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Today at 3:30 pm, the Cincinnati Bengals will face off against the Los Angeles Rams in SuperBowl LVI, at the SoFi Stadium in L.A. Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals quarterback, is known for keeping his cool during key moments, which will be vital for this year’s superbowl. His accuracy and ability to navigate the pocket are recognized as the equal of any of the league’s younger players.

Matthew Stafford, quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, proved the doubters wrong with his play in the playoffs, according to CBS, NFL. Stafford has handled big spots and made the big throws up until this point, and this superbowl will be a defining moment marking the rest of his career.

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Twenty-five years ago, in May of 1996, Renee Grubb and her business partner opened the doors of Village Properties in a single office on Coast Village Road in Montecito with just 25 agents. Four years ago this June, Ms. Grubb bought out her partner.

“We opened in the middle of the savings and loan recession of the 90s. I was managing for another company in Santa Barbara, who decided to merge, and they were bought out by another company. I was merged into a new company and I was shocked and disappointed. I was a little restless after that and I approached a gentleman that I thought would be a good business partner. We were fortunate, because by the third quarter of 1996 real estate started to sell again,” Ms. Grubb told the NewsPress.

Village Properties was opened in May of 1996 by Renee Grubb, below, and a business partner.

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Village Properties has become a household name amongst sellers and buyers in Santa Barbara County. In 1996, Village Properties started with just 25 agents and has now grown to 185 agents with offices in Montecito, Santa Barbara and Santa Ynez.

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Columnist Robert Eringer says there’s a good reason why the smirks are similar on the faces of Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” and the artist’s co-worker, statesman and author Niccolo Machiavelli.

TRANS-CHANNELING That’s right, Machiavelli believed he was interacting directly with Dante, the 13thcentury Roman poet. And also with ancient Greek philosophers Plutarch and Plato.

This was Machia’s art, upon which he became totally focused and provided him therapeutic escape from his fears and depression and led, ultimately, to Machia penning “The Prince” –a work produced by what today’s New Agers would call trancechannel, since he believed it was told to him by Dante, Plutarch and Plato.

The Medici family and their interrogators had driven poor Machia to depression and

madness, first with the strappado, then by depriving him of statecraft.

Machia’s dialog with the great thinkers, which morphed into “The Prince,” was published posthumously 30 years after he wrote it.

No doubt Machia suffered depression from his banishment.

But did torture push him over the edge of sanity, into the realm of hallucination?

Talking to the dead qualifies as an idea of reference.

Hallucination is a criterion for schizophrenic disorder.

Machia’s words also imply fears of poverty and deathdelusions, which are symptoms of psychosis.

Machia tried to use his unpublished manuscript, “The Prince,” to tease the Medici family into bringing him back to Florence, where he would help them govern their city-state. His manuscript was hand-delivered to Giovanni de Medici. But the cardinal did not even bother to read it.

Truth was, the Medici family had Machiavelli pegged: He was a mediocre statesman who took no risks for fear of compromising himself.

Machia was good at two things: One, playing all sides. Two, writing treatises, for which his name endures.

When the Medicis crashed and burned in 1527, giving way to a new republican government, Machia rushed to Florence to lobby for a high position. But he got sick along the way. Not unlike Vincent van Gogh, three centuries later, Machia died believing himself a failure.

A few centuries later, Merriam-Webster would define “Machiavellian” as “cunning” or “devious.”

This would have surprised Machia. It would also have surprised him that his well-known smirk would captivate the world’s attention for centuries to come.

How so?

This is where we circle back to Leonardo and crack the real Da Vinci code.

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of that name. The real story is that Machia and Leonardo da Vinci knew one another in Florence during the first decade of the 1500s.

Machia and Leonardo even worked together, from 1503 until 1506, on a bold and very secret engineering project to re-route the River Arno away from the citystate of Pisa.

Why did those charged with the defense of Florence want to reroute the River Arno away from Pisa?

Because Florence and Pisa were constantly at war — and Florence desired, as a military tactic, to deprive the Pisans of a fresh water supply.

This bold engineering project failed.

In those days, if a project failed, those who committed the failure were usually rounded up and executed. Thus, fearing that arrest and execution might be imminent, Leonardo fled Florence and exiled himself to Milan.

Leonardo pulled an exit-stageright not just because he feared reprisal, but also because of a broken heart.

Why did Leonardo have a broken heart?

Not from a failed engineering project, but from unrequited love.

Leonardo was gay. And Leonardo was in love with Machiavelli, who was not.

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To take his mind off the political intrigue he was missing in Florence, Machia toiled by day in the fields of his family estate, supervising the cutting of trees to be sold as firewood. Back then, firewood was everyone’s prime energy source. Kind of like oil is today.

After work, Machia played backgammon in the local tavern.

But evenings he reserved for solitude.

And madness.

For this is what Machia wrote to his friend Francesco Vettori on Dec, 10, 1513: “When evening comes, I return to my house and enter my study; and at the door I strip naked, taking off the day’s clothing, covered with mud and dust, and put on the regal robes of court and palace; and re-clothed appropriately, I enter the ancient courts of ancient men, where, received by them with affection, I feed on that food which is only mine and which I was born for, where I am not ashamed to speak with them and to ask them the reason for their actions; and they in their kindness answer me; and for four hours of time I do not feel boredom, I forget every trouble, I do not dread poverty, I am not frightened by death; entirely I give myself over to them and I pass indeed into their world.”

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Machiavelli was thrown into the clink, where his interrogators tortured him with the strappado.

What, you may ask, is a strappado?

This is when a prisoner under interrogation is hoisted by his hands (tied behind his back) to the ceiling — then dropped, stopping just short of hitting the floor.

They did this to Machia. Six times. (He admitted nothing, denied everything, maybe grew an inch or two …)

The Medici crowd eventually released him, but booted his butt back to the Machiavelli family estate in San Casciano, about 25 miles from Florence (now known for its chianti grape) and told him to never, ever return under any circumstances.

Politics was all that Machia truly cared about. Thus, he tried to talk his way back into Florence, pledging support for the Medici rule, anything that would keep him engaged in the game of statecraft he so loved.

To no avail.

For a political junkie like Machia, exile was almost as bad as the strappado.

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or Valentine’s Day (tomorrow), here is a heart-breaking story of unrequited love that also breaks the real Da Vinci Code.

Let’s begin this way: A new digital art show opening at The Louvre in Paris this spring is set to bring the “Mona Lisa” alive in an immersive exhibition — that trendy new hi-tech art form erupting in museums everywhere that reanimates the subjects of famous old paintings and their creators into interactive experiences between them and museum-goers.

The world’s most famous painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, has for centuries beguiled those who gaze upon it, upon Mona, her mischievous smile — and whose true identity has never been known.

And now “La Joconde,” as this iconic portrait is known in France, will be the star of its own extravaganza.

But before we get carried away with what this spring has in store, let us reverse into the past.

We’re going back to five centuries ago and Niccolo Machiavelli, famously renowned as the father of political science.

When he was 25 in 1494, two years after Christopher Columbus arrived in America, Machiavelli — or “Machia,” as he was known to his friends — entered government service as a clerk in Florence, which was then a well fortified and bustling city-state whose autocratic Medici rulers had just been overthrown and expelled, allowing Florence to transform into a republic.

This suited Machia just fine since, at heart, he was a republican — and a non-religious humanist in conscience. But Niccolo came to believe, as he grew into his work, that only an autocratic royal ruler — a prince — could defend a city-state from hostile foreign powers, and, as we know, he later wrote about it in his classic work.

One such hostile foreign power was the Pope and his papal army, along with neighboring city-states, such as Pisa.

But Machia kept his republican thoughts to himself as he rose to the position of second chancellor, undertaking diplomatic missions to other city-states. In addition, for three years he took charge of the Florentine militia, whose job it was to defend the city from its enemies.

But it all turned sour for Machia in August 1512 when the republic was scrapped and a new Pope helped the autocratic Medici family — specifically, Cardinal Giovanni Medici — restore their rule.

The Medicis returned with a vengeance — and with vengeance in mind.

On Nov. 7 of that year, Machia was fired from his job. And a couple months after that, he was arrested and accused of conspiring to overthrow the new Medici regime.

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ShelterBox delivers humanitarian aid to families in Yemen

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ShelterBox, a global humanitarian relief organization based in Santa Barbara, will start providing emergency shelter in Yemen next month, responding to what the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Since Yemen’s civil war began in 2014, approximately four million civilians have fled their homes.

For the past two years, spring flooding has been caused by heavy rains, leading to fears for a recurrence this spring as concerns rise about the spread of COVID-19, cholera and malaria. Whole communities have been forced to flee their homes to set up new shelters, only to have to relocate again due to extreme weather or changes on the frontlines of the conflict.

It has been impossible to send humanitarian aid for many years due to air blockades.

Two-thirds of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance, and most have been displaced from their home for more than two years. ShelterBox will start distributing aid next month, including tarps, water filters,

mosquito nets, kitchen sets, solar lights, soap, and wash basins.

“The civil war has devastated the economy, destroyed critical infrastructure, and left millions homeless in Yemen. Families in Ma’rib have been forced to build makeshift shelters from sticks, rags, plastic sheeting, and anything they can find, as they fight for their survival between COVID-19 and a brutal conflict that has left them displaced and without access to basic services.

ShelterBox is working with the humanitarian coordination system in Yemen to address the most urgent needs, providing emergency shelter and essential household items to help the most vulnerable people. Our tents, tarps, sleeping mats, tools, kitchen sets, and equipment will help provide privacy and protection to people living in overcrowded camps, damaged homes, and abandoned buildings. We are doing everything possible to expand our capacity to provide lifesaving relief in Yemen,” said ShelterBox President Kerri Murray.

ShelterBox aid will aim to provide safe drinking water and protection from torrential rains, as well as Covid-19 and other

diseases. Since the conflict intensified in 2021, Ma’rib, once a safe haven for people who had to flee their homes, is becoming less safe. People are moving within the region, which is already home to the highest number of displaced people in Yemen, to find safety.

Ahmed, a father of five, was forced to leave his home after it was destroyed by heavy rains.

“We are still suffering. We are four families in one tent due to rains and floods. If the weather is cloudy or windy, we feel anxious and worry for what is going to happen later,” said Ahmed.

Eshraq, a mother of three, who also cares for her sick husband, said her first thought was how to save her children.

“Rain and floods came over and everything in my house was totally destroyed, everything has gone. We are still suffering. There isn’t a place for my children to sleep, they sleep in the yard outside the tent. We have no place to go to. We are suffering a lot. Our life is worse than anyone can imagine, we just feel afraid and anxious,” said Eshraq.

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Southbound Highway 101 Sunday nights from 10 p.m.-7 a.m., the highway will be reduced to one lane from Sheffield Dr. to Route 150 with on- and offramps at S. Padaro Ln./Santa Claus Ln. and Bailard Ave. During the week of February 13, on Monday Thursday nights from 8 p.m.–7:30 a.m., the road will be reduced to one lane from Sheffield Dr. to Route 150 with on- and off-ramps at S. Padaro Ln./Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria Ave., Linden Ave., Casitas Pass Rd. and Bailard Ave. The on-ramp at Sheffield Dr. is anticipated to reopen June 12. Until then drivers can use the southbound on-ramp at N. Padaro Ln. The off-ramp at Evans Ave. closed on Jan. 23

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Santa Maria Police investigate single vehicle fatal collision On Saturday, at approximately 1 a.m., officers were dispatched to the area of Miller St. and Betteravia Rd. in response to a vehicle on fire involved in a single vehicle traffic collision.

Officers discovered the vehicle was traveling southbound on Miller and impacted the curb multiple times before leaving the roadway for an unknown reason, striking a light pole and a tree. The vehicle stopped on the west curb of Miller, just north of Betteravia, and caught on fire.

The driver died at the scene, despite rescue attempts by police and fire personnel. The driver has been identified as a 20-year-old Hispanic male, a Santa Maria resident.

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So Leonardo demonstrated his love by painting Machia as a woman.

The “Mona Lisa.”

HERE ARE THE FACTS • The “Mona Lisa” was painted between 1503 and 1506, the same years Machia and Leonardo worked together on their bold engineering project.

• Mona’s “mysterious smile” is Machia’s

enigmatic smirk. (Machia’s biographer described Machia’s enigmatic smirk as “neither a grin nor a sneer; a shield to protect against prying eyes.”)

• Mona’s lash-less, almond-shaped eyes and manly hands also match Machia’s almondshaped eyes and manly hands.

But there is more.

The valley behind Mona Lisa is where the Arno River diversion was projected to take place.

Leonardo first sketched this valley as part of his engineering project with Machia — and he used those sketches as the background when he painted the “Mona Lisa.”

Leonardo refused to sell the “Mona Lisa.”

Instead, he always kept “Mona” near him as a remembrance of Machia, the man who broke his heart.

But don’t take our word for it. Compare the “Mona Lisa” with a portrait of Machiavelli, both of which accompany this column — and decide for yourself.

And if we’re wrong?

Well, at least you learned a little history.

Robert Eringer is a longtime Montecito author with vast experience in investigative journalism. He welcomes questions or comments at reringer@gmail.com.

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OBITUARIES

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2022

cont’d on A5 BASS, Gloria May

Gloria May Bass (née Bittleston), beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend departed this life and entered into the presence of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on February 6, 2022. Gloria was born in Los Angeles, California on May 18, 1926 to Vera Minert Bittleston and Clifford Bittleston. She attended Elementary and Junior High School in South-Central Los Angeles and graduated from Manual Arts High School (the “Vanguards” senior class) in 1944. She then enrolled at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, where she joined a sorority, worked part-time at May Co., and was a fashion model. She graduated with a B.A. in Spanish in 1948. Gloria then enrolled at UCLA, where she earned her teaching credential and taught 3rd Grade in Manhattan Beach for 2 years. In 1951 she married Lewis Neal Bass, and their union swiftly produced 3 offspring: Eric (1952), Jeff ( later known as “John”) (1953), and Lisa (1955). Gloria became a suburban housewife, helping her husband (of 69 years) and raising their children in Redondo Beach. Lew and Gloria moved to Santa Barbara in 1976, and Gloria loved the area and was for 46 years a proud “Santa Barbarian.”

She will be remembered by both friends and family for her warm, personal style, quick wit, remarkable memory, and generosity. A pivotal moment in her life was a spiritual, “born again” experience while attending a funeral for a friend in San Pedro, California in 1971. This experience brought many years of joy and fellowship to her life. Gloria enjoyed ballet, swimming, bodysurfing (at Carpinteria Beach), and exercising with “the girls” at Jazzercise, and will be remembered for her “old school” classy style and infinite collection of color-coordinated scarves. She will be laid to rest at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, California. Gloria is survived by her children, John (Joy); Lisa (Kevin); granddaughter Tonja (Jake); and great-granddaughter Lilly. Her husband, Lewis, eldest son, Eric, and grandson, Steven, precede her in death.

CARLETON, Luba Fine

Luba Fine Carleton passed away peacefully on February 3, 2022, at the age of 92. She was born on June 15,1929 in Los Angeles, CA to Benjamin and Minnie (Shane) Fine.

She graduated from Dorsey High School in 1947 and attended UCLA and San Fernando Valley State College, now known as Cal State Northridge, from which she received a teaching degree. Luba earned her master’s degree in clinical psychology at Antioch College in Santa Barbara.

Luba began her career as an elementary school teacher in Saugus, CA. After moving to Santa Barbara, she practiced psychotherapy for many years. Luba’s passions were people, tennis, bridge and music. She also loved fashion and had an extraordinary eye for interior design - she truly appreciated beautiful fabrics. Luba was the go-to person for many when needing advice on what to wear, where to hang a picture, or how to address a personal conflict. Luba was dearly loved by many. Wherever family members went, they were frequently regaled with “we love Luba.” She was generous with her time and with her resources. Luba was preceded in death by her son, Russell Cherness, her sister, Eva Schecter, and her niece Sydni Bender. She is survived by her sister, Evelyn Rozenfeld, her daughters Bari Frimkess (Steven) and Karen Kolarczyk (Robert), her four grandsons, Avi and Lev Silberstein, Alex and Matt Kolarczyk, her nephews Michael Schecter, Kim Rozenfeld and Aaron Rozenfeld, her niece Sophie Dunagan and her dear Curtis Larsen (Peter).

A graveside service will be held at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City. A Celebration of Life will take place in March in Santa Barbara.

GILLIGAN, Michael James

Michael James Gilligan passed away peacefully on Feb 4, 2022 at home surrounded by his family. Mike was born in Fort Dodge, IA on Aug 19, 1937 to James and Helen Gilligan; he was one of seven children.

He was a loving husband to his wife Anne of 63 years, father of 8 children, Celia, Mike, Susanne, Katrina, Karen, Pat, Deborah and Shaun; father-in-law to Eric, Kerry, Paul, Tom, Joe and Susie; grandfather to 18 grandkids, Joey, Chrissy (husband David) Amanda, Malory (husband Jordan), Diana (husband Derrick), Katie, Alicia, Sarah (husband Mike), Jacob (wife Kelsey),Thomas, Shane, Derrick, Andrew (wife Emily), Jordyn, Garrett (wife Alina), Morgan, Trisha and Andrew; great-grandfather to 17 littles: Josiah, Tobias, Tabitha, Rylie, Logan, Blake, Rowen, Peyton, River Lynn, Sawyer, Ryett, Ryan, Holden, Isaac, Nathan, Max and Penny.

