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The Rake’s ProgressOpera tenor (and ex-heavy metal

rocker) Adam Fisher hasn’t sold his soul to the devil, but expects to sing as

though he has, p. 26

On PoloGrants Farm out-chukks Mansour 12 to 11 to take America’s Cup at Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, p. 29

Real EstateCondo living really is easy living; Mark

Hunt checks out four units at Montecito Shores priced from $939,000 to

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Lafond Olympic-themed; Kevin Costner sues Robin Hood producers; Maria Shriver eager to sell Carpinteria house; Lotusland’s Ooh La La! gala; Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Hillary Hauser host non-gala; Douglas Diller new SB Historical Museum executive director; Kim Snyder participates in Painting on the Porch; MAW’s Tuesdays@8 series; Oprah’s overseas drama; this weekend marks one-year anniversary of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries’ nuptials

8 Letters to the Editor Patrik “Piano” Maiani remembers Fiestas past; Y. Lehr hopes Westmont students can solve

Refuge stink; Debbie & Alex Saucedo bring reading material to Serengeti 10 This Week in Montecito Watch the Fiesta events from the Courthouse; Special Dharma Event; Land Use

Committee meeting; MERRAG meets; Memphis chefs come to town; New Yorker discussion group; upcoming and ongoing events

Tide Guide Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach12 Village Beat Los Angeles owners to open “farm-to-table” restaurant in Coast Village Shopping Center;

Champagne & Jazz Brunch at Casa del Herrero; sinkhole causes Westmont Road to close; Teaching Beyond Textbooks hosts Summer Institute

14 Seen Around Town Lynda takes a tour of the Reagan Ranch; MichaelKate exhibit; Jim and Helen Buckley

celebrate 40 years of marriage; De Marcos Fashion Academy’s tribute to Luis Estevez21 Sheriff’s Blotter Domestic disturbance on School House Road23 To Your Health The benefits of testosterone replacement for men26 Music Academy of the West Tenor Adam Fisher stars in The Rake’s Progress; Nicholas McGegan’s annual turn as

conductor of the Academy Chamber Orchestra; this week’s Summer Festival events 28 Seniority Drowsy driving just as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol29 Ernie’s World Ernie continues his search for cultural art understanding and appreciation On Polo Grants Farm takes the cup at USPA Lucchese American Cup30 Opinionated Traveler Jerry Dunn explores San Diego, “America’s Finest City” 33 In the Garden Go with the two-stake method when training trees, especially larger ones; Iceberg roses

don’t appreciate competing for food and water35 Your Westmont Four professors retire after blazing trails for nearly 150 years combined36 Our Town CAF hosts artist Mario Ybarra, Jr.; Art From Scrap’s annual One Night Stand fundraiser 38 Calendar of Events Ventura County Fair; ongoing events; 1st Thursday; temporary gallery opening; The

Odyssey Project at Center Stage; Norah Jones plays the Bowl; Tales From The Tavern returns; Rubicon presents Once On This Island

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

restaurants, coffee houses, bakeries, gelaterias, and hangouts; others in Santa Barbara, Summerland, and Carpinteria too

41 Book Talk Richard Ford’s latest novel, Canada, follows the life of Dell Parsons after his parents make

the decision to rob a bank Movie Showtimes Latest films, times, theaters, and addresses: they’re all here, as they are every week42 Real Estate A look at four beachfront condos in Montecito on the market43 93108 Open House Directory Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito44 Legal Advertisements46 Classified Advertising Our very own “Craigslist” of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from summer

rentals to estate sales47 Local Business Directory Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they

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Does Montecito Need a Third Fire Station?

When I first heard that some residents were questioning the building of Fire Station #3 on the Palmer Jackson site on East Valley Road, my initial reaction was, “Are you kidding?” Montecito has spent the last

ten years debating this subject, and the last two years negotiating a deal with Palmer Jackson, the only landowner willing to explore the sale of a suitable site, provided it was tied to 3-way negotiations for future development on his remaining 235 acres of undeveloped land, formerly known as Rancho San Carlos and later Featherhill Ranch. Incidentally, the Palmer Jackson parcel represents 60% of Montecito’s remaining agricultural land, and if fully developed, could eventually add 93 new homes to the eastern Montecito inventory.

On May 5, 2011, Palmer Jackson’s Petan Company signed an option to sell the Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD) up to three acres fronting on East Valley Road near Stonehouse Lane for $1.38 million as the site for Fire Station #3. This option expires on December 31, 2013. Fire officials have spent almost 10 years and nearly a million dollars planning for Fire Station #3, including the costs of an Environmental Impact Report approved by the Fire Board on April 23, 2012. Other major costs have included consultant fees, site selection studies, architectural and design fees, public hearings and legal expenses.

Neighbors on the opposite side of East Valley Road have filed a lawsuit to block the development of Fire Station #3 on the Jackson site. The lawsuit employs the signature strategy of land use attorney Marc Chytilo, which is to claim an inadequate EIR (Environmental Impact Report) under CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act).

The Fire Board is left with at least two options:

1) Build Station #3 NowWin the lawsuit, exercise the purchase option with Palmer Jackson prior

to December 31, 2013, and build the station. Most of the preliminary work is finished. Ten years ago, the Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD) Board of Directors and the then Fire Chief Ron McLain identified a need to build a third fire station in eastern Montecito as the District’s highest priority. In 2007, MFPD contracted with AMEC Earth & Environmental Inc. of Santa Barbara for a Station #3 Site Identification Study “to pro-vide MFPD, the public, and potentially affected property owners with an objective analysis of emergency services, land use and environ-mental issues surrounding the location of a new fire station in eastern Montecito.” Some 18 alternative sites were studied; the Palmer Jackson site was selected as the preferred alternative. Plans for Fire Station #3 are currently under review by both the Montecito Planning Commission (MPC) and the Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) prior to permitting.

The major justification for the third station is to provide a 5-minute response time 90% of the time for existing homes in eastern Montecito. Currently, 100% of Montecito calls are being serviced within 9 minutes or less; 92% of Montecito households (3,598 out of 3,983) can already be serviced within the 5-minute response time set by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), but the remaining 8% of homes (385) east of Romero Canyon Road, plus a few more along Gibraltar Road, Fernald Point and Butterfly Beach, could exceed the 5-minute standard, depend-ing on traffic. The Wall Street Journal reported on April 20, 2012 that the NFPA confirmed they “are not aware of any fire departments with more than 400 firefighters protecting cities of more than 100,000 residents that meet the NPTA standard at least 90% of the time.”

The new 11,786 sq ft Fire Station #3 would be the largest fire sta-tion complex in Montecito. It would include three buildings: a 6,949 sq. ft. main station with apparatus bays, firefighters’ living quarters and administrative offices; a 2,168 sq ft., 3-story training building with a 35-foot hose-drying tower; and a 2,679 sq. ft one-story maintenance building. The total cost was estimated to be $8.5 million in 2011, but could go much higher depending on the outcome of the lawsuit.

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Monte ito Miscellany

by Richard Mineards

Richard covered the Royal Family for Britain’s Daily Mirror and Daily Mail before moving to New York to write for Rupert Murdoch’s newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard later wrote for New York magazine’s “Intelligencer”. He continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC, and CNN, and moved to Montecito five years ago.

Legendary TV chef Julia Child, who spent the last years of her remarkable and colorful life in

Montecito, would have celebrated her 100th birthday this month.

And the fact is not going unnoticed, with the Smithsonian in Washington re-opening her kitchen exhibit on August 15, a Julia Child Restaurant Week, starting on Tuesday across the nation, and, most deliciously, an extraordinarily well-researched biog-raphy Dearie, from New York Times bestselling author Bob Spitz, pub-lished, appropriately enough, by Knopf, the New York company who brought out her first tome, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, in 1961.

“Julia was as extraordinary as her cooking,” Spitz, who researched his 557-page work for four years, tells me from his Brooklyn, New York home.

“We first met when I traveled with her in Sicily in 1992 for several weeks when I was writing about her for several magazines. Over the next few years, until her death in 2004 two days shy of her ninety-second birthday, we met three or four times and I told her

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I intended to write a biography about her.

“Unfortunately, it took me nine years to write my book about the Beatles, by which time Julia had died. But I had thirty-five hours of tape from various interviews over the years, which was invaluable. Nothing about her was pre-packaged, her food or her personality. She was not one to pull punches.”

Julia moved to our rarefied enclave in 1997, settling into Casa Dorinda on her 85th birthday, while still shuttling to the East Coast. Four years later, she moved in permanently.

“Santa Barbara gave her everything she wanted: peace and quiet – no ten-sion, no TV crews, no deadlines, no harsh weather, no unwanted guests barging into the kitchen all hours of the day,” writes Spitz. “There was an

immediate sense of serenity – of relief – of starting over, in a charming and a manageable place. Casa Dorinda added to the overall charm. It was a perfect hideaway.”

Our Eden by the Beach’s interesting restaurant scene also indulged Julia, whose life was featured in the late Nora Ephron’s charming 2009 film, Julie & Julia, with Oscar winner Meryl Streep playing the towering, trilling, culinary saucier sorceress.

“The food wasn’t fancy, but good, solid fare, with five or six she frequent-ed on a regular rotation. Her favorite was Lucky’s, where she would have her rib-eye rare, her asparagus well-cooked, her corn creamed, and her cheesecake extra dense. The Paradise Café was her burger joint of choice, and for Italian she headed to Olio e Limone. Any of those places would do nicely – or not at all. But the one meal she never missed was breakfast at Casa Dorinda, which she considered a daily trip back in time to her school-days with a group of older women, like schoolgirls, who bantered away.”

The book ends, appropriately enough, at Olio e Limone where owner, Elaine Morello, was catering to a full dining room and received a phone call.

“A few minutes later, she went to

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My father, who is gone now, donated his time and talent for Old Spanish Days for

over 30 years, and it is during this time of year that those fond memories of him come flooding back.

It’s the first full moon in August and a lot of people become “Senor or Senorita” in Santa Barbara, as shouts of “Viva La Fiesta” fill the air. Out of closets and trunks filled with moth-balls come the Spanish and Mexican costumes, many of which have been used every year by several genera-tions of family members.

The hustle, bustle and rustle of big flared skirts, sounds of Spanish and Mexican music, and the clicking sounds of castanets, sure went on in my home. My Father was Dario Maiani, an internationally known opera singer and artist; my mother, Rosemary Ashby Maiani (stage name Fiama the Flame), was a Spanish dancer in Santa Barbara who studied with Jose Manero, the great teacher of all the Spanish dancers in Santa Barbara at that time (the 1950s). Jose Manero exemplified the real spirit of Fiesta and taught hundreds of people of all ages to dance the Spanish and Mexican dances.

The first time my mother ever danced professionally was with her teacher at El Paseo during Fiesta. From there she went to study in Spain, and danced all over the world. So when the first full moon in August shone in the sky, they were ready to celebrate. To the airport we went to pick up relatives and friends to spend Fiesta with us. My brothers and I had to give up our beds for sleeping bags, as the house was full with guests.

As was our schedule, first was the Old Mission for Father Virgil’s con-vocation that officially opened Fiesta. My father not only helped Father Virgil with the Fiesta Show at the Old Mission, but he also sang Granada, Lady of Spain, and other classic songs for over 30 years. Sometimes my mother would dance while Dad sang.

We returned to the Old Mission the next morning for mass, then into the courtyard to meet El Presidente and the lovely La Primera Dama and have brandy and cookies. Then to the Parade with all the beautiful horses and floats. Marie Margelli would be there with her cart of vegetables. Leo Carrillo would be riding his graceful horse and flirting with the beautiful senoritas that lined the sidewalks of the parade route.

Next, it was to the Coral Casino for the big Mayor’s Ball, “Una Noche de Gala,” by invitation only. Talk about costumes! The ladies and gentlemen really dressed in the most beautiful and colorful outfits. It was a fashion parade.

Some Fiestas, our band “Smoke and Burn” played at the De La Guerra Plaza, and for the Republican Women’s Fiesta Party etc. I was also involved in the organization of the musical acts that performed at De La Guerra Plaza for many years.

On Saturday, we held our own fam-ily fiesta. My father sang, my mother danced and my brothers and I made the music with Rick on guitar, Nino on drums and me on piano. Leo Carrillo, Buddy Rogers and John Carradine were often in attendance. To get into our family party you had to be dressed in costume. And, if you didn’t have a costume, my mother would put a rose in the senorita’s hair and put big ear-rings on her as well. For the senors, a red sash. And then she would say, “Viva La Fiesta.”

When my brothers and I had to clean up the mess in the kitchen, there was a plaque above the sink that read: “Thank God for dirty dishes; they have a tale to tell. While other folks go hun-gry, we were eating very well. With home and health and happiness, we shouldn’t want to fuss, for by this stack of evidence –God is very good to us.”

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Patrik “Piano” MaianiMontecito (Editor’s Note: Patrik Maiani is an

accomplished pianist, composer, inven-tor and a private piano teacher to tal-ented Montecito children. He has lived in Montecito for 45 years. – J.B.)

The Big StinkLast June, Montecito and portions

of Santa Barbara suffered another epi-sode of the “big stink.” This year, perhaps due to the uncommonly long and strong bout, the odor emanating from the Bird Refuge was particu-larly repugnant and annoying. The stench caused by a peculiar, albeit naturally occurring, condition is not only remarkably unpleasant but also not good for business. On at least four occasions, I overheard very negative comments bordering on annoyance from people that appeared to be tour-ists walking near the Lower Village.

The refuge administrator-overseer tells us that everything is okay, because odor is a result of a natural phenom-enon and can be brought under con-trol in the future. Could students and researchers from Westmont College’s biology, chemistry or environmental science departments research the phe-nomenon and possibly come up with a remedy? Such an endeavor could become a great biology, chemistry or environmental science project and, if effectively concluded, would be much appreciated by the community.

Y. LehrMontecito (Editor’s note: Well, now that you’ve

thrown that particular gauntlet down, let’s see if Westmont responds! – J.B.)

On The Serengeti Plain

I am proud to announce that we did take our Montecito Journal with us to Africa; we cannot be without it! This was taken at the Cultural Center in Arusha before we departed for a safari on the Serengeti to see the migration. This was taken in May… it was truly a trip of a lifetime!

Keep up the great work!Debbie & Alex SaucedoMontecito (Editor’s note: You’ve gone beyond the

call of duty by remembering to carry a

copy of this paper on your way to Africa. With all the other things one needs to do before setting off on safari, we are humbled and honored that you included MJ in your plans. – J.B.)

Stop The Carnival!Dear Mister President: I have never

received a job from a poor person, of which I am now one. I am, in fact, at this stage of your presidency, broke.

Dear successful people: please don’t apologize for being rich. Make more money; flaunt it; spend it; I need the work. It is not selfish of you to be cre-ative and make money; it is admired. Those who don’t admire the abilities of the better off and oftentimes more talented, are frequently those who are jealous, discontent, addicted, self-ish, incapable, mentally disturbed, or as is often the case, dishonest in the presentation of the facts in order to put themselves in a better light than is deserving.

Despite the admonitions from the left, shooting for the stars and a per-sonal desire for success are not the results of character flaws and multiple personality disorders to be ashamed of; they are wonderful qualities to be held up as examples. But don’t worry; if they were negative traits, I’m sure you could collect some benefits from the government because, according to the left, the purpose of virtue these days is to serve vice.

Despite the fact that I have voted Democrat since before there was fire, I will not be voting for President Obama this year. He has lost my respect. Nor, can I see my way to sup-port any Democrats in the foreseeable future. They, for the most part, have also lost my respect. While I could be altruistic and state reasons I believe he is, and they are, bad for the country, and thus, bad for the world, I will be more honest and say the policies they have and are attempting to implement are simply put, bad for me. I don’t get it. That isn’t to say I don’t understand it; unfortunately, I do. I just don’t get it. Leave me out of it. Thanks, but no thanks. Since when did the pursuit of happiness, which includes mak-ing money, or even a decent living, become something to be ashamed of?

It seems that every time the presi-dent turns around, he has passed, or is trying to pass, a law the left insists if passed and carried out is for the betterment of mankind, yet works against me, the individual. And what’s weird, is that he, along with the Democrats, are telling everyone they’re doing it for guys like me. From what I can tell, the President wants me, if my neighbors are successful, to be angry. He wants me to believe that your success has been achieved at my

Debbie Saucedo stays informed with the latest edition of Montecito Journal while on safari on the Serengeti Plain


Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New YorkerWhen: 7:30 pm to 9 pmWhere: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road

SAVE THE DATE

Sansum Diabetes Research Institute hosts its popular fundraiser, the 11th Annual Taste of the Vine & Auction, on Saturday, August 11, from 3 pm to 7 pm at the QAD, Inc. headquarters on the bluffs in Summerland. Event proceeds support medical research to prevent, treat, and cure diabetes. The event features a spectacular view, music by Society Jazz, and a live auction with auctioneers John Palminteri and Gabe Saglie. Attendees will be able to partake in food, fine wines and handcrafted beer from over 40 of the Central Coast’s best purveyors. There will be a silent auction with items including vacation packages and wines.Rabobank, N.A. and Bialis Family Foundation are the Estate Sponsors. Other top sponsors to date include Nancy and Thomas S. Crawford, Jr., Alfred Mann Foundation, James and Amy Sloan, Montecito Bank & Trust, Boyd Communication and Linda Boyd, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP, the Inserra family, the Coeta & Donald Barker

SATURDAY AUGUST 4

Special Dharma EventHosted by Tara Ling, three generations of the Sakya Khon family and lineage will be coming together to Santa Barbara to visit for the first time and give teachings on Saturday and Sunday. The senior most guest is Her Eminence, Dagmo Kusho Sakya, one of three revered “root” teachers of local luminary Dr. Alan Wallace, founder of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. When: Saturday 10 am to noon and 2 to 4 pm; Sunday from 10 to noon Where: Rancho Embarcadero CenterInfo, RSVP, and Directions: [email protected]

TUESDAY AUGUST 7

Montecito Association Land Use Committee MeetingThe Montecito Association is committed

to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the semi-rural residential character of MontecitoWhen: 4 pmWhere: Montecito Hall, 1469 East Valley Road

THURSDAY AUGUST 9

MERRAG Meeting and TrainingNetwork of trained volunteers that work and/or live in the Montecito area prepare to respond to community disaster during critical first 72 hours following an event. The mutual “self-help” organization serves Montecito’s residents with the guidance and support of the Montecito Fire, Water and Sanitary Districts. This month: Terrorism and CERT.When: 10 am Where: Montecito Fire Station, 595 San Ysidro RoadInfo: Geri, 969-2537

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Memphis Meets MargerumA group of Memphis’ top chefs will visit Santa Barbara August 9-11 to pair the smoke and spice of Memphis cuisine with the portfolio of wines made by local winemaker Doug Margerum.Over the course of the weekend event, three Memphis chefs,

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Foundation, Angelina Trujillo M.D., Pacific Diagnostic Laboratories and the Henry W. Bull Foundation.Tickets are $75 in advance and $85 at the door if not sold out. For more information call Pamme Mickelson Windhager at (805) 682-7638 ext. 210 or purchase tickets on-line at www.sansum.org.

