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Village BeatLaguna Blanca piles up the awards

at Journalism Conference in Seattle, p. 12

The Way It WasSanta Barbara Sheriff James Ross was the bane of rumrunners during

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Real Estate ViewYear over year, Montecito sales up nearly 50%; prices climb a

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Family Flyers: U.S. Navy pilot, 88-year-old Al, his sons Rick and Alan, and now 24-year-old Julie Reichel take to the skies; Robert Eringer’s Guide to Montecito (on

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8 Letters to the Editor Russ McConnell thanks MJ; Addison Thompson’s inquiry; Phil Palmquist sick and tired; SB

Kindermusik and Friends looking for new space; David Broman responds to Bob Hazard10 This Week in Montecito Food and Wine Safari event; Maritime Museum lecture; SB Republican Women, Federated

luncheon; Erin Graffy speaks; open house at Howard; CALM antique sale; MTF hike; Cancer Prevention Fair; MBAR and MPC meets; public workshop; Prelude to Summer Bach Concert; ceremonies on Memorial Day; ongoing events

Tide Guide Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach12 Village Beat Montecito Association Board deems DEIR inaccurate; Board of Supervisors likely to adopt

TOT Rebate; Sheriff Substation to close in Carpinteria; seven MUS teachers will retire this year; High Fire Season alert begins May 25; Read ‘N Post’s temporary post office; Laguna Blanca newspaper honored; Crane’s Young Scientist Summer Institute; Walk ‘N’ Roll to school event; Montecito students participate in Disney Performing Arts Program

14 Seen Around Town Transition House’s Derby Day at Coral Casino; Domestic Violence Solutions 1920’s event;

American Heart Association 14th annual fundraiser21 The Way it Was The incorruptible Sheriff Ross versus Prohibition23 Seniority Patti and her husband head out on the open road24 Sheriff’s Blotter Possessions stolen from car in Summerland; structure fire on Barker Pass27 Real Estate View Sixteen properties have sold in Montecito since the first of May29 Montecito Insider Liv Arnesen to speak at Girls Inc. One Hundred Committee’s 27th Scholarship Luncheon30 Montecito Sportsman Final part of John Burk’s four-part story on Alaska33 Ward Connerly If it’s all about “fairness,” wonders Ward, why doesn’t President Obama include race in that

principle?34 Your Westmont The college mourns the loss of professor Dr. Alex Moore; exhibition puts artists’ works on sale;

observatory focuses on Saturn May 1835 Book Talk Book critic Michael Dirda recounts his history with Arthur Conan Doyle and the Sherlock

Holmes series36 Trail Talk Rancheros Visitadores raise $65,000 for the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara37 Montecito Diary Crane’s “Casino Royale” bash at Coral Casino38 On Entertainment Blues legend Tab Benoit plays Warren Hall; La Petite Chouette presents “Indah” at Lobero;

Taste of the Nation at Montecito Country Club; Downtown Art & Wine Tour approaches; pop acts around town; classical performances

40 Guide to Montecito Eateries The most complete, up-to-date, comprehensive listing of all individually owned Montecito

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41 Ernie’s World Ernie has a four-day Memorial Day weekend, and with it, a world of possibility Movie Showtimes Latest films, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here, as they are every week42 Calendar of Events Jonah Lehrer at UCSB; Wanda Sykes at Chumash; “Echoes” plays at Center Stage; Camerata

Pacifica season ender; Rubicon Theatre presents Gem of the Ocean; Gustafson Dance’s Madeline: Lost in Central Park; Fiesta opening party; SB Dance Institute performance; Speaking of Stories; UCSB Percussion Ensemble performs

44 93108 Open House Directory Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito45 Legal Advertisements46 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer

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The June 5 California Presidential Primary Election has snuck up on us. Election Day is now less than three weeks away and absentee ballots are already being filled out and mailed. Decisions – and endorsements

– have to be made.So, we begin with finding ourselves in 100% agreement with Barack

Hussein Obama who, as a sitting U.S. Senator from Illinois, said in 2006: “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can-not pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and interna-tionally. Leadership means that, ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”

As Allen Shaffer of Plano, Texas famously wrote in a letter to the editor of the Dallas News, in commenting upon criticism of presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s wealth: “Apparently, I’m supposed to be more outraged by what Mitt Romney does with his money than by what Barack Obama does with mine.” If you find yourself in agreement with Mr. Shaffer – which we do – then perhaps you’ll find our following endorsements of some comfort. If you, on the other hand, are content with borrowing over $4 billion a day to keep this chimerical merry-go-round going, then you’ll probably disagree with some of our choices. But, choose we must.

Prop 28 reduces from 14 years to 12 years the amount of time a person may serve in the California state legislature. We don’t believe the difference is significant. We’re voting NO, but if it passes it will be no big deal.

Prop 29 will add $1 onto the already high taxes (currently $.87) slapped upon a single pack of twenty cigarettes. The money is supposed to go to cancer research and tobacco-related diseases but in the end the revenues collected will probably be thrown into the giant tax hopper to fund yet more bureaucrats. We’re voting NO, as Californians, whether they smoke or not, are already over-taxed.

U.S. President: Mitt Romney is an easy choice. Every one of his major Republican opponents has dropped out of the race (though we’re not quite sure that Charles “Buddy” Roemer has done so officially), but even if he and the others hadn’t dropped out we’d still go with Mitt. At first, our hope was Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, but he declined to run. Then, with a long memory of Romney’s desultory campaign for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts against Ted Kennedy in 1994, we were wary of Mr. Romney. But, as the campaign progressed he became a much better candidate and his primary victory speeches displayed resolve and a deep understanding of the issues. In addition, his positions became clearer and the difference between Romney’s approach and the current approach by President Obama is stark. We enthusiastically look forward to voting for Mitt Romney on June 5 and again in November whereupon we hope – and pray – he beats Mr. Obama.

U.S. Senate: There is a gaggle of Republicans (along with a couple of Democrats and a Peace and Freedom Party candidate) running against sit-ting Senator Dianne Feinstein, but not one has a ghost of a chance of unseat-ing the long-seated Ms Feinstein. Six years from now there will be a seri-ous campaign, and even though she is part of the problem in Washington, anyone hoping to dislodge Feinstein in 2012 would have to be considered delusional.

U.S. Representative District 24: Lois Capps has been in the House of Representatives since her husband, Walter Capps, died unexpectedly in his first term in October 1997, and she replaced him after winning a special elec-tion in March 1998. It does go to show, if anything, that one needn’t boast of any kind of résumé to run for office, even at the highest levels. After that initial campaign, name recognition and party affiliation are all, it seems, it takes to continue in office. There are a couple of Republicans vying for the privilege of attempting to unseat Ms Capps, and between Abel Maldonado and Chris Mitchum, we strongly favor Mr. Mitchum. We’ve known him for at least fifteen years and can certainly vouch for his integrity, honesty, pas-sion, and commitment. Our vote goes wholeheartedly to Chris Mitchum.

Next week, we’ll weigh in on the rest of the races, including that for State Senate, State Assembly, Santa Barbara County District Supervisor, and other Propositions and Measures. •MJ

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Retired Santa Barbara naval pilot, Al Reichel, and his family are flying high!

Al, 88, who received his wings in 1945 and flew in the Vietnam and Korean wars, has clearly rubbed off on his family, with both his sons Rick and Alan pilots, one for American Airlines and the other Delta, while his daughter, Sharon Wagner, a graduate of UCSB, joined the navy, but stayed firmly on the ground, working in pub-lic relations.

However, Al’s granddaughter, Julie, 24, daughter of Rick, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, has also now got her wings, doing her pilot training at Corpus Christi in Texas.

“I also did my training there back in 1945,” says Al. “It’s an amazing coincidence.

“I had my old bronze wings re-plated in twenty four carat gold and at Julie’s ceremony pinned the wings on her flight suit. It was a very moving moment, as you can imagine.”

Julie is now based in Oahu, Hawaii, undergoing advanced training with a patrol squadron that specializes in submariner warfare.

“It’s a great spot to be,” says Al, who had also been stationed in Hawaii at the Hickam AFB in Honolulu. “I recently flew out to see her and she’s having a great time.”

He completed his navy career and retired in July 1966, after almost 24 years, both as a reserve and regular officer.

“During those years I acquired more than 6,500 flying hours with more than twenty different types of airplanes. It was an honor to be a naval aviator and I’m delighted my granddaughter is following in my footsteps, while my sons are also first-class pilots.

“It’s a wonderf ul tradition.”....

Montecito’s GuideWhen he’s not battling Prince Albert

of Monaco in the courts, Montecito author Robert Eringer churns out books.

The prolific scribe has now pub-lished the Montecito Travel Companion, available from Amazon Kindle.

“For some time I have been amazed that no one ever penned a dedicated guide to this unique spot, even though

our slice of paradise is a world-class destination all on its own, without Santa Barbara,” says Robert, 56.

“If any prospective visitor wanted to know something about Montecito, they’d have to buy an expensive guide to Santa Barbara and content them-selves with a few fundamental facts. So I finally decided to do it myself.”

Robert says his guide is not spon-sored by any individual or entity, and thus is completely objective, “if a tad subjective to my own whims, passions and pet peeves.”

“I wish I’d been able to buy a guide containing such insider information when I first arrived here more than ten years ago.”

The book is part of his 10 x 10 series.“They are short guides craftily writ-

ten in ten chapters of ten sentences,” Robert explains. “My concept is to impart the most information in the fewest words. This is key in an age of too much unfocused data and not enough time to read it all.

“As my old friend, CIA operative Miles Copeland, used to say, ‘Do you want to be the most informed or the best informed?’”

Robert tapped out the book in warp speed time.

‘The knowledge was already in my head. The challenge was to construct one hundred sentences completely devoid of clutter that left nothing out. In good writing, each and every word must pay its way – if it doesn’t serve

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a purpose, lose it. As such, the semi-colon became my best friend, with parentheses not far behind!”

Two of the more amusing chapters are “Low Life,” explaining how to do Montecito on under $150 a day, and “High Life,” on a daily budget in excess of $4,500.

“I’ve also done a chapter on Nightlife,” adds Robert. “It was tough, but a little humor goes a long way!”

Shane’s Style SocietyLocal entrepreneur Shane Baum,

owner of Eye Society in the Upper Village, is expanding his empire.

Shane, who splits his time between his homes in Montecito and Newport Beach, is launching a clothing line, Leisure Society, to complement his optical emporium – which opened 18 months ago – next month.

“Initially the product range, includ-ing polo shirts, cashmere sweaters and the like, will be sold in around seventy-five country clubs and we’ll go from there,” says Shane, a six handicap golfer and regular at the Montecito Country Club.

A former designer for Marc Jacobs

and Louis Vuitton, Shane has been working on his new collection, which also includes glasses, for three years.

“When I was creating this collection I wanted to use the best combination of materials to interpret the designs with intrinsic value and quality in a fashion I had not seen before in the market... The factories were pushed to the limit to make it work at the high-est quality, resulting in unique designs for discerning customers who truly appreciate the details.”

Shane also sells his optical designs at Bergdorf Goodman, with prices between $550 and up to $50,000 for custom designs.

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New Digs for ETCAfter 33 years at the rustic+Alhecama,

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An Opportunity To ExcelI would like to take this opportunity

to thank Montecito Journal for introducing the Santa Barbara

Design House & Gardens to the public “Montecito’s Design Showcase,” MJ # 18/19).

This project has already benefited the community and will continue to do so, not only by helping the Junior League of Santa Barbara, but it has also created other opportunities that per-haps are less obvious. The SB Design House & Gardens has given myself as an instructor at Brooks Institute the opportunity to give my students an incredible experience that would be hard to offer them otherwise.

They have had the opportunity to document how a rat invested house and orchard can be developed with a great amount of care into a beauti-fully landscaped gardens and home. This fantastic architectural example has afforded our architectural pho-tography students great photographic opportunities, both still and video, and has allowed them to see first hand the quality and attention that not only Pennco Properties has demonstrated but that the Franzes have been com-mitted to from day one.

Joanie Franz has reached out to us and given us the opportunity to not only document this project but to further give recognition to the Brooks team that is participating by allow-ing their photography to be exhib-ited in the home during September. Our video students have been able to capture a full documentary on the building and finishing of this wonder-ful property and receive their well deserved recognition by showing their video, also during the Design House and Gardens opening. It is great when our students get to operate in real world settings such as this.

I hope the community understands the value that this type of generosity and commitment brings to Montecito and Santa Barbara and do everything to support these efforts by all partici-pating.

Russ McConnellFaculty, Brooks InstituteSanta Barbara

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Montecito Journal on its thorough arti-cle about the future Santa Barbara Design House & Gardens scheduled to open in September of this year (“Montecito’s Design Showcase,” MJ # 18/19). Joanie and Dennis Franz, along with their builder, Phillip Pennestri of Pennco Properties had the vision to take a longtime eye-sore of the community, occupying a prominent 1 ½ acres and renovate it into a beautiful home, gardens, and property that all of Montecito can be proud of. It is with great pride that each of us, along with our team of hard workers, have labored to bring this project to fruition. The transfor-mation has been a collaborative effort, and we are ready for the public to visit and witness what can happen when many forces join together to make a difference. We are excited to help sup-port a community charity with this project. As mentioned in the article, ticket sales for the tours will benefit the Junior League of Santa Barbara and their efforts to stop illiteracy, from which children throughout the community will benefit. Our children need this help! Montecito and Santa Barbara needs this help! Our local economy needs this help!

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regarding the US 101 project in your lat-est edition (“Highway To Heaven?” MJ # 18/19). I have a question, however, as to where the information came from that the SB City Planning Commission allegedly prefers Option F, since we have not yet had a hearing on the DEIR.

Regards, Santa Barbara Planning CommissionerAddison ThompsonSanta Barbara (Editor’s note: I am delighted to hear

that the Commissioners “alleged” prefer-ence for Option F which dumps all beach-bound traffic into local neighborhoods is not necessarily true, and that your minds are still open to F-Modified, which includes both a new exit to East Cabrillo Blvd and keeping the Hermosillo exit open for locals. – B.H.)

Enough Already!Over the past five months or so, my

co-workers and I have become “sick and tired” of watching a construction crew build, destroy, build, destroy, and re-build the sidewalks at the corner of San Ysidro and East Valley Road. The noise caused by this project has truly been a major nuisance, but the abject and utter waste of tax dollars is what concerns me the most. The head of the construction crew looks exactly like the lead singer of the rock band, ZZ Top (with an incredibly long, white, flowing beard). It has truly been dis-gusting to watch this foreman and his crew build new “handicap accessible” sidewalks, then tear them out, re-build them, tear them out again, and re-build them yet again (especially since these workers have spent much of their time standing around doing nothing). As a local tax accountant, I estimate this project has cost taxpay-ers in the vicinity of $250,000 or more.

During the 20 years my office has been located at the corner of San Ysidro and East Valley Road, I have yet to ever witness a person in a wheelchair attempt to use the cross-walks at this very steep, and danger-ous corner. I would love to know who authorized this project, so I could let

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Antiques & Vintage SaleTo benefit CALM, the Earl Warren Showgrounds will host an antiques and vintage show and sale, featuring 80 quality antiques, vintage and decorative arts dealersWhen: May 18, 19, and 20; 11 am to 6 pm Friday and Saturday, Sunday from 11 am to 5 pmWhere: 3400 Calle RealCost: $6 admission at the door ($5 with ad from the MJ ), $5 senior, children 12 and under freeInfo: 898-9715or www.calmantiqueshows.com

SATURDAY MAY 19

MTF HikeMontecito Trails Foundation 3.5-mile, 1,000-foot altitude-gain hike up San Ysidro trail to Edison Catway then west to Girard Trail, down to McMenemy trail, east to San Ysidro trail and return. Bring food and water for this advanced hike. When: 8:20 for check-in and release formsWhere: San Ysidro trailhead on East Mountain Drive, west of Park LaneInfo: 568-0833

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Artiste and Sunstone WineryFood and Wine Safari presents an evening of wine, food and art. Enjoy a five-course reverse paired wine dinner, meet the winemakers from Sunstone Winery, learn about their limited edition art-inspired wines, and meet internationally acclaimed artist James Paul Brown. When: 6 pmWhere: Tydes Restaurant at the Coral Casino, 1260 Channel DriveCost: $85 per personInfo and RSVP: 698-3426 or [email protected]

FRIDAY MAY 18

Lecture & Dinner Russell Pearce, author of the controversial Arizona immigration law currently before the U.S. Supreme Court, will speak to Santa Barbara Republican Women, Federated, at their dinner meeting at Montecito Country Club.“The Border and Immigration: The

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FRIDAY MAY 18

Erin Graffy SpeaksThe Santa Barbara Republican Club invites all to its luncheon meeting with MJ’s own Erin Graffy. She will share her unique and always entertaining perspective on the state of “The Race” to date. Erin will cover it all – the city, county, state and nation, no person or part of the country will be spared!When: 11:30 am to 1:30 pmWhere: Goleta Holiday Inn, 5650 Calle RealCost: $23 per personInfo and RSVP: Barbara, 684-3858

THURSDAY MAY 17

Diving the MontebelloBob Schwemmer will present a lecture titled, “Diving the Montebello,” showing historical research he has uncovered on the Union Oil Company tanker S S Montebello, which was torpedoed

by a Japanese submarine in 1941. Richard Quincy, the last known living crewmember aboard the Montebello when it sank, will be in attendance. When: 7 pm (members are invited to a wine and cheese reception to meet the speaker from 6:15 to 7 pm)Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Munger Theater, 113 Harbor WayCost: Free for members, $5 for non-membersInfo and Tickets: 962-8404, x115 or www.sbmm.org

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MBAR MeetingMontecito Board of Architectural Review seeks to ensure that new projects are harmonious with the unique physical characteristics and character of MontecitoWhen: 2 pmWhere: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

WEDNESDAY MAY 23

Montecito Planning Commission MeetingMPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and policies and that issues raised by interested parties are addressedWhen: 9 amWhere: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 E. Anapamu

THURSDAY MAY 24

Public WorkshopMembers of the public are invited to take part in a workshop on the update of the Santa Barbara County Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) Plan.Santa Barbara County IRWM Plan was first drafted in 2007 and is required to be updated in order to qualify for future state grant funding. The existing plan has facilitated the award of over $28 million dollars to the Region to either wholly or

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FRIDAY MAY 25

Prelude to Summer Bach ConcertAs a special Prelude to Summer, West Coast Chamber Orchestra will perform an uplifting All Bach Concert at Trinity Episcopal. The concert includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s rarely-heard Lutheran Mass No. 2 in A Major and familiar cantata Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring -

featuring the Santa Barbara Chamber Singers, under the baton of Guest Conductor, Dr. Michael Shasberger, Professor of Music and Worship at Westmont College. Also on the program are some of composer Bach’s most jubilant 18th century hits: Oboe & Violin Concerto with Soloists Tamsen Beseke, Violin, and Kathy Bell Russo, Oboe; Air on G-String; Arioso, and Fifth Brandenburg Concerto with Frank Basile, Harpsichord. Concertmaster Tamsen Beseke will play a violin crafted in 1780 by Stradivari disciple Giovanni Guadagnini. Music Director Christopher Story VI will conduct. Limited seating.When: 8 pmWhere: 1500 State StreetCost: $20-$25Tickets: 963-4408Info: [email protected]

