Agencies speak up for Casitas in GSWC suit

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Agencies speak
up for Casitas
in GSWC suit
Ojai Valley honors
MLK at Libbey Park
Ojai Mayor Severo Lara (left) stops by the arts
and crafts table at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day
celebration in Libbey Park. Organized each year
by the Ojai Valley Youth Foundation, the event
teaches local students King’s message of equality
for all through speeches, musical performances
and art. Below, 5-year-olds Ella Rain Auric and
Eva Haffner share a giggle while singing onstage.
Tim Dewar
publisher@ojaivalleynews.com
It took 51 pages for Golden State
Water Company (GSWC) to argue why
the appeal of its lawsuit against the
ratepayers in its Ojai service area and
Casitas Municipal Water District
(CMWD) should be upheld.
GSWC law firm Manatt, Phelps &
Phillips filed its reply brief Wednesday
with the Second Appellate District
Court of Appeals. This brief is typically
the last step before the court schedules oral arguments prior to deciding
the case.
In this case, however, that timeline
could be expanded a bit after four
public agencies have indicated a
desire to intervene on behalf of
Casitas, Ojai Friends of Locally Owned
water (F.L.O.W.) and the ratepayers.
Those agencies, according to
CMWD attorney Jeff Oderman from
Costa Mesa’s Rutan & Tucker, are the
California Special Districts Association (CSDA), the League of California
Ojai Valley News photos by Kelly Forrister
See Casitas, Page A3
Mountain lions killed on Highway 33 prompt wildlife crossing questions
Kimberly Rivers
Ojai Valley News correspondent
A young female mountain
lion was killed last week,
apparently hit by a vehicle, on
Highway 33 just south of
Casitas Springs. This is the
second big cat to be hit in that
area since early December,
according to multiple reports.
“It was a young female,
good body condition,” said
Jenny Fitzgerald, a resident of
Ojai who works as a carnivore
intern in the Santa Monica
Mountains
Recreation
(SMMR) area. She was not
operating in any work
capacity when she came upon
the dead animal and snapped
a photo. She estimates the
animal was killed between 5
and 6 a.m. Jan. 15. She
collected data about the cat,
which will be included in the
SMMR database tracking
wildlife killed on roadways.
“Mountain
lions
are
extremely agile and quick
animals,” said Fitzgerald.
“Seeing them coming and
being able to brake in time is
almost
impossible
and
whoever hit this lion may not
even have been aware of it.
What raises a red flag to me is
to learn that multiple lions
have been hit in what sounds
like the same area, which
shows a need for some type of
wildlife crossing since they are
clearly not using the nearby
roadway
underpasses
enough.”
Wildlife
crossings,
or
passages, create a safe way for
wildlife to cross busy highways that happen to be in a
place where animals move
between habitat areas. Sometimes the passage is an overpass, underpass, or directional fencing meant to force
wildlife to a safer area.
“In the past two years
around six mountain lions
have been killed in that area,
plus a dozen or so injured that
have lived, and numerous
other mammals such as deer
and coyotes have been hit and
injured or killed,” said James
Hines, chair for Ventura Sierra
Club. “This is a major wildlife
migration corridor that has
existed for centuries.”
Kim Stroud, director of the
Ojai Raptor Center, was on
scene just after the last mountain lion was found in
December. Stroud is licensed
by the state to pick up dead
wildlife, and she notified the
California Department of Fish
and Wildlife (CDFW) of the
December find. One of their
biologists collected the cat
from her soon after. “The cat
was in really good shape,”
Stroud said of the remains. “It
was a female, about a year
old."
The situation is all too
common, said Janice Mackey,
public information officer for
CDFW. “Unfortunately mountain lions are hit by cars all
over the state. We get calls
throughout the year,” said
Mackey.
Hines is the coordinator for
a group aiming to stop that.
The Sierra Club Wildlife
Corridor Campaign seeks to
turn deadly crossings into safe
passages
for
wildlife.
Regarding whether a plan is in
the works for some kind of
wildlife passage in that area of
See Mountain Lion, Page A3
Photo by Jenny Fitzgerald
Jenny Fitzgerald discovered this dead female mountain lion last week just south of Casitas Springs.
Water districts team up for Ventura River GSA
Bill Warner
bwarner@ojaivalleynews.com
Discussions are under way
for the establishment of a
groundwater sustainability
agency (GSA) in the upper
Ventura River, although its
final organization might not
be until 2016.
The topic came up again
Jan. 14 at the regular meeting
of the board of directors for
the Casitas Municipal Water
District (CMWD), when
general manager Steve Wickstrum said progress was
being made in determining
boundaries of the new GSA.
CMWD is also making plans
for the initial formation of the
GSA and determining the
cost of doing so.
The CMWD is one of four
agencies involved in the talks.
The others are the city of
Ventura, the Ventura River
Water District and the
Meiners Oaks Water District.
When formed, the GSA will
cover an area along the
Ventura
River
between
Matilija Canyon and Coyote
Creek.
Some
CMWD
board
members said they were
uncertain of the extent of
their agency's involvement in
the project, mainly because
the CMWD owns a single,
intermittently operated well,
with the bulk of its water
production coming from
Lake Casitas. But all thought
the CMWD should be
involved in the talks. "It's
good for us to be at the table,"
Wickstrum said.
Board
Member
Mary
Bergen agreed. "It's in our
own interest to have good
water management all the
way around," she said.
Wickstrum gave credit to
Bert Rapp, general manager
of the Ventura River Water
District (VRWD), for spearheading the project.
"None of us really has
adequate water for surviving
a drought," Rapp said
Tuesday. Lake Casitas, he
pointed out, was created
primarily to serve as an emer-
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gency water source. "So, we
all work together to manage
the basin today." The establishment of a GSA, he added,
would make the cooperation
formal.
Rapp said the GSA would
probably become official in
winter or early spring 2016.
The agencies began their
discussions last October, he
added. When finally established, the GSA will begin
gathering data on the geology
and hydrology of the river
basin. "One of the first things
we want to do is develop a
better
scientific
understanding of how the water
works underground here,"
Rapp said. "I envision us
working with a hydrogeologist to study our wells and the
changes that occur with
pumping and the seasons."
Rapp said there is not a lot
of residential development
along the Ventura River
between Matilija Canyon and
Coyote Creek, so the boundaries of the new GSA would
be dictated by geology rather
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than demand. Beneath the
riverbed, he said, are
numerous deposits of ancient
colluvium, old riverine sand
and gravel formed into
"pockets" by tectonic activity.
These pockets, in turn, now
tend to trap and hold water in
quantities
sufficient
to
supply wells — the initial
production source for the
VRWD.
On the down side, these
water pockets tend to empty
rather quickly, Rapp said.
Pumping and subterranean
hydrodynamics
provide
steady drains. On the up side,
however,
the
pockets
recharge with remarkable
efficiency and speed: A year
of average rainfall is enough
to bring them back up to
levels suitable for production.
Thanks to the drought, only
one of the four VRWD wells is
currently producing; for the
rest of its needs, the District
relies on Lake Casitas.
In the next couple of weeks,
Rapp added, the group will
probably set dates for several
"stakeholder" meetings to
gain the input of neighboring
watershed
groups,
area
farmers and other mutual
water companies.
The area proposed for the
new GSA lies outside the one
already served by the Ojai
Basin Groundwater Management Agency (OBGMA),
which has already been designated as the GSA for the Ojai
Valley. California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, signed into law by
Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this
year, calls for groundwater
sustainability plans to be
created for individual basins
or sub-basins and implemented by GSAs.
Although
the
Casitas
Municipal Water District is
primarily involved in the
water resources of Lake
Casitas, it does own one intermittently operated well,
located in Mira Monte. The
other agencies considered in
the plan each operate active
water wells in addition to
other water sources.
A2 Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
ASTROLOGY
Obituaries
RISA D’ANGELES
Follow the rules of Mercury retrograde
Esoteric astrology as
news for the week of Jan. 21
through 28: The magical
time of Mercury's retrograde cycle is here once
again (till Feb. 11, and then
some). Mercury retro cycle
actually lasts eight weeks
when we consider its retrograde shadow, giving us six
months a year for review.
We know the rules of Mercury retro. Careful with
everything. Cars, driving,
money, resources, friends,
friendships, groups, interactions, thinking, talking,
communications. No big
purchases, no important
meetings, nothing important repaired. Mercury retrograde times are for review.
For reassessment. And rest.
Our minds are overloaded
from the last Mercury retro.
