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12 19 April 2012
Vol 18 Issue 15
Real Estate
Four homes priced at just under
$3 million look like Best Buys to
Mark Hunt, p. 37
Coming & Going
Opening Night sold out for Dos Pueblos High
Schools debut of Disneys Tarzan,
The Musical, p. 25
Village Beat
Cota Lane home completely gutted
by fire; six engines and a chopper
contain damage, p. 20
THIS WEEK IN MONTECITO, P. 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS, P. 40 MONTECITO EATERIES, P. 42
The Voice of the Village SSINCE 1995S
VP Joe Biden coming
to Montecito for Obama
2012 election fundraiser;
Christopher Lloyd puts rebuilt
Montecito home on market
for $6.45 million, p. 6
Mineards
Miscellany
93108 OPEN HOUSE DIRECTORY P.44
THE SaxOPHONIST
& THE SINgER
Montecito Jazz Great Charles Lloyd teams up with Greek Sensation Maria
Farantouri for historic concert this weekend at the Lobero (story on page 32)
12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 2 The Voice of the Village
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12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 3
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5 Editorial
Tom Purcell yearns for the days of simpler and lower taxes
6 Montecito Miscellany
Vice President to visit; racing driver Patrick Lindseys success; SB Polo Club season kicks of
soon; Corinna Gordons birthday bonanza; frst sale of Huguette Clarks apartments; Rescue
Mission Easter Feast; Oprahs candid interview; Christopher Lloyds house on market; Eve
Briere launches new book; Yo-Yo Ma speaks at Granada; Chamber Orchestra concert; Festival
Ballet performance; royal anniversary coming up; remembering Mike Wallace; sightings
8 Letters to the Editor
Steve Gowler clears things up; Daniel Seibert notices the (lack of ) roundabout landscaping;
Joan Price defends the Ys plans; Darlene Bierig and Jane Dyruf praise Jamy Browns civics
lesson; Paull E. Rubin applauds Joanne Calitri; Kevin Snow gives kudos to Kelly Mahan
10 This Week in Montecito
Carpinteria Greenhouse Tour; Prom Dress Boutique opens; Kids Draw Architecture event;
Sedgwick Reserve hikes; Earth Day activities; Wildlife Sanctuary Awards; Peter Neushuls
surf discussion; CALM Silent Gala; MBAR meets; Peter Hatch discusses book; Westmont
concert; annual meeting at Montecito Library; MUS school board meeting; Lotusland
lecture; student composer concert at Westmont; lecture and luncheon at Doubletree; Saks
& the City event; botanical drawing class; skills and awareness class; YMCA triathlon;
ongoing events
Tide Guide
Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the beach
12 Village Beat
Montecito Association Board meeting; home on Cota Lane destroyed by fre; architect
Marsha Zilles retires from board; May Madness is approaching; beneft concert at Crane;
sherif promotion ceremony; Marco Farrell now on International Chiari Association Board of
Directors; Carpinteria Aquatics update
14 Seen Around Town
Carpinteria Girls Inc. annual Women of Inspiration luncheon; Antioch University ribbon-
cutting; Arts Fund reception
20 Sheriffs Blotter
Black bear seen in Cold Spring Road area; unoccupied vehicle catches fre on Schoolhouse Road
22 Library Corner
David Chubb visits the library to discuss dog behavior and impact on human stress levels
24 Our Town
YMCA preschoolers on the hunt for eggs
25 Coming & Going
Dos Pueblos High School presents Tarzan, The Musical complete with music by Phil Collins
26 The Way It Was
Regular guy King Albert of Belgium spent his time in Santa Barbara hiking, swimming at
Miramar, and riding Uhlan the horse
29 Fit Wise
Why we eat is as important as what we eat
Coup de Grace
Grace ponders the disappearance of Maude, the mysterious feline
32 On Music
Maria Farantouri joins Charles Lloyd at Lobero for last Jazz at the Lobero concert of the season
33 On Entertainment
Lucidity Festival comes to Live Oak Camp; SB Dance Alliance presents BASSH; Creditors at
Ensemble Teatre; pop acts around town
35 Seniority
Ventura British Brass makes SB debut at beneft concert for Center for Successful Aging
36 Your Westmont
Annual senior show; crowds head to Westmont for Das de Mxico: A Family Festival
37 Real Estate
Mark Hunt chooses his four best buys under $3 million
40 Calendar of Events
Kronos Quartet returns; Radiohead plays the Bowl; art openings around town; SBMA Nights
Atelier event; State Street Ballet grand fnale; Camerata Pacifca concert; UCSB Dance students
perform; ZooZoo family show at UCSB; SBCC Teatre open house; Speaking of Stories
performance; Ballet du Grand Ttre de Genve at Granada; Seoul Philharmonics SB debut;
National Teatre Live season ends
42 Guide to Montecito Eateries
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restaurants, cofee houses, bakeries, gelaterias, and hangouts; others in Santa Barbara,
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43 Movie Showtimes
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44 93108 Open House Directory
Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito
45 Classifed Advertising
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46 Local Business Directory
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47 Legal Advertisements
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 5 I dont like to repeat gossip so listen carefully Richard Mineards
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Guest Editorial
My Fathers 1959 Tax Return
I
stumbled upon my fathers 1959 income tax return a few years ago. How I
long for the simplicity he enjoyed when he fled that years taxes. For 1959,
my father paid a measly 5% in federal taxes, even though his name wasnt
Rockefeller.
How did he do it? It was easy. For a year when the top income tax rate was
91%; President Kennedy would slash rates a few years later, deductions were
many. Even middle-class people like my dad enjoyed their fair share of perks.
He was a heavy smoker then who wasnt? and was able to deduct every
penny he paid in cigarette taxes. He was able to deduct every penny he paid
in gasoline taxes. If we had such a perk now, the federal government would
go broke (that is, more broke than it is now). And he was able to deduct every
penny he paid in state sales tax in Pennsylvania, another wonderful perk that
would save the average Pennsylvanian a boatload in federal taxes every year.
He took a $600 tax deduction for each of his two dependents, my sisters
Kathy and Krissy a lot of dough relative to his income. For 2011, the deduc-
tion for each dependent is $3,750. On paper that is six times what my father got
in 1959, but if properly adjusted for inflation it should be about $5,000 today.
Heres one that grabbed my attention: In 1959, he paid only 2.5% of his
income toward FICA (then, Social Security; now, Social Security, Medicare and
Medicaid). Now, aside from a temporary two-percentage-point FICA tax break,
the average employee pays 7.65% and his or her employer kicks in another
7.65%. I, being self-employed, have the pleasure of paying the full 15.3%
myself. Despite the two-percentage-point break for 2011, I will write out a siz-
able check to bring current the more than $12,000 in FICA contributions I am
on the hook for.
In any event, my father had his fair share of simple deductions in 1959, which
helped offset his federal taxes. That helped him keep his total federal tax tab
at a measly 5%. Better yet, his tax form was one sheet of paper printed on both
sides. He had no calculator, nor did he need one. He did a test run in pencil on
one copy of the form, then finalized a second in ink and mailed it in; he always
got a refund. Which is why I long for the simplicity he enjoyed back then.
In 1959, the federal tax code was about 15,000 pages. Today, it is more than
70,000 pages. Unlike my father, who was able to calculate his taxes quickly, I
spend days getting mine in order, so I can hand them off to my CPA, so he can
tell me I owe lots more than I feared I would. This year, after all my deductions
for business and pain and suffering including the agitations of owning a few
rental properties and investing a boatload of dough renovating one I will pay
about 25% of my gross income in federal, state and local taxes. I consider myself
extremely lucky at that rate.
Still, as April 17 approaches (April 15 falls on a Sunday this year), I look back
fondly on 1959. I didnt pay a dime in taxes that year. I didnt waste a moment
getting hundreds of receipts in order and panicking when my CPA told me
what I owed.
I wasnt born until 1962. MJ
by Tom Purcell
12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 6 The Voice of the Village
A Visit From The Vice President
Monte ito
Miscellany
by Richard Mineards
Richard covered the Royal Family for Britains Daily Mirror and Daily Mail before moving to New York
to write for Rupert Murdochs newly launched Star magazine in 1978; Richard later wrote for New York
magazines Intelligencer. He continues to make regular appearances on CBS, ABC, and CNN, and
moved to Montecito five years ago.
B
atten down the hatches! The
Vice President of the United
States is coming to town.
Joe Biden, 69, will be making his first
official visit to our rarefied enclave on
April 20, parking the distinctively col-
ored blue and white Boeing 757, Air
Force 2, at Santa Barbara Airport, I can
exclusively reveal.
No doubt having had some advice
from President Barack Obama and
his wife, Michelle, who, I learn, spent
their honeymoon in our Eden by the
Beach, Biden will be spending much
of his day attending a stellar event
hosted by Nancy Koppelman, a mem-
ber of the presidents National Finance
Committee, and her husband, Larry.
Rather than being at the
Koppelmans oceanside manse,
a tiaras toss or two from Butterfly
Beach, a top secret location has been
chosen for the boffo bash, given the
Secret Service considers their home
too exposed security-wise.
The party will not be on the scale of
the celebrity-filled fundraiser TV talk
show titan Oprah Winfrey threw for
then-presidential candidate Obama
at her 42-acre Montecito estate in
September 2007, but members of the
Democratic elite will undoubtedly be
in attendance, as well as a number of
bold faced names.
Stay tuned...
And Theyre Off
Montecito racing driver Patrick
Lindsey is on a roll.
Patrick, 29, a New York stock bro-
ker, who drives a Porsche for Santa
Barbara-based Horton Autosport in
the Grand-Am Rolex GT series, had
a successful year in 2011 driving a
Hawk Performance Corvette in the
Pirelli World Challenge GT, scoring
four top five places and winning two.
My goal is to run a successful
sports car racing team here in the
U.S., says Patrick, son of Jim and
Joan Lindsey, who splits his time
between Manhattan and our tony
town.
We can bring exposure and busi-
ness-to-business opportunities for our
sponsors. Secondarily, we can bring
publicity to nonprofit groups that are
of particular interest to us, such as
Young Life in my case.
Teaming up with my brother-
in-law, John Horton, was a goal all
throughout this past year. John and
I had worked together previously in
World Challenge, the premier North
American sports car sprint racing
series.
We are both very competitive peo-
ple who think outside the box, thus
we tend to find an optimized car setup
faster than our competitors. We both
take pride in the fact that we often
have just a fraction of the budget of
our competitors, yet constantly out-
perform them.
Patrick, who graduated from
Pepperdine in Malibu and has been
racing for eight years, says countless
hours have been spent in the teams
Santa Barbara shop on the develop-
ment of the new Porsche.
Those hours have paid off, he
says. Unfortunately, in our last race,
the teething pains of a new car showed
MISCELLAnY Page 184
Vice President Joe Biden to visit Montecito
Patrick Lindsey revs up for success
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Safe and Attractive Routes To Wherever
S
orry if my letter (Professor
Williss Wiles MJ # 18/14) was
confusing.
I was writing about two totally sep-
arate safe trails and my rambling writ-
ing style conflated the two.
The Paul Willis trails are located
on the Westmont campus and connect
through the little canyons on campus,
which allows kids from the Circle
Drive-Westmont Road area to walk
through Westmont safely using his
series of trails.
There is also a riparian zone reha-
bilitation going on within the canyons
that some people might find interest-
ing.
