ontecito Miscellany – A Totally Awesome gala, An Artful Affair at Riven 8 MRock, Bread & Roses at Elings, and more miscellany

ear Montecito – It’s the joy of cultural inclusion with the Commission on 22 DCulture, Arts, and Joy Justice – a new UCSB student government association

Beat – With updates from MUS, Montecito Fire, and more – this is he Giving List – The ongoing success of AHA!’s programs are helping kids 10 Vtheillage 24 Tconnect latest from the Montecito Association with themselves and others Tide Guide

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A Clean Path – From a lovestruck German immigrant in Oregon to a linchpin

12 Brown, plus Casa del Herrero’s 1st Annual Estate Sale is a success (don’t

Our Town – It’s avocado time down in Carpinteria and remembering Mac worry… the estate wasn’t sold)

ociety Invites – The SB Rescue Mission heads to the Bayou and Rona 14 SBarrett has a Beatles of a birthday – Dr. Don MacMannis uses his background in clinical psychology 16 BtoodycraftWise catchy kids tunes that both teach and entertain them our Westmont – The college becomes an Emerging Hispanic Serving 18 YInstitution, the Warriors return, a new engineering facility, and Sokhela continues his streak

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It’s a Local Thing

The Hamptons and Montecito: A Culinary Love Affair

In East Hampton, Nick & Toni’s is a classic spot for fine dining and celebrity sightings (photo by Eric Striffler)

by Gabe Saglie

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ichelin star or not, Montecito and The Hamptons share riviera and foodie status.

On the map, they’re opposites, split by a 3,000-mile expanse. But Montecito and The Hamptons – both aspirational coastal enclaves – mirror each other in special ways, from idyllic weather and the bon vivant lifestyle they both promote, to the sophisticated travelers who flock to their shores. Each region, after all, is a (sometimes) easy drive away from the two largest cosmopolitan epicenters in the United States, and that certainly helps to keep the experiential bar high.

But it’s what’s on the plate – the food culture in these stylish hamlets – that truly illustrates a fascinating connection between Montecito and the Hamptons.

The dining scenes in both locales are as enticing as they are world-class, and they’re fervently rooted in what’s regional and what’s in-season.

“The Hamptons are surrounded by the bounty from the Atlantic Ocean and bays as well as a storied history of farming,” says Hamptons resident Suellen Tunney, a wine consultant who works closely with various area eateries to craft wine lists that match their provincially inspired menus.

In The Hamptons, high-end restaurants “highlight the local produce and support nonprofit programs that are growing organic produce, supporting an ecosystem of sea life, and, in turn, manifesting a group of growers who are making farming a lifelong career on the East End,” Tunney continues. “High-quality farms also attract and maintain a high caliber of chefs and restaurateurs who want to work with these products and the people behind them.”

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This very premise, in truth, has given birth to plenty of must-see TV. Ina Garten, for one, has made farms and gourmet shops – and the creative people behind them – veritable costars of her successful Barefoot Contessa show, the glossy tribute to The Hamptons that, after 21 years, remains the Food Network’s longest-running daytime show. Other celeb chefs like Bobby Flay, Geoffrey Zakarian, and Sandra Lee either live in The Hamptons or else habitually frequent its beaches and businesses, further seasoning the chic community’s culinary mystique.

Here, seasonality reigns supreme. “With farm stands on nearly every corner, it’s expected that restaurants maintain a seasonal menu,” adds Tunney. And the restaurants that embrace and promote this calendar-driven priority benefit. In East Hampton, Nick & Toni’s has drawn an international clientele and a who’s who of celebrity diners since 1988. The storybook Tuscan farmhouse setting here is buoyed by mindful attention to what’s local and in season, and long-standing relationships with neighbor purveyors that generate simple but delicious dishes like wood-roasted local wild oysters, wild mushroom ragout, and rotating pastas and pizzas. Other perennial favorites with the same type of regional focus here include 1770 House, also in East Hampton, and The Beacon and The American Hotel, both in Sag Harbor.

On the other coast, cradled by rugged mountains and the sparkling Pacific, and flanked by a thriving wine region, the best kitchens in Montecito echo the East Coast riviera sentiment. “Our menu is entirely built on Mother Nature’s will,” says Massimo Falsini, the award-winning executive chef at glammy Caruso’s,

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Local Thing (Continued from 5) the flagship restaurant at the five-star Rosewood Miramar Beach. “At times, we have ingredients that are available for a couple of weeks or even a one-off from a micro farm. We always take the opportunity to find room in our dishes for what is in season. In my opinion,” he adds, “this is the only way to deliver the experience.”

That experience, delivered oceanside, is a prix fixe gourmet menu that evolves weekly. It’s such an elevated experience, and so focused on the land and sea around it, Caruso’s earned a Michelin star last year – one of only 89 California restaurants to do so. In addition, Caruso’s was one of only 11 in the state to get the Michelin Green Star for its commitment to sustainability.

That may be one thing that Montecito has up on its posh counterpart back east: Michelin recognition. Interestingly, to date, it’s eluded The Hamptons. In Montecito, on the other hand, it’s surging, especially with the recent announcement that Thomas Keller is taking over food and beverage operations at the historic Coral Casino. The renowned chef, the man behind hotspots like The French Laundry in Napa and Per Se in Manhattan, has demonstrated that Michelin stars are within his grasp: he’s got seven. That type of pedigree is befitting of “the Coral Casino’s

storied legacy,” says the property’s owner, Ty Warner. Keller is, he adds, “the final piece that will cement the Coral Casino as the most unique and coveted private beach club in the nation.

Shuttered since March 2020, the Butterfly Beach haven is rumored to be in line for a 2023 reopening, at which time Tydes, one of five culinary concepts onsite, will be accessible to the public for the first time ever.

Indeed, beyond Montecito, the Michelin Guide has been helping to feed an upgraded dining experience across Santa Barbara County in just the last couple of years.

In wine country, in the historic town of Los Alamos, Bell’s, which doles out French-inspired plates by chef Daisy Ryan (an alum from the New York City dining scene), was one of two local restaurants to earn a Michelin star in 2021 – a first for the county.

The other one was Sushi l Bar in Montecito, a recognition of the impressive dining experiences that chef Phillip Frankland Lee and his wife, pastry chef Margarita Kallas-Lee, have been conceptualizing together in other destinations like Los Angeles and Austin since 2012.

Both eateries earned their stars anew in 2022, when other Montecito faves earn

Michelin recommendations, including AMA Sushi, also at the Rosewood Miramar, which the guide applauds for its “rich New Zealand king salmon and kamasu, a Japanese barracuda finished with a red chili paste.”

And Bettina, whose pies are described by the guide as “a pizza-powered love affair to the West Coast,” earned a Bib Gourmand – an accolade that Michelin doles out for cooking that is “recognizable and easy-toeat” and served at “a reasonable price.” Just when you thought there was no such thing as value in Montecito…

And of course there’s The Stonehouse, the dining spot of record at the world-famous San Ysidro Ranch. Here, Executive Chef Matthew Johnson’s success may also hinge on prioritizing what’s regional.

“Dishes made with local ingredients that are emblematic of Santa Barbara’s coastal ranch lifestyle are an integral part of the dining experience we provide here,” he says. “In our kitchen, we follow hyper-local regional cooking rules, with many of our herbs, fruits, and veggies harvested from our garden and onsite citrus groves.” He continues, “In addition, we have long-standing relationships with local farmers and growers, which not only reduces our carbon footprint, but ensures a certain caliber of unwavering quality as we understand their farming practices.”

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restaurants are recommended in the latest Michelin Guide, with four also earning Bib Gourmand nods – well-known spots like The Lark, Loquita, Bibi Ji, Corazon Cocina, and Barbareño. And in the nearby Santa Ynez Valley, Michelin recommendations went to four eateries, including Bar Le Côte in Los Olivos, also helmed by chef Ryan, and peasants FEAST in Solvang.

Back in The Hamptons, the elusive nature of Michelin stars – a conundrum of sorts, certainly – hasn’t kept the well-heeled gastro-curious away. And that continues to inspire fresh new culinary ventures. In Westhampton, Ivy on Main opened last year and is “right on point,” cheers Tunney, with its “seasonal, exciting, and creative menu.” And Maverick’s Montauk, a lakeside steakhouse that’s already generating

buzz, opened in spring of this year.

Gabe Saglie has been covering the Santa Barbara wine scene for more than 15 years through columns, TV, and radio. He’s a senior editor with Travelzoo and is a leading expert on travel deals, tips, and trends.

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t wasn’t quite Dr. Who and there was not a Tardis to be seen, but the Storyteller Children’s Center celebrated its 35th anniversary with a Totally Awesome ‘80s Gala in the Hilton Rotunda, with the 270 suitably garbed guests raising $327,000 for the therapeutic preschool that provides high-quality early childhood education for youngsters facing adverse challenges.

The time-traveling boffo bash,

co-chaired by Cate Stoll and Kelly Finefrock, also honored Tiffany Foster for 20 years of commitment and support having served as board president, chairing numerous galas, and now serving as advisory board chair.

She was introduced by Jon Clark of the James S. Bower Foundation.

The charity started as a roped-off section of the Transition House parking lot with children engaged in games, art projects, and jump rope.

Storyteller, which now serves 100 children aged birth to five, now has three

campuses, including classrooms added this year at Transition House, where it all began.

Executive Director Dr. Gabriella Garcia underscored the critical role of the organization in our Eden by the Beach.

Ubiquitous Andrew Firestone emceed the energized Party Like it’s 1988! and auctioned off a Vail, Colorado, getaway, for $8,000; a Rincon Beach staycation for $9,000; and a painting by local artist Pedro de la Cruz for $10,000.

A last-minute addition to the auction list was actor Joshua Morrow, 49, who has appeared on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless for 30 years, who offered lunch at Rick Caruso’s The Grove in Los Angeles with the cast, which sold for $7,500.

Among those enjoying the cardboard break dancing, the Max Headroom videos,

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by Kelly Mahan Herrick

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n last week’s edition we briefly reported on the proposed plans by the Rosewood Miramar Resort to expand its offerings. Reps of the property, owned by Rick Caruso, were due to be in front of the Montecito Association Board of Directors earlier this week, but had to cancel due to illness.

A brief conversation was had between the board members and members of the public regarding the proposed project, which includes adding more employee housing as well as 12 new resort shops plus a café, and 15 market-rate apartments that would be available for long-term rent. The employee housing would be located on what is currently the eastern parking lot, and the new shops and market-rate apartments would be located on the western corner of the property, at the corner of South Jameson and Eucalyptus Lane. Former Montecito Association (MA) board member Cliff Gherson, who lives nearby, said there is neighbor concern over parking for the resort, especially during busy times including summer, holidays, weddings, etc.

The permit application for the project was submitted to the County two weeks ago, and the proposal will be required to be seen by Montecito Planning Commission and Montecito Board of Architectural Review. Parking and traffic concerns are likely to be brought up at these hearings, according to MA board members. We’ll have more as the plans come together.

