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Ex-Golden State worker alleges abuse
Tim Dewar
publisher@ojaivalleynews.com
The little town of Ojai
continues to present big problems for Golden State Water
Company (GSWC).
The investor-owned utility
company is already the plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking to strip
Casitas Municipal Water
District (CMWD) of the
funding mechanism it hopes
to use for a proposed buyout
of GSWC's Ojai service area.
Now, a former GSWC
employee is taking the water
giant to court — this time as
the defendant — alleging he
was wrongfully terminated
from his job as a water distribution operator II for alerting
company officials to unfair
and unsafe business practices.
Simon Hernandez, who
worked for GSWC from
November 2008 to April 2013,
filed a 21-page complaint in
the Superior Court of Ventura
County June 10. Hernandez's
attorney, Kevin Chaffin from
the Chaffin Law Office in
Ventura, said the two sides
will meet in Courtroom 22B
Nov. 4 for a case management
hearing before Commissioner
Miles Lang.
Chaffin said they will confer
with Lang to plan the timing
for a discovery period and
hopefully to set a proposed
trial date. It should be
assigned to a specific judge at
that time as well.
During discovery, both sides
will interview witnesses and
seek documentation that will
support their case.
For Hernandez, that means
stacking enough evidence to
prove his claims that during
his years at GSWC he “experienced an ongoing pattern of
retaliation, harassment and
discrimination which ultimately led to his wrongful
termination …”
In
the
complaint,
Hernandez claims that GSWC
managers favored one local
contractor
over
others,
requiring subordinates to use
them even when this resulted
in Ojai customers incurring
extra charges for leaking water
or extended interruptions of
service. Hernandez indicates
that, at times, the contractor
failed to comply with OSHA
requirements regarding the
use of flaggers, shoring, hard
hats, proper lighting, staffing
levels and it took longer to
See Employee, Page A4
Wells: Can
you dig it?
City passes water well moratorium
Tiobe Barron
Ojai Valley News correspondent
The Ojai City Council unanimously
approved an urgency ordinance
Tuesday night banning the drilling of
new water wells in the city of Ojai for
the next 45 days. The decision came on
the heels of a similar moratorium
passed by the Ventura County Board of
Supervisors earlier Tuesday. The city’s
moratorium encompasses land within
the city limits, while the county’s ruling
includes most of the unincorporated
areas of Ojai Valley. The City Council
has until the Dec. 9 meeting to extend
Ojai’s moratorium for a year.
New California legislation is expected
in January, and will likely designate
Ojai’s groundwater basins as medium
priority, which is based not on the
amount of water in the basins but on
their importance to residents.
“The bottom line is: is this moratorium good policy for the city of Ojai, or
is it not? I would offer to you that it is,”
commented Supervisor Steve Bennett
at the City Council meeting. “When it
comes to groundwater policy, there has
been a terrible absence of leadership
from California, in terms of willingness
to make the hard decisions … Current
Ojai Valley News photo by Mariana Campos
Pretty in pink
Ojai resident Wiley Connell and his dog, Raybelle, enjoy the view of the “Pink Moment” over the Topa Topa mountains.
See Council, Page A3
DA serves search warrant on Anterra facility
Kimberly Rivers
The Ventura County District
Attorney (VCDA) served a search
warrant to Anterra Energy Services
Sept. 11 on suspicion that a felony had
been committed. But exactly what
felony the company is suspected of
has not been released by the court.
Anterra’s legal counsel has filed
motions with Ventura County Superior
Court (VCSC) to unseal the 46-page
search warrant; they make the case
that the VCDA failed to follow court
orders in the execution of the warrant.
“One of the individuals who served
the search warrant, described himself
as the architect of the shock and awe
execution of this search warrant,”
wrote Mark Pachowicz, legal counsel
for Anterra, in a Sept. 15 letter to
Christopher Harman, the senior
deputy district attorney for VCDA. “It
seems clear to me formulating a shock
and awe search plan is entirely inconsistent with the Court order.”
Anterra operates a facility on Wooley
Road in Oxnard that has two
producing oil and gas wells and a Class
II oilfield waste disposal injection well.
VCDA served the search warrant and
is conducting an ongoing criminal
investigation. However, no charges
have been filed yet, and VCDA is not
releasing specific information about
their investigation.
The Ojai Valley News obtained
copies of the court documents filed as
of Wednesday.
Currently, only the first 10 pages of
the search warrant are unsealed,
allowing Anterra and the public only a
glimpse of VCDA’s full effort. On the
first page, VCDA indicated it believes
the result of serving the warrant will
“tend to show that a felony has been
committed or that a particular person
has committed a felony.” The warrant
includes the taking of “Documents, in
whatever form including in electronic
form or located within digital media,
pertaining to the generation, storage,
treatment, transportation and/or
disposal of produced water, drilling
mud, tank bottom wastes, hazardous
waste and hazardous materials.”
The warrant also includes information related to chemical profiles and
analytical laboratory data related to
“waste generated from Vintage
Production of California dated July 22,
2013.”
See Wednesday’s Ojai Valley News
for a story relating to leaked intercompany e-mails that have drawn
attention to Anterra’s acceptance of
oilfield waste.
Anterra filed a motion Oct. 20 to
unseal the remainder of the search
warrant. Pachowicz, in his motion,
questions the search warrant docu-
ment. On the first page, a “no” box is
checked next to the sealed option.
Pachowicz argued the warrant the
judge signed was meant to be
unsealed. “VCDA refused to file the
unsealed warrant the court signed on
Sept. 8. Instead over Anterra’s objection, VCDA sought and subsequently
obtained a sealing order without
providing notice to Anterra as
requested,” Pachowicz wrote. He
added that the government illegally
obtained attorney-client privileged
information during their search.
A sealed search warrant is sometimes used to protect a witness or
informant; it may withhold certain
aspects of the intent of the search from
the party on which it is served — as
well as the public.
In a letter dated Sept. 15 to Harman,
Pachowicz writes, “The fact that there
See Warrant, Page A4
County Supervisors halt drilling of new water wells in Ventura River Watershed
Kimberly Rivers
In a four-to-one vote
Tuesday, the Ventura County
Board of Supervisors passed a
moratorium on drilling new
water wells in four major
watersheds in the county:
Ventura, Santa Clara, Cuyama
and Calleguas. Most of the Ojai
Valley is considered to be part
of the Ventura River Watershed, including Upper Ojai,
although some portions of
Upper Ojai are within the
Santa Clara River Watershed.
The Supervisors' moratorium
applies to the entire Ojai
Valley, except property within
the city limits of Ojai. Cities are
exempt from the county's
moratorium, and have full
jurisdiction to enact similar
ordinances of their own if they
choose. The city of Ojai passed
a moratorium of its own at
Tuesday's Ojai City Council
meeting.
Because the Board of Supervisors passed the moratorium
as an “urgency” ordinance, it
went into effect immediately.
It is retroactive to Oct. 22, and
permits submitted after that
date will not be processed.
Supervisor Peter Foy was the
lone nay vote.
According to the new ordinance, “Water levels decreased
in all (ground water) basins an
average of approximately 13
feet, with the greatest level
decrease, 78.4 feet, in the Ojai
Valley.” It goes on to say, “In
the Ojai Valley, the incidence
of wells going dry has
contributed to increased
demand on Lake Casitas.”
“The state has told us to
bring
(the
groundwater
basins) into safe yield by 2010.
That has not been accomplished yet,” said Supervisor
Steve Bennett at the public
hearing. Bennett represents
the Ojai Valley (including
Upper Ojai), as well as Ventura,
Montalvo, Saticoy, Riverpark,
Northwest Oxnard and North
Coast. During his opening
remarks, Bennett said the
county had received 27 new
well permits in two days,
which brought the total to 89
new well permit requests
submitted in 2014.
Tuesday, the Supervisors
heard from supporters of the
moratorium, who pointed to
the drought and the need to
use water in a more sustain-
able way, and to not depend
on rain. They also heard from
those in opposition of the
moratorium, who argued the
temporary ban on new wells
constituted a “taking” of their
water rights under their land.
Others simply said that
lawsuits would be filed.
Representatives from many
local farms, including Ojai
growers, and agricultural
groups came out against the
ban, saying they needed more
time to work together to create
a better ordinance.
“The consensus process is
more of a delay process,” said
Mike
Solomon,
general
manager of United Water
Conservation District, which
manages Lake Piru. Releases
of water from Lake Piru are
used to recharge the ground-
water basins below the lake,
but those releases have been
halted due to drought conditions and low lake levels. “Sea
water is coming in, and we are
not going to be able to push it
back out," Solomon said. The
groundwater
basins
throughout the county are
relied upon for residential,
agricultural and industrial use,
he pointed out, adding, “The
basins are interconnected …
some are at the worst drought
level we have seen."
“You are witness to history,”
said Russ Baggerly, a Board
member of Casitas Municipal
Water District (CMWD); he is
also the CMWD representative
for the Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency
See Supervisors, Page A4
A2 Ojai Valley News • Friday, Oct. 31, 2014
Get ready to rock at Nightingale Ball
The Nightingale Ball,
Ojai’s most anticipated
winter social event, goes
up-tempo this year as
“Club Nightingale,” with
decor, mood and music
from the classic rock era
added to its traditional
blend of charm, elegance and fun.
It all happens Dec. 6
at the Ojai Valley Inn &
Spa, sponsored for the
14th year by the Ojai
Valley Community Hospital Foundation Guild.
All proceeds will benefit
the local hospital and its
associated Continuing
Care
Center.
The
Nightingale Ball has
raised more than $1.5
million for the hospital
over the last 13 years.
As always, the blacktie event will feature
handsome benefactors
in handsome attire, but
this year the inn’s dining
room will be decked out
in a style reminiscent of
stylish New York and
Photo by Don Anderson
Jane and Dick Weirick, chairs for the Hospital GuildÕs
2014 Nightingale Ball, have been active community volunteers with organizations like the Ojai Music Festival,
Help of Ojai, the Ojai Valley Museum and Rotary since
moving here in 1986.
Hollywood supper clubs
from another era, with
music to match the
mood from the rock
group, Captain Cardiac
and the Coronaries.
“Obviously, you don’t
tamper with the kind of
success the Nightingale
has enjoyed,” Chair Jane
Weirick says. “So this
year we’re adding a little
spice to an already tasty
recipe, and we think the
result will be truly exciting. And speaking of
recipes, we also have a
very special menu for
dinner that night.”
In
addition,
the
evening will feature
plenty of dancing, socializing and fun surprises, plus a raffle
offering a painting by
prize-winning
Ojai
artist Sherry Loehr. Former Nightingale chairs
Nita Whaley and Don
Anderson will be this
year’s honorary hosts.
Tickets
for
the
evening
at
“Club
Nightingale” are $250
per person, with several
sponsorship opportunities of up to $2,500 each.
Sponsorships from individuals and business
make up a major portion of the total proceeds that go toward
improvements at the
hospital and Continuing Care Center.
For information or to
make reservations, call
640-2317.
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with E.J. Harrison for solid waste, recycling and green
waste service.
If you have any comments about your service, please contact
Public Works at amackey@ojaicity.org or 646-5581 Ext. 209.
At School
Colin McMahon, an environmental economics major from Ojai, has
received the dean's award for academic excellence from Colgate University for the spring 2014 semester.
McMahon graduated from The
Thacher School in Ojai.
The dean's award is given to students with a 3.30 or higher grade
point average average while enrolled in 3.75 or more course hours.
Colgate University, in Hamilton,
N.Y., is a residential liberal arts insti-
tution distinguished by the dedication of its 294 full-time facultyscholars, and its commitment to
global engagement, student-faculty
research, off-campus study, sustainable practices, and utilizing technology to enhance the teaching and
learning experience.
Colgate offers 54 majors to a diverse student body of approximately
2,900
undergraduate
students, and supports 25 Division
I athletic teams.
Police Blotter
CRIMES
• Disturbing the peace was reported in the 200 block of Bald
Street Oct. 22.
• Burglary was reported in the
700 block of El Paseo Road Oct. 22.
• Burglary was reported in the 00
block of Burnham Road Oct. 22.
• Petty theft was reported in the
200 block of East Eucalyptus Street
Oct. 23.
ARRESTS
• A 35-year-old man was arrested
in Ojai Oct. 17 for public intoxication. Bail was set at $2,500.
• A 27-year-old woman was arrested on Bald Street Oct. 22 for
disturbing the peace. Bail was set
at $2,500.
on Old Grade Road Oct. 22 on suspicion of being under the influence
of a controlled substance. Bail was
set at $5,000.
in Ojai Oct. 24 on suspicion of
being under the influence of a controlled substance. Bail was set at
$5,000.
being under the influence of a controlled substance. Bail was set at
$5,000.
on South Rice Road Oct. 24 for
public intoxication and on a warrant. Bail was set at $7,500.
on East Ojai Avenue Oct. 25 for
public intoxication. Bail was set at
$2,500.
in Oak View Oct. 25 on suspicion of
unlawful taking or driving of a vehicle. Bail was set at $20,000.
on Highway 33 Oct. 25 on suspicion of being under the influence
of a controlled substance and possessing a controlled substance
without a prescription. Bail was set
at $17,500.
on South Ventura Street Oct. 25 on
suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance. Bail
was set at $5,000.
on North Ventura Avenue Oct. 25
on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance.
Bail was set at $5,000.
being under the influence of a controlled substance and possessing
methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $17,500.
on North Lomita Avenue Oct. 26 on
suspicion of driving under the influence. Bail was set at $5,000.
• A 37-year-old woman was arrested at the Ojai Library Oct. 27 on
a warrant. Bail was set at $2,500.
on El Conejo Drive Oct. 28 on suspicion of being under the influence
set at $5,000.
on El Roblar Drive Oct. 28 on suspicion of being under the influence
set at $5,000.
