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8 Letters to the Editor Writer Cheri Steinkellner reacts to the Montecito Journal glossy edition article about her; letter from

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as defined in the Caltrans Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The some-times heated discussion, scheduled for an hour, morphed into a seven-hour debate featuring the SBCAG Board, some 50 speakers, Caltrans, the California Highway Patrol (CHP), and the Measure A 2012 Citizens’ Oversight Committee. The key to reaching an agreement was a carefully crafted compromise offered by First District County Supervisor Salud Carbajal that bridged the differences between South and North County supervisors and mayors.

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council members brought an unexpected clarity to the difficult issues of defin-ing the project scope, choosing a design alternative, and finding a funding pathway for a widened 101 through the narrowest and most constrained right-of-way in the 60-mile widening corridor.

Advantages to Montecito 1) Widen now

The SBCAG vote to proceed and widen now means that the start of the wid-ening in Montecito could begin as early as 2017. That date could be derailed by lawsuits claiming that an inadequate EIR requires re-circulation. Had the EIR re-circulation option been endorsed by SBCAG, the earliest construction start would have been 2020 to 2022, if ever.

We are now into the seventh year of the 101 EIR controversy. Funding will be challenging. The project is at least $150 million short in needed state and federal allocations. This project has to be competitive with similar projects when apply-ing for state and federal money.

The 11-2 vote for EIR approval sends an unambiguous signal to Sacramento that the concept EIR phases for the widening between Montecito and Carpinteria are now finished.2) New southbound right-lane on-ramp at Cabrillo Boulevard added

During the Milpas widening of the 101, the southbound 101 left-lane on-ramp was removed. The unhappy result was that more than a million cars, trucks, and vans were dumped onto Coast Village Road to enter the 101 at Olive Mill each year, turning what should be a shopping Mecca into a parking lot at rush hours and on Friday and Sunday evenings when summer beach traffic heads north, then south. The 11-2 vote insures that a new southbound on-ramp at Cabrillo will be included – a possibility excluded in the MA 101 widening proposal.3) Left-lane ramps fully considered, but rejected

The retention of left-lane ramps and a Los Patos on-ramp were rejected by all 13 SBCAG members. Because left-lane ramps would have to be reengineered and rebuilt, the cost and time of construction for both alternatives, it turns out, was estimated to be the same.

Mayor Helene Schneider cast her “no” vote for Supervisor Carbajal’s motion in an effort to retain maximum leverage to force Caltrans to fund the replace-ment of the $20 million Union Pacific Railroad Bridge at Cabrillo. Caltrans insists this local improvement should be funded by county Measure A funds. Both Mayor Schneider and Santa Barbara City Manager Jim Armstrong rejected left-lane ramps. The mayor called the debate over and Armstrong said the city favored the F-modified right-lane ramp solution.

Supervisor Peter Adam wanted Caltrans – as the owner and operator of the freeway – to pick up more of the funding tab so that more Measure A funding could be shifted to North County cities for local projects.4) Evaluate traffic circle at Olive Mill and Coast Village Road; replace rail-road bridge at Cabrillo; improve southbound 101 on-ramp at San Ysidro

It was agreed than an independent, third-party highway engineering firm will work with Caltrans, the county, and the City of Santa Barbara to compile a Project Study Report (PSR) for final design enhancements of the entire 101 project prior to approval of a Coastal Commission permit. Concurrently and on a parallel path, work will proceed with the affected jurisdictions on the Olive Mill, San Ysidro, and Cabrillo railroad bridge projects regarding design, plan-ning, and identification of needed funding.

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Profile Plaudits

What a wow of a profile you have graced me with in the winter/spring edition

of your [semi-annual] glossy mag-azine! Deepest appreciation to ace reporter Jeremy Harbin for machete-ing through all those words I must have said to write just the right story. Kudos to your crack design team for making my fistful of snapshots look like a million bucks! The Montecito Journal glossy edition is a stunning publication and Team Steinkellner, as well as Teams Cheers, Bob, Funny Girl, and Hello! My Baby, are honored and so very proud to be a part of it. Thank you.

Cheri SteinkellnerMontecito (Editor’s note: Ms Steinkellner and

her husband, Bill Steinkellner, were chief writers and executive producers of TV’s long-lived ratings powerhouse Cheers; Bob was a short-lived Bob Newhart sit-com that they worked on; Cheri also starred in a stage version of Funny Girl as Fanny Brice before deciding she’d rath-er be a writer, and Hello! My Baby is the Steinkellners’ latest Broadway-bound baby. – J.B.)

The MA’s Position(The following letter was sent to all

Montecito Association members. We reprint it here for our readers’ edification.)

As you know, last week the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) voted 11 to 2 to accept the Caltrans plan for Highway 101. The motion, made by First District Supervisor Salud Carbajal, was to support Caltrans moving forward with a final envi-ronmental impact report, to use an independent third party firm to assist in development of the final design of the project, and to pursue three proj-ects (the Cabrillo Boulevard railroad underpass, the Olive Mill roundabout, and improvements at San Ysidro) sep-arately but concurrently. The purpose of this letter is to express our reaction to the vote and to communicate our intentions moving forward.

While we respect the political pro-cess, we were nevertheless disap-pointed that the SBCAG board accept-ed the Caltrans approach that has, in our view, several deficiencies. We worked diligently to protect our com-munity and advocated strongly for an alternative plan approved by our Montecito Association board. In the end, our effort may well pay off as

several of the elements of the SBCAG motion reflected our views. However, we did not have the political support of our supervisor for a motion that would have more directly addressed our concerns.

We will continue to work for a solu-tion that is the best fit for Montecito and Santa Barbara County as a whole. The Montecito Association board will discuss the issue at a future meeting, but there are elements to the SBCAG motion that we might well support, specifically the use of an indepen-dent engineering firm in the design process and the three separate proj-ects consisting of the Cabrillo railroad underpass, the Olive Mill roundabout, and improvements at San Ysidro. We might also continue to advocate for certain other design changes that seemed to have some support among individual SBCAG board members. We in Montecito suffer as much from

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I want to take this opportu-nity to thank the members of the Montecito Association Transportation Subcommittee for their tireless efforts over the last couple of years in not only representing the Montecito Association, but in stepping up and getting involved in the engineering and political process. Some of their input and observations will no doubt work its way into the final design of the project.

I also want to thank our members for their support, in particular our members who have contributed finan-cially toward our plan. The 101 issue is one of the most significant issues that our community will face, and your support will help result in a bet-ter project for all of us.

Ted UrschelPresident, Montecito Association

Can-Do, Could-Do, Did-DoI am so pleased to recall a recent

local positive experience.As a third-generation Californian

who tries to pay attention to local pub-lic as well as national situations that affect every citizen, I must praise the excellent official action taken.

I was told that First District Supervisor Salud Carbajal did not just keep his office chair warm; he got things done! And, that he also has an excellent “can-do” staff.

I must applaud his quick and accu-rate response to solving things in the public interest quickly.

G. HebertMontecito (Editor’s note: We’re not sure what you

are referencing, but we’re guessing it was Mr. Carbajal’s compromise solution of adding “independent” entities to the 101 mix in order to sway the SBCAG vote [see Bob Hazard’s Editorial on page five], in which case, we’ll second your motion – J.B.)

Andy Never ForgotI sold a restored 1934 Ford Roadster

to Andy Granatelli about 25 years ago. I had placed it for sale in the Santa Barbara News-Press. He called and asked if he could have it shipped on a flatbed down from Santa Ynez to his estate for inspection. I agreed and followed in my truck. He asked me to drive it down to the gas station on Coast Village Road by the freeway off-ramp (with him as passenger) to test drive and do a fill-up... because he couldn’t fit behind the steering wheel! He liked the car, bought it, and said it would probably never be driven again, for it would remain in his collection.

He later gave me a tour of his col-lection and home. What a kind and super guy. Years after that, he always remembered me. He had a memory like an elephant.

Dave HenrySanta Ynez

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passing (“He Really Was Larger Than Life,” MJ # 20/1). I met Andy and Dolly as a window-covering contrac-tor. I did their drapery work in 2008. Two short stories:

When I was working in their living room, Andy came by and said, “I came to speak for Joe.” He waited. “Do you know what that means?” he asked. Standing on the ladder, with my arms above my head, working on the drap-ery rod, I admitted that I didn’t. Andy then told me about the mood and spirit of civilian life during WWII, and how it became common coinage, whenever someone was speaking at a meeting and making recommenda-tions on behalf of the GIs, to say, “I came to speak for Joe.”

Clearly, it was a memory that touched Andy deeply. And I was taken that he would kindly open that window for me. Thereafter, for a cou-ple of years, whenever I came to the house to work, I would listen for Andy’s greeting on the intercom at the gate, and then I would simply say, “I came to speak for Joe.” He’d laugh.

The last time I was there, Dolly asked me what I was up to. I told her I had a mold problem in my kitchen, had torn the cabinets out, and was going to put in new ones.

“What are you doing for a counter-top?” she asked.

“Tile. It’s cheap,” I replied.“Oh no. You can’t do that. You have

to do stone. The grout in the tile will get dirty and unsanitary. Come here.” Dolly took me to her kitchen and showed me her exquisite granite. I got her point. But clearly what she had was way over my budget. She could read my thoughts. “You don’t have to get this big thick stone. They have affordable options.”

I came home that afternoon and said to my wife, “Dolly G. says we have to get granite, not tile.” Now, my wife, who was once a Yosemite naturalist, has an affinity with granite, and always wanted some stone in the house. So, at Dolly’s suggestion, we began to talk about it, and looked into it. And now we have a granite countertop.

We think of it as Granatelli Granite.Joseph MillerSanta Barbara(Editor’s note: Mr. Miller is arts review-

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Lucid Dreaming DiscussionExplorers of the Lucid Dream World, a free screening of Richard Hilton’s documentary on lucid dreaming will be shown at the Karpeles Manuscript Library.A Lucid Dream is a dream in which you become aware that you are dreaming while in the dream. This is an ability that can be learned, and will be explored at this event. The night will start with a viewing of the documentary. The movie covers the scientific, psychological, and spiritual aspects of lucid dreaming, and includes interviews with experts such as Dr. Stephen LaBerge from the Lucidity Institute, Dr. Fariba Bogzaran from the Lucid Art Foundation, Patricia Keelin from the Lucidity Institute, and Dr. Alan Wallace from the Santa Barbara Institute of Consciousness Studies.The screening will include a panel discussion and cover all the important aspects in order to have a successful lucid dream.When: 7 pmWhere: 21 West Anapamu StreetCost: freeInfo: James, (805) 729-4250 THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6

Jonathan Winters Estate SaleHead to the Earl Warren Showgrounds for the Jonathan Winters Estate Sale. Proceeds from door sales benefit the Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation. The preview sale ($25 per ticket) takes place on February 6, and

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Open HouseSimpatico Pilates is hosting an open house. With the start of the new year, there are exciting improvements and new staff members on board at Simpatico; come by to meet trainers, get information about programs (new and old), and get a tour of the studio. When: 5:30 to 7 pmWhere: 1235 Coast Village Road, Suite IInfo: 565-7591

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Silverhorn Hosts Master Gem CutterKnown to jewelry aficionados as “The Picasso of Gems,” Bernd Munsteiner, the German master gem cutter, will make a rare personal appearance in Santa BarbaraWhen: Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1; 10 am to 5 pmWhere: 1155 Coast Village RoadInfo: www.silverhorn.com and (805) 969-0442

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Tea DanceThe City of Santa Barbara donates use of

the ballroom and volunteers provide music and refreshments for this ongoing, free dance event.Ballroom dance music including the Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Fox Trot, Quick Step, and rhythm dances such as the Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Mambo, and Bolero are played, among other dance music. Participants can hone their dancing skills or learn new dance techniques.The Santa Barbara Ballroom Tea Dance is held on the first Sunday of every month at the Carrillo Rec Center. No partner necessary, but if you can find one, bring him or her along!When: 2 to 5 pmWhere: 100 East Carrillo Street Info: 897-2519Cost: free

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4

Lecture at MarymountCome hear internationally acclaimed, best-selling author, and parenting expert Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D speak at Marymount of Santa Barbara. Space is limited so please RSVP. When: 12:30 to 2 pmWhere: 2130 Mission Ridge Road

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Lecture & LuncheonChannel City Club presents Bonnie Erbé, a nonpartisan, award-winning American journalist and television host based in the Washington, D.C. area, who has covered national politics for decades. Most recently, she was honored for her contributions to women’s media. She created PBS’ To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé and has kept it a vital part of PBS’ program

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Story Time at Laguna Blanca Laguna Blanca presents Story Time, a series of fun and interactive reading opportunities for children. Story Times will take place on several Saturdays this winter in the library at the Lower School campus and are free and open to the entire community.Today’s theme is Birds and Birdwatching; books will be read based on this theme. When: 9 am Where: 260 San Ysidro RoadInfo: 695-8143

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FRIDAY FEBRUARY 7

Sock Hop & Art ReceptionRock out this next First Friday on the Corner of Toys & Books. Dress up for the sock hop, get some yummy food from Georgia’s Smokehouse and check out Ruby Gloger’s artwork.Gloger is an imaginative eight-year-old girl whose Asperger syndrome allows her to see art in the world wherever she goes. A second grade student in Carpinteria, Ruby finds inspiration through nature and animals. Her artistic creativity helps turn our perception of “disability” upside down, by showing how a mind on the autism spectrum perceives the world with such beauty. When: 5 pm to 8 pmWhere: Curious Cup in Carpinteria, 5285 Carpinteria AvenueInfo: (805) 220-6608

SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8

Festival of HeartsFriendship Center presents the 15th annual Festival of Hearts at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree ResortWhen: 11:30 am to 2:30 pmWhere: 633 East Cabrillo BoulevardCost: $100 per personInfo and Tickets: www.friendshipcentersb.org or (805) 969-0859

Free MusicThe Santa Barbara Music Club will present another program in its popular series of concerts of beautiful music. A valued cultural resource in town since 1969, these concerts feature performances by instrumental and vocal soloists and chamber music ensembles, and are free to the public. Today’s performers include two international pianists: Zeynep Ucbasaran and Sergio Gallo.When: 3 pmWhere: Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu StreetCost: free •MJ


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At its hearing on Wednesday, January 22, Montecito Planning Commission (MPC)

elected longtime commissioner Dan Eidelson as the organization’s new chairman. J’Amy Brown was elect-ed as first vice chair, and Michael Phillips was elected as second vice chair.