Peppers Day Center Grand Opening“World War II… My Way” is the topic of a panel discussion at the Peppers Day Center, a licensed day center for adults, taking place immediately before the grand opening event. The public is invited to these free of charge events, held in conjunction with the California Central Coast Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and encouraged to bring children for these first-hand stories. The panel discussion will feature veterans of World War II who will recant their own personal stories of the war and the war effort. Seniors with stories to relate are asked to call (805) 698-9390. Refreshments will be served and a Q&A session will follow. Other events include Alzheimer’s informational presentations. When: Friday, August 17; panel from 1 to 3 pm, grand opening from 3 to 6 pmWhere: 430 Hot Springs Road Cost: freeInfo: (805) 451-2222 or email [email protected] •MJ

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2) Don’t Build Station #3 NowThe economic situation in Montecito has changed dramatically since the

recession of 2008, which has forced all government entities and special districts to take a fresh look at new capital projects and increased staffing. Which projects are absolutely necessary and which are luxuries that could be postponed or eliminated? Having a funded reserve is no longer a good enough reason to spend the money.

The headquarters Fire Station #1 in Montecito at 595 San Ysidro Road houses an engine company, a paramedic squad and a dispatcher, with a total of eight employees available 24/7. Station #2 on Sycamore Canyon Road houses four personnel available 24/7. Does Montecito really need a third new $8-10 million Station #3, staffed with nine firefighters and one fire prevention officer, available 24/7? Estimated added operating costs have run as high as $2.5 million a year in salaries, benefits, equipment maintenance and other costs; MFPD projects an annual operating cost of less than a million. What with the burgeoning costs of top firefighter yearly salaries topping $250,000, and pensions for those newly retiring costing nearly as much, Montecito would perhaps be better served avoid-ing another layer of what may in the future become prohibitive or at least highly contentious costs.

Much of eastern Montecito is already being serviced efficiently and at a lesser cost through a mutual aid agreement with the existing Carpinteria Fire District station in Summerland. Should the Montecito Fire District with its $15 million operating budget be merged with the Carpinteria Fire District to reduce overhead costs and increase coverage and efficiencies? MFPD already provides dispatch services for Summerland-Carpinteria Fire.

Is the current fire and medical emergency response time a serious prob-lem? Last year, Montecito Fire responded to 1,243 calls. Of these, less than 2%, or 22 total calls, were fire related: structure fires, car fires, vegetation fires or dumpster fires. Better fire alarm systems, more effective suppres-sion systems and improved building codes have changed the firefighting business model. Firefighters also responded to another 546 paramedic emergencies, or 44% of calls, where fire trucks accompany a paramedic team. If there is a need for faster medical emergency coverage in eastern Montecito, might it be more efficient to contract for outside medical emer-gency services that could provide a response in 5 minutes or less? There were also 475 service calls and false alarms, or 38% of the calls, where rapid response was not a factor.

Projections for future new home construction growth in eastern Montecito have proven to be a myth. Population growth in Montecito is near zero due to a lack of buildable home sites and stringent zoning and permitting. The Montecito Growth Management Ordinance (MGMO), passed by the County Board of Supervisors in 1991, restricts new residence building per-mits to 19 per year. The last new home built in eastern Montecito, east of Sheffield and north of East Valley Road, was in 2008; only six new homes have been built since 2000.

Montecito has 8,965 residents living in 3,983 households. How does our fire coverage compare to other jurisdictions? The City Of Santa Barbara has 90,893 residents living in 37,820 households, or 10-times the population of Montecito. If Montecito needs three fire stations, Santa Barbara should theoretically need 30. Instead Santa Barbara has eight fire stations, seven within the city limits and one at the Santa Barbara Airport.

The City of Carpinteria has 13,765 residents. Its fire district includes Summerland, with another 1,448 residents, for a total of 15,213. It’s combined population is almost twice the size of Montecito, but it has one fire station in Carpinteria and a second in Summerland, the same as Montecito today.

An option for the MFPD Board is to proceed with the purchase of the Jackson site with its approved use as a future fire station, but to then land bank it. Keep the architectural drawings and the approved EIR report, but delay building the station and staffing it until development begins on the 93 homes proposed on the remaining Palmer Jackson property. This would postpone construction and equipment costs, and save the annual operating costs of a third station. The good news is that property taxes from the new 93 new homes would easily support all the costs and needs of a third station.

Luxury or Necessity?Which of the these options is best for Montecito? The decision will be up to

the voters of Montecito in November, if and when they elect new Fire Board members, who will set the future strategy and priorities for the Montecito Fire Protection District. •MJ

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Chef Suzanne Goin and busi-ness partner Caroline Styne, own-ers of Lucques, A.O.C., Tavern, and the Larder at Maple Drive restau-rants in Los Angeles, announced they have finalized plans to open the new Montecito restaurant, which is yet un-named. Chef Javier Espinoza and Julie Grimm, both veterans of Lucques and A.O.C., will relocate here to head up the restaurant as Chef de Cuisine and General Manager.

Montecito Country Mart owner James Rosenfield, who bought the property two summers ago, approached the restaurateurs to devel-op a concept showcasing seasonal and locally grown foods.

“My husband and I both went to college in Santa Barbara County,” Styne tells us, “and Suzanne and I have always had a strong connection

with the people and lifestyle there.” She says she and Goin fell in love with the space, and immediately sensed the possibilities in bringing their restau-rant style to Montecito. The two say

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they hope to cultivate a relationship with residents, and create something special and personal.

The owners say that lunch, dinner and brunch menus are being devel-oped, using a wood-burning oven and grill as a primary source for roast-ing fish, meats, stews, burgers, and “pizzettes” crafted in the style that has made each of their restaurants a success. As in her other endeavors, Styne will oversee operations and the

wine program, selecting small and unique producers for the wine list along with a selection of farmers’ market-driven cocktails. Goin plans to have a menu showcasing locally grown foods, which will be “cooked simply.” The atmosphere of the space will be a relaxed farmhouse setting.

For the design, the duo has hired designer Jeffery Alan Marks, who handled the work for Tavern, their res-taurant in Brentwood. Marks says he imagines a space that “pays homage to a classical Montecito farm house through a mid-century lens.”

Adding a restaurant to the Central Coast is a natural next step, as Goin and Styne are among the most respect-ed restaurateurs in California, and continue to receive praise for their food, beverage programs and service from the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, L.A. Weekly, Daily News, Condé Nast Traveler, Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Saveur, Los Angeles, Angeleno, Zagat and Gayot.com. They are co-founders of L.A. Loves Alex’s Lemonade, their fundraiser benefiting research for childhood can-cer, which has raised over $700,000 since its inception in 2010. Goin has received four concurrent nominations for Outstanding Chef of the Year from 2008 – 2011 and Styne received a nom-

Los Angeles restaurateur and chef Suzanne Goin will bring her talents to Montecito Country Mart (photo credit William Norton)


Our Gang, Santa Barbara Bank & Trust’s Travel and Enrichment Club, recently arranged an

exclusive tour of the Reagan Ranch Center downtown near the train station, and at the Reagan Ranch on the Gaviota Coast 7.5 miles up the mountain. I couldn’t sign up quickly enough. Who wouldn’t want to see that famous getaway we’ve all read about, especially when it was known as the western White House?

By 1996, President Reagan’s Alzheimer’s had gotten too bad for them to visit the ranch anymore, so Nancy sold it to the Young America’s Foundation. They preserved it with the goal of using it to inspire the next generation of conservative leaders in our country. Reagan loved this 688-acre spot with its tiny 1872 adobe house. “From the first day we saw it, Rancho del Cielo cast a spell over us. No place before or since has ever given Nancy and me the joy and serenity it does,” he stated. He’s known to have

said, “If it’s not Heaven itself, it prob-ably has the same ZIP code.” He bought the property in the 1970s, and during his presidency spent one year of the eight at the ranch.

Accompanying us were Stefanie Davis (who worked for the Reagans for ten years), Mitsuko Roberts (the Reagans’ personal chef at the ranch) and Maria McCall from Our Gang. We began downtown at the Center (it used to be the Neal Hotel) where we had a tour of exhibits, memora-bilia and saw a movie about President Reagan mostly done with his own words. The ranch was called the “Tip Top” before he renamed it “Rancho del Cielo (Ranch of Heaven).” Reagan called it his “open cathedral.” It’s been said, “Go to the ranch. That’s where you’ll find his soul.”

On our mini bus trip up to the ranch, Stefanie regaled us with sto-ries of her memories of Nancy and Ron. She showed us her credibility “kit,” which was various photos of her with them. She was an advance person at 25 years of age. Usually the men got their choice of assignments and she’d be left with the others, like holding the turkey so his wings didn’t flap during the “saving of the turkey ceremony” each Thanksgiving at the White House.

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an apartment over the general store. She also went to Dixon, Illinois – population 10,000 – where he grew up. She needed to make reservations at the local Dutch Restaurant for six for lunch when the president arrived. It was going to be Mother’s Day and the owner said he didn’t have room. Even when she told him it was for the presi-dent, he said, “No can do.” Stefanie joked that, “I was determined to get that table even if it took the secret service guy and his gun.” Instead she brought the local minister in and the owner finally acquiesced.

“When I finished in Washington, D.C. at age twenty-nine, I thought I was all washed up. Instead I came to California and was lucky enough to get a job helping the Reagans with the Presidential Library in Simi Valley.” She was there when it was just a dirt hill filled with contractors in hard hats. She remembers that Reagan wore a hearing aid and at one point Bob Hope’s wife asked him to convince her husband that he needed one too.

Chef Mitsuko told us that Nancy wanted Ron to eat healthy food, but sometimes in the middle of the night he’d wake her up and ask for biscuits and gravy. She also used to take the Haagen-Dazs out of the container and fill it with tofu to fool the president.

Once we arrived at the ranch, we had a delightful box lunch outdoors by the pond, which was named Lake Lucky after it became a year round water hole. Program officer and docent Ana Lightle took our group, as she said, “On the fun tour,” and it was. Reagan and two friends built all the fences surrounding this portion of the property. He kept adding to them for five years.

In the living room was a Montgomery Ward catalogue. It was there to remind Reagan that way back then he wanted a job with them. He didn’t get it so he went into radio instead. In the bedroom, there are two twin beds tied together. They were too short for Reagan so there was a footstool at the end of his side for his feet to hang over. The house has no central heat or air.

There was a restored Subaru truck in the garage that the secret service used to make him hide because it was foreign-made. The jeep was there that took Barbara Walters on a ride as well as Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher. The lawn mower was affectionately called Lawnmower One.

And the stories go on and on. What a treat to have this living history so near. If you can’t get to the ranch, be sure to stop in the Center at 217 State Street. It’s all free and there is so much to see.

How Soon Is Now?

“How Soon Is Now?” is the title of the latest exhibit at MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery, located in the Funk Zone. Curator Brad Nack chose the title from a favorite classic song by English rock band the Smiths. Four artists’ works are on display, hung among the super modern furniture – a great setting for abstract paintings. The artists are Laurie MacMillan, Erik Reel, Christa Lyons and Francis Scorzelli. The show will be on display through August 5.

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Artist Laurie MacMillan beside one of her paint-ings at the MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery opening titled “How Soon Is Now?”

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Jim and Helen celebrated with champagne and dessert at Cavita on Coast Village Road. He surprised Helen with her first engagement ring. What’s that old saying, “Better late, than….”

A Classic ClassicThe De Marcos Fashion Academy

(DMFA) presented its student design-ers’ fashion show at the Calle Cesar Chavez studios to a packed house of parents and friends. I was there because owner Jodi De Marcos was giving a special tribute to my friend, fashion icon Luis Estevez.

I first heard of Estevez when I was a young bride in San Diego in 1957 shopping for the proverbial black cocktail dress. A department store designer salon had one of his dresses, a backless number I fell in love with, and on sale half price for

what now seems the small amount of $75. I bought it even though it was a splurge and literally wore it out in a few years time because I used it so often.

Little did I imagine that I would meet Luis here in Montecito in 1996, when he had his design boutique on Coast Village where Silverhorn is now. I went for an interview to be his fitting model. Though I didn’t get that gig, I did model for him in several of his shows – thrilling for me.

Since those days, there have been dinners and lunches and I’ve read his book in progress of memoirs complete with fabulous photos of all the greats he has dressed, including Merle Oberon, Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan, Grace Kelly and Dina Merrill. As Ms Ford said, “Bless him for making women look beauti-ful.” No wonder he was the young-est designer ever to win the Coty American Fashion Critics Award in 1956.

This evening, models wore ten of Estevez’s designs, some belonging to Eileen Mielko and Carolyn Amory. One from the 1960s looked as au cou-rant as those of this century. Luis espe-cially appreciated all the help given by Natalie Baroni, who also furnished the jewelry.

Some of his friends attending were Betty Stephens and Lindsay Fisher, Joi Stephens, Ginny Vanocur, Daphne Ireland, Susan St. John, Eileen and Tom Mielko, Peter and Dallas Clark, and Kate Packer. Luis may be of a classic age now, but his designs always have been. •MJ

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MISCELLANY (Continued from page 7)the front of the house and clanked a knife against a wineglass to get every-one’s attention,” Spitz recounts. “’Our dear friend and mentor Julia Child passed away today.’ A chorus of gasps and cries sifted through the room. ‘So we invite all of you to raise a glass in her honor.’ With great vivacity, she sang out: ‘Cin cin! Salute, Julia.’ And someone had the good sense to shout, ‘And bon appetit!’”

On September 6 Spitz, who will be spending the next seven years researching and writing a presidential biography on the late Ronald Reagan, will be in our tony town at Chaucer’s for a signing of his delightful book....

Face of FashionSanta Barbara Polo Club player, Nic

Roldan, has been getting more than his 15 minutes of fame, with almost a full-page write-up in the New York Times Styles section.

Nic, 29, a third-generation polo player, born in Buenos Aires, who wings his way between London, Palm Beach, Florida, and California, is laud-ed by writer Caitlin Keating for his “potent combination” of athletic abil-ity and good looks, comparing him to the world’s number one, Adolfo Cambiaso, who is playing his third consecutive high goal season at the Carpinteria club, and polo pro and Ralph Lauren model, Nacho Figueras, who has also graced the hallowed Holden Field with his equestrian skills.

The son of Raul Roldan who played for the diminutive, but mega-wealthy potentate, the Sultan of Brunei – who owns the Beverly Hills Hotel and the recently re-opened Bel-Air, among many other haute hostelries –, Nic has accumulated 30 horses in his stable, which he has named for celebrities, like Naomi Campbell – long legged – or Jack Nicholson – grumpy.

Shortly after reaching professional status at 14, he won his first major title, as part of the team that captured the U.S. Open Polo Championship in 1998, at 15, as well as being lauded as Young Player of the Year.

Nic’s handsome features have also helped him secure an endorsement deal with Piaget, the Swiss watch-maker, and a modeling contract with Wilhelmina, one of the top Manhattan agencies, which he hopes will not so much enhance his personal fame, but raise awareness about polo.

“What people don’t get about polo is that it’s actually very intense and dangerous,” he tells Keating. “People need to see that this isn’t just a hobby for the rich and famous.”

Nic has also played with Prince William – who visited Santa Barbara a year ago to join in the centennial celebrations with his wife, Kate – and Prince Harry, captaining the younger royal brother’s team at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic on New York’s Governors Island two year ago.

He also sports a number of tat-toos, like English soccer ace David Beckham. One, on his left arm, quotes the Dalai Lama: “If you want to be happy for a moment, seek revenge. If you want to be happy forever, for-give.”

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that will change every couple of months and address local, nation-al and international subjects,” says Karen, an illustrator, portrait artist and muralist.

“They are temporary, drawn in chalk, like graffiti, in a twenty-foot by ten-foot space. The first one took me about fifteen hours to complete over two or three days.”

Her novelist husband, Allan, is a cyclist and met Pierre in the Upper Village in May and he said he needed mural artists.

“He showed him my portfolio and he said: ‘Let’s do it!’,” adds Karen,

who also works with disabled artists with Santa Barbara’s ARTwalk.

The next mural will have the theme of the wine harvest to coincide with the wine crop.

“Although the works are only tem-porary and end up being washed off, better to have your work seen by many over a short time than not at all,” adds Karen philosophically...