The little trail in the picture at the
corner of Sycamore Canyon and
Barker Pass was done by my company
at the direction of Tom Mosby of the
Montecito Water District.
The goal of the Water District was
to screen the pump house using
water-wise materials and addition-
ally to provide safe access to the cross-
walk and up Barker Pass. My goal was
to make the path work well, and look
natural.
Steve Gowler
Montecito
PS: I hope I didnt embarrass Paul
Willis too badly...
(Editors note: No worries; both Dr.
Williss trails on the Westmont campus
and your work at Sycamore Canyon and
Barker Pass should encourage all residents
to create their own natural and attrac-
tive safe routes to wherever TLB)
Untended
Roundabout Plants
I took these photos recently regard-
ing the landscaping at the Hot
Springs-Old Coast Highway-Coast
Village Road roundabout. Forgive me
for saying so, but it looks awful. Im
not a huge fan of ornamental grasses
and this design is more or less dead
ornamental grasses. And lots of living
weeds.
Having worked as a gardener for
the past two decades I can say with
authority that this area needs new
gardeners.
The first photos are of the landscape
islands on Hermosillo Drive. It just
so happens that I planted these areas
about eight or nine years ago. John
Crandall did the design and I was
working for him at the time. He used
some succulents, rosemary, ceanothus,
flax, roses, and Western Redbud trees.
Almost all the plants are still alive and
doing well.
I only took three photos of the
roundabout area and I didnt shoot
the areas that are really bad. Like the
circle. It has giant weeds in it.
This seems out of place in Montecito,
with so many beautiful homes and
estates.
Daniel Seibert
Montecito
(Editors note: Caltrans regularly miss-
es opportunities to put in irrigation drip
lines and to maintain them after plant-
ings have been established. Perhaps your
photos will help stir some landscaping
activity over there TLB)
In Defense
of the Ys Plan
In response to recent letters to the
editor, as Executive Director of the
Montecito YMCA, I would like to
explain some of the survey research
that the Y has conducted before begin-
ning our renovation plans. Over the
past five years, since we completed
The plants installed in the traffic-calming device
built (and paid for by the streets residents) on
Hermosillo Drive nearly a decade ago still thrive,
thanks to neighbors judicious care
Whereas the ornamental grasses placed along the
median leading to the Hot Springs roundabout
seem to have been abandoned to whatever fate
has in store, which is a strip of unkempt weeds as
far as we can tell
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our land swap (with Montecito Union
School) and acquired title to our facil-
ity, we have looked to our members,
program users, and the community at
large to give us their input on how we
can better serve our community. Our
goal as a nonprofit has always been to
provide services for all ages, from our
preschool to our oldest seniors. Now
that we own our property we want to
provide these facilities that our mem-
bers have been asking for through
surveys that have been compiled,
researched and analyzed to create a
facility that we can all be proud of.
Our Master Plan for the YMCA is
based on multiple sources of infor-
mation. Annually, we hire SEER
Analytical to send 600 surveys to our
members to assess their satisfaction.
This national YMCA survey is a tool
that gives us valuable feedback so that
we can continuously make improve-
ments based on our own members
confidential feedback. Our Montecito
YMCA branch traditionally rates high
in areas of programs, staff, member
retention and in general satisfac-
tion comes out amongst the top in
the nation. However, our facility in
comparison with other YMCAs was
ranked in the fifteenth percentile in
the nation last year (and thats not the
top fifteenth).
We think Montecito deserves better
than that. In the written comments
portion of the survey, the number-
one comment is the need for better
facilities, more social space, more pool
space, more equipment, more rooms
so that the classes would not be so
crowded, and bathrooms for the pre-
school. In essence, year after year, our
outdated facility is the number-one
complaint by an overwhelming major-
ity.
Our Master Plan is also based on the
feedback of our staff, personal trainers
and coaches who work hand in hand
with the members and program users
and know the deficiencies of our anti-
quated facilities. They do a fantastic
job to make do with the resources they
have. In fact, the new TRX program
has become overwhelmingly success-
ful even though it is located in our
newest tent structure due to a lack of
facilities. We have an attentive staff
that enjoys the YMCA as much as the
members, and they too would like to
help address the member complaints
they hear.
To further understand what the
community wished of our facility, the
YMCA hired Foursquare Research
(an independent survey firm) to
survey randomly in the Montecito
community who were both mem-
bers and non-members. The survey
specifically asked what would you
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Silent Gala
As part of National Child Abuse
Prevention Month, CALM will be holding
an online silent auction, and all donations
raised will go directly toward funding
critical programs and services that
prevent, assess, and treat child abuse
When: Silent auction is open online from
April 15-30 Info: www.calm4kids.org
MONDAY APRIL 16
MBAR Meeting
Montecito Board of Architectural Review
seeks to ensure that new projects are
harmonious with the unique physical
characteristics and character of Montecito
When: 3 pm
Where: Country Engineering Building,
Planning Commission Hearing Room,
123 East Anapamu
Instrumental Chamber Concert
Directed by Philip Ficsor, the
Instrumental Chamber Concert in
Westmonts Deane Chapel will feature
a quintet, and the repertoire will include
music by Shubert, Brahms, and Dvorak
When: 8 pm
Where: Deane Chapel on Westmont
campus, 955 La Paz Road
Info: www.westmont.edu
TUESDAY APRIL 17
MUS School Board Meeting
When: 6 pm Where: Montecito Union
School, 385 San Ysidro Road
Info: 969-3249
Lotusland Lecture
Horticulturist and Westmont alumna
Virginia Hayes 72, curator of the living
collection at Lotusland, will speak about
Madame Ganna Walskas famed botanic
garden. The lecture is in conjunction with
a Lotusland art exhibition that will be on
display in the Westmont library through the
spring semester.
When: 7 to 8 pm
Where: Westmonts Adams Center,
room 216, 955 La Paz Road
Cost: free
Info: libguides.westmont.edu/lotusland
three different themed hikes conducted
simultaneously followed by a picnic with
your own lunch, a tour of the newly-
renovated barn, observatory, pond, and
new Tipton House, a set up for painters at
the pond, and use of a bocce ball court.
Reservations required.
When: 8:30 am
Cost: $10 per hiker, or $15 per couple or
family suggested donation
Info and RSVP: Sedgwick@lifesci.ucsb.edu
or 686-1941, extension 6
Earth Day Activity Day
Head to Summer for Kids for a day flled
with fun, eco-friendly cardboard activities,
a visit with Alex the balloon artist, and free
lemonade and snacks. The frst ten kids will
get a Plan Toys goodie bag.
When: 11 am
Where: 1235 Coast Village Road, Suite C
Cost: free Info: 565-2299
SUNDAY APRIL 15
Wildlife Sanctuary Awards
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
presents the 16
th
annual Wildlife Sanctuary
Awards, a noon luncheon in the Loggia
Ballroom at the Biltmore. There will be
silent auctions and honorees, and the
Master of Ceremonies for the event will be
Mike Klan, sports director for KEYT.
When: 12 noon
Where: 1260 Channel Drive
Cost: $125 per person,
$1,250 per table of ten
Info: 687-5660 or www.sbwcn.org
SATURDAY APRIL 14
Carpinteria Greenhouse & Nursery
Tour
Santa Barbara County Flower and Nursery
Growers Association is hosting a day
of farm tours in the Carpinteria Valley.
The public is invited to come and learn
about the local fower industry and see the
variety of crops that are grown.
When: 11 am to 4 pm
Where: Map available online at www.
carpinteriafarmtours.com/map
Cost: free
Info: anna@carpinteriagreenhousetours.
com or 576-7417
Prom Dress Boutique Opening
Assistance League of Santa Barbara will
open doors to the Prom Dress Boutique on
April 14. Over 600 new and almost new
prom dresses many from award-winning
designers such as Jessica McClintock,
Jovani, and Marc Jacobs will be
available for loan to all girls attending high
school proms in the greater Santa Barbara
area. Bring school ID.
When: The Boutique will be open on
Saturdays (April 14, 21, & 28 and
(If you have a Montecito event, or an event that concerns Montecito,
please e-mail kelly@montecitojournal.net or call (805) 565-1860)
MONDAY APRIL 16
Thomas Jeffersons
Amazing Vegetable Garden
Director of Gardens and Grounds at Monticello Peter
Hatch will discuss his book, A Rich Spot of Earth:
Thomas Jeffersons Revolutionary Garden at Monticello
at Lotusland. The talk and book showcase Jeffersons
vegetable garden, its uniquely American characteristics,
and its lasting infuence on American culinary, garden,
and landscape history. Extensively and painstakingly restored under Peter Hatchs
direction, the 1,000-foot terraced vegetable garden now boasts the same medley of
plants that Jefferson cultivated in the early 19
th
century.
Mr. Hatch has been responsible for the maintenance, interpretation and restoration
of the 2,400-acre landscape at Monticello since 1977. He has written several
previous books on Jeffersons gardens and is an advisor for First Lady Michelle
Obamas White House kitchen garden.
A reception will follow where Mr. Hatch will talk informally and sign copies of his
book, which will be available for purchase.
When: 3 pm Registration: 969-990; a confrmation and directions to the Visitor
Entrance will be provided on receipt of reservation Info: www.lotusland.org
SUNDAY APRIL 15
Science of Surfng
In a talk titled Surfs Up! But
Where and How High? Peter
Neushul, a faculty member in UC
Santa Barbaras History of Science
program, will discuss the science
of wave prediction and fnding the
best surf in any given area.
Catching the best waves requires
more than just checking the tide
calendar, grabbing a board, and
heading down to the surf. With todays technology, it has become a matter of wave
prediction data and animated video about key surf spots published in real time on
surfng websites.
When: 12 noon
Where: Moby Dick Restaurant on Stearns Wharf
Cost: $20-$23
Info: 893-4388
May 5 & 12) from 11 am to 3 pm, and
Wednesdays (April 18 & 25 and May 2 &
9) from 4 to 6 pm
Where: 1259 Veronica Springs Road
Info: Dianne, dianneharrell@cox.net or
569-0785
Sketch Session
All are welcome to the 23
rd
annual Kids
Draw Architecture 2012 Sketch Sessions.
Kids Draw Architecture is a program
developed by the Architectural Foundation
of Santa Barbara. Sessions are free,
drawing materials are provided, and local
architects and artists will be on hand to
offer guidance.
When: 1 to 3 pm
Where: Santa Barbara Courthouse,
1100 Anacapa Street
Info: 965-6307 or www.afsb.org
Sedgwick Reserve Hikes
The rugged Santa Ynez Valley is the setting
for a series of monthly interpretive hikes
and nature activities open to the public
each fall and spring on the 6,000-acre
UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. The hikes run
on the second Saturday of each month
between October and May. Activities include
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Friends of Montecito Library Annual Meeting
In conjunction with its annual meeting, the Board
of the Friends of the Montecito Library is hosting a
discussion and demo of eBook use and availability
offered by the Santa Barbara Library system.
Scott Love and Jace Turner, librarians from
the Central Library, will give the presentation on
the developing eBook and audio book market.
People with eReaders and other mobile devices are
encouraged to bring them along, to learn how to
download books and audio books for free from the library. Turner and Love will
also bring a Kindle, Nook, and Sony eReader for anyone to look at. Circulation on
eBooks is up by over 230% since January 2011.