Mike spent his childhood on a family farm until he joined the Air Force in January of 1956. Mike served with honor and dignity until January 1980 receiving military achievements and awards including, Master Crew Chief Award, Small Arms Expert Marksmanship, NCO Academy Graduate, Army Good Conduct Medal with 2 bronze service stars, Air Force Longevity Service award with 5 Oakleaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Air Force Outstanding Unit award with 4 Oakleaf Clusters; in addition he wrote the training program for the B52 mechanics and maintenance. His service deployment included several locations in the United States as well International deployments.

Mike was introduced to Anne by his best friend and future brother-in-law Bill Goodwin. Mike held many titles during his life including PTA president, seamstress, baker of delicious pies, high school band booster club (You will Never Walk Alone), carpenter, mechanic, Little League Coach, master of standing on his head, fixer of all things and friend to all. The most important title of all is God-Fearing Family Man. In 1986 Mike and Anne settled in Carpinteria, CA. Shortly after moving to Carpinteria they became involved in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and quickly fell in love with the community. Eventually Anne volunteered Mike to run the annual festival creating lifelong friendships within the Carpinteria community.

A Rosary Service will be held on February 18, 2022 at 6:00 PM. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated on February 19, 2022 at 11:30 AM, both at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Carpinteria, CA. Mike will be laid to rest at the Carpinteria Cemetery immediately following the Mass.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.

HAND, Dennis K.

Dennis K. Hand died February 5 in Santa Barbara, CA. He was born September 28, 1931 to Kenneth and Frances Hand in Murray, UT. He attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, USAFI classes in Wiesbaden, Germany, while stationed with the Occupation Forces after WW II. He also attended various real estate and commercial law classes in CA. He was a resident of Santa Barbara since 1975.

Dennis worked for several banks, financial companies and thrift and loan companies in UT and CA for more than 40 years. He was active in civic affairs, JCs, Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Power Squadron, and a boating safety organization. His military career included 10 years in the Air National Guard as an M.P.; Army National Guard as a bridge builder and Training NCO, and attained the rank of First Sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve Tank Recon company where he learned to drive a tank. He served two years active duty in Germany in the Occupation Forces.

Dennis met Anne C. Volak in Madison, WI in June 1951. They were married in a US Army military chapel in Hanau, Germany, September 30, 1952. They were sealed in the Los Angeles Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on March 16, 2016. They were married 61 years, 1 week and 1 day when Anne passed through the veil. Upon leaving Germany they moved to Sandy, UT, and in 1963 moved to Redondo Beach, CA. Dennis was a dedicated father and set high goals for his three children. He often said he spent his energies “chasing the wolf from the door,” and credited his wife, Anne, for raising three successful children. His wife, Anne, granddaughter Kayla Renee Hand and grandson Shawn Albert Hand predeceased him. He is survived by his two sons, Barry (Tricia) of Tracy, CA and Kennan (Karla) of Eugene, OR, and daughter Margo (Mark) Nance of Taylorsville, NC, and one granddaughter Julia Hand of Goleta, CA. Dennis has requested no services or ceremonies and asks that family and friends be allowed to mourn and remember him privately and in peace. In lieu of flowers please make memorial contributions to Food from the Heart, PO Box 3908, Santa Barbara, CA 93103 or Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care, 512 East Gutierrez St., Suite A, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.

SCHAPKER, Richard

On January 1, 2022, Richard “Dick” Schapker passed away at 87 at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Bernard Schapker and Edna Burland 1934. He was married to the love of his life, Simone Royer, from Quebec, Canada for 63 years. He was a dedicated father to daughters: Lise, Christine, and Julie, plus grandchildren, Elliot, Briana, Caitlin, Connor, Cole, and Nicole. He remained close to his siblings: Howard, Elaine, and Paul and extended family from the East Coast, Midwest and Canada.

He received an aeronautical degree from Parks College of St. Louis University, MO and a Master’s Degree in mechanical engineering and science from MIT. He worked for General Electric designing rocket engines, and Avco Everett Research Lab as a scientist for the space program. He also was a professor of computer science at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA. He lectured on science topics at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA. He followed up his teaching career as a thermal analyst, consulting for such companies as Raytheon, Modicon, EG&G. He was an inventor with 9 patents. He developed products for educational and technical innovations. On the board of the Science and Engineering Council of Santa Barbara, he judged the annual competition of science projects for Middle, High School students.

He mentored post graduates at UCSB students with their engineering projects. He volunteered at the planetarium at the Natural Museum of History. He spoke French fluently and sang at the annual French Festival in Santa Barbara. He enjoyed playing tennis, bicycling, and traveling. He looked at life with a sense of humor and his favorite saying was “Life is a dynamic!”

SERKES, Kenneth D., M.D.

Serkes, Kenneth D., M.D. passed away on February 3, 2022 at the age of 95 in Santa Barbara, CA. Beloved husband of Margaret Bischel, M.D. for 47 years. Dear father of Jonathan M. (Sallie) Serkes of St. Louis, Elizabeth Ann (Curt) Serkes-Granzow of Buffalo, MN and Laura Serkes of Easton, MD. Loving grandfather of Benjamin (Kacey) Serkes, Andrew (Sara) Serkes, Kathryn (Joey) Herrle, Nathaniel (Traci) Granzow and Kevin (Taylor) Granzow, David (Renae) Lazaroff, and Jess (Morgan) White. Dear great-grandfather of Melanie, Sean and Letty Granzow, Quinn Serkes, Leo Herrle, Sloan and Rory Lazaroff. Beloved brother of Eleanor (the late Julius) Schainblatt. Dear uncle of Merry Schainblatt and Ellen Kortum.

Kenneth was born in 1926 in St. Louis, MO to Freeda and Nathan Serkes. He graduated first in his Soldan High School Class and was awarded a full scholarship to Yale University in 1943. He joined the US Navy and served from 1944 to 1946 and returned to Yale after his service. In 1947 he entered the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, graduating in 1951. Training in General Surgery was completed at Jewish Hospital in 1956, where later he was appointed to a faculty position and as Assistant Director of Surgery. He spent 11 years as an educator of young surgeons in training, medical students, and as a member of a laboratory team investigating the problems of surgical shock and resuscitation.

In 1968, he left academia for a career as Medical Director for the Artificial Organs Division of Baxter Laboratories and spent the next 20 years guiding the clinical development of devices in the fields of oxygenation for open heart surgery, dialysis devices for acute and chronic kidney failure, artificial heart valves and perfusion preservation of isolated organs for transplantation. After retiring from Baxter in 1988, he continued to consult, was a member of international professional societies, FDA consultant groups, and author or co-author of 49 articles.

Private family service. Contributions in his memory may be made to Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery.

A RINDSKOPF-ROTH SERVICE

CHASE, Lolita “Lee” At 7:11PM, on the evening of August 17th, 2021, Lolita “Lee” Chase took a sunset flight over her beloved rosefilled home in the Carpinteria foothills. Destination, Heaven. Arrival time, immediate. Born on January 13,1928 in Long Beach, CA, Lee was the youngest daughter of Lida Mary Holden and Frank Wilson. Shortly after her arrival, Lee’s father left the family fold, making her mother a single parent on the eve of the Great Depression.

Lee’s fondest memories during this challenging time were visits with her grandfather in Grass Valley, sharing Grandmother Wilson’s perfect sugar cookies with Aunt Bea and Aunt Guida and walking hand in hand with her sister Patsy to Sunday school. She was awarded a Bible for perfect attendance because as she often stated, “I had a heavenly father who never left me.” To support her family, Lee’s resilient mother took a job at Douglas Aircraft. She did the electrical wiring on the C-47 transport plane (aka The Skytrain/Dakota/”Gooney Bird”) which General Dwight D. Eisenhower described as “the most vital piece of machinery used in winning WWII.” Having a real-life “Rosie the Riveter” as a role model AND mother, inspired Lee to begin her first job at 14, working for a local milliner because she said “Women had to give up their nylons during the war but not their stylish hats.” This experience sparked a lifelong passion for fashion, one of Lee’s many creative pursuits. Upon her graduation in 1946 from Excelsior Union high school, Lee attended modeling school, a gift from her mother, the more affordable option to Pepperdine University, where Lee had been accepted. Shortly afterwards, Lee’s extraordinary beauty and charm was discovered by scouts for Rose Marie Reid, Canada’s premier swimsuit designer, who’s swim wear was carried at all the major department stores and who’d just moved her base of operations to downtown Los Angeles’ fashion district. After joining the company, Lee was soon traveling throughout the United States, representing the glamorous line as a runway and print model. Her most exciting experience was standing in for her boss to emcee a fashion show at the Savoy-Plaza in NYC, at age 18! She also worked in the showroom, learning about sales orders and fabrics from the reps. In the atelier, she worked for the designer as a “fit model” while observing the creation of original designs and new technology developed for swim wear that enhanced each woman’s unique shape and led to patents that made her female “boss lady” in 1952, one of the richest fashion designers in the United States (Pre-”Spanx”). In 1948, Lee married her first husband followed by the birth of her first daughter, Cynthia Reed. In 1952, Lee returned to work at the same company, now as a single mom. She worked as a stylist and trained the sales reps, some of whom were making over $100,000 per year. Assessing the situation at hand, Lee chose to take her valuable knowledge of sales and fashion elsewhere, going into business for herself. She secured a loan from an uncle and partnering with a childhood friend, opened the first of two successful clothing stores in Belmont Shores and Newport Beach, CA. Lee’s natural creative vision and business savvy took off as she hand selected designers whose clothes she carried in her stores. One of whom flew out to California to “meet the lady who was outselling Saks Fifth Avenue” (also carrying his line). Lee procured antiques for her window displays which sparked another passion, interior design and antiquing. At this time she learned to ski by joining the LA ski club, learning in Mammoth, with trips to St. Moritz and Cortina, Italy where she sourced sweaters for her two shops. She then met the love of her life, H. Morley Chase, not on the slopes but on a blind date in Los Feliz. Their courtship spanned 7 years as they built their respective careers, Morley working for a Long Beach based oil company at the time.

Date nights in Los Angeles were glamorous scenes in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Morley and Lee would meet for dinner at Chasen’s or Perino’s, attend live shows at the Coconut Grove at the Ambassador hotel to see Bing Crosby or Sammy Davis Jr. They built lifelong friendships in Newport Beach where they went on sailing “dates” with Morley’s friends and cousins. In 1963, Lee and Morley eloped to Las Vegas, then settled in Camarillo, CA near Morley’s family business, Chase Bros. Dairy. Lee gave birth to two more daughters, Carrie and Julie, then shuttered her businesses to become a full time wife and mother.

She also took up tennis which she loved playing for many years with her dear friends and neighbors she established court-side. Weekends spent cruising the Channel Islands or Catalina island aboard their boat, aptly named the “Joy” were fun family outings as well as visits with her sister and brother-in-law Bob O’dell in Palm Desert. After selling a “spec” house they’d built, Lee and Morley moved the family to Carpinteria and into the home of their dreams. Lee’s natural energy was a perfect match for the house. She delighted in designing each room, wallpapering some herself, planning her English garden and indulging her love of baking. She always had a fresh batch of scones ready for visitors. Nurturing family and friends was always her top priority. She rallied with her new neighbors in the “Breakfast Club” and “The Walkers” during their daily, 6 AM, 3-mile walks. She also advocated supporting local business owners long before it was ‘in”, not just as a loyal customer but considered them friends. Both Lee and Morley loved entertaining visitors and throwing their annual Christmas party (kids included) which was legend. Lee would start planning and baking months in advance. Lee also had a heart for service and now the time to do so with her youngest daughters settled in school. She loved to volunteer with the other mothers at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and delivering food for Meals on Wheels. She continued this work with her daughters through the National Charity League, focusing on service at Valle Verde as Lee had a heart for the elderly which she hoped to pass on. When the girls headed off to college, Lee continued volunteering for the Music Academy of the West managing The Treasure House for two years and organizing a sold-out speaking engagement and book signing for Martha Stewart in 1987, which raised funds for the students of the Academy. The Braille Institute was another important nonprofit that Lee felt deserved greater recognition in the local community. She was committed to working alongside the other auxiliary members, whom she adored, on the annual Polo benefit, pulling off a successful and fun event each year, to support the students of Braille. When not volunteering, Lee was engaged in an in-depth bible study course, ‘Bible Study Fellowship.” Her Christian faith was as deep as it was closely held. She loved attending church, worshiping God and reading His word. It was her faith that sustained her through the biggest challenge in her life, Parkinson’s disease which was diagnosed in 2006. “I can do ALL things through Christ who strengthens me” was the scripture/go to prayer Lee said each day, as well as thanking God for her many blessings. Though Lee and Morley were fortunate to enjoy many travels with dear friends, they now spent their weekends on their beautiful patio pouring over the newspaper, debating politics as usual - neither took for granted the freedom to cast a vote - or playing a mean game of dominoes which Lee usually won. Ever the model, she never complained about her suffering but instead, focused on others and their needs. A generous listener and friend, Lee also continued one of her favorite pastimes as her body slowed its paces, floral design; pulling from the many fragrant roses in her garden, to give as gifts for friends. She was a generous gift giver never missing a birthday and especially enjoyed shopping and sending care packages to friends, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who were her greatest joy.

When Morley passed in 2013 on the heels of their 50th anniversary party, a labor of love Lee planned down to the last detail, she donated Morley’s vintage Navion to the Camarillo airports WWII museum, her last act of devotion to the love of her life. Even in Lee’s final years she was ever fashionable, putting together perfect ensembles for herself or others. She enjoyed time in her garden; the scent of her roses, feeding the birds, visits from the grand- and great-grandkids, “See’s” candy, hazelnut lattes, putting “pouf” on everything (Canned whipped cream), playing with “Herbie” her beloved border collie, watching Downton Abbey and her favorite PBS show, Doc Martin. Lee’s life was made joyful to the end by her amazing caregivers/friends Tammy Graham, Veronica Aguirre, Angie Pepe, Delisay Aquino, Abigail Rodriguez, Donna Severy and Alma Sirin.

A special mention to Jose Guitierrez, whom Lee often described as “The son I never had.” Her family is eternally grateful to each and every one of you. Lee’s beautiful spirit, smile and huge heart will be missed by everyone, especially her daughters Cynthia (Bob) Blackman, Carrie Chase, Julie (Patrick) McCaslin, grandchildren Kirk (Wendy) Blackman, Stacey Blackman Sternberg, Trevor (Jamie) Blackman, Liam McCaslin, great-grandchildren Troy, Kyle, David, Corey, Klari, Bennett and Anna Lee. A private service was held for family. Donations in honor of Lee’s memory may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the American Parkinson’s Disease Association or the charity of your choosing.

JACOBSEN, Glen Martin

Glen Martin Jacobsen, pillar of the Santa Ynez Valley community, passed peacefully with Michele by his side at their Solvang home January 12th, 2022. His valiant and stoic battle against the debilitating effects of Multiple Systems Atrophy was an amazing testament to his great strength and character.

Born June 25th, 1957 to Knud and Elisabeth Jacobsen of Solvang, Glen is survived by his daughters Lauren (Ethan) Smith, Lexi (Sean) Ratliff, and Laina Jacobsen; father Knud; sisters Esther Jacobsen (Mark) Bates, Mary (Robert) Place; nieces, nephews and cousins. Glen was predeceased by his mother in 2013.

Glen led a life driven by his love for family and friends, his pride of Solvang’s heritage, patriotism of his country, and his insatiable desire to embrace adventure and the incredible wonders of life. His most proud role was husband to his beloved and devoted wife and caregiver Michele and father to his cherished daughters. Most recently, Glen rejoiced in the birth of his first grandchild Colette Smith.

Throughout our valley stand many permanent testaments to Glen in the form of concrete structures which he built during his many years as owner and operator of KJ Concrete. Glen loved to cook and was often found sharing his skills as a master at the oak pit, known to friend and family for his quick wit and easy smile.

Living a life dedicated to service, Glen was Past President of the Solvang Lodge of the Danish Brotherhood of America, Past Chief of the Vikings of Solvang, and Board member of the Santa Ynez Valley Youth Recreation. Additionally, for nearly half a century he actively participated in the planning and execution of Solvang’s annual Danish Days celebration. He and Michele were honored as 2018 Danish Days Grand Marshals. Glen was named Volunteer of the Year by the Solvang Chamber of Commerce in 2016 for his community service.

A community celebration of life will be held on June 25, 2022. In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations to Glen’s dearest organizations: Viking Charities of Solvang, Santa Ynez Valley Youth Recreation Organization, Solvang Lodge of the Danish Brotherhood of America, Solvang Danish Days Foundation or Bethania Lutheran Church.

TAYLOR, Kathleen

Wife. Mom. Mom-in-law. Nana. Friend. Since a near life-ending episode 24 years ago, she made a miraculous comeback and put up with numerous health setbacks, never once with an attitude or complaining. No matter her own opinions, she welcomed and talked to absolutely everyone and was inclusive of all. She ventured on long international tours and domestic road trips with her family, making priceless memories even when it was difficult. She loved fiercely - her kids, her adopted kids, her friends, her neighbors, and of course her beloved “grandies” who were the apple of her eye. Mom, you set an example for us all, put up one heck of a fight, and were truly one of a kind.

Rest easy in Heaven ... we love you. see you soon

VENEGAS, Jason Matthew 8/13/1973 – 1/16/2022

With the deepest sorrow, our family grieves the loss of Jason, age 48 who passed away suddenly of heart failure at his residence in Santa Barbara. Jason was born at Cottage Hospital with his twin brother Joel, welcomed by parents Carol and Lewis Venegas. He attended local schools, graduating from Dos Pueblos High School. While residing in Santa Barbara, he took a hiatus for a couple of years with his older brother Jeff to work at Mammoth Mountain, living the outdoor life he loved. Returning to his hometown of Santa Barbara, he was employed at Granite Construction and spent his weekends boating at Lake Nacimiento with family and friends. Jason was a son, brother, uncle, and best friend.

