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Bread And Citruses Baker Rossell Studer who makes breads

unlike any youve tried sets up pop-up shop with Sharon Egan on Coast Village Road, p. 12

Nuts For NutcrackerSanta Barbara Festival Ballet has staged The

Nutcracker at the Arlington for 39 years; Desmond ONeill has appeared in all but seven, p. 44

To Heir Is HumanSanta Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation

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descend upon Montecito; Steve Martin puts home on St. Barts on market; Katy Perry becomes most popular Twitter user; Kim Kardashian and Kanye West think big for upcoming wedding; Opera Santa Barbara presents A Winter Offering; New Vic opens with A Little Night Music; World Business Academy lunch; Westmont Colleges ninth annual Christmas Festival; Kathy Eldon signs book at Tecolote; Best Dressed Monk grand opening; Pink Martini impresses at Arlington; Scholarship Foundation holiday lunch; Gavin and Joanne Pearce Martin play together at MAW; Sally Barr and Egle Januleviciute join forces; Lalique and Bentley create male fragrance; sightings

8 Letters to the Editor Montecito Board of Architectural Review pumps brakes on Crown Castle proposal;

thoughts on the phrase giving back; funding NPR and PBS; the Rescue Mission likes Lyndas coverage; Tom Kress is back with more on Montecitos culture

10 This Week in Montecito MUS food drive; MERRAG membership meeting; New Yorker discussion group;

Pamela Zwehl-Burke exhibit; Common Ground Holiday Bazaar; SBHSs Multimedia Arts and Design Academy event; hikes at Sedgwick Reserve; Laguna Blanca presents Story Time; MBAR and MPC meetings; MUS Winter Sing; ongoing events

Tide Guide Handy guide to assist readers in determining when to take that walk or run on the

beach12 Village Beat Rossell Studer and Sharon Egan open pop-up shop on Coast Village; Casa Dorinda

president presents upgrades to retirement community; MA board votes to approve letter to MPC concerning YMCA expansion; Christine Lewis and Susan Land host historical trolley tours; Meet Your Makers presents Holiday Shop n Roll; Montecito Library launces new book club

14 Seen Around Town SB Trust for Historic Preservation hosts Prince Felipe at Biltmore; CALMs Jeans and

Jewelry event; Montecito Bank & Trusts million dollar non-profit giveaway27 Coming & Going Silverhorns Michael and Carole Ridding present Diana Basehart Foundation check for

$2,500 through Rubys Friends Fund; theres still time to sign up for docent training at Casa del Herrero; John Burk receives journalism award

28 Trail Talk Visiting Death Valley and the Harmony Borax Works is worth the drive30 Coup de Grace Grace Rachow catches up with an old friend32 On Entertainment Kim Wilson returns to town to play SB Blues Society dance concert; Paul Gordons

Little Miss Scrooge debuts full production at Rubicon Theatre in Ventura; this years Santa Barbara Festival Ballets production of The Nutcracker dedicated to Desmond ONeill; SBIFF updates

38 Your Westmont Womens soccer team falls in championship game; lots of hoops action in Murchison

over holidays; Muhammad Yunus inked for Presidents Breakfast40 Curious Traveler Jerry Dunn and his wife spend a few serene days at Travel & Leisures Number One

Hotel in the U.S., the Triple Creek Ranch in Montana46 Legal Advertising48 Guide to Montecito Eateries 49 Movie Guide50 Calendar of Events Phillip Claypool plays Upstairs at the G; Jeff Tweedy appears solo at Granada;

Moscow Ballets production of Cinderella; Kids Draw Architecture holiday reception and exhibit; Santa Barbara Choral Society Christmas concert; Trinity Backstages annual holiday Benefit-In-The-Round concert; Holiday Shop n Roll week long event; Met: Live in HD at Music Academy; Song Tree Concert Series holiday concert; Santa Barbara Master Chorale 18th annual carol sing-along

52 Real Estate Four homes in the $10-million-plus price point, which surprisingly makes up 20% of

Montecitos market currently53 93108 Open House Directory Homes and condos currently for sale and open for inspection in and near Montecito54 Classified Advertising Our very own Craigslist of classified ads, in which sellers offer everything from

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To Widen or Not to Widen the 101

Within the next 60 days, the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) will be voting to approve or disapprove per-haps the most important construction project in Montecitos history: the $425-million widening of the 101 from just south of Milpas to Carpinteria.

The Montecito Association (MA) 101 Community Coalition has worked very hard to convince Supervisor Salud Carbajal, Mayor Helene Schneider, California Governor Jerry Brown, and Secretary of Transportation Brian Kelly to support an alternative that retains left-lane on-off ramps at the Cabrillo-Hot Springs and Sheffield interchanges.

Increased Highway Safety RiskThe Coalition has focused on whether or not the safety record of left-lane

ramps at the current Cabrillo-Hot Springs interchange has been better than state averages. Caltrans claims that four-lane accident records at a single inter-section are not particularly relevant. Right-lane on-off ramps are statistically safer than left-lane ramps, particularly on a widened six-lane freeway with higher speeds and multiple lane changes. Left-lane on-ramps force slower moving trucks and campers to merge into the high-speed passing lane. Left-lane off-ramps cause departing freeway trucks to slow down in the fastest of the three lanes to prepare to exit. Legal liability for accidents lies with Caltrans and the taxpayers, not with the City or County of Santa Barbara.

