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Mineards
Miscellany
MONTECITOS PROPERTY TAXES:
WHO PAYS THEM, HOW MUCH THEY PAY, AND
WHAT THEY PAY FOR (story begins on page 5)

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6 Montecito Miscellany
Jonathan Burrows naming polo team after Can-Can musical; Dick Wolf s frst
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Taxing Times in Montecito
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ob Geis is Auditor & Controller of Santa Barbara County. His office
and state law determine how property taxes are paid and how they are
properly allocated between the County and its cities and special dis-
tricts. Refreshingly, Geis believes that democracy works best when voters are
informed. The more voters know about how their tax dollars are collected and
spent, the better off the County and its local jurisdictions will be. We sat down
with Mr. Geis to discover how taxes derived from Montecito residents are spent.
How do Property Taxes Work?
Proposition 13 limits California property taxes to 1% of the cash value of the
property, based mostly upon the purchase price, with an annual inflation of no
more than 2% per year. When an owner sells his property, it is reassessed at 1%
of the selling price, plus the cost of any improvements made by the purchaser.
Since the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, Santa Barbara County assessed
valuations have increased almost tenfold, from $6.4 billion to $62.8 billion.
Surprisingly, neither Montecito property taxes nor Santa Barbara County prop-
erty taxes declined during the recent recession, when housing prices dropped
precipitously. Montecito residents paid property taxes of $70 million in pre-
recession 2007-2008; property taxes climbed to $82 million by 2011-2012, an
increase of 17%. In Santa Barbara County, property tax collections rose from
$577 million in the pre-recession year of 2007-2008 to $620 million in 2011-2012,
a 7.4% increase.
Montecito is an unincorporated community without its own mayor or city
council. For property tax analysis, Geis uses the Montecito Fire Protection
District (MFPD) as the boundaries for Montecito, as opposed to the less accurate
93108 ZIP code footprint.
Does Montecito Pay Its Fair Share of Property Taxes?
With 2.1% of the countys population (8,965 out of 426,878 county residents),
Montecito, with its payment of $82 million in property taxes, paid 13% of the
$625 million in property taxes collected by the county.
Montecitos 4,184 parcels have an assessed value of $8.3 billion, or $2 mil-
lion per parcel, compared to the total countys 128,817 parcels with an assessed
value of $63.4 billion, or $0.5 million per parcel. Interestingly, the $82 million
in total property taxes paid by unincorporated Montecito residents exceeds the
property taxes paid in seven of the eight incorporated cities in Santa Barbara
County. Montecito also pays from three to nine times as much per parcel as any
of our countys eight incorporated cities.
** Montecito is not an incorporated city, but with 1/6 the number of parcels
of the City of Santa Barbara, it pays more than three times as much per parcel.
Who Pays What in Montecito Property Taxes?
Montecito is a self-defined semi-rural residential community with few large
commercial properties. Its primary business district, Coast Village Road, was
ceded to the City of Santa Barbara in exchange for sewer service over fifty
years ago. Coast Village Road properties such as the Montecito Inn (assessed
at $10.7 million) and both gas stations on either end of the strip all pay prop-
erty taxes to the City of Santa Barbara.
Editorial by Bob Hazard
Mr. Hazard is an Associate Editor of this paper and a former president of
Birnam Wood Golf Club
City in S.B County # of Parcels Property Taxes Paid Property Tax
(2011-2012) Paid Per Parcel
Santa Barbara 24,758 $151,000,000 $6,100
Montecito** 4,184 $82,000,000 $19,600
Santa Maria 23,951 $65,000,000 $2,710
Goleta 9,217 $49,000,000 $5,320
Lompoc 11,000 $22,000,000 $2,000
Carpinteria 4,895 $18,000,000 $3,680
Solvang 2,207 $10,000,000 $4,530
Buellton 1,952 $7,000,000 $3,590
Guadalupe 1,733 $3,000,000 $1,730
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by Richard Mineards
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MISCELLAnY Page 184
S
anta Barbara Polo Clubs new
season, which kicks off in May,
will have a decidedly French fla-
vor if longtime member and player
Jonathan Burrows has anything to do
with it.
Jonathan, 70, who splits his time
between Los Angeles and Carpinteria,
is helming a new production of Cole
Porters classic Can-Can, which is
scheduled to open on Broadway in
spring of 2014, and plans to name his
polo team after the musical, which
first opened on the Great White Way
in 1953, making an overnight sensa-
tion of Gwen Verdon.
I havent done a theatrical show in
forty years, so for me its going back
to the future, says Jonathan, whose
uncle, Abe Burrows, was the shows
original book writer.
I saw Can-Can at the Pasadena
Playhouse five years ago and it has
been gnawing at my brain ever since.
The new show will feature a revised
book by David Lee, who worked on
Frasier and Cheers, and Joel Fields,
who worked on Ugly Betty and Raising
the Bar.
David, who has revolutionized
theater in L.A. with dozens of musi-
cals, will direct, while Tony Award
nominee Steve Orich of Jersey Boys
will direct the music. It was Porters
second longest running play and
David has done a total makeover, tak-
ing away the contrivances and bring-
ing it bang up to date.
As well as naming his team after his
forthcoming $8 million production,
players colors will be pink and char-
treuse, a yellowish green mix, named
after the French liqueur.
What better way to help promote
the show that has some of Porters
most famous standards? says
Jonathan, who is in New York later
this month to meet with major theater
owners, including the 113-year-old
Shubert Organization and Jujamcyn.
He will also be dining with Lilo, now
94, one of the original stage stars.
A workshop production, featur-
ing Porters work including I Love
Paris, Cest Magnifique and Its All
Right With Me is planned at a
Manhattan rehearsal hall in October,
with the opening scheduled for
March, 2014.
Im really pumped, adds Jonathan,
a producer on the 1990 film Texasville
and 1984s Fletch. It hasnt been done
in sixty years. It is a sleeping giant
stirring and waiting to explode.
A film adaptation of the show,
about a Paris caf owner who dares
to feature the illicit and scandalous
dance, was made in 1960 starring
Shirley MacLaine, Frank Sinatra,
Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jordan.
Jonathan Burrows cross promoting his new
Broadway show at the polo club
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

no Tipping Here
W
ho would expect to be asked
to leave a Montecito restau-
rant because they had not
tipped the last time they ate there?
Not me! I was appalled that such a
nice place would say anything about
a tip. Isnt tipping up to the tipper? I
have never thought of tipping as man-
datory. I was financially advised a few
years ago to give up tipping because
the price of food at restaurants has
gone up so high. I eat out often and
feel like I am already overpaying with-
out tipping. The hostess at this par-
ticular restaurant had the audacity to
mention it again and refuse me service
even after I explained that I had given
up tipping years ago. Nowhere else
has ever mentioned anything about
it. I dont tip taxis anymore, either.
They have never said anything and
certainly dont refuse me service.
I think it was impolite for the host-
ess to have said anything.
Amy Walker
Santa Barbara
(Editors note: My wife, Helen, and
I launched and ran Caf Au Lait at La
Cumbre Plaza from 1989 to 2002. At some
point during that time, the federal govern-
ment mandated that all wait staffers be
taxed an additional 8% of their base pay,
determining that figure was an average
tip and that federal tax, Social Security,
and Medicare needed to be subtracted from
the enhanced figure, based upon the total
gross take for the day, divided among the
various wait staffers and the number of
hours they worked.
If you are angry about prices waiters
and waitresses are now paid double what
they were paid in the mid to late nineties,
before tips, and menu items have nearly
doubled as well , then you could reduce
your tip to a simple 8% of the total (before
sales tax), just so you dont penalize the
owner of the restaurant, who will, of
course, have to make up the difference if
you dont tip at all.
I agree the hostess should not have
mentioned it, but perhaps now he or she
will politely and quietly inform you of the
aforementioned federal policy concerning
tips. J.B.)
Stop The Madness
My wife was reading the letter to
the editor (Remembering Jan 3, 2007
MJ # 18/52) to me as we were driving
back from Morro Bay. We always stop
at Starbucks on Coast Village Road,
pick up a coffee and the Journal to
keep us wide-eyed until we get home.
We found the letter from Janice Evans
not only interesting but reminiscent of
the timeline we also remember. It was
one of the most blood-pressure-raising
reads I have had in a while.
Yes, I can still hear Obama is his
first inaugural address stating that
it was ...time we move on and stop
pointing fingers at whos to blame for
the financial crisis. We just need to fix
it.... and he went on to propose his
massive redistribution of wealth and
whitewashing the accountability of
hundreds of people. From that point
on his mantra of class warfare and
redistribution of wealth was heard
every time he spoke. This from a man
that never had an income other than
from the public sector. Only when he
reached the presidency and received
his $400k-plus salary did he start
including himself in those of us like
me can afford to pay our fair share.
I am tired of all those in govern-
ment thinking that regardless of their
inadequate attempts of protecting the
taxpayers best interest, they just keep
calling us to support their failures.
Its like they all graduated from the
same Bernie Madoff financial corre-
spondence course.
For once I would like the president
and members of the Senate and
Congress to stand up and publicly
admit they were initially to blame for
mandating that banks loan to anyone
asking for a mortgage regardless of
ability to repay. They should publicly
acknowledge that they have never
looked at or cared about balancing the
federal books until the losses were so
large they couldnt be overlooked.
The bankers-brokers then need
to publicly stand up and apologize
for fraudulently bundling loans to
hide toxic debt across as many pen-
sion plans as they could (otherwise
known as laundering). Then Fed
chairman Ben Bernanke should apol-
ogize for maintaining the interest
rates so ridiculously low that those
in retirement have no earnings and
are now finding they are having to
draw principal out at a faster rate
than they had planned, thus deplet-
ing their savings and their best esti-
mated retirement plans.
If I continued with the list of those
in government and corporate business
that should apologize and then move
out of the way well, it would look
like the New York City phone book.
What should the taxpayers get
besides a public apology? I would find
a little satisfaction in that those men-
tioned above who were involved with
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this $16-trillion Ponzi scheme should
have their salaries garnished until the
debt is paid. After all, it is only right
that they should contribute their fair
share. They should also lose their
rights to future pension and medical
benefits that are above and beyond
that of Social Security and Medicare
that the middle class has to rely on.
All monies held in their personal pen-
sions etc., should be redirected toward
reducing the national debt. I would
think a program like this that calls for
a redistribution of wealth would be
supported by both the left and right.
J Caruso
Santa Barbara
(Editors note: I do wish more Americans
knew as much about the political scandal
that really was the cause of the Great
Financial Meltdown as you do. We fully
support the initiatives youve outlined.
J.B.)
Repeal First
Amendment Too
The emotional debate over firearms
often drags gun-control supporters
kicking and screaming back to the
Constitution.
They argue that the 2nd Amendment
is now outdated and obsolete because
one-shot muzzle-loading muskets
have been replaced with modern
semi-automatic weapons.
For that argument to be legitimate,
every topic must be on the table, includ-
ing those other nine rights, more
specifically the First Amendment.
Our Founding Fathers never could
have imagined the dangers of our
modern unrestricted freedom of
speech or religion. What would
Benjamin Franklin say about violent
video games that twist and desensitize
our childrens minds? Would Thomas
Jefferson support the idea of flash
mobs, instant tweets and incendiary
YouTube videos of Muhammad that
might incite violence halfway around
the world?
Two hundred years ago, who would
have envisioned, or predicted, the mil-
lion ways modern technology and
instant media are abused? What better
way to prevent the rapid spread of
inaccurate or biased information than
to repeal the First Amendment?
Instant digital communications
enables destructive, intolerant and
lemming-like behavior. If there
were no cell phones, the Benghazi
attack, remote detonation devices and
dangerous TEA Party events could not
be coordinated.
Lets stop the violence promoted
in movies, books, email and video
games. Digital technology enables
dangerous people to do bad things.
Maybe its time for the United Nations
to take complete control of the inter-
net and edit our obsolete Constitution.
If its worth doing right, its worth
overdoing.
Cautiously,
Dale Lowdermilk
Founder notsafe.org
Montecito
(Editors note: As presidential candidate
Reagan once said to then sitting President
Carter: There you go again J.B.)
As Goes Israel
Every person who gradu-
ates from high school in Israel goes
into the military for at least two
years, more if they want. They all
keep their rifles after they leave the
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full of professional and semi-professional
performers, whose efforts will not only
entertain members of the community, they
will revise opinions of todays seniors.
The show is directed by Rod Lathim,
well known in the community for his
outstanding shows, including this falls Food
Confessions at the Lobero and last
springs Unfnished Business (which he
also wrote) at Center Stage. Producer is
Judi Weisbart, whose local consulting
frm conceives and staffs mission-driven
events throughout Santa Barbara.
When: noon to 5 pm
Where: 631 1/2 North Milpas Street
Info: www.seniors-have-talent.org
TUESDAY JANUARY 22
Community Forum
Montecito Association hosts a forum to discuss
plans for the upcoming freeway widening.
Members of the association will review the
proposed plans for the widening of 101
from Hot Springs Road south and share the
Common Sense 101 alternative to the Caltrans
plan. The alternative plan seeks to minimize
disruption to the community and businesses
by reducing the duration, scope and cost
of adding a third lane. The association will
accept input and answer questions.
When: 4 pm
Where: El Montecito Presbyterian Church,
1455 East Valley Road
Info: 969-2026

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 23
Lecture & Luncheon
Channel City Club presents Blaine C.
Harden, an author and journalist whose
most recent book, Escape From Camp 14:
Beyond the Electric Fence: One Mans
Odyssey from North Korea to the West is
an international bestseller. It is the story of
Shin Dong-hyuk, the only person to have
THURSDAY JANUARY 17
Lecture at Maritime Museum
Author and historian Neal Graffy
presents Santa Barbara, Then & Now.
The lecture is a side-by-side comparison
of Then & Now images of Santa Barbara
buildings and monuments.
When: 7 pm (members only reception at
6:15 pm)
Where: 113 Harbor Way
Cost: free for members,
$5 for non-members
Registration: 962-8404 x 115
SATURDAY JANUARY 19
Vision Board Event
Participants will each create a vision
board, which is a tool used to help clarify,
concentrate and maintain focus on a
specifc life goal. Literally, a vision board
is any sort of board on which you display
images that represent whatever you want
to be, do or have in your life.
When: 10 am to 1 pm
Where: Montecito Library,
Info and registration: 969-5063

Book Signing at Tecolote
Jim Piekarski, MFT will sign his book,
Mastering Your Emotions with Your Spouse
and Others: Seven Steps for Transforming
Emotional Reactivity. The author is the
clinical director of Phoenix of Santa
Barbara, a non-proft serving mentally ill
adults in Santa Barbara.
When: 3 pm
Where: Tecolote Book Shop,
Info: 969-4977
Book Signing at Curious Cup
Author Rich Grimes signs his latest
book Angel in My Backpack. Grimes is
an author, university professor, speaker,
poet, father of two grown daughters and
grandfather of three. A retired high school
principal, he remains active in education
teaching, conducting professional staff
development workshops, writing articles
for professional journals, and mentoring
aspiring teachers.
When: noon to 2 pm
Where: 929 Linden Avenue in Carpinteria