Jason was a giver and always wanted the best for others. He was a great sounding board, always willing to lend a helping hand, witty with his nicknames, supportive, upbeat, positive, and genuinely caring. He welcomed others into his world filled with wakesurfing, alpine skiing, trap shooting, golfing, watching sports, and BBQing.

Jason and Joel were inseparable and even while living an ocean apart, they always carved out time to talk and made an effort to see each other. Their lives together as twins were lived as one; they never argued and were always kind and considerate of one another. Joel said, “A part of me is lost forever. I pray your memory will give us strength and hope to go on. Jason, you lived up to your name - healer & gift from God. Your heart of gold will shine a vibrant light in the lives of our family and remain everpresent.” Jeff, Jason’s older brother and mentor enjoyed doing daily life together with Jason. Jeff said, “Our days working together and summers spent at Lake Nacimiento and Mammoth are memories I will treasure forever. You were a constant in our family and involved in everything we did. You were my best friend. Our family’s love for you is irreplaceable.” Lew, Jason’s dad said, “Jason you were not only a son but a consummate friend. You made me proud, Jason. Your kind and gentle soul was unselfish and giving always helping your family and others. Thank you for loving and nurturing our grandchildren… your nieces and nephews. A part of my broken heart is with you. If I could sit across the porch from God, I’d thank him for lending me you!”

Jason’s surviving family include his father Lew Venegas and stepmother Nina Venegas; brother Jeff (Uriah) Venegas, children Keola, Malia and Leilani; brother Joel (Julie) Venegas, children Justin and Jenna; aunts Judy Venegas Murphy and Janeen Coleman Helton; cousins Scott and Brian Helton; stepbrothers Milton (Donna) Adams, Todd (Karin) Adams, Murray (Therese) Adams; stepsister Ashley (Dan) Fox; and countless nieces and nephews. And in eternal rest Jason reunites with his family who predeceased him, his mother, Carol Coleman Venegas, grandparents Kenneth & Marion Coleman and Lewis Sr. & Regina Venegas, and uncle Peter Murphy, all from Santa Barbara.

A Celebration of Life is planned for March 12th in Santa Barbara. If you would like to attend, please contact Julie Venegas at venegas4j@gmail.com by March 1st.

In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made “In Memory of Jason Venegas” to: Lake Nacimiento, Save the Dragon https://nrwmac.org Elings Park, Santa Barbara, CA https://elingspark.org/ VNA Santa Barbara https://vna.health/

BOURBEAU, Frank J.

Frank J. Bourbeau passed away peacefully at home in Santa Barbara on January 16, 2022 at the age of 88.

He was born and raised in Spokane, Washington and graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and the University of Wisconsin. He met his German wife, Ilse while in Milwaukee and they moved to Santa Barbara in 1962 where they raised their family.

Frank worked as an electrical engineer at Delco Electronics until starting his own power electronics company in 1983.

With keen intellect and a relentless work ethic, Frank built Enerpro into a thriving electronics company. His innovative power electronic designs are used around the world in a wide variety of industries including power generation, locomotives, medical imaging, and countless industrial processes. Frank was awarded 13 U.S. patents for his original design concepts.

Frank led an active and adventurous family life including camping and backpacking, sailing with the Seashell Association, and long bike trips. After the kids were grown Frank and Ilse traveled throughout the US and internationally where they enjoyed meeting people and learning about different cultures. They were enthusiastic participants of Friendship Force where they made friends from all over the world.

Frank is survived by his wife Ilse; children Barbara, Andre, and Tom; four grandchildren Tyler, Rene, Trevor and Eric; and brother Bob. He was an amazing man, outstanding engineer, great father/grandfather and loving husband. The family is so grateful for the support of Hospice and the loving, compassionate Fijian caregivers that allowed him to be comfortably cared for in his home. A celebration of life at Enerpro will be held in the near future.

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cont’d from A4 ECKERT, Carrie

Carrie Eckert passed away on February 1, 2022 unexpectedly but peacefully from complications of a fall just two weeks prior to turning 97. Carrie was born in Waxahachie, Texas. She left home at the age of 16 and subsequently began working for the US Civil Service which took her first to Colorado then to Hawaii and finally to Santa Monica, CA where she met Bob Eckert. They were married six weeks after meeting in 1948. Carrie and Bob lived in Van Nuys where their first son, Bobby, was born, soon followed by Janet, and then Barry. In 1959, the family moved to Santa Barbara to a brand new house on the Mesa where Carrie would continue to live for the next 50 years. Bob and Carrie opened and operated T-Bird Liquor on the Mesa from 1958 until retirement in 1982. Carrie thrived on the Mesa, going to the beach for bodysurfing, riding her bike until the age of 80, walking Shoreline Park, and becoming first “Mommy Eckert” to her children’s friends in the neighborhood and later “Grandma Carrie.”

Carrie’s complete and unabashed love was for her family, most especially her grandchildren and her most recent great-grandchildren. It was in their presence that her light shone the brightest. Carrie constantly called herself the luckiest person in the world that her entire family lives in Santa Barbara: “All 20 of us!” she would marvel.

In 2009, several years after Bob passed away, Carrie moved to Valle Verde, her second home and family. Among her many friends and the staff, she was truly loved. Carrie’s zest for life, her energy, her sharp wit, and her ability to immediately make strangers her friends are the traits she was most admired and loved for.

Carrie was preceded in death by her husband, Bob. She is survived and forever loved by her children, Bob Eckert, Janet and Gary Gordon, Barry and Gail Eckert; her grandchildren Scott Gordon (Julie Stephenson), Kaycie Gordon (Joe Bolger), Kristine Hewes (Nick), Laura Glendinning (Erik); her great-grandchildren Sammy and Ben Gordon, Gray Bolger, Ella and Cora Hewes, Mia Glendinning and soon-to-be newest addition. Carrie is also survived by her dearest and most beloved friend, Jane Sieburg.

The family would like to thank the staff at Valle Verde assisted living, Quail Lodge, for their love and devotion to our mom. They kept her safe and happy and we will be forever grateful. Gratitude and appreciation also goes to the compassionate and exceptional doctors and nurses at Cottage Hospital, most especially Tori and Helio.

#ELEBRATION OF ,IFE PHILIP SCOTT WILCOX

Native Santa Barbaran and lifelong resident, PHILIP SCOTT WILCOX, died peacefully at his Montecito home on October 30, 2021, a week shy of his 90th birthday.

Services will be at All Saints-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church, 83 Eucalyptus Lane, on February 26th, 1:30 PM. (Masks required).

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Hillside House of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Strings, the Grace Fisher Foundation, or VNA/Hospice.

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A man walks his dog up Mesa Lane Steps in Santa Barbara on Thursday.

‘All of our business stays here, the decisions are made here, and the profits are invested back into this community’ village

Continued from Page A1 area, Ms. Grubb said. Profits are reinvested in the company and community, with agents volunteering for and donating to over 30 nonprofits, including the Village Propertiesfounded Teacher’s Fund that provides educational supplies to local teachers and students.

While other independent real estate firms have merged or sold to national conglomerates, Village Properties remains locally owned and rooted in the community.

“It’s so unique to be an independent company. I worked for a larger company, and when I needed something to improve the quality of the service we gave I would have to go through a lot of channels, and I always got a no. Being independent, and having just myself to answer to, I am careful with the budget, and have great advice on that. If there is something that is needed I can make that happen really quickly. There aren’t as many mouths to feed so to speak. The agents love it as well. I am

always open to ideas and suggestions. If I can do it, I want to do it. If I can’t they understand,” Ms. Grubb told the News-Press.

To commemorate their 25 years in business, Village Properties has launched a rebrand of the firm. The rebrand includes a new logo, typeface, graphics and color palette used on signage, business cards, flyers, brochures and other printed materials, as well as the company’s website (www.villagesite.com). The rebrand is reflected across all the company’s marketing channels.

“What we wanted to do is modernize and evolve the graphic identity of the company to make it both current and timeless. The substance of our company – our agents, our culture, and our resources - has only improved, and we wanted our graphic identity to better reflect the culture and spirit of our people and the region of Santa Barbara. At Village Properties, all of our business stays here, the decisions are made here, and the profits are invested back into this community,” explained Billy Goldstein, Village Properties’ director of business development.

“The legacy has been focusing on what we can do to help our agents do a better job and provide better service for clients: marketing, transactions, paperwork etc. We just rebranded and launched our new website. We are constantly improving the quality of what we provide to our agents for them to be proud and competitive. I care a lot about the client, but I’m not face to face with the client. My job is to support the agent,” Ms. Grubb told the NewsPress.

Annual sales volume has multiplied exponentially, from $102 million during the brokerage’s first full year to $2.3 billion in 2021, now accounting for almost one fifth of the region’s residential real estate market.

“I have a great team, and an amazing staff.

I am so grateful for having the agents and the staff that I have and the support that I have. I have been through a lot of different markets.

This market is pretty unique, and I’m grateful for it as well. We have a really good cooperative real estate community. It’s great to be in the business,” said Ms. Grubb. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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prior to becoming head coach of the Bengals in 2019.

“I’m glad we’re going against each other, but we’re going to do everything in our power to try to finish this off. And I know he feels the same way,” Sean McVay, Rams head coach, told NBC Los Angeles.

“Just trying to follow our routine the best we can in the season.

That’s the routine our guys know.

We finish with red zone and then we have about 50 hours until

kickoff and it’s mental from here,” Taylor told a Washington Post reporter.

The Rams have a strong team including defensive lineman Aaron Donald and defensive back Jalen Ramsey. Donald is arguably the best defensive player in all of football and Ramsey is considered to be arguably the best cornerback in the NFL. “I’m confident in the players we’ve got, the guys we’ve got. But at the same time, like you said, that might amp them up and get them ready. But we’ll be ready, too. They’re where they’re at for a reason. Obviously, the guys up

front helped do that. So they’re playing in the Super Bowl just like I am and like we are. So our mindset is just to go out there, try to dominate for four quarters, and try to find a way to affect the game. Obviously, I think this game can be won up front — that’s like any other game. You say that every week. So we do our job and we do what we need to do up front, I think we can win this game,” Donald told NBC Sports.

The Bengals team includes cornerback Mike Hilton, who will be a key player in this year’s superbowl. Also with the

Bengals is running back Joe Mixon, a top running back during his collegiate career, and has remained a solid starter in the NFL. This year’s halftime show performers will include Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and Mary J. Bilge.

Superbowl attendees will be required to provide proof of vaccination or proof of negative Covid-19 test to enter SoFi Stadium on gameday. Masks are mandatory in the stadium for all fans aged two and older. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

China’s Gao Tingyu sets new Olympic record OLYMPICS

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on that, and of course that is very helpful in terms of snowboarding,” said Ayumu.

“Amplitude, height, is something I’ve really worked on. The spin technique has become ever more advanced, and because of that it’s difficult to get that lift, that amplitude, and to have the right balance. There’s certainly difficulties because of that technical side.

But we don’t want to lose that amplitude” continued Ayumu.

Chinese speed skater Gao Tingyu set a new Olympic record and took the gold in the men’s

500m. Tingyu set the record for the fastest 500m race in Olympic history.

Gao’s mark of 34.32 was 0.09 seconds faster than the record set by Norway’s Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen in PyeongChang in 2018, taking the gold and beating out the Republic of Korea’s Cha Min Kyu at 34.39, and Japan’s Morishige Wataru at 34.49. During the 2018 Winter Olympics, Tingyu became the first athlete from the People’s Republic of China to win an Olympic speed skating medal.

“I just want to say that I made it, I said four years ago that I will win gold in Beijing 2022, and today I made it,” said Tingyu.

Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe took an

Olympic gold in the 10km sprint biathlon, posting a winning time of 24:00.4, beating out French biathlete Quentin Fillon Maillet. He also shared the podium with his older brother by five years, Tarjei. Twenty-eight year old Boe added the gold to bronze he won in the 20 km individual event and the gold in the mixed relay during this year’s Olympics.

“It is special, my second individual Olympic title, I’ve trained for this for so many years and then you come here and manage to put yourself in the best position and the best shape. I look forward to the next race,” said Boe. email: kzehnder@newspress.com

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At Lake Cachuma’s maximum level at the point at which water starts spilling over the dam holds 188,030 acre-feet. An acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, equivalent to the amount of water consumed annually by 10 people in an urban environment.

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Westmont baseball coach picks up wins 350, 351

By JACOB NORLING WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

Westmont head baseball coach Robert Ruiz, already the winningest coach in program history, picked up wins 350 and 351 at home Friday, as the Warriors took a pair from Marymount California.

In game one, Ruiz once again rode the arm of Bryan Peck to a 7-3 win, and in game two Eric Oseguera led the way in a 7-2 victory.

Ruiz, who surpassed Coach John Kirkgard with win number 282 in 2019, is 109 games over .500 since opening day in 2010.

“I told our guys, ‘Coaches do not win baseball games, players do,’ ” said Ruiz. “We have been fortunate to have some really good players and great assistant coaches that have really made this what it is. I’m proud of our guys’

resilience and our overall ability to stay in the fight.”

Simon Reid opened the scoring on Friday when he launched a nodoubt home run to right-center field for his third home run of the season. After Mariners’ starter Aidan Martin retired the first two men quickly, Reid jumped on a fastball and admired his work before taking a victory lap.

In the top of the third inning, the Mariners were the first team to put a blemish on the collegiate stat sheet for the freshman, Peck. Following a 1-1 count, the Palmdale native was squeezed on three consecutive pitches, and Angel Cano was gifted a leadoff walk to open the frame.

After a single and a groundout, Ulysses Duran lifted a fly ball to routine center field for a sac fly, bringing in Cano to tie the game.

The run ended a streak of 14 and two-thirds scoreless innings

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for Peck to open his career in a Westmont uniform.

However, the run did not phase Peck. While the freshman did not produce as many swings and misses as in his first two starts, he ultimately surrendered just the one run across six innings in a winning effort. Peck struck out just one while allowing three hits and walking one.

“I thought it was a great outing from Peck,” said Ruiz. “He was competing against a pretty tough strike zone today. We weren’t getting pitches that we have been able to count on, but his ability to persevere is what was most impressive. He solved problems, figured it out, and gutted out a really good start for us.”

Westmont’s offense did not display their usual power in game one, but the club generated enough offense to build a comfortable lead in the middle innings. In the third, Thomas Rudinsky brought in Robbie Haw with an RBI groundout to give the club a 2-1 lead they would never relinquish.

Then, in the bottom of the fifth, a leadoff error opened the door for the Warriors to put the game away. Paul Mezurashi led off the frame by bunting a ball right back to Marymount’s Martin. The righthander slipped trying to grab the ball, and skipped a throw that first baseman Eddie Hernandez could not handle, allowing the speedy Mezurashi to reach.

The Warriors immediately made Martin pay when Haw slashed an RBI double to right center, bringing Mezurashi all the way around to double Westmont’s lead. David Martinez continued the rally with a two-run single to bring in Haw as well as Reid’s courtesy runner, Luke Tillitt.

Justin Rodriguez capped off the fifth-inning rally with a double down the left field line to score Rudinsky, giving the club a 6-1 lead after five.

The Mariners got back within striking distance in the eighth, when Brian Garcia lifted a two-run home run off of Adam Sheehan. Fortunately for the Warriors, Zach Coleman put out the fire in the eighth, and Reid added an insurance run with an RBI single in the bottom of the inning.

Bullpen ace Carlos Moreno struck out a pair in a one-twothree ninth inning, securing Ruiz’s 350th win.

In game two, Oseguera set the tone with four scoreless innings out of the gate, matching Marymount’s Charlie Perkins pitch for pitch. In the bottom of the fourth, the Warriors finally got to Perkins.

After back-to-back walks and a bunt single loaded the bases, Jonah Paez smoked a line drive into center field to bring in Westmont’s first run of game two.

The Warriors elected to go stationto-station, keeping the bases

loaded with one out for Parker O’Neil.

Down 0-2, O’Neil got a mistake pitch from Perkins and did not miss it, serving it to the wall in right-center field to bring in Martinez and Josh Rego. The Warriors left two men on base, but carried a 3-0 lead into the fifth, when Oseguera came out to cap off his gem.

For the first time since 2019, Oseguera completed his fifth inning of work when he struck out the side. The Mission Hills native scattered just three hits while striking out seven. He did not surrender a single free pass.

“I’m really proud of Osey,” expressed Ruiz. “He’s pushed hard to get back to where he is and today, we started to see glimpses of the Osey that we know he can be. His velocity was back up, he was landing all three pitches, and he was just a bulldog out there.”

Reid kept the good vibes rolling for the Warriors following Oseguera’s departure when he scooped a ball down the zone and sent it over the wall down the right field line. Reid’s fourth home run of the year put the club up 4-0, and put him atop the team’s leaderboard in long balls.

Zach Yates fired a scoreless eighth inning, touching 90 milesan-hour on the radar gun in the process. Then, in the bottom half of the inning, the Warriors got their final insurance runs. First, Paez reached via walk, moved to

second on a sacrifice bunt, and scored thanks to a pair of pitches that went to the backstop.

Then, after Brady Renck reached on a walk, he moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a throwing error with two outs.