According to the American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO), which is charged with developing standards for highway design and construction in all 50 states, left-lane on- and off-ramps should be replaced by right-lane ramps whenever possible because right-lane ramps are statistically safer, have fewer traffic conflicts (high-speed lane shifting, high-speed merging, weaving), and a lower crash frequency. That same safety con-cern is supported by the Freeway and Interchange Geometric Design Handbook for ramp design published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), the Traffic Engineering Handbook, 5th Edition, and the new Highway Safety Manual. Replacing left-side ramps would seem to be the wise choice. Comparative Cost of MA 101 Community Coalition Alternative

The MA 101 Community Coalition believes their alternative will save tax-payers $60 million in construction costs, take two years less time to build, and cause far less disruption than the Caltrans F-Modified plan. Caltrans engineers and the MA 101 Community Coalitions own consultant Tajana Hamilton acknowledge that re-engineering and rebuilding of the existing left-lane ramps would be necessary to meet todays highway safety stan-dards. Hence, the cost and time of re-construction of the left-lane ramps, according to Caltrans, is equivalent to the time and cost of construction of new right-lane ramps, and there would be no saving on a comparable basis.

Coast Village Road Traffic IncreaseThe best-kept secret regarding the MA 101 Community Coalition alternative

is that it does not include a new southbound on-ramp to the 101 at the Cabrillo Boulevard-Hot Springs interchange. At least 1.2 million more cars, delivery trucks, and campers per year leaving the beaches, restaurants, and hotels of Santa Barbara, in addition to those working on the Riviera and lower East Side, are now forced to detour through Coast Village Road to enter the 101 south-bound at Olive Mill.

In 2008, the traffic count for the now-closed southbound 101 on-ramp at Cabrillo-Hot Springs was 4,450 cars and trucks per day, or 1.6 million per year. City of Santa Barbara Traffic Planner Rob Dayton suggests that 2008 ramp counts may have been temporarily inflated by 101-bound traffic trying to avoid the Milpas on-ramp while that intersection was under construction.

Fair enough.Lets roll back to the 2005 traffic count for the now-closed southbound 101

Cabrillo-Hot Springs on-ramp, which was 3,200 cars per day. Assuming there has been absolutely no growth in Cabrillo Boulevard traffic over the last nine years, that still means that 1.2 million cars, trucks, and vans per year have been diverted onto Coast Village Road to enter the 101 at Olive Mill, San Ysidro, or points south.

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The torch has been passed!After 47 years Jack Sears, owner of Montecitos iconic eatery, Caf Del Sol, situated just a tiaras toss from the Andree Clark Bird Refuge, has retired, passing ownership to Alfredo Arroyo, who has worked at the popular spot for 37 years.

I started as a busboy at the age of fourteen and became a manager ten years later, learning the kitch-en system and coming up through the ranks, says Alfredo, 51. Ive no doubt Jack and his wife, Emilie, will be keeping an eye on us and popping in on occasion.

He loves the business and is proba-bly already having withdrawal symp-toms after nearly half a century. The restaurant is a pretty unique spot rath-er like the characters in the TV series Cheers. The late actress Jane Russell

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Crown Castles Continuing Plans

The Montecito Board of Architectural Review (MBAR) met recently with Crown Castle to discuss the conceptual review of 18 telecommunications facilities on 17 existing utility poles and one new pole to boost cell phone power recep-tion.

The meeting began with talk of color tones and size of what is described for the various poles as pedestal, vault, or shroud. It was clear the board was unprepared for what Crown Castle proposed; members only received the drawings an hour earlier. There were at least 50 concerned residents who showed up and dozens of emails that poured in all day. This was with relatively little awareness, as not even the board knows what is planned by Crown Castle.

Fortunately, the meeting was post-poned until board members have an opportunity to drive around with a map and develop a clear understand-ing of what type of fixture is planned for which pole. There were many

good comments and questions by fel-low residents about health and wel-fare not just aesthetics, which is what this board is limited to.

Two questions raised: Why cant Crown Castle (Verizon) place its antennas and boxes on public spaces instead of private residences and why must there be so many? People seem to have enough power as it is, but Sharon James of Crown Castle says more cell phone users are operating their devices, downloading increas-ing amounts of information requiring greater receptors.

Claire Gottsdanker voiced her dis-comfort in being asked which color to choose for the proposed boxes by say-ing that she is on the board to protect and uphold the beauty of our bucolic community, and that the very idea of all these towers and antennas being placed everywhere is terribly off in some basic ways.

And whats to stop Crown Castle

Olive Mill, San Ysidro, Sheffield, Evans, and Padaro Lane interchanges, why is a southbound on-ramp not needed at Cabrillo Boulevard-Hot Springs? How could one possibly argue there has been no increase in traffic congestion on Coast Village Road since the former 101 on-ramp at Cabrillo was closed? The increased traffic gridlock on Coast Village Road that discourages shoppers and changes the character of the neighborhood is visible to all who regularly shop or eat (or read the Montecito Journal) in the lower village. Recently, City of Santa Barbara traffic planners suggested that a traffic light at Coast Village Road and Middle Road would create a break and relieve the traffic jam on Coast Village Road.

Hows that for changing the semi-rural community character of Montecito?It does not make sense to support a three-legged intersection that does not

include a re-opened southbound 101 on-ramp at Cabrillo Boulevard.

Where Are We? The decision on a widened 101 through Montecito now lies with SBCAG,

which meets December 19 to discuss and in January to vote, up or down, whether or not to proceed with a widening plan.

It has been reported in the press that Malcolm Dougherty, Director of Caltrans in Sacramento, has already drafted a letter to the SBCAG Board informing them that Caltrans will not grant Montecito an exception for left-lane on-off ramps. The Dougherty letter is expected to inform SBCAG that Caltrans will not re-circulate an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that includes left-lane ramps because Caltrans will not knowingly build a less safe alternative. That leaves SBCAG with two choices at its December 19 discus-sion meeting and January voting Board meeting:

(1) If SBCAG votes to move forward with the $425 million widening project, which it once called the most important and most needed highway construction project in Santa Barbara County, Caltrans engineers will continue to work with SBCAG to seek federal and state funding grants, all of which require a certified EIR.