Our minds need to assess
what we've acquired since
October, eliminating what is
not needed, keeping what's
important, preparing for
new information in the next
three months (till midMay). Mercury in Aquarius
retrograde — we re-invent
ourselves, seek the unusual,
we don't hide, we're just
careful. We live in two
worlds, outer appearances,
inner reckonings, both sides
of our brain activated. Yet,
like the light of the Gemini
twins, one light waxes
(inner world), the other
(outer realities) wanes. Like
Virgo, we see what's been
overlooked, assessing, ordering and organizing information. It's an entirely
inner process. When speaking we may utter only half of
the sentence. We're in the
underworld, closer to spirit,
eyes unseeing, senses
alerted, re-doing things over
and over till we sometimes
collapse. Because we're in
other realms, we're wobbly,
make mistakes, and don't
really know what we want.
It's not a time for decisions.
Not yet. It's a time of review.
And completing things.
Mercury retro — integration, slowing down, resolution, rapprochement.
ARIES: You long to be free
to pursue your usual pleasures and enjoyments. However, ambition and success
call and that requires discipline and the completion of
all tasks, something unusual and difficult for you.
Where's Taurus, you ask, the
one who completes everything? Things silent, quiet
and hidden increase around
you. Imaginative ideas fill
your mind. So much changing within. It's good.
TAURUS: You're called to
be in the spotlight, to lead
and organize. Perhaps
you're co-chairing a group,
calling them to envision a
future different than the
past. This takes you into a
new life-direction, defines
you more completely, and
highlights previously set
goals. You're ready to accomplish those objectives.
The community you're
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round, stable, warm, grows
everything and comes with
a natural swimming pool.
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feel limiting. Or a marriage
could happen! Great things
are in store for you in the
coming months. Do take
the time to listen quietly to
your mind and heart, follow
what inspires you and aim
as high as you can. The fog
on your Capricorn mountain clears.
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in terms of how and what
you think, your resources,
ideals and goals, your
knowledge of the world. You
will seek these changes
through travel, new books,
new people. Make sure
you're as sensitive as you
can be with others. Sensitive in this case means, "always acting from the heart."
It's also time for gardening
thoughts.
Moonflowers
planted.
LEO: Many obligations
will be met this month and
it might feel like too much
work. However, you're ethical and will accomplish
what is expected. Your creativity expands your selfworth. Something comes to
a crisis in coming months.
Something in terms of how
you've cared for (or didn't)
and loved (or didn't) people, how you were in relationships, how you valued
them and had (or didn't)
loving understanding. We
all learn in each relationship.
VIRGO: It's good to revise
any monetary situation becoming too difficult to handle. Assess finances on all
levels. New ideas about finances quietly enter your
world. The creativity you
bring forth in daily life
needs to be recognized. It
creates your self-identity.
For some Virgos, becoming
pregnant will be a new
identity with Pluto in the
house of creation. Virgo always gestates a new reality.
What is your hidden reality?
LIBRA: Things, people,
events, ideas, even your
profession may feel stalled
or dissolving or there's a
feeling that nothing's happening. The reality is everything's disappearing into
deeper layers of review and
reflection. All outer structures move slowly now. Is
something occurring in the
home? A deepening of a
marriage or relationship?
Some profound depth and
change is occurring there.
Perhaps with your sense of
commitment to home, family and communication.
Foundations built.
SCORPIO: Professional
situations edge sideways
giving you opportunity and
inclination to assess how
much time you're out in the
world, what you're able to
give the world, and what's
expected of you. A new
depth of thinking begins.
Slowly, quietly new life
paths appear. So many
times this year you've
wanted to hide. A new level
of gladness appears, new
goals, too — amidst challenges that you overcome.
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valuable — these continue
to shift and deepen. Careful
if traveling. Everything is in
a process of being underground and re-seeding in
your life. You'll need patience for this. Are financial
things unclear? Something's
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the base of your life. Perhaps a new home, redecora-
tion or a feeling that a new
foundation is needed.
Everything increases in
value, including you. Think,
gather, find, be surprised.
CAPRICORN:
Things
were going along smoothly
(somewhat) and then your
planet, Saturn, changed
signs — from Scorpio to
Sagittarius. This is good. It
allows Capricorns to assess
their aspirations, how and
where they see themselves
and their next creative journey. A transformation of self
along with values will slowly
unfold in the next six
months. New learnings
come forth. Understandings about your childhood,
too. Whenever conflicts
arise seek to apply the idea
that "love underlies all
events in your world."
AQUARIUS: It's important to have time alone, in
solitude and quiet for
lengths of time so you can
relax and rejuvenate. Simultaneously it's important to
recognize the needs of others. Then your entire world
shifts. Perhaps you're reviewing past relationships
and what part you played.
Know that beginning now
and for the next year or so,
your money, finances, resources, values and all that
you possess will shift and
change. Therefore, use resources and money wisely.
PISCES: A whole new
world begins for Pisces.
Mars in Pisces will create a
greater life force, expanded
energy, optimism. It also
creates inflammation so
daily doses of turmeric are
needed, less to no grains, no
sugar at all. For long you've
wanted to bring forth something in form and matter.
Jupiter will assist in this creation. Jupiter provides
abundance,
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spiritual purpose and a love
that graces the lives of others. Ask. Keep asking.
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Philip Frederick
Long
Philip Frederick Long,
loving husband to Maren,
and father of Kimberly,
Philip, and Margaret, died
peacefully in the night on
January 17, 2015.
Born on May 8, 1929 in
Pontiac, Michigan, Phil was a longtime resident of
Ojai, California. During his time spent in Ojai, Phil
was well-liked and had many friends. He loved to
work on his cars, and enjoyed spending time with
his family.
Phil was preceded in death by his loving parents
and daughter Kimberly. Phil leaves behind son
Philip Charles Long; daughter Margaret April
Hoff; and many loving grandchildren.
There will be a service for family and friends on
Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 10:00 AM at the New
Hope Christian Center. Reception to follow. The
address is: 590 Old Ventura Avenue, Oak View, CA
93022. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to
the Ventura County Teen Challenge.
Edward K.
Mercer
1931-2015
Edward Mercer died from
cancer-related issues on
Sunday, January 11, 2015
comfortably and peacefully
in his beloved recliner with
family nearby.
Ed was born July 1, 1931, in Santa Barbara and
grew up in Ventura and Ojai, where many
generations of his family have roots. He graduated
from Nordhoff High School in 1949 as a proud
“Forty-Niner,” and attended Ventura College and
Cal Poly San Dimas before entering the U.S. Army.
He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from
UCSB where he met Judy, who became his wife of
51 years. He did research at U.C. Riverside and
earned a doctorate in nematology from Auburn
University in Alabama. Returning to California, he
and Judy settled in Claremont, where they began
a family and he began his teaching career at Cal
Poly Pomona, finishing as chairman of the
Biological Sciences Department. In 1993, he was
awarded professor emeritus status.
In retirement, he returned to his boyhood home
in Ojai, where he and Judy took over the family
citrus ranch. A man of intellect and scholarship,
he was also a talented woodworker and tinkerer,
known in the family as “Mr. Fix-it.”
Ed’s parents, Sydney and Mabelle Mercer,
predeceased him. He is survived by his wife, Judy;
daughter Christina (Todd) McGinley; son Steven
(Sue) Mercer; and four grandchildren, Tim and
Cori McGinley and Owen and Lila Mercer. At his
request, there will be no funeral services.
He leaves behind a legacy of honor, decency,
and caring to his family; to the thousands of
students whose lives he touched; and to the many
people around the globe who have eaten his
wonderful Ojai oranges.
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Cities (LOCC), the Association of California
Water Agencies (ACWA)
and the California State
Association of Counties
(CSAC).
Oderman explained
that groups asking to file
amicus briefs (also
known as friend of the
court briefs) are fairly
common in important
cases such as this, when
the outcome will have
an impact beyond just
the litigants.
“They have to apply to
the court and submit
their brief within 10 days
of Golden State filing its
brief,” Oderman explained, "which means
they have until the
29th.” He added the
court does not have to
allow the briefs and the
groups will not be allowed to raise issues that
were not addressed in
the original case. They
will, however, be able to
explain to the court how
a particular outcome
would impact the organization and its members.
“They will be able to say
why Golden State’s very
narrow interpretation
would gut Mello-Roos
and how it is Golden
State that is trying to
carve up and render it
ineffective, rather than
Casitas trying to dramatically expand its scope.”
F.L.O.W. attorney Ryan
Blatz
characterized
those groups’ involvement as “a really big
deal.” He said their interest in the case and
support of CMWD bolsters Ventura County Superior Court Judge Kent
Kellegrew’s March 13 decision denying GSWC’s
case entirely.
Blatz said he was not
surprised by anything he
saw in the GSWC brief,
and it is what GSWC fails
to argue that is more
telling to him. “They
(GSWC) never say, ‘We
have done such a good
job operating this water
system that it’s not possible to improve on what
we have done.’ It seems
to me that if there was
such a high standard
they would use that as
an argument as to why
they shouldn’t be replaced.”