When: 4 pm
Where: 1469 East Valley Road Cost: free
WEDNESDAY APRIL 18
Composers Concert
The Composers Concert will feature works
by Westmont student composers
When: 7 pm
Where: Deane Chapel on Westmont
Campus, 955 La Paz Road
Info: www.westmont.edu
THURSDAY APRIL 19
Luncheon & Lecture
General Michael Rogers, Santa Barbaras
Window on the World, the Committee on
Foreign Relations and The Pierre Claeyssens
Veterans Museum and Library Present a
lecture: 70 Years On; a Tribute to Three of
Santa Barbaras Most Highly Decorated Fighter
Pilots 1942-1945. The program features
General Michael Rogers, Colonel Hugh
Dow, and Lt. William Davis III. Colonel
Noel Zamot moderates.
When: 12 noon
Where: Reagan Room of Fess Parkers
Doubletree Resort, 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd
Cost: $30-$35
Info: channelcity@earthlink.net
Saks & the City
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation presents
the 5
th
annual Saks & the City event
held at Saks Fifth Avenue downtown.
The day will include mini makeovers,
massages, appetizers, live auction,
shopping, the Dice & Diamonds
Casino, and music by DJ Fab, and
other features.
When: 6 to 10 pm
Where: 1001 State Street
Cost: $125 per ticket
Info: 884-1019 or www.
teddybearcancerfoundation.org/events
Meet & Greet
A happy hour get-together and meet and
greet with the new Santa Barbara Tea
Party Board
When: 4 to 6:30 pm
Where: Endless Summer Bar & Caf,
113 Harbor Way, Suite 180
FRIDAY APRIL 20
Sketching the Natives: Botanical
Drawing
Botanical drawing is a time-honored way
of studying and appreciating the natural
world. This synthesis of art and science
reached its peak with the naturalists of
the 17
th
and 18
th
centuries, but it still
applies today as a study tool and as
an enhancement to personal and visual
journaling.
Join Jo Ann McGeever Metzger in
exploring and drawing Californias native
plants at Santa Barbaras Botanic Garden.
Classes meet for six Fridays, from April 20
through May 25.
When: 11 am to 1 pm
Where: Arroyo Room of Botanic Garden,
1212 Mission Canyon Road
Cost: $85-$100
Info: 682-4726,
or www.sbbg.org
SATURDAY APRIL 21
How To Not Get Lost In the Woods
You may have seen in the news recently
stories about people getting lost on our
local trails; through this class you will
learn skills and awareness that will allow
you to remove the word lost from your
vocabulary. This class is not about being
a survivalist or living off the land, rather
its about learning how to see the land as
a familiar place and how to read the trails
and land so that you can fnd your way
anywhere.
This three-week class will be lead by
James Wapotich and held on our
local trails. Wapotich is an experienced
backpacker and has hiked many of the
trails in our local backcountry, he is a
Volunteer Wilderness Ranger with the
Forest Service and is the author of Trail
Quest, the weekly hiking column in the
Santa Barbara News-Press. Participants
must be able to comfortably hike 2-3
miles.
When: Saturdays,
April 21 through May 5, 9 am to noon
Info: 564-6946
SUNDAY APRIL 22
Tri-4-Fun Triathlon
Montecito YMCA hosts a short distance
triathlon for ages 18 & up. Swim 400
yards in the pool, bike 6 km and run 3 km.
When: 7 am check-in, start time 8 am
Where: 591 Santa Rosa Lane
Cost: Y members $15,
non-members $25
Info: James, 969-3288 MJ
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by Kelly Mahan
A
t this months Montecito
Association Board meeting,
representatives from technology
company NextG were in front of the
board announcing a new project to
erect more antennae on already existing
utility poles throughout the county.
Sharon James with NextG explained
that unlike the projects they conduct-
ed in 2009 and 2010, this time NextG
hopes to keep the Montecito com-
munity and the MA better informed
of the work before plans are submit-
ted. NextG was met with opposition
when the company built a fiber net-
work throughout the greater Santa
Barbara area in 2010 which included
140 nodes. In Montecito, the work
on existing utility poles was vaulted
underground, after neighbors and the
MA appealed the approval of the proj-
ect.
The current project is necessary
because other major telephone carri-
ers T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T
are interested in coming onto the net-
work, which currently carries Mobil
PCS. There are capacity issues,
James said. The project consists of
adding antennae on 13 existing sites in
Montecito, six of which are in Caltrans
right of way. NextG is also propos-
ing adding two more antenna sites,
both of which will be on Santa Rosa
Lane. That is a problem, said MA
board member Cindy Feinberg, who
staunchly opposed the project two
years ago and prevented NextG from
erecting an antenna near Montecito
Union School. James explained one of
the sites on Santa Rosa Lane will be on
an already existing utility pole, with a
proposal to build a new pole further
down Santa Rosa Lane, near the polo
field.
Board member Evan Aptaker asked
Joe Milone, Director of Government
Relations with NextG, why there is
a need to progress with this type of
work in Montecito. Milone explained
that the wireless companies, in an
effort to keep customers happy with
speedy service and capacity, try to
stay ahead of the curve and look into
strains on the network. He went on to
explain that NextG is open to taking
site visits with MA board members
to look at the proposed antenna sites.
We understand aesthetics are impor-
tant to you, and we want to work
together on this, Milone said.
The MA Land Use Committee will
look into the specifics of this proj-
ect next month, including any new
health research that has emerged. Ms
James will also meet with First District
Supervisor Salud Carbajal later this
month to discuss the project.
Community Reports
Montecito Fire Chief Kevin Wallace
thanked the MA board for its work
during his tenure as chief. His succes-
sor, Battalion Chief Stephen (Chip)
Hickman, will now be attending the
MA meetings, as Chief Wallace retires
next month.
Sheriff Lieutenant Kelly Moore
reported another panga boat has been
found, this time at Refugio Beach. Its
the largest boat to date to come ashore
in California, he said.
Highway 101 Updates
Gregg Hart with SBCAG remind-
ed the board about the information-
al meetings to be held by Caltrans
regarding the High Occupancy Vehicle
project slated for the 101 freeway
between Santa Barbara and Ventura.
The meetings will be held on April
24 at Montecito Country Club, and
April 25 at Carpinteria High School,
from 5 pm to 8:30 pm. A presentation
of the overview of the project will
be made, as well as a question and
answer segment. People looking to
make comments will be able to put
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for the Environmental Impact Review
document.
MA president Dick Nordlund said
the board is still in conversations to
alter the project so that the HOV por-
tion of the freeway will stop south of
Summerland. We have had lots of
conversations and we are still work-
ing on trying to simplify the process
and cutting down the construction
time, Nordlund said.
Bob Short, who heads a subcommit-
tee looking into the project, voiced his
concern over sound walls, intersec-
tions at Cabrillo Blvd and Sheffield
Drive, the visual impact of the expan-
sion, and the extension of the HOV
lane into Montecito. He reported that
the board is looking at the EIR indi-
vidually, and will make a collective
position on the project at a later date.
The MA will hold a town forum to
hear from residents on the project; the
date is to be determined.
Miramar Update
On Tuesday, April 10, Caruso
Affiliated announced that its loan
on the Miramar Hotel Property has
been paid in full, reaffirming the
companys commitment to the rede-
velopment of the dilapidated site,
according to Senior Vice President
for Development, Matt Middlebrook.
Owner Rick Caruso has also
announced that on March 19, he made
an early payment towards the $1.395
million mitigation fee required by the
California Coastal Commission. The
funds will be designated for improve-
ment to Santa Barbara County public
beachfront accommodations.
We are and will continue to be
focused on the development and our
long-term ownership of the Miramar
Hotel property, Caruso, who has
owned the vacant hotel property
since 2007, said in a statement. While
there were unavoidable delays due to
uncertainties in the economy, the steps
we have taken to pay off our loan
and to pay the County the mitigation
funds further demonstrate our long-
standing dedication to this project
and to this community. Montecito
Association president Dick Nordlund
said about the news: This is a major
step.
The County is currently consider-
ing an ordinance to create a Hotel
Incentive Program featuring a
Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) rebate
for new hotel developments through-
out the county. Caruso has committed
to demolish the existing buildings if
the rebate plan is adopted and the
Miramar is accepted into the program.
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12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 14 The Voice of the Village
C
arpinteria may seem like a
sleepy small town harking back
to the 50s, but theres nothing
laid back about its Girls Inc. club. At
the annual Women of Inspiration
luncheon, I met two recent stars of
the group. Both Andrea Delgado and
Karina Jougla have been attending
since they were in kindergarten. They
are both national scholars having each
won $15,000 from the Lucile Miller
Wright Scholarship Fund. Hundreds,
if not thousands, of girls applied from
all over the United States with only ten
winners. Even more impressive is that
Andrea and Karina are the 17
th
and
18
th
winners from Carpinteria Girls
Inc. Their bios at this young age are
already notable. They deserve their
title of 2012 Girls of Inspiration.
The Garden to Table theme turned
the gym into a colorful array of tables
that looked like a box of new Crayolas
with all the bright hues. My table was
red and centered with radishes. Each
table had a different food to match the
color. The favors for each person were
tiny plants to add to your garden.
I thought mine was squash, but Ill
have to plant it and see what comes
up.
Local lady Dorothy Campbell (89
years young) founded this club in
1971. The four honorees that make
wonderful role models were intro-
duced: Janet McCann, Meredith
Scott, Marni Cooney and Janet
Garufis. These ladies never stop.
Executive director Victoria Juarez
reminded us that they serve 600 girls
a year with their many programs.
We have a new one called Eureka.
We need forty girls from Carpinteria
to attend a summer camp at UCSB
for a month. They will learn about
science, math and more. Many will
be first generation college attendees,
said Victoria.
Keynote speaker Kathleen de
Chadenedes is a professional chef,
sustainable agriculture advocate and
nonprofit program director. She is cur-
rently director of the Orfalea Funds
Cool Food Initiative, whose mission
is to encourage the school districts in
the county to implement and sustain
nourishing, cooked-from-scratch food
service. She says, Kids cant identify
many foods, but if they grow it and
know it, they eat it. She would like
every preschool to have a garden as
well.
Board president Craig Price said,
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Victoria has canvassed the neighbor-
hoods and there are many girls still
out there. It costs us $100 a week per
girl, so make a donation.
Making this event a success were
co-chairs Nini Seaman and Sandra
Tyler along with Dara Towers, Sue
Parker, Connie Smith and Betsy
Jones Zwick. If youd like to help the
girls, call Girls Inc. of Carpinteria at
684-6364.
Dedication Reception
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Ohio in 1852 by Horace Mann. The
first college in the United States to
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woman and the first college to offer
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we all had a tour of the establish-
ment that is complete with an audito-
rium, library, classrooms and offices.
In the lobby is a lovely bronze sculp-
ture of Correta Scott King by alumni
MacLean Tiffany whose proud mom
is Montecito Bank and Trusts Mary
Ellen Tiffany. King was an alumnus
of the Ohio Antioch.
Chair of the Board Vicki Riskin told
us, We partnered with the Hutton
Parker Foundation to purchase the
building, calling Tom Parker a star
in a wonderful pantheon of people.
She thought that Santa Barbara was
more stellar than any other city in the
United States.
Tom spoke of Guy Smith, vice pres-
ident of institutional advancement at
Antioch, saying, We were roommates
in college. We could destroy each oth-
ers careers, but then it was the sixties
so anything was okay. He praised the
collaboration Antioch Santa Barbara
has with SBCC, whereby a student
can attend SBCC for three years, then
one year at Antioch for a degree that
is less expensive. There are over 400
students enrolled at Antioch now.