SUNDAY JANUARY 20
Open Auditions For Seniors Have
Talent
If you can dance, sing, play an instrument,
perform magic or even juggle a few balls,
this is for you. The Center for Successful
Aging (CSA) is holding auditions for its
new variety show, Seniors Have Talent,
featuring the local talent of those who are
aged 50+ as well as multigenerational
acts.
Auditions 12 to 5 pm at Valle Verde
Retirement Center, 900 Calle de
los Amigos. Anyone that auditions
automatically receives a free ticket to the
show, which takes place Saturday, April 6
at 2 pm at the Marjorie Luke Theatre.
The event sponsor, Center for Successful
Aging, is all about living life to the fullest at
any age. CSA conceived the show to raise
money while also encouraging seniors to
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(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito,
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SATURDAY JANUARY 26
Book Signing at Tecolote
Author Toby Sonneman will sign her new book, Lemon: A Global History, a
richly illustrated book which tells the story of the remarkable adventure of the lemon,
starting with its fragrant and mysterious ancestor, the citron, adored by the Greeks
and Romans for its fne perfume and sacred to many of the worlds great religions.
The lemon traveled with Arabs along ancient trade routes, came of age in Sicily
and Italy, and sailed to the New World with Columbus. It was an exotic luxury
in seventeenth-century Europe and later went on to save the lives of thousands of
sailors in the British Royal Navy after being recognized as a cure for scurvy. The
last century saw the lemons rise to commercial success in a California citrus empire
and discovery of the Meyer lemon.
The book discusses the history of lemons in the Montecito area as well, including
the lemon ranches that are now Birnam Wood and San Ysidro Ranch.
When: 3 pm to 4 pm
Where: 1470 E. Valley Road Info: 969-4977
THURSDAY JANUARY 17
Father Virgil Remarkable Life Award
Please join LifeChronicles in presenting the frst ever Father
Virgil Remarkable Life Award, to honor the 2013 recipients
Stan and Betty Hatch, with a special testimonial by
Kathy Ireland
When: 6 to 9 pm
Where: La Pacifca Ballroom at the Biltmore,
1260 Channel Drive
Cost: $200, includes dinner
Info and Tickets: 682-3411 or www.lifechronicles.org
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prison camp and to have escaped to the
West. It was published in 2012 in the
United States and has been translated
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When: noon, check in at 11:30 am
Where: Santa Ynez Room, Fess Parkers
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Cost: $35-$40
FRIDAY JANUARY 25
Music & Story
Award-winning author Mark Salzman
joins Santa Barbara cellist Nona Pyron
on stage as narrator in a performance
piece that weaves together Salzmans
own struggle with writers block with the
movements of J.S. Bachs Solo Cello Suite
in G. The piece will compare each phase
of the creation of Salzmans novel, Lying
Awake, with successive movements of the
Suite and showing how his deep love of
Bachs Cello Suites helped break the spell
of his writers block.
When: 7:30 pm
Where: Lehmann Hall, Music Academy of
the West, 1070 Fairway Road
Cost: $30 ($15 for seniors and students)
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Neuropathy Chapter Meeting
The Neuropathy Chapter of Santa Barbara
area will meet at the First Methodist
Church; anyone experiencing Neuropathy
symptoms is welcome
When: 10 am
Where: Friendship Hall, First Methodist
Church, 305 East Anapamu Street
Info: Shirley, 964-5985
MONDAY JANUARY 28
Lecture at SB Library
Astronaut Richard Linnehan has spent
more than 58 days in orbit, including
six spacewalks, one of which involved
servicing the Hubble Space Telescope. Dr.
Linnehan will be in Santa Barbara as part
of Anacapa Schools annual Synthesis
Unit which will explore the topic Space:
Where Are We Going? He will speak
about his own experiences aboard the
Space Shuttle as well as the future of
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O
n Tuesday, January 15, the
Santa Barbara County Board
of Supervisors unanimously
upheld an appeal from cellular anten-
na company Crown Castle (formerly
NextG), which opposed the Montecito
Planning Commissions denial of an
11-site antenna project, slated for
Montecito.
The applicant, Crown Castle, builds
infrastructure for cellular communi-
cations, then establishes leases with
major cell companies. It purchased
NextG in April of last year, and is cur-
rently trying to update the network.
The project entails adding a whip
antenna to 10 sites in both the inland
and coastal areas of Montecito, as well
as erecting one new pole on which to
build an antenna. A radio box will
also be added, either on the pole or
vaulted underground, depending on
the site. The new pole would be 25
feet high; the applicant is exploring
several design options, as suggested
by Montecito Board of Architectural
Review. The sites will be used by
cell phone company, T-Mobile, which
according to the staff report, has
found gaps in cellular coverage in
Montecito.
Montecito Planning Commission
heard the project in November, and
denied it on the grounds of aesthet-
ics. Local government is limited in
regulating such a project, as the fed-
eral government regulates telecom-
munications service. County staff sug-
gested the Commission approve the
project, given the additional equip-
ment is minimal, and the new pole
will be screened by existing vegeta-
tion on Santa Rosa Lane. According to
planner Megan Lowery, the proposed
facilities transmit and receive radio
frequency signals, but comply with
health and safety standards; the proj-
ect would operate within 2% of FCC
radiofrequency limits. Lowery told
the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday
that the antenna frequency would be
tested every five years.
Sharon James, agent for Crown
Castle, told the Board her compa-
ny contends the MPCs decision to
deny was inconsistent with provisions
of the Countys zoning ordinance,
and lacked fairness and impartiality.
Weve done everything weve prom-
ised to do, James told the Board,
saying that since 2009 Crown Castle
(NextG) has upheld its promise of
community outreach to lessen dis-
cord, as well as chosen minimalistic
equipment for its antenna projects.
There was one public speaker at the
hearing: John Williams, a resident
who lives near one of the proposed
antennas. Protecting the aesthetics
of Montecito is exactly within the
authority of the Montecito Planning
Commission, Williams said. He
called the equipment cheap and
ugly, and said it does not fit in with
the look and feel of Montecito.
The Board of Supervisors voted to
uphold the appeal, thereby denying
the Montecito Planning Commissions
decision. The lack of people in this
room demonstrate the good faith
effort of Crown Castle, said First
District Supervisor Salud Carbajal.
Governance
Workshop at MFPD
Earlier this week, the newly expand-
ed Board of Directors of the Montecito
Fire Protection District took part in a
workshop to learn about the ins and
outs of the District. Its a chance for
us to acquaint and reacquaint our-
selves to governance, and how the
District works, said board president
John Venable.
Retired Fire Chief Mike McMurry
facilitated the workshop, which was
also attended by several firefight-
ers and MFPD personnel, as well as
members of the community. McMurry
is a California State Certified Fire
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aks Fifth Avenue turned into a
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One of the highlights of the eve-
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members through junior high and
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unteerism with the encouragement of
their moms. Mom Ella Brittingham
was in charge of the girls and Saks
marketing and PR person Kristi
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I Change My Mind
Imagine my surprise as Im leisurely
reading The Scene when I see a familiar
name out of my past in an art review
Robert (Bob) Burridge. He had an
exhibit at the Elverhoj (pronounced
El-ver-hoy) Museum of History & Art
in Solvang and was giving a talk on
the creative process the next afternoon.
Our roots go back a long way. His wife
Kate was my modeling instructor and
booker at LaBelle Modeling Agency in
the 70s (before Bob).
After Kate and Bob married we
had many fun times, including tail-
gating at the polo fields. Bob was an
award-winning industrial designer
but after 25 years of that world, he
wanted his life to be about painting.
As Kate said, After managing the
egos of 100 models I can handle one
Makeup
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Olivia
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Kate
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Saks before
the fashion
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career began. These days Bob teaches
33 weeks a year at venues like Palm
Springs, the Bahamas and Cuba. The
rest of the time he is in his studio
painting while Kate is promoting.
We drove to Solvang, anxious to
give hugs to my old friends. The
museum was packed with many of
their acquaintances and former stu-
dents. Bob explained, I had just fin-
ished an exhibition in San Luis Obisbo
titled Impure Thoughts, based on my
Catholic upbringing, and wasnt pre-
pared for another show when Elverhoj
executive director Esther Jacobsen
Bates called. I decided to show pieces
from my own home that I couldnt
let go, so you make up questions and
Ill make up answers. The title of the
show is I Change My Mind because
he does.
My husband was expecting a rather
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New Novel for Wolf
Montecito resident Dick Wolf must
be one of the busiest TV producers on
the planet, but he has found time to
write his first novel, The Intercept.
The tense, well honed major plot
thriller, reminiscent of the classic The
Day of the Jackal, features Jeremy Fisk,
a New York police officer in an anti-
terror unit.
Emmy Award-winning Dick, 66,
who tied with Gunsmoke for the lon-
gest running dramatic show in TV
history with Law & Order which ran
from 1990 thru 2010 and spawned
myriad spinoffs, including L&O:
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Intent, says writing a book is very dif-
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You dont have 140 other people to
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at your high school and youre com-
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pay your money and take your chanc-
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of reaction to the book and you hope
its not, Gee, you should really stay in
television.
Dick, a former classmate of President
George W. Bush, whose shows are in
reruns more than 100 times a week,
says: When the words are good,
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many, many years... Its the writing,
stupid. And its always the writing.
To write his book, he drew on his
love of thrillers, one of his favorite lit-
erary forms since he was 10 years old.
Sherlock Holmes was probably my
greatest influence growing up. I think
its a very legitimate form of writing.
It may not be the most elevated, but it
sure is fun.
Dick, who lives just a tiaras toss
from actress Drew Barrymore, is now
working on his second Fisk work about
narcoterrorism and the drugs trade.
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He doesnt view novel writing as
a career change, more of a career
enhancement.
It allows me to tell bigger stories
on a bigger canvas, explains Dick,
whose latest TV production Chicago
Fire launched on NBC in October....
Haves and Have Nots
Oprah Winfrey is turning to a
Downton Abbey style drama to bolster
the ratings of her eponymous L.A.
based cable TV network.
The former chat show queen has
commissioned Tyler Perry to produce
an hour-long drama called The Haves
and Have Nots, which strongly echoes
the hit PBS show, whose launch of the
third series with Maggie Smith and
Shirley MacLaine earlier this month
attracted eight million viewers.
Perrys show will supposedly focus
on the dynamics and secrets of the
wealthy Cryer family and of the fam-
ily of their maid, Hanna. It is based
on the play he wrote of the same name
which has already toured the U.S. to
critical and commercial success.
While The Haves and Have Nots is
an upstairs downstairs drama like
Downton, it is set in the modern day
and was described by the Chicago
Tribune as another romp through the
melodrama of African-American life.
OWN, which is celebrating its sec-
ond anniversary, has been struggling
in the ratings, with Oprah saying that
in hindsight she might not have both-
ered at all...
Simon Flies on his Own
With the recent debut of direc-
tor Peter Jacksons The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey raking in even
more millions after the global suc-
cess of the Lord of the Rings trilogy,
author JRR Tolkiens Santa Barbara-
based grandson, Simon Tolkien, says
he felt suffocated by the legacy of
his famous relative and feared never
being able to emerge from his shadow.
Barrister-turned-novelist Simon
says the unstoppable success of the
film adaptations of his grandfathers
classic works caused a bitter feud with
his family, particularly an incred-
ibly, dreadfully painful feud with his
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Basically the proposal is to have
armed guards at all schools, colleges
and universities
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The cost is estimated to be anything
upwards of $1 Billion per annum and
will take years to implement due to
some kind of screening process with
penetrating questions such as Have
you ever been a pupil at a school?
Etc., etc. However, this proposal may
get through easier and faster than the
proposal to protect all U.S. children by
offering free government health care.
Im just waiting for some fool/s (or
maybe its been suggested already?)
to suggest all children from the age
of five years be trained in the use of a
gun and be allowed to openly carry a
loaded weapon at all times including
of course in class.
Come on America, get real... Why
are there more gun deaths in the U.S.
than any developed country? http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coun-
tries_by_firearm-related_death_rate.
Regards,
Ian Thompson
St. Andrews, Scotland
(formerly of Goleta)
McCoy Gets The Credit
Dont forget it was the late Jim
McCoy who first got fined for having
tables on a city sidewalk.
Now the City, having done a 180 on
the idea, makes thousands of dollars a
year prostituting portions of city side-
walk for retail dining.
And when Bush Sr. passes, dont
forget: he shot off his mouth and trig-
gered the L.A. Riots.
Matt McLaughlin
Santa Barbara
(Editors note: Jim McCoy, longtime
owner of McConnells Ice Cream, bought the
business from the founders wife in 1962; it
was founded in 1949 by Gordon Mac and
Ernesteen McConnell. Montecito Journal
will have an extensive obituary of Mr.
McCoy in an upcoming issue. J.B.)
Thoughtful and Kind
Many of us agree that Ray Sodomka
is knowledgeable, thoughtful, and
kind. Many years ago I bought a large
10-gallon shrub from him for my
daughter who lived in Long Beach.
As I wondered aloud how I would get
it to her, he said that he was going in
that direction soon and would take
it to her, free of charge. Not only did
he do that but he planted it in just the
right spot by her front door.
Ray, we will miss you. Take care,
Barbie Henzell
Montecito
Who Is That Man?
In discussing anonymous and ficti-
tious letters and their authors, the
frequent writer who signs as Ben
Burned sounds like a phony to me.
What do you know about him?
Cordially,
Lauren Roberts
Santa Barbara
(Editors note: We dont know anything
about Mr. Burned. We do, however, share
your suspicion about the name; perhaps
hell write in to explain whether it is real
or not J.B.)