(2) If SBCAG votes to reject Caltrans decision opposing left-lane ramps and chooses to re-circulate the draft EIR which contains an alternative that Caltrans will not build, Caltrans would have no choice but to certify the no build option in the current draft EIR. Without an approved EIR, Caltrans engi-neers would stop all work on the widening in the 10-mile Montecito corridor. Caltrans would have no project, and therefore would shift the $285 million request for in-state and federal funding to other highway projects in the state that are shovel-ready with approved EIRs.

The choice for SBCAG is clear: either move forward to widen the 101, or vote to support a re-circulated EIR that includes left-lane ramps that, in my opinion, will never be built.

There is a segment of North and South County residents that will take delight in seeing Montecito lose widening funding, condemning this community to a 50-year life of traffic misery. They see us as a community of pampered crybabies who routinely flaunt their wealth and influence to gain exemptions and special privileges. Dj Vu.

Montecitos Choice While some in Montecito might celebrate an unwidened 101, the prag-

matic majority among us will recognize that for the next 50 years the Montecito corridor will remain a crumbling, car-choked, litter-laden, four-lane 101, packed with frustrated drivers seeking relief by scooting through local Montecito roads as a bypass. Coast Village Road, Hot Springs, North Jameson Lane, Ortega Hill, and East Valley 192 will all become gridlocked parking lots.

We have a responsibility to leave Montecito in better shape than when we found it. Is it a victory to leave as our permanent legacy that we rejected a safer highway widening plan that probably costs the same as the MA 101 Community Coalition alternative, takes the same amount of time to con-struct, removes at least 1.2 million cars and trucks a year from Coast Village Road, and causes less local traffic disruption in Montecito for the next 50 years?

Twenty years ago, Montecito residents rejected a Caltrans plan to widen the 101 to six lanes. The concern at that time was landscaping. Now, 20 years later, SBCAG is about to double down on its previous error: rejecting widen-ing once again.

Five years ago, 79 percent of us voted for Measure A sales tax funding to widen the 101 as our most important priority in Santa Barbara County. Have 79 percent of us now changed our minds? Years from now, some puzzled scholar will ask, Why were we fixated back in 2014 on keeping those outdated left-lane on-off ramps when right-lane ramps are safer, cost the same, take the same or less time to construct, and dump less traffic onto local Montecito streets? MJ

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Monogramming EventJenni Kayne Montecito is hosting a mono-gramming event, featuring an expanded selection of bags from Clare Vivier and Mannin Insignia Collection jewelry. Receive complimentary monogramming on purchas-es between the hours of 12 and 4 pm. A portion of the proceeds will benefit DAWG Santa Barbara.When: 12 to 4 pmWhere: 525 San Ysidro RoadInfo: (805) 309-0550

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Food Drive at MUSTo benefit Santa Barbara Foodbank, dona-tions can be left in the schools parking lot in the morning during drop off. Items needed include baby food, cereal, pasta, peanut butter, rice, soup, and canned goods.When: 8:15 to 8:30 amWhere: 385 San Ysidro Road

Annual MERRAG Membership MeetingThe meeting is to appoint new MERRAG board members, adopt the annual budget, and review MERRAG accomplishments for the yearWhen: 10 amWhere: Four Seasons Biltmore, 1260 Channel Drive Info: Geri, 969-2537

Discussion Group A group gathers to discuss The New YorkerWhen: 7:30 to 9 pmWhere: Montecito Library, 1469 East Valley Road

Common Ground Holiday Bazaar Through teams of volunteers, Common Ground Santa Barbara County is dedicat-ed to housing the most vulnerable on the streets of Santa Barbara; join them for the first annual Holiday Bazaar Silent AuctionWhen: 5 to 7 pmWhere: 901 Via RositaInfo: Claudia, (805) 451-5604, or visit www.commongroundsb.org

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Multimedia Arts & Design Academy Inauguration Multimedia Arts and Design Academy (MAD) at Santa Barbara High School will host an evening celebration to officially inaugurate the new home of the MAD Academy and its 250-plus students. The event will feature presentations from 3 to 5 pm, with a community open house show-casing student work from 5 to 6 pm, all in the new building located in downtown Santa Barbara.The MAD Academy opened in 1996 without computers, media equipment, or a classroom of its own. It was intended to provide a strong academic curriculum

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Story Time at Laguna Blanca Laguna Blanca presents Story Time, a series of fun and interactive reading opportunities for children. Story Times will take place on several Saturdays this winter in the library at the Lower School campus and are free and open to the public.Today, storyteller Michael Katz will join the Laguna Blanca Lower School Library and per-form a lively and animated storytelling about winter animals and hibernation. When: 9 am Where: 260 San Ysidro RoadInfo: 695-8143


Art Exhibit Opening ReceptionPamela Zwehl-Burkes oilstick paintings-drawings are enlarged excerpts depicting ocean, pond, for-est, garden, and field, organized to show the push-and-pull, the dynamic tension in nature and in designed compositions. Organic and somewhat

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Just Folk ExhibitJoin Just Folk in meeting artists and cele-brating the creativity of two organizations, Alpha Resource Center SB and L.A.GoalWhen: 11 am to 3 pmWhere: 2346 Lillie Avenue, summerlandInfo: (805) 969-1042 or www.justfolk.com

Book Signing at TecoloteLouise Gaylord will be signing her new novel, Sutton Place, at Tecolote Book Shop in the Upper VillageWhen: 3 to 5 pmWhere: 1470 East Valley RoadInfo: (805) 969-4977

