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newsRemington the Icelandic pony (pictured) helps rescue two, and more news in full independent.com/newspage

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Barney Brantinghams On the Beat . . . . . 17Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19ThisModernWorld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

the week.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27living.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Living Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Food&Drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41The Restaurant Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43DiningOutGuide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Camie Barnwell (pictured with her husband, Brian) has written about Fiesta for nearly 20 years and says her unflagging interest comes from a love of most all things Spanish. To keep things fresh, shes dug for the elusive and the unusual: Why is Fiesta no longer celebrated under the full August moon? Who was Jose Manero? Where, oh where, is the best margarita in town? And of course the memorable Fiestamama piece with its eight-Camie Photoshop image in The Indys 2013 edition. This issue, she brings us stories of Fiesta romance through the decades a tribute from a writer who grabs the heart of every story she tells.

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Following the theft of valuables from cars in Goletas Kellogg Avenue and Berkeley Road area on 7/6, the police in Santa Paula arrested a man driving a stolen car, and con-taining the stolen property, on 7/16. Santa Barbara Sheriffs detectives subsequently learned that William Carroll (pictured) of Santa Paula had been dropped off in Goleta, and they believe he then staged a one-man crime spree, stealing property from seven cars he found unlocked and testing the doors on many others.

cityFood vendor carts will come under scrutiny during Fiesta, warned the Santa Barbara Police Department this week. Such roving vendors face arrest, citation, or confiscation of their property if found around parades and Old Spanish Days venues. Ever since the City Council outlawed street vendors decades ago, pushcarts, food carts, and other mobile vendors have not been allowed to operate on Santa Barbara streets. Push-carts are sometimes permitted for special events or nonprofit events, Police Depart-ment spokesperson Sgt. Riley Harwood said. But such dispensation has not been sought for Old Spanish Days.

This fiscal year, which ended in June, nearly a million more dollars came to the City of Santa Barbara than expected from its transient occupancy tax (TOT), or bed tax. The city netted a total of $18.5 million, surpassing the expected $17.6 million. The year was marked by a 10.3 percent growth in bed taxes, which derive from a 12 per-cent surcharge on the cost of hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, vacation rental, or other temporary visitor lodging; 10 percent is unrestricted revenue, and 2 percent goes to restoring creeks and improving water qual-ity. Altogether, the city got $1,785,905 from TOTs in June, an increase of 6.7 percent over the previous June.

July 30 - August 5, 2015news briefs

July 30 - Aug. 5, 2015News of theWeek

by N ick WelshThirteen candidates have already taken out papers to run in this Novembers Santa Barbara City Council election, in which can-didates for the first time in 50 yearswill be elected by districts rather than at large. The extent to which conven-tional political coalitions hold sway under the new manner of elections remains very much an open question. Likewise for how much district elections will open the door of political opportunity to Latino candidates and other candidates pushing more narrowly tailored neighborhood-centric agendas. But with the filing deadline for council candi-dates still a few days away, the lineup of so many first-time candidatesnineand the large number of Latino-named candidatessevensuggests this years election will deviate considerably from the political same old, same old.

In this years race, three of the six newly created districts are up for grabs, two of which have a majority-minority population of Latino voters. Of those, the Eastside districtalso known as District 1appears to be the most wide open. Thats in part because theres no incumbent seeking to hold onto his or her seat. Its also the area of town from which the fewest number of successful coun-cil candidates have come over time. Currently, five candidates are vying for this spot, and only oneCruzito Cruzhas run before. Although Cruz has run many times, hes never

sought to raise campaign cash and has been seen more as a protest vote. Cruz was also one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed against City Hall that led to the adoption of district elections. He ultimately experienced a severe falling out with his fellow plaintiffs and their attorney, and he was effectively fired from the litigation.

Another plaintiff suing for district elec-tions in that same case, Jacqueline Inda, is also running for the council. Although this is Indas first bid for public office, she achieved prominence fighting the gang injunction proposed by the City of Santa Barbara and subsequently defeated in court. Inda is also involved in a bitter fight among Milpas Street business owners over rival business improve-ment district proposals. Of the two, hers is by far the smaller and cheaper, and it appears to be backed by a much larger number of Latino shop owners. The rival improvement district is backed by the Milpas Community Associa-tion, which is headed by Sharon Byrne, who, not coincidentally, is running for the councils Westside district. Inda reports having raised $8,400. Of that, at least $2,500 comes from key supporters of the district elections lawsuit.

The Democratic Party has thrown its lot behind Andria Martinez Cohen, who has lived in the district for about two years and just outside district boundaries for eight years before that. Although Cohen has not been involved in local political campaigns, shes been active with Womens Economic Ventures and the Santa Barbara Housing Authority. To

date, she has raised $10,300. Also running for District 1 are Jason Dominguez onetime director of the Legal Aid Foundationwho reported no campaign donations thus far, and Michael Merenda, a longtime resident of the New Faulding Hotel, free-thinker, and vocal critic of government-funded programs treat-ing the mentally ill and those with addiction issues. Likewise, Merenda has not reported raising any campaign cash. Rumors abound that the Republican Party is seeking to field a candidate it can back for District 1, but thus far no candidate has surfaced.

