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It’s back to school for local students, and that means back to awesome afterschool activities for the young women who participate in Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara’s afternoon programming. For the second year, a partnership with UCSB’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education will expose several dozen fourth- to sixth-grade girls to a program called the Curie-osity Project, which explores career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). You can read the full story on page 4.

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Goleta named a Safe City for 4th year in a row

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oleta has received a second award this year for being one of the safest cities to live in California. This is the fourth year in a row Goleta earned this honor from SafeWise, a community-focused security organization committed to increasing safety education, awareness and preparedness.

“It is wonderful news to learn that Goleta has earned another safe-city award,” said Mayor Paula Perotte. “This is the city’s seventh award in five years, which proves that our commitment to safety is effective. This is not an independent effort; it is the cooperation of law enforcement and residents that

continue to make Goleta a safe place to live.”

SafeWise compiled its “50 Safest Cities in California” report using the most recent FBI crime data from 2015 to analyze and rank cities with a minimum population of 10,000 people. The cities that made the list had much lower rates of violent crime and property crime than the national average.

Since its incorporation in 2002, the Goleta has contracted with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office for law enforcement services and protection.

View the full list of SafeWise’s top 50 Safest California Cities for 2017 here: https://www.safewise.com/blog/safestcities-california/.

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Keep indoor air as clean as possible during wildfire season

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moke and ash during wildfires, and windy conditions afterward, pose health risks, especially for children, older adults, and people with heart or lung diseases, so local agencies are advising residents about how to keep their indoor air clean.

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District encourage residents, if possible, to designate a room in your home as a “clean air room” where you could spend time during wildfires if the poor air quality is affecting you.

High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters — which can help remove ash, soot, and dust — are available to purchase in various makes and models and for various room sizes at www.ourair.org/edu/information-onindoor-air-cleaning-devices/.

These filters will not remove carbon monoxide or other gases that may be present in wildfire smoke, but they remove particles that are very harmful to breathe. A less expensive option involves attaching a filter to a box fan. See more at www.youtube. com/watch?v=kH5APw_SLUU. During periods of poor air quality, avoid vacuuming and burning candles or incense, and leave windows and doors closed unless it is extremely hot outside. If you have an air conditioner, run it with the fresh-air intake closed and the filter clean. During periods when outdoor air is cleaner, take advantage of the opportunity to air out your home.

When smoke is heavy for a prolonged period, fine particles can build up indoors even though you may not be able to see them. If you are unable

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Father pleads guilty in 5-year-old’s death After three intensive searches in SY Valley over 2 months, remains of Aramazd “Piqui” Andressian Jr. of South Pasadena were found near Lake Cachuma

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he South Pasadena man accused of killing his 5-year-old son, whose remains were found at Lake Cachuma in July, has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in a Los Angeles County courtroom.

Aramazd Andressian, 35, is expected to be sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley said.

Aramazd “Piqui” Andressian Jr. was last seen alive April 21, leaving Disneyland with his father early that morning. Authorities say the elder Andressian was embroiled in a divorce battle with the boy’s mother, Ana Estevez.

Estevez reported her son missing the morning of April 22 after Andressian failed to return him to her South Pasadena home.

Later that morning, authorities found Andressian alone and unconscious near his vehicle at a South Pasadena park. He claimed he had no knowledge of his son’s whereabouts.

Law enforcement officials told Noozhawk then that Andressian was not forthcoming with investigators and gave conflicting statements.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives determined he had driven to Lake Cachuma six hours after leaving Disneyland, which led to numerous searches of the area with the assistance of Santa Barbara County sheriff’s and Parks Division personnel, and the sheriff’s Search and Rescue team.

Nothing was reportedly found in the first searches, but the elder Andressian was arrested on first-degree murder charges on June 23 in Las Vegas.

On July 1, Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators returned to the Lake Cachuma area, where they located the boy’s remains later that

Photo contributed The body of Aramazd Andressian Jr., a 5-year-old South Pasadena boy who had been missing since April 22, was found at Lake Cachuma on July 1. His father, Aramazd Andressian, has pleaded guilty to his murder in a Los Angeles County courtroom.

day. Authorities have not released additional details about the boy’s cause of death or where his body was found.

Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza has cited the couple’s “tumultuous divorce” proceedings as a possible motivation for the murder of their only child.

The case is being prosecuted by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, but Dudley said there is evidence that the murder occurred in Santa Barbara County, in addition to the body being found near Lake Cachuma.

Dudley said she and Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey believed they had joint jurisdiction over the case, since the body was found in Santa Barbara County and events leading up to the murder happened in Los Angeles County.

“The defendant confessed to both murdering his son and confessed where the body could be found,” she said.

The boy’s body was found near a vista point, close to the entrance of the Cachuma Lake Recreation Area, she added.

During the investigation, Dudley went to Los Angeles with Chief Investigator Dave Saunders to meet with the Los Angeles County prosecution staff and received a presentation on the evidence of the case, she said.

Evidence indicated the murder occurred in Santa Barbara County, said Dudley, though she could not say what led investigators to that conclusion.

There was also evidence in Los Angeles County of preparatory events and how intent was formed, according to Dudley.

After a meeting and a memo on the juris-

diction issue, Dudley decided Los Angeles County would have jurisdiction.

“I was also concerned who was most likely to get justice for the little boy and his mom,” she said.

“They have an impressive team of lawyers who knew a lot about the case.”

The jurisdictional question is settled officially now that Andressian has entered a plea, she noted.

Andressian is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 23 in the Alhambra Branch of Los Angeles County Superior Court, Lacey’s office said.

“The open plea means a sentence was not negotiated with the District Attorney’s Office,” a statement from the District Attorney’s Office said.

Prosecutors believe Aramazd was killed on or around April 21, which is the day before his mother reported him missing.

“The boy was last seen with his father, who was found unconscious the next day at a park in South Pasadena,” according to the statement.

“On June 23, Andressian Sr. was arrested in Las Vegas and extradited to Los Angeles County to face criminal prosecution for his son’s death. More than two months after the boy’s disappearance, his body was discovered in the Lake Cachuma area of Santa Barbara County.”

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department led the investigation and Deputy District Attorney Craig Hum is prosecuting the case.

Noozhawk managing editor Giana Magnoli can be reached at gmagnoli@noozhawk. com.

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Photo contirbuted The girls in the Curie-osity program learn about how computer programs can measure brain activity, look at parasites under a microscope, and learned about microbial marine biology.

Girls Inc. and UCSB scientists join forces in STEM education for young girls

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t’s back to school for local students, and that means back to awesome after-school activities for the young women who participate in Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara’s afternoon programming.

For the second year, a partnership with UCSB’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education will expose several dozen fourth- to sixth-grade girls to career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The program is called the Curie-osity Project (after the trailblazing female scientist Marie Curie), and was a runaway success when it began in winter 2016.

“The girls are exposed to women who are in the STEM profession. They are experiencing hands-on STEM projects and having the opportunity to really dive in and learn about those areas,” said Kristina Webster, director of programs for Girls Inc. The success of the program highlights two of the things the nonprofit organization excels at:

creating meaningful community partnerships and enlisting the support of dedicated volunteers. Twelve female UCSB scientists donated their time to welcome the Girls Inc. students to their laboratories and offices last year, and a similar number will do the same this fall and winter.

“We wanted to create a program that combined literacy and science for girls,” said Danielle Harlow, an associate professor of education, in a UCSB press release. Harlow and colleague Diana Arya were the leaders on the UCSB side of the project.

“We specifically wanted the girls to come to UCSB’s campus because research tells us that children who spend time on university campuses see college campuses as places they belong and are more likely to pursue higher education,” Harlow said.

Last year, the girls in the program learned about how computer programs can measure brain activity, looked at parasites in snails under a microscope, learned about microbial marine biology, and heard the career stories

of each scientist they met.

Each UCSB volunteer was interviewed by the girls for a video and book project, which will be available as a published-on-demand volume from Social Justice Press when editing is complete. They also created creative art based on each scientist they met and their work, which is featured in the book.

“I think it’s pretty cool to learn that so many women have focused on one thing for so many years. It’s just so amazing and it’s really been special to come here every week,” said one of the fourth-grade participants in the program.

For those who want to help Girls Inc., the nonprofit has financial needs large and small, including a $625,000 scholarship program, a $400,000 technology initiative, and many more modest projects. An Amazon wish list, accessible from the Girls Inc. website, allows donors to quickly and easily make an impact on the organization by shopping online for needed items like STEM CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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Annual Celebration Luncheon scheduled on Sept. 28

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irls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara will host its 16th annual Celebration Luncheon on Sept. 28 at the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara.

The luncheon theme is “The Power of One: The role YOU can play to educate and empower girls.” The keynote speaker will be Lisa Shannon, an international women’s rights activist who works primarily on behalf of women in Africa.

“She is an everyday person who

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SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Museum breaking ground on ‘Centennial Campaign’ improvements

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his month marks a major milestone in the impressive history of a local museum that knows a thing or two about history.