During Community Reports, the Board was briefed by several leaders in our community, including superintendents from both public elementary schools. Anthony

Ranii with Montecito Union School said the $14M facility project at the school is still underway, with the kindergarten and first grade wing of the main building expected to be completed by the end of the school year. Both Ranii and Dr. Amy Alzina with Cold Spring School reported that they are continuing to enhance safety measures at both school campuses. There was recently a School Safety Coalition workshop held at MUS, in which reps from the Montecito Fire Protection District attended to review and revise safety plans. “It’s important for us to remain on the leading edge for schools in our district,” said Montecito Fire Chief David Neels. Dr. Alzina added that her campus has recently implemented a locked gate at the front, with visitors having to be buzzed in after checking in via video camera. Neels added there are several preventative measures that can be taken to prevent school violence, which includes a heightened awareness by staff.

Ranii also reported that chronic absenteeism of students has become a larger problem since the end of the pandemic, with parents keeping their students out of school more liberally. He said educating parents about the detrimental effects of prolonged absences is ongoing.

Both schools have their fall festivals next week: MUS will hold theirs on Saturday, October 21 and Cold Spring School will hold theirs on Friday afternoon, October 27.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi gave a rundown of recent crimes in the area in the last month.

They include a trespassing at the Music Academy; DUI at Via Real at Padaro Lane; domestic dispute at Rosewood Miramar;

attempted vehicle theft at Lookout Park, with a suspect arrested; auction item (guitar) stolen from the One805 concert event; threats made between neighbors on El Bosque; bloodied subject in the roadway on San Leandro Lane; and a jogger assaulted with a knife on Rincon County Beach, with the suspect detained two days later on Coast Village Road.

Chief Neels spoke about this week’s warm weather, with upstaffing planned due to increased temperatures, low relative humidity, and increased winds. Many in Montecito were notified by Southern California Edison that it is considering a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) in the eastern area of the city of Santa Barbara and into parts of Montecito, due to an increased risk for wildfires. Visit www.sce. com/outage-center/check-outage-status for more info on this potential outage.

The Fire District is also preparing for rainy season, as a “Super El Niño” is expected this winter. Chief Neels is working with local weather trackers to place moisture monitoring devices in the Santa Barbara front country. Chief Neels said the district experienced 1,200 landslide-type events of various sizes and in various areas of the district during January’s storms, which is a concern given we are five years out from the Thomas Fire event. “We are leaning in in every way possible to prepare for these winter storms,” Chief Neels said, adding that there will be a series of short public service announcements filmed to be aired in various media outlets. “We are taking the potential storm season seriously,” he said, adding that FEMA’s new iteration of storm impact maps are expected early next year.

Montecito Water District general manager Nick Turner reported that the Smart Meter program is up and running, with over 560 district customers signing up for leak alerts and high-water use notifications from their real-time water meter.

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William’s office reported that next week Supervisor Williams will hold a Town Hall with California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara at Cold Spring School. The event will be on Wednesday, October 18, from 6 to 7 pm.

Elliott also spoke about a new gate that has been installed at the Hot Springs Trailhead, which will be closed to prevent trail access on high-fire weather days and during red flag alerts.

The Montecito Association Board of Directors is seeking new directors for next year. For more information, visit www.montecitoassociation.org.

The next Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, November 14.

Kelly Mahan Herrick, also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond.

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A Clean Path

The Long, Unlikely Journey to Ablitt’s

by Jeff Wing

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ust when we’re lulled into thinking Life© is all about appliance sales, iceberg lettuce, and printer paper, something will remind us that it’s really about heraldry. Each and every thing we lay our fool eyes on is part of a story – a pageant, really – that reaches into the past like the tail of a comet. And so we come to the matter of Ablitt’s Fine Cleaners & Tailors of Santa Barbara: an émigré’s story, a love story, and a family legacy so prototypically American it squeezes the heart. And yes; there is laundry.

When 13-year-old German immigrant Albert Schneider came through Ellis Island, he surely had a jittery teen intuition that something crazy and momentous lay ahead. Picture now the gee-whiz German kid shipboard as his ride pulls into New York Harbor. He is goggle-eyed at sky-scraping Manhattan and standing on tiptoe in his knickers to catch a portside glimpse of Lady Liberty’s raised torch and unambiguous 305-foot welcome. As nutty as a kid’s feverish imagination can be, could little Albert have wildly imagined planting a seed whose borne fruit would land on the sun-kissed shores of a California hamlet called Santa Barbara?

Let’s go with “no.”

But he was in motion, and destiny has always favored the guy with the cardboard suitcase and expectant expression.

At 18 years old, Albert made the big move out west, boarding a train for Portland, Oregon, and just incidentally falling in love on the noisy, bone-rattling journey over. He and his sweetheart married in their new hometown, and as the promising 20th century got underway, opened a dry cleaning business there. The formerly dirt-caked “Frontier Spirit” was giving way to bowler hats, watch chains, and clean undershirts. Albert’s business grew apace. In the 1920s he opened a second dry cleaners in Seattle, hiring a guy there named Gordon. Last name? Ablitt, of course. Gordon Ablitt was not only an enthusiastic and innovative talent in the shop – he quickly became smitten with Albert’s daughter, Alberta. Gordon and Alberta tied the knot in 1930. Times were tough. The country was in an economic depression, cold soup and coffee were the national meal du jour, and Gordon soon bridled at working for his father-in-law.

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a fork in the road, murmuring to Gordon of a stunning Shangri-La whose mountains, beaches, and red-tiled je ne sais quoi recommended the little-known place to those seeking a new start – and anyone else interested in outlandish natural beauty. “Say, you ever hear of this place called Santa Barbara? They say it’s really swell!”

The Fates handily arranged to have a dry cleaning business – the St. Paul Dye Works – up for sale right around then, and moving to sunny Santa Barbara in ’49, Gordon and June snapped it up.

The couple continued building the biz up through Santa Barbara’s marvelous 1950s, arguably a golden age for the as yet unheralded beach blanket bastion. We’re talking hot rods cruising State Street, drive-up burger joints with waitresses on roller skates, and young men with enough pomade in their hair to lube a Buick Skylark.

In 1960, Gordon and June decided to retire and finding no takers in the Ablitt’s clan sold to a former automotive engineer. Then who should appear in 1984 but a certain Neil Ablitt, whose opening of Ablitt’s Fine Cleaners and Launderers would put the dynastic Ablitt name back on the local dry cleaning shingle. When Neil’s daughter Sasha assumed ownership of the business in 2002, it would actually mark the first successful inter-family transfer in the company’s storied history.

Today, Ablitt’s Fine Cleaner and Tailors uses the non-hazardous and non-toxic GreenEarth dry-cleaning process, offers a concierge service, and has instituted a regular series of film plastic recycling events to reclaim and repurpose a formerly troublesome byproduct of the cleaning process. Sasha Ablitt is right where she wants to be, and has taken her place in the ongoing adventure begun by a lovestruck German teen on a train to Oregon. Sasha Ablitt has but one concern. “Now it’s my turn to get a family member interested in the business,” she

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he preparations for the 37th Annual Avocado Festival in Carpinteria were going as planned, when unexpected news came to the board that their dear colleague, avocado grower, and longtime festival foundation supporter Mac Brown had passed away on October 5. Avo Fest Co-President and the Director of Productions & Operations Mike Lazaro shared with me: “We are all going to miss him. He helped everyone in town and gave people jobs. I met him working the Avo Fest years ago, we all recall when he filled the Seal Fountain on Linden with beer! Mac Brown was a mentor, a role model, and a freaking cowboy. He was the John Wayne of Carpinteria. We all looked up to him. His generosity was endless, and he is one of the reasons the Avocado Festival is still here today! His daughter Melissa Brown serves as vice president on our board. I will miss my dear friend. We are dedicating this year’s Avo Fest to him.”

At the locals’ opening on Friday, October 6, in memoriams were given by festival Co-President Gary Dobbins, Carpinteria City Council Member Wade T. Nomura, and a tribute by close family friend Nikki

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Puentes – “Everyone loved him from the first moment they met him, he was a hard worker and loved it; he was a happy avocado grower and helped many people in the town.

He loved Coors Light, so let’s raise one in a toast to him,” and with that she poured a Coors Light on the Seal Fountain stage area where he is most fondly remembered.

The grand opening program emcee was John Palminteri, who introduced the speakers: City of Carpinteria Mayor Al Clark, Nomura, and Assemblymember Gregg Hart, along with Proclamations of Recognition presented by Congressman Salud Carbajal (CA-24), and SBC District Supervisor Das Williams.

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Society Invites

Newlyweds Kirsten Moore and Rolf Geyling with Joyce McCullough (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

22nd Annual Santa Barbara Rescue Mission Fundraiser Susan and Rob Hughes, Ed and Joan Wimberly, and Bernard and Nancy Melekian (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

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he beloved Santa Barbara Rescue Mission (SBRM) held its 22nd annual major fundraiser, Big Waves on the Bayou, on Saturday, October 7 at the Dos Pueblos Ranch with the ocean waves as the backdrop.

Over 300 guests sported beach resort attire. The event décor by Decoration Chair Dianne Davis complemented the

shoreline with coral tablecloths, aqua napkins, and surfboard-flower basket centerpieces. Lorraine Lim Catering provided for a backyard feel with family-style dinner serving.

The reception was two hours to allow for mingling, wine sipping, silent auction bidding, and live music by the Idiomatiques. Nods to the auction coordinators Terry Foil, Alice Birch, and Katie Pointer. The up-spirited attendees competed via their smartphones for over

100 brilliant auction items displayed on tables. Communications Director Rebecca Weber moderated the bidding via her laptop. SBRM President Rolf Geyling and friends went toe to toe on winning the paddleboard experiences. Items included kids swim floaters, Evolutions Spa or REI gift certificates, Hunter Ranch Golf for four, Jeannine’s Bakery, Reunion Kitchen, the Nugget of Summerland, Tre Lune, Brophy Brothers, fine wines, and a painting done live at the reception by Chris Potter.

Catherine Remak emceed the event.

Her opening remarks acknowledged the Women’s Auxiliary for their dedicated exemplary work, their President Pamela Dillman Haskell, the Rancho Dos Pueblos Institute, the Board chaired

by Joyce McCullough, and the SBRM’s 2022 stats of 106,650 meals served, 54,005 safe overnight accommodations, and 87 recovery program participants.

Pastor Tom Haugen gave the blessings for dinner.

Geyling talked briefly about the late Baroness Léni Fé Bland’s volunteer work and monetary contributions to the SBRM, for which they created an award in her honor with her receiving first in 2002. Prior award recipients at the event were Bob Bryant, Sheriff Bill Brown, Penny Jenkins, and Gerd Jordano. He introduced Santa Barbara Mayor Randy Rowse, who presented the recipient this year, retired Interim SB Chief of Police

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Because themes are taken from issues kids bring to his therapeutic practice, the process begins with an intention.

Once he finds a “hook” to make the song catchy, he fills in the gaps. Often, on a walk or in the middle of the night, what comes next just seems to appear.

For Don, “in order to get the magic, I have to step aside – open up and listen.

Sometimes, when I’m stuck and don’t know where to go next, moving the body gets it unstuck.” Once the composition has taken shape, Craig Dobbin (NCIS, Shark Week) creates a polished arrangement. Kids’ auditions and rehearsals take place in his Montecito home, and the final touch happens when local

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Dr. Mac, clinical psychologist and writer of children’s songs (courtesy photo)

singer Lois Mahalia (“Smile,” “Build Me a Window”) lays in some soulful background vocals.

“The really fun part of writing children’s music is that I can write in a diversity of styles – from rock to rap, country, pop, or reggae – allowing me a way to be playful and match a song’s theme to a specific musical style!”