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Ojai Valley News • Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 A3
Council:
Elections 2014:
Continued from Page A1
groundwater users are at
risk from potential new
users.”
California is one of the
few western states still allowing property owners
the right to water wells
without a discretionary
process. “The moratorium on issuing well permits is justified primarily
by the current drought
conditions, the condition
of our water resources
here in Ojai and also new
state law,” explained Ojai
City Manager Rob Clark.
“I think we should coordinate closely with the
county.”
Not everyone at the
meeting was in agreement with this course of
action, however.
“Just because Mr. Bennett and the County of
Ventura want to get sued
for their heavy-handed
governmental politics, I
don’t know that the Ojai
Valley should follow suit,”
said Brandon Hansen,
owner of local company
Hansen Well Service and
current Ojai City Council
candidate. He also spoke
at the Supervisors meeting. “The policy does
nothing to stop usage in
the basin … We all have
the right to use water
under our properties.
This moratorium flies in
the face of that law.”
“Any new wells are
pumping the same water
supplied by Golden State
Water
Company
(GSWC),” said Ojai resident Pat McPherson.
“There is no justification
for this moratorium. It’s
the same water.”
More speakers had
other concerns about the
sudden “urgency moratorium.”
“This drought has been
in the works for three to
five years,” observed
Randy Haney, also a candidate for Ojai City
Council. Haney advocated for a more proactive response in future,
arguing this measure
seemed reactive.
“The
moratorium
doesn’t give you a lot of
options,” offered Ojai
Friends of Locally Owned
Water
representative
Ryan Blatz. “The whole
GSWC situation stems
from centralizing power.”
These sentiments did
not stop the Council
from approving the
moratorium
unanimously.
And passing the moratorium didn’t stop the
Council from approving
two new water wells, one
at 251 Saddle Lane and
the other at 403 Bryant
St.
“I do not support
retroactive legislation,”
said Ojai Mayor Carlon
Strobel. “I will treat (the
well applications) as
though we did not have
this conversation.”
“Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency
had a lack of objection to
approving these two
water well applications,”
stated Ojai Public Works
Director Greg Grant.
Both Councilwoman
Betsy Clapp and Mayor
Pro Tem Carol Smith
voted against the well applications, but the remaining
council
members — a majority —
approved them.
Council also unanimously voted to create a
$58,000 part-time contract position for a code
enforcement officer. “At
the Sept. 23 meeting,
Council requested a discussion of code enforcement staffing options in
order to be able to provide proactive enforcement of the leaf blower
ordinance, and other city
ordinances,” explained
Clark.
Up to this point, code
enforcement in Ojai has
been complaint-driven,
with only one city staff
member devoting a few
hours of their workweek
to enforcement, leading
many residents to question the fairness of these
regulations.
“I have never supported complaint-driven
code enforcement,” said
Mayor Strobel. “I do not
feel that it is equal. I feel
our laws should be enforced across the board.
Until the city gets serious
about enforcing its laws,
the citizens are not going
to comply with them.”
Although the issue was
not on the agenda, residents spoke during the
public communications
portion of the meeting
about a property at 1105
N. Signal St. that received
a 2013 director's exemption from former interim
community
development
director
Ann
McLaughlin for various
construction projects.
Many residents first
raised concerns about
the property to their
elected representatives at
the Oct. 14 regular Ojai
City Council meeting,
and current community
development director
Kathleen Wold informed
them of McLaughlin's
possible misuse of the director's
exemptions,
which are traditionally
used exclusively for
minor aesthetic projects
not subject to design review through the planning commission.
Ojai City Manager Rob
Clark is having Ojai City
Attorney Joseph Fletcher
review the case and the
city's legal authority
moving forward. Council
is expected to review the
issue of director's exemptions next January.
In the interim, the
property owner, and
those involved with the
project request neighbors and residents not
judge the property by its
current,
in-progress
state.
"A wall goes up, and
until it's finished, it's not
beautiful," said local
landscape designer Paul
Henderson. "You can't
judge this property while
you're just watching the
beginning."
Ojai Valley Sanitary District and
Ojai Valley Municipal Advisory Council
The Ojai Valley Sanitary District (OVSD)
serves the entire Ojai Valley and is responsible for
the maintenance of 120
miles of sewers and the
treatment of wastewater.
The OVSD board is responsible for setting
rules and rates, and
overseeing the system
and operations at the
treatment plant.
Though there are three
candidates — Randy
Burg, John "Jack" Curtis
and Stan Greene — only
Burg returned a complete questionnaire to
the Ojai Valley News.
Curtis answered a portion of the questions, and
Greene did not respond.
Because no one is running against them, their
names will not be on the
ballot, according to Tracy
Saucedo, Ventura County
assistant registrar of voters. Instead, they will all
be appointed or re-appointed to their positions
by the Ventura County
Board of Supervisors.
The Ojai Valley Municipal Advisory Committee
oversees issues — from
land use to public health
— pertaining to the unincorporated Ojai Valley.
Their recommendations
go to the Ventura County
Board of Supervisors and
the Ventura County Planning Commission.
Like the OVSD candidates, the MAC board
members are running
unopposed and therefore will be re-appointed
to their positions by the
Ventura County Board of
Supervisors.
Neither of the board
members currently up
for re-election — Carin
Kally and Terry Wright —
responded to the Ojai
Valley News questionnaire.
Randy Burg
• Age: 64
• Occupation: owner,
HVAC
manufacturer’s
representative company
• City of Residence:
Oak View
• Number of years
served with OVSD: 13
years
• Bio: Burg holds a B.S.
Degree in economics and
owns a HVAC manufacturer’s
representative
company. Randy is 64
and has lived in the Ojai
Valley since 1977 and is
very active with the Ojai
Lions Club and is currently the treasurer. During his tenure as an
OVSD board member,
Randy was involved with
the committee preparation of the Sanitary District ordinance dealing
with the suspected hundreds of unpermitted
sewer
connections.
“Everyone should pay
their fair share of sanitary
sewer service.”
• Key issues facing Ojai
Valley Sanitary District:
Currently, the Sanitary
District has begun the
task of looking for ways
to help individual home
owners identify and repair problems with their
private laterals which
connect to the sewer system in the street. Our
treatment plant can go
from processing two million gallons daily to over
nine million gallons a day
during a heavy rain
storm, with much of the
increased flow coming
from leaky private sewer
laterals. With state regu-
lations demanding ultrapure water discharge into
the Ventura River, it becomes nearly impossible
to process the extra rain
water. Any fines for exceeding the water discharge standards would
drive up the rates we currently pay for sewer service.
John "Jack" Curtis
• Age: No response
• Occupation: retired
• City of Residence:
Ojai Valley
• Number of years
served with OVSD: 2003
to present
• Bio: Attended Ventura
College
and
UCSB;
worked on a number of
water and sewer projects
including the Los Angeles
and San Diego Aqueduct
systems, as well as Bay
Municipal Water District
Aqueduct System for the
city of Oakland; worked
in freeway construction,
and with Southern California Edison; member of
now-defunct
Meiners
Oaks Sanitary District
(1969 to 1975); married,
three daughters, eight
grandchildren,
three
great-grandchildren.
• Key issues facing
OVSD: No response
CORRECTION
In the Wednesday,
Oct. 29, issue of the
OVN, an error was
made in the front-page
story about Anterra.
The chief deputy director of the California
Department of Conservation is named
Jason Marshall.
COMMUNITY IS MY AGENDA
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Warrant:
is an ongoing investigation is
insufficient to seal a warrant.
If there are confidential
informants you are trying to
protect or something else that
might actually justify a sealing
order … I am more than
willing to listen to your position.”
Harman responded Sept.
16, “California law does not
require an agency executing a
search warrant to provide the
target with a copy of the affidavit, but only with a receipt
from
property
taken.”
Harman writes that in his
motion, Pachowicz provided
no “authority that requires
law enforcement” to either
give Anterra the full warrant,
or which “prohibits law
enforcement from seeking to
seal a warrant at any time
prior to charges being filed,
those demands will also be
refused.”
In his motion Pachowicz
goes on to state, “VCDA seized
documents, many of which
are privileged, not particularly
described in the warrant,” and
“certain members of VCDA
now seek to embark on a
review of the actual privileged
documents VCDA unlawfully
seized. VCDA’s total disregard
for the Constitution, this
court’s orders and Anterra’s
privileged information has
and will continue to cause
damage to Anterra.”
The
motion
includes
requests for the court to
prohibit VCDA from searching
any of the seized material
until further notice from the
court; compel VCDA to unseal
the warrant; force VCDA to
return “items illegally seized;”
and to appoint a special
master to oversee the review
of information so as to “insure
the government does not
review privileged information.”
When a search warrant
involves the office of an
attorney or doctor or other
professional whose client
correspondence may be
protected by the law, a special
master is used to create a
boundary
between
the
government and that confidential information.
In support of his argument
for
a
special
master,
Pachowicz pointed to another
criminal case (People v.
Winslow) wherein the original
prosecutor and investigator
were replaced in the case
because they had “knowledge
of the privileged information.”
“As to why we are not using
an outside special master, first
we are under no legal obligation to employ an outside
person, as we did not search
an attorney's or doctor's
office. Second we wish to
proceed in a timely fashion
for our own as well as your
client's interest in resolving
these
matters,”
stated
Harman in response to
Anterra’s motion.
A hearing on the unsealing
of the warrant is currently
scheduled for Friday at 8:30
a.m. This hearing has been
scheduled and continued
three times previously.
right of an overlying land owner
to access it. It is not within the
county’s jurisdiction to interfere with water rights as
defined by state law.”
Brandon Hansen, owner of
Hansen Water Well Specialists
and an Ojai City Council candidate, offered his perspective.
“As a local landowner and
contractor who makes a living
drilling and servicing wells
throughout the county — and
have for four generations — I
want to raise our concern
about the county of Ventura’s
attempt at stripping property
owners of their ability to exercise their groundwater rights,”
said Hansen. He points out the
ordinance says the Ojai
Groundwater
Basin
has
dropped 78 feet, but he claimed
the Ojai Basin “has always fluctuated at these levels from year
to year.” He argued that the
benefits of residential wells
include taking the strain off of
municipal sources of water and
“spreads the groundwater
extraction over a much larger
area.”
Other speakers, however,
said the time for the Supervisors to act is now.
“I am seeing a troubling
trend in the unincorporated
areas,” said Lisa Burton, a landscape designer based in
Ventura who specializes in
what the company calls
“climate appropriate” landscaping. “Homeowners are
choosing to drill a well instead
of changing their landscaping.
One example is a property
owner in Rancho Matilija. They
have an acre and a half, and
their sole purpose of drilling a
well is to water their lawn. This
is not the appropriate use of
our water. This measure is only
a moratorium until we can get
sane common sense policy in
place that will protect our water
supply.” Rancho Matilija is an
upscale, gated community near
Lake Casitas on Highway 150.
The ordinance does offer
exclusions and exemptions
related to well permits needed
“for the repair, modification or
replacement of an existing
permitted water well.” Permits
for wells that are “backup or
standby wells which do not
initiate any new or increased
use of groundwater” are also
allowed.
Also excluded are areas “in
which groundwater rights have
been adjudicated by a court”
and would result in this ordinance interfering with that
management.
Supervisor Bennett also
explained the ordinance is
designed to “sunset” — or no
longer be in effect — once the
groundwater basins come
under the management of a
sustainability agency which
would have “adopted and
submitted to the California
Department
of
Water
Resources a groundwater
sustainability plan or alternative plan,” pursuant to state
law. These agencies and plans
are governed under the California Statewide Groundwater
Elevation Monitoring Program
(CASEGEM), and under that
program, certain groundwater
basins are designated as low,
medium or high priority in
terms of needing management.
These agencies — and the
plans they would create to
manage groundwater — are
governed by State Water Code
Sections 10727 and 10733.6,
which go into effect on Jan. 1,
2015. In Ojai, OBMGA is
discussing the process to
become a sustainability agency.
The county moratorium also
allows for waivers to be granted
by the Ventura County Planning Director on a case-by-case
basis, based on certain conditions where the prohibition of
new wells would cause “practical hardships or unnecessary
hardships,” and when the
granting of such a permit
would “not be detrimental to
the condition of groundwater
resources.”
An appeal process is also in
place, should an applicant feel
they should be granted an
exception or waiver to the
moratorium.
Supervisors:
(OBGMA). Baggerly said the
Sustainable
Groundwater
Management Act, recently
signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, has
“changed 150 years of groundwater policy — policy that
engendered a feeling by
groundwater pumpers that
they have absolute right to all
the water that they wanted
under their property. That’s a
lie. It always has been. They
have a correlative right. They
cannot pump out more water
than would endanger the basin
and/or
endanger
their
neighbor's well.”
But others disagreed with
Baggerly on the issue of water
rights.
“This
ordinance
deprives land owners from
accessing groundwater underlying their property,” said
Jurgen Gramckow, a resident of
Ojai who is president of Southland Sod Farms in Oxnard. “In
doing so it violates their California constitutional right to
beneficial use of water.
Whether water has been used
in the past or not, there is a
Employee:
GSWC rate hearing set for Dec. 3
complete some projects
than other contractors.
The end result, according
to Hernandez, was the
contractor was given preference in exchange for
rewards to some GSWC
managers that included
kickbacks, fishing trips,
free meals and other
financial benefits. The
complaint did not name
the managers suspected
of receiving the alleged
rewards.
As part of his job,
Hernandez said he would
often conduct high-bill
investigations for Ojai
customers and would
advise them how to save
money on their water bill.
Once, the suit claims, he
advised a customer they
qualified for a smaller
meter than was installed
on their property. GSWC
bills are figured, in part,
on the size meter each
customer has and larger
meters result in higher
charges for the customer.
