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23 Feb 1 Mar 2012
Vol 18 Issue 8
Read N Post Forced to Move
(pages 5 & 20)
MPC Backs Chevron Project
(page 12)
COVER PHOTO: Robert M. Gates, then Defense Secretary, testifes before the House Armed Services Committee (photo by Cherie Cullen)

THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 40 MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 42
The Voice of the Village SSINCE 1995S
A conversation with Westmonts keynote
speaker, the self-defined Ultimate
Washington Insider: former CIA Director
and former Secretary of Defense Robert M.
Gates (story begins on page 22)
The
Presidents
Breakfast
Montecito Songwriter Hall of
Famer Jeff Barrys prolific career
about to be immortalized in Las
Vegas review called Chapel of
Love: The Musical, p. 6
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5 Editorial
Read N Posts situation just another reminder of why its so important to shop locally
6 Montecito Miscellany
Vegas show about Jef Barry in the works; Francesca Encell: Olympic hopeful; Opera Santa
Barbaras Valentines Day event; 3-day Beverly Hills bash; Random Dance performance; UCSB
Department of Teater and Dance presents Tartufe; Bill and Trish Davis anniversary; Oprahs
magazine subscription numbers down; Katy Perry takes stab at Russell Brand; Unity Shoppe
fundraiser; James Whitaker passes
8 Letters to the Editor
Dick Tielschers Miramar suggestion; Margaret Foster eager to keep Read N Post around;
Steve Close tips his hat to Salud Carbajal; Music of the Night a success according to Nancy
Barry; Jodi Fishman-Osti applauds MERRAG; scam warning
10 This Week in Montecito
Life Vessel workshop; Heidi Tiess speaks at MHRRWC; Jolene DeLisa reads; Lotusland exhibit;
Maritime Museum fundraiser; weekend for parents-to-be; wedding showcase; Oscar party; Chari
Center presentation; Zucker twins sign cookbook; literary event at Tecolote; centering prayer
practice at La Casa de Maria; MBAR meets; MUS kindergarten registration night; ongoing events
Tide Guide
Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach
12 Village Beat
MPC hears case for Miramar; Read N Post hoping to relocate after losing lease; Montecito
Volleyball Club members bump, set, and spike
14 Seen Around Town
Art gallery beneft for Hearts Adaptive Riding Center; Friendship Centers annual Festival of
Hearts; Unity Shoppe tea
22 Conversations
Robert M. Gates, the Ultimate Insider and former Secretary of Defense, is the keynote speaker
at this years Westmont Presidents Breakfast
23 Sheriffs Blotter
Parolee arrested on Padaro Lane
24 Trail Talk
Matthew Bruce Sanborn loses life after crashing mountain bike on Cold Spring Trail
26 Your Westmont
Two Mexican-themed art exhibitions; Animal Farm is performed as rock-and-roll musical;
orchestra performs Vivaldi and Mozart; Laure-Anne Bosselaar reads poetry
27 Ernies World
Ernie talks politics and is happy to stay right in the middle
29 Book Talk
In Critical Children, Robert Locke investigates classic child characters and the larger cultural
narrative they represent
32 Montecito Sportsman
New Zealands Mt. Cook Alpine Salmon display selection, preparation, and presentation of
sushi grade Saikou salmon at Coral Casino
34 Leaving It All Behind
Around the world and back again, the Mazzas return stateside
36 On Entertainment
Young Frankenstein comes to Granada; Regina Carter brings her jazz to Lobero; Oscar night
happenings
37 Montecito Diary
Crane exhibit features Ugly/Beautiful artwork
39 In the Garden
Mr. Greenjeans tips on growing Alstroemeria, aka Peruvian lilies
40 Calendar of Events
39 Steps extends run; Daniel Ellsberg speaks at Lobero; UCSB A&L presents violinist Julia
Fischer; Westmont concert; State Street Ballets live and animated production of Te Secret
Garden; French pianist Sophia Vaillant plays UCSB; SB Music Club concert; Matraca Berg at
Sings Like Hell; Pasadena to Santa Barbara lecture at SBMA; Ramon Fermin plays Song Tree
classical series; Lillias White returns to Rubicon
42 Guide to Montecito Eateries
Te most complete, up-to-date, comprehensive listing of all individually owned Montecito
restaurants, cofee houses, bakeries, gelaterias, and hangouts; others in Santa Barbara,
Summerland, and Carpinteria too
43 Movie Showtimes
Latest flms, times, theaters, and addresses: theyre all here, as they are every week
45 Local Business Directory
Smart business owners place business cards here so readers know where to look when they need
what those businesses ofer
93108 Open House Directory
Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito
46 Classifed Advertising
Our very own Craigslist of classifed ads, in which sellers ofer everything from summer
rentals to estate sales
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Keeping It Local
R
ead N Post has been of critical importance to Montecito Journal since
the papers inception in 1995. Lucky for us The Front Page as it was
called then agreed to display and carry our paper in their store, even
though ours was a free publication and their business was selling newspapers
and magazines. We eventually established the current spot outside the front
door to what became Read N Post, so that the paper would be available 24
hours a day. Over the years, our relationship has been an amicable and mutually
advantageous one.
Youll read the full account of the sad news that Read N Post has lost its lease
and is searching for a suitable location in Kelly Mahans extensive coverage in
Village Beat, beginning on page 20. But, what Id like to focus on is why it is so
important to retain local shops owned by local individuals.
A small illustration of that importance is voiced by Jan Hendrickson, one of
the five owners of Read N Post, who says: Whenever we can, we give people
the opportunity to bring books or anything theyve written to stay here on con-
signment and we do our best to sell it for them. We also take in greeting cards
that local people have, such as Salty Dog; the daughter of the owner of Little
Alexs also has a greeting card line that we sell. In other words, both Read N
Post and Tecolote Book Shop in the upper village offer selling space for start-
up publishing ventures: space that simply isnt available in chain stores or
corporate-owned establishments.
And, lest we forget, Read N Post features a U.S. Post Office outlet in the back,
and, as Margaret Foster reminds us in a letter to the editor, its hours are way
more convenient than the post office in the upper village. The post office, Jan
reminds, is still relevant to people in their lives. She adds that shes right in
the middle of getting permission to move it.
As for a new location, Jan feels its important to be up on the street where
people can see us, so shes less interested in, say, a Coast Village Circle location
or any space that doesnt present itself readily to passersby on Coast Village
Road. She does have one location in mind that Im hoping for but Im not sure
were going to get. The location Jan is eyeing has about 2,000 square feet (she
now has 2,400 square feet). Weve had a couple of tips about other locations
from customers and were hoping theyre able to give us a tip on a location that
may be opening up or becoming available, she adds. If you have a location that
may be appropriate, or know of one that is available or that may become vacant
soon, you are invited to call Jan at 805-969-1148.
There has even been a petition drive set up in the front of Read N Post. It
reads:
Dear [Landlord]:
We the undersigned citizens of Montecito-Santa Barbara respectfully request you
rescind your decision to terminate the lease of Read N Post.
This store has been a successful, popular, valued member of our local community for
over 25 years. It is far more than a post office-card store; it is part of our communitys
fabric.
Because of your L.A. location, you may not fully realize how important Read N Post
is to our local ambience. It is a vital part of our lifestyle a place to browse, shop, post
and see friends and its loss will diminish the character of Montecito. Extinguishing
a locally run business in favor of a chain-drugstore will fracture your centers appeal,
Editorial
by James Buckley
Robin Richardson-Romero,
Jan Hendrickson, Joseph
Estrade, and Eva Bartha
of Read N Post
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Miscellany
by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britains Daily Mirror and Daily Mail before moving to New York
to write for Rupert Murdochs newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard later wrote for New York
magazines Intelligencer. He continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC, and CNN, and
moved to Montecito four years ago.
M
ontecito music man Jeff
Barry is setting his sights on
Las Vegas!
Jeff, a Brooklyn, New York-born
singer, songwriter and record pro-
ducer, helped define the Girl Group
sound of the early 1960s, collabo-
rating with songwriter-producer Phil
Spector and Ellie Greenwich for major
hits like The Crystals Da Doo Ron
Ron and The Ronettes Be My Baby.
Later Jeff, 73, and Greenwich, who
had become his wife, wrote Leader of
the Pack recorded by the Shangri-Las
and in 1964 alone were responsible
for writing 17 singles that reached the
Billboard Hot 100 chart, one of which
Do Wah Diddy Diddy became a
No. 1 for the British Invasion group,
Manfred Mann.
In 1966, decidedly adding to the
dynamic duos luster, they discovered
a talented young singer-songwriter
Neil Diamond, producing many of
his first hits, including Solitary Man
and Cherry, Cherry.
It has certainly been quite a ride,
Jeff tells me. Hence the idea for the
Vegas show, which we hope to get off
the ground this summer at the Las
Vegas Hotel, which was the former
Hilton.
The 90-minute extravaganza would
consist of 17 to 18 of Jeffs songs,
with an actor playing him guiding
the audience through the years in
the 2,956-room hostelrys 1,600-seat
theater.
Top soap opera thespian, Jack
Wagner, 52, who has starred in series
like General Hospital, Santa Barbara, The
Bold and the Beautiful and Melrose Place,
as well as having a number of musical
hits, is being considered for the role.
He would be perfect, given he has
done a lot of Broadway, and is not
only an actor, but a singer and dancer
as well.
Jeff, who also helped write other
classics like River Deep, Mountain
High for Ike and Tina Turner, I Can
Hear Music sung by the Beach Boys
and the Ronettes, and produced Im
a Believer, written by Diamond, for
the NBC series The Monkees in 1966,
which became one of the biggest sell-
ing records of all time.
Most of the parts for the Vegas
show are in place, says Jeff, who has
also written the theme songs for many
TV shows, including One Day at a Time,
The Jeffersons and Family Ties, and was
inducted into the Songwriters Hall of
Fame in 1991.
The review, to be called Chapel of
Love: The Musical, a nod to a musical
special he filmed for PBS 12 years ago,
will have between 15 and 18 perform-
ers, as well as an eight-piece band,
and perform seven to eight times a
week..
The production will cost under one
million dollars, but a lot more will be
spent for publicity, promotion and
marketing, very much like a film,
adds Jeff.
Its a wonderful theater and one
Hitmaker Jeff
Barry heads for
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of the largest stages in Vegas, host-
ing the likes of Barbra Streisand and
Elvis Presley. Eventually it could go
global!
The world awaits...
Encell Excels
Montecito Union School student,
Francesca Encells biggest wish is to
become an Olympic gymnast.
And fourth-grader Francesca,
daughter of Montecito realtor, Dan
Encell, is losing no time making sure
she is prepared for her arduous road
to Olympic gold.
A member of the Santa Barbara
Gymnastics Club, training under
Susan Montgomery, she was one of
120 youngsters in November who
qualified to fly to Houston, Texas, last
month for four days of try-outs with
top coaches.
Only 20 of them, boys and girls,
were picked as possible Olympians of
the future.
There are many factors involved,
says Dan, who has three other chil-
dren, Jessica, 21, a student at New
York University, Ryan, 13, who stud-
ies at Santa Barbara Junior High, and
Evan, 7, also at MUS.
Its all about strength, speed, flexi-
bility and technique. It is very intense.
Francesca was very pleased to have
even got to the trials and elated to get
picked to go further. She is walking
on air!
The 41, 60-pound athlete returns
to Houston next month for more train-
ing.
Watch this space...
Affair to Remember
The glamorously garbed guests at
Opera Santa Barbaras Valentines
Day An Affair to Remember at the
Biltmore were clearly in the right aria
code.
The musical fest, honoring Herb
and Elaine Kendall, raised around
MUS student Francesca Encell goes for Olympic
gold

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I would like an evaluation of this book to be made into a movie.
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The best little paper in America
(Covering the best little community anywhere!)
W
e all want it torn down but
then what? Caruso wants
his permits extended in
perpetuity and all bed taxes (TOTs)
rebated for ten years at a loss of
$15 million to the County in return
for tearing it down and making
his $1.7-million contribution to a
required housing fund. The County
could justifably condemn the
structures and require that he tear
them down!
We all keep praying for Caruso
to build the hotel but he wont
get financing based on costs of
$900,000/key (the Bacara sold for
less than $500,000/key). If the Board
of Supervisors caves in and gives
Caruso everything hes asking for, is
there any assurance a hotel will get
built? Caruso says the bed tax rebate
will make the project more finance-
able. Financing for hotels will happen
someday in years to come but not
for a hotel that doesnt make eco-
nomic sense; a bed tax rebate doesnt
change this project. Give Caruso
everything hes asking for and yes,
the buildings will be torn down but
you will continue to look at a tired
old fence and weeds growing up to
the top and now youve committed
the land to a hotel use with permits
extended forever.
Suggestion: Rezone the property
to Residential Planned Development
by an amendment to the General
Plan. Ninety condos similar to
Bonnymede pencils out all day long
for a developer and has so many
more advantages:
1) Half as dense as the hotels 185
units, convention center, spa, restau-
rants, retail, pools, etc. which spans
from property line to property line;
2) Far less traffic and parking prob-
lems than a hotel and eliminates the
need for parking along busy South
Jameson and congestion at the
Southbound 101 on-ramp which is
already dangerous enough;
3) Because of the reduced density,
far more landscaping is possible and
far less massing is present and 4) most
important, the project is now more
compatible with the surrounding resi-
dential neighborhood.
Yes, the County doesnt get bed
taxes but it does get huge real estate
taxes from a luxury condo project that
has a good chance of getting built
instead of 16 acres of weeds. And,
Montecito gets a beautiful project.
Dick Thielscher
Montecito
(Editors note: Works for us! J.B.)
What Can We Do?
I was very upset to hear that the
Read N Post had lost its lease on
Coast Village Road next to Starbucks.
It is a handy store carrying an assort-
ment of necessities newspapers,
magazines, books, greeting cards,
wrapping paper, mailing supplies, etc.
The most disturbing part of Read N
Post leaving that location is that we
would lose the post office at the back
of the store. It is the best Post Office in
Montecito. The hours are accommo-
dating to residents.
The Post Office in the upper village
does not open until 11 am and closes
at 5 pm. The Post Office at the Read
N Post opens at 7:30 am and closes at
6 pm, plus, its open Saturdays from
9 am to 2 pm. I dont believe there is
another post office in Santa Barbara
open on Saturdays. And, the employ-
ees at the Read N Post Post Office are
extremely helpful, eager to please, and
very friendly. They are truly glad to
see you. What can we do to keep this
little jewel a part of Montecito?
Margaret Foster
Montecito
(Editors note: You could start by sign-
ing JAmy Browns petition at Read
N Post. Then, perhaps you can help the
owners find a less-expensive but at least
as convenient location! TLB)
Looking Good
I might not agree with Salud
Carbajal on some political issues, but
I will say this: he responds prompt-
ly to inquiries and/or concerns; the
Ortega Bike path is a great asset, and I
believe the San Ysidro walkway looks
great. A tip of the cap to Salud.
Steve Close
Carpinteria
(Editors note: Yes, Salud has been
responsive to Montecitos requests. MJ was
supportive of both the Ortega Bike Path
and the San Ysidro Walkway. We were,
however, opposed to using federal money
and federal guidelines for the Walkway,
believing that local residents could have
acted in concert to create a safe route to
school without the expenditure of nearly
$500,000 in taxpayer funds. TLB)
Music To Her Ears
A huge thank you to the Montecito
Journal for the wonderful cover photo,
feature story (MJ # 18/5), and spon-
sorship of Santa Barbara High Schools
Music of the Night.
The show was a tremendous suc-
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rience, not only for the four directors,
but for all the students involved in
this entirely student-produced-direct-
ed-and-choreographed musical.
As a parent and volunteer at Santa
Barbara High, Ive seen first-hand how
this theater program and its creative
director, Otto Layman, has changed
young lives by instilling in them crit-
ical life skills, technical knowledge
(sound, lighting, multi-media) and the
confidence that comes with working
ensemble and performing before a live
audience.
Unfortunately, this excellent theater
department is under constant finan-
cial pressure due to severe cutbacks
for the arts in our public schools.
For this reason, we must rely more
and more on private donations and
sponsorships in order to maintain this
exemplary program.
We are so grateful for your support.
Sincerely,
Nancy Barry
Montecito
(Editors note: Those wishing to help
sponsor the Santa Barbara High School
Performing Arts programs or to simply
learn more are invited to call 805-698-
5111 or the high school at 805-966-9101
ext. 220 J.B.)
Kudos to MErrAG
Montecito Emergency Response
and Recovery Action Groups
(MERRAG) tireless volunteers and
staff provide our community with
the most up-to-date emergency infor-
mation on a daily basis. Their quick
response during the last two fires we
had were second to none. Our fam-
ily was kept up to date minute by
minute about whether we needed to
evacuate or just to be on alert. With
one phone call to the Montecito Fire
Department and Geri Ventura, we
not only were updated but Geri took
the time to go over any questions
that we had during this crisis. I am
surprised to hear how many people
are unfamiliar with MERRAG and
what it does. To me, they are the most
valued organization in Montecito.
For just $25 a year you are kept in
the know on not only emergencies,
but also traffic, wind advisories, and
street closures all information that
can impact us daily.
We are so proud to be MERRAG
members and hope that our commu-
nity sees all the benefits to joining this
incredible organization. Kudos to Geri
Ventura, Montecito Fire Department,
and all the wonderful volunteers who
dedicate their time and energy to
MERRAG on a daily basis. I know my
family sleeps better at night knowing
we are safer because of this fabulous
group.
Jodi Fishman-Osti
Montecito
Up From Slavery
After the Civil War, there were two
prominent black leaders in America.
One was Booker T. Washington and
the other, W.E.B. DuBois. Their stated
goal of equal acceptance of their race
was similar but their philosophies of
how to achieve that goal were total-
ly opposite. Modern academia and
President Obama are promoting the
philosophy of DuBois and ignoring
that of Booker T. Washington.
DuBois was the highly educated
and articulate son of a wealthy black
Boston family and a self-proclaimed
socialist anti-American. He later
renounced his U.S. citizenship and
moved to South America.
Booker T. Washington was born
a Southern slave and suffered great
hardship to become educated. He slept
under board sidewalks, bathed in the
river and worked any menial job he
could find to pay for his schooling. (See
his autobiography, Up From Slavery).
He founded the prominent college
and trade school for blacks, Tuskegee
Institute in Alabama, which still exists
today; they are now accepting white
students.
Part of the original funding of the
Institute came from the students mak-
ing and selling building bricks.
As other useful and marketable
skills were developed in the curric-
ulum, they helped with the ongo-
ing financial costs. This provided the
means for students to directly earn
their education and taught basic work
ethics along with academic mastery.
To describe his philosophy in two
words, it would be personal respon-
sibility.
He preached that in order for peo-
ple of color to be accepted, they had
to become educated and to learn a
marketable trade. To be respected,
be respectable. To be valued, become
valuable.
To repeat his own words, from a
speech he gave at a World Exposition:
The wisest among my race real-
ize that agitation on the question of
social equality is the extremist folly
and that progress in the achievement
of that equality must be the result of
severe and constant struggle rather
than from artificial forcing.
He concluded by saying, No race
that substantially adds to the markets
of the world is long, to any degree,
ostracized.
I believe that most black people
in America today have followed his
advice, become educated and joined
the productive upper and middle
class groups. Whereas some racism
obviously still exists, the people of
every race must become educated and
productive to gain respect. Wealthy,
spoiled and unproductive rich kids
soon find their fortune squandered
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and receiving blankets. A raffe will also
take place.
When: 11 am to 3 pm
Where: 2325 Lillie Avenue
Wedding Showcase
A Bridal Show and Wedding Fair
Featuring over 50 wedding professionals
When: 11 am to 3 pm
Where: Santa Barbara Rockwood
Womens Club, 670 Mission Canyon Road
Cost: $10 admission.
Info: 965-8249
or www.simplythebestofsb.com
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 29
Chari Center Presentation
Montecito Library invites the public to
attend a free presentation by Roopa
Chari, MD and her brother, Deepak
Chari, MS, co-founders of the Chari
Center of Health, titled Fast Pain Relief
Without Needles, Drugs or Surgery.
They will demonstrate two powerful,
non-invasive technologies to reverse
pain, NeuroCare and the Avacen.
The Chari Center of Health is currently
the only facility in the U.S. using these
technologies. Advance registration is
suggested, but not required.
When: 6 to 7 pm
Where: 1469 East Valley Road
Info and RSVP: 963-1111
or info@charicenter.com
THURSDAY MARCH 1
Book Signing
Judi and Shari Zucker, The Double
Energy Twins, sign their latest book, The
Ultimate Allergy-Free Snack Cookbook at
Chaucers
When: 6:30 to 8 pm
Where: 3321 State Street
Info: 682-6787
FRIDAY MARCH 2
Writers on the Edge Literary Event
Diana M. Raab, editor of Writers on the
Edge a book of essays, memoirs, and
poetry about addiction and dependency
and Santa Barbara poet laureate emeritus
Perie Longo convene at Tecolote Book
Shop for readings from Writers on the
When: 4 pm to 5 pm
Where: Montecito Library,
1469 East Valley Road
Info: 969-5063