FRIDAY MAY 25

Memorial Day CeremoniesSanta Barbara: 9 am at Santa Barbara Cemetery, 901 Channel Drive; 11 am at Veterans Memorial Building, 112 W. Cabrillo BlvdGoleta: 9 am at Goleta Cemetery, 44 S. San Antonio RoadCarpinteria: 10 am Carpinteria Cemetery, 1501 Cravens Lane

partially fund 21 water supply, water conservation, reclaimed water, wastewater treatment, flood control, and ecosystem restoration projects.When: 5:30 pm to 7 pmWhere: Board of Supervisors Hearing Room, 105 E. Anapamu, 4th FloorInfo: Matt Naftaly, 568-3542

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Chief Kevin Wallace’s RetirementFire Chief Kevin Wallace’s last day on duty will be May 31, after serving as a firefighter for over 30 years. Tri-tip and chicken barbeque with salad, beans, and garlic bread will be available. RSVP no later than June 1.When: Saturday, June 9 from 12 to 4 pmWhere: Lower Manning ParkCost: $15 per personInfo and RSVP: Geri, 969-2537 or [email protected]

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Art ClassesBeginning and advanced, all ages and by appt, just callWhere: Portico Gallery, 1235 Coast Village RoadInfo: 695-8850

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Adventuresome Aging Where: 89 Eucalyptus LaneInfo: 969-0859; ask for Susan

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Live Entertainment at CavaWhere: Cava, 1212 Coast Village RoadWhen: 7 pm to 10 pmInfo: 969-8500

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Story Time at the LibraryWhen: 10:30 to 11 amWhere: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley RoadInfo: 969-5063

Connections Early Memory Loss ProgramWhere: Friendship Center, 89 Eucalyptus LaneInfo: Susan Forkush, 969-0859 x15

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Boy Scout Troop 33 Meeting Open to all boys ages 11-17; visitors welcomeWhen: 7:15 pmWhere: Scout House, Upper Manning Park, 449 San Ysidro Road

WEDNESDAYS

Story TimeStories read to little ones at Montecito toy store, Toy Crazy. All books are discounted 10% for purchase during story time mornings.When: 11 am to 11:30 amWhere: 1026 Coast Village Road (in Vons shopping center)Info: 565-7696

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Casual Italian Conversation at the Montecito LibraryPractice your Italian conversation amongst a variety of skill levels while learning about Italian culture. Fun for all, and informative, too!When: 1 pm to 2 pmWhere: 1469 East Valley RoadInfo: 969-5063

Pick-up Basketball GamesHe shoots; he scores! The Montecito Family YMCA is offering pick-up basketball on Thursdays at 5:30 pm. Join coach Donny for warm-up, drills and then scrimmages. Adults welcome too.When: 5:30 pmWhere: Montecito Family YMCA, 591 Santa Rosa LaneInfo: 969-3288

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Farmers’ MarketWhen: 8 am to 11:15 amWhere: South side of Coast Village Road

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Vintage & Exotic Car DayMotorists and car lovers from as far away as Los Angeles and as close as East Valley Road park in front of Richie’s Barber Shop at the bottom of Middle Road on Coast Village Road going west to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automotive trends and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty other autos to admire.When: 8 am to 10 am (or so)Where: 1187 Coast Village RoadInfo: [email protected] •MJ


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At this month’s Montecito Association Board meeting, the board was briefed

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The MA board has pointed out

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DEIR’s inadequacies and re-circulate the document. The comment period, which had originally been extended from May 25 to July 6, has now been extended again until July 9, according to project spokesperson Gregg Hart.

In a surprise move, the Board unanimously voted to send a letter to Montecito Planning Commission and Santa Barbara City Planning Commission strongly opposing any alternative within the project that results in Hermosillo Road becom-ing the primary northbound off-ramp before Salinas Street. At the urging of several Hermosillo-area residents in the audience, the Board decided to take the position, but qualified it by saying they have yet to take a formal position on any alternatives. Since holding their town hall-style meeting on May 1, the Board has maintained they are avoiding getting behind any one alternative, because they feel that Caltrans has not properly looked at all the possible alternatives.

The idea to formally take that posi-tion originated when the Hermosillo-area residents in the audience read a letter that had already been sent to act-ing Caltrans director Rachel Falsetti, listing a number of alternatives to the ones already outlined in the DEIR. MA President Dick Nordlund explained that the letter was sent as a summary to what had been discussed with Ms Falsetti when she met with members of the board earlier this month; a group drove Falsetti around Montecito to show her the ins and outs of our com-munity. “You don’t see what we see on a daily basis,” said Martha Siegel, speaking on behalf of the residents. “We feel like we are not being heard,” she said before the motion was put on the table. After the vote, the residents applauded and thanked the Board for taking a position.

Caruso to Receive TOT RebateDuring Nordlund’s summary of a

meeting held with Supervisor Salud Carbajal, he announced the Board of Supervisors are likely to adopt an ordinance later this month that will give luxury hotel developers a rebate on Transient Occupancy Tax. The ordi-nance was suggested to the Board by Miramar owner Rick Caruso, who promised that if it was approved, he would demolish the dilapidated buildings on the site immediately. Rick Lemmo, speaking on Caruso’s behalf, told the MA board that the buildings will likely come down by the end of the year.

Sheriff’s Substation to CloseSergeant David Brookshire

announced that on Monday, May 14, the Carpinteria City Council voted 4-1 to eliminate two staff positions at the Carpinteria Sheriff’s Station, causing the substation to be closed to the pub-

lic. The station, which was opened in 1992, will be deputy-staffed, and a walk-up window where residents can file paperwork or reports will no longer be available. Starting June 25, residents who need non-emergent help can go to the main station at 4434 Calle Real off El Sueno Road in Santa Barbara.

Teachers RetiringMontecito Union School Chief

Academic Officer Nick Bruski report-ed to the MA board that seven teach-ers from the school are being honored this week for their retirements.

The retirees include Marilyn Bachman (25 years at MUS), Lynn Cummings (23 years), Sue Hillway (27 years), Pam McLendon (40 years), Liz Peterson (20 years), Jane Warner (29 years) and Dave Williams (38 years). The group boasts 202 years in total at MUS.

High Fire Season New Montecito Fire Chief Chip

Hickman reports the County will offi-cially be on High Fire Season alert beginning on May 25. The tanker base in Santa Maria was opened for fire sea-son on Tuesday, after being downgrad-ed in 2009 as a “call when needed” base for financial reasons. Hickman cred-ited retiring Chief Kevin Wallace and Montecito resident Brett Matthews for their hard work in having the base restored to seasonal full service status. “Having the base open is a great tool for us, and will help us immensely dur-ing fires,” Hickman said.

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It was Derby Day at the Coral Casino as the Transition House Auxiliary presented their 15th annual “Mad

Hatter” luncheon. Instead of a crazy rabbit running around though, there was a sedate “horse” that walked on two feet and was named “Long Shot.” There was also a giant stuffed toy horse that was auctioned off for someone’s grandson’s birthday.

The Kentucky Derby is often called “The most exciting two minutes in sports.” It is the longest continuously running sporting event in the United States and because of the red rose win-ners’ wreath that is draped over the horse, the red rose became the official flower of the Churchill Downs event in Louisville in 1904.

As guests arrived in their splen-diferous chapeaux, mint juleps were

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Beverly Zaleski and Transition House Board President Pat St. Clair with the horse “Long Shot” in the middle at the Coral Casino

Transition House Chairman Missy Sheldon and Mad Hatter co-chairs Diane White and Kathryn Dinkin enjoying them-selves at Derby Day, presented by the Transition House Auxiliary

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Auxiliary president Pat St. Clair and luncheon chair Missy Sheldon welcomed guests. Missy’s co-chairs were Kathryn Dinkin and Diane White. The ever popular Andrew Firestone led the auction with his unending energy.

Executive director Kathleen Baushke reminded us in her program message that the funds from this lun-cheon will help approximately 250 homeless children who move into their shelter space each year. Over half of all the homeless are children. Transition House also has a new facil-ity opening soon so they can help even more people.

The Derby always begins with the singing of Stephen Foster’s “My Old Kentucky Home.” Part of it says, “Weep no more, my lady, Oh weep no more today! We will sing one song for the old Kentucky home, for the old Kentucky home far away.” And “They’re Off” for another year.

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Sponsors were invited early for a special floorshow and skit with a Dancing with the Stars plot. The danc-ers were all from David Alvarez’s Santa Barbara Dance Center where anyone can learn to be as graceful as they were and wear those glitzy glam dresses. Skit emcee Nancy Nufer and “judges” Cherilyn Milton (Betty Soup), Katie Thatcher (Gloria Swansong) and Laezer Schlomkowitz (Douglas Furbanks) kept us laughing. According to the program, the judges were known for their prickly, per-snickety unpredictability regarding

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Guests could stroll, sip and sup with passed nibbles and a table laden with cheese of all kinds. There was time to peruse the silent auction but the co-chairs Suzy Cawthon and Barbi Zimmerman were happy that they and their committee had already raised $100,000 before the doors opened.

Executive director Richard Kravetz, associate executive director Marsha Marcoe and founder of the spring event Lisa Goldmuntz were all meet-ing and greeting. Lisa told us, “The spring event has raised about one million dollars since it began thirteen years ago.”

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and education. “I was a beneficiary as I’ve had a three-way heart bypass.” UCSB researcher Dr. Thomas Weimbs told what a great research depart-ment there is right here. “Since there is no medical school, it is not so well known.”

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians sponsored a “Healthy Heart Drawing Contest.” Emily Waxny, age 8, won first saying, “Eating well and running keeps my heart happy.” Zoe Neal, age 9, was second and Olivia Dozer, age 8, was third. All were from Our Lady of Mount Carmel School.

If you want to be more heart healthy, why not participate in the Heart Walk on September 29? For more information, visit www.SBHeartWalk.com. •MJ

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“We anticipate the grand opening in fall 2013.”

Among those sharing in the cel-ebration were Dwight and Tina Coffin, Christine Holland, Anne Towbes, Michael and Ceil Pulitzer, Carla Hahn, Joanne Holderman, Allan Ghitterman, Mercedes Eicholz, Donna Horne, Wendy Yager and Morrie Jurkowitz...

Mother of the YearWith Mother’s Day at the weekend,

it couldn’t have been more appropri-ate when Oscar-winner Jeff Bridges’ wife of 35 years, Susan, was feted as Mother of the Year at a Coral Casino benefit for Visiting Nurse & Hospice Care.

The noted philanthropist and pho-

tographer was also lauded by her three daughters, Isabelle, Hayley and Jessie, who sang an amusing rendition of “Put Her Thong On Wrong” and presented the Caring Mother Award at the 11th annual lunch, while her mother, Patricia, a retired university professor from Fargo, North Dakota, was in the audience, along with her one-year-old granddaughter, Grace, Isabelle’s daughter.

The entertaining bash, which attracted 300 guests and raised around $200,000, was emceed by KLITE radio host Catherine Remak, while come-dian Paul Clay oversaw the live auc-tion, which featured two tickets to the

finale of American Idol, a stay at the Ritz-Carlton in Kapalua, Maui, and a Reagan Ranch tour.

The event also remembered Annie Jacoba Schipper-Dooves, the moth-er of construction executive Frank Schipper, who died last year aged 101.

Joining in the fun were Mike and Anne Towbes, Judi Weisbart, Thomas Rollerson, Adele Rosen, Leslie Zemeckis, Lana Marmé, Marla McNally Philips, Janice Bagdasarian, Carter and Victoria Hines, Peter Clark, Ricardo Calderon, Morrie and Irma Jurkowitz, and Arlene Larsen...

Tony Tête ToppersAs it celebrates its 101st anniver-

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Glen Holden, former U.S. ambassa-dor to Jamaica.

“It was a cracking weekend and the weather couldn’t have been more impeccable,” says new club manager, Bob Puetz.

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of Most Outrageous – Toni Simon; Largest – Shannon Gilman; Most Traditional – Ayndrea Tyo; and the children’s category, won by broth-er and sister, Hudson and Grayson Macleod.

Hudson was clearly on the right track with a tête topper featuring a toy railway, while Grayson was absolute-ly festooned with peacock feathers, which tickled everyone’s fancy.

A great and creative start to the season...

CAMA’s ConclusionSanta Barbara’s Community Arts

Music Association – CAMA – con-cluded its 93rd international series on a high note at the Granada with the New York Philharmonic.

The 170-year-old orchestra, under the capable baton of native New Yorker Alan Gilbert, last came to our Eden by the Beach in 1969, but the fourth visit in its history – once with the legendary Leonard Bernstein – was certainly worth the wait.

Opening with Dvorak’s “Carnival,” it was followed by Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, with Russian Grammy Award winner Yefim Bronfman brilliantly on the keyboard.

Tchaikovksy’s 1877 Symphony No. 4 in F minor wrapped a wonderful show by America’s oldest symphony orchestra and another great season...

Angels Al Fresco AfternoonAngels Foster Care of Santa Barbara,

which rescues abused, abandoned and neglected children under the age of two, raised around $20,000 from an “Al Fresco Afternoon On the Riviera” in the Biltmore gardens, hosted by the tony La Arcada china and crystal emporium, Coast 2 Coast Collection, and top tableware manu-facturer, Juliska.

More than one hundred guests in “hats and flats” turned out for the debut event, co-chaired by Marsha Kotlyar, Michele White and Holly Murphy.

Others checking out the oh-so English lunch, as Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman added a most oper-atic accompaniment on the sound sys-tem, were charity founder, Meichelle

Arntz, Ashley Dorris, Jennifer Hecht, Messina DeRose, Annie Williams, Sue Bickett, Dawn O’Donnell, Leslie Haight and Louise Casey...

Dramatic DenouementAs its 60th anniversary looms large,

the Santa Barbara Symphony, under conductor Nir Kabaretti, wrapped up its current season in grand style at the Granada.

The impressive show kicked off with Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s “Sidereus,” which takes its title and inspiration from Sidereus Nuncius – “Starry Messenger” – the epochal treatise that Galileo Galilei published in 1610 to announce his unprecedented observations of the heavens through a telescope and his theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

Mozart’s 1783 Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, with Teag Reaves, the symphony’s principal horn, as well as the Monterey Symphony, closed the first half.

The show, and the season, culmi-nated with Dvorak’s 1889 Symphony No.8 in G major, a wonderful work that ends on a suitably high note.

Bravo!...

Piezoelectric LoveA sprawling joint production of

the UCSB Department of Theater and Dance and director Jeff Mills’ Proboscis Theater Company, the world premiere of Piezoelectric Love: The (Half) Life of Marie Curie at the Performing Arts Theater is quite a show.

At almost three hours, with two ten-minute intermissions, the ambi-tious production is a multi-disciplin-ary, multi-medium theater experience, that explores the life and work of one of history’s most fascinating women, Madame Curie, who discovered the elements radium and polonium, which enabled the development of early radiation cancer treatment and the portable X-ray lab for World War I medical units.

For her research, she was the first person ever awarded two Nobel Prizes, one for physics, one for chem-istry.

The play, with a splendid Kelli

Coleman-Moore as the obsessive and passionate Polish-French scientist and Brian Bock as her husband, Pierre, was conceived and devised by Mills, and written by Valerie Slitor.

It also includes original music by Jim Connolly and Anna Abbey, cho-reography by Christina McCarthy, and a wonderful student cast that includes Megan Caniglia, Elizabeth Cowperthwaite, Dylan Hale, Allie Granat, Amy Lingard, Hollie Sokol and Hasmik Anna Saakian.

It is a fascinating, well staged show that not only explores the past of Curie, but the future use of her discov-eries, including the atomic bomb.

It runs through Saturday, May 19...

Rocking RealizationOn a decidedly lighter note, the

Theater League staged “Pop Goes the Rock” by Cirque Dreams at the Granada.

The colorful, energized show, cre-ated and directed by Neil Goldberg, certainly lived up to its internation-al reputation with acts from China, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, Italy, Portugal, Ethiopia and the U.S.

With uncontrollable music, may-hem and sensory spectacle that never stopped, it was a performance to behold.

No wonder, for the past two decades, the brand has entertained more than 50 million people worldwide...

Cancer ColloquyComputer entrepreneur Floyd

Bradley and his wife, Martha, opened the doors of their charming Montecito

manse for a discussion on the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute’s groundbreaking cancer studies.

The 60 guests, including Congresswoman Lois Capps, Hiroko Benko, Mary Ellen Tiffany, Anne Towbes and Randy Solakian, also heard how the California Cancer Research Act, known as Prop 29, will provide an estimated $855 million annually for cancer studies if passed.

Seven-time Tour De France winner, Lance Armstrong, also sent a special message for the soiree.

Katy’s Crib ClosesFormer Dos Pueblos High School

warbler, Katy Perry, has just sold

her luxurious 1,500-sq-ft Manhattan duplex penthouse, which was sup-posed to be her first marital home with British comedian Russell Brand.

The TriBeCa aerie, which Katy was looking to unload just 18 months after buying it, in the wake of her quickie divorce, went for near its $2.75 million asking price.

It boasts two bedrooms, two bath-rooms, a cherry wood staircase and a south-facing terrace with sweeping city views.

While the multi-million dollar deal was going through, the Teenage Dream singer was keeping company across the country with Florence and the Machine British guitarist, Robert Ackroyd.

The twosome were photographed getting close at the Coachella music festival, while Katy was reportedly introducing him as “my boyfriend.”

Stay tuned...

Law & Order Lives OnMega producer Dick Wolf, who

makes him home in our rarefied enclave, certainly has good reason to smile.

NBC has renewed his long-run-ning drama Law & Order: SVU for an astounding 14th season.

The network has also picked up his pilot Chicago Fire for the 2012-13 season.

The new show, starring Taylor Kinney and Jesse Spencer, centers on the men and women of the Chicago Fire Department.

Definitely a hot script…

Sightings: Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway and his wife, Paige, perusing the wares at Rooms & Gardens on State Street... Bestselling author Eckhart Tolle breakfasting at Montecito coffee shop... Country singer Brad Paisley chowing down with his family at Backyard Bowls...

Pip! Pip! for now

Readers with tips, sightings and amusing items for Richard’s column should e-mail him at richardmin [email protected] or send invita-tions or other correspondence to the Journal •MJ

La Jolla director Dr. Kristiina Vuori of Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, eve-ning host Floyd Bradley, and Holly Jacobs, cancer survivor speaker (Photo by Priscilla)

Angels Foster Care founder Meichelle Arntz with co-chairs Marsha Kotlyar and Michele White

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incident, rumrunners ran afoul of the law on Carpinteria Beach. In a 1963 Noticias article, Yale reported that one of the prisoners said to him, “We should have known better than to use beaches near Sheriff Ross.”

It was Ross’s son Jack who exposed another clever ruse perpetrated by forces determined to thwart the Prohibition laws. On patrol on the

Goleta/Gaviota coast, Jack became suspicious of a blue and yellow Richfield tanker truck he often saw parked among a grove of eucalyptus trees near Ellwood Union School. Something about the schedule of its presence seemed wrong, so he called Richfield Oil Company and was told

On July 18, 1926, Santa Barbara County Sheriff James D. Ross and his deputy were driving

north on Highway 101 near El Capitan when Ross noticed a truck heading south followed closely by a car with three men as passengers. Something about the situation rang an alarm, so he found a place to turn around and pursued them.