Sedgwick Reserve HikeThe rugged Santa Ynez Valley is the set-ting for a series of monthly interpretive hikes and nature activities open to the public each fall on the 6,000-acre UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. Three hikes with vary-ing themes such as geology, landforms, Sedgwick panoramas, plants, and animals or birds will be conducted, with hiking levels of easy, moderate, or strenuous. These hikes are approximately two to three hours each and are followed by the opportunity to picnic with your own lunch at the Reserve. In addition to the hikes, other activities such as a tour of the newly-renovated barn, the new observatory, the pond, and the new Tipton House, as well as a set up for painters at the pond, and the use of a bocce ball court are all planned for those who dont want to hike and would like to just enjoy the Reserve attractions while the hikes are being con-ducted. Reservations required.When: 8:30 amCost: $10 per hiker, or $15 per couple or family suggested donation Info and RSVP: [email protected] or 686-1941, extension 3

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Sip & Shop Trunk ShowShop fall collection favorites, sip cham-pagne, and have a lucky sneak peek at what is in store for Spring 2014 from California lifestyle designer Heidi Merrick at Bonita in SummerlandWhen: 3 to 7 pmWhere: 2330 Lillie Avenue, SummerlandInfo: (805) 565-3848

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Montecito Planning Commission MeetingMPC ensures that applicants adhere to certain ordinances and polices and that issues raised by interested parties are addressedWhen: 9 amWhere: Country Engineering Building, Planning Commission Hearing Room, 123 East Anapamu


Mens Shopping NightBonita in Summerland is hosting a Mens Shopping Night; they gift-wrap while guys can sit back and enjoy beer and bratsWhen: 4 to 8 pmWhere: 2330 Lillie Avenue, SummerlandInfo: (805) 565-3848

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Winter SingStudents, teachers, and parents at Montecito Union School spread holiday cheer When: 9 am to 2:30 pm, various timesWhere: MUS Auditorium, 385 San Ysidro Road


La PastorelaA Mexican Christmas Drama, written by Pablo de la Guerra, will be performed. The script, written in Spanish in its original poetic form, is housed at the Archives at the Santa Barbara Mission. This dramatic play is filled with fun, culture, and live music, and has been presented and direct-ed for the past 30 years by Elvira Gomez de Tafoya. Bring your friends and family.When: 7 pm tonight, 2 pm and 7 pm tomorrowWhere: Presidio Chapel, 123 East Canon Perdido StreetTickets: $10 for adults, $5 for kidsInfo: 886-7514

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Meet Your MakersA place to meet independent makers (art-ists, artisans, designers, crafters, healthy food producers) and other small creative businesses that engage in sustainable,

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Local Artisans MarketWhen: 2 to 6 pmWhere: Food Walk Market, 2330-2350 Lillie Avenue, SummerlandInfo: www.localartisansmarket.com

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Vintage & Exotic Car DayMotorists and car lovers from as far away as Los Angeles and as close as East Valley Road park in front of Richies Barber Shop at the bottom of Middle Road on Coast Village Road going west to show off and discuss their prized possessions, automo-tive trends and other subjects. Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Corvettes prevail, but there are plenty other autos to admire.When: 8 am to 10 am (or so)Where: 1187 Coast Village RoadInfo: [email protected]

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Two local businesswomen are teaming up to bring their offer-ings to Coast Village Road. Rossell Studer and Sharon Egan will open up a pop-up shop in Olive Mill Plaza, in the former home of Summer for Kids, which closed earlier this year.

The shop will feature both wom-ens Carpinteria-based food compa-nies: Studers Crazy Good Bread Co. and Egans JuiceWell. The ladies are putting the finishing touches on the space, which will open next week.

Studer, who launched Crazy Good Bread Co. earlier this year, originally started the business as mail order, offering her levain-style bread rounds to customers around the country. A few months later, she opened a retail location in the corner of her commer-cial kitchen, which she subleases from fellow Coast Village business owner Rori Trovato, of Roris Artisanal Creamery. Studer has been chosen as the only bread vendor to be part of the Santa Barbara Public Market, which opens on West Victoria Street in March.

Its about using local, whole ingre-dients, and then playing with flavor, Studer says of her popular bread offer-ings. Her country loaves are hand-made over a 12-hour period, creating a crunchy crust and super soft crumb (i.e. the inside of the loaf). She adds various flavors to the bread, including citrus, chocolate, sea salt, olives, gar-lic, nuts, and more, and herbs includ-ing lavender, thyme, cardamom, rose-mary, and others. Its unlike any bread youve tried, she says. She also offers traditional baguettes, soft pret-zels, and a few gluten-free pastries,

supplied by a fellow baker. Egan will also be opening a stall at

the Santa Barbara Public Market, the only local juicer to do so. She spe-cializes in local, organically sourced, cold-pressed juice, which is non-pas-teurized. Currently sold at Montecito Natural Foods, JuiceWell juices can aid in digestion, provide energy, immunity support, reduce inflamma-tion, and enhance moods, according to Egan, who began the business ear-lier this year. She too has her commer-cial kitchen in Carpinteria, located in the Carpinteria Artisan Marketplace, 4191 Carpinteria Avenue. JuiceWell, co-owned by Manya Williams, is also located in New Jersey, with another location set to open in Manhattan early next year. Our mission is to get more fruits and vegetables in peoples bodies, Egan said. On her half of the Montecito pop-up, Egan will also offer a few salads, which will be raw, vegan, and gluten free.

The pop-up will be open for at

Sharon Egan of JuiceWell and Rossell Studer of Crazy Good Bread Company open pop-up shop on Coast Village Road

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least three months, Studer tells us, but its likely the ladies will stay lon-ger. The space will be comfortable, with cozy chairs and tables, and free Wi-Fi, encouraging people to stop in and stay for a bit. In addition to the food offerings, shelves will be filled with various merchandise, including books, essential oils, and other local artisan offerings like nut butters, jams, croutons, and olive oils.