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25
Harbor Tastings and Treasures
Celebrate and support the Maritime
Museum at this annual fundraiser. Over 30
local restaurants, caterers, and wineries will
prepare tastings for guests while competing
for awards given by celebrity judges
Tommy Tang and Michael Hutchings.
Proceeds from the event help to support
the Maritime Museums educational and
curatorial programs, along with general
operating expenses. Each year up to 8,000
tri-county students visit the Santa Barbara
Maritime Museum to learn more about our
local maritime history and culture.
When: 5 pm to 8 pm
Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum,
Waterfront Center, 113 Harbor Way
Cost: $100 per person
Tickets: 962-8404 x 102
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26
Afternoon Tea for Parents-To-Be
The festivities continue today with a
gathering outside Amelia Jane, the baby
and toddler boutique in Summerland.
The informative event will reveal the
secrets to soothing, featuring swaddling
and baby-wearing demonstrations.
The highlight of the tea is a special
sale benefting the Santa Barbara Birth
Center. Items for sale include designer
diaper bags, baby and toddler clothes,
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 23
Cleansing Workshop
Life Vessel Santa Barbara hosts a free
workshop on cleansing and detoxifcation.
The event will include a lighthearted
discussion on how everyone can clean
up their act, inspirations gleaned
from Life Vessels recent participation
in the Womens Wellness Conference,
demonstration of simple detox tips, tea
drinking, and a tour of the facilities.
When: 3 to 4 pm
Where: 5350 Hollister Ave. Suite C,
Goleta
Info: 964-3025 or www.
lifevesselsantabarbara.com
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24
Lecture and Luncheon
Military Service, Patriotism and
Conservatism will be the topic of a talk
by Army veteran Heidi Thiess when she
speaks to the Santa Barbara Republican
Womens Club, Federated (formerly known
as the Montecito Hope Ranch Republican
Womens Club). Ms Thiess, who earned her
jump wings at Airborne School, enlisted in
the US Army as a 17-year-old freshman in
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or call (805) 565-1860)
Childbirth Movie For Parents-To-Be
The Santa Barbara Birth Center and Central Coast Doula
Association are hosting an event for parents-to-be this
weekend. The event kicks off with a special screening of
Explore Your Options: Doulas, Birth Centers & C-Sections
on Saturday, February 25 at 3 pm. The documentary (the
third in the More Business of Being Born series) explores
the risks, benefts and alternatives of various child-birth
options. After the flm, therell be an expert panel featuring Dr. Stuart Fischbein,
Doula Jen Gibian, and Midwives Mary Jackson and Laurel Phillips (Phillips is
the Founder and President of the Santa Barbara Birth Center). A question and answer
session will follow. Food and beverages will be available for purchase throughout.
Proceeds beneft Central Coast Doulas, whove supported thousands of California
families through pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.
When: 3 pm Where: Unitarian Society, 1535 Santa Barbara Street
Cost: $10 suggested donation
Ganna Walska: Collections and Keepsakes
Lotusland will kick off the 2012 tour season with the exhibit,
Ganna Walska: Collections and Keepsakes. This eclectic
mix most of which has never been seen by the public
features some of Madame Walskas personal possessions
ranging from correspondence and photographs of famous
friends to clothing, accessories and keepsakes. On display
in the Pavilion, Madame Walskas private residence, the exhibit reveals the
personality of this remarkable woman in an intimate setting.
The exhibit will be included in Lotuslands regular docent-guided tours. The cost
for non-members is adults $35; ages 5 through 18, $10; 4 and under, free.
Reservations are required and may be made by calling 805-969-9990 or by
sending an email to reservation@lotusland.org. A confrmation and directions
to the Visitor Entrance will be provided on receipt of your reservation. For more
information about Lotusland, visit www.lotusland.org.
When: Saturday, February 25 through Saturday, April 21
college and served simultaneously in the
US Reserves and ROTC until her graduation
and commissioning. She graduated with
a BA degree in International Affairs with
a specialty in Soviet Politics and a minor
in Military Science before continuing her
service overseas. Since her separation from
military service, Ms Thiess has remained
active in veterans advocacy and politics,
with a focus on sovereignty and national
security issues. She is a founding cadre
member of the national veterans group, the
Gathering of Eagles. Currently, she owns a
small frearms business specializing in home
defense and self-protection for women.
When: 11:30 am
Where: 920 Summit Road
Cost: $30 in advance, $35 at the door
Info: MHRRWC@gmail.com
Let it Begin With Me at the
Montecito Library
Join local author and peace activist,
Jolene DeLisa, who will read from
her book The Childrens Peace Book:
Children Around the World Share Their
Dreams in Words and Pictures. This will
be interactive, and participants will be
encouraged to write, draw and tell their
version of what peace is to them.
This Week
in Montecito
23 February 1 March 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 11 When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president; Im beginning to believe it Clarence Darrow
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Annual CALM Celebrity Authors Luncheon
Saturday, March 10
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Fess Parkers DoubleTree Resort
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Ceremonies
Authors available for signing: Michael Brown, Dr. LeeAnne Del Rio, Vickie Jenkins,
Mandy Kahn & Aaron Rose, Sheila Lowe, Claudia Hoag McGarry, Chris Messner, Michel
Nellis & Karen Ramsdell, Ed Nordskog, Bill Poett, Patricia Selbert, and Karen Lee Stevens.
www.calm4kids.org For tickets call (805) 967-1954
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Baxter
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Memoir of
Family, Fame,
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SUNDAY FEBRUARY 26
Oscar Viewing Party
Head to the Bacara in your most glamorous gown or tuxedo
to view the 84
th
annual Academy Awards ceremony in the
Screening Room, with a cash bar set up in the Directors Lounge
just outside to toast the winners. Enter the best dressed contest
for a chance to win a two-night stay at the resort and dinner for
two at Mir. A red carpet, movie popcorn, and candy will be
provided, and although the event is free and open to the public,
space is limited so RSVP to confrm attendance.
When: 3 to 8 pm Where: 8301 Hollister Avenue, Goleta
Cost: free Info and RSVP: 968-0100 or RSVP@bacararesort.com
Edge, refreshments, and insight into the
world of addiction.
When: 5 pm
Where: 1470 East Valley Road
Info: 969-4977
SATURDAY MARCH 3
Centering Prayer Practice Retreat
On the frst Saturday of each month, La
Casa de Maria offers a mini-retreat day
for Centering Prayer Practice. There will
be meditation walks, journaling, refection
and centering. Beginners welcome.
Suzanne Dunn, Mark Benson and
Annette Colbert share facilitating and
teaching.
When: 9:30 am to 1 pm
Where: 800 El Bosque Road
Cost: donation
Info: 969-5031
MONDAY MARCH 5
MBAR Meeting
Montecito Board of Architectural Review
seeks to ensure that new projects are
harmonious with the unique physical
characteristics and character of Montecito
When: 3 pm
Where: Country Engineering Building,
Planning Commission Hearing Room,
123 E. Anapamu
SAVE THE DATE
TUESDAY MARCH 13
MUS Registration Night
Montecito Union School hosts a
kindergarten orientation and registration
night for the 2012-2013 school year.
Students must be age 5 by November 1,
2012 to be registered for kindergarten.
When: 6 to 7:30 pm
Where: MUS auditorium,
385 San Ysidro Road
Info: 969-3249
ONGOING
MONDAYS
Story Time at the Library
When: 10:30 to 11 am
Where: Montecito Library,
1469 East Valley Road
Info: 969-5063
Connections Early Memory Loss
Program
Where: Friendship Center,
89 Eucalyptus Lane
Info: Susan Forkush, 969-0859 x15
TUESDAYS
Boy Scout Troop 33 Meeting
Open to all boys ages 11-17; visitors
welcome
When: 7:15 pm
Where: Scout House, Upper Manning
Park, 449 San Ysidro Road
WEDNESDAYS
Story Time
Stories read to little ones at Montecito toy
store, Toy Crazy. All books are discounted
10% for purchase during story time
mornings.
When: 11 am to 11:30 am
Where: 1026 Coast Village Road (in Vons
shopping center)
Info: 565-7696
THURSDAYS
Pick-up Basketball Games
He shoots; he scores! The Montecito Family
YMCA is offering pick-up basketball on
Thursdays at 5:30 pm. Join coach Donny
for warm-up, drills and then scrimmages.
Adults welcome too.
When: 5:30 pm
Where: Montecito Family YMCA,
591 Santa Rosa Lane
Info: 969-3288
FRIDAYS
Farmers Market
When: 8 am to 11:15 am
Where: South side of Coast Village Road
SUNDAYS
Vintage & Exotic Car Day
Motorists and car lovers from as far
away as Los Angeles and as close as
East Valley Road park in front of Richies
Barber Shop at the bottom of Middle
Road on Coast Village Road going west
to show off and discuss their prized
possessions, automotive trends and other
subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis and
Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty
other autos to admire.
When: 8 am to 10 am (or so)
Where: 1187 Coast Village Road
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Montecito Planning
Commission Hearing
Village Beat
by Kelly Mahan