In the complaint,
Hernandez said when
word got back to his superiors he was warned not
to advise customers who
qualified that they could
save money by requesting
a smaller meter.
Hernandez's suit says
he brought this practice
to the attention of GSWC
district manager Ken
Peterson, which elevated
his treatment to a violation of government code
12940 (a whistleblower
statute).
It was after requesting
OSHA-required
safety
equipment and bringing
safety issues to the
company's attention that
Hernandez said he began
noticing “a change of attitude towards him on the
part of superintendent
Skip Faria and manager
Ken Neely.”
The “change of attitude,” the suit alleges,
includes being assigned
an inordinate number of
“dirty and difficult” jobs
compared to fellow
workers. The suit adds
that one GSWC supervisor commented, “Let
Simon do the work, that's
what those people do,” a
specific reference to
Hernandez's ethnicity.
Peterson
was
also
informed of these alleged
violations but took no
action, according to the
suit.
As a result of his termination, Hernandez is
seeking several concessions. Among them, an
order prohibiting GSWC
from taking further action
against him and either
reinstating
him
or
prohibiting the company
from making untrue or
damaging
statements
about him to future
potential employers. He
also seeks an order
preventing the water
company from retaliating
against employees for
advising
Ojai
water
customers of their right to
reasonable water rights
and preventing them
from hiding such information
from
Ojai
customers in the future.
Also in the suit is a
request for an injunction
requiring Golden State to
provide notice to its Ojai
and Simi Valley customers
that they might qualify for
downsizing of their
meters, under what
conditions that could
occur and of the water
rates charged for each
meter size.
In addition he hopes to
recover damages for loss
of wages and benefits,
punitive
damages,
attorney fees, legal costs
and any other relief the
court may determine
appropriate.
GSWC spokesperson
Mitch Zak, with Randall
Communications, said
the company does not
comment on personnel
matters.
The
California
Public Utility Commission and the Office of
Ratepayers Advocates
will hold public hearings on Golden State
Water
Company's
(GSWC) request for
water rate increases in
the Region 1, Ojai
service area for the
years 2016 through
2018.
In Ojai, GSWC is
asking
for
rate
increases of $256,500
(4.73 percent) in 2016,
$402,300
(7.04
percent) in 2017 and
$416,600
(6.78
percent) in 2018.
The hearings will be
open to the public and
held Dec. 3 at 1 p.m.
and 6 p.m. at the
Sarzotti Park multipurpose room, 510 Park
Road in Ojai.
GSWC parent company to talk financials
American
States
Water
Company
(AWR), the parent
company of Golden
State Water Company,
will release its 2014
third-quarter financial
results Wednesday.
The third quarter
earnings conference
call will be held the
same day at 11 a.m.
Pacific Time.
Interested parties
can listen to the live
conference call over
the Internet by logging
on
to
www.aswater.com and
clicking the “Investors”
button at the top of the
page.
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Russ Baggerly, Casitas Municipal Water District
Director - Div. 5
Hank Bangser, Superintendent of Schools
Steve Bennett, County Supervisor-District 1
Paul Blatz, City Council
Rob Clark, City Manager
Hannah-Beth Jackson, State Senator
Dave Kenney, Police Chief
Severo Lara, City Council
Stan Mantooth, County Superintendent of Schools
Norman Plott, Fire Chief
Carol Smith, City Council
Carlon Strobel, Mayor
Rachel Ulrich, VCOE Board President
Das Williams, Assemblymember
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Rikki Horne, Clerk
Pauline Mercado, Member
Kathi Smith, President
Linda Taylor, Member
Thayne Whipple, Vice President
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Vicki Etchart
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Fred Fleet
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Anne Gard
Steve Gard
Jennifer Garnse
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Tim Grant
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Friday, Oct. 31
NPA POINSETTIA
FUNDRAISER — Order
your poinsettias from
the Nordhoff Parent Association and proceeds
will support all students
at Nordhoff by providing funding for academics, athletics and the
arts. The sale goes
through Nov. 21, but if
you order online by
today, you’ll receive $2
off each poinsettia or
centerpiece. Regular
prices are $10 for poinsettias and $15 for a
centerpiece. Go to
www.nordhoffparent
association.org by today
and prices will be $8
and $13.
FAMILY FUN FALL
FESTIVAL — Calvary
Chapel of the Ojai Valley, 195 Mahoney Ave.,
Oak View, will host a
free child-safe alternative to Halloween with
its festival today from
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. There
will be carnival-style
games, candy, popcorn,
cotton candy, and more.
Call 649-1515 for directions or more details.
“TRUNK TREAT” —
Church of the Living
Christ, 190 E. El Roblar
Drive, will host a free
“Trunk Treat” event,
today from 6 to 8 p.m.,
featuring games, candy,
bounce houses, food,
music, family fun and
giveaways. Everyone is
welcome. Call 646-1296.
HALLOWEEN DANCE
PARTY — Azu, 457 E.
Ojai Ave., will host a Dia
de los Muertos Halloween Dance Party and
Costume Contest, today
from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
Admission: $10 at the
door. Call 640-7987.
HALLOWEEN AT
DEER LODGE — The
Photo submitted
Oak View post office gets new artwork
Monday, the Oak View post office premiered a 12-foot triptych by renowned photographer Joe Sohm. It features three large, colorful photos
of the area. Sohm's display is part of a five-year project to beautify Oak View — which, as the triptych says, is the "Gateway to the Ojai
Valley." Sohm (left) celebrated the unveiling with locals and post office employees.
Deer Lodge, 2261 Maricopa Highway, will host
a “psychedelic tent revival” Halloween party
with the San Franciscobased band Lee Gallagher and the
Hallelujah, today starting at 10 p.m. No cover
charge. Call 646-4256.
Saturday, Nov. 1
OJAI HISTORICAL
WALKING TOURS —
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.,
Ojai Historical Walking
Tours depart from the
Ojai Valley Museum, 130
W. Ojai Ave. (approxi-
mately one-hour tours
of downtown historical
and cultural attractions). Docents Connie
Campbell and Jackie
Clark will lead the Nov.
1 tour. Cost is $7 or $15
per family. Drop-ins are
welcome. For reservations or to schedule
tours during the week,
call 640-1390.
OAK GROVE OPEN
HOUSE — Oak Grove
School, 220 W. Lomita
Ave., will host a free
open house and allschool showcase, Satur-
day from 1 to 4 p.m.,
featuring campus tours,
open classrooms, entertainment, award-winning vegetarian fare and
complimentary family
photos. Everyone is welcome. Call 646-8236.
“SLEEPLESS IN OJAI”
— Is insomnia keeping
you awake? Then come
to the Ojai Library, 111
E. Ojai Ave., Saturday at
2 p.m. where Ian James
will share what he’s discovered about how you
can regain drug-free
sleep and sanity.
“CURLY TOP” — The
W. Ojai Ave., will screen
free classic family films
every Saturday at 4 p.m.
in the Rotating Gallery
through Dec. 20, in conjunction with its exhibit
on “The Ojai Theater.”
The film being shown
Nov. 1 will be “Curly
Top” (1935), starring
Shirley Temple. Call
640-1390.
“DIAMONDS ARE
FOREVER” — The Ojai
Art Center, 113 S. Montgomery St., will host
“Diamonds Are Forever,” a celebration of
its 75th anniversary,
Saturday from 6 to 10
p.m. The event will feature dancing, food
trucks, beer and wine
tastings, popcorn, cupcakes, photo booth, raffles and more. Music
will be provided by Alan
Thornhill, James Antunez, Jimmy Calire, J.B.
White and Martin
Young. Tickets: $5 for
members and students;
$10 for non-members.
Call 646-0117.
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HOLISTIC HEALING
FAIR — Healing in
America, 107 W. Aliso
St., will hold its monthly
Holistic Healing Fair
featuring a variety of
modalities, Sunday
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
with free energy healing
and chakra balancing
sessions all day and a
free gong immersion
meditation at 12:30
p.m. Call 640-0211 for
more details.
OYES FALL CONCERT
— Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio, 316 E. Matilija St., will host a
multi-generational concert titled “Old and New
— Voices of Ojai,” Sunday at 2 p.m. Led by
Julija Zonic and Smitty
West, the concert will
feature the OYES Youth
Choir, Rockin’ It Old
School choir and The
Fifth Dementia band.
Proceeds will benefit
OYES. Tickets: $10 online or at the door;
ojaiyes.org or call 6464300.
“WHAT HAPPENS IN
RUSSIA DOESN’T STAY
IN RUSSIA” — The Ojai
Valley Museum, 130 W.
Ojai Ave., will host a
“Town Talk” Sunday
from 4:30 to 6 p.m. titled “What Happens in
Russia Doesn’t Stay in
Russia (Eyes Wide Shut:
Theirs or Ours?).” Ojai
citizen-diplomat Paula
Spellman will provide a
more nuanced picture
of today’s Russia than
can be found in many
current media reports.
She has been visiting
Russia since the ‘70s.
Admission is free for
members, $5 for nonmembers. No reservations are required. Call
640-1390, Ext. 203.
RAIN PERRY’S “SONG
GAME” — at Kim
Maxwell Studio will be
dark for November but
will be back Dec. 7.
rain@rainperry.com
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TALK BY LAMA
KARMA RINPOCHE—
The Ojai Retreat, 160
Besant Road, will host
Lama Karma Rinpoche
giving a talk on “Generating Compassion in a
Turbulent World,” Sunday at 7 p.m. Suggested
donation: $20 for the
lama plus $10 fee. Call
646-2536.
Monday, Nov. 3
“PURIFICATION
WATER BLESSING CEREMONY” BY LAMA
KARMA RINPOCHE—
The Ojai Retreat, 160
Besant Road, will host
Lama Karma Rinpoche
performing the “Purification Water Blessing
Ceremony” Monday at 7
p.m. This ceremony will
help remove obstacles
for anyone experiencing
difficulties — emotional, mental, physical
or spiritual. Suggested
donation: $20 for the
lama. Call 646-2536.
Tuesday, Nov. 4
“OUR ORIGINS AND
DESTINY: REFLECTIONS FROM ‘THE SECRET DOCTRINE’” —
with Elena Dovalsantos,
Ph.D., wll be held Nov. 4
to 7 at Krotona School,
46 Krotona Hill, Ojai.
Join Dovalsantos in the
journey through humanity’s evolution
using the Ageless Wisdom and contemporary
science to examine
where we came from
and where we are going.
Our discovery may exceed that offered by either religion or science
alone. Tuesday through
Friday, 10 a.m. to noon.
$10 per single session or
$35 for series. school
info@krotonainstitute
.org, www.krotona
school.org or 646-1139.
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FREE PARENTCHILD CLASSES — The
Ojai Neighborhood for
Learning and First 5 will
sponsor “Skill Building
through Play: Parent
and Child Together
OUR
Classes,” Tuesday and
Nov. 18 from 10 to 11
a.m. at the Ojai Library,
111 E. Ojai Ave. Led by
Theodora Reyes, classes
will be conducted in
both English and Spanish. Call 640-4300, Ext.
1062.
WORLD’S PROBLEMS DISCUSSED —
Art Beals, parish associate and global mission
strategist, will discuss
“Ebola, Beheadings, and
a ‘Kingdom of God’ Insight on the World’s
Problems Today,” Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. at
Ojai Presbyterian
Church, 304 Foothill
Road, in the church parlor. All are welcome to
this free timely presentation. Call 640-6451.
“MEDITATION ON
THE HEART CHAKRA”
— The Theosophical Society in the Ojai Valley
will meet at Krotona
School, 46 Krotona
Road, Ojai, Tuesday at 7
p.m. Olga Shtykova
Omlin will talk about
“Meditation on the
Heart Chakra.” Donations are appreciated.
Call 646-2653.
“MEET GOD THE
PERSON” — The American Vedic Association
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is
Fellowship will meet
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at
687 Villanova Road to
discuss “Meet God the
Person.” Always free.
Call 640-0405.
Wednesday, Nov. 5
VETERANS HONORED — At Home in
Ojai, 225 N. Lomita Ave.,
will host an event to
honor its six resident
veterans, Wednesday at
1:30 p.m., led by retired
USAF Sr. Master Sgt.
Mike McManus, County
of Ventura Veteran Services officer. For more information, call
791-9251.
“CONTENTMENT IN
EVERYDAY LIFE” —
Healing in America, 107
W. Aliso St., Ojai, will
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Jim Bailey
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Nicole Botti
John & Kathy Broesamle
Teena Broumand
Barbara Brown
Gerry & Sharon Campbell
Cindy & Peter Cantle
Jim Churchill
Deirdre & Sean Daly
Leif Dautch
Bob Davis
Laura & Bob Denne
Karin & Rod Dingman
Roger Essick
Chelsea & Josh Fink
Glenn Fout
Catherine & Pete Frankenfield
Katie & Joel Frazier
Jon & Brenna Furness
Anne & Steve Gard
Angie Genasci
Bill Gilbreth
Lori Hamor
Jennifer & Dave Hankins
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FOR OJAI UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD
• Bill is the only candidate qualified
to protect your school bond money!
• He is the only candidate that has
completed $225,000,000 in
K-12 & University of California
construction projects!
• He is our insurance for responsibly
spent bond money!
Endorsed by
Ojai Unified School District Board President Kathi Smith
Ojai City Council member Paul Blatz
Ojai City Council member Severo Lara
Paid for by WmUlrich2014 for Ojai School Board
host a five-week class by
the Ojai Valley Shambhala Meditation Group
titled “Contentment in
Everyday Life,” Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m.,
Nov. 5 through Dec. 3.
By donation, but anyone interested can attend regardless of
financial situation. Call
798-2330.