Although Dr. Mac’s clinical work has been primarily focused on parenting with kids with behavioral challenges, he has seen a dramatic increase of children with fears and anxiety.

One of his passions has been the development of a version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for kids. CBT teaches people how to overcome negative thinking patterns. Being able to do this is important for anyone living in an uncertain, divisive world – especially for children. The songs and procedures he’s developed teach kids how to overcome anxiety by becoming the “boss of their thoughts.”

Brain science shows us why songs might be a good way to deliver messages. Simplistically, when you listen to music, it lights up numerous areas of the brain. Add words and the cognitive brain comes online to decipher context and meaning. A few years ago, Dr. Mac received a grant to test this out in a classroom setting. With funds in hand, he trained and supervised college students to use the songs in the classroom.

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The designation is a result of local partnerships, improved outreach efforts, and the addition of several key college employees.

“Westmont is nearing the 25 percent undergraduate enrollment threshold it needs to be recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), which allows us to apply for a federal Title V grant,” says Araceli Espinoza, assistant director of admissions.

Westmont works with local nonprofits and school districts to recruit underrepresented, first-generation students. These partners include Santa Barbara Unified School District’s Program for Effective Access to College (PEAC), Mission Scholars, and REACH (Resilience, Education, Adventure, Community and Health).

“Our local partnerships have increased our enrollment of Santa Barbara students from 24 to 51 this year with 27 of the 51 students identifying as Hispanic/Latino,” Espinoza says.

PEAC has scheduled campus visits for students interested in the Westmont Downtown | Grotenhuis Nursing program.

“Over the summer, we welcomed PEAC students for an overview of the scholarships available to them for the fast-track pipeline from Westmont to a career in the nursing field,” Espinoza says. “We are confident students entering the nursing program will most likely stay in Santa Barbara because so many of them want to give back to their community.”

The Bower Foundation approved a $500,000 grant in 2021 toward the cre-

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ation of the PEAC Nursing Fellowship.

Jacqueline Hernandez, a Santa Barbara resident and Cal State Channel Islands graduate, is the first Santa Barbara Unified product to take advantage of the nursing fellowship.

On November 16, more than 200 people are expected to attend the second annual “Affording Your Dream College,” which helps develop financial literacy for local students and parents. “We’ll introduce speakers from Montecito Bank & Trust and Bower Foundation to inspire students and parents while guiding them to any college or university they wish to attend,” Espinoza says.

Once the students are enrolled at Westmont, a mentor program of faculty and staff eases the transition and helps students find community at Westmont.

“I’ve learned student success is rooted in a sense of community and establishing relationships with people they identify with,” says Brenda Tirado, transfer, multicultural, and international admissions counselor. “We have a strong path forward to ensure we have a strategic plan in place to eventually be considered a Hispanic-Serving Institution.”

Irene Neller, vice president for enrollment, marketing, and communications, has created Westmont’s first Hispanic Advisory Board and is recruiting local community leaders and alumni to help shape the future of Westmont as an HSI institution. Her vision to grow this effort at Westmont was spurred by her own experience of being only one of a handful of Hispanic students entering college in the mid ‘80s. “I just knew that encouraging and reaching students

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Brilliant Thoughts Wear and Tear

by Ashleigh Brilliant

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ver time, it seems that everything wears out, even – or especially – our own bodies and minds. But many things that once seemed irreparable or irreplaceable – can now indeed be repaired or replaced.

With regard to ourselves, the whole concept is relatively recent – not counting the story that Eve was made from a rib of Adam. Of course, our bodies have always had what in some ways seem miraculous means of repairing themselves, through a process called “healing.” And even today, doctors understand that the practice of medicine is mainly a matter of helping the body to heal itself.

But, by being able to control infections, and use lenses to see what they are doing (plus the blessings of anesthesia), surgeons can now tinker with our parts with more access and more success than ever before. It may have been blood transfusions that started the ball rolling, but the terms “graft” and “transplant” which once were used only in dealing with the vegetable kingdom, now have wide application to the manipulation of our organs and our skeletal structure. And we have now crossed a once-inviolable line between the bodies of humans and those of other creatures, mainly other mammals. And although there is no competition between the different species to be chosen as “donors,” certain creatures, of whom, perhaps surprisingly, pigs are currently a favorite, have been found to be a particularly good source of certain body parts, such as heart valves.

Happily, most of us are less familiar with that kind of repair and replacement than we are with the wear and tear to which our automobiles are subject. The most common trouble, ever since pneumatic, or air-filled, tires began to be used, about 1895, right up to the present day, has been the “flat tire,” usually resulting from penetration by some object, allowing air to escape – a mishap so familiar that, in some countries – as I noticed in Israel – any unexpected interruption in plans is commonly referred to as a “puncture.”

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But, as with our bodies, almost every part of a car, from brake-pads to windshield wipers, is subject to wearing out and breaking down – or (in the case of cars) to being so ruined, as in a serious accident or other vehicular trauma, that repairs would cost more than complete replacement. In such cases, the car is considered to be a total loss, which has led to a new verb in our language (though it is still considered slang): “to total,” meaning “to wreck,” or “utterly destroy.”

But it is not only automobiles that are subject to wear and tear, but also the roads they drive on. California was the first region of the world to become heavily motorized, and therefore the first to be aware of widespread road failure caused by motor vehicles. A road-building program had begun in 1912, when such vehicles were still relatively rare.

But, ambitious as it was for its time, this plan was soon proven so inadequate that an engineering study only nine years later found that in the rebuilding of one old road, the builders destroyed, with their own trucks, more roads than they repaired.

There can also be unfortunate instances in which some vital part of a long-trusted man-made structure can, without advance notice, suddenly yield to the forces of gravity, or, to what engineers and architects categorize as “stresses and strains,” leading to sudden failure. Some dramatic examples of this kind of disaster are those of large important bridges, perhaps crowded with vehicles and people, suddenly giving way, plunging some of its occupants into whatever lies far below. Movie makers have long been fond of this kind of disaster, because it is so exciting and photogenic. Two very popular films on the theme of intentional bridge destruction have been For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Bridge on the River Kwai.

But large buildings have also been known to collapse, though usually in countries where those under construction are not subject to as rigorous inspection by experts, as in more advanced parts of the developed world.

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Dear Montecito

Commission on Culture, Arts, and Joy Justice

by Stella Haffner

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here’s a new club in town! The Commission on Culture, Arts, and Joy Justice (CCAJJ) is a new student government associated organization at UCSB founded by PhD student Charlene Macharia. This week I spoke to Macharia to find out what it means to do creative activism and how social justice activists can keep progress moving on a big campus.

The Sing a New Song series by CCAJJ brought one hour of culturally inclusive tunes to campus each Friday

Q. How did the CCAJJ get started?

A. It was spring of 2022 when the idea formed. Coming out of the pandemic, we were trying to come together as a community to bring healing and positive change on campus.

UCSB is a HSI (Hispanic-Serving The Commission on Culture, Arts, and Joy Justice Institution) and ANAPASI (Asian (CCAJJ) is a new UCSB student government associaAmerican and Native American Pacific tion founded by PhD student Charlene Macharia Islander-Serving Institution), these are designations you get once those specific underrepresented ethnic groups reach about 25 percent of your student population. Despite this, a lot of students still say that UCSB feels like a PWI (Predominantly White Institution). It became pretty clear that we needed to foster this feeling of cultural inclusion. We decided we wanted to have this platform for coalition-building, with cultural celebration at the center of it. We wanted to enhance cross-cultural solidarity especially through music and arts, a space where you can express joy. For BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) people, engaging in activism is commended but it can also be draining, so this would be a space that would also center on healing and joy and building community.

What type of events do you like to host?

We haven’t been around very long, but we have already hosted and collaborated in a lot of different things from film screenings, to workshops, and cultural showcases.

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Last winter and spring quarter we had a series called Sing a New Song: Raising the Vibrations for a Whole New World. Every Friday from 12 to 1 pm we had a space for different bands and artists from various cultural backgrounds. It was a space for expression, a space for healing, somewhere you could come in between class and just relax on the lawn. A space to build community. What was great was students, undergrad, postgrad, alumni, even faculty were all there being a part of it. A project we are excited about for the new school year is community gardening. We partnered with the American Indian and Indigenous Student Association (AIISA) to hold community gardening hours at the end of spring, and we plan to continue this partnership.

Gardening is important as it relates to food justice, reconnecting with the land, honoring the environment as well as traditions of indigenous communities.

Tell me about the commission’s name.

Commission on Culture, Arts, and Joy Justice – it summarizes our mission.

Celebrating cultures, especially cultures of underrepresented student groups and also having that piece of artistic expression as a means of healing. Activism can take a toll on students. Their involvement is applauded but the reality is that it can take a toll on a person, because of the sacrifices they have to make. I wanted to address that because all those individuals and those communities who engage in activism are deserving of joy. It’s about bringing joy while advocating for equity – using creativity as a means of activism.

What is the importance of having an organization like this on campus?

What is different about CCAJJ is our association with UCSB’s student government.

Having a platform for coalition building within the student government itself makes a statement. It lets people know that these issues are important and that the organization represents voices that deserve to be heard. It also creates a more sustainable model of organization; lots of student movements dissolve after the leaders graduate. Their issues are still important, and still need to be advocated for, but when leaders graduate, their work loses momentum. So the main thing in creating CCAJJ was making sure that we could set ourselves up for long-term success.

The other big reason is that we at CCAJJ believe that there should be more intentionality in addressing student issues, specifically the issues that BIPOC face that affect their sense of belonging at UCSB both due to systemic inequities and the campus climate. We wanted to have this space to acknowledge that BIPOC have historically been oppressed and excluded from access to power and resources. It is important to have a commission situated within the student government to acknowledge these issues and to work towards repair. We’re working to change the culture so that everyone feels included. Sometimes From the shores of Scotland, as an activist you’re told to focus on Stella Haffner keeps the positive – look how far we have her connection to her come. And yes, there have been some home in Montecito by key changes over time, but there are bringing grads of local still a lot of core issues that haven’t schools to the pages of changed. So the commission is realthe Montecito Journal ly about asking: What can we do to change this culture? What can we do

in our school?

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AHA! now has nearly 25 programs taking place in and after school (courtesy photo)

by Steven Libowitz

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HA!’s (Attitude. Harmony.

Achievement.) multi-faceted programs have been rapidly expanding nearly a quarter-century after the organization’s founding in response to the shooting at Columbine High School back in 1999. The proof is in the post-pandemic pudding, which emerged late last month when some of AHA!’s after-school programs got underway.

“The demand for what we’re doing has really expanded,” said Melissa Lowenstein,

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AHA!’s Director of Training. “We have a really packed after-school program. The first meeting of the ALLY group at Santa Barbara High School had 63 kids show up, when we only have room for 29, which is amazing. At San Marcos, there were so many girls who came out for the girls’ group that we had to add a second one. We also have a guys’ group, a new outdoor group, and there’s a Zoom parent group once a month that just had our first meeting last week. We started serving the Montecito Union School District and have a parent group there. And our Littlest Little Farm that used to be at a private home is now at the Nature Lab on the

campus at Montecito Union, which more than doubled our capacity for kids.”