A
t a hearing on Wednesday,
February 22, the Montecito
Planning Commission
gave its support to two signifcant
Montecito projects: The remodel of
the Chevron station on Coast Village
Road and the extension of the Coastal
Development Permit for the Miramar
Hotel.
The Chevron remodel was in
front of the commission for courtesy
review only, as its 1085 Coast Village
Road address is in the jurisdiction of
the City of Santa Barbara. The plans
call for extensive exterior alterations
to the existing service station, includ-
ing converting the service bays into
a food mart and building a drive-
through car wash behind the existing
building. The remodel includes the
addition of a converted car wash tun-
nel, an equipment enclosure, a shade
trellis for car wash detailing opera-
tions and other site improvements,
including the widening of driveways
and relocation of a jacaranda tree.
The already updated gas pumps and
canopy will remain.
Property owner Robert Uellner
addressed the commission, stating
that he and his wife, Linda, have
been doing business on Coast Village
Road for over 37 years. The family
first owned the Shell station, once
located near Vons, for 27 years; they
have owned the Chevron for the last
ten years. Our hope is to update and
modernize the station and the store
to suit the needs of the community,
he said.
Kevin Dumain, architect with
DesignARC, gave a brief presentation
of the project, which will require two
modifications; one for providing less
than the 18 required parking spaces
on the site and one to allow two car
wash pay kiosks to be located with-
in the setback. Dumain explained a
parking demand study conducted on
the project concludes that the major-
ity of customers who will frequent
the mini-market will leave their cars
parked at the gas pumps, of which
there are eight. Ten other parking
spaces will be provided.
Potable water on the site will be
serviced by Montecito Water District,
while non-potable water uses for
the car wash and landscaping will
be serviced by an exploratory well
on the site. Dumain, in response to
commissioners questions, explained
that a water study shows the well
can provide approximately 30,000
gallons of water per day, but that the
car wash will only require 1,500 gal-
lons per day to operate. We are tap-
ping into a usable water supply, and
will be using a very small part of it,
Dumain stated. He also said about
75% of the water will be reclaimed
and used again.
Two driveways on the site will
be reconfigured, and the car wash
will operate in a clockwise direction
on the property so as not to inter-
fere with customers pumping gas.
Dumain explained that by moving
one of the driveways north, five to
six cars can be in queue for the car
wash without getting in the way of
traffic flow.
The main building, which will
be remodeled in a Spanish colonial
style, is 23 feet high at the highest
point.
The commissioners, who were only
able to provide comments on the
project, voiced concerns about park-
ing, signage, and the impact future
plans for widening Highway 101
would have on the property and
project. Dianne Black reported that
Caltrans has stated they have no
plans to impinge on private property
when widening the freeway through
Montecito. The question remains
on whether the Hermosillo exit will
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remain intact.
I want to take this moment to
thank Bob and his lovely wife,
Linda, for the long, long service to
the community. Myself and probably
everybody here appreciates you as
a business person in Montecito, so
thank you, Commissioner Claire
Gottsdanker said.
The project, which has been
seen by the Coast Village Business
Association, Montecito Association,
and Architectural Review Board,
will be in front of the City Planning
Commission on March 15.
More on the Miramar
In a unanimous vote, the MPC
voted to recommend to the Board
of Supervisors that they approve
a one year time extension for the
Coastal Development permit for the
Miramar Beach Resort.
Caruso Affiliated spokesper-
son Matt Middlebrook said, This
extension ensures the opportunity
of forward progress of the Miramar,
including eventual demolition of on-
site buildings and construction of a
new luxury hotel. The need for the
extension was based on a general
economic downturn, according to
the staff report.
The extension will be in front of the
BOS on March 6. Four Conditional
Use Permits expire in 2014, with the
Development Plan set to expire in
2015. Caruso Affiliated has already
gone public that they are currently
working with the county to strike
a deal which includes a ten-year
Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT)
rebate and indefinite extensions
of the permits associated with the
project. (See MJ # 18/6.) The TOT
rebate is a very common tool to
incentivize financers, Middlebrook
said, adding, We are committed to
this project.
The commissioners were discour-
aged from discussing the proposed
incentive package, as the agenda
item strictly dealt with the one-year
extension.
The priority for us is to demolish
the buildings that are on the site. The
time has come, Chair Sue Burrows
said. She said by supporting the
extension, demolition was closer to
occurring.
If it is a project we want, anything
we can do to make it happen sooner
rather than later is positive, so Im
going to support the extension,
Commissioner Michael Phillips
stated.
The next hearing of the Montecito
Planning Commission is scheduled
for Wednesday, March 28.
auxiliary is called Heartstrings and
the women work at various fundrais-
ers for the non-profit such as the art
show, where a portion of the sales will
go to the Center. Linda Hedgepeth
and Kathleen MacQuiddy-Galbraith
were among the volunteers. The
ladies served wine and had two heap-
ing tables of food one was totally
covered with sweet treats at this free
event chaired by Dr. Angela Kelly.
Two of the board members attend-
ing were Nancy Tuomey and Dr.
David Agnew. I saw my longtime
photographer from modeling days
Leslie Holtzman who introduced me
to her good friend and photographer,
Linda Collison. We loved Lindas rus-
tic scrolled metal with horse photo-
graphs on each.
Hearts is located on County Dump
Road between Turnpike and El Sueno
Roads. Its not the most glamorous
address, but there are 23 acres of trails
with ocean and mountain views. Your
heart has to be touched when you
see what they do. Therapeutic horse-
back riding utilizes the movement
of specially chosen horses with spe-
cific exercises, which creates a form of
therapy that cant be replicated by a
piece of equipment. Many of the rid-
ers (children and adults) have broad
disabilities like brain injuries, autism
or cerebral palsy to name just a few.
Some are in wheelchairs and are only
free when they ride a horse led by
a trained volunteer. They even have
horse shows where they compete.
There is also a Horses & Heroes
Program free to all U. S. Veterans.
Many suffer from posttraumatic stress
disorder. One Vietnam veteran after
just two visits said, Thank God you
guys are here. This has saved my life.
Another reported, Ive told Lilly (a
Hearts horse) all my problems, and
she still likes me. Yet another veteran
says, This place is a sanctuary. It is
a safe place where the outside world
W
hat better way to celebrate
Valentines Day than an
opening art reception
about Horses, Hearts and Art? The
event at Santa Barbara Frame Shop &
Gallery (across from the Arlington)
benefted Hearts Adaptive Riding
Center and horses were the theme of
the art. Gallery owner David Beardon
was mixing and mingling along with
many Equestrian Center volunteers.
When I asked the board president
Barbara Toumayan how many vol-
unteers they have, she responded that
there are about one hundred and that
volunteers must be fourteen years
of age and up. There is a big vari-
ety of jobs available. The womens
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Horses, Heroes and Hearts
Photographer Linda Collison beside her work
at the Hearts Adaptive Riding Center art gal-
lery opening
Hearts executive director Kirby Gillispie with event chair Dr. Angela Kelly and board member Nancy
Tuomey at the art reception, held at Santa Barbara Frame Shop & Gallery
Santa Barbara Frame Shop & Gallery owner David Beardon with Hearts board president Barbara
Toumayan and board member Dr. David Agnew at the Valentines Day reception titled, Horses, Hearts
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just disappears. He now volunteers
to help children and adults with dis-
abilities learn to ride.
Executive director is Kirby Gillispie
with Connie Weinsoff as program
director for Hearts Therapeutic. Since
it was established in 1985, they have
provided about 30,000 lesson hours to
over 2,000 riders. It is fully accredited.
To know more about Hearts, call 964-
1519. Theres always room for another
volunteer and if you have treasure,
taking care of the horses is their big-
gest expense.
Festival Of Hearts
Friendship Center held their
13
th
Hearts party at Fess Parkers
Doubletree Resort. They had out-
grown their facility across from All
Saints-by-the-Sea church in Montecito.
H.E.A.R.T. is an acronym for Help
Elders At Risk Today and thats what
they do. Dependent adults attend this
daycare center to give their caretakers
a break and also to enrich their lives
with socializing, meals, field trips and
classes. Friendship Center has recent-
ly opened another facility in Goleta so
their members dont have to commute
so far.
Hearts were everywhere. About a
hundred artists and celebrities like
Jeff Bridges and Kathy Ireland deco-
rated the papier-mch hearts that
were given to them. More artists were
Steven Gilbar, Janice Treadwell,
Ellen Orlando, Ron Robertson, Judy
Nilsen, Judi Weisbart, Penelope
Gottlieb, Dr. James Dow and Jack
Hewett. Their hearts were all included
in the silent auction. Students from
San Marcos and Dos Pueblos High
School also decorated hearts along
with residents of Casa Dorinda, which
were used for the centerpieces. Heart
Wrangler Sharon Morrow and her
heart posse kept track of all the val-
entines.
After wine, bidding and enjoy-
ing the live music from the Fiesta
Five, many dressed in red found their
tables for lunch. We were seated at
the Montecito Bank and Trust table
with hostess and marketing direc-
tor Carolyn Tulloh along with Rona
Barrett who is a big advocate of help-
ing seniors. Other attendees included
Roger Antolin and County Supervisor
Salud Carbajal.
Board president Marty Moore
told the audience, What happens
at Friendship Center, wouldnt, if it
werent for the staff. Executive direc-
tor Heidi Holly also gave her heartfelt
appreciation to the staff. She recog-
nized former presidents Chris Jones,
Mary Walsh and Penny Mathison,
and then Dolly and Andy Granatelli
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which belongs to Unity Shoppes
operations officer (for 37 years)
Barbara Tellefson. She has owned
the home for forty years but it dates
back to 1907 when Fernand and
Henrietta Lungren bought two acres
in Mission Canyon and built the
7,000-square-foot home. He was a
well-known pioneer of painting the
American desert.
Barbara gave carte blanche for the
80 guests to wander all about her
home, filled with her treasured and
various collections: music boxes,
antique toys, doll houses Barbara
built herself, and much more. As
Barbara told me, I could never settle
down to collecting one thing. She
fancies that in another life she was
madame of a house of ill repute so
she built the house she had in doll-
house size. It was copied from a real
one in Nevada.
After munching on assorted tea
sandwiches and scones in the best
English tradition, we gathered
at tables in the garden to hear the
guest of honor speak. According to
executive director Tom Reed, Mara
Purl is a national award-winning
author whose Milford-Haven novel
series including the first, What the
Heart Knows, focuses on life along
Californias Central Coast. Youll rec-
ognize Santa Barbara and Cambria,
Im told. Her many credits include
acting on Days of Our Lives.
The afternoon ended with a hat
contest, first place going to art and
antiques appraiser Elizabeth Stewart
for a hat she actually bought at the
Unity Shoppe and second place to
Diana Lee, but the hat also belonged
to Elizabeth another of her Unity
Shoppe bargains. The shop is across
the street from the Granada. In the
back is where 12,500 kids and their
parents come every year for a hand
up with food supplies and clothes.
This is totally supported by commu-
nity donations. Pearl Chase was the
founder over 90 years ago. MJ
Randee and Kirk Martin with hat winner Elizabeth
Stewart at the Unity Shoppe garden tea held at
the historic home, La Casa Nichita
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Peggy Phaklides hurt her hip when
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more than three decades, she lived
with pain in her left hip, which
caused her to limp and gave
her great discomfort when she
rode her horse in the Atascadero
countryside near her home.
Tired of just living with the pain,
in 2009 she finally decided to
explore hip replacement surgery.
Thanks to the Cottage Center for
Orthopedics, her surgery was a
success. Within two months, Peggy
was back in the saddle, enjoying
what she loves to do.
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23 February 1 March 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 19 No one need think the world can be ruled without blood; the civil sword shall and must be red and bloody Andrew Jackson
$135,000 and featured the singing of
tenor Alexey Sayapin and soprano
Valentina Fleer, filling in at the last
moment for Micaela Oeste, who was
ailing in New York.
Former TV Bachelor Andrew
Firestone was in particularly fine
form auctioning off six musically-ori-
ented prizes, including three days at
the Festival del Sole in Napa, with a
performance by violinist Joshua Bell
and Metropolitan Opera soprano,
Danielle de Niese bought by his
father, Brooks Firestone, for $7,000
and four nights at a private casita in
Santa Fe, New Mexico, with tickets
for two opera performances, snapped
up for $5,000 by banker Mike Towbes.
Opera director, Steven Sharpe, also
announced the schedule for the com-
panys next season, which includes
Puccinis Madama Butterfly, Verdis
Aida and Donizettis Don Pasquale.
Among the guests going for a song
were Andy and Dolly Granatelli,
Leslie Ridley-Tree, Kate Firestone,
Anne Towbes, Christopher
Lancashire and Mary Beth Larkin,
Hiroko Benko, Simon Williams, and
Barry Berkus.
The boffo bash was co-chaired by
Sandy Urquhart and Joan Rutkowski.
A high note, indeed...
Beverly Hills Bender
To Beverly Hills for three days
of fantasy, fun and frolics for Save
Venice, the 41-year-old organization
which has spent more than $20 million
restoring 400 works of art and archi-
tecture in La Serenissima.
The biennial event, spearheaded by
international jewelry designer Hutton
Wilkinson, kicked off at his fantastical
estate, Dawnridge, the former home
of internationally acclaimed artist and
designer, Tony Duquette, whose cli-
ents included Doris Duke, cosmetics
queen Elizabeth Arden, Norton Simon
and oil magnate J. Paul Getty.
The home, which makes Disneyland
look positively mundane, played host
to more than 200 guests who had flown
in from Brazil, Paris, London and
New York for the La Dolce Vita week-
end, including Isabel Goldsmith,
daughter of the late British financier
James Goldsmith and granddaughter
of Bolivian Tin King Don Antenor
Patino owner of Las Alamandas, a
luxury resort amid 1,500 private acres
near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and
Montecito society doyene Beverley
Jackson.
The following day, the global glam-
orous glitterati visited the private
art collection of the late Frederick
Weisman, one of the first people to
import Toyotas in to the U.S. from
Japan.
The three acre estate, just a tiaras
toss down the road from rocker Rod
Stewart, has more than 500 contem-
porary works on show from a cor-
nucopia of some of the worlds most
famous artists, including Dubuffet,
Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Botero,
Magritte, Hockney, Giacometti, Miro,
Haring, Vasarely, Moore and Warhol.
Just one small powder room in the
house included works by Picasso,
Braque and de Kooning!
The full collection, which boasts
more than 2,000 works, many in
traveling exhibitions, is curated by
Weismans widow, Billie, a former
custodian at Los Angeles County
Museum of Art.
After lunch at the 1950s Victor
Gruen-designed home of fash-
ion designer and former Seattle
model Sally Perrin and her hus-
band, Michel who are just open-
ing their new Perrin Paris boutique
at the tony Manhattan hostelry, the
Carlyle, complementing their Beverly
Hills store, invitees, including Santa
Barbara Magazine publisher, Jennifer
Smith Hale, Santa Barbara Polo Club
sponsor Cat Pollon, with her mother,
Elisabeth, and even veteran come-
dienne Phyllis Diller, accompanied
by real estate honcho, Bruce Nelson,
had just hours to prepare for the
weekends highlight, The Fellini Ball,
at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
The 1960s themed affair, featuring
Austin Powers and Jack and Jacqueline
Kennedy look-alikes, not to men-
tion Pucci-esque clad young women
in go-go boots, boasted a 16-piece
orchestra with Shirley Bassey, Maria
Callas, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe
and Johnny Mathis sound-alikes, to
help the scintillating soign soire go
with a real swing.
The 72-hour bash, which raised
around $300,000 for the cause, con-
cluded with lunch at the magnificent
manse of attorney Tony and Travis
Kranz overlooking the fourth fair-
way of the Bel Air Country Club ,
who shuttle between their homes in
L.A. and Montecito.
Bellissimo!...
Dazzling Dance
The London-based contemporary
company, Random Dance, under
artistic director, Wayne McGregor,
took the Granada by storm, as part of
UCSBs Arts & Lectures series.
The hour-long performance,
Entity, part of the Anne and Michael
Towbes Dance Series, was typical of
McGregors drastically fast and artic-
ulate choreographic style, incorporat-
ing new technology, including anima-
tion, digital film, 3-D architecture and
electronic sound.
It was set to a score by Coldplay
and Massive Attack collaborator Jon
Hopkins and composer Joby Talbot,
with the ten dancers leaping on and
off stage at a meteoric pace.
A visceral, sensual and evocative
performance that dazzled the audi-
ence...
Tartuffe at UCSB
It may be 350 years old, but Molieres
classic comedy Tartuffe still plays well,
as exhibited by UCSBs Department of
Theater and Dance.
The show, first performed at
Versailles in front of King Louis XIV,
recounts the French playwrights tale
of a charlatan masquerading as a
pious fraud who influences a family
and nearly brings them to ruin.
Directed by Tom Whitaker, the
show boasts a well rounded cast,
with Brian Bock playing the con-
niving title character, and Hasmik
Saakian, Eddy Fernandez-Baumann,
Elena Adcock, Dominic Olivo and
Christine Buccelli playing the other
principal roles well.
Scenic designer Nayna Ramey
made good use of the sparse curtained
Parisian set, while costume designer
Ann Bruice evoked the period well.
The Performing Arts Theater show
runs through Saturday, February 25...
Lovers Day
Given their 31st wedding anniver-
sary fell on Valentines Day, Santa
Barbara Yacht Club members Bill and
Trish Davis decided to have a celebra-
tory breakfast with friends outside
Pierre Lafond in the Upper Village.
In times past, it was common for
lovers and friends to exchange small
tokens of affection and share cake and
cookies, explains Trish. In celebra-
tion of the day we followed suit with,
what we call, the coffee clan.
We decorated everything in red
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read n Post
Loses Lease
Read N Post, Montecitos popular
bookstore, magazine seller and post
office, has lost its lease in the shop-
ping strip anchored by Starbucks and
is actively looking to relocate on Coast
Village Road. We knew this was hap-
pening in January, but we wanted
to try and find a new home before
breaking the news to our customers,
said store manager Jan Hendrickson,
who spoke with us earlier this week.
Unfortunately Hendrickson, who has
managed the store the last 13 years
of her 15-year employment, says she
has been unsuccessful in finding an
appropriate space to relocate, but she
says she is not giving up.
Formerly called the Front Page,
Read N Post is a beloved destina-
tion for Montecito residents who fre-
quent the 2,400-sq-ft store to purchase
greeting cards, gifts, trinkets, books,
magazines, and to utilize the U.S. Post
Office center located inside. The store
has been at the location for at least
35 years. The emotions being felt by
our customers upon hearing of our
closing have far exceeded my wildest
dreams, Hendrickson said. They are
anywhere from angry, sad, to devas-
tated; you name it, theyve said it.
Hendrickson tells us the lease is
up at the end of April, and that Vons
Pharmacy is expected to take over
the space. We are hearing that Vons
offered the building owners a sum
of money that we couldnt possibly
match. Its like the story of David and
Goliath, except that this time Goliath
wins, Hendrickson said.
The store, which is owned by five
individuals, will ultimately relocate
on Coast Village Road, Hendrickson
hopes. She has already filed a permis-
sion to relocate the post office to the
United Stated Postal Service, and says
she is intent on finding a large enough
space to retain the post office within
the store. We are a package deal,
she says. Robin Richardson-Romero,
a post office clerk, adds that if they are
unable to relocate, the Upper Village
Post Office will be burdened. We
provide the services that people in this
area need and expect, Richardson-
Romero said. This is our area.
Hendrickson says she has looked up
and down Coast Village Road and has
toured many vacant spaces, but for
some reason or another, none of the
vacancies have looked like a good fit
for Read N Post. And several proper-
ty owners have turned the store down
as a potential tenant, Hendrickson
says. She remains optimistic, and says
receives tips on potential locations
from customers nearly every day. We
are trying to save twelve jobs, and are
actively looking every day, she said.
Other customers are not so quick
to give up on the current location,
however, and a petition has been
started by JAmy Brown to save the
store from having to move (see the
Editorial on page 5 for more on Ms
Browns crusade). We wish the land-
lord would see that the shops in this
center are diverse, and complement
one another, Hendrickson said. The
center, located at 1046 Coast Village
Road, currently houses Starbucks,
Antoinette, Sakana, Blenders in the
Grass, Occhiali, Montecito Beauty
Salon and Montecito Sports.
As I snapped some photos of
the shop and Hendrickson and
Richardson-Romero, the ladies told
me it did not feel right to smile for a
picture during this sad time. We are
grieving, Hendrickson told me with
tears in her eyes. But the response
from the community has been com-
pletely heartwarming, she added.
Our people are showing their love,
Richardson-Romero said. And show-
ing that we are needed in the com-
munity.
Greeting cards and gifts in the store
are on sale for a 50% discount; maga-
zines and books, as well as packing
supplies and postal fees are still full
price.
Montecito
Volleyball Club
Between the months of November
and June, over 40 Santa Barbara,
Montecito and Carpinteria teen and
pre-teen girls are busy serving, spik-
ing, digging and killing. In non-
volleyball jargon, they are busy prac-
ticing and honing their athletic skills
as members of Montecito Volleyball
Club, an off-season juniors volleyball
organization for girls based in Santa
Barbara and an affiliate of the Los
Angeles Volleyball Academy (LAVA).
Started by Erika Lilley in 2009,
Montecito Volleyball Club aims to
encourage young women to grow
as players on the court and strong
women off the court, according to
assistant director Abbey Lane, who
sat down with us for coffee earlier this
week. Erika saw a gap in club offer-
ings for the Montecito area, Lane
explained. MVC is dedicated in not
only producing top athletes, but to
instill confidence and self esteem.
MVC fields six teams which encom-
pass teens from age 12 to 18. A young-
er team, called the LAVA Lites, is a
coed team comprised of kids as young
as 8 years old, who practice 1.5 hours
per week and learn the basics of vol-
leyball. Its a cute program, says
mom Jennifer Drury, whose 8-year-
old Ella participates. Cassidy Drury,
12, also plays for MVC, and Jennifer
acts as a team mom and the clubs
Read N
Post postal
clerk Robin
Richardson-
Romero and
manager Jan
Hendrickson
Read N Post is dotted with 50% off signs as the store prepares to close in April
Papyrus cards are discounted as Read N Post announces it has lost its lease at 1046 Coast Village Road
23 February 1 March 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 21 If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates Jay Leno
(unless they go into politics).
The Tuskegee Airmen were a
famous P-51 fighter squadron of all-
black pilots in the European Theater.
They had the most distinguished fly-
ing record of any group in WWII
and proudly carried the name of the
Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker
T. Washington.
Washingtons most prominent disci-
ples today would be presidential can-
didate Herman Cain, Supreme Court
Justice Clarence Thomas, Secretaries
of State Colin Powell and Condi Rice.
They and many, many others simply
took advantage of the opportunities
available in America, worked their
butts off and are accomplishing great
things.
Todays most prominent disciples
of W.E.B. DuBois would be Jessie
Jackson, Al Sharpton and Barak
Hussein Obama.
They are still demanding that the
government confiscate the wealth of
those who honestly earned it and give
it to those that did not (because of the
existence of slavery a century and a
half ago).
They preach classic socialist forced
income redistribution. And like most
socialist leaders, they keep a major
portion of the loot for themselves.
Their followers live in degraded neigh-
borhoods, making fun of education
and moral productivity while waiting
for someone else to take care of them.
Unfortunately, too many Americans of
every race have been convinced that
you can get something for nothing.
If you want to find inspiration for
the possibilities available in a free
society, I would suggest that you
find a copy of Washingtons wonder-
ful autobiography, Up From Slavery.
Biblical scripture gives us a simple
and fair way to evaluate people. It
says, By their fruits shall you know
them. Few Americans have produced
more sweet, wholesome and nourish-
ing fruit than Booker T. Washington.
Why wont our universities tell us
about it? Instead they form W.E.B.
DuBois Societies.
Chuck Stersic
Santa Barbara
(Editors note: During Black History
Month, MJ has published a number of
articles dealing with this subject, includ-
ing last weeks editorial by Civil Rights
Institute founder Ward Connerly TLB)
Art is Hot in Florida
My wife has been a long time board
member of the Museum Trustee
Association (MTA) , a national orga-
nization that educates and advises
on governance issues in the world
of museums. The Board meets and
presents seminars for trustees twice a
year at various locations. Recently, the
meetings were held in St. Petersburg,
Florida and I went along as a spouse. It
was pretty good duty since I was able
to attend with them all the tours of
private and public art collections and
stay at the beautiful Vinoy Hotel. The
Vinoy was built in 1925 on the expan-
sive Tampa Bay area of St. Petersburg.
Most are familiar with many of our
fine public art museums, but may
not realize the number and variety of
private collections whose quality can
rival or surpass the public collections.
Our first stop was the well-known
but private collection at the firm of
Raymond James Financial, where Tom
James, son of the founder, briefed us
on his collection that features over
2,400 pieces of Western art and sculp-
tures, considered perhaps the largest
collection of Western art in the country.
The art is prominent in the offices and
hallways of the 32-floor headquarters
of the company. According to Tom
James, it is also a morale booster for
his many employees. The collection
includes works by Van Bryon, Robert
Griffling, Martin Grells and Rick Ney.
We went public and dug into
several World-Class museums in
St Petersburg, one of which the
famous Dali Museum is housed in
the geodetic dome on the harbor. It
was originated by A. Reynolds and
Eleanor Morse, prominent members
of St. Petersburgs art scene. They
were friends of Dali and were able to
amass the collection when Dali was
somewhat out of fashion. The result-
ing museum is considered to have
one of the best collections of Dali in
the world. Dali painted only 18 large
and imposing paintings 161 X 122
and no less than six of them are in
the St. Petersburg museum. No other
museum has more than one.
On the pleasant walk back to the
Vinoy Hotel, we stopped at the St.
Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts,
which had just received a collection
of Egyptian antiquities featuring
some items as far back as 2000 BC,
loaned by a private collector living
in Europe. Other art at the Museum
includes works by OKeeffe, Monet,
Bellow, and Renoir: a collection of
18,000 in all. So we thank the Morses
and the Jameses, among many, who
have made St. Petersburg such a great
cultural city.
If you visit the Gulf Coast of Florida,
a must stop is the Ringling Art Museum
and the home of John Ringling in
Sarasota. Our group made the one-
hour trip south and was warmly wel-
comed by the director of the 66-acre
plantation. It is part of and main-
tained by Florida State University.
The area consists of four prominent
buildings highlighted by the John
Ringling mansion on the bay called
CadZan. Other buildings include the
Asolo Theatre, built in 1798 for Queen
Caterina and relocated here in 1950,
the Art Museum whose permanent art
collection includes Rubens, VanDyck
and Gainsborough, and the museums
with all the historical memorabilia
from the old days of the circus. It also
contains John Ringlings private car
from the days when he owned his
own railroad. Mrs. Ringling was fond
of gardens and roses, and both are
prominent throughout the grounds.
While in this area, we took advantage
of the opportunity to visit two more
interesting private art collections. One
collection specializes in Russian paint-
ings from 1930 through 1960. Artists
in the collection include Tkachev,
Nechitailo and Popov. Close by was a
stunning collection of contemporary
glass. It was a fitting ending to our
immersion into the Florida art scene.
We had seen it all: prominent art
and collectors with heart and great
enthusiasm for their pieces.
Frank McGinity
Montecito
A Valentine Wish
Denying your own true feelings
is like colorful hearts falling to the
ground all around you. My name is
Don Juan DeMarco and I can no lon-
ger hide who I truly am. I am flattered
that Hollywood has tried to portray
my persona, but I am the Worlds
Greatest Lover! Of course, I speak not
of flesh and bone, for that in time will
only fade away; I speak of the heart
that only stays forever young. Some
may say that romantics are nothing
more than people immersed in a fan-
tastic world full of illusion.
But only very few men come to real-
ize throughout time that displaying
a mans true feelings and concern for
others is as masculine as one can be.
This emotion has driven man to stand
and fight for what is right and has
kept chivalry alive to this very day!
Women cannot resist its aroma and
men are drawn to its power! At night,
I sneak out with my guitar, singing
love songs, touching womens most
intimate part: their soul.
My desire, you ask? It is that I may
inspire women to know and under-
stand that they are all beautiful and
deserve to be treated with kindness,
fairness, and respect. I care not that
other men scoff at me when dressed in
my exotic apparel, for it is them I speak
about, many women, helped damsels
in distress, thrown my cape on muddy
waters so that women could pass
over, and even helped elderly ladies
cross the street. If we are to live in a
beautiful world, we must be true to
each other. To love one another for
more than just the body, but for the
mind and soul as well, that we may
experience love to its fullest explod-
ing pleasure and extent. I leave you
LETTErS (Continued from page 9)
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of Defense in 2011, Gates became
Chancellor of the College of William
and Mary in February 2012.
Keynote speaker Robert M. Gates is
the latest in a line of influential and
prestigious speakers that have graced
the Westmont Presidents Breakfast
audience, beginning with authors
David McCullough and Thomas
Friedman, CNNs Fareed Zakaria,
Aspen Institute president Walter
Isaacson, former Mexican President
Vicente Fox, and former Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice. Gates talk
is scheduled for Friday morning (7-9
am) March 2 in the Grand Ballroom
at Fess Parkers Doubletree Resort.
Tickets are $125 per person and there
may be then again, there may not
be a few tickets still available. If
you are interested in attending, you
are invited to go to: westmont.edu/
presbreakfast/.
The following interview with
Chancellor Gates was conducted via
telephone.
Q. You studied European History in
college; Im going to assume that must
have helped you in your career in the CIA
and later at the Defense Department. Do
you have any advice along those lines for
Westmont College students considering a
career in government?
A. Actually, I like to joke with
people that I began studying with a
focus on U.S. history and just kept
moving east. I started with American
History. Then, as an upper-classman I
majored mostly in European History.
My master was Russian and Eastern
Europe but mostly Eastern Europe
and my whole PhD was on Russia
and the Soviet Union.
The advice I give young people is
if they are interested in a career in
intelligence or in the military and so
on, the key thing is picking up appro-
priate languages along the way, but
also knowing the history and cultures
of these places matters a great deal.
Frankly, there arent a whole lot of
people in Washington who are very
much steeped in history. So, being able
to talk about some of the background
of some of these places and understand
what theyre all about is really critical.
Is there an area of the world that you
would advise students to concentrate on?
An area of significant engagement
in the future would for sure be the
Middle East. So learning Arabic,
Farsi, that whole area all the way
over to Afghanistan and Pakistan
where they speak Dari and Urdu, any
of those areas I think were going to
be dealing with challenges for a very
long time to come.
It looks as though we are moving into
energy independence in the U.S. Even if
R
obert M. Gates, this years
Westmont Presidents Breakfast
speaker, defnes himself as
the ultimate insider in the title
of his 1996 book: From the Shadows:
The Ultimate Insiders Story of Five
Presidents and How They Won the
Cold War. And that he is: if the term
insider fts anyone, it certainly fts
Mr. Gates. Hes a former head of the
Central Intelligence Agency (1991-
1993), and the frst CIA Director to
have risen to that position from an
entry-level job (he joined the CIA
in 1966, right out of college); he has
been an advisor to four presidents
(Ronald Reagan, George Herbert
Walker Bush, George W. Bush, and
Barack Obama) and is also a former
Secretary of Defense (2006-2011).
Tapped for Secretary of Defense by
then-President George W. Bush, Gates
was asked to continue as such by
incoming President Barack Obama. It
was the frst time in U.S. history that
an incoming president had retained
the outgoing presidents Secretary of
Defense.
Robert Michael Gates was born in
Wichita, Kansas on September 25,
1943, attained Eagle Scout status in
the Boy Scouts, got straight As in
high school, received a bachelors
degree from the College of William
and Mary, a masters degree in his-
tory from Indiana University, and
a doctorate in Russian and Soviet
history from Georgetown University.
He spent two years serving as an
intelligence officer in the U.S. Air
Force after having been recruited by
the CIA. Upon retiring as Secretary
e Montecito Association
Preserving Our Unique Community
How does Montecito stay semi-rural?
by the lack of sidewalks and tra c lights, the narrow winding roads, the
aesthetics of road signing, predominantly low density residential development,
limited commercial the unobstructed community and neighborhood view
corridors, the extensive greenery, the easy access to walking and riding trails
Montecito Community Plan, Page 26
See www.montecitoassociation.org
for the complete Montecito Community Plan
Conversations
by James Buckley
The Ultimate Insider
The Ultimate Insider, then Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (left) speaks to the press with Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Mike Mullen during a Pentagon Briefing in January 2009; Gates
will be the keynote speaker at this years Westmont Presidents Breakfast on Friday, March 2
The littoral combat ship (LCS) is a new breed of light, fast, and stealth-like small ship set to replace
larger aging U.S. Navy vessels in coming years (photo by Cmdr Jason Salata)
COnVErSATIOnS Page 254
23 February 1 March 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 23 Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel John Quinton
and possibly diminish consumer traffic.
We the undersigned implore you to restore the Read N Post lease and, to encourage
that end, we invite you to attend a public forum in Montecito to discuss mutual solu-
tions that will keep Read N Post in its current location.
In Search Of A Hammer
No date for the public forum has yet been announced. As to any possibility of
Read N Post staying where it is: I think it might be too late, Jan says, believ-
ing the lease may already be signed between the Vons pharmacy and her land-
lord. This is a good place to be and I really hate to leave, but if we do, were
hoping to find a good place on Coast Village Road so we can pick up where we
left off and continue to offer those services that we feel this community needs.
Vons can pay a higher rate than we can possibly afford, Jan concludes, adding,
I cant compete with Vons.
More about the importance of local ownership: Starbucks and Coffee Bean &
Tea Leaf make excellent coffee. But, so do Jeannines, Pierre Lafond, Montecito
Deli and others locally owned and operated businesses. If you insist upon
keeping it local, you must frequent local places rather than the chains, whose
lines may move faster and whose prices may or may not be less.
If you want to buy a book, whether todays best seller or a dusty old tome you
never had time to read, when you go to Costco for the best seller or Amazon.
com for an older book, you have just made it that much more difficult for places
such as Read N Post and Tecolote Book Shop to stay in business. They both
sell best sellers and, in the case of Tecolote, are assiduous and most times
extremely successful in helping clients find out-of-print or hard-to-find titles.
Thats their business.
Looking for a hammer, garden tool, wheelbarrow, or Havahart small animal
trap? Need some Drano or a wrench? If so, you can simply walk into Village
Hardware in the upper village and Doug is happy to help. Will you pay more?
Maybe, but not much more. On the other hand, when you need a particular
sized bolt, nut, or screw, Doug will sell you one if one is what you need rather
than a pre-packaged dozen. Youll save plenty of money (and a little bit of addi-
tional environmental degradation) doing that.
One would think people would know instinctively that in order to maintain
a healthy local retail base one must shop locally, but too often customers are
spurred to purchase something they see in a local shop but then head off to a
big-box chain to buy it at a discount.
So, heres the last word on this: If you want to be able to continue to shop
locally shop locally! MJ
EDITOrIAL (Continued from page 5)
compiled by Flora Kontilis from information supplied by Santa Barbara County
Sheriffs Department, Carpinteria Division
SHERIFFS
BLOTTER
Parolee Found in Possession of narcotics
on Padaro Lane
Monday, 20 February, 2:22 am Deputy Welch was patrolling the
Summerland area when a parolee was seen driving near Loon Point County
Park. Welch recognized the individual based on previous charges of his sell-
ing narcotics from his vehicle in the area of Cathedral Oaks Drive and San
Marcos Road. The deputy conducted a records check and confirmed that
the individual was on active Santa Barbara County probation for narcotics
charges. When Welch spotted the parolee on Padaro Lane, he approached
the deputy and asked for directions to Beach Club Drive. Welch also knew
that another parolee (also on narcotics charges) lived in that area.
Deputy Farley arrived on scene to assist Welch in a probation search.
Welch conducted a pat-down search of the individual; the deputy found
plastic bags in his front pants pocket. The bags contained hashish and
methamphetamine. The individual does not have a medical recommenda-
tion for marijuana. Welch continued to search the vehicle and found a small
black bag containing dozens of empty plastic bags. The deputy also found
a digital scale, two plastic bags holding miscellaneous jewelry, and used
syringes. Welch looked through the individuals text messages on his cell
phone; the messages gave probable cause that the parolee was selling nar-
cotics. Based on the search, Deputies Farley and Welch arrested the parolee
and transported him to Santa Barbara County Jail. After booking, Farley
later observed that the substance previously identified as hashish was actu-
ally heroin. Welch contacted the District Attorney to review the incident. A
report was taken. MJ
media and fundraising guru.
The teams practice two times a
week, and sometimes on weekends.
They ultimately play about ten tour-
naments per season, against other
female club volleyball teams across
the region. In June, teams from
across the country attend whats
known as Festival, a volleyball
finale held in Phoenix, Arizona.
Girls from Crane School, Laguna
Blanca, SBHS, SMHS, La Colina
Junior High, SBMS, Carpinteria
High and other local schools are
involved in the program, which
holds practices at Carrillo Street
gym and Girls Inc.
Montecito Volleyball Club features
several well-known coaches from the
area, including Evan Constantouros,
Lisa Gera, Rich Swanson, Shannon
Visin, and Suzy Schutz. The coach-
ing team is rounded out by Nabil
Mardini and Trevor Julian, who work
for LAVA, and Cindy Cortez, a CIF
referee.
Club volleyball has benefits that
can change the course of an athletes
life, Lane says. The young women,
who pay between $2,500 and $4,200
per season to participate, have
access to an online database called
Sportsworx, which allows athletes to
keep a record of stats, progress, and
videos of their best matches. The site
is accessible to college recruiters,
and is often a starting point for girls
to link with college coaches and dis-
cuss future opportunities.
To offset the cost of participa-
tion, MVC hosts fundraising events
throughout the season. This Sunday,
February 26 from 9 am to 3 pm, the
Club will host a car wash at the Shell
gas station located at 4801 Hollister in
Goleta. On Wednesday, March 7, the
Club hosts another fundraiser at Taffys
Pizza in Santa Barbara. Scholarships
are also available through MVC; a
sector of the Club is a non-profit orga-
nization.
For more information visit www.
montecitovb.com. MJ
VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 20)
Erika Lilley, founder of Montecito Volleyball Club
Mom and
media man-
ager Jennifer
Drury and
assistant
director
Abbey Lane
Montecito Volleyball Club team 14-1 with coach and founder Erika Lilley, front row center
2 Proofs of Residency (current utility bill (not cable or phone),
AND mortgage, tax, or rental agreement)
Childs original birth certicate or a passport
Immunization records
MONTECITO UNION SCHOOL IS NOW REGISTERING K-6 STUDENTS
FOR THE 2012 2013 SCHOOL YEAR!
KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION and REGISTRATION NIGHT
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 6:00-7:30 PM, MUS Auditorium
Students being registered for Kindergarten must be age 5 by November 1, 2012
When registering your child for Kindergarten you must bring the following for review:
*When registering your child for 1st-6th you need only bring 2 Proofs of Residency noted above.
Montecito Union School
A California Distinguished School
385 San Ysidro Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108
(805) 969-3249 Fax(805) 969-9714
Mountain Biker Dies On Cold Spring Trail
story by Lynn P. Kirst
TRAIL TALK
A museum and
travel professional,
community volun-
teer, and lifelong
equestrienne,
Lynn Kirst is a
fourth-generation Californian who grew up
in Montecito; she can often be found riding
or hiking the local trails
M
ontecitos beautiful, but
sometimes treacherous, front
country trails proved deadly
once again, when mountain biker
Matthew Bruce Sanborn, 42, lost his
life on the Cold Spring Trail on Tuesday,
January 31.
According to a report obtained from
the Montecito Fire Department, emer-
gency personnel were called shortly
after 5:30 pm. A hiker, who had encoun-
tered Sanborn farther up the Cold Spring
Trail as they both headed down toward
the trailhead on Mountain Drive, found
him unconscious a short time later. The
hiker, who remains unidentified, called
for professional help to the accident
scene, which was just an eighth of a
mile from the trailhead.
He [Sanborn] was on the illegal
ridge trail section on the east fork of
the Cold Spring Trail, said Montecito
Fire Chief Kevin Wallace. Apparently
Sanborn crashed his bike after hitting
a large stump, but rather than being
thrown clear, was still tangled up in the
handlebars when the hiker found him.
Our crew administered CPR and
Advanced Life Support, but when the
victim could not be revived, the coroner
was called, said Wallace. Sanborn was
Matt Sanborn was reported to be a
Carpinteria resident of nearly twen-
ty years, and a regular trail user. His
funeral was held Saturday, February 4
at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
in Santa Barbara. Although Sanborns
family could not be reached for com-
ment, his mother, Mary Frank, posted
her eulogy on her Internet blog, which
stated: He died doing what he loved
mountain biking on a trail in Montecito,
California. Mrs. Frank also mentioned
the other thrill sports at which her son
excelled, including skiing, biking, ice
hockey and rollerblading, and said,
He told me once that the mountains
were a cathedral to him.
For many people, this latest death
on the Cold Spring Trail brought back
sad memories of Rocket, the horse
that plunged to its death after being
spooked by mountain bikers. In that
incident, a young Montecito mother
was riding her horse, Rocket, with her
daughter, who was eight years old at
the time. When Rocket was frightened
by three mountain bikes, he spun off the
trail. The mother was able to grab her
daughter and bail off just before Rocket
tumbled out of control down the steep
embankment. His fall was temporarily
stopped when he was entangled in an
oak tree hanging out over the canyon,
but in his thrashing broke through the
branches. The horse then fell approxi-
mately sixty feet, breaking his back on
the boulders of the streambed below.
Rocket died about three hours after the
incident occurred.
Rockets death inflamed the hiker
and equestrian communities, who
called for safety reforms encompass-
ing limitations, if not an outright ban,
of mountain bikes on the local front
country trails. These trails are large-
ly characterized by their narrowness,
short sightlines, steep drop-offs to deep
canyons, and decades of established
use by traditional trail users (i.e., hik-
ers and equestrians), many of whom
have been displaced due to their fear of
mountain bikes.
In turn, mountain bike users have
fought hard to maintain access of
their wheeled vehicles on the trails.
The uproar resulted in the formation
of the Front Country Trails Multi-
Jurisdictional Task Force in 2006.
Composed of representatives of the
three agencies that share jurisdictional
oversight of the front country trails (the
City and County of Santa Barbara and
Los Padres National Forest), the Task
Force was initially formed to address
public safety and user conflicts, with
trail management a secondary issue.
In spite of regular meetings over the
last six years, no limitation of moun-
tain bikes has ever been enacted, and
the Task Force has overwhelmingly
concentrated on trail maintenance and
resource protection issues. MJ
declared dead at the scene. The final cor-
oners report has not yet been released,
as it can take several weeks to write
up, according to a representative at the
Santa Barbara County coroners office.
Although the news of Sanborns
untimely death seems to have circulated
among mountain bikers, the trail com-
munity at large has been unaware of
this latest tragedy. When contacted for a
statement, both Kevin Snow, president
of the Montecito Trails Foundation,
and Otis Calef, president of the Santa
Barbara County Trails Council, were
completely unaware the incident had
even occurred.
Chris Orr, president of the Santa
Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers,
was aware of the death, but noted that,
Very little has been released about
Matt Sanborn.
23 February 1 March 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 25 Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other Oscar Ameringer
the Middle Easts strategic importance
lessens, you believe it will still be an
important area? Is this a never-ending
story?
Well, the truth is that for a long
time, the Middle East has not been
one of the major sources of energy for
the United States. The oil we buy, we
buy from Canada, Mexico, the North
Sea, Angola, Nigeria and so on. Other
than that, the majority of oil that
flows out of the Middle East goes to
Europe, China, and Japan.
So, well still be on the hook to protect
that source?
Well, I think we just have interests
in that area that are vital. American
presidents going back more than
forty years have declared the Middle
East as an area of vital national inter-
est to the United States and I dont
see that changing.
Speaking of the United States vital
interests and protection, the U.S. Navy
has dwindled from over 600 ships in
the Vietnam era to, I believe, something
less than 280. Considering the danger
to large floating targets, based upon the
continuing improvement in the sophis-
tication of weaponry, is increasing the
number of ships a good idea?
I happen to think it is. I am well
aware that the Chinese and others are
developing highly accurate anti-ship
cruise and ballistic missiles; that, as
far as Im concerned, just means we
have to be more creative in how we
use our ships. The truth is, where that
becomes a real danger is only in the
context of an out-and-out full-scale
war, whether its Iran or China; cer-
tainly in the case of China I think that
is a very remote possibility.
And so, the question is its really
more about presence and about our
ability to maintain the freedom of
navigation in key waterways around
the world. And, you do need a certain
amount of ships for that. Also, ships
are becoming particularly Aegis
Destroyers a key component of our
anti-ballistic-missile capability. Both
in the Mediterranean and the Persian
Gulf but also in Asia as well, where
we have a very deep cooperative
relationship with the Japanese in this
area.
I personally think that a robust
navy is still a vital interest for our
country and whether its piracy or
humanitarian assistance, the truth
of the matter is whenever there is a
disaster, the U.S. Navy is usually the
first on the scene.
I think these capabilities need to be
looked at both in terms of deterrence
as well as in war-fighting capabilities
not to mention a U.S. presence and
our ability to carry out humanitarian
missions. All of which play a role in
the way the U.S. is regarded around
the world.
As to both war-fighting capabilities
and humanitarian missions, it seems it is
always a carrier task force that heads out;
do we have enough carrier task forces?
Well, we have eleven and that num-
ber will probably stay at eleven. I
think we have one brief period late in
this decade where we go down to ten,
but I think eleven will stay. I think
the key is how many other ships we
have. Although the ships today have
many more capabilities than their
predecessors, the reality is that if the
ship is in Norfolk, it cant be in the
Mediterranean. So, at a certain point,
quantity does matter.
If quantity does matter, where does
the LCS program fit in? [According to
the Naval-Technology.com website, the
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is designed
to satisfy the requirement for shallow
draft vessels to operate in the littoral
coastal waters to counter growing
potential asymmetric threats of coastal
mines, quiet diesel submarines and the
potential to carry explosives and ter-
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The U.S. Navy has 11 carrier task forces with which to project American power; this purely ceremonial
task force is headed up by the USS Ronald Reagan
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Your Westmont
Viva Mexican Art
by Scott Craig
T
he Westmont Ridley-Tree
Museum of Art features two
Mexican-themed exhibitions
this spring. Rafael Perea de la Cabada:
Alien Heartland and Mexican Prints:
Selections from the Gil Garcia and
Marti Correa de Garcia Collection go
on display February 23 through March
31. The exhibitions open with a free
public reception Thursday, February
23, from 4 to 6 pm.
Alien Heartland offers a retro-
spective of Mexican-American artist
Rafael Perea de la Cabada. Perea,
who was born in Mexico City, spent
the first half of his life in his native
country before coming to California
to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree
in painting at UC Santa Barbara. This
exhibition includes drawings, prints,
paintings and sculptures made in
both countries, exploring themes of
contemporary Mexican-American
culture. Pereas abstracted, expressive
artwork is held in museum and pri-
vate collections in California, Mexico,
Puerto Rico, and several countries in
Europe.
Mexican Prints showcases the
holdings of local collectors Gil and
Marti Correa de Garcia. The collec-
tion, which focuses on prints from the
mid-20th century, emphasizes the vital
graphic aesthetic of Mexico with work
by artists including Francisco Toledo,
Rufino Tamayo, Carlos Merida and
others. Mr. Garcia is the lead architect
of Garcia Architects and Advisors.
He was a Santa Barbara City council-
man for 10 years and has served on
the boards of 90 non-profit organiza-
tions. He is on the board of Southern
California Sister Cities International,
past president of the United States-
Mexico Sister Cities Association, and
current president of the Santa Barbara-
Puerto Vallarta Sister City Committee.
Ms Marti Correa de Garcia is the
treasurer of the Santa Barbara-Puerto
Vallarta Sister City Committee.
Animal Farm to rock
Porter Theatre
Westmont theater arts professor
Mitchell Thomas tackles one of the
20th centurys most enduring works,
directing George Orwells satiri-
cal masterpiece Animal Farm (The
Musical). The rocking show, a col-
laboration between the Westmont
theater arts and music departments,
will be performed February 23-25,
March 1-3 at 8 pm and March 3 at
2 pm, all in Porter Theatre. Tickets
are $7 for students and seniors, $15
for adults, and can be purchased by
calling (805) 565-7140.
Animal Farm still resonates pow-
erfully today, Thomas says, though
it was originally written in 1945
as a response to Stalinist Russia.
Wickedness, corruption, greed, igno-
rance and power can turn any human
into an animal and turn an animal
into a human, he says. The domestic
and international scenes seem particu-
larly charged right now with the Arab
Spring, the Tea Party and Occupy
movements, our 2012 election year in
the U.S., and much more.
The musical features an ensemble
cast of 15 student-actors, includ-
ing seniors Felisha Vasquez and
Reyn Halford, juniors Sarah
Phillips, Jackie Dressler, Shawnee
Witt and Sam Martin, sophomores
Mak Manson, Micah Sapienza,
Paige Tautz, Chris Wagstaffe, Ben
Offringa and Anna Weicht, and
first-year students Peter Matthews,
Analicia Hawkins and Elaine
Pazaski. Maddie Thomas, 9, from
Cold Spring School is the child narra-
tor. The stage adaptation is by Peter
Hall with music by Richard Peaslee
and lyrics by Adrian Mitchell.
Thomas, who recently starred as
the troll king in Peer Gynt, says the
student-actors have enjoyed discov-
ering the many ways that Animal
Farm speaks to them through poli-
tics, religion, agriculture and foreign
policy. Were also having a great
time dressing up like animals and
singing some rock music, Thomas
says.
Orchestra to Perform
Concerto Concerts
The Westmont Orchestra performs
a concerto concert, featuring works
by Vivaldi, Mozart and Camille Saint-
Sans, Friday, February 24, at 8 pm in
Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold
Spring Road; and Sunday, February
26, at 3 pm in First Presbyterian
Church, 21 East Constance Avenue.
General admission is $10 and stu-
dents are free. To purchase tickets or
for more information, please contact
Trinity Hokama at (805) 565-6040.
The concert will be conducted by
Michael Shasberger, Westmonts
Adams professor of music and wor-
ship. Students Allyson Fredrickson,
Elise Kimball, Alex Ronne and Sarah
Shasberger will perform Vivaldis
Concerto for Four Violins in B minor.
Clarinetist Enoch Matsumura per-
forms Mozarts Clarinet Concerto.
Soprano Brianna Stutzman sings
Mozarts Dove sono i bei momenti
from the opera The Marriage of Figaro.
Cellist Rebecca Shasberger will play
Camille Saint-Sans Cello Concerto
No. 1 in A minor.
Bosselaar
Poetry reading
Belgian-American writer Laure-
Anne Bosselaar reads her poetry
Tuesday, February 28, at 4 pm in
Hieronymus Lounge at Westmonts
Kerrwood Hall. The reading, sup-
ported by a grant from the James
Irvine Foundation to Poets & Writers
Inc., is free and open to the public.
Bosselaar, who is fluent in four
languages, wrote The Hour Between
Dog and Wolf, Small Gods of Grief and
A New Hunger. Her writings have
earned a Pushcart Prize, the Isabella
Gardner Prize for Poetry in 2001 and
an American Library Association
Notable Book award in 2008.
Bosselaar and her husband, Kurt
Brown, moved to Santa Barbara
from New York City and are trans-
lating American poetry into French
and Flemish poetry into English.
Her poems have appeared in
reviews published in the Washington
Post, Georgia Review, Ploughshares,
AGNI and Harvard Review. Garrison
Keillor read two of her poems on
NPRs The Writers Almanac, and
her poems have also been widely
anthologized.
Bosselaar, who teaches creative
writing at Pine Manor College, has
also taught at Emerson College,
Sarah Lawrence College and at
many conferences. She earned a fel-
lowship at the Breadloaf Writers
Conference, was a writer-in-resi-
dence at the Vermont Studio Center
and Hamilton College, and was the
McEver professor for visiting writers
at Georgia Tech University. MJ
Emiliano Zapata, The Great Leader of the
Revolutionary Peasant Movement by Ignacio
Aguirre in 1948, from the collection of Gil Garcia
and Marti Correa de Garcia
Edge by Rafael Perea de la Cabada, who will be
featured in the Alien Heartland exhibition at the
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
Los Vuelos by Mexican-American artist Rafael
Perea de la Cabada
Rock n Roll version of the George Orwell classic,
Animal Farm (The Musical), opens February 23
(poster by Scott Anderson)
23 February 1 March 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 27 I have always been afraid of banks Andrew Jackson
Ernies World
by Ernie Witham
(If youd like to support one of our local swing voters you could
swing by a local bookstore and order a copy of Ernies latest book: A
Year in the Life of a Working Writer.)
Just want to be...
Stuck in the middle with you...
I
am a registered Independent. I
registered this way when I frst
moved to Santa Barbara almost
thirty-fve years ago, partially because
I knew nothing about California
politics.
Whos this Moonbeam guy?
Hes the new eccentric Governor,
Jerry Brown.
Is he an astronaut?
Nope. Environmentalist.
Far out.
Exactly. Cant believe he replaced
Ronald Reagan.
The host of Death Valley Days?
Yup hell probably
be president some day.
Well, that should help the sales of 20
Mule Team Borax.
Another reason I chose Independent
was a purely guy thing. I didnt know
if all those California Girls the Beach
Boys sang about were Republican or
Democrat and I wanted them to know
I go both ways so to speak.
But I guess the main reason I became
an Independent is because Ive always
been a middle-of-the-road kind of guy.
Hey moron, get out of the street!
Okay. Should I go left or right?
Where you should go is straight to
the funny farm.
Thank you. He must know Im a
humor writer.
Over the years, this middle-of-the-
road stance has cost me sometimes.
For instance, I was terrible on the
debating team: Yes, I see your point.
Oh, good response. Wow, you are so
well informed.
Ive also always been bad when it
comes to giving directions.
Excuse me, how do I get to State
Street from here?
Well, you could take the freeway or
you could take the frontage road. The
freeway is probably fastest, but the
frontage road is more scenic, though it
might be congested this time of day. Of
course there is construction on the free-
way so that might offset the slowness
of the scenic route. I guess you could
bypass it all by going over the hills and
then approach from the north, unless
of course you want to go to lower State
Street, whereby youd be better off
going the beach route, though there are
a lot of bicyclists to watch for, not to
mention tourists like yourself.
I should have known better than to
ask someone standing on the median
strip.
Nor have I ever been all that great at
making big decisions.
Paper or plastic?
Ah...
Soup or salad?
Ah...
White or red?
Ah... Rose! Ha!
I probably owe all this to my
English heritage. Not wanting to
say the wrong thing and lose face or
make a statement that causes ridicule.
Looking back I guess if I had one of
those British Royal names that they
shout out as you arrive at the event of
the season, like:
Duke Highwaterpants of Squirrel-
in-the-Pond. Or...
MLady BouncyBottom of
Abundant Shire. Or...
Sir Tipsy of Alehouse Manor.
Then I would be introduced as...
Count DontAskMe of Doubtin
Abbey.
So who knew, that over the years,
my vote would become a crucial one?
If I would have known that was going
to happen I probably would have cho-
sen other as my party. But like it or
not as a swing voter both sides are
now wooing me.
What do you think about the econ-
omy?
Ah... I think we need one?
Where do you stand on bailouts?
Hey that was just one time, okay?
How do you feel about medical
marijuana?
Hey that was just one time, okay?
Domestic oil is black gold!
Really, then why isnt your wife
wearing a petroleum necklace?
We need more nuclear energy.
If you wait a few more months
some should be washing up on the
West Coast.
What are your thoughts concern-
ing wind power?
Dont wear a loose-fitting hat?
We should make government smaller
so we can create more jobs.
But what about all those govern-
ment folks who will lose their jobs?
We should take from the rich and
give to the poor.
Will we have to hide in Sherwood
Forest?
Where do you stand on immigra-
tion?
Well out of the way, so I dont get
run over.
What are your views on Chinese
imports?
Excuse me for a minute I have a
call on my iPhone.
If you could tell all the politicians
what you want most out of your gov-
ernment, what would it be?
Ah... Less hate. More love. World
peace. Compromise, compromise,
compromise. And, if they want to
throw in legalizing marijuana, a lot of
us soon-to-be retirees will learn to live
off the land again. MJ
I didnt know if all those California Girls
the Beach Boys sang about were Republican
or Democrat and I wanted them to know I go
both ways so to speak
now with just a taste in your mouth
of my world, and if you ever have the
courage to seize the moment, to take a
chance to be a romantic at heart, and
to breathe life in the way its supposed
to be, then I leave you.
Greg Arrow
Santa Barbara
P.S. Happy Valentines Day
(Editors note: Thank you. Since Greg
sent this via the U.S. Postal Service and
bothered to write it out, we felt obligated
to print his belated Valentines Day letter
to the editor. TLB)
The Last Laugh
Obama reportedly laughed himself
silly upon hearing Trump is now in
the Romney camp. I think, however,
that The Donald will get the last laugh
come October.
Elitist Democrats think rich bil-
lionaire Republicans are as much
yahoos as the Christian Right in
Mississippi. Thats why Democrats
often lose: they underestimate the
shrewd intelligence quotient of their
political opponents. This camp of
Leftists inside the beltway has truly
spent too much time exposing their
grey matter to Henry Millers Tropic
Of Cancer instead of learning and
admiring what makes America and
Americans tick.
Obama is never the smartest person
in any room of people he walks into.
Donald Trump is a very savvy busi-
nessman with great marketing and
political instincts. Is he a Republican?
I dont know. But I hope Trump stays
focused on defeating Obama. The
Bamster wont be smirking around
October 20
th
. Trump will be part but
not all of the reasons why.
David S. McCalmont
Santa Barbara
(Editors note: While we are not fans
of the current president, it would be
foolish to believe he doesnt have at
least a 50-50 chance of winning in
November. Its a depressing thought
to many, but he and his party are very
good at dancing around facts and oppo-
nents; Republicans, on the other hand,
have often displayed two left feet when
demonstrating the Election-Day Two-
Step. TLB)
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about my traveling,I received an
urgent call from London that my
cousin is very sick, I just arrive now
and fine out that the sickness is very
worse i need to transfer her to anoth-
er hospital so that she could have a
very good medication, But i have a
little problem now i have exhausted
the all money i have with me here,I
will like you to help me as soon as
you received this e-mail with $2,380
USD to sort-out some bills and get
myself back home. I will appreciate
whatever you can afford and i prom-
ise pay you back as soon as i return
home,Kindly let me know if you can
be of help?
Here is the details you will need
to send the money trough western
union.
Name: Chuck
Address: 27 Burley Close,
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After you have send the money,
email the western union money trans-
fer control number or you can attach
and forward me the western union
money transfer receipt so that i can
pick up the money and make a neces-
sary arrangement for her transfer.
Thank you Your reply will be great-
ly appreciated.
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(Editors note: This is the exact e-mail
we received from Chuck, a man we
know. The return e-mail address on it
was almost exactly the same as Chucks
except for one misplaced letter. Needless
to say we neither responded nor sent
poor Chuck any of the requested funds.
While this e-mail is laughably transpar-
ent, some scamsters are far more clever,
so be careful when attempting to comply
with a friends e-mail request. A phone
call to check their status would be wise.
J.B.) MJ
LETTErS (Continued from page 21)
Dickens and James
Charles Dickens was one of
the first major authors to give us
nuanced and dimensional young
characters with what still stands as
insightful psychological accuracy.
Oliver Twist and David Copperfield
paved the way for, arguably one
of Dickens finest works, the dark,
brooding Great Expectations, which
is one of the few first-person novels
written that can stand alongside
Huckleberry Finn. Lockes segment
on Pip, the protagonist who takes
on class distinctions the way Huck
took on the Civil War, demonstrates
how deep and ambitious Dickens
social visions were. The Dickens
kids are dealt with in chapter
one. As we might expect, such top-
ics as child welfare, child labor
laws, and the education of children
come in for dramatic investigation,
set with political vigor against the
harsh backgrounds of class discrim-
ination, Victorian attitudes, and the
Industrial Revolution.
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two benighted presences of one of
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by Shelly Lowenkopf
The Kids Stay in the Picture
W
hat do the following
individuals have in
common: Oliver Twist,
Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer,
David Copperfeld, Miles and Flora,
Pip, Holden Caulfeld, Peter Pan,
Lolita, and Alexander Portnoy?
No points awarded to say theyre
all kids. You get a few points for
the observation that theyre not real.
Theyre characters from so-called
childrens or young peoples books.
Better recognition yet for the aware-
ness that, though not real, they have
had a more stunning impact on 19
th
,
20
th
, and 21
st
century readers and
writers than most flesh-and-blood
boys and girls.
Richard Locke has thought so too,
his observations gathered in Critical
Children, from Columbia University
Press, for a fascinating companion
to the books most of us have read at
least once and could stand to do so
again (but this time, with Locke peer-
ing over our shoulder). Lets get the
fact of the university press publisher
out of the way now. Like you, I have
scant patience with the careful delib-
erations of style in a scholarly trea-
tise, where solid facts are impounded
in conditional verb tenses, chiroprac-
tic locutions, and departmental jar-
gon. Locke has been editor in chief at
Vanity Fair, a publication with little
tolerance for such ruffles. He has also
been deputy book editor at The New
York Times Book Review, where such
painful zingers as Maureen Dowd
and Bill Keller slip through the cracks
from time to time, but where we are
otherwise well spared notable indig-
nities.
Locke has an important vision:
The ten great novels in this book
all use children caught up in violent
situations as vehicles of moral and
cultural interrogation. He then takes
us through these ten novels with a
focus on children fared within them
and what effects their experiences
have had on us as adults in a broader
context.
Because Huckleberry Finn is one
of my most favored novels, Lockes
treatment of Huck (chapter two)
being rescued and virtually adopt-
ed by the aristocratic clan of the
Grangeford clan is of particular
resonance. The ongoing feud between
the Grangefords and the Shepherdson
tribe sets Huck into the midst of a
feud that is reminiscent of the Civil
War. In a realistic sense, Locke shows
us how young Huck is set to solve
the issues of the Civil War and slav-
ery for us.
the more famous ghost stories, told
by one Henry James, of the most
substantial novelists of his day, and
certainly an influence still on 21
st