In 2016, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring a thirst for discovery and a passion for the natural world. To ensure the next century of service to the community starts off on the right foot – or fin, wing or paw, depending on which area of the museum you happen to be in – the museum has a number of renovations lined up as part of Phase I of its Centennial Campaign Project, which will include some major exhibit revitalization, campus improvements and some new features.

All of this will be set into motion on Sept.

8, when the museum hosts the project’s official groundbreaking celebration.

“We couldn’t be more excited about these improvements,” said Luke J. Swetland, the museum’s president and CEO. “These renovations will provide a more dynamic, memorable experience for our guests, and will help further educate the community about the relationship between humans and the natural environment.”

Phase I upgrades include improvements to the museum’s popular Backyard and Nature Clubhouse, enhancement of some of

visitors, complete with ADA and stroller-compliant access to all areas. Visitors can also look forward to an attractive, pedestrian-safe arrival corridor and a new pedestrian path along the historic stegosaurus wall, providing safe access to Mission Canyon Road.

The museum will remain open during all phases of construction, and special areas are being created to ensure that it remains a vibrant destination for both local and out-oftown visitors of all ages.

“The public portion of our capital campaign for the renovation of the museum also kicks off in September 2017; there is still time to get involved and help support this exciting and unique project,” said Swetland. “Thanks to the generous support of our donors, we have reached 84 percent of our $20 million campaign goal to date. There are a number of ways for local community members and businesses to get involved and push this project across the finish line, including naming Photo contributed opportunities for many of our new exhibits and visitor areas.”

Ludwig Kast, Museum Director Ralph Hoffman, Dr. Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa, and Mrs. Ralph Hoffman stand in front If you would like to be a part of the Santa of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History in 1931.

Barbara Museum of Natural History’s renotheir most cherished exhibits, including the In addition to the new and improved exhibits, vation efforts, or are interested in following Cartwright, Mammal, and Bird Halls, and there will also be major campus-wide improve- along with the progress, visit www.sbnature. a complete transformation of the Butterfly ments, including upgrades to landscaping and org or call the museum’s development office paths to create a more integrated experience for at (805) 682-4711, ext. 110.

Pavilion.

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IN BRIEF

Library launches career skills training center The Santa Barbara Public Library System has opened a career training center that will provide basic computer skills and workforce-preparedness training.

The program, called SBPL Works, is supported by a grant from the Adult Education Block Grant Consortium, which is administered by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office and the California Department of Education to implement regional

STEM CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 supplies and sports equipment.

In 2016, the local organization served 1,500 girls in programs including after-school and summer camps, community outreach and gymnastics. The Santa Barbara program operates in two sites, on East Ortega Street in Santa Barbara and on Hollister Avenue in Goleta.

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to do is take one step forward and it opens up an amazing world of being able to help.”

The audience will also hear from some of the girls who participate in Girls Inc. and see the benefits of their participation in the programming, Weaver said.

“It’s just something you have to experience in person. Their courage and their boldness is something that every woman in the audience wishes she had.”

For more details, visit www.girlsincsb.org

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the air. Instead, sweep ash gently with a broom, and take cars to a car wash. Everyone should avoid skin contact with ash, and no one with heart or lung conditions should handle ash cleanup.

For more information on wildfire smoke and health, visit www.ourair.org/sbc/aboutsmoke- and-health/. To sign up to receive air quality advisories, visit www.ourair.org/ subscribe/.

saw something on TV about what was happening to women in the Congo, and it stirred her to the point where she was compelled to take action,” said Kristen Weaver, marketing and communications manager for Girls Inc. “Her story is amazing. For anyone who thinks that their one action doesn’t make a difference, she is the proof that all you have Photo contributed In 2018, Girls Inc. will celebrate its 60th year working to support and help girls in the Santa Barbara area.

In 2018, Girls Inc. will celebrate its 60th year working to support and help girls in the Santa Barbara area. As that milestone nears, efforts are being made to expand the time the average girl spends in the organization, which is currently around three years. Teen Center programs for grades 7-9 have been expanded to help reach that goal.

For more details, visit www.girlsincsb.org

plans for adult education.

SBPL Works is designed to prepare adults with the computer skills they need to be more competitive in the job market or move on to other educational opportunities using individualized assessments and learning plans tailored to their career goals and learning needs.

In addition to basic computer skills, patrons can learn more advanced office software and get help creating a resumé and cover letter.

SBPL Works will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays.

Plans include expanded hours and new features, such as interview practice sessions, and a broader curriculum.

For more information call Brent Field at (805) 564-5623.

to keep your indoor air clean and the inside of your house cool when the temperatures are high — especially if you are sensitive to wildfire smoke — you should consider relocating temporarily.

Even after wildfires end, winds can stir up ash. Avoid using leaf blowers or doing any activities that will stir up particles into

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business & commerce

Sara Miller McCune to chair World Business Academy gala

heal the planet.+ The gala benefits projects of the World ara Miller McCune, the founder Business Academy, a Santa Barbara-based and executive chairwoman of think tank and action incubator dedicated SAGE Publishing, will serve as to working with the business communihonorary committee chair for the World ty to advance environmental and social Business Academy’s Awards Gala and justice.

Dinner on Sunday, Sept. 17.

McCune was one of three honorees The academy will honor global leader, at last year’s gala, receiving the Business author and scientist Deepak Chopra as Award; David Crosby received the well as Marianne Partridge, editor-in-chief Community Award; and Jean Michele Cousof the Santa Barbara Independent, at this teau received the Environmental Award. year’s gala.

The gala’s VIP reception begins at Chopra is a Fellow of the World Busi5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, at El Enness Academy and a world-renowned canto Hotel in Santa Barbara, with dinner speaker and author working to help create and an awards ceremony following at a global shift in consciousness in order to 6:30 p.m.

For tickets or information, email judi@ Photo contributed worldbusiness.org or call 805-892-4600.

Sara Miller McCune, founder and the executive For more information about the World chairwoman of SAGE Publishing, will serve as honorary committee chairwoman for the World Business Academy’s Business Academy and its projects, visit Awards Gala and Dinner on Sunday, Sept. 17. http://worldbusiness.org.

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Towbes Group promotes Craig Minus to vice president of development

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he Towbes Group has promoted Craig Minus, who has been with the company for 10 years, to vice president of development.

Minus joined TGI as an intern. In his new role on the senior management team, Minus will lead the development team in its efforts on the company’s existing and future development projects.

He and his team will be responsible for project due diligence, consultant management, pre-construction design, entitlements, environmental analysis, sales and marketing, and all other necessary steps before a project is handed to the construction team.

“For years, Craig Minus has worked on many of our most noteworthy projects in our portfolio from Ventura to Santa Maria.

He continually contributes to our real estate development success,” TGI President Craig Zimmerman said.

Photo Contributed Vice President of Development Craig Minus has been with the company for 10 years.

Minus has been a tireless advocate for workforce housing through his efforts with

the Coastal Housing Coalition, where he serves as president of the board of directors.

He previously worked for the city Buellton, Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District, B3 Architects and Berkus Design Studio.

In 2014 he was honored with the Government Affairs Award by the Home Building Industry Association of the Central Coast, where he served as a board member. He is a current member of the American Planning Association.

He holds bachelor’s degrees in environmental studies and geography from UCSB and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.

He and his wife Tracy are raising their three boys in the Santa Ynez Valley. During soccer season, he can be found on the field coaching at least one team.

The Towbes Group Inc., headquartered in Santa Barbara, is a real estate investment, development and property management company with more than 60 years of local experience.

Mission Linen CEO joins Rescue Mission board

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he Santa Barbara Rescue Mission has announced that John Ross has joined its board of directors.

A native of Southern California, Ross was raised in Claremont. He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and, upon his commission to 2nd lieutenant, he served in the 1st Calvary Division at Ft.

Hood, Texas, as an armor officer.

In 1998, Ross resigned his commission to pursue a master’s of business administration at UC Irvine, then came to Santa Barbara in 2012 to join Mission Linen Supply. He has served as the company’s president and CEO and a board director since July 2013.

Ross has been married to his wife, Allyson Ross, since they were both lieutenants

in the Army. He and his family attend First Presbyterian Church Santa Barbara and have been inspired by the work of the Rescue Mission since being introduced to the organization.

Ross said he looks forward to serving alongside the people bringing physical, emotional, educational and spiritual resources to all who struggle with homelessness and addiction.

American Riviera Bank expands into Paso Robles

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merican Riviera Bank, based in Santa Barbara, has expanded into San Luis Obispo County with the opening of a new loan production office in Paso Robles.

The new office opened on Aug. 7 at 205 Oak Hill Road, Suite 106, in The Highlands Shopping Center. The office will provide business, commercial real estate, agricultural, residential mortgage, construction, and Small Business Administration loans.

The loan production office is expected to be replaced by a full-service retail branch late this year or early in 2018. American Riviera Bank expects to open more branches between Santa Barbara and Paso Robles in the future.