Leading the field for the councils second districtwhich encompasses most of the Mesa and the upper Westsideis incumbent councilmember Randy Rowse, now seeking his second full term. A business-minded moderate-conservative and downtown res-taurant owner, Rowse has strong ties with the business community, the Downtown Organi-zation, and various real estate organizations. Initially, it appeared Rowse might run unop-posed, and his campaign coffers $9,000 reflected that. Since then, however, a number of candidates have emerged from the wood-work, though none have reported raising any money and none have run for office before in Santa Barbara. The best known is Rob-ert Burke, a military vet given to poetic Zen koans when addressing the council as a mem-ber of the public. Burke has been an advocate of sobriety programs and civil discourse, and he only demonstrates an edge of anger when complaining about the

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Mother Nature is to blame for the woes of this oiled cormorant that struggled to take off from Goleta Beach last Wednesday, Coast Guard officials said. After two kay-akers reported a large oil slick three miles long and half a mile wide 1,000 feet off the pier, the Coast Guard conducted flyovers and collected samples to determine if the crude came from a fresh spill or natu-ral seep, or if it was leftover from the May 19 Refugio Oil Spill up the coast. Lab results released this Wednesday confirmed what local seep experts had predicted, that the sheen arose out of an unusually large burp of Coal Oil Point seep oil from the sea bed. Tyler Hayden

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The University of Californias recent announcement that the school system will soon begin increasing its hourly minimum wage to $15 by October 2017 was followed by an annual payroll report detailing that system-wide, UCLAs ath-letic coaches and doctors make the most. The top earner for 2014 was UCLA foot-ball head coach Jim Mora, who earned $3.5 million. Since taking over the Bru-ins in 2012, the former Atlanta Falcons and Seattle Seahawks coach has gone 29-11 and last year came within a game of reaching the PAC-12 championship matchup. Also on UCLAs payroll, high-risk pregnancy obstetrician Khalil Tabsh earned $2.3 million last year, while liver transplant surgeon Ronald Busut-til made $2.2 million, according to the report.

Closer to home, UCSBs longtime mens soccer coach Tim Vom Steeg whos led the Gauchos to several Big West titles and a 2006 NCAA Division 1 champion-ship made $151,000. In womens soccer, Paul Stumpf, the winningest coach in Gaucho history, earned about $70,000. Basketball coach Bob Williams made $336,760 in 2014, and departing womens basketball coach Carlene Mitchell earned $155,000.

On the academic side, Norwegian economist Finn Kydland, who founded UCSBs Laboratory for Aggregate Eco-nomics and Finance, topped the campus payroll with $452,000. Kydland was a corecipient of the 2004 Nobel Memo-rial Prize in Economics, the same year he joined UCSB. Longtime UCSB Chancel-lor Henry Yang earns $324,000 annu-ally, while UCs highest-paid chancellor, San Franciscos Sam Hawgood, makes $750,000. Keith Hamm

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couNtyA gaggle of Santa Barbara officials gathered at the Courthouse Sunken Gardens on Friday to announce the relaunch of the countys 2-1-1 Helpline, which is operated by the Com-munity Action Commission and connects residents with counseling, health care, hous-ing, food, and a wide range of other nonemer-gency services. The directory had been essen-tially offline for two years because of funding issues. As Mayor Helene Schneider put it, [Its] one stop where anyone can go to get good data about everything that is happening right where they live.

healthWhooping cough continues to concern public health officials, who are advising pregnant women to get the pertussis vaccine during their last trimester to help protect newborns until they are old enough to receive it. In babies, whooping cough, also known as pertussis, usually causes difficulty breathing, rather than the distinctive cough. It can result

in a complete inability to breathe. In 2014, Santa Barbara County experienced its first infant death from pertussis, and the growing spread of the disease caused 126 infant hospitalizations in California this year. The pertussis vaccine, known as Tdap, protects against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, and its protection decreases over time.

stateWith a statewide phaseout of lead ammuni-tion slated for completion by July 1, 2019, adult California hunters can sign up for free non-lead ammunition through the Salinas-based Ventana Wildlife Society. The raffle program gives out free copper bullets, available to residents of the 18 counties within historic flyways of the California condor, a federally endangered New World vulture and North Americas largest land bird. Condors feed on gut piles and carcasses of shot animals, which can poison the birds if lead ammunition was used. For more information on the program, go to ventanaws.org. n

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by lNa GarciaAlagie Jammeh first came to the United States from his native Republic of the Gambia in 2014 to attend UCSB. He had been awarded a Gambian state-funded scholar-ship to complete a degree in global stud-ies. At first things went well. His grades were good, he made friends, and his fam-ily seemed proud of his success. Suddenly everything changed. Around Thanksgiving he received a phone call from Gambia tell-ing him his scholarship was immediately revoked and that he was to return home to apologize. Apologize for what? For posting a Facebook status in support of a gay friend. Now he is afraid he will not be able to stay in school, afraid he will lose his visa, afraid he will be deported, and, most importantly, afraid he will be forced to return to Gambia, where gay people and their supporters face intense persecution.

The post that caused all his troubles read: No one should be denied their fundamen-tal human rights because of their sexual-ity. Jammeh wrote this because a gay friend had invited him to attend San Franciscos Pride celebrations. His studies prevented him from going, so instead he decided to use social media to show his support. It was important to Jammeh to declare this because since coming to the United States, his views about gay people had changed substantially: Theyre not different.

In Jammehs home country, to be gay is a serious crime. Even to vocalize support for gay rights is forbidden. Homosexual activity is currently punishable by life in prison and, in some cases, by death.