In a short while, he came upon the truck and car at the side of the road where they had stopped to change a tire. The men turned out to be heav-ily armed with a shotgun and sev-eral revolvers, which Ross and the deputy seized. Thinking that no one would guard 80 cases of 5-gallon tins of olive oil with quite such fervor, he was not surprised when he pried open a tin and discovered not the elixir of the olive but the fermented and distilled brew of the grain. John Lacuste of Los Angeles, the driver, was arrested and released on a $1000 bond, the same fee as the fine for transporting bootlegged alcohol.

Once again, Sheriff Ross had prov-en to be an adept foe of the forces of smuggling. Ross had liked his nip or two as much as the next fellow, but when Prohibition went into effect in January 1920, he chose law over preference and foreswore alcohol for the next 13 years. In so doing, he demonstrated yet again the charac-ter qualities that made a veritable unknown Santa Barbara’s chief of police in 1902 and County Sheriff from 1917 to 1945.

Barely 20-years old when he arrived in Santa Barbara around 1889, the Scots native eventually found work as a coachman for the family of Dr. Richard J. Hall of Cottage Hospital. There he met Ada Nickerson of Nova Scotia who worked as the nursemaid for the Hall children. When Richard Hall died suddenly of a botched appen-dectomy operation in 1897, his wife Elise moved the family and nurse-maid back to Boston, Massachusetts. In 1899, James followed and mar-ried Ada at the home of her aunt in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Two years later, he was baling hay for Goleta rancher Stephen Rutherford when Mayor George S. Edwards drove by in his buggy. Edwards knew Ross because he’d recently served as a special officer who secured evidence against liquor license violators. Having just lost his chief of police, Edwards had the brilliant idea of offering the job to the relatively unknown, but recently naturalized, Scotsman.

The beauty of his appointment

was that Ross had no friends to reward and no enemies to punish. According to a January 1918 news article, “…this made it easy for him to improve the conduct of the police. He did his entire duty as God gave him to see it.”

He was completely incorruptible. Once the sheriff led a raid on five truck loads of liquor that had been landed on Hope Ranch Beach. The captured bootleggers were being booked at the County Jail when one of their leaders walked in and laid out five $1000 bills. Ross told him to get lost and feel lucky he wasn’t being arrested for trying to bribe an officer. Another time, a rumrunner’s attorney wasn’t so lucky. Ross threw him out into the street by his neck and the seat of his pants after he offered a bribe.

Enforcing the Law Enforcing Prohibition was no easy

task since Santa Barbara County had 125 miles of coastline. Ross set up armed patrols at the most like-ly landing points of Dos Pueblos, Stearns Wharf, Hope Ranch, Arroyo Burro, Refugio, and Gaviota. College student at the time and later local attorney Yale Griffith went on sev-eral raids with the sheriff. In one

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James D. Ross was a virtual unknown when he became chief of police in 1902 (Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

Sheriff James D. Ross, possibly wearing the hat that John B. Stetson modeled and named for him, whiles away some post-Prohibition hours, with fellow officer Tom Poole in 1944 (Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

The Way It Was

by Hattie Beresford

Prohibition and the Sheriff

Ms Beresford is a retired English and American his-tory teacher of 30 years in the Santa Barbara School District. She is author of two Noticias, “El Mirasol: From Swan to Albatross” and “Santa Barbara Grocers,” for the Santa Barbara Historical Society.

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 13)closed its doors last month, has set up a temporary U.S. Post Office loca-tion next to Toy Crazy in Montecito Country Mart (Vons shopping center). The temporary location is to serve the community’s postal needs until the store reopens in its new location in the middle of June, says store manager Jan Hendrickson.

The new location will be right next door to the temporary location, where River Blue salon currently operates.

The temporary post office hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 6 pm, and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm.

Laguna Blanca Honored

Laguna Blanca’s Upper School was recently honored at the Journalism Education Association and National Scholastic Press Association (JEA/NSPA) Spring National Conference in Seattle. The school’s newspaper, The Fourth Estate, won Best of Show 8th place, while the online newspa-per was recognized as a Pacemaker Award Finalist.

“The Pacemaker Award is the high-est award of the NSPA,” explained Trish McHale, the school’s Journalism, Public Speaking, and Media Literacy Instructor and Community Service Advisor. Journalism students launched the website version of the school’s newspaper eight months ago.

“We competed against students from schools large and small, public and private, from across the country, and we won several awards,” McHale says. Awards were announced in front of an audience of 3,000 students, advi-sors, and professional journalists. “It was great to see and hear Laguna Blanca School announced so many times and to watch our students accept certificates, plaques, or med-als,” she said.

Laguna Blanca’s journalism pro-gram began in 1994, when eight stu-dents petitioned the headmaster for a Journalism Class. McHale was hired to teach the class, and what began as a one-semester trial run has evolved; McHale’s class proves full every semester. Close to 30 students partici-pate in editing, designing, and writing for the monthly newspaper, overseen by McHale.

Each student who attended the con-ference last month was required to par-ticipate in the conference’s Write Off competitions. The Fourth Estate staff-ers received four awards: Eva Davis received an Honorable Mention in the Photo Story Award category, Jess Davis received an Excellence Award for Editorial Writing, Zoe Serbin received a Superior Award for Editorial Cartooning, and Andrew McCaffery received an Excellence Award for Copy Editing & Headline Writing.

McHale says she could not be prouder of her students, but McHale has won several awards herself. Last week, she was offered a position as faculty advisor at The Washington Journalism and Media Conference, which takes place this summer.

And last year, McHale was present-ed with one of Laguna’s top honors:

the Walk of Fame Award. The honor is awarded annually to an individual or couple, recognizing remarkable long-term dedication, generosity, and commitment to the school. Her list of roles at Laguna is long: in addition to overseeing the newspaper, she teaches journalism, media literacy, and public speaking. She also serves as Director of the Community Service Program, oversees the Senior Project Program, and started the Middle School Media Literacy Program, Mock Trial, and the school’s debate team. McHale holds a Master Journalism Educator’s Certification from the Journalism Education Association.

“What makes me happiest is seeing my students succeed in journalism after graduation,” McHale says. She keeps in touch with former students, and reports Kaili Joy Gray ‘96 is now associate editor at Daily Kos, where she writes about politics and man-ages the website’s news flow. Other journalists from McHale’s program include Whitney Burke ’05, who recently graduated from University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Journalism with a degree in print and digital journalism and a minor in international relations, Maddie Hunt ’08, who was accepted

at Columbia in their Graduate School of Broadcast Journalism, and Allegra Pollock Brandano, who received her Master’s in Journalism from Boston University and worked for major magazines including InStyle and Los Angeles Magazine before going back to school for a second Master’s degree.

For more information about The Fourth Estate, visit www.thefourthes tate.net.

Science Camp at Crane For nearly three decades, Crane

Country Day School science teacher Pat Bixler has spent the mornings of

Journalism, Public Speaking, and Media Literacy Instructor and Community Service Advisor Trish McHale with Laguna science teacher Katie Pointer

The Fourth Estate staffers Eli Bittleston and Eddie Conk, who created the online version of the news-paper

Crane Science teacher Pat Bixler, who will be teaching young science enthusiasts at Crane’s Young Scientist Summer Institute starting June 25


Recently, in the early morning dawn, I dreamed I was a child again, helping my parents pack

up our white Rambler for our annual summer vacation. When I awoke, I had a yen to pack up my car and take off. This feeling is not unfamiliar to me. It reoccurs every summer and seems to be imbedded in my subconscious by wonderful, childhood vacation memories. It took a little planning, but my husband and I are now on a month long road trip. Actually, in deference to my husband’s bad back, it is a combo pack – part flight and part road trip. The first order of business was to see our extended family, who we hadn’t seen since before my husband suffered from heart failure and a resulting brain injury two years ago. After landing in my hometown of Omaha, we drove about an hour to spend the night in Nebraska City, where my husband was born and raised. While you’d have an entirely different impression of the area if you were visiting in February, we were in awe of the lush green trees and small

town charm. My husband wondered if it had always been this beautiful, and remembered how driven he was to leave the area as a young man in search of adventure.

The next day we drove approxi-mately seven hours to the Ozarks and met my brother and his wife at their lake house in Shell Knob, Missouri. It was a beautiful, peaceful, uncrowded setting. Several lazy days were spent on the dock watching the fish jump, floating on an air mattress, and boat-ing to the marina for some of our meals. At night, we’d look out at the lake, reminisce, sip wine and listen to the remarkable sounds of the lake’s wildlife.

Ode to the Road

SENIORITYby Patti Teel

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Unless you could work at home, Shell Knob would not be a great place to make a living. The nearest town is a small strip of civilization, which includes a grocery store, a pharmacy, a post office and a couple of stores and restaurants. The next nearest town is about an hour away and although it has more amenities, it is definitely still a small town with limited shopping and few restaurants.

Those who live fulltime in the Shell Knob area tend to be retirees. My brother’s nearest neighbors are a cou-ple in their sixties who are deliriously happy and feel that they are ‘living the dream’ – awakening each morning to another glorious day to enjoy the lake and each other.

Tomorrow, we’ll be heading for Colorado. When I was a child, many

of our family vacations were spent camping in the mountains and I’m looking forward to relaxing by a cool mountain stream. I encourage you to reminisce about your own child-hood family vacations, and on the trips taken later in your life. Although you might not remember what you did last week, vacation memories – even those from long ago – are often surprisingly vivid. Road trips reflect how we viewed life at various ages and stages of our life. Take time out to remember the excitement you felt as a child, a young adult and perhaps as a parent, as you left your every day routine behind to explore and share exciting new places with your family. These memories hold the key to places and interests that are just waiting to be rediscovered. •MJ

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his summer vacation teaching young science enthusiasts at Crane’s Young Scientist Summer Institute (YSSI). The popular program takes place for two weeks each summer, and is filled with experiments, hands-on activities and field trips.

“We take over the campus!” laughed Bixler in his office earlier this week. He has taught science at the school for thir-ty years, and has hosted YSSI almost as long, taking a few summers off for extended international vacations. “The beauty of the summer program is that we can do experiments which make loud noises without disturbing the rest of the school,” Bixler said.

The program hosts about a dozen 10-13 year olds, and runs 9 am to noon, June 25 through July 6. Curriculum includes chemistry, geology, marine biology, astronomy and more. “We mix stuff, burn stuff, build stuff, and

blow stuff up. It’s very fun!” said Bixler, whose wife, Jessica, also a teacher, assists him.

The cost of the program, which is not limited to Crane students, is $580 or $60 per day. Montecito Journal is teaming up with Bixler to offer a scholarship for one lucky student. For information about scholarships or to register, email [email protected].

Walk ‘n’ Roll to SchoolDuring a recent Walk ‘N’ Roll to

school event at Cold Spring School, 76 students found alternative transporta-tion to campus. Parents at the school tell us there were 48 cyclists, 21 walk-ers, 3 scooters, 2 skateboarders, and 2 carpoolers who participated. Velo Pro Bike Shop in Santa Barbara donated a helmet to be raffled off during the event, while COAST (Coalition for

compiled by Kelly Mahan from information supplied by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, Carpinteria Division

SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

Vehicle Burglarized in SummerlandMonday, 14 May, 1:33 pm – Deputy Delgadillo met with a man at the

Carpinteria Sheriff Station who was there to report his car had been burglarized. The man had parked his car on his driveway on Olive Street in Summerland, and the next day he returned to find that his radar detector, an electrical inverter, and two iPods had been stolen. The man reported that there were other valuables in the car, including a envelope containing cash, which had not been removed. A report was taken.

Structure Fire in MontecitoMonday, 14 May, 9:38 pm – Montecito Fire Protection District was dispatched

to Barker Pass on report of a structure fire. Upon arrival, Montecito Fire person-nel found a fully involved studio attached to a structure. The fire was knocked down at 10 pm, and the adjoining home was not damaged.

There were four engines, one truck company, one squad, one rehabilitation vehicle, and several command vehicles on scene. Agencies on scene included Montecito Fire Protection District, Santa Barbara City Fire Department, and Carpinteria-Summerland Fire District. Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department and CHP assisted with traffic control in the area. •MJ

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Montecito Students Perform at Disney

Students from Montecito Union and Cold Spring Schools participated in the Disney Performing Arts Program in April; both of the schools’ choruses traveled to Disneyland to perform for park guests.

Dance groups, choirs, ensembles and marching bands from around

the world apply to perform each year as part of Disney Performing Arts at both the Disneyland and the Walt Disney World Resorts. Once selected, they are given the oppor-tunity to perform at the resort for an international audience of theme park guests. Millions of performers have graced the stage of the Disney Parks in the more than 25-year history of the program.

For more information, visit www.DisneyPerformingArts.com

or call 1-800-603-0552. •MJ

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Full bike racks at Cold Spring School signify the students’ par-ticipation in find-ing alternative transportation to school


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WAY IT WAS (Continued from page 21)

it wasn’t their truck.Jack set up a surveillance and

that night followed the truck to the cove of Las Armas Canyon (today the western edge of Sandpiper Golf Course). Using a small skiff sent from a larger boat anchored beyond the breakers, men unloaded kegs and emptied them into the Richfield truck. He then tailed the truck to the Rincon. Just short of the Ventura County line, he arrested the driver who admitted being bribed to dis-guise the old truck and drive the giggle juice south.

Ross also personally saw to the disposal of all confiscated hooch at the steps to the basement of the jailhouse. Barrel after barrel, bottle after bottle, all were emptied until only the fumes remained. Not one drop could be spirited away by any wayward or weak fellow officers.

But the task was Herculean and the unpopular law had plenty of people willing to conspire to pro-tect the bootleggers. Especially as it could be so remunerative.

Once an Italian farmer near Glen Annie was approached by gangsters from Los Angeles who offered him thousands of dollars for the use of his hay barn for each night they needed to store the white lightening landed at Dos Pueblos Canyon. They believed transporting the liquor would be less obvious during the daytime and safer as well since the hijacking of shipments was on the rise. The farmer was sorely tempted but since the penalty was jail and confiscation of his ranch should he be caught, he declined the offer.

His neighbor, Carlo Drocco, took the risk and allowed the rumrun-ners to use his barn. He became very wealthy in the short run. Years later, when rumors that his ill begotten

fortune was buried on his property, he was tortured and murdered when no money was found by his assailant.

Beyond the Reach of Ross

The canyons and caves on Santa Barbara’s Channel Islands became a hub of illegal moonshine production as well as a way station for bootleg-ging. Captain Ira Eaton, owner of the Pelican Bay Camp on Santa Cruz Island, found the lure of easy money too difficult to resist. Much to the consternation of his wife Margaret, he became a rumrunner. When the Chief of Police sailed over and served a search warrant because he’d had a tip that Ira was unloading bond-ed goods on the beaches at Santa Barbara, he found no evidence. So that he wouldn’t go away empty, the Eatons treated him and his depu-ties to a home cooked breakfast at the camp. A revenue cutter, which showed up the next day, also found no illegal hooch or stills. In her diary Margaret writes, “I didn’t tell them that if they went to a small canyon on the south side of the island, they would find two men with seven bar-rels going day and night, one sleep-ing while the other worked.”

Later Ira invested in a still run in a cave by a group of moonshiners. His boat, the Sea Wolf, brought over bar-rels to start the mash and the group purchased tons of the islands’ wine grapes, as well as sacks of sugar, yeast, and ten-gallon copper stills. After the 10 days it took the mash to run through the stills, the liquor was bottled into five-gallon demi-johns and sent to town. There it was unloaded during the shift changes of the police and sold in Montecito for 25 dollars a demijohn.

Ira’s activities got him arrested when the Coast Guard raided the camp and found barrels filled with mash, part of a still, and some bran-dy. Luckily for Ira, this wasn’t his still so he was eventually acquitted.

Pelican Bay Camp was a favor-ite with movie companies at the time and they often smuggled booze into the camp. None other than John Barrymore and crew were treated to a tour of the boat Miss Santa Barbara in which Ira was a partner. This fast boat, which had evaded revenue cutters throughout the Channel, was loaded, accord-ing to Margaret’s diary, “with two hundred cases of champagne, four hundred of Royal Stag whiskey in earthen crocks with handles, and the balance was Hennessy.” After leav-ing several cases at the camp for the

Barrymore party and for other buy-ers who would sail to the islands to pick up their orders, the ship would fly to the mainland to unload the remaining cargo at the Rincon.

Ironically, in 1926 the Fox Motion Picture Company of Hollywood established a movie colony on Santa Cruz Island to make a movie about rumrunners called The Devil Master. Ira Eaton transported the cast and crew to Pelican Bay in the Sea Wolf for the filming and could probably have hired himself out as script con-sultant.

Sources: “Sheriff James Ross” by Yale Griffith, Noticias, Spring 1963; articles by Walker S. Tompkins and Stella Haverland Rouse; contemporary news articles; Diary of a Sea Captain’s Wife by Margaret Holden Eaton; Halls of Cottage Hospital; U.S. Census records •MJ

In New York, agents poured moonshine down the sewers, and in Santa Barbara Sheriff Ross used the steps of the jailhouse basement (Photo courtesy of Library of Congress)

Pelican Bay Camp on Santa Cruz Island was popular with movie companies and bootleggers alike dur-ing the 1920s (Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

During the 1920s, far from the watchful eyes of Sheriff Ross, caves and canyons on Santa Cruz Island became home to moonshine operations (Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)

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Since the first of May, sixteen properties closed escrow here in Montecito. Last year for this

period, only half as many properties sold. In fact, year over year, our sales are up a significant 48% and sales prices are up a strong 20%. It is nearly impossible to accurately call a change in market direction looking forward. Rather, a look over our shoulder is a more certain view. And although a few months of data in optimum selling months might be somewhat positively skewed, we may be seeing a long awaited valuation bottom and a different market going forward than we have been experiencing since the correction began.

Should we be in the midst of a rever-sal, there will be many opportunities to look back and assess the past. Most immediately striking may be our medi-an sales price, found at the price inter-section of total properties sold: half below that number and half above. In 2006, we reached $3.67m; today it is $1.8m. We see this in our present sold data with about a third (5/16) within the $1-2m sector. We also see the sec-ond most active group in the $3-4m group and thus a possible indication of welcomed market rotation to the higher end properties.

Two High End SalesAfter 72 days on the market, a buyer

came forward to claim a 7,200-sq-ft Jack Warner designed two-story con-temporary all dressed in white on Woodley Road for $9,262,500. It fea-tures 5 bedrooms, 2 offices, a grand, covered entertainment terrace, pool, and ocean and mountain views on 2.53 acres. In Birnam Wood, a nicely restored, 3,448-sq-ft, 2-bedroom with a pool and guesthouse built in 1969 sold at near a record price for the East Valley Road golf community (third highest sale since 2000) for an even $5m after 34 days on the market.

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LETTERS (Continued from page 9)them know just how disgusted I am by this ridiculous situation.

I suppose you could label this boon-doggle as another example of “Your tax dollars at work!”