Kevin Costner’s Contractual ConflictCarpinteria-based actor Kevin

Costner is clearly in litigation mode at the moment.

Having won a legal battle in June

Artist Karen Folsom with her new Olympics mural at the downtown Pierre Lafond


LETTERS (Continued from page 9)expense. He, along with Democrats in Congress, wants me to believe if the government takes your money through more taxation, and gives it to me through redistribution, we’ll all be better off, that I personally will be happier. I won’t.

Right now, I am, shall we say, very underemployed. I would rather not be. How I would be happiest is to not have to reinvent myself because my industry has been decimated. Don’t get me wrong, I will reinvent myself and I will prevail. But it won’t be due to the government; it will be in spite of the government. How is it that the position I currently find myself in is helping anybody? I’m certainly not paying many taxes, which are so cov-eted by this administration.

Which leads me to this: I think we all need to pay a national sales tax and that’s it. No income tax. Most politicians will say they don’t sup-port that idea because it’s unfair to the people who have less money. I find that to be disingenuous. I don’t see the state of California giving a break to people with less money. Anybody who wants to buy a shovel pays the same 8% sales tax regardless of social status. Why not the same for the feds? I’ll answer that: because if we all had to pay 35 cents (probably more) on the dollar, there would be no class warfare, there would be a mass uprising against the government. All of a sudden it would be everybody’s money being taken, not just the rich. And all would start looking at exactly what the government is spending the money on and would start question-ing the wisdom of the expenditure. People would become interested. Right now, for most people, someone else is footing the bill. If we paid a national sales tax, we would all be in it together, not against each other. The only thing we would be against might be absurd government expenditures.

I read recently that the average American household has lost forty percent of its wealth during the Obama administration. I also read that incidences of people giving up their American citizenship have gone up by 700 percent in one year. And of course, they are wealthy people. People of wealth are leaving in droves from high taxation states to low or no taxation states. America now has the highest corporate tax rate of any industrialized nation. Why don’t we stop the madness, get the hell out of the way and let the system work? A few simple laws can take care of the bad apples. The more government does to my fellow citizens in my name, the more they hurt and hinder my ability to succeed. For me, the original Obama love-in has turned into the bloody hatred of all for all. This forced practice of Marx’s “from each according to his abilities, to each

according to his needs,” has turned into the most vicious of dog-eat-dog worlds.

I know in this little bucolic town of successful actors, writers, philoso-phers, etc., what I’m saying is pretty foreign and that many are willingly heading toward the slaughter. Don’t do it. Remember, you have worked hard, been successful and made money. But in the New America, suc-cess breeds contempt and you are guilty as charged, so hand it over. Since his original campaign for the presidency, and throughout his first term, President Obama has banged the drum of class warfare. His beliefs and policies of hope and change if left unchecked and fulfilled as envisioned, will come to fruition through the vision of the blind. Hope is nothing more than desire that something good will happen. Which really means that if you’re hoping, you’re in a situation of despair due to a lack of knowledge of what will work. If you knew, you wouldn’t have to hope; you would act. Hope is admitting to ignorant futility. Hope is not enough, and change only means something different. A starving person will hope for sustenance with their last dying breath. In that case, your hope did nothing for you and your reward for having nothing but hope was change in the form of death. Rewards aren’t achieved by wishing. Stop the carnival.

Mike ChaseSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: If enough disenchanted

Obama voters, such as yourself, do the same by rejecting this administration’s direction, we are likely to begin looking forward once again to a new era of sanity and prosperity, ushered in by the boring old free-market proponent, Mitt Romney. – J.B.)

All For One and One For All

Thank you for your informed arti-cles on the 101 Freeway expansion in Montecito (various articles over the past six months; some written by J’Amy Brown, others by Bob Hazard, and still others by Kelly Mahan). The sketches were very informative if one took the time to study them and had some idea as to what the situation is now in terms of types of roads, inter-sections, traffic and bottlenecks. Your articles were very helpful.

Thank you also for the editorial about four or five weeks ago where you gave suggestions on how to beautify the freeway and make the expanded freeway into a parkway. I liked the idea of the center divider looking like rocks rather than plain cement. My real preference would be to have ficus growing on the center divider so it would have real plants and be useful for the greenhouse gas

effect. But maybe this is dangerous as it is dark at night and might not be seen. It would depend on how close the barrier is to the lanes on either side. Anyway, your editorial that pro-vided solutions was most welcome. If we all think creatively knowing what the parameters are, we may get a project that works.

Thank you also for printing my letter on single-payer healthcare, an improved Medicare-for-all style sys-tem. I read the two letters that fol-lowed in last week’s Montecito Journal on the same subject. That was heart-ening. thank you for printing those also.

The honest, non-political, health-care cost-and-benefit dialogue is one we need to have at the local, state, and federal level. Currently, in healthcare, there is much unequal access, in part because more of our healthcare money than is needed is going into the pockets of the health insurance industry, their stockhold-ers, and our politicians’ pockets via industry sponsored donations. Many people consider this wasted health-care money. This “wasted” money (money not going directly and effi-ciently into care) wouldn’t be so bad if everyone were able to get the care they needed and the healthcare sys-tem were able to get the funds it needs so that doctors and hospitals could spend the right amount of time with patients. Then, patients would have the best chance of living that “healthy and productive life” we want for our society. But, since we, as a society, seem not to be able or willing to afford having equal access to adequate, high-quality care for everyone and instead keep giving so many of our healthcare dollars to the insurance industry and even too much to the pharmaceutical industry, then we will have to have a real dis-cussion about how to create a system that works for the doctor, the patient, the hospital, the business, the family, the community, and the government.

How do we get affordable, equi-table, high quality, paid-for care for all that is also fair to the delivery system and does not discriminate by income or other factors? Medicare has been shown to work. It could be expanded and improved. It seems to me it could be the best solution for America. The “insurance” would be public and the delivery of care would be private. The ethical, non-discrimi-natory principles of insurance would apply to all; we get care when we need it and we pay into the system by income. The wealthy and the healthy subsidize the poor and the sick and injured. We all will be sick or injured some time. Fewer will become poor due to medical bills than now. I guess we would take care of each other in a way that is similar in the way we do

with the paying of our taxes for the firefighters in our community. Most of us don’t use them at all during our lifetime but we pay for the security in case we need their help.

In healthcare we will all use the sys-tem so it only seems fair that we all pay in. Because we want equality, we have to have only one comprehensive plan that covers all needs including dental, substance abuse, and mental health needs as well as the usual doc-tor and hospital care, lab work, etc. etc. Because we want efficiency and the best use of healthcare dollars, we need only one risk pool and one cen-tral bill-paying and collection place. Because we want high quality care we need to have doctors in private practice to compete for our loyalty. Because doctors take the Hippocratic oath, they have to be able to practice the best possible medicine they know how without doing harm. Part of the oath also means service to communi-ty. Medicine was a noble profession. It has been subverted by the fight over money. Let us help make the profession a noble one once again.

It can be done.Sincerely,Paulina ConnSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: It would be nice if

Medicare really did work as advertised, but many doctors, almost daily, opt out of accepting new Medicare patients because of slow payments and, more importantly, inadequate compensation – J.B.)

Clearing It Up“J.B.” responded to my second letter,

as if he were TLB, writing, “I’m still okay with that” (“TLB Is No J.B.” MJ # 18/30), which is what Tim apparently believes, although that ain’t too clear. J.B. also writes, “letters that seem to require an Editor’s note get sent to the appropriate person,” as though there are more than two doing these “claritive” notes. How more confus-ing could it be?!

If nothing else, the mass-ticketing cop in question (at Middle and Coast Village Roads) appears to be gone. Either these missives have scared him off, or, more likely, he’s made his monthly quota, unfortunately imply-ing that some day... or night... he’ll be back.

Enjoy your day,Ben BurnedMontecito(Editor’s Note: Just to clarify, when

we receive a letter referring to a specific article or column, we generally send that letter to the writer of the piece being ref-erenced [“Book Talk,” “Ward Connerly,” etc.] who then often answer directly. Generally speaking, however, it is usu-ally TLB or J.B. that responds to most missives. – J.B.) •MJ

2 – 9 August 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 21They’re called “angels” because they’re in heaven until the reviews come out – Barbra Streisand

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

SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

Domestic Disturbance on School House RoadWednesday, 18 July, 9:58 pm – Deputy VanWinkle was dispatched to School

House Road regarding a domestic disturbance. The deputy witnessed a man walking in the middle of the road, and the man told the deputy he had just had a dispute with his girlfriend and her parents. The man exhibited signs of intoxication, and as the deputy was speaking to him, the girlfriend’s parents walked on the scene. The man became argumentative and upset when he saw them, and the deputy arrested him for public intoxication. The case was cleared by arrest.

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 13)ination for Outstanding Restaurateur in 2012, both by the James Beard Foundation. Goin has also produced the much lauded cookbook, “Sunday Suppers at Lucques.”

The new restaurant is in line with what Rosenfield has envisioned for the 40,000-sq-ft shopping center: a neighborhood shopping and eating destination that is charming, cozy and accessible. He says he has been careful about which tenants to house in the center, which has undergone a face-lift since his acquisition of a 30-year ground lease on the property. Tenants include Read & Post, Toy Crazy, Malia Mills, One-Hour Martinizing, Montecito Barbers, Xanadu Bakery, Little Alex’s, Panino, Montecito Natural Foods, and James Perse. A boutique ice cream shop is also set to open at the end of the summer.

It is still early in the planning stages, as Goin and Styne are anticipating an opening of their new venture in late spring of 2013. Montecito Planning Commission

A group of Montecito residents were in front of the Montecito Planning Commission last week to voice their disdain about the Commission’s approval of a wireless facility on Santa Angela Lane. The residents, who have appealed the project to the Board of Supervisors, have maintained that there needs to be more research con-ducted before the project is built across the road from El Montecito Presbyterian Church and preschool.

Church member Mike Dobreski, whose wife, Suzy, runs ELMO pre-school, said “Shouldn’t we take a look at this a little bit more seriously, when we have this so close to a preschool, and so close to a church where so many elderly attend? And it’s right up against these houses; that’s my concern.”

Commissioner Michael Phillips responded: “I couldn’t agree with you more, but we are pre-empted, and can-not look at the science, should it meet levels which are indicated as safe in

Washington.” He went on, “Perhaps the community needs measurement of its own. Please understand there is no one up here who is one hundred percent confident about this science. We just pray we are doing it right, but there is little we can do besides the visual resource.”

The Commission approved the proj-ect, which includes the installation of nine Verizon Wireless panel antennas on a switch station building at 512 Santa Angela Lane, in May. The panels will join Cingular Wireless antennas, which already exist on the site.

Nine speakers spoke at the hearing; the issue was not an agenda item. They raised such issues as decreased home values and health effects, and suggested that if the project is built, many parents may pull their kids out of the preschool. “There will be major neighborhood impacts,” Dobreski said.

One speaker criticized the commis-sion for approving the project, sug-gesting the project is less than half a mile from 750 elderly people who reside at Casa Dorinda and kids who attend ELMO and Montecito Union School.

Chair Sue Burrows clarified to the speakers that the Commission’s juris-diction only includes aesthetic issues, and not health issues, as those are regulated by the FCC. She thanked the speakers for being involved; the appeal will be heard by the Board of Supervisors on August 21.

Casa del Herrero Benefit

The lush gardens at Casa del Herrero are the locale for the first-ever Champagne & Jazz Brunch, a benefit for the National Historic Landmark, to be held Sunday, August 12.

The event, held at the circa-1925 estate on East Valley Road, is summer-themed, says Casa executive director Molly Barker. Guests will enjoy cham-pagne and wine, as well as a brunch of breakfast dishes, baked goods, and savories in the Casa’s gardens, accom-panied by live jazz duo Joan & Tonic.

An outdoors-themed silent auction will focus on summer fun, including a croquet party, separate star-gazing party and a private barbecue at the Casa, plus a decorative garden plaque featuring antique tiles from the Casa, a lemonade kit made with lemons grown onsite, a Mexican-inspired margarita and guacamole basket, an overnight horseback riding trip, and packages for bird watching, hiking, gardening, and other outdoor activi-ties. The event is expected to bring in $30,000, which will go towards main-tenance and restoration projects; 150 people are expected to attend.

Ms Barker, who gave us a private tour of the historic home earlier this week, says the al fresco event is intend-ed to recreate the sort of gathering that the Casa’s original owners, George

and Carrie Steedman, gave while they lived there. The home still contains their original furnishings, antiques, artwork, and personal items from that era. The gardens remain as original-ly planned and planted, with few changes. “It’s as if every touch in the gardens, home, and workshop was touched by Steedman himself,” Barker said. “When people can hang out here and take it all in, that’s when it’s really special,” she said about the event.

Casa del Herrero, or House of the Blacksmith, was built by a team of architects, landscape design-ers, and antiquarians under George Fox Steedman’s watchful guidance. Designed by George Washington

Honorary Chair Joan Jackson and Casa Executive Director Molly Barker


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Smith and completed in 1925, it is noted as one of the finest examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in America. Today, the estate remains essentially unchanged and the 11-acre site is owned and operated by the non-profit Casa del Herrero Foundation. It is included on the National Register of Historic Places and in 2009 was desig-nated a National Historic Landmark. Tours of the Casa del Herrero house, gardens and workshop are avail-able by reservation from mid-Febru-ary through mid-November and in

December. More information is avail-able at www.casadelherrero.com.

The event, organized by honorary chair Joan Jackson, will be held from 10 am to 1 pm at 1387 East Valley Road. Tickets are now available, at $150 per person or sponsorships at either $600 or $1200, which include tickets for two and four respectively. For reservations or information, call 565-5653 or visit www.casadelherrero.com.

Westmont Road ClosedCaltrans has closed Westmont

Road at Sycamore Canyon Road in Montecito, after discovery of a three-foot sinkhole that formed late last week.

A traffic detour is available along Sycamore Canyon Road, Alameda Padre Serra and Barker Pass Road. Electronic message signs have been posted to advise motorists and the CHP is assisting with traffic control in the area.

Caltrans estimates Highway 192 will reopen at the end of next week. For updates, call Caltrans District 5 Public Affairs at 805-568-0858.

Teaching Beyond Textbooks

Next week, the local non-prof-it organization Teaching Beyond

Textbooks is hosting its inaugural Summer Institute with education leader Ron Ritchhart at Montecito Union School.

Ritchhart, the keynote speaker for the event, is a best-selling author, Senior Research Associate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the Principal Investigator for the Cultures of Thinking Project that helps teachers assess and plan routines for students to enhance thinking and learning in the classroom.

The August 9 event will provide more than 100 area teachers with research-based strategies to utilize in their classrooms, and opportunities to collaborate with colleagues. The

occasion will kick off Professional Learning Communities to be held this fall and led by trained Teaching Beyond Textbooks facilitators. The communities will bring together teach-ers from different districts to support each other, share ideas and develop curriculum based on strategies taught at the Summer Institute, says founder Jennifer Wilson. “Right now tight budgets are forcing school districts to cut professional development, so we are stepping in and partnering with local districts to provide this for teach-ers,” she says.

Anyone interested in learning more should visit www.teachbeyondtext.org. •MJ

The staircase in the Steedman home is an example of the detailed Spanish Colonial Revival architecture (photo by Matt Walla)

Teaching Beyond Textbooks founder Jennifer Wilson and Development Coordinator Adam Wilson

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When one thinks of testosterone use by men, thoughts of rippling

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Andropause is a medical condi-tion in which there is an impercep-tible decline of testosterone levels, beginning around the age of 30, and decreasing to deficiency levels by the age of 45 to 50. Clinically deficient men usually have a blood level below 350ng/dl (normal is 350 to 1,000ng/dl) with optimal levels seen around 450 to 900ng/dl. Associated symp-toms of andropause usually consist of loss of energy, weight gain, decreased stamina, sleep disturbances, hot flash-es, joint pain, decreased sex drive, depression, poor concentration and memory, frequent urination and becoming socially withdrawn.

Around 45 years ago, the medi-cal community brought to light the menopausal condition women faced as they aged. Women who voiced the desire to quell their symptoms found that the use of estrogen and progester-one replacement helped to resolve the negative symptoms associated with menopause. Because women were able to voice their needs, seek help, and embrace the suggested hormone replacement, many were able to over-come the most debilitating symptoms of menopause.

Culturally, men are less inclined to verbalize their feelings and needs. This lack of verbalization and reti-cence in seeking medical advice or information regarding the negative symptoms of andropause accounts for why this condition is just now surfacing, even though it has know-ingly existed for years and is increas-ingly being recognized by the medical community. Men are now seeking the help and information about hormon-al health that was once sought by women 40 to 50 years ago.

The benefits of testosterone replace-ment for men, we believe, are very

real. Evidence of these benefits have been provided in peer-reviewed med-ical literature, much of which can eas-ily be found on the Internet. Sincere and thorough research will provide an abundant amount of information regarding the benefits of testosterone replacement.

Aside from the relief of symptoms, more important are the long-term

benefits that can be seen from tes-tosterone replacement. Testosterone deficiency is linked to a 260% increase in the risk of acquiring cardiovascu-lar diseases. Testosterone replacement reduces those risks by dilating blood vessels and increasing blood flow and circulation throughout the body, thereby decreasing the risk of coro-nary artery disease, angina, increasing stamina and reducing blood pressure. What can also be found are decreas-es in fibrin production involved in blood clots, which lead to strokes and heart attacks. It decreases the production of foam cells, which is the source of plaque formation leading to atherosclerosis. The muscle-building effects of testosterone help to decrease your body mass index (BMI). This translates into increased fat metabo-lism, which helps to decrease obesity around the waist. Increasing muscle mass also helps to increase insulin sensitivity, which decreases insulin resistance that eventually could lead to the propensity for Type 2 Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome X, a combi-nation of diabetes and cardiovascular problems.

