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 Contents volume 29, number 513, Nov. 12-19, 2015 atlas hugged
The education of young citizens in our

paul wellman

paul wellman
This Modern World  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
all-embracing environs comes under
scrutiny this week. Indy reporters
the week.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 (from left) Léna Garcia, Tyler Hayden,
and Keith Hamm examine a variety
of primary-school philosophies, some
living.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 private-public cross-pollination, and
efforts by high schoolers to School of
Living Page  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Squash their way toward college schol-
arships. A firsthand familiarity with the
Sports  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 subject comes from their collective half
Food & Drink  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 century spent in hundreds of class-
rooms. The most distinctive mascot
The Restaurant Guy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 among them, however, was definitely
Dining Out Guide  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Hamm’s middle school’s up in Aptos:

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Arts Life  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  45
Dance  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Getting Schooled
Books  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

santa BarBara
Historical museum
Theater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Exploring Santa Barbara’s Pop, Rock & Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Many Paths to an Education Positively State Street . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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ON THE COVER: Melena Rodriguez stacks pink tower
blocks at Montessori School. Photo by Paul Wellman.
ABOVE: Daniel Giannini (left) and Sean Hartmann film.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Enigmatic igneous rocks and
subduction zones tantalize UCSB historY 101
play street hockey on the Garden Street Academy geologists working way down under. The Easter Sunday tragedy of Santa
Feature  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
campus. � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �  independent.com/newspage Barbara’s fatal streetcar accident.
Movie Guide  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
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Feature  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13 odds & ends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Opera Santa Barbara’s Don Giovanni opinions
and Heathers by Out of the Box Prison populations, high higher-
Obituaries  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
opinions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology  . . . . . . . 65
Theatre Co. reviewed, along with some
up- and down-beat songs from Richard
education costs, vacation rentals,
and last week’s election concern our
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Letters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17 Classifieds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �  independent.com/reviews � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �  independent.com/opinions

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anta Barbara winemaker Christian
Garvin faces up to 52 years in prison
for allegedly stealing more than $1.6
million from his two Los Angeles
business partners. He was arrested last week
in Buellton and pleaded not guilty Monday
to 58 felony counts of embezzlement, money
laundering, and tax fraud. Prosecutors say
between July 2006 and June 2013, Garvin,
a manager and former 10 percent minor-
ity owner of Oreana Winery, funneled large
portions of company profits to two personal
bank accounts he hid from his associates.
Pot War Flares Up
health
M
by N i c k W e l s h
edical marijuana has
been the political equiva-
lent of the sleeping dog
the past few years, but
the Santa Barbara City
Council woke it up just long enough to put it
back to sleep by passing an admittedly rushed
ordinance banning any cultivation within city
limits for anything but personal use. Those
with medical-marijuana cards will be allowed
to grow as many pot plants as they can in no
more than 100 square feet of land, but only in
their domiciles. No commercial cultivation
will be allowed.
City Hall insiders acknowledge the new
ordinance will have zero practical effect on
medical-pot cultivation, but at least on paper
the measure will be theoretically more restric-
tive than what’s allowed under the state law
enacted by initiative in 1996. That allowed
for cultivation of up to 500 square feet for
personal use.
Driving the council’s hasty legislative flurry
are three state laws just passed to further
regulate the sale, manufacture, cultivation,
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hAyDEN @TylerHayden1, and NICK WELSh, with Independent StA
Oreana earned an estimated $3 million-$5
million a year in that time. Garvin, 41, did all
the bookkeeping and ran the label’s tasting
room in the Funk Zone.
Garvin’s partners contacted detectives in
March 2014 with concern he had embezzled
as much as $200,000 from the company.
Initially, they told police, they attributed the
financial discrepancies to Garvin’s drinking
and drug problems. Only when investigators
with the District Attorney’s Office examined
his bank accounts did they determine how
much he actually stole, authorities say. Garvin
left Oreana soon after the investigation began.
and distribution of medical marijuana. Under
these California laws, if City Hall doesn’t have
its own regulations on the books by next
March, then the state rules would govern all
pot cultivation taking place in Santa Barbara.
For the council to meet that March deadline,
it would have to enact a new ordinance no
later than January 19.
Three councilmembers — led by Randy
Rowse—argued that City Hall should enact
an outright ban on all pot cultivation and
then later, with the luxury of more time
to deliberate, craft a more precise regula-
tion. Four councilmembers—led by Cathy
Murillo—argued for a personal-use excep-
tion. Murillo wanted to go further, allowing
cultivation on commercially zoned land, but
she got no support.
To pass any new zoning ordinance, a five-
vote supermajority is required and somebody
had to give. Ultimately, it would be Council-
member Dale Francisco — an ardent critic of
the medical-marijuana industry—
industry and with
him, he brought along Rowse and Council-
member Frank Hotchkiss, making the vote
for an interim ordinance unanimous. The
independent.com
November 5-12, 2015
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Prosecutor Brian Cota (left)
and Christian Garvin
After attending UCSB and working at
Fess Parker Winery in the 1990s, Garvin
cofounded Kahn Winery in Los Olivos,
which has since closed. Once he left Oreana,
he helped create Avelina Winery. It opened
to much fanfare in the Funk Zone’s Anacapa
Project but disappeared in January 2014 after
just four months of operation. Garvin said he
was looking forward to moving the label to
North County, though that never occurred.
More recently, he’s worked at Lost Point Win-
ery in Solvang. Garvin is scheduled to appear
in court again next month.
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council will have to do the same thing regard-
ing the regulation of medical-pot delivery
services, of which there are a multitude now
operating on the South Coast, but the dead-
line for such action is two years away.
In the meantime, City Hall still has an ordi-
nance allowing three storefront medical-pot
dispensaries in town. One has already been
approved and permitted by State and Ontare
roads, but construction has yet to begin. Two
have been proposed for Milpas Street, and
this week, city hearing officers will decide the
fate of a new dispensary proposed for 2609
De la Vina Street. That proposal has elicited
some opposition from residents near Oak
Park. City planners are making no recom-
mendation for or against, which is unusual.
Before City Hall passed its medical mari-
juana ordinance, as many as 21 dispensaries
were operating. Today, none are, but 20 deliv-
ery services have sprung up. Councilmember
Gregg Hart suggested one of the six state ini-
tiatives now in draft form that would legalize
recreational marijuana use is likely to pass,
which would render the council’s post-haste
legislative action moot. n
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LAW & DISORDER
Three large dogs mauled a 46-year-old
Santa Barbara woman on 11/5 in the yard of
a Dibblee Avenue home. The woman had
entered the house to feed the residence’s
five dogs, which were pit bulls and pit bull
mixes, while their owner was out of town.
As she exited, three of the dogs began nip-
ping at her feet before violently biting her
legs. The woman screamed for help, and
two neighbors helped pull her from the
yard. Responding police and animal-control
officers used pepper spray and tranquil-
izers to subdue the animals. All five have
been placed under mandatory quarantine
as officials decide whether to deem them
“vicious.” The victim remains hospitalized
with severe injuries to her legs.
Kathleen Teisher, 54, of Carpinteria died
on the night of 11/7 when she was hit by an
Amtrak passenger train near the station
at Linden Avenue. The train was traveling
southbound at approximately 50-55 mph
and rounding a curve before the station
when the conductor saw a woman standing
on the tracks, authorities said. Although the
conductor pulled the emergency brake, the
train hit Teisher, who appeared to be trying
to get out of the way. Pending a Coroner’s
Unit’s investigation and toxicology report,
the death appears to have been an accident,
the Sheriff’s Office said.
Citing complaints of illegal camping west
of Montecito’s Butterfly Beach, Sheriff’s
deputies and the county’s Public Works
department cracked down on the area’s
overnight occupants this week. Personnel
handed out and posted notices along the
beach on 11/6 to warn people that spending
the night and constructing temporary hous-
ing there violates a county ordinance. They
were told to remove their personal prop-
erty by 11/9, when all remaining items were
taken to the county’s Flood Control Mainte-
nance Shop to be stored for three months
before being thrown away.
Sheriff’s deputies responded on the evening
of 11/8 to a Buellton gas station located on
the 200 block of East Highway 246, where
a 48-year-old Santa Maria resident in crisis
had reportedly drenched himself and his
truck in gasoline and was trying to ignite
himself. Through conversation, the deputies
convinced the man — who was holding a
gas can in one hand and a cigarette lighter
in the other — to move away from the gas
pumps and put the lighter in his pocket.
He was safely taken into custody and will
receive mental-health evaluation.
The Sheriff’s Office graduated 20 custody
deputies, 16 from Santa Barbara County,
from its 10-week-long academy on 11/6
at the Lompoc Veterans Memorial Build-
ing. After completing 452 hours of training,
the graduates were honored with certifi-
cates of completion. They will now go on to
supervise inmates in detention centers.
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As of Wednesday morning, nearly 500 supporters of
Billy Schulte — the San Marcos High School senior
involuntarily transferred to Alta Vista High after his
recent social media posts incited a safety scare on
campus — have signed an online petition urging the
Santa Barbara Unified School District to rescind the
transfer.
Through an anonymous Instagram account on
October 20, Schulte posted a handful of edgily edited
videos, filmed on campus, and an image of a dove with
the caption “Remember to stay tuned #rip.” While the
dove image bears a striking resemblance to one asso-
ciated with the Sandy Hook Angels Fund, a nonprofit
for the families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting, the phrase “stay tuned”
was reportedly used by mass murderer Elliot Rodger
in online posts leading up to his 2014 killing spree in
Isla Vista.
As Schulte’s posts picked up viewers, the rumor of
back on the Wagon
an imminent shooting at San Marcos spread like wild- CONGRATS: A drug-court graduate shakes hands with Judge Thomas R. Adams.
fire but was ultimately deemed baseless, according
The photo and caption
to an incident report authored by Sheriff’s Detective
posted by Schulte to

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Jeff McDonald. “None of the videos or pictures on the by N i c k W e l s h on an apartment she did not own. When
Instagram (top), and
Instagram account depicted or referenced any acts of his Monday, 27 recovering drug prosecuting attorney Brian Cota allowed her
the Sandy Hook Angels
violence,” McDonald reported. “There was no refer- addicts and alcoholics celebrated 12 to sign up for a diversion program, the Sub-
Fund dove
ence to school shootings, no depiction of weapons, months of court-supervised sobriety stance Abuse Treatment Court, she jumped at
and none of the images or videos were edited in way that would lead a reasonable
with hearty handshakes from judges Thomas the chance. If she could complete 12 months
person to believe that someone intended to harm any of the individuals depicted
in the videos and pictures.” Regardless, 400 students didn’t show up for school that
Adams and Jean Dandona, who presided of the program without a hitch, her criminal
morning, and about 600 more showed up late or left early, according to San Marcos over their graduation from one of eight charges would be expunged.“No conviction,”
Principal Ed Behrens. When asked about the online petition and Schulte’s initial “drug court” diversion programs. Many of she exclaimed.
one-week suspension and eventual transfer, Behrens said, “Any matters regarding the graduates—who entered their respective Program leader Meier said about 120
student discipline are between the school and family. I am unable to elaborate.” programs rather than face criminal prosecu- people graduate from the eight programs
Members of the Schulte family have met privately with district administrators, tion—sang the praises of Marcel Meier, man- a year and about 30 drop out or are kicked
and according to school board president Ed Heron, the issue was addressed in closed ager for Project Recovery. out. “We give them a lot of chances,” he said.
session on Tuesday. Heron added that the five-member board was not part of the One graduate — a self-described “46-year- North County addicts favor methamphet-
decision to suspend or transfer Schulte. Superintendent David Cash said, “I cannot old Montecito Mommy” — said she achieved amines while their South County counter-
discuss any specific student’s situation.” a year’s worth of sobriety thanks to Project parts — who tend to be older and whiter,
Schulte’s father, John Schulte, launched the petition last week and has been Recovery’s nonjudgmental and accepting start drug abuse sooner, and are arrested
updating it regularly with words of support from fellow parents and an apology approach. She’d tried Betty Ford for 28 days later on—favor opiates such as heroin and
from Billy that states, in part, his “full responsibility for the backlash. I made those
back in 2006 after a wine-fueled car crash, Vicodin. Seventy-five percent of drug-court
videos specifically to have an eerie vibe, not a threatening one, and it was my mis-
but to no avail. A taste for Vicodin led to enrollees on the South Coast graduate while
take to leave it up to the public for interpretation.” He also said that the “stay tuned”
phrase was “as literal as it can get, no hidden undertones. I just wanted people that
addiction, and two years ago she was back in only 33 percent of their North County peers
were watching to keep on watching.” — Keith Hamm court on felony charges for failing to return do. A follow-up study on the efficacy of drug
a rental car. Last year, she was charged with courts concluded that those who graduated
felony embezzlement after talking a couple from them tended to have lower re-offense
CIty cease-and-desist order. The problem is that into writing her checks for $5,300 as a deposit rates. n
the Fish Market was granted permits by City
Mesa residents and city planners are scratch- Hall after going step-by-step through its

a Mil here, a Mil There

ing their heads over a proposal to convert a arduous review process. In the intervening
cluster of two-story apartments by Cliff and months, officials have sought to negotiate
Loma Alta drives now serving about 490 an operating agreement that would amelio-

tenants — mostly City College students — into
three-story dormitories for as many as 1,500
students. According to city planner Dan Gul-
let, the proposal is now in the pre-application
process. “We don’t really have anything like
this,” he said. “It’s pretty unique.” Although
the development company — landlord Ed St.
George’s Unknown Dreams LLC — would serve
City College students, it’s not working in part-
nership with SBCC, Gullet said. The project’s
high densities would be achieved by eliminat-
ing individual kitchens and replacing them
with dorm-style cafeterias, adding an addi-
tional story, and building 67 parking spaces,
which is half the number of spaces now there.
For the second time this year, neighbors upset
at the sounds and the odors emanating from
the Santa Barbara Fish Market’s new ware-
house at 528 North Quarantina are taking
their gripes to the streets. They complain the
market is still in operation five months after
City Attorney Ariel Calonne concluded the
warehouse violated city zoning and issued a
rate some of the problems. Dave Blunk, one
of the upset neighbors, contends impacts of
the fish market can’t be adequately finessed
no matter what agreements are reached,
and he urged City Hall to shut down the
business and take whatever lumps accrue
for permitting it in the first place.
From 11/12 to April 2016, construction at
La Entrada de Santa Barbara hotel will
close the sidewalk and northbound traffic
lane on State Street’s east side between the
railroad tracks and the parking lot next to
Mountain Air Sports, Mason Street between
State Street and Helena Avenue, and Helena
Avenue between Mason Street and the train
tracks. Before January, the hotel’s construc-
tion will also close Helena Avenue between
Cabrillo Boulevard and Mason Street nightly
from 7 p.m.-4 a.m. From 11/16-11/18, work
on the Cabrillo Boulevard Bridge will close
Cabrillo Boulevard between State and Ana-
capa streets from 10 p.m.-6 a.m.
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by N i c k W e l s h
he true cost of operating the proposed
North County jail remains very much
a moving target as a private consul-
tant hired at the behest of the Santa Barbara
County supervisors contends the price will
be $3 million a year greater than projected.
Carter Goble Associates states that the Sher-
iff’s Office needs to hire 20 more jail person-
nel than it’s currently planning to in order
to run the jail system countywide. When the
additional personnel costs are included, that
bumps the annual price tag by $1.75 million.
Another consultant concluded that the Sher-
iff’s financial projections failed to account
for $17 million in deferred maintenance costs
at the existing jail that must be addressed
in the years to come. Those two discrepan-
cies—when annualized—account for the $3
million-a-year difference in opinion.
In making their findings, the consultants
assumed the existence of 1,192 beds in the
North and South County facilities. That’s
65 more beds than Carter Goble estimated
were necessary based on crime and book-
ing trends, which show an 11 percent drop in
booking between 2004 and 2014. Last year’s
passage of Proposition 47—which reduced
six felony drug-possession charges to misde-
meanors — led to an immediate plunge in the
jail’s average daily population, but that’s now
turning around.
Sheriff’s spokesperson Kelly Hoover said
Carter Goble’s report represents a “best case”
scenario when it comes to jail staffing, add-
ing, “We have operated at minimal staffing
for several years in the main jail.” In recent
months, county supervisors have cast a more
skeptical look at the two new incarceration
facilities proposed for North County and
have questioned whether they were getting
good information from the Sheriff as to the
costs. Whether the differential is a deal killer
remains to be seen. County supervisors will
mull the issue over at their meeting Novem-
ber 17. If recent discussions provide any indi-
cation, next week’s deliberations promise to
be intense, complicated, and contentious. n

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Though none of the six neighbors who spoke in opposition to the high-density rental
housing proposed for 1818 Castillo Street would agree, members of the Architectural
Board of Review (ABR) felt the revised plans for the project were “vastly improved”
over what had been proposed earlier this year. They opined that the parking was
“skillfully hidden” and that the three-story elements would have “less privacy
impacts.”
The project is one of a handful submitted under City Hall’s experimental and
sometimes controversial program to promote “affordable-by-design” rental hous-
ing by requiring less parking and allowing higher densities. When the project was
first proposed, neighbors appealed to the City Council this summer, complaining
the three-story elements were too big for the neighborhood and that the occupants,
lacking adequate on-site parking, would cannibalize city streets. The council sent the
developer back to the drawing board, and the new design breaks up the massing of
the structure, sets back the three-story elements farther from the street, and reduces
the number of bathrooms from 19 to 12.
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The eerie light that shot across the night
sky on 11/7 and shocked Southern California
residents was an unarmed Trident II (D5)
missile being tested by the U.S. Navy. The
missile was fired from the Kentucky, a mas-
sive submarine located in the Pacific Test
Range off Southern California’s coast, a navy
spokesperson told the San Diego Union-
Tribune. John Daniels, spokesperson for the
navy’s Strategic Systems Programs office,
said the test was unannounced because it
was classified. A second test launch took
place on the afternoon of 11/9.
The bankrupt Haggen grocery chain began
auctioning off 127 stores in its southwest
market on 11/9, including its Santa Barbara
locations. Three companies filed baseline
bids on four Haggen stores in the county.
Albertsons bid $300,000 on the H Street
location in Lompoc and $1.6 million on
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Two hats in 3rd district
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by k e l s e y b r U G G e r
he 3rd District supervisor’s seat
—which determines the balance of
power at the county board — is up
for grabs, and this week Santa Ynez Val-
ley resident Bruce Porter officially threw
his hat in the ring after Supervisor Doreen
Farr announced her retirement last month.
Though she has yet to announce her candi-
dacy, Planning Commissioner Joan Hart-
mann, who was appointed by Farr in 2012, is
actively considering a run.
Arguably the toughest job on the dais
—balancing the interests of Santa Ynez Val-
ley residents, the Chumash, Isla Vistans, and
everyone in between—the seat was last open
in 2008, when five candidates battled for the
spot. Porter, who has lived in the county for
15 years and sits on a valley school board,
served with the U.S. Corps of Engineers
for more than 25 years. He retired in 2001
and moved out of his office in the Pentagon
about a week before the 9/11 attacks; his assis-
tant was killed. He has run a financial advisor
practice for 14 years.
Goleta’s Turnpike Road location. Sprouts
Farmers Markets, a health food grocer with
200 stores across the country, bid $1 million
on Goleta’s Fairview Road location. Roxy’s
HaPPy HOur
Market, listed online as a natural foods
store with two locations in Colorado and
Montana, bid $75,000 on Santa Barbara’s
Cliff Drive store. Check independent
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When asked why he is running, Porter
said he has been apolitical all his life. As for
county-Chumash relations, Porter called for
more engagement yet he was leery of the
tribe’s new temporary permit to serve alco-
hol on parts of the gaming floor. He pledged
a nonideological,“common sense” approach.
He admitted he needed to do his homework
on Guadalupe and Isla Vista, but he said
he spent Halloween night with Sheriff Bill
Brown in I.V. “It was pretty neat,” he said.
“The students were happy to talk to us.” For-
mer 3rd District supervisor Brooks Firestone
has endorsed him.
Hartmann, who has lived in the valley
full-time since 2004, holds a PhD in govern-
ment and a law degree. She worked as an
EPA and Department of Interior attorney.
Supporters say she is smart, knowledgeable,
and respectful. She served for six years as a
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate),
three years on the Environmental Defense
Center’s board, and several years on area
nonprofit boards. n
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same
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Disparities in Parent Funding at Public Schools Prompt Questions of Inequality
O
by K e l s e y B r u g g e r
ne recent Thursday, several
6th grade parents at Franklin
Elementary School poured
nacho cheese over corn
chips as kids wearing back-
packs formed a long line.
Half a dozen or so parents spend many
hours every week prepping for these sales,
which are just one of the Eastside school’s cre-
ative and decidedly labor-intensive efforts to
raise money. “It’s a lot,” Parent Teacher Asso-
ciation (PTA) president Maria Perez said in
Spanish. The weekly sales supplement the
school’s bigger fundraisers, such as the spring
rodeo, move-athon, and pozole night.
Franklin exemplifies a trend in California
public schools where voluntary contributions
are becoming more essential — increasingly
they are line items in the budget rather than
icing on the cake. Franklin’s PTA, which
determines how to spend the raised money,
funds a field trip or gives teachers cash for
classroom supplies.
At Franklin —a Title I school that receives
extra government money based on its disad-
vantaged student population — the donation
account has grown in the past five years from
less than $7,000 annually to about $40,000.
Seven years ago, when Principal Casie
Killgore came on, the PTA was made up of
teachers and a few parents. Now, the PTA has
45 members. “Wow, has it changed,” Killgore
said. Last Thursday, the entire 4th grade class
— 97 kids — took a boat to Santa Cruz Island
for a day. Five parents went, too.“It’s a lot more
hands-on,” she said.
But the $300 Franklin parents raise from
weekly snack sales is much less than the
amount raised by more affluent schools in
the district. On the other side of town, Wash-
ington Elementary School asks parents for
$500 at the start of each year with the caveat
that any amount is appreciated. The “annual
appeal” brings in more than $150,000, a large
portion of their overall $500,000 operational
budget.
In some ways, it’s an old story: the well-
known tale of the haves and the have-nots.
Schools with richer parents raise more money
than schools with poorer families. But district
officials are not totally clear on the fluidity
of private funds flowing through campuses.
Superintendent David Cash said the
school district does not have access to, con-
trol of, or accounting for all PTA or PTO
(Parent Teacher Organization) funds. Three
years ago, school boardmember Ed Heron
requested a list of private donations from the
district office, but the document generated
does not include all dollars raised.
In site plans released last week, only about
half of the elementary school principals listed
donation-account expenditures because,
according to school officials, they do not
know how much their parents raise from year
to year. The school board must approve some
private contributions, but those are separate
from the PTA’s or PTO’s. Heron said dispari-
ties exist. “We don’t have a real handle on it,”
he said. “It’s always been a concern of mine.
It still is.”
Parent fundraising in public schools has
prompted passionate debates at districts
such as Malibu-Santa Monica about funnel-
ing donations through the district so each
campus has an equal bite of the apple. That
conversation has not formally happened in
Santa Barbara, and with copious, and often
spontaneous, nonprofit monies, it is hard to
imagine it would. For starters, donors can give
big money at the drop of a hat on whatever
they want. Second, nonprofit money does
level the playing field to a degree.
CHEESE, PLEASE: Larry Bermudez grabs nachos after class at Franklin Elementary School.
I
n 2005, Santa Barbara philanthropist
Jim Kearns donated money to set up a
kick-ass art program — modeled after
the ones at Montecito Union—at Adelante
Charter School (then César Chávez). In
the last decade, the program mushroomed,
branded itself the Incredible Children’s Art
Network (iCAN), added youth music classes
on the Westside and at Franklin, and is now in
eight Title I elementary schools. The students
receive an arts education that is by many
accounts much better than those at the other
primary schools.
Giving $125,000 of donor-raised funds
to each of those eight schools, iCAN, which
serves 3,000 students, is lauded as a prime
example of an effort to level the playing field
on the South Coast. It is a great success and is
looking to expand. But as a whole, informa-
tion about private investments specific to arts
education is somewhat amorphous. Jeffry
Walker, who is the iCAN executive director,
said a full assessment of arts education in the
school district is lacking.
At a recent iCAN music recital at the West-
side Neighborhood Center, low-income par-
ents brought lots of food without being asked.
“It wasn’t required,” said Mark Alvarado,
who is the city’s senior neighborhood and
outreach supervisor. “It was happenstance
because they felt very grateful that their stu-
dents were getting that education.”
The expectation around dollar donations
can alienate some families, Alvarado added.
“It can be intimidating,” he said. The issue
surfaces at schools like Roosevelt and Wash-
ington, where there are significant underrep-
resented populations, but the percentage does
not make the threshold for Title I designation.
Simon Dixon, who is the former Washing-
pau l wellm an
ton PTO president, said he always suspected
the Mesa school had enough low-income
families to qualify for Title I money, but some
parents never signed the forms for the Free
and Reduced Lunch program. “We were out
in the parking lot trying to get people to sign
the forms,” he said. “We made a herculean
push.”
One year, an affluent family wanted to
donate $25,000 for a part-time aide for their
child’s classroom. Like other government
agencies, schools are not in the business of
refusing a check. But the notion of special
treatment for one classroom proved to be
problematic. Administrators decided to take
the money and make it a matching grant so
the campus could afford two aides, Dixon
said. “That’s a conversation that comes up,”
he added. “Parents really want to give to the
classroom their kids are in. Public schools
can’t really do that.”
In past years, the Washington PTO paid
for a physical education teacher, classroom
aides, and an art teacher. (Washington
does not qualify for iCAN.) Likewise, Pea-
body Elementary School, which is a charter
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school, uses its sizable donation pot to fund
the salaries of positions that were cut during
the recession. In 2010, Peabody parents cre-
ated the Preserve the Peabody Experience
campaign to raise funds during a year that
marked one of the school budget’s largest hits
in its history.
Meghan Bush, who has twin girls in 1st
grade at Peabody, said she was initially taken
aback by the school’s request — a recom-
mended gift of $1,000 per year, per child —
for families who could afford it. She thought
she was off the hook after paying $2,400 per
month for preschool. But she came to realize
the legacy of parent involvement — money
or time — makes the public school a great
one and benefits all students by programs
like PE, art, and technology in the classroom.
“Because of this, I not only gave but joined
the committee to encourage others to give
what they can,” she said. The kids also benefit
from “growing up in a culture of giving back
to one’s community, and their school is their
community.”
I
n addition to iCAN, private donors in
Santa Barbara pop up often. Last year,
the Orfalea Foundation contributed
$100,000 worth of dental care and ortho-
dontics to 6th graders. In addition, Adams
Elementary partnered with the YMCA so
all 6th graders could learn to swim because,
according to principal Amy Alzina, one-third
of her students didn’t know how. Likewise,
40 percent of her students could not ride a
bike, but three years ago, Decker’s donated
bicycles to the school. When Alzina started
as principal seven years ago, the PTA was
raising $20,000 each year. Now it brings in
$70,000 with 93 percent parent involvement.
The money, Alzina said, supports a teacher in
the library’s design center, field trips, and balls
and equipment on the playground, among
other things.
The Santa Barbara Education Foundation
raises money for an array of student pro-
grams. In addition, this year is the second
that the Local Control Accountability Plan
(LCAP)—part of the state’s new funding for-
mula to allocate state funds based on com-
munity feedback—has set aside money for
every 6th grader to go to science camp. That
saves a school of 570 students about $20,000.
But now, some schools send 5th graders to
AstroCamp, and others don’t.
The reality is some schools might always
be a step behind others despite efforts to level
the playing field. Ultimately, educators say,
inequity in schools is about poverty. Schools
see the impact of poverty because they greet
their students face-to-face every day, and peo-
ple often point to schools to fix the inequities
of society. But Ben Romo, who is the execu-
tive director at First 5 Santa Barbara County,
an investor in early education, noted,“Schools
are neither funded nor trained nor supported
to provide those social services.” n
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 Opinions angry poodle barbecue