Best Regards,Phil Palmquist, CPA, MBAHocking Denton PalmquistMontecito(Editor’s note: Last week’s issue had a

letter from William Korchinski who also brought this issue up. Our managing editor, Kelly Mahan, is looking into the matter and should have an answer forth-coming. – TLB)

Out With The OldDear SB Community and Families:We wanted to invite you one last

time to our SB Studio with SB Dance Arts at 1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, Ste 100. We will be there until June 30, enjoying Music, Song, Rhythm and Dance in our warm, comfortable, eco-friendly studio that we have spent the last five years sharing fun times with you! Many hours of love and family connection have been put into this studio, and now it is hard to say Goodbye.

Unfortunate circumstances have fallen upon SB Dance, Kindermusik, and the whole Arts Alive and Music community in that center. For the past eight years we have been servicing the families of SB County with Dance, Art, Fashion, Music, Yoga and more... we chose this “funk zone” space many years ago because of the low rent and large space with parking, etc. Being in this area has allowed us to provide a very “cool and hip” space with rea-sonable prices for all families.

But, we feel it is time to move.We are doing this now with posi-

tive faith and hope that a good space will open up for us and SB Dance Arts soon. We need your help! I am

out looking for space and have not found what we need. Maybe you and the community can help us. Please pass this along to anyone who can help! Thank you for your sup-port and contribution on this matter. We are a family-community program that has served the Santa Barbara area for 14 years... and many more to come!!

For SB Kindermusik and Friends, here is list what we need, but we can adjust. We are happy to share a space with another kid-friendly group or musicians. We operate about three mornings and three afternoons-eve-nings a week, plus Saturdays, in the morning.

1) 500-600 sq ft, open space, in SB area;

2) Closet or storage;3) Parking nearby and convenient

for families of small children;4) Bathroom access;5) An affordable rent or long-term

lease. We have been paying $1.10 a sq ft. This will help us keep our costs down and prices low as they always have been);

6) Sitting or entrance area for fami-lies to wait;

7) A piano on premises (optional, but would be great to have!)

Again, we invite you to spend one last time enjoying Music and Movement in our sweet SB studio for infants to 10 yrs old. Our classes are ongoing and unlimited; prices can be prorated. Free for first- timers! Here is a link to our current Spring Schedule until June 30. We plan to have a tem-porary space for our Summer Music Camp in Santa Barbara for 4-10 yr olds, and will get back to you soon on this. Carpinteria Summer Camps will stay the same.

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Educators

On Tax FairnessBob Hazard has at least three mis-

guided conclusions in his Editorial (“What’s Best For Montecito” MJ # 18/18) and these should be consid-ered by all your readers. It goes with-out saying that an Editorial in the Journal should be supported by verifi-able facts. But on reasonable scrutiny it is clear, instead, that Mr. Hazard has a political agenda that he wishes us to endorse. As a CPA with over 40 years experience I categorically agree that “it is time for a comprehensive over-haul of our tax system.”

First, he makes great press by not-ing that “62% of ZIP Code 93108 filers in 2008 had incomes of under $100,000 per year.” Unfortunately, he apparently isn’t aware that the term Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) does not mean income; it means income that is taxable! Or to state it more clear-ly, Adjusted Gross Income excludes income not considered taxable. And one such example, used mainly by high-income filers, is Muni bond inter-est. Even a casual reader of the Journal should be able to figure out that 32% of the filers in 93108 could not con-ceivably live on an AGI of less than $25,000 if they didn’t have significant income considered to be taxable by the Tax Code.

Another way to look at this, if we are to assume Bob’s numbers are cor-rect, is as follows: assume for the moment that the average Montecito filer for 2008 paid $48,737 of federal income tax for that year. Using a nor-mal 20% federal income tax rate sug-gests an average taxable income of approximately $243,000 for the year. While it may still rebut the theory “that Montecito is exclusively (his word) an enclave of millionaires and billionaires,” it’s clear also that no one is really financially hurting in this ZIP Code. After all, The Journal then goes on to say that, alors, they have found five homes in Montecito for sale at less than $1.5 million!

The second problem I have with Mr. Hazard’s column is his comment on the “average tax load” of 34% of AGI for “each of us.” Note that 9.5% of that tax load is, in fact, property tax; and another 12% is CA income and sales taxes. In fact, only about 20% is federal income tax!

Bob then goes on to say “is it fair that 46% of families pay zero income tax?” Assuming for a moment that this is a correct number, a fair and balanced Editorial might analyze more com-pletely why 46% of families pay zero income tax. I can readily assure the readers it isn’t because they advantage themselves of “tax breaks” like Muni

bond interest, charitable deductions, mortgage interest, offshore accounts, research and development tax credits, energy credits… etc!

Thirdly, Bob then goes on to say that the U.S. has now achieved “at 35% – the highest corporate tax rate in the world!” What he doesn’t say, how-ever, is that we have also achieved the highest % of legal tax loopholes in the world! If he would like to take the time to analyze corporate finan-cial statements filed with the SEC, he would find that companies all the way from huge international companies like Pfizer and Apple to small ones like his own Birnam Wood County Club pay very, very little or no cor-porate tax, mainly through legal but politically expedient avoidances. In point of fact, I recently analyzed the federal and state income taxes paid by Pfizer, Merck, Amgen and Lilly for the three years ended 2009; none of the four paid federal income taxes of more than 11% on their earnings. Perhaps Bob would say that even 11% is too high!

A minor point in closing: in his last paragraph, Bob cites that the “tan-gled U.S. tax code constitutes 73,608 pages – a nine-foot stack of paper.” I don’t know who prints off his copy of the Tax Code but CCH, which publishes the tax code each year for tax professionals, states that the combined 2012 Income, Estate, Gift, Employment and Excise Tax Code, published unabridged, takes up 4,968 pages. Thus, we can only assume that Bob uses a larger font in his stack of paper. Unfortunately for the readers of the Montecito Journal, it seems this larger font may also apply to a signifi-cant portion of his other thoughts.

David BromanWestlake Village (Hazard responds: All my data came

from the IRS’s ZIP Code analysis, which uses Adjusted Gross Income as its mea-sure of income. While Montecito is by no means a poor community, it is wrong to assume that everyone who lives here is wealthy, or that we do not pay our fair share in taxes.

The first surprise was to discover the number of households in Montecito that live on relatively modest incomes. The sec-ond surprise was the percentage of adjust-ed gross income contributed to charity in our ZIP Code, which explains why our community has a reputation as generous supporters of local non-profits. The third surprise was that federal taxes, state taxes and property taxes combined accounted for 34% of AGI, which means that we work for government for at least the first four months of every year.

Finally the 73,608 pages of tax rules (not just the official tax code) come from the IRS National Taxpayer Advocate, the federal watchdog agency, which cites the nine feet of tax rules as one of their metrics of tax complexity. – B.H.) •MJ

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is to tap into two million classrooms and activate 50 million youth. The mission itself is symbolic, inspiring eight women, ranging in age from 25-60, of different religious faiths and diverse cultures to unite in a common cause of global change. “Women are traditionally the peace keepers,” notes Arnesen.

A born athlete who still exercises as often as possible (she’s into hiking, biking, running and cross-country ski-ing), she admits the hardest part of any expedition is the mental prepara-

tion. “It’s easier to train physically, but much more difficult to keep focused and inspired,” she says. In fact, she admits it’s not the cold or pulling 60 pounds of gear across the ice for 80 days that worries her, but how to keep her mind on the ultimate goal and keeping her team motivated. Challenges, however, are nothing new to her and while she’s realistic about the toll the trip will take on her mind and body, she’s passionate about the difference she’s making in the world.

And she is making a difference. Without the financial aid offered by Girls Inc., many youngsters would not have the means to participate in the organization’s after school and summer programs. Over 70% of the girls partaking in these award-win-ning programs are on scholarship. And thanks to the One Hundred Committee Scholarship Luncheon, now the major source of funding for the Girls Inc. scholarship program, Santa Barbara residents will benefit. More than 3.5 million dollars of schol-arship funds has already helped many young girls in town.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Beth Cleary at Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara, 805-963-4757, ext. 10. Ticket price is $195. The event will be held May 31, from 10 am to 2 pm at a pri-vate home and gardens. •MJ

I feel sure that no girl would go to the altar if she knew all – Queen Victoria

Liv Arnesen got her first pair of skis when she was just three years old, too young to know

that nearly two decades later she would become the first woman in the world to ski solo, for 50 days, to the South Pole. That trek, as well as many others, have made the 59-year-old a world-renowned polar explorer and highly sought after motivational speaker. Arnesen will share stories of her expeditions as the distinguished guest of honor at the Girls Inc. One Hundred Committee’s 27th Scholarship Luncheon, taking place May 31 at a private estate in Santa Barbara.

“Everything that happens on an expedition happens in real life,” says the Oslo native who makes a living – when she’s not on the ice – in the cor-porate world lecturing about commu-nication, leadership, teamwork, stress management and risk assessment.

Daring to dream has always been at the heart of Arnesen’s pursuits. “I grew up with stories of polar explor-ers,” she explains. “My father was into storytelling and my mother was into skiing,” both of which proved to be an inspiring combination. (Her mother, in fact, was, and still is, at 82 years old, an avid skier.) Speaking to us by phone from her home in Norway, Arnesen recounted a time when she was just 12 years old, confiding her dream to a group of schoolgirls. “They were all talking about having a big house and a fancy car and I said ‘My dream is to ski to the South Pole.’” She says her friends laughed and called her crazy, but at the time Arnesen remembered a book she had been reading about Marie Curie, the first woman admitted to the Sorbonne. It was in that moment that she drew the parallel with Curie, thinking “Why not? Girls can also do things that men can do.”

The Girls Inc. mission, which

inspires girls of all ages to be strong, smart, and bold, reflects Arnesen’s mission to inspire and promote the achievement of dreams by empow-ering women and girls to pursue their passions and highest potential. According to Stina Hans, co-chair of the Girls Inc. luncheon, “Liv Arnesen is a twenty-first century role model based on her commitment to educa-tion, her successful expeditions, and her dedication to improving the lives of others.”

Indeed, Arenesen’s numerous expe-ditions could easily be called a meta-phor for life. A previous high school teacher, she has turned her passion into pedagogy, using her experiences to educate and communicate life les-sons to millions of people around the world. Of her 50 isolated days in the white expanse of the Arctic, Arnesen jokes, “I recharged my batteries for the rest of my life.” She says the medi-tative time was a gift that allowed her to reevaluate what’s important in life. She seldom watches television, claiming “it’s a waste of time.” And she has learned the value of saying, no. “It’s easy to say yes to everything but suddenly the years pass, and it’s important to spend time doing what you want to do.”

Arnesen spends a great deal of time doing what she wants. In November of this year, she and fellow explorer Ann Bancroft will lead a team of six women, from six continents, on an 800-mile, 80-day long expedition to Antarctica, hoping to raise global awareness of our world’s water crisis. The effort – coined Access Water 2012 – plans to communicate from the fro-zen fields via the Internet, Skype and other technology to schools, girls and boys clubs and social media outlets to inspire awareness and action, as a way to showcase the diminishing access to fresh water across the globe. The goal

To the South Pole and Back

Montecito Insiderby Ann Pieramici

Liv Arnesen, the first woman in the world to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole – a 50-day expedition of 745 miles

Liv Arnesen will be the guest of honor at the Girls Inc. One Hundred Committee’s 27th Scholarship Luncheon on May 31


The last leg of our Alaskan journey had us proceed through the northern part of the inland

passage of Southeastern Alaska, approaching the mainland, aboard our 167-foot converted minesweeper excursion ship. We sailed through fjords, passing high mountain glaciers interspersed with waterfalls. Coming into a major inlet called Stephens Passage, humpback whales appear to be everywhere, dozens of them spouting geysers with each breath, breaching and sounding with a flip of their tails. Everyone onboard scrambled with cameras to take the

perfect shot of the fanned-out fluke just before submerging. As we reached our anchorage destination, we were greeted by ice floes coming down a side inlet arm from a distant glacier. Tidal glaciers – glaciers that extend to the ocean – are notorious for shedding large pieces of ice that break up and flow in the sea currents as they slowly melt. The weather was decidedly colder here and extra layers were readied for the next day.

The next morning, bundled up in winter coats and hats, we kayaked among the floe for our morning exer-cise, then after lunch we boarded our five-man skiffs. Our vessel propelled us toward the tidal Dawes Glacier

over milky emerald water, dodg-ing thousands of pieces of ice, sizes ranged from a baseball to a school bus. The ice was completely clear reflecting an aqua blue, making it appear as if we were sailing upon a sea filled with Waterford crystal. We passed shear walls of granite polished by the reced-ed glacier until we reached the giant 250-foot tidal wall of the glacier itself. It was a tremendous wall decorated with caverns and serrated cathedral spires with water seeping and gush-ing from various cracks and gullies in the ice. We watched in amazement as huge sections of the vast wall sudden-ly collapsed with a gigantic splash, sending a flume of spray skyward and creating a mini tsunami surging straight toward us. The lower part of the glacier was now obscured by the approaching swell as it raced in our direction and fright gripped our boat briefly until the swell gently raised and lowered our small boat like a cork. We celebrated with hot chocolate and schnapps. On the way back, we saw a black bear grazing on shore, but

once it saw us it left the meadow and climbed a steep, slippery rock slant as if it had suction cups for paws. Approaching our ship, I snagged a piece of clear glacial ice for my bour-bon that evening.

As our ship reentered the main channel heading for Juneau, we were treated to the rare sight of an Orca pod, which for several minutes encir-cled our boat and became our escort to the next port. Juneau is a large town visited often by cruise ships, some-thing we had not seen our entire trip to this point. We said good-bye to our ship, new friends and crew, rented a car, checked into our hotel and then drove north to see the Mendenhall Glacier on a gloriously sunny day; as it turned out the weather was to change that night. But, today we had a great view of this most accessible glacier, the main attraction here. We enjoyed hiking the shoreline running close to the ice, viewing the luminous blue crevasses and marveled as we stood beside the giant icebergs that floated in the narrow channel. The

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The fluke of a Humpback whale as it sounds into a deep channel off the Alaskan coast

Ice floes ranged in size from baseballs to busses

One of the many glaciers that can be seen on the islands and the mainland in Southeast Alaska

This is the final part of a four-part story on Alaska.


huge chunks of ice had fallen from the glacier wall nearby and moved further out to sea. At the visitors’ center, we learned that a mini-ice age began 3,000 years ago ending in the mid-1700s, and since then, this glacier has receded two and a half miles. But, the glacier is not going anywhere as the 5,000 square mile Juneau ice field, high above, receives 100 inches of snow each year and continues to feed it and twelve other glaciers in the area.

Juneau gets rain 300 days per year so, as we walked the town streets, we saw the local residents remove their shirts, close their eyes and let the sun shine fully upon them as if to sponge up each ray, while Sue and I donned flannel shirts on this cool 59-degree sunny day, our last one. Our planned halibut fishing trip was rained-out due to a storm, so we visited the Last Chance Gold Mine on Gold Creek. A fresh gold rush started here in 1880 making Juneau a boomtown, drawing scores of people from across the coun-try. Some made fortunes and others labored under impossible conditions leaving behind only traces of their existence through the mine tailings, twisted iron, rusted shacks and col-orful names, such as “Perseverance Trail.” We hiked this trail during a break in the rain and averted a calam-ity by only 20 yards as we watched a rock, the size of a cantaloupe, sud-denly whiz past the head of a hiker

up ahead missing by inches. It is still rugged country up there and hazard-ous mine pits and trails are best expe-rienced with alertness.

We spent our last rainy day in Alaska by visiting the Juneau Museum and the State Capital Building. The Senate and Representative Chambers felt pleasingly rustic, as if they came from a bygone era; we could roam the digni-fied rooms at will and unguided. That afternoon we boarded our plane that took us out over Gastineau Channel where we watched the graceful rain clouds looking like thick mist ascend from deep cuts in the lush green mountains which rise so dramatically above the sea town of Juneau.

Thus ended a very special trip, one could say a once-in-a-lifetime trip, but make no mistake, we barely scratched the surface. There is so much more to see and experience in this state of Alaska. There is no way to describe its size; it is, well, just big! •MJ

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The Fairness Issue

As he prosecutes his proclaimed defense of America’s middle class in his campaign for

reelection, President Barack Obama often invokes the theme of “fairness.” Everyone deserves a “fair shot,” he says, in which everyone plays by the same rules. It isn’t fair, he argues, for Warren Buffett to pay only 15% in federal income taxes while his secretary pays 30%. Buffett and other “millionaires and billionaires” should be required to pay their “fair share.”

The principle of fairness is a power-ful one in American culture. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!” Obviously, the president realizes this fact. Unfortunately, the president has been less than consistent in distributing his passion for fairness to other public policy areas, especially to the issue of affirmative action pref-erences in college admissions.

Frank Ricci is a firefighter for the City of New Haven Connecticut. He is white. Ricci and nineteen other firefighters – eighteen white and one Hispanic – had passed the test for promotions to management, but City officials invalidated the results of the test because none of the black fire-fighters who passed the examination had scored high enough to receive consideration for promotion. Ricci and his colleagues filed a lawsuit alleging that it was “unfair” for the City to take such action, especially after Ricci had studied extensively for the exam and paid for special coaching to overcome dyslexia. The Justice Department of the Obama administration supported the action of the City. On June 29, 2009, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 in favor of Ricci and his colleagues.

As a high school senior, in 2008, Abigail Fisher applied for admis-sion to the University of Texas at Austin. Fisher, who is white, was denied admission because she was not in the top 10% of her high school class – which would have granted her automatic admission – nor was she accepted under the university’s race-conscious “diversity” considerations. Fisher believes her rejection was “unfair” and, apparently, so did the U.S. Supreme Court, which will hear the case this fall. The Obama admin-istration has supported the University of Texas in the lower courts.

“Diversity Guidelines”The Obama administration has also

issued “Diversity Guidelines” that essentially advise colleges and uni-

versities on how to select students based on race to achieve “diver-sity.” Many Americans consider such practices to be “unfair.”

It is also noteworthy that the presi-dent signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which establishes the “Office of

Minority and Women Inclusion” in the Securities and Exchange Commission. This office is regarded by many as an agency that will promote “inclusion” of minorities and women to the exclu-sion of white males. If so, it will hardly deal in “fairness.”

Failure of the Obama Justice Department to prosecute the Black Panthers for threatening voters in a Philadelphia polling place or to take action against the Black Panthers for offering a bounty for the capture of George Zimmerman are also inci-dences of “unfairness.”

The pattern that can be clearly por-trayed is that when it comes to race, the Obama administration applies the principle of fairness in a radically different manner than it suggests with respect to the issue of taxation. The “same rules for everybody” and

“fair play” for all are conspicuously missing.

It is ironic that a man who was reputed to be the first “post-racial” president in American history has presided over one of the most race-conscious administrations in modern

times. This has occurred because Mr. Obama has been able to inoculate himself from this fact by leaving issues that directly relate to race to agencies within his administration, especially the Departments of Education and Justice, rather than addressing them himself. In addition, the high profile of other matters, such as “ObamaCare” and the federal deficit, has completely overshadowed lesser profile issues such as race.