He Liked Jacques
Jacques may have been coarse in
some of his public contacts, as pro-
pounded by Mark Bennett in his DVD,
Jacqumentary. As an employee of
the Miramar Hotel, Jacques treated me
well. He was excellent about breaks,
meal time, schedule variations and
had my back for the occasional prob-
lem. He made sure I heard about
numerous hotel guest compliments
received for my customer service,
made sure my paychecks were correct
and was very honest sharing money
with me from beach goods rented out.
Such attributes are hard to be found
today with an employer. Thanks for
making my employment with the
Miramar Hotel a pleasant memory.
Bill Riordan
Lifeguard Summer 1968
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Miramar Hotel
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(Editors note: Good to read that Jacques
was such a considerate boss. Our fam-
ily is among the legions that were asked:
Are you a guest of zee hotel? when we
deigned to occupy beach space in front of
the Miramar. J.B.)
He Was Roping Me
I just picked up the latest Montecito
Journal and saw Lynn Kirsts nice
story (Empty Saddles, MJ # 19/2)
about the end of the trail, and a very
nice photo of my cousin George. I
thought you two would get a laugh
about who he was roping.
And that, my friends, is the rest
of the story.
JAmy Brown
Montecito MJ
George Hearst, Jr. passed away in 2012 and this is
the photo given to us that we used with a short
bio in last weeks issue
This is the
complete
photo, as
sent to us
by JAmy
Brown of
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MISCELLAnY Page 344
father, Christopher.
The 53-year-old author of The
Stepmother and the Inspector Trave
trilogy says nothing could prepare
his family for the release of the films,
which grossed around $3 billion
worldwide, which he says was like
being hit by a juggernaut.
One minute I was Simon Tolkien,
a barrister from London, he tells the
U.K. Sunday Times. The next, I was
JRR Tolkiens grandson. This might
sound strange, but I began to lose
sight of who I was. It was as if I me,
Simon had disappeared. I felt suf-
focated...
In hindsight, I think all of my
anger was being driven by this feel-
ing that I was trapped. All I ever was
going to be was the grandson of a very
famous writer. That was the sum total
of my achievements.
Simon and his father have since
managed to reconcile their differences
and he even dedicated his latest book
to his father.
At the age of 40, Simon began to
write under the encouragement of
his American wife, Tracy, and is now
about to publish his newest novel.
He says at first he was scared to pur-
sue a writing career because whats
the point when your grandfather is
JRR Tolkien?
He adds that he is no longer filled
with trepidation about the new
Jackson film, the first in a three-part
adaptation.
I wont be getting another side-
swipe from the juggernaut. Yes, my
grandfathers shadow is still there,
but instead of seeing it as a cross to
bear, I now see it as a benefit.
Georges Nuptial Details
At least film director George Lucas
and his fiance, Mellody Hobson,
have made one major decision regard-
ing their future nuptials.
The 43-year-old bride, a Chicago
business executive, will be given away
by former New Jersey senator and
basketball Hall of Famer Bill Bradley.
Bill is walking me down the aisle,
Mellody has been telling friends.
After George, who has a beach-
front home in Carpinteria, popped
the question after a six-year relation-
ship last month, Mellody said she
knew immediately she wanted to get
Bradley, an old friend, involved.
They first met when she was 17 and
it was Bradley who helped convince
the prospective businesswoman to
attend Princeton, his own alma mater,
over Harvard.
This will be first marriage for
Mellody and the second for George,
whose union with Marcia Lucas last-
ed from 1969 to 1983. Lucas has three
children Amanda, 31, Katie, 26, and
Jett, 19.
Stay tuned...
Remembering Huell
Montecito twosome, Bill and
Trish Davis, have been remember-
ing former PBS TV personality, Huell
Howser, who was a longtime neigh-
bor of the couple when they lived in
Palm Springs.
He was such a positive person,
always upbeat and interested in what
was happening in your life, says Trish
of the Tennessee-born host of the long-
running series Californias Gold, who
died earlier this month at the age of 67.
George Lucas and his bride-to-be Mellody Hobson
Huell Howser fondly remembered
Simon Tolkien has come to terms with his grand-
fathers fame
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Catharina, says Thomas Whittemore,
Westmont physics instructor. If the
seeing is good, we should be able to
see many of the mountain peaks in the
centers of these craters.
Jupiter will be high in the night
sky, sandwiched between the Moon
and the Pleiades. The four Galilean
moons of Jupiter will align with Io
on one side of the planet and Europa,
Ganymede and Callisto on the other
side, he says. If the weather cooper-
ates, we should be able to see some of
the details on Jupiters surface.
Whittemore says one of his favor-
ite winter open clusters, NGC 7789,
will be in view. Discovered in 1783
by Caroline Herschel, the sister of
William Herschel, this cluster is
known as the White Rose Cluster
because when seen visually, the loops
of stars and dark lanes look like the
swirling pattern of rose petals as seen
from above, he says.
The Keck Telescope is housed in
the observatory between Russell Carr
Field and the track and field/soccer
complex. Free parking is available
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American Double
Performs Famous
Sonatas
American Double, a duo featuring
violinist Philip Ficsor and pianist
Constantine Finehouse, will perform
Beethovens sonatas at a free public
concert Friday, January 18, at 7 pm in
Westmonts Deane Chapel.
Ficsor, who joined the Westmont
faculty in the fall of 2006, will open the
concert with Bachs Sonata in G minor
for Solo Violin. Bach, who wrote three
sonatas and three partitas for solo vio-
lin, completely revolutionized violin
playing. To this day, these six works
are revered as the pinnacle of both
violin technique and musical expres-
sion, Ficsor says. These pieces near-
ly break the seams of what is possible
on the solo violin, and the effect is
breath-taking.
Finehouse, an artist-in-residence at
Westmont, will perform solo selec-
tions by Scriabin and Schumann.
Ficsor and Finehouse will join forces
to close the program with Beethovens
powerful Sonata in C minor, Op. 30,
no. 3. Perhaps the most musical-
ly complete of all the violin sonatas
Beethoven penned, his seventh sonata
spans the emotional gamut from ten-
der to tumultuous and everywhere in
between, Ficsor says.
Moore Tribute
a Classic
The Westmont community turned
out in large numbers for the Alex
Moore Classic January 12 in Murchison
Gym to watch the lady Warriors
beat San Diego Christian. About 900
people enjoyed the basketball game,
which included halftime speeches by
President Gayle D. Beebe, profes-
sor Glenn Town and womens head
coach Kirsten Moore. The classic was
a fundraiser to honor Moores late
husband, Alex, who died in May at
the age of 31.
Philosopher
to Examine Defense
of Theism
Hud Hudson, professor of philoso-
phy at Western Washington University,
gives a lecture, The Father of Lies?
Thursday, January 17, from 3:30-5 pm in
Westmonts Founders Room. The talk,
funded by a grant from the Society
of Christian Philosophers, is free and
open to the public.
Hudson, who graduated from Boise
State University and earned a mas-
ters degree and doctorate from the
University of Rochester, will discuss a
problematic type of theistic solution to
the problem of evil.
Hudson, who has earned the Peter J.
Elich Excellence in Teaching Award at
Western Washington University, has
written several books, including The
Metaphysics of Hyperspace, A Materialist
Metaphysics of the Human Person and
Kants Compatibilism.
Hudson specializes in metaphys-
ics and the philosophy of religion.
He has been teaching at Western
Washington University since 1992,
where he earned the Paul J. Olscamp
Research Award. He also won the
Distinguished Alumni Award from
Boise State University. MJ
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he moon and Jupiter will be
the featured attractions of this
months free public viewing of
the stars with Westmonts powerful
Keck Telescope on Friday, January
18, beginning at 6:30 pm. The best
viewing generally occurs later in the
evening. In case of inclement or over-
cast weather, please call the Telescope
Viewing Hotline at (805) 565-6272 and
check the Westmont website to see if
the viewing has been canceled.
The moon will be at first quarter
the evening of the viewing, showing a
host of wonderful craters near the ter-
minator, the dividing line between the
illuminated and unilluminated part
of the moon. Among these will be
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boring art talk instead of being thor-
oughly entertained and laughing for
the next hour. I think Bobs sense of
humor is one of the things that make
him such a beloved teacher. Students
dont care how much you know until
they know how much you care, Bob
likes to say.
After five boys my folks went
out and bought a girl. They fostered
his sister. Dad was a welder and he
made things for his kids. I was very
shy but I got over it. I practiced magic
in my bedroom to impress my broth-
ers and I wanted to run away and join
the circus, so my dad built a backyard
trapeze for me. My first artwork was
a large publicity sign advertising my
neighborhood magic shows and cir-
cus acts. I performed magic to earn
the money to pay for my art school
tuition.
Bob explained that he used to paint
realism flowers, wine bottles, etcet-
era but his work was looking like
everyone elses. When he loosened
up and his paintings became more
contemporary, they also became more
saleable.
Many of his works are still related to
his passion for magic and the circus.
As Bob says, Ive always believed
you cant separate your life from what
you passionately love to do.
Some of the folks enjoying the
wine reception after were Gary
Campopiano and Norm Arnold from
the Carpinteria Valley Arts Council,
Laurie and Thad MacMilllan, and
Bobs brother Michael, an industrial
designer who lives in Santa Barbara
and has clients around the world.
The show is on until January 27.
Its worth the drive if only to see the
museum itself at 1624 Elverhoj Way,
phone number 686-1211. The building
was once the dream home of Viggo
Brandt-Erichsen and his wife, Martha
Mott. He was an internationally recog-
nized painter and sculptor and she an
accomplished painter and art teacher.
They built their home in 1950 in
a Danish farmhouse style. She even
hand painted the kitchen cabinets
with floral designs that remain today.
Elverhoj translates to elves hill from
a Danish fairy tale. After an extensive
renovation, the Museum opened in
1988. It is one of the few museums
outside Denmark devoted to Danish
culture. My grandmother and grand-
father came over from Denmark in
1908 but surprisingly Solvang looked
like any other California town until
after World War II. Next time you go
over the hill check it out. MJ
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spurred by community interest, the
school took steps to establish the XIV
Dalai Lama Endowed Chair in Tibetan
Buddhism and Cultural Studies, held
by Professor Jos Cabezn since it
was founded in 2001.
But Montecitos ties to Tibet date
back even farther, to the 1940s, when
erstwhile opera singer Ganna Walska,
then married to Tibetan Buddhism
scholar Theos Bernard, purchased
the historic 37-acre Cuesta Linda
estate in Montecito, intending to use
it as a retreat for Tibetan monks. But
wartime restrictions scuttled the plan,
and five years later Walska turned
the property into Lotusland, and the
expansive gardens she helped create
and design are meticulously main-
tained to this day.
Local efforts to maintain ties to Tibet
have continued through the decades.
Now, community leaders, includ-
ing several from Montecito, have
coalesced their efforts into the Santa
Barbara Summit for Tibet, a seven-day
cultural and educational festival full
of film, music and other performances,
lectures and discussions, the creation
of a sand mandala, cultural exchanges
and other community events.
More than 100 Tibetans from around
California are expected to participate
in Tibet Cultural Week, which kicks
off on Sunday, January 20th at 11 am
with a full day of events, starting with
the commencement of building a large
sand mandala at Faulkner Gallery.
There will be opening remarks by
Tibetans Ven Losang Samten and
Tenzin Thokme followed by a talk
from Cabezon, both at the Unitarian
Society. At 12:20, participants will take
a silent walk to the Public Library,
where the first hour features opening
ceremonies include a performance by
Loten Samling; a discussion on the
Summit for Tibet; a talk from Tenzin
Tethong, president of the Dalai Lama
Foundation; and a performance by
the Childrens Choir from the Tibetan
Association of Northern California.
After proclamations from several
The Santa Barbara
Summit For Tibet
ART & CULTURE
by Steven Libowitz
levels of government are read, the
event continues with a screening of
Leaving Fear Behind by Dhondup
Wangchen, who is currently impris-
oned in China, followed by a Q &
A session with his wife Lhama Tso
and Giovanni Vassalo, President of
Bay Area Friends of Tibet. Additional
cultural performances, a dialogue cir-
cle featuring all of the participants,
and a final concert close out the activi-
ties.
Evening events take place on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
including two more film screenings
(most notably The Sun Behind the
Clouds: Tibets Struggle for Freedom
with a Q&A with Tenzin Tethong
moderated by actor-activist Michael
Imperioli of The Sopranos fame)
and a concert by singer-storyteller-
activist Loten Samling. The meticu-
lously constructed sand Mandala is
open for public viewing at Faulkner
Gallery Wednesday 1/23 from 7 pm
to 9:30 pm. Saturday brings a clos-
ing mandala event and prayer ritual,
another singer-songwriter concert and
a lecture-discussion titled Healthy
Living from a Tibetan Buddhist
Perspective with Bay Area Tibetan
doctor Kalsang Yangdron.
All events are open to the public free
of charge. For a full schedule, details
and more, visit the Summit for Tibet
website at www.sbtibet.com.
To put the Summit for Tibet in per-
spective, we spoke with Montecito
resident Roger Himovitz, one of
the organizers and a retired build-
er-developer who owns El Capitan
Canyon Resort.
Q. Why is this event important and
appropriate for Santa Barbara?
A. The community has a long his-
tory of being morally and ethically
conscious of the rest of the world.
There has been a deep history of sup-
porting the causes and culture of the
Tibetan people. Essentially were a
group of mostly non-Tibetans who
feel the plight of the Tibetan people
is something that matters to all of us.
We recognize that what theyre suf-
fering we all could be going through.
The value of their culture and the
issue of their potential extinction are
important. The idea is to help raise
awareness of the situation, and enlist
peoples interest and support.
Im not a Buddhist but Im attracted
to the contemplative approach, and
their concept of compassion and hap-
piness is something we could all emu-
late and learn from in many ways. The
genocide, the destruction of their cul-
ture and history is important for all of
us to recognize because it can happen
to any culture. Were all endangered
in some way.
What are the goals of Tibet Cultural
Week?
To educate our citizens on whats
going on in Tibet. Were looking for
ways to reach out to them and vice
versa, to share values and cultures.
At this point, were not yet looking
to create a community for Tibetan
monks, a physical presence, as much
as consciousness and understanding.
How will you know if its a success?
By the number of non-Tibetans who
turn out. If we get people interested
in whats going on, we will have done
our jobs. Its not a fundraiser, per
se. Its about creating awareness and
personal connection. So based on who
comes well know if we were success-
ful. And so far, based on the feedback
weve received, were surprised at
how much interest there is. Its very
encouraging.
(But) my personal hope is that
we someday are able to establish an
educational center for the study of
endangered cultures. The Tibetans are
not alone in their problem. Genocide
is occurring all over the world. If
we could come together and create a
model of how to preserve these cul-
tures without assimilating them out of
existence; thats the ultimate goal.
The practical reality of the Tibetans
plight is how to make culture por-
table. MJ
The XIV Dalai
Lama has
visited Santa
Barbara and
UCSB four
times since
1991 (photo:
Luca Galuzzi -
www.galuzzi.
it)
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A
t a party recently, someone
asked me where I come up
with things to write about.
I was thinking about this a few
days later as I stood in the kitchen at
the Community Film Studio of Santa
Barbara (CFSSB) with a package of
frozen chicken on my wrist.
Im in a film production class at
CFSSB and have spent the last seven
weeks making a four-minute movie. It
has been a great class. We had to get a
script, block out the scenes, build a set,
cast the actors, and direct the movie.
Now Im in post-production the film
industrys version of purgatory, where
you must pay for your sins of not get-
ting all the footage you needed.
After six hours of editing, I felt a bit
hungry so I went out to my car to grab
a granola bar. My reading glasses were
in the center console. Both pieces. A
few weeks earlier I was adjusting them
at work and they snapped in two. I had
to spend the entire morning with one
eye closed and the other eye clamped
around half a set of glasses. At lunch I
went home to get my old pair.
My old pair work okay except they
have a big scratch in the middle, so
when Im reading something on my
desk I have to hold them up with my
left hand to see below the scratch and
when Im reading something on the
screen I have to hold them down to
see above the scratch.
This is a problem because I have a
sore left shoulder from a golfing inci-
dent where I tried to put extra spin
on the ball by hitting two feet behind
it on a winter-hardened California
fairway. The divot went one way my
rotator cuff the other.
So I put the two pieces of my good,
albeit broken, glasses in my car con-
sole to take to the eyeglass store in
order to save my shoulder.
Unfortunately, when I was reach-
ing for the granola bar, I knocked one
piece of my glasses out of the console
and they fell down beside the seat. I
reached down to grab them, but they
slipped further down so I reached fur-
ther and I got stuck. Not Oh Dang
stuck, handcuff stuck. I couldnt move
my hand up or down or forward or
backwards.
Let me explain something about
editing. You stare intently at a com-
puter totally oblivious to the rest of
humanity at the four hundred takes
of the three hundred scenes you shot
to make your four-minute movie, try-
ing to pick the ones that say Golden
Globe and not the ones that say
Razzy Award.
This meant it could be hours before
anyone came looking for me, by which
time my body would decompose from
lack of the granola bar, which I could
no longer reach. So, I pulled and twist-
ed, twisted and pulled until I finally
managed to tear my hand free.
I went back into the studio and sat
at my computer but my colorless,
quickly-swelling and bleeding wrist
was dripping onto the notes that told
me how to use Final Cut to piece
together 240 seconds of side-splitting
emotion-filled footage.
So I went to the studio kitchen to
get some ice. Only there was no ice in
the freezer, only a package of frozen
chicken, which I was now balancing
on my wrist.
This got me thinking about music.
What should the theme music be for
Casa Grande, my epic based on the
premise, Its ten years after the end
of the movie Casablanca, Rick and Ilsa
meet again for the first time, what
happens?
It also made me wonder what music
would be playing now if standing
in front of an open freezer eating a
granola bar with a chicken balanced
on my wrist was a scene from my life
story being filmed for Hallmark Hall
of Fame.
I left the studio a while later and
went to the eyeglass store. While they
were examining my glasses, a friend
told me she had read my latest col-
umn and asked where I come up with
things to write about.
Sorry, these cant be saved, the
eyeglass professional told me.
I turned to my friend and shrugged.
I have no idea where humor comes
from. MJ
This meant it could be hours before anyone came looking for
me, by which time my body would decompose from lack of the
granola bar, which I could no longer reach
BOOK TALK
by Shelly Lowenkopf
Up Against the Wall
Shelly Lowenkopf blogs
@ www.lowenkopf.
com. Lowenkopfs lat-
est book is The Fiction
Writers Handbook. His
short fiction, which has
appeared widely in the
literary and commercial
press, is featured in Love
Will Make You Drink and
Gamble, Stay Out Late at
Night, due in 2013.
T
he novella sits on a literary
perch between a longish short
story and a novel. Part of the
novellas attraction is its ability to coax
us to read it in one sitting. Another of
its virtues is the exquisite blending of
characters, story, and relevant details.
John Steinbecks soul piercing Of
Mice and Men represents the novella in
its peak form. Philip Roths rollicking
mash-up, Goodbye, Columbus, proved
to be the launching pad for a brilliant
career.
The novella stands alone with ease
but relishes being strung together
with other narratives for a longer
work, such as Jim Harrisons memo-
rable Legends of the Fall, or William
Faulkners, epic romp into deadpan
humor, Spotted Horses, the opening to
the larger, more somber The Hamlet.
One memorable novella, from an
author associated with longer fic-
tion, appeared in a special insert of
the October 1992 issue of Harpers
Magazine. This novella was also a
stand-alone portion of a larger novel.
In its wonderful, idiosyncratic way,
Don DeLillos Pafko at the Wall, from
Scribner, does for the novella, for base-
ball, and for memorable evocation
of character and event what Truman
Capotes In Cold Blood did for the true
crime narrative.
Pafko at the Wall transforms events
that took place in the late afternoon
of October 3, 1951, in an arena once
known as Coogans Hollow, roughly
on Eighth Avenue between 156
th
and
158
th
Streets in upper Manhattan, New
York.
This was the Polo Grounds, the then
home of the then New York Giants
baseball team. In many ways, this day
was the most important in the sta-
diums history. The Giants had closed
a thirteen-game lead enjoyed by the
Brooklyn Dodgers to force a three-
game playoff series for the National
League championship and the right
to play against the New York Yankees
in the World Series. Each team had
won one game, and now, late in game
three, the Dodgers, ahead 4-to-1 in the
bottom of the ninth inning, seemed on
track to do at last what they had failed
all season to accomplish.
The Dodgers ace pitcher, Don
Newcombe, was in control, his fast-
ball humming, his curves snapping off
sharply, his change-ups keeping the
Giants batters off balance. Pafko was
the Dodgers left fielder, Andy Pafko.
Baseball fans will know what hap-
pened in that Giants half of the ninth
inning, but Pafko at the Wall, like many
of its novella counterparts, is about
more than baseball, in a sense The
Iliad, brought to the twentieth cen-
tury. Prominent witnesses are Jackie
Gleason, Frank Sinatra, the famed
restaurateur Toots Shoor, and their
unlikely companion J. Edgar Hoover,
all occupying the box seats of Giants
manager, Leo Durocher.
There is also a skinny kid from the
Harlem neighborhood, who has cut
school today and sneaked into the
Polo Grounds. There is the Giants
baseball announcer, Russ Hodges;
there is Dodger relief pitcher,
Ralph Branca, who is brought in
after Newcombe has allowed run-
ners to reach base; there is Bobby
Thompson, the next Giants batter;
and Willie Mays, kneeling in the on-
deck circle.
There is Andy Pafko, standing at
the left field wall, about 315 feet from
home plate, assorted fans showering
the playing field with an incessant
stream of confetti, a peanut vendor
who with amazing accuracy tosses
bags of his product to waiting fans
and who snatches their dimes and
quarters from the air. There is the
atmosphere of baseball as Greek trag-
edy and a Verdi opera.
We know the outcome of the game
Bobby Thompsons home run into
the left field stands. We know Russ
Hodges hoarse yelp, The Giants win
the pennant, repeated four times
in crescendo. This becomes back-
ground to a horsehide ball being sent
in a towering arc, the scramble in
the bleachers for the ball. We see J.
Edgar Hoover, being told the Russians
have tested another a-bomb, we see
Jackie Gleason, throwing up on Frank
Sinatras shoe, we hear Toots Shoor
teasing his friends for having so little
faith in the Giants.
We see Andy Pafko, watching the
ball, Bobby Thompson as he circles
the bases, Jackie Robinson watching to
make sure Thompsons touched each
one. We see an art form, showering
us with an omniscient array of indi-
viduals, present and witness to Bobby
Thompsons shot heard round the
world. MJ
has completed the States Chief
Officer Program along with fire pro-
tection technology at Cabrillo College
with over 200 units in fire protection
technology, fire administration and
finance.
McMurry has 34 years of fire ser-
vice experience while serving the last
fifteen years as the fire chief of a com-
bination career and volunteer fire pro-
tection district. He is past President
of the Fire Districts Association of
California (FDAC), and has developed
curriculum for staff and board mem-
ber training and has instructed the Fire
Districts Certificate of Achievement
program, among many other accom-
plishments and involvements.
As part of the workshop, the Board,
which includes new directors Abe
Powell, Susan Keller, and Gene
Sinser, and incumbents Roy Jensen
and Venable, was shown a PowerPoint
presentation outlining their roles
within the District. You are in a time
of transition, McMurry said, refer-
ring to the recent transition from a
three-member to five-member Board.
The Boards role is governance,
which includes policy setting, vision
and strategy planning, commu-
nity input, and fiduciary oversight.
Montecito Fire Chief Chip Hickman
and his staff are responsible for imple-
menting policies and goals, deciding
how things get done, and manage-
ment of day-to-day activities. Other
topics discussed at the workshop
included Board responsibilities and
communication, cooperation in the
public interest, problematic behaviors
that could compromise the integrity of
the Board, and the need for cohesion
between the Chief and the Board. The
directors were also schooled on over
three dozen fire related acronyms and
other fire jargon.
The Board, which was officially
sworn in last month, will tackle some
significant issues in the coming year,
including development of Fire Station
3, post fire rebuilding, increasing pen-
sion and workers comp costs, long
term communications infrastructure,
and more.
The Board of Directors meets at
least once a month to discuss budget
concerns and District issues in a pub-
lic forum. For more information, visit
www.montecitofire.com.
Highway 101 Forum
next Week