That Dog Don’t Hunt
BANG BANG: Couple weeks ago, my wife
and I hit the road for Arizona. The relent-
less succession of 96-degree days was driving
us crazy. It got so bad, we figured even the
desert had to be cooler. Crazier still, we were
right. Beyond that, we got to feast our souls
on operatic displays of thunder and light-
ing. We were chased inside by hacking rains
and strafed by hail. There was a tornado one
county over, and Arizona doesn’t do tornados.
Popular hiking trails were declared off-limits
for fear of flash floods. We visited friends in
Flagstaff, then the site of the freshest college
campus shoot-out. I would learn later there
had already been 45 such episodes on college
campuses in the United States this year. That
may be a new record, but who cares? We’ve
been Number One forever.
In Arizona, they don’t just preach the
Second Amendment; they live it. It wasn’t
uncommon, we were told, to encounter fami-
lies at the supermarket where mom, dad, and
junior were all packing heat. You never know
when one particularly pissed-off frozen tur-
key might spring back to life, seeking revenge.
We saw lots of window signs declaring the
premises inside off-limits to anyone carrying
firearms, not something you’re likely to see
in Santa Barbara. Four years ago, a 22-year-
old white male with sun spots exploding in
his psyche opened fire at a Tucson shopping
mall, killing six people and injuring 14. His
target was Congressmember Gabby Giffords.
She took a bullet to the brain but lived anyway,
though she walks funny and talks funnier.
When Giffords resigned to focus on heal-
ing, her former colleagues were unanimous
in praising her pluck and grit. But when she
asked for legislation keeping guns away from
those convicted of domestic violence charges,
as she did last month, those former colleagues
somehow couldn’t make out her words. After
all, she talks funny.
It’s ancient news that Congress is geneti-
cally incapable of doing anything about guns
and crazy people. Twenty dead 1st graders and
six teachers shot to death at Sandy Hook Ele-
mentary School three years ago tell us that. In
the wake of that slaughter, Congress couldn’t
find the votes to pass even a modest expan-
sion of the background checks required of
would-be gun purchasers. It would have been
a small but meaningful gesture. In Santa Bar-
bara, we’re approaching the 10th anniversary
of the Goleta postal annex shooting, where
former postal employee Jennifer San Marco
shot and killed six current postal workers —
including the daughter of an Independent
music writer at the time. That was after she
shot and killed the next-door neighbor who
had complained about San Marco’s late-night
loud singing and the raging arguments she
had with herself. When San Marco was done,
she killed herself. The gun she purchased to
do the job — a 9 mm Smith & Wesson —
was purchased legally from a pawn shop in
Grants, New Mexico. All New Mexico’s back-
ground requirements had been satisfied. At
the time of the purchase, San Marco had been
placed on an involuntary psychiatric hold
in Ventura after being forcibly removed by
county sheriffs from the Goleta Post Office
back in 2001 because she posed an imminent
threat to herself or others. Two months before
the shooting, she was spotted by a psychiatric
social worker kneeling and talking to herself
at a post office parking lot in New Mexico.
She claims she called the police. Police say
they have no record. Under New Mexico law,
none of that was sufficient to deny San Marco
the gun. That would require nothing less than
an adjudicated declaration San Marco was
“mentally defective.”
On the way out of town, my wife and I
concluded that the only force in American
politics capable of keeping guns away from
all the angry young (mostly) men struggling
with serious psychosis was the insurance
industry. Imagine the backlash if any gov-
ernment agency demanded prescription drug
records as a possible precondition for firearm
purchases. It would be insane. But we don’t
blink an eye over the most coercive invasions
of our personal privacy when executed by
the insurance industry. That’s just the natu-
ral order of things. If would-be gun buyers
were required to secure insurance policies as
a precondition to purchasing a gun, the insur-
ance companies could reckon who was likely
to go hair-trigger. If they reckoned wrong,
they’d have to pay out. The threat of mak-
ing such payments would be ample incentive
for the insurance companies to keep guns
away from people whose psychological pso-
riasis gave them itchy trigger fingers. Having
arrived at this brilliant but obvious solution,
my wife and I quickly put Santa Barbara in
the rearview mirror, smugly confident the
Nobel Peace Prize committee would be call-
ing upon our return.
Like any brilliant idea I think I’ve had, it
turns out I must have stolen this one, though
subliminally no doubt. Turns out New
York Congressmember Carolyn Maloney
has been introducing legislation since 2013
requiring gun owners to provide proof of
insurance much the same way car owners
are required by law to have proof of insur-
ance or else. To be accurate, Maloney hasn’t
bothered figuring out all the key details as to
how the law would work, because she knows
it’s not going anywhere. Each time she’s intro-
duced the bill, it gets consigned to the House
Judiciary Committee, where it becomes the
epitome of legislative languor. No discussion,
no debate, no pulse. DOA. Still, Maloney’s
hoping it might serve as a conversational
Molotov cocktail, sparking some broader
debate. She entertains similar delusions with
her bill to fund and empower the Center for
Disease Control to study the health effects of
gun violence, which, for the last 20 years, it’s
been explicitly barred from doing.
In the meantime, I better forget about a
visit from the Nobel Prize Patrol. The good
news? When we got back to town, at least it
wasn’t so crazy hot anymore. — Nick Welsh

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 obituaries
Robert F. Carlson
1922-2015
A defining characteristic of Bob
Carlson was the fact that he hiked
the whole length of the John Muir
Trail in the High Sierras.
As a 14-year-old, Bob hiked
from Santa Barbara up to the
ridge of the Santa Ynez Moun-
tains at East Camino Cielo,
climbed down to Gibraltar Dam
on the north side, returned to the
ridge, then jogged down to Santa
Barbara. He then went to a dance
that night.
Bob’s leadership skills showed
up early. He was named an eagle
scout in 1938 by the boy scouts of
America. Then in his senior year
Bob was voted “outstanding boy”
at The Santa Barbara High School
in 1940. There Bob served as stu-
dent body president. At Berkeley
bob finished his BS in mechanical
engineering in 3½ years, graduat-
ing with the class of 1943.
Bob served in the navy at the
end of WWII in the pacific as the
Skipper of a Sub Chaser.
Harvard Business School
accepted Bob in 1946 where he
joined other classmates who were
fortunate GI Bill veterans. In his
spare time while there, Bob led
friends on ski trips to Vermont,
particularly to Stowe.
After graduating in 1948 from
HBS, Bob was chosen to be the
Administrative Directory of the
Harvard Observatory in Climax,
Colorado, a post he held for 5
years.
Bob’s lifelong wish was to live,
work, and play in Santa Barbara.
Always one to see an opportunity,
Bob joined forces with partner
Bob Callahan in 1959 to form
a corporation called Channel
Technologies in Santa Barbara.
As CEO Bob hired highly trained
technical men — the best in their
field — and soon moved the
growing company to Goleta.
Bob shunned publicity – for
himself or for the high technology,
manufacturing companies which
operated under the umbrella of
Channel Technologies. These five
companies, Channel Industries,
Electro Optical, Sonatech, Chan-
nel Products and International
Transducer, are actively operat-
ing companies today. Four are in
Goleta, and one is located in Ohio.
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Bob stayed as the head of Channel
Technologies for 56 years. He sold
the last of the operating compa-
nies in 2012.
The Santa Barbara Club,
Rotary Club, Harvard Business
School and Bob’s Santa Barbara
High School gave him many
lifelong friendships. Every Janu-
ary for decades Bob organized a
group of his Santa Barbara man
friends to share a mini ski vaca-
tion at Mammoth Mountain. It
became known as the “Carlson
ski trip.”
An active member of the Santa
Barbara Club for over 50 years,
Bob and his second wife, Betsy
(Borden), held their marriage
reception at the club May 5, 1985.
Over the years, he and Betsy
enjoyed delicious meals and good
conversation there. Bob’s particu-
lar contribution to the club was
his endless encouragement of fel-
low Santa Barbarians to become
members.
Bob and Betsy bought their
Mediterranean-style house across
from Santa Barbara’s Rose Gar-
den and old Mission in the early
1990s. Surrounded by this historic
and beautiful architectural setting,
their home has been a source of
joy for them.
Bob’s daughter, Apieh Clay-
brook, lives in Solvang. His grand-
daughter, Anwanur Gielow, her
husband Ryan, and Bob’s three
great-grandchildren, Samona,
Andrew and Emmett, live in
Buellton. Bob’s younger son,
Harvey Carlson, died in 1994.
His older son, Rob Carlson, died
in 2003. Rob’s son Robert lives
in Massachusetts with Margaret
Anne Gray.
Born September 9, 1922, in
Lompoc, California to Martha
Hanson Carlson and C. G. Fred
Carlson, Bob and his family
lived on a farm in Lompoc. They
moved to Santa Barbara when
Bob was 11 years old. Bob’s sister,
Esther Carlson Finster, lives in
Sacramento. His sister Ruth Carl-
son Down, and his brother, David
Carlson, pre-deceased him.
Services will be private. In lieu
of flowers, a donation to the Land
Trust of Santa Barbara County
or to Visiting Nurse and Hospice
Care of Santa Barbara would be
welcomed.
thoughts and wishes if you would like.
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Katharine Rue
01/20/21-11/04/15
Katharine was born in Santa
Barbara on January 20, 1921, to
Charles and Josephine Breck. She
was raised and schooled locally
and left to help with her siblings
after her parents passed away.
She married Howard Rue and
started a family. She is survived
by her children, Howard Rue
and wife Sherron, Carol Rue, and
Judy and Brian Shillington and
two grandchildren, Janel Irvine
and husband Mike, and Marty
Osborn and wife Kimberly. In
addition she was a loving great-
grandmother to Merissa Tidd and
Tayler Limon and a great-great
grandmother to Reyna. Service
will be graveside at Goleta Ceme-
tery on Thursday, 11/12 at 11:00am.
Janet Angell Schramm
1918-2015
Janet Angell Schramm (1918-2015)
was born in England to Clara
Irene Blakeway and Arthur James
Angell. Janet worked in the cloth-
ing design department in Lon-
don’s Fortnum and Mason, and
during World War II as a bomb
fuse inspector. She survived the
bombing of her apartment dur-
ing the Blitz. She married David
Chambliss, of Lookout Mountain,
Tennessee, who died during the
war. She later met and married
Edward W. Schramm and in 1946
moved to Santa Barbara, where
Ed resumed his legal practice with
Schramm and Raddue. Jan and
Ed were devoted to each other
during their 37-year marriage; Ed
died in 1982. Janet often said that
she saw no point in complain-
ing about the hardships of life,
and she lived her life with strong
intention, eternal optimism, and
consistent generosity. Jan was
elegant, and loved to sing and go
out dancing. She elevated daily
tasks into fine art, creating beauty
all around her. While she trav-
elled extensively, she appreciated
life in Santa Barbara and often
spoke of the sense of joy she felt
during walks on Butterfly Beach
and visits to the Botanic Garden.
She lived in Santa Barbara for
69 years. She died on October
28th after a short illness. She is
survived by her children, Peter,
Gretchen, Judy and Jenifer, her
grandson Shane Boland, her sister
Mary Evans, and her nieces, Susan
Feinthal and Rebecca King.
Milton Albert Prekker
10/12/26-10/31/15
Milton Albert Prekker was born
on October 12, 1926, to Matthew
and Cassie Prekker in Clara City,
Minnesota. The oldest child
and only son, he was followed
by three sisters. In 1943, Milton
married his high school sweet-
heart, Mary Suter, and their life
together began. That same year,
Milt enlisted in the U.S. Navy
and served two years on the Vella
Gulf aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
It wasn’t until his honorable dis-
charge from the navy in 1946 that
he met his first son.
Upon his return to the states,
Milt attended watch-making
school in Kansas City, Missouri.
The family lived in Fargo and
Larimore, North Dakota, own-
ing their own jewelry and watch
repair shop as their family grew.
In 1954, they moved to Owatonna,
Minnesota, while Milton worked
for jeweler Arthur Vesterby and
then Jostens, who would be his
employer for the next 27 years. In
1962, Jostens moved the family to
Santa Barbara, and they settled
in Goleta in 1968. Upon “early
retirement,” Milton began work at
the Santa Barbara Research Cen-
ter, where he was employed for
another 12 years.
Milt threw himself into his
hobbies and interests wholeheart-
edly. He had a tamed pigeon as
a boy and later kept and tamed
other pigeons. During high school
in Clara City, he was a basketball
star and was a boxing champ in
the navy, winning two ribbons,
and thus solidifying his lifelong
love of the sport. Building and
perfecting clocks, watches, cars
and motorcycles, Milt could fix
and build almost anything. His
Catholic faith was strong, and he
spent much of the 1970s and 80s
in jail ministry and as a member
of the Knights of Columbus. He
enjoyed hiking in the mountains,
and in his retirement years, had
a passion for bowling. He was
always the jokester, entertain-
ing children with magic tricks,
silly pranks and fun at his own
expense, never others. Milt was
always the one to make everyone
smile.
The family would like to thank
Above All Care, the Friendship
Center in Goleta, and Santa
Barbara Hospice for their con-
siderable assistance and support.
Milton Prekker passed peacefully,
surrounded by his family, and
they are comforted in knowing
that he is now reunited with his
wife, Mary.
Milton Prekker is survived
by his five children, Barry Prek-
ker of West Hollywood, Debra
McRoberts (John) of Goleta, Patty
Peters of Encinitas, Daniel Prek-
ker of Goleta, and Jeffrey Prekker
(Chelsea) of San Diego; and three
grandchildren, David, Nathaniel,
and Elise. He also leaves his three
sisters Joyce, Virgene and Sandra,
as well as many other extended
family and friends, especially
Jerry Rutledge and Deborah
Alliano, who were dear to him.
His wife, Mary, predeceased him
in April of this year.
A mass in celebration of Mil-
ton’s life will be held at St. Rapha-
el’s Catholic Church at 10 a.m.
on Friday, November 13, 2015. A
graveside service at Goleta Cem-
etery will follow. In lieu of flowers,
please consider a donation to the
Santa Barbara Humane Society or
Return to Freedom Wild Horse
Sanctuary.
Edward Paul Petrin
01/24/51-10/22/15
Edward (“Ed”) Paul Petrin, 64,
passed away on Thursday, Octo-
ber 22, 2015, at Serenity House
in Santa Barbara, right as the
California sun set over the moun-
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letters
Imprisoned
H eadlines have been full of the thousands of
prisoners being released from federal prisons. It’s
interesting how one simple fact can be repeated over
the entire spectrum of mass media while so many facts
are left unreported, such as:
• Roughly 1,830 inmates are released from prison every
day. That means the 6,000 in news reports would
amount to roughly three and a half days of normal
operations. (The release of those inmates will in fact
occur over a three-day period.)
• Many released inmates are sent back into the public
with no funds, meaning no food, shelter, or means
of transportation. They will likely have to rely on the
same means that got them in trouble in the first place.
(During this recent “mass release,” 3,400 were sent to
halfway houses; 1,700 were facing deportation and
were likely in custody with ICE.)
• Of the 208,000 inmates currently in federal prisons,
46,000 qualified for the early-release program.
• The United States spends roughly $100 billion a
year on incarceration, an average of $115 per day per
inmate!
• The U.S. has almost a quarter of the world’s prison
population—one in every 99 Americans is behind
bars. —Steven Reynalds, S.B.
Criminal Justice
A
s far as I know, no criminal charges have been
filed against Plains All American Pipeline for kill-
ing hundreds of marine animals. U.S. News & World
Report stated in September,“Prosecutors are consider-
ing possible charges.”
If you point an AK-47 at a dog and shoot it, that’s
criminal. If you dump toxic deadly chemicals on that
dog instead of shooting it, that would be criminal. But
if you kill an animal with toxic crude, you get away
with it because “it was an accident” or it was because of
“poor record keeping.” How does Plains, or any other
oil company, get to walk away from any culpability?
Oil companies have no incentive to be accountable,
keep impeccable records, put measures in place for
better monitoring and backup; they have no incen-
tive for a fail-safe. They get to go back to business as
usual, pay a big fine, and kill more marine life the
next time. There’s no misdemeanor or felony pen-
alty unless they head down to the beach with AK-
47s and shoot every bird, seal, and dolphin in sight.
—James Smallwood, S.B.
Wrong Again?
I
n 1922, the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times
published an AP article containing absolute scien-
tific evidence that the Antarctic sheets and glaciers
were melting, and the Earth was doomed because of
global warming. The article proclaimed with certainty
that, because of warmer waters and changing oceanic
currents, the fishing industry and world economy were
doomed.
In 1975, Peter Gwynne wrote a Newsweek article
that revealed Earth was heading for a new Ice Age. He
prophesied falling temperatures could lead to crop
failures and worldwide famine based on the scientific
consensus. Gwynne recently wrote a “do-over” story,
admitting his original article was “over-enthusiastic.”
He hoped human-caused global warming “deniers”
wouldn’t use his 1975 story as ammunition to prove
scientific consensus is sometimes wrong.
Why shouldn’t we?
Experts 150 years ago believed speeds faster than 100
mph would kill a human and that malaria was caused
by foul air. What will climate scientists 100 years from
now be saying about today’s global-warming theories?
—Dale Lowdermilk, S.B.
For the Record
¶ In our election reporting last week, we should have
stated election by district last occurred 47 years ago,
not 60, in 1968.
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tains on a beautiful evening. Ed
was surrounded by his family
and close friends at the time of
his death, and his eldest daughter
and wife were holding his hands
as he took his final breath. Ed was
a fighter like none other and had
managed to survive 17 months
of aggressive pancreatic can-
cer — mostly through his sheer
willpower. His indomitable will
to live was fueled by his desire to
keep building and creating for as
many days and hours as he pos-
sibly could.
Ed was born and raised in the
copper mining town of Butte,
Montana, son of Edward Paul
Petrin Sr. and Rose Julia Petrin.
Ed first met his wife, Lisa Link,
during junior high school in
Butte. They attended Butte High
School and the University of
Montana together, as well, and
they were married in December
of 1973, soon after their gradu-
ation from college. At the time
of Ed’s passing, Ed and Lisa had
known each other for 52 years
and had been married for nearly
42 years.
Ed was a builder, an entrepre-
neur, a creator. Nothing brought
him more joy than envisioning
new and exciting possibilities
and then turning them into real-
ity through his own hard work.
He brought a fierce, committed,
charging-forward energy to all
that he did, and he always pushed
the envelope, always asked “Why
not?” (try something new, teach
yourself something new, do
it your own way) rather than
“Why?” And he always inspired
and pushed those around him
to be and do their best, as well.
He was strongly motivated to do
things better than anyone else
ever had. His standards were
always impeccably, sometimes
impossibly, high; his extreme
thoroughness and attention to
detail were unparalleled; and his
pursuit of perfection was unre-
lenting. He brought these traits
to bear on all that he did profes-
sionally, including designing
transformational new business
models, starting and building
multiple companies as a serial
entrepreneur, and building three
beautiful custom-designed homes
in Montecito. He also brought
these traits to bear in his roles as a
husband and father of three.
Ed’s sheer zest for life was
powerful and infectious. He cher-
ished his close friends, he loved
a good meal and a good game of
golf, and he always sought out the
best possible way to experience
everything — to the point where
he would often dictate precisely
which table one should choose,
at a favorite restaurant, for the
best view and ambiance, and the
optimal overall experience. He
embraced life with a strong “carpe
diem” spirit, and he also had an
impish, mischievous streak that
drove him to break a few rules
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here and there, always with a grin.
Ed loved his wife and his three
children deeply, and he worked
fiercely and tirelessly to provide
opportunities for his children that
he had not had as a child himself.
He had an enormous heart with
unmatched capacity for love, he
was extremely generous to his
friends and extended family, and
he delighted in welcoming guests
into the family home and to the
family dinner table. During his
final days, Ed’s greatest source
of joy of all was his first and
only grandchild, 22-month-old
Parker Burch Matagrano, son
of Ed’s youngest daughter, Amy,
and her husband, Andrew Burch
Matagrano.
Ed is survived by his wife,
Lisa Petrin, his three children,
Meredith Lea Petrin, Christopher
Paul Petrin; and Amy Corinne
Petrin Matagrano; his grandson,
Parker Burch Matagrano; his
sisters Judith Josephine Petruska,
of Renton, WA, and Lavenia Rose
Malesich, of Yakima, WA; and
several nieces and nephews.
Ed’s family extends profound
thanks to the loving and attentive
staff at the Sansum Cancer Cen-
ter in Santa Barbara, who were
always able to make Ed smile and
laugh, and who provided him
with the utmost care throughout
his fight with pancreatic cancer.
The teams from the Visiting
Nurses’ Association and Hospice
of Santa Barbara, Serenity House,
and Simply Remembered were
also godsends during Ed’s final
weeks and days, providing valu-
able and timely wisdom and
deeply compassionate care for Ed
and his family.
Ed requested that there be no
formal memorial service. His
ashes will be scattered by his wife
and children at a location of Ed’s
choosing, in accordance with his
last wishes.
Ed will be missed immensely
by those who knew and loved
him, but his powerful spirit
will live on forever through his
children, family, friends, and col-
leagues, who will never forget his
intense passion, his vision, his
dedication, and his enormous
love for life.
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W
hen it comes to forging an educa-
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independence and quiet time to work alone, while others find

engineerS of
comfort in the rhythm of a structured classroom environment.
In Santa Barbara County, there are 13 public elementary schools

alliance
and 32 private or independent schools with elementary programs
from which to choose. The following are a few of the education
philosophies offered by a handful of area schools.

d
uring the past 13 years, students of Dos Pueb- Initially, the space was destined to become a computer
los High School’s innovative Engineering Acad- lab,“but that sounded so archaic,” said Principal Amy Alzina,
emy have advanced its reputation nationwide who, on a tip from Federbusch last year, became intrigued
with award-winning projects built by teen brains buzzing with Stanford University’s d.school, a multidisciplinary
with physics, mechanics, computer-aided design, and art. design program. She wanted something similar for Adams
But to the program’s founder and director, UCSB-trained kids. It turns out, Alzina was delighted to learn, that similar
physicist Amir Abo-Shaeer, it wasn’t making the local cross-pollinating pedagogy had been the norm for years
impact he had imagined. just up the highway
“People are flying in from
across the county to see what we Dos pueBlos forges innovative at DPEA. Coinci-
dentally, Alzina said,
do,” he said,“but much of our own
[school] district didn’t even know
partnerships with aDaMs anD Crane Abo-Shaeer was
looking to expand
what was going on.” That’s now DPEA’s program into
changing, due in part to cutting-
by Keith hamm primary grades. With
Alton Carmean (left) and Brandon Kim are focused on the task at hand at the edge partnerships the Dos Pueblos a blessing from Santa
Montessori Center School. Engineering Academy (DPEA) has forged with two South Barbara Unified’s superintendent and board of directors, the
Coast schools, one within its own Santa Barbara Unified partnership was born. Next fall, all of Adams’ students, K-6,

Montessori Center sChool School District, and the other a private K-8 in Montecito. will study Federbusch’s now-evolving curriculum as part of
In the public realm, Adams Elementary School 5th-grade the school’s design, art, and music rotation.

D
eveloped by Italian physician and special education teacher
Maria Montessori in the early 20th century, the Montessori
method aims to foster children’s self-reliance and intellectual
freedom while tapping into their natural desire to learn. Since
1965, the Montessori Center School of Santa Barbara has nurtured
children’s independence, creativity, and organizational skills to
create a community of self-directed learners.
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teacher Sean Federbusch—who spent a decade in the tech “The idea is that if this works at Adams, it’ll spread to
world before switching over to teaching five years ago — is other elementary schools in the district,” Alzina said. 
spending the 2015-16 school year on a sabbatical of sorts, In the meantime, a similar partnership is preparing two
working full-time at DPEA to absorb its philosophy and Crane Country Day School teachers — Sabina Funk, an art
techniques so he can bring them back to the Adams Design teacher and fabricator, and Joe Donahue, who specializes
Center, a brand-new, 2,000-square-foot classroom funded in computer science and robotics — for the private K-8’s
by 2010 ballot measures Q and R. Oak Tree Quad, a $4.5 million expansion that includes an
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Montessori parent Suzanne Cohen said the school allows her kids to explore their interests
protecting and nurturing childhood as the to the fullest depth “without being interrupted.” Last year, her 9-year-old son researched the
foundation for the future Egyptian pyramids, and this year he’s working on a yearlong project exploring Chumash
culture.
Classrooms “resemble more of a work-place or company than a traditional school,” said
Head of School Patricia M. Colby in a prepared statement on the Montessori philosophy.
With a 12:1 student-teacher ratio, the nonprofit institution teaches students via multiage
grouping in which older children help younger ones master classroom tasks under the guid-
ance of a teacher and an assistant teacher who facilitate each child’s learning pace. Students
are clustered into three levels: primary (3-6 years), lower elementary (6-9 years), and upper
elementary (9-12 years).
Key to Montessori’s project-based ideology are aesthetic learning objects such as colorful
moveable alphabet letters and geometric blocks, which reappear at different levels of the
curriculum like motifs. According to Colby, the Montessori method develops goal-oriented
thinking patterns in students, preparing them for future success. Rather than letter-grade
report cards, parents receive detailed narratives and written reports on their child’s progress
three times a year.
The school, located on Fairview Avenue, is home to approximately 265 students, from
toddler-aged to 6th grade, and belongs to a network of 4,000 American Montessori Society–
accredited institutions (including the distinct Santa Barbara Montessori School on Mirano
Dr.). Students interview for acceptance. Tuition is $14,900 per year from 1st to 3rd grade and
$15,300 from 4th to 6th grade. Montessori offers need-based financial aid covering up to half
Caring environments that nourish the senses the cost of attendance. Each family is asked to volunteer 15 hours per year.
Ample time and space for creativity and imagination

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ounded by a group of parents in 1984, the Waldorf School of Santa Barbara borrows its

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ocated in rural Los Olivos, the Santa Ynez Valley Family School offers
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a personalized, practical education to 63 students from preschool to
5th grade. The school is organized into four multiage classes, identi-
fied not by grade level but by different colored doors. The Blue Door School  Year  2016-­‐2017
Program is home to 5- and 6-year-old students; the Red Door to 7- and
8-year-olds; and the Purple Door Program to 9- and 10-year-olds. The
Family School shares Midland School’s 2,860-acre campus.
The accredited independent school—built by a group of parents, New  Student   ENROLLMENT  TK-­‐12
Midland teachers, and other area professionals in 1974 — follows a work-
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and students practice to their own ability while receiving individual Open  Houses
assistance from their teacher at a 12:1 student-teacher ratio from 2nd Goleta  Valley  Junior  High  /  January  13,  6:00  p.m.
to 5th grade. Little homework — known as “independent work” at the
Family School — is given, and much of that work is completed in class. La  Colina  Junior  High  /  January  20,  6:00  p.m.
Report cards come in the form of narrative evaluations and continuum La  Cumbre  Junior  High  /  January  21,  6:00  p.m.
checklists. Santa  Barbara  Junior  High  /  January  14,  6:00  p.m.
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ties to meet the needs of each group of students. If her class gets excited Dos  Pueblos  High  School  /  January  28,  6:30  p.m.
about geology, she will spend more time exploring the topic with them. San  Marcos  High  School  /  January  11,  6:00  p.m.
“At our school, every teacher knows every kid,” said Tullis-Thompson. Santa  Barbara  High  School  /  January  13,  6:00  p.m.
Tuition runs $13,020 per year from kindergarten to 1st grade and
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appointment. all members of the Santa Barbara School of Squash (SBSOS), a unique, 9-year-old nonprofit
that tutors disadvantaged South Coast youth while coaching them in a niche sport that may
one day help them get into college.
David Quintero is a senior at
San Marcos High School. He’s
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university where the squash coach by tyLer hayden
wants him for the team. After that,
he’s checking out the University of Connecticut. “Yeah, I’m really excited,” he said with a big
nod and grin. Quintero explained SBSOS played no small part in getting his grades to where
they are now, and it has allowed him to travel for tournaments, which introduced him to
people and places he’d otherwise never experience.“It’s helped me a lot,” he said.
Right now the Santa Barbara program — under the umbrella of the National Urban
Squash + Education Association and its 20 locations across the country — serves 33 students
from 15 different schools around the South Coast. Each of them lives below the poverty line.
Participants are required to complete 100 hours of academics, 100 hours of squash, and 15
hours of community service every year, while 30 volunteer tutors — ranging from former
college professors to high school students — monitor their grades every week and provide
extra help as needed.
In addition to its home at the Santa Barbara Athletic Club, which donates court time dur-
ing slow hours, SBSOS operates from the Louise Lowry Davis Center and the Santa Barbara
YMCA. Every so often, the kids go on field trips to places such as the Museum of Natural
History or a soccer game in Ventura. Parents pay an annual fee of just $25.
Between drills on Saturday, Franklin Elementary School student Monica Paredez sits on
a bench with her feet dangling and twirls her racket in her hands. She’s wearing the same eye
protection and navy shirt sported by the rest of the kids. Paredez, 9, talks about how SBSOS’s
tutors have improved her reading and writing and how she and her teammates have “lots of
fun” every time they get together. No one else at Franklin plays squash, she said, but now that
they’ve heard her talk about it so much, they want to try.
Familiar to relatively few West Coasters, and then usually as just a cousin of sorts to rac-
quetball, squash is a much bigger deal on the East Coast and in other countries, especially
Egypt and England. Merith Velasquez, a 15-year-old Laguna Blanca student with braces and
dreams of becoming an engineer, said she’s excited to see how the sport is played in other
parts of the country when she starts touring colleges.
Velasquez has been with SBSOS a year and is one of six students to receive a scholarship
to Laguna Blanca with its help. “You’re never alone,” she said of SBSOS. “It’s a really good
atmosphere.” Velasquez made sure to specially thank executive director Robert Graham.
“He’s really funny,” she said, “and he always asks about your day. If you’re not having a good
day, he’ll find a way to cheer you up.”
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If more families apply than the school can serve, incoming kindergarten
students are selected via a February lottery before the new school year (dis-
trict students receive an extra entry in the lottery). Students who transfer cover story
in after 1st grade must meet a certain level of proficiency in each language.
Each family is asked to volunteer five hours per month. Parents who can’t give their time
can make a donation within their means. The bilingual school, located next to Franklin
Elementary School on East Yanonali Street, offers resources for Spanish- and English-speaking
parents.