The shop, located at 1235 Coast Village Road, Suite C, will be open every day from 8 am to 5 pm, and 8 am to 3 pm on Sunday. The women expect to open next week. For more informa-tion, visit www.crazygoodbread.com and www.wejuicewell.com.

Casa Dorinda Presents Upgrade Plan

At this months Montecito Association Board Meeting, the board received a presentation by Ron Schaefer, president of Casa Dorinda. Schaefer presented preliminary plans to upgrade and improve the retire-ment community.

Its just ideas at this point, Schaefer said to a packed room, filled mostly with Casa residents who are excited about the proposed plans. Schaefer says the plans to renovate the campus have been in the works for close to two years, following a situa-tion in 2007-2009 in which healthcare needs exceeded number of beds at the facility. It was a rough time for Casa, he said, explaining some resi-dents were asked to be transferred to different facilities for care, which cost Casa Dorinda close to three quarters of a million dollars. It really showed us the need for a Master Plan, he said. Currently, the campus serves 321

residents; 77 future residents are on a waitlist.

Proposed upgrades to the campus, designed by architect Brian Cearnal, include enhancing entryways and architecture, creating a plaza-type feel in front of the main building, adding a second dining venue, and adding more housing, including more memory care units and personal care units. The plans call for creating a new consolidated entrance and exit way, building a new bridge over the creek on the property, and revamping the asphalt parking lots to include pavers.

A second dining alternative is being considered, which would be a bar and grill facility, serving Casa residents in a more casual environment.

Schaefer said more housing is nec-essary to expand the intermediate level of care, and independent living cottages will be added to stabilize the retirement communitys financial future, he said. The plans call for add-ing an apartment building, moving parking underground, adding inde-pendent living accommodations, and expanding an existing building with a new two-story wing.

Schaefer says the improvements will not require a modification to the facil-itys Conditional Use Permit (CUP), but will require a request from the county to move a portion of the exist-ing open space easement to another part of the property. The improve-ments would bring the number of Casa residents to 357; the CUP caps the limit at 360.

While many members of the audi-ence spoke highly of the proposed plans, one neighbor voiced concern over lighting and noise, and said the updates need to be studied fur-ther. Schaefer will be in front of the Montecito Board of Architectural Review on Monday, December 16, giv-ing them an overview of the project.

MA Weighs in on YMCA

Also at the MA Board Meeting, the board voted unanimously to approve a letter to the Montecito Planning Commission regarding the expansion and remodel of the Montecito YMCA. The letter states the MAs opinion that

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Working along with Jackman attending to myriad details with a prince and his entourage were Keith Mautino, board president John Poucher, Doug Campbell, Mary Louise Days, and David Martinez. Guests arrived before the Prince, greeted by soldados, soldiers from

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As we sipped wine and ate tapas, Jarrell directed the audience on what to do. I thought it impressive that the Prince wanted to shake hands with all of us. We were to form a receiving line upon his arrival, which meant going outside in the terrace and entering again. Hes tall, 6 5, and handsome. As I shook his hand I told him, I was living in Spain when Franco died and

your father became king.0 I certainly never expected to meet his son one day.

Jim Martinez led the soldados welcome and Craig Makela intro-duced the Presidio descendants. Michael Hardwick was portraying the first governor Neve (1777 to 1782) dressed of that era. Mayor Helene Schneider read a proclama-tion in Spanish and English. John Poucher presented a plaque and Dr. Giorgio Perissinotto presented two

books about Santa Barbara. The eve-ning ended with remarks by the prince.

Prince Felipe was last here in 1995 and he was here this time for the U.S. and Spain Council forum. I am pleased that Santa Barbara remembers and keeps so many Spanish traditions alive, he said. Craig Makela remind-ed him, The last time you were here we were building the Presidio. We are still building it and probably will be the next time. And off the dignitar-ies went to a dinner at the Montecito Country Club.

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No great changes are planned, just a few tweaks, says Alfredo.

I would like to bring in entertain-ment on Saturdays and Sundays, and add a number of items to the menu. It will be a bit of an experiment and well see how it works.

As for Jack, 78, who started Caf Del Sol in the Upper Village on the site where Pierre Lafonds Wine Bistro now is, he says he will be staying nearby and checking on his old haunt on occasion.

Im going to take it easy and have fun.

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Change of PlansSouth African icon Nelson

Mandelas death has had a most unfortunate impact on the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

The 52-year-old Oscar winner Forest Whitaker was to have received the eighth annual Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film at a black tie gala at the Bacara on Sunday, which was also to be attended by his Lee Daniels The Butler co-star, Oprah Winfrey.

Whitaker, 52, is considered a serious contender for a Best Actor nomination for his role of a White House but-ler, having won an Academy Award seven years ago for his vivid portrayal

of Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin, in The Last King of Scotland.

But, says my movie mole, both Oprah and Whitaker have cancelled their appearances here to fly to South Africa

for Mandelas state funeral, which has been scheduled for the same day.

The international human rights icon will be laid to rest in Qunu in the Eastern Cape Province, at a ceremony attend-ed by many world leaders, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, President Obama and his wife, Michelle, George W. Bush, and Queen Elizabeths son, Prince Charles.

There will also be ten days of nation-al mourning for the 95-year-old former president of the country who died on December 5 at his Johannesburg home after a lengthy battle with ill health.

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More Camera Crews Convene Yet another TV series has been

filming in our rarefied enclave, I can exclusively reveal.

Bravo, the popular cable channel, was shooting a couples marriage at the Montecito Country Club the other day and filmed the tony twosome beforehand quaffing a libation or two at State Streets Chase Bar & Grill, as well as the pre-wedding dinner at Cielito in La Arcada.