The basic underpinnings of the GSWC appeal
is
that
the
Mello-Roos financing
mechanism, approved
by nearly 88 percent of
Ojai voters Aug. 27, 2013,
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cannot be used to fund
an eminent domain
takeover of GSWC’s Ojai
service area, should it
come to that.
Voters approved placing a property tax on
most parcels within the
Ojai service area to finance the acquisition.
Because GSWC has repeatedly said it will not
willingly sell its service
area to Casitas, the municipal water company
would have to use its
eminent domain powers
to complete the transaction.
“CSDA supports the
community who overwhelmingly voted in
favor, by 87 percent, to
use Mello-Roos to fund
the delivery of water
service to their homes
and community via a
local public agency — in
this case they selected
Casitas Municipal Water
District, a special district,” explained Miryam
More-Barajas, a public
affairs specialist with
CSDA.
“The
lower
court’s ruling supports
the residents’ vote.
CSDA and other local
government agencies
plan on filing an amicus
brief in support of the
residents and the lower
court’s ruling. We anticipate the amicus brief to
be filed by the Jan. 29
court deadline.”
Attempts to contact
GSWC, and representatives from the remaining
agencies
are
ongoing.
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Highway 33, Hines said, “There is some
talk, but no real proposal that I am
aware of. There are so many wildlife
corridors which are threatened in our
area. It seems we end up putting all of
our resources into one at a time.”
Hines said the focus right now is a
crossing in the Agoura Hills area at Liberty Canyon; the deaths of several large
cats along that stretch of Highway 101
galvanized local support for the passage there. At a total estimated cost of
$10 million, the project will be built and
funded in phases. A state hearing is
being held Jan. 29 in Ventura regarding
the second funding phase for the Liberty Canyon wildlife crossing. “I would
love to get more people involved in a
Ventura River Valley Corridor,” Hines
said.
The Liberty Canyon wildlife crossing
is part of a statewide campaign called
Watch Out For Wildlife. The campaign
brings together Caltrans, Defenders of
Wildlife, CDFW and the Road Ecology
Center at University of California at
Davis.
Defenders of Wildlife, a national nonprofit organization, has estimated that
across the country, 1.5 million wild animals are struck by vehicles each year.
And that doesn’t take into account the
number of humans injured or killed as
a result of hitting wildlife. As part of the
Watch Out For Wildlife campaign, the
following tips are offered to drivers: Be
extra alert when driving in areas frequented by wildlife, and slow down in
those areas to have more time to react,
should an animal cross in front of your
vehicle; pay special attention when
driving in the morning and evening —
wildlife is most active at those times; if
you see one animal crossing, expect a
second one; and don’t litter — it’s possible that litter along roads attracts animals.
Other projects done in areas across
the state to solve the problem of dangerous wildlife crossings include undercrossings, wildlife movement
studies, and electric mats, which discourage wildlife from crossing in certain areas. According to CDFW, in one
area in Santa Cruz County along State
Highway 17 — a curvy four-lane mountain highway — 14 mountain lions have
been killed since 2007. Caltrans is working with a local land trust in that area to
purchase land on either side of the
highway so they can build an underpass.
Photo by Bill Warner
Mel Boom (right) stands with his wife, Andi, in front of Mel’s portrait.
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About 250 people
streamed through the
Ojai Valley Museum
gallery Saturday evening
for the opening reception of the show, "Fine
Portraits, Fine People."
Ojai Valley Museum director Michele Pracy said
attendance was more
than twice the average
turnout for openings.
"That's how this museum should be," Pracy
said. "Vital, alive and enjoyed by everybody."
The show features 19
paintings and drawings
of individuals who have
figured in the cultural
history of Ojai Valley. The
Thacher School's Sherman Thacher, writer
Peter Bellwood, cartoonist Sergio Aragones and
Ojai Valley News columnist Mel Bloom are a few
of the faces represented.
Each work is accompanied by a wall text providing brief histories of
the subjects and the
artists. A binder with further information on the
artists is also available
for gallery goers to read
in-house.
All of the works are privately owned, so having
them on public display
provides a once-in-alifetime experience, said
Pracy, who curated the
show.
"Fine Portraits, Fine
People" will run through
March 29 at the Ojai Valley Museum, 130 W. Ojai
Ave., Ojai. Gallery hours
are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday, and noon to p.m.
Sunday.
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OVN12-17-2014
Published Ojai Valley News
December 31, 2014
January 7, 14 & 21, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014122210022462-0 1/1
Ventura County Clerk and
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/22/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS: (1st
Fictitious Business Name)
Arbolada Lights
Street Address of Principal
Place of Business (P.O. Box
or PMB are not acceptable):
305 Tico Road, Ojai, CA
93023
County of Principal Place
of Business: Ventura
Full name of 1st Registrant
Individual/Corporation/Limit
ed Liability Company:
Frederic Washburn
Residence Address of 1st
Registrant (P.O. Box or PMB
are not acceptable):
305 Tico Road, Ojai, CA
93023
This Business is conducted
by: An Individual
The registrant commenced
to transact business under the
fictitious business name or
names listed above on N/A.
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).)
Frederic Washburn
/s/FREDERIC WASHBURN
NOTICE – In accordance
with subdivision (a) of
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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OVN01-02-2015
January 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014122910022817-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/29/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
Shiny Star Tutoring
290 Verde Vista Dr.,
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Minjung Shin
290 Verde Vista Dr.,
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
by: An Individual
correct.
Minjung Shin
/s/MINJUNG SHIN
SEQ., Business and
Professions Code).
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OVN01-03-2015
January 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2014122610022782-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 12/26/2014
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
GSC Fine Homes &
Investments
1462 McAndrew Rd., Ojai,
CA 93023
Gabriela Ceseña
1462 McAndrew Rd., Ojai,
CA 93023
by: An Individual
correct.
Gabriela Cesena
/s/G. CESENA
Gabriela Cesena
SEQ., Business and
Professions Code).
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OVN01-05-2015
January 14 & 21, 2015
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
Notice is hereby given that
District Board of Directors
will hold a public hearing on
Wednesday, January 28,
2015 at 3:00 p.m., at Casitas
Municipal Water District,
1055 Ventura Avenue, Oak
View, CA 93022 to hear
input from the public
regarding the Public Notice
of Availability of Mitigated
Negative Declaration for
aeration improvements at
Lake Casitas.
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OVN01-06-2015
January 14 & 21, 2015
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
Negative Declaration for the
Santa Ana Launch Ramp
Extension at Lake Casitas.
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OVN01-07-2015
January 14 & 21, 2015
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
Negative Declaration for
Lake Casitas Shoreline
Vegetation Removal at Lake
Casitas.
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OVN01-10-2015
Published Ojai Valley New
January 16, 21 & 23, 2015
Notice of Public Lien Sale
the undersigned intends to
sell at public auction the
personal property described
below. A lien imposed on
said property pursuant to
section 21700-21716 of the
Business & Professionals
Code, and provisions of
Civil Code. The Undersigned
will sell at public auction by
competitive bidding on
February 2, 2015 at 10:30am
on the premises where said
property has been stored at
Bryant Circle Mini Storage,
located at 412 Bryant Circle
Ojai, CA-93023, phone
#(805) 646-2354 the
following described goods:
Misc. household/personal
items and boxes, unless
otherwise specified. These
goods are the lien property
of the following tenants
units:
B090-Saul A. Mejia
D097-Dale M. Borges
A021-Paul Ocheltree
D095-Mikaele Porter
E031-Jean M. Bates
D046-Maureen McGrath
Purchases must be paid for
at the time of sale in CASH
ONLY. Items are sold AS IS
WHERE IS and must be
removed at the time of sale.
Bryant Circle Mini Storage
reserves the right to refuse
any bid or cancel auction.
Auctioneer Nor Cal
Storage Auctions, Inc. Bond
#7900390179
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OVN01-11-2015
January 21 & 28, 2015
February 4 & 11, 2015
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS
NAME STATEMENT
File Number 2015010910000542-0 1/1
Recorder
MARK A. LUNN
File Date: 01/09/2015
THE FOLLOWING
PERSON(S) IS (ARE)
DOING BUSINESS AS:
1st Fictitious Business
Name: SC & A Insurance
Services, LLC
603 W. Ojai Ave., Ste. B,
Ojai, CA 93023
State of Incorporation/
Organization: CA
Charles Casey
1003 N. Montgomery, Ojai,
CA 93023
by: A Limited Liability
Company
correct.
Charles Casey
/s/CHARLES CASEY
SEQ., Business and
Professions Code).
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“PEACE BEYOND
LOSSES” — Brock
Travis, Ph.D., will give a
free talk on “Peace Beyond Losses,” today
from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at
Livingston Memorial
Hospice, 202-A Cañada
St., Ojai. Learn spiritual
and psychological
strategies for serenity
amidst bereavement
and other life-changing
losses.