Testosterone stimulates increased bone formation, which decreases osteoporosis. Testosterone may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s dis-ease by reducing the production and formation of beta amyloid plaques. Testosterone also helps to improve cognition and memory function

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Rethinking Testosterone Replacement Therapy

with improved blood circulation in the brain and also stimulates nerve growth factors that increase nerve tis-sue growth. It decreases depression and improves mood as a result of increased serotonin production. There is decreased incidence of rheumatoid arthritis, and other inflammatory conditions seen due to a decrease in inflammatory chemical messengers that provoke these conditions. These are some of the exceptional benefits of testosterone replacement known today.

The Saturation ModelAnother concern regarding the use

of testosterone replacement has been its suspected association with pros-tate cancer. It was almost universally believed, until just a few years ago, that testosterone replacement therapy would lead to some degree of pros-tate cancer. This has been another reason why men have shied away from testosterone use. These beliefs

and conclusions were based on three studies. The first was by Huggins and Hodges in the 1940 journal of Cancer Research involving only three patients. The second was the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Trial, and the third was the 1980 Lupron study regarding the “Testosterone Flare.” All these studies had similar conclusions, being that testosterone caused enhanced growth of “existing” prostate cancer. These conclusions led the medical com-

munity to believe that testosterone therapy would cause new prostate cancers to arise or hidden ones to grow. Although based on erroneous interpretations, this association has been gospel for over 65 years.

In 2011, Dr. Morgantaler, a Harvard Professor, conducted a 2½-year study documenting new evidence gener-ating the “Saturation Model” that explained the paradox of existing prostate cancer growth and its sup-pression. In this Saturation Model, Morgantaler uses the analogy of a house plant that has dried out due to no water for a week. Upon reviv-ing the plant with water, it began to grow and flourish again. Once hav-ing been saturated with water, how-ever, no further water would produce any additional growth thereafter. This analogy appropriately describes the “testosterone saturation” effect that it has on enhancing any further prostate cancer growth beyond having satu-rated the prostate with testosterone levels above 120ng/dl.

To summarize, the facts are: low blood levels of testosterone do not protect against prostate cancer, and may actually increase the risk, and high testosterone blood levels do not increase the risk of prostate can-cer. Based upon the research by Dr. Morgantaler of Harvard University and others, we believe there is not now, nor has there ever been, a scien-tific basis for the belief that testoster-one causes prostate cancer.

•••Further information on this subject

will be provided in the presentation on Testosterone for Men, to be delivered by the group beginning 6:30 pm Monday August 6 at Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road. San Ysidro Pharmacy (800-796-2452 or 805-969-2284) is located at 1498 East Valley Road. •MJ

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with fellow actor Stephen Baldwin over investments in a device oil giant BP used in trying to clear up the huge Gulf of Mexico spill two years ago and battling a neighbor who claims the Oscar winner’s trees are blocking his ocean views, Kevin is now suing the producers of his blockbuster, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves – 21 years after it came out.

He claims he has not received the agreed slice of the profits from the film, which has made more than $400 million in box office receipts.

It has also brought in tens of mil-lions more in TV repeats and video sales.

Kevin is demanding unspecified damages – thought to run into mil-lions of dollars – because Morgan Creek Productions “obfuscated, con-cealed and reneged” on its deal.

But in a statement, Morgan Creek claims it has already paid him more than $40 million – and asked why, after all this time, he was going to court.

In his lawsuit, Kevin claims the pro-ducers were supposed to pay him 15 percent of the gross receipts from the film, upward of $90 million.

Instead, Morgan Creek allegedly under-reported home video receipts by up to 90 percent.

Kevin, 57, who was 36 when he made the film, claims it wrongfully deducted nearly $2 million in costs without explaining how the costs were incurred.

“Every actor hopes to star in a great movie that makes substantial profits,” says the lawsuit. “But if you’re hoping to earn profits based on the success of your film and you want to be paid on a timely basis, then one company you certainly do not want to do busi-ness with is defendant Morgan Creek Productions.”

It further alleges: “They intentionally concealed information and employed inaccurate and improper accounting practices designed to deprive Costner of his back end participation.”

Stay tuned...

Real Estate Frustration Real estate woes continue to plague

the rich and famous.Last week I chronicled how Oprah

had to sell her 4,607-sq-ft eight-room Chicago apartment at a loss of $2.75 million, and now former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his estranged wife, ex-TV news-woman, Maria Shriver, are suffering similar problems.

The tony twosome, who separated in May last year after 25 years of marriage, have had their Carpinteria property on the market for $4.95 mil-lion for the past eight months, but it seems no one wants to buy the his-toric Ranch Monte Alegro tract they acquired in 2008.

However, Shriver is reportedly so eager to sell the 25-acre home she is happy to cut the list price consider-ably to be rid of it, having originally paid $4.7 million for it.

“She’s getting increasingly frustrat-ed,” according to Radar Online. “It’s one of her last remaining links to Arnold and she just wants to move on.”

Schwarzenegger, 65, and Shriver, 56, have four children together –

Katherine, 22, Christina, 21, Patrick, 18, and Christopher, 14.

Another update soon...

Ooh La La LotuslandThe 500 guests at Lotusland’s Ooh

La La! gala certainly got an eye-ful, the Eiffel Tower that is.

A 40-foot replica of the Paris land-mark had been erected as the center-piece of popular fundraiser, held on the former 37-acre estate of opera sing-ing founder Madame Ganna Walska.

“She lived in the City of Light for two decades early in the last century and left when the Nazis invaded the country, so we thought this theme most appropriate for our eighteenth year,” says executive director Gwen Stauffer.

Languorous lovelies in heavily beaded 1920s gowns, reminiscent of Jean Patou and Edward Molyneux, lined the route to the main lawn, some holding gleaming white French poodles, while members of the State Street Ballet did mini performances of classical works and contemporary dance pieces along the way.

Sotheby’s Eliza Osborne conducted the auction, which included a stay at an apartment a tiara’s toss from the Champs-Élysées, dazzling earrings from local bling emporium, Silverhorn – inspired by Walska’s personal jew-elry –, and an evening for ten in the San Ysidro Ranch’s cellar.

Among the glamorous glitte-rati accepting the invitation, using a design from an art deco skylight from the Theatre des Champs-Élysées, which Walska owned in the early ‘20s, were Lynda Weinman, Bruce Heavin, Bill and Sandi Nicholson, Betty Stephens, Larry Feinberg and Starr Siegele, Andrew and Ivana Firestone,

Henry and Rita Hortenstine, Belle Hahn Cohen, Thomas Rollerson and Merryl Brown.

The boffo bash raised around $250,000.

Magnifique!...

Non-Gala GalaAfter the success of its first

“Imaginary Gala” last year, Heal the Ocean, one of Santa Barbara’s most popular charities, is reprising the “event” with the theme, “See the Fishes!”

“Our donors want to support causes they love, but without going through the rigmarole,” says executive director Hillary Hauser. “The gala evening on the couch has definitely been born!”

Once again, Montecito-based actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is “fantasy chair.” In keeping with this year’s theme, “guests” are being invited to pick out their favorite fishes and will receive 16 greeting cards to send to friends.

“It’s a way of sharing the love of the ocean and all its creatures,” explains Hillary...

Warm Welcome for Diller

The 69th annual La Fiesta del Museo at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum was a little more festive than usual when it was announced that Douglas Diller is the new executive director.

Douglas, who moved to our Eden by the Beach 25 years ago, has been acting director since April following the untimely death of the visionary David Bisol, with whom he worked closely for nearly a decade.

He previously held the position of chief development director, as well as assistant director, when he guided the museum through numerous capital projects, including renovation of the vaults and galleries.

KEYT-TV journo, John Palminteri, acted as auctioneer for the 155 guests, while Timo Nunez entertained with his dazzling flamenco moves.

Among those helping raise around $60,000 for the popular institution were Si and Karen Jenkins, Philip

Kevin Costner sues film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves producers in L.A. suit

Douglas Diller, new executive director of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum

Maria Shriver eager to sell house in Carpinteria she owns with estranged hus-band, Arnold Schwarzenegger


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A New ProductionSTRAVINSKY THE RAKE’S PROGRESS

Libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester KallmanAlexander Lazarev conductor • David Paul director

“No opera could be more timely.” – New StatesmanThis masterpiece of 20th century opera traces the rise and fall of Tom Rakewell, the devotion of Anne Trulove, and the devilish maneuverings of Nick Shadow. Singers are Fellows in the Academy’s acclaimed voice program. Alexander Lazarev, former director of the Bolshoi Theatre, conducts Stravinsky’s scintillating score.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 7:30 PMSUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2:30 PMTHE GRANADA THEATRETickets start at $10 • Also available at The Granada TheatreCommunity access tickets made possible by a gift from Linda and Michael KestonThe 2012 Irene Cummings Endowed OperaGenerously supported by Mercedes Millington and John C. Mithun

ACADEMY CHAMBER ORCHESTRANicholas McGegan conductor“A sublime diversion” – Santa Barbara News-Press

“One of the fi nest baroque conductors of his generation” – The Independent, London

The delightfully animated music director of the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra leads Academy Fellows in a thrilling program.

J.S. BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 3J.C. BACH: Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Oboe, Violin, and CelloHAYDN: Symphony No. 30, AlleluiaMENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5, Reformation

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 8 PM, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHGenerously supported by Robert W. Weinman

ACADEMY FESTIVAL ORCHESTRAJames Gaffi gan conductorAcclaimed for his natural ease on the podium and his insightful musicianship, James Gaffi gan is considered by many to be the outstanding young American conductor. The chief conductor of the Lucerne Symphony and principal guest conductor of the Netherlands Philharmonic, he will lead Academy Fellows in two compelling works with roots in folk melody:

IVES: Three Places in New EnglandMAHLER: Symphony No.1, Titan

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From Heavy Metal Drummer to Tenorby Steven Libowitz

Tenor Adam Fisher, who portrays Tom Rake, the title role of Stavinsky’s The Rake’s

Progress – this year’s Music Academy of the West opera production – says he can identify with his flawed, overly ambitious character in the comic morality tale. “But,” he protests, “I’ve never sold my soul to the devil – or at least I don’t think I have.”

But one wonders: how did an admittedly “super serious” former drummer in a heavy metal rock band who had never even sung back-up for the group end up as an opera singer at all, let alone a second-year MAW summer festival participant perform-ing the biggest role when The Rake’s Progress makes its Santa Barbara debut at the Granada this weekend? Anyone who caught Fisher’s earlier turn as Tom during an excerpt of the opera at last year’s Opera Scenes knows the tenor has made the transition nicely. Plus that rock ‘n’ roll history might make him perfect for Stravinsky. But that unexpected left turn is a story for later on.

Meanwhile, MAW’s mounting of “Progress” is a monumental under-taking. Stravinsky’s opus – with libretto by poets W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman inspired by William Hogarth’s series of engravings – has been called an “ingenious and sub-tly complex masterpiece” (New York Times), and features a remarkably diverse score. Russian conductor Alexander Lazarev, the former long-time artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre, is revisiting a work he received raves for in 2007 at Opera National de Lyon, while Juilliard’s David Paul, the stage director, is cre-ating an entirely new production.

Fisher talked about the opera, the character, and, yes, his past as a drum-

mer last weekend on the final break day before dress rehearsals began.

Q. This is not a well-known opera among the typical repertoire. What was your first reaction to the piece?

A. The first time I listened to the music I wasn’t sure how to take it. It’s very complex, and it’s not that traditional Italian-y operatic sound where there’s clear arias and dia-logue. But after investigating it, I was quite enamored with what they went through to create it and the final result is pretty cool. You know that feel-ing when you experience something you’re not quite comfortable with? That’s the same idea.

Tell me about your role. How do you relate to the character? Is this someone we know?

He’s a young man who has a lot of ambition but is much more concerned with the end result as opposed to the process. When we meet Tom, he has a young fiancée and he’s offered a job at an accountant’s office, possibly the most boring job he could imagine. He proclaims that he would much rather give himself to fate, trust himself to the hands of destiny, to let the cards fall as they may. At that moment, when he wishes that he has money, the devil appears, or a demon, and offers him a vast fortune.

Tom takes him up. It’s kind of like winning the lottery from a ticket you didn’t even know you had. You have no basis on how to manage it, or how to spend it. All you know is you’re in for adventure. I can relate to him in that sense. I feel like I might make the same choice he does if money were to show up, especially in such a material-based society we’re living in.

That’s the most interesting part about the opera to me and why it’s stayed popular: that timeless narra-tive of the recklessness of youth.

The ‘Faust’ factor. Exactly, yeah. What varies here is

that Tom has a choice. Or he’s given choices to make more than once. And the reason he makes them poorly is because he wants to either redeem himself or match his ambition, but he doesn’t see the whole picture. He always takes the short path to success. It’s not just one goal, one moment; he’s given chances to get out several times but chooses not to, but he feels like if he does it will be a mistake.

How much of yourself are you able to bring to the role?

It’s very collaborative. The piece requires that. David Paul’s experience in theater is to always encourage the actors to discover the character on their own, and add emotional weight to how the actor behaves on stage… I’ve certainly made mistakes in my life. To not only be able to draw on that, but to be encouraged too, has been a huge asset.

It’s a fine balance for the character, too, isn’t it?

There is a danger that the audi-ence will see Tom as an unlikeable character. He breaks Ann’s heart and makes really bad choices throughout the opera. He’s a bit of a brat. But underneath it all I think he’s a kind-hearted, compassionate person who is misguided in his ambition. So the biggest challenge has been to find that vulnerable, human place that Tom tries very hard to protect.

How has it been to work with Alexander Lazarev? What insights to the piece has he given you?

He’s Russian through and through.

He came late to the process, and most of the musical development over the summer has been in the hands of the coaches here. Lazarev’s input has been finding ways to make the music very deliberate, with lots of references. The music never meanders; it never stalls. There’s a very brisk pace.

Are you a Stravinsky fan? I really love it. But I know some of

the community members here aren’t sure about it. They have this idea of what opera is, and what Stravinsky is like. That it’s weird, inaccessible music that is listenable but not tune-ful. But after hearing the whole thing, listening to the music, you get the sense that it’s a personal music jour-ney. Throughout the entire piece there are these little treasures of complete and utter devastation and beauty. It’s constantly changing and evolving and you’re seeing all these different facets of his musical language unfolding before you. It’s quite exciting… In the graveyard scene at the end, he makes this fantastic choice of doing everything on harpsichord. But finally when the devil is defeated, the orches-tra comes in really loudly. You’ve been sitting for twenty minutes in this dark, desolate landscape, and the full orchestra roars in at triple forte and it takes your breath away. It’s like Spinal Tap: Turn it up to 11.

Speaking of Spinal Tap, you were a heavy metal drummer before you were a singer. What’s the connection?

We were pretty serious, but the band broke up just as I was going to music school to study percussion. But because I couldn’t read music, they gave me the most basic rudimentary assignments like playing the triangle or hitting the gong at the end of the symphony. Being rather unmotivated, I joined a choir to fill my time.

I’m still not seeing the nexus. Well, after four weeks, the head

of the choir took me into her vocal studio and had me sing something. The only song I knew was “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen. When I was done she was like, “Wow! Okay. I’ll give you a few lessons and let’s see if we can rein that sucker in.” So yeah, the song’s a cliché but it is a link between opera and heavy metal. And I believe (Queen lead singer) Freddie Mercury would have been chums with Mozart.

Do you miss the rock star thing? Oh shoot, sometimes. It’s such a dif-

ferent beast. I don’t miss it as much when I’m doing something like The Rake’s Progress. But I don’t listen to opera a great deal myself. I like what I’m studying and I appreciate it. But at home in my private time, it’s heavy metal, dance music and electronica.

Adam Fisher stars in Stavinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, this year’s Music Academy of the West opera production (photo by David Bazemore)

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Wild About McGeganNestled in between the two opera

performances is one of the highlights of the instrumental season: Nicholas McGegan’s annual turn as conductor of the Academy Chamber Orchestra at First Presbyterian Church (8pm Saturday; $5). McGegan, a champion of Baroque music who leads the her-alded Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in San Francisco, never fails to transmit his infectious energy to both the fel-lows and the audience, no matter what is featured on the program.

He talked about this year’s concert earlier this week.

Q. You’re just unbelievably enthusi-astic on the podium, during rehearsals as well as performances. How many Red Bulls do you drink every day? Or are you just related to the Energizer Bunny?

A. I do like espresso, but I don’t drink it very often… But yes, I do get enthusiastic about the music. I’ve always been pretty much this way, not perhaps so much when I was playing in the orchestra, a British one at that. But I do get a good result if I’m really engaged and I ask the musicians to do so too. And I can keep it up for a pretty long time. We just had a five-day recording session, which is a long time to keep the pot boiling over.

What is it specifically, musically, that you do, to find those nuances that make the music sound so alive?

I think about it a lot, to begin with. And I’ve been doing it for a good long while. I’ve done many of these pieces many times and I always try to find new things to do. The worst thing would be to stick it into some sort of musical microwave and just reheat it from the last time. And that’s even more true at MAW because they’re students who very often haven’t played this music before. My job is to com-municate my enthusiasm for the music – why I feel it’s so fantastic and living music, not dead old stuff from three hundred years ago – and hope they get the bug too. It has a lot to do with rhythm, also sprightliness of articula-tion. It’s to make it live and be dramatic.

Would you talk about this year’s pro-gram? It doesn’t focus quite so exclusively on Baroque music.

