Audience says no schools should close

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125th Year, No. 41 • Wednesday, March 16, 2016 • Newsracks, 75¢, retail stores, 70¢ plus tax • Yearly subscription, $52
Audience says no schools should close
Kimberly Rivers
Ojai Valley News correspondent
Keywords: Elementary schools,
7-11 Committee, closure
Nearly 150 attendees
erupted into applause for
each speaker Thursday in
Chaparral Auditorium, letting
the Ojai Unified School District 7-11 Committee know
they opposed any plan that
might include closing one or
more of the district’s elementary schools.
Parents, teachers, students and alumni spoke to
the committee, each one asking to keep all the district’s
five elementary schools open.
Some allegations from
the audience included that
the 7-11 Committee was using Measure J funds as a tool
to close a school, a proposal
to close Meiners Oaks Elementary School was targeting Hispanic families and the
conversation around San Antonio as being the least connected to the community displayed a misunderstanding
of the school.
The public turned out for
the meeting in response to a
vote from the committee the
previous week leaning toward recommending closing
Meiners Oaks School.
The committee has been
meeting since October to examine options for the district
in light of decreasing enrollment. It is tasked with making a recommendation to
the OUSD board regarding
appropriate uses for the five
schools.
“I was a proud supporter
of Measure J, now those funds
are being used as weapon,”
said Jenn Miller. An Ojai resident and parent, she said she
understood the money would
go to all the schools, but now
is being told it will save only
a few. She urged the Committee to recommend a plan to
keep all schools open.
Miller joined others in
saying they thought Measure
J bond money, approved by
voters in 2014, was meant to
upgrade all school facilities.
The committee has discussed
closing a school in order to
use those funds on fewer
campuses, making the dollars stretch farther. Several
speakers Thursday night said
that was the wrong choice.
“The Measure J Needs Assessment identified nearly
$100 million in needed repairs and upgrades to our
public schools,” said Committee Chairman Glenn Fout
after the meeting. “The bond
that passed will bring in $35
million. If a campus (or district headquarters) is closed,
Measure J spending would
be diverted to the campuses
that remain open, thus helping stretch out precious bond
resources. Measure J funds
would still benefit all the students in the district albeit at
fewer campuses.”
Annika Forester, a Meiners Oaks parent, was on hand
to translate for the Span-
Ojai Valley News photo by Kimberly Rivers
Meiners Oaks students (from left) Fatima Lopez, Nina Ahumada, Emme Johnson and Addy Johnson present a chart showing 49 percent
of families at their school live close enough to ride a bike or walk.
Dirty move
may bump
Bowl’s
attendance
See Closure, Page A2
Second unit rules
may get another look
Andra Belknap
abelknap@ojaivalleynews.com
Keywords: Second units, tiny
homes, Municipal Code
On the Planning Commission’s agenda for its Wednesday meeting is a 236-page
report related to a potential
change to the city’s municipal code — an update to the
ordinance governing second
units.
“I think that the community needs to understand
that the circumstances under which someone can
build a second unit will likely
change,” said Rosalie Zabilla, a Planning Commission
member and local real estate
agent. “And those changes
may have very definite impacts on certain neighborhoods.”
Zabilla conceded on
Monday she was still reviewing the 236-page report submitted to the commission by
Community
Development
Director Kathleen Wold.
Planning Commissioner
Chester Jagiello confirmed
the discussion Wednesday
will likely center around
how to update the ordinance
with an eye toward affordable housing. Any change to
the municipal code, as it relates to second dwellings, will
go through the Community
Development
Department
(CDD), noted Jagiello.
“The idea here is to minimize restrictions so we can
have more inventory of ‘affordable by design’ housing,”
said Jagiello, “That’s where
the whole tiny home thing
See Rules, Page A9
Bill Warner
bwarner@ojaivalleynews.com
Keywords: Lawn seating, berm,
Line of sight
Ojai Valley News photo by Tim Dewar
Connor Jones looks over part of the permaculture project already completed across from the Deer
Lodge. The pond still holds water from last week’s rain.
Project putting recent rain to work
Andra Belknap
abelknap@ojaivalleynews.com
Keywords: drought, stormwater
retention, permaculture
“This is why California is
in a drought,” explained Ojai’s
Connor Jones as he watched a
torrent of stormwater runoff
makes it way to a storm drain.
“This doesn’t have to happen
and this isn’t a natural occurrence,” he added.
Jones contends California’s drought is a choice and
more the lack of good land
management than the lack of
rain.
He also claims to have a
remedy that begins with addressing the issue of degraded, carbon-depleted soil.
Jones runs East End Eden,
a permaculture farm in Ojai
and a model for Jones’ solutions.
Healthy soil is carbonrich and has the potential
to act as a “slowly dripping,
full sponge,” said Jones. “But
when you have (low) soil carbon, the water just runs off ...
and you have dehydrated soil
from the top down to the very
bottom,” said Jones.
According to Jones, soil
is the most important storage unit for groundwater, but
land management and agricultural techniques have degraded the water storage capacity of the valley’s soil.
“The best way to build
that back, the actual sponge
of the soil, is to stop the water
in its tracks. We want to make
See Water, Page A2
Local school brings worldwide educator conference to Ojai
Kimberly Rivers
Keywords: Besant HIll School,
educator conference
More than 200 educators and consultants from
throughout the world will be
visiting Besant Hill School
in Upper Ojai this week as
it hosts the annual Small
Boarding School Association
(SBSA) Educators Conference.
“This conference has traditionally been hosted on the
East Coast and has garnered
solid attendance,” said Kristen Kaschub, director of admissions and financial aid
for Besant Hill School. “This
year marks the first-ever West
Coast conference.”
The event is designed as
a place for small boardingschool professionals and
consultants to meet and
share knowledge and experience.
“Educators on a national
level will be exposed to all of
the wonderful opportunities
that Besant Hill students have
on a daily basis,” said Randy
Bertin, head of school at Besant Hill School. He said the
school is looking forward to
“showcasing” not only the recent campus expansions and
upgrades, but also new parts
of their curriculum. He pointed to the school’s reputation
and programs in environmental sustainability along
with visual and performing
arts programs as being reasons the school was selected
to host this conference.
On calendar for the event
are speakers Dr. Robert
Sapolsky and Dr. Christopher
Thurber. Sapolsky is a professor of biology, neuroscience
The plan for reviving
Ojai’s Libbey Bowl met with
a bit of good luck at the
March 8 meeting of the Ojai
City Council — along with
a bit of good will from the
forthcoming Topa Mountain Winery.
The issue was dirt,
about 450 to 500 yards of
which would be needed to
construct a berm on the
upper lawn of the amphitheater in Libbey Park. The
Council was prepared to
approve a maximum allowance of $3,500 for the
Public Works Department
to somehow come up with
the needed soil. As it turned
out, though, that soil was
already close at hand.
“An opportunity just
arose as part of the Topa
Mountain Winery project
just down the road,” Public
Works Director Greg Grant
told the council. “There’s
excess soil they’re pulling
off the site.” Construction
work on the new winery is
currently under way at 821
W. Ojai Ave.
The idea should be up
for consideration by the
council, Grant said, the
amount of soil available
from the winery excavaSee Bowl, Page A9
See Conference, Page A2
A2 Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Water:
Continued from Page A1
running water walk,” he said.
“Instead of designing our
landscapes to pave, pipe and
pollute water away, we need
to be able to slow, spread,
sink, saturate and share water. If we do so, then we get
vegetation cover again. Then
when we get fog coming in off
the ocean, or we get condensation at night, all those green
surfaces are able to take that
water that’s in the air and put
it into the soil.”
East End Eden employs
rainwater harvesting techniques including swales and
a “stormwater detention
pond” to support agricultural
activities. And, of course, the
vast majority of Eden’s water resources are stored in its
soil, according to Jones.
“I see the potential for
(the East End) to become
an Eden of productivity and
health,” he said while reflecting on the property’s name.
And that Eden will come
to be through regenerative
agriculture, or permaculture,
according to Jones.
His permaculture farm,
a 10-acre property which
he shares with family members and fellow farmers, is
designed to make use of
groundwater and rainwater
resources to support “food
forests,” he said.
“When we grow tree
crops, like orchard crops,
fruits, nuts, berries, whatever,
we assemble them in a food
forest that essentially replicates the way a forest func-
tions … and we’ll assemble
a canopy, a midlevel story of
trees, dwarf fruit trees, and
then a shrub layer and then
a ground cover … All in the
same square footage that
someone would be growing
one orchard tree,” said Jones.