CERT MEETING — The
Ojai Valley CERT Team
will meet today at 7
p.m. at the Ojai Villa
Mobile Estates Clubhouse, 70 Baldwin Road
(gate code is 300 for this
event). This is the annual planning meeting
for the rest of the year’s
training and social
events. Come and put in
your two cents worth.
READING SERIES AT
TEMPLE — Nomi Morris will continue her
book series, “Reading
the Middle East Modern
Life,” today from 7 to
8:30 p.m. at the Jewish
Community of Ojai, 530
W. El Roblar Drive,
Meiners Oaks. Discover
the fiction of Israel’s
most celebrated authors
under the age of 50, one
Jewish and one IsraeliArab, Etgar Keret and
Sayed Kashua. Go to
ojaitemple.org or call
646-4464 for details.
Thursday, Jan. 22
“POWER STRUGGLES:
FAMILY FORUM” —
The Ojai Valley Neighborhood for Learning
and First 5 will sponsor
a free positive parenting
class, “Power Struggles:
Family Forum,” Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. in
the Board Room at the
Ojai Unified School District, 414 E. Ojai Ave.,
led by Gwen Cornell
and Alisha Hicks. An
optional dinner will be
provided at 5:45 p.m. for
those who preregister.
Call 640-4300, Ext. 1062.
GIRL SCOUTS INFORMATION NIGHT — Girl
Scouts of California’s
Central Coast will hold
an information night,
Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at
Ojai United Methodist
Church, 120 Church
Road, for anyone interested in joining the fun.
Contact Lauren Hanson
at lhanson
@girlscoutsccc.org.
SHAMANIC SOUNDJOURNEY HEALING
EVENT — Patricia White
Buffalo will bring her
love of music and
shamanism, with its
power to heal, to her
Shamanic Sound-Journey Healing Event,
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at
Healing in America, 107
W. Aliso St., Ojai. She
plays the Native American drum, rattle and
flute, and chanting indigenous rhythms, creates a trance state for
healing and awakening.
Suggested donation:
$10.
Friday, Jan. 23
“COWSPIRACY” — Sacred Space Studio, 410-
A Bryant Circle, Ojai,
will screen
“Cowspiracy,” Friday at
7 p.m., followed by discussion and samples
from a non-dairy
creamery. Suggested
donation: $10. Call 6466761 for information.
Saturday, Jan. 24
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
COLLECTION EVENT
— The County of Ventura Pollution Prevention Center will host a
household hazardous
materials collection
event Saturday for residents of the unincorporated communities of
Ventura County. Call
658-4323 for an appointment or more information. Small
businesses should call
(800) 714-1195.
HELP NEEDED — The
city of Ojai and Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
are asking for volunteers to help with weeding, planting and
mulching in Cluff Vista
Park, Saturday from 9
a.m. to noon. Local native plant expert Lanny
Kaufer and Rick Bisaccia, OVLC stewardship
director, will help with
plant identification and
supervise the sprucingup work. Also, from 9 to
11 a.m., volunteers are
needed to help plant
native grass plugs at the
Ojai Meadows Preserve.
Meet at the Native Plant
Nursery on Besant Road
at 9 a.m. OVLC will provide tools and gloves.
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DEVOTIONAL RETREAT AT MOUNT —
Meditation Mount,
10340 Reeves Road, will
host the Rev. Karen S.
Wylie’s monthly devotional retreat Saturday
from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. The topic will be
“Happy New You!” Open
to people of all faiths.
Suggested donation:
$10 (no one will be
turned away). Call (310)
968-8928.
OJAI HISTORICAL
WALKING TOURS —
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.,
Ojai Historical Walking
Tours depart from the
Ojai Valley Museum,
130 W. Ojai Ave. (approximately one-hour
tours of downtown historical and cultural attractions). Docent Rose
Boggs will lead the Jan.
24 tour. Cost is $7 or $15
per family. Drop-ins are
welcome. For reservations or tours during
the week, call 640-1390.
“AS YOU LIKE IT” AUDITIONS — Auditions
for Shakespeare’s “As
You Like It” will be held
Saturday and Sunday
from noon to 4 p.m. at
the Ojai Art Center Theater, 113 S. Montgomery
St. Laurie Walters will
direct this life-affirming
play. Other arrangements may be made for
anyone who can’t attend these weekend auditions by contacting
producer Len Klaif at
794-3648 or ljkesq@
roadrunner.com. Actors
should provide a résumé, head shot and
conflict dates. Be prepared to read a scene or
monologue from any
Shakespearean play. All
details of characters
and a link to the script
are at www.OjaiACT.org.
FREE “WOMEN’S
VITALITY” WORKSHOP
— Summer’s Dawn, 439
W. El Roblar Drive, Ojai,
will host a free workshop on “Supporting
Women’s Vitality with
Essential Oils,” Saturday
from noon to 2 p.m., led
by Tiffany Pollard, M.S.,
L.Ac. She is an East
Asian medicine practitioner, teacher and en-
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“CHILDREN’S HOUR”
AT MUSEUM — Children’s librarian Julie Albright will read Pete
Seeger’s story-song
“Abiyoyo” during the
“Children’s Hour,” Saturday from 2 to 3 p.m.
at the Ojai Valley Museum, 130 W. Ojai Ave.
and lead a crafts project. This story about
how a father and son
vanquish the terrible
giant Abiyoyo was inspired by a South
African folk tale. No
RSVP is required. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Call
640-1390.
“WARRIOR ONE”
SCREENING — The Ojai
Valley Youth Foundation will present “Warrior One,” a powerful
documentary about 10
teenage girls who push
themselves to the limit
while climbing the
mountains of Peru,
finding themselves on a
path to personal discovery and transformation,
Saturday at 3 p.m. at
Matilija Auditorium,
730 El Paseo Road. A
question-and-answer
session with the filmmaker will follow the
film. Tickets at the door
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Sunday, Jan. 25
“OJAI’S GOT TALENT”
AUDITIONS — Sunday
is the deadline to register for auditions for the
second annual “Ojai’s
Got Talent” show; go to
www.nhsmusic.com to
register. Auditions will
be held Jan. 30 and 31 at
Nordhoff High School.
This is the premier Ojai
talent show for all K-12
students in the Ojai Valley. There is no cost to
audition or participate
and cash prizes will be
awarded in three age divisions. “Ojai’s Got Talent” will be held Feb. 6
at 7 p.m. at Matilija Auditorium, 703 El Paseo
Road, Ojai. Tickets at
the door: $10 for adults,
$5 for seniors and students. Call 640-4343,
Ext. 1861 for more details.
OLD-TIME FIDDLERS
— California State OldTime Fiddlers, District
8, will meet Sunday
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at
the Oak View Community Center, 18 Valley
Road, Oak View. Join the
fiddlers for a fun-filled
afternoon of playing
and dancing to country,
western and bluegrass
music. Free admission
and parking. Refreshments are available.
Visit www.calfiddlers
.com or call 797-6563.
“CHAMBER ON THE
MOUNTAIN” CONCERT
— The “Chamber on the
Mountain” series will
kick off its 2015 music
season with a concert
by Trio Cavatina, Sunday at 3 p.m. at Logan
House, 8585 Ojai-Santa
Paula Road in Upper
Ojai, followed by a reception. The trio consists of violinist Harumi
Rhodes, cellist Priscilla
Lee and pianist Ieva
Jokubaviciute. Tickets:
$25 general, $15 students; 646-9951 or
www.chamber
onthemountain.com.
“FROM STAGE TO
SCREEN” — The Nordhoff High School music
department’s awardwinning vocal and instrumental groups will
perform in a benefit
concert, “From Stage to
Screen,” Sunday at
3 p.m. in the school’s
gymnasium, 1401 Maricopa Highway. This
year’s theme boasts the
“Magic of Disney at the
Movies,” featuring num-
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great movie songs. In
addition to the concert
there will be a raffle including a Disneythemed gift basket.
Funds raised will be
used for music students’
spring tours and travels.
Tickets at the door: $10
adults, $5 for students
and seniors. Children 12
and younger who are
dressed in a Disney costume will be admitted
free with a paid adult.
For more information:
www.nhsmusic.com or
640-4343, Ext. 1861.
“TOWN TALK: A CONVERSATION WITH
PHIL HARVEY” — The
Ojai Valley Museum, 130
W. Ojai Ave., will host
“Town Talk: A Conversation with Phil Harvey”
Sunday from 4:30 to 6
p.m.; free for museum
members, $5 for nonmembers. An Ojai Living Treasure, Harvey has
been a stage, movie and
TV actor, an opera and
light opera singer, a
painter and a photographer. Founder of the
Ojai Camera Club (now
the Ojai Photography
Club) and the Ojai
Community Chorus, he
remains an active member of the arts community. Call 640-1390.