President of the college Dr. Nancy
Leffert, famous for having the best
socks in town, told us, Architect Bob
Kupiec that we hired is now my boss
since he became a trustee. She told
of Sara Miller McCune for whom the
library is named, hinting that there
were many more naming opportuni-
ties.
There are five campuses in four
states and ours has been here for 35
years. Heres to 35 more!
Funk Zone Fun
The Arts Fund, located in the funk
zone at 205 C Santa Barbara Street,
just held an opening night reception
for an exhibition of one of its own,
Westmont graduate James Hapke.
He won the 2011 Individual Artist
Award (IAA) in Printmaking, gar-
nering him $2,000 in prize money.
Fortunately a lovely lady who lives in
Casa Dorinda, Suzanne Bock, spon-
sored the show for James. She is an
award and exhibit sponsor.
Since it was Easter break, James
brother and friends from Whitworth
College in Spokane surprised him.
Also there were grandma and grand-
pa from San Clemente and James
mother, dad and sister. Proud rela-
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the ribbon-cutting grand opening
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12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 17 I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face Johnny Depp
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the interested artsy folk who like to
attend openings.
We all munched on Andrew Elias
absolutely delicious San Francisco
sourdough bread made in his kitch-
en and a good accompaniment to
the wine. President of the Arts Fund
Shirley Dettman told us, Were
doing what we can to try and encour-
age artists to stay here. IAA com-
mittee chair Sue Savage explained,
The awards have been in existence
for twenty-three years. The jurors
are out of the area and dont know
the artists.
Gallery manager Catherine Gee
wants everyone to know that the 2012
applications for awards are out and,
We are calling for entries. The cat-
egories are fiber art, short film, stone
sculpture and watercolor. Entrants
must be 18 years of age or older and
the deadline is Tuesday, June 2.
James works will be on display until
May 19. Gallery hours are Tuesday
through Saturday from 1-5 pm. For
more information, call 965-7321. MJ
Grandma Betty Hapke with artist grandson James Hapke and sponsor Suzanne Bock at The Arts Fund
exhibit reception
Anticipating healthy living advice that would be extolled two centuries later,
Jefferson wrote, I have lived temperately, eating little animal food, and that
as a condiment for the vegetables which constitute my principal diet.
Peter Hatch, Director of Gardens and Grounds at Monticelloand
an advisor to the White House kitchen gardenwill talk about
Jeffersons amazing 1,000-foot terraced vegetable garden, now
fully restored by Mr. Hatch. A reception will follow.
The cost is $35 for members, $45 for non-members.
To register call 969.9990.
Directions to Lotusland will be mailed
upon receipt of your reservation.
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A Rich Spot of Earth:
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Santa Barbara Premiere
Kronos Quartet
Music of Steve Reich
Thu, Apr 12 / 8 pM
uCSB CAMpBell hAll
All-Steve Reich Program:
Diferent Trains, Triple Quartet ,
Selections from The Cave, WTC 9/11
Masters of mime, dance and acrobatics
sure fre inspired fun! The New York Times
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Santa Barbara Debut
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MoN, Apr 16 / 8 pM
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Fela Kutis son Seun shows how Afrobeat
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surge ofset by truly scorching brass
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Ballet du Grand
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Philippe Cohen, Artistic Director
Choreography by Benjamin Millepied,
New York City Ballet principal and
Black Swan choreographer
Tue, Apr 17 / 8 pM
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wed, Apr 18 / 7:30 pM / CAMpBell hAll
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wait till we get our feet under us!
Preparing for Polo
Prince William and Kate wont be
there, but the 101st season of the
Santa Barbara Polo Club, which opens
on Sunday, May 6, promises to be a
cracker.
Texan tycoon John Muse will be
going for an unheard of three-peat of
the Bombardier Pacific Coast Open
trophy, one of Americas most historic
polo competitions, with his Lucchese
team, which has boasted the presence
of the worlds top player, Argentine
ace Adolfo Cambiaso, for the past
two years and, Im told, might well
feature the dashing equestrian again
this year.
It will certainly be the highlight
of the season, featuring the worlds
top players and mounts, enthuses
new club manager, Bob Puetz. To
win a major twenty-goal tournament
for three consecutive years is pretty
spectacular, by any standards. And
Adolfo is quite a draw himself, having
been considered the best player on the
globe for many years.
Its the perfect equestrian storm!
As the opening day coincides with
Kentucky Derby weekend, mint juleps
will be joining the bar lineup and, for
the fifth consecutive year, I have been
asked to judge the mlange of magnifi-
cent millinery that will be on display in
the enclosure and stands, many of them
from Montecito milliner, Lana Marm,
who sold many a tte topper for last
Julys royal visit, the unforgettable high-
light of the clubs centennial season.
The day before, Saturday, the Buy
One Save One Foundation, which pro-
vides safe and accessible water in
developing countries, will be having
its third annual Kentucky Derby fund-
raiser at the historic Carpinteria club...
Birthday Bash
Tout le monde was in attendance
when British society jeweler Corinna
Gordon celebrated the 20th anniver-
sary of her 40th at her impressive
Asian-inspired downtown penthouse
loft with its panoramic views of the
mountains and ocean.
More than 100 guests snaffled
the canaps and quaffed the Veuve
Clicquot, not to mention an exquisite
magnum of Moet & Chandon Imperial
champagne that film festival director
Roger Durling had just brought back
from the Epernay vineyards, north
east of Paris, where the company,
the worlds largest, produces 26 mil-
lion bottles of bubbly, including Dom
Prignon, annually on its 2,500 acres
of prime vineyards.
The boffo bash, which rather resem-
bled a party in a New York Soho loft,
with equal dollops of chic and sophis-
tication, attracted a heavenly host
of Santa Barbara bold-faced names,
including Cheryl Ladd and Brian
Russell, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Barry and
Jelinda DeVorzon, Amanda Masters,
John Saladino, Anne Towbes, Bob
and Marlene Veloz, Gerry and
MISCELLAnY (Continued from page 6)
Carpinteria polo ace Jason Crowder galloping
down SB Polo Clubs Holden Field
Barry DeVorzon, birthday girl Corinna Gordon and
Cheryl Ladd (Photo credit: Sophia Natalia)
12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 19 America: its like Britain, only with buttons Ringo Starr
WHATS NEXT?
SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY PRESENTS
With Santa BarBara Choral SoCiety
STATE STREET BALLET PRESENTS
UCSB ARTS & LECTURES PRESENTS
CAMA PRESENTS
UCSB ARTS & LECTURES
UCSB ARTS & LECTURES PRESENTS
Imaging Spence, Morrie Jurkowitz,
Gina Tolleson, Nancy Koppelman,
Kendall Conrad, Sharon and Colin
Friem Wallace, Brian King, Mary
Ellen Tiffany and Geonine Moriarty.
It was, by any standards, quite a
bounteous birthday blast...
Huguettes Handsome Homes
The first of three massive New York
apartments belonging to the late reclu-
sive copper heiress Huguette Clark
has been sold after being on the mar-
ket less than a month.
While the final price has not been
revealed, the 5,000-sq-ft 14-room pre-
war penthouse pad on Fifth Avenue,
overlooking Central Park, was listed
by top broker Brown Harris Stevens
for $24 million.
Clark, who was 104-years-old when
she died nearly a year ago, had not
lived in any of the apartments for
decades, but kept her enormous $3
million doll collection at the ritzy
address.
The two other apartments, on the
eighth floor, in the same building are
for sale for $19 million and $12 million.
When she was alive the three apart-
ments cost Clark $28,500 a month in
co-op fees, or $342,000 a year...
Feast for Easter
Santa Barbaras Rescue Mission,
which does sterling work year-round
to help the homeless, held its annual
Easter Feast when 300 needy folk
turned out to gobble down the ham
and pumpkin pie lunch.
Having also served at the 47-year-
old missions Christmas and
Thanksgiving events during my five
years here, I was again one of 20 vol-
unteers who turned out to help.
These are people with little left to
live for, says Rolf Geyling, presi-
dent. We hope to change their lives
around. It costs only $1.50 to give one
guest a nutritious meal.
This year, the time of the event was
put back an hour so it didnt clash with
the 5th annual homeless foot washing
at the Veterans Memorial Building,
which attracted 250 recipients.
Last year the mission, which has
MISCELLAnY Page 304
Nancy OConnor, Rescue Mission president Rolf
Geyling, Rocky Jacobson and Richard Mineards
at the Rescue Mission Easter Feast (Photo credit:
Rebecca Wilson)
Cirque
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compiled by Flora Kontilis from information supplied by Santa Barbara County
Sheriffs Department, Carpinteria Division
SHERIFFS
BLOTTER
Black Bear Sighting
D
uring the morning hours of April 6, 2012, the Santa Barbara County
Sheriffs Department received several calls of a black bear in the area of
Sycamore Canyon Road and Cold Spring Road.
The Sheriffs Department is working with Fish and Game to locate and
deal with the bear. Additionally, Cold Spring School has been notified of
the sightings and will take appropriate actions to make sure students are
safe.
If you see a bear or any potentially dangerous wild animal, call the Sheriffs
Department. Do not attempt to scare the animal or frighten it away. If left alone,
these animals usually leave the area on their own.
Unoccupied Vehicle Catches Fire
Sunday, 8 April, 5:37 am Deputy Gallaher was dispatched to Schoolhouse
Road in response to a report of a car-horn disturbance from a vehicle
parked in a private driveway. When Gallaher arrived, the Montecito Fire
Department was already on the scene; there had been a fire in the ignition
and steering column. The deputy said the vehicles interior was charged
with thick smoke. Gallaher and Montecito Fire discovered that no one was
in the area at the time the fire ignited. The deputy searched the area around
the vehicle for the owner or for information about the owners whereabouts.
Gallaher also searched the vehicle and found several miscellaneous items
like a small green suitcase containing family photos. The deputy conducted
a records check on the vehicles registration; from that information, Gallaher
attained a womans name. The deputy was unable to contact the registered
owner by phone. A report was taken. MJ
This will not only be a great hotel,
but a beautiful property, which will
attract visitors and help reinvigorate
the local economy, Middlebrook said.
Once open, the hotel is expected to
generate more than $3 million annu-
ally in new property tax and sales tax.
Permits for the plans for the property
were extended by the Santa Barbara
County Board of Supervisors last
month.
Fire Destroys
Montecito Home
On Saturday, April 7, Montecito Fire
Protection District was called to a
home on Cota Lane in Montecito.
Upon arrival at the scene, fire per-
sonnel reported the home was fully
engulfed in flames; cause of the fire is
still under investigation.
MFPDs Geri Ventura tells us it is
unclear at this time where the fire
started in the home. It had a heavy
fire load, meaning a lot of contents
that contributed to the fires inten-
sity, she said. The home, which was
completely destroyed in the blaze,
was a 700-sq-ft cottage built in the
1920s. Two nearby cottages were
spared, although one sustained heat
damage and a broken window. The
renters of the burned cottage, a hus-
band and wife, attempted to put out
the fire themselves; it was neighbors
who saw flames and called 911.
Luckily there were no injuries, and
other homes in the area were saved.
One of the neighbors had just cleared
vegetation around her home, so that
contributed to her homes safety, Ms
Ventura said. The home was existing
non-conforming, and according to the
owners they will not rebuild it.
MFPD offers defensible space sur-
veys. Montecito residents can call 969-
7762 and a representative from MFPD
will come out for free and survey the
property for vegetation that could
contribute to a fire. High fire season
is right around the corner, and vegeta-
tion is really important in this com-
munity, Ventura said.