Eidelson takes the reins from Sue Burrows, who has sat on the com-mission since 2007 and served as chair since 2012. Both Burrows and Brown were in front of the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, January 21, having their terms on MPC extended until 2016.

MPC and Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) cel-ebrated their tenth anniversaries last year. The organizations were formed a decade after an attempt to annex Montecito as its own city. At that time, Montecito land use issues were heard by the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission. MPC and MBAR have helped shape the “village feel” of Montecito, ensur-ing projects and builders adhere to the Montecito Community Plan. MPC ensures that Montecito proj-ects are looked at by a group of Montecito-minded people, who understand and implement the community plan; the Commission allows for a community forum as well as an opportunity for vigilance in keeping Montecito semi-rural. “When you take the time to write us or give us public comment, it gives a better sense of the commu-nity. You are always welcome here,”

Burrows said last week. Chair Eidelson was honored

last year as the grand marshal of Montecito’s Village Fourth Parade. A former president of the Montecito Association, Eidelson has lived in Montecito the past 28 years and was part of the original group of peo-ple who helped get MPC established. He has held several local positions, including president of the Montecito Community Foundation, president of the Sanitary District, and board member of Montecito Fire Protection District.

Other commissioners include Phillips, who has sat on the board since its inception, and Jack Overall, who chaired the commission in 2011.

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Forest has been busy in 2013 and you may have seen him in Lee Daniels’ The Butler with Oprah Winfrey. Whitaker was also in his first musical, Black Nativity, with Angela Bassett and Jennifer Hudson, and he pro-duced Fruitvale Station. His bio goes on and on and he is a humanitarian as well. Just one such project is the International Institute for Peace, of which he is co-founder and chair.

After cocktails and mingling, the ballroom was opened for a sit-down dinner for over 300 folks, many of whom have been connected with the SBIFF for years. Board chairman Jeff Barbakow spoke, and emeritus pres-

idents Phyllis De Picciotto, Jelinda DeVorzon, and Arnold Kassoy were there. Tribute director Dana Morrow had done his usual good work with the film, showing clips of Whitaker’s body of work. PR gal extraordinaire Carol Marshall has always been help-ful. She’ll have a big job at the SBIFF this year with tribute honorees like Robert Redford and Oprah Winfrey. That’s a wrap until all the SBIFF hoop-la begins for the 29th year, January 30 through February 9. See you at the movies!

SBMA Women’s Board Luncheon

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) Women’s Board held its annu-al new members luncheon at the Santa Barbara Club. President Gwen Baker welcomed all, followed by SBMA director of development Barbara Ben-Horin reminding us that the board has been around for 63 years – ten years

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Vice president of membership Jane Dailey introduced the ten new mem-bers of the Women’s Board, saying, “They inspire us.” They are Harriette Ambach, Peyton Evans, Maggie Gallant, Angie Jones, Christy Martin, Patti Monroe, DeDe Parrett, Prudy Squier, Nancy Werner, and Sheila Zimmerman.

The rest of the executive committee is vice president of development Liz Heitmann, treasurer Deanna Major, recording secretary Catey Dunkley, corresponding secretary Helene Segal, webmaster Kathy Weber, and parliamentarian Mary Maxwell.

Future events include Valentine’s Day (Friday, February 14), which will be a luncheon and conversation at the Santa Barbara Club. The program is titled, “Falling in Love… with Italy,” given by travel expert Nigel McGilchrist, who will be coming from Italy. The ever-pop-ular fan favorite “Off The Wall” art

event will be Saturday, April 26 at the Ridley-Tree Education Center at McCormick House, 1600 Santa Barbara Street. Carolyn Williams told me, “We just received a ten-thousand-dol-lar anonymous donation for ‘Off The Wall.’” Every ticket holder goes home with a piece of art. For information on both events, call Gwen Baker at (805) 569-3908 or Karen Kawaguchi at (805) 884-6428.

Peter and the Starcatcher

In the same month that humorist Dave Barry made an appearance at the Granada for UCSB Arts & Lectures, his prequel to Peter Pan (co-written by Ridley Pearson), Peter and the Starcatcher, played at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Disney pub-lished the writers’ series of books and Peter and the Starcatcher became a Tony-winning Broadway play and is on a national tour.

A gang from “Our Gang,” a Union

Bank travel group, climbed on a bus and headed for Los Angeles. Before the play, we had a delicious lunch at Kendall’s Brasserie, then walked to the nearby theatre to sit in our second row center seats. We were all fore-warned to put on our “imagination hats.” Depending on your birthday, that wasn’t hard to do. Some of us remember radio, when all the stories resided in our imaginations!

The company of twelve actors played more than fifty characters to tell the back-story of our beloved hero, Peter Pan. You may remember that Peter Pan was a little boy that flew and never wanted to grow up, but the story is over 100 years old. It was first presented as a play in 1904 by Scottish author J. M. Barrie. I liked The New York Times review by Ben Brantley that said, “When the H.M.S. Neverland goes down, it’s the most enthralling shipwreck since James Cameron sent the Titanic to her watery grave.”

Instead of a pit orchestra, there were

two soundmen in towers on either side of the stage making their sound magic just like in radio days. I remember as a child seeing that happen when we went to a live broadcast of “Blondie and Dagwood” in Hollywood.

Another unique aspect of this pro-duction was the green set made from lots of junk, including one set that had been used in The Little Mermaid on Broadway. Ropes, planks of wood, and everyday objects were used to create ships, storms, and starstuff.

Music director and Tony Award winning foley sound design artist Andy Grobengieser and his associ-ate, Jeremy Lowe, spoke to our group after the play. They showed us how they made the “ship” creak with a violin, chains rattle with a piece of notched wood, and rain sounds with a castanet. Andy and Jeremy are both musicians by trade.

As Wendy says when she first tells the Lost Boys a story, “Once upon a time, that’s how they always start.” And, “When it’s night and I’m too scared to sleep, I see all those little stars that I can’t reach, and I think that in a hundred years… life will be so beauti-ful that nobody’ll ever say sorry again – cuz nobody’ll have to.” Peter Pan still lives on in our imaginations today.

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While starring with Johnny Depp in The Lone Ranger last year, he told TV talk show host Jimmy Kimmel: “I’ve been thinking about it forever. We have everything planned. It’s a really eclectic group, including my wife. We are taking everything on the Vespas. One section of the trip has us going nearly two hundred miles through high desert with no gas stations.”

The cross country jaunt, given the title “4K The Hard Way, The Vespa Adventure,” was expected to take at least three weeks, but the riders cur-rently seem ahead of schedule, hav-ing completed 2,600 miles in just two weeks, during which one participant, Dewitt Corrigan, used the opportu-nity to get engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Alison Rodman.

A film crew from Vespa, the Italian company that has been manufactur-ing the scooter since 1946 – the name means “wasp” in Italian – has been following the adventurers as they have roared across the U.S.

“They want to make a documentary of the trip,” says Michael.

“I think it’s awesome. Armie and his brother, Viktor, have been riding motorbikes since they were young when we lived in the Cayman Islands and Armie, despite now being a major movie star, loves riding his Vespa around Hollywood. He often gets photographed on it with fans.”

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Because of the freezing conditions, including a major blizzard, FedEx stopped deliveries, so a van had to be rented at decidedly short notice and seven coolers of food schlepped through the snow to the venue, with the prawns arriving just 30 minutes before the five-course dinner began.

“The weather was quite the oppo-site of what we normally have in Santa Barbara, but we were prepared,” says Seamus McManus, manager of the oh-so tony hostelry, ranked one of the top resorts in the world.

The dinner, part of a series honor-ing the famed cookbook author and

teacher who died in 1985, was the result of an invitation Matthew, 38, received last year to participate, ask-ing him to construct a menu featuring three appetizers along with dinner and dessert.

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Festivals and generally comes up for the premieres. This week, he’ll be in town again during the film festival, but he’s reading at Granada Books, not showing up on screen, even though he’ll be just a couple hundred yards away from the big Oprah shindig at the Arlington on Wednesday.

That’s one of the rare instanc-es of bad timing for the 62-year-old character actor, perhaps best known for his role as annoying insurance salesman Ned Ryerson opposite Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. (At least his timing here is good; his Santa Barbara gig comes just three days after Punxsutawney Phil’s scheduled 2014 appearance.)

His other roles – which total more than 200 between film and TV – include Kramer’s holistic healer Tor on the second season of Seinfeld, Sammy Jankis in the hit reverse-chronolo-gy thriller Memento, the generously endowed sex-crazed film producer Stu Beggs on Californication, and pur-

veyor of his own true-life podcast with David Chen The Tobolowsky Files.

It’s this latter guise that gave rise to Tobolowsky’s bookstore booking as part of Granada Books’ new monthly Comedy Nights series, where he’ll read selections from The Dangerous Animals Club and the more recent My Adventures with God, collections of stories culled from his life. The books came from the podcast that was launched when the actor was laid up for more than three months just before he landed a recurring role on Glee.

“I broke my neck horseback riding on the side of a volcano in Iceland – like what could possibly go wrong?” he said over the phone earlier this week. “When I came back home the doctor told me it was a ‘fatal injury.’ That’s a terrible thing to hear, espe-cially when you’re alive. His hyper-bole rattled around in my brain and I started thinking what would happen if I really didn’t see my kids again. So I decided to write down these stories from my life, told strictly from my point of view. I guess people like them.”

The podcast and books show the same sort of dedication to the history behind the moments that Tobolowsky exhibits as one of our era’s greatest character actors, a skill he attributes to using his imagination.

“If you’re a lead in the movie, almost everything you do is referenced: your girlfriend, car, job, the friend – who is usually played by me. My characters also have all that stuff, but nobody tells me what it is. It’s not in the script and not in the movie. So you have to make it up and come up with who you are and what your life is. The shorthand I use is to contemplate the character’s greatest hopes and great-est fears. If you can answer those questions, you can piece together the puzzle, whether it’s a serial killer, a dirty-minded producer, or an insur-ance salesman.”

It’s that latter one, the Groundhog Day guy, that largely put Tobolowsky

on the map and it’s still his favorite role.

“I remember all of my roles, even the ones that aren’t very memorable, but that one was great,” he said. “Ned stands out so much because before he shows up, Bill’s character is the antag-onist, victimizing everyone, being a real jerk. But then I come and afflict him, and it switches everything so he becomes the sympathetic protagonist who realizes he’s trapped in time.”

And it’s not only Tobolowsky who remembers the role fondly.

“Someone came up to me just today to tell me they love Ned,” he said. “It’s almost a daily occurrence. And with Groundhog Day around the corner, I’ll be getting a few phone calls. It happens every year.”

Stephen Tobolowsky appears 6:30pm Wednesday, February 5 at Granada Books, 1224 State Street. Call (805) 845-1818 or visit www.sbgranadabooks.com. •MJ

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Dry ThoughtsThe state is now entertaining

drought-mitigating ideas. One worth discussion, and one they suggest, is the use of recycled sewer water to recharge groundwater basins or aquifers. We have an aquifer. By itself, this approach suggested by the state sounds like a plausible scheme to decrease the impacts of failing water supplies. If it were really done correctly, this would not be a bad idea. The problem, however, is that the underlying understanding and politics behind this are not mature enough to honestly and transpar-ently discuss the long-term detrac-tors. Most of the detractors accrue to using current systems and standards that will fail to achieve necessary results. This posture thus also fails to correct for the underlying public health risks, which will negatively impact the dependent communities. The standards are so antiquated that the water, while it may be “legal,” would hardly be “safe.”

That such a situation of stan-dards existing and allowing water to adversely impact health within sev-eral areas of the state is seen from the California Supreme Court decisions in Hartwell Corp. v. Superior Court, as summarized:

Re: Groundwater Cases held, inter alia, that numerical standards for lev-els of contaminants are in fact what the agencies must use, not qualitative standards, in determining whether or not water is contaminated. It also confirmed that challenges to the ade-quacy of the standards were barred by Hartwell and its predecessor cases. The law in California is now well set-tled that no attacks on DHS standards or so-called maximum contaminant levels are going to be permitted.

Montecito has several needs that are unique, hence exacerbating the end impact. We have many proper-ties with extensive investments in rare gardens, highly dependent on water. Failure of irrigation would see these gardens adversely impact-ed. There thus may be pressures to move toward recycled sewer water for irrigation. Much of that applied water will ultimately drain back into the aquifer from which we all get drinking water. That move must be

made with full knowledge of the impacts because once on that course, there may be little chance to reverse damage and that reversal, when all is considered, will drive the cost of water almost beyond reach.

As an example of how hard it is to control things that impact public health, let’s touch upon antibiotic resistant bacteria. The Johnson Space Center encountered the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria in its recycled water systems for space. Yet this is a facility that has a lot more chutzpah that the local sewer plant and the Johnson Center staff are high-ly trained in these areas. There is no requirement for sewer plant staff to have any of this training; I checked with the state on that one. Calling the Johnson Center and asking to discuss this and how they were get-ting around the impediment, I got a response: “stay tuned, we will get back to you.” No discussion forth-coming as yet.

So, we need to think if it is advis-able to use our aquifer to bank recy-cled water or even use aquifer to collect irrigation tailwater and flow-through, which may reach the aqui-fer. Unlike chemicals where dilution was presumed to be the solution to pollution, biologicals grow, multiply, expand, adapt, transfer genes, and become more virulent.

Once the aquifer is contaminated, it will probably not be possible to go back and clean up the aquifer. Just washing intruded seawater from the Oxnard Basin aquifers was estimated to take about four times the volume of the intruded sea water with a flush of fresh water. Do we have four times the water, especially in a drought? Also, the remaining microbes can grow back from just a few remaining after the flushing. Thus it would be very hard if not impossible to assure that the basin was cleared.

Dr. Edo McGowanMontecito (Editor’s note: Warnings are fine,

but solutions seem difficult to come by. Montecito Sanitary District has an out-standing and resourceful general manager in Diane Gabriel, who would, no doubt, be able and willing to discuss whatev-er difficulties recycling wastewater may present. A conversation with her could allay some of your fears. – J.B.) •MJ

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Frank became passionate about finding more, and, with the help of Kellam and other members of the de Forest family, pieced together the story behind this amazing artist. On Thursday evening, January 16, Frank shared that tale at a lecture in the Sala Gallery of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

It was the perfect venue, for in the dim, warm glow of the light-ing, the audience was surrounded by Lockwood de Forest’s luminescent paintings. Piece by piece, as Frank revealed the essence of de Forest’s his-tory, the audience was transported to the events and people who influenced de Forest and to a greater understand-ing of his art.