OJAI LIBRARY BOOK
DISCUSSION GROUP
— The Ojai Library’s
Book Discussion Group
will meet Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. to discuss
“The Orchardist” by
Amanda Coplin. The library is at 111 E. Ojai
Ave. Everyone is invited
to join the group. The
only requirement for
participating in the discussion is to have read
the book and come willing to share your opinion and listen to others.
Call 646-1639.
Thursday, Nov. 6
OJAI FILM FESTIVAL
— The 15th annual Ojai
Film Festival will run
Nov. 6 through 10 at various times and venues,
featuring 54 films from
around the world, workshops-seminars and an
awards brunch. The festival will begin with a
free screening of the
newly released Focus
Earth documentary,
“Love Thy Nature,” narrated by Liam Neeson,
Thursday at 7 p.m. in
Libbey Bowl, sponsored
by Ojai Community
Bank. The screening will
be followed by a question-and-answer session with director Sylvia
Rokab. Films will run
continuously through
Nov. 10. Go to www
.ojaifilmfestival.com for
schedule and more information.
Down the Road
PEDDLERS’ FAIR —
Ojai Peddlers’ Fair will
feature antiques, col-
lectibles, crafts and
clothing, Nov. 8 and 9
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at
Chaparral Auditorium,
414 E. Ojai Ave., rain or
shine. Proceeds will
benefit Mira Monte Elementary School PTO.
OJAI HISTORICAL
WALKING TOURS —
W. Ojai Ave. (approximately one-hour tours
and cultural attractions). Docent Cricket
Twichell will lead the
Nov. 8 tour. Cost is $7 or
$15 per family. Drop-ins
are welcome. For reservations or to schedule
tours during the week,
call 640-1390.
“THE FARMER’S
DAUGHTER” — The
W. Ojai Ave., will screen
free classic family films
every Saturday at 4 p.m.
in the Rotating Gallery
through Dec. 20, in conjunction with its exhibit
on “The Ojai Theater.”
The film being shown
Nov. 8 will be “The
Farmer’s Daughter”
(1947), starring Loretta
Young and Joseph Cotton. Former Ojai resident Young won the
1948 Academy Award
for Best Actress for her
role in this film. Call
640-1390.
SOULFETE DINNER
EVENT — Danny
Everett, chef and
Olympic medalist, will
showcase his culinary
skills at a dinner celebration with entertainment, Nov. 8 at the Ojai
Valley Woman’s Club,
441 E. Ojai Ave., with
the first seating at 5
p.m. and second seating
at 8:30 p.m. A portion of
the proceeds will benefit Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio. For more
information, including
the five-course menu,
ticket purchases and
more, go to www
.SoulFete.com or call
633-0796.
“BRINGING IT
HOME” — The Ojai Valley Green Coalition will
host the Focus Earth
film, “Bringing It
Home,” as part of the
Ojai Film Festival, Nov.
9 at 12:30 p.m. at the
Ojai Art Center Theater,
113 S. Montgomery St.
According to the documentary, hemp has no
drug component and is
part of a profitable
global industry making
textiles, building materials, food products,
bio-plastics, and even
auto parts. The film explores the past, present
and future uses ofindustrial hemp while
promoting its legalization. The screening will
be followed by a panel
discussion with filmmaker Linda Booker
and guests. Tickets are
$10; available through
ojaifilmfestival.com.
FRACKING DISCUSSION — Ojai Chautauqua will host “The
Future of Fracking:
Questions, Challenges
and Perspectives,” Nov.
9 at 4:30 p.m. at the Ojai
Valley Inn & Spa, featuring an expert panel
moderated by awardwinning local reporter
Kit Stolz, followed by a
reception. Tickets: $20
presale, $25 at the door;
available at Barbara
Bowman’s, 125 E. Ojai
Ave., or at www
.ojaichautauqua.org.
OJAI YOUTH SYMPHONY CONCERT —
The Ojai Youth Symphony will open its
2014-2015 season Nov.
10 at 7 p.m. with a concert at the Greenberg
Activity Center at Ojai
Valley School, 723 El
Paseo Road, Ojai. The
Valley
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Featured letter by Linda Jordan, Meiners Oaks
Our schools will continue to deteriorate if we don’t approve Measure J
As a proud Matilija and Nordhoff
alumnus and mother of two children
in the School District, I believe in
Measure J and support it wholeheartedly. However, when I chat with
friends and neighbors, I’m disheartened by the misinformation that’s out
there.
The first thing I hear is “Why the big
need?” Great question! The last bond
OUSD residents passed was in 1997
and the average age of the schools in
our district is 71 years. Imagine, your
home is 71 years old and you haven’t
made any investment in repairs or
updates for the last 17 years. This is
the plight of Nordhoff, Matilija, Meiners Oaks, Mira Monte, Topa Topa, San
Antonio, Summit and Chaparral.
Conclusion? The facilities will continue to deteriorate without this
bond, creating more expensive repairs as time goes on.
I also hear “Sacramento, California,
the governor will just take the funds
and place them elsewhere, as has
happened in the past.” Not the case.
By law, all funds must be spent locally
and cannot be taken by the state.
Additionally, all bond funds must be
spent on facilities’ repair and/or infrastructure, and not on administrator salaries.
Some residents have shared, “I already pay very high property taxes.
I’m sure the School District is getting
more than it needs.” Well, let’s examine the facts; there are 16 school districts in Ventura County; OUSD ranks
as No. 16, at the bottom, in bond and
parcel tax rates with a rate of $23.90
per $100,000 of assessed value. Four
districts have placed bond issue
measures on the Nov. 4 ballot, Briggs,
Conejo Valley, Ojai and Rio. Assuming
each district bond passes, OUSD
would move from 16th to 14th.
If we reject this bond, we must ask
ourselves; if not now, when?
This measure is a vote of confidence
for our future. The Ojai Valley is such
a unique beautiful place. Let’s do the
right thing for our children.
For more on Measure J, including
the full text on the ballot, visit
www.ojai.k12.ca.us.
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Bicyclists should
follow the rules
RICHARD FLOWERS, OJAI
So many bicyclists
run right through stop
signs, don’t even look
both ways or slow
down. Too many bicyclists do not wear helmets. Numerous
cyclists do not show
hand signals when
turning. Often bike
riders are riding without hands on their
handlebars. Several
times you see bicycle
riders wearing headphones and not paying attention. A lot of
the time you see bicyclists riding against
the flow of traffic or
not looking over their
shoulder when making a turn.
Sometimes you see a
cyclist actually wearing a helmet, stopping
at the stop signs, paying attention to their
surroundings, obeying the traffic laws,
and actually performing hand signals when
turning on to the next
street. Real true lawabiding bicyclists do
exist. There is hope!
According to the
California Department of Motor Vehicles (CDMV)
bicyclists have the
same rights and responsibilities as motorists and are subject
to the same rules and
regulations. CDMV
indicates to wear an
approved helmet if
under the age of 18. I
believe everyone who
rides a bicycle should
wear a helmet, why
should you put an age
to it? Anybody at any
age may injure their
head if they get into
an accident while
driving their bicycle.
Bicyclists are required
to have full control of
their vehicle. Headphones should not be
permitted while driving a bike. Cyclists are
required to ride with
the flow of traffic. If
bicyclists have the
same rights and responsibilities as operators of motor
vehicles and are subject to the same rules
and regulations, then
I believe the following
should apply: all bicyclists should have in
plain view an approved issued license
plate with current registration and pay an
annual license, registration and tax for
using the roadway (for
litter removal, skid
mark removal, bike
lane-trail maintenance and construction and enforcement)
and bicyclists should
be required to take a
bicycle safety test,
written and field.
If getting your
driver’s license and
operating a motor vehicle is a privilege,
then it should be the
same with bicyclists.
Recently, Assembly
Bill 1371 was passed.
This requires motorists to give 3 feet of
buffer space for bicyclists on roadways.
When passing, if there
is not enough room
you should slow down
to pass a cyclist. In
some cases this “Give
me 3” bill works, but
in other ways it does
not.
I have seen many
cases where cars
swerve almost into
oncoming traffic to
avoid bicyclists; this
maneuver is dangerous and should be
avoided.
Cars parked along
the roadway take up
even more room.
Should cars not be allowed to park in bike
lanes? Should bicyclists not be allowed
to ride on roadways
where cars are
parked? Should the
roads be widened to
accommodate the
traffic load, parked
cars and bicyclists?
For those careless bicyclists who decide to
ride almost in the
middle of the roadway
(when there is no apparent hazard in their
pathway) how are they
going to enforce the 3foot buffer? How are
they going to enforce
a violation on the bicyclists who do not
obey the rules of the
road? I believe that bicycle riders and motorists should both be
safety conscious when
driving on a public
roadway because
there are too many
close calls.
Measure J is not
the way to go
ANTHONY CUNNINGHAM, OJAI
While I may get a lot
of flak for what I am
about to say, I feel it
needs to be brought
to light. It seems to
me that most everyone in the valley is for
Measure J. Have they
really thought it out
though?
In 1997 Proposition
39, a school bond
measure of $15 million was passed. I
don’t know the duration of that bond, but
it is still on our property tax bill. When it
was passed it was for
roofing repairsreplacement, air conditioning for all the
schools, updating
electrical service and
asphalt work.
As Yogi Berra said,
“It’s like déjà vu, all
over again!” However,
this time it is at more
than twice the cost.
This time we are told
our assessment will
be $35 per $100,000.
This will only increase
as the years go by.
Measure J is for the
next 30 years. I am
sure I won’t be around
to see it paid off, but
my children and
grandchildren will, if
they own property.
All the things this
bond is for, are shortterm items, with 10to 15-year life spans.
When their time is up
the bond will still
have to be paid.
Would you buy a car
that would last 10 to
15 years and finance it
for 30 years? I know I
would not.
I know the schools
need to be maintained, but this bond
is not the way to do it.
It should not all be on
the property owners.
Many of us are on
fixed incomes. There
needs to be a good
preventive maintenance program set up,
so that things don’t
need to be replaced
before their time span
is up.
An ounce of prevention! Think about it!
Elected mayor is
a bad idea
STEVE OLSEN, OJAI
The idea of electing
a mayor in Ojai is just
a bad idea. The city of
Sunnyvale held 12
meetings including
three public hearings
to discuss the pros
and cons of changing
to an elected mayor.
The recommendation
to council by a 12-to2 vote was to keep the
present system of the
council selecting the
mayor from its own
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ranks. This issue was
brought up again in
May 2010 and the
Sunnyvale city attorney issued a report to
the mayor and council that included a list
of concerns regarding
having a directly
elected mayor. The
list includes a concern that a directly
elected mayor would
push a personal
agenda instead of a
council agenda, a
concern that a directly elected mayor
could reduce citizen
participation and involvement with city
commissions, concern that a directly
elected mayor could
lead to conflict with
the rest of the council
and alter the city
council-city manager
relationship and there
is no need to change
a system that is working. In Sunnyvale this
issue has come up
four times and on all
four occasions, the
council or voters have
chosen not to change
to a directly elected
mayor.
The city of Ojai does
not need to take the
risk of having a potentially damaging
change to our present
form of city government.
Vote “No” on
Measure A.
All Ojai benefits
from Measure J
KATE RUSSELL, OJAI
We all benefit when
our town has a good
public school system.
Naturally the students
and their families
benefit, but so does
our entire community. Ojai as a whole
needs Measure J, to
keep property values
strong, to maintain
public spaces that
serve all, to invest in
schools that will educate tomorrow’s work
force and care givers,
and to invest in children. Children are the
most valuable hope
we have.
Thus, I believe in an
Ojai that values public education and
wants to take care of
all of its assets, both
students and teachers, as well as its
buildings and
grounds. I can’t imagine an Ojai that
doesn’t support its future as a healthy,
thriving place for all
ages. What an incredible feeling it will be to
have our schools in
great shape for everyone to enjoy.
I’m voting “Yes” on
Measure J because I
believe in Ojai. Our
public schools are the
building blocks of
everyone’s future.
Natural beauty
needs protecting
KATHY BROESAMLE, OJAI
On Ojai Day, those
who stopped by the
Ojai Valley Defense
Fund table in Libbey
Park were invited to
submit the reasons
why they enjoy Ojai.
Dozens of people
participated. Not surprisingly, the biggest
winning category of
reasons was based on
“nature.” Above all,
people love Ojai’s
mountains, oak trees,
the “Pink Moment,”
fresh air, and peacefulness. Second came
“people.”
Respondents felt
that people in Ojai
are nicer, friendlier
and more fun than
the norm. The third
theme mentioned
was “small town,” including walking to
everything, running
into friends, and generally, our small-town
feel.
The ideas presented
by those who
stopped by our table
on Ojai Day are consistent with the goals
of the Ojai Valley Defense Fund. The fund
exists to provide legal
defense against any
major proposal for
projects or developments inconsistent
with the quality of life
we enjoy here in our
beautiful valley. Even
more important, the
fund (currently at just
under $1 million)
stands to deter such
undesirable projects
or developments
from being proposed
in the first place.
The Ojai Valley Defense Fund is working to make sure that
the natural beauty
and small-town atmosphere we enjoy
here will continue to
attract the friendly,
committed people
who call the Ojai Valley home, as well as
the visitors who keep
our economy vibrant.
Please check out our
website for further
information and a list
of donors, and join us
as we work to save
the Ojai Valley for future generations.
All our poll participants were entered
into a drawing for a
dinner at Papa
Lennon’s. We’d like to
congratulate the winner of the drawing:
Walter De Leon from
Ojai. And, we’d like to
thank Papa Lennon’s
for their generous
donation!
We will all pay
the price
KIM HOJ, OJAI
I feel compelled to
respond to the
thumbs-down in
Wednesday’s newspaper and to all those
who have the idea
that a “No” vote on
Measure J is somehow
a good idea (“It’s time
everyone shares the
expense …”).
All of us will “share
the expense” of having schools that are
poorly maintained by
the impact to our
property values if
Measure J fails.