“In the last five years, San Luis Obispo County lost all of its community banks to mergers. There are no longer any banks headquartered in San Luis Obispo County,” said Jeff DeVine, the Bank’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Yet, we know that the community desires the type of flexible and responsive banking experience that American Riviera Bank delivers.”

Neil Amarante, who has spent 16 years in agriculture and banking, including the last 12 in Paso Robles, will serve as Senior Vice President and Regional Credit Manager.

He is a member of the Atascadero Kiwanis Club and is a graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and the Pacific Coast Banking School.

Other senior staff include Ann Cochrane, Vice President - Commercial and Ag Banking Officer. She has been a business and agricultural lender in Paso Robles since she graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in 2007. She was named “Cattlewoman of the Year” in 2014 by the County CattleWomen’s Association, is a member of the Rotary Club of Paso Robles, and volunteers her time at numerous other local organizations.

Paul Tognazzini will serve as Community Relationship Officer. He has served in senior community bank leadership positions for more than 40 years.

He is a board member for the Cancer Support Community of the Central Coast, active in the County Cattlemen’s Association, a supporter of Jack’s Helping Hand, a member of the Agribusiness Tour Committee for the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and a member of the Paso Robles Elks Club. He is a also graduate of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The new office is expected to have a staff of eight in Paso Robles by the time the full-service branch opens.

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]in the spotlight

Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation celebrates 15 years

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or the Chapman family of Ojai, 2002 was a year of trials.

The youngest of the family’s three children, Colby, then 9 years old, was battling leukemia. His mom, Tracy, had quit her job in the health care industry to live with him at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles as he endured treatments for nearly half the year.

Money was extremely tight. As the year wore on, Tracy, a single mom, worried not just about her young son’s health, but also about meeting her family’s basic needs.

For Nikki Katz, 2002 was also a watershed year. Her dear friend’s godson had been diagnosed with pediatric cancer.

“It was devastating, and I felt helpless,” Katz said in a recent interview, “and I wanted to help.”

With that simple motivation, Katz founded Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering families that have a child, up to 21 years old, with cancer by providing them financial, emotional and educational support programs.

Katz was in the process of getting the foundation’s 501(c)3 nonprofit designation when, at a coffee shop one day in Ojai, she saw a cash jar at the counter seeking help for young Colby and his family, who were well loved in their tight-knit community.

That timely encounter led to Colby’s family becoming the very first recipient of help from the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, which has gone on to help hundreds of children with cancer and their families in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

The thousands of dollars the foundation provided to Colby and his family in 2002 allowed them to pay numerous bills and have a Christmas celebration.

Today, Colby Chapman is a strapping 24-year-old working as a warehouse administrator in Carpinteria and living in Ojai with his fiancée, Katie, and their baby girl, Veda.

His memories of the long months spent lying in a hospital bed, battling a disease he wasn’t old enough to fully comprehend, have now faded. What Colby most remembers from back then is the love of Katz and everyone at Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, and their genuine desire to help him and his family.

“It’s definitely shaped who I am today,” Colby said.

“Not only did I feel better about getting better and not weird about having a disease, but it made me feel like I was part of a community. Even still, I still feel like a part of the community … I’ve never lost that, and I’ll be grateful forever,” he said.

His mom Tracy can also look back now on that trying time with a sense of

Photos contributed At 9 years old, Colby Chapman battled leukemia with the support of his family and the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation. Fifteen years later, Chapman is alive and well with a child of his own.

gratitude.

“Even after he was no longer sick, Nikki always kept Colby involved in the foundation’s events. It made it like a game for him,” Tracy said. “July marks the anniversary of his diagnosis, so that’s always a sentimental month for us, but honestly, we also remember the laughter and the fun of that time.”

In the 15 years since Nikki Katz founded Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, it has provided more than $1.7 million in financial assistance. Over the years, thousands of community members have come together to help through the organization. This year, the foundation is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a Gold Ribbon Luncheon in October.

“The foundation is way bigger than I ever thought it would be. I never thought in my wildest dreams it would get this big.

I’m very proud of what it’s become in its first 15 years,” Katz said.

For more information about the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, including ways to get involved, contact Executive Director Lindsey Leonard at lindsey@teddybear cancerfoundation.org or 805-563-4740.

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Life & style

Genealogy: Real research is not for faint of heart

YOUNG AND OLD NEED TIPS FOR BETTER NIGHT’S SLEEP

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ost people are interested in their past, especially those who know nothing and want to find out everything: the who, what, where, when, and how of their ancestry.

To do a thorough, accurate research project into your “roots” is not a simple thing, nor is it for the faint of heart. Further, it is not just for retired folks with time on their hands; many young people are just as enthusiastic and want to do the research. People in the professional genealogy community in which I work range in age from 21 to 81 years old.

Some folks have the idea that if they have names, dates, and places, that is all they need – not true! The history of place and time is important to get an understanding of who your ancestors were and how much of “me” came from part of “them.”

In addition, accurate information from reliable sources is the only type of genealogy that should be done. “If grandma said it, it must be so” is a fallacy, and we know it.

There are some truths that one needs to know: n Everything is not online. n Some genealogy sites are free, others charge. n Databases contain errors, and often a lot of them. n There is a variety of ways to search, and many times the only way is “boots on the ground.” n Non-genealogy sites could have some valuable data about your family. n Names can be spelled differently yet are in the same family.

There are many more truths and some falsehoods as well.

If you are interested in knowing more about professional genealogy, please let the newspaper know by emailing news@santabarbarafamilylife.com and perhaps we can have some monthly tips right here in future issues of Santa Barbara Family & Life magazine.

Sheila Benedict is a professional forensic and family genealogist.

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Local retirement community surveys residents on sleep habits

Nearly 50 percent of people 60 years and older experience insomnia, according to the National Institute on Health.

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aking in the middle of the night with nagging or worrisome thoughts is an issue that plagues not only young, busy millennials, but also older adults living in retirement, according to a sleep-habit survey of nearly 100 older adults living at The Samarkand retirement community in Santa Barbara.

Nocturia, the frequent need to urinate at night, is a primary cause of sleep loss. However, the inability to turn off one’s thoughts ranked high on the list, along with restless leg syndrome, side effects from medication, sleep apnea, neurodegenerative orders, and a host of causes that fall in the proverbial “other” category, including random noises, thirst, or a partner’s snoring.

Nearly 50 percent of those 60 years and older experience insomnia, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIA). Aside from leaving people out of sorts or tired the next day, not getting enough sleep can also pose serious health risks.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the Sleep Research Society (SRS) suggest that sleeping less than seven hours each night can elevate the risk of weight gain and obesity, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, and depression.

For older adults, not getting a good night’s

sleep also increases the risk of accidents and falls. Those who are tired and feel foggy from insufficient sleep are generally more irritable and, therefore, less happy.

How much sleep is enough?

In general, adults need seven to nine hours of sleep, according to Janice Connelly, healthcare administrator at The Samarkand. Sleeping patterns may change as we age, she said, but the amount of sleep we need stays constant. “Older adults tend to go bed earlier, but they also wake up earlier,” she said.

People with insomnia may try over-thecounter sleep aids or prescription medications. Connelly advises talking to your doctor first whether if it’s a new or continuing problem, as it may signal an underlying health condition. In the meantime, she suggests making lifestyle adjustments.

“You need a good night’s sleep as much as you need daily exercise and a healthy, balanced diet,” she said. “Look at your lifestyle habits and start there.”

Connelly suggests following the example set by residents living at The Samarkand.

“Residents hike, kick-box, swim and do yoga. The opportunities are endless here, and Santa Barbara offers just as many opportunities for people to get out and have fun, whether they’re 10 or 100.”

For a better night’s sleep, Connelly also

suggests: n Participate: Socialize, learn a new hobby, and work your brain. Stay busy and active throughout the day so you’re tired when it’s time for bed. n Meditate: Relieve anxious feelings and promote relaxation n Make it routine: Read a book, take a bath, or enjoy a cup of (non-caffeinated) tea before bed n Stay consistent: Go to bed and wake at the same time daily n Keep it cool: 68 degrees is an ideal sleeping temperature n Set the mood: Use low lighting in the evenings To prevent “sleep sabotage,” Connelly advises avoiding caffeine, large meals close to bedtime, electronics in bed, and late-afternoon or early-evening naps.

“Forget the night cap,” she added. “Even small amounts of alcohol make it difficult to stay asleep.”

Making a few thoughtful adjustments to your lifestyle may be the ticket to the recommended seven hours of sleep. For more tips, visit the Sleep Foundation at sleepfoundation.org/sleep-tools-tips/healthysleep-tips.

For more information about The Samarkand retirement community, call 877-2316284 or visit www.TheSamarkand.org.

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Hurdle your fitness plateaus with high-intensity interval training

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re you having trouble getting into the shape you’d like?

Fitness plateaus are a state of little or no change after a period of working out.

They can happen for a multitude of reasons.