Even though his own family taught him to respect all people, at the same time he absorbed cultural ideas that were taught in

Gambian schools, including that homosexu-als are evil. But he never knew openly gay people until he came to this country. When I got here, he said, I got helped by gay peo-ple. They gave me a ride. They talked to me. We went to the bar together. You know, we had fun.

Commenting on the controversial post, Jammeh said, I was just doing what I believe is right. Essentially, Jammeh believes that homophobic laws are part of a culture that denies human rights to everyone: All Im saying is treat people equally.

As a youngster growing up in his home village, he always dreamed of becoming a lawyer. After receiving top marks at the best high school in Gambia, Jammeh is the first person in his family to go to college. His dream was to return to Gambia, practice law, help his mother, and serve as an example to his 17 siblings that they, too, can follow their dreams. His goal has always been for other Gambian young people to hear about his path to education and say, If he could do it, I could do it, too. Now he wonders what would happen to him if he were forced to return. I love my country, he said, but he also believes that to return now would be dangerous.

In the meantime, he has found a tem-porary family within the Gaucho commu-nity: the university administrators who are helping in any way they can and his friends who have come together in support. Jam-meh started a GoFundMe page to pay for his tuition, which has already raised over $10,000 in 10 days. But its the supportive messages he has received that are keeping him going. I dont want people to see me as a hero for this or for anything, he said, because Im not. n

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contdNews of theWeekcity elections contd from p. 8administration of certain affordable hous-ing programs. Also running for District 2 are Colleen Ford and Luis Esparza. The last to take out papers is K. Missy McSweeney-Zeitsoff, who served on the Malibu City Council before moving to Santa Barbara. She has indicated she intends to run strictly grassroots, meaning no money will be raised.

The fight for District 3 which encom-passes Santa Barbaras Westside and con-stitutes the second majority-minority dis-trict carved out as a condition of the district elections lawsuit settlement could prove intense. Incumbent councilmember Cathy Murillo who holds down the left side of the political aisle on the City Council faces off against Sharon Byrne, a longtime com-munity activist with the Milpas Community Association. Byrne and Murillo ran against each other four years ago, and since then the two have sparred over the Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter Byrne was outspokenly critical that shelter operations were taking a toll on the Milpas neighborhood, Murillo more supportive of the services the shelter provided and the business improvement district spearheaded by Byrne and the Mil-pas Community Association. Although Byrne is best known for her work on the Eastsides Milpas area, she lives near Haley and Castillo streets, where she agitated for more city services after a well-publicized slaying several years ago.

Of all the candidates, Murillo has amazed with by far the biggest war chest, reporting $33,000 thus far. Murillo enjoys strong back-ing by the Democratic Central Committee and her campaign donations from labor unions public and private, $2,000 from her-self, and former mayors Hal Conklin and Marty Blum. Santa Barbara Independent

Publisher Joe Cole currently lobbying against a tougher proposed city newsstand ordinance donated $500 to Murillo, a for-mer reporter for The Independent. Although Byrne reported only $1,100, the reporting deadline fell before a campaign kickoff and fundraising event held at El Zarape restaurant, so that amount understates her reserves. Also running for the third district is Cristina Cardoso, about whom little is known yet and who has raised no campaign cash.

Campaign organizers are still trying to get their bearings on how to wage district-wide campaigns as opposed to the citywide races of years past. The relatively small size of the districts and even smaller number of likely voters seems to favor candidates who can mount effective door-to-door campaigns as opposed to media blitzkriegs. Already, a few weird wrinkles have become apparent. Although the district elections lawsuit was argued and won on grounds of ethnic exclusion, some of the most active supporters of district elections are backing Sharon Byrne against Cathy Murillo, the only Latina or Latino elected to office in the past 20 years. Murillo like most elected officials in good standing with the Demo-cratic Party never embraced district elec-tions, though she has since reconciled her-self to playing the role of district representa-tive and is campaigning accordingly. Despite the race-based arguments needed to prevail in court, district elections proponents con-tend the real issue was always neighborhood representation, and those involved with the lawsuit contend Byrne has been a stronger advocate of neighborhood concerns than Murillo. This is an assertion not surpris-ingly that Murillo strongly disputes. n

Haggen Food & Pharmacy has received substantial community backlash since The Santa Barbara Independent reported last week that the Washington-based grocery chain laid off 14 developmentally disabled courtesy clerks in southern Santa Bar-bara County. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) disclosed this week additional information about the scope of the layoffs several hundred other workers throughout the company similarly lost their jobs when the entire courtesy clerk position was eliminated.

UFCW President Ricardo Icaza said Haggen cut the hours of most checkers, as well, after acquiring 146 Albertsons and Vons locations throughout California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada as part of a merger deal between Safeway Vons parent company and Albertsons. While we understand that Haggen is struggling in some locations, he said, we are totally opposed to their decision to reduce most full-time food and general merchandise clerks. The moves were a violation of bargaining agreements, Icaza claimed, and the union has sub-mitted a grievance with the state. A class-action discrimination lawsuit was filed Friday on behalf of the disabled workers.