The system maximizes
the productivity of local resources in a sustainable
manner, according to Jones.
“That’s how we do it. And
that’s how nature does it,” he
said.
Jones’ personal goal is to
use permaculture techniques
to “regenerate the valley.”
East End Eden serves
as a teaching farm for permaculture techniques, for
which Jones hosts workshops
throughout the year. In addi-
tion, Jones takes on consulting projects throughout the
valley.
On Monday, the Ojai Valley News caught up with
Jones while he was installing
a contour farming system at
Starseed Farms in Ojai.
“The framework of design
is based around water retention and soil building,” said
Jones of the Starseed Farms’
project. In simpler terms: a
farm system with no water
runoff and no soil erosion,
according to Jones.
Jones is also installing a
water harvesting system and
food forest for a client of architect Marc Whitman.
“Connor is quite the expert in permaculture farming, said Whitman. “His prin-
dent body chose to go to this
school.”
“A community based on
similar needs, our school is
a community meeting the
needs of families throughout the valley,” echoed Robin
Munson, an OUSD teacher.
After an hour and a half
of public comment, the Committee dove into deliberations.
Fout reminded everyone
that a 7-11 Committee had
convened four years ago regarding the downtown district property.
“And the Board agreed
leasing (this property) was a
good a viable plan,” said Fout.
But that hadn’t happened yet
for various reasons. “Now
is the time. Property values
(have improved) and there
is a real need for affordable
housing in Ojai.”
The group had discussed
the idea of creating affordable housing for teachers and
families on the district property, creating a source of revenue for the district and filling
a community need.
“I would like to suggest
no schools are closed without
first dealing with this property,” Fout stated. He made a
motion to recommend, “prior
to closing any school the administration move from these
grounds to lease or otherwise
develop this property.” Committee Member Linda Jordan
seconded the motion.
During deliberation Committee Member Marianne
Ratcliff said she could not
support that motion because
it still left open the option of
closing a school and said she,
strongly supports the idea of
exploring all options for enhancing revenue before clos-
ing any schools. She pointed
out closing a school will “not
enhance the salaries of teachers … We all want the best for
our teachers (but I don’t want
salary) to be tied to closing
our schools.”
At one point, Council
Member Melanie Marx asked
OUSD Superintendent Hank
Bangser, if they could make
that sort of recommendation.
“You can do anything you
want,” he replied.
Committee
Member
Steve Quilici reminded the
group of their charge to identify surplus property, and that
while they had reviewed a
study that did that, the group
itself had not named any surplus property.
Fout’s final motion was
stated, “our report to the
school board include the
strong recommendation that
prior to closing any school
the administration move
from these grounds for the
purpose of leasing or developing for district benefit, this
property.” The motion passed
seven to three with one abstention. The three no votes
were cast by Ratcliff, Demitri
Corbin and David White. Gabriela Vargas abstained.
Ratcliff then made a motion to recommend keeping
the five schools open. “We
recognize surplus space exists in properties, and the
school board can best determine ways to use it.” After some discussion it was
amended to simply, “All five
schools remain open,” and
was seconded by Jordan.
The motion failed. The six
votes against were from Andy
Cantwell, Merv Van Auker,
Vargas, Quilici, Danch and
Fout. The four in favor were
cast by Marx, White, Ratcliff
and Corbin.
Jordan abstained.
A 7-11 Committee public hearing is scheduled for
Thursday at 7 p.m. in Chaparral Auditorium at 414 E. Ojai
Ave.
http://www.ojaiVisit
usd.org/Parents-Community/Community/OUSD7-11-Committee to view 7-11
Committee videos, documents, reports, agendas and
minutes.
Closure:
ish-speaking families in the
crowd. She helped several
mothers share their views.
“Es una familia, no es una
escuela,” said Jesse Flores, a
parent needing no translation in saying, “It is a family,
not a school” about Meiners
Oaks. She said the schools
actively promote walking to
school. She also worried if
her children were forced to
change schools they might
be subjected to bullying, the
way she was when she had to
change schools as a child.
“If you close Meiners
Oaks, you will be increasing
our carbon footprint on the
earth,” said Nina Ahumada, a
sixth-grader at Meiners Oaks.
She and four fellow students
presented a chart showing
that 49 percent of the school’s
students live close enough
to the school to walk or ride
their bike. That would change
if the school were closed.
“My heart is very sad at
the news of your decision,”
said Ernestina Lopez, with
translation from Forester.
Lopez has lived in M.O. for
15 years and her five children have all gone to Meiners Oaks. “It is simply cruel
to close a school. If you close
the school in Meiners Oaks
you are closing the heart of
Meiners Oaks.”
San Antonio parents also
spoke out.
“The idea that San Antonio does not serve the
community because only
one-third of students live in
the East End is not based in
fact,” said Whitney Hartman,
president of the San Antonio
Parent Teacher Association.
“The definition of community is common interests and
goals, a majority of the stu-
ciples are ingenious. He’s got
some really great ideas.”
Even local restaurants
and grocery stores have become involved in supporting
Jones’ Eden.
“We get food from Azu
and the Deer Lodge and
Westridge, and we bring it
here and feed it to our animals. They give it for free.
They’re happy to give it,” said
Jones.
Changing the valley, and
the world’s, agricultural practices is of dire importance to
Jones.
“We have to do it, because
we can’t keep feeding ourselves this way,” he said.
But he is hopeful. Through
his workshops and consulting work, Jones is facilitating
change.
One of his life goals, he
said, is to see the Ventura
River and San Antonio Creek
flow perennially once again.
“In my lifetime, I want to
see steelhead spawn in the
San Antonio Creek,” he said.
“It is not out of our capacity
to do that.”
He contends that the necessary changes to preserve
the valley’s water supply are
achievable and affordable.
“For a small amount of
money, farmers could create
their own decentralized water storages and I think that
that’s exactly what we need to
do, and we need to do it now.
If we continue to get less annual average rainfall, and we
don’t do anything to catch
and store what we do get, it’s
just going to get worse,” said
Jones.
And Jones isn’t the only
one talking about rainwater
capture and storage, Ventura
County is offering workshops
for residents interested in
preserving water resources.
“We had eight (workshops)
scheduled in 2015, we ended up doing 14,” said Laura
Macias, a permit processing
supervisor with the county.
According to Macias, the
increased number of workshops speaks to a high level
of community interest.
http://ojaiperma
Visit
culture.com to learn more
about Jones’ work and www.
venturacountygardening.
com/Best/fundamentals.php
for information on sustainable landscaping from Ventura County.
Conference:
and neurosurgery at Stanford
University. He has studied and
authored books on the health
impacts of stress. Thurber is
an education consultant, psychologist and teacher.
Besant Hill instructors
will lead sessions that include “Running an Effective
Summer Program,” “How to
Change Problem Behavior
with a Single Talk” and “Successfully Bridging the Gap
Between High School and
College.”
The school coordinated
with local businesses to provide a true Ojai experience to
those visiting from Canada,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Colombia and locales across the
United States. “We have a vast
majority of attendees staying at the Ojai Valley Inn &
Spa and have partnered with
other local businesses for the
various events that will take
place on the schools campus,” said Kaschub.
The conference comes
on the heals of the school announcing it has been awarded a 2016 Award of Excellence
Silver Medal by the Council
for the Advancement of Support Education (CASE) in the
Digital Magazine category.
The awards recognize “best
practices in alumni relations,
fundraising, public relations,
advancement services, special events and communications,” according to the CASE
website.
Besant Hill won the award
for its Aun Aprendo magazine. Other schools winning
a silver medal (no gold medals were awarded this year)
include the University of
California at San Diego, University of Southern California
and Harvey Mudd College in
Claremont.
“It’s truly an honor to be
recognized along with these
great schools,” said Bertin.
“Aun Aprendo” is the
school’s motto, “I am still
learning.”
“Our goal with Aun Aprendo is that it continues to
be a creative collaboration
between students, alumni,
faculty and staff in all departments,” said Oliver Cornell,
the school’s design and marketing coordinator. “Having a
digitally delivered magazine
allows us to include links to
additional articles, photo galleries, videos and other content on our website. And it
saves paper.”
Visit www.besanthill.org/
aunaprendo to view issues of
Aun Aprendo.
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Smith, Sayegh wed
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Some of this year’s Ojai Valley Chamber of Commerce award winners include: (from left) Patricia Cardinali
(Enhanced Day Spa), Alice Asquith (Ojai Olive Oil), Gloria Forgea (Livingston Memorial VNS), Tinamarie
Tuscano (Made In Ojai), Ulrich Brugger (The Ojai Retreat) and Summer McComas, Laurie Browne
and Megan Kauer (Enhanced Day Spa).