To try to conquer your plateau, keep a journal marking a week of what you are eating throughout the day, what you are doing for workouts, and how long you’re sleeping each night. At the end of the week you can assess your food consumption and whether you need to cut your calorie intake or if you need to up it to support the workouts you are performing.

Once you pinpoint your reason for the plateau, it’s time to get busy. To conquer the plateau and start shedding weight and increasing strength, work on increasing your workouts’ intensity, but also try adding a day of HIIT (high-intensity interval training) to your weekly workouts. You can find several online that you can do from

the calories you are consuming daily as well.

Consuming enough protein is essential to fat loss because it maintains your muscle during a calorie deficit. It also keeps you fuller longer, preventing overeating and curbing snacking, and it boosts your calorie burn throughout the day because it takes more energy to digest

By Kristen Wood protein than carbohydrates or fat. home, and local gyms have great HIIT classes.

Limit your carbohydrate intake to workout HIIT workouts burn more fat than steadydays only. Eat your whole grains, fiber-rich state exercise, and they have your body confruits, sweet potatoes, brown rice, and ancient tinuously burning calories for hours after your grains following muscle-blasting workouts to workout. I have a great HIIT workout on my replenish your glucose levels. website, http://lifestylebykristen.com.

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Author to speak, encourage caregivers Sept. 25

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laine Sanchez, the author of “Letters from Madelyn: Chronicles of a Caregiver,” will give a tender, gritty, and funny one-woman show on Monday, Sept. 25, to help family and professional caregivers understand and cope with caregiver anger, guilt, depression and grief.

The Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Elaine Sanchez Foundation will host the presentation by Sanchez, who is the author of “Letters from Madelyn: Chronicles of a Caregiver.”

During a dinner after the presentation, four community members with caregiving experience will respond to Sanchez’s presentation with a dialogue to inspire questions and comments from the dinner guests.

The program, titled “Who Cares?

Finding Hope, Humor and Heart in Caregiving,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort in Santa Barbara. The cost for admission to her presentation only is $25, or $15 for students. For the presentation, dinner and panel discussion, the cost is $250.

Sanchez is the co-founder of CaregiverHelp.com, an online support program for family and professional caregivers. With her husband, Dr. Alex Sanchez, she has created a number of online continuing-education courses for nurses, long-term care administrators, and mental health professionals. She writes the blog and is a regular contributor to numerous magazines and online publications, including the Huffington Post.

After learning from experience as a family caregiver that caregiving is too difficult to take seriously all of the time, she began weaving humor and real-life caregiving stories into her presentations.

She encourages caregivers to develop an “attitude of creative indifference” toward the people, situations, and events that cause them the greatest amount of stress; respond to dementia-related behaviors; and create a personalized caregiver “survival” plan.

For more information, visit www. cottagehealth.org/CRH.

Photos contributed Her royal highness, the Duchess of Cornwall, met ShelterBox USA President Kerri Murray of Santa Barbara at the opening of the group’s UK center.

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he Duchess of Cornwall and ShelterBox USA President Kerri Murray of Santa Barbara officially opened a new visitor center at ShelterBox Headquarters in Cornwall, England, on July 19.

The center is expected to educate thousands of visitors each year on the nonprofit group’s humanitarian aid, its complex operations, and its rapid response to disasters worldwide.

ShelterBox deploys immediately to disaster sites and conflict situations, providing emergency shelter and life-saving supplies to families who have lost everything.

Murray leads ShelterBox USA from its office in Santa Barbara, which serves as a hub for U.S. operations. The Santa Barbara staff and volunteers have been growing support locally of this global humanitarian relief organization.

“It was a privilege to meet her royal highness at such an exciting chapter in ShelterBox’s history, and to brief her on the ambitious plans we have to grow ShelterBox to serve 10 times the numbers of families annually by the year 2025,” Murray said.

ShelterBox has responded to more than 250 disasters in 92 countries since 2000 with its ShelterBoxes and ShelterKits. ShelterBoxes contain family-sized tents specially designed to withstand the elements and provide people with temporary shelter until they are able to start rebuilding a home. ShelterKits contain all of the essential tools people need to start repairing and rebuilding homes straight away.

The duchess packed the first ShelterBox at the new UK visitor center and used a saw to cut a birthday cake in honor of her 70th birthday.

The Duchess of Cornwall, the former Camilla Parker Bowles, first learned of ShelterBox while on an official visit to Pakistan in 2006 after the Kashmir earthquake. She became ShelterBox’s president in 2007.

During the official visit to ShelterBox headquarters, the duchess met with Murray and operations staff to discuss current work in Syria and participated in a Skype video call

with response team members from the front lines in Cameroon, where they are delivering aid to families fleeing conflict.

The Duchess then packed the first ShelterBox at the visitor center and used a saw to cut a birthday cake in honor of her 70th birthday.

The cake was a sponge cake replica of a ShelterBox, and the saw was one that would be packed in a ShelterBox tool kit.

“That’s the first time I’ve cut a cake with a saw! But it doesn’t surprise me. ShelterBox [is] always coming up with something new. I just wanted to say how wonderful all of you are who work for ShelterBox,” the Duchess said.

“Right now, there are more than 85 million people displaced in our world by conflict and disaster, and the need for the work of ShelterBox is massive. ShelterBox is preparing every day for the worst day ever,” Murray added.

“As a disaster relief organization, it is typically on the worst day ever that media attention is given to our work. But as the headlines fade from large emergencies, so can public support,” Murray said.

“The Royal Family has been instrumental in raising awareness of the work of ShelterBox, and in keeping much-needed attention on its humanitarian efforts. During my visit with the duchess, I shared with her the exciting growth of ShelterBox USA and extended an invitation for her to visit our operations in Santa Barbara. The duchess was thrilled to learn about the growth of ShelterBox USA and excitedly accepted the invitation to visit us in Santa Barbara with her husband, Prince Charles,” Murray added.

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County Animal Services gets $25,000 grant The Petco Foundation grant will help provide in-house diagnostic testing for animals, anta Barbara County Animal Services among other benefits. has been awarded a $25,000 grant “We are focused on increasing the quality from the Petco Foundation to of care our shelter animals receive and eximprove the care of shelter animals and help ploring ways we can prevent animals from support “human-animal bonds.” entering into our shelters. The Petco FounAnimal Services operates shelters in Lom- dation’s support will allow us to continue poc, Goleta and Santa Maria. In addition to the hard work we have started and explore field response, lost and found services, and new ways we can help homeless animals,” adoptions, Animal Services strives to meet said Director Jan Glick. the medical, mental and physical needs of For more information about Santa Baranimals entering its shelters. This care has bara County Animal Services or the Petco helped achieve one of the highest live-reFoundation, visit www.sbcanimalservices. lease rates in the country at 93 percent. org or www.petcofoundation.org.

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Valeska Soares show opening at SB Museum of Art

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major mid-career survey of work by contemporary artist Valeska Soares will be on view Sept. 17 – Dec. 31 at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, with an artist’s reception from 2:30 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17.

This is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the western United States.

The exhibition, “Valeska Soares: Any Moment Now” is part of the Getty Museum’s initiative “Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA,” a far-reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.

The exhibit brings together 49 works, consisting of installation, sculpture, photography and video, from the early 1990s

to the present.

Museum officials say the project will substantiate Soares’ distinctive role in the international legacy of installation art, while introducing visitors to the social, political, and personal aspects of her minimal, conceptual and multisensory bodies of work.

Soares is part of a vital generation of artists who began exhibiting professionally in Brazil during the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Jac Leirner, Cildo Meireles, Vik Muniz, Ernesto Neto and Adriana Varejão.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art at 1130 State St. is open Tuesdays - Sundays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. — and from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, when admission is free.

For more information call 805.963.4364 or log onto www.sbma.net.

Maritime Museum hosting Family Night

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t the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, people of all ages and walks of life can get a better understanding and appreciation of California’s maritime history, from learning about early natives who lived prosperously along the coast to present-day ocean activities.

The museum hosts a variety of activities for the public throughout the year, including Family Night on Wednesday, Sept. 20.

Family Night is an opportunity to view the Maritime Museum from an entirely different perspective. Through the use of interactive

exhibits and experimental learning, kids and adults of all ages will find something fun to do from 4 to 7 p.m.

This event will include activities such as LEGO building of a mini diver, shark and submarine; nautical arts and crafts; face painting and balloon twisting; and kid-friendly snacks and beverages.

The cost for family night is $15 per family for museum members and $25 for other families. Making advance will help museum staff estimate supplies correctly.

The museum is at 113 Harbor Way, Suite 190.

For more information or to RSVP, call 4568747 or log onto www.sbmm.org/all-events.

Get close to the animals – and your family – at the beautiful Santa Barbara Zoo.

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SB Museum of Art announces new trustees

firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, where he practiced employment law representing he Santa Barbara Museum of Art management for 34 years and ran the firm’s has announced the newest members Los Angeles office. He still oversees the of its board of trustees, whose Firm’s worldwide art collection. terms began July 1: David Gersh, Christine Gersh spent 36 years in the practice of Vanderbilt Holland, Sarah Vedder and corporate and securities law, negotiating, Bruce Worster. structuring, and executing complex corpoIn addition, Kenneth Anderson has rate transactions. He is a retired partner of returned to the board after a year’s hiatus.