OJAI RETREAT ANNIVERSARY PARTY —
The Ojai Retreat, 160
Besant Road, will hold
its 21st anniversary
party, Sunday from 5 to
8 p.m. (arrive by 4:45
p.m. to register, doors
close at 5 p.m.). The
event will feature a sitar
concert by John
Stephens at 5:45 p.m.,
Indian dance performance by Rina Mehta at
6:30 p.m., Indian dinner
at 7:15 p.m., and retrospective and prospecive
at 7:30 p.m. plus a raffle
drawing. Fee: $20 per
person. For reservations, call 640-1142 by
Jan. 24 and specify
number of people,
name and phone.
Tuesday, Jan. 27
MEN’S CLUB MEETING
— Carl Constantine,
M.D., was secured this
last year to fill the new
position of hospitalist at
Ojai Valley Community
Hospital. As he will explain to the Men’s Club
Tuesday, he is the patient’s advocate who assures their coordinated
care by specialists, staff,
and primary doctor. As
such, he is truly your
best friend, should you
have the misfortune to
require a hospital stay.
The Ojai Valley Retired
Men’s Club holds luncheon meetings on the
second and fourth Tuesdays of every month at
11:45 a.m. in the Banquet Room at Soule
Park Golf Course.
Prospective members
are always welcome.
Call 649-2434 for reservations.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING — The Ojai City
Council will meet 7 p.m.
Tuesday at City Hall,
401 S. Ventura St., Ojai.
“THE KERN FOUNDATION — PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE” —
The Theosophical Society in the Ojai Valley will
meet at Krotona School,
46 Krotona Road, Ojai,
Tuesday at 7 p.m. John
Kern will speak on “The
Kern Foundation —
Past, Present and Future.” Donations are appreciated. Call
646-2653.
“WHO’S AFRAID OF
Down the Road
VIRGINIA WOOLF?” —
stunned audiences
when it opened in 1962
and its impact is still
fresh decades later. Experience this classic
play of life and its illusions from Jan. 30
through Feb. 22 at the
Ojai Art Center Theater,
113 S. Montgomery St.,
Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 p.m. and Sundays at
7 p.m. Cost: $18 general;
$15 for seniors, students
and Art Center members. Reservations are
available by calling 6408797 or via www.Ojai
ACT.org.
FREE ELECTRONICS
RECYCLING EVENT —
Oak View Ranch Market
(formerly Dahl’s Market), 445 Ventura Ave.,
Oak View, will be the
site of a free electronics
recycling event, Jan. 31
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All electronics will be
taken and proceeds will
benefit Sunset School in
Oak View.
OJAI HISTORICAL
WALKING TOURS —
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.,
Ojai Historical Walking
Tours depart from the
Ojai Valley Museum, 130
W. Ojai Ave. (approximately one-hour tours
of downtown historical
and cultural attractions). Docent Rose
Boggs will lead the Jan.
31 tour. Cost is $7 or $15
per family. Drop-ins are
welcome. For reservations or tours during the
week, call 640-1390.
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Sports
A8
Wednesday
Jan. 21, 2015
Mike Miller, editor
mike@ojaivalleynews.com
Highlighting prep, rec and area sports
Photo by Holly Roberts
Thacher kickers top Villanova, 3-1, in league contest
Thacher senior and team captain Kipper Berven fights Villanova’s Sweon Park for control of the ball in a recent cross-town matchup. Despite their best efforts, the
Villanova Wildcats were unable to slow the Toads as Thacher went on to win the Frontier League game, 3-1. Both teams are back in action this week and both are
hoping to qualify for the postseason.
Valley basketball teams look
to get back to winning ways
Mike Miller
mike@ojaivalleynews.com
Both the Villanova Preparatory School Wildcats (7-9, 2-2)
and Nordhoff High School
Rangers were dealt tough
losses in boys’ basketball action last week. The Rangers
and Wildcats are both fighting
for playoff berths and every
game will be crucial as they
head into the meat of their
league schedules.
Friday night, the Wildcats
lost to Malibu, 71-35. The Wildcats kept the game close for the
first quarter, but then Malibu
went to a full-court press,
which led to 30 Wildcat
turnovers on the night.
“When we executed, we got
good looks, but we rushed
things the majority of the game
and couldn't get into an offensive flow,” said head coach Jon
Wyers. After scoring 15 points
in the first half the Wildcats did
a nice job on Malibu’s Jordan
Newt holding him to only five
the rest of the game.
Leading the way for the Wild-
cats were Eastin Bartholio (10
points), Henry Ying (nine
points and 11 rebounds), Ryan
Pierson (five points and four
rebounds), and Mark Roberts
(16 rebounds).
Across
town,
Nordhoff
dropped their third game in a
row after losing to Santa Clara,
62-37. After losing to the
Saints, NHS is now 6-11 overall
and 0-3 in Tri-Valley League action.
Against Santa Clara, a poor
second quarter was the difference in the game. Santa Clara
outscored the Rangers 20-8 in
the second period and they
cruised to the victory from
there. Senior Richardo Hernandez scored a team-high 12
points and grabbed seven rebounds. Junior Luke Boyd
added 11 points and nine rebounds.
This week the Wildcats will
be on the road against Thacher
and Grace Brethren while NHS
will host St. Bonaventure on
Wednesday night and Friday
night they travel to take on
Carpinteria.
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Brewer records first career ace at Soule Park
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Cookie Brewer, a member of the Front Nine Women’s Golf Club, recorded her first-ever
hole-in-one, hitting her hybrid club on the third hole at Soule Park. "I knew the ball was on
the green," Brewer said, "but I figured I would be putting for a birdie." Brewer was golfing
with her husband, Mike, and two other players when she recorded her ace. The Front Nine
group plays weekly tournaments at the Soule Park Golf Course.
Local tennis players busy this winter
Rick Thompson
OVN correspondent
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Cruz honored by Rotary Club
The Rotary Club of Ojai recently honored Aylan
Cruz, a sixth-grader at Meiners Oaks Elementary
School, as their Student of the Month. According to
his teacher, Kevin White, Cruz is a terrific student.
“Aylan is an amazing role model and citizen. He is
always doing his best at everything he puts his
mind to. His positive attitude and general excellent
demeanor are contagious to all who meet him,”
said White.
85 YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG
There is plenty of tennis action taking place in
the Ojai Valley. Here are
some of the recent results and updates.
The
Libbey
Park
Swingers, one of Ojai's
many United States Tennis Association (USTA)
adult tennis teams competing in the winter
league, took all three
matches against Pierpont.
Libbey Park Mixed
Trouble dropped Moorpark, 2-1, with Daniel
Mitchell
and
Sam
Matthews winning 6-1,
6-4, and Luke Sommer
and Debi BlackwellSchrag winning, 7-6 (10-
8), 6-4.
In the Ladies 3.5 Division, Ojai Libbey Heat
dropped four of five
matches against a tough
Spanish Hills team. Dee
Timm and Terry Lewis
came up with the lone
win for Ojai, 7-6, 7-5.
Leslie Gache and Robin
Neumann lost a heartbreaker by two points,
going down, 4-6, 6-1, and
10-8 in the tiebreaker.
Lucy Martin lost, 7-5, 6-3
in a marathon singles
match. Jackie Francis,
Robin Gerber, and Jan
Kisch also competed.
Seven juniors played in
the Westlake Ventura
County Junior Tennis Association (VCJTA) Tournament
over
the
weekend. Jules Thomp-
son swept her flight in
the round robin, then
won in the semis, 6-2, 61 in the Girls 12-andUnder Division.
She came back the
next day and won, 6-0, 60 in the finals. Justice
Martin finished second
in her flight, but lost in
the other semifinals. In
the Boys 14's, Inigo and
Andres Aguirre scored
well enough in the round
robin to qualify for the
quarterfinals, but both
were taken out in that
round. Dakota Martin
and Hina Suzuki also
played in the 14's. Martin
also played this weekend
in a USTA Satellite Tournament and lost, 6-3, 7-5.
Charlie Coughlin made it
to the finals of his divi-
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classes begin at the Park
Jan. 26, which includes a
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Wednesday
Jan. 21, 2015
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Nordhoff musicians make Disney magic
The Nordhoff High
School Music Department’s award-winning
vocal and instrumental
groups will perform
“From Stage to Screen,”
a benefit concert
Sunday at 3 p.m. in the
Nordhoff gymnasium.
Five Nordhoff ensembles, including the
Symphonic Band,
String Orchestra, Wind
Ensemble, Gold ‘n Blue
Chorale and the
Chamber Choir will
perform.