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F
irst established in 1936 as the Catholic San Roque School, the school had its lease taken over
by the San Roque Charitable Trust in 2002, and the newly founded academy was moved
to its Garden Street campus three years later. Now, Garden Street Academy provides a
personalized academically rigorous plan to each student at an 8:1 student-teacher ratio. The
nonprofit independent school uses a multiage program in its K-8 Lower School—each grade
partners with the grade

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above it until 8th grade,
which is taught separately.
The school’s project-
based philosophy inte-
grates the arts, sciences,
and letters programs,
encouraging students to
share their work through
diverse media, said co-
deans Kristi Dichard and
Jessica Sanford. Garden
Street’s interdisciplinary
ideology culminates each
year in a drama production
written, directed, designed,
and acted by students.
While preparing for the
play, students also study
the cultural significance of
its subject matter.
When Stephanie Christ-
off ’s 5th-grade daugh-
ter learned about world
explorers, her class created Garden Street Academy students (from left) Lulia, Aiden, Samuel, and Christian
an open house for par- complete classwork.
ents. Students showcased
a handmade replica of their explorer, cooked 13th-century food, and made old-fashioned
advertisements encouraging settlers to come to the Americas.“They really emphasize authen-
tic learning,” Christoff said.
For the 83 students in Lower School, biannual descriptive reviews and student-led confer-
ences take the place of letter grades. Students receive homework based on their individual
needs. Lower School tuition is $15,000 per year for K-5 students. Need-based and merit schol-
arships may cover up to all fees. Families must volunteer for 60 hours per year, with special
projects available for working parents.

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Gwen Phillips—the Open Alternative School is based on a holistic education model that
prepares 140 students from transitional kindergarten to 8th grade to be active community
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engineering and design center. As with Federbusch’s
arrangement, Funk and Donahue will simultaneously An independent school, grades 6-9
teach this year at DPEA while absorbing and reinvent-
ing its lessons for younger students back at Crane.
Before partnering with DPEA, Crane was already
a few years into the development of its engineering
program, “but we had some blanks that needed to be
resolved,” said Head of School Joel Weiss. During a
DPEA tour with a visiting educator in February, Weiss
and Crane Board President Tom Kenny were impressed
with the facility and its founder, Abo-Shaeer. The light-
bulb went off for Weiss and Kenny — some sort of col-
laboration with DPEA was in order, especially after
hearing that Abo-Shaeer needed more hands to help
out. “It was very serendipitous,” Weiss said. “[DPEA’s]
need was more high-level teachers. Our need was a
degree of expertise. The best partnerships happen when
both sides are invested with the other.” If construction
of Oak Tree Quad stays on track, its engineering and
design center — sometimes refereed to as a maker space Amir Abo-Shaeer
—will be filled with students next fall.  
At the same time, DPEA will be tackling the steady constant of drumming up about
$680,000 each year to keep the lights on in its 18,000 square feet of workspace. The pro-

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gram has expanded over the years, this year maxing out at 400 students, half of whom are
female. Typically, the program gets 300 applications for the 100 freshmen spots that open
up each fall. 
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11/12-11/15: The Laramie
Project This year, San Marcos
High School takes on this
impactful play based around
the 1998 tragedy of Matthew
Shepard, who was kidnapped,
beaten, and left to die
because he was gay. The play
was created from more than
200 interviews from towns-
people who were affected by
the murder. Thu.-Sat.: 7pm;
Sun.: 2pm. San Marcos High
School, 4750 Hollister Ave.
$6-$12. Recommended for
ages 13+. Call 967-4581 x5568
or visit shopsmroyals.org. Read
more on p. 51.
Thursday 11/12
11/12: A Benefit for Tim
Bryson Tim Bryson and the
seminal S.B. pop band The Pups
dominated the S.B. scene from
the late ’70s through the early
’80s. This benefit, sponsored
and hosted by Pups member
Philip Claypool and rock band
The Tearaways, is to help their
friend Tim, who was recently
diagnosed with pancreatic can-
cer. 7pm. Blind Tiger, 409 State St.
$20. Ages 18+. Call (310) 614-9480.
Read more on p. 55.
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nov.
Hear for yourself the textural
spencer frazier
soundscapes that have allowed
her to play with musicians such holIday boutIques
as Diplo, Pretty Lights, and
Grimes. 8pm. SOhO Restaurant
jethro acosta
& Music Club, 1221 State St. $18.
Ages 18+. Call 962-7776 or visit
sohosb.com.
11/12: Mark Schapiro Author
of Carbon Shock: A Tale of Risk and
Calculus on the Front Lines of the
Economy, Mark
Disrupted Global Economy
Schapiro will take audiences on
a journey of the natural world,
from the agricultural fields of
California to the Amazon rain
forest, and discuss the costs of
fossil fuels. 8pm. Lotte Lehmann
Concert Hall, UCSB. Free. Visit
tinyurl.com/MarkSchapiro.
11/12: Nature Spends the Past
Few Million Years Experiment-
ing with a Prosocial Brain Friday 11/13
Kenneth S. Kosik, professor of 11/14: Center for Lifelong Learning Arts & Crafts Fair Find
neuroscience research and handcrafted gifts for your entire holiday list at this boutique
codirector of the Neuroscience hosted by SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning. There will be a
Research Institute at UCSB, will huge variety of exquisite ceramics, glass arts, jewelry, weaving,
discuss genes, evolution, and art, and more. 10am-4pm. SBCC Wake Campus, 300 N. Turnpike
prosocial behavior relative to Rd. Free. Call 898-8138 or visit thecll.org.
other primates. 4pm. McCune
Conference Rm., 6020 HSSB, 11/14: Fall into Giving This is not your average shopping spree.
UCSB. Free. Call 893-3907 or visit Enjoy home decor, kitchen supplies, watercolors and cards,
www.ihc.ucsb.edu. chocolate, and a bake sale. Of the proceeds, 30 percent will go
to Food from the Heart, dedicated to preparing and delivering
11/12: Adventurous Rhythms healthy meals to neighbors in need. 11am-4pm. Trinity Evangeli-
Celebrate world music and wil- cal Lutheran Church, 909 N. La Cumbre Rd. Free. Call 334-5292.
derness adventure tales. Author
Bryan Snyder will read pieces 11/14: Tone-Up Holiday Boutique Buy and shop locally! From
from his book Further off the healthy cupcakes to beautiful jewelry to ceramics to organic
Map: Fifty-Three Tales of Adven- chocolate, this boutique will have it all. The best part? Sip a glass
ture Along the Rougher Edges of
11/13: Josef Woodard Join this
of wine as you shop. Noon-5pm. Tone-Up S.B., 3006 De la Vina St.
Free. Call 682-2736.
American Wilderness, filled with
cultural journalist/critic of jazz as
stories about storms and bears.
he signs his book Charles Lloyd: A 11/14-11/15: Ojai Holiday Marketplace This marketplace fea-
Then singer/songwriter Melanie
Wild, Blatant Truth. An important tures more than 40 vendors and artisans. See what different gifts
Hutton will share music from her
voice and saxophonist of the jazz Ojai has to offer. This marketplace benefits the Ojai Music Festival
CD Wood and Snake, blending
world since the late 1950s, Lloyd and its Bravo music education and community programs. 10am-
grooves from the Middle East,
has lived a life filled with ups 4pm. Matilija Junior High School, 701 El Paseo Rd., Ojai. Free. Visit
medieval Spain, old Europe, and
and downs, disappearances and ojaifestival.org.
modern music. 6pm. Ayni Gal-
reappearances in the jazz world,
lery, 216 State St. Book-signing:
and more. 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 11/14-11/15: Holiday Pop-Up Shop Get a jump on your holiday
Free; concert: $15. Visit tinyurl
3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787 shopping, and enjoy a glass of wine, nibbles of food, and live
.com/CreativeReleases.
or visit chaucersbooks.com. music as you wander through a lively shop of goods and wares
11/12: TOKiMONSTA L.A.-born from area makers, artisans, and craftspeople. Noon-6pm. The
11/13-11/15: Peter and the Guilded Table, 120 Santa Barbara St. Free. Call 845-1482 or visit
Jennifer Lee, a k a TOKiMONSTA,
Starcatcher This prequel to guildedtable.com.
uses her classical upbring-
the classic Peter Pan will feature
ing to create a unique take on
pirates, mermaids, witty dia-
electronic/R&B/dance music.
logue, and important lessons
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11/13-11/14: BASSH! 2015
Area dance professionals will
take audiences on a global
dance tour of competition
ballroom, Latin exhibition,
swing, hip-hop, jazz, and
other popular dances. A
portion of the proceeds will
go to the La Cumbre Foun-
dation at La Cumbre Junior
High School. Fri.: 7pm; Sat.:
2 and 7pm. The New Vic, 33
W. Victoria St. $20-$23. Visit
www.sbassh.com.
as one boy journeys to find a
home. Fri.: 7pm; Sat.: 2 and
7pm; Sun.: 2pm. Elings Perform-
ing Arts Ctr., 7266 Alameda Ave.,
Goleta. $10-$12. Call 968-2541
x4670 or visit dptheatrecompany
.org. Read more on p. 51.
11/13-11/14: Remnants of
the Past Vintage & Antique
Show Come shop for unique
items from around the world,
and then go to the Porter Sta-
tion, where you can have your
purchases kept safely, get help
with transporting them, and
also arrange for shipping. There
will be food trucks and a full
bar available with items for pur-
chase. Fri.: 2-7pm; Sat.: 9am-
5pm. Earl Warren Showgrounds,
3400 Calle Real. $15. Visit
remnantsofthepast.com.
11/13: 6th Annual United
We Bowl At this Young Lead-
ers Society bowl-athon, funds
will be raised for community
programs including the annual
United We Read program, which
matches volunteers with an
elementary class to engage
students to improve their read-
ing and reading ability. 6-9pm.
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Zodo’s Bowling & Beyond, 5925
Calle Real, Goleta. $35. Visit
unitedwelead.org.
11/13: Part One Tribe Hail-
ing from Melbourne, Florida,
this group got its start in the
mid-’90s as a punk band called
Dumb before transitioning
into its current reggae-rock
sound, which blends hip-hop
and blues. 8pm. Velvet Jones,
423 State St. $10. Ages 21+. Call
965-8676 or visit velvet-jones
.com.
11/13-11/14: Some Enchanted
Evening: Westmont Sings
Broadway The singers of West-
mont are ready to perform some
of the funniest and most mov-
ing, challenging, beautiful songs
of Broadway at this fundraiser
for students to attend the Ken-
nedy Center American College
Theatre Festival. Fri.: 9pm; Sat.:
8pm. Porter Theatre, Westmont
College, 955 La Paz Rd. $10-$15.
Visit tinyurl.com/westmontsings
broadway.
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a urday 11/14
aT
11/14: Set List with Greg
Proops Greg Proops is back to
headline this show where come-
dians are given never-before-
seen topics in the moment and
perform. Joining him will be @
midnight’s Eliza Skinner, Girls
Behaving Badly’s Kira Soltanov-
ich, and The Office’s Rick Over-
ton. 8pm. Telegraph Brewing
Co., 418 Salsipuedes St. $15-$20.
Visit tinyurl.com/gregproopssb.
11/14: Ramenfest Who doesn’t
love ramen? Crown the Ramen
King from participating restau-
rants that include Sama Sama
Kitchen, Julienne, Finch & Fork,
Barbareño, and more. The win-
ning restaurant will donate to
the charity of its choice. Noon-
4pm. Goodland Hotel, 5650
Calle Real, Goleta. $30-$45. Visit
tinyurl.com/ramensb.
11/14: TEDxYouthSantaBar-
bara This is your chance to
see the live showing of this
year’s TEDYouth event in N.Y.C.
Get together with friends, and
share a Ted-like experience
with live speakers, hands-on
activities, and great conversa-
tions with scientists, designers,
performers, and more. Regis-
tration is required. 8am-3pm.
La Cumbre Junior High School,
2255 Modoc Rd. Free. Ages
13+. Visit tedxyouthsb.org.
11/14-11/15: Guitar Shorty
Former guitarist for Ray
Charles and Sam Cooke, this
valued musician has led his
own band for more than 30
years, been nominated for
multiple Blues Music Awards,
and has won two for Best
Blues Album of the Year. Come
dance to the music of this leg-
endary blues performer. 8pm.
Carrillo Recreation Ctr., 100 E.
Carrillo St. $10-$40. Call
722-8155 or visit sbblues.org.
11/14-11/15: 31st Annual
Vaquero Show & Sale
Noted artisans, craftspeople,
and collectors will display
custom hand-tooled leather
saddles, silver spurs, reins,
and other vaquero-inspired
horse tack. There will also be
hats, books, jewelry, leather
goods, poetry, music, roping
techniques, and other per-
formances. Sat.: 9am-5pm;
Sun.: 10am-3pm. Santa Ynez
Valley Historical Museum,
3596 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez.
$5. Call 688-7889 or visit
santaynezmuseum.org. Read
more on p. 35.
11/14: Teen Book Giveaway
Stop by and choose a free
book! This sale will have a vari-
ety of new titles and old clas-
sics to give away. 1-3pm. Goleta
Library, 500 N. Fairview Ave.,
Goleta. Free. Ages 13+. Call
964-7878 or visit sbplibrary.org.
11/14: Random Rab + Bird
of Prey Brainchild of pro-
ducer, instrumentalist, singer,
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11/12-11/15: OUTrageous LGBTQ Film Festival For more
than 20 years, this film festival continues to provide a diverse
selection of films and videos that entertain, challenge, and
educate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communi-
ties. There will be special Q&As with filmmakers, discussions,
and socializing. Various locations. Free-$70. Call 963-3636 or
visit tinyurl.com/OUTrageousFilmFestival for a full schedule.
Read more on p. 59.
THURSDAY

11/12: The Look of Silence SALT N PEPA NOV

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A companion piece to the
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
2012 Oscar-nominated doc- SPINDERELLA
umentary The Act of Killing, a
film about the 1965 Indone-
sian genocide, this doc tells
the story of optometrist Adi
as he confronts his brother’s FRIDAY
murderers during an eye exam and asks them to accept
responsibility for their crime. There will be a conversation fol- NOV
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lowing the screening. 7-10pm. Pollock Theater, UCSB. Free. Call
893-4367 or visit carseywolf.ucsb.edu. CUNETA
11/12-11/15: Ojai Film Festival This multiday festival supports
many filmmakers from all over the world who are just begin-
ning their careers and brings their films to audiences who
wouldn’t otherwise have access to them. Come see feature- THURSDAY
length and short narrative and documentary films, as well as
animation. Thu.-Fri.: 2:30pm; Sat.-Sun.: 9am. Various loca-
tions in Ojai. $15-$200. Call 640-1947 or visit ojaifilmfestival.com.
GLORIANA DEC
DAN + SHAY
11/13: Get Low This 2009 film about redemption and recon-
ciliation follows Felix Bush (Robert Duvall), a man who comes
back to town to throw himself a memorial party after disap-
pearing for 40 years. A discussion will follow the screening.
A TOYS FOR TOTS BENEFIT
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7pm. Parish Hall, Unitarian Society, 1535 Santa Barbara St. Free.
Call 845-5314 or visit allianceforlivinganddyingwell.org. THURSDAY

11/13: Awake: The Life of Yogananda This is an unconven- DEC

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tional biographical documentary about Paramahansa Yoga-
nanda, world-renowned author of Autobiography of a Yogi and CORBIN
the man who brought yoga and meditation to the West in the
1920s. Highly influential people including Steve Jobs, Russell
Simmons, and George Harrison are featured in the film. 7pm.
Unity Church, 227 E. Arrellaga St. $5. Visit unitysantabarbara.org.
THURSDAY
11/16: True Grit The Elmer Bernstein Memorial Film Series will
be screening True Grit, the 1969 classic about a drunken, hard-
nosed U.S. Marshal (John Wayne) and a Texas Ranger (Glen MARIACHI DEC
DIVAS
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Campbell) who help a stubborn teenager track down her
father’s murderer in American Indian territory. Guest curator
Jon Burlingame will host a Q&A before the film. 7pm. Granada CHRISTMAS
Theatre, 1214 State St. $10-$20. Call 899-2222 or visit granadasb.
org.

11/18: Valentino’s Ghost This documentary looks into how

America’s foreign policy in the Middle East affects identities
of Arabs and Muslims. Be exposed to the real truth of our
complex relationship with the Middle East. Following the
screening will be a discussion with Sherene Seikaly, assistant
professor of history at UCSB. 6-8pm. MultiCultural Ctr. Theater,
UCSB. Free. Call 893-8411 or visit mcc.sa.ucsb.edu.

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Greetings to be picture perfect! Lou Gehrig’s disease, and learn what grit, determination, and the powerful will to “finish” mean.
There will be a Q&A with Dr. Karen DaSilva, Sansum Clinic neurologist, following the screening. RSVP
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Awoke, which is all about space
and movement. Opening will
be death-metal band Bird of
Prey. 9pm. Blind Tiger, 409
State St. $12-$15. Ages 21+. Visit
musicislove.org.
11/14: Ancient Transfor-
mations: An Evening of
Charya Burt Cambodian
the NatUral liFt Dance Charya Burt pushes
the boundaries of traditional
Cambodian form, musically
Trust Your Face to a Facial and thematically, with classical
Plastic Surgeon for and folk dances that reflect her
Long-Lasting Results concerns and passions. 8-10pm.
MultiCultural Ctr. Theater, UCSB.
$5-$15. Call 893-8411 or visit mcc
.ucsb.edu.
11/14-11/15: Shakespeare Set
to Music The S.B. Symphony
will present famous suites
from Shakespeare’s As You
Like It, Romeo and Juliet, and A
Actual Patient of Dr Keller Midsummer Night’s Dream as
artists from the Ensemble The-
atre Company play their many
Call Today for a Consultation parts in a wonderfully dramatic
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11/14-11/15: 12th Annual Mesa
Artists Studio Tour The Mesa
extends from the city’s beautiful
harbor to the hillsides that rise
above dramatic sea cliffs. View
various paintings, artworks, and
sculpture in acrylic, oil, wood, and
more as artists open their home
studios, some tucked along
seaside lanes, to the public. 11am-
4pm. Various locations. Free. Visit
santabarbaramesaartists.com for
a map.
11/14: Fantastical Beasts
Beasts don’t have to be scary;
they can be fantastical! Guest
artist Ally Bortolazzo will teach
you how to make amazing
beasts out of discarded materi-
als. 10am-noon. Art From Scrap,
302 E. Cota St. $8. Children ages
5 and under must be accompa-
“The Sorcerer” by Virginia McCracken
Cont’d from p. 29.
11/14: Coronado Con-
servation Day The
butterflies are coming
for their wintering des-
tination. This day will be
filled with habitat resto-
ration, monarch docent
presentations, tips for
attracting pollinators to
your garden, children’s
activities, and more.
10am-1pm. Coronado
Butterfly Preserve, 7559
Palos Verdes Dr., Goleta.
Free. Call 966-4520 or
visit sblandtrust.org.
nied by an adult. Call 884-0459
or visit exploreecology.org.
11/14: Fall Booksale Once
the weather gets cold, nothing
sounds better than cuddling up
11/14: Art Reception:
Virginia McCracken This
S.B.-based artist creates
small-scale assemblages
inhabited by papier-mâché
figures. These figures are of
unknown species, gener-
ally related to cats, dogs,
rabbits, and horses, but
no one really knows. Step
closer to the art, and get
the whole story. The show
runs through December
30. 3-5pm. Porch, 3823
Santa Claus Ln., Carpinte-
ria. Free. Call 684-0300.
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The Herman P. and Sophia Taubman Foundation
Endowed Symposia in Jewish Studies at UCSB

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Doomed to Succeed: The US-Israel
Relationship from Truman to Obama

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courtesy
Friday, November 20 / 3:00 p.m. / Free
UCSB Campbell Hall
“Dennis Ross and ‘Middle East Peace Process’ are nearly synonymous.”
Elliot Abrams, The Wall Street Journal

in a blanket and reading. Get 11/15: 6th Annual Owls

your next reads at this book in Wonderland In cel-
sale, where there will be lots ebration of the anniversary
of new and gently used books of Lewis Carroll’s book
for both adults and children. Alice’s Adventures in Won-
Proceeds will benefit the vol- derland, students, family,
unteer program at the library. and community members
10am-3pm. Solvang Library, 1745 are invited for a whimsical
Mission Dr., Solvang. Free. Call afternoon filled with fun In Doomed to Succeed, Ambassador Dennis Ross takes us through every administration
688-4214 or visit sbplibrary.org. activities such as a Mad
Hatter’s Workshop, royal from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president’s attitudes toward
11/14: Foreverland: The croquet, arts and crafts, Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the
14-Piece Tribute to Michael and tea parties. There will
Jackson With four vocalists be live white rabbits and
events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach. He argues that
and a powerhouse rhythm and owls, food for purchase, distancing the United States from Israel in the Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush, and Obama
horn section, Foreverland will and, of course, Alice! 11am-
administrations never yielded benefits and explains why that lesson has never been
re-create hits from the Jack- 2pm. Laguna Blanca Lower
son 5 era through the end of Campus, 260 San Ysidro learned. Ambassador Dennis Ross is counselor and William Davidson Distinguished
Michael Jackson’s career. Moon- Rd., Montecito. Free. Ages Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
walk back to the past, and get a 3-10. Call 687-2461 or visit
glimpse of MJ. 9pm. SOhO Res- lagunablanca.org.
taurant & Music Club, 1221 State
St. $15. Ages 21+. Call 962-7776
2-3pm. Barbara Goodall Educa-
or visit sohosb.com.
tion Ctr., Wildling Museum,
1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang. $5.
11/14: Art Reception:
Ages 5-13. Call 686-8315 or visit Join the Taubman Symposia on Facebook for more information about our events
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plification and Aikido Dream
Artist Michael DeLucia’s exhibit For assistance in accommodating a disability, please call 893-2317.
11/14-11/15: 19th Annual Holi-
Appearance Preserving Simplifi-
day Home Look In Check
cation will highlight the differ-
out the architectural contrasts
ences between screen-based
and uniqueness of four homes
media and the reality of space
in Ojai Valley. Along with the
through the gallery’s transfor-
tour, you can get your holiday
mation into a corporate-styled
shopping done early at the
waiting area. Tam Van Tran’s
marketplace, featuring more
Aikido Dream, often translated
than 40 vendors and artisans
as “the way of unifying (with)
(see Holiday Boutiques on p. Plenty of space for wine, no room for snobbery
life energy,” will reflect intu-
27). Both events will benefit
ition, meditation, and philoso-
the Ojai Music Festival and its
phy. The shows run through
Bravo music education and
February 21, 2016. 6-8pm.
Museum of Contemporary Art
community programs. 10am-
4pm. Various locations in Ojai.
Voted Best Wine Shop santa
barbara®

S.B., 653 Paseo Nuevo. Free.

$30. Visit ojaifestival.org. Santa Barbara
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11/14-11/18: Great Clips Car-
pinteria Scholarship Drive
11/14: KidKraft: Snowflake
Mobile Make your own
Get your hair done by a pro- Largest selection of Central Coast wines anywhere!
fessional, and raise money for
nature-inspired and environ-
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students. Great Clips is hoping Plus a whole lot of imports.
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sunday 11/15
11/15: 2nd Annual Tri-Brew-
ery Volksmarch and Canned
Food Drive Embrace the old
German tradition of the Volks-
march, also known as “people
walk.” Hike a 2.3-mile route from
brewery (Island Brewing Co.)
to brewery (Rincon Brewery) to
brewery (BrewLAB), support the
Foodbank of S.B County, and
visit the only craft beer brewer-
ies in Carpinteria. Stay for the
after-party with food and live
music. Registration: 12:30pm;
Hiring in All Departments walk: 1:30pm. Island Brewing
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Procore Technologies, Inc. provides cloud-based construction management Honor the sacrifice and com-
software to clients across the globe. At Procore we’ve worked hard to maintain mitment of 18 World War II vet-
a culture where you are encouraged to own your work, given the resources to try erans from S.B. at this luncheon,
new ideas, and supported within an open, collaborative environment. We believe which coincides with both the
in keeping our employees happy, providing our teams with the latest tech, catered annual Veterans Day celebra-
lunches, dog friendly offices, and fitness programs. At Procore, you’ll have the tion and the 70th anniversary of
opportunity to work with a great group of people, mentor others, and grow. the end of WWII. There will be
Our headquarters is located on the bluffs above the Pacific Ocean in Carpinteria, video excerpts from interviews
with offices across the US.
with the honorees, the 2015
Legacy Award presentation
honoring their service, a WWII
military collection and exhibit,
and a performance by the Shir
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11/15: Native Vibe Blending
Sukie’s
Latin, African, Caribbean, funk,
Customized spray tans rock, and jazz, this band will
Look your best for
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books — as she hosts a
master-class presentation
and cooking demonstration.
There will also be a Q&A, food
and wine tasting, and a book-
signing. A portion of the pro-
ceeds will benefit Domestic
Violence Solutions and Inter-
national Orthodox Christian
Charities. 1pm. Saint Barbara
Event Ctr., 1205 San Antonio
Creek Rd. $60-$65. Call 455-
6725 or visit saintbarbara.net.
11/15: Family Nature Day
See what’s happening at the
Curiosity Lab, visit An Under-
water Adventure from the
Equator to Alaska, check out
photos of American Indian
life, and experience the year-
round exhibition halls for
free on this family day! 10am-
5pm. S.B. Museum of Natural
History, 2559 Puesta del Sol.
Free. Call 682-4711 or visit
sbnature.org.
11/15: Tory Lanez, Boogie
The Canadian rapper of mix-
tapes Conflicts of My Soul: The
416 Story and Lost Cause, Tory
Lanez is working on his debut
album, set to release in 2016.
This is your chance to see a
concert before the artist gets
huge! Opening the show will
be Compton rapper Boogie.
8pm. Velvet Jones, 423 State
St. $18-$20. Ages 16+. Call 965-
8676 or visit velvet-jones
.com.
11/15: Teen Dance Star
Audition Do you have what
it takes to be a dance star?
If so, those in 7th-12th grade
are welcome to apply for this
year’s competition. There will
be 10 semifinalists chosen to
face the Teen Star Showcase
before a live audience and
celebrity judge. Applications
must be turned in by Thurs-
day, November 12. Time and
location given after applying.
Free. Visit teenstarusa.com/
dance.
Monday 11/16
11/16: The Last Interna-
tionale, Built for the Sea,
Bell’s Roar, Ryan Harvey
Rock out to The Last Interna-
tionale, bringing raw and real
East Village rock sensibilities.
Guest stars include former

nov.
12-18
11/18: Mission Treasures
Tour Learn the history of the
mission and view some of the
most precious sites normally not
opened to the public, including
the Archive-Library. Proceeds
help support the mission and
Archive-Library. Reservations
are required. 10:30am-noon. Old
Mission S.B., 2201 Laguna St.
$20. Call 682-4713 x166 or email
museumtours@sboldmission.org
for future tour dates.
indie band Built for the Sea,
which broke up and reunited
to create a darker soundscape
that mixes hypnotic vocals and
electronic beats; Bell’s Roar, a
solo project of electronic com-
positions; and folk/peace-punk
musician Ryan Harvey. 7:30pm.
SOhO Restaurant & Music Club,
1221 State St. $10. Call 962-7776 or
visit sohosb.com.
11/16: Erin Graffy S.B.-based
author Erin Graffy will sign Ani-
malia, her new book of poetry
paired with Tom Mielko’s animal
portraits. Adults and children
of all ages will enjoy this book,
inspired by the animals of the
S.B. Zoo. 7pm. Chaucer’s Books,
3321 State St. Free. Call 682-6787
or visit chaucersbooks.com.
Tuesday 11/17
11/17: Garry Kasparov This
Russian-born political activist
and author of Winter Is Com-
ing: Why Vladimir Putin and the
Enemies of the Free World Must Be
Stopped led the pro-democracy
opposition against Putin in
2005 and attempted to run
against him in the 2008 Russian
presidential race. Now living in
self-imposed exile, he will stop
at S.B. to urge us to take a stand
against Putin. A book-signing
will follow the lecture. 8pm.
Campbell Hall, UCSB. $10-$15. Call
893-3535 or visit artsandlectures
.sa.ucsb.edu.
11/17: Cougar Estrada and
John Schnackenberg Enjoy
some live improvised jazz and
original tunes, cocktails, and
food in the East-meets-West
atmosphere of this venue. 7pm.
The Pickle Room, 126 E. Canon
Perdido St. Free. Call 965-1015.
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11/17: An Evening with Tavis
Smiley A voice for change, the
host of his own TV and radio
shows, an author of 18 books,
and a moderator of presidential
candidate forums, Tavis Smiley
will stop by UCSB to talk to the
community. 7-8pm. Corwin Pavil-
ion, UCSB. $5-$10. Call 893-2566
or visit mcc.sa.ucsb.edu.
11/17: The Luce Puppet Co.:
The Wizard of Oz This is the
classic The Wizard of Oz with a
twist! Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin
Man, and the Cowardly Lion will
travel to Oz as puppets. Don’t
miss this lively rendition! 10:30-
11:15am. Montecito Library, 1469 E.
Valley Rd., Montecito. Free. Call
969-5063 or visit sbplibrary.org.
Wednesday 11/18
11/18: Free Senior’s Day Enjoy
the changing nature, wildflow-
ers, native plants, gifts, and a free
historic postcard of your choice.
Those 60 and better in age will
be admitted free all day. 9am-
6pm. S.B. Botanic Garden, 1212
Mission Canyon Rd. Free. Call
682-4726 or visit sbbg.org.
11/18: Blair Robertson: Eve-
ning of Spirit This psychic
medium is back by popular
demand. Learn about medium-
ship connections and the spirit
world, and get your questions
answered in an intimate setting.
Then, he will “open the window”
and bring messages to people
TUESDAY!
Garry
richard salas
Kasparov
Winter is Coming: Why Vladimir
Putin and the Enemies of the Free
World Must Be Stopped
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in the audience. 7pm. Fess
Parker’s DoubleTree Resort, 633
E. Cabrillo Blvd. $75. Visit tinyurl
.com/psychicnightsb.
TUE, NOV 17 / 8 PM / UCSB CAMPBELL HALL
$15 / $10 UCSB students
A Russian-born political activist and chess
Grandmaster, Kasparov urges the world’s
democracies to take a forceful stand aganist Putin.
Books will be available for purchase and signing
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Volunteering p. 35

Teach for Life:

Deanna Marchiando Veterans
I e

paUl wEllman phOTOS

n 1965, Deanna Marchi- After landing that
ando accepted a teach- Cleveland position right
ing position at Cleveland out of the university, she
Elementary. She’s been there treated herself to a 1966
ever since, teaching 1st grade Ford Mustang. Since then,
for 25 years before switching to she’s put about 79,000
2nd. She’s never taught sum- original miles on it, and
mer school — that would’ve parks it in the carport of
cut into vacation time—and the home she’s lived in
she’s never considered moving since birth, just down the
into administration. That’s not hill from Cleveland. On LEGACY LUNCHEON: Pictured from left, WWII vets Len Berman, Jack
Nadel, and Ralph Baxter will be honored at a luncheon this Sunday.
her thing. She’ll stick with the her days off, she might
Below, Nadel displays safety pins from his bombing missions.
kids. “I’m pretty positive, and play the slots at Chumash

Honoring
I expect the best from them,” Casino. She also likes the
she says, adding, “You almost Dodgers, her Jack Russell

Jewish Fighters
gotta be a stand-up comedian, terrier, and trading in the
always thinking on your feet to stock market. She’s never
keep their attention. I call them been married, and while

my turkeys.” she doesn’t have any kids
Born the only child of of her own, this year she
Italian immigrants, Marchi- has 24 turkeys to teach.
ando picked up English in Colleagues describe her
the neighborhood surround- classroom style as honor-
ing Arnoldi’s Café. Pondering able, enthusiastic, gifted,
COURTESY
U
nited States Navy veteran Len Berman sailed through a
typhoon 70 years ago to return from Japan to the U.S. at the
end of WWII. Congregation B’nai B’rith, Santa Barbara’s
oldest synagogue, will honor Berman and 17 other area Jewish WWII
veterans on November 15 at its inaugural Children of the Covenant

her future with Bishop Gar- and supremely optimistic. Legacy Luncheon.
cia Diego High School’s first But she plays it down. “I’m The event fosters respect
graduating class, she thought, “Well, okay, I can be a not the teacher,” she said. “I’m just the facilitator, just among the Jewish commu-
teacher,” and enrolled in UCSB’s elementary educa- trying to spark interest and let the kids realize they nity for its living and lost
tion program. can do it.” — Keith Hamm Jewish WWII veterans,
“who fought for our fate
as Americans and Jews,”
Traditions
Vaqueros,
said B’nai B’rith Executive
Director Elizabeth Gaynes.
COURTESY

Video interviews with

Mount Up!
each ninety-something veteran will be shown at the luncheon, and
they will receive 2015 Legacy Awards and copies of their interviews to
share with their families.