Fairness is a foundational prin-ciple of our nation. That is why it has been invoked not only by the president but by the presumptive Republican nominee for president as well. It is important, however, that the American electorate not be seduced into believing that the prin-ciple is being observed when it is not, especially with regard to a sensi-tive issue such as race. •MJ

It is ironic that a man who was reputed to be the first “post-racial” president in American history has presided over one of

the most race-conscious administrations in modern times


Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Your Westmont

College Celebrates the Life of Dr. Alex Moore

by Scott Craig Photos of Kirsten and Alex Moore by Brad Elliott

Family and friends celebrated the life of Dr. Alex Moore at a memorial service May 15 at Santa

Barbara Community Church in Santa Barbara. Moore, an assistant professor of kinesiology at Westmont, died May 9 from complications following surgery for Crohn’s disease at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 31.

His wife, Kirsten, survives him; the couple met at Westmont in 2005 when she became the college’s head women’s basketball coach. They got married in 2008, and their first child is due in July.

“Alex was a bright light – he had a winsome humility,” President Gayle D. Beebe says. “He played a unique and distinct role in our kinesiology department and was one reason why the major is so highly regarded.”

Moore, a Wheaton College alumnus, was an adjunct instructor at Westmont for both the kinesiology and biology departments from 2004-06. He taught a wide range of classes, including anatomy, tennis, physiology, biochem-istry lab and Fit for Life, a freshman wellness class.

Moore then accepted a fellowship to study at the University of Missouri, which has one of the best microcircu-latory programs in the country. He left Westmont not knowing if a job would be open when he returned. While in Missouri, he earned his doctorate in biomedical sciences.

He returned to Westmont in fall 2010 as a sabbatical replacement in the biol-ogy department, teaching physiology, genetics and cell biology. He began the tenure-track position in fall 2011 in the kinesiology department, teach-ing physiology, biomechanics and a research course. His research special-ized in microcirculation, focusing on hair-sized arteries and the regulation

of blood flow to tissue. “His love for knowledge, athletics

and, most of all, his personal faith gave him an exceptional ability to contribute,” says Glenn Town, chair of the kinesiology department. “He was a bridge builder, seeking to bring people and projects together without pushing his own agenda. His engag-ing personality made it a delight for faculty and students to interact with him daily. Alex loved teaching and being a mentor. He had a gift for mak-ing complicated concepts understand-able. Alex had a passion for bring-ing students into his line of research. He welcomed that responsibility and couldn’t wait to get started. He was at the threshold of providing our depart-

ment what we need in our next step: hands-on research. He was highly respected in micro-vascular research, already being asked to contribute to the field at a young age.

“I shared with Alex a love for cycling and had the privilege of serving as his cross country coach when he was an undergraduate student at Wheaton. For two consecutive years, Alex was team captain and voted by his team-mates ‘Most Respected.’”

A fund has been established to sup-port Kirsten and their child. Checks can be mailed to: Kirsten Moore Benefit, Attn: Brennan de Raad, 2927 De La Vina Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Juried Art Show to Lift Off at Museum

Montecito’s only juried art exhibi-tion moves to the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art after a one-year hiatus, featuring the works of 58 dif-ferent artists from May 17 to June 30. “LIFT 2012” celebrates the lift off of the college’s new museum space with a varied collection of paintings, sculp-tures, textiles, ceramics and printmak-ing. The exhibition opens with a free public reception on Thursday, May 17 from 4 to 6 pm.

Howard Fox, curator emeritus of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, juried this year’s show, selecting 68 works from more than 500 submitted pieces.

Though many fine artists live in Santa Barbara, Judy L. Larson, director of the Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, says there are few opportunities for them to exhibit art.

“Westmont continues a tradi-tion begun by Tony Askew, John Carlander and James Dow in orga-nizing a juried art exhibition for our local artists that dates back more than

twenty years,” Larson says. “Every time we think the idea has run its course we hear loud and clear from local residents how much they antici-pate this exhibition each year.”

All works in the exhibition will be for sale with proceeds benefiting the museum. Cash awards, determined by Fox, will be given to the artists at the opening reception.

“This is an important opportunity for artists to show their work in a wonderful contemporary space,” says Chris Rupp, museum collection man-ager. “It also represents what’s hap-pening in our arts community.”

Viewing Features Saturn, Five of Its Moons

The ringed planet Saturn is expect-ed to dazzle stargazers at a free pub-lic viewing with the powerful Keck Telescope Friday, May 18. The event, which begins about 8 pm, lasts sev-eral hours. The observatory opens its doors to the public every third Friday of the month in conjunction with the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, whose members bring their own telescopes to Westmont for the public to gaze through. In case of inclement or overcast weather, please call the Telescope Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and check the Westmont website to see if the viewing has been canceled.

“If the seeing is good, we should be able to see the large gap between Saturn’s A and B rings – the Cassini Division,” says Thomas Whittemore, Westmont physics instructor. “We should also be able to see five of Saturn’s moons bracketing the planet: Titan, Dione and Enceladus – along with Tethys and Rhea.”

Globular clusters are beginning to be more visible as we approach sum-mer. “Among the ones we’ll target will be M3 in Canes Venatici,” Whittemore says. “M3 was discovered by Charles Messier in 1764 and is probably one of the most studied globular clusters. It contains an unusual number of vari-able stars and lies about 35,000 light-years from Earth.”

The Keck Telescope, a 24-inch reflec-tor, will also aim to several galaxies overhead, including the Leo I group of galaxies: M95, M96 and M105.

“The Leo Triplet lies some thir-ty-eight million light-years away,” Whittemore explains. “Although M95 and M96 are face-on spiral gal-axies, M105 is an elliptical galaxy, believed to contain a super-massive black hole.”

The Keck Telescope is housed in the observatory between Russell Carr Field and the track and field-soccer complex. Free parking is available near the baseball field. •MJ

Alex embraces Kirsten following the season’s first victory on October 29, 2011

A new exhibition showcases the work of 58 art-ists, including Siu Zimmerman

Kirsten and Alex on February 21 after the Warriors claimed the GSAC champi-onship

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BOOK TALK by Shelly Lowenkopf

Elements of the Elementary

What two book reviewers, arguably among the top tier of American reviewers, have

in common is that each is a regular columnist for the Washington Post; each has published books about the joys of reading and reviewing. In yet another metric, both critics, Jonathan Yardley and Michael Dirda, have been reviewed in these pages.

The particular joy of Michael Dirda writing about his introduction to and lifelong fascination with the works of one of the most remarkable and important writers in the English lan-guage, makes On Conan Doyle, or The Whole Art of Storytelling from Princeton University Press too tempting to pass up.

Like Dirda’s experience of discov-ering Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), a good many of us discovered him through his creation of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, M.D. “I see,” Holmes observed to Watson at the time of the perfunctory handshake at their first meeting, “that you have been to Afghanistan.”

Watson’s response, his stunned amazement, began a leitmotif that was transformative. Holmes’s “Elementary, my dear Watson,” became iconic. The pairing of Holmes and Watson not only affected detec-tive fiction, where we had such flat-tering imitation as Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin, it also inspired such buddy teams in comedy as Laurel and Hardy, Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello, and Rowan and Martin.

“While virtually anything Conan Doyle produced is likely to be absorb-ing,” Dirda has written, “four or five of his works of the grotesque and supernatural are astonishingly origi-nal, providing far more than just care-ful plotting, a mesmerizing narrator, or a shocker ending. Is there a more physical ghost in the literature than the antagonist in The Bully of Brocas Court (1921) or a more stomach-churn-ing ‘psychic’ chiller than The Leather Funnel”?

Because Doyle has written ever so much material beyond the taken-for-granted marvel of the Sherlock Holmes cases, we need, and in this case have, a handbook walking us through the vast range of material. An acknowledged master of crime fiction, Doyle was also a master of the supernatural story, wrote compel-ling adventure and historical fiction, and more than once tried his hand at science fiction. In addition, he was a compelling memoirist, held strong, eclectic political and moral views,

pushed for medical research, and con-sidered some of his best work to be in his approach to the supernatural, a long time belief of his of which he was unashamed.

On Conan Doyle is nothing less than a masterpiece of compression, a pref-ace, twelve chapters, an intriguing appendix, and biographical notes. Michael Dirda is not so much review-ing here as recounting his own boy-hood pleasures at discovering the Sherlock Holmes stories and then, his appetite whetted for more adventure, being drawn into the G. K. Chesterton Father Brown mysteries, the romances of H. Rider Haggard, and the mis-chievous and sardonic works of Lord Dunsany. “While I revere all of Dunsany, his Jorkens stories possess something of the same compulsive readability as the Sherlock Holmes adventures.

In the chapter, “Steel True, Blade Straight,” Dirda makes an observation he is at some pains to demonstrate. “From his earliest schooldays Arthur Conan Doyle possessed an almost pre-ternatural gift for storytelling. He once recalled his talent as a youthful tale spinner in his essay, ‘Juvenalia.’ On a ‘wet half-holiday,’ he would stand on a desk, with classmates squatting on the floor all around him, and ‘talk myself hoarse over the misfortune of my heroes’ sometimes pausing at the very height of the action until he was bribed to continue with pastries or apples.”

Dirda is given to speculate that because thrilling narrative came so easy to him, Doyle never quite valued the Sherlock Holmes stories, let alone the ghostly tales that so added to his reputation. He was convinced his best works were his medieval historical novels, a history of World War I, and his writings about spiritualism, where he was more given to the tenden-tiousness of explaining things to his readers at the expense of entertaining them.

There are no spoilers in this useful, energetic guide, in particular for the Sherlock Holmes stories, only the pure boyish pleasure of a noted reviewer, bringing Doyle’s adventurous romps back to our willing attention. •MJ


Rancheros Ride for the CureStory and photos by Lynn P. Kirst

TRAIL TALK

A museum and travel professional, community volun-teer, and lifelong equestrienne, Lynn Kirst is a

fourth-generation Californian who grew up in Montecito; she can often be found riding or hiking the local trails

They may have a reputation as a hard-drinking group, but when the Rancheros Visitadores ride

for the cure, it doesn’t mean they are “going on the wagon.” At least not this year.

Held the first week of May, the 82nd annual trek of the local but world-famous men’s horseback riding group was unique in that its theme, “Riding for the Cure,” referred to its fundrais-ing efforts for breast cancer research. On Saturday, May 5, the streets of Solvang turned a river of pink, as approximately 700 horsemen wearing pink shirts rode through town to their traditional blessing at Mission Santa Inés. The pink shirts were symbolic of the effort made by the “visiting ranchers” to team up with Wrangler and the Tough Enough to Wear Pink Foundation (TETWP), raising over $65,000 for the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara.

“We’re not really a fundraising group,” said Steve Beneto, referring to the Rancheros Visitadores (RV). “But I’ve always been campaigning for a cure for breast cancer, so last year I had pink chinks [short chaps] made for the RV ride, and they were a big hit as I rode through Solvang.”

Mr. Beneto, who hails from Sacramento, watched his mother die from breast cancer. But she was not his only family member diagnosed with the dreaded disease.

“My wife, Darlene, got breast cancer when she was only thirty-five years old,” said Mr. Beneto in a recent tele-phone conversation. “She was busy with our four young children, one of whom had severe autism. But Darlene is now seventy-three; she’s one of the lucky ones who survived.”

TETWP was founded in 2004, the brainchild of Terry Wheatley, a breast cancer survivor and wife of a pro-fessional rodeo cowboy. She teamed up with Karl Stressman, who at the time was director of special events for Wrangler Western Wear. To date, TETWP has raised over twelve million dollars for breast cancer research, and Wrangler is the title sponsor. What is

unique about the TETWP campaign is that monies raised stay in the local communities, making this a truly grassroots effort. While rodeos are the most common fundraisers, other Western-themed events such as the RV trek can also qualify.

Last year’s positive reaction to Steve Beneto’s pink chinks prompted him to approach RV president Roger Schrimp with the idea for this year’s “Ride for the Cure.” With a “sure, go for it” response, Beneto suddenly had his hands full coordinating the campaign.

“We give away a ‘favor’ every year,” said Mr. Beneto. “Each RV ride has a unique memento – such as a tile or a keychain, for example. Our ‘favor’ this year is the pink shirt. We bought eleven hundred shirts from Wrangler, and they gave us back seven dol-lars for each, so that provided $7,700 toward our gift for the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara. But we’ve raised sig-nificantly more just from RV members sending in additional contributions, ranging from a few dollars to several thousand.”

But unlike the one-size-fits-all con-venience of mementos like key chains or tiles, shirts presented a bigger chal-lenge, as not all RV members come in one size. So it was up to Mr. Beneto to coordinate hundreds of shirt sizes for the individual members. When it was suggested that he might deserve a medal for his efforts, Mr. Beneto’s response was typically straightfor-ward:

“I spent all winter on this project, but I don’t want a medal. I just want a cure for breast cancer.”

The hundreds of Rancheros formed a sea of pink as they assembled on the grassy field adjacent to Mission Santa Inés. In his flowing brown robes, padre Gerald Barron blessed the riders and horses for a safe week of fun and fel-lowship on the trail. Popular cowboy singer-songwriter Dave Stamey gave a performance of his “Vaquero Song,” which has become a classic anthem to the California cowboy. Then came the check presentation to the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara, when Steve Beneto had the honor of telling the assembled crowd about RV generos-ity.

“Although the check is made out for $40,000,” proclaimed Beneto, “We raised another $16,000 in camp just last night. So we will actually be giving the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara at least $56,000 for breast can-cer research.”

But a conversation with Mr. Beneto after the week-long RV ride was over revealed even more good news. “Our total is now up to $65,000,” he said. “I had a lot of guys that were really touched by what we did who came forward with more contributions. I didn’t even have to hustle for it, either. The guys just came up to me!”

The $65,000 contribution to the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara is a one-size-fits-all success for RV members, who proved that when they enthusiastically cry out, “Ride, Rancheros, ride!” they are indeed tough enough to wear pink. •MJ

Kim Oviatt holding the American flag, and Doug Philipponi behind him, led the Rancheros Visitadores color guard at the head of the parade into downtown Solvang along Alisal Road. All members of the men’s riding group wore pink shirts to support their fundraising campaign for breast cancer research.

Anthony Borgatello (far left on his horse Rhett) shares a joke with Jerry Allen driving Molly (the horse pulling the surrey), accompanied by Brian Schwabecher in the front seat and Kris Kallman in the back seat, while Tom Le Pley rides behind on his black-and-white paint horse.

Bob Fox from Sacramento carried the “Riding for the Cure” theme flag for the Rancheros Visitadores 82nd annual trek. The group raised $65,000 for the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara.

One of the ladies cheering the passing Rancheros showed her sense of humor by turning one of her husband’s old RV nametags into a unique pendant


A high stakes poker tournament benefiting the school kicked off the festivities and Crane’s designated Gaming Commissioner, Jon Samuels, took top prize. Gambling tables and the Boutique Rouge featuring silent auc-tion items were displayed throughout the evening. An online auction with over 150 items added to the success, as did a wine raffle valued at over $3,500. Crane dad John McGovern served as auctioneer, and started the evening with tickets to the American Idol finale and the kindergarten class art project that was so popular it sold four times. Bidding wars contin-ued for resort getaways, Wimbledon tickets, Fox Studios tour, New York Fashion Week and the hottest ticket of

the night – Madonna in Vegas. Weiss paid tribute to past gala chairs

over his 12-year tenure at the school, thanking Browne and Stegall who served as this year’s “les belles et charmantes.”

Key committee members includ-ed Suzanne Garrett and Nancy O’Connor (live auction), Angela and Ryan Siemens (sponsorship), Kelly Simmons (party book), Emily Jones and Jen Markham (silent auc-tion), Dinah and Ricardo Calderon (raffle), Amanda Masters Klentner (décor), Elisabeth Fowler (class art projects), Cheryl Trosky (volunteer coordinator) and a special thanks to Cindy Racco and the Four Seasons. Top sponsors included Ella and Scott Brittingham, Gay and Tony Browne, Randi and Terry Cunningham, Leslie and Robert Zemeckis, Janet and Gil Friesen, Lisa and George Hagerman, Debbie and John Mackall, Betsey and John Moller, Elizabeth and Lee Gabler, and Jen and Skip Abed. And finally, a great deal of gratitude to Crane’s development team, Debbie Williams, Rhoda Lauten, Molly Greene and Katy Berry.

Crane Country Day School is a K-8 coeducational, independent school focusing on experiential learning. For more information, visit www.crane school.org. •MJ

The odds of orchestrating a successful fundraising gala were stacked in Crane Country

Day School’s favor on Saturday, May 5, when the fullest moon of the year illuminated the “Casino Royale”-themed event. The majesty of Monte Carlo washed ashore America’s Riviera at the elegant Coral Casino.

“It was an auspicious night with the moon shining in our favor,” said Gay Browne, co-chair of the gala. “The event exceeded our expectations,” agreed co-chair Daryl Stegall, who attributed the financial success of the evening to the generous support of sponsors and the ability to keep costs low.

A full house of 260 Crane parents, alumni parents and supporters tried their luck at poker, craps, roulette and blackjack, as well as the live auction, raising funds to benefit the K-8 inde-pendent school. “The gaming tables added an element of entertainment, so there was something for everyone to do,” stated Browne. “We wanted to go more Monaco than Chumash,” laughed Stegall, and the result was decidedly more stylish and subdued than in previous years.

In addition to the Super Moon, one of the brightest moments of the eve-ning came from a group of people who weren’t even there. A video fea-turing ten Crane graduates, who are currently high school seniors, spoke to the value of a Crane education. “I am who I am today because Crane made me comfortable in my own skin,” said Erin Griffin, who heads to Colby College in the fall. Berkeley-bound Ben Sutton stated, “Crane put me ahead academically in science, math and Spanish.” Thanh Liem Huynh-Tran, who hopes to pursue pre-med at Stanford, credited Crane for devel-oping his passion for life sciences and a strong work ethic. Annie Weis, who will attend the University of Pennsylvania stated, “Crane taught me that learning and going to school is about a lot more than what’s in

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Crane’s Head of School Joel Weiss, sur-rounded by Gay Browne (left) and Daryl Stegall (right), co-chairs of the school’s “Casino Royale” fun-draising gala, held earlier this month

Dinah and Ricardo Calderon, who organized Crane’s wine raffle, amassing 120 bottles of wine valued at over $3,500 that lucky sponsorship chairs Angele and Ryan Siemens won at the event

Crane Casino Royale co-chair Daryl Stegall flanked by cigarette girls selling raffle tickets and party book items to raise money for the K-8 independent school

Live auction co-chairs Nancy O’Connor and Suzanne Garrett collected nearly a dozen live auc-tion items for the Crane event

Montecito DiaryBy Ann Pieramici

Photos by Teresa PietschCrane’s Casino Royale


Benoit’s Bayou Blues

On Entertainmentby Steven Libowitz

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

Tab Benoit owns the record for the best-attended concert in the history of the Santa Barbara

Blues Society, and it’s easy to see why. The guitarist-singer-songwriter pulls every note and every word straight out of the bayou, culled from centuries of musical and cultural traditions in his native Louisiana. Already a legend for his commitment to authenticity, Benoit’s take on the world resonated deeper after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and environs back in 2005, a disaster that was preceded by his own environmental advocacy through music.

The Louisiana legend returns to town to play once again for the SBBS, in a special Sunday night concert at Warren Hall. He discussed his musi-cal roots and outlook for the future over the telephone from Nashville the morning after he won three awards (out of four nominations) at the Blues Music Awards, including Contemporary Male Artist and B.B. King Entertainer of the Year.