This year’s theme
boasts the “Magic of
Disney at the Movies,”
and will include 14 of
Disney’s great movie
songs, including “Bare
Necessities,” “Under
The Sea,” “Be Our
Guest,” “Friend Like
Me,” “Circle Of Life”
and more.
The concert will also
feature “Dig A Little
Deeper” from “The
Princess and the Frog,”
music from “Planes,”
“Tarzan,” “Les Miserables,” “Mary Poppins,”
“The Incredibles,”
“Brave,” “Despicable
Me2”, a song from the
contemporary
Broadway musical,
“Wonderland,” and an
irreverent take on a
famous song from
“Wicked.”
The highlight of the
concert will be “Songs
of a Disney Princess”
Nordhoff music students will perform a benefit concert Sunday at 3 p.m.
when five costumed
Disney princesses will
appear on stage to sing.
Cinderella leads off
with “A Dream Is A
Wish Your Heart
Makes,” Ariel will sing
“Part of Your World”
from “The Little
Mermaid,” Jasmine will
perform “A Whole New
World” from “Aladdin,”
Pocahontas will sing
“Colors of The Wind,”
and Mulan will sing
“Reflection.” Following
the princess tribute, all
children will be invited
to march with the
princesses accompa-
nied by the “Mickey
Mouse March,”
“Colonel Hathi’s
March,” “Step In
Time,” “It’s A Small
World,” “Zip-A-DeeDoo-Dah” and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” played by the
Nordhoff Symphonic
Local artist
honored with
Frazier award
Guitar great
Frisell set to
play Lobero
Lobero Live will
present Bill Frisell:
Guitar in the Space
Age! with Greg Leisz,
Tony Scherr and Kenny
Wollesen Monday.
Frisell will blast into
the past to mine the
catalog of the largely
instrumental guitarbased music from the
1950s and 1960s –
when America was
racing to the moon,
and the sounds of an
electric guitar were
pushing popular music
into the future.
Frisell will be joined
by Leisz on electric and
pedal steel guitars, and
his trio partners
Scherr on bass and
Wollesen on drums.
The evening will
feature surf and rock
classics including the
Chantay’s “Pipeline,”
Duane Eddy’s “Rebel
Rouser,” Link Wray’s
“Rumble,” plus the
Byrds’ “Turn, Turn,
Turn,” the Beach Boys’
“Surfer Girl” and the
Kinks’ “Tired Of
Waiting For You.”
Since his early days
as a key collaborator
with John Zorn, Frisell
has steadily expanded
his sonic purview,
staking a claim to an
ever-greater range of
media, material and
musical traditions.
From Charles Ives and
Aaron Copland to
Buster Keaton and Bob
Dylan, from urban
thrash and American
Songbook ballads to
country blues and
Nashville twang, Frisell
distills the essence of
the American experience.
Tickets are available
at www.Lobero.com, or
by calling 963-0761.
The Lobero Theatre is
concert is the major
fund-raising event for
the Nordhoff Music
Department’s annual
spring tour. In April,
students will travel to
San Diego to compete
for top vocal and
musical honors. In
addition to the concert,
there will be a raffle
including a Disneythemed gift basket.
Ticket prices are $10
or $5 for students and
seniors. Children 12
and younger, dressed in
a Disney costume, will
be admitted free with a
paid adult. A variety of
MAESTRO Patron
sponsorship packages
and advertising in the
musical program are
also available.
For more information, visit
nhsmusic.com or call
the Nordhoff Music
Department at 6404343, extension 1861.
The MAESTRO
BOARD is a parentsupported group
Photo submitted assisting with public
awareness and
fundraising for the
Nordhoff High School
Band.
Music Program in
This performance
support of Nordhoff
kicks off this year’s
students who strive to
musical production
play, sing and learn
“Once Upon a
music.
Mattress” which runs
Maestro is a 501 ©(3)
March 5 through March
nonprofit organization.
7 and March 12
through March 14. The
All donations are tax
annual Broadway
deductible.
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Guitar master Bill Frisell will perform at the Lobero
Theatre Monday.
at 33 E. Canon Perdido
St. in Santa Barbara.
Next up at the
Lobero Theater will be
“It’s Magic!” Feb. 15 at
2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
featuring an all-new
lineup of top illusionists.
“Three Women and
the Truth,” featuring
Eliza Gilkyson, Mary
Gauthier and Gretchen
Peters, will be held
Feb. 20.
The Taj Mahal Trio,
featuring two-time
Grammy® winner Taj
Mahal, will perform
Feb. 21.
Jan. 15, the city of
Ojai’s Arts Commission
awarded the Hope
Frazier Award to Susan
Stinsmuehlen-Amend.
The award, named in
honor of former Arts
Commissioner Hope
Frazier, is given in
recognition of the
social and cultural
benefits of an individual’s work in or for
the arts.
“Susan Stinsmuehlen-Amend has
been a formative leader
not only in the Ojai Arts
Community but in the
art world at large,” said
Art Commissioner and
Awards Committee
chair Michael Addison.
“Her 13 years of service
to the Commission and
continuing artistic
passion make her a
perfect candidate for
this award. As chair,
Susan was an integral
part of updating our
Ojai Pubic Arts Ordinance. Under her
tenure, she maintained
the city’s prominent
role in the arts community despite years of
tough budget shortages
and the temporary
cessation of the City
Grant Program. When
the city budget crisis
eased, the Commission
was able to reinstate
the grant program and
even add an arts education program which will
continue to enlarge the
public’s access to the
arts in Ojai.”
According to former
Arts Commissioner
Barbara Hirsch, “Susan
carried the collective
memory of public art
and it’s ordinance from
the beginning and
trained all of us,
Commission and
community, on what is
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Show spotlights South American talent
“She Can Carry the World?” by Sylvia Raz
The Santa Paula Art
Museum is scheduled
to present Dos Del Sur
(Two from the South),
an exhibition featuring
Ojai artists Carlos
Grasso and Sylvia Raz.
The exhibition
opens with an artist
reception Jan. 31 from
4 to 6 p.m. Admission
is $10 for museum
members and $15 for
the public.
Buenos Aires-born,
Grasso is an artist of
many talents. He
studied graphic arts,
painting and music in
Buenos Aires, Paris
and Los Angeles. His
apprenticeship started
with still-life and
portraiture under the
guidance of master
painter David A.
Leffel. Later, Grasso’s
artwork evolved
towards pure abstraction. His most recent
work is an exploration
of the relationship
between the psychological inner worlds of
the mind and the
outer manifestation of
the physical.
Raz is an Uruguayan
artist creating sculptural assemblages with
found objects. She
studied art at Bezalel
Institute in Jerusalem
and UCLA.
Raz’s work is
confrontational and
challenges viewers to a
meditation on human
responsibility, to
become more sensitive to society and
what we are doing to
it, to minorities, to the
poor, to outsiders. She
likes to create images
that are creepy and
telling, with social and
political statements
slipping into the mix.
Dos Del Sur (Two
from the South) runs
through June 14.
The Santa Paula Art
Museum is at 117 N.
10th St. in Santa Paula.
The Museum’s hours
are Wednesdays
through Saturdays
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
and Sundays from
noon to 4 p.m.
Admission is $4 for
adults, $3 for seniors
and is free for
museum members
and students. For
more information, call
525-5554.
“Inner Structure #8” by Carlos Grasso
B2 Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
Sondheim musical
takes a look at love
Cabrillo Music
Theatre will take audiences to the island of
Manhattan for the
Civic Arts Plaza professional premiere of
“Company.” The firstever “concept”
musical, features a
score by Stephen
Sondheim, takes a look
at love and relationships.
The performance,
which be held in the
intimate Scherr Forum
at the Thousand Oaks
Civic Arts Plaza, opens
Friday and runs
through Feb. 8.
The Sherr Forum is
at 2100 Thousand Oaks
Blvd. in Thousand
Oaks.
“Company” examines relationships –
love, romance,
marriage – through the
eyes of Robert, single
and celebrating his
35th birthday. Idealized by his married
friends, Robert takes
stock of his own life as
he spends time with
each of five married
couples, as well as the
single women in his
life. Through his storytelling, George Firth
brings both comic and
painfully honest
insights into relationships – as contemporary now as when it
first took the Broadway
stage in 1970.
“We’ve been
wanting to move a
show to the Scherr
Forum for a few years
now,” said Cabrillo
artistic director Lewis
Wilkenfeld. “There are
shows that call for a
more intimate experience – a way to bring
the audience closer to
the action. “Company”
is the perfect show to
launch this new series.
It’s a show that we
likely wouldn’t have
done in the Kavli, but
will benefit greatly by
the Forum’s cozy
confines.”