Chamber of Commerce holds annual gala
The Ojai Valley Chamber
of Commerce awarded honors to six of its members at
the ninth annual “Celebrating Business in the Ojai Valley” awards gala, at the Ojai
Valley Inn & Spa, Feb. 25.
Eighteen member businesses were nominated in six
categories: Small Business of
the Year, Customer Satisfaction Leader of the Year, Spirit
of Ojai, Health & Lifestyle,
Taste of the Town, and Best
New Chamber Member.
Nominations were chosen by the Gala Committee,
and winners in each category
were chosen by voters in an
online survey ballot.
The event included music
by Alan Thornhill and Martin
Young, followed by a comedy
set performed by Ojai favorite
Cary Odes.
Winners were Small Business of the Year, Ojai Olive Oil;
Customer Satisfaction Leader
of the Year, Livingston Memorial VNA & Hospice; Health &
Lifestyle Award, Enhanced
Day Spa & Boutique; Spirit of
Ojai, The Ojai Retreat; Taste
of the Town. Hip Vegan; and
Best New Chamber Member,
Made In Ojai.
Caitlin Smith, Ph.D., and Philip
Sayegh, Ph.D., were married
July 11, 2015, at a private
home at Padaro Beach. The
couple lives in Santa Monica.
Caitlin is the daughter of Leroy
and Kathi Smith, of Ojai. She is
a psychology postdoctoral fellow in adolescent medicine at
L.A. Children’s Hospital. Philip
is a neuropsychologist and the
son of Eli Sayegh, of Valley
Spring, and Eileen Sayegh, of
Walnut Creek.
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This Week
Wednesday, March 16
MONTESSORI SCHOOL OPEN
HOUSE — The Montessori School
of Ojai, 806 W. Baldwin Road, will
host an open house today from 5 to
7 p.m. on its 10-acre campus. Come
learn what sets apart Montessori’s
curriculum for infants through
middle school ages. Call 649-2525.
Thursday, March 17
“THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR BUT
FEAR ITSELF” — John Sherman
spent the last 17 years traveling
with his wife and partner, Carla
Sherman, to speak with people
all over the country, and all over
the world in his online seminars.
Over the years, he arrived at a clear
understanding of the root cause of
human psychological misery and
developed an effective method to
eliminate it. John calls his method
“Looking at Yourself.” He will make
a presentation at The Ojai Retreat,
160 Besant Road, on Thursday at
7 p.m. Suggested donation at the
door: $15. All are welcome. For more
information, visit www.justonelook.
org/look/reports or call 649-1600.
Friday, March 18
FREE LECTURE ON FOOD,
AGRICULTURE AND GMOS — The
Environmental Action Committee at
The Thacher School, 5025 Thacher
Road, Ojai, invites you to a free
lecture Friday at 6:30 p.m. Dr. John
Fagan will lead a lively discussion on
the transformation in the food and
agriculture industry, including: GMO
labeling initiatives; 15 to 20 percent
growth in organic food globally; and
emphasis on locally grown food and
farmers’ markets. Fagan serves as
executive director of the Earth Open
Source Institute, a nonprofit sciencepolicy platform which promotes
environmental sustainability and
social responsibility in the food
system. Call 646-4378.
RELATIONSHIP WORKSHOP —
Don and Martha Rosenthal will lead
a relationship workshop, focusing
on relationship as spiritual practice,
Friday through Sunday at 7 p.m.
at a private residence in the East
End. The introductory workshop on
Friday will be free. More information
at: www.rosenthalworkshops.com.
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“THE ADDAMS FAMILY” AT A.C.T.
— “The Addams Family” musical
is based on Charles Addams’ New
Yorker cartoons. Immensely popular
on Broadway, it showcases a normal
couple, Mal and Alice and their
son, meeting the off-beat Addams
Family with hilarious and discordant
results. A twist: Youth actors take
over the lead roles during the
Saturday matinees. It runs through
April 3 at Ojai Art Center Theater,
113 S. Montgomery St., Fridays and
Saturdays at 7 p.m., and Saturdays
and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are
only $18 general, $12 for seniors,
students and Art Center members,
and $5 for youth 12 and younger.
Either call for reservations at 6408797 or go online: www.OjaiACT.org.
“GUYS AND DOLLS” — The Nordhoff
High School music department will
present the fabled musical, “Guys
and Dolls,” at Matilija Auditorium,
703 El Paseo Road, through this
Sunday, with performances Friday
and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday
at 2 p.m. Tickets: $22 for adults, $17
for seniors 65 and older, $10 for
students; available at nhsmusic.com
or call 640-4343, Ext. 1898, for more
information.
“EXPLORING SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
IN INDIAN MYTHOLOGY” — with
Ravi Ravindra will be presented
Friday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. and
Saturday, March 19, 10 a.m. to
noon and 2 to 4 p.m. at Krotona
Institute, Ojai. Indian mythology
is very rich and has influenced its
arts, music, festivals, spiritual life
and practice of yoga. We will take a
overall look at the main aspects of
Indian mythology and focus on one
or two stories’ indicated spiritual
search. $10 single session, $30 series.
To register: 646-1139, schoolinfo@
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Saturday, March 19
BIRD WALK — The Ventura Audubon
Society will host a bird walk at Foster
Park-Ventura River, Saturday at 8:30
a.m., led by David Torfeh (794-5334).
The Ventura River flows through
this green park with lots of shade
trees. With the winter rains may see
some interesting species at the river,
such as green herons or mergansers.
Inside the park, should see oak
woodland species such as quail,
bluebirds and woodpeckers.
FREE GARDENING CLASS — The
Ventura County Master Gardeners
Program is offering a free gardening
class, ”All About Tomatoes,”
Saturday from 9:15 to 11:30 a.m.
at the Arc Center, 210 Cañada
St., Ojai. Attendees will learn the
different classes and types of
tomatoes, how to grow the plant,
seeding to transplanting, fertilizing
and harvest, and common pests
and diseases. The class is taught
by Julian Hoyle. He has a master’s
degree in agricultural sciences from
Cambridge University in England,
did two years postgraduate work in
agricultural botany at Cambridge,
and tropical agriculture at the
University of West Indies in Trinidad.
He has worked in 26 countries
throughout the world, overseeing
field crop and vegetable crop seed
production operations. There is a
limit of 75 attendees. Register online
at https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.
cfm?surveynumber=17471. Any
questions email Teri Reid at trojai@
icloud.com.
OJAI HISTORICAL WALKING
TOURS — Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.,
Ojai Historical Walking Tours depart
Your complete listings of Ojai Valley events
from the Ojai Valley Museum, 130 W.
Ojai Ave. (approximately one-hour
tours of downtown historical and
cultural attractions). Docent Cricket
Twichell will lead the March 19 tour.
Cost is $7 or $15 per family. Dropins are welcome. For reservations or
tours during the week, call 640-1390.
OAK VIEW EASTER EGG HUNT —
The Oak View Civic Council will host
its annual Easter Egg Hunt for ages 2
through 12, Saturday from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. at Oak View Park & Resource
Center, 555 Mahoney Ave. A pizza
and drink lunch will be available for
$2. Activities include the egg hunt
and a cake walk. Fun for the whole
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family. Don’t forget to bring your
baskets.
“TRADITIONAL BOTANICAL ART”
TALK — The Ojai Library, 111 E. Ojai
Ave., will host Ventura artist Ellie
Tu, Saturday at 1 p.m., giving a free
talk titled “Channel Islands National
Park Guide Book Illustrations and
a Glance at Traditional Botanical
Art.” She will speak on the process of
creating the Guide Book illustrations
and give a drawing demonstration.
Tu will also bring plant samples
for guests to experience from a
botanical illustrator’s point of view.
Call 218-9146 for more information.
Tuesday, March 22
“ETERNAL WISDOM” — with Ravi
Ravindra, will be presented March
22 through April 7 at Krotona School,
46 Krotona Hill, Ojai. Ravindra
leads an exploration on the nature
of ultimate reality, the spiritual and
material structure of the cosmos and
the purpose of human incarnation.
March 22 to 25 and March 29 to April
1, Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to
noon; April 5 to 7. Tuesday through
Thursday 10 a.m. to noon. Series
$95, week $35, $10 single session. To
register: 646-1139, schoolinfo
@krotonainstitute.org. Visit www.
krotonainstitute.org for more
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Featuring prep, rec and area sports
Heart and Sole
raises $16,700
The 2016 Ojai Heart and
Sole 5K and 10K event was
held last month and the
fundraiser helped raise more
than $16,700 to help fight
heart disease and stroke.