Paul Hastings, a renowned international They will work under the leadership of law firms.

Chairman John C. Bishop Jr. He participated on behalf of Frank The term of the newly-elected Trustees Sinatra in the sale of Warner Bros. Studios officially began July 1.

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Telluride Mountainfilm on Tour – Kids’ Showcase

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Capturing the innovation and liveliness that Ozo fans love, these original tunes educate kids on everything from respecting nature to germs and skateboarding! It’s a crazy catchy dance party, so break out your kazoo and groove along.

This quirky love story is set in a deliciously detailed and tactile wonderland: the engine room of a 1920s steamship with intricate gears, giant water wheels, handmade machines and mischievous fairies.

An eclectic and exciting program for all ages built on Mountainfilm’s mission to educate and inspire audiences about culture and the environment. A selection of short adventure films sourced from the festival will awe and amaze.

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Swing on into a Wild West-inspired adventure that rustles up fun for the whole family with phenomenal physical feats – acrobatics, aerial and juggling – set to live music and old favorites from Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline.

Nine-year-old Philomena loves to build tiny structures out of found objects, until one night her miniature city comes alive. A whimsical modern fantasy told with projections, puppetry, toy theater, live music and a world of imagination.

A modern, dynamic spectacle showcasing the ancient art of Japanese drumming, this highly physical performance features elaborate costumes and elegant choreography in an unforgettable, pulsating production of extraordinary precision, energy and stamina.

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Family Night at the Museum

Family Night is an opportunity to view the Maritime Museum

from an entirely different perspective. Our goal for the evening is to present interactive learning activities for the entire family.

Activities include:

• Mini diver, sharks, and submarine LEGO® build • Underwater pop-up cards with Sondra Weiss of Lost Art of Love Letters • Exploration magnets with Marine Biologist, Holly Lohuis • Face painter and balloon twister

Premiering SBMM’s LEGO® Shipbuilding Program. Support for this program was provided by the Santa Barbara Foundation.

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Kid-friendly snacks and adult-friendly beverages Showing Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Adventures throughout the evening in the Munger Theater.

Photo contributed Ashlyn Cavaletto is excited for the All For Animals fur-raiser on Sept. 14 at Oreana Winery in Santa Barbara.

All For Animals celebrates 20 years of service

and affection children have toward animals and help them create safe and satisfying relationships with animals that will last a lifell For Animals will celebrate its 20th time,” said Karen Lee Stevens, the organizayear of community service with a “Wine Down Fur-Raiser” from 5 to 8 tion’s founder and executive director.

The organization has inspired thousands of p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at Oreana Winery at children and young adults to be kind and re205 Anacapa St. in the Funk Zone. spectful to animals, people and the planet. It has The Santa Barbara-based nonprofit organization provides humane education and literacy also trained more than 400 local dogs as certified programs that nurture the human-animal bond. therapy dogs, many of whom are now volunAll For Animals began in 1997 as a commu- teering with All For Animals, Cottage Hospital, nity resource and website for local animal lov- Visiting Nurse and Hospice, and other facilities, ers. Over the years, the organization’s mission where they bring joy and smiles to those in need.

The Wine Down Fur-Raiser will feature live has evolved and today, it focuses on giving children from all walks of life the opportunity music by The Americana Cats, hors d’oeuvres, to experience the unconditional love of animal a new wine tasting every hour, and a silent auction. All proceeds will go toward All For companions through the organization’s ARF! (Animals + Reading = Fun!) literacy program, Animals’ programs in Santa Barbara County.

Tickets are $35 ($40 at the door), and can be Compassion For Critters Humane Education purchased online at allforanimals.eventbrite. program, and therapy dog training classes.

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to Kinney National Corporation to create what is now Time Warner. In addition, he was lead counsel to the British company TVS Entertainment in its acquisition of MTM Entertainment.

Vanderbilt Holland, a resident of Santa Barbara since 1996, is a retired attorney who worked in civil litigation with several Los Angeles firms, where her specialties included insurance bad-faith defense and professional liability defense. For the past 15 years she has enjoyed pursuing a variety of activities in Santa Barbara, with a chief area of interest in the visual arts and art history, with a focus on SBMA.

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Vedder was born in Denver but spent her childhood in Seattle and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She majored in art at Colorado College and for 31 years she has been a member of the Oak Group, which is an association of landscape painters who work with conservation organizations on land preservation projects.

Worster is a private investor and advisor with 30 years of experience in high-technology product and business development.

In 2001, he retired as a vice president of JDS-Uniphase Corporation. Prior to the merger of Uniphase Corporation and JDS Fitel, he was the founder, chief technical officer and, ultimately, president of Ultrapointe Corporation, a subsidiary of Uniphase.

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he California Lemon Festival is ready once again to celebrate the history of lemons and citrus in the Goleta area, which goes back more than 100 years to when Sherman Stow planted 600 acres of lemon trees on his ranch in 1875.

The soil and the climate proved great for the citrus industry and there are still acres and acres of lemons, limes and oranges, as well as avocados, growing in the area.

People can squeeze in some fun and learn about the many uses for lemons and enjoy food and drinks related to the bright yellow fruit as the Goleta Chamber of Commerce hosts the 26th annual California Lemon Festival on Sept. 16 and 17 at Girsh Park.

People are also invited to participate in several pre-events, including the Lemon Launch on Sept. 6 where people can make their own lemon catapults to compete for distance on launching lemon. There will also be the Lemon Run on Sept. 10 where runners of all skill levels can compete at Goleta Beach.

“You’ll find wonderful food, a fantastic family atmosphere, and a variety of entertainment and activities that have made this the most anticipated event in the Goleta Valley,” according to Goleta Chamber officials.

“It’s one of the biggest fundraisers for local businesses, nonprofit organizations and

low the rules and bring your completed device to the launch. To enter, submit a 2017 Lemon Launch Entry Form to LemonLaunch@goletachamber.com.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 10 Lemon Run - Kick off Lemon Week with 10K and 5K options and a 1K family fun run at Goleta Beach. For times and registration, log onto http://www.active. com/goleta-ca/running/distance-running-races/goleta-education-foundation-lemon-run-2017?int=.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 16 10-10:15 a.m. - GVJHS The Mariners 10:20-10:50 a.m. - Young Singers Club 11:05-11:35 a.m. - Ukulele Jim 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. - APS SBYMA 12:30-1 p.m. - Pie Eating Contest 1:10-2:10 p.m. - Spencer the Gardener Photo contributed 2:25-3 p.m. - Sloane & the SmoothTones The Lemon Festival needs volunteers who are 14 or older. All volunteers get lunch and a T-shirt, and students get credit for community 3:15-4:15 p.m. - Do No Harm service hours. Visit LemonFestival.com to sign up.

4:30-6 p.m. - The Bomb the chamber. It’s a lot of fun,” said Michele Schneider, director of business development at the Goleta Chamber.

The free festival includes many traditional street fair attractions, such as live music, art and craft boutique booths, and vendors.

The kids’ zone includes bounce houses, carnival rides, rock climbing, mini-golf and pony rides.

Wristbands for unlimited rides will be available.

Anyone interested in selling arts and crafts

or non-food products, promoting a business, or providing information to the community at the Lemon Festival can download, complete and submit a Vendor Booth Packet from the Lemon Festival website at www.lemon festival.com.

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SUNDAY, SEPT. 17 10-10:15 a.m. - Dance Unlimited 10:20-10:45 a.m. - Sinowest Performing Martial Arts 10:50-11:20 a.m. - First Bourne SBYMA 11:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m. - Brandi Rose 12:15-12:45 p.m. - Pie Eating Contest 12:50-1:40 p.m. - Cruz Dance 1:45-2:30 p.m. - The Rawhides 2:45-3:30 p.m. - Phantom Pomps 3:45-5:15 p.m. - Area 51

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Win a Trip for Two to Denmark Each year a round-trip ticket for two to Denmark is sponsored by the Danish Days Foundation. Also included is a grand prize of $1,000 cash.

Proceeds from the sale of the $1 raffle tickers support the Danish Days festival. They can be purchased at many Solvang businesses before and during Danish Days or by mail at P.O. Box 1424, Solvang, 93464.

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olvang Danish Days — with a theme of “Solvang, How Sweet It Is!” — will celebrate its 81st anniversary this year with a three-day-weekend of entertainment on Friday through Sunday, Sept. 15-17.

The event promises a “total Danish immersion experience” as it celebrates the 1911 establishment of Solvang by Danish-American settlers.

This year the festival is offering, as an on-line purchase only, a “Dane For A Day” VIP ticket bundle, for guests who want to “live like Vikings” throughout the weekend, organizers said.

In addition to the VIP ticket package, those looking to gain quicker entrance to either Saturday or Sunday’s aebleskiver breakfasts may now purchase tickets for either day’s breakfast on line, in advance. All advance, online tickets are now available at solvang-danish-days-2017.eventbrite.com.