century novelists such as Cynthia
Ozick. This chapter introduces us
to Miles and Flora in The Turn of the
Screw, related to us by an unnamed
governess whose sanity is still the
subject of acrimonious scholarly
debate. Probably the most famous
ghost story in the English language,
The Turn of the Screw invites Lockes
informed speculations about James
use of Miles and Flora to carry
the role of children to previously
unimagined heights although some
critics say depths. Were Miles and
Flora nave innocents or wicked co-
conspirators in a deadly game? Read
The Turn of the Screw and Lockes
interpretation before marking your
own ballot.
Peter and Holden
Locke titles chapter four, about
J.M. Barries Peter Pan, The Eternal
Narcissist, which hints at the tack
he takes, although he does arrive at
surprising turns and his conclusions
are thought provoking.
The same judgments of thought-
fulness and freshness apply to what
in some ways is the major chapter,
The Saintly Dropout, dealing with
Jerome David Salingers Holden
Caulfield, more closely related to us
than the others because of his recent
past and because of his representa-
tion of 20
th
century angst, played
against the authors own struggles
to maintain a relationship with real-
ity.
Holden Caulfield thought he had
problems; then he came to under-
stand that he had them in serious
measure. In lots of ways, many of
us would settle for his problems
compared with the subjects of the
last two chapters, Dolores Haze,
and Alexander Portnoy, respec-
tively protagonists of Lolita and
Portnoys Complaint. Once again,
Lockes choices are excellent; these
young protagonists do not repeat
one another with the iconic offices
of sexual mores and implications.
Each novel takes a different vec-
tor in the landscape of innocence,
individuality, and, equally impor-
tant, what these attitudes mean in
relationship to their times of pub-
lication. As all the authors have,
Nabokov and Roth have placed
particular burdens on these young
ones. Locke helps us sort the bur-
dens and the prices paid.
There are many other novels men-
tioned, featuring many other young
protagonists. My personal regret was
Lockes failure to mention Bobbie
Ann Masons stunning young lady,
Sam(antha), and her starring role
in the novel of the aftermath of
American involvement in Viet Nam,
In Country, but this is mere regret,
not nitpick.
After youve read Lockes com-
mentary, youll never look at young
protagonists the same way. In Critical
Children, the kids finally get to be
seen and heard. MJ
Huckleberry Finn, Holden Caulfield, and Peter
Pan are just three of the ten young protagonists
that have made long-lasting impacts that Richard
Locke discusses in Critical Children
In a realistic sense, Locke shows us how
young Huck is set to solve the issues of the
Civil War and slavery for us
and white and just had a lovely time.
Among those joining in the fun
were Oscar nominee Harry Stradling
Jr., Jim and Jane Burkemper with
Australian collies Cowboy and Indie in
tow , Monica Klein, Jackie Andrew,
Becky Arthur, Alicia St. John and
Geonine Moriarty...
Magnates Magazine Misfortune
It was almost a year ago that TV talk
show titan, Oprah Winfrey, called it
quits after 25 years with her popular
syndicated program, and what a 12
months it has been.
Her ratings-challenged eponymous
cable network, OWN, continues to
struggle and now Hearsts O, The
Oprah Magazine has suffered a dra-
matic decline in sales, according to the
Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Of the top 25 glossies in the U.S.,
all but four posted newsstand sales
declines in the second half of 2011,
with overall sales tumbling nearly ten
percent to 28.9 million copies in the
period, capping the third straight year
of declines.
But easily the biggest loser was
Oprah, with newsstand sales plung-
ing to 413,363 copies down a whop-
ping 32 percent from the same period
a year ago, when she was selling
608,212.
Oprahs last talk show program
aired in May 2011, so this marked the
first six-month stretch with no broad-
cast TV exposure at all.
The mags total circulation was also
down by five percent to 2,380,782.
We knew that the turn away from
the syndicated show would remove
what was in effect a daily promo-
tion for the magazine, says Hearst
Magazines president, David Carey, in
New York. Were turning to a slightly
heavier subscription model.
Stay tuned...
Song Does Not Remain the Same
Santa Barbara songstress Katy Perry
would seem to getting back at her
soon-to-be ex-husband, British come-
dian Russell Brand.
The former Dos Pueblos High School
student rewrote her new revenge
anthem Part of Me and sharpened
its lyrics for the songs Grammy debut
in Los Angeles, clearly taking aim and
blasting their short-lived union.
Katy, 27, didnt originally write the
bitter song about Brand, 36.
But the lyrics including You
chewed me up and spit me out/Like
I was poison in your mouth, and its
theme about moving on from a toxic
relationship seemed timely.
She co-wrote the song in 2010. An
earlier version leaked online included
the lyrics You can keep the dog/I
never liked him anyway.
But at the Grammy show those
words were changed to You can keep
the diamond ring/It dont mean noth-
ing anyway a parting shot at Brand,
whom Katy is divorcing after just 14
months of marriage.
Brand, according to reports, is not
going after Katys estimated $44 mil-
lion fortune made during their mar-
riage, even though the tony twosome
didnt have a prenup.
It was just a year ago on the same
TV broadcast that the diva trumpeted
her nuptials.
This time, she kissed their marriage
goodbye with lyrics including, You
rip me off, your love is cheap/Was
always tearing at the seams/I feel
deep, and you look me down/But that
was then and this is now.
Ouch...
Tea for Charity
Unity Shoppes director of opera-
tions, Barbara Tellefson, opened the
doors of her charming 105-year-old
home, La Casa Nichita, for a tea fund-
raiser for the popular charity.
The property formerly belonged
to Fernand Lungren, an early artist
known as the Pioneer of Painting the
American Desert.
What better location for a tea by
someone in the arts than in the gar-
den and historic home of an early
American artist, said Tom Reed,
executive director.
Author and former Days of Our Lives
actress Mara Purl spoke of her work
as the guests sipped English teas and
nibbled away on cucumber sandwich-
es.
Ive admired this charity for sev-
eral years and do what I can to help,
says Purl.
Given the magnificent mlange of
millinery on display, a contest was
held for Best Hat, with the winners
being Elizabeth Stewart and Diana
Lee...
Rest in Peace
On a personal note, I mourn the
passing of James Whitaker, dubbed
the doyenne of royal reporters, given
the number of scoops he generated for
some of Britains major publications,
including The Sun and The Daily Mirror.
Known as The Big Red Tomato by
the late Princess Diana for the bright
ski suit he would wear while keeping
an observant eye on her while she
and the then young princes, William
and Harry, were shushing down the
slopes in Klosters, Austria, James
came to the fore as her marriage to
Prince Charles was very publicly
unraveling.
One of his biggest scoops was break-
ing the news that Britains future king
was dating her.
I first met James when I worked
at the Daily Mirror in the mid-70s
and we did a number of TV shows
together, as well as bumping into each
other on American royal tours and in
the Royal Enclosure at Ascot.
He was an enormous character and
a jolly soul, who Ill remember most
fondly.
James died last week, aged 71, at his
London home...
Sightings: Rocker Peter Noone dig-
ging into a muffin at Pierre Lafond...
Actor Demin Bichir chowing down
at opal... Milt and Arlene Larsen
showing Johnny Depp around the
restored Magic Castle in Hollywood
Pip! Pip! for now
Readers with tips, sightings and
amusing items for Richards column
should e-mail him at richardmin-
eards@verizon.net or send invita-
tions or other correspondence to the
Journal MJ
Bill and Trish Davis (far right) celebrating their anniversary on Valentines Day at Pierre Lafond (Photo
by Beth Schieferle)
Katy Perry
made
marital
displeasure
public at the
Grammys
MISCELLAnY (from page 19)
L
egend has it that when French
monk, Dom Perignon, frst
inadvertently discovered and
then tasted Champagne, his eloquent
exultation was, Come quickly
Brothers, I am tasting the stars. And
so it was that a number of people
gathered at the Coral Casino last
Friday to taste the Champagne of
salmon. You might call it a salmon
seminar that was presented by Mt.
Cook Alpine Salmon, a New Zealand
producer of farm-raised Saikou
sushi grade Pacifc salmon where
Scott Murray and Patrick Pelley
demonstrated the selection (a fresh
whole Chinook salmon from their
hatchery), preparation (careful flleting
and deboning) and presentation
(generous plated portions of the rich
pink meat) of salmon so special that it
could truly be called the Champagne
of salmon. I have tasted many a wild-
caught, farmed and hatchery salmon
over the years and nothing compares
to this and the illustrious guests at
this seminar that included Bill Wataru
Kaneka, owner-chef of Arigato;
Robert Perez, chef of Sea Grass;
Alessandro Cartumini, executive chef
of the Biltmore; Brian Colgate, owner
of Santa Barbara Fish Market, along
with his associates Theresa and Laszlo,
seemed to agree. Also in attendance
were Coral members and gourmets,
Maria Black, and Robin and Richard
Schwartz. All in attendance had the
glow of satisfaction and awe on their
faces after sampling the generous
sweet-tasting portions of the Alpine
seared salmon and sashimi.
New Zealand salmon is an inter-
esting story, said Mt. Cook Alpine
Salmon presenter Scott Murray, The
king salmon were first introduced to
the southern island of New Zealand
in 1909, fish that were taken from
the northern Sacramento River in
California. So we owe a bit of thanks
to you Californians. At first, all the
salmon ran away and then many
years later they reappeared, and in
the early 1960s a sustainable popula-
tion of salmon had taken hold. The
Mackenzie basin of the South Island
of New Zealand is halfway between
Christchurch and Queenstown and
has alpine mountains with glaciers
that melt and send fast flowing, milky
cold water down into rivers and
canals that then pass through hydro-
electric power turbines before running
to the sea. We have exclusive rights to
farm what are essentially land-locked
pacific salmon that spend their entire
life in the higher reaches of this cold
fresh water. We think the milky gla-
cier water makes our salmon farm
unique in that it provides a constant
stream of pristine cold water that not
only shields the fish from the worry of
predators but also introduces minerals
that we think imparts a unique flavor
to the flesh. We introduce no biologics
or hormones and have introduced a
population of trout below the farm
as a natural bio filter which all com-
bine to render the water that exits the
farm of equal drinkability as when
it entered. Since the fish are always
swimming vigorously in the fast cur-
rent, the flesh acquires firmness that
is low in fat but high in omega-3 oil,
something sought by great chefs and
the Emperor of Japans table which
we provide. For export, they are pack-
aged upright with interlocking tails,
extra icepacks and limited to only thir-
ty-three pounds per case. The quality
controller then seals the case with a
personally signed sticker. All Saikou
Salmon are handled with two hands at
all times, eliminating cellular damage
so the texture is perfect.
The subject of hatchery or farmed
fish is a controversial issue for many,
including fly fishers. The issue is such
fish can contaminate and compete
with the wild stain of native salm-
on weakening the genetic pool and
numbers of wild salmon. The Mt.
Cook Alpine Salmon representatives
addressed this issue by explaining
that first, there are no native salmon
in New Zealand, all were introduced.
And second, the fish of their farm are
50 miles inland and cannot escape to
the wild since they are land-locked in
fresh water, and downstream from the
farm there are turbines that would kill
any escapee should that occur.
The fun part was the preparation
of their Saikou (meaning Best in
Japanese) salmon. Scott delicately laid
the fillet knife along the backbone to
make his cut then drew the curved
knife back to remove the skin, peeling
off two nice slabs of fish which he cra-
dled in his hands like a baby, passing
them to Patrick, who set about using
a hemostat-like device to remove each
small side bone. The fish was then cut
into three subsets of sushi, loin, cen-
ter-cut and belly similar to a fillet, rib
eye, and sirloin with beef. These were
served with a delicate white soy sauce
and flaked salt. Some were quickly
seared on the grill and added to our
plates. The sweet taste of this salmon
is special, and Brian let me know it
is only available locally at his Santa
Barbara Fish Market down at the har-
bor, on the backside of the buildings
opposite Brophy Brothers restaurant.
As we were saying good-bye, I
inquired about the excellent trout fish-
ing that New Zealand is so famous
for and Scott replied, Come visit us
on the South Island! We have quite a
lot of trout near the salmon farm so
we now have a first class sport trout
fishery too. Hmmm. MJ
Patrick Pelley and Scott Murray carefully demonstrating the filleting of fresh king salmon they brought
from their freshwater farm in New Zealand
Brian Colgate (S.B. Fish Market owner), Robert Perez (Sea Grass chef), Alessandro Cartumini (Biltmore
chef), Bill Wataru Kaneka (Arigato chef), Laszlo Nemeth (S.B. Fish market) in the Coral Casino kitchen
after tasting the sweet salmon of the demonstration by the Mt. Cook Alpine hosts
Dished salmon
loin sashimi of
the Mt. Cook
Alpine salmon
that was present-
ed at the Coral
casino