On Tuesday, January 22, the
Montecito Association will host a
forum to present an alternative plan
to add a third lane to Highway 101
in Montecito.
A coalition of county organizations
representing homeowners, business-
es and community concerns has been
formed by the Montecito Association
to pursue the Community Coalition
Alternative Plan for the freeway
construction scheduled to widen
101 from Santa Barbara through
Carpinteria.
Common Sense 101 was formed
to back the Community Coalition
Alternative Plan (CCAP Plan) in
order to reduce the enormous disrup-
tion to business and local residents
projected by the previous highway
construction design (from Cabrillo/
Hot Springs through to Sheffield
Drive) presented by Caltrans last
spring, according to organizer and
MA president Dave Kent.
The Caltrans design will be a
nightmare for Montecito, said for-
mer MA president Dick Nordlund.
Our rural neighborhood from Hot
Springs to East Valley to Sheffield
will be completely choked with cars
for over four years. When we real-
ized the Caltrans design could not
be done as simply as was proposed,
we retained consultants to develop a
better plan.
The CCAP Plan will take less than
two years to build, will save more
than $50 million, and will not close
the on and off ramps used by local
residents to access their neighbor-
hoods, schools and activities during
the construction period. Over the
past few months, numerous presen-
tations have been made to business
groups and homeowners associa-
tions.
The Montecito Association is tak-
ing the leading role in alerting and
informing local residents as to the
impacts of the Caltrans design and
benefits of the CCAP alternative.
The forum on January 22 is open
to all residents; it will be held at El
Montecito Presbyterian Church at
4 pm. The church is located at 1455
East Valley Road.
For more information call (805)
969-2026.
Art of Autism at MAI
A new collection of art is currently
on display at Montecito Aesthetic
Institute on Coast Village Road. The
paintings are curated by the Art of
Autism, a social-entrepreneurship
project that connects artists and per-
formers of all ages on the autism
spectrum with opportunities and
venues to showcase their varied tal-
ents.
Started in Carpinteria by a mother
whose son is autistic, the organiza-
tion is committed to promoting art-
ists and educating the general pub-
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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 12)
Montecito Fire Protection District board Abe Powell, Roy Jenson, Susan Keller, Gene Sinser, and John
Venable spent Tuesday at a governance workshop at Montecito Fire District headquarters
Retired Fire Chief Mike McMurry facilitated a
workshop at Montecito Fire Protection District on
Tuesday, to get the new directors up to speed on
governance
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be a good time to take a hard
look at our homes or our
parents homes and assess whether
or not they are still providing for our
needs.
Studies consistently reveal that most
of us would prefer to stay in our
homes as we age. Our homes are
important to us and are filled with
memories, making it difficult to think
about moving. To safely remain at
home, we may need to hire caregiv-
ers and add safety features such as
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Sometimes, remaining at home can
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Healthy adults can reside indepen-
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assistance with everyday activities
becomes necessary, they can move
into assisted living or nursing care
facilities. These communities can
give older adults a feeling of secu-
rity, knowing that theyll be able to
live in one location for the duration
of their lives.
Trying to choose the best facility
can be a daunting task, but you dont
need to go at it alone. Peggy Renker
of Senior Living Consultants helps
families navigate through the process
and narrow down those homes or
communities that are going to make
the most sense based on finances, the
level of care that is needed, personal
preference, and availability. Best of all,
this service is provided free of charge.
The consultants are able to do this
because they have contracts with all
the licensed homes in our area. Peggy
is on the pulse of who has what and
she can be a tremendous resource for
adult children and families when they
begin their search for a new home.
She also has State Inspection Reports
at her fingertips and knows about any
reported infractions and violations.
In addition, Peggy is knowledgeable
about veterans benefits and long-
term care insurance.
Peggy urges families to be proactive
in the New Year and to begin evalu-
ating their living situation. If youre
thinking of moving into an assisted
living facility, she recommends that
you begin the search early. She can
take you out on tours and hold your
hand through the process, helping to
alleviate the fear. All too often, families
begin the search when there has been
a crisis and while she can still help, it
is stressful for families when they wait
until they are down to the wire.
Senior Living Consultants works
with facilities from Santa Barbara
to San Luis Obispo. Peggy says that
there are wonderful homes up north
as well and that the cost of assisted
living and Alzheimer Care facilities in
Santa Maria is less than half of those
in Santa Barbara.
You can reach Peggy at (805) 963-
6045. Senior Living Consultants is
located at 18 West Micheltorena, Suite
C. For more information, visit www.
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Farewell to Dicterow
On Entertainment
by Steven Libowitz
Steven Libowitz has
reported on the arts and
entertainment for more
than 30 years; he has
contributed to Montecito
Journal for over ten
years.
N
ew York Philharmonic con-
certmaster Glenn Dicterow
sees his impending depar-
ture from the venerable orchestra
next season after 34 years less as clo-
sure than as an opening of new doors.
Or rather, make that returning to
some old portals.
Dicterow originally studied violin
with an ear toward a solo career, and
had a fine early go of it, including
debuting at 11 with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic on a Tchaikovsky con-
certo, but that got curtailed at age
22 when then-music director Zubin
Mehta enticed him to join the orches-
tra where his father was the principal
second violinist for 52 years. Eight
years later he was off to the Big
Apple.
Next year, hell move back to
Southern California for a teaching
position at USCs prestigious Colburn
School and a less demanding sched-
ule that will allow time for also revis-
iting solo work and chamber music.
Its going to be different to man-
age my own professional life again,
Dicterow said over the phone last
week. Im looking forward to being
able to say yes to opportunities with-
out having to ask permission from
the orchestra.
In the meantime, after securing time
off, Dicterow who was a visiting art-
ist at the Music Academy of the West
last summer is also making some-
thing of another family homecoming
with the Santa Barbara Symphony
this weekend. His dad joined the
violin section after retiring from the
LA Phil, his brother also played in the
local orchestra, and Dicterow himself
performed the Bruck concerto dur-
ing the Gisele Ben-Dor regime. On
Saturday night and Sunday after-
noon, hell perform Mozarts Sinfonia
Concertante for Violin and Viola with
the Santa Barbara Symphony along-
side NY Phil viola principal Cynthia
Phelps (whose sister also plays in the
symphony) in a program that also
features Takemitsus How Slow the
Wind and Mendelssohns Symphony
No. 3 in A minor Op. 56 (Scottish).
Dicterow shared his thoughts about
leaving the orchestra and this week-
ends concert.
Q. By the time you leave, you will have
had the longest tenure of any concert-
master at the NY Phil. How hard was it
to make that decision?
A. I just thought that was about
the right timing for this kind of a job.
Ive done as much as I could do here.
I was ready for the next phase. A ten-
ured professorship at such a presti-
gious school doesnt come along that
often. And it was also the right time
to move back home and spend more
time with my family in Los Angeles.
How did the orchestra take the news?
A lot of them were in shock. I
wasnt there when it was announced,
but they tell me that people gasped
because it was so unexpected. And
when I told [NY Phil director] Alan
Gilbert about it, he said What are
you doing? You are at the height of
your powers! [But] I want people to
remember me that way, at my best.
What do you think you will you miss
the most?
My colleagues. Theyre like my
family. Ive known them for so long,
through so many transitions But
also certainly the [concerts] that I
wont be participating in, the Mahler,
Bruckner, Beethoven and Brahms
symphonies. Being part of that big
sound theres nothing like it
the massive beautiful, enveloping
sound that you can only get from an
orchestra that great. And Ill miss the
breadth of all the great repertoire that
we explored every year.
What would you say was your most
memorable performance?
Certainly at the top of that list
is the Resurrection Symphony No
2 with Leonard Bernstein. The first
time we did it, there was an inde-
scribable feeling of being part of that
sound, the inspiration that came from
him. Also playing the Serenade for
Violin that he composed in the 1950s,
with him conducting on tour from
coast to coast Obviously coming
to New York with Zubin Mehta and
doing those Strauss pieces he did like
nobody else, the great tone poems.
That trip to North Korea a couple
of years ago was mind blowing.
Weve been to all parts of the world,
communicating our art. But every
year, theres something so incred-
ibly inspiring that happens here, and
theyre all part of my memories.
I hear theyre sending you off with just
about every concertmaster solo ever writ-
ten next season. Are you excited or is it
daunting?
I may have exaggerated a bit, but
New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn
Dicterow will perform with the Santa Barbara
Symphony this weekend; the 2013-14 season will
be his last with the NY Phil
17 24 January 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 33 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full King Solomon
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Nathan Stephen Rundlett (1936 2013)
The Art of Autism co-founder Debra Hosseini stands in front of one of her son Kevins paintings on dis-
play at Montecito Aesthetic Institute
compiled by Kelly Mahan from information supplied by Santa Barbara County
Sheriffs Department
SHERIFFS
BLOTTER
Incident on Hammonds Beach
Thursday, 20 December, 9:41 pm Deputy Welch responded to a report of a
fight that occurred near San Ysidro Road and Eucalyptus Lane in Montecito.
The reporting party, a security officer for a nearby condo complex, informed
dispatch that a man was being chased by a group of men who were trying to
hit him. When the deputy arrived, the group of men had dispersed. The victim
told the deputy that he had been walking on Hammonds Beach when he came
upon a group of males sitting around a bonfire. The man approached the men
and told them the bonfire was illegal. The incident escalated and the men yelled
profanities at the victim and began to chase after him as he fled the beach. The
men fled the scene when the victim ran to the security officer and told him to
call police. The victim had fallen and injured his knee in the incident, but did
not want medical attention. A report was taken.
Hotel Bathroom Vandalized
Thursday, 10 January, 11:50 am Deputy Mendez was dispatched to a hotel
on Channel Drive in regard to vandalism. The security officer for the hotel
reported that the day before, the mens restroom in the main lobby was van-
dalized. The marble around the urinals was etched and there was etching in
every stall. A report was taken, and pictures of the vandalism was forwarded
to detectives. MJ
lic. We help artists through men-
torships, building resumes, portfo-
lios, and direct work experience in
the arts, says co-founder Debra
Hosseini. Earlier this week, Hosseini
sat down with us at MAI on Coast
Village Road to discuss the exhibit,
which is on display until March 25.
Hosseini was inspired to start the
organization ten years ago; her son
Kevin began painting at the age of
9 as part of his autism therapy. Since
then his art has been featured on
book covers, posters, cards, and in
national and international art exhib-
its. Now 18, he currently has a paint-
ing on display at the Smithsonian in
Washington, D.C.
The movement sort of snow-
balled, Hosseini told us, adding
that the Art of Autism collaborative
has over 250 artists, poets, and musi-
cians who participate in internation-
al events. The organization has also
published two books, which will be
signed and sold at an event at MAI
next Friday, January 25.
The event at MAI will be held from
6 pm to 8:30 pm. Along with Kevin
Hosseini, artist Noah Erenberg and
mentor/artist Steve Richardson will
display their paintings and be on
hand to answer questions and dis-
cuss their works. Fifteen percent of
the proceeds of the event will benefit
the Art of Autism; the rest goes back
to the artists to help fund art sup-
plies and art classes.
For more information, visit www.
the-art-of-autism.com.