Six engines, one rescue vehicle,
one light and air unit and several
command vehicles responded to
Saturdays incident. Agencies on
scene included MFPD, Santa Barbara
City and Carpinteria-Summerland
Fire Districts.
Marsha Zilles Retires
Youre never too small to make a
difference, Marsha Zilles told me
during a recent interview. Zilles, an
architect who has been on Montecito
Board of Architectural Review since
2005, has announced her retirement
from the board.
Zilles has lived in Montecito for 25
years, and says she has helped keep
the heart and soul of Montecito intact
during her time on MBAR. Im leav-
ing feeling good, and like I made a
difference, she said.
Zilles worked tirelessly in 2006 and
2007 to perfect Westmont Colleges
Master Plan. I spent fourteen full
days of time helping the architect
focus on the environment, she said.
Zilles spoke in front of Montecito
Planning Commission on the proj-
ect, and her suggestions to redesign
the building guidelines prompted
Westmont architects to bring a new
project to the table. The new design
utilized the design guidelines given
to them and the project received rave
reviews, Zilles said. The Master Plan
was approved three months later, and
Westmont received an anonymous
donation of $75 million to start con-
struction.
Through MBAR, Zilles was also
instrumental in changing a coun-
ty ordinance regarding the RMZ
(Resource Management Zone) district.
In the past, a construction project in
the RMZ district was not required to
be seen by MPC. Zilles, along with
MBAR members Bill Palladini and
Tony Spann, urged MPC to change
the ordinance, so planning commis-
sioners would have purview over the
ecologically sensitive area in the foot-
hills above Montecito. I spent four
days putting together a PowerPoint
presentation to explain why MPC
needed to revise the ordinance. We
managed to indeed get it rewritten,
she said.
After her retirement from the board,
Zilles will continue her work for
Hope Ranch as the Director of Design
and Construction. Any projects in
the Hope Ranch area are reviewed
by Zilles for their compatibility with
the neighborhood. Zilles also owns
her own architecture firm, Zilles
Architecture Group (ZAG).
MBAR, which meets every third
Monday, sees about ten projects
within the Montecito area each meet-
ing. Earlier this year Don Nulty was
selected as chair, with Sam Maphis as
vice chair.
I will miss the people, and miss
being able to influence my commu-
nity in that capacity, Zilles said.
Because her departure comes before
the official end of her second term,
Zilles will remain on the board until
her replacement is selected by First
District Supervisor Salud Carbajal.
May Madness
Save the Date: May Madness at
Music Academy of the West is sched-
uled for Saturday, May 5, from 9 am
to 3 pm.
The Academys widely popular
event is a massive estate and trea-
sure sale featuring furniture, small
appliances, kitchenware, fine linens,
antiques, silver, crystal, china, rugs,
art, books, board games, music and
movies, electronics, luggage, jewelry,
garden accessories, mens and wom-
ens clothing, and sports equipment.
Merchandise will be arrayed by type
throughout the Academys Montecito
grounds.
The Music Academy is currently
seeking donations of clean items
in good condition to sell at May
Madness. Obsolete electronics, large
kitchen appliances, and architectural
salvage materials will not be accepted.
Items should be brought to the Music
Academy campus, and clothing dona-
tions may also be delivered to The
Rack, the on-campus resale apparel
shop.
Now in its 36th year, May Madness
is organized by the Womens
Auxiliary of the Music Academy of
the West, a volunteer organization
that supports the Academy year-
round. Proceeds from May Madness
benefit the Music Academys full-
scholarship program. Sponsors this
year include Village Properties, the
Santa Barbara Independent, the Santa
Barbara Inn, Karen and Harry Kolb,
Occhiali, Wendy Foster and Pierre
Lafond, Hazelwood Transfer and
Storage, Michael G. Schmidtchen &
Co., Strategic Incentives, and Ablitts
VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 13)
A home on Cota Lane in Montecito was a total
loss in a structure fire over the weekend
Montecito Board of Architectural Review member
Marsha Zilles retires from the board
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Crane School Concert
Fifteen eighth-graders at Crane
Country Day School in Montecito will
host a benefit concert for the Make-A-
Wish Foundation of the Tri-Counties
on Saturday, April 21 at 3 pm. The
students, four of whom sat down
with me earlier this week to discuss
the event, are organizing the con-
cert as part of their Service Learning
class, taught by Crane teacher Janey
Cohen.
At the beginning of the semester,
the class, an elective for Crane stu-
dents, was divided into four groups.
Each of the groups developed an idea
for a community service project and
presented their ideas to the entire
class. Then they voted on the best
idea, which was to raise money for
the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish
Foundation. Everybody really came
on board, Ms Cohen said.
The goal of the concert is to raise
$5,000, the average cost to grant a wish
to kids with a life threatening illness.
For student Brenda Rodriguez, the
idea hits close to home, as her younger
sister Briana, also a Crane student,
was granted a wish at the age of five.
She was diagnosed with cancer, and
her wish was for our whole family to
go to Disney World, Rodriguez said.
Briana is now cancer free.
The 1.5-hour concert, to be held
on the lawn at Crane, will feature
Cranes own acclaimed xylophone
and marimba group called Vibes.
Many of the Service Learning kids
are part of Vibes, so they will both
be organizing and performing at the
event. Also on the roster of musicians:
Lily & Marley, Santa Barbara High
Madrigals, Cranes Joel Jamison,
Chris Keet, the Ukaladies, and Crane
student Bridget Mitchell on her harp.
The concert will feature a bake sale,
sno-cones, and a lemonade stand,
said student Austin Coombs. All pro-
ceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish
Foundation of the Tri-Counties. If the
$5,000 goal is met, the students will
then be able to pick a local child and
grant their wish. If we reach $10,000,
then we can help two kids, explained
Natasha Feshbach. Popular wishes
include shopping sprees with celebri-
ties, trips to Disney World, puppies,
and sporting event tickets.
The Service Learning students have
also participated with Casa Esperanza,
Friendship Center, and Teddy Bear
Cancer Foundation, where they
donated activity packs to entertain
young cancer patients during their
chemotherapy treatments.
Tickets for the benefit concert are
$15 for adults; kids are free. The
concert is open to the public. We
want everyone to come! said Oliver
Welch. Attendees will have the oppor-
tunity to pledge money for the cause
at the event.
For more information, email events@
craneschool.org.
Sheriff Employees
Promoted
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill
Brown promoted three Sheriffs
employees during a ceremony last
Thursday, March 29. More than sixty
family, friends and colleagues of those
promoted attended the event at the
Sheriffs Training Facility in Goleta.
Montecitos Lieutenant Brad McVay
began his career with the Santa
Barbara Sheriffs Office in 1985 as a
Reserve Deputy and became a full-
time Sheriffs Deputy the next year.
Since that time, Lieutenant McVay has
worked numerous patrol assignments,
as well as collateral duties, most
notably as a veteran canine handler
and POST certified canine evaluator.
During his past eight years as a ser-
geant, Lieutenant McVay supervised
patrol squads, a Mobile Field Force
Team, and more recently communi-
ty based programs, such as Crime
Prevention and DARE. He devel-
oped the SBSOs current Volunteer
Program, as well as the award win-
ning Project Lifesaver Program and
Operation Medicine Cabinet. For the
last year and a half, he has served as
the Adjutant to Sheriff Brown.
Sergeant Jeff Greene began his
career with the Sheriffs Office as a
Correction Officer in June of 1999,
when he was simultaneously hired by
the Lompoc Police Department as a
Reserve Police Officer. He spent near-
ly 20 months working for both agen-
cies until he was promoted to Sheriffs
Deputy in 2001, graduating from Alan
Hancock Police Academy that same
year. Since then, Sergeant Greene has
worked assignments at every station,
from Carpinteria to Santa Maria. He
has been a Field Training Officer and
a member of the Gang Unit. He was
the Casino Liaison Deputy for the last
three years, has been on the Hostage
Negotiations Team for the last six
years, and has been a Senior Deputy
since 2005.
Custody Sergeant Anthony
Espinoza started his career with
the Sheriffs Office as a Correction
Officer in October of 1998 and within
a year earned the Deputy Sheriffs
Association Correction Officer Rookie
of the Year award. Custody Sergeant
Espinoza has been a training offi-
cer for the past eleven years. From
October 2006 to January 2007, he was
an Acting Senior Correction Officer
and in April 2007, he promoted to
the rank of Senior Correction Officer.
In 2011, he became a member of the
Special Operations Response Team
(SORT).
International Chiari
Association
The International Chiari Association
(ICA) has announced Montecito real-
tor Marco Farrell has joined the Board
of Directors. The newly formed Santa
Barbara-based non-profit aims to edu-
cate the public and the medical commu-
nity about Chiari malformations, a wide-
ly misunderstood neurological disorder.
Farrell is the owner of Ultrabands.
com, a company specializing in prod-
ucts and fundraisers for organiza-
tions large and small. Farrell has been
involved with local organizations
including Semana Nautica, Teddy
Bear Cancer Foundation, and Sansum
Diabetes Foundation. He also has
extensive volunteer work. Nobody
has more ideas than Marco Farrell,
said ICA founder and president Pete
Dal Bello.
Mr. Farrell is the final board mem-
ber to be added in ICAs first year.
For more information visit www.
ChiariAssociation.org.
Carpinteria Aquatics
The Carpinteria Community Pool
swim club has recently hired two
new coaches for the Tritons age group
swim team.
Head coach Martin Armstrong
has been involved with competi-
tive swimming for over 30 years,
which includes 25 years as a
Masters competitor and water polo
player. He is a certified ASCA-
Level 2 Swim Coach and is a regis-
tered US Swimming and JS Masters
Swimming Coach.
Working with Armstrong is Coach
Justin Burdine-Ortega. Justin has
a degree in Kinesiology, and spent
a number of years as a competitive
swimmer and swim coach.
The Carpinteria Aquatics Club
meets after school at the Carpinteria
Community Swimming Pool on
Carpinteria Avenue. For more infor-
mation call 566-2417. MJ
Lieutenant Brad
McVay gets pro-
moted by Santa
Barbara County
Sheriff Bill Brown
Montecitos
Marco Farrell
has joined
the Board
of Directors
of the
International
Chiari
Association
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Four-Legged Friends of the Library
Library Corner
by Jody Thomas
Jody Thomas is the
Montecito Branch
Library Supervisor
A
pproximately 40% of
Americans have a dog as
a pet. The multi-faceted
partnership humans established with
dogs has occurred with no other
mammal. New research is helping
us understand where and when
domestication of dogs occurred.
Some of this information suggests
that it was actually dogs that initiated
our relationship, and that we in some
ways have been domesticated by
them. Domesticated dogs have lived
with us so closely and for so long that
we assume we know and understand
them. The more we scientifcally
study dog behavior, however, the
more different we learn they are.
On April 18
th
well be discussing what
we recently have learned about dog
behavior and how it can improve our
understanding and ability to relate to
dogs.
The social behavior of gray wolves
(the dogs immediate ancestor) in
captivity was studied as a basis for
how people should relate to their pet
dogs. Lately we have learned that
behavior of these captive wolves dif-
fers from that of wolves in the wild.
Also, we now know that the social
behavior of the dog is in many ways
unique from the wolf. How does or
should this affect how we treat our
pets? We know dogs can be sad, mad,
and glad. What about other emo-
tions? Do they experience emotions
of guilt or jealousy? We know dogs
share our ability to learn by classical
conditioning (Pavlov) and operant
conditioning (Skinner), but do they
learn by observation or insight?