Born into a prominent family in New York City in 1850, Lockwood de Forest was immersed from a young age in the artistic world. He began his study of painting at age 18, but after exten-sive trips to India became entranced with the intricacies of Indian art, as well as the artistic methods employed by the Mystery Castle of carvers.

Kellam de Forest brought examples of artifacts his grandfather and grand-mother, Meta Kimble DuPont, collect-ed in India: an intricate woodcarving and several delicate silver punch-work designs. Lockwood had also imported tiles from abandoned mosques and brought back furniture and decorative items. From the late 1870s through the

1890s, he worked with Louis Comfort Tiffany and other notable figures in designing furnishings and architec-tural elements for exotic interiors of Gilded Age mansions.

Continuing to paint during this time, he was accepted into the National Academy of Design in 1898, and when the mania for Persian interiors abated, he turned to painting full time and began to winter in Santa Barbara in 1902. In 1915, he and Meta made Santa

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The southbound 101 on-ramp at Cabrillo could be built without the replace-ment of the Union Pacific Railroad Bridge. The questions are: Will Union Pacific cooperate? Who pays for the bridge – Caltrans, SBCAG, or a combination of both?5) Part-time HOV lanes to aid traffic flow

SBCAG Board members, all elected officials, were reminded that part-time HOV lanes were promised to voters who supported Measure A transportation funding in 2008. This is not just a Montecito project. Workers commuting to Montecito, Santa Barbara, and Goleta should be offered a faster commute, as promised by the “101 in Motion” advocates and approved by 79 percent of Montecito voters.6) Emergency responders

Both California Highway Patrol Coastal Division Chief R.J. Chappelle and Assistant Chief Jeff Sgobba found the 101 Community Coalition’s accident reports to be less than compelling as a reason to retain left-lane ramps. Accident reports for a four-lane highway configuration are inadequate to predict accident rates and unsafe lane maneuvers for a six-lane, higher-speed freeway. CHP Chief Sgobba, who has spent 29 years in our location, urged the SBCAG Board to add the third lanes as soon as possible to enable emergency responders to improve their response times and serve our communities in the event of natural disaster. He noted that a gridlocked 101 forces traffic to weave its way through Montecito via Hot Springs, Coast Village Road, East Valley-192, North Jameson, and over Ortega Ridge.7) Montecito Association

At this point, especially after an 11-2 vote of SBCAG, we urge the Montecito Association, which waged a good fight for what it believed were noble ends, to now pursue the best and quickest path to widen the 101 within the parameters set by that vote. •MJ

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Association Executive Director Victoria Greene, and directors Tom Bollay, Monica Brock Peterson, Trish Davis, Charlene Nagel, and Tom Schleck attended the MPC meeting to speak on behalf of their non-prof-it community association. “What we strive to do is to carry out our mis-sion, which is the protection of the semi-rural residential character of the Montecito community,” Greene said. “We engage in assisting residents with minor neighborhood issues, as well as engaging regularly and closely moni-toring the land-use development proj-ects that float through the county.”

The MA, which is led by a board of 17 directors, hosts monthly meetings and several events each year, includ-ing the Village Fourth and Montecito Beautification Day. The Association acts as an advocacy group, while MPC is a decision-making body. Eidelson thanked Greene for her continued work at the Association. “You have

such an insight into the whole opera-tion,” Eidelson said.

For more information about MA, visit www.montecitoassociation.org. For more information about MPC, which meets on the third Wednesday of the month, visit www.sbcountyplan-ning.org/boards/pc/mpc.cfm. For the next several months, the Commission will meet in the Board of Supervisors hearing room on the fourth floor of the County’s Administration Building, due to construction near its regular meeting place.

Friendship Center Festival of Hearts

On Saturday, February 8, Friendship Center will hold its 15th annual Festival of Hearts event to benefit the H.E.A.R.T. (Help Elders At Risk Today) program. The popular event will be Western-themed this year (“Deep in the Heart of Friendship”) and features a luncheon with local wines, “heart art,” and a live auction.

The event will once again be held at Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort; guests are encouraged to wear their cowboy boots and Western wear. Music will be provided by strolling troubadour guitarists, who will ser-enade guests during lunch and the silent auction.

The event is being organized by

Executive Director Heidi Holly, Development Coordinator Justine Sutton, and “heart wran-gler” Sharon Morrow. Renaissance Fine Consignment owner Joann Younger has donated her front win-dow to display the hearts for the last three years; Cheryl Guthrie helps design the window and assists with the event.

As always, at the center of the Hearts event are whimsical papier-mâché hearts donated by local artists, celeb-rities, and students from area high schools. Guests receive a hand-deco-rated heart as a party favor; other dec-orated hearts are available by silent bid. This year, Crazy Heart actor Jeff Bridges, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and other local celebrities have designed a heart. A heart is currently being designed to honor Montecito’s Andy Granatelli, a Friendship Center sup-porter who passed away in December.

The hearts that will be on sale are now hanging on display at Renaissance Fine Consignment in La Arcada Plaza on State Street until Friday, February 7. They are for sale there at a “buy it now” price of $350 and up for bid at the Hearts event. Merchants and residents have donated goods and services for the event; others have

donated gift certificates for the auc-tions. Montecito’s Café del Sol, Cos Bar, and Tecolote are participating, as well as Santa Barbara Zoo, the Fess Parker DoubleTree, and various other vendors. The live auction features a weekend getaway to San Francisco, a desert getaway to Palm Springs, wine-tasting tours in the Santa Ynez Valley, lunches with elected officials, “staycation” packages, hotel vouch-ers, restaurant certificates, and more.

Friendship Center, located on the grounds of All Saints-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, has been providing adult day care and respite for caregiv-ers since 1976. In 2011, the Friendship Center also opened a new Goleta facil-ity, located at 820 North Fairview Avenue. The goal of the non-prof-it organization is to defer nursing home care for as long as possible. Friendship Center members typically live with their caregivers, usually a spouse or child. Programming at the center allows the caregiver to work or complete chores during the day while their loved one is being cared for in a safe environment.

Education and support is also available for caregivers through the center. Transportation, meals, nurs-ing, socialization, and various activ-ities are offered for members, and the “Adventuresome Aging” pro-gram provides biweekly outings to local destinations specifically for older adults in the early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.

This year, tickets cost $100. The event is from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. For more information, call 969-0859. To learn more about the Friendship Center, visit www.friendshipcentersb.org.

Omissions & Corrections

In Seen Around Town (“Going to the Dogs,” #20/2), the photo labeled “Karen Novak with Sadie and a happy reader” is actually a photo of Lalla Brutoco and her dog, Bliss. We regret the error. •MJ

Festival of Hearts papier-mâché hearts hang in the window of Renaissance Fine Consignment in La Arcada Plaza

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Apart from the truffles that were imported from France, all the ingre-dients were shipped to the Big Apple from our Eden by the Beach.

As a gift for the diners, nearly half of them members of the James Beard Foundation, they were given a selec-tion of Meyer lemons and a bottle of Brewer-Clifton chardonnay...

Third Place Still PricelessDespite all the hype, The Bachelor’s

live wedding telecast of Sean Lowe and Catherine Giudici at the Biltmore finished a distant third in the all important Nielsen ratings for Sunday night.

Faced with the Grammy Awards on CBS, which got an average 8.1 in the ratings with between 25 and 29 mil-lion viewers for the three-hour show, and the three-and-a-half-hour Pro Bowl football game from Hawaii on NBC, which attracted more than nine million viewers, the glamorous nup-tials, hosted by Chris Harrison under a giant gazebo festooned in white organza on the tony Four Seasons hos-telry’s back lawn, notched up average ratings of 1.6, between five and six million viewers, still priceless public-ity for the resort and Santa Barbara tourism.

The 27-year-old Seattle-based bride wore an exquisite Monique Lhuillier gown with her hair done by the Biltmore’s new resident crimper, Jose Eber – who used to look after the locks of the late Elizabeth Taylor for years –, while the Dallas, Texas-born groom, 30, wore a suitably stylish tuxedo for the franchise’s first ever live telecast as they plighted their troths in front of Lowe’s father, Jay.

He described the ceremony as “a wonderful fairytale that the world gets to see,” which started after the twosome got engaged in Thailand in 2012.

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Oldest CA Driver Celebrates 106

America’s oldest licensed driver, veteran Direct Relief volunteer Edythe Kirchmaier, celebrated her 106th birthday in grand style at the popular charity’s Goleta headquarters.

Edythe has lived in our tony town since 1948 and is the oldest registered Facebook user in America, acquiring more than 40,000 followers.

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Edythe Kirchmaier at her 106th birthday bash at Direct Relief (photo credit: Isaac Hernandez)


Montecito Fire Protection District

ORDINANCE NO. 2013-01

AN ORDINANCE OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE MONTECITO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ADOPTING BY REFERENCE AND AMENDING THE 2013 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND APPENDIX CHAPTERS AND APPENDIX STANDARDS PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR EXPLOSION;

PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR HAZARDOUS USES OR OPERATIONS; ESTABLISHING A BUREAU OF FIRE PREVENTION AND PROVIDING OFFICERS THEREFOR AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT; AMENDING SECTION R313 OF THE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE; AMENDING SECTION 1505 OF THE 2013 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE; AND

REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2010-1. WHEREAS, the Montecito Fire Protection District operates under the provisions of California's Fire Protection District Law of 1987, wherein the State Legislature declared that the local provision of fire protection services, rescue services, emergency medical services, hazardous material emergency response services and other services relating to the protection of lives and property is critical to the public peace, health and safety of the State of California and that local control over the types, levels and availability of these services is a long-standing tradition in California; and WHEREAS, the State Legislature has also declared that its intent is to provide broad statutory authority for local fire protection districts, encouraging local officials to adopt powers and procedures set forth in the Fire Protection District Law of 1987 to meet their own circumstances and responsibilities; and WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 13869.7 expressly authorizes the Montecito Fire Protection District to adopt building standards relating to fire and panic safety that are more stringent than those building standards contained in the California Fire Code and other California Building Standards Code. NOW THEREFORE, the Governing Board of the MONTECITO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ordains as follows:

Section 1. Repeal of Previous Ordinance.

Ordinance No. 2010-1 of the Montecito Fire Protection District is hereby repealed.

Section 2. Adoption of California Fire Code.

There is hereby adopted by the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Montecito Fire Protection District (“District”), by reference and incorporation, for the purpose of prescribing regulations of governing conditions dangerous to life and property from fire, hazardous materials or explosion, 2012 International Fire Code and amendments in the 2013 California Fire Code (“Code”), including Appendix Chapter 4 and Appendices B, C, E, F, G, H and I, published by the International Code Council, Inc. including necessary California amendments, save and except such portions as are hereinafter amended, deleted, or added by this Ordinance. A copy of said Code, certified to be a true copy by the Clerk of the Board has been and is now filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. From the date on which this Ordinance shall take effect, the provision thereof shall be controlling within the limits of the territory of the District. Section 3. Establishment and Duties of Bureau of Fire Prevention.

(a) The Code shall be enforced by a Bureau of Fire Prevention (“Bureau”) in the District which is hereby established and which shall be operated under the supervision of the District's Fire Chief. (b) A Fire Marshal to be in charge of the Bureau shall be appointed by the Fire Chief on the basis of an examination to determine qualifications.

(c) The Fire Chief may recommend to the Board the employment of technical inspectors, who shall be selected through an examination to determine their fitness for the position. The examination shall be open to members and nonmembers of the District at the discretion of the Fire Chief. Section 4. Definitions.

The following terms in the California Fire Code shall be construed as indicated:

(a) "Jurisdiction" shall mean the territory of the District.

(b) "Fire Code Official" shall mean "Fire Marshal." (c) "International Wildland Urban Interface Code" shall mean Section 2 of the Districtʼs Fire Protection Plan as may be amended from time to time. Section 5. Amendments Made in the California Fire Code.

The California Fire Code is amended and changed in the following respects: (a) Chapter 1, Section 108, Board of Appeals, is deleted. (b) Chapter 5, Section 501.1, Scope, is amended to read:

“Fire service features for buildings, structures, and premises shall comply with this Chapter. In addition, Fire district access roads and water supply shall be provided and maintained in accordance with Chapter 5 as amended by the Sections 3, 4a and 4b of the Districtʼs Fire Protection Plan as amended from time to time.”

(c) Chapter 9, Section 903.2 Where required, is amended to read as follows:

“Approved automatic sprinkler systems in new buildings and structures shall be provided in the locations described in sections 903.2.1 through 903.2.20. Approved automatic sprinkler systems in existing buildings and structures shall be provided in the locations described by section 903.2.20 and section 1103.5 as amended.” (d) Chapter 9, Section 903.2.18 Group U private garages and carports accessory to Group R-3 occupancies. Exception, is amended to read as follows: “An automatic residential fire sprinkler system shall not be required when additions or alterations are made to existing carports and/or garages that do not have an automatic residential fire sprinkler system installed in accordance with this section. NOTE: This exception shall not apply if the alteration or addition includes modification such that a habitable space is created.”

(e) Chapter 9, Section 903.2.20, Additional District Requirements - Automatic Fire Sprinkler System is added to read: “Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems

1. Definition and Standard. An automatic fire sprinkler system is an integrated system of underground and overhead piping designed and installed in accordance with fire protection engineering

standards (reference standards) as may from time to time be adopted by the District. The system shall include one or more automatic water supplies. These reference standards may include: (a) Standard Nos. 13, 13-D, 13-R, and 24 as developed and published by the National Fire Protection Association; and (b) California Fire Code as developed and published by the International Code Council, Inc. and the California Buildings Standards Commission; and (c) Sections 5a and 5b of the Districtʼs Fire Protection Plan as may be amended from time to time. Terminology used within this Section shall be as defined in these aforementioned reference standards. The most current edition of these standards shall be utilized at the time of

building permit issuance in the design and installation of any automatic fire sprinkler system required by this Section. Where, in any specific case, this Section and the reference standards identified herein specify different requirements, the most restrictive shall prevail. 2. Application. This Section shall apply to all occupancies within the Districtʼs jurisdiction except for townhouses and one- and two-family dwellings, which occupancies are governed by the

California Residential Code as amended by the District. If any part of this Section is in conflict with any other part, the more restrictive provisions shall be controlling. 3. Locations Required. Notwithstanding any other requirement of the Code of the County of Santa Barbara, and except as otherwise provided in this Section, automatic fire sprinkler systems

shall be installed and maintained in all occupancies and locations set forth as follows: (a) Any new building for which application for building permits are filed or are required to be filed with the County of Santa Barbara regardless of square footage. (b) Existing buildings and structures.