T
he vaquero is California’s own homegrown
version of the cowboy, and the horse-riding,
riata-tossing, saddle-making cattleman
of yesteryear came into his own along the Central
Coast, working massive ranchos from Monterey to
Santa Barbara. Every year, the Santa Ynez Valley His-
torical Museum honors that cultural legacy with an
all-ages affair, this weekend hosting the 31st Annual
Vaquero Show & Sale Celebration.
“They were top-notch horsemen, probably the
best, and very different from the horsemen out of
Texas,” said the museum’s executive director, Chris
Bashforth.“But they had a lot of time on their hands
when they weren’t herding cattle, so the vaqueros
made a lot of things.” That includes saddles, boots,
riatas (or lassos), and spurs, and while it’s tough to
track down a legitimate vaquero today, there are
plenty of artisans who keep these traditions alive.
More than 50 of them, from saddlers and silver jew-
elers to leatherworkers of all sorts, will be in Santa
Ynez to sell those wares. “All of it is hand-done, and
no one is reselling anything,” said Bashforth. “It’s
keeping the vaquero tradition of hard work intact.”
Among other craftspeople in attendance will be
fifth-generation bit-and-spur-maker Gary Field,
saddle historian Griff Durham, custom saddle
maker Ron Butler, and Western-themed sculptor
Carl Ciliax.
COWBOY UP: Pat Puckett gives a roping demon-
stration at the Vaquero Show & Sale Celebration.
There’s also a Viva los Vaqueros preview dinner
on Friday, November 13, and the “show” part of
the weekend features roping performances by Pat
Puckett and Ramon Beccera, music by Tony Ybarra,
and An Evening of Cowboy Poetry and Humor with
nationally known funny guy Waddie Mitchell. Tick-
ets for the sale are only $5 per day, but prices vary for
other offerings.
See santaynezmuseum.org for details.
—Matt Kettmann
Of the connection between his Jewish faith and his time in the navy,
Berman said he attended service on his ship every Friday with the
other Jewish boys, who all wore an “H” on their dog tags for Hebrew.
The weekly service “gave us a good feeling,” he said.
A fellow veteran being recognized for his service B-29 Bomber Jack
Nadel, considers the event “as much of an honor for the people we lost
as it is for us.” Nadel, who launched a successful marketing company
after the war, collected the bomb safety keys from each of his missions
and sent them back home to his Jewish mother in New York City.
U.S. Army veteran and German Jew Ralph Baxter, whose family
escaped from the City of Hamburg before the war broke out, used his
bilingualism to help defeat the Nazis. He said the luncheon serves the
important purpose of “remind[ing] the younger generation, especially
Jews, of the reason we fought.”
Also on November 15, documentary filmmaker and philanthropist
Nancy Spielberg will speak about her newest film, Above and Beyond,
which tells the story of Jewish WWII veterans, their secret missions,
and their lives after the war. At a separate screening of the film, Spiel-
berg will answer questions from veterans and congregation members.
Courtesy of the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation, attendees
will be able to browse a collection of WWII memorabilia. At $136 per
person, tickets to the Legacy Luncheon include lunch, cocktails, and a
silent auction, among other entertainment. Tickets will in part benefit
the Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation. — Léna Garcia
4·1·1 The Children of the Covenant Legacy Lun-
cheon will take place Sunday, November 15, from
11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Congregation B’nai B’rith (1000 San Antonio
Creek Rd.). To purchase tickets, visit cbbsb.org.
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Of Mice
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How Wildlife Loss Affects
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Hillary Young,
Assistant Professor
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Tuesday, Nov. 17, 4 PM

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Reception to follow

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 living | Sports

Marube, Couch Win S.B. Half Marathon

Many Race to Support Veterans or Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy

R
unners went from sea to shining sea last Sat- Lucy Lunt, 7, was one of

michael stout photos

urday during the sixth Santa Barbara Veter- three youngsters with SMA
ans Day Half Marathon. Because of traffic who carried the torch that
concerns at the entrance to the UCSB campus, started with Gwendolyn on
the army of some 2,500 men, women, and chil- Saturday. “We’ve known the
dren was diverted to the bike path at Goleta Beach before Strongs since her diagnosis,”
the racers merged onto Highway 217. That gave them a good said Lucy’s mother, Cherisse
look at the ocean, which they did not see again until they Lunt, of Palo Alto. “This is
descended Shoreline Drive on their way to the finish of the the first time I’ve run with
13.1-mile race at Leadbetter Beach. Participants praised the Lucy. It was hard pushing 100
new configuration of the course, which formerly started pounds. I thought I did pretty
at the Page Youth Center and traced its way on residential good.”
streets for the first several miles.
For the fourth time here, Moninda Marube showed BIG APPLE PRIDE: Santa
his Kenyan distance-running prowess. Marube, who has Barbara residents along the
settled in Maine, twice won the erstwhile Santa Barbara half-marathon route were
International Marathon (2010 and 2011), and last year he forewarned there would be
won the half marathon. His time of 1 hour, 8 minutes, 41 traffic delays when the high-
seconds — almost three minutes faster than runner-up est concentration of run-
Sean Harrington of Goleta — set the standard on the new ners entered the city. But it
ZOOM: Some 2,500 runners merged onto
course. Kelly Couch of Hillsborough was the first female was nothing like what New Highway 217 as they set out for the Santa Barbara
finisher in 1:22:48. Yorkers experienced during Veterans Day Half Marathon. Moninda Marube
Aside from the scenery — which included a colorful cor- the New York City Mara- (left) won the race at a time nearly three minutes
ridor of star-spangled banners in the last mile — this run thon, which occurred on faster than the runner-up.
was no day at the beach. The rolling hills on Modoc Road November 1. Almost 50,000
and the half-mile climb on Cliff Drive made it a demanding runners started in consecu-
physical and mental test, accentuating one’s sense of accom- tive waves on Staten Island. OUR MAN IN HOUSTON: Curly Guillen of
plishment. “That hill — it killed me,” said Marube, who was A solid mass of moving Goleta is trying to qualify for the 2016 U.S. Olym-
clipping off five-minute miles until he made the left turn off humanity filled Brooklyn’s pic Marathon Trials on February 13 in Los Angeles.
Las Positas Road. He lost his tempo but was in no danger Fourth Avenue for several “I need a fast time,” he said. The standards are 2:18
of losing the race. hours. I was there, and I was for a marathon or 1:05 for a half, and that’s why
While the first dozen or so finishers were separated from trying to figure out how to you didn’t see him on the Santa Barbara course.
the pack, the half marathon was a social affair for most cross the street. It would have “It’s hard, and I need fast competition,” he said.
people and a platform for a number of causes. There was been necessary to enter the The graduate of Dos Pueblos High and UCSB set
thematic recognition of military veterans, many of whom flow of runners and change a personal best of 2:23:33 at the Chicago Marathon
traded boots for running shoes. Prominent throughout lanes, perhaps running a last month. “I got into a funk,” Guillen said. “When
the race were runners wearing the “Never Give Up” shirts half-mile before working my way to the other side. I found the lead woman [Kenya’s Florence Kiplagat, who finished
representing the Gwendolyn Strong Foundation (GSF). another solution: reboarding the subway that had taken me in the same time] caught up, I snapped out of it.” His last
Gwendolyn Strong lived almost eight years in the grip there and going one stop further. There were an estimated shot will be on a flat course at the Chevron/Houston Half
of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a disease that affects million spectators lining the streets — fans of the Mets, Yan- Marathon on January 17. His coach, Terry Howell, said
children similarly to ALS’s seizing of adult bodies. With her kees, Knicks, Nets, Giants, Jets, Rangers, and Islanders — all the Thanksgiving 4 Miler at the Magnolia Center will be a
parents pushing her in a specially equipped stroller, Gwen- united in support of the runners. speedy time trial. “Curly wants to run 19 minutes,” Howell
dolyn did three Santa Barbara Half Marathons, including said. That’s 4:45 per mile. n
last year’s. She died in July, three months short of her eighth OUR MAN IN HAVANA: Veteran Santa Barbara runner
birthday. Gary Clancy ran the hometown half marathon as
Her parents, Bill and Victoria Strong, both ran on Sat- a warm-up for the Havana Marathon this Sunday.
Presidio Sports:
AtHleteS of the Week
urday. “It was an emotional run for us both,” Bill said, “but He is one of 567 registered participants from the
in a good way” — because 125 other runners and 25 sponsors United States, seven times the previous number,
joined them on Team GSF, raising $125,000 for the founda- in the 29th edition of Cuba’s race, known as the
tion devoted to SMA research. Marabana.
presidio sports photos

John Zant’s GAMe of the Week

11/13: High School Football: Newbury Park at Bishop Diego Bishop’s Cardinals
enter the CIF play-offs with a 10-0 record for the second time in four years, but the odds
are stacked against their reaching the semifinals as they did in 2012. Because of their
past success, they have been moved into the Northern Division, one of the strongest
in the Southern Section. Newbury Park (6-4) has student body of 2,600, while
Bishop’s is 260. The Panthers are one of four teams out of the Camino League, which Julia Gan, George Kuesis,
includes top-seeded Camarillo. Their quarterback, Cameron Rising, has thrown Cate Tennis. San Marcos water polo.
36 touchdown passes. The Cardinals hope to shake loose their electrifying game- She swept her singles He scored three goals and
breaker, AV Bennett, whose five touchdowns in the last two weeks came on runs and sets, leading the Rams to made several big defensive
kick returns from 52 to 95 yards. Bishop did win a coin flip to host a second-round game CIF Division 2 first- and plays, helping the Royals
November 20 if it should advance. 7:30pm. La Playa Stadium, S.B. City College. second-round wins. beat Santa Barbara to earn
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Which restaurants serve
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ner on Thanksgiving Day?
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phone calls to find the answer,
just for The Santa Barbara Inde- DAY
pendent readers. Here is my list of res-
taurants serving a Thanksgiving dinner on NOVEMBER 26

• Wine Guide
Thursday, November 26. Restaurant names with
an asterisk are already sold out. • Root 246* (reserve six weeks in advance),
686-8681
BruNcH 7am-11am
• Ballard Inn Restaurant, 688-7770 • Roy, 966-5636
• Bella Vista at Four Seasons Biltmore, 969-2261 • Sage & Onion (take-out only, three days’ notice
THANKSGIVING meNu
• Belmond El Encanto, 845-5800 required), 845-4134 Noon-8pm
• Bistro at Bacara Resort & Spa, 968-0100 • Seagrass, 963-1012
3-cOurSe $35
• The Black Sheep, 965-1113 • Shoals Restaurant at Cliff House Inn, 652-1381
• Blush Restaurant and Lounge* (reserve four • Sly’s (take-out only, at least 10 days’ notice kids menu $15
weeks in advance), 957-1300
• bouchon* (reserve six to eight weeks in
advance), 730-1160
required), 684-6666
• Stella Mare’s* (reserve six to eight weeks in
advance), 969-6705
Dining Out Guide Reservations Number One State St.
• Brasil Arts Café, 845-7656 • Stonehouse at San Ysidro Ranch, 565-1724
recommended: Santa Barbara
• Brothers Restaurant at Red Barn, 688-4142 • Tee-Off Restaurant, 687-1616 805.963.4466 eladiosrestaurantsb.com
• Bucatini, 957-4177 • Treehouse Restaurant, 687-2426
• Cadiz, 770-2760 • Willows at Chumash Casino Resort, 686-0855
• C’est Cheese (boxed traditional side dishes, • Wine Cask, 966-9463
uncooked free-range turkey), 965-0318
• Cold Spring Tavern, 967-0066 MARBELLA OPENS AT THE HYATT: The
• Creekside Buffet at Chumash Casino Resort, Bistro 1111 restaurant inside the Hyatt at 1111 East
686-0855 Cabrillo Boulevard has been renovated and was
Food & drink •

• Crocodile Restaurant & Bar at Lemon Tree given a new name: Marbella.
Inn, 687-6444
• Dargan’s Irish Pub & Restaurant, 568-0702 OCEAN HOUSE COMING TO BACARA: Miró
• El Torito, 963-1968 restaurant at the Bacara Resort & Spa closed
• Eladio’s, 963-4466 last December. This December, a new restau-
• Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort, 564-4333 rant will open in its place named Ocean House.
• Finch & Fork at Canary Hotel, 879-9100 Bacara’s Bistro restaurant temporarily moved
• Fresco Café at Five Points (side-dishes & dessert into the Miró space and will occupy it through
only, take-out only, three days’ notice required), Thanksgiving.
967-6037
• Frog Bar & Grill at Glen Annie Golf Course, CASINO CONSTRUCTION: While making
968-0664 my Thanksgiving calls, I found out that Willows
• Harbor Restaurant, 963-3311 and the Creekside Buffet at the Chumash Casino
• Harry’s Plaza Café, 687-2800 Resort are being renovated. I am told that Wil-
• Holdren’s, 965-3363 lows reopens November 16 and the Creekside
• Hungry Cat, 884-4701 Buffet reopens November 23.
• Jack’s Bistro & Bagels in Carpinteria (eat-in or
take-out, three days’ notice required for take- CRAZY GOOD BREAD CLOSES: Readers Ray
out), 319-0155 and Henri let me know that Crazy Good Bread
• Joe’s Café, 966-4638 Co. at 4191 Carpinteria Avenue, Carpinteria, has
• Julienne, 845-6488 closed. Henri sent me a photo of a sign on their
• Live Oak Café, 845-5193 window that reads: “Dear Devoted Customers, It
• Longboard’s Grill, 963-3311 is with great regret that we are closing our doors.
• Louie’s at the Upham Hotel, 963-7003 After a wonderful few years of being a part of the
• Marbella (formerly Bistro 1111) at Hyatt, 730-1111 Carpinteria community, we are sorry to put an
• Marmalade Café, 682-5246 end to our business. We have been overwhelmed
• Moby Dick Restaurant, 965-0549 by the tremendous support of this community,
• Montecito Wine Bistro, 969-7520 especially over the last few weeks as word has
• Mulligan’s Café & Bar, 682-3228 spread that we are closing. Your dedication, gen-
• Petit Valentien, 966-0222 erosity, and support are a treasured part of our
• Petros in Los Olivos, 686-5455 experience here. Thank you for making a differ-
• Plow & Angel at San Ysidro Ranch, 565-1724 ence in our journey!! Very truly yours, The Crazy
• Relais de Paris, 963-6077 Good Bread Team.”

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Letting Music Be the Teacher

JAMS and MAC FoSter Creative thinking
S
tandardized tests, mountains of home-
work, and class requirement upon
them achieve other goals
throughout life.”
l i f e
requirement— few would argue that
requirement Earle and Caretto, along page 45
the demands upon K-12 students are with Earle’s son Cody and
lightweight. And while proponents of infa- a handful of volunteers,

mously underfunded music education pro-
grams across the states often cite improved
test scores and enhanced cognitive abilities
as a supplement for such analytical stresses, a
pair of Santa Barbara music schools remind
us: Music is also its own reward.
Enter Star Jasmine Music (JAMS) and the
Music and Arts Conservatory (MAC), two
long-standing area institutions champion-
ing the study of music for the love of music
and creative thinking, and all the brain
boosts that come with it. This autumn sees
both schools in the midst of raising funds —
JAMS with a recent instrument swap meet,
and MAC with an upcoming November
28 concert at First Congregational Church
— and attendances downsizing, and both
encountering the struggles music education
programs face across the state generally.
JAMS founder Nancy Earle opened her
nonprofit music space in 1996 following the
death of her daughter, who was killed by a
falling pine tree in Yosemite. “Music helped
me heal, and in turn the mission is to help
many people know the healing power of
music,” she said.
JAMS offers free music classes to the
underserved Eastside community, also
doubling as a music exploration space, with
instruments to try for free, as well as a for-
rent recording area. JAMS gives students
the chance to perform live, and artists like
Glen Phillips and J.R. Richards have been
known to give master classes. “The confi-
dence that they get from performing live is
such a positive change,” said teacher Scott
Caretto. Helping students gain assurance as
singers or guitar players, he said, gives them
a sense of improved self-worth. “It helps
ben crop
foster a no-pressure envi-
ronment for students to
explore music. “We’re dif dif-
ferent in the sense we’re
alternative. You don’t have
to know how to read and
write music in order to play
it,” Earle said.
The Music and Arts
Conservatory, founded Toby Roennqvist (left) and Selina Murdy
by Lana Bodnar in 1989,
emphasizes “enlightenment
over the spotlight,” accord- Good KidS
ing to its website. Indeed,
ask MAC instructors such MUSIC AS HEALER: JAMS founder Nancy Earle works with rock luminaries, t
tackles campus rape
G
such as Dave Mason from Traffic, who together promote the healing powers
as John Etsell how and why ood Kids is an example of the theatrical medium
of music education.
they teach, and they are being used to present a dark, unsettling exhi-
sure to place emotional resonance above touring with legends like Johnny Thun- bition of a disturbing societal malady. An SBCC
technical proficiency. In fact, it’s the very ders and Suicide, encourages his students Student Showcase production, Good Kids, Naomi Iizuka’s
thing that brought Etsell, a former MAC to approach their music with imagination play about sexual violence perpetrated against woman
student, back to the school that taught him. and critical thinking. “It’s to get them really too intoxicated to grant consent, examines the intrica-
Etsell said MAC helped him truly appre- curious about all sorts of aspects of art, and cies and horrors of rape and the associated (often very
ciate classical music, particularly chamber to just get them excited about knowing that public) consequences of the crime.
music, in a way that was approachable and they can question what everyone’s been say- In the play, main character Chloe does not remember
personal. “The classical music world can get ing about how to do things,” he said. Besides the events after last Saturday night’s party. The news
filled with pressures and crazy anxieties, and helping students master the traditional com- of the event spreads at a high rate of efficiency thanks
we try to minimize that through emphasiz- posers, he’s been known to inspire cello cov- to the widespread use of social media. But Chloe is
ing that it’s about the music and loving that. ers of Nirvana, Metallica, and AC/DC, in the confused: Did she allow the sexual acts? Was she too
There’s nothing really to be scared of,” he name of creating a deeper connection to the intoxicated for her consent to be considered viable? Is
said. instrument. this event considered a very straightforward rape?
Learning at MAC is not limited to sheet Attendance to MAC has dwindled some- Iizuka’s play forces this often convoluted issue to
music and strings, either. Poetry classes, art what over the course of its existence, an effect the forefront of audience minds by posing questions
classes, and music history classes round out Etsell said is likely due to increased rigors to that demand more than an easy answer. “If we take
the curriculum, with field trips and guest perform. Music and arts education, he feels, it as a starting point that college campuses are not
artists to boot. High school students can is precisely the antidote to today’s competi- filled with sociopathic predators,” Iizuka said, “what
earn independent study and community tive résumé-building demands. “There’s no is it that creates a situation where this happens?” The
service credits through MAC programs. pressure or regimented curricula, and you’re play also questions the damaging societal notion that
Misha Bodnar, a cellist who earlier in his not being tested.You’re just going to invest in women should be in charge of avoiding rape rather
music career was a Paris-based punk rocker yourself,” he said. — Richie DeMaria than men being held accountable for their actions.
“There’s traditionally been such uneven, inappropri-
ate responsibility placed on young women to not dress

Avicii Keith RichARdS in a certain way or to limit their alcoholic intake,” said
Iizuka. “There’s an enormous energy around the issue

StorieS
Cross Avicii off that EDM artist list. In
Stories, the Swedish deejay blends
electronic music with a variety of
genres: Zac Brown Band brings
a little bit of country to “Broken
Arrows”; singer/songwriter Zak Abel’s rhythms of gritty blues are
infused into “Ten More Days”; “Can’t Catch Me,” featuring Matisyahu
and Wyclef Jean, has a dash of reggae; and “Pure Grinding” offers
bursts of funk and hip-hop, thanks to Kristoffer Fogelmark and Def
Jam’s Earl St. Clair. Avicii fills the other tracks with alternative pop and
dance beats. Continuing to earn his title as a progressive deejay, Avicii
successfully explores boundaries beyond the EDM realm.
— Ginny Chung
CroSSeyed Heart
It’s been 23 years since Keith Richards has graced us
with a solo release, but album number three, Crosseyed
Heart, has finally arrived — and what a breath of fresh
Heart
air it is. The titular track opens with Richards doing his
best Robert Johnson impression and then kicks into
high gear with the slightly wonky “Heartstopper,”
which is riff-rich but lyric-poor. “Robbed Blind” is a
countrified, pedal-steel ballad with lyrics that seem to recall the love triangle between
Richards, Anita Pallenberg, and premier ’60s rock casualty Brian Jones. “Trouble” is the
rocking single that smacks of Some Girls–era Stones. “Love Overdue” is Richards’s irie
cover of the late, great Gregory Isaacs’s 1974 Jamaican chart-topping reggae gem. What
becomes evident from listening to Crosseyed Heart is that Richards needs to release solo
albums with more frequency. — Sean Mageean
of sexual assault on campus,” she continued. “You don’t
solve a problem like sexual assault with anything other
than a deep shift in attitude, and a deep shift in atti-
tude happens conversation by conversation, in dorm
rooms, parties, and rehearsal halls.”
Good Kids brings awareness of this epidemic, and
allows the audience to consider the after-effects of
sexual violence, especially in situations where consent
is ambiguous. (See independent.com/goodkids for the
full preview.) — Maggie Yates
4•1•1
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 a&e | DANCE PREVIEW

Ballet HitS
tHe Great BookS Santa Barbara Solo Debut

Melissa Etheridge
S
tudents everywhere
This is M.E. Solo

brad elliott
love to move, but it’s
up to their teachers to
SUN, NOV 15 / 7 PM (note special time)
decide how that will hap-
pen. While it could mean UCSB CAMPBELL HALL
remaining cooped up and Tickets start at $50 / $25 UCSB students
fidgety at a desk until recess,
there are alternatives that “Melissa Etheridge has always
don’t sacrifice learning for poured her heart and soul into
the sake of physical activity.
One of the best and most her music, so it’s no surprise
innovative educational pro- that the same depth of
grams designed to com-
bine movement and serious emotion permeates her shows.”
study was created right here Hollywood Reporter Media Sponsor:
in Santa Barbara by Cecily
Stewart, a dancer and com-
munity outreach specialist
with State Street Ballet.
In Stewart’s Library
Dances program, profes-
Kronos Quartet
sional dancers collaborate David Harrington, violin
with teachers and students
to create a hybrid perfor-
John Sherba, violin
mance that’s based on a Hank Dutt, viola
work of classic literature.
Students enter the world of THE SCARLET LETTER: Laguna Blanca students (from left) Clara
Sunny Yang, cello
a great book through move- Hillis, Maddie Sokolove, and Darwin Miguel perform in a Library THU, NOV 19 / 7 PM
ment as well as reading, and Dances show from October. (note special time)
the results are spectacular.
UCSB CAMPBELL HALL
Young people who might
$Tickets start at $25
otherwise be intimidated by
ballet or Shakespeare wind
liBrary DanceS $10 UCSB students
up onstage, fully engaged by Gives students
both art forms at once.
StaGe experience “The ensemble has
This weekend, Santa revolutionized the approach
Barbara Junior High School
by Charles Donelan to string quartet repertory.”
presents its Library Dances
project, the cheekily named The New York Times Media Sponsor:
Romeo and Pirouette, for two nights, on Fri- the excitement and popularity of the program
day, November 13, and Saturday, November is unparalleled. There’s something about
14, at the school’s Marjorie Luke Theatre. For being around professional dancers that gets
this production, SBJHS drama teacher Rich students interested in the arts like nothing
Lashua has recruited not only Stewart and else I’ve witnessed. Their unique combination
her State Street Ballet team but also UCSB’s of discipline, athleticism, and passion for the
Pink Martini - Holiday Show
Heather Stanford, an Equity actor who has art form makes them extraordinarily effective THU, DEC 3 / 8 PM / ARLINGTON THEATRE
created Shakespeare programs for schools all as mentors. Tickets start at $35 / $20 UCSB students
over the country. Add to that the fact that Stewart teaches An Arlington facility fee will be added to each ticket price

The first half of Romeo and Pirouette pairs with such warmth, energy, and generosity
acted scenes from the play Romeo and Juliet that everyone feels motivated to get onstage
as adapted by Stanford with dances choreo- and dance their best, and you have a recipe
graphed by Stewart. The 25 Santa Barbara for maximum educational impact. When
Junior High students will act the scenes on students reread the text after performing it,
their own and then dance with four perform- they are returning with a deep sense of who
ers from State Street Ballet: Leila Drake Fos- the characters are and of what’s at stake in
sek, Daniel Salinas, Anna Duwaldt, and Isis every scene. I’ve never had a group get this
Uribe. After intermission, the students will involved in The Scarlet Letter before, and that’s
return to present Drop Dead, Juliet!, a one-act largely due to the vivid understanding of the
comedy by Allison Williams that asks what if story they achieved through participating in
there were a little less poison in Shakespeare’s Library Dances. The same was true of our Event Sponsors:
plot and a lot more romance. 2014 experience, in which we performed Anne & Michael Towbes
Earlier this fall, 48 high school students Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
at Laguna Blanca School participated in a If you have ever wondered what total student
Patricia Gregory for the Baker Foundation
Library Dances production of The Scarlet engagement in classic literature would look
Letter. As the teacher responsible for bringing like, you should get to the Luke this weekend (805) 893-3535
the dancers to Laguna Blanca, I can attest that and see for yourself.
www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
4•1•1 Romeo and Pirouette takes place Friday-Saturday, November 13-14, at Marjorie Luke
Theatre, 721 East Cota Street. Both performances are at 7 p.m., and tickets are available
at the door. For more information, call 884-4087 or see luketheatre.org.
Arlington event tickets can also be purchased at:
(805) 963-4408
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The darling updated