Since the celebration’s modest beginnings in 1936, when the festival debuted to commemo-

File photos The annual Danish Days Parade draws thousands of locals and visitors who come to see the town’s celebration of Danish heritage.

rate the village’s 25th anniversary, organizers have continued to celebrate Solvang’s Danish heritage with authentic food, music, dancing, parades, live entertainment and family activities.

In 1946, a reporter from the influential Saturday Evening Post magazine visited Solvang during Danish Days and the resulting article, which appeared in January 1947, put Solvang on the proverbial map. The article stated, in part, “Solvang … a spotless Danish village that blooms like a rose in California’s charming Santa Ynez Valley. Old country charm and customs have been successfully fused with the American way of life. Nowadays … the quaint village is busy living up to its affectionate

name, ‘Little Denmark’.”

This year’s numerous offerings, encompassing activities for all ages, including fan-favorite food events surrounding aebleskiver, the iconic Danish pastry balls; a Danish-style beer and wine garden serving the Danish import Carlsberg beer, alongside local brews and wines; a historical re-enactment in a Viking encampment; interactive history lessons at the Elverhoj Museum of History & Art; chainsaw wood-carving demonstrations; an Old World artisanal crafts marketplace; and a contemporary Solvang merchant walk.

Overall admission to Solvang Danish Days is free, and entertainment options abound during the

weekend with three parades, Danish folk dancers and musicians performing in spots scattered about the town, plus an afternoon and evening of free, live concerts on the Midgaard Pavilion Stage in the middle of downtown Solvang, adjacent to the Viking Beer and Wine Garden.

Solvang Danish Days also aims to please the next generation of Danish Days fans with multiple pass-times, including story-telling sessions with Randel McGee as Hans Christian Andersen, and a “Kid’s Korner” in Solvang Park featuring LEGO blocks.

Since the 1960s, Solvang Danish Days has been presided over by each year’s Danish Maid – a tradition that remains an honorable accomplishment for each of the young, local women appointed by the Danish Days Foundation Board members, to become a specific year’s Danish Maid.

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MOXI Museum announces 2017-18 field trip registration

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OXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, is gearing up for the 2017-18 school year and has just announced open registration for field trips featuring new educational programming to benefit teachers and students.

Local parents can also register their children for a unique afterschool program focused on digital creativity, created in partnership with Katy Perry’s Fireworks Foundation, as well as an Innovators Camp scheduled for the week of Thanksgiving break.

Additionally, educators throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura counties are granted free admission to MOXI and are encouraged to visit to experience MOXI’s three floors of hands-on, interactive exhibits for themselves to get inspiration for hands-on activities in their classrooms.

MOXI is also offering afterschool classes in digital creativity through a collaboration with Katy Perry’s Fireworks Foundation.

The 8-week-long FireWorkShop at MOXI is designed for youth with an interest in digital imaging, design, composition, recording and mixing. Students will complete a project using a variety of technologies that will end up on display in the museum. Registration is now open at moxi.org/afterschool.

In addition to the Fireworks Foundation gift, all these education initiatives are, in part, made possible by MOXI’s Education Fund. This fund was established in the spring with a generous matching gift grant from the Babich Family Foundation to inspire others in the community to help support MOXI’s educational programs and outreach. All gifts to the Education Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the Babich Family Foundation, effectively doubling the impact of each gift.

To learn more about MOXI’s 2017-18 school year offerings visit moxi.org, email sales@moxi.org or call 805-770-5012.

Photo contributed Noah’s Anchorage Youth Crisis Shelter offers residential services, drop-in counseling, a 24-hour crisis hotline, aftercare and referrals.

Noah’s Anchorage helps youth and parents in times of crisis

at home, she had no idea what a difference Noah’s could and would make in her life. here would you go if you needed a “I am fourteen, in the ninth grade and safe place to stay, help with what’s I have difficulty maintaining a healthy going on at home, were contemrelationship with my parents,” she said. “My plating running away, were at risk of being mom contacted Noah’s Anchorage for a homeless or just needed someone to talk to? “cool off” for us, which was supposed to last There aren’t a lot of obvious choices, a couple days. As my mom and my commubut one place that can help with all of these nications was not improving and both of us situations is Noah’s Anchorage Youth Crisis agreed that me being at Noah’s was relieving Shelter. A branch of the Channel Islands stress, my stay was extended.

YMCA, it offers residential services, drop-in “When I first came here I was completely counseling, a 24-hour crisis hotline, aftercare against staying and I was sure more than anyand referrals. thing else that I wanted to leave. But, as time When Anna was having a challenging time progressed, I felt safe and supported here. I met

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so many amazing people, residents and staff. I made some great friendships, which was a huge accomplishment because I was new to Santa Barbara. I’m not sure what I’d be doing or where I would be without Noah’s Anchorage.”

There are many stories just like Anna’s.

Noah’s Anchorage is a safe place for youth to stay or connect with a caring, trained team of staff, while working through difficult personal and family issues.

Staff at Noah’s is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All of the services are offered at no cost to clients.

Call 805-963-8775 or drop in at 301 West Figueroa St. to learn more.

SBCC business program honored for increasing opportunities

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anta Barbara City College’s International Business program has received a career education award because graduates have increased their earnings by an average of 55 percent.

The recognition came from Strong Workforce Stars, a new annual award for career education programs, also known as career technical education (CTE), within California’s 114 community colleges.

“That SBCC international Business program graduates are achieving recognition for wage outcomes demonstrates the value of education that promotes global competence. Workers in export-intensive industries generally earn more,” said Julie Samson, director of the SBCC Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Regional Director for global trade through the Doing What Matters for Jobs and the Economy of the state chancellor’s office. “SBCC is the only college in our region with an International Business AA and

certificate that is entirely online.”

Award recipients must demonstrate that their students show significant gains in factors important for advancing social mobility, such as a substantial increase in earnings, attainment of a living wage, and/or employment in a job closely matched with the student’s field of study.

“Career education programs benefit not only the student, but also the regional economies because they enable people to better their standard of living,” Samson said.

Strong Workforce Stars recognition is made

possible by accountability and data tool investments established by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. In 2016, California infused a recurring annual investment of $200 million to spur more and better career education across the 114 community colleges of California — the nation’s largest higher education system.

To learn more about the SBCC Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, visit www.scheinfeld.sbcc.edu or call 805.965.0581 ext. 3643.

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Logan elected Scholarship Ask the Zookeeper Foundation chairman

he Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara’s board of directors has elected Donald R. Logan as its chairman for a two-year term.

Logan enjoyed a 30-year career developing and financing solar, wind and landfill-gas energy projects before retiring as president of Logan Capital Corporation in 2012, a position he held for 22 years.

He is a graduate of San Marcos High School who earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Logan recently served as president of La Photo contributed Cumbre Country Club, overseeing the deDon Logan will serve as the Scholarship Foundation of velopment and construction of its new tennis and fitness center. He is president of the Santa Santa Barbara’s Board of Director chairman for the next two years.

Barbara-Ventura chapter of the Claremont McKenna College Alumni Association and a Past Presidents Council. director of the Tennis Patrons of Santa Barbara.

“The Scholarship Foundation is fortunate Logan joined the Scholarship Foundation to have Don Logan as its newest board chair. board in 2004.

We have already benefitted from his sophisti“I am looking forward to this new and more cated business acumen and extensive financial involved role as the chair of the Scholarship experience during his time as a board member.

Foundation’s board,” Logan remarked. “This I look forward to working more closely with is an organization I feel very strongly about, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to be Don over the next two years. He has a true passion for helping students, and that passion part of its leadership.”

Logan succeeds Barrett O’Gorman, partner will surely be a guiding force throughout his leadership,” said Candace Winkler, president at O’Gorman & O’Gorman, a Goleta-based and CEO of the Scholarship Foundation of law practice. O’Gorman will remain on the board and join the Scholarship Foundation’s Santa Barbara.

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hildren are welcome to ask questions about animals at the Santa Barbara Zoo by posting to our Facebook page (facebook.com/santabarbara familylife). If yours is published, you and your family get free tickets to the Zoo. Are Amur leopards really the most endangered big cats on the planet?

– Rodney, age 11 Sadly, the answer is “yes.”

The Amur Leopard & Tiger Alliance (ALTA) estimates there are fewer than 40 individuals left in the wild. The World Wildlife Fund reports 57. It’s hard to get an accurate count, as this solitary species lives in rugged and remote areas.

They also have been called Korean leopard, Far East leopard, and Manchurian leopard. That reflects their historic range, which spanned the Korean Peninsula into northeast China and the Russian Far East, and the Amur River basin, from which they now take their name.

Poaching for their beautiful pelts is one of the challenges they face, along with forest fires, logging, and development of their habitat.

But there is good news ahead.

Around 200 Amur leopards live under human care, primarily in zoos in North America, Europe, and former Soviet Union countries. We have two Amur leopards at the Santa Barbara Zoo —

more about them in a minute.