The Champagne of Salmon
MONTECITO
SPORTSMAN by Dr. John Burk
Dr. John Burk is
a retired Santa
Barbara dentist
and a longtime
Montecito resi-
dent
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rorists on small, fast, armed boats.]
I understand there may be as many as
sixty of these in the pipeline.
I was always very supportive and
I still am of the [LCS] program. I
think the program is actually fifty-
four or fifty-five [ships] and I think
weve finally gotten the cost into
a manageable place. And, they are
really a versatile kind of ship. They
have a lot of deck space and particu-
larly under-deck space for vehicles
and various other things. They can
perform a number of different mis-
sions. I know that the current plan
is to port four of them in Singapore
and I think thats key in terms of the
Strait of Malacca, so I think its a very
versatile ship, and if we can bring
them in for the dollars weve been
talking about about $400 million
apiece then we can build a number
of these ships.
These have a very low profile, carry a
small crew, can reach a high speed, and
can operate close to shore, correct?
Sort of semi-stealth; theres a lot of
aluminum in these ships and they go
very fast.
How does a 55 small-ship contingent
fit into a much smaller navy?
The reality is that a good number
of the ships that were built in the
Reagan era the last time we had
a 600-ship navy are aging out, so
as those ships are decommissioned
youll end up replacing them with
LCS.
I understand too that the older destroy-
ers had a much larger crew than the
newer versions.
Yes, and that will clearly make a dif-
ference, the DD-51 [Destroyer Class]
have a lot of capabilities, including
anti-missile capabilities.
If we could turn our focus onto land
forces, can you point to the one most
important thing the U.S. military has
learned since going into Iraq?
First of all, I think we learned how
little we knew when we went in there
about the tribes and ethnic divisions.
We didnt have a lot of real informa-
tion about what Iraq was really like
and in the internal dynamics of Iraq,
and that played a role in our dif-
ficulties. I think when push came to
shove, what became important was
clearly the decision to provide secu-
rity to the people. Then you could
throw the military and security forces
in and perhaps create some space for
political development, but I think the
key switch, strategically, was in pro-
viding population security.
Are the U.S. Marines and/or U.S.
Army now more prepared for something
like an urban situation than they were?
Oh, absolutely. What we learned
was extraordinary, but I think the real
lesson that I tried to inculcate is that
if you look back thirty-five years, to
Vietnam, the point that needs to be
made is that every time, we have a
perfect record.
Whether its the Balkans, or Haiti,
or Panama, Iran, Iraq, or Afghanistan
or anything else, trying to prepare for
one kind of war and buying equip-
ment for one kind of war the war
wed like to fight is a huge mistake.
And my mantra when I was Secretary
was that our approach should be
to buy the most versatile possible
equipment and do the most versatile
possible training for the widest possi-
ble conflict. In other words, we have
to be prepared to fight a lot of differ-
ent kinds of conflicts, and we need
equipment that can be used in most
of them, rather than niche capabilities
that can only be used against one tar-
get, or one country, or one capability;
we cant afford that anymore. And if
we do, we need to make very careful
choices when we make those deci-
sions because theyre very expensive.
A perfect example is the F-22. It
was created for highly sophisticated
air-to-air combat. Weve been at war
for ten years and its never flown
a combat mission. My view is that
we need the F-22, but we need to
understand its got a very limited
applicability.
Speaking of air power, there wasnt
much talk or public knowledge about
the possible use of drones until Iraq and
Afghanistan. Was that a long time com-
ing and did you have a big part in that
program?
First of all, let me say that in 1992,
when I was the Director of Central
Intelligence, I tried to interest the
Air Force in a drone program, and
because it didnt have a pilot in it,
they werent interested. What was
done on drones was during the 1990s
and early 2000s, but I would say
that it was not fully embraced as an
integral part of capabilities until I
became Secretary and we dramatical-
ly ramped up the number of drones
and training and ground stations.
Can Iran actually close the Strait of
Hormuz? And, what is the narrowest
part of that strait?
I think its thirty-two or thirty-
four miles, but the shipping lanes,
I think, are only two or four miles
wide. Because of the nature of the
strait, [Iran] could close it with sunk-
en ships in the right places; there are
different ways of closing the strait.
One of those is to physically close it,
another is to lay thousands of mines,
which they did once before in the late
eighties. Another is to attack super
tankers; another is to try to attack
U.S. Navy ships or any and all of the
above.
The general consensus is that they
have the capability to close it but they
couldnt keep it closed for long. The
question is whether thats weeks or a
few months or what. My own view
is that a lot smarter approach would
be to go after the oil infrastructure
of other countries in the gulf and
keep the strait open so that their oil
which would be much more highly
prized could still get out.
I think in that context, they know
the consequences of all that.
How big a threat to peace and/or secu-
rity is an Iranian nuclear missile?
In the intelligence business, we can
divide everything we want to know
into two categories: secrets and mys-
teries. I think whether there would
be a war with Iran is a mystery, not
a secret, at this point. My guess is
they dont want a war; we dont want
a war. But, the question is whether
they can be persuaded to change
their mind about a nuclear capabil-
ity without conflict. That certainly is
the intent of governments around the
world right now.
You have two more books on the way?
Yes. The first will be about my
experiences as Secretary of Defense
under Bush and Obama; the sec-
ond will be about leading change in
large public institutions, since Ive
done it at the CIA, at the nations
sixth largest university [as President
of Texas A&M University], and at
the Defense Department. There have
been a lot of books about how you
lead change in the private sector, but
I think not many particularly by
someone whos done it in more than
one about the public sector, which
is very different. MJ
The U.S. drone program was promoted by then CIA Director Robert Gates as early as 1992, but was
nixed by the Air Force at the time because "it didn't have a pilot in it." (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt.
James L. Harper Jr.)
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Just four short weeks ago, we
sat happy on the beach at Padang
Padang, sun warming our brown skin,
bellies full of vegetable rice plates with
beautifully grilled pork and fried eggs
and ice cold Bintangs from Mades
Warung. The world had become a
simple place, one without worry or
stress (or meaningful responsibility,
frankly). In fact, looking back through
the kaleidoscopic lens of hindsight,
the world had become everything I
always wanted it to be, filled with
boundless possibility and optimism
and happy kids and a smiling wife
and the time to sit back and take it
all in, every moment, every nuance,
every breath.
But, alas, I always knew, in some
darkened, nearly forgotten corner of
my mind, that we had constructed
our pretty perfect reality. I always
knew, somewhere, that it would
end someday and that we would go
home, that I would go back to work,
back to busier days and planned
nights out and auctions and play
dates and soccer practice and every-
thing else that makes the real world
the real world.
And the truth is that we were grow-
ing tired of rifling through guide-
books and travel websites after the
kids went to sleep (definitely) and
living out of bags (sort of, but not as
much as youd think). The travel fund
was not what it once was (though we
still had a month or two pretty com-
fortably). Most importantly, though,
wed become a bit jaded, I think, and
didnt greet every new place with the
same joie de vivre that we did back in
June 2011. We started to miss random
things that we always took completely
for granted. Beds for the kids (wed
pretty much shared one or two beds
for months), Bucky the dog, our coffee
machine, just sitting back on the couch
with a book next to a fire at home all
come to mind.
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We had long ago made a deal that
we wouldnt just keep going for the
sake of being gone an extra month or
two. We didnt want to spend the last
weeks of our time pinching pennies or
wandering about listlessly. We wanted
only the great memories we already
had, not some bittersweet conflicted
ones that were just tossed in for lon-
gevities sake at the end.
In short, we found in Indonesia
that we had what we wanted when
we left we were happy and mellow
and focused on what we believe to be
important. What else is there?
And so, under sunny mid-January
skies and with a light breeze coming
off the Indian Ocean, we packed our
few belongings into our travel-worn
bags for the last time. And we boarded
a plane from Indonesia to Japan to
Seattle to Denver. And after nearly
thirty five hours of airport food and
catnaps on public benches, we landed
in Colorado, tired and strung out from
the road (in the words of the immortal
Bob Seger). And we hugged Bucky
hed been staying outside Denver
while we were gone and we drove
him back to California in a rented
Ford Explorer.
And we came home.
But this is not the end of our story,
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It turns out that I will not be return-
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a routine. The mustard is in bloom,
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The food and wine are exquisite. It is
a beautiful place.
We are happy here.
Its funny to think back and realize
that we knew so little about how all
this would turn out when we set off
all those months ago. It was an amaz-
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with the most important people and
realize dreams and gain new perspec-
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thing else. If I had it to do all over
again, I wouldnt change even one
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We left it all behind, and we didnt
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a family. And we now begin this next
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On Entertainment
by Steven Libowitz
Steven Libowitz has
reported on the arts and
entertainment for more
than 30 years; he has
contributed to Montecito
Journal for over ten
years.
A
.J. Holmes probably didnt
envision a wacky scientist
as his frst starring role in a
Broadway touring company straight
out of college. Then again, the edgy
roles he created for himself in the
University of Michigan theater
program alongside future Glee star
Darren Criss might have portended
him portraying Dr. Frankenstein in the
musical version of Young Frankenstein,
adapted from Mel Brooks movie
and the same folks responsible for the
enduring hit The Producers.
Conejo Valley native Holmes, the
son of actors regularly seen in local
theater, is returning to his home-
town with shows this weekend at the
Thousand Oaks forum before heading
up the coast for two performances of
Young Frankenstein at the Granada on
Tuesday and Wednesday. Its [my
parents] fault Im in the business,
he said over the telephone in a recent
interview. They were always singing
and dancing around the house. They
gave it to me intravenously.
Q. First things first: Youre from
Agoura. Whats a So Cal kid doing going
to school in Michigan?
A. Absolutely everybody I knew
asked that right away as soon as I
told them. Its a great program and Id
heard the head speak at a master class
in my junior year and was intrigued.
Then I went to New York and saw lots
of Broadway shows and every playbill
had people from U of M in the cast.
The idea of actually getting a job and
working in the industry seemed like a
good idea So, I bought a coat.
Were you a big fan of the movie? What
about the musical? How familiar were you
before you got cast?
Oh yeah. I actually hadnt seen the
musical, but Im a big fan of Mel
Brooks in general. Young Frankenstein
is such a comic legend, and the people
in it are insane. I love the jokes, I love
the humor, so it was nice to get a
chance to a part of it.
Whats your favorite part of the show?
Hmmm. I really like the bookcase
bit where hes trying to find the hid-
den passageway and the whole thing
turns around, and the Put the candle
back! bit. Then he gets smushed in
there. Its always a lot of fun to do.
Tell me about putting on Puttin on
the Ritz.
It brings down the house every
night. I mean, the audience starts
laughing before we even say the jokes
all the way through because they
feel them coming from knowing the
movie. That makes it really fun for us
before we even get there. But Ritz
is the moment everyones waiting for
in the show, the time to tear the walls
down. You just wait for the audience
to get through it. Its become this huge
production number, and we pull out
all the stops. The dancing is just amaz-
ing, too.
Speaking of that, I hear you flunked a
dance class at U of M. Care to explain?
It was freshman year of college and
the main thing was that I didnt make
it to a lot of classes because it was too
hard limping through all the snow. I
guess I turned out okay, though. Now
I like shoving it in their face a little bit.
Despite the snow, you did eventually
accomplish a lot in school, including cre-
ating an original musical and writing the
parody A Very Potter Musical, both with
Darren Criss (who now stars on Glee).
EnTErTAInMEnT Page 414
The cast of Young Frankenstein brings the hit musical to the Granada on Tuesday, February 28 and
Wednesday, February 29
Thousand Oaks native and University of Michigan
alumnus A.J. Holmes returns to Southern
California as Dr. Frankenstein with Rory Donovan
playing the monster in the musical adaptation of
Mel Brooks Young Frankenstein
ogy, while kindergartners painted
monsters. In addition, lower school
students viewed cells of a deadly
virus under a microscope and were
surprised to find beautiful patterns
emerge.
In addition to creating Ugly/
Beautiful art, students study artists
who may be classified as such. Pincus
says Jackson Pollock is the quintes-
sential representative, well known for
his abstract paint splatters, which are
often described as juvenile. Seventh-
grader Zac Towbes chose to study
Brazilian artist Vik Muniz because
his work is very interesting and dif-
ferent than any other work I have
ever seen. My favorite series was fea-
tured in the movie Wasteland, when
Muniz made art out of trash collected
from the biggest dump in the world.
Towbes says he was intrigued by the
artists use of unlikely materials, such
as trash, sugar, peanut butter and
diamonds to create art. Other seventh-
graders in Towbes group include
Miles Centrella, Colin Browne,
and Nathan Martin who agree that
Munizs work is both ugly and beauti-
ful. All seventh-graders select an art-
ist to study and present to the entire
school. Delaney Mayfield, Danica
Burgner and Lauren Hagens chose
fashion designer Alexander McQueen.
Mayfield comments, I loved how
McQueens style wasnt safe he
seemed to take risks and created a per-
sonality for each and every design.
Mayfield says she was intrigued by a
photo of a woman in a golden feather
coat designed by McQueen, which at
first appeared ugly to her. But upon
closer inspection, Mayfield noticed
the details that made the design beau-
tiful. McQueen had a gift for creating
stunning designs, perhaps because he
saw beauty everywhere, once com-
menting, I think there is beauty
in everything; what normal people
would perceive as ugly, I can usually
see something of beauty in it.
Crane has a longstanding tradition
with the arts. Headmaster Joel Weiss
states, Crane is devoted to cultivat-
ing creative, compassionate and inno-
vative thinkers. An exceptional arts
education is essential to this mission.
As they set out to study art, it seems
these students will learn about them-
selves in the process. We encourage
the students to really look to really
see and that is the magic of art. MJ
B
eauty, like art, is highly
subjective. Who decides what
is beautiful, and what is not?
This is one of the questions that Crane
Country Day Schools 250 students
will be pondering throughout the year
as they merge the concepts of beauty
and art, exploring and creating Ugly/
Beautiful objects the theme of this
years artistic study. An installation
of the schools Ugly/Beautiful works
is on display through the end of
February.
Each summer, the art teachers,
Gretel Huglin Ridge (Lower School)
and Laurie Pincus (Upper School)
brainstorm an idea that will act as the
muse for their classroom instruc-
tion. This year, its the work of Nick
Cave, a sculptor, painter and perfor-
mance artist, which serves as inspi-
ration. Caves elaborately wrapped,
mixed-media soundsuits (sculptures
worn by dancers as vehicles for
sound and movement) made a last-
ing impression on both teachers who
observed his work at the National Art
Education Association conference in
Seattle last spring. Ridge and Pincus,
both practicing artists as well as teach-
ers, agreed that his unusual installa-
tions composed of elegant compo-
sitions of thrift store finds would
inspire their students and encourage
them to consider the concept of Ugly/
Beautiful as it relates to other aspects
of their lives.
There are many ugly/beautiful
things in life for an elementary school
child to explore, says Ridge. There
are the feelings of being excluded and
the pressures of not knowing when
it seems that everyone in your class
gets it.
She says these feelings are pres-
ent in art class as well, for instance,
when a students painting bleeds and
the careful work is lost into a stew of
mixed color, appearing ugly. Ridge
suggests that if you offer that piece
compassion, it can be turned back into
something beautiful. Art provides
a wonderful and forgiving place to
explore those emotions and experi-
ences.
The middle school years are packed
with mixed emotions, physical chang-
es and feelings of self-consciousness,
leaving adolescents constantly ques-
tioning the concept of beauty. Upper
School art teacher Laurie Pincus says
the sixth- through eighth-graders
explore the same theme with greater
depth. These are the conversations
that kids are having anyway I con-
stantly hear students say I messed up
or Im not an artist or Mine is ugly,
explains Pincus. Here we are inten-
tionally making ugly art and watch-
ing it turn into a thing of beauty.
The process of setting out to make
ugly artwork gives the child a tre-
mendous amount of freedom, while
providing an opportunity to reflect on
Ridges question: Can something start
out ugly and become beautiful? This
concept is as applicable to life as it is
to the art room.
Exhibit Details
The Ugly/Beautiful exhibit encom-
passes the work of kindergartners
through eighth graders in a variety of
mediums. The show includes paint-
ings, assemblage, masks, three-dimen-
sional creations and collage. Pincus
says collage is particularly interesting
because you can take many small
pieces that appear ugly, when viewed
alone, and put them together to cre-
ate an attractive masterpiece. Such is
the case with the collage of Seven
Eyed Girl, whose skirt is fashioned
with magazine clippings of fingernails
that come together in a strikingly rich
pattern. Celebrating the Year of the
Dragon, the sixth-graders created col-
orful animal masks out of discarded,
hairy palm fronds. Fourth-graders
formed decidedly ugly dolls that
incorporate old and new technol-
I would sincerely regret and which never shall happen whilst I am in office a military guard around the President Andrew Jackson
Fourth grad-
ers create
drawings of
mechanical
dolls before
building the
actual doll,
crafted from
recycled scrap
materials
Kindergartners
make monsters as
part of the Crane
exhibit
Exhibit goers peruse the Ugly/Beautiful artwork
at Crane
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the cages while being supported by
them.
Also available are a number of
twisty, curly, curvy, metal stake-like
supports that work for this purpose
when distributed throughout the lily
bed.
While were on the subject of
Peruvian lilies, dont forget that
when the flowers are spent, do not
cut them, but rather pull them with
a quick snap from the base of the
plant. To avoid yanking out some of
the bulbs with the played out stems,
reach down as low as you can before
tugging or hold down the surround-
ing soil with your other hand while
removing stems.
Also, if Ive been negligent in
removing old stems and flower
stalks as they finish, Ill go through
the bed when the majority of the
stems are bloomed out and take
them away all at once. Sometimes
this leaves an almost naked bed that
is accessible and easy to work in.
Ill use this time to rejuvenate the
bed by putting down a few inches
of really good, homemade compost.
I do not work the compost into the
bed, as this would disturb the bulbs
below and the emerging new shoots
above, but only gently distribute it
on top. Seems like within days, the
new stems are up and blooming
again. MJ
Dear Mr. Greenjeans,
Heres one for you. Ive been grow-
ing Peruvian lilies in my perennial
border and I love them since they
are a very long-lasting cut flower for
arrangements. I have several types of
them in many colors, from the very
short, dwarf varieties to the taller,
three- to four-foot ones. My ques-
tion is this: How come the tall ones
always seem to fall over when they
bloom? Should I stake them or am I
doing something wrong? Thanks for
your help.
Signed,
Tipsy in Toro Canyon
Dear Tipsy,
Peruvian lilies, or Alstroemeria,
are exotic-looking yet easy-to-grow
herbaceous perennials that also
make exceptional cut flowers. Did I
mention that theyre also pest- and
problem-free? What else could you
ask for in a flowering plant? And, as
you stated, they come in a variety of
heights and colors including yellow,
pink, salmon, coral and more.
You didnt mention in your note
if you were growing them in full
sun or part shade. Although they
will tolerate and bloom in less than
full sun, they do best in full, hot
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ENDING THIS WEEk
Step up Those of us who thought
Ensemble Theatre was making a pardon
the pun misstep in mounting its own
production of The 39 Steps following
PCPAs smash in Solvang just six months
ago have been proven wrong: ETC has just
announced that the Tony Award-winning
hit Broadway comedy adapted from the
Hitchcock flm has been extended an
additional week, through Feb. 26. The
hilarious caper requires just four actors
to portray 140 characters, which is even
more amazing when you realize that one
thespian (Broadway veteran Matthew
Floyd) plays only Richard Hannay, a
debonair gentleman who fnds himself
unwittingly caught in the middle of a global
conspiracy, and the single actress (longtime
Chicagoan Julie Granata) portrays
just three lead female roles, meaning the
remaining two take on more than 135
characters both male and female
between them. (Info at 965-5400 or www.
ensembletheatre.com.)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Dangerous Man, dangerous
times Before Daniel
Ellsberg became famous for releasing
the Pentagon Papers in 1971 and
decades before the advent of WikiLeaks
he was working as a governmental
military analyst. In the more than 40
years after that momentous event in
politics and journalism which forever
changed how the American people
thought about the federal government
and indirectly led to the end of the
Vietnam War Ellsberg has continued
his activism, speaking out against
injustices and government deception.
During the run-up to the 2003 invasion
of Iraq, in fact, he warned of a possible
Tonkin Gulf scenario that could be
used to justify going to war, and called
on government insiders to go public
with information to counter the Bush
administrations pro-war propaganda
campaign. His exploits were documented
in the flm The Most Dangerous Man
in America, nominated for a 2010
Academy Award. Now Ellsberg who
turns 81 in April is discussing the
danger of nuclear weapons, including
delivering the Nuclear Age Peace
Foundations 11th Annual Frank K. Kelly
Lecture speech tonight entitled Nuclear
Weapons and Humanitys Future.
WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Lobero Theater,
33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: free
INFO: 963-0761 or www.lobero.com
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Note to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara
area this week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In
order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday prior
to publication. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to news@montecitojournal.net and/or slibowitz@yahoo.com
by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
Garden dance State Street Ballet
incorporates video technology to create
stunning visual landscapes in bringing
a beloved novel to life in its world
premiere of The Secret Garden this
weekend. The Los Angeles-based artistic
team of choreographer Josie Walsh
(a former professional dancer with the
Joffrey Ballet, Zurich Ballet and Oregon
Ballet Theatre) and scorer Paul Rivera,
Jr., who are well known for an edgy
style, has transformed the classic story
into a modern-day ballet for all ages with
an assist from local videographer David
Bazemore. A heart-warming story of
loss, dreams, hope and the search for
happiness that transcends generations,
Frances Hodgson Burnetts The Secret
Garden is about a young girl, Mary
Lennox, who is brought to her uncles
house on the Moors of England after her parents death. As she explores the grounds
of the somber estate, she discovers a secret garden that has been locked and
neglected; restoring the garden and reveling in its renewal helps heal her broken
heart. But SSB is creating a production beyond a typical story ballet. A cast of 18
dancers featuring Season Winquest as Mary and Ryan Camou as Colin Craven
are augmented by video and animated projections and computer graphics created by
Bazemore, one of the premier arts photographers-videographers in the region. Some
of the animations include a visually-exciting sequence of trains; panoramas moving
through the great manors interior and grounds; an animated robin showing Mary the
secret garden; and hundreds of plants and fowers blooming as the garden comes to
life. The scenes will be projected to fll the full width of the stage and be meticulously
integrated with the choreography, music and costumes to create a fully immersive and
thrilling theatrical experience full of surrealism and enchantment. WHEN: 7:30pm
Saturday, 2pm Sunday WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $28-
$53 general, discounts for students and seniors; $18 children under 12 INFO: 899-
2222 or www.granadasb.org or www.statestreetballet.com