Personally, that is
not an expense that
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generosity and great service.
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watering their lawns seven days a week.
• A reader sends a thumbs-up to Stephanie Hull from Starlight
Dance Academy for teaching the Topa Topa kids “The Thriller”
dance for the Fall Festival.
• A reader sends a thumbs-down to the rotating mayor system. An elected mayor could have protected the rights of the
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Featured letter by Michael Shields, Ojai
Passing Measure J without a better plan is putting the cart before the horse
This coming Tuesday, the Ojai
Unified School District will ask the
community’s permission to issue a
$35,000,000 bond, in order to fund
classroom and facility improvements.
The current cost estimate (as
stated on the ballot) is $35 per
every $100,000 of taxable property;
putting this in perspective an individual homeowner with an assessed property value of $550,000
will assume an additional
$7,122.50 in taxes over the life of
the bond.
I fully agree that our schools are
one of our most valuable assets
and the building block of a healthy
community, but I do have concerns with the overall vagueness
associated with planned facility
improvements.
Given the current information
the community has been exposed
to; inclusive of the Sept. 9 forum,
informational fliers, newspaper ar-
ticles and actual ballot text, it is
difficult to tell exactly what the
voters will get in return for their investment.
On a similar note, it is also unclear how many projects are
planned or which individual
schools will receive priority.
I feel it would have been prudent
for the OUSD to develop an overall
master plan prior to placing the
measure on the ballot and I believe
other members of the community
have expressed similar concerns.
While there is little doubt that
many of our schools are outdated
and in need of improvements, I
feel the community deserves some
additional information prior to
making a well-informed vote.
The bond associated with Measure J incurs a substantial amount
of debt, and it’s important to ensure we are making responsible
decisions for our future generations.
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makes good economic sense to me as
a homeowner or a
teacher. Good
schools with solid facilities mean that our
community is a more
desirable place to
live, which translates
into increased property values.
In the last several
years, I have seen
firsthand the incredible need for repairs to
basic needs at Nordhoff. I have had locks
fall apart in my hand,
shorted out electrical
systems when plugging in lights, been
unable to secure a
building due to the
multiple repairs to a
door that needed to
be replaced, waded
ankle-high through
water in areas with
drainage issues, observed a broken bell
system, and arranged
for teams of volunteers to help renovate
and paint the poorly
maintained cafeteria
stage for last fall’s
dance performance.
While it is convenient to tell ourselves
that we should challenge Sacramento to
make changes in our
funding formula, we
do not have direct
control over that
issue. For the moment, we still have
the 2,600 students
who come to school
daily who deserve the
best that our community can give them
and need to have
these issues addressed now.
I have also been
blessed to teach in
one of the newer
buildings at Nordhoff
funded by the 1997
bond measure. Those
who supported the
1997 bond initiated a
legacy for our district
and our community:
an up-to-date modern science wing, performing arts building
with music and
dance classrooms,
and administration
buildings.
I challenge all of us
to continue the
legacy started in 1997
of supporting our
children by voting
“Yes” on Measure J.
Send a clear message
to the children of Ojai
that they deserve safe
and comfortable fa-
cilities that will ensure they can focus
on learning.
Our children
deserve support
KATHY SMITH, OJAI
As a graduate of
Nordhoff, an OUSD
parent for the past 21
years, and now a twoyear OUSD employee,
I have had a longstanding relationship
with the district. My
first experience with
the financial challenges facing the district was my work on
the original Save Ojai
Schools campaign in
2008. That effort resulted in very strong
support for a parcel
tax but we came up
about 1 percent short
of the required 67
percent yes vote on
the measure.
I am now asking for
your support by voting “Yes” on Measure
J, the bond issue on
the Nov. 4 ballot.
Measure J funds will
be restricted to facilities improvements,
will be monitored by
a required oversight
committee, and, most
importantly, will update and upgrade our
aged schools. By law,
Measure J funds may
not be taken by the
state and may not be
used for administrative or teacher
salaries. Measure J
funds will be restricted to facilities
improvements, and
will be monitored by
a citizens’ oversight
committee, working
in concert with the
board of education
and superintendent.
Because of the way
schools are funded, a
bond is the only tool
the school district has
to raise money for
building improvements. Personally, I
find the amount of
$35 per $100,000 of
assessed property
value to be relatively
small in the big
scheme of things. For
the home in our
school district assessed at the median
amount, the cost will
be .38 cents per day.
For a much-higher
assessed property, say
$1 million, the rate is
still less than $1 per
day. It is time for us to
continue to sustain
the future for Ojai’s
children and residents.
I was fortunate to
attend Ojai schools
and my children attended Monica Ros,
San Antonio, Matilija,
and Nordhoff. We are
extremely lucky to
have such wonderful
schools here in Ojai.
Our public schools
certainly enhance our
community. They not
only serve our children, but our schools
are important components of our neighborhoods.
The fact is we do
have fewer funds
available to our district. Please help us
by voting “Yes” on
Measure J.
Measure J is best
for students
LINDA TAYLOR, OJAI
I am very proud to
have been elected to
three terms on the
OUSD Board of Education, and am looking forward to
working with the
newly elected board
members in December. Several community members have
asked me questions
about the upcoming
changes in the board
and about Measure J.
Some questions have
been: “Will the new
board sell or lease
some OUSD school
sites? How will Measure J funds be spent if
it passes?” These are
very valid questions
that I also ask myself.
Measure J funds will
be collected beginning in 2015, so the
new board and Dr.
Bangser will have
time to carefully analyze district needs
and create a Master
Plan for funding facility repairs and maintenance at school
sites (an extensive list
of facility needs and
the text for Measure J
are on the OUSD
website).
A Citizens’ Oversight
Committee will be
formed to work with
the School Board and
Dr. Bangser and to assure that Measure J
bond revenues will be
expended only to en-
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hance the educational life of students
and staff at those
schools that will be in
operation for many
years to come, not on
administration, not
allowing any funds to
be sent to the state.
First and foremost,
decisions about
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Please vote “Yes” on
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ISIS killers must
be stopped
DONNA TURNER, OJAI
I cried when Lassie
came home, so consider the source.
I saw a picture in the
Wall Street Journal of
the Kurds going
though Turkey on the
way to the Syrian
town of Kobani to
fight the ISIS and protect the Syrians. I got
tears in my eyes when
I saw no tanks, no
rocket launchers, just
pickups, jeeps, and
buses. The soldiers
were smiling and giving the peace and victory sign.
Those of you who
are old enough to re-
member World War II,
you will recall that
Winston Churchill
called upon the people of England to pray
for the Channel waters to calm and to
man any boat they
had to go across and
save their men from
the advancing enemy,
who were going to
trap them. The waters
did calm, which never
happens, and they
saved their men. Let’s
pray that the Kurds
are OK, and do save
the Syrians from the
monsters that kill and
behead people.
New ideas are
needed on board
MICHELLE THOMAS, OJAI
It is obvious that our
OUSD schools have
been neglected, financially and physically, for several years.
I was, frankly, appalled to see the state
of disrepair our high
school, for one, is in,
after viewing the
presentation on
Channel 10 from
principal Bayless.
I believe we need a
new perspective on
running the School
District. Robbing
Peter to pay Paul has
resulted in a deplorable situation. It
will take more than
passing Measure J to
restore the physical
and scholastic environment for our students. Our former
board members did
the best they could
with what they had,
but we are entering a
new time.
Management experience will be extremely important to
ensure our taxpayer
funds are well-spent.
If we are going to
make our classrooms
safe and functional
for our students, we
will need board members that will be able
to read the fine print
in the construction
plans, have experience in administering
the funds, and managing large building
projects.
My two children received a quality education from the Ojai
public schools. Children from young families in the district will
not be as fortunate if
we don’t ensure creative, new thinking
and guidance from
our school board. I
honor the former
board. My children,
since graduated, were
well-served by the
district, but times
have changed. Recognizing the need for
new ideas to ensure a
good education for
our young people in
the OUSD, is now!
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OUR
concert will feature the
three ensembles of the
Youth Symphony, performing marches from
the symphonic repertoire. In celebration of
Veterans Day, all veterans will be admitted at
no charge. Admission:
$9, students 18 and
younger admitted free.
Music directors are Amy
Hagen and Andy Radford. For information,
visit www.ojaiyouth
symphony.org or call
649-8086.
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING — The Ojai
City Council will meet
Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. at City
Hall, 401 S. Ventura St.,
Ojai.
“LITERATURE AS
YOGA OF THE MIND”
— The Theosophical Society in the Ojai Valley
will meet at Krotona
School, 46 Krotona
Road, Ojai, Nov. 11 at 7
p.m. Reuben A.
Weininger, M.D., will
talk about “Literature as
Yoga of the Mind.” Donations are appreciated.
Call 646-2653.
GARDEN CLUB
MEETING — The Ojai
Valley Garden Club will
meet Nov. 12 at 10 a.m.
in Fisher Hall at St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church, 409 Topa Topa
Drive, at the corner of
Bristol Road. All guests
are welcome. Kim
Spadillos from Flora
Gardens will demonstrate ways to construct
a Thanksgiving centerpiece using succulents
and pumpkins.
“EMBRACING LIFE
THROUGH LOSSES” —
The Gables of Ojai, 701
N. Montgomery St., will
host Jaikoo Lee, M.Div.,
offering a free Bereavement Support Group on
four Wednesdays from 7
to 8:30 p.m., Nov. 12
through Dec. 10, to help
those coping with the
loss of loved ones during the holiday season.
Open to the public and
donations are welcome.
Call Christine Fenn at
646-1446 for more details.
“STRONGER TOGETHER” — will meet
Nov. 13 from 11 a.m. to
12:15 p.m. at
OjaiCARES, 960 E. Ojai
Ave., Suite 105. Support
groups at OjaiCARES
are peer-led, offered
free of charge, and on a
drop-in basis. They are
open to cancer survivors of all diagnoses at
any point in time (newly
diagnosed, in or post
treatment, or living with
a recurrence). Participants can share issues,
insights and emotions
related to their cancer
experience, as well as
ways to live more fully.
Call 646-6433 for more
details.
“INTO THE WOODS
JR.” — Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio, 316 E.
Matilija St., will present
Stephen Sondheim’s
fairytale musical, “Into
the Woods Jr.,” Nov. 14
through 23 at various
times (see ojaiyes.org
for schedule). Tickets:
$10 (at BrownPaper
Tickets.com). Call 6464300.
OJAI HISTORICAL
WALKING TOURS —
W. Ojai Ave. (approximately one-hour tours
and cultural attractions). Docent Barbara
Washburn will lead the
Nov. 15 tour. Cost is $7
or $15 per family. Dropins are welcome. For
reservations or to
schedule tours during
the week, call 640-1390.
“PAT AND MIKE” —
The Ojai Valley Museum, 130 W. Ojai Ave.,
will screen free classic
family films every Saturday at 4 p.m. in the Rotating Gallery through
Dec. 20, in conjunction
with its exhibit on “The
Ojai Theater.” The film
being shown Nov. 15
will be “Pat and Mike”
(1952), starring Katherine Hepburn and
Spencer Tracey. The golf
scenes in this movie
were filmed at the Ojai
Valley Inn & Country
Club. Call 640-1390.
ART CENTER BENEFIT CONCERT — Ojai’s
Sam Harris will perform
Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. at the
Ojai Art Center Theater,
113 S. Montgomery St.,
celebrating the center’s
75th anniversary. Pro-
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Brian & Tina Ford
Boyd & Gwen Ford
Mike & Elana Daley
Nancy Hill
Steve & Susan Romero
Sharon Booth
Dr. Ingrid Lawaty
Bob Bride
Bob & Punky Soares
Helene Hamm
Rob & Katrina Schmidt
Elaine Nelson
Bill & Maggie Mors
Patrick & Lisa Bishop
Tom Jamison
Roger & Caroline Embury
Ben Larner
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MERCADO
Paid for by re-elect Pauline Mercado
ceeds will benefit the
Art Center. Call 6460117.
HOLIDAY HOME
LOOK IN — The
Women’s Committee’s
annual Holiday Home
Look In will be held
Nov. 15 and 16 from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Tour distinctive Ojai Valley
homes adorned with
seasonal trimmings. A
holiday marketplace is
also held at the Matilija
gym. Proceeds benefit
the Ojai Music Festival
and the Bravo! music
education program. Go
to www.ojaifestival.org
or call 646-2094, Ext.
104.
“WOOD” — Ojai
Youth Entertainers Studio, 316 E. Matilija St.,
will present OhMy’s
ridiculous bawdy fairytale for adults only,
“Wood,” Nov. 15 and 22
at 8 p.m. Bar opens at
7:30 p.m. and an afterparty follows the performance (must be at
least 18). Tickets: $20,
proceeds will benefit
OYES. Go to ojaiyes.org
or call 646-4300.
PERFORMANCE BY
YOUTH CHOIR — On
Nov. 16 at 5:30 p.m.,the
Ojai Art Center, 113 S.
Montgomery St., presents a free, 15-minute
performance of “The
Voices of Children,” an
art-song cycle that sets
eight short poems of
English-speaking children from around the
world to music for
youth choir, piano, percussion and guitar.
Judith Vander composed the songs and
will conduct the singers,
many of whom participated in the Ojai Youth
Opera Camp. Rebecca
Comerford and Julija
Zonic selected the choir
and were invaluable in
teaching the songs.
Pianist Raelynn Clare,
YOUR COMPLETE
LISTING OF
percussionist Kevin
Conahey, and guitarist
Jon Lambert will accompany the choir. For
more information, call
640-8327.
“CANCER AS A TURNING POINT” — will
meet Nov. 18 from 6 to
7:15 p.m. at OjaiCARES,
960 E. Ojai Ave., Suite
105. Support groups at
OjaiCARES are peer-led,
offered free of charge,
and on a drop-in basis.