Kahi Rodriguez capped off the rally when he tripled down the right field line to bring in Jack Thompson, making the score 7-0.

The Mariners got on the board thanks to an error and a wild pitch in the seventh, but no further damage was done as the Warriors secured a 7-2 win and doubleheader sweep.

“I thought we put some good swings on balls early in the day and just couldn’t get anything to string together,” reflected Ruiz. “As the day went on, we got into a bit of an undisciplined approach and had to make some adjustments, but some guys came up clutch when we needed it.

Parker O’Neil came up with a huge double, and Simon Reid had a nice day at the plate as well. It was nice to get a few different guys going.

“Ten games in, we’ve been able to move guys around to get experience and that’s a big part of our goal heading into our conference schedule.”

Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College. email: sports@newspress.com

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Bishop Diego defeats Quartz Hill in boys basketball

By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

The Bishop Diego boys basketball team won its first round matchup Friday in the Division 3A playoff bracket vs. Quartz Hill, 45-38.

“A close, physical game throughout, the game was knotted at 17-17 at half,” Coach James Coronado told the News-Press in an email.

The Cardinals scored 17 in the fourth quarter, led by junior Bryan Trejo, who had four fouls early in the third quarter.

“I can’t say enough about Bryan Trejo and Qu’ran Gossett and their physical play,” Coronado said. “Our team was not playing well, and those two kept us in it with timely baskets and tough rebounds.

“Trejo caught some bad luck when he got called on a foul that was someone else’s foul and then maybe a possession later,” the coach continued. “It was a tough loose ball, and it was unfortunate he got called for the foul.

“He has such a big heart. I knew he was disappointed, but he didn’t let that deter him.

As soon as he came back in the game, he got us two big baskets on tough drives to the hoop. So proud of his effort.

“Trejo led all scorers with 19 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, on a night when Ty Williams and Kai Morphy only made 13 combined,” Coronado said.

Mancuso kept us in the game that quarter, scoring eight points.

“We trailed by 3 at one point before a 3-point play by Sonia tied it for us,” Burich said. “We put the defensive clamp on in the fourth, with Eliana and Siena Urzua keeping their two leading scorers scoreless in the quarter. We outscored them 14-2 with Clara getting loose for 12 of those points. We gave up a basket in the closing seconds, preventing a shutout.

“The defense job of Citlali Morales and Lily Simolon throughout the game was amazing,” Burich said. “La Reina’s top two scorers had a combined 29 points when we played them in December. Tonight they had 15.”

DOS PUEBLOS BEATS ANAHEIM The Dos Pueblos boys basketball team defeated Anaheim 76-54 in a home game Friday.

“Tonight was a very good experience for our program,” Coach Joe Zamora told the News-Press in an email. “It has been awhile since we were in a playoff game, and our guys stepped up. We built a good lead in the first half behind the strong play of our starting five. In the second half, we stepped up on the defensive end and were able to come away with the win.”

The Chargers are 7-3 in the league and 20-8 overall.

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CATE BEATS MARANATHA

Another Bishop Diego team, the girls basketball squad, had a great night Friday, defeating La Reina 45-33.

The Cardinals’ Clara McDonald scored 18 points, followed by Sonia Mancuso with 10 and Annie McDonald with eight.

“Annie got us going in the first, scoring 5 points, and we led 10-4,” Coach Jeff Burich told the News-Press in an email. “We led 2117 at halftime. The breaks did not go our way in the third, and La Reina tied us at 31. Sonia

After winning the Tri-Valley League Championship last week, the Cate Rams boys soccer team defeated the Maranatha High School Minutemen Friday during a first-round CIF SS Division 6 playoff game.

“Both teams came out hitting on all cylinders with a fast-paced back-and-forth game,” Rams Coach Jorge Reynoso told the News-Press in an email. “In the 31st minute, the Rams took the lead when Ari seal connected with a sprinting Samuel Anum, who

faced a one-on-one with the Maranatha GK. The Minutemen GK got the initial block, but Anum was able to collect the rebound and put the ball in the net to give the Rams a 1-0 lead at the half.

“In the second half the Minutemen were able to get the equalizer in the 55th minute,” Reynoso said. “The game continued to be tied until the 79th minute when senior CB Kobby Nimako, who due to an injury was out all season and played his first game, made a sprinting run from his defensive post and delivered a pass to senior striker Peter Wood, who took a shot that was deflected by the Maranatha GK but then found the back of the net to give the Rams a 2-1 lead with 2 minutes to go.”

Cate held on for the win.

“Getting Kobby and sophomore winger Seb Sutch back for the playoffs is a huge boost for us,” Reynoso said. “Both were key to today’s win. It was a solid performance against a solid opponent. It took a team effort to win today.”

CHANNEL ISLANDS DEFEATS DOS PUEBLOS The Dos Pueblos boys soccer team lost Friday to Channel Islands, which won the away game 5-1.

“We gave up a penalty kick about halfway through the first half, but then fought hard to get the equalizer in the 38th minute,” Coach Matt York told the News-Press in an email.

“Unfortunately, we gave up a second goal just a minute later right before the half. That second goal, combined with losing one of our strong players Max Early to an injury, was a tough way to go into the half.”

York said he was very proud of his team this season.

“The seniors really showed us the meaning of resilience, and this class will leave Dos Pueblos with their head high and a legacy that we can look to follow in the years to come,” the coach said. “Good luck to Channel Islands as they compete for the Division 2 crown.” email: dmason@newspress.com

Westmont loses to UC Riverside in women’s tennis

By JACOB NORLING WESTMONT SPORTS WRITER

RIVERSIDE — The Westmont women’s tennis team (0-4) traveled down to NCAA Div. I UC Riverside (2-5) on Friday and fell 5-2 to the Anteaters in their fourth match of the young season.

“Overall, it was another match filled with high-level and competitive tennis and we held our own,” said Westmont associate head coach Cade Pierson. In doubles play, the first match to finish was on court three, where Sophia Lazzaroni and Sydney Tran handed Francesca Aguirre and Sophia Ostovany a 6-2 loss.

Then, on court one, Rachal Jackson and Emily Peterson gave an admirable effort, but ultimately fell to Mahli Silpachai and Hanh Pham 6-4.

Court two saw the most competitive match of day but unfortunately for the Warriors, the Anteaters had already claimed the doubles point. Regardless, Natalie Shama and Serina Saltzen outlasted Christine Hemry and Olivia Madarang by a score of 75 to sweep the first portion of the match.

“In doubles, we’ve been dealing with a lot of different shifts in momentum,” noted Pierson. “Today, I thought we did a good job of starting out as the proactive, stronger, and more aggressive team rather than being reactive.

“Our opponents did a good job of raising their level as the match went on and I would have liked our team to maintain their early momentum, but I was satisfied with their poise.”

Singles play began with a point for the Warriors when Silpachai was forced to retire ahead of the second set on court one. Jackson took the first set 6-2 before the match ended prematurely.

Then the Anteaters took over and collected the next three points of the match.

On court two, Pham defeated Peterson 6-2, 6-1, and on court five, Saltzen defeated Madarang by the same score.

On court six, Tran bested Ostovany 6-2, 6-2 and on court four, Lazzaroni defeated Hemry 6-3, 6-0.

The match officially came to an end when Aguirre defeated Shama 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 on court three, earning Westmont their second point of the match.

“In singles, I was really proud

of the wins that Rachal and Francesca had,” expressed Pierson. “Rachal did a great job of frustrating her opponent with a strong mentality and consistency. Francesca did a great job problem solving and focusing on herself to win playing her style of tennis.

“On the other courts, we did a good job of competing and adjusting to our opponents and the windy weather. We didn’t give anything away for free. That being said, I’d like to see us continue to improve in how we execute and capitalize on the opportunities we create.”

Jacob Norling is the sports information assistant at Westmont College. email: sports@newspress.com

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UCSB defeats Grand Canyon in men’s volleyball

By MICHAEL JORGENSON UCSB SPORTS WRITER

After having its four-match win streak snapped on Wednesday, the No. 8-ranked UCSB men’s volleyball team responded by gutting out a five-set win at No. 9 Grand Canyon that went down to the wire: 22-25, 25-23, 25-21, 14-25, 20-18.

The Gauchos (6-4) improved to 2-1 on the road this season and have now won 14 of their last 16 matches against ranked opponents.

It was a career night for UCSB’s outside hitters. Senior Ryan Wilcox crossed the 20-kill mark for the first time this season and his third time in a Gaucho uniform, tying a career-best with 21 (.304) to go along with three aces.

Sophomore Dayne Chalmers also set a new personal-high with 12 kills (.231).

UCSB is now 5-1 with Chalmers in the lineup this year.

Sophomore Donovan Todorov reached

double-digit kills for his first time as a Gaucho, hitting at a .444 clip and adding three blocks. Fellow middle blocker Brandon Hicks had a team-high .462 kill percentage on an eight-kill night.

Following a two-match absence, sophomore setter Patrick Paragas returned with a 41-assist, nine-dig performance. It was his third-highest assist total of 2022.

It was a huge night at the service line for sophomore outside hitter Nick Amoruso, who finished with five kills and five aces, the most of any Gaucho this season. Over his last three matches, he has eight aces, averaging an outstanding 0.73 aces per set.

GCU won the first set 25-22.

Both teams had their worst hitting performance in the opening set, with GCU taking a .037 to .028 edge.

The Antelopes (6-4) jumped out to a 40 lead, and despite UCSB coming back to tie it at 10-10 on an ace by Chalmers, the

Gauchos take down San Diego State in men’s tennis

By DANIEL MESSINGER UCSB SPORTS WRITER

home side never trailed.

GCU ended the game on a 7-4 run before Camden Gianni’s kill sealed the 1-0 lead. Gianni ended his night with 20 kills, one shy of Wilcox’s match-high.

UCSB went on to win the second set 2523.

The set was incredibly close throughout. Neither team led by more than a point until a Gianni attacking error gave UCSB a 24-22 lead. Gianni answered back with a kill on the next point, but Paragas set up Todorov to put it away at 25-23 and tie the match at one set apiece.

There were 21 ties and eight lead changes in the second game, the most for either category on the night.

Then UCSB won the third set 25-21.

Daniel Messinger writes about sports for UCSB.

UCSB kept its momentum going in this tightly contested set. The Gauchos took their first three-point lead on an Antelope attacking error to make it 22-19. The same result made it a 24-20 game several points later.

Wilcox finished things off with his fifth kill of the set. It was his second of three straight games with at least five kills.

GSU won the fourth set 25-14.

The Antelopes extended the match with the most lopsided set of the night, as they enjoyed a .500 to .190 hitting advantage.

An extended 13-5 run put them up by double-digits at 20-10.

GCU ended up taking its largest lead of the night, 24-12, on a kill by Christian Janke.

Then UCSB won the fifth set 20-18.

The match tightened up once more in the decisive fifth set. UCSB fought back from a 7-4 deficit, as Chalmers put away back-to-back kills to start a 4-0 run.

The two sides found themselves tied at every point from 10 to 18. The Gauchos survived two match points and kept the pressure on, eventually earning their fourth match point on a kill by Todorov.

Leading 19-18, Wilcox set his new careerhigh with his 21st kill, sealing the win in the Gauchos’ longest fifth set in nearly four years.

Michael Jorgenson writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

Gauchos fall to NDSU in softball, lead 9-6 over Utah State in postponed game

By MICHAEL JORGENSON UCSB SPORTS WRITER

Phillip Jordan won both his singles and doubles matchups, leading the UC Santa Barbara men’s tennis team (4-2) to a 4-2 home win over San Diego State Friday afternoon.

Jordan, along with doubles partner Kai Brady, won his court one doubles match 6-2, then defeated the Aztec’s Johannes Seeman 6-2, 6-2.

In addition to Jordan and Brady’s win on court one, Pablo Masjuan and Gianluca Brunkow earned a 6-2 victory of their own on three to secure the doubles point for Santa Barbara.

The Gauchos had three wins in the singles portion, including Jordan’s on court one.

On court six, Brunkow beat Judson Blair 6-3, 6-0, while Masjuan clinched the match for UCSB with a back-and-forth 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 win on court four.

San Diego State had two singles wins of their own, with Joe Tyler besting Stefano Tsorotiotis 6-2, 6-2 on court two and Victor Castro taking down Victor Krustev 7-6(6), 6-3 in the number three matchup.

Brady’s singles match on court five went unfinished but was tied at one game apiece in the third set.

The Gauchos will head south today to take on University of San Diego at noon.

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The Gauchos (6-4) improved to 2-1 on the road this season and have now won 14 of their last 16 matches against ranked opponents.

The UCSB softball team began the Campus Diamond Kickoff on Friday, falling to North Dakota State 17-2 in the Gauchos’ first game of the day at its home field.

UCSB led 9-6 in its second game against Utah State before it was postponed due to darkness heading into the seventh inning.

UCSB vs.

UTAH STATE The Gauchos (0-2) came out swinging in their game against the Aggies (0-1). UCSB racked up eight hits before even a single out was on the board, jumping out to an 8-0 lead through one inning.

Second baseman Maci Fines led off with a single down the right field line. Left fielder Ashley Donaldson followed with a big double into left field to open the scoring.

Soon after, first baseman Rayna Cohen hit a two RBI single, scoring runs from Donaldson and shortstop

The Gauchos (0-2) came out swinging in their game against the Aggies (0-1). UCSB racked up eight hits before even a single out was on the board, jumping out to an 8-0 lead through one inning.

Madelyn McNally.

Following an early pitching change, right fielder Ally Nodohara hit a three-run blast over the right field wall, bringing the score to 6-0. It was the first home run of the season for the Gauchos, coming from the player who led them in 2021 with three homers.

On the following two at bats, Daryn Siegel doubled to right center and Korie Thomas singled, making the Gauchos 8-for-8 to start the game.

The Aggies finally picked up an out on Tyler Goldstein’s first plate appearance, which still resulted in a Gaucho run as she hit a sacrifice fly deep into center field, allowing Siegel to make it home from third.

Thomas would cap the explosive opening inning at 8-0, scoring on another double, this time coming from Fines.

Over the next five innings, the Aggies inched their way back into the game.

They scored a run in both the second and third innings and added two in the fifth and sixth. The Gauchos added another run from Donaldson on an RBI double by McNally in the bottom of the sixth before the game was postponed due to darkness.

UCSB VS. NORTH DAKOTA STATE In their first game of the day, the Gauchos struck first in the opening inning. Thies recorded her first

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RBI of the year, scoring a run from Fines who reached with a leadoff double down the right field line.

UCSB held the Bisons (2-0) without a hit until the third inning, when the visitors hit a triple to tie the score at 11. NDSU scored five more runs in the top of the fourth and exploded for 11 in the sixth.

Fines picked up an RBI of her own in the fifth inning, bringing in a run from Donaldson. However, the Gauchos were shut out the following inning, ending the game in six.

Michael Jorgenson writes about sports for UCSB. email: sports@newspress.com

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Oversees the central comprehensive gift acknowledgments and recognition communication programs designed to foster a culture of appreciation and to recognize the University’s key donors, as well as manages the interpretation and application of complex data for the entire unit. The Assistant Director provides expert analytical, strategic planning, project management and proactive department support for DRSS/he will work closely with the Senior Director, implementing strategic approaches to donor acknowledgment, recognition and overall donor relations communications, including the development of new programs. Additionally, the Assistant Director will exercise strong and effective leadership and will be responsible for the development of new tools, protocols, criteria and best practices around donor acknowledgments and recognition, including for building naming and signage. The Assistant Director will be required to communicate in a highly professional manner with key constituencies including, the University’s top donors, development officers, UCSB faculty and staff, and students on a regular basis. Responsible for ensuring optimal alignment and best practices within Institutional Advancement. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree/equivalent. Strong analytic and project management skills, excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, attention to detail, ability to multi-task and work under shifting and tight timelines with the utmost confidentiality is required.

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COMMUNICATIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS ASSISTANT Computer Science

Helps develop the Computer Science Department’s outreach and communication. Assists in planning and implementing departmental conferences, colloquia and special events including the annual CS Summit and the weekly Theory seminar series. Maintains the department website and social media presence. Assists in development efforts. Reqs: Strong written and verbal communication skills, active listening and critical thinking.

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Performs a full range of responsibilities as both a publicist and writer for UCSB Arts & Lectures.

As the organization’s singular publicist, provides news and information to the general public and key audiences through researching, writing, editing and proofreading all materials developed to promote Arts & Lectures’ profile and brand as well as numerous public and private events. Requires a clear understanding of news, skilled work with the media, programs for public outreach, and strategic communication of messaging and mission. Functions with a high degree of autonomy to formulate promotional strategies and establish and administer publicity processes on behalf of Arts & Lectures. As the organization’s singular writer, is responsible for writing copy for all A&L events, researching and editing program information provided by artists, and composing captions for social media. Collaborates closely with the Marketing team including the Marketing Manager, Senior Artist, and Marketing Specialist to create and implement marketing strategies. Collaborates with the Development team to promote donor receptions and other donorcentric stories. Reqs: Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Communications, English or related field or equivalent experience and training.

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Primary emphasis is on increasing philanthropic support to UC Santa Barbara by maximizing the interest, involvement and commitment of alumni, parents and friends as well as select corporations and foundations in the assigned regions. With regard to major gift fundraising, the Director designs and executes planned strategies for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, closing and stewardship of gifts from individuals. Works personally with top donor prospects and also supports the Senior Director, the Associate Vice Chancellor of Development, other campus administrators and key volunteers in top prospect relationships, in order to maximize philanthropic support of UC Santa Barbara. Focuses about 80% time on activities directly related to the fundraising gift cycle. 20%time is focused on other activities related to fundraising, including events, volunteer committee management and administrative and managerial duties, such as planning and coordinating.