A who’s who of
Southern California
theatre talent have
formed the cast of
“Company,” including
Tracy Lore (this year’s
Ovation Award winner)
as “Joanne,” Michael
Andrew Baker as
“Harry,” Nick Tubbs as
“Paul” and Shelley
Regner as “Amy.” Local
talent includes Elissa
Wagner as “Sarah” and
Thousand Oaks mainstay Paul Babb as
“Larry.”
Alxander Jon
portrays the key role of
“Robert.” Other cast
members include
Heather Dudenbostel,
Chelsea Emma Franko,
Aly French, James
Padilla, Jane Papageorge, Elizabeth
Smith and Kevin Story.
Performances are
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.,
Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2
p.m.
A post-show discussion with cast, staff
and audience will
follow Saturday’s 2
p.m. performance.
Tickets can be
purchased at the
Thousand Oaks Civic
Arts Plaza Box Office at
2100 Thousand Oaks
Blvd. in Thousand
Oaks, through Ticketmaster or by calling
(800) 745-3000.
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Violist to make solo debut
The New West Symphony’s principal viola Lauren Chipman will make her solo
debut with the orchestra in the third Masterpiece Series concert of the
Symphony’s 20th anniversary season. Her debut will feature the world premiere
of “Garson Concerto for Viola, Jazz Trio & Orchestra Based on a Theme by
Paganini.” The concerto was commissioned for her by the New West Symphony
from composer and pianist Mike Garson, who will also sit in as pianist in the
jazz trio. The first performance will take place Friday at 8 p.m. at the Oxnard
Performing Arts Center, at 800 Hobson Way in Oxnard. The program will be
repeated Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza at 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. in Thousand Oaks and Sunday at 4 p.m. at Santa Monica’s
Barnum Hall, at 601 Pico Blvd. in Santa Monica. Tickets are available through
the Symphony web site at www.newwestsymphony.org and at the respective
concert hall box offices.
Exhibits
• Through Jan. 25:
Santa Paula Art
Museum, 117 N. 10th
St., Santa Paula, will
display its seventh
annual “Art About Agriculture,” an exhibit
featuring work by more
than 65 artists, through
Sunday. Call 525-5554.
Part of the exhibit will
also be on display at
the nearby Museum of
Ventura County-Agriculture Museum, 926
Railroad Ave., Santa
Paula. Call 525-3100.
• Through Jan. 31: The
Bank of America, 205
W. Ojai Ave., will
display acrylic paintings by Karen Wu
through Jan. 31. Call
640-2944.
• Through Jan. 31: The
Museum of Ventura
County, 100 E. Main St.,
Ventura, will display
“Colossal Efforts: A
Behind-the-Scenes
Look at Stuart’s
Creative Process”
through Jan. 31. This is
an exhibit of more than
a dozen examples of
historical figures by
Ojai’s George Stuart.
Call 653-0323, Ext. 303.
• Through Feb. 4: The
Ojai Art Center, 113 S.
Montgomery St., will
display abstract paintings by Clay White in
the main gallery
through Feb. 4. Call
646-0117.
• Feb. 6: The Ojai Art
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encaustic art by Jill
Shanbrom and Kathleen Reilly in the main
gallery, Feb. 6 through
March 5. A reception
will be held Feb. 7 from
1 to 3 p.m. Call 6460117.
• Through Feb. 22:
galerie102, 102 W.
Matilija St., Ojai, will
display “Parallel Realities” through Feb. 22.
The exhibit features
photography by
Ricardo Rodriguez and
mixed media and
ceramics by Janet
Neuwalder. Call 6400151.
• Through Feb. 22: The
Museum of Ventura
County, 100 E. Main St.,
Ventura, will display
“Painting the Light:
California Landscapes
of Richard Schloss,” an
exhibit of more than 35
paintings, through Feb.
22. Call 653-0323.
• Through March 29:
The Ojai Valley
Museum, 130 W. Ojai
Ave., will display “Fine
Portraiture — Fine
People,” through
March 29. The exhibit is
of large-scale formal
portraits of persons of
historical significance
to the Ojai Valley. A
mini-exhibit titled
“Topography and
Cartography of the Ojai
Valley” will be featured
in the alcove.
Call 640-1390.
Ojai Valley News • Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 B3
Musical to open at Rubicon SB Bowl slates
Rubicon Theatre
Company of Ventura
will present “The Last
Five Years,” Jason
Robert Brown’s pop
musical about two New
Yorkers in their 20s who
fall in love and try to
hold on to each other
Ashley Fox Linton
when life leads them in
opposite directions.
Rubicon’s production
will be directed by
Rubicon resident artist
Stephanie A. Coltrin,
who won an Ovation
Award for “Miss
Saigon” in Los Angeles.
The role of up-andcoming novelist Jamie
Wellerstein will be
played by Louis Pardo,
whose credits include
the National Tour of
“Jesus Christ Superstar”
with Ted Neeley.
Ashley Fox Linton stars
opposite Pardo as
Cathy Hiatt, an aspiring
young actress.
Fox Linton’s credits
include Glinda in the
Broadway National
Tour of “Wicked” and
Cosette in “Les Miserables.”
Jamie’s story is told
chronologically; while
Cathy’s is told in
reverse order. The
couple’s stories inter-
alt-J for April
Louis Pardo
sect on their wedding
day.
“The Last Five Years” is
part of Rubicon Theatre
Company’s 17th mainstage season. The
production opens
Saturday at 1006 E.
Main St. in Ventura. For
tickets and informa-
tion, visit www.rubicontheatre.org or call
667-2900.
Performances will be
held Wednesdays at 2
p.m. and 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8
p.m., Saturdays at 2
p.m. and 8 p.m. and
Sundays at 2 p.m.
Center for the Arts
featured StinsmuehlenAmend along with her
husband, fellow artist
Richard Amend.
Locally, Stinsmuehlen-Amend
recently donated two
glass panels to the
Matilija Auditorium
renovation project and
completed several large
commissioned works at
The Collection, an
Oxnard shopping plaza.
An honorary life
member of the Glass
Art Society, she served
as president of its
board from 1984
through 1986.
Stinsmuehlen-Amend
has been a visiting
artist at Rhode Island
School of Design (RISD)
one of the oldest and
best-known colleges of
art and design in the
U.S. and has also
taught at the Pilchuck
Glass School in Stanwood, Wash., RIT, Tyler
School of Art, California
College of the Arts,
California State Univer-
In support of its
second album, “This
Is All Yours,” the
Grammy-nominated
alt-J will perform at
the Santa Barbara
Bowl April 14 at 7 p.m.
Tickets went on sale
Friday.
The tour kicks off at
Festival Estereo Picnic
and includes dates at
Lollapalooza Chile,
Lollapalooza
Argentina and Lollapalooza Brazil.
Following those dates,
the band heads to
New York City for its
Madison Square
Garden debut March
30.
at www.altjband.com
/live.
In 2014, alt-J,
received its Grammy
nomination for Alter-
native Music Album of
the year and was
named Spotify’s
“Breakout Artist” in its
Year in Music review.
Alt-J will be joined
in its Santa Barbara
show by Jungle.
Tickets range from
$34.50 to $49.50, plus
applicable service
charges, and are available at all Ticketmaster outlets
including the
Arlington Theatre, the
Santa Barbara Bowl
box office and
Walmart. Order
online at www.ticketmaster.com or to
charge by phone, call
800-745-3000.
The Santa Barbara
Bowl is at 1122 N.
Milpas St. in Santa
Barbara
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public art.”
“I have shared some
very poignant times
with all my fellow
commissioners through
the years,” said Stinsmuehlen-Amend. “We
have inched through
some very important
changes for the arts in
Ojai. I am grateful to be
recognized by my
peers, especially in the
name of Hope Frazier.
We served together
right up until she
passed away working
on the public arts ordinance up until a few
weeks before she left
us. Wow. So many
memories.”
As a professional
glass artist, Stinsmuehlen-Amend’s
credentials are myriad.
A retrospective held at
The Beatrice Wood
Presents
John Lovitz
Wednesday
Feb 19, 2015
8 p.m.
Happy Hour at 4:00,
Pool Table and Food with
beautiful Harbor Views from our Patio.
Ticket Price: $20.00
Show Type: Special event
21 & over
Two item minimum per person
Door time: 7:00 p.m.
Thanks to our
supporters for
Two great years
BookEnds Bookstore
and other curiosities
Telephone: (805) 644-1500
Tickets also available online
VenturaHarborComedyClub.com
Glass School Hauberg
Fellowships (2001 and
2012), the 2007
Libensky Award and
2006 Artist Residencies
at Pilchuck and the
Museum of Glass,
Tacoma.
Her work in glass,
mixed media, and
public art is included in
private collections and
public institutions
including the LA
County Museum of Art,
Detroit Institute of the
Arts, Oakland Museum
of California, the
Museum of Arts and
Design New York and
the city of Los Angeles.