(i) Additions or modifications of 500 square feet or more cumulative to existing non-residential buildings or structures for which applications for building permits are filed or required to be filed with the County of Santa Barbara shall require the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system throughout the entire non-residential building or structure.

(ii) Additions or modifications to existing residential buildings or structures for which applications for building permits are filed or required to be filed with the County of

Santa Barbara, which are modified to increase or replace portions of the gross floor area to 3,500 square feet or more shall require the installation of an automatic fire sprinkler system throughout the entire residential building or structure.

(iii). For purposes of measuring cumulative square footage, the District shall include all additions or modifications occurring on or after October 16, 1991.

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(c) All existing buildings and structures for which applications for building permits for additions and/or structural alterations are filed or are required to be filed with the County of Santa Barbara, which are not served by water supplies meeting District standards as adopted from time to time. The term water supply is more specifically defined in the District standards as adopted from time to time.

(d) All existing buildings for which applications for building permits for additions and/or structural alterations are filed or are required to be filed with the County of Santa Barbara, which are not located within three (3) miles travel distance or a five (5) minute response time by fire apparatus from a staffed District fire station. 4. Working Plans and Approvals. Working plans shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Montecito Fire Protection District before any automatic fire sprinkler system is installed, replaced or

remodeled. All submitted plans and inspections shall conform to the requirements provided in the aforementioned reference standards.” Section 6. Amendments Made in the California Residential Code. The California Residential Code is amended and changed as follows:

(a) Chapter 3, Section R313, Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems is amended as follows:

1. Section R313.1, Exception, is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: a. “Any existing townhouse for which an application for building permits is filed or required to be filed with the County of Santa Barbara for any addition or alteration that meets the

following two requirements shall be required to install automatic fire sprinkler systems throughout the entire townhouse:

i. Consists of a total floor area of 3,500 square feet or more; and

ii. The aggregate structural alteration and/or addition is greater than 1,000 square feet in gross floor area. For purposes of defining “aggregate structural alteration and/or addition” all work that has been permitted by the County of Santa Barbara and constructed on or after October 16, 1991, shall be included in this determination.

b. Application. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable within the Districtʼs jurisdiction. If any part of this Section is in conflict with any other part, the more restrictive provision shall be controlling.”

2. Section R313.2, Exception, is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

a. “Any existing one- and two-family dwellings for which an application for building permits is filed or required to be filed with the County of Santa Barbara for any addition or alteration that meets the following two requirements shall be required to install automatic fire sprinkler systems throughout the entire townhouse:

i. Consists of a total floor area of 3,500 square feet or more; and

ii. The aggregate structural alteration and/or addition is greater than 1,000 square feet in gross floor area. For purposes of defining “aggregate structural alteration

and/or addition” all work that has been permitted by the County of Santa Barbara and constructed on or after October 16, 1991, shall be included in this determination.

b. Application. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable within the Districtʼs jurisdiction. If any part of this Section is in conflict with any other part, the more restrictive provision shall be controlling.”

3. Section R313.3.1.1, Exceptions (1) and (4) are deleted.

Section 7. Amendments Made in the California Building Code. The California Building Code is amended and changed as follows:

(a) Chapter 15, Section 1505, Fire Classification is amended to read: “1. Notwithstanding any other requirement of the Code of the County of Santa Barbara, and except as otherwise provided in this Section, the roof assembly of any new building or the re-roofing

of any existing building, regardless of the type or occupancy, shall be one of the following types of roofing: (a) Exposed concrete slab roof. (b) Sheet ferrous or copper roof covering only when applied over and fastened to non-combustible materials. (c) Slate shingles. (d) Clay or concrete roof tile. (e) Any other roofing assembly which will, as determined by a certified testing laboratory, meet or exceed the then current test standards required by the Underwriters Laboratories for a “Class A"

roof assembly. A “Class A" roof assembly meeting such standards is a roof assembly that is effective against severe fire exposures. Under such severe exposures, roof assemblies of this class are not readily flammable, afford a fairly high degree of fire protection to the roof deck, do not slip from position and pose no flying-brand hazard. 2. Exceptions. Exceptions from the requirements of Section (1) above are the following:

(a) Structures that are detached from and are not a part of any other structure and which detached structure has less than 500 square feet of gross floor area; and (b) If, as of the effective date of this Section, less than 10% of the roof area of a then existing structure consists in the aggregate of the roofing materials required in (1) above, and if in addition

less than 25% of the roof of said existing structure, is to be repaired, re-roofed or replaced, the replacement material need not be the requirements of (1) above. However, said replacement materials must meet the same fire retardant standards as the portion of the roof being replaced. If the replacement materials consist of wood shakes or shingles, the replacement materials must comply with “Class A” fire retardant treated wood shake or shingle assemblies as determined by a certified testing laboratory.”

Section 8. Appeals.

Whenever the Fire Chief disapproves an application or refuses to issue a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of this Ordinance do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of this Ordinance have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the Fire Chief to the Board of the District within 30 days from the date of the decision of the Fire Chief. All decisions of the Board shall be final. The Board shall cause to be kept accurate written minutes and shall deliver or cause to be delivered written findings and decisions on all appeals considered by the Board to the appellant upon request. Section 9. New Materials, Processes or Occupancies That May Require Permits.

The Fire Chief and Fire Marshal shall act as a committee to determine and specify, after giving affected persons an opportunity to be heard, any new materials, processes or occupancies for which permits are required in addition to those now enumerated in this Ordinance. The Fire Marshal shall post such list in a conspicuous place at District headquarters and distribute copies thereof to interested persons. Section 10. Enforcement and Penalties.

(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Ordinance or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made hereunder, or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved hereunder, or any certificate or permit issued hereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the District Board of Directors or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the required time, shall severally for each and every such violation and non-compliance, respectively, be guilty of an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than $250. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each ten days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) The application of the above penalties shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions. If a violation is determined to exist or to be impending, the Fire Chief is authorized to take such measures as are deemed necessary or expedient to secure compliance. In carrying out such measures, the Fire Chief and his agents may request, and shall receive, the assistance and cooperation of the County Building Official or other appropriate officials of the County of Santa Barbara.

(c) When the Fire Chief determines that any person has engaged in, is engaged in, or is about to engage in any act(s) or practice(s) which constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of this Ordinance or the Code hereby adopted, the District Attorney or District Counsel may make application to the Superior Court of Santa Barbara County for an order restraining or enjoining such act(s) or practice(s), a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other corrective order may be granted.

(d) In the event that any person, firm or corporation, whether as a principal, agent, employee or other type of representative shall fail to abate or correct a violation of any provision of this Ordinance or the Code hereby adopted after notice and opportunity to correct or end same, the District Attorney or District Counsel may apply to the Superior Court of the County for an order authorizing the District to undertake actions necessary to abate the violation and to require the violator to pay for the cost of such undertaking.

(e) Any person, whether as principal, agent, employee or other type of representative who maintains any premises in violation of any provision of this Ordinance or the Code hereby adopted shall be liable for and obligated to reimburse the District for all costs incurred by the District in obtaining compliance, or which are attributable to or associated with any enforcement action, whether such action is administrative, injunctive or legal; and for all damages suffered by the District, its agents, officers and employees as a result of such violation or efforts to enforce compliance.

(f) Any violation of any provision of this Ordinance or the Code and any amendment thereto may, in the discretion of the District Attorney for the County of Santa Barbara, be prosecuted as a misdemeanor. Section 11. Liability.

It is the intent of the Board to establish minimum standards for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare. This Ordinance shall not be construed to establish standards of performance, strength,

or durability other than those specified. Neither this Ordinance nor any services rendered in connection with or pursuant to its terms by Fire District officers, agents or employees, are intended as nor shall be construed to be the basis for any express or implied warranties or guarantees to any person concerning any structure or portion thereof or appurtenance thereto constructed, repaired, replaced or removed pursuant to this Ordinance or the Code hereby adopted. Section 12. Findings.

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Barbara their permanent home. According to Frank Goss, Lockwood

de Forest was a Transcendentalist and his paintings revealed that vision. De Forest’s images are generally land-scapes containing few if any structures and no people. Lockwood thought his role as an artist was to reveal God to the viewer. He wanted a person to look into the scene and not think about the craft, but to let the feeling of what he was seeing enter.

Daniel Calderon, chief curator of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, created a masterful exhibition with Luminescent Santa Barbara, which was made possible through gracious loans of paintings to supplement the Museum’s own collection.

Interim Executive Director Warren Miller said, “This lovely exhibit illu-

minates the talent of the artist, as well as the beauty of Santa Barbara.”

The lecture culminated with a reception in the romantic courtyard of the museum under a full moon and star-filled sky on a night as warm as summer. As always, the hors d’oeu-vres were delectable and Michael Redmon, director of research, togeth-er with Alex Brontman, manned the bar, while guests mingled compan-ionably.

Among the many generous bene-factors who supported the exhibi-tion were Eleanor Van Cott, John C. Woodward, Marlene and Warren Miller, Dorothy and Ashleigh Brilliant, William S. Burtness, Astrid and Lawrence Hammett, and Sullivan Goss. Other supporters include Terry Bartlett and Randall Fox, Mary and John Blair, George L. Burtness, South Coast Fine Arts Conservation Center and Oswald da Ros, whose generous promised gift of de Forest paintings adorn the walls. •MJ

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Longtime Montecito resi-dent Kara Rhodes directed and produced her first film,

BridgeWalkers, which debuts at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The documentary takes as its subject a 20,000-year-old prophe-cy and the wisdom of tribal leaders from around the world.

Kara met Eskimo-Kalaallit Shaman and Elder Angaanqaq Angakkorsauq when he was in Santa Barbara. She proposed the idea of going to his ceremony in Greenland, where tribal leaders were gathering from around the world, and filming their message. Angaanqaq agreed, and in 2010, the journey began. Kara gathered a crew, formed her production com-pany, OneRiver Productions, and headed to Greenland.

There, she filmed the Kalaallit Fire and Ice Ceremony. Angaanqaq lit a fire and melted an ancient block of ice. “By melting the ice in the heart of man,” Angaanqaq explained, “man will have a chance to change and begin using his knowledge wisely.”

After filming the ceremony, Kara headed home to Santa Barbara. But every few months, she would receive an invitation from another elder to attend other indigenous gatherings.

So Kara and her film crew headed next to Manitoba, Canada. Leaders from around the world shared their wisdom, their painful personal and collective histories, their ancient prophecies, and their dreams for the future. The purpose of the meeting was for the leaders to work toward a collaborative vision of peace and healing for humanity and the earth.

Then Kara and her crew were off to Washington, D.C. A group of Kalaallit leaders created a circle in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and sang an ancient prayer song. Encircled by the murals displaying the vio-lent history of U.S. colonization and expansion, the song, according to the OneRiver website, carried the spirit of healing and reconciliation.

Kara’s next stop was Massachusetts. She filmed Chief Arvol Looking Horse plant a “peace pole.” “We can create an energy shift on Mother Earth,” he said. Chief Arvol has walked side by side with the Dalai Lama, prime min-isters, delegates, and leaders from around the world. And yet to most of us, he is unknown. That’s why Kara thought it was so important to

film him. The film crew then traveled to

Lillooet, British Columbia for a large-scale gathering of indigenous leaders from many nations, oner-iverproductions.org reports, before heading to Manitoba, where natives and non-natives joined together for a traditional vision quest.

Kara says that ancient wisdom is here for all of us. “BridgeWalkers is a bridging of the mind to the heart, the heart to the land,” she states, “and the land to the one human family.”

BridgeWalkers will be shown at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art on February 4 at 4 pm. Directly follow-ing the documentary, there will be a chance to meet and greet several of the spiritual leaders featured in the film at the La Arcada Bistro. The film will also be shown on February 5 at 8:30 am at the Metro 4. Before the showing, a Chumash elder will say a prayer and welcome the audience and elders that have come from a distance. Tickets can be purchased online at www.sbiff.org. •MJ

Kara Rhodes directed and produced BridgeWalkers, a documentary about the wisdom of tribal leaders from around the world


The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is just a year shy of turning 30, so the

annual wintertime cinematic extrava-ganza has long since found its niche. Make that niches.

For sure, the festival’s highest pro-file comes from the almost embar-rassingly huge array of Oscar nomi-nees in attendance, the total of which varies from year to year but always runs into at least the high teens when films, directors, writers, and produc-ers are counted along with the actors. Being held just one month before the Academy Awards and located just 90 mostly ocean-front miles from Hollywood has certainly helped SBIFF’s profile in this arena.

This year is no exception. If SBIFF missed on some of the acting award nominees – and who could blame the bookers for failing to foresee that Robert Redford and Oprah Winfrey, great “gets” in any situation, wouldn’t be nominated – they’ve also snagged two surefire winners in Blue Jasmine’s Cate Blanchett and Dallas Buyers Club’s Jared Leto, considered absolute locks for the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor Oscars, respectively. Meanwhile, the producer, writer, and screenwriter panelists are rife with nominees, as are both of the late-add-ed directorial tributees, including American Hustle’s David O. Russell and The Wolf of Wall Street’s Martin Scorsese; the latter will be joined by the film’s Oscar-nominated star and the one most likely to draw screaming teens to the Arlington, Leo DiCaprio.

But SBIFF has always been about much more than glitter and glitz. Even if its slot just a week or two after Sundance means the fest will never attract the most eagerly anticipated American indies (a fact the program-mers have accepted by booking only

a handful of stateside world-premiere features for 2014; that hole is more than filled by the plethora of side-bars, including Reel Nature, the Santa Barbara-centric series of eco-focused films originally curated by Mike DeGruy, the Montecito underwater filmmaker who died in a helicopter crash two years ago).

DeGruy’s influence will be seen in SBIFF 2014’s opening-night selection, Mission Blue, a documentary – a first to kick off the festival – about legendary oceanographer, marine biologist, envi-ronmentalist, and National Geographic explorer-in-residence Sylvia Earle, and her campaign to create a global network of protected marine sanctu-aries.