Piano from Paris French
pianist Sophia Vaillant, who has
been performing with local futist
Suzanne Duffy in concert both
here and in France, plays a solo
recital under the auspices of the
UCSB Music Department tonight.
Vaillant who won frst prize in
the 1993 Guildford International
Competition, was a fnalist in the
Yamaha Kemble Competition, and
has a varied music career including
recitals in countries across Europe
and North America, chamber
music performances, arranging and
teaching also has an affnity for
tango. She plays with the orchestra La Tipica de Juan Cedron and is the founder of
the group TamborTango whose repertoire is divided between traditional works and
those of Astor Piazzolla. Shell play works by Messiaen, Franck, Ravel, Liszt and
her own transcriptions of tangos by Piazzolla, Di Sarli and Villoldo at Saturdays
performance. She then re-teams with Duffy and bassoonist Andy Radford for
a concert beneftting the Ojai Youth Symphony (which Radford directs), next
Wednesday, Feb. 29. WHEN: 8pm Saturday; 7:30pm Wednesday WHERE: Karl
Geiringer Hall, UCSB Campus Saturday; Ojai Art Center Wednesday, 113 South
Montgomery Street Saturday COST: $15 general, $7 students tonight; $15 general,
$10 students and seniors 65+, $5 under 16 Wednesday INFO: 893-3230 or www.
music.ucsb.edu Saturday; 565-9610 or www.ojaiartcenter.org Wednesday
Violinists rare visit Internationally
celebrated German violinist Julia
Fischer has never performed a recital in
Los Angeles, and she wont be either on
her current tour of the United States. But
Campbell Hall on the UCSB campus is one
of just six venues that will host the 28-year-
old violinist whose technical mastery and
intriguing, intense interpretations of the
classical repertoire has led some critics
to already name her the greatest violinist
of the century. The former Gramophone
Artist of the Year, BBC Magazine Best
Newcomer, and MIDEM Instrumentalist of
the Year will perform a powerful program
of works by Mozart (B-fat Major sonata,
K. 454), Schubert (Rondeau brillant in B
minor, op. 70, D. 895), Debussy (G minor
sonata) and Saint-Sans (sonata No. 1 in
D minor, op. 75), accompanied by pianist
Milana Chernyavska. WHEN: 8pm
WHERE: UCSBs Campbell Hall COST:
$40 general, $10 students INFO: 893-
3535 or www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
Westmont downtown Student
instrumentalists and a singer shine
as the colleges orchestra performs a
concerto concert Thursday night and
Sunday afternoon at two different off-
campus locales. Michael Shasberger,
Westmonts Adams professor of music and
worship, conducts a program featuring
Vivaldis Concerto for Four Violins in
B minor (featuring soloists Allyson
Fredrickson, Elise Kimball, Alex
Ronne and Sarah Shasberger),
Mozarts Clarinet Concerto (with Enoch
Matsumura), Mozarts Dove sono i bei
momenti from the opera The Marriage
of Figaro (featuring soprano Brianna
Stutzman) and Camille Saint-Sans
Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor (with
soloist Rebecca Shasberger). WHEN:
8pm Thursday, 3pm Sunday WHERE:
Montecito Covenant Church, 671 Cold
Spring Rd. tonight, First Presbyterian
Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. tomorrow
COST: $10 general, free for students
INFO: 565-6040
Chamber music II Westmont
professors highlights the next concert in
the Santa Barbara Music Clubs 42nd
season of admission-free chamber music
concerts for the community. Violin faculty
member Philip Ficsor plays select
movements of JS Bachs Sonata in G
minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1001 (Adagio
and Fuga) before Westmont soprano
Nichole Dechaine collaborates with
local pianist Egle Januleviciute on
four songs of local composer William
Ramsay written just last year; his Glory
Road was performed several years ago
by the Santa Barbara Symphony. The
concert concludes with Mozarts clarinet
quintet in A major, K. 581, performed
by clarinetist Per Elmfors, violinists
David Stone and Elaine Schott, violist
Laury Woods, and cellist Carol Roe.
WHEN: 3pm WHERE: Faulkner Gallery,
Downtown Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu
St. COST: free INFO: 687-5537 or www.
sbmusicclub.org
Constant craving In her lengthy
Nashville career that found her writing
a No. 1 song at age 18 and earning a
Grammy nomination at 22, Matraca
Berg has written songs so diverse theyve
been covered by artists ranging from The
Dixie Chicks, Patty Loveless and Trisha
23 February 1 March 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41 The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn P.J. ORourke
How did that happen?
That was my sophomore year, and
we just decided to take the whole arc
of the seven books in one musical. We
put in on YouTube for our family and
friends to see. Then it just went viral
from there.
Most actors get to improve a little bit,
but youre also a writer. Anything youd
change about Young Frankenstein?
Oh God. I dont know. Id change
nothing about the movie. And I
wouldnt presume to do anything
with the musical either. Uh, yeah,
lets just cut this song and go with this
one. I dont think so.