Art awards set
for Ventura show
World Class Comedy
every Tuesday through Sunday
in The Comedy Club
Sports action every week
in The Green Room
sities San Bernardino
and Fullerton, Massachusetts College of Art,
Ohio and Illinois
Universities, the Pittsburgh Glass Center,
North Lands Creative
Glass (Scotland) and
numerous other glass
and public art conferences.
A trustee emeritus of
the American Craft
Council, she was
recently appointed to
the Pilchuck Board of
Directors. She is a past
recipient of two
National Endowment
for the Arts Fellowships, two Pilchuck
Housed in an
enchanting old church
in Meiners Oaks
Ventura Harbor Comedy Club
1559 Spinnaker Drive, Suite 205 • Ventura, CA 93001
On Friday, from 5:30
to 7 p.m., the Ventura
County Arts Council
will host a reception
and awards ceremony
for three art exhibits at
its Atrium Gallery.
The Gallery is in the
Hall of Administration
at the Ventura County
Government Center in
Ventura.
Upon entering the
Gallery viewers will
pass, “Some Above –
Aerial Views in Paintings and Photography”
by Amy Oliver and
Theodore Svenningsen.
The lower two floors
of the Gallery feature
work in the competitive
show titled, “Uncomfortable Places.” Some
of the work was so
uncomfortable that it
was banned from the
show. A discussion with
the audience about the
banned work will be
held during the event.
The upper floor of
the Gallery features a
curated exhibit by print
artist, Linda Taylor,
titled, “Impressions –
Hand Pulled Prints
from Ventura County
Print Studios.”
All are welcome.
Contemporary fine art
jewelry and crafts
805.640.9441
110 S. Pueblo Ave.
corner of El Roblar, Ojai
BookEndsbookstore.com
Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(closed Wednesday)
E-mail your regional art
and entertainment events
to
Arts@OjaiValleyNews.com
Unique gifts, attractive prices
108-B. N. Signal St.
Open daily 10-6 • (805) 646-5682
www.ojaivalleyartists.com
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Upcoming Events
Wednesday, Jan. 21
• Nomi Morris,
currently adjunct
professor at the USC
Annenberg School of
Communication and
Journalism, a former
Middle East correspondent and book critic,
will continue her book
series: “Reading the
Middle East Modern
Life,” from 7 to 8:30
p.m. The event will be
held at the Jewish
Community of the
Oaks, 530 W. El Roblar
Road in Meiners Oaks.
Visit
www.ojaitemple.org for
more information.
Friday, Jan. 23
• The Antiques, Decorative Arts & Vintage
Show and Sale will be
held from 11 a.m. to 6
p.m. at the Earl Warren
Showgrounds in Santa
Barbara. It will also be
held Saturday from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. and
Sunday 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. For information, email arthede@cox.net
or call 898-9715.
Saturday, Jan. 24
• The Ojai Valley Youth
Foundation will
present a screening of
“Warrior One,” a film
about 10 teenage girls
who push themselves
to the limit while
climbing the mountains of Peru. A Q&A
with the filmmaker will
follow the film that
begins at 3 p.m. at
Matilija Auditorium,
730 El Paseo Road.
Tickets will be available
at the door. All
proceeds support the
Youth Foundation and
Girls Empowerment
Workshop.
• Bank of Books bookstore, at 748 E. Main St.
in Ventura, will host a
day of authors from 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Three
authors are schedule to
appear. Call 643-3154
for a list of authors and
appearance times.
• The first Focus on the
Masters Saturday Artist
Spotlight of 2015 will
be held from 6 to 7:30
p.m. at the Brooks
Institute Screening
Room in Ventura. It will
feature artist and
inventor Jordan Laby
who holds innumerable patents ranging
from swimming-pool
cleaners to anesthesia
equipment. He is the
founder of the San
Buenaventura Foundation for the Arts. The
event is free to FOTM
members and costs $10
for the public or $5 for
students and seniors.
at www.Focus
OnTheMasters.com or
Saturday, Feb. 7
• Artist Holly Woolson
will teach simple
collage techniques and
share her collection of
printed and vintage
papers during an OVA
Arts workshop from 6
to 9 p.m. Participants
will create their own
valentine and all levels
of art experience are
welcome. Register
online at www.ojaivalleyartists.com/classes,
visit the gallery at 108B
N. Signal St. in Ojai or
call 646-5682.
• Ventura Improv
Comedy will host “VIC:
The Musical!” at 8
p.m. Go behind the
scenes of a musical as
improvisers create
scenes and songs on
the spot. Visit
www.venturaimprov
.com/vicmusical to
reserve tickets. Ventura
Improv Comedy is at 34
North Palm St., Ventura.
Thursday, Feb. 19
• The Santa Barbara
Maritime Museum will
host The Underwater
Forests of Anacapa
Island, an art opening
and lecture by Doug
Klug. The event begins
at 7 p.m. at 113 Harbor
Way in Santa Barbara.
There is no cost to
attend. To register, go
to www.sbmm.org or
call 962-8404 x115.
Concert, “Rockin’
‘Round the Clock.”
Date and Time:
Monday at 6:30 p.m. at
the Ojai United
Methodist Church, 120
Church Road.
Performances: May 2
and May 3.
Rehearsals: Mondays 6:45 -9:15 p.m.
Cost: $65.
Notes: There are no
formal auditions. It is
recommended that
chorus members have
a basic familiarity with
music, have the ability
to sing and hold a
part, and be
committed to
attending rehearsals.
Friday, Feb. 20
• Lobero LIVE will
present Eliza Gilkyson,
Mary Gauthier and
Gretchen Peters: Three
Women and the Truth
at 8 p.m. Tickets are
available at
www.lobero.com, or
Friday, April 10
• Grateful Dead tribute
band Dark Star
Orchestra will perform
at the Vina Robles
Amphitheatre in Paso
Robles at 7 p.m.
only at Ticketmaster
outlets. Order online
at
www.ticketmaster.com
or by phone at 800745-3000.
Auditions
Company: Maestro
and the Nordhoff High
School Music Department
Production: Second
annual Ojai’s Got
Talent
Ages: Students
Date and time: Jan. 30
from 4 to 8 p.m. and
Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Location: Nordhoff
High School,
Performances:
February 6 at 7 p.m. at
the Matilija Junior
High School auditorium.
Cost: No cost to
performers. Visit
www.nhsmusic.com to
register and for show
information.
***
Company: Ojai ACT
Production: Shakespeare’s “As You Like
It.”
Date and Time: Jan. 24
and Jan. 25 from noon
to 4 p.m.
Location: Ojai Art
Center, 113 S. Montgomery St.
Notes: Visit
www.OjaiACT.org for
details of characters
and a link to the
script.
***
Company: The Ojai
Community Chorus
Production: Spring
Music
Friday, Jan. 23
• Big Bad Voodoo
Daddy will kick off the
new year with an intimate hometown show
at Discovery
Ventura. Limited VIP
and Meet & Greet
tickets are still available. Visit www.discoveryventura.com to
purchase tickets or
make reservations.
Saturday, Jan. 24
• Lee Koch will be
joined by singer-songwriter Josh Damigo,
for a performance at
Discovery Ventura.
Visit www.discoveryventura.com to
purchase tickets or
make reservations.
Sunday, Jan. 25
Natural Vibrations, an
eight-piece awardwinning band reggaerock band will
perform with Junior
Reid Discovery
Ventura. The event will
begin at 4 p.m. with an
all-you-can-eat luau
buffet. Visit
www.discoveryventura.com to purchase
tickets or make reservations.
Thursday, Jan. 29
• Country music
legend Travis Tritt will
perform in a solo,
acoustic show at the
Fred Kavli Theatre, at
7:30 p.m. at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts
Plaza. Tickets are
available from Ticketmaster at 800-7453000, online at
, or through the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts
Plaza Box Office, at
2100 Thousand Oaks
Blvd. For more information, visit www.civicartsplaza.com or call
449- 2787.
Thursday, Feb. 5
• The Ojai Storytelling
Festival will be present
a concert geared for
an adult audience in
Ojai with internationally acclaimed storyteller, Diane Ferlatte at
7:30 p.m. at a private
home in Ojai. Tickets
are available by phone
only at 6468907. Seating is very
limited and proceeds
from the concert will
help under-served
schools attend the
Ojai Storytelling
Festival in May.
Friday, Feb. 6
• Citizen Cope will
bring his unique rockn-roll/blues sound to
the Fred Kavli Theatre,
at 8 p.m. Tickets are
available from Ticketmaster at 800-7453000, online at
, or through the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts
Plaza Box Office, at
2100 Thousand Oaks
Blvd. For more information, visit www.civicartsplaza.com or call
449- 2787.

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