That surging success is because the community is increasingly discovering the effectiveness of AHA!’s efforts to equip teenagers, educators, and parents with social-emotional learning (SEL) and intelligence to dismantle apathy, prevent despair, and interrupt hate-based behavior. SEL has shown to have unmatched importance in reducing emotional/physical violence in schools by building healthy campus climates with young people taking on the role of change agents in the shift.

AHA! programs serve middle school, junior high, and high school students, their parents and guardians, educators, and the broader community, guiding participants to forge rewarding and supportive relationships while developing social-emotional knowledge and skills.

“There’s been a huge upsurge of interest in our after-school programs because people are recognizing the value of gathering in a supportive group to create an environment of positivity and acceptance and belonging,” Lowenstein said. “There’s a mental health crisis for teenagers, and a lot of effort to get them individual therapy, which is great. But these groups fill in some of what’s missing, and are very supportive and protective of mental wellness in that young people can talk about what’s really going on with them, really be heard, and feel like they’re not alone. They get a sense of agency in their lives and that their voice matters.”

The groups also contain elements of fun and play, which is a much under-regarded therapeutic tool, Lowenstein said.

“Every AHA! group, no matter where we are, even if we’re working with teachers or parents, there is always an aspect of play. It’s essential for mental wellness. We do art, have people move their bodies, and play games that get everyone connected.”

Case in point was the recent first meeting of this year’s juniors’ group, where after a round of check-ins, the group moved outside to take up a circle game with beanbags drawn from improv workshops.

The game starts with someone throwing a beanbag to someone else and says their name. They catch it, and then they toss it to somebody else and they say their name. The beanbag goes all the way around and then you run it back again, throwing it to the same people each time.

More beanbags are introduced and tossed simultaneously to the point where there are a whole bunch of beanbags flying around in the middle of the circle.

“Everybody is really focused, learning each other’s names, doing something physical, and also having a good time,” Lowenstein said. “You see these kids who might have been really awkward when they first went in because they didn’t know anybody and would rather just sit and read a book. But then we go outside

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and we play this game, and a variation that involves a lot more running around. And by the end of that group, the whole energy had changed and everybody felt like they belonged. It’s actually kind of miraculous.”

Even such a playful game has a strong foundation in AHA!’s Five Pillars – Mindfulness, Awareness, Connection, Empathy, and Resilience – as each program and activity aims to continue to support social and emotional intelligence.

Which is why (miracle or not), AHA!’s programs now number close to 25 – between in-school and after-school programs, assemblies, evening meetings, and more – that continue to make a big difference in the lives of the participants.

More proof comes in the fact that the organization’s 26 staff members currently include seven alumni of its programs, including both of Lowenstein’s children.

As AHA! expands, though, its expenses increase. While one longtime supporter continues to cover its operational costs, nearly all of the programs are funded in whole or largely through donations and grants, with participants usually paying nothing or mere token amounts.

“There’s such a huge demand but not a lot of ability for the kids or their families to pay much,” Lowenstein said. “We have a real need for funding.”

That goes double for AHA! Summer Digital Cleanse Camp, where teens gather at El Capitan Canyon for five days and four nights of unplugged connection having placed their devices into a lockbox in favor of a deep dive into nature and connection. Activities include art projects, theater improv, dance, council conversations, hikes, pool and beach time, field trips, cookouts, stargazing, and more.

“We want to be able to offer that to as many people as we can, regardless of ability to pay,” Lowenstein said. “It’s expensive to run, but it’s one of the most

worthwhile things that we do.”

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On Entertainment

Symphony’s Joy-filled Journey to Modern Times

The Santa Barbara Symphony is gearing up for another round of joyful tunes (courtesy photo)

by Steven Libowitz

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f anybody isn’t clear about the direction the Santa Barbara Symphony has undertaken, let’s dispel any doubts: This is not your grandfather’s symphony. Not anymore. As in recent years,

programs have become progressive, as a wide variety of musical genres, unusual instrumentation, and frequent collaborations are pushing up hard against the old-school focus on classical music chestnuts, as nearly every evening this season is some sort of mash-up.

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Accordingly, November’s concerts feature the new music trio Time for Three, January’s is given over to favorite arias from operas through time in a collaboration with Opera Santa Barbara, March’s An Oscar® Celebration has the orchestra playing in front of favorite movie clips projected on the big screen, April’s 3M program mashes up Mahler and Mozart with Wlad Marhulets’ Klezmer Concerto, and May’s Rhapsody in Blue @ 100 boasts not only the Marcus Roberts Trio improvising on Gershwin’s concerto but also Roberts’ own Rhapsody in D. Plus there’s two upcoming partner events: next weekend’s gig with the symphony performing in the Granada’s pit for State Street Ballet’s Giselle and November’s “Moondance,” featuring the ensemble playing new orchestrations for Doublewide Kings’ tribute to Van Morrison – both conducted by Kabaretti.

“Hopefully, the big variety we offer makes people understand that symphony music is not an elite niche,” Kabaretti said.

“As it always was until more recent history, we want to make it accessible for everyone.”

This weekend’s season-opening pair of concerts might be the most mainstream of the ensemble’s monthly musical offerings that run through May: the symphony’s first performance of Beethoven’s 9th in seven years. But the title for the program is “An Ode to Joy, Hope & Community,” reflecting both the participation of 140 singers from Santa Barbara Choral Society, Quire of Voyces,

Westmont College Choir and Adelfos Ensemble joining four soloists, and the inclusion of Aaron Copland’s “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land and Liszt’s tone poem, Les Préludes.

“The ninth is such a monumental piece that spoke 200 years ago about brotherhood and solidarity, but it’s timely as here we go again with the world a mess with wars and polarization,” Kabaretti said.

“For us to have 140 singers, 200 people on stage synchronizing, it truly is such a joy.”

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Nosh Town

Lessons in Meal Making on the Cape

by Claudia Schou

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recent trip to the Boston area to drop off my son for his first year of college had me guessing what his future diet would be. Would he have access to the same quality, wholesome meals we prepared at home, served with warmth and love? Would he at least enjoy wholesome and nutritious meals at the college cafeteria? Or would he go straight for his back-up diet of goldfish crackers and Sprite?

Did I fulfill my duty as a mother to teach him how to eat healthfully? Or was he going to eat Cup of Noodles for the next four years?

During his early years there were so many evenings spent sitting around the dinner table with our spirited (as his kindergarten teacher pegged him) and finicky eater; neatly arranged protein and green vegetables on our plates, peanut butter and jelly smothered white bread on his.

Of course, there were years of guilt about my son’s eating habits. I couldn’t understand how some mothers could easily pull Tupperware containers with vegetables and juice boxes from their purses to satisfy their kid’s on-the-go cravings while mine preferred Pirate’s Booty.

During his grade school years some of his teachers complained that he was impulsive and had difficulty focusing on his schoolwork. The complaints became so frequent that my husband and I could feel our spirits breaking.

Make a change in his diet, then you’ll see a change in his behavior, his pediatrician told us. “We’ve tried everything,” I rebutted, pulling out a tattered copy of Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious from my tote bag.

Aside from pizza, mac ‘n cheese, and PB&J, most of our efforts to create enticing, healthful meals in our kitchen failed miserably.

Signing him up for sports helped keep him focused, but the game changer for our family was a boys’ camp in Maine, where he spent eight summers immersed in the glory of boyhood.

There, he didn’t stick out so much – he was part of the pack.

My husband and I followed the camp’s social media and occasionally glimpsed photos of our son and other campers shoveling food into their mouths: hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, macaroni and cheese, pepperoni pizza, and ice cream. Later he told us he and his bunk mates had taken part in a traditional after midnight kitchen raid.

Over the years his summer adventures morphed into summers of self-discovery. He learned how to manage his impulsivity, mindfully pausing, and living in the moment. He found opportunities to grow and develop a loyal and supportive group of friends at camp.

For him and the legion of other boys, camp wasn’t just a place to have fun; it was a place to grow into the person they sought to become.

He recently told me that through camp he realized what he valued the most in life: adventure, nature, loyalty, and friendship. His love of adventure solidified when he learned how to sail on the crystal blue waters of Bear Lake. His joy of being in nature peaked when, after hiking 10 miles barefoot with his bunkmates, he sat under the quiet dome of the starry sky in full contentment.

Each year after camp, we’d drive to Cape Cod and stay with friends in their 1930s wood-shingled cottage along the seashore for a week. We spent entire days beside the

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surf – reading, sunbathing, swimming, and playing volleyball with locals and seasonal regulars. Nothing else existed or mattered beyond the beach – except the dinners we prepared later that evening and enjoyed on a deck overlooking Cape Horn.

It was here where we created some of our best summer memories together in the kitchen, wearing flip flops and sandy swimsuits. Batches of dishes flew from the kitchen onto the deck and were served family style.

During those visits my son’s eating habits began to evolve and he took to the meals at the beach.

The perennial steamed mussels steeped in a garlic and white wine broth were savory; they were served with lightly broiled garlicky cheese bread, garnished with fresh parsley.

My favorite summer dish learned on the Cape is a crisp cucumber salad with red onions. It’s just a few steps to prepare but our host, Nancy, a master at understated yet simply divine New England dishes, said she serves it during summer with burgers and hot dogs or in winter with poached salmon.

We had our share of hot dogs and burgers with melted cheddar and blue cheese fresh off the grill, but seafood was king, especially seasoned shrimp with smoked paprika and cayenne pepper, served with a lemon wedge, on saffron rice or set on a bed of arugula.

I like to think my son’s choice to attend college in the Boston area is because of fond memories of our time on the Cape, thriving and enjoying unfussy meals.

When I returned home there was a card from my mother-in-law waiting for me. I opened it and it read: “As we talked about going off to college, I chided you with the chant, ‘Get a Puppy!’ On reflection it now seems a bit snarky and caused me to recall this quote about children. As you adjust to his absence, perhaps Goethe’s notion will be helpful.”

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Yield: 4 servings 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced Pinch of crushed red pepper 4 pounds mussels, cleaned 1/4 cup white wine or water 1 cup chopped parsley Directions: 1. Add olive oil to a large heavy-bottomed soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat.

Add minced garlic and red pepper and let cook for 30 seconds without browning.

2. Add mussels, stir to coat and increase heat to high.

3. Add the wine or water and put on the lid. After 2 minutes, give the mussels a stir, then cover again and continue cooking until all mussels have opened, 6 to 8 minutes.

4. Stir the chopped parsley into the mussels, then ladle mussels and broth into bowls. Serve with garlicky cheese bread.

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The Power of Hobbies in Preventing Depression as You Age

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ging is a journey full of wisdom, growing families, and the luxury of more time for oneself. However, it can also offer its own set of difficulties, such as increased solitude, decreased physical activity, and, in some cases, feelings of depression. Fortunately, there is a simple yet effective remedy that can significantly improve the lives of seniors: hobbies. A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine sheds light on why hobbies are essential for healthy aging.

Hobbies have long been acknowledged as a source of pleasure and joy.

Engaging in things you enjoy provides pleasure and can also develop social relationships, which are essential for preserving a sense of belonging and purpose. To better understand the tremendous impact of hobbies on aging, researchers conducted a global study involving over 90,000 people aged 65 and older from 16 different countries.

Hobbies were defined in this study as “activities people engage in during their leisure time for pleasure,” embracing a wide range of interests ranging from gardening and singing in church choirs to solving crossword puzzles and Sudoku.

The study lasted four to eight years and included data from five longitudinal investigations.