AuThor Mitchell KriegMan Brings clarissa BacK to life
by D.J. Palladino

M
ore than 20 years ago, my wife and I fell in love
with the Nickelodeon television show Clarissa
Explains It All. We pretended to watch with our
grammar-school-aged son, Zac, but truth be told,
we continued to watch it long after he lost inter-
est. Clarissa was everything my spouse Diane wished she was
when she was 14: killer fashion sense (Clarissa invented the
mismatched-prints-with-Doc-Martens look), confidently
smart, opinionated (glib even), and quite capable of defend-
ing her strongly held eccentric ideas with fun, quirky logic.
I watched the show for some of those same reasons, but also
because growing up fully television-ated in the Golden Age of
Leave It to Beaver
family sitcoms (Leave Beaver, Father Knows Best
Best), I was
utterly fascinated that the show’s originator Mitchell Kriegman
and his writing team (including Suzanne Collins, who would
later write the Hunger Games books) could repurpose the TV
family dynamic so thoroughly. The parents were surreal but
functional incompetents, while the children worked triple
hard at making things make sense, even if they often reached
nutty conclusions. Clarissa had a running commentary on

paul wellman file photo

whatever she felt or was thinking, and those thoughts were
often more interesting than the sitcom “problems.” Besides,
there was Sam, a neighbor boy with a ladder into Clarissa’s
bedroom and heart. The innocence of their friendship was
matched by the ardor of respect they held each other in—it
was unlike anything else on television, and funny to boot.
Diane, a teacher, was so taken with Clarissa’s liberated
savvy that she would tell mothers with pubescent girls, “Oh,
you should Hulu it and show your child this TV program;
the girl character is so great!” She even confesses emulation
of Clarissa’s stretch-the-fashion-boundaries sense, though
adapted for an age-appropriate look.
Imagine our excitement to learn that Kriegman lives in
Santa Barbara—he moved here to raise his own children and
to write books; he also writes for this paper—and, even better,
that he was engaged in writing a book about Clarissa older,
brought back as herself but, to put it crudely, the way she does
in the book, after her V-Card was taken. The girl is a woman
now. Add to this the full cast of familiar characters. Parents
separated. Dad, who used to call her “Sport,” is apparently
dismayed the kooky mom Janet is now a millionaire. Clarissa’s
obnoxious brother is a kind of criminal, and her Sam is love
realized but strangely gone missing.
Kriegman’s own excitement about the book was mixed
with nervousness two weeks ago, just as the book, Things I
Can’t Explain: A Clarissa Novel, was about to appear in stores.
For one thing, it’s much different writing a novel than writing
television, more solitary an endeavor, demanding more
psychological truth. “I wanted to keep everything about her,
only make her older,” said Kriegman over lunch downtown,
“with all that involves. We didn’t do a show about sex. We
avoided sex altogether.” He doesn’t hide from it in Things
I Can’t Explain. In fact, besides a gamut of adult boyfriend
problems, one of the best scenes in the book is an unabashed
sex-in-a-car scene that might leave some readers shocked,
though it is handled with utter sensitivity. “I wanted to bring
back the purest, cleanest version of her,” Kriegman said.“But I
always wanted to go much deeper into her character than five
seasons allowed us to.”
Kriegman always wanted her back. “I never wanted her
to go away,” he said. It was the network itself that pulled the
plug just as he was ready to really dig in, he said. Ironically,
it was Nickelodeon’s carte blanche attitude in the beginning
that brought Clarissa into being. Kriegman had been a
performance artist and a Saturday Night Live writer and
All GROWN UP: Clarissa Explains It All creator Mitchell Kriegman has brought his beloved character back to audiences — this time on the
page in Things I Can’t Explain: A Clarissa Novel. Clarissa is tougher, wiser, and still windy. “She was a lot like Bugs Bunny; she had resilience,”
said Kriegman about reviving Clarissa.
took meetings with Nick exec Gerry Laybourne, who was
looking for creative pitches and a flagship character for the
lineup. Kriegman argued it ought to be a girl. When the series
premiered, sponsors got an immediate boost for both GI Joe
and Barbie sales; she appealed to both sexes, Kriegman said.
Her character developed quickly. “Initially we imagined
her a little snarkier,” said Kriegman, who had synthesized the
show’s format from a lot of other comic creations he admired.
“But then the sweetest, nicest person in the world showed up,
Melissa Joan Hart.” Kriegman readily admits that Hart, who
later played Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, helped form Clarissa’s
psyche, though not her fashion sense.“She couldn’t pronounce
Freud or even Tibet at first,” said Kriegman who loves Hart and
loves the idea of writing for specific performers.
But a novel doesn’t allow many aspects of the show that
fans loved. Like that crazy guitar chord that played whenever
Sam appeared. “It’s also harder to convey her fashion sense
in a book than it was in television,” said Kriegman, who got
lots of input from friends like Lisa Lederer, the wardrobe
consultant on the show, to update Clarissa’s look on the page.
Kriegman was the author of last year’s Being Audrey Hepburn,
another book that used fashion as magic and metaphor, so
his chops are brushed up. Things I Can’t Explain best conveys
Clarissa’s passion in a shopping sequence where she discovers
the perfect dress in a vintage shop. Kriegman’s prose sanctifies
Clarissa’s costume urge both as escape and self-expression.
Better yet, the grown-up fiasco disaster that follows is hilarious
and horrible.
This is Clarissa on the page, though Kriegman knows
some fans might not like where he’s taken her, and the title
underscores how her maturity has undermined the famed
rationalizing moments. Spouse Diane felt Clarissa lost some
of her old assertiveness, while I found the new problems much
more moving to watch unfold. The Sam backstory, though,
will probably anger a few people.
We meet the new Clarissa living in the Financial District of
Manhattan a short time after the newspaper she worked for
closed. She’s between jobs and boyfriends, and then her parents
show up unexpectedly. Meanwhile, there is the patented chatter
with graphs and lists, and in one brilliant passage, Clarissa
diagrams a sentence spoken by a pretentious male. And now
here she is back among us, sort of grown-up.“Like I said, I kept
everything, but I wanted her to be older. I wanted the book to be
a little lighter than it is, but it’s harder to be light in a novel, like
it’s harder to be darker on a television show.”
There are many brilliant moments in the book — the
Ferguson (Fergbreath) subplot seems harsh at first but gets
better. Clarissa is tougher, wiser, and still windy. There’s a
moment when Clarissa looks back on her “Explains It All”
period (many in-jokes fill the book) and says, “I coasted so
smoothly through those tween years. I was better than the
game. My goal in life was to be the star of my own reality, as
opposed to a reality star.”
It will be exciting to see what the people who grew up with
Clarissa think. Kriegman is waiting to see, too. “You know,
she was a lot like Bugs Bunny; she had resilience,” he laughed.
“She never lost her cool. My opinion? I think her character
was ready for something more than nostalgia. These are new
versions of old things. She’s reaching for new meanings from
old material, and I didn’t want to do a campy revival show.
You’ve got to be true to the brand.”
4•1•1
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SHowIng UP
a mUSIcaL and tHree PLayS from FoUr HIgH ScHooLS • by Charles Donelan
I
t happens every year, right after the cos-
tumes and (what’s left of) the candy from
Halloween gets put away and right before
the Thanksgiving holiday — that special
time when it seems as if every theater in
Santa Barbara is busy, from the Granada to the
grade schools, from UCSB to CST, SBHS, SMHS,
SBCC, and on through most of the rest of the
alphabet. If you happen to be one of the few
people left who are not in rehearsal or getting
your makeup done, don’t worry, because all you
have to do is figure out how to get to all the shows
you will want to see. By way of assisting you in
this challenging task, here’s a guide to four of
show-mageddon’s hottest tickets, each of them
the product of one of our area high schools’ busy
drama departments.
PIPPIn at Santa BarBara HigH ScHool
Many schools coast through the fall season on drama alone,
leaving the big musicals — with their outsized casts, props,
orchestras, and budgets—for springtime, when young peo-
ple’s thoughts turn naturally to such things as great first-act
finale songs. Not Santa Barbara High, though, where student
interest in musical theater has traditionally been through
the roof and where director Otto Layman and a remarkably
diverse team of creative personalities consistently deliver
musicals in both autumn and spring semesters. This year’s fall
production is Pippin, with music by Stephen Schwartz and the
book by Roger O. Hirson. SBHS stage veteran Bradley DeVine
is Pippin, and the divine Camille Umoff will perform the role
of the Leading Player. Christina McCarthy’s choreography is
sure to be spectacular, and her UCSB colleague Jon Nathan is
the show’s music director. In addition to Layman, who is now
in his 20th year at the school, the other creative principals are
Mike Madden (lighting), Bonnie Thor (costumes), and Rachel
Short (vocal director). The show has already been up for a
weekend and continues Friday, November 13, at 7 p.m.; Satur-
day, November 14, at 1 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, November 15,
at 2 p.m. at Santa Barbara High School (700 E. Anapamu St.).
Tickets are $25 for reserved orchestra seating, $15 for adults,
and $10 for students. Call 966-9101 or visit sbhstheatre.com/
tickets soon, as this classic show is likely to be very popular.
Pippin
ISAAC HERNANDEZ
STEPHEN FRAZIER
Peter and tHe StarcatcHer
at DoS PueBloS HigH ScHool
Clark Sayre, DP theater program director,
has a knack for landing the first shot at the
authorized high school productions of major
Broadway shows, particularly those licensed
by Disney Theatrical Productions, and Peter
and the Starcatcher is another in a series of
such coups for the program. The play by Rick
Elice is not a musical, but it does include music
by Wayne Barker and is based on the novel by
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Joining direc-
tor Sayre on the professional creative staff are
producer/technical director Noel Greer, cho-
reographer Gioia Marchese, musical director
John Douglas, and costume designer Miller
The Laramie Project
James. Performances are Friday, November
13, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, November 14, at 2 and
7 p.m.; and Sunday, November 15, at 2 p.m. in the Elings Per-
CouRTESy
forming Arts Center (7266 Alameda Ave., Goleta). Tickets
are $12 for adults and $10 for students. Call 968-2541 or see
dphs.sbunified.org.
tHe LaramIe Project
at San MarcoS HigH ScHool
The Laramie Project at San Marcos carries an emotional charge
of personal significance for director Riley Berris. As a theater
student at Loyola Marymount University, she lost a dear friend
who died in a car crash while driving back from Laramie after
Peter and the Starcatcher a fact-finding trip there in preparation for the Project
Project’s LMU
Theater production. It’s a big, serious undertaking for a high
Harvey at laguna Blanca ScHool school drama department, but that’s standard at San Marcos,
That big bunny is back—if he exists. Dana Ortner chose Har-Har where for many years David Holmes set a high bar for both
vey for her first show as Laguna’s new drama teacher because the musicals and the dramas. After last year’s excursion into
of its sweet nature and cross-divisional appeal. Visitors to the intellectual history with Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Berris and
school’s intimate Spaulding Auditorium can expect plenty her team take on the fin of the 20th siècle and its own set
of laughter and expert performances from the enthusiastic of cultural demons. Performances run Thursday-Saturday,
students in this dynamic program. Shows run Thursday- November 12-14, at 7 p.m., with a matinee Sunday, November
Saturday, November 12-14, at Laguna Blanca School (4125 15, at 2 p.m. at San Marcos High (4750 Hollister Ave.). Tickets
Paloma Dr.). Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students, and are $6-$8 for students and $12 for general admission. Call
are available at the door. Call 687-2461 or see lagunablanca.org.
lagunablanca.org 967-4581 or see shopsmroyals.org.
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 a&e | POP, ROCK & JAZZ PREVIEW
courtesy ucsB arts & lectures

BRAVE AND BELOVED: The

Heartland-raised rocker Melissa
Etheridge has a new sense of
selfhood proudly declared in
the title of her latest work, This
Is M.E.

this is SHE
I
t’s not too often that a legendary singer/ from the same place as rock ’n’ roll came. I
songwriter would feel the need to declare didn’t like the boundaries on the genres, and
who they are late into their career. After I love breaking across, so this album was an
two decades and multiple Grammys in, opportunity,” she said. Her decidedly rocking
an artist’s name and reputation should be song with RoccStar “shows you hip-hop has
self-explanatory — unless you’re Melissa the same rock ’n’ roll spirit, that insightful-
Etheridge. The Heartland-raised rocker, who ness, that dangerousness.”
rose to prominence in the late ’80s and early There have been other, deeper changes,
’90s with her heartfelt tunes, comes to UCSB too, especially with Etheridge’s health. In
this Sunday, November 15, with a whole new 2004, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
sense of selfhood, a newfound independence The decade since has seen the singer change
proudly declared in the title of her newest her health and lifestyle habits. While not the
work, This Is M.E. most rock ’n’ roll thing to do, she said, it saved
At 54, Etheridge her life and moved
has found the self-
centeredness and self-
understanding that
MELISSA ETHERIDGE
ShowcaSeS New Self
her further from an
industry that, earlier
on, encouraged self-
AC 2 AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH
comes with experience.
“I think a lot of it was at Solo PerformaNce
destruction. “It was
glorified to kill your- ANDERSON ANDY
turning 50 and what self. That was the end
&
COOPER COHEN
comes with that. There’s result of what we were
a point where you start by Richie DeMaria promoting,” she said.
looking at the lessons, In the beginning days,
at everything I’ve gone through and what she knew it wasn’t quite the right lifestyle for
I know, and get this thing called wisdom,” her. She joked, “Even when I first started out, DEEP TALK AND SHALLOW TALES
she said. “You can’t learn wisdom, you can’t I felt I can’t be a rock star, because I don’t have
teach wisdom; you have to just experience an addiction or drug problem.”
and learn it, so this album really came from Society, too, has changed since she started.
that feeling.” Long one of music’s most prominent LGBT
Thirteen albums into her celebrated career, activists and spokeswomen, Etheridge has
Etheridge is still very much the woman who remained a hopeful example as the nation
has inspired millions with hits like “Come to gradually grew to accept and, more recently,
My Window” and “I’m the Only One,” but embrace same-sex relationships. From a time
she has never been this free. This Is M.E. is her 20 years ago, when many in the LGBT com-
first self-released album, and the title, in part, munity were affected by the fearful realities of
invokes her new status of no longer being AIDS and forced to conceal their identities in
bound by a major label. The music business, the public eye, to a time now when Etheridge
Etheridge said, has “completely fallen apart,” is legally married with a wife and children,
and in its wake she has found the opportunity things have come a long way nationally.
to be in complete control. “It’s a renaissance Etheridge said she feels happy to be a part of
for artists; I can be on my own. I’m in charge the larger story. “It’s truly amazing to be part
of what I’m creating and what I’m doing with of the fabric.”
it, and that just feels great.” Etheridge will play solo — just her and her
The material on This Is M.E. finds Ether- instruments: a guitar, a piano, hand drums, Join Cohen and Cooper for an unscripted,
idge teaming up with new collaborators, and even a loop pedal. She will revisit old uncensored and unforgettable night of conversation
including hip-hop producer RoccStar, songs, new again in her hands. It will be
though Etheridge dismisses the idea that it’s Melissa Etheridge, truly independent and
a radical departure from her roots. “I always truly herself in a new way. She’s the only one,
SATURDAY
knew hip-hop, R&B, and soul music came and she’s one-of-a-kind. MARCH 12
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 a&e | POSITIVELY STATE STREET T H E S A N TA B A R B A R A S YM P H O N Y P R E S E N T S

Shakespeare Set to Music

Music by the book
by Richie DeMaria

courtesy
NATURAL WONDERS: It is
O Romeo, Romeo,
unwise to judge a book
by its cover, but what

wherefore art thou

about by its music?
Tonight, November

Romeo?
12, at the Ayni Gallery
(216 State St.), world
music fusionist Mela-
nie Hutton will cele-
brate the release of her
new album, Wood and
Snake, alongside the
concurrent release of
outdoorsman/wind
instrumentalist Bryan
Snyder ’s new book,
Further off the Map.
While independent MUSICAL WORLDS: Melanie Hutton will November 14, 2015 8pm I November 15, 2015 3pm I The Granada Theatre
works in their own showcase global fusion music from Wood and
Snake along with explorer/musician Bryan Nir Kabaretti, Conductor
right, the two releases Walton: As You Like It Suite
Snyder’s signing of his new book of travelogues. 
have some overlap the- Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
matically and in par- Mendelssohn: Suite from Midsummer Night’s Dream
ticipants — Snyder plays the recorder and tin whistle on Hutton’s album. Featuring actors from the acclaimed
What’s more, both works navigate unexplored territories, whether through Ensemble Theatre Company
yoking together as-yet-unwoven musical-geographic tapestries, as in Wood You haven’t heard the world’s most famous wedding
and Snake, or through describing the mysteries of seldom-seen corners of march featured in Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s
mountain ranges, as in Further off the Map. Dream until you’ve heard it with a full symphony orchestra.
The two works make for a natural pairing. “It’s really intertwined; my
Sponsors Chris & David Chernof Chris Lancashire & Catherine Gee I Media Sponsors
music’s very driven by nature, and that’s been my teacher,” Hutton said. She
describes her music as tapping into the enigmatic and spiritual forces that Fabulous seats from $28 For tickets call 805.899.2222 or visit thesymphony.org
drive the world. “I have been drawn to music that is unusual, so when I’ve
set out to create music, it’s always been with this drive to touch that kind
of mystery and share it.”
Snyder, too, seeks out “unusual spaces,” pushing beyond the boundaries
of civilization to places and risky situations “where I don’t have as much
control. And a certain kind of magical things happen in a way; I can see
things that no human has ever seen before,” he said.
The two invite the intrepid and continually intrigued to hear their shared
explorations of unique music and geologies. Snyder opens the night with a
free book reading and signing at 7 p.m., with Hutton performing with a full
band — including hammered dulcimer, oud, and tabla — at 8 p.m., for $15.
fri nov 13 7:00p & sat nov 14 7:00p
MARY IN MIDWINTER: Former October Project lead singer Mary Fahl, who
plays SOhO (1221 State St.) on Saturday, November 14, is also deeply tuned “romeo and pirouette”SBJHS and State Street Ballet’s Library Dances
in to the metaphysical matters of the world. “I drink and sleep that stuff — present this two-act performance as a blend of theatre, ballet, and comedy, as actors and
there is immensely more to our existence than meets the eye,” she said. dancers present an abridged presentation of Shakespeare’s famous love tragedy, immediately
turning it on its head in the one act spoof by Alison Williams, “Drop Dead, Juliet!” For more
Perhaps it’s her sensitivity to the out-of-body energies that makes her info and tickets please visit www.sbjhs.org or call 805-963-7751 x4028. See you there!
voice so otherworldly. Once a chamber-pop chanteuse for October Project,
she got lazily lumped by media into the Goth Queen category, although fri nov 20 7:30p
she herself is not much of one. “I’m just too silly to be goth; I mean, I love “seraphonium – Live” Empyrean Records presents this exciting
Dead Can Dance, but they need a little sense of humor,” she said. Going benefit concert for AHA! Join the “Best of the Best” Santa Barbara musicians performing
solo has allowed her to be wholly herself. as Seraphonium (songs from heaven) for an all-star musical extravaganza showcasing the
Nonetheless, Fahl became a contributor to vampire literature laureate extraordinary songs of composer Monte Schulz, in celebration of the release of his new
Anne Rice’s The Wolves of Midwinter audiobook, with her astounding album, After Many a Summer. For more info and tickets please visit www.seraphonium.
voice soundtracking the theme to the mysterious, wolf-ridden woodlands com or call 1-800-838-3066. Don’t miss this incredible one night only event!
of Rice’s world. In fact, Rice, a fan of October Project, wrote of the band’s
music in the text of Wolves even before Fahl penned its audiobook theme
sat dec 5 3:00p & sun dec 6 3:00p
— Fahl’s voice haunts the main character. Talk about meta. “the nutcracker” This traditional full-length production features all of our
The additionally film-scoring Fahl has had many admirers in literary favorite characters: Clara, The Nutcracker, The Rat Queen, The Sugar Plum Fairy and many others.
and cinematic circles. This year, Darryl Kubian composed his Shakespear- For more info and tickets please visit www.goletaschoolofballet.com or call 805-328-3823.
ean symphony O for a Muse of Fire with Fahl’s voice in mind; she was joined Directors Lisa and Emily Abshere have pulled together many talented people, ages 7 to adult
from the Goleta/Santa Barbara community to make this production a traditional holiday treat!
by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. And yet still, her voice is in many
ways beyond words, and must be heard and felt to be believed. What’s your piece of the Luke?
As the holidays near, what better way to honor a family member, mentor or loved one than
BENEFIT FOR BRYSON: Also tonight, the community is invited to a benefit by creating a lasting remembrance for someone you hold dear? Please consider joining our
concert for area music legend Tim Bryson, of The Pups and The Tearaways My Piece of the Luke campaign with the purchase of a permanent seat ($500) in the theatre
fame, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. A stacked lineup or a ceramic wall tile ($350) in the foyer. For more info check out our website or give us
of longtime area music heroes will take the stage at Blind Tiger (409 State a call. Get your piece of The Luke today!
St.) at 7 p.m. to help pay for medical expenses. “We are coming together
to celebrate him in an upbeat way, and it’s intended for the positive spirit
of healing,” said friend John Ferriter. n

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 arts & entertainMent listinGs

Architectural Founda-
tion Gallery –
Nina Warner: Urban Space:
The Parks of Santa Barbara,
through Nov. 20. 229 E.
Victoria St., 965-6307.
Artamo Gallery–Sense
of Calm, through Nov. 29.
11 W. Anapamu St., 568-1400.
Art From Scrap
Gallery–Welcome to
DyslexiaLand: Population 1
in 55, through Nov. 14. 302 E.
Cota St., 884-0459.
Arts Fund Gallery–Unin-
tended Consequences,
through Dec. 5. 205-C Santa
Barbara St., 965-7321.
Atkinson Gallery –
Richard Ross: Isolated,
Isolated
through Dec. 4.
Humanities Bldg., Rm. 202,
SBCC, 721 Cliff Dr., 897-3484.
Beatrice Wood Ctr. for
the Arts – Ojai Studio Art-
IN THE EYE: Iben Vestergarrd’s “Everything We Leave ists: Small Works, through
Behind” is part of the Faulkner Gallery’s abstract Nov. 15. 8585 Ojai-Santa
Paula Rd., Ojai, 646-3381.
exhibition, ArtSEE, on view through November 29. Cancer Ctr. of S.B. – Art
Heals, a permanent exhibit.
art exhibits 540 Pueblo St., Ste. A, 898-2204.
Carivintas Winery – Connie Rohde: The
Uninterrupted Brushstroke, through Dec. 31.

Ready to Make a Difference MuseuMs

Art, Design & Architecture Museum –
Garry Winogrand: Women Are Beautiful;
476 First St., Solvang, 693-4331.
Carpinteria Arts Ctr. – Inside Out
Nov. 30. 855 Linden Ave., Carpinteria,
Out, through

BECOME A
Talking Back: New Acquisitions; Stephen 684-7789.
Westfall: Stars and Candy Wrappers; Walter Channing Peake Gallery–S.B. S.B. Printmak
Printmak-
S. White: Inventions in Midcentury Architec
Architec- ers Juried Exhibition
Exhibition, through Jan. 21, 2016.
ture, through Dec. 6. UCSB, 893-2951. S.B. County Administration Bldg., 105 E.

MUSEUM DOCENT
Elverhøj Museum – C. Wood: East to West: Anapamu St.
The Kimono Series, through Jan. 24, 2016. Churchill Jewelers & Gallery –Thomas
1624 Elverhoy Wy., Solvang. 686-1211. Van Stein, ongoing. 1015 State St., 962-5815.
Karpeles Manuscript Library and Cypress Gallery– Angie Hamlin: The Sky's
Museum – First Long Distance Telephone, the Limit, through Nov. 29. 119 E. Cypress Ave.,
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Jack N. Mohr: Acrylic paintings, collages, Lompoc, 737-1129.
other early works, Lynn Deutch: Antarctica, Divine Inspiration Gallery of Fine
Kenya, Burma, Galapagos, through Dec. 31. Art – Felice Willat: Lifescapes, through Nov.
21 W. Anapamu St., 962-5322. 28. 1528 State St., 570-2446.