Event organizers reported the
event had a great turnout and
many of the Ojai Valley’s top
runners showed up to compete for the cause. The results
were as follows:
Heart and Sole 5K Results:
Paul Carr (19:15), Kayla
Six (23:59), Brian Tally (24:23),
Andrew Soupcoff (25:44), Nathan Beck (25:56), John Beck
(26:09), Marissa Cox (26:14),
David
Harrison
(26:55),
Kim Darter (26:59), Joanne
Low (29:08), Mark Josephson (29:11), Christian Platt
(30:02), Andrew Snett (31:00),
Kathy Bergman (31:06), Bertha Juarez (32:28), Virginia Thomas (34: 57), JoAnn
Photo by Harjanto Sumali/Stanford University Athletics Kara (35:19), Becky Beckett
Farnam Cup winner Michael Genender, competing for Harvard-Westlake High in 2015, hopes to help the Stanford Cardinals to a Pac-12 (35:20), Jill Onstot (36:12),
Tiffany Turse (36:13), Marititle at this year's Ojai Tennis Tournament.
ana Razo (36:15), Kelly Forrister (38:11), Deseree Barrios (38:40), Matt Guilliams
(39:01), Jolene Guilliams
(39:02), Jake Weber (40:00),
Merrilee Pack (40:04), Emily Bolcik (40:43), Dylan Files
(40:45), Dana Files (40:46),
Tim Tuttle
Genender had a flood of math, French, history,” he Ronald Anwar (43:14), Nicole
in that company of the list of
champions, I don’t take that college scholarship offers.
said. “I’m looking to kind of Bean (45:17), Ruth Milner
(46:40), Frank Saenz (46:44),
The Farnam Cup — also for granted. I’m grateful for it
“I wanted to go to Stan- go into economics, but it’s a
Samuel Maizel (51:04), Erika
called the Ojai Valley Tennis and I’m very proud of it.”
ford since I was a little kid,” very tough major at Stanford.
Marina Nadir (51:05), Judith
Club Cup — is the oldest perRiggs won three straight Genender said. “It was a There are a lot of prerequipetual trophy at “The Ojai.” It years, from 1934 to 1936. dream of mine. But I also sites and I have to get through Mercer (51:33), Charlotte
carries all of the names of the Kramer won in 1937. The list looked at USC, UCLA, Duke, the road work to get into the Grant (51:39), Mary Flum
Boys Interscholastic Singles also includes Jon Douglas in
Harvard and Princeton. My economics school. I’m so
champions since 1899. The 1952, who went on to play for
dad went to Princeton. I used to the demands at Harmost recent inscription is the U.S. Davis Cup team and
looked around, but when I vard-Westlake, I’m grateful to
Michael Genender, from Harwas the quarterback of Stan- had the opportunity to at- have that experience in high
vard-Westlake High School.
ford’s football team. Allen Fox tend Stanford, I couldn’t turn school. It was very difficult
Genender defeated Bjorn
earned the title in 1956, Bill it down.”
at times and to get through
Hoffmann, of Corona del Mar
Bond
in
1958
and
1960,
Stan
that experience of balancing
The
transition
from
high
High School, 6-1, 6-4, in last
Smith
in
1964,
Sam
Querrey
school with tennis in high
school
to
college
—
both
as
year’s championship match
in
2004
and
many
others
who
school has really helped me
a
tennis
player
and
academof what is now known as the
later
played
collegiately
and
in college.”
ically
—
has
gone
well
for
CIF Boys Singles Division.
professionally.
Genender is working to
Genender.
When Genender returns
Genender
was
runner-up
add
more serve-and-volley
“It’s
been
a
little
bit
chalfor the 116th Ojai, being
in
the
18s
at
Ojai
in
2014,
losskills
to
his game.
lenging,”
Genender
said.
played April 19 through April
ing
to
Palm
Desert’s
Austin
“I
want
to have a better
“The
guys
are
bigger,
they
hit
24, he’ll be trying to help StanRapp.
net
game,
more
serve-andharder,
they’re
a
little
more
ford win the Pac-12 champi“It
was
pretty
disappointvolley,
to
have
options
in my
mentally
tough
and
the
foronship. He’ll likely play in the
ing
because
I
wanted
to
win
game,”
he
said.
“With
opmat
is
a
little
bit
different.
No. 5 singles position and has
Ojai,”
Genender
said.
“The
There’s no ad (which requires tions, you have more success.
been ranked as high as No. 61
in the Oracle/ITA Division I experience of playing in the two points to win a game) I’m looking to become more
rankings during his freshman final in 2014 really helped me and the matches go quicker. and more of an aggressive
as a senior playing on center They’re decided more on the player and be more of a transeason.
“I can’t wait to go back to court (against Hoffmann). bigger points that can kind of sition player. I also am workOjai,” Genender said. “I’ve The first set, I played one of go either way. It’s a little bit of ing to get stronger and get a
been looking forward to it all the best sets of tennis I’ve an adjustment, definitely. I’ve little faster. I need to keep
year. I love the tournament ever played (winning 6-1). really enjoyed it. I have great working in the gym.”
and to go back and play where To come back from 4-1 and teammates and have met a
Stanford lost to USC, 4-3,
you have such great memo- down two (service) breaks in lot of great people.”
in the Pac-12 championship
ries is something I’ve been the second set and win five
Genender is taking a va- match last year.
looking forward to. It’s so games in a row (to win the riety of classes, normal for a
“It would be great if we go
prestigious. Look at the past match 6-4) was definitely one freshman, and is leaning to- one step better,” Genender
champions — Jack Kramer, of the best feelings I’ve ever wards making economics his said, but it’s not easy. There
Bobby Riggs — there’s a histo- had on a tennis court. I was major.
are a lot of great teams in the
ry there that is amazing. To be very happy with that.”
“I’m taking economics, Pac-12.
Farnam Cup champion returning to
Ojai to compete for Stanford Cardinals
UFOs undefeated in spring Junior Team Tennis action
The UFOs continue to
soar above the field in Junior Team Tennis (JTT) as
they won their fifth straight
match against the Tacos, 169. Shawn Rothermel and Xochil Zarate led with a 6-2 win
for UFO. In the Quackenbush
"family feud," Rosie defeated
Claire, 5-2. In the doubles,
Claire came right back teaming with Rothermel to clinch
the match with a 6-0 doubles
win.
The 3Cees stayed on top
of the Even Division squashing Smash, 17-12. Singles
wins from Charlie Coughlin and Copper Clark, and a
doubles win by Coughlin and
Chris Boydston powered the
3Cees to the win.
The Bears won their
fourth straight match, edging past the Foxes, 18-16.
The match was tied at 10-10
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as Alan Baer and Elizabeth
Russell of the Bears dropped
Rachel Quackenbush and
Mary O'Reilly, 6-4. Team
Maybe pulled into second in
the Even Division with a onegame, 15-14 decision against
It. Singles and doubles wins
from Jules Thompson and
Inigo Aguirre secured the
win.
The Seals grounded the
Hawks in a nail-biter, 17-15.
The match was deadlocked at
11 as Emma and Robert Russell defeated Elias Simon and
Daniel Ortiz, 6-4, to clinch
the win.
The Odds are led by the
UFOs at 5-0, followed by the
Bears at 4-1, the Seals at 3-2
and the Tacos and Foxes at
1-4. 3Cees lead the Evens at
4-1, with Maybe in second at
3-2. The Hawks and It are 2-3,
while Smash is 0-5.
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(53:52), Keith Rose (53:53),
Tara Moss (55:49), Shantel
Navarro (55:51), Jaia Guilliams (58:52), Elizabeth Carr
(58:50), Ron Guilliams (1:14),
Kathy Guilliams (1:15), Sue
Blaine (1:20), Sydney Files
(1:27), and Sarah Files (1:28).