Bill Shaner, CEO for Haggens Pacific Southwest division, admitted the companys growth into new markets has been challenging, and he said the decision to imple-ment layoffs was painful but necessary. He said employees were let go based on job classification and seniority, in compliance with collective bargaining agreements. Having to implement layoffs has been extremely difficult, Shaner went on, and I am especially disheartened by the fact that our associates with developmental disabilities were impacted by these changes. Haggen is already helping former employees find other jobs, he said. The company has declined to disclose exactly how many layoffs took place.

In an interview, Craig Renn, a disabled PathPoint client and Southern California native who worked for more than two years as a courtesy clerk at the Fairview Vons before Haggen let him go, said he loved everything about his old job and will miss the people most of all. He is currently unemployed and seeking work with assistance from PathPoint. Commenting on his layoff, Craig said, Its not good for me and that his job had given him a sense of purpose. LnaGarcia

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by N ick WelshThe California Divi-sion of Occupational Safety and Health (known as Cal/OSHA) has now conducted two inspections of the Santa Barbara Police Departments Figueroa Street police station, the most recent inspection taking place this Tuesday. Cal/OSHA spokesperson Erika Monterroza confirmed that the state safety agency is investigat-ing the police station, but she declined further elaboration explaining that to do so might corrupt the results. She did say that the investigation was initiated on February 26 and that by law, her agency has six months to complete the job.

Sergeant Mike McGrew, long the face of the Police Officers Association (POA), said he instigated the investigation after ambient tests for potential carcinogens that had been promised in December by Police Chief Cam Sanchez were not conducted. According to McGrew, the chief pledged at a leadership meeting to have the tests performed. When he checked with department brass to deter-mine if the tests had been done in Febru-ary, he was informed they had not. He then called Cal/OSHA and notified his superiors within the department that he had done so. The tests were conducted not long after, said assistant chief Frank Mannix. Those tests revealed, he said, no apparent health risks posed by the building.

Mannix and McGrew said they were animated by concerns that the police sta-tion might be a sick building. A number of department employeesor recent retir-eeshave either died of cancer in recent years or gotten sick with the disease. Man-nix cited two recent deaths and about five nonfatal cancer incidents. Further fueling such concerns was the extensive work refur-bishing the buildings heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system that began earlier this year. Its been like being in a dental office on steroids, said Mannix. That work has proved disruptive to depart-mental employees, and the dust, sawdust, and particulate matterfrom drywall and cottage-cheese ceiling materials have exacerbated employee fears about unsafe working conditions.

Mannix took exception to suggestions that Police Department brass didnt take the issue seriously. The tests happened in the first place because Chief Cam Sanchez was committed to having them done, Mannix declared. They didnt take place because of Mike McGrew or the POA. Mannix noted that Sanchez had obtained funding approval from former city administrator Jim Arm-strong to pay for the testsabout $10,000and subsequently got the green light from

Armstrongs successor, Paul Casey. McGrew stated the ambient tests did not occur until after he called Cal/OSHA.

Mannix said City Hall Risk Management personnel conducted two briefings with police employees notifying them that the test results did not reveal the presence of envi-ronmental carcinogens at levels sufficient to cause health problems. At those meetings, he said, several employees questioned whether radon levels had been tested, as well. They had not. We ordered those tests, as well, Mannix said. Those tests are scheduled to be conducted sometime later this month.

Chief Sanchez was in Oakland attending a funeral for a police officer killed on duty and was not available for comment.

Another issue noted by McGrew was the absence of a decontamination station in the police station. Typically, such stations are required so that officers can scrub blood and other bodily fluids off their boots and clothes before entering the shared public areas in the police station. The station housebuilt in 1959 and widely viewed as outdated in the extremeinstead has an eye-wash station. Mannix said the building has a restroom that opens to the exterior of the building thats open 24/7 and functions as a decontamina-tion chamber, allowing officers to clean any blood off prior to entering public areas. He acknowledged, however, that the room itself may not be labeled in accordance with Cal/OSHA guidelines, likewise the antibacterial soaps provided.

Replacing the station house has long been at the top of City Halls to-do list, but the $70 million required to build a new one has proved cost prohibitive. A bond measure in 1999 to raise the funds needed then only $25 million failed miserably with city voters. A majority of the City Council had hoped to place a bond measure on the November ballot this year to raise the funds needed to rebuild or seismically retrofit the police stationas well as a host of other unmet infrastructure needsbut the coun-cil was unable to achieve the 5-to-2 superma-jority needed to put the matter on the ballot so voters could decide. n

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by BraNdoN FastmaNWhen he was in the 4th grade, Rex Stephens plopped his BMX bike into a shopping cart and rolled it over to a machine shop called Meekers Tweekers near his home in Concord, California. Once there, he told the guys at the shop that he wanted them to chop the bike in two and weld the front half to the cart so that he and his friends would have a new contraption on which to bomb the biggest hill in town.

Did they do it? I asked him a couple of weeks ago as we sipped coffee at Muddy Waters, just across Haley Street from his own fabrication studio, the home of Santa Bar-bara Cruisers, where he and fellow craftsman Shawn Ramirez crank out single-speed sculp-tures. Its also the location of a juried cruiser show prior to the annual Fiesta Cruiser run, the unofficial closing ceremony of Fiesta weekend where hundreds of revelers on one-speed bikes with 26-inch wheels head off from Stearns Wharf and ride to Goleta Beach.

Yes, he replied, and we both cracked up laughing. Stephens is a throwback to an era when we hadnt yet become so alienated from our material world that we needed to invent a term like DIY. Doing it yourself is just what you did.