Open the Mind of a Child

• Docents provide an invaluable impact in the lives of
thousands of school children each year, inspiring and
teaching students how to think like a scientist and
connect with nature.
• Docenting at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural
History means becoming part of our museum community,
enjoying life long camaraderie.
• Docents enjoy twice a month continuing education
classes with Museum staff, curators, and invited
professionals.
• Docents at this Museum have fun as a group, venturing
outside the Museum, with educational field trips and
great retreats.
Ready to Make a Difference
Kristen Carte-Smith, School and Teacher Manager
805-682-4711 ext. 168 or e-mail kcartesmith@sbnature2.org
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805.682 .4711 . sbnature.org
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Museum of Contemporary Art S.B.– Faulkner Gallery – ArtSEE, through Nov.
Tam Van Tran: Aikido Dream; Michael 29. 49 E. Anapamu St., 962-7653.
DeLucia: Appearance Preserving Simplifica- Gallerie Silo – Michael C. Armour: EQUUS, EQUUS
tion, Nov. 15-Feb. 21, 2016. 653 Paseo Nuevo, through Dec. 6. 118-B Gray Ave., 640-5570.
966-5373. Gallery 113 – Sue Slater, through Nov. 28. La
Rancho La Patera & Stow House – Mul- Arcada, 1114 State St., 965-6611.
tiple permanent exhibits hosted by the Gallery Los Olivos – Sheryl Knight, Linda
Goleta Valley Historical Society. 304 N. Los
Carneros Rd., Goleta, 681-7216.
Mutti, and Gerry Winant, through Nov. 30.
2920 Grand Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7517.
S.B. Historical Museum – The Story of Goleta Library – GVAA November Art
Santa Barbara, permanent exhibition. Free Show, through Nov. 25. 500 N. Fairview Rd.,
admission. 136 E. De la Guerra St., 966-1601. Goleta, 898-9424.
S.B. Maritime Museum – Divergent Focal Harris and Fredda Meisel Gallery
Planes on the Channel: From Darkroom to of Art – Sicilian Translucency: Watercolor
Lightroom, through Jan. 3, 2016. 113 Harbor Paintings of Traveling Artists, through Jan. 1,
Wy., 962-8404. 2016. 2415 De la Vina St., 687-7444.
S.B. Museum of Art – Peter Halley: JadeNow Gallery – Ryan and Jeff Span-
Absurd, through Feb.
Geometry of the Absurd gler, ongoing. 14 Parker Wy., 845-4558.
21, 2016; Cayetano Ferrer: Interventions, Leigh Block Gallery – Susan Savage: Given
through Mar. 13, 2016; Looking In, Looking Light, through Jan. 16, 2016. 2050
to the Light
Photography, through
Out: Latin American Photography Alameda Padre Serra, Ste. 100, 563-8820.
Mar. 20, 2016; Degas to Chagall: Important Los Olivos Café – Suzanne Huska: Valley
Loans from the Armand Hammer Founda- Visions, through Jan. 7, 2016. 2870 Grand
tion, Visions of Modernity: 20th-Century
Japanese Woodblock Prints, ongoing
Ave., Los Olivos, 688-7265.
Lucky Penny – Campbell Baker, ongoing.
exhibitions. 1130 State St., 963-4364. 127 Anacapa St., 284-0358.
S.B. Museum of Natural History – Marcia Burtt Gallery – Susan Petty,
Edward S. Curtis: Luminous Portraits of through Nov. 29. 517 Laguna St., 962-5588.
American Indian Life, through Jan. 4, 2016. MCASB Satellite – Magic Mountain,
2559 Puesta del Sol, 682-4711. through Jan. 31, 2016. Hotel Indigo, 121 State
S.B. Museum of Natural History Sea St., 966-5373.
Ctr. – Multiple permanent installations. 211 MichaelKate Interiors & Art Gallery –
Stearns Wharf, 962-2526. Mood Swing, through Nov. 29. 132 Santa
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of
Art – Saar, Serra, Surls, and More: Thirty
Barbara St., 963-1411.
Montecito Aesthetic Institute – Patricia
New Acquisitons in Contemporary Art Art, Houghton Clarke & Stuart Carey: Metamor-Metamor
through Dec. 19. 955 La Paz Rd., 565-6162. phographs, through Jan. 5, 2016. 1150 Coast
Wildling Museum – Legacy and Loss: Village Rd., Montecito, 565-5700.
Landscapes of the S.B. Region, through Oliver & Espig Gallery of Fine Arts–Tielle
Feb. 1, 2016. 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, Monette and Sergey Fedotov, ongoing. 1108
686-8315. State St., 962-8111.
Pacifica Graduate Institute – Mythic
Galleries Threads: Art, Healing and Magic in Bali Bali,
Allan Hancock College Library – ongoing. 801 Ladera Ln., 879-7103.
Children’s book illustrations, ongoing. 800 Palm Loft Gallery – Heroes' Journey Journey,
S. College Dr., Santa Maria, 922-6966. through Nov. 15. 410 Palm Ave. Loft A-1,
Carpinteria, 684-9700.
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Porch –Virginia McCracken, through sat: Ulysses Jazz Band (7:30-10:30pm)
Dec. 30. 3823 Santa Claus Ln., Carpinteria,
684-0300.
sun, mon: Karaoke (9pm)
tue: Teresa Russell (10pm) L AGU NA B L A NC A s C h o o L
Porch Gallery Ojai – Jeff Mann: A wed: Victor Vega and the Bomb (10pm)
Catalogue of Unnatural Works, through Nov. M.Special Brewing Co. – 6860 Cortona
15. 310 E. Matilija Ave., Ojai, 620-7589. Dr., Bldg. C, Goleta, 968-6500.
El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State His- fri: King Zero (6:30pm)
toric Park – Nihonmachi Revisited: Santa sat: O.n.E (6pm)
Barbara’s Japanese American Community Maverick Saloon – 3687 Sagunto St.,
in Transition, 1900-1940 and Memorias y Santa Ynez, 686-4785.
Facturas, ongoing. 123 E. Canon Perdido St., fri: Jimi Nelson Band (8pm)
965-0093. sat: American Hotshots Party: Jimi and
S.B. Artwalk – Arts & Craft Show, ongoing the Gang (3 and 8pm)
Sundays. Cabrillo Blvd. at State St. Moby Dick Restaurant – 220 Stearns
S.B. City Hall Gallery – Ray Strong: Shared Wharf, 965-0549.
Ground, through Feb. 18,
Vision/Common Ground wed-thu: Derroy (5-8pm)
2016. De la Guerra Plaza, 568-3994. fri-sat: Derroy (6-9pm)
S.B. Tennis Club – Stories, Nov. 13-Dec. 4. sun: Derroy (10am-2pm)
2375 Foothill Rd., 682-4722. Mercury Lounge – 5871 Hollister Ave.,
SOhO Restaurant & Music Club – Mor- Goleta, 967-0907.
rison Hotel Gallery, ongoing. 1221 State St., mon: The Brambles (9pm)
962-7776. Pickle Room – 126 E. Canon Perdido St.
Sullivan Goss, An American Gallery – tue: Cougar Estrada and John Schnacken-
Lockwood de Forest Brass Cutouts, through berg (7pm)
Dec. 31; Angela Perko: Earthly Delight
Delight; Porter Theatre –Westmont Campus, 955
American Details, through Jan. 3, 2016. 7 E. La Paz Rd., 565-6045.
Anapamu St., 730-1460. fri: Some Enchanted Evening: Westmont
Tamsen Gallery – R.W. Firestone, ongo- Sings Broadway (9pm)
ing. 3888 State St., 687-2200. sat: Some Enchanted Evening: Westmont
wall space gallery – Aline Smithson: Sings Broadway (8pm)
Autobiography, through Dec. 31.
Portrait as Autobiography SOhO Restaurant & Music Club – 1221
116 C-1 E. Yanonali St., 637-3898. State St., 962-7776.
thu: Tokimonsta (8pm)
fri: Soul Majestic (9pm)
live MusiC sat: Mary Fahl (6pm); Foreverland:
Electrifyin 14 Piece Tribute to Michael
Jackson (9pm)
ClassiCal sun: Native Vibe (7:30pm)
Campbell Hall – Kronos Quartet. 574 Mesa mon: The Last Internationale, Built for
Rd., UCSB, 893-3535. the Sea, Bell's Roar, Ryan Harvey
thu 11/19 : 7pm (7:30pm)
First United Methodist Church –Tomas tue: Jay Clayton (7pm)
Cotik & Tao Lin Duo. 925 N. F St., Lompoc,
737-1809.
wed: SBCC New World Jazz Ensemble
(7:30pm) Jump down the rabbit hole!
fri: 7:30pm thu: Azeem x Underbelly (9pm)
Lotte Lehmann Concert Hall – UCSB
Wind Ensemble. Music Bldg. 1315, UCSB,
Velvet Jones – 423 State St., 965-8676.
thu: Lagwagon, Pears, The Runaway Kids, Sunday, November 15
893-3230. The All Brights (8pm)
thu 11/19 : 7:30pm fri: Part One Tribe (8pm) 11am - 2pm / 260 San Ysidro Road
sun: Tory Lanez, Boogie (8pm)
pop, roCk & jazz tue: Fly America (7pm)
Brasil Arts Café – 1230 State St., 245-5615.
fri: Live Music
Brewhouse – 229 W. Montecito St., • FREE ADMISSION & VALET PARKING •
884-4664.
thu-sat, wed: Live Music (9pm)
theater FOOD AVAILAbLE FOR PuRchASE
Campbell Hall – 574 Mesa Rd., UCSB,
893-3535. Center Stage Theater – Heathers: The A whimsical day of interactive learning and creative play
sat: Diana Nyad (3pm) Musical. 751 Paseo Nuevo, 963-0408.
sun: Melissa Etheridge (7pm) thu-sat: 8pm for young children. Featuring... a mad scientist, royal croquet,
Carrillo Recreation Ctr. – 100 E. Carrillo sun: 2pm
St., 722-8155. Granada Theatre –Shakespeare Set to art stations, tea parties, a Mad Hatter’s Workshop,
sat: Guitar Shorty (7pm) Music. 1214 State St., 899-2222.
Chumash Casino Resort – 3400 E. Hwy. sat: 8pm white rabbits & owls, and of course Alice!
246, Santa Ynez, (800) 248-6274. sun: 3pm
thu 11/19 : Salt N Pepa, Spinderella (8pm) Jurkowitz Theatre – Good Kids. SBCC West
Cold Spring Tavern – 5995 Stagecoach Campus, 965-5935.
Rd., 967-0066.
fri: Do No Harm (7-10pm)
thu-sat : 7:30pm
sun : 2pm
An event for the community
sat: Charlie Baker (2-5pm); Dusty Jugz
(6-9pm)
wed-thu: 7:30pm
OYES Theatre – Fame Jr. 316 E. Matilija St.,
LAGUNABLANCA.ORG 805.687.2461
sun: Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan (1:15- 646-4300.
4pm); The Nombres (4:30-7:30pm) fri: 6pm
The Creekside – 4444 Hollister Ave., sat: 1 and 5pm
964-5118. sun: 2pm
fri: Paradise Kings (9pm) San Marcos High School Auditorium –
sat: Hunter & The Dirty Jacks (9pm) The Laramie Project. 4750 Hollister Ave.,
wed: Country Night 967-4581.
Dargan’s – 18 E. Ortega St., 568-0702. thu-sat: 7pm
thu: Traditional Irish Music (6:30pm) sun: 2pm
sat: Live Music (10pm) UCSB Performing Arts Theater – Venus. now available at
tue: Karaoke (9pm) UCSB, 893-2064. independent.com
The Fig Grill – 5940 Calle Real, Goleta, thu-fri: 7:30pm
692-8999. sat: 2 and 7:30pm
sat: Dos Pueblos Jazz Quartet (6-8pm)
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.
137 Anacapa St., 694-2255.
fri: Live Music (5pm)
dance
Funzone – 226 S. MIlpas St.
thu 11/12 : Ratboys, Bedroom Sons, MultiCultural Ctr. – An Evening with
Gentleman Surfer, Baby (8pm) Charya Burt Cambodian Dance. Channel
Indochine – 434 State St., 965-3800. Islands Rd., UCSB, 893-7609.
tue: Indie Night (9pm) sat: 8pm
wed: Karaoke (8:30pm) The New Vic – BASSH! 2015. 38 W. Victoria
The James Joyce – 513 State St., 962-2688. St., 965-5400.
thu: Alastair Greene Band (10pm) fri: 7pm
fri: Kinsella Brothers Band (10pm) sat: 2 and 7pm

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Record-setting SATURDAY!
Long-distance Swimmer
An Afternoon with

Diana Nyad
SAT, NOV 14 / 3 PM
UCSB CAMPBELL HALL
FALL FILMS: This year’s OUTrageous Film Festival highlights international
Tickets start at $25
selections such as the Venezuelan film Liz en Septiembre, starring Patricia
Velasquez (left) and Eloísa Maturén. $10 UCSB students
In 2013 Nyad fulfilled her lifelong dream of completing the

STill OUTrageOUS 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida. She will discuss her
extraordinary quest to live life at the highest level.

T
he OUTrageous Film Festival returns to Santa Barbara this weekend.
Now in its 24th year, the festival continues its tradition of bringing an The High Frontier: Exploring the Forest Canopy
Mark Moffett,
international roster of LGBTQ films to town, with a spotlight on those
of the under-the-radar, left-of-center, and outside-the-box variety.
“We try to show films you can’t see in a theater. We try to keep it some-
thing unique and special,” said Committee Chair Robby Robbins. That, he
Ecologist and Photographer
said, is becoming more and more of a challenge, due to what he calls the Will SUN, NOV 22 / 3 PM / UCSB CAMPBELL HALL
& Grace Effect — the domestic mainstreaming and wider understanding $25 / $15 UCSB students and youth (18 & under)
of queer relationships. “It’s okay to have LGBTQ-themed films now, and
On a mission to make people fall in love with the
it’s quite possible to have a good LGBTQ film that makes money,” he said.
photo: Mark Moffett (Mantids)

The result is a wider breadth of international films. Lest it seem unexpected, this affable Ph.D., aka “Dr. Bugs,” will
recent strides in American culture share photos of nature’s small wonders from the
have totally alleviated pressures on crowns of the world’s tallest trees.
LGBTQ individuals and the com- lgBTQ FilM FeSTiVal National Geographic Live series sponsored by
munity at large, this year’s OUTra- OFFERS INTERNATIONAL ROSTER Lynda Weinman & Bruce Heavin
geous selection reminds us of the
very real struggles many worldwide Sheila & Michael Bonsignore
still face with sexuality internally
by Richie DeMaria
and relationally. This weekend’s An Evening with
program includes powerful stories of cultural impositions, harrowing tales
of heartbreak, and triumphant stories of love.
The festival begins Thursday, November 12, at UCSB’s MultiCultural
Alex Honnold
Center with a free screening of Stories of Our Lives, an anthology of five
short films retelling true stories of LGBTQ life in Kenya. The film has been
Alone on the Wall
banned in Kenya, a country where same-sex acts are punished as crimes. SUN, NOV 22 / 7 PM (note special time)
“It’s important to keep that light on the plight of people all over the world UCSB CAMPBELL HALL
and to do what we can to share those stories,” Robbins said. $15 / $10 UCSB students
Metro 4 hosts all the film programming for the remaining weekend. and youth (18 & under)
Friday, November 13, begins with a screening of Michelle Ehlen’s uproarious
lesbian comedy S&M Sally, after which Ehlen will join for a post-screening “From time to time we come across someone who
Q&A. Other highlights that night include Zebra, based on the poetry of can do something so remarkable that it defies belief
award-winning area poet Ron Alexander, and Amor eterno (Everlasting
love), a dark and graphic Spanish film about an encounter between a teacher and, in this case, defies gravity.” 60 Minutes
and his student.
The festival features some notable documentaries. Reel in the Closet, also Books will be available for purchase and signing at each event
showing on Friday, is a collection of home movies made by queer people,
some dating as far back as the 1930s, while on Saturday, From This Day (805) 893-3535 / www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
Forward, described by Robbins as “beautiful and poignant,” focuses on one
father’s gender transition and its effect on his family of four. Sunday’s Out to
Win looks at the lives of gay and lesbian athletes around the world.

Like Life is Simple.

Saturday and Sunday both feature a diverse set of films from morning
until midnight, including Men’s Shorts and Women’s Shorts screenings,
at which selected directors will be present for Q&As. Saturday’s schedule
ARE YOU HAPPY?

Us
includes two lauded lesbian romances, the striking Venezuelan film Liz en
Septiembre (Liz in September) and the Dutch coming-of-age story Zomer
(Summer). Race and religion clash with sexuality in Sunday’s selections in
films such as Naz & Maalik, about two closeted Muslim men in New York,
and While You Weren’t Looking, about white-black romances in contem-
porary South Africa.
Yes NO
Robbins encourages the whole S.B. community to come. “If they’re a Keep going! Change something.
regular, they’ll be very happy, and if they’re a newbie, they will be pleasantly
surprised with the caliber of films,” he said. The best way to enjoy the fest is WE CAN HELP – Life Coaching and Counseling
the $50 All-Access Pass, a bargain for the number of films included within,
plus the free admittance to the Saturday-night reception at Globe.
CALL: (805) 966-5100

4•1•1 OUTrageous Film Festival runs Thursday-Sunday, November

12-15. For a full schedule, tickets, and more information, visit Facebook.com
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Reflections on a Golden Boy

TaB HunTer ConfidenTial ScreenS at the Granada
by D.J. Palladino

T
ab Hunter is a few minutes late com-
ing home, and his partner, Allan Glaser,
who produced an autobiographical
documentary about Hunter and has been
his mate for three decades, wonders out loud
where he’s been and why he doesn’t come into
the front bedroom where the television is to
see this amazing thing. A longtime eques-
trian, Hunter, it turns out, was with his new
filly, Skylark, in Santa Ynez, and he’s already
guessed what’s on TV: “Is it that commercial
for our movie on TCM?” he asks.
“I taped it,” Glaser says. “It’s the first time it
ran.” Hunter joins me on a comfortable bench
at the end of a bed and sits back. He looks
tired and calm, but he has his characteristic
questioning gaze turned on, which seems
both skeptical and naïve. Long ago, Hunter
perfected a disarmingly brash method of self-
introduction. “Tab Hunter,” he always says to
strangers, thrusting his hand out to shake, the SCREEN IDOL: Allan Glaser’s film is a lively
gesture immediately leveling, reassuring. The and engaging companion piece to Tab
day I visit, he plops unceremoniously down Hunter’s 2006 book, Tab Hunter Confidential:
The Making of a Movie Star.
without the handshake. The commercial
comes up on the screen, and Glaser explains
how the Turner Classic Movie folks negoti- prime Tabmania; screaming hordes of girls
ated the deal when technically there are no followed. “It was horrible. I was very uncom-
commercials on the station. “They wanted fortable with that,” he said. The movie makes
Tab to go on the movie cruise,” says Glaser, clear, however, that pursuit by women began
referring to a summer sea cruise that TCM before his celebrity. Though Hunter was for
hosts with stars and directors of older Holly- a long time “linked” with Natalie Wood,
wood in attendance. “And we said, yes, if you’ll Confidential frankly enumerates his neces-
run the commercial for our movie. Voilà.” sarily secret lovers, who include figure skater
Hunter and Glaser live in an ornately fur- Ronnie Robertson and a poignant time with
nished, small Spanish-style home, not far from Anthony Perkins.
a busy Montecito street. Hunter begins talking
about the film itself. “You know this movie took
seven years. And it’s all Allan. This project was
in such good hands,” he says, describing its suc-
“Don’t you think Allan did a great job? This
movie is wonderful,” says Hunter of Glaser,
who met Hunter when he was pitching his
own camp-classic film Lust in the Dust. “I
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cess in U.S. festivals and busy slate of openings
around the country. “And you know what hap-
am way beyond proud of this film. It’s get-
ting such good reception in festivals … and
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Glaser’s film is a lively and engaging
companion piece to Hunter’s 2006 book, Tab
Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie
Star. Hunter’s career began a half century
earlier when homosexuality was criminal;
the film begins with his arrest at an apparently
suspicious party. How that incident haunted
him later is part of the film. Meanwhile,
Hunter’s fate was placed in the hands of his
agent Henry Willson, who handled a num-
ber of beefcake sex symbols, such as Rock
Hudson, who weren’t interested in returning
the lavish female attention their films engen-
dered. Willson changed Hunter’s name from
Arthur Gelien (he was born in 1931 as Arthur
Kelm but changed it himself after his mother
left her abusive husband).
Hunter began in B movies, did some stage
acting — he played the Lobero in the late
1950s — and then signed to Warner Bros.
He also began a career as a pop star with
many Top 10 hits. The next 10 years were
cut, Virginia, and a screening at the Academy
of Motion Pictures, which Glaser said Hunter
is looking forward to, despite the rigors of
Q&A sessions. “I’ve done this all my life,” says
Hunter. “One thing I never expected,” he said,
walking me out to my car, “I’ve met the par-
ents of gay children, and they’ve thanked me
for this. It’s such a different ball game today.
We all need someone to talk to.”
His comment recalls the film’s preview,
where Hunter admits he’s “never been as open
with anyone.” I ask him who the “anyone”
was. “Oh, Jeffrey,” he says, talking about the
documentary’s director, Jeffrey Schwarz, who
did a lot of the interviewing. “Like I said, it’s a
new ball game today. I’m really talking to the
audience. I never would have spoken about
these things like I’m some long-suffering OUTRAGEOUS FILM FESTIVAL OUTRAGEOUS_SB
homosexual.” So why now? Why to all these
people? “Oh, wouldn’t you rather hear it from •GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM•
the horse’s mouth, rather than some horse’s
ass?” he asks and shakes my hand good-bye.

4•1•1 Tab Hunter Confidential screens Thursday, November 19, at 7 p.m. at the Granada
Theatre (1214 State St.). Call 899-2222 or see granadasb.org.
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Movie Guide
Edited by Michelle Drown
The following films are playing in Santa Barbara FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, through
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19. Descriptions followed by initials — DJP (D.J. Palla-
dino) — have been taken from our critics’ reviews, which can be read in full at
independent.com. The symbol O indicates the film is recommended.

FIRST LOOK (Joseph Cotten) spends the film trying

Spectre (148 mins.; PG-13: intense
sequences of action and violence, some
disturbing images, sensuality, and language)
As Daniel Craig Bond movies go, this
will do. It’s not great like Casino Royale
or Skyfall. But it’s still better than any-
thing the post-Connery years threw
down. The problems are writing failures,
dumb things like Bond and new squeeze
Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux, whose
name is closer to Proust than Pussy
Galore) showing up in designer clothes,
though they never shopped or packed a
suitcase. When they tear apart a train’s
interior during a battle, they simply
disembark the next morning without
an askance word from the conductor.
But the Bond McGuffin is the worst
specter hanging over this movie. The
story’s conflicts derive from cliché Hol-
lywood ideas like, “We’re shutting down
the 00 program,” or, “Once we get all the
computers in the world to unite, we can
prevent evil before it happens.” So many
franchises are stuck in these same ruts
(from Mission Impossible to X-Men) that
it’s too tedious to drag Ian Fleming’s
James Bond down the same path.
Yet the movie is better than its own
bad writing. The chase scenes rock:
Bond in a Day of the Dead parade or
a falling-apart airplane chasing cars
across snowy terrain. The plot ties
together loose ends of the last three
films, involving a final message from
recently deceased M (Judi Dench) send-
ing 007 into super-bad spy lairs up
against an archvillain played by Chris-
The Independent is on toph Waltz. And the obligatory torture
to discover the meaning of the word.
Directed by Orson Welles.
Mon., Nov. 16, 7pm and 10pm,
Isla Vista Theater,
960 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay
Parts 1 & 2 (123 mins. and 137 mins;
PG-13: intense sequences of violence and
action, some disturbing images, and thematic
material)
This double feature chronicles Katniss
Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and her
crew as they fight against the tyrannical
Capitol. Wed., Nov. 18, 4:30pm,
Camino Real/Metro 4
Number One Fan (104 mins.; NR)
This French comedy/thriller follows
divorced beautician Muriel Bayen,
known for her elaborate story fabrica-
tions. She’s a huge fan of singer Vincent
Lacroix, and no one believes Bayen
when Lacroix draws her into a danger-
ous scheme. Sun., Nov. 15, 4:30pm,
Matilija Auditorium,
703 El Paseo Rd., Ojai
Shaun the Sheep (85 mins.; PG: rude
humor)
Aardman Animations is ba-a-ack. Shaun
the Sheep is living proof that great art-
ists of wacky vision are best left to muck
about in those visions. This claymation,
sight-gag-rich, slapstick-with-a-human-
heart studio has never been better. (DJP)
Fri., Nov. 13, 7pm and 10pm,
Isla Vista Theater,
960 Embarcadero del Norte, Isla Vista