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Last summer, through an anony-mous donor, Edythe received a new Honda Civic, and was used by the Japanese car giant in a national TV commercial, as I exclusively revealed here.

“She shows no signs of slowing down and continues to come in every Tuesday,” says spokeswoman Hannah Rael. “She is a source of inspiration for us all here at Direct Relief. A real gem!”

And One Makes ThreeMy congratulations to Andrew

Firestone and his wife, Ivana, who have just welcomed baby number three, Shane, who weighs eight pounds and four ounces. Shane joins Brooks, 4, and Anja, 2, in the growing clan and the grandchildren of former county supervisor Brooks Firestone and his wife, Kate.

“I figured out since our kids are outdoing us they might as well outnumber us too!” jokes Andrew, 38, who works for former Kinko’s tycoon, Paul Orfalea, and married Ivana in 2008.

He was the bachelor in season three of the ABC series of the same name.

Celluloid Surfing

Montecito-based former world champion surfer Shaun Tomson is one of the co-stars of A Life Outside, which is premiering at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

The feature length documenta-ry recounts the lives of six New Jersey surfers who pioneered the sport at the famed Casino Pier at Seaside Heights and the destruction of the iconic landmark by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, ruining its infamous wave.

“During the ‘60s and ‘70s, the pier became one of the most well known breaks on the east coast, forcing the surfers to work hard to protect it and keep it to the locals,” says director Catherine Brabec. “During the surf boom, there were more east coast

surfers than west coast. No one was making a living surfing no matter how famous they were because it pre-dated sponsorships.

“Legendary surfer Greg Mesanko had what is now Grog’s Surf Palace and held the first pro surf con-tests, and some of the major players, including Shaun, competed there.”

The film also features five-time world champion Corky Carroll, Mike Doyle, 1965 world champion, and Gerry Lopez, Pipeline surf champion...

Polo-roid MomentsHotel tycoon Pat Nesbitt has been

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He has also served on the FIP’s executive committee, as well as chair-man of its international marketing committee and vice-president of the council of administration.

In 1998, Pat was executive director of the fifth world polo championship, played at the Santa Barbara Polo Club, just a short gallop from his estate, involving organizing more than 250

polo ponies to accommodate the vis-iting teams and the various social and charitable events connected with the tournament.

In addition to his international polo duties, he is past president of the U.S. Polo Association.

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Art AttackThe galleries of the Santa Barbara

Art Museum were socially gridlocked for the opening of the latest exhibi-tions Alice Aycock Drawings: Some Stories Are Worth Repeating and Michelle Stuart: Drawn from Nature.

Aycock’s show, the first comprehen-sive exploration of this vital aspect of the renowned 67-year-old sculptor’s creative process, has been organized by the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York.

While she is best known for her large-scale installations and outdoor sculptures, her drawings capture the full range of her ideas and sources.

Consisting of around 100 works, the exhibition is presented in two parts, including the 48 works at the art museum covering Aycock’s later years, and the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at UCSB, which focuses on the beginning of her career.

Stuart’s show, made up of 59 works, is multi-faceted, given the 80-year-old New York artist is known for large scale earth works, complex multi media installations, sculptural objects, drawings and prints.

Among those checking out the new shows were John and Jill Bishop, Richard and Patricia Blake, John and Martha Gabbert, Anthony Slayter-Ralph and Priscilla Woolworth, Michael and Nancy Gifford, Perri Harcourt, Nancy Hirsch, William Peitzke and Marilyn Moore, Karen Sinsheimer, Barbara Woods, Steven and Janet Sternberg, and Joanne Holderman.

The exhibitions run through April 20...

Take a BowLondon’s 67-year-old Royal

Philharmonic Orchestra, under the bow of top violinist Pinchas Zukerman, made its tenth visit to Santa Barbara as part of CAMA’s International Series at the Granada.

The Tel Aviv virtuoso was in top form

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Kicking off with Bach’s violin con-certo in A minor, the first half wrapped with Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg’s 1899 work Transfigured Night, which is deeply imbued with the spirit of romantic poetry.

The final work, Brahms’ double con-certo in A minor with violin and cello brought Pinchas’ Canadian wife inter-national Juno Award-winning cellist Amanda Forsyth to the stage, which just added to the extraordinarily high standard of the sold-out performance...

Spotlight on VerdiGiuseppe Verdi, who would have

celebrated his 200th birthday last year, was the focus of the Santa Barbara

Symphony’s latest concert with a con-ductor Nir Kabaretti at the Granada, which featured JoAnne Wasserman’s SB Choral Society and the voices of soprano Angel Joy Blue and tenor John Pickle.

The delightful show, which fea-tured pieces from Rigoletto, Otello, Nabucco, Macbeth and La Traviata, hit all the high notes with many of

the Italian composer’s most famous works and arias.

Blue, dressed in a stunning red and gold gown, acquitted herself beautiful-ly, while Pickle got loud applause for La Donna e Mobile, one of the most recognized arias in the opera repertoire.

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Rooftop ReceptionA reception honoring Ed and Sue

Birch was thrown on the penthouse roof of the Union Bank downtown to kick off the Life Chronicles Father Virgil Remarkable Life Award dinner, slated for February 13.

The organization, which captures the memories of men and women in the last chapters of their lives, has made 1,100 videos in 250 cities in the U.S., Europe and Asia since its found-ing by Kate Carter in 1998.

Among the 70 guests turning out to laud the dynamic duo were Gerd Jordano, Rich Block, Larry Crandell, Tom Parker, Mike and Anne Towbes, Silvio Di Loreto, Catherine Remak, George Leis, Judi Weisbart, and Stan and Betty Hatch...

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But Oprah may have been over-dressed for the plumbing encounter, as she wore a brown Fedora, white hooded sweatshirt and yoga pants while trying to fix it.

Besides tinkering with the loo, she has been racking up nominations for her role as Gloria Gaines in Lee Daniels’ The Butler.

She has been nominated for a British Oscar, a BAFTA, in the Best Supporting Actress category and next week (February 5) receives the Montecito Award as part of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival at the Arlington...

Sightings: Tipper Gore with former National Geographic editor, Bill Allen... daughter Sara and Patrick Maiani, watching brother, Nino, serenading diners at Seagrass... Star Trek actress Marina Sirtis chowing at Tre Lune... Andrew Firestone and his heavily pregnant wife, Ivana, checking out the crowd at Lucky’s...

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

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Miramar Beach Club Polar Bears Then and Now

New Year’s Day 2014 marked the 39th year the brave swim-mers of the Miramar Beach

& Tennis Club and friends took their annual dive into the Pacific Ocean at Miramar Beach in Montecito. Devoted swimmer Maxine Filippin spear-headed the event. There were nine residents who went for the swim: Rami Aramos, Emilio Casanueva, Nicholas Barnes, Barbara Flannigan, Francoise Cambern, Dawn Nelson, Ada Nelson, Ruth Marshall, and

Maxine. Longtime ocean swimmers Byron and Judy Ishkanian sponsored the activity.

Disregarding the closure of the Miramar Hotel and the lack of owner support, the “polar bears” met at their usual location and swam at noon, per tradition. The ocean-water tempera-ture was approximately 60 degrees; however, due to the prior week of storms and unusually high tides, a plethora of rocks made the swim a challenge. The participants braved it for 15 minutes, less time than they would have liked. Maxine says, “I started the New Year’s swim at East Beach in the very early 1980s, and then went to join the Miramar Polar Bears. All of us regular swimmers wouldn’t feel the same without a New Year’s swim, so we went for it this year even though the Miramar is shut down. My eightieth birthday is coming up in the middle of May, but swimming is a lifelong commitment that knows no age!” Given the circumstances at the Miramar, the group decided the 2015 New Year’s Day gathering would take place at Butterfly Beach instead.

The annual ritual started in 1976, at the Miramar Beach and Tennis Club, as an informal gathering of its members. The concept was: “The year will be great, once you begin it with an ocean swim.” As more members joined in the annual dip, it became a club function. Miramar owner Bill Gawzner managed the property until his death in 1983 and is known for his generous support of the Polar Bears Annual Swim. Following in his posi-tion, Richard Payne was the manager from 1987 to 2000. When the club closed in 2000, Payne was a consultant to Ian Schrager for several years after-ward. With the buying and selling of the club, Payne worked with its own-ers to support the annual New Year’s swim through 2013.

The End of a TraditionRichard Payne and I met to talk

about the annual swim and to sift through some of the photographs he has archived. In my interview, he explains what happened to the club-sponsored swim this year: “While we had more than a few who wanted to swim New Year’s Day 2014, we actually came to a group conclusion that it was time to end the tradition. It always seems better to end something while still going than

to just dwindle a bit away every year. The hotel closed thirteen years ago, and many of the college-aged staff or younger members who grew up at the club now live in Montecito with their own kids. While the Miramar Beach and Tennis Club had won-derful memories for so many of us, nobody wants to live in the past. And so much of maintaining the tradition was based on the expectations of a new Miramar, so getting together now serves as more of a reminder of the lack of progress than of the special times. I don’t think anyone sees a new Miramar as even a distant possibility at this point – though I would love to be wrong on this. I am so happy that there are some swim-mers continuing the tradition. To my knowledge, none are connected to the old club, but it was time for the event to take on a new life.”

Reflecting the end of the tradi-tion, club member Julia Springer expresses, “It was a disappointment that the swim was cancelled. Many of us have participated from the beginning (though the last few years, only my husband braves the

water). Unfortunately, a confluence of events has lessened participation in recent years; the primary one, for the last several years, is lack of access to Miramar Beach proper. The alter-nate location, Eucalyptus Lane, is not conducive to a gathering and access to the water can be hazardous. When you combine that with increasingly cold water, the advancing age of participants and no real ‘Miramar Beach Club’ to encourage new and younger participants, it all makes for a fading tradition. Much credit goes to Payne for holding the swim and other events together for as long as he has since the hotel closed. The new owners went to great lengths to support what had been traditional club events such as the swim, the Fourth of July, Christmas, and Labor Day events – partly because they were seeking support for their plans to build a ‘new’ Miramar and want-ed to maintain the goodwill of the club members, many of whom were

The memorable landscape of the Miramar circa 1990 (photo courtesy Richard Payne/digital restoration Joanne A. Calitri)

Miramar Beach and Tennis Club’s renowned lifeguard Jacques Renon with member Marion Frietag in 1980 (photo courtesy Richard Payne/digital restoration Joanne A. Calitri)

Miramar regulars and Polar Bear swimmers Jerry Springer and Byron Ishkanian in 1998 (photo courtesy Richard Payne/digital restoration Joanne A. Calitri)

Gathering the group for a swim and heading the pack is Miramar manager Richard Payne in the black wetsuit (fourth from the left) in 1993: Jerry Springer, Stephen Zoldos, Diane and Richard Payne, Jerry Rocco, Roger Bingham, Randy Reetz, name unknown, Willard Bronson, Jane Barton, Jennifer Rocco, name unknown, and our own Lily Buckley (photo courtesy Richard Payne/digital restoration Joanne A. Calitri)

30 January – 6 February 2014 MONTECITO JOURNAL 37The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths – Anton Chekhov

influential. As the buildings have disappeared, so has support from the new owners. The reality is that, by the time the hotel rises from the ashes (or in this case, the dust and dirt that is now the Miramar prop-erty), most of the original club mem-bers will have gone to the big beach club in the sky – or, at a minimum, the nearest assisted living facility. In all likelihood, there will be no ‘club’ at the new hotel – at least as we all remember it: a low-key, inexpensive, non-club where people would meet at the beach for swimming, conversa-tion, and picnics, a true family gath-ering place. While the club may be a thing of the past, we are all left with

wonderful memories of the Miramar where we raised our families, created lasting friendships, and relaxed in a congenial atmosphere – what more could we ask for?”

In 1876, according to Montecito his-torians, Josiah Doulton of the chi-naware family bought 20 oceanfront acres that he named Ocean View. When hard times fell, his wife took in boarders. The name for the popu-lar site was changed to the Spanish “Miramar” and later became the hotel of the same name.

For information about next year’s New Year’s Day Montecito Polar Bear Swim, contact Maxine Filippin at (805) 689-7140. •MJ

Club members in 1995 ready for a doubles tournament (photo courtesy Richard Payne/digital resto-ration Joanne A. Calitri)

Polar Bears relax in 2000: Hugh and Christel Snyder, Julia and Jerry Springer, Adam and Shelly Harmer Plumridge, Joan Wells, and Sally and Hank Kinsell (photo courtesy Julia Springer/digital restoration Joanne A. Calitri)

This year’s swimmers: Rami Aramos, Barbara Flannigan, Ada Nelson, Francoise Cambern, Ruth Marshall, Maxine Filippin, Dawn Nelson, Emilio Casanueva, and Nicholas Barnes (photo courtesy Maxine Filippin/digital restoration Joanne A. Calitri)

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The Board, following due consideration, hereby finds and determines that all the amendments, deletions, and additions to the foregoing Codes are reasonably necessary due to local climatic, geological, and topographical conditions existing in the District. The District hereby finds and declares that: The area within which the District is located regularly experiences strong, hot, dusty, and down canyon winds referred to locally as "Santa Anas" or "Sundowners.”

Such wind conditions increase fire danger by significantly contributing to the spread and intensity of fires, and significantly increase the difficulty of effective fire suppression within the District.

If a fire involving a single structure cannot be immediately extinguished, such wind conditions can rapidly spread flames to adjacent structures, significantly endangering lives and/or millions of dollars property value.

Such winds can spread existing flames from a structure or natural fuel to structures and natural fuel significant distances away, even jumping over fire breaks and freeways, resulting in significant property damage and/or loss of life.

Much of the jurisdiction of the District is within heavy brush and chaparral.

It is generally known to take about 25 years to build up extremely dangerous combustible brush conditions, and the District contains areas where combustible flora has built up for 50 to 100 years.

The District is in an area prone to extensive drought conditions, significantly increasing the already natural combustibility of the chaparral, brush and ornamental shrubbery in the District.

Such fuels can rapidly transform a small manageable fire into an uncontrollable conflagration, compromising the lives and safety of District personnel and residents.

The reduction of such fuels provides a direct correlation to the safety of the lives and property within the District, and will substantially reduce the risk of injury or death to District personnel.

The District is geographically situated such that extreme solar exposure (south, southwest, and west facing slopes) continually results in critically low live fuel moisture levels, further rendering most brush, chaparral and ornamental shrubbery highly combustible.

Due to these conditions even non-structural fires can pose a massive threat to the lives and structures located in the District.