Especially when it came to bicycles. Now, the cycling industry peddles products for

every subniche imaginable. Stephens, how-ever, grew up duringand participated ina distinct history where those who wished to push bike technologys capability to conquer new terrain had no choice but to experiment with home-cooked modifications.

This was especially true for downhill mountain biking, Stephenss second love after BMX racing. In order to fly down slopes in the Santa Barbara backcountryby some accounts the birthplace of the term moun-tain bikeStephens and his cohort would affix motorcycle handlebars to their bikes, swap in moped shocks, or heat tires in ovens to change their durometer (which refers to hardness).

The first geared offering from Santa Bar-bara Cruisers, available in the fall, will pay homage to the Frankenstein-like klunkers cobbled together in the 70s by mountain bik-ing pioneers in Marin County who attached road-bike derailleurs to pre-WWII newsboy bikes.

Stephenss experimentation with bike frames flourished when he began hanging out at Bikesmiths (then in Santa Barbara but now in Carpinteria) in the early 90s. Owner Jim Hopperstad would let Stephens use his welding equipment, joking that I was there to clean up his mess. The two still collaborate on projects, and recently, Hopperstad gifted Stephens a Kennedy toolbox that includes, among other mechanical artifacts, the acety-

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Recognizing this history, Stephens often refers to himself as we to emphasize that he is but one link in a long tradition of Santa Bar-bara craftsmen and bike builders. A refresh-ingly analog human in an increasingly digital world, Stephenswho does all his render-ings on a chalkboardlikes that his bikes create community. Cruising allows face-to-face interaction, he said, where you can see your bros. Theres an exchange of energy, he said, when my art is out on the road.

Until seven years ago, building bikes was just a sideline hobby for Stephens, who origi-nally came to Santa Barbara to play football at Santa Barbara City College. Four months in, however, an ankle injury sidelined his career as a lineman. He continued to take courses in what are now called the industrial arts, and that education set him off on a success-ful 20-year career as a furniture craftsman. During that time, he also became a perpetu-ally spinning cog in the Santa Barbara com-munity. A World War II reenactor and his-tory buff, he has long been a participant in the Spirit of 76 Fourth of July parade, either marching or, as he does now, helping to plan the shindig.

When his furniture orders started to dry up with the onset of the Great Recession, he decided to follow his dream of fabricat-ing cruisers from the frame up. A multicultural mash-up of low-rider, BMX, and beach culture, the cruiser scene is a distinctly Cali-fornia phenomenon. As Stephens watched the Cruiser Run grow in popularity every year he first joined in on the fun during itera-tion 13 of the 36-year-old tradition he came to believe that quality cruisers provided an untapped market.

Santa Barbara Cruisers bur-geoning operation offers unfin-ished frames for $650 and chromed or painted frames and forks for $1,000, an unqualified steal in the world of handmade bikes. Stephens has diversified into multiple frame designs, including a womens step-through model, as well as beautifully finished com-ponents like stems and handlebars.

Last I visited his shop, sitting in his lathe was an aluminum head tube of massive circumference. It has since been welded to a custom-geometry cruiser he is building for a customer who is 610 and 425 pounds. While this special project required aluminum, Stephens typ-ically builds with chromoly steel sourced from Ventura Steel. He makes it a point to buy domesti-cally, couching his own venture as a meaningful effort to keep manu-facturing jobs in the U.S. and to

showcase American-made ingenuity.Hidden in various corners of Stephenss

workspace are show bikes that, more than any of his other handiworks, demonstrate both his artistry and attention to detail. The top tube of his shotgun bike is the stock and barrel of an 1897 Belgian hunting firearm donated by Ramirez. His rat rod bike was designed around an old carpenters level that he found in a metal scrapyard. The product of 400 hours of work, it includes so many design referencessuch as rivets that resemble the seams on fishnet stockings that it could be the subject of an entire article of its own.

Stephens credits his inventiveness to his mother, who raised two kids on her own. She simultaneously inculcated him and his sister with their limitless potential but of neces-sity had to leave them by themselves for long stretches of the day while at work across the bay in San Francisco. We had to make our own entertainment, said Stephens. And what I did was build. I built in the sandbox, I built with Legos, I built with Tinkertoys.

As Stephens showed me around his shop, he paused for a minute to ponder his legacy. When people look at his creations 100 years from now, he said, he hopes they will think, Yeah, this dude cared about shit.

411 The fifth annual King of the Cruisers bike show begins at 9 a.m., Sunday, August 9, at 509 East Haley Street. Merchandise and raffle ticket sales will benefit the Santa Barbara Cruisers Christmas fund, which defrays Kmart layaway bills for families in need.

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Lifelong Santa Barbara resident John S. Clark passed away peace-fully at Serenity House after a battle with cancer on July 20, 2015. John attended Santa Barbara and San Marcos high schools and Long Beach State University. An avid car enthusiast, he worked for Dripcut, then ran his own auto shop, Performance Engineering, and worked as service manager for Butts Mercedes.

At the age of 19, John flew in the right seat of Caroll Shelbys DC-3. His love of aviation drew him to a career as a professional pilot and flight instructor. In 1987, John flew Twin Otters for Trans World Express, then in 1988, he flew with Wings West Airlines (an American Eagle commuter) where as captain, he flew the Metroliner, Jetstream and Saab 340, retiring as chief pilot in 2001. John owned and flew his own Cessna 182 and RV-8 and was active in the general aviation com-munity for decades.