35884 Instagram! Bond scene is particularly sadistic, so

that’s cool.
The interesting twist is a marked
change of perspectives. Bond is now
not a spy, not a gatherer of intelligence:
He’s an assassin. It’s a theme that’s devel-
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way, let’s hope the writers can find more
creditable foes than unemployment or
technophobia. (DJP)
Arlington/Camino Real/Metro 4
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quickly gets involved in a romance and
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ARIES
(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): “I demand unconditional love and
complete freedom,” wrote Slovenian poet Tomaž
Šalamun. “That is why I am terrible.” In accordance
with the astrological omens, I’m offering you the
chance, at least temporarily, to join Šalamun in
demanding unconditional love and complete freedom.
But unlike him, you must satisfy one condition: Avoid
being terrible. Can you do that? I think so, although
you will have to summon unprecedented amounts of
emotional intelligence and collaborative ingenuity.
TAURUS
(Apr. 20-May 20): You have the answers you need,
but you keep sniffing around as if there were different
or better answers to be had. Moreover, you’ve been
offered blessings that could enable you to catalyze
greater intimacy, but you’re barely taking advantage of
them — apparently because you underestimate their
potency. Here’s what I think: As long as you neglect
the gifts you have already been granted, they won’t
provide you with their full value. If you give them your
rapt appreciation, they will bloom.
GEMINI
(May 21-June 20): Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950)
tried to earn a living by selling pencil sharpeners, but
couldn’t make it. In frustration, he turned to writing
novels. Success! Among his many popular novels, 27 of
them were about a fictional character named Tarzan.
The actor who played Tarzan in the movies based
on Burroughs’ s books was Johnny Weissmuller. As a
child, he suffered from polio, and rebuilt his strength
by becoming a swimmer. He eventually won five
Olympic gold medals. Burroughs and Weissmuller
are your role models in the coming weeks, Gemini.
It’s a favorable time for you to turn defeat into victory.
CANCER
(June 21-July 22): Artist Andy Warhol had an obsession
with green underpants. In fact, that’s all he ever wore
beneath his clothes. It might be fun and productive
for you to be inspired by his private ritual. Life is
virtually conspiring to ripen your libido, stimulate
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your fertility, and expedite your growth. So anything
you do to encourage these cosmic tendencies could
have an unusually dramatic impact. Donning green
undies might be a good place to start. It would send a
playful message to your subconscious mind that you
are ready and eager to bloom.
LEO
(July 23-Aug. 22): In the coming weeks, take special
notice of the jokes and humorous situations that
prompt you to laugh the loudest. They will provide
important clues about the parts of your life that need
liberation. What outmoded or irrelevant taboos
should you consider breaking? What inhibitions
are dampening your well-being? How might your
conscience be overstepping its bounds and making
you unnecessarily constrained? Any time you roar
with spontaneous amusement, you will know you
have touched a congested place in your psyche that is
due for a cleansing.
VIRGO
(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): For each of the last 33 years, the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in
Los Angeles has selected a “National Hero Dog.” It’s
an award given to a canine that has shown exceptional
courage in helping or rescuing people. In 2015, the
group departed from tradition. Its “National Hero
Dog” is a female cat named Tara. Last May, she saved
a 4-year-old boy by scaring off a dog that had begun
to attack him. I’m guessing you will soon have an
experience akin to Tara’s. Maybe you’ll make a gutsy
move that earns you an unexpected honor. Maybe
you’ll carry out a dramatic act of compassion that’s
widely appreciated. Or maybe you’ll go outside your
comfort zone to pull off a noble feat that elevates your
reputation.
LIBRA
(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to cartoon character
Homer Simpson, “Trying is the first step towards
failure.” I don’t agree with that comic advice. But
I do think the following variant will be applicable
to you in the coming weeks: “Trying too hard is
the first step toward failure.” So please don’t try too
hard, Libra! Overexertion should be taboo. Straining
and struggling would not only be unnecessary
but counterproductive. If you want to accomplish
anything worthwhile, make sure that your default
emotion is relaxed confidence. Have faith in the
momentum generated by all the previous work you
have done to arrive where you are now.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Elsie de Wolfe (1859-1950) was a
pioneer in the art of interior design. She described
herself as “a rebel in an ugly world.” Early in her career
she vowed, “I’m going to make everything around
me beautiful,” and she often did just that. In part
through her influence, the dark, cluttered decor of
the Victorian Era, with its bulky draperies and overly
ornate furniture, gave way to rooms with brighter
light, softer colors, and more inviting textures. I’d love
to see you be inspired by her mission, Scorpio. It’s a
good time to add extra charm, grace, and comfort to
your environments.
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 22-Dec. 21): At the age of 36, author Franz Kafka
composed a 47-page letter to his father, Hermann. As
he described the ways that his dad’s toxic narcissism
and emotional abuse had skewed his maturation
process, he refrained from lashing out with histrionic
anger. Instead he focused on objectively articulating
the facts, recounting events from childhood and
analyzing the family dynamic. In accordance with
the astrological omens, I recommend that you write a
letter to your own father — even if it’s filled with praise
and gratitude instead of complaint. At this juncture in
your life story, I think you especially need the insights
that this exercise would generate. (P.S. Write the letter
for your own sake, not with the hope of changing or
hurting or pleasing your dad. You don’t have to give
it to him.)
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Shizo Kanakuri was one of Japan’s
top athletes when he went to compete in the marathon
race at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Partway through
the event, fatigued by sweltering heat, bad food, and
the long journey he’d made to get there, Kanakuri
passed out. He recovered with the help of a local
farmer, but by then the contest was over. Embarrassed
by his failure, he sneaked out of Sweden and returned
home. Fast-forward to 1966. Producers of a TV show
tracked him down and invited him to resume what
he’d started. He agreed. At the age of 74, he completed
the marathon, finishing with a time of 54 years, eight
months. I think it’s time to claim your own personal
version of this opportunity, Capricorn. Wouldn’t you
love to resolve a process that got interrupted?
AQUARIUS
(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In most sporting events, there’s never
any doubt about which competitor is winning. Each
step of the way, the participants and spectators know
who has more points or goals or runs. But one sport
isn’t like that. In a boxing match, no one is aware of
the score until the contest is finished — not even the
boxers themselves. I think you’re in a metaphorically
comparable situation. You won’t find out the final
tally or ultimate decision until the “game” is complete.
Given this uncertainty, I suggest that you don’t slack off
even a little. Keep giving your best until the very end.
PISCES
(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): One night as you lie sleeping in
your bed, you will dream of flying through the sunny
summer sky. The balmy air will be sweet to breathe.
Now and then you will flap your arms like wings, but
mostly you will glide effortlessly. The feeling that flows
through your body will be a blend of exhilaration and
ease. Anywhere you want to go, you will maneuver
skillfully to get there. After a while, you will soar to
a spot high above a scene that embodies a knotty
problem in your waking life. As you hover and gaze
down, you will get a clear intuition about how to untie
the knots. Whether or not you remember this dream,
the next day you will work some practical magic that
begins to shrink or dissolve the problem.
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A HEARING on the petition will be Ann Iqbal. FBN Number: 2015‑0002862.
held in this court as follows: on Published: Oct 22, 29. Nov 5, 12 2015. STATEMENT The following person(s) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME is/are doing business as: Mission City FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
12/24/2015 AT 9:00 a.m. Dept: 5 is/are doing business as: Serrano STATEMENT The following person(s) STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ Fumigation Santa Barbara at 650 STATEMENT The following person(s)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Cleaning Services at 1719 Castillo is/are doing business as: A And J are doing business as: Hilary Elizabeth Ward Drive Suite I Santa Barbara, is/are doing business as: Just Jess
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA STATEMENT The following person(s) is/
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, #2 Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Juan G Limousine at 4067 State St Santa at 1409 Bath Street #2 Santa Barbara, CA 93111; JL Guron Enterprises, Designs at 1265 Mountain View Rd
are doing business as: Santa Barbara Serrano (same address) This business Barbara, CA 93110; Andrea M Plackett CA 93103; Hilary Elizabeth MacDonald Inc. 77 Manchester Place Goleta, CA Santa Barbara, CA 93109; Jessica
located at 1100 Anacapa Street, Bone Broth Company at 789 Mission
P.O. Box 21107 Santa Barbara, CA is conducted by a Individual Signed: 141 Valdivia Dr Santa Barbara, CA (same address) This business is 93117 This business is conducted Pelton (same address) This business
Canyon Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; filed with the County Clerk of Santa 93110; Justin S Plackett (same address) conducted by a Individual Signed: by a Corporation Signed: Latoya is conducted by a Individual Signed:
93101. Probate Division. Ava Churchill (same address) This
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of Barbara County on Oct 15, 2015. This business is conducted by a General Hilary MacDonald filed with the Guron filed with the County Clerk filed with the County Clerk of Santa
business is conducted by a Individual This statement expires five years from Partnership Signed: Andrea M. County Clerk of Santa Barbara County of Santa Barbara County on Oct 26, Barbara County on Nov 04, 2015.
the petition, you should appear Signed: Ava Churchill filed with the
at the hearing and state your the date it was filed in the Office of Plackett filed with the County Clerk on Sep 30, 2015. This statement 2015. This statement expires five This statement expires five years from
County Clerk of Santa Barbara County the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, of Santa Barbara County on Oct 22, expires five years from the date it years from the date it was filed in the the date it was filed in the Office of
objections or file written objections on Oct 16, 2015. This statement expires
with the court before the hearing. County Clerk (SEAL) by Jessica 2015. This statement expires five years was filed in the Office of the County Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland,
five years from the date it was filed in Sheeiff. FBN Number: 2015‑0002994. from the date it was filed in the Office Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela County Clerk (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN
Your appearance may be in person the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E.
or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A Published: Oct 22, 29. Nov 5, 12 of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, (SEAL) by Christine Potter. FBN Number: Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0003076. Number: 2015‑0003171. Published:
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Andrea 2015. County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine 2015‑0002853. Published: Oct 29. Nov Published: Nov 5, 12, 19, 25, 2015. Nov 12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015.
CREDITOR or a contingent creditor Luparello. FBN Number: 2015‑0003003.
of the decedent, you must file your FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0003038. 5, 12, 19 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
Published: Oct 22, 29. Nov 5, 12 2015. Published: Oct 29. Nov 5, 12, 19 2015.
claim with the court and mail a STATEMENT The following person(s) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) STATEMENT The following person(s)
copy to the personal representative FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME is/are doing business as: SB Bone FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Fantify, Total is/are doing business as: Daze Wine
appointed by the court within the STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ Broth at 789 Mission Canyon STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: JKM Sports Media at 345 Chapala Street Partners, Whitehair Wine Group,
later of either (1) four months are doing business as: Rook Family Tree Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105; is/are doing business as: Black Bow Investment Group, LLC at 165 San Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Streamtrack, DGD Wine Partners, TWG at 162
from the date of first issuance Chiropractic at 214 East De La Guerra Ava Churchill (same address) This Sweets at 1210 Franciscan Court #4 Angelo‑G Santa Barbara, CA 93111; Inc (same address) This business is Victory Drive Buellton, CA 93427; David
of letters to a general personal Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Thomas W business is conducted by a Individual Carpinteria, CA 93013; L Sweets (same JKM Investment Group, LLC (same conducted by a Corporation Signed: Anton Whitehair (same address) Diane
representative, as defined in section Rook125 East Islay Santa Barbara, CA Signed: Ava Churchill filed with the address) This business is conducted address) This business is conducted by Michael Hill, CEO filed with the County Whitehair (same address) Gary Alan
58 (b) of the California Probate 93101 This business is conducted by a County Clerk of Santa Barbara County by a Corporation Signed: Harvey R. a Corporation Signed: Peter Levy filed Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct Whitehair (same address) This business
Code, or (2) 60 days from the date Individual Signed: Katryn J. Price filed on Oct 13, 2015. This statement Wolf, Agent filed with the County with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara 28, 2015. This statement expires five is conducted by a GeneralPartnership
of mailing or personal delivery to with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara expires five years from the date it Clerk of Santa Barbara County on County on Oct 20, 2015. This statement years from the date it was filed in the Signed: filed with the County Clerk
you of a notice under section 9052 County on Oct 19, 2015. This statement was filed in the Office of the County Oct 22, 2015. This statement expires expires five years from the date it was Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. of Santa Barbara County on Oct 15,
of the California Probate Code. expires five years from the date it was Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk five years from the date it was filed filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan 2015. This statement expires five
Other California statutes and legal filed in the Office of the County Clerk. (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN Number: in the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0003098. years from the date it was filed in the
authority may affect your rights as Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) 2015‑0002952. Published: Oct 22, Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: Published: Nov 12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015. Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E.
a creditor. You may want to consult by Andrea Luparello. FBN Number: 29. Nov 5, 12 2015. by Christine Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0003026. Published: Oct 29. Nov Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan
2015‑0003016. Published: Oct 22, 29. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
with an attorney knowledgeable in FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 2015‑0003040. Published: Oct 29. 5, 12, 19 2015. STATEMENT The following person(s) Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0002984.
California law. Nov 5, 12 2015. Nov 5, 12, 19 2015. Published: Nov 12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015.
STATEMENT The following person(s) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME is/are doing business as: Stollmeyer
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME is/are doing business as: Blue Point FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) Technologies at 1040 Cliff Dr. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
by the court. If you are a person STATEMENT The following person(s) Books, BP Books at 805 Palermo STATEMENT The following person(s) is/are doing business as: The Boss at Apt 26 Santa Barbara, CA 93109; STATEMENT The following person(s) is/
interested in the estate, you may is/are doing business as: Maudet’s at Drive Santa Barbara, CA 93190; Cathy is/are doing business as: Like A 5404 Hanna Dr. Santa Barbara, CA Marcus Stollmeyer (same address) are doing business as: Centro Musical
file with the court a Request for 114 East Haley Street Suite E Santa Ann Feldman (same address) This Letter at 248 Santa Ynez CT Santa 93111; Shaqur National Inc. (same Richard Stollmeyer 8398 Alta Vista Rd De Santa Barbara at 514 N Milpas
Special Notice (form DE‑154) of the Barbara, CA 93101; Mademoiselle business is conducted by a Individual Barbara, CA 93103; Tye French (same address) This business is conducted by Atascadero, CA 93422 This business St Santa Barbara, CA 93103; Maria
filing of an inventory and appraisal Madeleine LLC (same address) This Signed: Cathy Feldman filed with the address) This business is conducted a Corporation Signed: Hossin Shaqur is conducted by a General Partnership Perez (same address) This business
of estate assets or of any petition business is conducted by a Limited County Clerk of Santa Barbara County by a Individual Signed: Tye French filed with the County Clerk of Santa Signed: Marcus Stollmeyer filed with is conducted by a Individual Signed:
or account as provided in Probate Liability Company Signed: Benedicke on Oct 02, 2015. This statement filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 06, 2015. the County Clerk of Santa Barbara Francisco Anguiano filed with the
Code Section 1250. A Request for Maudet filed with the County Clerk of expires five years from the date it Barbara County on Oct 06, 2015. This statement expires five years from County on Oct 26, 2015. This statement County Clerk of Santa Barbara County
Special form is available from the Santa Barbara County on Oct 05, 2015. was filed in the Office of the County This statement expires five years the date it was filed in the Office of expires five years from the date it was on Oct 16, 2015. This statement expires
court clerk. This statement expires five years from Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk from the date it was filed in the the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, filed in the Office of the County Clerk. five years from the date it was filed in
Attorney for Petitioner: LAW the date it was filed in the Office of the (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E. County Clerk (SEAL) by Noe Solis. FBN Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph
OFFICE OF JEFF DAUGHERTY 21 County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County 2015‑0002868. Published: Oct 22, Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Number: 2015‑0002893. Published: by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by
E. Canon Perdido Street Suite 305 Clerk (SEAL) by Andrea Luparello. FBN 29. Nov 5, 12 2015. Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0002899. Nov 5, 12, 19, 25, 2015. 2015‑0003066. Published: Nov 12, 19, Noe Solis. FBN Number: 2015‑0002995.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101 ; (805) Number: 2015‑0002883. Published: Oct Published: Oct 29. Nov 5, 12, 19 2015. 25. Dec 3 2015. Published: Nov 12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015.
805‑963‑4567. 22, 29. Nov 5, 12 2015. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
Published Nov 12, 19, 25 2015. STATEMENT The following person(s) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME is/are doing business as: Yvonne’s STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ is/are doing business as: Los Amigos STATEMENT The following person(s) is/ STATEMENT The following person(s) is/
Bulk Sale STATEMENT The following person(s) Nails Salon at 3528 State Street, are doing business as: DMXO Records Discount Store at 631 West Carrillo are doing business as: Goleta School of are doing business as: Sierra Property
is/are doing business as: Spindrift Fish Santa Barbara, CA 93105; Nguyen, at 835 N. Milpas Santa Barbara, CA Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Ballet at 303 Magnolia Avenue Santa Management at 1035 Santa Barbara St
DID YOU KNOW Information is And Dive Operations at 5637 Kent Yvonne 7368 Hollister Avenue #1, 93103; Carmalisa Kristelle Reichhart; Manuel Ramirez 6871 Buttonwood Barbara, CA 93117; Lisa Abshere 558 Suite 7 Santa Barbara, CA 93101; Sierra
power and content is King? Your Place Goleta, CA 93117 (same address) Goleta, CA 93117 This business is 1210 Del Oro Ave Santa Barbara, CA Lane Goleta, CA 93117 This business Via Rueda Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Property Group, Inc (same address) This
doorway to statewide Public Wayne H Klapp (same address) This conducted by a Individual Signed: 93109 This business is conducted by a is conducted by a Individual Signed: This business is conducted by a Individual business is conducted by a Corporation
Notices, California Newspaper business is conducted by a Individual Yvonne Nguyen filed with the Individual Signed: Carmalisa Kristelle Manuel Ramirez filed with the Signed: Lisa Abshere filed with the Signed: Kevin S Robinson, COO
Publishers Association Smart Signed: Wayne H. Klapp filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County Reichhart filed with the County Clerk County Clerk of Santa Barbara County County Clerk of Santa Barbara County filed with the County Clerk of Santa
Search Feature. Sign‑up, Enter County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 23, 2015. This statement of Santa Barbara County on Oct 08, on Nov 02, 2015. This statement on Nov 04, 2015. This statement Barbara County on Nov 03, 2015.
keywords and sit back and let on Oct 19, 2015. This statement expires expires five years from the date it 2015. This statement expires five years expires five years from the date it expires five years from the date it was This statement expires five years from
public notices come to you on your five years from the date it was filed in was filed in the Office of the County from the date it was filed in the Office was filed in the Office of the County filed in the Office of the County Clerk. the date it was filed in the Office of
mobile, desktop, and tablet. For the Office of the County Clerk. Joseph Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, Clerk. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland,
more information call E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Adela (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa (SEAL) by Adela Bustos. FBN Number: by Tara Jayasinghe. FBN Number: County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine
Cecelia @ (916) 288‑6011 or www.­ Bustos. FBN Number: 2015‑0003010. 2015‑0003054. Published: Oct 29. Mercer. FBN Number: 2015‑0002930. 2015‑0003132. Published: Nov 5, 12, 2015‑0003168. Published: Nov 12, 19, Potter. FBN Number: 2015‑0003150.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/
are doing business as: SBFIT, SBFITT at
595 Freehaven Rd Santa Barbara, 93108;
Kasey Camacho (same address) Rachel
Camacho (same address) This business is
conducted by a Married Couple Signed:
Kasey Camacho filed with the County
Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct
27, 2015. This statement expires five
years from the date it was filed in the
Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E.
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa
Mercer. FBN Number: 2015‑0003084.
Published: Nov 12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s)
is/are doing business as: The Balanced
Bookkeeper at 241 Savona Ave Goleta,
CA 93117; David Chidester (same
address) Rosemary Chidester (same
address) This business is conducted by
a Married Couple Signed: Rosemary
Chidester filed with the County Clerk
of Santa Barbara County on Oct 26,
2015. This statement expires five years
from the date it was filed in the Office
of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales.
FBN Number: 2015‑0003071. Published:
Nov 12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/
are doing business as: Tap To Tee at 115
W Canon Perdido St Santa Barbara, CA
93101; Atlas Golf Company LLC (same
address) This business is conducted by
a Limited Liability Company Signed: Gil
Varon, Secretary filed with the County
Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Nov
03, 2015. This statement expires five
years from the date it was filed in the
Office of the County Clerk. Joseph E.
Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan
Morales. FBN Number: 2015‑0003157.
Published: Nov 12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT The following person(s) is/
are doing business as: Pepperidge Farm
Santa Barbara at 4588 Nueces Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93110; Frenando
Zermeno (same address) Yvette
Zermeno (same address) This business is
conducted by a Married Couple Signed:
Yvette Zermeno filed with the County
Clerk of Santa Barbara County on Oct 20,
2015. This statement expires five years
from the date it was filed in the Office
of the County Clerk. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL) by Christine Potter.
FBN Number: 2015‑0003025. Published:
Oct 29. Nov 5, 12, 19 2015.
nAme cHAnGe
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF DMITRII
VICTOROVICH ZAGORODNOV
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME:
CASE NUMBER: 15CV02806
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A
petition has been filed by the above
named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara
Superior court proposing a change of
name(s) FROM and TO the following
name(s):
FROM: DMITRII VICTOROVICH
ZAGORODNOV
TO: DMITRII ZAGORODNOV
CALZAGO
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear
before this court at the hearing
indicated below to show cause, if any,
why the petition for change of name
should not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING Nov 18,
2015 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse,
1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara,
CA 93101 A copy of this order to
Show Cause shall be published in the
Independent, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed in this county,
at least once each week for four
successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition. Dated Sep
21, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge
of the Superior Court. Published. Oct
22, 29. Nov 5, 12 2015.
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF JEAN CAROL
BALLANTYNE ORDER TO SHOW
CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME:
CASE NUMBER: 15CV03172
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A
petition has been filed by the above
named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara
Superior court proposing a change of
name(s) FROM and TO the following
name(s):
FROM: JEAN CAROL BALLANTYNE
TO: JEAN CELYN BALLANTYNE
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear
before this court at the hearing
indicated below to show cause, if any,
why the petition for change of name
should not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING Dec 09,
2015 9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse,
1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara,
CA 93101 A copy of this order to
Show Cause shall be published in the
Independent, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed in this county,
at least once each week for four
successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition. Dated Oct
02, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge
of the Superior Court. Published. Oct
22, 29. Nov 5, 12 2015.
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF JUSTIN
CHRISTOPHER HERNANDEZ ORDER
TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE
OF NAME:
CASE NUMBER: 15CV03614
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A
petition has been filed by the above
named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara
Superior court proposing a change of
name(s) FROM and TO the following
name(s):
FROM: JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER
HERNANDEZ
TO: JUSTIN CHRISTOPHER FLORES
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear
before this court at the hearing
indicated below to show cause, if any,
why the petition for change of name
should not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING Jan 6, 2016
9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100
Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA
93101 A copy of this order to Show
Cause shall be published in the
Independent, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed in this county,
at least once each week for four
successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition. Dated Oct
27, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge
of the Superior Court. Published. Nov
12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015.
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF SUSAN RAE
SEIFERT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME:
CASE NUMBER: 15CV03656
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A
petition has been filed by the above
named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara
Superior court proposing a change of
name(s) FROM and TO the following
name(s):
FROM: SUSAN RAE SEIFERT
TO: SUSAN RAE
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear
before this court at the hearing
indicated below to show cause, if any,
why the petition for change of name
should not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING Jan 6, 2016
9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100
Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA
93101 A copy of this order to Show
Cause shall be published in the
Independent, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed in this county,
at least once each week for four
successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition. Dated Oct
27, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge
of the Superior Court. Published. Nov
12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015.
IN THE MATTER OF THE
APPLICATION OF PATRICK JAMES
MURPHY ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME:
CASE NUMBER: 15CV03416
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: A
petition has been filed by the above
named Petitioner(s) in Santa Barbara
Superior court proposing a change of
name(s) FROM and TO the following
name(s):
FROM: PATRICK JAMES MURPHY
TO: PATRICK JAMES GORDON
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter shall appear
before this court at the hearing
indicated below to show cause, if any,
why the petition for change of name
should not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING Dec 9, 2015
9:30am, Dept 1, Courthouse, 1100
Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA
93101 A copy of this order to Show
Cause shall be published in the
Independent, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed in this county,
at least once each week for four
successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing on the petition. Dated Oct
27, 2015. by James E. Herman, Judge
of the Superior Court. Published. Nov
12, 19, 25. Dec 3 2015.
notice to creditors
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF
DEATH OF TRUSTORS, ANTHONY
CONTRERAS AND EILEEN T.
CONTRERAS SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR
THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA
In Re: ANTHONY CONTRERAS
AND EILEEN T. CONTRERAS,
CO‑TRUSTORS OF THE CONTRERAS
FAMILY TRUST DATED 10/20/1994
Anne Cogan, successor Trustee of
said Trust
CASE NO: 15PR00441
NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN to the
creditors and contingent creditors
of the above‑named decedents
(i.e. Anthony Contreras and Eileen
T. Contreas), that all persons
having claims against either of said
decedents and/or the Trust entitled,
The Contreras Family Trust dated
10/20/1994 are requires to file them
with the Superior Court, at 1100
Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA
93101, and whose mailing address
is P.O. Box 21107, Santa Barbara,
CA 93121‑1107, and mail or deliver
a copy to Stanley J. Yates, Attorney
for the Successor Trustee (i.e. Anne
Cogan) of the Contreras Family Trust
dated 10/20/19994 wherein said
decedents were the trustors of said
Trust, at 260 Maple Court, Suite 230,
Ventura, CA 93003, within the later
of four months after November 5,
2015 (the date of the first publication
of notice to creditors) or, if notice is
mailed or personally delivered to you,
60 days after the date this notice
is mailed or personally delivered to
you. A claim form may be obtained
form may be obtained from the
court clerk. For your protection, you
are encouraged to file your claim
by certified mail with return receipt
requested. Date: October 27, 2015
Stanley J. Yates Attorney At Law 260
Maple Court, Ste. 230 Ventura, CA
93003 State Bar No. 94526
Publised Nov 5, 12, 19 2015.
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
APPEALS BOARD; SPECIAL NOTICE
OF LAWSUIT
(Pursuant to Labor Code section
3716 and Code of Civil Procedure
section 412.20 and 412.30)
WCAB No. 9988891
To: DEFENDANT, ILLEGALLY
UNINSURED EMPLOYER:
APPLICANT, Roberto Navarro
DEEFENDANTS, Alden Fairbanks
Market Ready Properties
NOTICES
1) A lawsuit, the Application for
Adjudication of Claim, as been filed
with the Workers’ Compensation
Appeals Board against you as the
named defendant by the above
named applicant.
You may seek the advice of an
attorney in any matter connected with
this lawsuit and such attorney should
be consulted promptly so that you
response may be filed and entered in
a timely fashion.
If you do not know an attorney, you
may call an attorney reference service
or a legal aid office (see telephone
directory).
2) An Answer to the Application
must be filed and served within six FREE One‑Month Trial Smart Search
days of the serve of the Feature. For more information call
application pursuant to Appeals Board Cecelia @ (916) 288‑6011 or www.
rules; therefore, your written response capublicnotice.com (Cal‑SCAN)
must be filed with the Appeals Board
promptly; a letter or phone call will emPloYment
not protect your interests.
3) You will be served with a Notice‑
(s) of Hearing and must appear at all nonProfit
hearings or conferences. After
sociAl serVice ProGrAm -
such hearing, even absent your
direct cAre monitor (ft & Pt)
appearance, a decision may be made
$14.50/hr
and an award of compensation
benefits may issue against you. The
The Direct Care Monitor will work in
award could result in the garnishment
an interim housing setting to provide
of your wages, taking of your money
individualized client support by
or property or other relief.
helping to develop a plan to address
If the Appeals Board makes an award
barriers, increase income, and be able
against you, your house or other
to secure and maintain permanent
dwelling or other property may be
housing.
taken to satisfy that award in a
non‑judicial state, with no exemptions
Visit the Path Career Site (http://
from execution.
www.epath.org/site/AboutUs/careers.
A lien may also be imposed upon your
html) to apply online. Search for Job
property without further hearing and
#374 for the PT position and #375
before the issuance of an award.
for the FT position, to submit your
4) You must notify the Appeals
application.
Board of the proper address for the
service of official notices and
paper and notify the Appeals Board of
any changes in that address.
TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT
YOUR INTERESTS
Issued by: WORKERS’
COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
Name and address of Appeals Board:
WCAB Santa Barbara 411 E. Canon
Perdido Santa Barbara, CA 93101;
Name and address of applicant’s
attorney: Ghitterman, Ghitterman
& Feld, 418 E. Canon Perdido St.,
Santa Barbara, CA 93101; FORM
COMPLETED BY: Megan E. Compton,
Esq. Ghitterman, Ghitterman & Feld,
418 E. Canon Perdido St., Santa
Barbara, CA 93101 (805) 965‑4540.
NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: The Independent is
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You are served: as the person sued
under the fictitious name of: Alden
Fairbanks Market Ready Properties.
Published: Oct 22, 29. Nov 5, 12
2015.
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Regents and the UC Santa Barbara
Foundation. Performs a variety
of gift processing related duties
including gift batch preparation, gift
batch entry, reconciliation of gift
batches, preparation of daily deposits,
matching gift and matching claims
entry. Interfaces with academic
departments, constituents of UC Santa
Barbara, faculty, administration and
matching gift companies to represent
the department/University through
verbal and written correspondence.
Performs detailed review and accurate
data entry of gift related donor
biographic information into The
UC Santa Barbara Advance System.
Follows all policies, procedures and
business rules associated with Advance
to accurately input gifts and related
biographic information. Attention to
detail and accuracy is essential for
proper gift receipting, key to donor
relations, gift stewardship and critical
to reporting of official gift totals to
the UC Office of the President. Reqs:
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Knowledge of University policies and
procedures related to gift acceptance.
Strong organizational skills and
must be highly detail oriented.
Independent judgment, initiative
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and ability to accurately evaluate
and analyze gift documentation and
interpret complex policies. Notes:
Fingerprinting required. Overtime
may also be required during peak
periods of workload. $20.59 ‑ $21.08/
hr. The University of California is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer, and all qualified applicants
will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin,
disability status, protected veteran
status, or any other characteristic
protected by law. Open until filled.
Deadline extended; reapplication
unnecessary. Apply online at https://
jobs.ucsb.edu Job #20150390
PROGRAM
ASSISTANT
- TEACHER
EDUCATION
PROGRAM
GEVIRTZ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
EDUCATION
Provides support to Teacher Education
Program Director, faculty and
students. Responsible for the smooth
operation of the day to day activities
related to the academic program,
including recruitment, application
processing and review, program and
course planning, dissemination of
information to prospective applicants
as well as enrolled students. Position
includes data gathering and database
report generation regarding student
and program issues. Reqs: Must
possess excellent communication
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and organizational skills. Must have
good attention to detail, be accurate,
professional and service‑oriented.
Must be able to work with a variety of
customers in a fast paced environment
with frequent interruptions. Able to
interpret policies and procedures and
accurately communicate them to
others as needed. Note: Fingerprinting
required. $20.59 ‑ $21.57/hr. The
University of California is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer, and all qualified applicants
will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin,
disability status, protected veteran
status, or any other characteristic
protected by law. For primary
consideration apply by 11/24/15,
thereafter open until filled. Apply
online at https://Jobs.ucsb.edu Job
#20150593
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SENIOR SOFTWARE
DEVELOPER
STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS &
TECHNOLOGY
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development of architectural plans,
analysis, design and development
of complex mission‑critical multi‑tier
information systems as well as
project management, technical
leadership and mentorship to
the software development team.
In coordination with the Software
Engineering and Architecture
unit researches and proposes new
technologies for improving security,
development efficiency, performance
and scalability of applications.
Documents architecture and design
decisions using the Unified Modeling
Language (UML) and other modeling
techniques. Reqs: Bachelor of Science
in Computer Science or related IS field
and at least five years of progressive
experience as a software engineer and
developer or equivalent combination
of years of experience. Knowledge
and 3+ years of experience in an
environment with complex distributed
heterogeneous information systems
development. Expertise and recent
experience with design and technical
leadership of complex multi‑tier
application, database, and web site
development preferable utilizing
C#.Net. Note: Fingerprinting required.
$74,700‑$85,000/yr. The University
of California is an Equal Opportunity/
Affirmative Action Employer, and
all qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, disability
status, protected veteran status, or
any other characteristic protected by
law. For primary consideration apply
by 11/17/15, thereafter open until
filled. Apply online at https://jobs.
ucsb.edu Job #20150586
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Mental Health
Therapist
The Mental Health Therapist is
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educationally related mental health
services to children in grades K‑12,
including assessment, development
of individual treatment plans and
individual and group counseling.
Provides direct mental health services
including counseling (individual,
group and family), consultation,
treatment coordination and case
management. Participates in
individual student Individualized
Education Plan (IEP) meetings and
prepares and presents appropriate
IEP goals and objectives and
makes recommendations to district
personnel for mental health services
and placements. Works effectively
with all segments of the education
community, the general public, and
diverse cultural populations and
individuals in a manner that achieves
district goals. Bilingual proficiency is
Spanish is required. For more details
about this job, please apply on‑line at
www.edjoin.org or visit our website at
www.sbunified.org.
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Performs simple culinary duties, such
as preparing food at a short order
station, making salad dressings,
cleaning and preparing produce,
assembling sandwiches serving up to
1,500 meals per shift. Ensures that
high standards of food quality, service,
sanitation and safety are maintained
at all times. Assists/trains students
with entry level cooking duties. Reqs:
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Ability to speak and write in English
using appropriate grammar and
vocabulary sufficient to communicate
with all staff. Ability to perform
basic mathematical calculations
including addition, subtraction,
division and multiplication for recipes
and measurements. Knowledge
of simple culinary techniques,
sanitary practices and tools. Notes:
Fingerprinting required. Able to lift
up to 50 pounds and work standing
up for 8 hours a day. Full‑time
shift available, M‑F 6:30am‑3:00pm.
Hours/days and work location will
vary during summer. $15.99‑$17.31/
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hr. The University of California is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer, and all qualified applicants
will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin,
disability status, protected veteran
status, or any other characteristic
protected by law. Apply by 11/24/15.
Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu
Job #20150596
mAnAGement
Payroll Manager
The Payroll Manager will plan,
organize, and direct payroll functions;
supervise the daily activities of
the payroll staff, and insure the
integrity of all data entered.
Supervise preparation, production
and distribution of monthly payroll;
verify accuracy of payroll reports and
prepare necessary journal entries
to record transactions. Prepare and
transmit monthly payroll and benefit
transactions to external financial
institutions as applicable. Oversee
Cal‑STRS and Cal‑PERS retirement
system contributions and prepare
monthly, quarterly, and annual
reports as required. Perform monthly
reconciliation of payroll, employee
garnishments, and deductions for
insurance, disability and Section 125
plans; process and transmit payments
to insurance companies, banks, credit
unions, employee organizations, or
state agencies. Act as the primary
contact for all federal, state, county
agencies and audit firms. For more
details about this job, please apply
on‑line at www.edjoin.org or visit our
website at www.sbunified.org.
nonProfit
AssociAte director, ProGrAms
(ft) 60k
The Associate Director will oversee all
aspects of all homeless services and
housing programs for PATH in Santa
Barbara County.
Visit the PATH Career Site (http://
www.epath.org/site/AboutUs/careers.
html) to apply online. Search for Job
#384 to apply.
ProfessionAl
CAREER
COUNSELOR/
STUDENT
EXPERIENCE
COORDINATOR
CAREER SERVICES
Uses core counseling techniques to
help students explore majors, clarify
their career objectives, develop
effective job search strategies, and
apply to graduate programs through
a range of approaches, including
individual, drop‑in, and group
appointments, workshops, and other
programs. Provides consultation
on job‑search tools and strategies,
including resume writing, developing
cover letters and job‑campaign
correspondence, interviewing,
networking, and connecting with
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employers to students and alumni.
Utilizes needs assessments to
design, plan and deliver creative and
innovative programming to meet the
needs of students, employers, faculty,
alumni, and/or other stakeholders.
Reqs: Master’s degree in Counseling,
Career Development, Student Affairs,
Higher Education, or related area.
Notes: Fingerprinting required.
Mandated reporter for requirements
of child abuse. $50,177‑$56,500/
yr. The University of California is
an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer, and all qualified
applicants will receive consideration
for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability status, protected
veteran status, or any other
characteristic protected by law.
For primary consideration apply by
11/15/15, thereafter open until filled.
Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu
Job #20150579
DIRECTOR OF
DEVELOPMENT,
ARTS & LECTURES
OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT
Seeking an experienced professional
and seasoned Major Gifts Officer
to provide leadership as Director of
Development for Arts & Lectures. Will
represent the Miller McCune Executive
Director in Arts & Lectures (A&L).
Works to optimize philanthropic
support for A&L. Fund‑raising
efforts are devoted primarily to A&L,
with the remaining time to other
University initiatives, as appropriate.
Focuses approximately eighty percent
time on sponsorships and mid‑level
gift fundraising ($10‑$100k+).
Twenty percent time is focused
on other activities related to fund
raising, including some lower‑level
gift solicitations and administrative
duties such as planning, coordinating
and executing aspects of A&L’s
development program. With regard
to major gift fund raising, designs
and executes planned strategies
for the identification, cultivation,
solicitation, closing and stewardship
of gifts from individuals, corporations
and foundations. Reqs: Bachelor’s
degree or equivalent combination
of education and experience.
Min. of 5 years of major gift
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The County employs over 4000 employees
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experience, including raising seven
figure gifts. Understanding of and
proven skills in the profession of
university development. A general
understanding of planned giving. Skill
at gift negotiation, gift solicitation.
EXCELLENCE, INTEGRITY, COMPASSION
Proven skill in goal achievement.
Broad knowledge of the principles and
practices of major gift fundraising,
preferably in a university setting.
Understanding of operating, capital
and endowment fund development.
Excellent communication skills, both
written and verbal. Interpersonal skills
to work harmoniously and effectively
with academic leaders, faculty,
community leaders, donors, volunteers
and other staff. Notes: Fingerprinting
required. This is an annually
renewable contract position. Flexibility
and willingness to travel frequently.
Ability to work some weekends and
evenings. Salary is competitive and
commensurate with qualifications
and experience. The University of
California is an Equal Opportunity/
Affirmative Action Employer, and
all qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, disability
status, protected veteran status, or
any other characteristic protected by
law. For primary consideration apply
by 11/22/15, thereafter open until
filled. Apply online at https://jobs.
ucsb.edu Job #20150592
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or to submit a resume, please contact:
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can make. It’s a difference you’ll want to experience throughout your entire career.
Join us in one of the openings below.
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 house hunter
by Jeff Miller