ALTA has brought together zoos and international organizations to support conservation in the wild and launch a unique reintroduction program.

The plan is to create isolated breeding areas in Russia’s Lazovsky Nature Reserve, where Amur leopards lived until 30 years ago. Zoo-born leopards will breed and raise their cubs there. The young leopards then will be released into the Reserve at around 2 years old, when they would naturally separate from their families.

The long-term goal is to have at least 50 leopards released into the wild within the first 25 years of the program.

Amur leopards have lived at the Santa Barbara Zoo since 1993. Our current residents are 5-year-old male Wyatt and 3-year-old female Ajax. She recently arrived from the Marwell Zoo in England to help diversify the genetics of the North American population.

This potential breeding pair are currently being introduced. They can see each other, and even go nose-to-nose through a gate, but it may be some time before they share the same space. Also, Ajax is still young and may need time to mature before becoming a mom.

The zoo is proud to be part of the team helping preserve these big cats that are threatened with extinction.

– Kristen, Mammal Keeper

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Westmont building faculty housing near Oak Park

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estmont has begun constructing its second employee housing project, creating 13 two- and three-bedroom condominiums designed for faculty near Oak Park in downtown Santa Barbara.

Planned for more than a decade, the condos are being built at 505 and 509 W. Los Olivos St. and at 2121 Oak Park Lane.

The project, which was initially approved by the city in 2009, has undergone several improvements, including a 1,000-squarefoot increase in space to a common yard, underground storm water retention basins and a 26 percent increase in energy savings.

It maintains existing Oak Street trees and adds 27 new ones.

“I particularly like the fact that all the units will have their own two-car garage that really fits into the character of the neighborhood much better than before,” said planning commissioner Lesley Wiscomb at a recent hearing. “The fact that you are really retaining and protecting

the trees is again in the character of the neighborhood, which I think is really great.

I applaud your efforts.”

“We’ve been eager to see more employee housing for sale and rent coming forward,” said planning commissioner Deborah L. Schwartz. “I’d love to have Westmont’s project be a model or example of what we can discuss with other employers.”

In 1996, Westmont completed construction of 41 faculty homes adjacent to its campus in Montecito.

“Westmont has a nearly 40-year history of providing housing assistance in one form or another to employees, particularly to those who are looking to relocate to Santa Barbara from less expensive parts of the country,” said Doug Jones, Westmont vice president for finance. … “We have found time and time again that the availability of affordable homes has been an important draw for Santa Barbara.”

Two of the 13 units will be middle-income affordable units, meaning they can be sold only to someone earning no more than 130 percent of the area median income.

Hoffman joins Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

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onathan Hoffman has joined the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s Vertebrate Department as the new Dibblee Collection Manager of Earth Science, where he will curate and build the museum’s geology and paleontology collections at its Mission Creek campus.

Hoffman grew up in Phoenix and completed his Ph.D. in geology at the University of Wyoming. He earned his B.A. in geology at Occidental College and a master’s degree in geology at the University of Florida.

His research has focused on the use of fossil teeth as paleo-ecological tools, and his work has involved looking at modern analogues. He has conducted experimental feeding trials with sheep and studied bison

and deer in Utah, Kansas, and Catalina Island and done field work throughout the United States.

His position is made possible by the museum’s Endowment for Earth Sciences, which was created in 2005 with a bequest

by Thomas Wilson Dibblee, a great-greatgrandson of the first commandante of the Presidio of Santa Barbara, Jose de la Guerra.

Dibblee studied geology at Stanford University and walked seemingly every square inch of Southern California, personally mapping nearly one-fourth of the state.

In 2001, the museum partnered with Dibblee to publish and preserve his extraordinary geological maps, as well as designating his estate to establish a chair of geology at the museum.

Hoffman can be reached at (805) 6824711, ext. 157, or jhoffman@sbnature.org.

National Charity League launches ‘Ticktocker Talks’ Through the duration of the project, Ticktockers will have the opportunity to ational Charity League, a create and videotape an original talk or mother-daughter nonprofit service presentation that supports one of the three organization, has announced a NCL mission pillars: community service, new web-based program called “Ticktocker cultural experiences, and leadership develTalks,” in which youth members can record opment. and share videos about their NCL activiTo learn more about local membership, ties. contact Deb Atwater-Robles at Membership.

The project provides a platform for SY.NCL@gmail.com or 805-565-2530.

Ticktockers, the daughters in NCL, to colFor more information, visit www.nalaborate and connect with other seventh- to tionalcharityleague.org to find the nearest 12th-grade members nationwide. chapter.

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Girls State honors civic leader Jackman for lifetime achievement

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ocal counselor, trainer and civic leader Michele Jackman has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Legion Auxiliary’s 74th Girls’ State Youth in Government program, which was held at Claremont Colleges.

In addition, Jackman delivered the conference’s keynote address to more than 500 girls who were nominated for the Girls’ State Youth in Government program from California’s high schools. The program emphasizes and encourages active involvement in government processes and community.

Representing her own high school in 1961, Jackman attended the program in Sacramento, where she was elected State Governor. Later that year, she was sent as the California representative to Girls’ Nation in Washington, D.C., where she met the newly elected U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

She has been actively involved in various roles and support for this organization for more than 50 years.

Jackman has owned her own consulting business in Santa Barbara since 1980. She has facilitated strategic planning for many local nonprofit organizations and government entities, as well as for corporations mostly in the Silicon Valley, including Apple, HP, and Cisco. She continues to teach at UCSB, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Davis Extension.

Jackman is also co-author of the book

Photo contributed Local counselor, trainer and civic leader Michele Jackman was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Girls’ State Youth in Government program.

“Star Teams: Key Players,” a Fortune Book Club selection in 1991. She has been listed in Who’s Who in Business and Finance for many years.

She is an adjunct faculty to many corporate and governmental learning centers and is a longtime member of the Santa Barbara Associates, a Santa Barbara networking group of women in top-level professional or entrepreneurial positions that was established in 1981.

For more information call Nikki Ayers, Santa Barbara Associates board president, at 805-962-7316.

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Lemon Launch - 5 - 7 p.m. at the Glen Annie Golf Course 405 Glenn Annie Road. Log onto www.lemonfestival.com for entry forms and rules.

a.m. to 10:30 p.m. California’s premier Danish heritage festival in Solvang. Learn more at www.solvangdanishdays.org.

California Lemon Festival - 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Celebrating the sweet history of lemons in the Goleta Valley with loads of entertainment. Log onto www.lemonfestival.com for full schedule.

Full Moon Yoga - 7:30 p.m. at Belmond El Encanto. Align your senses with nature and help to release tension to receive all the celestial gifts the full moon has to offer.

Tickets range from $40 to $75. call 770-3545 for more information.

Home Buying Fair - 5 - 8 p.m. at Decker’s Rotunda, 6601 Hollister Ave Goleta. Learn how to navigate the home buying process and real estate market. To RSVP log onto www.homebuyingfairs.org/contact/ or call 969-1025.

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Santa Barbara Sea Glass and Ocean Arts Festival - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Earl Warren Showgrounds. Tickets range $5 to $15, log onto www. santabarbaraseaglassandoceanartsfestival.com.

Danish Days in Solvang - 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. California’s premier Danish heritage festival in Solvang. Learn more at www.solvangdanishdays.org.

10 SUNDAY

Lemon Run - Kick off Lemon week with 10K and 5K options and a 1K family fun run at Goleta Beach. For times and registration log onto http:// www.active.com/goleta-ca/running/distance-running-races/goleta-education-foundation-lemon-run-2017?int=.

Santa Barbara Sea Glass and Ocean Arts Festival - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Earl Warren Showgrounds. Tickets range $5 to $15, log onto www.santabarbaraseaglassandoceanartsfestival.com.

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Fermentation Festival - 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Rancho La Patera and Stow House at 304 N Los Carneros Road in Goleta. Tickets range from $30 - $65, for more information log onto www.sbfermentationfestival.com.

11 MONDAY

Fall Classes Begin at Gufstason Dance - For class times and registration log onto www.gusafsondance.com.

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Wine Down and Big Heart Awards - 4 - 7 p.m. at 89 Eucalyptus Way in Montecito that benefits the Friendship Center. Log onto www. friendshipcentersb.org for tickets and more info.

Wine Down Fur-Raiser - 5 - 8 p.m. at Oreana Winery at 205 Anacapa Street in Santa Barbara. A fundraiser for All for Animals, a non-profit that promoties education and literacy programs that nurture the human bond. Log onto www.allforanimals.eventbrite.com for tickets and information.

15 FRIDAY

Danish Days in Solvang - 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. California’s premier Danish heritage festival in Solvang. Learn more at www.solvangdanishdays.org.

Battle of the Big Bands - 5 p.m. at Solvang Festival Theater. Experience live music non stop for 2 hours plus a 15 minute intermission. The audience will vote at the end of the evening for their favorite Big Band. This will allow us to return in the future with a new Show featuring the audience selection plus a different Big Band from the 1940s. For more information log onto www.battleofthebigbands.com.