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United States Representative in Congress, Member of the State Board of Equalization, and Member of the State Assembly: Pursuant to SB 594, a five-day extension period will apply for the above offices in the event that no person who currently holds the office delivers to the Elections Division Office nomination documents for that district by 5:00 p.m. on March 11, 2022. If applicable, a five-day extension is allowed for any person, other than the office holder, to file for the office. The filing deadline for the extension period is March 16, 2022, by 5:00 p.m.

WHERE TO FILE: Santa Barbara Elections Main Office - 4440-A Calle Real: Appointments are required for candidate filing. Appointments are available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. To schedule an appointment online, visit https://candidatefiling. as.me/SantaBarbaraOffice or call (805) 696-8957.

Santa Maria Elections Branch Office - 511 Lakeside Parkway, Ste. 134: Appointments are required for candidate filing. Appointments are available 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. To schedule an appointment online, visit https:// candidatefiling.as.me/SantaMariaOffice or call (805) 696-8957.

Lompoc Elections Branch Office Candidate Filing WILL NOT be available.

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LOCAL MEASURES SUBMITTED TO VOTERS A notice to submit arguments for and against local measures will be published separately.

CITY MEASURES SUBMITTED TO VOTERS Cities are responsible for publishing the notice of city measures.

On Election Day, June 7, 2022, the polls will be open between the hours of 7 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Dated this 9th day of February, 2022.

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Sincerely,

DATE OF HEARING: FEBRUARY 23, 2022 IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION The California State Legislature recently passed, and the Governor signed, Assembly Bill (AB) 361, which amends the Government Code to allow Brown Act bodies to continue to meet remotely after September 30, 2021, if there is a proclaimed state of emergency and the State or local officials recommend measures to promote social distancing. Based on the proclaimed state of emergency and the Santa Barbara County Public Health Officer’s recommended social distancing, the Planning Commission meeting will not provide in person participation at this hearing.

JOSEPH E. HOLLAND County Clerk, Recorder, and Assessor Registrar of Voters Si desea información en español, por favor comuníquese con la Oficina Electoral al (805) 568-2200.

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The following alternative methods of participation are available to the public. If you wish to make a general public comment or to comment on a specific agenda item, the following methods are available: 1.You may observe the live stream of the County Planning Commission meetings on (1) Local Cable Channel 20, (2) online at: http://www.countyofsb.org/ceo/csbtv/livestream.sbc; or (3) YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSBTV20 2. If you wish to provide public comment, the following methods are available: •Distribution to the County Planning Commission - Submit your comment via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the Tuesday prior to the Commission hearing. Please submit your comment to the Recording Secretary at dvillalo@countyofsb.org. Your comment will be placed into the record and distributed appropriately.

•Attend the Meeting by Zoom Webinar - Individuals wishing to provide public comment during the County Planning Commission meeting can do so via Zoom webinar by clicking the below link to register in advance. Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing important information about joining the webinar.

When: February 23, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: County Planning Commission 02/23/2022 Register in advance for this webinar: https://countyofsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HSkkksHtRY26iu8pbcPaig

Are you selling a vehicle, boat, motorcycle?

Call 805-963-4391 to place your classified ad.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

OR PARTICIPATE VIA TELEPHONE: Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): US: +1 213 338 8477 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 720 928 9299 or +1 971 247 1195 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 602 753 0140 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 470 250 9358 or +1 646 518 9805 or +1 651 372 8299 or +1 786 635 1003 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 267 831 0333 or +1 301 715 8592 or 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) or 888 475 4499 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0276 (Toll Free) or 833 548 0282 (Toll Free) Webinar ID: 962 8111 1475 The Commission’s rules on hearings and public comment, unless otherwise directed by the Chair, remain applicable to each of the participation methods listed above.

The Planning Commission hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. The order of items listed on the agenda is subject to change by the Planning Commission. Anyone interested in this matter is invited to appear and speak in support or in opposition to the projects. Written comments are also welcome. All letters should be addressed to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, 123 East Anapamu Street, Santa Barbara, California, 93101. Letters should be filed with the secretary of the Planning Commission no later than 12:00 P.M. on the Tuesday before the Planning Commission hearing. The decision to accept late materials will be at the discretion of the Planning Commission.

Maps and/or staff analysis of the proposals may be reviewed at https://www.countyofsb.org/plndev/ hearings/cpc.sbc a week before the hearing or by appointment by calling (805) 568-2000.

If you challenge the project(s) 21APL-00000-00054 in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence to the Planning Commission prior to the public hearing.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need a disability-related modification or accommodation or are exempt from applicable Health Officer Orders, including auxiliary aids or services such as sound enhancement equipment or an American Sign Language interpreter, to participate in this hearing, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements. If you have any questions or if you are participating in the hearing telephonically or electronically and need a disability-related modification or accommodation or have any issues attempting to access the hearing telephonically or electronically, please contact Hearing Support Staff at 805-568-2000.

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Dierberg Appeal of Tierra Tambor Cannabis Cultivation Project Lompoc Kathryn Lehr, Supervising Planner (805) 568-3560 Dara Elkurdi, Planner (805) 568-2082

Hearing on the request of the Appellant, Star Lane & Dierberg Vineyards, LLC, et al, to consider Case No. 21APL-00000-00054, an appeal of the Planning Director’s approval of Land Use Permit (LUP) Case No. 19LUP-00000-00015. On September 24, 2021, the Director of the Planning and Development Department approved 19LUP-00000-00015 to allow 43.64 acres of uncovered cannabis cultivation and 0.40 acres of cannabis nursery under shade structures. An appeal of the LUP was received on October 4, 2021, in compliance with Section 35.102 (Appeals) of the Santa Barbara County Land Use & Development Code (LUDC). The subject property is identified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 099170-023, located at 1551 Drum Canyon Road in the Lompoc area, Third Supervisorial Districts.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. FBN 2022-0000177 The following person(s) is doing business as: Gracefully Sorted, 1305 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, County of Santa Barbara.

EGN Consulting LLC, 1305 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101; CA This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 10/01/2021 /s/ Emily Grace Nagle, Managing Member This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on 01/21/2022.

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CALLING FOR PREQUALIFICATION UNDER THE HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT As a condition of bidding on Project (s) under the Hope Elementary School District, and in accordance with the provisions of Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6, all Bidders and all electrical, mechanical, and plumbing subcontractors must either be pre-qualified for at least five (5) business days before the date of the opening of the bids or must submit a completed prequalification package by the deadline stated below. Bids not conforming to this requirement will not be accepted.

Hope Elementary School District will be utilizing the services of L.M. Sweaney to perform the qualification process and review on the basis of rating Contractors in respect to the size and scope of contracts upon which each Contractor is qualified to bid. L.M. Sweaney reserves the right to check other sources available. Hope Elementary School District’s decision will be based on evaluation and rating issued by L.M. Sweaney. Prequalification is not to be construed as a guarantee of work.

Prequalification application packages are available upon request. Please contact Lina Plascencia in the Planning Department at lplascencia@hopeschooldistrict.org. All prequalification questions must be directed to L.M. Sweaney at lynns11@aol.com or leave a voice message at (909) 337-8302 or (909) 534-4641.

Prequalification packages must be submitted to L.M. Sweaney, 3345 State Street/Box 3187, Santa Barbara, CA 93130 no later than April 1, 2022. FAXED PREQUALIFICATION APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. PLEASE DO NOT REQUIRE SIGNATURE AS PROOF OF RECEIPT AS THIS IS DELIVERED TO A PO BOX. The Hope Elementary School District reserves the right to expand upon and tailor these requirements or any of the processes outlined in this notice as appropriate to better reflect Public Contract Code section 20111.5 and 20111.6.

Annual prequalification is a preliminary, conditional prequalification. Interested bidders must submit a Contractor’s Statement of Experience (CSOE) and associated documents included in the prequalification package by the deadline and be conditionally pre-qualified if they are interested in later bidding on projects under the Hope Elementary School District. This RFQ is part of a twostep selection process for all general contractor bidders. First, interested parties must submit the CSOE, questionnaire, and associated documents included in the prequalification package. Second, at a later date, only the conditional pre-qualified parties will be invited to bid on specific projects that the District deems a bidder has the quality, fitness, capacity, and experience to perform the proposed work satisfactorily and has demonstrated the requisite trustworthiness. Only potential bidders prequalified provisionally responsible by bid due date may be awarded a contract for construction service work. In order to assist Hope Elementary School District in determining bidder responsibility prior to the submission of bids and to aid Hope Elementary School District in selecting the lowest responsible bidder, neither the fact of pre-qualification nor any prequalification rating will preclude Hope Elementary School District from a post-bid consideration on a specific project.

Please note: trade contractors are excluded from the two-step conditional prequalification process.

However, all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing subcontractors are required to prequalify for all Hope Elementary School District projects. All parties must be pre-qualified for the intended project, even if they were prequalified for previous projects under the Hope Elementary School District.

Plans and specifications will not be issued for pre-qualifications.

BY THE ORDER OF THE HOPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING DEPARTMENT Fernando Garcia, Assoc. AIA, Director of Facilities and Modernization

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Ready to improvise at the Lobero Joel Murray, Bill Murray’s brother, talks to the News-Press about working without a script

By DAVE MASON NEWS-PRESS MANAGING EDITOR

The table was set for comedy as Bill Murray and his brothers Brian Doyle-Murray and Joel Murray watched their father slowly eat.

“The rest of us would eat in a minute and a half and try to make our dad laugh, preferably with food or milk in his mouth,” Joel told the News-Press during a 2020 interview about growing up in the Chicago area. “You learned a lot about timing and parameters and what you could get away with saying and things like that.

“Fortunately, I grew up around some of the funnier people,” Joel said by phone from his Los Angeles home.

“My brother, Brian, was the first one to go to Second City (comedy troupe in Chicago). He wrote ‘Caddyshack’ (1980) and for ‘Saturday Night Live.’ ” Brian and Bill also acted in “Caddyshack” and on “SNL.” The three brothers have had successful careers with TV shows and movies.

Like Brian and Bill, Joel got his start in The Second City, an improvisational group with sites in Chicago, Toronto and Los Angeles.

He has come full circle with the last seven years on the road with “Whose Live Anyway?”

That’s the stage version of the popular “Whose Line Is

It Anyway?” TV show. The program features familiar improvisational games in a format where the actors work without the safety net of a script.

“Whose Live Anyway?” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa

Barbara.

For the road show, Joel shares the stage with actors from The CW’s “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”: Ryan Stiles, Greg Proops and Jeff B. Davis.

“I’ve been friends with Ryan Stiles since about 1989 when he came out to Second City in Los Angeles,” Joel told the News-

Press in 2020 when “Whose Live Anyway?” was originally scheduled for a performance at the Lobero. The program had to be rescheduled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joel said Mr. Stiles asked him to be in the touring version of “Whose Live Anyway?”

“It’s a great gig. I’ve been to

every state in the union now,” Joel said. “It’s pretty amazing.”

The improvisation in “Whose Live Anyway?” and other stage shows rests on the premise of saying “yes” to “offers” from other actors. If an actor during the improvised dialogue points your character onto a certain path, you take it.

Joel elaborated further.

“They (improvisation experts) always say it’s ‘Yes and …’

You heighten and explore things as compared to denying possibilities where a scene can go.

“The key to it is when you have a good team of people who are all playing by the same rules,” Joel said. “Team work makes the dream work.”

Joel conceded he’s a little nervous when he’s on stage performing unscripted scenes, often inspired by audience suggestions.

“But I think when you stop being nervous, then you’re in trouble,” Joel said. “I think you always have to have a little bit of butterflies.”

He noted the butterflies go away at each show as the actors hear the audience laugh.

Joel said he gets an adrenaline rush as he and the other actors succeed and find themselves charged from the audience’s energy. “There are many nights when we go home after a standing ovation. You’re not going to sleep after that!”

The games are similar to those on the TV show. Joel, who was trained in long-form improvisation, said his favorite is one in which audience members write a sentence on a piece of paper the actor puts in his pocket. The actor must say the line.

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From left, Joel Murray, Jeff B. Davis, Greg Proops and Ryan Stiles will perform “Whose Live Anyway?” at the Lobero Theatre.

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Horoscope.com Sunday, February 13, 2022 ARIES — All your hard work is paying off in multiple ways this week when Mars in Capricorn forms a trine with Uranus on Tuesday. Your drive toward career success could bring a boost to your finances as well, either as a raise, promotion, or winning a major prize.

Keep grinding, Aries.

TAURUS — Start the week by exploring some big ideas when Mars in Capricorn forms a trine with Uranus in your sign on Tuesday. Instead of taking someone’s words at face value, do your own research.

GEMINI — Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, but you might get some loving early when Mars in Capricorn forms a trine with Uranus in Taurus. A passionate relationship could lead you to get over your fear of intimacy.

CANCER — Working together can bring amazing things into your life when Mars in Capricorn forms a trine with Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday. Don’t be afraid to ask for help from a passionate partner in crime in order to achieve your dreams.

LEO — Your productive energy can help you get noticed at work when Mars in Capricorn forms a trine with Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday. You’ve been working hard over the last few weeks, and it could pay off in public recognition, praise, or being allowed to work on a new project.

VIRGO — Let your passion bring you to some amazing places this week when Mars in Capricorn forms a trine with Uranus in Taurus on Tuesday. Whether your creative imagination takes you on an adventure or you take a solo trip across the globe, whatever you’re doing, it won’t be boring.

LIBRA — If you’re craving emotional security in your life, the best place to start is by changing your attachment style when Mars forms a trine with Uranus on Tuesday. Being obsessed with your partner won’t lead to a lasting relationship.

SCORPIO — Watch out this week because life can get a little intense when Ceres enters Gemini and your transformation zone on Wednesday.

Changes in money, familiar bonds, and intimate relationships may occur, and you might have to explore some taboo subjects to find healing.

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But what hasn’t healed is the empty hole that has been left by having a mother who enjoyed being mean. And it has given me a very low tolerance, zero actually, for those who are abusive and neglectful to their children.

If I see child abuse in a family, it gets reported and the perpetrator hopefully goes to jail. Like I said, zero tolerance.

There is no good excuse to hit or hurt a child, none, and being on the receiving end of that kind of violence keeps you from trusting the world and really enjoying life as you try to grow up and fit into this world.

When I read about A. J. Freund and Damari Perry, whose parents lost custody but got the kids back and then tortured and

murdered them, I see a broken system. Seriously, beating up a child, putting him in a freezing shower to watch him die. It’s a sickness with no cure. These people will go to prison maybe forever. But nothing will bring these children back or give them the life they deserved.

As an abused and neglected kid, I can tell you firsthand that I never loved myself.

It took someone else to show me I was loveable, and that’s how I learned. If you don’t get love as a child, it is very hard to learn to trust and cope with the world.

That being said, many of us have created a comfortable space for ourselves, some very successfully, but it still hurts.

Even though your mind knows it wasn’t your fault, somehow you think you could have made

it better, and that causes you to carry shame as well as the pain of neglect and abuse. Adults who had abusive childhoods grow up to have a hard time feeling good about themselves.

If you came from a highly dysfunctional upbringing and have succeeded as an adult, you have accomplished something amazing.

Many people never shake it, and some also become abusers themselves. They say you go one way or another. I’ve grown to hate conflict or anything resembling violence, and I could never hurt another human being (unless I caught them in the act of abusing a child).

These sick people should not be allowed to be parents. For children, it’s better to be in foster care, and though the foster system isn’t great, it is getting better. If

you feel like changing a child’s life for the better, and you have the time and means, you might consider taking on a kid who, without you, won’t have much of a chance in this world.

I’ve fostered three kids at various times, and it was indeed one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life. Now I am focused on reducing abuse in families and creating a safe space for the children who need it. The pandemic has made things worse, and the system is overloaded due to the virus, but somehow helping these children seems as important as finding a cure for COVID. Barton Goldsmith, Ph.D., is an award-winning therapist and humanitarian. He is also a columnist, the author of seven books, and a blogger for PsychologyToday.com with nearly 27 million readers. Reach him at barton@bartongoldsmith.com.

His column appears Sundays and Tuesdays in the News-Press.

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She has served on the board since 2015, most recently as vice chair and finance committee chair.

Ms. Tanner is the president and CEO of VNA Health, an organization of 250 employees providing hospice, home health and palliative care service programs to more than 12,000 people annually in Santa Barbara County. On Monday, in preparation for her upcoming retirement, Ms.Tanner will step down from her current position as CEO of VNA Health but will remain with the organization as past president and CEO during a period of transition.

“Having worked with Lynda during my earlier tenure at CenCal Health, I know her to be an exceptional healthcare executive who is wholly dedicated to her community,” Marina Owen, CenCal Health CEO, said in a statement. “Lynda will be invaluable to me and our board of directors, offering us her thoughtful, professional guidance as together we fulfill our mission of improving the health and wellness of our diverse communities.”

After successfully pressing for legislation to increase end-of-life inpatient beds, Ms. Tanner oversaw VNA Health’s opening in 2011 of a new state-of-theart inpatient hospice facility, Serenity House. She also directed the acquisition of Community Home Health, which increased

VNA Health’s delivery of home health services by 35% and successfully obtained branch status for a satellite location in Santa Ynez.

Since 2014, Ms.Tanner has participated in VNA Health’s annual PHorum: Perspectives in Healthcare, providing leadership on key healthcare priorities in Santa Barbara.