Join David Chubb, veterinarian
and certified pet dog trainer, for our
discussion on April 18
th
at 4:00 PM.
David is the Director of the Perfect
Puppy Academy.
Workers Best Friend
Dogs are being used by libraries
across the country. Yale Law School,
and other universities have dog-
lending programs. In addition to
books, students can check out a dog
for 30 minutes at a time. It is well
documented that visits from thera-
py dogs have resulted in increased
happiness, calmness and overall
emotional well-being, writes Blair
Kauffman, the law librarian. And col-
leges are not the only places encour-
aging dog/human interaction. A
new study supports the stress-reduc-
ing benefits of bringing your dog
to work to play with, look at, and
pet while working. According to a
Virginia Commonwealth University
study, having a dog at work not only
reduces the owners stress level but
also increased the level of job satis-
faction for other employees as well.
The study, announced Thursday, was
published in the International Journal
of Workplace Health Management.
Dogs in the workplace can make
a positive difference, said head
researcher Randolph T. Barker.
The differences in perceived stress
between days the dog was present
and absent were significant. The
employees as a whole had higher job
satisfaction than industry norms.
There are many companies that have
dog-friendly policies such as Amazon
and Ben & Jerrys. According to The
Humane Society, there are many ben-
efits to having dogs at work, includ-
ing improved staff morale, better
productivity, and general friendliness
among employees.
Locally, the Goleta and Carpinteria
Public Libraries have two programs
involving dogs. The Goleta Library
program is called Paws to Read
and the program at the Carpinteria
Library is called Tail Waggin Tutors.
Dog friends come to the library to be
read to by children learning to read.
Dogs are patient and non-judgmental
listeners for emerging or struggling
readers.
We have a raft of books about dogs,
including some of our staff favorites:
A Dog Year by Jon Katz, A Three Dog
Life by Abigail Thomas, Merles Door
by Ted Kerasote, The Art of Racing in
the Rain by Garth Stein, Rin Tin Tin by
Susan Orlean, and Thunder Dog: The
True Story of a Blind man, His Guide
Dog and the Triumph of Trust at Ground
Zero by Michael Hingson. Come hear
David Chubb on April 18
th
and check
out our book selection.
And since April is poetry month, I
leave you with this one by W. Dayton
Wedgefarth:
I talk to him when Im lonesome
like; and Im sure he understands.
When he looks at me so attentively,
and gently licks my hands;
then he rubs his nose on my tai-
lored clothes, but I never say naught
thereat.
For the good Lord knows I can buy
more clothes, but never a friend like
that.
Happy reading! MJ
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Easter. Then, Room 3 sported their
handmade Magic Hunting Glasses
in the shape of two rabbits to find the
eggs on the front patio area. Their
egg-collecting bags were painted
using cotton balls instead of paint-
brushes.
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T
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participated in the annual hunt
for Easter eggs on Thursday,
April 5, with each group dressed for
the occasion and a homemade basket
in hand. First on the hunt was Room
1 donning bunny ears made from
construction paper, and collecting
eggs in recycled cans decorated with
art elements and paint. Room 2 kids
followed immediately on the tails
of their fellow playmates singing,
His Banner Over Me is Love while
jumping through the Ys backyard
fnding the colorful plastic eggs flled
with toys and chocolate.
Room 3 celebrated the day with
the theme of New Life, which they
explored through insects, plants and
other animals, in addition to having
two newborn babies visit the class-
room. Under teacher Annie Fischer,
they learned the story of all faiths at
this time of year, from Passover to
YMCA pre-
schooler
Cayden Corral
shows off
the eggs he
found during
the annual
Easter egg
hunt
YMCA Room 3 kids
race to find the hidden
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of the Y wearing their
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12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 25
T
he spring high school theater
season is upon us, and drama
departments countywide are
working fast and furiously (pardon
the clich, but its out there and I
couldnt resist using it) to present
what almost always amounts to top-
notch productions featuring some
of the best talents on display in high
schools across the spectrum.
Dos Pueblos High School, for exam-
ple, is set to present one of the first
road-show versions of Broadways
Tarzan, The Musical (based on the
Disney film) over the next couple of
weekends. This elaborate production
boasts a cast of forty bringing to life
the music and lyrics of Phil Collins,
costumes by Miller James (an accom-
plished director in his own right),
and a complete deep jungle stage set
replete with talking-singing plants
and vines that the high school actors
utilize to fly and swing high above the
stage (thanks to professional company
Flying By Foy, which has provided
the harnesses and prepped the actors,
who spent up to four hours every day
last week learning how to fly, or at
least swing from vine to vine convinc-
ingly).
The high-schoolers have been work-
ing on Tarzan since September, when
they first learned the music, moved on
to blocking out the scenes, learned the
choreography, and then began work-
ing on specific scenes.
The main cast features Raymond
Cothern, a senior, as Tarzan. Raymond
has recently been accepted at USC
to attend its game design program.
I love acting, he says, but they
have the top game design program
in the United States. DP senior
Fernanda (Nanda) Douglas is Jane.
Nandas first choice after high school
is Columbia University where she
intends to major in theater and/or
psychology and hopes to appear on
a Broadway stage. Montecito resident
Jonathan Bommerez, a junior, plays
Terk, Tarzans best friend. Jonathan
plans to attend a film academy but
hasnt chosen a favorite yet.
Lose The Elephant!
Backing up the actors will be musi-
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Fernandas father and often plays
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completely differ-
ent story (photo by
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The cast of Tarzan, The Musical features talking-and-singing plants, a gorilla band, English explorers,
and native tribesmen inhabiting an elaborate stage set deep in the African jungle, all buttressed by a
musical score by rocker Phil Collins (photo by Kanga LaVrado)
Coming & Going
by James Buckley
Swinging From The Vines
COMInG & GOInG Page 314
12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 26 The Voice of the Village
W
hen Germany agreed to
an armistice on November
11, 1918, thus ending The
Great War (WWI), Belgium found
itself among the most devastated of
European countries. Military action
accounted for over 65,000 deaths of
soldiers and civilians and another
55,000 died of famine and disease.
Belgiums industries lay in rubble,
its farmland in waste, and whole
neighborhoods ceased to exist.
On October 2, 1919, the U.S.S. George
Washington docked at Hoboken, New
York, and landed King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium along
with their son Crown Prince Leopold
and a royal retinue of 37. The first
guests of the U.S. government since
Lafayette laid the cornerstone on the
Bunker Hill Monument a hundred
years earlier, they planned to spend
26 days on a coast to coast visit of the
United States.
When President Wilson proved to
be too ill to see the Belgian delega-
tion, King Albert cancelled most of
his Eastern tour and decided to head
for California. Herbert Hoover, for-
mer chairman of the Commission for
Relief for Belgium, arranged a last
minute visit to Santa Barbara for the
royal suite.
Secretary of State Robert Lansing
advised Santa Barbara Mayor Harvey
T. Nielson that the King wanted the
visit to be low key. The telegram stated,
The King is going to Santa Barbara to
be perfectly quiet and desires to have
no official reception or recognition
You are advised that the king will be
incognito while in Santa Barbara. You
are requested to observe the above
suggestion to the fullest extent.
Well, Santa Barbara tried but it was
just not in her nature to be inhospi-
table. As the special 12-car train raced
across the continent with a crate full of
buttons (then-slang for kingly med-
als), low-key plans in Santa Barbara
proliferated.
Speeding
Across the Continent
On the westward journey, rather
than reposing in sedate seclusion as
befitted his station, Albert proved that
he was just a regular guy and no
ordinary king. He had studied jour-
nalism and worked for several news-
papers before assuming the crown,
and he was known to travel incognito
to various spots in Belgium to assess
problems and situations for himself.
When the special crossed into Ohio,
King Albert climbed into the locomo-
tive and took the throttle for ten miles.
As they sped through the grain fields
of the Midwest, the King said he was
not unmindful of the food they had
sent to his starving people in the des-
perate days of the war. And he paid
homage to the gallantry of Ohios 37
th
Division and the significant part they
played in delivering Belgium from the
Central Powers.
At Cheyenne, Wyoming, Albert
climbed into the engine cab to sit
behind the engineer for the long ride
through the moonlight. At a stop at
Sparks, Nevada, Albert was miss-
ing when the engineer called All
Aboard. He had gone for a walk up
The Way It Was
by Hattie Beresford
King Albert of Belgium Visits Santa Barbara
Ms Beresford is a retired
English and American his-
tory teacher of 30 years in
the Santa Barbara School
District. She is author of
two Noticias, El Mirasol:
From Swan to Albatross
and Santa Barbara
Grocers, for the Santa
Barbara Historical Society.
the tracks and lost sight of time. At
Truckee, Albert and his son climbed
aboard the first of the two engines
that dragged the train up the grade.
They ate lunch with the railroad men
and then climbed on top of a baggage
car for a better view of the canyons,
mountain peaks and mining towns of
the Sierras.
After reaching Sacramento, the
train turned south and reached
Santa Barbara at precisely 9:06 am on
Saturday, October 11, when the royal
party was greeted by thousands of
cheering Santa Barbarans. Whisked
away in several cars, the King and his
retinue were delivered to Montecito
where two estates had been secured
for their use. King Albert and fam-
ily stayed at Casa Dorinda, the newly
completed William Henry and Anna
Bliss mansion in Montecito. Much of
his retinue stayed at Mira Vista, the
estate built by I.G. Waterman in the
1890s.
Highlights of the Visit
To honor the King, city officials
renamed the almost-completed
Round the City Boulevard (todays
APS) as King Alfred Boulevard. The
press was impressed with Queen
Elizabeths gray walking suit and
snappy gray turban with two tassels
hanging over the side around which
had been flung a fluffy white veil. The
veil, an open effect, shielded her entire
face and had been brought down tight
under the chin and then folded and
tied behind.
After settling in at Casa Dorinda,
King Albert gave the lie to his desire
to be perfectly quiet and left entirely
alone by heading for the Miramar
where he plunked down 25 cents for
a bathing suit and plunged into surf
while Queen Elizabeth watched from
the beach. The royal partys four days
in Santa Barbara were filled with tour-
istic activities.
Prince Leopold went for a motorcy-
cle ride and spent half his time trying
to make the machine run. The rebel-
lious bike ran in spurts and emitted
black smoke and noise, once throwing
the prince to the ground. According to
Left to right: Queen Elizabeth, King Albert, and Prince Leopold debarked the George Washington on
October 2, 1919 for a month-long visit to the United States (Courtesy of Library of Congress)
King Albert
swam every
day of his stay
in Montecito
and the royal
party gathered
underneath
the umbrellas
at Miramar
Beach (Photo
courtesy of
Santa Barbara
Historical
Museum)
Alan and Macolm Loughead (Lockheed) at the controls of their F-1 Seaplane which flew King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth on an arial tour of the channel, Santa Cruz Island, the Rincon, and the Santa Barbara
coastline (Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
Queen Elizabeth, flanked by Prince Leopold and
King Albert, ceremoniously planted a citrus tree
in the Missions Sacred Garden (Photo courtesy of
Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 27 A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at Bruce Lee
the Morning Press, he returned to the
Bliss estate dirty, greasy, and thor-
oughly happy.