Are you excited to be coming back home
for a series of California dates and maybe
even sleeping in your old bed at home? Is
there a little fear of your friends and fam-
ily coming to the show?
I am looking forward to it, but I
dont get to sleep in my bed the whole
week. My grandparents are coming
down and there wont be any room
in the house for me, so Im shuffling
off to a friends. But I am excited to go
talk to the drama club at my old high
school, where I got my start. But in a
way these feel like the most pressured
shows of the tour. Im worried more
about them than I was anywhere else.
You can go all over the country and get
good reviews in the local papers. But
its about coming home. In Thousand
Oaks were playing the same theater
I performed at in middle school with
my family. So its just an extension of
that now. The family is getting out the
troops. Theyre my biggest cheerlead-
ers. And I know theyll pretend to love
it even if they dont.
Last question: Are you tired yet of say-
ing Thats Fronk en steen!
Never. Never! Its a pursuit you have
to work on endlessly. I dont think I
will ever entirely perfect the line. Im
continuing to whittle away, finding
new ways to work on it. (Laughs).
Really, though, its very iconic every-
body knows exactly how Gene Wilder
says it. Its a fine line between honor-
ing him and not copying. But I never
get tired of it.
Tickets to Young Frankenstein at
the Granada Tuesday, February 28 and
Wednesday, February 29 cost $28-$63.
Call 899-2222 or visit www.granadasb.
org.
reverse Thread
Preeminent violinist Regina Carter
has rarely taken the easy route. She
left the prestigious New England
Conservatory to return to college near
her native Detroit, and has always
blended pop, R&B and world music
influences into straight ahead jazz,
coming up with a style that is clearly
her own. Among her notable accom-
plishments is a MacArthur Genius
grant awarded several years ago.
The classically trained violinists lat-
est CD, Reverse Thread, goes a step
further, integrating West African
kora and accordion into her take on
jazz, bringing kora virtuoso Yacouba
Sissoko and Will Holshouser along-
side her longstanding rhythm section
for a record that has received strong
reviews.
On Friday, the project comes to
town in the first Jazz at the Lobero
concert of the new year. The charis-
matic Carter discussed the album over
the telephone earlier this week.
Q. Can we start with why you took up
the violin, and then how you turned to
jazz instead of classical?
A. In high school a friend of mine
who was a great jazz vocalist brought
in recordings of Noel Pointer, Stephane
Grappelli and Jean-Luc Ponty, and I
was totally blown away. I didnt know
you could do that with the violin!
I found myself completely attracted
to the improvisations, impressed that
you could have your own voice. And
then when I saw Grappelli on stage
live in Detroit, I was drawn to the fact
that they werent so serious on stage,
which I was used to with classical.
You could actually have fun while
you were playing! I wanted to have
that feeling, and make the audiences
share it too.
But pretty quickly you were already
taking it in new directions rather than fol-
lowing in their steps.
Yeah, I owe a lot of that to the big
band director at Oakland University
in Detroit, where I transferred from
New England Conservatory because
EnTErTAInMEnT (Continued from page 36)
EnTErTAInMEnT Page 444
Originally from Detroit, MacArthur Genius grant
recipient Regina Carter brings her blend of tra-
ditional jazz, pop, R&B and world music to town
on February 24 for the first Jazz at the Lobero
concert of 2012

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Classical gas San Francisco-based American
classical guitarist Ramon Fermin, whose concert
credits include appearances throughout Europe
and North America, returns to Santa Barbara for
a solo gig at Song Trees classical series out in
Goleta. Fermin, who performed here as part of
the Santa Barbara Symphonys Santa Barbara
International Guitar Festival, will present a program
of works by Villa-Lobos, Bach, Sor, Takemitsu, Coste,
Torroba, Barrios, Rivera, and Bogdanovic. WHEN:
3pm WHERE: Live Oak Unitarian Universalist
Congregation, 820 N. Fairview COST: $15 general,
free under 16 INFO: 403-2639 or www.SongTree.org

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27
My Guy Cy Lillias White, who starred
two years ago at the Rubicon Theatres world
premiere of The Best is Yet To Come: The Music of
Cy Coleman, returns to the venue to present a solo
evening honoring the late composer as part of RTCs
Broadway Cabaret Beneft Concert Series. Broadway
veteran White, blessed with powerful pipes and an
engaging stage presence, has won just about every
award available, including the unoffcial Quadruple
Crown on Broadway for her performance in The
Life, which garnered the Tony Award, Drama Desk
Award, Peoples Choice Award and the Outer Critics
Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She also received the Obie Award for
the musical Romance in Hard Times and the Drama Logue Award for her role in the
national tour of Dreamgirls. Her other credits include the Broadway productions of
Fela, How to Succeed in Business, and Once on This Island, plus the national and
international tours for Aint Misbehavin, Tintypes and The Wiz. She regularly appears
in concert at The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and is a guest
soloist on PBS Specials, such as, A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald and In Performance
at The White House. My Guy Cy explores Lillias personal and professional history
with the Coleman, which began in 1981 when she made her Broadway debut in the
composers Barnum. The song list includes crowd-pleasing hits such as Witchcraft,
The Best is Yet to Come, The Oldest Profession and Theres Got to Be Something
Better Than This from Sweet Charity, among many others. Guests are invited to mingle
with the star during a post-show reception at the theater. WHEN: 7pm WHERE: 1006
E. Main Street, Ventura COST: $85 general ($10 discount for Rubicon subscribers)
INFO: 667-2900 or www.rubicontheatre.org
Yearwood to Gretchen Wilson, Linda
Ronstadt and Dusty Springfeld. But as
with many songwriters, Berg herself does
the most telling if not utterly commercial
interpretations of her own songs that drip
with longing and desire, but with a modern
edge and a timeless honesty that reach
far beyond the genres normal limitations.
Despite recording several albums on her
own, she rarely tours beyond a few gigs,
so her Santa Barbara debut tonight is a
true draw. Anne & Pete Sibley open
the Sings Like Hell show at the Lobero.
WHEN: 8pm WHERE: 33 E. Canon
Perdido St. COST: $39.50 INFO: 963-
0761 or www.lobero.com
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26
Performance art on plaza In
conjunction with its current Pasadena
to Santa Barbara exhibit, the Santa
Barbara Museum of Art hosts a community
celebration that revisits much of the same
subjects. Santa Barbaras own Dada-
inspired band Headless Household, with
special guest Glen Phillips, are just
one of the artists providing the music
for a whole host of activities including a
re-visiting of Intersphere, a visual and
aural project created for the museum in
1981. Artist Patrick Melroy and his
Fluxus-inspired team will improvise from
period performance art pieces, while
contemporary Argentinean composer
Frederico Llatch creates Perishable
Music with the musicians acting as sound
sculptures and responding to works in the
exhibition. Also, local poets Paul Willis,
Perie Longo, David Starkey and
Chryss Yost aided by jazz iterations
by Jon Nathan pay homage to the
poetry- and jazz-laced performance
created by artist Richards Ruben in
Pasadena in 1962. Participatory activities
include the Marcel Duchamp-inspired
Five Minute Found Object Sculpture
Game and other exhibition-inspired
art activities, plus available food and
drink. The afternoon winds up with a
Newsweek art critic and self-described
painter who happens to write art
criticism Peter Plagens and journalist
and critic, Hunter Drohojowska-
Philp, long-time observer of the LA
art scene, joining exhibit curator Julie
Joyce in a free-wheeling conversation
regarding the development of
contemporary art in Southern California.
WHEN: celebration 1-4pm; discussion
4pm WHERE: 1130 State Street COST:
free (4pm discussion $10 general, $5
students and museum members) INFO:
884-6414 or www.sbma.net MJ
Bella Vista $$$
1260 Channel Drive (565-8237)
Featuring a glass retractable roof, Bella Vis-
tas ambiance is that of an elegant outdoor
Mediterranean courtyard. Executive Chef
Alessandro Cartumini has created an inno-
vative menu, featuring farm fresh, Italian-
inspired California cuisine. Open daily for
breakfast, lunch and dinner from 7 am
to 9 pm.
Cafe Del Sol $$
30 Los Patos Way (969-0448)
CAVA $$
1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500)
Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking
combine to create Latin cuisine from tapas
and margaritas, mojitos, seafood paella
and sangria to lobster tamales, Churrasco
ribeye steak and seared Ahi tuna. Sunfower-
colored interior is accented by live Span-
ish guitarist playing next to cozy beehive
freplace nightly. Lively year-round outdoor
people-wat ching front patio. Open Monday-
Friday 11 am to 10 pm. Saturday and Sunday
10 am to 10 pm.
China Palace $$
Montecitos only Chinese restaurant, here youll
fnd large portions and modern dcor. Take out
available. (Montecito Journal staff is especially
fond of the Cashew Chicken!) China Palace also
has an outdoor patio. Open seven days 11:30 am
to 9:30 pm.
Giovannis $
Los Arroyos $
Little Alexs $
1024 A-Coast Village Road (969-2297)
Luckys (brunch) $$ (dinner) $$$
Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steak-
house in the heart of Americas 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 Caf $$
Montecito Coffee Shop $
1498 East Valley Road (969-6250)
Montecito Wine Bistro $$$
516 San Ysidro Road 969-7520
Head to Montecitos upper village to indulge
in some California bistro cuisine. Chef
Nathan Heil creates seasonal menus that
$ (average per person under $15)
$$ (average per person $15 to $30)
$$$ (average per person $30 to $45)
$$$$ (average per person $45-plus)
MONTECI TO EATERI ES . . . A Gu i d e
include fsh and vegetarian dishes, and fresh
fatbreads straight out of the wood-burning
oven. The Bistro offers local wines, classic
and specialty cocktails, single malt scotches
and aged cognacs.
Pane Vino $$$
Peabodys $
Plow & Angel $$$
San Ysidro Ranch
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700)
Enjoy a comfortable atmosphere as you dine
on traditional dishes such as mac n cheese and
ribs. The ambiance is enhanced with original
artwork, including stained glass windows
and an homage to its namesake, Saint Isadore,
hanging above the freplace. Dinner is served
from 5 to 10 pm daily with bar service extend-
ing until 11 pm weekdays and until midnight
on Friday and Saturday.
Sakana Japanese Restaurant $$
Stella Mares $$/$$$
50 Los Patos Way (969-6705)
Stonehouse $$$$
San Ysidro Ranch
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700)
Located in what is a 19th-century citrus pack-
inghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features a
lounge with full bar service and separate dining
room with crackling freplace and creekside
views. Chef Jamie Wests regional cuisine is
prepared with a palate of herbs and vegetables
harvested from the on-site chefs garden.
Recently voted 1 of the best 50 restaurants in
America by OpenTable Diners Choice. 2010
Diners Choice Awards: 1 of 50 Most Romantic
Restaurants in America, 1 of 50 Restaurants
With Best Service in America. Open for dinner
from 6 to 10 pm daily. Sunday Brunch 10 am
to 2 pm.
Trattoria Mollie $$$
Tre Lune $$/$$$
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 $$
Delis, bakeries, juice bars
Blenders in the Grass
Heres The Scoop
1187 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. Scoopie also offers a
full coffee menu featuring Santa Barbara Roast-
ing Company coffee. Offerings are made from
fresh, seasonal ingredients found at Farmers
Market, and waffe cones are made on site
everyday.
Jeannines
Montecito Deli
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. Owner Jeff Rypysc and
staff deliver locally and cater office parties,
luncheons or movie shoots. Also serving
breakfast (7am to 11 am), and brewing Peets
coffee & tea.
Panino
1014 #C Coast Village Road (565-0137)
Pierre Lafond
516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502)
This market and deli is a center of activity
in Montecitos 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

In Summerland / Carpinteria
The Barbecue Company $$
3807 Santa Claus Lane (684-2209)
Cantwells Summerland Market $
2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5894)
Corktree Cellars $$
910 Linden Avenue (684-1400)
Corktree offers a casual bistro setting for
lunch and dinner, in addition to wine
tasting and tapas. The restaurant, open
everyday except Monday, features art from
locals, mellow music and a relaxed atmo-
sphere. An extensive wine list features over
110 bottles of local and international wines,
which are also available in the eatery's
retail section.
Garden Market $
Jacks Bistro $
5050 Carpinteria Avenue (566-1558)
Serving light California Cuisine, Jacks offers
freshly baked bagels with whipped cream
cheeses, omelettes, scrambles, breakfast bur-
ritos, specialty sandwiches, wraps, burgers,
salads, pastas and more. Jacks offers an ex-
tensive espresso and coffee bar menu, along
with wine and beer. They also offer full ser-
vice catering, and can accommodate wedding
receptions to corporate events. Open Monday
through Friday 6:30 am to 3 pm, Saturday
and Sunday 7 am to 3 pm.
Nugget $$
Padaro Beach Grill $
A beach house feel gives this seaside eatery
its charm and makes it a perfect place to
bring the whole family. Its new owners added
a pond, waterfall, an elevated patio with
freplace and couches to boot. Enjoy grill op-
tions, along with salads and seafood plates.
The Grill is open Monday through Sunday
11 am to 9 pm
Slys $$$
686 Linden Avenue (684-6666)
Slys features fresh fsh, farmers market veg-
gies, traditional pastas, prime steaks, Blue Plate
Specials and vintage desserts. Youll fnd 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.
Stackys Seaside $
Summerland Beach Caf $
Tinkers $
2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970)
Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row
Andersens Danish Bakery &
Gourmet Restaurant $
1106 State State Street (962-5085)
Established in 1976, Andersens serves Danish
and European cuisine including breakfast,
lunch & dinner. Authentic Danishes, Apple
Strudels, Marzipans, desserts & much more.
Dine inside surrounded by European interior
or outside on the sidewalk patio. Open 8 am to
9 pm Monday through Friday, 8 am to 10 pm
Saturday and Sunday.
Bistro Eleven Eleven $$
1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard (730-1111)
Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the
bistro serves breakfast and lunch featur-
ing all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix
of traditional favorites and coastal cuisine.
The lounge advancement to the restaurant
features a big screen TV for daily sporting
events and happy hour. Open Monday-
Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday
6:30 am to 10 pm.
Chucks Waterfront Grill $$
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.
El Paseo $$
813 Anacapa Street (962-6050)
Located in the heart of downtown Santa Bar-
bara in a Mexican plaza setting, El Paseo is the
place for authentic Mexican specialties, home-
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made chips and salsa, and a cold margarita
while mariachis stroll through the historic
restaurant. The dcor refects its rich Spanish
heritage, with bougainvillea-draped balconies,
fountain courtyard dining and a festive bar.
Dinner specials are offered during the week,
with a brunch on Sundays. Open Tuesday
through Thursday 4 pm to 10 pm, Friday and
Saturday 11:30 am to 10:30 pm, and Sunday
10:30 am to 9 pm.
Enterprise Fish Co. $$
225 State Street (962-3313)
Every Monday and Tuesday the Enterprise
Fish Company offers two-pound Maine Lob-
sters 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.
The Harbor Restaurant $$
210 Stearns Wharf (963-3311)
Enjoy ocean views at the historic Harbor
Restaurant on Stearns Wharf. Featuring prime
steaks and seafood, a wine list that has earned
Wine Spectator Magazines Award of Excel-
lence for the past six years and a full cocktail
bar. Lunch is served 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
Monday-Friday, 11 am to 3 pm Saturday and
Sunday. Dinner is served 5:30 pm to 10 pm,
early dinner available Saturday and Sunday
starting at 3 pm.
Los Agaves $
600 N. Milpas Street (564-2626)
Los Agaves offers eclectic Mexican cuisine, us-
ing only the freshest ingredients, in a casual and
friendly atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner,
with breakfast on the weekends, Los Agaves fea-
tures traditional dishes from central and south-
ern Mexico such as shrimp & fsh enchiladas,
shrimp chile rellenos, and famous homemade
mole poblano. Open Monday- Friday 11 am to
9 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 9 pm.
Mir $$$$
8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort & Spa
(968-0100)
Mir is a refned refuge with stunning views,
featuring two genuine Miro sculptures, a top-
rated chef offering a sophisticated menu that
accents fresh, organic, and native-grown in-
gredients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open
Tuesday through Saturday from 6 pm
to 10 pm.
Olio e Limone Ristorante $$$
Olio Pizzeria $
17 West Victoria Street (899-2699)
Elaine and Alberto Morello oversee this
friendly, casually elegant, linen-tabletop eatery
featuring Italian food of the highest order. Of-
ferings include eggplant souff, pappardelle
with quail, sausage and mushroom rag, and
fresh-imported Dover sole. Wine Spectator
Award of Excellence-winning wine list. Private
dining (up to 40 guests) and catering are also
available.
Next door at Olio Pizzeria, the Morellos have
added a simple pizza-salumi-wine-bar inspired
by neighborhood pizzerie and enoteche in
Italy. Here the focus is on artisanal pizzas and
antipasti, with classic toppings like fresh moz-
zarella, seafood, black truffes, and sausage.
Salads, innovative appetizers and an assort-
ment of salumi and formaggi round out the
menu at this casual, fast-paced eatery. Private
dining for up to 32 guests. Both the ristorante
and the pizzeria are open for lunch Monday
thru Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and dinner
seven nights a week (from 5 pm).
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
Renauds $
3315 State Street (569-2400)
Located in Loreto Plaza, Renauds is a bakery
specializing in a wide selection of French
pastries. The breakfast and lunch menu is
composed of egg dishes, sandwiches and
salads and represents Renauds personal
favorites. Brewed coffees and teas are organic.
Open Monday-Saturday 7 am to 5 pm, Sunday
7 am to 3 pm.
Rodneys Steakhouse $$$
633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554)
Deep in the heart of well, deep in the heart of
Fess Parkers Doubletree Inn on East Beach
in Santa Barbara. This handsome eatery sells
and serves only Prime Grade beef, lamb, veal,
halibut, salmon, lobster and other high-end
victuals. Full bar, plenty of California wines,
elegant surroundings, across from the ocean.
Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday at
5:30 pm. Reservations suggested on weekends.
Ojai
Maravilla $$$
905 Country Club Road in Ojai (646-1111)
Located at the Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, this
upscale eatery features prime steaks, chops
and fresh seafood. Local farmers provide fresh
produce right off the vine, while herbs are har-
vested from the Inns herb garden. The menu
includes savory favorites like pan seared diver
scallops and braised beef short ribs; dishes are
accented with seasonal vegetables. Open Sun-
day through Thursday for dinner from 5:30 pm
to 9:30 pm, Friday and Saturday from
5:30 pm to 10 pm. MJ
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Even the title is intriguing.
That came about naturally.
Originally I thought it would be inter-
esting to explore music by African-
American composers, but during my
research I heard the field recordings
of Ugandan folk artists, which were so
beautiful they immediately intrigued
me. I realized all the music I was
attracted to at the time was from the
continent so I decided to just go
where the music was leading me. Id
hear things that sounded like Zydeco
music, how many regions use the
accordion, or how things sound like
blues.
Theres so much beautiful music
out here, so many cultures. Why limit
ourselves to one thing? Look at where
jazz comes from, the rhythm and the
drums. Races mix. Music mixes. Art
mixes. Theres so much to be exposed
to. So to me thats the reverse thread.
Were all connected to one another,
just like a garment comes together by
one thread.
How did the African folk melodies lend
themselves to jazz?
I dont think of it that way. When
I approach music I dont think of
myself as a jazz musician. I just love
music. When I hear something thats
beautiful, I just need to know if it will
work on my instrument with me play-
ing it. Thats all that matters. Its going
to be my interpretation, and because
of the fact that we improvise it cant
help but have that element of jazz,
because thats what we are.
What was the biggest challenge in the
arrangements?
Letting the simplicity remain, mak-
ing sure not to pile on a bunch of
extraneous stuff. Some of the tunes
have only two chord changes, which
might seem easy. But the simpler it
is, sometimes the more difficult it
can be, because you want to let the
organic music come through without
over-playing, over-arranging, or over-
decorating. We had to learn that less
is more. We spent about a year just
playing with the music, rearranging,
stripping away a lot of the stuff wed
added so that the original intent was
represented When we recorded it,
I insisted that we all be in the same
room, which is hard to do these days,
but I always find it disorienting to lis-
ten through headphones. And I didnt
want to go back and fix anything on
overdubs, either. The pieces are so
organic, and to me the beauty can lie
in the grit, the dirt. So you get what
we played, mistakes and all.
What did you learn via the project? Do
you think these things will show up in the
future?
Yeah, I do. Its set up a model
of how I plan to do the rest of my
projects. It taught me patience it
helped having the MacArthur money
because I didnt want anyone chang-
ing the record, so I waited two years
to find someone to release it just the
way it was. I learned to be patient
and honest about what I want to do.
Not that I ever havent. But Im at an
age where its now or never I have
to do whats deep in my soul. That
honesty comes through on record-
ings. From now on, that will always
come first and everything else will
fall into place.
Tickets to Regina Carters Reverse
Thread at the Lobero at 8pm Friday,
February 24 cost $40-$50. Call 963-0761
or visit www.lobero.com.
Oscar night
The Grammys, Emmys and Tony
Awards represent the pinnacle of
their respective genres, but around
here at least, nothing comes close to
the Academy Awards. Thats partly
due to the inroads into Hollywood
accomplished by the Santa Barbara
International Film Festival over the
years. What began as a winter week-
end event to raise awareness and tour-
ism during the offseason has become
a virtual campaign stop on the road
to the Oscars, given our timing just
after the nominations are announced
and lasting almost until ballots are
due back.
So we can be forgiven for hav-
ing a proud and perhaps even pro-
prietary feeling about the Academy
Awards, not in least because we get
to know so many of the nominees in
that hot time known as award sea-
son. Premier prognosticator Roger
Durling, who astonished all with his
picks in his first year at the helm a
decade ago, remains virtually infalli-
ble in finding the eventual nominees
to honor with tribute evenings; cov-
ering their whole career gets around
the recent limiting campaign rules,
too although by this point they
often come to him, now.
Durling outdid himself once again,
even if 2011 wasnt much for the mov-
ies. Theres no passionate debate a la
last years battle of the ages between
The Social Network and eventual win-
ner The Kings Speech; indeed, does
anyone beyond the principals even
care what wins on Sunday night?
Still, theres a reasonable chance SBIFF
attendees will sweep all four acting
categories. Christopher Plummer
(for his role as a fictionalized version
of the late Montecito art museum
director Paul Mills in Beginners) and
Octavia Spencer (The Help) are favor-
ites, while Viola Davis (The Help) and
Jean Dujardin (The Artist) seen as
strong contenders. Its likely, too, that
well have hosted the best director, as
The Artists Michel Hazanavicius or
Hugos Martin Scorsese are running
neck-and-neck for the Oscar, with The
Artist in the drivers seat for Best
Picture, too. In a strange turnaround
this year, all five of the producer pan-
elists are up for Best Picture, but only
three of the ten combined nominees
for writing awards managed to make
it to the SBIFF panel.
Still, Oscar night always feels like
the true finale of SBIFF each year,
when we can finally close the books
on the fest and begin looking toward
the resumption of Cinema Society
screenings, when we begin to get our
first glimpse at next years hot film-
makers, the ones who will be at the
fest in 2013, and likely awaiting the
opening of the envelope a year hence.
Meanwhile, if you havent made
plans for Sunday nights telecast, and
sitting home in front of the glowing
screen, while apropos for the mov-
ies themselves, doesnt feel right for
the big night, heres a couple of pub-
lic parties where you can compare
notes with friends and strangers as the
awards are announced.
SBCANs (Santa Barbara
Community Action Network) 8th
annual Oscar party begins at 5pm at
Susan Rose and Allan Ghittermans
home at 928 Las Palmas Drive in
Hope Ranch. The $40 per person, $70
per couple) includes one Oscar predic-
tion form per person, with the winner
taking home some valuable prizes.
Walk the red carpet on your way in,
and enjoy a bountiful buffet, local
wines and lots of large screen TVs
for the actual show. Call 964-1246 for
reservations.
Bacaras Oscar party also has a
red carpet and snacks, plus a seat
in the hotels screening room so you
can feel like a Hollywood mogul.
The event begins at 3pm; popcorn
and candy are free, and theres even
a best-dressed contest (with a two-
night stay and dinner at Miro up for
grabs), but the bar is on a strictly cash
basis. Reservations can be made at
968-0100. MJ
EnTErTAInMEnT (Continued from page 41)
The Artist, starring Jean Dujardin and Brnice
Bejo, has been nominated for ten Academy
Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and
Best Director. The 84
th
annual Academy Awards
ceremony will take place Sunday, February 26.
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HIGH
FIVE!
I wanted to be closer to the thriving
jazz scene in Detroit. I figured I could
learn in school but it would benefit me
more to actually sit in the clubs and
learn from the musicians. He put me
in the sax section in the band and told
me to play the alto charts and mimic
how they play, breathe when they do.
And when he saw I was listening only
to violinists, he said to branch out so
I wouldnt sound like one of them
since there are only so few. He wanted
me to listen to brass and singers so I
wouldnt pick up the idiosyncrasies of
the violinists. That really helped me.
With your latest album, Reverse
Threads, which you are bringing to the
Lobero, what were you going for?
Like with most projects, it started
off as one thing and became some-
thing else. Theres an idea but as I
start recording, the music leads me
somewhere else Since I was a child
in Detroit, Ive always been interested
in music from outside the U.S. Id
been exposed to non-Western scales
and tones and wanted to explore.
But world music isnt popular with
record companies. When I got the
MacArthur Award I decided to take
my time and do what I wanted, even
if it wasnt commercial. At first, when
I got the award, I was thinking I had
to come up with the cure for cancer or
something. Its just a shock. You get
this money with no strings attached.
Youre waiting for the other shoe to
drop. I put this pressure on myself
that I had to do something great. But
this project was something Id always
wanted to do, and there was no way it
would happen otherwise.
23 February 1 March 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45 The Republicans are the party that says government doesnt work and then they get elected and prove it P.J. ORourke
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Broker Specialist In Birnam Wood