The findings of this exhaustive investigation were nothing short of astounding.

Seniors who participated in hobbies reported less depressive symptoms as well as increased levels of enjoyment, self-assessed health, and life satisfaction. Even after controlling for characteristics such as marital status, income, and job, these benefits remained consistent.

Dr. Karen Mak, the study’s lead author, emphasized the importance of hobbies in protecting against age-related impairments in mental health. “Life satisfaction was most strongly linked to hobby engagement,” she added, stressing that hobbies contribute to life satisfaction through various mechanisms, including a sense of control, purpose, and competence in daily life.

Notably, countries with a higher proportion of people having hobbies had higher life expectancy and national satisfaction levels. This correlation emphasizes the significant impact of hobbies on general well-being.

Whether it’s making DIY projects or bonding with pals over card games, the message is clear: Don’t give up your hobbies as you get older. Participating in things that make you happy not only keeps you linked to your passions and communities but also benefits your mental health and overall well-being.

Hobbies are the vivid threads that create a rewarding and enjoyable journey

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the seven-piece L.A. band The Replicas, and even decades old Burger King commercials offering 35 cent whoppers, were Robyn Parker, Scott and Ashley Adelson, Lucy Firestone, Fritz and Jennie Burkart, George and Laurie Leis, Mark and Alixe Mattingly, John and Carrie Towbes, Robert and Robin Fell, Juli Askew, Erinn Lynch, Catherine Reitman and Phillip Sternberg, David Pires, Cynder Sinclair and Dennis Forster, Kenny and Elizabeth Slaught, and Steve and Amber Ortiz.

Clearly an event that showed supporters get up and go had not got up and gone!

CAMA-ing to an End Retired lawyer Robert (Bob) Montgomery, probably the longest serving president in the Community Arts Music Association’s 106-year history, received the organization’s top Bravo! Award for his extraordinary service at a packed dinner of

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CAMA Board Directors NancyBell Coe, Marta Babson, and Patti Ottoboni (photo by Monie Photography)

70 guests at the Birnam Wood clubhouse.

Fittingly enough, it was presented by former award winner Deborah Bertling, immediate past president of the CAMA Women’s Board, who is taking over from Bob, who has spent a record eight years as head of CAMA, including during its centennial and more recently navigating it through the COVID pandemic.

“It has been one hell of a ride!” he told the crowd of music afficionados. “I had no idea when I joined the board in 2011 what I’d be in for.”

A cocktail reception on the terrace with Zachary Hamilton entertaining with his viola preceded the surf and turf dinner with wine from the Montgomery Vineyard in Napa Valley’s Calistoga region.

Guests included Bob’s wife, Val, Mahri Kerley, Ben and Aurora Pringle, Musette and Marie Profant, Ed and Sue Birch, Mark

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Carol-Anne Lonson, John Savrnoch, and Catherine Remak (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Bernard “Barney” Melekian. Rowse talked about Melekian’s steadfast work during the lockdown and dealing with the aftermath of the public’s views of police relative to the George Floyd incident: “He has dealt hopelessness, homelessness and given more than the measure of being reasonable.”

Melekian spoke, and excerpts included: “How humble and grateful I am to receive this award. I’ve been in law enforcement for over 50 years, the first 23 with the Santa Monica Police Department when it was a beach city like Santa Barbara. One of our jobs was to drive people passed out [drunk] on the streets back to the veterans’ center, which made me cynical until one time when I dropped off a man there, the V.A. supervisor asked me if I knew who he was – a Silver Medal awarded U.S. Military veteran who served in two wars. The worst nightmare for law enforcement officers is the daily drop of corrosion on the human soul. Cynicism is the bubonic plague of the 21st century.

My goal as law enforcement is to leave the situation better than I found it, or at least not worse. What I admire most about the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission is they make each person’s life a little better each day. On the behalf of all law enforcement officers, I accept this award.

I thank my wife and God.” Before the white envelope private ask, SBRM program graduate Erin Soqui spoke about her experience, and what the

program provided for her. Her riveting story from substance abuse and arrests to her life of success today, complete with reconnecting with her mother and father, inspired many. Board Chair Joyce McCullough did the ask, and mentioned the organization’s new strategic plan to provide transitional housing for homeless people. Two anonymous donors offered a combined $200,000 matching funds to all donations received at the event.

I asked event co-chairs Joan Wimberly and Susan Hughes about their funding goal, and they shared, “We are excited to be involved in the 22nd annual Rescue Mission’s event, Big Waves on the Bayou.

The goal of the many programs and services at the Mission is to ‘rebuild broken lives.’ Our over 70 auxiliary members, along with many generous donations, combined with the honest and heartfelt testimonials make for a wonderful event. A fun, festive, and meaningful Saturday afternoon! Our goal is to raise over $500,000 to support the work of the Mission, as we have been able to do in past years. If you were unable to attend, but would like to learn more, please visit SBRM.org.”

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Rona Barrett’s 87th Birthday and Beatlesthemed Fundraiser Rona Barrett celebrated her 87th birthday in style with her annual birthday fundraiser, this year Beatles themed and titled, “I Rona Hold Your Hand!”

Rona Barrett and Bo Derek (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Top Sponsor Dyanne Crystal Iverson (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

The event saw an intimate guest list at the Santa Ynez Historical Carriage Museum on precisely her birthday, Sunday, October 8 – which is the same as John Lennon! Here, all things British and Beatles reigned – including Barrett who arrived in a brightly colored 1960s mod dress with white leather go-go boots, ready to rock and roll her fundraiser. “We all know why we are here, so please don’t sit on your wallets!” she exclaimed.

Event emcee was the official Beatles historian and scholar Martin Lewis, who declared, “On behalf of the British Empire, I officially name you, Dame Rona Barrett!

Happy birthday!” To which we all raised a glass and toasted her. Barrett pitched for guests to generously support her foundation and its efforts. After blowing out the candles on her cake, she took to the dance floor with Lewis, bringing everyone out to rock with her.

The funding goal is continued support of her tireless efforts for our senior population and those with dementia.

She founded The Golden Eagle Inn for seniors in need which became the blueprint for the State of California Council on Aging. This week as we go to press will be the official ribbon-cutting of her Harry’s House at the same property, affectionately named for her dad. Live auction was led by Geoff Green, who raised an estimated $25,000.

Top sponsor was Dyanne Crystal Iverson, president of the William Lion Penzner Foundation, from Montecito.

Keynote sponsors included Sunseri Construction, Sunstone Winery, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, Pacific Western Bank, Montecito Bank & Trust, VNA Health, and Por La Mar Nursery, who also donated the table centerpieces.

Guests noted were longtime close friend and supporter Bo Derek; Por La Mar Nursery owners Ron, Patricia, and Erin Caird; Bob and Jane Oswaks; Catherine Remak and John Savrnoch; VNA Health President & CEO Kieran Shah; Director of VNA Health Foundation Lailan McGrath; “Rona’s Angels”; and the Rona Barrett Foundation Board Chair Cynthia Manigault with her board members Steven Reden, Jane Ayer, Roger Battistone, and Dr. Lisa Clement with her husband Dr. Bill Alton, and its Advisory Council members Juliana Minsky and Judi Weisbart.

The Sgt. Peppers Beatles Tribute Band played two sets and everyone danced and sang along. Food was official pub grub by

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Our Town (Continued from 12 12)) Andrea Lionello, Jeff Theimer, Manager of Volunteers Traci Collins, and Operations Assistant Olivia Sorgman.

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1st Annual Casa del Herrero Estate Sale

In memoriam, Mac Brown (courtesy photo)

Honorary chairs Kathy and Andy Sheaffer, avocado growers in Carpinteria since 2008, were tasked with the tradition of placing an avocado on the nose of the Seal Statue in the fountain. If the avo took hold, the festival is said to officially begin. It took two tries, but they were triumphant and stoked.

Key highlights of the festival this year in addition to all versions of avo were the Carp firefighters’ faux burning house for kids to put out with water balloons and rescue a toy teddy bear inside, nonprofit booths, three rotary clubs, and the 60 bands representing all music genres – Irish Beau James Wilding Trio, reggae bands like Skamakazie!, Ojai’s Sophie Holt, classic rock from The Rincons, Echoswitch, country by Nate Creager, Dusty Jugz, Trent Summar, and Caught Red Handed, local favorites Cecilia James, Jackson Gillies, The Cate School Rock Band All Stars, and Bobby, Finn, and Dave (The Tearaways).

Big applause to the behind-the-scenes crew that worked it: the Carpinteria-Summerland fire departments; the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department; Seal Stage Managers Nate Latta with “K-Money”; Main Stage managers Trevor “4-Ever” Smith with Johnny Ornelas; Grotto Stage Managers Mark Brickley with “The Rock from New Orleans”; the merch booth manager Angie Torres with Bruce Friesen, Daiquiri Beebe, and Carrie Wanek; and the Avocado Festival Board: Treasurer Emily Miles, Secretary

In its 1st Annual Estate Sale, the team at Casa del Herrero saw six months of love and labor come to fruition to pull together the most exquisite estate sale for our town with sale proceeds to benefit the organization’s mission. There were two sale dates, a private pre-sale party on Friday, October 6, and the public sale on Saturday, October 7, both ticketed and held at the McGovern estate on Lambert Road in Carpinteria.

The curated sale included Chippendale Chairs, mahogany, maple and cherry wood furniture, antique oriental area rugs, larger Persian carpeting, full sets of bronzeware and silver in silverware wooden boxes, full sets of China tableware from France, various framed large-scale artworks, books, wicker outdoor furniture, gold gilded mirrors, a quick buy $5 to $10 per item table, and 10 percent off membership to the organization.

Guests arrived early and purchases were made immediately! Both sale dates saw an estimated 200 shoppers with their friends whose purchases donated over $100,000 to

the organization. All the items were sold, with a few boxes of odds and ends donated to Goodwill after the close of the event.

Board President Heather Biles said, “The community was incredibly generous and enthusiastic. We are overwhelmed by the support of the community via sponsors, ticket sales, and donations of amazing items for sale as well. All of your support goes to keeping the doors of the Casa del Herrero open to the public. Thank you!”

The Estate Sale Committee was Biles with Sharon Bradford, trustee Elizabeth Esrey, Jennifer Kelly, designer Leslie Lundgren, Board Secretary Mari McAlister, realtor Darcie McKnight, Leanne Paoli, Operations Manager Rosie Rafferty, Lush Life author Valerie Rice, and owner of Rooms & Gardens Jami Voulgaris, all of whom worked tirelessly and looked absolutely amazing throughout the sale. Also working the event were Board Treasurer Gary Bradhering with his partner T.V. executive Sheraton Kalouria, Bill Esrey, Development Director Lisa Misraje, Development Relations Manager Andrew Doran, and docent volunteers.

Bill Esrey, Gary Bradhering, and Sheraton Kalouria (photo by Joanne A Calitri)

Noted guests included Blair McGovern, sister of the estate owner where the sale was held, and Marc Appleton of the awarded Appleton Partners LLP (Architecture) with Peggy Platner of Platner & Co. Interior Designs L.A. – Malibu. Appleton, a former board member, wrote the introduction to the book titled, Casa del Herrero: The Romance of Spanish Colonial (pub 2009), of which copies were being auctioned at the sale.