Meanwhile, C.K.G. Billings offered
King Albert the use of Uhlan, his
world-champion trotter. When the
king went for his first ride on the
record-setting steed, he found Sheriff
James Ross guarding the gate. In his
memoir, Herbert Hoover writes, At
that time, Santa Barbara still main-
tained a Hollywood sheriff with a
ten-gallon hat, high boots, and two
revolvers. Rosss attempt at address-
ing the king properly was a comic O
King instead of Your Majesty, but
Albert found it endearing and assured
the sheriff that it was perfectly cor-
rect. The two rode together daily and
according to Hoover, the two became
devoted to each other. The sheriff
received the Order of Leopold I when
their time together ended.
Both the King and Queen flew out
to the Channel Islands in Malcolm
and Allan H. Lougheads F-1 seaplane
and were suitably impressed with
the Santa Barbara landscape, which
reminded them of parts of Italy and
particularly of Nice.
Albert was fond of walking and
hiking and included those activities in
each of his days. One day found him
walking from Casa Dorinda to Solana,
the Frederick Forest Peabody Estate
where he dropped in quite informally
and had tea with Frederick.
Another day, Albert and his hiking
companions reached Las Canoas Drive
when the king became thirsty. His
aide approached the little frame cot-
tage belonging to Hattie Brinkerhoff.
Caught in a time warp of the 1890s,
complete with Gibson girl hairdo,
high-button shoes and a corseted
wasp waist, Hattie was used to being
teased. (Once the police chief jokingly
gave her buckboard a parking ticket.)
So, when a stranger knocked on the
door and asked for a drink of water
for the King of Belgium, she chuck-
led and pointed to the pump. This
jokester could help himself, and, a bit
taken aback, he did. Eventually, the
truth dawned on Hattie and she was
completely mortified. Nevertheless,
she ended up naming her little canyon
King Albert Glen in honor of the visit.
A Whirlwind Tour
of Town
From visitations to the three pre-
mier hotels in town (Potter, Arlington,
and El Mirasol) to planting redwood
trees at Alameda Park to picking wal-
nuts in Goleta, Albert and his queen
saw it all. Visiting the recreation cen-
ter, he especially wanted to see the
building where so many things had
been made for his country during the
war. The Red Cross building, built
for $9,000 by members of the Red
Cross during the war, would find its
peacetime use as a gymnasium.
A tour of the Flying A studios found
Albert at a screening of the film taken
during his flight in the Loughhead
(Lockheed) seaplane the day before.
The select audience chuckled at the
antics of Agent Bill Nye as he attempt-
ed to protect the king from the ador-
ing mob.
On Sunday, a special mass was held
for the King after which the royal fam-
ily was invited into the sacred garden,
special dispensation being given the
queen since women were not allowed
in the cloistered area. She earned the
honor by ceremoniously planting an
orange tree.
The last day was a busy one. Up
at 6 am, the royal family hiked to
Mira Vista and, gathering their retinue,
tramped across country to the Bothin
place in the hills. Breakfast was pre-
pared out of doors and eaten by a
blazing campfire. Then the King rode
over Cold Spring and Hot Springs
trails before taking the royal family
to Arcady where the party swam in
George Owen Knapps indoor Roman
pool.
After an afternoon swim at the
Miramar, Albert rode Uhlan on the
beach while the tide was out. The
press reported, They made a won-
derful picture, the tall, soldierly king
and the beautiful black Uhlan.
By 10 pm that evening the visit was
over, and the train headed for San
Francisco and King Alberts official
welcome to California. At the end of
the month, hopefully reinvigorated
by his time in Santa Barbara, he was
back in New York and Washington,
D.C. working to secure assistance for
Belgiums recovery in the form of
loans and business relations.
Sources: contemporary news articles in
Morning Press and New York Times; arti-
cles by Stella Haverland Rouse and Walker
Tompkins; Noticias 1963, the Memoirs of
Herbert Hoover, Book 2, Chapter 2 MJ
Back in Washington, D.C., King Albert and Queen Elizabeth bid goodbye to the Wilsons at the White
House (Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress)
King Albert on C.K.G. Billings record-setting trotter, Uhlan, on the beach in Santa Barbara (Photo cour-
tesy of Santa Barbara Historical Museum)
12 19 April 2012 MONTECITO JOURNAL 28 The Voice of the Village
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Why We Eat
Jason Baker is Founder
and President of Fitness
805 and has been a per-
sonal trainer in Montecito
for over a decade. He can
be contacted at jbaker@
fitness805.com.
M
ost of us dont realize how
often we eat when were not
hungry.
Believe it or not, this can quickly
become a problem. For many people,
there is a serious disparity between
meals they need and meals they
fall into the habit of eating. This is
often overlooked due to the fact that
increased public awareness of the dan-
gers of unhealthy food makes us more
concerned with the content of our diet
than portion and meal frequency.
Vilification of bad food can give
us a false idea that so long as we
avoid eating certain things, we will be
healthy and that the dangers of obe-
sity, diabetes and high blood pressure
wont affect us so long as we stay away
from corn syrup and saturated fats. In
actuality, it is our eating habits (when,
how often, and how much we eat) as
much as the nutritional makeup of the
food we eat that decide how healthy
our diets are.
Recently, I sat down with Fitness
805s life coach and M.A. in Psychology
Petra Beumer and asked her that com-
plicated question that seems so simple
at first glance: Why do we eat when
we are not hungry?
Her immediate response shouldnt
surprise us. Using food to feel better is
very common, explains Petra. In times
when we are, for whatever reason,
feeling down, reaching for food repre-
sents a quick fix and provides imme-
diate, however, short-lived comfort.
Not many people can claim inno-
cence here, and theres barely a need to
explain the problems with this behav-
ior. Beyond the physical health ramifi-
cations, reminds Petra, the emotional
eater is left with the original feeling
plus the added guilt of eating.
Lose lose.
In fact, its even worse than this.
Comfort eating is a short-term solution
to a bad mood, and can begin to create
a reliance on food as a mood stabilizer,
explains Petra. Unlike a weakness for
fast food, self-medicating with emo-
tional eating is a problem that tends to
worsen over time. The more you rely
on food when you feel bad, the worse
you will feel and the more you will
need to eat.
But its not just sufferers of some-
thing as serious as chronic depression
who find themselves falling into this
behavior; we eat for reasons ranging
from anxiety to plain old boredom.
Comfort Eating
Prevention
Our goal should be to make our-
selves fully aware of our own eating
habits:
Keep track of how often you eat
between meals or go for seconds (or
thirds). Become aware of your intake
amount, not only of what you eat.
If you find yourself going for food
between meals, take a moment to look
for an answer as to why youre eating.
If your motivation isnt hunger, take
the time to think. Emotional eaters
need to learn to separate hunger from
other needs, Petra explains. Ask
yourself: What am I really in need of
right now? How am I feeling?
Petra even suggests people more
concerned about their weight may
even want to start making entries
into a food/mood journal in order
to keep track of which specific feeling
caused them to eat at a specific time.
Now, realizing that feeling down
or bored can make you eat shouldnt
make you worry that youre in worse
emotional shape than you thought.
We all need little boosts now and then
to shake off our mood or worries. So
whats the biggest challenge? Finding
activities to stabilize your mood to
replace the habit of emotional eating.
Take a walk. Get yourself out of
your house, and youll be surprised
how much stress or bad mood you
leave behind.
Call a friend. Just call someone for
no other reason than to talk. Not only
is this a useful distraction, interaction
tends to boost our spirits at any time.
Indulge in something else. Read
something, watch something, do
something you want to do. Substitute
an activity for snacking.
Remember, this is something most
of us do now and again. The point is,
we need to be aware of when, why
and how often we eat when we arent
hungry, or it can quickly become a real
problem. Be mindful, know your habits
and learn to distinguish hunger from
emotional motivation to eat. You dont
want this sneaking up on you. MJ
Comfort eating is a short-term solution to a bad mood,
and can begin to create a reliance on food as a mood stabilizer
Its a well known fact cats manipulate humans to do their
bidding by using some powerful sort of mind control
Coup De Grace
by Grace Rachow
Ms. Rachow has had a lifelong affection for all creatures, and
this has led her down many strange paths.
The Mystery of Maude
P
eople who know of my love for
dogs might be surprised to learn
Ive shared space with many
cats over the years. The most amazing
one of all was Maude.
A gray tabby with white bib and
boots, she could have passed for
ordinary if not for her tail. It poked
through the bars of her cage at the
animal shelter, and it sported raccoon-
ish bands of black and gray alternat-
ing with gold, as if some mischievous
teenager had been experimenting with
the Lady Clairol. As soon as I saw this
tail, I knew Maude was the cat for me.
In return for the favor of springing
her from the hoosegow, Maude emp-
tied our backyard of pesky gophers.
She kept raccoons, skunks and opos-
sums safely on the other side of the
fence. Usually, she left birds alone,
though, maybe because she knew I
loved them as much as I loved her.
However, one day a hummingbird
flew low in Maudes vicinity. She leapt
straight up, twisted mid-flight, and
landed gracefully with the bird in her
mouth. Maudes look said, well, of
course I could do that, but now what?
I figured the hummingbird was a
goner. I held out my hand. Maude
put the creature in my palm. And
just like that it vibrated to life. The
bird zoomed to a nearby treetop and
chirped. It wasnt even stunned much
less injured from Maudes catch and
release.
Its a well known fact cats manipu-
late humans to do their bidding by
using some powerful sort of mind
control. Maude was especially bril-
liant at this. Id focus on a task of my
own choosing, not thinking of the cat.
Suddenly my mind switched gears.
Id find myself fluffing her pillow,
opening her door, or fetching her a
tasty tidbit.
I wondered (and I know Im not the
only cat lover whos suspected this) if
she was from a race of technologically
advanced extraterrestrials, and shed
cleverly planted an electronic gizmo
deep in my brain.
For 18 years Maude kept doing
amazing things, and her health was so
excellent I speculated she might live
forever. It was a bit out of character
then that her grand finale was simply
a stroke that took her ability to eat.
Sometimes animals recover from
strokes and return to something close
to normal. After a few days it was clear
Maude was not going to improve.
With sadness I made an appointment
for later that day for the vet to ease her
out of her earthly predicament.
I planned to spend that last morning
with Maude in the backyard, enjoying
bird sounds. Maude stretched out in
her favorite sunny spot. I hovered.
The phone rang. It was my friend
and fellow animal lover Fran Davis.
My attention was taken briefly with
the call. When I looked back, Maude
was gone.
Shed been so weak she couldnt
have gone far. I searched the whole
rest of the day the bushes, the hedg-
es, and even the neighboring yards.
Long story short, I never found her.
I expected that eventually Id come
across her remains but no.
The only theory that fit the facts was
that she truly had been from an alien
race, and her people had come to
beam her up. Crazy, yes, but a fitting
story to end the tale of an amazing cat.
Years passed with no new light on
the mystery. Then on a recent Sunday,
I defied heavy winds to garden. In
an area thatd been raked hundreds
of times since Maude disappeared, I
noticed a fragment of a cat-sized skull.
I glanced at branches swaying in
the wind, and high above was a large
nest. Maybe a bird of prey was the
culprit in Maudes mysterious exit?
Probably the bit of bone had been
dislodged by the wind and fell to the
ground. The flying saucer story had
been fun, but a swooping owl was a
more rational explanation.
I thought I finally had the true
answer, but first I checked to see if
this skull fragment was really from
a cat. I Googled cat anatomy images
and discovered the teeth were not
feline. Neither were they raccoons,
nor skunks. I had the mandible of an
ornery opossum.