STEVEN BROOKS JEWELERS
Custom Design Estate Jewelry
Jewelry Restoration
Buyers of Fine Jewelry, Gold and Silver
Confidential Meeting at Your
Office , Bank or Home
SBJEWELERS@GMAIL.COM (805) 455-1070
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93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY

SATURDAY February 25
ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY
733 Knapp Drive By Appt $3,950,000 5bd/4.5ba Bob Lamborn 886-0174 Sothebys International Realty
665 Juan Crespi By Appt. $3,395,000 3bd/3.5ba Bill Vaughan 455-1609 Montecito Village
513 Crocker Sperry Drive By Appt. $3,395,000 4bd Bill Vaughan 455-1609 Montecito Village
1746 Glen Oaks Drive 1-3pm $3,350,000 4bd/4ba Craig Schuermann 969-0844 Sothebys International Realty
1119 Alston Road By Appt. $2,250,000 LOT Wade Hansen 689-9682 Village Properties
2150 East Valley Road 1-4pm $2,250,000 4bd/3ba Joe Parker 886-5735 Prudential California Realty
1183 Mesa Road 2-4pm $1,850,000 4bd/3ba Jan Dinmore 455-1194 Prudential California Realty
90 Humphrey Road By Appt. $1,695,000 4bd/3ba Stu Morse 705-0161 Goodwin & Thyne
790 Ladera Lane 1-4pm $1,395,000 3bd/3ba Andrew Templeton 895-6029 Sothebys
618 Orchard Avenue 1-4pm $1,099,000 3bd/3ba Robert Heckes 637-0047 Sothebys International Realty
944 Channel Drive 2-4pm $999,500 3bd/2ba Julian Michalowski 760-717-4281 Sothebys International Realty

SUNDAY February 26
ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY
733 Knapp Drive By Appt $3,950,000 5bd/4.5ba Pippa Davis 886-0174 Sothebys International Realty
665 Juan Crespi By Appt. $3,395,000 3bd/3.5ba Bill Vaughan 455-1609 Montecito Village
513 Crocker Sperry Drive By Appt. $3,395,000 4bd Bill Vaughan 455-1609 Montecito Village
1746 Glen Oaks Drive 1-3pm $3,350,000 4bd/4ba Craig Schuermann 969-0844 Sothebys International Realty
2150 East Valley Road 1-4pm $2,250,000 4bd/3ba Joe Parker 886-5735 Prudential California Realty
1183 Mesa Road 1-4pm $1,850,000 4bd/3ba John Comin 689-3078 Prudential California Realty
2915 Hidden Valley Lane 1-3pm $1,795,000 4bd/4ba Barbara Green 452-9003 Sothebys International Realty
90 Humphrey Road By Appt. $1,695,000 4bd/3ba Stu Morse 705-0161 Goodwin & Thyne
944 Channel Drive 2-4pm $999,500 3bd/2ba Jim Alzina 455-1941 Sothebys International Realty
1012 Fairway Road 1-3pm $895,000 3bd/2ba Natalya Konishcheva 603-2410 Sothebys International Realty
544-B San Ysidro Road 1-4pm $875,000 1bd/1ba John Holland 705-1681 Sothebys International Realty
1020 Fairway 12-2pm $675,000 1bd/1ba Beverly Palmer 452-7985 Village Properties
MINIMIZE EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE
Anchor Bolts Concrete Underpinnings
Anchor Brackets Diagonal Bracings
Replacement of deteriorated foundations, crippled walls
& center vertical supports & post bases.
Residential & Commercial Foundation Inspection Service Available
WILLIAM J. DALZIEL & ASSOC., INC
698-4318 billdalziel@yahoo.com
General Building Contractors Lic#B 414749
1101 State St
Santa Barbara
CA 93101
State and Figueroa
805.963.2721
a fne coffee and tea establishment
Gopher Busters
Complete Pest Control Services
Improving Mans Environment For Better Living
Russell Rosenberger
Horticulturist / Insect & Rodent Specialist
State Licensed & Insured
2979 Sea View, Ventura, CA 93001
Tel: (805) 684-6463, Cell (805) 448-7864

S
tonecraf
T i n t e r n a t i o n a l
Fabrication Installation Restoration
Granite Marble Limestone
183 North Garden Street
Ventura, California 93001
805.648.5241 fax 805.653.1686
info@stonecraftintl.com www.stonecraftintl.com
Lic. 810987
Walk-Up
Take Out
Delivery
Catering
late night, Asian infused, city food
425 State St. 805.705.0991
Thursday - Saturday 11:30pm-2:30am
MONTECITO
ELECTRIC
EXCELLENT REFERENCES
Over 25 Years in Montecito
Repair Wiring
Remodel Wiring
New Wiring
Landscape Lighting
Interior Lighting
(805) 969-1575
STATE LICENSE No. 485353
MAXWELL L. HAILSTONE
1482 East Valley Road, Suite 147
Montecito, California 93108
CLASSIC CARS WANTED
Help wanted in fnding an old 1929-70
Ford, Buick, VW, Packard, MBZ, Cadillac,
RR or Porsche. Thank you. R.A. Fox
805-845-2113.
BALLROOM/LATIN DANCE CLUB
Ballroom/Latin Dance Club meets 1st
Friday every month in Ventura.
Champagne, Dinner, 12-Piece Orchestra,
Formal Attire
7:00-10:15 pm - $80 - Call 805 705-9863
for more information.
INVESTMENT
Invest in Liquid California Gold
BOOMING Gourmet Olive Oil Business.
Local SB based Olive Oil Co is seeking
investment capital for expansion. We sell
GREAT California Olive Oils from artisan
producers directly to retailers/wineries.
Beautiful packaging, exp. Mgt. $50K needed.
Offering high yield return. Call Steve 805-
252-1486 for details & prospectus.
WOMENS GROUP SUPPORT
RECENTLY WIDOWED OR HAVE LOST
A LONG TERM PARTNER? FORMING
A SUPPORT GROUP WITH OTHER
WOMEN.
CALL KATHLEEN (805) 969-3041
HEALTH SERVICES
PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE THERAPY
Enjoy a healthy, therapeutic massage while
you relax and unwind!
Start enjoying the many benefts of regular
massage, either weekly or monthly, and feel
the difference. If youre feeling knotty...give
me a call. $85 for 60mins. and $120 for
90mins. Available at your home, hotel, or my
place. 805-455-4791 - ask for Scott LMT -
11yrs exp.
HOME VISITS FOR HEALING - Soothing
energy healing sessions in the comfort of
your home ($120) or my offce ($100) for
wellness and rapid recovery from illness,
injury, or surgery. Gift certifcates available.
Laura Mancuso, 805-450-8156,
www.spiritofhealing.info
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
(You can place a classifed ad by flling in the coupon at the bottom of this section and mailing it to us: Montecito Journal, 1206 Coast Village Circle, Suite D, Montecito, CA 93108. You can also FAX your ad to us at: (805) 969-6654.
We will fgure out how much you owe and either call or FAX you back with the amount. You can also e-mail your ad: christine@montecitojournal.net and we will do the same as your FAX).
SENIOR CAREGING SERVICES
In-Home Senior Services: Ask Patti
Teel to meet with you
or your loved ones to
discuss dependable
and affordable in-home
care. Individualized
service is tailored to
meet each clients needs.
Our caregivers can
provide transportation,
housekeeping, personal
assistance and much more.
Senior Helpers: 966-7100
COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES
VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS
Hurry, before your tapes fade away.
Only $10 each 969-6500 Scott
CHILDREN SERVICES
Sitter 10 years exp with all ages.
Schedule, On Call, Overnight. Trustworthy,
Reliable & Responsible. References.
Call/Text 941 447 9657
TUTORING SERVICES
PIANO LESSONS
Kary and Sheila Kramer are long standing
members of the Music Teachers Assoc.
of Calif. Studios conveniently located at
the Music Academy of the West. Now
accepting enthusiastic children and/or
adults. Call us at 684-4626.
THE BEST IN VOCAL TRAINING
Carol Ann Manzi, Soprano
M.M. Yale School of Music
ManziTeaches.info
805-636-2652
ALTERATIONS/SEWING
SERVICES
Adams Tailor, 1827 State Street. Over
20yrs experience. Alterations for women &
men. 569-6969.
FUR SERVICES
Remodeling, Repair, Alterations
Relining, Insurance Appraisals
Cleaning, Consulting
Ursulas Fur Studio 962-0617
BOOKKEEPING SERVICES
Affordable Bookkeeping
Start-up, small business, QuickBooks on
line for easy data access. 15yrs experience.
Nicole 259-6495 nicoletr.sb@gmail.com
BUSINESS/SECRETARIAL
SERVICES
Need a Go2Girl? Let me help!
Executive/Personal Assistant Services
General offce, bookkeeping, computer
& internet support, event planning,
travel & logistics, personal errands.
15+ yrs exp. & superior references
Kristen 805-696-8355 go2girlsb@gmail.com
PERSONAL/SPECIAL SERVICES

Give your home, offce or garage a
tune-up! Let me help you simplify and
reorder any space that needs attention.
Together well create practical, personalized
solutions to your organizing challenges!
Adjustable rates. Will consider barter. Call
David toll free at (855) 771-4858 or write
davidtheorganizer@gmail.com.
A passion for organizing.

Experienced caregiver to provide your
with personal assistance, transportation,
housekeeping & much more. Refs upon
request. Ask for Diana 705-9431
Bonded and Licensed LVN available
to help you or a loved one stay
comfortably in own their home. I am
well educated and a good companion
and conversationalist. I can manage
medications and give injections if
needed. Through great observational
skills I know when to seek medical
intervention. I enjoy creating recreational
activities and have reliable transportation
and through a love of cooking I have
developed Gourmet cooking skills. Light
housekeeping is also OK. Excellent
references are available upon request.
805-455-5855
HOUSE KEEPING SERVICES
Excellent house keeper, 39 yrs experience.
Montecito & local references provided. $25
hourly negotiable.
Juana Rodriguez 563-0067
POSITION WANTED
Property-Care Needs? Do you need a
caretaker or property manager? Expert Land
Steward is avail now. View rsum at:
http://landcare.ojaidigital.net
SWISS-AMERICAN CAREGIVER /
COMPANION TO SENIORS
Highly experienced, caring and
compassionate, specializing in high-
quality care as well as in Personal
Assisting to Seniors. Great companion,
well-educated in Switzerland, speaks 4
languages. Has spent the last 2 years
in a live-in position in Montecito. Will
provide the Senior with compassionate
non-medical care, run errands, drive,
take care of bills, keep appointments
and simply keep the seniors life well
organized and active. Live-in strongly
preferred. Please contact Marguerite at
805-570-3745
or margueritewi@yahoo.com
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Nancy Langhorne
Hussey
Tested... Time &
Again
805-452-3052
Coldwell Banker /
Montecito
DRE#01383773
www.NancyHusseyHomes.com
ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES
THE CLEARING HOUSE
708 6113 Downsizing,
Moving & Estate Sales
Professional, effcient, cost-effective
services for the sale of your personal
property Licensed. Visit our website: www.
theclearinghouseSB.com
HOUSE / PET SITTING SERVICES
Do you travel often? Need a Housesitter you
can trust?
Mature, quiet woman looking for a live-in
situation. 805-910-9633
cindygregov@gmail.com
Doggy DayCare. Large private ranch
property, lots of exercising, grooming
available.Training also available. Overnight
and daycare as well. We treat your dog as
well as it would be treated at home. Great
refs & best rates in town. 805 684-7303
Super reliable, positive, prof woman
available For House/pet sitting March
May+. Life long resident, Fabulous
references. Please call Monica
805.570.1120
HOUSING WANTED
WANTED: luxury furnished/unfurnished
guest cottage for retired female attorney
non smoker, no children, no pets, perfect
credit. Montecito reference available. (480)
234-3901 nina85255@gmail.com
WANTED: guest home/cottage, middle
aged Montecito couple seeking cozy quiet
rental (805) 234-1367.
INCOME PROPERTY
Residential Income Property
Hedgerow area of Montecito
2.6 Mil W/ 4 % annual return.
2.5 year lease secured lease
www.CRElisting.net/EdW7VfO5A or
www.Loopnet.com Prop.ID: 14945829

SHORT/LONG TERM RENTAL
CARMEL BY THE SEA vacation getaway.
Charming, private studio. Beautiful garden
patio. Walk to beach and town. $110/night.
831-624-6714
Montecito creek side studio/guesthouse.
Fireplace, kitchenette, walk-in closet, large
bath & shower. Skylights , small patio.
Available end of month, $1600/mo + frst,
last & security deposit Utilities included.
Peaceful, quiet. N/S, No dogs. 698-4318
Charming elegant sophisticated Montecito
home located in foothills with beautifully
landscaped gardens in a very private
tranquil setting. 3 bedrooms/3 baths ,
large well equipped kitchen with freplace,
wonderful views available furnished
minimum of 6 months. $7000.00 monthly
please call 969-1309
Montecito Studio Cottage/Guesthouse,
quaint w/freplace, small patio, kitchenette,
23 February 1 March 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 47 I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them Adlai Stevenson
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
The following person(s) is/
are doing business as: In-
Power Productions, 58
Mendocino Dr., Goleta, CA
93117. OBandi Damu
Dehavaland Rasheed
Newton, 58 Mendocino
Dr., Goleta, CA 93117.
This statement was fled
with the County Clerk of
Santa Barbara County
on February 6, 2012.
This statement expires
fve years from the date
it was fled in the Offce
of the County Clerk. I
hereby certify that this is a
correct copy of the original
statement on fle in my
offce. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL) by
Janet Hansen. Original
FBN No. 2012-0000370.
Published February 22,
29, March 7, 14, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are
doing business as: Bissell
Chiropractic Sports
Medicine, 1470 East
Valley Road, Suite M, Santa
Barbara, CA 93108. Bissell
Chiropractic Clinic, Inc.,
1470 East Valley Road,
Suite M, Santa Barbara, CA
93108. This statement was
fled with the County Clerk
of Santa Barbara County
on February 8, 2012. This
statement expires fve years
from the date it was fled
in the Offce of the County
Clerk. I hereby certify that
this is a correct copy of the
original statement on fle in
my offce. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL) by
Janet Hansen. Original
FBN No. 2012-0000402.
Published February 22,
29, March 7, 14, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
The following person(s)
is/are doing business as:
Womens Festivals,
2353 East Valley Road,
Santa Barbara, CA 93108.
Patty De Dominic, 2353
East Valley Road, Santa
Barbara, CA 93108. This
statement was fled with
the County Clerk of Santa
Barbara County on February
2, 2012. This statement
expires fve years from
the date it was fled in the
Offce of the County Clerk.
I hereby certify that this is a
correct copy of the original
statement on fle in my
offce. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL)
by Kathy Miller. Original
FBN No. 2012-0000353.
Published February
8, 15, 22, 29, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
OmniScan Imaging, 3
South Quarantina, Santa
Barbara, CA 93103. Bryan
Rexfors, 1719 Overlook
Lane, Santa Barbara,
CA 93101, Miguel A.
Vazquez, 5888 Via Fiori,
Goleta, CA 93117. This
statement was fled with
the County Clerk of Santa
Barbara County on January
19, 2012. This statement
expires fve years from
the date it was fled in
the Offce of the County
this is a correct copy of
the original statement on
fle in my offce. Joseph
E. Holland, County Clerk
(SEAL) by Miriam Leon.
Original FBN No. 2012-
0000208. Published
February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
Solace Therapeutic Skin
Care, 1150 Coast Village
Road Suite H, Montecito,
CA 93108. Kelly Pam
Merritt, 4445 La Paloma
Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA
93105. This statement was
fled with the County Clerk
of Santa Barbara County
on January 31, 2012. This
statement expires fve years
from the date it was fled in
the Offce of the County
this is a correct copy of
the original statement on
fle in my offce. Joseph
E. Holland, County Clerk
(SEAL) by Catherine Daly.
Original FBN No. 2012-
0000317. Published
February 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012.
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large closets, close to the Upper Village
,San Ysidro Ranch & mountain trails. N/S,
N/D. $1100/mo. One year lease preferred.
969-6088.
Beautifully remodeled Miradero 2 + 2.
$2850/mo. (818) 730-9848
WOODWORK/RESTORATION
SERVICES
Ken Frye Artisan in Wood
The Finest Quality Hand Made
Custom Furniture, Cabinetry
& Architectural Woodwork
Expert Finishes & Restoration
Impeccable Attention to Detail
Montecito References. lic#651689
805-473-2343 ken@kenfrye.com
HANDYMAN SERVICES
HANDYMAN-Repairs, renovations,
installations services available; carpentry,
plumbing, drywall, dry rot/termite/water
damage, paint. Call Jim 705-0361. Small
jobs ok.
PAINTING SERVICES
Channel Islands Painting
Interior/exterior, remodels, Faux-fnish &
glazes. Quality workmanship. 30 yrs local
refs. Call Steve 698-9344/455-1430.
PAVING SERVICES
MONTECITO ASPHALT & SEAL COAT,
Slurry Seal Crack Repair Patching Water
Problems Striping Resurfacing Speed
Bumps Pot Holes Burms & Curbs
Trenches. Call Roger at (805) 708-3485
GARDENING/LANDSCAPING/
TREE SERVICES
Estate British Gardener Horticulturist
Comprehensive knowledge of Californian,
Mediterranean, & traditional English plants.
All gardening duties personally undertaken
including water gardens & koi keeping.
Nicholas 805-963-7896
High-end quality detail garden care &
design. Call Rose 805 272 5139
www.rosekeppler.com
Transform your outdoor space less
water & care
SUCCULENT DESIGN
TerraMaliaDesigns.com
805-966-5521
PUBLIC NOTICES
Landscaping & Masonry
Is your current garden service only taking
you so far?
Complete landscape Installation Water
effcient irrigations systems synthetic
lawns grading, pruning, cleanups, hauling
garden maintenance concrete-pavers-
retaining walls.
All projects done by owner Enrique (805)
452-7645 lic#855770
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The 1st Memorial Honors Detail is
seeking veterans to get back in uniform to
participate in an on-call Honor Guard team to
provide military honors at funeral or memorial
services throughout Ventura and Santa
Barbara Counties. For more information visit
www.usmilitaryhonors.org, email carlvwade@
gmail.com, or call 805-667-7909.
A HomeServices of America company,
an afliate of Berkshire Hathaway.
Sa n t a Ba r ba r a . 805 . 687. 2666 | Mon t e c i t o . 805 . 969. 5026
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Pr u de n t i a l Ca l i f or n i a Rea l t y
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Country English Tudor $2,850,000
Mermis/St. Clair 805.895.5650
4 bd/5 ba hm on 1+ ac w/3 fpl, pool & spa, 3 car garage, &
vws. CountryEnglishTudor.com
Breathtaking Ocean Views $2,795,000
Team Scarborough 805.331.1465
Riviera Gem, 1 ac estate w/4 bds 4.5 ba. Cabana w/
gourmet summer kitch, pizza oven & pool.
3376 Foothill Road $2,995,000
Nancy Kogevinas 805.450.6233
Polo Field estate site w/ 9 ac, mtn & ocn vus! Close to
beach. www.MontecitoPropertes.com
California Hacienda $2,900,000
Bunny DeLorie 805.570.9181
California Hacienda - 2.3 Acre - Hope Ranch 4 bed, 6 bath.
Photos: HomesDressedToSell.com
Medit. Masterpiece $5,100,000
Team Scarborough 805.331.1465
Immaculate villa with ocean & mountain views. 4
bedroom suites, 4.5 baths.
One Of A Kind Property $4,500,000
Tim Dahl 805.886.2211
Gated 4 bed, 4.5 bath Estate set on 9.86 mostly usable
acres, with ocean & mountain views.
A+ Locaton, Isla Vsta $3,995,000
Switzer/Sundell 680.4622/895.2064
Prime Del Playa 5-plex scheduled for $376K in 2011-12
school yr. Est. actual cap rate of 6.25%
Riven Rock Road Estate $3,450,000
Mermis/St. Clair 805.895.5650
Private 3 bd inc. GH 5 ba on almost 1 ac. 4 fpls, wine cellar,
& elevator. www.Riven-Rock.com
Featured: HWood Reporter $6,750,000
Hurst/Anderson 805.680.8216/618.8747
1 of a kind, museum quality restoraton. 4 bed, 4.5 bath.
Text GOTO 4SBRE3 for pics.
917 Park Lane $5,500,000
Montecito. 240 Ocean view acres with building site.
www.MontecitoPropertes.com
580 Toro Canyon Road $14,950,000
Montecito. Refned elegance. Mtn & Ocn Views. 2BR/6BA
www.MontecitoPropertes.com
919 Park Lane $7,950,000
Ocn vu 5br/7ba Montecito estate. 3 ac, tennis ct, pool,
scrning rm. MontecitoPropertes.com
Vacaton Income Home $2,650,000
Josiah & Justne Hamilton 284.8835
Casa das Palmas. 4 bed, 2.5 bath. 1.45 acres walled & gated. Lighted tennis court, salt-water pool/spa. Minutes to Hendrys
Beach, Hope Ranch & Douglas Preserve. Cash generatng income property. www.thehamiltonco.com
Horse Lovers Dream $14,950,000
Daniel Encell 805.565.4896
Equestrian Estate on 10 exquisite ocean view acres. 4bd/4+ba main home w/ home theater, wine cellar, infnity pool/spa, 4
freplaces, impeccable fnishes, 1bd/1ba ADA barn, vineyard, orchards, pasture. www.DanEncell.com

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