Event sponsors were McCann Mini Storage, True Love Always, Summerland Beach Rides, Rooms & Gardens, and

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and families with the message that their dreams for college can come true was so needed in our Santa Barbara community. This is a collective effort across many partnerships with Westmont and soon we will celebrate being recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution.”

October 20, at 5:15 pm. The engineering department hosts an open house beginning at 4:30 pm.

“Westmont is helping to meet a critical need in the field of engineering: engineers with a solid foundation in the liberal arts, advanced technical competence, and thorough training in design innovation,” says director Daniel Jensen.

Westmont launched a Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a concentration in Mechanical Engineering in fall 2019 following record levels of interest in the new program with growing enrollment year over year. The dedication program and ribbon cutting will officially mark the opening of the much-anticipated facility.

Return of the Warriors

Dr. Mac and his cadre of child performers recording another catchy tune (courtesy photo)

knows, when emotions get triggered at home or on the playground, they get carried over to the classroom, and co-opt the brain’s facility for new learning. Because songs are an effective way to “name and claim” what’s going on, they help kids shift from strong feelings to clearer thinking. The results of this study showed a boost in social and emotional learning – for the kids as well as their teachers and parents. Like any catchy jingle, upbeat and positive messages have the potential to boost performance and happiness.

“Music is one of the most powerful vehicles for learning and change. It can ground concepts in ways that we don’t forget. People can still remember the words of songs they heard decades ago.”

Don’s songs have won numerous awards and are being used in social-emotional learning programs across the country. His award-winning play, Elementary School Musical, has been called “edutainment at its best.” A tailor-made resource for schools, it’s about kids needing to cooperate to help a sick dog and, along the way, dealing with themes such as positive thinking, shyness, fears, gratitude, kindness, and celebrating differences. This delightful combination of performance, music, and timely messages can be found at www.elementarymusical.com.

“The key is entertainment first, and then slip in the message. If it isn’t entertaining and uplifting, kids won’t listen, or parents will be turned off.”

Dr. Mac’s playlist of “Happy Kids Songs” includes over 50 songs covering a wide range of social and emotional themes. He generously offers this playlist for free at www.happykidssongs. com. Check it out, find a song that connects, and give it a listen. And, don’t miss the most recent additions “One People” and “Celebration Time” featuring local kid stars Sienna Shalhoub (finalist in the Santa Barbara Teen Star contest), Samara Shalhoub, Taylor Lott, Marion Cobell, Eden Cobell,

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and Evie Byrne, with Lois Mahalia on background vocals. These songs are professionally produced, delightfully engaging, and contain a timely message about healing our divisions and cultivating a positive outlook.

From the song “One People”: Now no more blaming games, there’s no one to condemn, No more calling names or hinking us and them,” Arm in arm we’ll carry out new plans for the planet.

We heard Mother Nature shout: Stop takin’ me for granted.”

It’s the time to care for all, and everything around us Hear Mother Nature’s call and let her love surround us.

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Third Time’s a Charm for Sokhela Popular professor emeritus Greg Spencer will welcome alumni back to campus October 13

Westmont’s alumni will be coming back to campus for Homecoming 2023 October 13-15 and to honor four stellar individuals at the annual Alumni Awards Celebration Brunch. This year’s honorees are Jay (Ofori) Diallo (’08, Alumnus of the Year); Jenise Steverding (’97, Alumna of the Year); Carl LaBarbera (’76, Global Service); and Gabriella (Pinheiro Chavez) Avila (’14, Young Alum) for their remarkable achievements in their personal careers.

Professor emeritus Greg Spencer speaks in chapel on Friday, October 13, at 10:30 am in Murchison Gym. A schedule of complete events is available at westmont.edu/homecoming.

Runner Zola Sokhela wins weekly conference honors for a third time

For the third time in as many opportunities, Westmont’s Zola Sokhela has been deemed the PacWest Runner of the Week after winning the men’s cross country race at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational. He beat the second-place finisher by half a second (24:58.6), giving him his second consecutive individual win.

Sokhela now prepares for the PacWest Championships on October 21 in

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Engineering’s New Facility is Open

A ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opens the new engineering building

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The college’s board of trustees dedicates the Fletcher Jones Foundation Engineering Building near the tennis courts and physical plant on Friday,

“The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.” – George Carlin

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Lucky Manhattan Having opened a branch of Lucky’s, the Coast Village Road carnivore mecca,

on Cross Creek Road in Malibu two years ago, entrepreneurial owner Gene Montesano has now set his sights on Manhattan, I can exclusively reveal.

My mole with the martini tells me the planned locale is Lafayette Street in pulsating Greenwich Village, just a tiara’s toss from Keith McNally’s popular eat-

Opal Restaurant’s Richard Yates (left) lent his support along with Grant House (photo by Priscilla)

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Sun, Bread & Roses Oenophiles and gourmands were out in force when the Fund for Santa Barbara hosted its 30th annual Bread & Roses event for 520 guests at Elings Park after many years at the QAD headquarters in Summerland.

The bountiful bash, co-hosted by Eric Cardenas and Julia Hamilton, raised more than $200,000 for the 43-year-old charity that supports organizations for progressive social change.

“It’s a celebration of the progressive community and the fund’s work,” says Alina Rey Keswani, development and communications manager.

The fun foodie fête also marked the retirement of Executive Director Marcos Vargas after more than eight years running the organization. He tells me he has renovated a vintage VW camper van and intends to tour our glorious nation.

The Firebrand Award went to Cesar Vasquez, 15, a new tech sophomore, and the Founder’s Award posthumously to

Gloria Liggett, a woman with a passion for the arts, education, and social justice.

The ubiquitous Geoff Green, head of the Santa Barbara City College Foundation, acted as auctioneer selling off a stay in the Cuyama Valley; a four-course cannabis pairing dinner; a Kona Coffee guesthouse in Kealakekua, Hawaii; a backyard bash with state senator Monique Limón; and seven nights in Lake Tahoe.

Among the hungry horde turning out were Das Williams, Janet Wolf, David and Sharon Landecker, Dick and Marilyn Mazess, Isaiah and Danny Sanchez, and Abe and Suzanne Peck.

A blooming good event making a lot of dough...

A Plein Air Affair Peripatetic accountant Frank McGinity opened the gates of his charming historic Riven Rock estate for An Artful Affair for 135 guests and organized by the Art Foundation of Santa Barbara.

Nine local artists – Ralph Waterhouse, Chris Chapman, John Iwerks, Danuta

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On Entertainment (Continued from 26 26)) violinist Kerenza Peacock and violist Jonah Sirota. The foursome will play two pieces by Homzy (“Un Souvenir d’hiver” and “Variations on Fiddler on the Roof”) plus Ravel’s “String Quartet in F Major,” Anna Drubich’s “Rain@5” and Borodin’s “String Quartet No. 2 in D Major” at the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts. A reception on the patio follows the performance. Coming in 2024: A duo concert with violinist Phillip Levy and pianist Tae Yeon Lim and solo recitals by pianists Dominic Cheli and Daniel Adam Maltz.

SBDT Crosses Borders… and Boundaries José Limón – or at least the dance company founded by the famed dancer and choreographer from Mexico who developed a technique that employs visceral gestures to communicate emotions – runs deeply through the new season from Santa Barbara Dance Theater (SBDT), the professional dance company in residence at UCSB. Which is not surprising, given that Brandon Whited, in his third year as SBDT’s Artistic Director, was trained in the Limón technique and often expands upon it in his own choreography.

SBDT’s October 18-22 concerts at Hatlen Theater feature a re-staging and expansion of Rosie Herrera’s Querida Heridam, which was originally commissioned by the Limón company in 2018, and the world premiere of Eric Parra’s La Luz/The Light, which Whited commissioned from the LDC senior dancer and teaching artist.

But there’s more to the story. The impetus was also finding a nexus to Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance, 1900-1955, an exhibit co-created by UCSB professor Ninotchka Bennahum and former UCSB Art, Design & Architecture Museum director Bruce Robertson currently on display at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, and heading to the AD&A museum in January. Limón is one of the central figures in the exhibit, which will be expanded into a symposium and performance series in January. SBDT will be involved.

“I wanted to find a way to interface with our mission of creating new and experimental work that pushes and questions traditions and techniques,” Whited explained. “What if we take the same theme and impulse that drove Limón in his time as an up-and-coming choreographer. Commissioning Eric was a way to both pay it forward in lifting up a rising voice, but also to engage the themes of the bigger project.”

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apprentices – has a narrative impulse stemming from his family’s experience in emigrating from Colombia when Eric was a child, underpinned with a unique and individual sense of movement invention.

“There are themes of sacrifice, perseverance, aspiration, and community, which come across in his flow between quiet, intimate, small duets and huge, fast-paced, high-impact group sections full of momentum and drive. It’s a really exciting range.”

Querida Heridam, which translates to ‘Beloved Wound’ and has been expanded from a trio to the full SBDC company by Cuban American dancer-choreographer-director Herrera, is a dark and absurdist romantic comedy set to a series of nostalgic Spanish ballads. The costumes feature zippers that reveal the body in different ways as they’re unzipped, and a full zip line that comes across stage, plus the sound of zippers as the score in one section, Whited said.

“She really dug into the concept and the physical materiality of zippers, but there’s a conceptual layer of how we reveal ourselves to each other through relationships, and how we wound the ones that you love,” he said. “It’s really rich and very visually theatrical.”

Beyond Limón, there’s also another theme that links together the works in the program, dubbed “The Ties that Bind.”

“My curatorial impulse is centered on Latinx contemporary voices in the dance field, but also to examine the ways people engage with notions of their own identity and representation through aesthetics and performative styles,” Whited said.

Hence his own contribution to the October program, Miles to Go, a duet focusing on the trauma and overwhelming effect of news of recent, ongoing and increasing violence, discrimination, and legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

“The piece speaks to our current moment in the politics of what’s been hap-

Santa Barbara Dance Theater has a new set of performances pulling from the career of José Limón (photo by Jeff Liang)

pening to the LGBTQ+ community in a similar way that the other artists on the program are engaging with their cultural heritage and sense of race and identity,” he said. “What are the things that build community and connection through our humanity, and what are also the things that kind of bind us and restrict us? The title has the double meaning.”

On January 27, SBDT dancers will join the Limón Dance Company for a performance of Missa Brevis at the Granada Theatre as part of the Border Crossings project, and will return to the Hatlen the next afternoon with members of LDC, UCSB Dance Company and SBDT performing, with the company’s choreographers on hand.

“I’m really proud of this season,” Whited said. “I’m so excited to share it.”

A preview of Nyad is coming to the Riv on October 15 (courtesy photo)

on our lives. Despite the dangers, Goodell expresses eternal optimism, which he’ll share in a talk at UCSB Campbell Hall on October 17.

Return to Sender: Postal Service Performs

Focus on Film: Swimming to the Riv

Neither Santa Barbara-raised electronic-pop-music pioneer Jimmy Tamborello nor Ben Gibbard, singer-songwriter-guitarist of the pop band Death Cab for Cutie, imagined that their collaboration 20 years ago would be anything more than an enjoyable one-off. But suddenly The Postal Service – so named because the pair put the project together by the U.S. mail, with Tamborello shipping his compositions to Gibbard for melodies and vocals – had an indie hit with the genre-crossing Give Up. Although they never made another record, a 10-year reunion tour was a monster success, including a sold-out date at the Bowl, and a second decade later they’re back at it again, with singer Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley fame, who guested on the album, also on hand for the October 14 show that features a performance by Death Cab as well.