IN PASSING
Nathan Stephen Rundlett
(23 Feb 1936 13 Jan 2013)
Nathan Rundlett was born in
Somerville, Massachusetts, and for
the last thirty years he and his wife of
nearly forty years, Marilyn Gilbert,
lived in Montecito in the house that
Nathan helped build with his own
hands and tools in 1981.
Nathan was a chemist, a high-
school chemistry and math teacher,
and helped found one of the origi-
nal SWAS (School Within A School)
systems at Kennedy High School in
Granada Hills, California. He was
also an accomplished opera singer,
a baritone who placed third in
the Metropolitan Opera auditions
in the late 1960s. He performed
and directed many productions
over his lifetime, including opera,
musical comedy, and other kinds
of plays. Nathan and Marilyn co-
founded the Santa Barbara Grand
Opera, now called Opera Santa
Barbara. The companys first pro-
duction was the holiday perennial
Die Fledermaus, which premiered
December 30, 1993 at the Lobero
Theatre. Nathan starred as Herr
Einstein.
He was a true Renaissance man,
beloved by many, Ms Gilbert said
during a short telephone conversa-
tion. [Marrying him] was the best
thing I ever did, she added.
He leaves behind a large and lov-
ing family including four children,
their spouses, and sixteen grandchil-
dren.
A memorial service is planned for
Sunday, January 20 at Congregation
Bnai Brith, 1000 San Antonio Creek
Road, off Highway 154, beginning
at 11 am. There will also be a cel-
ebration of Nathans life at the cou-
ples home, 1999 Sycamore Canyon
Road; valet parking will be avail-
able. MJ
VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 33)
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inspire and nurture the spiritual, intellectual, social,
emotional and physical growth of every child.
When we purchased a bright red
electric car, which has been seen
around Santa Barbara in several
parades, including Montecitos July 4
celebration, Huell introduced the little
truck to the world on his show.
He often spoke of his time in
Tennessee and being part of senator
Howard Bakers staff before going
into media work. He had an enor-
mous zest for life and loved talking to
absolutely everybody.
Howser retired from his popular
show last November.
By coincidence, he was also a neigh-
bor of mine when I lived at the histor-
ic Ravenswood building in Hancock
Park Mae West was a longtime resi-
dent when I was a commentator on
the KTLA-TV morning show.
He resided in another iconic 1928
Art Deco building, the El Royale, just
down the road, whose residents have
included Clark Gable, Loretta Young,
Uma Thurman, Nicolas Cage, Billy
Zane, Jack Black and Katie Holmes...
Be Careful What You Wish For
It looks like Santa Barbara dynamic
duo, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag,
could be regretting flying to London
to be participants in the popular TV
reality show, Celebrity Big Brother.
The couple, who gained a certain
notoriety on MTVs The Hills, have
asked producers of the U.K. show to
call in their attorneys after the latest
episode of the program, I hear.
Pratt, whose parents live in our
Eden by the Beach, says he feared for
his life after a recent on-air confronta-
tion with another contestant.
Montag was heard telling Pratt:
They have to let us leave!
Watch this space...
Hair Shines
It is nearly half a century since for-
mer Santa Barbara Polo Club player
Michael Butlers Hair debuted on
Broadway, but its still a crowd grab-
ber if the latest version of the musical
at the Granada was anything to go by.
The venerable theater was packed
for both shows, written by James Rado
and an old friend, Gerome Ragni, who
died in 1991 at the age of 55.
The Tony Award-winning revival,
produced by Daniel Sher and directed
by Diane Paulus, still shines, includ-
ing as it does old favorites like Good
Morning Starshine and Aquarius,
and the climax with Let the Sun
Shine In is a real crowd pleaser.
Although the political resonance has
lost some of its luster over the decades,
Hair, which I first saw at the age of 15 in
1968 when it opened at the Shaftesbury
Theatre in Londons West End, is still a
rollicking rock retro ride...
Michael Butlers
revitalized Hair
still reverber-
ates
Could Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag be regret-
ting their latest TV reality show in London?
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Catherine at Camerata
After a lengthy absence in her native
Irelands, Catherine Leonard was back
in the spotlight with the Camerata
Pacifica at the Music Academy of the
Wests Hahn Hall.
The talented beauty, with her
350-year-old Francesco Ruggeri vio-
lin, played in three of the entertaining
concerts four pieces, kicking off with
Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano
in D minor with Warren Jones, new
Robert and Mercedes Eicholz chair
in piano, accompanying, followed by
Ravels Sonate Posthume.
Catherine was back on stage to
launch the second half with vio-
list Richard Yongjae ONeill with
Mozarts duo for both instruments in G
Major. ONeill and Jones wrapped the
performance with Anton Rubinsteins
Sonata for Viola and Piano.
A delightful evening...
Its All Gone Terribly Wrong
Queen Elizabeth has seen thou-
sands of parades and performances
during her 60-year reign, and most of
the time they go like clockwork.
Sir Michael Parker, 71, who has
organized among many other
extravaganzas Her Majestys Silver
and Golden jubilees and the 100th
birthday celebrations of the late
Queen Mother, says, however, that
she is always amused by cockups,
which enliven stuffy formal events.
She has a fantastic sense of humor
and doesnt miss a trick. If someone
trips up or knocks into something, she
always notices.
On one occasion, he recounts in
his new memoir Its All Gone Terribly
Wrong, he was at the Silver Jubilee cel-
ebrations in 1977 which I covered for
the London Daily Mail and a chain of
beacons were lit across Britain to com-
memorate the event.
But as the Queen progressed through
thronging crowds to light the first fire,
a generator broke, plunging the scene
into semi darkness. Undeterred, the
monarch gamely lit a fuse on a flare,
but as she did so, she became shroud-
ed in smoke.
Then, says Parker, the bonfire it
was supposed to light exploded into
flames prematurely, and, instead of a
flare illuminating the royal spectacle,
there was a deafening bang given an
exploding firework had inadvertently
been substituted.
The Queen asked what was happen-
ing and Parker had to admit it was all
going awry.
Far from being upset, a smile of
delight suffused the royal features
as she declared: Oh good, what
fun!...
Sightings: Elton Johns lyricist,
Bernie Taupin, noshing at Luckys...
Former Cheers star Kelsey Grammer
lunching at Olio Pizzeria with wife,
Kayte, and six-month-old baby daugh-
ter, Faith... Actor Matthew Perry of
NBCs comedy series Go On scoffing
a roast beef and cheese sandwich with
friends at the Three Pickles on East
Canon Perdido
Pip! Pip! for now
Readers with tips, sightings and
amusing items for Richards column
should e-mail him at richardmin
eards@verizon.net or send invita-
tions or other correspondence to the
Journal MJ
Catherine Leonard kicks off her return to the
Camerata Pacifica in grand style
Royal fireworks blunder puts a smile on Queens
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Montecito $$
2011-2012
1. School Districts 45.80% $284,000,000 $38,000,000
2. County General Fund 26.80% $166,000,000 $22,000,000
3. Incorporated Cities in the County 10.30% $64,000,000 $9,000,000
4. Dependent Special Districts 6.60% $41,000,000 $5,000,000
5. Redevelopment Agencies 5.90% $36,000,000 $4,000,000
6. Independent Special Districts 4.70% $29,000,000 $4,000,000
Total 100.00% $620,000,000 $82,000,000
S.B County Property Tax Allocation % Property Tax
Dollars Received
County $$
2011-2012
Montecito does claim Ty Warners Four Seasons Santa Barbara Biltmore
Resort at 1200 Channel Drive (assessed at $139 million), which pays $1.4
million per annum in property taxes. Warners San Ysidro Ranch at 900 San
Ysidro Lane is assessed at $30.7 million and pays $ 314,000 in annual prop-
erty taxes. Warners 78-acre Montecito Country Club at 170 Summit Road
(assessed at $32.4 million) contributes $337,000 in property taxes, all of which,
however, goes to the City of Santa Barbara. On the residential side, Ty Warner
assembled five parcels for his new beachfront home at 1000 Channel Drive
(assessed at $160 million) and a property tax bill of $1.9 million per year. This
means that Ty Warners two resorts and his home contribute $3.6 million of
Montecitos $82 million in property taxes, or nearly 5%.
By comparison, Oprah Winfreys 45-acre estate has a more modest assessed
value of $93.2 million and an annual property tax bill of $958,000. Oprah pays
almost $100,000 more in property taxes for her home than the 360-bedroom
Fess Parker Doubletree-Hilton Resort at 633 East Cabrillo pays to the City of
Santa Barbara.
Other large Montecito property tax contributors include the 83-acre
Westmont College at 955 La Paz Road (assessed at $23.4 million), but taxed
at $742,375 per year. The 44-acre Casa Dorinda at 300 Hot Springs Road is
assessed at $53.1 million and pays $544,000 in annual property taxes, ten times
as much as the 45-acre Valley Club (assessed at $5.3 million) which pays only
$54,000 per year. If the Miramar Beach Resort & Bungalows is ever built by
Rick Caruso at a $170 million price tag, it would add another $1.7 million to
Montecitos $82 million in property tax revenues. You can find out what you
pay in property taxes compared to your neighbors by Googling propertyshark.
com/mason and entering a street address.
Agricultural land in Montecito pays significantly less property taxes than
residential or commercial. For example, a 209-acre spread that includes five
parcels of homes and orchards totaling 209 acres pays just $74,658 in property
taxes ($357 per acre) on $7.2 million in assessed value.
Across the way, the property owner pays $210,130 in annual property
taxes, or $2,050 per acre, for his recently-purchased Arabian horse farm. This
means he pays almost three times as much in property taxes ($210,130 versus
$74,658) for half the acreage (102 vs. 209 acres).
Countywide, the largest property taxes paid are by petroleum compa-
nies, with EXXON (oil & gas) on the Gaviota Coast paying $3.4 million;
Breitburn Energy (oil & gas) in North County at $2.9 million; Pacific
Offshore Pipeline (natural gas) on the Gaviota Coast at $1.1 million; ERG
Resources (oil) in Lompoc at $1.0 million; and Venoco (oil and gas) in
Goleta at $0.9 million. Other top payers include Southern California Gas
Company ($2.0 million); Verizon California ($2.0 million); and Southern
California Edison ($1.8 million). Bacara Resort contributes $1.3 million to
Goletas property tax coffers.
How Are Property Taxes Spent?
Property taxes are all spent locally; nothing is sent to the state or to the feds.
The chart below shows the six categories that receive a percentage of county
property tax dollars collected and Montecitos contribution to the six categories,
based on the same percentage allocation formulas.
A more detailed breakdown of how property taxes are spent shows the fol-
lowing patterns:
1) County School Districts received 45.8% of all property taxes collected in 2011-
2012. The County spends $284 million on public education.
Nearly half of all property taxes collected are spent on public education.
Montecito contributes $38 million to support the 20 school districts in Santa
Barbara County, plus two community colleges. The county employs some
3,700 educators in charge of 66,000 county students.
Property taxes constitute about 90% of the funding of Montecitos two
EDITORIAL (Continued from page 5)
17 24 January 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 37 A friend loveth at all times and a brother is born for adversity King Solomon
Basic Aid elementary schools. Montecito Union with 470 K-6 students
received $9.5 million ($20,200 per student) and Cold Spring Elementary
School with 173 K-6 students received $2.8 million ($16,000 per student).
Based on the relative populations of Montecito vs. the City of Santa Barbara,
Montecito should contribute 10% of Santa Barbara Unified School Districts
funding of $53.8 million for junior high and high school students, or $5.4
million. Montecito should also pay 10% of Santa Barbara Community
Colleges funding of $21.6 million, or $2.2 million.
Montecito property taxes should also fund its proportionate share of the
Santa Barbara County Education Office budget of $22.8 million, or nearly
another $1 million. Added together, Montecito property taxes contribute
some $38 million in education funding and receive back, some $21 million
in support. The remaining $17 million goes to fund other county schools.
2) The County General Fund received 26.8% of all property taxes collected, or
$166 million in 2011-2012. Cumulatively, Education and the County General Fund
account for 72.6% of all property tax spending.
County General Fund expenditures of $166 million from all property taxes
collected can be broken down into seven major pieces: The largest General
Fund piece, 48%, is spent on Public Safety for the District Attorneys
Office, County Sheriffs, municipal law enforcement, incarceration and pro-
bation. Another 14% is spent on Law and Justice to fund county courts,
the criminal justice system and public defenders. Another 11% is spent on
Health and Public Assistance such as public health programs, alcohol,
drug abuse treatment and mental health services. An added 11% is spent
on Support Services such as human services and child support programs.
7% goes to local Community-based Resources and Public Facilities like
Good Samaritan Shelters. 6% goes to General County Programs such as
planning and development, while the remaining 4% is spent on the County
Supervisors for executive functions.
Montecito, with 2.1 % of the Countys population, should absorb about
$3.5 million of these County General Fund costs; instead Montecito taxpay-
ers pay a $22 million contribution to the County General Fund, about $18.5
million more than its proportionate share.
3.) Incorporated Cities received 10.3% of all property taxes collected, or $64 mil-
lion in 2011-2012.
The incorporated City of Santa Barbara received $26.9 million to help
run its city government. Santa Maria received $17.8 million. Goleta, recently
incorporated, received $5.7 million to help run its city government. Lompoc
received $7.0 million. The City of Carpinteria received $2.9 million to help
run its city government. The City of Buellton received $1.7 million. The City
of Solvang received $1.2 million. Finally, the City of Guadalupe received
$621,000 to help run its city.
The unincorporated Village of Montecito contributed $9 million in prop-
erty tax revenue to support incorporated cities in the county, but received
zero dollars back in benefits.
4) Dependent Special Districts received 6.6% of all property taxes collected, or
$41 million in 2011-2012.
Dependent Special Districts are separate local government entities gov-
erned by either a local city council or the County Board of Supervisors. They
are empowered to sign contracts, employ workers, acquire property and
issue bonds. Santa Barbara County spent $41 million in Dependent Special
District funding, including Santa Barbara County Fire at $28.9 million (70%);
South Coast Flood at $4.7 million (11%); Santa Barbara County Water at $2.2
million (5%); and Santa Barbara County Water Conservation at $1.7 mil-
lion (4%). The remaining 10% of expenditures are split between 15 assorted
flood, levee, county service areas and lighting special districts.
If Montecito were billed its fair share of County Fire, flood and water
Dependent Special District services on the basis of population (2.1%), it
would pay $860,000 instead of the $5 million it actually pays.
5) Redevelopment Agencies received 5.9% of all property taxes collected, or $36
million in 2011-2012.
Redevelopment agencies were originally conceived to end urban blight
through both public and private improvements and economic development
efforts. Santa Barbara County has nine urban redevelopment agencies in
incorporated cities that issue bonds for affordable housing, economic devel-
opment and other urban uses. The largest allocation is $20 million for the
Santa Barbara City Central Project. There is also $6.6 million for the Isla Vista
Project; $3.9 million for the Goleta Old Town Project; $2.7 million for three
Lompoc Old Town Projects; $1.5 million for Guadalupe City; $1.1 million for
Santa Maria Project IV; and $0.8 million for Buellton City.
Montecito has no redevelopment agencies. Therefore, it receives no rede-
velopment dollars from its $4 million contribution to redevelopment fund-
ing.
On February 1, 2012 all redevelopment agencies (RDAs) in California were
dissolved by the State of California, and their assets, financial obligations
to bondholders and operating expenses were transferred to successor agen-
cies. Overall, redevelopment had been costing the State almost as much as
the University of California or California State University systems, but with
little statewide benefits. The result of the state dissolution of redevelopment
agencies is that the amount of property taxes collected remains the same,
but each county needs to change its distribution of property tax revenues to
ensure that funds are available to pay bonded indebtedness.
6) Independent Special Districts received 4.7% of all property taxes collected, or
$29 million in 2011-2012.
Independent special districts deliver a focused service, such as fire pro-
tection, to a defined geographical area. Independent special districts have
independent Boards of Directors elected by voters within their defined
areas. They can sue and be sued. Montecito has three Independent Special
Districts, but only two, the Montecito Fire Protection District (MFPD) and
the Montecito Sanitary District receive property tax revenues. Montecito
Water District is supported wholly by user fees. Of the $29 million distrib-
uted to 30 Independent Special Districts in the county, only $4 million is
allocated to Montecito taxpayers.
At $13.1 million, the Montecito Fire Protection District is the largest recip-
ient of Independent Special District funding. Montecito Sanitary receives a
modest $439,000, and charges service fees to cover the balance of its costs.
Other Independent Special Districts such as City of Carpinteria Lighting,
Santa Maria Public Airport, Goleta Cemetery, Santa Ynez Community
Service, Carp-Summerland Fire Protection, Lompoc Hospital, Santa Barbara
Metro Transit, Carpinteria Mosquito Abatement, Santa Barbara Coastal
Vector Control, Cuyama Valley Recreation, Isla Vista Recreation, Carpinteria
Sanitary, Summerland Sanitary, Cachuma Resource Conservation and other
receive the remaining $15.7 million in allocated property tax revenues for
Independent Special Districts.
Conclusion
This is a simplified version of Montecito property taxes, how they are
collected and how they are spent. What is interesting is that Montecito
contributes $82 million in property taxes and gets back about $21 million in
education funds; $3.5 million in County General Fund services; and $13.5
million in Fire and Sanitary funding. Thats a total of $38 million. Throw
in another $3 million of miscellaneous services and the bill climbs to $41
million, meaning Montecito receives back some 50% of the $82 million in
property taxes it pays.
I guess you could say that Montecito property owners do indeed pay their
fair share and then some. MJ
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1212 Coast Village Road (969-8500)
Regional Mexican and Spanish cooking
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China Palace $$
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Little Alexs $
1024 A-Coast Village Road (969-2297)
Luckys (brunch) $$ (dinner) $$$
Comfortable, old-fashioned urban steak-
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village. Steaks, chops, seafood, cocktails,
and an enormous wine list are featured, with
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photos from the 20th century. The bar
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fat-screen TV and opens at 4 pm during the
week. Open nightly from 5 pm to 10 pm;
Saturday & Sunday brunch from 9 am to
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Montecito Caf $$
Montecito Coffee Shop $
1498 East Valley Road (969-6250)
Montecito Wine Bistro $$$
516 San Ysidro Road 969-7520
Head to Montecitos upper village to indulge in
some California bistro cuisine. Chef Nathan Heil
creates seasonal menus that include fsh and
vegetarian dishes, and fresh fatbreads straight
out of the wood-burning oven. The Bistro of-
fers local wines, classic and specialty cocktails,
single malt scotches and aged cognacs.
Pane Vino $$$
Plow & Angel $$$
San Ysidro Ranch
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700)
Enjoy a comfortable atmosphere as you dine
on traditional dishes such as mac n cheese
and ribs. The ambiance is enhanced with
original artwork, including stained glass
windows and an homage to its namesake,
Saint Isadore, hanging above the fre-
place. Dinner is served from 5 to 10 pm
daily with bar service extending until 11 pm
weekdays and until midnight on Friday and
Saturday.
$ (average per person under $15)
$$ (average per person $15 to $30)
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Stonehouse $$$$
San Ysidro Ranch
900 San Ysidro Lane (565-1700)
Located in what is a 19th-century citrus
packinghouse, Stonehouse restaurant features
a lounge with full bar service and separate
dining room with crackling freplace and
creekside views. Chef Matthew Johnsons
regional cuisine is prepared with a palate of
herbs and vegetables harvested from the on-site
chefs garden. Recently voted 1 of the best 50
restaurants in America by OpenTable Diners
Choice. 2010 Diners Choice Awards: 1 of 50
Most Romantic Restaurants in America, 1 of
50 Restaurants With Best Service in America.
Open for dinner from 6 to 10 pm daily.
Sunday Brunch 10 am to 2 pm.
Trattoria Mollie $$$
Tre Lune $$/$$$
A real Italian boite, complete with small but
fully licensed bar, big list of Italian wines, large
comfortable tables and chairs, lots of mahogany
and large b&w vintage photos of mostly fa-
mous Italians. Menu features both comfort food
like mama used to make and more adventurous
Italian fare. Now open continuously from lunch
to dinner. Also open from 7:30 am to 11:30 am
daily for breakfast.
Via Vai Trattoria Pizzeria $$
Delis, bakeries, juice bars
Blenders in the Grass
Heres The Scoop
1187 Coast Village Road (lower level)
(969-7020)
Gelato and Sorbet are made on the premises.
Open Monday through Thursday 1 pm to 9 pm,
12 pm to 10 pm Friday and Saturday, and
12 pm to 9 pm on Sundays.
Jeannines
Montecito Deli
Open six days a week from 7 am to 3 pm.
(Closed Sunday) This eatery serves home-
made soups, fresh salads, sandwiches, and its
specialty, The Piadina, a homemade fat bread
made daily.
Panino
1014 #C Coast Village Road (565-0137)
Pierre Lafond
516 San Ysidro Road (565-1502)
This market and deli is a center of activity
in Montecitos Upper Village, serving fresh
baked pastries, regular and espresso cofee
drinks, smoothies, burritos, homemade
soups, deli salads, made-to-order sandwiches
and wraps available, and boasting a fully
stocked salad bar. Its sunny patio draws
crowds of regulars daily. The shop also
carries specialty drinks, gift items, grocery
staples, and produce. Open everyday 5:30 am
to 8 pm.
Village Cheese & Wine