John was chairman of the Santa Barbara Airport Commission (2006, 2007 & 2012) and served on the board from 1991-1997; his tire-less service helped create the new Santa Barbara Airport Terminal building and many other improve-ments to the Santa Barbara Airport.

He is survived by three cousins, Linda McGinnis, Loris Clark, and Linda Lee, as well as many dear friends near and far. John will be remembered and missed for his laughter, passion for beautiful cars and fast airplanes, love of life and appreciation of beauty, and mostly for his deep and abiding friend-ship and for always taking the high road.

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On July 21, 2015, we unexpectedly lost our mother, sister, aunt, and friend. Katie Burkard Gaston, a Santa Barbara native, died sud-denly at her home in North Caro-lina. Born to Ben and Annabel Burkard at Saint Francis Hospital on March 4, 1952, Katie was the youngest of six siblings who grew up in the San Roque neighbor-hood. She attended San Roque Catholic School and graduated from San Marcos High School in 1970. She married Ken Gaston in 1985 and they joyfully raised their two children, Andrew and Leah, on the Westside of Santa Barbara.

Katie could always be found at Monroe Elementary School where her children attended. She volun-teered for everything! Often in the background, she offered tireless support wherever she was needed. Andrew and Leah followed in their mothers footsteps, both graduat-ing from San Marcos High School. Katie continued to volunteer for the marching band in which Andrew played the trumpet.

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ers and coworkers of the Safeway/Vons store at Chapala and Vic-toria where she worked for over 30 years. She always had a smile and went out of her way to help anyone in need. It would not be unusual for Katie to bring grocer-ies for neighbors who were unable to shop for themselves. She never forgot a birthday and she could always find the perfect gift for any occasion. She was a dear friend to many and those who received Katies compassionate generosity received a gift indeed.

Above all else, Katie loved her children and her family. They will treasure many memories of Katies loyalty and kindness. She will be missed beyond measure.

Katie was preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Annabel and her beloved brother, Richard Burkard. She is survived by her son, Andrew (Wilmington, NC), her daughter, Leah Dallas (Santa Barbara) and her former husband, Ken Gaston. She is also survived by her sisters, Patricia Burkard, Martha Briare (Vince), and Doro-thy Olivera, her brother, Michael Burkard (Paula), and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at San Roque Catholic Church on Monday the 10th of August at 1:00 pm. A celebration of Katies life will be held at Stevens Park following the service.

Marlene (Chi-Chi) BulfoneIn loving memory:

It has been six years since you left us all and there is not a day that goes by that we all do not think of you and your laughter as we see you sitting on your deck looking at the ocean sipping your glass of wine. We remember all the goofy things that you use to do and laughing with you and at you at the outcome of those goofy things. There were times that were was a lot of joy, tears and happiness at what was going on and believe it or not, there still is just thinking of you. Neighbors still ask about you and say how much they miss you, again just like all of us.

We all love you and miss you very much. Till we all see you again for the great party.

Love you always, Linda, Ed, Danielle, Stephanie, Daniel, Nathan, Jackson, Cristina, Merced, Frank, Michael, Barbara and many, many more.

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Stanton died May 14, 2015, at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital from complications of a fall. He had been undergoing treatment for a rare form of leukemia since Janu-ary. He was 78 years old.

Stan was born January 23, 1937, in Indianapolis, IN, the youngest of five children born to Robert F. and Edith Mae Murphy Peale. He attended schools in Southport, IN, and graduated from Southport High School in 1955. In 1959 he received his B.S. degree in Engi-neering sciences with highest dis-tinction from Purdue University. Stan received an M.S. in 1962 and a Ph.D. in 1965 from Cornell Uni-versity. He met Priscilla L. Cobb in 1959 at Cornell, and they were married in Boston, MA, on June 25, 1960. Sons Robert and Douglas were born in Ithaca, NY, in 1961 and 1963 respectively.

In 1964 he was a research asso-ciate at Cornells Center for Radio Physics and Space Research. In September 1965, he became an assistant professor in the Depart-ment of Astronomy and the Insti-tute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at UCLA. He transferred to the Department of Physics at UCSB in September 1968, and retired from UCSB as professor emeritus in 1994. He continued as a research professor mentoring post-doctoral fellows and actively doing research until his death. His last paper was submitted to a scientific

journal for publication on May 11, just three days before his death.

His research included the pre-diction of widespread volcanism on Jupiters moon Io, the derivation of a general theoretical framework that governs the rotational states of bodies subject to tides, the study of tidal evolution in satellite systems, and the development of an inge-nious procedure to determine the size and state of Mercurys core. He was also a pioneer in the study of extrasolar planets, both in terms of their dynamics and their detec-tion by microlensing. Stans work illustrated the power of physics to probe the interiors of planets.

He was honored by being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1981, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 1988, and by having an asteroid named Peale 3612 also in 1988. His research was recognized by the Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1979, the NASA medal for exceptional scientific achievement in 1980, the James Craig Watson award of the National Academy of Sciences in 1982, the Dirk Brouwer Award of the Division of Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astro-nomical Society in 1993, and mem-bership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2009.