Baroque is for small orchestras, and there’s nothing for the clarinets, etcet-era, so we have to find other stuff to use as many musicians as possible. The Mendelssohn (Symphony No. 5, Reformation) has trombones and a double bassoon and all kinds of fun and games. He’s wildly experiment-ing with the form of a symphony, introducing a chorale and having tunes that move between movements, and other glorious things. Only a few of the students have ever played it before. So it’s a great adventure.

The Haydn symphony (No. 30) is an early one that was based on a piece of Gregorian chant for Easter. There’s a lovely flute part, very lyrical, and as always with Haydn it’s very witty. The

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Wake Up to the Dangerof Drowsy Driving

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It is Fiesta time in Santa Barbara and summer is in full swing. While some of us wouldn’t dream of

missing the festivities of Old Spanish Days, others – who dislike the crowds and traffic congestion – choose to hit the road. Before leaving, people tend to stay up late preparing for their trip. While understandable, this leaves them tired and increases the risk of having a car accident. According to a recent study out of Canada, an alarming number of adults admit to having fallen asleep at the wheel during vacations. The danger of driving while drowsy crosses all boundaries and seniors are at particular risk. That’s because many older adults report being less satisfied with sleep and more tired during the day. Many of their sleep problems can be attributed to illnesses and the medications used to treat them.The first step to preventing crashes caused by drowsy driving is to get a good night’s sleep before hitting the road. It’s also important to allow extra time in your schedule for breaks; ideally it’s best to stop every couple of hours.

Countless families have faced cata-strophic consequences from driving while drowsy or being hit by someone who momentarily doses off at the wheel. My brother’s wife knows this all too well. Years ago her sister, moth-er, and her sister’s five year-old son, Philip, took a vacation together. When Grandma fell asleep at the wheel, she and her adult daughter were both killed. Young Philip survived, but he has had a hard time making his way in the world without his beloved mother and grandmother.

Here is a statistic that is sure to wake us up to the dangers of driv-ing while drowsy. According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, fatigue and drowsi-ness are the principal causes for approximately 100,000 reported crash-es a year.

While research shows that most sleep- and fatigue-related accidents occur at night (between midnight and 6 am), drivers are also at risk of get-ting sleepy in the afternoon, between 1 and 4 pm. That’s especially true with the added monotony of sitting behind the wheel hour after hour on a road trip. The 24-hour cycle of the body, or its circadian rhythm, is naturally in a resting phase in the afternoon. When you add the effects of food, which can also induce drowsiness, an overpow-ering desire to sleep may result in the afternoon after lunch.

A few years ago, I received a not so

gentle jolt as a car ploughed into me from behind. The accident occurred in broad daylight – just after twelve noon, when the driver of the offend-ing vehicle fell asleep at the wheel. I considered myself not so gently nudged to get in gear and spread the word about the dangers of driving while drowsy.

It always surprises me that there has not been a larger campaign waged to let people know about the dangers of driving while drowsy. While most people are aware of the very real dangers of driving under the influ-ence of drugs or alcohol, many are unaware of the often fatal consequenc-es of drowsy driving. Like driving under the influence, sleepy drivers have impaired coordination and reac-tion time. Studies show that driving on fewer than four hours of sleep is the equivalent of driving drunk.

And here’s a special warning to parents (and grandparents) of teenage drivers. As a group, they are among the most sleep-deprived segment of the population. Be sure to educate the teenagers in your life on the dangers of driving while intoxicated and on the dangers of driving while drowsy.

As you take off on your summer vacation, pull over if you’re the least bit sleepy. Don’t talk yourself into driving just a few more miles. It’s not worth the risk.

Patti has long been an advocate for the importance of a good night’s sleep. She is the creator of an award winning relax-ation audio series for children and The Floppy Sleep Game Book. For more information, visit www.pattiteel.com. •MJ

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Hail Adolfo! The conquering hero has finally arrived.

Like the sheriff in an old Western movie, Adolfo Cambiaso wore a white jersey and rode in on a white horse to score his team’s first goal with one of his patented mid-air pokes. The famed Argentine 10-goaler then helped orchestrate Lucchese’s 13-9 victory over Farmers and Merchants Bank in an America Cup game on Sunday afternoon at the Santa Barbara Polo Club. Unfortunately, it came in the consolation match after a Cambiaso-less Lucchese lost in a cru-cial round-robin game on Friday.

Cambiaso, ranked No. 1 in the world and arguably one of the best polo players of all time, might be the man to beat in the final two tournaments over the next five weeks, but Sunday’s America’s Cup, the first major of high-goal season, belonged to Grants Farm, which scored three goals in the last chukker to overcome Mansour 12 to 11 in another down-to-the-wire match at the 101-year-old club.

The victory completed a four-game sweep for Grants Farm, which won the America’s Cup for the second straight year and again featured two old friends and Santa Barbara-based polo buddies in 3-goal rated sponsor Andy Busch and 7-goaler Jeff Hall. The current team includes newcom-ers Polito Pieres (8 goals) and Jared Sheldon (2 goals). While Pieres scam-pered all over the field and scored a number of important goals, it was Busch’s own extreme angle neck shot in the waning minutes of the 6th chuk-ker that provided the margin of vic-tory, although the win wasn’t sealed until Mansour’s 6-goaler Adam Snow missed a shot just wide of the goal at the condo end of the field with 25 seconds remaining.

“I managed to squeak it in,” Busch said after claiming the trophy. “But we also missed some balls we don’t normally miss. They played well, but we’re going to get better.”

Hall said it felt good coming through with no losses over the two weeks of the tournament. But it wasn’t easy, especially in the close game on Sunday. “There was a lot of back and forth, and it was hard to get a flow. We’re a team that likes to stretch out and they did a good job on defense keeping us bottled up. But we dug deep and fought hard and came out on top.”

Indeed, Mansour’s 9-goaler Hilario Ulloa had a remarkable game racing back on defense, making long pass-es and shooting accurately from the

field and on penalties. But it wasn’t enough, although Ulloa said an over-looked foul on the final run made the difference in the championship game.

“Adam Snow missed the shot with a chance to go into overtime. But there was a huge foul he was playing for. Still, you don’t always get the call. That’s the game.”

Meanwhile, Cambiaso showed he might have still had a little jet lag early in the consolation game, as he missed a 60-yard penalty shot wide left, the ball clanging off a condo window, and then let young 5-goaler Santi Torres take a few of the subsequent penal-ties in his stead. But nobody expects it to be easy beating Cambiaso and Lucchese in the Silver Cup (which runs August 1-12), or unseating the Lucchese’s defending champion team in the upcoming Pacific Coast Open.

“You need to be not only on a great level but also having a great day to beat him,” said Mansour’s Ulloa. “It’s not always just strategy; you need to be at your best, because he’s always at eleven.”

But Grants Farm’s Busch wasn’t letting the arrival of the Argentine superstar psyche him out.

“He always makes it tougher but we have a good crew going. Polito Pieres is as tough as anybody. And with Jeff I think we’re right in there with all of them. We’ll be thinking a lot about him for the upcoming games. But today we’re just enjoying our win.” •MJ

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Cultural Overload

Ernie’s World by Ernie Witham

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Over the last few weeks, I’ve seen more examples of culture than an ear, nose and throat

specialist.First we went to the Los Angeles

County Museum of Art to see Michael Heizer’s “Levitated Mass,” the 340-ton rock I wrote about recently that you get to walk under hoping the shaking you feel is your own trepidation and not...

“Was that an earthquake? Did the levitated mass just move? Are you put-ting a penny under the rock?”

“Yup. Just like we used to do on rail-road tracks. I’ll bet this one comes out really flat if the thing falls.”

“Ah, yeah, but considering it took months to get it up there, they may never be able to re-lift it?”

“Good thinking. I’ll put a string on the penny so I can pull it out.”

We also saw artist Chris Burden’s “Metropolis II,” which is billed as “an intense kinetic sculpture, modeled after a fast-paced, frenetic modern city.” It has something like 18 roadways, sev-eral sets of train tracks, and a six-lane freeway, where cars speed along at 240 “scale miles per hour,” just like in Los Angeles, except on their freeways it’s closer to four miles per hour.

According to the artist, “The noise, the continuous flow of the trains, and the speeding toy cars, produces in the viewer the stress of living in a dynamic, active and bustling 21st century city.”

Which ironically is a lot like Los Angeles itself. Might have made more sense to put it somewhere like sleepy little Los Olivos. Course, Burden would have had to put in some antiques shops, galleries, wineries, and a bunch of those signs that still say: “As fea-tured in the movie Sideways.”

After we watched Metropolis II and got stressed out we drove to the Getty Center to see “The Magic of Line” by artist Gustav Klimt.

“These are some of his very first sketches.”

“No kidding. Do you think he’d want people seeing these? I’m betting people would not laugh if they saw the early drafts of my column.”

“Or even later drafts.”“Exactly. Wait what?”They also have an incredible perma-

nent collection at the Getty, including some well-known impressionists. I’ve always enjoyed impressionists.

“Go ahead punk, make my day.”“What?”“That’s my impression of Dirty

Harry. You know, Clint Eastwood?”“That must be one of those early

draft jokes you were telling me about.”

And just this weekend we went to the Getty Villa, J Paul’s other priceless art collection in Malibu, which mainly consists of huge naked statues and really old pottery that apparently Roman and Greek wives were smart enough not to let their husbands handle. It’s a bit creepy that a lot of the statues have eyeballs painted on.

“Look that one’s eyes follow me wherever I go.”

“That’s because she’s one of the museum guards.”

The Getty Villa was modeled after the Villa dei Papiri, which was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. So if it doesn’t match exactly – who’s going to know? There are many unique features in every nook and cranny of the villa. I know this because we went on the longest 40-minute docent-led tour I’ve ever been on.

“We’ll just skip that room. That’s the children’s interactive room. Now, over here...”

Bingo!Turns out they know that some kids

get bored looking at pottery and would rather just scribble all over it, so they have some vases made so kids can do just that.

“Say pass that marker would ya buddy?”

“Mom, some man is taking up all the table space.”

I tried several intricate designs before I finally created a piece that I was happy with.

“What the heck are you doing? The docent was all nervous because she lost one of her group.”

“Well if you must know I’ve been making this.” I held up my prize. “Someday this will be dug up and housed in a museum of the future. They’ll probably want to make a naked statue of me to go with it.”

“That’ll make a dent in the world’s supply of marble.”

Ernie, coming to a museum near you soon. Wow, culture can be cool. •MJ

Ernie’s masterpiece, created at the Getty Villa (credit: Leila Parker) Winners of the USPA Lucchese American Cup:

Grants Farm Manor: Bill Zeiss, Andy Busch, Jeff Hall, Polito Pieres, Jared Sheldon, and President of Lucchese Doug Kindy (photo courtesy David Lominska)

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A Shot of Culture in San Diego

San Diego has a lot going for it – 70 miles of beaches, 266 days of sunshine each year, that sort

of thing – but I wanted to prowl the urban streets. Never mind sun and fun. I was looking for just one thing: a shot of culture. I planned to mainline some museums. Maybe even smoke some Shakespeare.

In many cities, you can score this kind of stuff in a park. San Diego boasts what they call “the nation’s largest urban cultural park,” so that’s where I headed – Balboa Park, with 1,200 acres of trees and gardens, 15 museums, and the Old Globe theater.

The park’s assorted offerings are intoxicating, even disorienting. Where else can you walk out of a highbrow photography museum, go down some stairs, and find yourself in a vast col-lection of model railroads? I began to wonder how all this came to be. If you can put up with a quick history lesson, we’ll find out:

In 1868, the city fathers (I suppose

down here they’re “padres”) set aside a scrub-filled mesa, overlooking down-town, as a park. For 25 years there it sat, until horticulturalist Kate Sessions began to plant birds of paradise, poin-settias, and queen palms; many of her original trees still thrive. But the park we see today really took shape during two grand expositions.

To create the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, architect Bertram Goodhue designed highly ornament-ed, flamboyant Spanish style build-ings such as Casa del Prado and Casa de Balboa to house the exhibits. Did I mention “highly ornamented”? A brief catalog of the architectural ele-ments and motifs Goodhue employed includes tiled domes, arches, foun-tains, pergolas, reflecting pools, arcades, baroque twisted columns, scrolls, shields, shells, garlands, cupids, sprays, masks, bird heads, and urns. (Extra Credit Question: Discuss Spain’s Plateresque and Churrigueresque styles, the basis

for much of this ornate design.) For the exposition, Goodhue visual-ized a fairy-tale city with a warm Mediterranean air. (Not incidentally, his work launched the continuing vogue of Spanish revival design in California.) Today the expo buildings house various museums.

The 1935 California Pacific International Exposition added the Tony Award-winning Old Globe the-ater to the park and, in the south section, a group of buildings whose designs span the architectural history of the Southwest, from early Aztec influences through pueblo style, art deco, and arte moderne.

Okay, so the place looks great. The park offers a world of Spanish archi-tecture and shaded gardens, tucked away from busy nearby downtown and carrying visitors back to a slower, more graceful time. But how about some hits of culture? Here are a few trips I enjoyed:

San Diego Air & Space Museum: If you ever use Google Maps or a navi-gation program in your car, nod your thanks for this technology as you view the only real GPS satellite on display in the world. More visually arresting is a Blue Angel F-18 Hornet, with its sleek lines and fiery twin exhausts; basically, a military pilot sits astride a jet engine and punches holes in the sky.

In the galleries, I observed the simi-lar oblong shapes of the Apollo 9 Command Module, its heat shield peeling from a fiery re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, and several F-35 flight simulators in which kids with stronger stomachs than mine were being tossed around like rag dolls in a tumble-action washing machine.

Travel buffs will be thrilled to see a touchstone of early tourism by air, a Ford Trimotor, called the “Tin Goose” for its corrugated aluminum body, that Pan Am flew on its popular Miami to Cuba route in the 1920s. Amazingly, only four decades later Americans flew a spacecraft to the Moon – and as proof, the museum displays two Moon rocks.

San Diego Automotive Museum: Here I ogled a baby-blue 1913 Pierce-

Arrow Raceabout with red wheels and twin red leather seats, and shame-lessly lusted for a curvaceous white 1953 Jaguar XK120 convertible.

But one exhibit really gave me a kick: A man named Louie Mattar cus-tomized his 1947 Cadillac in order to set a record for driving from San Diego to New York and back – with-out stopping. Louie and his two-man crew could inflate or change the tires from a movable platform, and in the back seat he had everything includ-ing the kitchen sink – as well as an electric stove, refrigerator, washing machine, toilet, and ironing board. The front seat was equipped with a phone, public address system (speak-ers were mounted on the hood), and a Turkish water pipe. Louie could shower on the running board, and one taillight popped open to expose a drinking fountain. What a great American story: a man, a car, and a dream!

San Diego Museum of Art: With Santa Barbara’s art museum as a com-parison, you won’t be knocked out by this one, but among the Spanish old master paintings, European, American, Latin American, and Asian art, do check out Alfred Mitchell’s 1950 La Jolla Cove (a possible aid in deciding if you’d like to visit this nearby coastal resort), Georgia O’Keeffe’s The White Flower, and Giorgione’s fine Renaissance Portrait of a Man, which is surprisingly mod-ern in its depiction of a gentleman with a turning gaze and ambiguous expression.

My favorites were two Monet works painted about 30 years apart – one a fairly realistic scene of haystacks at dawn, the other a house by the sea depicted in Impressionist blues and purples. The two canvases are a mini-survey of Monet’s development.

I popped out of the museum to find typically lovely San Diego weather, with sunny blue skies and a light breeze. A man played flamenco guitar by a lily pond. Mothers pushed babies in strollers beneath shady arcades; bicyclists and dog walkers passed by. The people of San Diego really enjoy and use Balboa Park, and no wonder.

I had lunch at the Sculpture Court

Balboa Park is an oasis of greenery and culture in the center of San Diego (photo cour-tesy Joanne DiBona)

The park’s iconic California Tower and dome, built for a 1915 exposition, now house the San Diego Museum of Man (photo cour-tesy Museum of Man)


Café (try the grilled salmon salad with tropical fruit chutney and citrus vinaigrette) among works by Louise Nevelson and Henry Moore. The park has several cafés, snack carts, a tea pavilion, and other R&R spots.

Before leaving Balboa Park, I peeked into a few more museums. At the Timken I saw San Diego’s only Rembrandt canvas, along with dazzling Russian icons. The summer exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Man focus-es on the unusual anthropological sub-ject of skateboard culture among Native Americans. (Check out the skate decks painted by Indian artists.)

At the Mingei International Museum, the gallery of hats and headdresses might inspire your own wardrobe, they’re so varied and imaginative: straw peasant hats from Southeast Asia, South American felted hats, beaded African headgear.

The Museum of Photographic Arts spans styles from early 19th centu-ry daguerreotypes to cutting-edge, digitally constructed imagery; all the big names are there, including Life magazine photographer W. Eugene Smith with his shots of 1950s New York jazz musicians like the enigmatic Thelonious Monk.

I drove away from this cultural kaleidoscope bedazzled, heading across the high bridge that links Balboa Park to the “other” San Diego – a dynamic downtown with a sports stadium, convention center, and the Gaslamp District hopping with bars

and restaurants. But my head stayed behind, happily floating in the soft, rarified world of culture and sunny gardens at Balboa Park.

Compass PointsGetting There: San Diego is 120

miles south of Los Angeles, about a 2.5-hour drive.

Visitor Information: Go to www.sandiego.org for information on neighborhoods, dining, lodging, and attractions such as Sea World and the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park.

Balboa Park: Go to www.bal boapark.org. Also, there’s a free iPhone app called Balboa Park, with carry-along information on museum exhibitions, plays, concerts, restau-rants, and gardens; available at the iTunes Store.

Where to Stay: Lodge at Torrey Pines (11480 N.

Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla; 858/453-4420; www.lodgetorreypines.com) Staying at this impeccably built and decorated lodge feels like moving into Pasadena’s famous Gamble House designed by Greene & Greene. It’s a flawless evocation of the California Craftsman style of the early 1900s, from the shingled exte-rior and wing-like rooflines to the polished wood and Japanese style lanterns in the lobby and the William Morris wallpaper and Stickley fur-niture in each guest room. Think “cozy.”

The AAA five-diamond lodge is located about 20 minutes from down-town San Diego, overlooking the Torrey Pines Golf Course (home of the 2008 U.S. Open) and next to Torrey Pines State Reserve. Rooms and suites have deep soaking tubs, luxurious beds, and high-tech amenities; many offer fireplaces, balconies, and distant ocean views. A 9,500-square-foot spa has tile mosaics inspired by early 20th century designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, an extensive menu of treatments, a fitness center, and yoga classes. A large swimming pool faces the golf course. The lodge’s A.R. Valentien restaurant serves memo-rable “farm to table” California cui-

sine; I can personally recommend the Guerrero Negro Scallops (sweet corn, pima peppers, fried squash blossoms, cherry tomatoes, espellete) and for dessert the Black Magic cake (gianduja ganache, chocolate ice cream, toasted hazelnuts). The lodge’s staff is warm and efficient. Rooms $325-$475, suites $800-$3750.

Andaz (600 F St.; 619/849-1234; www.andazsandiego.com). This hip downtown hotel has no check-in desk; you’re greeted by a host with an iPad in a dramatic lobby where floor-to-ceiling columns are wrapped in leather strips and float atop orange lights. Celebrity connections: Prince Harry partied at the hotel’s hot nightclub, the Ivy. The hotel skews young and has trendy fea-tures: Many guest rooms have glass-enclosed showers, something like an aquarium, exposed to the whole room. (Better if you look more like Brad and Angelina than Fred and Ethel Mertz.) One suite has king bunk beds, a group shower, and a stripper pole (!). Older or tamer souls can request more standard rooms. All have comfy beds and com-plimentary snacks and non-alcoholic drinks. Rooftop swimming pool and sundeck. Located next to the Gaslamp Quarter. Friendly service from a young staff. Rooms $189-$499, suites $599-$1499. •MJ

Three more museums fill graceful Casa de Balboa, at the end of a reflecting pool

The Lodge at Torrey Pines flawlessly recreates the California Craftsman style of the early 20th century The resort offers swimming and extensive spa facilities

Like classic houses designed by Greene & Greene, the Lodge at Torrey Pines features handcrafted wood and Japanese-influenced lanterns


...Linda was able to have them all at her bedside. She died peacefully with all six children, their spouses and her grandchildren at her side. This photo is of Linda, just days before she passed, holding her youngest grandchild (who flew up with your help). – Linda’s hospice social worker

This year, Dream Foundation will need the equivalent of 10 million airline miles to support final travel-related dreams.

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YOURMILES CAN BRING THEM HOME.Reunions, final trips with children, urgent bedside goodbyes: these are dreams that require airline travel.

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2 – 9 August 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 33I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven – Barbra Streisand

Your year at a glance: It has been one long year without you my love... I’ve been very busy com-

pleting ‘all of your wishes’ as requested...

You will ‘never be forgotten’! Your family, golf mates, classmates, and your 394 dear friends that-Celebrated your life at LaCumbre Country Club that beautiful August day, along with those that ‘missed’ your very Grand ‘send off ’, ALL send their love! As I’m sure you’re observing, I’m never alone... Also, as requested (and as we’ve lovingly done every year) we had your classmates from Santa Barbara Catholic High School 1958 over at ‘our’ home on July 14th. Lot’s of reminiscing. You will always remain in our hearts! Your ‘loving wife’ of 35 years, Gaile. I thank GOD everyday for having you in my world!

PS: You would be so very proud of your ‘newowner’ Petra Thom (37) of BARATTO, SULLIVAN & CO. INSURANCE. She is taking the legacy of Giulio Baratto & John F. Sullivan to yet ‘another’ 35 years of Independent Insurance. Oh, and by the way - you now have that Northern branch we always

talked about. How interesting that Petra means ‘The Rock’ which was Sully’s nickname for you... it was meant to be! Thank you for bringing her back to Santa Barbara... She and her lovely family are now part of ‘your’ family! –Thank you for sharing... xxxooo

GIULIO GIOVANNI BARATTOJanuary 10, 1941 - July 22, 2011

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In the Garden with Mr. Greenjeans

Stake Study

by Randy Arnowitz

Dear Mr. Greenjeans,A few years ago, we bought a six-

foot tall jacaranda tree that came from the nursery in a 24” box. I planted it and left the single stake on that it came with. Recently, my husband untied the stake as the ties were cutting into the bark of the trunk. Although it had been staked securely for the few years that we had it and probably for some time before that, the thing flopped over as soon as we untied the stake. Should we have taken the stake off when we planted the tree? How long does a tree have to be staked before it can stand on its own?

Signed,Curious in Carp

Dear Curious,Except when trees are boxed and

grown at a nursery, there’s really no reason to stake a tree with a single stake. This type of staking prevents the trunk from developing the “mus-cles” that it needs to support itself.

Probably what I would do in a similar situation would be to plant the new tree and then take the existing stake off. If the trunk appeared to be very stout and strong enough to sup-port itself I would leave it unstaked.

However, if the tree could not hold itself up or if I lived in a particu-larly windy area or if I wasn’t sure and didn’t want to take any chances, I’d opt for staking using a two-stake method.

There’s lots of videos online show-ing how to do this and I’d recommend checking them out before doing the job.

Basically, you drive two stakes into the ground about a foot or so away from the tree. Then, you anchor the tree to both stakes with enough slack in the wire or tree ties to allow the tree to slightly sway and move. This move-ment or flexing is similar to doing “ab work” at the gym as it builds girth and strength in the trunk so that when you remove the wires, the tree does not fall over. Securely attaching a tree to a single stake does allow this free move-ment and a tree supported in this way

will rarely, if ever, be able to stand on its own two – well, on its own.

Be sure to use rubber tree ties or a short length of old garden hose rather than bare wire at the point of contact to the tree.

Another tip. Make sure to start with strong wire and large enough stakes to do the job so you don’t lose the whole apparatus when those Santa Anas blow through.

There’s really no cut and dried answer as to how long a tree has to be staked before it can support itself. I’d suggest that after a year, you liberate your tree and see how good of a job you’ve done.

Rose RegretDear Mr. Greenjeans,

I have some Iceberg roses growing under the white birch trees in my gar-den. It is mostly sunny under the trees with some shade in the afternoon. Although the plants bloom regularly, the stems and leaves are always a sad yellow color and the plants seem stunted and not very vigorous. I was told that Icebergs are very easy to grow and are more likely to do well

with a bit of shade than other roses. What’s going on here do you think?

Signed,Rose Woes

Dear Rose,Sorry to hear about your Iceberg

issues. You’re correct in thinking that these ubiquitous floribundas are fool-proof and tend to be more tolerant of less-than-full sun conditions.

However, in my experience, nothing really thrives under the harsh condi-tions beneath white birches. These trees are very thirsty, and hungry for that matter, and seem to suck the life out of most plants that try to compete for space under them. It seems to me that the more water and food you give

the understory plants, the larger and faster the birches grow.

What to do? Well, some plants that I’ve had luck with growing under birches are sasanqua camellias, mondo grass, daylilies, various types of plectranthus (Charlies), Japanese anemones, campanula, some native ferns, and other plants that are sturdy and forgiving of a little drought once established. With some extra food and care they hold their own and are worth trying.

Roses on the other hand – even Iceberg’s don’t generally appreci-ate competing for food and water under or near any vigorous neighbors including hedges, trees or shrubs of any kind. •MJ

When it comes to staking trees, a two-stake method is preferred especially when training large trees

Without competition with shrubs and trees, Iceberg roses are bullet-proof landscape plants


2 – 9 August 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 35Those who do not complain are never pitied – Jane Austen

John Carlander arrived at Westmont in 1980 before the college had developed an art department.

Creating one appealed to him, and he welcomed the arrival of fellow art professor Tony Askew in 1982. The two artists worked together to build an enduring program.

“We started Arts Ascent, an out-rageously successful summer camp, and people loved it,” Carlander says. It fueled interest among students and the community while raising funds for the Art Center. Today, the number of art majors continues to grow, and the department enjoys its new home in Adams Center for the Visual Arts.

Noting the human capacity to be creative and do art, Carlander says, “Some employers would rather hire art majors because they can think cre-atively. It’s tragic to push art aside as unimportant. Tapping into creativity, pulling the ability to make art out of students and helping them discover they have this capacity is a joy.”

“To see where the art department began, literally and figuratively, and to see where it is today is to wit-ness something akin to a miracle,” says Rick Pointer, professor of history. “What a marvelous legacy to cherish.”

Ron EnrothRon Enroth continues to get calls

from people seeking information and advice for family members involved in non-traditional religions, cults or abusive churches. During his 47 years teaching sociology, he became an expert in this area, writing books such as, A Guide to New Religious Movements, Churches That Abuse, Recovering From Churches That Abuse and Youth, Brainwashing, and the Extremist Cults,

published six months before the 1978 Jonestown massacre.

“There was an incredible response to some of the books because they were needed,” Enroth says. “I’m grateful for the ministry they’ve had and still have.”

“He was one of first Christian schol-ars to explore cultural and theological reasons for the development of new religious movements, especially on the cult side of things,” says Stan Gaede ’69, scholar-in-residence at Gordon College and one of Enroth’s students. “Ron always seemed to care about his subject. It wasn’t an intel-lectual exercise for him but something that demanded his attention as a fol-lower of Christ.”

In 1973, Enroth helped co-found Westmont’s groundbreaking Urban Program (now Westmont in San Francisco). “I’m pleased that it contin-ues to change students’ lives,” he says.

Allan NishimuraAllan Nishimura has involved

many students in his scientific work, influencing the chemistry department to focus more on student research. Chemistry professor Niva Tro stud-ied under Nishimura and describes his 31-year tenure at Westmont as an extraordinary accomplishment.

“Before Allan came, Westmont offered no undergraduate research in chemistry,” Tro says. “He kicked it off, and now research is a staple of our department. Through it all, he has remained a humble, quiet servant.”

Nishimura, the first recipient of the Faculty Research Award in 1984, earned the Teacher of the Year award in 1998 and 2011 and became a Distinguished Professor in 2003. In 2007, he was installed in the Kathleen

Smith Chair of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, the first endowed faculty chair in the sciences. Over the years, Nishmura collaborated with about 80 different students to co-author more than 80 published manuscripts. His two dozen research proposals have brought in $1 million in external fund-ing.

“Dr. Nish is so much more than a professor and former research advis-er to me,” says Wendi Hale ’09, a graduate student at the University of Michigan. “He is like a favorite uncle, always encouraging me during dif-ficult times.”

“He was always willing to share the wonder of God’s creation through chemistry,” says Mandy Miller ’06, a resident at Regions Hospital Emergency Medicine in Saint Paul, Minn.

Erlyne WhitemanErlyne Whiteman, a pioneer for

dance as part of a Christian liberal arts education, retires after teach-ing for 38 years. Her courses have included water aerobics, ballet, gymnastics and ballroom, Latin and swing dancing. She choreographed dozens of shows for Westmont, the Santa Barbara Dance Alliance and the Sacred Dance Guild, as well as six musicals. As director of the Westmont College Dance Program, she oversaw dance concerts and the Windancers, the student dance com-pany.

“Entering Westmont during a period when dance was viewed with suspicion, she stayed true to her course,” says John Blondell, professor of theatre arts. “She wait-ed, she stepped cautiously and she persevered. She was unbending in her resolve. Today, though few Christian colleges can boast they have a dance program, Westmont can. She helped develop students’ awareness of the body’s potential, introduced them to the joy and pos-sibility of human movement and helped them cultivate a life of exu-berant celebration.”

Whiteman has published chapters

in texts and articles about dance man-agement and sacred dance, including “God’s People are Dancing – Again” for Christianity Today. She has been dedicated to her students, inviting them to dance with her in many ven-ues. •MJ

Scott Craig is manager of media relations at Westmont College

Your Westmont

Four Pioneering Faculty Members Retire

by Scott Craig photos by Brad Elliott

John Carlander

Ron Enroth

Allan NishimuraErlyne Whiteman


goal to have an impact on our imme-diate community and beyond.

The opening reception of “The Tío Collection” will be held on August 4, from 6:30 to 8 pm at Contemporary Arts Forum, Paseo Nuevo Mall Upper Arts Terrace. For more information, call (805) 966-5373, or visit www.sbcaf.org.

Take A One Night Stand For Art

Starting out in 1990 as a ReUse retail store, an Arts Center, and an environ-mental education program, Art From Scrap outgrew its own name and has since evolved into Explore Ecology, an environmental education and art dis-covery program that brings the ReUse retail store, art workshops, and envi-ronmental outreach programs under one umbrella. Its annual fundraiser, One Night Stand, features over 200 works of art all sized 9” x 9”, in any medium, made by contemporary art-ists in the U.S.

Each original work is priced at $200, making it affordable for those who would otherwise shy away from pur-chasing art for themselves. Artists’ names will be revealed only after their work is purchased. Each piece will be sold on a first-come basis.

A partial list of Montecito artists whose work will be in the show are: Peter Clark, David Florimbi, Nancy

Gifford, Steven Gilbar, Lily Guild, Jeremy Harper, Cynthia James, Martha Ensign Johnson, Penny Mast McCall, Tom Mielko, Wayne McCall, Ellen Lehrer Orlando, Joan Rosenberg-Dent, Karin Shelton, David Shelton, Jeff Shelton, Dorene White, Jeff Bridges and Jack Johnson. In addition are art legends Nicole Strasburg, Jesse Alexander, Eric Beltz, Hilary Brace, Phoebe Brunner and John Iwerks, environmental art-ist Laura Lynch, painter John Nava, architects Fred Sweeney and Barry Berkus, and renowned artists Ann Hamilton, Charles Arnoldi, Nancy Monk and J. Shea.

The artists from Montecito collec-tively shared that they love AFS on many levels. From its art reuse and environmental missions to its edu-cational programs, it is the single largest source for art materials in the area.

Committee Members for One Night Stand are: Tony Askew, Melissa Brooks, Jill Cloutier, Eileen Daley, Rita Ferri, Vicky Garske, Cherice Keck, Sharon Morrow, Judy Nilsen, Colleen Kelly, Mary Price, Cay Sanchez and Dug Uyesaka.

One Night Stand will be held on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Gallery 27, at 27 East Cota Street. For more informa-tion and tickets, visit www.onenightstan-dafs.com or call (805) 884-0459 x17. •MJ

From our town to Berlin, to Milan and LACMA – not to mention his recent coup, receiving the

California Community Foundation Palevsky Fellow Mid-Career Artist Award for 2012 –, Mario Ybarra, Jr. has carved a name for himself in the art world. Returning to Santa Barbara, he will exhibit recent works made specifically for Santa Barbara, titled “The Tío Collection,” a museological tribute to the artist’s family (“tío means “uncle” in Spanish) featuring objects and artifacts collected by Ybarra, Jr.’s five paternal uncles, one maternal uncle, and several uncles-in-law. CAF Executive Director Miki Garcia explains, “Using his uncles as a lens, Ybarra, Jr. explores the ways his family shaped his style and outlook.” During the artist’s installation of his works, he gave us a look into his world with an exclusive interview.

Q. Who/what influenced you to produce this work at this time in your career?

A. My uncles and my father are influencing me. Before, I always tried to see myself as my own entity, and now I am reflecting as they age or pass away on how they have survived and resisted life and the status quo.

Did your uncles and father support your art – either emotionally, literally and/or financially? Are they artists them-selves or was art a large part of your upbringing?

My father and uncles have always been supportive of me as an artist. My father was a naval draftsman and worked on the Gulf Coast when I was a child. Each week, I would receive boxes containing drafting and draw-ing tools in the mail. He would mark each tool with directions on how to use

them. I loved these tools and still have them around today. But above all, my uncles provided me with lots of love and wisdom; I was very blessed to have them as my family.

The works in this exhibit are assembled from actual objects in your family, such as your dad’s childhood fiesta shirt made by his mother. What would you like the viewer to experience and take from this exhibit?

I would like the viewer to be able to somehow relate things to members of their own family and see what types of things they make or collect, and see those things as a means to cultural production. I would also like everyone to go home and value and appreciate their belongings.

Tell us about your award from the California Community Foundation 2012.

The CCF award is a very competi-tive grant, juried by alumni fellows and art professionals. I am honored to have received it this year. It means to me that my peers respect my practice as an artist and that is very inspira-tional.

What is next for you?I am hoping to win the Mohn Award

that is going on with the Made in L.A. exhibition in L.A. I would like to have my own kids and be able to pass along a legacy to my family.

How is your Slanguage Studio – the space you have with wife, Karla Diaz?

The studio is in its tenth year this year. Originally, we wanted it to be our personal studio after grad school. It is now a de facto art school and studio that fosters artists of any stage in their career to have a platform to develop their art, with a collective

Behind the scenes with artist Mario Ybarra, Jr. as he installs his commissioned exhibit at the Contemporary Art Forum Gallery, just in time for Fiesta

Montecito artists generously contributed works to the annual One Night Stand fundraiser for Art From Scrap: Wayne McCall, Joan Rosenberg-Dent, Penny Mast McCall and Nancy Gifford

One Night Stand event co-chairs on Cay Sanchez, Melissa Brooks and Jill Cloutier

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David and Sally Martin were co-chairs...