Heart and Sole 10K Results:
Angel Esperanza (41:55),
Chris Hollobaugh (44:14),
Andrew Maizel (44:42), Cecil Baumgartner (45:46), Andrew Hughes (46:57), Bonnie
Griffin (46:58), Joe Buccino
(47:18), Julio Cruz (50:27), Tim
Grant (51:40), Walter DeLeon
(51:44), Jim Krueger (52:53),
Edy DeLeon (53:34), JoAnn
Josephson (54:02), Martin
Vega (55:24), Maribel Gomez
(55:35), Attila Baly (55:40),
Sophia Friedson-Ridenour
(55:41), Terri Wolfe (56:51,
Anna Twitty (58:55), Sheena Rodriguez (58:57), Valerie
Higginbotham (59:04), Salvador Herrera (1:03:37), Laus
Casimiro (1:03:38), Charlotte Gullap-Moore (1:08:29),
Erin
Maloney
(1:09:29),
Terri Werber (1:09:30), Tom
Rooney
(1:24:51),
Fred
Werber (1:25:16), Denise
Noguera
(1:25:43),
Tish
Velasquez
(1:28:54),
Patricia
Roberts
(1:33:00),
David Kille (2:02:02), Fred
Fauvre (2:14:12), Ashle Fauvre (2:14:29), Diana Feinberg
(2:14:30), and Cheyenne Bear
(2:14:30).
Photo by Dave Knachel/Virginia Tech Athletics
Woodcock, Hokies off to 10-7 start
Former Villanova Preparatory School (VPS) standout Jon Woodcock and his Virginia Tech Hokie baseball team are off to a
10-7 record this spring as they enter Atlantic Coast Conference
(ACC) play. So far this season, the left-hander is 1-3 with a 4.91
ERA, but the good news for Woodcock is he has only allowed
14 hits over 18.1 innings and opponents are only batting .214
when he is on the mound. Last season, the 2011 VPS graduate
won three games for the Hokies and finished his junior season
with an ERA of 3.73.
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March 16, 2016
arts@ojaivalleynews.com
Up and Addam
Two casts, two versions too ookie
By Sami Zahringer
“Unhappy, darling?” Gomez asks his wife. “Totally,”
replies Morticia with a blissful smile. The Addams are
dark. Their preferred attire
is black, and their hobbies
include collecting antique
instruments of torture and
shooting pigeons in the park
with a crossbow.
Imagine then their dismay when daughter Wednesday falls in love with Lucas,
a nice, strait-laced boy from
(shudder) Ohio, starts wearing (horrors!) yellow and,
worse, wants them to meet
his family.
:The Addams Family”
musical, produced by Lin
Coleman and Herb Hemming, now playing at Ojai
ACT through April 3, has
been twice the usual amount
of work for director Gai Jones
and her production staff
because there are two different versions playing. The
rollicking main production
has a chiefly adult cast, but
on Saturdays the matinee is
performed by a youth cast in
the lead roles.
The laughs arrive thick
and fast in both versions like
darkly glittering little gifts,
but, unsurprisingly, come
at different places in each
show; the adult cast mining
more of the adult jokes in
the witty script and libretto,
and the exuberant youth
cast emphasizing the whole
gallows-humor, lark-about
spirit of Charles Addams’
original New Yorker cartoons.
For example, Sofia Burke
hilariously shrieks it up as
the tiny, cackling grandma in
the Saturday matinee, while
Mary Ellen Gridley plays her
more like an aged, weedpuffing Woodstock hippie.
Morticia is played in the
youth cast with poise, biting humor, and some terrific tango moves by Nicole
Riffenburgh and, in the
evening, Tracey WilliamsSutton, having great vampy
fun, presents a more maternal Morticia who delivers her
caustic wit with the experience of a family woman.
Both the youth and adult
Gomez are outstanding.
Rhett Speer, as the junior
version, is smoothly, suavely
hysterical. Shayne Bourbon
gives us a fulsome Latin
lover, nailing every joke in his
rolling Spanish accent.
Maya Mouderres presents us with a wonderfully
impish, bratty little brother
in Saturday matinee’s Pugsley, while Sophie Massey’s
Pugsley, in the adult cast,
brings a darker, edgier subversive sarcasm to the role.
Wednesday, in the youth
cast, is played with spunky,
rebellious spirit by Gabrielle
Castagna. Hayley Silvers,
in the evening cast, plays
a more soulful Wednesday.
The chemistry between
both Wednesdays and their
respective beaus (Steven Silvers and, for the youth cast,
Bodhi Bourbon) works well
although slightly differently
in each version.
Brittany Danyel and
Ezra Eels are a hoot in a terrific double act as Lucas’ uptight parents in the evenings.
In the youth cast, Sarah
Mitchell is at her best as the
side-splitting Mrs. Beineke
discovering her hidden, free
spirit at a “full disclosure”
dinner, alongside a starchy,
stuffy Hayden Miller.
Michael McCarthy’s
Uncle Fester is charmingly
creepy and James Alderete
shows us a sweeter moonstruck version in the kids’
cast, while Nelson Fox and
Ethan Garcia both bring the
requisite booming bizarreness to Lurch, the monosyllabic zombie-like manservant.
The musical numbers are
beautifully choreographed by
Beverley Sharpe and musical
directors, Smitty West and
Julija Zonic, coax the best
from members of both casts.
Fabulous wigs and luscious
costuming, especially among
The Ancestors, make the
spectacle pop.
It was fun to leave the
theater while watching
people, young and old, still
clicking their fingers in the
classic da-da-da-dum (snap!
snap!) theme-music style.
“The Addams Family” is
kooky, spooky, intergenerational merry-making for the
whole family. There is lots
to love in both versions and
comparing them is its own
diversion. See both!
“The Addams Family”
musical plays through April 3
at Ojai ACT, 113 S. Montgomery St., at 7 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. The Saturday matinee,
which features the youth
cast, is at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $18 general;
$12 for seniors, students and
Art Center members; and $5
for youth 12 and under. Visit
www.OjaiACT.org or call 6408797 for reservations.
Photo by Mary Long
The “guys” finish a musical number in “Guys and Dolls.”
Last chance
Musical heads into final weekend
by John Hankins
“Guys and Dolls” has
brass, literally and figuratively.
It also has sax, bass,
violins, woodwinds and
percussion, all mingling in a
seamless series of hits, “one
after another … there’s no
bad music in there,” said
music director Bill Wagner of
Nordhoff music department’s
annual production.
The production runs
through Sunday at the
Matilija Junior High Auditorium with a cast of nearly 40
Nordhoff High School students.
The 22 musicians are a
mix of students, alumni and
others from the community,
including: Reggie Collier,
Sharon Cooper, Cyndi Hall,
Nichole McKenzie, Frankie
Olinger, Christine Snipes
and Liz Watts on violin; Janet
Bergamo and David Mason
on cello; and Dana Christie
on bass. Students Dan Willard, Susan Anderson and
Patrick Ingram combine with
alumni Brandon Boyd, Ross
Craton, Brad Halverson and
Ruben Salinas on woodwinds. Students Nathan Eck
and Cody Wisegarver join
on trumpet. Graduate Greg
Kiddie performs on keyboard
and Adam Woll accompanies
on French horn.
The rhythm section includes Jaye Hersh on piano,
James Antunez on drums
and keyboard percussion by
Pia Zonic.
The final performances
of “Guys and Dolls” will be at
7 p.m. Friday and Saturday
and 2 p.m. Sunday at the
Matilija Junior High School
Auditorium, 703 El Paseo
Road in Ojai.
For tickets and information, go to www.nhsmusic.
com or call 640-4343, Ext.
1898.
Photo submitted
Patrick Mureithi will perform in Ojai this weekend.
OYES will host weekend concert
Photo by Tom Moore
Uncle Fester sings a mournful tune with his ancestors.
Ojai Youth Entertainers Studio will host Patrick
Mureithi in concert Sunday
at 6 p.m. After more than a
decade-long hiatus, Kenyan
singer/songwriter Mureithi
has re-entered the music
world with his melange of
Delta blues, folk, reggae and
hip-hop. The event will include stories and music, and
is appropriate for a multigenerational audience.
To learn more about
OYES upcoming classes and
events visit www.ojaiyes.org
or call 646-4300.
Visit www.PatrickMureithi.com for more information about Mureithi’s music
and documentary work in
Rwanda and Kenya. The
OYES theater is at 316 E.
Matilja St. in Ojai.
Spiritual leader Amma Sri Karunamayi to present two programs in Ojai
Her Holiness Amma Sri
Karunamayi, one of India’s
most beloved spiritual teachers, will be coming to Ojai for
a free public program, at the
Camp Comfort Clubhouse
Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Revered as an embodiment of divine motherly love,
knowledge and compassion,
Karunamayi will share her understanding of deep spiritual
wisdom of the ancient Indian
sages, blended with humor,
advice, devotional singing,
and blessings.
She is esteemed as a living
saint, humanitarian, peace
leader and spiritual teacher
on a global scale.
“Karuna” means compassion and “Karunamayi” means
the mother of compassion.