The District is located in close proximity to several active earthquake faults.

During and after an earthquake, there is a high potential for fires and other emergencies threatening the lives of District residents, generally requiring the commitment of all available resources.

Geographic and topographic conditions delay response times for fire apparatus (these conditions include remote structures; narrow, winding roads which hamper the access of modern fire suppression apparatus; and extremely sloping roads which tend to slow fire apparatus response).

Water can be in short supply in the District, and fires in areas with structures with noncombustible roofing typically consume far lesser quantities of water than those not complying with the Ordinance, allowing greater fire suppression coverage, and preventing unnecessary loss of life and/or property within the District.

U.S. Highway 101 traverses the District, and is a transportation route for hazardous materials and some traffic accidents on Highway 101 require the presence of all available fire apparatus, leaving the District with fewer resources to combat structural fires elsewhere in the District.

The Union Pacific Railroad line also traverses the District, and a train accident or derailment could immediately deplete the District's resources, limiting the District's ability to furnish fire protection for the balance of the District.

The Montecito Fire Protection District is in the mutual aid plan and is committed to supply personnel and equipment for serious fires outside the District and which can reduce the personnel and equipment available for response to possible emergencies within the District.

Further, in many instances because of the extra hazardous conditions, a defensible space protection zone around buildings and structures of only one hundred feet is not sufficient to provide for tenable wildland firefighting operations around such buildings and structures. These conditions are common upon lands within the District that are located within the Montecito Resource Management Zone as designated by the County of Santa Barbara. Such areas are generally rural areas with slopes exceeding 40% and are covered with old age class chaparral and dense vegetation, creating conditions that are dangerous to fire fighters.

The Governing Board expressly finds and declares that the findings contained herein provide the basis for the amendment, deletions, and additions to the Code contained in this Ordinance.

Section 13. Severability.

If any article, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Board hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each article, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more articles, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or words may be unconstitutional or invalid. Section 14. Effective Date and Publication. (a) Effective Date. This Ordinance was introduced for first reading on October 28, 2013, and passed on January 21, 2014, and shall take effect 30 days after final passage. (b) Publication. In accordance with Section 25124 of the Government Code, this Ordinance shall be published once, with the names of the members of the Board voting for and against it in a newspaper of general circulation in the District within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Governing Board of the MONTECITO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT on this 21st day of January, 2014, by the following vote: AYES: G. B. Sinser, J. A. Powell, S. Keller, R.J. Jensen NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: J. Venable Susan Keller, Vice President MONTECITO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ATTEST: John Abraham Powell, Secretary STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

) ss. COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA ) I, John Abraham Powell, Secretary of the Governing Board of the Montecito Fire Protection District, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the California Fire Code hereby adopted Ordinance No. 2013-1 of said District, adopted at a regular meeting of the Governing Board, held on the 21st day of January 21, 2014, at which meeting a quorum of the Governing Board was present and acting throughout, and that the same has not been amended or repealed. DATED: This 21st day of January 21, 2014.

John Abraham Powell, Secretary MONTECITO FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT Published in Montecito Journal, January 29, 2014

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the heart of Santa Barbara residents,” explained Michael Albrecht, one of the festival’s primary programmers. “It embodies the mission to raise awareness for the issues of protecting the ocean and the efforts of locals.”

Other areas of cinematic concentra-tion include surf and extreme sports pictures, which have an obvious local appeal, as well as a bevy of foreign films, including the return of entries from Eastern Europe and includes a wide variety of U.S. premieres. That’s the “I” that’s at the center of SBIFF.

“We’re very excited about the international scope of the festival,” Albrecht said. “We’ve been broaden-ing the number of films and coun-tries represented.” Among the lat-ter are entries from Romania, the Czech Republic, Bosnia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Poland, Egypt, Senegal, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Cambodia, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea.

“The themes in a lot of these mov-ies is about crossing borders and boundaries, moving across regions or areas within yourself,” Albrecht said. “There are movies about starting new lives, reconnecting and realizing unfinished dreams. It’s a very solid group of films this year.”

Also new for 2014 is the Screen Cuisine sidebar, which – pardon the wordplay – grew organically out of the broad popularity of a few food-centric movies at last year’s fest, where a doc-umentary, Spinning Plates, earned the Audience Award. “We got so many submissions of films about food that were really good, so it made sense to put them together in a sidebar,” Albrecht explained.

There are plenty of other highlights, far too numerous to illuminate here. But here are three quick looks at some of the first week’s must-sees.

June Swoon Over Nebraska

June Squibb, who will receive SBIFF’s Virtuoso Award alongside six other actors in the most densely packed tribute of the fest on Tuesday at the Arlington, stole critics’ hearts

and pretty much the whole picture for her turn as Bruce Dern’s wife in Alexander Payne’s charming Nebraska. The 84-year-old actress also received an Academy Award nom-ination; if she wins, she’d eclipse Christopher Plummer’s record as the most aged actor ever to win in any category (he was 82 when he scored a golden boy for 2011’s Santa Barbara-based Beginners).

She talked about the experience and awards season over the telephone last week.

Q. How much of June is in the role of Kate? Were you able to bring parts of your own personality?

A. Oh yeah. The way I work, [it comes] from who you are, what you know, and what has happened in your life. I have a lot of that character that people don’t know that well. My friends go on about the dirty mouth and this and that. But I really feel that this is me. It’s a part of me... I’ve been known to swear like that from time to time.

I think I read somewhere that she’s more like your mother, but that you didn’t real-ize it until you saw the full movie. Why was that?

I truly didn’t. I didn’t use her when I was working, and I didn’t think, “Well, she’d do this or that.” I watch people, but I don’t use them that way in my work. But when it was over and I saw the film, I really recognized her on the screen. It’s more in my genes, rather than an overt thing that she would have done.

You really seemed to have superb chem-istry with Bruce Dern. Had you guys worked together before? Was it as easy as it looked?

I’d never even met him. I didn’t know him at all. [Director] Alexander [Payne] brought us in for a week before we started shooting, and he drove us around to show us locations, and we did some reading of the script. The way we worked, we’re very much alike. I think it’s our training. He


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BID NO: 3691 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3691 for the CORPORATION YARD WELL – WELL HEAD PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Tuesday February 18, 2014 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “CORPORATION YARD WELL – WELL HEAD PROJECT, Bid No. 3691". The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Install new well head piping, new well pump, new electrical panels, and appurtenances; install valves in Ortega Street; perform site work; and perform other tasks as indicated in the project drawings and specifications. The Engineerʼs estimate is $285,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. There will be a MANDATORY PRE-BID Meeting scheduled at 1pm Thursday February 6, 2014 in the Public Works Main Conference Room at 630 Garden St Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at http://tinyurl.com/CityofSantaBarbara-eBidBoard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The Cityʼs contact for this project is Carson Wollert, Project Engineer, 805-564-5376 or [email protected]. In order to be placed on the plan holderʼs list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard (Ebidboard.com). Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the Cityʼs website at: http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Business/Purchasing/Projects/. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashierʼs check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal. A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

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PUBLISHED: January 29 and February 5, 2014 Montecito Journal


BID NO: 3668 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3668 for the SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL CLEVELAND PROJECT will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, February 20, 2014 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL CLEVELAND PROJECT, Bid No. 3668." The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Insert improvements per plans and specs. The Engineerʼs estimate is $200,000. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. There will be a mandatory/optional Pre-Bid Meeting scheduled for Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 10:00 AM at Public Works Main Conference Room, 630 Garden Street Santa Barbara Ca 93102. The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The Cityʼs contact for this project is Laura Yanez, Project Engineer, 805-897-2615. In order to be placed on the plan holderʼs list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the Cityʼs website at: SantaBarbaraCA.gov/ebidboard. Bidders are advised that this project is a Federal-Aid Construction project and the Contractor shall agree to all requirements, conditions, and provisions set forth in the specification book issued for bidding purposes entitled “Proposal and Contract.” Attention is directed to Appendix C of the “Proposal and Contract” specification book for federal requirements and conditions, as well as documents required to be submitted with this proposal request. This project is subject to the “Buy America” provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 as amended by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Attention is directed to the Federal minimum wage requirements in the specification book entitled “Proposal and Contract.” Addenda to modify the Federal minimum wage rates, if necessary, will be issued to holders of the “Proposal and Contract” specification books. Future effective general prevailing wage rates, which have been predetermined and are on file with the California Department of Industrial Relations are referenced but not printed in the general prevailing wage rates. If there is a difference between the minimum wage rates predetermined by the Secretary of Labor and the general prevailing wage rates determined by the Director of the California Department of Industrial Relations for similar classifications of labor, the Contractor and Subcontractors shall pay not less than the higher wage rate. The City of Santa Barbara will not accept lower State wage rates not specifically included in the Federal minimum wage determinations. This includes “helper” (or other classifications based on hours of experience) or any other classification not appearing in the Federal wage determinations. Where Federal wage determinations do not contain the State wage determination otherwise available for use by the Contractor and Subcontractors, the Contractor and Subcontractors shall pay not less than the Federal Minimum wage rate which most closely approximates the duties of the employees in question. Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashierʼs check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal. A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder. Bidders are hereby advised that there is a goal specified for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) for this contract of 7%. Bidders must meet this goal or demonstrate that adequate good faith efforts to meet this goal have been made as outlined in Appendix C, Section 2-1.02.

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NAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Plant Joy, 635 Ribera Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93111. Katherine Lynn Kearse Farhadian, 635 Ribera Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93111. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 22, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Melissa Mercer. Original FBN No. 2014-0000160. Published January 29, February 5, 12, 19, 2014.

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statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Original FBN No. 2014-0000044. Published January 29, February 5, 12, 19, 2014.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Joann NG, MD, 629 State Street Suite 203, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Joann NG, 629 State Street Suite 203, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December

20, 2013. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Andrea Luparello. Original FBN No. 2013-0003770. Published January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 2014.

30 January – 6 February 2014 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse – Anton Chekhov


BID NO: 5297 Sealed proposals for Bid No. 5297 for the SR 192 UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS will be received in the Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 5, 2014 to be publicly opened and read at that time. Any bidder who wishes its bid proposal to be considered is responsible for making certain that its bid proposal is actually delivered to said Purchasing Office. Bids shall be addressed to the General Services Manager, Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, and shall be labeled, “SR 192 UTILITY ADJUSTMENTS, Bid No. 5297". The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to complete the following: Furnishing all labor, materials, tools, and equipment necessary to adjust various manholes, water valves and cleanouts on SR 192 between SR 154 and Tye Road, and performing all other related work as necessary to provide a complete project; all in accordance with the Standard Specifications, City Standard Details, Plans, and Special Provisions. The Engineerʼs estimate is $50,100. Each bidder must have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code. The plans and specifications for this Project are available electronically at http://tinyurl.com/CityofSantaBarbara-eBidBoard. Plan and specification sets can be obtained from CyberCopy (located at 504 N Milpas St, cross street Haley) by contacting Alex Gaytan, CyberCopy Shop Manager, at (805) 884-6155. The Cityʼs contact for this project is Amanda Flesse, Supervising Engineer, 805-564-5424. In order to be placed on the plan holderʼs list, the Contractor can register as a document holder for this Project on Ebidboard. Project Addendum notifications will be issued through Ebidboard.com. Although Ebidboard will fax and/or email all notifications once they are provided contact information, bidders are still responsible for obtaining all addenda from the Ebidboard website or the Cityʼs website at: http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Business/Purchasing/Projects/. Bidders are hereby notified that pursuant to provisions of Section 1770, et seq., of the Labor Code of the State of California, the Contractor shall pay its employees the general prevailing rate of wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. In addition, the Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the requirements of Section 1777.5 of the California Labor Code relating to apprentice public works contracts. Per California Civil Code Section 9550, a payment bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder for bids exceeding $25,000. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from notice of award and prior to the performance of any work. The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or alternatively by a certified or cashierʼs check payable to the Owner in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal. A separate performance bond in the amount of 100% of the bid total will be required from the successful bidder. The bond must be provided within 10 calendar days from the notice to award and prior to the performance of any work. The City of Santa Barbara hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively insure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, minority business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, age, physical disability, medical condition, marital status or pregnancy as set forth hereunder.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

William Hornung, C.P.M. PUBLISHED: Montecito Journal January 22 and 29, 2014

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA NOTICE TO BIDDERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the City of Santa Barbara Purchasing Office located at 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California, until 3:00 p.m. on the date indicated at which time they will be publicly opened, read and posted for:

BID NO. 5274A

DUE DATE & TIME: FEBRUARY 27, 2014 UNTIL 3:00P.M.

CITYWIDE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City of Santa Barbara and in accordance with the specifications, terms and conditions contained therein. Bid packages containing all forms, specifications, terms and conditions may be obtained in person at the Purchasing Office or by calling (805) 564-5349, or by Facsimile request to (805) 897-1977. There is no charge for bid package and specifications. The City of Santa Barbara affirmatively assures that minority and disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age (over 40), ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), national origin, race, religious belief, or sexual orientation in consideration of award. ____________________ William Hornung, C.P.M. Published: January 29, 2014 General Services Manager Montecito Journal

PUBLIC NOTICES

METRO 4618 State Street - S.B.

FAIRVIEW225 N. Fairview - Goleta

RIVIERA2044 Alameda Padre Serra - S.B.