Porch Painting

Carpinteria artist Kim Snyder put her paintbrush and easel to good use at Kathryne Dahlman’s Coast Village Road design store to raise funds for the Return to Freedom Wild Horse Sanctuary.

Using photographs she took at the 300-acre ranch, which is located near Lompoc, she spent the day paint-ing on the porch, her second year helping raise funds for 15-year-old equestrian charity founded by Neda DeMayo.

“I really wanted to help them out and love painting the horses, with ten percent of the proceeds going to the ranch to help pay for feed and vet bills,” says Kim, whose works sell for between $350 and $2,000.

“I go up once or twice a year and have done a couple of dozen paint-ings. The horses really are magnifi-cent.”

Long may she rein!...

T@8With less than two weeks to go until

the end of the Music Academy of the West’s popular Summer Festival, Hahn Hall was packed for the weekly Tuesdays@8 concert.

Dual pianists, Natasha Kislenko and Margaret McDonald, kicked off the show with Rachmaninoff’s Suite No.2, followed by Poulenc’s Sonata for Cello and Piano with Jonathan Feldman on keyboard and Alan Stepansky on strings.

Dvorak’s Piano Trio No. 3 in F Minor with violinist Kathleen Winkler, pia-nist Warren Jones and Stepansky wrapped up the entertaining perfor-mance...

Overseas DramaOprah Winfrey may be known for

her favorite things, but eating with her hands is clearly not one of them.

The former TV talk show titan has reportedly ignited uproar in India after she was heard asking whether locals still ate with their hands.

The controversial comment came as she sat down to dine with a fam-ily in Mumbai earlier this year while she was filming her OWN TV show, Oprah’s Next Chapter.

According to Indian tradition, meals are usually not consumed with forks, knives and spoons.

But her comments drew intense criticism from Indian citizens, who blasted Montecito’s most famous resi-dent for her apparent insensitivity to local customs and traditions.

One local journalist told ABC News: “It’s all stereotypes and all the clichés the West has, between the elephants and the palaces and the snakes charm-ers and cows. That exists in India, but it’s this imagery of the country that some people seem to have, and I think I expected a lot more from somebody like Oprah Winfrey.”

Another blasted: “You should have done your homework.”

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Not-So-Happy AnniversaryThis month marks the first anni-

versary of the Kardashian family’s takeover of our rarefied enclave for the vastly overhyped nuptials of Kim Kardashian to pro basketball player Kris Humphries, a marriage that last-ed all of 72 well paid days.

As the twosome still battle publicly over their divorce, with Humphries calling it “fraud,” Kardashian, star of the E! TV show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, looks set to walk down the aisle again, this time with rapper-film director Kanye West, 35.

He is, according to Radaronline.com, designing a diamond and ruby engagement ring for Kardashian, 31, so he can propose when her split from Humphries – who last month signed a two year, $24 million contract with the New Jersey Nets –, is finalized.

Watch this space...

Sightings: Star Trek’s Dominic Keating noshing at the Mesa Cafe... Carol Burnett checking out the crowd at Lucky’s... Dallas Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, and his wife, Gene, park-ing their personal bus outside the Biltmore while lunching at Bella Vista

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

Artist Kim Snyder wields her paintbrush for horse charity


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Ventura County Fair – Now in full swing, the county fair that’s closest to Montecito and by far the largest in the area has an incredibly diverse line-up of musical performers on tap, including lots of oldies, country singers, hard rockers and local favorites. The grandstand headliners include Brett Michaels, Joan Jett, Creed, Frankie Avalon, Martina McBride, Boys II Men, En Vogue and Ventura’s own Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. Check online for details, including a full, downloadable schedule of daily events. WHEN: Through August 12 WHERE: 10 East Harbor Blvd., Ventura COST: $13 general, $12 children 6-12 & seniors 62-99, free 5 & under and 100-plus INFO: 648-3376 or www.venturacountyfair.org

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Free summer outdoor music – Concerts in the Park, one of Santa Barbara’s favorite free summer soirees, is on hiatus this week in deference to Old Spanish Days Fiesta. But the crowds will be back packing Chase Palm Park for music and frolicking with friends and family under the sun and stars once again on August 9, when the series resumes with the 2012 version of Summer of Rock. Local Santa Barbara bands are featured, including False Puppet, Bad Jack, Brandi Lentini & Stolen Thunder. And don’t miss the final show of the summer when Sgt. Pepper brings their rollicking Beatles tribute to Chase Palm Park on August 16. WHEN: 6-8:30pm WHERE: Cabrillo Blvd. at Calle

Cesar Chavez INFO: 897-1946 or www.sbparksandrecreation.com. The six-week Music at the Ranch series held out at the gardens around Stow House and Rancho La Patera continues Tuesday (August 7) with MissBehavin’. The Santa Barbara-based band plays R&B, funk, hip-hop and Latin songs, complete with a horn section and percussionist. WHEN: 5:30-7:30pm WHERE: 304 N Los Carneros Road, Goleta COST: free INFO: 681-7216 or www.stowhouse.com

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2

Viva la downtown – With Old Spanish Days in full swing, could there be any other theme for this month’s 1ST Thursday celebration than Fiesta? Of course not. The downtown art and culture evening gets into the Fiesta spirit with a variety of exhibitions and activities tied to the 88th annual celebration. Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine Art hosts a group exhibit called “Fiesta Finery” while Casa Magazine’s office/gallery space offers “There’s a Charm for Fiesta,” featuring three artists’ photography capturing the Santa Barbara festivities. Right next door at the Lobero Theatre – where Old Spanish Days actually had its first celebration way back in 1924 to coincide with the venue’s grand reopening – is commemorating its history with a “First Fiesta to First Thursday” event announcing upgrades to the historic theater and behind-the-scenes and interactive displays. On the performing arts front – as if Fiesta doesn’t already offer enough of that on its own – 1st Thursday sites are also getting into the Spanish spirit. Shaun

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Summer cinema series – “ROBOTS! SPACE ALIENS! BODY SNATCHERS! Science Fiction Film Classics of the 1950s,” the free film series from UCSB Arts & Lectures and the City of Santa Barbara, doesn’t have a Friday night screening this week, as the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Garden hosts Noches de Ronde

as part of Fiesta. But it’s back next week, August 10, with Invasion of the Body Snatchers, considered the ultimate ’50s sci-fi flick. Conformity and paranoia mix in this chilling 1956 movie about a doctor in a small California town whose patients report their relatives have been acting oddly distant lately. The question of whether it’s a case of epidemic mass hysteria or something more sinister is resolved when the pod people (aka alien duplicates!) take over. Directed by Don Siegel (who went on to film Dirty Harry and Escape from Alcatraz), “Body Snatchers” screens first at Campbell Hall this Wednesday (August 8). Note: come early to the Friday event at the Courthouse and you can make your very own space alien mask, with supplies and assistance provided free by Art From Scrap, beginning at 6pm. WHEN: 8:30pm Fridays, 7:30pm Wednesdays (series continues through August 24) INFO: 893-3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2

‘Standard Deviation’ – The 4,000 square foot store front facing Paseo Nuevo that formerly housed the Peace Store is being transformed into a temporary gallery for the first week of the month in a bold attempt to bring alternative art into a downtown space right next to De La Guerra Plaza, in the heart of the annual Fiesta celebration. The gallery show is curated by filmmaker, writer and artist Ted Mills and media artist Marco Pinter, and will include interactive sculptures, projection and video work, along with

painting, photography, and multi-media works. Dance performances, DJs spinning dance tracks, abstract and alternative video screenings, and music performance are slated for the weekend evenings. The curators are both making a statement on empty storefronts on lower State Street and taking advantage of the space to showcase work that involves motion and change over time. Alan Macy, Jonathan Smith, Morgan DeLucia, Ethan Turpin, Davor Magdic, Angus Forbes, Nik Blaskovich, Meighann Athena Helene, and Masha Keating are among the artists and performers involved. Tonight’s opening reception features a performance by Nebula Dance Company. WHEN: Reception 5:30-9pm tonight; open 12noon-6pm weekdays, 12noon-9pm Friday & Saturday through August 8 WHERE: 740 State Street COST: free INFO: www.facebook.com/events/363510360388381

Sanders incorporates timeless musical themes influenced by the flamenco disciple on the Spanish guitar in his show on the corner of State and Anapamu Streets. Gitana Cumbia Y Las Ninas de Santa Barbara perform Spanish reggae dance music and a mix of gypsy music from Argentina and all over South America, Spain and Portugal on Marshall’s patio at 900 State Street. Linda Vega’s Dance Studio holds forth at Paseo Nuevo Center Court, presenting “FLAMENCO! Santa Barbara,” directed by Vega and comprised solely of young dancers. And you can create your own Fiesta-inspired paper flowers at Casa Dolores’ activity station. Need a break from all the Fiesta-ing? Take a moment to relax and rejuvenate at a new 1st Thursday venue: Alchemy Arts Center & Café Restaurant which will offer tours of their center, information about holistic treatments and samples of their healing elixirs. WHEN: 5-8pm WHERE: Lower State Street and offshoots COST: free INFO: www.santabarbaradowntown.com

SUnDAY, AUGUST 5

Homer’s ‘Odyssey,’ with an edge – Michael Morgan’s The Odyssey Project partners teens from Los Prietos Boys Camp with UCSB students to explore and adapt the famous compelling story of a hero’s journey home. The cultures come together to re-write the tale using their own life stories, as each member of the cast has been encouraged to develop their own unique voice supported by a network of university and community contributors including a mask maker, poet, storyteller, martial artist and hip-hop choreographer. The goal is to demonstrate social change

in action: how artistic cooperation transcends class, racial and social barriers and how art with rehabilitation serves as an alternative to incarceration and penalty. Conception Media of Santa Barbara is currently filming a documentary short on this experimental process. It will examine the efficacy of this creative collaboration as a model for social justice and transformation. The performance will be followed by a Q&A with the participants. WHEN: 2pm WHERE: Center Stage Theater, upstairs in Paseo Nuevo mall COST: $20 suggested donation INFO: 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org

Art panel discussion – An eclectic mix of artists, critics, theorists, and writers come together to share the when, where, and why of their favorite portrait across time and place, and most favorite or least favorite image in Santa Barbara Museum of Art’s current landmark “Portrayal/Betrayal” exhibition. The panelists include artist Tony de los Reyes, UCSB Professor of Critical Theory and Integrative Studies Colin Gardner, writer and USC School of Cinematic Art Adjunct Faculty Nevin Schreiner, and UCSB Professor of Asian American Studies Sameer Pandya. The event is free with regular admission to the museum. WHEN: 2pm WHERE: Mary Craig Auditorium at SBMA, 1130 State Street COST: $9 general, $6 seniors/students, free under 6 and every Sunday INFO: 884-6454 or www.sbmuseart.org

wEDnESDAY, AUGUST 8

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Jones-ing for Norah – The daughter of Indian sitar superstar Ravi Shankar, Norah Jones’ music seemed timeless when first widely heard on her astonishing debut album Come Away with Me back in 2002. The record, which blended acoustic pop with Jones’ special brand of mystic soul and soft jazz, instantly established Jones as a new voice and both the album and single “Don’t Know Why” topped Billboard’s charts (not to mention winning five Grammy Awards). So it’s not surprising that it seems like both ages and just yesterday that we first heard her sultry

vocals. And it’s also not surprising that the special talent continues to innovate: her latest CD, Little Broken Hearts, released in May, finds her working with Danger Mouse for this fifth studio album, stepping into new directions that are both dark and airy and, of course, musically quirky. The Santa Barbara Bowl has been a favorite tour stop in her decade-long career. Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons open for her latest visit tonight. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 North Milpas Street COST: $43.50-$73.50 INFO: 962-7411 or www.sbbowl.com

wEDnESDAY, AUGUST 8

Tales returns – The special 10th anniversary season of Tales From The Tavern resumes tonight with Paul Thorn, the Midwestern-born singer-songwriter who preceded his music career with a bunch of boxing bouts (he actually won a professional nationally-televised fight against former world champion Roberto Durán). That toughness shows up in his music, which blends bluesy-rock with folky storytelling, perfect for the bar-turned-coffeehouse environment at the Maverick Saloon. TFTT has also announced an addition to the schedule: a bonus concert with Dave Alvin and The Guilty Ones. One of the core artists of the series over the past decade, Alvin is included on the Tales from the Tavern compilation CD, and featured in the Tales from the Tavern film that had its world premiere

at SBIFF last February. Special deals for sponsors and season ticket holders are in place for the show. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Maverick Saloon, 3687 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez COST: $25 INFO: 688-0383 or www.talesfromthetavern.com

This Island in celebration of the Rubicon Education & Outreach department’s 10-year anniversary because it was the very first production the Musical Theatre Camp did when he founded the program in 2002. But there are plenty of other good reasons to revisit the work. The highly original and theatrical Caribbean adaption of the popular fairy tale The Little Mermaid garnered eight Tony nominations for its Broadway run, including Best Musical, Book and Score. The nearly non-stop song and dance show – perfect for youngsters honing their craft – tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy boy from

the other side of her island and then has her love tested by the fantastical gods who rule the island. Last summer’s RTC production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was honored with an Indy Award for John Douglas’ musical direction. Douglas, familiar to local audiences for his frequent work in high school productions, has the same role this year. Sounds like a winner! WHEN: 7pm tonight, 2 & 8pm tomorrow, 8pm Friday, 2 & 8pm Saturday and 2 & 7pm Sunday WHERE: 1006 E. Main Street, Ventura COST: $20 in advance, $25 at the door general; $15 in advance, $20 at the door children 12 & under INFO: 667-2900 or www.rubicontheatre.org •MJ


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 steak-house in the heart of America’s biggest little village. Steaks, chops, seafood, cocktails, and an enormous wine list are featured, with white tablecloths, 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)

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 fire-place. Dinner is served from 5 to 10 pm daily with bar service extending 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 packinghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features a lounge with full bar service and separate dining room with crackling fireplace and creekside views. Chef Matthew Johnson’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)

Garden Market $3811 Santa Claus Lane (745-5505)

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 Mexi-co created by Chef Ramon Velazquez. Try an an-tojito (or “small craving”) like the Anticucho de Filete (Serrano-chimichurri marinated Kobe beef skewer, rocoto-tomato jam and herb mashed po-tatoes), 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 ingredients, 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


Mosaic, as applied to art, means creating images with small pieces of glass,

stone, minerals, or a combination of these elements. The precise design of the mosaic captures our attention, then underscores and enhances the images themselves.

A good way to think of mosaic art in narrative form is to look at Canada, the latest novel from Richard Ford (Harper Collins). Ford’s approach to the dramatization of this narrative of a family is lapidary, suggesting a memorable, if not outright hypnotic, mosaic from the first glimpse. “First, I’ll tell about the robbery our parents committed.”

An observation often attributed to the splendid novelist and short story writer of his day, W. Somerset Maugham, states: “There are three rules for writing the successful novel. Unfortunately, no one remembers what they are.” Another observa-tion often heard among beginning storytellers, “The secret to a suc-cessful novel is an irresistible first sentence, followed by another, and then another, ad infinitum, until the story is told.”

Richard Ford’s irresistible second sentence is: “Then about the mur-ders, which happened later.”

Not until we reach page 418, and the final sentence, “We try.” do we realize the strength and splendid nature of the trail of literary crumbs set out for us to follow, although well before then, suspicions begin to emerge. One suspicion in particular, “We’ll be back.” With any works of apparent straightforward transpar-ency, there is always a measure of suspicion, making us want to weigh each word and event with care, seek-ing the clues that inform us where the characters went awry and where we caught them.

Canada is narrated from the first-person perspective of Dell Parsons, looking back over a span of more than fifty years at events over which he and his twin sister, Berner, were unintended victims. The robbery, a small bank in an out-of-the-way North Dakota town, was to have been the beginning of a new life for all four Parsons, but not in the ways any of them foresaw.

Major themes are boundaries, thus the ironic presence of Canada as place and title, consequences, and intentions. Ford’s vehicles of transportation are his remarkable sentences, each simultaneously beguiling with visual and emotional

energy, but also invisible as occa-sions of stylistic showing off. One of my favorites, seemingly having nothing to do with the story, and yet an integral part of it: “Chickens bobbed and pecked over the dry ground.”

Ford, whom I’ve frequently found unreadable in the past because of a heavy sense of narrative sameness and ennui, does not bring uninter-esting characters on stage. Even if they are the detectives come to arrest Dell’s parents or the deputies when Dell and Berner visit their parents in the Cedar Falls jail, they are dis-tinct in voice and appearance. Nor does Ford regard any of them, even those merely passing through, as throwaway, witness Berner’s first boyfriend in Cedar Falls or, for that matter, her ultimate husband.

In addition to a vivid cast of char-acters, Ford has in his tool kit an excellent, often mischievous sense of timing, strategic in withholding vital information, letting it out almost as an afterthought. “The longer I delay characterizing my father as a born criminal, “ the retrospective Dell Parsons tells us, “the more accu-rate this story will be.” But by that sentence, he calls his own reliabil-ity as a narrator into question, yet another time. “He became one, it’s true. But I’m not sure at what point in the chain of events he or anyone in the world would have known it. Intention to be a criminal must weigh in these things.”

Dell Parsons, smuggled into Canada to avoid becoming a ward of the State of Montana, is barely sixteen when he meets Remlinger, another American who has his own reasons for being elsewhere. Alone, his life invariably altered from hopes of the high school chess club or trying his hand at raising bees, wrenched into a country at once similar but with marked differences to America, Dell must now learn to deal with Remlinger, at once his protector and a darker, more elemental force than his parents.

And here, we learn about the mur-ders from the second sentence. •MJ

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1 Seaview Drive – $4,650,000 – Newer listing

Quite literally steps to the sands, this recently updated three-bedroom, three-bath beach-level unit features a chef’s kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite counters, for-mal dining room, fireplace in living room and a spacious oceanfront patio.