Today, Karunamayi divides her time between the
United States, Europe, Asia,
Australia and India, fulfilling
her life’s mission of providing
comfort, solace and spiritual
guidance to all who come to
her. She has been touring the
world for more than 20 years.
Her reach has extended to
other platforms, including the
World Parliament of Religions
with her speech on the plight
of girls worldwide, and with
her International Women’s
Day message to the United
Nations.
Her honorary awards are
numerous and include congressional recognition, former
President Jimmy Carter’s recognition, peace awards and
Woman of the Year.
In rural, polio-stricken
Andhra Pradesh, India, approximately 500,000 people
live in poverty, where educa-
tion and medical care are
scarce. Here Karunamayi has
established a free hospital,
free mobile medical outreach
team, a free school for children, a free college for higher
learning, free leprosy care,
home for the elderly and free
housing and water purification systems in 170 villages
with polluted water. In addition, through Karunaseva, a
volunteer group she launched
in the United States, free food,
free medical assistance and
blood donations are being
offered to those in need across
the country, including East
Los Angeles.
“Amma Sri Karunamayi’s
universal teachings go beyond all boundaries and
impact people of all faiths and
circumstances,” said Kelly
Luscombe Bea, who is a long-
time student of Karunamayi.
“Over the past 12 years, I have
seen Amma in varying settings from giving out food and
clothing for hours to flocks
of people in dire poverty to
watching her give speeches at
Peace Summits, where she has
moved and inspired politicians and dignitaries. Wherever she goes she touches
people’s hearts and brings
hope and joy. She is quite
astonishing.”
A one-day meditation
retreat will be held March 23,
with Karunamayi. Registration
and a fee are required. Both of
her programs will be held at
the Camp Comfort Clubhouse
at 11696 N. Creek Road in
Ojai. To learn more, visit www.
Karunamayi.org e-mail Ven
tura@karunamayi.org or call
633-0109.
Amma Sri Karunamayi
Saturday, March 19
• HashtagComedy will bring
comedy headliners to Thousand
Oaks Hillcrest Center for the
Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Dr., at 8
p.m. The hour and a half show is
for 18 years and up only. Doors
open at 7:30. Tickets can be
purchased at www.hillcrestarts.
com, the Hillcrest Center for the
Arts box office or by calling 3811246.
• Mel Brooks will provide an
exclusive, inside look at his
career and the making of the
legendary and groundbreaking
movie “Blazing Saddles” at
the Fred Kavli Theatre at 7:30
pm. “Blazing Saddles” will be
presented on the big screen
followed by a live conversation
and audience Q & A with Brooks.
Tickets are available from
Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000,
at www.ticketmaster.com, or
through the Thousand Oaks Civic
Arts Plaza box office, at 2100
Thousand Oaks Blvd. For more
information call 449-2787 or visit
Friday, March 18
• Although long associated
with the Christmas season, the
first performance of Handel’s
“Messiah” occurred at Easter,
April 2, 1742 in Dublin, Ireland.
In fact, it was never performed at
Christmas for the first hundred
or more years of its existence.
The Santa Barbara Choral
Society will perform “Messiah”
at 7 p.m. and March 19 at 7 p.m.
at Music Academy of the West’s
Hahn Hall, 1070 Fairway Road
in Santa Barbara. Tickets are
available at www.sbchoral.org or
by calling 965-6577.
Events
www.civicartsplaza.com.
• “Rising Consciousness
Triumphs over Big Ag and Big
Food,” a talk by Dr. John Fagan,
professor of molecular biology
at Maharishi University of
Management, will be held at 7:30
p.m. at the E.P. Foster Library,
651 E. Main St. in Ventura. Fagan
is co-author of “GMO Myths and
Truths — An Evidence-Based
Examination of GMO Claims.”
• Ventura artist Ellie Tu will
visit the Ojai Library Saturday
at 1 p.m. to deliver a talk titled
“Channel Islands National Park
Guide Book Illustrations and a
Glance at Traditional Botanical
Art.” This talk will include a
brief history of traditional
botanical art and explain the
equipment and materials she
uses for painting and drawing.
This event is free and open to
the public. The Ojai Library is at
111 E. Ojai Ave. in Ojai. For more
information, call 218-9146.
Sunday, March 20
• A Spring Equinox Nature Hike
Music
• Leon Bridges with special
guest Son Little will perform
at the Arlington Theatre at 8
p.m. Tickets are on sale from
Ticketmaster and at Arlington
Theatre Box Office.
Sunday, March 20
• Vince Gill will bring his band
to the Fred Kavli Theatre at 7
p.m. Tickets are available from
Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000,
online at www.ticketmaster.
com and through the Thousand
Oaks Civic Arts Plaza box office
at 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Visit www.civicartsplaza.com
or call 449-2787 for tickets and
to Gridley Spring in the Topa
Topa Mountains, with native
plant guide Lanny Kaufer will
take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Witness the annual wildflower
season and learn about edible,
medicinal and other useful
survival plants along the way.
This will be a 5.4-mile, roundtrip hike with an elevation gain
of 1,200 feet through a mix of
chaparral and riparian plant
habitat. To register, visit www.
HerbWalks.com or call
646-6281.
• This month’s Ojai Valley
Museum Town Talk is titled
“Ramona, A Heroine for the
Guilded Age.” Helen Hunt
Jackson’s book was written
to shed light on the plight of
Native Americans. One filmed
version of the book has an Ojai
Valley connection. Hear about
it, and more about the fictional
Ramona, from Patricia Clark
Doerner at 4:30 p.m. The Ojai
Valley Museum is at 130 W. Ojai
Ave. in Ojai.
information.
Tuesday, March 22
• Singer-songwriter, Santa
Barbara native and socialjustice activist David Crosby will
perform solo acoustic at
the Granada Theatre at 7:30
p.m. Crosby was inducted to the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a
member of both the iconic folkrock band The Byrds and the
Woodstock era-defining group
Crosby, Stills & Nash. Tickets are
available at Granada Theatre
box office or online at www.
GranadaSB.org or to charge by
phone, call 899-2222.
THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF
John Sherman will present an effective method to eliminate the root
cause of human psychological misery. He calls his method Looking
at Yourself. The result is a regeneration of the mind that brings
self-reliance and satisfaction with life regardless of circumstances.
Thousands of people have tried it with great success.
Ojai Retreat brings Sherman to speak
Teacher and author John
Sherman spent the last 17
years speaking with people
throughout the United States
and meeting with people
all over the world in his online
seminars and private sessions.
Beginning in 1999, after a
long-lasting experience of
awakening and enlightenment, he spent several years
as a non-dual spiritual teacher. But he was not satisfied
with the limitations of the
satsang environment and the
non-dual mode of expression.
He felt that the spiritual
concepts and the non-dual
language he was familiar with
did not convey his personal
experience of life, and was
not helping people arrive at
the same permanent sense of
freedom and satisfaction with
life that he enjoys. Because of
this, he took upon himself the
task of developing a language
that could give people, in
simple words, the key to the
same self-reliance and satisfaction with life that is his
daily experience.
Over the years, through his
personal investigation and
his conversations with people
from all walks of life, Sherman
said he has come to a clear
understanding of the root
cause of human psychological
misery and has developed an
effective method to eliminate
it.
In his presentations, he said
he attempts to offer the distilled essence of the ancient
teachings in a manner accessible to all. Sherman calls his
method Looking at Yourself.
Sherman will make a
presentation of his method
Thursday at 7 p.m. at The Ojai
Retreat, 160 Besant Road in
Meiners Oaks.
For more information, visit
http://www.justonelook.org/
look/reports or call 649-1600.
Sherman is the author of
“So Far As I Can Tell: Reports
from an Ordinary Life,” “Look
at Yourself, No More Fear No
More Anxiety” and “Meeting
Ramana Maharshi.”
Exhibits
• Through March 20: Gallery
525, 525 W. El Roblar Drive,
Meiners Oaks, will display
“Satellite of Love,” an exhibit of
artwork paying tribute to David
Bowie, through Sunday. Call
798-0407.
• Through March 27: The
Vita Art Center, Studio 30,
432 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura,
will display “Empowerment:
Works by Modern to Post
Modern Women Artists,”
artwork from the collection of
Ann Bittle, through March 27.
Visit www.vitaartcenter.com.
• Through March 27: The
Ojai Valley Museum, 130 W.
Ojai Ave., will display “Wish
You Were Here: Enticing
Visitors and Residents to the
Ojai Valley,” an exhibit of
postcards, through March 27.
Call 640-1390.
• Through March 31:
The Ojai Art Center, 113 S.