In late 2017, after five years of diligent work, Ms. Tanner announced that VNA Health had achieved Level 4 of the We Honor Veterans, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

VNA Health is the only hospice organization in the Tri-Counties (Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo) to have achieved this level.

Ms. Tanner graduated from Idaho State University with a bachelor of science in nursing and later earned a master’s degree in nursing administration. She has more than 40 years of experience working in homecare, including working as a consultant and a surveyor for the Joint Commission and as chief clinical executive at Sutter VNA and Hospice.

Active in many professional, service, business and community organizations, Ms. Tanner was named “Grand Champion of Healthcare” by the Pacific Coast Business Times in 2017.

For more information on CenCal Health, visit www.cencalhealth.org. email: mmcmahon@newspress.com

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She is from Ohio, where she was born and raised on a rural farm and graduated from high school in suburban Columbus. She and her husband, an environmental lawyer, are parents of a young son.

Her journey to medicine took her from UCSB to the UCLA School of Medicine and the family medicine residency program at Ventura County Medical Center.

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Carpinteria Valley Museum Marketplace takes place Feb. 26

CARPINTERIA — The Carpinteria Valley Museum of History will hold its first benefit Museum Marketplace of the year from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 26 on the museum grounds at 956 Maple Ave., Carpinteria.

The market features 60 vendors offering bargains on antiques,

collectibles, plants, handcrafted gifts and vintage goods of every description — from small furniture, tools, musical instruments and art to household goods, toys, clothing and jewelry.

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MOXI, the The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation, has announced six new board members: Donna Barranco Fisher, Angela Krablin, Mieko Kusano, Austin Lampson, Chetan Nayak and Jackie Schaffer.

“MOXI is fortunate to have a passionate, dedicated board that enthusiastically supports our work to make science learning accessible to all. This year we are thrilled to add these talented individuals, with their diverse perspectives and experiences, to our board,” said CEO Robin Gose.

MOXI’s volunteer board of directors works with the museum’s president and CEO to oversee and support the organization’s commitment to interactive learning experiences in science and creativity.

The MOXI Board of Directors Executive Committee continues to be led by Alixe Mattingly (chair), Susan McMillan, (vice chair), Justin Anderson (treasurer), Andy Winchester (secretary), Jill Chase (at large), and Jill Levinson (at large).

DONNA BARRANCO FISHER Ms. Barranco Fisher is an expert in early childhood education, who brings a wealth of experience in nonprofit organization building, operations, governance and a deep background in early childhood education. She was executive director fof Storyteller Children’s Center for almost seven years and served on the boards of organizations such as CALM, Girls Inc., Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation, Hospice of Santa Barbara, Transition House, Jodi Houseand Casa Pacifica. She’s a board member for Children and Family Resource Services and participates in organizations such as the Santa Barbara County Child Care Planning Council, Early Childhood and Family Wellness Coalition, and Quality Counts California.

ANGELA KRABLIN Ms. Krablin grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers University with a double major in economics and Spanish in 1983, moving to California in 1985.

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found her calling in hospice and palliative medicine. She did her fellowship training with the Cedars-Sinai West LA VA Palliative Medicine program.

For the last decade, she has worked with Palliative Care Consultants of Santa Barbara, serving with the VNA Health Home Hospice and Serenity House teams and assisting with inpatient palliative care at Cottage Hospital.

A lifelong dancer, Dr. Marston also loves to cook and garden.

“I enjoy that game because I get to slow down and really play it out and act,” Joel said.

He also likes “New Choice,” the game in which someone tells the actors to keep changing an answer or line of dialogue.

And he’s a fan of the game in which actors must change genres during the same scene.

“All of the sudden, it’s Quentin Tarantino. All of the sudden, it’s Dr. Seuss. All of the sudden, it’s Edgar Allan Poe,” Joel said. “All of the sudden, it’s Sonny and Cher.”

The games also include music. “Making up songs on the top of your head — I’m not so good at that. There are other people in the group who are much better at that, so that’s fortunate,” Joel said.

He said the wild cards

Austin Lampson

AUSTIN LAMPSON Ms. Lampson is the branch manager and mortgage loan officer at Homeowners Financial Group.

She has served on the boards of National Association of Women Business Owners, Coastal Housing Partnership and the American Heart Association. She has volunteered with the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History for more than 15 years and has been a committee leader for Junior League, Jodi House and various other groups in town.

She has also written for the Santa Barbara Lawyer Magazine and is certified by the State Bar of California to teach continuing education to attorneys with regards to trust and asset administration.

Ms. Lampson’s interest in MOXI is a personal one. Her family had love, but not money. Her parents believed in education and took advantage of free days from all museums, but the Louisiana Children’s Museum was Ms. Lampson’s favorite.

CHETAN NEYAK Mr. Nayak is the general manager for Quantum Hardware at Microsoft and a UCSB physics professor. His research focuses on solid state physics and quantum computation.

Dr. Chetan received an A.B. degree in physics from Harvard in and a doctorate in physics from Princeton. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the UCSB. He joined the faculty of UCLA in 1997, and in 2005, he became a founding member of Station Q, a Microsoft-funded research institute on topological quantum computing located on the campus of UCSB. In 2007, he was named a physics professor at UCSB. He has been a visiting professor at Nihon University in Japan and

FYI “Whose Live Anyway?” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at the Lobero Theatre, 33 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara. Tickets cost $59 and $79. To purchase, go to lobero.org or call 805-963-0761.

are audience members who join the actors on stage for some games. He recalled one member in particular.

“The guy was probably 85 and had a beautiful young wife,” Joel said. “Everything that came out of his mouth was gold. You didn’t expect this guy to be the coolest cat in the world, but he was.”

Joel explained how he and his brothers got into comedy.

“It was a lack of direction.

None of us knew what we wanted to do in our lives,” he said.

Joel said their show business careers began after Brian met the late actor and writer Harold Ramis, and that led the brothers

a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Wash.

Dr. Chetan has published more than 150 papers in refereed scientific journals, garnering more than 22,000 citations.

MIEKO KUSANO Ms. Kusano is the founder and CEO of Mameko LLC, a niche corporation that promotes high growth, advises private companies and provides product and design leadership.

Prior to this, Ms. Kusano was a senior director at Sonos for 15 years. She founded both the product management and design groups and spearheaded Sonos’ unique approach in cohesive design experience.

Prior to Sonos, she was vice president of product management at Invention Machine, a company specializing in semantic search and innovation software. She started her career at Philips Electronics, where she created a personal communicator for children, collaborating with MIT Media Lab and Mattel Research to study the cognitive development of children ages 6-12 She graduated cum laude from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, with a masters in industrial design engineering.

She is a named inventor on many patents and has received many design awards for her team’s work.

In 2010, she was featured in “The 100 most creative people in business” by Fast Company.

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Jackie Schaffer

JACKIE SCHAFFER Jackie Marcus Schaffer is a writer, director and producer of film and television. Raised in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, Ms. Schaffer attended Viewpoint School, where she currently serves on the Headmaster’s Leadership Council, prior to receiving her bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University. email: kzehnder@newspres.com

into the Second City troupe in comedy. Mr. Ramis went on to star with Bill and Dan Akyroyd in the 1980s “Ghostbusters” movies.

Like Bill and Brian, Joel has succeeded on the big and small screens. His roles have included copywriter Freddy Rumsen on AMC’s “Mad Men,” the 2007-2015 advertising agency drama set during the 1960s in New York City.

“It was the polar opposite of what I do now,” Joel said about the precisely scripted drama. “ ‘Mad Men’ was Shakespeare.

You had to say every word perfect. You were not allowed to change a comma.

“I worked with Jon Hamm, who has like a photographic memory, and Elizabeth Moss, who has a crazy good memory,” Joel said. “You had to be on your game by the time they called ‘Action!’ email: dmason@newspress.com

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The scenario that led to that question began when President Biden’s Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, after ironically testing positive for COVID despite his being fully vaccinated, wrote that military personnel were required to be vaccinated once the Federal Food and Drug Administration gave “full approval.”

Has the secretary’s condition of an FDA “full approval” been met? A Freedom of Information Act request for the unpublished studies listed to support the FDA approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccinations was, in the still of the night, deleted from the FDA website. In those studies, the risk of myocarditis (heart inflation) was estimated by the Head of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as 10.7 cases per million for adult males between 18-24

What about the constitutional rights of volunteers and draftees? while other studies estimated 148 to determine if Secretary Austin’s cases. Indeed, British research conditions of “full approval” were found heart inflammation higher validly met. after Moderna’s second Meanwhile Federal shot than in those with Judge Reed O’Connor COVID-19. issued an injunction Other serious adverse prohibiting the Navy’s events were also discharging 29 SEALs for downplayed. refusing to be vaccinated For example, the by holding that “There is day after my second no COVID-19 exception Pfizer shot, I developed to the First Amendment.” symptoms that were For example, a Navy Brent E. diagnosed with captain/chaplain/pastor Zepke pneumonia. Did FDA’s was thrilled when his expert vaccine advisory application for a religious The author panel give “full approval” lives in Santa exemption was granted of this vaccine? “No” as by two levels of command Barbara. that panel was not even — before being rejected convened before the “at the top” by a letter FDA’s approval. from Vice Admiral Nowell, who What about Pfizer’s vaccine? wants race to be part of the An FOIA request for the details of requirements for promotions. the FDA’s approval process led to “At the top” is President Joe the FDA agreeing to produce 500 Biden’s Secretary of the Navy pages a month of the 450,000 pages Carlos Del Toro. The chaplain’s with a completion date of 2097. appeal is pending based on the Federal Judge Mark Pitman Navy’s rejecting not only his ordered that they produce them at request but thousands of similar a rate of 55,000 pages a month for requests without stating a reason. completion by the end of summer The Marines granting three 2022. Perhaps then we will be able requests without any explanation

caused the chaplain to say, “They are picking and choosing which religion is valid and whose constitutional rights under the First Amendment will be honored and whose will not.” Judge O’Connor agreed, holding that “There is no military exclusion from our Constitution.”

The Navy chaplain said he “believes service members are being used as ‘test subjects’ with a vaccine that is still being studied” and that “I honestly believe that the push for 100% vaccination … looks like a control group …a set of test subjects that can’t say no.”

Is he correct? Consider the average number of cases reported by the Department of Defense’s Defense Medical Epidemiology Database.

Between 2016-2020, there were 2,200 female fertility cases. In 2021, after the COVID-19 vaccine, there were 10,712.

Between 2016-2020, there were 26 to 39 esophageal cancer cases.

The number rose to 10,712 in 2021 after the COVID-19 vaccine.

Four hundred cases of Bell’s Palsy were reported from 2016 to

2020. In 2021, after the vaccine, the number was 1,300.

Between 2016-2020, there were 400 HIV-positive cases. In 2021, after the vaccine, the number rose to 1,300.

Miscarriages numbered from 1,400 to 1,500 in 2016-2020. That number rose to more than 4,000 in 2021 after the vaccine.

The number of anxiety cases was between 500 to 900 in 20162020. In 2021, after the vaccine, the number was 4,068.

The number of myocarditis cases was 176 in 2016-2020.

In 2021, after the vaccine, the number decreased 70% — after being deleted from the record.

Michael Yeadon, a former Pfizer vice president and chief scientist for allergy and respiratory research, warned of these results with the words: “We detailed a series of mechanistic toxicology concerns that we believed were reasonable to hold, unless and until proven not to occur.”

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Latest bad idea: Putting media on government payroll

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art of the Build Back Better mega-spending Act wheedling its way through the halls of Congress is an appendage called the “Local Journalism Sustainability Act.” Democrats who’ve put together this $1.9-billion media protection boondoggle apparently think government will always be on their side. Why wouldn’t they believe that? Even when the presidency is in Republican hands, the state apparatus remains firmly in Democrat control.

Besides, who could possibly be against handing out cash to not just “struggling” media companies, but to all media, despite and regardless of their size (up to 1,500 employees) of the institution?

No need to guess which

candidate those papers are likely others more regional in scope and to support. coverage — are in trouble.

Whether you are CNN, Fox What had been the monetary News, NBC or The muscle for most local New York Times, you’ll papers — classified PURELY be in line to receive advertising — has been POLITICAL payments from what defanged and destroyed. were once quaintly called At first, by the free “taxpayers,” but now classifieds available to that our government is any and all on Craig’s more in the business of List, and then by the printing money rather ubiquitous world wide than collecting it, we’ll web that allows even have to admit that cash the smallest advertiser would be coming from to reach more people at James Buckley “government.” a far smaller cost, and Anyone who’s paid any coincidentally way more attention at all over the efficiently too. past, say, three decades — give Then national advertisers or take a year or two — realizes and merchants in smaller cities that both local and national print and even smaller towns found media, other than the few giants it more productive to put an left — The New York Times, ad on the internet than it was The Washington Post, The Wall to attract a limited number of Street Journal, and a handful of eyeballs to a print ad. One by

one, in a not-so-slowly cascading waterfall of closures, mergers and bankruptcies, messaging via print went out of style.

Naturally, media companies of every shape would be drawn to support a Local Journalism Sustainability Act. That’s understandable, but even a cursory glance at the act’s provisions should inform them of what it portends if passed: complete government control of everything printed or reported on their pages or on the air.

Everything.

Here’s how it works: As much as 50% of a reporter’s salary (up to $25,000) will be paid by the U.S. government, and up to 30% of that same salary for the next five years. No doubt, if this bill ever gets passed (and some form of it is likely to, as the idea of subsidizing media has been batted around

in D.C. for the past decade), the dollar amount of the subsidy will go up over the years, perhaps even with some kind of inflationadjustment, as happens with nearly all such carve-outs and no one barely notices.

Once “journalists” are granted government subsidies, it will ultimately be government types deciding who is or isn’t a “true” journalist. Troublemakers such as Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, Joe Rogan, James O’Keefe, Glenn Greenwald and other muckrakers, would most likely not qualify. Not only wouldn’t they be eligible for subsidies, they would probably be banned entirely.

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id you know that California passed Senate Bill 946, which legalizes street cart

vendors?

Each city can fashion its own regulations to accommodate for health and safety. The Santa Barbara ordinance committee has reviewed the city staff’s recommendations for revised regulations several times.

The stipulations were discussed at last Tuesday’s Santa Barbara City Council meeting, and the council will review them further. Under the proposal, the vendors will pay a $25 annual tax certificate, which is not a permit but a tax identification.

Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez suggested that bilingual city employees walk the areas where the vendors sell, as well as the Eastside, to educate them on the change in street vendor regulations.

Several years ago, the city hired a bilingual translator for city council for $95,000.

Perhaps this could be part of the translator’s job description.

Some of the regulations include the location/proximity of the carts to any business entrance. They cannot block a business. They cannot be within 500 feet of a school during operating hours.

They cannot block a sidewalk per the Americans with Disabilities Act. In fact, a caller at Tuesday’s city council meeting remarked that often people must go out onto the street to get around some sidewalk vendors.

Vendors are also required to be within 250 feet of a bathroom to wash their hands.

There’s no stipulation on whether it must be a public restroom, or whether, if they have the moxie, they can use a restaurant’s bathroom while selling their product outside of said restaurant. We foresee more “customers only” signs on the horizon.

We wonder if the regulations will force the city to build more public restrooms or whether MarBorg will cash in on temporary facilities. Vendors are required to have trash receptacles.

Personal “ID flexibility” was another suggestion of a council member who thinks a library card, a lease or a student ID would suffice for legal identification.

Regarding health concerns, a restaurant has insurance to cover something like food poisoning. What health standards should the public expect from these vendors?

Heath certificates are issued

by Santa Barbara County, and it is up to the vendor to register for the certificate.

Per Councilmember Meghan Harmon, “… we are going to use the same rules that have kept these people in the shadows and turn them (the rules) upside down and use them to bring this illegal activity on a path to legality.”

She purports to legalize a shadow economy. A public commenter has seen five or six carts being unloaded from a flatbed in the Garden Street parking lot at Cabrillo Boulevard — evidence of a larger operation.

Councilmember Eric Friedman asked if there was a way to allow the local cart vendors to have priority for the $25 annual tax certificate.

The city attorney said constitutional issues prevent giving priority to locals.

He reiterated that all vendors have always been required to have a business license. Vendors are also prohibited from selling guns, Please see DONOVAN on C4

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They were so lonely, they died!

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odern medicine’s rule of “do no harm” has been cast aside because

raising unemployment, reduced schooling, political unrest, increased domestic violence and the undermining of liberal democracy. of COVID-19.

Moreover, the Centers Accordingly, Elvis Presley’s for Disease Control and line in the song “Heartbreak Prevention, as far back as June Hotel” — “I am so lonely, I 2020, noted approximately could die” — has become all 41% of U.S. adults delayed too relevant as it pertains to or avoided medical care, hospitals and nursing homes. including 12% who avoided Tragically, we all know urgent or emergency care, people who have had to suffer and 32% neglected routine and die alone because their care. The finding noted a family members, along with higher prevalence among their pastors and priests, people with multiple medical were denied entry to their problems, including those with care facility. This disabilities — the very was nothing less than target-rich audience a form of abuse for for COVID! COVID patients and As one analyst their families. It is a characterized fact that the physical the “unintended presence, along with consequences,” emotional and spiritual our government Andy Caldwell support of loved ones, and the medical is not only comforting, establishment are it has also been proven guilty of what he to heal! Hence, the deprivation called “single objective of visitation rights violated the function bias.” They focused premise of do no harm. on COVID and COVID alone, Of course, some of the worst to the detriment of all other abuse arose before there medical conditions and were vaccines. However concerns. unfortunate, the abuse There are several studies continues now relative to out there that indicate that those who are not vaccinated, the missed appointments, meaning, the forced diagnostics and care will separation of loved ones cause illnesses and deaths in their time of need is not that could exceed the impact something that is altogether of COVID. behind us.