In Summerland / Carpinteria
Cantwells Summerland Market $
2580 Lillie Avenue (969-5893)
Garden Market $
3811 Santa Claus Lane (745-5505)
Jacks Bistro $
5050 Carpinteria Avenue (566-1558)
Serving light California Cuisine, Jacks ofers
freshly baked bagels with whipped cream
cheeses, omelettes, scrambles, breakfast bur-
ritos, specialty sandwiches, wraps, burgers, sal-
ads, pastas and more. Jacks ofers an extensive
espresso and cofee bar menu, along with wine
and beer. They also ofer full service catering,
and can accommodate wedding receptions to
corporate events. Open Monday through Fri-
day 6:30 am to 3 pm, Saturday and Sunday
7 am to 3 pm.
Nugget $$
Padaro Beach Grill $
3765 Santa Claus Lane (566-9800)
A beach house feel gives this seaside eatery its
charm and makes it a perfect place to bring the
whole family. Its new owners added a pond,
waterfall, an elevated patio with freplace and
couches to boot. Enjoy grill options, along with
salads and seafood plates. The Grill is open
Monday through Sunday 11 am to 9 pm
Slys $$$
686 Linden Avenue (684-6666)
Slys features fresh fsh, farmers market veg-
gies, traditional pastas, prime steaks, Blue Plate
Specials and vintage desserts. Youll fnd a full
bar, serving special martinis and an extensive
wine list featuring California and French wines.
Cocktails from 4 pm to close, dinner from 5 to 9
pm Sunday-Thursday and 5 to 10 pm Friday and
Saturday. Lunch is M-F 11:30 to 2:30, and brunch
is served on the weekends from 9 am to 3 pm.
Stackys Seaside $
Summerland Beach Caf $
Tinkers $
2275 C Ortega Hill Road (969-1970)
Santa Barbara / Restaurant Row
Bistro Eleven Eleven $$
1111 East Cabrillo Boulevard (730-1111)
Located adjacent to Hotel Mar Monte, the
bistro serves breakfast and lunch featuring
all-American favorites. Dinner is a mix of tradi-
tional favorites and coastal cuisine. The lounge
advancement to the restaurant features a big
screen TV for daily sporting events and happy
hour. Open Monday-Friday 6:30 am to 9 pm,
Saturday and Sunday 6:30 am to 10 pm.
Cielito $$$
1114 State Street (225-4488)
Cielito Restaurant features true favors of Mexi-
co created by Chef Ramon Velazquez. Try an an-
tojito (or small craving) like the Anticucho de
Filete (Serrano-chimichurri marinated Kobe beef
skewer, rocoto-tomato jam and herb mashed po-
tatoes), the Raw Bars piquant ceviches and fresh
shellfsh, or taste the savory treats in handmade
tortillas at the Taqueria. It is located in the heart
of downtown, in the historic La Arcada.
Chucks Waterfront Grill $$
113 Harbor Way (564-1200)
Located next to the Maritime Museum, enjoy
some of the best views of both the mountains
and the Santa Barbara pier sitting on the newly
renovated, award-winning patio, while enjoy-
ing fresh seafood straight of the boat. Dinner is
served nightly from 5 pm, and brunch is ofered
on Sunday from 10 am until 1 pm. Reservations
are recommended.
Enterprise Fish Co. $$
225 State Street (962-3313)
Every Monday and Tuesday the Enterprise Fish
Company ofers two-pound Maine Lobsters
served with clam chowder or salad, and rice or
potatoes for only $29.95. Happy hour is every
weekday from 4 pm to 7 pm. Open Sunday
thru Thursday 11:30 am to 10 pm and Friday
thru Saturday 11:30 am to 11 pm.
Los Agaves $
600 N. Milpas Street (564-2626)
Los Agaves ofers eclectic Mexican cuisine, using
only the freshest ingredients, in a casual and
friendly atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner,
with breakfast on the weekends, Los Agaves fea-
tures traditional dishes from central and south-
ern Mexico such as shrimp & fsh enchiladas,
shrimp chile rellenos, and famous homemade
mole poblano. Open Monday- Friday 11 am to
9 pm, Saturday & Sunday 9 am to 9 pm.
Mir $$$$
8301 Hollister Avenue at Bacara Resort & Spa
(968-0100)
Mir is a refned refuge with stunning views,
featuring two genuine Miro sculptures, a
top-rated chef ofering a sophisticated menu
that accents fresh, organic, and native-grown
ingredients, and a world-class wine cellar. Open
Tuesday through Saturday from 6 pm to 10 pm.
Olio e Limone Ristorante $$$
Olio Pizzeria $
17 West Victoria Street (899-2699)
Elaine and Alberto Morello oversee this
friendly, casually elegant, linen-tabletop eatery
featuring Italian food of the highest order. Of-
ferings include eggplant souf, pappardelle
with quail, sausage and mushroom rag, and
fresh-imported Dover sole. Wine Spectator
Award of Excellence-winning wine list. Private
dining (up to 40 guests) and catering are also
available. It is open for lunch Monday thru
Saturday (11:30 am to 2 pm) and dinner seven
nights a week (from 5 pm).
Next door at Olio Pizzeria, the Morellos
have added a simple pizza-salumi-wine-bar
inspired by neighborhood pizzerie and
enoteche in Italy. Private dining for up to
32 guests. The Pizzeria is open daily from
11:30 am to close.
Pierre Lafond Wine Bistro $
516 State Street (962-1455)
The Wine Bistro menu is seasonal California
cuisine specializing in local products. Pair your
meal with wine from the Santa Barbara Winery,
Lafond Winery or one from the list of wines
from around the world. Happy Hour Monday
- Friday 4:30 to 6:30 pm. The 1st Wednesday of
each month is Passport to the World of Wine.
Grilled cheese night every Thursday. Open for
breakfast, lunch and dinner; catering available.
www.pierrelafond.com
Rodneys Steakhouse $$$
633 East Cabrillo Boulevard (884-8554)
Deep in the heart of well, deep in the heart of
Fess Parkers Doubletree Inn on East Beach in
Santa Barbara. This handsome eatery sells and
serves only Prime Grade beef, lamb, veal, hali-
but, salmon, lobster and other high-end victuals.
Full bar, plenty of California wines, elegant
surroundings, across from the ocean. Open for
dinner Tuesday through Saturday at 5:30 pm.
Reservations suggested on weekends. MJ
17 24 January 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 39 Train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it King Solomon
DIANA PARADISE
PO Box 30040, Santa Barbara, CA 93130
Email: DianaParadise_@hotmail.com
Portfolio Pages: www.DianaParadise.com
Prices start at $3200 for a 24x36 oil portrait of one person.
lingerie, loungewear, slippers
In Progress
Sale
Visit GlamourhouseLingerie.com
In Montecitos Upper Village
1470 East Valley Road | 805.969.5285
new Year, new Listings
Real Estate by Mark Hunt
Mark and his wife, Sheela Hunt, are in the real estate business. They live in Montecito with their daughter
Sareena, a sophmore at SBHS. His family goes back nearly one hundred years in the Santa Barbara area.
Marks grandparents Bill and Elsie Hunt were Santa Barbara real estate brokers for 25 years.
B
ecause a listing shows up in
the system or is advertised as
new, that does not necessar-
ily mean it is new to the market. It
might be that the property is now
listed with a new agent (sometimes
just days or weeks) after a prior listing
period expires or it may be that the
listing had expired, and then the same
Realtor relists with their client and
presents it as new, a perfectly normal
process that happens often.
When a property comes off the mar-
ket and then goes back into the local
listings under a new listing agree-
ment, it shows up to all agents as new.
It is then up to the agents to know
(based upon their knowledge of the
local market), which properties are
actually new to market as opposed
to those listings simply under a new
contractual structure.
It was interesting to see how
many properties came off the market
between December 25 and January
1
st
and how many of them showed
right back up on the market within
a week or so, some re-listing with
the same agent for a new period of
time, some with new prices, and oth-
ers with new listing agents and new
companies attached, and some prop-
erties resurfacing with a combination
of these factors
As I reviewed the actual new listings
(those not recently on the market in
the past year or more, or at least not
for the last few months), I found a
few gems and have featured two here
(both on Woodley Road). I have also
included two other properties that
have showed up in the system as new,
but that are not new to the market,
but I feel deserve to be reconsidered.
626 Tabor Lane $1,375,000
This two-story Mediterranean
home, re-listed as new, is in an area
of smaller homes (by Montecito stan-
dards anyway), down a quiet lane
near Romero Canyon in the Montecito
Union School District. The recently
remodeled home features 4 bedrooms
and 3.5 baths in the main house. There
is a separate studio with 1/2 bath, and
a built-in outdoor BBQ/kitchen in the
back yard. Newer kitchen, windows
and woodwork throughout add to the
value. This property was on my Best
Buy list in 2012 when it was priced
$100,000+ higher.
348 Woodley Road - $3,200,000
Ocean, island, and sunset harbor
views come with this (larger than usu-
ally offered on one acre) newly listed
contemporary home. Perched in the
Pepper Hill neighborhood (and in the
Cold Spring School District), this spa-
cious 6-bd/6-bth home boasts some
6,263+/- sq ft, with five fireplaces,
a private swimming pool, ballroom
and more on just about an acre, more
or less. Southern exposure and large
windows invite the views in, through-
out most of the property. The property
is close to both the upper and lower
villages and beaches. The access is
on a private lane off of Woodley and
there is off-street parking for guests.
482 Woodley Road - $3,500,000
This stately English country style
home within the Pepper Hill area
is also a new listing; it is just off
Sycamore Canyon Road, across from
George Washington Smiths master-
piece estate, Sotto il Monte. Unique
finishes include handcrafted beams
and woodwork, vaulted and some
hand-painted ceilings, leaded and
stained glass windows, and more. Set
behind impressive iron gates and tall
hedges on one acre, this home offers
4 bedrooms and 4 baths in just over
5,500 advertised square feet. There
are formal living areas plus a gen-
erous family room-gourmet kitchen.
Off-street parking for many guests,
four fireplaces and the Cold Spring
School District add to the value of this
property.
2303 Bella Vista Drive $4,995,000
Recently re-listed, this Japanese-
inspired home on 4+ private acres fea-
tures expansive ocean & island views
from most rooms. The home was built
in 2001 and includes 4 bedrooms, 4
baths and is surrounded by verdant
gardens, stone patios, Koi ponds, and
a cascading stream. A spacious guest-
house overlooks the private pool &
spa, all with ocean views. There is
also a detached office with a deck and
views. Listing agent advertises there is
room for horses and/or a tennis court.
A private well provides water for irri-
gation. This home is in the Montecito
Union School District.
For more information on these

properties, contact your Real Estate
agent or if you are not working with
anyone, please feel free to contact
me, Mark Hunt through my website,
www.MontecitoBestBuys.com or call/
text me at 805-698-2174 for immediate
assistance. MJ
626 Tabor Lane features an inviting stone wall
and wooden gate behind which is what one can
only call a charming mini-estate
348 Woodley Road is a big house (featuring its
own ballroom) with big views
The elegant English country-style estate at 482
Woodley Road is in the Pepper Hill area of
Montecito
There arent many places in the state of California
where one can find four hilltop acres overlooking
the sea featuring an elegant home such as this
Japanese-inspired spread at 2303 Bella Vista Drive
for less than $5 million
PUBLIC NOTICES

CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
BID NO: 3667

Sealed proposals for Bid No. 3667 for the DE LA VINA AT FIGUEROA INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT will be received in the
Purchasing Office, 310 E. Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, California 93101, until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, January 31, 2013 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, DE LA VINA AT FIGUEROA INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, Bid No.
3667".

The work includes all labor, material, supervision, plant and equipment necessary to construct and deliver a finished intersection
improvement project. This work includes and is not limited to mobilization, bonds, insurance, traffic control, removal of hardscape,
excavation, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, driveways, access ramps, cross gutters, spandrels, pavement, water valve relocation, pavement
delineation, sign relocation, landscape improvements, and street light installation. The Engineers estimate is $290,000. Each bidder must
have a Class A license to complete this work in accordance with the California Business and Professions Code.

The plans and specifications for this Project 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 Citys contact for this project is Malinda Reese, Project Engineer, 805-897-1918.

In order to be placed on the plan holders 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 Citys website at:
http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/Business/Purchasing/Projects/.

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

The proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty bond in the sum of at least 10% of the total amount of the proposal, or
alternatively by a certified or cashiers 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 3%.
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.

GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

____________________________
William Hornung, C.P.M.
PUBLISHED: January 9 & 16, 2013
Montecito Journal

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
The following person(s)
is/are doing business
as: A Dogs Life, 380
Miramonte Ave, Montecito,
CA 93108. Ellen Benner,
380 Miramonte Ave,
Montecito, CA 93108. This
statement was fled with
the County Clerk of Santa
Barbara County on January
4, 2013. This statement
expires fve years from
the date it was fled in the
Offce of the County Clerk.
I hereby certify that this is a
correct copy of the original
statement on fle in my
offce. Joseph E. Holland,
County Clerk (SEAL)
by Kathy Miller. Original
FBN No. 2013-0000038.
Published January 16,
23, 30, February 6, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
following person(s) is/are
doing business as: Always
Collectors Corner,
989 College Canyon
Rd, Solvang, CA 93463.
Suzi Harry, 989 College
Canyon Rd, Solvang, CA
93463. Sandra Silvius,
989 College Canyon Rd,
Solvang, CA 93463. This
County Clerk (SEAL) by
Miriam Leon. Original
FBN No. 2013-0000134.
23, 30, February 6, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
doing business as: The
G Spa, 33 W. Mission,
Ste. 204, Santa Barbara,
CA 93101. Kathleen
Griffn, M.D. Inc., 33 W.
Mission, Ste. 204, Santa
Barbara, CA 93101. This
County Clerk (SEAL)
FBN No. 2013-0000109.
23, 30, February 6, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
as: Resolution Quest
Consulting, P.O. Box
1613, Summerland, CA
93067. Gary Robinson,
2559 Whitney Avenue,
Summerland, CA 93067.
This statement was fled
with the County Clerk of
Santa Barbara County
on January 11, 2013.
This statement expires
fve years from the date
it was fled in the Offce
of the County Clerk. I
hereby certify that this is a
Melissa Mercer. Original
FBN No. 2013-0000113.
23, 30, February 6, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
is/are doing business as:
Just One Soup, 231
S. Magnolia Ave, Santa
Barbara, CA 93117. Carole
Bennett, 605 Romero
Canyon Road, Santa
Barbara, CA 93108. This
Jessica Armstrong. Original
FBN No. 2013-0000023.
23, 30, February 6, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
Montecito Weddings,
#312, Santa Barbara, CA
93108. Sarah Farmer,
1944 East Valley Road,
Santa Barbara, CA 93108.
Santa Barbara County
on December 28, 2012.
This statement expires
fve years from the date
it was fled in the Offce
of the County Clerk. I
hereby certify that this is a
Jessica Armstrong. Original
FBN No. 2012-0003675.
23, 30, February 6, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
as: Montecito Asphalt,
2781 Ben Lomond Drive,
Roger Jennell, 2781
Ben Lomond Drive, Santa
Barbara, CA 93105.
Santa Barbara County on
December 21, 2012. This
statement expires fve years
from the date it was fled in
the Offce of the County
Clerk. I hereby certify that
this is a correct copy of
the original statement on
fle in my offce. Joseph
E. Holland, County Clerk
(SEAL) by Melissa Mercer.
Original FBN No. 2012-
0003647. Published
January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT:
Santa Barbara Specialty
Pharmacy, 174 Aero
Camino, Goleta, CA 93117.
Marcel Sassola, 7771
Heron Court, Goleta, CA
93117. This statement was
fled with the County Clerk
of Santa Barbara County
on January 7, 2013. This
(SEAL) by Kathy Miller.
0000057. Published
January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2013.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT: The
doing business as: M&M
17 24 January 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 41 A merry heart doeth good like medicine King Solomon
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Dance revolution Santa Barbara
Dance Theaters new director,
Christopher Pilafan, has taken the
ensemble in a new direction. Following 20
years of production-heavy presentations,
this weeks inaugural performances,
entitled A Leap of Faith, bring the focus
back to the dance and the dancers. Three
of the four dancers Tracy R. Kofford,
Christina Sanchez, Monica Ford and
Kyle Castillo have previous experience
with SBDT, but theyre showing up with
far more experience than in the past, and
are being stretched with more than 30
vignettes for solos, duets, trios and the
full quartet. WHEN: 8pm Wed., Jan. 16
through Sat., Jan. 19, plus 2pm Sunday,
Jan. 20 WHERE: Hatlen Theater, UCSB
campus COST: $13-$19 INFO: 893-7221
or www.theaterdance.ucsb.edu
SATURDAY, JANUARY 19
Beamers back Hawaiian slack-
key guitarist-singer-songwriter Keola
Beamer comes from a line of musicians
fve generations back, and has been
plying his musical trade in the islands for
several decades. But Beamers buzz shot
up dramatically when much of his music
served as the soundtrack to the 2011
Academy Award-nominated George
Clooney flm The Descendants. With this
years Oscars just weeks away, Hollywood,
of course, has moved on to a new crop of
hot flms. But the Hawaiian music legend
and his partner, hula dancer Moanalani
Beamer, just keep plugging along,
much like the ultra-relaxed style of their
traditional music. The Lobero presents this
laid-back alternative to a rowdy Saturday
night downtown. WHEN: 8pm WHERE:
Lobero Theater, 33 E. Canon Perdido St.
COST: $28-$48 INFO: 963-0761 or
www.lobero.com
Trinitys treasures Its a good news-
bad news situation at the Trinity Backstage
tonight. For the frst time in the singer-
songwriter coffeehouse series, an artist
canceled so late that a traditional touring
replacement couldnt be found. On the
upside, however, the series founders
Doug Clegg and Kate Wallace are
super singer-songwriters-guitarists in their
own right (or is that write?), and have
also enlisted James McVay and Caren
Armstrong for an impromptu evening-
in-the-round in true coffeehouse folkie
style. We will do an evening of the best
songs we can think of (and thats a lot)
that have great harmonies, Wallaces
announcement promises. And we will play
just the way we do whenever we gather
in one anothers company at festivals or
in house concerts. WHEN: 8pm WHERE:
Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State
Street COST: $10 INFO: 962-2970 or
trinitybackstage.wordpress.com
SUNDAY, JANUARY 20
Pipe up for Hollywood What
better time than just before the annual flm
festival arrives for Santa Barbara Theater
Organ Society to bring back Dennis
James, Mr. Hooray for Hollywood, the
veteran organist who began performing
flms with orchestras in 1971 and is
currently the house organist for the El
Capitan Theatre in Hollywood? James will
wield the Arlingtons massive pipe organ
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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Barbara area for the next week. It is by no means comprehensive. Be sure to read feature stories in each issue that complement
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by Steven Libowitz

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17
Holy water Sea Wolf is the alter ego
of singer-songwriter Alex Church, a
California native whose infuences range
from flm auteurs to actual authors, the literary
kind such as fellow Northern Calfornian
John Steinbeck and, from an earlier era,
Jack London, whose 1904 novel The Sea
Wolf provided the moniker. Church attended
NYU flm school, then, after relocating to LA,
co-formed the indie rock band Irving in 1998.
But he was just one of three songwriters and
much of his material didnt ft the bands
dreamy 60s-inspired psychedelic pop sound.
So Church recruited some musical friends to
play a handful of gigs as Sea Wolf in 2003-05, and create a few home recordings.
In 2007, he released Sea Wolfs debut EP, Get to the River Before It Runs Too Low,
followed shortly by the album Leaves in the River. 2009 brought White Water, White
Bloom before 2012s solo album Old World Romance broke the string of band
releases (as well as the water-themed titles), as Church wrote, recorded and produced
the record which blends his folk/acoustic leanings with synth-pop and drum
machines. WHEN: 9pm WHERE: SOhO Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State Street,
upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $15 INFO: 962-7776/www.sohosb.com or www.
clubmercy.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18
Art all over Ever since 1st Thursday created its
monthly art-and-culture extravaganza downtown, it
seems nearly all new exhibit receptions, especially
at galleries, time their openings for the frst weekend
of the month. But here are three established spaces
that are bucking the trend and inviting the audience
and artist to gather for some mid-month madness.
At The Arts Fund, its feels like dj vu or at least
seeing double all over again as Double Trouble
Redux: Four Couples Eight Viewpoints once again
shows off a quartet of couples. Board member
Nancy Gifford, who put together Double Trouble:
Married to Art and Each Other in 2001, brings
together artist couples Virginia McCracken and
Philip Koplin, Sandra Liddell Reese and
Harry Reese, Penny Mast McCall and Wayne McCall, and Hannah
Rose Vainstein and Nathan Hayden. Media covered includes photography,
fber art, woodcarving, paintings, assemblage, collage, acrylic paint on panel,
public art installations, handmade paper, typography, design, traditional and
experimental prints, innovative book structures. WHEN: Reception 5-8pm; exhibit
through Feb. 23 WHERE: 205C Santa Barbara Street INFO: www.theartsfundsb.
org... Plastic Planet: The Art of Holly Mackay and Judith Selby Lang also
opens tonight over at Art from Scraps AFS Gallery. The environmentally-themed
art exhibition features art made from found plastic marine debris, with an eye
toward aiding the audience to re-think ways to view this ubiquitous substance.
Mackay began collecting the colorful detritus back in 1998; none of the material
in his creations are natural. For her part, Selby Lang (and her husband, Richard)
annually patrol 1,000 yards of Kehoe Beach in the Point Reyes National Sea
Shore to gather plastic marine debris that travels from as far away as Japan
and Korea one year produced 4,000 pounds of the stuff. Their work was the
subject of a short flm One Beach Plastic and has been featured on NPR and The
Today Show. WHEN: Reception 5-7pm; exhibit through Feb. 23 WHERE: 302
East Cota Street INFO: 884-0459 x16 or www.artfromscrap.org Architectural
Foundation Gallery also has an opening tonight, celebrating the solo exhibition
M. HELSENROTT HOCHHAUSER: F O R M L I G H T S H A D O W: C O N S T
R U C T I O N S. Hochhausers unique paper compositions portray relationships
between positive and negative space; his current work features all white sculptural
forms that explore the alliance of light and shadow. WHEN: Reception 5-7pm;
exhibit through Feb. 28 WHERE: 229 East Victoria Street INFO: 965-6307 or
www.afsb.org
to accompany the 1928 silent flm Show
People starring Marion Davies and William
Haines, with cameo performances by 25
silver screen stars, plus a classic short
opening flm: Cops, starring Buster Keaton.
SBTOS president Bruce Murdock will
lead an organ tour following the concert,
and gifts donated by local businesses
will be part of a fundraising drawing to
support the 24-year-old nonproft. WHEN:
2pm WHERE: Arlington Theatre, 1317
State Street COST: $11 (free under 14)
INFO: 685-9891/www.sbtos.com or 963-
4408/www.thearlingtontheatre.com
January jazz Love male vocalists
singing jazz and classic pop? Then todays
monthly Santa Barbara Jazz Society gig
at SOhO is for you. The local keyboardist
and singer Al Reese considered one of
the top entertainers in the Santa Barbara
area brings his quartet to the downtown
nightclub for a tribute to Joe Williams,
Ray Charles, Nat King Cole and other
legendary male vocalists. Saxist-clarinetist-
trumpeter Jon Cross, bassist Richard
Simon and drummer Steve Stockmall
round out the quartet for the afternoon of
music. WHEN: 1-4pm WHERE: SOhO
Restaurant & Music Club, 1221 State
Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST:
$20 general, $12 SBJS members, $7
students and musicians INFO: 962-7776/
www.sohosb.com or www.sbjazz.org
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22
SBCOs own The Santa Barbara
Chamber Orchestra looks no further than
its own roster for the annual concert in
which principal players get the chance
to shine as soloists. This time around
its Michael Grego (clarinet), Judith
Farmer (bassoon), Jenny Kim (horn)
and Angela Wiegand (fute) sharing
the spotlight. But the program is also
a star, as the ensemble takes on works
ranging from Mozarts 1778 Sinfonia
Concertante in E-fat Major to Magalifs
2010 Hummingbird for Flute & String
17 24 January 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 43 In the day of prosperity be joyful but in the day of adversity consider King Solomon

SUNDAY, JANUARY 20
Winter Wine Classic By now,
the California Wine Festivals
summertime weekend of wine
wonders is an established institution
in Santa Barbara, what with four
different events encompassing themed
evenings, a rare and reserve tasting
event and a full-scale beach festival
near Stearns Wharf every July. Now,
the locally based promoters are
making a second attempt at upping the ante while recreating one of those evenings
as an annual cold weather extravaganza, and this time around theyve attracted a
slew of prized vintners pouring more than 100 world class rare and reserved wines.
The ultra-elite winemaking masters attending comprise a passel of pourers whose
product has achieved 90-plus ratings from The Wine Advocate, Wine Spectator and
other respected journals and critics, including Bernarduss 2009 Pinot Noir Pisoni
and Rosella the latter described as jumping out of the glass with sensual aromatics
that fnd a lovely counterpoint on the palate. Melville Winerys Burgundian and
Northern Rhne varietals available for tasting include its 2010 Estate Pinot Noir
Santa Rita Hills (92 by Wine Spectator), 2011 Estate Chardonnay Santa Rita
Hills (91 by Stephen Tanzer) and 2011 Estate Syrah Vernas (90; Robert Parker).
Fritz Underground Winery will pour its hand-crafted varietals from the Russian River
and Dry Creek Valleys, including sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, zinfandel, cabernet
sauvignon, merlot, and pinot noir, while among the other vintners who rarely attend
local festivals are Ahnfeldt Winery, Ceja Vineyards, Duck Pond Cellars, Miner Family
Winery, Starlane Vineyards and Viansa Winery. Between tastings enjoy a different
sort of taste sensation with offerings described as a wide variety of delectable wine-
worthy gourmet morsels. Meanwhile the true oenophiles (or the merely curious)
will want to come early for the Exploring Pinot Noir The Power of Three Seminar
& Tasting, featuring wine from Flying Goat Cellars, Foley Estates Vineyard &
Winery and Melville Winery. And dont worry about having to wake up early for
work the next morning: its Martin Luther King Day weekend. WHEN: 6:30-9pm
(seminar 5-6pm) WHERE: The Grand Ballroom at the Fess Parker Doubletree Resort,
633 East Cabrillo Boulevard COST: $85 (seminar $40; combination ticket $120)
INFO: (800) 797-7753 or www.californiawinefestival.com