Montgomery St., will display
Mardi Gras artwork by local
artists through March 31. Call
646-0117.
• Through April 4: Porch
Gallery Ojai, 310 E. Matilija St.,
will display “Paradise Now,” an
exhibit of oil paintings by Los
Angeles-based artist Ramon
Ramirez, through April 3. Call
620-7589.
• Through April 17: Gallery
V-Inside Very Ventura Gift
Shop, 540 E. Main St., Ventura,
will display “Ventura 150:
Then & Now” through April 17.
This sesquicentennial exhibit
features work by six local
artists. Call 628-3540.
Wish You
Were Here....
Postcards that enticed
visitors to the Ojai Valley.
January 16 – March 27
March 17, 2016 at 7:00 PM
The Ojai Retreat
160 Besant Road
Ojai, CA 93023
Phone: 805-646-2536
Suggested donation at the door: $15.
All are welcome. No one will be turned away.
John Sherman is the author of So Far As I Can Tell: Reports from
an Ordinary Life, The Fear of Life, Just One Look, Look at Yourself,
Meeting Ramana Maharshi, and No More Fear, No More Anxiety.
Original Exhibit
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ASTROLOGY
RISA D’ANGELES
Spring begins the new spiritual and astrological year
Esoteric astrology as news for
the week of March 16 through 23:
Late night Saturday and
early Sunday morning the sun
enters Aries and spring begins.
It’s also Palm Sunday, Ostara
(ancient name for Eostre, the
Germanic goddess of spring)
and International Astrology Day.
Spring (and Aries) begins the new
spiritual and astrological year.
Sunday is Palm Sunday, the
start of Passion Week. Palm Sunday
biblically marks the triumphal
entry of Jesus of Nazareth,
overshadowed by the Christ, into
Jerusalem (city of Peace). Palms
(symbolizing peace, victory and
respect) waved and placed on the
ground for the young colt carrying
the Christ to walk upon. It was a
procession, heralding the Christ
as Messiah, the Promised One.
Lent (preparation) ends and
the Holy Week begins — a drama
of cosmic proportions played out
for humanity. The Christ enacts
major initiations (transformations
we all experience) for humanity.
Holy Week begins with a majestic
procession and ends with a trial,
crucifixion and resurrection. A
deep psychological theme of
redemption and hope offered
to humanity, living as we are on
Earth, one of the three planets of
suffering.
A new world order appeared
when Christ (Pisces World Teacher
from Sirius), visited Earth. Since
then we’ve been moving steadily
toward a new age — a new era,
the signs are everywhere. The
story of Holy Week is written in
the heavens, on the fixed cross of
Taurus, Scorpio, Leo and Aquarius.
Full moon, lunar eclipse
(something in our outer world
disappears). The New Group of
World Servers is preparing for
Wednesday’s Aries Resurrection
Festival. Join us, everyone.
ARIES: Your true calling
comes forth. No longer just a
burning ground of aspiration,
as the world begins to reorient
everywhere,
your
initiating
abilities clearly emerge, you gather
your philosophical beliefs and
goals, you are now at the highest
level anyone can be in terms of
world work, you begin to see your
career in terms of how you help
create the culture and civilization,
how you serve humanity so their
gifts can come forth, too. You’re at
the doorstep.
TAURUS: So often you
stepped into the shadows,
didn’t want to speak up and out,
thought others would do a better
job. This gave you the needed
strength and stamina, developed
your awareness and abilities.
Now staying behind the scenes
is no longer is appropriate. You
step into the limelight, begin
to communicate, teach, lead,
facilitate, make the transition
from dark room to lighted world.
You give your hope to humanity. It
is the “waters of life” for them.
GEMINI: So much of your
life has been about observing the
needs of others, stepping into the
great world field of service. This
has been good. However, there
comes a time when your focus
must shift from others to self —
to develop new tools. That time is
now. For further development you
need new studies, new people,
new information. You’re ready
to answer a further call from the
soul. This is a transition time for
you. Release yourself to your soul’s
call and stand in its light.
CANCER: Who you’ve been
will no longer be who you are.
What you’ve been asked to be is
no longer who you can be. All the
responsibility you’ve assumed for
so long will begin to chafe, annoy
and irritate you. You will gradually
want more things in the world,
less of a sense of duty, so your gifts
and talents can come forth. The
larger world, beyond family, needs
you, too.
LEO: Over and over you will
review plans, agendas, regimes
and rituals in your daily life. And
over and over these will change
in terms of work, health, people
and all environments you interact
in. Old concepts shift to new
concepts, discoveries break the
mold of how you’ve worked and
your thoughts on health. You’ll
seek new environments that allow
for accelerated activities in areas,
people, places and things your
heart desires.
VIRGO:
Creativity,
opportunity, options. What do
these mean to you, in what areas
of life? Gates will open for you,
the sun will shine brighter in
your garden, and a new creative
impulse soothes any sense of
isolation. You’ve had to make
adjustments living on hope. New
realities dawn, a new sense of
self-expression too. And a new
philosophy takes you on a new
journey. Be sure to have sturdy
shoes.
LIBRA: All that’s important
to you, all that’s formed your
foundational beliefs, will be
revised. This is a part of growing
up. You took a path into the new
world long ago. You learned new
understandings,
eliminated
restrictions to your true identity.
Now you revise your values,
assume a greater sense of selfassurance, knowing this brave
new world will always support
you. Know every life dimension
has its own truth. As you adapt
and change, the world changes
too.
SCORPIO: You will find
the need to speak the truth in
many situations. Usually you
stand aside, allow others to be
the voice of society. However,
this is changing. You become
the voice of reason, allowing no
false information to pass you by.
You’re very aware of the impact
of untruthfulness. You practice
“ahimsa” (doing no harm). Your
work become a response to world
events. Destiny has arrived. It’s
within your heart, written in the
stars. You are the truth and it sets
you free.
SAGITTARIUS: Sag is always
philosophically minded. Recently
you’ve become security minded,
wondering, as you age, how to
prepare and build a strong system
of resources for later times. It
feels like providence has arrived.
You sense this and bring forth
purpose, energy and passion to
whatever you believe in. And
so, the question is, what do you
believe in? What is most important
to you now? The answers when
contemplated are surprising.
CAPRICORN:
You
have
stepped into power, a most
interesting situation. Authority
figures, not understanding the
energy of relationship in astrology,
may feel you’re challenging them,
which you’re not. However, your
very presence challenges previous
beliefs of others and those in
authority. You bring revolutionary
change wherever you are. What is
this? A call to leadership requiring
you to display your ability to lead
with both willingness and love,
while poised within the center of
power. You’ll be learning this over
time.
AQUARIUS: As personal and
outer world events around you
continue to change, you learn to
move easily within those changes.
This helps you understand the
requirements of the new world
coming forth. Only your inner
self can understand the truth
of all matters, understand right
direction and right attitude and
how to shine a bright new light
of hope for others to see. Your
life situation calls forth your
humanitarian endeavors. You will
understand more later.
PISCES: Jupiter is in Virgo.
This means it’s a time of healing
for all of humanity, but especially
for Pisces, Virgo’s opposite sign.
Tend to all health matters in all
parts of the body, inner and outer.
Find a functional doctor or one
who understands alternative
methods of testing and healing.
After tending to your health,
new opportunities will present
themselves. New decisions will be
made. A new change of focus will
appear with new endeavors. Much
of this year is a time of healing and
preparing.
Risa D’Angeles is founder
and director of the Esoteric and
Astrological Studies and Research
Institute,
a
contemporary
wisdom school in the ancient
mysteries tradition. Send email
to risagoodwill@gmail.com, go
to nightlightnews..org/ or see her
Facebook pages.
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came into play. The trend
these days is to go small. If
you go small, it’s affordable
by design.”
He said he has reviewed
the information Wold supplied for the meeting, but
“didn’t do it all in one sitting. All of that information
is not new.”
Indeed, the report contains Planning Commission
meeting minutes dating
back to 1988.
Also on Wednesday’s
agenda is an informational
presentation on tiny homes.
A group of Ojai residents, committed to simplifying regulations as they
relate to tiny dwellings, will
park a tiny home in front of
City Hall, said Jagiello.
Tiny homes, however,
are considered vehicles and
are regulated by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
tions being approximately
that needed for the Libbey
Bowl project. “We could
take a portion of that soil
they have over there — the
cost being the haul — and
store it down at the Public
Works yard.”
Ojai Councilman William Weirick proposed a
motion accordingly, but
with the allowance raised
to $7,000 in the event that
even more dirt might be
acquired for such other
city projects as the proposed bike park.