SBIFF Cinema Society screens a preview of Nyad at the Riviera, the dramatic biopic of famed distance swimmer Diana Nyad who, at the age of 60 and with the help of her best friend and coach, finally achieved her lifelong dream of completing the 110mile open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida. The film, which stars Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, and Rhys Ifans, will be followed by a Q&A with director Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi on October 15, just five days before Nyad opens in theaters and two weeks before it starts streaming on Netflix… CWC Global at UCSB’s Pollock Theater gets local with a screening of Lamya’s Poem, an animated film that shares a timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian girl who has left her hometown of Aleppo as a refugee during the Syrian civil war, and finds solace in her inner fantasy life in the poetry of Rumi. Producer Sam Kadi, the Santa Barbara-based filmmaker (The Citizen) whose warzone documentary Little Gandhi was the Syrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2017, does a Q&A after the October 17 screening, followed by a reception sponsored by

the nonprofit ShelterBox USA.

Book ‘em Palliative care physician Michael Kearney, who is also a student of Native American traditions and Mahayana Buddhism, wove together his professions in three nonfiction books that merge mythology, psychology, spirituality, and poetry.

The Santa Barbara resident’s just-published book, Becoming Forest – A Story of Deep Belonging, is a fable of a young Irish woman who finds an antidote for her climate despair in the wisdom of trees. Kearney will talk about the book and his role as the founder and director of the Becoming Forest Project at Chaucer’s Books on October 12… Author and investigative journalist Jeff Goodell probes archaeology, science, history, current events, and more to paint a vivid picture of what’s at stake as we battle extreme heat across the globe, presenting a new understanding of the impact that rising temperatures will have

Steven Libowitz has covered a plethora of topics for the Journal since 1997, and now leads our extensive arts and entertainment coverage

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Standing: Host Frank McGinity, Alice Van de Water, and Candace White; Seated: Deborah Tash, Lynn Morley, and Ann Smith (photo by Priscilla)

director Steven Spielberg, 76, is at 213 with $4.8 billion.

Further down the list is mall magnate Herb Simon, 88, who has homes in Malibu and Montecito, with $3.5 billion and an old friend from Studio 54 days Nicolas Berggruen, 62, with $3.2 billion from real estate investments.

Santa Barbara Polo Club patron Geoffrey Palmer, 73, is ranked with $3.1 billion, also from real estate, with former TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey, 69, narrowly missing the cut for the third straight year with “just” $2.8 billion after making the list for 25 years straight.

Jordano, Betty Fussell, Brendon Twigden, Rebecca Brand, and Juliette Castagnola.

Fascinating stuff...

Thanks to ETC

History al Dente Danuta Bennett, Maria McCall, with art teachers Nicole Ball and Brandon Teris and artist Chris Potter with paintbrush in hand (photo by Priscilla)

Bennett, Chris Potter, Ann Sanders, Patricia Post, Ray Hunter, and Andrea Anderson – and their works were featured and sold, while attendees noshed on sumptuous fare catered by the historic Santa Barbara Club and quaffed wine and champagne from Gretchen Lieff and myriad other purveyors.

Foundation trustee John Doordan emceed the boffo bash while Frank presented a fascinating history of his home, formerly the Stanley McCormick 84-acre estate, founders of the International Harvester Company.

A quick draw landscape by Montecito and Santa Barbara gallery owner, Ralph Waterhouse, was snapped up for $750, while car collector Dana Newquist exhibited his magnificent 1937 Talbot Lago coupe.

Among the artsy crowd were Maria McCall, Katherine Murray-Morse, Brendon Twigden, Sigrid Toye, Dirk Brandts, Hiroko Benko, Gretchen Lieff, Anne Luther, Lois Kroc, Erin Graffy, George and Laurie Leis, Peter and Kathryn Martin, Alice Van de Water, Diane Waterhouse, Keith Moore, Arthur Swalley, Debbie Geremia, and Rick Oshay and Teresa Kuskey.

Who’s on the List?

America’s super rich are riding high!

After losing a collective $500 billion last year, the nation’s 400 wealthiest people have gained it all back.

The elite set is now worth $4.5 tril-

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lion in aggregate, tying a 2021 record, and it now takes $2.9 billion to make the Forbes 400, another tied record.

And, of course residents of our rarefied enclave, America’s fifth richest zip code, figure prominently.

Auto and space tycoon Elon Musk, 52, tops the lofty list with $251 billion, with Amazon magnate Jeff Bezos, 59, second with $161 billion.

Larry Ellison, 79, who owns properties in Santa Barbara, is third with $158 billion from Oracle.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, 67, is fifth with $111 billion and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, 39, seventh with $106 billion.

Google’s Eric Schmidt, 68, who bought the Solana estate of Bill and Sandi Nicholson, with $20 billion is the first Montecito resident on the list at 36 with frequent visitor Jerry Jones, 80, owner of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, at 42 with $14.5 billion.

Entertainment mogul David Geffen, 80, with $8 billion is at 87 and fashion mogul Ralph Lauren, 83, at 97 with $7.5 billion.

Beanie Baby billionaire Ty Warner, 79, owner of the Biltmore and the San Ysidro Ranch, is at 162 with $5.7 billion, while fellow hotelier Rick Caruso, 64, owner of the Rosewood Miramar, ranks 177 with $5.3 billion.

Mega director George Lucas, 79, who has a beach house on Padaro Lane, with $4.9 billion is ranked 202, while fellow

Fittingly enough, a variety of spaghetti was on the menu when local historian and Noozhawk scribe Erin Graffy spoke to members of the Montecito Bank & Trust’s MClub about our Eden by the Beach’s rich Italian heritage, which started from the Piedmont region in the late 19th century.

The influx continued from the Veneto region in the following mid-century, all seeking new lives in the land of opportunity.

And with the pioneering families came specific industries that have distinguished Santa Barbara to this day.

The illustrated lecture featured a host of historic photos including the earlier Italian families such as the Jordanos, Parma, and Craviotto, and photos of the industries dominated by the immigrants – dairy, stone masonry, and fishing.

Among those paying rapt attention were Anne Luther, Hiroko Benko, Maria McCall, Dana Hansen, Peter and Gerd

Devin Sidell and Adam Hagenbuch in The Thanksgiving Play (photo by Zach Mendez)

Just in time for the holiday, Ensemble Theatre Company presents its first play of the new season, the Broadway hit The Thanksgiving Play, written by Native American playwright Larissa FastHorse and directed by Brian McDonald.

Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in the wickedly funny satire as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scramble to create an elementary school pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and North American Heritage Month.

Devin Sidell was perfect as the project’s director, with Adam Hagenbuch and Will Block throwing in wildly differing colorful ideas, along with Ashley

Lisa Lunsford, Dana Hansen, and Alberto Rivera with Gerd and Pete Jordano seated (photo by Priscilla)

Author/Speaker Erin Graffy and SBYC’s Judith Muller (photo by Priscilla)

“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” – George Carlin

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Platz as the beguiling actress.

A flawed project done terribly well.

Fittingly, the show wraps on October 22, four weeks before Thanksgiving.

A Mission to Paint Social gridlock reigned at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum when it opened its latest exhibition California Missions by English artist Edwin Deakin.

From 1769 to 1833, the Franciscan Order established 21 missions in Alta California stretching from San Diego to Sonoma, with the primary purpose to convert the indigenous peoples to Roman Catholicism while at the same time becoming a key support to the Spanish colonization of the area.

The mission system left behind an architectural legacy, which Deakin, who died in 1923, began to document in the 1890s. By that time, several of the missions were in a state of disrepair and decay and there was growing alarm that California would lose these architectural monuments of its past.

Deakin captured the missions in two sets of oils and one in watercolor, often traveling by wagon to make surveys on site. The result is an unparalleled artistic record and Deakin’s outstanding achievement.

In partnership with the Santa Barbara Mission-Archive Library, the museum has 21 oils from their collection alongside watercolors from the historical museum, for the first time.

Among the art lovers turning out for the

Fr. Jack and SBHM Executive Director Dacia Harwood (photo by Priscilla)

Century-old Martha Graham Dance Company mesmerizes (photo by Brigid Pierce)

launch of the show, which runs through February 18, were David Bolton, Phil and Dianne Channing, Norman and Kristen Borgatello, Dennis and Candace Fazzio, Mike and Jean McCourt, Dorian Belmonte, Mike Jordan, Fritz and Gretchen Olenberger, Richard and Amanda Payatt, and Luke Swetland.

Dancing Through the Ages

Guests admired the San Luis Rey de Francia Mission founded in 1789 and named for the King of France (photo by Priscilla)

Lynn Behrens and guests with a painting of the San Carlos Borroméo del Río Carmelo Mission (photo

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New York’s century-old Martha Graham Dance Company gave a sensational kickoff to the UCSB Arts & Lectures dance series at the sold-out Granada.

It was a fitting launch given Graham, who died in 1991, aged 96, attended Santa Barbara High School, graduating in 1913, after being editor of the school newspaper and captaining the girls’ basketball team.

I was also lucky enough to meet her during the final chapter of her life when an editor at New York Magazine in the ‘80s with Bianca Jagger, the ex-wife of Rolling Stones singer Mick.

During her life, Graham single-handedly defined contemporary dance as a unique American art form.

The stupendous evening of new and reimagined works, spanning 80 years, featured Graham classics from the ‘40s with the Dark Meadow Suite, an abstract work about life’s journey and the search for connection with one’s self and one’s community, and a reconstruction of famed Hollywood film director Cecil B. DeMille’s niece Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, with a reconstruction of Aaron Copland’s score performed by a live bluegrass ensemble led by Punch Brother Gabe Witcher.

But America’s oldest dance company left its most energized performance for last with Israeli choreographer Hofesh Shechter’s CAVE, a 2022 work, with a decided mix of the European techno club scene beat and a Rave-style event of visceral collective movement and powerful swirling shared kinetic energy.

It rather reminded me of the early

works of Italian composer Giorgio Moroder with the late Queen of Disco Donna Summer, her first big hit “I Feel Love” being the perfect example.

The company, whose former members include Paul Taylor and Merce Cunningham, has visited more than 50 countries, including performances at New York’s Met, Carnegie Hall, Washington’s Kennedy Center, the base of the Great Pyramids in Egypt, and the Acropolis in Athens.

Under Artistic Director Janet Eilber, who has held the position for 18 years, the company will mark the starting of the talented troupe in 1926 when Graham was just 31 working from a small studio apartment next to Carnegie Hall, with a three-year celebration focusing on segments from the founder’s life.

It should be quite an extraordinary tour...

Sightings Actor Rob Lowe and wife Sheryl Berkoff noshing at Tre Lune with actress Cameron Diaz and husband Benji Madden... Cheers actor Ted Danson and wife Mary Steenburgen at the Granada for Opera Santa Barbara’s Carmen... Maroon 5 rocker Adam Levine breakfasting at the Montecito Coffee Shop with daughters, Dusty Rose and Gio Grace.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Calendar of Events

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13

by Steven Libowitz FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13 Viva Folklórico – Ballet Folklórico de Los Ángeles (BFLA) is among the nation’s premier Mexican folk-dance companies, one that has performed in major venues all over the country and collaborated with such Grammy Award-winning artists as Lila Downs, Pepe Aguilar, Mariachi Divas, and Mariachi Los Camperos. BFLA performed at the world premiere of Pixar’s hit animated film Coco at the El Capitan Theatre and had the honor of performing the film’s “Remember Me” on the night it took home the Academy Award for best song. The dance troupe, founded in 2011 by Kareli Montoya, has also appeared on Dancing with the Stars and at the Santa Barbara Bowl as part of the annual Mariachi Festival. See them for free again this weekend as the second show in the ¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! series. A reception with the artists follows the performance.