Q. I read that you actually wanted to be a drummer and only took up guitar because that’s what was needed.

A. I still want to be a drummer! The thing is, there are a lot of drummers in Louisiana, more per capita than any other state. But there weren’t a lot of guitar players to go around. I just fit into that bag. So I do guitar-based blues stuff. Singing and leading a band, that’s how you know you’re a guitar player. The guitar is a more personal thing – you can write, and play cool songs. But I still love beat-ing around the skins. On a lot of my shows I go back there and do my thing.

Aside from that, you never even wanted to be a professional musician in the first place, right?

Where I grew up, there weren’t a lot of musicians who played for a liv-ing, but everybody played. It’s not an unusual talent. It was normal. But it wasn’t normal to make a living at it. I had to really give in to it to be able to do it, when I saw that I could reach people, help them. People just kept asking me to play more and more and throw more money at me, so I had to give in. Once I realized that my night job was outdoing my day job, instead of getting in the way of it, I had to switch. If I kept on, I’d have had less money and less fun… I still love to play for myself at home and that’s fine. But out there it’s for the people.

Which probably explains why you’re that rare Delta bluesman who really still

plays actual Delta blues. Yeah, it’s the music I grew up with

and the environment I grew up in. I spent a lot of time playing in the woods in the swamp. It’s a living thing. You hear the sounds, see the life all around you. I try to put a lot of that stuff into the music – the sounds and the feelings I get from being out there, I put them in my songs. It’s still where I go to write. And when I go out and play in the swamp, it always sounds good. It’s tree-verb.

When you write, do the songs come eas-ily or are they a lot of work? Do you tackle specific subjects or is it just what comes up? Is it the nature that inspires you?

I do it all in the swamp. I go out to my camp, or take a boat ride and sit in the trees for a while… It’s never really a conscious effort to do something a certain way or put a message in a song. It’s more like this is how I feel now and let me get that down. People who write hits always say those are the ones they wrote in five minutes, ‘cause it came naturally. So for me if it takes more than ten minutes, I just pass it off and move on and wait for the quick ones. Those are always the ones I can play over and over and not get tired of.

Katrina – which you presaged in your Voices of the Wetlands project, which was originally recorded before the storm – also

destroyed a lot of the land around you. How has that affected your music?

I lost my place to write. We had four major hurricanes in two years. I build another camp and it got wiped out too. Since I didn’t have anywhere to go to write, I spent that time occupied with the message of saving the wet-lands. I went to Congress and worked with the Governor – lots of things besides singing about it in my music. Katrina opened the door to saying what needed to be said, and I felt I had to use that time wisely.

Do you think you’ll be getting back to making more new music now, after the four-year hiatus following an album a year?

I don’t know what’s next. I just go with whatever feels right at the time. Whatever door looks like the right one to walk through, that’s where I’ll go. Putting out a record every year wasn’t a conscious choice; it just felt right at the time. And this feels right now.

Tab Benoit performs at 7pm Sunday, May 20 at Warren Hall. Call 722-8155 or visit www.SBBlues.org.

Air it out: La Petite Chouette’s ‘Lovely’ aerial dance

Man has always wanted to fly – to soar through the sky, venture nearer to heaven and be above it all.

But you’ve got to think that the Wright Brothers and even Icarus – not to mention United Airlines – had it a little easier staying aloft than the six female aerialists who comprise the current version of Santa Barbara’s La Petite Chouette dance company, and make aerial dance seem almost effort-less.

“You have to put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears – and I mean literally – to get into this dance,” said com-pany founder-choreographer Ninette Paloma, who named the company (“Little Owl” in French) because it was her rhyming nickname in childhood, but also as a symbol that “echoes the quiet strength of that lovely bird.”

Chicago-native Paloma began in competitive gymnastics as a child, but found it too competitive. “There was so much pressure and stress, I com-pletely burned out,” she recalled. She found her way back at age 17, though, when she wandered into a circus audi-tion for gymnastic acrobatics, and felt an immediate kinship. Soon, Paloma was training regularly at the top-notch Actors Gymnasium in her hometown, and later with two of Cirque du Soleil’s innovative aerialists. It felt like the artistic home she’d always craved, con-nection instead of competition.

“Aerial art is an old-world fam-ily tradition in which you work very closely with each other in the com-pany,” she said. “You trust them with

your safety and literally with your life, so you become really close.”

Paloma created La Petite Chouette out of her initial work with the Lobero Circus Camp six years ago, the compa-ny growing out of what was originally a tiny studio that has now become a full-time facility training 150 students ages six to 66 year-round. “I had all these passionate students who were absorbing the aerial training, so I took the most dedicated and brought them beyond skill-building and technique-training into the architecture of aerial dance.”

Paloma described her approach as “aerial dance-deconstructed” with a focus on floor-to-air movements that distinguishes LPC from other aerial companies and are particularly chal-lenging because it requires strength, agility, grace and dance technique. “There’s a lot of training before you even think about the choreography,” she said.

LPC had its first major public per-formance at the Lobero last year, and on Tuesday, the company is bringing its new evening-length work, “Indah,” to the same venue. The word means “lovely” in Indonesian, and is meant to reflect the performance company’s current all-female configuration.

“We’re embracing our feminin-ity and exposing and illuminating all of the archetypes of what it is to be female,” Paloma explained. “Sometimes it’s contradictory, and other times ironic, or laughable, or playful, or even incredibly painful.”

To touch on each aspect, “Indah” is separated into three distinct phrases that delve into the topics of love, loss and resurgence, Paloma said, each also separated structurally by appa-ratus: Love is in metal (performed on trio Static Trapeze, Aerial Frame, and duo Lyra); loss is fabric (Silk Dance, Aerial Sling, and Trio Fabrics); and resurgence is rope (horizontal rope, cloud swing, and trio Corde Lisse).

“It’s a very ambitious program, but I’m so pleased that we took it on,” Paloma said. “The kind of work that

Award-winning Louisiana legend Tab Benoit brings his guitar-based blues to Warren Hall on Sunday, May 20 as part of the Santa Barbara Blues Society

Aerial dance company La Petite Chouette pres-ents “Indah” at the Lobero on May 22, a show featuring three distinct phases – love, loss, and resurgence

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came out of it is very vulnerable and visually alive and captivating.”

Paloma is sure audiences will feel the same way.

“It’s wonderful and magical to see artists who have so much control and trust in their bodies… And being able to fly – even for an instant – appeals to all of us.”

La Petite Chouette performs “Indah” at 7 pm on Tuesday, May 22 at the Lobero Theater. Tickets cost $26 reserved. Call 963-0761 or visit www.lobero.com.

Festival Season It’s always warm in Santa Barbara,

so you have to look to the calendar to determine when the outdoor wine-and-food tasting event season begins. It’s just so happens that two of the early entries, taking place this week, also happen to be two of the best. Taste of the Nation, which marks its fifth event on Sunday, decidedly boasts the more humanitarian cause, as a large share of funds from the local hosting of Share Our Strength’s nationwide efforts to end childhood hunger by 2015 go to support Foodbank of Santa Barbara.

The event expanded this year with a Chefs Taste Dinner back in April, but it’s Sunday’s shindig back at the Montecito Country Club that draws the big crowds. The premier culinary fundraising event features fare from some of the finest eateries and cater-ers in the area, including many who don’t participate in any of the myriad other tasting fêtes. Among the provid-ers are the recently-opened Arlington Tavern located at 21 West Victoria, the Succulent Café and Trading Company in Solvang, Bella Vista at the Four Seasons Biltmore, Ca’Dario Ristorante, Louie’s, Organic Soup Kitchen, and Luna Olivo. Ampelos Cellars, Beckmen Vineyards, Blair Fox Cellars, Dierberg and Star Lane Vineyard, and Dragonette Cellars are some of the highlights among the wineries who will be pouring on site.

In addition to the food and bever-age, the event will feature both live and silent auctions, with more than 100 items up for bid, plus a special lounge and tent for VIP ticket holders boasting feature tray-passed morsels, signature cocktails, a cigar bar from Santa Barbara Cigars & Tobacco, and exclusive VIP gift bags. Music will be provided by the Montecito Jazz Project. It all takes place from 3 to 6 pm Sunday, May 20 and tickets cost $65 general, $95 VIP. Visit http://ce.strength.org/events/taste-nation-santa-barbara for details.

•••The annual Downtown Art & Wine

Tour – slated for next Thursday, May 24 – begins by turning the tasting protocol around: instead of bringing

all the food and wine to one location where the guests are gathered, tour participants travel to a baker’s dozen downtown venues toting a logo wine glass and plastic plate for sampling the victuals at every stop. A differ-ent downtown-area restaurant and local winery provide the tastings at each stop, which are spread among galleries (i.e. Bella Rosa Galleries), retail shops (Churchill Jewelers) and even Victoria Hall. And then once the tour is complete, everybody heads back to a single location for the Final Party – in a new location this year at the Santa Barbara Club – which mirrors the typical tasting event by featuring more food, more wine, plus live music and danc-ing with OutOfTheBlue, and a silent auction and raffle. So you get the best of both worlds in a single eve-ning! As always, proceeds are ear-marked to support the Downtown Organization’s annual Downtown Holiday Parade; this December will be the 60th parade.

Tickets are $60 for the tour and Final Party, and advance purchase is necessary. Check-in begins at 5:15pm at the Santa Barbara Club, 1105 Chapala Street. Call 962-2098, ext. 22, or visit www.santabarbarad owntown.com.

Pop TartsKing Crimson and Emerson, Lake

& Palmer bassist-composer-vocalist Greg Lake bring his career retrospec-tive show “Songs of Lifetime” to the Ventura Theater on Thursday, May 17. That’s also when Milo Greene – which is not a person but a four-vocal part acoustic-Americana band – returns to town for a gig at SOhO following a warm reception when they opened for Civil Wars at the Lobero last November. To get even

OperaPrimaveraJUNE 3rd 3PM

First Presbyterian Church • 21 East Constance Ave • Reception To Followsingle ticket 35.00 • pair of tickets 50.00Tickets sold at the door • Please make checks payable to La Cumbre Jr High School

more info online at:CoastalOpera.com

AN AFTERNOON OF SANTA BARBARA’S MOST TALENTED VOCALISTS

A Fundraiser for the performing arts at La Cumbre Jr High School

DEBORAH BERTLINGSoprano

ERNEST ALVAREZTenor

ERNEST ALVAREZTenor

DEBORAH BERTLINGSoprano

Tenor

GARY SMITHTenor

JAMIE CHAMBERLINSoprano

to La Cumbre Jr High School

JAMIE CHAMBERLIN

JAMIE CHAMBERLIN

JAMIE CHAMBERLINSopranooprano

EVAN HUGHESBass-Baritone

Please make checks payable

EVAN HUGHESBass-Baritone

RENEE HAMATYPianist

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Carpinteria Woman’s Club 1059 Vallecito Rd, Time: 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Cost: $225

Anacapa School 814 Santa Barbara StreetTime: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. cost: $260

Music with Malia (805) 637-3150Successful teaching in

Santa Barbara & Montecito for over 10 years

Camp goers spend the week learning how to write their own pop songs. Activities include instrument exploration, musical jeopardy, outdoor team-building games and much more. The week ends with a concert where students can perform their newly written songs in front of a live band. No prior musical experience necessary. Ages 7-14.

Attendees will travel to downtown venues to taste wine and appetizers at the annual Downtown Art & Wine Tour on Thursday, May 24


Bella Vista $$$1260 Channel Drive (565-8237)

Cafe Del Sol $$30 Los Patos Way (969-0448)

CAVA $$1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500)Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking combine to create Latin cuisine from tapas and margaritas, mojitos, seafood paella and sangria to lobster tamales, Churrasco ribeye steak and seared Ahi tuna. Sunflower-colored interior is accented by live Spanish guitarist playing next to cozy beehive fireplace nightly. Lively year-round outdoor people-wat ching front patio. Open Monday-Friday 11 am to 10 pm. Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 10 pm.

China Palace $$1070 Coast Village Road (565-9380)

Giovanni’s $1187 Coast Village Road (969-1277)

Los Arroyos $1280 Coast Village Road (969-9059)

Little Alex’s $1024 A-Coast Village Road (969-2297)

Lucky’s (brunch) $$ (dinner) $$$ 1279 Coast Village Road (565-7540)Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steakhouse in the heart of America’s biggest little village. Steaks, chops, seafood, cocktails, and an enor-mous wine list are featured, with white table-cloths, fine crystal and vintage photos from the 20th century. The bar (separate from dining room) features large flat-screen TV and opens at 4 pm during the week. Open nightly from 5 pm to 10 pm; Saturday & Sunday brunch from 9 am to 3 pm. Valet Parking.

Montecito Café $$1295 Coast Village Road (969-3392)

Montecito Coffee Shop $1498 East Valley Road (969-6250)

Montecito Wine Bistro $$$516 San Ysidro Road 969-7520Head to Montecito’s upper village to indulge in some California bistro cuisine. Chef Nathan Heil creates seasonal menus that include fish and vegetarian dishes, and fresh flatbreads straight out of the wood-burning oven. The Bistro of-fers local wines, classic and specialty cocktails, single malt scotches and aged cognacs.

Pane é Vino $$$1482 East Valley Road (969-9274)

Peabody’s $1198 Coast Village Road (969-0834)

Plow & Angel $$$San Ysidro Ranch 900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700) Enjoy a comfortable atmosphere as you dine on traditional dishes such as mac ‘n cheese and ribs. The ambiance is enhanced with original artwork, including stained glass windows and an homage to its namesake, Saint Isadore, hanging above the fireplace. Dinner is served from 5 to 10 pm daily with bar service extend-ing until 11 pm weekdays and until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

$ (average per person under $15)$$ (average per person $15 to $30)$$$ (average per person $30 to $45)$$$$ (average per person $45-plus)

M O N T E C I T O E AT E R I E S . . . A G u i d e Sakana Japanese Restaurant $$1046 Coast Village Road (565-2014)

Stella Mare’s $$/$$$50 Los Patos Way (969-6705)

Stonehouse $$$$San Ysidro Ranch900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700)Located in what is a 19th-century citrus pack-inghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features a lounge with full bar service and separate dining room with crackling fireplace and creekside views. Chef Jamie West’s regional cuisine is prepared with a palate of herbs and vegetables harvested from the on-site chef’s garden. Recently voted 1 of the best 50 restaurants in America by OpenTable Diner’s Choice. 2010 Diners’ Choice Awards: 1 of 50 Most Romantic Restaurants in America, 1 of 50 Restaurants With Best Service in America. Open for dinner from 6 to 10 pm daily. Sunday Brunch 10 am to 2 pm.

Trattoria Mollie $$$1250 Coast Village Road (565-9381)

Tre Lune $$/$$$1151 Coast Village Road (969-2646)A real Italian boite, complete with small but fully licensed bar, big list of Italian wines, large comfortable tables and chairs, lots of mahogany and large b&w vintage photos of mostly fa-mous Italians. Menu features both comfort food like mama used to make and more adventurous Italian fare. Now open continuously from lunch to dinner. Also open from 7:30 am to 11:30 am daily for breakfast.

Via Vai Trattoria Pizzeria $$1483 East Valley Road (565-9393)

Delis, bakeries, juice bars

Blenders in the Grass1046 Coast Village Road (969-0611)

Here’s The Scoop1187 Coast Village Road (lower level) (969-7020)Gelato and Sorbet are made on the premises. Open Monday through Thursday 1 pm to 9 pm, 12 pm to 10 pm Friday and Saturday, and 12 pm to 9 pm on Sundays.

Jeannine’s1253 Coast Village Road (969-7878)

Montecito Deli1150 Coast Village Road (969-3717)Open six days a week from 7 am to 3 pm. (Closed Sunday) This eatery serves home-made soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, and its specialty, The Piadina, a homemade flat bread made daily.

Panino 1014 #C Coast Village Road (565-0137)

Pierre Lafond516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502)This market and deli is a center of activity in Montecito’s Upper Village, serving fresh baked pastries, regular and espresso coffee drinks, smoothies, burritos, homemade soups, deli salads, made-to-order sandwiches and wraps available, and boasting a fully stocked salad bar. Its sunny patio draws crowds of regulars daily. The shop also carries specialty drinks, gift items, grocery staples, and produce. Open everyday 5:30 am to 8 pm.

Village Cheese & Wine 1485 East Valley Road (969-3815)

In Summerland / Carpinteria

Cantwell’s Summerland Market $2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5893)

Jack’s Bistro $5050 Carpinteria Avenue (566-1558)Serving light California Cuisine, Jack’s offers freshly baked bagels with whipped cream cheeses, omelettes, scrambles, breakfast bur-ritos, specialty sandwiches, wraps, burgers, sal-ads, pastas and more. Jacks offers an extensive espresso and coffee bar menu, along with wine and beer. They also offer full service catering, and can accommodate wedding receptions to corporate events. Open Monday through Fri-day 6:30 am to 3 pm, Saturday and Sunday 7 am to 3 pm.

Nugget $$2318 Lillie Avenue (969-6135)

Padaro Beach Grill $3765 Santa Claus Lane (566-9800)A beach house feel gives this seaside eatery its charm and makes it a perfect place to bring the whole family. Its new owners added a pond, waterfall, an elevated patio with fireplace and couches to boot. Enjoy grill options, along with salads and seafood plates. The Grill is open Monday through Sunday 11 am to 9 pm

Sly’s $$$686 Linden Avenue (684-6666)Sly’s features fresh fish, farmers’ market veg-gies, traditional pastas, prime steaks, Blue Plate Specials and vintage desserts. You’ll find a full bar, serving special martinis and an extensive wine list featuring California and French wines. Cocktails from 4 pm to close, dinner from 5 to 9 pm Sunday-Thursday and 5 to 10 pm Friday and Saturday. Lunch is M-F 11:30 to 2:30, and brunch is served on the weekends from 9 am to 3 pm.

Stacky’s Seaside $2315 Lillie Avenue (969-9908)

Summerland Beach Café $2294 Lillie Avenue (969-1019)

Tinkers $2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970)

Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row

Bistro Eleven Eleven $$1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard (730-1111)Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the bistro serves breakfast and lunch featuring all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix of tradi-tional favorites and coastal cuisine. The lounge advancement to the restaurant features a big screen TV for daily sporting events and happy hour. Open Monday-Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday 6:30 am to 10 pm.

Cielito $$$1114 State Street (225-4488) Cielito Restaurant features true flavors of Mexico created by Chef Ramon Velazquez. Try an antojito (or “small craving”) like the Anticucho de Filete (Serrano-chimichurri mari-nated Kobe beef skewer, rocoto-tomato jam and herb mashed potatoes), the Raw Bar’s piquant ceviches and fresh shellfish, or taste the savory treats in handmade tortillas at the Taqueria. It is located in the heart of downtown, in the historic La Arcada.

Chuck’s Waterfront Grill $$113 Harbor Way (564-1200)Located next to the Maritime Museum, enjoy some of the best views of both the mountains

and the Santa Barbara pier sitting on the newly renovated, award-winning patio, while enjoy-ing fresh seafood straight off the boat. Dinner is served nightly from 5 pm, and brunch is offered on Sunday from 10 am until 1 pm. Reservations are recommended. Enterprise Fish Co. $$225 State Street (962-3313)Every Monday and Tuesday the Enterprise Fish Company offers two-pound Maine Lobsters served with clam chowder or salad, and rice or potatoes for only $29.95. Happy hour is every weekday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Open Sunday thru Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm and Friday thru Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm.