Another ridiculously cruel Recently, a local hospital insult to injury affected the informed the parent of a staff of care facilities. toddler that if she could not At the beginning of the provide proof of her own COVID crisis, local facilities vaccination, she would have were not testing their staff to give up “medical custody” for asymptomatic infection of her child to the hospital because they could not risk without visitation rights. This losing them in the heat of the outrageous dictate came emergency, thereby employing without regard as to whether a “don’t ask, don’t test” the parent had already had strategy.

COVID, thus ignoring the When COVID waned, and fact that natural immunity is as vaccines became widely superior to anything provided available, hospitals began by a vaccine. Separating informing staff to either get a toddler from its mother the jab or lose their job, with is nothing less than every very few religious and medical mother and child’s worst exemptions being granted, nightmare, thereby cruelly and without regard to natural exacerbating the underlying immunity from previous health issue. infection. Then when omicron How long will the California came roaring back, hospitals medical establishment changed their tune again! continue its obstinate They told staff to come back disregard of the devastating to work, vaccinated or not, effects that have arisen even if they were positive because of their myopic for COVID if their symptoms approach to managing the were mild! Meanwhile, many COVID crisis? Consider a fed up staff quit, moved to a recent report from Johns free state, or retired, thereby Hopkins, which was a metaexacerbating already existing analysis (a survey or study of staffing shortages. More previous studies) and noted heartache indeed. that various aspects of the lockdowns created unfruitful, Andy Caldwell is the COLAB devastating, ill-founded and executive director and host of unnecessary impacts due to “The Andy Caldwell Show,” unintended consequences. airing 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays on These consequences included KZSB AM 1290, the News-Press reduced economic activity, radio station.

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At top and above, a packed house Feb. 4 at the Reagan Center in Santa Barbara listens to, from left, Adam Carolla, Dennis Quaid and Gina Grad. The gathering took place during a recording of “The Adam Carolla Show,” a popular podcast. Mr. Quaid is starring as President Ronald Reagan in the upcoming movie “Reagan,” and some of the scenes were filmed at the Reagan Ranch, north of Santa Barbara.

Quaid inspires smiles at Reagan Center

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hat a joy to read your article, “Quaid and Reagan” in the paper this morning (NewsPress, Feb. 8). The photo of, “a packed house listening to Mr. Quaid,” is astonishing. There isn’t a person in that photo that isn’t smiling. I wish I had attended the presentation.

Where is Ronnie when you need him?

Nathan Post Santa Barbara

and revolutionary communist Nicaragua, eliminated its military and declared neutrality.

Why can’t leaders today create a neutral Ukraine in perpetuity?

That is all that Russian President Vladimir Putin is asking for.

German leaders have also proposed this.

Is war and its fallout better than neutrality?

Rowland Lane Anderson Santa Barbara Editor’s note: The writer is a member of Veterans of Foreign War, Vietnam Veterans of America, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans For Peace.

Worry about southern border, not Ukraine

A cheaper way to study rent control .

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ather than spending $200,000 on a study, why not call a few other cities who have instituted or study rent control and get a copy of their study? Might cost a couple of bucks.

Jay Smith Santa Barbara

Ukraine should follow Switzerland’s neutrality path

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egarding Ukraine and the U.S.: As a member of Veterans for Peace, I do not understand why we anticipate war and participate in its preparations.

Many countries have dealt with similar situations without the panic and hysteria that leaders are accepting.

Switzerland, located between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and France/Belgium and again between Nazi Germany, Italy and France during World War II, remained neutral and peaceful.

Costa Rica, located between U.S. satellite and drug center Panama

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n President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address to our nation in 1961, he warned about the danger we faced from the power of the military/ industrial complex.

Today, as some of our leaders and media make war talk about Russia and Ukraine, we can see the ripples from those who have vested interests and investments in corporations producing military and intelligence materiel.

Throughout our government there are warmongers embedded within both political parties.

“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex,” President Eisenhower said. “The potential for the disastrous use of misplaced power exists and will persist .....

“Akin to, and largely responsible for the sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture has been the technological revolution during the recent decades. In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex and

costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by or at the direction of the federal government.”

Ukraine serves as a distraction from the real problem we face at our southern border. Thousands of our people are killed every year by drugs and fentanyl smuggled through our southern border.

More thousands of people enter illegally and escape to the interior, where unlike legal immigrants, they will not assimilate peacefully to become productive, responsible citizens.

We have always been the nation that is most welcoming to those who come legally.

Sending our troops to our own southern border doesn’t sound glamorous to the news-hungry media, and it doesn’t seem profitable to manufacturers of the war machine. But what we really need is to protect our own country against invasion. It’s a short journey to get to our open border and make a real difference.

President Eisenhower’s farewell speech may be found online in its entirety.

Gretchen Kieding Solvang Editor’s note: You can read President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell speech at www. ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=f alse&doc=90&page=transcript

Constitution is being torn apart

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e, the people, aren’t in charge. People around the globe are either living under their government control (China, Russia, Cuba, etc.) or learning that they must (America, Canada, Australia, etc.)

We used to be “the land of the free and the home of the brave.”

The people of all these countries listed, have been or are now becoming controlled by their governments. America’s political leaders are tearing the Constitution apart, creating health ultimatums, endangering children, endorsing riots, while condemning peaceful protests.

The BLM movement is a farce, as is defunding the police, and losing any criminal justice or consequences.

We have no southern border, no control over who enters our country and a system that is buying votes by allowing many criminal desperate illegal migrants, while at the same time flying them to blue states as they try to re-district voting areas.

The same administration, Democratic, continues to use race as the same old weapon, and white supremacy as their vanguards. Remarkably, it has been the Democrat Party that has been racist since the Civil War. \ What will it take to awaken the “woke”? It will take a long time to undo an obvious rigged election.

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Santa Barbara veteran Rowland Lane Anderson said a neutral Ukraine is the solution to the current crisis.

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hen I get attacked about my opinions, the common approach is, “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Most, if not all, negative comments never provide anything of substance because they don’t have anything of substance. The upside, for every negative comment, there’s about tenfold of positive ones. It gives me hope that I and the country can still survive this wave of hate and cancel culture out and turn the clock back on the other side of 2022.

However, last week’s column did bring forth someone who did provide some counter points for which I’m grateful. It offered me the opportunity to respond to something tangible.

He put President Joe Biden in the same league as President Ronald Reagan. I knew President Reagan, and Joe Biden, you’re no Ronald Reagan.

In fact, Joe Biden is president in name only. He is not running the country. Whatever we think about his cerebral capacity doesn’t really matter. Our country is being run by his handlers who are pulling the puppet strings and the entire world knows it.

But let’s run through the points the writer made in comments sent to me and my response to them.

• Stock market sees record highs under Joe Biden.

President Biden has zilch to do with the stock market.

Stock market is dictated by profits, low interest rates and the global financial climate, to name but a few.

• Low interest rates helped millions increase their cash flow.

They were kept in place during the pandemic to try and help keep the country running. President Biden made short order of that and printed fake money, creating massive inflation and now those low interest rates have to rise to slow his mess down. (He wasn’t even responsible for the low rates in the first place).

Inflation is still rising out of control. Gas is the highest it’s been in 14 years. And Americans in essence have actually received a big pay cut.

As for high gas prices, we could be completely independent if President Biden’s oil-hating handlers weren’t so stupid.

My writer also mentioned how low interest rates allowed more home buying. Houses are at the highest they’ve ever been. Even with zero interest, buying a Goleta tract home for $1.5 million won’t be an easy task.

• Unemployment is at 4%.

Means nothing. No one is working. No one is looking for jobs. Everyone is getting money to not work. How can the left not concede this is an in-yourface problem? Open your eyes.

Businesses can’t open at all or are operating part time just to try and survive.

• The U.S. is not involved in any war.

Hold on to your guns. That may be about to change.

The writer said we’re saving money. Then I guess the billions of dollars in military supplies we’ve been shipping to Ukraine doesn’t count. Maybe we can go back to Afghanistan and pick up a few billion more of our military equipment to save us a few bucks.

I hate war, and I cringe over what happened with Iraq. It’s why my wife and I founded the Santa Barbara Veterans Foundation to try and do our small part to help our local heroes.

• Congress passed the U.S. infrastructure bill for repair and replacements.

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Who’ll Keep Idaho free, safe and great?

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daho is one of the top five reddest states in America —for now. The majority of its citizens are rockribbed conservatives, pro-life, pro-law-and-order and devoutly Christian. Voters have chosen Republican presidential candidates every year there since 1952 (with the exception of 1964).

But while the mainstream perception might be that Idaho is immune to the kind of blue-wave transformations we’ve suffered in California, Washington state and Colorado, on-the-ground reality is shockingly divergent.

On a recent trip to Boise, I learned from outspoken GOP Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin that educators overseeing Idaho schoolchildren — and cops sworn to serve and protect all citizens — are promoting the very kind of Southern Poverty Law Centerinfused, anti-white, anti-American propaganda that you’d expect in Democrat strongholds.

Here’s the kicker: The toxic blue-state curriculum infiltrating Idaho is being funded by Woke Joe Biden’s U.S. Justice Department.

“America has stood witness

to years of violence, arson and Last week, the board denied vandalism committed by left-wing that conservatives were being extremists and Marxist radicals singled out this year, despite the who hate our country and despise conference flier’s omission of our values,” Lt. Gov. McGeachin any references to the dominant, told me. “Despite all of what we’ve violent metastasis of the left-wing seen, Gov. Brad Little’s antifa, Black Lives Matter, hand-picked State Abolish ICE, and Defund Board of Education is the Police movements. hosting a ‘2022 Idaho The state board also Threat Assessment admitted that “$6,000 Conference’ this in National Institute of summer. The conference Justice federal grant funds” flier specifically from the U.S. Justice calls out ‘right-wing Department will subsidize Michelle Malkin the indoctrination session extremists’ with no mention of left-wing of educators, mental health extremists.” (FYI: Gov. professionals and, yes, law Brad Little is the establishment enforcement officers — including Republican incumbent since the Boise Police Department, 2019; seven of the eight members which is co-sponsoring the event. of the state Education Board are Remember: President Joe appointed by the governor.)

Biden has waged war and lawfare Sure enough, a copy of the against conservatives from day registration flier Lt. Gov. one of his administration. During McGeachin showed me on the the Obama-Biden years, its June 21-23 education conference Department of Homeland Security at Boise State University is silent manufactured a panic over “righton liberal terrorism and violence. wing extremism” as peaceful Lt. Gov. McGeachin reached out grassroots Tea Party activism to the state Board of Education in had started spreading across the a Jan. 31, 2022, letter demanding nation. more answers about the program.

That seminal 2009 report drew

heavily on anti-conservative smears generated by the panicprofiteering Southern Poverty Law Center (the very same character assassination outfit working with the likes of Airbnb to ban peaceful, law-abiding America First citizens like me and my family).

Last summer, weaponizing the Jan. 6 Capitol rally, President Biden and the DOJ unveiled a new campaign to crack down harder on “anti-government” conservatives and treat them as domestic terrorists worse than jihadists or serial killers.

Last October, you’ll recall, as the parental revolt against critical race theory gained steam and citizens exercised their First Amendment rights to protest at school boards, vengeful U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced he was enlisting the FBI and U.S. attorneys nationwide to launch another chilling initiative to tar anti-critical race theory activists as violenceprone domestic threats. (Don’t forget: Mr. Garland’s son-in-law, who runs an educational survey company cataloging kids’ attitudes

about race, is a critical race theory profiteer whose company recently reaped $76 million in investments.)

Knowing this historical and political context, it’s rather difficult to take Gov. Little’s Idaho state board seriously when it now claims it will meaningfully address the real extremists who’ve burned down cities, torn down statues, and doxxed investigative journalists and ICE agents in the name of tolerance and diversity. In the wake of Lt. Gov. McGeachin’s protest, I learned that the “rightwing extremism” seminar has now been stealthily re-titled: “Lethal Partisanship: Political Extremism and Violence.” But lecturer Philip Saragoza’s primary professional focus is, you guessed it, right-wing Christians, gun-owners, antiCOVID activists and immigration restrictionists.

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‘Reform’ spells trouble for U.S. Postal Service

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he United States Postal Service isn’t exactly known for its financial acumen.

The agency has lost more than $90 billion over the past 15 years, including nearly $15 billion since the start of the pandemic.

Delivery speeds have rebounded since the middle of 2020, and the agency has an historic amount of cash-on-hand. But the USPS leadership has failed to stop the fiscal bleeding.

And now, lawmakers are set to make things even worse by passing the deeply misguided H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2021.

This bundle of changes would shift retirement costs around and put the USPS on the hook for illRoss defined “nonMerchand postal services.”

Congress should The author steer clear of is with the H.R. 3076 and Taxpayers work toward Protection genuine postal Alliance reform.

The Postal Service Reform Act would change plenty about how the USPS operates. The most widely discussed change is the “integration” of retiree health benefits into Medicare.

The legislation would split the existing Federal Employees Health Benefits program, which covers about 8 million federal and postal workers, retirees, and family members, into two. Out of this divorce would emerge a new general FEHB and a separate Postal Service Health Benefits Program linked financially to the Medicare program. Virtually all USPS employees would eventually be covered by Medicare, absolving America’s mail carrier of considerable healthcare costs.

This “reform” does little, though, to actually save taxpayer money.

It merely shifts a costly burden from one federal agency to another.

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Ross Marchand, a senior fellow for the Taxpayer Protection, said the U.S. Postal Service needs genuine reform instead of the Postal Service Reform Act. Above is the Santa Barbara post office on Anacapa Street.

is expected to hit insolvency by 2026. Adding postal retirement liabilities onto an already-bloated program seems like an odd way to keep costs under control.

The grand Medicare “fix” receives far more attention than an even more alarming provision of the postal proposal.

Section 103 of the act authorizes the USPS to “establish a program to enter into agreements with an agency of any State government, local government, or tribal government to provide property and services on behalf of such agencies for non-commercial products and services...” The limited-sounding scope of the provision seems to rule out the possibility that the USPS will take

up banking (which many agency watchers reasonably feared).

In reality, the legislative language gives the USPS wide license to dabble in banking and other problematic endeavors. To see how, consider that states such as New Jersey and California have been toying around with the idea of opening public sector banks. In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill allowing California counties and cities to create their own financial institutions that could take deposits and facilitate certain low-interest loans. And New Jersey has been busy studying the implementation of its own public banking initiatives.

One problem for public officials is cost. If taxpayer-funded banks

provide inexpensive financial services, that money must come from somewhere. Enter the USPS, which can grab taxpayer subsidies and low-interest Treasury loans if it fails to balance its books. If H.R. 3076 becomes the law of the land, expect states and localities to try and partner up with the federal agency to provide ostensibly “noncommercial” financial services.

And, if the USPS’ check-cashing pilot is any indication, expect that effort to end in disaster.

If lawmakers really want the USPS to get back into the black, they’ll need to push the agency to focus on its core strength ... delivering the mail. This will mean adequately pricing packages to ensure that artificially cheap

parcels don’t swamp mail volumes and slow down mail delivery.

There’s some promising language in H.R. 3076, ordering the Postal Regulatory Commission to review how products are priced. But this will accomplish little if all the other problematic provisions become law.

The USPS can continue delivering for the American people, but only if lawmakers avoid the misguided policies contained in postal “reform” legislation.

Ross Marchand is a senior fellow for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance.

This commentary was provided to the News-Press by The Center Square, a nonprofit dedicated to journalism.

Democrats’ recent rejection of COVID insanity won’t save them this fall

s we race toward this fall’s midterm elections, it is obvious to even cursory observers of our political landscape that Democrats are in for a shellacking. As of this writing, both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have job approval ratings that are underwater by double-digit margins.

Even more ominous, the RealClearPolitics polling average for voters who have been recently asked about the direction of the country reveals an astonishing 37.5% margin in favor of the idea America is on the “wrong track.”

Put simply, voters can’t stand President Biden, hate Vice President Harris even more and emphatically think the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Also auguring poorly for Democrats is the near-ironclad rule of American politics that a sitting president’s political party

will lose seats in the first postrequirement for businesses, inauguration midterm election. although a mask mandate Sensing the writing on the wall, regrettably remains in place at 21 sitting House Democrats have schools and health care facilities. now announced they do not intend What’s more, New Jersey, to run for re-election — compared Connecticut, Delaware, Oregon with only six House Republicans. and California — all of which, The only real question is whether like New York, are DemocraticRepublicans up and down the governed — announced last week ballot this fall will prevail their own plans to lift at rates that exceed the indoor mask mandates Tea Party wave midterm either later in February election of 2010. or in March.

In a desperate attempt These Democratic to stave off, or at least leaders have invariably mitigate, a veritable pointed to receding electoral bloodbath, caseloads, and perhaps Democrats have “the science,” more Josh Hammer conveniently decided that generally, to justify their now is the time to finally obviously coordinated stop obsessing over COVID. reversals on mask mandates.

Yes, now — right as other To be sure, mask mandates (for polling evinces a majority of inefficacious masks) and vaccine Americans want to cease or mandates (for vaccines that do not seriously lessen COVID-induced stop transmission) are bad public lifestyle restrictions. policy. So good for Democrats for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul finally catching up. Welcome to just announced an end to the the party, guys; some of us have Empire State’s statewide masking been here for a while already.