They plan to have cameras cover-ing the couple over the next twelve months, focusing on every aspect of their first year of marriage, says my man with the martini. Hopefully it will be a blissful first year.

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The colonial-style four-bedroom property, Villa Au Soleil, just a short drive from the capital city of Gustavia, features a two tier infinity pool and 180 degree views of St. Jean Bay.

The eight-square-mile French island is known for its New Years Eve revels, particularly those of London-based Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich,

whose 400-guest bash this year at his $92 million 70-acre Gouverneur Bay estate, not to mention mooring his $1.5 billion 557-ft yacht Eclipse, featur-ing two swimming pools, two heli-pads and 80 crew, was estimated to have cost $8 million.

Montecito-based Steve, 68, whose wife, former New Yorker staffer Anne Stringfield, 41, made him a first-time father with a baby daughter a year ago, says he has had a fantastic five years at the property.

The sun deck, terraces and swim-ming pool have been a great retreat to come and relax between filming. We will be sad to say goodbye.

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On video, the executive director Cecilia Rodriguez welcomed the par-tygoers all the way from India where she was visiting. She had tears in her eyes as she related a couple of stories of children CALM had helped and pleaded for financial support.

CALM intern Lily Nathan told us about the power of music in therapy and how CALM uses it as a tool. Then came the music making and perfor-mance of The Figureheads all the way from Milwaukee. The group does ther-apy work with children and had the audience rocking to tunes they play for the kids. They also had the partygoers helping them create freestyle music the sounds combined with rap.

Benjamin Ladinig led the auction with one particularly enticing item.

It was a classic Wurlitzer Replica Jukebox that plays 45s. Im not sure how many in the audience were around in that era, but the jukebox sure is cool in this one. The enthusi-astic guests also got to play with their cell phones. You could gift an amount to CALM by just hitting send!

The lively group danced to dawn. Well, probably not, but the alliteration was good. The hard-working com-mittee bringing this event to frui-tion was Fiona Stone, Nancy Bollay, Pati Clark, Maureen Harmon, Myrna Habermann, Mary Hanson, Susan Henry, Lori Lander Goodman, Ashlyn McCague, Doreen Sales, Stephanie Sokolove, Meg Tracy, and Anne Yungling. If you have time, tal-ent, or treasure to help, you can call 965-2376.

Million Dollar DayIs anyone classic enough to

remember a program called The Millionaire? The host went around knocking on peoples doors and giving them a million dollars. Well, Montecito Bank & Trust and Chairman of the Board Michael Towbes do that every year, and this was the eleventh


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Unlike the show, the million dollars didnt go to one individual. President and CEO Janet Garufis welcomed the 164 recipients representing the l64 non-profits that had their grants approved. She explained, There were three hun-dred and twelve applications and a note from Opera Santa Barbara and executive director Stephen Sharpe saying they were going to give up their place to let someone new share in the largesse, but theyd be back applying next year.

When Janet introduced the found-er of this event, Michael Towbes,

he received a well-deserved stand-ing ovation. Janet joked, You wont have to wear a name tag next year. Board director Peter Jordano was at a meeting and arrived late. He want-ed to sneak in, but Janet made sure the whole room applauded when he entered. Michael told the group, I have an applause meter and Peter got more applause for being late than I did as founder!

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VILLAGE BEAT (Continued from page 13)the proposed project, which includes an enhanced main building, a new preschool building, a natatorium with a new indoor pool, a gymnasium to cover the current outdoor sports court, and increased hours and member-ship, poses significant issues to the surrounding neighborhood and the Montecito community as a whole.

The MA rejects the plans to build a gymnasium, citing aesthetic impact on the community, traffic, parking issues, noise, and the potential overuse of the facility. In the letter, the MA outlines conditions on which to build a gym-nasium, which include reducing the overall size and scale of the gym, and requiring certain usage restrictions.

The letter goes on to state the Associations position on other items, including membership, facility usage, hours of operation, noise, and park-ing.

The YMCA project is expected to be in front of the Montecito Planning Commission early next year.

Next G is Back The MA also touched on the upcom-

ing meeting of the Montecito Board of Architectural Review, which will hear from wireless network Next G, which is proposing a Distributed Antenna System (D.A.S.) in Montecito and Santa Barbara. The D.A.S. requires 2-ft

long antennas to be placed on 29 exist-ing utility poles in the area.

On Monday, December 16, MBAR will consider 11 of these poles, located in the coastal zone on Jameson Lane, Ortega Hill Road, Sheffield Drive, and San Leandro Lane. The remaining 18 poles, located throughout Montecito, will be considered on January 6, 2014.

Local jurisdictions are prohibited from denying a project of this type based on health and safety issues, due to the Federal Communications Act of 1996. The facilities are required to comply with FCC emissions require-ments, but many Montecito residents have voiced concern over the proxim-ity of the antennas to their homes.

For more information on the pro-posed sites, visit www.montecitoas-sociation.org. Well have more on this project in next weeks issue.

Christmas in Santa Barbara

Longtime Santa Barbarans Christine Lewis, Ph.D., and Susan Land, M.A., have authored Christmas in Santa Barbara, a historical perspective of the holiday season in Santa Barbara. Filled with vintage pictures, explanations, and recipes, the sturdy book looks into the various multicultural holiday tra-ditions celebrated in our community across the years. Originally published

in 2012, the book has gained popular-ity, and the women have published another set, available for purchase at Chaucers, Tecolote, Granada Books, and Crimson Holiday at La Cumbre Plaza.

This year theyre taking the book on the road, and offering private tours aboard the Santa Barbara Trolley, which will stop at various notable plac-es around Santa Barbara. The 90-min-ute tour will feature narration and pictures, stopping at the Presidio (the site of the first Christmas celebration in Santa Barbara), the Old Courthouse (site of the first community Christmas tree in 1914), the Harbor (scene of the original Floating Pastorela), and many other stops along the way. Its a fun way for people to reminisce and learn about the holiday history in our com-munity, Dr. Lewis told us.