They are open to cancer
survivors of all diagnoses at any point in
time (newly diagnosed,
in or post treatment, or
living with a recurrence). Participants can
share issues, insights
and emotions related to
their cancer experience,
as well as ways to live
more fully. Call 6466433 for more details.
“INVISIBLE WORLD:
ANNIE BESANT” — The
Theosophical Society in
the Ojai Valley will meet
at Krotona School, 46
Krotona Road, Ojai,
Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. Kurt
Leland will talk about
“Invisible Worlds: Annie
Besant on Psychic and
Spiritual Development.”
Donations are appreciated. Call 646-2653.
“PRE-THANKSGIVING FEAST” — The
American Vedic Association Bhagavad-Gita As
It Is Fellowship will
meet Nov. 18 at 7:30
p.m. at 687 Villanova
Road for a celebration
of thanks which includes a karma-free
banquet dinner. Always
free. Call 640-0405.
Ongoing Events
SMALL BUSINESS
COUNSELING — Small
business counseling is
available regularly at
the Ojai Valley Chamber
of Commerce. Call 646-
8216.
AMERICAN LEGION
BINGO — The American Legion Post 482 in
Ojai hosts bingo Tuesdays from 12:30 to 4
p.m. at the American
Legion Hall, 843 E. Ojai
Ave. (Early birds from
12:30 to 1 p.m.) Refreshments are provided. All
proceeds go to our veterans.
PLAY GROUP —
Come have fun with
other 5- and 6-year-olds
at Libbey Park Wednesdays at noon. Gather for
lunch and a good time.
Call Dawn at 640-1283
for information, or just
show at up the park.
BREAST-FEEDING
AND NEW BABY SUPPORT GROUP — The
Nan Tolbert Nurturing
Center, 555 Mahoney
Ave., Oak View, holds
meetings in Room 2
Wednesdays from 9 to
10:15 a.m. to talk about
breast-feeding and parenting. Suggested donation: $5 to $10. Just drop
by. The breast-feeding
hotline is 646-7559, Ext.
1.
TOASTMASTERS
MEETINGS — Ojai Valley Toastmasters meets
Fridays at 6:30 a.m. in
the Library Room at The
Gables of Ojai, 701 N.
Montgomery St., Ojai.
Come visit and hear a
variety of presentations.
For more information,
call 207-5094.
WALKING MEDITATION — Meditation
Mount, 10340 Reeves
Road, hosts walking
meditations every Saturday from 9:30 to 10
a.m. in the International
Garden of Peace. Donations are welcome. Call
646-5508.
calendar@ojai
valleynews.com
Sports
B1
Friday
Oct. 31, 2014
INSIDE:
B2 Perspectives
B4 Classified
B8 Perry’s Hikes
Highlighting prep, rec and area sports
Mike Miller, editor
NHS to battle Fillmore in key contest
Mike Miller
Tonight’s game between the Nordhoff
Rangers (4-4) and the
Fillmore Flashes (6-2) is a
must-win game for both
teams if they want to remain in the chase for the
Tri-Valley League title.
NHS is coming off a
dominating 30-0 victory
over Carpinteria while
Fillmore had their sixgame winning streak
snapped by Bishop
Diego
last
Friday
evening, 23-6.
Fillmore is new to the
Tri-Valley League this
season but they have
been making some noise
this fall. With wins over
Channel Islands (21-3),
Oak Park (53-8), Santa
Paula (20-17), Santa Ynez
(31-8), Hueneme (55-13),
and Rio Hondo (27-0),
the Flashes have built a
nice résumé as they
enter tonight’s game.
The Flashes will keep
the ball on the ground
and they have multiple
weapons so the Nordhoff
defense led by defensive
coordinator Russell Farrar will need to have a
solid scheme drawn up.
When the Flashes run
the ball, they will likely
give it to Hayden Wright
(1,079 yards and 13
touchdowns), Jorge Andrade ((811 yards and
seven touchdowns), or
Damien Gonzalez (334
yards and four touchdowns).
Defensively, keep an
eye on defensive lineman Gilardo Sandoval
who has accumulated 11
quarterback sacks on the
season. Wright also leads
the team in interceptions
with five.
The last time the
Rangers and Flashes battled on the gridiron was
2011 and NHS won 35-6.
For the Rangers, last
week’s league victory
over Carpinteria was a
big boost thanks to the
return of several key
players. The 30-0 shutout
victory was due to great
play by the defense and
the power running game.
Do not expect NHS to
stray far from that recipe
tonight.
Senior running backs
Shane Hersh and Baylee
Rogers provide Nordhoff
with nice change-ofpace options. Hersh is a
power runner while
Rogers is more likely to
juke his way past a defender. Hersh and Rogers
accounted for all four
NHS touchdowns last
season. At quarterback,
Austin Santino is getting
his timing back after suffering a shoulder injury.
When the opportunity
arises, look for the
Rangers to go deep on
Fillmore.
Defensively,
the
Rangers played great
team
defense
and
swarmed to the ball
against
Carpinteria.
Watch the play of Rem
Martin, Nick McGrew,
Regin Wilson, Hersh, Atticus Reyes, Nick Sterling, Rogers, Miguel
Carbajal, Jevon Morrison,
Austin
Baker,
Spencer Bliss, Will Moses
and Zeb Sheets on defense.
Ojai Valley News
Prediction:
Last week we predicted
the Rangers would score
31 points and they
racked up 30, so we are
pretty much dialed in.
There is a lot riding on
tonight’s game, not to
mention it is also homecoming, so the NHS
squad will be riled up
and ready to play. With
two teams that can run
the football, tonight’s
game should be a quick
one, but it should also be
jampacked with exciting
play. We think the
Rangers will be victorious in this one, setting
up a monster game with
Bishop Diego in the season finale. Nordhoff wins
a hard-hitting, competitive game, 24-13.
Game information:
Fillmore at Nordhoff at
the Ojai Valley Community Stadium. Kickoff is at
7 p.m.
Ojai Valley News photo by Ken Brown
Montana Titus will lead the Nordhoff Rangers onto the field tonight when they take
on the Fillmore Flashes. Tonight’s game is also Nordhoff’s homecoming celebration.
Photo by Holly Roberts
U-6 AYSO soccer boys dig in their cleats
This group of local soccer stars get after a loose ball earlier this fall. A number of
local youth soccer teams will be advancing to regional action in the coming weeks.
Team Bachelor lands big
victory in JTT tennis action
Rick Thompson
Ojai Valley News contributor
Team Bachelor improved to 3-3 in Junior
Team Tennis (JTT), winning their second match
by just a single point
dropping Chuck, 18-17.
Charlie Coughlin and
Dakota Martin from
Chuck won the last doubles in a tiebreaker,
then won the first game
in the super tiebreaker
to even the score at 17.
Fabio Lauretta, who was
teamed with Chris
Boydston,
hit
the
clinched the win for
Bachelor.
Merlin's magic returned as they stained
the White Collars, 17-12.
The match was even at
11 when Merlin's Rosie
Quackenbush and Elizabeth Russell won the
family feud defeating
Emma Russell and
Adrian Ocone, 6-1.
Sponge Bob improved
to 5-1 as they wiped out
Psych, 17-12. Victor
Becker and Daniel Ortiz
led with a 6-1 win for
Sponge Bob. Becker
teamed
with
Elias
Simon for a 6-4 doubles
win to end the match.
America's Got Talent
won
their
second
straight match lowering
the boom on Big Bang
Theory, 17-9, with wins
from Jules Thompson,
Inigo Aguirre, and Jaky
Quackenbush.
Pokemon moved to 4-2 with
a big come-from-behind win against Supernatural. Down 11-8,
Gemma Quackenbush
and Hina Suzuki of
Pokemon took the final
doubles 6-1 to clinch
the 14-12 win.
Sponge Bob leads the
odd division with a 5-1
mark, followed by Pokemon at 4-2, Big Bang
and Supernatural at 3-3,
and Psych at 2-4. Merlin
heads the evens at 5-1,
with Bachelor and AGT
at 3-3, and White Collars
and Chuck at 1-5. JTT is
an Ojai Recreation Department
program
sponsored by the Ojai
Valley Tennis Club.
Teal
Tortiglionis
proved to be the pasta
of choice Friday night as
they won the battle of
the 3-2 teams dropping
the Red Rigatonis, 3120, and earning a spot
in the adult World Team
Tennis finals. Winning
for the Tortiglionis were
Shiva Narayanan, Janet
Lawry, Carolina Murillo,
and Heather Miller.
Purple Penne improved to 5-1 as they
boiled Black Angel Hair,
32-19. Jackie Francis
and Karen Matthews led
with an 8-4 doubles win
and Theresa Finley and
Danny Everett added
singles wins to power
the win.
Penne and Tortiglionis will play Nov. 7 for
the championship with
Angel Hair and Rigatonis to battle for third.
Soule Park senior golfers
cap two October events
On Oct. 6, the Soule
Park Senior Men’s Club
held a two-man team
alternate shot competition. Coming out on top
of flight one was the
duo of Todd Tanner and
Don Gluyas, with a 69.4.
Second position went to
Lonnie Gibson and Bill
Hatch, who came home
with a 73. Third place
went to Richard Klinshaw and Dietmar
Mages, with 74.4.
In flight two, Larry
Memel and Joe Garcia
earned the top spot
with 79.6. Coming in
second was Terry Starr
and Norm Smith, with
80 while third place was
nabbed by Bob Bryden
and Ken Myers, with
81.2.
First in flight three
was Pete Conforti and
Tom Murphy, with 78.4.
Second place went to
Len Block and David
Nakada, with 79.6 and
coming in third was
Dave Sparks and Bill
Nugent, with 80.8.
Late in the month, the
club held a four-man
scramble.
In flight one top honors went to the team of
Gary
Markley,
Jim
Davis, Eddie Gibson
and Al Gross, with 48.5.
Second was the team of
Steve Thompson, Terry
Starr, Norm Smith and
Mark Lusson, with 50.5.
Flight two was led by
the team of Conforti,
Tony Hirsch, Murphy
and Rocky Rockefeller,
with 43.75. Grabbing
second places was the
team of Dave Sparks,
Tony Pytlinski, Jim
Gilden and Dale Babcock, with 47.75.
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tonight on Twitter by following
@OVNSports
Photo submitted
Standout gridiron play runs in the Rogers family
Brayden Rogers (above), younger brother of Nordhoff standout Baylee Rogers, was recognized as one of the
Ojai Eagles Players of the Week. Rogers plays running back and linebacker for the D-4 Eagles. Also earning
honors this week were Santiago Avalos (D-3) and Isaac Thorpe (D-2). Last week Kolby Stevens (D-4), Grant
Booher (D-3), and Zac Sheets (D-2) were recognized for their play against Santa Barbara.
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B2 Ojai Valley News • Friday, Oct. 31, 2014
Perspective
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MEL BLOOM
It was a night to remember
The great Chicago fire of 1871,
burned the town down, the whole kit
and caboodle with the exception of
the stone-built water tower which still
stands majestically on Michigan
Boulevard as a testament to the city’s
grit. I wasn’t there during the fire, but
I read about it and heard my grandmother often sing the following song:
“One night in fall when the folks
were all in bed
Mrs. O’Leary and her cow went in
the shed.
The cow kicked the lantern,
winked and then it said
‘There’ll be a hot time in the old
town tonight.’”
Well, man! There was one
humdinger of a hot time in our town
last Friday night as Steve Edelson and
Maria Angela Perna co-hosted a
soiree so unforgettable it ranks with
Napoleon’s coronation, which I also
didn’t attend but read about. The
grand occasion, was the “Great Reveal” as Mr. Edelson calls it, to reveal
the new ownership and revitalization
of one of Southern California’s mostesteemed restaurants, The Ranch
House. Everybody who was anybody
was there, along with a bunch of us
who are nobodies. All of Ojai was invited and everyone showed up and
quite possibly a few non-Ojaians
crashed the shindig because the place
was floor to ceiling, wall to wall
packed. It could have been, but hopefully not, a pickpocket’s paradise not
to mention a bonanza for home burglars because no one in town was
home since everyone was at this jamboree.
It was as if the combined presence
of all who attended the Olympics, the
Super Bowl and the Ballet Russe was
present and it certifies when someone is gracious enough to feed the
multitudes for free, the multitudes
bring their in-laws and the in-laws
bring their friends.
The hoopla was a spectacle reminiscent of the bacchanals seen in ancient Rome. I never was there either,
but I saw the Fellini films. It was like
Mardi Gras in Rio, New Orleans, and
Venice, all rolled into one. The food
was scrumptious and prodigious,
everything from hunks (not slices) of
sausage, crab cakes, various hors
d’oeuvres,and mousses of chocolate
and berry served in miniature cornucopia with dainty silver spoons. And
the wine flowed like the biblical wedding at Cannae.
People we hadn’t seen in years were
everywhere and it was reassuring to
know they still are among us even
though we all looked as if we added a
few years. And the cacophony of
voices in singing and conversation
and the music from the piano, the
band and the chanteuse made for an
Emerald City New Year’s Eve celebration. Though I regret I was born too
late to partake in the glamour, the cadence and the grace of minuets and
waltzes in ornate ballrooms, I admit
it is fascinating to watch contemporary dancing where people throw
themselves into it with the fanaticism
of dervishes or more aptly as if they
are writhing in pain, reaching for
itches they can’t scratch, or have been
suddenly stricken with Saint Vitus
disease, all of which is even beyond
the whoop-de-do of my teenage years
when the most common bug was the
jitter.
One of the many specialties of the
evening was a camera which automatically took pictures as one (or
more) stood in front of it and in less
than 30 seconds produced a glossy
photo, a splendid souvenir of a night
to remember. The festivities began at
5 p.m. and lasted until midnight.