Los Agaves $600 N. Milpas Street (564-2626)Los Agaves offers eclectic Mexican cuisine, using only the freshest ingredients, in a casual and friendly atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner, with breakfast on the weekends, Los Agaves fea-tures traditional dishes from central and south-ern Mexico such as shrimp & fish enchiladas, shrimp chile rellenos, and famous homemade mole poblano. Open Monday- Friday 11 am to 9 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 9 pm.

Miró $$$$8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort & Spa (968-0100)Miró is a refined refuge with stunning views, featuring two genuine Miro sculptures, a top-rated chef offering a sophisticated menu that accents fresh, organic, and native-grown in-gredients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 6 pm to 10 pm.

Olio e Limone Ristorante $$$ Olio Pizzeria $ 17 West Victoria Street (899-2699) Elaine and Alberto Morello oversee this friendly, casually elegant, linen-tabletop eatery featuring Italian food of the highest order. Of-ferings include eggplant soufflé, pappardelle with quail, sausage and mushroom ragù, and fresh-imported Dover sole. Wine Spectator Award of Excellence-winning wine list. Private dining (up to 40 guests) and catering are also available. It is open for lunch Monday thru Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and dinner seven nights a week (from 5 pm).Next door at Olio Pizzeria, the Morellos have added a simple pizza-salumi-wine-bar inspired by neighborhood “pizzerie” and “enoteche” in Italy. Private dining for up to 32 guests. The Pizzeria is open daily from 11:30 am to close.

Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro $516 State Street (962-1455)The Wine Bistro menu is seasonal California cuisine specializing in local products. Pair your meal with wine from the Santa Barbara Winery, Lafond Winery or one from the list of wines from around the world. Happy Hour Monday - Friday 4:30 to 6:30 pm. The 1st Wednesday of each month is Passport to the World of Wine. Grilled cheese night every Thursday. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner; catering available. www.pierrelafond.com

Rodney’s Steakhouse $$$633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554)Deep in the heart of well, deep in the heart of Fess Parker’s Doubletree Inn on East Beach in Santa Barbara. This handsome eatery sells and serves only Prime Grade beef, lamb, veal, hali-but, salmon, lobster and other high-end victuals. Full bar, plenty of California wines, elegant surroundings, across from the ocean. Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday at 5:30 pm. Reservations suggested on weekends. •MJ

17 – 24 May 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists, as it is very seductive and a little dangerous – Queen Victoria

The stars have aligned, lady luck has blown me a kiss, and the gods that watch over the

verklempt have smiled down upon me. Yup, in an event more unusual than a democratic gun rally or a republican-sponsored conference on climate change, I have a four-day weekend coming up for Memorial Day. Not counting the time I accidentally drank my body weight in Syrah at an all-you-can-consume wine festival, I don’t think I’ve had four straight days off work since we stopped using the Mayan Calendar.

I’m not quite sure what to do with myself. I guess I could go to the beach and work on my award-winning tan.

“Ah, mister, can you please put your shirt back on? The glare is caus-ing people to walk into palm trees and fall over picnic tables.”

Or maybe I could take part in one of the many sporting events sure to be held – like volleyball.

“I got it! I got it!”“Great, only the idea isn’t to catch

it, slam it into the ground, and do – what I can only assume – is a victory dance. That’s football.”

“Oh yeah. Though you have to admit I made a couple of great tack-les.”

Or maybe I could help crew a sail-boat in one of the many regattas to be held near the harbor.

“Port! Port! Your other port! Ahhhhhhh.” Splash.

Or maybe I should try something simpler like playing Frisbee with the grandkids.

“Anyone see where that one went?”“I think it landed on the freeway

again.”Or I guess I could just invite a

bunch of people over to the house for one of my famous cookouts.

“What is... was this?”“Chicken, I think?”“And this?”“Either it’s potato salad or that

sculpture I made in ceramics class.”I scanned a few websites for

upcoming events. Group drumming in the park. Nah. I tried that once. Do you know how hard it is to walk home wearing a drum around your neck?

Mixed Doubles Tennis? Maybe my wife and I could become a team.

“Not on your life. I’ve still got ball marks on the back of my head from last time.”

Horseback riding along the bluffs?“Give it a couple more years. The

horses all still remember you from last time. Just showing them your photo makes them all lie on their backs and play dead.”

There must be something...I Madonnari! Chalk drawing in

front of the Mission. Of course! I’ve had an avid interest in art ever since my senior year when they told me I had to do three things to actually graduate high school: Show up to class more than three days a week. Stop trying to sneak into the girl’s locker room. And take one more elec-tive. I chose Art 101.

“Ah, what is that?”“It’s a combination of Renoir’s

‘Luncheon of the Boating Party.’ and Coolidge’s ‘Dogs Playing Poker.’”

“Which ones are the dogs?”I’ve learned a lot since then and

I’ve even offered my help to other budding young artists at previous I Madonnari festivals.

“Mom! That guy who eats chalk and always steps on our drawings is back.”

This year will be different, though. This year I will sketch something out first and get the approval of some of the artists in my family.

Sketch. Sketch. Sketch. “Hey Leila, what do you think about this one?”

“Is that your sculpture from ceram-ics class?”

“No, ah, it’s the Mission at sunset.”“Ha-ha. Good one.”Sketch. Sketch. Sketch. “Hey

Charlie, what do you think about this one?”

“Cool. I love that Transformers movie.”

“Actually it’s a sailboat on a moon-lit night.”

“Ha-ha. Good one.”Sketch. Sketch. Sketch. “Hey

Christy, what do you think about this one?”

“I think I’m now going to have bad dreams for a month.”

“Here you go,” my wife said, hand-ing me a stack of books. “You’re always complaining you don’t have enough time to read.”

“But what about all that other stuff?”

“Well, why don’t you put on a few ace bandages and grab an ice pack? It will be just like doing those things only without the medical expenses.”

I grabbed a beer, put my Red Sox cap on backwards, and put on my “for the active guy” reading glasses. Let the excitement begin. •MJ

Ernie’s World by Ernie Witham

Join Ernie June 9-14 for his five-day humor workshop at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference. Sign up at www.sbwriters.com.

Santa Barbara Weekend

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Metropolitan Theatres

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MEN IN BLACK 3in 3D (PG-13)

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THURSDAY, MAY 17

Kinda fonda Wanda – Not everything Wanda Sykes puts her hands on turns to gold. Most recently, there was her failed late night talk show, Wanda At Large, which lasted less than six months on Fox in 2009-10. But even in that genre, she remains more than worth seeking out: her appearances as a guest on Leno and elsewhere remain must-see TV. There’s no assailing her other ventures, however. Ever since she earned the 1999 Emmy Award for her writing on The Chris Rock Show (where she also portrayed a slew of funny characters), Sykes has made folks laugh all over film and the airwaves. She played Barbara Baran on The New Adventures of Old Christine (opposite Montecito’s own Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who now stars as the foul-mouthed would-be president on Veep), and her turn as herself on seven seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm still bring peals of head-shaking laughter just thinking about it. In animation, she played Sid’s granny in Ice Age: Continental Drift and Chloe the goose in Rio; her Bessy the Cow in Barnyard turned into a recurring role in the TV version that’s still running. But, arguably, she’s at her finest with a microphone in her hand pacing a stage in front of a live audience; her acerbically witty style earned her the American Comedy Award for Outstanding Female Comic. Check out her stand-up routine at the Chumash Casino tonight. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: 3400 East Hwy. 246, Santa Ynez COST: $45-$95 INFO: (800) CHUMASH or www.chumashcasino.com

Reverberations of peace – For more than 15 years, City@Peace has used the performing arts as a vehicle to empower troubled teenagers to create healthy and peaceful lives and communities. “Echoes,” the latest fruits of those efforts, is entirely written and performed by a diverse group of local teens from several area high schools and junior highs and offers a true-to-life glimpse into the lives of teens and the real-world issues they face growing up in Santa Barbara. The evening of poems, monologues and songs is directed by Waldo Demaso Figueroa, and plays just this one night at the Center Stage. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in Paseo Nuevo mall COST: $15 general, $10 students and seniors, teens free with student ID INFO: 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org

SATURDAY, MAY 19

Rubicon’s ‘Gem’ – Nearing the end of its 14th season of professional theater, Ventura’s Rubicon Theatre Company is finally taking on a work by American playwright August Wilson. Gem of the Ocean, a mystical play set in 1904 in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, is the first chronologically in the author’s 10-play series dramatizing the African-American experience in the 20th century. RTC artistic director and co-founder James O’Neil, who has helmed many of the company’s most acclaimed productions, is directing “Gem,” the story of a mill worker who jumps in the river and becomes a martyr to his co-workers rather than confess to a crime – stealing

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THURSDAY, MAY 17

Wildly creative…and wildly popular – Jonah Lehrer graduated from Columbia with a degree in neuroscience in 2003, and then spent a couple of years studying 20th century literature and philosophy at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. His first book didn’t come out until 2007. But in less five years, he’s already enjoyed all three of his books hitting the bestseller lists; the latest, Imagine: How Creativity Works, debuted at No. 1. It’s Lehrer’s ability to bridge the science and humanities gap that has contributed to his popularity. How We Decide, the middle book, provided biological explanations of how people make decisions and offered suggestions for making better choices – who doesn’t crave help

in that area? Now, with “Imagine…,” which is also the subject of his talk tonight at UCSB where he’s serving as Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the College of Creative Studies, Lehrer encourages us to think even further outside of the box, postulating that our most important mental talent is “the ability to imagine what has never existed,” from the design of gadgets and tools to the creation of songs and excelling at sports. Going beyond scientific studies to examine creativity as it is experienced in the real world, he takes readers behind the scenes at Pixar and Second City, investigates the secrets of consistently innovative companies like 3M and Google, peers in as Yo-Yo Ma improvises and delves into the sources of David Byrne’s genius. The upshot is the idea that creativity is not a gift possessed by the lucky few, but a variety of thought processes we all can learn to use more effectively. That’ll work. WHEN: 8pm WHERE: UCSB’s Campbell Hall COST: $10 INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

FRIDAY, MAY 18

Piano power – Music Academy of the West fans might consider tonight’s season-closing Camerata Pacifica concert something of a preview of the 2012 Summer Music Festival, which begins less than a month later. That’s because New York City-based pianist Warren Jones – CamPac’s longtime principal piano man as well as the veteran chair of the Vocal Piano department at MAW – will be playing on four of the five pieces. He’ll join flutist Adrian Spence and violist Richard Yongjae

O’Neill for Maurice Durufle’s Prelude, Recitatif et Variations, Op. 3; team up again with Spence for the world premiere of the brilliant American opera composer Jake Heggie’s (Dead Man Walking, Moby Dick) “Soloiloquy,” a five-minute piece commissioned by CamPac; join violinist Catherine Leonard for Mozart’s Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 454; and play Cesar Franck’s Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7, with Leonard, O’Neill, violinist Ara Gregorian and cellist Ani Aznavoorian to wind up the season. Spence, Leonard and Aznavoorian will also play Haydn’s six-minute Divertimento in A Major, Hob. IV:10, in the program’s first half. WHEN: 1 & 7:30pm WHERE: Hahn Hall on the campus of the Music Academy of the West, 1070 Fairway Rd. COST: $45 ($22 at 1pm with truncated program) INFO: 884-8410 or www.cameratapacifica.org

a bucket of nails – he didn’t commit. Riots and a strike ensue, before Citizen Barlow arrives and is sent by 285-year-old healer Elsie who is the keeper of tradition and history for her people on a spiritual journey aboard the slave ship Gem of the Ocean – where he must confront his ancestors and then face the truth about himself. A story of forgiveness and remembrance that blends the tangible and the spiritual, “Gem” was hailed by the New York Times as a melding of “the plain and the lyrical, the particular and the eternal… into a luminous whole.” Broadway legend Lillias White – who starred in RTC’s world premiere of The Best Is Yet To Come: The Music of Cy Coleman, which later had a successful off-Broadway run and was just nominated for a Drama Desk Award – plays Elsie in a rare dramatic role following a string of successes in Broadway musicals. Those have included Barnum, Dreamgirls, Cats, Chicago, Once on this Island, and most recently, Fumilayo Anikulapo Kuti in FELA! For which she received a Tony nomination. White’s performance as Sonja in The Life earned her Broadway’s “quadruple crown” – The Tony, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama Desk Award, and a Friends of New York Theatre Award. Other familiar-to-RTC faces in the cast include Anthony J. Haney (Master Harold… and the boys), Chris Butler (You Can’t Take It With You and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), and Pamela Shaddock (Defying Gravity). Ventura

resident Tom Mueller, the co-founder and co-creative director of the Ventura Improv Company, is cast as a friend of Elsie’s. WHEN: Opens 7pm tonight, plays 2 & 7pm Wednesdays, 8pm Thursdays & Friday, 2 & 8pm Saturday & 2pm Sunday, through June 10 WHERE: 1006 E. Main Street, Ventura COST: $25-$54 (discounts available, including $10 student tickets for all daytime performances) INFO: 667-2900 or www.rubicontheatre.org

Get ‘Lost’ in dance – Gustafson Dance students culminate their season-long studies with a full studio production of Madeline: Lost in Central Park created by Gustafson Dance and based on Ludwig Bemelman’s books. Ballet, tap and jazz dancers ranging in age from 2½ to 19 will perform the story of Madeline and her friends at school who take a trip to New York to visit Pepito. Upon arrival, Madeline wanders off, distracted by the sights of the city leading to a series of adventures depicted in dance and include such characters as Popcorn, Flower and Jewelry Sellers, Butterflies, Picnic Bees and Alley Cats as well as Park Entertainers and NYC Ballet dancers. The School Mistress, Ms Clavel, Pepito and Madeline’s friends are also on an adventure trying to find the curious Madeline. Twelve-year-old Cameron Quittner will dance the role of Madeline while Joel Sterken portrays Pepito. WHEN: 2 & 6pm WHERE: Lobero Theater, 33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $23 general, $15 children INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

17 – 24 May 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 43There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable – Mark Twain

SUNDAY, MAY 20

‘Imagine That!’ – Three hundred children from Adelante Charter, El Camino and Solvang Elementary Schools are joined by several parents, teachers and other adult members of the community for this season-closing dance/theater experience from Santa Barbara Dance Institute. The work – written by Rosalina Macisco and Rod Lathim – explores the work of visionary world leaders and the simple wonders of letting one’s creativity run wild through the medium of dance and features diverse music from vintage through contemporary. WHEN: 3pm WHERE: Marjorie Luke Theatre at SB Junior High School, 721 Cota St. COST: $16 general, $11 children INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23

Drum ‘Ring of Fire’ – UCSB Percussion Ensemble presents works from Australian composer Erik Griswold, Japanese composer Keiko Abe, Brazilian composer Ney Rosauro, and American Bob Becker, a member of the famed NEXUS Percussion Ensemble. It’s all part of the ensemble’s “Ring of Fire: Music from the Pacific Rim” concert tonight on campus, which also features performers Isabel-Marie Garcia-Euyoque, Daniel Pena, Aaron Jones, BM Percussion students Matt Richards and Ben Donlon, composition student Chavadith Tantavirojn, newcomer Luis Vazquez, and

director Jon Nathan. Prominently featured throughout the concert are “Five Drum Quartets from Coyote Builds North America,” composed by John Luther Adams. Rounding out the program is Erik Griswold’s “In the Dream,” for percussion sextet. Dr. Griswold currently teaches in Brisbane, but received his PhD in Music Composition from UCSD where he worked with percussionist Steve Schick, a frequent collaborator of John Luther Adams and coordinator of the Ojai Festival performance. Which is the connection for members of the UCSB Percussion Ensemble performing at the prestigious Ojai Music Festival next month on Adams’ large spatial percussion work “Inksuit” along with 40-plus other percussionists from throughout southern California. WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Lehmann Hall, UCSB Campus COST: $15 general, $7 students INFO: 893-3230 or www.music.ucsb.edu

SUNDAY, MAY 20

Fiesta Primavera – The opening party of the Fiesta season has a new location and it’s one that certainly befits a historical event. The Santa Barbara Historical Museum, nestled among the adobes on the corner of De La Guerra and Santa Barbara streets, has an outdoor courtyard that’s perfect for this party celebrating Old Spanish Days and kicking off the Fiesta festivities. One of the more traditional events of Fiesta, Primavera features the unveiling of the annual Fiesta Poster and Pin, designed by 2012 El Presidente Ricardo Castellanos. Catering Connection provides the traditional Mexican menu, the drink of the evening is a specialty margarita featuring Tres Agaves Tequila, and strolling mariachi bands play for your dining pleasure. Following dinner, the band MissBehavin revs up the dance music for the crowd, who are encouraged to dress for Fiesta or in western costume. All proceeds go to supporting free community events during Fiesta week, August 1-5.

WHEN: 5pm COST: $85 in advance, $100 at the door INFO: 962-8101 or www.oldspanishdays-fiesta.org

SUNDAY, MAY 20

End of Story – Emmy Award-winner Joe Spano makes his annual appearance at Speaking of Stories, this time reading “Shakers” by Daniel Orozco as part of SOS’ season-closing “Celebration of Stories.” Jeff Mills, who is currently directing “Piezoelectric Love” at UCSB, reads Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s “Balthazar’s Marvelous Afternoon,” Meredith McMinn takes on Elizabeth Berg’s “Returns and Exchanges” and Michael Morgan winds up the show with “To Hell with Dying” by Alice Walker. Then it’s out to the patio for milk and cookies with the performers before Speaking of Stories says nighty-night for the summer. WHEN: 2pm today, 7:30pm tomorrow WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in Paseo Nuevo mall COST: $25 general, $15 students-military INFO: 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org or www.speakingofstories.org •MJ

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more traditional, you can check out veteran old-timey fiddler Alan Jabbour and banjoist Ken Perlman, who are well-versed collectors and performers of traditional music, at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center Theater. Jabbour will also present a talk, “The Modern Oldtime Music Revival: A Participant-Observer’s Memoir and Reflections,” on Friday, May 18 at 3 pm in UCSB’s Music Room 1145.

Friday also brings teenage Santa Barbara singer-songwriter Haddon Cord and her mentor, guitarist Carl Verheyen to the Savoy on lower State Street… On Saturday, May 19 the brilliantly but criminally under-appreciated singer-song-writer Grant-Lee Phillips – who gets a lot more respect from his peers than he does from the record-buying public – returns to SOhO for an early solo acoustic set… Down Carpinteria way, Jimmie Ray and Cyndi Cantrell & Black Train perform their Johnny Cash Tribute Concert at Carpinteria’s Plaza Playhouse Theater, which is rapidly becoming a trendy new venue for local and tour-ing acts. They tell Johnny’s life story through his songs and fea-ture a unique multimedia presenta-tion with photographs and videos. Further away, that’s also the same night that the Ojai Music Series returns to the canyon, specifically Dancing Oak Ranch, the on-the-way-to-Ojai home of promoters Shane & Kelli Butler. Lisa Haley & the Zydekats, known as the “Diva of the West Coast Cajun Zydeco Musical Scene,” provide the New Orleans-flavored tunes, includ-ing some from her new Grammy nominated album King Cake, to

get everyone on their feet moving to her rowdy and rockin’ Cajun Zydeco music. (But feel free to sit back on a lawn chair if you must.) Details at www.ojaiconcertseries.com. Elsewhere on Saturday,

Quirky pop-loving indie rock-ers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – touring behind Hysterical, their first album of new music in four years, hit SOhO on Monday night, May 21, the same night Vanity Theft and Enemies share a bill at Muddy Waters… Jack Black’s alter ego Tenacious D play the Bowl on Wednesday, May 23 which is also when the Wheeler Brothers hit the Maverick Saloon for a Tales from the Tavern show in Santa Ynez, and Tyrone Wells and Joe Brooks begin a two-night stand at SOhO.