The book took about five years to write, and started out as a for-fun project to learn about Santa Barbara. The ladies spent hours and hours digging through old micro-films at the library, enlisting Santa Barbara Historical Societys Michael Redmon and historian Kathy Brewster for help. It has now blos-somed into a popular gift book, and the ladies have presented the book to various local groups including the Rotary Club and the Lifelong Learning Center.

The cover features an iconic photo-graph by Hal Boucher, who in 1951 snapped a photo of three kids in their bathing suits playing in faux snow at the Biltmore Hotel. The black and white photo currently hangs in the hallway at the Coral Casino.

The trolley tours are offered on weekends from now until Christmas, and can accommodate 30 people per tour. For more information, call 895-6492.

Holiday Shop n Roll

Beginning this weekend, Meet Your Makers (advocates of independent artists, designers, crafters, and arti-sans) presents its latest public market: Holiday Shop n Roll, which runs December 14 through December 22.

During the nine-day event, attend-ees will have the opportunity to shop local at the Holiday Mart (Saturdays and Sundays), show off their roller disco moves on the roller rink, connect with local artisans and other sustain-able businesses, and savor prepared foods from their favorite chefs. During the week, the roller rink will be open and ready to entertain with theme nights, roller derby, skating lessons, and a locavore food court.

The event will be located at Earl Warren Showgrounds, and is open to the entire family. Meet Your Makers founder Valerie Velazquez and event director Katie Falbo have brought in roller skate extraordinaire David Miles, who will be the Master of Ceremonies. Miles traveled to Santa Barbara from the Bay Area to help with the event, in which he built a pop-up roller skating rink. We are fortunate to have him, Falbo said. Its a unique event to entice kids, pre-teens, teens, and adults to try something maybe they havent done in awhile, or maybe never tried, Velazquez said about the roller skat-ing component.

The Artisan Mart (Saturdays and Sundays, 11 am to 10 pm) will fea-ture close to two dozen vendors, including Pacific Paleo Foods, Santa Barbara Tower Garden, Montecitos Heres the Scoop, Chapala Farms,

Christmas in Santa Barbara authors team up with Santa Barbara Trolley to take visitors on a cultural Christmas tour

Roller Skating guru David Miles will help host Meet Your Makers Holiday Shop n Roll at Earl Warren Showgrounds. The event features a pop-up roller-skating rink, artisan fair, and local food court.


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The directors who also support the banks philosophy are Jerry Parent, Tom Fly, Cathy Carter-Duncan, Ken

Verkler, Craig Zimmerman, Rob Skinner, and Peter Jordano.

Hopefully, other organizations will follow Montecito Bank & Trusts example and extend a hand to the less fortunate. Thanks a million, Montecito Bank & Trust! MJ


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LETTERS (Continued from page 8)or any other cell phone company from increasing additional power and weight to the poles in the years to come? Thankfully, the MBAR (at least temporarily) put the brakes on this proposal. Will Montecito finally stand up and put the poles underground before its too late?

Cheryl TomchinMontecito (Editors note: The short answer to

your final question is No. It has been generally agreed that the undergrounding of Montecitos utility lines and poles has become prohibitively expensive and that residents are unwilling to foot the bill. We share your concern for the proliferation of these microwave-emitting boxes, anten-nas, and devices, and what daily exposure may be doing to residents health. Thank you for staying on the case. J.B.)

Giving It BackThe phrase giving back has always

rankled. Its trotted out so often and so thoughtlessly. Its as if the person who fully harnesses and directs his or her own life his own energy and mental faculties to honorably create, make, or distribute a valued product or ser-vice owes even more to the very com-munity he has served and benefitted. Its as if the producers of wealth are merely lucky beneficiaries of societys patrimony or largesse that society in general and the homeless in particular are the real wellsprings of the produc-ers wealth. I include the homeless in particular because of the scarcity mentality of this give back phrase, the zero-sum idea that wealth for one man means poverty for another.

The actual case is the opposite of this poorly phrased admonition. The personal wealth a producer creates is most often only a tiny fraction of the wealth he creates for society. Everyone who freely purchases his product, by definition, profits from the trans-action. Otherwise, they would buy something else or nothing at all. If not for the men and women of the mind, society would have nothing to buy in the first place and nothing with

which to buy it.The producers, upon whose shoul-

ders society has been lifted, should be celebrated, not denigrated. All prog-ress comes from the men and women of the mind. Society should be giv-ing back to them. It should be giving them the recognition and gratitude that they have so dearly earned.

John McIntyreMontecito (Editors note: We like your thoughts on

this, Mr. McIntyre. The idea that society should be giving back to inventors, dreamers, and entrepreneurs, rather than they giving back to society, is not only novel, but is virtually never expressed publicly. Thank you for doing so and thanks for giving a really strong argument to throw back to those who get in ones face about the need for giving back. J.B.)

Big Bird Doesnt Need Our Help

Mitt Romney was right: the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) pays its executives huge salaries, and the American taxpayer is cheated. PBS content leans heavily liberal. Its extreme bias is forced upon all of us and it must end. Public TVs Sesame Street CEO, for example, receives a sal-ary of $1,235,750. The PBS presidents salary comes to $675,259 plus benefits in excess of $115,000. The NPR presi-dent earns $1.5 million plus benefits in excess of $95,000. NPR President Emeritus Kevin Klose receives more than $1.2 million in compensation.

President Barack Obama wants to increase funding to public broadcast-ing entities from $420 to $535 million in his latest budget. PBS public pro-grams like Sesame Street made more than $425 million from toy and con-sumer product sales between 2006 and 2010. Sesame Street President and CEO Gary Knell received $1,235,750 in compensation in 2010.