WHEN: 6-7 pm Friday at Isla Vista Elementary, and Sunday at the Marjorie Luke WHERE: Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara Junior High, 721 East Cota St. COST: free INFO: (805) 884-4087/https://luketheatre.org/events or http://artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/learn/viva-el-arte-de-santa-barbara EDC TGIF – The Environmental Defense Center closes out its summer soirée series stylized as tgif! with a final after-work gathering of the season at its downtown headquarters. Live music, drinks, food trucks, a raffle, and a special environmentally-themed Halloween costume contest are all part of the activities for the event that regularly draws close to 300 people to the nonprofit’s charming courtyard. Also on the agenda: lots of like-minded socializing and brief speeches about some of the environmental work being done in our community. Central Coast Green Building Council. Get Oil Out!, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper, and Sierra Club Santa Barbara-Ventura serve as sponsors tonight, with libations from Captain Fatty’s Brewery, Dreamcôte, and The Ojai Vineyard and eats by Santa Barbara Food Connection. The music comes from the aptly-named The Goodlanders from Goleta, featuring singer Katherine Ho, who was a contestant on season 10 of The Voice and had her version of Coldplay’s “Yellow” show up in the film Crazy Rich Asians.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 Day by Day – Westmont Theater’s new production of Godspell is its first mounting of the popular Christian-themed musical since 2019. The piece is structured as a series of parables primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, with hymns largely providing the words. “Day by Day,” which reached No. 13 on the Billboard chart in 1971, the most popular song from Godspell, which features lyrics and music by Stephen Schwartz, the three-time Grammy and Oscar winner who went on to compose the Broadway hits Pippin and Wicked. Mitchell Thomas, the theater professor who lives in Montecito, opted for a chamber musical with a smaller cast and downsized musical combo, with a creative production team that includes four Westmont alums to provide design and dramaturgy. Westmont second-year director of music Ruth Lin oversees the four-person band.

WHEN: 7:30 pm October 12-15, plus 2 pm October 14 WHERE: Westmont’s Porter Theatre, 955 La Paz Road COST: $20 general, $12 students and seniors INFO: (805) 565-7040 or www.westmont.edu/boxoffice

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Emma’s Enduring Appeal – Emma – which has roots in a Germanic word meaning “universal” – has been among the three most popular names for newborn baby girls in the U.S. for more than 20 years. Apparently, the public also hasn’t pulled back from theatrical works based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name, at least not around these parts. Back in early 2020 just before the pandemic shut things down, Ensemble Theatre produced a musical version created by Paul Gordon, the Tony Award-nominated composer of Daddy Long Legs (which premiered at the Rubicon). PCPA Theaterfest presented the West Coast Premiere of Joseph Hanreddy’s new adaptation of the novel earlier this summer outdoors in Solvang. (Then there’s the 1996 film version starring Montecito’s own Gwyneth Paltrow.) Now comes the latest local staging of the story of the charming, witty, and independent-minded Austen heroine courtesy of SBCC Theatre Group and Kate Hamill. The playwright’s stated passion is to create feminist, female-centered classics centered around complicated women.

Emma certainly qualifies, as the wanna-be matchmaker of Highbury finds her well-meaning but misguided attempts to pair off her friends and neighbors leading to chaos, her meddling in the romantic affairs of others covering up her own misadventures. Hamill’s take on the story is a fast-paced tale that veers toward the screwball comedy with surprises aplenty, including mashing up gorgeous Regency-era trappings with quirky, modern twists. KEYT’s Chief Weather Forecaster Anikka Abbott, a theater and opera veteran who starred as Sarah Brown in SBCC’s Guys and Dolls this summer, gets her first big non-singing role in town as the title character. Minneapolis’ Guthrie Theater premiered the work just two years ago, so if nothing else, fans and enjoy another fresh take on a favorite. Katie Laris directs.

WHEN: Opens 7:30 pm tonight, performs Thursdays-Sundays through October 28 WHERE: Garvin Theatre on SBCC’s West Campus, 900 block of Cliff Dr. COST: $14-$26 INFO: (805) 965-5935 or www.theatregroupsbcc.com

Environmentally-themed Halloween costumes are encouraged; prizes will be awarded to select winners.

WHEN: 5:30-7:30 pm WHERE: 906 Garden Street COST: $20, includes two drink tickets and $5 food voucher INFO: (805) 963-1622 or www.environmentaldefensecenter.org/tgif SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 Up on the Farm – The inspiration for the new documentary film Rachel’s Farm came from Rachel Ward personally experiencing the Australian Black Summer bushfires in 2019, which devastated many of the country’s farmland, leading her to learn about and later transition to regenerative farming practices. In the film, actress and director Ward voyages from her own willful ignorance about the ecological impacts of conventional agriculture to championing the movement to restore the health of our farmland, food, and climate and in doing so the well-being of the farming communities that sustain the nation, and ourselves. The personal film features many interviews in tracing her career change from entertainment to farming. Santa Barbara Permaculture Network presents Rachel’s Farm’s local debut followed by a conversation and Q&A session with Ward.

WHEN: 6 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $14 general, free kids 12 & under INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

“Careful, if you think too much, they’ll take you away.” – George Carlin

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 Milgrim’s Memories for Our Eyes Only – October seems like an opportune time to pause for a moment and consider that Santa Barbara is generally just another stop on touring acts’ itineraries. Sure, the Bowl brings in bands much bigger than its size should merit, and both the Lobero and the Granada are avowed jewels when it comes to venues. But most of the shows at those places can also be seen in L.A. or San Diego or lots of other spots across the country. But it’s only in Santa Barbara where you’ll catch the lifelong music lover Hale Milgrim sharing stories, videos, and songs from his career that started behind the counter at Isla Vista’s Discount Records. His major record labels employment that culminated in the top job at the home of the Beatles as president/CEO of Capitol Records came to a close 30 years ago. But he returned to Santa Barbara with no thoughts of retirement, serving instead as a board member for the Santa Barbara Bowl, a co-producer of the Sings Like Hell series at the Lobero, and the host of a Sunday radio show on KTYD. Go To Hale: Quips & Clips is Milgrim’s periodic gathering to share his vast knowledge and treasure trove of stuff collected over the decades, produced as a benefit for the Lobero, and most recently co-created with fellow local music lover Richard Salzberg, aka “Music Maniac.”

Tonight’s “Music At The Crossroads” episode examines how many different styles and genres come together to create something new and exciting for both the artist and the fans, taking a look at where blues, country, folk, soul, reggae, classical, jazz, electronica, and rock converge, spanning the 1960s to the present via archival film footage, curated from Milgrim and Salzberg’s libraries, with Milgrim also offering stories about the record business, artists, and his relationships over the years. You won’t see the likes of that showing in Cincinnati or playing in Peoria.

WHEN: 6:52 pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $25 general admission INFO: (805) 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 Séance Masquerade Ball – The “ghosts” invite everyone to an interactive and immersive masquerade ball in downtown Santa Barbara where the spirits have planned a special sort of séance for your entertainment. Guests are encouraged to dress for the ambience – think gothic Victorian costumes complete with corsets, top hats, pocket watches, and gloves – and prepare for a night of wonder. Although you’re headed to Santa Barbara Center for Art, Science, and Technology, it’s as if you and your entourage are walking down the cobblestone streets of London in 1892, where, enticed by the mysterious being beckoning you into the gates, you enter a dimly lit courtyard. The ancient art of the Tarot resurrects ghosts from beyond the grave who perform daring acts of aerial artistry inspire and mystify to original music by local composer/aerialist Alysia Michelle James. The evening also features the immersive and interactive art installation Accords, which explores cross-sensory perception through smell, taste, sound, and touch. The installation plays with conceptual connections between perfumery and music through mocktails made with the extracts of edible flowers and a musical “tuning” station. Projection art, impromptu aerial performances, sets by DJs Dienasty and SkyPounce, drinks and food available for purchase, a silent auction, and bake sale round out the evening. Séance also serves as a fundraiser for Fishbon, the ongoing nonprofit collective organized to encourage collaboration between artists, technologists, writers, designers, performers, and participants to create unique, real-time, compelling aesthetic experiences that speak to contemporary audiences.

WHEN: 6:30-10 pm WHERE: SBCAST, 513 Garden St. COST: $45

INFO: www.fishbon.org 12 – 19 October 2023

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PHYSICAL TRAINING & THERAPY Stillwell Fitness of Santa Barbara In Home Personal Training Sessions for 65+ Help with: Strength, Flexibility, Balance, Motivation, and Consistency John Stillwell, CPT, Specialist in Senior Fitness 805-705-2014 StillwellFitness.com

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Shih-tzu Puppies Gorgeous pups with papers and shots. 2 females. $950 Please call (805) 291-6893.

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I am an artist & have painted with acrylics & oils in the past. I am seeking a professional, compassionate, accomplished. Art teacher.

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You are invited!

Marilee Zdenek will sign copies of her eighth book and first novel Lying Still, a psychological thriller at Tecolote Book Shop 1470 East Valley Rd. Montecito October 14th from 3:00 ‘till 4:00 marileezdenek.com VOLUNTEERS NEEDED K-9 PALS need volunteers to be foster parents for our dogs while they are waiting for their forever homes.

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Mini Meta

Last Week’s Solution:

By Pete Muller & Frank Longo For each of the first five mini crosswords, one of the entries also serves as part of a five-word meta clue. The answer to the meta is a word or phrase (six letters or longer) hidden within the sixth mini crossword. The hidden meta answer starts in one of the squares and snakes through the grid vertically and horizontally from there (no diagonals!) without revisiting any squares.

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2 Focus of inbox zero 3 Like salt and snow 4 Schlepped 6 Convicts do it

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Across 1 Bad-mouth 6 Close to erupting 7 With 1-Down, person spending colones 8 Person pursuing parts 9 Org. in "The Girl in the Spider's Web"

Down 1 Part of a desktop collection 2 Guadalajara grub 3 101 course, typically 4 Major online source of video games 7 Part of SCOTUS

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Across 1 Where something's often brewing 4 Running mate of Dick?

5 See 3-Down 6 "None for me, thanks" 7 X-ray ___ (novelty wear)

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5 Lacks what it takes 6 What BTS would be if one more member joined 8 "Don't Know Why" singer Jones 9 How many like it hot?

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Across 1 On behalf of 4 Joe Biden, vis-à-vis Syracuse University College of Law 6 Illegal sweetener?

7 Expert 8 Possible question after "Meet me here tomorrow"

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4 2022 title film role for Tom Hanks 5 Word with mint or miss

Across 1 Some bridge positions 6 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki 7 "Bushwhacked" co-author Molly 8 Move, as a seedling 9 Its first five digits are often replaced with X's, for short

Down 1 Noise from a fan 2 Places for some outdoor holiday lights 3 Pink ones send people packing 4 It's inserted into a mortise 5 Part of GPS: Abbr.

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