Stan was preceded in death by his parents, sister Wilma Mills, and brothers Robert J. and John C. Peale. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Priscilla of Goleta, son Robert E. Peale, daughter-in-law Melinda A. Wright, grandson Christian Alexander Peale all of Winter Park, FL, and son Douglas A. Peale of San Jose, CA. Other survivors include his sister Virginia of Indianapolis, IN, sister-in-law Mildred Peale of Thousand Oaks, CA, two nephews, and three nieces.

On Friday, August 14, 2015, there will be a graveside service at Goleta Cemetery, 44 S. San Antonio Road, Santa Barbara, CA, at 2 p.m., and a celebration of life reception will follow at the family home at 3 p.m.

Dan P. Parks At the age of 19, John flew in the ers and coworkers of the Safeway/ Love you always, Linda, Ed, journal for publication on May 11,

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Marilynn Marie Seekins, 95, of Santa Barbara passed away on July 28, 2015. Private services.

Adeline Hazard Georgi, 92, formerly of Santa Barbara, passed away on July 12, 2015. Service Information: A Funeral Service will be held at Santa Barbara Cemetery Chapel on Monday, July 27, at 11:00 a.m.

Walter G. Lormer, Jr., 90 of Santa Barbara, passed away on July 12, 2015. Funeral Service - Wednesday, July 22, at noon at Welch-Ryce-Haider Goleta Chapel. Interment to follow at Goleta Cemetery.

Maria Cervantes, 81, of Santa Barbara, passed away July 3, 2015. She was born November 16, 1933. Arrangements entrusted to McDermott-Crockett and Associates Mortuary, (805) 569-2424.

Jeannette Mills, 92, of Santa Barbara, passed away July 8, 2015. She was born November 21, 1922. Arrangements entrusted to McDermott-Crockett and Associates Mortuary, (805) 569-2424.

Rachel Gonzales, 74, of Santa Barbara, passed away July 9, 2015. Arrangements entrusted to McDermott-Crockett and Associates Mortuary, (805) 569-2424

Scott Warwick, 54, of Goleta, passed away July 10, 2015. Arrangements entrusted to McDermott-Crockett and Associates Mortuary, (805) 569-2424.

Charles M. Everett, 88, of Car-pinteria, passed away July 12, 2015. Arrangements entrusted to McDer-mott-Crockett and Associates Mortu-ary, (805) 569-2424.

Margit Hagberg, 94, of Carpinteria, passed away July 13, 2015. Arrange-ments entrusted to McDermott-Crockett and Associates Mortuary, (805) 569-2424.

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by Jo Anne KellyIt is said that Sergeant Merlyn Kelly was the quintessential patrol officer, who wrapped him-self up in the black-and-white and went to work making sure the city was safe. Known at the Santa Barbara Police Department simply as Sarge or Kelly, and by some as The Bear due to his imposing sizehe was 63 and 260 poundsbeing a public ser-vant was his calling. He loved being out on the streets of Santa Bar-bara, assisting people. He started his career with the Santa Barbara Police Department when he was 21, and his watch lasted for 35-and-a-half years, under eight police chiefs.

Merlyn Kelly was born in Bar-stow, California, on October 17, 1941. When he was 10 years old, his fathers employer, Western Union, transferred the family to Santa Barbara, where Merlyn lived for the next 63 years. He graduated from Santa Barbara High School in 1959 and later received a degree from Santa Barbara City College in administration of justice.

The 35-and-a-half years of police work spanned many job assign-ments. Among Kellys job titles were Supervisor of Patrol, Super-visor of Motors, Supervisor of K-9, Parking Enforce-ment, and Special Events; he was also a Detective Sergeant and a member of the SWAT Team. Working with the United States Secret Service when president Ronald Reagan came to Santa Barbara was especially gratifying. On his off-hours, Sgt. Kelly participated in the California Police Olympics for several years in the shotgun venue, and he was a player on the S.B. Police Department (SBPD) Softball Team. He loved fishing on Lake Cachuma in his bass boat, and he also flew gliders. He enjoyed riding his motorcycle, tak-ing many camping trips with his police buddies. His favorite job, though, was pounding a beat.

Sgt. Kelly was president of the Santa Barbara Police Officers Association, the Police Benevolent Associa-tion, and the International Brotherhood of Police Offi-cers. It was important to him to be part of improving the working conditions for the members of the SBPD.

Kellys desire was always to help others. He felt being a police officer in his hometown community was a way to accomplish that. According to Kellys supervisors, if he were to err as an officer, it would be on the side of kindness. However, that didnt stop his actions that were recognized when he was awarded the H. Thomas Guerry Award for Valor in 1972. In the early morning hours, Sgt. Kelly got a radio call regarding a man acting strangely at the Blue Onion parking lot on State Street (currently IHOP). He cau-tiously got out of his patrol car and approached the man. The man immediately pulled out a sawed-off shotgun from under his coat and pointed it at Sgt. Kellys head. He pulled the trigger. He had forgotten to take the safety off the gun. He tried again and again to pull the trigger until he was wrestled to the ground. Sgt. Kellys lieutenant reported, God intervened it was not Kellys time.