As Jim DeMint wrote in The Wall Street Journal in 2011: With earnings like that, Big Bird doesnt need the American taxpayer to help him com-pete against Nickelodeon cable chan-

nels Dora the Explorer.PBS and NPR rake in hundreds of

millions in outside cash. When the Democrat activist liberal-billionaire George Soros gave $1.9 million to NPR to hire 100 reporters and said, we must keep NPR independent from partisan meddling, it is an insult to our intelligence.

If they can pay their presidents and executives millions in salaries and make hundreds of millions in sales from childrens programs, they dont need the taxpayer to subsidize them.

Once again, in the words of Jim DeMint: Liberal financiers are will-ing to write million-dollar checks to help these organizations. Theres no reason taxpayers need to subsidize them anymore.

Ron FinkLompoc(Editors note: As with Mr. McIntyres

missive above, we think youre on to something. If U.S. Representatives and Senators would only consider where the money has to come from to pay for and support these inflated salaries and benefit packages, along with the myriad and in many cases, useless government pro-grams, think how well off the countrys finances would be. Thanks for your input. J.B.)

What The Heck?

The attached photo doesnt come close to revealing how much earth is being excavated on the 300-block of Ortega Ridge. Please go take a look; you wont believe it.

Bruce SavinMontecito (Editors note: Thank you for the heads

up; Kelly Mahan will look into it this week and have a report for you/us in next weeks edition J.B.)

Thanks from Rescue Mission

Thank you to Lynda Millner for her faithfulness in coming to the Rescue Missions fundraiser every year with her husband, Don [Seth]! The Womens Auxiliary was so pleased with her coverage and appreciated the close attention to all the details (Seen Around Town, Surfs Up at the Bayou, MJ # 19/43). Shes such a blessing to work with and I thorough-

ly enjoy being with her and Don. Rebecca WeberSanta Barbara Rescue Mission

Montecito CultureThank you for setting us straight

on the cultural background of your newspaper and the values it embraces (Letters to the Editor, Youre Welcome, MJ # 19/40).

And congratulations on the 18th anniversary of your work that you successfully created here as a fine example of the entrepreneurship that brings community improvement, as opposed to other entrepreneurships solely meant to exploit our cultural resources and environment.

Many thanks for printing Debbie McQuades editorial concerning Sarah House (Guest Editorial, The Story of Sarah House, MJ # 19/46). Debbie is an outstanding example of Santa Barbaras heart, soul, and dignity.

When I produced the architectural design, drawings, and permit process-ing for the Heath House on Sola Street for Alice Heath, I met Alice, a lady who also lived the definition of true dignity. She would never have consid-ered any person a second-class citizen. Now that she is gone, her legacy still inspires goodwill as does the memory of Mr. Doug Bartoli, interior designer and chair of the Architectural Board

of Review then, who spearheaded her project.

When I produced the architectural design, drawings, and permit pro-cessing for the old and sad Montecito Inn renewal, I met more dignitaries like Debbie, Alice, and Doug. The Montecito Inn had fallen into unman-ageable ruin prior to Mike Lippmans ownership. Mike and his son Ted were entrepreneurs who brought great renewal and lasting improvements here that we can still see and enjoy to this day. Their legacy of goodwill lives on, and their good intentions at the time made the hard work we endured enjoyable and very worthwhile.

The current talk of improving our local library, history archive, and community hall by rebuilding below the historic library building is excit-ing news coming from the Montecito Association. We all know of the gener-osity of the newly acquired Huguette Clark art museum on Cabrillo next to

Looks to us that these earth movers are heading for the last roundup over on Ortega Ridge


The Arts Fund would like to thank our friends, supporters and community partners who helped us celebrate our 30th Anniversary with A Formal Aaire: Art-Making in Black and White!

30th Anniversary sponsors: Roger and Lynn Karlson, Leatrice Luria, Chris Lancashire, Santa Barbara Foundation, Richard and Maryan Schall, Shirley Dettmann, Michael and Nancy Giord, Susan Bower, Georey and Polly Bloomingdale, Andrew and Liz Dettmann, Gary Elkins and Jayne Brechwald, Robert and Christine Emmons, Joanne Holderman, Susan Jorgensen and Alice Gillaroo, Montecito Aesthetic Institute, Montecito Bank & Trust, Arvey Foundation, Marcy Carsey and Susan Baerwald/Just Folk, Sonny and Carolyn Castagnola, Claudia Chapman, Marcia and John Mike Cohen, Dianne Dodds, Oswald Da Ros, Paul and Annie de Bruyn Kops, Rosalind Gies-Amorteguy, Allan Ghitterman and Susan Rose, The Gracie Charitable Foundation, William and Lisa Holderman, Morris Squire Foundation, Northern Trust, Terry and Susan Northrop, Elizabeth Potter, Dennis and Susan Savage, Peter Stalker, Suzanne Von Drehle

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Honorary Co-Chairs: Gene Sinser & Patty DeDominic Event Co-Chairs: Shirley Dettmann & Joanne Holderman

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her historic Andree Clark Bird Refuge and the beautiful historic buildings at the chapel adjacent.

Politicians and entrepreneurs now in charge of this new art museum have been seen there in photo ops. But, where is the art? As in the past, much fine art is being produced here, but with no cultural center planned that functions well to make perma-nent our towns cultural advance-ments, Montecitos cultural legacy is difficult to find. There is no public environment for our culture to be seen, and so it can be thought to have never existed!

There is another most gracious lady who has permanently endowed us with her impressive environmen-tal display here, and her showplace needs no entrepreneur. Shes her own source: Mrs. Earth. She freely manu-factures and recycles the air th

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