Classical CornerSpring sing: The Quire of Voyces

returns to St. Anthony’s Chapel for its second and final concert of the spring season, this time focus-ing on a return to its bread-and-butter repertoire of English cathe-dral music. The pair of concerts, Saturday night and Sunday after-noon, May 19 and 20, also closes out the vocal ensemble’s 20th season… Students solo: SBCC trombonist Michael Dolin will perform Launy Grøndahl’s “Trombone Concerto,” and San Marcos High School violinist Sofiya Prykhitko takes center stage in Henryk Wieniawski’s “Polonaise de Concert, Op. 4” as the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony plays its 2011-12 concert season finale under the baton of Music Director Andy Radford, Sunday afternoon, May 20 at Hahn Hall, on the campus of Music Academy of the West. •MJ

Fiddler Alan Jabbour and banjoist Ken Perlman perform at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center Theater on Thursday, May 17


Lane, above East Valley Road near Bolero, a single level Tuscan style 5,000-sq-ft 4-bedroom sold for nearly full price at $3.9m. On the historic Knapp Estate on Eucalyptus Hill, a 4,900-sq-ft Italian style home built in 2008 with 5 bedrooms and detached art studio closed for $3.7. It sold last in 1991 for $476k. And in Birnam Wood, a 4,600-sq-ft 4-bedroom sold in a day for its asking price of $3.8m. A 3-bedroom, 3,100-sq-ft on Park Lane West near San Ysidro Ranch attempted $3.45m in 2011, and agreed on $2.425m.

Five in the $1-2m SectorA late 1950’s, 2,400-sq-ft 4-bedroom

on just over an acre on Sycamore Canyon Road brought $1.85m. On Via Manana near East Mountain Drive, a mid 1960’s, 2,750-sq-ft 3-bedroom on an acre closed at $1.65m. In Birnam Wood, a 3,400-sq-ft late 1970’s, 4-bed-room on just over an acre sold for

$1.525m. Across from Cold Spring School, a mid 1970’s, 2,400-sq-ft, 4-bed-room on an acre also sold for $1.165m and a Montecito Shores 2-bedroom condo sold for an even $1.1m.

Under $1mTwo homes sold on Miramonte Ave.

near Santa Rosa Lane. A 1-bedroom, 440-sq-ft on .13 acres (which might be the smallest house in Montecito) built in 1915 sold for $537,500, and a 857-sq-ft, 2-bedroom on the same acre-age and built the same year sold for $779,000. And near Eucalyptus Hill on El Rancho Road, a 3-bedroom in poor condition on 1.03 view acres sold for land value at $890k. •MJ

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93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY SATURDAY MAY19 ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY730 Picacho Lane By Appt. $18,900,000 8bd/9ba Frank Abatemarco 450-7477 Sotheby’s International Realty810 Cima Del Mundo Road 1-4pm $13,850,000 5bd/7ba Andrew Templeton 895-6029 Sotheby’s International Realty189 East Mountain Drive By Appt. $4,950,000 3bd/4.5ba Frank Abatemarco 450-7477 Sotheby’s International Realty660 El Bosque Road 2-4pm $3,945,000 3bd/4ba Maureen McDermut 570-5545 Sotheby’s International Realty730 Arcady Road 1-4pm $3,595,000 4bd/4.5ba John & Janet Holland 705-1681 Sotheby’s International Realty1444 School House Road 2-4pm $3,486,000 5bd/5ba Wilson Quarre 680-9747 Sotheby’s International Realty90 Humphrey Road By Appt. $1,695,000 4bd/3ba Stu Morse 705-0161 Goodwin & Thyne1053 Camino Viejo 12-5pm $1,425,000 4bd/3ba Ron Harkey 886-9871 Village Properties1345 Santa Clara Way 1-3pm $1,165,000 2bd/2ba Laurel Abbott 455-5409 Prudential California Realty1339 Virginia Road 2-4pm $900,000 3bd/1ba Katinka Goertz 708-9616 Sotheby’s International Realty544-B San Ysidro Road 1-4pm $867,000 2bd/1ba Marie Larkin 680-2525 Sotheby’s International Realty1020 Fairway Road 1-4pm $675,000 1bd/1ba David Hekhouse 455-2113 Village Properties SUNDAY MAY20ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY730 Picacho Lane By Appt $18,900,000 8bd/9ba Frank Abatemarco 450-7477 Sotheby’s International Realty810 Cima Del Mundo Road 1-4pm $13,850,000 5bd/7ba Andrew Templeton 895-6029 Sotheby’s International Realty1821 Fernald Point Lane By Appt $5,950,000 3bd/3ba Ron Dickman 689-3135 Sotheby’s International Realty189 East Mountain Drive By Appt $4,950,000 3bd/4.5ba Frank Abatemarco 450-7477 Sotheby’s International Realty660 El Bosque Road 2-4pm $3,945,000 3bd/4ba Maureen McDermut 570-5545 Sotheby’s International Realty655 Parra Grande Lane 2-4:30pm $3,795,000 5bd/4ba Dan Johnson 895-5150 Sotheby’s International Realty1956 East Valley Road 2-5pm $3,149,000 4bd/3ba Team Scaborough 331-1465 Prudential California Realty1119 Alston Road 1-4pm $2,250,000 LOT Wade Hansen 689-9682 Village Properties650 Randall Road 2-5pm $1,995,000 3bd Edna Sizlo 455-4567 Coldwell763 Ashley Road 2-5pm $1,949,000 6bd/4.5ba Team Scaborough 331-1465 Prudential California Realty1530 Willina Lane 1-3pm $1,895,000 3bd/3.5ba Mitchell Morehart 689-7233 Village Properties1141 Summit Road 1-4pm $1,895,000 3bd/2ba Alison Crowther 689-9078 Sotheby’s International Realty90 Humphrey Road By Appt. $1,695,000 4bd/3ba Stu Morse 705-0161 Goodwin & Thyne714 Alston Road 1-4pm $1,495,000 4bd/4ba Lori Ebner 729-4861 Prudential California Realty655 Coyote Road 1-4pm $1,475,000 3bd/2.5ba John Comin 689-3078 Prudential California Realty733 El Rancho Road 2-5pm $1,450,000 3bd Joan Wagner 895-4555 Coldwell1053 Camino Viejo 12-5pm $1,425,000 4bd/3ba Ron Harkey 886-9871 Village Properties805 Park Lane West By Appt. $1,290,000 Land Brian Felix 455-3669 Sotheby¹s1345 Santa Clara Way 1-3pm $1,165,000 2bd/2ba Laurel Abbott 455-5409 Prudential California Realty618 Orchard Avenue 1-3pm $1,095,000 3bd/3ba Robert Heckes 637-0047 Sotheby’s International Realty165 Cedar Lane 1-3pm $999,800 3bd/1.5ba Liza DiMarco 450-3795 Sotheby’s International Realty544-B San Ysidro Road 3-5pm $867,000 2bd/1ba Lynda Bohnett 637-6407 Sotheby’s International Realty

A 3-bedroom estate on Park Lane West near the San Ysidro Ranch sold for $2.425m

This small 440-sq-ft house on Miramonte Avenue on .13 acres sold for $537,500

REAL ESTATE (Continued from page 27)

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17 – 24 May 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them – Queen Victoria

PUBLIC NOTICES

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Adonya Imports, 1165 Harbor Hills Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. Julia Chiriboga, 1165 Harbor Hills Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 10, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Joshua Madison. Original FBN No. 2012-0001402. Published May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Artiste Concierge Services, 1482 East Valley Road, Suite #251A, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Suzanne L. Armet, 295 Elise Place Unit #C, Santa Barbara, CA 93109. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 11, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Joshua Madison. Original FBN No. 2012-0001413. Published May 16, 23, 30, June 6, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Relaxing Station, 521 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Zhigang Qu, 323

E. Matilija Street #112, Ojai, CA 93023.This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 30, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. Original FBN No. 2012-0001300. Published May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sustainable Solutions Unlimited (SSU), 390 Woodley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Valerie A. Kissell, 390 Woodley Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on May 1, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Kathy Miller. Original FBN No. 2012-0001305. Published May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Atomic Silkscreen & Design, 234 East Haley Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Brian Lakey, 1523 Marquard Terrace, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Tiara Lakey, 1523 Marquard Terrace, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara

NOTICE TO PUBLIC OF ACTION LOCATED WITHIN FLOODPLAIN

TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS:

A notice appeared in The Daily Sound newspaper on April 5, 2012, inviting participation in the floodplain management decision-making process. Specifically, we invited comments regarding a project proposed by Girls Inc. to replace 65 existing windows.

PROJECT: Rehabilitation of an existing structure by removing 65 mostly inoperable windows with 65 double glazed, tempered, vinyl windows.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this project is to improve the funcionality, safety, and energy efficiency of the building.

LOCATION: 531 East Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.

The City of Santa Barbara completed an evaluation concerning potential impacts on the floodplain and possible alternative actions. The proposed project is located in Special Flood Hazard Zone A identified on Flood Insurance Rate Map Panel Number 06083C1387F, dated September 30, 2005. The conclusion was that there is no practicable alternative to this project being located on the property located within Flood Zone A. It has been determined that the project must occur on this property, as described above. It was determined that there is no practical alternative to rehabiltating the existing facilities.

An Environmental Review Record (ERR) respecting the subject program has been made by the above-named jurisdiction which documents floodplain information and contains a full description of the proposed actions. The ERR is on file at the address listed below and is available for public examination and copying upon request Monday – Thursday and every other Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Final approval of the Girls Inc. Project will not be made until/unless interested groups, individuals or agencies have had an opportunity to comment. Comments will be accepted by Michael Berman at 630 Garden Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, (805) 564-5470 ext. 4558, or via email to [email protected] on or before May 23, 2012.

5/16/2012

COST: $66.96

CITY OF SANTA BARBARANOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

BID NO: 3655

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3655 for the ZONE 5 PAVEMENT PREPARATION will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 30, 2012 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “ZONE 5 PAVEMENT PREPARATION, Bid No. 3655”.

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Repair various streets by grinding of failed areas and repair, skin patching areas, apply temporary traffic striping and markings to City streets, perform traffic control and signing, notification, and perform other related work as necessary to provide a complete project; all in accordance with the Standard Specifications, City Standard Details, plans, and these Special Provisions. The Engineer’s estimate is $1,300,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

The plans and specifications for this Project may be viewed online at CyberCopy’s Website (www.cybercopyusa.com) under the City Of Santa Barbara Plan Room. To obtain a copy of the plans and specifications for this Project and become a registered plan holder, download a Bid Package Request Form from the City Of Santa Barbara Plan Room site above by clicking on the Project or by calling Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Ashleigh Shue, Project Engineer, (805) 897-2507.

Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Business/Purchasing/Projects/.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts.

Per California Civil Code Section 3247, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal.

A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGERCITY OF SANTA BARBARA

William Hornung, C.P.M.PUBLISHED DATES: May 16 and 23, 2012 Montecito Journal

CITY OF SANTA BARBARANOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

BID NO: 3607

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3607 for the El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent Pumps Replacement will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 P.M., Thursday, June 14, 2012 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “El Estero Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent Pumps Replacement Bid No. 3607.”

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following major work items: replace the four existing influent pumps including vertical shafts and motors; replace two of the four existing variable frequency drives to serve the new high flow pumps; provide separate jib cranes to service each pump; remove all indoor ventilation ductwork and replace as shown; test each new pump after it is installed; and subject to Contingency Item 1, provide recycle pumping of partially treated wastewater after all the pumps are installed for testing the new pumping station at high flows. The work is summarized in more detail in Section 01010. The Engineer’s estimate is $3,360,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

There will be a mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 10:00 at 520 E. Yanonali Street.

The plans and specifications for this Project may be viewed online at CyberCopy’s Website (www.cybercopyusa.com) under the City of Santa Barbara Plan Room. To obtain a copy of the plans and specifications for this Project and become a registered plan holder, download a Bid Package Request Form from the City of Santa Barbara Plan Room site above by clicking on the Project or by calling Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The City’s contact for this project is Lisa Arroyo, Supervising Civil Engineer, 805-564-5486.

Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the City’s website at: http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Business/Purchasing/Projects/.

Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts.

Per California Civil Code Section 3247, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work.

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashier’s check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal.

A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work.

The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

Bidders are notified that all substitute and “Or-Equal” items relating to Section 11305 must be submitted for review and consideration to the Engineer by May 30, 2012 at 5:00 pm. The bidder shall not include any Section 11305 items in its bid as substitute or “Or-Equal” unless it has been approved by the Engineer before the bid date as stated in Section A2 – Information for Bidders.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGERCITY OF SANTA BARBARA

____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M.PUBLISHED: May 9, 16 and 23, 2012Montecito Journal (Rev. 5/18/11)

COST: $75.83

County on April 19, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the

original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Joshua Madison.

LEGALS Page 474


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THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE for theEnhancement of Health, Fitness and Relaxation by a professional CMT. R.N. In the comfort of your home or suite. Seniors welcomed. Reasonable rates. 805 698-3467.

Get Stretched!Stretching is a unique form of stress release/bodywork for athletes, elderly and anyone with aches and pains. Treat yourself to a stretch. Call 805 696-5167.

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SENIOR CAREGING SERVICES

In-Home Senior Services: Ask Patti Teel to meet with you or your loved ones to discuss dependable and affordable in-home care. Individualized service is tailored to meet each client’s needs. Our caregivers can provide transportation, housekeeping, personal assistance and much more. Senior Helpers: 966-7100

TUTORING SERVICES

PIANO LESSONS Kary and Sheila Kramer are long standing members of the Music Teachers’ Assoc. of Calif. Studios conveniently located at the Music Academy of the West. Now accepting enthusiastic children and/or adults. Call us at 684-4626.

PARLEZ-VOUS FRANÇAIS?Learn the language with a native. Exam prep, conversation, translation, trip planning etc... Contact Bénédicte Wolfe 455 9786 or [email protected]

The first ever Santa Barbara Young Singers Scholarship competition for ages 14-26. Winner receives a half-year of free lessons. Information & application materials available at www.manziteaches.info Apply immediately.

PET SITTING/SERVICES

Doggy DayCare. Large private ranch property, lots of exercising, grooming available.Training also available. Overnight and daycare as well. We treat your dog as well as it would be treated at home. Great refs & best rates in town. 805 684-7303

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Experienced caregiver to provide your with personal assistance, transportation, housekeeping & much more. Refs upon request. Ask for Diana 705-9431

Personal Care Assistant with CPR/AED Certification seeking position. Will help around the house, French cooking, washing, dressing & transferring to a wheel chair. Will drive you to Dr. appts/shopping. Clean DMV record. Mature college grad. 805 284 5790

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Need Assistance @home?Errands, transportation, appts, personal care and more. Day or night. George 284-6044.

Enhance Your Life with fresh, beautiful flower arrangements for your home. Custom made. Call Zoe 203-526-3050.

Personalized ServicesMother & daughter team wish to help people needing assistance of one kind or nother. We have skills and experience ranging from office assistant to driver, pet care, assistance & companionship to the elderly. We are also looking for a cottage/home in partial or full exchange for some of the services listed above. Mature, long time Santa Barbara residents with excellent references. 805-683-6118

PERSONAL ASSISTANTReliable personal assistant for hire part time. I am available to do errands, answer phone, computer work, Internet research, schedule auto maintenance, make appointments, etc. I am currently employed as a PA, but I have 2 days a week I would like to fill. Loyal. Very discreet. Clean DMV record with insurance. $20./hr (negotiable) references available. Call Mark@ (818) 903-1440 Email - [email protected]

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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING (805) 565-1860(You can place a classified ad by filling in the coupon at the bottom of this section and mailing it to us: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108. You can also FAX your ad to us at: (805) 969-6654. We will figure out how much you owe and either call or FAX you back with the amount. You can also e-mail your ad: [email protected] and we will do the same as your FAX).

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Landscaping and Masonry. Maintenance, clean-up and hauling. Irrigation, tree service, retaining walls, concrete and pavers. www.golandscaping.biz 452-7645Cal lic#855770

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MONTECITO ASPHALT & SEAL COAT, • Slurry Seal• Crack Repair• Patching• Water Problems• Striping• Resurfacing• Speed Bumps• Pot Holes • Burms & Curbs • Trenches. Call Roger at (805) 708-3485

17 – 24 May 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 47There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist – Mark Twain

Original FBN No. 2012-0001201. Published May 9, 16, 23, 30, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: BB Investing, 25 E. Anapamu Street, 3rd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Brien Beach, 25 E. Anapamu Street, 3rd Floor, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Chase Muller, 1512 Mimosa Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 24, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Joshua Madison. Original FBN No. 2012-0001231. Published May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Joshua Esquivel Fund, 3870 Jupiter Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436. Lanitta Marie Gehrts, 3870 Jupiter Avenue, Lompoc, CA 93436. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 4, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland,

County Clerk (SEAL) by D Ruiz. Original FBN No. 2012-0001052. Published May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Regalado, 318 Elizabeth Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Alma Regalado, 318 Elizabeth Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 13, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Joshua Madison. Original FBN No. 2012-0001140. Published May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Liberty Access Technology, 1482 East Valley Road, Suite 329, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Liberty Plugins, Inc., 1482 East Valley Road, Suite 329, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 23, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my

office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Miriam Leon. Original FBN No. 2012-0001224. Published May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Go Fore Golf, 1416 Robbins Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Andrew Howie, 1416 Robbins Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Mark McWilliams, 1416 Robbins Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 26, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer. Original FBN No. 2012-0001268. Published May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A Peaceful Light, Peaceflight, Inc., Matrix of Energetic Healing, The Enlightened Beginner, Matrix Santa Barbara, 3053 Samarkand Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Peaceflight, Inc., 3053 Samarkand Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 19, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the

Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Kathy Miller. Original FBN No. 2012-0001189. Published May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Starco, 3999 Via Lucero #C10, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Erick Savaivongthong, 7622 Rochester Way, Goleta, CA 93117; Xing Xing, 3999 Via Lucero #C10, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on April 12, 2012. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Kathy Miller. Original FBN No. 2012-0001127. Published April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 2012.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1396923. To all interested parties: Petitioner Tracy Perez Santos filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child from Syed Adhan Zain Razvi Santos to Syed Adam Zain Razvi. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court

at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 19, 2012 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 21, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/9, 5/16, 5/23, 5/30

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1385840. To all interested parties: Petitioner Sergio Alejandro Orozco-Martinez filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child Alejandro Amaya. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the

petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 16, 2012 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: May 24, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1397012. To all interested parties: Petitioners Rachel and Michael Ramsey filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name of child Zachary Magnus Ramsey to Magnus Zachary Franklin Ramsey. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed April 23, 2012 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: June 21, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23.

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