Sgt. Kellys stature was often commented upon. One retired SBPD captain remembers meeting Kelly dur-ing the interview stage a memorable first impres-

sion. It was January 1974. I was to undergo my final processing. I was sitting outside the sergeants office who was going to interview me. I was wearing a bor-rowed sports coat, which was too big for me. I was very excited and proud to have made it through the test-

ing and to be on the verge of being sworn in, when the door opened and out walked the biggest human being I had ever seen Motor Sergeant Merlyn Kelly, complete in Class A motor officer uniform with boots and Sam Browne belt gleaming. I clearly remem-ber thinking to myself, Well, its clear that Im not big enough to do this job. I might as well leave now. As a true measure of just who Sgt. Kelly was, he walked over, introduced himself, and welcomed me to the department, thus beginning years of his friendship, lead-ership, counsel, and mentor-ing. I have never forgotten that momentor the man.

Sgt. Kellys police career epitomized the ideal public servant, one whose courage is equaled by his compas-

sion. He was recognized by The Santa Barbara Inde-pendents Local Hero Award in 1991 for his community service. Twice a week for years he volunteered with the Adult Literacy Program at the public library, helping adults to read. For over 25 years, he was a regular blood donor. Numerous years were spent at public schools, talking to children about police work. Sgt. Kelly was Santa Claus in the State Street parade float for many years and at the Lighting of the Tree at Carrillo and Chapala streets, as well as being Santa at childrens par-ties. Kelly loved to cook, and he and his wife, Jo Anne, opened their home at Christmas and Thanksgiving for officers who were on duty to stop by and enjoy a home-cooked meal.

After Sgt. Kelly retired, Chief Cam Sanchez asked him to come back to the SBPD as Chaplain. He was very grateful to have served four years in that capac-ity, ministering to both the community and the SBPD officers when needed. He also officiated at many police officers weddings. He was president of his beloved congregation at Emanuel Lutheran Church. He minis-tered to people who were ill or needed encouragement by giving them a stuffed bear to hug and remember they were loved. Sgt. Kelly began his career carrying a gun; he ended it carrying a Bible. He deeply loved God. Well done, good and faithful servant (Mat-thew 25:21).

His very last words on Earth, before he went to be with Jesus in Heaven, were: I want to be with Michael the Archangel fighting against evil. Once a police officer always a police officer.

Kelly is greatly missed by his wife of 38 years, Jo Anne, and his sons, T.J. (Greta) and Erik (Mona), grandson Adam, family, friends, and colleagues in law enforcement.

Jo Anne Kelly thanks the many members of the Santa Barbara Police Department for contribut-ing their remembrances and stories.

In MemoriamMerlyn Kelly

1941-2014Police Officer, Gentleman, and a Gentle Man

THE BEAR: Merlyn Kelly rarely let his 63 stature get in the way of his kind-ness, and he received the H. Thomas Guerry Award for Valor in 1972.

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rOwdy wranglers:My mixed memories of yesteryears Fiestas include longhorn cattle rumbling up State Street, wild-looking horses, rowdy crowds at El Paseo, and a blacksmith float rolling along afire.

I never saw actor Leo Carrillo ride his horse into a downtown bar, but old-timers swear he did it more than once. One day, they say, Leo got in a fight with a man who took exception to Carrillos flirtation with the mans wife. Leo got punched out.

Things have tamed down now, a virtual pony ride down the primrose path compared with the sometimes raucous Fiestas of past Old Spanish Days.

There was the day when Sam Smisher, a giant of a man, stogie clamped in his jaws, drove his prize mules pulling an old black-smith float up to the starting line, not real-izing that it was on fire. We kept yelling at him, Youre on fire, recalled longtime Fiesta honcho Wayne Powers. But Sam was deaf and couldnt hear. Finally they got Sams attention and the fire out. A Goleta teenager, aboard because of some honor, got off and refused to get back on.

One year Clarence Minetti was allowed to haul a dozen or so of his longhorns to town for the parade. Once here, the fearsome beasts refused to get out of the trailer. Men had to build a dirt ramp to get them out. They looked like menaces, recalled Powers. But they were extremely docile.

But Ill tell you, when I spotted the herd lumbering through downtown, kids sitting on the curb just a few feet away, I did a double take. One firecracker, I figured, and thered be a stampede. But the creatures behaved themselves all the way to Earl Warren Show-grounds for the rodeo.

Party people always made it a practice to jam El Paseo on parade day, music booming, a mariachi band on hand, margaritas flowing, and screaming girls dancing on the tables.

Fiesta, with that big romantic moon hovering over Santa Barbara, is a time for short-lived romances that fade with the Fiesta moon.

One year, 1964 I think, News-Press photog-rapher Ray Borges and I covered the parade on roller skates. Not sure why, but I have a photo of us somewhere. Like the longhorns, it was a one-time thing. In fact, Fiesta was full of one-time things.

Tony Avis would bring his wild-looking backcountry packhorses over from La Con-chita and rent them out for the parade. I rode one year and got astride as ragged-looking a specimen of horseflesh as I ever saw. But it was perfect, even with a greenhorn aboard. Sad to say, Tony was killed at just 53 years old in the 2005 La Conchita landslide. I think his herd survived.

One year I climbed on another horse, which refused to answer the reins. Kids came up to pet it, which frightened me more than the horse did. I promptly traded it in for a nice old granny.

Skip Shalhoob proudly rode his horse on parade day, bare-chested and dressed as an Indian.

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Ill never forget the year we dressed the kids up in their Fiesta finest for the Childrens Parade. For some reason we decided that one of the kids should hold our white cat, Big Frisky. What was I thinking? The parade kicked off with a bang and a drum thump that frightened poor Big Frisky and sent him scampering off.

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