Sweetie and I along with friends arrived at 7:30, too late, too dark, and
too crowded to observe The Ranch
House’s new look or that of its customarily impressive gardens. But the
memories of the evening and the generosity and extravagance of its owners
will long be remembered by this community. It was an event the likes of
which we’ll never see again in our lifetime. Thanks for the memory. It will
last until the end of my days.
Garlington will speak
on world religions
Photo submitted
Bill Garlington, Ph.D., is a retired professor from CSU-Channel Islands.
Bill Garlington, Ph.D.,
an authority on philosophy, world religions
and cultural history, will
be speaking at the Ojai
Valley Woman’s Club,
441 E. Ojai Ave.,
Nov. 9 from 1 to 3
p.m. His topic will
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Religions,
including
True Islam."
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will
be
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an expert on Islamic
mysticism, and author
of the new book, "Mohammed." This lecture
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Living Ojai as part of its
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Ojai Valley News • Friday, Oct. 31, 2014 B3
From kitchen to track and back: Everett comes full circle with SoulFéte
Kimberly Rivers
OVN correspondent
Ojai seems to have a
nice variety of food
choices. There’s Thai,
vegan, Italian, Chinese,
Mexican and more. But
we seem to be missing a
little soul — soul food,
that is. Nov. 8, Danny
Everett will change that
by hosting SoulFéte, a
soul food dinner event at
the Ojai Valley Woman’s
Club. SoulFéte (soulFEH-t) is a blend of the
English word “soul” and
the French word féte,
meaning “celebration.”
Everett and his wife,
Tiarzha, moved to Upper
Ojai 15 years ago to start
a family. Their children
now attend two of Ojai’s
public schools, which
often
benefit
from
Danny’s cooking. During
the year, Everett leads
cooking classes at the
schools and helps with
fundraisers. For Halloween this year, he’s
leading a lunchtime fish
fry at Summit Elementary School to raise
money for the sixth grade
Catalina science trip.
Many know Everett
from his Olympic track
career — he’s held a
world record and has
won bronze and gold
medals. But he is also a
professionally trained
chef, and while he continues to help out with
the local Ojai Roadrunners track program, his
professional life shifted
some time ago from running to cooking.
“My plan in high
school was to join the
Army and become a
chef,” Everett said. “Fate,
however, had other
plans.” When he stepped
on the track for the first
time as a high school
sophomore in South
Central Los Angeles, his
path shifted. In a few
years he became one of
the top 10 400-meter
runners in the country.
He earned an athletic
scholarship to UCLA,
and went on to Olympic
glory.
But food was always in
the back of his mind.
“While running on the
world stage and traveling
to countries like France,
Italy, Monte Carlo, Spain,
India, Switzerland and
Russia, I was so fortunate
to be able to also experience diverse culinary
cuisines,” he said. He received
professional
training at the Los Angeles Culinary Institute
during the off-season.
The
upcoming
SoulFéte event is the
product of Everett’s training and upbringing coming together in his
“culinary point of view,”
he said. “Down-home
soul food and Southern
sensibility with the most
tasty and unique aspects
of international cuisine.”
He was inspired to become a chef, he said, by
watching his grandmother “create delicious
and expansive Thanksgiving meals in our modest home in Texas,” said
Everett. His grandmother
“was pretty adamant to
not allow anyone in the
kitchen while she was
cooking, but for some
reason she would allow
me to come in and watch
her.” He remembers her
moving slowly around
the kitchen, and he
would get worried she
Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic
Church RCIA Program
wouldn’t finish the meal
in time.
“Yet she always did,
and the dishes were incredible. The turkey,
ham, roasted chicken,
dressing, at least seven
side dishes, various pies
and cakes, she made
them all from scratch.
And what was more
amazing, was my grandmother never measured
ingredients or used
cookbooks.”
That
seemed to be the case for
many cooks in the South,
he noticed. “Everything
she made just seemed to
magically spring from
her head to her fingers.”
He learned fast, and by
age 10, Everett was cooking full meals by himself
for his entire family.
“One of my favorite
things about cooking is
the way it brings people
together,” said Everett. “I
feel so fortunate that
people seem to enjoy my
cooking and company.”
Cooking, he added, gives
him an opportunity to be
creative. “I love looking
at cookbooks and putting my own twist on a
unique recipe. I really
enjoy finding fresh and
unique ingredients and
letting them almost
speak to me in a way that
helps me transform
them into something so
tasty.” He’s had many
people tell him, “I don’t
normally eat that vegetable, but there is something about the way you
cook it that now I like it.”
Living in Ojai has also
has an impact on his
cooking. “Ojai’s Farmers’
Market has influenced
me to appreciate the
farm-to-table
experience. Having fresh,
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healthy and in-season
ingredients makes a big
difference in what you
can create.”
The market also inspired him to plant a garden at home. “Food fresh
from the ground has a totally different taste than
what you get from a grocery store.”
A portion of the proceeds from Everett’s
SoulFéte — which he’s
calling a “pop-up event”
— will benefit the Ojai
Youth Entertainers Studio (OYES). Attendees
will enjoy a five-course
meal that will include
cocktail pairings and
unique dishes, like molasses barbecue chicken,
sautéed collard greens
and golden crust corn
bread, paired with an
apple mint julep cocktail.
“I also want to have my
pop-up be more like a
community event that
would benefit local children,” Everett said. “My
hope is to host many
more SoulFéte events
that will benefit other
nonprofits in and around
the Ojai and Ventura
County area.”
Everett’s
amazing
peach cobbler also is on
the menu for Nov. 8.
When asked about the
secret ingredient he said,
“I don’t want this to
Photo submitted
Olympic runner Danny Everett has transitioned from the
track to the kitchen — and the barbecue.
sound too corny, but really, the most important
ingredient to me is the
love I have of making a
cobbler from scratch that
I learned from my grandmother and mother. It’s
the process of lightly
dusting my hands in the
flour, the feeling of
kneading and folding the
buttery dough into an
amazing crust, slicing
the fresh peaches and
adding the right amount
of pure vanilla. I hope the
joy I have of making cobbler and the feeling I get
of honoring my family’s
legacy when I make it,
comes through with each
bite.”
See www.soulfete.com
for more information.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014100610017967-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 10/06/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
(1st Fictitious Business
Name) Impresa
Street Address of
Principal Place of Business
(P.O. Box or PMB not
acceptable):
291 Avenida Del Recreo,
Ojai, CA 93023
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st
Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Lim
ited Liability Company:
Susan Stinsmuehlen Amend
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or
PMB are not acceptable):
Ojai, CA 93023
Full name of 2nd
Registrant
Richard Edward Amend
Residence Address of 2nd
Ojai, CA 93023
This Business is
conducted by: Married
Couple
The registrant
commenced to transact
business under the fictitious
business name or names
listed above on 1/1/2014.
I declare that all
information in this
statement is true and
correct.
(A registrant who declares
information as true any
material matter pursuant to
Section 17913 of Business
and Professions Code that
the registrant knows to be
false is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by
a fine not to exceed one
thousand dollars ($1,000).)
Susan Stinsmuehlen Amend
/s/SUSAN
STINSMUEHLEN
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Section 17920, a fictitious
name statement generally
expires at the end of five
years from the date on
which it was filed in the
office of the county clerk,
except, as provided in
subdivision section 17920,
where it expires 40 days
after any change in the
facts set forth in the
statement pursuant to
section 17913 other than a
change in residence address
or registered owner. A new
fictitious business name
statement must be filed
before the expiration. The
filing of this statement does
not of itself authorize the
use in this state of a
fictitious business name in
violation of the rights of
another under Federal,
State, or Common Law (see
section 14411 ET SEQ.,
Business and Professions
Code).
This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of
Ventura on the date
indicated by the file stamp
above.
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October 17, 24 & 31, 2014
November 7, 2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014101310018411-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 10/13/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name) Splendor In The
Grass
Street Address of
(P.O. Box or PMB are not
acceptable):
334 S. Carillo St., Ojai, CA
93023
State of Incorporation/
Organization: CA
Full name of 1st
Registrant
Neil Gary Lockhart
334 S. Carillo St., Ojai, CA
93023
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conducted by: An
Individual
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I declare that all
information in this
correct.
Neil Gary Lockhart
/s/NEIL G. LOCKHART
Code).
Ventura on the date
above.
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October 31, 2014
November 7, 14 & 21,
2014
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Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 10/06/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name) Ojai Moving Pros
Street Address of
acceptable):
236 W. Ojai Ave., Ste. 104,
Ojai, CA 93023
Full name of 1st
Registrant
Lance Anthony Quinn
1310 La Paz Dr., Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is
conducted by: An
Individual
The registrant
I declare that all
information in this
correct.
Lance Quinn
/s/LANCE QUINN
Code).
Ventura on the date
above.
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OVN10-20-2014
October 31, 2014
November 7, 14 & 21,
2014
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014101710018783-0 1/2
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 10/17/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
Name) Ojai Valley Family
Medicine Group
Street Address of
acceptable):
117 Pirie Road, Suite D,
Ojai, CA 93023
Full name of 1st
Registrant
Carl A. Gross, M.D.
1424 LaPaz, Ojai, CA
93023
Full name of 2nd
Registrant
Mary E. Dial, M.D.
Residence Address of 2nd
1100 N. Montgomery, Ojai,
CA 93023
Full name of 3rd
Registrant
James R. Halverson, M.D.
Residence Address of 3rd
1108 Del Nido Court, Ojai,
CA 93023
This Business is
conducted by: A General
Partnership
The registrant
I declare that all
information in this
correct.
James R. Halverson, M.D.
/s/JAMES R.
HALVERSON, M.D.
Code).
Ventura on the date
above.
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OVN10-21-2014
October 31, 2014
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
OJAI HISTORIC
PRESERVATION
COMMISSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN that the City of
Ojai Historic Preservation
Commission will hold a
public hearing on the
following item on
Thursday, November 13,
2014, at 5:00 p.m. in the
Council Chambers of Ojai
City Hall, 401 S. Ventura
Street, Ojai, California.
Any interested party may
appear before said
Commission and present
their views.
Miscellaneous Permit
(MISC 14-14) for Historic
Preservation Commission’s
recommendation to City
Council to designate as an
Historic Landmark the
“Twice-Sold Tales”
bookstore located at 121 E.
Ojai Avenue, Assessor’s
Parcel Number 023-0-077080. The General Plan
Land Use Designation of
the property is Downtown
Commercial (DC). The
Zoning Classification of the
property is Commercial (C1), and 1.5 FAR Overlay.
Property Owner: Ojai
Valley Library Friends and
Foundation. Applicant:
Cornerstone Architect, Josh
Griffen.
Further information about
this matter is available from
the Community
Development Department
at 401 South Ventura
Street, Monday through
Friday from 8:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m., or by calling
(805) 646-5581 ext 112.
Anyone who seeks to
challenge the decision of
the City in court with
respect to this item may be
limited to raising only those
issues raised at the public
hearing described in this
notice or in written
correspondence delivered
to the City at or prior to the
public hearing.
October 28, 2014
/s/HEATHER
WALDSTEIN
Heather Waldstein,
Assistant Planner
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OVN10-22-2014
October 31, 2014
November 7, 2014
Notice of Public Auction
Pursuant to CCC 1988
Nov. 15th 2014 10 am to
include but not limited to:
Entire household contents
from 2900 Keats Ave.,
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360.
Name Janice Brown and
Christopher Brown.
To be conducted by
California Auctioneers
8597 N. Ventura Ave
Ventura, Ca 805-649-2686
Bond #W150123027
Email public notices to:
legals@ojaivalleynews.com
Look for the fall edition of the Ojai Valley Visitors Guide!
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GARAGE SALE MAP
6
4
5
3
2
DEADLINE
to place a garage sale ad is
Wednesday by noon.
Call 646-1476,
Ext. 210.
1
Please help keep Ojai
beautiful.
Take down your signs when
your sale is over.
#1
#2
#3
67 Feliz Dr. Sat., 8-11
Lrg. air comp., bike,
stereo w/turntable,
CD jukebox, vinyl
records, CDs, many
hshld. items.
226 Puesta del Sol,
Sat., 8-? Giant sale!
New organic cotton
infant & adult sizes,
furn., appl., knickknacks galore!
Hwy. 33 to
Encino Dr. to
Feliz Dr.
Hwy. 33 to Oakcrest
Ave. to Barbara St.
to Puesta del sol.
370 W. BALDWIN
RD. x Rice Rd.
Saturday only, 8-12
pm.“SATURDAY
OUT WEST” Help of
Ojai West Campus
Sale. Clothing, misc.
household and
garage sale items.
#4
#5
147 N. Arnaz Ave.,
Sat. & Sun., 7:30-1.
Furn.,
hsld. items, applcs.,
bar stools, kid items,
too much to list.
109 S. Montgomery
St. Sat., 8-1. Lots of
garden art, statuary,
pots, fountains &
misc. treasures.
Hwy. 33 to
E. El Roblar to
N. Arnaz Ave.
E. Ojai Ave. to
S. Montgomery Ave.
#6
909 Sunset Pl., Sat.,
8-12. Furn., Asian art,
rustic porch lights,
garden tools, ktchn.
items, books, jewelry
and more!
E. Ojai Ave.
to Park Ave.
to Grand Ave.
to Grandview Ave.
to Sunset Pl.
Local man wins prestigious international photography award
Oct. 21, Ojai professional
photographer
and filmmaker Rich
Reid was named one of
two finalists in the new
time-lapse category for
the 50th annual Wildlife
Photographer of the
Year event, held in London and sponsored by
the National History
Museum and BBC
Worldwide.
This competition is
recognized
as
the
world’s most prestigious nature photography contest and has the
reputation for being the
"Oscars" of the wildlife
photographic calendar.