Ojai Mayor Paul Blatz
questioned the proposal’s
adherence to the agenda,
which specified action on
dirt for Libbey Bowl berm.
City attorney Matthew
Summers, however, suggested the dollar amount
could be raised for as
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much dirt as it might provide for the stockpile. Reassignment of any leftover
dirt could be taken up on
a future agenda, Summers
advised.
The measure for allocating $7,000 was passed
by unanimous vote of the
council, excepting that of
Councilman Randy Haney,
who recused himself from
the discussion.
“So we grabbed it and
took care of a good opportunity,” Grant said Tuesday. About 500 yards of
dirt, he said, was hauled
from the Topa Mountain
Winery site Thursday and
is now stockpiled for the
city. Only about $2,000 of
the approved budget has
been expended, he added,
and that was for the hauling alone — the winery
gave the soil to the city at
no charge.
The 2011 rebuild of the
Libbey Bowl eliminated
much of the line of sight
between the lawn and the
stage, an issue raised by
Weirick during discussions
of the facility during the
City Council’s regular session of Feb. 23. Converting
at least a portion of the
lawn to a berm configuration has been entertained
as a possible solution.
In fact, alternate drawings from the original project reflect two possible
designs for elevating the
lawn, according to Grant.
“The 2011 plans looked at
the concept,” he said. The
ad hoc committee for the
Libbey Bowl would likely
revisit those, meeting with
the landscape architect
who drew them, he said.
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International Outreach Fellowship
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Companerismo
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International Outreach
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International Fellowship
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1711 Wood Place, Ventura, CA 93003
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1711 Wood Place, Ventura, CA 93003
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Love International Outreach
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3106 Deer Valley Ave., Newbury
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acceptable):
2555 Townsgate Rd. #200, Westlake
Village, CA 91361
Business: Ventura
Organization: CA
Liability Company:
33 Partners Inc.
acceptable):
2555 Townsgate Rd. #200, Westlake
Village, CA 91361
Corporation
on 08/04/2004.
dollars ($1,000).)
33 Partners Inc.
/s/ALLEN REZNICK
Allen Reznick
President/Corp. Broker
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OVN03-05-2016
March 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2016
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20160303-100040980 1/1
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 03/03/2016
Palapa Taco
Mexi Cone
acceptable):
141 S. Pueblo Ave., Ojai, CA 93023
Business: Ventura
Organization: CA
Liability Company:
Kimber Wilkinson
acceptable):
Full name of 2nd Registrant
Liability Company:
Brad Wilkinson
Residence Address of 2nd
acceptable):
This Business is conducted by:
Married Couple
on N/A.
dollars ($1,000).)
Kimber Wilkinson
/s/KIMBER WILKINSON
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OVN03-06-2016
March 9, 16, 23 & 30, 2016
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20160307-100042290 1/1
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 03/07/2016
Wheatley Fence Co.
acceptable):
75 Andrus St., Oak View, CA 93022
Business: Ventura County
Liability Company:
Nathan Charles Wheatley
acceptable):
75 Andrus St., Oak View, CA 93022
Individual
on N/A.
dollars ($1,000).)
Nathan Charles Wheatley
/s/NATHAN WHEATLEY
Nathan Wheatley
Owner
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OVN03-09-2016
March 16, 23 & 30, 2016
April 6, 2016
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20160310-100046310 1/1
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 03/10/2016
1st Fictitious Business Name: E &
A Construction
Aguilera’s Construction
acceptable):
164 Mountain View St., Oak View,
CA 93022
Business: Ventura
Liability Company:
Amauri Aguilera
acceptable):
164 Mountain View St., Oak View,
CA 93022
Individual
on 03-10-2016.
dollars ($1,000).)
Amauri Aguilera
/s/AMAURI AGUILERA
————————
OVN03-10-2016
March 16, 23 & 30, 2016
April 6, 2016
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20160311-100047170 1/1
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 03/11/2016
1st Fictitious Business Name: Jungo
Construction & Remodeling
acceptable):
700 W. Villanova Rd. Sp# 13, Ojai,
CA 93023
Business: Ventura
Liability Company:
Jose Eduardo Jungo
acceptable):
700 W. Villanova Rd. Sp#13, Ojai,
CA 93023
Individual
on N/A.
dollars ($1,000).)
Jose Eduardo Jungo
/s/JOSE E. JUNGO
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NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE
No. 0313
DON’T SUE US!
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Old MacDonald’s
1 It returns just before
animals
spring: Abbr.
63 Locale for phalanges
117 One that’s out of
4 Univ. parts
65 Cry that’s a
one’s head?
homophone of
9 Black-and-white treat
118 Response to
81-Across
13 Sends an invitation
“Who goes there?”
66 Tool for reproduction
for
119 Poorly
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and
earth
19 Cell material
120 Brotherhood and
in miniature,” per a
20 Independently
sisterhood
Chinese proverb
21 Fur fighters?
121 Neophyte, in modern
73 Expressions of
slang
22 Combs
disgust
122 Cartridge filler
23 Wooden arts-and75 Sole
crafts piece
123 Convened
76 Marco ____ (shirt
26 Fantasy land
sold on Rubio’s
DOWN
27 “Fingers crossed!”
website)
1 Self-help guru who
28 “Sprechen ____
77 Come to an end
wrote “Life Code”
Deutsch?”
79 Shenanigans
2 Hoity-toity
29 Great American Ball
81 Barely make, with
3 Jake of CNN
Park team
“out”
4 Place for a throne
31 Collector’s ____
82 Appetizer
5 World Showcase site
32 Quaint social
84 Section of a foreign
occasion
6 Hang (around)
travel guide, maybe
7 Take unwanted steps?
38 Kind of poem
85 Hybrid outdoor game
8 Line at the zoo
40 ____ Bo
87 Prepared
9 Elect
41 “I almost forgot …”
88 Fatty cut of fish at a
10 King, in Portugal
42 Positive response
sushi bar
11 Series finale?
43 Work
90 Named, informally
12 Image on the
45 “Hands off!”
91 Where, to Cato
Connecticut state
46 Pre-euro coin
92 Burrowing insect
quarter
49 Shoelace alternative 93 ____ glance
13 Grant portrayer on
55 Get the message, say 94 Convulsion
TV
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14 Line of cliffs
57 Streak
105 Prefix with cumulus 15 Land in two pieces?
58 Cigar type
106 Identifying lines at 16 Ingredient that’s been
left out?
60 “Borrowed”
the bottoms of pages
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Pertaining to
61 Titter
107 Certain hosp. exam
Pennsylvania, Ohio
108 Caught sight of
Online subscriptions:
and West Virginia,
Today’s puzzle and more 110 Ungraceful
e.g.
than 4,000 past puzzles,
18 Spanish she-bear
nytimes.com/crosswords 111 Fixture in many a
($39.95 a year).
basement
24 One for two of four
ACROSS
62 Modern “Carpe
diem”
25 Show (out)
30 “____ a real nowhere
man …”
33 Complete reversal
34 Source of the names
of two months
35 Trounce
36 “Atlas Shrugged”
author Rand
37 Soprano Sumac
39 Think piece?
44 Writer of the line
“Ah, distinctly
I remember it
was in the bleak
December”
46 Leader elected in
1946
47 Prefix with tourism
48 Fossil-fuel residue
49 Still-life object
50 First name in
cosmetics
51 Discoverer’s cry
52 Org. of the Argonauts
and the Alouettes
53 Some natural-historymuseum displays,
for short
54 Tributary of the
Rhine
55 Substation?
58 The four seasons and
others
59 Brown-and-white
treat
61 Start of many a
bumper sticker
64 Backing at a business
meeting?
67 “Four Quartets” poet
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84 Start of a concession
85 Unoccupied
86 Start eating
87 Inner feeling
88 Court technique
89 Bobby in skates
92 “It’s f-f-freezing!”
93 Artful
95 Daddy
96 Crime stories?
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69 Isao of the P.G.A.
70 Online greetings
72 Toy brand with soft
sales?
74 Genealogical
grouping, informally
78 Bit of a joule
80 Average guy
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have given its name
to a car
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98 You could have it
in any color you
wanted, as long as it
was black
100 “Two Treatises
of Government”
philosopher
101 Smallest slice of a
pie chart, maybe
102 Must have
103 Scapegrace
104 Facetious response
to “Describe
yourself in three
adjectives”
109 Recipe instruction
110 Sticky stuff
112 Line at a wedding
113 Role for Keanu
Reeves
114 Chatter
115 Ingredient in a white
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