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23
Hubbub for Hubbard
The Chicago-based
Hubbard Street Dance
company currently
celebrating its 35th
anniversary as one
of the most original,
versatile and exhilarating
contemporary dance
ensembles returns to the
Granada just a year after
its thrilling debut at the
venue. Tonights program
includes the West
Coast premiere of Mats
Eks Casi-Casa an
exploration of the
darker moments of
domesticity which the Chicago Tribute enthused glistens, winks and gleams with
swift, beautiful dancing plus Hubbard Street Resident Choreographer Alejandro
Cerrudos etude-for-women Blanco and solos-for-men PACOPEPEPLUTO.
Opening the evening is Aszure Bartons Untouched, which was created in
collaboration with each original cast member by the Baryshnikov protge, who
is familiar to Santa Barbara audiences through her recent SummerDance and
DANCEworks residencies. (Note: a Community Dance Class with Hubbard Street
Dance Chicago takes place on Tuesday at the Gustafson School of Dance, 2285
Las Positas Road. Call Santa Barbara Dance Alliance at 966-6950 for reservations.)
WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Granada Theatre, 1214 State Street COST: $35-$45 INFO:
899-2222/www.granadasb.org or 893-3535/www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu
Orchestra pre-intermission and then
visiting Britten for Variations on a Theme
of Frank Bridge, in tribute to his teacher,
before closing with Bridges own An
Irish Melody (Londonderry Air) H. 86a.
WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Lobero Theatre,
33 E. Canon Perdido St. COST: $47-
$52 (discounts for students, seniors and
families) INFO: 966-2441/www.sbco.org
or 963-0761/www.lobero.com MJ
EnTERTAInMEnT (Continued from page 32)
EnTERTAInMEnT Page 444
its vast. Im going to have my hands
full practicing for all of those for my
last year of my tenure. Hopefully
I know it by now, but it still takes
practice to get it in shape. It should be
interesting. I just hope I stay upright.
Can you talk about collaborating with
Cynthia Phelps?
Its very easy to work together with
people youre on stage with all the
time. You can almost second guess
what theyre going to do. So theres
not much preparation as a duo, espe-
cially with the Mozart, which weve
played together so many times with
the philharmonic.
Whats the appeal for you with the
Mozart piece? Its not of the magni-
tude of Brahms or Beethoven or even
the Korngold works I know you love so
much.
The second movement is probably
the most profound piece of music
Mozart ever wrote. The other move-
ments are more cheery and light-
hearted, but its such a great dialogue
between the two instruments. Were
only paired up 30 percent of the time.
Thats what so unusual and brilliant;
it could easily be a concert for either
instrument. He did a miraculous job
of equalizing the expression between
them. Its like male and female com-
munication. He really gets that feel-
ing into the work.
Living
in Shatners World
Its not exactly boldly going where
no man has gone before, but as far
as we know William Shatner has
never appeared publically in Santa
Barbara. So the chance to hear the
original Captain Kirk do his super-
popular career-and-life-capping one-
man show Shatners World: We Just
Live In It should make the, ahem,
trek to see a star at the Arlington on
Friday well worth taking.
If the show is the definitive word on
William Shatner, how did you decide
what to put in and take out?
Ah the definitive word Every
word I utter is definitive My
approach to life is about saying yes
to ideas and opportunities. So these
stories talk about grasping what was
offered to me. Many of them are not
in show business, but in life and love
and motorcycles and horses. The
subjects all reach the same conclu-
sion: by grasping life as firmly as
possible, you get the most fulfill-
ment It was just about entertain-
ing people for an hour and a half
with stories that affirm life and make
you laugh and cry at the same time.
At 81, how do you have the stamina to
do that night after night?
Its just the DNA or something. I
stagger from one show to another.
But its such great fun, so that helps.
I know the show works. I know Ill
get the laughs. Its like a comedian
having a great joke in hand that you
know will kill.
Star Trek became way more than a big
turning point for you, but also a huge
touch point for the culture. How do you
account for the shows staying power
and reach for three generations?
It has to do with mythology. Star
Trek tapped into our hardwire need
for stories to explain our existence.
Mankind had that prior to this age,
and still does with religion. But some-
times thats not good enough for
some people. They seek more magical
things they can relate to. They indulge
in the ritual of the mythology.
Youve got this huge cult following
from Star Trek and beyond, fans who
love you. Does it feel real to you?
Which part? The adulation? People
holding you up as a celebrity never
feels real to me, no matter what its
for. Theres an unreality as to why
someone would want to pay atten-
tion to what Im doing. On the other
hand, Ive been doing it for quite a
while so that it seems almost nor-
William
Shatner
stops by the
Arlington
to perform
his show,
Shatners
World: We
Just Live In
It, on Friday,
January
18 (photo
credit: Joan
Marcus)
EnTERTAInMEnT (Continued from page 43)
mal that people tell me they like
my work. Its been happening for
so long. Yet I never take it for grant-
ed. Im always overwhelmed by the
thought, but I also dont believe it.
Im in a state of denial about it.
Hmmm. If I were your therapist, Id
say, Tell me more about that.
Unfortunately, I dont go to a ther-
apist. Im in denial about that too.
Being in denial is a much-maligned
way of thinking.
Do you ever go back and watch the
show?
No, I dont. No. I dont enjoy see-
ing anything Ive done at all. For one
thing, Id want to do whatever it is
again. And then I look at the aging
process, seeing myself a few years
ago, and now. To see it evolving is
not pleasant.
One article recently said that you were
either totally unaware of his shameless
self-parody or the most self-aware actor
who ever lived. Im not sure what that
means, but do you have any comments?
I dont know what that means
either. Captain Kirk was a hero.
Sometimes I put on the hero thing
and play with the idea how impor-
tant I am, and how I conquered the
galaxy. But Im totally aware that its
not me, that its science fiction. I do
parody myself when its called for.
Hopefully only then.
What advice would the 81-year-old
Shatner give Star Trek-age Shatner?
Less is more.
What else is new in Shatners world?
Im doing a lot right now. These
documentaries looking at questions
and finding the answers. Ive done
several talk shows, Ive got an app
on the iPhone. And right now Im
attempting to set up a half-hour TV
comedy. Ive also got a concept for
another musical album. Im attempt-
ing to enjoy myself by allowing my
creativity to flow.
Any thoughts of retiring and just sit-
ting back and enjoying life?
No. Sitting back hurts your back.
Putting Moving
in Movies
For documentary director Henry-
Alex Rubin, making his narrative
film debut wasnt about achieving a
longtime dream. Instead, chalk it up
to a desire to have enough control
over the subject to actually see a
project come to fruition.
I never thought Id make a fiction
film at all, said Rubin, whose sec-
ond documentary effort, Murderball,
about hardcore handicapped ath-
letes, earned an Academy Award
nomination back in 2005, but was
also the last film he managed to fin-
ish and get released. Sometimes
things havent gone the way I wanted
in documentaries. We got lucky with
Murderball. You never hear about
the ones that sputter out before the
desired outcome when people dont
do what you expect them to do. So
I figured something already written
might be a lot easier.
But even if you take the filmmaker
out of documentaries, its hard to
take the nonfiction approach away
from the director.
The script that came Rubins way,
Disconnect, is an interlocking series
of stories that collectively explore
the consequences of modern technol-
ogy, a sort of Crash for the social net-
work set and cell-phone obsessed.
Newcomer screenwriter Andrew
Stern came up with the idea when
he noticed that every guest at a
dinner party was looking at a cell
phone, either emailing or texting
somebody rather than interacting
with the people present. He fleshed
out the story with other observa-
tions and materials pulled out of
the news, including a reporter who
gets too close to his teen Internet sex
worker subject, a widowed ex-cop
whose son engages in cyber bully-
ing, and an estranged couple who
go online to gain the connections
theyre missing at home.
The script seemed pretty truth-
ful to me, Rubin explained. The
stories all touch on technology and
its impact on the ways we communi-
cate. I would have been interested in
making a documentary about three
of these storylines if youd given me
access to those people in real life.
Naturally, when it came time to
shoot the movie, understated obser-
vation rather than a strong auteur-
like directorial voice won out.
Thats the only style I know,
Rubin said. I didnt go to film
school. I dont know any fancy tech-
niques. I just applied what I know
how to do, which is to shoot with
multiple cameras, [located] far away
from the actors so that you dont
bother the subjects, the same way I
do with real people. I just made the
film as real as possible, letting the
actors improvise, go off script, move
wherever they wanted to, and just
trust them a lot.
It helped that he had a prominent
cast of accomplished actors drawn
from the world of TV and film,
including Jason Bateman (Arrested
Development, Up in the Air, Horrible
Bosses), Hope Davis (Real Steel, The
Newsroom), Paula Patton (Precious)
and Alexander Skarsgrd (True
Blood, Melancholia).
Now that Disconnect has been cho-
sen to open the 28th annual Santa
Barbara International Film Festival
next Thursday with the filmmak-
ers and most of the cast in town for
the red carpet event, Rubin has the
opportunity to immerse himself in
the ensuing 10 days of screenings,
tributes, panels, parties and overall
Hollywood glamour. But that sort
of thing holds little appeal for the
director.
Its not about the glitz or the
money, said Rubin, who turned his
documentary downtime into a thriv-
ing career directing commercials
for Clio Award-winning production
company Smuggler. All that mat-
ters to me is that Im able to move
people. I love sitting in the dark
and being affected by something, a
character, a sequence, or the ending.
Thats why you make movies in the
first place. I dont see any other rea-
son. When a movie gets under your
skin, it lasts forever. MJ
Alexander Skarsgrd and Paula Patton in Henry-Alex Rubins Disconnect, which will open this years
SBIFF (image courtesy LD Entertainment)
17 24 January 2013 MONTECITO JOURNAL 45 Being pregnant is an occupational hazard of being a wife Queen Victoria
Montecito Heat
Real Estate View
by Michael Phillips
Michael is the owner-
broker of Phillips Real
Estate, and is a Montecito
Planning Commissioner.
He can be reached at
969-4569 and info@
MichaelPhillipsRealEstate.
com
T
he Montecito Heat Index mea-
sures the present demand
for single family homes and
answers the question, How hot
is the market today? The number
of single family houses currently
under contract, or pending sales, as
opposed to closed sales which record
a transaction often many months
past, in six price sectors, describes
present demand. And since real
estate activity is highly seasonal,
todays Heat is compared to this date
a year ago. All data is from the Santa
Barbara MLS.
Todays Heat score is 170, an
increase of 124% over last year. The
remarkable under $1m group con-
tinues to impress scoring an 83, up
173% from last year and our present
demand leader. The second favorite
of buyers is the $1-2m sector scoring
a strong 47, an increase of 147% over
last year. The $2-3m sector turned
in a respectable score of 29 outper-
forming its last years score by 190%.
These first three price groups con-
stitute 94% of our present demand.
The $3-4m group came in below last
year and the $4-5m sector found no
interest at all. The high-end $5m and
above group did find some interest
scoring a 4.
The demand story here in
Montecito continues the trend first
evident in early 2012. Houses are
selling again and the lower the price
the more they are in demand. A rota-
tion towards the higher end is form-
ing, yet the good old days have
not yet quite returned.
We are, however, decidedly mov-
ing in the right direction. Not only
have the number of sales increased
by 60% over last year, the aver-
age sale price is up 25%. And they
are selling faster 13% faster than
last year. Going forward into 2013
looks promising, especially if we
can increase high-end buyers inter-
est in our inventory of grand estate
properties.
There were important real estate
provisions in the so called Fiscal
Cliff legislation signed into law by
the President on January 2. Finally,
we have a new rule that requires
mortgage providers to determine
that borrowers can actually repay
their loan. What a concept. The
Ability to Repay rule will go into
effect next January and it seems nei-
ther the mortgage industry nor the
consumer groups are happy since
the rule will take some of the fun
out of both lending and borrowing,
as No Doc loans will be prohibit-
ed. Since 2008 when the easy credit
market reversed, four million folks
lost their homes to foreclosure. The
Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act
continues for another year, as does
the 10% tax credit to homeowners
for energy efficient improvements.
The law that reduced the value of
itemized deductions (the Pease lim-
itations) including mortgage inter-
est deductions is repealed except
for the 1% crowd. And the 15%
capital gains rate continues unless
you are in the $400/450k crowd
wherein you will be paying an extra
5%. Gains on the sale of principal
residences will remain unchanged
and continues to exclude the first
$250k for individuals and $500k fil-
ing jointly. MJ
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SATURDAY JANUARY 19
ADDRESS TIME $ #BD / #BA AGENT NAME TELEPHONE # COMPANY
1685 Fernald Point Lane By Appt. $28,000,000 6bd/6ba Maureen McDermut 570-5545 Sothebys International Realty
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302 Woodley Road 2-4pm $3,895,000 4bd/6ba Marilyn Moore 689-0507 Village Properties
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2780 Torito Road 1-4 pm $1,495,000 2bd/2ba Troy G Hoidal 689-6808 Santa Barbara Brokers
100 Arroqui Street 12-3pm $975,000 3bd/2ba David Hekhouse 455-2113 Village Properties

SUNDAY JANUARY 20
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1685 Fernald Point Lane By Appt. $28,000,000 6bd/6ba Maureen McDermut 689-6800 Sothebys International Realty
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1190 Garden Lane 2-4pm $4,395,000 4bd/4.5ba Jennifer Johnson 455-4300 Sothebys International Realty
670 El Bosque Road 1-4pm $3,985,000 4bd/5.5ba Mary Whitney 689-0915 Prudential California Realty
302 Woodley Road 2-4pm $3,895,000 4bd/6ba Marilyn Moore 689-0507 Village Properties
1940 East Valley Road 2-4pm $3,495,000 6bd/7.5ba Sandy Stahl 689-1602 Sothebys International Realty
875 Rockbridge Road 1-4pm $3,450,000 3bd/3.5ba Lori Ebner 729-4861 Prudential California Realty
1330 E Pepper Lane 1-3pm $2,350,000 3bd/3ba Reyne Stapelmann 705-4353 Prudential California Realty
27 Seaview Drive By Appt. $2,095,000 3bd/2.5ba Bob Lamborn 689-6800 Sothebys International Realty
667 Cold Spring Road 1-3pm $1,795,000 3bd/3ba Whitney Schott 680-3640 Village Properties
1568 Ramona Lane 1-3pm $1,695,000 3bd/2ba Marsha Kotlyar 698-7941 Prudential California Realty
2780 Torito Road 1-4 pm $1,495,000 2bd/2ba Troy G Hoidal 689-6808 Santa Barbara Brokers
1762 Sycamore Canyon Road 2-4pm $1,395,000 2bd/2.5ba John Bahura 680-5175 Village Properties
1032 Fairway Road 2-4pm $1,200,000 2bd/2ba Bonnie Jo Danely 543-3954 Coldwell Banker
667 Cold Spring Road 1-4pm $1,795,000 3bd/3ba Brian King 452-0471 Village Properties
1032 Fairway Road 2-4pm $1,200,000 2bd/2ba Grant Danely 543-3954 Coldwell Banker
100 Arroqui Street 12-3pm $975,000 3bd/2ba Terri Whipple 665-7004 Village Properties
544-B San Ysidro Road 1-4pm $839,000 2bd/1ba Marie Larkin 680-2525 Sothebys International Realty
1220 Coast Village Road #203 2-4pm $745,000 2bd/2ba Dena Sklar 689-4898 Sothebys International Realty
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MAXWELLL. HAILSTONE
1482 East Valley Road, Suit 147
Montecito, California 93108
MUNYON & SONS
ESTATE LIQUIDATORS
PROFESSIONAL ESTATE
SALE SERVICES
SINCE 1977
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PH: 805-402-0350
SENIOR CAREGIVING SERVICES
Pacifc Village,
a new elderly care
home in Carpinteria.
Private/semi private
room available. For
information call Cathy
Miller. 729-8347
COMPUTER/VIDEO SERVICES
VIDEOS TO DVD TRANSFERS
Hurry, before your tapes fade away.
Only $10 each 969-6500 Scott
ENTERTAINMENT
CASTING NOTICE: Shamus
Entertainment, a local TV/flm production
company, is casting 3 comedies in pre-
production. Seeking experienced local TV/
flm actors for roles (prior to posting in
Breakdowns for L.A. agents mid-Jan.) in
upcoming SAG TV pilot and 2 feature flms.
See website for project(s) scripts/cast lists:
http://www.ShamusEntertainment.com
(805) 770-2341
SPECIAL/PERSONAL SERVICES
If you dont have the time, I do. Let me
be your personal shopper. Run errands,
transportation to & from appointments &
light housekeeping. For more information,
call MaryAnne 805-684-1472.
French Woman, mother of three, semi-
retired professional, would love to help
with the care of your children, tutoring or
cooking! Flexible schedule.
(805) 689-2544.
TUTORING SERVICES
PIANO LESSONS Kary and Sheila
Kramer are long standing members of the
Music Teachers Assoc. of Calif. Studios
conveniently located at the Music Academy
of the West. Now accepting enthusiastic
children and/or adults. Call us at 684-4626.
INVESTMENT
EXEC. PRODUCER WANTED:
Montecito-raised Shamus Murphy presents
Shamus Entertainment, a local TV/flm
production co. start-up, and is seeking an
experienced Executive Producer to handle
investment/prod. oversight for 1 TV pilot,
FreedomTownTV, and 2 feature flms, Beach
Cougar Gigolo and Anchor Baby.
(805) 770-2341
http://www.ShamusEntertainment.com
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY
PRESCOTT, ARIZONA -
Established Builder / Developer wants
Investor for High Return Projects.
Call John Benson 928-445-0006
HELP WANTED
Executive assistant to Financial Advisor.
Part time, Carpinteria area. 15 to 20 hours
per week. Flexible hours. Small client base.
Must be computer literate, Microsoft Word
& Excel. Prior experience in investments and
trusts and some knowledge of Quickbooks
would be helpful. Compensation: Very
competitive.
Fax resume to: 805-566-3818
POSITION WANTED
Property-Care Needs? Do you need a
caretaker or property manager? Expert
Land Steward is avail now. View rsum at:
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On-Site Property Care Taker
Public Safety Offcer available to
maintain your property. Reliable,
Honest and Professional. Home
and yard maintenance experience.
Karl 805-827-1960
Estate Management
Retiring business executive with property
and fnancial management experience, plus
numerous local references, would like to
trade management skills for single person
housing. I am very good at organizing
and completing projects. Please request
resume at 805 680 3031, or leave your
number requesting a call-back. My e-mail is
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ESTATE/MOVING SALE SERVICES
THE CLEARING HOUSE
708-6113 Downsizing,
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Professional, effcient, cost-effective
RECORDS WANTED
Rare Record Sales
Convert rare LPs into cash.
Consign or sell. Cell 818-631-8361.
Inquire: venusofvinyl@gmail.com
FURNITURE FOR SALE
Handsome Partner Desk by KITTINGER
Showroom condition, burled walnut panels
with leather top. $4400
Chesterfeld Brown Leather Tufted Sofa,
perfect, 5 yrs. old. $1900
Call 805-450-8382
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Stressed? Anxious?
Feel relaxed & calm
Biofeedback training is
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Licensed HeartMath &
Biofeedback Therapist
The Biofeedback Institute
of Santa Barbara (805) 450-1115
Holistic Health RN, Yoga certifed, healer,
organizer, personal assistant available for
in home/private lessons/ part time work.
Excellent references. Change your life
joyfully. Carone Joy Scott RN 805.705.3555
PHYSICAL THERAPY
in the comfort &
convenience of your
home.
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years helping patients
achieve strength,
fexibility, balance,
coordination & stamina
to optimize mobility. 805-722-8035
Fit for Life
Customized workouts &
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any lifestyle. Individual/
group sessions in ideal
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805 895-9227.
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$110/night.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
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volunteers who would be interested in
serving as docents for the Exhibit Galleries.
Docents will have the opportunity share
the history of President Reagan and his
Western White House.
For more information or to apply, please
contact Danielle Fowler at 805-957-1980
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