An international judging panel of wildlife experts
and
nature
photographers
reviewed 42,000 entries
from more than 90
countries this year and
narrowed the exhibition showcase to the
top 100 photographs
for the competition’s 18
categories.
Catherine Duchess of
Cambridge and Sir
David
Attenborough
presented the Photographer of the Year
Award
to
Michael
“Nick” Nichols, for his
pride of lions image.
Reid's winning timelapse video entry, “The
Fire Tree,” documented
a three-month period
of a prescribed burn
and regrowth of a longleaf pine grove in
Moody Forest Natural
Area managed by The
Nature Conservancy in
Baxley, Ga. Reid designed a tree-mounted
housing that would
withstand the fire. Firefighters helped him by
predicting and scripting the burn around his
three cameras, so that
he could safely change
Photo by Rich Reid
Flames burn through a frame of Reid’s award-winning time-lapse video that shows how fire regenerates a forest.
the sequence intervals
before, during and after
the prescribed burn.
A photographer, filmmaker and instructor
specializing in environmental and adventure
photography,
Reid
began his career almost
30 years ago as a picture editor while studying
business
economics. He creates
multimedia
projects
using time-lapse pho-
tography to benefit the
natural environment
and shares his passion
as a teacher, photography tour leader and
global guide for National Geographic Expeditions.
Visit
https://
vimeo.com/67921054
to watch the tree-view
video.
Visit
h t t p s : / / v i m e o. c o m /
67830939 to watch the
ground-view video.
Photo submitted
Rich Reid gets his hands dirty in the field.
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AN
IMPRESSION
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computer graphics
805•816•2281
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Panel to look at both sides of fracking debate
geophysicist at UCSB who
led a study on the risks of oil
field waste injection wells
for the EPA, Nicholson has
national experience in the
quantifying of seismic risk
associated with oil industry
operations.
• Dave Quast: As the California director of Energy In
Depth, an advocacy group
of independent oil producers, Quast has experience
representing the industry
before agency officials and
audiences of all sorts.
• Henry Stern: As a legislative aide to Fran Pavley,
who shepherded California's new regulatory structure for fracking into law
last year, Stern knows both
the politics and the regulation of fracking in Sacramento from personal
experience.
Visit www.ojaichautau
qua.org for tickets to “The
Future of Fracking” and
more information or call
231-5974.
Photo submitted
The last Ojai Chautauqua, about water and California’s drought, sold out.
RELIGION BRIEFS
there will be a celebration for the remembrance of our dearly
departed, a communion
of the saints, known and
unknown.
Experienced singers
and musicians are always welcome; contact
Raymond Egan at standrews.music@sbcglobal.net.
Centering Prayer is
held Thursdays at 7 p.m.
The outdoor labyrinth is
open daily for meditation.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church is at the corner
of Bristol Road and Ojai
Avenue. For information,
call 646-1885.
Lutheran Church
of Our Redeemer
The Lutheran Church of
Our Redeemer, 1290 E.
Grand Ave., celebrates
All Saints Sunday this
week with a service of
word and sacrament beginning at 10 a.m.
A new Bible study,
“Molded by God,” begins
at 9 a.m. Clay will be provided.
The church welcomes
the community to join
the morning events.
For more information
call Pastor Charles Collier at 302-8800.
Calvary Chapel
of the Ojai Valley
Calvary Chapel Christian Church of the Ojai
Valley, 195 Mahoney
Ave., Oak View, welcomes everyone for Sunday worship. Service
times are 9 a.m. for family worship (children and
adults together) and at
10:45 a.m. with a children’s and youth ministry provided. Pastor
Dan Nelson will continue a chapter-by-chapter, verse-by-verse study
of the Book of Acts.
The Ojai Valley Bible
Study meets Thursdays
at 7 p.m. Children are invited for Calvary Kid’s
Club and youth are welcome to Calvary Youth.
information.
Center for
Spiritual Living
The Center for Spiritual Living is a “Science
of Mind” community
that practices the power
of healing prayer and the
teachings of principles
from the world’s great religions and indigenous
teachings. People of all
faiths, races, ages and
lifestyles are welcome.
The
Rev.
Marilyn
Miller’s sermon topic
will be “Facing the Final
Mystery: Honoring Your
Ancestors on Day of the
Dead.” Bring a photo of a
departed family member
for the “Dia de los Muertos” altar. Services are
held Sundays at 10:30
a.m. at the Ojai Valley
Woman’s Club, 441 E.
Ojai Ave., with a meditation service at 10 a.m.
The Young Masters
Youth Program for ages 3
to 11 is available at 10:30
a.m.
Ojai Presbyterian
Church
Ojai
Presbyterian
Church welcomes all
who wish to come and
worship with them. This
Sunday the congregation
will celebrate All Souls’
Day at all three morning
services (8 a.m., 9:15
a.m. and 10:45 a.m.). All
Souls is the day on which
we remember those who
have gone before us in
the hope of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The services will include lighting candles of
remembrance and feature musical offerings
with soloists J.B. White,
James Antunez and
Laura Dekkers, and
guest musicians, bassist
Tom Etchart, guitarist
Maitland Ward, flutist
Ross Craton, violinist
Sharon Cooper and cellist Pamela De Almeida.
Jim Halverson will direct the All Souls’ Day
Choir, with musical
arrangements by Jimmy
Calire.
The church worship
schedule offers nursery
and toddler care and
Sunday School through
eighth grade during the
9:15 a.m. service.
The
Presbyterian
Church is at 304 Foothill
Road. Call 646-1437 for
information.
Ojai United
Methodist Church
Everyone is welcome
to the Ojai United
Methodist Church, 120
Church Road. The sanctuary is open Tuesday
through Friday from 9
a.m. to noon for personal prayer and meditation. Adult Bible study
begins at 9 a.m. Sunday.
Praise time is at 10:15
a.m. in the sanctuary.
Children are always welcome at Ojai United
Methodist.
This Sunday Pastor
Cathie Capp’s sermon is
titled “Jumping in with
Both Feet.” The Scripture
reading will be from Acts
2:43-47 and Matthew
5:13-16, 6:1, 16-18. Communion will be celebrated.
call 646-3528.
Ojai Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Everyone is welcome
to the Ojai Seventh-day
Adventist Church, 291 E.
El Roblar Drive, Ojai.
Services are held Saturdays at 11 a.m., and this
Sabbath, the congregation will welcome Kevin
Byrne, their former pastor, as guest speaker. His
sermon topic will be
“Home Grown Religion,”
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Dutch Personal Services
Dutch Detailing to the Max
Wed. - Sat. 8-5
Free Downtown Shuttle
Fri. & Sat. 9pm - 3 am
Ojai’s Designated Driver
7 days a week with appointment
Dutch Personal Services
(805) 340-6850
PLEASE DONʼT DRINK AND DRIVE!
DBA as DPS
based on 1 John 2:6.
Everyone who was acquainted
with
the
Byrnes is invited to welcome him back for the
day.
call 640-0358.
Jewish Community
of Ojai
Join recently ordained
Rabbi Adina Allen today
at the 6 p.m. service at
the Jewish Community
of Ojai, 530 W. El Roblar
Drive, Meiners Oaks. The
service will be followed
by an oneg (including
candy). Allen and her
husband, Jeff, and toddler Remy are staying
with parents (and members) Pat and John Allen.
information.
Holy Cross Church
All are invited to worship Sunday at 10 a.m. at
Holy Cross Church, 1212
Maricopa Highway, Ojai.
Child care for infants
and toddlers is available
during the service. Preschool and elementaryaged children are offered
classes after the children’s message and rejoin teens and adults for
Holy Communion at the
end of the service.
Each Sunday in October, Holy Cross invites
you to explore “Elemental Spirituality!” This
Sunday: “Spending Time
in Your Core Relationships.”
Holy Cross wants to
help you experience God
by saying yes to Jesus
every day. For more information call 646-5652.
➥
First Church of Christ,
Scientist
“Everlasting Punishment” is the subject of
this Sunday’s lesson at
the Christian Science
Church, based on a passage from Psalms: “I will
praise thee O Lord, my
God, with all my heart …
thou hast delivered my
soul from the lowest
hell.” The church service
and Sunday school
begin at 10 a.m. Testimonial meetings are held
Wednesdays at 7 p.m. All
are welcome. The church
is at the corner of Oak
and Blanche streets in
Ojai.
A Christian Science Library and Bookstore for
the community at 206-J
N. Signal St. is open
Monday, Wednesday and
Friday from noon to 3
p.m., offering a wealth of
publications and a quiet
place to read.
Call 646-4901 for information.
St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Church worships the
Lord with uplifting celebrations, good music,
short sermons and free
coffee. Holy Eucharist is
held Sundays at 8 a.m.
and 10 a.m. All are welcome to the Lord’s table
for Communion.
This Sunday at 10 a.m.,
lowed by a reception with
the panelists.
Tickets are $20 pre-sale,
$25 at the door, and are
available at Barbara Bowman's, 125 E. Ojai Ave., or
online at www.ojaichau
tauqua.org.
The following people are
scheduled to appear on the
panel.
• Brian Segee: As an attorney with the Environmental
Defense Center, based in
Ventura County, Segee has
many years of experience
effectively representing environmental protection,
and knows the law and
county codes governing
fracking.
• Don Clarke: An experienced petroleum geologist
who has worked as a consultant in California for oil
companies and for cities,
and as an authority to the
media. Clarke can speak to
both the benefits and the
risks of fracking.
• Craig Nicholson: As a
Ventura Ave.
Nov. 9 the Ojai Chautauqua will drill down
through the geology, the
politics, and the business of
fracking. Award-winning
local reporter Kit Stolz will
moderate a discussion
among a distinguished
panel representing very informed — and very different — points of view, with
additional insight from the
designer of California's new
regulation of the industry
(SB4).
The purpose of the Ojai
Chautauqua is to engage
Ventura County in civil discourse about this and other
controversial and emotionally-charged subjects. To
that end, the committee
strives to create balanced
panels in order to illuminate all sides of these complex issues.
“The Future of Fracking:
Questions, Challenges and
Perspectives” will be held
Nov. 9 at 4:30 p.m. at the
Ojai Valley Inn & Spa, fol-
Landmark Prophecy
Series
Begins tonight, October
31st via satellite
on AFTV or 3ABN at
7:00p.m. Pacific time
Also available online via
live streaming to your
computer, lap tap,
tablet or smart phone
go to www.aftv.com
or www.youtube.com/
amazingfacts
God Bless You!
OJAI CHURCH OF
CHRIST
411 N. Montgomery Street
Ph: 646-5737 or 646-7768
CHRISTIANS COMMITTED
TO WORSHIPPING AND
GLORIFYING GOD IN
CHRIST
All are welcomed so that together we can seek to know
God through Jesus Christ.
SUNDAY
Worship - 10:00am
Bible Study - 11:30am
Evening - 6:00pm *
* No evening service 1st
Sunday
WEDNESDAY:
Bible Study - 7:00pm
Perspectives
OJAI VALLEY HIKING TRAILS
PERRY VAN HOUTEN
Three beautiful, colorful fall hikes to try
Photo by Perry Van Houten
In the fall, the cottonwoods are a beautiful sight.
Middle Sespe Trail views of the cottonwoods.
Fall is my favorite time
of the year to hike in
these three areas of the
Los Padres National
Forest, since temperatures are down and
summer crowds (and
bugs) are gone. Autumn
is also an ideal time to go
because the trees are
turning to a vibrant
yellow (in contrast to the
vivid red of the poison
oak). All three routes
presented here provide
options for longer hikes
or even loop trips.
• Lion Canyon
Drive Highway 33
north from Ojai and take
the Rose Valley Road
turnoff. Go past the lakes
and the road to Rose
Valley Falls and continue
to the marked Middle
Lion Campground. Don't
park at a campsite if
you're just day hiking or
you'll need an Adventure
Pass.
The trail crosses Lion
Creek almost from the
get-go, before climbing a
bit into a scenic canyon
where the trail splits
three ways. The east and
west forks take you to
camps and waterfalls;
the middle fork climbs
almost relentlessly to
Nordhoff Ridge. I recommend the east fork hike
for the best fall color.
• Middle Sespe Trail
Take Highway 33 north
from Ojai for just over 17
miles to the former
Beaver
Camp,
now
marked only with a sign
post on the north side of
the highway that says
"Trail Middle Sespe." The
camp was closed by the
U.S. Forest Service in
1999 to protect the
habitat of the arroyo toad
and steelhead trout, but
the trail is still in fine
shape. Park in a dirt
turnout just up the
highway from the trail
sign.
The unmarked trail
begins on the right side
of the former road into
the camp and descends
through scrub brush to
Sespe Creek. The trail can
be a little hard to find
after you cross the creek.
Look a little northeast
and you'll see the track
running east along a
bench. The trail soon
widens and becomes
much easier to follow.
In the fall, the cottonwoods make an excellent
showing here, especially
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taking it all the way to the
end. There are rest rooms
at the parking area but
no water is available.
The trail begins at the
east end of the lot and
drops down to the creek,
crossing it three times
before turning east and
heading downstream.
Again, the cottonwoods
here line Sespe Creek
and command the show
of autumn color. Can't
get enough? The trail
runs about 17 miles, past
several
streamside
camps and a couple of
legendary hot springs.
Views from the Sespe River Trail.
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downstream. As the trail
climbs an 800-foot hill
that drops to Rock Creek
on the east side, you're
treated to spectacular
yellow foliage below you.
If you're feeling up to it,
continue on Middle
Sespe Trail another four
miles, all the way to
Piedra Blanca.
• Sespe River Trail
This popular trail
begins at the former Lion
car camp, now the Piedra
Blanca Trailhead. Drive
Highway 33 for 15 miles
north from Ojai and turn
on Rose Valley Road,

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