Leo Kottke - 7 p.m. at the Lobero Theatre. Leo Kottke is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies.

Log onto www.lobero.org for tickets and information.

California Lemon Festival - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Celebrating the sweet history of lemons in the Goleta Valley with loads of entertainment. Log onto www.lemonfestival.com for full schedule.

Valeska Soares - Any Moment Now Art opening from 2:30 - 4 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1120 State Street. For more information log onto www.sbma. net.

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- 7 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Tickets range from $39.50 - $79.50, log onto www. sbbowl.com for more information.

Granada Theatre Legends Gala - 6 - 9 p.m. at the Granada Theatre, celebrating local artists and performers.

For more information, visit www.granadasb.org.

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Danish Days in Solvang - 8:30

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free, sign up at the Zoo’s front gate. Class is for 60-years-old and older.

Eucalyptus Lane Montecito.

Jelly Thursdays - 4 p.m. - Experience the beauty of jellies as they gracefully gather their microscopic meals at the Sea Center on Stearns Wharf; free with admission; www.sbnature.org or 805-962-2526.

Night 20 WEDNESDAY Family at SB Maritime Museum - 7 p.m. - Interactive learning activities from LEGO builds with a diving theme, underwater pop up cards, exploration magnets and face painter and balloon twister. This premiers the SBMM LEGO Shipbuilding program. Tickets are $15 per member families and $25 for non-member families. Kid friendly snacks and beverages provided. RSVP at www.sbmm.org/ all-events.

Spring Adult Ceramics Class - 6 - 9 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art located at 1130 State Street - Log onto www.sbma.net for more information.

Free Thursday Evenings at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art - 5 - 8 p.m. Log onto www.sbma.net for more information.

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Stephen Stills and Judy Collins - 8 p.m. at the Arlington Theatre. Tickets range from $44 - $99, log onto www.thearlingtontheatre.com for information.

Santa Barbara 23 SATDAY Heartwalk - 8:30 a.m. at Fess Parker Doubletree Resort. Bring friends, family or co-workers to enjoy a morning 5K walk along the beautiful beach, heart health education, health screenings and more while raising funds and awareness for heart disease and stroke! Log onto www2.heart.org for more info.

Scout Saturday at the SB Zoo - 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Learn about local and exotic species, explore the local bird refuge on a guided hike, and participate in games and activities all designed to help Scouts complete specific Adventures and Merit Badge requirements. Call Anna Prober at 962-5339.

Figtoberfest at Figueroa Mountain Brewing - 1 - 11 p.m. at all taprooms. Celebrate Oktoberfest with a full schedule of events. Log onto www.figotberfest.com.

Moxi@Night - The inaugural fundraising event for educational programs and a memorable evening of wonder, discovery, cocktails, food and more. Contact development@moxi.org or call 805.770.5020 to learn more.

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he prolific soul and R&B music Tower of Power will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Granada Theatre.

For almost 50 years, the band has been creating and performing its unique brand of soul music before sold-out crowds all over the world.

Formed from a chance meeting between Emilio Castillo and Stephen “Doc” Kupka in 1968, Tower of Power are a rhythm and blues Theatre. Directed by legendary Spanish filmmaker Carlos Saura, Flamenco Flamenco is a musical journey through a dynamic and universal art form that reaches far beyond the borders of flamenco and Spanish culture. Log onto www.flamencoarts.org.

30 SATURDAY

An Evening with Tom Jones - 8 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Tickets range from $49.50 - $105.50, log onto www.sbbowl.com for details.

Flamenco Arts Festival - 7:30 p.m. at the Lobero Theatre. Honoring David Asbell and visiting guest performers.

For more information log onto www.flamencoarts.org.

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Lila Downs - 8 p.m. at the Granada Theatre presented by UCSB Arts and Lectures. A Mexican-American world music superstar, Lila is known for her opera-trained vocal range and her unique synthesis of indigenous Mesoamerican music. Tickets range $16 to $64, for more information log onto www. artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.

28 THURSDAY

Homeschool Science at SB Zoo - 9 a.m. - Noon - Over each 8-week semester, we help students explore as scientists and field biologists, recording observations, evaluating problems, and developing solutions. Classes are grouped by age; spring and fall semesters offered. Call 962-5339 for details.

Flamenco Arts Festival - 7 - 10 p.m. at the Lobero

Sea Stories for SUNDAYS Families - Enjoy interactive story readings at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s Sea Center at 211 Stearns Wharf. Program free with admission; www.sbnature.org or 805-962-2526.

band best known for their brass section, who have become some of the most successful and most prolific collaborators in R&B history.

Their numerous hit songs include “You Got to Funkifize,” “What Happened to the World That Day?,” “You’re Still a Young Man,” “So Very Hard to Go,” “This Time It’s Real,” and many more.

The Granada Theatre is at 1214 State St. Tickets range in price from $29 to $64, and are available through The Granada Theatre’s Box Office at http://bit.ly/2uXn9Kp or (805) 899-2222. ed with admission to the Sea Center. 211 Stearns Wharf.

Log onto www.sbnature.org for more info.

TUESDAYS

Walk on the Wild Side - 9 a.m. If you are a morning person, love animals, and are age 60+, you’ll love Walk on the Wild Side! Join this lively crew and get your exercise on while enjoying the Zoo. Class walks the grounds for one hour and designed to improve cardiovascular fitness and health. First class is free, sign up at the Zoo’s front gate. Class is for 60-years-old and older.

Bug Out Tuesdays - 11 a.m. - Crawl, fly, swim, or flutter over to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History to learn about the amazing connections invertebrates have to the natural world with rotating activities, art, games, and more. Included in admission. Log onto www.sbnature. org.

Octopus Tuesdays - 4 p.m. - Watch an octopus consume a meal. Discover camouflage behaviors as you learn more about these intelligent invertebrates at the Sea Center at 211 Stearns Wharf; free with admission; www.sbnature.org or 805-962-2526.

Shark Sundays - 3:30 p.m. at the Sea Center, 211 Stearns Wharf. Watch staff feed sharks and rays. Observe shark feeding behaviors, and maybe help throw in a few pieces too; www.sbnature.org or 805-962-2526.

Members-only morning at the Moxi - 8:30 to 10 a.m.

- MOXI Members enjoy exclusive exploration, play and discovery throughout the museum’s 17,000 square feet of exhibits.

Studio Sunday on the Front Steps - 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art located at 1130 State Street - Log onto www.sbma.net for more information.

THURSDAYS

Shark Sundays - 3:30 p.m. - Watch the Sea Center staff feed sharks and rays. Observe shark feeding behaviors, and if you’re lucky, help throw in a few pieces too! Includ-

Walk on the Wild Side - 9 a.m. If you are a morning person, love animals, and are age 60+, you’ll love Walk on the Wild Side! Join this lively crew and get your exercise on while enjoying the Zoo. Class walks the grounds for one hour and designed to improve cardiovascular fitness and health. First class is

Science on Site - Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History - Check www. sbnature.org for times and topics.

Portal to the Plant - 1 - 3 p.m. at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center.

Members-only morning at the Moxi - 8:30 to 10 a.m.

- MOXI Members enjoy exclusive exploration, play and discovery throughout the museum’s 17,000 square feet of exhibits.

SAT & SUN

Branch Out - Nature Escape Room - Until Aug. 19-20, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Times vary from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Register at www.branchoutgames.com. Call 682-4711 ext.

162 for more info. 11 a.m. - Twinkle, Twinkle for Little Stars, Noon - Cosmic Safari , 1 p.m. - Kids’ Space Adventure, 2 p.m. - What’s Up, 3 p.m. - Your Cosmic Quest (en Espanol Los Domingos) Explorer Fundays - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Activities are held every Saturday & Sunday in the Explore Store, Santa Barbara Zoo. Cost is free with Zoo admission. For the event theme each week log onto www.sbzoo.org

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Lane Farms - Local, homegrown and organic produce - open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Sundays. Log onto www. lanefarmssb.com for what’s in season!

Design in Nature - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. the selected examples of early woodblock, engraving and lithography highlight the discovery of the bounties of the plant world, the origins of botany and methods of printmaking at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Bugs, Outside the Box - Saturday, May 27- Sept. 10 Examine all the intricacies of the insect world without a microscope! Come experience where SCIENCE and ART collide! Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Learn more at www.sbnature.org. Insecta - 10 a.m. , Bug Boot Camp - 10:30 a.m. , DINO-SOAR! The origin of birds - 12:45 - 1:30 p.m. All ages tour Kids Space Adventure - 1 p.m. at SB Museum of Natural History. Ask questions about the universe.

Video Organisms by Ethan Turpin - 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at the Moxi Museum. Video feedback patterns draw themselves without a computer.

You are Going on a Trip - May 28 through Aug. 20 - A selection of highlights from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s collection, focusing on works produced between the 1940s and 1970s. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays – Saturdays.

805-963-4364 or www.sbma.net.

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