My house hunt Begins

L
et’s say you’ve got $2.4 million smol-
dering in your wallet and you’re
craving a nest in Santa Barbara. Ah,
here’s one: three bedrooms, two baths, on
a mountain overlooking the city. Nice. Just
sign on the dotted …
Wait! For that same money, you could
buy Johnsonville, Connecticut—
Connecticut not just
a house there — the whole village. The
deal comes with some empty houses (it’s
a ghost town), a covered bridge, a wooden
dam, and a waterfall. The old mill village
drew a high bid of $1.9 million a year ago,
but the sale fell through. Now it’s back on
the market for $2.4 million.
Hmm, tough one. In Johnsonville, you
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While researching the most expensive
zip codes in the country, I also stumbled
upon a Wall Street Journal story about
Dennis Franz and his real-estate-devel-
oper wife, Joanie Franz, buying a house
in Montecito in 2010 for $2.15 million. It
caught my eye because of the link between
Santa Barbara and The Hamptons. The
story was headlined “A Hamptons-Style
Home in California,” and photos do reveal
that it’s Hamptonic.
First of all, I’m a big Dennis Franz fan. Johnsonville, Connecticut
Among other things, he played Detective
Andy Sipowicz on the fabulous NYPD weren’t as crazy, but they weren’t exactly
Blue, one of the greatest pairings since pas- cheap. Now we’re house hunting in Santa
trami on rye. Also, he’s originally from the Barbara with a terrific realtor who’s work-

could possibly stroll around your village,
going all feudal with your vassals, and then
demand a nice lunch by your waterfall.
In Santa Barbara, people are nice but not
serf nice.
Well, $2.4 million also happens to be
the median price for a home in Santa Bar-
bara, according to PropertyShark’s annual
list. That puts our city 12th on the list. The
number one zip code is, once again, in the
heart of The Hamptons: Sagaponack, Long
november 12, 2015
Midwest (Illinois) like me (Ohio). And, for
a price tag under the current median, he
bought a Hamptons-style house, with the
porch and everything, instead of a castle.
(Yes, it was post-crash 2010, but still.)
Incidentally, Dennis recently gave a rare
interview to the New York Post and said he
has no qualms about stepping away from
the limelight after 12 seasons (and four
Emmys) on NYPD Blue. “I just wanted
to live an enjoyable, irresponsible, spend-
at doing nothing.” You gotta love Dennis
Franz. And he’s a Santa Barbaran!
As it happens, before we moved to
ing hard, but it’s a challenge since we’re
apparently not the only people who want
to live in paradise. In other words, we’ve
jumped from the real estate frying pan
into the fire.
Here, fittingly, was one of the first com-
ments I heard on this situation, and it came
in an email from none other than The
Santa Barbara Independent’
Independent’s own Nick
Welsh. “What made you move out here?”
he asked. “An irresistible urge to feed the

Island, New York, with a median price tag time-with-my-family kind of life. I haven’t Santa Barbara, we lived in an UnHampton real estate beast?”
of $5.125 million. regretted one minute of it. I’m pretty good not too far from Sagaponack. House prices That was not it. n

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goleta MIlleR MaRtIN M tRUSt KHIVReNKo aleKSeY $736,000 10/30/15 486 eVoNSHIRe aVe
DeRogatIS PHIlIP M tRUStee DeRogatIS PHIlIP M tRUStee $724,000 10/27/15 5253 RHoaDS aVe
WRIgHt RUSSell C eU SPeRlINg MICHael tRUStee $555,000 10/30/15 5087 RHoaDS aVe a
eDWaRDS loaS M JaReRo aBRaHaM M DeU $519,000 10/29/15 5066 BIRCHWooD RD
Wall JoHN R ea Wall lYNN R eU $900,000 10/29/15 830 N PatteRSoN aVe
tRUoNg Hoa eU WINKel JoHN a tRUStee $982,000 10/29/15 7384 CHaPMaN Pl
IRKHIN YeVgeNIY tRUStee DUll CHRIStoPHeR eU $288,500 10/30/15 133 la CaleRa WaY
eVaNS KIRK BeSSaNt teRRY H tRUStee $757,500 10/26/15 6032 SUelleN Ct
olY CHaDMaR SaNDPIPeR8 goleNCHeNKo PaVel eU $890,500 10/30/15 HollISteR aVe
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ClaRK DeBRa a toRCHIN MaRK e eU $800,000 10/30/15 7549 Sea gUll DR

MoNteCIto DaRlINgtoN PeRCY S III tRUSt ReaD aNDRea ea $1,425,000 10/27/15 1561 SaN leaNDRo lN
DalZIel WIllIaM J tRUSt WHeatleY RHoNDa N tRUSt $970,000 10/30/15 1251 eaSt ValleY RD
PD SeaVIeW llC PICKett StePHeN e tRUStee $1,800,000 10/27/15 74 SeaVIeW DR
el FUReIDIS llC IQ HolDINgS INC $12,261,500 10/30/15 631 PaRa gRaNDe lN
CHaFKIN JeRMIaH H eU CaRotI SteFaNo eU $2,325,000 10/30/15 1931 eUCalYPtUS HIll RD
SaNta BaRBaRa PoRteR KatHleeN J ea VoIgt gReg eU $1,509,500 10/30/15 59 tIeRRa CIelo lN
KRZYCZKoWSKa BaRBaRa M tRUStee SPIeleR KatHY eU $800,000 10/27/15 1116 gaRDeN St
aDaMS lYNDa a RINCoN oFFICeS llC $1,150,000 10/30/15 950 MeDIo RD
tURBeVIlle CeleSte RoCHeStIe taYloR $1,850,000 10/30/15 620 aNaCaPa St
gRoSS DaVID a tRe FoRtUNatI llC $1,275,000 10/30/15 707 De la VINa St
FloReS MaNUel C tRUStee PINI DaRIo l $840,000 10/26/15 624 SaN PaSCUal St
eSPINDola Pete tRUStee WHIte DeReK eU $1,448,500 10/30/15 1228 MaNItoU lN
o'DoNNell BRIaN S KeoUgH JoHN R $175,000 10/30/15 925 W ISlaY St
MalINoFF RICHaRD J tRUStee HeYMaN RICHaRD H $760,000 10/27/15 225 ReeF Ct
taKeUCHI KaReN tRUStee MoNRoe RYaN eU $731,500 10/27/15 419 PeaCH gRoVe lN
oStRoW eFReM H tRUSt SCHeIDeggeR aNDReW R tRUSt $635,000 10/28/15 2654 State St 35
CRoSS MIKe D tRUStee CaRtY PeteR eU $850,000 10/29/15 3034 Calle RoSaleS
BaRaSCH NaNCY S tRUSt tRYoN RoDNeY S eU $1,135,000 10/29/15 3054 Calle NogUeRa
FolSoM DoUglaS eU FolSoM MaRY $458,000 10/27/15 3714 SaN ReMo DR B
tURKell oMaR R tRUStee KoSIK KeNNetH S eU $1,750,000 10/29/15 3812 PUeBlo aVe
HUgHeS laND HolDINg tRUSt BRaNCH JeFFReY eU $5,750,000 10/29/15 4689 VIa RoBlaDa
This data is provided to The Santa Barbara Independent by an outside third-party source and represents a partial list of recorded residential sales in Santa Barbara County on the dates listed.
While this information is public record, The Santa Barbara Independent cannot guarantee the accuracy nor the completeness of this list.

one-of-a-kind montecito treasure
I
’ve always been more of a jeans and flip-
flops person than a ball-gown and high-
heels person. As a parent, I always let
my kids get sandy at the beach and muddy
on hikes. If something wasn’t washable, it
didn’t belong in our house. So the houses
I’ve lived in have always felt … lived in.
We had chickens in downtown Santa Bar-
bara at a craftsman we called The Club-
house, and we had an overgrown, fenceless
adobe on the Mesa that allowed the kids to
explore to their hearts’ content.
So you may not be surprised to hear
that I’ve never been much for Montecito.
Sorry, realtor friends, but it’s true. Mon-
tecito has always felt a little too mani-
cured and snobby for me. I like to know
my neighbors and be able to walk into
the market in my pj’s when I run low on
half-and-half.
Well, my Montecito attitude changed
last week when I visited 145 Olive Mill
Lane. It’s neither rustic nor casual, but this
Address: 145 Olive Mill Lane
Status: On the market
Price: $3,295,000
home feels comfortable. It’s a beautiful
adult clubhouse with fun details galore,
and it’s walking distance to Montecito
Café, Los Arroyos, and CVS on Coast Vil-
lage Road. I loved this house before I even
got inside the front gate. The multicol-
ored bougainvillea curled and clamored
over the curved exterior wall. The address
numbers gleamed from behind an iron
placard, reminding me of abalone shining
in the morning sun. The custom lantern
hanging near the rounded front gate gave
me pause, but once I walked through the
entryway, I recognized my surroundings
and knew I was in for a one-of-a-kind
treat.
This house was designed by area
architect Jeff Shelton. Everyone knows
his distinctive, whimsical works in Santa
Barbara, so I recognized his trademark
style right away. But I had never before
been to one of his private residences. This
one is special. I’m no architectural expert; I
just go by what feels good. This home feels
livable, likable, and fun.
As I walk toward the front door, the
curved archways remind me of an Italian
farmhouse or stable. Through the archway
is a long, breezy hallway reminiscent of
make myself at home
by Sarah Sinclair
a hacienda. When I
step into the living
room, I notice the
super-high ceiling
and huge window
perfectly comple-
ment the relatively
small room with its
built-in shelves and
nooks. A distinctive
stairway beckons
up one side of the
room, with artfully
arranged Saltillo tile
steps echoed by a cutout stair-step wall This house is comfortable in its own
and paired with a playful, curved iron skin. It invites you to smile at its details
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handrail leading upstairs. and relax awhile in its cozy corners and
Built in 2009, the house has three bed- sunny spaces. The new owner of this
rooms and three and a half baths, a gour- house should be prepared for fun because
met kitchen, a study, and a workout room. this house is ready to have fun for years to
Outside there is a bocce-ball court, a great come. And should you find yourself out of
courtyard with a fountain and a wood fire- half-and-half, they’ll likely laugh with you
place, and plenty of patio space to enjoy —not at you—when you run into CVS
the beautiful yard designed by renowned in your pj’s.
area landscape architect Isabelle Greene.
Inside and out, so many thoughtful ele-
ments, from the fixtures to the finishes, 145 Olive Mill Lane is currently for sale in Montecito,
november 12, 2015
listed by Gayle Lofthus of Village Properties Realtors.
invite one to pause and appreciate the
craftsmanship and artistry. Reach Gayle at 689-9011.
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Carpinteria
5965 Hickory Street 2, 2BD/1BA,
Sat 12-3 Sun 12-3, $345,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Tony Rodriguez 805-901-0425
5455 8th Street Unit 92, 2BD/2BA,
Sun 1-4, $445,000, Sotheby’s, Jim Alzina
805-455-1941
1211 Franciscan Court #2,
2BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $560,000,
Coldwell Banker, Jeff Farrell 805-895-
5151
4527 Carpinteria Avenue
A, 2BD/3BA, Sun 12-3, $565,000,
Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-
969-1258
1482 Eucalyptus Street, 4BD/2BA,
Sun 12-2, $750,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Dale Sundell 805-895-2064
178 Serafin Street, 4BD/2BA, Sun
11-2, $950,000, Sotheby’s, Carolyn
Wood Friedman 805-886-3838
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3375 Foothill Road #1114,
3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,200,000,
Coldwell Banker, Hayley N Hernandez
805-717-8868
3246 Beach Club Road, 4BD/4BA,
Sun 1-4, $13,888,000, The Agency,
Jackie Smith 213-494-7736
3111 Padaro Lane, 4BD/3BA, Sun
1-3, $13,900,000, Village Properties,
John Henderson 805-689-1066
Downtown Santa Barbara
november 12, 2015
320 Por La Mar Circle, 0BD/1BA,
Sun 1-3, $475,000, Coast and Valley
Properties, Robert P Ruccione 805-729-
2004
829 North Salsipuedes Street B,
2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $599,900, Berkshire
Hathaway, Rose Van Schaik 805-452-
2051
316 West Pedregosa
independent real estate
Street, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $785,000,
Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-
969-1258
1417 Olive Street Unit B, 3BD/2BA,
Sat 1-3, $1,045,000, Sotheby’s, Sandy
Lipowski 805-403-3844
218 Santa Barbara Street D,
3BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $1,175,000,
Berkshire Hathaway, Marguerite Taylor
805-705-0957
401 Chapala Street #305,
8
1BD/1.5BA, Sun 11-4, $1,325,000,
Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton
805-896-0876
2109 Chapala Street, 3BD/2.5BA,
Sat 2-4 Sun 1-4, $1,495,000, Sotheby’s,
Deb Archambault 805-455-2966
531 Chapala Street A, 1BD/2BA, Sun
1-4, $1,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Wes St. Clair 805-895-5650
220 West Yanonali Street, 2BD/2BA,
Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $2,400,000, Sotheby’s,
Ray Benenate 805-448-7988
Goleta
30 Winchester Canyon #79,
2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $284,000, Coldwell
Banker, Holly Misic 805-335-3315
4326 Calle Real #9, 3BD/2BA, Sun
1-4, $299,999, Coldwell Banker, Ruth
Martinez-Infante 805-570-4646
218 Entrance Road 5, 2BD/2.5BA,
Sun 2-4, $505,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Jan Banister 805-455-1194
349 Northgate Drive D, 4BD/2BA,
Sun 2-4, $579,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Ken Switzer 805-680-4622
549 Sweet Rain Place, 3BD/2.5BA,
Sun 1-4, $669,000, Pacific Coast Realty,
JoAnn Pomatto-Gomez 805-705-3798
284 Coronado Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sat
1-3, $819,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Brett
Buschbom 805-451-9108
5004 Caire Circle, 5BD/3BA, By Appt.,
$949,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jason
Streatfeild Team 805-969-1122
7608 Newport Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sat
2-4, $969,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Chris Jones 805-708-7041
4901 Ramada Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sat
1-4, $980,000, Coldwell Banker, Jeani
Hansen Burke 805-451-1429
510 Coronado Drive, Sun 1-4,
5BD/4BA, $1,029,000, Goodwin &
Thyne Properties, Stu Morse 805-705-
0161
7797 Goldfield Court, 4BD/4.5BA,
Sun 1-3, $2,749,000, Village Properties,
Beverly Palmer, 805-452-7985
331 Santa Rosalia Way, 3BD/2BA,
Sat 1-4, $TBD, Village Properties, Cimme
Eordanidis 805-722-8480
Hope Ranch
4178 Creciente Drive, 4BR/3BA, Sun
1-4, $3,995,000, Stones Real Estate,
Team Eric and Mary 805-682-6090
929 Canon Road, 4BD/4BA, By Appt.,
$4,895,000, Sotheby’s, Sandy Stahl 805-
689-1602
Mission Canyon
858 Cheltenham Road, 4BD/2BA, Sun
1-4, $1,050,000, Coldwell Banker, Jeani
Hansen Burke 805-451-1429
876 Windsor Way, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4,
$1,075,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jason
S. Ebin 805-364-3070
967 Chelteham Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun
1-4, $1,125,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Bill
Urbany 805-331-0248
2985 Glen Albyn Drive, 4BD/3BA,
Sun 2-4, $1,195,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Ricardo Munoz 805-895-8725
2960 Glen Albyn Drive, 5BD/3BA,
Sun 2-4, $1,695,000, Coldwell Banker,
Don Haws 805-895-7653
790 Mission Oaks Lane, 4BD/4.5BA,
Sun 1-3, $1,845,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Chris Smith 831-234-0091
Montecito
1220 Coast Village Road Unit
110, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,069,000,
Sotheby’s, John Holland 805-705-1681
85 Canon View Drive, 3+BD/4BA,
Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $1,350,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Ashley Anderson & Paul Hurst
805-680-8516
546 San Ysidro Road, 2BD/2BA, Sun
1-3, $1,350,000, Coldwell Banker, Holly
McKenna 805-886-8848
52 Olive Mill Road, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun
2-4, $1,495,000, Village Properties, Don
Hunt 805-895-3833
498 Toro Canyon Road, 3BD/3BA,
Sun 1-4, $1,497,500, Coastal Properties,
Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258
1395 Santa Clara Way, 4BD/4BA,
Sat 2-4 Sun 1-4, $1,565,000, Coldwell
Banker, Edna Sizlo 805-455-4567
925 El Rancho Road, 3BD/3BA, Sun
1-4, $1,788,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Heather Martineau 805-231-3558
Saturday 11/14 & Sunday 11/15
1994 Sycamore Canyon
Road, 5BD/4BA, Sun 12-3, $1,975,000,
Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-
969-1258
462 Toro Canyon Road, 4BD/3BA,
Sun 1-4, $2,395,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, JoAnn Mermis 805-895-5650
1211 East Valley Road, 4BD/5BA,
Sat 1-3, $2,595,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Jessica Stovall 805-698-9416
2775 East Valley Road, 4BD/3.5BA,
Sun 1-4, $2,795,000, Sotheby’s, Jenny
Hall 805-705-7125
1781 San Leandro Lane, 4BD/3.5BA,
Sun 12-3, $2,985,000, Coldwell Banker,
Charlie Petersen 805-637-0312
235 Santa Rosa Lane, 3BD/2.5BA,
Sun 1-4, $2,995,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Brooke Ebner 805-453-7071
Jenny Easter 805-455-6294
1110 Oriole Road, 4BD/3BA, Sat 12-3
Sun 12-3, $3,049,000, Coldwell Banker,
Eric Stockmann 805-895-0789 Patrice
Serrani 805-637-5112
1424 East Valley Road,
3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4, $3,200,000, Reeves
& Associates, Jeff Reeves 805-689-2058
2700 Torito Road, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4,
$3,200,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Brett
Buschbom 805-451-9108
1103 Camino Viejo, 4BD/5BA, Sun
1-4, $3,795,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Taylor Toner 805-451-4801
777 Lilac Drive, 4BD/4BA, Sun 1-4,
$4,250,000, Coldwell Banker, Steve
Slavin 805-886-3428
2355 East Valley Road, 5BD/9BA,
Sun 1-4, $4,500,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, John Comin 805-689-3078
1385 Oak Creek Canyon Road, Lot/
Land, By Appt., $4,950,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Joe Stubbins 805-729-0778
1709 Overlook Lane, 5BD/4.5BA,
By Appt., $5,250,000, Sotheby’s, Frank
Abatemarco 805-450-7477
1098 Golf Road, 5BD/4.5BA, By Appt.,
$5,750,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jason
Streatfeild Team 805-969-1122
511 Las Fuentes Drive, 3BD/4.5BA,
Sat 1-4, $6,450,000, Village Properties,
Elberta Pate 805-895-0835
2225 Featherhill Road, 6BD/6.5BA,
Sun 1-3, $6,995,000, Sotheby’s, Debbie
Lee 805-637-7588
1522 East Mountain Drive,
5BD/3.5BA, Sun 1-4, $7,495,000,
Sotheby’s, Karen Strickland 805-455-
3226
2220 Bella Vista Drive, 4BD/6BA,
Sun 1-4, $7,985,000, Village Properties,
Pippa Davis 805-886-0174
1850 Jelinda Drive, 5BD/8BA, By
Appt., $7,950,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Jason Streatfeild Team 805-969-1122
Noleta
615 Las Perlas Drive, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun
2-4, $739,500, Sotheby’s, Linda Brown
“Brownie” 805-666-9090
Riviera
30 North Santa Ynez Street D,
4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $795,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Mary Whitney 805-689-0915
814 Paseo Alicante, 2+BD/2.5BA,
Sun 1-3, $959,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Doug Van Pelt 805-637-3684
49 Cedar Lane, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun
1-4, $1,250,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Andy Madrid 805-452-1456 James St.
James 949-547-1860
1202 Las Alturas Road, 2BD/2BA, Sat
1-4, $1,349,000, Teles Properties, Inc.,
Larry S. Martin 805-895-6872
139 Loma Media Road, 2BD/2.5BA,
Sat 11-4 Sun 11-4, $1,385,000,
Berkshire Hathaway, Isaiah J. Polstra 805-
722-5085
1889 Eucalyptus Hill Road, 3BD/2BA,
Sun 1-3, $1,389,000, Sotheby’s, Justin
Corrado 805-451-9969
1 Rubio Road, 3BD/3BA, Sun 2-4,
$1,585,000, Coldwell Banker, C Scott
McCosker, 805-687-2436
3 Las Alturas Road, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun
1-3, $1,599,000, Village Properties, John
Bahura 805-680-5175
1836 Hillcrest Road, 4BD/3BA,
Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $1,599,000, Village
Properties, June Laula 805-689-7036
Christina Ruelas 805-452-9931
1545 Knoll Circle Drive, 3BD/2BA,
Sun 1-3, $1,800,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Michele White 805-452-7515
1554 Knoll Circle Drive, 3BD/3.5BA,
Sun 1-4, $1,895,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Bryan R. Uhrig 805-331-3191
1746 Prospect Avenue, 3BD/3.5,
Sun 1-4, $1,995,000, Village Properties,
Priscilla Bedolla 805-680-7146
712 Arbolado Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun
2-4, $2,170,000, Sotheby’s, The Olivers
805-680-6524
1010 Roble Lane, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4,
$2,249,000, Sotheby’s, The Olivers 805-
680-6524
1570 Las Canoas Road, 3BD/4BA,
Sun 1-3, $2,375,000, Coast and Valley
Properties, Robert P Ruccione 805-729-
2004
1829 Mira Vista, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-3,
$2,395,000, Sotheby’s, Sandy Stahl 805-
689-1602
1800 El Encanto Road Unit A,
2BD/2BA, Sat 1-3, $2,595,000,
Sotheby’s, Joanna Slott 805-335-0158
1933 Mission Ridge, 3BD/4BA, Sun
2-4, $2,650,000, Village Properties,
R.Wayne Barker 805-637-2948
Samarkand
2834 Serena Road, 3BD/2BA, Sat
1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,150,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Gordon Hardey & Marilyn
Wankum 805-455-1607
San Roque
3867 Cinco Amigos, 3BD/2BA, Sun
12-3, $595,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Hristo Hristov 805-284-8471
2525 State Street 12, 2BD/2BA,
Sat 1-3 Sun 1-4, $599,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Isaac Garrett 805-729-1143
Rachel Brown 805-570-7160
2740 Miradero Drive, 2BD/2BA, Sun
2-4, $729,000, Village Properties, Sheela
Hunt 805-698-3767
616 Calle De Los Amigos, 3BD/3BA,
Sun 1-4, $815,000, Sotheby’s, Daniela
Johnson 805-453-4555
3756 Greggory Way 1, 3BD/2BA,
Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $875,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Kathy Hughes 805-448-4881
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Going electric in the Kitchen
M
ost of you are probably too
young to remember the
“Gold Medallion” homes of
the 1960s. These modern,
state-of-the-art, all-electric homes were
promoted as the best and cleanest homes
on the market. Within a few years, as elec-
tricity costs increased, they became the
Edsels of the housing market. However, I
have come to believe that after a 50-year
hiatus, all-electric homes are once again
going to be the future. The reasons are
quite different: Combined with solar-
generated electricity, either on- or off-site,
OPEN HOUSES
San Roque (CONtiNUED)
42 Calle Capistrano, 3BD/2BA,
Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $895,000, Sotheby’s,
Stephanie Wilson 805-895-3270 Ed
Kaleugher 805-689-2157
28 West Calle Crespis, 2BD/2.5BA,
Sun 2-4, $935,000, Coldwell Banker,
Arielle Assur 805-906-0194
310 Stevens Road, 4BD/2BA,
Sun 12-4, $950,000, Keller Williams,
Ruth Ann Bowe Real Estate Team 805-698-
0351
30 West Calle Crespis, 2BD/2.5BA,
Sun 2-4, $965,000, Coldwell Banker,
Arielle Assur 805-906-0194
3703 Dixon Street, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-3,
$1,099,000, Village Properties, Marcella
Simmons 805-680-9981
520 Vista Vallejo, 3BD/2BA, Sun
1-3, $1,295,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Cheyenne Hawks 805-618-6400
3971 Foothill Road, 4BD/2.5BA,
Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,325,000, Village
Properties, Cara Gamberdella 805-680-
3826
3531 Los Pinos Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun
1-4, $1,395,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Debbie Kort 805-368-4479
612 Calle Granada, 3BD/3BA, Sun
2-4, $1,595,000, Village Properties,
Vickie Craig 805-708-2468
1276 North Ontare Road, 3BD/3BA,
Sun 1-5, $2,049,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, The Easter Team 805-570-
0403
such homes can free us from fossil-fuel
use.
The Energy Star label, a federal pro-
gram that rates the energy efficiency of
appliances, enables shoppers to know-
ingly purchase appliances that use the
least energy to operate. Created in 1992,
the program now covers 40,000 products
and saves more than $24 billion (2012) in
energy costs annually.
One energy-efficient electrical appli-
ance that has been widely embraced in
Europe and Asia is the magnetic-induc-
tion cooktop. Because it directly heats a
pan using magnetic fields, an induction
unit can provide great power, instant
adjustability, excellent thermal efficiency,
and precise control—equal to or better
than gas or electric resistance cookers.
The energy efficiency of induction coils
is approximately double that of gas burn-
ers—roughly 80 percent of the energy in
the electricity gets used for cooking com-
pared to 40 percent of the energy in gas.
Since the pot is heated directly, the
cooking surface, usually a glass ceramic
sheet, doesn’t get warm except directly
under the pot. Even there it gets only
Saturday 11/14 & Sunday 11/15 CONtiNUED
Summerland
2210 Calle Culebra, 3BD/3BA, Sun
12-3, $1,850,000, Sotheby’s, Jason
Siemens, 805-455-1165
2631 Freesia Drive, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun
1-3, $2,050,000, Sotheby’s, Dick Mires
805-689-7771
Upper East Santa Barbara
2030 State Street #4, 2BD/2BA, Sun
2-4, $639,500, Coldwell Banker, Jessie
Sessions 805-709-0904
1125 Waldron Avenue, 4BD/1BA,
Sun 1-4, $995,000, Sotheby’s, Amie &
Kara Strickland 805-570-7677
15 West Padre, 5BD/3BA, Sun 2-4,
$1,499,000, Coldwell Banker, Mark
Schneidman 805-452-2428
2025 Garden Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun
12-2, $1,750,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Ken Switzer 805-680-4622
2446 Garden Street, 3BD/4BA, Sun
1-3, $2,025,000, Coldwell Banker, Ingrid
Anderson Smith 805-689-2396
2414 Santa Barbara Street,
3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $2,295,000,
Berkshire Hathaway, SiBelle Israel 805-
896-4218
Westside Santa Barbara
3578 Modoc Road Unit 9, 1BD/1BA,
By Appt., $579,000, Sotheby’s, Diane
Waterhouse 805-886-2988
moderately hot, making for a safer cook-
ing environment and easier cleanup —
basically, no more burned fingers, no
more baked-on spills, and less risk for
children.
One concern I had was possible radia-
tion exposure, but after looking at the
scientific literature, mostly European
studies, I became convinced that there
are no radiation-associated hazards. On
the plus side, indoor air quality is signifi-
cantly better than with gas stoves. There
aren’t any incompletely combusted resid-
ual gases that accompany all gas units, a
definite health hazard.
In the past, higher prices were a draw-
back, but in recent years, prices have
come down to be competitive with gas
ranges.
Until five years ago, I thought I would
never cook on anything but a gas range.
None of the other options offered the
control and power of a gas flame. Now,
Dennis Allen is chair of Allen Construction, an employee-owned company committed to building and operating
sustainably. He also serves as chair of the Dean’s Council at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
at UCSB and as a boardmember of the Community Environmental Council.
319 Ladera Street 2, 2BA/2BA, By
Appt., $674,900, Berkshire Hathaway,
Jason Streatfeild Team 805-969-1122
927 West Valerio Street, 2BD/2BA,
Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $769,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Hristo Hristov 805-284-8471
Jarrod Shively 805-714-5114
1268 Veronica Springs Road,
6BD/4BA, Sun 11-2, $1,295,000, Keller
Williams Realty, Justin Etherton 805-617-
0774
1123 Manitou Road, 4BD/3BA,
Sun 2-4, $1,595,000, Sotheby’s, Alex
Rouffaer 805-451-0023
1106 Crestline Drive, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun
1-4, $1,765,000, Coldwell Banker, Victor
Plana 805-895-0591
Santa Ynez Valley
1021 West Lime Avenue, 4BD/3BA,
Sun 1-3:30, $352,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Bunny DeLorie 805-570-9181
394 Freear Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3,
$399,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Todd
McChesney 805-291-7902
1519 Kronborg Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun
11-1, $729,000, Berkshire Hathaway,
Chris McCool 805-680-3594
1139 Cota Street, 4BD/2BA, Sun 12-3,
$739,000, Berkshire Hathaway, David
Macbeth 805-689-4178
2485 Park Street, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun
2-4, $777,777, Sotheby’s, Lauren Stewart
805-618-600
Green your crib
independent real estate
by Dennis Allen
with my induction stove top (run off
solar), I have changed allegiance. Water
boils three times faster, temperature
adjusts instantly, it is safer, and it cleans
up easier. I am a fan!
november 12, 2015
realestate.independent.com
1444 Aarhus Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun
2-4, $795,000, Sotheby’s, Meagan
Tambini 805-448-4285
137 3rd Street, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-3,
$859,000, Sotheby’s, Linda Williams
805-680-7541
470 Bluebird Glen Road, 4BD/3BA,
Sun 1-4, $1,649,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Deanna Harwood 805-325-
9
1452
2905 Via La Selva, 5BD/4.5BA,
Sun 1-3, $2,995,000, Sotheby’s, Laura
Drammer 805-448-7500
Ventura County
135 Wormwood Street, 3BD/3BA, Sat
1-3, $794,000, Revive Real Estate Group,
Mark R Tasch 818-264-9148
145 Wormwood Street, 3BD/3BA,
Sat 1-3, $819,000, Revive Real Estate
Group, Mark R Tasch 818-264-9148
1251 Via Cielito, Lot/Land, By Appt.,
$1,200,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jason
Streatfeild Team 805-969-1122
1188 Buena Vista Street, 7BD/5BA,
Sun 1-4, $2,900,000, Berkshire
Hathaway, Ellyn Dembowski 805-320-
1206
Submit your open house listings to
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Tuesday by 3pm to be included in
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