CAMINO REALCAMINO REAL MARKETPLACE

Hollister & Storke - GOLETA

Metropolitan TheatresWelcomes

29th Annual Santa BarbaraInternational Film FestivalJanuary 30 thru February 9

AND LABOR DAY (PG-13)Fri-Sun - 2:15 5:00 7:45Mon-Thu - 2:30 5:10 7:45

I, FRANKENSTEIN (PG-13) 2DFri-Sun - 1:20 3:40 5:55 8:15Mon-Thu - 3:40 5:55 8:15

THE NUT JOB (PG) 2DFri-Sun - 1:10 5:40Mon-Thu - 5:40

GRAVITY (PG-13) All 3DDaily - 3:20 8:00

Michael B. Jordan (R) THAT AWKWARD MOMENT

2:10 4:35 7:00 9:30

Disney’s FROZEN (PG) 2DFri-Sun- 12:45 (Sing-A-Long)Fri-Sun 2D regular - 3:45 Mon-Thu- regular- 12:45 3:45

AMERICAN HUSTLE (R)Fri-Wed -

12:30 3:35 6:40 9:45Thu - 12:30 3:35 9:45

LONE SURVIVOR (R)1:15 4:15 7:10 9:55

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET1:25 4:00 7:45 (R)

RIDE ALONG (PG-13)1:35 5:10 7:40 10:10

JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUITFri-Wed - 6:50 9:20Thu - 6:50 (PG-13)

Thu, Feb. 6 - 7:00 & 9:20 (PG-13) THE MONUMENTS MEN

Michael B. Jordan (R) THAT AWKWARD MOMENTFri-Sun - 1:30 4:50 7:20 9:45Mon-Thu - 2:10 4:50 8:15

No Nuts! No Glory!THE NUT JOB (PG) All 2DFri-Sun - 12:30 2:50 7:30Mon-Thu - 5:45

5 Academy Award Nominationsincluding Best Picture!

THE WOLF OF WALL STREETFri-Sun - 1:00 4:10 8:00 (R)Mon-Thu - 2:00 4:30 8:00

2 Academy Award NominationsLONE SURVIVOR (R)

Fri-Sun - 1:10 4:00 6:50 9:35Mon-Thu - 2:30 5:05 7:40

Ice Cube....Kevin HartRIDE ALONG (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 1:45 4:20 7:00 9:25Mon-Thu - 2:40 5:15 7:50

Academy Award Nominee!THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (R)Fri-Sun- 5:00 Mon-Thu- 7:10

Rosario DawsonGIMME SHELTER (PG-13)

Fri-Sun- 9:55 Mon-Thu- 2:20

Thursday, Feb. 6 - 10:00 pm THE LEGO MOVIE (PG) 2D

PLAZA DE ORO371 Hitchcock Way - S.B.

PHILOMENA (PG-13)Fri & Mon-Thu - 7:15Sat/Sun - 2:00 4:40 7:15

I, FRANKENSTEIN (PG-13) 2DFri & Mon-Thu - 7:30Sat/Sun - 2:20 5:00 7:30

LABOR DAY (PG-13)Fri-Sun - 1:00 3:40 6:40 9:20Mon-Thu - 1:45 4:40 7:30

HER (R)Fri-Sun - 1:10 4:00 6:50 9:40Mon-Thu - 2:00 5:00 7:50

AMERICAN HUSTLE (R)Fri-Sun - 1:30 4:45 8:00Mon-Thu - 1:30 4:50 8:00

JACK RYAN:SHADOW RECRUIT (PG-13)Fri-Sun - 1:20 3:50 6:30 9:10Mon-Wed - 2:15 5:10 7:40Thu 2/6 - 2:15 5:10

Thursday, February 6 - 7:40Matt Damon (PG-13)

THE MONUMENTS MEN

PASEO NUEVO8 W. De La Guerra Pl. - S.B.

2 Academy Award NominationsBest Actress - Meryl StreepBest Supporting Actress -

Julia RobertsAUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

1:30 4:30 7:30 (R)

FIESTA 5916 State Street - S.B.

Denotes ‘SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT’ Restrictions

877-789-MOVIE www.metrotheatres.com

ARLINGTON1317 State Street - 963-4408

SBIFFand

MetropolitanTheatres Corp.

present....

PLAZA DE ORO

Information Listed for Friday, January 31 - Thursday, February 6

Feb 5 - No Film....Enjoy the SBIFFFeb 12 - Nominated Oscar Shorts - LIVEFeb 19 - Nominated Oscar Shorts - ANIMATEDFeb 26 - Nominated Oscar Shorts - DOCUMENTARIESShow your SBIFF I.D. for discounted admission price

Starts Thursday, February 6George Clooney (PG-13)

THE MONUMENTS MENPaseo Nuevo- 7:40 Camino Real- 7:00 & 9:20

THE MET OPERA in HDNote: Date & Time for this eventWednesday, Feb. 12 - ARLINGTON - 6:30 pm

Dvorak’s RUSALKA

METRO 4618 State Street - S.B.

FAIRVIEW225 N. Fairview - Goleta

RIVIERA2044 Alameda Padre Serra - S.B.

CAMINO REALCAMINO REAL MARKETPLACE

Hollister & Storke - GOLETA

Metropolitan TheatresWelcomes

29th Annual Santa BarbaraInternational Film FestivalJanuary 30 thru February 9

AND LABOR DAY (PG-13)Fri-Sun - 2:15 5:00 7:45Mon-Thu - 2:30 5:10 7:45

I, FRANKENSTEIN (PG-13) 2DFri-Sun - 1:20 3:40 5:55 8:15Mon-Thu - 3:40 5:55 8:15

THE NUT JOB (PG) 2DFri-Sun - 1:10 5:40Mon-Thu - 5:40

GRAVITY (PG-13) All 3DDaily - 3:20 8:00

Michael B. Jordan (R) THAT AWKWARD MOMENT

2:10 4:35 7:00 9:30

Disney’s FROZEN (PG) 2DFri-Sun- 12:45 (Sing-A-Long)Fri-Sun 2D regular - 3:45 Mon-Thu- regular- 12:45 3:45

AMERICAN HUSTLE (R)Fri-Wed -

12:30 3:35 6:40 9:45Thu - 12:30 3:35 9:45

LONE SURVIVOR (R)1:15 4:15 7:10 9:55

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET1:25 4:00 7:45 (R)

RIDE ALONG (PG-13)1:35 5:10 7:40 10:10

JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUITFri-Wed - 6:50 9:20Thu - 6:50 (PG-13)

Thu, Feb. 6 - 7:00 & 9:20 (PG-13) THE MONUMENTS MEN

Michael B. Jordan (R) THAT AWKWARD MOMENTFri-Sun - 1:30 4:50 7:20 9:45Mon-Thu - 2:10 4:50 8:15

No Nuts! No Glory!THE NUT JOB (PG) All 2DFri-Sun - 12:30 2:50 7:30Mon-Thu - 5:45

5 Academy Award Nominationsincluding Best Picture!

THE WOLF OF WALL STREETFri-Sun - 1:00 4:10 8:00 (R)Mon-Thu - 2:00 4:30 8:00

2 Academy Award NominationsLONE SURVIVOR (R)

Fri-Sun - 1:10 4:00 6:50 9:35Mon-Thu - 2:30 5:05 7:40

Ice Cube....Kevin HartRIDE ALONG (PG-13)

Fri-Sun - 1:45 4:20 7:00 9:25Mon-Thu - 2:40 5:15 7:50

Academy Award Nominee!THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (R)Fri-Sun- 5:00 Mon-Thu- 7:10

Rosario DawsonGIMME SHELTER (PG-13)

Fri-Sun- 9:55 Mon-Thu- 2:20

Thursday, Feb. 6 - 10:00 pm THE LEGO MOVIE (PG) 2D

PLAZA DE ORO371 Hitchcock Way - S.B.

PHILOMENA (PG-13)Fri & Mon-Thu - 7:15Sat/Sun - 2:00 4:40 7:15

I, FRANKENSTEIN (PG-13) 2DFri & Mon-Thu - 7:30Sat/Sun - 2:20 5:00 7:30

LABOR DAY (PG-13)Fri-Sun - 1:00 3:40 6:40 9:20Mon-Thu - 1:45 4:40 7:30

HER (R)Fri-Sun - 1:10 4:00 6:50 9:40Mon-Thu - 2:00 5:00 7:50

AMERICAN HUSTLE (R)Fri-Sun - 1:30 4:45 8:00Mon-Thu - 1:30 4:50 8:00

JACK RYAN:SHADOW RECRUIT (PG-13)Fri-Sun - 1:20 3:50 6:30 9:10Mon-Wed - 2:15 5:10 7:40Thu 2/6 - 2:15 5:10

Thursday, February 6 - 7:40Matt Damon (PG-13)

THE MONUMENTS MEN

PASEO NUEVO8 W. De La Guerra Pl. - S.B.

2 Academy Award NominationsBest Actress - Meryl StreepBest Supporting Actress -

Julia RobertsAUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

1:30 4:30 7:30 (R)

FIESTA 5916 State Street - S.B.

Denotes ‘SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT’ Restrictions

877-789-MOVIE www.metrotheatres.com

ARLINGTON1317 State Street - 963-4408

SBIFFand

MetropolitanTheatres Corp.

present....

PLAZA DE ORO

Information Listed for Friday, January 31 - Thursday, February 6

Feb 5 - No Film....Enjoy the SBIFFFeb 12 - Nominated Oscar Shorts - LIVEFeb 19 - Nominated Oscar Shorts - ANIMATEDFeb 26 - Nominated Oscar Shorts - DOCUMENTARIESShow your SBIFF I.D. for discounted admission price

Starts Thursday, February 6George Clooney (PG-13)

THE MONUMENTS MENPaseo Nuevo- 7:40 Camino Real- 7:00 & 9:20

THE MET OPERA in HDNote: Date & Time for this eventWednesday, Feb. 12 - ARLINGTON - 6:30 pm

Dvorak’s RUSALKA

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Functionally Fit FB, 285 Olive Mill Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Jordan Goldberg, 285 Olive Mill Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 3, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a

correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Original FBN No. 2014-0000020. Published January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A.H. Gaspar, Jeweler; Gaspar Jewelers; Montecito Fine Jewelers, 1213 Coast

Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Montecito Fine Jewelers, LLC, 1213 Coast Village Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 20, 2013. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Andrea Luparello. Original FBN No. 2013-0003764. Published January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Pan Optic Data, LLC, 1641 Posilipo Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Ponopticdata, LLC, 1641 Posilipo Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 7, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Original FBN No. 2014-0000043. Published January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Jodi G Designs, 285 Olive Mill Road, Montecito, CA 93108. Jodi Goldberg, 285 Olive Mill Road, Montecito, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on January 9, 2014. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Original FBN No. 2014-0000064. Published January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Mesa Lane Partners, 30 El Paseo, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Dipaola Capital Partners Inc, PO Box 92251, Santa Barbara, CA 93190. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 27, 2013. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Danielle Gomez. Original FBN No. 2013-0003807. Published January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Full Circle Enterprises, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite #339, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Jill Dozier, 230 Sierra Vista, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 19, 2013. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Original FBN No. 2013-0003757. Published January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Santa Barbara Birth And Women’s Healthcare, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite #339, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. Jill Dozier, 230 Sierra Vista, Santa Barbara, CA 93108. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 19, 2013. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Original FBN No. 2013-0003760. Published January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT: The following person(s) is/are doing business as: Ridgewood Farm, 250 Nogal Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. Kentfield Farms, INC, 950 Monte Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93110. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Barbara County on December 20, 2013. This statement expires five years from the date it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. I hereby certify that this is a correct copy of the original statement on file in my office. Joseph E. Holland, County Clerk (SEAL) by Jan Morales. Original FBN No. 2013-0003771. Published January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: CASE No. 1438997. To all interested parties: Petitioner Cally

Ann Stephens Hall filed a petition with Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, for a decree changing name to Cally Ann Stephens. The Court orders that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described about must file a written objection that included the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Filed January 7, 2014, by Terri Chavez, Deputy Clerk. Hearing date: February 19, 2014 at 9:30 am in Dept. 6, 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. Published 1/22, 1/29, 2/5, 2/12

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS for FAMILY LAW: CASE No. D542607. Petitioner Selia Gomez v. Respondent Jose Alfredo Molinero. Notice to respondent Jose Alfredo Molinero: You are being sued by Selia Gomez. You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. This order for publication was granted by judicial officer Gerald C. Jessop on December 19, 2013, at the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, Family Law Court for the Central Division, 1555 Sixth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. Family Law Summons filed May 2, 2013, by M. Boesen. Published January 15, 22, 29, February 5, 2014.


THURSDAY, JANUARY 30

Westmont Downtown – The Christian college congregates for a comic opera at Center Stage Theater for a two-day run following shows on campus last weekend. Haydn’s La Canterina (The Songstress) – written in 1766 – comes from a composer better known for his pioneering string quartets and voluminous symphonies. The story centers on a young singer, Gasparina, who deceives her two suitors, resulting in acrimony and recriminations but eventual accord as both decide to accept her just as she is: selfish and materialistic. The Westmont Music Drama Workshop – taught by adjunct professor Celeste Tavera, a Metropolitan Opera National Council winner – features a cast that includes several singers who were invited to perform The Pirates of Penzance for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. WHEN: 8 pm today & tomorrow WHERE: 751 Paseo Nuevo, upstairs in the mall COST: $23 general, $18 students INFO: 963-0408 or www.centerstagetheater.org

FRIDAY, JANUARY 31

“Chicken” TRAP – Guitarists Paul Barrère and Fred Tackett made their bones playing meaty rhythms and sharp solos with Little Feat, the legendary rock band that came together to play an original blend of California rock and Dixie soul back in 1969. More recently, the two – who

first played together 40 years ago on the Dixie Chicken album – tour on and off as an acoustic duet that revisits songs from the Little Feat catalogue. You’ve also heard them, individually or more often together, backing up Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and the Wallflowers, to name just a few. This afternoon, Barrère and Tackett return to town to play another benefit for The Rhythm Art Project (TRAP), the nonprofit founded by drummer-percussionist Eddie Tuduri in 1997 to educate both kids and adults with intellectual and developmental challenges via using rhythm as a modality to address basic life and learning skills, as well as reading, writing, and arithmetic. This time through, the rhythm section backing the Little Feat axe-slingers include Hani Naser, the drummer and Oud player who has played behind Jackson Brown, Bonnie Raitt, Ry Cooder, Steve Miller, Los Lobos, Don Henley, Santana, Warren Zevon, and many others; bassist Domenic Genova, whose 40-year career includes stints with Seals & Crofts, Olivia Newton-John, the Goo Goo Dolls and Beck; and Tuduri, a rock drummer who toured with the likes of the Eagles and Dwight Yoakam before a surfing accident in Carpinteria led to the founding of TRAP. Today’s concert is an intimate affair, held at the Adobe-Hill Building downtown, which accommodates just 100 folks. WHEN: 4-7 pm WHERE: 15 East Carrillo St. COST: $50 INFO: 962-1442 or www.traponline.com