Easy ground-floor in-and-out access make this 2,400+ sq ft unit feel more like a home, as you can walk directly from the condominium to the beach without using flights of stairs or an ele-vator. Panoramic views of Hammonds Reef and the Channel Islands are vis-ible from almost every room in this sun-drenched, single-level condo. Oceanfront ground-floor units are rare and rarely available, making this a unique opportunity for an interested buyer who would prefer the ameni-ties, ease of maintenance and security aspects of a gated condo complex to a single-family residence on the beach.

13 Seaview Drive – $4,995,000 – Newer listing

This Montecito Shores penthouse unit features three bedrooms and two and a half baths and includes

walls of glass framing endless ocean views. This condominium was recently upgraded throughout with a gourmet kitchen, radiant-heat flooring, central vacuum sys-tem, sound system, tinted sliding doors, and a new lighting system. Up the spiral staircase is a loft balcony-office area, and generous

storage areas. The living room with fireplace, dining room, and kitchen all showcase the marvelous ocean and island views. High ceilings and top-floor location are two of the additional unique features that make this rarely available beach-front listing attractive.

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For more information on these prop-erties, contact your real estate agent. If you are not working with anyone, and would like more information on one of these properties or would like to see other listings available in Montecito or Santa Barbara, please feel free to contact Mark or Sheela Hunt through their website, www.MontecitoAndSantaBarbaraHomes.com. •MJ

Montecito Shores is a beachside condominium complex located just east of

the Biltmore Hotel and Coral Casino Beach & Cabana Club. The property reaches from the railroad tracks to the north, and to the ocean in the south, directly in front of the famed surf spot “Hammonds” (named after the wealthy owners of the land who lived there from the early 1900s, through the late 1950s, prior to development).

The community of individually owned condominiums (developed and built in 1974) consists of a num-ber of separate three-story buildings, each with its own underground park-ing and elevators. Additionally, each building features a number of verti-cal structures separated by airspace, allowing for “no common walls” for the units in the complex. This is, in my experience, a rare approach for condo construction, and is an attrac-tive bonus, creating more privacy and helping to minimize daily noise com-ing from your neighbors.

The Montecito Shores complex shares a guard gate with the Bonnymede Shores complex and is pretty much hidden from the street. A walk on the beach at Hammonds, however, will show off the Montecito Shores com-munity, as a few of the buildings (and two of the units spotlighted below) sit right on the ocean front.

Also worth mentioning is the fact that Montecito Shores offers owners and renters a tennis court, pool and spa, walking paths and direct beach access. Additionally, the complex is located just a few blocks from the shops and restaurants along Coast Village Road.

Sales in Montecito Shores have been generally consistent recently, and an ocean view, top floor, extensively remodeled unit listed for $2,395,000, just went into escrow this past week.

Other recent sales include unit(s) of around 1,800-sq-ft (without ocean views) in the $1-million to $1.2-mil-lion price range.

Location, view and proximity to the oceanfront are a few of the most important keys in determining value at Montecito Shores and this is evident by the disparity in listing prices for units of similar or relatively close square footage. There are four units currently for sale that I consider best buys based on their price, location in the complex, rarity of availability, etc…

71 Seaview Drive – $939,000

Unit #71 is a top-floor penthouse condo and is located toward the back of the complex and features a west and northwest exposure. This partially updated unit with upside potential includes two bedrooms, two bath-rooms, a fireplace in the living room, separate dining room, wet bar, and two balconies. At just over 1,700+ sq ft (and recently reduced from the original list price of $995,000), this is, by a few hun-dred thousand dollars, the least expen-sive unit on the market at this time in the complex. There are no ocean views, but quiet treetop views and afternoon sunsets bring light into the unit.

61 Seaview Drive – $1,295,000

Here we have a renovated, two-bedroom, two-bath unit, measuring 1,800+ sq ft with a unique floor plan that includes a sunroom that runs the length of the living areas, and bedrooms on either side of the unit. The kitchen and bathrooms have been updated nicely and the unit shows very well. The living room and read-ing areas look out on greenery, which makes this area of the unit quite pri-vate. This unit has been reduced from the recent list price of $1,395,000.

2-bdrm, 2-bth penthouse unit at Montecito Shores: $939,000

1,800+ sq ft of fully renovated,

attractive and comfortable

space is priced at $1,295,000

This hand-some, mod-ern, 2-story,

3-bdrm, 2½-bth open

ocean-view penthouse is listed at

$4,995,000

This 2,400+ sq ft Montecito Shores unit, listed at $4,650,000, is quite literally steps from the sand

Life By The Beach

Real Estate by Mark Hunt

Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are real estate agents. They live in Montecito with their daughter Sareena, a freshman at SBHS. His family goes back nearly one hundred years in the Santa Barbara area. Mark’s

grandparents – Bill and Elsie Hunt – were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.

2 – 9 August 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 43I hated singing; I wanted to be an actress, but I don’t think I’d have made it any other way – Barbra Streisand

JS Bach (Orchestral Suite No. 3) is one of four he wrote in the French style, which is based on dance music. It’s very festive, scored for trumpets and drums and all kinds of loud instru-ments. Nobody really knows why he wrote it, but it has the famous Air on G-string tucked in there.

JC Bach’s Sinfonia Concertante for Flute, Oboe, Violin, and Cello in C Major is very well mannered. There aren’t many surprises, but it’s the epitome of 18th-century grace. You can see the gorgeous clothes, the perfect manners, the lovely buildings without any of the bad stuff of the era. The instruments have an elegant conversa-tion in front of the orchestra.

This year, you’re also getting all the string players who were in the inaugural string quartet intensive. Will that have any impact?

They’re a terrific bunch this year, I must say. We just had our first rehearsal and they were very good indeed. It’s decided long before I come into the picture. I just do what I’m told, happily.

This Week at Music Academy of the West

Friday, August 3: Violin fel-lows who are angling for a seat

in an orchestra have already had two Orchestral Excerpts master classes with faculty member Jeff Thayer, a MAW alumnus who is now the concertmaster at the San Diego Symphony. Today, they get additional coaching in how to audi-tion and what orchestras need from string players in terms of repertoire, technique and approach from vis-iting artist Glenn Dicterow, who has been the concertmaster at the venerable New York Philharmonic since 1980. You can glean some of his expertise this afternoon for free (1pm; Hahn Hall).

Monday, August 6: Violinist Miriam Fried – who is equally accomplished as a recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician – has played with virtually every major orchestra in the United States and Europe, and has been a frequent guest with the principal orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. She recently premiered a violin con-certo written for her by Donald Erb, and Ned Rorem has also composed pieces for Fried. She recently served as first violinist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, and collaborates reg-ularly with her son, pianist Jonathan Biss (who gave a memorable recital of his own at Hahn Hall via UCSB

this spring). Since 1993 she has been artistic director of the Ravinia Institute, one of the country’s lead-ing summer programs for young musicians. And, she plays a 1718 Stradivarius that is said to have been the favorite of its 18th-centu-ry owner, the composer-conductor Louis Spohr. Now, she’s coming to Miraflores to conduct the final violin master class of the summer festival (3:15pm; Lehmann Hall; $13/$12)… Also, visiting violists Richard O’Neill (a double Grammy nomi-nee who succeeded McInnes with the Santa Barbara-based Camerata Pacifica) and Cynthia Phelps (prin-cipal at the New York Phil since

1992) – both former students of faculty member Donald McInnes – join the 11 current viola fellows in a special Distinguished Alumni Concert to honor McInnes, himself a MAW alumnus (1954-56) who has been a part of the summer festival for 30 years. They’ll play works by Debussy, Schubert and Paganioni, and footage of McInnes performing Berlioz’s “Harold in Italy” under Leonard Bernstein’s baton with L’Orchestre National de France in 1976 will also be screened (7:30pm; Hahn; $40).

Tuesday, August 7: Visiting art-ists continue to take over the mas-ter classes in this final week of the season: Dicterow and violist Karen Dreyfus (who are husband and wife) handle the class for the string cham-ber ensembles – meaning the quar-tets have received coaching from no less than eight different professional musicians of very high stature in less than two weeks – while Phelps conducts the viola session this after-noon (1pm & 3:15pm; Lehmann & Weinman; $13/$12)… Visiting facul-ty (plus two lucky fellows, one each in flute and cello) also dominate in tonight’s final Tuesdays@8 concert, which features music by composers Couperin, Dvorak and Tchaikovsky (8pm; Hahn; $40). •MJ

MUSIC ACADEMY (Continued from page 27)

Music Academy faculty member Donald McInnes will be in the spotlight at the Distinguished Alumni Concert on Monday, August 6

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ORDINANCE NO. 5589

AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA APPROVING A FIVE-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH ONE FIVE-YEAR OPTION WITH CHANNEL ISLAND OUTFITTERS, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS PADDLE SPORTS OF SANTA BARBARA, AT A MONTHLY RENT OF $2,762.75, FOR APPROXIMATELY 956 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE AND 374 SQUARE FEET OF WATER AREA ADJACENT TO THE NAVY PIER IN THE SANTA BARBARA HARBOR, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 24, 2012.

The above captioned ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the Santa Barbara City Council held on July 24, 2012. The publication of this ordinance is made pursuant to the provisions of Section 512 of the Santa Barbara City Charter as amended, and the original ordinance in its entirety may be obtained at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, Santa Barbara, California.

(Seal) /s/_____________________ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager

ORDINANCE NO. 5589

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) ss. ) CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance

was introduced on July 17, 2012, and was adopted by the

Council of the City of Santa Barbara at a meeting held on July

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AYES: Councilmembers Dale Francisco, Frank Hotchkiss, Grant House, Randy Rowse, Bendy White, Mayor Helene Schneider NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Cathy Murillo ABSTENTIONS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Santa Barbara on July 25, 2012. /s/___________________________ Gwen Peirce, CMC City Clerk Services Manager I HEREBY APPROVE the foregoing ordinance on July 25, 2012. /s/___________________________ Helene Schneider Mayor

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received

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DUE DATE & TIME: August 16, 2012 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

Light, Medium and Heavy Duty Towing Services

Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa

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specifications.

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issued as a result of this bid may be subject to the provisions

and regulations of the City of Santa Barbara Ordinance No.

5384, Santa Barbara Municipal Code, Chapter 9.128 and its

impending regulations relating to the payment of Living Wages.

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opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sturgeon Investments, Sturgeon Properties, Sturgeon’s Property Investments, 1145 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Judy E. Sturgeon, 1145 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. William C. Sturgeon, 1145 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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 Jessica Armstrong. Original FBN No. 2012-0002182. Published August 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Laguna Capital Management, 1225 Coast Village, Suite G, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Laguna Capital Management, INC., 1225 Coast Village, Suite G, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 20, 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 Jessica Armstrong. Original FBN No. 2012-0002116. Published August 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Complete Books + Payroll, 807 E. Figueroa St. #H, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Dennis Joseph Flatley, 807 E. Figueroa St. #H, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 25, 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 Jessica Armstrong. Original FBN No. 2012-0002168. Published August 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ponto Woodworking, 309 Palm Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Kirk W. Ponto, 5814 La Goleta Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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 Jessica Armstrong. Original FBN No. 2012-0002138. Published July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: W Glomb Design, 1119 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93103. Wendy Glomb, 1119 Alameda Padre Serra, Santa Barbara, CA 93103.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 18, 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 Jessica Armstrong. Original FBN No. 2012-0002094. Published July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 2012.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Childtime Professional Nanny Placement, 300 E. Canon Perdido B-1, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Childtime Professional Nanny Placement, LLC, 300 E. Canon Perdido B-1, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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 Kathy Miller. Original FBN No. 2012-0001994. Published July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: D & M Auto Detailing, 187 La Venta Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. David Almanza, 187 La Venta Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Marisela Almanza, 187 La Venta Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 9, 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. 2012-0001981. Published July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Starr Spa Training, P.O. Box 20092, Santa Barbara, CA 93120. Lisa Ann Starr, P.O. Box 20092, Santa Barbara, CA 93120. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 2, 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. 2012-0001942. Published July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: KG Business Consulting, 1200 Toro Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Katrin Grienitz, 1200 Toro Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 9, 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. 2012-0001982. Published July 18, 25, August 1, 8, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Music By Bonnie & Company 3229 Calle Rosales, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. Bonnie Hope, 3229 Calle Rosales, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 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 Catherine Daly. Original FBN No. 2012-0002039. Published July 18, 25, August 1, 8, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: European Iron Work, 5663 Oxford Place, Goleta, CA 93117. Mireille Masbanji, 15 Camino De Vida #110, Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This

statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on July 6, 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 Catherine Daly. Original FBN No. 2012-0001975. Published July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mocean Ventures; Paddle Sports Imports; SUP Imports, 86 Olive Mill Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Mark Olson, 86 Olive Mill Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 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. 2012-0001735. Published July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2012.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Sam’s 2 U, 5979 Hollister Ave, Goleta, CA 93117. Azi Monro, 175 Kinman Ave #129, Goleta, CA 93117. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on June 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 Miriam Leon. Original FBN No. 2012-0001891. Published July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2012.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1402047. To all interested parties: Petitioner Taylor Chase Tatlock filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Taylor Chase Andrade. 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 June 26, 2012 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: August 23, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/25, 8/1, 8/8, 8/15

2 – 9 August 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief – Jane Austen


NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

BID NO: 3672

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3672 for the MILPAS AND CABRILLO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 15, 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, “MILPAS AND CABRILLO PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, Bid No. 3672". The work includes all labor, material, supervision, and equipment necessary to construct and deliver the pedestrian safety improvements project, including but not limited to curbs, gutters, pedestrian refuge islands, flashing beacons, conforms, and sign relocation. This work includes and is not limited to mobilization, bonds, insurance, traffic control, concrete saw cutting, removal of hardscape, placing of asphalt concrete, clean up, public notices, and incidentals per the project plans and specifications. The Engineerʼs estimate is $45,000. 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 CyberCopyʼs 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 Cityʼs contact for this project is Malinda Reese, Project Engineer, 805-897-1918. 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 Cityʼs 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 cashierʼs 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 MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA ___________________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED: Montecito Journal August 1 & 8, 2012


NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

BID NO: 3675 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3675 for the Taxiways H, J and C Pavement Rehabilitation Project will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Tuesday August 21, 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, “Taxiways H, J and C Pavement Rehabilitation Project, Bid No.3675. Project Elements include Pavement Removal, Taxiway Reconstruction and Taxiway Rehabilitation. The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Insert improvements per plans and specs. The Engineerʼs estimate is $2,768,593.00. Each bidder must have a Class A (General Engineering) license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. There will be a non-mandatory/optional Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Thursday, August 2nd at 10:00 A.M. at 601 Firestone Road –

Administration Office, Goleta, CA. The plans and specifications for this Project may be viewed online at CyberCopyʼs 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 Cityʼs contact for this project is the Project Engineer,Tartaglia Engineering, 805-466-5660. 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 Cityʼs 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. The proposed contract is under and subject to Executive Order 11246, as amended, of September 24, 1965, and to the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Federal Labor Provisions. All labor on the Project shall be paid no less than the higher of either the prevailing State wage rates established by the Director of the State of California, Department of Industrial Relations, or the prevailing Federal wage rates established by the U.S. Secretary of Labor. 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. The EEO requirements, labor provisions, and wage rates are included in the Specifications and Bid Documents. Each bidder must complete, sign, and furnish with his bid the "Bidder's Statement on Previous Contracts Subject to EEO Clause," a "Certification of Nonsegregated Facilities," and the "Assurance of Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Participation" as contained in the Bid Proposal. To be eligible for award, each bidder must comply with the affirmative action requirements which are contained in the Specifications. A contractor having 50 or more employees and his subcontractors having 50 or more employees and who may be awarded a contract of $50,000 or more will be required to maintain an affirmative action program, the standards for which are contained in the Specifications. Disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) as defined in 49 CFR Part 26 shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts financed in whole or in part with Federal funds under this agreement. Consequently, the DBE requirements of 49 CFR Part 26 apply to this agreement. Women will be afforded equal opportunity in all areas of employment. However, the employment of women shall not diminish the standards of requirements for the employment of minorities. The airport has established a race neutral overall DBE participation goal of 1.9%. All solicitations, contracts, and subcontracts resulting from projects funded under this contract are subject to the foreign trade restriction required by 49 CFR Part 30, Denial of Public Works Contracts to Suppliers of Goods and Services of Countries That Deny Procurement Market Access to U.S. Contractors. The Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 provides that preference be given to steel and manufactured products produced in the United States when funds are expended pursuant to a grant issued under the Airport Improvement Program. For all Federally-assisted contracts, before award of the contract and within 5 days of the bid opening, the successful bidder will submit, in a format designated by the City, a list of all subcontractors who expressed interest in working on this contract. This form (49 CFR 26.11(c) – Bidders List) will list all subcontractors who submitted bids, successful and unsuccessful, on any portion of work described under this contract. 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 cashierʼs 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 MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA _____________________________________

William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED DATES: Montecito Journal – August 1 and 8, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR

CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1402392. To all interested parties: Petitioner Leila Radia Jirari filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Leila Radia Clark. 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 July 26, 2012 by Narzralli Baksh, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: August 30, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1402662. To all interested

parties: Petitioner Kathleen Marie Lazard-Cronin filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Kathleen Marie Lazard. 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 July 6, 2012 by Penny Wooff, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: September 13, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/18, 7/25, 8/1, 8/8

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1402540. To all interested parties: Petitioner Carol Michiko Blake filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa

Barbara, for a decree changing name to Michi Blake. 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 July 3, 2012 by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: August 23, 2012 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1


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