Now that I think about it, that bone
appeared on April 1, and the most
likely scenario was Maudes space-
ship had been in the neighborhood,
and she wanted to play a little April
Fools prank on me.
As I said, Maude was a most extraor-
dinary cat. MJ
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MISCELLAnY (Continued from page 19)
100 beds, provided 164,615 meals and
61,576 safe nights of shelter.
Figures to ponder...
Oprahs Openness
With woeful ratings and recent staff
cutbacks, Oprah Winfrey has admit-
ted she launched her struggling cable
TV network, OWN, before it was
ready and says she would have tried
something else had she known it was
going to be so hard.
In a surprisingly candid interview
on CBS This Morning, the former TV
queen added she should have waited
before her hugely popular talk show
ended last May after 25 years before
starting her eponymous network.
And she revealed to hosts Charlie
Rose and her best friend, Gayle King,
she had been upset by the negative
press lambasting her for the chan-
nels low ratings and for canceling a
talk show hosted by Rosie ODonnell
after just six months.
If I were writing a book about it, I
might call it 101 Mistakes, she said.
Launching when we really werent
ready to launch is like having the
wedding when you know youre not
ready... but the invitations are out.
Oprah even considered quitting
recently after all the bad press, partic-
ularly after USA Today printed a head-
line: Not standing on her OWN.
But she says she is adamant in
continuing to fight and she had been
desperate to launch the channel after
being approached by the Discovery
Channel.
I believe I am here to fulfill a
calling, adds Oprah. Because I am
a female who is African-American
whos been so blessed in the world,
there is never going to be a time to
quit. I will die in the midst of doing
what I love to do. And that is using
my voice and using my life to try
to inspire others to live the best of
theirs.
Discovery Communications Inc. has
shelled out more than $312 million in
an attempt to get the struggling chan-
nel off the ground, but on average it
attracts fewer than 300,000 viewers for
its prime-time shows, according to the
top TV ratings agency, Nielsen.
But OWN recently got a much need-
ed shot in the arm that will see a boost
in the number of homes the channel
can be seen in after a new distribution
deal with Comcast, according to the
Wall Street Journal.
The agreement will mean an extra
3 million viewers, bringing its avail-
ability to 83 million homes...
Christophers Casa
One of our most colorful charac-
ters, Emmy-winning Back to the Future
actor Christopher Lloyd is selling his
Montecito home.
Christopher, 73, built the 4,600-sq-
ft single level Umbria-inspired four-
bedroom house after his former home
on the five-acre site was burned down
in the 2008 Tea Fire, a disaster that
destroyed 210 properties and burned
1,940 acres.
Also known for his roles in the
popular sitcom Taxi and as Uncle
Fester in the Addams Family mov-
ies, Christopher, who has been cast
with John Leguizamo in the upcom-
ing ABC comedy series Only Fools
and Horses, based on the long run-
ning British TV show, now wants to
downsize and spend more time in
New Mexico, according to his veteran
realtor Lisa Loiacono of Sothebys
International Realty.
The property is priced at $6.45 mil-
lion...
Space Saver
Santa Barbara author Eve Briere is a
great believer in space and the right
way to use it.
Eve, who describes herself as a life
skills coach, has just published 31
spaces, 31 days, a 108-page book show-
ing how to maximize space and de-
clutter your home.
With my retail background, I went
from designing closets to whole office
and residential space, she explained
at a bijou launch bash at Tecolote,
the lively literary lair in the Upper
Village.
People want to get the optimal use
of their space. If youre organized on
a daily basis youre organized in life.
Many people, unfortunately, are out of
touch with themselves. Organization
is a lifestyle choice.
Eve has nearly finished her sec-
ond tome, as yet untitled. It deals
with learning how to have a success-
ful daily schedule and meeting your
commitments.
Hopefully, youll have enough
space on the shelf for it after reading
the new book...
Monumental Ma-n
Many attendees at the Yo-Yo Ma
event at the Granada, part of UCSBs
popular Arts & Lectures series, were
probably surprised his latest concert
at the venue was more reminiscing on
his highly successful multi-Grammy
Award winning career rather than
playing his 300-year-old cello.
The 90-minute show Reflecting
on a Life in Music, sponsored by
Montecito grande dame Leslie
Ridley-Tree, began with Ma, 57, play-
ing the prelude from Bachs cello suite
No.1 and a concerto by Russian com-
poser Dmitri Shostakovich, while fill-
ing in the rest of the time recounting
his multifaceted career from his early
days living in Paris and his life-chang-
ing move to New York.
He describes his lecture tour, which
includes expounding on his multi-
cultural Silk Road Project, founded in
1998, as a way of encouraging people
in the audience to reflect on their lives
while communicating the perception
of the changes in my life.
The real treat was left until the end
when Ma played all six cello suites
from Bach.
It was a sublime performance. No
wonder all of UCSBs five Nobel
Laureates were in attendance...
Staples Center Stage
Over at the Lobero, Mozart and
Tchaikovsky held sway when the
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra,
under the capable baton of Heiichiro
Ohyama, hosted Staples Center
Stage, starring Sheryl Staples, the
orchestras former concertmaster, who
is now principal associate concertmas-
ter with the New York Philharmonic.
Her consummate ease playing
Mozarts Turkish Concerto No.5 in
A major was apparent to all.
The entertaining program wrapped
with Tchaikovskys Souvenir de
Florence in D minor, a nod to the
Italian city he visited in 1890 and
where he wrote his opera The Queen
of Spades in just 44 days. The orches-
tral piece was originally written as an
ambitious chamber work for a string
sextet...
Dance the Night Away
Santa Barbara Festival Ballet,
known for its annual performance of
The Nutcracker with a full orchestra at
the Arlington, showed its paces at the
Lobero with an impressive nine-part
work of ballet pieces.
With Wimbledon only a few months
away, Badinage with Homage to
Charles Moulton, an all-whites tennis
piece excellently choreographed by
Valerie Huston to music by Rimsky-
Korsakov and Rossini, opened the
well-produced show.
Of particular note were Nancy
Colahans In Tandem, with impres-
sive choreography by State Street
Ballet dancer Leila Drake and SB
Dance Theaters Kyle Castillo, and
Christina McCarthys Question, an
eight dancer work with wonderfully
flowing monastic costumes.
It was a long way from Tchaikovsky...
Anniversary Anticipation
Its hard to believe the first anniver-
sary of the wedding of Prince William
to the former Kate Middleton is just
two weeks away, but the couple seem-
ingly get more popular with age.
A massive pre-order for Mattels
Royal Wedding gift set has already
sold out after less than two months
and now the toy giant, based in El
Segundo, California, is churning out
tens of thousands more, which cost
around $100 a pair.
Designed by Robert Best, the same
person who created the Mad Men
Barbie dolls, as well as the Grace
Kelly bridal doll, the royal figurines
are wearing tiny replicas of the out-
fits worn at Westminster Abbey,
with William in his bright red Irish
Guards uniform and the Duchess of
Cambridge in her stunning Sarah
Burton for Alexander McQueen wed-
ding gown.
Hurry, hurry...
Rest in Peace
On a personal note, I mourn the
passing of Mike Wallace, undoubtedly
one of Americas best newsmen, whose
glittering career spanned six decades.
The 60 Minutes correspondent, who
retired from the top CBS show in 2006
after 40 years, but still did occasional
pieces, lived just round the corner
from me when I lived on Manhattans
Upper Eastside.
His craggy urbane presence was
often in my building at East 66th
and Madison, given a neighbor was
a good friend of the veteran reporter.
The 60 Minutes offices were just
across from the CBS studios on West
57th Street, where I taped the Joan
Rivers Show and Geraldo Rivera as resi-
dent gossip for many years, and I
would often stop to chat with him.
Despite his age, he played tennis
on a regular basis well into his eight-
ies, before moving to New Canaan,
Connecticut, to spend his last years.
It was there he died at the weekend
at the age of 93...
Sightings: Christopher Lloyd nosh-
ing at Olio e Limone... Former NYPD
Blue star Dennis Franz shopping at
Nordstroms in Paseo Nuevo... UCSB
Gauchos womens basketball team
and coach, Carlene Mitchell, celebrat-
ing their Big West tournament victory
at a dinner hosted by owners Jack and
Emilie Sears at Caf Del Sol
Pip! Pip! for now
Readers with tips, sightings and
amusing items for Richards column
should e-mail him at richardmineards@
verizon.net or send invitations or other
correspondence to the Journal MJ
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piano during Circle Bar B productions,
directs the orchestra at Westmont, and
performs at various venues). Others
involved in the production include
co-director-producer-choreographer
Gioia Marchese and assistant cho-
reographer Janina Mason (both DP
alumni), scenic designer Ted Dolas,
lighting designer Leigh Allen, and
master technicians John Faass and
Ted Jenkins.
Dos Pueblos Theater teacher
Clark Sayre, whose extensive per-
sonal rsum includes appearances
on Broadway and in a number of
Hollywood films, directs the show.
Because of DPs long involvement
with Disney (a vice-president of
Disney is expected to attend), Dos
Pueblos is one of a very small number
of high schools in the entire nation to
put on what are called pilot produc-
tions of Disney material. After Tarzan
closed on Broadway in 2007, the book
was rewritten and other changes were
made, although most of the musical
score remains. Removed, for example,
was the elephant character (it was
too big and unmanageable for a high
school production).
Tarzan, The Musical
The following is a synopsis of the
show as seen through the eyes of the
three principal performers.
Nanda (Jane): I actually read the
novel (Tarzan of the Apes). Jane Porter
in Disneys Tarzan is a proper English
woman. She is very proud of her
achievements as a botanist and an
explorer. They go to Africa with the
intent of studying gorillas. She gets
distracted by all these plants (her
great love is botany, after all), and
she is rescued from a life-threatening
situation by Tarzan. He shows her
even more of the jungle than she has
already seen; she falls in love with all
shes discovered there and the plants
(some of the students have been cast
as plants) that open up to her. She
enters this enchanting world, and at
the end she must make a choice: does
she want to be where she knows shell
be happy the rest of her life with the
beauty that surrounds her, or should
she go back to England?
Jonathan (Terk): Im a gorilla
and Tarzans best friend who has
always been ostracized by the other
gorillas because I was different.
In the animated version, Terk has
something of a posse and a num-
ber of friends, but in the musical,
hes written as a loner, kind of like
Tarzan is. When [Tarzan and I] get
older, I notice that Tarzan is tying
knots and making fire and I cant do
these things. So, I used to be the guy
that pushed him around but now
here he is twice as tall and can do all
these things that make me feel infe-
rior. Im more of a comedic relief
role. I, of course, hate Jane because
Tarzan is spending way more time
with her and Im jealous.
Raymond (Tarzan): What my
role revolves around is the joy of
discovering something new and
realizing it was part of me my entire
life. Realizing where I come from
and who I really am. Its very inter-
esting. Tarzan is more confident and
can do more things. At the same
time, hes been trying his whole
life to be accepted by Kerchak, the
leader of the gorilla group. So he
does really strive for acceptance by
Kerchak. At first, of course, Tarzan
has no idea what to make of [this
curious creature] Jane, but he does
save her life.
Dont expect gorilla suits, Nanda
laughs before adding, Its really spec-
tacular with all the lights and the sets
and the costumes together. Visually,
its a real masterpiece.
As for the famous Tarzan yell? Youll
only hear it once off-stage, at the end
of the show.