C ALENDAR OF EVENTSNote to readers: This entertainment calendar is a subjective sampling of arts and other events taking place in the Santa Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement the calendar. In order to be considered for inclusion in this calendar, information must be submitted no later than noon on the Wednesday eight days prior to publication date. Please send all news releases and digital artwork to [email protected])

by Steven Libowitz

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1

Guffaws with Griffin – It was a full three years ago that comedian Kathy Griffin made her Santa Barbara debut at the Arlington Theater. But the breadth, energy, and sheer length of that performance was so staggering, it’s easy to think that she just got off stage a few weeks ago. Griffin, the double-Emmy winning redheaded bombshell blessed with Don Rickles’ knack for insults but with more intelligence and

intuition – and a seemingly missing filter – spares no one (least of all herself) in her assaults on Hollywood gossip, celebrity culture, boffo blunders, romantic entanglements and foibles, and instances of ignorance in general. And just about nothing is off-limits or too off-color for the spontaneous stand-up who infamously simulated a sexual act with co-host Anderson Cooper on a New Year’s Eve 2012-13 telecast. Griffin suffered the death of her brother last week, but was already back at it on the talk-show circuit a day later, cracking wise to help heal the pain. It’s likely the barrel full of belly laughs she evokes will heal some of yours, too. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $33-$93 INFO: 899-2222 /www.granadasb.org


Love Lines – Lust, the latest collection of poetry from local author Diana Raab, gets published today, just two weeks before Valentine’s Day. Described as a passionate journey through private emotional moments, Raab’s fourth book of poetry examines the emotional and physical complexity of love while transcending the depths of human desire, as the author employs narrative verse that is both titillating and seductive. The poems’ simplicity and accessibility are meant to resonate with women and men across all walks of life. “Lust

celebrates the sacred ‘everlasting eros’ that we must admit most interests us, the giving and taking, the ultimate bonding, the very enlightenment through glories of the body. She sings ‘your oasis in the midst of me,’ and bless her for it,” wrote former Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Emeritus Barry Spacks in a pre-publication review, while Amy Ferris, author of Marrying George Clooney and Confessions From A Midlife Crisis, raved: “Lust will make you fall head-over-heels in love with words… Some read like heartbreaking short stories. Some read like pieces of your soul. Some read like scented love-letters. Some like tearful, regretful voice messages. It will make you a believer.” The Brooklyn-born Raab, who worked as director of nursing in a chronic-care hospital and was a medical journalist for 25 years, will read from and sign copies of the new volume at three local locations over the next two weeks, beginning tonight in Santa Ynez and ending the evening before Valentine’s Day in Montecito. WHEN: 4:30-7:30 pm tonight; 6 pm February 8; 5 pm February 13 WHERE: The Outpost Trading Company, 3547 Sagunto Street (tonight); Granada Books, 1224 State Street (February 8); Tecolote Bookshop, 1470 East Valley Road (February 13) COST: free

Remembering Jimmy’s – The Pickle Room, the latest in a the suddenly popular vintage cocktail lounge craze in Santa Barbara and environs, is taking a sentimental journey into its location’s actual past with Jimmy’s in Chinatown, an exhibition of paintings done by local artists using the landmark Chinese restaurant Jimmy’s Oriental Gardens as the subject. Jimmy’s was a local institution from 1947 to 2006 and the new lounge’s owners, Bob and Clay Lovejoy, are honoring the longtime legacy of the Chung Family as well as the neighborhood, which was once a bustling Chinatown. Gary Chafe, Cyndi Burt, Larry Iwerks, Judith Geiger, Augie Ortiz, John Klippenstein, and David Diamant are among the artists who have contributed works for the show, all of whom are expected on hand for tonight’s opening reception, which also celebrates the starts of the Chinese New Year. WHEN: Reception, 4:30-7:30 pm; exhibit through March 15 WHERE: 126 E. Canon Perdido Street COST: free INFO: 965-1015 or www.facebook.com/pickleroom


Brother From Another Genre – Brother Yusef hails from the deep country Mecca of Bakersfield, wears his hair in dreadlocks like a reggae-master, and calls his music “organic, deep fried, fatback blues.” He’s also considered a master solo guitarist and a fervent vocalist who has plied his craft for more than 30 years. However it’s described, Yusef plays a very accessible mix of traditional finger-picking and slide guitar licks with the contemporary feel of urban blues, which makes him a fine performer for the Santa Barbara Blues Society’s annual member appreciation show at the SBBS’ new home at Carrillo Rec Center. That means members get in free while others pay only $10, which includes the usual assortment of free BBQ snacks and door prizes, and all get to dance the night away on one of the most gentle-on-your-body sprung floors in the West. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 100 E. Carrillo Street INFO: 722-8155 or www.sbblues.org

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Maverick Music – Tales from the Tavern returns to the Maverick Saloon tonight for its 12 th anniversary season

30 January – 6 February 2014 MONTECITO JOURNAL 43One should not put a loaded rifle onto the stage if no one is thinking of firing it – Anton Chekhov

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Cirkopolis – Montreal’s celebrated circus troupe Cirque Eloize returns to town for the first time in more than five years with a new spectacular meant to transport audiences to a retro-futuristic industrial world. Inspired by the daring aesthetics of the classic films Metropolis and Brazil, Cirkopolis employs gravity-defying circus arts, dance, and theater – in the European style made famous by Cirque du Soleil – as the 12 artists and acrobats tell the story of workers who rebel against the spirit-crushing

monotony of the factory-city, challenging its boundaries and reinventing themselves. The piece, accompanied by an original score and inventive video projections, has a dark theme but plenty of humorous touches. Called “dazzling” and “jaw-dropping” by the New York Times, the show also drew a rave from Perez Hilton: “If Christopher Nolan directed the circus, it would be Cirkopolis… Moody. Sexy… a must-see!” The 90-minute show, Cirque Eloize’s first at the much larger Granada after two runs at the Lobero, is geared toward audiences of all ages. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: 1214 State Street COST: $25-$65 INFO: 893-3535/www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or 899-2222 /www.granadasb.org

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Kiwi ‘Giselle’ – Royal New Zealand Ballet makes its overdue Santa Barbara debut a little more than 60 years after the company was founded, though in fairness, the Kiwi ensemble hasn’t toured the U.S. in more than two decades.

Royal New Zealand’s take on the classic tale stars prima ballerina Gillian Murphy, acclaimed principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre, in a rare appearance as principal guest artist in the title role, and features choreography by dance greats Ethan Stiefel (formerly of ABT, now RNZ’s artistic director) and Johan Kobborg (formerly of Britain’s Royal Ballet). The quintessential romantic ballet, Giselle conveys the power of forgiveness and redemption to vanquish the anguish of betrayal and desperate love as her love for Albrecht in the end transcends all. RNZ’s critically acclaimed production features stirring, human characters; an enchanting, fairytale-like plot; otherworldly spirits; and gorgeous choreography – from pure classical ballet to joyful folk dances. While the two choreographers have each given noted portrayals of Albrecht in their performing careers, Qi Huan will play opposite Murphy tonight, reprising roles from the 2013 feature film of this production, which screened at both Vancouver International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. The ballet itself, first staged in 1841, contains many features that became hallmarks of classical ballet, including technically challenging pas de deux and solos for the main characters, mime sequences, extended passages of dancing en pointe, and a corps de ballet dressed in long white tutus. Note: members of the company will conduct a community master class on Tuesday, February 4, at 5:30 pm at Gustafson School of Dance. Call 966-6950 for details. WHEN: 8 pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $40-$80 ($150 Gold Circle tickets include VIP seating and champagne reception at intermission.) INFO: 893-3535/www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu or 899-2222/www.granadasb.org

with a double-bill featuring singer-songwriters Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion/Jeffrey Foucault. Guthrie – the granddaughter of Dust Bowl folkie legend Woody Guthrie (of “This Land Is Your Land” fame) – and her husband/partner, Irion, have been making compelling music as both a duo and in band formats for nearly two decades and have a new album due later this month. Foucalt’s latest, 2011’s critically-acclaimed Horse Latitudes – which features the great Van Dyke Parks (Lowell George, Brian Wilson, Ry Cooder) on a variety of

keyboards – is a cross-country collision of rock, country, and folk that mixes full-band ragers with almost whispered solo pieces over songs delving into heartbreak and other laments. It’s a double-bill that visits the heartland and the mountains, cities, and prairies. Coming to TFTT later this winter-spring: Bill Carter, John Corbett, Steve Forbert, Steve Poltz, Carrie Elkin, Steve Young, Danny Schmidt, Eric Taylor, and The John McEuen Trio. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 3687 Sagunto Street, Santa Ynez COST: $34 INFO: 688-0383 or www.talesfromthetavern.com •MJ

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ENTERTAINMENT (Continued from page 39)doesn’t like to rehearse and I’m alright with that. Alexander said we’d just rehearse in front of the camera. So it was easy – well nothing’s easy. But it felt natural.

The scene in the cemetery (where Kate tells off her dead relatives and former suit-ors with choice words and indescribable aplomb) is priceless. You came across as very real.

I try to do that all the time. I’ve been told by directors in TV that being real and direct is the reason they hire me. I’ve been taught to just leave the reality of the human being there. The script is so real and honest, with the kinds of words coming out of people’s mouths you don’t normally read in a film script.

You grew up in a rural place yourself, right?

In southern Illinois, in a very small town of about six thousand people. That’s why the people [in the film] all seem familiar to me. And it’s why the black and white made sense, because the land out there, [in] those towns, there’s very little color.

You’ve received all sorts of attention for the film and now an Oscar nomination. What’s it like to be an “overnight sensa-tion” after sixty years?

It’s great. I’ve been working a very long time, all my life. So it’s funny when people talk about that. But so much of it was on stage. My film roles have gotten bigger, and I’ve done more TV. But this is certainly the big-gest role I’ve ever had.

You, Judi Dench, and Dern are all nominated. Is America finally giving due respect to elders?

Well (laughs), I don’t know. Older people talk about no work, but I’ve worked pretty consistently all my life. I’m not the one to ask. But it is kind of wonderful. Robert Redford, too. There have been a lot of great perfor-mances by older people this year.

Lutah Feels Right at Home

You may have seen the bumper stickers asking “Lutah who?” on cars around the village in recent days. That question should be answered with

fervor by the new documentary Lutah – A Passion for Architecture: A Life in Design that has its world premiere at 11am Friday at the Lobero in the first full day of SBIFF.

The film also represents the most Montecito-dominated entry in this year’s slate, spurred by the co-found-ing in fall 2012 of the Lutah Maria Riggs Society by Gretchen Lieff, who lives in a George Washington Smith home in Montecito that was substan-tially designed by Riggs.

Riggs, who moved to Santa Barbara exactly 100 years ago, was hired right out of college to assist Smith, and spent the next 10 years working alongside the famous architect and another 50 years after his death leav-ing her mark all over Santa Barbara. Her designs include such area land-marks as the Lobero Theatre and the Vedanta Temple, which have very dif-ferent public uses, as well as El Paseo, Casa del Herrero, and a bevy of pri-vate homes.

But because she lived in a male-dom-inated time, her persona is not nearly as well known as her buildings.

Lutah aims to change all that. “The more we uncovered about

Lutah [through the society], the more important it was to get the informa-tion out there,” explained Lieff. “She was unassuming, she didn’t promote herself at all. But her work is amazing. So we had to do it. The courage and fortitude of this very special woman is magnetic. She wore black, she chain-smoked cigarettes, and she shuffled along, but she was also responsible for these lovely buildings that are filled with light and inspired us all. From darkness comes light.”

What started as a nuts-and-bolts 30-minute film eventually grew twice as long once word got out, added Melinda Gandara, the UCSB muse-um historian who provided much of the film’s research. “We found an embarrassment of riches,” she said. “Everyone started to call us. They all just wanted to contribute. People who lived in Lutah’s houses opened their homes to our cameras. It was extraordinary to be able to photo-graph these private homes, a real thrill to share that. It’s a testimony to Lutah’s appeal.”

Lutah is directed by Kum-Kum Bhavnani, a UCSB professor who

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“My feelings about Lutah come from an organic place,” Lieff explained. “I live in a home that she helped design. I wake up with Lutah in the morning, and go to sleep with her in the eve-ning [through] the light that comes into the home, through her sensibility and design. Who she was has reached down for decades and touches us still.”

Producing the Favorite for Best Picture

We were only able to hook up with one of the producers who will par-ticipate in the nominee-loaded panel Saturday morning, but 12 Years A Slave producer Dede Gardner is one of the frontrunners among the last group standing when the final Academy Award is handed out at the end of the telecast March 2. Twenty-three out of the 30 “experts” on Gold Derby’s Oscar-ologists sur-vey picked the film to win Best Picture, a near consensus that far outstrips the typical year. She talked about the making of the movie and its importance earlier this week.

Q. Slavery is a challenging topic. How did 12 Years come to being?

A. We never thought it was a diffi-cult subject to film. We were piqued by [director] Steve McQueen’s ques-tion of why there was this absence in the film canon of this kind of movie, a survey of the institution of slavery, where we really understand and get the insides of the day-in and day-out rhythms, and what people endured. After Steve’s wife found Solomon Northup’s book it provided the blueprint for telling that story. To us, it’s a universal story that needed expression.

The film has propelled the book to the bestseller lists.

That’s been one of the great plea-sures [following the film]. We set out to be truthful to this extraordinary book, insofar as keeping the vision, and Steve’s, at the forefront from beginning to end. That was high on the list of producers’ jobs, to hold on to the original intention of the movie through the process. It felt like we did our job.

Some people have said the scene where Solomon is forced to whip another slave, Patsey, is too difficult to watch. Your thoughts?

It’s a critical moment in the book

and it’s the point at which the vio-lence has accelerated and comes to a reckoning to which we all must contend. But it happened. To suggest that it’s too hard to see, that kind of attitude never had any agency to us. It was much more critical to be truth-ful to what happened, what went on at that plantation. Steve does not pull punches. It’s not out of desire to shock or stun, but a great faith in humanity that the truth deserves to be told.

What did you learn, or what changed for you in the making of the movie?

I went into it feeling that race con-flict remains a very rigorous pres-ence in our world today. If anything, it confirmed for me the value of restoring history and that you can give voice and body and moment to things that happened a long time ago in a way that matters today. It confirmed the value of narrative and history, that it’s part of our respon-sibility in art and filmmaking, to do that if you can.

You’re appearing on both the produc-ers’ and women’s panels. What’s your perspective on the prospects of women in Hollywood?

I always had great mentors, strong and brave women who never sin-

gled themselves out for their gender. They just did what they thought was right with story and narrative. So I’ve not had to deal with that distinc-tion either; I’ve never felt hobbled or hindered and there was nothing I couldn’t do because I was a woman. Obviously, the statistics still need some improvement. But that’s not unique to the film industry. •MJ

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