But Democrats cannot plausibly pretend that “the science” has changed in any meaningful way.

All that has changed is their ever-plummeting polling and eversinking expected fortunes this fall.

Gov. Hochul and California Gov. Gavin Newsom have not had some sort of grand epiphany.

There will be no “mea culpa,” no acknowledgment that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had it right on COVID all along. There will be no apologies for the ways that divisive vaccine mandates and pointless mask mandates harm our social fabric and undermine the common good. If Democrats could still politically get away with imposing their will, they would do so. It just turns out they can’t.

Fortunately for Republicans, Democrats’ risible volte-face on COVID hysteria will not spare them the American people’s wrath at the ballot box this fall. For starters, even in terms of COVID,

most blue-state parents still face the indignity of seeing their children masked up in school, and thus subject to all the attendant pedagogical and developmental harms wrought by forcing schoolage youngsters to cover up in face diapers.

Voters also have a long enough memory to recall President Biden’s imperious OSHA vaccinate-or-test workplace mandate, which was thankfully enjoined by the Supreme Court but which still amounted to a more brazen act of administrative overreach than anything even former President Barack Obama ever attempted.

But the Democrats’ impending electoral rebuke is far more encompassing. Just this week, the consumer price index — the most widely used and cited measure of inflation — hit a 40-year high, reaching 7.5%.

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ompanies tell us they support justice.

“Believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything,” says former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a Nike ad.

“Speak for the people who may not be able to be heard,” says the NBA. “Corporate PR hogwash,” says journalist Melissa Chen in my new video.

“Hogwash,” she says, because the NBA clearly does not want its employees to criticize injustice — if that injustice is in China.

Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted, “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.”

Good for him. China crushed freedom in Hong Kong.

But China didn’t like hearing an NBA executive say that. Chinese TV stopped broadcasting Rockets games.

The NBA then apparently told its players and front offices to shut up. Mr. Morey deleted his tweet and instead tweeted that he “did not intend to cause any offense.”

The NBA itself also apologized to China, saying that it was “disappointed” by Mr. Morey’s “inappropriate” tweet.

Lebron James called Mr. Morey “misinformed.” James Harden said, “We love China.”

“China is able to strong-arm these companies ... into actually acquiescing with its ideology,” complains Ms. Chen.

That ideology is often grotesque. The U.S. and other countries accuse China of committing genocide against a mostly Muslim minority group, the Uyghurs.

China imprisons them in “re-education camps.”

Leaked satellite footage shows blindfolded men, with their hands tied behind their backs, in what looks like a concentration camp.

“They are forced into slave labor,” says Ms. Chen.

A few Uyghurs who escaped say they were tortured.

But although the NBA runs ads that say, “Speak for the people who may not be able to be heard,” it clearly does not want its players, coaches or executives to say anything about Uyghur genocide.

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Continued from Page C3 a part owner of the Golden State Warriors, was unusually honest when he said, “Nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs. ... We have a responsibility to take care of our own backyard first.”

I took his comment to Ms. Chen.

“Companies like Apple, Nike and Coca-Cola have part of their supply chain sourced from this region,” she responds. “In these areas, Uyghurs are forced to participate in slave labor.”

Hollywood doesn’t care either.

The movie “Mulan” was filmed in the same region where Uyghurs are tortured. In the credits, Disney gave “special thanks” to government departments in Xinjiang, where the abuse occurs.

“Fast and Furious 9” actor John Cena, promoting his movie to people in Taiwan, said, “Taiwan is the first country that can watch ‘F9.’ “ What was wrong with that?

“He had the audacity to allude to the fact that Taiwan was a country,” says Ms. Chen, “rather than a territory owned by China.”

I don’t know what China said to Cena or Universal Pictures, but soon Cena was on Chinese social media, groveling to China, saying “sorry” over and over. “I have made a mistake. ... I really love and respect the Chinese people. ...

I made a mistake,” he pleaded.

Ms. Chen calls that pathetic. “I think the Chinese government actually takes a lot of pleasure knowing that they can actually strong-arm individuals and companies into capitulation to its own political ideology.”

Only one NBA player is principled enough to point out the NBA’s hypocrisy: Boston Celtic Enes Kanter Freedom.

He criticizes players who don’t speak up because they fear losing Chinese business deals.

“Human rights and basic rights are way more important than any deal you can offer,” he says.

He loses lucrative shoe contracts because he sometimes displays messages on his shoes, like “Free Tibet” and “Stand With Taiwan.”

He denounces Chinese Uyghur oppression.

So China won’t broadcast Celtics games.

But Mr. Freedom keeps speaking up, calling out hypocrites like Nike, which promotes social justice causes in the United States but is largely silent about human rights violations in China.

The press rarely points out the hypocrisy, says Ms. Chen, because “this exposes the woke edifice of the NBA.” Of course, companies exist to make money. Should we expect them to turn their back on the Chinese market?

“Absolutely,” says Ms. Chen.

“The least we can do is to take stock of their cowardice and recognize that what they’re participating in is bald-faced hypocrisy.”

John Stossel is creator of Stossel TV and author of “Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media.”

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I believe the election was manipulated big time SCHULTE

Continued from Page C2 of that money would go to infrastructure and the rest to “equity” programs and combat “climate change.”

In other words, almost all would be wasted, as always. More regulations will be imposed to hinder our economy even more.

It’s all nothing but more BS. By the way, all across the country, states are so flushed with federal COVID cash they’re spending it everywhere except to help fight COVID. Why are we trying to give away even more?

Another gentleman wanted to find out how “silly a human being I am” before engaging in further discussion by asking if I thought President Biden won the election.

I don’t fall for the liberal tactic of taking the knee first, then defend my position. We could debate at infinitum how the Democrats

did everything in their power to manipulate and corrupt the election process. They’re working on it right now as we speak, to be ready to cheat in the fall.

They know they’re going down big time if they don’t figure out how to impose bogus illegal changes. With that said, who really knows how much influence any of the corrupt tactics affected the last outcome? We’ll never know.

But we do know for certain what a big role tech and the media played in influencing the outcome.

When you have the majority of news and information highways going to bat for the Left, people will get snookered.

When I owned my health club in Goleta years ago, I was bombarded by local advertisers trying to get me to commit to this or that program. I learned then, and I know you all agree, you have to hear something almost a dozen times before you pay attention.

How many times have you seen

a commercial where you still don’t know what it’s about and then you finally have an epiphany — Oh! That’s how elections work, and why we’re always so hammered over and over with ads. The Democrats toss tons of lies and propaganda at you until you go: “Oh, I see it now.”

Then stories are altered. Hunter Biden is just an artist, and he and his father never had anything to do selling out to Ukraine. It was Hunter’s laptop, but don’t pay any attention to him smoking crack.

And if you want to buy a gun, go with Hunter, he has a way of circumventing the law and won’t get punished because the “big guy” has got his back. Just one example.

To answer the gentleman’s query if I think the election was stolen: I believe the election was manipulated big time. And until the Right gets equal opportunity air and print time, the Left has free reign to say and do as they

please to bend the minds of those Rush Limbaugh used to call “the uninformed voters.” Remember, Hillary Clinton still believes the election was stolen from her. Why don’t you ask her how she knows?

After the fall when Republicans take over again in Congress, I do hope they don’t let us down. They need to unite and get their act together. They need to dismantle the Jan. 6 inquisition and release the Americans in prison who have been incarcerated for trespassing.

They need to put stringent restrictions in place for voting (mandatory ID) so we can all be assured our votes will count during the next presidential election. They need to knock Facebook, Twitter and all the rest from the podium to end this Chinese cancel culture we’re living under.

I have a huge laundry list. I can only hope the Republicans get around to washing the dirty clothes.

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Continued from Page C1 cannabis, alcohol or prescription drugs. As if that all needed to be clarified.

And get this! Brick-and-mortar businesses are not allowed to sell anything from a cart at any location.

One of the public commenters, protesting the inequitable protocols of street vendors, represented the Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show, which takes place Sundays on Cabrillo Boulevard. The commentator reported that the artists pay a $550 license and rental fee for 52 Sundays, weather permitting. And their sales tax is monitored.

The nonprofits and vendors pay $295 for the four days of Fiesta, $60 of which is for liability insurance.

Compare that to the vendors, who pay only $25 for 365 days.

This idea of fostering entrepreneurial endeavors is absurd. How does selling flowers

and mangoes help people in a real economy? We suspect this is nothing less than pure exploitation.

These vendors selling these items are probably from Los Angeles and Ventura, and who knows where else. Who is benefiting? Not the vendors standing on corners all over town, selling the same flower arrangements, wrapped in the same color cellophane from uniform carts. That seems more exploitive than entrepreneurial.

Also, the vendors don’t have to pay what the Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show people pay. Who says — and by what criteria is it judged?

Another suggestion by the city council is a one-year time frame to report back complaints by the citizens and the brickand-mortar entrepreneurs. City staff work weekdays. How will the complaints be fielded on weekends since these are timesensitive issues?

Councilmember Kristen Sneddon asked if the vendors could make an appeal to a citation

for not adhering to the locations — i.e., where they can and can’t be — or other violations.

What would the cost of an appeal be, for a permit that is only $25, and at what cost to the city?

Councilmember Harmon wants a moratorium on fines for a year, “… with COVID and all …”

We have the midterm elections in November; didn’t she get the memo? COVID is over, and government entities are backtracking all over themselves.

Although this moratorium would be for a year, it was suggested after a year that the vendors would only get a warning for not following the protocol.

There’s the matter of the protocol for street vendors who need translators. Councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez requested one-on-one training to help these vendors understand the system, yet they made it here without speaking English.

We wonder who is documenting the sales tax and how it is being collected. Where is the equity in such a loose system of a flexible

ID, a year’s worth of warnings, no insurance?

It is incumbent on the food vendor to contact the health inspector for their health permit.

How likely is that?

With all these considerations at stake, Councilmember Harmon says we should just “trust” that it will all be OK. The good news about this ordinance is that at least some requirements are in place. Surely carts should be left in New York City or Puerto Vallarta, but with our sanctuary state’s magnanimous open border policy, we can at least, do our best to insist on some protocols and standards.

“Refuse to lower your standards to accommodate those who refuse to raise theirs.”

— Mandy Hale Bonnie Donovan writes the “Did You Know?” column in conjunction with a bipartisan group of local citizens. It appears Sundays in the Voices section.

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Continued from Page C1 and packaged by political hacks stationed in Washington, D.C. and major media centers. An editor’s or reporter’s job would be to simply reprint press releases issued directly from a senator’s office, the speaker’s desk, the White House briefing room, via a CDC infomercial or via other “official” channels.

No doubt, once some failing government program hoping to continue paying big government

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just received an “Election Mail” postcard from Joseph E. Holland, instructing me to do nothing if the name and address are OK. But if I’m not there, I should make corrections and return the card.

Confused? In this day and age of mass mail out ballots, I’d like to respond to Mr. Holland that indeed this is me and that the address is valid by signing and

salaries beyond its expiration date, a bevy of subsidized reporters will line up in support of the government’s desires and declare “Insurrection!” when and if a group of actual citizens objects.

If you are one of those who enjoyed the suppression of, say, the truth about the Steele dossier (and the Hillary Clinton campaign’s part in it) and President Donald Trump’s “collusion” with the Russians (particularly Vladimir Putin), or the suppression of the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop, or the condemnation and

canceling of anyone opposed to mask and or vaccine mandates, or the positive aspects of Ivermectin (“It’s a wormer for horses!”), or hydroxychloroquine, or were a true believer when told that the COVID-19 virus that’s killed nearly one million Americans and millions more around the world could not possibly have originated in the virology lab in Wuhan, China, then you are going to love the “news” that Local Journalism Sustainability governmentsubsidized reporters are likely to regurgitate for you.

Passage of anything close to this

will endanger freedom of speech and spell the end of a free press in the United States. Not that anyone comfortably ensconced in today’s mainstream media would notice or care. Most have already abandoned professional integrity, so selling one’s soul to the highest bidder no longer seems like a big deal.

Heaven knows, government is where all the money is anyway.

returning the postcard. This would let Mr. Holland know that I do indeed exist.

The current method is confusing and invites fraud.

Clearly it is not President Joe Biden. He can hardly complete a sentence, will not answer questions by the press, and his mental capabilities are declining daily.

In light of this, who is the ventriloquist in charge?

According to author and columnist Wayne Allyn Root, we are witnessing the attempted communist takeover of America, and there are three primary groups running the show.

First, there is President Barack Obama and members of hisformer administration, who want to destroy America, the nation’s exceptionalism, capitalism and the middle class.

Second, there is billionaire

George Soros, who is sending money everywhere to destroy America, especially to corrupt attorney generals.

Finally, we come to the real culprit, China and the communist party. According to Mr. Root, China is bribing everyone, including politicians of both parties and President Joe Biden.

Why? China wants to rule the world, and it can only succeed if America is destroyed.

So as a free nation, what should we do to survive?

Hang tough and fight fire with fire.

Michael C. Schaumburg Santa Barbara Editor’s note: Joseph E. Holland is the Santa Barbara County registrar of voters.

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s America struggles through the year 2022, the question everyone should be asking is, who is in charge?

James Buckley is a longtime Montecito resident. He welcomes questions or comments at jimb@ substack.com.

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Continued from Page C1 conception and ability to sustain a pregnancy were foreseeable.”

“It is important to note that none of these gene-based agents had completed what is known as ‘reproductive toxicology’,” indicating the increases in the number of cases involving “female fertility” and “miscarriages” were predictable and therefore preventable, he said.

The deletion of data on myocarditis is concerning to me and all other heart patients.

The military’s own DMED data supports Mr. Yeadon’s warnings.

What happened to following the science?

According to Mr. Yeadon, “Over a year later, this battery of tests in animals still had not been done.”

Why not? Why isn’t Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, having the infectious disease division within the National Institutes of Health conduct these tests instead of the effects of cocaine on dogs or studying transgender monkeys?

Instead, is the chaplain correct the administration is using the military as a “control group” for the vaccine on human HIV, female fertility, miscarriages,

Bell’s Palsy, Esophageal cancer, myocarditis and anxiety? Why is there not only no support for treatments but the government is limiting the distribution of those created by others?

Court martials under the Uniform Code of Military Justice should be interesting as the court martial held that Lt. William Lewis Calley should not follow an order if he should have considered it unlawful based on his rank, education, training and experience in the Army.

Based on this criterion: Shouldn’t Secretaries Austin and Toro know as much about the vaccine mandate order as the chaplain or Judge O’Connor?

The actions of the Biden administration raise the question of whether Americans forsake all constitutional rights when taking the military oath to protect the constitution.

Brent E. Zepke is an attorney, arbitrator and author who lives in Santa Barbara. Formerly he taught at six universities and numerous professional conferences. He is the author of six books: “One Heart-Two Lives,” “Legal Guide to Human Resources,” “Business Statistics,” “Labor Law,” “Products and the Consumer” and “Law for NonLawyers.”

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Continued from Page C3 principles and allowed the radical left to make inroads.”

Gov. Little — an ardent supporter of open-borders refugee resettlement that is demographically and electorally transforming Idaho — is deep in Big Business’ hip pocket. Lt. Gov. McGeachin, a longtime populist activist, former state legislator and small-businesswoman, leads a crowded field challenging Gov. Little ahead of the May gubernatorial primary.

She’s got guts. Lt. Gov. McGeachin has taken unapologetic action against Gov. Little and state GOP elites repeatedly for their routine capitulation on education policy, medical freedom, and law and order. She convened a task force against critical race theory while others sat on their hands.

She joined citizens burning

masks last spring while Gov. Little went AWOL and issued executive orders against mask and vaccine mandates while he traveled out-of-state. She is now taking on homeless camps manned by leftist professional agitators who plague the capitol grounds while the governor diddles around.

Janice McGeachin is the kind of defiant GOP leader we need and I wholeheartedly endorse (along with Donald Trump).

Empty-suit surrenderists won’t keep Idaho and America free, safe and great. Bold, uncontrolled and unafraid fighters on the frontlines will.

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Continued from Page C3 lower-income consumers, but it harms everyone. And over the past year, used car prices have shot up 40.5%, gasoline prices have skyrocketed 40%, and the price of eggs at the supermarket has increased by 13%. These numbers are simply staggering and suggest a comeuppance is due.

The Biden-Harris track record in any number of other core governance areas is also appalling.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection data for the 2021 calendar year reveal that an astonishing two million aliens were apprehended or turned themselves in — holding aside, of course, those who were successfully able to infiltrate.

The yearlong border crisis, viscerally seared in many Americans’ consciences due to the images that emerged last fall out of besieged Del Rio, Texas, was exacerbated by deliberate Biden-Harris decisions. The administration’s rescission of the highly effective Trumpera “Remain in Mexico” policy comes to mind.

On the foreign policy front, President Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal, though overdue and correct in theory, was so botched, humiliating and galling in its execution that it was impeachment-worthy.

Meanwhile, thugs Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, who have Taiwan and Ukraine squarely in their respective crosshairs, scoff at the United States and openly propose a new world order.

At the same time, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s No. 1 state sponsor of jihad, inches ever-closer to acquiring a nuclear weapon.

The American people historically punish political incompetence, and the doddering dolt who is our commander in chief is a Harvard Business School-worthy case study in gross incompetence.

Republicans are on track to win big this fall, and at this point there is nothing Democrats can do to prevent it.

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